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The Alaska citizen., 1915-02-15
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AUTO RACER DIES.

LOS ANGELES. Feb s. - Jack Callahan, the auto racer, died today as the result of injuries received yesterday during a road race.
 JOHNSON ON WAY
 BARBADOES, Feb S.-Jack John son, champion heavyweight pusihst of the world. who is matched to fight Jess Willard next month al Juarez, arrived here today enroute to Mexico. There is the probability that he will charter a steamer to take him to Vera Cruz, from which point he will travel overland across Mexico to Juarez, carefully avoiding is in splendid condition for the fight
 HONORS DIVIDED.
 COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 9. Ad Wolgast and Cy Smith divided the honors in their 12-round boxing contest, which took place in this city last night. Wolgast was un- able to use his right hand to ad- vantage.
 CONTEST ARRANGED
 LONDON. Feb. 9. Articles of agreement have been signed by Bonn bardier Wells and Frank Moran for 20-round contest, which is sched- uled to take place in this city on March 29.
 NOEL MAY REFEREE.
 SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Feb. To- Frank Noel local sporting writer. probably will be chosen as the referee for the Johnson-Willard fight
 WELSH OUTPOlNTED.
 NEW YORK. Feb. 10.-In the ten round no decision boxing contest which took place in this city today between Freddie Welsh and Joe Shu- grue, the champion was bested by the Jersey City boy. In two of the rounds Welsh had an even break, but in all the others Shuerue made the better showing.
 JOHNSON ON WAY
 BARBADOES, Feb. 11.-Jack John son. his wife and Frank Hagney. his sparring partner, sailed for the MeXi- can coast today on chartered schooner. They will land at Tam pico and travel thence overland to Juarez, where the Johnson-Willard fight is to be held next month.
 FIGHT ARRANGED
 MILWAUKEE, Wis, Feb IL - A ten-round boxing contest has been arranged between Freddie Welsh and Charley White, to take place in this city on February 25.
 TO REGULATE RACING.
 CARSON CITY, New Feb. F. The lower house of the state leg islature has adopted bill providing for state racing commission, to have control of all horse racing.
 MAY PERMIT BOXING.
 ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 12.-An eff fort will be made during the pres ent session of the state legislature to secure the passage of a measure permitting 20round decision boxing contests.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-02-15
THE SITUATION
 IN OLD MEXICO
VILLA DEFEATED.

FL PASO, Feb 9.-Advices re- ceived in this city today state that the Villa troops have suffered sev- eral defeats during the past few days, at the hands of the Carran- ZlstaS.
 It is announced from Washington that the American embassy will not be removed to Vera Cruz from Mexico City as demanded by Gen eral Carranza, who claims that the coast city is now the capital of the republic.
 MINISTER DEPORTED
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb H. advices from Mexico which state that the Spanish minister to the Southern republic has left the coun- try in compliance with orders issued by General Carranza. The diplomat was accused of sheltering Angel Del Caso, Spaniard wanted by the au thorities, and when he refused to give up the refugee, Carranza gave him "A hours to get out of the country. The charge against Del Caso is that he is a Villa sympa- thiZer.
 FlERRO EXECUTED.
 SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Feb. l2.- Advices received from Mexico this evening tell of the execution today of Rodolfo Fierro, the Butcher" who recently made an attempt upon the life of General Villa. Fierro was a member of Villas staff and up to the time of the trouble which eliminated in the attempted assassin ation, Villa regarded the Butcher" as one of his staunchest supporters.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-02-15

More than forty-siX million punches of bananas were imported into the United States last year. or about forty bananas for each man, woman and child.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-02-15

Nearly every mother gets in bad when it comes to selecting a middle name for her baby boy.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-02-15
FIERRO EXECUTED.
Belgian Boy Is
 Honored by King

