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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-04
WEST BRAT!LEBOR0

katherine Stockweu is i'll with
asthma.
The schools will close Friday for a
three-weeks' vacation. .a
The Busy Bees met yesterday after
noon with Mrs. l. NJ. Compton. -s e..
Daniel w. Harris has sold his four
year-old colt to Wallace Buffum OF
Guilford.
There viii be rehearsal for the Old
Folks concert this evening in the Con
gregational chapel.
Rev. Henry Lamb spent yesterday in
Springfield, Mass, as a guest of Mrs.
Fl. +. Eaton and Harry Eaton.
Mrs Walter Kenney of Bernardston
and sister of Hinsdale spent Tuesday
in town with Mrs. Emily GoodenOugh
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Lyon of Peru
who had been guests of DIR. and Mrs. c.
8. Clark, have returned to their home
Mr.. and Mrs. f. c. Stedman and
daughter of Springfield, Mass, have
been visitors this week at the home OF
his aunts, Mrs. l.. 5. Bartlett, Miss NJ
l.. Stedman and Mrs. Frances o. Fisher
Baptist church, West Brattleboro
Rev. l. NJ. Compton pastor. Sunday
morning worship at 1870 with sermon
| by the pastor. Text, Matt. %: 81, %
Sunday school at noon. Evening ser
vice at :. Midweek prayer meeting
Wednesday evening at $50.
Mrs. c. II. Copeland underwent q Sc
rious operation yesterday in the Mel
rose hospital for the removal of {
goitre and tumor in her neck, At noon
today she was reported as resting com
fortablv. DIR. f. r. Lynch was the at
tending surgeon. He was assisted by
DIR. Fremont Hamilton and DR.. Il. a
McGillicuddy of Turner's Falls, Mass
| First Congregational church. Minis
ter, Rev. Henry Lamb. Friday even
ing prayer meeting will be held a
usual at 80. Topic, The Place O
Prayer in the Life of the Soul. JOIN
1T:-1-26, Services for Sunday: Divin
worship at 1890 with sermon by tn
ipastor, followed by the sacrament o
the LORDS Supper. Sunday school a
noon. Christian Endeavor meeting a
Z o clock. Topic, How to Make This
Happier World. Leader, Mrs. \. w
Sweeton. This is the monthly eonse
Grafton meeting of the society.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-04
DINEEN FOUND DEAD
Gas Filled His Bedroom - Authorities
#r. Say Accident.

ST. ALBANS, March 4. Dennis
& Dineen, conducting a meat market in
this city, was found dead in his room
in Il building on Federal street yester-
day forenoon at 1890 o clock, and the
physician who was summoned pronounc-
ed that death was due to asphyxiation
by gas.
Other occupants of the building
smelled gas and they traced the smell
to Dineen s room, which they found to
be locked They notified George Tier
ney, who works in the market, and the
latter, with the assistance of another
man, broke in the door. DR.. G. G.
Berkeley was called.
The room was heated by gas stove
which was attached to a pipe In the
wall by means of a rubber tube. The
gas was still burning, but the tube was
| leaking, as the room was filled will
gas. The authorities were summoned
| and after conducting an examina tiol
| they gave it as their opinion that thu
death was accidental. There seemed t.
| be nothing about the room disarranged
| and Dineen S possessions seemed to b.
| intact
Dineen had no relatives here, but i
understood to have q sister in Boston
who is employed in the Jordan & Marsl
| store. He came to st. Adams from
| Washington county five years ago whei
q granite plant started business here
and after working there a time he wen
| into the meat business.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-04
PERSONAL.

