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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-27

The coal mines of Sweden do not pro
duce enough fuel for that country's needs
and scientists are trying many expert
ments with peat, of which there is vast
supply available.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-27

company in Norway has patented
secret process for producing 9S per
cent nitric acid from the 80 per cent
acid it has been making from atmos
pheric nitrogen
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-27

The tusks Of the African elephant
sometimes weigh as much as 10o
pounds each and reach length of
eight or nine feet.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-27
Ladies' S1.5O Sateen Skirts
CSC each
Pacific Percale &c yard

Where else but in the Economy Basement
will you find the best Percales marked at saw
ing Of 31zc yard? Short lengths? Yes, but per
feet goods, and as many Of them are alike you
select enough for any purpose. Light and
dark blues and greys. &C yard.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-27
DEATHS.

In Londonderry, Dec 90 Mrs. Maria
lCudworthl johnson, 50, widow of Noble
Johnson
In Brattleboro, Dee -, Mrs. Emma
Jeanette Clark Wales, wife of Elijah
Wales
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-27

There is developed in this country
today 100000 hydro electric horse
power with consequent enormous say.
ing Of our coal resources.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-27

The California wrentit is so differ
ent from any other bird of America
that il is placed in genus and fam
lily all its own.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-27

Agricultural implements, glassware
canned meats and WOODEN goods are in
demand at Cape Town, South Africa.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-27
PERSONAL.

Miss Laura Dunklce came yesterday
from Mount Holyokc to visit in town
n week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Haskell of
Western avenue went today to vii
mingtou TO visit until Friday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-27
15c Huck Towels 10c

particularly heavy, firm Towel in plain
white and colored borders; henmed and ready for
use. Size 4Gx10 and your guess would be 15c If
asked 60 price them. Our low price only 1oc each.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-27
36-islch Brown Sheeting Sc yard

You must pay 1oc yard to match this heavy.
firm cotton if bought elsewhere to 10 yard
1cngfhc
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-27
97.Oo Crib Blankets 59c Each
and
January Fashions
Now on Sale.

Beautiful Blankets these-so thick and
closely woven; blue and pink, of the fast color
kind extremely large and not many left Now
TO go at only soc each
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-27
10-inch Brown Sheeting &c yard

4 regular lee value in this lot Of fine un-
b-cached Sheeting; 40 inches wide At only &c
yard 20 TO So yard lengths which we cut.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-27
Nashua Wool-Nap Blankets

The thick, firm, closely woven kinds, with
deep silk binding and of superior size and quail
ty, 1925, $3.50 and S275 pair.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-27
10c CoIored Outings 6hc Yard

Coming, as these do, 1000 yards in a case
the assortment of colors and styles are unlimit-
ed, to 10 yard lengths, but ali perfect. Just
think OF the saving on every yard for instead
OF Ice, only 6I5c yard
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-27
White Outing DC Yard

Another case OF that soft finished pure
white Outing Flannel arrived here yesterday;
have been out Of it for while; 27 inches wide
and Just such as you pay SC for elsewhere; 2 &c
10 yard lengths, only &c yard.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-27
$500 Blankets S1.49

Extra large size for the price, these make
an ideal sleeping blanket, being very soft and
feecy. The borders of pink and blue are guar
anteed fast color, and instead of $780, only S1.4o
pair.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-27

$3.50 and $3.50 Suits Reduced to
French Serges, Wool Poplins an
did staple styles; great values.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-27

$3.50 tc $S.75 Silk Poplin Dresses.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-27

$500 to s17.5O Silk Dresses. Sale Prize,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-04-13

