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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-10
.SHELBURNE FALLS
PEOPLE FRIGHTENED
Packed Goods and Fred from Homes
on Hearing That Dam at Reads
boro Had Collapsed.

SIIELBURNE FALLS. Mass. July
10. - Conditions caused by tho storm
Thursday night and yesterday were
such as have never been seen here be-
fore since the flood in 1869. Residents
of State street on the Buc lland side
and River and Main streets on the
Shelburne side were notified about 10
0 o'clock Thursday night that the dam at
Readsboro, VT, % miles north, had civ
en- away.
In the sections where the notice was
given there are 35 dwellings, Members
OF the families in some Of them packed
their valuables and left. Others pre-
pared to leave. All were advised that
the danger signal would be sounded on
/ the whistle of the Goodell shops
1t IS estimated that the breaking Of
the dam caused the water in the Deer
| held river to rise six inches. MANY
residents sat up, but there was = feel.
ing Of relief when the water beoan r.
! recede at midnight At 6 o clock i
was noted that the water in the river
had dropped four feet.
Merchants on Bridge street tool
goods out of the easements of +heir
stores. Storehouses occupied bv the
Heath Telephone company and Georoe
h. Davis were emptied of their con.
tents. At Scott S bridge the water
touched the under side, but did NOT
wash the flooring. st Manning's S iet.
ty, one mile north, there was few
inches of water on the trolley tracks
and in Shattucksville the tracks were
covered by eight inches of water.
Gangs of men were employed All
night clearing debris from the bulkbead
of No. 2, 8 and dams. There were sev.
eral washouts on the Boston & Maine
which caused delays IN traffic to points
near here.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-10

WASHINGTON, July 10.-Although
the official text of the German note on
submarine warfare had not reached
here early today the press copy which
was read by officials was accepted as
vcrifieation of the earlier Impressions
that Germany had refused to give the
United States the assurances asked for
in the American note of June 9.
Everywhere in official quarters the
reply was discussed, along with the
probable action that the United States
would be compelled TO take as the re-
suit Of Germany unwillingucss to con-
cede to Americans the right to travel
ON the high seas, on peaceful merchant
men of another nationality.
President Wilson will start from
Cornish for Washington in a day or
two to consider with the cabinet the
grave situation impending. Comment
in official quarters was sparing rs to
course that would be pursued, the
general feeling being that nothing
should be said until the President re-
turned.
On the other hand, those in official
quarters familiar with diplomatic pro-
eedurc and the progressive develop
mcuts Of the American attitude believe
that having stated its position and
asked for assurances which now have
been refused, the only course left open
for the United States seemed to be to
announce that it intended to assert its
rights as established under the rules of
international law. This would mean in
effect that the United States would
await n violation by Germany before
taking action to compel respect for the
riehti asserted
There was a revival of talk concern
ing the severance of diplomatic rela-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-10
1000 CRIMINAL CASES
IN MUNICIPAL COURT
Civil Docket Shows 500 Entries-Brat.
tleboro Court One of Three to
Yield State Revenue.

The Brattleboro municipal court has
this week disposed of its l,000th
case since its Institution Dee. 6, 1906
In addition to these cases the civil
docket shows the entry of 800 eases.
Tho four judges, in their order, have
been Ernest w. Gibson, Col. Kittredge
Haskins, William r. Daley and Frank
Z. Barber.
A substantial net revenue to the
state has accrued from the Brattle-
boro municipal court, which is true of
only two other municipal courts of
Vermont.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-10
Startling Discovery Made on
Board Steamer KirkswOld
at Marseilles
PLACED IN THE CARGO
AT BROOKLYN DOCK
Discovery Not Made Until the Bags
Were Unloaded = Fortunately None
of the Nine Missiles Exploded While
Ship Was at Sea.

