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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-05
Vessel Which Sent OutWire-
less Calls Believed to
Have FOundered
ABOUT so PERSONS
PROBABLY DROWNED
Coast Guard Cutters, Warships and
Other Craft Are Engaged in the Ap-
parently Hopeless Search = Beaches
Strewn with Wreckage.

NORFOLK, Va, April ,. - Every pos
slble effort was being made today to learn
the fate Of the Royal Dutch West Indies
Company's steamer, Prinz Mauritz be-
lieved TO have foundered with a loss of
about 20 persons in the great storm that
lashed the South Atlantic coast Saturday.
Coast guard cutters, warships and other
craft searching for the Mauritz yesterday
found no trace of the vessel near the
spot from where she sent out wireless
calls for aid and it is feared that the crew
and passengers have shared the fate of
- of the crew Of the tug Luckenbach.
drowned off False cape where the storm
claimed the tug
No news OF the Mauritz had come early
today from the coast guard stations.
Bargcs Jared worse than other vessels
Many broke away from tugs and were
driven ashore. Lightships were torn from
their moorings and beaches were strewn
with wreckage
The Prinz Maurits left New York last
Thursday for Port au Prince. Haiti and
other tropical ports. She was single
screw steel steamship Of 2,121 gross ten
mage, 2S4 feet long, ~ feet in beam a--t'
80 feet depth Of hold SLo was built at
Hamburg IN 1900, by Blohm K Noss. for
he Royal Dutch West Indies Company
Besides her crew and four passengers,
the steamship carried a general cargo and
the body of Mrs La Roche, the aunt Of
the Mrs. La Roche who was a passenger
aud the weathiest woman in Haiti The
aunt came 10 New York a month ago
with her niece to undergo an operation
after which she died The niece under
took 20 bury the body in Haiti in accord
RncC with her aunts wishes
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-05
MASS TROOPS ALONG
BULGARIAN FRONTIER
Action Taken by Greeks, Whose Coun-
try Has Been Penetrated by
Rowing Bands of Bulgars.

LONDON, April 5. The rowing
band of Bulgars driven out of Servia
after its sudden raid has penetrated
Greece at three points, according to
Salonica dispatches. The English
press sees in this the possibility of de-
velopments which may mean a fare-up
in the smoldering Balkan situation.
Advices reaching London assert that
Bulgaria has agreed to give full salts
faction to Servia. If this is true prob
ably the only sequel to the episode
will be to draw from Bulgaria a def
mite statement as to the policy she pro
poses to pursue.
All the Balkan nations as well as
Italy are awaiting the outcome with
interest.
Meanwhile Greece is massing troops
along the Bulgarian frontier and Bui.
garia reservists have received orders
to join the colors.
In the countries allied against Ger
many, Austria and Turkey these re-
cent developments are blamed on Ger
man intrigues.
The Carpathian front is the quarter
in which a decision of first importance
is expected soon.
The Austrians are said to be throw
ing every available man into the fight
so that hard struggle may still be in
prospect.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-05
FIND BosLEY's wHIsKEY CACHE
Middlebury oficers Discover 176 Bot
ties of Liquor in Barn.

MIDDLEBURY, April ). Cassus
Bosley, proprietor of the Middlebury
Inn, viii appear in court to answer to
the ownership of 80 pint and S6 half
pint bottles of whiskey found Saturday
night in q barn on the Creek road
owned by Bosley, by Chief of Police
George II. Chaffee and Policeman Pat
rick Shea and George Wright
The officers found the liquor in two
barrels on the second floor of the
barn. The building was locked. AT
ter confscating the stuff Chief Chat
fee and his assistants paid a visit tC
the Middlebury Inn which was search
ed for contraband but without success
Bosley was taken into custody ant
gave bonds in $500 for his appearanc,
in court. He acknowledged the owner
ship cf the liquor.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-05
UPPER CUTS WERE
USED FREQUENTLY
johnson Took Every Opportunity to
Rub Wizards Bleeding Lips = Ap-
parently Trying to Win Fight Quick
ly-No Decision Up to 7th Round.
ABOUT FIGHT FOR
WORLDS CHAMPIONSHIP

Principals-Jack johnson (eham-
pion) and Jess Willard challenger
Betting Odds-Johnson favorite
at 6 to j.
Time-Today, 1890 p. m. Havana
time. | pl M. New York time
Estimated Receipts-$13O,0 600
johnson S Share - Guarantee of
$4,000 net and 25 per cent moving
picture receipts.
Willard s Share-50 per cent of
receipts over $4,000.
Referee-Jack Welsh of San
Francisco.
Age of Fighters-Johnson, 3S;
Willard, IS.
Height-Johnson, 6 #. u inch;
Willard. #. 6 inches.
Weight-Johnson, 225; Willard,
245.
Reach-Jo johnson, n in:; Willard,
S31a in.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-05
TO REOPEN ST. ALBANs HOTEL
Mortgages Secure New Manager 70
Colonial Inn Property.