tlat the city of Chicago can own and
run an automatic phone system and
eventually establish a penny-a-caIl
service.
Atty Munro will deny that the
right to sell should be granted. Under
his privilege of calling in anybody and
everybody who has had anything to
do with the automatic deal, Munro
may call Charles G. Dawes, president
of the Central Trust Co., and David
R. Forgan, president of the National
City bank. They were receivers for
the Illinois Tunnel Co. and sold $4,-
100000 worth of receivers certif-
Gates and notes before they passed
the property along to the Chicago
Tunnel Co, buyer at TeceiYership
sale.
It is iHtimated that various ways
by which finaneieFs can milk the pub
lie and bamboezle buyers of bonds
and stocks may be brought out in de-
tail. This angle of the automatic
phone company deal has been partly
ventilated before city council com
mittee and on council floor. But
some of the panels and windows have
never been opened thus far.
Fayette Munro, in charge of the
quiz for the public ownership crowd,
is the same lawyer who was retained
by the Citizens. league to push the
suits brought by John B. Fergus. The
suits ended with paNolls tied up in
City Hall of Chicago and state cap
itaI at Springfield, drove the IegisIa-
tuFe to a special session and resulted
in accounting reorganizatiOas.
Chicago Tunnel Co. application for
leave to sell the automatic phone sys-
TEN to the Chi. Tel Co., says:
Petitioner shows that it has is
sued and outstanding 1000 shares of
stock, of the par value of 800 each.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-04-13

tive freight cars drawn by electric
motors for the transportation of mer-
ehandise and other commodities. II
alse owns and operates in Chicago
what is commonly known as an au-
tomato telephone plant and system.
By reason of the foregoing facts, Pc
titiener states that it owns and epeF-
ates two distinct public utilities in the
city of Chicago"
Up to Jan. l, 1908, Ill. Tunnel Co,
spent more than $2,0OO,OOO on plant
and system, it proved improbable"
because Income was not sufficient to
pay operating COST" Passing into the
hands of bankers appointed as re-
oeiveFs by U. S. circuit court, said
receivers, pursuant to and in accord
ance with the orders of said court, is
sued and sold receivers certificates
and notes of the par value of $4,600,-
600, and with the proceeds thereof
proceeded to and did install telephone
plant and equipment adequate to
serve 20, 900 subscribers"
AT receivers SAFE March 1o5 1919,
Chi. Tunnel Co. became owner and
issued in payment therefor its capital
stock of par value of 100000 and its
demand notes of $23, 913, O81, secured
by first mortgage to Central Trust
Co., trustee. .
These Chicago business men in
charge of this enterprise then went
on pouring more and more millions
into a financial rat hole until they
have to date sunk $8,483,9 78, without
earning profits, according to their pc
titien,
In 1913, under the conditions
which then existed, in the judgment
of your petitioner and of the Ameri-
can Telephone & Telegraph Co. the
automatic telephone properties COR
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-10-21

lihition. Money that went formerly oser the bar for whislxey is now being spent for clothing for the women and children, and in peter food for the household.
 II is just like this: When you close the saloons the money that for nierly was spent there remains in the fai'ily of the wage earner, and nis wife and children buy shoes and cloth ing and better food with 1t. Yes, sir, we have found in Seattle that it is Leite. to buy shoes than booze. The families of wage earners in Seattle ire going to have more food and clothes and everything else than they had hefore.'
 c. B. BLETHEN
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-10-21
FEDERATED CHURCH.

At the Congregational church Sunday the following services will be held Rev. John Parsons, pastor.
 Il a. m.-Bble school and ch II dren's service. R. B. Julian, superintendent, Adult Bible Class will study, "Paul's defense before Agrippa."
 D. m.-Worship and sermon by Dr. John Parsons. Subject, The Poor Mans Club
 p. m.-Christian Endeavor
 Special music will be given by the choir.
 l.isaa .Aid Society meets Tues day afternoon at 2:s0 D. m.
 The public is invited to all the ser vices of the church.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-10-21

Subscribe Now for the Nugget
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-10-21
DON'T GO ON THE
 UMlTILLA OR VICTORIA

Until you have left you rorder for a dozen or more copies of the Pictorial edition of the Nugget Mining and Dredging Journal to distribute among your friends on the outside. Full de- tails concerning the mining operations of the district and the need for good road, a harbor at the mouth of Snake river and an improved mail service. Fifty cents the copy, five dollars per
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-10-21

c. B. BLETHEN
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-10-21
BLEHEN ON
 PROHIBITION
Editor of Seattle Times and Leader of the Fight Against the Dry Law is Convinced by Hard Facts, and Admits it.

