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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-05
ACTION DELAYED
War Declaration Against Austria May
Not Be Made by Congress
Until Next Week.

WASHINGTON, Dee. Postpone
ncnt Of the Austrian war declaration
by congress until next week appeared
probable today after conferences be-
tween chairman of the senate and
l0use foreign committees.
Chairman Flood of the house com
mittee said he hoped to get the reso-
luton before the house tomorrow, but
postponement until Friday appeared
probable, and in such an event it was
not believed the senate could act be-
fore next week, unless simultaneous
consideration in both houses could De
arranged.
Chairman Flood put the war resolu-
ton in final form after consultation
at the state department. He said ne
expected the committee to formally re,
port it out today and that he would
bring it up in the house for passage to
morrow.
The resolution provides n deelara
ton that because of Austria Hungary s
warlike acts against the United States
in support of her ally, Germany, state
of war exists at and after noon TO
day. 1t also pledges the full resource;
of the United States to bring the wal
to successful conclusion.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-05
MRS. A. E. PARK DEAD.
Former Brattleboro Woman Dies in
Her Homo in Springfield, Mass.

Mira. A. Il. Park Of Springfield.
Mass. formerly of Brattleboro and
Townshend, died in her home in
Springfield Yesterday morning The
Sp'inrGeld Union Of this morning con
tGircd the following obituary notice
Mrs. Jennie $. Park, wife Of A. +.
Par[ = Wilhraham avenue. died sid
denly at 400 yesterday morning from
heart trouble. She was we'll known
in this state and Vermont as having
been connected with missionary work
aud being president Of tho missionary
society of Hope church in this city.
She was also member of the wom-
on = Bible class and was interested in
the Red Cross.
"Shc was born in Belehertown,
Mass, May 30, lS4s, her parents being
the late II. A. Wright and Christiana
Ilawcs Wright. She had a brother,
Estes, who has been dead for some
time. Besides her husband she leaves
n lister, Mrs. Lucy A. Hitchcock of
Palmer. two daughters, Christiana NJ.
and Lillian G.. Park, and a grandson
by adoption, Charles Rushford, who is
in the service abroad.
The funeral will take place in the
home tomorrow afternoon at . clock,
Rev. J. Burford Parry officiating, and
burial will take place in Oak Grove
cemetery
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-05
Forgotten Graves.

Edward Markham, the poet, under
the unpatriotic title, II Did Not Raise
Ny Boy to Be Soldier wrote tais
stanza:
90 mothers, will you longer give
your sons to feed the awful hunger of
the gun' What is the worth Of all
these battles drums if from the field the
loved one never eomes9 What all these
loud hozannas to the brave if all your
spare is some forgotten grave?'
DIR. James l.. Hughes, for over forty
years Superintendent of Education of
the schools of Toronto, Canada, an
swered this poem. Greater significance
is given to the answer by the fact that
DR.. Hughes own soa was killed in bat
tie and lies in Belgium. His answer
was first published in .he Christian
Guardian of Toronto, and is repub
| lished by us with some slight corfec
tions made by DIR. Hughes for the
Manufacturers Record. Herewith is
DR.. Hughes reply to Markham.
| God gave my son in trust to me;
| Christ died for him. and he should be
A man for Christ. He is his own,
And God S and man s, not mine alone.
He was not mine to "give. He gave
| Himself that he might help to save
| All that Christian should revere,
| All that enlightened men aold dear.
ITO feed the Gu1s. All, torpid SOUL
| Awake, aud see life as whole
When freedom, honor, justice, right.
Were threatened by the despot g might
With heart aflame and soul alight,
He bravely went 70? God to fight
| Against base savages whose pride
The laws Of God and man defed.
Forgotten gravel" This selfish plea
Awakes no deep response in me,
For, though his grave | may not see,
Ny boy will ne 'er forgotten be.
NY real son can never die;
'Tis but his body that may lie
In foreign land, and shall keep
Remembrance fond, forever, deep
Within my heart Of my true son
Because Of triumphs that he won.
1t matters not where any one
May lie and sleep when work is done.
!, 1t matters not where some men live;
, If my dear son his life must give,
Hosannas ! will sing for him
f EN- though my eyes with tears be dim
And when the war is over, when
{ His gallant comrades come again,
, I II cheer them as they re marching BY
Rejoicing that they did not die.
3 And when his vacant place / see.
: My heart will bound with Joy that h
Was mine SO long-my fair young So
And cheer for him whose work is done
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-05
WORD TIC AUDITORIUM PATRONS
Some of the Many Fine Features Shown
Totn--row by Lyman Howe.

