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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-11-26
Providence Opera House.
"On Trial.

1t is said that all one needs to write a
successful play is an original idea. With a
good idea and the ability to write dialouge
anyone can become successful author.
"On Trial" which comes TO the Provi
dence Opera House OH December aud, 3rd
and 4th is one of these. This interesting
melodrama, from the pen Of Elmer l.
Reizenstien, has been repeatedly praised
for its originality. Prior to its production
of his play at the Cahder Theatre in New
York last season. Mr.. Reizonstien was alb
solutely unknown. The morning after his
name was on every tongue and his maiden
effort at play construction hailed as the
most original piece of stage craft prese tied
IN a decade.
ron Trial" made an instant appeal, not
alone for the compelling power of its story
and the big human note which throbs
through all its acts, but by the unique
manner in which its scenes are presented
When the curtain rises on the first act Of
"On Trial" the audience sees courtroom
where a man is on trial for murder. The
regular proceedings of the court are gone
through with up to the time the first wit
ness for the prosecution takes the stand.
This witness is the wife Of the murdered
man and the moment she begins to speak,
the stage darkens, the scene changes to
the home OF the murdered man and all the
testimony which includes the murder itself,
takes place before the audience.
This is brief outline Of the plot Of "On
Trial." to relate more would spoil the
interest for future audiences, who are GER
tain to aclaim it for its novelty.
Messrs. Cohan and Harris are sending 10
this city the Chandle Theatre Company OF
New York which includes Frederick Perry,
Frederick rruesdeli, Gardner Crane, Hans
Tonrrts, Neil Moran, Lawrence Eddinger,
lane wheatley, Marie LEONARD and others.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-11-26

A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Barrows last week.
Ralph Sweet had very successful hunt
ing trip in Chepachet on Sunday.
The Holy Name Society Of ST. Lawrence
Church held meeting on Monday even
ing.
The School Committee held regula'
meeting in the Town Hall on Tuesday eve-
ming.
Richard Heath was injured while al
work in the Brown g. Sharp plant in Prov
idence on Tuesday.
President Edgar Hurdis of the Town
Council, entertained large number OF
town officers at his home ON Charles street
last Sunday.
The Town Council held a special meet
ing on Monday evening at which ten liquor
licenses were granted. two Of which was
first class and eight second class.
The Centerdsle Co. held a regular meet
ing last Tuesday evening at which TWO
committees for to run dance and mock
trial in the near future were appointed
The dance committee consists of Eugene
Jette, William Jackson, Frank Roy,
Homer Porter and George Patterson. The
committee for the mock trial consists OF
ID. II. Jackson, Joseph Trudeau, Charles
Shea, Arnold Walker, Irving Joyce and
William II. Whitehead, Jr.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-11-26
Quickness of Mind.

Quickness is among the least Of the
minds properties and belongs to her
In almost her lowest state. Nay, II
doth not abandon her when she Is driv-
en from her home, when she Is wan
dering and insane. The mad often re.
tain 1t, the liar has II, the cheat has 1t,
education does not give II, and reflec.
ton takes away from it---Landor.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-11-26
Witches and Fairies.

Belief In witchcraft. still an article OF
the popular creed In Essex and may be
elsewhere In England, is not the only
survival Of the kind. In the south OF
Ireland are still to be found people
who believe In fairies. The writer
knew an Irishwoman. one Of thou.
sands Of her class, who would no,
travel a country road after dark foi
fear Of them, though what "they'
would do deponent sayeth not.-Pall
Mall Gazette.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-11-26
ROYAL THEATRE

