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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-12
O'BRYAN TO HELP
SUPPORT FAMILY
Pays Fine of $50 and Costs
of S39-Jail Sentence
Suspended
PLEADED GUILTY IN
MUNICIPAL COURT
Deserted Wife, Who Is Brattleboro Girl
and Two Children-Eluded Officers,
Who Went to Boston Searching for
Him.

Willis O'Bryan pleaded guilty this
mernnG III the municipal court before
Judge Frank L. Barber to the charge
OF non-Support. He was ordered TO paw
fine of $50 and costs of $3905. and
to contribute through the probation of
hccr So weekly towards the support of
his wife, who was Miss Ida St. Cvr of
Brattleb0To, and two SONS, aged three
and five years. A sentence OF from 10
to l. months in the house of correction
"aS suspended and 0 Bran was placed
on probation for two years. He was
given until Oct. l to pay the fine and
costs His father. Edward o Bryan of
Bristol, became surety in the sum of
5000 that the young man would con
tribute to the support Of his family as
ordered by the court
o Bryan was employed last January
III garage III Bristol. He sent his
wife and two children to the home of
hfr parents III Brattleboro. promising
to send for them as soon as he had oh
tanned Other employment The waited
long and did not hear from the hus-
tand and father and then reported to
Stat 5 Attorney o. +. Hughes the fact
VI HIS ut-iftl 10 IIbNluH lOf thei0.
Not long ago the officials got word
Of the fact that o Bryan was employed
III Boston. and Sheriff c. +. Mann and
Deputy Sheriff c. /. Knapp went to
Boston on hunt for him.
1t developed thar O'Brvan caught
sight of Deputy Sheriff Knapp on the
street and suspected that the officer
might be looking for him. He prompt
ly left Boston and went to Bristol
where his father Is q prosperous farm
er.
The two Vermont officers with Bos
ton officers went to the house where
O Bryan had been living and were told
that he had gone to Bristol The
sheriff Immediately wired Bristol of
icials to arrest 0 O'Bryan there When
the officer went to arrest him O'Bry-
an 5 father COVE his word to deliver
his son in Brattleboro, and last evening
they arrived here.
O'Bryan claimed to the court that
he was working rs mechanic in Bos
ton and received enough to pay his
board and have $12 left each week.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-12

Pictures of the pageant held during
the Centre church centennial are on cx-
hihttion at Root S pharmacy, where an
order book for the same has been left.
Persons desiring pictures are asked to
leave their names and addresses. order
ing by the number on the back and
stating whether they are to be
mounted or unmouutcd. Price - cents
each mounted; 20 cents unmounted.
The pictures are to be paid for when
delivered.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-12
FIRMLY OPPOSED
TO ARBITRATION
Differences Between Rail-
roads and 100000 En-
ployes Threatening
MEDIATOR CHAPMAN
is STILL HOPEFUL
settlement VIII Depend Largely Upon
Whether Representative of Brother
hoods Will Consent to New Form of
Arbitration.

NEW YORK, Aug. -. - A settle
ment of the differences between the
managers of 225 railroads and their
100000 employees is understood today
to depend on whether the representa-
tives of the four brotherhoods will con
sent to new form of arbitration.
While the labor men declare they are
firmly opposed to arbitration, on the
ground that the decision of the arbitra-
tors i'll the past have not given the men
the benefits for which they contended,
they refrained from commenting upon
the new proposals until formally pre-
scntcd.
Judge w. l.. Chambers, one of the
mcdiators, said he had not given UP
hope that the board might compose the
differences. The chance of averting
the threatened strike by any other
means than arbitration is generally re-
garded as small.
Although at l2.15 o clock the meeting
had not adjourned a delegate emerging
from the hall said unoficially that the
men had voted to reject the proposal for
arbitration and to lay their case before
the President.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-12
MAN UNCONSCIOUS
BY RAILROAD TRACK
Taken to Hospital, Where He Declines
to Give Explanation-She Lord
of Keene Interested

