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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-17

Frank Holt, the man who blew up
room in the capitol at Washington
and shot J. P. Morgan, had sufficient
dynamite to make bombs for the dam
age of many big public buildings
throughout the country. The police of
New York found a trunk at q stable.
and storage warehouse four days after
he had made the attempt on the life
of the banker. It was shipped by Holt
under the name of T. II. Hen
derson from Central Park, small vii
lage six miles from Glen Cove, where
Mr.. Morgan lived, to the stable.
But it held only 20 pounds of the 100
pounds of explosive known to have
been purchashed by Holt. Fifty pounds
of dynamite are still missing.
The trunkful Of materials was one
of the largest hauls of the kind ever
made by the police. More than 20
pounds of explosive were seized, 20
pounds of which We're in dynamite
alone.
The old dark brown trunk contained
| the following:
One hundred and thirty-four sticks
| of dynamite, Go per cent strength !;
three large tin cans for packing the
| bombs. two boxes of electric fuses, one
| of blasting capsl a package, of ehemi-
cal, the nature of which IS IN
known; a package of sulphur, a coil OF
fuse. package of sal ammonia, dry
battery. boxes of illuminate Of mercury
and victas. bottle of muriatfe, acid, Z
soldering outfit and tin cutter, ant
lother small articles used in The mann
facture of bombs and in handling high
Explosives.
The discovery Of the trunk followed
the information that Holt FOR seyera
weeks before the capitol explosion ane
THE Morgan shooting had occupied
bungalow on the outskirts OF Contra
Park, little village near Syosset. ane
about six miles from Glen Cove l. |.
where he practised target shooting a4'
: experimental in bomb making liz
lived here under the pseudonym o
/ 'fTotten.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-17
PASS 100000, 600 MARK.
Census Bureau Figures Population of
u. S. Down to the Minute.

The census bureau has announced
that according to its official estimates
the population Of the United States
passed the one hundred million mark
at clock on April 3. The estimate
was computed under the direction of
C. C. Sloane, geographer of the census
bureau. The process was to take the
population of the United States on
April Is, 1910, which was 91,972,266,
and subtract from that the population
of the United States on June l, 1900,
which was 1894, 575, the days named
being the official dates for the actual
census of the years named. The diff
ference, which is 1897 SOL, when di-
vided by 1855, which is the number of
months intervening between the two
dates, gives as the actual increase IN
our population for one month 1874, 1854
| This being accepted, it is not a diff
| fcult task to find out that the increase
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-17
Special Notices

WASHINGS and ironings done at 80
Maple street 115-12O
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-17

In the bungalow were found thou
sands Of burnt matches, several acid
eaten pencils, tablecloth III which sew
eral holes had been eaten by acid.
many fuses and empty chemical bot.
ties. Neighhors told how Holt, posing
as an invalid, had large boniires in
his back yard every night, and on scv-
eral occasions they noticed him prac-
Using with revolyers.
Holt left the bungalow on the morn
ing of Friday, July ., expressing a
trunk which weighed 40 pounds. to
the Pennsylvania station in New York
city. Apparently the explosives found
| Tuesday we've in that trunk The night
after Holt left the Long Island village
| the capitol ut Washington was dyna-
mited
| Detectives learned that Holt. on
June q, purchased 100 Illuminating
caps, 100 feet of fuse, and 100 electri,
| cal explosive caps from the Aetna FIX.
plosive company, Rector street. Holt
tried to have the order charged TO him.
/ but the salcspeople, not knowing him,
refused to deliver any goods unless
paid in advance Holt left in rage.
/ Several DAYS later the Aetna com
Ipany received = money order for $3.50
sent by Holt from Central Park, l.. l.,
and asking for the immediate shipment
of the explosive caps They were ship.
tped by express in box on June q
and arrived at the Central Park sta
ton on june %. That same evening
at clock, two more boxes. each con
tanning 100 sticks of dynamite, arrived
at the station Three of these sticks
were used by Holt in the capitol ex
plosion, three we're found in his pos
session at Glen Cove, where he shot ]
p. Morgan, and 1874 were found by thu
New York police in the livery stable
lin West Thirtv-eighth street.
Holt told officials of the Mineola iai
that he had used up four sticks i
! various experiments. This left .
sticks of dynamite. which Holt account
{ cd for by the statement that he hat
shipped it aboard 4 liner.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-17
WAR ORDER FOR $50. 900 900.
Russian Agents Close Big Arms Con
tract in Pittsburg.

