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The Cecil Whig., 1916-11-04
RECENT DEATHS
Peter II. Cleaver.

Mr.. Peter Harrison Cleaver, we'll
known and highly respected citizen of
Elkton, died about ten o'clock Sunday
night. at his home on East Main
street. after a weeks illness of par
alysis, aged 76 years. The deceased
was a native of Delaware. but as
young man followed the vocation of
farming in the Second district, and
moved to Elkton in the early seventies,
entering the insurance business. For
a number of years he was treasurer
and general manager of the Maryland
Water Company. He was member
and trustee of Elkton Presbyterian
Church. By his death Elkton has lost
one of its most valued men. A widow,
formerly Miss Mary Boyd Frazer,
survives; also one brother, Mark H.
Cleaver, of Wilmington, Del.
The funeral was held Wednesday
afternoon with services at his late
home, and interment in Elkton Gene
terry.
Wallace Null.
Mr.. Wallace Null. of Newark, son of
Jacob Null and formerly of Rising
Sun. was struck by a live wire at Ard
more. Pa, on Friday OF last week and
so badly burned by the heavy voltage
of electricity that passed through his
body as to cause death some hours
later. The deceased was an engineer
on the Pennsylvania Railroad, and was
on his engine at the time of the acci-
dent He was % years of age and is
survived by his widow, father and sew
eral brothers and sisters.
The body was taken to Rising Sun
on Tuesday, and services held in the
M. f. Church. interment being made
in Brookview cemetery.
Leonard w. Knight.
Mr.. Leonard w. Knight, of Berkeley,
Hartford county. formerly of this
county. met with a fatal accident on
Monday. while engaged in getting out
telephone poles in the woods near his
home. He and his assistant were fell
ing tree when the trunk split and
pinned Mr.. Knight against a stump.
His assistant was unable to release
him and hurried off for help which
assembled and cut away the tree ~
speedily as possible. The injured mar
was taken to Havre de Grace hospital
but he was so terribly crushed that
death resulted in few hours. He was
45 years of age and is survived by his
wife, who was Miss Boyle, of this
county, and two children.
The funeral was held Thursday
afternoon with interment at West
Nottingham Cemetery.
Mrs. Martha Pierce.
Mrs. Martha Pierce. widow of the
late Grant Pierce. mother of Mrs. May
Barrow and Mrs. Gertrude Greenfield.
of Rowlandville. died last Saturday,
after an illness of tuberculosis, aged
81 years. Franklin Bromel, of Row.
landville, is brother of the deceased.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-31
SAYS GERMANY MIGHT
HAVE WON IN 60 DAYS
Admiral Beresferd Asserts That Ma
val Dash Would Have Broken
Great Britain's Power.

WASHINGTON, Oct 3O.-Admiral
Lord Beresford asserts in letter to
Colonel Robert M. Thompson, president
OF the Navy league of the United
States, that if Germany had taken ad-
vantage of her opportunity at the out
break of the European war, the Ger
mans would have entered PARIS, COM
PEELED peace with France, and reached
Petrograd in a short time. eve would
have been brought to our knees in a
couple of MONTHS says the British
Admiral
Portions of Admiral Beresford's let
ter are as follows:
81 wish people had listened to me
before the war. ! think it might have
been averted; anyway, we escaped a
most appalling danger, as, if the Ger
mans had attacked us first without q
declaration of war and sent what they
could have sent 40 cruisers and
armed merchant ships on to our unpro-
tected trade routes, we would have
been brought to our knees in q couple
Of months; they could have put down a
thousand ships in the first week, and if
we had had three times the number of
dreadnoughts it would have availed us
| nothing. In pointing this danger out
for years I have always told my coun-
trymen, as | have told you, that an en-
pire, like a man, can be killed as cas-
lily by cutting an artery as by stab
in the heart.
~ have always thought that the
German emperor could not have been
in Berlin at the moment the Junkers
had made everything ready for declar-
ing war; if he had been, he would
have sent for Tirpitz, and on telling
Iirpitz that the British neither would
nor could fight, Tirpitz would have re-
piled: i have got to think of what
| they may or may not do. DO not 20 to
war for another three weeks; give me
time to get all our cruisers and armed
| merchantmen on the trade routes; if the
British do not fight we can order the
| fight, we have got them.
IF the Germans had carried out
that plan, they could have got to Paris
| compelled peace with France, and then
been in ST. Petersburg in short time
| and become the dominant power Of Eu.
| rope and the world, possibly for a cen
| fury
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-31
INSTALL IMPORTANT MACHINE
Jordan & Son Equip Themselves to
Turn Out Special Lenses.