PARIS. Boy Scout Leysen, decor ated by King Albert for his valor and devotion to his country, is the hero of Belgium.
 This young man, who was born at Liege, is described as of almost uncanny sharpness, with senses and perceptions as keen as a savage. He was able to find his way through the woods and pass the sentinels Of the enemy with unerring accuracy.
 Leysen made his way through the German lines from Antwerp for the tenth time recently. carrying dis patches to secret representatives or the Belgian government in Brus- sels He has discovered and de nounced eleven German spies in Bel gium and performed a variety Of other services, and all without i'm pairing his boyish simplicity
 The usual large crowd was gath cred at the New York end of the Brooklyn bridge waiting for trolley cars An elderly lady, red in the face flustered and fussy, dug hev elbows into convenient ribs, ire spective of owners.
 fat man on her left was the recipient of a particularly vicious jab She yelled at him, Say"
 He winced slightly and moved to one side.
 She, too, sidestepped and thump- ed him vigorously on the back.
 Say" she persisted, does it make any difference which of these cars l take to Greenwood cemetery?'
 Not to me, madam" he answered, slipping through an opening in the crowd.-Philadelph Public Ledger.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-02-15

Fat girls are said to be good natured."
 Take my advice, old man, and marry a thin one. They can fasten their own waists up the back. FIX.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-02-15
Wednesday

Austria is the scene of much de termined fighting today. and but lir-
The Alaska citizen., 1915-02-15
AMERICAN STEAMER
WILL PROTECT GERMAN

NEW YORK. Feb. II. Daniel O'Connell Boston lawyer. has been retained by Werner von Horn in the eNtradition proceedings which have been instituted by the Canadian gov ernment. O'Connell declares that he has found papers in von Horn : trunk which prove that he is Ger man reservist and establishes the de fenSe that the crime of dynamitin4 the international bridge is political and therefore not eXtraditable. Non Horn is now serving 3O-day sen tenCe in NanCeboro on the charge nf defacinu nnhlic huildingS
The Alaska citizen., 1915-02-15
OPPOSE HIGH PRICES.

NEW YORK. Feb IA largely attended meeting was held in this city today by hotelmen. bankers and prominent merchants, for the pur- pose of discussing the high cost of bread The discussion resulted in the adoption of resolution provid- ing for the appointment of a com mittee to look more thoroughly into the matter and report at a future meeting
The Alaska citizen., 1915-02-15
FREIGHT RATES CUT.

WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. H. According to an announcement made today. the tranSCOntinental railroads have been granted permission to make a cut in their freight charges between coasts, in order to compete with the Panama canal, Under the new schedules. intermediate ship pers, in some cases. will be compel led to pay higher rate than those shipping across the entire continent
The Alaska citizen., 1915-02-15

PORTLAND. Ore. Feb. S.-Th- first federal employment bureau to be established on the Pacific coast was opened by the government r this city today in connection with rba Iora1 Dostoffira
The Alaska citizen., 1915-02-15
UNIONtSTS ARREST ED.

DENVER. Colo, Feb. 10 Will ian Hickory. secretary of the Coi- orado Federation of Labor. and Eli Gross, vicepresident of the same organization. have been placed un- der arrest on the charge of murder, it being alleged that the crime was committed during the late strike
The Alaska citizen., 1915-02-15

NEW YORK. Feb. l0.-Passeusers arriving today on the Cunard liner Orduna report that the steamship holsted the stars and Stripes on January $1 while passing through the Irish sea and steamed under the Yankee Colors for an entire day as a protection against German sub marines.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-02-15
DRUGGIST KILL ED.

SPOKANE. Feb. x. - pr. R. F. Sims. wealthy druggist of this city. died here today as the result of injuries received on Saturday night. when he was attacked and baaten hX q thug
The Alaska citizen., 1915-02-15
OACIA IS COAllNG.

NORFOLK. Va. Feb. S.-The Americanized German steamship 'a cia. which left Galveston recently enroute 10 Rotterdam with a cargo of cotton. is here filling her bunkers with coal before starting across the Atlantic
The Alaska citizen., 1915-02-15
PARDON REQUESTED.
HE TNt IlIt VI TT' WIVEVIIITI'
 JUDGE TO BE ED.

