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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-28
SISLER A REAL FIND.
Browns Star Southpaw is Most Valu-
able Player in Game

George Sisler, star southpaw of the
st. Louis Browns, emergency first base
man and outfelder as we'll as a clean
batsman, is the most valuable bit of
baseball property in the game. He is
the brightest star in the galaxy of dia
mond satellites and a gentleman Cf
great courage. Hedges may well eXult
in such a prize, for it is exceedingly
doubtful if the matured Ty Cobb at
this moment is worth as much in per
Torrance and promise as this young
University of Michigan boy, who it is
generally admitted is the legitimate
heir to the crown of the 9 Georgia
peach
Sisler does not drink, smoke or chew.
He is five feet 10 inches in height, and
is % years old. Sisler s home is in
Barberton, O.. His mother s name was
Whipple. He first played ball with the
Akron high school team, and while
/ there starred in all branches of athlet-
| les. He played with Akron while a
minor and was sold to Columbus and
drafted by Pittsburg. Smart baseball
| judges found him great in their sight
at this time, although Sisier was but
| "kideen.' His father, whom Sislel
reveres, sent his boy to Michigan. He
tried for the baseball team and made
good. He also was a star gridiron war
rior.
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decided to recognize CarranZa as the
head of the de facto government of
Mexico. This was accomplished in
October. Meanwhile a revolution in
Haiti led this government to inter
fere for the protection Of United States
interests. Troops were landed, and
fighting took place. Also on the Mex
lean border many collisions have oc-
Cured between United States troops
and Mexicans Of different factions.
Various Events.
AT the close of the summer outing
season it was announced that Presi-
dent Wilson was affianced to Mrs
Edith B. Gait of Washington. After
some weeks an ardent public curiosity
and desire to know the time and place
of the nuptials were appeased by the
news that it would take place in Wash
ington on the 18th of December.
Outside of the war zone in Europe
there have been few steamship disas
ters attended with heavy loss of life.
One of the saddest for many years
was the overturning of the excursion
steamer EaStland in the Chicago river
on July "A, with the loss of 9S1 lives.
Recently wireless telephoning has
been accomplished between Arlington,
Va, and Paris, San Francisco and
Honolulu. Explorer Stefansson was
heard from after silence of seventeen
months. The European war brought
i to the fore the question of adequate
national defense, and the result of
! many months of discussion and plan
ming is now or soon will be before
congress in the shape of bills to nearly
double the standing army, create big
reserve force and add to the number
of battleships and submarines.
On Dec. II the Chinese council of
state rendered the throne to Yuan Shih
Kai, president of the republic.
The years neurology includes Gen
eral Porfrio DiaZ, former president of
Mexico; Conant, the artist; Creelman,
journalist; Hopkinson Smith, artist and
author; Mary Ann Jackson, widow
of "Stonewall' Jackson; w. r. Nelson
editor; Herman Ridder of the New.
Yorker Staats-Zeitung, Albert G.
Spalding, ex-senator Nelson w. Aid
rich, General B. T. Tracy and Booker
Il. Washington.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-28
TIGERS HAD Great
WRECKINC CREW
Crawford, Cobb and vGach
Were Stars In This Respect.
FIRST LED IN RUN DRIVING

