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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28
HOY CALLS ON IT,
TO FIGHT GERMANY
American Whose Mother and Sister
Were Murdered Is Ready to
Enlist as q Soldier.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2s. Pres.
ident Wilson has received the fol
lowing cablegram from Austin Y.
Hoy, whose mother and sister were
lost when the Laeonia was torpcdoed
without warning by u German sub
marine:
| am an American citizen, repre-
senting the Sullivan Machinery com
pany of Chicago, living abroad not
as an expatriate, but for the promo
tion of American trade. | love the
flag, believing in its significance. My
beloved mother and sister, passcn-
gers on the Laeonia, have been foul
ly murdered on the high seas AS an
American citizen outraged and as
such fully within my rights and as
an American son and brother be
reaveq, | call upon my government
to preserve fts self respect and save
others Of my countrymen from such
deep grief as ] now feel | am of
military age, able to fight If my
country cam use ne against these
brutal asSassins | am at its call If
it stultifes my manhood and my ma
tion by remaining passive under out
rage l shall seek d man 5 chance un-
der another flag.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28
FISH AND GAME
CLUB NUMBERS 200
Many Consignments of Trout Appheo
for - Talk Given by Authority
on Fish and Game Culture.

About 40 were present last evening
in Grand Army hall al a meeting un-
der the auspices Of the Wlndham
Comfy Fish and Game association 70
hear reports of the activities of the
club ana a talk by &. II. Wilson OF
Gious rails, \. T., IN authority on hsa
and game culture.
The reports showed that there were
nearly 200 members in the organization,
most of them residents of Brattleboro
or towns in this immediate, locality,
although the influence of the associa-
tiou IS being pXtended as rapidly as
aos.ilfs 10 embrace nil the towns in
the county.
Secretary Louis f. Hills reported
that since the club was organized he
had sept iu applications for 50 state
and Il federal conSignments Of brook,
rainbow and salmon trout. There arc
33 state and 30 federal applications
additional that have not vet been sent
. ir ntause of incomplete data.
These figures represent many more
applications than were usual before
the organization Of the club and dem
aastrate its value as 4 means of pro
noting interest in fishing and the
Stot hlu9 OF INt bFOohS anu buluo VI
the county. The secretary viii be glaC
to receive suggestions Of those inter
ested concerning brooks that should bt
stocked
Mr.. Wilson, in opening his talk, con
cratulated the members on being res
idcuts Of state where the funds re
cciyed from fishing licenses 90 to TIT
dnrartmept concerned. In New Yori
state, he said, where about 5 $l,000,00
Is spent annually in the propagation
aud conservation of fish and game, j
Is necessary to dig the amounts out o
he legislature.
Hc sqil that the FIRST attempt at fsl
culture was in China in 1891 and tina
in this country in Ohio the first efor
pa made in lS59 and the state of Nev
York appointed the first fish commits
Siouer in The early sixties. Since the
the value Of propagation and eonser,
ing fish and game has come to pc GEL
orally recognized IN most of the state
He told mans anecdotes to ilustrat
, the points of his talk
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28
CANADIANS EAGER
FOR SERVICE IN WAR
Thousands of Troops Have Arrived in
New Brunswick and Recruiting
Has Increased.

ST. JOHN, N. B., Feb. 27.-Canada
IS making active preparations to take
part in the great allied offensive on
the western front this spring. Thou
sands Of troops have arrived in the
the past few weeks to complete their
final training before embarking at
Halifax, n s., for England Military
authorities here have been ordered to
provide suitable quarters and already
they have arranged to take care OF q
number of units in this city.
The presence of a large number Of
troops has stimulated recruiting in
the province. Since the provincial
election the work of enlistment has
been taken up with increased vigol
and q close competition has devel-
oped among the different units.
Protestant and Catholic churches
have opened their doors to recruiting
parties aad appealed from pulpits and
altar for Canadians TO do their bit =
IS meeting with ready response.
Officers and men alike express con
| fidence that the war is approaching
its final stage and all are eager Il
seek service at the front. Increased
activity on the part Of German sub
marines in tie Atlantic has tausei
4 little concern. Officials point out tha-
not one life has been lost during tn
transportation Of more than 100000
Canadian soldiers over seas and the1
confidently expect this record viii b,
kept mp. The transports are ade
quately armed and conveyed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28
TROUBLE BEGINS ON
WEST RIVER BRANCH
Railroad Traffic Hampered by Breaking
Up Of Ice in Turkey Mountain
and Wardsboro Brooks

