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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-14

corner Of Mann and Elliot streets They
constituted ore Of the most powerful and
influential law firms in Vermont, having
a wide and profitable practice
Judge Martins public political career
began with his election as representative
from Londonderry IN tie legislature OF
1871. He served on the committee OF
education. In 1876 lie was returned to
the legislature from Londonderry. serv-
ing a. chairman of the committee on
elections and a. a member Of the iudic-
iary committee. lie was sent third time
In 1878 and was chosen speaker Of the
house on the second ballot. In 1850, be
ing returned Tor TIE fourth time, he re-
ceiyed the compliment Of d unanimous
election to the ~pcakersiHp- such am
| event had never occurred before IN the
| history of Vermont. In 1SS2 lie was
| again returned and the popular apprecia-
! ton OF his services was further >igniiied
| hy q third election 10 the speakeIsnip.
! He represented BIattleburo N the legis-
lature Of 1892, but declined To be a eandi-
/ date for speaker. lie was made chairman
/ Of the judiciary committee. and was sec
ond on the ways and means committee
! He Was appointed state Tx commissioner
| In 1855 and again IN 1892.
/ Judge Martin became active IN Repuhi-
can politics. and III 1897 President VII
/ liam Mchinley. ia whose interest Judge
/ Martin was Kclv influential. appointed
him Unitcd States district attorney Tor
| Vermont. lie was serving li~ third term
when ~ October 1906. tire late Judge
! IIoyt IT, Wheeler Of this town having re-
tired as United States judge. Judge Mar
tina vas named a. hi~ successor by Prcsi-
dent Theodore Roosevelt
! While holding the office cf district at
toney he was particularly aggressive
against the Illegal Immigration OF China
men over the Vermont border, completely
wIping ont "a business that once fourishcd
For this work he was highly compliment
ed by the department of Justice
During his tenure of tire office Of United
States Judge. Judge Martins reputation
lgIcw apacc lie was called on to preside
at some exceptionally important eases
and his fairness and legal acumen were
widely commented upon.
| In connection with bis handling If the
famous sugar fraud eases iu New York IN
1910 the New York Mail had the follow
ing
Legal biologists would call him a
throwback. Ha dates from that better
> lpeliod IN American iaw when a place
upon the bench was won by character and
knowledge. and pull OF purchase never
figured. He Is the typical country iurist
OF 10 years ago grounded ia the last item
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-14
Russia Takes the Offensive
Near the Scenes of Her
Former Defeats
REINFORCEMENTS
IN WESTERN ARENA
England Sending i'll Thousands of
Fresh Soldiers Weekly and Germany
Suspends Ordinary Railroad Traffic
to Get Troops to Front.

Russia has once more undertaken an
offensive movement against two OF the
three nations she is fighting. After j
long period OF inactivity her forces in
the north are attempting to penetrate
from two directions into East Prussia,
where Russia several months ago sus-
talncd one OF the most severe defeats
OF the war.
in the Caucasus. Russian forces are
Iagain engaged in heavy fighting with
the Turks, who, according TO official
Petrograd advices. has sustained large
losses ia late encounters.
In Galicia and Bukowina. where Rus
sia 5 activities are directed against
Austria, there is now little activity.
Isoycre weather having checked military
Operations. On the western battleGeld
the fighting in the regions Of scissors
have developed into unexpectedly large
| proportions. Both the Germans and the
| allies apparently have thrown i'm heavy
lreinforcements and definite defeat for
leither might result in rcshaping of the
battle line over long sections Of the
front.
| Not only in the scissors regions, but
Elsewhere along the front Germany is
/
| in response to tho movement Of Eng
land, which is pouring in fresh soldiers
weekly by the thousands.
| Ordinary passenger traffic over the
railroads in Germany has been suspend
,-e,t severed DAYS and It is assumed that
extensive movements of troops are un
der way.
Although the Russian forces in
Inorthern Persia apparently offered NJ
PERSISTENCE TO the Turkish advance OF
Tabriz small forces Of Persiaus defend
Ied their country from invasion bat
with 10 success. OF guard Of 4aj
Persian horSenien at Maudoah the
Ieate~av to Persia, all but four wer,
killed
Within two hours motor ride o1
Paris Emperor William is directing ;
violent attack ON the French line Til,
Germans. under the eyes Of their ruler
wen an important victory IN the fight
ing yesterday near SoiSSons. the poin
at which the battle line is stretching
down from the north to u point near
est Paris in the turn eastward. n
hotu the Paris ard Berlin official state
p meats today the victcry OF the Ger
3 mans On the heights OF Nr my north
! east OF scissors is recorded.
} The Berlin settlement adds that tn
Z Germans, charging through heavy mud
took trench after trench. capturing
, 1896 prisoners.
< In the east also furious fighting ha
a been resumed The Russian forces i
o Fast Prussia have been driven bach
the Berlin war Office announces. bu
= the Russians are advancing toward til
FruSssau frontier and have capture
several towns frcm the Germans.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-14
MORE TOMFOOLERY
OVER KEY TO LOOKUP
This Time Sheriff Mann Seems to Have
Taken the Part Of
Little Memo.