Auditorium patrons who contemplate
attending lIowe's pictures tomorrow,
either matinee or night, are most mr.
gently requested to secure their tickets
well in advance and thus avoid the
rush and erus:I that is sure TO result
If they delay until the last moment.
The box Office Ia open daily from Q
a. m. to p. m.
Besides the big feature films, life on
the battleships and the training at An.
napolis. the great Yves. contributes 9
film that teens with very exciting mo.
ments--a Misunderstanding contest be
tween the most expert and daring cow
boys and eowgirls from the great
plai'& America is further represented
by = delightful journey over the Cas-
cade Mountains in Washington en- route
the Great Northern Railway OF scenes
from abroad there is series depicting
the perilous ascent of Mt. Blanc in
the Alps, and from London comes a
remarkable "triek'' film showing in
imagination how q fearless British Air.
man fought and conquered a raiding
ZeIre'in.--Ady.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-05
UNIvERsALIsTs EXTEND CALL.
Expected that Rev. R. M. Kellermar
VIII Go TO Church in Rutland.

RUTLAND, Dec. 5.--The trustees of
the UDiyerslist church have extend
ed call to Rev. Robert b. kellerman
TO become pastor Jan. |, 1918, and it
is expected he will accept the call
FIR. Kellerman is the son of Rev.
Robert Scott Kellerman, a Universalist
clergyman for many years and at pres
ent pastor at Gibson, Pa. The son 5
theological training was begun under
tho direction Of his father and con.
tinued at St. Lawrence university at
canton, \. Y. He was ordained in
1915 and after year s work at Mace
don, n. Y, was compelled to close his
pastorate on account Of i'll health. Aft.
or brief rest he took up work at Wa
terville, Me-, mission point, before
regaining his strength expecting that
II would be only temporary pastor.
at. Under his direction the parish
Increased 80 remarkably that he re-
maiced there, gaining an enviable rep.
utation as an organizer and for hia
work among the students at Colby col.
lcgc and the Young people Of the town
He is married but has no children
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-05
$4,000 FOR LAZY LADY ISLAND
DR.. Lee Sells St. Adams Bay Property
to Ben Gilman of New York.

ST. ALBANS, Dee. 5.-What is pos
sibly the highest price ever received for
a piece of Vermont country property
was paid in the sale of the famous Lazy
Lady island in st. Adams bay, which
has Just been consumated. Dr. Guy
Charleton Lee of Carlisle, Penn, capital
ist and publicist, who FIVE years ago
bought the island for less than $1,000
has just sold it to Ben Gilman, a
wealthy New Yorker, and although the
exact price paid is not stated it is said
to be over $4,000 or over $4,000 an
acre.
DR.. Lee has expended thousands OF
dollars. but very little of this was put
into buildings. The island was tent.
ed camp. An electric system with a
duplicate power plant and water sys-
TEN have been installed, thousands of
trees set out and landscape gardening
carried out extensively.
1t is understood that DIR. Lee expects
to buy some other island in that vicint
ty
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-05
U. s. INACCURACIES BLACKLIST
Ban Placed en- 1,46O Firms in Central
and South America.

WASHINGTON, Dee. "a blacklist
Of !, 400 firms in 20 Central and South
American countries with whom mer-
ehants of the United States are for.
hidden specifically to do business ex-
cept under special license was promul-
gated last night by the war trade
board. 1t is officially styled ENEMY
Trading List and constitutes the first
section of a record which eventually
will include the names Of firms in most
of the countries of the world, includ
ing the United States itself.
Latin-Ameriea is dealt with first be
ause of the large number of German
firms in the southern republics active
in aiding Germany's cause. Evidence
nut before the war trade board ha:
shown that many of these firms, in
Guiding public utilities companies, have
financed to a large degree German
propaganda work in the United States
All those named in the list issued last
aight have been charged with secret
" or openly assisting America S enc
mics
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-05
SOUTH WINDHAM.
Mrs. Hugh Holden is seriously i'll.

