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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-11
STATE DEPARTMENT
HAS NO INFORMATION
Unable to Determine How Many
American Lives Were Lost i'll the
Sinking of the Ancona.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1l.-Secretary
Lansing announced today that the state
department was making every effort
80 gather information and details on
the sinking of the Italian liner An
coma.
The department does not know the
source of information contained in con
sular dispatches and dispatches from
Ambassador Page at Rome, and as yet
Americans were lost. 1t is entirely
without official advices as to the cir
cumstances of the sinking of the ma
tionality of the submarine which shell
ed and torpedoed the ship.
Statements will be taken from sur
vivors and the United States will gath
er all possible information before tax
| ing the matter up with any foreign gov
| ernment.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-11
HoLsPEIN BREEDERS MEET.
Vermont Club Has Banquet at White
River Junction.

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Nov.
1.-The Vermont Holstein- -Friesian
club held its second annual meeting
here yesterday, which was attended by
more than rs members, representing
every county in the state.
President g. f. Gregory of Dunn
merston presided. A banquet took place
at / o clock with f. l. Houghton of
Brattleboro as toastmaster. B. A. Full
Ter of New York, veteran breeder,
was a leading speaker. Others were
Prof. Z. A. Campbell of Dixville Notch
Prof. ]. A. Mclean of Boston and
State Cattle Commissioner Fred L. Da
Wis of White River Junction.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-11
EXPIRES. TAFT SCOFFS
AT INVENTORS BOARD
But in Address at Chicago Urges
Reasonable Defense with Navy
Equal Of Germany's.

CHICAGO, Nov. 11.-National pre-
paredness for defense was advocated by
ex-President Taft in an address here
last night before the National Security
league.
= find myself somewhere between
Mr.. Bryan and Mr.. Roosevelt and 9TH
ers. Utterly at variance with Mr.
Bryan S view, but not going as far as
Mr.. Roosevelt in the amount Of prep
aration needed or practicable, he said.
Mr. Taft outlined what he termed
reasonable preparation He said the
navy should be equal to that of Ger
many. Not the size of England 's he
said because of Great Britain 5 habit
of arbitration for a hundred years
and because it has no standing army.
He said American coast defenses were
as good as any in the world, but the
navy needed a 80 per cent increase. in
Guiding 5000 men and 900 officers. The
| National Guard should be increased tC
| 125.00O men and the standing army Il
| GOO, with a volunteer reserve of 800,
600 men.
Speaking of the administration 5 de
Tense plans. he said:
1.-The board of inventors is as i'm
Ipractical as a board of opera singers
/ A board of naval experts was needed.
He declared. however, that tn
change of heart of the administrator
as to defense is a good sign and "
should welcome it.
The Philippine policy he terme
misleading and foolish, and of tn
recognition of Carranza. he said:
eve hope Carranza viii win-aif no
we lose our bet and we shall be near
er than ever to intervention by on
; policy -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-11
$50 MISSION WORKERS
AT VERMONT MEETING
Two Thousand Congregational Churches
Represented by Delegates
at Burlington.

BURLINGTON, Nov. Il. - Two
hundred and fifty womea, of whom la
were accredited delegates, represent
ing over 1000 Congregational churches
in the United States in the ter
ritory cast of Ohio and as far south
as Washington, were present in the
city at the opening sessions Of the Wo-
man s Board of Missions yesterday.
Mrs. Charles H. Daniels of Wellesley,
Mass, president, occupied the chair at
business meetings. Miss Grace Perry
of Willamstown, Mass, presided at the
devotional exercises and gave an in
spring address on 4 Highway in the
Desert, which opened the days varied
program. The president of the Vermont
branch, Mrs. NJ. H. Buckham of Bur-
ington, welcomed the delegates, Mrs.
| Daniels responding.
| Among the officers reports one OF
| special interest was that of the treas
urer, Miss Sarah Louise Dav of Bos-
ton, Her minutes showed the total re-
ceipts of the year to be $211,30 .26;
contributions from the various branches
of the board amounted to 1928. .90l. Sc
The sum of $1s,385.02 has been re.
Ieeived in legaeies The amount OF
money available for the work of the
board in 1916 is 1924 ,O9s.34.
Miss Helen B. Calder of Boston
home secretary, speaking on Survey
ing the Road, emphasized the fact
that tremendous demands We're being
| made on missionary workers during
the European war. Miss Alice NJ. XVI,
: of Boston, editorial secretary, spok,
of the great value of missionary worl
among the young people of this coun
try.
5 Miss Mary Preston of Boston, secre
tary of young people s work, said tha
l34 Junior organizations had been add
4 ed in the last year. Features of til
: day and evening were young pee
pie S rally, led by Miss Preston. an
e addresses by returned missionaries.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-11
French Cavalry Made Daring
Raid But Did Not Get
Possession of Town
FEW CHANGES IN
THE BALKAN FRONT
Both Wings of the Bulgarian Army in
Macedonia Menaced by the Anglo
French Expedition Russians Re
port Several Successes.

