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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-28
CHILD HAS MARROW ESCAPE

Marysville, Pa, Sept. IS. = a
3-year-old daughter of Clarence
Foltz, of Spring township, narrowly
escaped serious injury at New Bloom
field when run over by her fathers
buggy. The child was riding beside
her father and fell out of the buggy.
The rear wheel passed over her chest
and leg, but she escaped with a few
bruises and scratches.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-28
AID SECRETARY RESIGNS

Mechanicsburg, Pa, Sept. 2S.-
Miss Lila M. Neidig. of Mechanics
burg, who was one of the assistant
secretaries of the Associated Aids So
ciety of Harrisburg, has resigned her
position to accept that of CONNER
cial secretary of the Young Women s
Christian Association at Pittsburgh
and leaves tomorrow for her new
work. Miss Neidig. who is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. O..
Neidig. is graduate of Irving Col
lege.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-28
BENEFIT FOR ROOK ETrND

Mechanicsburg, Pa, Sept. rs
This afternoon and evening a benefit
entertainment will be given for the
Mechanicsburg fund of camp libraries
by Manager Jaffe, of the Paramount
Theater. The sum of $500 is the
amount Mechanicsburg is called upon
to contribute and as especially good
pictures will be shown a record
breaking crowd is expected.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-28
FOG CAUSES ACCIDENT

Lewistown, Pa, Sept 2S.-Heavy
fog yesterday morning caused an ac-
cident to a party of Standard steel
workers returning to their homes in
Snyder county. When their auto left
the roadway and crashed into a tele-
phone pole, several of the workmen
were injured.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-28
MARKET HOURS FIXED

Columbia, Pa, Sept. 2S.-Begin-
ming next week, the market hours
In Columbia will undergo a radical
change, and buyers will not be ad-
mitted into the markethouse before
o'clock in the morning. Hereto
fore, there has been no fixed time
and there was much complaint on
the part of patrons and farmers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-28
RIG CORNSTAIKS

Lewistown, Pa, Sept. 28.-Samuel
II. Hartley, living near here raised
a 13-foot cornstalk on his farm. Now
comes A. c. Helfrich, n farmer liv-
ing in the eastern part of Miffiin
county, with a cornstalk 15 feet, 8
inches in height.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-28
PATIENT IN SERIOUS CONDITION

Waynesboro, Pa. Sept. 2S.-Jason
Crout, of Baltimore, who was op-
Grated upon at the Chambersburg
Hospital for appendicitis. is reported
in a very critical condition.. Mrs.
Crout and their son Mervin, of the
engineer corps at the Gettysburg
camp, are with him.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-28
DENTIST HAS APPENDICITIS

Wa%nesboro, Pa, Sept 2S.--Dr. c.
w. Beard, a well-known dentist, was
taken to the Hagerstown Hospital.
He was operated upon for appendi-
citis Immediately after arriving at
the hospital.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-28
-FOUR HAVE DIP9TuERra

New Cumberland, Pa. Sept. 2S.-
Four children of Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar
Bair, of Tenth street, are i'll with
diphtheria. The Elkwood schools
where the children attended have
been fumigated.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-28
RIBIE CLASS To MEET

Enola, Pa, Sept. 1S.-This even
ing the monthly meeting of the
Mems Bible Class of the Zion Lu-
theran Sunday School, of which the
Rev. M. S. Sharp is teacher. will be
held at the home of H. H. Way, on
Ehola road.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-28
CORN SOuP SLIPPER

Marysville, Pa, Sept. 2S. - A
chicken corn soup supper for the
Sunday school class of Mrs. Frank
Bowers, of the Shermansdale Pres
byterian Church, will be held in the
Shcrmansdale hall on Saturday even
ing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-28
LOYSYILLE

Mrs. Salome Mccoy is spending
some time as the guest of her brother.
Dervin Evans. at Harrisburg.
Mrs. Frank Patterson. of wilkins
burg, is being entertained at the
home of her mother, Mrs. J. ]. Wolfe.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-01
YOUTH STEALS s52 AT CALAIS.
Harold Antonette, Out of Industrial
School Six Months, Sent Back.

