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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-24
PROMPT OBEDIENCE
SAVES CHILD'S LIFE
Two-Year- Old Boy in West Brattleboro
Clutched Grass and Was Kept
from Falling Into Brook.

Prompt obedience on the part Of a
two-year-old boy probably saved the
lad s life in West Brattleboro yester-
day afternoon. BY complying with the
command to grab hold Of the grass
the child was saved from rolling off
a high wall into Milestone brook,
near the cement bridge, after he had
rolled part way down an embankment.
The boy was John Helyar, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ielyar of New
Brunswick, y. j., and he and his moth
er are visiting the latter S mother,
Mrs. Helen Miller of West Brattleboro.
He was walking with Miss Emma At
kiuson, who was wheeling a baby in a
baby carriage, and stepped off the edge
Of the sidewalk and began rolling
down the embankment toward the
wall.
Miss Atkinson shouted to him to
hold on to the grass, and the baby
fingers instantly responded, which
prevented him from dropping down in
to the brook. Miss Atkinson then
went under the railing and rescued him
from his perilous situation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-24
THREE TREES TAKEN
FROM FLOOD GATE
DISTINCTIONS Removed at Big Dam in
Vernon - River Expected to Be
Back at Usual Height Monday.

The water in the Connecticut river
opposite Brattleboro ought to be near
ly back to the usual level which has
been maintained since the dam at Yer
non was built by Monday, according
to officials of the Connecticut River
Power Co. this noon. 1t was drawn
down early this week in order to get
at distinctions that had damaged one
of the big flood gates and baf1ied all
attempts to close it.
Three trees swere snaked out of the
gate, where they had become wedged
during the freshet two weeks ago. The
last cne the men took out was an elm
three feet in diameter near the butt.
What are termed stop logs, ?
heavy timbers cut to the proper length
and fitted into iron supports are peing
put in place this afternoon on the in;
side of the dam 1T the opening of the
flcod gate that is damaged. This will
permit filing the basin at once while
the gate is being removed and repairs
made.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-24
JUMPED INTO WATER TO ESCAPE
But Truant Came Out When the officer
Discovered Him.

ST. ALBANS, July a. = Deputy
Sheriff L. p Martin had an unusual
experience when he went to Swanton
to get Dewey Lampman, the 16-year-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. John Lamp
man, to take to the state industrial
school
Mr. Martin went to the Lampman
home and no sooner had he told the
boy what he was there for than the
boy jumped through window, ran
swiftly to the river and jumped in. A
yacht was anchored some distance out
and young Lampman waded out and
hid himself behind the boat The wat
er was so deep at that point that af-
ter short time he found he would
be unable to keep his head above so
he began wading toward the shore,
saying he would come to land if Mr.
Martin would not touch him. Watch
ing his chance, when Lampman was
about ten feet from shore, Mr.. Mar
tin jumped in and got him, but he was
obliged to tie the boy into the auto
mobile to bring him to this city. He
will be taken to Vergennes.
The boy was a truant from school
and his parents had entered com
plaint saying he was incorrigible anc
they wanted him placed under re
straint.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-24
MONTAGUE BOY DROWNED.
Harold Pierce, 5, Fell over Embank
ment into Mil Pond.

MONTAGUE, July q. Harold 5,
son of +. c. Pierce, Of this village, was
drowned late yesterday afternoon in
the mill pond near his home in Bridge
street. DIR. w. K Clark, Greenfield, was
called and went to the scene with a
pulmotor, but was unable to revive the
boy.
With his young brother, Lester, the
boy drowned was playing in the yard of
the home. The hoys were tied so as to
prevent them from coming to harm
They broke away and went to the pond.
Few details of the accident could bc
learned, as Lester was the only wit
ness. AS near as can be learned Har-
old threw a stone into the pond, and
in doing so lost his balance. He fell
down a steep emhankment into the wa
ter.
Mr.. Pierce is employed in the freight
yards in East Deerfield
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-24
LID" ON AT MIDDLEBuRY.
All Stores to be Closed Except Reg
ular Meal Places.


