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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-15
LAWRENCE CHILD
DIES IN PUTNEY
Unremitting Vigilance by Physicians
and Nurses Failed to Overcome Eff
fects of Acid Poisoning.

Barbara Hinman Lawrence, two years
and II months old. daughter OF DR.. Harry
H. and Pearl (Richmond) Lawrence of
Putney, died last night about G O'Clock
in the home Of the parents after an i'll
ness of month. For two weeks the child
has been unconscious, but everything that
medical science could suggest had been
done in an effort to save her life
Acid poisoning of a nature which to a
considerable degree resembled the cases of
acidosis that proved so quickly fatal in
Boston recently was the cause Of illness.
After the system had expelled much Of
the acid matter the fever, which was al
ways present, appeared not to be symp-
tomato Of any specific condition
Death had been expected many times in
the last two weeks, but unremitting vipi
lance on the part Of physicians and nurses
prolonged life, although there never were
more than momentary periods Of improve
ment
On the death certificate the chief cause
given as enterocolitis inflammation of
the intestinal tract) with simple meningi-
It's as the following and contributory cause.
The child was born in Putney March
10, 1913. Besides her parents she leaves
one sister, Frances Mary, aged five years
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-15
BANDITS
WERE ONLY JOKING
Williams College Students Were Re.
heved of Valuables Which Were
Returned Later.

NORTH ADAMS, Mass, Feb. 15.-
Much merriment followed a period of high
excitement among the 200 or more young
women who were house party guests of
the IA fraternities at Williams college
Sunday night, when the occupants of a
large four-horse barge, 30 in all, were held
up near the village of Greylock and re-
heved of their money and valuables by five
masked men. The masked robbers ap-
peared riding in a large black touring car
at lonely place on the state road, and
after fourishing guns, commanded the
driver TO halt.
They then went through the party and
took money, watches, iewelry and valuables
of all kinds from the terrified occupants
of the sleigh. They ordered the driver to
proceed after they had gathered as much
booty as they could, and then disappeared
in the distance with their high-powered
car. The young men and women who
were robbed were bemoaning their losses
in Williamstown when the ''highwaymen'
appeared and gave them back their prop
erty. They were stuednts, bent on mis-
chief, and selected robbery as the best
form Of a practical joke.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-15
THIS MORNING WAS
COLDEST OF SEASON
Thermometer Registered II Below on
Main street-Freezing of Gas Main
Caused Inconvenience.

The thermometers in and about Brat
tleboro this morning recorded the cold
est spell of the season as a preparatory
step to slowly rising temperature
predicted for today The big gas main
under the Main street bridge froze up
tight last evening at o clock and this
morning about 9 one of the steamers OF
the fire department was put at work
and in few minutes gas began to fl
ter through the pipe, and gas jets
that had refused to light all night and
this morning began the job of turn
ing the meters again. Some who de-
pended upon gas heaters for hot water
and upon gas for light, and others, in
cluding The Reformer, who use gas
in connection with machinery, found
the absence of the commodity very in
convenient.
The Main street thermometer of
Vaughan & Burnett went down to Il
below and others in the business sec
tion recorded as low as 90 below. At
Mrs. T. T. Fisher s in West Brattleboro
the low mark of 24 below was touch
ed. Newfane reported 20 below and
other outlying towns had temperatures
down correspondingly
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-15
FARM HOUSE AND
BARN DESTROYED
Fire at Frank Richardson Place on
River Road in West Chesterfield
Telephone Line Down.

The large two-story house and horse
barn on the farm owned and oc-
cupied by Frank Richardson on the
river road in West Chesterfield, n H.,
We're completely destroyed by q fire
which was discovered about s clock
this morning in the house. A telephone
alarm was sent for help and neighbors
fought all the morning to save the
large stock barn which was separated
from the other buildings b.; a narrow
space.
Owing to the fact that the telephone
line in that section was put out of
commission by the fire aud that men
who answered the call for aid had
not returned to their homes at an
early hour this afternoon, details of
the loss were not obtainable at the
time Of going to press. 1t is under
stood that there is some insurance on
the buildings and contents.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-15
SHOCK FATAL TO
MRS. N. w. LOCKE
Stricken in Home on Prospect Street
Was in Usual Health Until Then
Game Here from Putney.