Jordan & Son, optometrists, have in
stalled a two-spindle Standard surfac-
ing machine in their shop. This ma
chine grinds and polishes the surfaces
of lenses and has been installed to per
init the firm to avoid the loag DELAYS
sometimes neccssitated when special
lens is required.
Since the European war began it has
become increasingly difficult TO obtain
special orders from the large manufac-
turers of lenses within a reasonable
time. This is attributable to scarcity
of workmen, men having left these
shops, like others in different lines of
manufacture, to enter munition fac
tories.
There is only one other lens grind
ing machine in Vermont and that is a
single spindle. By installing the spe-
cial machine Jordan & Son are now in
a position to fill any order for any
special lens within few hours.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-31
MANY EMERALDS IN
|. NATIONAL MUSEUM
Some Interesting Data
About One of Most Beau
tiful Stones
LARGE EMERALD is
ALMOST PRICELESS
Practically Impossible to Find Flawless
Jewel-Finest Deposits Are in the
Western Foothills of the Andes
Mountains.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. 31.-The
National Museum has a fine collection
of emeralds-one of the most valuable
OF precious stones. 1t includes some
40 specimens of both cut and uncut
stones. Mineralogically, the emerald,
together with aquamarine. goshenite.
davidsonite and morganite, is variety
of beryl, a mineral species which crys-
tallizes in six-sided prisms varying from
beautiful green through light blue, vel
low and white to rose color. The emer-
aid is rich green in color. but otherwise
similar in hardness and physical prop
critics to the other forms. Compared
with most gems, however, it is soft, be-
ing only slightly harder than quartz.
Unfortunately, it is seldom free from
flaws, and were this not the cause an
emerald would be of greater value, carat
for carat, than the diamond. Today a
good diamond is worth from about $3.50
to $500 per carat, according to its pur-
ity and size, while an emerald varies
from $3.50 to $500, increasing verv rap
idly with size. Flawless emeralds
weighing more than four carats are
among the rareSt of Jewels; a perfect
stone OF four carats being practically
priceless, whereas a diamond would
bring only from $1,000 to $4,000. The
great demand and restricted supply of
emeralds, together with the fact that
they are very hard to initiate, have
forced their cost to height which puts
large stones of good quality beyond the
reach Of all but the very wealthy.
In writing on precious stones, Plinv
rs said to have remarked, concerning
emerald, There is not a color more
pleasing to the eve, and he was ac-
quainted with only the comparatively
inferior stones from Egypt and perhaps
the Ural mountains. 1t is probable that
all the emcralds of the ancients came
from the so-called Cleopatra emerald
MINES III Upper Egypt, worked as early
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-31
PUT CREAM IN'NosE
AND ST0P, CATARRH
Tells How To Open CIogged Nos
trils and End Head Colds.

You feel fine in few moments. Your
cold in head or catarrh will be gone.
Your clogged nostrils will open. The air
passages of your head will clear and
you can breathe freely. No more dull
ness, headache; no hawking, snuhling,
mucous discharges or dryness; no strug-
Cling for breath at night.
Tell your druggist you want small
bottle of Ely S Cream Balm. Apply a
little of this fragrant, antiseptic cream
IN your nostrils, let it penetrate through
every air passage of the head; soothc
and heal the swollen, inhamed mucous
membrane, and relief comes instantly.
1t is just what every cold and catarrh
sufferer needs. Don't stay stuffed-up
and miserable.-Advt.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-31
THERE Is MORE WISDOM

in doing what you can than attempting
the impossible. Therefore the wise MAJ
works conscientiously, carries life in
surance and let's the dreamer fly the
kites of chance. Insure while insur-
able. National Life ms. Co., of Vt.
(Mutual.) 9th year-ALBERT C.
LAIRD, Special Agent, Crosby Block.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-31

