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To-Morrow s Special:
f m;G r; Goats t.; You $14.75

Approved models-spIendidly tailored-many
showing the newest conceits on silk cord trim
ming, ornate buttons. big collars, rich Innings,
,tc. And the fabrics are distinctiyey stylishi
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95c Mercerized V0iIes

Think OF your saving. now that
the i0-inch width is offered or
at, yard JlI2c
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Many hazarre foreign style
notes are sharply defined in the
snmptuous tailor stitching, novel
pockets. new belts and cuffs, etc.
Fabrics and colors which are
predominating on the Partisan
boulevards. Would excite fav-
orablc comment in $50 collec-
tion.
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1856 Popular Books at

/E are one of the thousand
w booksellers making the
special display of Grosset &
Dunlap's Great Books 1T
Little Prices" as advertised i'll
the Cosmopolitan Magazine for
April. These are the Books OF
s that people are talking about;
the best works Of the
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Greatest Novelists Of the Day

And think of being able to draw upon treasure
chest of literary talent. comprising 1876 titles!
Every one bound in artistic cloth covers, printed
from large clear type on good paper-ncarly all
illustrated. Truly is this the greatest and most
important array OF Fiction ever presented in one
list. Your fayorite book now ............ zoe
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Women's Lisle Union Suits

To-morrow-just for the
day only-we shall feature
Women'S S5c Lisle Unior
Suits in spring weight;
low neck style and sleeve.
less. with loose or tight
knees; sizes 4 and 5-very
special while the quantity
lasts at
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Big Sewing Machine
Sale Begins Monday

Here is beyond question of the greatest Sewing Ma
chine opportunities we have presented. And it holds
good only while of these Al Machines remain unsod
High class Sewing Machines at moderate cost In the lot
Domestic Singers White Wheeler and Wilson, Davis Free
Grant, Willard Lucia and other trade names.
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Get Seeds Here for the Thrift Garden

Reduce the living by making
other idle land of is
fcient
LUTHER BURBANK'S Eege- LUTHER BURBANlS
abe seeds at Zoe Seeds r.
package DC packag and DC
Bl RBANkS selection a
consists
Sery snea oner a, 1 laying gu" beautiful $lOO
EXTRA SPECIAL: Of n
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-08
WRITES NAME ON PAPER.
But Mrs. Visconti Declines to Make
Public Identity of Informant.

WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-When the
leak investigation committee quizzed Mrs.
Ruth T. Nisconti today on who gSee her
the information on which she reported to
Thomas W. Lawson that Secretary Tumul-
ty and others had profited in the stock
market on advance information Of Presi
dent Wilson's peace note she declined to
answer in public on the grounds of her
rights" but offered to tes
tify in secret session. She did say, how
ever. it was no one in official life. Mrs
Nisconti finally gave the name OF her in
fornant to the committee in confidence,
writing it on a piece of paper, but with
the understanding that the committee may
if it deemed advisable later make the
name public.
1t came out in executive session of the
committee and not in the record that the
name Mrs Nisconti wrote on the paper
was that of child who repeated a remark
made by one of the children of w w
Price, newspaperman. Price testified
he had talked about the peace note to his
family, but that the extent of his remarks
was to say that if he had had money to
risk he would have made profits, but did
not.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-08

He returned to West Brattleboro and
on Dee. u, 1865. married Miss Annie l.
Stowe Of West Brattleboro. Rev. George
P. Tyler, pastor Of the Congregational
church of Brattleboro, performed the cere-
mony.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miller made their home
for 25 years in Wilmington, where Mr.
Miller engaged in farming and in the
cattle business He was at one time
superintendent Of the stock farm Of Ly-
man F. Pettee in West Brattleboro. Mr..
Miller engaged to some extent IN breaking
and training horses On Feb 10, 1904,
while handling a vicious stallion, the ami
nal caught his LETT hand in his mouth
badly mangling il and breaking one bone
Of the forearm and dslocating the wrist
1t was necessary to amputate the arm
/ Mr. and Mrs Miller observed then
golden wedding anniversary in their home
on Melrose street, which they built il
1878, on Dee. u, 1915
Mr.. Miller leaves his wife and thre,
children, Miss Nina +. Miller, who liveC
at home; Lillian NJ. wife OF Wilhelm f
~tellman, and Ola f., wife Of Ernest H
Winchester, all of West Brattleboro H
leaves also two sisters, Mrs. Harriet g
Sellon and Mrs Caroline Holmes, both o
Boston
The funeral viii be held tomorrow after
noon at l.30 o'clock, Rev. Delmar T
Trout, pastor Of the Universalist church
officiating. The burial will take place i
Meeting House Hill cemetery.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-08
GERMANS DEPORTING
ALL RUMANIAN MALES
Citizens 10 to 81 Years Old Sent to Ger
many for Internment - Govern
ment Protests.

