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The Detroit times., 1917-05-21
Francis Brennan Laid To Rest

aNlNN NNINNuN AaeNA ~ FhNNN
Funeral services for Francis VI
Brennan. prominent young attorney
who died Saturday In Harper hos
pltal following a brief illness. were
held Monday morning in So Peter
and Pauis cathedral The casket
was borne by T.. 3 Trowbridge. J-,
George r. Cooke, Edward Donnelly
Joseph q Stsndart rr William A
spitzley, Mcmillan Wetmore
Ralph stoepel IT., and Francis
Palms an close friends Of the do
ceased The board Of governors ri
he University club. ~ which Mr
Brennan was an active mem bor
were honorary pailbsarerA
The Detroit times., 1917-05-21

The effects OF the war 10 the re.
tail grocery trade viii DO considered
az the twentieth annual convention
% the National Association OF Re
tsii Grocers. which begins its SEES
ions today In Toledo
The Detroit times., 1917-05-21

Miss leighton IL one ~ fhe clever
entertainer with tho Folies ~
Pleasure company III tho cadillac
fheater. This week Miss leighton
is a singer and. dancer and Is com
sldered one or tho Hveliesf son.
brettes on the burlesque circuit.
The Detroit times., 1917-05-21

The supreme camp of the Royal
Nelghbora of America. fraternaI
order with a membership of 100000
in the United states. IS 20 meet AZ
Buffalo today for its annual convcn
ton.
The Detroit times., 1917-05-21

Wayne boro Pa 20 Do pro-
meeting place ofat ~ fhe anrl.
convention ~ no Christian Niso
AIRY societv ~ MARYLAND Delaware
and the District Of Columbia.
The Detroit times., 1917-05-21
uADIsor.

There are thrills and laughs IN
equal proportion in the Madison this
week. where Peggy Hyland and Mar
NanDermott are features ~ q lively
scream pisy called He Sixteenth
WIFE" made from novel by Mollie
Elliott seawell
Misc Hyiand has thu role ~ an
American gtri who ia member Of
the imperial Russian ballet. con
oeaiing her real nationality beneath
Russian name Turk Of high
degree succumbs 20 her grace and
beauty. and pursu@s her IN a specta-
cular courtship. which ends IN the
forcihIe inca rosration Of the lady "a
fhs hArem. There she IS rescued BY
her press agent. and the two fee 20
America pursued By the pAsha, who
loses his prey. however % tho re-
sourcsful young American press
agent
The action r. rapid and amusing
and the spectators are vastly enter
tpined a. the incidents ~ the story
arc unfoided.
In addition 90 The feature photo
play there IS new . Henry story
and an entertaining series % world
pictures Mrs Ethel Rust Melior
sings new songs Harold Jarvis will
sfng Monday. WEDNESDAY and Friday
afternoons
The Detroit times., 1917-05-21

Next story Farmer Browns Bov
Finds Reddy's Home.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-16
RECENTLY RETURNED
FROM FRENCH FRONT
MISS Katherine Key to Speak Tomor-
row Afternoon on Work of Fund
for French Wounded.

Miss Katherine Key, who is a guest
OF Mrs. Richards Bradley for the week
end and who has recently returned
from France, will tell of her work in
that country at a public meeting in
the Unitarian parish house tomorrow
afternoon at $50. Miss Key is one of
the workers for the American Fund for
French Wounded with Headquarters in
Paris. Supplies are sent from this
point all over France, particularly to
the smaller and more needy hospitals
Miss Key viii tell Of her visits to
these hospitals and it will be of interest
to know what an enormous amount Of
help has been made possible through
this fund. a group Of Brattleboro
women have been working one day each
week through the past winter for this
fund and have sent the following sup
plies: 269 comfort pillows, ll2 comfort
bags, l,O20 9auze sponges, III one
metre sponges. l46 rolled bandaoes. IS
flannel shirts and the following knitted
articles: five sweaters, p mufllers. ~
pairs Of socks. 166 sponges, 10 eve
bandages, 60 wash mitts and seven
pairs of Wristers besides woolen IN
derwear.
Miss Key is granddaughter Of Fran
els Scott Key, author Of The Star
Spangled Banner. Everyone is cordial
" invited to hear her speak tomorrow
afternoon
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-16
GUARDSMAN
INTO THE DITCH
Sergeant Ericsson of Company I Swings
on Burly Massachusetts, Soldier
Who Tackled Him.
Especial to The Reformer1
BENNINGTON. June