REPRESENTATIONS. D- =, Feb V" A. c. Dayton, federal district judge of the Northern district of West Virginia. will be placed on trial on the charge of Irregularities. ac cording to decision reached today in the lower house of congress after an investigation of the charges preferred against the Southern jur- ist Judge Dayton was appointed in I0D-
The Alaska citizen., 1915-02-15

NEW BRITAIN. Conn. Feb, 9,- Father Zebris. of the Lithuanian Catholic church, was found in his rectory today. shot to death. His housekeeper, Eva Gillinean, was found in her room in the attic also dead but she had been stransled instead of shot as was the priest
 It is the belief of the authorities that the crime was committed by
The Alaska citizen., 1915-02-15

LONDON, Feb. 12,-The vigorous language used by the American gov ernment regarding the flag incidents has aroused the British public, the belief being general through Eng land that the Americans are deter mined to protect their interests.
 BANKER MURDERED
 OAKLAND, Cal. Feb. 12-Jacob Noeel. a retired banker and his wife were found dead in their home in this city today, where they had been murdered during the night by burg lars. No clew to the mystery has been discovered by the police who are working on the case.
 OLD THEATRE BURNED.
 CHICAGO, Feb. 12. - The old Academy of Music, the oldest the atre in the city, was completely de stroyed by fire at an early hour this morning.
 OFFICES CLOSED.
 SPRINGFIELD, H., Feb. 12.-All the state offices were closed today in honor of Lincoln's birthday, and a banquet has been arranged for tonight, with Governor Dunne acting as toastmaSter.
 EXPLANATION WANTED.
 WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. 12.- The state department has forward ed an inquiry to Germany with re- gard to the charge of Henry Van Dyke, American envoy at The Hague, who claims that the Germans have interfered with diplomatic communi- cations sent to and from the Amer ican legation in Holland. The note of inquiry was addressed to the American ambassador at Berlin, with instructions to make a thorough in vestigation of the case.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-02-15
LANE COMING WEST.

WASHINGTON. D, C.. Feb H. According 10 an official announcement made today. Secretary of the In terior Lane will represent President Wilson at the formal opening of the Panama-PacifiC International eN- position at San Francisco. Secretary Lane will leave for the Pacific coast
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-17
WEST DOVER.
FRS. c.. w. Jones is i'll.

Mrs. c.. w. Jones is i'll.
Mrs. Sarah Corse is helping at J. X
Atwood s during Mrs. Atwood s illness.
Services at the church began last
Sunday. The hour for tie meeting is
3 o clock.
Much damage was done to the roads
and some to bridges by the rain and
high water last week.
Mrs. Warren Sturgis was called to
New York the first of the week to see
her sister, Mrs. Rogers, who is in hos
pital.
The next meeting of the Ladies Aid
society will be held with Mrs Chastina
Houghton July 81. y change in date
has been made on account of other en-
gagements of some of the number
The news of the death of Emil Will
lett in a hospital in Brattleboro came
Tuesday afternoon, and Mrs. Willett
went at once to bring the body home
The funeral will be held Friday at the
home of Mrs. Willett s father, VIII
ham Shippee. The sympathy of the
community goes out to the bercaved
family.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-17
SUN coNFERs A NEW DEGREE.
President of the University of Yer
mont the First to Be Thus Honored.