PITTSBURG, July II - Officials of
the Westinghouse company and n.
Kemmer and M. Ekiund, agents for
the Russian government, closed con
tracts yesterday for war munitions to
the value of $35 100000.
While no one connected with the ne
gotiations will talk openly of the con-
tracts, it is known that the munitions
wanted most are shells and high-veloc-
ity rifles. The latter part of the order,
it is understood, is to be filled by a
small arms company which the West
inghouse firm purchased recently. The
Russian agents left tonight for New
York, but before leaving one of them
said that could the concern with which
they had placed the large order han
die more business promptly in the near
future it would be given it.
The Standard Steel Car company has
received an order from the Frencl
government for 200 armored cars of s
special type.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-17

MRS. GEORGE HARRIS, 40 Main St.,
is taking orders for smock coats; she
still is taking orders for Reeves Nacu-
um Sweepers. 116-11S*
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-17
CHURCH NOTICES.

Unitarian church, Rev. Z. @. s. Os-
good, pastor Service Sunday morning
at 1890. Subject of sermon, Life s
Sanctuaries All are welcome.
Advent Christian church. Morning
worship 10.45. Sermon by the pastor
Subject, The Reward of Confidence
Sunday school at r. Junior Loyal
Workers at 4. Prayer service at p
m. Preaching service at Z. Subject
Things to Forget. Service in Guilford
in the Andrews district Sunday after
noon at 3.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-17

LOST" Rufus dark yellow and white
cat, attractively marked. Sick when leav]
ing home. Reward. II Green ST., Rollin.
s. Childs 116-tf |
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-17

FOR SALE-One Model T runabout, all
newly overhauled, equipped with Presto
light, Klaxon horn, and new 1915 coil box,
tires Yearly new. Price $3.50 and bar
gain Frank III. Pierce, So. Londonderry,
VT. Box 142. 110-120*
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-17

for one day is 4,4942l and for one
hour 1872. Necessarily the increase
for one minute appears to be 3.1I. And
with this result coming hot from the
actuary S pencil it follows that three
native-born Americans, to say nothing
of the fraction Of eleven hundredths,
must dispute for the honor of being the
one hundred millionth
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-17
No Fear of Punishment /.

An English rector preached 4 serere
sermon on the eternal fate of the wick
ed. Meeting an old woman noted for
her gossiping disposition, he said to
her: = hope my sermon has borne
fruit in your mind You heard what |
said about the place where there shall
be wailing and crashing of teeth ~
''Well, as to that, answered the
dame, If l as anythink to say, it
be this: Let them gnash their teeth as
as 'em-I ain II ''-Yo uth S Compan-
ion.
"For the land IS sake-use Bowker s
Fertilizers. They enrich the earth and
those who till it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-17

The public man who thinks too
much about his place in history is
likely to neglect some of the little de-
tails that make for faithful service
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-17

FOR SALE--Furniture and Ranges,
now and secondhand, at j. b. Duntons.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-05
Waste IN Washington.

Agents OF the Department OF Agriculture after
an exhaustive inquiry into the element of waste
which enters into the cost OF living, as shown by
the contents of garbage cans, have reported that
Washington housewives lead the country in this
form of extravaganza. Thus is brought home
again. and particularly to Washington. the truth
of the statement that the cost of high living rather
than the high cost OF living is bohcrng the Ameri-
can people and furnishing material for allurng
but impractical promises by political parties. And
it indicates further that the cause for the in
creased cost OF living here and elsewhere may be
not altogether matter OF the standard OF living:
that the homely question of plain od-fashioned
household economies may be playing a more irl-
portant part than is generally recognized.
Washington is a city OF salaries and salaries
arc less sympathetic fluctuations in the OF
living than dividends business profits. WASH
ington is, too. city OF government-paid salaries,
and government-paid salaries arc even less SYM
pathetic i'll this respect than privately paid sal
aries. That Washington housewives lead the
country in this form Of extravaganza, therefore.
is doubly reflection upon their housekeeping and
offers food for very serious thought.
Uncle Sam is niggardy enough in the stipend
he offers the average employc in Washington, and
Washington housekeepers find in the incomes
upon which they depend little excuse for waste.
Washington is not the least expensive city in the
country in the matter Of living because it is not
IA producing city. and therefore, commercially, is
a city of middlemen Washington, therefore, OBJ
tains very little permanent benefit financially from
the millions of dollars turned over every year in
salaries. much Of the middleman's profit even
going to productive centers elsewhere. In terms
OF dollars and cents food the potential contents OF
the garbage can. is of the three principal fac
tors in the cost of living-food, clothes, housing.
1t behooves the Washington housewife to keep
a more vigilant watch on her garbage can.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-05

