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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-11

trade my fine, new. $125,O0O bust
ness block, In hustling and enter.
prising section Chicago. Rented
.Dl3,60o year; in section where rent
,ers are guaranteed and values rap
IDLY increasing. Must have farm of
same high character as my build
,hE. H. Rupert, RIM. 1892. National
LIE Bldg, Chicago. Slit
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What He Was
Charged With

Big Chief Martineson yesterday
picked up Angelo Cicero, VITO was on
his way, but uncertain as to ais des.
tination.
This morning Angelo was arrajgned
before Justice Bleckreid. He was
very much frightened, and his nerv'
BUSINESS added to a natural impedi.
ment OF speech.
"Wl.t your nalne?" demanded the
magistrate in his deepest bassO-pro.
fundo.
"Siss-siss-siss-siss!" sizzled Cicero,
and then stopped.
Again Judge Bleckreid demanded his
name, with the same result. Finally
he turned to Chief Martineson.
whats this man charged with?"
We'll, judge" Big Chris came back,
1T sounds to me like he's charged
with soda water
T-3h,,,~> r,ov>t oil xs,l11 hrin0 rocn1fo
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FVS SACE-22 H. P. Advance steam
engine, at q bargain, on easy
i terms. A. l.. Garnes, Regan, N. d.,
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FOR SAlE-New furnishings for
small nat. Used only short time.
Price less than present Wholesale.
Phone 633U. e.. ."' 8.9.6t
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FoH 1AeE-Only hotel In a good
North Dakota town of 500 popula-
tion. Write No. 227, care Tribune.
8-8.5t
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Aav8WERiN THIS 40 with your
name and address will bring you,
free, some interesting facts discov.
cred BY me while in the new oil
Ihslds..s Rox No. 229, care Tribune.
,,,i - 8-7:8-9:8.12
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-11

