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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-18
Death of Charles r. Keet.

OHdrleS II. Meet, % wears ola, uleu at
$50 o'clock Tuesday afternoon of heart
failure. Mr. Keet is farmer and was
exchanging work in baying with his
neighbor, F. Z. Heald He was on a
load of hay and about to drive into
Mr.. Head s barn when he fell for
ward on to the hay and then to the
ground. DIR. A. l.. Newton, who was at
his farm nearby, was called and found
that death was instantaneous. Mr..
Keet was born in Mortified, the son Of
Stephen and Lucretia Keet and here he
has spent his quiet life. He leaves two
sisters, Mrs. Anna Merrill, who lived
with him, and Mrs. Fayette Howe of
this town, also two brothers, Newton
w. Keet of Mortified and George Keet
of Mddletown, Conn, who arrived on
| Wednesday morning. The funeral was
! held at the home Thursday morning at
10 clock, DR.. A. n. Thompson of
floating. Burial was in the Center Gem
etery.
Miss Margaret o Bryan of Greenfield
has been tile guest of Mr.. and Mrs,
| William Dresser.
Frederick Caldwell is i'll with rheu-
matte fever Miss O'Bryan of Green
field is caring for him.
Miss Grace Doolttle has been assist
| ing in the home of Prof and Mrs. Dem
ing at Mount Hcrmon. The remainder
of the summer she will live with Miss
NJ. T. Dutton.
/ Mrs. Edward Barber, who makes her
home with her daughter, Mrs. Bertha
Holman in Fitzwilliam, n H., is visit.
ing her son and wife, Mr.. and Mrs
George Barber
Fred Field of Springfield was the
weekend guest of his parents, Mr.. ano
Mrs C. B. Field. His sons, Stanley ana
Frederick, also came and will remain
with their grandparents for the summer
4 Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bolton spent the
week -end in Keene, n. H. Mr.. Boltor
then left for a training camp in Dur
ham, n H. This is a mechanical train
ing camp. Mrs Bolton is with her hus
, band s parents for the present.
, Mount Hermon school holds its frs
events of commencement week on Sat
urday At p. m. the senior class viii
give reception TO their guests. Thi
is followed by the Joseph Allen priz
defamation contest. Both events ar
; held in Memorial chapel Several stu
dents who completed their course las
, spring term will return for their com
r mencemcDt.
Mortified Grange has been busy an
| still continues to be. Last week Tues
day evening it gave play, Adventure
of Grandpa, at the Gill Grange. Thi
was neighbors night and the local OF
, der furnished this entertainment. Abou
{ 20 members attended. Last week Thurs
day night it gave the play at the tow
hall and Melted $50 for the society. o
:, Saturday evening of this week the jubi
lee singers of Strait college, Louisians
! will give a concert at the town hall VI
der the auspices of the Grange.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-16
Bell for City Hall
Tower Is Tested
Will Be Striking the Hours With
in Couple Of Months

Work on the new clock tower on the
City Hall that is to take the place Of
the old tower destroyed by fire last May
is so far advanced that the bell that is
to strike the hours was hung and tested
yesterday. 1t is expected that in
couple of months the City Hall bell will
be striking the hours, together with the
bells of Old Trinity and St. Paul, the
only other clock bells in lower Man
haitian.
The City Hall bell is the old fire
bell of fremont vif,age, and came into
the possession of the city when that
village was annexed. 1t has a clear
tone and is expected to be heard from
Canal Street to the Battery in the quiet
hours Of the night. At present the bell
has but one tongue, which will be used
in striking the hours. A new tongue
will be added, to be rung on occasions
Of joy, or maybe tolled as an express
sion of sorrow.
Borough President Dowling, who was
instrumental in having the bell placed
in the tower, said yesterday that he
hoped the new tongue of the bell would
first be used this summer in proclaim
ing an Allied victory across the seas.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-16
Carnegie Foundation
Gets $4,000, 900 More