The coming week at the Royal Theatre
promises to offer some of the best attraction
In moving pictures that could be obtained
On Monday and Tuesday, Mary Miles
Minter will be seen in her latest feature.
emmy OF Storks Nest" FIVE part pro-
duction taken from the play Of the same
name tells of little Emmy who is loved by
Benton Cabot, young man from the city.
They are prevented from meeting each
other by the Stork family who are in reality
gang OF countiieters. There is plenty OF
real action and real good love story run.
ming throughout the entire production.
One of the greatest stage successes ''The
Two Orphans" with r. Tlsda Bara in the
leading role of Henrietta assisted by Wm
Il, Shea and Jean Southern will be the
leading attraction for Wednesday and
Thursday. 1t is william Fox production
in five parts.
Another feature for these two days will be
the final installmen, Of The Broken Com
serial story that has been running here
for the past few weeks in which Francis
Ford and Grace Cunard play the leading
roles.
Frida, and Saturday will bring Charles
Dickens famous story "rhe Chimes" fea.
ture in three parts played by leading Eng.
lish motion picture stars, "Neal of The
Navy" in two parts aud Cleo Madison a
great favorte here in story Of France and
ITS famous tradition "The FASCINATION OF
FIeur De Lis" in three parts, and two Other
good comedies.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-11-26
GLYCERIN IS PECULIAR.
From Chemical Standpoint Il Has.
Many Curious Qualities.


Many Curious Qualities.
One of the great advantages of glyc.
erin in its chemical employment is the
fact that 1t will neither freeze nor
evaporate under any ordinary tempera.
ture.
No perceptible loss by evaporation
has been detected Mt temperature less
than 200 degrees f.. but if heated in.
tensely il decomposes with a smell that
few persons find themselves able to en-.
dure. 1t burns with pale flame, simi
lar TO that from alcohol, if heated to
about 800 degrees and then ignited. Its
nonevaporative qualities make the com.
pound Of much use as a vehicle for
holding pigments and colors, as in
stamping and typewriter ribbons, car.
bon papers and the like.
If the pure glycerin he exposed for a
long time To n freezing temperature II
crystallizes with the appearance of sug.
ar candy: but, these crystals being once
melted. IL Is almost an impossibility to
get them again into the CONCEALED state.
If little water be added to the glyc.
erin no crystallization will take place,
though under sufficient degree of cold
the water will separate and form crys.
tails, amid which the glycerin will re.
main I'm its natural state of tiuidity.
If suddenly subjected to intense cold
pure glycerin will form a gummy mass
which cannot be entirely hardened OF
crystallized. Altogether 1t is quite a
necnliar substance
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-11-26
MESSlAH'S KINGDOM.
Glorious Day of Divine Favor Near

The period in which sin is permitted has
been a dark night TO humanity. never 10
be forgotteu. but the glorious day OF
righteousness and divine favor is soon TO
be ushered I'm ny Messiah lie. as the sun
of Righteousness. shall arise and shine
fully and clearly into and upon all, bring
ing healing and blessing. which will more
than counterbalance the dreadful night OF
Weeping. sighng. pain sickness and
death. In which the groaning creation has
been so long "N ceping may endure for
a night. but Joy cometh In the Morning
For further Light on the coming King
dom send thirtv-hve cents for the Helping
Hand for Bible Students. entitled, THY
Kingdom Come"
Bible and Tract Society. Il Hicks S.reet
Brooklyn. n. Y.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-11-26
A WOMAN'S OPINION.
IL Went on Record as Decision of the
Supreme Court.

Supreme Court.
"All the justices of the supreme
court wear gowns of black silk" says
Francis Il. Leupp in walks About
Washington" John Jay, the first
chief justice, relieved the somber mo-
notony of his by adding a collar bound
with scarlet, but the precedent was not
followed. The court has sometimes
been styled the most dignified judicial
tribunal in the world. and doubtless it
deserves the compliment.
THE arguments made before it are
confined to calm, Unconditional reason
ing. The pleaders do not raise their
voices or forget their manners or in
dulge in personalities or oratory while
debating, and the opinions of the court
are recited with quietness almost
conversational. These opinions are
very carefully guarded up to the mo
ment they are read from the bench, but
now and then. after decision has be-
come history, there leaks out an enter
tanning story of how it came to be rem
dered
such an instance was I'm the case of
an imported de1icacy which might have
been classed either as a preparation of
fish or as a favorng sauce. The Gus
toms officers had levied duty on it as
a sauce, and an importer had appealed.
The justices, when they came to COM
pare notes. confessed themselves sore
ly puzzled, and one Of them suggested
that since the technical arguments
were so well balanced it might be wise
to fall back upon common sense. That
evening he carried a sample of the dis
puted substance home to his wife, who
was an expert in culinary matters.
"'There, my dear said he. is a sauce
for you to try
with one look at the contents of
the package. which she evidently rec
ogIized. she exclaimed: 'Pshaw!
That's no sauce: that's fish Didn't you
know itY
THE next day the court met again
for consultation and on the following
Monday handed down decision over
ruling the customs officers and sustain
ing the importers appeal"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-11-26
Your Faults.