The West River branch of the Cen
trail Vermont railroad had the first of
its annual spring troubles yesterday
and today due to the rain Of Monday.
On the southbond trip yesterday morn
ing the train encountered water on the
track beyond West Townshend, but
was able to get through without more
than the usual difficulty It requires
a lot of water to hold up a West River
branch train. In the afternoon con-
ditions had changed and there was wa
ter on the track at Wardsboro station
and it was clock before the after
noon southbOund train reached the sta
tion here. 1t was 1920 clock last
night before the crew reached South
Londonderry
Because Of the law requiring lC
hours rest after 16 hours on duty il
was $50 this morning before the train
left South Londonderry, arriving il
Brattleboro about II clock, being
held up about 40 minutes by ice an(
water on the tracks near Wardsboro
Section men were working to keep tho
rails clear.
Z. NJ Butler, whose home IS neal
the WardsboFo station. said last nigh
that for water to run over the tract
near the station was extraordinary anC
was due to jam north of the covered
bridge at Wardsboro. The ice in tht
Turkey Mountain brook and in the
Nardsboro brook had broken up il
spots and had caused the trouble.
Pianos are now made in New Zea
land.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28
TODAY'S WAR SUMMARY

The British are rapidly pushing
their way up the Tigris river toward
Eagdad. Today official statement
from London places the British not
more than IS miles in an air line from
Bagdad, their objective. In their first
expedition late III 1915 the British
were within IS miles OF Bagdad, but
were forced to retreat to Kut-cl-Amara
after defeat at Ctesiphon. After
wards General Townshend was hemmed
in at Kut and surrendered last April.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28
JAMES w. GERARD
SAILS FOR HAVANA
EX-Ambassador to Germany Took Pas
sage from Co-unna, Spain, on
Steamship Infanta Isabel.

CORUNNA, Spain, Feb. 81, via
Paris, Feb. Is. James W Gerard,
former American ambassador at Ber-
lin, sailed today on the steamship In
fanta Isabel Cor Havana. The steam
er is expected to reach that port
March s or 9. William H. Gale, for
merly American consul general at
Munich, arrived here today and with
difficulty obtained passage on the In
fanta Isabel, as the vessel was al
ready filed to capacity.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28
BoY VICTIM CT DIPHTHERIA.
Francis Z. Stuart, Formerly cf Rut
land, Dies at Bellows Falls.

BELLOWS FAILS. Feb. Is
Francis Edward stuart, l., son Of
James Stuart, conductor cmp.oyed
by the Rutland railrcal, died rcster-
day morning Of diphth2ria AZ his home
on South street. The body was placed
in a scaled copper casket and put in
the tomb at Oak Hi cemcfcfy. 1t
viii he taken TO Rutland for burial in
the spring.
The boy came here with his parents
from Rutland more than year ago.
He was formerly a pupil in the raro
chial schools in RulHnd It i not
known where he contracted the dis.
case. T. was the onlv cese of liuh
iberia in town. His house is quaran,
tined.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28
BRITISH ADVANCING
ON TIGRIS FRONT
Engaged Against the Turks on Banks
Of Tigris 80 Miles from
Kut-el-A
Kut-el- Amara.

LONDON, Feb. 2s.-The British
&C continuing to advance rapidly on
the Tigris front Official announce
ment was made here today that on
Monday the Turks were being en-.
gagged ca the left bank Of the rive;
more thal 30 miles west and north
west of Kut-el-Amara. The British
gunhcat Iireily, which was lost al
the time Of the retreat c~om Ctes
lhon. has been recaptured. One Turk
ish shin has been taken and one de
stroycd.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28
c. A. Bingham Tells Brattle-
boro Voters of Benefits :
to Norwood
TOWN BUTLITTLE
LARGER THAN THIS
Outlines Practical Plan in Interesting
Way-Consolidation of Governmental
Units Essential to Make Plan Success
fyI Here