e0oS a0xtE-Furniture, at ga Fifth
st.; also Ford touring car, cheap.
] w =. g..,- -, $685.
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FOR M1k Or RouyE Is
- - : 1y0 yElf1H ' > 'f:Sig
FOR RENf-0ods1n f,at5, 7arnis6sd
and unfurnished. Phone 773, y.973t
FOR SXCE-FiVe room b0ng sloW:
monthly payments. Apply in per
!. son. 4. Van Horn. VI $685.
FOR aaALE-1NeW, modern ThopSe ON
ahirtSsnth, t.3noSth. 81 8. CN6oFlss
I city, ~ d. atlst,
V0lNlyv90sEV0 A1@SF-26l5agSl0Ws 81;
j.. cottage Saptember, OF October first.
III fasts ~ SeNsleca6eA'la - 4 ~ mod
-. Family Of thr4s adlstA Give,
!, leoatlna aak isak, il Adaeass 2. Os
box 49, CITY,. !. ~. liz 8;l,A,
E0JSs - oi0sfoom 172,3 Eo5oa1as
~ modern; first floor. ia Ave. A.
! Phone 1851. L. 4. LaRus. SHAT
..,,.. - DC 1oolg. .Eo3 RHlE !. G,
'f0K HENT-kooms G 500 EIohth 81.
a ssp9tg:Sit ::4Sias eli So
For RENf-AIodsrn, furnisAed1 room
at $40 RourtA st. SIisst
FOR RENT-Rooms. Phone S77K.
-. ...l S.11-1mo
;E0N R6lET-lSpaS roo1as;;s 81 nth.
I St. Phone sex. SYST
sl01 NelST-fNo newly f1f1iS61A,s
~ modern rooms. 223 Twelfth str6et
i,orth+ as,s{. n, ea0sa 3.
FOR MENT-Modern furnfShed rooms
reasonable rent. rs Main st.
,.,.s. .-s. q, go ilm0
Tn. KENF-lSoom 81 snSdefn house.
AZ Eleventh stneet. Phone G57L.
ts,stt -, Hf-6t
.t6E kuI11-105SeS, 7Sl1111s1 rooms
Dr light housekeeping 100 Broad.
way. -. -. 3: i SYST
.Foh NENT-Excalleo darn foSnS,
5sesss suited TOR Hight housekeeIans.
1. 62z Third q LID j; el:1Wo
F0A 00ltT-larnis6Sd roonis::ss i
Sixth ~. II -. i T.1-I4D.
l. u 7kENTllEooidS 81 modefn xodjts
~ ~ cold water, tstt. an
'9lcSl6 q. sonA ss4g: ~ s.ffmo
FoR hENT-Rooms. go Sixth st..
&. 80 7.37.lmo
0H N6eet-lrieely n0dsF6 room.
n4 AEs. 3. Ph0ns 3stA 74s.imo
f6H 7e3-FMM5aed fo6sm idMod!
!, ern !nnast 1dr1iSlk Aplsslssaplsg .ee
othssRiSe, ~ desired. 1sone 404K
or call 1T sol Fourth st. 7.25.12t
FOR RENT-Large, modern room;
SO Ave. A. Phone 306K. 7-20-lmo
&C. Nl31i111lsof-.1e0lRos Gell
Ut ~ Busi4es9 college or phoaa
80 81. +: $... = ST S.iJfmo
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VV9eg1EO TO aENT-MOdern medl-
INN sized house. Address 226 Tri.
VI Aahe. 8-7-6t
HAVE JUST RETURNED FHOM OlL
Aids. II you are interested In oil
or oil stock Ill gladly tell you what
I learned while. there, free. Box
No. ~, care Tribune. 8-7;89:S-12
70 EXSHHNGEIMy beautiful new
416O,OOO, department building, most
Z exclusive residential section North
side, near Lake Michigan, best
transportation in city. Brick, steel
and concrete construction. Lot look
100 It. Sun parlors, sleeping porches,
brick and elaborate appointments
.throughout. Rents $13,38O a year.
Want locate on Al ranch; will give
/, sAserai de1r and act promptly. H,
Rupert. RIM. 1882, National Life
Nde.y ghiSage@ 4.tta .A's5s 8-18.1t
SrHE7Eb Or STOLEN from my
premises Friday night, Aug. 10, one
white mare pony, weight about 700
lbs, branded as follows: On left
hip, letter "H' closed at both ends;
on left shoulder, ". H." on right
shoulder with letters Ia H." Suit
able reward will be paid for inf0r-
nation regarding the whereabouts
of the pony. Paul Brown, Bismarck.
IN. D.. 8-n-lt
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FOR eAlE-House of seven rooms,
~ lots, trees. Windmill and other
buildings. East part Of the city.
$1,000. or viii take automobh aeoa
part payment. 1!s.-
We WRITE insurance In al II - !
). Il. HOLMAN
Lf. St
neem : Luea. Block Phens II
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-11
Seer 0OTTEE6 WANTED-Highese
=, prices for quart and pint bottles.
Geo, Coleman

PIGEONS = Utility and exhibition
stock in Carneaux, homers and
whitaes rdreapet sqsahs 25c each.
+ Hhp1o 49Sfh. 81 ,.ii:s, Aqsa 7.27-6t
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-11

For AEE-Psano and household
futeaex eFices very reasonable.
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Tribune want ads will bring results
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ONE resident and one travelling s0li'
citor.. SALARY and expenses, no in.
veStment. Fairview Nll9pariRs.
Rochester, N. T.. 8-ff.1t
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-20
FORMER INSURANCE
AND HOTEL MAN DIES
1. H. Francisco, Last of a Well Known
Rutland Family, Succumbs to
Asthmatic Trouble.

