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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-31
TUDORS RELEASED
FROM COUNTY JAIL
Took Poor Debtors Oath and Then Left
Institution Which Had Held
Them Since Dec 7.

Ernest Tudor Of Brattlehoro and his
father George Tudor Of Wardshoro, who
have been in Newfane jail since Dec !. on
close Jail executions obtained against them
by kennett & Mudgett, were released
today after taking the poor debtors
oath before the iail commissioners Of the
county. A. n. Sherman Of Wiliamsville,
?. H. Rutter of Townshend and d. A.
Benson Of Newfane
Kenneth & MIDGET won a decision in
the supreme court which involved judg-
ment for little over 81 900 and costs. As
a result OF their failure to pay this the
two men were arrested to satisfy the
Judgment. Judge E. l. Waterman gave a
hearing Jan 6 on their petition TO be re-
leased from jail and decided that the judg
ment would be satisfied if the men were
kept in Jail until today. In accordance
with his order they were released
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-31
TROLLEY CAR SLIDES DOWN HILL
Woman Fatally Hurt, Others Injured at
Schenectady, N. Y.

SCHENECTADY, y. Y, Jan. 81. -
One woman was probably fatally in
iured and - others hurt yesterday when
trolley ear Of the Schenectady Rail
way Co. slid down a steep hill on Broad
way, jumped the track and crashed
through a number of buildings back of
the Toomey hotel. Miss Helen Dvck.
who jumped from the ear, fell beneath
the wheels. One of her legs was cut off
just above the ankle and the other badly
crushed.
The ear, heavily loaded, had stopped
at the corner of Broadway and Camp
bell streets, when the brakes failed to
work and the trolley slid backward
down Broadway to Center street, where
il left the tracks.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-31
PoULTNEY BIaELow INQUIRY.
Americans Speech in Canada May be
Probed by Congress.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31-An ad-
dress by Poultney Bigelow, American
author, before the Canadian club at
Toronto. in which he cast aspersions
upon the American consular service,
was the basis of resolution of investi-
CATION introduced by Representative
Britten of Illinois.
The resolution attributes Bigelow g
remarks to "self styled American"
and then defends the American con-
sular service as composed Of men of
unquestioned honesty, selected under
rigid civil service examination, and
should therefore be free from question
able political intrigue"
1t directs the house military affairs
committee to investigate the charges
made by "this purported American. -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-31
ENGLAND BUYS SHIPS HERE.
Five Steam Fishing Vessels to Be
Used as TrawIers.

NEWPORT, R. l., Jan. 81 - Five
large steam fishing vessels hailing from
this port have been bought hv the
British Government from the Seaboard
Fisheries Company Of New York. It
is understood that they are to be used
rs trawlers. The purchase price was
said to be 100000.
Tho five steamers. which are now
at Tiverton are the Amaransett, Mur-
ray, Moran. Mason and Edward. It is
understood that the British government
has also honrht two or three similar
ships recently built on the great lakes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-31
TODAY'S WAR SUMMARY

The Russian off f2nsive on the north
been resumed with some measure Of
success. New ground has been gained
along the Kimpolung-Jacobeni railroad
whore the Russians are pushing south
westward. Berlin today conceded the
capture from the Austro-German forces
of a point of support in the vicinity Of
Vale Putna. This is n town nine miles
southwest of Kimpolung and about the
same distance north of Dorna Watra
near the point of the junction of the
boundaries in Bukowina, Pennsylvania
and Moldavia.
The previous advance here was eff
fccted by the Russians in a battle
fought Saturday, when the Teutonic
positions on a front of two miles were
pierced, according to Petrograd, and
some l.150 men and i machine guns
were captured.
On the northern end of the Russian
front the Germans again took the Of
| fCnsive and stormed a Russian position
on the east bank OF the river Aa south.
west of Riga, taking more than soc
prisoners and capturing 10 machine
guns.
There has been sharp fighting on the
/ Lorraine frontier on the French front
The French penetrated two lines OF
trenches here, Paris reports, routing
the trench garrisons and taking prison
ers. Berlin records this operation a.
a French attack which was repulsed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-31
Three Women and a Man
Arrested at Derby on
Charge of Conspiracy
AIMED AT CAUSING
DEATH BY POISON
Prisoners Are Mrs. Wheeldon, Her Two
Daughters and Her Son-in-Law, the
Latter Being a Chemist - Decline to
Make Any Statement.

