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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-05
BIRTHS.

In Brattleboro, April ?, a son, Ralph
Henry, to Mr. and Mrs r. c. Wilson.
In Hinsdale, \. H., April ., q daugh-
ter to Mr.. and Mrs Prentiss TayIor.
granddaughter to Mr. and Mrs. Henry
". Taylor and Mr.. and Mrs E. J. Tenn
pie.
In Bridgeport, Conn, March u. a
son. George Jaekman, to Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew B. Hicks
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-05
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

The mission study class of the Meth
odist church viii meet tomorrow even
ing at 7.45 with Miss Corona Bell on
Canal street.
The Epworth league will serve a
public Easter supper Thursday evening
from 6 to clock in the vestry of
the Methodist church
John s. Couch, Al, member of the
Worcester, Mass, fire department, and
Miss Mary e. Walsh of Worcester
were married this morning by Carl s.
Hopkins, justice of the peace.
Ethel Barrymore in the Shubert
five part feature, Wildfre, will be
shown at the Princess theatre today for
one day only. Tomorrow the attrac-
ton will be Two Women, a Broadway
star feature in three acts.
The funeral of Andrew Boman was
held Sunday afternoon in the Swedish
Lutheran church, Rev. E. A. Peterson
officiating. The bearers were Alfred
johnson, August Johnson, E. A. John
son and Sven Magnuson. The burial
took place in Prospect Hill cemetery.
| An inquiry was received here today
as to whether there We're any machine
shops in Brattleboro that could make
shrapnel shells and if so what the
capacity of such plants was and when
deliveries could be made. The desired
products, it is said, are for the allied
troops in Europe.
The entertainer for children day
of the Woman s club, Wednesday af
ternoon, will be c. H. Wilson, magician
/ of Pa I
stated. Mr.. Newton has been detained
| in the West. Mr.. Wilson is highly
recommended and doubtless will give
the children happy afternoon.
Next Wednesday evening the 75tl
annual business meeting of the Baptis1
church will be held in the chapel. Sup
per will be served at $50 for tn,
church and congregation, this to be fol
lowed by a historical address by til,
church clerk, Fred S. knight, who il
rounding out his 18th year in that DO
sition. Then viii come the business SEES
sion, which promises to be full of in
terest, enthusiasm and good cheer
About $50 1Tasons and their ladie
attended yesterday afternoon at 3d.
o clock the Easter observance of Beau
scant commandery. The members o
the commandery attended in full re
gala without swords. An illustrate
lecture on The Life Of Christ, with 10
slides, was a feature of the service
the lecture being delivered by Glen
ents y. Brown, the prelate. F. c. Ad
ans sang Open the Gates of the Ten
pie and a quartet composed of F. {
Adams, F. II. Brasor, A. L. Magyar
and W. s. Stearns sang Lift Up You
Heads. Christ Arose, and Sovereign an
Transforming Grace.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-05
hIARRIAGEC.

In Millers Falls, Mass, April 3, by
Rev \. A. Brondson, Fred ". Doane
and Miss Myrtle Pierce, both of North
field, Mass.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-05
A Spring Medicine

A Spring Medicine = Nearly every
person needs a good blood-purifying
medicine in the spring. This time OF
year finds one dibilitated, tired out,
with weak and irritable nerves. For
just these troubles b. D. c. Blood and
Nerve Tonic IS especially adapted. 1t
aids nature in throwing off impurities
which have accumulated in the system
during the cold winter months; while
it imparts to the body just that force
and vigor so much needed at this time
of the year. This valuable tonic may
be procured ut the Brattleboro Drug
Co. and is guaranteed by them to give
beneficial results or money refunded
ADV 81 If
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-05
MINE EXPLOSION.

