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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-04
OFFICERS CHOSEN
BY COUNTRY CLUB
Reports. Show Investment of About
S16,o00-New Steward and Chef
Cafe Reopened Tomorrow.

The annual meeting Of the Bratt,e-
boro Country club was held in the
Brooks House parlor last evening when
the following officers were chosen: Gov
ernors, }. G. Estey, G. l. Dunham, T.
\. Thompson, DR.. 6. r. Anderson, c. y.
Boyden. Il. c. Rice and J. R. Ryder
secretary, Harold Whitney; treasurer.
Clarence f. Merrill. The governors
vii, meet shortly to elect other of
tieers and appoint committees for the
ensuing year
Reports of the president and treas
urcr showed the club to have an in
vcstment of about $4,000. Its out
standing indebtedness includes a loan
/ of 5000 secured by pledges and float
ing debt OF $4,000.
! Work on the golf course was com
pleted last summer and the expense in
connection with it this year win be
largely one Of upkeep. The new stew
ard and chef at the club house arrived
today, and the cafe win be reopened
tomorrow
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-04
DEAD ENGINEER BLAMED.
Curtis Ran by Signals, Causing the
Wreck at Milford, Conn.

HARTFORD, Conn, April 4. = The
failure of Engineer w. r. Curtis to
obey the signals set against him was
the primary cause of the rearend col
hsion of passenger trains near Mil
ford on the New York, New Haven
and Hartford realroad on February %,
according to the finding of the Con
necticut public utilities commission,
announced here yesterday. Curtis
was engineer of the special train
which ran into the rear of the Connec-
ticut river express, westbound, caus-
ing a loss of II lives. The express
had been stalled by a broken airhose.
The finding refers to the wrecks at
Bridgeport, Westport, Stamford, and
North Haven, all within the last few
years, as having been like the Milford
wreck, largely if not entirely due to
man failures, = the engineman having
run by signals set against him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-04
BARBER FIRM SUES
ON HOOKER NOTE
Lawyers Seek to Recover S5,o00-Note
Given to G. D. Whitaker and Made
Over 20 Plaintiffs.

Entry was made yesterday afternoon
in the office of the county clerk of a
suit brought by H. e. & F. f. Barber
against Mary G. and James F. Hooker
TO recover $4,000 on note. This is
the suit which first came to the atten-
tion OF the public when the Hooker
property at the corner of Main and
High streets was attached before the
papers transferring it to John B. Man
ley could be recorded. This attachment
was later released with the understand
ing that a part of the purchase price
should be devoted TO reducing the mort
gage on the Hooker building on Main
street, which also was attached. The
specifications of the suit state that the
plaintiffs seek to recover only on the
note of $4,000, which was given by
Mary c. and James L. Hooker at
Schenectady, N. Y, July 25, 1910, tC
Charles u. Whitaker and made over tC
him to II. G. & f. +. Barber.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-04
AUDIENCE MUCH PLEASED.
Jere McAunffe Company Showed Mark
ed Ability in Opening Show.

To the Auditorium last night a good
sized audience greeted Jere McAuliffe
and his clever company in what he
styles "a musical revue with a little
of everything that's good That
the artists were clever and the menu
provided good was evinced by the
hearty applause given each number,
which increased as the show proceeded.
Every member showed marked indi-
vidual ability, Mr.. McAuliffe standing
out prominently, but not so strongly
as to overshadow the good work of
the others. Especially did the work
of the Maple Leaf quartet find favor
with the audience.
Tonight the offering will be Ny
Uncle from Japan, musical comedy
with a flavor of the Orient. Mile.
Oterita and Sig. Cestina will be
| featured in their Spanish dance and
will wear their celebrated costumes
costing considerably over $40O each
and said to be among the best speci-
| mems of spangle work in this country
Matinee performances are given each
| afternoon and the bill is changed
daily
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-04
LOGAN WAS SLAIN
AFTER KILLING TWO
Georgia Tragedy Started by Man Whose
Wife Love Had Been Stolen
by Two Brothers.