However good you may be you have
faults; however dull you may be you
can find out what some OF them are,
and however slight they may be you
had better make some-not too painful,
but paient-efforts to get rid Of them,
-Ruskin
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-11-26
UPHOLSTERY

Upholstery and furniture repairing
needs to he done wthskill and taste in
order to be satisfactory. 1t is work where
bungling and inefficIency IS apt to show.
Anything in THIS line, when given to Had.
held, meets the requirements of good
twork. Established in Olneyvie for a lor q
ime. William had6eld, 73 plainfeld Sr.
ADV.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-11-26
Literary,

"Oh, I simply adore Meredith and
Browning and Henry James," said the
gushing young person.
$50 do l." said Little Binks. "Tbey
are perfectly delightful. It's like send
Ing your mind to a gymnasium. Err
DO you read them In the orivinalr'-
Buffalo News.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-11-26

II am half afraid to try this new
scalp tonic"
"why are you afraidT
"It IS really hair raising expert
ment. you know."-Baltimore Ameri.
can.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-11-26

Bibbs-what has become Of the fool
kiIlerf Gibbs-I can't guess. Bibbs.
unless he quit because he couldn't get
extra pay for working overtime
Judge.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-11-26
Already Done.

Pa-But, young man. do you think
you can make my girl happy? Suitor-
DoI7 Say, wish you could "a seen her
when / proposed.-Cleveland Leader.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-11-26
NattIrallv.

Naturally.
"a fellow doesn't have to be rich 10
enjoy life."
"No. he doesn't have TO be. but the
chances are that he prefers to be"-
b5tfSit Fra PfeaA
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-11-26

The power Of applying attentien - Q
NUaGse oun5n-CksontAs0
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-11-26

All kinds of society printing done at the
TINES Office, Olne,ville Square. Our
prices are reasonable.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-17
TWIN STATE GAME
TO BE PLAYED HERE
Keene and Claremont to Meet on Val
ley Fair Grounds Aug. 3.-Former
Local Players in Lineup.

President George E. Sherman of the
Brattleboro Athletic association closed
arrangements this noon by which the
heene and Claremont teams of the
Twin State league viii play a league
game in Brattleboro on the Valley
fair grounds Tuesday afternoon. Aug.
3, at 3 o'clock.
The Claremont team is managed by
jack O'Hara, who was manager
the greater part of last year of the
Brattleboro team. With him on the
team are some pupular former local
players, including Donald Dixie, who is
playing the outfeId, and Johnston at
shortstop.
On the Keene team are Fishburne,
who was shortstop of the local team
until taken i'll with appendicitis, and
Sullivan, who two years ago PLAYED
first base for Brattleboro. Others on
the team who will be remembered here
as former Twin Staters are Fish, Nc
Elwee, Murray and Dowd.
President Sherman has been trying
for some time to arrange some form of
entertainment for Tuesday afternoons.
All efforts to arrange games between
teams of the Brattleboro league failed
because of the inability of some of the
players to be at liberty on those af-
ternoons. He began negotiations with
the managers of the Keene and Clare
mont teams some time ago and has
finally succeeded in getting them to
transfer one of the league games to
Brattleboro.
BY calling this game at 3 O'Clock
the teams viii be able to come to Brat
tleboro on the , O'Clock train and viii
be able to board the $50 train back
to their respective towns.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-17
Four Petitions for Divorce
Make Nucleus for Next
Term of Court
FRANK LAWRENCE
AMONG THE MISSING
Townshend Woman Wants Husband
Restrained from Removing Children
Out of State or Interfering With
Her Personal Liberty.

