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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-11
1RATTLEBORo LOCAL.

The Estcv organ shops began work
ing on an ci2ht-hour schedule today.
beginning work at : and closing ut >
?. m.
The Holy Name society went to com
munion in a body in ST. Michael 5 Ro
man Catholic church ut the $50 mass
sunday.
Mrs. Elizabeth F. Bailey received
Saturday a certificate OF membership
i'm the National Association Of Chirop-
odists OF New York.
The next rehearsal for the big base
ball minstrel show win he held to-
| morrow evening in Knights Of Column
bus hall at : clock This rehearsal
will be for the entire company. John
! j. Nolan. who is directing the show,
will arrive from Boston at , O'clock
| tomorrow and will he here for several
! days this week conducting rehearsals.
The Brattleboro Ministerial union
| held a meeting in the Congregational
| chapel this afternoon. These present
were Rev. +. Q. :. Osgood, Rev. p. +.
| Trout, Rev. II. A. Goodhue, Rev. /. NJ
Compton. Rev. Il. w Owens, Rev. L
:. Hewett and Rev. Il. NJ. Houghtcn
The moderator was Rev. Mr.. Goodhue
Rev. Mir. Osgood read paper on En-
erson and Thoreau and Rev. Mr.
Owens preached a sermon On Peace.
The annual meeting of the Univer
salist Sunday school was held yester
day. when the regular Universalist or
der of installation took place, Rev. d
Z. Trout being the installing officer
The officers are: superintendent, Mrs
T.. p Bailey; assistants, Wiltred Har
ris. Miss Eva Cooper, Miss Harrie
Rallicn: supt. of the primary depart
mcnt, Miss Grace Cooper; sec, Mis-
a Pauline Morris; asst. sec, Mrs. {. N
Bugan; treas, Fred Spaulding, jr.
asst. treas, Fred Sargent; librarians
{, Miss Alice Eames, Miss Mario
- Knight. Mrs. Harriet Bemis; eyecutiv
!. board. Mrs. Myra Stone, Henry Shil
a man. Leon /. Leader, in addition to tn
/, other officers. Miss Ruth Brown wi
-. have charge of the music in the SUI
:. day school, and Miss Rhoda Berry
the pianist.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-11
NORTHFIELD, MASS.
Death of william Leavis.

William Leavis. %, died this fore
noon after being in III health q lona
time with creeping paralysis. Tie was
a son Of Thomas and Mary Ann lChila
LeaNis and was horn ia Peterhofo Eng
land. He came to Wakefield Mass.
with his parents when Is wears ula
and engaged IN the rattan in,ipe~-
with his father. Later he was "a traN-
cling salesman.
His health failed and he moved To
Warwick. where he lived four years
AMI nine years a-n came to Mortified
with his family, but had not been cn-
gagged in active business bccau~c of
linvalidism.
| Besides his wife he leaves Ave chill
| dron. Miss Alma LeaviS OF Boston. q
daughter by 4 former marriage, DANA
Lcavis Of the Mechanical Arts school
| in Boston. Mrs. Carrie Louise Johnson
iof Winchester. y. H.. and Mi~sc, ld:
and Ethel LeaViS Of this town.
The funeral will be held 1T the house
at 80 "Wednesday. Rcv. ". w Cos.
officiating, and the burial viii take
place in Warwick in the spring.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-11
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

The Ladies' Enterprise society will
hold its next regular meeting with
Mrs. +. r. Purinton. > Maple street
Wednesday, Jan. -, at > o'clock.
In Il special communication of Col
nmbia lodge, to be held in the Masonic
temple this evening, the Master Mason
degree win he conferred on two eandi-
dates.
In the organization of the military
department of the University of Yer
mont Ernest l.. Gilbert OF Rutland,
nephew of w A. Gilbert of this town,
is captain of Company c and Theodore
II. OckIes, formerly of Townshend, is
second lieutenant of the same company
Gilbert is a member OF the class OF
1915 and OckleS is in the class OF
| 1916.
| The play School Days was presented
! in the Auditorium Saturday afternoon
/ 10 fair sized audience and to a small
audience in the evening. The company
was reor2anized a few days before anC
| the rough places had not worn off. hu
those present found much that amused
them and with a little more practict
Ethe company Will give good satisfac
Ition.
Before the School DAYS show Mana
ger Fox put out poster showing sew
ieral boys and girls looking ut Il bill
lboard and offered to give free ticket
TO the five submitting the best answe
to the question as to what the childre
saw on the board One answer was
'HThey are looking at picture of tn
new post Office, corner of Main an
Grove streets. They see a man wit
iron grey hair and a broad smile wall
ing up the steps and going into I'll
. building. See how lite and spring
he is on his feat. He is the postma
! ter. "
Venice is built on lis small island
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-11
BRATTLEBoRo LOCAL.

