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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-25
THE WEATHER.
Fair and Continued Cool Tonight and
Friday-Moderate Winds

WASHINGTON, April 25.-The
weather forecast; Fair and continued
cool tonight and Friday. Moderate
northwest to northeast winds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-25
AMERICANS CAPTURED?
Figures of Losses at Seicheprey Support
the German Claim.

the German Claim
WASHINGTON, April 25.-The number
of Americans killed in the German attack
of April 20 near Seicheprey was less than
a dozen and the number of injured about
20. These figures. made known TODAY,
appeared to give support to the German
claim that 1873 Americans were captured,
since it previously had been admitted
that the American casualties were
around 200.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-25
Centre Congregational Church

Friday, April 96, 40 p. Regular
midwcek meeting of the church.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-25
GERMANS CONTINUING
DESPERATE ASSAULTS

the Great Battle South of the Somme the British and
Franco American Are Now Standing Firmly Against
the Attacks of the Enemy-British Regain Ground
and Improve Their General Position.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-25

An autobiography is rarely modelled on
the lines of the modest violet.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-25
Vermont Wheel Club
MEMBERS-NOTICE

Every member is expected to take
part in the Liberty parade Friday aft
ernoon. Meet ct the club house at 3.15.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-25
DECISION Of THE BATTLE IS BY
NO MEANS YET WITH EITHER SIDE

Teutons Gain, After Pause Long Enough to Bring Up
Heaviest Artillery, Is Meagre Compared with
Successes Achieved at Beginning of Battle Last Month
Allies Lost Two Villages Yesterday.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-06-26
.ENG|N|NEERS RECEIVE
 THOROUGH TRAINING
New Regiments Learn to Do Eevry- thing Quickly and In Very
 Systematic Manner.

CAMP KEARNEY, San Diego System and teamwork are brought to as high a pitch in the engineer regiments of the army as in the traditional circus organizations, off, cers say. An instance of the coop eration which is developed among the engineers came to light near Cuyamaca Lake recently, where, while one set of men was dulling axes felling pine trees for bridge timbers, three others were busy with rotary tool sharpeners putting edges on dulled axes. Enough axes were carried to provide a sharp axe for every axeman all the time.
 The dull axes were brought in to the tool sharpeners and piled on one side of log. As each was sharpened it was placed on the other side of the log and the sharpener cried Sharp axe" Any axeman whose weapon was dulled could come or send for a new one.
 One tool sharpening device was clamped to the edge of split hollow tree and man acquainted with its working explained to another less we'll versed, the peculiarities of em- cry wheels in general and this one in particular, while the two operated the machine.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-06-26

Chinatown, several Salvation army Yard, the party went to the famous hostels, and the Thames embank- ment. Under the guidance of Com mander of c. c. Perkins, of Scotland Limehouse Police Station, where they were shown in detail the police system of registering aliens.
 They were then taken through the Chinese district, where they saw rice ground in the most primitive manner ny stone turned by hand, shook hands with Chinatown's two Chinese babies, ate sweet cake, and drank tea in the districts most pre- tentious Chinese restaurant.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-06-26
THE RUBY ROOSTER

To his little hen wife, crowed this gay young rooster, "You don't seem to love me as much as you use' ter, Just tell me what the trouble is, be-
 ginning at its source, For I'll do, or promise, anything to
 head off a divorce" Replied his little speckled wife, with
 nought of hesitation, 'If you would keep your home and
 me, go get reputation; Do something for your country,
 don't set and watch me knit, For I'll not love a stacker who's too tired to do his bit" Such plain spoken speech gave this
 gay young bird from Ruby Much matter for reflection and he
 felt just like a booby; But he pondered and thought, as he
 scratched round in the gravel, And finally he hit upon this scheme
 of his travel.
 So he went and joined the ranks
 of the Red Cross boosters, Abandoning all the habits of the
 idle class of roosters: He left his wife and family, put a
 price upon his head, So the least Nenanaites can dos to see that he gets fed.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-06-26
WORKMAN HAS ACCIDENT;
 BREAKS LEFT FOREARM

