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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1917-02-19
CHIEF BENDER KILLS
A MAN BY ACCIDENT

tBy Associated Press.I
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 19-Charles
"Chief' Bender, the Indian pitcher,
accidentally killed a man with his
auto Saturday night
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1917-02-19
SAYS A MEXICAN
! DROPPED BOMB
CBy Associated Press,

tBy Associated Press.j
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb 19.-rAr-
guments for a new trial for Mooney
were postponed until tomorrow by
request Of the defense
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1917-02-19
VILLA GOES TO JAPAN ON A POLITICAL MISSION
Report for Absence Bandit Since Defeat at
= . . . = = = = 80 . .
TODAY AND A YEAR AGO .

= Official readings of the ther- 4
= mometer by the United States Z
. observer at Tonopah: 4
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1917-02-19
THE WEATHER

Unsettled Weather
probably snow tonight and Sunday.
Colder tonight
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-18
REGIMENT DIsMEMBERED.
All That Is Left of First Vermont Is
Officers and Non-Coms.

All OF the prlvates that remained with
the Vermont regiment were transferred
Friday TO the l03d regiment OF the Goth di-
vision except few that went to the SD
brigade light artillery All there is left
OF the First Vermont are the officers and
the noncoms, but the fact that they are
still kept together is taken to indicate that
they will be used in the depot brigade to
train part of the conscripts- possibly
those from Vermont The standing of the
Vermont soldiers at Westtield is Indicated
by the fact that the commanders of the
regiments of the 10Th division when they
make acquisitions on the depot brigade
have asked first for Nermonters and the
Vermont boys were all taken before those
from New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island and other states The l03d
regiment of the Doth division now has over
POO ermonters The larger half of the
regiment is made up of men from the
Second Maine To these were Joined
nearly thousand men from the First New
Hampshire and contingents from two Mas
sachusetts regiments The regiment is
now filled to full strength. The recent
additions were to take the places OF men
discharged under the final physical ex-
amlnation.-Be Bennington Banner.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-18
RHEUMATISM
Physician Believes Genuine Remedy
for the Disease Has Been Found.

Rheuma, the wonderful rheumatism
remedy sold by Wilfred F Root and all
druggists, gives quicker and more lasting
relief than other remedies costing many
times as much
Rheuma passes the deadly poisonous
secretions into the bowels and kidneys,
from which they are quickly thrown off
in natural, healthy way
Read what reputable physician says
about Rheuma: 4 have made most
careful investigation of the formula en-
ployed in the manufacture of Rheuma
and | heartily recommend it as rem
edy for all forms of rheumatism. | find
Rheuma far in advance of the methods
generally employed in the treatment OF
rheumatism, and altogether different in
composition from the remedies usually
prescribed. DR. Lyons
This should give any sufferer from
rheumatism confidence to try Rheuma.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-18
CHANGE AT NEWPORT HOUSE.
Hostelry Leased to Robert E. Gould of
Claremont Junction.

Robert Z. Gould proprietor of Gould's
Tavern at Claremont Junction, took over
the management of the Newport House at
Newport, y H., Sunday, having sub-leased
the establishment from w G. Rand for
term of years Mr. Gould will continue
for the present of manage the two hotels
Mr. Rand was formerly connected with
the national army and is now expecting a
call for service in the quartermaster's de
partment The Newport House is in fine
condition, according to Mr.. Gould, who
finds the hotel ready for a continuance OF
its previous excellent patronage
3 Mr. Rand is an experienced hotel man
who has managed hostelries in Connecticut
and other states successfully. He made
his home in Brattleboro previous to going
to Newport about four years ago Fred
Nressy Of this town has assisted Mr. Rand
IN the management of the Newport House
the past summer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-18
WEST BRATTLEBORO

