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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-05
Centre Congregational Church
The Centennial Program.

THURSDAY, July $50 p. M. the
beginning of our centennial celebration
with the uuvciling of marker on the site
OF the first church building on the com
mon Pageant, The Sunday School of Yes
tterday and To-day. Address, Rev Roy NJ.
Houghton of New Haven, Conn. As many
seats are available will be provided. but
All having camp chairs are asked to bring
them. All present and past members OF
the school arr requested 10 Join the pro.
cesslon in the last episode.
THURSDAY, July 800 y. m. must
cale in the church, with Mary Howe Bur
ton as soloist and l.ucicn Howe at the or
gan Tickets mar hc procured free at
Roots pharmacy ly members of the
church and parish Seats reserved for
ticket holders till 7.jJ
FRIDAY, July 7-i3o .. m, centennial
communion service, to which all our pcople
are invited; 73o p. m, meeting for fellow
ship and reminscence. II is hopcd that
all our living former pastors will he pres.
ent to speak to US.
SATURDAY, July 500 p. m.. the
church will keep open house in the chapel
Tor an informal social gathering from 3 Ia
,. IN. y collection of antiques and
curios will be exhibited. Refreshments
will be served. The church family and
friends are cordially invited
SUNDAY, July g-l0.3O n. m. the con.
tennlal sermon will be preached by Rev
Harry r. Miles of New Haven. Conn.
i8o p. m, the historical paper will be reaC
by Walter A. Gilbert.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-05
WRECKED
BY TROLLEY CAR
Mrs. John r. Craig and Son of West
Brattleboro Thrown Out and Bruised
Were Driving OH Car Track.

On Monday evening about O'Clock as
Mrs. John r. Craig of West Brattleboro,
with her son, Arthur, y, was driving on
Western avenue and just turning off of
thc car track at the western end of the
section OF the street that has been torn up
two or three weeks for the laying of a
stretch of state highway, a trolley car on
which Robert Higley was the motorman,
struck the carriage.
Both Mrs. Craig and her son were
thrown out, the boy striking against
tree. The carriage was badly wrecked and
the horse so cut and bruised that it is not
expected that the animal will recover sui
iiciently to be of much value Mrs. Craig
and her son were badly bruised, but no
bones were broken.
Mrs. Craig said that instead of making
the big detour she had driven up the track
as many others have done since the street
has been torn up. She had driven the en-
tire distance along the torn up section and
was about to turn off when the accident
happened.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-05
DANGER OF WAR IS
REMOVED BY NOTE.
State Department Officials in Washington Take
This View of the Mexican Statement Now Be-
fore President Question of Instruction to At
tack American Troops Avoided +

WASHINGTON. July 5-Thc reply Of
the dc fact, Government of Mexico to the
demands ,r the Tinted States conciia
torv in tor,us and giving assurances Of a
dcsirs IN rcorb o friendly adjustment of
dpicultics botvrcp the two countries. WAS
delivered to the state department today by
q Ney,c,p rrhassv ottacbc
T-ntl Secretary Lansing and President
W,s,n b,ve had AN opnortrnitv T.. confer
,horo .,.,u ho r,. formal c,,r,r,ot lint
sorrc state d.n,rtucpt officials did NOT ,f
tc,,,t T., corcc,l tbc f,ct that thc,. con-
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rlcIy e. rcuovo an d,ncor of v,r
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lief of tbc lIexir,n government that tho
presepcc of American troons in Ncyico is
a traspass ON that countrv's sovorcicnty y
and the immediate cause of trouble
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possibilities for the use of money for
really important and accessory small
things is greater now than it IS liable
to be later after the boys become ad-
Jnsted to conditions. He urges that
those who have any intention of con
tributing to this fund, which is for
the use of members of the company as
needed without regard to rank and
which IS placed in the care of the CON-
handing officer of the company, do
SO at once in order that he may send
a more substantial draft than the first
one. He said that his experience in
the campaign of 1898 and that of any
other man who participated in it in
any capacity was sufficient to convince
them that such a fund is required
and should be gladly furnished.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-05
Is, 900 PRISONERS
IN NEW OFFENSIVE
Judging from These Figures German
Losses as Whole Are Estimated at
10000.