PARIS, Feb s. The Rumanan minis
ter Of foreign affairs has telegraphed to
the Rumanian legation in Paris that Ger
many has begun to transport for intern
ment in Germany all Rumanian males
from Is 70 81 years of age, although the
French, Russians, Italians and Portuguese
protected by the Spanish legation are be
ing left in the country
This treatment. so the Germans say,
reads the telegram, is because Rnmania
gave mp to Russia the Germans in its pow
er and that these were transported To 81
IBERIA It is absolutely false that Ruma-
MA has ever delivered German subjects u
Russia. it has not, then, been possible
for them to be sent to Siberia
The German government itself counts
50 little upon the preteXt invoked that,
before announcing its decision TO trans
port Rumanians to Germany, it proposed
TO the Rumanian government the eN
change of Germans ntelned in Rumanla
for Rumanians III Belgium
The Rumanian government can d,
nothing but protest against this new at
tack upon its rights 10y appealing to tn,
universal conscience. which at the proper
time viii aid Rumania in eNactng all In,
compcnsationS due her
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-08
AMERICAN LINE
MAY ARM VESSELS
All Sailings Postponed In
definitely Pending Of
fetal Decision
5000 MAIL SACKS
HELD ON ST. LOUIS
In Addition 1000 for Liverpool Are
Waiting at the New York Postoffice-
Much Mail Awaiting Transportation
Is Very Valuable.

NEW YORK, Feb. S.-Oificers of the
American line today debated whether
they should send their passenger steam
ships out to sea without protection or
arm them with guns after the manner
of the British and French liners.
The decision Of the federal govern
ment not to offer advice 10 private per-
sons as to whether their merchant ships
should risk the German blockade and
not to provide any convoy has left the
steamship line still in doubt as to fu
ture course of action.
Pending decision the company has
announced that the sailing dates of the
steamships st. Louis and St. Paul, now
at New York have been indefinitely
postponed The ST. Louis has on board
5000 sacks of mail, which will remain
there for the present unless the post
master general decides to send them by
one of the British liners.
/ No mail has left New York for Liv
erpool since the departure of the Amer
/ lean liner Philadelphia on Jan. -.
In addition to the sacks on the st
Louis 1000 more for Liverpool ar,
waiting at the New York postoffice
Much mail now awaiting transporta
tion is registered and very valuable
Nine passenger liners flying flags of tn
entente allies. two ships, of the Ameci
can line and one of Holland are toda,
on the high seas between New Yor
and European ports. All but three, t.
American ana Holland ships boun
east, are within possible danger o
submarines or mines In additio
three British pass niger ships from Ne1
York are due to have arrived, but hav
not be.n reported. 1t is possible tina
word of their arrival has been Will
held in accordance with recent order
of the British authorities. Nearly a
have Americans on board.
The French line steamship Espagr
arrived here today with l67 passenger
| II Guiding Americans She left Bo
+ d aux on Jan. 2S and passed throug
( the submarine zone before the new Ge
man naval policy was put into effect
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-08
BERNSTORFF PLANS
FAREWELL MESSAGE
German Ambassador Intends to Issue
Statement to American People Be
fore Leaving.

WASHINGTON, Feb. S-Count Won
Bernstorff is busy making preparations ior
his departure on Sunday. He has had sew
eral conferences with DR.. Ritter the Swiss
minister, relative to turning over Ger
many's interests here The German en-
bassy will be kept open by DR.. Ritter.
1t Is Count Non Bernstorfs 5 intention
before leaving America to issue farewell
statement to the American people. He
has not vet decided whether to give this
out in Washington or to wait until he
sails from New York on Tuesday.
Count Won Bernstortf is known to be
leaving here with great regret. He has
told friends here in the last few days that
he will do all he can to promote friendly
relations between Germany and the Unit
cd States.
4 photographer went to work at the
German embassy yesterday taking pictures
Of every man, woman and child connected
with the staff, to be attached to passports
Copies may be furnished to British and
French naval officials. who will be asked
to honor the safe conducts.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-08
Record Price for Any Ami
NAL at Live Stock Sales
Co.'s Auctions
FOR 1923
HEAD ARE $4,000
Average Is Unusually High, Being
Nearly 1913 Hartford Man PAYS
$500 for Cow and Her Five Daugh-
ters Sold Together-other Sales.

