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Her Political Views.

Jane. have discovered that our new cook has decided views about the policy in the east
 ".IoiIll what do you mean?'
 She firmly believes in the gradual disruption of china "- Baltimore mer l<.a
The Press., 1916-05-17
WASHABLE GLOVES

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The Press., 1916-05-17

Stafford.
 Special meeting of Woloott Lodge on Thursday evening. Work in F. 0. The Ideal Concert Co., composed esof talented blind musioians will be at Memorial hall Friday evening, the entertainment to be followed by dano- ing .t ..4r
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-19
MEETING FRIDAY IN
INTEREST OF CO. |
Congressman Greene Cannot Come, but
Other Men of Note Will Be Heard
in Local Armory.

Capt. f. w Gibson has been disap-
pointed by the receipt of letter
from Congressman Frank L. Greene
that he will be unable to be in Brat
tleboro Friday evening at the meet
ing to be held in the Armory for the
purpose of promoting interest in Com
pany l. Congressman Greene writes
that the committee on military affairs
of the House is holding public hear
ings and it is impossible for him to
get away at this time.
Capt Gibson said this morning thai
he was determined TO have some
speaker to take the place Of the con-
gresham, and even should he fail
there viii be unusual interest in the
meeting, caused by the presence of
Col. Ira /. Reeves, president of Nor
wich university and the new com
manding officer of the Vermont regi-
ment, also Adjutant General Lee 8
Tillotson and Secretary James B.
Taylor of the Greater Vermont asso,
citation, all of whom will speak
The company needs desirable re
cruits before the annual government
inspection March %, and It is expect
ca that enthusiasm enough will be en-
gendered at this meeting TO more thar
/ fill all vacancies in the company
ranks.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-19
Stockholders Seek Right to
Proceed in Name of the
New Haven Road
THE CASE INVOLVES
MANY MILLIONS
Claim Is Made That Former Directors
Incurred Losses in Improbable and
Improper Purchases Couusion Is
Intimated.

BOSTON, Jan. 19.-Minority stockhold-
ers OF the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford railroad who are suing former direc-
tors of the road to recover from them
$102 100000 for losses alleged to have
been incurred by the railroad in unproft-
able and improper purchases today filed an
amendment to the suit seeking the right
to proceed in the name of the corporation
itself
Minority stockholders claim the present
directors have refused to press such suit
for restitution because OF the friendliness
for their predecessors and "intimations
which they, the former directors, have
made to withdraw their financial support
from the railroad and thereby cause tinan-
cial embarrassment and possible receiver
ship"
Under date of Dec. -, 1915, Moorfeld
Storey, counsel for the corporation, said
| the directors were convinced there was not
sufficient foundation for the suit and it
was not for the best interests of the com
/ pany.
/ The charge is made in the bill of amend
ment that the present directors have
caused the corporation to defend the pres
ent suit, which is aimed at former officials
/ of the company.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-19
MYSTERY ABOUT THE
RYNDAM DISASTER
Steamship Is Aground at Gravesend,
England, and No One Is Allowed
to Go Ashore.

LONDON, Jan. 19.-The steamship
Ryndam of the Holland-American line
is aground at Gravesend. No report
has yet been made of the extent of
the damages the vessel has received.
An examination is being made. In
the meantime none of the passengers
or crew is allowed to leave the YES
sci.
The Ryndam, which left New York
on Jan. ), with 70 first class, "a sec
ond class and IS third class passen-
gers as well as mail for Rotterdam
via Falmouth, was reported in a cable
despatch of yesterday date as hay-
ing passed Southend down by the
bows with a list to starboard and as
having arrived later at Gravesend. II
was added that all passengers were
| saved. but that three stokers were
killed and four injured. though il
what kind of accident it was not an
nouneed. The Ryndam carries 4 crew
| Of 200 men.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-19
INSTRUCTION TO
BE GIVEN FARMERS
School to Be Held in Northfield,
Mass, Week of Feb. ID Under
State College Auspices.

