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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-27
WESTMINSTER.

Rev. A. +. Ward left this week Tues
day for his new parish in Jonesport,
Maine. Mrs. Ward will spend a few
days with her sister, Mrs. Andrew
Kirkwood, in Brattlcboro, before going
to her new home
Mr.. Z. G. Wellman estimates his
loss By fire at 81 900. At the Grange
meeting last Friday evening hand
some gift of money or its equivalent
was presented Mr.. Wellman in behalf
of the members of the Grange.
Fortunately for the average man his
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-27
WOMEN IN THE TOBACCO FIELDS.
How the Weed Growers of Connec-
ticut Have Solved Labor Problem.

The warning nations of Europe are
not the only places where women are
entering new fields of labor. The to-
bacco plantations of Simsbury and
nearby territory are witnessing the
entrance of women into new sphere.
The large growers have for several
years employed percentage of wo-
men, as many of the inside operations
could be done more rapidly and more
economically by women. But this year
w. NJ. Ketchin of the Ketchin T0bae-
co corporation, with large plantations
i'll Hoskins and TariffVille, is employ
ing the experiment of using women
III the field, and is much pleased with
the results.
Women have been used on the to-
bacco settlers, and Mr.. Ketchin says
that women who have worked but a
| few days are as fast and as accurate
as men who had set for years, and he
considers the experiment a great sue
| cess. With the image in mind of to-
bacco settlers with a seat in the rear
from which the operation of setting
| the plants was performed, while
clouds Of dust from the horses feet
enveloped the workers and made their
task a most disagreeable one, Mr.
Ketchin was asked if the task was
not hard for a woman. He said it
would have been with an old-style set
ter, but that new setter machine
made the work much easier, as the
seat from which the work was done
was in front instead Of at the rear,
and tobacco men in this section were
fast replacing the old-style setter with
the new.
Mr.. Ketchin thinks that he may
employ women to help put on cloth,
as he is of the opinion that many of
the operations could be done more
rapidly and neatly by women. Women
have been employed for wears in help.
ing weed the young plants and in the
transplanting processes, but this is the
first time that they have entered the
field to compete in what has been con
sidered mans special domain, although
women have often helped their hus-
bands and fathers in all manner of
field work. but not as hired labor.
When harvesting time comes, il
there is any labor trouble on the
Ketchin plantations, the women have
signifed their willingness to go in the
Helu anu pick. Inc ohiy ulSduNahldSe
would be that skirts would be bother
, some, but the women say they viii
wear overalls.
Opportunity for various kinds of
work are offered to women in this vi
entity. The Ensign Bickford company
employs a large percentage of womer
laborers, and at the present time
many are being brought by auto bus
from Collinsville daily. In addition
to those regularly employed at thu
tobacco plantation there are large
. numbers of women with family cares
who work on the tobacco plantation:
t during the busy season, thus adding
{ considerably to the family income
Boys and girls also find many oppor
tunities for work during vacation
) such as were impossible few years
ago, and it is doubtful if many towns
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-27
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

There will be band concert at Is
land park Sunday afternoon at /
@ clock, under the leadership of F. G.
LcIlsingcr An attractive program is
in preparation, and this and other fea-
lures will make up an interesting and
enjoyable afternoon.
The Blue Paradise, new musical
comedy which ran all last season at the
Casino theatre. New York. is TO he
played here the coming season. The at
traction will be seen under the direc-
tiou of Messrs. Shubcrt, who control
the American rights of this most popu-
lar of all Nicnmese opcrcttas
Today Daniel Frohman presents at
tho Princess theater Hazel Dawn in the
drama, The Saleslady, also Billie Burke
in the third chapter of Gloria 5 Ro-
nance, Perilous Love. Tomorrow.
Triangle day, Dorothy Gish and Owen
Moore in Betty OF Grevstone and
Charles Murray in the Triangle feature
comedy, His Hereafter, are among the
offerings.
Two women and a man from Haver-
hill, Mass, came to Brattleboro this
morning expecting to identify the body
If Patrick Mccarthy, who was drowned
in the Connecticut river Monday night
rs missing relative but they failed to
10 so. While the family name was the
same and i'll some respects the general
description answered that of their miss
my relative, the callers all agreed that
he body is not that of their relative
No word has been received from Law
encc, Mass, where Mccarthy was un
erstood to have 4 brother and three
| sisters
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-27
RAIN CAUSES TRAIN WRECK
Continued from Page u

