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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-09-28
RESPONDENT SAID
HE WAS GENERAL
Special Justice z. J. Waterman Sen
fenced Vagrant to Six Months
from f'Fort Brattleboro.'

man who gave his name as George
Bernard Taylor and who claimed to have
10 years back pay due him from the gov
ernment as a general who had served in
the marine corps on Staten Island, was
sentenced by Special Justice E. J Water
man Of the municipal court this
morning to serve six months in the house
of correction at Rutland tor vagrancy. He
will be observed as to his mental condi-
ton and if determined to be mentally un-
balanced will be transferred to the state
asylum at Waterbury. He said that he
had been in Rutland Jail from March to
July, having been committed from Fort
Bennington ''You go up this time from
Fort Brattleboro," announced the court.
Taylor was caught last evening in
the entryway of the schoolhouse in West
Guilford after Deputy Sheriff Frank Well
man and States Attorney O. B. Hughes
had concluded a long search for him in
barns and other buildings through that
section. This was the result of a com
plaint telephoned to the officials from that
village that a man, evidently mentally un-
balanced, had been begging food for two
or three days.
On being lodged in the lookup Taylor
exclaimed: well! This is some warmer
than out there in the school house"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-09-28
TELEPHONE LINES
AGAIN IN.SERVICE
Damage Done by High Wind Repaired
-Linemen Work Long Hours
Crew from Bellows Falls Helps.

From Z clock Sunday evening until
o clock last evening without rest
three inemen of the telephone COM
pany in Brattieboro worked to repair
damage done by the severe wind. When
they finally quit for a few hours
sleep the greater part of the damage
had been repaired. All of the trunk
lines had been put in operation again
and on the majority of the local lines
service had been restored
This morning a crew from Bellows
Falls came down and began the work
of replacing the broken cable on Tv-
Ter street caused by the big tree fail
ing on it. This cable, for distance
of about 200 feet had to be recon
strueted almost entirely, and with the
necessity Of resetting poles it was more
of a job than the small local crew
could handle.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-09-28
YALE-HARVARD GAME
ON BRAVES FIELD
Annual Football Contest May Be Staged
in Boston Instead of in the
Stadium

BOSTON, Sept 2S-An offer of the free
use of Braves field. the home ground OF
the Boston National league baseball team
for the annual football game between Har-
ward and Yale Nov 20 was made today
to Fred w. Moore, graduate manager of
the Harvard athletic association, by
James Z. Gatfney, president of the Bos-
ton club. 1t became known today that
there was a possibility that the football
contest might not be staged in the Har-
ward stadium, owing to the Withholding by
the city authorities of permission to erect
temporary wooden stands, which would
increase the normal seating capacity from
1000 to more than 10000.
Braves field has accommodations for IL,
900. The building commissioner stipulat-
ed that concrete fireproof stands be built
at the stadium and the Harvard athletic
authorities declare there is not time for
such construction.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-09-28
Teiegraphed State Depart
nent from the Summer
Embassy Today
HIS SAFE CONDUCT
WILL BE PROVIDED
State Department Will Now Take Ac
tior without waiting for Formal
Notice from the Berlin Foreign Of
fce-Win Sail October 5.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2S D.
Constantin Dumba, the ambassador from
Austria Hungary, telegraphed the state
department today from the summer en-
bassy at Lenox, Mass, that he had been
ordeGed home by his government and
he asked that safe conduct be arranged
for him.
In the light of advices from Ambas-
sador Penfield at Vienna that the
Austrian foreign office had given in
formal assurances that Dir. Dumba
would be recalled, the state department
construed DR.. Dumba s despatch of to-
day as notification that official ac-
tion has been taken by Vienna and
win arrange for his safe conduct with
out waiting for a formal notice rom
the Austrian foreign office.
This action is considered by the
American government as closing the in
ciden;.
In his conversation with Ambassador
Penfeld, the Austrian foreign minister
is understood to have told Mr.. Pen
field that DR.. Dumba 5 recall was, as
a matter of course, final. The state de
partment understands DR.. Dumba will
sail Oct. ).
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-09-28
EUGENE ADAMS DEAD.
Was Formerly Superintendent of Centre
Congregational Sunday School.