\ tiagman on a freight train which was
stopped east of the Boston & Maine rail
road bridge over the Connecticut last
night, discovered man lying at the side
Of the track in an unconscious condition.
He tagged the passenger train due here
at 1915 O'Clock and had the man put on
board.
DR.. Harry p. Greene, railroad physician
and surgeon, had him taken to the Ne
moral hospital in the ambulance, where
an examination revealed deep and long
wound on the back of his head, a cut un-
der the right eye, cuts on his upper hip
and numerous contusions on his face and
head.
lie gave his name this morning as Thorn
as Barnes and his age as 10 and refused
to say anything about the circumstances
that surrounded his condition \ friend
who called to see him this morning was
equally reticent
Sheriff Lord of keene, \. H, was here
this morning insevtigating the case, but
made no explanation of the reasons for his
interest in the matter. The wounds were
such that they were hardly the result Of
being struck by a train. although Barnes
may have fallen from one. He had been
drinking.
- Al
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-12
INCREASE IN DEATHS.
AND MORE NEW CASES
Bad Showing in the Infantile Paralysis
Epidemic for the Last %
Hour Period.

NEW YORK, August l2-An increase
in both deaths and new cases in the epi-
demic of infantile paralysis is shown in
today 5 bulletin of the health department.
Forty-two children died of the disease dur
ing the 2Lhour period ending at 10 o'clock
this morning in the five boroughs of New
York city and l67 new cases during the
corresponding period were reported. Since
the epidemic started in June the plague
has attacked 6,lij, of whom 1871 died
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-12
DANISH STEAMER A PRIZE.
Captured by the Germans and Taken
into Swinemude.

COPENHAGEN, Aug. -, via Lon.
don. The Danish steamer Storebelt
has been captured by the Germans and
taken into Swinemunde. A despatch
says that a submarine sank one of a
number OF German steamers which were
being conveyed by German armed
trawlers and torpedo boats.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-12
ANARCHY PREVAILS
IN MEXICO CITY
Food Shortage Causes Riots - City
Without Electric Lights or
Street Cars.

Ell PASO August 12.-Conditions
in Mexico City are bordering on
anarchy because of food shortage.
according to arrivals from the cap
ital here today.
The refugees said that rioters had
seized the electric lighting and pow
er plant outside the city and that
as a result the town was without
lights or street car traffic for more
than a week before their depart
ure.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-12
GERMANS LOSE HEAVILY.
Failed in Strong Infantry Attack on
the Somme Front.

LONDON, Aug. -. - A strong in
iantry attack was delivered last night
by the Germans on the Somme front
north of Poziercs. According to an an
nouncement from the war office today
this attack was repulsed with heavy
losses to the Germans.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-12
CREW SAFELY LANDED.
Italian Steamship Sunk by Submarine
Of Cape San Sebastian.

LONDON, August IA Llovds de-
sPateh from Barcelona SAYS the Italian
steamship Sebastian has been sunk by
a submarine 40 miles off Cape San
Sebastian. All the members of the
crew were landed at Barcelona.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-12
SUNK BY SUBMARINE.
Part Of the Crew of British Steamer
Antiope May Have Perished.

MADRID, August 70, via Paris. =
The British steamer Antiope has been
sunk by submarine The crew took
refuge in two boats, one of which was
picked up by a Greek steamer. The
other boat is missing
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-12
TAKE TWO VILLAGES.
Russian Troops Have Crossed the River
Koropice in Gancia.

PETROGRAD, Aug. u, via London
Russian troops i'll Galicia have crossed
the river koropice and captured two
villages, it was announced today by the
war office.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-12
WALSH NOT A CANDIDATE.
Ex-Governor Of Massachusetts Not to
Run for Senatorship.

BOSTON, August 12.-Former Gov.
David !. Walsh announced today that
he would not be q candidate for the
Democratic nomination for United
States senator in the September prima-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-12
THE WEATHER.
Fair Tonight-Sunday Fair and Slight
ly Northwest Winds

WASHINGTON, Aug. u. = Weather
forecast: Fair tonight and cooler in
northern Vermont. Sunday fair and
slightly cooler. Northwest to west
winds
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-12

The regular meeting Of the Christian
Endcavor society viii be held in the
chapcl tomorrow evening nj 7.3o. Sub
iect, True Beauty ana H3-~ TO Get IT,.
Prov. 31:l0.3l. Leader. Mrs. +. l..
Smith. Everybody cordially invited.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-12

Marilla II. Kicker, of Dover, n. III.
was the first American woman to at
tempt to vote at a regular election.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-12

The first woman journalist in the
South was Eliza Jane Nicholson, who
in 1874, became literary editor of a
New Orleans newspaper.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-12
Unitarian Church
Unitarian Literature Free.