An opportunity for farmers to Sc
cure practical instruction in the occu-
patton from which they derive their
livelihood will be given during the
week of February IA when a school Of
instruction, under the auspices of the
Massachusetts agricultural college will
be conducted in the town hall in
Northfield, Mass.
At the same time and under the
same auspices a similar school of in
struction will be conducted for women
in home making, considering thorough
ly and practically such subjects as
demonstration, vegetables and cereals
the freless cooker, hygiene, the home
medicine chest, the home fruit gar.
den, canning and preserving, relative
values of foodstuffs as nutriment, and
many others.
The school of instruction for farm
ers will consist of full course in sol
fertility, a full course in dairying, Q
half course in poultry raising, and g
half course in fruit growing.
The schools, both for men and WON
en-, will open at l O'Clock on the af
ternoon of Monday, Feb II, and vii
extend through Friday. February Is
Sessions on Monday will be from l tt
f, and on other days from 9 to II ant
l to 4. Tickets and programs may bt
secured by writing F. Amber Welch
Northfield, Mass, or A. S. Gordon
Northfeld, Mass. Tickets admitting
to everything are, for men, rs cents
| for women, IS cents.
The state pays the salaries and rail
road fare of the teachers. The loca
| committees have to pay their hote
bills, rent of hall, cost of equipment
etc. If there should be any surplu
| the ticket holders will vote as to wha
disposition shall be made of it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-19
PLASTERERS NEARLY
THROUGH AT STATION
April Roofs Over Train Plat
forms Being Constructed.

The new union railroad station is
about IS per cent complete. The first
two coats of plaster have been put on
and plasterers are now engaged in put
ting on the finishing coat. After this
is done there will be a pause of about
two weeks in the work on the interior
while the plaster is drying.
All of the steel work is in place and
the roofs over the train platforms will
be complete in another day or two.
The planking is about finished and men
began today putting on the permanent
roof covering.
Workmen are putting in place the
steel frames for the windows that will
enclose the overpass, and other minor
activities are being continued. It will
be impossible to put in place the con
crete platform on the Boston & Maine
side of the track until spring, but that
will be about the only outdoor work
to be done after cold weather is q
thing of the past.
There seems to be no reason to doubt
that the station will be put in use by
April 1, but it is probable that it viii
not be occupied even in part until the
contractors have finished all the work
outside and inside, which they are re
quired to do under the contract
While the exterior of the station
does not give the impression that it i:
especially roomy this impression van
| ishes when. one enters. Inside there
certainly appears to be a large amour
Of room.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-19
WIDELY KNOWN TRAPPER.
George Fairman Veteran of Upper
Connecticut Valley.

MONTAGUE, Mass, January 10
George Fairman, 81, died at the home
of George Wiltshire late Monday night
after a two-days illness with pneu-
monia. He was visiting relatives in
town after his annual custom, previ-
Gus to going to Columbia, n. H., for
the winter. Mr.. Fairman was a native
of Colebrook, \. H., where he was
born on a farm and where he spent
the early portion of his life, and if he
had lived until March % would have
been % years old. He leaves one son,
Charles G. Fairman of Longmeadow.
Mr.. Fairman was well known
throughout northern New England as
trapper and fur buyer, and every
winter for many years he spent his
time in trapping and buying furs for
the city markets. He was especially
well known through the upper Con
necticut valley and through the
northern part of Vermont, and during
| his life he had shot and trapped many
bears, beaver, otter and other fur
bearing animals which are now prac-
tically extinct throughout this section
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-19
VERMONT TOWN BROUGHT IN.
Newport Was Resident for Time OF
Woman Now Suing for $4,000.

