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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-23

PETROGRAD, Feb. 22.-The al
he'd embassies will leave Petrograd
III the event that the German adj
vance threatens the city. They are
ready, however, to aid Russia to
fight the Germans.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-23
TO SUPPORT WAR AIMS.
1nter-Alied Labor Conference Reaches
Decision in London

LONDON, Feb 23-The inter-nlliea
labor conference in session here today
reached an agreement to support The
british war aims program
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-23

LONDON, Feb. q. - The Pctrograd
correspondent Of Reuters, Ltd. sends an
othcial statement that the council OF the
peoples commissorics has appointed a
special general staff and has issued de-.
cree rci'cruting It's warning that martial
law must be mcrcilcss to rcprcss "crim.
inal attempts and eXtcrminate the
counter revolutionary element Merger.
have been taken, il is officially an.
nouuccd, for the registration aud distri
button Of food stutfs and the mobilization
"i the entire population for dcicns,
work. The special general staff will ap
proprlate all property required for dcfcu
tive purposes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-23

And many poor man has gone broke
because his wife gazed too persistently
into the glass of fashion,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-23
Red Men S Hall

All members interested who wish to
compete in a pool tournament will please
leave their names in II. b. Haus's store.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-23

1880 Il. m.--Subieet of sermon, The
Mirror of Life.
llA5 a. m.-Biblc school.
600 =. Meeting Of intermediate
Christian Eudcavor society.
r5o =. m.-Subiect, Moral Hyphcnism.
Saturday at p. m.-The United choirs
Wiil hold their first rehearsal for the
Easter cantata
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-23
Unitarian and UniversaIist Churches
Sunday, Fob. 24.

Sunday, Feb. "a.
Services IN the Unitarian church:
1850 a. m.-lhvinc worship with sermon
by Rev. T. q. $, Osgood. Subject
Righteousness Exaltcth a Nation
y m--Nunday school. union session.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-23

1t doesn affect an elevator s health
when it 8 run down.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-23

BERLIN, Feb. 23.-In their new in.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-02
Obituary
Captain F. NJ. Passow

Captain Frederick NJ. Passow, who
retired a few years ago from command
of the American liner St. Paul, died
on Wednesday at his home. Lennox-
Vile, Quebec News of his death was
sent yesterday to the local office of
the American Line, Broadway.
Captain Passow was known to thou
sands of travellers, having piloted the
st. Paul across the Atlantic for more
than twenty years. He had been on
the sea for nearly fifty years and had
made 600 trips across the Atlantic.
Captain Passow was an Englishman
by birth, but became an American citi-
zen at the outbreak Of the Spanish
American War and was the merchant
navigator of a converted cruiser in the
tight off Santiago.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-02
Flagg Paints q
Mammoth Poster
To Aid Recruiting
@'Tell That to the Marines
Reproduced in Front Of
Public Library