One Man Killed and 16 Missing in
Grsenville, Ohio.
GREENVILLE, Ohio, April 5.-One
man was killed and is are missing as
the result of an explosion at the mine
of the Shoal Creek Coal Company here
today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-05

y great many wells are found on
Spruce St.-WeI fitted, well made and
well styled, by Taylor, the Tailor.
Adv. 24-34
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-05
Pretty ColOred Dresses
For Girls, Ages 2 to 6 years

Very group styles adapted especially
checks and plain colors Some
plat front; also plain
hamba and bloomer
Use Gngham mostly bted ylesplaited
viii pipings of plain cloths
Chambays Ginghm and Seersucker
shirred plated styles Some have
collars others collars and cuffs of white pque
dainty Gingham in paid and stripes
pretty plaid gngham that has plain chambray
tuneem I'M wit white
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-02
ERASE 2,27s VoTEDs' NAMES

ERASE 2,Z7S VOIEDS' NAMES
The election commissioners last
night issued a blanket order erasing
the names of 2,278 voters frofm the
registration books over the protest of
two attorneys representing the
Thompson organization.
The lawyers said the commission
ers would be guilty of malfeasance
of Office if they left the elimination to
clerks. Commissioner Kellerman re-
scented the language used by the at
torneys and said the. elimination
would be made 'by the commission.
Attorney David, who represented
Sweitzer, told the Thompson men to
get the commissioners indicted if
they were guilty.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-02

DR.. S. Paul chinapa, the Hindoo-
stan scholar who has come to Amer
lea under the auspices of his govern
ment to study social and economic
conditions with a view to introduce
ing American customs in his own
country.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-02
SISTERS SENT TO ASYLUM

County Judge Scully's commission
on lunacy yesterday adjudged Mrs.
Clara Kittredge and Miss Mary Ste
phans, wealthy sisters whose minds
broke down after too hard studying
of Christian Science doctrines, in
sane and they we're ordered sent to
an asylum. They are members of
a wealthy eastern family.
THE LATEST!-SMOKED CHEESE
observation-disclosures said smoke got
into holes of 200 Swiss cheeses in
fire at Paul Sckmidt's grocery and
gave them lots of trouble.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-02
= CHICAGOGRAMS


Work is progressing rapidly out in
Warren Woods, in Austin, towards
the golf course.
Thoughts of springtime oft remind
US, we can make our derby last.
A bird in the hand is worth two in
the bush if it happens to be on the
back of a silver coin.
when the late Ezra Kendall was
playing in 1.-THE Vinegar Buyer" he
always had his Mother" with him.
You've heard that old gag, ''If a
cartoonist made pictures, we wonder
what John Drew" Here's the an
swer. When John went into the
movies, he drew a crowd.
The movies, by the way, sure have
got a grip on Chicago. That's all
right, everybody else has got the
grippe.
There are sayings for both old and
young. For instance, ga man is
man for a that" and Boys will be
boys"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-02

ables us to look forward to an awak-
ened humanity that by it's votes must
solve this undemocratic anomaly in
the near future and elect the Rubber
Stamp to all ornamental Offices
A. w.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-11-27
MUNDAY SENTENCED TO FIVE
YEARS

Chas. B. Munday was found guilty, at
Morris, ILL.,, on Nov. 19, Of having con-
spired with former Senator William E.
Lorimer and others, to wreck the La Sale
Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago, and
it's four subsidiaries.
His punishment, fixed by the jury, was
five years in the penetentiary, which was
the greatest sentence it could impose
The conviction came as the conclusion
of trial lasting eight weeks, and which
had been waged by an array of the keen
est legal talent Of the state
On the following day, Munday entered
the circuit court, at Morris, and demanded
new trial, a motion for which will be
heard on December 81. Munday declares
that the fight has only begun.
States Attorney Frank Hayes, of Grundy
county, in his address for the prosecution,
among other things, said:
"Don't let it be said here that man
can steal million and half Of dollars
and 60 free, while man might steal $40
and suffer the punishment that belongs to
thief
''If Munday had any tears he should
have shed them on the twelfth day of
June, 1914, when the widows in their
heavy mourning, with their orphan babes
in their arms, when the poor wage earners,
striving to protect their little ones in the
future, clamored at the doors of the La
Sale Street Bank for their savings"
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-11-27
Single Copy, 3 Cents

the stock exchange" !" but adds that stfor
obvious reasons, little has been heard
ABOUT the fortunes lost in that form of
amusement.
The big egg kings, who planned to
reap an enormous harvest of profits bv
selling ship-loads of eggs to the allies. are
IN distress, and face prospects of financial
rum The belligerents seem to care but
little about eggs, and the big speculators
are caught with the surplus on their
hands. 1t is estimated that in twenty
tour big cold storage warehouses in the
United States, more than 100000 900
eggs are lying uncalled for. This amounts
to more than ten apiece for every man,
woman and child in the country.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-11-27
CARRANzA PLEADS FOR PATIENCE