NEW YORK, July 1O-Nine bombs
were found on board the steamer
Kirkswold at Marseilles, where the
vessel went to discharge its cargo OF
sugar from New York on the last out
ward voyage, according to Kirkswold
officers who reached here today.
The bombs We're hidden in the bags
of sugar taken board in Brooklyn, ae-
eording to the ships officers All were
found while unloading the cargo. If
any Of the nine missiles had exploded
at sea the result would have been dis
astrous, as one explosion would un-
aoubtedly have discharged the other
bombs
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-10
PUTNEY GIRL TO
WE'D IN CHICAGO
Miss Lillian Webber, Formerly En-
ployed in Brattleboro, to Marry
Travelling Salesman.
Especial to The Reformer.)
CHICAGO. July

CHICAGO, July 10.
Charles L. McKelvey, 32, of this city
secured a marriage license here today.
He is to wed Miss Lillian Webber, q,
of Putney, VT.
Mr.. MeKelvey is a travelling sales
man for a tobacco firm and his terri
tory has included parts of Vermont and
Massachusetts,
Miss Webber lived with her parents
by adoption, Mr.. and Mrs. George Web
Der of Putney, until they died, and her
home for a part of the time since has
been with her own mother in Meehan-
icsville, n Y
She formerly was employed at Island
park, an amusement resort near Brat
tleboro, and in Hal March's bakery in
Brattleboro.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-10
Germany Offers
Substitute Plan

Germany oHer embodied the reply
garng the sinking the Luania warfare which was
delivered James w ambassador at Berlin last
night
FIRST reiterated that egi
mate trade will not be inted upon
neutral ships be endangered
Second That German submarines allow
American ships pass freely safely Germany enter
tanning IN return the confident hope government
that these ships do pro-
Vded with distinguishing
able advance
The same privilege is extended
the
thus
ing to permit America passenger
the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-10
TOWN SHEND.
Jitney Bus to Brattleboro.

r. c. Kearley has begun making
regular Monday and Friday trips to
Brattleboro carrying passengers in his
seven-passenger Packard He will leave
this village at 1890 p. m. on each trip,
starting on the return trip at o clock
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-10
PIPE ORGAN OUTLOOK
MORE ENCOURAGING
Department at Estey Plant Again
Running Full Time and Number
Men Dropped Are Taken Back.

The Estey Organ company has been
running on full time in its pipe organ
department this week, and a number
of men who were dropped from the
payroll soon after the outbreak of the
war have been taken back The out
look in the pipe organ industry at
the present time is encouraging, the
only serious drawback being the ex-
cessively high price of zine.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-10
BRITISH STEAMER SUNK.
Was Shelled and Then Torpedoed
Two other Vessels Destroyed.

LONDON, July 10. The British
steamship Ellesmere was shelled, tor
pedoed and sunk today by German
submarine off the Cornish coast. The
crew of 21 men, with exception of q
Norwegian fireman, who was killed by
shell, wera saved.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-10
THE WEATHER.
Fair Tonight and Probably Sunday
Little Change in Temperature.

WASHINGTON, July 10. = Weather
forecast: Fair tonight and probably
Sunday. Not much change in tempera-
ture. Moderate to fresh winds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-10
AT THE CENTRE CHURCH
Sunday Services.

lo."O q. m.--Service Of worship and
praise. Sermon by the pastor, sub
ject, The Shepherd Psalm.
il.45-Sunday school.
100 ?. m,-The Christian Endeavor
society will unite with the Epworth
league in the Methodist church in
an observance of its Goth ami
versary.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-10
KEENE LAD DROWNED IN BROOK
Body of Alfred Leslie Recovered Half
Mile Down Stream.
Especial to The Reformer.)
KEENE. n. H.. july 10.

Alfred Leslie, 4, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Clarence Leslie of Damon court, was
drowned in Beaver brook yesterday.
The boy was playing with Others on
the bank of the brook and fell into
the stream. The current was swift
and swept the boy down stream. The
body was recovered in the afternoon
more than half a mile from where he
fell in.
The police and many volunteers used
graphing hooks until the body was
found by officer Swanstrom, Paul Fay
and Alfred Lamere, who were at work
in a boat. The mother of the lad, who
is in delicate health, was frantic when
she learned the news.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-10

There are l76 packs of foxhounds
IN England and Wales.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-10

russia IN normal seasons produces
shghIly more oats than does Canada
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-10

Russia has forbidden the export OF
poultry, dead or alive.
Evening journal., 1915-04-27
WRIGHT Store Gives
SUITS OF Clothes AWAY

Last Thursday. Friday and Saturday
James H. Wright, Inc. at No S3S Mar
ket street, celebrated the first ami
versary and formal opening of their
new home. During this celebration
their store was continually crowded
with friends and customers. Many
came to buy. while hundreds stopped
in TO wish members of the new firm
success in their new store. The entire
building was attractively decorated
with palms and flowers.
Among the many features of this
anniversary and formal opening was
the awarding of two suits of clothes.
Every man who visited the store on
these three days was presented with
a coupon.
Yesterday, newspaper men who
were selected as judges, awarded Will
liam J. Buckley. No. East Twenty
third street the S25 suit of clothes. and
NJ. " Petticord. No. PIT East Twenty
second street. was awarded the boy z
$40 suit These suits will be present
ed to the above persons tonight.
Evening journal., 1915-04-27
~ WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD.
Copyright 1915. by the United Press)