LONDON, Nov 11-An acute revival of
the submarine issue, chiefly in the Mediter-
ranean, accompanied by a general often
sive activity by the Russians on the east
ern front makes the war news read today
like repetition of the history OF six
months ago
Along the southern extremity of the
Russian line to the west of Czartorysk,
where desperate battles have been under
way for several weeks, the Russians claim
a considerable success which is said to
have resulted in the breaking of the Aus
tro-German line and to have eliminated
in a retreat during which numbers OF flee
ing soldiers were drowned.
In the Riga area the Russians maintain
they are more than holding their own.
West of Riga the Russians have consoli-
dated the position they recently won and
they claim to occupy several villages which
had been in the hands of the invaders
Less change is reported from the Balkan
front than at any other time since the
new campaign began. 1t is definitely es-
tablished that the French are not in pos
session of the Serbian town of Neles, a
daring cavalry raid. which apparently
reached the neighborhood OF the place be
ing responsible for the reports that the
place had been wrested from the hands
of the Bulgars.
1t is unofficially reported that both
wings Of the Bulgarian forces invading
Macedonia are menaced by the Anglo
French advance, while the Serbians are
said to have resumed the offensive in the
region of Babuna pass, where they re-
Gently won an important success.
| The Serbians are making stand hers
and it is also reported that they have es
ltablished complete communication with
! the French.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-11
DANCER S DRESS IN FLAMES.
Mrs. Leo Myers shockingly Burned at
the Police Ball in Burlington.

BURLINGTON, Nov. IL Mrs. Lee
Myers, gowned in the dress she wore
at her wedding about year ago,
about to participate in the dancing at
the third annual ball of the Bur
hngton police department, was shock
ingly burned last night while arrang-
ing her hair before a mirror near
a gas light in a dressing room at the
armory The woman S clothes were
literally burned off Men wrapped
their coats about the screaming wo-
man and extinguished the flames. DR..
C. A. Pease attended the woman who
was taken to her home.
Mrs. Myers, dressed in a fiimsy
gown. was standing near gas jet
which in some manner set fire to the
bottom of her dress and in an in
slant she was enveloped in flames. Her
hair was nearly burned off. There
were nearly 1900 guests at the hall and
hundreds saw the woman wrapped III
flames. Though Mrs. Myers is in a Sc
rious condition it is believed she viii
recover.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-11

here yesterday, declares the submarine
gave his vessel no signal to stop. The
first sign of the presence of the sub
marine was shells fired which grazed
the steamer. The Ancona stopped dead
Subsequently shells hit the boats, which
were being made ready for launching
and many passengers were killed OF
wounded
Some of the passengers who had been
thrown into the water, approached the
submarine, but were repelIed and de
rided Finally shells and torpedoes
We're fired at the Ancona from dis
tance of 300 yards.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-11
In Odd Fellows Hall

Thursday, Nov II, $50 p.m.-Meeting
Of Canton Palestine
Members of Dennis Rebekah lodge
are requested to meet in l. o. o. +.
hall Friday afternoon, Nov. -, at l.30
O clock, to attend the funeral of our
late sister, Mrs. Hattie Pettee
Odd Fellows, Rebekahs and invited
guests arc urged to come in costume to
the Farmers Jubilee Friday evening, Nov
l. Dancing and cards Refreshments foi
sale Tickets, 31c per couple, 23c extra
ladies. Benefit Of Rebckah room in lem
pie
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-11
JAMES MADISON ALLEN.
Former Brattleboro Grocer Died in
Minneapolis at Age of 80.