Eugene Adams, &c, died yesterday
morning in the home of his son, DIR. H.
B. Adams, 43 Florentine Gardens.
Springfield, Mass, after long illness
He spent the first of his married life
in Brattleboro, where he was connected
with the old hardware firm of C. T.
Thompson. He was actively interested
in the work of the Centre Congrega-
tional church, where he was Sunday
school superintendent several years He
moved to Springfield in 1896, to become
"a travelling salesman for Homer Foot
& Co. Thirteen years ago, he went to
New York city, where he lived until
recently. He leaves his wife, and Ave
children, DIR. H. B. Adams of Spring
field, Mrs. C. S. Hurlbut, East Long
meadow; Theodore F. Adams, Perth
Amboy, n. Y; Mrs. John ]. Starr
Cleveland, Ohio, and Miss Grace E
Adams, New York city.
The funeral will take place at
o clock tomorrow afternoon at 43 Flor
entine Gardens. Burial will take place
| in Northampton.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-09-28
PLAINTIFF EXPECTS
TO FINISH TODAY
Jury Hearing Case of Leslie Stratton
Against Holden & Martin, Involv-
ing Lumber Contract.

The long-continued case of Leslie
Stratton of Williamsville against Hol-
den & Martin of Brattleboro is being
tried before jury in county court in
Newfane. The jury was drawn yes
tcrday afternoon, when court came in
after the recess from Friday, and some
evidence of the plaintiff was intro
duced. The plaintiff expects to finish
tho presentation of evidence this al
ternoon. The case will occupy at least
another day and possibly two days.
The suit was brought to recover an
alleged balance of about 50 800 on a
lumber contract. A hearing was held
before o. E. Butterfeld of Wilmington
as master, in which the defendant com
pany submitted book accounts in sup
port of the claim that instead of owing
the plaintiff money he was in their
debt. The plaintiff claimed the right
to jury trial, and Judge Fish, soon
after the opening of county court, ruled
that it should be tried by jury.
c. S. Chase of Chase & Chase and w
r. Daley of Gibson & Daley appear fol
the plaintiff. F. f. Barber of II. G
| & i. f. Barber and a. p. Carpentcl
represent the defendant company.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-09-28
EDGETT WINNER
IN FRAUD CASE
Secures Perpetual Injunction Against
Trial of Suit in This County
Involving Farm Deal

Chief Justice Aiken of the Massachu-
setts superior court has rendered his de
cision in a chancery suit alleging fraud
and Misrepresentation in which S. w.
Edgett of Brattleboro, real estate dealer,
was one of the defendants He finds that
there was no representation made which
the plaintiff had a right to consider au-
thoritative and grants a perpetual iniunc-
ton against the trial of the suit In Wind
ham county The case was tried last De-
cember at the Franklin county court in
Greenfield, Mass.
The suit was first brought in Windham
county by I. H Palmer of Newfane
against Frank Y Doolittle of Mortified,
Mass, Dwight n Carpenter of Green
field, Mass, and Sidney w. Edgett Of
Brattleboro, the latter being the agent
who negotiated the trade of the farms
owned by Palmer and by Doolittle and
Carpenter.
This trade was made IN the fall of 1910,
Palmer trading a farm in Newfane for one
owned by Doolittle and Carpenter in Gill,
Mass 1t was alleged that the representa-
ton claimed to have been made was that
the Gill farm would cut 30 tons of hay
and that the representation was false in
that the farm would cut only Is tons
Palmer paid some boot Tor the farm
and asked damages of $500.
Soon after the original suit was brought
Mr. DooHttle died and service could not be
made on Mr. Carpenter. This left Mr.
Edgett as the sole defendant in Vermont
and he brought bin in equity in Frank
lin county asking that the action be trieC
in Massachusetts, where all parties living
concerned in the suit could be in court
~ =,
tions he made were those he had been au
| thorized to make by Mr. Doolittle
| The bill in equity was brought for Mr.
| Edgett by Attorney Hermon e Eddy o
| Brattleboro and Fred L. Greene of Green
| field w. a. Davenport of Greenfel,
represented the Doolittle estate O. b
Hughes OF Brattleboro and Homer Sher
man of Charlemont, Mass, appeared 10
the plaintiff.
The case may be taken to the Massachu
setts supreme court on appeal
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-09-28
Used by Vaughan
& Burnett Gives Exact
Noon and 1OP. M.
AERIAL ON ROOF OF
HOOKER BUILDING
One of Several Sets of Wireless Anna
ratus in Brattleboro and Only One
Attuned Solely for Obtaining Tim2-
Messages Come 4CO Miles.

