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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-21
BARRE SOLDIER
is BADLY WOUNDED
Name Of Joseph Bussiere Appears in tile
Casualty List Today-Marines
Suffer Severely

WASHINGTON, June 21-The army
casualty list today contains 3S names.
divided as follows: Killed in action,
six; died of wounds. one; died of dis
ease, three; wounded severely, o.;
wounded, degree undetermined, one.
New England names follow:
Severely wounded-Private Raymond
II. Brown, Fabyan. Conn, Joseph Bus
siere, Barre, VT. Joseph Lebedevin
Montyille, Conn, James Porter, South
Boston, Mass, Joseph Sykut, Three
Rivers, Mass.
Prisoners, previously reported mis-
sing-Corporaol Edwin J. Barnes West
Haven, Conn, Private William J Lii
ly, Southington Conn, Eugene c. Mie-
lewski, Providence, X. l., Teodor Now
oselki Union City, Conn. William II
Sexton, North Providence, r. |.
The marine corps casualty list issued
today contains 127 names, divided as
follows: Killed in action. 10; died of
wounds, 10; wounded severely, 9s. New
England names follow:
Killed in action-First Sergeant John
Grant, Mars Hill, Me.
Died of wounds received in action
Privates Rollin NJ. Kennon, Westmin
ster,' Mass, Alton B. Ellis, Hyannis,
Mass, Ralph Cook, Boston.
Wounded severely in action-Ser-
geant John V. Fitzgerald, South Bos.
ton, Mass, Private Elijah H. Cald-
well, Medway, Mass. Corporal Bert
Blake, Riverpoint, r. |.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-21
BERRY PRODUCERS
FORM ORGANIZATION
John Niles of Dummerston President
Daily Information as to Crop
Conditions to Be Available.

meeting of growers of Strawberries
and other perishable crops was held last
evening III the Farm Bureau rooms to
hear the report of the committee. con-
slstlng OF George ID. Aiken of Putney,
John Niles of Dummerston and A. W.
Sweeton of Brattleboro, appointed by
strawberry growers Tuesday to draw up
a constitution for permanent organiza-
tion.
George d. Aiken of Putnev acted as
chairman and read the proposed consti-
tuition, and the articles were adopted one
by one. Article provided that the name
should be the Green Mountain Produce
Growers association The objects are
enumerated in article 2, as follows: .sThe
objects of this association shall be (a)
to assist members in the marketing of
their products, by promoting close rela-
tion between producers and consumers
px eliminating waste and delay in han
ding, by establishing uniform grades and
quantities; tb) to purchase necessary
supplies operatively; tc) to keep pro-
dueers and consumers informed as to crop
and market conditions" The member
ship Is to be confined to persons who are
produce growers and farmers who are
"PpioNtu ny the DOdTu OF directors.
George H. Gassett of Putney was elect
ed secretary. and these directors were
elected: George d. Aiken of Putnev
Walter Alexander of West Brattle-
boro, John Niles of Dummerston. W. F.
Betterley of Brattleboro and c. n. Burn
ham of Chesterfield \. H. At meeting
of the directors John Niles was elected
president, W. H. Alexander vice president
and W. f. Betterley treasurer
There was discussion of plans for keep,
ing producers and consumers informed a.
to conditions of the strawberry crop and
markets, also discussion of strawberry
varieties.
The members will use the Farm Blu.
reau office as clearing house for infor
nation OF the crop and market conditions
Each day they will telephone in the mum.
Der OF crates sold. the price received and
the general condition of the crop and
whether berries are plentiful or scarce
III the market. This information is for
the benefit of the consumer as well as the
producer and viii assist them in knowing
when to buy to the best advantage. 1t
Is planned to make this information
available to the public through The Re.
former.
Strawberries are not ripening as fast
as was expected, on account of the cold
nights, and the latter part of the crol
will not be quite as good unless there i.
more rain.
The association plans to follow ths
same course as stated above when ths
raspberry and other perishable crops ar,
III season.
About dozen men joined the assoeia
tlon last night, and it is hoped to hav,
all the berry growers enrolled
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-21

