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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-31
RETURNS NOT ALL IN.
Universanst Parish Canvassed fo
Pledges Under the New System.

Owing to the illness of Rev. Delmar
E. Trout, pastor of the Universalist
church, Rev. George F. Fortier of st.
Albans, superintendent of the Univer-
salist churches of Vermont and the
Province of Quebec, occupied the pull
pit of the Universalist church yester-
dav morning. Mr.. Fortier explained
in detail the plans for the every mem
Der canvass which was made IN the
afternoon FOR the first time by this
church. The evening service was
abandoned as Mr. Fortier was obliged
to return to his home in the afternoon
The canvass was made in the after
noon but not all of the eanvassers had
reported this noon. As many were il
the final report will not be made un
til after next Sunday when it is ex
Ipected and hoped that Mr.. Trout viii
! be able to conduct the services.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-31
65 HELD IN GAMBLING RAID.
State Police Go over Heads of New
London Authorities.

NEW LONDON, Conn, Jan. 81
The state police raided five notorious
gambling places here yesterday, arrest
ing 65 persons. The five proprietors
were held under 500 bail and the 65
patrons were released on $25 bonds.
Detectives assigned by State Super
intendent Egan arrived from various
parts of Connecticut Saturday after
noon and by prearrangement entered
several automobiles shortly after mid
night and swooped down upon the polk
er dens, all of which are in the heart
of the city.
The proprietors of the resorts were
taken completely by surprise when the
police demanded entrance to their
rooms. Seeing there was no chance
to escape they admitted the state Of
ficials, who Immediately began break
ing up the miscellaneous paraphernaia
in all the rooms Some of the layouts
were expensive.
! Frederick H. Gavitt, proprietor OF
the Royal Hotel acted as bondsmar
| for the majority Of the prisoners.
| The raid was a complete surprise tt
the local prosecutor and police force
none of whom had an inkling that thu
state policemen were scheduled to ar
rive and conduct a "squeeze righ
over their heads.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-31
IMPORTANT SPEECH
TO BE MADE TODAY
President at Milwaukee VIII Touch
Upon the Duties of Natural
ized Americans. %.

CHICAGO, Jan. 31-President' viii
son passed through Chicago early to-
day en- route for Milwaukee, where he
is to deliver at 2.30 p. m. an address
which some Of his party believe viii
be one of the most important of his
tour of the middle west to advocate
national defense.
The President rested yesterday in
Cleveland. His special car left Cleve.
land at midnight and was due to ar
rive in Milwaukee at noon today. Be
cause of the large foreign-born popu
lation of Milwaukee it was thought
that the President in his speech there
would touch on the duties of natural
lied Americans in their adopted coun
try in connection with the prepared
ness policy. Twenty five secret service
men and 125 policemen guarded th'
President s train while here.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-31
No Damage in the Attack
Made by a Big Zeppelin
at 10 Last Night
AEROPLANES AROSE
TO FIGHT MONSTER
No Further Additions to the Casualty
List of Saturday Nights Bombard-
ment, When "a Persons Were Killed
and 81 Were Injured.

PARIS. Jan 31.-Several bombs
we're dropped b. the Zeppeins which
few over the outskirts of Paris last
night, but they produced no such
deadly effects as on the occasion of
the raid of Saturday night The Of
fetal press bureau this morning gave
the following statement:
A German dirgible set out III the
direction Of Paris, where it arrived
soon after 10 p III. 1t was bombardea
by our special batteries and attacked
by our aeroplanes. Before returning
northward it dropped several bombs,
which, according to news received 50
far, did no damage.
Representatives of Paris newspapers
who visited the scene of the raid say
that no damage was done by the
bombs. Three of them fell on a piece
of waste ground and three others IN
n field. A police Inspector saw the
three which fell in the field. Little
was seen Of Zeppelins owing to wealth.
er conditions. The press is unanimous
in demanding reprisals for the tive
Zeppelin raids on Paris and also calls
for greater efficiency in the aerial de
fenses of the city.
There have been no further addi
tions to list Of casualties from Satur
day night S raid officially given as =
killed and p injured.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-31
Mrs. Mohr Told Sister-in-
Law She Prayed Every
Day for Peace
OTHER RELATIVES
AMONG WITNESSES
General Trend of Evidence Today Was
to Show That the Respondent Loved
Her Husband Pleased to Have
Her for a Sister.