MIDDLEBTRY, July "A. Tho
open door policy which has pre-
vailed for many years as regards the
operation of stores on SUNDAYS is to
undergo a radical change ana an uI-
timatum issued by the village trustees
becomes effective on July p.
Merchants were treated to a surprise
when they received through the mail
notification from the trustees that all
places of business must be kept closed
ON Sundays with the exception of eat.
ing houses where regular meals are
served.
Food merchants, who have regu
lar feeding schedule, will be permitted
to open their establishments from ia
10 O'Clock in the morning, from II ia
: o clock in the afternoon and from j
to Z clock in the evening.
The chief Of police is directed to ar.
rest all persons who violate the Sun.
day clesing mandate which bears tho
signature OF the village clerk, Jane.
NJ. Burke, and the acting village at
torney, Charles /. Button
There is considerable speculation a.
just how tight the lid Is to be held
down as regards Sunday opening a.
opinion differs in regard to the neces
slty for such a drastic order as ha.
been issued by the trustees.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-24
CHAUFFEUR STABBED.
Five Bandits Hold Him Up in Dutchess
County, N. Y

POUGHKEEPSIE, \. Y, July 24.-
Five men III q high-powered touring ear
drove into Dutchess county, near this
city, in the night, and hiding their car
near the fashionable hilltop colony Of
Millbrook, took up q position in a
hedge near the Brookside country
place of r. II. McLane OF New York.
In a few minutes Mr.. McLane S chauf-
feur, John Malone, drove along, return
ing from the village. The five men
held him up, stabbed him, perhaps IA
tally, in the back and robbed HIM Find
ing he had only 81 in his possession,
they put the money back in his pocket
and left him beside the road. They did
not touch the McLane car, a vaIua-
bic limousine
Malone's cries attracted a neiehbor-
ing farmer, who called a deputy sheriff
by telephone. The latter succeeded in
capturing Charles Buell., ir., 26, who
said he lived in New York city, but
would give no address. Malone has a
long, deep knife wound in his back
Four of his assailants escaped in THEN
car.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-24
DEAD WHEN
LAWSUIT WAS FILED
Former Brattleboro Carpenter, Proprie-
tor of South Vernon House, Found
Dead in Bed

At the same hour that his attorneys
filed suit in the county clerks of
flee here yesterday to recover the
amount OF life insurance policy made
out in his favor, the body of Ezra o.
Shipman was found dead in bed in the
South Vernon House, South Vernon, of
which he was proprietor. Death was
caused by heart disease. It is thought
that he had been dead about 10 hours
when found
MIR. Shlpman, for many years Brat
tleboro carpenter, went to South Yer
non to conduct the hotel after the
death last March of his brother, James
w. Shipman, who was proprietor of
the hotel. James w. Shipman died in
the Memorial hospital here following
an operation. He had an insurance
policy for 81, 900 in the knights of the
Maccabees of the World, made payable
to Ezra 0. Shipman. The latter fur
nished proofs of death and all other
necessary data, his counsel states, but
the order refused payment, hence the
lawsuit, which now may be prosecuted
by Ezra Shipman IS children.
Ezra Shipman had been afflicted with
heart trouble several weeks, but when
he retired Thursday night he did not
it became II O'Clock Yesterday and he
did not appear about the house his
room was visited and he was found
dead
Mr.. Shipman was born in Williams
vile and married Elvira Sparks, who
also is deceased. He leaves three chill
dren, Blanche, who has been at the
hotel. wife of William A. Pomfrev of
Brattleboro. We're Shipnan of Brattle-
boro and Cleve Shipman of Hartford,
Conn, .also a brother, Rev. John Ship
man of Randolph. Mass.
The funeral will be held in the home
| of his sOn-in-law, William A. Pomfrey
| at So Pine street tomorrow at 4
o 'elock. Rev. Thomas w. Owens of
the methodist church will officiate and
| the body viii be taken to WILLIAMS
vile for burial in the family lot. Mr.
| Shipman was a member of the Metho-
dist church in Williamsville.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-24
MEXICAN SITUATION
is AGAIN SERIOUS
Cutting of the Wires to Mexico City
Causes Much Anxiety in Official
Circles in Washington.