About 100 residents of Brattleboro
were highly entertained last evening
while they learned some things about
town government that were not famil-
lar TO many Of them. The audience
that greeted Charles 4. Bingham, town
manager Of Norwood Mass, in Fes-
tival hall included town and village of
ficials bankers, professional and bust.
ness men and just plain every DAY res-
idents Of Brattleboro who had interest
| enough in good government and mod-
ern, methods of administering it to hear
Dir. Bingham. He was introduced by
President Horton D. Walker of the
Brattleboro board of trade Mr.. Bing-
ham spoke about 80 minutes and then
answered questions for over an hour
and a quarter. q
| Mr.. Bingham said that he had moth
ing to sell; no panacea for municipal
ills, but that he was present as a mis-
sionary of efficient government and
what he had to say dealt with facts
obtained from actual experience. He
first sketched the various trials and
u tHot DtSCb the
form Of municipal government and said
that one great objection to the first
forms of commission government was
that the board of commissioners made
the appropriations and expended them
without check upon their activities.
The manager, or agent, is needed as
the go-between between fhe board and
the people. The agent is not an auto
crat for he cannot do anything until
the board approves and the board can
not do anything until the town votes
in regular town meeting that it shall
be done.
Taking Norwood as the example, Mr..
Bingham said that the board of select
men is comprised of five men, the big
gest and best men in the town, who
are elected by twos ON successive years
: and one each third year. They serve
without pay and one evening each week
meet with the town manager. At these
r meetings anyone is welcome to meet
I with them and make suggestions and
( ask that certain work be done.
! Before each of these weekly meet
ings the manager and his various super
intendents have a meeting and the
manager carries to the selectmen what
ever has developed in the previous
meeting. After the citizens have been
disposed OF at the evening meeting
fCnntirued on Pare 5l
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28
SUSPEND PASSENGER TRAFFIC
Rules Applies to British and French
Vessels Bound to America.

NEW YORK, Fob. 2s.-Rcports that
Messenger traffic on all British vessels
leaving England Tor America and
France has been suspended were
brought here today by passengers who
arrived ON the steamship FINLAND the
last American lire boat 10 leave Liver
rool and the third unit OF this heet u
sail from that port after GERMANY
proclamation of unrestricted submarine
warfare.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28
Red Men S Hall

Triumph lodge, Scandinavian Fra
tcrnitv Of America, will meet Wednes-
dav evening at ;. Business, balloting.
After the business meeting a George
Washington program viii be rendered
and all saudiuayians are invited 10
attend whether members of the ira
ternity or not. The officers viii please
be on hand early.
Thursdas, March special mc2tina
Of Pacahontas council.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28

BERLIN, Feb. p, via London, Feb.
2S.-The prominence which Chancellor
Eon Bethmann Hollweg gave in his ad-
dress TO the reichStag today to a dis
cussion of relations with the United
States is regarded here as indicating
his purpose TO prepare the German pub
lie for the eventuality which is looked
forward to III many quarters.
There was much confusion of opinion
and prophesies on this point today on
account of the continued absence Of
authenticated news from Washington.
The German press continues to serve
up fragmentary but sensational bull
letins indicating feverish war prepa
rations in the United States. At this
hour, it may be said, that a declara
tion from Washington would find the
German mind quite prepared for it
Less of a ripple would be caused here
than was occasioned by Rumania S en-
trance in the war and final break Will
the United States would be likely K
meet with stoieal indifference so ia,
as the public at large is concerned
There is no feeling that crisis is a
hand, but merely an ominous tension
which has been gathering in tensity
The nation is now pinning its fate t,
its Uboats.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28
The Situation in Congress
Has Fallen into a Tangle
Again Today
UNWELCOME CHANGES
IN PRESIDENTS BILL
No Provision Made for "other Instru-
fnontahtie5' In Empowering Presi-
dent TO Protect American Rights
Against Submarines.

dent to Protect American Rights
Against Submarines.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-The sit
uation i'm congress fen into tanele
again today and the prospects that
there would be no ezra session were
not 70 promising as they were last
night.
The lousa fotci-u affairs committee
reported the hiIl to empower the Pres
ideut TO protect American rights
against the German submarine m race,
hut with change which are unwelcoma
10 the administration.
II declined TO make provision aor
the President TO US, "o,her iastfumen-
talities" which hy desires aad rrohib-
tied giving government war insurance
to muuitiou slips.
The bill. reported yesterday b. ths
senate foreiql relations committee Is
practically agreeable 20 the President.
The two measures may bc recon lied
i'm some way although the President
has given notice that he expects no
material changes.
Prospects OF Republican fihbaster
loomed up again in the senate. Sen
ator Watson Republican, af Indiana,
who was prominent in engineering The
tibuster against the revenue mll
said today that marr RcpGb.lcan
,,,rtI MAJ npp04a granting the power
10 arm merchant ships and provide
.f,tuds for that purpqac, Int were a'
cilcuiv adverse 20 authorizing nm
d use "ethor instrum talti"s,
These senator's feel congress should
be in session if such powers are grant
cd.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28
GERMANS DETAIN
AMERICAN CONSULS
Held Until the Safety of ALI the Teu-
tonic CounselS in This Country
Is Assured.
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-Four
American eonsuls are being detained in
Germany while the Berlin government
awaits official advises that all Ger.
man consuls in this country, ordered
to Central ana South America, have
been permitted to proceed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28
AUSTRIAN REPLY
SIMILAR TO GERMANY'S
Note in Regard to Submarine Issue VIII
&c Handed to u. S. Ambassador