Third Member of Detroit Hard Hit
ting outfed Was Greatest Clouter
In American League - Twenty two
Players Each Ratted In Fifty or More
Runs.
What a wonderful and powerful
wrecking crew Detroit possesses is evil
denCed by the fact that last season its
three members-Sam Crawford, Bob
Veach and Ty Cobb-ranked first, sec
ond and third respectively in the Amer
lean league in driving i'll runs. 1t was
the third year in nine the one time
Red had excelled in timely hitting,
1910 and 1914 having been the other
seasons Wahoo Sam was the mauling
monarch of the Johnsonites. Cobb
grabbed off the honors in 1907, 1908,
1909 and 1911, while Frank Baker an
nexed the laurels in 1912 and 1913.
The greatest number of TALES ever
batted in In one season by an American
Lacquer is IA, Cobb whanging over
this total in 1911, when he moved at
his swiftest pace. Crawford, this years
leader, knocked home 116 counters.
Bob Neach, the other century plant.
drove in 115. Cobb, ranking third,
was responsible for 90 markers. John
Collins, ranking fourth, was Chicago's
timeliest hitter, with 81 runs batted in.
That the western clubs harbored the
hitters is shown by the fact that they
furnish eight men to the supposititious
timely hitting team, which would have
Sisler of st. Louis and Schalk of Chi
cage in the points, John Collins of Chi
cago on first, Pratt of st. Louis on Sec
ond, Gardner of Boston on third, Chap
man of Cleveland at short, Veach of
Detroit in left, Cobb of Detroit in cen
ter and Crawford of Detroit in right
These nine men added the finishing
touches to G96 runs, or forty-six more
than Detroit, hardest hitting team or
the younger circuit, was able to bat
home. The club with the weakest at
tack was st. Louis, the Browns ham
mering in 440 counters. The White
Elephants hit in AGO, the Yankees 461
the Senators AGA, the Indians 475, the
Red Sox 500 and 'he White Sox 597.
Twenty-Five players each batted il
fifty or more runs last season, Chicago
having five of these men, Detroit four
Boston four, Cleveland three, Wash
ington two, New York two, Philadel
phia one and st. Louis one. Dicl
HoblitZell, former Redleg, was one O
the twenty-five men who drove il
more than fifty tallies, the list of tn
athletes being as follows:
116 Runs-Crawford, Detroit.
ll5 Runs-Veach, Detroit.
50 Runs-Cobb Detroit.
81 Runs-J. Collins, Chicago.
So Runs-Fournier, Chicago.
so Runs-Lewis, Boston, and Pratt, s.
Louis.
rs Runs-E. Collins and Jackson, CHI
cago.
20 Runs-Smith, Cleveland.
So Runs-Chapman, Cleveland, and Gar
dill, Washington.
GA Runs-Lajoie, Philadelphia.
6S Runs-Speaker, Boston.
81 TRANSPORTATION, Boston.
60 Runs-Hobitzell. Boston.
IS Runs-Pipp. New York.
81 Runs-C. Milan, Washington.
Sc Runs-Burns, Detroit.
90 Runs-Felsch, Chicago, and Hartzel
New York
81 Runs-Roth, Cleveland.
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tude of be:ligerent ships officers and
also of the governments behind them
with respect to the rights of United
States citizens upon the ocean.
Panama Pacific Fair.
Among the notable events and occur
rences which at certain periods and
for a longer or shorter time have dis
tracred thought from the vexatious
war problems may be mentioned the
Panama expositions, the unique situa
ton in Mexico, the strange denoue-
ment in the Harry x. Thaw conspir-
acy and insanity case and the presi-
Dental wedding romance. Opening
early and holding on late, the Panama
Pacific fair at San Francisco proved TO
be an exhibition which in ordinary
times would have been 4 record break
er in the matter of enthusiasm evoked.
as well in attendance and receipts.
In ten months, beginning March i
and ending Dec. f. the admissions were
| over 100000 Allowing for repeat
ers. it is fair to estimate that about
one-tenth of the population which has
passed the stage of babyhood saw the
wonderful displays of the resources of
| the world which were brought together
| in one Enclosure.
Thaw Is Freed.
The Thaw case, which had been rel
egated to obscurity by the tremendous
/ happenings abroad, was suddenly re
vived by the extradition of the fugi-
tive for trial in New York state upon
the charge of conspiring to escape
from the asylum for the detention OF
insane criminals at NIatteawan. \. Y
On that charge Thaw and his abettors
in the act were acquitted. The next
stage was the examination before 8
jury as to his fitness to be at large
Here the victim of countless vicissi
tudes in his long fight for freedom was
victor, and he was pronounced sans
and set free to so his own way.
!, Of briefer duration than the ThaN
} episode. but equally dramatic and in
tense while it lasted, was the Le;
Frank case in Georgia. Frank WA
sentenced to death, but the sentenc,
was commptcd . life imprison.nen
by the governor IN prison he wa
nearly done to death by Il fellow con
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where it was thought hazardous for
the executive to leave the capital
The ships, numbering sixty-seven, We're
in the Hudson for ten days, where
throngs viewed them at anchor or Wis
tied on board. On May Is the fleet
passed out to sea after review by the
president and Secretary of the Navy
Daniels.
Originally it had been planned to
have naval gathering on the Pacific
coast to pass through the Panama ca
nal, led by vessel having the presi-
dent on board The war developments
led to the abandonment of that in
teresting feature of celebration of the
completion of the waterway across the
isthmus.
Submarine Warfare.
In February Germany extended the
war zone to include the English chan
mel and, in reprisaI for British block
ade of neutral ports to shut out sup
plies from the enemy, began to sink
ships sailing under enemy flags on the
routes of commerce between the CONT
nents. Warning was given that neu-
trail passengers upon enemy owned yes
sells were in danger. Following upon
the sinking of merchant vessels having
citizens of the United States on board
f, and with the loss of American lives
the ocean liner Lusitania, from New
York for Liverpool, was torpedoed off
the coast of Ireland About 100 citi-
zens of this country went down.
The state department took the case
in hand, and notes were passed be
tween the United States and Germany
Germany was finally warned that this
government would hold her to strict
accountability and that further acts OF
the nature of the Lusitania horror
would be held as deliberately un
friendly" AS result of the attitude
assumed by the administration Secre
tary of State Bryan resigned, and the
portfolio was given to Robert Lansing
Our Neutrality AssaiIed.
Early in the war charges were made
in the interest Of Germany and Aus
tria-Hungary that Partially was be
ing shown to the allies, and in January
the United States government categor
ically denied twenty specific charges O
discrimination against Germany ant
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-28
Meanwhile Playing Basketball.

