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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-13
WALKER NAMED AS
COUNTY CHAIRMAN
Brattleboro Man Appointed by Gov
Graham to Assist in Conservation
Pledge Card Campaign

President Horton D. Walker of the
Brattleboyo board of trade received last
evening from Coy. Horace F. Graham
an appointment as chairman of the
Wlndham county committee for the
state campaign to secure the signing of
conservation pledge cards
The national food administration has
in contemplation monster campaign to
secure throughout the country the sign
ing OF these cards. The scope of the
campaign equals that OF the recent Red
Cross drive, and in Mr. Hoover S opin-
| ION it is Of the utmost Importance
Vermont i being organized to carry
IN the campaign during the middle Of
October and q state committee composed
OF chairmen from each county is being
| appointed to direct the campaign in the
state.
| The county chairmen will meet in the
state house at Montpelier next Tuesday
| afternoon at 80 o'clock. when plans
/ FOR the conduct of the campaign will
be perfected under the guidance Of Z
representative from Mr.. Hoover 5 Wash
| mgton Office
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-13
RIOTERS ATTACK
GERMAN HOUSES
Many Business Places and
Restaurants Wrecked in
BuenOs Aires
POLICE WOUNDED
SEVEN OF RIOTERS
Three of the Men Shot Are Expected to
Die - Heavy Guard Called Out to
Prevent Attack on Luxburg, the De
posed German Minister.

BUENOS AIRES, Sept. l3. - The
rioting which began here late yesterday
in an anti-German demonstration con
tinued throughout the night. Every
German business house and restaurant
in the downtown district was wrecked
The German club and other buildings
were damaged seriously by fire.
The police wounded seven rioters Sc
riously when they fired into the crowd
Three OF .he injured are expected tC
/ die. Fircmen armed with rifles pre-
lvented the, mob from destroying the of
1 fees of the German Trans Atlantic com
lpany which supplies the city's lights
! Heavy forces Of provincial troops ar,
guarding the railroad over which Ger
man Minister Luxburg will arrive thi
morning. The cabinet late last nigh
approved the action of the President IL
presenting passports to Count Luxberg
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-13
TURTLE, COON AND
CATS FOR PETS
Fire Department Headquarters Well
Supplied Turtle Weighs Over
% Pounds. ii Inches Long.

Among the pets at the fire department
headquarters are a big turtle, weighing
- pounds or more, q young raceoon and
two eats The raceoon and eats are gen
tile enough, but when it comes to the
turtle, look out. The coon is in a cage
and was caught recently in Brookline
He is an interesting youngster and en-
ljovs reaching out his paws to take bits
of food handed to him. 4 collar with
chain was put on him last night and he
| was introduced to the eats. The cats
| did not take kindly to him az first, but
| il is thought friendship between them
can be established.
The turtle is owned by County Game
| Warden f. II. Metcalf and his shell is
II inches long. He certainly is a mon
ster for these parts, and although ap-
parently clumsy is quick as lightning
Two trainmen on the West river railroad
captured him. They saw him in shal
low water under bridge while making
a run to Brattlcboro and one of them
scooped him into water still more shal
low, where the other finally secured him
Initials cut in his shell apparently wer,
made years ago.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-13
BALLS HIS WIFE.
Although He Caused Her Arrest-Moth-
er of Three at IL

MIDDLEBURY, Sept. Il. - Charles
Sears, who caused the arrest of his
wife. May Sears, and three other per
sons, on the charge of adultery, went
bail for her in the sum of $500 He al
so furnished bail for her sister, Mrs.
Alice Lavelley of Clarendon. but he did
not furnish bail for James Julius of
Ferrisburg, nor for George Cahoon of
Wallingford.
The four were arraigned before Judge
A. w. Dickens and bail in each case
was fixed at $500 for appearance at
Addison county court in December
All were said to have been in Ferris
burg on Wednesday and Thursday of
last week, starting on the latter day for
Wallingford, where Mrs. Sears and Mrs
Lavelley were to visit their mother
Mrs Sears took her three children with
her, writing note to her husband
| Charles Sears, that she was to visit her
mother.
The two men are said to have Joined
| the women at Nergennes, going with
them into Rutland county, where all
except Mrs. Sears, against whom there
was no warrant, were arrested Mrs
Sears was arrested later. The tw,
women are very young, Mrs. Sears be
ing but II,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-13
CARL JOSEPH MILLER.
Child of Four Years Dies in Home of
John r. Plummer

