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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-29
REGULATIONS FOR
SHIPPING SYRUP
Parcel Post Laws Require that Cans Of
Syrup Must Be Packed in Boxes
Grating Not Sufficient.

Postmaster NJ. J. Moran calls the at
tention of the public to the regulations
governing the sending of maple syrup
by parcel post. The postal laws require
that admissible articles which from
their form or nature might damage
other mail or equipment or injure the
person of any postal employee shall be
accepted when packed in metal con
tainer, if the weight limit is not ex-
ceeded, provided the container is Sc
surely scaled and inclosed in a strong
box, all packages containing liquid to
be mark6u Fragile. - 1t is not sui
ficient to crate cans of maple syrup.
They should be securely packed in
boxes.
The post office department instructs
that postmasters and other postal en-
pleyes will be held to strict account for
damage to mails for which they are re
sponsible, and all railway postal clerks
have been ordered TO make special re-
port to, the office of the ehief clerk OF
the railway mail service of every in
stance where this matter is received by
them contrary to instructions.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-29
BRATTLEBORC LOCAL.

The Harmony club ". give mill
tary whist pc evening IN Har-
mony hall.
The regular meeting or Sunshine soci-
ETY., branch No l will be held Friday,
March 81, at $50 ,. M, with Miss
Ruth Childs of II Terrace street.
Donnen & Davis are having today and
tomorrow their spring opening in mil
inery and are showing a large and ex
elusive line of hats. Bright colors are
popular this season, the shades Of rose,
blue and grey predominating.
Robert Warwick will be seen today
in the Shubert feature, The Sins of
Society, o drama depicting the heroic
sacrifice of man who loves with all
his SOUL Tomorrow Hazel Dawn in the
Paramount production, The Masquerad-
cra, IS the offering
Adella Juascen, eight months old,
| daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Jua-
seen of 100 Elliot street, died last night
of pneumonia. The burial took place
this afternoon in the Roman Catholic
cemetery.
County Commissioner G. NJ. Norwood
of Cheshire county, n. H., and Archi-
| tect Mason of Keene, y. H., were here
today inspecting the Memorial hospit-
| al. They are seeking ideas for a new
hospital which is to be built ut the
/ Cheshire county farm in Westmoreland.
i Carriers on rural route No (Guil-
! ford route) and route No. (Dummers-
/ ton route) from the Brattleboro pest
] Office will leave hereafter at a. M in
I stead of y IN. and route No from
/ West Brattleboro station (Marlboro
/ Halifax and West Guilford route) at
| $50 instead Of y until travelling cen
i ditions are improved.
4 Veronica Mary Robinson, eight
L months old, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
H Harry A. Robinson of Clark street
h died of pneumonia Monday night in
l the home Of her parents. The child
was one of twins born July g. The
other, Vincent H., died July IS. The
body was taken today to White River
Junction, where the burial will take
place.
An employee of the New England
Telephone & Telegraph Co. was en-
gagged today in testing with a specia
instrument the bonding of the rails Of
the trolley line. As some of the lines
of the telephone COMPANY are grounded
to the trolley rails it is as much fol
the interest of the telephone company
as that OF the trolley company to keel
the rails well bonded in order tina
there may be as little loss Of electrici
ty as possible.
About 30 members of the Yer
i mont Wheel club were present il
q Red Men hall last evanin.
! at the banquet provided by the mem
bers Of the pitch team captained b,
u IT. Seaverns for the members of tn
team captained BIZ w A. Shumwas
4 The latter team won the recent tourna
4 ment and the banquet furnished f
them last evening was the prize. Ere
j G. Shehay of the Empire theater san
II several selections.
4 George Danyew has closed. his harbe
shop on Elliot street until further motto
4 on account Of illness ADV 23-2
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-29