Mrs. Olive Lavinia (Houghton)
Locke, 75, wife of Nelson Wing Locke
of Prospect street, died this morn
ing at $50 clock following shock
sustained last night at il clock. She
had been in her usual health up TO the
time of the shock
Mrs. Locke was born in Putnev, Aug.
10, 1910, 2 daughter of William and
Elizabeth (Wilkinson) Houghton, and
was married to Mr.. Locke, June 16.
1864. Most of their married life was
spent on farms in Putney and few
years in Bellows Falls. They came to
Brattleboro three years ago. On juno
10, 1914, they observed their golden
wedding anniversary
Mrs. Locke was a member of the
Centre Congregational church, having
joined in 1913. Besides her husband
She leaves one son, Harry H. Locke.
and one daughter, Miss Florence f.
Locke, both of Brattleboro, and one
sister, Mrs. Dorr Clough of Putnev.
The funeral will be held Thursday and
burial will take place in Putney.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-15
KING GEORGE MAKES
SPEECH FROM THRONE
Allies Determined Against Power
Which Mistakes Force for Right
and Expedience for Honor.

LONDON, Feb. Is. - Parliament re-
assembled today King George 5 speech
from the throne follows: q Ny lords
and gentlemen. It has been my duty
to summon you, after a short recess, to
renew your deliberations The spirit
of my allies and my people, who are
united ii this conflict by ever-strength-
ening ties of sympathy and understand
ing, remain steadfast in the resolve to
secure reparation for the victims of
unprovoked and uniustifable outrage
and effectual safeguard of all nations
against the aggression of power
which mistakes force for right and ex-
pedience for honor. With a proud aad
grateful confidence ] look to the cour-
age, tenaeity and resource of my navy
and army, on whom We depend worthi-
".
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-15
BIG HOUSE GIVES
OFT AN OVATION
Recalled 10 Times After One Number
Weeks Engagement Begins Au-
spiciously in Opera House.

Bob OFT and his musical comedy
company crowded the Opera house last
night when they presented as the first
offering in week S engagement Seven
Hours in New York. Through Manager
Fox the joyful comedian cancelled an
engagement in Hartford, Conn. to
come here at this time The demon
stration of the audience was remark
able testimonial to the enjoyment and
and satisfaction given The baseball
number by the company with Bob OFT
as the chief factor event over big, -
and the actors were recalled 10 times
All through the performance joyful
Bob was greeted with rounds of ap-
plause He impersonated the charac-
ter role of Lincoln Penny, made IA
nous by himself, and fully sustained
the reputation which he enjoys here
Bob OFT has an advantage over most
comedians in that he has a singing
voice that Immediately finds favor. The
play was a rapid-fre Of complicated
and funny situations.
Miss Lillian Shattuck 8 slumber
number, Sleepy Time, with the bust
ness by the chorus and comedian, was
greatly enjoyed, also Carl Covey s bass
solo. The beauty chorus feature with
Mr.. OFT as a central feature was a cy-
clone of fun. Carrie Engel, Pearl
Danforth, Ralph Bold, Carl Covey and
Edward Howell were all live wires and
added much to the pleasure of the com
edv
This afternoon and tonight the mu-
sical melange, On the March, is the at
traction.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-15
Representative of Large In
terests Give Testimony
in Washington
is ACCUSED OF
ACTS OF DUPLICITY
Claim That He Attacked as Illegal
the Acts and Methods of the Com
pany in Which He Had Participated
and Assisted to Create.

WASHINGTON, Feb 15-That Louis
- Brandcis was guilty Of improper con
duct toward the United Shoe Machinery
company was charged by s. w. Winslow
president of the company, before the sen
ate sub committee today He charged that
Brandeis attacked as illegal the acts and
methods of the company in which he had
participated and assisted to create.
Charles 5. Mellen, former president Of
the New Haven railroad system had pre-
viously notified the committee that he had
no facts to substantate the charge made
by G. w Barron of Boston that Mr.
Brandeis had helped wreck the New Ha-
ven road.
Hollis r. Bailey, Boston attorney,
charged that Mr.. Brandeis, represent
ing at the same time the lessees and
lessons of the Warren Paper mills and
involving a $21,0O000 estate, had been
guilty of acts which favored one OF
the interests against the other.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-15
Colder There Than at ANY
Other Government Sta
tiOn in New England
WARM WAVE is NOW
ON THE WAY EAST
1t Is Expected 70 Reach This Section
of the Country Before the End of the
Week-Warmest Last Night at Nan
tucket, Mass.