My paper fought its damnedness against prohibition. We fought 1t on economic grounds alone. We believed that in a great seaport city with a population of upwards of 330.000, prohibition would be destructive; it would bring on economic disaster. We believed that under our system of licensing saloons we had the liquor traffic about as well controlled as it could be, and we wanted to let it alone, and so we fought as hard as we could fight. But in spite of all we could do against it, prohibition carried and it went into effect in Washington January l. We have had month of 1t now
 And how has it worked out?'
 Business Expanded Quickly"
 We already know that it is a great benefit morally and from an eco- homie standpoint. It's moral benefit has been tremendous. Seattle had 336 saloons, and we had about 1,600 arrests a month for crimes and misdemeanors growing out of liquor drinking In January we had only 765 arrests and sixty of those were made January l, and were the result of hang overs" from the old year. The year previous there were 2.600 arrests in the same month. That in itself is enough to convince any man with conscience that prohibition is necessary. There can be no true economy in anything that is immoral.
 And on top of that great result, we have these economic facts: In the first three weeks of January the say ings accounts in the banks of Seattle increased greatly in numbers. There was not a grocery store in Seattle that did not show an increase of business in January greater than ever known in any month before in all the history of the city. except In holiday time. In all the large grocery stores the increase was immense. In addition to this every dry goods store in Seattle, ex- cept one, and that one I have no fig ures from, had a wonderful increase in business. Each store reported the largest business ever done in one month except in holiday time.
 "The Women and Children Profit"
 "T wished to know in what class of goods the sales increased so great, and so sent to all the grocery and dry goods stores to find that out. And to me it is a pitiful thing, and it makes me sorry that we did not have prohibit ton long ago-that the increase in sales in all the dry goods stores was in wearing apparel of women and children, and in the grocery stores he increase was made up chiefly of fruits and fancy groceries. This proves that it is the women and child : ren who suffer most from the liquor business, and it is the women and children who benefit greatest from pro-
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-10-21

Snake river harbor improvement and he necessity for same-pictures show ing wrecks of schooners and barges at mouth of riyer-Pictorial edition of Nugget published in October
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-10-21
WE CAN DO TT.

For first class work and prompt deliv- cry phone Main i5i and the Peoples Laundry will send and get your laundry.
 W. J WILLIAMSON. Prop.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-10-21
NOTICE.

As the Nome Brewery is going to close indefinetey, the Northern and Head quarters Saloons wish to notify their customers that from October 1st 1916 only Rainier Draft Beer will be sold in their places at 121a cents per glass.
 Subscribe Now for the NuCoet
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-10-21

dozen. Copies mailed to any address for 5c additional. Send in your sub scription now.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-10-21
JUST ARRIVED AT HoLT's.

JUST ARRIVED AT HoLT'S. New rugs -. ....... .$2.50 to $35.00 New Linoleums, yard ... Soc to $1.50 New mattresses . .$4.00 to $20.00 New winter caps -. -. -. SIPS New tents and tarpolins $1.5o to $15.00 New rubber boots, best. .. .$4 to $6.75 Quilts and Blankets ........ $2 to $8 New sIeds for boys and girls $1 to $5 New crockery and glassware. New hardware and notions.
 New Granite ware, largest stock. Still sell gents furnishing and rub Der goods at cost.
 Furniture full line.
 Everything the cheapest and best at
 HOLT'S.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-03-31
ASUNTOS NEXICANOS
Como llegaron los indies barba-
ros a chihuahua en- 1879

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ar!tviiad d~rSpEr4#,a por -, |,i'nrra.
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gfua ,ir chihuahua. SOLO bios SoDe
los .rrmando> dana> gu" htnrian
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jupnrtan;r> Il. E>aaIo. pu.s aiu a
capita. y-,aba amruaIaja no- .ltu>.
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ai,,ro H.. a Guerra y Marina. -
.ai; ESQ. dos ,r.r."amaS. CON IL
s~..r..r,r, T.. ma lila.
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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-03-31
DESDE WASHINGTON
OTRO ACADEMICO
Washington, Mario -.

