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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-18
MRS. PIERCE SUES
MRS. VIOLA MILLER
Wants $4,000 for Injuries Sustained by
Being Knocked Down by Automo-
bile on Flat Street.

Mrs. Augusta Pierce of Rrattleboro.
who was knocked down and injured at
the entrance to Mosher's garage last
October by an automobile driven By
Mrs. Viola Dodge Miller of Dummers-
ton, has brought suit in the county
court for $4,000 damages. The papers
are from the office of Fl. G. & T. Z.
Barber
It is alleged in the papers that on
Oct. z as the plaintiff was walking
west of Flat street the defendant was
driving east on the same street and
without warning turned into the en-
trance of Mosher S garage without Civ
ing warning by bell or horn and at ex-
cessive speed. 1t is alleged by the
plaintiff that her left knee and LEG
were badly injured ana that she has
been III i'll health since the accident
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-18
POPE BENEDICT NOT
READY TO MEDIATE
Does Not Believe Intervention at Pres
ent Time Would Hasten Conclu-
sion of War.

ROME, Dee. II, via Paris, Dee Is
Pope Benedict has no intention of at
tempting to mediate among the bel
ligerents at present, according to a
statement issued today by the vatican,
The statement says that neither the
Pope nor the Hol.y See has made or
wished to make any comments regard
ing Germany's peace proposals. 1t is
added that the Pope naturally has an
ardent desire for peace, but that he
does not believe that any intervention
at the present moment would hasten
its conclusion.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-18
GERMAN PEACE NOTE
HAS BEEN DELIVERED
Next Step Will Be for Great Britain to
Get into Communication with
Her Allies.

LONDON, Dee 1S.-The peace note
of the. Central powers was handed to
the British government today by Wal
ter II. Page, the American ambassador,
Mr.. Page called at the foreign Office
early in the day. In the absence Of \.
j. Balfour. the foreign secretary, he
presented the note TO Lord Robert Cecil
under secretary of foreign affairs.
The note will be considered by the
British cabinet tomorrow, it being re
ccived too late today to enable the
council to be called.
The next step after the meeting of
the cabinet will be to get into commu-
nication with the allies of Great Brit
ain, SO that joint action may be taken.
This is expected to take a least week,
1t has been ascegtained that the note
contains no terms and the impression
prevails in official circles that until
these are disclosed a conference is i'm
possible.
The presentation of the German note
TO the entente allies government has
now practically been accomplished
While the British foreign office was re-
cciving the document from Ambassador
Page shortly after noon it is believed
that similar delivery was taking
place in Paris The Swiss minister at
Rome has presented the note of the
central powers to Italy without com
ment and through the same channel the
message was presented to Belgium and
Portugal, also without comment. The
Netherlands minister rendered the
uoaee proposals to Serbia III behalf of
Bulgaria.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-18
TWO SISTERS DIE
OF KEROSENE FUMES
Mrs. Susan Graves and Mrs Harriet
Case of Keene, N. H. Lighted Oil
Heater in Their Home.
Special to The Reformer.)


hEENfr y. IL, Dec. 10.
As the result OF being overcome by fumes
from an oil heater Mrs Susan Graves. 90.
died Saturday and her sister, Mrs Har-
riet Case 50 died early this morning, the
former in her home on West street and
the latter in the Elliot City hospital
The two sisters had relatives willing to
care for them, but they preferred to live
alone On Saturday morning Mrs Nettia
Nye went to the house and discovered
their condition. Mrs Graves was dead
and Mrs. Case was in critical condition
They had lighted the oil heater. and the
flame drew up and smoked. filling the
room with SCOT. The women after time
realized that they were being overcome
but they were too weak to reach the heat
er and turn down the wick.
When Mrs Nye reached the house the
carpet had been set on fire and some
damage had been done by the flames Mrs
Nye put out the fire, thereby probably
preventing Mrs. Case from being burned
alive. Mrs. Case had bronchial affliction
and the SCOT and fumes induced pneumo
MIA
| A double funeral will be held tomorrow
at l2.30 o'clock.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-18
BRITISH WILL HOLD
GERMAN SECURITIES
Seizure to Value of $4,000 Marks Made
in q Letter Addressed to a
Chicago Bank.