Lee Putnam left Yesterday morning
for Bedford, Ia.
Charles Long has begun work for John
Hanks, the eXpressman.
Mrs, a G. Lston of Walpole was IA
VISITOR IN town yesterday.
stephen Cray of Bellows Falls was in
town yesterday on business
+. W. Bailey has moved from the Doc.
little block to lib High street.
Miss Harriet Barden has returned from
tWo-weeks' visit in North Adams.
Miss Marion Holton of East Mortified,
Mass, IS spending the day in town
Mrs +. G. Harrington went to Boston
yesterday on business for few days
+. b, Putnam went to New York yes
terday afternoon on a business trip.
! Mrs. Z. E. Patterson of Putney is
guest OF Mrs Walter Mooney few days.
Mrs Carl S. Hopkins, who has been
seriously i'll with grip, is a little better.
Mrs. Florence Gilbert is housed at her
home on Pleasant street because of Iii
ness.
Earl Howe, formerly of Brattleboro,
now of Brookline, is visiting friends in
town.
Delmar Haynes, who had been i'll at the
Alelrose hospital, returned to his home
today.
Adm Houghton of Springfield (Vt.) is
IN town on business at Houghton & ST.
monds's
Miss Rena Freeman of Boston began
work this morning as trimmer for Don
nell 4 Davis
Mrs. Ina l.. Putnam, who has been i'll
IN the Aeporial hospital two weeks, Is
improving slowly.
Jerry Laundry has been called to
| Springfield (Nt.) because of the serious
illness of his father
Walter Halliday resumed his work in
Houghton & Simonds's today after being
i'll with chicken pox
Herman Smith has finished work on
the milk route for his father and has
begun work for A. B. Clapp.
Mrs. Eftie Sprague returned to Worces
ter today after visiting in town two
weeks with her sister, Mrs Ada L. Howe
Oscar T. Howe and family are moving
this week from Elliot street to the Eel:
house on Canal street, known as tn,
Palms.
Mrs. G.. B. White and mother. Mrs. n
b. Perry, are visiting in Syracuse, n. y
: Mrs. White will visit in Rochester befor
her return.
Miss Margaret Doyle returned las
night from Pinehurst, n c., where sh
had been doing stenographic work the pas
two months
Mrs. George Streeter and two sons o
Springfield, Mass, are visiting Mr. Street
ers mother, Mrs. L. F. Clark He vii
join them here later.
Miss Gertrude Yearly has fnishe,
her course at the Bryant & Stratto1
: | commercial school in Boston and is a
her home on Green street.
Norman Howe, who was formerl,
employed at Houghton & Simonds s an
has been in Springfield, Mass, since
has gone to Boston where he has en-
. ployment. @
Prof, Arthur w. Peach, head of tn
English department of Norwich UNI
= versity, was one of the three Judges a
the annual Junior prize sPreaking cor
+ test of Montpelier seminary.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-04
ARREST ALLEGED sMUGGLERs.
Two New Workers Charged With Con.
spiracy to Bring in Dope

NEW YORK, March 4.-Tonko L.
Mlhc, described as the vice-president of
a Peruvian rubber corporation, and
Gustave Waldeck, were arrested here
yesterday on the charge of engaging
IN a conspiracy to smuggle cocaine and
opium in large quantities from Ger
many and Austria. They were placed
under bonds of $4,000 each by Unit
ed States commissioner. Agents of
the treasury department alleged that
they had found in Mile S apartments
on Riverside Drive papers revealing
the completely of the pair in a wide
spread plot.
Milic, also known as Letra is al
legged to have perfected a scheme for
smuggling Persian smoking opium in
quantities sufficient to net him q
profit Of 100000 year. The forbidden
1rug was to be brought here from
Dalmatia, in Austria Hungary, where
1t was alleged Mile s father had a
plantation devoted to raising the plan'
from which opium is extracted. II
was to be concealed in bundles of sage
Whfch Is on the custom s free list
The discovery of the alleged plot
came through an investigation of the
treasury agents into. the activities OF
Waldeck, who recently finished pris
on sentence for smuggling cocaine.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-04