A summary of its annual report was
made public yesterday by the Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement of
Teaching. In part, it follows:
"The twelfth annual report of the
president and treasurer for the year
ending June 80, 1917, shows a total
endowment of s15,414,000 and an ac-
cumulated surplus Of $1,361 900. The
total number Of allowances now in
force is 33s, the total number of
widows's pensions, la, the general
average being sl.540.
The total number Of allowances
granted since the beginning of the
fouadation is 1856, che total expendi-
ture for this purpose having been $5,-
457,00o.
"rhe experience Of the foundation
having indicated serious limitations IN
it's present system OF pensions the
present report RECORDS the provision snn &C od u
new funds amounting to $4,000, 900
which. together with the interest from
tho uresent endowment, will enable the
foundation to expend $50,000,0O0 dur
Inu the next forty-tive years, including
it, rreaent system. This will gradually
be- replaced by a contrlbutory system
Of insurance and annuitles PROVIDED by
the Teachers Insurance and ANNUITY
Sssociaton.
"The incorporators OF the company
include Elihu Root, Nicholas Murray
Hutier, inssba' Alexander G. namphreys Rob b.
ert Ue Forest, George W. Wickersham OK
and George Forest Peabody: Inc trus~
tees Of The new assoclat'on inciuae n,;.t
Frank A. Vendcrlip, Walker ~ r nhes'
Thomas w. Lamont, Alien Alien y - . ~ rp'Dra; ond
Ceoyge J. Baldwin. Charles V: h'.h and ana
Henry s. pritchett, the president, ana
kobers A. Franks, the treasurer OF inc
Carnegie Foundation"
New-York tribune., 1918-04-16
Jury Questions Golf
Is Asks About Points Concern.
ing Mitchell Fund

The extraordinary grand jury that
is investigating Che $2,000,000 fund
raise dto finance the campaign Of ex-
Mayor John Purroy Mitchell went be-
fore Supreme Court Justice Golf yes
terday and asked for instructions as to
whether they could deal with tech
nical" violations of the law as distin-
guished from actual violations.
Justice Golf informed the grand
jurors that there are no such things as
technical" violations of the law. and
also that even though others have COM
mitted similar violations without pros
ecution that is no excuse for the per-
formance of an act by rational per-
sons that is in violation of law.
j. Sinclair Arm strong, foreman, then
asked Justice Golf whether there was
any section Of the criminal law that
modities Section SAC of the Election
Law, which makes it a misdemeanor
for candidates or campaign committee
officials to neglect to file proper re-
ports Of campaign expenses, with re-
ceipts. vouchers, etc, with the Secre-
tary Of State within twenty days after
election. The penalty for violation of
this section is one year in prison,
81 900 fine, or both.
Justice Goff replied that no section
of the law takes away the force of
Section SAG and that as grand jurors
they were bound by Its mandate.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-16
Revenue Agents
Organized for
Tax Dodger Hunt
Information Regarding De-
linquents Gathered From
Many Sources

WASHINGTON, April 15.-Arrange-
ments for a new force Of revenue
agents probably will be made soon to
increase the efficiency of the machinery
for detecting tax dodgers and to pro-
vide a greater degree Of supervision Of
enue agents in the special campaign
against delinquents.
The intensive drive against delin-
quents will not start until July. Mean
while persons who failed to file returns
April l are still permitted to report
voluntarily, with the understanding
that the penalty will be nominal if it
! is not eliminated. Millions of dollars
in taxes are expected from late re-
turns.
In the intensive campaign later rev.
enue agents will be sent into other dis
tricts than their own, where local in
fuence will not be so strong, armed
with precise information concerning the
income of persons who failed to file re-
| turns. Much of this information now
is being gathered.
Sources of information include club
membership lists, records of automo-
bile sales and licenses, real estate
transfers, Liberty Loan subscriptions,
donations to Red Cross or charitable
institutions and even society depart
ments of newspapers which chronicle
frequently expensive vacation trips Of
families from which no income returns
were filed.
After these delinquents are classified
fully and notices sent them by col
lectors there is no chance of evading
the penalties. These are in two classes
so per cent Of the tax additional to
be assessed automatically by the col
lector, and fine of between $40 and
81 900, which may be collected on court
action or compromised by agreement
between the collector and the taxpayer.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-16
Bays New Yorker Made
Millions in Fish Deal