A belated zephyr from the Green
Mountain state WAITS echoes of the
ll1th commencement of the University
OF Vermont, report whose interest ov-
erleaps the diurnal limits of news.
eternally typifes the humble-bumble of
academic ritual. chief surviving relic of
medieval mummery. President Benton
is comforting upon distinguished
American u well merited honor.
Upon you, Theodore Newton Vail.
native of Ohio, citizen OF Vermont.
denizen of the world, inhabitant of
the universe, engineer, scientist, captain
of industry, leveler of mountains and
exalter of valleys, for vour
crownlng performance to the benefit of
mankind, in finging the teiephone
across the continent, so that the stin
| small voice of the Atlantic seaboard
becomes the clear word of distinct
| Understanding on the Pacific coast.
| confer (Sc. Do. Ride on, o cosmopoli-
| tan conquerOr of difficulties. to the
assured Immortality that will enable Won
to speak into the hearing ears of all
the countless generations of the future
1t would be indicate TO point ont
| the delicate beauties of this eloqucr,t
passage; but what a passionate impulse
OF mankind is blocked Immortality IN
the alabaster phrase, Citing the tele
phone across the continenti''
The next victim of the college cxeru
| tive $ cacoethes loquendi is James Row
land Angel:
Upon you, son of a mighty sire hon
ored as one Of the greatest diplomats
of the 10Th century, / confer (Litt. d. +.
Director of youth and inspirer of
thought. the challenge of the beckoninq
years will be accepted by You as provo
cation for larger accomplishment open-
ing to greater distinction.
Onward and upward. Ad aspera.
Line forms on this side, AIonzo Bar
ton Hepburn is daintily apostrophized
by the phraseolater:
Your new alma mater rcioices 10
greet Won as q loyal son whose past ac-
complishments are augurv of a fadeIess
glory that will bring new luster to
Vermont through every added wear Of
ending time and endless eternity. Ill.
d..
Upon Charles Winslow Gates, hailed
! nnobtrusive citizen = and thoughtful
listener. the dispenser OF slush con
fers a certificate of the electorate in
laws, and this gem of glittcring facts:
} Our honored governor. we rejoice in
what you have been, we congratulate
-, you on what You are, and we glory in
our assured confidence Of what Won are
vet to he.
VIII President Benton please step
forward?
Upon Won. Guy Potter Benton sinner
J intendent Of schools aforetimc in Kan
sas and still blown upon by sunfoweI
hreezes, professor of history and
blessed sociology, Methodist Episcopal
clergyman and lecturer. praeses collegii
lacustrini. we confer the degree of ID
G., Doctor of Gush, honoris causa: in
testimony whereof you are presented
with this diploma.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-17
LANDGROVE.

B. w. Beers was in Brattleboro over
Sunday.
Miss Mildred Strong is working in
Peru for Mrs. Ellie Russell
l.. F. Woodward has returned home
from a visit in the vicinity of Bos-
ton.
Miss Louise Warner has finished
work for Ernest Fisher and returned
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Coolidge have
moved from Peru to their farm here
which they bought recently of Mrs.
Otis Holden.
Walter Rowe Strong and Miss Myrtle
A. Dean, both of Springfield, this state,
were married in Springfield recently
by Rev. Henry A. Parkhurst. They
visited from Monday to Saturday of
last week in the home of his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs w. r. Strong of
this town. They are now keeping
house on Olive street, Springfield.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-17
WEST DUMMERSTON.

Miss Flora Pond of Boston is visit
ing her aunt, Mrs. Samuel Clark.
Mrs. Harold Bryant of Portland,
Me-, visited at H. O. Butterfeld 8 We'd
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. S. Quinn of Girard,
Pa, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Nettie
Young, at S. S. Washer s.
Wesley Richardson moved his family
Monday from the Archer Willard
place to the tenement recently vacated
by Dr. p. F. White.
Guy Taft returned Monday from the
Memorial hospital, where he had been
several weeks. He is able to be around
with the aid of crutches.
There will be an ice cream social
next Tuesday evening in Grange hall
The proceeds are to be used for chill
dren S night, which is to be held soon
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Thayer and
daughter, who had been visiting in the
home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Otis Thayer, returned to their home il
BrattlebOro this week.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-17