waited until the wrecking crew, that
mad been at work from 10 clock last
night, could complete the task of get
ting the wrecked ears and their con
tents out of the way aad complete Il
fill and lay the tracks.
It was about 1915 O'Clock in the
evening when Kenneth f.. Moshcr and
Richard Parks, one of Mr.. Moshcr s
e.nployes, were descending from an up
per floor of the Mosher garage Oh the
big elevator. There was an explosion
and binding flash and the elevator
stopped Parks was knocked down by
a shock and shaken up, but not scri-
ously injured. He had one hand on a
steel cable.
A temporary wire that had been
strung on Flat street across from the
garage during the work of changing
the poles on the street had become
weighed down by wet limbs of tree
through which it passed until it touched
another wire and they burned off. The
ends dropped to the place where the
sidewalk on the north side of the street
is to be and Illuminated the scene for
some time.
The lights and power in the garage
and all power on Flat street went off
Mr.. Mosher telephoned to thc fire sta
tion for the automobile combination
apparatus.
The frcmen were about to leave the
| station when messenger Informed
them there was no need for their ser
vices and they started back to bed. The
| telephone rang again and that was q
call from the electric light station from
the night man, Peter Hopkins.
Flames had started on the roof OF
| the building from short circuit there
| The truck responded and in few
minutes Assistant Chief Leon c. White
superintendent of the electric plant
appeared and with his management o
the situation there was no need 70
either chemicals or water.
The house lighting circuit in tn,
south part of the town had been pu
out of commission by the accident an,
Mr.. White found il necessary to shu
off the street lights while some of tn
repairs to the wires were being made
7 When the wires burned off on Fla
street there was flash in the plan
of the National Automatic Maohin
Co. on Elm street where the nigh
shift was at work. 1t was found tina
the power wire leading to the plan
must have crossed for an inatant wifi
IA high powered wire and the heat-
slate on which the fuse was fastene
had been smashed to bits. Electrician
worked the greater part of the nigh
to restore the power service to tina
COMPANY. No one was injured.
About ! l.30 o'clock as w. A. Gilher
was walking home from The Rcformc
office he found that a limb of trc
near the Centre parish house ha
fallen on the trolley wire and carrie
that nearly to the ground. lie tell
phoncd the information to the clectri
light station and the trollev repai
gang got out and made the necessar
repairs there.
With the exception of considerabl
Inconvenience, due to lack of light an
power, there were no serious cons,
qrcnces from the accidents du
+. primarily to the great downpour {
water early in the evening.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-27

can offer as many opportunities to
help the family man as do the towns
in this vicinity.
Simsbury notes with considerable
interest that colored help from the
South is being brought in considerable
numbers to nearby tobacco planta-
tions. AS early as last February, when
the tobacco farmers of this section
were worrying over the labor situa-
ton, the superintendent of the Ameri-
can Sumatra Tobacco company at the
plant at Weatogue said that his com
pany was not worrying, because it
could transport colored help from
plantations in the south, where they
engaged labor for fftytwo planta-
tons in Georgia and Florida, where
they raised approximately $4,000
acres of tobacco. At the time this
statement was made, it was expected
that if trouble developed on any of
the company's plantations in this vi
entity it would come first at the plant
IN Weatogue, where there was a strike
last year. This, however, has not
proved to be the case, as conditions
are quiet in and around Simsbury, and
the trouble has been mostly at South.
wick, Suffield, Hazelwood and Buck
land
A large consignment of negroes
from Georgia and Florida are already
on the way north to work on these
plantations, as the Italians and Pole;
have struck for higher wage and
fewer hours. 1t is said that the trouble
j has been caused by Italian members
i of the shOyelers' union of Springfield
!, several of whom have been around the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-27

tobacco plantations and have induced
the laborers to strike. In some cases
they extorted fee of So from the
strikers, and as the company dis
charged the strikers they have lost
both their job and the So The same
labor agitators appeared at the plant
in Weatogue, but were run off the
premises.
1t is not believed possible that the
importation of southern labor will
prove feasible or profitable, but the
effect on other labor may offset these
disadvantages. Those in position
not work more than four days a week
that they have to be paid every day,
and although their wages are but half
that of other labor, they do not even
earn that. It would be impossible for
them to stay in this climate after the
approach of cold weather. There are,
however, a number of colOred labor
ers from Virginia on some of the to-
bacco farms near here, who are said
to be desirable help, and although the
tobacco farmers would rather dispense
with such labor, they are compelled
to secure whatever help is available.
Over half the tobacco crop is al
ready set, and the close of this week
will see the largest part of the crop
i'll the field. The plants are in good
condition, although the weather is too
cold to suit the growth of the crop
Hartford Courant.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-27