WASHINGTON, July 24.-With the
Washington government completely
cut off from communication with Mex
leo City for six days since the re-oc-
cupation of Zapata forces, and with
local agents OF the Mexican factions
in complete ignorance of military
operations believed to be in progress
near the capital the Mexican situation
again assumes an air of tension:
Somewhere in the neighborhood of
Pachuea, 80 miles northwest of the
capital, General Pablo Gonzales with
his CarranZa army is believed TO be
battling with the Villa ''hying col
umn, whose swoop down from the
north last week caused him hurriedly
to abandon Mexico City. Cutting of
cables and telegraph wires has drawn
veil over this whole section. Con
zales is not in communication with
Vera Cruz, the Villa commanders are
out of touch with their chief in the
north, and the capital itself is isolated
by the breaking of the cable to Vera
Cruz.
In diplomatic as well as government
circles there is much uneasiness. 1t Is
assumed that the diplomatic corps in
Mexico City has taken steps to insure
the safety of foreigners, but no one
knows just what force Zapata has
sent in to preserve order, and the food
supplies delivered during the brief
Carranza occupation probably were in
| sufficient to check famine riots very
| long.
President Wilson, with the note to
| Germany despatched, turned his atten-
ton particularly to Mexico just be-
fore he left the city. He conferred
with officials of the American Red
Cross and listened with interest to re-
ports that the Red Cross had been Sc
riously hampered in its efforts to ex-
tend relief to the needy civilian pop
ulation of the country. He told Brig
adier-General Devol, general manager
of the Red Cross; Ernest p. Bieknell,
its director, and Miss Mabel It. Board
man not to be discouraged by handi-
caps, and to keep up the relief work,
getting supplies into Mexico wherever
they could
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-24

LONDON, July "a. - On the battle
front of the Warsaw triangle what is
considered the most important struggle
of the war since the battle of the
Marine is still raging without any in
dication of the ultimate outcome The
Russians are not yet prepared to aban-
don the salient, continued occupancy
of which against a successful enemy
would threaten the existence of their
army.
Petrograd comedies that there is
fighting six miles southwest of Ivan
gorod, where the Germans smashed
the wire entanglements, but were
hurled back with heavy losses by the
Russian counter attack
Both Vienna and Berlin claim, with
out giving definite de ails, that the
Austro-Gcrman forces are now fighting
virtually along the famous Lublin rail
road Petrograd admits a German at
tack on Il village on the railroad, Field
Marshal Won Mackcnscn 5 men being
driven back. 1t is conceded that some
of the ground regained was SlIin
lost
The battle for this important line OF
communication has now been under
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-24
TeutoniC Forces Attacking
Strategic Railroad Line
Hangs in the Balance
Army Corps Near Libau

LONDON, July 81. - From all sides
except the East, Teutonic armies are
continuing their concerted pressure on
Warsaw, the fate of which still hangs
in the balance. Direct assaults in front
Of the triangle Of fortresses protecting
the city are weakening the defenses,
according to the German claims. They
are hammcring especially hard upon
lvangorod, where the guns OF the Teu-
tonic forces are declared to be playing
on the strategic railroad line which
runs southwark through Lublin. South
of Lublin the battle still RACES liercely.
No claim is made from the headquar-
ters of any of the belligerents that a
definite result has been achieved there.
To the northeast of the Polish CAPT
tai Field Marshal Won IIindenberg s
forces are pressing hard on Rosen.
Petrograd is silent as to the out
come Of the attack.
The German campaign in Courtland
is admittedly proceeding favorably to
thu invaders.
Private advices to Pctrograd de
clare the Germans landed an entire
army corps near Libau, the design be
ing apparently to reach the lines of
communication of the Russian armies
about Warsaw.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-24
TWO AUTOS STOLEN
IN MIDDLEBURY
Touring Car Abandoned Badly Dam
aged-Roadster Seen at Salisbury
With Five Men Aboard.

MIDDLEBURY, July "a. - The gar
age of Stokes 4 Co., was broken into
early yesterday morning by thieves,
who succeeded in getting away with a
roadster and a touring car, the latter
being abandoned, badly damaged, a
short time later at East Middlebury.
Deputy Sheriffs N. j. Sanford and
Edward Higgins of Middlebury are at
work on tho case They have traced the
roadster as far as Salisbury. The
thieves are thought to be the men who
abandoned in Bristol this week ear
stolen in Massachusetts. The roadster
seen at Salisbury had five men aboard.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-24

HERE TODAY
Greeted Citizens at Railroad
Station on Way to
Cornish, n. I'll.
PLEASED TO HAVE
SUPPORT OF PEOPLE
Unable to Rehnquish Cares While in
Present Office = Arrived on I'LL
Train and Appeared to Be in Perfect
Health.