The bitterness existing between the
village officials and the county sherifIs
was evidenced last evening when Sher-
iff G. +. Mann came down from West
minister with George Newton. whom he
had arrested on Il charge Of drunken
ness.
Police Chief George Wilson was at
the station aud asked the sheriff il he
wished any assistance. Sheriff Mann
replied that he did not and started up
the street with his prisoner The sheriff
had intended to put his man in the
new village lookup 10 which the sheriff
and deputies have no keys.
He met Village Attornev 0. b.
Hughes. in whose office the village
commission have placed key to the
lookup and asked him for the kew. Mr..
Hughes replied that he was to leave
town this morning on the early train
to be gone several days and had given
the key to Solon 4. Richmond chair
man of the commissioners, to keep dur
inc his absence and that the sheriff
could easily get it there.
The sheriff replied that he was not
going to 20 to Mr. Richmond S house
after a key and that he would take hi.
prisoner to the coanty jail at Newfanc
This he did.
Newton was arraiened before Justice
Benjamin c. Eager in that town thi,
morning aud a fine Of - and costs i'm
posed. Newton had no money so II,
was committed to the jail at Ncwfant
for the alternative sentence Of = days
Chief Wilson, Of course, had ke,
to the lookup and asked the sheriff il
he desired assistance which would hav,
included, possibly, the privilege O
locking his prisoner ia the loclsup Thi
offer was fatty relWsed aud the fac
that Alr hughes was about to lea1.
town for a few days Had caused hin
to remove the KEY from his Office am,
give it to the commissioners from
whom he received it.
This combination Of circumstance
serves to emphasize the fact that ther
/ is friction between the two groups o
officials that has grown to be acut
since the opening of the new Nillag
lookup TO which the sheriffs have no
! been given keys.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-14

