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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-20
ANOTHER SAFE CRACKED.
This Time It Was in the Postoffice at
Concord. VT.

CONCORD, Vt, June 2O.--The post
office here was broken into early yes
terday morning, the safe blown open
and money and order blanks stolen.
Entrance was made by springing the
lock on the door, The knob of the
safe combination was broken off and
nitro glycerine poured in, but the
breakers found neither money nor
stamps. People living near the post
office heard a loud explosion about
100 o'clock, but the break was not
discovered until Postmaster F. w.
Chapman opened the Office this
morning. 1t is thought to be the work
of professionals. States Attorney
Claire Powell of Island Pond is inves-
! tigating.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-20
PAYS CLAIM % YEARS OLD.
Man Receives Check for Work Done
in Boyhood.

AKRON, Ohio, June 90 Twenty
six years ago 0, T. Thompson, then Il
hoy, did five days work for L. A.
Lyle on the latter s farm in Tuscara-
was county at fifty cents a day, and
was paid for but three days, he says.
Thompson was telling some of his
associates recently in train master :
office about Lytle owing him a dollar
MI this time, and the word reached
Lytle, now an engineer on the Penn
sylvania.
Thompson has received check for
&2.46, the original dollar plus interest
for twenty-six years.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-20
MARRIAGES.

In Brattleboro, June II, by Rev.
Thomas w. Owens, George Townshend
and Miss Isabella Soutter, both of
Springfield, Mass.
In Brattleboro, June IS, by Rev.
Delmar E. Trout, Giovanni Geraci
and Miss Blanche Anna Whitney,
both of Brattleboro.
In Brattleboro, June 10, by Rev,
George E. Tomkinson, Louis SmileI
and Miss Evelyn Rivers, both of Brat
tleboro.
In Brattleboro, June II, by Carl s
Hopkins, Esq, Harold e. Dickinson
and Miss Alice Arvine Poets, both o.
Brattleboro.
In Brattlehoro, June II, by Rev
d. f. Trout, Joshua H. Blakeiy and
Miss Maytie S. Jakway, both of Bel
lows Falls.
In Brattleboro, June Is, by Rev
u. It. Trout, Albert George Biddle o.
Gnilford and Miss Nm Elizabeth
johnson Of BTattlebeso.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-20
BIRTHS.

In Jamaica, June IS, a son to Mr.
and Mrs Henry Williams.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-20
FAMILY MADE BOGUS COIN.
Charge Against Father, Mother and
Daughter in California Court

LOS ANGELES, CAL, June 90. = For
the first time in the memory of Ralph
]. Dominique, who has been erier Of
the United States district court for the
past three decades, an entire family
was indicted by the federal grand jury.
The family consists Of William H. La
Point. husband; Dora Ia Point, wife.
and Helen Eloise Tidd, the latter s II
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-20
PERSONAL.

Rev. and Mrs. T. w, Owens were
guests Sunday of Rev. and Mrs. J
Wilbur Chapman and Mr.. and Mrs
Charles NJ. Alexander in Keen2.
Mrs. Ernest Rice and children and
her mother, Mrs Z. a. Foster, Went
yesterday to their summer home il
Amesbury, Mass, where they viii re
main until the opening of school il
the fall.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-08
President Wilson Can Now Go
Ahead With German and
English Disputes.

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WASHINGTON, March S.-Presi-
dent Wilson with hands unleased by
congress, was prepared today to pro-
coed with diplomatic negotiations
over submarine warfare.
Prompt action IN the controversies
with both England and Germany was
forecast
While seeking more definite assur-
anCeb from Germany that her new
submarine campaign against armed
merchantmen will carry out pledges
in the Lusitania and Arabic notes,
the administration win investigate
EngIand's alleged secret orders to
merchantmen to attack submarines.
The German evidence on the lat
ter point, arriving Monday, has been
translated.
Satisfaction over house votes yes
terGav. killing the McLemore warning
resolution, was evident in administra-
tiOn quarters. The final vote. 276 to
142. late yesterday, tabling the now
celebrated document, the president
felt conclusively demonstrates to all
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-08
CREW MURDERED
BY BRITISH SAILORS is CHARGE