BOSTON, Feb. Unusually low
temperatures prevailed early today
over the greater part of New Eng
land with Northffeld, Vt, reporting
the lowest, IS below zero, while at
Nantucket the official record was IS
above.
The minimum temperatures at diff
fcrcnt government stations were
Concord, \. H., 16 below; Greenvilie,
Me-, Il below; Burlington VT, 10 be-
low; Hartford, Conn. s below; Port
land, Me-, below; Boston, above
Block Island, y above
Unofficial thermometers varied con
siderably from the government instru-
ments, one glass in Newton, y H.
recording 80 below zero.
The intensity of the cold wave was
mitigatcd in a large measure by the
absence of wind and the drvness Of
the atmosphere.
A warm wave now prevailing in the
northwest is expected to reach New
England before the last of the week.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-15
POLICE USE THEIR GUNS.
Attacked by Strikers, officers of Law
Do Effective Shooting.

NEW YORK, Feb. Is. = One man
was shot and seriously wounded and
several others suffered minor injuries
late Yesterday when a squad of police
eseorting 200 laborers on their way 70
work at the plant of the f. W. Bliss
company in Brooklyn, fired into a
crowd of several hundred strikers who
had attacked them. Two patrolmen
were injured when an automobile in
which they and other reserves were be-
ing taken to the scene of the trouble
overturned on the icy pavement.
The strike in the Bliss plant. where
war munitions are being manufae-
tured, began on Saturday when 700 of
5000 unskilled laborers employed in
the forging department demanded a
uniform scale of wages.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-15
ATHENS.
Athens Natives of Prominence.

In the published proceedings of the
Vermont Historical society is an ar
ticle entitled One Thousand Men. being
a compilation by Dorman B. E. Kent
of Montpelier, one of the secretaries.
of the names and brief facts concern
ing 1000 of the most prominent Yer
monters, natives of this state who at
tanned prominence either in Vermont
or elsewhere. The list closed as of Jan.
!, 1914. Following is the list from this
town, including the dates of their
birth:
October 10, Oscar Lowell Shafter.
Associate justice of the supreme court
of California
February 2s, 1915, Carlos Cobb.
Geologist, merchant and an early mem
Der of the New York produce ex-
change.
May %, 1916, James Mcmillan
Shafter. Secretary of state of Yer
mont, speaker of the House in wiseon-
sin and president of the Senate in Cal
ifornia.
December 81. 1s4s, Alfred Allen
Hall. Superior judge of Vermont, 1906
1912.
September q, 1870, Elmer Darwin
Ball. Entomologist and author.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-15
TODAY'S WAR SUMMARY

Interest IN active operations in the Euro
pean war continues to center in the
fighting along the western front. where
the Germans have recently been driving
heavily at the French lines in several
sectors, notably in Artois and Cham
pagne, with successes at various points
in these regions.
1t is announced semi-olficiaIlv in
Paris that despite the seeming great
activity the German attacks in cues
ton are in reality only local actions
without gains of significance. It is de-
clared that the French could easily un-
dertake similar actions, but are re-
framing from doing so because the re-
suits are not worth the price that has
TO be paid.
German news sources report great
damage to the French fortress of Bel,
forte in the recent shelling by long
range German guns.
Following the visit of yesterday to
Milan Austrian aircraft have raided
Monza, 10 miles to the northeast, one
person being killed and five injured.
Airmen who appeared over Brescia
were driven off by anti-aireraft guns.
Heavy fighting in German East At
rica between German forces and Bel
gian troops who are invading the col
ony is reported. Both sides have suf-
fered heavy losses and the result so far
seem inconclusivc.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-15
MANDAMUS AGAINST
CHICOPEE'S MAYOR
Coakley Ordered to Recognize Water
Commissioners Whom He had Re
moved from Office.

BOSTON, Feb. ia mandamns or
dering Mayor Daniel J. Coaklev Of
Chicopee to recognize James i. Hin-
gins, Frank Hudson and II. Austin
Morse as water commissioners Of thar
city and Charles ii. Bogardus as SUI
perintendent of the department was IS
sued today by Judge Loring Of the su-
prcme court.
In appointing other commissioners
and a superintendent Judge Lorinp
held that the mayor acted under the
water act of 1892 and not under the
city charter of 1897, which provides
that removals could not be made ex-
eept upon sufficient cause and after a
hearing.
Mayor Coakley had appointed Thom-
as i. Moriarty, Edward G. Frazier and
James J.. Page, water commits sioners,
and John F. Sullivan superintendent.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-15
FOR TRADING WITH ENEMY.
Rigdens Plead Guilty and Are Sen
fenced at London

