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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-03
SECRETARY McADOO
AND BRIDE HERE
President S Daughter and Husband in
Brattleboro Briefly Last Night
Praised Town Beauty.

Secretary of the Treasury William G.
McAdoo and bride, who Was Miss
Eleanor Wilson, daughter Of President
Woodrow Wilson, were in BrattIeboro
briefly last night, making a short stop
on Main street. They had been at
President Wilson 5 summer home at
Cornish, ~ H.. on their honeymoon
trip and were on their way back TO
Washington They came by automo-
bile, accompanied by Mr.. MeAdoo 5
secretary and their chauffeur, and went
to Greenfield, where they boarded a
train.
While here Secretary aud Mrs. Me
Adoo were profuse in their praise of
Brattleboro, SAYING that the beauty Of
the place and its surroundings exceed
ed that Of any other place on their trip,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-03
-MAZATLAN ON VERGE
OF CAPTURE BY REBELS
2, 100 Federals Bottled Up in West
Coast City-Fears Expressed for
Those in Neutral Zone.

On board T. 5 5 California. Nazatlan,
MAY 30. vla san Francisco. june 3.-That
Mazatlan will fau is foregone conclusion
in the opinion of the tonnspeople. it,
capture appearing TO depend entirely
upon the wishes 81 Gen. Obregon. COM
manding the constitutional forces There
are >. 400 federal troops bottled up in
tie city and unable to do any offensive
work.
With the fall Of Mazatian imminent
there Is some speculation a. to Just how
safe nou-comhatants vii be III the neu-
tral zone which Admiral Howard sue
ceeded il having established. The temper
Of natives is such that then actions cam
not he foreeasted Seven hundred
feather bedeeked Indians are concentrated
on an island which is in the harbor oi
AIazatian and which Is within 2,000
wards Of the city They are commanded
bv Mexicans and are impatient for Gen
Obregon to give the word to attack tn,
city.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-03

ta : wish to place on record that uci-
ther mistaken pride nor personal in
terest will prevent his withIradai
once the abOve-named conditions are
satisfied
1.-The Mexican government accept
ei the mediation Of the South Ameri-
can powers, Argentina. Brazil and
Chile. IN a. frank and open spirit and
the Mexican delegation has been guided
and VIII be guided in ali its acts by
perfect good faith.
=. II should be unnecessary to sav
that President Huerta gave the Mex
lean delegation special instructions
not to consent TO anything which
could hurt the sovereignty of the
Mexican nation and to refuse a hear
ing in the deliberations or the con
ference TO anything which might be
construed a. an imposition from the
outside. For their own part the dele
gates would not have accepted in
structiOns Of a different nature on
these points; but they beg TO state
that hitherto they have had no oe-
casion to refer 10 thera, thanks TO
Observation-Disclosures and ia the eireum-
spection Of the Ameriean delegation
TO treat Of the interior pscifiea-
tion Of Mexico I'm the course Of de
liberatious on difficulties of an n
ternatonal character cannot be con
sidered rs submitting the sovereignty
of the nation TO an external iufiu-
enee: said paeifeation Is necessarily
bound mp with the international ones
tons. This has been appreciated by
the Mexican delegation and ~ setting
I forth the intentions Of its govern
meut in the matter. and in its en-
A deavors tc bring about the paeifeatiou
+ 1t has been inspired by the knOwi-
edge that without IL no satisfactory
conclusion can be arrived at IN the in-
! terHational question.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-03
STORSTAD UNLOADED
SHOWS DAMAGED STERN
Much Registered Mail Lost on Empress
of Ireland-Over $4,000 in Mon
ey Orders Sunk

