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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-10-30

The excellent photograph of
the new bridge, which appeared
In the Sunday World, was taken
by Clarence Jack, The World
staff photographer. Inadvertently
Mr.. Jack was not given credit for
the picture. From time TO time
The World will publish pictures
of the various constructive activi-
tics OF Tulsa, the new buildings,
and marks of Tulsa's phenomenal
growth. Mr.. Jack Will make all
the photographs.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-10-30
BENSON TO LEARN
MORE OF ARMY BILL
Wires President Asking to
"Call Down" Adju-
tant General.

NKLAHOMA CITY. Oct. 29.-Aliat
~ l.. Benson, Socialist candidate for
president. In an address here today
continued his attacks on the Hay
Chamberlain army reorganization bill
and sent "A telegram to President WIZ
son at Long Branch requesting him
to make n statement "of the reasons
that caused you to sign bill con-
tanning a draft clause Mi BensonS
telegram, In part. follows.
II am directed by six thousand
American citizens. assembled AT Okla
homa City, to send you the following
"rhesc citizens respectfully request
you TO discipline, In such manner as
may seem to you the most suitable.
the Acknowledgement of the army. II.
=. Mccain, for sending on October z
n letter to E. T. Daniels of Townsend.
Del, with regard to the draft CLAUSE
in the new army bill that these citi-
zenS regard as misleading and in lls
essence an avoidance of the truth. Mr..
Daniels inquiry a. to whether you h vi
signed such a bill was written at my
suggestion.
Wants to Know Why.
"Mr. Daniels writes me that he
made his question as plain as possible
and that to him the adiutant generals
reply seems an evasion, To these
oklahoma citizens, in whose behalf |
am addressing you, the adjutant-sen
erals letter appears to be wilful at
tempt, Icy suppresslng the truth, TO
mslead Mr.. Daniels. It is, Of course
true that the Hay-Chamberlain Law
provides for the drafting. in time ~
war, of the national guard organiza-
tions into the federal army. But II
is also true. as you know, that section
40 of the law provides for the draft
ing of American citizens in war Tins
into the battalions of the national
guard.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-10-30
PROSPERITY TALK

Tulsa, the hospiiablc. viii rise to
mcst any demands madc>o her IN
properly caring for the thousands Of
out.of town people who viii come to
enjoy the first Of Oklahoma grand
opera seasons.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-10-30
Tn Holm Snii'nrrr,

NEW YORK, oct 29.-What was
said to be the largest charitable
project ever undertaken was started
here today when it was announced
that u campaign to raise $4,000, 900
in 1917 for Jewish sufferers in Eu-
rope had been begun by the joint dis
tribution committee This will be IN
addition to $60O0,00O already ex-
pended
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-10-30
THE WEATHER

Monday fair; Tues
day increasing cloudincss,
TULSA, Oct. 29.-The temperature:
Maximum 81. minimum a.; winds
south aad clear.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-10-30

next had the pleasure Of meeting
the great artist, Leon Rothier, who
sings the role of Zuniga In Carmen.
And indeed II was a pleasure to talk
To him, or to be more exact. listen to
him. Truly there are no greater
artists than Rothier. said to him,
"What is singing?" Singing" said
Mr.. Rothier, lis breathing. You open
your mouth and II your breathing is
right and you have the brain. YOU
must have that in any case, you will
sing. without brain. you quit"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-10-30

The most noticeable thing with Zach
one whom interviewed was the seem-
Ing failure to understand the marvel
Gus growth Of the city of Tulsa, and
each one was enthusiastic in his praise
for our beautiful buildings and boule-
wards and homes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-24
GERMAN SEA RAIDER
IN NORTH ATLANTIC
Italian Armed Merchantmen Giuseppe
Verdi Received Warning from
British Source.

NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-The Giuseppe
Verdi, the Italian liner, whose arrival
here on Feb l with two naval guns
mounted on her deck, opened the ques-
tion with the state department of
armed merchantmen, arrived here to-
day on her return trip from Genoa
The two guns were still conspicuous on
the deck of the Verdi.
The possibility that a German sea
raider is at large in the North At
lantic was suggested when the Italian
liner Giuseppe Verdi from Italian ports
on her arrival today reported that she
had received a wireless warning from
Halifax to be on the lookout for such
a vessel.
On her last outward trip the
Giuseppe Verdi received similar
warning as she approached Gibraltar.
The message from Halifax, which was
received the day before yesterday.
gave no details, the officer said as to
the probable location of the raiders.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-24
HOOKER BELIEVES
WAR INEVITABLE
Asked to Take Schenectady County
Craftsmanship of League to Enforce
Peace - Willing to Fight.

James F. Hooker of Schenectady, \.
Y, formerly of Brattleboro, has been
asked to take the Schenectady county
Craftsmanship of the League to Enforce
Peace, but will decline unless the
league s views coincide with his own.
A Schenectady newspaper says:
'',James f. Hooker will decline the
county chairmanship of the League to
Enforce Peace, national organization
headed by former President William
II. Taft, unless its doctrine comedies
with his own views on peace questions.
Declaring that peace at any price was
an absurdity and that war, in which he
himself would be a willing participant,
is inevitable. Mr.. Hooker wrote to the
New York office of the league recently
and their reply will determine whether
he will take part in future activities
of the league in Schenectady county
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-24
WILL CARRY WAR TO
END, SAYS ASQUITH
Premier Makes It Clear That There
Will Be No Compromise With
the Germans.

LONDON, Feb. 24-Premier Asquith
found himself unexpectedly face to
face in the house of commons yester-
day with a new demand for the gov
ernment S views on peace. He took
up the gauntlet almost eagerly and in
a bristling 15-minute speech made it
clear that the British government s de-
termination to carry the war to the
end without compromise had not
abated iot or title since the early
days of the struggle.
The only terms of peace Premier As
quith offered to the enemy countries
were contained in the historic an
nouneement which was the outstanding
feature of his speech az the London
Guildhall in November, 1914, which he
repeated.
The prime minister's stern declara-
tion created deep impression on all
parts of the house and this found re
Election subsequently in the lobbies.
The occasion for the premier S pro
nouncement was a speech which Phil
Up Snowden of the Independent labor
party, injected into the debate on the
consolidated fund bill, routine meas
ure providing appropriations mainly
for interest on the national debt.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-24
ANOTHER NEW HAVEN
WRECK JUST AVERTED
Piston Rod of Engine on New York
Express Broke Las Nieht-Ties
and Roadbed Torn.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Feb. "a
While swinging through Yalesville, in
Wallingford, just south of Meriden
last night, train No. 50, a New Haven
express, running from Boston due in
New York at 9 clock had a narrow
escape from derailment that scared
the 200 passengers
The piston rod of locomotive broke
and before the engineer could stop his
train it had bumped along for a
quarter of mile, ripped up the ties
and roadbed and throwing some on the
women passengers into Mysteries. The
engine stayed on the rails and after
some delay the train was brought back
to Meriden, where another engine was
substituted and the trip to New York
resumed about two hours behind
schedule
The New Haven officials began an
investigation and experts went to
Meriden to examine the broken piston
rod which had been recently pro
nounced in good condition.
The tracks are straight at the spot
where the rod broke. The big drivers
acted with gyroscopic force to keet
the whole train on the rails.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-24
OFFICERS TOOK 10
MEN FROM TRAIN
Engaged in Fistic Battle While Re
turning from North Adams to
Wilmington-Seven Were Fined.

Ten men, returning to Wilmington
Saturday night on the Hoosac Tunnel
& Wilmington railroad after an "ont-
ing in North Adams, Mass, during
the course of which, it is said, they con
sumed great volumes of fire water, and
IN addition took a good supply back
with them, had wild fight in the smok-
ing car of the train, during which win
dow panes were knocked out and the
features of the complaints were more
or less disfigured. The train crew made
efforts TO stop the fight, but the men
were SO threatening that il would have
been dangerous for the trainmen to in
terfere further. They stopped the train
and the conductor, Fred Cheney, tele-
phoned TO Readsboro to have the
Readsboro officers on hand when the
train reached that place. Sheriff Will
son and his men met the train and
took off the 10 men, all of whom were
IN a dilapidated condition, with the
blae kened eyes and bleeding noses to
say nothing of being highly intoxieat-
ed.
The 10 men were escorted by the of
ficers TO the town hall, which serves
the purpose of jail, and there they
remained in duress vile over Sunday.
On Monday morning a hearing was held
and seven of them were fined s3675 for
drunkenness and breakage. They were
sent to Wilmington.
| The men fined were Dan MeLain,
/ George Marker, Jim Marks, Tom Far.
rel, George Baker, Oscar Ericsson and
Robert McWilliams, most of whom are
employed at Mountain mills.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-24
TWENTY ARTICLES
IN TOWN WARRANT
ferendum Matters, Relates to Ex-
empting Odd Fellows Temple.