Oasis cncampmcnt, !. o. O. T.. will
hold a special meeting Wednesday
evening for the purpose of installing
officers. after which refreshments will
he served
Dennis Rebekah lodge will have an
installation of officers tomorrow even
ing at 100 o o'clock. District Deputy
President Mrs. Howe of Newfane will
be the installing officer.
The annual meeting of the Univer-
saist society will be held in the
church parlcr tomorrow evening at 80
o'clock. Reports of officers will be
made and business transacted.
G. j. Grabb. a student at Mount Her
mon school, preached very acceptably
in the West Brattleboro Congregations
al church Yesterday morning, in the alb
,cncc of Rev Mr.. Lamb, who is i'll.
The 10Th annual meeting of the Ba-
raca class Of the First Baptist church
will be held in the church parlors Wed
uesday evening. Supper will he served
mt Z o'clock, followed by Il business
meeting and social hour.
Ernest A. Todd Of Brattleboro, whc
is fond of fishing through the ice anC
wears glasses. is suffering from al
ugly wound above his right eye as tn,
result of falling on the ice while fish
ing near Londonderry yesterday after
noon and being unable to get treat
mcnt for the wound until he arrive'
here this morning, when he Went to Oh
W. Il. Moves. He was successful j
getting a number of large fish, som
before and some after his injury.
\ regular meeting of the New Ems
land auxiliary was held Friday evenin
with Mrs. Katherine Holland with !
members present. 1t being the annu;
meeting, the following officers wer
elected: President. Mrs. Katherine Ho
land: vice pres. Mrs. Ada Bruce; see
Mrs Annie Bracket; treas, Mr.
Grace Larrabec; directors, Mrs. Ha
tie Davis, Mrs. Bertha Bemis, Mr.
George Iucics; press COM, Mrs. Ad
Niles: audit com, Mrs. Ellen Heric
and Mrs. Ida Stafford; finance con
Mrs. Ada Niles and Mrs. Bertha Bemi
Refreshments were served.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-11
TOWN SHEND.
Post and Relief Corps Installation.

\ very enjoyable occasion was the
join installation of the officers of
Birchard post, No. So, G. A. r., and
Birchard Relief corps, No. 20, in Ma
sonic hall Saturday afternoon. Six
teen members of the Relief corps and
10 members of the post were present.
The officers of the Relief corps, who
were installed in an impressive way
by the former president, Mrs. Anna
Bush Of Brookline. are: Pres, Mrs.
Nora Howe; s. Y. p, Mrs. Lizzie
Grey; J. V. F., Mrs. Edith Cutler;
treas, Mrs. Lila Reed; see, Mrs.
Anna Bush; chaplain, Mrs. Nellie
Miles; conductor, Mrs. Margaret Mich
OILS; guard, ClarafBush; A. c.. Mrs.
Mary Barry; A. c., Mrs. Jean Hebb;
T. l., Mrs. Polly Ballou; press cor
/ Mrs. Norma Howard; musician, Mrs
| Edith Cutler; color bearer, Mrs. Nor
ma Howard, Mrs. Grace Perry, Mrs
Hattie Marsh, Mrs. Emma Edwards
| Thanks were read from shut-in mem
bers who received gifts of remem
] brance from the corps at Christina
i time.
The officers of the post were in
stalled by Col. A. B. Franklin, pas
commander: Commander. Fl. f. Frank
lin; S. V. c., A. w. Kidder; J. Y. G
L. ". Bush; adj, w. H. Miles; Q. NJ
II. A. Carpenter; surgeon. J. D. Pierce
chaplain. Joel Grout; o. D., II. II. He
brook; o. c., Emory Howard S. NJ
II. A. Carpenter; Q. NJ. s., w. I
Miles, AS representative TO the d.
partmeut encampment L. D. Pierce an
a. Y. Edwards were chosen, each {
appoint his alternate if necessary.
Refreshments of sandwiches, dough
nuts. cheese, cake and coffee weI
served by members of the Relief corr
and social hour was enjoyed.
The next meeting of the Relief or
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-11
CHESTERFIELD. N. II.
Gave s25 to Cemetery Fund.