While at work on the new build- ing next door to the Belmont, Joe Shultz missed his footing yesterday afternoon and fell to the first floor from the second floor and broke his left forearm at the elbow. A crowd collected immediately after the accident and someone turned in fire alarm, but the chemical did not respond as it was plainly seen that the alarm was false.
 Shultz was taken to the hospital for treatment and he is reported 10 be resting easy today. He will be up and about in about two weeks.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-06-26
MARINE NEWS

q e q e e e C q q @ . < z q e e e e Julia B.-At St. Michael
 Seattle No. 3-At St. Michael. Washburn-At Holy Cross.
 Jacobs-Schedule to leave Fair banks for Gibbon p. m., 18th. Yukon-With barge, up Circle 10 P. M., 18th.
 Alaska-At Fairbanks.
 Davis-At Gibbon.
 Carl White-Up Tolovana fer Fairbanks 8 a. m.
 Tanana-Down Melozi, g III. Reliance-Down Nulato, 18th. Casca-Up Eagle, 3 a. m.
 Dawson-In Whitehorse. Leaves for Dawson in morning.
 Victoria Nome a. m., 18th. Reported to leave for St.. Michael today. Bay clear of ice at St. Michael.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-06-26
WAR PRISONERS IN RUSSIA ARE
 TURNING HOBO

LONDON-The German war pris- oner has become the hobo" of Russian idle, shiftless wanderer who wants neither to work nor to fight. Many such prisoners, both Germans and Austrians, were en- countered at different points in Russia by the members of the Amer ican Red Cross Mission returning from Rumania. They were never under guard. were usually in small groups, and apparently had no em- ployment or wish for employment They were without arms and shab- billy clad, and always declared em- phatically that they had no desire to get back into the German army, nor even any wish to return to Ger many until after a general peace was declared
 If the prisoners showed any dis position to organize or even to travel about in marauding bands they would furnish a serious prob lem, but under present conditions they are merely a nuisance.
 At a small station north of Vol. ogda, there was a group of about fifty prisoners idling on the station platform, some asleep in the winter sun, some playing cards, others whiting little toys and knick. knacks out of soft wood. The Asso. ciated Press correspondent talked with several of them. They were greatly surprised to hear that the United States had entered the wal a year before, and several of them expressed still more surprise at be. ing informed that America was not the ally of Germany.
 They had been sent to this part of Russia nearly two years before in a railway construction gang, but had done no work for several weeks They lived in freight cars and got their food by hook or crook from the villagers.
 Some of them declared that they had not had square meal for many days, and they accepted with gen. uine gratitude three old loaves of black bread and a few pieces of chocolate which the Americans were able to spare them. As an after. thought, one of the Americans brought out to them the remains of a large. round American cheese It had been purchased in New York city and had accompanied the mis. sion from Vancouver to Yokohoma Moscow and Jassy, serving through. out the Rumanian campaign.
 There were several large camps of German prisoners in the far north of Russia, but these had most, ly broken up completely since the revolution, owing to difficulties with the food supply. It was said that thousands of German prisoners in these northern camps died Of scurvy which was also prevalent Fl many of the far-northern villages and among the refugees. ~. ~:
The Nenana daily news., 1918-06-26
LABOR DELEGATES VISIT THE SUMS American Visitors See Darkest London During Their Stay In
 English Captal.

LONDON.-A stunning tour" around London was one of the di- versions for the American labor dele gation soon after their arrival here. The places visited were London's
The Washington herald., 1918-06-12
BAND CONCERT TODAY.

BY the U. s. Soldiers Home Band.
Bandstand this afternoon b. ginning at j:45
John s. VI. Zimmerman. Director.
My Country. 'Ts of Thee"
March. Knights Templar" iRagley)
Overture. Count Of Essex" Mercadantel
Melndie. "Tendresse' Ravinal.
Excerpts from The Waltz Dream
tStrausl
Characteristic. "A Southern Wedding
tL.Otterl
Waltz SUITE. Children Of Spring" Violets
(WdldtefelJ.
Finale. sons # Australia" (Lithgow).
The Star spangled Banner
The Washington herald., 1918-06-12
PURELY PERSONAL.

