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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24
PRE-MEMORIAL DAY
EXERCISES PLANNED
High School Program at 10 O'Clock
Friday in Main Room-Exercises
by Grades in Afternoon.

The pre-Memorial day exercises for
the high school will be hell Frida ,
morning in the main room of the bicb
school at 10 o'clock. There will be
prayer by Rev. Nelson kellogg and
Capt f. W. Gibson and patriotic selec-
tlons by tae high school chorus.
In the afternoon at 2.3O O'Clock
there will be held IN the main room
OF the high school the exercises for
grades five through nine of the high
school building. This program is as
T1e Star spangled Banner. al
grades; scripture and prayer, Rev. T.
w. Owens; flag salute, all grades: song
In Memory of the Soldiers, grade ):
Unforgotten, Wendell Bassett: Beat
Beat. Drums, Arthur Barrett; song
The Flag Goes By, grades 6 and 2;
lag OF Our Country, Jane Daley; The
Mother Of Soldier, Margaret Morse;
song-America the Beautiful. grade 9:
In the Shadow of the Wings. Truxton
Brlttan; Decoration Day-a Vision Of
War, Gladys Fish; song-To Thee. @
Country. grade s; Driving Home the
Cows, Muriel Kennedy; Memorial
Days, Mildred Birch; Ode for Memorial
Day, Doris Gibson; song-American
Hymn, grade Canal street; short adj
dress, Rev. r. II. Clapp; America. au-
dience and school
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24
BEGINS STATE ROAD
ON WESTERN AVENUE
County Commissioner Perry Will Have
1900 Feet Laid and as Much
More as Funds Permit.

Work was begun this morning on
Western avenue, between the junction
of High and Highland streets with the
avenue and the junction of Spruce
street and the avenue, preparing the
surface for a cement state Highway to
join the present strip. The distance is
about / 200 feet.
County Highway Commissioners D. II.
Perry said this morning that he hoped
to have the laying of the cement com
pleted in three weeks, and a little time
will be required to allow it to set be-
fore it will be used. During the lay
ing of the cement it will be necessary
for teams and automobiles to drive
around the square.
About $4,000 is available for this
state highway work in Brattleboro. If
the appropriation is not consumed by
this stretch as much more will be laid
as the appropriation viii permit, be-
ginning at the other end of the pres.
ent strip of state road near the Walter
S. Pratt farm.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24
ASSISTANT JUDGES
HEAR DIVORCE CASES
No Decisions Are Handed Down-Judge
Miles Returns After Canvassing
Presidential Primary.

The assistant judges of the Wind
ham county court heard five divorce
suits yesterday in the absence of Su-
perior Judge Willard w. Miles. who
was in Montpelier canvassing the vote
Of the presidential primary. Judge
Miles returned to Newfane last night.
and today the court was engaged in
hearing further divorce cases, all of
those this morning being from the
northern part of t1e county.
The cases heard yesterday were Nell
lie NJ. Wyman of Guilford against Asa
W. Wyman on the ground of neglect
and refusal to support, Attorney A.
F. Sehwenk for the petitioner; Lena
Z. Sumner of Brattleboro against
Clarence w. Sumner, the ground being
intolerable severity, Attorney Sch
wenk for the petitioner; Florence b.
Hart against Carl w. Hart. the petit
tioner of Bellows Falls; Hattie Mae
Durham of Bellows Falls against Viii
liam @. Dunhan, and Bertha May Todd
of Bellows Fails against Herman l..
Todd. No decisions were handed down.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24
Scheme for Reorganization
Has Been Laid Before
Board of Directors
TO TAKE OVER SOME
OF LEASED LINES
Corporation Would Have Capital of
$101, $4,000 in First and Second Pre-
ferred and Common Stock and Bond
ed Debt of S99, ,2O2, 900.

BOSTON, May 24-Regarding the
statement Of Former Chief Justice
knowlton and the latter s objection to
the proposed reorganization plan of the
Boston & Maine railroad system, Presi-
dent Hustis said today that it had been
formally laid before the board of direc-
tors and for that reason no official an
nouncement could be made at present.
1t is understood that the reorganiza-
tlon committee which includes represen-
tatives of the Boston < Maine and of
certain of its leased lines, contemplates
proposing that new corporation be
formed to take over the Boston &
Maine and such of the leased and sub
sidary lines as can be obtained and arc
desired, including the Hampden rail
road. The new corporation would be
called the Boston & Maine Railroad
company, and have a capital of $10I.-
$4,000 in first and second preferred
and common stock. The bonded debt of
tho company would be 99,202 900.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24
STOLTE WILL TAKE
TEAM TO BURLINGTON
Eight Brattleboro High School Men to
Compete in Interscholastic Track
Meet Saturday.