nlltLee-Will laa ct tntasaarraw night to talk
over the situation.
An offer has come to Mr.. Smith from
Greenfield Mass, to become principal
OF the high school there and the Green.
field school officials must know his de-
clsion by Monday night He has not
given them a definite acceptance of the
position, but in view of all the eondi.
tons he is strongly inclined to do so.
The Greenfield position carries with it
larger salary and the plan now is to
erect fine new school building as soon
as war conditions permit. The Green
held principal, John j. Jewett. resigned
last winter and since then the position
mas been filled temporarily
Mr.. Smith has been principal of the
Brattleboro high school the past II
years. Before that he was for IL years
sub-master of Mr.. Leal 5 school for bows
in Plainfield, n. j. He is a graduate
of the Brattleboro high school, class of
1888, and of Amherst college. class of
1894. He has strong hold on the bows
and girls, has been an indefatigable
worker in behalf of the school and has
rendered especially efficient service in
building up and maintaining high
standard of scholarship and school
spirit.
Whether anything can be done to
make it an object for Mr. Smith to con.
tlnue at the head of the local school re-
mains to be determined.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-21
Austrians Again Stopped in
Attempt to Extend Front
on MOntellO Plateau
LOSSES OF THE DAY
WERE ENORMOUS
Saverolles British Garry Out Ex-
tensive Raiding and Patrol Opera
tions in the Arras Region.

Stout Italian resistance has again
stopped the Austrians in their efforts
TO extend their front ON the Montello
plateau, the keystone of the Italian de-
Tense on the Piave river. Official an
nouncement is made at Rome that the
Austrians were defeated in a drive yes
tcrday on the northeastern section OF
the plateau and that only ON the south
were they able to make any progress
whatever They crossed q railroad at
several points at Mervesa station. but
were promptly stopped. On the north
and west the plateau slopes up steep
ly to wooded heights, while on the
south are lowlands similar to those far
thcr down, where the Austrians have
been checked by the Italian defense As
the Austrians have for some days held
positions near Mervesa the net result of
their last attack is apparently insignif-
ieant.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-21
Were in Box Car in Local
Freight Yard Await
ing Shipment
JOHN F. BENJAMIN
OF BARRE, OWNER
Bought at Auction Sale at Live Stock
Sales Co.'s Pavilion and Loaded as
Usual-Five Out of Carload of 16
Survive.

Out of a carload of l6 registered Hol-
stein cows and young stock bought Tues
day and Wednesday by John T. Benjamin
of Barre VT at the auction sale at the
Purebred Live Stock Sales Co.'S pavilion
here, only five are now alive, IL having
died of suffoeation in the car yesterday
afternoon.
| During the two days of the sale Mr.
Benjamin bought about 30 head of cattle
for which he paid $1,000 He was the
heaviest purchaser at the sale. When he
left Wednesday night for home he asked
the Sales company to load and ship the
cattle, but left no one TO accompany them
as caretaker
| The company loaded the cattle as
usual, fastening the doors on each side
open short distance to allow the circu-
lation of air. Two cars were loaded and
they were receipted for by the Boston &
Maine railroad The loading was done
about noon yesterday, but the ears stood
in the yard most of the afternoon.
| About ) o'clock a trainman discovered
| that there was trouble in the car contain
| ing l6 head, and an investigation showed
that eight of the animals We're dead.
Chief of Police George Wilson was mott
| fed, and he ordered those which were
alive to be removed. Three of them died
later and the remaining five as soon as
they were able to travel were driven to
d. Frank Shea's barn on Fiat street. Aft
the animals were down when the car door
was opened. and the air was sitting The
other car had left a short time before,
and the condition of its cargo has not
been learned here.
/ Mr.. Benjamin was informed by tele-
phone of what had occurred and he came
here this morning 1t is generally agreed
that had the car been moving the current
lof air would have met all the require
ments of the cattle. 1t is an unfortunate
incident but it is apparent that every
body concerned supposed that a safe
course was being pursued.
The more valuable of Mr.. Benjamin's
purchases, including two bulls, were in
the first car. The second car. where the
! trouble occurred. contained animals
which came in a consignment of 10 head
from Maine which We're not in good
| physical condition on arrival and sold for
low prices. Their valuation was from
81 500 to $4,000.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-21
BAND CONCERT NEXT
TUESDAY EVENING
First of Series by Brattleboro Military
Band on Conmon-Frank M. Cram
to Direct Public Sing.

