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The daily progressive-miner., 1916-08-09

ROME, Aug. 9-The Italian forces report that the town of Gorizaf in Aus tria lad been captured from the Aus tria2 forces yesterday. The capture of the town includes several hundred soldiers; among them are ten officers.
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ME0IAToRs ARE READY.

NEW YORK. Aug. 9.-The mediat- ors agreed upon to arbitrate the threat ened strike by the railroad employees, nave expressed their desire to pro ceed in the matter.
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LONDON, Aug. 9.-Four are dead and fourteen injured in an air raid on the east coast of England by the Zep- pelins last night. Much propery is also reported to have been destroyed.
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PREPARING FOR RECONSTRUCT.
 ION.

PARIS, Aug g. - Anticipating the approach of peace. it is reported that leading Belgians have organized a commission to prepare a scheme for the reorganization of the Belgian gov ernment, One plan considered is the division Of the counry into two states, one Flemish and the other Walloon.
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BOAT MOVEMENTS.
soUTHBoUND.

MARlPOsA went south this this morning taking the fol- lowing named passengers from Ketchikan. o. s. An derson, F. L. Lymann, W. Long, Mrs. L. J. Goodro, F. F. Hicks, Mrs. o. Wick, J. E. Anderson, D. Anderson, H. Larson. Geo. Dahl, E. o. Golbel and R. Johnson. CITY OF SEATTLE is due here tomorrow afternoon. PRINCESS SOPHIA due here at ' o'clock Saturday morning.
 NORTHBOUND. ADMIRAL FARRAGUT left for the north little after one o'clock this afternoon taking as passengers from here E. C. Peterson, James Clancy, Nora Museth, R. R. Tinkham and D. II. Hanson.
 PRINCE RUPERT due tonight at seven o'clock.
 SPOKANE and JEFFERSON are due here tomorrow.
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4 NEW BABY BOY IN TOWN.

\ big haby boy was born unto MT and Mrs J. :. Rainwater at their home last night. Both mother and baby are doing well under the care of Dr. Anna Brown
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AMSTERDAM. Aug. A dispatch was received here last evening to the effect that German mine-layer had been sunk in the Baltic yesterday morning.
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BERNE, Aug. 9.-A dispatch from Berlin says that the resumption of un- restricted submarine warfare was be- fore the Reischstag for discussion.
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PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 9. - Every publisher have decreased to size of their papers commencing with today. A paper famine is expected.
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Louise GIaum Harry 6. Keenan and-
 HersCheI MayaII

5th Reel 5th Reel "THE BATTLE"-A sin gle reel picture of the Mutual type.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-14
GREAT DAM BROKEN
BY FLOOD WATERS
Inhabitants of North Carolina Valley
Fleo from Homes When Structure
Gives Way.

ASHEF1LLE, \. c., August 14.-The
great dam at Lake Toxaway, eakened
by the recent floods, broke last even
ing, sending a great wall of water down
the valley toward western South Caro-
lima. No lives had been reported lost
at late hour, and warnings are be-
lieved to have enabled most persons in
the path of the flood to reach safety.
The lake, an artificial BODY of water
covering $50 acres and an average
depth of thirty feet, was reported al
most entirely drained. The dam. an
eighth of mile long and fifty feet
high, was completely destroyed. The
town of Lake Toxaway suffered only
minor damage.
The released waters are rushing
through the Toxaway river valley, a
omparativelv uninhabited section. to.
ward the Chuga river in South Carolina,
Andel son, Walhalla, Pickens. and Sen
eca counties composed the territory i'm
mediately threatened, and warnings
were telephoned to all places that could
be reached. Persons familiar with the
territory believe the waters will spread
out over the uninhabited country imme.
diatelv south of Lake Toxawav and
thus minimize the possibility of exten
sive damage.
The lake was created in connection
with a summer resort. The dam was
constructed at a cost of $4,000.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-14
FARM LOAN BANK HEARINGS.
First to Be Held in Augusta, Maine,
August 81.