ST. ALBANS, April 5. - The prop
erty known as the Colonial Inn has
been taken over by the mortgages by
virtue of a decree of foreclosure, OBJ
tanned after a period of litigation ex-
tending over more than year, and will
be reopened April u with Walter Ee-
eles as manager.
The hotel will be known as the Tav-
ern. Most of the furnishing have
been bought by the new owners. The
house is undergoing thorough renova-
tion and being placed in condition as
rapidly as possible for the accommoda-
tion of the state Grand Army encamp-
ment April Is and Il.
Mr.. Eccles was for several years
connected with the Old Orchard
House at Old Orchard, Me-, and more
recently with hotel in Pasadena, Cal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-05
HERBERT E. THAYER DEAD.
Deerfeld Man Former Resident Of
Guilford Center.

Herbert +. Thayer, As, a native of
Guilford Center, died Sunday morning
about 'clock in his home in Deer
field. Mass He had been in failing
health three years with a cancerous
trouble. aud his last illness dated from
last Christmas.
Mr. Thayer was born in Guilford
Center Aug. 26, 1866, one Of four chill
dren of Frank f. and Anna NJ. (Dyer)
ThaEer lie married in Guilford Cen
ter Oct Is. 1892, Miss Gertrude $.
Richmond of that place. They lived
a few years on the s. l.. Sibley farm,
which they carried on. There a son,
Kinson A., was born and died. They
moved to a rented farm in West Gill,
Mass, and later bought a farm in Gill
Center.
After few years they moved to
Northampton. Mass, where they bought
aud conducted livery stable. A year
or two later they rented a farm In
South ,Deerfeld and then bought a
small farm in Old DeerffeId where they
| had since lived. Mr.. Thayer formerly
| dealt in horses in addition to his farm
work and was known as a good judge
| Of horsefesh While living in Guilford
| Center Mr. Thayer was a member OF
the Grange.
| He leaves, besides his wife, his par
ents one sister, Mrs. Jason L. Baker
and one brother, Walter D. Thayer
who live with their parents on the
Alexander fam in Guilford, to which
the family recently moved.
The body was brought to Brattleborc
today and the funeral Will be held II
the Congregational church in Guilfor(
tomorrow afternoon at 3 O'Clock. The
/ burial viii take place in the cemetery
near Christ church.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-05
AIRSHIP ATTACK
WAS VERY EFFECTIVE
Naval Construction Yards Damaged
and 40 German Workmen Killed
and 50 Wounded.

PARIS, April >. ~ The French war
office today gave out the following of
fetal statement The military authori-
ties have received precise information
concerning the results Of the lombard
ment on March 26. The dirigible
hangar at Berghenste was seriously
damaged, as was the airship inside At
Hoboken the Antwerp naval construc-
ton yards were damaged and two
naval submarines were damaged and
10 German workmen were killed and
60 were wounded
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-05
CITY OF BREMEN SUNK.
Twenty Five Drowned When German
Steamer Was Torpedoed.

LONDON, April ). - The steamer
City of Bremen of Dublin has been
sunk by q German submarine off Void
Rock, in the English channel, about Is
miles south of Lands End, Cornwall
Four members of the crew of the
steamer were drowned. Twelve survi-
vors have arrived in Penzanee.
A Reuter- despatch from Stockholm
says the German steamer Crete Hem
soth has struck mine in the Baltic
and sunk and that % of her crew were
drowned. The Crete Hemsoth was a
vessel of $50 tons. She was engaged
in traffic between Sweden and Ger
many.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-05
BURNED TO DEATH IN CHAIR.
Aged West Rutland Woman May Have
Been Lighting Pipe.