B. F. Blodgett is in Newfane, being
called as juryman.
G. F. Kingsley carried a party to
Westfeld, Mass, Sunday, to visit the
training camp.
Mrs. H. F. Weatherhead has returned
from New York, where she was called
to attend her brother S funeral
A. W. Sweeton and family will move
the first of the month from J. L. Bar
ney's fiat to H. Z. Weatherhead s cot
tage.
Charles d. Pettee returned yesterday
to his home in Dorchester, Mass, after a
short visit with Mrs. Pettee at A. HI.
Hills
Harold Chase has been called to re-
port at Waterbury, Conn, to undergo
the physical examination required to
join the army.
| Mrs. Robert L. Patton and daughter
Julia, have closed their summer home on
Ames hill and returned to their home in
Hartford, Conn
Mr. and Mrs Edgar Butler and sons
Prentiss and Frederick, of East Jamaica
are spending the day with Mrs. Buffers
brother, c. r. Prentiss.
Miss Ruth Prentiss did not go today
to Montpelier, having received wore
that the seminary, where she will be in
structor in arts and crafts, will not open
until next week. on account of the de
lvclopment of another case of infantilt
paralysis.
The first sewing meeting of the Won
an s association of the Congregations
church will be held Thursday Afternoon
from to ) 0 clock with Miss Maria /.
Stedman. 1t is hoped that a large mum
Der will be present, as important plan
will be discussed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-18
GREENFIELD FAIR NEXT WEEK.
66th Annual Event Scheduled for Sept
25 and 26-ManY Attractions

The Franklin County Agricultural So
ciety will hold its 6Sth annual fair at
Franklin park, Greenfield. Tuesday and
Wednesday, Sept. p and %, with night
shows Monday evening, Sept. "a, and
Tuesday evening. Sept. p. In the long
history of the society there never has
been 50 splendid a program arranged as
that which will be given on those dates.
Those who attended the 1916 show re-
member it as the finest ever given in
Greenfield and this year S fair will ex-
eel If in every department Nearly
double the vaudeville attractions have
been secured, the trotting purses great
~ increased and the midway much en-
larged. Indications are that the stock
and hall exhibitions will exceed all 9th
er years in size. As special attraction
for the morning of the second dav a
! field day and track meet to be taken
lpart in by the athletes of 10 high
schools and academies of Franklin
county has been arranged.
Chief among the fair s attractions
will be Diavolo, the demon bicvchst
who circles q bottomless perpendicular
track while suspended so feet in the
air. In accomplishing this spectacular
'thrill, Diavolo is IN imminent dan
ger OF DEATH as the slightest pause
means that he will faiIato the ground
While giving this act several months
lago on an Atlantic City amusement pier
Diavolo fell to the pier deck and wa,
III hospital several months from hi.
injuries.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-18

informed them that in view OF. the new
order of things they must go down into
the mines and work like the rest. Then
followed this colloquy:
The Engineers-And who will do our
work?
The Workmen-Some of us will take
turns in your offices.
But what will you do there?
The same as you do-sit around. sharp
en- pencils, and smoke cigarettes.
In the same spirit, the founder and
curator of the photographic Museumt at
Petrograd reports that the caretakers and
cleaners there have petiticned the Gov
eminent for the suppression of his office,
on the ground that dHrator is useless
in a museum, that he does nothing and
costs money, they, who carry the keys.
WELD the feather brooms, and clean the
floors, are the real curators."
Milukoff has told how, in one Of his
conferences with representatives of the
Council of Workmen's and Soldiers dele
gates delegate said to him: What do
we want with the Dardanelles. anyhow?
They are icebound three-fourths of the
year 1t was doubtless on such argu-
ments that the Russian government was
forced to give up its demand for Constan-
tinople a war ann.
1t is not all cowardice or malevolence.
or even an intelligent fanaticism over So
cialism, that has brought Russia to her
present pass. 1.-The responsibility rests on
those who having minds of honest dark
ness to deal with, penetrated that dark
ness not with light but with fiame-New
! York Times
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-18
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

Mrs H. W Sargent is entertaining the
thimble club at her summer home in
East Dummerston today:
A regular meeting of troop 4, Boy
Scouts, will be held tomorrow evening at
Z - in the Uniyersalist church
A meeting of the Daughters circle of
the Universalist church will be held in the
church parlors Thursday evening at 7.30.
The Philathea class of the First Bap-
fist church will meet in the Red Cross
rooms in the federal building Wednes-
day evening at 7.30 to sew for the Red
Cross.
A meeting of the members of the Ma
sonic Bowling league will be held Thurs
day evening at 7.30 to make plans for the
league series and other matches the com
ing season.
At the Red Cross ''festival Of four
nations,' to be held on the ground
of Frederick Holbrook s place, Naulah.
ka, Saturday afternoon, Sept. -, a small
garden house overlooking the pool Is
to be transformed into Chinese dwell
ing in which two young Chinese stu
dents in the costumes of their country
Will serve TEA ditei inc native 1dohloi'
Motor cars have been provided to take
those from Brattleboro who wish to at
tend the festival The ears will leave
the east side of the common every halt
hour, beginning at Lao, and the small
entrance fee charged will include tho
transportation.
Harvey's great aster sale, (l5c larg'
DOZEN on until soil freezes Adv loot
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-18