session of court in Woodstock this
week.
Edith Davies went to Townshend
Tuesday TO spend two weeks with
friends.
Rev. and Mrs. A. B. Enright went to
Montpelier Tuesday 10 attend the
Methodist conference.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert johnson Of
Manchester were guests over Sunday
at Irving Thompson
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Churchill Of
Brattleboro were -isitors at I. =
Churchill S over Sunday.
The high school is having a two
week Is vacation, which Miss Kendall.
the teacher, viii spend at her home in
Proctor.
Miss Izetta Stewart of Brattleboro
came Monday evening, called here by
the critical illness Of her aunt, Mrs.
G. J. Thompson.
There was sewing bee for the ben
eft Of the Philathea club at Mrs. L. A.
Melendy's Tuesday afternoon. Re
freshments were served
F. +. Churchill returned from his
visit to Morrisville, y. Y, last week
He brought the news Of a little grand
son, Frank Stanton, born 10 Mr.. and
Mrs. i. NJ. Charlton.
The exhibition in the town hall Fri
day evening passed off very success
fully and created no end Of fun and
lmerriment. An oyster supper and dance
followed the play. Cox s orchestra Of
Rutland furnished music.
/, The Methodist Ladies Aid society
, met with Mrs. A. h. Enright wcdnes-
day of last week for their annual
, meeting and election of officers. The
following were elected: President, Mrs.
l.. t. Landman; vice presidents. Mrs
Minnie Davis and Mrs. A. Carlev.
! secretary, Mrs Nina Vale; treasurer,
( Mrs. A. Il. Enright; directors, Mrs. a.
lC. Carley, Mrs. Marcia Davis. Mrs.
. Laura jenkins, Mrs. c. II. Goodnough,
]. Mrs. j. B. Martin.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-29
TOWN SHEND.
Multiplicity of Societies.

Whatever else Townshend is noted
for, il certainly should be famous Tor
a multiplicity of societies and organi-
cations. Among active societies in the
place, meeting regularly, are the follow
ing: Blazing Star Masonic lodge meets
monthly; Eastern Star, monthly; West
River Grange, monthly; Birehard post,
G. A. r., monthly alternately with
Newfane); Birchard Relief corps,
monthly alternately with Newfane);
Dorcas guild, monthly; Home club,
monthly; Women 5 Congregational Mis-
sionary society, monthly; Daughters of
Dorcas, fortnightly; Ladies Aid, month
ly; Hadassah league, monthly; Helping
Hand, fortnightly; Y. P. S. C. E., week
iy; T. @. r., no stated periods. The
Boy Scouts organization, which was ac-
tive last summer, has been dropped
through the winter season, through
lack of a leader. Besides this list of II
societies several of the villagers are
members of the Odd Fellows and Re
bekah lodges at Newfane and of the
w. c. 7. U. in that village.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-29
CONFERENCE IN SESSION.
About 20 Candidates Took Examinations
at Methodist Gathering.

MONTPELIER, March 29.-Examina-
tons of ministerial students yesterday
afternoon proceeded Ghe formal open
ing Of the 72d annual Vermont Metho-
dist conference in this city which is
to continue until Saturday. Arrange
mants have been made to care for 800
delegates. ministers and their wives.
Last evening Rev. E. c. E. Dorm,
d. ID, editor Of Zion S Herald, Boston,
gave an address at the Epworth league
anniversary exercises in Trinity church.
This forenoon at o clock the organi-
cation of the conference was perfected
nnler the direction of Bishop John W.
Hamilton of Boston.
About 20 candidates took the exami-
nation. Rev. W r. Davenport was
chairman OF the examining board.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-29
STAY OF SENTENCE.
Roosevelt's Secretary VIII Not Go to
Jail at Present.

NEW YORK, March 20. A stay
Of sentence was today granted to John
w. MeGrath, secretary TO Col. Theodore
Roosevelt and lately acting secretary
of the Progressive National committee,
who was yesterday committed to the
work house for 80 days on charge of
disorderly conduct and assault.
The complainant against McGrath
was Charles Lighte, jr., of Brooklyn,
who charged in court yesterday that
McGrath and his cousin, William Pow
ers, assaulted him in a restaurant in
Brooklyn on June IL, last.
Col. Roosevelt has announced that he
will stand by his secretary. He issued
statement expressing indignation at
the sentence and asserting that Nc
Grath would continue in his service
Examination of the testimony will be
continued
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-29
NEWFANE.
th grip.

