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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-25
VILLA ALMOST CAUGHT.
Left Carriage and Escapes On Horse
When Defeated at Parral.

FL PASO, Texas, July 25.-Only by
the merest chance did Francisco Villa
escape capture when his column was
rcpulsed 10y dc facto troops in its at
tack upon Parral two weeks ago, ac-
cordlng to a private letter received
here from an American in the town
Villa personally directed the band
that attacked the city" the letter
said He directed the operations
from carriage about mile behind the
line. In this carriage were two women
and man, When the bandits were
pushed back by the government troops
they fled past the village, stopping
only to provide the chicftain with u
horse on which he made his escape.
The women fled into the brush and al
SO escaped. A moment or so later the
carriage was seized and as the man who
proved to be a Swiss nurse was cap
turned. In the carriage were Villa S
crutches aud several rolls of bandages.
The nurse said Villa s wounds neces-
STATED an immediate operation and
complete rest for some weeks
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-25
HEAVY POLICE GRAFT
Collected $4,000 in Eighteen Months
in New York City.

NEW YORK, July %. - Fifty thou
sand dollars in graft was collected in Is
months prior to July l from one in
spection district by a cotcrie of off
Gals and members of the New York
police department, it was charged here
last night 10y Deputy Assistant District
Attorney James l.. Smith. An investiga-
ton, which already has resulted in the
Indictment of five policemen disclosed,
according to Mr.. Smith, that assess
mcnts have been levied on keepers of
disorderly houses in many parts of the
city. Positive information, it was said,
has been furnished to the district at
torney of at least 20 houses where
graft was collected.
Coincident with charges that prison
ers had been 'fframed' and beaten up
in star chamber sessions" Mr.. Smith
asserted that two women who figured
III ''white slave ease were in a Sc
rious condition as a result of beat
ings they received at the hands of the
police.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-25
GIRL DIED IN BUGGY.
Her Companion Arrested and Police Are
Investigating.

OLNEY, Ill, July 25-Roy Hinterliter,
son of wcll-to-du residents of Olnev, is
under arrest following the death of Is
year-old Elizabeth Radcliffe of paoh. Ind
The girl has been visiting her sister, Mrs
Albert Fancher OF Olney, for about 10
months. She and Hinterltcr had been
much together during all that time, it il
said.
Late last Friday night Hinterliter drove
up to the local hospital in buggy. He
said Miss Radcliffe had tainted in the
buggy and that he had not been able to
revive her. The girl was taken into the
hospital by the attendants, but she was
dead, though they worked over her for
several hours in a hopeless effort to revive
her.
1t became apparent that she was in a
delicate condition, but an autopsy, it is
said, gave no evidence that medicine had
been administered or that an Illegal oper-
alton had been attempted The formal
report will be made to the coroner's Jury
today.
States Attorney Morris, however, has
refused to admit Hinterlter to bail He
says the case is a remarkable one from "A
medical standpoint and that it will prove
as sensational as the 0rpet case
1t is reported that parts of the stomach
ff the girl were sent to chemists at the
University of Illinois, although the prose
cutor says it was not poison that killed
her The autopsy, it is said, failed to ac-
count for the cause of the death.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-25
SIX WERE INJURED.
Bennington Residents in Auto Which
Went Over a Bank.

BENNINGTON, July 25.-Six resi-
dents Of this village were severely hurt
Sunday night when a large White
steamer went over an eight foot bank
between North Hoosiek and Cambridge,
y. y. The occupants of the car were
Milton b. Badger and George w. Halo
well, who composed the firm of Badger
and Hallowell that leased the DIN
Scott machine works here April l, Mrs.
Badger and Mrs. Hallowell and John
and William Huntington, the latter
brothers of Mrs. HIallowell and who
are employed as machinists at the
works.
While making sharp turn on the
return trip from Cambridge, the car
collided with telephone pole In the
crash the front axle and wheels were
torn away and the machine went over
the bank. Persons who viewed the
scene of the accident stated that the
ear must have made two turns.
Badger, who was driving escaped
with severe bruises and managed to
CXtricate his wife, who was pinned UNI
der one of the doors. Mrs. Hallowell
had both ankles sprsined and is suffer
ing from shock. Halloween was directly
under the car which rested across his
body aud it was some time before he
was released. The two Huntington BOYS
came through without broken bones
but are severely bruised.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-25
NO RAISE FOR LEVlNSkY
Cold Figures That His Employee
Did Not Deserve Ii.