MONTREAL, June ; The collier
Storstad, which rammed the Canadian
liner Empress Of Ireland in the St Law
ence Friday, causing the loss Of more
than 900 lives, completed unloading her
heavy cargo Of coal here yesterday, and it
was possible to make thorough inspec-
tion Of her bow, shattered by the shock
OF the collision 1t was seen that her
stem was twisted so much to starboard
that it almost formed a half circle. Some
Of the lowermost plates in her bow were
also twisted to starboard and torn away.
There IS large mdentation on either
side Of the stem and the rivets are torn
clear The condition Of the Storstad :
stem i pointed to in connection with
Capt Anderson : claim that when the col
lision with the Empress OF Ireland oc-
Cured il was impossible to remain in the
hole because it was twisted by the for
ward movement Of the Empress. The
Ntorstad is still in the possession of the
bailiff. who seized tile vessel on the Cana
dian Pacific company's claim Of $1,000
coo loss against the collier.
According to the statement ii Montreal
lpostoiiice officials the heavy registered
mail amounting to 1903 packages. which
went down on the Empress Is a total loS.
and there viii he no compensation for the
senders o. addresses Of those packages
| The postal regulations provide that ths
/ department IL only responsible for regis
tered mail actually lost in the mail anc
| then only to the extent Of 50 for eacI
/ package
/ Notices are now being sent out ii It'll,
| Montreal postotfices to - exchange office,
IN All parts II the world notifying then
Of the los Of the mail, and providing
list Of the registered letters The I'm
Ipress of Ireland carried 1J9 bags Of news
lpapers. II bags Of letters. eight basket
CONTAINING 301 parcels and 903 regis
tered articles.
Those who sent money orders 10 iii
Erope, which were lost on the Empress
however. viii not be out Of pocket a
duplicates Of the money orders held il
Ottawa viii be copied and dispatched t
London. The parties concerned will i
notified and paid the money at their near
lest postofiice 1t il estimated that owe
ES140,000 ii money orders went down i
the Empress in the mail bags
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-03

a lot of trouble over my disappear
ance and that my LAWYER John W.
Coogan, was ma king an Investigation.
He wanted me to give him a written
statement to Mr.. Coogan saying that
/ was happy and eontented, and | had
made trouble enough and asking him
to abandon his search for me.
Professor Brenton also told her, she
said, that they could not pronounce
her cured until she gave a confession
of her guilt, naming a precise date on
which she had committed the indis-
cretion with Mr.. Holman He said he
told her he had to catch his train and
could not wait for it but for her to
send it to him.
81 was 50 broken in spirit that
was ready to confess to murder, = said
Mrs. Holman = | wrote the confession
and sent it to him. / wrote it in the
confidence that it was the only means
Of obtaining my release.
Removed to Linden Lodge.
On September D, She continued, she
was removed from the asylum to I'm
den Lodge, health resort also in
Brattieboro. She was there until De-
cember l.. There were no insane pa
L
cure than anything else. Shs tried for
week to get an interview with the
superintendent. s f. I.awton before
she could get il. She then spent the
greater part Of the morning with him.
DR. LaWton told her she was absolute
II sane and said he would write the
facts to Professor Brenton. He asked
her why she had been put in the asN
lum.
She recalled that when Dr. Mater
man came to see her, She had toit
him that she lad no deluslons. Ht
had told her that she was brought t
the asylum because Of her conduct
toward her husband and the fact tina
She was suffering with exaggerate,
/ ego.
| Asked if prior to her being takeT
to BrattIeboro, her husband had eve
made any effort to secure a divorce
| Mrs. Holman said that he had brough
up the subject three or four times
| She had asked him to release he
| legally on grounds of desertion Sh
had been willing to take athe odlun
He had replied that the church onl.
allowed him to have 4 divorce q
grounds of adultery and if any othe
sort of separation was brought about
he would not be able to marry again
He told her that a. late as June. I9l.
She had told him that he was absolute
IN distasteful to ner sexualIy and thai
in view of his petty tyranny, She coul
not live with him and be an homes
wife. 1T was nothing more than lega
lied prostitution. she said she tol
him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-03
PRETTY WEDDING
IN HINSDALE, n. I'll.
Miss Madelon M. Temple Becomes
Bride Of Prentiss w Taylor =
Beautiful Decorations Reception.
Especial t. The Reformer.
HlNsDALE. y. Il. Lnne 3.