LONDON. Jan. 3l.-A conspiracy 10
murder Premier Lloyd George is reported
by the Daily sketch, which says arrests
have been made in this connection. The
persons arrested are described as three
suiIragcttes and a man, conscientious oh.
jcctor TO military service
The Daily Sketch says: "The police have
uncarthcd what is believed to be a plot to
murder the premier, with the result that
Mrs. Whecldon Of Derby, Miss Hetty
WhccIdou and Mrs. Mason, her daughters,
and Alfred Mason. the latter's husband,
have been arrested. charged with conspir-
ing to murder Mr. Lloyd George. The de
tails are yet unknown, but it is understood
the conspiracy aimed at causing the pre-
micr's death 10y poison
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-31
SEES HOPE FOR TURKEY.
u. s. Ambassador Looks for Close Re
lations After the War.

BERLIN. Ian. 31.-In a speech at
the annual meeting of the American
chamber of commerce in CONSTANT
nople. SAYS the Overseas News Agency.
Abram l. Elkus, the American Ambas-
sador, said he hoped that after the con
clusion of peace, which President Will
son was endeavoring most earnestly to
bring about, the business relations be-
tween the United States and Turkey
would open great possibilities
New trade routes between both coun-
tries should be inaugurated. the Am
bassador added, and peace must bring
to all nations, freedom of the seas.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-31
BOILING DID NOT
GIVE PEACE TIP
Testimony ExOnerated Pres
ident's BrOther-in-Law
from Causing Leak
INFORMATION
FROM HIS FIRM
Partner Says Advices to Brokers Were
Gathered from General Talk Around
Washington = G. A. Ellis, Now in
Georgia, Wrote Despatch.

NEW YORK, Jan. Finding further
Of results as far as showing the origin of
the information on which the stock brok-
erage firm Of f. F. Hutton & Co warned
its customers that President Wilson g
peace note was to be issued, the congress
sional leak investigating committee de
cided to summon George \. Ellis, jr., the
member of the firm who wrote the warn
ing telegram.
Ellis, according to Hutton is i'll in Geor-
ga, but the committee, nevertheless, decid-
ed that he must appear
F. A. Connolly, of F. A. Connolly & Co,
the Washington brokers who furnished
the Hutton firm with the information, was
expected to take the stand later today.
Connolly, on his arrival from Washing
ton. denied that the information came
through r. w Boiling the Pres dent 5
brother-in-law and member Of his firm
He said that it was gathered merely from
general talk around Washington
Hutton today said that although in pos
session OF the information as to the Presi
dents note at least two hours before the
market closed on Dee 20 neither he nor
any of his eight parteners had taken ad
vantage OF it. His customers had an
hours leeway to sell before the market
closed. They We're long in the aggregate
about $40, 900 shares.
He was OF the opinion that few Needed
the warning, but promised the committee
to furnish the exact amount of selling or
ders that came in.
Hutton said the information he had on
the peace note made little impression OF
him. What killed the market" was Sec
iretary Lansings verge OF war statement
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-31
SENTENCE
FOR AN AMERICAN
Silberman Charged in Paris with Trad
ing with the Enemy-Was Sell
ing Rubber Gloves.

PARIS, Jan. 3l-Wiriam Chester
silverman of New York, who was SEN
fenced to five months imprisonment
and a fine of 500 francs on a charge of
trading with the enemy, has had his
sentence increased to one year s i'm
prisonment, IS the result Of an appeal
to the higher court.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-31
FAVOR SETTING
OUR CLOCKS AHEAD
Committee of National Chamber Of Com
merce Recommends Congress
sional Action

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-Congres-
sional action to authorize the setting
of all clocks in the country one hour
ahead Of the present standard time
was recommended to the Chamber of
Commerce Of the United States today
at the opening of its fifth annual meet
ing by committee on daylight saw
ing
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-31
ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT.
Writes Letter Regarding the Daylight
Saving Movement

