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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-02
EAST JAMAICA.

Mrs. Emery Bills of Wardsboro is
at work at J. II. Peck s.
Nelson Howard has sold his oxen to
+. c. Clough of Westmorcland, n. IL.
Reuben Page of Putney has been
spending several days at A. w. Kid
der 5.
Mrs. c. L. Allen of South London
derry was at G. II. Gleason s several
days this week.
w. Z. Allen of Wardsboro was here
this week selling grain for the Wards
boro Creamery Co.
Wayne Butler recently sold his pair
of two-year old Durham steers to Ar
thur Chickering for $500.
Otis Cummings of South Londonder.
~ was at G. II. Gleason s on telephone
work the first of the week.
Mrs. Daniel Mccarthy and little
daughter of Townshend visited at w
S. Allen s the first of the week.
| Wayne Butler has sold his walnut
timber to J. H. Underwood for the Yer
mont Last Block Co. of Brattleboro.
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BONNEVILLE.

Raymond, >. son of Mr.. and Mrs
Roland Morse, is i'll.
A. \. Benson and son, Hugh, have
gone to Westboro, Mass.
Florence Cobb of South Londonderry
is visiting relatives here.
Freeda Jones of Peru spent a few
days recently at Roland Morse s.
Mrs. Allen Charlton and three chill
dren and her hired girl are at Mrs.
Rachel Prouty 5 visiting.
Mrs. Charles Capcn, who was with
her son. Allen, in South Londonderry
some time, has returned home.
Winona Capen Of Manchester is
spending few days here with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Capen,
Most of the sugar makers are now
busy in the orchards although thus far
there has been very little good sap
weather.
Henry Chatfeld died Sunday night
after an illness for short time with
pneumonia. He had been staying q
month with his daughter, Mrs. Clarence
Landman, in jamaica. He will he great
" missed in church work as we'll il
other places. He had long been one OF
the church stewards. His wife dict
seven years ago last March. Mr.. Chat
! field leaves three daughters and a son
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-02
WotherspOon Slated to Sue
coed Wood as the Chief
of Staff
| APPOINTEE is NOT
THE SENIOR IN RANK
Sharp Opposition Expected When the
Question of His Confirmation Comes
Up in the -Wotherspoon Due
to Retire in November.

WASHINGTON, April .. - The APP
pointment of NIajor-Gcneral William
w. Wotherspoon to be chief of staff
of the army, succeeding Major len
Leonard Wood, whose four-year term
expires April 81, is announced by See
rotary of War Garrison
Gen. Wotherspoon is now assistant
chief of staff, and he viii be succeeded
by Brig.-Gen. Hugh l.. Scott, now COM
manding the United States troops at
Ell Paso.
The appointment of Gen. Wother-
spoon assures the continuance of the
present policies of the general staff of
the army, policies that have been large
ly developed and defined during the
term of Gen. Wood, and the appoint
ment was commended here YESTERDAY
for thas reason. Gen. Wotherspoon has
been serving with the general staff in.
termittently since 1904, and has had a
large part in shaping the program of
the general staff in regard to army
! legislation and its administrative poll
| cies
! Gen. WotherspoOn however. will re
/ tire from active service because of ace
! Nov. l6. 1914. He will thus have ONLY
seven months to serve as chief of staff
Then, according to reports generally
credited here. Gen. Scott is to succeed
Gen. Wotherspoon. Gen. Bliss, now al
San Antonio, will be brought here. it i.
said, as assistant chief OF staff Their,
has been a silent but nevertheless
/ forceful contest over these appoint
ments. Gen. Wotherspoon is the junior
ma or general, having been confirmed
August 81, 1912, after sharp contes
in the Senate.
Friends of Gems. Funston. Bliss anl
Pershing were particularly active in op
posing his promotion to the vacanc,
in the major general grade Friend
of these officers have been seeking t,
have them selected to succeed eithe
Gen. Wood or Gen Wotherspoon. Ma o1
Gems. Barry and Murray were also re
ported as being backed for the position
Of chief of staff,
Gen. Scott enjoys the strong persona
regard of President Wilson. His broth
er, Prof. Scott of Princeton. is one o
the President 5 most intimate friends
Gen. Scott is 18th on the list of brig
heterogeneous in order of seniority,an
was appointed brigadier general onl
Il year ago, three weeks after the il
auguration of President Wilson.
While both Gen. WOtherspoOn an
Gen. Scott have splendid reputation
in the army. it is predicted there Wi
he contests over their confirmation b
the Senate.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-02
SERMON ON PARABLE
OF PRODIGAL SON
Rev. DR.. Pierce Drew Lessons from
Story and Cited Duplication of It
in His Own Experience.