BfNNINClON.. June Ii.
Three national guardsmen from North
Adams, Mass. under the stimulation of
liquor, walked back and forth in front of
the local recruiting office yesterday after
noon with the evident purpose of picking
a quarrel. After a lot of Dragging about
their ability the burlest member of the
trio tackled Sergeant Philip Ericsson of
Company |, who is in charge OF recruiting
here, as he was leaving headquarters.
With one swing Ericsson Knocked the
Massachusetts guardsman into the ditch
and then awaited further indications Of
"a drive on the part of the visitors
There was none. All three retired has
.tily and We're not seen in the vicinity OF
the recruiting office again
Ten more recruits from here went to
Fort Ethan Allen yesterday. making -
that have enlisted from Bennington with
in the past three days All but three OF
the II that went to the fort Wednesday
have been accepted. 1t is understood
here that Company | has now reached its
maximum strength and that the last lot
.of recruits will be assigned 10 Company
TX
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-16
WAS HIDING IN
HIS WOODSHED
Colored Man Disappeared and Wife
and Police Searched for Him
Suffering from Breakdown

Henry Wright a colored man u wears
Of age, set the police at work searching
for him last night after telcrhoning
to his wife in West Brattleboro that
he had got to buy a Liberty bond or 20
To war. Tie was crying at the time Mrs.
Wright hurried to the Vermont Wheel
club, where her husband was employed,
but found that he had disappeared The
police searched the circus grounds and
train for him without avail Mrs Wright
reached her home about , o'clock this
morning and found her husband hiding
in the woodshed. \ physician who was
called to see him this morning said that
he was suffering from a nervous break
down. Wright was employed as boot
black at Lcnhan'- barber shop until two
weeks ago, While there he constantly
complained that everyone had it in" for
him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-16

Such an end for Laurence Perrin had
often been predicted bv his acquaint-
.ances. It was in keeping with his life,
which from boyhood had been a success
sion Of morbid cccentricitics and pie
turesque, almost mad adventures.
lie was IS years Old, a son Of the late
Nelson Perrin, former president of the
United Electric Railways company of
Baltimore Ills father left him more
than $l,00o.000 and he Immediately
started out to squandcr IT. His adycn
turous nature led him into death peril
in Morocco, riots in Spain, flights into
Egypt and minor wild doings that
caused his brother to bring about his
Incarceration in a sanitarium and three
wears litigation bv him TO get out.
His first wife was Jane Gordon Sar-
tori, a society belle of Baltimore. Her
unhappy married .life caused her to
shoot and kill herself at the home of
her sister at Harrow -the-Hill Eng
land. Perrin in 1918, Just after his re
lease from the Bloomin2dale asylum.
married Eliza W. Perine of Baltimore.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-16
JAPANESE APPEASED.
Friction Ended Over China Note :
Mission to Aid Relatives.

WASHINGTON, June 16. ~ Aimaro
Sato, japanese ambassador, discussed
with Secretary Lansing Yesterday the
scope and purpose of the coming ia
panese diplomatic mission which is ex-
pected to place the relations Of the two
countries on a better basis. All the
complex diplomatic questions concern
ing the revolutionizcd Far East will
be gone into, It was stated.
The recent misunderstanding in Japan
about America S note urging the Chinese
factions to restore order was said to
have been cleared up. Ambassador Sato
has cabled his government that the
false text carried in the Toxic Asahi
from its New York correspondent was
not an actual note from this govern
ment, but merely the comment of some
Washington correspondents upon it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-16
GERMANS ADMIT
LOSS OF BREMEN
Kiel Paper Says the Deutschland S Sis
tor Ship Carried Parcel of Amer
ican Securities.

THE HAGU' +, june Wednesdays
Neueste Nachrichten of kiel admits that
the mercantile submarine Bremen was
lost with a valuable cargo. 1t says:
The commercial submarine Bremen
sailed from Hamburg last August, and
unfortunately has not been heard of
since. She carried a large parcel of
American shares. The proprietors of part
of these shares have applied to the rail
way, demanding duplicates of the shares
on the ground that the Bremen and her
whole cargo were lost The railway com
piled with this request, and made out
new papers against deposit of adequate
guarantees"
A. the original shares constitute a
prize with the ship, it is desirable that
the whereabouts of the Bremen be made
known, especially in view of the above
mentioned commercial transaction
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-16
LOAN FIGURES
NOT COMPLETE
TabulatOrs Still Buried Be-
meath an Avalanche of
Unchecked Returns
BOSTON DISTRICT
ABOUT $300,O00,O 900
This Section of Country Includes 800,-
coo Subscribers = Officials Surprised
at Large Number of People of Small
Means Who Took Loans.
Means Who Took Loans.