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-14

The news of the death Of Judge Martin
WAS received in Brattleboro with startling
snddeuness and with profound SotroU.
To 4 casual observer he appeared To be
hralthful and rugged but those most
closely associated with HIM knew that for
some time hc had been afflicted with Il
heart affection and that II was necessary
for him 10 exercise caution.
Judge and Mrs Martin left Brattleh0ro
Monday. Mrs. Martin going directly TO
Montpelier and Judge Martin 10 Rgt-
laud, tine first ct several places where he
had arranged for sessions of court Tor
naturalization purposes. lie held court Ia
! Rutland Monday afternoon aud then went
| To Burlington, going from there to Mont
| Ipelier Tuesday and to Barre "Wednesday.
| He WAS to bc III st. .IohnsbUy today and
| IN Bellows Falls tomorrow. He expected
/ to reach home tomorrow afternoon. but
| Mrs. Martin was to remain III Montpelier
to complete Il two-weeks visit with Icla-
| tivcs-
| James Loren Martin. 6S. Was born IN
! Landgrove. IN Bennington county, >IN
miles from South Londonderry, Sept. IL,
1916. He was the fourth son of James
and Lucy (Grayl Martin, his father be
ing farmer and prominent man in ms
section of the state, serving IN both
branches OF the legislature and as town
clerk Judge Martin was born in the
house where his father was born,
Brought up on the paternal farm, he
was thoroughly Injured to habits of indus
TRY and independence, and at the age Of
II was presented $50 and the control oi
his own time. which constituted his sole
loutfit with which he faced the future He
worked his way through school and when
not in school engaged in the bIacing toll
of chopping wood by the cord aud in peel
ing bark for tanneries At intervals he
office of Judge Hoyt H Wheeler then OF
Jamaica, whom he was destined to sue
ceed as United States Judge IN 1S6S he
entered the Albany law school, finishing
, his studies there in May 1860
| Admitted to the Bennington county
bar at the june term, 1869, Mr.. Martir
Iopencd an office in South Londonderry il
, 1.-THE fall Of the same year. Until Septem
ber, 1879 he practiced professional,
without any associate, and then formed
partnership with Addison T. Cudworth O
lSouth Londonderry. who Is still a praC
lticing lawyer III that village. That part
Inershlp continued j year
/ IN January, 1SS2, with i G.. Eddy
tnoW Of Sioux Falls. :. d.. as an associat.
lhe purchased the law business of the lat
! Charles y. Davenport of Brattleboro an
I lmoved te Brattleboro. In 1888 he forme
;, IA partnership with Eleazer L. Waterman
s now one Of the superior Judges Of Ne1
IS mont. and later George r. HIT now dt
s lceascd. became "a member of the firm the
.oliice being IL the bank building at til
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-14
FURIOUS FIGHTING
Russian Forces Pushing Their Way
Toward East Prussia.

PETROGRAD. via London. Jan 1t.
$40 y. m.-Furious lighting has been
resumed in Russian Poland. The Rus
sian forces in the north which are
pushing toward East Prussia in the
region near Mlawa have captured a
number of villages. In the center the
Germans have made four violent at
taclls within the last 4S hours They
forced back the Russians and occupied
considerable ground.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-14
SUDDEN DEATH
OF JUDGE MARTIN
Dropped Dead at $40 This Morning in Railroad
Station at Montpelier For Years Prominent in
Public Afairs-Federal Judge Since October
1906


United States District Judge jaime, r.
Martin. G>, of BrattIeboro, died suddenly
OF heart disease at $40 O'Clock this
morning Ia the Montpelier x Wells River
railroad station He was hurrying from
street car to the railroad station short
distance away, when d pallor came over
his face and ne fell backward to the
ground. Death ensued within two OF
three minutes
Judge Martin came here Tuesday to
hold naturalization court Yesterday he
presided over a similar court in Barre.
and today he was going TO st. JohnsbuIy
Tor the same purpose. The train on
which he was to 20 leaves the Montpelier
x Wells River station at SO O'Clock.
Judge Martin thought hc was TO 90 on a
Central Vermont train and 50 went to
the Central Vermont station, expecting
TO leave at SO.
United States Marshal Arthur Z. Car.
|pcntcr Of BIattleboro and Clerk Frederick
Is. Plstt OF Rutland, who were TO go with
Judge Martin. went to the Montpelier s
" tia0 al fi stttLtN- a. i-dlh Nll3lt
preached and Judge Martin did not an
rive they suspected that he had made a
mistake and telephoned to The Central
Vermont station, locating Judge Martin
there.
Judge Martin at once boarded street
car. arriving at the Montpelier x Well.
River station gust as the train arrived
Clerk Platt and c. DEF Bancroft me
| the street ear TO take Judge Martin
baggage. and they were fastening to tn,
train when the fatal stroke came. Mr.
Carpenter already had boarded the train
~ quickly a. possible Judge Martin
was carried into the station and DIR
Julius Dewey, his brother-in-law, and Dr
William Lindsay were summoned, but lii
was cNtimct when they arrived
The body was taken to the home o
Fred \ Rowland on State street. wher
Judge and Mrs Martin had been staying
MIR. Martin being sister Of Mrs. How
land. Ii is expected that funeral an,
burial viii take place IN this city. Judg
Martin having a burial lot here.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-14
BOY KILLED BABY.
Gun With Which Lad of IL Was
Playing Accidentally Discharged.