RUTLAND. Nov. 2O.-I. Holmes
Francisco of Washington street, head
Of the insurance firm of NJ. ]. Francis
60 & Son, for many years and well
known as a Vermont hotel proprietor,
died yesterday in his home Of asthma.
Mr.. Francisco was the last member
Of his family, which had been identi-
fled with the life OF Rutland during
more than half a century, his brother.
Don {. Francisco. and his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. !. Francisco. having died
within 10 wears. Mr. Francisco is sur
viyed only by his wife, who was Mis-,
Estelle Tytler of New York, to whom
he was married III june. 1897.
Mr.. Francisco was born in Harris
burg Pa, May %, 1866. He had been
connected with the insurance business
which his father founded and which he
had disposed of during the last year
because OF i'll health, since he was a
Young man. Fer several seasons Mr.
Francisco was proprietor of the sum
mer hotct LakeNiew-in-the Pines, al
Lake st. Catherine and he was secre
tary and treasurer of the Vermont Ho
tel Men 8 association. He had always
taken an active interest in the city 5
amateur theatrical efforts and at tn,
time of his death he was treasurer OF
the Players club As member oi
Trinity church OF Rutland, Mr. Fran
cisco was active in the work Of tn,
Episcopal society.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-20
COMPANY | FUND
GETS ANOTHER LIFT
Balance Left from Valley Fair Carnival
Fund of Two Years Ago Added to
Other Company Funds

T. j. Fenton. chairman of the com
mittee which had charge of the carni-
val held in connection with the Valley
fair two years ago, today handed a
check for $43.65 to {. A. Boyden,
treasurer OF the Company | fund. This
represents the balance left from money
subscribed by the merchants after all
expenses of the carnival had been paid,
and il has since been on deposit Mr..
Fenton and other members Of the com
mittee felt that no better disposition
could be made of il than to help swell
the amount being raised to help the
boys. They had not forgotten the
services which Company | gave during
the carnival. Those on the committee
with Mr.. Fenton were Horton ID. Walk
er, Major c. Houghton, D. F. Shea
George +. sherman and X. L. Mosher
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-20
R|OT|NG IN BERLIN
Heavy Casualties as Result of Clash
When Police Tried to Stop So
cialist Demonstration.

LONDON. Nov. 20.--Serious rioting
took place in Berlin last sunday az
cordiug to dispatches received by the
Wireless Press aad the Exchange Tele
graph Co., from Amsterdam. The mes
sage says the fighting between the
mob and police was very fierce and
that there was a heavy casualty list,
as the police used their firearms.
The Wireless saws the military and
police were called upon to oppose the
progress of the independent Socialist
demonstrators. In the riotous scenes
which followed the police were forced
10 fire with their rifles and revolvers
and the organizers Of the meeting re
spondcd with firearms and knives.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-20
MRS. ALBERT HAZARD DEAD.
Came Here II Years Ago-Member Of
Methodist Church.

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (Loftus) Haz-
ard, 10, wife of Albert Hazard of 81
Birge street, died at the home of Mrs
John Affair, 20 Prospect street, last
night about midnight after an illness
of several weeks, and her loss will be
mourned by large circle of rela-
tives and friends. Mrs. Hazard was
born in Pennsylvania March %, 1874,
and about | years ago. after she was
married to Mr.. Hazard, she came to
Brattlcboro to live. Her pleasant way
and sunny disposition soon won many
friends and in many ways her life had
been an active one
Mrs. Hazard was a member of the
Methodist church and she always took
an interest in all of its affairs. She al
50 belonged TO Court Merrimack, Or
der of Foresters, in Manchester. \. H.
In her home she was loving wife and
devoted mother. Besides the husband
one daughter, Florence Elizabeth, two
sisters, Mrs. Ruth Mccarthy of Wilkes
Barre. Pa, and Mrs. Katherine Bald
win of Salamanca, y. Y, two brothers,
Harry Pummer Of Brattleboro and
Charles Plummcr, who lives in Penn
sylvania, and her mother. Mrs. Mary
piummer Of WilkcS-Barre. survive.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-20
CHILDREN GET CERTIFICATES.
Members of Green Mountain Guard
Given Mark of Honor