Charles Pray is i'll with grip.
Mrs. Lillian Emerson will vacate the
tenement in A. II. Farnum IS house on
April l, having leased the l. H. Fisher
house below the village.
Frank Dewitt, jr., spent a few days
in town last week, returning to Chester
Saturday with his father, who was
there over Sunday with his family.
Mr.. and Mrs John Skinner and Miss
Charlotte Tuthill of Brattleboro were
County House Mrs Skinner and Brad
ford Sargent, who had been there for
a little longer visit, returned to Brat
tleboro Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. T. Bruce gave a
delightful 500 party of four tables at
their home, the Bruce farm, Friday
evening. The decorations were sweet
peas. Refreshments of homemade ice
cream, angel cake, hot chocolate, etc,
were served. The first prize was won
| by f. A. Dewitt, the consolation prize
! by L. H. Whitney.
Mrs. Henry Wilson of BrooklinC
went last week Thursday to the hos
| pital in West Brattleboro, where shs
underwent p surgical operation Friday
She Is making good recovery and ex
poets to return to her home within TIVE
weeks. Mrs. Lillian Emerson, nurse
of Newfane has been with Mrs. Wilson
at the hospital part of the time.
The Willing Workers class in tn,
Congregational Sunday school will Civ
A Hare-M, Seare-M party in honor o
their friend, the March Hare, in TIL
lparlors of the Congregational ehurel
Friday evening, March 81. Supper vii
be served from to 80 with the fol
lowing menu: Potato PURGE, beef PIC
potato, chicken, spinach nests wit
hard-boiled eggs, birds nest pudding
assorted cakes, pies, homemade roll;
coffee.
), On account of the snowstorm the las
lGrange meeting was not largely al
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-29
WILL1AE1 3. CARPENTER DEAD.
Widely Known Educator II Wife Was
katherine Eoyt Of Williamsville.


William Bancroft Carpenter, head of
the mathematical department of the
Mechanic Arts high school in Boston,
died March p at his home at &c
Prince street, Jamaica Plain. following
al illness Of several days.
Mr. Carpenter was born at Lookout
Mountain, Tenn, Feb. 10, 1869, and
was the son Of Rev. Charles c. Car
penter, . Congregational clergyman Of
Andover He was educated ut Phillips
Andover and at Amherst. and then
spent three years finishing at Harvard
whore lie was graduated in the class
of 1890, returning the following year
70 get his master s degree. Since his
graduation ne had devoted all his at
tention to teaching mathematics.
For one year Air. Carpenter was at
ST. Mark s school at Southboro, and
another year was spent at Taunton
high school This was followed by a
seven-years stay at the Woonsoelzet
! high school. and in 1900 he became as
! ISOLATED with the Mechanic Arts high
school, where lie soon became head of
the mathematics department.
| Mr.. Carpenter S principal interests
outside Of schools, were connected with
! the Association of Teachers OF Mathe-
MATES in New England, of which he
I was treasurer from 1903 to 1909 and
/ president during 1913 and 1914 He
also was member of the Harvard
Teachers association, American Asso
citation for the Advancement of Science
! National Society for the Promotion OF
Industrial Education and the Eliot
/ club of Jamaica Plain.
He is survived by his wife, who wa,
katherine Hovt Of Williamsville, Vt
one son, Henry f. Carpenter, Harvard
1916, and daughter. Miss Miriam f
| Carpenter, who is Of the class of 1916
Girls Latin school.
Mrs. Carpenter was a graduate of tn
Brattleboro high school in the class o
1885. Her son is making a brillian
! record at Harvard. He was one of tn
% seniors elected to the Phi Beta kan
pa about Christmas time and in tn
January list of awards for high stand
ing he was named as the winner o
the John Appleton Haven scholarship
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-29
LONDONDERRY.

Bert Davis has sold his place here in
the village to Guy Peck.
Mildred Eddy of Newfane is visit
ing at George Williams's.
Lawrence Leonard is home from Bur
lington for short vacation.
Mrs. A. B. Waite was in Chester at
l.. ;. Richardson 5 over Sunday
Mrs George McNichols of New York
city is visiting at +. +. Stevens s.
Lyle Bolster, who had been working
in Leominster, Mass, few weeks, IS
home.
Many from this village attended the
play and dance In South Londonderry
Friday evening.
Mrs. Carlos Marble is through work
for Frank Davis and has begun work
for Hoyt Rabbit.
Mrs. w. o. Childs of Newport. y. II.
is visiting her mother and sister, Mrs
Helen and Miss Winnifred Jaquith.
Guy Rounds was in Rrattleboro over
Sunday. Bert Rounds h2s gone there
to work on the farm with his brother
in-law, Richard Cory.
Mrs. Edna Arnold and daughter
Phyllis, went to New Haven, Conn.
Saturday. Their goods were shipped
some time ago.
Miss Eva Fuller of Bellows Falls was
home a few days last week and visited
her father, Charles Fuller, in Land
grove, Mr.. Fuller being i'll.
The Dorcas Guild met with Mrs
George Williams last week and reor'
ganized. Mrs. George Williams is pres.
ident, Mrs. John Calvin vice president
and Mrs. Maud Farnum secretary and
( treasurer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-29
QUESTION OF PRICE
NOT MOST IMPORTANT
Board of Trade Directors Think Vii
lage Should Help Consummate Hol-
stein Friesian Project.