Copyright in Great Britain)
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY
IN NORTHERN FRANCE. April 16.-
tBy Mail TO New York.)-A mile back
from Eeuve Chapelle We got out OF
our automobile. On our left was a
farmhouse with the roof blown off, on
our right a wayside shrine. the floor
covered with straw, on which sol
diers sleep at the foot Of the altar.
An English colonel takes the three
of us in tow.
"Well go in twos." he said Keep
your distance apart. They never
she'll a couple OF men. but If they
see four of us together. they might
try to drop a shell on us"
We pass three ruined farms. In the
yard of one hyacinths are blooming
at the doorway of the roOfess house
"Now, over across this farm" says
the colonel and we turn off the road
and follow a broad beaten path This
path is going to be written down in
history sometime II was beaten down
by the feet of the British soldiers
who marched TO the trenches that
night of March g. and waited until
the signal was given in the morning
to rush the trenches that stretch be-
fore the village of Neuve Chapelle
Frederic Villiers. who has drawn
sketches in sixteen wars and is now
on his seventeenth, stops to make a
sketch
IF you don't mind" says the col
onel quietly, 1--WE won't stop here.
There's a house ahead of us there
and we can stop behind that"
why. are the Germans near here? ?'
says Villiers
They're right over behind those
trees" says the officer, but he doesn't
hurry us on. He's used to il.
The trouble about this war is that
you never know you are on a bat
tlefeld until some one who knows
| about IL tells you So The English
/ artillery is booming behind us; the
shells drill their long. hollow. echo
ing tunnels through the air But. in
all the fiat land around us. broken
now and then, only by the wrecks oil
Evening journal., 1915-04-27
DELAWARE ORCHESTRA


Delaware College Orchestra, assist
ed by Mrs Marie Stone Langstone.
contralto, will give a concert on
Thursday evening in the chapel of
Westminster Presbyterian Church.
The concert will be under the direc-
tion of +. William Martin. The or
chestra has just returned from a tour
through the southern part of the
State. Following is the program
Norma, overture. . Vincenzo Bellini
Barcarolle from Tales Of Hoffman,
Offenbach
Marie Stone Langstone.
symphony, No. Joseph Haydn
I.-Adagio; Allegro.
I1.-Andante.
III.-Minuetto.
IV.-Allegro Spiritoso.
(a) Rainbow Child
S. Coleridge-Taylor
(b) Birth of Morn. . Franco Leoni
Marie Stone LanestOn.
Selection from "Sweethearts."
Victor Herbert
Evening journal., 1915-04-27
MIR. sHARPLEss VISITS POLICE.

Police on duty at the police station
last night we're agreeably surprised
when Patrolman Willard S. Sharpless
walked into the station house to pay
a social visit officer Sharpless, who
was shot by Peter Krakus, murdered
of Patrolman Tierney, was discharged
from the Delaware Hospital on Fri
day. While not as robust as when he
was doing duty, Mr.. Sharpless says
he will soon be able to report for SER
vice.
Evening journal., 1915-04-27
union A. NJ. {. conference
Meets IN PHILADELPHIA

The One Hundred and Third Ses-
the Union A. M. Il. Church. will be
held in Grace Memorial Union A. NJ.
L. Church. Nineteenth and Federal
Streets Philadelphia Pa, from today
to May 4. with Bishop b. r. Ruley,
ID. d., presiding. The Rev. p. A.
Boulden, ID. d., is pastor of the
church. After the session was called
this morning. there were addresses
by Revs. I. II. Ringgold. d. J. Rus
sell. and c. A. Tindley, and responses
by Revs. Ezekiel Smith and S. P,
Shepard. Business sessions will be
held each morning. and anniversaries
of the various church societies will
be held afternoon and evening.
The committee on the state of the
Evening journal., 1915-04-27
Stories From the European Firing Line
As Related by Some Eye Witnesses