PRESS CAMP ON THE FRENCH
FRONT, July 5, noon. = The total
number of prisoners taken thus far in
the Anglo French offensive probably
has reached $4,000 Judging from
these figures the German losses as a
whole it is estimated here have been
at least 10000.
The British have taken l guns. The
relatively small number captured is
due to the fact that the Germans. in
anticipation of the attack. withdrew
their guns to longer ranges. 1t is re
ported by prisoners that the Germans
are sending in reserves hastily from
many points on the western front.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-05
Company | Doing NightDuty
Opposite Mexican Cav
airy Force
NO DAYTIME DRILL
OWING TO THE HEAT
FIRST Vermont Troops to Draw Ammu-
nitions Under War Conditions Since
Civil War-Subscription Fund Grow
ing - Goggles Sent

The First Vermont regiment and
particularly the third battalion, which
includes Company | of Brattleboro.
was not permitted to lose anv time
after arriving at the border before he
ing ordered out on outpost duty. By
no means acclimated and hardly famii-
lar with their immediate surroundings
by daylight, the boys from Brattie,
boro with their mates of companies NJ,
l., and X were ordered out the night
of july for their first night duty
along the banks of the Rio Grande, a
part OF which they are to patrol, prob
ably for some months.
Across the river, scarcely 200 yards
distant, were Mexican cavalry, a large
body of which had moved into Piedras
Negras, Mex, early in the evening.
Immediately the third battalion of the
Vermont regiment, commanded by
Maj. Ashley, and a battalion Of the
Second Kansas regiment, were thrown
out on outpost duty and the rest of
the guardsmen in that locality were
ordered TO remain in camp and ready
for duty.
The First Vermont regiment has
made hit from the start.
Scarcely had the camp been laid out
than it was inspected by Gen. II. A.
Green, who complimented the regi-
ment on the way the camp had been
laid out, Special care had been taken
III sanitary precautions and the camp,
the general said, gave evidence that
1t would be a model for others to fol-
low,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-05
French Have Taken All De
fensive Positions South
of the SOmme
BARLEUX VILLAGE
NEXT OBJECTIVE
Gaining of This Point Would Give Po-
sition for Moving Against Peronne-
Russians and Italians Report Re
cent Successes.


LONDON, July 5.-Pressurc of the
entente allies on the central powers
continues without abatement, and
while nowhere has any great amount
Of territory been recovered important
strategic gains are claimed on the
western, eastern and Italian fronts.
So far as the western front is con
cerned the first phase of the Anglo
French offensive is believed to be
nearing the end. Both north and south
of the Somme the French and British
are engaged in organizing positions
captured since Saturday. The French,
having taken all the German defen-
siye positions south of the Somme, are
now fighting in the open country and
the cavalry, which had been 80 long
idle, is being employed for patrol
work.
The next objective of the French in
this region is the village of Barlcux.
If this point is gained the French will
be in position to attack the bridge
heads opposite Peronne. North of the
river the Anglo-French advance is
slower
The Italians, after regaining terri
tory in the Trentino, are reverting to
their original plan of campaign and
are attacking the lower Isonzo, where
they have gained some lesser successes.
Important news comes from Petro-
grad. The Russian advance guards are
engaged with the Austrian guards on
the spurs of the CarPathians and un-
official reports say the Cossacks have
even been raiding Hungary.
The Balkans are attracting more at
tcntion than for some time. Military
activities are being revived and the
successes of the entente allies are re.
ported to have caused a renewal of the
propaganda Of pro-ententc politicians
in both Greece and Rumania.
After heavy bombardment the Ger
mans captured part of the village OF
Beiloy- Santerre, but the French
quickly expelled them, taking the en-
tire village. German attacks on tho
French positions were stopped by tn,
French fire.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-05
Policeman in Salem Mass.
Made a Startling Dis
cOvery Today
PROBABLY VICTIM OF
ILLEGAL OPERATION
SIX Men in Car with the Body Ar
rested, Including Former State Rep
resentative = Identified nv Brother
in-LaW