James Montgomery Flagf, in a be-
coming blue smock, standing on a step
ladder painting a mammoth recruiting
poster for the marines, held the centre
of the stage ar the Public Library yes
terday, "Treat En- Rough the black
cat who snarls perpetually from the
top of the tank had his nose quite
put out of joint and snarled more
viciously or that account than ever
but he was unable to defect any of the
crowds attention.
From 8 o'clock in the morning. when
Mr.. Flagg drove up in his limousine,
and ". H. Craw, his model, pulled off
his coat and went after the Hun, there
was vastly interested throng in at
tendance.
At twenty minutes past IL Mr., Flagg
jumped down from his stepladder
brushed away a half dozen moving
picture men, and signed his name with
flourish to the largest portrait for a
nghter that was ever painted in Au-
gust on Fifth Avenue. 1t was re-
production in heroic size of the red
headed marine who has been sailing
into the Hun from a thousand bill
boards of late, under the caption. Tell
That to the Marines" The hero stands
nine feet high in his paint, and the
entire canvas measures at least twelve
1t will be framed and placed in the
permanent gallery on the Library
steps, alongside of the northernmost
lion.
At the rare intervals when Mr..
Flagg paused for breath Lieutenant
George Kneller, in charge of the
marine recruiting service, addressed
the crowd. Thirty y-seven recruits were
gathered in as result of the morn
ing's rallies.
I'VE need all the recruits we
can get to fill Up the holes made in
our ranks at Chateau Thierry," said
Lieutenant Kneller. 1--WE folks back
here don't know vet how big the
casualty list is going to be. but there
is no doubt il is heavy, and we've got
to keep the ranks full if we're going
to push those Huns into the North
Sea, where they belong"
One of the marines approached Mr..
Craw, the husky model, with the offer
Of a job in the service. but Mr.. Flagg
explained in behalf of his fery-haired
model that he had already been re-
jected by the army physicians on ac-
count of chronic rnalpria
New-York tribune., 1918-08-02
Rotarians of N. Y.
Warmly Welcome
Mt. Vernon Club
Alderman Dawson, Who
Had Hearst Papers Barred,
Praised at Dinner

Members OF the new Mount Vernon
Rotary Club were guests yesterday of
the New York Chapter at the weekly
luncheon of this branch at the Hotel
McAlpin. 1t was Rotary Day. and plans
were discussed for the various projects
which will play part in Rotary Club
activities for the coming year.
W. 5. White, we'll known Rotarian,
presented President Aikenson. of the
Mount Vernon Rotary Club with gavel
similar TO that IN use by the New York
branch
We are glad to include Mount Yer
non in our organization. because it is
on the map" said Mr.. White And
Bill Dawson put it there
Mr. White referred to Alderman
William Dawson, of the Common Coun-
Gil of Mount Vernon, who introduced
the antiHearst resolution to bar The
New York American" and Evening
Journal" from Mount Vernon during
the period of the war.
1t was announced yesterday by the
flag committee that the New York Ro-
tary Club will present to every foreign
Rotary Club now in existence and to
every one which is formed hereafter
O. &c sim amer iCah nag anu StdnudTC-
Twenty Canadian, twenty British and
one Cuban Rotary Club will be the re-
cipients at once of the flag.
j. j. Golden, chairman of the flag
committee, said in making the an
nouncement: This gift on our part will
not only spread to foreign lands the
ideals for which the American flag
stands. but will make the New York
Rotary Club known everywhere"
The war activities committee of the
Rotary Club proposed, through it's
chairman, Henry C. Hawk, that mem
bers cut down expenses during the war
and subscribe to a DO Good Chest"
which would serve whenever it was
necessary for the club to help in war
or charitable activities.
The formation of a new body, the
welfare committee, was reported I'm
der the chairmanship of Arthur Dore-
mus, this committee will devote itself
to advising men who get into business
or mental trouble during the war
New-York tribune., 1918-08-02
Plays and Players

George c. Tyler announced yesterday
that he had made an arrangement with
Lynn Fontarne whereby he will pre-
sent her later in the year in a new play
she is to have specially written for
her. Until about the holidays Miss
Fontanne win remain as men,
Der Of Laurette Taylor's company
in "Happiness," but prior to that
time she will play role in Among
Those Present. for the first few weeks
of the engagement.
The Shuberts added a new theatre
10 their New York holdings yesterday.
1t is the Riviera, situated at Ninety
seventh Street and Broadway. 1t will
be hereafter known as the Shubert
Riviera and will play all the Shubert
and allied attractions that have for
merly been seen at the Standard. All
So attractions will play at 81 top
price.
Eugene and Willie Howard, appearing
in The Passing Show of 1918" at the
Winter Garden, have purchased 200
acre farm near Lexington, Ky. They
plan to establish Il racing stable.
A. H. Woods has engaged Lew Fields
and Charles Winninger for the leading
roles in "Friendly Enemies company,
which will open at the Plymouth Thea
tre, Boston, August 26.
Arthur Hammerstein yesterday en-
gagged Herbert Cortheil for an impor-
tant part in his forthcoming new pro-
duction Sometime" scheduled to open
here in September.
The cast engaged for ~. O. u" the
new play by Willard Mack and Hector
Turnbull, which William A. Brady will
present at Asbury Park Monday night
includes Mary Nash, Jose Ruben. Court
ney Foote, j ohm Cromwell Robert Rem
del Louis Frohoff, Emily Fitzroy
Esther Howard, Helen Pingree, Robert
Ayerton, Alexander LOTUS, Mary Brit
ton, R. Kajima and Harry Lyons.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-02
Cooperation Of Parents
and Guardians Urged
by Hylan
Would Plan Pleasures
Increase Of Facilities by Play
ground Organizations
Is Advocated