Certificates for meritoriouS service
as members Of the Green Mountain
Guard i'll the campaign to increase the
Good supply have reached Brattleboro
for distribution and a few Of the boys
and girls received theirs today, the re-
maindcr TO be given out as soon as
possible. There are 81 pupils of the
public schools who were recommended
rs deserving Of certificates The certif
icates are tastefullv engraved similar
o 4 diploma and suitable for framing.
They are signed by Governor Horace
f. Graham and NJ. 3. Hillegas, com
missioner of education. One of the
Boys to receive the mark Of honor was
Harold A. Anderson, who proudly
brought il to The Reformcr office fol
exhibition. Across the top in Old Eng
lish letters is ''Thc State of Yer
mont with the state seal beneath II
rcads as follows;
''This is 10 certify that Harold Au
gust Anderson Of Brattleboro, having
'endercd mcritorious service as a mem
Der of the Green Mountain Guard il
'hC campaign to increase the food sup
)lv conducted hv the State Board OF
Education i'll cooperation with tn,
Vermont Committee on Public Safety
is hereby recognized as worthy of higl
praise in helping to win the Grea
War
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-20
ORCHESTRA MAKES
BOW TOPUBLIC
Newest Brattleboro Musical Organiza
tion Gives General Satisfaction
On First Appearance.

Brattleboro s newest orchestra made
its debut last night and was given the
stamp of unqualified approval by all
who heard it. The occasion was a
dance party in Red Men s hall for the
employees Of the Brattleboro Publishing
Co and the Vermont Printing Co.,
which was ATTENDED by about 40
couples and was a very pleasing event.
Rich s Jazz and novelty orchestra
Of SIX pieces furnished the music, and
the company expressed its satisfaction
by frequent and hearty applause. The
orchestra booked another engagement
before the evening was over. As the
party left the hall at midnight many
were whistling and singing the melody
Of the last selection, a waltz number
How Can ] Leave Thee? played as a
brass trio.
The orchestra was organized by Her
bert w. Sandersen Of the Brattleborc
Publishing Co. S composing room force
who plays trombone. John Growich
linotype operator for the same com
pany, plays violin. The pianist is Por
ter Spencer, employed at the Brattle
5oro Trust Co. Ralph c. Root OF
root pharmacy plays cofnet, Guy
Rich, employed at Bushnell : grocer,
store, plays trombone and xvlophones
and Ernest Gallant, employed by tn,
| White River Chair Co., plays tht
| drums
All the numbers gave good satisfac
tion. especially the xylophone solo, TIL,
| Harmony Rag, and the brass duets anc
trios. The dance arrangements wer'
made by Oscar Erickson Of the publish
ing company force.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-20
DEER SEASON is
NEARING IT'S CLOSE
Ends at O'clock This Afternoon :
Facts About Disposition of Hough-
ton Case i'll Putney.

The open season on buck deer ends
tins afternoon at , clock. The sea
eon s record III Windham county is ex-
pected to be much smaller than it was
last year County Warden E. H. Met
calf says thare are plenty of deer
signs. but the leaves and carpets in
the woods are so dry that the deer
can hear the footsteps Of hunters a
long distance away.
A buck which eluded some hunter III
West Halifax after being shot was
yound dead by +. +. Guild, who re
ported ii to the game warden. 1t will
be sold e. l.. Dutton of Windham re
ports finding a fair sized doe that had
been shot It will be sold for the
benefit of the state.
The warden, court and lawyers in
terested in the enforcement of the deer
law agree that the correspondent OF
The Refonmer who criticised the ac
tion taken against the 12-year-old son
of William b. Houghton of Putnev fol
shooting two does was in error in ev
cry statement made.
The communication intimated that :
fine Of SIS was paid by Mr.. Houghton
while the fact is that no fine was i'm
posed and no fine could be legally i'm
posed on boy under l6 years of ag,
for violating the deer law. What wa
done was this: The county wardel
asked the municipal court to have th'
boy brought into court, which was done
and the boy was placed in the custod,
of his father. which was the onl,
thing that could be done except t.
turn him over to the juvenile court
Mr.. Houghton bought the deer mea
for - cents pound, which is the reg
ular price charged by the warden thi
| year
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-20
TALK ON HOUSE FURNISHINGS.
Mrs. Grace Wilnlot of New York to
Address Woman's Club