If there is not large amount of divorce
business for the September term of the
county court it will not be because of the
lack of an early start Already four pc
titions have been iled, in each of which
the petitioner is the wife and in each of
which the wife asserts that her husband
has deserted her
Jennie A Lawrence of Townshend seeks
a divorce from Frank b. Lawrence. She
says they were married May II, 1907,
that he has treated her with intolerable
severity and that on May / he wifully
deserted her and abandoned the premises
heretofore occupied by him. In an affida-
Wit states that she does not know where he
is, that she has not heard from within a
month, she has tried to locate him but
has been unable to do so and knows that
he is not living in Vermont Mrs Law
renee states she is informed and be-
lieyes that he threatens to interfere with
her in the care and custody of their two
minor children, aged six and four years re
spectively, and fears he may forcibly re-
move them, may interfere with her per-
sonal liberty and occupation of the prem
ises, and may sell the household furniture
She asks that he be enjoined from inter
lcIlhg WITH hef- HbeftY, her care OF the
children, her occupation of the premises
or possession of the furniture Not being
able to locate him, service Of the restrain
ing order can only be made through publ
cation. Lawrence's financial transactions
have attracted much attention in the
West River valley the past few years
Alice [, Bassett of Halifax files libel
against Frank A. Bassett, whom she saws
IS living in Holyoke, Mass She charges
desertlon and a statutory offense and asks
for the custody of one minor child. An
injunction order has been issued against
lhim restraining him from interference with
Iher personal liberty or control of the child
Bessie E. Howard of Newfane asks to
be given divorce from Perley Z. Howard,
formerly of Jamaica, on the ground of in
tolefable severity. She says he is not in
the state of Vermont and that She is un-
able to locate him.
Florence b. Ueach) Hart of Rocking
ham charges statutory offense against
her husband, Carl W. Hart, for which she
wants a divorce. She says she cannot To-
cate him
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-17
Highway Expenses Heavy i'm
BrattlebOrO with Little
Improvement
COST IN TEN YEARS
HAS BEEN $151, $50
Permanent Work Started at Various
Points and Allowed to Wear Out
Uncertainty of Commissioner s Ten
ure of Office Largely Responsible.

Is Brattleboro getting what it should
from the money it spends on roads2
This question comes to mind when
one reflects upon the amount that has
gone into highway work during the
past 10 years and then attempts
mental measurement of the improve
ment that has been made in that time
1t would be difficult to convince anv
but the most optimistic person that
Brattleboro s streets and roads, taking
them as a whole, are in better condi-
tion than they were 10 years ago, yet
since 1905, according to the most ac-
curate figures available, the expendi-
ture for road work in this town
amounts to $15l ,669.75. Phis includes
the money paid ont each year on road
commissioner ORDERS the town 5
share of the state highway money and
such special appropriations as have
been spent on road work during that
time.
BY years the expenditure is as fol-
lows:
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-17
GEDDES AN HEIR TO
100000 ESTATE
Utah Jury Gives a Decision to Son of
Apostle Of Mormon Church by a
Plural Marriage

OGDEN, Utah, July 17-The jury in
the case of Albert Geddes, suing for an in
terest in the S6,000,O00 estate of David
Eccles, Utah millionaire sugar manufac-
turer, on the ground that he is a son of
Eccles, decided yesterday that Eccles was
the boys father. The verdict declared
young Geddes an heir to the Eccles estate.
The jury was out Is hours
Albert Geddes is the 16-year-old son of
Mrs. Margaret Geddes. This suit has been
on trial for a month Margaret Geddes
contended she had been united to David
Eccles in plural marriage by an Apostle of
the Mormon church in 1898, and that he
had acknowledged her as his wife
The case attracted widespread attention
partly because of its relation to the Sena-
tor Reed S.soot investigation in Washing
ton III lGe, Mrs. Geddes at that time hav-
ing testified before the Senate committee
that she was Lot the plural wife of David
Eccles.
The case also involved the question as
to whether plural marriages had been per
formed within the Mormon church since
the Woodruff manifesto in 1890 declaring
against the practice of polygamy. Among
the witnesses were President Joseph Smith
|of the Mormon church and Senator Smoot.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-17
FRUIT GROWERS AND
CHANGERS TO MEET
State Horticultural Society to Join in
Putney Grange Picnic on Darrow
and Aiken Fruit Farm.