Coach Diedrich Stolte of tle Brat
tleboro high school track team will
take team of eight men to Burling-
ton Friday to compete in the inter
scholastic track meet Saturday under
the auspices Of the University of Yer
mont. Plumb is entered in the low
hurdles and the 1O0-yards dash.
Stearns is entered in both hurdle rae
es. Randall will 20 into the broad
jump and the pole vault Moran is en-
tered in six events, but probably will
not compete in all of them They are
the two dashes, the two hurdle races.
the pole vault and the high Jump.
Betterley is entered in the 900. 40
and $50 runs. Austin viii start in the
two sprints and the quarter mile.
Nichols is an entry in the quarter,
half and mile runs and Adams in the
two sprints, the low hurdles, the broad
jump and the pole vault. Brattleboro
has no entries in the weight events un-
less Adams should compete in the shot
put, in which he has a better practice
mark than won the event acre last
Saturday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24
NATIONAL AUTOMATIC
MACHINE co. MOVED
Practically All Machinery Now in
Brick Shop - Force Increased
When New Machines Come.

The task of moving the machinery
and business of the National Automat-
&c Machine Co., from the Old wooden
building on Elm street across tae
street to the brick machine shop build
ing recently bought by the company.
Is about completed. Every machine
will have been moved and be in
running order by tomorrow night in
the new quarters.
The work has been in progress two
weeks and only the machine in trans
1t Ias been idle. Power has been kept
on In both shops and the men and
machines have had no lost time.
The new quarters were built prim-
arily for machine shop purposes and
there are no quarters in town better
adapted to the purpose. The company
has new additional machines that will
be delivered next month and will be
installed Immediately in places reserv-
| ed for tLem in the new quarters When
/ the% are in operation the plant will
! employ % mechanics on the day shift.
At present there are 43 men working
on the day and night shifts.
The north end of the first floor has
been fitted up for fine office quarters.
the main Office and the private office
being large, well lighted, airv rooms.
The rest of the first floor is occupied
as machine shop. The second floor
will be used for the nickle plating
department and for storage purposes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24
TO PREVENT ATTACK
ON ALL THE FRONTS
Germany and Austria Hope to Keep AL
lies from Taking Initiative in War
Operations

ROME, May 24, via Paris. - The
Austrian offensive on the Trentino
front and the furious efforts of the
Germans to gain a decision at Verdun
are explained in a semi official state
ment published here as a result of the
concerted effort on the part of the cen
tral powers to prevent an expected
simultaneous attack by the allies ON
all the fronts.
1.-The central empires,' saws the
statement, wish to prevent even at
the cost OF enormous sacrifices of men
and material, the allies from taking
the initiative in the war operations and
attacking them simultaneously on all
fronts Such is the plan of the central
powers as revealed by the great Austri-
an offensive on the Trentino front
while the Germans are reviving their
offensive against Nerdun. Germans and
Austrlans aim at wearing out France
and Italy, counting on a temporary
halt IN the Russian operations continu-
ing. They hope that when Russia is
ready at last to resume the fight the
other two nations will be so worn out
as to need rest. This view is con
hrmed by the statements made by Aus
trian officers who have beea taken
prisoners.
The statement concluded with an as
sertion that the Austro- Hungarian plan
must fail, as all the allies will be able
to pass the present defensive stage to
decisive simultaneous action.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24
NO TIME TO TALK PEACE.
President Wilson'S Moment Ill Chosen
Says London Post

LONDON, May "a. - The Morning
Post devotes its daily editorial to
President Wilson s North Carolina
speech, in which "the President gave
utterance again to his deep-seated am
bition to play peace maker in war
distracted world. - The Post urges that
all such peace talk is out of place at
the present time
"The conception says the Post,
is no doubt an exalted one, but is
based on the illusion that a compro-
mise is always possible between two
belligerents. There are some antago-
nisms which in their nature are ire
concilable, and this is a war in which
there can be no compromise without
invoking disaster as great as defeat
itself. What would Lincoln have said
in the midst of his implacable strug-
gle if some well-intentioned friend had
stepped in to urge compromise and
cancellations :. The people of
this country believe taey must win on
! perish, and they are determined at
any cost to win. =
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24
MRS. WAITE WITNESS
AGAINST HER HUSBAND
Told About the Condition of her Faith
er Before His Death-"K. Ad-
ANS Revealed.

