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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-26
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

TRAYED-STOLEN XB,T1NDEGK1Ff. Sd Fist st., N.-Ohs light red cow. with white spots. also white stripe around body behind fore legs; horns have been cut Tor ora ss hubs. but hubs lost of; was left tied near sth ave. and 18th st. Liberal re- ward for her return to above address or Information as to whereabouts.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-29
NORTHFIELD. MASS.

Miss Esther Darby is visiting friends in
Springfield
Mrs Fred jackson Of Greenfield is visit
ing friends in town.
Bert Preston of Marlboro, n H, spent
the weekend with friends here.
Mrs. p A. Wyman is i'll and is being
cared for by Mrs. David Wyman Of Athol
The faculty and students Of Marquand
hall entertained their friends Monday at a
reception.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Smith have re-
turned to their summer home here, after
spending the winter in Yonkers, n. Y.
Mrs Moffatt of Berkshire, n H., and
Miss Mary Solandt of Springfield, Mass,
were guests recently at A. NJ. Solandt's.
The fine mineral collection which was
owned by the late c. H. Webster was
transferred to Northfeld seminary Mon
day.
Three automobile loads, % in number,
went to the Lawler theatre in Greenfield
Monday night to see the play, The Road
to Happiness.
The Unitarian Alliance meeting next
week will be in charge of Miss Sarah
Minot. The hostesses for the social hour
are Mrs. j. w. Field, .jr., and Miss Char
lotte Holton.
Mr.. and Mrs. w r. Moody gave recep-
tion in their home Wednesday evening in
honor of Miss Alice NJ. Varley, who will
sail Friday from New York for England.
Miss Varley is associate editor of the Rec
ord of Christian Work.
\ game of baseball between the North
field hotel team and the camp team was
played on the hotel field Tuesday after
noon, the former being victorious. Rob
ert Murray was hit and badly injured on
his arm by a swiftly thrown ball.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-29
DISASTER STORY
DENIED BY ALLIES
Their Statement Is That Line Has Been Established
Across European Side of Peninsula and Forces
Are Advancing Steadily Fighting Less Intense
in Flanders

Turkish and British reports of the land
operations in the Dardanclles region are
again in direct conflict
From the Turkish version it would APP
pear that the Anglo-French land invasion
had resulted in disaster for the allies.
Further claims to victories are made in
au official report from Constantinople to-
day
II is said the forces which landed were
forced back, four brigades being driven
into the sea and others surrcndering. One
transport is said to have been sunk.
The British official reports give no hint
Of defeat The latest statement at London
says land forces have succeeded in estab-
fishing line across the peninsula and
European side and are advancing steadily.
An unofficial statement from Athens
states that the allies were victorious in
battle on the west side, inhcting serious
losses on the Turks and capturing one bat
talon
The battle Of Flanders apparently has
passed the high point Of intensity and is
becoming less severe.
An Official Belgian statement speaks
merely of activity of the artillery and avia-
tors along the Belgian front.
Today's official statement from Paris and
Berlin do not indicate that significant
changes appeared in Yesterdays fighting.
The French report says Belgian and
French troops made progress in Flanders,
while the German annomccmut asserts
Chat attacks on the German positions on
the west banks of the User canal failed.
IL is also said the Germans advanced
more than 100 yards southeast OF Nerdun.
In the Russian campaign the capture
By The Germans Of a Polish village is
claimed, MS well as the occupation of the
Russian position ON the Warsaw front
This is the first indication in several
weeks of fighting of consequence along this
line, where occurred some. Of the most Sc
we're engagements Of the war.
Pctrograd attaches Importance to the
Russian capture Of Loubnia, northeast OF
Uzsok pass.
Possession Of this town, it Is said, vii
enable the Russians to interrupt the opera
tion of the railroad on which the Austrians
have relied for moving troops along the
BesEid mountain.
Field Marshal Sir John French, the Brit
ish commander, has announced that tn,
German advance has been checked.
Ia the Russian campaign new battles ar,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-29
HINSDALE, N. II.