with so many fathers away at the
front, Mayor Hylan is fearful that
Juvenile delinquency may be materially
increased III New York City. The
Mayor issued n proclamation yester-
day appealing to all parents and guar
dians of children to help prevent juve-
nile delinquency. The proclamation
follows, IN part:
Conditions brought on by the wal
have led the Mayors Committee on Ma
tiona Defence, through its sub-com
mittee on civic problems, to bring tc
my attention the fact that. with the CO.
operation of parents and guardians
danger of an increase in juvenile delin-
quency may be removed
The experience of those dealing
with juvenile delinquency in this and
other cities shows that delinquency is
more largely caused by lack of care in
planning the leisure time and recrea-
tional activities of children, rather
than being due to any inherent desire
on the part of the child to be bad
This applies to the children of the rich
Is well as of the poor.
Therefore, as Mayor of the City OF
New York, | appeal to all parents and
guardians Of children, especially now
that our schools are closed for the
summer, to make it q matter of special
concern to see that every child in the
City of New York has the benefit of 4
carefully thought out plan for all OF
his or her leisure time and recrea-
tional activities.
"'1he regular vacation and recrea
tional activities of children should not
be curtailed because Of the war II
view Of, the increasing Importance oil
this problem. all organizations engaged
in playground and recreational work
should increase their facilities, Par
ents and guardians should plan to have
their children take advantage of the
facilities furnished by the city author
tiles and other organizations promoting
recreational activities.
All who can give volunteer service
are urged to cooperate with existing
organizations which are promoting
Fairgrounds, civic centres, social set
Elements and the various movement;
for the recreational activities Of boys
and girls
New-York tribune., 1918-08-02
Referee Decides in Favor
of Noted Pastor of
Plymouth Church
Speculation Denounced
Supreme Court Must Approve
Report Before 1t Becomes
Decision, However

