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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-13
Lind and Consul Notified.

Both AIRS. Cook and Mas Mckenzie
were greatly agitated by the discovery
IF the bullet Having seen them TO
their stateroom. LieAt. cook returned
aboard he flagship and reported the At
tack to the admiral who Yesterday
morning communicated with John Lind.
President Wilson : representative. and
the American consul, NJ. w. Canada.
They notified Gen. Mas, military com
mandant at Vera Cruz, without, how
ever ma king any formal demand.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-13
TO DEVISE MEANS
FOR RAISING MONEY
Bellows Falls Enthusiasts to Have
Mass Meeting Feb. 21 i'll Inter
est of Twin State Team

4 mass meeting of baseball euthusi
asts has been called for next week
saturday evening at Bellows Falls
Plans, viii lie discussed for raising
M )ney to conduct q baseball team II
the Twin state league This season Thu
proposition Of holding three-days
bazaar in Union hall Immediately after
Easter Is one Of the plans that viii he
discussed.
The directors Of the Bellows Falls
club hcld a meeting this week at which
the chief matter under discussion was
whether jimmy Burns shall be the
manager OF the team this season. It
is understood that q matter OF only Q
very few dollars in salary stands be
tween the directors and the eX-manager
of the Champs, and this will be over
come,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-13
PERSONAL.

Mrs y. \. Darling Is Ii IT her home
on South Main street
Charlie Etoifs ii TaiIrar-aa -.I1-s
las been n tom the ptei Two ,lsT7
LIS fialtn Tenron i.as returned
nom lev tsEs st5F IL New ofi-
MISS Birdie Elizabeth puuhan. j. III
with grip AT her home, II Hudson
street.
Herbert Hawkes. of South vernon
was the guest yesterday OF Mrs. O. :.
Wilcox
Miss Olive Blood went today to
Putney to visit her sister, Miss Eva
Blood week
Mrs. Martha Caleb White Of Boston
is at Miss Mary Griffin : shampooine
parlor this week
Cornelius Koran of Boston. OF The
firm OF Koran & Co, called on friends
IN town yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. {. y johnson of Rirge
street are spending the week end with
relatives in Greenfield.
Mrs. Nellie Lynch ana son. Bernard.
have taken tenement in Mrs. Cham
berlan house, IA Clark street.
), r. Fitzgerald has returned 10 his
home in st. Albans after = few day.,
visit with Thomas and Martin Ahcr.
Mr. and Mrs Joseph Beroeron and
Miss Flora NORM OF HinsdaIe were in
town last night to attend the military
ball
Mr.. and Mrs. y. NJ Brosnahan went
today 10 Waterbury. Conn. 10 visit
their daughter. Mrs. James b. Meehan.
until Monday
Brainard Taylor. who j. taking a
course in the Springfield Business col
tcge, attended the military bali last
evening
Sergeant Terraute AfcG,,.r, ariu
sergeant at Norwich university, was
III town last night 10 attend the mill
tary ball.
Mrs. J. T. Ridden Of Bellows Falls
is expected tomorrow 10 remain oyar
sunday with Mrs Artbuf Rohaa an
Pine street.
Mr. and Mrs Darie, NJ pros,.l,,.,
left +olay for ,.isit "a -;
dourbtar Mrs To,,o u ~,
Watarh,,rv Co,,r
I.t ~,
- ,.i'e i'tuI ne" '0at"r4aN
yar,.iua reba -;
Win bar ,}anohtor NJ n" ~.
No., -. i'''i'
N''Ie'i" h"ittail Oh hoS'"h'
u 'e"'h me d"h'tS ~ th'
~ man an Gu" hlosieal comedy, mat
'i,i Hihe' mas returned 10 boston,
Mrs. ANNE Davis and daughter, Ed
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-13
Lieut.. Cook, Flag Lieutenant
to Admiral Mayo, Only
Slightly Wounded
SUDDEN ATTACK OF
UNKNOWN DESPERATE
And Not Deliberate Plot Is the Gen
eral Belief-Was i'll Open Carriage
Accompanying His Wife to a Steam
Military Commandant Notified.