President Woodrow Wilson, having
despatched America s note to Ger
many, returned this forenoon t. his
summer hoIAe in Cornish, n. H., 10 OBJ
tain If possible a few more days of
recreation He arrived in Brattle-
boro on the ILL train, which was
somewhat late. His special car was
the last ear, and with him were the
usual number of secret service men.
The President was riding backward
looking out through the rear window,
and when he saw that there were per-
sons on the station platform who
wanted to see him he promptly arose
and appeared smiling at the rear gate,
apparently in perfect health and with
more tan on his face than when he
came north on his previous visit this
summer.
lie shook hands with the crowd who
had gathered and had a pleasant word
for all. Postmaster NJ. j. Moran con
versed with him relative to. the public
opinion as to the last note to Germany
as expressed in the editorials of the
morning papers, and the President ex-
pressed much pleasure that the people
of the country were standing back of
him in this crisis.
When Mr. Moran mentioned the sub
iect of vacation President Wilson
said he could not rehnquish his cares
| while holding his present office.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-24
AT THE CENTRE CHURCH
Sunday Services.

1890 n. m.-Serviec OF worship and
praise. sermon by the pastor. Sub
ject, The Lord IS song. ps. 137: T.
Special music by chorus choir. This
viii be the pastors last Sunday be-
fore his summer vacation.
1lI5--Sunday school.
Z y. m.-Christian Endcavor. Leader,
Miss Pauline Fisher. Mrs. WilHston
Walker viii speak on The Home
Mission Work of the Church.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-24
Lofty Expectations.

:" Is your husband all you thought he
"Just about But he doesn t come
close to being all he thought he was -
The oil rock of Pennsylvania was
supposed to have been relieved of Sc
much fluid that the pressure in the oil
stratum had been greatly weakened
but a wonderful gas reservoir was
bored into in that state, few days
since. 1t has the enormous pressure
necessary to force out As million feet
of gas every "a hours.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-24

''What are you so furious about,
wife?H
Mrs. Smith just called me an old
cat
"Why, you re not old!o Farm
Life
New York Evening Telegram: Secrc-
tary of agriculture has written asking
rs to send him all the starlines' stom-
achs we can collect, as he wants to find
out what the birds feed on. We are as
loyal to the government as they make
'em, but any time we get day off
there are better things to do than col
lecting little birds insndes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-24
THE WEATHER.
Partly Cloudy Tonight and Sunday
Probably Local Showers.

WASHINGTON, July "a. = The
weather forecast: Partly cloudy to-
night and Saturday. Probably local
showers and much lower temperature
in the interior Sunday. Moderate varia-
BILE winds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-24

New York Sun: To obtain posses
sion of minute quantity of NOR
phine to relieve pain or induce sleep
a man must get prescription, iden-
tify himself and prove that he is of
irreproachable character; but any luna
tic can buy without the slightest diff
fieulty a ton Of dynamite to blow up
a church, a public building or a ship
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-24
HAVE TAKEN GoRIzIA.
Success of the italian Troops Reported
from MILAN.

GENEVA, July "a. - A despatch
from Milan says: Many persons who
have arrived at Milan state that after
severe fighting the Italian troops have
taken Gorilla.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-24

WASHINGTON, July 24.-President
Wilson leIt Washington at 5.35 o clock
yesterday afternoon for Cornish, n. H.,
IN a private car attached to the Fed
eral express He was accompanied by
Cary T. Grayson, I. S. N, his physi-
eian The secret service guards who
accompany the President on his trav-
els were on the train.
How long the President will remain
away from Washington is expected to
depend upon the exigeneies of the
German situation. At the White
House it was said that he would be
absent about a week, but it is believed
that he will not return for a much
longer period. There is nothing of
consequence to require his presence
here and the very general opinion IN
well-informed circles is that the Ger
man government will not be in any
hurry to answer the latest American
note, which is construed as not de.
manding a response, except with ref
erence to the call for disavowal and
reparation in the case of the Lusi-
tania, and the indications are that Ger
many will be in no hurry to send q
reply concerning these particulars.
Miss Margaret Wilson and Mrs
Francis b. Sayre, the President s
daughters; Mrs. Norman Gait OF
Washington, their guest, and Miss Hell
en- Woodrow Bones, the President s
cousin, who lives at the White House,
are now at Cornish.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-24
IN ODD FELLOWS HALL.