WASHINGTON, August 14-Dates
and places were announced here last
night for the first Is hearings to be
held by the farm loan board for com
piling information on which it will
divide the country into II farm loan
districts under the new rural credits
law and determine the location of a
federal loan bank in each.
The itinerary, so far as worked out,
with the dates of hearings follows:
Augusta, Me-, August 21; Concord,
\. H., August %; Hartford, Conn,
August %; Springfield, Mass, August
%; Utica, n. Y, August "a; Lansing,
Mich, August %; Madison, Wis, Au-
gust 26; Des Moines, Ia, August %;
Sioux Falls, s. d., August 30; st. Paul,
Mimi, August 81; Fargo, n. D., Sept.
|; Helena, Mont, Sept 2; Spokane,
Washington, Sept. 4.
The law requires the board to ap-
portion the districts with due regard
to the farm loan needs of the eoun-
try, = said a statement issued by
the board. There is great neces-
sity for the relief which the act con-
templates and the important problem
before the board is the determination
of the means of placing all the advan.
tages of the system at the disposal of
the farmers. In this connection a
close study of farming conditions and
farm loan needs in each state will be
made. -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-14
MRS. ADDIE (PRIEsT) SUMNER.
Former Putney and Brattleboro Woman
Dies in Turner's Falls.

News was received here YESTERDAY
of the death in Riverside, Mass, of
Mrs. Addie (PrieSt) Sumner, 81, who
was born and spent a large part of her
early life in Brattlcboro. She had been
in i'll health several months and was
stricken with a shock last Friday at her
home near Turner's Falls, which resulted
in her death yesterday morning. Mrs.
Sumner was born il Brattleboro Jan
81, 1852. Her father died on the Journey
from Germany here with DIR. Vessel
hoeft, then superintendent of the
Watercure establishment on Elliot street
and her mother died soon after her
birth.
She was adopted by the late Mr.. and
Mrs. \. II. May and later by Mr.. and
Mrs. \. f. Priest of Brattleboro, who
moved TO Putney early in the seventies.
She moved there with her adopted
parents and married Martin n. Sumner
of that town. The lived a few years
in Putney and then moved to Brattle-
boro, living here q few years before
moving to Riverside, where she had
lived since. Mr.. Sumner died about 30
years ago.
Mrs. Sumner leaves one son. Harold
Summer, of sharon, superintendent of
the mine and plant of the Vermont
Copper Co., and five grandchildren. One
son, Ralph, died while young and an.
other son, Charles Sumner, who was
superintendent of the Griswold Cotton
mill of Turner's Falls, died little over
year ago.
The funeral will be held at the house
at 2 o clock tomorrow afternoon.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-14
NOT KNOWN WHEN
TROOPS WILL LEAVE
Capt. 3. S. Hyland, in Command of
Camp, Says Order Is Expected
Hourly-Not Fully Equipped.

The Central Vermont railroad has re-
eeived on order to prepare to send the
rest of the Vermont militia to the bor-
der at short notice, but no order has
been received here showing when they
will leave.
Although no formal order has been
received at Camp Governor Gates, it is
expected at headquarters that the
troops will leave in a day or two. Capt.
B. 5. Hyland of Company \, command
ing officer at the camp, says that the
order to entrain is expected hourly.
The original order from Washington
to the effect that no company of mi
litia could depart until fully equipped
is still in force, and the four companies
in camp still lack their ponchos, mos
quito bars and bed sacks
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-14
WILL OPEN STORE
ABOUT OCTOBER /
Huntress- Wood Co. to Have Three
Floors Formerly o. j. Pratt Store
and Floor Over Woolworth's.

Frank Huntrcss and son. William C.
huntress, both of keene, \. H., were in
Brattleboro today on business connected
with their proposed drygoods store in
the former o. J. Pratt building. in tho
same location where the late o. T
Pratt conducted drygoods store over
half century. They said thev expected
TO open the store about Oct l. The firm
consists of Frank Huntress, William
e. Huntress and George H. Wood and
will be known as the Huntress- Wood
Co. This will be the ninth in a chain of
stores III which Frank Hmtress is finan-
clallv interested and for which he will
do the buying. His son. William. will
be the resident manager and Mr.. Wood
VIII be here part of the time. William
{. Hnntress has been with Forbes &
Wallace i'll Springfield, Mass, the past
year. Mr.. Wood is member of the
firm of Wood Huntress Co. of Clare
mont, n. H..
The +. w. Woolworth Co., which re-
Gently bought the Pratt building and
VIII occupy the north store, vacated a
few weeks ago by Goodnow, Pearson
q Hunt, will occupy the rear end of the
former Pratt store, into which an en-
trance has been cut from the north
store. But aside from that section the
Huntress-W Wood Co. will occupy all the
three floors which made up the Pratt
store and III addition the entire floor
over the Woolworth store, giving them
much more space than Mr.. Pratt had
The front will be improved, the en-
trance doors being set back several feet
to give deeper show windows The firm
Will carry drygoods and fancy notions
on the first floor and basement and a
full line of women S rcady-to-wear gar
ments on the second floor.
The chain of nine stores is made up
as follows: Huntress- Wood Co., Brattle-
boro; Chamberlain, Foote & Co., Yer
gennes; Ross -Huntress Co., Rutland !;
Wood-Hntress Co., Claremont, \. H. /;
". p. Chamberlain Co., Keene, n. H..
Chamberlain, Adams & Co., Winchester,
H.; Chamberlain-Patten Co., Nashua
\. H.; Hillsboro Drygoods Co., HILLSIDE
70, \. H.; Chamberlain -Huntress Co.,
Fitchburg, Mass.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-14
STRIKE IS LAID
BEFORE PRESIDENT
Railroad Brotherhoods and Railroad Managers
Present Their Views at White House Prepara
tionS Made That Would Stop Every Train, Pas
Senger and Freight, in u. S.