Editor of The Reformer:
The permanent location of the of
fee of the Holstein-Friesian asso-
citation in Brattleboro is a matter
of the greatest Importance to this vii
lage. The lease of their proposed new
building is for ten years. At the rate
the association is growing it is safe
to say that before that lease expires
an addition to their quarters will be
required and a corresponding extension
of the lease demanded.
1t is not too much to expect that
with the permanent location of the of
fee here, the Advanced Registry de
partment, now located at Delavan,
Wis, ultimately viii be brought here
and into the same building for purely
economic reasons.
The question is not how much the
village can get for a small parcel OF
land, the need of which it has out
grown, but rather how much can the
village do to further the plans of a
public spirited citizen who is doing SC
much for his home town.
| We do not expect the village to give
this property outright, nor do we ad
wise that, but it is the opinion of oul
board of directors that the village
should allow nothing to hinder, but dc
everything it can to further the con
summation of this project.
Yours very truly,
HORTON d. WALKER.
President of the Brattleboro Board Of
Trade.
March 90, 1916.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-29

G. ID. Boyden moved the remainder
of his store stock, saved from the re-
cent fire in West Townshend, to his
home in this village Monday, where he
viii place the goods on sale.
The first breath of air on awakening
Saturday morning made all realize that
winter had fled and spring had taken
Its place in the night. Sugar makers
We're out early and the sap fairly ran
from the spouts.
A meeting of the Helping Hand so
eiety was held at the home of Miss
Pearl Thayer Monday afternoon and
several new members were added to the
roll. Work was done on blocks for a
comfortable. The society is planning
for public entertainment to be held
about May !.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-29
CRocKER MAY DIE.
Little Hope for American Injured on
the Sussex

& LONDON, March 29.-The msin evil
dence in the hands Of the Admiralty
supporting the theory that the Channel
boat Sussex was torpedoed consists of
fragments of metal which naval officers
picked up on board the vessel immedi-
ately after the explosion. The officers
assert the pieces are unquestionably
parts Of a torpedo. The Admiralty
has thus far refrainod from an official
statement.
The condition of George II. Crocker
OF Fitchburg, Mass, one of the Ameri
cans seriously injured when the Sussex
was destroyed, is critical. Physicians
at the Dover hospital hold out little
hope for his recovery. Croeker is suf-
fering from a fractured skull and
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-29
AWARDED VERDICT OF 81.
DR.. Richards Had Brought Suit for
$4,000 Against B. A. A. Officers.

PLYMOUTH, Mass, March %. = A
verdict of 81 was awarded by a jury in
the superior court here today to Dr..
Russell A. Richards of Boston, who
brought suit for $4,000 damages
against 90 present and former directors
of the Boston Athletic association for
injuries to his character because of his
expulsion from the association. Evil
dence at the trial showed DR.. Russell
was expelled for criticising other mem
bers of the club.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-29
AURORA EXPECTED FRIDAY.
Aurora, Of Lieut.. shackleton 5 Expedi
tion Near New Zealand.

LONDON, March % - The premier
of New Zealand has been notified by
wireless that the Aurora on the Shack
Teton Antarctic expedition expects to
arrive off New Zealand on Friday, ac-
cording TO a despatch from Router S
correspondent at Wellington, New Yea
land.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-29
DUMMERSTON.

Owing to the hard travelling, the pat.
rons of the school have asked for
delay in opening the coming term. Tao
school board have decided TO open All
the schools in town on Monday, April
10.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-29
STRUCK BY TRAIN.
Mrs. John Simonds Killed in South
Royalston, Mass. Today.

SOUTH RoYALSToN, Mass, March
29.-Mrs. John Simonds. So, was killed
here today when a sleigh in which she
was riding was struck by a passenger
train on the Boston & Maine railroad
The sleigh was demolished and the
horse was killed. Mr.. and Mrs. 81
monds came here some years ago from
North Adams.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-29
The other America . S
other injuries.
are recovering.

dIt IVtUN tIIII.
Many of the American survivors
landed at Dover and Boulogne are pen
niless, having lost all the personal be
longings they had with them on the
Sussex. Several were compelled to
cable home for funds to enable them TO
proceed to Paris.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-29

The bellows Of the organ in the ca
thedral in Seville, Spain, are worked
see-saw fashion by the man walking
up aud down long plank.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-29
DEATHS.

