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The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-08
]. E. CREEL GIVES SOME
INTERESTING FACTS ON FARMING

Very little reduction is expected in
the cotton acreage in Cobb, on ac-
count of heavy rainfall seed oats AMI
wheat are still in the barn. Much
land which was expected to be seed
ed to oats and wheat are still lying
idle and the most natural thing for
the farmer to do is to get busy in
the early spring and seed this land
to cotton. Farmers as a rule are not
considering the reduction OF Gotten
acreage as a personal matter and in
dividually will reduce their acre
age very little. Therefore the total
acreage will be just about as great
in 1915 as it was in 1914.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-08

Motion made by Councilman ]. r,
Brumby, Jr., and seconded by Coun-
Gilman w, Nj. Kemp, that the follow
ing ordinance be adopted:
ORDINANCE.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-21
EVANGELISTS WILL
LEAVE TOMORROW
Members of Party Go to Different
Places for Christmas -. Will Be
In Springfield, Ill, Jan. 8.

With tonight s. meeting in the tab
ernacle the evangelistic services con
Quoted in Brattleboro by Rev. J. VIII
bur Chapman and Charles NJ. Alexan-
der and their party since Nov. 20, and
which have been attended by thousands.
Will close Tomorrow all but one of +he
party will leave for other places and
on Jan. 9 they viii begin a series of
meetings for five weeks in Springfield.
H., where Rev. c. L. Evarts. who pre-
ceded the evangelists to Brattleboro,
is now doing preparatory work. After
the Springfield engagement they will
go to Washington, Pa, for five weeks,
thence to Wilmington, n. c., for five
weeks and then to Keene. Y. H. late
in May Many Brattleboro persons are
talking already of going to Keene by
automobile to attend some of the meet
ings.
DR.. and Mrs. Chapman will spend
Christmas at their country home in ia
maica, L. l. Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander
will visit Mr. Alexander's 5 mother in
Fremont. 0. Louis NJ. Potts, DR.. Chap
man secretary, viii visit friends in
Orange, Mass, over Christmas, going
thence to New York. Henry Barra-
cloueh, pianist and B. \. Mills, who has
had charge of the boolz-stan, viii 90
to Montreal, thence to Toronto to stay
two days, thence to Chicago for two
days more and then to Springfield to
await the arrival of the others. Albert
Brown, soloist, viii stay in Brattleboro
until next week, going then to Spring
field.
1t was just a year ago tonight that
the Chapman-AIexander party arrived
in New York from engagements in
Scotland and England.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-21
GREECE BARS WAY
TO FOES OF ALLIES
Occupies with Troops Town and Sta
tion of Dorian on the Saloniki
Railroad.

LONDON, Dee. p. - A despatch to
the Daily Mail from Athens, coming
by way ON Messina, reports that the
Greek troops have occupied Doiran sta
tion and town, thus interposing them
selves between the entente allies line
and the Bulgarians
Greek military circles declare they
are convinced that the forces opposing
the allies will not attempt to cross the
frontier. the Bulgarians because they
realize the danger of provoking Greece,
the Germans because they are grateful
for Greek neutrality and because thev
realize the tremendous cost which the
enterprise would entail.
Meanwhile work on the defensive
lines around Saloniki is being actively
pushed, and the Greek villages in the
neighborhood of the lines are being
evacuated by the population.
Persistent reports of a Greco -Bul-
garian encounter, resulting from a Bul-
garian surprise attack, have been clear
ed up by the Greek statement that the
encounter took place in Albanian ter
ritory. No one was killed and few
were wounded. Order was restored
promptly and an amicable inquiry is
proceeding.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-21

CALL HEARING
Will Formally Take Land on
Main and Flat Streets
From I'll. G. Barber
RICHARDSON ACCEPTS
OFFER OF 81 A FOOT
No Agreement Yet Between w. K.
Sparks and Town - Belived Re
course to Court Proceedings Will Be
Notwithstanding Jan 8.

