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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-30
REoRGANIzE cLAFLIN CONCERNS
Associated Drygoods Corporation
Takes Over Properties

NEW YORK, Sept 30 Reorganization
of the United Drygoods companies and the
Associated Merchants company of which
John Clafiin was president prior to the re-
cevership of the H. b, Clafin company,
in June, 1914, was declared effective here
today under the plan and agreement of
Dec. 2S, 1915. More than 80 per cent of all
classes of stock of both companies have
been deposited under the reorganization
plan, it was announced.
The Associated Drygoods corporation, a
new company which has acquired all the
properties of the United Drygoods compa-
nies and the Associated Merchants com
pany, has been formed under the laws of
the state of Virginia, the two old compa-
nies having been dissolved under the laws
Iof Delaware and Connecticut.
The failure of the NJ. f. Clafin company
was brought about by the inability of the
firm to meet maturing notes of its numer.
Gus subsidiaries estimated at more than
$50, 100000
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-30
LOOK FOR FOREIGN GOLD.
Europe and Canada Expected to Send
in s400, 100000.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Sept 30-Gold
imports from Europe and Canada still ex
pected to come into the United States
were placed at S400,000,000 by f. j. H.
Won Engelken, director of the mint at
Washington, in a speech here at the clos
ing session of the annual convention of the
American Bankers association. These fig
ures were given to him by financial agents
of the entente allies in this country, Won
Engelken said.
I'VE are melting up and turning into
American money millions of dollars worth
of English sovereigns and French 20 franc
pieces" the director declared
Increased financial demands made by the
indicating that the minting of small pieces
of money has more than doubled within
the last year. These were said to indicate
the countrys increased spending capacity
| \ recommendation for the reduction OF
/ the reserves of country banks from y to Il
per cent of their capital was passed by the
convention. Congressional authorization OF
| branch domestic banks was disapproved
| p w Goebel of Kansas City, kans
was elected president of the association
and c. \. Hinsch of Cincinnati vice-presi
dent. The executive committee reelected
| Frederick +. Farnsworth of New York
general secretary and E. NJ Wing of Ii
Crosse, Wis, treasurer
i The convention recommended that th'
1917 meeting be held at Atlantic City
The executive committee will move to rat
lify the choice.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-30
GENERAL STRIKE
IS NOT EFFECTIVE
Brewery Workers Who Walked Out Re-
turn to Work = S55,OOO in Strike
Benefit Distributed.

NEW YORK, Sept 3O.-Officers of the
Amalgama.ed association began today the
distribution of $4,000 strike benefit fund
among the street carmen who have been
on strike since Sept. 6. According to the
labor leaders each man was to receive 50
and a similar amount will be distributed
weekly from the headquarters of the asso-
citation in Detroit
Efforts to organize a general strike in
support of the carmen suffered a check to-
day, when the 900 brewery workers who
quit in response to the call returned to
work. Nevertheless, labor leaders claimed
that 100000 workers are on strike. Traction
officials said the street carmen who quit
are returning to their posts at the rate of
about Is day, and that the places of the
strikers are slowly being filed by new
men. For the first time since the strike
began surface cars were operated on lower
Broadway last night.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-30
BREAKING INTO FARMING.
Thoughts Addressed to Man Who
Thinks Farming Is Cinch.

If you have never lived on farm
and are intending to buy some land
and make a living out of it yourself,
the first advice is "don t.
Why's Because if you do not enjoy
heavy work and disappointment, if
you can not stand up under insect raw
ages, droughts, floods, neighbors chick
ems, squirrels, insect enemies and plant
diseases, you are not the man.
However, you will not take this ad-
vice, so let us give you the next best.
If you must buy a farm, run it for
term of years first with the privilege
of buying it at the end Of the time
or at an agreed price fixed beforehand.
This is good advice because it is prac-
tieally your farm to do as you please
with, but if you find that you are not
adapted to it and can not stand the
/ hard work, you can take your compare
lively small loss sell off your animals
and tools and go into real estate bust
ness or sell insurance or some other
thing which men without capital drift
into. o1
However much you have read up OF
think you know about farming, do not
try to show the natives how to farm
They have got you faded from th'
start. At the same time don t tax,
their advice too readily because wha
you know is probably right and d
not let them laugh You out of it whel
you are sure that you are right.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-30
MORE BREAD FOR GERMANY.
Larger Crops Insure the Maintenance
of Increased Rations.

