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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-06
CRUISERS OF SO KNOTS.
Horse Power of 10000 to 100000 Will
Be Developed

WASHINGTON, Sept. each of
the navy new battle cruisers, four of
which are to be laid down next year,
will be equipped with six or more
smokestacks. Some American cruisers
carry four stacks and some of European
construction have five, but with the ex-
ception of a few small destroyers no
vessels in operation have six. The bat
tie cruisers will be electric driven and
oil burning The builders will be re
quired to produce vessels that will give
off no smoke when it is desired to con
ceal their movements, but they win
. also be equipped so as to pour out
heavy banks of black smoke as a
screen to conceal the operation of YES
sells behind.
To make the 35-knot speed required
! it has been necessaryyto provide the
| ships with between $50, 900 to 200, 900
horsepower generated by steam turbines
which in turn drive the electric gene
rators Navy experts are confident they
Twill make 35 knots with full equipment
aboard, and stripped will run 80 knots,
or more than ~ miles an hour. Euro.
pean navies try out their vessels for
speed without armament and with only
a small portion of their full cargo
aboard. American navy craft, however
must make the required speed with
full fighting equipment and at least
two-thirds fuel capacity.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-06

of harma You are at liberty to publish
any statement of fact or facts offered
you in relation to my public or private
life, the truth of which you stand ready
to personally avouch, affirm, and be held
responsible for; otherwise I brand your
effort as malicious character assassina.
ton
You have seen fit, through your
knowledge of your own fortune and
your estimate of mine, to make certain
comparisons which you know to be in
correct, and certain statements relative
to the payment of taxes by both of us.
can appreciate that there may be
some embarrassment for you in squar-
ing your sworn statement made for
taxation purposes with the facts as
they exist, are found and have been ex-
posed by Mr.. Williams and others, but
lyour embarrassment is not to be les.
sened Or measured by any act of mine.
| have at all times paid my taxes as
provided by laws of the state, and on
all my property taxable under the laws
lof the state, and / have never sworn
Ito false statement relative thereto
Tor bribed any of my associates or fani.
! ly to violate the law.
| | trust | make myself sufficiently
1 clear.
| Obediently yours,
ALLEN NJ. FLETCHER.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-06
BIG IMPROVEMENT ON
BENNINGTON ROAD
Sum of $4,000 Being Expended in Cut
ting Down Top of Hogback Mountain
New Stretch Near Higley's

An important improvement on the Brat
tleboro- Bennington road is in progress at
the summit Of Hogback mountain in the
town of Marlboro where $4,000 is being
expended in cutting down the grade and
widening the highway. The work is be-
ing done by Melvin Dalrymple of Brattle-
boro with a force of men and teams. The
grade will be cut down y feet at the high.
est point and considerable blasting will be
necessary This work is under the direc.
ton of County Supervisor d, T. Perry
stretch of improved highway is also
being constructed near the Orange Higley
place, mile or two west of the Brattle
boro line
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-06
FIND BODY IN SWAMP.
William Peck, 80, of Berlin, Missing
Since Early in the Spring.