&OULTRIE. Ga. April As the re
ault OF IN alleged heart affair, IN which IL
is claimed two brothers We're love pi-
.ates." three men were killed here in a
.ucl in barn TO which the brothers had
been lured by an angry husband.
The dead are ". NJ. Logan. n Moultrie
merchant and Cleve and Jack Calhoun,
brothers. Logan started the battle, firing
five shots in rapid succession. Two bullets
strucl. Cieve Calhoun and one pierced the
hcart Of his brother. After being m3rtaiiy
wounded CIevc Calhoun drew his pistol,
and fired five times at Logan, killing him.
Logan charged the Calhoun brothers
with alternating his wife's affections. Cleve
Calhoun declared that Logan and his wife
had quarrcled and that, at her request, Inc
and his brother had tried to find her a
home, accompanying her at night in search
Of one.
In Logan's pocket was note giving
directions for his burial.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-04
SURE SHACKELTON
REACHED THE POLE
First Officer of the Aurora Tells of
Perilous Voyage - Ship
Crushed in the Ice.

DUNEDIN, New Zealand, April 4
The steamship Aurora of the Shackel-
ton Antarctic expedition arrived here
yesterday. The vessel was in bad con
dition, having buckled under the press
ure of the ice fields.
j. R. Stenhouse, first officer. who is
in command of the vessel, told how she
had drifted away from the Ross Sea
base, where she was awaiting the ar
rival of Sir Ernest Shackleton after a
journey across the south polar regions
from the South American side He ex-
pressed confidence that Shaekleton had
reached the south pole
Mr.. StenhOuse said that he thought
Sir Ernest Shaekleton would make his
trip according to his plans. He said
however, that the party laying depots
for the expedition has not been able tc
send supplies as far south as Cape
Beardmore, as originally planned
/ After six weeks in the ice pack OF
the Ross sea, the officer said, the grind
| ing ice damaged the ship severely, anC
the party on board had almost decided
to leave her, after appealing by wire
less for a rescue ship, and go on shore
Then the ship broke adrift with the ict
pack, and although every hauser an(
anchor on board was used the ship los
them all.
AS the ship drifted away those OF
board the boat could see the lights o
the hut in which the shore party wa
staying. Mr.. Stenhouse said that h
hoped to be able to go back with th
crew of the Aurora to take off thos
left ashore.
The explorers had been entirely Gu
off from the outside world for
months and were eager to hear the wa
news
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-04
INSPECTING FOR
SAN JOSE SCALE
State Department of Agriculture Warns
Brattleboro People Of Necessity
of Combating Insect.

The Vermont department of agriculture
is again endeavoring to call the attention
of people in Brattleboro to the urgent
necessity Of combating the san Jose scale
insect. AS has been previously pointed
out, the pest is fully established through
out the village and a large part Of the
town 1t is, therefore, of interest to
everyone owning fruit trees to take the
immediate precaution OF spraying before
the leaves come out, with lme-sulphur,
scalecide, or other material for the pur-
pose, all trees worth saving.
Fully as imperative is the need of im-
mediate cutting and removal Of all fruit
trees which are OF no value. by allowing
worthless apple trees TO remain scattered
about, every opportunity Is offered tor
the breeding, not only of San Jose scale,
but scores Of other dangerous pests, in
cluding gypsy moths, brown-tail moths,
tent caterpiIlars, codling moths, canker
worms, etc. also the tree diseases.
These measures should by no means be
DELAYED until the presence of the insect Is
manifest by its work 4 few scattering
scales may be on the twigs this year, and
though inconspicuous now; will become
very much in evidence another season u
the tree is left unsprayed. The possible
progeny Of one overwintering female IN Z
season counts up into the millions.
The department believes that there are
no orchards in this town, excepting IN th'
extreme west end in which there Is no
considerable likelihood of the insect beint
present.
H. l.. Bailey assistant to Commissione
Brigham, in charge Of insect suppression
is in town this week for the purpose of in
1 specting for further spread of the insee
since last season. He will be glad to rem
der any assistance possible in the way o
: inspection or information in the matte
I. TO those desiring it. He is staying at tn
Brooks House.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-04
Deputy Sheriff w. E. Howe
of Wilmington Arrests
Tony AlavirO
TWO OTHERS LEAVE
TOWN SUDDENLY
Articles Taken from o. o. Ware S Store
Identified - Other Property Found
Not Owned by Mr.. Ware - States
Attorney Leaves Today.