LONDON, Feb. Is. - At the Old
Bailey William Gardiner Rigden was
fined $500, William Fownes Rigden was
sentenced to II months Imprisonment,
and Stanley Fownes Rigden to four
months imprisonment, on their with
drawing their former defense and
pleading guilty to the charge of OBJ
tanning goods from Germany through
their New York branch and trading
in such goods in contravention of the
trading with the enemy act. The three
men are partners of Fownes Bros. &
Co., glove manufacturers. The prosecu-
tion alleged that between the end Of
September and the end of December,
1914, the accused had obtained goods
worth $4,000 from Saxony through
the New York branch, for which pay
ment was to be made after the war.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-15
ALLEGED PLOT TO
KILL AND DESTROY
Soup Poisoning Part of Scheme to Take
Lives of Prominent Men and
Wreck Buildings.

CHICAGO, Feb. 15.-Search was start
ed today for the principals in what is be-
heved by the police to have been a plot to
destroy buildings and kill members of the
clergy, bankers and others in a dozen cities
in various sections of. the United States
Discovery of the alleged plot, according
to the police, resulted from the examina-
tion of the personal effects of John ALE
grini, confdant of the missing Jean
Crones, who is charged by the authorities
with poisoning the soup at the banquet
given Archbishop AIundelein at the Uni
versity club, and causing the illness Thurs
day night of 100 of the guests.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-15
Annual February Term Be-
gan This Morning Before
Full Bench
GEORGE WARNER TO
BE BROUGHT IN
Exceptions in Murder Case TO BE Ar
gued Tomorrow-Cases of Gibson &
Waterman VS.. Town Of Vernon. and
Davis VS.. Dunn Are Heard.

The annual February term OF the su-
preme court opened in the parlors Of
the Brooks House this morning M 10
clock, Rev +. Q. ;. Osgood. pastor
of the Unitarian church. Offering prat-
er. The full bench was present. inrlud-
ing Chief Judge Loveland Munson ard
Judges John III. Watson. Seneca Hasel-
ton, George NJ. Powers and William n.
Taylor.
Attorney General Herbert G.. Barber
called the attention of the court TO the
case OF the state of Vermont against
George Warner Of Simoasville. in the
town of Andover. who. in Novepabcr
1914, killed Mr.. and Mrs. Henry r
Virgins of that town. parents of War
ner 5 wife. He was tried and con
Vieted OF first degree murder, after an
terlng plea Of not guilty by reason OF
insanity, but took the case to the su-
preme court on exceptions which inelud-
ed a claim that the court had erred IN
admitting certain testimony and again
that there had been an error of law In
the charge to the jury As the law
makes 1t discretionary with the en1rt
whether a defendant shall be presenr
IN court when questions of law are he
ing argued the attorney general called
the case to the attention OF the eorrt
thdb tHeN h4ShI decide as 70 whether
TO require Warner s presence.
1t was the decision of the court that
Warner should be present in court ANA
Sheriff j. II. Kiniry of Windsor county
was notified Immediately 10 have th.
prisoner IN court tomorrow morning. He
will be brought to Brattleboro on the
train due here at 9.l0 and the court
VIII take up Immediately consideration
of his case.
The ease of Gibson & Waterman. NJ
torneys, of Brattleboro against the tow
of Vernon, appellant, was argued at the
morning session, ". ID. Smith appear-
ing for the law firm and A. F. Sehwenk
for the town. This is suit TO reeove-
from the town for legal services given
the board of license commissioners il
1909 The question involved is as 10
whether license commissioners can bind
a town to pay for legal services.
Attorney W. r. Daley of the firm o.
Gibson & Daley, had started his arcu
ment in the case of Hester A. Davis of
Wilmington against DR.. s. Farrar Dunn
OF that town, when the noon recess vvas
taken. This was a suit TO recover for
alleged malpractice in the setting of q
broken bone in one arm. The countv
court gave Judgment for the defend
ant TO recover costs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-15
DR.. GREIL BRINGS SUIT.
American Survivor of Ancona Sues
Both Austria and U. s.