WASHINGTON, August II. - Rail
road managers and brotherhood lead.
ers, dcadlockcd in negotiations which
threatened nation wide railroad
strike today laid their ease before
Presidcrt Wilson. First came 80 rep
resentatives of the prothcrhoods, who
conferred shortly after 10 o'clock.
They were followed 10y the committee
of managers The brotherhood men
went into the conference in their de
termination not to accept an arbitra-
tiou under the Ncwlands act, which
they contend has always furnished ar
bitrnt0rs before whom the men did not
have an unprciudiccd opportunity.
There was some indications that the
rreeilent recognizing that view, might
propose special arbitration before a
bonrd of l9 members on which the four
hrotherhoods could be represented
The President S plan was TO appeal
10 the managers and men on the high
est patriotic grounds to find "A way
to compose their differences without
a strike.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-14
GERMAN THIRD LINE
TAKEN IN 80 MINUTES
French Bombardment Near Maurepas
Shook the Ground for Over
IL Miles Around.

PARIS, Aug. II. - "The capture of
the third line of the German defense
from Hardecourt to the Somme WAS
preceded by a bombardment so intense
that for a radius of 30 kilometers
(l2 II milcs) the ground seemed to be
shaken by an uninterrupted earth
quake, says La Iibcrte s correspond
ent in the north Of France.
- In the trenches the infantry watched
for formidable artillery preparations, -
the correspondent adds, waiting i'm
patiently for the moment to rush to the
assault Finally, as if obeying an or
der which had been heard simultane-
ouslv ON the entire front, the batteries
suddenly ceased fire. The silence which
succeeded the great uproar lasted only
few minutes. Several blows on the
whistle were given and orders were
passed along. The clanking of bavo-
nets being adjusted could be heard.
a few seconds more and there was a
tumult of confused forces and a shout
of Forward
- Human forms Surged from the black
holes, running madlv forward. The
noise of the warning sirens of the ad-
Versary and the cracking of their ma
'HAhN guns lOlu lildl lIit Bdlllt Ildu Db-
gun. The positions which the French
captured, which were exceedingly
strong and along the entire front of the
defensive system of the Germans, com
priscd two or three lines of trenches,
according to their locality, and even
four lines at some points.
" Numerous works and armored forts
and fortified rcdoubts completed this
powerful organization, and it fell into
the French hands, from one end to the
other, in exactly one hour and twenty
minutes. The French losses were much
less than had been expected. At Mau-
rcpas they did not have 800 men dis
abled, and it was at this point of the
summit plateau, the southern part of
which had been occupied the day be
fore, that the combat was hottest The
Germans hung on, defending the ground
inch by inch, trying to cope with the
French and hurriedly bringing up re-
intorcements.
Their resistance was in vain, how
ever. The French, after furious hand
to-hand fighting, pushing forward and
entered the village, which had been
completely destroyed by the French
shells. The French are continuing their
progress, and their possession of the
entire village seems probable
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-14
DOUGHTY ENTERS
FOR TENNIS PLAY
Former Michigan Champion to Take
Part in State Tournament. Which
Begins Here Tomorrow

