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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-02-05
willing to Try Again.

Ole Ant Susan sed sheed a noshun to
git marrid agin. She sed sheed been
marrid 3 times and he'd the wust LUX
you ever see. She sed her fust man wuz
drunk, the next wun wuz lazy, but the
last wun wuz drunk and lazy both, so
she thot her LUX must brake better this
time.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-02-05
On the job.

There's a man who wears a smile,
He is busy all the while.
He's a hummer;
He has got a little trust,
When the PIPES freeze up and bust,
He's the plummer.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-02-05
Strict.

The man with the straggly beard
was arranging a purchase with the
salesman in a housefurnishing shop
And will you have hair mattress
or one of sea grass" asked the sales
man. Give me sea grass" replied the
other. Il am vegetarian
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-02-05
NuI sery Rhymes.

A boy started out
Upon some skis,
With a sack Of eggs
And a can Of peas;
But be fell down
And skinned his knees
And smashed the eggs
And the can of peas.
Now il this boy
Had faced the breeze,
And traded the eggs
For a pound Of cheese,
He wouldn't have fell
And skinned his knees,
And smashed the eggs
And the can Of peas.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26
BIRTH OF A NATION A
STUPENDOUS DRAMA
Gr1ffith's Great Motion Picture Spec.
tacle Begins Three-Days' Engage
ment in Auditorium.

1he most stupendous motion picture
spectacle ever shown in Brattleboro was
seen by two large audiences in the Audi
forum yesterday afternoon and evening
and the indications are that large audi
ences will be present at the remaining
performances, the last being tomorrow
night. The pictures are d. w. Griffith
great production, The Birth of a Nation.
an historical drama in two acts founded
on Thomas Dixon's story, The CIansman.
The drama is reproduction of scenes
and incidents leading up to and during the
Civil war and the reconstruction period, to
which are added pictures portraying the
advancement of the Negro race since the
war
The vastness of the undertaking, which
Is as historically accurate in every detail
as 1t IS possible to make it, scarcely can
be conveyed to a person by printed story
OF 1t. 1t must be seen to be comprehended
From the beginning throughout the two
and half hours which are required to ex-
hlblt the 1900 feet of film the unfolding
OF the story compels the closest attention
OF the audience, and some of the situations
are so intensely dramatic that ones emo
tions are stirred to their depths. 1t is a
brilliant and gripping masterpiece, using
for universal peace. The acting is of the
most impressive type, made all the more
appealing by the accompaniment of a
symphony orchestra and numerous "be-
hind the scenes limitations
The burning of Atlanta, Sherman's
march to the sea, spectacular battle scenes,
the assassination of President Lincoln.
the ku-klux riders and other historic
scenes are presented with wonderful real
ism, and pretty story of love and ro-
nance is interviewer in fascinating way.
Criticism Of the production has been
made in several places on the ground that
1t shows the Negro to an unwarranted dis
advantage, and in some cities certain Sec
tions of the drama have been eliminated,
but it is given here in its entirety. 1t is
easy to see how the Negro might take
exceptions to some parts of the drama,
but it cannot be regarded as a reflection
upon the Negro race of the present day.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26
TWO TO THREE YEARS
IN STATES PRISON
Arthur Eaton, Who Claims Bellows
Falls as Home, Confessed in St.
Albans to Burglary Charge.

Arthur Eaton, alias johnson, 10. who
claims Bellows Falls as his home and
says his divorced parents are both
crooks, confessed in city court in
St. Albans yesterday to an information
charging burglary and was sentenced
to serve from two to three years in
states prison.
Eaton arrived in ST. Albans Friday
and engaged a room. 1t is charged
that he robbed a fellow lodger in the
house of a pint of whiskey, and while
engaged in ransacking a jewelry store
was heard Sunday evening by police
man who was calling on his sister in
her rooms above the store Eaton es-
capped the officer by jumping through a
cellar window and later was seen work
ing over a desk in an undertaken s
rooms After chase he was captured.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26
RATS FEASTED FOR
YEARS ON OATS
Every Nook and Granny in Old Ray
Stable Found Filled with Shucks
as Debris Is Removed.