The next meeting of the Brattleboro
Woman 5 club win be held Wednes-
day, Nov. 2l, promptly at $50 clock
in the Unitarian parish house. Mrs.
Grace Il. Wilmot, consulting decorator,
Of New York city will give Il talk on
house furnishings and will suggest
schemes of decoration for various sorts
of rooms, mentioning fabrics and ma
terials and illustrating her ideas by
colored slides.
This meeting is for club members
only and not open to any who are
eligible to club membership. Men. Wig
iting club women, guests in the homes
of club members and school children
are the only ones outside club mem.
bcrs who may attend. This is the reg.
ulation, for the rest of the year
open meetings for the public on pay
ment of a fee and closed meetings for
club members only.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-20
Probable Loss of 21 Lives
When Vessel Went Down
in European War Zone
ADMIRAL SIMS MAKES
ONLY BRIEF REPORT
Was an Old-Type Ship and Her Compile
ment Was 81 Officers and Men, So
Those Aboard Escaped.

WASHINGTON, Nov 20.-The sinking
OF the American destroyer Chauncey, in
collision in the war zone early yesterday
morning, with probable loss OF y lives,
was announced today by the navy depart
ment No further details were given in a
brief report to the department from Vice
Admiral SIMS The Chauncey was a small
old-type boat Of only 420 tons Secretary
Daniels made this statement:
The Chauncey. small American de
stroyer on patrol duty in foreign waters
was sunk IN collision early Monday
morning First dispatches indicate q
lives were lost. Further information viii
he made public Wien full reports are re
ceived
The Chauncey was one OF the old
type destroyers completed in 1902 Hel
displacement was 420 tons and her com
ploment 81 officers and men For sever
al years before the war the Chauncey wa:
used only in coast defense use and wa
classified aS coast torpedo vessel Sht
was built at Philadelphia.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-20
NATIVE CT CHESTERFIELD.
Mrs. Frederick L. Stone Dies at Her
Home in Amherst Mass.

AMHERST, Mass, Nov 20.-Mrs.
Frederick l.. Stone, -, died yesterday
morning at her home on East Pleasant
street after an illness of several
months She was born III Chesterfield,
\. r., and was the daughter of Mar
shall and Luthera Butler. She was mar
ricd to Frederick l.. Stone in 1861,
md Mr.. and Mrs. Stone had lived in
Amherst during the past rs years. She
was a member of the Second Congrega-
ional church She leaves, besides her
| husband, three sons. Winthrop Ellis
| worth Stone, president of Purdue uni
versity at Lafayette, Ind; Harlan
Fisk Stone of New York, dean Of Co
lumbia law school; Lauson Stone of
Washington. ID. C., in the employ of
| the bureau OF mines; and one daugh-
ter, Mrs John d. Willard of Amherst
She also leaves brother, Warren II
Butler of Chesterfield, n. H., and one
sister, Mrs. George E. Howe of Am
herst The funeral will be held tomor
row afternoon at , Burial will be in
Wildwood cemetery.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-20
WAR COUNCIL SESSION.
Great Interest in the Meeting Now Be-
ing Held in London.

LONDON, Nov. 2O.-None of the nu-
mcrous allied war councils in the
past three years have occasioned the in
tercst attending today S meeting of the
American war commission and British
war cabinet for tightening the links
that bind the Anglo-Ameriean war
effort. The scene is the busy old resi-
dcnce in Downing street which has
served to train ministers OF many gen.
erations. Lord Reading, the lord chief
Justice, viii preside with Andrew Bonar
Law, British chancellor of exehequer
and Oscar T. Crosby, assistant secretary
of the American treasury, at the table
beside him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-20
Army in HObOken Makes In
slant Application of Pres
ident's Proclamation
A GREAT SURPRISE
ON THE WATER FRONT
No Indication That the Raid Was Con-
templated-Men Captured Sent to Ell
lis Island Without Ceremony and In
termed There.
termed There.