perfect sanity, though neither exhibited
any conspicuous intellectual power.
William II had a superficial brilliancy.
as the organ of the British medical pro-
fession calls II. This superficial brill
liancy was entirely lacking In his two
immediate predecessors. The pretensions
Of William II to universal knowledge
and especially TO artistic skill have made
him a laughing stock among his own
countrymen this observer thinks. A
picture, for instance. which he called
the yellow peril" and which he sent
to the Russian Czar. Nicholas II. at
the beginning of the war In the Far East,
is said to be suggestive OF insane art
But such eccentricities do not justify
US In calling a man insane. All that can
be said Is that In the Kaiser are cxhib-
tied some OF the evil consequences Of un-
restrained power welded by hands in
capable OF guarding the forces which the
doctrine OF the right divine OF kings to
govern wrong has by the accident Of an
accident placed in them. Human nature
at It's best cannot resist the demoraliI-
ing effect OF absolute power: and n man
OF mediocre intellect ecessarily falls a
prey to exaggerated ambition when his
own conceit and the intoxicating incense
OF netion which bows the knee before
nm makes him fancy himself a demigod
Never before in the worlds history has
the truth OF the words Of Horace. The
Greeks are swayed by the madness of
their kings received a more terrible
PROOF than in the present war. But II Is
one OF the miseries Of our human lot that
the madness of kings. which sends mil
mons OF men to death for the qualification
OF their lust OF dominion does not come
w:thin the category OF insanity"
The Washington herald., 1915-12-05
Kaiser Abnormal, But Not
Crazy, Is Expert Verdict

Much attention has been paid in the
scientific press Of the allies to state
ments by psychologists Of note that EN-
peror william Is q sort Of lunatic. Com
meEt OF this kind, notes Current Opinion.
Is supported by reference to the study Of
the -kaiser's Psychology by the eminent
American expert, DIR. Morton Prince. He
finds the secret OF the Emperor's psy-
Ghosts In fear Of democracy. because
Of the danger with which 1t threatens
himself and his dynasty. This. DR..
Prince says. Is "a subconscious phobia'
that Induces a defense reaction Of an
intensely emotional character which aims
to direct his activities in q direction that
will protect him against the danger Of
democracy" For this he relics upon his
soldiers. Nor must mention be omitted
of the study of the llohenzolierns from
a psychic Ioint of view by Dr. Cabanes.
who deems them a dynasty of degener-
ates. In presenting the work of Cabsnes
to the French Academy Of Medicine. Prof.
LandouEy. dean Of the Paris faculty, ex-
pressed a strong conviction that the
Kaiser IL suffering from the mental de-
generacy which Is the fate OF men IN.
vested with sovereign power whose will
no one disputes and no law controls. In
the history Of the Hohenzollerns. says
DR.. McLane Hamilton also. 1t Is not
difficult to find a distinct insane trace
which In times more remote found eS-
precision In cruelty. oppression ana uh-
misfakable insanity Of other Kinds. or
In recent times by a mental degeneration
which is strikinSiy exemplified In Ine
present German sovereign. His chi'd-
hood and. youth. We are told b. this ea-
pert were characterized by pecuiarities
of conduct that may safely be said To ps
Il ~ h
hood was noteworthy through frequent
instances Of decidedly insane behavior.
Positive opinions OF this kind on the
subject Of Emreror Williams sanity
prompt the British Medical Journal oLon-
dom to say that for itself II cannot echo
these positive assertions relative TO the
mental state Of the German Emperor:
ALTHOUGH the literature that has gath
cred about his name would form con-
siderable library We place little reliance
on the gos sip Of courtiers, which u cith-
er fattery Inspired by funkeyism or ma
licious n1isjudgment. The facts are too
few to warrant a definite verdict on the
mentality Of the Kaiser. and such IN
formation as We have comes from DOUBT
full or tainted sources. But there Is
enough in his megalomaniac proclama-
tions p bout his destructive sword. ana
his alliance with the old God OF the
Prussians. to justify us in pronouncins
him a man of abnormal mind MS
tory. which has been described as phil
osophy teaching by examples. shows the
effects OF the degeneration of the nuer-
one in the members OF families Of what
Othello cslls men OF royal siege: this Is
Illustrated by the decadence Of the Cae-
sars. We do not altogether agree with
DIR. Cabanes in regarding the Hohenzol-
ferns as dynasty of degenerates.' Al
,bouph there has been among them re-
rnarkahle instances OF eccentricity and
even distinct mental alteration. there
have on the other hard. been EXAMPLES.
such as William I and Frederick III. OF
The Washington herald., 1915-12-05
NAVAL ORDERS.
MOVEMENTS oF VESSEL