shelled houses. there is not a sign of
human life, except ourselves.
We reach the shelter of the house
and while villiers does his sketch.
the colonel says:
That's rather a bad stretch. across
there. / lose a man every now and
then from bullets that fly over the
embankments of our trenches. It's
worse along towards evening than it
is now because then the Germans
can't pick out our trench line so well
in the gloom and many of their shots
so wild at dusk"
We start off down a road. We come
to a portal; huge piles of sandbags
stretch to the right and left of the
road. We pass through this gate
way. On our right we see that the
pile of sandbags shifts and runs par
allcl with the roadway. Soldiers are
sitting at the foot of the bag walls;
some are reading, others are cook
/ ing or fussing about with little char
coal stoves.
We turn and walk over towards
them across green, sunlit clearing
as big as an ordinary frontyard We
! follow along in the lee of the bag
wall. Suddenly we notice that we
( are walking in a ditch, clothes hang
from the earth walls here and there
shoe sticks out from beneath a
cloth; you trip over it: you discover
il isn't an empty shoe; il is jerked
out of sight; you hear grunt from
behind the cloth; you've discovered
your first trench dug out and in do
ing so, you've awakened a soldier
whose work hours are at night and
whose sleeping time comes when he
can find it in daylight
And then It dawns upon you that
you're in that strange ard weird lanC
of trenches.
Evening journal., 1915-04-27
DYSPEPSIA overcome
Tone Up the Stomach with Hoods
Sarsaparilla.

When you have dyspepsia your life
Is miserable You have a bad taste
in your mouth, a tenderness at the
pit Of your stomach, a feeling OF puffy
fullness. headache. heartburn and
sometimes nausea.
Dyspepsia is difficult digestion
that is what the word means-and
the only way to get rid of it is to
give vigor and tone TO the stomach
and the whole digestive system.
Hoods Sarsaparilla. sold by all drug
gists. is the one medicine which acts
on the stomach through the blood
and also directly. Its beneficial ef-
fects are felt al once. Improvement
begins Immediately.
Hoods Sarsaparilla purihes the
blood. makes the rich, red blood that
is needed for perfect digestion, and
builds up the whole system. No other
medicine can take its place.
Evening journal., 1915-04-27

could their under big elm in the yard and
could school and show TO her teacher
little friends her brother
birthday his
tried but his little hands
trying he punched
a / n red silk
should he well ought havetouch
ohavehr he could stand so he be
hard he both his
what he had done to her birth
iay she
Kate would break and her tears fell on
red When her mother the
that the who sold me the
that would not stn ana am gong TO ae II Oack
to
one and all herself
right II did he hadn't
would at least long
time said mother ,,..
brother to sch rainy days
Evening journal., 1915-04-27
Spring Will Bring BIoodiesf
of Fights on the Firing Line

appointing.
Yet you have the word of your
guide for II that two great armies
are right there, fronting each other,
just before your eyes There is a
lull now. but when the weather
warns. the spring and summer will
interrupt il with a jolt which will
smear the landscape with blood.
But come along. You are to go
from brigade headquarters to the
foremost trenches tonight within a
few feet of the Germans Before
starting you dine. The colonel. an
acting brigadier general is your host.
His staf sits on right and left OF you
about the table. Some are on cart
ridge cases as chairs are few. The
room is lighted partly by oil lamps
and partly by candles. You remark
that the dinner rs good and are told
it was cooked by a soldier who be-
fore the war was one of Paris lead
ing plumbers While you eat. the
belch OF heavy artillery is heard over
the ridge Officers come and so, but
you are allowed to finish your dinner,
liquors, cigars and all.
Leaving the pitch dark flower gar
den that fronts the farmhouse. you
stumble 10 the left down a badly cut
up highway skirting the hill. There
isn't a light anywhere; none is shown
by specific orders. for Zeppelins
Taubes or Aviatiks may be prowl-
ing overhead with bombs poised. You
pass dark forms going in the opposite
direction-Orderlies with messages
from headquarters. Now you turn to
the right and start up a narrow steet
You are in a village. You don't take
\ three steps before a sentry calls out
sharp not loud Halt" Your off,
Ger advances. gives the word of the
night. the sentry presents arms. you
advance, at last you are in the active
war zone
Evening journal., 1915-04-27
nr MILIIAM PHILIP sMMs,

