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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-07
DROWNED IN WINoosKI.
Charles Grisomi, II, Was a Student
in st. Michael's.

BURLINGTON, June = The Wi
ncoski river has claimed its first vie
tim of the season in the person of
Charles Grisomi, If, student at ST.
Michael 5 college, who was drowned
Sunday afternoon when he and five
companions were in bathing The
drowning took place near the point of
the large island around the bend from
the gorge and whether the young lad
could swim or not is not known, but
the opinion is given out by his com
panions that he was taken Win
cramps.
When he was first noticed he made
a grab for a branch of tree which
broke and he went to the bottom. His
body has not been recovered. In this
section of the river there are many
deep holes.
The boys at the college had always
been forbidden to go in swimming in
the river or any body of water unless
accompanied by one of the faculty at
the college. Grisomi was the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Grisomi of Lvn-
donville and has been a student at the
college since last fall
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-07
Otherwise There Can Be No
Basis for Negotiations
of Any Sort
| AMERICAN ATTITUDE
is PLAINLY STATED
President Worked Last Night on
Phrascology of Note, Which is vir-
tually Ready Today for Transmission
to Berlin.

WASHINGTON, June THE Ameri-
can note to Germany concerning the sink
ing of the Lusitania was virtually ready
today for transmission to Berlin
I President Wilson worked until a late
hour last night to complete its phrase
oIogy.
The note is said to be a vigorous reitera-
tion of previous demands that Germany
exercise the right of visit and search be-
fore attacking an unarmed merchant yes
sell
/ The delay in forwarding the note was
to enable the President so to phrase it
/ that there should be no room for doubt or
further argument concerning the attitude
Iof the United States. 1t was expected
that it would be cabled to Ambassador
Gerard in Berlin tonight or early tomor-
! row at the latest
The friendly character of the Presidents 5
note is emphasized at the start by an ex-
preston of appreciation for the offer of
Germany to make adequate apology and
compensation for the killing of an Ameri-
can citizen on the British ship Falaba and
for submarine and air attacks respectively
on the American ships Gulhight and Cush-
ing, struck by mistake" according to
Herr Won Jagow's first reply to President
Wilson's earlier note of protest.
i Perhaps the most positive statement
that viii confront the German ministry,
when tho Presidents second note is placed
before it, is the emphatic rejection Of the
suggestion that the controversy between
the two governments over the sinking OF
the Lusitania, and the attack on the
American ships, be referred to an inter
national commission Of inquiry, pursuant
to title 3 Of The Hague convention Of Oct
5, 1907
, The position of the American govern
ment is that, until Germany complies Will
the other terms of The Hague agreement
particularly with those relating to marine
warfare, designed to prevent the useless
Isacrifce of human life, it cannot discus
the application of The Hague agrcemcn
to the general aspects of Germanys wa
with Great Britain.
. 1t viii be further pointed out to the i'm
\ ,perial government that the Fundamental
questions involved in the controversy be
tween the two governments must take pre-
: cedence over all other considerations.
But overshadowing all other features O
the note will be the panstaking purpos
of the President to convince Germany
without further argument, that ther
can be no basis for future negotia
tions of any sort until the imperial gol
: ernment squarely meets the issues raise
by the United States, and presented j
e the most friendly spirit.
This attitude, in n sense, Is interDrcte
> to indicate a situation closely approachin
a cessation of relations between Washins
/ ton and Berlin pending the final and sal
between them
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-07
1000 PRISONERS
TAKEN AT PRZEMYSL
Details CT the Capture Received il
Berlin from the Austrian Army
Headquarters.

BERLIN, June 1920 p. m.-Special
dispatches received in Berlin from
the Austrian army headquarters give
certain details Of the capture of Prze-
mysl by the Austro-German forces
which have not hitherto been pub
lished
The Teutonic allies took 1000 pris-
oners, 81 cannon and 30 machine guns
when they entered Przemysl.
The Russian garrison had been gwen
orders to hold the fortress to the last
man, bat they were overwhelmed by
the terrific artillery fire of the Ger
mans and Austrians.
Everything indicates that the leu.
tonic allies are beginning the sixth
week Of the Galician campaign with q
promising outlook.
The Russians have lost <heir line or
the river San and they appear also
about to lose their positions on tho
Dnister.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-07
SUMMARY

