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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-05-25
BRIEF STATE NEWS

Plans have been made for another
elevator at Falsen.
Electric light poles are being put
up at Dogden.
The Farmers elevator at Kathryn
burned recently.
Donnybrook fishermen are enjoying
the first fishing for several years in
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-05-25
CITY PROPERTY

12.-WANTED--Our friends to
call on US to talk over Cooperation
and Farm Organization. We have
business proposition to make to our
friends. We are headquarters for
farmers and farm organization.
Phone 255, or call.
3-WANTED-We invite Farmers
and others to call or write to us for
printed matter on Marketing, Rural
Credits, Cooperation and Farm Or
ganization. Phone 255, or call.
14-WANTED-To hear from
Farmers from northwestern North
Dakota or eastern Montana who need
help in organizing Farmers Elevators.
We can help organize and finance
farmers elevators. Phone 1885, or call.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-05-25
FARM LOANS

1.-WANTED-To hear from people
wanting Farm Loans or City Loans.
Prompt service and lowest rates.
Phone 255, or call.
2.-WANTED-To hear from Local
or nonresident people with money to
invest in First Mortgages at z per
cent interest. We have them for SALE
Phone 255, or call.
3.-WANTED-To buy, sell or trade
in Farm Lands or City Property. We
can put some cash with each DEAL
Phone 255, or call
4.-WANTED-To trade 80 acres
Of free land, with some cash, for an
automobile Phone 255, or call.
5.-A REGULAR HOME FOR
SALE-$1OO down and SIS at per
Respectfully,
Grant S. Youmans, Pres.
An<h0nu Wo1f0n Srooo
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-01
MINERS CONTRACTS
WILL EXPIRE TODAY
Thousands of Men Are Observing To
day as a HoEday-Wil Continue
Work for Present.

, PHILADELPHIA, April 1.-Wage con
tracts affecting several hundred thousand
mine workers in the anthracite regions Of
Pennsylvania and in eight Of the bitumi-
nous coal producing states Of the country
expired TODAY, and in some of these fields
new agreements will go into effect that will
add many millions of dollars to the earn
ings Of the coal diggers. Virtually all
union mine workers are observing today
as holiday in commemoration OF the soft
coal workers winning the elght-hour day
in organized fields years ago.
Officers of the United Mine Workers of
America expect that the organized work
| ers will generally observe the policy adopt
ed by the union that all men continue at
work after contracts expire SO long ne
gotiations are on the way for new agree
| mants. 4 general notice to the men to
abid. by the no-suspensiop policy has been
sent out by the international organization
I Of the miners.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-01
VERDICT OF 81, 800
AGAINST DR.. WILKINS
Miss Myrtle Jones Brought Action OF
Tort in Greenfield Court-Was
Burned at Sanitarium.

A verdict Of 1880 for Miss Myrtle
Jones OF Riverside, Mass, in her action
against b. George Wilkins OF Wilmington,
Mass, marked the closing day of the
March sitting OF the superior court in
Greenfield yesterday. This case, an action OF
tort brought for $4,000, had occupied the
court for two days Miss Jones about a
year ago underwent treatment at a santa
rum conducted by the defendant at VIII
mington. and during this treatment she
was severely burned, due, she claimed, to
negligence on the part OF the defendant.
The defense was that the burns were not
caused through negligence but by an un-
avoidable accident This case was the
most important Of the civil cases tried dur
ing the sitting
| DR. Wilkins formerly came to Brattle-
boro to obtain patients and later had head
quarters on the island.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-01
ICE LEAVING THE
CONNECTICUT RIVER
Broke Up Opposite Village This Noon,
but Jam Has Since Formed-Ab-
sence of Rain Favorable.