1t has been arranged that the first of
the series of open air concerts bv the
Brattleboro Military band shall be Civ
Ell on the common next Tuesday night
at 0 clock under the leadership of Di-
rector Fred c. Leitsinger.
During the evening a number of the
popular war choruses viii be sung bv
the audience under the direction OF
Frank Nj. Cram with the band PLAYING
the aceompaniments. This ought to at
tract the biggest crowd that has ever
attended a band concert in Brattleboro
The ehoruses will include There IS a
Long, Long Trail, Keep the Home Fires
Burning, Over There, Pack Up Your
Troubles, Joan of Are, Battle HYMN of
the Republic, and perhaps others. Fol
lowing is the band program:
America
March, NJ. Il. A., Reeves.
Overture, Merry Wives of Windsor
Nicolai.
Scotch Folk Songs. Lampe.
Waltz. Sweet Remembrance. ST
Claire.
Selection, The Only Girl, Herbert.
March, National Emblem, Baeley.
The Star Span2led Banner.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-21
HERE is A POSER.
When Is First Child Not a First
Child?'' Puzzles Sergeant.

STOCKTON, Cal, June 2l--When is a
first child not first ehild?"
This is the question that has been caus-
ing Sergeant II. r. Mergenthal, of the To-
cal T. 5. marine corps recruiting station,
to spend sleepless nights lately
George Hadley of Kansas City applied
to Mergenthal for enlistment. When Had
ley informed him that he was married
and had two children, Mergenthal told
him he would draw $3.50 for family
allotment, namely SIS for his wife. sl(
for his first child and 81 80 for his second
child But Hadley insisted on s35.
How do you figure that " queried Mer
genital
well, my youngsters are twins, so how
are you going to figure the first child,
They both come under the $40 head :
| answered Hadley
Il give up" declared AIergenthal. aftei
puzzling it over for few hours. Th,
delicate question has been put up to th,
authorities at Washington.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-21
FULLY 800 VISIT
NEW CLUB ROOMS
Girls Patriotic League Entertains Wis.
1tors at Hooker House-Rooms At
tractively Furnished.

Ii the interest manifested by the
large number of persons who attended
the opening yesterday of the new club
rooms in the Hooker house is an indi-
cation of the future success of the
Girls Patriotic league id Brattleboro
the board of councillors Of the league
and the committee who had charge of
furnishing the house will have reason
TO feel we'll paid for the many hours of
thought and work which they have Civ
en-. e
The rooms, which were dfeorated with
vases of peonies and roses. presented am
attractive appearance to those who
called to inspect them between 4 and
10 clock, full 800 men and women TAX
ing advantage of the opportunity to
express their approval OF the outlook
Tor girls league in the community.
During the evening instrumental Sc
lectlons were rendered bv Mrs. Harold
T. White, violin, accompanied by Miss
Marguerite White at the piano, and bv
mandolin club consisting of Miss Ma
ron Simonds, Miss Dorothy Denning
Miss Mildred and Miss Statia Novack
and Miss Lucy Cook, with Miss Emily
Clapp as aecompanist
The league has membership of
about 40. The active members-those
from IL to 35-and all charter members.
arc entitled to club room privileges.
Ihose above 50 years of age are on the
list of patron members.
When it was decided to conduct a
community canning kitchen it was evi-
dent that some headquarters must be
secured for that work. The house nj
the corner of Elm and Elliot streets.
owned by Frederick Holbrook, was of
fered for that purpose with the priv
liege OF using whatever rooms. which
We're then unrented,. they desired for
club purposes. The councillors examined
the property and decided that so many
repairs were necessary that il would
be to the advantage of the league to
accept the Hooker house. which would
require no repairs, and which John B.
Manley, the owner, offered the league.
without charge so long as it should be
unrented by him.
A committee of FIVE young women
was appointed to have charge of fur
nishing the club rooms, and furniture,
rugs and pictures were given by house.
wives and others in the community and
draperies Were hung at the windows.
The music room to the right of the
| reception hall is equipped with piano
victrola, library table, mahogany writ
ing desk, couch and rockers, with clec.
trie reading lamps for the table and
piano, and mahogany ease clock for the
marble mantle of the fireplace The liv
| ing room to the left of the entrance
| contains a reading table with electric
| lamp, fireplace, mahogany writing desk
and number of rockers, while the of
| flee and sewing room, with sewing ma
chine occupy the small room at the
rear OF the living room. 4 large plate
glass mirror, table and chairs are il
the reception hall, while framed pic
| lures hang on the walls of each room
The equipment for the kitchen has no
all been installed, but will be in place
by July |.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-21
Lieut.. Baylies Missing After
Air Battle Against Four
German Machines
SOME HOPE THAT
HE is STILL ALIVE
Fell About Six Miles Within the Ger
man Lines-Since Joining Escadrille
Last October Had Brought Down
Many Machines.