Rabbit Maranville. the Boston
Braves star shortstop. is playing
basketball now. \ year ago Man
ager Stallings of the Braves put a ban
on the Rabbit playing basketball be-
cause he feared his shortstop might
suffer injury. Now he does not seem
to protest.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-28

Australia has trained $4,000 men fol
active service since the war began.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-28

Austria in international situations era
ated by the war.
Among the early activities of leu
tonic partisans was the case of dyna,
hitting a bridge on the Canadian bor-
der On Feb. 2 q German named Wer-
ner Won Horn made an unsuccessful
attempt to blow up with dynamite the
bridge across the st. Croix river, con-
Meeting the Canadian Pacific and
Maine Central railroads.
Another partisan outbreak was the
attempt of a German professor named
Holt to assassinate j. p. Morgan, the
banker, who was accused of aiding the
allies. Holt killed himself.
The activities of officials of the Ger
man and Austrian governments serv-
ing in this country led to the retire
ment Of DR.. Dumba, Austrian ambas-
sador, and Captains Boyd and Won
Papen, attaches of German embassy.
Diplomatic relations between the gov
| ernments Of Austria Hungary and the
United States reached an acute stage
during December, when this govern
ment sent note to Austria demanding
the disavowa1 of the sinking Of the
Italian steamship Ancona with the loss
! of American lives.
| Mexico Pacified?
| In January Il so called convention
| government was set up in Mexico an
tagoniStic to the Constitutional party,
of which General CarranZa was chief.
In June President Wilson warned the
factions in Mexico to make peace. Fol
lowing that, the A. B. c. powers, which
had before acted with this country in
efforts to bring about peace in Mexico
held a conference, and it was finally
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-28
MANY EVENTS OF 1915 AI HOME
0VERSBADONED THE NAR ABROAD
Recognition of Carranza as
Head of Mexico, Eastland
Disaster, Wilson's Wedding
and Numerous Other Events
Marked Year of 1915.

Wet and was still suffering when a
mob of citizens kidnapped and hanged
him, with the avowed purpose Of ex-
ecuting the original sentence and ig
noring the executive clemency which
had been extended in a most extraor-
binary case.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-28
Notable Occurrences at Times
Detracted From the Interest
In Great European Struggle.
Domestic Happenings Grip
ped Public.
By GEORGE L. KILr1ER.

TNHIS year of war has been re-
lieved of its horrors somewhat
p by unusual events at home
which challenged public atten-
ton. Throughout the winter and early
spring the situation on the high seas
as affected by hostilities brought into
view the risks and perils to which
neutral traffic was subjected by war
between America and Europe Keen
public interest, not to say excitement,
has frequently been aroused, even up
TO the close Of the year, by the atti-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-28
Warship Parade.

An event heightened by the Euro
pean war excitement was the pa
rade of the north Atlantic feet Of
United States naval vessels in the
Hudson river and their review by
President Wilson at time when the
tension of this countrys relations with
Germany was strained to point
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-28

The Y. NJ. c. A. has over million
members.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-28

1T PAYS To ADVERTISE
IN THE DAILY REFoRMER
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-28

tude of be:ligerent ships officers and
also of the governments behind them
with respect to the rights of United
States citizens upon the ocean.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-19