RUTLAND, April 5.-While her rel
atives were at Rutland shopping Mrs.
Lucinda Shepard, an aged resident of
West Rutland, was burned to death
Saturday night.
The chair on which she sat was
burned. Mrs. Shepard 5 head arms and
the upper portion of her body suffered
most. How her clothing caught fire is
mystery, although it is advanced as
a theory that match with which she
was lighting pipe fell into the folds
Of her dress. She smoked occasionally.
People living downstairs found Mrs.
Shepard on the floor unconscious. BY
using blankets, brooms and pals OF
water the blaze was extinguished.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-05
S72, 900 Is Approximate Sum
Named by Master as
Damages
APPEAL LIES TO
SUPREME COURT
One of the Largest Awards Ever Filed
in Windham County Understood
Orators Will Try to Collect from G..
D. Whitaker.

An award of damages in the sum of
practically $72, 900 is made by Special
Master M. C. Webber of Rutland in
the suit of the Hooker, Corser &
Mitchell Co. of Brattleboro, overall
manufacturers, against three former
members of the company, James +.
Hooker, William I'll. Corser and Charles
D. Whitaker, all of Schenectady, N Y,
a concern which has been marketing
goods nearly identical with those made
by the Brattleboro concern, but which
is now under injunction against con
tinuing TO 10 business. The report of
the special master was filed in the Of
fee of County Clerk F. d. f. Stowe
Saturday evening. and the award is
one of the largest ever filed in the
Windham county court. 1t effectually
does away with the assertion which
some have made that the suit was a
spite suit, it being shown conclusively
that there was abundant ground for
the claim Of large damages on the part
Of the orator company, from whom the
defendants withdrew in 1908. 1t shows
that when the defendants voted Will
liam H. Proctor ont of the directrate
of the old company and locked the Of
fee doors against him, and subsequent
lv sold out to Mr.. Proctor and associ-
ates and carried out en- unlawful con-
spiracy to establish a competing fac
tory, take away the trade lists and en-
tice away the orator company 5 sales
| men, they embarked upon . serious
| and expensive undertaking.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-05
FIRE DESTROYED
PUTNEY BUILDINGS
Horace Scott's House and Barn, For
merly Owned by Mrs Jennie NJ
Perry-Cause Not Known.
Especial to The Reformer.)

PUTNEY, April ).
The two-story house owned by Hor-
ace l.. Scott on the West hill road, off
the road to Westminster West, for
merly owned by Mrs. Jenne NJ Perry,
was burned about 6 O'Clock Saturday
night together with the barn and shed
adjoining the house and barn. Prac-
tically all the contents also were burn
ed, but Mr.. Scott saved his horse and
cows.
1t is not known what started the fire,
but it is thought that the chimney
on the back side of the house burned
out and that sparks set fire to the
shed, which was rooted with shingles.
The value of the property burned was
So 900 or more, and the insurance was
about $1,800
A short time before the fire Mr.
Scott went from the barn through the
shed into the house, and at that time
everything appeared to be all right. A
few minutes later his granddaughter,
Dorothy Patterson, who with her
mother, Mrs. May (Scott) Patterson,
has lived with Mr.. Scott since the
death Of Mrs Patterson s husband. DIR.
+. c. Patterson, went into the shed and
returned hurriedly, stating that the
shed was on fire. Mr. Scott went there
at once, but was unable to get
through.
Mr.. Scott went to the barn and re-
| leased his horse and cows, but his hens
were burned. An alarm OF fire was
given by the Cole paper mill whistle,
and the near neighbors did what they
could TO save furniture, but they were
| able to get out but little, and by the
time persons arrived from the village
there was no opportunity to save any
thin. The flames spread very rapidly
and consumed practically everything
The house, situated about a mile and
half cut of the village, was occupied
many years ago as store by the late
| William Houghton. Mrs. Perry, wild
ow Of W. J. Perry, sold the property to
/ Mr. Scott last year, and she had nu.
mer6us articles stored there, which
were lost.
At the time Of the fire the wind wa,
blowing hard, carrying burning ember.
between two other houses. Mr.. Scot
is staying for the present with /;
neighbor, Lyman Wood, and Mrs. Pat
terson and daughter are at NJ. G. vii
liams : in this village.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-05
INQUIRY, NOT PROTEST.
American Note to England Seeks In
formation About Blockade.

LONDON, April st may be stated
on good authority that the American
note TO Great Britain regarding the
British order in council which vir-
tually establishes an embargo on com
merce to and from Germany is an in
quiry rather than protest. 1t seeks
further information and makes clear
under what conditions the United
States will expect damages for inter
ference with shipping. Although
friendly in tone the note definitely
outlines the American conception of a
legal blockade, the passage Of which,
it is contended would entitle neutral
shippers to recover damages.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-05
AT THE CENTRE CHURCH
Notice.