Following is the resolution pre-
pared by the state department and
presented to congress, comforting on
the president the power to enforce
while congress is not in session the
duties of the United States as a
neutral:
Resolved by the senate and the
house of representatives of the
United States of America that from
and after the passage of this reso-
luton and during the existence of
a war to which the United States is
not a party and in order to prevent
the neutrality Of the United States
from being violated by the use of its
territory, it's ports or it's territorial
waters as the base of operation for
the armed forces of belligerent,
contrary to the obligations imposed
by the law of nations, the treaties
to which the United States is a
party or contrary to the statutes of
the United States the president be
and he is hereby authorized and en-
powered to direct the collectors of
customs under the jurisdiction of
the United States tc withhold clear
ance from any vessel of American
register or license which he has rea-
sonable cause to believe to be about
to carry fuel, arms, ammunition,
men or supplies to any warship or
tender or supply ship of bellig-
erent nation or to commit any other
similar act in aid of the prosecution
of hostilities in violation of the OBJ
legation of the United States as a
neutral nation.
That further, the president be and
he is hereby authorized and empow-
cred to direct the collector to give
clearance to any such vessel of
American register or license pro
viding that, before clearing out the
same, the owners or masters or 9th
er person or persons having charge
or command thereof give bond to
the United States with sufficient sure
ties in double the amount of the
value of the vessel and cargo on,
board, conditioned that the vessel
shall not be employed in the com
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-04
EMPOWERING
PRESIDENT TO ACT IN WAR

mission of such acts or act; and in
case of the breach of the conditions
thereof, the bond shall be forfeited
to the United States and the own
er or master on other person or per-
sons having charge or command of
any such vessel shall in addition be
severallv liable to a fine of not less
than 81 600 nor more than $1,000
or to Imprisonment not to exceed one
year, or both; and in case any said
vessel of American register or Ii
cense shall depart or attempt to de-
part from the jurisdiction of the
United States without clearance pur-
suant to such act or acts above set
forth the owner or masters or per-
son or persons having charge OF
command Of such vessel shall sever
ally be liable to fine of not less than
50 900 nor more than $4,000 or to
imprisonment not to exceed two
years, or both, and in addition such
vessel shall be forfeited to the
United States.
That the president be and he is
hereby authorized and empowered
to direct the collectors Of customs
or other appropriate authorities to
accord the treatment of a vessel of
a belhgerent, including internment,
to any vessel of foreign register in,
or hereafter arriving in, a port of
any territorial waters of the United
States when such vessel is acting or
preparing to act or attempting to
act or intending upon departure
from the jurisdiction of the United
States to act as tender to the arm
ed forces Of a belhgerent or other
wise to act in aid of the prosecu-
tion of hostilities.
That the president be and he is
hereby authorized to employ such
part of the land or naval forces of
the United States as shall be neces-
sary to carry cut the purposes of
| this resolution.
That the provisions of this reso-
| luton shall be deemed to extend to
all lands and waters, continental or
insular, and to all air spaces that
fall within the jurisdiction of the
| United States.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-04
Sporting Notes.

The Williams basketball team, 10y no
means record breaker this year. de-
feated New Hampshire Stale last even
ing, 90 to ,.
Says .Mmager George Stallings of
the Braves: ave are so per cent
stronger than IN 1914 - If that's the
case, what $ the use7
Sherwood Magee, expected to greatly
Strengthen the Braves outfield, is out
of tue game. for weeks, having torn Il
tendon IN his right arm.
They say when McGraw got his
squad of ball players all together at the
ball ground iii Marlin, Texas. 1t looked
more like a whole league than one
team.
George Whitfield announced yesterday
that he had signed with the Philadep-
pkia Nationals. With utility infelder
Dugev. he went there from the world :
champions in trade for Sherwood
Magee.
Miller Higgins. who is sadly in need
of an inhelder and an outfielder. has
traded PerIitt first class pitcher. to
McGraw and viii receive in payment
two or more of MeGraw's surplu,
players.
The income tax bureau of the Unit
ed States treasury department has or
dered collectors to make the baseball
stars come across with the proper pro
portion of their stipends. There is n,
stipulation as to whether Feds shall bO
| exempted.
The basketball game between Brat
tleboro high and a Mortified team vii
be with the Boys Brigade team o,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-04