Tie home Of Nh and Mrs. +. j. Tenn
PIC on River street was the scene of
pretty wedding last evening. when their
youngest daughter Madelon Merchant
Temple was married to Prentiss Willard
Taylor, son of AIr and Mrs Henry W.
Taylor Of this town The ceremony was
performed al Z o'clock by tue brother oi
the bride Rev Charles II. Temple of
Lewiston. Me-. double ring service he
ing used in the presence OF only the Inn
mediate families The ceremony took
place in the paror. beneath an arch of
evergreen, the background being ferns
and palms. on each side of which were
baskets of white roses and carnations.
The decorations in this room were Of
green and white
The bride was given in marriage by
her father and the ring bearer was the
little niece of the bride. Elizabeth Tenn
pie Of Lewiston. Me. who wore white
crepe embroidered in blue
The bridal couple were attended by
Miss Mabel f. Temple, sister Of the bride,
as bridesmaid and Ralph Sargent Of
Coatesville, Pa, a classmate of Mr.. Tay-
Tor at Tufts college, "a best man The
wedding march was played by Miss Rest
Metcalf
The bride was beautifully gowned in
white satin charmeuse. cut en- train. trim
med with silk applique and crystal trim
mtngs. She wore a lace veil with dutch
cap Of lace and tulle with crystal trim
mings, and carried shower bouquet ol
lilies-of- -the-vallev
| The bridesmaid wore a charming gown
| of yellow charmense trimmed with cob
| web lact and carried yellow roses. Mrs
/ Temple mother Of the bride, was hand
somely gowned in a lavender messaline
with silver trimmings and eobweb lace
and Mrs Taylor. mother of the bride
groom wore = handsome gown Of blue
silk poplm with novelty chiffon and black
lace tunie
Following the wedding ceremony re
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-03
Mrs Holman Takes Stand.

Mrs. Holman was called as a witness
by her attorney, y. +. Fitzgerald, and
related her story of being taken to the
Retreat Sept. = 1912 She said she had
made plans for the day, but on that
morning her husband brought up the
subject of their unhappy married life
and said to her: 1.-The time has come
when | cannot control YOU. Here are
some men who, perhaps can. She said
the two doctors then came in to- ex-
anime her, that she told them she and
Professor Brenton were entirely insult
ed and that phases Of sex life which he
insisted on were distasteful to her and
that She told him she could not live
with him t such practices were to con.
tnue.
Following Or. Waterman question
ing. in IN absurd way, Mrs. Hol
man said he told her that they hat
decided that she must 20 away fo1
rest and treatment She chose a sau
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-03
PLAN STICKY RECEPTION.
Authorities Put Tar-Llke Substance on
Square to Greet 1. w. w.

TARRYTOWN. n. =. June ;. Be
sides increasing the police force by
30 members to guard against a threat
ened invasion by Industrial Workers Of
the World the town authorities today
began paving Fountain square, where
gatherings have been held, with soft
TAR like preparation. Whether this was
done by chance or by design it elimi-
mates the square as rendezvous for
several days to come. The Rockefeller
country estate is near here.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-03
REVISED DEATH LIST
SHOWS 1924 PERISHED
Empress of Ireland Had 1,476 on Board
Instead of 1.387-Saved
Number 49,.

MONTREAL. June 3 --latest figures
on the los Of life BY the sinking of Ems
press Of Ireland off Father point May -,
gwen out today III an official statement
bv the Canadian Pacific Railway CO.,
show that 1921 persons persisted The
company has learned that there were
.476 persons aboard the Empress instead
Of / 2S7. as heretofore stated, hence the
increase in the death list The total
saved is now given as 432.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-03
AT THE CENTRE CHURCH

Wednesday, p M Meeting Of the
Boy Scouts with Miss Davis, superin-
tendent Of the Mutual Aid association,
at the association headquarters, Canal
street.
Wednesday, to 80 p. m-Picnic
Of the Christian Endeavor society and
their friends in DR. q. $. Clark s woods.
Take the 4.45 car, leaving it at the
creamery bridge.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-03
MEDIAT0RS SEND
CARRANzA REPLY
Want to Know If He viii Agree to Armistce and to
Discussion of internal Problems of Mexico
Huerta Ready to Retire Under Certain Conditions
Statement OF His Position
NIAGARA FALLS. ont. june !.

4
and Zubaan
delegates
agara
The
Hueta as
They further beis declare
With the Huerta speedily
The three neators ii complete accord the
with opposition sid
Confidence
y the American Mexican prove acceptable Carranza
md i believed that the
/ Carranza participation b. fnal
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-03
ASKS u. S. PROTECTION.
For Spanish Residents of Tampico-
Are Being Prosecuted.