Miss Nellie Redding was at home
Sunday from Brattleboro.
Mrs Lillian Adams has gone to
Manchester for a two-week s visit.
Miss Lena Liscom of Everett, Mass,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. j. T.
Sprague
Miss Helen jackson recently enter
tanned her mother from Cambridge,
Mass, few days.
f. o. Packard has been appointed
tax collector and F. t. Latham as jan
itor of the town buildings.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. A. Maginnis and
daughter, Eileen, spent Sunday in
South Vernon with relatives.
Mrs. A. A. Bailey was taken to the
Memorial hospital in Brattleboro
Tuesday and was operated upon fol-
gall stones Wednesday. She is report
ed IS resting comfortably.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-29
KURDS MASSACRE
500 CHRISTIANS
Board Receives News
Confirming Slaughter in Persia
Havoc by Disease.

NEW YORK, April 29.-Details of
the massacre Of native Christians at
Urumiah, Persia, by Kurds, received by
the Presbyterian Board of Foreign
Missions, state that not less than 500
have been murdered there and that
not less than 1000 have perisned from
disease. The attacks, it would appear,
have not been confined to Kurds, but
have been made in at least one in
stance, by Turkish soldiers Crucifx-
ion and burning Christians alive have
been revived, missionaries reported to
the board
The attack in which Turkish sol
diers We're the assailants according 10
reports received by the board. was
made upon the American mission and
the French Roman Catholic mission.
Five native Russian priests, the report
asserts, were taken from the American
mission by the Turks. The mission
aries stated that these men were
''treated badly, and add that it was
not known to them whether the priests
had been killed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-29
REPORTS EVERYWHERE
VERY CONFLICTING
Turks and Germans Are Trying to
Exert Influence on italy, the
Allies Declare.

LONDON, April %, 1255 D. m.-The
fighting at the tip of the Gallipoh PENN
sula across which the British have strung
their forces, and the efforts to dislodge
the Germans from Steenstraate, the only
point on the west bank of the User which
the inyaders have been able to hold since
the recent rush in Flanders, are the areas
today which, though comparatively small,
hold the greatest possibilities for far
reaching results
Although the Turks and Germans main
tain that the British on the west and the
French on the east side of the Dardan-
Giles are being crushed in their attempt to
press forward, newspaper readers in Lon
don are being told that all official state
ments from Constantinople and Berlin
bearing on the Dardanelles struggle are
not only censored but framed with the
purpose of exertlng a favorable influence
ON Italy and other wavering neutrals.
French and Belgian artillery is today
battering away at Steensstraate, but there
is no claim of gains by either side
At the same time the British show no
disposition to abandon their attempt to
force the Germans to yield the ground
gained by them.
There is no confirmation Of the rumor
current that they have recaptured St
Julien.
In the expectation that the Germans
viii continue to use poisonous gases the
women of England are working to supply
simple restoratives for the men in the
field, and thousands will soon be sent t.
the front
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-29
SUNDAY SCHOOL
WORKERS TO MEET
State superintendent Boyd VIII Dis
cuss Problems in Centre Congre-
gational Chapel Friday.

There viii be a meeting of Sunday
school workers in the chapel of the
Congregational church this week Fri
day afternoon at 8 clock, conduct
ed by Rev Charles A. Boyd Of Burl-
ington, general secretary of the Yer
mont state Sunday School association.
All Sunday school workers are invited
to come to discuss with Mr. Boyd and
others their problems. There win be
an evening service conducted by Mr..
Boyd All are cordially invited.
There viii be a service Friday even
ing in South Vernon. conducted by
Mrs Edith Balch Wright, state field
secretary, and Miss Marion F. Stick
ney of Barre, state superintendent of
elementary work.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-29
HARRIs-AHRENs WEDDING.
Well Known Local Couple Married il
Episcopal Rectory.

Leon Lewis Harris and Miss Alfredo
Pauline Ahrens were married yestGr-
day noon in the Episcopal rectory by
Rev. Nelson Kellogg, who used sin
Gle ring service. They were attended
by Mr. and Mrs Louis Stiff The bride
was dressed in a blue travelling suit
with hat to match. Immediately after
the ceremony they left by automobile
for Greenfield, Mass, boarding a train
there for Niagara Falls, n. r., where
they viii spend<their honeymoon. Upon
their return they will begin house
keeping on Maple street, where they
have a house furnished ready for their
occupancy.
Mrs Harris is niece of Mrs G. A.
Boman of 60 Birge street, with whom
she made her home. Mr.. Harris is the
only son of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis D.
Harris of High street and is employed
in the Estey Organ factory as tuner
They are well-known young people.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-29
is NEGOTIATING
WITH BOTH SIDES
Italy Wants TO Know What She Would
Obtain by Entering War on the
Side Of the Allies.