NEW YORK, May 24-The sende,
of the mysterious X. Adams telegram
which has figured in the ease Of DR.
Arthur w. Waite, accused of the mur
der of his fatherin-law, John f. Peck
was identified as Elizabeth B. Hard
wick of Somerville, n. J., at Waite 5
trial today. This is the telegram sent
from New York to Grand Rapids urg
ing Percy Peek that an autopsy be
held on his father s body.
Mrs. Clara Louise Peek Waite faced
her husband in the court for the first
time today, when she took the stand as
witness against him Mrs. Waite
dressed in mourning, came into the
court room SO quietly that few observed
her as she took seat. DIR. Waite. who
had been sitting with bowed head all
the forenoon, looked up at his wife
but she appeared not to see him.
Mrs. Waite testified concerning her
father s visit in New York and said
that Waite suggested that Dr.. Moore
be called to see her father. eve. that
is father, DR.. Waite and myself. had
planned to go to Hot Springs on a Wis
1t. Father appeared to be in very
good health. =
Mrs. Waite told about a dinner three
days before Mr. Peck S death when
Waite served her father with oysters
and after dinner her father remarked
that he felt unusually drowsy.
Then she was asked if she noticed
anything unusual in Dr. Waite s man
aer. Mrs. Waite broke down and
sobbed and answered: " No. only what
my maid told me later = She said her
father 5 condition grew gradually
worse and she called in Dr. Moore sew
eral times.
Miss Elizabeth Hardwick testified
that she sent the Kate Adams tele-
gram on March y. She said she lived
IN the home of DR., Cornell of Somer-
ville, \. j.. who has testified that he
called at the Waite home on the morn
ing of Mr.. Peek 5 death. She tcsti-
ied that she sent the telegram to Per
ey Peck after DIR. Cornell returned
from the Waite apartment and that
someone not named had told her to
send it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24
CROWDS ATTEND
CHAPMAN MEETINGS
EVangelists Will Remain in Keene I'm
til June 18-Tabernacle has Capa-
city of About $500.
Especial to The Reformer.1

MEME, n. H., Nav "a
Large congregations are ATTENDING
the ChapmanAiexander revival meet,
lngs here, which began Sunday with
an attendance of about 5000 persons
at the three services, there being l
ooo at the morning service. Many
from Massachusetts and Vermont have
come by automobile, including mum
ber from Brattleboro, to attend the
services.
Ihe meetings are held in a centrally
located tabernacle "A By $50 feet
which has seating capacity of about
Z,oO0. At one end is the pulpit and n
fostrum capable of seating about 400
singers, led by Charles NJ. Alexander.
the noted gospel singing director. who
has the ability to put life and spirit
INTO the music. Albert Brown. a mem
Der of the team, is the soIoist and
Henry Barraclough presides at the
piano.
DR., Chapman s sermons are inspri.
ing and his voice can be clearly heard
IN the remote corners of the building
The services will continue until
Sunday, June Is. There will be three
services on Sundays and one each
evening in the tabernacle. Nrornino
services Will be held in the various
evangelical churches weekdays. The
pastors and a corps of workers arr
taking hold of the work with mucl
vim and the opening meetings indicate
a series Of successful ones to follow.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24
Battle Around Verdun Con-
tinues with a Violence
Never Before Known
NOTHING BUT SHELL
HOLES FOR MILES
After Artillery Had Reduced Trench
Holes to Ruins German Infantry
Dashed Forward to Be Swept Away
by Hurricane of Fire.