States Attorney O. B. Hughes was
called to Wilmington this afternoon to
represent the state in burglary charge
against Tony Alaviro, who is suspected of
having entered the general store of O. o.
Ware OF Wilmington Jan. . A hearing
viii be held tomorrow.
Alaviro is being held by Deputy Sheriff
Walter E. Howe of Wilmington. who be-
came suspicious that Alaviro knew about
the burglary and who searched the mans
tenement and found about - heavy co..
ege sweaters, which were not taken frols
Mr. Wares store, also several watches and
other articles which have been identified
as being Mr.. Wares property.
On learning that Alaviro was arrested.
Steve BTazors, who lived in the same tene-
ment, left his work al Mountain Mills and
has not been seen since. Deputy Sheriff
Howe IS looking for him, needing him as
witness
Brazors is five feet eight inches tall.
weight 100 pounds, has black hair, Is
smooth shaven and when he left he wore
working clothes in which he had been do
ing cement work
Frank Ayduk, brotherin-law Of Alaviro.
also left Wilmington yesterday afternoon
for Little Falls, \ Y, and had a trunk
checked for that place Officers in Little
Falls have been asked to secure the trunk
and arrest Ayduk
The fact that the sweaters found were
not taken from Mr. Wares store leads to
| the suspicion that they may have been
| taken wrongfuly somewhere else At the
| time of the Ware store burglary other
sweaters, rings, watches, wooden shirts
union suits, etc, to the value of over 5000
were stolen.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-04
Ten Thousand People Surg.
ed Around the City Hall
Until Midnight
ATTACKS MADE ON
SEVERAL DWELLINGS
Trouble Started over Plans for Address
on Sectarian Questions-Poice Help
less for Time and Mayor Called Out
Troops.

HAVERHILL, Mass, April 4. - A
trail of broken glass was the only yis-
ible evidence remaining today Of the
disturbance of last night when "a mob
held the city in its power for several
hours and smashed windows at Will
The fury Of the crowd was finally
stemmed iii the early hours of today
and before daylight the streets were
deserted. The cause of the riot was the
objection of many citizens TO the grant
/ ing by the city government of per-
NIT to Thomas A. Leyden of Somer-
/ vile to deliver an address in the city
| hall on sectarian questions, particularly
regarding state appropriations for sec
tartan schools.
Leyden started TO give this address
Sunday night but demonstrations in the
4 hall forced pUstponement. Last night
an audience gathered in the hall where
Leyden was prepared to speak. Before
he could begin an immense crowd had
formed about the building and became
so threatening that the meeting was
abandoned. Leyden, it was learned to-
day, escaped from the city hall by a
rear door while the excitement was at
its height. He went by automobile to
Newburyport where he spent the night,
returning to his home today. Before
he left he was advised by the people
not to return to the city. Every win
dow in the city building was broken.
The house of DR.. Herbert Wales
about two miles from city hail was Wis
tied by the section Of crowd, which
broke the windows and is said to have
committed other violence. DR.. Wales
was interested i'll Levden s coming
here, The residence of Rev. Franklin
Babb. another of the promoters Of the
injecting. was treated III similar fashion
Part of the crowd went to the home OF
Alderman Charles Hoyt, commissioner
OF public safety, and made demonstra
tion there.
Finding the police powerless to cope
with the situation, Mayor Albert L
Bartlett ordered ont the local militic
company. AT midnight the militia were
; drawn up in front of City hall sur
rounded by crowd of more than 10,
600 people, many of them shouting
threats against Leyden.
Meanwhile acts of violence continued
in many parts of the city. The rooms
: of the National club were attacked anl
the furnishings wrecked. Squads O.
police were sent to guard the resi-
ldences of the mayor and other mem
t bers of the city government. The 20
lice station. which is in the basemen
of the city building, was itself be
sieged. No arrests were reported
II After the troops appeared the eS
= citement began to subside and gradu
r ally the people who had joined IN tn
r rioting drifted back to their homes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-04
TODAY'S WAR SUMMARY