PROVIDENCE, r. T., Jan 31-Further
testimony to substantiate the claim that
Mrs Elizabeth F Mohr loved her husband
DR. c. Franklin Mohr, whose murder is
charged to her and two Negroes she is al
legged to have employed, and that she did
not desire his death but rather a reconci-
iation with him, was produced by the de-
Tense when the fourth week of the trial
opened today.
Eugene ] Sullivan, Mrs Mohr's brother
in-law, who received letter from DR..
Mohr in 1909 in which the physician ad-
mitted the validity of his marriage to Mrs.
Mohr, was called as a witness for the de
fense. He identified the letter which was
introduced as evidence on Saturday Sui
livan said he went with Mrs. Mohr to her
mothers home at Taunton. Mass, at about
the time the letter was written and that
Mrs. Mohr had discolored eye.
Afterwards | met DR. Mohr,,' the wit
ness testified, .'and asked him what the
trouble was between Elizabeth and himself
The doctor said Mrs. Mohr had been ac
cusing him of going around with other
women and that he was sick and tired o.
| it. He then jumped up and said, DO vot
know we were never legally married.
was mad and after saying some things tt
him | went home. 4 little later | receive,
the letter"
| Mre. Ella Hogan of McEwensviIle, Pa.
DR.. Mohr's sister, was called and asked i
she knew Mrs Mohr Yes, and an
pleased to have her for a sister" she said
Did Mrs. Mohr ever say whether sh
loved her husbands"
''She did She told me that she praye,
itevery -rtay for pence and that she might be
come. reconeiled with the doctor
On cross-examination Mrs. Hogan admit
ted that this was her first visit to Prov
dence and that she was visiting Mrs Mohl
She had not seen the doctor for 23 years
she said.
Gustav d. Mohr Of McEwensville, d.
Mohr's brother, corroborated Mrs Hogan
testimony in many details.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-31
MAN NEAR WILSON HAD RAZOR
Armenian Is Arrested-Cleve1and Gets
Assassination Scare.

CLEVELAND, Jan. 31.-Cleveland
was startled last night by newsboys
crying Extra! Attempt to assassin
ate President Wilson The extra is
sued by the Cleveland Leader contain
ed nothing more sensational than a
routine story of the President day,
including this paragraph in dark type:
''The President did not notice as he
followed Mrs Wilson into the automo-
bile that there was n sudden commo-
tion on the sidewalk near by. Detec-
tive Riley, one of the score of detec-
tives and patrolmen scattered through
the crowd, had pouneed upon a man
whose suspicious fumbling in his over
coat pocket had attracted attention.
''He was Charles Kalcestian, an
Armenian, and was placed under ar
rest. A razor was found in his pock
| ct, but he maintained he did not know
| the President was in town.
Police officials said that they were
convinced the man had no designs up
on the President As a precaution h'
/ is being held on a charge of carrying
a concealed weapon.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-31
BENEFIT DANCE FOR DEvoE.
Janitor of Armory Suffering from
Paralytic Shock.

The dance given in the Armory Sat
urday evening for the benefit of Ben
jamin f. Devoe, janitor at the Ar
mory, who is now suffering from a Sc
we're paralytic shock, resulted in $50
being taken at the door In the after
noon in the Auditorium the manager
of the Urban Stock company announc-
ed from the stage that the manage
ment would appreciate the favor il
the audience, instead of attending the
evening performance, would go to the
dance Through George E. Fox, man
ager of the Auditorium, arrangements
were made by which such of the audi
ence as cared to do so We're able tc
donate and the majority of them con
| trihuted
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-31
CLOSES PASTORATE
OF SEVEN YEARS
Rev. Roy M. Houghton Administers
Communion to Record Number in
Centre Congregational Church.