VERA CRI'Z. Mexico. Feb. I3.-An
attempt was made here late Wednes-
day night To assaS~inate Lieut.. Arthur
b.. Cook. dag lieutenant to Rear-Ad-
miral MAYO Of the United States hat
tleShip Connecticut Lieut. Cook, al
though struck bv bullet. was only
slightly hurt His aSsailant was not
seen. The lieutenant. accompanied by
his wife and Miss Ethel Mckenzie Of
Philadelphia, had been dining with
Admiral MAYO aboard the tlaoship. Re
farming To the landing place, the party
entered carriage to drive To the
steamer M5rro Castle, on which Mrs.
Cook ana Miss Mckenzie were to sail
yesterday.
The two women occupied the rear
seat Of an open Victoria. Lieut. Cook,
conspicuous in full dress white uni
form. with gold epauets ana heavy
gold cords. denoting his rank rs flag
heutcnant, sat facing them with his
back 10 the driver Just after 10
o clock the party. proceeding down the
avenida de Ia Independence. was
greeted by group OF naval officers
and correspondents going toward the
main plaza Of the city. Their carriage
proceeded about a block further. when
IN passing a side street q sharp. but
not loud, dctouation was heard. and
Lreut. Coos felt smart shock on the
left hip. which provoked his surprise.
bat apparently was not associated at
the time with what appeared To tie a
shot
Whoever fired the shot must have
made OIL immediately and the few
ioungrr~ who happened to Toe in that
nei@lhorhoad .noting that the report
was not attended hy any disturbance
ar cutlery, paid no further attention TO
the matter. The carriage continued on
10 the wharf NJ which lav the Morro
Castle and on alightin@ Lieut. Cook
found Il small object on the seat where
hc had been sitting. which proved to
be steel iacketed 2J-calibpr bullet
T IF the type used in pocket automatic
+ pistols. Further Investigation showed
/ tiat the ballet had inflicted "a brui~e or
Z his hip. Beyond doubt the bullet. which
was fred 1t very short distance. a.
evidenced by the sharp report. was
spent, probably having lost its velocity
/ by passing through the waodworIS oi
1 the carriage
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-13
ANYTHING FROM A BEAVER

Tat to a tailored spring has in my
stock. You may leave your orders and
bundles for dying ami cleaning here.
lust watch the window and the new
uumbcr-l29. Mrs. G. IT, Smith. APP
Prenriecs wanted for the coming sea
-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-13
SELECT EARLY

The materials for your spring suits.
The samples and materials are here
and 50 are the new STYLES. There is
never very much change in the styles
OF men 5 dress but what there are we
have. 1t pays, If you wish your
clothes early in the season to get an
early start. We cannot make every
suit we turn out in a season in a day
or weei-. Someone. has TO be first
w H Haigh. Elliot street
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-13
IF YOU INTEND TO BUILD

In the spring it will pay Won 70 look
into the price OF materials now. It
takes time to get out building stock
and when spring comes and the con
tractors begin TO break ground for
houses and tenements there is bound
to be rush and someone Is sure to
be disappointed. We are working all
the time and try to get materials
ready but do not wait too long. Holz
den & Martin, Flat street
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-13
KEEP HOT FROM COLD

II one Of the lunch boxes we are offer
NJ for sale now. The metal case con
aims q Thermos bottle that keeps hot
iquids hot - hours or cold liquids
old for - hours and besides there j.
nipple room for great big substantial
unch. The real advantage Of this
quipment is that the hot and the cold,
he dry and the vet, 30 not mix until
on want them to- And it does not
ost much TO be assured of this Rob
ms & CoWles. hardware.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-13
THOSE SUNDAY DINNERS

We serve every Sunday Mt Hoadley :
cafe ARE attracting more and more peo-
pie every week. Several OF those who
came and tried one have got the hah-
il and have quit the bother Of cook
ing and serving dinner at their homes
sundays. The meals are good, the ser
vice quick and quiet and the price very
moderate. lIoadley's, near the Main
street bridge.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-13
THEY TASTE AS WELL,

~ they look and Ne leave it to any
one II our candies Ito not come pretty
near looking very tempting. We make
oar own candies and we are not atraiu
to have Nou compare them with auv
YOU ar" able To- buy anywhere. Not only
Is the taste aud quality right but the
prices are }nSt right 4. f. Miller. can
lN niaker Min street
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-13
ONCE IN A WHILE