ROME, April 90, $50 a. m. - Italy
is continuing negotiations with the
powers on both sides in the war The
diplomatic interchanges with the allies
are designed to clear the atmosphere
definitely with regard to what Italy
would obtain should she enter the war
on the side of the triple entente. The
conversation with central empires
seems to aim chiefly at convincing
Vienna and Berlin that this country is
determined to remain steadfast in her
demands.
Prince Bon Buelow, the German en-
bassador, still is striving to induce
Austria to make concessions and pre-
vent Italy from becoming one of the
belligerents.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-29

developing in the north along the East
Prussan border.
Petrograd dispatches speak of various
indecisive encounters, but make no men
tion of the victory along the 12-mile front
which the German war office announced
yesterday.
Neither has it conceded the reported vic
tory in Bukowina on the eastern end of
the front, which is said to have compelled
the Russians to fall back to the border
\ Berlin news agency announces that
the Austria-Italian negotiations are pro-
ceeding toward a satisfactory adjustment
and that the most important points have
been settled
Rome advices, however, say that Italy
is not yielding and that a representative
Of the government has admitted that no
agreement is in sight
Austria is reported to have stopped all
ordinary traffic ON railroads along the bor-
der for the purpose OF rushing in large
numbers Of troops.
1t is reported from Rome that Italy has
reached an agreement with Great Britain
and France that if she enters the war it
will be coincident with a concerted often.
sive movement against Germany and Aus.
tria by all their opponents.
The agreement is said to provide for the
territory which Italy is said to acquire in
event Of victory and for new and perma-
mont alliance bptWppr Italy and tho pq7yprs
of the triple entente
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-29
BRONCHITIS KILLED :,
CANADIAN GAS VICTIMS
British Medical Expert Reports After
Investigation at the Elan
ders Front.

LONDON, April 29-Dr. John S. Hal
dane, who was sent to France to observe
the effect Of the gases used by the Ger
mans in opening their attack near Ypres,
reports that he examined several Cana
dams who had been incapacitated by the
gases.
"These men, he said, were lying strug-
Cling for breath, and blue in the face. On
examining their blood with a spectroscope
and by other means / ascertained that the
blueness was not due to the presence Of
any abnormal pigment. There was nothing
to account for the blueness and their strug-
giles for air but one fact, and that was
that they were suffering from acute bron-
chitis, such as is caused by the inhalation
Of an irritant gas. Their statements were
to the effect that when in the trenches
they had been overwhelmed by an irritant
gas produced in front OF the German
trenches and carried toward them by
gentle breeze.
'One of the men died shortly after our
arrival. \ post-mortem examination show
ed that death was due to acute bronchitis
and its secondary effects. There was no
doubt that the bronchitis and accompany
ing slow asphyxiation were due to irritant
gas.
Captain Bertram of the Eighth Cana
dian battalion, who is suffering from the
effects Of gas and from wounds, says that
from a support trench about 600 yards
from the German lines he observed the gas
He saw first Of all white smoke rising from
the German trenches to a height of about
three feet Then in front of the white
smoke appeared a green cloud, which drift
ed along the ground to our trenches, not
rising more than about seven feet from the
ground.
When it reached our first trenches the
men IN these trenches We're obliged to
leave, and a number OF them were killed
| by the effects Of the gas We made
a counter-attack about u minutes after
the gas came over, and saw "a men lying
dead from the effects Of the gas, on a
small stretch Of road leading from the adj
vaneed trenches to the supports. He him
, self was much affected by the gas and felt
as though he could not breathe.
These symptoms and other facts so far
| iascertained point to the use by the Ger
man troops Of chlorine or bromine for the
purpose of asphyXiation. There also are
/ facts pointing to the use in German shells
| of other rritant substances. Still, the last
! Of these agents are not of the same brutal
jity and barbarous character as was the gas
used in the attack on the Canadians
The effects are not those of any of the
ordinary products of combustion OF explo-
sives On this point the symptoms de-
scribcd lett not the slightest doubt in my
mind
Dr. John Scott Haldane is an authority
on the physiology of respiration. He has
served on several royal commissions and
has carried out other special inquiries for
government departments on public health
Questions.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-29
Included in Settlement of
Mrs. Thayer's Action
for Services
AGREEMENT TO PAY
TODD HIS COSTS
Divorce Petition Brought by Thayer
and Cross Libel by His Wife Re
main to Be Tried-other Business
in County Court at Newfane.