. 6HosToN, April 15.-F No,roo n
a New York banker. was ,fo"roe tbo Dyer
OF the Bay State Fish;rne rne Corganlzel
fao.a m,cn Is alleged to be a contral1; r,IHry =,
osor 60 soo IN IN the fish business and recn;a
,yGo'oov corS;' lot his ideas and work a..
;G0auiag TO testimony before ~ u
seisating committee of tba - 10 u
t1.ure a To-day. Harrison / Colo fnrss, fs 10.
Comn Con- manager of the Bay State F;sh Il.
.; S;oapany, under examination hv A.
M,1a MsSans Attorney General CharIss t.1y
mulcahy, counsel for the con,n,;+ M -" teo
GSessihed that the Old Bav STATE F;rhs,
company, a Maine cornorst;or ,si,!ns ,l,:H !
tbroa m.aeo nlne trawlers and was bujldnp
Tba n,;.' i;aore' was purchased bv Over
cash sc" wtsness ssne oso said he paid $500. 900 in
of ~ SoSo'ooo IN first preferred stock
VI she New Bay State Fishing Com.
eanSy peany, "a a Massachusetts corporation an,
9ooo'ooo IN common stock of tho ras
I oGImpany. Then, according to Cole thr
oIu company was sold by Over to fha
ssNo se~ GO company for $5OO,0o0 in cash,
s9oo 90 goo in first preferred stock az and !"
S',uDOV'ooO IN common stock.
ooo linen Dyer's profit was about 80 5oo
ooo =: asked Mulcahy. -'0NN'
yes, answered Cole.
Note gave 1t as his opinion that the
pay State Fishing Company had abso. @
.ute control Of the New England fsn
market. He said the company bid IN
prices so that rivals we're Obliged tn
pay more for fish and then the com.
pany undersold. N0''-
New-York tribune., 1918-04-16
. ". I. Men Commissioned
''aid D. Davis Made Major
IN Aviation Corps
ItAN CNrreauondemce

Dsa smaAsHi@GToN, April 15.~Ths War
u Is. H. S.hsns to-day issued commissions
b.r'.,..o ..oi.owing New York residents:
s2ss, * y. Dayis. 745 Riverside Drive.
.$iasI,f hec.ioa. gignaI Reserve Corps.
~. $3.50 es..esx u. fo~nsend. $50 Madison Ave-
hs sifsssa f..saI gly. i5zi Eryrriy Eoad. Brook
Iss Igss,sssI I's,s25h'nant, Engineer Reserve Corps.
Ssssss - Ha1sn. z21 East .fwepty-frst
y asss sLsssasSlain. National Army. via, rank
ssssyt = =. iNion, of the american expedi-
trsss ,x, t1se, was commissioned first iieu-
Sss<ss,n./ NE Sanitary Corps On Cenerai
Tf.sst feemameneatson.
hsrss q ". Warstes. IL West Forty
w&s a,.,es effect, 20 she rank Of captain
igzr.s''saneed igzr.sesass to-day by the War De-
Agsess CaptA3n Wurster wag as-
sssyss,o.. = sils #Hw York National Guard
w" - - CaniD Wadsworth.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-16
Geuert a Suicide.
Officials Decide
After an Autopsy
Physician Say. Conscien.
tious Objector Was Not
Murdered