There is a lull in the battle around
Verdun following the violent fighting
of yesterday by which the French push
ed their way back to the northern out
skirts Of the Caillaux wood between
Douaumont and Vaux and gained a
footing in the village of Vaux itself
No infantry engagements occurred last
night The French artillery has been
notably active, hammering the German
positions i'll the whole sector. The Ger
mans are declared to have made only a
feeble response to this bombardment.
Norway, says a Copenhagen despatch,
has asked Germany to investigate
whether British submarines have been
responsible in the sinking of the large
number of Norwegian vessels, the loss
of which has been reported recently.
In the Argonne region the German
lines at Valencourt have been subjected
to a pounding by the French long range
guns
Strong French positions southwest OF
Douaumont and the Caillette wood
northeast of Verdun have been taken
/ by German troops, the war office at
Berlin announced today. The recap
tu-e by the British OF mine crater
south of Ypres, which the Germans
had been occupying, is also recorded ii
the official statement.
/ Rome has received wireless reports
from Zurich stating that Holland ha'
closed her German frontier and has
-massed all her available forces there.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-04
HARLAN p. FARR
DIES IN PUTNEY
Was Prominent and Successful Farmer
Former Town Official and Repre-
sentative in Legislature.

Harlan Page Farr, so, for the great
er part of his life one of the most sue
cessful farmers in southeastern Yer
mont and man who had been promi-
nent in the official affairs of his home
town, Putney, died in his home yester-
day afternoon at 1.30 clock. He had
been seriously i'll about two weeks.
Mr.. Farr was born in Windham,
April 10, 1896, and would have been
so years of age this month. In early
childhood he moved to Westminster
with the family of his father, Ivah N
Farr. At the age of Is years he was
a salesman for silk between the times
of greatest activity on his father s
farm
When he was 20 years old he bought
his father s farm and went to farming.
He married, at the age of %, Lucretia
M. Whitney of Westminster and during
the war he bought fine farm Of 200
acres near Westminster lower street
which was his home for Is years.
| He continued to buy farms and at
one time owned some 1900 acres in the
| vicinity of his home. He was able to
conduct all of these farms successfully
In the last few years he had resided
IN Putney village, but never lost his
| love for farming and every year he
had ploughed mile of his farm on the
! Putney meadows.
His East Putney meadow farm con
j tains 250 acres, including 50 acres OF
meadow, and was one of the best
farms in the section He made it a
practice for years to grow several acre:
of tobacco and was interested in sheer
raising.
He had been honored by his fellow
! townsmen with election to most of the
offices within their electoral gift. HI
served the town as representative il
the Legislature in 1856. He served foul
terms as first selectman and was elect
ed lister many times. He was an up
right business man who had the respect
and esteem of all who knew him.
Mrs Farr died in 1897, leaving two
children. They are Frank H Farr OF
Westminster, like his father a success
ful farmer, and Mrs. Milan Mason 0.
Springfield, Mass.
! Mr.. Farr leaves also his second
wife, who was Mrs. Z. Louise Perry Of
Champlain, n. y, one brother, Robert
of Westminster, and two sisters, Mrs
Ellen Whitney of Putney and Mrs
Sarah Finton of Dakota.
The funeral will be held tomorrow a
1870 o clock at the house, Rev Nj
Davis aficiating. The burial will talk
place in Putney.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-04
NEW TROOPS
INTO MEXICO
Badly Needed to Connect the
Lengthening Line of
Communication
WHEREABOUTS OF
VILLA STILL UNKNOWN
1t Is Believed He Is Still Pushing Far
to the South and That Gen. Fun
ston's Problem Is Growing Extremely
Difficult.

Ell, PAS0, April with Francisco
Villas whereabouts unknown the cam
paiga of his American pursvers now seour-
ing northern Chihuahua increases in dif-
ticulties. New troops have been ordered
into Mexico to the military base to pro-
tect the lengthening line of communica-
tion. Villa has been reported at many
points within the broad zone that ranges
from the Rayon country to the Benito dis
trict. Army men here believe that as
Villa moves southwark with his trail well
covered it viii be necessary to establish
new army bases and strong guards along
the line OF communication Large rein
folccments of American troops will be
needed, the military authorities say.
\ report here today from Mexican
sources supported the story brought from
the interior yesterday by a Mexican to
the effect that Villa with a few Of his
most trusted followers was far to the
south of Satevo and nearing ParlaL
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-04
DELIVERY GUARANTEED.
IF Your Reformer Doesn't Come Call
Western Union and Get One.