A writer, in summing up the events Of
the past five years in Mexico draws at
tention to the fact that Diaz, the man who
ruled Mexico with an iron hand, is dead
in exile; Madero, who replaced him, was
assassinated; Huerta is in exile under ar
rest; Villa is an outlaw, while Carranza
heads an uncertain "de facto" govern
ment, with civil war still raging. The
nation today is "prostrate under fire,
sword and famine.
In view of these conditions, General
Carranza has come before the public with
plea that the people. have patience and
faith, and strive with the Carranza party
in it's hard task Of reconstruction and
overcoming the mistakes Of the former
regimes
He states that the reconstruction period
will be the most difficult Of all and will
require long time to bring to a success
full termination.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-11-27
GOVERNMENT MAY BUILD OWN
WARSHIPS

Secretary Of the Navy, Daniels has an
nounced that plan is under contempla-
ton by the government, for the ownership
of every element connected with battle
ship building, including government owned
or leased iron fields, ship yards, armor-
plate factories, and all else that is neces-
sary.
His reason for this is that American
steel plants are so overrun with orders IN
the manufacture Of munitions and supplies
for European countries, that they refuse
to accept orders, for immediate fulfill
ment, from the government.
Commenting on the attitude Of the com
panies, the secretary said:
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-11-27
HUDSON MAXIM URGES DEFENSE

Hudson Maxim, inventor Of many imple-
ments now used upon the European battle
fields, has asserted in speech before the
Kansas City Commercial Club, that the
only way America can be saved from war
is to first have a navy big and powerful
enough to defend our shores from attack !;
in the second place, an army big enough
to save the country from the horrors Of
defeat and humiliation, even should our
navy be destroyed
He stated that in case Of attack by a
frst-class European power, our present
army would make "just about one good
days killing" and that nothing we could
do would prevent the invaders from cap
turing the entire country between the
Alleghanies and the sea. Continuing, Mr..
Maxim said:
"We should have to ransom ourselves
with gold and the enemy would throw
his sword into the scales to make good
weight.
"While all the other nations of the
world are armed to the teeth, and are still
arming and fighting for the mastery of
the world, it is the extreme Of imbecility
for us not to arm ALSO
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-11-27
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING "DON'TS'
FOR WOMEN

Ten suggestions and don 'ts" have
been issued by Chief Of the Detective
Bureau Of Chicago, to safeguard women
from pickpockets and burglars during the
Christmas shopping season. They are as
follows:
"DON'T carry a handbag on your arm.
"DON'T leave your home without some
body being there or notifying your
neighbor Of your intended absence.
"DON'T display much money when
paying bills in the stores.
"DON'T crowd when getting off street
cars or other vehicles; there is where
pickpockets find their easiest prey.
"BEWARE Of crowds in department
stores; even women are as expert as
men in picking pockets and robblng
purses.
"DON'T mislay your handbag or valu-
ables in women s rooms of the depart
ment stores. Many complaints are
made to the police of losses due to
this carelessness of women.
"DON'T take your babies with you, as
they detract your attention from the
protection Of your valuables; besides,
it's dangerous for the children In the
crowds and crush.
s'DON'T confde in strangers.
Lastly, notify the police Of any sus-
oicious persons who may follow you, or if
you receive suspicious telephone calls at
7our home"
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-11-27

knew nothing of the crime for which he
was convicted.
He was to have been shot on Oct. /, but
President Wilson secured a postponement
of the execution, through the request of
the Swedish minister to the United States.
On Nov. 18, Pres. Wilson again asked
Governor Spry to reopen the case, but the
state executive refused to comply, declar-
ing that he could not and would not lend
himself or his office to such interference,
unless tangible facts were presented.
Members Of the I. W. w. claimed that
Hillstrom was railroaded to his death, be-
cause Of his activities in organizing the
workers The evidence against him, while
circumstancial, was corroborated on many
points, he being unable to prove his IN
nocence.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-11-27
DECEPTIVE LADS" OPPOSED BY
GOVERNMENT