Monday night at 7.30 = Regular
meeting of Wantastiquct lodge.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-24

HARTFORD, Coma, July "a. =
President Wilson, who is on the road to
Cornish for another brief vacation,
slept late this forenoon and plainly
showed the effects of his close applI-
cation to the German situation and
his work in preparation Of the latest
German note.
TO members of his party he .ex-
pressed his realization of the possibil-
tiles of the situation. During the early
part of the President s ride few peo-
PIE greeted him at the various towns,
as it had not become generally known
that lie was on the train, but during
the forenoon the crowds became thick
er and at nearly every station people
had gathered in the hope of seeing the
president as the train sped through.
The President planned to spend some
of the forenoon at work on official
business.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-24

PHILADELPHIA, July "a. - The
train bearing President Wilson and his
party to Cornish arrived here at $40
last night and left 20 minutes later
for New York. The President, tired out
from his close attention to the prepa-
ration of the note to Germany and
other official duties, had retired before
his train reached this city.
On the way from the White House
to the railroad station today President
Wilson personally carried large
leather bag containing important pa
pers and other documents. He seemed
&c guard the bag very closely, and
even after he went aboard the tram
he did not allow it out of his sight.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-24

Excursion to Watch Hill and Block
Island. See advertisement on page 4.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-24

Trouble ahead looks bigger thar
trouble we have passed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-24
A Pleasant Auto Trip

The most charming Inn accessible on
q short drive from Brattleboro is the
GREEN MOUNTAIN HOUSE at
WEST WARDSBoRo.
Ar old fashioned tavern, entirely re-
built and refurnished. Get acquainted
with the mountain country nearby
Twenty five miles from Brattleboro,
via Hin Road from Newfane, SO miles
via Townshend.
See Windham County First
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-24

Dance tonight at Island park.-Adv.
The Washington times., 1915-04-10

pcated over and over again. Poor
little fellow"
Rockefeller was driven home with Tn .
child In the car. and directed the chaut-
feur TO hurry the boy TO the office of
Dr. A. T.. Chace. Young Edgar's lips
were cut, his face and hands were
bruised. and the physician. fearing he
was suffering from internal injuries.
had him sent to the Tarrytown Hos
p!taI.
Over the telephone DR.. Chacs vas
told by Rockefeller to do everything
possible for the boys comfort and to
spare no expense. Rock efeller also dis
patched a messenger to the Edgar
home in Continental street. North Tar
rytown, to express his sympathy to the
boys parents.
With the nurses and some members
of his family, Rockefeller started on a
motor trip to West Point early in the
afternoon Young Edgar, with his
playmates. was walking down the Bed
ford road s the big car. approached.
Look out for J. D.'s carl" shouted
one Of the boys. Edgar, who vas on
tho left side of the road, became
alarmed and ran directly in the path
of the machine. The chauffeur threw
on the emergency brake. but tho warn
ing came too late for him to avert the
accident.
The Washington times., 1915-04-10

rcappointment of Mrs. Susie Root
Rhodes. whose term expires June 80.
The rivalry over the prcsidency of
tho Mothers Congress is growing more
heated as the date for the election on
April 10 approaches. Those who viii
put candidate in the field to oppose
Mrs. Rafter nave not yet announced
the name of their prospective leader.
Either dark horse" will he an
nounccd at the last moment or Mrs.
a. a. Birney, a former president, viii
be put in the field If she allows her
name TO be used. So far Mrs. Birney
has declined to run.
The assertion of the opponents OF
Mrs. Rafter that their opposition Is
based on her supposed candidacy has
aroused wide interest in school circles
because the Mothers Congress is the
central organization for the forty
teacher-parent bodies. Mrs. Rafter'f
denial that she Is A candidate for the
school board was unequivocal
Not only have | not taken any steps
toward appointment on the Board OF
Education, but. so far as I know, none
of my friends have. ] did not ever
know when Mrs. Rhodes term was &c
expire. She and I are good friends
and I should like to sec her reappoint.
ed. :"