Washington, Mario -.
Newton D. Bake. {. nuevo Sccrc-
tario de Ia Guerra de los EstadoS Uni
dos. es el miembro mas ioven del
g~abinete.
Llega i esta capital, dcspues de
aabersele ccnferido Ell Cleveland el
honor de Geclararle cl a!ca!de mas
!nta!igente De toda n c~ristiandad.
FuG discipulo de Wilson, cuando
este tuvo 4 su cargo una catedra en-
in Universidat De John Hopkins. de
Baltimore. ' sin su veybo a"ro!lador.
ri actua. r~resid2Hta de .os EStados
Unidos no estaria en- Ia Casa Blanca,
F.! poraue 4 cl Sc debio que huJiera >ido
possible cl cambio a 81 favor dc los
. votes de Ohio en- IA Convention Ma
ciona! Democratica, cue en- los pri-
! :meros momentos Sc depoS;taron 4 IA
vor de! hijo p~-cdi!eoto de aquc. E.
tqdo. NJ. Harmon.
Pero 10 viene Nj. Baker i este
capital. ara ponerse =. freAte del de
Dartameato De la Guerra. tan impor-
tante en- es;os momentos, por habc!'
! siLo Wilson 81 professor. nj per sl
der ccho dc cobrar 4 este una ac"ce@-
cia poli;ica; lie traen L condolences
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-03-31
: CANTINA
l.. BLY,, PrOpietarlo.
tOlS West Commerce street.

EsperaItad len vrnos ' lcores yn0S lmpotanS &c FmncEa:c onac. who's cOrGnaes
TpcuIa jose CuervO, ErzCL san Carlos ulrten CereZ3 helada de barrl ' N
toIeua de fOGaS caeS FUpS lie las n.OrS marcG. Sc SHEcn pedGCS fJrareos
&c los contadoS dOnte eEa ermuda Ia yena de EcOes-
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-03-31

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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-26
TO NAME EPISCOPAL
BISHOP OF ILLINOIS

Springfield, Ill, Dec. 26.-Represent-
atives of the clergy and laity of the
Springfield diocese are to meet in spe-
cial convention here tomorrow to
choose an Episcopal bishop to succeed
the Rt. Rev. Edward w. Osborne, who
recently resigned because of age and
Ill health. The nominations and ballot
ing are expected to take a consider
able time, as the convention will have
a wealth of candidates to consider.
Among the Illinois churchmen most
prominently mentioned for the honor
are Rev. William Baker, rector of ST.
Mathews church at Bloomington, and
Rev George p. Hoster, former rector
of st. Johns church at Decatur If
the convention decides to select the
new bishop from outside the state 1t
is considered likely the choice will fall
upon Rev. William Harman van Allen,
rector of the Church of the Advent in
Boston.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-26
STOPPED BY BANDITS
YOUTH OPENS FIRE

Los Angeles, Dec. 26.-While return
ing home alone in an automobile late
last night, Carl Raymond Sarnow.
aged Is. was stopped by three men In
another automobile, who commanded
him to throw up his hands. Instead of
obeying. Sarnow whipped out a re-
volver and fired directly at one Of the
bandits.
Il know hit one of the men," said
Sarnow to the police. "They pulled
their machine within two feet of me on
dark part of Vermont avenue, and
one OF the men leaned over into my car.
When fired my revolver was within n
foot of his chest, and it was impossible
to miss him. The machine with the
holdup men started away at high
rate Of speed. headed toward the
ocean,"
The police notified the authorities in
all beach and other surrounding cities
to watch for an automobile with three
men, one of them probably wounded.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-26
NO DESCRIPTIONS OF
SHIPS MADE PUBLIC
Known That They Are Dis
guised but No Information
Given Out as to Their Ap-
pearance-Fleet Said to
Be Formidable One.

Boston, Dee. 26.-The
presence on this side of the
Atlantic of a formidable
fleet of allied warships was
indicated definitely today.
The vessels are known Off
cially as commerce protect
ors. They are heavily armed
and disguised.
For obvious reasons the
exact descriptions are not
revealed, but the arrival re-
Gently in American waters
Of this newest unit of Brit
ish and French admiralties
was made known from a
source that hardly could be
mistaken.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-26
BANK OF ENGLAND
CORRESPONDENT FOR
IT,. S. RESERVE BANK