The sixth annual summer meeting
of the State Horticultural society will
be held IN Putney next Thursday on
the fruit plantation of Darrow and
Aiken in cooperation with the field
meeting and picnic of the Putney
Grange.
The fruit plantation embraces Ia
acres of red raspberries, four acres of
blackberries, five acres of strawber-
ries, l acre of currants and gooseber-
rles, and three acres of other small
fruits. This year s crop of raspberries
will be 500 bushels.
Program as follows: Inspection of
the fruit plantation in the forenoon;
basket picnic at noon reinforced by
'purchaseabIe local supplies, followed
by demonstration in home canning of
small fruits by Miss Edith Darrow.
graduate in home economies. short
talks by the president, secretary and
master; in the evening a round-table
discussion of horticultural problems.
Putney is on the Boston & Maine
railroad, nine miles north Of BrattIe-
boro. Persons desiring overnight ac-
commodations should advise the hosts.
A cordial invitation is extended to
the general public Women are wei
come. In case of rain meet on the
next fair day. Darrow and Aiken,
hosts; A. NJ. Vaughan, president; NJ.
B. Cummings, secretary; Fred B. Han
mum, master.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-17
AGITATION FOR
FIRE PROTECTION
Residents of Centreville and West
Brattleboro Begin Campaign-Win
Meet Selectmen Tonight

Spurred by the realization that Center
vile and West Brattleboro are almost en-
tirely without fire protection except such
as is gratuitously provided by the village,
several of the residents of those sections
have begun a campaign for satisfactory fire
protection. just how far the matter will
go is problematical, but if the plans of the
prime movers go through the subject will
be brought before a town meeting for ac-
tion.
The fire Wednesday night on Williams
street near the Centerville car barn showed
plainly that saving buildings that are near
others which catch fire is largely matter
of luck. The steamer went to the fire,
but it was impossible to get the heavy ma
chine where water could be pumped The
contents of the chemical tanks were all
that could be used in saving the house of
Mrs. n w Dunklee from catching from
the burning barn.
Peter ). Hopkins and one or two others
who own property in that section and real
lze that fire once started might wipe out
their properties, are insistent that some
thing be done in the matter of providing
fire protection.
Mr.. Hopkins has consulted the select
men and with others from that section will
meet the selectmen to night 1t il the in
tention to circulate petition among prop
erty owners in the West BrattIeboro sec
ton asking that the subject be brought
before a meeting of the voters of the town.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-17
FIVE ARE DROWNED
IN THE OHIO FLOODS
Many Are Injured and the Property
Loss Exceeds S2,000,OOO - 800
Homes Submerged at Lima.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July II. - Five
dead, scores injured and more than So
100000 worth of property damaged
were the toll of floods which Thursday
night and yesterday resulted from tor
Irential rains throughout central Ohio.
Hundreds of acres of land are under
water and vast areas imperilled by
weak levees and entertainments.
Most of the swollen streams were sta
tionary last night and forecasts of
favorable weather allayed fears of fur
ther damage.
At Lima, where three lives were lost
more than 300 homes submerged and d
Elarge area flooded, the Ottawa river
began to rise again yesterday after
noon and the city last night faced un-
lprecedented conditions.
| In Columbus both the Scioto and
| Olentargy rivers were slowly rising
/ last night, but the weather bureau gave
assurance that no serious damage would
result unless the rainfall should be ex
cessive
A large portion of Kenton was sub
merged and at Fora kcr, a village near
kenton, several houses were washed
away. 1t is feared that number OF
persons lost their lives. The Miam
river rose five feet at DAYTON. but
caused no alarm as it is far below The
flood stage
Mount Vernon and Lancaster eacl
reported one death due to the storm
At BelIefontaine citizens cut a hol,
in the Big -Four railway embankmen
to let the water escape. The agent ant
a detective tried to prevent, but tn,
agent was pitched into the water ant
1.-THE detective placed in Jail The tract
twas so badly damaged that all trains
Iwere detoured.
The loss on submerged crops viii b,
lenormOus.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-17

absolutely out of the question. And
it might be added that he is not the
only victim; the others are the tax
payers whose money he spends and the
persons who have to use the highways
into which the money goes.
Before this aimless arrangement is
allowed to continue for many more
years it is to be hoped that some stu
dent of municipal management will
evolve a plan by which Brattleboro
can "get somewhere in road work
and have something permanent to show
for the money it expends in this di-
reetion.
The showing made by the $151 ,669.75
spent during the past 10 years is strong
|evidence of the need of change in
policy.