NEW YORK, Jan. 10. - Pages in
the life history of John L. Martin, son
of the late John F. Martin, a member
of the Consolidated stock exchange,
were turned Monday in the breach of
promise suit Of Mrs. Cora Maude
Clarke, who wants $4,000 damages for
his failure to marry her.
Martin is heir to the $1,500,00O
estate of his father He was married
in March, 1912, to Miss Maud C. Eddy,
after, it is alleged, living with Mrs.
Clarke for several years and writing
her great bundles of love letters, which
spoke of their coming marriage and Of
his great love for her. Most of the
time. it is asserted, they lived together
as Mr.. and Mrs. John Baldwin, but IN
October, 1911. it is declared, Martin
leased an apartment at 536 West 1f1th
street in his own name. and they lived
there as Mr.. and Mrs. Martin. For two
seasons, according to the allegations,
Mrs. Clarke lived at the Newport
House, Newport, Vt, as Mrs. Martin,
and Martin sent her many telegrams
and letters to that address.
In 1913 Mrs. Clarke s suit was tried
and the jury gave her verdict of $25,-
600. Martin s counsel appealed and
the appellate division ordered a new
trial because the trial Judge, Justice
Page, had refused to permit an amend
ment to the pleadings during the trial
Martin, it is asserted, wrote letter
at least every other day, and when he
did not write he telegraphed. He made
two trips TO Europe with his father
and mother. His father went to Carls
bad. The burden of all these letter;
was that he did not receive enough let
ters from Mrs. Clarke. who was ther
living here in New York in then
apartment as Mrs. Baldwin.
81 send you million kisses, an
, peared in one of these fervent appeal:
{ signed g Hubby
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-19
DELEGATION GOES
TO ROAD MEETING
Ethan Allen Trail Committee
Drawn to Wilmington by -Four
Horses-Party of Seven.

A delegation of seven representa-
tive business men Of Brattleboro left
here this morning at $50 clock in a
sleigh drawn by four horses for Will
mington TO attend n meeting this af-
ternoon Of men from different towns
interested in lettering the highway
between Brattleboro and Wilmington.
A delegation headed by Judge T. r.
o 'Brien of Bellows, which was expect
ed, failed to arrive.
On the back Of the sleigh was paint
Cd the Vermont coat of arms with the
legend Ethan Allen Trail Commit
tee In the party were President
Horton D. Walker of the board of
trade, Secretary Carl S. Hopkins of
the same organization. County High
way Commissioner David 7. Perry
Town Road Commissioner Warren L
Walker, Selectman W. f. Stellmar
and Kenneth f. Mosher and John B
Manley, automobile dealers.
/ There are delegations at the meet
| ing today from Bennington, Woodford
Searsburg, Marlboro and Wilmington
/ The meeting was to have been hell
yesterday afternoon, but it was foun,
necessary to postpone it TO today
which forced several members of tn
local delegation to abandon their in
tentions of making the trip.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-19
WANTS TO SEIZE WEALTH.
Labor NJ. P. Has Bill for Sequestra-
tion During the War,

LONDON, Jan. 19.-William Craw-
ford Anderson, Labor member of Par
lament for Sheffield has made public
the text of a bill which he purposes
to introduce in the house of commons
at the earliest possible moment for
the conscription of wealth. The bill is
in the nature of a reply to Premier
Asquith s military compulsion bill, of
which Mr.. Anderson is a bitter op-
pOnent.
The Anderson bill provides for the
sequestration of all unearned income
for the period of the war, including
rents, interest, dividends, royalties,
| and annuities. All such payments I'M
der the bill would be taken over by a
! Government Arustee, who would make
moderate allowances for the mainte-
nance of the persons from whom the
| funds were taken.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-19
VERMONT SAVINGS
BANK MEETING
w. B. Vinton and George S. Pratt
Elected Corporators to Fill Vacan-
cies-Dinner in Brooks House.

In the annual meeting of the Yer
mont Savings bank this afternoon the
old board of officers was reelected.
Two new corporators We're elected to
fill vacancies. They were William B.
Vinton, elected to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of his father, Will
liam H. Vinton, and George S. Pratt,
elected to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of his father, 0. J. Pratt,
who was the oldest member of the
corporation.
These are the officers: President, c.
Fl. Pratt; vice president, G. o. Rob
bins; treasurer, Harry p. Webster;
trustees, c. H. Pratt, F. L. Hunt, J
Gray Estey, W. II. Brackett, G. O.
Robbins, f. L. Houghton, NJ. Austin,
FL. p. Webster, NJ. C. Houghton; board
of investment, G. II. Pratt, T. l.
Hunt, w. H. Brackett, c. o. Robbins
H. 2. Webster; auditors, F. L. Hunt
NJ. Austin, C. o. Robbins.
The annual corporation dinner was
served at the Brooks House at
clock.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-19
EMPEROR WILLIAM IN SERBIA
Joins with King Ferdinand in Review
ing Central Powers Troops.

