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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-15
WANTED SOME OF THE SAME
Washington Youth at Birthday Lun-
cheon Asked for Plate Of Same
When Waiter Gave Change.

A Washington man celebrated the
eighth birthday of a nephew of his
by taking the lad to luncheon at a
big hotel.
The youthful guest had not noticed
that at the end Of the luncheon his
uncle had rendered a $50 bin in pay
ment thereof. but the boy did notice
that when the waiter returned he
brought with him plate upon which
was piled a huge mound of green
backs and silver.
With longing glance at the money
the boy leaned toward his uncle and
said:
If you please, Uncle Tom, III have
plate OF that, too! "-Lippineott's.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-15
WEST BRATTLEBORO

William Douglas has broken ground
for a story and-a-half house on his lot
on Orchard street.
Mrs. John Cutting has gone this
week to the home of her sister, Mrs.
James Eastwood, and brother, Henry
Cutting, to visit.
Mrs. Francis Lynde has been called
to Springfield, Mass, on account of
Morse, with pneumonia.
Mrs. E. f. Fisher, who has been con
fined to the house by illness, is stay
ing for a time with her sisters, Mrs.
Bartlett and Miss Marie L. Stedman.
Mr.. and Mrs. a. w. Sweeton and
son, Arthur, have returned from a
visit to their former home in Canton,
Conn. They were accompanied here
by Mr.. Sweeton s aunt, Mrs. Mary
Maddrah, of Torrington, Conn.
Baptist church, West Brattleboro
Rev. l. NJ. Compton pastor. Morning
worship at 1870 with sermon by the
pastor. Sunday school at noon. Even
ing service at : clock. Midweek
prayer meeting Wednesday evening
at 80.
Rev. and Mrs. / NJ. Compton, Mis-:
Kate Wheeler, Mrs. Leonard Taylor
Mrs. Herbert Thurber, Mr.. and Mrs
ohm Mckay were among those from
this village who attended the 63d an
nual meeting of the Wiadham County
Baptist Bible School convention il
West Guilford, yesterday.
| Mrs George f. Winters. who has
been keeping house for her brother
| Roswell Frost. since the death Of Mr.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-15

Stop at the Bungalow Tea Room,
Harmonyville, Townshcnd, Vt, for re
frcshments ADV. S6-5-l-4 1t
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-15
CATTLE SALE
IS FINISHED
Whirlwind of Bidding Mark
ed Final Hours on Valley
Fair Grounds
TOTAL OF $28,
PAID FOR 1877 HEAD

Two Local Buyers Were Henry R.
Brown, Who Paid $3.50 for Three
Animals, and A j. Hildreth, Who
Paid S135 for Calf.
The first of the auction sales of the
Purebred Live Stock Sales Co., Inc,
Of Brattleboro to be held in Brattlc-
boro and the second under the man
agcmcnt of the company, which be
gan Tuesday, came to close late yes
terday afternoon ON the Valley fair
grounds in Whirlwind of bidding.
During the last hour of the sale any
one who really wanted an animal that
was for sale was forced to speak
quick or lose his chance. The necessity
/ Tor hurrying undoubtedly had some
/ thing to do with keeping down the
! prices of the last lot of animals sold.
! As it was, the sales for the day
/ tOtaled ST. 400 for 70 cattle, an aver
! age of a small fraction under $244
/ each for the day s sales. The sales Of
/ the first day amounted to Sill for
/ "a cattle, bringing the total for the
! two days to $2S, 920, an average of
/ $2l2 each for 1877 cattle While it was
probably a little disappointing that
j there was not a larger crowd present
there was no question of the interest
of those who were on hand. The big
majority were men who were interest
/ ed in cattle and who knew good cat
tie and most Of them were there tC
buy if they could get what they
wanted for a price they considered q
fair Olc The weather was ideal fl
the sale, but coming as it did imme
diatcly after a long rainy spell ii
forced many farmers who otherwise
would have been on hand to remain
at home to dc work that the incle
mcnt weather had prevented then
from doing before.
/ +. II. Metcalf of Holyoke, Mass
who with his father operates the hi,
Farr-Alpaca mills there, was the hcav
lest buyer and paid the largest pric
for a single cow. He bought eight an
imals for $500, paying $3.50 70
Thrysa Cornucopia I56574 vesterda
morning. He paid 5000 for Maple
mont Vadora 2d, 222793. bred an
consigned by J. w. Prentiss & Son O
/ Alstcad \. II. L. c. Lowell of Be
: lows Falls ran his total purchases IL
- to IS, most of them young heifers. H
= paid $3.G04 for the lot II. c. Rey
i uolds of Thompson, Conn. and D. v
II Wright of Cambridge, n. Y, were tie
II for third highest honors with 81, is
Il each paid for eight animals each
II \. Preston of Contacook, n H., ha
II a bill of $l,40O for his purchases. D.
u rand Bros, of Chester spent Sc
i for seven animals and J. l.. Kerr
Il Warner, n. H.. $1,150 for SIEVE
\ others. F. W. Wceden of Bellows Fal
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-15
LANDGROVE.