Leaflets describing the Unitarian belief
may be obtained on application to Mrs.
James NJ. Adams, Z Cedar st.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-12
First Baptist Church

Rev. George E. Tomkinson, Minister.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-12
In Odd Fellows Temple

Monday night at 7.3O - Regular
meeting of Wantastiquet lodge.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-12

Continued on Page g.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-08-16
EIGHT SOLDIERS
CHARGED WITH
LOOTING HOTEL

Warrants were issued by q. S.
Marshal ]. B. Perkins Tuesday for
thear rest of eight soldiers of Fort
Barrancas, now stationed at jackson
Barracks, New Orleans. The men are
charged with looting the Gulf Beach
Inn on July 6, after the hurricane had
practically demolished the buildings.
The men ordered to Pensacola to
answer the above charge are: Melvin
Munday, Roy Herring, Thilbert Ed
dings, E. R. Wiring, Lee D. Jones, Roy
Fl. Davis, Lerot D. Dowing, Chester
D. Wilson. All of them were detailed
to Jackson Barracks shortly after the
storm, and have been in New Orleans
ever since.
Many of the stolen articles have
been recovered, and are now in the
possession of the marshal. Most of
them consist of wearing apparel and
small personal belongings Of the sew
eral families that were forced to
abandon the things when the storm
washed part of the buildings down.
Col. Davis, commanding officer at
the forts, rendered valuable assistance
to the officers here in experimenting
the parties, and stated that it was his
wish that the men who are guilty Of
the crime be brought to justice. The
offense, he claims, is greater in the
present case, as the men accused of
the theft should be guardians of prop
erty in such a case, and not be the
ones to loot vacated premises.
The men will be sent to Pensacola
Immediately, where they will be given
preliminary hearing before United
States Commissioner Sullivan, as the
case has been placed in the hands of
the civil authorities.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-08-16
THEY CALL EACH
OTHER TOM, DICK
AND HARRY NOW

The meeting of the Rotary Club
Aeld yesterday at the San Carlos was
featured by an excellent amusement
program, the chief interest being al
the debate Of the question that, ere
solved, That to establish close per-
sonal relations, members should adj
dress each other by first names" The
affirmative side of the debate was
assigned to Scott M. Loftin, while the
negative was placed in the hands of
Geo. w. Wentworth.
The debate caused much amuse-
ment, and was finally decided by Mr..
Wentworth submitting his case to the
judges with the plea that they decide
In favor of his opponent.
Thomas A. Johnson was introduced
to the. members as the newly Elected
Rotarian, and responded to his vel
come in q graceful speech.
Harry e. Hopper, formerly physi-
cal director of the Y. NJ. G. A., bui
now connected with the association al
Bogalusa, La, was entertained as the
guest Of the club, and made tall
on Pensacola spirit and optimism.
Other guests Of the club were L
q. Levant, Jr., of New Orleans; w
&C. Dewitt, of Mexico, and A. ]. Dill
aon, commercial agent for the Western
Union Company, of Jacksonville.
w. Il. Watson made an interesting
talk on the advantages of using &C
Aceptances IN commercial transactions
and supplemented his remarks b!
illustrations of the success Of the sys
tenn in foreign countries.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-08-16

certainly would not be party to any
such transaction, and I have the ut
most faith that Mr.. Knott would not
do so either.
cit has been our effort in all the
proceedings thus far started, and viii
be in all proceedings hereafter start
ed, to ask for only an honest and ac-
curate count of the ballots as actually
marked by the electors. Mr.. Knott
does not desire the benefit of any
ballot which has been tempered with
or which is tainted by fraud. Knowing
that you are good friend of Mr..
Knott, I feel that in justice to Mr..
Knott, you should give me the benefit
of any information, if anv, you may
have gathered concerning tampering
with the ballot boxes of Precincts
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-08-16