and badly injured and lacerated, though
her condition did not become critical
Mr.. Streeter was severely bruised. The
motorcycist is boy employed on
the farm of Charles Tenney at North
field Farms.
Frank B. Holton, Sc, who has been
III i'll health the past two months. died
of heart failure Monday afternoon
The funeral was held Wednesday at
his home on Plain street, Rev III. L.
BuZzell officiating. Mr.. Holton died on
the farm where he was born and where
he spent all his life. He was a man
of retiring disposition and well re-
spected III the home. He held the office
of assessor three years He leaves two
sisters, Miss Charlotte Holton, with
whom he lived, and Mrs. F. w Pres
ton of West Mortified. The burial took
place in the Centre cemetery.
Northfeld Grange held its July meet
ing Thursday, which was of an en-
tertaining character. A lively discus
sion was participated in by Miss Annie
Campbell, Mrs. n. W. Keet and Charles
f. Baxter, ir.; subject, Does a Lazy
| Person Take the Most Comfort? Read
ings were given by Mrs d. F. Suther-
| ldHu anu MT. NOTuOn OF Till, student
of Mount Hermon. Miss Lillian Nord-
stadt gave piano solos, Miss Dorothy
Clapp sang and there was also singing
| by the Grange. The order elected a
committee on arrangements for the field
day to be held in Greenfield July Il
The teachers for the public schools
have been appointed. The high school
assistants are Miss Ellen Howard and
Miss Margaret Howard The eighth
grade of the grammar school will b,
transferred to the high school building
with Miss Sue Thompson as teacher
Miss Carolyn Rolf will be principal Of
the grammar school at Mortified ane
Miss Katherine Callaghan will teacl
the primary department Miss Lott,
Evans and Miss Viola Haven will con
tinue in the East Mortified schools
Miss Delphine Lazelle teaches at Yves
Mortified, Miss Delcipa Nelson il
district No. 3 and Miss Mary Daltol
continues at Northfield Farms.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-17

tleboro were visitors at D. NJ. Hale S
last week.
Miss Matte Metcalf of Marlboro
spent few days this week with Ms.
W, II. Moore.
Leslie Parker of Brimfield, Mass,
came Tuesday night to visit his sister,
Mrs. James Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wales Adams and son,
Verne, of Brattleboro, were callers at
G. D. Hale IS Sunday.
Mrs. S. III. Lazelle of Brattleboro
came Saturday TO stay few weeks
with her son, Clifford Lazelle.
Everett Wentworth of Brattleboro
spent the weekend with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Wentworth.
Mr.. and Mrs Silas Moulton attended
the funeral of Mrs. Moulton IS mother,
Mrs Carey, in Colrain Saturday.
Hazel Metcalf visited her sister,
Mrs. Ralph Yeaw, in Brattleboro FROM
Wednesday of last week to Monday.
Forrest Wentworth, who works in
Winoosh, visited last week with his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. c. l.. Wentworth.
The heavy rainfall of July did
much damage to roads and bridges,
making some impossible until they
were repaired
Miss Nina Hall of Shelburnc Falls
returned to her home Wednesday, after
spending two weeks with her sister
Mrs George Roberts.
Miss Kate Prouty of Bellows Falls
and Miss Eaton of Lowell Mass, arc
spending the week with Miss Prouty :
parents, Mr. and Mrs. d. S. Prouty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Loren Allen went
Thursday of last week to Utica, n Y
to attend the funeral of Mrs Allen :
sister in-law. They returned home
Tuesday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-17
GRAFTON.