James Madison Allen of Minneapo-
lis, Mimi. who died Oct %, was born
in Nottingham (Vt.) so wears ago. one
Of a family of eleven children He at
tended school in his native town and
taught penmanship and school winters
in nearby towns. He learned the
wheelwright trade of his brother,
George Allen. in Westminster West. but
later returned to farming in Rowe,
Mass He served as sergeant in the
Civil war in a Massac chusetts regiment
and afterwards was appointed as clerk
for the adjutant of the same regiment
with Headquarters in New Orleans and
Baton Rouge La. Soon after the war
he settled in Brattleboro in the gro
cery business, the firm being known as
Allen & Taylor, for about three years.
afterwards taking a position with the
Estey Organ Co, remaining there about
ID years. He married Miss Eliza Full
Ter of Nottingham. Two children We're
born to them, Frank of Springfield,
Mass, now in the insurance business.
and Sarah. who married a. +. Adkins
of Brattleboro in 1856. Mr.. Adkins
was brought up and attended school
in Brattleboro. After prospecting two
wears in the West Mr. Adkins settled on
work as grain Inspector in Minneapo-
lis, holding the position about u years.
He is now vice president Of the firm
| of F. a. Pierce Co, grain merchants
handling $4,000 tons of grain screen
ings annually for feed purposes, being
the largest house of its kind in the
West. After the death of Mrs. J. NJ
Allen Mr. Allen went TO Minneapolis
remaining there until his death
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-11
BULGARIAN TROOPS
CROSS THE MORAVA
Said to Have Made 1900 Serbians
Prisoners in the Mountains to
the Southwest.

Berlin, Nov. Il (by wireless to Say
ville) bulgarian troops have crossed
the Morava river in Serbia at several
places, according to an official state
ment issued today at the German
army headquarters here.
In the mountains southwest of Mo
raya 1000 Serbians have been made
prisoners.
German troops have evacuated the
forest districts to the west and south
west of Shlok, west of Riga, because
| 1t has been transformed to swamp.
| by the rains.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-11
TOWN WAS SHAKEN
BY NAVAL BATTLE
It Is Believed Terrific Cannonading
Came from Submarines Attack
on German Squadron.

COPENHAGEN, Nov. IA can
nonade of terrific intensity was heard
yesterday in the neighborhood of the
Fehmarn belt in the Baltic sea. 1t is
believed by those who heard it to have
been the result of a British submarine 5
attack on the German squadron The
firing lasted 20 minutes and was of
such violence that doors and windows
were blown open. Houses vibrated as
though in an earthquake. The weather
was so thick that il was impossible to
observe any details of the engage
ments
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-11
LESS
THAN REPORTED
All But l49 Persons on the AnCona Accounted for
and Some of Those Missing May Have Been
Saved Contradictory Reports as to Whether
Warning Was Given by the Submarine

The Italian liner Ancoua, sunk by a
tubmarine in the Mediterranean with
loss Of a number Of American lives re-
ported, was not sent to the bottom
without warning, according to the ac-
rounts of some survivors. The Austrian
submarine which had been pursuing
The liner gave a brief time for the re-
moval of passengers, Malta advices
through London state.
The loss of many lives on the An.
roma is declared to have been due to
panic, caused by sight of the subma-
rine and to the fact that the undersea
boat fired repeated shots both fore
end aft of the liner and the passengers
were taking to the boats.
\ news agency despatch from Tunis
on the ether hand declares the com
mauder of the Ancona asserts that the
submarine gave the liner no signal tc
stop.
Other accounts from Tunis declare
two submarines took part in the at
tack on the Aneona and that she made
no attempt to escape, one of the under
sea craft heading her off
Figures secured by the American con
sui at Naples and cabled to Washing
ton show that 347 We're saved out o.
496 on board Ancona. leaving 149 t.
be accounted for. Some of these, 1t
believed, win be reported saved.
Inactivity along the western front j
indicated in today's statement from
Paris, which declares nothing has oe
cured worth recording.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-11
One of the Wire Rope Shops
of John A. Robeling Sons
Co. Destroyed
CONCERN HAD ORDER
FOR WAR MATERIAL
Rumors in Circulation That the Fire
. Was of Incendiary Origin, Bat
Nothing Has Been Found to Sub
stantiate Such Reports.