NEW YORK, Nov % The first re-
suits of President Wilson's proclamation
issued in Washington yesterday and pro-
hbiting enemy aliens from approaching
within 100 feet Of the waterfront and 9th
a, places OF military Importance came last
night when more than 500 soldiers of the
United states army raided saloons and
boarding houses in River street. Hoboken,
and arrested 2oo Germans who were found
there The prisoners were immediately
loaded onto barges and taken to Ellis IS
land. where they We're interned for the du-
ration OF the wal.
River street runs along the Iioboken
water front and is some ca OF 20 feet back
of the piers seized by the government,
from which are shipped large numbers OF
troops and large quantities of supplies for
the American soldiers IN France,
No indication that raid was contem-
plated was given until the soldiers, all %
them men OF the regular army who have
been doing guard duty along the Hobo
ken water front, began pushing III groups
OF from three to a dozen into the saloon,
and boarding houses Every man found
IN those places was compelled to give a
description Of himself, and those whe
could not satisfy the soldiers that they
were citizens or subjects OF neutral ma
tions were quickly searched for weapons
and then marched to a pier for shipment
! To Ellis Island
| Plans for the raid had been laid viii
great care and the 200 Germans had beer
! rounded up and sent to the island within
| two hours The raid created considerable,
excitement in Hoboken. where the repor
| spread that it would extend to the entir,
town The soldiers. however, did not pen
citrate further into the city than Rive
| street
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-20
Centre Congregational Church

Wednesday, Nov. ~, 80 p. m Meeting
ot Christian Endeavor mission study class
with Mis-, IIcmcnway.We lo7 High
street
Thursday. Nov. -. $50 p. ~. Annual
foreign missionary tIun!;oiietiuS meeting
81 the Woman'- association in the chapel
\ report ot tho Jubilee meeting OF the
Woman's Board will be given Every
woman in the parish Is urged to hc pres.
cnt Tea will be served.
The annual Thanksgiving food sale vii
be- held Tuesday. Nov - in the chapel
Solicitors will call upon the women OF th'
parish this week Contributions OF bake
food. preserves, Jelly, pickles or candy an,
asked OF every woman in the parish. On
deus may bc tcIephonad to Mrs T.. II
Crane. Tel 56l.N, Mrs. \. r. Schwenl;
Tel 4sS: Mrs Ebert Simons, Tel 7S3-W
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-20
Red Mems Hall

Regular meeting Of Brattlcboro camp,
No 72S7, NJ w A., Tuesday evening at
S clock
Regular meeting OF Brattleboro Camp
No. 72s7. VI W A, this evening at s
o'clock District Deputy {. l., Sherwood
will be- present \ tul attendance is
desired
Dance every Saturday in Red Mems hall
sntil further notice.
The Red Men will serve their annual
coon supper Wednesday, Nov. 2l. at p
m. All those expecting to attend must
procure tickets from c. T. Simonds on OF
before Monday afternoon, Nov. 10.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-20
RECUISITION REFUSED.
Mccall Not Willing to Turn Over Ne
gro to West Virginia Officers

BOSTON, Nov. 20 Governor Me
Call, in Il letter to Gov. Cornwell Of
West Virginia made public today, eN-
ained that he had declined to grant
requisition for the return to that
state Of John johnson, Negro,
charged with an attack on Il white
girl at Charleston, because Of the
grave danger that the defendant
might be convicted and sentenced to
death for a crime of which he may
not have been guilty
Assistant Attorney General Brown
who conducted public hearing, re
ported that exaggerated accounts OF
the crime had been circulated il
Charleston and because Of their ma
turc and johnson 8 color there existec
a precedent which would be diff
cult if not impossible of control by tn,
most upright Judge.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-20
ALIEN ENEMIES
MUST REGISTER
Not Known How Many There Are in
Brattleboro Outside Draft Age At
fected by Proclamatio

There seems to be no way to de
termne Just how many alien enemies
there are in Brattleboro who will be
affected by the new proclamation of
President Wilson to the effect that all
must register and obtain permits to
travel frem one place to another i'll this
country
United States Marshal A. 7. Carpcn-
Ger said today that there were certain
" 10 who had registered for draft, but
now many there are outside the draft
age he could not tell. At the town
clerk 8 Office there are complete lists
Of all men between the ages of Is and
-, but they are not classified so that
it is possible to pick out the alier
pnpmie,