they were helpless in the water and
being taken aboard the Nicosian.
These charges are denied in Eng
lands note given Ambassador Page.
That the only eyewitness advanced
is discredited by not having been at
sea when the incident occurred, is
claimed by England. The British note
courts fullest investigation and an
impartial inquiry.
The British note was interpreted by
officials here today as further sub
stantiating the expectation that Eng
land may have actual evidence regard
ing the submarine attack upon the
Arabic, disputing Germany's conten-
tions that the Arabic tried to ram the
submarine The note declares Ger
many's version Of the Arabic case is
improbable and directly contrary to
all the evidence the British govern
ment possesses.
England has reported that q British
patrol boat sank the submarine which
attacked the Arabic, although Ger
many advanced full statement pur-
porting to come from the submarine
commander.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-08
ANOTHER WAR PLANT BLOWN UP
nee

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PARIS, March S.-Heavy artillery
flahtlna continued throughout last
night on both banks Of the Meuse, tho
war office reported this afternoon. Tho
situation on tho Verdun northern front
remalns unchanged.
Tho cannonade was especially vio.
lent northwest Of Verdun' on the west
bank Of tho Meuse whore the Ger.
mans are believed to be preparing for
an attempt to capture Goose Hill and
Dead Man Hill.
Infantry fighting on the front north.
west Of Verdun came to halt last
nIaht while the Germans poured
heavy she'll fire In upon tho French
positions.
"North Of Verdun," said the official
statement, "the situation remained
UNCHANGED last night. West Of Meuse
northwest Of Verdun) the enemy
bombarded our positions throughout
the nioht, but there were no infantry
actions. East OF the Meuse there was
Intermittent artillery firing to which
our batteries responded enersetloally
ain the Champagne east OF Maison
Do Champagne we have recaptured
trenches taken by the enemy on
March elk. We took also eiehty-hve
prisoners"
The Germans attacked In tho vIcln
ity Of Fresnes along the railway and
the road from Manheutles, but their
, assaults broke down under artillery
fire. Northwest Of Fresnes, French
artillery bombarded BIanzey and
RImacourt, east Of Fort Moulainv'lie
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-08

guns mounted on the Goose Hill
heights.
Paris estimated today that it would
cost the crown prince more than ten
thousand in killed and wounded to
storm the position, but admitted 1t
might we'll be worth the cost.
THE German advance through
Forges would be unimportant if 1t had
occurred elsewhere" wrote the mill
tary critic of Petit Parisien. But in
view of the slackening Of the attacks
north of Verdun, the question arises
whether it is not the prelude to very
severe assaults on Goose Hill. But
there need be no anxiety. The French
staff has not omitted to prepare for
an attack west Of the Meuse."
Berlin dispatches today were
strangely silent on this important
fighting on the west bank OF the
Meuse, failing even to confirm the
French report Of German gains. Ad-
vices from the kaiser's capital dwelt
chiefly with the preparations for a
renewal Of the heavy artillery attack
on the northern and eastern fronts of
Verdun.
The French official statement this
afternoon did not confirm the Ger.
man report of the capture Of Regne-
Vile or the Berlin claim that the
crown price has also advanced west
OF Regneville, in the wooded heights
Of Cumieres. Earlier dispatches to
the United Press, however, reported
ReCneville two-thirds surrounded by
the Germans and forecasted its evacu.
alton within few hours.
The French war office reported VOL
ent bombardment of French positions
in this region. but said no important
infantry actions occurred.
1t is believed possible the French
merely withdrew from the village of
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-08