NEW YORK, Feb. 10. = DR.. Ceeile
L. Greil, the only American born eiti-
zen among the survivors of the tor
pedoed Italian liner Ancoaa, announces
that she had filed in Washington claims
amounting to 100000. From the Aus
trian government she demanded Sl00..
600 and from the United States $4,000
including $4,000 cash which she says
she lost with the liner.
DR.. Greil said she would 90 to Wash
ington Wednesday il the hope of OBJ
tanning an interview with President
Wilson. She added that she hoped TO
have her claims settled in such a way
as to be regarded as a precedent for
other Americans who might find their
positions similar to hers as result of
accidents beyond their control.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-15
Centre Congregational Church

Mrs. w. A. Gilbert and Mrs. c. T.
Spencer win give a l0-cent social to
the members Of the Mary Field Hadley
class ut l6 Williston street this evening
at 8 clock
Thursday, Feb. Il, $50 to 80 p. M
The Woman's Association will hold ten
cent tea in the chapel. All women of the
parish are invited. Women who are in
creasng their talents may bring articles to
be sold Business meeting at o'clock
Thursday, Feb Il, 730 p. m-Birthday
social for members OF the Christian En-
deavor society and their friends Each
one is asked to bring as many pennies as
he is Years old.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-15
VOICE OF REMARKABLE PURITY.
Miss Esther Dale, Soprano, to Sing
Here Tomorrow Evening.

Miss Esther Dale, soprano, of the
Smith college faculty, who is to sing
here tomorrow evening in the First
Baptist church at the Woman s club
musicale, needs no introduction to Brat
t.eboro audiences. She has been heard
here and is a favorite but has not
sung here since her study in Berlin
through the summer of 1914, when she
was pupil of Conrad Bos. She re-
mained in the city several weeks at
ter the outbreak of the war. to com
plete her studies. Of recent recital
the Hartford Courant said; Miss
Dale is the possessor of an admirable
voice that is admirably used. = As So
loist with the Orpheus club the Spring
field Republican said of her work:
''Then came two songs by Miss Esther
Dale, whose beautiful soprano voice
is the source of so much pleasure and
satisfaction to music lovers Her
voice is remarkably pure and rich, her
enunciation perfect, and it is always Il
delight to hear her sing.
Besides Miss Dale s work at Smith
she spends two days each week in New
York as assistant to Dudley Buck, ir.,
and is soprano soloist at the South
church Springfield She will be assisted
by Miss Rebeeca Wilder Holmes, vio-
linist, Miss Katherine Frazier, harp
ist, and Mrs. Robert e. s. Olmsted, ae-
companist Tickets may be obtained at
Root s and Thomas s drug stores in
advance. also at the door Wednesday
evening.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-15
In Odd Fellows Hall

The p. n. Grands of Dennis Rebek-
all lodge are requested to meet in
Odd Fellows hall Tuesday at 4.30 for
Il short committee meeting.
Tuesday, Feb. Is. Meeting of
Friendship Circle followed by supper
ut G.l5.
A military whist party will be given
by Dennis Rebekah lodge in Odd Eel
lows hall Wednesday evening, Feb.
lG, at s o'clock Tickets 25c each.
Proceeds to be used for furnishing Re
bckah parlor. Refreshments will be
served.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-15
WANTS HUSBAND FREED.
Cincinnati Woman Says He Is Detain.
ed at Edinburgh Castle.

WASHINGTON, Feb. Is. - Efforts
were being made through the state de-
partment yesterday by Mrs. Olive
Hamer Stoll of Cincinnati. o.. 10 OBJ
tain the release of her husband. DR.. X.
L. Stoll, who, according TO a letter she
received from him, is being detained
at Edinburgh castle, Seotland.as pr;s-
oner of war of the British. Mrs. Stol
said she received a censored letter
from her husband Sunday, in which
DR.. Stoll stated that he was taken from
the steamer United States at Kirkwall.
Scotland, while going to Copenhagen
on his way to Germany. Mrs Stoll
declared that her husband, who is an
oculist, has been in this country for ~
years, but that he has not taken out
naturalization papers. DIR. Stoll. she
said, sailed from New York on Jan
uary with the expressed purpose OF
serving in the Red Cross in Germany.
He is said TO have carried a passport
issued by the German Red Cross soei-
city in New York.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-15
Taken Out of Burning Build
ing in Cambridge by
Police and Firemen
PANIC AVERTED
BY PROMPT WORK
Men Were Employed Under Direction
Of the Massachusetts Commission for
the Blind-Fire Broke Out in Plumb
ing Shop Below Them.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Feb. 15.-Twcn-
ty blind men were rescued today bv
policemen and fremen during fire
which started in the basement of a
building on the second floor Of build
ing in which they were employed under
the direction of the Massachusetts com
mission for the blind All were led out
safely.
Dense volumes Of smoke filed the
room III which they were engaged III
making brooms and attendants gave
the alarm as soon as the fire was dis,
covered in the plumbing establishment
below. Prompt work by rescuers pre-
vented q panic.