The members Of the Centre Congre-
gational church are notified to meet in
the chapel at 7.30 o'clock p. m, Fri
day, April 8 1915, to act upon the fol-
lowing articles, to wit:
!. To see if the church viii sell to
George l.. Durham for S 900 a piece of
land 20 feet wide across the east end
Of the parsonage lot, in accordance
with an offer made by him to the
trustees
,. To transact any other business
that legally may come before the
meeting.
Per order Of the Prudential Com
mittee
WALTER A. GILBERT, Clerk,
Brattleboro, VT, April >, 1918.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-05
IN ODD FELLOWS HALL.

Monday evening, April 5, regular
meeting Of Wantastiquet lodge. The
initiatory degree will be conferred.
There will be a masquerade ball for
Odd Fellows, Rebekahs and invited
friends Friday, April 9. Two prizes
will be given for costumes. Price 80
cents couple; 10 cents for ladies and
children.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-05
BATTLESHIP DESTROYED?
Report That the Lord Nelson Has Gone
Down at Dardanelles.

BERLIN, April 5. A report re-
ceived in Berlin from Havre says the
British battleship Lord Nelson, strand
ed inside the Dardanelles straits, has
been destroyed by the fire of the Turk
ish guns on shore. This information
was given out today by the Overseas
News agency.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-05
NOTE TO GERMANY.
Must Make Reparation for Destruc-
ton of the William P. Frye.

WASHINGTON, April 5.-The Amer
lean note to Germany on the sinking
of the American ship, William P. Frye
by the German cruiser Prinz EiteI
Friedrich is confined principally to
the legal aspects of the sinking of the
Frye and in polite diplomatic language
states that Germany must make repa-
ration.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-05
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.

Tonight at 'elock-Boy Scouts
meeting.
Tuesday at > p. m.-Stereopticon
pictures on the Indian empire, for
for boys and girls; at s p m, stere-
opticon lecture on Indian empire for
admits
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-05
TWO SHIPS T.oRPEDoED.
Scottish Steamer and Russian Bark
Sunk Of the Isle of Wight.

LONDON, April 5. The Glasgow
steamer Divine and the Russian bark
Mermes were sunk by a German sub
marine Sunday afternoon off the Isle
of Wight. The crews of the two YES.
sells were rescued by British tor
pedo boat destroyer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-05
THE WEATHER.
Cloudy on Tuesday. Warmer Tonight.
Rains in Northern Vermont.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 5.-The
weather forecast: Cloudy on Thursday.
Probably local rains in northern Yer
mont and northern New Hampshire.
Warmer tonight Moderate to variable
winds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-05
willard wins in the twenty-sixth
round
CURTIS GUILD ILL.
Former Governor of Massachusetts, in
Serious Condition.

BOSTON, April ). Curtis Guild.
former governor of Massachusetts ana
former ambassador to Russia, who was
stricken with pneumonia last Friday
was reported today to be dangerously
i'll. DIR. James Jackson, one of the at
tending physicians, said he considered
Mr. Guild s condition serious
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-05

''De world owes you ivin', = said
Uncle Eben, but its up to you wheth-
er you gifts out n yoh own kitchen or
in de bread line. Washington Star.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-05

A bride s dressing room is to be
provided at church in Madison ave-
nue., New York
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-05
May Be Another Appeal.