PARIS, May 24.-The battle around
Ncrdun continues to rage with vio-
lence ncXampled even in this region.
The Germans are striving with every
resource i'll their power to capture Hill
Ne. 3o4 and Dead Man 8 hill on the left
bank of the Meusc and to win back the
famous Fort Douamont on the right
bank, which was wrested from them by
brilliantly planned and executed of
ienslve by the French. Without full
possession of the line from Pepper hill
10 the NauX fort the Germans cannot
hope to get any nearer to the capture
Of Ncrdun Even if they succeeded in
taking this line they could not hold it
unless they were also in possession of
Hill No. 304 and Dead Man s hill, which
outfiank the line.
Driven to desperation by seeing so
much of its work undone the German
command has hurled attack after attack
against Fort Douaumont. At the same
time It has kept up its onslaught on
the left bank of the river to prevent
tho French transferring any forces IL
the main line of attack.
All day yesterday the tide of war
cbbcd and flowed, inches Of ground be-
ing won and lost at an appalling cost Iii
men. AS one Of the French officers said
"plots of land come high here. -
Again and again after reducing trench
rs to crumbhng heap of ruins by a
deluge of shells the German infantry
dashed forward only to be caught and
swept away by n hurricane of fire from
the French batteries and machine guns
Describing the battle around Fort
Douaumont one combatant said: For
-four miles behind us there was not II
trench of a communication, nothing but
she'll holes, one within the other Every
inch of ground was plowed up by an
expenditure of ammunition which is in
conceivable. In holes made by the 10
inch shells you could stable Is horses
easily. A few trees still standing have
been stripped of their branches and
look like telegraph poles.
Not second do the guns cease roar
ing or men cease falling. As soon as a
trench is made the shells begin to drop
and the survivors have to begin all
over again. Attacks have become al
most impossible in the terrific torana-
do of artillery fire the infantry on
either side are unable alike to advance
or retreat
''Nerdun will not be taken from this
point. / cannot understand how our
men are able to keep it up. You are
cNterminatcd in your boots without see
ing the enemy. The terrific noise
leaves us half stunned. Men look at
each other with bcwildcred eyes 1t
requires n strong effort of the win to
speak TO comrade.'
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24
FIFTY AT BIBLE
CLASS BANQUET
Glass No. II of Baptist Bible School
Increases List of Successful
Social Occasions.

The annual banquet last evening of
class No. y of the First Baptist Bible
school--to be known hereafter as the
j. E. Hall class, in honor of 30 wears
of faithful work by the teacher-added
one more of like kind to a long list
Of successful social occasions. About
30 class members and guests sat down
to delicious supper prepared by Mrs.
W. IL. Haigh and her committee, mu-
sic being supplied during the supper
hour by the Sunday school orchestra.
which under L. w. Hawley's leader
ship has attained marked proficiency.
The program opened with a roll call,
after which Mrs. Z. D. Wilson, chair
man of the entertainment committee.
took charge, the remainder of the pro
gram being as follows: Words of vel
come, Mr.. Hall; response. Mr.. Hawley;
vocal solo, Miss Elizabeth Brasor; re
view Of year s work, Miss Lenore
Ayers, class PRESIDENT; account of a
visit to Mexico, Henry Bond; closing
words, Mrs. F. L. Smith
The past year s record shows a wide
range Of activities, from making bed
quilts and supplying flowers for the
pulpit on Sundays to the training of
a Bible woman in China and the sup
port of a hospital bed in India. An
increasing attendance and interest
promise a year of continued efficiency
and good work for the class.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24
CLUES FOLLOWED
ON WOOD BURGLARY
Young Man Admitted Entering West
moreland cottage-Another Had
Revolver .'Given,, Him.

Although several clues, more or less
promising, have been followed in an
effort to capture the burglar or bur
glars who broke into the sporting
goods store of II. NJ Wood two weeks
ago tomorrow night, no one has vet
been charged WITH the crime
Sheriff c. Z. Mann had an inter-
view with three yonths of Bellows
Falls, who have given the police Of
that town considerable trouble. and
while one of thcm admitted that he had
broken into a cottage IN Westmore-
land, n. H.. they would not acknow-
ledge having been in Brattleboro re-
Gently.
The arrest recently of a young man
in North Adams, Mass. who had in
his possession new, unsoaded. long
barrelled Iver johnson revolver and
who claimed that the revolver was
given to him by chance acquaintance
who had four new revolvers in his pos
session, started a new trail. The
young man IN question is serving time
for carrying concealed weapon. an
offense in Massachusetts,. and ne will
be interviewed probably, before his
time expires. As he is wanted on the
charge of breaking into a store in
Hoosiek Falls, n. Y, and stealing a
suit of clothes in which he was cloth
ed when arrested, he has another sen
tenee staring him in the face before
the Brattleboro authorities could get
hold of him if he should prove to be
one of those concerned in the local
affair.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24
5000 Miles Backward.
Pedestrian Arrives From Coast. VIM
ming $4,000.