Investigation by officials Of the Mil
itary Intelligence Bureau into the death
on April at Fort Hancock Of Private
Ernest Gellert, supplemented by an au-
topsy by DR.. Otto II. Schultze, chief
medical examiner. resulted yesterday
IN the finding that suicide and not muir
der caused his death.
Every circumstance points to sui
eide" said DR.. Schultze. "The nature
of the wound, the clothes worn and the
marks thereon, the position of the
weapon when found and information in
the possession Of the authorities all lead
to the conclusion that death was self
inflicted"
A letter written by Gellert now in
the possession of the military authori-
ties at Governors Island and recently
made public explained that "only by
death" did Gellert feel he could "save
others from the mental torture that I
have gone through"
Walter Nelles, an attorney Of 70
Fifth Avenue, representing Gellert's
family, yesterday sent to the news
papers STATEMENT III WQ1C0 DOUBT Is
expressed of the authenticity of the
letter
This publication of part of an al
legged suicide letter (Which have not
SEEM seems designed to end the Gel
lert episode and protect the men and
practices that caused his DEATH" wrote
Mr.. Nelles.
THE America of which Ernest Gel
lert was citizen does not skulk from
truth. 1t is because powers at the mo-
ment controlling are fighting against
truth and freedom in it that such spirits
as his find it hard to believe that our
war against Germany will result in
New-York tribune., 1918-04-16
Adopts His Secretary
Carl Won Pustau. 62, Will
Make Her Heir to Fortune

Carl Won Pustau, sixty-two years old,
retired commission merchant, who
lives at the Hotel Chelsea, obtained
permission from Surrogate Cohalan
yesterday to adopt Miss Irene Nc
Manus, his secretary who is twenty
four years old.
Won Pustau has two married sons.
He explained in his petition that Miss
McManus's father died in 1913 and her
mother died on March 25 last. Won
Pustau's wife died July % last. For
several years, he said, he had enter
tanned q feeling of parental affection
for his secretary, who now becomes his
daughter and an heir to his fortune.
About two months ago Won Pustau
was sued by Mrs. Evelyn Vaine y,n
Pustau, wife of his son William NJ.
Won Pustau for $50,000 for thealiena-
tion of his sons affections, the wife
alleging her father-in-law caused her
husband to leave her.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-16
Samson Only dropped"

Justice Finch reserved decision yes
terday in the action brought by Leon
Samson, who was "dropped" from CO.
Tbs draft and d., who . is now n9, seeking rein.
than "cxpelled," was used by Pro
fessor Herbert G. Lord. a witness for
the university. "We did not expel
him." said the witness: "he was
dropped We drop n number of stu
dents; we don't expel."
Professor Lord was asked about con-
ditions at Columbia University about
tho time of the alleged utterances by
Samson. at was the attitude of mon
either in the faculty or in the school, -
he said, "who put themselves in such
position that they made themselves
undesirable in the school"
New-York tribune., 1918-04-16
10000 Drafted Men
To I rain as Mechanics
They Will Be Sent to Techni.
cal Colleges Throughout
Country
lStaf Correspondence

l~U W. SoPO'tCSCftCCl
WASHINGTON, April 15.-Nearly
10000 drafted soldiers will report this
week to technical colleges throughout
the country for training as mechanics
for war purposes, the committee on
education and special training of the
army General Staff announced to-day
Thirty schools have placed their re.
sources at the disposal of the War
department to develop technically
trained men for the various branches
of the service
The utilization of the educational
facihtles OF the country to give draft
ed men elementary training as me-
chanlcS was to avoid unnecessary dis
turbance to essential industries through
the withdrawal of skilled men by the
draft. Through the questionnaire sys-
tenn the provost marshal general was
able to call into the service young
men who were partly trained as
mechanics and instruct them to report
to the various schools and colleges for
intensive training to fit them Tor the
special duties in the military estab-
lishment.
While only thirty schools have thus
far informed the War Department that
their facilities are available, the list
of institutions cooperating is daily in
creasing, and the committee on educa-
ton and special training is hopeful
that practically every technical school
of the country will soon be able to
give instruction in mechanics to suffi-
clent drafted men to respond to all the
demands for technical service.
New York University has arranged
to take care of 100 men.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-16