B. w. Beers has an automobile.
Willie Rush, who is working in Lud-
low. was at home Sunday.
Oscar Crandall visited at A. II. Gran
dali s the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. \. J. Simonds Of Peru
are spending two weeks at Brookside
cottage.
Miss Clara Fisher is staying with
her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. H.
HathOrn.
Mrs Ernest Fisher is in Bellows
Falls hospital for treatment. Her lit
tie daughter, Gladys, is being cared for
by Mrs. Oracle Harris.
Several from the West Branch
Grange attended the Pomona Grange
in Ludlow Wednesday. Among the mum
| Der are Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Mar
| den, Mrs. J. E. Thompson and Mrs A
| A. Towslee.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-15

Mrs. Dana Jennison is in Boston Wis
iting her daughter, Mrs. Russell.
Mrs. w. A. Miller of Orange, Mass,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. E. T. Steph-
ems.
NJ w. Rollins, a former resident, now
of Leominster, Mass, has been in town
few days.
Bert Davis and family of Boston
have been spending a few days at Viii
liam Davis 5.
The Y. P. S. c. E. will hold a social
next Monday evening, June 10, to which
the Walpole society has been invited
The village schools closed June G
for the summer vacation, to reopen
Sept. ). The following teachers viii
return: Sand Hill school, Miss Mildred
Cressey; primary grade village school
Miss Gladys Deal; Pine Banks school
Miss Jessie Burgess.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-15
RONDVILLE.

John Cobb is ILL., He is attended by
DR.. Thomas
J. johnson was in Manchester the
first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton and Mr.. and
Mrs Earl Benson of Manchester spent
Sunday in town.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Perry of Cush-
man, Mass, were called here this week
by the serious condition Of her sister,
Mrs. Bernice Slade.
Mrs. Bernice Slade died Tuesday
night in the home of her brother
Luther Benson, after a long and pain
full illness. She leaves one daughter
four sons. one sister and six brothers
1t il now reported that there arr
no eases Of whooping cough IN town
There will be Children IS day exer
eises in the church june 25. A good
sized crowd is hoped for.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-15

Mining Is being resumed in parts Of
Mexico.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-15
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

SCmaphOrC signals are being installed
at the. north ends of the two new plat
forms at the railroad station.
The RrattIeboro DRUG comnanv has
installed set of scales and measuring
apparatus combined, for the use, With
out charge. Of those who desire to as
certain their exact weight and height.
The reoular monthly meotino of +bo
Woman = Guild of the f2nisconaI
church will he beId Friday aftnrrno,
at z o'clock in the home If Mrs r
w Gibson ON Oak street As tbis is
the last meetino full attendance is
desired.
Mrs Arthur p Carnap+ar ond Mrs
\ u C1awsor entertained 1T f,-o.
bnndred last o,-oning !, Mrs CorTo,,
60 bon,o ON NT,rflo s+ro.,+ Ejob+
toLIos I,-oro ,I,t.;nn NJ PnIIin
pro,,,,, ,,,a,, AZ ers+ ,,r;Io IT, las
+os,os ,or,-,,,7 rofrasI,,,,l,,,+s
Al the meeting OF the MUTUAL Ala
ASSOCIATION GUheSod$ tne secretary
reported % cans LOT nelP received III
Nay me supervisor reported 81 pa
'leItS uhueI care an" 80 cams were
HldHe, lHt uIS'I't' n"ISG iePorieu -
P"lIeHtS uh"eI care "H" I'o CANS were
i"aue'
The Boston X Maine railroad and
central Vermont railroad VIII run an
excursion to IIattshurg from Brattlebo-
fo june %. The special tram Will leave
here at b.@o a. m, and Is due to reach
| Plattsburg, after a steamer ride from
Burlington on Lake Champaign, at Ito
! =. III. Two hours VIII be allowed at
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-15
WESTMINSTER.
Walter Leach Cuts Foot Badly.