NEW YORK, Jan 81. - A letter
from President Wilson supporting the
object of the movement to turn the
clocks forward during summer months
is as follows: "Your letter of Jan. 25
unhappilv reached me too late for me
to send a letter which would get to YOU
by the Goth. | would have been glad
to back any movement which has the
object of daylight saving
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-31
GONZALEZ WRITES TO U. S.
Urges America Not to Recognize New
Costa Rican Head.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 81. - Refusal
of recognition by the United States of
the de facto government set up in Costa
Rica by Federico Tinoco after his revo-
lutionary coup 'etat was urged by Al
fredo Gonzalez, the deposed president
Of the republic, in an official communi-
cation to the state department from
American Minister Hale at San Jose,
who is affording him asylum.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-31
SEVERE COLD WAVE
MOVING EASTWARD
Due to Strike This Region Thursday
or Friday - Thirty-six Below
in Montana.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 81. - A Sc
we're and prolonged cold wave east
of the Rocky mountains was fore
casted today by the weather bureau.
The cold wave will reach the middle
west and southwest tonight and
Thursday and eastern and southern
states by Thursday and Friday. The
sold already has overspread the
plain states and Rocky mountains
and western plateau region.
Havre, Montana, reported SO below
zero this morning, Yellowstone Park
II below, Williston, N. D., SO below,
Rapid City, S. D., 20 below.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-31
Understanding at Montpe-
lier that He viii Take
New York Position
FISH CULTURIST AT
MUCH BIGGER SALARY
Resignation Has Not Yet Been Made
Public, Lut VIII &c Probably With
a Day or Two = Lawyers VS.. Sports
men in Proposed Code Revision.
Especial to The Reformer.)

(op6Cldi TO ne heIOfmGT.)
MONTPELIER. Jan. %.
1t is generally understood here that
State Fish and Game Commissioner
John W. Titcomb of Lyndonville has
accepted the position of fish culturist
of the state of New York at salary of
$4,000 a year, and that his resignation
as head Of this state S department Of
game and fisheries will be in the hands
of the governor within a day or two
If it has not been offered already.
It was announced here some time ago
that Mr.. Titeomb had received the
New York offer and a bill was intro
duced in the legislature to raise his
salary to $4,000 This measure has not
yet been reported by the committee to
which it was referred, and it is under
stood that opposition to it has been
| aroused By opponents Of Mr.. Titcomb s
administration of fish and game affairs
The efforts of Commissioner Titcomb
backed by the sportsmen of the state
TO retain the fish and gama code in its
present form also seem likely to be
defeated as it is generally known that
the Judiciary committee, composed al
most wholly of lawyers, favors ADOPT
ing the form recommended by the re
vision commissioner in preference L
the ono which has worked so satisfac
torily since it was passed in 1912.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-31
BIRTHS.

In Jamaica. Jan. 26, son to Mr.. and
Mrs Clifton Landman.
In Townshend, Jan. %, a daughter to
Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. McCullock.
In Townshend. Jan. 20, a son to John
and Hazel (Taft) Northup.
In Townshend, Jan. 30, son, Horace
Arthur, to Russell W. and Alma (Gale)
Blood.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-31
GRISTMILL WRECKED.
Building at Warren N. H., Crushed by
a Derailed Train.

WARREN, N. H., Jan. 31.-The
gristmill of George f. Smith & Go. in
this town was virtually demolished
early today when a passing freight
train on the White Mountain division
of the Boston & Maine railroad was
derailed and crashed into the struct-
ure. A broken wheel on one of the
ears was said to have caused the wreck.
No one was injured. Traffic was
blocked several hours.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-31
LAURENTIC SUNK BY MINE.
Auxiliary Cruiser Not U-Boat Victim
as Reported

LONDON. Jan. 31.-The admiralty
announces that it has been established
that the British auxiliary cruiser
Laurentic, formerly of the White Star
line, was sunk off the coast of Ireland
by mine and not by submarine
The Laurentic, vessel of 1892
tons, was sunk last Thursday. Twelve
officers and 109 men of her crew were
saved. There were about 300 in her
crew.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-31

Silberman went to Paris as the rep
resentative of the King Rubber COM
pany of Hyde Park, Mass. He was
commissioned by the New York agent
of the Massachusetts firm to sell rub
Der gloves to the belligerent nations.
He was denounced in Paris by n
Serbian who had known him in New
York
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-31
THE WEATHER.
Snow Tonight and Thursday colder
Thursday-East Winds.