The final survey has been made of
the so-calIed Judge and Ray properties
on Main and Flat streets. owned bv At
torney General Herbert G. Barber. and
the selectmen have sent notices of a
hearing to be held Monday afternoon.
Jan. ), at O'Clock in the office of the
selectmen. The purpose of this hearino
IS for the selectmen to formally take
such portions of the properties for
widening and Strengthening Main and
Flat streets as are indicated on the
plans prepared by the surveyor.
The notices have been sent to all
property owners on Main and Flat
streets whose properties viii be affect
ed by the proposed changes. They are
Herbert G. Barber, Eugene NJ. Angler.
D, Frank Shea. Dewitt Grocery Co.. the
Cutler Co. and Miss Katherine B. Me
Menimen
The survey calls for the taking of
considerable land from the property OF
Attorney General Barber on Main
street and some on Flat street. The
survey makes = straight line Of Main
street from the Cox building on Main
street 20 the Richardson building on
Main street Ut the corner of Flat street.
The land to be taken bv the town on
Flat street viii make Flat street 50
feet wide at the Main street June
ton
Once the town takes formal posses
sion of this property the matter Of land
damages must be adjusted There ap-
pears to be growing belief that this
question win be settled amicablv with
out recourse to court proceedings and
that there viii be nothing to hinder
the work of making the street improve
ments early in the spring
L. II. Richardson, one of the prop.
erty owners on Flat street. who appeal
ed from the award of the seIectmen for
land damages to his property on the
south side of Flat street at the time
land there was taken for the purpose
of Strengthening the south side of Flat
street, has withdrawn his appeal ana
accepted 4 tender of 81 square foot
offered by the selectmen.
The town took from Mr. Richardson 5
property 6lS.7 square feet and Origi-
uallv offered him so cents a foot MI
Richardson promptly declined the ten
der of a check for $371.22 and entered
an appeal. Attorney General Barber
did the same, his check having been for
5000, payment for l 300 feet at 30 cents
foot. W. X. Sparks, from whose prop
erty 274.5 feet were taken also appeal
ed from tender of 80 cents foot for
his property.
Mr.. Barber s case was heard by n
commission appointed by the county
court and he was awarded the sum of
%1,l00 or at the rate of about 81 cents
IA square foot.
Now that Mr.. Richardson and the Sc
lectmen have agreed as to the amount
of his damages Mr.. Sparks is the only
property owner on the south side of
Flat street with whom the town has
not settled. Thus far the selectmen
and Mr.. Sparks have been unable to
agree on a figure.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-21
MACHINE SHOPS
RUNNING NIGHTS
Increase in Business More than Can be
Handled by Day Force-Rush
Due to Contract Work.

Day and night shifts are being work
ed in three machine shops in town,
some Of the work being contract work
for out-of-town concerns. Parts of ma
chimes are being made. The National
Automatic Machine Co. is employing
30 men divided intc day and night
shifts. All Of them are engaged on the
contract work at present. L. H. Stell-
man & Son are working 10 men. eight
Of them days and two at night. Of
these. five or six are employed on the
contract work. wilkins & Hovev are
working three men days and two men
nights on contract work. It is expected
that this extra work viii continue
through the winter.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-21
STATE BOYS CONFERENCE.
Older Boys of Vermont to Meet in Rut-
land Jan. 14-I6.

The sixth annual conference of older
boys of Vermont viii be held in Rut-
land Jan. 14-16. It viii begin with the
supper session Friday evening. Satur-
day will be filed with addresses. oroup
conferences, TecreatioHal period. and an
attractive evening program. On Sun
day morning the conference speakers
viii give addresses at the church ser
vices. In the afternoon there will be
a decision meeting for boys. and the
closing session viii be union meeting
in the evening.
The people of Rutland kindly offer
free entertainment in their homes to
the delegates, who must be bows who
have passed their 18th birthday ami
veTsary. Delegates are included from
all churches. Sunday schools. y. NJ. c.
a. 5, Boy Scouts, high and preparatory
schools, clubs, and similar organiza-
tions. But the delegates should be
boys who would be interested in con
ference of this kind, whose main pur-
pose is instruction and inspiration for
Christian life and work by boys.
The conferences of the past five years
have been attended by over 1900 Of
the leading older boys of The state and
n great number of them are now doing
excellent work in their homes, churches.
schools and other places, because of the
help the conferences have been to them
The singing viii be led by Rev j.
Harrison Thompson of Randolph, and
there will be other special musical
features.
The speakers include some of the best
known men in the United States, men
who know boys and how to talk TO them
and who are always helping and in
spring them. Among them are Albert
E. Roberts, dean of the county depart
ment, international committee, Y. NJ
c. A; George J. Fisher. NJ. D., dean of
the physical department, international
committee, Y. NJ. c. A; Jared Van
Wagenen, jr., of the New York depart
ment of agriculture; James Z. West,
chief scout executive in the United
States; Gov Charles w. Gates.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-21
DISCUSSED ANCoNA NOTE.
Austrian Charge at Washington Visit
ed Secretary Lansing.