BY means of wireless service recently
installed Vaughan & Burnett, jewelers..
are obtaining from the government wir,-
less station at Arlington, near Washing
ton, the exact time at noon and at 10 pm.
he apparatus IS attuaed only for Ar
llngton and only dispatches from that sta
ton are heard. The distance is about 400
miles in an air line.
The aerial on the roof of the Hooker
building, which was installed by A. N
Bennett OF West Brattleboro, who has
had an elaborate apparatus there for some
time and has developed expert ability. is
composed of four strands of phosphur
bronze wire 100 feet long The terminal
enters the rear of the store. where the
firm has a radon receiving transformer. a
Murdock variable condenser, a Clapp-E East
man fixed condenser, a Bitten duplex
loading coil and a crystaloi detector. With
this apparatus the correct time Is easily
and instantly received at noon and at 10
pm.
The method of sending the time is in
teresting. At 11.5J am the instrument
begins beating the seconds, skipping the
18th second and starting again on the
Both, and continuing until the 55th second
when it skips to the Goth second. thereby
assuring absolute accuracy. This contin-
ues until 20 seconds of noon. when the
beats are skipped until the final one on
the absolute dot of l. O'Clock.
This is only one of several more or less
elaborate sets of wireless apparatus in
stalled in Brattleboro, but it is the only
one attuned solely for the purpose of OBJ
| tanning the absolute time.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-09-28
oRvIcE R. LEoNARD's WILL.
Made Provision for Education Of
Nephew and Niece in Brattleboro.

By the terms of the viii of Orvice
R. Leonard, who died recently in De
troit, Mich, the bulk OF his extensive
property is left in trust TO his nephew,
Leonard NJ. Wright of Cambridge.
Mass. The estate is largely in realty
and cash. Other relatives are hand
somely remembered and personal friends
are left mementoes that have endearing
associations. Provision is made for the
education of his nephew and nieces.
Charles and Harriet Leonard of Brat
tleboro, $4,000 being assigned to each
for that purpose. A bequest provides
for the care of his sister, Mrs. L. J.
Retting of Mt. Clemens, Mich To Al
bert W. Flint of Detroit is left books.
photographs and other matter collected
during the Spanish-Ameriean war, when
Mr.. Leonard, as a member of the Mich
igan naval reserves, served on the
Yosemite in West Indian waters To
George B. Yerkes is left a japanese
cigarette ease and to Mr.. and Mrs
Frank I. Shearer bequest of $500.
with pictures and furniture
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-09-28
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

Mrs. Charles +. Bingham is enter |
tanning the 1904 birthday club this af-
ternoon in her home on High Lawn
road.
The executive committee of the
Christian Endeavor of the Baptist
church were entertained last evening
in the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert L.
Pretlow on Terrace street 4 business
meeting was held.
Bishop A c. \. Hall of Burlington
preached in St. MichaeI's Episcopal
church Sunday morning at 1890
O'Clock before congregation which
filed the church He also confirmed
class of nine. This was Bishop Hall s
first visit in two years. His sermon
was delivered in his usual vigorous
manner.
w. G. Horton has received prizes
from Field and Stream, a sportsman s
publication, for his capture on August
| Of a five and one-half pound small
mouth black bass in Sunset lake. The
value of the prizes aggregate $3.50 and
are all of especial value to fishermen
His was the fourth prize awarded for
the largest fish caught between the
dates of July 10 and August 10.
The body of Clarence Birch of Bran
! ford, Conn, who was electrocuted Sat
urday while at his work in the employ
/ Of the Branford Electric Co., was
| brought here at clock today and
| taken to the home of his mother. Mrs
Mary Z. Birch of Elliot street. Rev.
Thomas w. Owens, pastor Of the Meth
odist church, officiated at the funeral
service which was held at 2.3O o'clock.
The n. E. o. p. corn roast, which was
postponed from last week, will be held
tomorrow, Wednesday, evening at L. \.
| Howard S on Guilford street. The mem
bers viii 90 by auto truck, leaving
Grand Army hall at 7.15. Mr.. How
ard ertends a cordial invitation to all
the members, Those who can 90 are
asked to notify II. NJ. Sweetland, Canal
street, or Mrs. Ida Stafford, Elliot
street, as soon as possible.
The Broadway star feature, In the
Days of Famine, in three acts, will b6
!, shown today at the Princess treater
This production is full of action, fea
turing Donald Hall, James Morrison
Dorothy Kelly and George Cooper. To
morrow the five-act metro. production
The Right Of Way, viii be shown, with
,
or Gladys Gray, who formerly was lead
ing lady for the Lorne Elwin stool
company.
Mrs F. r. Newell and Mrs. Harri,
B. Chase gave bridge party last even
ing at the home of Mrs Newell il
1 honor of Mrs. Dana Gilman who vii
: go next week to join Mr.. Gilman a
e sSedalia, Mo-, where they will max
S their home. Mrs. Frank Z. Barber wol
4 the first prize at bridge and Mrs. Os
: car T. Benson the second Refresh
0 ments were served by the hostesses
: Mrs. Gilman was presented a handsom
leather handbag.
The railroad station was busy plac
this morning with people starting fo
one of the various fairs in this local
0 ity today. Some were going to Green
t field, Mass, for the first day of tn
J fair in that town. Others were head
e ed for Bellows Falls for the stree
S fair there and still others were goin
over the West River branch to get a
r. near to the annual fair at Bondvill
r as it is possible to do by train. Man
r others from Brattleboro attended on
or another of the fairs by AUTOMOBILE
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-09-28