Polly, have you seen the trouser-
skirt? 1t promises to be very popular
and though as yet 1t has not appeared
IN Honolulu there are some very broad
hints that 1t will not be very long be-
fore the mannish costume will be seen
parading the main streets OF our. peace
full city. The trouser skirt was arst
shown at fashion show In Chicago
and has gone to Los Angeles and San
Francisco. The skirts win be worn
with them-oh, yes. A short. very
short skirt is worn and under that is
seen real trousers of heavy material.
and instead of the regular cuff. Is a
band of fur. Your muff is made Of
the same fur and that scheme Is car
ried out on your hat. interesting,
isn't IL?
| suppose you've read about the love
parlor which has been started in Oak
land. II you haven't. I'll tell you.
Rev. Francis ]. Won Horn for several
weeks has preached sermons in his
Congregational church dealing with
love and matrimony and in the church
has started his love parlor. Here
working girls and men. or society
girls and men can meet. do their court.
ing and wed. This has been tried
and succeeded in Seattle and New
York and this pastor has been highly
commended for starting this in the
West.
There we're loads OF girls down to
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FROM PEGGY TO POLLY.

Dear Old Polly:
Not muclf excitement this week ex
eepting the buzz and hum that always
zones at this season of the year OF
course the buzz and hum is still in
we incipient stages Of development
fou know, like when a dynamo is
started: first there's just a tiny hum
and then Il gets louder and louder
crescendo. Then it's turned off-and
diminnendo. In this case the diminu
endo Is struggling packages and bill
which come. Anyway speaking o.
Christmas makes me think.
There's an awfu1Iy popular matron
at Fort Shafter. guess you know
who she is they all call her Fluff
or Mrs. Todd" She was downtown
the other morning carrying about a
dozen bundles. She looked rather wor-
ried. too. and when asked what the
matter was, she informed me that
she had blank checks IN her posses
sion doing christmas shopping" for
some OF the bachelors. II must be
fun to be 50 wellliked.
Children always give things away,
don't they? had funny experience
9 short while ago on attending the AT
home" Of one of the prominent so
eiety women here. Having gone the
rounds" stopped for cup of tea and
chat with some friends. We were seat
ed at a table near the door leading
% the lanai Around the corner came
Che curly head Of Billy, the young son
Iho had seen about i've summers.
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| see Allen Hamilton off when he SAIL
ed away in the good ship Matsonia on
Wednesday. Most of them thought II
rather bad ship. though. from what
saw. The popular young man. who
didn't have to wear green to tell his
nationality. has left an unmistakable
void In the younger set. Ham was
constant entertainer and his jokes.
when he would tell them in brogue. al
ways brought hearty oyations. Here's
hoping that he'll return!
b Ernest. P0dmore 3 too, had q .beyy
Of pretty girls at'the dock tosbidihirl
bon voyage He fastgone to visit the
fair and expects to return shortly.
We have new musician among us.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Armstrong Of
Philadelphia, who have been enter.
tanned here and have been received by
the queen, are both talented musicians
and Mrs. Armstrong has studied
abroad and has an extensive knowE
edge of pianoforte. She has not only
written many articles on the subject.
but also has composed a number OF
beautiful selections. Mr. and Mrs.
Armstrong will be here for some time.
In this last week of moonlight nights
there have been a number of parties
at the 0utrigger Club and along the
beaches where the guests have gone
bathing. There is nothing quite like
moonlight swim, unless IL be ska:-
ing on ice or something like that which
we have not But 1t would take some
one with very strong argument to
make me believe It.
The dance at the country club last
night was a brilliant affair Many
beautiful gowns were worn by the
strangers and society women who
have returned from the states. recent.
ly. IT'S lovely to see real good look
ing women in real good-looking gowns.
Methinks it is time to dress for din.
PEGGY. :
Outdoor Circle May Turn
Attention TO kaneohe Bay. z Z
Il With the purpose in view Of enhanes
ing the tropic beauty of the landscape
and buildings at the Coral Gardens
on the shores of Kaneohe Bay. 1t is.
probable that the Outdoor Circle viii
evolve the plans for the decorations
there.
From the deep caves in the nearby
mountains 1t is proposed to- bring
quantities of wonderful growths of
maidenhair ferns which viii be plant.
ed in swinging baskets Of coconut fibre
around the new afternoon tea-house
Tree ferns and other varieties vii
also be planted so that they win grov
between the swinging baskets of maid
enhair and orchids. while all around
will be the green groves Of bananas
papaias and Japanese plums-
1t is expected that the Outdoor Cir.
Gle. Of which Mrs. F. j. Lowrey. lis
president, will take mp this work Of
helping; to establish one of the most
attractive show-plaees. near HaHoIulps
soon after Thanksgiving Only H.
miles from the Honolulu p9stoffce.
the Coral Gardens viii. It is expected
prove q delightful spot for an after.
noon automobile drive, and where tea
and light refreshments can be Sc
cured at any time during the after
noon amid pleasant and tropic snr.
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rcundings on the shores OF lovely Ka
neohe bay.
Fl - = - -
Miss Helen Mclean Hostess.
very charming affair which clos
ed the events Of last week was the in
formal supper at which Miss Helen
Mclean entertained az the CONNER
cial Club. An attractive arrangement
OF flowers ornamented the center Of
the table and dainty place cards mark
ed the places Of the. eight guests, In
Guiding Mr. and Mrs, Alfred Eames,
Miss Grace Morgan, Miss Marie. Bal
lentyHe, Francis Eames. Gus Bailen
tyne, Mr. Pratt and the hostess. !,
- .. =.
Mrs. chiIIinaworth, TO Return. i.
After spending six weeks at the. ex,
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METHODIST CHURCH TO
HAVE AT HOME NIGHT