Representatives of the Associated Ad-
vertising Clubs of America have been
called to Washington, to confer with the
federal trade commission on dishonest ad-
vertising. The congressional committees
which had charge of both the Clayton and
federal trade commission acts, expressed
their belief that dishonest advertising was
one Of the most virulent forms of unfair
competition.
n. B. Williams, a Washington attorney
who was associated in the committee work,
while the trust program was under con-
sideration, has said:
Dishonest or unfair competition is on
careful analysis found to consist mainly
in some form of untrue deception, or mis-
leading publicity. Fundamentally, unfair
competition is proven by dishonest adver-
tising.''
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-11-27
ASSASSINS' CLUB DISCOVERED IN
TOXIC

The existence Of an assassins' club
among the revolutionary Chinese students
at Toxic, Japan, has been discovered, the
members Of which are solemnly sworn to
take the life of prominent workers for the
monarchial movement in China The plot
was revealed by the recent attempted as
sasination Of Chan Shih-I, an emissary of
President Yuan Shi-Kai Of China.
According to reports the victim was
marked man as soon as he placed foot
upon Japanese soil, and had hardly begun
work for the propaganda of the restora-
ton of the monarchy, when he was shot
down, by a Chinese student, in his own
doorway.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-11-27
DEBS REFUSES NOMINATION

Eugene V. Debs, continuous Socialist
candidate for the presidency since 1900,
has declined to accept the fifth nomination
at the hands Of his party.
cit is the first time [ have ever had the
opportunity to decline the nomination, !"
said Mr.. Debs Heretofore | have al
ways been nominated at conventions when
I was not in attendance. This time the
was made by referendum. |
mailed letter today to the national Off
GERS Of the Socialist party announcing that
[ will decline the nomination.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-11-27
SPECULATIVE UNCERTAINTIES

New York fnanciers are drawing atten-
ton to the fact that the prospective supply
Of funds, which will be seeking invest
ment the coming year in the United States,
is unusually large larger perhaps than at
any one time in the country's history
A boom in oil shares, such as this coun-
try has never seen, is believed by experts
to be near at hand. The supply of crude
petroleum is far under the demand.
An editorial writer this week draws
attention to the fact that the newspapers
have been full of the tales OF furtunes
won in dancing with the war brides OF
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-11-27
RUTHLESS DESTRUCTION OF BIRDS

Col G.. G. Shields, president of the
League of American Sportsmen, states that
destruction of birds costs the United
States billion dollars year.
"Cotton growers, he said, loose
$1O000O000 year by the boil weevil.
Why? Because the quails, the prairie
chickens, the meadow larks, and other
birds which were formerly there in mill
ions have been swept away by thought
less, reckless men and boys"
It takes more than $4,000 chinch-bugs
to weigh an ounce, and nearly $4,000 Hess
ian flies to weigh the same. A quail killed
by an expert in Ohio had in it's craw ], 200
chinch bugs Another killed in Kansas
wheat field, had 1000 Hessian flies"
Col. Shields in the course of his remarks
states that the potato growers pay
ST., 100000 year for paris green, adding
that quail slain in Pennsylvania recently
was found to have 127 potato bugs in it's
craw
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-11-27
CHINA URGED TO JOIN ENTENTE
ALLIANCE

Proposals are being held out by Great
Britain, France and Russia, in an effort
to add China to the entente alliance, in
order to prevent possible friction in the
future, between Japan and China; also to
preserve the peace Of the far east
Negotiations are only in conversations
al stage, and China has given no indication
as to her attitude. Japan, so far as known,
has not been consulted
American diplomats in Peking and Eu-
ropean capitals, are refraining from par
ticipation.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-11-27
TRANSPORTATION TAXED BEYOND
CAPACITY

The congestion Of freight in and around
New York, is said, by prominent railroad
officials, to be the worst within memory,
and is so great as to cause shippers and
transportation companies serious concern.
1t is attributed chiefly to the rush of muni-
tions and food stuffs for European ship
ment, Railway companies see no prospect
for relief.
Exports of all kinds from New York
last week, were valued at $50, ,548,07O, be-
ing an increase Of more than $S,0O0,0OO
over the preceding week
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-11-27
ALLEGED MONOPOLY ON s1sAL