MONTPELIER. August Harold An
tonette was ordered Yesterday recon-
united to the state industrial school His
previous commitment expired last Fri
day and as he was leaving the city he
was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Ii. {.
Lawson on charge of larceny OF $500
from &. W. Scott of Calais. He was
taken to Barre City court and will 90
to the industrial school for the remainder
Iof his minority.
With a part of the stolen money he
bought suit of clothes, a watch, a
lsearchlight and an extra light and bat
fiery. Some of the goods were returned
! to the former owners and the money
refunded and for the major portion OF
| the theft restitution was made.
! Antonette was released from the in
stitution January on probation and had
been living at Caalis. The light sentence
was given following an investigation il
which it was found that the youth had
not been well used since leaving the in
stitution.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-01
LABOR TROUBLES
LEADER HANGED
Masked Men in Butte Exc
cuted Frank Little, Off
cial of the |. w. w.
BITTERLY ASSAILED
U. S. GOVERNMENT
Referred to United States Soldiers as
''Uncle Sam Scabs in Uniform -
ing His Record.
ing His Record

BUTTE, Montana, August Frank
Little, member of the executive board
Of the Industrial Workers of the World
and leader in the labor troubles in Ari-
zona, was taken from a lodging house
learly today by masked men and hanged
/ to railroad trestle on the outskirts of
the city. The body was cut down at s
A. m by Chief Of Police Murphy, who
identified it.
Little, in recent speech here, referred
| To United States troops as Uncle Sam :
scabs in uniform" Since his arrival in
Butte recently from Globe, Arizona, Lit
| tie had made speeches to strikers attack
ing the government and urging the men
| to shut down the mines Of the Butte
district
He was bitter in his denunciation OF
the government. His record was under
investigation by the federal authorities
On the other hand the report was cur
rent that Little was in the employ of 4
detective agency and one theory was
that he was the victim of the radical elc
lment of which he appeared to be one
He took a leading part in the recent Ia
tStood to have the confidence OF William
I'D. Haywood. secretary of the Industrial
Workers OF the World national organiza
Ition, and was regarded here as one o.
Haywood confidential agents.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-01
TO-DAY is HOTTEST
OF THE HOT SPELL
F. r. Vaughans Registering Standard
Thermometer Shows Higher Tenn
perature than Previous Days

There are mighty few folks who are
Iwiling to believe that the temperature
last night was lower than it was Mon
day night but that is what Ferris r.
Vaughan's standard registering thermom-
Ieter reports. That instrument insists
that the mercury yesterday reached a
height of only 81 as against an altitude
of 9S the preceding days and last night
it got as low as is while it did not drop
below - the night before At l o'clock
this afternoon, however, the mercury at
Mr.. Vaughan's registered 9s, which was
higher than either Of the two preceding
DAYS at that hour. At o clock today
the reading was 80.
| 1t was cooler outdoors after the
shades of night had been drawn, but
buildings have become so superheated by
the intense hot weather that the sleeping
rooms in most houses have failed To show
any Indication of feeling such a slight
thing rs a drop of seven degrees in tenn
Iperature The ice men and ice cream dis
tpensers, according to the weather sharps
ihave several more days to spend in coin
ling money before cool wave is due to
Ebreak the monotony of a continuous bath
Fin perspiration. incidentally farmers are
making hay while the sun shines.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-01
STANLEY Fits To
Be LIEUTENANT
Going August 10 to French
Officers Training
School
MAY DEFER HIS
WORK IN COLLEGE
While Million Americans Are Fight
ing in France = He and Joe Estey
Spend Day Together.

Stanley c. Fits of Brattleboro. who
is transporting ammunition by automo-
bile for the allies in France. has writ
ten to his mother, Mrs. c. c. Fits,
another interesting letter, dated July
II, in which he says he will become in
due time lieutenant in the French ar
my. That part of the letter which is of
public interest is as follows:
Up to date my work has been exceed
ingly interesting, quite hard, and at
times danger has not been remote |
have tried to take il all without muir
mur and have done my best If things
all turn out as they now appear, the fu-
ture looks very bright. Beginning in
two weeks ! am going to be a sergeant
| in this section, and about August 10 |
| am going TO be sent to Meux with two
other men TO take a five-weeks' course
| in the trench officers training school.
| When that course is finished | will have
| the rank of lieutenant in the French ar
my and can either return to this work
or go into any other with that rank
With such prospects there is a big
chance that shall stay over here after
my six months are up.
If the war still goes on, then college
will either have to wait or be dropped.
One thing is certain, | am not going to
return to go to college when million
other Americans are over here fight
ing.
+ Joe Estey was in camp the Fourth of
July. | was with him most of the dav
In another few days now he will be out
here in camp about a mile from me. II
is fine that we can be so near each 9th
er.
Love to all,
STAN.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-01
CAMBRIDGEPORT.