The ice in the Connecticut river OPP
posite BrattleborO began to go out
yesterday afternoon about o'clock.
A large piece the width of the river
suddenly broke off and started down
with the current. At different places
along the river the water began to
show and here and there We're breaks
in the ice field showing that it was
being worn rapidly away. \ few
cakes were showed up over the edge of
the island and lodged against or near
the pillars supporting the pavilion, but
did no damage Just before noon to-
day the entire field began to 90 out
and in 30 minutes all danger of ice
river practically was clear for a time.
! but a jam formed and now the river
| is full of ice up to the Boston & Maine
engine house in the rear of Main
street.
| A large pole, similar to a telegraph
pole, caught in the ironwork Of the
bridge when the ice was running, quiv-
cred a moment and then snapped under
the heavy pressure. The ice is not
thick enough or solid enough to do the
material damage it did year ago.
At the power station at Vernon it
was reported this noon that the water
there was three inches lower than il
was at the same time yesterday, al
though it rose during the night consid
erably. All of the gates that are il
condition to use are open and only g
few feet of fashboards are on the dam
1t is not anticipated there that ther,
will be any great danger of damage
from flood unless there is warm rair
in the next few days.
White River Junction reported tha
the water rose there eight inches las
night and that the ice had gone out o
White river and was beginning to g
out Of the Connecticut.
The absence of rain while the ice i
breaking up is fortunate circum
stance During March 32.75 inches o
snow fell in Brattleboro, but ther
was but 2.90 inches of rainfall, whiel
is an exceptionally small amount o
rain for the first spring month.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-01
sPRINGFELD's BENEFACToR.
e. H. Barney, Skate Manufacturer,
Died in Florida.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, April liver
EFT Hosmer Barney, 50, benefaetor Of
Springfield by the gift of the greater part
of Forest park and head of the skate man
ufacturing firm of Barney & Berry, died
yesterday at his winter home in Sarasota,
Fla He leaves an estate in Massachu-
setts and Florida estimated at S1,000,O0O.
1t is thought from his own announcement
that he has left large part OF all OF this
for the purchase of property east Of Court
square, to permit the -xtension of the
square to Chestnut street.
The sum so left has been estimated at
S5OO,00O or 5000 900; but even if the en-
tire estate were devoted TO this purpose
only small part of the strip east of Court
square to Chestnut street could be bought,
and it is said that the value of the prop
erty will appreciate faster than the be
quest would gather interest.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-01
Conditions Caused by Euro
pean War Forces Com
pany to Give Up
ORGAN FACTORY
SEPARATELY OWNED
Business Established in 1850 and Be
came Important Part of Towns In
Brightest Outlook in Its
History Just Before War.

Because of conditions beyond its
control, conditions growing out of the
European war, the Carpenter company.
makers of parlor and chapel organs.
has decided to liquidate its business. as
was stated in The Reformer some time
ago might be the case. The Carpenter
organ factory on Elliot street is not
owned by the company, but is the
property of the president, George Z.
Crowell, and is not involved in the
liquidation plans.
This concern, which for many years
has been one of Brattleboro' s import
ant industries, employing 60 or more
hands at times, has not been making
any new goods for some time, but has
been finishing the organs in process OF
manufacture, gradually letting the men
90. This work practically is com
pleted, and from now until the liquid
alton is effected only about half a doz-
en- men will be employed. Probably
from one TO two months viii be con-
sumed in winding up the company s
affairs
There are some 500 organs to be
marketed lot of good machinery to
4 be disposed of and some 25O,OOO feet
of lumber to be sold.
/ Just what will be done with the fac
I toiS - not hHo"h. 1He property mas
been inspected by possible purchasers
who might want the lot clear, but no
negotiations have been entered into
for its disposal, so far as is known,
further than a suggestion to the board
| of trade that it would make a good To-
cation for some other business
The first seven months in 1914 were
the largest the company ever expert
enced and the prospects were exeep-
/ tionally bright. 1t had a fine line OF
agencies in various parts of the world.
| But 40 per cent of its business was
foreign, and the shutting off of the
| foreign markets by the outbreak Of
the war and the subsequent large in
crease in the price of materials made
1t impossible to carry on the business
profitably, although by diligent effort
the production was kept up to go per
cent of normal.
On January of the present year the
stockholders gave Mr.. Crowel, presi-
dent, and Martin Austin, treasurer, au-
thority to decide the future policy of
the business, and several plans were
considered but no plan could be evol-
we'd that would warrant continuance
of the business. On Jan 24 Mr.. Aus
tin took position as treasurer of the
IS A. Smith Mfg. Co, but he has de-
voted a part of his time to looking
after the business OF the Carpenter
Co.
The Carpenter organ business was
founded in 1850, and the period of its
activity as an incorporated body dates
, from February, 1884.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-01
GERMANY HAS ONLY
NEWSPAPER REPORTS
Claims to Know Nothing Officially of
Submarine Attacks on Sussex and
Elglishman.