MONTPELIER, Sept 6.-The body
of William Peck, SO, was found in a
swamp on the S. F. Richardson place
in Berlin Monday by Mr.. Richardson,
who was after his cows. He was walk
ing through the swamp and almost
stepped on the BODY before he saw what
it was. Mr.. Peck had been missing
since early in the spring, having wan
dered away one afternoon Seectmen
5. I. Pike and Orrin Sawyer were mott
fed by Mr.. Richardson, who in turn
notified Health Officer Andrew Norton.
He conferred with the relatives of the
man and then gave authority for re-
mOval of the body from the swamp to
ST. Johnshury for burial
For a week early in the season the
relatives of Mr.. Peck searched woods
and swamps in Berlin tracing the man
here and there until they finally gave
up. When last seen he was going il
the direction of Mortified, on the road
from Berlin pond to Northfeld. It is
| thought that, on his way home, he
| thought he could cross the fields to c
shorter road, for he frequently Travelled
over that route. He was accustomed tt
take long walks alone, but generally
returned at nightfall.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-06
TO HOLD FARM AND
TRADE CONFERENCE
Men from Six States to Meet in Spring.
field to Form Union for Flu
ture Growth.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Sept "a New
England farm and business conference has
been called for Friday and Saturday. the
10th and 10th, to be held in the Audito-
rum in this city The call has been is
sued in the names of a committee repre-
scntng the six states and composed of the
following: Theodore n Vail of Vermont.
+, Bertram Pike Of New Hampshire. VIII
liam I. Guptill of Maine, Wilson II. Lee
of Connecticut, r. Livingston Beeckman
of Rhode Island and Nathaniel |. Bow
ditch of Massachusetts.
1t is the hope and expectation of this
committee that the conference will de-
velop, through the presentation of the
needs of New England and the practical
methods of meeting these needs, into the
formation of New England farm and
business union, which will take rank at
once as one of the most inteligentlv or
gained movements of its kind in the coun-
try,
The two-day gathering will be under the
auspices of the Eastern States agricultural
and industrial exposition This fact will
be OF interest to the thousands in Spring
field and elsewhere in New England who
have followed the fortunes of this enter
prise since it came into prominence in
January. Though confronted with the
necessity Of building and equipping a
$4,000 plant in few months for the
housing of the National dairy show, its
officials have found time to make great
strides in what is described at the outset
as "a movement for the betterment OF
the agriculture of New England"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-06
WILSON AGAIN SIGNS
THE EIGHT-HOUR LAW
Some of the Lawyers in Washington
Had Argued That Signing on
Sunday Was Illegal.

WASHINGTON, Sept. e. President
Wilson last night for the second time
signed the Adamson bill providing an
eight-hour day for railway employees
winch he first signed on Sunday Some
constitutional lawyers in congress claimed
that the Sunday signing was illegal, SO,
despite the fact that all precedents were
IN his favor, the President did not wish
any controversy to arise over his action.
| Before President Warren S. Stone of the
Railway Engineers left Washington last
evening he repeated the statement that
IF the railway executives begin fight on
| the measure they will be met by the en-
J ployes' attorneys, or if an effort is made
Ito repudiate the bill by the officials the
employees will promptly declare another
strike"
| The Reed resolution, providing for ar
interstate commerce commission inquiry o.
the cost of operating trains under the
Adamson law, did not come up in the
senate. Representative Hefin of Ala
bama, in the house, criticised the Repub
llicans for making a party issue of tn,
measure.
"The gentleman from Pennsylvania
| Mr. Moore, said Mr.. Helm, ''and thos
like him, are angry because the Demo
cratic President invited the trainmen t,
the White House. You are so accustome,
to star-chamber proceedings and to doin
what the bosses tell you that it struck yo
blind when you saw that great army Z
trainmen actually 60 up into the Whit
House, shake hands with the Presiden
and sit down and talk with him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-06
FOUR DEMANDS MADE ON CHINA.
These the Penalty for Attack on JAP
anese in Eastern Mongolia.

PEKIN, Sept 6. Baron Gonsuke
Hayashi, the japanese minister to
China, has presented to the Chinese
foreign Office four demands for a set
Element of the clash between Chinese
and Japanese troops at Chengchiatun
in Eastern Mongolia, on Aug. Is, when
fifty Chinese and seventeen japanese
were killed or wounded. The Japanese
demands follow:
First-Dismissal of the Chinese off
GERS in command of the troops.
Seeond-The withdrawal of Chinese
troops from the district in which The
trouble arose.
Observation-Disclosures of the FAM
lies of the japanese killed.
Fourth-The granting to Japan O
ipolice rights in Inner Mongolia.
| The Japanese insist that the demand
are light, but the Chinese officials re
gard them as virtually an elimination
of Chinese authority III Inner Mongolia
Chen Chin-tao, the acting Chimes
minister of foreign affairs, is withhold
ing his reply to Japan until full report
are available from a special agent VIII
has been sent to Chengchiatun.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-06
SELFISH GENEROSITY

Life insurance, which is generous to
others, is selfish to the extent of its
provision for personal old age and adj
versity. Insure and be sure. National
Life ms. Co., of Vt. Mutual. AL
BERT G. LAIRD, Special Agent, 8
Crosby Block.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-06

Statisticians figure that average Amer
leans spend 40 per cent of their in
comes for food and 20 per cent for
rent.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-06