Mrs I. E, Chase is under the doctors
care this week
James Franklin has been i'll several days
with an attack of bilious fever.
Mrs Emma Persons returned Wednes-
day from weeks visit in Boston, where
she had been studying suits and gowns
Mrs. Laura Morey, who had been visit
ing her mother, Mrs. George Cheney. re-
turned Tuesday to her home in Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs Frank Lindsey and son
and Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Lindsey and
daughter were guests on Sunday in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. AImon Marsh in
Harmonyville.
Mrs. Alma Cummings and daughter,
Marion, EIoise and Beatrice Cummings
went Monday to Bondville to visit and
to attend the fair. Little Elizabeth Bar
Der is at the home of her father, Herbert
Barber, during their absence.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-09-28
WERNER HORN APPEALS.
Claims That Extradition From Maine
to Massachusetts, Was Irregular.

to Massachusetts Was Irregular.
BOSTON, Sept. 2S. - Werner Horn,
the German army reservist who tried to
blow up the international bridge be-
tween Canada and the United States
at Vanceboro, Me-, last February. flied
an appeal yesterday from the decision
of the federal court in denying his re-
lease on a writ of habeas corpus.
Through his counsel, former Congress-
man Joseph F. O'Connell, the prisoner
questions the regularity of the extradi-
tion proceedings by which he was re-
moved from Maine to Massachusetts
and also the refusal of the court to per-
nit him to invoke the law Of nations
or present a commission as an officer il
the German army in defense of his ac
tions. Horn makes a general allega
tion Of error by all the Judges and
magistrates who have acted in the pro
ceedings since his arrest.
The appeal will be heard by the fed
eral circuit court of appeals which be
gins sitting at Boston on Monday. II
| the meantime, Horn will remain in tht
East Cambridge jail, where he is await
| ing trial on the Indictment chargin.
him with illegal transportation of dyna
mite from New York to Vaneeboro.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-09-28
TOWNSHEND.
Shade Trees Blown Down by Wind.

Shade Trees Blown Down by Wind.
During the high wind Sunday night one
of the large naples in front Of w. H.
Miles's residence was blown over, tipping
to the south across the yard in the mar
row space between the hcuse and another
large maple tree. No damage was done
except to one blind and few boards
stripped from the jet. Directly across
the street half of a shade maple in E. B.
Batehelder's yard was split off and fell
across the road.
Another maple in T. w. Sage's front
yard blew down across the road, while a
large elm in front of c. H. Willard 5
place was split in two. Mrs Alma Cum
mings lost large limb from a fine Astra-
chan apple tree. Several trees north of
the village fell in such way as to delay
traffic
| -Four telephone poles were broken down
between this village and Newfane, putting
the village out of communication with cen
/ trail.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-09-28
GERMANS SUFFER
AWFUL LOSSES
IOO,0 900 Men Said to Be Missing from the Crown
Princes Army Ground Strewn with Dead and
Wounded After Repeated Attempts to Regain
the Ground Taken by the Allies