WASHINGTON, January 81. - The
weather forecast: Snow tonight and
Thursday. Colder Thursday. Increas-
ing east winds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-31
CALL TO DR.. BURTON.
Smith College President Wanted by the
University of Minnesota.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, Jan. 81
DR.. Marion Leroy Burton, president of
Smith college, Northampton, Mass, to-
day was rendered the presidency of the
University of Minnesota.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-31

Moral laws are inexorahle; and the
man who cultivates a sublime indiffer-
ence throughout the week, has to pay
up for it by worrying on pay night.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-31

4 statement from the German Ad-
miralty on Monday said that on Jan. %
German submarine, at a point about
2jO miles east of Malta, sank an armed
hostile transport filed with troops. The
vessel was said to have gone down in
10 minutes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-31
BRITISH CASUALTIES
OVER HALF MILLION
Campaign of the Somme Has Brought
Awful Toll - January Losses EX-
ceed $4,000.

LONDON, Jan. 31.-Tha total Of
British casualties, as reported in the
published list during January are 900
officers and 81 ,3J4 men.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-31
FRENCH TRANSPORT
SUNK BY SUBMARINE
Admiral Magon Was Taking $50 Sol
diers to Saloniki-S90 Reported
20 Have Been Saved.

PARIS, Jan. 30.-Oni ial announce
meut was made here tonight that the
transport Admiral NIagon, which was
taking $50 soldiers to Saloniki, escort
cd by the destroyer Are, was torpedoed
by a submarine on Jan. %. OF those
on board 500 were saved.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-31

The January total brings the sum of
British casualties since the beginning
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-31
10 Odd Fellows Temple

Thursday, Feb. /, 7.30-Regular meet.
ing of Oasis Encampment. Rehearsal
of Patriarchal degree after the meeting.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-31
Red Men S Hall

Thursday, Feb. ], special meeting of Poe
ahontas council with full rehearsal Of de-
gree team.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-31

A good guesser often has the mind
reader beaten @ mile.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-31

Tomorrow viii be the biennial oath
administering day for county officials
and those who were chosen at the No
vember election will be inducted into
their several official positions Some of
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-31

Charity begins at home but reform
is generally practieed on our neigh
bors.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-31
COUNTY OFFICERS
TO TAKE OATHS
Will Begin Their New Terms
Tomorrow - Changes
Are Few
STATES ATTORNEY
is WILLIAM r. DALEY

To Begin His Term as Successor to Or
rim B. Hughes-Only Other Change is
in Office Of High Baihff, to be Filled
by L. D. Taylor
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-31

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The Meeker herald., 1917-11-03
Keep Your Soul Clean

Every man 10 inescapabiy the guard
ian Of his soul. That IL his 6rst duty
In the world-to keep that soul Of his
clean. II be betrays his trust he Is
not only Q cowartily deserter. but he
cannot escape by this default from In
jurfng other souls. either through oc-
casioning grief or by contamination.
There is such 4 thing as moral taste.
A man should be ten thousand times
more ashamed Of betraying bad moral
taste than Of showing bad taste in the
aesthetic 6eld. II a man blushes at be-
ing caught In some banal opinion about
art, how scarlet he should turn ut any
suspicion Of having false opinion as
to morals. Tennyson's line: Self rev.
erence. self knowledge and self con-
troll. Any one who calmly cuts him
self Oh from these is a moral leper
distributing evils SO far as be touches
other souls and this continually. with
effects eternal.-"Letters Of Richard
Watson Glider"
The Meeker herald., 1917-11-03
THE PRUssIAN SYSTEM
Told by F. Z. Walcott at Conference
Of Field Men. Sept. 12.