Levinsky worked for Goldstein at
SIS a week for q year or so. Then
one day he plucked up courage and
asked Mr. Goldstein for raise.
Goldstein said: wy do you Wish q
raise for? Vat do you do Wit your
timer"
Says Levinsky: For you / voik
eight hours: sleep eight hours und l
play around for eight hours"
Den" says Goldstein, Il show to
you Wy you do not deserve any raise.
Look! Dere is 365 days In the year.
Yeh? You say yourself you sleep for
eight hours a day. Dat is Won told Of
the year, so We taksAt away, 1872 days.
und dere is left 243 : Den We will take
away the time you play around, vich
Is another 123 days and We half 121
days. Now you don't hat to work Sun
days, so We viii take away 81, vich
lefs us 60"
hard
Also" says Goldstein, you hat of
Saturday afternoon, vich Is 26 more
days. leafing 43. Also for lunch efry
day you lose so much time, say for the
year Ii days. vich leafs only 20. Now
for all these Shentile holidays In the
year, vich are Is in all, We must deduct
it. vich leafs only one day-that is fol
Yom Kippur: so you see, Levinsky. the
matter is you do not voik for me enu1
that | should raise YOU even a little
Coal Age.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-25
KIDNAPPING THwARTED.
T. z. Mccormack Unsuccessful in At
tempt TO Get Little Son.

MTDDLEBURY, July "a. - Consid-
cradle excitement was caused Saturday
afternoon when Joseph Z. Mccormack
of New York attempted to get posses
sion of his three year-old son, who, with
his mother and grandfather, Edward
Hincks, are living on Seminary street
The father made n wild dash with the
child in his arms to an automobile,
which was standing in front of the
residence, but was detained from kid
mapping the youngster by Officer George
Moore.
The case is well-known one in
Vermont, the proceedings being the re
suit for a trial for separate nainten-
ance last December in Addison county
court. The petition was dismissed by
Judge Leighton =. Slack, on the grounds
that the woman had no good reasons
for not living with her husband, and
the man was granted permission to see
his son at any reasonable time. The
woman refuses to live with her husband
owing TO "rcligious principles. -
Mr.. Mccormack, accompanied by Mr..
and Mrs. Clark Of Tarrytown, n. y,
drove up to the home of Edward Hincks
and Mr.. Mccormack asked to see his
child. His request was at first refused,
but after Mrs. Mccormack had secured
the services of Officer Moore the child
was brought out to its father by an
huut.
After few minutes the child started
back into the hallway aud was seized by
MIR. Mccormack and carried to the wait
ing automobile in front of the house,
but get away was prevented by Of
iiccr Moore. There was much excite
mcnt, relatives screaming and the child
crying at the top of its voice.
The youngster was finally returned
to the house aud the mother aud father
got into the car and drove to the house
OF Attorney |. II. LeFlcur, but no
nmicahle settlement was reached.
Mr.. Mccormack continued his journey
to Bethel, where he formerly lived.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-25
STATE FAIR PLANS.
Sixty three Entries in Two State Race
Events.