PARIS, June 21-The leading Amer
lean ace in the French flying corps,
First Lieut. Frank l.. BayIes of New
Bedford, Mass, is missing after an un-
chimes. On June II Lieut. Bavlies, with
two other airmen, had finished several
hours patroling and were about to re-
turn at twilight, when four single seated
German airplanes attacked Baylies 81
multaneously, Baylies put up stern
fight. He attempted to take the often
sive, but his machine caught fire and
fell after a few moments about six
miles Within the German lines One of
the airmen, who was with him. thinks
Baylles may have made a good landing
If he escaped death in the flames of his
burning machine.
Since joining the "Aee EseadriIle >
of Storks last Oct / Lieut.. Bavlies
has made a remarkable record and has
been cited for bravery many times.
About two weeks ago despatch from
Paris announced that he had brought
down his 18th enemy machine. Word
from the same city on June 10 was
that he had declined to accept an Off
cership in the American aviation corps
because he desired to render further
service i'll the French Eseadrille.
He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles S. Baylies of New Bedford. He
has been flying in plane No. 13. and
recently said that the only bad luck ii
ever brought was to the Germans. He
wears military medal and the French
war cross with four palms. His com
rades know him as ''the young Ameri
can who never flies from foe =
The Germans have changed their svs-
TEN of air fighting in recent days and
are now appearing in larger and strong
er groups.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-21
GARDENS ON PUBLIC
PLOTS INSPECTED
Over 80 Per Cent Ranked as Good or Ex.
cellent-Another in Two Weeks
State to Give Awards.

The gardens on the public plots were
inspected and ranked yesterday for the
first time this year. Over 90 per cent of
the gardens were in good condition and
most of them were ranked as excellent.
1t would be worth the time and trouble
for the public to visit these plots and see
the results of the work of the children
and their parents.
The following lists include only those
whose gardens are rated as excellent or
good. There will be another inspection in
two weeks and it is hoped that the names
which do not appear this time can be
printed after the next inspection. Later
in the season the state will present pins
and certificates to all pupils who have
done good work,
Gardens ranking as excellent: Putney
road-Hadley Shumway, Frank Shum-
way, Truxton Britain, Norris Bragg
Bradley, Dorothy Schwenk, Eunict
Clapp, John Stewart, Gerald Barrett
Western avenue Mary Amato, Florence
Mather. Moreland avenue-Doris Mad
den, Donald Madden. Viola Wojehick
Liepaia Dawson. South Main street-.Ju
Illus Mason, Lucills Graves, Sherman Slo
cum, Clarence Pierce, Kenneth Babbtt
| Ernest Cook, Charles Dimes, Elizabeth
Hamilton, Ruth Knowlton, Mildred No
lvack, Leora Barker, Mildred Stockwell
/ Minerva Townshend
Gardens ranked as good-Putney roat
Raymond Gould. Howard Cooper. Lin
wood Tenney Carl Tenney. Joseph Jus
cen, Francis Haywood, Floyd Messenger
Western avenue-Alfred Nicholas, Rober
Nichalos. Oscar Johnson, Pauline Shaw
Moreland avenue-Lynn MeGee. Mar,
Ann Monmoney, Irwin Shaw, William
tSemararo. Clarence Morrill, South Mai
Istreet-Evelyn Hamilton. Julius Mason
Margaret Morse, Ethel Irish.
| The home garden plots will be inspect
ed and rated next week.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-21
GAMES AND SPORTS
ARE NON-USEFUL
But No Ruling Has Been Asked on the
Occupation of a Professional
Baseball Player.

WASHINGTON, June 2l.-New reg
ulations issued to draft boards today by
Provost Marshal General Crowder to gov
ern application of the work or fight order
do not rule specifically upon the status OF
professional baseball players or other
classes which may be affected, but empha-
size the section of the order placing games
and sports among the occupations classed
as nonuseful. In an oral statement an
nouncing the regulations officials of Gen
eral Crowder's office said that ''at pres
ent the occupation of baseball player
was regarded as non-produetive, but that
until case had been appealed from 10
cal board there would be no ruling on tho
subject
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-21
Advertised Letters.

Men-Ed. Branlev, D. f. Colburn,
Maurice McCraw, d. NJ. Mclean, 2
Lewis Piette. VIM. Roberts, W. F. Rob
|erts, John Smith, Elmer Turner, Will
lard Vanderbilt.
Women-Mrs. Harry Dana, Mrs. VIM
G. Donahue, Miss R. NJ. Hamilton, Mrs
Jane Hunter, Mrs. Ella H. Lewis, Mrs
Fred S. Snow, Mrs. Elizabeth Swenson
Mrs. Flora Taylor Augie Vigneault
Mrs. Bertha Whitaker.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-21
Universalist Church
Sunday, June "a.