Aorthfeld instead OF the Mount Her
mon team. The game VIII be played
III the Armory Saturday afternoon at
) o. clock.
Guy Nickalls, Yale rowing coach. mas
finally showed up at New Haven. Al
ter the Yale Harvard boat race Nickalls
expects to retUrn To England and again
assist IN recruiting work Tor the arm r.
! Evidently >irkaliS feels the end OF the
war Is some distance OF yet.
Considering the fact that Amherst
resumed basketball only this wear after
several years of avoidance Of that line
of sport, the team, which ended lis
brief season last night by losing BY
| single point 10 Wesleyan. has done very
well. The team won ore game and lost
one to Williams.
The report of the Harvard Athletic
association. Just made for the wear
covering the football season Of 1913
shows that ii cost about - 600 a man
to have Charlie Brickley kick five field
goals against Yale. Eighteen Harvard
men took part in that game and the
| football expenses for that year totalei
$34,511.
Reading about the candidates for the
Tufts college team brings a strong re-
mindcr Of Twin State league players
of last season. There Is Stafford. who
was with Keene; Captain Lee. who
stayed for a while IN the league: Fritz
10 Mara, who played the outfield most
of the season for Newport and then
would twirl Il couple OF games against
Brattleboro TO keep his shutout record
Intact; and Krepps, who fioated around
the league as an ineffective pitcher
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-04
FIRE IN RUTLAND.
Damage of $4,000 Today in the Com
bination Cash Store.

RUTLAND, March 1. - Goods val
ued at $4,000 were damaged by smoke
and water in fire in the grocery de-
partmcnt of the Combination Cash
Store company today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-04
TO BE MAJOR GENERAL.
Promotion for Col. Goethals, Builder of
Panama Canal.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 4. -
Col. George w. Goethals was nominal
cd TO be q major general today in rec
oenition Of his services in building the
Panama canal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-04

new Tennessee law makes provi
sion for fire escapes on workshops and
factories two stories and more in
height. g.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-04
The Company Behind
the Trademark

The Hudson Motor Car
Company is as famous as
the Hudson Car. Its
marvellous success has
come from giving the
public what it wants at
the price it wants.
The triangle on the
Radiator" is the sigma
ture of the Hudson Motor
Car Company. Buyers
accept it as a bond guar
anteeing in their car
everything needed to
make it as good an auto
mobile as the worlds
best engineering skill Lean
produce.
Come-see the Hudson
Six-40 and Six-54. The
cars that have swept
competition aside like
cobwebs. At $3.50 and
up these cars with the
famous Triangle on the
Radiator" are outselling
everything else on the
market.
MANLEY BROTHERS
Tel. $40, BrattIebOrO
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-04

The main anchor of the German liner
Imperator is the largest in the world.
1t weighs 26.445 pounds
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-04-08

'qnly solution, he told Commissioner
Lynch, If the far better scheme of
continuing the line of steps across the
opening could not be provided for.
No Suit For Damages
None of the commissioners appeared
10 take very seriously the report that
one or two rivermen may threaten an
injunction to prevent the closing of
wall. Just who might take the mat
Ter INTO the courts the commissioners
sald they personally didn't Know
Ihat any such action was contem-
pIated, they learned only by hearsay,
they said. ''''
j., An | heard" said Mr.. Lynch. "was
that Mayor Royal said after council
adjourned the other afternoon. That
was something to the effect that some
one mad threatened an action for dam
ages II the wall was put through there
rms referred to the original plan
when this problem was first talked of
III connection with the building of the
wall, and this suppose is really what
Mayor Royal had in mind when he
said he feared someone might try
get out an injunction. ], myself, have
heard OF no such contemplated move
ment."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-04-08
UN.DOWN WOMAN
Made Strong BY Our Vinol