all that is known of his antecedents is
that he came from somewhere "down
east. His speciality was to Swindle
members of fraternal orders He never
begged money, but would tell a convine-
ing hard-luck story and end by "bor-
rowing substantial sums on buttons,
pins or other emblems of the order to
which his victim belonged.
Within the past ten days Costello had
been arrested three times. A ease of
drunkenness was placed on file, he was
given a suspended sentence of one month
as a vagabond and the ease that was to
have been heard today charged him with
the larceny of 5000 in penny matching
game with Alfred Grassland of Ansonia,
Conn. This took place in the South
station several weeks ago.
Razor Dick feared the outcome
and had 50 confded to several friends.
| Late sunday night, in a restaurant on
Columbus avenue, South End, he ap-
preached man Who had often furnished
bonds for him, handed him his last SO
and requested that in case he was sent
20 jail. this man do what he could to eff
| feet his release before the Christmas
! holidays, stating that he desired his lib
| crtv IN order to make gifts to two little
girls who would look for them.
The man who died in the hotel room
| registered as y. PURCELL and. but for
the fact that Patrolman Frank Dobratz
of the Court Square station, who was to
have prosecuted the case, read of the
tragedy, recognized the name as one
Costello had used from time to time and
Investigated, the truth might not have
been known
Many interesting stories are told of
the career Of Costello. II is said that
hc never cheated man whom he called
a friend. On one occasion he was in a
lunch room in a Western city when 90
men who were employed by stranded
circus and who were made desperate by
hunger, entered and Informed the ONLY
attendant that they intended to take
what food they needed. Razor Dick
stepped forward, put down $25. which
was all the money he possessed. placate6
the desperate men and told them to eat
as much as the money would purchase.
He always paid his bills and in variou.
, parts of the city there are a score OF
+ men who, when they learned that h,
> needed financial aid, would come to hi
rescue.
+, rs far as can be learned Costello ha
no relatives but there is no fear that hi
body will rest in pauper s grave for Il
, the South End alone, if IS said. $500 cal
i he raised II necessary t, give him prope
ihurial.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-18
Bulgarian Bluff.

loud cry for peace emanatcs from
Bulgaria, but, like all cries that either
10y source or utilization are Teuton toned,
the shouting of Sofia is an absurd mix
ture of sincerity and bluff.
Take these sentences from the re-
marks of Premier Radoslavoff in an in
.terview on the papal note
We want peace and desire TO end
this terrible bloodshed.
fOur military situation has become
nine times more favorable, and every
| day proves it is becoming stronger.
We want peace.
we are calmcr than ever.
We are not asking for peace for the
benefit of mankind
I'VE desire peace to come soon.
Mess this occurs before long, the
entente powers alone will have occa-
sion to regret it.
We are willing to concede that Bull
garia wants peace. The repetition of
the desire indicates an eager anxiety
for peace. But if her military situa-
tion is nine times stronger than ever if
il is steadily growing stronger, if the
nation is calm, if her enemies will be
the only sufferers by postponing peace
and if she does not want peace for the
benefit of mankind, will somebody be
kind enough to tell us why she want,
lit.-Chicag0 Evening Post.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-18
ITALIANS START
A BALKAN DRIVE
Army Moving Eastward
Through Albania Menaces
Bulgarian Right Flank
ALARM is ALREADY
APPARENT IN SOFIA
Large Movement of Troops Observed
Behind Enemy Lines in Macedonia -
Austrians Lose Heavily in Attacks on
Italian Positions.
Italian Positions.