Street, which does the liRhterare busi-
ness of the United States Steel Cor
poration. The Hudson corporation has
an office at "a State Street.
The first time that Mr.. Mccoy
knew that there was any competition
In bids for the pier was when the mat
ter came up before the Sinking Fund
Commission last Tuesday, and he sat
right down and wrote a letter to Dock
Commissioner Hubert. Offering 100000
year rental, payable in advance.
1T was about a year ago that Mr..
Mccoy had chance to get some
ships, and with his friend McA!lister
started to look for an available dock.
They found that the lease for Pier 50
expired on May 1, and Mr.. McGoey
wrote the Dock Commissioner on March
IL, offering $4,000 a year for the dock
on ten-year lease. A day or two later
ne received a reply from Dock Com
missioner Hubert saying that he would
be further advised about his offer.
From that time until April or 7, when
the Dock Commissioner notified him
that ne had recommended his offer to
the Sinking Fund Commission, Mr..
Mccoy had no communication or cor
respondence with Mr.. Hubert.
"Dickered Until Eleventh Hour
"The- facts in the case are that the
Occident Dock Company had made no
specific offer for a renewal of their
lease and dickered until the eleventh
hour, and finally made an offer when
they found out some one else was
after the dock. Apparently, Commits
sloner Hubert recommended the Hud-
son corporations offer in the mean
time"
Mr.. Wemple explained that the or
ganization of the Hudson company with
dummy directors was a commonly en-
ployed method of organization and per
fectly legal. He said that as soon as
organization was completed the new
company intended to start a shipping
business. Meanwhile, the McAllister
lighterage company would find plenty
Of use for the pier, and wharfage
would probably be leased to other ship
concerns.
The lawyer said that while Mr..
McGoey had always been a Tammany
organization man in Queens he could
not exactly be classed as a prominent
politician. The fact that he contributed
$500 to the Hylan campaign was not
significant, he said, except that it
showed he made a comparatively small
contribution.
Dock Commissioner Hubert said he
would present his reply in affidavit
form to the court Friday. and he be-
lieved it would be satisfactory to
everybody concerned"
New-York tribune., 1918-04-16
No Politics in
City Pier Lease,
Counsel Asserts
Company That Obtained
Dock at $4,000 Rental
Has Offered $4,000

fiat denial that there was any poli-
llcs back OF the lease Of Pier 50, North
RIVER, to the Hudson Dock and Ter
mlnal Corporation, recently approved
by the Sinking Fund Commission for
$4,000 year in the face of bid of
$4,000 by the present lessee, the Occi-
dent Dock Company, was made yester-
day by William L. Wemple, a former
Assistant United States Attornev and
counsel for the Hudson corporation.
Mr Wemple declared that his clients
mad also made an offer Of $4,000.
Argument on the temporary iniunc-
tlon obtained by the Occident companv
restraining the city officials from con-
summating the lease, which was to have
been heard to-day in the Supreme
Court, was postponed until FRIDAY on
the request of Corporation Counsel
Burr Mr.. Wemple outlined his side of
the case to a reporter for The Tribune
yesterday
politics had nothing to do with this
lease" said Mr.. Wemple. "The Hudson
Dock and Terminal Corporation is a
legally chartered concern, with ample
capital and responsible hackers. The
bid on the pier lease was made in good
faith and duly recommended by the
Dock Commissioner.
Backers of New Corporation
"The hackers of the corporation are
Frank McGoey, president of the Column
bia Oil Company, one of the oldest in
dependent oil companies in the coun-
try, and j. P. McAllister. OF the lighter
age firm of McAllister Bros, of "a State
New-York tribune., 1918-04-16
Seven Persons Injured as Fire
Starts Panic in Streetcar

Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue car
jammed the side doors and set fire
to the flooring near the rear yester-
day near Eighty-eighth Street and
Amsterdam Avenue
Smoke poured from the car Fran
tic passengers smashed windows and
crawled through the apertures. Pa
trolman Coburg. of the West Tooth
Street police station, helped several
women to safety. Seven persons were
cut and had their injuries treated by
ambulance surgeons.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-16

good. Ny demand for public inquiry
remains unanswered"
Gellert, stenographer, twenty-five
years old. was drafted last October.
AT Camp Upton he proclaimed himself
conscientious objector and refused to
do anything 20 advance the war"
urtnartialled for refusal to obey
commands. he was sentenced to ninety
days in solitary confinement. He was
transferred to the aviation camp at
Garden City and afterward to Fort
Hancock. He was found dead with u
bullet wound in his left breast and a
service rife by his side. His parents
live at 4S1 West l65.h Street.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-07
D|APEPS|N
FOR INDIGESTION
OR BAD STOMACH
Relieves s0urness, gas, Heart.
burn. Dyspepsia in five
minutes.

Sour, eassy. upset stomach. indiges-
ton. heartburn. dyspepsia; when the
food you cat ferments into gases and
upsets YOU; your head aches and you
feel sick and miserable. that's when
you realize the wonderful acid neutral
izins power in rapes piapepsin. 1t
makes all such stomach misery. due TO
acldity, vanish in five minutes
II your stomach is in Il continuous
revolt--if you can't set it regulated,
please. for your sake. Try pape's Dja-
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IaVorite food meal, then take little
Diapepsin There will not be any dis
tress-eat without fear. It's because
Papc's Diapepsin really does" sweet
en- out.ot order stomachs that gives it,
Its millions OF sales annually.
Get large hfty-cent case of Pape's
Dlapepsin from any drug store 1t is
the quickest. surest antacid and stom-
ach relief known. It acts almost like
magic--it is a scientific. harmless and
pleasant stomach preparation which
truly belongs in every honIc.-Adv.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-07
RELIABLE METHOD OF HAIR CARE

Hair is by far tho most conspicu-
Gus thing about us and Is probably
tho most easily damaged by bad or
careless treatment. II we are very
careful in hair washing, we Will
have virtually no hair troubles. An
especially fine shampoo for this
weather, one that brings out all the
natural beauty OF the hair, that dis
solves and entirely removes all dan
drur, excess oil and dirt, can easily
lie used at trihing expense by sim
ply dissolvinS teaspoonful Of can
throH (Which you can get at any
drugsiap, in a cup OF hot water.
RMS makes full cup Of shampoo
liquid, enough so it is easy to apply
IT TO al! the hair instead Of Just the
top OF the head. This chemically dis
solves all Impurities and creates
soothing. cooling lather Rinsiny
leaves the scalp spotlessly clean,
sort and plant. while the hair takos
on the glossy richness of natural
color. a 'so "A hufflness which makes
II seem much heavier than 1t is. After
CanthroN shampoo, arranelnc tho
halr Is a pleaSure.-Adv
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-07
wholesome and Intensely dramatic
throughout. Harris famous Pinto pony
has substantial part In this Offering.
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS OFF
PetroErad Correspondent Lenrns OF
Break ut Brcst Litovsk Over
Question Of Ukraine.
rBy Associated Prcss.l


LONDON. February 6.-The negoti-
ations at Brcst Litovsk have been
broken off. the correspondent at Petro-
grad of the Exchange Telegraph Com
pany says he is informed.
Reports from Brest Litovsk In the
last few days indicated that a deadlock
had been reached on the question OF
Ukraine. After the Ukrainian dele.
gates had almost completed an agree.
ment with the Germans and Austrians
Tor q separate peace. the Bolsheviki
sent to Brest Litovsls new DELEGATES
who they said were the real represent
tatives Of Ukraine. The representatives
OF the central powers, anxious to make
peace with Ukraine and obtain food
supplies there, refused to recognize
the new delegates. who represent the
Soldiers and Workmen's deputies OF
Ukraine, whereas tho first delegation
was selected by the Ukrainian rada.
This situation was considered At the
crown council In Berlin on Monday.
after which the German and Austro
hungarian foreign ministers left for
Brest Litocsk.