Osman Gilbert of Company +, who is
at Fort Ethan Allen. spent Sunday here
with his sister, Mrs. Kinney.
Herbert Knight and family of Windsor
came Saturday to Frank kendal's. Mr.
Knight returned to Windsor the first of
the week.
Mrs. Mabel Shipman has been at home
a short time from the Rockingham hos
pital, where she was operated upon, but
had to return for treatment for a dislo-
Gated shoulder.
Mrs VIII Parker, who was badly poi
Isoned with ivy while berrying and has
been very i'll. is now out OF danger
though not able to be up.
Mr.. and Mrs f. T. Wood and daughter
of Lyndonville and Mrs. Flora Cassidy
with her son and daughter OF Bellows
Falls called at ". G. Stevens's and s. j:
Weaver's on Sunday afternoon.
! Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Shepherd on their
iway home Sunday afternoon after church
met with an accident Their horse was
/ frightened by an automobile and they
were thrown out of the wagon, but were
not seriously hurt. The wagon was a
total wreck.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-01
MRS. C. F. THOMPSON
DIES IN HER HOME
Sustained Heart Attack July 25 and
Had Failed Since - Private Flu
neral Service ON Friday.

Mrs Elizabeth (McCune) Thompson,
80, widow of Charles Frederick Thomp-
son, died last evening in her home, SO
Oak street. Mrs. Thompson had been
in her usual health until recently. On
Wednesday, July %, she experienced
heart attack and since then had failed
steadily.
Mrs Thompson was born in Brattle-
boro, Dec. ;, 1894, a daughter of Charles
Haywood and Elizabeth (Sykes) Me
Cune. The family moved to Hartford
Conn, while she was an infant, but re-
turned to Brattleboro when she was
eight years of age, and she had since
made her home here, the old home be-
ing torn down a few years ago to make
room for the federal building. She at
tended the Addison Brown school. the
Brattleboro high school and later Glen
wood seminary in West Brattleboro
She possessed pleasing personality
and bore her advancing years with
marked serenity. Having grown up
with Brattleboro she had q remarkable
Istore of knowledge concerning its his
tory and its many changes, and her con
versation concerning the incidents of
the past and concerning the old Brattle-
DOf0 IamflieS was uenght1uilN enter
tanning. She was n descendant of Eliza
beth Edwards (Mrs. Uriel Sykes, who
was charter member of the Centre
Congregational church.
She married, MAY Is, 1855, Charles
F. Thompson, who was one of thestown s
prominent business men, who didd Nav
III, 1906. Four children were bon to
them, Miss Helen E. Thompson Of
Northampton, Mass, head of the Mary
A. Burnham school; Mary Frances
Thompson, who died Sept. 26, 1899:
Frederick Miner ThompsorL who died
Nov. %, 1887, and Charles Howard
Thompson, a resident of Montpelier
Mrs. Thompson had been a member
of the Centre Congregational churcl
since 1852 and for many years was pres
ident of the Women s association OF
that church.
The funeral will be held Friday ant
will he private. BY her request friend
are asked not to send flowers Rev
Richard II. Clapp. pastor, will ofiiciat
and the burial will take place in Pros
Ipect Hill cemetery.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-01
FARMERS URGED TO
PROVE MILK CLAIMS
Hearing in Brattleboro Today in Suit
Against New England Casualty
Co.-Another on Aug. %.