The suit which the Rev Dr. Newell
Dwight Hills, of Plymouth Church,
Brooklyn, instituted in October, 1915,
against Frank L. Ferguson. his bust
ness manager and former president of
the board of trustees of the church,
was virtually closed yesterday by the
report Of William D. Dickey, ex-justice
of the Supreme Court, official referee
in the case. Mr. Dickey supported at
almost every point the allegations of
DR.. Hills, and declared that. instead of
the pastor owing money TO Mr. F'ergu
SON Mr. Ferguson owed $4,000 to DR..
Hills. He took occasion, however, to
declare that sermon might be
preached about c1ergymen who en-
gagged IN speculative enterprises.
Before becoming an actual decision
IN the case the report Of the referee
must have the approval of the Supreme
Court
From 1910 to 1915 Mr.. Ferguson
acted as business manager for DR.. Hill
lis, who was interested in a lumber
business in the Northwest. In the
latter year the clergyman demanded
Ferguson owed him $155,136. Mr. Fer
guson declared he had made 1928 $50
for his principal and that DR.. Hills
still owed him $500
Business Manager Blamed
The referee declares Mr.. Ferguson
had charged useless expenditures to
DR.. Hills, that he had charged a 10
per cent commission on sales when he
was entitled only to 8 per cent, and,
moreover, had charged the higher com
mission on sales that never were con-
summated and had sought to recon-
pense himself through DR.. Hills for
losses which were the result only of
his own individual investments.
Almost all of the profits of the I'm
perial Timber Holding Company, says
the referee, which ostensibly was or
ganized to safeguard Dr.. Hillis's tim
Der interests. went to Mr.. Ferguson
and to Leonard Hills. The latter is
a banker of Peoria, ILL.,, and no relation
to DR.. Hills.
In his report ex-Justice Dickey says:
"a good part of the defendants brief
of 263 pages is taken up with an effort
to show that DR. Hills some time be-
fore the defendant, Ferguson, became
his agent and attorney in fact under
power of attorney, had. on a capital of
$4,000 cash and on expectations of his
salary Of $4,000 as pastor Of Plymouth
Church ana earnings as audlCor ana
lecturer of $4,000 yearly, engaged in
wild speculations, in purchases and
sales of virgin Canadian timber lands
on Vancouver Island, B. c., and else
where, amounting to several billions of
feet and representing more than
81 100000 in cost"
Sermon on Speculation
"The temptation is strong to preach
sermon on the impropriety, to use
no harsher terms, of ministers, while
they are ministers, engaging in any
speculative business where the specu-
ation is to be carried on with money
OF others who intrust their earnings
and savings to minister because he
is a minister, relying on everything
belonging to the ministerial Office, but
I refrain. It was referred to me tc
pass on the account of the steward
ship of defendant as attorney and
New-York tribune., 1918-08-02
from time 10 time suitable directors
For the Evening Post Corporation"

from time 10 time suitable directors
For the Evening Post Corporation"
Editorial Announcement
I'm It's editorial leader yesterday "'rhe
fven ng Post, IN commenting on the
announced plans of the new owner as
set forth in his statement, said the
public would understand that "The
Evening Posts complete editorial IN
dependence Is assured
In this respect he Mr.. lamont ad-
heres 20 The large and liberal policy
adopted by the late Henry Willard
when he purchased The Evening Post
nearly forty wears ago, continues the
editorial. The present editors, thcre-
Tore, viii continue 20 form and express
Their own Judgment on all political and
financial questions. on the stern duties
OF he war, and on the difficult prob
IONS which viii come with Teace. That
Judgment our readers may often think
faulty. but that 10 lis never :ettered
they Will see the proof day afte- day
In this newspaper Itself. rhIs given
free hard and full responsibility. m
kccping with the honorable tradition
of The Evening Post, the editors and
directors VIII endeavor to make its flu
'ure copy fair as its past, and TO meet
me issues Of the new day as they
ar'se with serenity and hope
Price Not Divulgcd
Considerable speculation was in
dAlged in concerning the price paid by
Mr Lamont but all the parties TO the
transactlon remained silent on this
point.
THE Evening Post" made is frat ap-
pearance On November Is ls0l II was
founded b. William Coleman, a lawyer
from Massachusetts,, VINO had the
financial and moral support of Hamil-
ton. Jay, King and other noted Federal
ists OF the day
William Cullen Bryant joined the
stan Of The Post" n 1896 and upon
the death Of Mr. Coleman. in 1929. ne
became editor Of the paper Some Of
the reporters who worked on the city
staf under Bryant and later under his
successor. Parke Goodwin, were Walt
Whitman. Artemus Ward and Bret
Harte. John Bigelow was associate
ed tor Of "Fhe Post" from 1s49 to 1861
With the purchase of "The Evening
POST by Henry Willard, Carl Schurz
was placed in charge of lts manage
ment a post he held until 1888
New-York tribune., 1918-08-02
Senator. Smiths Creditors to
Get 30 Cents on the Dollar