Told by F. Z. Walcott at Conference
Of Field Men. Sept. IL.
This I have seen. could not be.
tlsvs Il unless | had seen II through
and through. For several weeks !
lived with Il; I went all about II and
back Of Il; inside and out Of II was
shown to me-untli finally ! came to
realize that the incredible was true.
u 10 monstrous, Il 10 unthinkable, but
Il exists. II 10 the Prussian system.
A year ago I went to Poland to
learn its facts concerning the remnant
Of q people that had been decimated
by war. The country had been twice
devastated. First the Russian army
swept through 1t and then the Ger
mans. Along the roadside from War
saw to Pinsk, the present firing line
23O miles, near half a million people
had died of hunger and cold. The
way was strewn with their bones
picked clean by the crows. With
their usual thrift. the Germans were
collecting the larger bones to be
milled Into fertilizer. but finger and
toe bones lay on the ground with the
mud covered and raid soaked clothing.
wicker baskets were scattered
along the way-the basket in which
the baby swings from the rafter In
every pleasant home. Every mile
there were scores Of them. each one
telling q death. I started to count,
but after a little I had to give 1t up,
there were so many.
That IL the desolation one saw
along the great road from Warsaw to
Pinsk, mile after mile. more than two
hundred miles. They told me q mil
lion people were made homeless in
SIX weeks Of the German drive in Au-
gust and September, 1916. They told
me four hundred thousand died on the
way. The rest, sacrcely half alive, got
through with the Russian army. Many
Of these have been sent to Siberia:
II b these people whom the Paderew-
ski committee is trying to relieve.
In the refugee camps. 100000 sur
vivors Of the flight were gathered by
the Germans, members of broken fam
lilies. They were lodged in terry-built
barracks. scarcely waterproof. un-
lighted, unwarmed in the dead Of win
ter. Their clothes, where the buttons
were lost, were sewed on. There were
mo- conveniences. they had not even
been able to wash for weeks. Filth
and infection from vermin were
speeding. They were famished. their
daily ration cup Of soup and piece
of broad ~ big ~ my fist.
b Wsrsaw, vAfeA had not been do
The Meeker herald., 1917-11-03
Ano,d Mans Stomach

AS we grow older and less active.
less and less food is required to meet
the demands of our bodies. II too
much IL habitualiy taken, the stom-
ach will rebel. When . man reaches
the advanced age OF 85 or 30, you will
find that he is = light eater. Be ~
careful as you will, however. you
will occasionally eat more than you
should and will feel the need OF
Chamberlain Tablets to correct the
disorder. These tablets do not contain
pepsin, but strengthen the stomsch
and enable It to perform its functions
naturally. They also cause . gentle
movement of the bowels.
The Meeker herald., 1917-11-03
General Pershins's Keynote

Following is the message OF Gen.
John J. Pershing to the men Of his
command. which message 10 70 be
inserted in the khaki. bound pocket
testament provided for our boys at
the front; Aroused against . nation
waging war In violation of oil
Christian principles. Our people are
fighting In the cause Of liberty.
Hardships will he your lot, but trust
in God will give you comfort
Temptation will befall you. but the
teachings of our Saviour will give
you strength Let your valor ~ .
soldier and your conduct ~ man bs
an inspiration to yonr comrades and
an honor to your country" 1t would
be difficult to frame so vital and
practical q sentiment, including tho
ground 1t covers, in fewer words. It
rings . patriotic note that goes to the
right spot and cannot fail to stir in
each man proper sense Of the e.
sential righteousness of the cause OF
human liberty. Its appeal to per-
sonal moral responsibility and trps
Christian valor and manliness IL ad-
mirable. In his brief message 10 .
sermon SO deeply patriotic, 20 prsc-
ticaliy serviceable and 30 broadly In
spirational as to entitle Gen. Per-
shing's Offering to be rated ~ gem.
Los Angeles Tribune.
The Meeker herald., 1917-11-03
Ambition.

Ambition Is splendid servant, but a
dangerous master. Have an ambition.
You are not worth much and never
will be worth much unless you have.
Make It an ambition worth while and
never forget to leaven the selfshness
In 1t with devotion to the human duty
of service to humanity. Possibly It is
better to have a bad ambition-certain.
~ It is better to have q poor ambition
than no ambition at all. But an ambi-
ZION, like an appetite. needs watching
and controlIlng.-Duluth Herald.