Someone in the family decides that
me room must have new wall paper.
We do not have the chance to make
hat decision but atte~ it is made we
an help those who DO make it in a
urtser decision as to what wall paper
hall he put on. Furthermore we can
nd do put it on and put it on right.
iertZberg, Bros. High street
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-13
OLD DUTCH BRAND

Of coffee IS the kind that properly
)rewed will wake you up in the morn
ne and give you start for the long
lay OF work. This brand is one we have
,ecn selling for some time at % cents
pound and we have yet 10 hear a
complaint about the quality. Those who
nee buy il become our steady custom
RS. 1t is ono OF our best sellers J. +.
Wien Son. groeers, Elliot street
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-13
A FURTHER REDUCTION

Has been made in the prices Of my
: ock Of millinery. | have about Is
trimmed hats that must 20 at soine
price and 1t the figures / have placed
on them they viii not stay long with
ne. The same is true of all my stock
am to take a vacation in short time
20 there is no time to lose in taking
advantage Of these bargains Mrs.
Bascom, millinery, Main street.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-13
THERE ISM T A DAY

iocs by that does not see our stock of
dig bargains reduced materially II Is
rapidly nearing the time when we must
move to our new building an Elliot
street and W. are planning to move ISL
little as possible 1t makes no differ.
1Hco what il j, YOU need OF wish in he
household furnishing line If it l. IN
our stock it i, to he had At a bargain
lrice Emerson y Son, Main street
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-13
SOME NEW BOOKS

our shelves and they are books you
viii wish TO read. We have a large
stock Of books, some in special vaiua-
BILE editions, others at prices that
place the best reading matter with
in the reach OF all. You should
know, also, that we have all sorts OF
writing p;legs, desk materials and lit
crature fora tetaren. Clapp & Jones,
Main street. ~ e7N
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-13
SOME OF THE NEW RECORDS

Are what you need to add to vour col
lection. Not only Eave We the new rec
ords but the new music itself and then
we have the rc!ls for the piano play
crs Besides we have the pianos. the
Victor Victrolas, the music boxes, the
player pianos and everything in the
music line. l.. H. Barber. High II.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-13
FRAMED OR UNFRAMED

lectures OF many subjects are to. be
ound in oar stock that has been much
nlarged since the Christmas rush de-
leted it. We still have some rare bar
aims IN hooks that il will pay any
ne to Inspect aud as for the little
hings for desks or tables, birthday
ards, cards for every sort Of an oc-
aston Clapp & Jones 5 store has no
quail in southern Vermont.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-13
AUTOMOBILE TIME

Will soon be here. 1t may look like
it now hut the first thing you know
your machine will not he ready for
the spring and summer work and YOU
viii regret it. Better get il into our
hands and give US time to overhaul il
thoroughly before YOU are sure tc
want it. Then you will not be obliged
TO wait. Manley 5 garage, High
street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-21
SENATE AND HOUSE REPORT FAVORABLE BILL TO CREATE
 WAR INSURANCE BUREAU

Clarke and Representative Alexander, chairman of the House merchant marine committee, have tentative drafts of the bill, which would provide tor the organ- ation of corporation to operate line of ships to be purchased by the govern ment. Sale of Panama canal bonds tof finance the project is contemplated.
 Some opposition to this project has developed in the HousN Representative Alexander, after conference with Sena- tor Clarke, tonight said the bill as out lined was not in shape far Introduction and intinated there might be delay in it's consideration. Democratic senators said the Senate committee would proceed, independent of the House action
 Has Done Its Part
 We believed'' explained MT Alexan- der, that with the passage of the bill allowing foreign built vessels to come unoer American registry and with the ex- rected passage of the war risk Insurance bill, Congress had done all that was necessary to meet the situation. If the shipping interests do not buy ships then it twill be time to consider the govern { ments appropriating money for the pur- pose"
 The House naval committee, which is working independently on the merchant marine problem, today sought the advice of Robert Lansing, counsellor of the state department. MT. Lansing outlined tho general rules of international jaw gov erning neutral governments and discussed the question of contraband of war
 Committee members professed to see danger of complication in the European tangle if this government undertook to operate merchant ships to Europe which might be called upon to transport con traband
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-21