LONDON, Feb. 2s.-The Austrian
rc.lv TO the American nste in regard
to the submarine issle viii be hand-
ed shortly 70 the United states am
Ea,sador in Vienna and probably viii
endorse the position of Germany, ac-
cordiug 10 a Reuters Amsterdam de
sratch, quoting a Berlin telegram to
q HrgWan srarcr. 9l,, telegram
says that tie Nicun1 government
vii, ciUlly yIross the viaw that
thcfn IS ~ turning bacl, for the cen
tral powers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28
in Odd Fellows Temple

Members of Canton Palestine arc re-
qucstcd to be present for drlll at ""J
Wednesday evening.
Thursday, March J, 7.30 p. m.-heg'
ular meeting OF Oasis EncamFment.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28
THE WEATHER.
Cloudy Tonight and Thursday-Prob
ably Snow-Northeast Winds.

WASHINGTON, February 2s.-The
weather forecast Cloudy tonight and
Ihur-day. Probably snow. Moderate
to fresh northeast winds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28
First Baptist Church

Tonight -Scighridc ana chiskcn-gia
supper ~ Wcst pJmm,rss9n. Teams
win leave promptly at g o. clock
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28

New York department of education
in 1917 will spend $41, ,166, ,2619S.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28
The Wdy We Do
Business

Following the custom pursued by Ed. V.
Price & Co., for many years, we wish our
old customers, as well as our new, to return
any coat made by Ed. V. Price & Co., during
the past season in which the lining has not
given satisfactory wear or the fronts have
not held their shape.
Ed. V. Price & Co. will be pleased to re-
line the garment and put in new fronts, or
if this cannot be done, make new coat, free
of charge.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28

New jersey has $3,994 900 n its
state treasury.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28

st. Paul public library is said to
need 100000 new books.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28
Declaration Would Find the
German Mind Quite Pre-
pared for 1t
NO FEELING THAT
CRISIS IS AT HAND

Merely an Onlinous Tension Which Has
Been Gathering in Tensity = The Ma
ton Is Now Pinning It's Faith to Its
U-Boats.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28

Continued on Page 81
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-07-23
MN stBJtST 10 DRAFT
Will HE TAKEN CARE on

III paso. July IS, The war depart
mcnt is expected tu issue orders MAX
ing provision tor those of the de-
ported men from Hishee, Ariz. who
may be- called Go form The h-st Quota
of national army troops from Bishee
These men. with more than l.loo
others. have been held in a camp at
Columbus. y ~, but were released
by army officials saturday At Bis
hee the guard Of citizens maintained
10 prevent the return of the deported
men IL sim being maintained.
whether registered men obliged 10
appear before the exemption board
Tor examination ~ill be allowed 20 re-
turn there was uncertain to-day. A.
the district headquarters Of General
Georee ReR. Jr.. the opinion was ex-
pressed today that some arrangement
would he made for examining those
exiled from flisbee whose service in
the army ~ required. Though re-
leased from custody, mosl ~ the de-
! ported men we're stili AZ columbus
! today.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-07-23
HOUSE PROS no FIGHT
SENATE AMENDMENTS

Washington. July 23.---iIouse pro-
hibitionlsts declared today Tiny
would FIGHT some Of the senate liqu1r
amendments "a the food bill uncom-
prcmisingly. regardless Of appeals for
speedy agreement Dry leaders look To
making the hill nearer the form in
which Il left the house--"hone dry
Tor the duration OF the war.
The hpuse drys conccde II may he
impossible for them To- restore the ab-
solute prohibition or manufacture "
beef and wine. but they hope To- ~
least get IN a section giving tbs pres-
idcnt power 10 limit or prohibit theis
production The Smoot re-distiilation
amendment also win be subjected Ia
attack because n would not affect
liquor out ~ bond.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-07-23
TWO RETURNING Exii.ES
ARE TAKEN from TRAIN