BERLIN, Sept. 30.-The larger har-
vest of this year has enabled the au-
thorities not only to maintain the in
creased bread rations granted several
months ago, for persons who have hard
manual labor to perform and to provide
an additional so grammes of -four a
day for young people between II and
IL years old, as recently announced
says an Overseas News Agency state
ment, but has made it possible to in
sure the increased rations being main
tanned during the entire year to come
The authorities declare that these in.
creases are based on conservative re.
ports regarding the size of this year s
crops.
The price of rye -four has been re
duced one mark for 100 Kilograms, the
announcement adds, and it is expected
that grits, oats, and other cereal pro
ducts, for soup making, will be pro
duccd on larger scale within shor
/ time, constituting considerable i'm
provement in the provisioning situa
tioa. Important increases in the fod
der crops are pointed to, it being note'
| that the Yields of oats and barley ar
! far superior to those of last year.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-30
ANOTHER KIND OF TAX.
Estates of Deceased Persons Mus,
Contribute to Government.

Executors and administrators of es-
tates aggregating in the gross 100000,
or net $4,000, or more, are now realiz-
ing the stern necessity of the national
administration for more governmental
revenues. All such estates are here
after subject to government tax. Es-
tates of all non-residents, of foreign
ers, of whatever value, are also subject
to the federal tax.
Judges of the probate court in Yer
mont have received official notification
that all executors and administrators of
estates described above, or persons who
receive property from such estates in
the amount named, are required under
the law to notify the collector of In
ternal revenue within 60 days of their
appointment as such executors and ad-
ministrators or of their receipt Of the
property of a deeedent. The tax must
be paid within one year from the date
of the death, under heavy penalty for
Noncompliance with the law. The
government kindly offers liberal dis
count for payments made in advance OF
the legal requirement.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-30
SHORTEST MURDER
TRIAL ON RECORD
Tarzeis, Armenian, Who Shot His Wife
and Mother Convicted in Less
Than Two Days.

BOSTON, Sept 3O-Adam Tarzeis, an
Armenian, found guilty last May of the
murder of Anna Ostrovisk, whom he had
sought to marry, and her mother, was SEN
fenced today to the electric chair during
the week of Nov. 10 in superior court.
Tarzeis's intentions towards the young
woman had been opposed by her mother.
After he had shot them at their home in
Chelsea on Jan. II he fired two shots into
his abdomen, but recovered from the
wounds. The trial was the shortest on
record in this state for murder case,
occupying less than two days.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-30
BODY IS RECOVERED.
Samuel F. Eaton Was Drowned In Con-
necticut River a Week Ago.

GREENFIELD, Mass, Sept 30-The
body of Samuel f. Eaton, who was
drowned in the Connecticut river at Mon
tague City a week ago, was recovered
early yesterday morning, not over 100 feet
from the point where he first disappeared.
At 80 O'Clock yesterday morning Police
Sergeant Fitzgerald received telephone
message at headquarters that the body was
floating in an eddy near the Montague
City bridge, When the police reached the
bridge a short time after, they found that
the body had been hoated ashore and tied
to the bank
Medical Examiner c. z. Twitehell was
notified and ordered the body removed
to the WoodIock undertaking parlors
Later in the day brothers of the dead man
made the funeral arrangements The
funeral will be held at the undertaking.
parlors at o'clock this afternoon. Rev
Arthur P Pratt of the Second Congrega
tional church will officiate and the buria
Twill be in Deerfield
| An exhaustive search of the river neal
the scene of the drowning accident haC
been made all week A diver worked fol
several days without success and as las
resort the river was dynamited at severa
points. From information secured iron
fellow-workmen at the time of Eaton
drowning, it was reported that he haC
been married about year ago. His broth
ers say that this was Incorrect, but tina
he was to have been married today to al
Athol young woman. Eaton was wei
known in Greenfield, having made hi
home there for number of years.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-30
TROOPER COMMITS SUICIDE.
Bite of a Deadly Scorpion Induces Tenn
porary Insanity.