SALEM, Mass, July THE mvs-
terlous movements of ali automobile
early today attracted the attention of
Policeman Dennis Healey, who stop
ping the car, found within it the BODY
of Miss Margaret Ward of Peabody
and SIX men, including Former State
Representative Charles R. O'ConneH of
Peabody. The men were arrested
charged with being accessories to ille-
cal medical practice The arrests were
made i'll front of the home Of Police
Sergeant G. A. r. Duffee, who, upon
being awakened, identified the dead
woman as his sister-in-law.
Duffee later went to Boston in an
attempt to locate the house, said to be
in the Roxbury district, from which
the dead woman was said to have been
removed.
According to the police Miss Ward is
SAID to have died and to have been
placed in the machine. Later O'Con-
nell and two companions were released
under bonds of $4,000 each.
Miss Ward. who was %. had been
employed until recently as a clerk in
a Peabody store
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-05
Mrs. William M. Randall Has
Fractured Skull in
Hospital
HARRY BOYD PLACED
UNDER $4,000 BAIL
Miss Edith Walker Under $1,000 Bail
to Appear as Witness - Car Came
to Grief in West River Bridge i
Hearing Next Saturday.

The use of liquor while on an au-
tomobile joy ride and the resultant
reckless driving landed Mrs. William
NJ. Randall of Putney road in the Me
mortal hospital late Monday afternoon.
where she is in a very critical condi-
ton, caused the arrest on a charge of
assault of Harry Boyd, %, who was
driving the machine, and resulted in
Miss Edith Walker, whose home is on
the Putney road in Dummcrston, be
ing closeted in n long interview with
State S Attorney O. b. Hughes Mon
dav night.
DIR. Harry 7. Greene. who was called
to attend Mrs. Randall, said this noon
that while there had been some slight
Improvement III her condition since her
admission to the hospital she was in
a very critical condition She has a
fracture of the skull, a scalp wound
across the back of her head a cut over
one eye, a piece of flesh gougcd out
OF her left arm and numerous smaller
cuts aud bruises.
Boyd and Miss Walker made a trip
early IN the day into Massachusetts.
where they enjoyed some of the things
to be found in licensed towns. In the
afternoon they added Mrs. Randall to
their party. all riding in a Hupmobile
runabout recently bought as a second
hand car bv BOvd.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-05
MONTGOMERY GOING
TO WEST POINT
Notified to Report Monday After Sec
ond Physical Examination-Plan
to Leave Here Friday.

Harry Alexander Montgomery has
received notice to report at West Point
Monday on a months probation be
fore being finally appointed to the
government military school. This IS
the second time the young man has
tried to enter West Point, being reject
ed the first time by an examining sur
geon.
Recently he obtained another ap-
pointment from Senator C. S. Page and
was examined by another surgeon, who
passed him. He has been employed as
clerk in the Vermont National bank
since graduating from the Brattlcboro
high school last year. He expects to
leave here Friday or Saturday for New
York and will 90 from there to West
Point.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-05
TODAY OF
MRS. HETTY GREEN
Held in Episcopal Church in Bellows
Fails After Arrival of Special Car
- Profusion Of Flowers.
Especial to The Reformer. J
BELLOWS FALLS. July

%'ALCC w . L <tLLC, july ),
The body of Mrs. Hetty Green. the
world s richest woman, who died Mon
day morning III the home of her son.
Col. Edward I'll. X. Green, in New
1ofk was brought to Bellows Falls
TINS morning in special car attached
TO the 9.4O train, which was about an
hour late. The funeral was held at
l1.30 IN Emmanuel church and was at
tended by about 200 persons Rev. AL
fred I. Wilson, rector of the church.
conducted the simple Episcopa. service
\ quartet consisting OF Ii. c. Elliott.
tenor, Mrs. Henry {. Capron, soprano.
MISS Lena A. Cooper, alto, and William
I. Raymond, bass, sang the chants dur
ing the service, also two anthems, |
Heard the Sound of Voices, and There
Is Blessed Home. They were accom-
panied by Mrs. Harry G. Elliott at the
organ.
The burial took place in the church
yard next the church, beside her hus-
band, Edward Henry Green, who died
March 10, 1902.
The bearers were Charles T. Allen.
Charles w. Butterfield, Preston III. Had
ley, F. H. Babbitt, A. Fl. Chandler and
George L. Wales, al of Bellows Falls.
ne honorary bearers were DR.. O. NJ.
George, Frank L. Thompson, Charles e.
Capron, A, l.. Bolles, W.4J. Conant. E.
L. Walker, George A. Weston and f.
q. Flint, all of Bellows Falls.
Those who accompanied the body
from New York were Col. Edward IT,
R. Green, Mr.. and Mrs. Matthew As
tor Wilks, Mrs. Herbert b. Bancroft.
formerly of Bellows Falls and with
whom Mrs. Green spent her summers
Will here, Charles w Pierson, Joseph
w. Cremin, William B. Frankenstein.
w. K. Potter, secretary to Mr.. Gr.en.
and Miss Julia Roylan. secretary to
Mrs. Green.
The easket was of black hroadeloth.
The outside box was Of mahogany with
silver trimmings. There Was a profu-
sion Of flowers from all parts Of the
United States.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-05
SERVICE INTERRUPTED.
No Trains Running Between Vera
Cruz and Mexico CITY.