Twenty articles make up the war
rant for the annual town meeting
March Z. They are largely routine, but
several are new.
Article Is is to see if the town will
vote to exempt the Odd Fellows lodge
from taxation on the new Odd Fellows
temple on Green street to the extent
of $4,000 for period of 10 years, as
provided by Act No. 30 of the Public
Acts of 1915.
The next article is to see if the
town will vote to build a cement walk
on ~Brattle street directly westerly of
the place owned by the Home for the
Aged, extending about Ia rods from
Western avenue northerly to the walk
leading to c. L. Fisher s house..
Then follow two articles providing
for vote on the primary elections
and prohibition referendum acts, and
then one to see if the town will vote
to install uniform system of publ,
accounting as recommended by official.
| appointed by the Governor.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-24
More Than $50, 900 Germans
Are Assaulting the Long
French Line
FORTRESS OF VERDUN
is OBJECTIVE POINT
Losses on Both Sides Have Been Ex-
tremely Heavy = Germans Pushed
Their Way Two Miles Inside the
Former French Line.

The great battle on the western
front, where more than 100000 Ger
mans are assaulting the French line
along a 25-mile front to the north of
the fortress of Verdun, is the out
standing feature in the current war
news.
To take the fortress of Verdun is
one of the chief ambitions with which
the crown prince has been credited
The present effort under his command
Is on scale that indicates the most
determined effort to break down the
barriers and to get within striking dis
tance of the fortress.
At last accounts the battle was still
raging, both sides keeping up a CON
tinuous fire from all the available ar
tillery and throwing masses of troops
into the fray. Losses on both sides
have been extremely heavy.
In the fighting during the second
day of the great battle the Germans
pushed their way te a point two miles
inside the former French line, pene-
tratlng as far as the village of Hau-
mont, less than eight miles from the
fortress.
The French claim to have held the
approaches south of that village,
checking the German advance there as
they did in the woods of Caures.
East of the latter point the German
advance continued, the forces pene.
trating the wood after desperate fight
ing. Elsewhere the German attack is
claimed to have been arrested.
Emperor Nicholas, after attending
the opening session of the Russian iu-
ma, has returned to the front
After the men of the German prize
crew on board the captured British
steamer Westburn had landed their
prisoners on the Canary Islands they
took the Westburn outside the harbol
OF Santa Cruz, Teneriffe, ana sank her
according to Santa Cruz despatch.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-24
MOVING PICTURES
ON ROAD BUILDING
Board of Trade Plans Interesting Lee
ture with View to Arousing
Interest as TO Main Street.

Under the auspices of the board of
trade of Brattleboro, arrangements
have been made through the Warren
Brothers company of Boston to give
the local taxpayers and others interest
Cd an opportunity to attend an enter
tanning motion picture lecture on Scien-
tific Road Building, in the Auditorium
wednesday evening, March /, at s
O'Clock. The speaker, l. B. Spafford
who is associated with the Warren
Brothers company s laboratory, is a
graduate of the University of Vermont
and is Thoroughly infermsd as to the
modern methods of Scientific road con-
struction. He is an instructive and
entertaining talker and there is no
no doubt that his lecture will be inter
esting and enightening
These motion pictures, which are an
attractive feature alone, were secured
at considerable expense to the owners
and are among the very first of their
kind ever presented TO the public.
They vividly portray, in almost every
detail, the modern methods of building
a permanent highway, from the time
the first pick disturbs the ruttei soil
until the steam roller passes off the
finished pavement.
The views were taken in different
sections of the East, while the work
was under construction, and are true to
! life. Each scene is interestingly re-
ferred to by the speaker, Mr.. Spafford,
whose talks on modern road building
have entertained many distinguished
gatherings in other places.
| The lecture, which is entirely free to
the public, is presented by the board of
trade with an idea of arousing the in
terest of the taxpayers as to the neces-
sity of a better Main street for Brat
tleboro.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-24
HIRSH HEARING
is CONTINUED
Attorney Thompson Wanted Time to
Prepare Case for Man Charged
With Helping Promote Lottery.