Some men are anxious to earn mon.
others are anxious merely to
get it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-06

1t appears that every nation in the
world is for peace-on its own terms.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-06

FOR SALE-Timber lot, 100 acres of
nice spruce, pine and hemloek, some
very nice oak, white ash and bass
wood; estimated 400 to 600 thousand
feet. Three miles from Saxtons River,
VI. Nal Bemis, Athens, Vt. Tele-
phone Saxtons River 3l-32. l59lIO
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-06
The Monadnock Mills
CLAREMoNT, N. H.

want help for its weaving, spinning
and carding departments. Good pay
and steady work. Experience unneces-
sary. Mill has just advanced wages 10
per cent. Largest town in New lamp
shire. Write for further information,
or come direct to Mill Office
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-06

TO 'RENT-Six-room tenement. first
floor; 0 Church Place. w. G. Horton,
Agent. lo9-lo4
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-06

FOR SALE-Two-horsc delivery wa
gon, two.horse delivery sleigh, par
double harness, fitted for both wagon
aud sleigh, onc-horse order wagon, good
pleasure sleigh, new order harness with
both breast collar and names, three good
robes. Above are in good condition.
Earl Warren, Westmoreland Depot,
n. II. l5S-l69*
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-06

TO RENT-Six room tenement, mod
ern conveniences. w. G. Rockwell, Al
Frost st. lott
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-06

TO RENT = Four.room tenement,
modern improvements; 81 Western
avenue. 159-164
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-06

TO RENT-Tenement in Whitney
block. Inquire 217 Main street. 132-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-06

FOR sALE-Two good fox hounds
and one young beagle hound. Tel. 200.
w. b. Ioughton. l55-l6G
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-06

TO RENT-Room in The Abbott. G..
w. Gilman. phone 524.M. 160-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-06

TO RENT-Nice tenement for small
family. Inquire at No. or Baker
Street 154-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-06

TO RENT-Four-room tenement, good
yard for children, $40 per month. "a
Prospect st. 155-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-06
For Sale

FOR SALE-Sand, gravel and loan.
II. G.. Clark. 30-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-06
Special Notices

BOARD AND ROOM at Al High St.
15S-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-06

LOST-In Dummerston, pocket fold
er with money and papers. Return to
w. +. Walker, for reward. 1907
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-06
To Rent.

TO RENT = Good tenement. W. G.
Doolittle. 122-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-06

TO RENT-DoWnS STAIRS tenement; 4
Birge Street. 15O-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-06

FOR SALE-All kinds of dry wood
George M. Stark, Cedar street. 234-ti
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-06

FOR SALE-Furniture and Ranges
new and secondhand. at j. B. Dunton q
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-07

Some 80 years ago business called
me 10 Plttsteld, writes G. A. Miller in
Ia letter to the Rockland Courier Ga
zette. During my stay, there came
10 the hotel an elderly gentleman. one
OF the retired business men of Boston
who told me he had been spending
some days back in the country, II
miles from Pittsfield, near a beautiful
lake' which to me had many features
oI novelty He said several business
men of Boston and other cities had
erected large building near this lake
winch they had named Castle Har-
mony. There was one dormitory only
IN the house for the guests, each oc-
cupylne a single bed. When one OF
the owners invited a friend he was
expected on leaving to pay 81 each
Gay during the time he lived at the
castle" He was finished with an
ample outfit for fishing or hunting and
a guide. On the shore of the lake was
Ia lighthouse, so if anyone was late in
returning he could easily find Castle
harmony. My acquaintance informed
me that during his stay Benjamin r.
Butler visited the place and one day
related some of his escapades while
a student at Colby college, one Of
which | recall. One night, Butler
stated, after most people had gone
to bed, the students went to the home
or a farmer in the vicinity, and driv-
ing his cattle to the kennebec river.
With scow started with them for the
opposite shore. When about half way
across, the bull jumped overheard and
started for his home: but as Butler
and his roommate wished to keep the
Whole herd, they plunged into the
river, grabbed the bull by the tai.
turned him about and landed him with
the rest of the animals. 1t was sew
eral days before the owner learned
where they were, not thinking to look
On the other side of the river
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-07
PUPILS OF STONE ST.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL GIVE
FINE ENTERTAINMENT