1870 a. m.--Divine worship with sermon
by the pastor. The choir will be
assisted by Mr.. Alison Dugan, yio-
lin
II 40 a. m.-Sunday school session.
800 p. m.-At Vernon, service of wor-
ship with sermon.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-21

COPENHAGEN, June 21.-The situa.
tion at Prague. Bohemia, and the indus-
trial centers IN that district, saws a
vienna newspaper, has become SO serious
that the Austrian government will
either be compelled to increase the
bread ration or run the risk of still fur
ther exciting the working people. Ir
the latter event, the newspaper declares,
railroad communication will be cut off
and revolution will break out.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-21
FOR SPECIAL TRAINING.
Gen. Crowder Issues Order for 8.7o6
Draft Registrants.

WASHINGTON, June 21.-Pro-
vost Marshal General Crowder TODAY
called for s,976 draft registrants
qualified for general military serv-
Ice to be sent on July 10 to various
schools for special training. The
call is to be held open for volunteers
until July l.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-21
ON 38-MILE FRONT.
Baker Makes Statement About the Line
Americans Are Holding.

WASHINGTON, June 21-American
soldiers are now holding the fighting
line for distance of 3S miles ON the
western front, according to information
given members of the house military
committee today at the weekly confer
ence with Secretary Baker and Gen.
March, chief-of staff.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-21
BERRIES RIPEN1NG SLOWLY.
Supply Less than Demand-Wholesale
Price II to 20 Cents.

The first of the daily reports from the
Vermont Produce Growers assoeiation
organized last night is as follows:
otraWberries are not ripening as fast
as was expected, on account of the cold
nights. Today they are. wholesaling in
Brattleboro at IL to 20 cents a quart
me supply is not quite equal to the
demand. In Boston berries are whole
sailing today at Is to 2S cents quart
Many people are buying for canning.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-21
CLAMOR FOR BREAD.
Not Enough to Keep People in Health
In Austria and Bohemia.

LONDON, June 2l.-In many prov
lnces of Hungary there is only one-third
or one quarter the food necessary to
maintain the population in health, for
mer Premier Pisza declared in a speecl,
to the Hungarian parliament yesterday,
according to Budapest telegram for
warded by the Exchange Telegraph cor
respondent at Amsterdam.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-21
DAMAGED BY FROST.
Cranberry Crop on Cape Cod Hard Hit
by the Cold Wave

MlDDLEBORO, Mass, June 2l.-Re-
ports today from many points on Cape
Cod indicated that the cranberry crop
had been. badly damaged last night by
frost. Weather bureau figures showed
minimum temperature of "a degrees ait
some places.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-21
THE WEATHER.
Fair and Warmer Tonight. Probably
Showers on Saturday.

WASHINGTON, June 21.-The wealth.
er forecast: Fair tonight Somewhat
warmer in the interior. Saturday prob
ably showers. Rising temperature
Light variable winds becoming south.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-21
First Baptist Church

Friday. June 81, 4.l5 p. m.-Meeting
of junior Christian Endeavor society
MI boys and girls ) to II years of age
are invited
Friday, June 81. s D. m.-Repular
prayer meeting of the ehnrch
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-21

WASHINGTON, June 2l.-Enemy pa
trols suffered considerable losses north
west of Chateau Thierry and in the
Woeyrc region, Gen. Pcrshing reported
today in his communique for yesterday.
In the Chateau Thierry and the Woevre
regions and in the Lorraine artillery
fighting continues.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-21

LONDON, June 21.-Furthcr extcn-
sive raiding and patrol operations were
carried out by the British troops last
night in the Arras regions and on the
front to the south toward Albert. At
tcmpts by the Germans to regain the
ground won yesterday by the British
near Merris, on the Flanders front,
were rcpulsed, today 5 war Office states
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-21

PARIS, June 2l.--French troops last
night carried out operations on the front
southwest OF scissors which resulted in
Improvement of their positions near
Saverolles. A similar improvement was
effected further south on this front near
Hautvcsmcs. The war Office made these
announcements today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-21
BRITISH CASUALTIES.
Official Report of Total for the Week
Aggregates 36,62O.

LONDON, July 2l.-British casual
ties reported during the week ending
today aggregated 36,620.