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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-12

American Public Health association, for
l. years up to 1912 secretary Of tn
Vermont state board Of health, presi-
dent Of the Vermont National bank and
head Of several other institutions. died
i'll his home At 22o Main street about II
clock this forenoon of cancer of the
panereas. He had been i'll Just seven
weeks.
In October. 1915, Dr. Holton had a
severe stomach trouble. attended by
long period of hiccoughing, which weak
ened him somewhat. as he was not in
vigorous health. Ii is probable that the
panereatic trouble was developing
then, but it did not manifest itself con
elusively until after the beginning of
his last illness, which was similar TO
the previous attack.
Or. Henry Dwight Holton was born
in Rockingham July q. 1898. son Of
Elihu Dwight and Nancy (Grout) Hol,
ton. Through his father he was of Pu.
ritaa descent from William Holton
who came from Ipswich. Suffolk eoun-
~. England, and settled in Cambridge,
Mass. and who later was a member Of
q band of 100 who settled Hartford,
Conn. On his maternal side his anccs-
try ran back 10 Germany On both
sides lie descended from sturdy Revo-
lutionarv stock.
4 After graduating from Vermont
academy at Saxtons River, having a
strong desire to study medicine he
went TO Boston. where he studied the
theory and application of medieins for
two years under DR.. J. II. Warren
Then he devoted two Tears to study
under Prof. Valentine Mott Of New
York. tie most celebrated American
surgeon of his time He at
tended courses OF lectures in the medi
cal department of the Univ arsitv OF
New York, graduating in 1860 with the
.. degree Of Doctor of medicine.
Dr.. Ho'tou settled in Brooklyn, \
Y. and for six months held the post Of
/ physician in thn Williamsburg dispan
aary. In November, 1861, he came t,
Putnev. where he began the genera
; practice of medicine. Success attend
t ed his efforts from the first, and hi
D services were in wide demand During
c his stay in putney he had the expert
. ences usual to the country physc elan
which were valuable to him in late
] life.
/, In 1867 he came to Brattleboro, an
I he had sine, made this town his homl
c His fame as a skillful surgeon an,
$ practitioner spread over q wide are
u and coupled with his activity in a
6 that related to the advancement 0
J medical science and the safeguardin
of public health, brought him early
ma ional reputation.
Early in his career he was elected
member Of the Connecticut River Me-
ical association was its secretary fc
Eve wears and its president in 1867. |
y 1861 he joined the Vermont Medic;
p society and was its president in lS6
n He was elected a member Of the Anne
n lean Medical association in 1864 an
d in 1880 he was elected to the vice pr"
idency. In the session that year !
h, was chosen one of the judicia, counci
to consisting Of lS members, to who
is were referred all the vexed question
= cf professional ethics coming befo
n the association for decision. In 49,
ne the association made him q delegate
the International Medical Congress
ne Brussels. He did not attend the 60
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-12
REVOLT IN CUBA
ON ELECTION EVE
Soldiers in Havana and Santa Cara
P-ovinee3 Rebel and Fighting
Follow 7''aca Guarded

HAVANA, Feb. I3.-Thc Cuban gov
crnmeUt made the official settlement
last night that about thirty men of the
Seventh and Eight companies of in
,fantry stationed At Camp Columbia,
near Mariana, had reyolted and cs-
capcd with their arms. Troops are in
pursuit. Lieutenant Larrubia was
wounded when attempting TO prevent
the escape Of the men.
At Canas, Havana province, accord
ing t. the statement, Commander Jose
Castillo was killed hv troops who were
dispensing a group Of rebels. It is al
legged that Castillo was heading the
uprising there.
In Santa Clara province, where par
tial re-cleetions are TO take place next
Wednesday, two small groups of rebels
are being pursued by government
forces.
I Manv civilians and few army mcr
have been arrested and warrants hav'
been issued for others.
/ The government is taking every Pre-
caution to maintain order, it is an
nounced. The chief Of staff, togethe
with his staff, have taken up quarter
at the palace.
i y correspondent at havana cable
on Saturday that a plot had been dis
! covered having for its purpose III
kidnapping of President Menoeal, VIII
was to be forced to sign paper re
signing from the presidency. TIL
reason for the plot was said to be Tn
desire of Monocal enemies to hav
Vice President Narona act as execu
tive when the partial elections are hel
in Santa Clara province next Wednes
day The presidency Of Cuba depend
upon the outcome of these election!
as the regular elections last Noyembe
were inconclusivc. Menocal as head 0
the Conservative party Gin power)
a candidate for reelection, while hi
opponent IS Iayas, the Liberal leadc
There has been much bad feeling b,
tween the parties since last Novembc
As q result of the discovery of til
plot, four lieuterants, two of whol
were in charge Of the presidential pa
ace, were arrested. Warrants were i
suel for the arrest of General Gucrr
who led the August revolution. and Sc,
cral officials in the city of Mariana
which is near Iiavaua.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-12
WIND OVERTURNS
CARRIERS SLEIGH
Gallo Sweeps Over Meeting House Hill
Throwing and Injurlng Horse Div
CT by Icon z Mixer.