A general Italian advance across the
Isonzo river for distance of 40 miles
north of the gulf of Trieste has been
begun.
A despatch from Udine, Italy says
heavy fighting is in progress at Ora
disca The Italian advance is meeting
with the first determined resistance
offered by the Austrians and an i'm
portant battle is apparently develop
ing.
Contrary to French and British
claims of a victory on the Ga1lipoli
peninsula the Turkish war office an
nounces that the allies were defeated
in the recent heavy fighting, sustaining
heavy loses.
A counter attack by the Turkish
right wing is said to have been sue
cessful.
Although no official accounts have
been received from the fighting in the
Baltic between Russian and German
ships Petrograd despatch indicates
that it came as a result of the German
attempt to land troops along the gull
of Riga.
Apparently the Russian and German
battle squadrons were not engaged.
The French mine layer Cassabinc;
was sunk by mine in the AEGEAN Sc;
with a probable loss of about 60 men
German submarines sank the British
steamer Star of the West and tn,
steamer Sunlight, with no loss of life
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-07
FAT MEN TO SEE
HARVARD-YALE RACE
Hudson River Boat Engaged to Garry
New England Fat Mems Club
More than 500 Rooms Reserved.

The Harvard Yale boat race at New
London viii be seen this year by the
largest body of the largest men ever
gathered together for any purpose.
The annual summer outing of the New
England Fat Men 5 club happens to
coincide with the date Of the race, and
the officers of the club have arranged
to take the members to the race.
The start will be made Thursday,
June 24. the rendezvous being at
Palmer, Mass. One big crowd, headed
bg President F. F. Siblev of Boston,
will 90 upstate in the afternoon, meet
ing the main body, from Vermont and
New Hampshire at Palmer. Secretary
Harry +. Parker of Bradford (Nt.)
and Treasurer Jerome Hale of Wells
River (Vt.) will be in charge of the
northern bunch.
| The united club will travel from
| Palmer to New London by special
train over the Central Vermont and
will go at once aboard their steamer,
one of the big Hudson river boats
which is coming over from New York
| for the occasion More than 300 rooms
have been reserved aboard the ship
which win lie at the Central Vermont
wharf Thursday and Friday nights
The club viii breakfast, lunch and
dine aboard the boat, and she viii
| carry it up to the races in the Thames
Friday afternoon. On Saturday morn
ing the boat for Blcck Island will DC
taken. and the fat men. their wive.
and friends will spend Saturday night
and part of Sunday there, with head
quarters at one of the large hotels
| The return viii he made Sunday after
noon.
The club membership has growr
rapidly this year, and the prospect i
that last years excursion will be out
done. The officers have already re
| ccived assurances from more than 1Ol
members that they will attend. ana 81
many have asked the privilege o
bringing friends that arrangement
have been made for such parties, pro
!, vided the applications arc made earl,
enough to secure accommodations.
number of Brattleboro men are mem
bers of the club
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-07
COMPLAIN OF POOR
RAILROAD SERVICE
Citizens of West Dummerston Will
Have Hearing Before Public Ser
vice Commission Tomorrow.

The public service commission will
have hearing at Dummerston tomor-
row morning on the petition of
Charles 5. Wilkins and others to com
pei the Central Vermont railway to
keep and maintain regular station at
West Dummerston and to employ Il
competent station agent at that point
to keep the station open for the ac-
commodation of the patrons and the
business of the railroad
The petitioners claim that from tho
time of the building Of the railroad
then known as the Brattleboro <
Whitehall railroad, to about Dee.
1914, regular station agent was
maintained there, but that since that
date there has been no agent there
and the station has been abandoned
practically; that the passengers arc
unable to buy tickets at the station
and that shippers of freight have t
make out their own freight bills anc
that all freight for Dummerston mus
be prepaid.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-07
Case Originally Set orToday
Advanced to June 16 i'm
Supreme Court
TO DETERMINE THE
QUESTION OF SANITY
Counsel Have Signed Stipulation Not
to Proceed Until Higher Court Hand
Down It's Decision - Second Ad-
journmeni Possible.