Sturkie declared last night to the
writer that he believed Cats fairly
and squarely nominated and that he
did not believe he should be counted
out.
at was Mr.. SturEie who received
the credit for having written the res
olution adopted by the state executive
committee on January 6, and which
turned Florida politics topsy-turvy.
Mr.. Sturkie's denial of authorship was
of no avail. The credit stuck to him
and throughout the campaign he was
either the most condemned or most
defended man in campaign speeches.
The name Sturkie was mentioned
more times than that of any other
man in the state. And he was con-
demned most by Cats. 4 believe in
fair play and no matter what my po-
sition was before the primary, I.De-
ieve that Cats was fairly nominated
and think he should receive the nom
nation. There is nothing stronger
than public opinion, and the public
is with Cats"
Mr.. Sturde has not denied that in
terview with Mr.. johnson, and In the
issue of the Free Press, the official
Cats organ, under date July 9th,
that organ quoted from the Metrop-
oils, taking credit for Mr.. Cats of
Mr.. SturlZie's support. On July 18th,
it was rumored in Jacksonville, that
| Mr.. Sturkie, while on this visit to
Jacksonville had made statements
concerning what he himself had done
in Pasco county, and also to the effect
that he could name the parties who
had tempered with the ballots In Mad
ison county. Learning of these rum.
ors, the following correspondence
was exchanged with Mr.. Sturlie on
that subject:
"July 10, 1916.
''Mr. Robert B. Sturkie,
Attorney at Law,
"Dade City, Fla.
"Dear Sir: Tt has been rumored
here that you had some information
to the effect that some one actually
got access to the ballot boxes from
the Greenville precinct, and Precinc-
No. 6, Of Madison county, and chang
ed the marks on the ballots. IF sucl
a thing actually occurred it certainly
would be great surprise to me, anC
also to Mr.. Knott. For myself,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-08-16
THAT $4,000
WILL COME HERE

The senate bill appropristing $780,
naval bill, and as such was sent to the
flying school here has been reported
favorably upon by the conference
committee, and it is expected that no
further difficulty will be encountered
in its passage.
The senate bill was introduced i'm
mediately after the hurricane by
Senator Fletcher, and was passed by
the senate, as an amendment to the
nval bill, and as such WIS sent to the
nous, where many items were struck
out.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-08-16
COMPANY AVE RSE
BEING BAN K RUPTS

W. T. Smith Sons Timber Company
fled protest against the involun-
tary petition in bankruptcy recently
filed in the federal court by d. Kugle-
man & Company, Woodward Wight
Company, Of New Orleans, and Nc
Gowin-Lyons Company, of Mobile.
The action was divided into two
suits, one civil, the other the bank
ruptcy petition. The lumber COM
pany has been in business near Holt,
Fla, for a number of years, and
claims that it is solvent.
In the civil case Harold Porter was
appointed receiver for the company,
and filed bond for $4,000. He is the
son of E. L. Porter, who brought the
suit.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-08-16
STEAMER CLEARS
FOR CHILEAN PORT

After remainin here for fifteen
days, the British steamship Strath-
earn cleared yesterday for Pisagua,
Chile, and will probably leave today.
After discharging the last bag of
soda, the big steamer left the slip,
going to the coal chutes for a large
supply Of bunker. Today at an early
hour the Strathearn will go over to
the quarantine station for fumigation,
after which she will steam for sea.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-08-16

and of Madison county, or with any
other particular ballot boxes in that
or any other county. You realize,
Of course, that such rumors might
do Mr.. Knott's cause considerable
harm, and in justice to him, / think
he should have an opportunity to in
vestigate and ascertain who, if any
body, has assumed to tamper with the
ballot boxes.
ut has also been rumored on the
streets here that you had stated that
you had gained access to the ballot
boxes in your county and had changed
a sufficient number of ballots to show
gain for Mr.. Knott Of ITO wees,
and that if Mr.. Knott would get 2,
Continued on Page Three.)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-08-16

CONTINUED From Page one.)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-08-16