the case Is not vet cOncluu6u. as an
appeal from the master report lies
to the supreme court of the state on
questions of law The case already has
been before the Vermont and New
York state courts and the United
States supreme court, the orator com
pany winning most every point raised.
The suit is against the defendants
individually, and it is understood that
the orator company will undertake to
collect from G. D. Whitaker, he being
best situated financially. Mrs. George
w Hooker of this town, mother of
James F. Hooker, IS on bond to the
amount of $4,000, under which prop
erty of Mr. Whitaker was released
from attachment when the damage suit
was brought.
Special Master Webber in beginning
his report calls attention to the fact
that the case was heard by him on
the question of liability and went to
| the supreme court, and that it now
comes back to him on the question Of
| damages, and he quotes the holding
| of the supreme court, as follows:
Conspiracy Found.
| ''Having entered into an unlawful
conspiracy and committed the grave
/ breach of trust while they were in
/ fidueiarv capacity to the orator, and
| having carried out the plan subsequent
| to the time of the severed relation
with the orator, they are answerable
| for all of the damages which have
| accrued to the orator by reason of
what they did 1t is, therefor, to be
determined what damages the Orotors
have suffered bv reason of the defend
ants enticing the servants and taking
the trade lists and getting the custom
ers of the orator, as it appears they
have done.
The defendants left the orator com
pany in the summer Of 1909 and or.
ganized the Mohawk Overall company
in Schenectady. The master states
that the business of the Mohawk com
pany did not begin TO cut into the
business of the orator until 1910 The
question as to damages relates to the
wears 1910. 1911. 1912 and 1913. "II
view of the fact that there is dn in
junction against the orators cOntinu
ing to do business, the master re
ports, 81 conclude that it is not fol
me to find any future damages.
The master gives the figures as II
the amount of business done by thu
Mohawk Co. in the years mentioned
taxing the hgufeS from the testimony
of w. H. Corser, from which he find
that the Mohawk Co. made average an
nual sales to old customers of the or
ator company of $15O,500. He fnd
that during the four years IS per cen
Of the Mohawk Overall Co.'S busines:
was trade with the old customers Of
the orator company. ''This trade. = tht
master finds, was controlled largely
by Hallock, Mixter and Kelley, wht
were enticed away by the defendants
from the employment of the orato
company
) Average Profits Shown
The average profit for the nine year
, previous to the break in 1908 the mas
ter finds to be lis per cent, and for tht
four years prior to the break it wa
13.7 per cent. He finds that the av
J erage profit for the four years from
1910 to 1913 was S.3 per cent.
Cont n,Iioc fba IN S+ar 49,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-05
Average Profits Showr

The average profit for the nine years
previous to the break in 1908 the mas
ter finds to be lis per cent, and for the
four years prior to the break it was
13.7 per cent. He finds that the av-
erage profit for the four years from
1910 to 1913 was S3 per cent.
Continuing, the master says: fsI take
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Continued on Page 6.)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-19
The "Lerowo HOAX
WHATS the use "Lexowing" II there's no
w

| WHATS the use "Lexowing" II there's no
w mazuma in It?
The Wares and other hopeful mayor
makers may have their smelling committee
for the Legislature was able to authorize 1t
without the consent of the Governor; but
they would have committee without funds
on their hands. A moneyless committee Is
like an army without ammunition.
But the situation is not at all displeasing
to the bosses. quite the contrary, for no
sooner was the committee provided for than
It threatened to turn into a Frankenstein.
THE boys' wanted to get rid of 1t. Good
reason they had too, for wasn't that splen-
did old gentleman In City Hall ready to well
come an investigation with a volume of evil
dence and exposure that would have set
half the Organization lights scurrying to get
across the State line? The Catlin Committee
adjourned overnight when the trail became
too hot; this new committee died a-borning.
There was nothing else for It to do when
certain dlsinterested gentlemen announced
that w. ]. Burns had been investigating
conditions in Philadelphia for many moons
and was ready to deliver the goods
The Governor of course, cannot consent
to waste of public funds and cannot
acqulesce in an investigation of admin
istration which he knows needs no investi
eating. Still, If the Wares and their fellow
leaders feel that the committee ought to
get to work. it is quite possible that public
spirited citizens would be willing to bear
the expense. provided there were assurances
under oath that it would hear all the testi-
mony and not adjourn until the trail had
been followed to the bitter end.
But neither the Wares nor McNichol, it is
clear, care to monkey with a buzz saw of
this sort. Probably they feel that some other
way to the Mayoralty would be safer and
considerably less provocative of insomnia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-19
Popular Vote Would Favor Lansing

DEFoRE Mr. Wilson was inaugurated
- the press Of the country overfiowed with
conjectures as to his probable Secretary of
State. Tho office is now vacant but nobody
seems to take any interest in the matter.
Possibly most citizens have felt that the
office could not be conducted with less eff
cheney than characterized the conduct of II
under Mr. Bryan. There is a general feel
ing, too, that Mr.. Lansing fully measures
up to the requirements of the international
situation.
1t is well to remember, however, that the
Secretary Of State has usually been the
Presidents closest adviser in political affairs,
man versed in feeling out public sentiment
and in interpreting public wants Mr.. Lam
sing has not been in public life long enough
TO answer these requirements It is true, yet
Mckinley brought Day from obscurity in
Ohio to the position and he performed the
duties with skill and success.
A popular vote would doubtless favor Mr.
Lansing above anybody else, on account of
his Intimate knowledge OF present negotia-
tions and conditions. The President there
is good reason to believe, feels the same way
about II.