Carl Joseph Miller, 4, who lived with
his aunt, Mrs. John r. Plummer, and
Mr.. Plummer, on Main street, died about
o clock this morning. He was operated
upon for the removal of tonsils and ade-
noids, and as sometimes happens il was
impossible to stop the bleeding. The
child was born in Philadelphia Dee SO,
1912, a son of John j. and Marie Miller.
His mother died in April, 1916, and his
father died last Easter After the death
of the mother her three little children
were brought here by Mrs. Plummer to
make their home with her A sister.
Helen, IL, and brother, Theodore
Francis, ), survive. Shortly before the
lad 5 death he repeated several times q
little PRAYER that he had learned Mrs.
Plummer will leave with the body for
Philadelphia tomorrow morning at :
Q clock. 1t is requested that no flowers
be sent.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-13
DYNAMITE FOUND
NEAR CAMP DEVENS
Caused a Scare and Started a Secret
Service Force Out to Investigate
at Aver, Mass.

CAMP DENENS. Aver, Mass Sept H.
\ quantity OF dynamite was round Ind
den yesterday near the National Arny
cantonment here by local agents o. the de-
partment Of justice
Coming close on lie heels ot news that
nine | w W men had been taken into
custody and shipped away from this local
ity SUNDAY, this dynamite discovery caused
scare and started the large secret service
force To securing the surrounding country.
Just how much was discovered o. where,
Capt. II NJ Bowen, in charge OF the de-
partment ot justice staff, would not say,
but he did say that tuthcr developments
might be expected soon
Examination ot the dynamite showed
concusive!y that it is not OF the sort used
by wolkmen constructing the cantonment
The alleged l. w w men, who were
held mp in the cantonment sunday, and
sent away. were trying TO Obtain Jobs as
workmen tor the camp constructor. Ear
lier in the construction OF the cantonment
other workmen whom the secret service
men considered undesirable were also told
/ to get out, it j. understood
4 The secret service force here is cQuippc,
with last machines, carrying large search
i lights These were ont last night, but n,
one in authority would say in what direc
tion they have gone
When pressed as to how near the canton
ment the dynamite was found, Capt. Bower
added. Very near.
When asked 1t more than one stick O
dynamite was found, he said Yes
Asked II it rad been as much as 20
pounds. lie would say only, 1T might hav
been
B. Newspapermen were told that the
might look for further news on the di,
cuvcrv and developments
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-13
DEATH TODAY OF
FRANKLIN BENNETT
Formerly for % Years Employed by
Estey Organ Co-Funeral to Be
Held Saturday Afternoon.

Franklin Everett Bennett, -, former
ly for long time employed by the Is
tev Organ Co.. as a tuner, died about !
clock this morning in his home at -
South Main street He had been in de-
clining health four on FIVE wears, but
had been confined to his bed only since
Aug. - Death was due to a general
brea king down
Mr. Bennett was born in Dummer-
stem june 8, 1880 one of four children
of Jonas and Adeline (AIiller) Bennett,
who were members Of early families OF
| that town But one of the four chill
dren now survives, Fayctte Q. Bennett
Of Warwick. Mass.
When he was 13 years old the family
moved 20 Hinsdale. y. H.. and ha mar
! lcd there Laura Thomas Dee Il, $50
hlr. and Mrs. Bennett had one son,
! Emory f. Bennett. now Of Maiden, Mass
/ They moved to Orange. Mas, where
Mrs Bennett died Sept ;, 1866 Mr.
Bennett and son then came to Brattle-
boro. and the boy went to live with
his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William
Thomas Mr. Bennett entered the en-,
plov of the Estcy Organ Co. and re-
mained with the firm within a few
months of p years.
He married Janettc r. Thurber OF
GuiIford Nav -, 1865. and after leav
ing the employ Of the Estev firm he
and Mrs. Bennett went to Guilford t,
live on the Thurber home farm to care
for her father, Amos Thurber. They ha
one daughter. Miss Flora H. Bennett
Mrs Bennett died on the ancestral place
where She was born and brought up
Aug. 10, 1907. Mr.. Bennett and dau9h
o ter continued to live there until Nav )
g 1911, when they returned to Brattle
o born
: Mr.. Bennett was conscientious an
reliable man Of excellent character. Il
, was first class workman, and was
member of the First Baptist church, o
Y which at one time he was clerk. Hi
brother, son and daughter are the neal
4 est surviving relatives.
!. Funeral services will be held at th
> house Saturday at O'Clock and III
J. burial will tafe place in Prospect Iii
!, cemetery.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-13
SCOUTS TO REMOVE
SIGNS SATURDAY
Will Go to Six Entrances to Town, Re-
moving Them from Trees, Fences
and Other Places