4 Miss Myrtle Ross, Of Newark,
Ohio. arrived here Sunday to take
position with the War Depart
ment in the once OF Surgeon Gen.
eral Gorgas- She is a sister of
Miss Otta NJ Ross, OF the Pension
Bureau.
. Col. Milton Farmer left last night
for a business trip to Montgomery,
Ala. He expects to be absent about
ten days.
Gen Boliver Mason, mayor of
Wolf Creek, Mont, is a visitor
here. He reports much activity in
mining throughout his section of
country caused by the war demand
for copper.
Mrs. T. Connors Duffy, wife of
the president Of the First National
Bank of Raysville, Ark, is here
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Helen
J. Summers. Of the Ontario Apart
ments
James Monroe Sullivan has re-
signed his position with the Land
Department and will leave shortly
to engage in farming at Hood
River, Ore.
Rev. Solomon Neill Guthrie,
formerly In the missionary service
in the Orient, left yesterday for a
trip through the Blue Mountains.
John T. Rowe, Of the Bureau Of En-
craving and Printing, Is on a short
vacation.
Wilbur a. Stalls, Of Monroe. Va,
is in the city for a few days.
Martin K. McH Ugh Is on a visit 20
his home in Norfolk. Va
Leonard R. CAN'T has received an
appointment as clerk in the General
Land Office
Claude A Bowman, Of the Patent
Office, has resigned.
Francis Leatherman, of the Govern
ment Printing Office, has received a
promotion
The Washington herald., 1918-06-12
wilson and SUFFRAGE
DISCUSSED RY BARRY
Newspaper Man Says President
Has Opportunity to Help Cause.

Kaiser William at the outbreak OF
the war, and. President Wilson at the
present time, have been placed by
circumstances in the unusual posi-
tion OF being able to accomplish
something big for the human race.
according to John Barry. newspa-
per man and writer. who spoke at
the National Woman's Party head
quarters. last night.
Many people in Berlin. when the
war cloud first darkened the hori-
zon." he said. were engaged in
planning ways in which the Kaiser
could be induced to stop hostilities
by proposing a peace so magnani-
nous and noble that the whole world
would avail itself of it. But the
Emperor missed his opportunity.
president Wilson has today a
chance to do something big for half
his people-the women Of our coun,
try. If he grasps his chance, and
I believe he will, he will make him
self the biggest man in the world"
Mrs. Abby Scott Baker, political
chairman of the National woman's
Party. said that the great opportu-
nifty OF the Republicans in Congress
now was to force the amendment
through. since they have the ma
iority Of the membership of their
party for the measure.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-12
MILLIONAIRE'S
WIFE FREED
FROM ASYLUM
Mrs. Mary Casey Thorne
Tells Court of Belle
vue Experience.