While it was known that hundreds of
rats had made their homes in the old
Ray building which was occupied for
SO many years as a livery stable un-
til destroyed by fire a few weeks ago.
the extent of loss by them never was
suspected until the workmen began to
tear away the debris yesterday.
Every nook and Granny of the
building in that portion where the sta
BILE had been located, including space
between floor and ceiling, was found to
be stuffed solid with shucks of oats.
The rodents had eaten the kernels out
and packed the shucks away between
the boards. 1t is estimated that hun
dreds of dollars worth of feed went 20
support the rats during the many years
the stable was in use.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26
DIES OF MYSTERIOUS MALADy
Autopsy Held on Body of Lawson
Child at st. Johnsbury.

ST JOHNsBURY, Oct. 26.-An au-
topsy was performed yesterday at the
undertaking rooms of C. A Stanley on
the body of Beatrice NJ. Lawson, the
three-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Alex. Lawson. The shiId was
taken i'll Saturday afternoon and died
early Sunday morning in convulsions.
Local physicians thought the disease
was infantile paralysis but the symp-
toms were so peculiar that an autopsy
was performed by DR.. B. H. Stone. as
sisted by Drs. Whitney and Taylor of
Burlington, all of the state board of
medical inspectors.
They were unable to determine the
cause of death and took some of the
organs to Burlington for further exam
ination. The family is in strict quar-
antine pending further investigation
The Lawsons came here a few months
ago from Portland, Me. They have
three other small girls.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26
CHEATS PRISON BY
TAKING OWN LIFE
Harry Jeffrey Blew Of the Top of His
Head with an Old Shotgun When
Officer Appeared.

ST. JOHNSBURY, Oct. 26. = Aware
that they had violated their parole
from states prison and that they must
return from New Hampshire to com
plete an 1Smonths sentence for forg-
cry, Harry Jeffrey and his wife, Hilma.
agreed Sunday to return to Vermont
from West Stewartstown, y. H., on a
warrant issued by Gov. Charles ".
Gates without extradition proceedings.
but while arrangements were being
made for bringing the prisoners across
the state line Jeffrey stepped into a
room and killed himself by blowing off
his head with shot gun
The woman, it is understood, will be
allowed to attend the funeral of her
husband when she will be brought to
Vermont to serve the balance of her
sentence.
The Jeffreys were arrested about q
year and half ago in Boston for
forgery and were brought to Vermont
where they were sentenced in Gale
donia county court to Is months in the
state S prison. At the end of a year
they were paroled.
1t was learned that both had broken
their parole and Sunday the couple was
located at West Stewartstown b.
Sheriff W. H. Worthen of St. Johns
bury who went to that town.
When confronted by the Vermont of
ficers the man and woman saw that if
would be futile to make a fight against
their return and agreed to come to
Vermont without papers other than the
warrant of Gov Gates.
Sheriff Worthen was arranging for
their return when Jeffrey stepped into
an adjoining room in the house where
he and his wife had been located. A
moment later there was gunshot re.
port and the man was found with his
head nearly blown away An old shot
gun was the weapon used.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26
\ PLEA FOR ARMENIANs.
Congregational Churches Council Sends
Resolutions to President.

NEW HAVEN, Oct 26. = A plea to
President Wilson to try to do some
thing to save the remnants of Arme-
mans and other non n-Mohammedan res
idents in Turkey was made by the
national council of Congregational
churches at its meeting this noon at
the request of the business committee
of the body. The council adopted the
following:
Resolved: That the national coun-
ell of Congregational churches of the
United States, profoundly moved by
the unquestionable evidence of unpre-
cedented atrocities committed upon this
non -Mohammedan population of Turkey
by order of the central government.
raises its voice in protest and urges
upon the President of the United
States to do all in his power to save
the remnants of those stricken races
and to secure in this endeavor the CO.
operation of all neutral nations. >,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26
FEDERAL BUILDING
WORK SPEEDING UP
More Stone Masons and Brick Masons
Engaged-Derrick Raised to Sec
ond Floor-Laying Rear Wall.