In a conference yesterday afternoon
between officials of the board of trade
and Scout Commissioner J. Fredrik Vir-
gin il was decided to carry out on Sat
urday the plans to remove all the OBJ
icctionable advertising signs on the
highways entering the town, taking
them from trees, fences, rocks, poles,
etc, except where they are on private
property. The services of the Boy Scouts
will be enlisted in this work. and they
will be divided into groups and sent to
'the six main entrances, working to
ward the village. A general meeting of
the Scouts will be held in the high
school building tonight at o'clock to-
night to discuss the plans.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-13
SCHOOL CLUBS TO
HAVE EXHIBITION
Prizes to Be Awarded Saturday in Main
Street Building - Exhibit Open
Afternoon and Evening.

The second exhibit of the work done
by the boys and girls of the schools of
this town in the various industrial clubs
since the first of the year will be held
Saturday, Sept. 10, in the Main street
school building between 2.30 and D
o clock in the afternoon and 80 and
0 clock in the evening
The aims of the clubs are to increase
the interest and knowledge Of the pupils
in practical occupations, to learn the i'm
portance of profitable use of leisure time,
to link together the home and school,
and to increase love of nature through
the observation and study of birds.
trees and flowers.
The leaders of the clubs have provided
speakers from time to time to address
the club members upon some phase of
its work These talks always have been
both interesting and beneficial. Because
of the agitation for greater production
and conservation of foods this wear,
Diedrich Stolte was engaged to inspect
the gardens and advise the children dur
! ing the summer months. Each boy s
and girl S garden has been inspected al
! least three times and over 200 Green
Mountain Guard buttons have been
been given during the summer in addi
tion to those given during the schoo
year.
Although unusual stress has been lait
on the Garden and Canning clubs, there
will be exhibits from all the clubs, in
Guiding birds, wild flowers and trees, cul
tivated flowers, poultry, cooking, can
ming, sewing, manual arts, and earning
The local board of trade has offere,
blue ribbons for the best exhibits il
vegetables and canned articles. A can
ming outfit has been offered to the gir
or boy who makes the best all-rOund can
ming exhibit. Aside from these, smal
money prizes will be awarded by con
petent Judges in each club.
, BY opening the exhibit both after
noon ana evening it is hoped that man
will visit and inspect the work 4 larg
attendance viii be a great incentive fo
the children to do more and better wor
this coming year. A very small admi
, sion fee VIII be charged.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-13
CLARK ELECTED
RETREAT TRUSTEE
Is Lineal Descendant of Samuel Clark
One of Original Trustees Named in
Will Of Anna Marsh.

Robert G. Clark OF the Vermont Ma
tional bank has been elected a trustee OF
the BTatteboro Retreat Samuel Clark,
a sketch of whom recently was printed in
The Reformer in the banks historical Sc
ries ot advertisements, was named in An
ma Alarsh's will as one Of the trustees Of
the institution now known as the Brat.
tloboro Retreat. In the organization of
the corporation in 1884, under a charter
granted by the legislature, Judge Clark
was made chairman OF the board OF truS
tees and WAS an efficient and influential
member until his retirement in 1852 Rob
.ert { Clark is his lineal descendant. anC
FOR that reason and on account Of his owT
ability it was logical and fitting that he
should be appointed to fill vacancy 81
that board
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-13

SEEN WITH GIRL
BEFORE THE MURDER
Several Testify in Trial of United
States Cavalryman in the Frank 3
lin County Court.