WASHINGTON, sept Is An official
csbicgrum received here from Rome in
dicates that the Italian military forces,
while carrying forward their great offensive
against the AUSTRIAN front west and north
west ii lricst, are about Ito open an
offensive IN the Balkans. The despatch
states that tile Italian troops in Albania
are pu-hing the enemy back along the
N9m.a River ~ Albania, and that this
latter military activity is causing consd-
emhIe concern TO the Bugriau>, in Sofia
and elsewhere. who are beginning to make
large movements " troops
According to the despatch the Aus
TRANS are losing heavily in their counter
attacks ON the Italian front in the vicinity
of san Cabree without being able to
vrest from the Italians their newly-won
positions NlsmwhiIc the Italians arc
making preparations for a continuation Of
their offensive beyond San Gabrielle. The
text 81 the gahIegtam follows.
"lhc Nusttans are continuing then
couufpatWck- against the Italian posi-
tiuu- on Tire san Gabrielle All these at
tteEs have thus far utterly failed, il
spite at the enormous forces the enemy
has launched against tie Italian detcnccs
Up tp sept II no fewer than twenty Aus
tfan regiments have attacked the new
Italian positions on The mountain with u,
success
"fhr Italians care holding the part o
san Gmbuclc which protects the acccS
tp tim plain of Guril.a and 10 the Frigi
dor VALLEY The Italian offensive is no
Ia be- considered at an as ended tn
Cuuntea,tacks are costing the Austrian
tremendous losses. while Italian prepare
tious ne u course Ton attacking the Au,
TRAN positions hgyoud the SAN Gabrielle
"Nhin the troops OF General Cadorn
are lighting ylctoriou,ly on the Bain,izz
Plateau. Italian troops ave also oprtatiu
iu the Balkans The Italians are pushin
the enemy haek along the Noiu~a, an
then activities are causing such conccr
meul- j traI .aihifscsfsssiiiiiiGEGS ~ 4suiGrF
have hgeu observed behind the lines
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-18
CHILD MINDS IN RUSSIA.
Simple and Immature Notions Which
Account for Much in Recent History.

I'VE are dark and ignorant, and the edu-
Gated people have always deceived us,
Russian soldiers have said over and over
again, 50 our Petrograd correspondent in
forms US There is, indeed, something OF
the pathetic in the case of these cropping
masses, with whom we grow impatient
sometimes because OF their reaction OF the
first influences that come upon them. Per
haps we shall understand them better II
we attend to some of the anecdotes of the
revolution that are now coming out in the
French press
Take, for instance, the story told by NJ.
de Flers, associate editor of the Figaro,
who is with the Russian troops III Rumania.
One of those soldiers meetings which have
been fashionable under 1.-THE new discipline
ended in a rush OF the men to channel
between two lakes where nets kept the
fish from passing into the larger lake, in
which it would be more difficult to net
them. They began to pull out and destroy
the barriers and nets, crying, Liberty Tor
the fish, When some of their officers
tried to interfere, noncommlssloned
officer explained:
Fish are Gods creatures like men, and
have the same right to liberty. But men
| can talk and so have made the revolution,
while fish are dumb and can. never make
theirs 1t is therefore our duty to aid
them, because it is contrary to nature to
pen them up in order to capture them east
" and kill them.
| Something very lovable and engaging
about this kind of mind. But it is little
unfair to expect 1t to grapple IN large
Iway with great public questions. Take,
too. the incident narrated by NJ Nadeau
of the Temps, about how the workmen in
factory waited upon the engineers and
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-18
RAZOR DICK COSTELLO DEAD
Veteran Confidence Man, Who Lived
Under a Peculiar Code.

BOSTON. sept. ID Razor Dick
Costello. known from coast 10 coast rs
a successful swindlcr, a man who never
went back on friend and whose oft
repeated philosophy was that " life ends
when you die. has solved his problem.
Ills body, badly charred, was found yes
tcrdav ON smouldering bed in small
room in an uuprctcntious hotel on Var
mouth street, South End. 4 cigarette
started the fire and Costello, who has a
record that covers "a years. and whose
glib tongue has often gained him clem-
eney in court, cheated the law at the last
for he was 10 have gone TO trial in the
municipal court yesterday in connection
with 4 penny matching game.
Costello was - years Old and, accord.
iug % the police aud 60 those who knew
him best, age had taken its toll. Though
his conversational powers had not
waned, aud though his engaging person
plitv had not deserted him, his nerve wa,
gone aud he was afraid 60 play for as
high stakes as in the past.
His npmc was Richard +. Costello and
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-18
LEND FARMERS s15o,ooO,oOO.
Twelve Federal Land Banks Do Big
Business in First Year.