Leon f. Mixer, who carries the mail
on rural route No. /, had an unusual
experience with the wind Saturday aft
ernoon while on his route on Orchard
street near Meeting House Hill GENE
terry. The roads were badly drifted and
he was having difficulty in making his
way along, when a gale swept over the
hill, completely overturning his covered
sleigh and throwing the horse so it was
literally buried in the snow. Mr.. Mix
er covered the horse with a blanket and
went to the home Of Harry Wellman,
who came with shovels and helped get
the horse out. 1t is thought the ami
NAL is hurt internally. Mr.. Mixer had
gone through one heavy drift and was
standing on the side of the sleigh try
ing to balance it so that he could get
safely through the second one, when the
accident happened
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-12
BRITISH STILL POUND TURKS.
Take SEQ Yards of Trenches i'll Meso.
potamia Battle.

LONDON. Feb l2-An official report
issued tonight described briefly British
success against the Turks in Mesopota-
mia.
In Mesopotamia during Friday night
and Saturday fou1 Turkish attack, on the
right were repulsed and the British hold
on the enemy trenches on the left wa,
rapidly extended by bombing attacks.
Later, after heavy Commandment, a
successful assault was undertaken against
trenches west Of the Ecorice factory.
which Gen Town-hend held throughout
the siege Of kut FL Amara, whereby we
secured the factory and 500 yards of
enemy trenches.
As result o. these opera tons a new
line has been occupied on frontage 81
over 6,o0H yards and the enemy pushed
hack for a depth varying IRAN 500 to
l2cD yards. All the evidence shows that
the Turks suffered heavily"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-12
MORE STEAMERS
REACH NEW YORK
Cedric. Cunarder, Sailed Today With
cut Passengers, But Carried 5000
Sacks of Mail.

NEW YORK, Feb T. The arrival to-
day of the steamship New York brought
the number ot American transatlantic
passenger ships AT this port up to four.
The New York sailed from Liverpool on
Feb. 2. The American liner kroonand
docked here yesterday and the st Louis
and st Paul OF the same line are still at
their piers The Cunard steamship An
dania, from Liverpool Jan. 81, and the
Italian steamer Giuseppe Verdi, from
Mediterranean ports reached their docks
here today. The British liner Cedric,
which sailed today for Liverpool without
passengers, will carry 5000 sacks OF mail,
which has been delayed here a week
aboard the St Louis
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-12
BCNILLAS AMBASSADOR.
To Come to Washington as Representa-
tive of Mexican Government

WASHINGTON, Feb. l2.-Ignacio
Bonillas, one of Gen, Carranza S repre-
sentatives of the Mexican American
Joint commission has been named am
bassador from Mexico to the United
States.
Mr.. Boniilas is now at Palm Beach
Fla. 1t is expected he will come to
Washington this week to present his
credentials at almost the same tin.
Henry P. Fletcher, the American am
bassador to Mexico, is received by tbs
Mexican governmnt.
Mr.. Bonillas was educated at The
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
and married an American woman.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-12
Red Mems Hall

Tonight There viii Dee a rehearsal
Of the adoption degree.
Triumph lodge, so. la&, scandnu.
vian Fraternity Of America, mc,ts
Wednesday, Fsb. Il, at ) p. IN. I'm
Iortant business. A large attendance
ts desired Refreshments. John J..
johnson. secretary.
Great Sachcm of Vermont L. c. Bar
t,tt Of Montpelier and other great
chiefs will make Il visit TO pocahoutas
council, No. T.. Thursday, Feb. u, and
Quouckticut tribe, No. >, Friday Feb.
rs. All the brothers and sisters are rc.
0ucstcd 70 b. present. Corn aud veni
son will bp served
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-12
MILK HIGHER AT BOSTON.
Hoods Boost Price Half Cent a Quart
Temporarily.