LONDON, Dee. Is. - Sir Samuel
Evans, president of the British prizc
court, ruled today that German bonds
ccme under the reprisal order and that
German securities to the value of So
oo0 marks which were seized while on
their way in a letter to the State Com,
mercial and Savings Banks of Chicago,
should remain in court as propcrty Of
enemy origin until declaration Of peace
or until dealt with as the court might
direct subsequently. The securities were
seized on board the Danish steamship
Frederick VIII
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-18
Took 1897 In Last Three
Days of Fighting on Ver-
dun Battleline
RUMANIAN ARMY NO
LONGER IN ACTION
Under the Protection of Russian
Forces Base Being Established at
Danube River Point.

some lessening in the intensity OF the
lighting in Rumania is indicated by today's
German army headquarters statement,
which reports the situation on the Ruma-
nian front unchanged Field Marshal Won
Maekensen's advance las pushed cous'd
ciahIy beyond the Bulcu line and unofficial
advices indicate that the entente front IS
to be- established between Rumnik Saat.
about % miles north ot Buzcu. aud the
Danube marshes.
The current adviccs declare that the
Rumanan army is no longer in action
having been withdrawn for rctrooping and
rchtting under the protection OF Russian
forces which now hold the fighting line.
The Berlin statement reporting Russian
forces falling back on Ibraila may indi-
cate that the costery end Of the line will
be established at this important Danube
river point, p miles south of GaIata
on the Fanco-Belgian front Pari, an
nounccs q strong counter attack by the
Germans on the positions won by the
French in their recent sweeping advance
north and northeast ON Vcrdur.
The only success Of the attacking forces,
however, according to Paris, was at one
point ON the Chambrettes farm, about a
mic and a quarter north OF Fort Douau-
mont, whore they secured footing. The
French took li,367 prisoners in the Yer.
dun fighting Of the past three days. the
Paris war Office announces, together with
ll5 cannon. 7oo machine guns and ~
bomb throwers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-18
APPLY TO
BE SUPERINTENDENT
]. Benjamin Harmon One of Those Who
Would Succeed His Father at Ben
nington Soldiers Home.

Capt. Henry c. Streeter, one of the
trustees Of the Soldiers Home in Ben
nington, left this morning for Rutland
to be present tomorrow at the annual
meeting of the trustees at which they
will elect a superintendent and ma
tron to succeed Col. and Mrs. Thomas
Harmon, who have resigned to take eff
feet Dee. 81.
Capt. Streeter knows of five appliea-
tions for the position of superintendent
and among them is the application of
j. Benjamin Harmon, formerly of this
town, q son of the present superin-
tendent. Another is from George p
Martin, former state department com.
mander.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-18
PAM WILL PRESENT
CARRANZA'S REPORT
Important Session of the Mexican
American Commission to Be Held
in Philadelphia Today.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1S.-Continu-
alton of the efforts of the Mexican
American joint commission to effect a
satisfactory agreement on questions af-
feeting the international relations de-
pended largely on the results of its
session today, which was called for the
purpose of hearing Gen. Carranza S de-
cision regarding the protocol signed at
Atlantic City and sent to him for rati
fcation
Alberto J. PAM, one of the Mexican
commissioners, carried the document to
Mexico and returned with report
which has been designated by the Mex
lean representatives as the comment
of the Mexican executives.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-18
Cloud of Doubt on Intima-
ton that Officer Wood
Drew Booze In 1t.
DEVELOPMENT IN
LIQUOR MYSTERY
Sometimes Uses Tobacco Pail Having
Corners Through Which Daylight May
Be Seen - Not Good Receptacles for
Holding Liquid.
Holding Liquid.