All previous sales of cattle by the
Purebred Live Stock Sales Co. were
eclipsed by the two-days' sale which
ended about clock last evening in
the pavilion on Vernon street The total
receipts for 1G3 head of Holsteins were
S39, 100, an average of S317SS each.
Ihls IS high average and exceeds that
OF most of the live stock sales through
out the country
The high mark for an individual ami
NAL since the sales We're started by this
company was reached yesterday after
noon, when f. H. Metcalf of Holvoke,
Mass, regular patron of the sales,
whose regular business is the manufac.
ture of the Farr alpaca but who has a
Holsteln herd of unusual excellence,
paid $1,000 for Junior six-year-old
COW. She is Edith Fayne DeKol, FIVE
years and II months old. Her dam is
half sister to Segis Fayne Johanna, the
world s record COW which recently set
mark of 50.6S pounds of butter in
seven days.
4 Mr.. Metcalf also was the successful
h'f'or ~ 1850 for the bull pietie
Pontiac Alcartra, IS months old, son of
the $4,000 bull, King Segis Pontiac
Alcartra
Another high-prieed COW in the after
noon sale was X. p Ondine. four years
old, for which $1,000 was paid by
August j. Doerr of Saginaw. Mich.
She is a daughter of King of the Pom
40 hill ~
All three of the above named ami
mails were consigned by John Arfmann
of Middletown, n. Y, who yesterday
forenoon bought for 81 1000 the eight
yearold cow, Maplemont Winnie, con
signed by ]. ". Prentiss & Son of AL
stead n. H.
One of the most interesting features
of the sale was the purchase by w. w.
Sherman of Hartford, Conn, of cow
and her five daughters, all the calves
she ever dropped for $500. These
six animals were sold together and
there were several bidders Mr.. Sher-
man also bought two of the cow 3
granddaughters.
!, John Mckay of West Brattleboro
bought a cow and two heifers for S775.
Z. E. Covey of Brattleboro paid 1925
! for four year-old cow. Lee Haven of
South Londonderry consigned two cows
to the sale which brought $40 and
S430.
Some Of the heavier purchasers be-
n sides Mr. Metcalf and Mr.. Sherman
u were as follows: H. s. Kelsey Of Bos
' ton, proprietor of the Waldorf lunch
50 $2.s75; John Arfmann of Middletown
r. =. T., $l,965; II. F. Gray of Westfeld
d Mass, sl,605; John F. Benjamin OF
Barre (VtD, $1,l7O: H. NJ. Adams OF
n Amherst, Mass. Sl,135; C. w. Wake,
II of Canton, Me, $1,l35; Northfield
Le (Mass.) seminary, $1,045; Benjamin
is Lang of South Lee, \. H, $1,035; sew
ne eral others who paid from $500 L
$1,000 each.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-08
MILK PRODUCERS
TO MEET SATURDAY
Local to Be Organized in Town Hall
at 9 a. m, After Which County
Officers Will Be Chosen.

During this week E. H. Hallet of st.
} Johnsbury has been meeting with the
farmers in the several milk and cream
shipping stations and organizing locals
for the \. E. NJ. ?. A. Locals have
already been formed in Vernon and
Chesterfield, and today meeting. are
being held in Rockingham and Putney.
The meeting for Brattleboro, which
was scheduled for Monday, lad TO b.
given up on account of the storm. This
will be held in tho town hall Brattle-
boro, at a. m. Saturday just befofa
the county meeting of the representa-
tives of the various locals, at which
county officers will be elected. All
milk producers around Brattleboro are
urged to be present at the Saturday
morning meeting.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-08

LONDON, Feb. ;. - The German
government viii require guarantees that
Count Won Bernstorff. former German
ambassador at Washington, and the
men on German ships in American ports
be permitted to leave the United States
before allowing Ambassador Gerard and
other Americans in Germany to depart
from that country, according 70 the
Copenhagen Politiken, as quoted in a
Reuter- despatch from that city.
This information, the Politiken says,
is contained in a telegraph sent by Am
bassador Gerard to the American lega-
tion at Copenhagen.
All Americans in Germany, including
those captured by the German raider in
the South Atlantic and taken to Ger
many on the Narrowdale, are said to
have been detained as hostages.
An Exchange Telegraph despatch
from Copenhagen gives the same report
regarding the detention of Americans
in Germany and adds that Ambassador
Gerard is not permitted to send tele-
grams in code
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-08
AMERICANS NOW IN GERMANY
ARE REALLY HELD AS HOSTAGES