MADISON. Maine. Jan. 14.-The
seven-months old child of +. d.
Hively was fatally shot through the top
of the head last night by Edgar Beau
Iier, y, while the latter was playing
with a rifle found in the Hivelv home
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-14
BY News Of the Death of
Former Speaker Martin
Today
HOUSE ADJOURNED
AS MARK OF RESPECT
Brattlcboro Representatives Spoke
Briefly of Loss to the State-House
Judiciary Committee Has Important
Hearing Tonight-Other News.
Especial to The Reforner.l
aTnN~u.r,r,T rfvr,

The news OF the sudden death of
Judge lanes L. Martin OF the United
States District court came as q great
shock to friends and relatives OF this
city and to the members of the le@is-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-14
SHAKEN AGAIN TO-DAY.
People Fled from Homes in Rome at
8 O'Clock This Morning.

LONDON, Jan. l., 1910 a. ma
agency despatch from Rome says that
further shock was felt in Rome about
= o'clock this morning. In several
quarters Of the city people fled from,
their houses into the open air.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-14
AT THE CENTRE CHURCH

Friday. Jan. t5, 7.3o p. m.-AdJourn.
cl meeting of the church TO adopt by
laws for the incorporated church
The officers Of the Woman g assocaa.
hou invite the parish, especially the
women, TO a 1o.ccnt social, the first
of this year S series i'm the chapel from
% 10 6 O'Clock Tuesday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-14
WILLIAM BEGGS DEAD.
Shoe Manufacturer Was at Head Of
Several Establishments

WOBURN. Mass. Jan. William
Beggs ST., 1 member Of the firm of
Beggs 4 Cobb. leather manufacturers,
who have plants in this city, Winches-
ter and Confluence. Pa. died at his
home early today. lie was - years
Of age
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-14
THE WEATHER.
Partly Cloudy Tonight and Friday
Warmer Moderate Winds

WASHINGTON, Jan. II. - The
weather forecast Partly cloudy TO
night and Friday. Somewhat warmer
Moderate east to southeast winds
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-14

Continued on Page 81
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-21
GEORGE NAUX, AGED QUAKER,
DIES AT BRYN MAWR HOME
Cousin of Former Philadelphia Mayor,
Leader Among Friends.

George NauX. Sc years old, n cousin Of
former Mayor Richard NauX, of this city,
and representative of one of the oldest
Quaker families in this city, died at his
residence In Bryn Mawr last night,
He was the son Of George and Eliza n.
CSansom) NauX. He was once secretary
and treasurer of the Swatara Coal Com
pany, being prominent among the men
that carried on extensive operations in
the Lykens Valley coal region prior to
the sale of the lands to the Philadelphia
and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Mr.. VauX was the highest authority in
this city on the history of the Society Of
Friends i'm and around Philadelphia He
was Il well-known writer on this subject
and wrote many articles of value for
The Friend and other publications. He
was a member of the boards and COM
mittees of the Society of Friends and was
president of the Bible Association of
Friends in America and of the Western
Soup Society. Mr. VauX was keenly
interested in the education of Negroes and
has Leen manager of the Cheyney
Training School for Teachers for more
than 90 years
Mr. NauX Is survived by son, George
VauX, Jr, Of Bryn Mawr. and daughter.
Mrs. Charles n. WalCott of Washington,
p. c.. and Bryn Mawr. The former is
well known in this city as one time in
spector of the Eastern Pententiary. He
resigned from that position 10 years ago,
when the demands of his private busl-
ness and family affairs made 1t neces-
sary.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-21
POLICE SCENT MURDER
IN FATE or A MAN
FOUND IN SUBWAY
Body Discovered on Read
ing Railway Track at
10Th Street, Near Hamil-
ton-Bruise on Fl e a d
Arouses Suspicion.