WASHINGTON, Dee. 81. - Baron
Erich Zwiedinek, charge of the Austro-
Hungary embassy, called on Secretary
Lansing today to discuss the Ancona
case. Baron Zwiedinek had been fur
nished a copy Of the second note to
the United States. 1t was believed that
he desired information of an informal
character. He Is known to have re
ceived instructions from the Vienna
foreign Office regarding negotiations. 1t
was authoritatively stated today that
Baron Zwiedinek intimated last week
to Secretary Lansing that should the
second note be less severe his govern
ment might see fit to make a reply
which would satisfy the United States
Today's conference it was believed
had to do with the question.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-21
MRS. FRANK BEANIE.
Died This Forenoon of Brights Disease
and Complications.

Mrs. Athena NJ. Beane (LeFevre).
50, died this forenoon about lO.3O
o clock at her home on Stewart place.
after an illness of three years with
brights disease and complications. She
had been confined to the bed the great
er part of the time. She was born in
CRANKY, 2. O., daughter of Julia
(Gautier) and Mitchell Mercier She
married Frank LeFevre, who has been
known as Beane, June a, 1876, and
six children were born to them: Frank,
ir., Miss Jennie Y, Fred O., and Miss
Florence A., all of Brattleboro, Mrs.
Rose d. Matte of Rutland and Mrs.
Leslie 3. Mason OF Worcester. She
also leaves one sister, Mrs Mary De-
patio Of Holvoke, Mass, and two broth
ers, Mitchell Mercier and Peter Mer-
cier, both of St. John 5, y. B.
Mr.. and Mrs. Beane moved to Brat
tleboro from CRANKY, p. O., about -
years ago. Mr. Beane has been a we'll
known mason. Mrs. Beane was a mem
Der of the Roman Catholic church, but
of no other organization. She was de-
voted TO her family and had been a
patient sufferer. The funeral arrange
ments have not been made.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-21
Poor Market for War Bonds.
(Rutland News.)

The public has been surprised to
learn that the famous $50O.000, 600
credit loan of the Allies i'll this coun-
try was, after all, not a popular sue
cess. The syndicate that underworld
the loan found itself, at the expira-
tion of the sixtv-day limit, with
S180,000, 900 of the bonds on its hands.
and had to dump them into the market
to bring what they would. From the
fact that these securities have been
selling lately at from 81 to So o share
under the syndicate price, it s evident
that the underwriters are losing money
on the deal.
1t was supposed, from the readiness
with which financiers had Joined the
syndicate and subscribed for big blocks
of the bonds, that the public would alb
sorb them readily. But the public has
not shown any such inclination. It's
apathy is probably due chiefly to two
causes: First, the Allies lack Of mill
tary success in recent weeks, and their
corresponding failure to appeal to the
American imagination; and second, the
present attractiveness of the American
investment market.
| The latter consideration is especially
/ significant Home investments are
looking more desirable every day
There is little doubt as to the ability
of the belligerent nations to pay their
obligations, but there is still less doubt
as to the future of the United States
Interest and patriotism combine to in
duce the American investor to help fl
nance permanent domestic enterprise
rather than the European war. And 50
the tide Of American gold is turning
steadily to the upbuilding of a greater
and sounder prosperity.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-21
MAJ. MOTION CHOSEN
TUSKEGEE'S HEAD
Conmandant of Cadets at Hampton to
Be the Successor of Booker T.
Washington.

NEW YORK, Dee 2l. - Mai. Rob
ert R. Motion of Hampton institute,
Hampton, Va, was selected to succeed
Booker I. Washington as president of
Tuskegee institute, Tuskegee. Ala, at
meeting of the special committee of
the trustees of the institute held in this
city yesterday. The choice was unoni-
nous. The committee making the Sc
lection was composed of Seth Low,
chairman of the Tuskegee trustees;
Frank Trumbull of the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad; Edgar A. Bancroft, w
". Campbell and Victor II. Tulane.
Maj. Motion viii not be installed as
head of the famous negro institute un-
til the commencement exercises in Nav.
1916. Until that time he viii give his
services to the campaign for the Booker
I. Washington memorial fund. The
new head of Tuskegee has been COM
mandant of cadets at Hampton since
1890. He was born in Virginia and is
Of pure negro parentage.
In statement issued by the com
mittee it is declared that by the elec-
tion of Maj. Motion, ''the policies, aims
and attitude of the institute viii con
tinue unchanged.'' -
The committee paid tribute to the
ability of Emmett J. Scott, temporarily
head of the institute since the death
of DR.. Washington, as follows:
In taking this action, the commit
tee has not been unmindful of the long
devotion and of the many qualifications
Of Emmet j. Scott for the position The
problem to be dealt with is a manv-
sided one, and it has seemed wise to
seek solution of it that will bring TO
the work of Tuskegee another foreeful
personality.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-21
SouthwiCk on High Seas.
Burlington Free Press