Ambassador Gerard Reported Yesterday in Switzerland
Is Among Those Detained = Germans Wish to BE AS
sured of Safe Departure of BernstOrf and Others
No Americans Have Reached Copenhagen from Berlin
WASHINGTON, Feb s. - On the basis of reports
received on the destruction of the California and other
ships so far is stated authoritavey that none OF the
cases constitutes the which will lead to war with
Germany. Officials openly express the belief however
that the overt act is merely question OF time
While regarding the destruction of the California as
plain evidence that Germany has fully abandoned her
pledges to the United States stated that the govern
men will not be hurried into until there IS ndlspued
evidence of violation of American rights by destruction of
American ships or loss Of American lives in violation Of
international law.
All hope, if any existed that Germany might
modify her campaign of ruthlessness has vanished and
there no doubt here that will be only matter Of hours
or days before an American ship sunk American lives
are sacrificed.
The only effect far the destruction of the Cali
ona has been is to quicken the preparations the govern
ment is making for the expected eventuality.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-08
BELGIANs FLEE TO HOLLAND.
Streaming Across the Frontier, Sa. s
London Times.

LONDON, Feb. S-The Times publishes
the following from its Amsterdam corre-
spondont:
Mill refugees from Belgium are stream
ing across the frontier in order to escape
the fire and sword II the German bar
harianS. Never before has the war been
SO real to Holland. Unquestionably Presi-
dent Wilson words find an echo in the
hearts Of the freedom-loving Dutch. but it
must not be forgotten that their position
IS one OF extreme difficulty.
Exposed as they are on the eastern
frontier to an invasion by German troops
and mcnaced by the stoppage OF supplies
through German submarine war.are. they
not unnaturally hesitate to take step
which would be calculated to expedite
their annihiation at German hands.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-08
BREAK WITH AUSTRIA
is SURE TO COME
Her Position Is Virtually tho Same as
That of Gcrmany-Has Not
Withdrawn Note.

WASHINGTON, Feb S.-Austria has
not as yet withdrawn or modified her note
adherng 10 the German submarine cam
paign, it was stated officially today at the
state department. The possibility that a
break with Austria also can hc avoided
virtually has been given up. Despita
some differences in the Austrian situation
her strict adhesion to the principle enun-
ciated by Germany, both in note to this
country and in other communications
makes her position virtually the same
Officials will give no intimaton as to why
definite announcement is not made
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-08

WASHINGTON. Fob. 5. -- The latest
report ON the destruction Of the Cali
furnia, received this morning at the
state department from Consul Frost at
Queenstown, put the number of sur
yivors al 1872 and the missing at A..
It says the ship apparently was tor,
pcdocd about 10 o'clock Wednesday
morning. President Wilson read the
latest official reports ON the sinking Of
the California before breakfast and de-
cidcd nothing could be determined un-
til more details were received.
The first reports indicated that our
American lost his life in the sinking
of the California. Later it was stated
that one American was ON board as q
member Of the crew. but that he wa.
saved.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-08

WASHINGTON, Feb. ;. ~ AmbaSsa-
dor Gerard. American consuls and the
American sailors brought in on the
prize ship larrowdale are being held
IN Germany until assurances have been
received from here as 10 the safe de-
parturp of Count Won Bernstorf and
the German cousul4 and the safety Of
German war bound ships in this coun.
try.
II was said at the state department
today that sensational reports have bc.
come current in Germany that the Ger
man ships here have been condscatcd
and their crews seized, Pending con.
drmation Germany has detained the
Americans.
Officials here are inclined TO minimize
the Importance of the detention becaus,
they believe il largely has arisen from
misunderstanding. That Ambassador
Gerard IS still in Berlin and not al
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-08

WASHINGTON, Feb. :. - Lloyd s re
port for the third day of the German
new submarine campaign shows that
the undersea boats are maintaining the
average OF destruction set by the Ber-
lin naval experts rs necessary to success.
The third day 5 reported losses total
27,9S5 tons and the preceding two days
totalcd $4,000. At such a rate the de-
struction of 100000 tons month,
which is the German aim. would seem
about to be accomplished. German naval
experts contend that such an average
would cut England off from the world
and end the war by her starvation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-08