WASHINGTON, July s.. Train ser,
vice between Vera Cruz and Mexico
City is again interrupted, said dc.
spatch to the navy department today
from Capt. Bnrrage Of the battlcship
Nebraska, stationed at Vera Cruz. No
trains are arriving there from the. cap
ital and no more American refugees
have reached Vera Cruz.
Admiral Winslow, commanding the
Pacific fleet, reported conditions quiet
at all Western Mexican ports.
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Especial to The Reformer.)

IAbLE ADS. leXdS, July 4,
We arrived at Eagle Pass Sunday
noon as you have undoubtedly read be.
fore now. The camp here has been
named Camp Shaftcr and is expected
to be the permanent camp of the bri-
gade Of which the First Vermont is q
part.
This consists at present of the First
Vermont and the Second Kansas in
fantry ANA the Third field artillery
with Col. Millard commanding the bri.
gade.
The third battalion Of the First
Vermont under command of Mai Ash.
ley, of which Company l is a part,
was ordered out on outpost duty last
night along the Rio Grande 4 force
of $50 Mexican cavalry was directly
across the river from us, less than 200
yards away.
We were the first Vermont troops
TO draw ammunition under war condi-
tlons since the Civil war for we were
gwen ball cartridges and expected to
use them If necessity arose. The night
was quiet all along our front. The
hrst battalion under Maj. Walter O.
Cooley of Brattleboro Is on the same
outpost duty tonight.
The temperature here during the
day time averages 10 degrees, but it
IS SAID that heat prostrations are un-
known. The nights are cool and the
men are all we'll. There is not single
case Of illness in the company. We
have no drill in the day time, owing
to the heat and the fact that the men
are not yet acclimated. We have five
big mess tents each equipped with
tables and seats. The rations are fine
Our camp ground is of hard clay and
had plenty of mesquite brush and
small cactus, but we have cleared this
away. We experience sandstorm
every night at dusk that lasts an
hour, but we are learning to expect it
and how to meet it.
The new style packs and cotton olive
drab uniforms, two suits of underwear
for each man and complete new equip
ment for all have been ordered from
the war department. at once.
We need colored goggles badly. The
company funds are very low. The Re
formers you send are very welcome
for they give us the home news daily.
Our Estey organ will be in service to-
night. ! am writing letter to follow
this wire.
LIEUT.. w. r. SPAULDING.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-05
FOR RED CROSS WORK.
Six intermediate and Three Distribut-
ing Stations Established.

WASHINGTON, July ). - The
American Red Cross, through Mai.
Gen. Murray, L. $. A., acting chairman
Of its central committee, today an
nounced that in order to facilitate the
distribution of military relief supplies
to American troops along the border,
six intermediate and three distribut
ing depots have been established in
various parts of the country. For the
district which includes all of New
England and western New York state
an intermediate depot has been es-
tablished at Brooklyn. The distribut-
ing depot for this territory is at San
Antonio.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-05

Ignatius Tribich Lincoln, former
member of parliament, was arrested in
New York city on August last and
was held for extradition to England
ON a charge of forgery. He asserted
that he was wanted in England not
for forgery but because he was q spy
Lincoln was born in Hungary and,
having been naturalizel as an English
man, was elected to parliament At the
outbreak of the war, according to his
own story, he was snubbed by his
friends in England and decided to be-
come spy.
Lincoln escaped from the custody of
United States marshal in New York
on January Is last and was at liberty
for a month. He fought extradition on
the ground that he was wanted in Eng
land for a political offence, but the
courts here decided against him.
In England Lincoln stoutlv main
tanned his innocence of the forgery
charges until his preliminary hearing,
when he confessed
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-05
EASILY REFUSED.
Germans Who Made Counter At
tack Driven Back by British.