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LONDON, March S.-French troops
holding the village of Regneville, sew
en- miles northwest Of Verdun, are al
most two-thirds surrounded by the
Germans. They may be forced to
evacuate before many hours.
Paris reported today the teutons
shelling Regneville with the greatest
violence from their newly won posi-
tions on the east bank Of the Meuse.
Under cover Of heavy bombardment,
the Germans were making repeated
efforts to bridge the river in the loop
south Of Regneville.
The German division that stormed
Hill 265 on the northeastern spur OF
Goose Hill has made several weak at
tacks against French positions higher
on the slopes. Artillery Is being
brought up in preparation for heavy
assault against Goose Hill and Dead
Man Hill to the east.
On the east bank of the Meuse, the
German guns directed a heavy can
nonade against the French front yes
terday afternoon. Paris expects re-
newal Of the crown princes onslaughts
against General Petains center at
Douaumont, with other German
thrusts from the region Of Fresnes.
The loss of the village Of Forges
and of Hill 2G5 are not regarded as OF
great importance in themselves, but
French military critics today gave
warning that the crown prince
greatest blow may be struck on this
front, northwest of Vsrdun.
Hill 265 lies at the end of a 1000
yard slope, sweeping down from the
summit of Goose Hill, six miles north
west of Verdun. Over this barren slope
the French have constructed a maze
OF wire entanglements. Every foot of
the surface is heavily mined and un-
der the direct fire OF scores of French
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-08
Indictments for Judge Gary and Six Big Steel
Companies on Charge of Violating
Ohio Law.
As RESULT OF YOUNGSTOWN STRIKE
Mayor and Council of Town Also Blamed fo-
the January Riot and Death of Sew
eral People.

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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, March s.
Judge Elbert H. Gary. president Of
the United States Steel corporation,
and six large steel companies, were
indicted by the Mahoning county
grand jury today, charged with viola
tion Of the Valentine antitrust act
ian Ohio law and with conspirng to
keep down the wages Of common la
borers.
The following East Youngstown
steel companies were indicted:
The youngstown Sheet and Tube
company, The Republic Iron & Steel
Co., The Briar Hill Steel Co., The
Youngstown Iron and Steel Co., The
United States Steel corporation, Tho
Carnegie Steel Co.
The indictments grew out OF the
East youngstown riots of january y,
in which four lives we're lost, thirty
damage Of 100000 sustained. The
grand jury after thoroughly probing
the strike and its causes, returned the
indictments.
The grand jury charged specifically
that section $3.50 Of the Ohio statutes
was violated, in that the steel COM
panies combined to keep down the
wages of common laborers.
There are sixty-two counts in the IN
dictment against Gary and the steel
companies.
In a report on the strike and riot,
the grand jury censured Mayor W. Fl.
Cunningham aand the police force Of
East Youngstown. The report said
Cunningham and the police force of
inefficient" and unworthy to hold
Office
The grand jury held that no foreign
government was responsible for the
strike of steel workers.
The grand jury today also returned
indictments against Mayor w. H Cum
ningham Of East Youngstown and six
members Of the village council on
charge Of being interested in the pur-
chase of property needed by the vii
lage.
The councilmen indicted were:
Peter Julius, Hugh Boyle, Peter Krat-
zenberg, w. H. Reed, A. F. Birk and
A. r. Birch.
The grand Jury report says that
the evidence obtained from 1862 wit
nesses who were examined in the thir-
ty-nine days probe, will show q lawless
condition Of affairs In and about the
steel industry. but will also indicate
an absolute disregard on the part Of
certain corporations and individuals
indicted by us, either Of the rights Of.
or Justice to, the laboring class or Of
the public generally
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-08
Goose t1ill and Dead Mans Fill
Soon to be Strewn With Corpses

Regneville, lying on low, sogey ground,
within the Meuse loop.
Berlin claimed the capture Of more
than 1000 prisoners ana ten cannon
in the fighting northwest and south.
east Of Verdun.
All French attacks to recapture
the positions in the Raben and Cum
ieres woods were reDulsed, the Ger.
man war Office reported. West of Yer.
dun, German air squadrons- lombard.
ed French villages
Closing In.
LONDON, March o.-The giant
German nut-cracker" has closed in
still more tightly upon Verdun, the
German war office reported this after
noon.
The village of RegenvilIe, seven
miles northwest Of Verdun, was cap
tured last night by the right wing of
the German encircling army.
Berlin also announced the capture
of Regneyille. whose loss had previ-
ously been admitted by the French.
West of Regneville. on the west
bank Of the Meuse, the Germans
stormed the French front below Beth
incourt. on a front of about three and
one-half miles for a depth of nearly
two miles. the German war office re-
ported.
The gains claimed for the Teutons
during last nights fighting are the
largest since the first days of the
Verdun offensive.
The left jaw of the German ma
chine pressed forward in the Woevre
region. twelve miles southeast of Yer
dun. Berlin reported that the French
have been driven out of the few re-
naming houses they held in Fresnes.
The town itself is now entirely in
German hands.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-08
GUARDING LIVES
Of M|LL|0NA|RES
Wealthy Men Are Swallowed
Constantly and Their
Homes Are Being
Watched.
THE BOMB PRO0N NETS
Threats Of Bombs and AssassInations
Have TerrorIzed the RIoh
People Of the
East.
THE BOMB PRo0N NETS