BOSTON, Feb l2.-The price Of milk
was advanced half cent quart yestcr-
day by II p. Hood & Sons, one OF the
principal distributors in the city 1t was
stated that, at 10 cents quart, the firm
had lost one cent on each three quartz
sold since January !. while the farmer ha,
gained seven-eights of cent increased
cost Of transportation was also claimed tC
be factor in the new rates. Hope wa!
expressed that the advance will be tenn
porary, but it was said to depend on tht
prices TO be paid dairymen beginning
April l.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-12
LINCOLN OBSERvANCES.
Services Held at the Tomb cf Mar
tyred President Today.

SPRINGFIELD. H., Feb. Eth
anniversary of the birth of Abraham
Lincoln was celebrated in his former
home here today The Grand Army OF
the Republic, Sons Of Veterans and
Spanish war veterans held memorial
services at the Lincoln tomb. The Lin
coin centennial association will hold its
annual banquet tonight. President John
Fl. Hibben of Princeton university and
Senator Thomas Sterling Of South Da
kota are to deliver addresses.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-12
Strain OF Last Few Days
Told Heavily on Some
American Travellers
AMBASSADOR WAS
REALLY A PRISONER


cgrayhic Privileges stopped, and Ho
Was Not Allowed 20 Communicate in
Code with U. S.
ZURICH Switzerland, Feb. II, Via
Paris. Feb. =. Most Of the members of
Ambassador Gclard's large party gave a
genuine sigh Of relief this afternoon when
the Swiss border was reached for the
strain Of the last few days had told more
or less oH the majority of the travellers.
The strain OF TIE situation for tine
Americans in Berlin had been heightened
toward the end 10y the efforts of the Ger.
man authorities to INDUCE Mr.. Gerard to
open negotiations for an amendment t.
the Pussian.Amcrican treaty ot l799. At
the same time the German newspapers
were flooded with reports of the seizure
oi German ships 10y the United States and
with stories of difficulties and indinitie~
encountered by Couat Won Betntortf.
Ambassador Gerard was refused pclmis
sion 10 communicate in cipher with Wash.
iiEA.fA anu NNt tI4klIhi iilaN lAiltiliNl dli ''
uals ut stories printed in the German
newspapers until an official message, 1a
cctvcd through the Spanish embassy. mad
&c clear that the stories were false
Prior tp this Ambassador Gclards tcIc
phone vines weIc eat, his mail and tgla
graphic privileges were stopped SO that
hc could not oven instruct the American
consu!s. and be- was. in his own words q
prisoner
Minister ~toUIl's despatch. dated Yes
tIdly, folloWs: Ambassador Gerard
With smA and party, las arrived II Xuicl
ard viii reach Berur at . O'Clock tb,.
evening All are we'll met the Amhas
sgdur 1t the frontier and Col Eulcggri
admant general ot the Swiss army. ~pe
cally designated hy the federal council
welcomed him on behalf oi tie Swiss yiy
ciumcnt
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-12
OFFICIAL vERDUN MEDAL.
Will Be Sold for Benoht of War in
Department of Meuse.

PARIS. Feb T. I'm oiHcid uodal COM
momuruttnE tbc defence 81 Nclaau Ias
been struck hy order os the MUNICIPAL
council et that town IL was Designed bv
the ouuavcr WERNER The face %, tha
medal shows 70 figure representing France.
wearing tie uHw Adrtcn helmet aud uirld
ing sword Above II i- the device: "Ou
uc Ias-e pms mo thorrugh'acl. On The
tcyrr.c side are the arms of the city OF
\cIduu with the date of the attack bv
tho crown princes army February 2l
1916 he medal is 60 bc sold for the
benefit ei victims ot the war in the De.
pattm,ut of the Ncu-c
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-12
AMERICAN ON MANITOBA.
Portland, Or, Doctor Surgeon on Ship
SUM- without Warning.

WASHINGTON, Feb. l2.-Onc Amer.
Jean, DR.. Earl Rice, ships surgeon, OF
Portland, Or, was on the British India
liner Manitoba, tory do,d off the Irish
coast Thursday. Consul Frost at
Queenstown cabled the stats depart
meat yesterday that the ship was tor
Tcdocd without warning, but that
cv r.body escaped except seven Las
cars. There is no indication that this
is the expected overt act.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-12
SUNK IN A HARBCR.
Greek Steamship Torpedoed by Ger
man Submarine at Canary Islands.