Buy the best Creamery
Butter. Made by the Gull
ford Cooperative Creamery
AssO. Inc, Guilford, Vt. For
sale by all grOcers in Brat
tlebOrO.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-31

FOR SALE-Or exchange for other
horses, one bay horse, weight 1,40O;
good worker and fair roadster; one bay
mare, weight 900 lbs; one three-vear-
old colt. 5. Barbetti, 213 South Main
Street. 204tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-31

FOR SALE-Swect cider at my mill,
10 gal. or more &c per gal. New wills
key barrels and half barrels; also
matched pine lumber and drop siding.
l.. p. Copeland, West Brattleboro.
Dol. IF
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-31

FOR SALE-New seven-room cottage,
all hard wood finish, electric lights, hot
and cold water, on lot 60 by les. In
quire at 4S Fairview st. Phone 10y.
183-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-31

FOR SALE-One extra good brood
mare; also ) months old colt, a nice
one. G. NJ. Holbrook, II Frost Place,
Brottlcbro, Vt. 206-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-31

FOR SALE - Maxwell special tour
ing car in fine condition. II. F. Gil
feather. Tel. 273-W. 2OG-2ll#
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-31
The Birthday of 1907

Hair Beautifier and Tonic
and Dandruff Exterminato,
And the only Hair Grower that pro.
duces Natural Color is past. Never
bottle returned. Remember, it Is
guaranteed. S1.e0 A BOTTLE.
5l Main Street Brattleboro
Others cost less but cannot do what
1907 has done.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-31

TO RENT-Cottagc house, rooms,
gas and city water. Inquire at "a South
Main. 206tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-31

TO RENT - Four-room tenement.
good yard for children, $40 per month
GA Prospect st. 155-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-31

TO RENT - 5 rooms, all modern,
electric lights. w. G. Rockwell, Al Frost.
St. 1S5-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-31

TO RENT-Furnished or unfinished
room for light housekeeping; 80 Main
Street. Tel. l42-1 204-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-31

WANTED-Fumaces to care for F.
d. Tucker, IL Putney road. Tel. INV.
20l-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-31

FOR SALE = Parlor organ, finest
tone, in perfect condition. Cheap;
Highland st. 207-2ll#
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-31

TO RENT-One 5-room apartment in
Grandview, Prospect Street. Leslie
Smith. 20l-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-31

TO RENT-One large and two small
Offices; second floor Ullery Bldg. J. G..
Ullery. 1SS-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-31
Wanted

WANTED-Girl for homework. Tel.
2j4-W. 2OO-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-31

WANTED - Fat cattle, sheep and
calves. w. Il. Richardson Co. 4O-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-31

TO RENT-Newly furnished rooms
for light housekeeping. Charles Miner.
COST
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-31
To Rent.