LONDON, Jan. ia despatch by
Reuters S Telegram company, says En-
peror William was in Nish Serbia,
yesterday. According to this informa-
ton, forwarded from Nish via Berlin,
the German emperor met King Ferdi-
nand of Bulgaria at Nish. "The
monarchs greeted each other cordial
ly" says the despatch, and then re-
viewed procession of Bulgarian,
Macedonian and German troops
Emperor William, according to an
official announcement made in Berlin
Sunday, has completely recovered his
health
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-19
TAX ON $500 INCOMES URGED.
Ch1ldless Married Men to Escape if
They Are Under 81, 300.

ALBANY, Jan. 10. - Senator Og-
den l.. Mills $ legislative committee on
taxation will submit its report to the
legislature next week. 1t will recon-
mend that incomes over 81 800 Of sin
gle men and over $500 for married
men be taxed, but in cases of the
latter having children the limit of ex-
emption is ST, 800 where there is one
child and $4,000 where there are two
or more. This would bring in about
$40,000,000 additional revenue from
this source, Senator Mills has figured
out
Assemblyman Everett of St Law
renee thinks Senator Mills has been
wasting a lot of time on this subject
rs it is understood that GOV. Whitman
is opposed TO levying an income taz
this year and because of the determine
tion of the legislative leaders to shelly,
Senator Mills report when it reache.
the senate.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-19
Letter introduced by Prose-
cution i'm the MOhr Muir
der Trial Today
MRS. MOHR SAID SHE
COULD HIRE THUGS
George w. Rocks, Who Gave This Tes-
timony, Is a Brother -in-Law to Miss
Emily Burger, the Second Woman
i'll the Sensational Case

PROVIDENCE, r. l., Jan. ia letter
containing a threat to kill Miss Emily
Burger and alleged to have been written
by Mrs. Elizabeth F Mohr, on trial for the
murder of her husband, Dr. c. F. Mohr,
was introduced BY the prosecution today
George w. Rocks also testified that
Mrs. Mohr had told him that she could
hire a couple of thugs to kill her husband
Miss Burger, who was also wounded
when Dir Mohr was shot, was his private
secretary and the state claims that jeal-
ousy of her was one Of the motives that
led Mrs. Mohr to employ Cecil Victor
Brown and Henry II. Spellman to murder
her husband.
Rocks is a brother-in-law of Miss Burger
and was called to the stand after several
witnesses had testified regarding the re-
moval Of DR.. Mohr to a hospital and the
disposition of papers taken from his per
son.
/ On ss-eXamination he denied that he
had been jealous of the physicians atten-
/ tions to Miss Burger or that he had tried
! to prejudice Mrs. Mohr against her hus
| band.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-19
Property Damage i'll South
ern California Will Be
Several Millions
THREE PERSONS ARE
KNOWN TO BE DEAD
Water Receding in the District Near
the Mountains, But Crest Has Not
Reached the Lowlands Along the
Coast-Traffic Tied Up.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19.-Loss of
life in flood which swept southern
California yesterday is certain to be
large. Property damage will run into
many millions Several cities have
been inundated, rivers have left their
banks, hundreds of homes are afoat
and railroad traffic is at a standstill
At least fifty trains are stalled near
this city. three persons are known to
be dead and loss of $l,O00,OOO al
ready is reported Frederick w. Van
derbilt and Nathan Straus of New
York are on one of the stormbound
trains.
A wall of water ten feet high swept
in Pomona, following a cloudburst in
the mountains.
Small brooks were turned into rivers
and lakes, some two or three mile
wide, sweeping ranch houses and live
stock away.
Telephone and telegraph wires have
| been demoralized and fears are felt
that the city IS light plant viii be flood
| ed.
Trains filed with tourists have been
stalled by the rising waters. Two hun.
| dred passengers were forced to spend
/ last night at Pomona, with little pros
pect of reaching their destination foi
/ DAYS
Twenty-Five tourists were marooneC
at Camp Baldy, where it is reported
an inch of rain is falling every
hour"
| twenty-five houses in East Highland
were flooded six inches deep.
The northern section of fashionable
Long Beach was reported flooded an,
police in skiffs were rescuing cottagers
While the flood waters are recedin.
today in the district near the foot o
the mountains the crest of the foot
has not reached the lowlands along tn,
coast and it is feared these sections
will be further inundated during tn
day.
Trans-continental traffic was practi
cally at a standstill late last night, bu
officials of the Southern Pacific, Atch
Ison, Topeka & Santa Fe and San Pc
dro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroad
stated they hoped to have the overlan
trains moving some time today.
Five westbound trains on the South
ern Pacific were stalled at Yuma, Ar
IONA. Three Santa Fe and two Sal
Lake trains were stalled during tn
night by landslides.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-19
PetrOgrad Claims Campaign
Is Developing Favorably
for Russians
PLAN is TO BLOCK
ANY TURKISH ADVANCE
All Three Movements Designed to Keep
Sultan's Troops from Pushing into
the Orient - Little New Light on
Grecian Situation.