In spite of the severe storm last
evening" fair sized congregation gath
cred in the First Baptist church to lis
ten again to DR.. Pierce. Rev Mr.. Trice
of Putney and Rev. r. NJ. Houghton
of the Centre church participated in
the opening services. DIR. Pierce took
for his subject the parable of the prod
igal son. lie referred to the progress
siveuess of sin as illustrated in the
parable
He characterized the story of the
Prodiua Son as u twentieth century
story in an oriental setting. He gave
IA very vivid recital of an experience of
his own during his first passionate,
which was an exact reproduction in
real life of the parable which was the
subject of the sermon.
DR.. Pierce then spoke of the differ
emit WAYS in which this parable has
been used. First, to show the mighty
love of the great hearted father. See
ond, the boy who remained at home,
but who turned cut to be cold hearted,
and Withdrew himself from his father s
| love. Third, the prodigal himself.
| The succession of steps was illustrat-
ed as. first, desire to see the world
and be free from apron strings and
restraint; second, the revelry in the
city; third, the reaping; fourth, re
morse.
The world said he was down and
out - Dr. Pierce said, = do not use
or allow the use, in our work of the
words down and out. A man may
| be down >. but not out. -
On the second page of the book
which he had drawn with the crayons
| he showed the other side Of the parable
First, repentance; second, return; third
reward; fourth. rejoicing. The son haC
not lost his sonship, but he had lost hi:
JOY. DR.. Pierce emphasized very strong
~ the absolute necessity of the will
saying that not until the son came t.
the point where he said 81 will aris'
and 90 to my father was there an,
hope for him.
4 meeting of all of the children O
the town will be held at 345 this af
ternoon in the Baptist chapel. 1
there are too many for the place, thu
meeting win be adjourned to TIL
church auditorium. The topic for thi
evening was not announced, but it i
expected that Miss Bane will sing TIL
Bells of Conscience are Ringing.
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A Widow Who Gave Her All.

One of the most picturesque figures
of the war was Mrs Ella King New
som, who followed the Army of the
Tennessee. Less than twenty years
old, widow, heartbroken at the loss
of her husband and infant son when
the war broke out. Mrs. Newsom clos
ed her house at Winchester and went
to Memphis to devote herself TO the
hospital service in memory of her hus-
band, who was a physician.
In spite of her youth and inexpe-
rieDce she took charge of Overton hos
pital. She was wealthy. besides being
young and beautiful, and when she
went to the hospital she took five serv-
ants with her. Before long Mrs. New
som decided to go where the need was
great and there were fewer to help. so
she went up to Bowling Green, Ky
The southern army, fighting. began to
fall back from the middle west. and
Mrs. Newsom, taking her sick and
wounded, returned TO Nashville.
Scarcely had she begun Der work
there when she was told that she must
retreat. There were soldiers too i'll to
be removed, and Mrs. Newsom did not
want to leave them The general told
her that the city would be filled with
Federal troops in q few hours and she
would be taken prisoner and that the
army could not spare her. Then a wO-
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Undaunted to the End.