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service j
NEW YORK, March S.-Threats OF
would be assassins and bomb plotters
have terrorized New York's million
and billionaires. These financial lead.
ers are spending thousands Of dollars
a day to protect their lives, their
wives and children and their property,
1t was learned today
Details Of the ella oorate precautions
that have been taken to guard big
tnanc1ers and munitions manufacture
ers and their property were outlined
by a reliable authority here though
agencies furnishing the special guards
refused to discuss the question.
Lower New York, particularly Wall
street, Is honeycombed today with
high priced Shadows both men and
women, who dog the footsteps of such
men as Daniel G. Reid, Ebert II. Gary.
Vincent Astor, Henry Clews, Charles
M. Schwab, Henry C. Frick and 9th
ers, day and night.
Not only Is every move OF these
men and their families closely guard
ed constantly, but residences, sky
scrapers down In the financial district
and the winter and country homes OF
| the wealthy fashionables are armored
with closely woven, bomb proof steel
nets upon the roofs.
Two trim little women, apparently
hustling along the streets on business
of their own, laughing and chatting
social small talk, look like the wives
Of prosperous business men.
These two women are watching
every one about them closely. In.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-08
Killed His Daughter.

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WASHINGTON, Pa, March S.
Thinking he heard burglars entering
the house and tampering with his bed
room door, Arthur Gray, weather
forecaster, living in the village OF
Zediker, three miles from here, grab
bed a rife and fred through the door
A pitiful little moan followed the shot.
Opening the door. cautiously, Gray
saw the form Of his little foster daugh-
ter. Della. seven years old, lying IN a
pool Of blood. The bullet had passed
through her head. She had become
frightened by the noise Of the high
wind last night and sought refuge in
her fathers bed chamber. She died
at a local hospital early this morning.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-08

The report charges that tho riot was
precipitated by acts OF the Youngy-
town Sheet and Tube company guards
while one shot was fired from one
Of the mob assembled around the gate
of the tube company, the shots which
precipitated the excitement, acts OF
violence, lawlessness and crime COM
mitted January II, shots were fred by
guards Of Youngstown Sheet and Tubs
Co. We have been unable to find any
direct connection of any foreign gov
ernnaent and any pressure brought on
rioters to commit various acts OF
crime.
1--WE find there is an underlying
cause that Of not only the strike, but
the dissatisfaction prevailing among
the men prior to strike, but OF riots It.
self. q cause which viii be shown up
on the trial OF some of the corpora
tions and individuals against whom
| charges have been made by this jury"
The report states there was dissatis-
faction among the better paid work
ers OF the steel companies as we'll as
among the common laborers who went
on strike.
II convicted, Judge Gary may be
sentenced to maximum cf one years
Imprisonment in the workhouse for
each Of the sixty-two alleged offenses
and could be fined maximum OF $5.-
900 for each offense or a total of $780,
900. The minimum penalty for each
ofrense is a $50 fine and six months In
the work house.
According to A. NJ Henderson, pros
ecuting attorney, efforts will be made
at the trial of the cases to show that
the alleged ombination to f1x the
price of labor by Gary and the steel
companies, brought about the unrest
among the laborers which resulted in
the strike and riots.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-08
WILL TAKE PROMPT ACTION
ON DIPLOMATIC NEGOTIATIONS