Mrs. Hugh Holden is seriously i'll.
Mrs w A. Puffer is in very poor
health.
About foot of snow fell Friday night
and Saturday
DR.. Thomas was called Tuesday to see
Mrs. Hugh Holden.
William Stewart, who spent the past
year in town, has gone to Connecticut.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Adams Of Town
shend attended church here Sunday morn
ing.
Miss Leta G.. Gibbs went Thursday to
Stockbridge, Mass, to work at Cherry
Hill farm.
Miss BeTnice Smith spent few days
last week in the home OF her brother,
Frank w Smith, in Brattleboro
Little Fred and George Holden are
staying with their grandmother. Mrs 4
j. Westcott their mother being i'll.
Misses Jessie and Clara Pierce OF the
Holstein-Friesian Office, Brattleboro, spent
Thanksgiving with their aunt, Mrs. +. r
Robbins
Arthur Howe, who went to Newport
News, Va. to work in the ship building
yard, does not like the country there and
will return here. He says the wind blow
all the time and the air is filled with
sand. which makes it very disagreeable
Mr.. Howe has been drafted, but has MOI
been called into service yet
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-05
PERSONAL.

Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Tenney of Pal
mer, Mass, were visitors with friends
in town yesterday.
+. g. Hays and family are moving
from School street to Townshend. Their
goods were shipped this morning.
Walter NJ. Hazeltine went today to
Springfield, Mass, after short visit
in the home of his sister, Mrs. Frank
W. Pier.
Mr.. and Mrs o. r. Ross of 81 Pros
Dect street left the last of the week
for Fitchburg, Mass, where Mr.. Ross
has a position as motorman on the
street railroad.
County Agent A. w. Sweeton returned
this morning from business trip TO
Rutland. He was accompanied by
James G. Otis, Windsor county agent
who came here to attend the Holstein
Freisian cattle sale.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-05
HOLDING JOINT MEETING.
Sugar Makers and Fruit Men Of Yer.
mont Gather in Burlington.

BURLINGTON, Dee. 5.--The joint
meeting and exhibition of the Yer
mont Horticultural society and the Yer
mont Sugar Makers association was
opened last evening in the Howard Re
lief hal. There are large number
of exhibits of both maple sugar and
apples. The program consisted of an
address of welcome by Mayor J. II.
Jackson with responses by E. H. West
Of Dorset, president of the Horticul-
tural society, and II. B. Chaplin of
Middlesex, president of the Sugar
Makers association. There were al.
dresses by G. o. Ormsbee of Montpel.
Ter and Prof. w. H. Wolff Of the New
Hampshire state college.
The outlook is for a successful meet.
ing a large number Of members be
ing present. Sessions will continue
through Friday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-05
MOUNTED FOOTBALL SUGGESTED.
Feeling that High School Football
Team Should Be Given Token.

There has been some expression on
the part of Brattleboro football fans
that suitable token should be pre-
scented by the public to the high school
as an expression of appreciation of the
excellent record made by the team
which represented that institution on
the gridiron this fall winning the
championship of the Clover league and
the state title as well. A football
mounted on a standard and properly
inscribed is suggested.
Members of the squad have voted to
buy sweaters with the funds realized
from the alumni game Thanksgiving
day, and az the money is hardly suf
ficient any donations will be gladly re-
ceived. They may be left with Prin-
cipal Il. B. Smith, at the board of trade
rooms or The Reformer Office.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-05
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

Carpenters arc busy today putting on
the storm doors at town hall.
Rich's jazz and novelty orchestra
will play at the patriotic rally in Put
ney this evening.
Silas Holbrook OF West Brattleboro
killed seyen-months-old pig Monday
which dressed $50 pounds.
A copy of the Newspaper Rate book
published by Nelson Chesman has been
added to the reference library Of the
board of trade.
A regular meeting of the Ladies cir
Gle Of the Universalist church will be
held tomorrow afternoon at 400 SUP
per will be served at 6.l5.
During the first two days that the
new thrift stamps and war savings certii-
Gates were on sale at the local postoffice
the sales amounted TO trifle more than
800.
Tho Canal street Parent Teacher as
ISOLATION will hold its December meet
ing Friday afternoon at 3.45. Miss
Mary b. Loomis school nurse, will
speak and there will be music. The
election Of officers will be held and
there are several matters of important
business 10 be discussed.
The funeral of Martha j. (Eaton)
Baldwin was held at the house, %
South Main street, at go o'clock tas
afternoon, Rev. Richard II. Clapp, pas,
tor of the Centre Congregational
church, officiating. Musical selections
wero rendered by Fred C. Adams The
body will be taken to Antrim, n. H..
tomorrow morning for burial.
A program of vocal and instrumental
music will be rendered in the Swedish
Congregational church tomorrow eve
ming at clock for the benefit of the
church. II will include selections by the
orehestra-choir, string quintet, voea
duet. by Eber Augustson and Pau
Erickson, vocal solo by Miss Ruth Os
carson. instrumental duet by Ernest and
Lucie Cooke, and other numbers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-05

The seleetive draft has brought new
proof of the fact, SO amazing to many
persons, that city young people as a
rule are healthier and sturdier than
those who live on farms. The percent
age of country boys rejected for phys;-
cal defeets-poor eyes, lack Of weight,
missing teeth, fat feet and various 9TH
er diaabilities-was far greater than
than that of the city boys who were re-
jected for the same causes. The reason
probably Is that cities give more care
to the health of public school children,
comments the Youths Companion.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-05
Tit for Tat.