Some people who have known that
most of the time Policeman Charles
Wood carries his dinner in a collapsible
box have been trying to figure out how
it was that it could be intimated that
he carried home in his "dinnsr pail''
a few bucketfuls of that ale that got
out of the lookup, about which two in
vestigations have been conducted.
Mr. Wood, himself was asked this
morning what he habituany carried his
dinner in. He replied that he had two
boxes, one a collapsible lunch box and
the other what had been tobacco pail.
Sometimes he uses one and sometimes
the other.
"Well, you could have lugged lot
Of ale in the tobacco pail" laughed
the representative of The Reformer
81 guess the lower half inch or so
is tight, replied the officer. "Up
high on the box you can see through
| the corners.
| How do you account for the testi-
mony that was printed in the report of
the investigation, that you drew two or
| three pailsfull one noon9'
The officer looked at his inquisitor.
slowly smiled, shrugged his shoulders
and said nothing.
| And there the public has new phase
of an old story. Apparently it is one
that was not touched upon in either of
the Investigations. If it was in the in
vestigation conducted by the commits
sioners no word of it appeared in the
typewriter testimony given to The
Reformer, which is evidence that no one
of the witnesses was asked as to the
receptacle in which Mr. Wood habit
ually carries his dinner, and Mr.. Wood
did not take the trouble to explain.
So far as The Reformer knows Mr.
Wood has not made public mention of
the fact. The Reformer learned of it
only by chance when a man who says
he had seen Mr.. Wood frequently when
going to or from his home remarked
that it was a peculiar sort Of collap-
sible box if it would hold liquid. He
merely considered it, judging from his
comment, as joke. The Reformer felt
that it was worth presenting as fact
that should have material bearing upon
tho public mind, for apparently the in
vestigations have developed nothing
more than the public knows and the
public is doing its own guessing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-18
II THOUGHT LOST
BROUGHT TO PORT
Iathan Ship Sardenga Rescued Crew of
the Bark Ncthtis Off New
Jersey Coast

NEW YORK, Dee. 18.-The II men
thought to have been lost on the bark
Ncthtis, separated from the tug Carl
baldi during a storm off the New Jcr-
sey coast on a voyage north from Bra
I'll, were rescued yesterday by the Ital-
ian ship Sardegna, which brought them
TO this port today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-18
In Odd Fellows Temple

Monday night at 7.3o-Regular meet
ing Of Nmtastiquct lodge. viii work
the sccoHd degree
Tuesday. Dee. l9---Open house. All
Odd Fellows and Rcbekahs and their
families are invited to an open house
Tuesday night. Complimentary dancing
aud organ recital Bring the young peo.
plc.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-18
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
President and Mrs. Wilson Celebrating
with a Dinner Today.

WASHINGTON, Dee. lS.-Prasident
and Mrs. Wilson today celebrated the
first anniversary Of their marriage. a
family party will be entertained at
dinner at the White House tonight.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-18
THE WEATHER.
Snow Tonight AMI Tuesday - Slightly
Werner Tonight in Vermont.

WASHINGTON, Dee. IS. The
weather forecast: Snow tonight and
Tuesday. Slightly warmer tonight in
Vermont. Variable winds becoming
north and northeast and increasing by
Tuesday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-18
BEYOND SERETH RIVER.
The Rumanian Army Is Being Re-
trooped and Refitted

PARIS, Dec. IS. II The Rumanian
army is now safe, according to news re-
ceived in Paris last night, says the
Petit Parisienc. The paper says that
the survivors are now beyond the
Sereth river and ct .Jaffy and in Bess-
arabia, where they are being retrooped
and refitted in view of further opera
tions. The entire Rumanian front is
now stated to be held by the Russians
alone.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-18
DARKEST DAY IN
THE CITY'S HISTORY
Fog MingIng with Smoke from Mills
and Factories Make Situation Pc
culiar in Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH, Pa Dec. lS.-Pittsburgh
today experienced what weather observers
say was the darkest day of its history.
At 9 o'clock the streets were so dark that
electric lamps were Intellectual, and traffic
was suspended The local office of the
weather bureau said the darkness was
caused by the falling temperature. The
fog. mingling with the smoke from the
mills and factories, was held over the city,
there being absolutely no wind.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-18
LLOYD GEORGE BETTER.
Will Make His Speech in the House of
Commons Tomorrow

LONDON, Dec. 1S.-Premier Llovd
George was much better this morning
and his secretary said that he would
certainly make the promised statement
III the house of commons Tuesday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-18
RECEPTION TO
GOV. III. F. GRAHAM
Gov. Gates Will Be Assisted in Re-
ceiving by His Daughter, ex-Gov-
ernors and Wives.
Especial to The Reformer.)
MONTPELIER. Dee.