BEACON, n. Y, Sept. 30. = Tempo
rary insanity induced by illness follow
ing the bite of scorpion while on the
way with his regiment to McAllen, Tex,
in July, is believed to have caused the
suicide here yesterday of Sergeant VIII
liam Santee of Company K, third In
fantrv, New York National Guard. The
body was taken to his home in Hornell,
n. Y.
Illness resulting from the scorpion
bite caused Santee to ask for a dis
charge and the request was pending
when he took his life. He had been
unusually respondent the last few
days. Santee was a veteran of the
Spanish American war.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-30
BELLOWS FALLS.
Buys Factory in Orange, Mass.

The Bogert & Hopper Box Mfg. Co. has
bought of Mrs Amira Wheeler Thompson
of Lake Pleasant, formerly of Orange,
Mass, the large box manufacturing plant
in the east part of the town, known as the
Wheeler factory and for many years occn-
pied by the New England box company
Bogert & Hopper manufacture boxes and
will take possession of the factory at once
They will employ about 20 hands with
prospects of using more in the near tu
tire. The new firm has long been estab
lished. The factory has been idle tor the
past two years, but is modern and conven
tent.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-30
WATERMAN Jury
FAILS TO AGREE
Reported at 11.30 O'clock
T0day-Out Since Yes
terday at 4.2O
STATE PLANS TO
TRY CASE AGAIN
Sheriff Locked Jury Up at O'Clock
Last Night, Deciding Not to Call
Court Together After That Hour -
Recess Taken to Oct. 10.

The jurymen who heard the evidence
IN the case of the state against L. w.
Waterman of Brattleboro, charged with
a statutory offense against Dorothy
Kendall, reported to the Windham
county court at 11.30 o clock this morn
ing that they had disagreed. They
were discharged.
They were given the case at 4.4O
o clock yesterday afternoon. AS time
wore on 1T became apparent, to those
who were waiting around the court.
house TO hear the verdict, that they
were having difficulty in arriving at q
unanimous opinion. At 8 O'Clock
Sheriff C. Z. Mann decided that he
would not call the court in after that
hour and SO locked the iurymen ur
for the night.
Attorney General Herbert. G. Barber
who assisted States Attorney o. B
Hughes in the conduct of the case fol-
the state, announced this noon that
the case would be retired.
The county court took a recess this
morning until Oct. 10 and the Jurors
were excused from further duty unles:
| called by the court. 1t is not expected
that there viii be any more jury case:
| ready at this term, and the court viii
return Oct. 10 to take up such cour
matters as are to be heard at the pres
ent term.
The case of the state against Harold
Hennessey, charged with q statutory of
fense, was mol pressed this morning b,
the states attorney for lack OF posi-
tive evidence. Hennessey was dis
charged from custody. He was arrest
ed with John Brooks, George johnson
and l.. w. Waterman as the result o.
conditions found at the time Doroth,
/ Kendall was arrested
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-30
CANDIDATES FILE
EXPENSE ACCOUNTS
Range from Nothing to S23.40, al
Shown by Primary Election Docu-
ments in County Clerk s Office.

The following returns of expenses ia
the recent primary campaign have
been made to the county clerk:
Myron Z. Lyman of Wilmington
Democrat, paid nothing as a candidate
for high bailiff.
John M. knight of Dumnerston,
Democrat, paid nothing as candidate
for assistant judge of the county court.
Warner A. Graham of Bellows Falls
Republican, paid nothing as candidate
for the nomination of probate judge
of Westminster district.
Edwin P. Adams of Barlboro, Repub
lican, paid $3.S1 as a candidate fol
assistant judge of the county court.
J. H. Ware of Townshend, RepubH
can, candidate for county senator
paid total of $1,000, most of which
was for publicity purposes.
Matt L. Diyoll of Bellows Falls, Re
publican, candidate for county sena
tor, paid total of $23.40.
Hermon E. Eddy of Brattleboro, Re
publican, expended total of $7.75 a.
a candidate for county senator.
Clifford E. Mann of Brattleboro
expended $3.50 in his campaign fo
denomination as sheriff.
A. T. Schwenk of Brattleboro, can
didate for probate judge of the Marl
boro district, expended total o
1915.
T. A. Dewitt of Newfane, Repub1i
can, candidate for county senator
l.paid $50 for his nomination.
William R. Daley of Brattleborc
Republican, candidate for states al
torney, paid 1920 for the nomination
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-30
MORE ARRESTS IN
BLACKMA|L CASE
Two Men and a Woman Ar
rested in Private Apart
ments in Chicago
IOWA MAN SAID TO
HAVE PAID $4,000
Charges Two Chicago Girls With Having
Lured Him to Their Apartments in
Chicago, Where the Blackmail Was
Extracted from Him.