A man was found dead early today in
the Philadelphia and Reading Subway
at 18th street below Hamilton. and n
mark on his head leads the detectives
working on the case to believe that he
may have been murdered, There was a
single blue mark across the dead mans
forehead, as though he had been struck
was fractured.
Papers found in the clothing Indicate
that the dead man was Patrick Kennedy.
of liO6 King street. Wilmington, Del. The
body was discovered at i:3O o'clock by
Yardmastcr Horace *. Law. OF 2O3 Beck
street, Norristown He notified Police
man John W. OConnor, who sent the
body to the Garretson Hospital Physi-
clans said the man had been dead some
time.
District Detective Emmet Hammond and
Detective James OHara were detailed
to the case. They say there arc three
theories of how the man met his death.
Hc might have Jumped from the 18th
street bridge, a drop of A feet to the
tracks or he might have fallen from a
freight train. The third possibility, and
the one on which detectives are work
inG is that he was murdered.
The only weak point in this theory Is
that evidently no effort was made to rob
the man, A cheap watch was found in
his pockets. with Si43 in cash and a bank
book and some letters. The man was
about 90 years old. He wore a dark
striped suit and black hat. The VIII
mingtOn police have been notified.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-21
TALE OF LOOTING LOGAN
UNCOVERS STOLEN GOODS
Nearly $4,000 Worth of Property
Awaits Identification by Owners

NGdIly pOVNS 'OiNi -
Awaits Identification by OwnerA
Further confessions of house-breakihg
were made to the police today by Preston
Yates, 2sOl North Park avenue, who was
arrested yesterday on charges of commit
ting a long series Of robberies in ogan
during the winter, In an automobile
with Acting Detectives Mellon and Rich
ardson he made a trip through the dis
trict he piIlaged and pointed out tour
more houses that he had robbed, These
were the homes of Frank Medinger, 651i
Ogontz avenue; Arthur Mills, 6Oth ave. ave.
pue near 18th street; Richard Geiker, 4SSS
North Mine street, and Herman klei=
man sos Northeast boulevard
Al each of these places his confession
M having stolen money and jewelry was
verified by the police, TO whom he eN-
nIained his method. He would select
5arLened house, he said, and atter ring
inc ths bell To make sure nobody was at
home. ne would go to the rear and force
q window. Loot TO the value OF 500 was
unearthed by the police today on iniorma,
tion furnished by Yates. This with 1900
a,orth previously found, Is awaiting lden-
,i6cation at the police station. Yates VIII
he given a further hearing on Saturday
,gbsn the police expect him TO confess to
still greater thefts
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-21
FOSTER MOTHER KEEPS CHILD
DESPITE REAL MOTHERS PLEA
Friend Who "Mothered" Three Year
Old Retains Custody, Court Rules

frlend VINO Mothefed lhfee- ear
Old Retains Custody, Court Rules
The love of mother for her beautiful
3-year-old baby went for nothing today,
when the little girls welfare was en-
trusted by a court decision to another
appealing woman who had cared for the
child almost since her birth. Vice Chan
Cclor Leaning. of New Jersey denied an
appeal made by Mrs. Hattie H. Chap
man, of Merchantville, for the restoration
of her daughter. Florence. who had been
mothered and nursed through the dis
eases of childhood by Mrs Emma Toll
liver. virtually a stranger to the real
mother.
ON the ground that il = for tho beet
interests of the little girl to remain in
the custody of the woman VINO cuI,t 10,
her during the most trying years of hcr
filled the place of the real mother" the
Vice Chancellor nullifed a habeas corpus
action brought by Mrs. Chapman and
Joined in by her husband, Richard Chap
man.
A few weeks after the birth of Flor
ence Chapman, her mother testified she
was compelled to leave her home on a
business trip. Her husband, unable to
care for the child asked Mrs. Tolliver,
also of Merchantvile TO assume the re-
sponsibility. Afterward Mrs Chapman
said. she appealed to Mrs, TOlliver for
the return of the child and was refused
Following the adoption of little Florence
by Mrs Toliver, the habeas corpus
action was instituted.