Attorney.
"Dade City, Fla, June 80, 1916.
"Mr. ThOs. B. Adams,
Jacksonville, Fla.
"Dear Sir: Your communication
of the q inst. to hand, and in reply
to the same will say: That E. P. VIII
son is county Judge; F. C. Johnston
is supervisor of registration, and D.
Fl. Mccarthy is chairman of the
board of county commissioners.
Tin the event that you desire any
proceedings instituted in this county,
you are at liberty to insert my name
as one of the attorneys for Mr.. Knott,
and viii gladly sign the same.
Every respectfully,
''R. B. STURKIE."
To Mr.. Sturkie's letter of June both,
Mr.. Adams replied sending him pc
tition for mandamus against the
county Judge and supervisor of reg
istration, to permit an inspection of
the tally books.
To this letter Mr.. Adams received
no reply and no information as to
whether such petition for mandamus
was filed, but within few days re-
eeived what purported to be copies
of the tally sheets of Pasco county.
Tt will be noted from the CORES
pondence with Mr.. Strukie up to this
point that he had been pretending to
/ cooperate with me in endeavoring to
ascertain what mistakes and errors, il
any, appeared upon the face of the
tally sheets as returned by the in
spectors in Pasco county, and there
is absolutely no suggestion made tc
him by me or on my behalf Of doing
anything which could in any way be
questioned. A few DAYS later, how.
ever, Mr.. SturIie made visit K
Jacksonville, when the Catts-Sturkie
frame-up took place. On July 15tI
the following appeared in "Peepine
Into Politics." by Oscar NJ. Johnson
IN the Florida Metropolis;
ssR. B. Sturkie, Of Dade City, Pasct
County, wants Cats to be the mex
governor.
eyes, sir, it's absolutely true. Mn
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-08-16

CONTINUED on Page Three.)
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-05-10
The New Books
"The Abyss"

Gripping is the word that best
describes THE Abyss" by Nathan
! Kussy.
The author is a new Jewish novelist.
who writes in much the same tenor as
Victor Hugo in Les Miserables" and
who has that gift which Dickens had
Of creating characters and types.
'The Abyss" is the first in a trilogy
The story tells of tha life of a Jewish
boy during his first twenty years.
His association with beggars, crimi-
nails and social outcasts, together with
his struggles TO escape from such en-
vironment, is made vivid
The call Of the open road; the dives
of Mulb rry Bend in New York during
the eighties, where children were born
only to be made criminals; the innate
crime-provoking tendencies in the
Once a crook, always a crook" policy
of the police, and the penal systems
are portrayed with a force so telling
no reader can escape it.
To the law Samuel Gordin, the
Child of the Abyss" gives the words:
You have been wayward and must be
reclaimed In order to hasten your
reclamation, you shall have pick
pockets as your cellmates and crimi-
mails of all classes as your companions,
so that from them you may learn NOR
ality and respect of law"
The vagabOnd cries: Civ me work
that | may live honestly" and the
world answers 'Starve,"
"Open to me the doors of hope"
and the answer is flung back: "The
doors are closed Starve,"
Why not live anyway, dishone silly
or not?
Adventures in the underworld. as
Chinatown and Coney Island of a
quarter century ago, will be in the
second of the triOlogy. The cropping
for light, in which education and love !
come, with victory over the evil in the !
soul, will complete the epic of the !
streets which the author calls "Chil- |
dren of the Abyss
(The Macmillan Company, New !
York; cloth, 50S pages; $3.50 metz
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-05-10
VI. L. PRAISED IN NEW YORK
Globe Editorial COmmends Work OF
School OF Journalism.

The New York Globe of May 1 says
editorially:
"Tha University of Missouri has
made a notable growth in size and
prominence during the last fifteen
years. Its School of Journalism in
particular has stood out as the leader
in its fiald. and the newspaper it has
published has actually come to rank
as one of the important journals of
Missouri. Graduates of that depart
ment have been in demand beyond the
supply in newspaper Offices through
out Missouri and neighboring states
II is nothing short of astounding that
commonwealth so rich and so en-
lightened as Missouri should allow
any state Institution to drift into
troubled financial waters. especially
its university. which has won a stand
ing so honorable"
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-05-10
CAMPUS NOTES

The Alpha Phis will give a house
dance Saturday night.
The members of the Farmhouse will
give an informal dance next Friday
night.
The Gamma Sigma Delta fraternity
will hold its annual banquet Tuesday
night, May %.
DIR. j. W. Connaway of the veterin-
airy department went to Sedalia yester-
day to investigate disease.
Miss Inez Powell and Miss Bertha
Hampton, nurses at the Parker
Memorial Hospital. are spending the
week at Centralia.
Charles II. Williams, secretary of
University extension, has just re-
turned from a trip to Kansas City,
Joplin and BOOnville.
A j. Durant of the veerinary depart
ment, in company with r. X. Tindall.
spent the last weekend visiting Mr..
Tindall's parents in Fayette.
Misses Margaret Leonard, Daisy and
Vivian Tut of Kansas City and Emily
of st. Louis will spend the
week, end at the Alpha Phi house.
The Y. W. c. A. social committee