TRENTON, y. j., Nov. II. - Ap-
proximately s1,0OO,OOO damage was
done by fire which early today de-
stroyed one of the wire rope shops Of
the John A. Roebling Sons company
in this city
Due TO the fact that the company
has orders for war. material for Eu-
ropean countries rumors were In cir
culation that the fire was Of incendiarv
origin, but nothing has been found
-to substantiate such reports.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-11
Centre Congregational Church

Thursday, Nov. II, 80 pm.-Meeting
Of Christian Endeavor Mission study class.
Friday, Nov u, 7,3o 2. m. ~ Miss
Helen b. Calder, general secretary OF
the w. p. NJ. will speak at the service
Miss Calder is general favorite IN our
denomination and will have mosi
interesting story to tell Of missionary
work and conditions in Turkey.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-11
First Baptist Church

The Woman 5 society of the Baptist
church will serve its annual chicken
pie supper and hold sale of aprons
toys, candy and fancy articles, suitable
for Christmas gifts, Nov. IS. The sale
will open at , o'clocl' and continue
through the supper hour.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-11

LONDON, Nov. IL. - The italian
steamer Ancona was not sunk without
warning, according to information OBJ
tained from survivors landed at Nal
ia by the Reuter- correspondent 2ne
cabled here.
The Austrian submarine which over
hauled her after a long stern chase
rave the commander a brief respite t.
permit the removal Of passengers, bu
a panic which began among the lmml
grants as soon as the underwater Graf
was sighted was responsible for tn
loss of many lives.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-11
GUILFORD.

Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Crosier are Wis
iting their son in Greenfield.
Miss Annie Mellen arrived home last
week from Chatham, Mass, where she
spent the summer.
Miss Ethel Kerr and sister, Miss
Bertha Kerr, of Westminster West arc
guests of their cousin, Mrs. John E
Gale.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-11
]. T. ALLEN & SON
MAKE ASSIGNMENT
Horace s. Goodenough Will Close Out
Business for Benefit of Creditors
Store offered for Rent.

J. F. Allen & Son, grocers On Eli
OF street, upon whose store several at
taehments were placed last week, made
an assignment last evening to Horace
S. Goodenough for the benefit of their
creditors The stock and business will
be disposed of b. the assignee The
store is advertised for rent from Dec.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-11
CoLLINGWoOD DEAD.
Owned Hillsgrove Trotting Park and
Was One of Turf Leaders.

WARWICK, R. T., Nov. Il. - John
w. Collingwood, proprietor of the
Hillsgrove trotting park and one OF
the turf leaders of New England, died
today. after a brief illness. He was 7s
years old.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-11
THE WEATHER.
Fair and Warmer Tonight and Friday
Showers in Northwest Portion.

WASHINGTON, Nov. II. = The
weather forecast Fair and warmer to-
night and Friday, except probably
showers in northwest portion. Moderate
to fresh southeast winds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-11

LONDON, Nov. 11.--A Stefani News
Agency despatch from Tunis says: Tho
commander Of the Ancona, who reached
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-11

Iron rings were used as money by
the ancient Britons.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-11

There are 100000 Glove trees in
Zanzibar.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-11

wARDSBoRO CENTER.
Mrs. Leon Bills is critically i'll.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-23
FIGHTERS ROUNDING INTO
 SHAPE FOR BIG BOUT
Willard Is Said to Be in Better Con-
 dition Than Johnson.