WASHINGTON. Sept. IS. = About
$3.50, 600 will be lent by the twelve
federal land banks IN the first year of
their existence, the Federal Farm Loan
Board announced Yesterday. Twelve
hundred farm loan associations have
completed their organizations and TWEEN
weight Hundred other associations are
in the process of organization. The
has averaged about 900 Applica-
tions from chartered associations during
August alone totalled nearly $24 100000.
Applications filed during August at the
bank at Springfield, which represents all
Of the New England states and New
York state. amounted to 1854 CTS. Of
this total, the bank officials approved
$756,975. Loans paid out to Sept.
aggregated 474,950.
Loans approaching the $20,O00,O 900
mark were approved by the twelve banks
in August, while the loans actually made
during the month approximated 81 ,000,-
! 0G0. Loans actually paid out to farms
| up TO Sept. amounted to S7,716, 1873,
1 representing approximately three months
of actual lending. The great difference
between the amount of loans approved
and the amount of loans paid out is
/ explained by the fact that after loans
are approved farmers are required tC
provide abstracts of title, and hundred,
OF farmers do not possess these papers
Approximately So 100000 of loan;
which have been approved by the bank,
are awaiting abstracts to be supplied
1bv the borrowers a.'s
During the months when the lane
banks We're being established and tn
machinery for their operation devised
a tremendous volume of business accum
ulated Hundreds of farm loan associa
tions We're organized and asked for loan
before the banks were ready to operat,
Consequently, when the banks did ope
up they found themselves unable to di.
pose of this great volume of bushes
Immediately. They are now gradual
cutting down this accumulation, an
within few months expect to be abb
to take care of all business as prompt
as it originates. Caution must be e,
ercised in view of the fact that all
the mortgages taken under this svste
re made the basis later of bond issue
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-18
WOMEN TO STUDY MEDICINE.
Those Registered at Radcliffe to Be Ad-
mitted by Harvard

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Sept 49, = Off
cial announcement is made that duly
qualified women registered at Radcliffe
college would be admitted to the Harvard
medical school this year The requirements
for admission will be the same as the men.
The council of Radcliffe college will confer
the degree of Doctor of Medicine on
women candidates who perform the required
work after they have been recommended
by the faculty of medicine of Harvard
university
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-18
MARINES SAVE THEIR MONEY.
Hundreds of Money Orders Sent Home
After September Pay Day.

WASHINGTON, Sept. Is. - That the
average United States marine does not
Squander has money recklcssly, is shown
by the fact that more than 500 money
orders were purchased during August by
l mted States marines in training at
PORT ROYAL, ). @. Send money home -
seems to he a sort of slogan among the
sea soldiers, who, official report, pur-
chased 100000 worth of money orders
at the government postotiicc at Port
Royal, Immediately after the September
pay dav.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-18
Borrowed Two Dollars.

"Do moind yez don't git HURT
Pat, F." said Bridget. "It's dangerous
aworkin in that quarry"
''That's all right, Biddy,' responded
Pat. "Oi'vo borrowed two dollars from
the foreman, and he don t let me do any
dangerous work amy more.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-18

The late Squire George McQuiggan, who
was for "a years justice of the peace of
North Versailles township, Penn, never
sent man to Jail, despite the fact that
thousands of men have come before him.
Several times McQuiggan appealed to prop
erty owners to secure bond for an un-
fortunate and last year gave bond for a
man himself.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-18
DUMMERSTON HILL.

Miss Susie E. Hoag of New Haven,
Conn.,, came last night to spend vaca-
ton at the Betterley homestead.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-18
VERNON.

The funeral of Mrs. Martha Lackey,
who died Sunday evening, will be held
at the home Wednesday afternoon at
100.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-18
NORMA TALMAGE
POPPY"

A photo-drama that tells of a road to
happiness through blood and tears.
Princess Friday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-18

Harvey's great aster sale, (l5c large
DOZEN on until soil freezes. ADV. l66-tf