WASHINGTON. April 1-Ambassa-
dor Gerard eabled the state department
today that he has been informed by
the German government that nothing
was known officially there Of the at
tack on the steamers Sussex and Eng
lishman, but that an investigation was
being made. He said the German gov
erument informed him they had only
newspaper reports on the two cases up
to the present.
The contents of Ambassador Ger
ards despatch was sent by wireless to
President Wilson, who is taking a
weekend trip down the Potomac river
on the naval yacht Maytiower.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-01
MURDER VICTIM
SPENT SUMMER HERE
Mrs. John E. Peck of Grand Rapids,
with Daughter, Boarded at Hunt
Farm-Known by Mrs Rawson.

Mrs. Mary E. Rawson of Centerville,
widow of Rufus w. Rawson, years ago
proprietor of the American House, re-
calls that Mrs John E. Peek and her
daughter of Grand Rapids, Mich, were
summer residents of Brattleboro about
% years ago Mrs. Peck and her hus-
band were the two victims of the lat
est murder sensation in New York,
having been poisoned, it is alleged, by
their son-in-law, DR.. Arthur Warren
Waite.
Mrs. Rawson knew the Pecks in
Grand Rapids, where she lived at one
time, and it was through her that the
mother and daughter came to Brattle-
boro and boarded one summer at the
John Hunt farm on the Vernon road,
now part of the big pond of the Con-
necticut River Power Co.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-01
SMOKERS SUPPLIES
PLEASE SAILORS
Letter of Appreciation for Articles
Bought with Money Raised in
Brattleboro and Springfield.

British sailors on his majesty's ship
King George V have expressed their
thanks for the tobacco and cigarets
which were given by Springfield and
Brattleboro people last Christmas in
letter Just received by Thomas Pear
son of Springfield college. The to-
bacco was sent abroad to British sold
iers and sailors by DIR. c. o. 5. Nav
son, who conducted the Springfield to-
bacco fund. The money from Brat
tleboro was collected by w. G. w. Ser
comb.
The letter which Mr.. Pearson re
ccivcd is as follows
- am taking the opportunity CT
writing to thank you for your kind
ness in sending cigarets and tobacco
/ am sure everybody on board this
ship is with me when l say how deep
ly grateful to you we are, because ii
Is nice to know there are friends out
abroad who think about you. The ad
dress on the cigarets was yours. sc
that is the reason why l am writing
personally to you.
u have been in Massachusetts my
self, having been to Boston twice OF
the Ivernia, Cunard liner an
| bound to confess that l like the peo
pie Of the New England states faI
! better than the people of Baltimore o
/ Philadelphia. I cannot disclose am
thing concerning the navy or its do
/ ings, but am inclosing a card of a few
| of the boys on board my ship
The letter Is signed by F. L. Smith
who gives his address as ''fourtl
mess" on the III. NJ. S. King Georg
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-01
SCHILLER PUT ON
GRILL BY POLICE
German Who Alone Took Possession
OF Steamer Questioned About
His Accomplices.

NEW YORK, April l-Aeeom2anied
by a detective, Ernest Schiller, the
German stowaway, who alone and un-
aided took possession of the British
steamer, Matoppo at sea last Wednes-
day night arrived at police headquar-
ters here today from Lewes, Delaware.
Schiller was taken out to breakfast,
after which he was questioned by the
police officials regarding the identity
Of the four men, who, he said, were to
have assisted him in his alleged plan
to capture the steamer City of Sparta,
which is scheduled to sail late today
for Russia Authorities were investi-
eating today reports that Schiller was
employed in Salem, Mass, until about
three weeks ago.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-01
Big German Aircraft Came
Down Off the Thames
Estuary Last Night
CREW WAS SAVED BY
BRITISH PATROL BOATS
Big Gas Bag Broke Up and Sank
While Being Towed In - Ninety
Bombs Were Dropped, Killing % and
Injuring A Persons.

LONDON, April 1.-One of the five
Zeppelins which visited the eastern
counties OF England during the night,
dropping some 80 bombs, was dam
aged, presumably by British aircraft
guns, and came down off the Thames
estuary.
1t surrendered to British patrol
boats. The crew was saved, but the air
ship broke up and sank while being
towed in.
The raid last night was the 22d of
the war. The lost Zeppelin was the
third Of her class to come to grief i'll
these raids. From unofficial sources it
was learned that many Of the bombs
were dropped either into the sea or in
places where no damage was done.
Twenty-eight persons were killed and
A injured in last night 5 air raid, ac
cording to official figures given out to
day
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-01
SPECIAL MEETING
OF VILLAGE TONIGHT
Question of Selling No. 6 Hose House
Property to A. 3. Clapp VIII
Come Up for Action.