the sugar industry has been probably agriculture The growing Of beet sugar in Europe was fostered by financial as- sistance in the way of bounties from the various European governments, until the yearly production reached such magni- tude as seriously to affect the solvency Of the cane sugar producers of the semi tropics. This resulted in the Brussels conference and the abolition of the boun- ties in all European countries exclusive of Russia and her exportable surplus was restricted to limited specified quan- tity The beet industry in Europe. how ever, had been so well established dur ing the period of protection that the pro- part to the reduction of taxes which cheapen the cost to the masses and there by greatly increased consumption.
 EurOpe's Beet Sugar
 "The magnitude of Europe's production of beet sugar is shown by the fact that for the past two or three years she has been making in excess of S,0O0000 tons of sugar annually or nearly one-half of the sugar production of the entire world Thef efore 1t can be easily seen that the state of war now existing in Europe even with a most speedy termination means a very considerable shortage irl the next European crop which should be- gin to be harvested in September and Oc- tober, and with warfare of any duration the United States will have to obtain her supplies exclusively from the cane pro- ducing countries. This means that prices will have to be advanced to a much higher
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-21
BUILDERS SERVE HOT BARBECUE ID ALL THEIR FRIENDS Jim Payne Cooled Down" the Menu and Everybody
 Was Happy
SIBLEY'S LEMONADE
 IS RIVALED BY "SUDS"
Motor Club Officials, Board of Reve- nue and Other Prominent People Attend-Some of the
 'Immortals''

When the three Israelites walked Through the frey furnace it is recorded that the said furnace was seven times heated but at that 1t had nothing on the first round of barbecue meats served at the annual frolic of the Build CTS exchange. given yesterday at the grounds of the Motor and County club at Edgewood.
 After the first few mouthfuls there was hurried calls for the fire depart ment and a stampede for the water buckets, while Charlie Allen spat a mouthful on the ground and said. with tears streaming down his eyes, blaze, d-n you, blaze"
 But Jim Payne, chairman of the com nittee in charge. got rid of the "hot stuff" or rather tempered 1t down and the 500 hungry guests were regaled with a repast of barbecued mutton, lamb and shoat, Brunswick stew, slaw, salads and butter milk and other re- treatments, a repast that was fit for the gods" and the immortal six hum dred" did full justice to it.
 Jim Payne qualified as waiter par excellence. He served more people him. self than did the corps of negro walters engaged for that purpose. He saw that every one had plenty and then some"
 Thornton Estis, president of the ex- change, got busy himself. and assisted in waiting on the table and entertaining the guests generally@ John w. Sibley presided over the lemondate stand but had plenty of leisure for, there was a rival stand close where 'suds were dshed out that caught almost all the patronage. Charlie Rice got "hot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-21
OUT OF ALL REASON,
 SAYS WOOD. OF SUGAR

" w Wood of " w. Wood & Co.,: s'The rise in sugar and flour prices In the last two weeks have been sensa- tionaI and | believe the extraordinary advance in sugar quotations has been out of all reason.
 ''The wholesale quotation today on sugar in Birmingham is ss per 100 pounds, about 70 per cent above that of two weeks ago. The prevailing retail price in Birmingham is I believe from 10 to F pounds for $1 My present price, however, is l3 pounds for $1; but this price probably only temporary and will last only until the sugar supply now in stock is exhausted. The price on flour is also high, but the advance has not been more than 10 or 15 per cent. In comparing the prices of sugar and flour l find it hard to reconcile the enormous difference in percentage of advance. True. the wheat crop in the United States this season is . record breaker, but sugar supplies are also plentiful, and practically the entire supply consumed in this country is pro- duced in the sugar raising states-Hawaii, Porto Rico and Cuba. l read recently a quotation from the International Sugar Journal of London. which is generally recognized as an international authority on sugar, that the sugar consumption in the United States during 1913 amounted to 374e,i39 tons, and of that amount the Journal stated 3,722. .5s1 tons were supplied from the above mentioned territory. Cuba pi oduces an enormous amount of sugar and the Journal went on to say that raw sugar was produced there at an estimated cost of only cents per pound; and since the Underwood tariff law has begun to % into effect the tariff on raw sugar from Cuba amounts to only about l cent per pound. There is no tariff whatever charged on sugar imported from Hawaii and Porto Rico. There has been no indi- cation of decrease in sugar production in this territory in the 1914 crop, and the European belligerents will certainly not be in greater need of sugar from the United States than of flour. In my opinion the spectacular advance of sugar in the United States is nothing more nor less than gigantic speculation on the part of the trusts. ] see no other explanation, for the figures given concerning domestic production are undoubtedly correct, as the the International Sugar Journal Is recog-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-21