An important hearing before Hon.
John {. Sherburne of Randolph, was held
in the municipal court room this
forenoon in the suit of Secretary of
State Guy w. Bailey and State Treasurer
Walter +. Scott, trustees, against the
New England Casualty Co. of Boston, in
Ia suit pending in the Chittenden county
Icourt brought on two bonds for $25 600
each executed by the defendant company
in favor of the Boston Condensed Milk
Co. The bonds were issued to insure the
payment of Indebtedness that the Bos-
| ton Condensed Milk Co. might owe milk
producers i'll Vermont
| Attorney General Ii. G. Barber of Brat
| tleboro appeared for the state officers
| and Attorney Fred +. Gleason of Mont
| pelier for the defendant 1t was decided
this morning that the farmers having
claims against the milk company should
make proof thereof in duplicate in the
/ form OF an affidavit. copies of which have
been made in blank These blanks must
he filled ont, sworn TO and returned to
| IAttorney General Barber before Aug Is.
1t is stated by Attorney General Bar
lber that he has the names and addresses
of most of the claimants, and blanks and
notices will be sent them at once. Those
Iwho do not receive them promptly should
communicate with him if they want their
claims allowed by the court He has
about 800 claims, aggregating about
100000. He thinks there is due about
So 900 more. The hearing progressed tc
the extent of proving the bonds, which
Iwere received in evidence 1t was con
tinued to Aug. - at , p. m. in Brettle
Iboro.
On Feb 81. 1914, the secretary of state
revoked the license of the Boston Con
ldensed Milk Co because of complaint,
from farmers regarding their pay and be
cause he was not satisfied with the way
: the company was doing business. Tn,
, Casualty Co did not cancel the bonds, j
lis understood. and the milk concern con
tinued to do business in the state. Late
1.-The milk company, Of which William a
Graustein was the head went into bank
, ruptcv The business was carried on b,
r his wife. Ida NJ Graustein, who ha
since gone into bankruptcy.
This suit was begun i'll September
1916, and debts ranging from a few dol
liars to over 500. in Windham, Ben
2 Inington. Windsor Rutland and Addiso
counties. are claimed, covering perio
a from 1913 down to the date of the sui
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-01
WOULD DISTRIBUTE
PLASTERS FREE
Permission Refused Stranger by State s
Attorney Daley-Public Should Be
On Lookout.
Love to all,
STAN.

The sudden open heartedness of manu-
fscturers of plasters to dispose of them
gratis has struck Brattleboro. A strang
er approached Police Chief George Wilson
last evening and handed him
package containing corn plasters, asking
permission to distribute samples to
stores. The matter was referred to
States Attorney William K. Daley, who
promptly refused permission. Numerous
cases of plasters treated with lock- jaw
and other germs having been distributed
in different places in the country has
laade the authorities suspicious of manu-
acturers or agents who are so generous
hat they insist upon the public plaster
| ng wounds or eorns free of expense.
The public should beware of them.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-01
RUSSIAN TRAITORS KILLED.
Their Bodies Bearing Tags Are Left
Along the Highways.

LONDON, August /. ~ 4 dispatch
to the Times from the headquarters of
the Russian Seventh army saws the sit
uation is rather more hopeful. Panics
among the retreaters are suppressed
ruthlessly. Three Divisions of cavalry
have taken positions across the whole
front Of retreat.
Dcserters are shot and attempts to
spread panic are suppressed by prompt
| executions. Deserters, spies and agi-
tators who enjoyed complete immunity
under the committee system lie dead on
the highways. y paper pinned on the
corpscs reads; Here lies a traitor to
his country. Red badges and other
symbols which accompanied the de.
moralization have almost disappeared
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-01

BOSTON, August IA shift Of the
wind to the southeast brought temporary
relief from the hot wave here early to-
|day, but later the mercury began to rise
and by noon had passed the go mark for
the third successive day Only few
lprostrations were reported in this city,
but elsewhere in New England deaths oe-
CURED. At Lawrence two deaths and
| two prostrations were reported up to
moon, and at Fall River one death and
several prostrations were caused. In
nearly all of the mill cities the workers
twere given a holiday because OF the
heat
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-01

PARIS, August l. The battle of Flan-
ders has begun and the Indications are
that it will be the biggest battle of the
war. The offensive of the French and
British allies had been expected for
some weeks past. Although the French
and British official communications gave
no inking Of it the German report
showed clearly large scale operation
was preparing 1t is recognized here
that the operation is only the beginning
of Il battle that will last weeks. perhaps
months, but it is also hoped and believed
that its effects will be in proportion to
the extraordinary care and vast scale ON
which it has been prepared The first
part Of the program has been carried out
with complete success and in way
which augurs we'll for its accomplish
ment a. whole.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-01

COPENHAGEN, August l. The Ger
man semi official preliminary report on
the British offensive, printed today under
the headline, The -four great infantry
attacks" stated that front positions
were converted into shell hole fields and
that battery stations were ringed with
she'll craters The Germans artillery,
despite the terrific bombardment by
shells Of all calibrc up to l5-inch and the
lavish use Of gas, had not let mp min
utc and was successfully combating the
British fire, the statement says. The
British batteries were obliged to pause
from exhaustion on the 29th until mid
day, when they attempted to escape
punishment by smoke screens.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-01
ADMIRAL GLEAvES's REPORT.
Tells Story of Attack of Submarine or
an American Transport.