ST. ALBANS, Sept 13.-George t.
Catlin was chosen the 18th juror yester-
dav on the second day of the trial of
Private Robert Warm of the United
States cavalry at Fort Ethan Allen,
charged with the murder of Jennie Hem
ingway, aged IA.
The jury is made up Of 10 farmers
and two business men.
Seventeen witnesses were sworn for
the state and seven testified. The ques-
tions of the prosecutors indicated an
attempt to fix the time that Warm and
the girl were last seen together on the
night of the murder.
Tha prisoner is being defended bv C.
G. Austin and Roswell NJ. Austin.
State $ Attorney w. R. MeFeeters and
ex Atty. Gen. Rufus f. Brown are con
| ducting the prosecution.
Homer NJ. Lawrence, civil engineer,
| had made maps of the scene of the muir
der and vicinity and his testimony had
to do with these.
Henry hemingway, the girl S father,
| testified he had known Warm about a
month prior to the crime. lie saw Warm
and the girl going up the road from
the house the evening of the murder at
| about o clock. He never saw his
| daughter alive again.
He said his daughter was IA, well dc
veioped, lively and full of fun. He
thought she and Warm very affection
ate.
When he got home Saturday night
before the crime he said there were
three soldiers in front of the house, who
said Warm was 10 be married. He told
them he thought not. They became i'm
pudent and fight enSued. The police
were called and one Of them was ar
rested
The girl : Stepmother testified sh,
) had known Warm four or five weeks. II,
had been q frequent visitor at thu
| house and stayed there the Saturda,
night before the murder She sal,
Warm came TO her Monday mornin:
and said he and Jennie were chase,
by cavalrymen the preceding evening
' she going in one direction and he i
another. lie had been very solicitiou
or Jennie : welfare
Other witnesses who knew the coupl
: We're then examined. Several had see
them on the night Of the murder
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-13
BITTER FIGHTING
ON ISONZO FRONT
Italians Seeking to Get Possession of
Port of Monte San Gabriele-Loss
Heavy on Both Sides.

UDlNE, Italy, Sept. p. DELAYED
Italians and Austro- Hungarians are en-
gagged in bitter fighting for the posses
sion of Monte san Gabrielle on the ISon-
10 front. A bulletin issued today by
Gen. Cadorna, mentioning Monte San
Gabrielle for the first time, reveals that
intense lighting for the possession of
that port has been going on since the
taking Of Monte Santo by the Italians
While the top of Monte San Gabrielle
has not yet been captured the Italians
now are firmly established iust under the
crest and out of range Of the Austrian
artillery tire. The Austrian resistance
has been Of a most desperate character
sides.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-13
No Business Ready so Judge
Stanton Goes Home Un-
til Monday
NOT GUILTY is
PLEA OF LABELLE
Man Who Was Shot Trying to Escape
from Policeman Bower Is Arraigned-
Crowell Divorce Case Coming Up Mon
day, Then Jury Cases.

For lack of business a recess in the
session of the county court at Newfane
was taken about 1915 clock this morn
ing until IL O'Clock Monday, when a
matter in connection with the divorce
petition of Christie B. Crowell of Brat
tleboro will be taken up.
The jury viii report at the afternoon
session at o'clock, but Just now it is
not known what case will be taken up
first.
Judge Zed s. Stanton, presiding Judge,
left today for his home in Roxbury
One uncontested divorce case was
tried this morning, that Of Cora A.
Sparks of Newfane from John A. Sparks
OF Grafton. Attorney A. F. Schwenk of
Brattleboro appeared for the petitioner,
who was granted a divorce on the
ground of desertion, intolerable severity
and non support.
George Labelle of Brattleboro.
charged with assault with intent to
rape. was arraigned in order that he
might enter plea, and he pleaded not
guilty. Attorney 4. Y. D. Piper of
Brattleboro was assigned by the court
TO defend him. Labelle is the man who
tried to escape from Policeman George
~. Bower near the Valley fair grounds
and was shot and wounded so that he
lspent some time in the hospital
Joel C. Stebbins of Brattleboro was
granted a divorce from Minnie J. Steb-
bins, on the ground of desertion Har-
rie B. Chase of Brattleboro appeared
for the petitioner and the case was not
contested. Mr.. Chase also appeared in
the uncontested divorce case of Emma
L. Larson of Brattleboro from Cohen 8.
Larson, is which desertion was charged,
but no decision was rendered.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-13
LUCIEN KIMBALL
HOME FOR VISIT
Brattleboro Boy Has Just Been Pro
NOTED to Be Lieutenant Commander
in United States Navy.

Lieut.. Lucien Kimball Of the United
States ship San Francisco, came home
Yesterday afternoon to visit until sun
day with his mother, Mrs. Lucia Kim
ball, and his sisters, Miss Lila and Miss
Blanche kimball, of Crosby street.
Lieut.. Kimball within a few days has
|received notice of his promotion to be
lieutenant commander in the United
States navy The ship San Francisco is
the flagship of the mine force which
protects the Atlantic fleet.
He was in the Brattleboro high school
class of 1904, leaving in 1903 to enter
the naval academy at Annapolis. Since
| then he has visited ports in various
ipartS of the world
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-13
THOUSANDS ARE IDLE.
Additions in the Sympathetic Spring
field, ILL.,, Strike.