1t is believed there Will be large atten-
dance at the special village meeting in
Festival hall tonight at ) o'clock. when
the question of selling the No. Hose Co
house on South Main street viii be acted
upon As is already well known Arthur
b. Clapp wishes to buy the property to
enlarge the lot on which he will erect
fireproof building for the Holstein- -Friesian
association. Some persons would sell the
land to the one who offers most, but IN
general the discussion on the street indi-
Gates a belief that certain ones would
either block the project. which means 80
much to the village in the future. or force
Mr.. Clapp to pay top price, and it is be
leved that the disposition of the meeting
viii be to sell the property to Mr.. Clapp
if he will offer a fair price.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-01

ing is yet known as to the number OF
wounded, although it is presumably in
proportion to the dead
The last outrage credited to Villa oc-
Cured at Ninaca, a town about 10 miles
southeast of Guerrero on the Mexico and
Orient railroad Here the AIexicans are
reported to have murdered Herman Blank
enburg, mine foreman, and two other
foreigners. 1t is feared that the two un-
known victims are Americans Four
Americans -Acklin, Hemple, Locke and
DIR. Stell-are known to have been in OF
near Minaca recently
After the battle on the San Geronimo
ranch the American soldiers released Z
large number of Carranza men whom the
bandit chief was holding
Excitement in FL Paso and along The
border is at fever heat in expectation tina
at any moment the wires may flash tn
news of Villas death or capture.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-01
WASHINGTON PARTY
ARRIVES SAFELY
Twenty eight of Party of 43 Came Last
Night 40 Minutes Late - Tired
but Pleased with Trip.

Twenty eight members of the high
school Washington party of As which
left Brattleboro a week ago this morn
ing for the spring trip to the capitol
of the nation arrived safely last even
ing on the train due here at 10.4I
o clock. The train was 40 minutes late
The others of the party stopped at diff
ferent points between Washington and
Brattleboro. Although very tired, all
all are agreed that they had very
pleasant time in spite of the fact that
it rained three days while they were
in Washington.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-01

The British steamship Golconda has
been used for repatriating from India alien
subjects held in prison there since the he
ginning of the war. Early last January
the Austro-Hungarian government re
quested Great Britain, through Walter H
Page, the American ambassador at Lon
don, to take special pains to insure the
safety of certain Austro-Hmngarian sub
iects being transported on the GoIconda.
Sir Edward Grey, the British foreign sec
retary, in his reply, declared that Great
Britain did not propose to take any pre-.
cautions on behalf of Austro-Hungarians
which it would not take on behalf of its
own citizens. ..:.s..
The nationality of those ON board the
Golconda on her present trip is not giver
; in the despatch from London.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-01
SURFEIT OF CAKE
IN BELLOWS FALLS
All of Kind and Losing in Favor =
Every Loaf at Church Supper
Was Canada's War Cake.
Especial to The Reformer.)
BELLOWS FALLS. Anri