In East Mortified, Mass, March %,
Mrs. Susan (Newton) Woodland, 81,
wife Of Francis w Lard.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-29

Malaria Is spread by a special mosquito.
House screening is good disease proven
tive.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-29
SOUTH LONDONDERRY.

Earl Howe of Windsor was in town
last week.
Grace Babbitt returned from her Wis
it in Leominster, Mass, Tuesday.
o. R. Clayton is attending a special
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-29

George Danyew has closed his barber
shop on Elliot street until further notice
on account Of illness. ADV 23-26
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-07
KEEP PURE-BRED COWS
That Is Advice Santa Fe Expert Gives
Montgomery Co. Farmers.

Independence, Kan, Dec. Santa
Fee dairy meetings centered around
independence Wednesday. In many
communities the schools adjourned to
attend the meetings and demonstra-
tons in a body H. NJ. Banner, agri-
cultural and industrial agent of the
Santa Fe, at the meeting Wednesday
urged farmers to keep a few cows
along with other agricultural activi-
ties, giving preference to the dairy
business. The women in Montgomery
county are taking a very active inter-
est in these meetings as well as the
men, the average attendance being
from twenty-five to one hundred.
Prof. o. E. Reed of the State Agri-
cultural college said in a lecture at
Independence today taht Kansas could
double her dairy production by farm
ers wedding out undesirable cows,
which would be possible by the record
system. H. NJ. Banner said there was
enough waste on the average 160-
acre farm under the old feeding sys-
tenn to pay for a silo, which he ad-
vocates for winter feeding, in one year.
Three more meetings will be held in
Montgomery county today, with judg-
ing demonstrations.
The calf clubs for boys are becom-
ing a reality as a result of the cam
paign with calves being imported from
Nebraska. Fl. E. Caylor. representa-
tive OF The Earth for the Santa e,
is attending the dairy meetings in
Montgomery county this week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-07
RHEUMATISM MAKES
YOU FEEL OLD
Pains and Aches Yield to SIoan's
Liniment, the Family Friend.

When your joints become stiff, your
circulation poor, and your suffering
makes you irritable, an application of
SIoan's Liniment gives you quick re-
iief-kilIS pain, starts up good cir
ctIlatiOn. relieves congestion. 1t IS
easier and cleaner to use than muSSy
plasters or ointment. acts quickly and
does not clog the pores. 1t does not
stain the skin.
You don't need to rub-it pene-
trates.
Certainly fine for rheumatism, stiff
neck, sciatica, lame BACK, toOthache,
etc.
For sprains. strains, bruises, black
and blue spots, Sloan's Liniment re-
duces the pain and eases the soreness.
Its use is so universal that you'll
consider Sloan's Liniment friend OF
the whole family. Your druggist sells
it in 25c., soc. and $1.00 bottles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-07
SANTA FE TAXES
Road Will Pay Kansas Million
and Half in Lump Sum.
TOpeka's Share of This Reve-
nue. Will Be S63,317.

The Santa Fe railroad will turn over
to the various tax funds of the state.
before December 20, more than mill
lion and a half dollars, according to
E. T. Cartilage, tax commissioner for
the road.
The Santa Fe operates thru sixty
nine counties of the state, and will
pay taxes on its operating property to
the school, state, county, township
and city tax funds, totaling approx
mately $1,520,000. In addition, there
is other property of the road, includ-
ing town lots, land and similar hold
ings on which taxes will have to be
paid.
A representative of the tax depart
ment of the road has visited every
county in the state in which the Santa
Fe operates, and has secured the tax
assessment therefrom.
Topeka alone, on the property of
the road inside the city limits, will re-
ceive $63,317 in taxes from the Santa
Fe. OF this, s23,311 will go to the
school fund, and $4,000 into the city's
taxes.
Pay in Lump Sum.
All the years taxes are to be paid
IN a lump before December 20, in or
der to secure the per cent rebate
which is granted to taxpayers who do
not take advantage of the privilege of
paying their years taxes in two in
stallments, one in December and one
in June.
Five per cent of half of the taxes
paid by the road, Mr.. Cartilage point
ed out, equals 2 1a per cent of the
total amount, and that is equal to
nearly $4,000, so that the obviously
economical thing for the road to do,
is to pay all it's taxes in a lump sum.
A neavy penalty is attached if Hf1e
first half of the taxes are not paid by
December 20, and the tax commission
er plans to have all the states reve-
nue. settled up by that time