Next Wednesday evening the First
Methodist church win give an at
home. to It's members and friends.
This IL the second OF 4 series %
monthly social gatherings designed 10
bring the entire church family toeeth.
er. Naturally Thanksgiving viii color
the program for this month. All asso-
ciated In any way with the church OF
It's peonle are invited.
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Hoogs. the latter 70 attend the We'd
dlng Of her sister 10 take place the
day after she arrives.
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position in San Francisco Mrs. Charles
F. Chillingvorth has written that she
expects to return In the wIlselEifns
next week. During her stay in Call.
fornia Mrs. Chillingworth has been en-
tertained extensively by island folk
who are residing in the city and by
other friends there. Among thnsc
who have given affairs In her honor
is Mrs. Marion Dowsett worthington.
Honolulu's prima donna.
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NE. benton Hind a tiome.

Mrs. Renton Hind At Home.
At Mrs. .Renton Kinds Eat home
on Friday a number Of people called
To meet Mr.. and Mrs. Ulysses Simp-
son Grant. Mr.. and Mrs Grant are
old friends OF Mr. and Mrs Hind Mrs
Hind is. entertaining on Tuesday OF
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next week In their honor.
- - -

next week In their honor.
- - =
Mr. aud Mrs. !. T. Warren are IN.
viting about 50 Of their young married
friends for next Friday evening. No
vember IS. to meet their sister. Mrs.
Frank Warren. and Mrs. Clarence "
Olson. one OF the recent brides. An.
other group OF friends will be enter
tanned BY them after the holidays.
- = =
Miss Dorothy Guild. who Is now n
San Francisco after Z delightful trip
north where she stayed with friends
in Vancouver and Portland. win re-
turn on the next Matsonia and viii
resume her work At the Castle kinder
garten. Returning on the same steam
er win e Ruth Soper and Alice
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MIS-. ChIIItnoWoTth,'t 70 HetufH.Is,I.- !
After spending ak weeks at the. ex;
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New Tomato Club.

Miss Martha Platt, the tomato
club organizer for our county, went
up to Due West and Donalds Mon
day and two good clubs were organ
lied. The prospects now are that
Abbeville county will have tomatoes
to burn next summer.
The club at Donalds is made up
of the following young ladies: Miss
es Lois Dodson, Eula Dodson, Mary
Smith, Sara Smith, Ora Dodson and
Margie Murff.
At Due West the young ladies
who will grow the beacon fruit are,
Misses Virginia Galloway, Brownlee
Johnson, Belle Nance, Isabel Reid,
Bessie Baldwin, Edith Todd, and
Alma Nance. Due West will also
have two associate members in Miss
Clara Bonner and Mrs. G. B. Cowan.
Mrs. Cowan is greatly interested in
the work and will be an inspiration
to the young folks.
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SPECIAL TERM Of
COURT CALLED OFF

Governor Manning, at the re-
quest of Solicitor Cooper, has re-
voked the order for a special term
of court at Abbeville on April 8th.
At the time the special term was or
dered it was believed that the June
term of court would likely not con-
vene, but it now seems that it will
be necessary to hold this latter term
of court, and as it is only sixty
days until it convenes, it has been
thought best to hold but one term.
Charles Logan, the negro accused
of the murder of Mrs. Scott, will be
tried then. as will the other negroes
charged with the crime.