Work is being speeded up on the
federal building. Additional brick ma
sons and stone masons are at work and
the forms for the concrete floor of the
first story are being laid. The derrick
has been raised from the first floor to
the top of the iron work now in place
on the second floor and viii remain
there until it is necessary to remove it
to put the roof in place. The north and
south walls are up to the point where
the plans call for the next line of
stonework, and the brickmasons are rap
idly laying the rear wall. The con
tractors hope to be able to get the roof
on before the weather becomes so So
we're as to make masonry work any
thing but profitable.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26
Land Numerous Premiums
at Fruit Show of New
England States
WINDHAM COUNTY
GROWERS IN LIST
only New England State to Grow Dc
hclous and Winter Banana Apples
Successfully = Far in Lead in Sew
eral Varieties.
Especial to The Reformer.)
BOSTON, Oct. 2G

| BOSTON, Oct. 20.
Nermonters, including several from
Brattleboro and Windham county. won
numerous prizes at the New England
fruit show in this city Vermont was
head and shoulders above the other
states with respect to the Greeninp.
Spy, Mcintosh Red and Spitzenburg
varieties, and it was shown TO be the
only New England state to grow De-
hclous and Winter Banana successfully.
Following is the list of prize winners
from ermont, the prizes aggregating
$1SS:
Group Mcintosh Red: Ist, Dwight
K. Mellen of Putney; 4th, W. F. Ran
ney of Westminster. Northern Spv.
lst, John III. Stevens Of CrowelI; 81.
The Orchards of Bennington: 9Th. G. l..
Witherell of Middlebury. Rhode Is
land Greening: 1st, J. NJ. Stevens: 2d.
=. l.. Witherell; Sd, The Orchards.
Wealthy: Sd, Page Bros. of Putney.
Group - Spitzenburg: lst, The Or
chards; Sd, Green Mountain Orchards
of Putney; 4th, J. NJ. Stevens. Fa-
meuse: 4th, w. F. Rannev. Grimes
Golden: lst, The Orchards. Hubbard
ston: 1st, D. r. Miller; Sd, w. f. Ran
ney; 4th, j. NJ. Stevens. King: 4th. G.
l. WithereH. Roxbury Russett: 81.
Green Mountain Orchards. Red Canada:
4th, Darrow & Aiken of Putney. Sut
ton: I'd, W. F. Ranney. BeIIefower:
"a, W. F. Ranney. Wagener: Sd, d. r.
Miller.
Group 3-Gillifower: Sd. J. NJ. stev-
ems. Jonathan: 1st, The Orchards
Lady: I'd, j. NJ. Stevens. Opaleseen+:
"a, +. b. Barrows of Brattleboro. Por
ter: ID, W. F. Rannev. Pound sweet.
=. L. NlthereI. Westfeld: 1st, C. L.
Wltherell; Sd, Green Mountain Orch
ards. Tolman Sweet: 1st, J. NJ.
stevens; Sd, c. L. Witherell. Twenty
Ounce: I'd, ". F. Ranney. Winter Ba-
mana: 1st, c. L. Witheren.
Group ben Davis: I'd, C. L. With
ereH Delicious: 1st, C. L. Witherell.
Fallawater: 1st, Darrow & Aiken. Ia
cob S Sweet: 1st, Page Bros.
Pears-M. A. Butterfield of jackson
vile won first on Sheldon and second
on Louise Bonne de Jersey.
Mrs. c. L. Witherell won second
prize for the most tastefuIly arranged
hamper of apples.
W. +. Ranney won third for best six
plates of winter apples; third for best
fve boxes at the show and second on
best barrel of Spys.
Z. Il. Witherell won second on hest
nve boxes and second on best box of
Spys.
The Orchards won first on host bov
OF Grimes Golden and third for best
boxes Of Spys and Wealthy.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26
THIRTEEN GIRLS
TRAPPED IN FACTORY
Flames Cut Victims Of from Escapes
and StairwayG - Rescuez OF
Six Perished