The Assembly hall Of the Cony High
school was filled to its largest seating
capacity Tuesday evening at the enter
talnment given by the pupils of the
Stone Street Grammar school and at
which a program was carried out that
met with the hearty approval of all
The various numbers included a Folk
dance by pupils from Grades | and N
and a Folk dance. "klafpdanse" by pu-
pills from Grades III and ". both of
which We're executed in charming
manner. Among the other pleasing
numbers We're a piano solo given by
Miss Margaret Merrill, a duet, Wei
come, Pretty Primrose sung by Philip
and Kenneth Merrill. and music by the
Grammar school orchestra.
A pretty feature of the program was
cantata, entitled The May Queen"
in which 40 children participated. The
stage was decorated with small fir
trees to represent a forest. Solos were
rendered by the three principals, Miss
Lola Kelley. the princess; Miss Lucille
Purinton, who took the part Of poor
girl and was later chosen May queen:
and Miss Caroline Stackpole, who rep
resented moss rose. The piano accom-
paniment was PLAYED by Miss jessie
Alexander of Grade " It was origin
ally planned to give the entertainment
in May but it became necessary to post
pone it until this month.
The purpose of the entertainment was
to raise funds for the school and the
large attendance gave the assurance
mat II was success financially Ice
cream and candy We're sold at booths in
the rear of the hall
s Frederick Monroe, supervisor of
music in the schools, directed the mu-
SIC for the cantata and the music rem
dered by the school orchestra. The
following teachers were in charge of
the cantata: Miss Harriet M. Titcomb,
Miss Tilla f. Lawrence, Miss Harriet
Campbell, Miss Elizabeth Hayden, Miss
Ella r. Hodgkins and Miss McKennev
The teachers in charge of the Folk
'alnces We're: Mrs. Myra C. Halpen.
Miss Mary l. Woodbury. and Mrs. Phil
brick.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-07
WE DON'T WORK AT ALL.
In Fact, We Have No Time 20, 80 This
AreunnOnt Proves.

Argument Proves.
with the present agitation for an
ever increasingly short working day
comes tho statistician who proves that
by rights the American workingman
should work only one day. Follow the
argument closely:
There are by common consent 3eo
days IN tho year. Doctors agree that u
man should devote one.third Of his
time to sleep ana one.third to recrea.
ton. Counting one.third Of year as
approximately 1872 days. we have 121
days loft after taking out this allow.
ance.
Subtract from this the ffty.two Sun.
days which are the worklngmans
right, and we have sixty.nine days left.
Saturday half holidays consume TWEEN.
ty.stx Of these, leaving forty.three.
One hour of for lunch on five days IN
the week make 2e0 hours. or approx
mately twenty-five days, which leaves
our total working time twenty-one
days. But a man Is entitled to two
weeks vacation In the summer and the
six legal holidays afforded by the state.
making a total vacation time Of twenty
days. Taking this from our working
time Of twenty.ore days. we have re.
mainder Of one working day. - New
York Tribune.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-07
Williams STAND
ARD S H 0 VS. GIVE
GOOD SATISFACTION
Spectacular Dive of Miss Mae
Eccleston Thrills and Delights
Audience Other Acts Are
Also Good and Entire Show Is
Clean and Wholesome