NEWARK, N. j., Aug. When the
affairs of THE Newark Daily Adver-
tiser" Company. one of the assets as
signed by former United States Sena-
tor James Smith, jr, when he went
into voluntary bankruptcy, December
1915, were ordered settled by Vice
Chancellor Lane to-day it was an
nounced the creditors would receive
80 cents on the dollar.
The Fidelity Trust Company, re-
ceiver, announced that after fees and
expenses are deducted $191 ,841 will be
left to pay off creditors. with claims OF
se30,587. The Vice Chancellor, in al
lowing the Fidelity Company a receiv-
cr's fee of $4,000, commended it for
the manner in which it administere ID
it's trust.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-02

agent of plaintiff and to give my opin-
ion as to how faithful ae was to his
trust IN handling the business affairs
of the plaintiff and to say which items
OF his account rendered in this pro-
ceeding should be allowed as correct
and which of the challenged items must
be disallowed>
No amount of wrongdoing on the
part of the plaintiff to those dealing
with ham in buying timber of ham, no
amount of misrepresentation by him,
If there was such, will in any way
Justify, excuse or palliate a breach of
trust on the part of the defendant or
permit him TO wrongfully appropriate
to himself the money of his principal
coming into his hands as attorney and
agent, or permit him TO make larger
charge to his client over and above
what was agreed on between them"
New-York tribune., 1918-08-02
Lieutenant Richardson Is to
Wed Miss Edith Williams

Mrs. John Van s. Oddie, Of SO West
Forty-sixth Street, announces the en-
gagement of her daughter, Miss Edith
Williams, to Lieutenant John William
Moore Richardson, U. S. A.. son of Mrs.
Nathan Hcft, Of Bridgeport, Conn.
Miss Williams was introduced to So
ciety in 1915 at luncheon, theatre
party and dance given by Mrs T. Hal
sted Myers. The father Of Miss Will
Jams was the late Coleman Candy
Williams. Her brother, Coleman
Candy Williams, Harvard, 1918, lost
his life in the service in March. He
belonged TO the ground aviation branch
Of the Army Signal Corps.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-02
Seek Girl, Find Fugitive

Entering house at $50 North
Twelfth Street, Brooklyn. yesterday 20
search for Frances Stein seventeen
years old. who had been reported miss
ing, detectives bumped into a man in
a dark hallway who proved to be
Frank Sentinello, for whom the police
have been hunting two years. He is
accused of stabbng Harry Bullwinkle,
of lot Stagg Street, Brooklyn, to death
in 1916.
The detectives locked up their chance
prisoner and made a second visit to the
house, discovering the missing girl in
Sentinelos home with Theodore Sem
tinello, to whom she had been married
The young man was locked up on a
charge of abduction, made by the
brides father. She also was arrested.
charged with perjury in swearing false
ly to her age in obtaining a marriage
license.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-02
Jofre Thanks Youth
Of America for Aid
Pays Tribute to Edward Shear
son, Chairman of Father
less Children Committee

PARIS. Aug. L Edward Shearson.
OF New York, chairman Of the Ameri-
can committee Of the "Fatherless Chill
dren of France" was the guest Of
honor to-day at a luncheon given by
me committee of "Fraternite Franco
Americaine.' Marshal Joffre presided.
In the most cordial terms Marshal
Jofre thanked the children of America
VINO are helping the orphans of France,
and embracing Mr.. Shearson kissed
hlm on both cheeks. William Graves
sharp, American Ambassador; Captain
Charles Carroll, Of Carrollton, Md.
who is engaged in Red Cross work. and
Admiral fournier spoke. Andre Tar
dleu. French High Commissioner to tn
United States, announced the govern
ment had bestowed the Cross of the
Legion Of Honor upon Mr.. Shearson.
Louis Laferre. Minister of Public In
struction, pinned on the decoration
and Mr.. Shearson responded.
II also was announced by NJ. Tardieu
that the Cross of the Legion of Honor
had been awarded to Seymour L. Crom-
well, president of the Society for the
"Fatherless Children of France"
New-York tribune., 1918-08-02
Lewisohn Gives Dinner for
British Recruiting Staff