WASHINGTON, juno 3-Signor
Riano. the Spanish ambassador, asked
Secretary Bryan today to appeal for
the protection Of Spanish citizens in
Tampico. According to the Ambassa-
dor's $ advices another forced loan of
137. goo pesos had been demanded BY
the constitutionaIsts. The ambassa-
dor and the Spaniards had been
singled out aud prosecuted as a class
and the money demanded from them
in a lump sum.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-03
THE SUTHERLAND RESOLUTION
Ii Has Been Adopted by Committee and
VIII Now Go to Senate.

WASHINGTON. June 3. BY a
vote OF s to the Senate foreign re-
lations committee today adopted the
Sutherland resolution directing Presi-
dent Wilson to open negotiations with
Great Britain for special arbitration
on the Panama tolls. dispute The reso-
lution now goes to the senate.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-03
START FOR GOLD COAST.
Steamer Liberia to Take Colony of
Negroes 10 Africa.

PORTLAND. Me-, June 3.-The
steamer Liberia on which Chief Sam
Atkins proposes to takes colony Of
negroes from this port and Galveston
to Salt Pond on the gold coast of At
rica left today for Norfolk, Va, where
a quantity of bunker coal viii be
taken aboard after which. the steamer
Is to proceed to Galveston.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-03
AT MASONIC TEMPLE.

Stated assembly Connecticut Valley
Council, No. IS. r. and 5. H.. will be
held at Masonic Temple Thursday
evening, June /, at 7.30 clock
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-03
THE WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, June 3-The wealth,
er forecast: Fair tonight. Thursday
partly cloudy. Warmer IN the inte-
rIor.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-03
Repudiates Confession of Letters.

In these letters Mrs Holman posed show deep for the
wongong she had Professor
rebuilding
foundation. Mrs Holman stimoy the
0
experiences
all worked her until she believed
herself would reality
is
with Holman
Omissions which her the divorce
a
Judge Marcus H. Ioleomb
o
land Nc The given
Brenton
Hd Mr. Holman the marriage taking
Nunkers, \ "
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-03
WEIRD STORY OF
LIFE IN RETREAT
Mrs Frederick E. Holman, at One Time Inmate of
Local Institution, Tells Amazing Tale of Alleged
Conspiracy in $4,000 Suit Against Husband
Claims Husband Forced Her to Write Letters
Especial to The Reformer,)
HARTFORD. Conn. June !.

=.
Mrs Ernest Holman Watcrvie,
Trinity social
o
he
0 to
a ermon
trial
las
Mrs
the novelist alleged happened which would
breaking her testimony fer the
A in
to
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-03
Confessed to Obtain Release. :

Mrs Holman went on to say that
about the sixth day Professor Brenton
came to see her. She told him he could
see for himself the conditions surround
her and declared her inability to bear
it. q told him., she said, that he
could realize what he had brought me
to, that it was madhouse. / told him
| would 90 back with him, that |
would obey him. | was nervous and un-
strung, my viii was completely broken
and l was ready to do anything. "
Professor Brenton, according to The
witness, told her he could not con
slider her release at that time. She
hadn I been there nearly long enough
to become penitent. /" He told ne, she
said, that my friends were making
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-03

itarium at Danyile. y. Y. but they
insisted that they had another place
picked out for her and against her
pleading forced her iuto an automobile
Her Arrival in Brattleboro.
Arriving in Brattleboro at o clock.
witness said, she was taken to the
asylum, which proved to be an old
fashioned institution with barred doors
and windows. She said she was taken
to the upper hall and into an i'll
smelling ward. There was 4 dim light
in one corner. The room was very
small and like a jail cell. 1t had an
iron bed in it and a narrow window
that was barred.
When she saw the sort of room she
was in she said, she turned to Pro.
fessor Brenton and said. '.You see this
is a mad-house you have brought me
His alleged response was: You
have forfeited your right to liberty for
| YOU have misused it.
/ The witness told of her experiences
| at the asylum. how the rawlings of mad
women We're heard all night how wo.
men threw dishes at the table and how
on one occasion woman threw foot
! which struck the witness in the face
Mrs. Holman said the attendants
We're very kind to her. OCCASIONAL,
the attendants would bring her som,
dainties in the way of fruit She oc
cupied that little cell room about thre,
weeks. She was never allowed to .,
out OF the place alone and they woul,
not give her parole which she aske
for. Miss Lucy Townshend, nurse i
the institution, was assigned to TAX
personal charge of her the secon
week Mrs. Holman pointed out Mis-
| Townshend, who was present in til
courtroom and who will be witnes
in the case.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-07
TAXICAB is DRIVEN INTO
CURB OWING TO THE FOG