Washington. August 2o.-Emergency shipping legislation advanced today when Senate and House commerce committees voted favorable reports on the bill to create bureau of war risk insurance in the treasury department to insure ships of American registry subjected to the haz- ards of the European war. Chairman Clarke of the Senate committee will call the bill up for passage In the Senate to- morrow, and Representative Adamson, chairman of the House committee, plans to expedite it's course on the other side of the capitol. So far little opposition to the measure has developed In report ing the bill to the House the committee said:
 This bill is rendered necessary by req son of the conditions arising from the state of warfare existing among different nations at present. It is an emergency measure to continue in force only so long as the emergency exists.
 Over Seas Trade
 The governments plan to purchase ana operate ships in the over seas trade for the restoration of commerce during the war is being formulated into A bill Which will be expedited as rapidly as possible by the committees Senator
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-21
Early Training

From the Louisville Herald
 Johnny Jones, the office boy. had been detected in lie It was not one of the oi idinarp prevarications of the everyday world and, moreover, to make the crime more grievous he had persisted in ad- Eering to his original mendacions state ment.
 "DoIyou know, my lad. asked fath- .erly clerk in kindly fashion, what be- comes of young lads who trifle with the trIth?''
 Aye was the assured reply: bosses send them out as travellers when they grow up.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-21

France and it will be taken from the rnited states just as fast as it can be loaded into ships
 Very Simple, Says Bivings
 F. L. Bivings of the B. E. Roden Grocery company: Sugar is now selling at from Rc to Sc. 1t was 4hc when the war began. The cause of the ad vance is very simple. The production mas been cut about in half and the de- mand probably increased Germany. which alone is regarded as the leading sugar producing country of the world. and Belgium and Holland produce prob ably half of the worlds sugar produc- tion With those countries at war they have become buyers instead of sellers. The result is tremendous drain on the sugar supplies and prices of course ad- vance as the product becomes scarcer and in larger demand. The advance. in my estimation, will be far greater if the war continues
 Flour has advanced in price little and it will probably go much higher as soon as the high seas are opened and the warning nations begin to haul away our wheat crop. The conditions are very chaotic. It is hard for us to buy goods, for by the time we get it we don't know but what it will be much higher than when we ordered it. In general the wholesale men do not carry very considerable stocks so that any little change in the market is soon felt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-21

secure more than is used in normal times In other words the refineries are trying their best to protect the normal trade. They are trying to give sugar to those interests that purchase from them in nor nal times and will not permit anyone to buy up a great consignment of that staple in order to speculate upon the con- modity. It must be admitted that in a certain respect we must admire the man who is striving to serve their normal patrons and will not permit anyone to come In an try and corner the market by buying large consignments of the staple That will not come to pass. l have no idea how this condition was caused about unless it was the war. I have no idea how long it will last
 q am sure of one thing and that is the increase is directly tiaceable to ab- normal conditions and in no wise an eff fort of refineries to make an excess of profit"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-21
BRUMBAK SAYS TARIFF
 IS REALLY TO BLAME

H. s. Brumbak, manager of the Bir- mingham branch of c. D. Kennedy & Co.,, of Baltimore, Md, one of the largest sugar jobbers in the country, stated yes- terday that increase in price was largely due to the removal of the tariff on sugar which had the tendency to discourage the growers in Louisiana, thus shortening the supply. The high prices are for the pur- pose of curtailing consumption of the present output of sugar.
 During the period of peace which has prevailed in Europe, the advancement in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-21

usual races and a ball game in spite of the weather. The game was called after the second innings as someone swiped the ball.
 Everyone had good time and the hospitality of the exchange was much enjoyed.
 Attending the frolic were officers of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-21

box" from hastily swallowing a piece of tobasco seasoned shoat and kept two walters busy for fully 10 minutes bring ing him buttermilk.
 The rain interfered with the sporting events, but the "bunch'' was in for a good time and pulled off some of the