NEW YORK, May ga man
walking into the city hail backwards
caused some excitement 1t developed
that he was Patrick Harmon, and that
he had walked in this manner from
San Francisco on a wager. He was
accompanied by W A. Baltazor. who
walked in tae regular way as a watch.
er to prove that Harmon accomplished
the feat.
On August IS, 1915, a bet of $40. 1000
was made between two men in San
Francisco that Harmon could not ac-
complish the walk in 200 days. If he
did he was to receive $4,000 of the
amount wagered The walk of 5000
miles took 239 days, and was complet4
ed 21 days ahead of scheduled time.
Harmon had a rejecting mirror strap
ped to his body by which he could see
where he was going. He said he had
little difficulty, with the exception that
it took him two weeks to overcome tle
dizziness he felt as a result of his un-
usual style of loconotion. Baltazor is
to receive 81 a day as part of the
wager.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24
Union Structure Meets Ap-
prOval of Public Service
Commission
WILL NOT BE USED
FOR ABOUT MONTH
Built by H. Wales Lines CO. at Ap
proximate Cost of $4,000 - Repre-
sentatives of Central Vermont and
Boston & Maine Roads Present.

Brattleboro Is new union railroad sta
ton, after being approved by the Yer
mont public service commission. of
which Attorney Robert c. Bacon of
TINS town is chairman, was formally ac-
cepted from the contractors Yesterday
afternoon by official representatives Of
the Central Vermont Railway 60 ~
whom the order of the public service
commission to build the station was
made. The Boston & Maine Railroad
20, which joins with the Central Yer
mont IN making il a union station. was
represented and Joined in accepting
the structure, which was built by the
IL. Wales Lines Co. of Meriden. Conn.
at a cost of approximately $4,000. The
pubhc service commission Is very
much pleased with the station.
The acceptance Of the station does
not mean that it is to be occupied i'm
medlately or even opened to the in
Spectlon Of the public. Up to date
only the equipment for the ticket Of
nee, which was ordered early. has ar
rived. Besides the matter of comm
ment there is considerable work to be
done by railroad employees in the mat
ter of making telegraphic and tele-
phonc connections, the running of
cables to the new telegraph office and
III interior work in the baggage room.
which did not come under the con-
tract
There appears to be every reason to
believe that it will be at least the
middle of June, if not later, before the
old station is abandoned and the new
one occupied in all departments and Il
IS not intended to open one part of
the station until all of it is ready for
occupancy.
Men were here YESTERDAY in consul
tation with the officials about placing
semaphore signals on top of the over
pass, which viii serve to handle trains
IN the immediate vicinity of the sta
tlon. Primarily the use of this sema-
phore will be for train orders.
The officials who were here were ].
NJ Morrison of ST. Albans. chief en-
glneer and superintendent of constrl1e-
ton of the Central Vermont: F. Ralph
watson, assistant engineer. and IL.
MeGlh, superintendent Of telegraph Of
the Central Vermont; H. L. Farwen.
resident engineer of the Boston &
Maine railroad; T. J. Guthrie of New
London, Conn.,, division superintendent
OF the Central Vermont, and E. B.
Morse, general superintendent of the
ii. Wales Lines Co., the builders.
The acceptance of the station re-
suited in the cement platforms being
put IN use, to the great convenience of
| the travelling public, for the trains now
stop at the new platforms instead of
at the old wooden platform at the
south end of the station.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24
DISAPPEARS AFTER
WRITING AUNT NOTE
Raymond Collins Asked that Keys to
Holstein-Friesian Office Be Re
turned-Took Clothing.

Raymond Collins, an employe of the
Holstein- -Friesian association the last
two years and a member of Company
|, Y. y. g., since February, is missing
from the home of his aunt. Mrs. George
+. knight, corner of South Main and
Washington streets. He left q note to
his aunt saying that he was going
away and requested that the keys to
the office, which he left. be returned
there this morning. He took his cloth
ing, but left some personal articles.
saying that he would send for them
later. Where he has gone is a mystery
to his relatives and friends, but some
of his intimate male friends believe
he has gone to enlist as he has ex-
pressed great interest in military af-
fairs.
He drew his pay yesterday. but said
nothing to anyone so far as can be
learned of his intention to leave town.
An uncle, George 4. Stone, is as ig-
norant of his possible whereabouts az
is everyone else. So far as is known he
had no difficulties or troubles that he
was brooding over. AS his bed had
not been used last night it is believed
that he took the late train out of town
He is Il member of the Sunday school
of the First Baptist church, being in
the +. Y. Morse class. He is a Bov
Scout of the first class and is scout
master of the troop in the Baptist
church. His father, George Collins
formerly lived on the Eaton place and
later had a milk depot in the Vinton
building, where the Albany cafe now
is, going to Woodstock several years
ago.