On Thursday afternoon. Jan :. the
Sunshine society met with its vice
president. Mrs. Louis Herrick II WAS
voted to give so to the cemetery
fund. also to send sum of money -
the former resident. now aged and iu
pecuniary reed. to whom tho ~ocicte
sent - in October Plans for frtnrc
work were discussed. The society will
meet with Mrs Helen Burnham ju
Nest Chesterfield on the afternoon ot
Feb. 10. in honor Of the hostess : birth
day anniversary. \ social viii bc hcld
in the home of &. n. Davis Friday
evening. Feb. -. A Lincoln anil
Washington program viii he given. Re
freshmcnt~ OF cake ami coffee will DE
served.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-11
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

Inc oiucerS oil bennlS hehekah lodge
~, = VIZ -, "t NJ '''rU eve"
Newfane. district deputy president. y
buffet luncheon Will be served.
rrho .o,,,,,;.+o. =, ,l,.,,,a ~ +1,o y
= q y snr,Ia, +atioh+ r7ish an NON
bar orJ ;n,;+ol ,,ufs+s -, La 81 Rod
\Jep,s bau nr,n.n+E- ~ ca "a mot tho
;,s+ollotilo NAV, bc,in, ~ : o..Io.l, ne
many have 70 leave tovu ON the MONT
train
MARY ll'hlofd' me most IaIn""s
moving picture actress IN me "orl'
VIII ne seen al the flI'tess theatre 10, TO-
aaE III he" production eaI h' me
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-11

Mrs. A. I. Miller went Saturday af-
ternoon to New York city to see DIR.
Miller who is i'll in a hospital.
Miss Clara Blanchard is at her home
on Estey street on account of the Sc
rious Illness of her mother, Mrs. \. A
Blanchard.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-11

will be held i'm Newfanc. when various
committees for the coming year viii
he appointed and applications for
membership acted upon.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-11

Venice is built on lis small islands
connected by $40 bridges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-01
WAR TAKES NEARLY HALF
/ OF GERMAN WORKINGMEN
Figures Show ALL Per Cent of Cen
trail Union Members Have
Enlisted.

war's effect upon German trade and
Sindustry Is indicated in statistics made
public today by the bureau of foreign
and domestic commerce showing the
number of enlistments of male MEM
beers of the German Central Union up
to April Is. 1915. That organization
Is credited with having 2.3O0.23S mem
bers April 1, 1914, representing about
fifty different trades. Considering all
trades. the number registered repre-
scented about Ga per cent of the cor
responding population of Germany.
OF the total membership, 95S,247. or
At per cent. had enlisted in the war
up TO April 80 last Trades furnishing
the largest number OF enlistments
were, in order of numerical Importance,
Sas follows:
Metal workers, with 1851 mem
N,ers. furnished 22S,594 enlistments;
builders men, with 309.562 members,
had 1850 eniistments: transportation
employees. with 21s.614 members. had
sS.33l enli3tments; wood workers, with
1886 members. had 14,74o enlist
,neniters. had 1l.24i enlistments, and
miners. with l0l.956 members. had a.
295 eniistments. Other trades furnish
ing the largest number of enlistments
included textile workers. book printers.
carpenters, municipal employees and
brewery and mill workers.
Butchers. with only $500 members.
furnished 5,5I3 enlistments, or SAP per
cent while tobacco workers, with
l5vs6 members. had only 1888 enlist
ments, or 2l.6 per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-01
ROCKEFELLER TO SUBMIT
NEW INDUSTRIAL PLAN
Broader and More Democratic Than
Unionism," Is His Com
ment on It.

DENVER, October IAN industrial
plan which John D. Rockefeller. jr.
characterized as broader and more
democratic than unionism'' will be sub
mitted to officers and employees Of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company at
Pueblo tomorrow.
AT the conference, besides Mr.. Rookie
Teller. will be the principal operating
oHclals OF the company. all the mine
super1ntendents and the grievance rep
resentatfves of the various Colorado
camps Between fifty and sixty men
are expected to attend
In discussing the meeting Mr. Rookie
teller declined to make public in ad-
vance any details of the industrial
plan, which has been worked out by
himself and w. L. Mackenzie King, in
coiiaporation with President J. F. Well
porn ana other officers Of the company.
He said, however, that it was in no
sense an attack upon union labor.
At the outset of the late strike in
1913.' he said, the company took the
position that every man was entitled
tions-that he should be free to join a
union or not. That. position, when
stated by me before the congressional
strike investigation committee in 1914
was misconstrued in some quarters as
a statement that We were fighting or
ganized labor.
What my statement meant and what
the position of the company's officers
meant was that we did not think those
Of our employees who did not care to
join union should be forced to do So
as would have been the case if we had
signed the contract rendered by the
United Mine Workers of America. This
Is the position which I always have
maintained"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-01
INTENSELY FURIOUS FIGHTING IN WEST
GRAPHICALLY DESCRIBED BY THE WOUNDED;
BERLIN SAYS FOE IS DOOMED TO FAILURE
Allies Operations
Admitted Serious
By German Press.