Walter Leach met with a serious acct
dent a few days ago while working in
the woods. One foot was so badly cut
as to require the taking of IA stitches,
is a farmer and the accident is a handi-
cap to him in his summer S work.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-15

One years supply Of coal for New York
loaded in 50-ton cars, would make a train
reaching from that city to Salt Lake City
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-15

Broken plate glass is now salvaged by
the plate-glass insurance companies Tie
glass is cut into smaller sizes and resold.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-17
SPECIAL BOARD TO SETTLE
 MINOR LEAGUE TROUBLES
National Association Formulstes New
 Plan at Meeting in New Orleans.

New Orleans, Nov. 16.-Louisville, Ky, was selected today for the next annual convention of the National As sociation of Professional Baseball Leagues meeting here There was no election of officers this year.
 Much important business was dis posed of during the days session, in c1uding the controversy regarding a proposition for minor league represent ation in the national baseball commits sior. After extended discussion a plan was adooted providing for creation of a board of five members, entirely sep arate from the national commission, to minor leagues organization and all matters :n controversy between the ma jor and minor leagues.
 The membership of the new board would consist of the president and secretary Of the minors association, one member each from the National and American leagues and fifth member who should in no way be connected with baseball, to be elected by the four other members. The fifth or neutral member would act as chair man.
 This plan was adopted after brief discussion and the chairman upon au- thority from the convention appointed a committee consisting of Clyde Shrop- shire, Nashville, J. :Cal Ewing, Oak land, Cal, and E. G. Barrow, New York. to take up the matter with the National and American leagues at their annual meeting in December, with power to carry out the plan.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-17
DARIO RESTA WINS AUTO RAGE
Breaks Vanderbilt Automobile Road Race Record and Cap tmes. Cup for Second Successive Tme-Traveled at Rate of S69S Miles Hour-Sets New Worlds Road Race Record Earl Cooper Came in Second

turns. He slkidded and was out on the 31st lap.
 It was Resta's race soon after the start. He. Aiken and Cooper fought for honors from the first lap while William Weightman, Virginia sports man, little heard of before the race, came home third.
 Aitlsen took the lead in the first and Cooper and Resta pursuing. They fought it out with ReSta steadily over coming the handicap of his later start and pushing to the front In the four
 Resta Gains.
 Resta widened his lead, lap after lap, and following Aitken's withdrawal aft CT the twentieth lap with a broken crankshaft, he maintained a steady pace.
 The Italians driving was not spec tacular. He never varied on his turns, taking them with the same con- fidence he displayed on the straight aways.
 Eddie Pnllen was disqualified on his thirtieth lap for taking on gasoline near the soldiers home. He was in fourth place at the time of his dis qualification. Boldon, who was forced was the thirteenth man to quit.
 Resta, in addition to acquiring addi- tional laurels, added s4,oo0 to his re- ceipts, Cooper S2,000, Weightman $1,00o and Roads $500.
 s Billy Miske, the St. Paul light heavyweight. has appeared before the boxing commission to make a state ment ip regard to his refusal to meet Bob Moha, the Milwaukee boxer, in Q ten-round bout at the Broadway Sporting club last Tuesday night.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-17
PRfNcToN Will UNEARTH
 NEW FORMATIONS SATURDAY.
Tigers Will Use New Offensive Game
 Against Yale.

Princeton, x. J., Nov. 16.-A great deal of the. practice Of the Princeton football eleven today was devoted to a dummy scrimmage in which the coaches attempted to bolster up the defense of the team end to provide a defense to meet the attack of Yale on Saturday. Besides the repertoire of plays that Princeton used against Harvard last week, several new offen- sive formations will be uncovered Sat
 urday which should prove effective for
 ground gaining.
 Ames was st kalfoack agaIn today, and it looks as though he would start
 in this position against Yale. The re-
 mainder of the backfeld consisted of
 Moore at right halfhack, Drgss at full back anI Eddy at quarterback. Ames is expected to be an asset to the team in the Interference and to come in handy in running back kicks. He should also be of some assistance to Eddy in selecting rla:s. Thomas, Eb- erStad and Brown were also used for a short time in the b1ckfield. Dave Tibbott, wllc has been on the injured list for several weeks, was out on the stadium field this afternoon sending drop kicks between the bars from all sorts of distances and an- gles. There is a slight possibility of his being able to play against Yale. l The undergraduates held 6 parade i and mass meeting tonight. Addresses
 were delivered by Coach Rush and others.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-17
eRuELLlN0 scRIMMAoE
 ORDERED FOR COLGATE.
All Players Are In Good Physical
 Condition.
Special to The Bulletin.)