WASHINGTON, August l. The
detailed report Of Ecar Admiral Gleaves
respecting the submarine attack on the
American transport of the first expcdi-
tion to France was received today by Sec
Ictary Daniels and forwarded to Chair
man lliman oil the senate naval affairs
committee. It probably will be made pub
lie later 1t was said that the report
which is in detail and supplementary t.
the brot reports on which the navy de
partment announce the successful repust
OF the submarine attack, is III accord Will
the facts which the navy announced al
that time, but which since have been at
tackled as an cXaggeration.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-01
HEAT DRIVES MEN
FROM POWER PLANT
Serious Curtailment of Springfield,
Mass Street Railway Service
Threatened.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Aug. 1.-The
Springfield street railway faces serious
,curtailment of its service it was an
nounced today, owing to inability to get
enough men to operate its power plant.
The heat has necessitated the working
OF the boiler room employees in l5minute
shifts and even on this basis few are
able to continue long Power shortage
has already been felt Unless the short
age can be met, President c. c. Wood
ANNOUNCED, the system may be compelled
to suspend operations.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-01
VISIT HAS AROUSED
GREAT IRRITATION
Members of Parliament Resentful Over
Henderson's S Mission with the
Socialists.

LONDON, August 1.-The fact that a
member of the cabinet, Arthur Hender
son, minister without portfolio in the
war council, had gone on Il mission to
Paris with the paciicists. Ramsay Ne
Donald, member of parliament, and
George James Wardle, chairman Of the
Labor party in the house of commons
and Russian delegates, aroused great ir-
lritation among the members of parla-
mcnt and seems to threaten trouble in
the government. The purpose of the
journey is to confer with French Social
! Is IN regard to the promised conference
lf allied Socialists in London and the
| nbScquent international conference il
Stockholm
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-01
QUEBEC STORM WORKS HAVOC.
Three Important Railway Bridges De
stroyed and Crops Ruined.

QUEBEC, August l. Three i'm
portant bridges were destroyed, a mum
Der of sections of railroad were washed
out. hundreds of farms were inundated
and crops ruined and great general loss
resulted from rainstorm of cloud
burst proportions which swept this sec.
|tion Monday night. The water still was
rising Yesterday in the Chaudiere riv.
Fer. Among the bridges lost is the big
iron structure of the Quebec Central
lat Valley Junction.
Advices from St. John tell of suspen
sion of traffic on the Canadian Contra
between that city and Montreal. TIL,
storm also struck northern Maine, eaus
ling - washouts.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-01
RUSSO-RUMANIAN
FORCES ARE WINNING
Made Big Gains in -Four Days and Cap
ture % Guns and About $500
Prisoners.

PETROGRAD, August IA telegram
from Jas>y says the Russo-Rumanian
advances between the Casin and Putna
valleys resulted in the encmys losing
between July - and p ninety eight
gun. and about 1000 prisoners. The enc
my front Of 60 kiometers was broken TO
a depth of between IL and % kilometers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-01
DELAY AT CAMPS.
Opening of Mobilization Centers Post
poned About Two Weeks.

WASHINGTON, August delays in
preparing the National Guard mobiliza
tion camps, the war department an
.nounces today, will postpone their open
ilng about two weeks.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-01
THE WEATHER.
Fair and Continued Warm Tonight and
Thursday - Southwest Winds.

WASHINGTON, August l. The
weather forecast: Fair and continued
warm tonight and Thursday. Light
southwest winds
Sun sets at 10. Light all vehicle
lamps at 7.55.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-01

NEW YORK, August 1.-The Motano
sailed from New York July for
Queenstown, Ireland. The vessel was
in command of l. S. Stratton and ear
ried crew of 81 men, of whom ID
claimed American citizenship when
signed up here before the United
States commission of shipping
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-01
KILLED BY THE HEAT.
Twelve Deaths Occurred in New York
During the Night Hours.

NEW YORK, August |. 49, Twelve
deaths from heat which occurred be-
tween . and a. m. today were reported
by the police as taking place III various
parts of the great city.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-01
Rabbit Has Mo Protection

The game laws in % of our states,
including Alaska, do not protect the
rabbits. Most farmers refuse to pro-
tect the rabbit. whose taking ways
have proved annoying.