The hours were fying by, and still
Aigy. the bore, remained with her.
.Do you like musie?' she inquired,
listlessly.
s'Yee'' he replied 81 am always
carried away by music.
She flew to the piano and played
several airs. Then she turned and
looked at him.
You re not gone yets''
9No,' he answered.
"But you told me that music al
ways carried you away!'
"Yes,'' he retorted, tbut said
music. '-Pittsbur2 Chronicles Telc
Graph.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-05
swINDLERs SENT TO BOSTON.
Mr.. and Mrs. Duncan, Arrested in Bur-
hngton, Under 81, 700 Bail.

BURLINGTON, Dee. 5.-Mr. and
Mira. r. Duncan, the man and woman
who were arrested in this city on
Thanksgiving day charged with bogus
check swindles in various parts of the
country. were taken yesterday before
Judge Harlan B. Howe, who fixed their
bail at $1,000 each. They were unable
TO furnish security and an order was is
sued by Judge Howe fer their removal
to Boston, where their eases will be
considered by federal grand jury now
in session there.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-05
SPEAKERS FOR ORANGES.
VIII Tell the Farmers Of the Needs of
the Nation.

MONTPELIER, Dec. 5.-Mason g.
Stone. who has charge of the four-min-
ute speakers in Vermont, has received IA
vorable responses from Willis " Cady.
master, and o. l.. Martin, lecturer, OF
the State Grange relative to using four
minute speakers at Grange meetings. il
has been found that owing to the small
number OF movies the work of the four.
minute speakers has been limited Mr.
Stone will now take up the matter OF
talks at Grange meetings with the fed
eral authorities.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-05
DROPS OBSERVATION CARS.
Pennsylvania Will Replace Them with
Sleeping Cars.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 5.-Observs-
tion cars on the through limited trains
on the Pennsylvania road system be-
tween New York and the West will be
withdrawn tomorrow in order to fur
Their assist in the efficient utilization of
facilities. Sleeping cars will take the
places of those withdrawn, thus in
creasing the carrying capacity of the
trains without adding to the number
of cars.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-05

received dividend of 90 per cent,
and bonus of ] shilling per share,
which is another way of describing a
distribution of 40 per cent. For the
year 1913-l4 they received 10 per cent.
These facts provide small but a glar-
ing illustration of our frequent conten-
ton that large sections are falling very
far short Of their urgent duty in cur
failing unnecessary expenditure and
lending the proceeds to the govern
meat to carry on the war;
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-05
DECLINES FEDERAL AID.
CcT. Burnquist Does Not Need War
Dcprrtment in Street Car Strike.

ST. PAUL, Dee. 5.-Gov Burnquist,
IN message to Newton D. Baker, Sec
rotary of war, today declined to call
upon the federal government to settle
the street ear strike difficulty here.
Practically all union workmen in st.
Paul and Minneapolis attended a
convention today to discuss the car
strike. II was planned to make the
convention" continuous, which would
virtually mean general strike in sym
patty with the car men.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-05

Lyman G. Glazier recently bought new
Ford automobile.
L. L. Churchill is spending several
weeks in his home.
Mrs. Fanny Thomas is spending the
week at Mrs. S. NJ Stoves.
Miss Clara S. Crosier of Halifax visited
her aunt, Mrs H. f. White, several days
recently.
Miss Lena R. Miner returned to the
Brattleboro high school Monday after an
illness OF two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs II. f. White spent
Thanksgiving with her sister, Mrs. 2. T..
Crosier, and family, in Halifax.
Fred II. Stowe and Mrs Laura Hulse
moved Monday TO their new home, which
Mr.. Stowe recently bought in Greenfield
4. r. Miner and family OF Halifax have
sold their farm and are moving to the
Wilson place in this village for the win
ter.
Edwin r. Boyden, who is in i'll health,
went Thursday to spend Thanksgiving
with his father, Samuel Boyden, and vii
remain for the present in his father
home.
The Green River Manufacturing com
| pany, which recently purchased the mil
property of II. II. Stowe, began repairs
| on the store building Monday. The firm
will continue to manufacture chairs, set
tees and swings, employing force Of II
men.
G. w. Pond and family of Halifax arr
occupying their former home, now owned
by +. II. Boyden, and Robert Burnett ha
moved his family from Halifax TO tn
former Pond house, both men being en-
ployed at the mill
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-05
IMPORTANT WORK
Peek to Direct Conversion of Manufac-
turing to War Work.