New York, June 11.-Taken to Belle
vue Hospital OIL June 5. under the i'm
preston that she was being inducted
into a rest cure establishment, hurried
to the psychopathic ward, stripped Of
her clothing and furnished only with
coarse muslin shirt. according t.
her tstimony before Supreme Court
Justice Giegerich. Mrs. Mary Casey
Thorne. wife of Joel Wolfe Thorne.
millionaire banker. secured her free
dom today.
I was put into a strait jacket" she
told the court. But 1 didn't stay in
the strait jacket long. I took it off
myself in about three hours. and they
never put it back on me again.
II was denied the privilege of COM
municating with relatives and friends
or lawyers"
II do not think this young woman
should be detained" said the court.
She is discharged"
Says Husband Disappeared.
Mrs. Thorne was brought to crurt
under habeas corpus proceedings in
stituted by her counsel. Mirabeau l.
Towns and Randolph A. Gerard. She
declared her husband disappeared
from their home, following a birthday
party for his 3-year-old son. and that
she had not seen him since. She had
applied to Dr. Seth H. Milliken for a
tonic. she said. and he first took her
TO place which refused to receive
haE cI. -
her mental faculties"
Then DIR. Milliken took me to
Bellevue in his automobile. telling
me he was visiting surgeon there
and l would receive the best Of
treatment" she said.
DR.. Theron ]. Vosburgh, assistant
superintendent OF the hospital, de-
clared on the witness stand that
hospital in one of the psychopathic
ambulances. He admitted giving or
ders that she be permitted to COM
municate with no one, asserting, her
mother, Mrs. Casey. had requested
it. He produced a statement made
at the hospital June 6. he said. by
Joel w. Thorne.
What. My husband at the hos
pital when l was there, and not in
formed OF it," exclaimed Mrs.
Thorne. This Is terrible"
In the statement said to have
been made by Thorne. claim was
made that Mrs. Thorne had threat
ened to shoot her husband and on
! one occasion had chased him with
an ice pick. Several alienists had
declared she suffered from mental
trouble. DR.. Vosburgh said Thorne
told him.
That's a lie," cried Mrs. Thorne
when hospital records were pro-
duced that declared she INDUCED
excessively in alcoholic drinks.
DO you drink alcoholic liquors.
/ inquired the court gently.
Absolutely not at all eNc,r
an occasional bottle OF stout with
meal" she replied.
Alleges Mild Insanity.
DR.. Vosburgh testified that Mrs.
ThOrne suffered from "a mild form
of Oppressive insanity, character
lied in that particular type by over
lactiveness. fightiness and lack OF
judgment"
There will be a very thorough
investigation Of this case" said
: Lawyer Towns. after his client had
been discharged. One OF the next
The Washington herald., 1918-06-12
Here's a Real "Sky-Pilot"

London, June 4-The war has
produced one real sky y-pilot in the
double sense of the word in the
person of the Rev. DR.. Reginald
Crewe, lately of Vermont.
Like Goldsmith's village parson,
this sky-pilot summons his hearers
to heavenly heights, and, in addi-
tion, leads the way in an up-to-date
.high-powered airpIane which he can
run with the best of them. Ameri-
can aviators here'have supplement-
ed the ID. D." with an H. F.
short for high fiier."
From one airdrome to another in
England DIR. Crewe flies. carrying
substantial greetings from the
American Y. NJ. c. A. in the way of
baseball outfits, stationery. books
and magazines, and sometimes
American apples. Sometimes he
breaches to the boys and sometimes
he talks angles of incidence" and
carburetors.
DIR. Crewe was on his way to
France last September when he
stopped over in England and be-
came impressed by the need for the
Y. NJ. c. A. to do even more for the
United States fighting forces in
Great Britain. He was asked to
suggest something.
The " is all eady doing almost
in the world to help"
said DR.. Crewe. IF I'm to create
a new job, 1t will have to be in the
air. How about being a bird-of-
passage for the American aviators
in the English airdromes?0
He was given this job, and ever
The Washington herald., 1918-06-12
BOARDS DEFINE
AREAS LOADED
INDUSTRIALLY
gested Manufacturing
Districts to Get Fewer
War Contracts.

he War Industries Board. Fuel
ministration and the Railroad
.ministration have fixed the boun-
aries of a district to be known as
the cnngested manufacturing and
transportation district" War con-
tracts to manufacturers in this dis
trict will be issued only with the
consent of the three administra-
tions The new plan will prevent
further increase in the volume OF
war orders and in the number of
establishments handling them in the
district.
Section Working Maximum.
The section held to be working
now to the capacity of it's fuel and
transportation facilities Is describ-
ed as the New England States. East
ern and Southern New York, Penn
sylvania as far west as Williams
port and Altoona. all of New Jer-
sey and Delaware and eastern
Maryland except Baltimore.
n explaining the plan. the Fuel
Administration issued a statement
which said:
THE congested district comprises
those eastern States in which so large
a proportion of war Industries Is To-
Gated as to make it difficult to =upply
all with necessary raw material and
fuel. This difficulty obtains because
coal for those industries is mined in
the territory west of the Allegheny
Mountains. 1t must be carried into
this congested district by limited
number of railway lines and by ships
from Hampton Roads and Baltimore.
The amount of coal, therefore,
which can be transported into this
congested area during any one season
is limited. and it is an entirely sep
arate problem from the production OF
coal However much coal is mined in
western Pennsylvania. West Virginia
and Ohio. only so much is available
for this congested district as the rail-
roads and ships ca ntransport uto it,
Industries Increased.
"a careful analysis of the possible
coal movement shows that the in
creased industrial activity in those
eastern States has created a require
ment for coal, which exceeds the limit
of possible transportation of coal. plus
necessary material for manufacture A
map of the congested and restricted
district has been issued to all Govern
ment departments"
The Washington herald., 1918-06-12
Finance Experts Called
In Committee Hearing