Fort Edward, \. Y.-"I was in a
rundown, nervous and weak condition,
so 1 could not do the housework for
my little family of three. had taken
cod liver oil emulsions and other
remedies without benefit. A friend
told me about Vinol. 1 tried 1T and
it soon built up my strength and made
me a we'll woman so I now do all my
housework. Mrs. Elmer Glidden.
We guarantee Vinol, our delicious
cod liver and iron tonic, for all run
down, weak and debilltated conditions.
George A. Gorgas, druggist; Ken
nedy's Medicine Store. 321 Market
street; c. +. Kramer, Third and Broad
streets; Kitzmiller's Pharmacy, 1925
Derry street, Harrisburg, Pa, and at
leading drug stores everywhere.-Ad-
Vertisement.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-04-08
HOW FAT FOLKS
MAY BECOME SLIM
BE MODERATE IN YOUR DIET.
BREATHE DEEPLY, AND TAKE
A LITTLE OIL OF kOREIN
Fat persons. particularly tho

Fat persons, particularly those from
10 to 80 pounds above normal weight
VIII be Interested to learn that thew
may easily reduce their weight with
out starvation diet or tiresome exer-
else.
This can best be done by being mod
crate in your diet. so that you VIII not
overtax your assimilative organs. by
getting plenty of fresh air. by breath
ing deeply and by taking a few drops
of oil of korein four times a day
oil of korein may be obtained from
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Give drops to the capsule) take one
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retiring at night. They cost little are
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located.
Even few days treatment should
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the flesh should become firm. the skin
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and lighter and more buoyant feeling
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Every person who is ten or fifteen
pounds over normal weight should
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you need.-Advertisemen
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-04-08

Continued from First Page
House last night after the adjourn
ment for the day was sent in by Mr.
McVfcar, Allegheny. and provides for
q tax of j mill on the dollar of actual
value of capital invested in manufac-
turing and laundering. The revenue
derived is to be devoted to highway
improvement and the act is to become
effective on January !, 1916. Capital
invested in manufacturing and laun-
dering is now exempt from State taxa
ton and the bill makes it the duty of
the Auditor General to assess and col
lect the tax as other taxes are COL
lected.
The other bill came from Mr.. Sones,
Schuylkill, and would amend the
stage coach" act of 1876 to authorize
operation of trackless trolley lines
The vehicles are to be subject to State
regulations for motor vehicles and the
bill provides that the trackless cars
shall not be operated on streets in
cities where there are street railways
in operation or for n distance of more
than one and one-half miles on bor-
ough or township highways occupied
by street railway.
In the House to-day Mr.. Rothen-
berger, Berks. rising to a question of
personal privilege, called on the ap-
preparation committee to make report
TO the House of its expenditures for
inspection of charitable institutions.
resolution requesting such q report
was introduced by the Berks member
and referred to the appropriations
committee.
Mr.. Rothenberger said it was re-
ported that some members used mile
age books for private trips last session
and he declared he wanted to be sure
the State funds were being properly
spent this year.
The House concurred in the Senate
amendments to the bill regulating kill
ing of squirrels by 100 to 8 and sent
the bill creating additional places in
the Department of Labor and Industry
to committee for hearing.
The bill providing that all horse
drawn vehicles in first and second class
cities shall bear name and address of
owners was defeated
Five bills passed second reading. the
full crew repeater and jitney line regu-
lator not being called up.
Speaker Amber announced that
ex-President Taft would address the
General Assembly in tho hall of the
House next Thursday afternoon.
The House adjourned until s D. m.
Monday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-04-08

provement of the river front. Just
how much we will have left depends
on the result of the arbitration on the1
extras charged by w. H. Opperman
Company for constructing the inter-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-04-08
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-04-08
MAY SUGGEST STEPS
FOR MARKET ST. GAP

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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-04-08
BELGIAN srRooPs SUCCESSFUL
By Associated Press

London, April s, 1880 P. M.-The
Belgian legation here has received a
telegram from the Belgian minister of
war dated yesterday which reads: THE
western side of the User canal in the
direction of Drei Grachten has been
freed of the enemy by Bel
gian troops. The Germans fled in dis
order, leaving behind the machine
guns and ammunition"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-04-08
HOUSE BILLS THIS
SESSION TOTAL 1,247

CONTINUED from First Page.l
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