Europe that congress stands behind
him in his negotiations. Congress
still seethed today over the armed
merChantman issue. Debate promised
to break out indefinitely in both the
senate and house. Explanation of
their votes yesterday was expected
from several members.
In the senate, Chairman Stone, Of
the foreign relations committee, has
Indefinitely postponed his speech, but
other senators had addresses in con-
temptation.
Bickering over the exact effect of
yesterdays action promised to con-
tinue. Anti-adninistration members
regard the real issue of whether
Americans will be warned off armed
ships, yet to be settled on it's merits.
Agitation for warning resolutions un-
doubtedly will continue, but the
chance for a vote on a clear cut issue
is considered remote.
Advocates of warning resolutions
pointed out that all three roll calls
clearly showed that real division
exists between the president and con-
gress on the armed merchantmen
policy. although the administration
was sustained about two to one. The
white house felt today, however, there
was no danger of Germany or any
other nation miSconstruing the over
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-08
England's Answer to Ger
many's Charge Has Been
Given Ambassador.

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WASHINGTON, March s-The state
department was advised today OF re-
ceipt by American Ambassador Page
at London, Of England's reply to Ger
many regarding the alleged murder
of a German submarines crew by the
British patrol boat Baralong. rage
will forward the note through Amoas-
sador Gerard at Berlin.
Evidence secured by United states
authorities from the crew OF the mer,
chant steamer Nicosian which rescueo q
the submarines survivors, promlssu
today to become the turning point OF
the dispute. Some members OF the
Nicosian's crew assert that the Bar
along fred upon German sailors while
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-08
City Shaken as by an Earthquake When Chemi-
cal Factory Blew Up With Series
of Crashes.
ENGAGED IN MAKING WAR MATERIAL
Part of Big Plant Blown to Atom. by Series of
Explosions as the Flames Ragged
Through Buildings.

seriously damaging all adjoining por-
tons of the city were feared, should
fire reach the store house.
Dr. H. R Carvath, general head OF
the AlkaH Chemical company, today
stated that he has been making sodium
peroxide for a number of years and
after talking with his chemist, he has
come to the conclusion that last
nights fire was not the result Of an
accident. He states that all the men
in the building at the time have been
accounted for with one dead and one
fatally injured.
The fremen are unable to turn
their streams on the ruins. owing to
the nature Of the burning mass.
Violent explosions occurred whenever
water struck It.
The plant has been under heavy
guard since the recent dynamite ex.
plosion in another portion OF the plant
last month.
Only One Known Dead.
NIAGARA FALLS, N. ". March 8.
Niagara Falls was shaken and a
large part Of the huge plant Of the
Niagara Electro-Chemical company,
was demolished by second series
OF JerTluC SHplOSlOuo ttlu Alo COL ~
today. Though guards said from IS
to 1876 men were in the plant, only
one man is known to have been killed
and one seriously injured.
An official Of the company said he
did not believe the explosion was an
accident.
The first explosion followed an out
break of fire shortly before midnight
and others occurred intermittently
until shortly after 9 a. M, when
eight blasts of tremendous force,
shattered the shell Of the burning
plant and scattered twisted flaming
debris over a wide area. F1remen
concentrated their efforts on saving
the storage house, said to contain
high explosives.
The room in which the explosives
are stored is separated from the burn
ing building by thick fire wall, but
the doors have burned through and
an explosion dwarfing all earlier ones
was momentarily expected.
DR.. H. R. Carvath, works manager,
was preparing a statement regarding
the fire when the new danger devel-
oped and he was forced to abandon it.
officials and flremen crouched be-
hind other buildings, powerless to
throw water on the flames
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-08
AUS IR|A

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BERLIN, March 8.-capture bf one
thousand yards Of trenches from the
Russians northwest Of Tarnopoi, Was
announced In an official statement
from tho Austrian war office, tele
Qraphed here today.
"Detaohments Of Arch Duke Joseph
Ferdinand's army near karpiioseka'
drove the enemy from intrenehed posi-
tlons and lodged themselves in It,
said tho official statement. NORTHWEST
Of Tarnopol, an Austro-Hungarlan de-
tachment drove tho Russians from y.
600 yards Of trenches which were
then filled up. At this place and on
tho Dnefster and the 6essarabian
frontier, artillery on both sides has
become iiveiler.''