NEW YORK, June Harry K Thaw's
trial by jury to determine his sanity, orig
inally set for today, was postponed until
June 16 by Supreme Court Justice Hen
drick when Thaw appeared before him to-
day to await the decision of the court of
appeals on the states appeal from Justice
Hendricks opinion granting Thaw such a
trial
Inasmuch as counsel have signed stip-
ulation not to proceed until the higher
court hands down its decision the case
doubtless viii be postponed again on June
16 if the court of appeals has not acted
then
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-07
Large Reduction in Hines
Property by Board of
Civil Authority
GOODHUE PROPERTY
REMAINS THE SAME
Owned by Congregational Church =
Bank Stock of Baptist and Centre
Churches Exempted-No Action on
Petition Of z. o. Carpenter.

The board of civil authority met
Saturday to consider the appeals from
the appraisals of the listers.
The appraisal Of the property bought
by the incorporated school district
from the Hines estate was reduced
from $4,000 to $500, the board hold
ing that the buildings on the property
were worth about one quarter of the to-
tai amount of the property and that as
income is being received from them it
was proper to tax them.
The bank stock owned by the First
Baptist and Centre Congregational
churches, the income from which is de-
voted to charitable purposes, was ex-
empted from taxation, but the Good
hue property, recently bought by the
congregational church, was not ex-
empted, although the church appealed
from the levying of tax on that as it
is intended eventually to use it for
church purposes.
The appeal of F. o. Carpenter from
appraisals on his personal property and
ON his home farm, was not considered,
but it will come up at a later meet
ing of the board of civil authority.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-07
SAYS GERMAN GAS
KILLED CIVILIANS
Lives of Women and Children Snuffed
Out in Russian Village5-Poison
Bullet Charge.

LONDON, June THE Morning
Post prints the following from its Pet
rograd correspondent:
Last Sunday night clouds of dense
poisonous smoke rolled heavily from
the German lines along the depression
which runs from Chervona and Niva to
IIochaczew on the Rawza front in Po-
land. Roughly this depression marks
the position of Russian parallels. The
scenes which followed were appalling.
Such extraordinary quantities of this
smoke poison were generated through
out last Saturday night and the early
hours of the next day that, as the Off
cial bulletin noted, the smell was per-
ceptible 20 miles away over an enor-
nous area.
Not only men, but every living thing
suffered in the villages in the affected
zone. Hardly a horse, COW or barnyard
fowl was left alive. Little children and
women were killed in numbers, while
the horses of the Russian baggage and
ammunition trains were either stam-
peded or killed.
The gas causes suffocation. The
symptoms of patients now at Warsaw
hospitals are blue faces, agOnizing
pains, gasping for breath, and some.
times frothing at the lips. On the first
| day the patients have several fits OF
something like tetanus. These cease
! for two days, when another fit occurs
| followed by death. Post-mortem ex
animation of soldiers who died in this
way, shows the heart and spleen to bt
much dilated and the blood waterv
The gas used is something mere thar
chlorine, and pending an authoritative
statement is variously described as con
teiniBg, besides chlorine, some form OF
bromine and iodine.
The Moscow Slovo has a note from
| the Stry front, from which it appear
that the Germans have discovered
| something that bears q very strong re
semblance to the fearsome Greek fire
a secret of state which kept the Byzan
tine empire from threatened destrue
tion on many occasions during severa
centuries. The apparatus used consist
Of couple Of. cylinders, one small
continuing compressed air, the other o
| large capacity holding some infiamma
ble liquid, which it is supposed include
| benzine, petroleum. and some Organi
fats and resins. This liquid is force,
| by compressed air through a fire hos
nozzle, and the liquid, being ignited a
it escapes, a flame a score Of yards lon
results.
After these inventions it seem
hardly worth mentioning that in tn
Baltic province fighting the German
have been using poisoned bullets, spec
linens of which are now in the hands o
the imperial commission formed to il
vestigate the charges of German actroC
tiles on the Russian fronts.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-07
AUSTINE INSTITUTION
CLOSES NEXT WEEK
trustees Issue Printed Invitations
N. Barss of Industrial School to
Give Address.

The Board of trustees and officers of the
Austine Institution, the state institution
here for deaf and blind children, have IS
sued printed invitations to the closing
exercises of the school, which viii be held
next week Tuesday morning at 10 a. m.
The exercises are open only to those hav-
ing invitations.
There will be no graduating exercises,
the school having been established only
three years ago, but there will be an adj
dress by j. n. Barss of Vergannes, super
ntendent of the state industrial school,
and demonstration of the work Of the
students of the Austine Institution.
There are 3S students in the institution,
Of whom five are blind
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-07
GERMANS DESTROYED
A RUSSIAN CRUISER
Amur Was Sunk by Submarine in
the Baltic Sea-Report Of Success
full Air Raid.