United Press stan Correspondent.
fconvriaht 1915. by the United Press)
Copyright in Great Britainl
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY, April
1O-(By Mail to New York; Along
the battle front from Switzerland,
across France and Belgium to Dover
Straits. 600 miles in length. spring
has come And everyone Is agreed
that this spring will see the bloodiest
fighting since God made man.
Perhaps YOU would like to see some
of this fighting line before the fray
begins. IN you would, then come
along. for General JOffre for the hrst
time has given his consent to Tor
eien correspondent to "see every
thing he wishes at the foremost
front A captain of the general stan
will be your guide.
As you buzz along in the high pow
cred motor through this warm day
the dandelions are thick. Gently
sloping hillsides are revealed covered
with anemones. forget-me-nots, liz
lies of the valley and wild violets.
Early peach trees are blooming and
jonauil hedges are framing flower
beds with rich gold.
- Then you shudder. Suddenly you
remember what this sunshine and
means. The awak-
god; the renewal OF
tiles, of smashing
sIasnlng oHensive the building OF
heaps and pyramids of broken bodies
A tender little violet blooming under
It's leaf means a pile of dead men, a
fragrant narcissus blooming in q
peasants yard stands for the lives o
the young men Of the entire neighbor-
hood: that anemone you see smiling
at you from the pasture there repre-
sents a huge crater dug by a giant
she'll and in Il the torn pieces of hu
man flesh mixed with the torn shredi
Of horsefesh.
You shudder and you choke and yol
have 20 be called twice before yol
realize that your auto has stopped
and you are to walk out along a ridgI
for a quarter of a mile to see, from
the ruins of a stone mill, the sur
rounding country occupied on th'
east by the Germans, on the west b.
the Allies.
"See that patch of woods there Il
the northeast?" the staff officer asks
You DO. well, 10000 men have fal
len there since October and tn
lines are still the same"
Il is Notre de Lorette and the VII
lage is half in the Germans hand
and half in the hands Of the Frsncl
Through glasses you can follow IN
trenches for several miles. Yet yo
do not see a sign Of life except
man ploughing Il is all a bit dis
Evening journal., 1915-04-27
SICK-HEADACHES

eick ck-headache. The most miserable Of an sick.
nesses, loses ~ teIrors when AK Tablets are
taken. when you feel an attack coming on
take two tablets. anden many cases. the attack
viii be uar1ed OF. During an attack take one
AK Tablet every two hour. The rest and com
forf which follow. can be obtained n no other
way.
Cessias Ak Tablets bear the * none.
sren. A. ell druEEisfs.
Evening journal., 1915-04-27
SLEEPYTrFS RAE :,
The Red Umbrella
RY VIRGINIA VALE

Once upon a time Kate had a
birthday and one of the things that
was given her was a little red UNI
brella. She had always wanted one
of ner own and now to have one.
and red one. made her very
happy. How she hoped It would
rain that very Afternoon and then.
If II did. perhaps her mother would
let her walk home with some OF
the children who had been invited
to her birthday party.
On the second thought She
didn't wish il would rain that af-
ternoon for her mother had prom
Evening journal., 1915-04-27

order will present a report. There
will be a lively discussion of the To-
cal option question. Some of the
members do not agree with the policy
of the conference on this matter and
there is likely to be some argument.
The Rev. Albert Price, d. d., has
prepared the paper on the "State OF
the Country" The Rev. S. p. Shep-
ard and the Rev. William. II. Guy,
of Wilmington will champion the To-
cal option cause.
Evening journal., 1915-04-27

Following is the second of.
the Shepherd series, the first
Of which appeared yesterday.
William G. Shepherd, United
Press stan correspondent, Is
the only American, represent
ing an individual American
press stan organization, now
at the British front under OFF,
cial credentials. 4 third story
by him Will appear tomorrow.
Evening journal., 1915-04-27
HEADACHES

Ihousands ni men and women suffer from
heacachee every day, other thousands have
heacacncf every week or every month. and still
Others have headaches occasionally. but not at
regular Intervals. The best Doctor Is often able
% 1n1 the cause Of many Of these headaches.
and IN most other cases. knowing the cause he
does not know what VIII remove it. 90 as % give
arermanent cure. All be can do q 20 prescribe
the usual pain rcliercrs. which give Temporary
relief. blt the headache returns a. usual. and
treatment r. again necessary. n you suffer from
nealecnes, no matter what their nature. take
Arfi- kau1nla Tablets. and the results will be salts
factory in the highestnegree. You can obtain
them a. AZ druggists in any quantity. ioc worth
&c worth OF more ASK for A. X -Tahlrfr