SPRINGFIELD, H., Sept. 13.-The
industrial tie.up growing out of the
strike of street ear operatives became
acute today when BARRIERS, grocery
clerks brewery workers and meat cut
ters Joined the ranks of the strikers.
Plumbers and electricians are threaten
ing to leave their work before the day
lis over.
In every case those who have walked
out declared their action was not pri.
marily in sympathy with the ear strike
but because the ralice and military au.
thoritics had denied the mionistS THEN
I right 10 parade last Sunday. Estimates
/ place the number now on the protest
strike at between 1000 and 5000. most
/ ut whom are coal miners.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-13
AGED WOMAN LOSES ARM
Mrs. Jane Dewitt, II, Fell in Getting
Off Moving Train

BRANDON, Sept. I3.-Mrs Jane De
Witt was seriously injured here, her
left arm being badly mangled, at the
railroad station. Mrs. Dewitt, who is
Il years of age, is a domestic nurse.
She accompanied friend to the station
and helped her into car of the 10
o clock mail train. After the train
started she attempted to get off and in
doing so was thrown to the platform
A number Of byStanders prevented her
from falling beneath the train, but her
lett arm was under the wheels and was
so badly injured that it will have to be
ampntatcd She was taken to the Rut
land hospital in the auto ambulance
of Freer and Frve
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-13
REVOLUTION COLLAPSED?
Late Report Today Through Russian Off
cial News Agency.

PETROGRAD, Sept. l3.-M SkobelefT
minister of labor in the kerensky cabinet
and a member of the council of work
mems and soldiers delegates. announced
to the Russian official news agency today
that Gen. kornilof's adventure had col
lapsed and that the army at his head
quarter has surrendered.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-13
| kERENSKY LEADS
HIS ARMY TO BATTLE
Stockholm Hears Rumor That Premier
Has Started Out to Fight Korni-
loft S Forces.

STOCKHOLM. sept. Is. - A local
newspaper announced that it has re
ceived q despatch from Pctrograd stat
ing that Premier Kerenskv has left the
Russian capital at the head of an army
to meet the troops Of Gen. Korniloff be
fore they reach the capital. There was
every expectation, the message said
that battle would be fought ON
McdnC .laY
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-13
OFFICERS DENY REPORT.
Claim Dynamite PLANT Was Not
Found Near Camp Devens.

AVER, Mass, Sept. 13.-Army Off
GERS said this afternoon that the report
of discovery of dynamite near Camp
Devens was absolutely without founda
tion and that the only basis for it was
the removal by government authorities
of several sticks stored in a magazine
at Aver. 1t had been kept there, they
said, by builders and others and its re-
moval was ordered because the maya
zine was near the location of an army
remount station.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-13
L. S. ARTILLERY
WITH ARMY ABROAD
Are Using the Latest Models of the
Famous French ''75'' Guns and
Six-inch Howitzers.

AMERICAN TRAINING CAMP in
France, Sept. -, by The Associated
PresS.-A large contingent of American
artillery has joined the expeditionary
army is well along with its intensive
training under French supervisory in
Struction Hitherto the arrival of the
artillery contingents has been carefully
guarded and permission to mention the
fact has just been given. The American
altillerymen are using the latest models
of the famous French - and also 6-inch
howitzeIS
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-13
ARTHUR A. HILL DEAD.
Was az One Time Publisher and Editor
of North Adams Herald.

NEW YORK, Sept. l3.-Arthur Asa
Hill. for many years editor of the Auto
mobile Dealer and Retailer and also of
the Blacksmith and Wheelwright, died
at his home here today, aged 81. Mr..
Hill was a native of Sandwich, Mass,
and formerly owned and edited the
Havcrhill, Mass, Gazette and later the
North Adams. Mass, Evening Herald.
He was one of the original members of
the New York Press cluD
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-13
GERMANS WITHDREW.
Found Russian Pressure Too Strong on
Riga-Wenden Road.

BERLIN, Sept. l3.-German cavalry
posts to the south of the Riga Wenden
road on the northern Russian front yes
terdav withdrew before the strong Rus
sian pressure, according to the official an
nouncement issued today by the German
general headquarters staff.