NEW YORK, Feb. IA German
submarine entered the neutral Spanish
harbor of Las Palmas, Canary Islands,
on Dee. 6, and sank the Greek steam
ship Spyros, according to two of the
frcightcr 5 seamen who arrived today
on the steamship Moro Castle. Re
cent maritime records told Of the Spy
ros as being towed ''to a Spanish
port = after being torpedoed
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-12
DR.. HOLTON DIES
IN HOME TODAY
Physician of National Repu-
tatiOn-Had Cancer of
Pancreas
IN ACTIVE PRACTICE
OVER HALF CENTURY
Years - Former President American
Public Health Association = Head
Of Several Local Institutions
f Several Local Institutions

Dr.. Henry D. Holton, IS, for more
than half century practicing physi
elan and surgeon, one of Vermont S fore
most citizens and a man of national
reputation, former president Of the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-12
THE WEATHER.
Fair and Continued Cold ght-Ris-
ing Tempe-aturc Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, February L. The
weather forocast: Fair and continued
cold tonight. Tuesday fair with ris-
ing temperature. Moderate to fresh
west winds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-12

American fountain pens are popular
in Scotland The two styles making
the largest sales are one which retails
at $3.50 and another selling at sl.25.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-12

Manila is importing cows from Aus
tralia.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-12
IN THE NORTH COUNTRY.
Forty Below Reported from South Rye
gate This Morning.

Special to The keformer.)
MONTPELIER. Feb. L.
The mercury registered 28 below in
this city this morning, 80 at Plainfcld
and 40 at South Ryegatc.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-12

China has 10000 miles of telegraph
lines.
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The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1917-06-28
DECORATED. BUT CAN'T TELL
WHY.

London, June 10 (By MaiD -
Commander Gordon Campbell, mys-
terious hero of the British navy,
leaped 700 junior naval officers in
promotion, became a member of the
Distinguished Service order and
was decorated with the Victoria
Cross in less than a year and
half. Yet, with storm raging
around his secret career, he is
bound by naval ethics not to tell
publicly how he won either his
promotion or the high honors be
slowed by King George.
Curiosity started mildly, but
when Campbell and the admiralty
remained silent, the demand for in
formation reached the proportion
of a public uproar. Campbell is not
criticized, exactly; the public re-
ally wants a chance to sing his
praises. The music is ready but
English hero worshippers refuse to
sing a song without words, which
makes the present demonstration a
clamor instead of a popular lauda-
ton.
A high official of the admiralty
today assured the United Press that
Campbell's achievements and bray
cry during the war deserve every
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1917-06-28
ENGLISH FORTUNE TELLERS
REAP HARVEST.
(By J. w. Pegler, United Press
Staff Correspondent

London, June 10 (By Mail)--
The old crystal ball has been
brought out of storage and pol
shed up for new revelations, and
the ouija board and planchette have
a new coat of shellac, for the clair
voyant business is booming in Lon
don.
Soldiers, sailors and women are
observed to form the bluk of the
trade Superstition, curiosity and
the sneaking hope that the truth
may be revealed before they go
back to the trenches or the turbu-
lent North Sea, drive hundreds of
robust boys into the mysterious,
half-darkened parlors. In Noting
Hill the planchette rivals the crys-
tai ball in popularity. The saloons
are crowded and the charge is as
much as the traffic will stand.
Keen-eyeda attendants quickly size
up the customers total net cash.
Adroit questions pump the client
of useful information before he is
admitted to the mysterious trance
parlor where incense burns in the
shadowy corners and heavy drap-
cries fall about the couch of the
professor.
Tommy wants to know whether
| he will come back; perhaps he asks
whether he viii receive ''blighty'
wound. The fortune-teller is will
ing to oblige. He can foretell the
through the revealing crystal, the
ouija or by reading the clients
aura. He charges from so cents t(
five dollars for the information. A
care-w worn mother asks whether hel
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1917-06-28

The machines had barely leN
when two explosive shells
dropped close to the rear car. Five
wide-eyed civilians chorused: "Gee'
THAT was close" The chauifeurs
didn't even look around. They had
fought at Mons. Half a minute later
D third shell banged ahead, much
nearer than the first two. 1t was a
rough, iH-mannered she'll, throwing
up a great spout of soil, rock ana
greasy smoke. Then a fourth even
closer. Enough.
"Get out and pile into that dug
out" the escort ordered. There was
not single dissenting voice.
Two more shells Some workers
went right on with their digging
and others hattened out on the
ground. That's all there was to the
show. The refugees climbed back
into the motors
As the machines departed road
builder yelled: Tell the little dears
not to come out in the limoozeens
again till the wars over, We de-
LIGHT to see their bloomin', Apply,
smith faces. but they do draw
fire"
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1917-06-28