Tuesday afternoon the Williams
Standard Shows which are giving daily
performances at the Driving park v ere
IN full swing, and meny Augusta peo-
lie saw the spectacular dive which
Miss Mae Ecclcston, the English div
ing champion, performs twice daily.
And it was a sight which will not soon
be forgotten by anyone present.
One moment the slender, blue clad
figure poised with rms out-stretched,
30 feet above the shallow little tank,
then a flash of vivid blue cutting the
air with the speed of falling star, &
slight. clean-cut splash, and the grace
!ul swimmer comes nearly out of the
water from the force of her descent.
Many OF the people Y no stood around
the tank shut their eyes when she
started, and a burst of almost invoi-
Untary cheering greeted her safe arrl-
val. This one event is worth going a
long way to see, and the swimming
stunts which Miss Alice Lee and Miss
Eccleston do are also iE a class by
themselves. In Madame Giroud's 10
shows in one, some very fine feature
work is also done. enc especially in
Z
Ensign Leach, who appears in an act
called the Burning of She taken
from Rider Hasgard's famous novel,
She
The young lady is placed on com
mon table and a black bag is pulle"
down over her body, she is in plain
sight of the crowd ct all times. then q
puff of flames and smoke issues from
the bag. and when It passes away the
bag is lifted, and 10, she is gone. Then
the bag is again closed. and when
opened she is founl inside, smiling as
ever.
/ 1t is one of the cleverest illusions one
can imagine, and her husband is also
entertaining the public on the tor
ture board" in manner which wins
applause. In this act, he lies stripped
! to the waist on board studded thick
/ l. with sharp nails, and on Tuesday
! ne allowed four heavy men to stand
on his chest while lying on the spike
points And the strange part of it is,
| he seems to be able to do this with
out any injury to himself. The rest
of the show is on a par with these
! attractions, and the entire little vii
! iage is very, very clean. There is moth
! ing that can offend the most critical
! person in any way. shape or manner.
1t is to be hoped that there will be
! fair weather for the remainder of the
week. that the show may get good
patronage, as it deserves.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-07
Believed Them True Stories.

When Dante published his Inferno"
the simplicity Of the age accepted it as
a true narrative Of his descent into
hell.
When the Utopia" Of Sir Thomas
More was first published 1t occasioned
a pleasant mistake. This political ro-
nance represents a perfect but vision
airy republic in an island supposed to
have been newly discovered in Amer
lea. "As this was the age Of discov-
cry" says Granger, 1.-THE learned Bu-
daeus and others took 1t for a genuine
history and considered it as highly ex-
pedient that missionaries should be
sent thither in order to convert 80 wise
a nation to Christianity"
It was long while after publication
that many readers were convinced that
Gulnver's travels were fictitious.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-07

~. and Tuesday. June q, from Bangor
via Waterville and Augusta, to Port
land and Boston, carrying the Bar
Harbor sleeping car, and from Bangor
the Calais sleeping car which arrives
at Bangor in M. c. train 120, and also
the Van Buren, sleeping car from
Northern Maine Junction.
The dining car in B. & M. train o
NJ. c. 90, Boston to Waterville, which
now returns in Train 102, Wate-vilie
to Boston, will, commencing Monday
June rs, operate in B. & M. No. 9, NJ
c. 20, Boston to Bangor, and return.
ing, Bangor to Boston, commencing
Tuesday, June q. operate in NJ. c. Il
and B. & M. %.
The dining car between Boston and
Augusta will operate the same as last
season leaving Boston in B. g. NJ. 80
thence M. c. II to Augusta, and re.
turning Augusta to Boston in NJ. C
and B. & NJ 102.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-07
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD
Change Of Schedule Will Go into e.
feet June Is

Bulletin ia, just issued from the Of
fee of the Maine Central Railroad al
Portland announces that the general
change Of time to the summer sched-
ule goes into effect Monday, June 26,
and it is understood that the new
schedule will be practically the same
as the excellent schedule which gave
such general satisfaction last summer
A matter of interest to Augusta
people will be improved Pullman SER
vice. Train 127 will be restored com
mencing Tuesday, June q, from Port
land at 1.20 A. NJ, for Bangor and NJ.
Desert Ferry, in connection with train
leaving Boston at 10 p. NJ. Monday,
June 26. Train 127 will probably leave
Augusta at 3.27 "A. NJ
The sleeping cars to Mount Desert
Ferry. Greenville and Calais, now
handled in Train II. will on and after
Monday, June &C. from Boston, be
handled in Train 127, and VIII the in
auguration Of this service the Boston
Rockland sleeper will be restored
commencing from Boston. Monday
June 26, and handled in the same train
127-51.
Train 16, leaving Bangor at 1925
noon for Boston will be restored on
and after Monday. June 26. The Ban
| gor- Boston parlor car now handled
in Train 102 will be transferred, on
and after Monday, June 26, TO Train 16
The ST. John and Mt. Desert Boston
parlor cars will continue in Tin 1O2
Train 11S will run daily, beginning
Monday, June 26, from Mt. Desert Fer