Play in the mems singles for the
Vermont State tennis championship will
begin on the courts of the Brattleboro
Country club tomorrow morning at 10
o clock. Both courts will be in use
throughout the tournament up to the
finals. Play in the doubles will not begin
until Wednesday, probably in the after
noon.
Although the entry list will not close
until this evening several more entries
have been received since the pubhca.
tion of a list last week in The Reformer.
Richard Doughty, ex-champion of Mich
igan and a former Williams college star
who is spending the summer in Will
Jamestown, has entered and will arrive
Tuesday afternoon.
Edgar Tilton, Wakefield bort and f.
Heine have entered from the Pine
Grove Springs hotel and the two latter
will play III the doubles matches. John
Williams of Walpole, n. H.. has entered.
and it is expected that by the time the
entries close tonight there will be the
best showing of entries in recent years.
\. II. Chaplin, champion of Spring
field, Mass. arrived this morning, ac-
companied by Mrs. Chaplin, who IS the
woman champion of that city. 1t is
planned to arrange an exhibition match
between Mrs, Chaplin and Miss Sarah
NJ. Young of Pittsburg, Pa, who will
be a guest of Fred II. Harris during
the tournament. Miss Young is a very
clever player, having competed in nu-
mcrous tournaments with unvarying
success. This match and possibly some
mixed doubles matches will be staged
probably Wednesday afternoon.
There will be an invitation dance
Tuesday evening on the courts under
the management of the house commit
tee of the Country club, to which mem
bers may invite guests Leitsinger S or
ehestra will play and electric lights and
Japanese lanterns will furnish the IL
lumination. Dancers are requested to
wear low heeled shoes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-14
ARREST IN MURDER CASE.
New Evidence May Save Convicted
Man from Electric Chair.

ALBION, n. Y, August IA. A
warrant was issued here today by Chief
Justice II. t. Tucker charging Erwin
King with murder in tho first degree in
connection with the Phelps and VOL
cott murders at West shelby in March,
1915, for which Charles f. Stielow is
under sentence of death.
The Justice refused to say upon
whose information the warrant was is
sued. District Attorney Knickerbocker
had announced early in the dav that
King repudiated the confession, al
/ legged to have been made in the Little
Valley jail to Mrs. Grace Humiston, a
New York lawyer, who has been work.
ing to save StielOw from the electric
chair Mrs. Humiston demanded to see
King on her arrival here today. but the
district attorney refused to permit an
interview.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-14
SUPERINTENDENT OF
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL,
Miss Maude Lands Succeeds Miss Mary
schumacher, Who Has Gone on In
definite Vacation.

Miss Maude Lands of Kansas Citv
MO-, assumed the duties of superintend-
@ @ent OF the Brattleboro Memorial hospital
TINS morning, succeeding Miss Schu-
macher, who has gone on an indefinite
vacation.
MISS Lands is college graduate and
graduate of the Searritt hospital in
hansas City of which she was after
ward superintendent for three years.
She took a post graduate course in the
PRESBYTERIAN hospital in Chicago, was
for nearly eight years in charge of the
LeVerlng hospital in Hannibal, Mo-, and
recent y left the Edward Sparrow hos
Pltai IN Lansing, Mich. Miss Lands
has been conspicuouslv successful in
hospital management and comes to Brat
tehoro highly recommended.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-14
MRS. OLIVER TRUDo INJURED.
Weybridge Woman Run Over at Middle
bury by Car of B. o. Wales.

MIDDLEBURY, Aug. 14.-Mrs. Oh
lver Trudo of Weybridge suffered bad
scalp wound and broken rib when
she was knocked down and run over
aboout $50 clock Saturday evening
near the George Z. Marshall store on
Main street by an automobile owned
and driven by Benjamin o. Wales of
Weybridge.
The car was running slowly at the
time and was stopped almost immedi-
ately by Mr.. Wales. The woman was
placed in the machine and taken to the
office of DR.. F. L. Dorev. Later she
was removed to her home at Wey-
bridge in Mr.. Wales s ear
The street was badly congested at
the time of the accident. An auto
mobile stood on either side and sew
eral teams were passing, hiding the
approaching car from view. Mrs.
Trudo stepped directly in front of
the machine.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-14
AUSTR|ANS STILL
FIGHT F|ERCELY
Making a Plucky Stand At
ter the Disastrous Re-
suits at Gorilla
C0NTESTING EVERY
INCH OF ADVANCE
Progress of the Italians in the Next
Few Days Probably Will Be Slow =
Have Pierced Line of Entertainments
OH the Carso Plateau.