Arkansas srrirei at Hamr ton Roads. DCcr"lcr :;
NylEin -iicd for Inst r~,sir tSiai. b"crrf-r :"
Cscsar s,iI>d for Al~yardris. neCnhT :: ~
Noircs sailed ior II.-'aka. CyIrs. and 'Anes
Candis De crrabcr ;: Glacier sailed for San n''-".
IScrmbSr .: Jarvis arrived at Norfolk. iSc2nbcr );
Jassr, sailed for Boston. De-enbcr =: lnni-;a''
arrived at HsmT;rn i,oadS, December :; Ma7'tti
arrived at Port Prime. December :: MinneSota
arrived at HAMPTON Reads. December . Ne" ~
leans sailed for Top.Jolamno. Decemtcr :: Nov
York arrived at Hamrton Ecsds. nhSrnhrr ); 'rr
spn arrived =. san FrzDcsco. 1hcemisr :: Orion
and rctomsc .-iled for Cristrhal. DecrmhSr );
, Potomac arrived at Crstolal. pcccntrr ;: Texas
arrived at HAMPTON Roads. De'~mbrr J: ttah
saIrd for ~;esminz trials Dcrmbcr :: Wheeling
sailed for New Orleans December ): Whining On
arrived at Swallow, bcCrmhsr =
NOTES.
Tic Connecticut whirh vessel left rnTt al rrincc
IN the first instant for HamIt"n Eoad'. has hern
directed bv radio t" rrocccd I" the navy yard.
rhiiadclrhis.
me Melville was ,Iaccd in co,lrnieiou at the
navy yard. Philadelphia. Decrmter ).
ORDERS rIp OFFICERS.
Lieut. J. A. Monroe to Cheyenne.
Lieut. fr-nior crsdcl VI. y. ID. Davis. Z" treat
ment naval hosIitai. Scw York.
Lieut. Iiuuior srzdel q. W. Hewlett. to Melville.
Lieut.. tjuuior sraicl W. \. Richardson. to Par
En.;-n, II. ]. Hcusc and c. T. =. GIaIden. to
Ensign. Frank Hndrelet and W. o. Henry. to
Bushnell.
MARINE CORPS.
Cant. c. II. Lyman. TO marine barracks. New
York.
Can't G. T. vosel to marine barracks Phila-
delrhis.
Capt. c. T. westcott. to mafinc barrscss. San
20.
FirS: Lieut. H. 4. Adams. to First battalion.
Forth Resinent.
Fir.t Lieut.. F. II. Brainard. to Nebraska
Fms. Lieut.. II. 8. Green. TO marine barracks,
ArraToiis.
Second LIEUT.. ID. VI. Gsnlner. r.. to marine bar
iacis. San Diego.
I've following orics-s have h"en ortlerrd on eS-
reditionsrv duty board the L. y = san Ihefo:
90 J. H. Perdletor. Lhut. FOL j. 7. Mrrfs.
Capts r. y schvnbie "a. q. NJ. y. II. Miller.
W. X. P.itciIctt J. +. T.sv. e. ,. Williams.
Flint Liert. n. ". Rardsi. =. G. Williams. John
Dixoa II. r. vrlie. Il. =. Adams. Iohn Pctt'.
Second Lieuts H. L. Larsen. Archibald Young.
n. c. Marchi.on. y. e. Bates. j. l., Doxe,. and
Arthur Kingston.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-05