An iconoclast declares that if there
Were less poultry killed on the public
highway there would be fewer cars at
one side of the road with left hind
leg elevated in the air. True. But did
You ever try to run an auto past a
rooster, and have him fly directly in
front of your car just as YOU supposed
you were ahead of the two-footed wing
ed beast? Next to negotiating an auto
through a herd of dairy cows coming
home from the pasture toward milking
time. lodging a rooster takes the chick
en- pie.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-21
NOTED UNITARIAN.
Rev. William H. Lyon, Pastor of
Church IN Brookhne, Mass, Dead.

BBOOKLINE, Mass. Dec. 2l.-Rev.
DR.. William Fl. Lyon, pastor of the First
Parish Unitarian church of Brookline
and widely known as a writer for
church papers, died at his home here
late last night. He was born in Fall
River in 1916
During President Taft s summer Wis
its to Beverly DR.. Lyon frequently
preached at the church which Mr. Taft
attended. He graduated from Brown
university, which gave him the degree
of d. d. in 1896.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-21
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
-Four Massachusetts Cities Voting,
Leominster for First Time.

BOSTON, Dec 21.-Municipal elec-
tions for the year in Massachusetts
were completed today, when officers
We're chosen in Cambridge, Leominster,
Salem and North Adams This was the
first municipal voting for Leominster.
which obtained a city charter from the
last legislature. Cambridge ba1loted
for the first time under the new char
ter providing for a mayor and Is al
dermen in the place of the present
board of aldermen and city council.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-21
RUSSIA STARTS
RAID ON BULGARIA
Sixteen Transports of Soldiers Under Escort Of
Cruiser and Two 0eStroyers Arrive Off varna
Indications That Central Powers Will Cross
Greece to Attack Saoniki

Russia has brought troops by sea to
the Bulgarian sea coast, according to
report from Athens to a London news
agency. Sixteen transports of soldiers
arrived OFF Narna under escort of a
cruiser and two destroyers, which be-
gan q bombardment of the city, de
spatch states.
Unofficial accounts from Constantine
ople of the British withdrawal from the
two GallipoH peninsula fronts declare
the British had been driven to sea by
the Turkish general offensive in which
heavy losses were inflicted on the al
lied forces. British accounts of the
Gallipoli withdrawal reiterate that it
was effected with few casualties, not
even a single machine gun being lost.
Everything indicates that the Greek
frontier will be crossed by the Austro-
German, Bulgarian and Turkish forces
as soon as they are ready, despite the
protest of Greece, correspondent at
Salonihi declares.
The Turks are reported to have con-
centrated two divisions close to the bor-
der. Turkey will be able to suppl
Germany with quantities of cotton and
copper and other needed materials a.
soon as the transportation problem is
solved, which is expected to be soon,
Saloniki declares.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-21
CREDIT OF
TEN BILLION MARKS
Action of the German Reichstag Today,
However, Was Opposed by the So
cialists.

LONDON, Dee. 81. - The German
reischstag today adopted a credit of 10
billion marks asked by the govern
ment, the socialist minority of 9 op-
posing votes, according to a Berlin
despatch forwarded by Reuters cor
respondent at Amsterdam.
The socialist spokesman, Friedrich K
Geyer, according to the despatch, de-
clared that all endeavors for peace had
failed because of the annexation aim
of both sides.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-21

Plant Destroyed at Edgewater, N. j.
Two Men Killed, Many Injured.

EDGEWATER, y. J., Dec. 2l.-Two
men are missing and p others injured
by an explosion today in the plant of
the Corn Product Refining company at
Shadyside, two miles from here. The
roof of the building was blown off.
The walls collapsed and fire starting
from explosion swept through the
wreckage.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-21
SAFE AT MONASTIR.
Good Reports from Americans Said to
Have Been Held by Bulgars.