After the case of Mrs. Josie E. Thayer
iof Dummerston hill against her brother
in-law, Irving F. Thayer, for S3,793 had
been strated in county court at Newfane
yesterday afternoon an offer of settle
ment was made and an agreement was soon
reached. The exact terms of settlement
We're not announced, but the terms asked
by Mrs. Thayer were that she be paid a
certain sum and that the suit which had
been brought by her husband, John L.
Thayer, against Edward Todd, charging
that Todd alienated her affections, be
dropped and that Todd be paid his costs
Todd formerly worked for John L. Thayer
He and Mrs. Thayer were stopped while
driving through Hinsdale, y. H. and
Todd was arrested on the charge OF at
tempted elopement, but was released, no
body appearing against him. BY reason
i Of the settlement the facts on which Mr.
Thayer based his suit will not come out,
unless through divorce proceedings which
are pending.
After the Hinsdale episode Thayer
brought the alienation proceedings against
| Todd for damages, Mr.. and Mrs Thayer
both filed divorce petitions and Mrs
| Thayer sued her husbands brother for
work she claimed to have done on his farm
land IN his home from Oct. j, 1888, to
Jan. /, 1915. 1t is the last mentioned
case that has been discontinued through
settlement
There are still to be heard divorce
| libel brought by Thayer, in which he al
1 leges statutory offense, and a cross libel
brought against him by his wife, in which
she alleges cruel and abusive treatment
and desertion
The jury in the case of Edward F. Zeno
against A. c. Mason, a replevin suit
brought as the outcome Of a horse deal
which, as it was developed in court, be-
came much involved, returned verdict
for the plaintiff
The court is now engaged in considera-
tion Of the case of Cora E. Rawson
against F. F. Churchill, a suit growing out
of dispute over a boundary line in South
| Londonderry.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-29
UNEASY
OVER SWITZERLAND
Suggestion That She May succulnb to
German Pressure in Event of
Italy Joining War.

ROME, April %. : Next to the
question whether Italy win Join the
war on the side of the allies comes
that of the attitude of Switzerland in
such an event. The republic IS cred
tied here with q preponderanee Of
German sympathies, added to which
she has the lesson of the fate of
Belgium before her eyes should she
resist Germany s pressure to allow the
troops Of the Fatherland to pass
through to attack Italy. 1T would be
fatally easy to protest and give way.
representing that it was a case Of
force maieure.
On the other hand, Italy hopes for
the sturdy independence Of Switzerland
and her pledged word to be neutral,
also her fear lest she lose tine Italian
and French cantons at the end of the
war should she give way to the enc
mics Of the allies. Moreover there is
the fear of famine should the only
road to replenish through Italy be
closed.
The situation is most critical. but
Switzerland may escape the fate of
Belgium owing to her superior stategi-
cal position and the present wea kness
/ of Germany and Austria. 1t is felt
in Rome that the war still may have
many unpleasant surprises for thl
world.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-29
LONDONDERRY.
Mrs. Lizzie (Haywood) whitney.

Mrs. Lizzie (Haywood) Whitney. As,
wife of Charles w Whitney, died Friday
in her home in Troy, n H. She was born
in Londonderry Jan. II, 1867, and when
young woman went to Troy to teach
school. She married Charles w. Whitney
of that town Nov. 26, 1884 One child,
Doris Belle, was born there They moved
to Arlington, n. H, in 1889, returning 10
years ago to Troy, where Mr.. Whitney
took charge of his fathers store. Mrs.
Whitney was an active member of the Con-
gregational church. Her last weeks were
made happier by the presence of her moth
Ter, Mrs. Haywood of Londonderry. Fun
neral services were held Sunday. Besides
her mother, husband and daughter, Mrs
Horace Kendall of Newton Center Mass,
Mrs Whitney leaves one sister, Mrs. Carl
Wright of this place, who attended the
funeral, and brother, Charles Haywood
tlof Kansas City.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-29
HOSPITAL TOWN
WAS BOMBARDED
French Charge That German Flying
Machine Dropped Incendiary
Bombs on Erernay.