Excursion to Missisquoi Park, july
3d. See advertisement on page 5.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-27
HEAT WAVE SPREADING.
High Temperatures to Continue Through
Tomorrow Is the Report.

WASHINGTON July PA heat wave
spreading over tho country from the
Rocky mountains to the Atlantic coast
promises 10 continue through Friday,
weather bureau officials today said Tom
pciatwcs ranging from 80 to l02 degree,
were reported during the last u hours and
early reports indicated more high marks
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-27
WARRANTS ISSUED
FOR TWO OFFICIALS
Vice President and Treasurer of In
surance Company Charged with
Conspiracy to Defraud.

NEWARK, n. j., July 27.-Warrants
for the arrest of Edward H. Hatch, vice
president of the Mutual Trust company
of Orange, n. j., closed Monday by the
state banking commission, and for
Thomas S. Byrnes, secretary and treas
urer of the institution, were issued
here today. They are charged with con
spiracy to defraud the bank out of
100000.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-27
WHEAT PRICE JUMPS.
Advance of Four and One Half Cents
on Reports of Damage.

CHICAGO, July p. = Wheat prices
jumped four and ne-half cents on crop
damage reports from the northwest this
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-27
BIRTHS.

In Brattieboro, July 90, a son, How
ard Hopkins, to Mr.. and Mrs. Guy ".
Tudor.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-11-26

rnen,s may be arranged In the build
Ing. disappearing beds have been IN
stalled, and 10 uniquely has the
scheme been perfected that when the
bed - not IN Use II is impossible %
detect .n what portion % the room the
bed IE placed
], Is estimated tha, az this time
there are ter apartment houses IN the
course II construction and that for
eyery apartment house l- coLrs. Of
erection there are applc1r1ls On file
FOR double the number q apartments
that VIII De thrown open % renters.
Discussing the apartment house
situation. Col Clarence = Douglas
secfetary Il the Chamber % Com
wcrce, stated that after a careful
study Of prevailing conditions. he has
reached the conclusion that the most
Iro'!ta bic "cTDp that can be planted
.n Tulsa soil ls apartment houses
There .s not more safe uVestmen.
lr 'he state than tre erection = a .ys-
tsm % apartment houses Tulsa Tho
returns are sure and the interest mat
viii ae received on the investment -
far greater than on any other under
taxing
Casting at04t FOR some solution =
T.i-a's Apartment and rert-Er4se
lre-..aIsrt e te- been sIegested 20
tr.oLe. Io--.at frat an Innovation in
the sJlt1we-t ll tho form 0f family
, cte. would prove popular from the
dag - opening and that such an an
sfi'4tion would find many more APP
iIcttDrs for aceoUWoGatl1n than
.a-ll possibly 30 accepted
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-11-26
COTTON AND OTHER
CROPS IN PONTOTOC
Southern County Reports
Outlook Promising and
Farmers Happy.


H'.' 4i-' A.A
-,--'A .f'p al" 'pi-- t..N'''"' ana
A.' crop ~ i"hip'o o-n't VIII net
e- ana t..'N'..
a.i.', CT .e'Hl! a.|. 70 ul. Wed
--.". ''-' Iat.- LAD rse-
-h.3 ~ iht county yards here
'f- =. %" .-f-tl or
.r.'- "A.'. ..tH.'
-i' - if- ~
De- " l' '''' lie IAi"' h.'1
~. 10. .--'. lf i.'. "-.i maps
l-. -h- H'r L-ta. N-I' Inc
.h' crop nos Le"i iAafttie1,
..-- ."' ..-.. al A-f VIII H'i
-li-'I'l 20 more ih"h ABOUT 'i-ht
hAI'
'i 'i'' ''--'H t tiiHf 'i'
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-11-26
JIICrnu, FARMS N KANSAS
Cnmpnnios Furnish Power and Light
to Rural Homes.