ROME, August 14.-Descriptions of
the vigorous Italian offensive in the vi
einity of Gorilla are coming in almost
hourly. The Austrians are resisting OBJ
stinatcly on the San Gabrielle line and
the San Marco heights, but it is improb
able that this is their real line of de-
fenSc, as they have new point of re-
sistance on the high plains overlooking
the Gorilla plains, which interfere with
the free movement of the Italian troops.
The AustrianS, although badly defeated
at Gorilla, still are strong and full of
fight. Gen Cadorna S further progress
probably will be slow, as every inch of
advance is being contested. Fighting
continues on the other fronts
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-14
KAISER USES VERMONT sNATH.
Bellows Falls Product Used for All
Scythes On His Estates.

BELLOWS FALLS, August Ia
Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany is receiv-
ING much publicity just now because
he is reported as spending his after
moons moving hay with scythe. Bel
lows Falls should receive a little re-
tleeted glory. The scythe snath used
on all the kaiser S estates are made
in Bellows Falls.
The oldest and largest scvthe snath
factory IN the country is located in this
Vllla2e and tor many years consign-
nehts nave been sent to Berlin, con
signed to the purchasing agent for the
kaiser. While Wilhelm is welding his
Nermont-made scythe snath the lowli-
est peasants in his country and in all
European countries are using imple-
ments made by the same firm, for they
are sent all over the world from this
place.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-14
DECREASE IN
PARALYSIS CASES
Best Showing in Many
Weeks Reported from
New York Today
DEATH RATE ALSO
is AT Allow MARK
Only 81 Fatalities for the 24-Hour Pc
riod Ending at 10 o 'clock-Faverable
Change Is Attributed Largely to the
Cooler Weather.

NEW YORK, August IA. - The cpl
demie of infantile paralysis took a turn
for the better today. The number of
new cases of the disease reported to the
health department went under the 100
mark for the first time iii several weeks.
During the "A hours ending at 10 clock
this morning the plague killed 81 chill
dren III the five boroughs of New York
city and % new eases were reported.
This compares favorably with yester-
day S figures when there were al new
eases and % fatalities. The falling
off III cases was attributed to the cool
er weather.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-14
HUGHES AT SPOKANE.
Republican Nominee to Deliver Three
Addresses Today.
SPOKANE. Wash. Aupu

SPOKANE, WASH. August II. -
Charles +. Hughes today expected to
spend one of the busiest days on his
trip. He was up early to lead an auto
mobile parade arranged so that those
who would be unable to attend the two
later meetings could see him. His fore
noon program included motor trip
to Occur d Alene, Idaho, % miles away.
There he addressed an open-air meet
ing, remaining for luncheon. Two
speeches are on his day IS program here
The first at $3.50 is to be a meeting for
women voters only, the second, at 80
is to be general meeting. Mr.. Hughes
will leave Immediately thereafter for
Tacoma.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-14

NEW YORK, August l1.-If Prcsi-
dent Wilson fails to persuade the rail
road men aud their employers to set
tie their differences and general
strike is called it will he directed from
headquarters in this city. This an
nouncement was made today. At the
brotherhood headquarters it was said
that all preparations had been made
for putting into effect strike that
would stop every train, passenger and
freight on the 22S railway systems of
the United States. Authorities here
declared that while the national labor
laws gayc the President no right to
interfere officially the broad police
powers vested in him gave him au-
thority to put soldiers on the trains
aud even 90 declare martial law if he
believed the peril of the situation
called for such drastic measures. The
tension in business circles here today
showed a realization of acute danger
of a national calamity.
The President q conference with the
men wns opened with statement by
A. g. Garretson Of the conductors as
spokesman. He outlined the demand
for an eight hour day and time and a
half for over time. He insisted that
the demands were fair.
President Wilson then addressed the
men, pointing out what disaster would
follow a general strike and insisting
that an agreement must be reached
The President then asked to know the
specific things on which the employees
were prepared TO insist Mr.. Wilson
promised TO take the demands up with
managers in effort to find common
ground ON which two sides could meet
After being with the President two
hours the representatives, of the men
left the White House and Mr. Garrct
son said they expected to see the
President again later in the day after
he had conferred with the managers
Mr.. Garretson refused to say whcth
er the outlook was hopeful. 1t was
arranged that the managers should Sc,
tn" President at ) O'Clock and that
meanwhile the President would keeI
one or two important engagements, in
cludiug one with Judge Chambers ot
the federal board. At the Whit,
House it was said no indication coulC
he given Of the progress of ncgotia
tion1 until after the President saw
the managers, but one of the leader
of the four broth2rhoods characterize,
the conference with the President a
"most encouraging and declare,
''thc outlook for the prevention of
general strike was hopeful -