AMSTERDAM. via London. October 1.
The fighting on the western front oc-
cupies large space in the German
press. The Lokal Anzeiger says:
1T cannot be denied that the new Of
fensive of the enemy is of the greatest
Importance. The enemy obviously is
making repeated efforts to gain at last
decisive success. How long he will
be able to maintain his efforts is uncer-
tain. but we must expect that the heavy
fighting will continue
Fighting Still Goes On.
The Vossiche Zeitung says:
'"The severe fighting has reached the
sixth day without slackening This
confirms the opinion already expressed
that this time we have to do with ex-
traordinary efforts.
"In view of the bitterness and in
defatigable severity of the daily re-
peated attacks we must come to the
conclusion that this offensive Surpa sses
all previous operations of the kind. 1t
shows methodical and careful prepara-
ton, which can only be explained by
firm determination to force a deci-
SION"
Says Attacks Have Failed.
The Overseas News Agency says:
THE struggle is being carried on
tenaciously, and up to the present time
all the violent attacks of the enemy
have failed. The losses of the enemy
have been great, but the fighting is
still under way, and a final decision
has not been reached
1.-The newspapers say it is useless to
minimize the Importance of the strug-
gle, but they point out that the Ger
man nation can we'll look into the flu
ture with confidence and trust in the
bravery of the German army. which is
resisting heroically the enemy's well
organized efforts"
Says Allies Will Not Succeed.
The correspondent of the Cologne Ga
zette in Champagne sends the follow
ing to his newspaper:
1T is continually becoming clearer
that the enemy's surprise Trust, car
ried out by a tremendous array of
forces, which had been liz preparation
for several months. will not succeed
The attack has now beea brought to
standstill all along the line and the
prospects of a further attack are being
awaited with equaniZlity. The spirits
of the men are excellent and their
movements are being executed calmly
and confidently"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-01
ELECTRIC IRON CAUSES
FIRE IN F STREET SHOP
Millinery Store Of Mrs. B. Harris
Damaged to Extent of $500.
Other Small Fires.

The millinery shop of Mrs. B. Harris.
at 1912 F street northwest. was dam
aged to the extent of about $500 early
this morning by fire which is believed
to have been started by an electric
pressing iron.
An investigation made by the fire de-
partment showed that the electric iron
had been left on the floor with the cur
rent turned on; that a hole had been
burned through the floor and pile OF
waste in the cellar had become ignited
The fire was discovered shortly before
o'clock The $500 damage included
that done to the building aid stock.
A child playing with matches yester-
day afternoon started tre in the
house of Harry Given, 1858 T street
northwest. The fire gained consider
able Roadway before the arrival of the
fire department, and the damage
amounted to $4,000.
An automobile on the roadway near
Florida avenue and 21st street was
damaged to the extent of SIS by fire
last night.
Tho residence of Robert Carr, 1891
KANSAS avenue. was damaged last
night to the extent of SIS by blaze
in the chimney.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-01

Things changed. however. when we got
between the first and second line OF
trench. Until our supporting wave
arrived we underwent the united fire
of both lines 1t was then that q
fragment of shell broke my arm and
put me out Of action"
Settling Mass Sweeps On.
Another man, wounded in the fighting
between Perthes and Tahure. said:
1--WE took the offensive at $3.50. I new
er shall forget the spectacle of oul
wave Of assault. A seething mass OF
men. clothed in uniform, hardly two OF
which were alike, but all animated by
the same energy, joined in the charge
l was in the stream which passed four
lines of trench in four jumps. We ran
like mad men forward, always forward
At one moment we were confronted at
distance of not more than ten yards
by a 77-millimeter gun still firing. 1t
soon was silenced. Then 1 was hit In
the chest by bullet and 1t was all
over for me. 1 was carried off on a
stretcher and well looked after"
Village Evacuation Ordered.
A resident of the - region, who has
just arrived in Paris. says the great Of
fensive was expected, because the
dered the evacuation Of all villages
line.
But never" he declared, could /
have imagined the awful havoc caused
In the German trenches by our artil-
lery. 1t was no longer a rumbling gun
fire we heard in the distance. but a
terrifying, continuous roar. Melenite
shells were hurled in a steady stream,
sending earth, stones and the trunks of
great trees high into the air."
Seven Mines Exploded.
pounds of powder, were exploded with
a terrific roar as soon as the signal
was given for the advance at Souchez,
according to the story of an eyewitness
of the battle.
simultaneously" he said. "our men
leaped out of their trenches and made
forgthe German trenches before a for
est:
1.-THE Germans bolted through the
woods pursued by our first wave Sec
tons of the second wave explored the
ruined trenches and underground shell
ters. which often were twenty feet
deep. AS they had no desire to go
down into these holes whence it SEEM
ed unlikely they would come out alive
our men dropped bombs and fired shot
guns through the openings, which eff
fectually prevented the occupants from
coming out and taking US in the rear.
Germans Run Like Hares.
THE bulk of our men followed the
Germans. who were running like hares
through the woods. They soon cap
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-01