RALINA. Kan, Nov 20. Sallna
county VIII soon bc tho most extcn-
tIvoIy electrified county In western
Kansas n not IN the stnte, For soy
Grad yoarn few farms have been
lighted and tho machinery has been
operated by electricity generated by
tuul Generators. Now however, oloc-
irl, wires arc being run ovor tho
county to furnish farmers with Hight
nud power one plant. the Central
KntraH Power company OF GypHum,
trt more than - miles ~ wires run
ming lu several directions. Moro than
m farmers are served on these wires.
Tho company In preparing TO strlnR
moro vino at onco Many or tho
fafmrrt who have been uring gasoline
for powof nto now tuning To cleo
tucity Other companies arc prepnr-
lny 10 run wires into the rural dis
ulCts
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-11-26
ROAD PROTESTS I. :. VALUATION
Tr,ns Midland Snys the Governments
Figures Are Wrong

TERRELL Texas, Nov. 20 Acting
under direction ~ H. ~ Il Green,
president ~ the Tosns Midland rnil<
ro,d. engineers are making n vnlua-
ZION u that proporty. whloh Will be-
rl,i Ha o. part ~ ID formal protest with
uIo iufrfrtuto commerce commission
Hy,lust tlo valuation placed upon tho
iond hy the valuation department OF
iHat body Tho Texas Midland In the
rfat railroad 10 ho spprnihod under
tho new valuation law, and tho out,
como ~ the protest Will bo watched
with interest by ether roads.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-11-26

ttlli.Ei. Tom, koY, 70 Il X, J..
Bowie. who wns elected direct repre-
sentative from lhudordnle county,
viii no. doubt bee the oldest mombor
In Tho uo,t general assembly In point
~ yeHth 10 In n years old Iic do
f,aiod Two opponentn, both fur
younger than ho, polling moro votes
than both.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-29
MASCOTS OF BRITISH FLEET

ure on warships, but, apart from ami
mails aboard, one of the strangest OF
naval pets or mascots is surely that
Of a pun adder. One OF the naval bril-
gades IN South Africa carried the
snake about in a tin box for long
time, feeding it on field mice. II was
eventually killed. but. finds an hOnored
place as a curio in the United Services
museum
OF memorials to pets the graveyard
OF H. NJ. S. Excellent at Whale island
gunnery school is interesting. Here
crosses are created 70 the memory Of
a pet, the Property OF Commander
Bayley. run over and killed December
IS, 1896. aged two years; also Brownie.
the monkey, died from pneumonia.
January II. 1897: also Dash, died April.
1899, aged nine years" The keeping
OF pets on board has TO have the ex-
press sanction Of the commander. The
unfortunate who brings an animal On
beard when possibly half seas over IS
made &c pay tEe penalty.
IN The Old 1sEs = VAS customary to
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-29

today, while get my work done. or
viii have to hire a couple o. huskies
to follow You around and knock the
whisky out o your hand II they see
you tryin' to take itT'
"You needn't worry about that, -
said Roscoe, looking up with faint
resentment ''Tm not drinking be-
cause I've got thirst"
well. what have you got?"
Nothing. Nothing you can do any
thing about Nothing. tell you"
wen see about that!' said Sheri-
dan, harshIy. Now can't fool with
you today, and you get up out o. that
chair and get out o my ofice- You
bring your wife to dinner tomorrow.
You didn't come last Sunday-but you
come tomorrow. I'll talk this out with
you when the women-folks are Horkin'
the photograph, after dinner. Can you
keep sober till then? You better be
sure. because I'm goin' to send Aber-
crombie down TO your Office every little
while. and he'll let me know"
Roscoe paused at the door. you
told Abercrombie about it," he asked.
Told him. And Sheridan laughed
hideously. do you suppose there's an
elevator boy in the whole dam build
ing that amt on TO your
Roscoe settled his hat down over his
eyes and went out
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-29

Being OF very strong, sympathetic
nature. with q great passion for ami
mails. it is scarcely surprising that
Jack dotes on mascots and pets, Lon
don Tit-Bits says. Dogs and cats are.
of course, to the fore, and among the
most famous canine pets OF the navy
are the bulldogs OF the famous Rodney
Stone breed which Lord Charles
Beresford has presented to several
dreadnaughts-
Monkeys and parrots. however. are
among sailors favorite pets. Both are
highly entertaining. and the former. In
the words Of the Irishman, does every
thing but spake, In case he be made to
work" Sometimes pets In the navy
are come by In strange circumstances
SAYS the Field as. for instance. the pig
OF H II. S. Glasgow. This animal was
found swimming about IN the Pacific
sfter the Dresden went down and was
picked up By one of the Glasgow's
boats.
an oposzum On the superb Is one Of
tfsa sfra5s9a eaEzanIs that nn-nat1saaz -
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-29
Clock for Crown Prince.