\ driver for Tottens Auto company
narrowly escaped injury at 5 o'clock
this morning when a taxi-cab, which
he was driving. ran over the curbing,
up into the yard of Richard Gleason's
home. S24 Twenty-fifth street. The
driver was on his way to answer
call, and was alone at the time. 1t
was pitch dark and slightly foggy, and
he failed to notice. the turn in the
street at this point and drove straight
ahead.
One OF the front wheels of the car
was demolished and the fender and
front axle bent. Many residents in
the neighborhood were awakened by
the crash.
Operations of street cars was also
difficult this morning because of the
fog and a number of collisions were
narrowly averted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-07
The War Today
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Offensive movement of the allies
against the German armies on French
Belgian soil, apparently being extend
ed gradually, covers a large part of
the battle line from the North sea to
Switzerland.
The German official statement this
afternoon says that in northern Poland
the Germans have been successful. in
prolonged fighting around Lodz, in de-
feating strong Russian forces station
ed northwest and southwest of this
city. LODI is in our possession" says
the statement "Details of the battle
cannot yet be maze public because of
the extended field over which the en-
gagement has been fought. Russian
losses are very large. Attempts of
Russians 10 come to the assistance OF
their threatened armies north from
northern Poland were foiled by the
activity of the Austro-Eungarian and
German troops southwest of Piotrkoc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-07

is WHIPPING
EASTSH0RES

New York, Dec. IA roaring north
easter today swept the Atlantic coast
at 60 miles an hour from North Caro-
lima to Maine. Many wrecks were
cast upon shore.
Washington, D. c., Dec. steadily
increasing in intensity and moving
slowly northward a sixty mile gale
which has been whipping the Atlantic
coast since Saturday night was cen
trail today off the Virginia capes.
A report from Ocean City, Md, this
morningj said "a steamer supposed TO
be a warship which grounded five
miles below that place yesterday was
still fast this morning, blowing her
whistle continuously for help. A high
sea and fog prevented assistance be-
ing rendered. The unknown warship
reported off the coast of Delaware is
believed here to be one of some for
eign fleet. The safe arrival of two
American destroyers at Norfolk and a
report from the captain of the battle
ship Kansas that he was riding out Of
the storm off the Delaware capes, dis
posed safely of American wer craft in
llldL Vicinity
Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. IA tele-
phone message from Ocean City, Md,
at 1890 reported that the warship
grounded off that place had proceeded
seaward. 1t was impossible to learn
its identity owing to the gale and
thick weather.
New York, Dec, IA gale swept
New York harbor and the bay with
great violence. Vessels at dock in
some instances were pounded against
the piers. a fire boat at a slip at
st. George. Staten Island, was sunk
in this manner. The upper harbor is
almost clear of craft.
Seabright, n. j., Dec. Turning
of the ebb today found Seabright's
chief streets under water. railroads
covered by ocean for two miles and
the storm lashed sea sweeping
breaks in the seawall con-
structed after the floods last year.
With a high tide to come the situation
is alarming. The tide is creeping over
the ground floor of houses. There was
a 100000 loss during the night. All
business is suspended.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-07
THREATS FOR
JURYCHOSEN
INGRAFTQ QUIZ

Chicago. Ill. Dec. Additional ev-
idence Of alleged connivance of Chi
cago policemen with Iawbreakers was
revealed today by States Attorney
Hoyne, who gave further details OF
confessions he declared he had obtain
ed. Police Captain Halpin. Lieutenant
Tobin and former Detective Walter
O'Brien appeared in criminal court
and gave bonds.
The mayor revoked the saloon IL
cense Of Tow Kerwin, named in a
confession obtained by Hoyne as a 60
between in dealings of confidence men
and police. a former detective at the
bureau over which HaIpin had charge
has confessed.
The December grand jury, which
will investigate the police department,
was sworn in today. Several members
received letters threatening their
lives.