Gov. Gates reception to incoming
Gov Graham will take place Wednes-
day evening, Jan. 3, the opening day
of the session of the general assembly.
Miss Edith Gates, daughter of Gov.
Gates, viii receive with him, and sew
eral ex-governors and their wives will
be invited to places in the reception
line. Secretary of State Bailey is NOV
ing his office effects from Essex June
tion into the state house today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-18

The development of mines discovered
few years ago has given Tunis second
rank to the United States for the pro-
duetion of phosphate.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-18

Electrical exports for 1915 amounted
to $24,30S,510; electrical exports for
1914 amounted to $19,963, ,l15.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-28
-aUBsCRIPTION-
$1.oo PER YEAR.
INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
Communioations Of prtvats nature
charged for q advertising.

ADRALD JOE oRAlcH
complies in every respect. Work
done on short notice and on ths most
reasonable terms.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-28
Measure OF lauQnIer.

A meter for laughter Is the latest IN.
vention of commercialized drama. The
device registers automatically and In
degree the amount of laughter induced
by moving picture films. 1t is some
Invention and its uses should not be
monopolized by the movies. Its one
great function in life is evidently to
check up the applause and laughter re-
ports now found SO copiously scattered
through the columns of the Congress
sional Record, much to the chagrin Of
blushing veracity. The machine We
really need, however, is one which reg
listers the spirit Of humor and not the
effect. 1t would save humanity many
weary moments If the inveterate story
teller could first try his stuff out on a
machine instead Of his long suffering
friends. 1t would not do, however, to
have this machine around when the
politicians are making their promises
to their constituency of congenital
suckers.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-28
ABRUPTLY CHANGED HIS MIND
Jersey City Man Had Cause 70 Recon-
elder the Availability Of Cutting
Up State Of Texas.

We had been talking for half IN
hour or 90 on the subject Of dividing
Texas into four states, and the man
from Jersey City, who had front seat
In the stage, insisted that the matter
ought to come up for congressional &C.
ton. We finally drew up at q way sta
ton to change horses, and a. we got
down to stretch our legs the one ma
tive Texan among the eight passengers
pulled out q bowie knife and confront
Cd the Jersey man with:
so you reckon that there's nun
OF Texas to make four states?"
Tt's-it's very large state" re-
piled the man. looking with anxiety
at the knife.
Exactly. You are also . very large
man"
Yes"
do you reckon there's nun Of you
to make four men?"
well. hardly"
III should even slice of your ears
you'd lose suthin' of your glory
WOuQu you
"Of course"
And you wouldn't feel that you
were much Of man with your head
gone. would your"
"No indeed"
Il merely illustrate" said tho Texan,
- he whetted the blade on his boot.
leg. IT Texas can DO divided up and
still"
oh! She can't bel" interrupted
Jersey. Texas Is none too big for
single state, for the empire state Of
the West. and II were one Of her
honored citizens should certainly OBJ
pose such . movement with my every
energy. Gentlemen. let u drink to
Texas Is she Isl"
And We gurgled.-Exchanee.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-28
sMALL-ToWN BOY NOT GONE
has the Same Old Youthful
Exuberance.

Not long ago q writer in q western
exchange bewailed the passing Of the
true boy, the boy Of natural impulses
with streak Of old Adam. and . fine
contempt for the minor ordinances,
the Cleveland Plain Dealer remarks.
He was the boy who plotted and exc
cuted mischief Of the boyish type, who
made himself nuisance, perhaps, to
the community in which he ran wild.
yet never mixed meanness with mis-
chief. In short, he was the old-fash-
Toned boy, the embodiment Of life and
spirit and impishness. In his place. As
the writer points out, we have the
hulking street corner boy. who travels
in gangs and becomes the bane Of the
police guardians.
No doubt the author Of this disser-
tation had In mind the boy Of the rural
community, not the city boy. but the
small-town boy. That type Of boy isn't
found in the cities. They are too
hampering for his soaring soul. He
needs room. he requires q tolerant
community, he wants q congenial at
mosphere. It may be imagined that
the author Of the lamenting screed,
having looked out through his urban
window and noted no boy Of the old
fashioned type, believes he end his Joy.
Gus type have passed.
The small-town boy still exists, how.
ever. Every little while his boyish
pranks provide material for the coun-
try correspondent. He plays the same
old tricks; he exhibits the same old
brand Of boyish exuberance. The 9TH
or day he slipped into q Delaware
church where a revival service was In
progress. and left q half frozen hor-
nets nest beside the stove. When the
hornets thawed out they organized an
exploring expedition and the congrega.
ton promptly endesvored to leave the
sdifice In . body.
There Is no use Of worrying over the
decline Of the small-town boy. He
hasn't declined.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-28
VALUABLE SOAP BERRY TREE
Product 81 Ecuador Has Remarkable
Qualities, Besides its Worth 10
Cleanser Of the Skin,