To Rent.
TO RENT-Good tenements. W. G.
Doohttle. 122-tf
TO RENT-Small tenement to rent.
Inquire II West Street. 2os-2l3+
TO RENT = Lower tenement at 1O7
Canal street. w. H. Fletcher. 2O3-tf
TO RENT-Room with heat, electric
lights and bath. 50 Clark street. 19l-tf
TO RENT--Furnishcd rooms, electric
lights, bath, heat; IA Forest ST. 200-tf
TO RENT-Room to working man.
Inquire 10 Brook st. Tel. 296-R. 2O6-tf
TO RENT-Newly furnished rooms
for light housekeeping. Charles Miner.
COST
TO RENT : rooms, all modern,
electric lights. w. G. Rockwell, Al Frost.
st. 1S5-tf
TO RENT-Cottage house rooms,
gas and city water. Inquire at "A South
Main. 2O6-tf
TO RENT-One large and two small
Offices; second floor Ullery Bldg. J. G..
Ullery. 1SS-tf
TO RENT-One 5-room apartment in
Grandview, Prospect Street. Leslie
Smith. 2Ol-tf
TO RENT = Four-room tenement,
good yard for children, $40 per month.
GA Prospect st. 155-tf
TO RENT-Furnished or unfinished
room for light housekeeping; 80 Main
Street. Tel. Hey 204-tf
TO RENT-F'irst class modern tene-
ment, five rooms with bath; $l2 per
month. c. c. Fits. 200-tf
TO RENT-Large room with private
entrance and bath; suitable for light
housekeeping. Mrs. j. l.. Martin. 19s-209
TO RENT-Rooms, newly furnished,
clean and attractive, heat, electric
lights and bath; Eels Court. 13G-tf
TO RENT - Pleasant upstairs tene-
ment of rooms; electric lights, gas,
hot and cold water; 80 Washington St.
207-tf
TO RENT - Five-room tenement.
Large garden. Lots of fruit. Best of
water. On corner of street. George ID.
Odell, 66 Central st. 207.tf
TO RENT-SiX room tenement with
bath. Price 1915 per week. On Riv-
erview Street, near Fort Dummer
Heights. Apply to Holden & Martin
177-tf
| TO RENT - Eleven-room house near
Main Street. Suitable for rooms and
boarders. There never was q time
when there was such a demand for
rooms and board. A good chance for
someone. S. w. Edgett & Co. 192-tf
| TO RENT - Apartment on Main
street, large living room, bed room, din
ing room, kitchen, bath and another
room if wanted, steam heat, gas range,
electricity. Rent $500. Address
Apartment" co Reformer Office.
| 1S7-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-31

TO RENT = Lower tenement at lO7
Canal street. w. II. Fletcher. 2O3-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-31

TO RENT-Room with heat, electric
lights and bath. 80 Clark street. 191-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-31

TO RENT-Room to working man.
Inquire 10 Brook st. Tel. 296-R. 2O6-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-31

TO RENT-Good tenements. W. G.
Doolittle. l22.tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-31

TO RENT--Furnished rooms, electric
lights, bath, heat; IA Forest St. 2O0-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-31

TO RENT-Small tenement to rent.
Inquire IL West Street. 20S-2l3#
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-27
SLAYER HAD
NO CAUSE TO KILL
Official Inquiry Says Army Officer Did
Naught to Make San Antonio
Man Jealous.

SAN ANTONIO Texas, July 27.-The
official report on the killing of Lieut.. Col.
n. c. Butler at Alpine by Harry SPANIEL
last week completely clears the honor Of
the dead officer.
The report, transmitted to Gen Fun
ston by Col j. ~ CASTOR. district com
mander, with headquarters at Maria, says
Lieut. Col. Butler was aware SPANIEL was
jealous of his wife and took care never to
be with her except when others were
present.
The immediate incident that led to the
killing OF the army officer and Mrs Span
nell is described in the report of Col Gas
ton, who hurried to Alpine Immediately
following news of the shooting
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs Butler and Mr.. and
Mrs. SPANIEL, he says, had gone to the
home of a friend who was i'll, and on their
return to the hotel, where all lived, it was
suggested that as a precautiOn all should
wash their hands
Col, Castor says that shortly after this
SPANIEL went to the room occupied bv
the Buffers, and finding apparently only
the army officer and Mrs. SPANIEL there.
began to upbraid his wife At this point,
however, Mrs. Butler came out of the
bath room and pointed out to him that she
was one of the party
Soon aftcrward SPANIEL took Lieut.
Col. Butler and Mrs SPANIEL on the ride
that ended in their deaths
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-27
SUES FOR ALLEGED
BREACH OF CONTRACT
Charles A. Deyo Asks 81 1,500 from Will
mington Man-Mrs. Ora Bryant
Craig Seeks Divorce.

Ora Bryant Craig of Brattleboro has
entered suit for divorce from John
Craig of New York They were mar
ried in Thompsonvine, Conn, Oct. 24
1855, and she alleges desertion Oct 24
1913. She charges also neglect and
refusal to support and intolerable Sc
verify. She states that he has 81 900
and earns salary of $40 a week and
asks alimony. The papers are from
the office of Attorney A. f. Schweuk
Another suit entered in the county
court is that of Charles A. Deyo of
Dummerston against c. W. Terril of
Wilmington for $500 damages for
failure to carry out an oral contract.
The papers allege that on Oct. -, 1915,
the plaintiff agreed to manufacture
10000 cement blocks at So per 100
the defendant to furnish a suitable
place and all materials to move the
necessary machinery of the plaintiff
from Brattleboro to Wilmington Later
the number of blocks to be made was
increased by oral agreement to 81 900
The alleged failure on the part of the
defendant to carry out his share of the
oral agreement is the basis for the
claim for damages.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-27
All Conductors and Motor
men in New York May Be
Asked to Join
LINES IDLE IN BRONX
AND IN WESTCHESTER
Men Demand the. Right to Join the Ma
tional Organization and Seek Increase
in Pay and Better Working Condi-
tions.