The pastorate of Rev. Roy NJ Hough-
ton with the Centre Congregational
church closed yesterday so far as ac-
tive service was concerned, although
nominally the closing date is February
!. The January communion service,
which ordinarily comes the first Sunday
in January, was postponed until the
last Sunday of the pastorate, as the
pastorate began with a communion ser
vice seven years ago in January.
Yesterdays congregation numbered
436 which in recent years at least has
not been exceeded except on some spe-
cial occasion. Preparations We're made
for 800 at the communion service, and
the number present exceeded that fig
ure by few. This was the largest
number present at a communion SER
vice in the 100 years history of the
church.
In the closing part of the services
Rev. Mr.. Houghton urged the congre-
cation to be loyal to the church activ-
tiles and the one who should come to
be the pastor. He then went into the
main Sunday school room, where books
were presented him by Helene Sparks
for the beginners department, Ethel
Waterman for the primary department
and Allen RICE for the Junior depart
ment. Mr.. Houghton thanked the pu-
pills for their gifts and presented TO all
those below the senior department a
halftone portrait of himself with auto
graph.
Four persons united with the church
at the morning service, two on confes
sion of faith and two by letter. The
church calendar contained the follow
I fn AL ,1.n,,, L. -f / u.
church today, GEL; total membership OF
the church at the beginning of the
present pastorate seven years ago, 3s5
received during present pastorate, 373
total membership from beginning of or
ganization, 1.S48.
Rev Mr.. Houghton left on the
o clock train this morning for Souther
Pines, y. c., for few days rest. Fl
expects to begin Sunday his pastoral
with the Church of the Redeemer, il
New Haven, Conn.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-31
SEVERAL HEARINGS
ARE SCHEDULED
Public Service Commission Will Meet
in Richford Tomorrow-Chairman
B. G. Bacon Left Today.

Chairman Robert c. Bacon of the
public service commission left today for
the northern part of the state, where
several hearings are scheduled. At
Richford tomorrow morning at 2
clock at the American House there
will be a hearing in the matter of the
Canadian Pacific Railway Co., against
the town of Richford, concerning the
abolishing of grade crossing.
At Island Pond Wednesday the
commission will conduct an investi-
CATION into the derailments of a train
of the Grand Trunk railroad near that
town.
There viii be hearing at Guildhall
Thursday regarding the abohshing of
a grade crossing of the Maine Central
Railway company.
At Montpelier Friday there will be
hearing on the petition of the may
or and aldermen of that city to have
grade crossings at the Barre transfer
of the Central Vermont Railway Co.
abolished.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-31
SEE IN RUMANIA
NEW STORM CENTER
Belief Expressed in Berlin That the
Country Will Soon Have to Take
Sides in the War.

BERLIN, Jan. 31-The Gazette learns
from Bucharest that the Rumanian gov
ernment is forbidding demonstrations for
the Hungarian Rumanian Goga, who was
a candidate for the Rumanian chamber of
deputies but was forced to withdraw by
the Rumanian government. The return of
the Rumanian minister at Vienna to Bu-
charest; the flying visit to Berlin of the
German minister to Rumania and his audi
ence with the Rumanian king and premier
on returning to Bucharest; concern over
the possibility of Rumanian grain exports
to the central powers ceasing or shrinking
to neglible proportions, taken together
with certain private information partly of
a military character and hence unpunish-
able, all point to a new storm centre devel-
oping in Rumania and gives ground for
believing that she will soon find herself in
open lineup with one or the other group
of powers Not for months has Rumania
been such matter of political interest as
today
Former Premier Carps published utter
ance that Rumania would never take up
arms against the central powers continues
to be much discussed in political circles
which are we'll informed on Rumanian
matters. There is tendency to value NJ.
/ Carp's statement as at least not an un-
/ founded hope.
! Various factors are cited here as likely to
have damped the warlike enthusiasm of the
Rumanian war party, notably Russia's de
creasing offensive power on the Bessara-
bian frontier, which is making the present
moment the most inauspicious thinkable
for Rumania to cut loose 1t is pointed out
that Rumania would have to fight a wal
against two fronts-Austria-H Hungary ant
Bulgaria 1t is also believed that events II
Montenegro have greatly strengthened
Austrian prestige in the Balkans and have
not been without effect on Rumania.
The feeling here is that while as yet
there is no cause for anxiety over Rumania
the situation will bear the closest watch
ing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-31

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31-The Unit
ed States submarine K-5, which became
separated yesterday from fotilla of
submersibles while en- route to Key
West for maneuvers, had not been re-
ported today, although her sister ships
all were safe at Charleston. Half a
dozen naval vessels and coast guard
cutters searched for the little vessel in
heavy fog today and repeated efforts
were made to search for her by wire
less, but without avail.
Although officials were anxious for
her safety, it was pointed out that any
one of several minor accidents might
have delayed the ks or put her wire
less out of commission.
All the boats of the K-5 class, of
! ficials said, have demonstrated them
/ selves to be seaworthy and efficient
/ Her wireless has a sending radius o.
only so miles, which, it was said
might account for her failure to an
swer calls from the searching vessels.
Enlisted men of the crew of the K:
at last report included Harry l.. Al
bee, Arthur Thomas S. Richards, al
gunner s mates, and all from Newport
Z r. L., Arthur Brown, gunner S mate 0
Whitinsville, Mass, and Harry {
Woodward on New London, Conn.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-31
MRS. ELLEN M. BRAGG.
Died in Home of Daughter, Mrs. Rex
ford Benson, Sunday Evening.