Soon came the battle of Cornth,
and both Confederate and Federal vie
tins We're brought into Mrs. Newsom's
improvised hospitals. Hearing of the
great need, band of thirty women
came from Mobile to join Mrs. New
some. Among them was Miss Kate
Cumming, who remained with her un-
til the end Of the war. Miss Cumming
has since written a book in which she
describes Mrs. Newsom as the Flor
ence Nightingale of the southern army
the soldiers loved her so.
She followed to Shiloh and wherever
the battle ragged. She was EN- route to
North Carolina to Join General Johns
ston when news was brought of Cen
eral Lees surrender. Her health was
gone, her wealth was gone. and. lack
ing food, she got back to Atlanta.
There she helped other women make
doughnuts and gingerbread, which she
sold to the Union troops. There had
Seen no money among the southerners
| for months but the Confederate mon
/ ey. and that now was useless.
After the war Mrs Newsom was
married again and was a second time
| left a widow. Through the influence
OF United States senator from Ten.
! nessee she was given a government
position Now, at the age of seventy
three, she has to work for her living.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-02
ALLEGED MURDERERS
ARRESTED IN ITALY
Men Are Charged with Killing Wealthy
Resident Of New Haven, VT,
in December, 1912.

NEBGENNES, Vermont, April >
Two Italians were arrested in Italy
Tuesday, who are believed to have muir
dercd and robbed Henry Ward, a we'll
known resident of New Haven, on the
night of December j., 1912.
Information of the arrests was re
ccived by States Attorney futile from
representatives. af the Wood Morgan
detective agency who with futile have
been instrumental in bringing the two
alleged murderers to justice.
The prisoners are Giuseppe and Clio
vanui Colombo, formerly employed by
the Rutland railroad as section hands
between Salisbury and Burlington.
Mr.. Ward lived alone a short dis
taurc from the railroad station at New
Haven aud was reported TO have be
tween $1,000 aud $4,000 about his per
son,
States Attorney Tuttr, who has
been at work on the case for a long
time, received information two months
ago that the Italian laborers at WORK
for the railroad were talking about the
Colombo brothers having SO much mon
cy when they went away from thu
place. This started an investigation b.
the official in which the following fact
were gained.
1t was found that the two men ha,
worked on the road Just before tn
murder and had lived in New Havel
during the preceding year
For some two or three months bcfor
tho crime they had lived in Burlington
lhc night before they left the city an,
did not return until the day after,
Previous to the murder the two me
had been hard up, but afterward j
appears they paid up number of bill
in Burlington and then went to Ne1
York city, purchasing tickets 70
Hayre, France, Gu route TO Italy, al
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could he forwarded to the Union au-
thorities.
The war was waged almost entirely
IN southern territory. 1t swept across
the homes of the southern women, and
they did their share Of service. The
women on the edges of the fray, in
southern Florida and Alabama, went
up to help, but most of the women
of the south had no need to so to the
front-they We're at the front.
Mrs Mary Martha Reid lived in
Florida. She was widow with an
only son. When he went to join the
Army of Virginia she would not stay
behind. She went to Richmond and
took charge of a hospital, and wher-
ever the army needed her there was
she to be found. She served all
through the war, to see her son die In
Richmond in "a.
Miss Jane Thomas, sixty-three years
old, of Tennessee, went to Virginia
and followed her army to give help
when it was needed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-02
The JaveIIn Throwers.

My experiences with the Guawoonas
occurred some years ago. when they were
in the height of their independence, mar
rates Captain S. A. Risley, an American
Civil War veteran to Guy Elliott Mitch
ell, of the L. S. Geological Survey, who
writes of the "Javehn Throwers'' in the
April Wide World. They owed no aTleg-
lance to any one, save a slight regard
for their elective chiefs, and they feared
neither man, beast nor devil. / have
heard of Guawoona hunters fighting and
Staying jaguars with machete or javeln,
sinSlc-handed For their Indian neigh
bors--Sturdy fighters, too-they had on
~ contempt 1t was their boast that
they never retreated from the foe before
accounting for an number equal to their
own, and many times they cut their way
through greatly superior numbers OF
both Indians and Spanish-Venezuelan
enemies. They were the Zulus of Ven
ezuela.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-02
TO |MMORTALlE
OF THE CIVIL WAR
Ministering Angels Deeds of
Valor and Sacrifice I'm
dlmmed by Time.