The pew general offensive Of the en-
tcnte allies on the western front has re
suited in the gain OF additional ground,
both in the Artois region near Souchez
and in the Champagne, according to to-
days French official statement.
An the heavy German counter attacks
ere declared TO Lavc been beaten OFF.
French officers estimate that yesterday S
futile attempt by the German crown
prince in the Argonnc brought the losses
of his army in this region UP to 100000.
The German assault on the Argonne po-
aition yesterday is described by French
military men as breaking at the first line
of defense, which has held up under the
preparatory artillery fire of the Germans.
The same thing is declared to have oc-
CURED on the three repeated attempts,
the ground being left thicllly strewn with
German dead and wounded. ..-.
The Serbian war Office ut Nish reports
two attempts by the Teutonic forces to
cross the Dvina into Serbian territory,
both Of which were repulsed
The Russians claim to have silenced the
German land batteries on the Gulf OF
Riga by the fire of their fleet in a recent
bombardment. One Russian warship was
hit by a shell, it is stated
The Serbian minister at Sofia is reported
in Budapest dispatches through Berlin to
have given notice of his intention to leave
Bulgaria, giving i'll health as the reason
bulgarian consuIs in Macedonia are re
ported on the same authority to have
been withdrawn on leave of absence
Berlin has report that the efforts O
Greece to obtain an agreement with Ru
mania for a common policy have failed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-09-28

LONDON, Sept. 2S.-The French are
now buttering the second line of German
defenscs in the Champagne district, while
the British to the north apparently have
been able TO crush all German counter at
tacl,s So far as can be ascertained the
situation on the western front as created
by the allied offensive Of Saturday and
Sunday is about where it was. The attack
led by the German crown prince in the
Argonne in some places reached the first
French line. but nowhere did the Germans
break through While German prisoners
are arriving in France by the trainloads,
the British wounded from Flanders are
beginning to reach London. All have the
same story to tell. They describe the
terrific bombardment Of the allies, before
which it seemed impossible that anyone
could survive, and the sudden slackenins
OF tho fire and the British charge.
How it happened that so many un
wounded Germans were captured is puz
zling to the public.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-09-28
ABOUT 1000 EMPLOYEES
RETURNED TOY WORK
AS Many More Are Still Idle at the
Plant of the United States
Cartridge Co.

LOWELL, Mass, Sept. 2S-About p
coo employees of the United States Cart
ridge company returned to work this morn
ing, following an idleness of two weeks,
caused by strike of unskilled help.
There are now about $500 employed in
the works, with $500 still idle. The com
|pany, according to its officers, has agreed
to abide by any decision the state board
tof arbitration may make on the question
Iof wages, following an investigation OF
conditions
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-09-28

BERLIN, Sept. 2S, by wireless to Say
vile, n. Y.-According to the Over Seas
News Agency, Greece has assured Serbia
that she viii resist the passage Of foreign
troops through Greek territory The allu-
sion to the passage of foreign troops
through Greek territory probably refers
attack Serbia the entente allies would
send troops to Greece.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-09-28
IN ODD FELLOWS HALL.

At the regular meeting of Dennis
Rebekah lodge Tuesday evening, Sept.
2S, the Gath anniversary will be OBJ
served. 1t will be members night
also. Every member is earnestly re-
qucstcd to bc present. There viii hc a
short program and refreshments will be
served.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-09-28
Chester Has $1,000 Fire.

Fire and water caused nearly $1,000
damage at the town hall building at
Chester Monday. The blaze is sup
posed to have started from a defective
chimney. The greatest damage was
wrought in the postofice and the of
fees of the town clerk and treasurer.
The alarm was given by the engineer
of a passing train. The loss is cover
ed by insurance.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-09-28
CHILD'S BURNS FATAL.
Beatrice Dow Scalded by Water at
Montpelier.

MONTPELIER, Vt, Sept. 28.-Bea-
trice, 4, daughter of Fay Dow, care
taker of Montpelier seminary, died at
Heaton hospital Monday of burns re-
ceived Saturday night when children
tipped over kettle of scalding water.
Capitolo Dow, II, sister of Beatrice,
was badly burned, but will recover.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-09-28
SUMMER HOTEL BURNED.
Islesboro Inn One of the Most Famous
Resorts of the Maine Coast.

ISLESBORO, Me-, Sept. IS. = Isles
boro Inn, one of the most famous sum
mer hotels on the Maine coast and
patronized by men of national promi-
nence, was burned today with loss es-
timated at upwards of $4,000. Prepa-
rations were being made to close it for
the season. The fire started around the
chimney.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-09-28

BERLIN, Sept 2S, by wireless to Say
ville-The Over Seas News Agency says
that according to reliable information Bul-
garia and Greece have agreed upon the
establishment of neutral zone between
those two countries.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-09-28

According to the geological survey
there is good reason to believe that
louisiana is underlaid by one of the
greatest natural gas fields in the
United States.