PITTSBURG, Oct. 26.-Thirteen per-
sons were killed and eight injured bv
a fire in a four-story building. the two
upper floors of which were occupied bv
the Union paper box company, on the
north side yesterday afternoon. All
except one of the dead were voung
women employed by the company. Many
of the bodies were so badly burned
as to make Identification difficult. Nav
| or Joseph G. Armstrong at once ordered
that the police, city council and the
coroner make thorough investigation
of the fire.
The flames started in pile of straw
IN the rear of the feed store of James
Brown & Co. on the first floor of the
building. William C. Kimbeu. general
manager of the box factory, at once
went to the third and fourth floors and
warned the girls employed there TO
leave quickly The flames gained head
way so rapidly, however, that escape
by means of stairways and fire escapes
was soon cut off. Some of the girls at
tempted to go to the dressing room
for their hats, and there, huddled on
the floor, fremen found a majority of
the bodies.
Joseph L. Bash and A ]. Seagle, en-
ployed on the second floor of the build
ing, were about to jump when they
were attracted by the screams of the
girls In the window above The men
told the girls to jump. One by one as
the girls leaped Bash and Seagle caught
them, lowered them as far as they
could and let them drop to the side
walk. G. r. Carlisle, driver of a trans
fer wagon, drove his wagon into an al
ley in the rear of the building and
threw rope to girls in window
above. After making one end fast,
they slid down the rope to safety.
Francis Feehan. supervising inspec-
tor of the state department Of labor
and industry, made an examination of
the building after the fire. He asserted
that fire escapes were inadequate.
One of the heroes of the fire was
Peter Nallon, who is among the dead.
When the fire was discovered he was
working in the building. He groped
his way through the smoke to the
street where he heard girls franticalIy
calling for help from the upper floors
Tieing a handkerchief about his mouth
he rushed into the building. Six times
he staggered to the street with the un-
conscious form of girl in his arms
When he failed to appear the seventh
time, however, spectators called the at
tention Of the firemen who instituted
search and found Nallen' charred
body on the second floor. Near him Law
the body of a young girl whom he had
evidently tried to rescue when over
come by smoke.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26
Robert Fay and Companions
Taken by Federal
Officials Today
PLANNED TO BLOW UP
ALLIES MUNITIONS

Fay Had Stated That Chemical
Plants Should Be Crippled - Looking
for Breitung.
NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-Robert Fav. a
lieutenant in the German army, Walter
l.. Scholz and Paul Daeche were ar
ralgned in the police court in Wee
haWken, n. j., today on charges in con
nection with an alleged plot to blow up
steamships sailing from New York with
munitions for the allies. The three
men We're discharged by the court but
were Immediately rearrested by federal
agents on charges of conspiracy sworn
to by Chief Flynn of the secret ser
vice
Fay and SchoIz left for New York
III custody of the federal officers. They
will be arraigned later before United
States Commissioner Houghton on "a
complaint sworn to yesterday by Chief
Flynn. The complaint charges that the
three in conjunction with DR.. Herbert
Kienzle, held in $4,000 yesterday,
and Max Breitung, still at liberty, con
spired to commit an offense against the
United States.
Daeche at first agreed to go to New
York with federal officers but when his
counsel advised him that he had the
right of arraignment before the near
est federal commissioner he claimed
that privilege. After failing to locate
Max Breitung either at his home or of
flee here police today sent out a gen
eral alarm for him. Breiting is see
retary and treasurer of the Oil Well
Device company with offices in Wall
street.
While waiting for the men to be
transferred to his custody today Chief
Flynn said he was in possession of in
formation which showed that Fav had
told man named Feig that the proper
way to stop the shipment of munitions
to the allies was to blow up the chem
ical works. He explained that it was
useless to try to blow up the shell fac
tories and powder works, because those
plants could make repairs easily and
the worst damage that could be done
would delay them only a week or so. If
the chemical plants were attacked they
would be at the fountain head and re-
pairs could not be quickly made.
Fay had also, the chief said. ridiculed
some Of the bombs which had been
found on various ships in the harbor
and declared they were no good and
made by amateurs. He termed them
"joke bombs Fay has also said, the
chief asserted, that when he left Hol-
land for America on the Rotterdam he
had with him a letter to a very high
official, but on the first day out he de-
stroyed it, fearing he might be search
ed and the letter found. Captain Flynn
was asked if he considered that Capt
Boy-Ed and Capt. Won Papen had been
implicated in any plot, He replied that
Fay absolved them from all participa-
tion.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26
PLANNING FOR GUESTS.
Visiting Business Men Friday to Be
Served Dinner at l O'clock.