ray of honor turned upon him.
When the war is over the people
may know what he did and how he
did it, but for the time being his
deeds must remain behind the veil.
Just recently his name appeared
in the Court Circular as the recip-
lent of the Victoria Cross, highest
of all honors for sheer bravery, so
Campbell must have found some
thing more exciting than the COM
mand of the Bittern.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1917-06-28
BATTLEFIELD SLANG.
by William Philip S INNS, United

by William Philip INNS, United
Press Staff Core: pondent)
With the British Al mics in the
Field, June 10 (By M ALL Amer
cans think they are some bears
when it comes to sli nging slang
but the British Tom my isn't so
worse himself when he sets his
bean to working along sIangological
lines.
what is patter than "'Emma-Gee"
for Machine gun, for instance?
Or "O-Pip'' for an obser gation post?
one must admit that there's some
class to these terms and while
you've got your goggles on this
column just take it from me that
there's more pep of tic same mus
tardy standard where this came
from.
A "whiz- bang" IS a shell Of such
high velocity that its whizz and
its bang are almost simultaneous. A
''dud" is a shell w hich fails to ey-
plode A bum hand out is "dud"
meal and gink with bone-head
is "dud" DO. The tip you got on
the filly that was Backed off the
boards by the other nags on the
back stretch, was a ''C'ud" and the
piece of rope the cand idate for re-
election handed you W as "dud"
smoke. A trench mortal is a Joe
Emma" and the big black ball of
high explosive the Germans reply
with is a plum pudding" An anti
aircraft gun is an ''Archibatd' or
an "Archie,' while the German
shell which bursts with a fuzzy
yellow puff of smoke is ''woolly
bear" To the English Tommy the
German is n Fritz" and 'Frjtz" he
is to the CANADIANS. The Scotch call
him an "Allyman" (probably after
the French Allemand), but he is
nobody TO the Irish but a Jerry"
A British staff officer is a brass |
hat" perhaps because of the sold
braid on his cap, and Tommy's own
headgesr, the steel helmet he must
wear inside the shell area, is
.'tin hat
Another name given the staff Of
ficers is the 'lilies" supposedly on
the theory that they toll not
"Blighty' is England, and going
to Blighty" you can just bet your
last specimen of spondulix, is
little bit of all right" A ''Blighty"
is small wound which invalids
you home. serious wound is not
a blighty, for the very simple rea-
son that it puts crimp in your
travelling capacity and gives you
billets in front sick bay. If the |
wound is very bad, so bad that
stimulants are necessary before you
are operated. you will so to res
direction ward "Ack- Emma" is
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1917-06-28
Mrs. Rem Garland Dead.

Mrs. Rem Garland died this morn
ing at o'clock of tuberculosis, at
the family home on North Pruet
street She is survived by her hus-
band and two children. The de-
ceased was SO years of age, and
was reared in Paragould.
The Funeral services will be con-
Quoted at the residence at 10
o'clock tomorrow by Rev. Jas. Il.
Jernigan lnterment in Linwood
cemetery.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1917-06-28

son is alive. Unwittingly she had
already described the boy.
The crystal is clouding over, -
says the professor. II see a move
ment of marching men-mud, rain,
smoke The scene changes. | see a
face it is your sons; blue eyes,
straight nose, rudy cheeks. He is
whistling as he marches to the rear.
Madame, the boy is safe"
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1917-06-28

BY experiment with sugar beets
1t has been proved plants grow
ing close to the ground thrive bet
ter when planted in rows running
from east TO west rather than from
north to south. While the per cent
OF gain is not large, especially in
temperate climate, it costs the farm
er nothing to reap this slight bene-
fit.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1917-06-28

And night is not infrequently called
Saver which is one way to pro-
nounce the French word 'soir. "
When a thing is all gone it's ma
poo" another assault and battery,
with mayhem, on the Francois. A
group of mobile batteries, which
turn the razzle- dazzle on Fritz or
Jerry or Allyman, first at one part
of the line then at another, is called
q "traveling circus" A battle, a
raid, or any operation against the
enemy of similar nature, is Il
"show." A "dud show" means that
the stunt did not "come off, in
plain English the attackers pulled
a lemon,
When Tommy says "Fritz got his
wind up" he means he suffered an
attack of trapped pedal eXtremi-
ties. The guns of largest caliber are
"Grandpas." The next largest are
"Grandmas." OF course, Daddy" is
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1917-06-28
A. @. U. w. Animal Picnic.

The members of the A. 0. u. w.
lodge will have their annual picnic
and fish fry at Hopkins bridge next
Friday. Conyeyances win assemble.
at the lodge hall from 6 to s
O'Clock Friday morning. All mem
bers and their families invited.