Mrs. Ellen Marion (Whitcomb)
Bragg, 73, died last evening in the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Rexford
Benson, 20 Canal street, of arterio
selerosis. She had been i'll since
Christmas.
Mrs. Bragg was born in Oxford, N
H., Oct. Is, 1912, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Erastus Whiteomb. She was
twice married, her first husband, Ezra
Williams, dying in Libby prison. After
the Civil war she married Henry V.
Bragg and for 30 years, until his
death, July 4, 1904, she made her
home in Dummerston. Since them she
had lived with her daughter.
She was a member of the Centre
Congregational church and of Sedg-
wick Woman s Relief corps. She
leaves one daughter, Mrs Benson, one
son, Edgar Bragg, also of Brattleboro
three grandchildren and one great
grandchild.
The funeral will be held Wednesday
afternoon at ] o'clock at the house
and the burial will take place III
| Dummerston.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-31
ALBANY MANIAC HAD
CHEMICAL CARTRIDGE
Police Believe It was the Noiseless
Method Used in the Mysteri-
Gus Shootings.

ALBANY, Jan. 31-The most mys-
terious feature yet developed IN the
case of the supposed maniac who roam
ed the residential streets here Friday,
shooting four persons, was advanced
by the police yesterday, when they an
nounced that he undoubtedly used a
- chemical cartridge
They have in their possession car
fridge loaded with a heavily compress
ed illuminate and quicksilver instead
of ordinary powder. 1t was formerly
supposed the maniac used a Maxim
silencer on his revolver, but this low
chemical preparation, the police de-
clared, is noiseless as well as three or
four times as powerful as gunpowder,
and the police believe they have a
valuable clue in the cartridge they got
possession of today.
Such cartridges, it is declared, are
not on the market, but detectives have
been despatched to look into the re-
ports of one firm said to have been
experimenting with such material and
to locate any ammunition which may
have been sent out tallying with the
cartridge now in the possession of
Chief Hyatt of the Albany police.
The cartridge came into the posses
sion of the police in a roundabout way,
and they have found and questioned
the man who owned it. The bullet in
the cartridge is unusually small, and
| it is declared it could not 90 with
great force if propelled by ordinary
powder.
/. The police have found that the
/ bullets extracted from victims are not
of the same calibre as the one they
/ have, but they think this cartridge
may, however, be a valuable clue.
The chemical cartridge" put an
entirely new turn to the most myste.
rious shooting affair Albany police
have probably ever had to cope with
The interest was increased when it was
4 reported that a large munition firm
has been experimenting for some time
with some sort of a chemical prepara
tion intended to become a silent sub
stitnte for powder in shells.
The theory was advanced by the po
lice that the ''silent gunman' may
have been a former employe in thi
factory, that he became crazed Will
study and war news and that he tool
} the demoniacal method of roaming tn
streets and silently testing the new in
vention on pedestrians
The city is still terrorized. and tn,
effect of the fear of the '.silent gun
man. was seen yesterday in churcl
: and Sunday school attendanees. wbiel
were notieeably smaller than usual
many persons declaring their intention
TO keep to their houses until the mani
ac has been found
During the last forty-eight hours. j
has developed, many physicians hav
, been called upon to treat cases of pal
tial or total prostration due to fea
. of attacks.
! Three of the four persons who fe
l victim to the mysterious gunman FIR
: day are still in a preearious condition
The hospital authorities extend littl
: hope for two of them, one man an
: another woman, both more than Z
years old.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-31
ROBBED A THIRD TIME.
Quantity of Goods Taken from the w
F. Byrne Store.