Bisbee. July ss. Two flnlanierS
from the camp az Columbus. y. NJ.
where the men deported from Bisbee
july ie are housed. were taken from
70 westhound traln at Osborn June
ton last night hy deputy sherifs sta
toned there to prevent any of the
eNiles returning TO Blsbee The men
were held az Osborn Junction over
night and were brought into bisbee
today tu permit them TO obtain their
personal effects aud money that was
due them, They declared their IN
tcntion OF leaving again tonight
A line OF more than one hundred
men blocked the entrance To the Cop
per queen dispensary this morning
awaiting opportunity to apply 20 the
investigating committee for work In
the mines Few OF the applicants
were local men. most of them having
como here from other places.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-07-23
oIIICINI4 NCCOINT OF
PALESTINE pI'lH NIlbNS

London, july s1--Thr following
official account of military operations
len Palestine was .-.uod here today
aOu the morning ut JuH l' ih'
,u,m, pushed two cavalry regiments
from Hecr-hcba toward the lm" El
Busrar-cl-Girioir. about nine miles
west of Rccrehcha our mounted
troops engaged and drove thrm hpck
to Uccrshcbo. capturing thirteen pris-
uurr-
"On the night OF Iuly 2o cur troops
-ucyo-.fuuy raIdyd 'h" ou'm 'F
trenches southwest uf GAIA They
Killed one Turkish officer ana 1Ul
men and brought back ~ prisoner,
~ machn me- gun lrruch mortar, @
number of rifles ana other honiN
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-07-23
WESTERN RAILWAYS ARE
PERMITTED TO INCREASE
COAL AND COKE RATES

Washington Nly .' orders per-
Uniting western nilua}s to Increase
coal ana coke rates 0. cents a ton
were entered tuduy ny the Interstate
,uuu,I,, Commission in "a large
uumH,r ct individual applications in
winch the roads had made Application
Iul specific increases
The commission order was in nc-
,urdau,, vith It. decision iu the -
r,r cent ci-, iu Whih 60 held that the
western railroads bs Withdrawing
-puu, applications might file now
Huit- increasing rates uniformity ~
cents per tom The rates are effect
l}c Nususl A. nest and tho roads are
given ninety day. thereafter to adj
iu-t amy moualitirs which may rc'
suit
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-07-23
SINNs DRIVE . MILES
INTO ENIMN'S LINES

Pctruprad luiy 33.-Thc Hnsfiane
yesterday attacked the Germans near
KreVo ana wilma, north of IN" Plnsk
marshes. aud penetrated the Tcnto"
lines tor q distance of two miles. ac-
cordine to AN official announcement
to-day The Russians captured more"
than 600 Germans, hut the develop
man' ui success. the statement ada.
are being icopardized by the moral
weakness and instability oi certa n
Russian detuchmcnts.
Betwron the River Zccth, Stripa.
ana Zlotn IIpn. the Russian state
ment says. the Austro-Huns tri1ns
continued their offensive. ocuup ing
villages The chief OF the Euss'an
divisional stan was KILLED while re-
c-tahl-hing order among the UNITS ON
the east Gali,inn 'front.'.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-07-23
pITRoGRND UPRISING
ms BIl'\ SIHpitISSlb

London july &c.. Dispatches re-
c,itrd b. The Russian embassy h'rr
state that the rising iu I"irosruI
ma, Doe considered as dcnu trly sup
urcssrd The regiments which par
u,ipatcd In the disturbances are be
inr dI-armrd ana dishapdcd. these
ad,i ices report. and the city BE- being
patrull.d hy troops
Isolated cases OF shooting from
windows hay, occurred Int order is
br.ng cncrgcucal. restored and all
suspects arrested. l' ls added while
dras,t, measures are being 1hon 'o
pr,ycpt aw ui Their Iurunurdin1u"n
ur criminal agitation.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-07-23
OHIO GIRL GOES FOR A
WALK IN HAVANA PARK
AND DROPS FROM SIGHT


Los Angeles, Calf. July 23.--An
immediate and searching investigation
of the disapep1rance of Miss Ruth
Armstrong formerly of Youngstowa
ohio. in Havana. cuba, was ordered
today hy United states Attorney Cen
ornl Gregory according To a message
received here today by Burl Arm
strong. "A brother. No further insir-
nation has been received by him re-
elrding the circumstances OF his sis
ter's disappearance \ Havana dis
patch last night said the secret police
hero were searching Tor her. II sal
Miss Armstrong failed 90 return from
a walk in o park where she went Tor
relief from the intense heat.
Miss Armstrong went 90 Havana two
weeks ago as q governes.