BERLIN, Feb. via London, Feb. 8.
The breach Of diplomatic relations
between the United States and Germany
has revealed the fact that there are
some 400 native or naturalizcd Ameri-
cans in Berlin, large majority of
whom have applied to the United
States embassy for passports or alter,
ations permitting them to leave Ger
many for Switzerland or Scandinavia.
About one-fourth of the total are Amer.
leans temporarily in Germany on bust
ness or to study. The other three
fourths are either naturalized citizens
or the children of such who rushed Ia
the embassy at the llth hour to secure
papers establishing their status after
the departure Of the American repre-
sentative.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-08
GUARDS FOR POWER PLANTS.
Employees Sworn In from Somerset to
Shelburne Falls.

All the employees of the New Eng
land Power company in the Deerheld
valley from Somerset to Shelburne
Falls have been sworn in as special
guards for all the power plants and
property of the firm. Special officers
are being provided b. the towns along
the river for the purpose of guarding
the power plants and dams. Sheriff H.
X. Wilson of Readsboro is in charge of
the guards in the vicinity of Reads
boro.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-08
PLAN TO DOUBLE
TORPEDO OUTPUT
Sscrotary Daniels ASKS Congress for
al Immediate Appropriation of
$500. COO.

WASHINGTON, Feb s-OIders were
given today to double the output OF tor
pedacs at tine Newport, T. l.. plant To
make possible additional equipment for
the station Secretary Daniels asks congress
to immediately appropriate SSoo,ojo. See
rotary Daniels estimates that the first or
der at the government plant viii save
S2,ooo,Ooo, the difference in cost between
government and private production.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-08
CHARGES L. S. WITH
BREACH OF TREATY
Berlin Newspaper Claims That Gez1nan
Subjects Are Compulsorily De
tanned Here.

BERLIN, Feb. I, via London, Feb. 6
In a prominently displayed leader
the Lokal Anzieger this afternoon
charges the United States with a
breach of treaty obligations in 'com-
pulsorily detaining in America Ger
man subjects, who, under the treaty of
1899, aro entitled even in the case of
an actual outbreak of war to pursue
their vocations unmolested
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-08
T. ]. MILLER DIES IN
WEST BRATTLEBORO
Was Well known Farmer and Horse
Trainer-FormerlyS Superintendent
of Pettee Stock Farm.

Thomas j. Miller, IS. died in his home
on Melrose street, West Brattleboro,
Yesterday afternoon at o'clock
Death was caused by cancer of the stom-
ach, which had confined him to his bed
five weeks
Mr. Miller was born in West Brattle-
boro, April ?, 1899, son of Chester H
and Caroline S (Eaton) Miller. He was
engaged in farming when the Civil wal
began. He enlisted in Company b, 10th
Vermont, and participated in the battle
of Gettysburg.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-08
REACHED SHORE, BUT DIED.
Two from Dauntless Perished, -Four
Others in Hospitll.

LONDON, Feb S.-The sinking of
the British steamship Dauntless of New
castle is reported b. Lloyd S. Six men
of the crew Of % have landed Two
of them have since died and the other
four are in hospital. The captain was
seriously wounded.
Lloyd S reports the sinking of the
British steamship Hollcnside, 26S2 tons
gross. The crew left the vessel in
boats The captain has been landed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-08
Centre Congregational Church

Thurs6ay. Feb. 5, so to Party in
chapel for members OF junior and in
termodiat' departments of the Sunday
school aud the Junic. Christian I'm
deavor society.
Friday, Feb. 9, 80 p Midwcck
meeting of the church. SJbject. The
Christian as a Sympathizcr. Matthew
q:3G.3S.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-08
SUBJECTS
WANT CITIZENSHIP
Since tho Break with Germany Total
Of $500 Have Renounced Foreign
Allegiance.

NEW YORK, Feb S-Two thousand
more TeuJon subjects renouEced their
allegiance to foreign rulers in New York
yesterday and applied for American citi-
zenship, making total OF $500 to make
applications snce the break with Ger
malN-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-08
STEAMER TURING SUNK.
British Vessel Sailed from Norfolk for
Liverpool Jan. 10.

QUEENSTOWN, Feb. S.-The Brit
ish steamer Turino has been sunk BY a
submarine. Her crew has been landed.
The Turino last reported at Norfolk,
whence she sailed on Jan. 10 for Liv-
prpODl