In line with its policy of serving
the public to the best of its ability
The Reformer has made arrange
ments with the Western Union Tel
egraph company whereby delivery
of The Reformer is guaranteed to all
regular route subscribers in Brattle-
borO.
Hereafter, if the regular carrier
boy misses you all that is necessary
is for you to call Western Union'' >
by telephone and ask to have one
of their messengers bring you a
copy. This free service is at the
disposal of all regular subscribers
in the village between the hours of
6 and s o clock each evening. Pre-
vious to s O'Clock complaints of
non-delivery should be made to the
Reformer office.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-04
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

The buying public of Brattleboro
will be interested In the announcement
that the entire stock of the o. J. Pratt
store has been placed in the hands of
G. w. Groves & Co. of Buffalo for
quick disposition. The store is now
closed in order to give the selling
agents time to arrange the stocks for
the big markdown. The Pratt store
is one of the oldest on the street. The
block which it occupies was recently
sold to the Woolworth corporation
who viii take possession July /, thus
making the closing out of the Pratt
stock an immediate necessity.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-04
Official Announcement of
Disaster in Kent Is Made
in London Today
200 PERSONS WERE
KILLED OR INJURED
The Ministry of Munitions Says Fire
Was Purely Accidental - Discovered
at Midday and Explosions Continued
After . O'Clock.

LONDON. Auril 4. - The explo-
zion Of q powder factory in Kent
has caused the death or injury OF
200 persons, it was announced officially
in London today. The following state
mant was given out:
THE ministry of munitions reports
with regret that during the weekend a
serious fire broke out in a powder fac
tory which led to a series of eXplo-
sions in the works The fire was purely
accidental. Ii was discovered at mid
day and the last of the explosions toob
place shortly after , clock in the af
aernoou. The approximate number OF
casualties is 200. -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-04
SEVERAL TOWNS
WANT AN ARMORY
An Appropriation of $4,000 will Be
Available July Several
State Board Meetings.
Especial to The Reformer.)

MONTPELIER, April 4.
The state board or armory commits
sioners this morning heard representa-
tives of st. Johnsbury, Springfield,
Newport and Northfeld, who want an
armory. A $4,000 appropriation for
this purpose will become available
July l.
Some 90 or more state officers and
commissioners met the state printing
board this afternoon with a view to
bringing about uniformity, eliminating
applications and cutting down the
state IS printing bills. The trustees
of the permanent school fund also met
this afternoon. Milo B. Hillegas, the
new state commissioner of education
met here with the state board of ed
ucation last night.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-04
WILL HOLD PRISONERS.
Great Britain Refuses to Give Up Men
Taken from Steamer China.

WASHINGTON, April 4. - Great
Britain s refusal to release the Ger
mans, Austrians and Turks taken from
the steamship China near Shanghai
was received today at the state de-
partment and will be given out for
publication later. The British note
is understood to insist upon the right
of that government to seize enemy
subjects returning to take part in the
war
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-04
In Odd Fellows Temple

At the Temple Wednesday evening,
April ;, at I.45, rehearsal OF the Golden
Rule degree.
Thursday evening, April 6, at T3O, reg
ular meeting of Oasis encampment Col
den Rule degree will be conferred on a
large class Of candidates. All patriarchs
are requested to make special effort to
be present at this meeting in the new
temple.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-04
WAR WILL GO ON.
Chancellor of ExchecQuer Expects It
to Last Through Year.

LONDON, April 4. - In opening his
budget speech in the house of commons
Reginald McKenna, chancellor of the
cxchequer said today it is assumed that
the war will last during the whole Of
the financial year.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-04
EXPLOSION AT woBURN.
Two Men Injured in Factory of the
Merrimac Chemical Co.

WOBURN, Mass, April 4. Two
workmen were injured today in an ex-
plosion which wrecked a building used
for the manufacture of soda at the
plant Of the Merrimac Chemical com
pany.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-04
SUPREME COURT REPORTER.
C. I. Henning of Lancaster Gets New
Hampshire Appointment.

CONCORD, n. H., April 4. = Craw-
ford l. Henning of Lancaster was to-
day appointed state supreme court re
porter to succeed John H. RiedelI Of
Manchester, who died two weeks ago.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-04

All the machinery and space for
passengers and crew of new English
dirigible balloon are contained within
it, the idea being to overcome wind
resistance.