NEW YORK, July 27. - Upon the
arrival here of W. d. Mahon, president
of the Amalganated Association of
Street and Railway Employees of Ameri-
ca, the motormen and conductors of all
the street railways in this city MAJ be
asked to join the trolley strike which
has tied up lines in the Bronx and in
Westchester county.
President Mahon is expected 20 come
from Detroit today to take charge of
the situation.
The employees demand the right to
join the national organization and seek
an increase IN pay Of five cents an hour
and better working conditions.
The company's S attempt to resume
operation of ears ii the Bronx this
morning resulted in serious disorders.
At one point heavy stones were piled
on the track.
There were intermittent clashes be-
tween strikers and car men in the Bronx
and on several occasions the police
were forced to use their clubs.
The first serious outbreak in the strike
of street ear men in the Bronx and West
chester county occurred shortly after noon
today, when mob OF several hundred
strikers and sympathzers attacked West
Plains car in the Bronx Rocks were
hurled at the car and it is reported sew
cral persons were hurt.
Police reserves and ambulances were
summoned. Within an hour dozen cars
were disabled at 149th street and Third
avenue, one of the main intersections in
the Bronx
\ crowd of 300 OF 400 strikers and sym
pathizers gathered within a radius of six
blocks from this point and began pulling
off trolley poles and opening air valves.
Scores of police reserves were sent to the
scene and numerous arrests were made.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-27
AUTO BANDITS ROB
POSTOFFICE SAFE
Get Several Hundred Dollars in Loot
When They Raided Twin Noun
tain, N. H, Office.

TWIN MOUNTAIN, \. H., July 27.
The postoffice at Twin Mountain
was broken open at an early hour yes
terday morning and thtsafe blown
open with nitroglycerin. Postmaster ].
L. Wright has not vet been able to de
termine his exact loss in currency,
stamps and registered mail, but it is
sand that it will reach a total of sew
cral hundred dollars.
1T is thought the thieves travelled in
an automobile as several claim to have
heard car between l and a. M. and
they are thought to be the same gang
who broke into the Franconia postof.
flee few weeks ago.
Last year they worked the postof
fees at Dalton and North Stratford and
the preceding season in Jefferson. Nc
eleW has yet been found to aid the au
thorities in tracing the gang.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-27
-GHtRGHf0 RETAIN
IT'S RIGHT OF WAY
UniversaIsts Will Make Further In
vestigation Relative to Property
Purchase of A. B. Clapp.

\ special meeting of the Universalst
society was held last evening. Ferris
H. Vaughan presiding, at which consider
able important business was transacted.
In the last annual meeting of the So
clety the trustees were instructed to use
their discretion about the purchase of the
so-called Harvey property Of A. b. Clapp.
his property Is in the rear and to the
cast OF the rear of the church property.
he trustees later bought this piece of
property
Mr.. Clapp then offered the next adioin-
ing piece of property on Canal street for
certain sum providing the society would
abandon the right of way from South Main
street to the Harvey property.
In the meeting last evening it was
voted to retain the present right of way
to the Harvey property and the trustees
were instructed to investigate further the
matter OF the purchase of the next prop
erty and to report at later meeting to
be called by the trustees.
1t was voted also to present commune
ion set to the Barnard Universalist
church
The following delegates to the state con-
vention were elected: Rollin S. Childs,
Mrs. Fred c. Sargent, Mrs. Emily Ed
wards, Miss Ada Mason, Mrs. Z. Z. Flagp
and Mrs. Freeman Scott.
The delegates were empowered to ap-
point their own alternates or to have the
pastor appoint them