The entertainment committee of the
Brattleboro board of trade met last
evening to make preliminary plans for
the entertainment of the big delega-
tion from the Bennington board Of
trade Friday.
House at l O'Clock to the visiting
business men and at 2 o'clock there
will be meeting in the hotel at
which stoddard Bates, state highway
commissioners, viii be present. 1t is
desired that as many members as pos
sible of the Brattleboro board of trade
be present at this meeting.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26
s18,OOo,oO0 FORD DIVIDEND.
Canadian Security Holders Vote Bis
Stock Melon,

DETROIT, Oct. 2G. = Distribution
of stock dividend of 600 per cent,
equal to $1S,00o;000 at the present
price of its securities, was recommend
ed by stockholders of the Ford Motor
company of Canada, who met in Walk
erville yesterday.
Announcement of their action was
followed by offers to Detroit brokers
of $500 a share for the new stock. For
the present issue, $3.50 has been Of
fered on stock having a par value of
500. The proposed dividend is part
Of plan to increase the capital of the
company from $1,000,0O0 to $10,0OO,-
600. 1t will be paid for by the trans
fer Of $G,000,000 from the surplus.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26

road to ConstantinopIe has reached an ex-
citing stage. The Bulgarians are within a
few miles of forming a junction with their
Austro-German allies, while the French in
small forces already have joined the Ser
bians The French are not yet present in
sufficient numbers to assume an actual Of
fensive in Macedonia, but the rapidity of
the Bulgarian advance in that region al
ready has diminished Along the old Bull
garian frontier from d point northeast of
Nranya to t.. Rumanian border the Ser
bians are yielding little ground. Actual
functions between the Bugarians and their
allies, which may be a matter of only a
few hours, will soon show whether the
Serbians will be able to hold their noun
tain positions until the entente allies bring
up strong forces.
Italy Is still hammering away at the Aus
trian front, which is shaken but unhroken.
1t is expected in London that the Italian
offensive viii at least prevent the Austrians
from reinforcing their Balkan army.
Russia, by her stubborn defense of Riga
and Dvinsk and her continued offensive in
Galicia, is keeping her opponents engaged
bitterly along the whole eastern front. In
the west there is evidence that the en-
tente allies are preparing for an offensive
campaign
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26
MISS OWEN STILL
HOLDS CHAMPIONSHIP
Maintained for an Hour an Average
Speed Of 136 Words a Minute
On a Typewriter

NEW YORK, Oct 26. - Miss Mar
garet b. Owen of New York has again
won the world S championship as type
writer operator and the 200 trophy
winch goes with the title. In a con.
test held here yesterday, Miss Owen
maintained for an hour an average
speed OF l36 words a minute. Her pre-
ylous record was 132 words a minute.
William F. Oswald of New York won
the amateur half-hour contest with an
average of 137 words minute.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26
PROBE PITTsBURG FIRE.
Investigation into Box Factory Conaa,
grafton Resumed Today.

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 26. - Investi-
CATION started last night by city and
county officials into the box factory
fire yesterday that took the lives of
II girls and one man and caused seri-
Gus injuries to eight others was re-
sumed today. At the hospital TODAY 1t
was said that two of those who jumped
were expected to die of their injuries.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26

closely with reference to letters he
had written and received from Mrs.
Harriet Lynde, who had been his
housekeeper from June IL to July 20
and from the middle of August to the
present time. He admitted that he
met her at Revere beach, near Boston,
IN August. He was on the stand when
the noon recess was started.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26
Centre Congregational Church

TUESDAY at $50 p. m. - Mission
study class at the home of Mrs. L. F
Adams.
Thursday at $50 p. m.-Home mis-
sionary meeting. Mrs. Park w. Fisher
of Leburn, Ken, win be the speaker.
Friday at 7.3o p. m.-Stereopticor
lecture in the church by Rev. Park w
Fisher Of Leburn, Kentucky.