WASHINGTON, June 1G. - From
every part Of the United States today
there came reports to the treasury en-,
.phasizing how generously nearly So,
.OOo,Goo,000 was contributed to make
the government S first popular war
credit success, with the result of
over subscribing the - 900 .000.o00 pos
sibly by 1862 ,00o,0 600 A fairly definite
estimate OF the total probably can be
formulated late today. as the federal
reserve banks complete the task of tab
ulatmg the multitude Of subscriptions
which flooded in before the books closed
Yesterday and report their figures 10
the treasury. Estimates based on mar
tlal reports Were that the total would
he higher. Officials were surprised most
Of all at the large number Of men ana
women of small means who bought $50
and 500 bonds. These subscriptions
came from all cities, town and county
districts. The government s printing
aud engraving plant is working dav and
night to turn out the bonds and their
distribution to subscribers will begin
very soon.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-16
Westminster House and
Barn Burn, Causing Loss
of $4,000
NOT KNOWN WHAT
STARTED FLAMES
Horses, Pigs and Household Furniture
Saved - Valiant Work Saved WRIGHT
Buildings from Burning - Loss Part
ly Covered by Insurance.
Especial to The Reformer.)
WESTMINSTER June /,


The large house, barn and connectino
shed on W. s. Fem 5 home place were
totally destroyed by fire late vester
day afternoon, together with nearly all
the contents of the barn. The fire
started III the main part of the barn.
but the cause is not known. There was
electric wiring in the barn, but so far
as IS known ii was in proper coEdition.
The loss is estimated to be about IS 900.
partly covered by insurance through
Ia Bellows Falls agency. Mr. Fenn has
made no plans as to rebuilding. The
mouse, containing 10 rooms besides the
attic, stood on the east side of the
mann street, directly opposite the Con-
gFe9anonal church. The place is the
OLD Campbell place and comprises about
an acre and a half Mr.. Fenn has
owned i between 20 and % wears.
When the fire started Mr.. Fem and
daughter, Miss Pauline, were at the
farm, three to four minutes walk dis
tant, where the cow barn is located.
Not far from $50 clock they saw
smoke coming through the roof of the
barn on the home place Several 9TH
{
| time, and a telephone alarm was given
and the church bell was rung. When
Mr. Fem and daughter arrived Others
were there and were leading out the
two farm horses. Howard and Fred
Fem soon reached home and assisted
IN setting out. There were two pigs in
/ the barn and both were saved, as were
most of the hens. Some hav. the
wagons. sleighs, harness and various
other articles were DESTROYED.
large number of residents of West
Minister and Walpole and the Walpole
fire department arrived soon after the
flames broke through the barn roof.
and the use of numerous hand ex
tlngulshers from the two villages kept
the flames in check until practically all
the furniture was gotten out of the
house. The furniture is stored in the
church, parsonage barn and at Mrs
Mary Nuttings 5. The Bellows Falls
chemical wagon was hauled in bv an
automobile, but arrived too late to be
of much service.
Heroic work saved d. p. Wright :
house next south of the Fem place.
The roof or the barn caught fire and
some hay was spoiled The house and
barn We're covered with wet blankets.
water being brought by automobiles
from the brook to the south.
Miss Nellie J. Fem, who teaches
school in Brattleboro, was notified
about o clock, and as the $50 pas
senger train was late, not leaving
Brattleboro until $40, she was able to
come home on that train Mrs. Fem,
who broke both arms in an automobile
accident last October, required the at
tendance of physician last evening.
and Mr.. Fem also was somewhat ex-
haustcd, but both are much better to-
day.
Last fall fire around a chimney
caused some damage in the honse
Since then new chimney had been
built furnace installed, several rooms
remodeled on the first and second floors
and two hardwood floors laid down
stairs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-16
GERMANY OFFERS
PEACE TO RUSSIA
Will Not Undertake all Offensive 50
Long as an Arrangement with
Russia Seems Possible.