tured the second line Of trenches in
the middle Of the forest, and went on,
some even crossing the Souchez Brook
or going up the sunken road leading to
Angres, and brought up reserves and
tried to surround us. This maneuver
was foiled. however. by our officers
who drew our men back to the first line
captured. @
During the night the Germans forti.
fed themselves in the woods. but al
daybreak our artillery stopped their
work by a furious bombardment. The
evening before the forest presented the
ordinary aspect, but in a few minutes
all was changed like magic. One after
by shells, and soon the woods were
transformed into field Of stumps
emerging from jungle of branches.
German Artillery Active.
THE German artillery was not idle,
either. but sent at us a steady stream
Of shells. which plowed up the earth
all around US without doing much
harm. Explosive shells were varied oc-
casionally by shrapnel. This fire was
borne philosophically, for since they
have had their new steel helmets our
men do not fear wounds in the head.
A fragment of shell tore through one
mans helmet, but its force was so spent
that he escaped with grazed scalp.
AT 1 o'clock in the afternoon the
guns ceased firing, and we were order
ed to attack again. Machine guns,
which the Germans had placed on their
tanks, soon were put out of action.
1t was difficult going in the woods. The
men stumbled over branches, but on
the other hand holes torn in the ground
by shells gave shelter against machine
gun fire. These guns were cunningly
concealed in pits covered with steel
plates. The barrels. protruding through
narrow Sits. were invisible from dis
lance, and they sent at US a whitening
fire. But our men did not hesitate.
From behind tree stumps and from
the pits they kept hurting a constant
stream of bombs, and soon drove the
Germans out of the woods, which re-
manned in our hands,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-01
Germans InsoIent and Tainted
Foe, Who Charged With
Joy, Say French.
PARIS NOW THRILLED
BY BATTLE STORIES
Teutons Said to Have Fled Like
Hares When Enemy Swept
Over Their Trenches.

PARIS, October 1.-The French capt.
tai is being thrilled by stories of the
fighting on the western front related by
soldiers wounded in the desperate COM
bats which have resulted in important
gains for the allies.
For several days the Germans hau
been getting singularly aggressive ana
insolent," said one of the men VINO
charged at Souchez They shouted in
suits at US and flung into our trenches
notes wrapped around pebbles. one OF
their favorite taunts was You are TOO
cowardly to come over here-come on
if you are not too lazy This ended by
getting on our nerves. 1t seemed 10
each one of us that we had not only
France to defend, but personal Insult
to wipe out.
Joyful Over Attack.
Thus when, at 12:45 on~the 25th the
order came which sent US against Hill
No. 119 we were filed with joy. l was
in the first wave We made one dash
for the German trenches. Fifty yards
from the goal machine guns took us,
but we put on speed and jumped over
the first trench without stopping. we
knew the second wave which followed
would occupy the trench we passed.
What struck me about this rush, the
force and rapidity of which was in
credible, was the smallness of our
losses. Personally saw no one killed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-01

DR. l. H. Keller, sixty-three years
old. son of the late Levi Keller, a
Lutheran minister of Funkstown, was
found dead in chair on the porch
at the Washington County Hospital at
Hagerstown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-01
Comfort,

From the Boston Transcript.
Little Ray, aged three, had fallen and
was bawling vigorously, when his tiny
sister said to comfort him: Don't cry,
Ray; you didn't mean to Nhurt your
SELF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-01
Smiths Good Luck.

From Life.
She-Dancing is fine for people, don't
you think?
He-Yes; it exhausted Smiths wife so
that she's gone into sanatorium for
year. LII