Hon. John Barrett left for Washing
ton Thursday.
Miss l.. j. C. Daniels returned to
Boston Monday.
Albert Kelsey of Philadelphia left
for his home Thursday.
Hazel Treadwell is visiting Priscilla
Gallup in Bellows Falls.
All Willing Workers are asked to
meet with Mrs. Treadwell Saturday at
2.3G.
Miss Mamie Shechan Of Everett,
Mass, is a guest of Mrs. G. y. Wash
burn.
Miss Anna p. Evans of New York is
staying with Mrs. c. w. Frost a few
weeks.
Mrs. Eddy of Windham has been
with her sister, Mrs. f. l.. Gilbert, this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Halliday and
son of Bellows Falls were in town
Sunday.
Mrs. J. r. Bancroft of saxtons River
visited Miss F. S. Hall from Saturday
to Tuesday.
Miss F. Guild of Brattleboro and
Miss NJ G.. Smith called on Miss F. $.
Hall Saturday.
Miss F. S. Hall is in Saxtons River
this week, a guest of her aunt, Mrs.
!. X. Bancroft
Miss Belle Hemingway of Saxtons
River is at F. d. p. Rowland S caring
for Mr.. Dodson, who is very i'll.
Mr. and Mrs. Belknap, Mrs. Camp
bell and Mrs. O'Brien of Bellows Falls
were in town Friday in the interest of
tho hospital fund.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Clark of Wau-
kegan, H., who had been guests of
Mrs. Lemira Clark several weeks, left
for their home Tuesday.
Miss Miriam Doughty and Mr..
Doughty of Brooklyn came Saturday to
Join Mrs. Doughty, who has been here
several weeks. They are occupying
the Thompson house.
f. Lynne Walker and family, Henry
McClarenee and family of Saxtons Riv-
err, and r. Ernest Reynolds and family
of Northampton, Mass, went to Suna-
pee lake Saturday for a two-weeks
stay.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-17
BELLOWS FALLS.
Casein Company to Be Reorganized

Casein Company to Be Recognized
Bellows Falls residents, who recall
the boom days of the Casein Company
of America, when it was one of the
most flourishing of local concerns, en-
ploying several hundred hands, will be
interested in the announcement that it
is to be reorganized through the incor-
poration of a new company and the as
sessment of the stockholders of the
old concern. The old s per cent cumu-
lative preferred, of which $1,000, 600
is outstanding, is to be assessed $40
a share. In return they will receive
1874 per cent cumulative prefer
red of which $l,00O,000 will be
stock turned in with the cash
pavment and the rest of the pre-
ferred, or 100000, will go towards
making up deferred dividends. The
outstanding common stock, about 80
600 shares, will be assessed $1.S2 a
share and holders will receive 1919
per cent of their holdings in new
common stock $7S6,500. The new
Casain Company of America has been
organized in Delaware, with capt. q
of $2,5O0,0OO The original company
was chartered in New Jersey and had
capital of $6,50O,00O, including ST.,
100000 of s per cent cumulative pre-
fcrred.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-17
VERNON.

Miss Roby Wright spent Wednesday
at Echo lake with Brattleboro friends.
The Ladies circle will meet in their
rooms Wednesday, July 81. Supper will
be served at ).
w. Atherton Hale has finished work
in Brattleboro and is helping B. H.
Newton during the haying season.
Misses Neva and Lera Harrington of
Springfield, Mass, are guests of their
grandmother, Mrs. Martha Lackey.
Mrs. Hattie Nesbitt returned home
last week from Bradford and vicinity,
where she had been nursing six weeks
Edward Robinson and family Of
Turner's Falls, Mass, were guests re-
Gently of Mr. and Mrs. &. A. Harmon.
Mr.. and Mrs George w. johnson are
spending a few days in New London.
Conn, with her sister, Mrs. Willis
Dart.
Mrs George Turner and two little
daughters, Carolyn and Anna, are
guests of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
w. NJ. Hale
Mrs. J. C. Morgan returned last week
from a six-weeks visit in Pennsvl-
vania. She was accompanied by hei
father and mother
Mr.. and Mrs. William Wolfram and
four little sons of Hatfield, Mass.
spent the weekend with her uncle, ]
7. Wright, and family. Mr. Wright
and daughter, Miss Roby Wright, ac
companied them to their home on Sun
day.
Vernon Grange will observe chill
dren s night Saturday, July Il. Al
children and their parents are invited
An orchestra from Hinsdale will fur
nish music. There will be n tableau, \
Playground for the Children, singing
and a singing and dancing sketch by
a colored trio. This will be an opel
meeting