STOCKHOLM. June l6, via London.
The Social Demokraten says Germany
has made an offer of peace to Russia
through a member of the Swiss federal
council.
The Social Dcmokrateu today publishes
the translation OF a telegram said To
have been sent in cipher from the poIiti-
cal department Of the Swiss federal
council TO T. Odicr, the Swiss minister at
Pctrograd 1t is dated at Bcrne June )
and says:
"llur,cman. "a member of the federal
council, authorizes you To make To Grimm
"a Russian Socialist professor. who re
turned 10 Russia from Switzerland after
the revolution the following oral com
muncation: Germany will not under
take am offensive So long as an arrange
mcnt with Russia seems possible. After
conversations with an important person
age ! am convinced that Germany aims at
"a peace with Russia honorable to both
parties with intimate economic and com
mcrcial relations and iinaucIa, support 10
place Russia once again on her feet No
interference in the domestic affair, OF
Russia. au entente cordialc ON Poland.
Lithaauia and Courlaud i'm view of the
relationship between the peoples, q re-ti-
tuition OF occupied provinces and Russia.
on the other hand. to give back 10 Aus
tria the provinces which She has been
able to take
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-16
BACCALAUREATE
TOMORROW NIGHT
High School commencement to Begin
with Sermon by Rev. Richard H.
Clapp i'll Centre Church

The baccalaurcate sermon to the grad
uatng class Of the Brattleboro high
school viii be preached in the Centre
Congregational church tomorrow evening
by the pastor, Rev. Richard Il. Ciapp, the
service beginning at S o'clock The
church male quartet will sing two selec-
Itions The service win mark the begin
ming OF commencement. Following is the
program:
professionals; invocation by Rev. Del
mar +. Trout; male quartet, Stand Up
for Jesus; responsive reading, Psalm q
scripture lesson, Rev Douglas G. Guest ;
male quartet, Still, Still with Thee !;
prayer, Rev Arthur v. Woodworth: +:
hymn 256; sermon. Rev Richard II
Clapp; hymn 724; benediction, Rev. j.
Fredril Virgin
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-16
BRATTLEBORO TO
JOIN IN CAMPAIGN
Desired to Raise 1900 as Town s
Quota Toward S2,O00,0O0 from Yer
mont for Red Cross.

In meeting of the directors of the
local branch OF the Red Cross yesterday
afternoon the special campaign which is
to be held next week in Vermont to raise
100000 as the states pro rata share of
the national fund for the support of the
Red Cross was considered. The report of
O. +. Benson, who attended the state
meeting in Burlington, was heard and a
committee consisting Of .. f. Benson,
chairman, H. d. Walker and Mrs. C. {.
Fits was named to have charge OF the
special campaign here next week.
In meeting to be held this afternoon
plans for the strenuous campaign will be
formulated, details of which will be an
nounced later Brattleboro's quota Of
the state fund to be raised is 81 800
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-16
NOTICE

Go to A. DeAngelis for the best Shoe
Repairing always at your command.
Shoes fixed up at short notice the way
you want them, and when YOU want
them.
Remember the same old stand-under
Donnell & Davis s millinery store
(Basement). Special attention given to
work sent out of town. Delivery free to
you by parcel post.
Quick service and satisfaction guar
anteed.
A. DeANGELIS,
(Basement) 80 Main Street, Brattleboro
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-16
OPPOSED LOAN, MEN STRIKE.
IShipbuilding Head Resigns and Com
pany Will Buy Bonds.

TAMPA, Fla, June 16. Ernest
Krcher, president of shipbuilding
company whose refusal to subscribe to
the Liberty loan caused strike of the
shipyard employees, has resigned at a
called meeting of the company s board
of directors. After electing a new
president the directors instructed him
to purchase $4,000 worth of Liberty
bonds. The striking employees are ex-
pected to return to work Monday.
Kreher is reported to have said he
would not sanction the purchase he
cause the money would be used to make
war on his relatives in Germany.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-16

Various moves on the part gf Ger
many and Austria since the Russian
revolution to arrange a separate peace
with Russia have been raportcd,- al-
though not in the form of an oiIer I'll.
rcctly by either government. \ week
ago the Council of Norkmcn s and Sol
dicrs Delegates Of Russia made public
the fact that the German commander.
iu-chief on the eastern front had sent
a wireless message inviting the Russian
armies to Il separate arnistiee to be
followed by secret negotiations with
the German leader. This proposal WAS
denounced by the council.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-16

monarchs from their thrones, now men
aces the ancient throne Of Spain. The
utmost eNcrtious of Spanish ccnsors
have failed to completely suppress re-
ports Of grave happenings in the
peninsular kingdom. From what lit
tie is known the Spanish army is TAX
ing th@ lead i'm the. revolutionary
movement which is further accelerated
by food scarcity and industrial unrest
No new developments have occurred
i'm the Greek situation, but i'm England
the triumphant return to Athens of
Ncnezilos is prcdirt2d-a step almost
certain to le followed hs the definite
alignment of Greece ou the side of the
entente.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-16
TUESDAY CLOSING
TO BE DISCUSSED
Meeting of Merchants and Others In
terested Next Monday Night in
Brooks House Parlors.