The jaboncello, or soap berry tree
(sapfndus saponaria), grows in the
humid parts of western Ecuador. 1t
attains . height Of about fifty feet
and has widespreading branches and
immense quantities Of fruit Of the size
and shape Of cherries.
The nearly transparent yellowish
skin and pulp surrounding the round
black seeds are so saponaceous as to
be used instead Of soap by many peo-
pie Of Ecuador. being equivalent to
more than fifty times their weight OF
that material.
The hard, polished seeds have been
used extensively in Spain and England
for waistcoat buttons, for they are
very durable and seldom break. They
are used also as beads.
Although considerable quantities of
the berry are utilized locally. tons of
them rot on the ground every year.
there being as yet little foreign de-
mand for them. Since they contain q
large percentage Of saponin, they
should be Of value In the manufacture
Of soap.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-28
Voices Of the Sea.

In THE Log Of the Shark" by Char
milan Kittredge London. is this bit OF
sea description:
THE sea is not q lovable monster
And monster It IL. 1t is beautiful, the
sea, always beautiful on one way or
another, but It Is cruel and unmind-
ful Of the life that is in It and upon
It. It was cruel last evening in the
lurid low sunset that made 1t glow,
DULY, to the cold. hooking, ragged
moonrise that made it look like death
The waves positively beckoned when
they rose and pitched toward our boat
laboring in the trough. And all the
long night It seemed to me that /
heard voices through the planking.
talking. talking, endlessly. monoton-
ously. ENORMOUSLY, and I couldn't
make out whether It was the ocean
calling from the outside or the ship
herself mutterine gropingly, finding
herself II the voices are Of the ship
they Will soon cease. for she must find
herself. But II they are the voices
Of the sea they must be sad sirens
that cry. restless, questioning. unsatis-
ned-Quaint homeless little sirens"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-28
DIVIDE YEARS INTO "CYcLEs +"
like That Of Any Other People
on the Earth.

Among the many extraordinary Gus
toms Of the Chinese II that OF band.
Ing years together In groups Of twelve.
called cycles" and naming each year
Of the series after some animal Thus,
the first year Of . new cycle 10 the
year Of the rat. the second the year
OF the OF, the third the year Of the
tiger. Every Chinese born IN the year
Of the rat belongs to the Order Of the
Rat, and % on. The animal class OF
every Chinese man and woman is thus
recorded, and 10 held to be Of great
importance In foretelling the future.
Another curious fact about the Chi.
nese reckoning Of time IL that In the
Celestial empire child is held to be
one year old as soon as born. With
the absurd superstition so dear to the
oriental mind. a baby boy is frequent
ly given . girls name in order to de-
ceive the evil spirits, who apparently
have an objectional habit Of making
1t as hard as possible to rear q male
child successfully.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-28
Armenian History.

The history Of the later years Of the
Armenian kingdom is bound up in the
history Of Am. The stronghold city
became the capital Of the Bagratid
kings of Armenia in 961. The Byzan-
:ium emperor captured it in 1046, and
It was then hive of many scores Of
thousands, wealthy city and an invit-
ing one. The Seljuk Turks carried
IRE and sword throughout its confin 90
Is years later; the warlike Georgians
took it Ave times between 1125 and
1909; the Mongols overran 1t in 1888
and an earthquake in 1919 completed
the work Of ruin. The great cathedral.
the most perfect survival, was found
ed in 1010, just at the beginning Of the
eity's Yong chain Of misfortunes.