Especial to The Bulletin.
 Hamilton, N. Y. Nov. 16.-Gruelling scrimmage is the present order for Larry Bankart's squad of footballers. Weather is providing every opportuni- ty to practice play under adverse con ditions. The first dri11 of the week was held under a downpour of rain. Today a myriad of green toqued freshmen are shoveling snow from Whitnall field so that the team may not lose moments time.
 Spencer and Gillo, who have been sadly under the weather since the Yale game, are expected to report soon to the coacn. Spencer IS now really the only doubtful man on the whole squad. Every other player is now rounding into good physical condition. Trainer Rourke is sitting up nights to rub out ing table has recently greeted several new men with the customary, welcome of hard toast and baked potatoes, for new men are being Pit on as fast as possible.
 Colgate's games have so far been decidedly unsatisfactory. Repeatedly other teams have either crossed the Maroon goal llne or reached the dan ger zone of possible kicking. Quite as often the Colgate offense has had te yield the ball on the opponents 10- yard line. They have lacked the neces- sary drive to make the last few feet. Yale, backed down to her one-yard line held the Maroon for downs. Prob ably the weakest spot Is the center. Nothing however, is receiving partic- u1ar attention. Everybody is getting a thorough gruelling.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-17

look for that species, Nap never pitch ed, and the Red Sox manager, chuck hing at his own failure, was struck out. After the game, Carrigan said he had seen heaps and heaps of pitch ing in his day. but never a curve ball like Maps.
 This evidence of Maps abundant gray matter recalls the instance when Nal Eason, now umpiring in the same lea que wherein he built himself rep utation for pitching, twirled his no-' hit game against St. Louis about ten years ago.
 Eason went through the entire nine innings without pitching a curve ball, and for this reason alone he entered the Hall of Fame. Nal had a fair curve ball and the St. Louis batters were on constant watch for it, but the great Billy Bergen behind the bat kept fooling the St Louis batters in ming after inning. Like in the Tucker case, he kept signalling open-handed- 1y for a curve ball, and Eason kept pitching something entirely different.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-17
FRESHMAN FOUR DARED RACE
 WILL BE ELIMINATED.
Course on Housatonic River Best in
 America, Says NickaiIs.

New Haven. Conn.,, Nov. 1G. The four cared boat race between Harvard and Yale freshman crews, which in past years has bee, rCwed the day before the annual regatta at New London, will he elirHnated next June. This was decided upon at recent meeting Of the regatta and university officials at New York.
 Of other business transacted at the meeting, Coach Guy Nicka1ls of the Yale crew writes the following in to- days issue of the Yale Alumni Week. ly:
 MT Meiklebam (the referee) was given autocratic power in dealing with the policing of the course, which proved such failure last year.
 -'The morning races are to be rowed over the upper end of the course. This course is to be better Tagged and buoyed, signals are to be given by smoke bombs immediately before and at the start of the race and private telephone service is 70 be installed at both ends and at the middle of the course, tc be at the referees disposal during the day of the regatta, for the clearance of the course and for the purpose of advising the public as to the proceedings"
 Nickalls, who is now on his way back to Englard praises the new Yale course on the Housatonic river at Derby as "the best in America" Of this years ma terial, as developed by the fall racing, he says: I've can look forward to the spring with hopes If not with absolute confidence of com pletely victorious season."
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-17
LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER
 BASEBALL BATTLE.
National Association Tabled Request
 of Players Fraternity

New York, Nov 16.-The possibility of trouble between players and club owners again looms large on the base tional Association of Professional leagues in takling, without comment the request of the Players Fraternity at New Orleans yesterday threatens to bring about clash between the two organizations which will have far reaching effects.
 Although the officers of the frater- nifty refuse to talk for publication, it is known there have been several re- cent conferences amorg players prom inent upon the board of directors and that a campaign of retaliation has been mapped out wtsich may evolve a situation akin to a strike among the leaders of the major and minor leagues It is apparent that the dis posal of the fraternity's requests by the national association, was surmised in advance and provisions made to force a reconsideration of the requests both by the big and little league mag mates.
 The players contend that the request for the elimination in certain contracts of the injury clause" suspension; the right to sign new contracts upon re- ceipt of unconditional release; allow ance of travelling expenses to minor league players at the beginning of the training season, and a revision of the national boards procedure in handling cases brought up for decision by the fraternity are just and equitable.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-17