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, July 2J.
Patrons of the Vermont State fair,
which will be held Tuesday Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, Sept u, IL. IA and
10, will have the opportunity of purchas-
ing reserved seats in the large grand stand
IN advance. This is new feature this
season and will no doubt be great accom-
mediation to the public as hundreds of re-
quests for this accommodation have been
made in past seasons. The seats in the
stand are to be wdened and painted
white and the numbers will be in black
and easily read. This will require a large
number of ushers, and they will be provid-
ed. People living at distance may write
tue secretary any time previous to dates
OF the fair and have reservations made
\ new feature in the amusement line will
be two vaudeville stages, one across the
track in front of the smaller stand A
large and varied array of vaudeville talent
has been secured and acts upon both
stages will be given throughout each after
noon of the fair
The change of policy OF reducing the
stake races to two is working out salts
factorlly The two stakes will be one
2.2O pace, the purse being $1,000, and one
2.2O trot for a like purse The number OF
entries already made in these races il
large, . horses, being entered for the first
named race and the same number for the
trot stake
There will be nine other trotting events
carrying purses to the amount Of s., 500
Both cattle and horse exhibits win be
smuch in excess of last years fair.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-25
Bibles on Watch-Chalns.

The devout In all lands have theiI
own particular way of giving outward
demonstration to their piety. In Rus
STA 1t frequently takes the form OF
wearing miniature Bibles as charms
on the watch-chain. They are got ur
in attractive form about an inch
square and three-eighths OF an inch
in thickness, and contain the first five
books of the Old Testament. The text
of the book Is In Hebrew and the
titles in Latin. 1t Is true that the
book could not be read without this
aid of a powerful magnifying glass
but that does not trouble the Russian
"uneo' guid;" he places great reliance
on the fact that he carries the word
on his person.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-25
PERSONAL.

Mrs. Peter ;. Chase is visiting her son
IN Island Pond for an indefinite time.
Miss Florence Holden went Yesterday
to Burlington to take a summer course at
the University of Vermont.
Rev. +. s Hewitt was in Newfane last
week several days. Mrs Hewitt is visiting
relatives in Providence r. |. Miss Veda
Hewitt is with friends in Rutland.
Recent guests at George Baldwin's were
two sisters of Mrs Baldwin, Mrs. +. l..
Pratt and son, Ralph, of Fort Ticonde
roga, \. y, and Mrs. W, f. Reney of
Lancaster, \. II. The party took an
automobile trip to Putney to visit their
mother, Mrs f. W. Stone. Thirteen
members of the family were present. Mrs.
Reney, having secured position as wait
ress at the Brooks House, will remain in
town
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-25
FOOLED THE BUNK0 STEERER
Texan Was Altogether Too Wide
awake to "Faii" for Any SUCH
Rarefaced Trickery.

One evening while Colonel Riches
regiment was stationed at the fair
grounds q bronzed and broad-shoul-
dered Texan walked into hotel office.
says a New Orleans paper. and, squar-
ing himself at table, began the task
of composing a letter. 1t was evident
~ a hard job. He stuck out his
tongue, scratched his head, changed
pens a dozen times. and went through
all the contertions of a man WITH a
bad case of st. Vitus' dance before he
concluded the epistle. Then he fished
out a black wallet, unwound a strap
a yard long, and extracted SIS bill,
which he carefully folded up with the
sheet.
By that time the performance had
excited the sympathetic interest of
several bystanders, and one of them
pointed out the mail box in the corner
Just put your letter In there, my
friend" he said. "Hey?" exclaimed the
Texan, glancing up. Il said to drop
your letter in that box" repeated the
other. The big immune bent upon him
a look Of unutterable scorn. Well,
I've heerd tell of all kinds of city
bunko games" he said slowly, but
that's the durndest barefaced one of
the hull lot! Don't you say nothing,
now, or I'll have to smash y. Say,
mister!" he called to the clerk, kin
you tell me where the postmaster
keeps his shop?" He was given the
proper directions. and returned beam.
ing.
Say" he asked one of the hotel
staff confidentially, do I RELY look
as green as all that-like I'd bite at
such a gamer" He was assured that
he locked like a thoroughbred, and
went away happy. Hope to die II
ever give any more tips to a Texan, :"
was the comment of the gentleman
who pointed out the box.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-25
CAR PLUNGED INTO RIVER.
Philip Beck of st. Johnsbury Seriously
Injured Last Night.