BERLIN, June THE following state
ment was given out officially today: a
German submarine on June sank the
Russian cruiser Amur of the second class
near a Baltic port. On the night of June
4 dirigibles attacked the fortified mouth of
the Humber, the naval port of Harwich,
and the harbor establishments at Har-
wich. They were conspicuously successful.
Many bombs were dropped and there were
large number of explosions. One partic-
ularly violent explosion was that of gas
or oil tank which was hit. Bombs were
dropped on the railroad depot The Ger
man airship was shot at vigorously by
guns on land and on ships. They were
not hit and returned safely.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-07
F. L. GARDNER A SUICIDE.
North Hartland Man Found Hanging
from Rafter in Barn.

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, June
7-Suffering with nervous break
down, Frank L. Gardner, 3S, a black
smith of North Hartland, committed
suicide by hanging Sunday morning
shortly after his breakfast hour. Mr..
Gardner was a selectman and had been
prominent in the civic affairs of his
town for several years.
He is survived by a wife, son and
daughter. Mr.. Gardner had been
suffering with nervous trouble.
When he did not reappear a search was
instituted and the body was found
hanging from a rafter in the barn.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-07
PetrOgrad Claims a Success
Against AustrO-Germans
Along the Purth
POISONOUS GASES
CAUSE REIMBURSEMENT
Necessary to Change Lines on Account
of the Deadly Fumes Germans
Have Sent Heavy Reinforcements
to the Western Line.

LONDON, June Z, noon. - Follow
ing the capture of Przemysl the, Ger
mans apparently have sent heavy re-
inforcements to the western line, where
there are distinct signs of resump-
tion of the offensive on the part of the
invader:
Nevertheless the French report a
slow and uninterrupted advance north
of Arras, and important gains north
OF tho Aisne
According to the French official re-
port fresh troops, after a very effee-
tive bombardment north of the river
Aisne, carried two successive lines of
trenches, together with several Ger
man works.
In the east the Austro German ad-
vance is continuing with Eastern Cali
Ella figuring prominently as the obiec-
tive The move is regarded in London
as political, the idea being to exert an
influence in Rumania.
Petrograd announced a Russian sue
cess along the river Pruth where the
Austro-Germans are said to have been
forced back across the river.
Petrograd says also that the Russian
lines of defense must be rcadiusted on
account of the use of poisonous gases
by tho Germans.
The fighting along the central see
tion of the river Isonzo has developed
a series Of fierce engagements, with
the Italians finding stronger opposition
than thCv hitherto have met, the Aus
triaus being formidably entrenched.
This morning the British public was
informed that their force had won sue
cess at a point far from the main line
of battle on the continent.
Sir Percy Cox, at the head of 4
strong force, has gained foothold at
Amara on the Tigris river, halfway
from the head of the Persian gulf tC
the city of Bagdad.
During the past few days the Anglo
Indian army operating in this ielC
has captured many prisoners as well Il,
gums and ammunition
1t is said the Turkish army oppoait,
to it is SO dcmoralized it is doubt
full whether it will be able to offe
serious resistance to further Brit
ish advance in Mesopotania.
The only activity Of the wcek-ont
was the engagement in the entrance o
the gulf of Riga and in the Baltic
which, according to Petrograd, result
cd in the sinking of several Gcrma
transports and one large unnamed YES
sci, with the Russians losing only on
auxiliary ship
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-07
CRISIS IN RUMANIA.
Opinion in London That She Will Join
at Word from Italy.

LONDON, June 7.-Rumania is go
ing through a crisis similar to that ex-
perienced by Italy before the latter
country entered the war. Those who
favor neutrality and those who favor
war held nter-demonstrations at
Bucharest yesterday, and the political
parties are getting into shape to put
forward their views. The general
opinion held in London is that Rumania
will join the allies when Italy gives
the word and that Bulgaria viii fellow
her lead With the king of Greece suf-
fering a relapse and in a serious condi-
tion, no change in the attitude of that
country is expected Immediately.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-07
LIST OF CUSTOMERS
NOT DISPOSED OF
Mohawk Co. Warned by Hooker, Cor
ser s. Mitchell Co. Of Courts In
junction Regarding List.