PARIS, April %, 2.33 D. m. - The
French war office report today reads
as follows:
In Belgium we have continued to
progress in connection with the Bel
gian troops in a northerly direction
On the right bank of the User canal
we took $50 prisoners as well as two
machine guns. There is nothing new
on the heights of the Meuse or in the
Vosges. The enemy has bombarded,
by means Of flying machines, using in
cendiary shells, the open town of
Epernay, occupied exclusively at the
time by hospital detachments.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-29
COLONEL NOT UNDER
THUMB OF I. PLATT
Roosevelt Gave Evidence to Show That
He Was Not Subservient to
tho Easy Boss''

SYRACUSE, n. Y, April 29.-With-
IN ten minutes yesterday afternoon
Theodore Roosevelt gave evidence
which threatened to shatter the elabo-
rate structure reared by William NJ
lvlns IN the last week to prove that
the colonel while governor was under
the thumb of the late Thomas G. Platt,
the once all-powerful Republican boss
of the state.
The colonel s effort came toward the
close of the days proceedings in the
libel suit brought against him by
William Barnes. Having escaped from
the grilling cross examination of Mr..
WINS and been allowed, under redirect
examination, to resume making impress
sive speeches to the jury, the witness
was asked to tell how he came to be
nominated for the vice presidency in
1900. His answer completely DESTROYED
the long accepted version that PIatt
forced his nomination in order to get
him out Of the governorship.
With his own peculiar method Of
emphasis the colonel related how he
forced Platt to give up the idea OF
running him for vice president by
threatening to break with the Repubii-
can state machine and fight for the
governorship. The national convention
however, nominated him for vice pres
ident Mr.. WINS, by introducing doz-
ems of letters that passed between the
q Easy Boss and the colonel had tried
to show that Mr.. Roosevelt was sub
servient to Platt s dietation. In the
case of the vice presidency, however
the colonel showed that he had bent
Platt to his will
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-29
EXPECT FOUR YEARS WAR.
Germany Seeks to Purchase Supplies
in Scandinavia.

LONDON, April %. - A despatch
to the Daily Mail from Copenhagen an
nounces that State Counsellor Gott-
seha1k of Germany has arrived there.
His mission is to arrange for purchases
of food in Norway and Sweden
He announced that Chancellor Won
Bethmann-H Hollweg has directed the
German chambers of commerce to
systematic the buying of a four-yeaI
food supply for the nation, declaring
that it is necessary to be prepared for
that period.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-29
Members of Switchboard Held
Conference with Spring
field Carmen
QUESTION MAY
BE SETTLED TO-DAY
Both Parties to the Controversy Agree
That the Reinstating of Three Con-
ductors is the Only Point at Issue
at Present Time.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, April 20
The question of calling another strike
of the trolleymen was believed to de-
pend upon the outcome of a conference
today between Chairman Charles G..
Wood and T. NJ. Bump of the state
board of eonciliation and arbitration
and representatives of the carmen s
union.
Both parties to the controversy
agree that the question Of reinstating
three conductors, discharged for al
legged irregularities, is the only point
at issue.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-29
HEALTH CONFERENCE.
Noted Speakers at the Meeting Held
in Boston This Afternoon.

BOSTON, April pa conference
of health officials and others was held
under the joint auspices of the state
health department and the Massachus-
etts association of boards of health to-
day. Among those who delivered ad-
dresses were President Emeritus
Charles W. Elliot of Harvard univer-
sity, Professor William T. Sedgwick of
the Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology, Dr. Alan J. Mclaughlin, state
health commissioners, and Prof. Irving
W. Fisher of Yale. Gov. Walsh made
the address of welcome.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-29
AT THE CENTRE CHURCH.

Friday at 3 p. m--AIeeting Of Sunday
school workers in the chapel, for confer
euee and question box. Conducted by Rev.
C.. y. Boyd, secretary of the Vermont
Sunday School association.
Friday at 7.30 p. m.-Union meeting of
Sunday school workers in the chapel, adj
dress 10y Rev. c. 4. Boyd
Saturday at $40 a. m.-Meeting Of the
Boy Scouts at the chapel, for cleanup day.
1t is hoped that every Boy Scout will be
present.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-29
MARRIAGES.

In Brattleboro, April %, by Rev.
Nelson Kellogg, Leon Lewis Harris and
Miss Alfredo Pauline Ahrens, both of
Brdttleboro.
In Brattleboro, April %, by Rev. George
Z. Tomkinson, Leon AFRO Stewart and
Miss Elizabeth M, Hawkes., both Of Brat
tleboro
In Kent, Conn, April q, Wheeler
Burnett King and Mrs. Alice (Eels) Con
don, the latter formerly of Brattle-
boro.