Further news came to hand today of the
campaign in the Caucasus where the Rus
slams recently began an offensive over
wide front and admittedly have been max
ing progress against the Turks.
Constantinople now announces that the
Ottoman armies resisting the Russian ad
vance have been reinforced and have
checked the Russians along the entire
front
Grand Duke Nicholas's forces have suf-
fered during the last eight days, according
to the Turkish statement, which claims
the situation now is favorable to the
Turks, only slight changes in the positions
having been effected by the Russian opera
tions
On the other hand Petrograd official
statement claims that the campaign in the
Caucasus is developing favorably to the
Russians, who have taken strong Turkish
positions with comparatively slight losses,
while the Turks have suffered heavily.
Good progress also is being made in the
Russian campaign in Persia, Petrograd de-
cares
Importance is attached to these opera
tions because, although apparently isoat-
cd, they are held by many military obsery-
ers as to be taken into consideration in
connection with the British campaign in
NIesopotamia, all three movements con,
verging upon the easternmost part of the
-
across the path of any Turkish advance
further into the Orient
Little new light has been thrown upon
happenings in Greece. Press reports ot
of the entente powers came through Ger
man sources yesterday.
Montenegro may not have played hel
final part in the world war, according t
an official announcement in Paris today
This states that news OF her surrender
may have been premature, as it has beer
learned from another source that tn,
Alontenegrin negotiations with Austria
have been broken off, the conditions i'm
posed by the Austrian authorities bein
such as Montenegro could not accept.
The source of the information is no
given in the Paris statement, which add
that King Nicholas and the royal famil
of Montenegro together with the diploma
ic corps are about to proceed to Italy.
Military operations along various from
in European theatre of war have been re
atively unimportant since the cessation
the fighting in Montenegro and the who
oi the Russian offensive in eastern Gallo
and on the Bessarabian frontier
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-19
HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING.
Ex-Gov. stickney at the Head of the
State Organization.

MONTPELIER, Jan 19-The annual
meeting of the Vermont Historical so
ciety was held yesterday in the state
house with good attendance. A resolu
ton on the death of Joseph A. De Boer
was adopted and it was voted to purchase
a portrait Of the former head OF the Ma
tional Life Insurance company, who was
also an officer of the society. Nearly a
dozen new members were admitted to the
society.
The following officers were elected
President, ex-Gov. ". W Stickney OF
Ludlow; vice-presidents, Fred A. Howland
of Montpelier I. y Vail of Lyndon, C.
p. Smith of Burlington recording secre-
I,tary, P. S. Howe; corresponding secreta
ries, Dorman B. Z. Kent of Montpelier and
Walter H. Crockett of Burlington; treas
'urer. Henry f. Field Of Rutland
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-19
PICTURES AND MUSIC.
Comedians, Girls and Movies Please
Auditorium Patrons.

The Marcus Musical Comedy Co.
appearing in the Auditorium this
week under the name of The Honey
moon Girls is made up of four male
comedians and twice that number of
young women, and they are giving
programs which please the patrons.
The idea is somewhat different from
previous entertainments, being a com
bination of moving pictures and mu-
steal comedy. The show starts with
pictures, followed by comedy, and one
performance is given once in the af
ternoon and twice at night. The com
edy part is the same two days in
succession, but the pictures are new
each day. A male quartet is one OF
the features that gets much applause
The bill today and tomorrow is en-
titled DinkIe in Paris.