Taken as a whole Bellows Falls is some
thing like the man who attempted to eat
a quail day for 80 days. 1t was all right
for few days, but now even some of the
most enthusiastic short time ago are
beginning to quit. 1t was all caused by
cake. Cake in itself is usually a mighty
tempting delicacy, but when the whole
town is baking and trying to eat the same
kind, that's another story, as a former
resident of Brattleboro would say.
The cake which has caused cancellations
OF dinner engagements, and which has
caused village of youngsters to eye their
mothers with suspicion whom they an
nounce that a cake is about to be mixed
and baked, is known as ''Canada's War
Cake Mere man might not pay any par
ticular attention to the recipe, but when
Bellows Falls women learned that it could
be baked without eggs and other things
hitherto usually considerd essential to the
welfare and toothsomeness of cake, they
grasped the opportunity to try it out.
\ prominent member of the Woman s
club first got hold Of the recipe and made
a Canada war cake. She liked it and the
others in her family did also, so she had
a few copies (of the recipe) typewriter
and handed them to friends The friends
liked 1t and continued the introduction of
the cake Then one afternoon in a meet
ing a whole batch OF typewritten copies
We're handed around and in order that
those outside the clubs membership might
be IN on good thing the club correspond
ent sent copy to the local paper 1t was
run under the club notes and apparently
every woman in town read it.
Then came a surfeit OF Canadas wal
cake. 1t began to he served at every meal
including breakfasts, in many homes
Whenever a church supper was held a few
women were sure TO practice a little econ
omy and Canada's war cake was sure t,
be found in sufficient quantities to supply
the demand. But the climax came a few
nights ago when at church supper ever,
woman who sent or brought cake sent
loaf of the Canadian war variety
: The cake Is all right in itself, but whe1
an entire community makes too much o
one thing it is bound to lose It's favor
Canada war cake retains it's flavor. bu
without doubt It's popularity has sadl,
? wancd within the past week or 10 days
| In order that other communities may ben
? eft by this wonderful eggless, and other
less, recipe here it Is:
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-01
CANADA'S WAR CAKE.
Eggless, butterless. milkless.

Two cups brown sugar, two cups hot
water, two tahespoonfuls lard, one pack
age seeded raisins, cut once, one teaspoon
salt, one teaspoon cinnamon, one teaspoon
Glove. Boil all these ingredients five min
utes after they begin to bubble. When
cold add one teaspoon soda dissolved in one
teaspoon hot water, three cups flour Bake
in two loaves 10 minutes in slow oven.
This cake Is better at the end OF week,
or even longer. 1t ripens, as do all fruit
cakes
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-01
+ w McGRATH RELEASED.
Doubt as to Guilt of Roosevelt S
Secretary, Charged with Assault.

NEW YORK, April John w. Me
Grath, private secretary to Col. Theo-
dore Roosevelt, was released on bail of
81 600 today on motion for certi-
fcate OF reasonable doubt as to his
guilt Of assault upon Charles Lghte,
ir., in a Brooklyn cafe last June He
has been in Jail since last Tuesday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-01

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April l. -
With only brief rest Colonel Dodd s
cavalry, to whom fell the honor We'd
nesday of dispensing 800 of Villa s
men near Guerrero, has resumed the
chase of the scattered band, while the
supporting forces Of American troops
covered the railroad toward chihuahua
and smaller detachments began beat
ing the country adjacent for signs of
bandit leaders.
Overnight dispatches from Gen.
Funstold of the manner in which Gen.
Pershing's s punitive forces had deploy-
ed, but none brought additional details
of the fighting at Guerrero.
All bore dates of Thursday or early
Friday, permitting officers here to re-
tain hope that perhaps another sue
cessful encounter had been registered
or perhaps even the capture of Villa
himself, had been effected.
Just where Villa went when the
Americans changed his course at Guer
rero is not known here. Reports that
he was carried away on a litter, that
he rode off in a carriage, or that he
was hiding in cave of mountain
overlooking the battle between his men
and those Of Col. Dodd were character
lied at headquarters as guesses.
! No report, to Gen. Funston has stated
specifically Just where Villa was on that
day nor where he is now. Even the re
port that he is injured was not definitely
stated, although Gen Pershing's reference
to his injuries indicated that he believed
the report.
Unofficial reports early today indicated
the possibility of an error as to his wound
ed condition. One of these reports. which
was from Mexican source, was that he
was unnjured.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-01
bers Of the crew were saved, except one
man, who was drowned.

PARIS, April 1.-German forces deliv-
cred two heavy attacks last night in the
Nerdm region east Of the Meuse. The
war office announced this afternoon that
one attack gave the Germans a footing in
the village of Naux. The other attack was
repulsed West OF the river there was a
violent bombardment in the region of
Nlalancourt
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-01

WASHINGTON, April 1.-The war de-
partment had no further advices at noon
today on Col Dodd's dash at Guerrero.
Rumors that Carranza's troops We're
massing opposite Douglas, Ariz., We're
without confirmation and officials did not
credit them The offer of the Aero club
Of America TO sell two aeroplanes to the
government for 81 each has been dis
cussed and the war department is disin-
elined to buy the machines unless full
value is paid. Acceptance of an offer Of
the Curtis aeroplane interests for use OF
its testing grounds at Newport News, Va,
to test the eight new biplanes recently
bought for Mexican service was an
nounced.