LONDON, July >. = A Reuter- de-
spatch from the western front says
the Germans made counter attack
on the new British positions at
Thiepval after a heavy bombardment,
but were easily repulsed. Prisoners
are quoted as having stated that the
German units are being rushed to the
Somme region.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-05
FIGHTING CONTINUOUS.
German Claim That French Gains
Wero Not Of Serious Nature.

BERLIN, ia London, July >. -
Violent fighting between the Germans
aud the entente allies ON both sides
of the Somme has been continuous
since last night, Up to the present
time, the allies have nowhere OBJ
talncd serious advantages.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-05
KNOWLTON OFF WITH
CAVALRY RECRUITS
Leaves for State Camp This Afternoon
Accompanied Also by Three Who
Will Join Company I.
Especial to The Reformer.l


FORT ETHAN ALLEN, july ).
Most OF the recruits here are lust
getting over sore arms as the result Of
the administration of the typhoid lro-
pbylactic. New recruits continue to
reach camp.
Private George Thompson has return
ed to camp from a short leave of alb
sence and will leave with the recruits
when they get orders to entrain. Pri-
vate Charles Bacon was given leave
of absence Saturday until yesterday
because of the illness of his wife.
No camp is camp without mas
cot and a black kitten which arrived
from parts unknown has been honored
with the assignment of mascot to the
Company | recruits. The feline sleeps
in the captain 8 tent and is regularly
at meals with the men and appears to
take to army fare with satisfaction.
Lieut. Robert Knowlton of the First
Vermont cavalry squadron, who has been
recruiting in Brattleboro for the cavalry
and Company |, left this afternoon
on the 206 train for the state camp
with nine recruits for the cavalry, one for
Company | and two former recruits of the
companf who declined to take the oath
but who returned today to take it.
The cavalry recruits are Harold Hen
nessey, Z. ]. Bristol, William Iudworth.
Charles Sheahan, George H. Squires, Wal
ter Z. Morgan, Timothy Duggan and Fred
erick Ryan. All have passed a physical
examination by DR.. w H. Lane.
Albert Rhodes is the new recruit for
Company |. The two men who have gone
back to take the oath, after once refusing.
are Cecil Streeter and Dennis Jacobs
Lieut.. hnowlton said before leaving that
he had received telephone information
that if the cavalry squadron could be re
cruited by Thursday to the necessary mini
mum war strength it was expected to
leave for the border Saturday He said
that his last advices from the state camp
were that the squadron would be minus %
men after his recruits reached there.
DIR. W. H. Lane has received let
ter from Capt. E. W. Gibson at the
state camp informing him that new
orders just received make the enlist
ment requirements less strict regard
ing height and weight providing the
candidates have no functional heart
trouble or hernia. He requested the
physician to get track of any such
| men who had been rejected because of
height and weight and notify them
that they probably could pass the
physical examination.
Ben Wceden failed to pass the phys
zeal examination at the state camp al
this time and has returned to town in
the hope that he will be able to get in
to proper physical condition. Julius
kuech has returned to undergo n slight
operation, after which he will be
Ipassed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-05
SPY LINCOLN SENT TO JAIL.
Former M. P, Arrested Here, Gets
Three Years as Forger,

LONDON, July ;. - sentence of
three years penal scrvitudc was i'm
posed yesterday upon Ignatius Tribich
Lincoln, the self-styIed. German spy
who confessed to forgery at his pre-
liminary hearing on that charge.
A verdict of guilty was found
against Lincoln Immediately after the
jury received the case. The summing
up OF the court took less than half an
hour.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-05

The above. despatch received by The
Reformer yesterday afternoon il self
explanatory and the last few sentences
furnish food for reflection on the part
of Brattleboro friends OF the company
which means every resident of tac
town rs we'll as many elsewhere.
The goggles which Lieut.. Spaidiag
mentions as being badly needed are
already on their way, and there are
more than enough for the company.
Col. j. Gray Estey, who is acting as
the treasurer of the fund which is be-
ing raised by voluntary subscription
for the use Of the boys of the company
while on border duty said last night
that he had sent Saturday to Lieut..
Spanlding o draft for $50.
He had received up to that time
$1o6, which included two subscriptions
of $25 each and one of those was from
a nonresident of Brattleboro. He felt
that this did rot indicate any great
rush to meet the needs of the COM
pany at the present time, when the