WASHINGTON. Dee. 5.--George II.
Peck, vice president of Deere & Co.,
Moline, H., today was appointed in
dus.rial representative of the war in
duatries board to uirect the conversion
of the country's manufacturing facih-
ties to war work.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-05
TO DISCOURAGE INITIATION.
Federal Reserve Board Approves In
creise In Discount Eates.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.--To discour-
age initiation and promote sound busi-
ness conditions the federal reserve
board has approved general increase
in discount rates of about onehalf of
enc per cent for most of the - federal
FESTIVE banks.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-05
TOUR is ABANDONED.
Boston Grand Opera Company Quits
After Hard Shedding.

GEAND RAPIDS, Mich, Dee. ). -
The Boston Grand Opera company,
which gave a performance here las
night, has abandoned its tour and will
return cas-. Difficulty in obtaining ad-
equate travelling accommodations and
tie inroads of the military draft upon
it's membership is given as the reason.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-05
MAY USE GERMAN SHIPS.
Brazilian Government Contemplates
Turning so Over to France.

RIO JANEIRO, Dec. ga decree au-
thorizing the signing of an agreement
with the French government for the
use of 80 former German ships is pub.
lished by the newspapers. A statement
issued by the finance minister places
the total tonnage of these ships at e49,-
500.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-05
DEATHS.

In Springfield, Mass, Dec. 4, Mrs.
Jennie s. Park, 60, wife Of a. e. Park,
formerly OF Tifaitlehoro and Townshana
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-05
GREEN RIVER.
A. G.. Gallup Seriously injured.

~ G. Gallup was very seriously in
iured Friday while in the woods on his
farm, being struck terrific blow on the
head from a large limb Of tree which he
and his son, Forrest, had felled. For
several days Mr.. Gallup was in critical
condition and great anxiety was felt By
his family and friends He is now be
lieved to be out of danger, although still
confined to his bed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-05

Over Is per cen. of the munition
worker. in Lyons, France, are wehen.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-05

Dewey Hunt is sick with pneumonia.
Mrs. +. S. Davis remains critically ill.
Gladys Underwood went to Brattle-
boro Monday to work III the family of
H. f. Whitney.
Herbert French and Paul Williams
were home from Camp Devens, Aver,
Mass, for Thanksgiving.
In the special town meeting held
Monday it was voted to levy tax of
s. cents to defray the expense on the
Millington case.
John McAllister has moved into the
George Coombs house and John Hulett
| and his mother have moved into the
house vacated by him.
V. W. Boyden spent Thanksgiving
| with brother and sister in Town
| shend. His niece, Miss Florence How
| ard, returned with him to attend the
masquerade.
Among the pupils away at school
who came home for Thanksgiving were
Olive Phelps from Springfield, Bertha
Vandewarker from Castleton, Ilene
Benson from Chester, Blanche Ramsdel
from East Montpelier and George
Churchill from Burlington.
! About 100 couples attended the mas
| querade ball given under the auspices
of the South Londonderry Cornet banC
Thank. giving evening. The prizes were
awarded to Lila Marden, Mrs p. A
| Boynton, Mrs. II. G. Alexander anC
Neal Johnson. MeAvoy's orchestra
furnished the mugic. IN oyster sup
per was served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Noble Rawson enter
tanned Mrs. George Gardner of ia
maiea and Mr.. and Mrs. David Aldricl
and William .Aldricii and famil,
Thanksgiving. Mr.. and Mrs. Henri,
Darling, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Darling
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Head, Mr.. AM
Mrs. NJ. J. Howard, Mrs. Mary How
ard and Mrs. Miranda Conant wer
guests at l.. T. Landman .; Mr.. an,
Mrs. Emmett futile, Mr.. and Mrs
Harry Sparks, Mr.. and Mrs. john Tut
tie and Miss Ellen Tnttle of Manehes
ter at George Tuttle's; Emery an,
Francis Aldrich at Charles Aldrieh s.