CHICAGO, Sept. 30.-Two men and a
woman were arrested by agents of the de-
partment of justice in a raid on a private
apartment here today and held in connec-
tion with the operations of the Mann
white slave act blackmailers' syndicate re-
Gently brought to light by the federal Off
GERS
Pursuing their investigation of the case
of wealthy merchant at Cedar Rapids,
Ia, who is alleged to have been swindled
out of $4,000 by the syndicate, federal
officials today took possession of packet
of letters said to have been written by the
merchant to two Chicago girls whom he
charges with having lured him to their
apartments in Chicago, where the black
mail was extracted.
! Attorneys for the girls contend that the
Iowa man wronged his clients and paid
them $4,000 as a recompense.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-30
LAST BAND CONCERT.
Thirty Musicians to Play on Brooks
House Balcony Monday.

The First Regiment band go pieces)
will give the last concert of the season
Monday night on the Brooks House bal
cony. Following is the program:
March, Hands Across the Sea Sousa
Overture. Fest, Leutner
March, High School Cadets. Sousa
Rondo. Invitation to the Waltz, Weber
Suite, The Dwellers of the Western
World, Sousa
a. The Red Man: b. The White Man;
C. The Black Man.
u. S. A. Partol, Peck
March. Washington Post, Sousa
Grand National Fantasia, Albion, Baetens
(Scotch, Irish and English airs)
March, The Stars and Stripes Forever,
Sousa
The Star Spangled Banner
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-30
SHOT, STRANGLED AND BEATEN
OVER HEAD WITH SOME BLUNT WEAPON

today refused to talk further. Previous
ly he hard discussed with apparent free
dom the circumstances entering into
his three marriages.
After coroner s inquest had found
that the woman had died of strangu-
lation Small was arraigned on a
charge Of murder and held for a hear
ing Oct. 5. He pleaded not guilty. The
session of the court was held in the
same hall as the inquest. Judge
Charles Miles presided. Counsel for
Small waived the reading of the war
rant.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-30
A. G. THOMAS SHOT BY WOMAN.
Miss Colby, a Reporter, Fatally Wounds
Montana Politician.

THOMPSON FALLS, Mont, Sept.
80. A. G. Thomas, chairman of the
Republican central committee of San
ders county, died in hospital at Mis-
soula yesterday from pistol shot fired
by Miss Edith Colby, a reporter. Miss
Colby is in jail.
Thomas died without making any
statement regarding the shooting. Sen
ator Edward Donlan of Missoula, a
friend of Thomas, said the affair was
the result of long political fight.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-30
PHILLIES TAKE LEAD
FROM BROOKLYN
Pound Pfeffer's Delivery and Win
the Morning Game by Score
to 2.

EBBETT'S FIELD, Sept. 30
Philadelphia captured the lead in
the National league 7ennant hunt
this morning by defeating Brooklyn,
to 2. Robinson sent Pfeffer to the
mount to check Philadelphia, but he
was hammered hard and persistently
and his service failed to battle the
bats of the visitors. Luderus helped
himself to two two-baggers and
home run. Brooklyn could do little
with Rixey's delivery. The game
was played on a wind-swept field.
The score by innings:
Philadelphia, S
110O1 TO 3 o. 10 8
Brooklyn,
OO1OO DOL % 81
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-30
DOUBLE SHOOTING
IN PITTSFIELD
Joseph Tails Wounded Wife with -Four
Bullets and Then Killed Him
self Today.

PITTSFIELD, Mass, Sept 30-Joseph
Tails shot and probably fatally wounded
his wife while she was on her way to
work today and then killed himself
The shooting according to the police,
was due to the womans refusal to adjust
differences which had caused separation
of the couple for several years. Four bull
let's entered her head and chest and physi-
clans said there was little hope Of her re-
covery.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-30
TOOK SERBIAN POSITION.
Bulgarians Make Their Usual Daily
Claim of Victory.