Charges have been lodged with the state
department at Washington, that the Inter
national Harvester Company has effected
a monopoly on sisal, product of hemp
grown in Yucatan, state Of Mexico.
1t is claimed furthermore that the COM
pany has made loans to the producers at
excessive rates Of interest forcing them to
sell their crops at prices fixed by the con
Germ This enabled the harvester COM
pany to make enormous profits on binder
twine, product of sisal, sold to American
farmers
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-11-27
PREPAREDNESS MOVEMENT
SPREADS

Mayors Of several dozen cities through
out the U. S. have followed the example
Of Mayor Mitchell of New York, by ap-
pointing committees to cooperate in ma
tional defense preparation.
Secretaries of branches of the National
Security League have recommended that
college presidents and faculties encourage
students to join summer military training
camps.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-11-27
CHICAGO OPENS IMMENSE
DRY DOCK

Chicago has now opened up a thirty-fve-
acre shipyard, including the largest and
finest dry dock in operation on the Great
Lakes
The Chicago Shipbuilding Company, a
branch of the American Shipbuilding Com
pany, for whom the new dock was built,
will lay down, in two weeks, the keel of
the first Of six new 261-foot ships for
Norwegian trade, which will go through
the Wellington canal.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-11-27
Neutral Press Bureau Established
in Germany

For the purpose of facilitating the trans
mission Of news to the outer world, the
German general staff has established a
neutral press headquarters through
which 81 recognized and accredited cor
respondents Of the leading papers Of neu-
trail countries will operate. Three times
a week it meets the members, receiving
such items Of news from the military staff
as are available.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-11-27

"They come to us asking contracts on
the plea, and the just plea, that they will
be needed in time Of war as part of the
nations preparedness.
There are now indications that when
there is profitable business abroad they
will ship supplies and munitions there,
and leave this government to await their
convenience"
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-11-27
STATE PRACTICALLY FREE FROM
FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE

An announcement was made by the
state veterinarian, of Illinois, on Novem-
Der 18, that the state had been free of
foot and mouth infection for two days.
According to reports, one case has since
developed. 1t is believed, however, that
the malady is practically stamped out
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-11-27
RAILRoADERs DEMAND S-HoUR DAY

United States railroaders, numbering
$4,000, will demand an 8-hour day at
lo-hour pay, on March 1, 1916, if refer
endum vote so orders The trainmen will
also ask for time and half for overtime.
The rallroaders will give the companies
81 days to reply, and it is said that the
subject will be up for final decision in
April.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-11-27
VOLCANIC ERUPTION BECOMES
MORE VIOLENT

The eruption of Stromboli volcano is
becoming serious. The population Of the
island is fleeing to places of safety. The
sides of the mountain are cracking, and
streams Of lava are flowing into the sea,
causing columns of smoke to be visible at
distance Of forty miles.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-11-27
MOOSE" PARTY WILL HAVE
TICKET, SAYS PERKINS

George W. Perkins, chairman Of the ma
tional executive committee Of the Progress
sive party, states that there must and will
be Moose" ticket in the field in 1916.
He expresses no opinion as to who will
be the national candidate
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-11-27
GERMANY OFFERS INDEMNITY FOR
LUSITANIA AFFAIR

Washington reports state that Germany
has agreed to pay the United States in
demnity for the lis lives lost in the Lusi-
tania tragedy, but refuses to apologize to
the United States for sinking the liner.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-11-27
Another Italian Liner Sunk

The sinking of ships in the Mediterran-
can has become of such common occurrence
that the matter receives but little notice
in the press, number Of ships Of various
kinds having gone to the bottom Of late
On Nov 7th it was reported that the
Bormida, another Italian passenger steam
ship, had been sunk, all on board being
saved.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-11-27
LABOR LEADER EXECUTED

Joseph Hillstrom, an organizer of the
Industrial Workers Of the World, was
executed by firing squad, on Nov. 19,
at Salt Lake City, he having chosen this
form Of death.
Hillstrom maintained to the end that he