ST. JOHNSBURY, July %. - Turn
ing out for another car at sharp
curve near the United States fish hatch
cry last night big Packard owned
by the {. +. Silsby garage and driven
by Silsby's son, Clayton, plunged down
a 10 foot embankment into the Sleeper
river.
Philip Beck, son of F. J. X. Beck,
was pinned under the ear sustaining a
compound fracture of the left arm and
other serious injuries. John Lee jumped
and was uniniured. The driver also
came ont whole but took the downward
plunge into the river. The cur was
badly demolished.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-25
FAIR HAVEN BOY DROWNED.
Leroy Pelkey Lost Life Trying to Cross
Poultney River.

FAIR HAVEN, July 25.--Lcroy Pei
Key, TO- son of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Pclkcy of this village, was drowned
Sunday at the foot Of West street in
Poultnev river. The body was recovered
IL 10 feet of water two or more hours
after death occurred.
The boy, with his brother, Raymond
L., left home at a. m, to 90 after "a
cow which had strayed away A little
later the older lad returned to drcs,
for church, Leroy continuing the
search. When the younger brother did
not appear at the house within rea-
souable time Raymond welt again to
the river. He found Leroy 5 clothes on
the bank, log sitting beside then,
but the lad was nowhere in sight lie
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-25
MARRIAGES.

In Brattleboro, July "a, by Carl S.
Hopkins, Esq, Richard Erwin Parsons
and Miss Hazel Gertrude Thaycr, both
of Keene, n. II.
In Brattleboro, july "a, by Rev.
Richard H. Clapp, Leopold Herlitsehek
and Sadie A. (Lamont) Clark, both of
Springfield, Mass.
In Brattleboro, July "A, by Carl S.
Hopkins, Esq, Clarence A. Rogers of
Indian Orchard, Mass, and Grace
Rowe McFarlane of Ludlow, Mass.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-25
KICKED HUSBAND TO DEATH.
Mrs. Balm and Robert Parker Then
Tried to Burn Body.

TROY, n. Y, July 25.-The charred
body of Peter Ransom Balm was found
yesterday in the ruins of barn at
Schuylerville. Investigation showed
that the man had been slain and Mrs.
Balm and Robert Parker were placed
under arrest Last night, according to
District Attorney McKelvey, the couple
confessed to having kicked Balm to
death after he had discovered them to-
gether in a field, dragging the body to
the barn and burned the structure in
an effort to cover up their crime Mrs
Balm is % years old and Parker is a
few years her junior. The prisoners
are charged with murder. first degree.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-25
BACKED BY WILSON.
President Strongly in Favor of Naval
Construction Program.

WASHINGTON, July %. - Official
word went out TO the capitol today
that President Wilson stands behind
the construction program of the naval
bill as it passed the senate. including
four dreadnoughts and four battle
cruisers to be built Immediately.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-25
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

Rev. II. A. Mitcle,l, who went from
Brattleboro to North Adams several years
ago, has resigned as pastor of the Advent
Christian church in the latter city.
Fort hummer colony of Pilgrim Fathers
will hold regular meeting tonight in
Grand Army hall. As there is important
business it is hoped that all members will
be present.
News has been received of the death. in
st. Lukcs hospital in New Bedford. Mass.
OF Mrs. Jessie Orion Lawton of Farhaven,
Mass, formerly of Brattleboro. She IN.
derwent an operation two or three weeks
ago for galstones and died Thursday of
last week. She was daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Orion. She leaves her mother.
resident of Farhaven.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-25
A, We BIlnd7

A large firm in Aberdeen, says Pear
sons Weekly. recently engaged as of
fee boy a raw country youth. 1t was
part Of his duties to attend to the tele.
phone in his masters absence. When
first called upon to answer the bell,
in reply to the usual query, Are you
there?" he nodded assent. Again the
question came, and still again. and
each time the boy gave an answering
nod. When the question came for the
fourth time, however, the boy. losing
his temper, roared through the tele
phone:
! Man, a We blind? I've been noddin
me head off for the last half hour!"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-25

had followed the COW s tracks to the
stream and met his death in an at
tempt to cross.
There is ford near where the un-
fortunate boy entered the water but
the stream was high owing to the
heavy rain Saturday night and he was
probably carried off of his feet and in
to deep water a short distance, down
stream. George Young dove for the
body, finding it at 1890
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-25
Forgetting Things Learned In Haste.