Washington, Dec. 26.-The govern
ment yesterday took its first formal
step through the federal reserve board,
looking to the establishment of finan-
cial connections abroad through which
1t hopes to strengthen the position of
the United States as a world banker
and to maintain the American dollar as
the standard Of exchange.
Under section of the federal re-
serve act, the board authorized the ap-
pointment of the Bank of England as a
foreign correspondent of the federal
reserve bank Of New York, and an
nounced that the II other reserve
banks might participate in the agency
relations.
Connections with other foreign gov
ernmental institutions such as the
Bank of France, is foreshadowed, Of
ficials say, by Mondays action.
The Bank of England is the first for
eign correspondent whose appointment
has been authorized since the operation
of the new financial system in this
country.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-26
DEEP MYSTERY IN
ST. PAUL SHOOTING

st. Paul, Dec. 26.-While throngs OF
Christmas church. -goers crowded one
of st. Pauls main streets late yes
terday. one of five men who were
standing talking. was shot to death.
His companions fled. The police last
night detained four men, each of whom
denied knowledge of the shooting.
All efforts to identify the victim
have failed. The only thing found on
the body which may establish identity
was card inscribed Madame Inazell,
palmist and card reader. 721 Inca
street, Denver. Colo"
The men detained, according to the
police. are of Italian birth and 1t is
believed that the victim OF the shoot
ing Is of the same nationality.
Although motive for the shooting
has not been established by the po-
lice, it Is said that 1t was the culmin-
alton Of feud which started In a
western state. Two of the men under
arrest are from Washington. In the
room of one of the men held by the
police was found a revolver, with which
the shooting Is alleged to have been
done.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-26
IRISH TO RESIST
IF CONSCR|PT|ON
Law IS ENACTED
Widow of Publicist Shot
After Dublin Revolt Says
People Would Rather Die
at Home Than Abroad.

New York, Dec. 26.-'There is a deal
on between Lloyd-George. Redmond and
Carson to give Ireland some measure
of Home Rule right away. In return
the two Irish leaders will agree to
eonscription being applied to Ireland. If
that is done there will be a massacre,
as the people prefer to die at home
rather than abroad said Mrs. f. Shee-
by Skeffin5ton, widow of the author
and publicist who was shot in Dublin
by the British on April Is without trial
for his alleged part in the Sim Fein re-
volt
Mrs. Skeffington and her 17year-
son, owen, arrived in New York after
eluding the British authorities. who
had been watching her for months.
How she got here and the name of
the steamer on which she came she
Continued on Page Five.)
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-26
HEART BALM NEEDED
WHOLE FAMILY SUFFERS BE-
CAUSE HoNoRA o'BRlEN WAS
JlLTED BY AGED MILLIONAIRE
AND MANY WANT SLICE OF
THE MANNING FORTUNE.

New York, Dec. 2s-Just how much
of his SIS 10000 fortune John B. Man.
ming, the eighty-three- -year-old Wall
street banker, will be asked to pay
Miss Honora May O'Brien, the talented
young beauty from Skibbereen, for his
failure to marry her as he had prom
ised to do had not been decided upon
Sunday by Miss O'Brien or her rela-
tives.
John Jerome Rooney. the young wo-
mans lawyer. declared that no action
had been started. He said he was to
have another conference with Miss
O'Brien in a few days.
While Mr.. Rooney would not admit
that inability on the part of Miss
O'Brien's relatives to agree as to how
much she had been damaged was de-
laying the filing of the breach of prom
Use suit against her octogenarian suit
or, from other sources it was learned
that such is the case.
The amount of heart balm Mr.. Man.
ming will be asked to pay is under
stood to be increasing hourly. each
relative of the young woman tacking
on a few thousand every time they dis
cuss the bankers action in jilting her
over the telephone the night before
Cardinal Farley was to have performed
the ceremony.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-26
ONCE WITHIN SHADOW OF GALLOWS, NOW
SERVING LIFE SENTENCE, HERMAN BILLIK
CLAIMS INNOCENCE AND SEEKS PARDON

early eos. All three were alleged to
have put heir victims out of the way"
by the poison route in order that they
might obtain the few hur dree of dollars
or property which their victims pos
sessed. OF the three. however, there
was none who was alleged to have
played his part In so spectacular set
ting as the Bohemian magician.
FIVE DEAD WITHIN YEAR.
Two of Billik's wives had died un-
der circumstances that haT aroused
the suspicion of the authoritie, But
the immediate crime for which he was
convicted and sentenced to death was
the murder OF Mary Yrzal, the 22-
year-old d-ughter of Martin and Rose
Vrzal, members of the Chicago Bo-
hemian colony. He was charged also