Attesting their loyalty 10 the land
Of their nativity and as an expression
OF good viii towards the royal fam
lily, Japanese residents OF Washing
ton, Montana and Alaska have had
made a bronze and onyx clock as n
gift for the crown prince OF Japan.
Before the gift can be officially ten
dered, however. permission must be
obtained from the royal household.
The clock is , feet high and il
by IA inches at the base. SurmOUnt-
ing the entire clock is a globe with
a bronze and silver meridian ring
encireling the earth at the equator.
On a separate limb is a highly polished
bronze ball representing the sun in
its relation to the earth at the various
times Of day.
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take live stock, poultry and sheep to
sea and some good old yarns are told
in consequence. Lord Charles Beres-
ford recounts that at the period when
a ships appearance depended on the
proper application of black and white
wash a certain captain found faul;
with the mate because fowls and GOODS
were dirty. The latter, to remedy mat
tiers, whiIeEashed the chickens and
BACKED their legs and beaks The
fowls were the properly OF the captain
and failed to survive the treatment. Il
was then usual for the admiral to take
a COW or two to ssa and the officers
took sheep and fowls. Lord Charles
remarks that there is a tradition in the
navy to the effect that one COW used to
he MIXED in the middle watch for the
benefit Of the officer on watch and. in
order that the admiral should get his
allowance of milk. the COW was then
filed I'D with water and made 10 leap
backward and forward across the
hatchvays. Another tradition ordained
that when forage for the sheep ran
short the innocent animals we're fitted
with green speetzcles aud thus
equipped. were successfully nouEishec
On Shavinss
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-29

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ful looks Ny friends say Why do you
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i The Turmoil
By
i BOOTH HARRINGTON
tcOp5rixhs l0I5. b. aarper : BFotheEzl

Ing his feet She did not speak. but
soft rustling of her garments let him
know that she had gone back to her
chair. again. The house was still; the
shabby old room was SO quiet that the
sound of a creakfng in the wall
seemed sharp and loud.
And yet. when Mary spoke at last
her voice was barely audible. eff you
think It has been-happy-t0 be
friends with me-you'd want TOTO
make it last
EYES," he gulped.
'Rut you make that kind OF speech
to me because you think it's over"
( He tried to evade her. "Oh, day
iaborer can't come in his overails-"
mo" she interrupted, with a sud
den sharpness. You said what you
did because you think the shops going
to kill you"
mo. noH'
Eyes, you do think thatP' She rose
to her feet again and came and stood
before him. Don't deny it. Bibbs.
Well. if you meant what you said
and you did mean it, l know i'll
you're not going to go back to the san
itarium The shop shan't hurt you
1t shan'tr'
And now Bibbs looked up. She stood
before him. straight and tall, splendid
in generous strength. her eyes shining
and wet.
IF 1 mean that much to you" she
cried, ''they can't harm you! Go back
to the shop-but come to me when
your days work is done. Let the ma
chimes crash their sixty-eight times a
minute, but remember each crash, that
deafens you is that much nearer the
evening and mel"
He stumbled to his feet. You say
he gasped.
every evening, dear Bibbsv'
He could only stare, bewildered.
Every evening. L want you. They
sha'n't hurt you again. And she held
out her hand to him; it was strong
and warm in his tremulous clasp. eff
l could. I'd go and feed the strips of
zinc to the machine with you." she
said. "But all day long I'll send my
| thoughts to you. You must keep re-
Numbering that your friend stands be-
side you. And when the work is done
won't the night make up for the dayr'
Light seemed to glow from her; he
| was blinded by that radiance Of kind
| ness. But all he could say was. husk-
| lily, ITO think you're Herewith me
standing beside the old zinc-eater-''
And they laughed and looked at each
other, and at last Bibbs found what ii
meant not to be alone in the world
He had q friend.