Santa Monica, Calif.. Nov. ,16.-Dario Resta won today the Vanderbilt cup race for the second successive time; broke the Vanderbilt automobile road race record by Il miles an hour, with an average speed of S6.89 miles an hour for the 294.0S5 miles; set new worlds record and took the lead in the American Automobile Associations s $1S,500 contest for the title of cham time was s:22:4s.4. It was a race un- marred by injury or 1eath to con- testants.
 Leaders Break Records.
 The three leaders broke the pre- vious worlds road race record made on the same course by Teddy TeZlah in 1912 with an average of 7S.72 miles Vanderbilt cup race. Ralph De Palma, who averaged 75.60 miles per hour over the Santa Monica course in 1914, held the Vanderbilt cup speed record up to today. The three who finished next in order to Resta were: Earl weightman third, 3:42:O0.4; Clyde Roads, fourth, 3:54:45.4.
 Vail and Patterson, the only other survivors of the terrific strain on cars, were flogged while running.
 Nineteen Started Race.
 Nineteen drivers started the long grind over the S,401 miles triangular course at noon before an audience of thousands banked high on temporary bleachers facing the ocean on the straightaway and wove their way be- tween, two deep hedges of standing room spectators that lined both sides of the course. Mechanical trouble caused most of the withdrawals, Bold on alone suffering from the dangerous
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-17
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
MARKET WAS BULLIsH.
More Than Score of Stocks
 Achieved New Maximun's.

New York. Nov. 16.-Tradirg in to- days market was characterised by a degree of eXtrava gance and actlV1ty rarely surpassed in any Of the pfeFl- ous bull movements of the past two years Aside from recognized basic conditions of a highly favorable char acter, there were no developments to explain the movement; which received much of it's impulse from confident public and the usual professional sources.
 There were scarcely any exceptions to the upswirg, which comprchended an unusual number and variety Of is sues many of purely speculative character. better inquiry for rails also served to benefit that division, though advances in that quarter were relatively nominal and not well main tained.
 More than score of stocks achieved new mayi,nums, foremost among these being Calf States Steel common, which rose 34 points to f93, with g for the second preferred at 19C A large part of this Sdin@ was included Lackawanna Steel at lo5, S!oSs- Sheffield Steel at 93 1-4, Repub- lie Iron dt S7 S-4. several of the more prominent coppers, such as Anaconda, Chino anG Inspiration, Atlantic. Gulf and West Indies. Corn products pre-
 
 ferred, Pressed Steel Car, Detroit United Railways ana Shelters Securi- ties preferrad B.
 In these and kindred issdes gross advances ranged from fractions to 3 and even points, with l to for Pacif1cs granGers and trunk lines. Minor rails were irregular, but mainly higher, Chicago and Alton common and preferred improving by to al cost points. .- , United States Steel held it's leader ship as the most active stock. but again closed at only net fractional gain. Central Leather regained a large part of it's recent decline at an extreme gain tof 1-2 points. Total sales amounted to 2.l00,000 shares.
 Bonds were strong, with buoyancy in Chile Copper sevc1s and Lacka- wanna Steel lives. Total sales, par value, aggregated $6,690000.
 United States bonds were unchanged on call.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-17

series in Brooklyn and held the Red SoX scoreless.
 One of the men to face Nap was Bill Carrigan, the Boston manager. Those who saw the game will remember that while Carrigan was at the bat he and Nap maintained a running fire of con- versation mixed with frequent laughs.
 This was the reason. Otto Miller, who was catching. was using the wide open signal-one calling for a curve ball and. he set himself for it. But using what little speed he had left in his system, Nap shot the ball straight over the plate, and Carrigan, taken unawares, swung and missed.
 Nap laughed. So did Carrigan. Q
 The Bostonese caught the next sig nal. It again called for a curve ball. Nap again pitched, and this time the ball came in slowly, tantalizing, hung a moment in the air and then dropped into Miller's mitt. It was Fuckers famous slow one, and Carrigan, non plussed, permitted it to go by with out even a how do you do.
 Nap laughed again. So did Carri- gan. The Brooklyn pitcher served five or six balls to Carrigan, and though Miller kept signalling for a curve ball and Carrigan continued to