Brigadier General W. A. White and
these other members of the British
Canadian Recruiting Mission were the
guests of Adoiph Lewisohn yesterday
at luncheon in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel:
Lieutenant Colonel Athill, Lieutenant
Colonel Jamieso' Captain Robertson
Durham, Lieutenant Colonel Lord
George Wellesley, Major C. Brooman
White, Commander Newton Mansfield,
Commander w. T. Conn, Lieutenant
Colonel W G.. Lyddon, Colonel Fred
w. Abbott, Lady Lister Kaye, Lieuten-
ant Commander w. j. Moses, Captain
Guardabassi, DR.. T. A. Storey and
Louis " Hey.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-02
Wilson Airway Maps Hurried
To Washington by Sky Mail

Henry Woodhouse, a governor of the
Aero Club of America, was notified
about II o'clock yesterday morning
that Postmaster Genersl Burleson
wanted by the next air mail proofs of
the Woodrow Wilson airway maps
being made for the guidance of avi-
ators and covering belt eighty miles
wide between New York and San Fran
cisco.
The proofs left the city at 11:3O and
reached Washington about O'Clock.
Lieutenant Bonsal, who carried mail
from Belmont Park to Philadelphia.
equalling the 40-minute record, made
thn
New-York tribune., 1918-08-02
Cassed Soldier Is Killed
BY Fall From Sixth Floor

Lieutenant John r Newton, Of the
117th Engineers, who returned from
France Wednesday to :recuperate after
having been gassed, fell yesterday from
a sixth floor window at 225 West 109th
Street and was killed. 1t is believed
that his impaired physical condition
caused him to lose his balance.
He was twenty-five years old and
lived in Sacramento, Cal. He was stop
ping with friends in the 109th Street
house preparatory to starting for the
West
New-York tribune., 1918-08-02
Woman Out for Assembly

Mrs. Mary NJ. Lilly, a lawyer, was
nominated last night to run for the
State Assembly by members of the
Amsterdam Democratic Club. 131 West
Eightyfourth Street. She is the first
woman to enter the race, and her nom
ination was made at the suggestion Of
James j. Hagan, the Democratic leader
of the district.
Alexander R. Rorke, Assistant Dis
trict Attorney, made the nominating
dent of the womens division Of the
Citizens Independent Democracy, spoke
for the women
New-York tribune., 1918-08-02
Woman Elevator.
Operator Arrested

Jennie Mcneil, operator of freight
elevator in the Cumberland Hotel, at
Broadway and Fifty-fourth Street,
was arrested yesterday after Mary
Kennedy, cleaner, sixty-eight years
old, had fallen from the elevator at
the seventh floor to the basement and
been killed. Miss Mcneil is said to
have explained that the car stopped at
the seventh floor with such a jar as
TO cause the cleaning woman to lose
hoc haInncn
New-York tribune., 1918-08-02
Patrolnaan Kills Himself

Louis Purcell, for thirteen years a
patrolman here, ended his life yester-
day by shooting himself while in She
chicken coop in his yard at 26 Mccoy
Avenue, Jamaica Just before ending
his life he handed his last months pay
to his wife.
Fifty-one years old, Purcell recently
suffered a breakdown. He went to a
hospital, returning to work a month
ago. His wife said that he had been
depressed recently. Besides a widow
he leaves one daughter
New-York tribune., 1918-08-02
Blizzard After Boatmen

Captain John B. Blizzard will sweep
down New York harbor in the cruiser
Kilkenny, nipping yachtsmen who have
failed to pay the government tax on
power boats, it was announced yester-
day by Internal Revenue Collector
William a. Edwards.
Captain Blizzard has been instructe d
TO assess SO per cent penalty against
the many deHnquents who neglected
to settle before June 80. An additional
payment will be required for the period
extending to June so, 1919. The yes
sci Tarregon has also been impressed
into the collection service