There viii he a meeting Of local mer-
chants and other interested persons in
the Brooks House parlors Monday
evening at 9 clock 10 discuss the
proposition Of closing the stores and
other business places Tuesday after
moons during July and August. This
plan has been in effect in town the
past four years and has proved gener-
ally satisfactory, not only to employees
hnt to most employers. In Bellows
Falls the merchants have already
adopted a weekly half-holiday, begin
ming the first week in June, while in
Springfield tNtD the plan will be in
effect through July, August and Septem-
Der.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-16
Field Marshal Haig Evident
iy Preparing to Strike
Smashing Blow
ITALIAN SOLDIERS
MAINTAIN ADVANCE
Their Guns Smashing with Great Vic
lcnCc in Carinthia-R Return Of Ven
izelos to Athens Expected to Bring
Greece into the War.

I||T||I I-|-.--- - -I-.I- =. --I-.--- II
'''''''" ''"i'' ''' 'N'"E "''"E a.
most thr entire Iue thcy hold ln
Northern France, not with the ter
rifle force which marked the victories
.f Nrr,s and ,Iossirrs l..t ir o., ,..or,.
"' ''ss ''"'"'''' manner giving "'l-"'
to the belief that Field Marshal llatG
is preparing to launch a blow ou "a
hitherto uuprercdcntcd scale.
r,,.. fa.,..... .fs.., f.l.4;,.. .,onl
""t "I'h Sharp SISulheanre. lh" htst
is the fcebIencss with which the Ger
mans are rcactiua and the second Is
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-16
Movement Is Given Prom
inence in a Section of
the British Press Today.
LITTLE DEFINITE
NEWS AVAILABLE
One Suggestion Is That a New Move
ment to Bring Spain into the War
Is Materializing, But Crisis Is
Probably Domestic Affair.

LONDON. June -Rumors of a seri-
.oas revolutionary movement in Spain are
given prominence in section Of the
press. There has been an almost com
plcte absence OF news from the peninsula
since the appointment Of the new minis
try. I;umors of something abnormal in
the Spanish situation have been given
prominence in the last two or three DAYS
in small section of the press and today
several papers print articles declaring
that something important is happening
.One suggestion is hat movement &c
bring Spain into the war i matcrmliz-
my. but the little information available
Is To the effect that the crisis is purely a
domestic one aud largely due to the de
mand for reforms by the rank and file
OF the army.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-16
AMERICAS OLDEST ACTRESS.
Mrs Mary Sedley Smith 81, Dies at
New York

NEW YORK June l6.-Mrs. Mary
Sedley Smith, America 5 oldest actress,
died in her sleep in her home, this
city, yesterday. She was 81 years old,
but had appeared i'll public as recently
SIS one year ago. She was the widow of
Sol Smith. a noted actor Mrs. Smith
was born III Boston, a daughter Of Will
liam Henry Scdley Smith, for many
years identified with the early Ameri-
can stage. She made her first public
appearance in The Child of the Regi-
ment, when she was 20 years old, and
in the next half century played in sup.
port of many stars. She was a vice
president of the professional woman Is
league and a member Of the actor s
fund of America. Mrs. Smith is sur
yived 10y TWO sons and two daughters.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-16
! LIST CONTAINS
BUT FEW SLACkERS
Hundred and Fifteen on Military Ace
List Not Registered, but Most Are
in Military Service.

Town Clerk Carl $. Hopkins has com
pleted the task of checking the names
of those who registered June 5 with
those on the military census list between
the ages Of u and 81 and finds l5 on
the military census that are not on the
list OF those who registered for the
draft. This list Of ll5 includes many
of the names oi members OF Company
and Of others who are known to have
enlisted in other branches of the serv-
lee IS we'll rs the names Of two or three
who since the military census WAS taken
have passed the aye OF 81 years, When
this list is finally sifted down there
win be very few who can be styled
slacktTs
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-16

BOSTON. June 16.- Buried beneath
an avalanche of unchecked returns the
official tabulators of the New England
subscriptions to the Liberty loan. after
working all night at the Boston fed
.eral reserve bank, said today it prob
ably would be Monday before the Off
cial figures of the ultimate total would
become known. Total subscriptions
were far in excess of S263. 300, 600. the
total amount Of subscriptions counted
when the lists were added up A
conservative estimate today placed the
grand total at between 4270.000, 600
and 100000 0,000. There were over
500, 600 subscribers