: The last sigma of the late depression
are disappearing from the business sit'
uation. according to the December bull
letin Of the National City Bank. Of New
York. Every tagging industry Is COM
ing UP into line. and all of the coun-
try's activities and productive forces will
soon be in full motion. Confidence in
the future has replaced the timidity en-
sendcred by the great war. and private
enterprise 10 again busy With the thous-
ands of local projects which represent
the natural expansion of q progressive
, country like the United States. Large
new undertakings have not yet appeared.
and are not wanted at this stage. for
just now there Is enough in sight for
everybody to do.
The manufacture Of lumber and Of rail-
way equipment are two industries that
have been particularly depressed and
hopeless. Everywhere but an the Pa
cihc Northwest the former has under
gone a very rapid change In the last
month. Notwithstanding the scarcity of
shipping and high rates. the export trade
has been large. the Italian government
alone having come into the market for
f0.te0.Cc0 feet Of lumber for winter shell
ter for Its army. The foreign sales would
be much larger II cargo space could be
had. The demand for yellow pine for
general building purposes i'm the Middle
West, where great prosperity prevails
throughout the rural communities. has
put the mills OF Texas. Louisiana. Arkan-
sas, and Mississippi upon full time. and
In some instances double time. and re-
lieved the South Atlantic States of their
competition. Throughout the East the
demand I'm the busy industrial towns and
for general purposes has become very
,Ns.. Dwfn h.. nj Nlxr
back to normal figures. The Pacific
Coast mills. unfortunately, are prevented
from participating In the Atlantic coast
business by the closing Of the Panama
Canal. but they are sharing with the
Northern and Southern mills in the i'm
proved conditions west Of the Mississippi.
Boon In Railway Eq.ipa~st.
The railway equipment concerns have
taken q large amount Of munitions or
ders. but have also received important
railway orders from russia and France,
and within the last month the home
roads. with increased earnings in sight.
have turned loose a large volume Of
business. The general condition of the
industry is indicated by the fact that the
Pennsylvania Railroad has declined all
bids upon 5000 freight cars and will post
pone their purchase.
1t Is needless to refer In detail to con-
ditions in the steel industry. II Is sold
ahead far into the next year, and lead
ing producers are Withdrawing their Of
fers on European business i'm order to
take care OF the requirements Of home
customers. 4 somewhat sensational mes
sage was cabled from Paris recently to
the effect that American steel-makers
were taking advantage OF the situation
to exact high prices. with the result that
permanent business would be lost. No
way has even been discovered to prevent
the price of a commodity from rising
when the demand exceeds the supply.
Even IL the producers price Is unchanged
The Washington herald., 1915-12-05
Additional Army and Navy
news will he found ON page ..
society sectiUn.

on the General STAFF and in the Office of
the chief Of Coast Artillery. During his
time at Washington he was regarded As
the highest authority on army ieSisla-
ton. lie has participated in the prepara-
ton of reports fOr the War Department
on tn. most important legislation that
has been PASSED by Congress since the
Spanish American war.
other officers registering at the War
Department are Mai. Laurence S. Miller,
G. A. G.: Maj Herbert o. Williams. Sec
ond Infantry: Capt Lewis D. Greene, re-
tired: Lieut.. J. l.. Holcombc, e. A., e.
and Lieut.. Walter %. Boswell. Twenty
first Infantry.
Naval officers at the department yes
terdsy were Vice Admiral T. Mayo. L. ;.
= Arkansas: Capt. Joseph l.. Jayne. L.
s : New Jersey: Lieut.. ,jInior grade
James b. Barry. Naval Hospital. New
York.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-05

A Binghamton man. resigning a $4,000 job
al the age OF 20 10 go into retirement. says: ITO
me there is nothing more to be avoided in old
men than the notion that they arc as young and
brisk and bright at 20 20 they were.
Men of that age often make big fools of them
selves outside OF business. They will learn to run
automobiles and GO scooting at forty-mile clip,
taking chances younger men would avoid. They
will learn to dance the tango and wedge them
selves i, among young people, who tolerate them
because OF consideration for their age or money.
ii they happened to have married young wife
they are pretty sure to b. on dress parade most
Of the time or laid up nursing Crouch Talks
like maA afflicted with cerns and Indigestion