NJ. Hirsh, agent of the United Furni-
ture Co. of Boston, who was arrested
Tuesday in Bellows Falls on a charge
of aiding in promoting lottery, was
arraigned in municipal court there yes
terday afternoon. He was represented
by Attorney G. H. Thompson, who asked
for time to prepare his case, and con-
tinuance was granted to Monday
morning.
State Attorney Orrin B. Hughes
claims that Hirsh has been promoting
lottery by organizing furniture clubs
in town, the members of which are re-
quired to pay 25 cents each week, and
every seven days some member of the
club is supposed to receive a piece of
furniture valued at $3.50 The agent
has represented that the persons who re-
ceive the furniture are determined by
lot in the office of the company in Bos-
ton.
similar club is in existence in Brat
tleboro. 1t is a part of the business of
the agent, it is claimed, to add new
members to the club to fill the places
of those who drop out by reason of re-
eeiving their pieces of furniture
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-24
WATER QUESTION is
UP IN NORTHFIELD
Eleven Members of Legislative Water
Supply Committee Hear Discus
sion from Various Angles.
Especial to The Reformer.)

MN Il Ilr 1El1D, MISS, GeD. II.
In the discussion of town affairs the
center of the stage is held Just now by
the water supply and fire district ques-
ton. The town having voted last
August to take over the property of the
Northield Water Co. and an attempt
ut the last town meeting to rescind the
vote having failed, further proceedings
looking to town ownership and the es-
tablishment of fire district were held
in the town hall last evening, when IL
members of the legislative committee
on water supply discussed the question
with citizens. About 100 voters were
present and both sides were heard.
George II. johnson of Lynn, chairman
of the committee, presided.
Those speaking III favor of the propo-
sitlon were Ambert G.. Moody, DIR. y.
2. Wood, Rev. E. S. Hunt, T. r. Callen-
der and Attorney \. 5. Gordon, all of
Northfeld, and Engineer G.. i. Merrill
of Greenfield. Those opposed were rep
resented on the floor by DIR. r. III. Phil
brick and c.. E. Williams, both of
Northfeld, and Attorneys William Dav-
enport and Charles Stoddard of Green
field. The opposition argues that to
carry out the proposition will mean
larger taxes, while all agree that a
larger water supply will be necessary
If fire district is established.
An expression of the voters was
taken, showing 81 to be in favor of the
project and % against it.
This morning DIR. Wood, Mr.. Gordon
and Mr.. Hunt accompanied the commit
tee over the property of the water com
pany and over the proposed layout of
the fire district.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-24
AVERILL CASE TO
BE HEARD SOON
Trial Expected to Take Place at the
Present Session of Federal Court
in Burlington

BURLINGTON, Feb. 24.-The case
of Hattie E. Moses against James X.
Howe in which the plaintiff sues to re-
cover $4,000 for injuries alleged TO
have been sustained when she was
gored by the defendant 5 bull while
walking through pasture, was begun
yesterday in United States court.
Wallace \. Batchelder of Bethel and
Dunnett & Shields of St. Johnsbury APP
pear for the plaintiff and Stanley c.
Wilson of Chelsea for Howe The case
will last for several days. A companion
case set for trial, will depend upon the
verdict in the one now on trial.
The grand jury went into session
yesterday and may not report for a
week.
Interest centers in the coming trial
of George G. Averill of Brattleboro on
the charge of alleged technical ir1egu-
larities in connection with making re-
ports to the controller of the cum enc Y
while president of the Vermont Ma
tional bank at Brattleboro. Clark c.
Fits of Brattleboro is counsel for Mr..
Averill
Charles w. Porter, former postmas-
ter at Guildhall, was arraigned yester-
day on the charge of the embezzlement
of postoffiee funds and pleaded guilty.
Judge Howe deferred sentence This
was the first indictment returned by
the grand jury. Porter was arrested
III Illinois about two months ago and
brought back to Vermont. The amount
of the embezzlement was about $500.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-24
LUMBER DEALER
KILLED BY BULLET
A. G. Gibson Persisted in Taking Lum-
Der, Charles Laton Claimed-Details
of Shooting Not Well Known.
Especial TO The Reformer. J