Jack Johnson and Jess Willard are rapidly rounding into shape for their championship bout on April 4. The big cowboy is in better physical condition than the champion. but this is due to the preliminary training he received at Fl Paso when it was thought the fight would be staged at Juarez. But the big smoke is by no means in the poor Cndition that reports have credit ed him with. He is a. little fat but with almost two weeks to work it off there is no reason why the champion should not be in as good physical condition as he was the day he wrest- ed the title from Jim Jeffries.
 Interest in the fight is keen. The training camps of both fighters are visited daily by crowds who are try ing to get a line on both fighters. There is no racial feeling over the fight. No one speaks of a white man being pitted against negro. Every one looks upon the coming fight as a battle in which the championship is at stake Everyone is anxious for the date of the encounter to come around.
 Johnson is a slight favorite with the bettors, but there is plenty of Willard money in sight
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-23
Brown & Perkins,
Atturneys-at-LaB
iGRoToN COACH PRAISES
 THE YALE CREWS,
Abbott Surprised at Form Displayed by Blue Oarsmen.

M. E. Abbott, rowing coach at Groton school, accompanied the Yale crew in the official launch on it's trial spin on the New Haven harbor recently. Ab- bolt was surprised at the advancement of the crew so early in the year. The crew, he said, is the equal or nearly the equal of the Leander crew which Towed at the Henley in England last year. He said he would not be sur prised if Yale again defeated Harvard this year.
 The second crew also showed up Splendfdly, MT. Abbott said.
 Coach Nickalls is pushing two var sity eights into rowing form for their curtain raising event of the season, the races with the first and second boats of the University of Pennsylvania on the Schuylkill, April 3.
 This is the first season in six years when the Yale crew candidates have started work rowing exactly the same stroke they were taught the previous year. Most of the members of both the first and second crews were under the eye of Nicka1ls last season, and the eight is weeks ahead in training of its form at the close of March last year.
 Yale's eight for the race with the University of Pennsylvania's first crew is now practically picked, Wiman, from the second boat, having been called to No. since the retirement of Captain Denegre. The makeup will be as fol- lows: Stroke. Morse; No. z, Low; No. 6, Cord Meyer; No. 5, Jim Sheldon; No. 4, Sturtevant; No. 3, Wiman; No. ?, Bennttt; bow. Carl Coe; coxswain, McLane.
 Only three of these oarsmen were in the first Yale shell last year-Seth Low, Jim Sheldon and Carl Coe.
 Yale second eight for the University of Pennsylvania races is somewhat unsettled, but is likely to be composed about as follows: Stroke, Adams;' No. '. Atkins; No. 6. Whittlesey; No. 5, Fox; No. 4, R. Walker; No. 3, Munson; No. ?, GilhHan; bow, Crocker; cox swain, Pratt
 Two new racing shell will be added to the equipment of the Yale varsity crew this spring. according to an an nouncement by Coach Guy Nickalls on Saturday. One shell, built in England, is due next week, and the other, given by Col. c. L. F. Robinson of Hartford, to be built by Dayy of Cambridge, will be ready for the Yale-Princeton-Co Cor nell race in May.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-23
BASKETBALL SLATED TO
 BE MAJOR SPORT
Resolutions of Importance Adopted at Intercollegiate Basketball League Meetinq

At the recent intercollegiate basket ball league meeting held in New York resolutions barring freshmen and re- Stricting eligibility to undergraduates in general were passed without a dis Senting vote. Columbia did not have a representative on hand, despite the fact that Lewellyn Roberts, the Co., lumbia manager, had notified the league officials that he would be pres ent.
 The resolution which cause drastic changes in the eligibility rules of the league, were introduced by the execu- tive committee of the league as fol- lows:
 NO freshman shall be eligible to represent his institution in intercol- legiate league games.
 No student shall be eligible to rep resent his institution in intercollegiate league games until he shall have been in residence one full academic year i. e., from September to June. inclu- The summer session shall not be in cluded in the calculation of an aca- demic year.
 "No student shall be eligible to rep resent his institution in the intercol- legiate league who has had three years intercollegiate competition in any institution on any sport. This does not apply to competition on freshman teams.
 No student who has a college de- gree representing four years work, nor any student who is not an under graduate shall be eligible to represent his institution in any intercollegiate league game.''