SOFIA, Sept. 3O.-Bulgarian troops,
after respulsing a Serbian attack on
the Macedonian front, made a counter
attack and captured trench forming
q part of the principal Serbian posi-
tion, the war Office announced today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-30
WILSON'S BUSY DAY.
To Deliver Address in New York At
ter Review of Troops at Sea Girt

LONG BRANCH, n. j., Sept. so. -
President Wilson S program for today
is the busiest arranged for him since
he came to Shadow Lawn. This morn
ing he reviewed the Fourth New Jer.
sey infantry at Sea Girt and this after
noon he will address members of Young
Men s Democratic clubs of New York
His address will deal with reasons why
young men should vote the Democrtic
ticket.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-30
EMPEROR DETHRoNED.
Daughter of Late King Menelik Now
Princess of Ethiopia.

ROME, Sept. 30.-A despatch from
Adds Ababa, Abyssinia, reporting the
dcthronement of Emperor Midi Jeas-
su, announces that he has been succeed
ed by daughter of the late King
Menelk, who has been proclaimed en-
press Of Ethiopia.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-30
NEW DIVISION ENGAGED.
British Engaged in Heavy Fight on
the Somme Front Yesterday.

LONDON, Sept. 30.-U1usually heavy
fighting occurred yesterday on the
Somme front in consequence of the Ger
man counter attacks. A division of the
new British army was engaged.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-30
New Evidence in the Murder
of Mrs. Small Discovered
by Officers
HER HUSBAND NOW
REFUSES TO TALK

The Head, with Neck Circled
by a KnOtted Cord, the
Skull Crushed and a Bullet
Wound in Sight, Held as
Evidence.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, N. H.,
Sept. 30. - The person who
killed Mrs. Florence A. Small
and set fire to her home to
conceal evidence of the crime
first shot her, then strangled
her and beat her over the
head Medical Referee B.
Frank Horne announced to-
day. His statement was made
after a discovery of a bullet
in the Woman's head and the
finding in the ruins of a re-
volver of calibre similar to
that Of the bullet.
Frederick l.. Small, husband of the
woman, who is charged with her murder,
expected to be arraigned during the
forenoon. The hearing was delayed as
officials were engaged with an autopsy,
further inspection of the ruins and 9TH
er details.
The head Of Mrs. Small, preservation
Of which from the flames was made pos
siblc by fall into pool Of water, was
severed from the body by the medical
authorities and is being held available
for use in court. The neck is still cir
clcd by a knottcd cord, the skull is
crushed from several blows and the
trace of a bullet wound is clear.
The officials have as yet found no evi.
dcnce to support the statement of a
spectator at the fire that when he saw
the body through the flames it was ap.
parently partly suspended by a rope
from the head of the bed The purpose
of the cloth which covered the face OF
the victim has not yet developed, au
thoritics said, and no traces have been
found Of chloroform, application OF
which might have been made in thi,
way. Under orders from counsel Small
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-30
And Only 10 New Cases of Infantile Pa
ralysis in New York.

NEW YORK, Sept. 80. = There were
but four deaths and 10 new cases in the
epidemic of infantile Paralysis during
tie past "a hours as compared with II
deaths and &c new cases reported yes
terday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-30
NO AMERICANS ABOARD.
Consul Hurst Reports on Sinking of
Two Italian Vessels.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.-Ameri-
can Consul Hurst of Barcelona, Spain,
reporting today to the state depart
ment the sinking of the Italian steam
.ers Benpark and Nipnolo, said no
Americans were aboard either ship.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-30
In Odd Fellows Temple

Monday night at 7.3O = Regular
meeting of Wantastiquct lodge.
Tuesday evening, Oct 2, district
meeting Of the subordinate lodges Of
district NO 10. Banquet at $50 p. m.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-30
CASUALTIES $500 A DAY.
Total of British Losses for Month
Nearly 10000.

LONDON, Sept. 3O.--British losses
in September were at the rate of $500
day. The casualties this month were
officers, 5,439; men, 114,l
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-30

The German village of Remborn has
a linden tree that is said to be more
than 1900 years old.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-30
USED HAND GRENADES.
French Made Further Progress North
of Rancourt.

PARIS. Sept. 30.-The French have
made further progress north of Ran
court by grenade attacks, according to
the official statement issued today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-30
THE WEATHER.
Fair Tonight and Sunday-Colder To
night With Erosts.

WASHINGTON, September 30.-The
weather forecast: Fair tonight and
Sunday. Colder tonight with frosts.
Moderate to fresh northwest winds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-30

1900 feet long, will be the largest in
North or South America.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-30

Russia is estimated to have more than
100000 acres of land that would pro-
duce cotton if irrigated.