The auction sale of the office furni-
ture and odds and ends of the Mohawk
Clothing Co. in Schenectady, n. Y,
Saturday did not include the firm :
lists of customers. The firm was under
an injunction not to make any use OF
the list of customers who formerly were
customers of the Hooker, Corser
Mitchell company of Brattleboro, and
the local concern warned the receiver
not to dispose Of the list. The Brat
tleboro company was informed that
the injunction Of the court would not
be violated
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-07
NEW SUNDAY TRAINS
ON BOSTON & MAINE
Springfield to White River Jet. Be
ginning June 27 Leaves Here 5.46
p. M, Southbound 923 a. m.

When the complete summer time
table of the Boston & Maine railroad
is issued, within a short time, it will
be found that few changes have been
made from the summer schedule of a
year ago, but there Will be an addi-
tional Sunday train each way between
White River Junction and Springfield,
Mass. The southbound train will
leave White River Junction at
O'Clock in the morning and Brattle-
at 9.23, reaching Springfield at 11.15
a. m. Returning, the train viii leave
Springfield at $50 p. m, Brattleboro
at $40 and reach White River juno
tion at 7.45 p. m. The first run of
these trains will be on June p.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-07
WARREN PLEADED NOT GUILTY
Case of Man Charged with Murder in
Newton, Mass, Continued

NEWTON, Mass, June Z. = Charles
E. Warren, chauffeur, pleaded not
guilty today to a charge of numbering
Walter G. Greene, restaurant pro-
prietor, on Saturday. He also entered
a similar plea to the charge of assaul;
with intent to kill Miss Ruby H. Stew
art The case was continued until
June 16 for a hearing. Greene was
killed in his restaurant, and Miss
Stewart was shot while she was trying
to escape from Warren, her rejected
lover.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-07
PRESSING ON LEMBERG.
One Report Says Austrians Are Only
10 Miles from City.

LONDON, June Z, 3.54 p. m.-Tele-
grams from Vienna say that Lemberg,
capital of Galicia, now in the hands of
the Russians may be taken at any mo-
ment by the Austro- German forces, ac-
cording to a despatch from Copenhagen
to the Exchange Telegraph company
One message says the Austrians are %
miles from the city, and other adviees
estimate the distance at only 10 miles
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-07
KINGS CONDITION CRITICAL.
Constantine of Greece Does Not Rally
Well from Operation.

bulletin issued at midnight regarding
the condition Of King Constantine
and his pulse l25. His sleep was brok-
en- frequently during the night. The
condition of the King is considered
very alarming. He has failed to make
a good rally following an operation
which necessitated the removal of his
tenth rib.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-07
ZEPPELIN ATTACKED
ENGLISH EAST COAST
Dropped Incendiary and Explosive
Bombs, Killing Five Persons and
Wounding Forty.

LONDON, June Z, 2.34 p. NIT was
announced at the admiralty this after
noon that a Zeppelin visited the east
coast of England last night, dropping
incendiary and explosive bombs
Five persons were killed, 40 injured
and two fires were caused.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-07
sUNK. BY SUBMARINES.
Two British Steamers Sent to the Bot
tom Crews Saved.

LONDON, June Z, 1.16 p. m. - A
despatch received here from Aberdeen
says the British steamer Star of the
West has been sunk by a German sub
marine. A trawler brought the crew
to Aberdeen.
LONDON, June Z, noon-The Brit
ish steamer Sunlight of Liverpool has
been sunk by a German submarine. The
crew of the vessel has been taken to
Queenstown.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-07

An airman in the war zone tells
how, when travelling at terrific speed
and 1000 feet in the air, he heard
what he took for fly buzzing around
his head. He put out his hand and
picked out of that atmosphere a
bullet.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-07
FRANKS CASE UNDECIDED.
Georgia Prison Commission to Report
Tuesday or Wednesday.

ATLANTA, Ga, June z. A decision
by the Georgia prison commission on
Leo NJ. Frank 5 petition for commuta-
tion of his death sentence for the muir
der of Mary Phagan will not be made
before Tuesday or possibly Wednes-