Especial TO The Reformer)
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Feb. "a.
News has been received here of a
shooting affray this forenoon in Shar-
on in which A. C. Gibson, a prominent
lumber dealer and contractor. was
killed. Mr. Gibson, who lived near the
Royalton town line, went to the farm
of j. L. Condor to draw away some
lumber, to which Charles Laton claim
ed ownership. Laton is alleged to have
warned Gibson to keep off the premis-
es, but he persisted. Just how Gibson
was killed is not known, but a bullet
penetrated his side and he bIed to
death. There was also mark on his
head that might have been made by
some blunt instrument.
Charles Laton has two sons and it
Is understood here that one member of
the Laton family has been arrested.
The officials are now working on
the case and surgeon from the state
laboratory in Burlington has been
summoned to make an autopsy.
The Laton and Condor families are
newcomers to this section. Gibson
came of an old Vermont family. had
been engaged in the lumber business
for years, was well-to-do and verv
popular. He was about 55 years old
and leaves a wife, two sons and a
daughter
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-24
Naval Commander Takes
FOrcible Possession of
Teutonic Ships
CAPT. REGO'S ACTION
TOTALLY UNEXPECTED
Governing Authorities Were Not In
formed of His Plans - Hoisted the
the Portuguese Colors on 46 Vessels
and Then Saluted Them.

LISBON, Feb. 81, by way of Paris.
Capt. Leootte Rego, commander of
the naval division here, at 4 O'Clock
this afternoon, apparently on his own
initiative, took forcible possession of
SO German and Austrian vessels lying
in the Tagus river, hoisted the Por-
tugese eolors on them and saluted them
with Fl gun salvo from the Portu-
gese feet.
1t is said that the act of Capt. Re
so was totally unexpected by the gov
erning authorities, who were unaware
of the step until it had been carried
out.
Capt. Rego directed the operations
from the destroyer Guadiana
Despite many rumors since the out
break of the war that Portugal was on
the point of declaring a state of wa1
with the central powers on account of
her treaty relations with Great Brit
ain no such declaration was ever
made.
The Portuguese congress decided that
Portugal would cooperate with the al
lies whenever that step seemed neces-
sary.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-24
WANT STEAMBOAT
LINE RETAINED
Many Petitions for the Continuance OF
Ownership by New Haven
Road.

BOSTON, Feb. "a. - The hundreds
of petitions from boards of trade, manu-
featuring and mercantile organizations,
favoring or opposing the retention by
the New Haven railroad of the Long
Island sound steamboat line viii be ac-
cepted by the interstate commerce com
mission on a basis of sentiment and
not on basis of fact, according to a
ruling by Special Examiner Howell for
the commission
G. L. Graham, representing the Ma
tional Association of Wool Manufactur-
ers and the American Wooden company.
said that both organizations favored
the petition and were satisfied with
existing conditions
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-24
THREE SENT AWAY
BY POLICE CHIEF
Had Been Getting Assistance Through
Hard Luck Stories-Warned Not
to Show UP Here Again.

Three young men, David Foley of
Pittsfeld, Mass, George Morris of
Springfield, Mass, and John Anderson
of Syracuse, N. Y, who had been il
town several days and had obtained
aid from several ministers through hard
luck stories and had secured preserip-
tions for drugs from physicians, were
put on board the train southbouad last
evening by Police Chief George Wilson
and warned that if they reappeared
here they would 60 to Jail The moth
er of one of the young men came after
her soa and the officer locked up the
two others so that he would know where
they were at train time.