that their labors to mitigate the suffer
ings of the sick and wounded in war
may forever be perpetuated this me-
mortal is dedicated to the service of
the American Red Cross
At the time of the civil war there
was no Red Cross-no organized effort
for nursing sick and wounded soldiers,
Nor were there many women trained
in nursing as they are now. Within
thirty days after the troops were call
ed for the secretary of war appointed
Miss Dorothca l.. Dix of Boston as SUI
perintendent of nurses. Miss Dix had
improved prison conditions all over the
country as we'll as abroad and had
founded tbirty-two hospitals besides
two in Japan. She issued circulars de
scribing the kind of women she re-
CURED for her service, and she would
accept no others.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-02

w vidual contributions of $780,
600 available, the erection of
a Red Cross building in Washington in
memory of the women of the civil war
is assured. Plans for the memorial
have been approved by the statutory
commission in charge of the project
and a site selected.
This tribute to the heroism of the
women of the north and the women of
the south is to rear its stately columns
within a stones throw of the White
House on Seventeenth street and will
be thanked on one side by the Corcoran
Gallery of Art and on the other by
Continental hall, the national home of
the ID. A II.
The plans provide for a structure of
two stories and basement, with an as
sembly room fifty feet by sixty-four
feet on the first floor, large museum
room on the basement floor and numer-
Gus offices on the first and second
floors. The floor plans We're suggested
largely by Red Cross officers, in order
that the work of the organization may
be carried on as systematicall as pos
sible. Therefore the chief task of the
architects has been to work out the de-
tails and design a beautiful exterior.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-02
During 1913 10000 Names
Were Taken from Rolls
for Various Causes
HELP FOR WIDOWS OF
SPANISH WAR VETERANS
Budget Shows That Up to the Present
Date the Government Has Paid the
Enormous Total of S4,557 1898 on
Account of Pensions.

WASHINGTON, April 2--Tho pen
sion roll has diminished to such an cx-
tent in recent months that it will re-
quirc $I69, 100000 for pension disburse-
mcuts in the fiscal year that will begin
ON July / next instead of $lS0, 900,
the amount appropriated for the cur
rent year.
This interesting fact is brought out
i'm the report on the pension budget
reported to the House by the committee
on appropriations. More than 10000
names have been dropped from the
pension roll in the past year on ac-
count Of death and other causes.
Whether the appropriations for pen
sions will continue to decline as they
have in the past year is open to ques-
tiou. The reason for it is that Congress
is constantly passing laws adding more
rumcs to the pension roll. For example
today. imcdiately following the report
of the pension budget, the House pass
cd, 10y a vote Of 256 to "a, bill grant
ing pensions to the widows and minor
children Of officers and enlisted mer
who served in the Spanish war, the
Philippine instruction and during the
Boxer troubles in China. 1t is estimat
ed that the first year this law is II
operation is will involve an appropria
ton of %2.500,000. just how much il
will entail afterward the officials ar,
unable to say.
In 1912, lust before the Sherwood
A ioti al
41JO.UU0.OO0 was authorized for pen
sions. In 1913, the first year of the
operation Of the Sherwood law, tht
pension appropriations increased Il
Sl7l,0O0,OOo, aud this year, as stated
SlSO.300.OOO was made available TO
the purpose.
Without supplemental legislation suci
as proposed in the bill passed yesterda,
authorities say that appropriations OF
account Of pensions viii decline materi
ally each wear. The report ON the pen
sious budget shows tIpt from the be
ginning of the government to date thu
enormous sum of S4,J57 ,S59.s24 ha
been paid out on account of pensions
The Spanish war pension bill passet
by the House grants SD monthly t.
the widows of h0n0rably discharged sol
diers or sailors who served in the wa
of 1898, the troubles in the Philippine
and i'm China, and - month for eac
child under l6 years of age, provide
the widow shall have married the so
dicr prior to the approval of the Law
The pensions are TO be limited to vie
uws without means of support othC
than their daily labor and an actlG
net income not exceeding $3.50 a yea
The report on this bill sets fort
that approximately 1900 men serve
in the army in the wars aud insurrc
tions mentioned. 1t is pointed out thi
the bill only extends benefits that al
NOW shared by the widows and orphan
of other wars and Indian campaign
The bill now goes to the Senate an
is certain to pass that body before Il,
Journmcut
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man standing near. who had been Wis
iting the hospitals, spoke Mrs. New
son." she said, Il am Il Union woman.
l didn't want you to find it out If
there is any one you want especially
taken care of leave him in my care
I'll look after him
It's all of thcm!" exclaimed Mrs
NewSom.
III take care of them ALL" said the
Union friend.
Then | promise you said Mrs.
Newsom, that wherever l find a Fed
cral soldier in need of help I'll give
him of my best because of what you
do for my boys"
And SO they shook hands upon it.
aud Mrs. Newsom. with three train
loads &c soldiers, left for Winchester.
They were three days going about
thirty miles. Then they stopped. The
officers told Mrs. Newsom that the en-
gines had been cut loose from the
trains and taken away. They were
at an old depot a few miles south OF
Winchester. and it was dead of night.
Il know this place" said Mrs. New
som, land if you can find lantern ]
can find some men who will get en-
gines TO take US into Winchester
And she did too!
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hospital. All nurses are required to be
very plain looking women. Their
dresses must be brown or black, with
no bows. no curls or jeweIry and no
hoopSkirts''
Miss Holland was eager to go to the
front, but was the sole support of her
mother. At last her mother told her
TO go-and then Miss Holland consider
ed the requirements of Miss Dix.
She says of herself that she was
plain enough and old enough, and that
her clothes were Of necessity plain
But-she felt that she could not give
up her hoopskirt. Soon, however. her
self abnegation reached even that
point so she left her hoops behind and
Joined Miss Dix
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Fifth Red Cross Building.