RUTLAND, Jan. 31.-Burglars have
entered the w. F. Byrne store, which
contains the Center Rutland postofiiee,
three times within the last three
months and in the last visit of the
night prowlers, at 8 O'Clock Sunday
morning, the stamp drawer and money
order drawer in the postoffice depart
ment of the store was rItied and the
safe, which stood open was shut and
locked and the combination sprung.
Entrance was gained through a rear
window and two persons living nearby,
William E. Moorehouse and Mrs. Alex
ander Franzoni, heard a crashing OF
glass at 3 O'Clock Mr.. Moorehouse
thought of telephoning to Mr.. Byrne,
but he finally decided the noise was
partially imagination.
Just how much booty the thief OF
thieves lugged away could not be esti'
mated b. Mr.. Byrne yesterday morn
ing but It is probable some money, shoes
J iewelry, clothing and food were stolen
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-31
MISSING SEAMEN SAFE.
Seven Men from the Philadelphia
Landed at Iilfordhave, Wales.

LIVERPOOL, Jan. 31.-The' seven
missing men from the American line
steamship Philadelphia were landed
today by a trawler at Milfordhave,
Wales. After the Philadelphia s col
hsion on Saturday with the British
sailing ship Ben Lee, off the coast OF
Wales, the seamen put off in q lifeboat
to rescue the Ben Lee S crew. They
became lost in the darkness and wa:
adrift all night, finally being picked
up by a passing steamship.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-31
REAR ADMIRAL BARKER DIES.
Famous Naval officer Is Victim of
Pneumonia.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31-Rear Adj
miral Albert S. Barker, y, U. S. n,
retired, who served from 1862 to 1905,
died at his home here yesterday of
pneumonia.
Admiral Barker was a native of
Hanson, Mass He became an ensign
in 1862 and took part in the capture
of New Orleans. During the Spanish
American war he was member of
the board of strategy Later, he was
commander of the North Atlantic fleet
Admiral Barker is credited with hav.
ing been the first naval officer in the
United States to fire high explosives
in shells.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-31
ITALY TO CONTINUE
ALBANIAN CAMPAIGN
Said to Have Landed Additional Infan-
try Division and Heavy Artil-
lery at Avlona.

BERLIN, Jan 81, by wireless. -
Italy has decided to continue the cam
paign in Albania, according TO Wen
ma advices given out today by the
Over Seas News agency and is said
10 have landed an additional infantry
division and several batteries Of heavy
artillery at Avlona.
''Italy will not give uD Albania.
the news agency says, ''She consid'
ers an effective defense of the south
ern part of the country as a military
and political necessity
Other reports state that Italy, lack
ing sufficient troops of her own, ha:
asked help from England and France
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-31
MAY FESTIVAL
WILL BE GIVEN
Parent Teachers Associations to Raise
Money for Paying Supervisor for
Oak Grove Playground.

Under the auspices of the combined
Parent Teachers associations of
Brattleboro a May festival is to be
given May %, the proceeds from
which will be devoted to paying a su-
pervisor for the Oak Grove playground
The festival win be under the direc-
tion of Miss Lucy A. Proctor, super
visor of music, Miss Helen Marr of
the Junior Chautauquas Miss Constance
Adams and Diedrich Stolte, directors
of athletics in the public schools.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-31
HEARING AGAIN PUT OFF.
No Report on Contents of Walls Dis
tributed by Pelligrino.

The case against Emidio Pelligrino,
who was arrested last Monday after
distributing small vials, the contents
of which he said would make whiskey
when mixed with water, has been
again continued to next Monday for a
hearing. The case was continued to
this morning to give opportunity for
the state laboratory to report on the
nature of the contents, which has not
vet been done.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-31
SUBMARINE KS
is STILL MISSING
Naval Officials Are Hopeful, However,
That the Little Vessel Has
Not Been Sunk

CHARLESTON, S. c., JAN 81. - No
word had been received up to 8 a. m.
today from the submarine Ks, which is
believed to be lost in the fog or from
the vessels which are searching for her,
according to navyyard officials
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-31
KILLED BY HIGHwAYMEN.
Two Members of Auto Party Dead and
Another Fatally Injured.

BUFFALO,, n. Y, Jan. 31.-Two
persons were murdered, another prob
ably fatally injured and a fourth Sc
verely beaten up in an automobile hold
up on the Orchard park road near this
city early today. The victims are all
prominent Buffalo residents and mem
bers of the same family.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-31
DUTCH STEAMERS IN TROUBLE
One Being Towed into Port and other
Beached After Accident.

LONDON, Jan. 3l.-A LIoyd7s re-
port says that the Dutch steamer
Thuban has been damaged and towed
up the Thames; also that the Dutch
steamer Masdyk met with an accident
in which two of her crew were killed
and that she was making water rapid
ly and had been beached.