Forgetting Things Learned In Haste.
To commit points" to memory dur
ing few hours OF days of intense ap
plication Immediately preceding an ex
animation. for instance, little or nc
work having been performed during
the previous course of the term, is &
bad mode Of study. say scientists.
Things learned thus in a few hours
on one occasion. for one purpose, can
not possibly have formed many asso
Citations with other things in the mind
Their brain processes are led into BY
few paths and are relatively little
liable to be awakened again. Speedy
oblivion Is the almost inevitable fate
OF all that is committed to memory
in this simple way.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-25
FIRST VERMONT FINE.
No Men on the Sick List at
Eagle Pass.

WASHINGTON, July %. - Nation
al guard infantry organizations en-
canPed at Eagle Pass, Texas, including
the FIRST Vermont regiment, have been
inspected by Major General Bliss, who
telcgraphed the war department. today
that practically no men were on the
sick list and as whole the camps were
the best he had inspected.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-25
BIRTHS.

In Bratteboro, July %, daughter to
Mr.. and Mrs John Kali.
In Bratteboro, July -. daughter to
Nh. and Mrs Harold Gale.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-25
DEATHS

In Clinton, Mass, July IL, Ella NJ
(Sage) Harris, 81, native of Jamaica,
wife of Levi W. Harris.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-25

Most easily fooled are they that
imagine themselves too smart to lie
fooled
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-25

Whom YOU feel anger rising, find a
place where you can't talk to ANYBODY.
and sit down.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-25
Vermonters' Appetites Good.

Immediately after mess call three
times a day an onloober may see lines
of .nen in front of the cook tents all
anxIously waiting their turn at the
food There is generally enough SO that
each man has all he wants and there
Is sometimes little left over but not
great deal as rule as the men are
pretty hungry and devour everything
in sight
The kitchens are kept very clean
AID neat aud all refuse is burned as it
collects. Sanitary inspections of the
kitchens occur twice daily and are
made by the medical officers and any
fault is at once remedied The idea
of screening the kitchen tent with wire
screening has been started by Company
of Mortified and before long every
kitchen will probably be screened.
=" At present we have details at five
different ranches in a radius of IS
miles and the provisions are carried out
to them three times week b. auto
truck, so they are not having any
harder time of life than we WHO remain
IN camp
1t Is not very often that any fault
IS found with either the food or the
cooking, but even in the best of famil-
les sometimes things do not turn out
as planned and some meals are not I'D
to standard. On the whole there is
no chance for the men to complain
either on the quality or the quantity of
the food. -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-25

1t takes lot of experience to teach
most of US the value of it,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-25
DEAN HOLDS UP COLONEL.
Continued from Page /.

Pass wrote to the Rutland Herald an
interesting letter of the method of
drawing and providing rations for the
men of the regiment. The letter fol
lows:
"The feeding of upwards of | 1000
men, and still more of feeding $4,000
men, is some task, but that is what the
men in charge of the eonmissary de
partment in the Eagle Pass district are
up against and ] will try and tell to a
small extent the methods employed In
our camp, the Vermont regiment, we
have nearly 1000 hungry men to be
fed.
''To start the ball rolling each Is
days the commander of each company
hands u ration return, which in the
total tells the total number of men en-
titled to rations from the company for
the Is days. These returns from the
various companies are consolidated at
headquarters and upon this consolldat-
ed return is based the amount of mon
ey allowed at the chief commissary of
Ace for the regiment for the period. In
other words, if you had 1000 men for
Is days the allowance would be $4,000
rations