There will be three rooms especially
for the use of the three great boards
of the Red Cross-the war relief board.
the national relief board and the inter
national relief board. From the stand
point of the Red Cross the erection Of
this building places the United States
on a plane with Russia, Austria and
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-02

Mrs. r. j Daggett went to New York
Monday to buy millinery goods
E. F. Bemis has sold his meat business
to E. H. Williams, who took possession
April /.
Mr.. Robinson, who was in Bondville
most of the winter. is at his home here
| for the present.
Mrs c. J. Eddy returned Saturday,
March IS, from Shushan, \. y, where
she spent the winter
Miss Dorothy Beaver of Cleveland, O., a
student at East Northfield Mass, is a
guest at H. A. McLean's
George Loveland has finished his lob
of drawing logs in Townshend and has be
gun drawing for James Underwood in
East Jamaica.
The benefit tea will be served at Mrs
Charles Aliens next Tuesday, April {
Men, women and children are invited
The women are requested to bring cake.
Mark f. Mclean, who graduated from
Mt. Hermon last week, is home He ex
poets to go to college this fall Mrs. Nc
Lean and Miss Ruth Mclean attended tho
graduation exercises.
II \ valuable Shepherd dog owned by \
3, Stark died of poisoning March 81
/, after being at Mr. Starks but two anC
: a half days. Dr. Thomas happened to b.
at the mill yard when the dog was takel
with commissions early in the afternoon
and after its death he examined tn
stomach and found that the last thin
the dog had eaten was boiled beef, appai
entity poisoned with strychnine. The an
NAL was given no meat for dinner a
: Ehome. so it is apparent that some snak
, lin the grass fed it to him with a pun
r pose. Mr.. Stark lost dog by poisonin
Y Oct. 81.
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irving at their home in Pozzalo Dec.
81. Shortly after that they bought a
lot of real estate,
The men will be tried in Italy. and
State 5 Attorney futile will send over
the afidavits setting up the circum-
stances of the crime and the evidence
against the Italians.
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JAMAICA.
Henry G. Chatheld.

Henry c. Chatfeld. 6S, died of pneu-
monia, after weeks illness, Monday
morning at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Clarence Landmau. Mr.. Chatficld
was born in Mortified, Vt He lived for
many years III Michigan, but moved cast
about 20 years ago. He married Adelaide
Ferguson, who died eight years ago in
Bondville. He leaves five children, George
Chatfield and Minnie Mcneil of San
Francisco, Mrs. Annie Styles of Pixies
Falls. Mrs. Jennie Landman and Mrs
Gertrude Landman. Mr.. Chatfield was a
member and steward of the Methodist
church in Bondville l. years or more and
superintendent of the Sunday school many
years He will be greatly missed by his
many friends The funeral and buria
took place in Bondyille "Wednesday.