The Senate committee hearing to-
day on the proposed establishment
OF Foreign Federal Reserve Bank,
to stabilize the American dollar, will
have as witnesses three financial
experts from New York City and
one from Princeton University.
Those who will advise the Com
mittee on Banking and Currency
concerning the bill OF Senator Owen
OF Oklahoma to establish a federal
banking institution for foreign ex-
change are Max May. OF the Guar
anty Trust Company. Maurice lie
Blanc. Of the Equitable Trust, F. H.
Friedrich. foreign exchange expert
FOR the American Smelling and Re-
fnfng Company. and E. w. Kam-
merer. professor of political econ
omy in Princeton.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-12
REICHSTAG WILL ACT
ON RUMANIAN PEACE
Won Hertling May Meet Strong
Opposition to Treaty.

Berne dispatches say that the
Reichstag will take up the Ruman-
ian pea, treaty with the foreign
affairs budget in the session begin
ming June 20. In view of the OPEN
ly expressed dissatisfaction with
the Rumanian peace voiced by
many Of the Reichstag leaders it is
predicted that Won Hertling will be
hard pressed to defend the pact The
opposition has been lately strength
ened by the apparent failure of the
Germans to reap any benefits from
the Ukrainian scheme and by the
increasing turmoil in that country
which has been reported.
The whole sessions Of the Reich
stag UP to that date will be taken
up with the interior budgets and
after the foreign affairs are attend
ed to the summer vacation Is ex-
pected to begin by the first of July.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-12
Alleges Mild Insanity.
Charming June weddings

arc assured when GUIDE furnishes
the flowers and decorations. 1914
F.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-12
BISHOP TO SPEAK AT
LAST NOVENA SERVICE

Bishop Shahan will speak at the
last service of the Novena of Saint
Anthony to be held Thursday night
at the Church of Saint Anthony.
Brookland
The celebration Of the Feast Of the
Saint Of Padua began last Wednes-
day night at 7:30. Some of the most
prominent Catholic speakers in the
city have delivered the sermons at
the church in BrookIand.
During the services Thursday, the
Bishop will bless the altar lilies. which
will then he distributed among the
congregation.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-12
CHILD BITTEN BY DOG.

While playing with a dog In front
of his home, sos Adams street north
east. yesterday. Austin Kingla, s
years old. was bitten on the hand
and leg. The chfld's wounds were
cauterized by q physician from the
Casualty Hospital. The dog was
killed by Policemen Bradley and
Mckee.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-12
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
GENERAL FnRECAST

7
District Of Columbia Maryland and Virginia
Fair and continued wITm WednC sday: Thurs
dav partly cloudy; fresh sOutherly winds
Upper Michigan-Fair and cooler Wednesday
Thursday partly cloudy.
In the Washingtons Forecast District the
weather will Be generally fair wednesday and
THURSDAY EXCEPT that local rains are indicated
wednesday along the lower Lakes and In north
en New England. also in FIoridI.
1t will Be warmer wednesday in northeastern
districts and the temperature will doubtless fall
slightly in the same districts on THURSDAY
Storm warnings are displayed On the Atlantic
coast from Delaware Brcakwater to Boston.