Salonizi, Dee, q, via Paris. - DR..
Henry Forbes of Boston, Mrs. Walter
Farwell, a Chicago newspaper CORES
pondent, and Miss Mitchell are safe and
well at Monastir. Saloniki dispatches
received yesterday said DIR. Forbes and
Mrs. Farweu were being held in Mon
astir by the Bulgarians who had torn
down the American fiag from the Red
Cross hospital of which DR.. Forbes is
in charge.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-21
Centre Congregational Church

The beginners and primarr depart
ments of the Sunday school win have
their Christmas party Thursday after
noon from 3 TO clock The juniors
and intermediate departments viii have
theirs at clock in the evening. The
children will bring their gifts for the
Christmas box to be sent the Alright
mission in New York.
Special Church Meeting
A special meeting of the Centre Con
gregational Church is hereby called for
Friday, Dee. "a, 1915. at 7.30 p. m. in
the chapel to transact the following
business:
Article /. To hear the report of the
committee chosen to secure a new pas
tor, and act on the same.
Article ,. TO transact any other bus
mess that legally may come before the
meeting.
BY order of the trustees,
WALTER A. GILBERT, Clerk.
Brattleboro, Dec, 20, 1915.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-21

In the center of Kildane. an island
in the German ocean. is a curious lake.
The surface of its waters is quite fresh
and supports fresh water creatures, but
deep down, it is as salt as the greatest
depths of the sea and salt water fish
live in it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-21
JUDGE IDE PRESIDENT.
Vermont Branch of League to Enforce
Peace Organized.

MONTPELIER, Dee. 81. - Judge
Henry c. Ide of St. Johnsbury, ex-AIin-
lister to Spain, designated by ex-Presi-
dent Taft as temporary president of
Vermont branch of the League to En-
force Peace, was elected president at
an organization meeting here yesterday
afternoon, which was attended by a
representative citizens. r. Z. Flanders
of Springfield was chosen secretary and
treasurer and eX-Gov. John A. Mead,
Joseph Fairbanks and James B. Estee
executive committee.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-21
VILLA ON HIS WAY.
Belief Prevails That He viii Seek Ref
uge in United States

WASHINGTON, Dee. 21.- Official
advices failed today to disclose the
exact whereabouts of Gen Francisco
Villa, but report from El Paso indi-
Gated that Villa was on his way from
Chihuahua to the border with about
400 men. The belief prevails that Vii
Ia would appear on this side of the
boundary line.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-21
THE NEWLYWEDS.
President and Mrs Wilson Writing
Letters and Motoring.

HOT SPRINGS, Va. Dec. 2l.-Presi-
dent Wilson spent the morning working
with his stenOgrapheg on official COZ
respondence and Mrs Wilson wrote
many letters to personal friends. ac-
knowledging wedding gifts. This after
noon they plan for a motor ride.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-21

LONDON, Dec. 21.-The arrival of
Russian expedition off the Bulgarian
coast is reported by the Athens cor
respondent of the Exchange Telegraph
company. He says Russian cruiser
and two destroyers, which arc convoy
ing 16 transports filed with troops,
have arrived off the Bulgarian coas,
and are bombarding Varna vigorously.
The Bulgarian port of Varna is on
the Black sea, a few miles south of tn
Rumanian border.
On several occasions since the begin
ming of the Teutonic drive through Ser
bia it has been reported that Russia
would attempt an invasion of Bulgaria
from the sea and it was said forces
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-21

were being concentrated for this move
ment at Odessa.
Previous dispatches reporting Rus,
sian naval demonstrations before Var
ma, presumably preparatory to an eff
fort to land troops were not borne out
subsequently.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-21

Texas, which in 1850 stood twelfth in
rank, is now the seventh state in the
American Union in point of wealth. 1t
is first in point of size and fifth in
population, and its railroads are Of
higher value than those of any other
state.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-21

The Skoda gun is Austria s chief
contribution to efficiency in the present
war. Men In the vicinity of an explod-
ing Skoda shell merely vanish. it is
said. no shred or fra gment being found.
Gun barrels are melted by the heat of
this explosion
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-21

The maXimum temperature at the
north pole IS almost never above 30
degrees Fahrenheit. Even during the
24-hour days at midsummer the vast
SHOWS and stretches of icy water pre-
vent the rise beyond that