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CASTILLO MAY Be
DEPORTED TO FRANCE
DOCUMENT FOUND THAT HE
HAD BEEN CERTIFIED FOR
IN FRENCH ARMY.

New York, Feb 1S-Rousselot di
CASTILLO, under arrest for violation of
the espionage act and for obtaining
money under false pretenses may be
deported 10 france as an undesirable
federal auth0,:ties indicated today
after announcing that they had found
card among his effects which
showed he had been certified for SER
vice in the French army in 1914. BY
ignoring his countrys call to arms
it was declared Castillo automatical-
ly became a deserter. CASTILLO, for
merly a S15 a week clerk, represented
himself along Broadway as Marquis
di Castello," a representative of the
French government, and confident of
King Alfonso, of Spain. He borrowed
$4,000 from W. E. D. Stokes, pro-
prietor of the hotel where he had es-
tablished himself in palatial suite.
saying he needed It to entertain NJ.
Jusserand. Through J. p. Morgan and
Company CASTILLO was opening nego-
tiations for loan of 50,000,000 for
the King Of Spain, when he was ar
rested. The expense incidental to
prosecuting CASTILLO would be
avoided by deporting the prisoner.
federal agents said
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SWEEPING FOOD LAW
is UNDER CONSIDERATION
BILL WOULD GIVE SPECIFIC CON.
TROL OF THE MANUFACTURE
AND DISTRIBUTION

Washington, Feb. tS-Specifc au-
thority for control Of the manufac-
ture and distribution of foodstutfs
and of public eating houses would be
conferred upon the president by the
food conservation bill completed TO-
day by the house agricultural COM
mittee. Blanket authority asked for
by Food Administrator Hoover was
withheld the committee deciding to
confine the measure to the features
emphasized by Mr. Hoover ut com
mittee hearings as absolutely essen
tial in the food conservation pro-
gram. A minority report is expected.
by controlling manufacture, the
food administration would be able to
enforce any rules 1t might make for
conserving wheat and other essential
foodstus by Uhe use of substitutes
Control OF distribution would en-
able the administration to relieve
possible shortages in any section by
shipping food from other parts of the
country. In the hearings before the
committee Mr.. Hoover said it was
not desired TO attempt general ra-
tioning but that rigid control OF pub
lie eating houses was necessary 10
avoid waste and also to stimulate
in the homey many
having complained Of
waste In hotels and restaurants.
Housewives and farmers are not
by the measure.
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and said the bond he tried to sell to-
day was obtained from Cornelius w.
Nederhooyen, Hollander at Rotter-
dam.
Besides this bond lWerkhcven rs
claimed to have surrendered coupons
worth $1,000, which he brought from
Europe on his last trip on the Nieuw
Amsterdam. ~
Werkhoven. it is said. told OF his
method OF avoiding detection during
the scare hof his ship by the govern
ment. The securities were concealed
in cigar. Werkhoven, it is de-
elared, claims that the bonds and
coupons he surrendered today were
the first he had surreptitiously
brought TO America since the pas
sage of the trading with the enemy
law. He has cashed bonds and cou-
pons worth large amounts since he
began work, however One lot OF
bonds was sold TO a Hoboken trust
company for $4,000. Last July he
imported $4,000 worth OF coupons
and in January, 1917. he cashed se-
curities here worth $4,000.
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NEGROES URGED SOLDIERS
TO AVENGE THEIR WRONGS
THIS DECLARED TO BE ONE OF
CAUSES OF RIOT AT
HOUSTON.

San Antonio, Tex, Feb. 1S-Blame
for negro residents OF Houston who
urged the soldiers to avenge their
real or pretended wrongs is a new
feature in the agreed statement Of
facts regarding the rioting at Hous-
ton August %, last, which was sub
mitted in the court martial of 40
negroes of the Gath U. S. infantry
which began here today.
The statement also contains a
summary of military action which
has been taken since the rioting
which summary was not included in
the statement of the two previous
court martials held.
l.. T. Keden civil engineer. was the
only witness heard today. His testi-
mony related to the Identification OF
maps. Owing to the illness of Brig
adler General Charles H. Barth, Brig
adler General Benjamin A. Poore is
president Of the court martial, Lieu
tenant Colonel Frederick C. Johnson
replacing General Barth. Each of the
.neeroes today entered formal plea
OF not guilty
After reviewing the injury of negro
soldiers At the hands Of Houston DO
lice and the resentment of the negro
soldiers at the term "nigger" applied
TO them. the agreed statement says:
These various incidents led to a
mutual distrust and fear between
some OF the citizens or Houston ana
some or all of the soldiers of the
third battalion, 24ta infantry; this
unfortunate condition was constantly
aggravated by the pernicious in
fluence exerted on the colored sol
diers by certain colored civilians OF
the city or Houston. who urged the
soldiers to avenee their real or pre-
TENDED wrongs"
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chanics and clerks and a great man,
engineers and couductorsa" rom.
mented Mr.. Lane.
! Mr. Higgins agreed that was trra
lie did not suggest any definita in.
crease. but remarked that perban.
the increased living cost should h,
borne for the distressed emnIova.
during the war Both he and M,
"aIber asserted that the manage.
menis have not been unmindful nj
the Welfare Of their employees in the
past and have given additional nav
"here their finances permitted
All the speakers were careful to
state that they made no distinction
between union members, and unor-
@anlzed employees The course of
wages VISA declared to have been nm
ward since 1910, when the concerted
form OF demand was first used Inv tbs
'rotherhoods. Especially since 1915
ohe ascending trend has been mo-
lceable according 10 the speakers
In reporting their wage increases
some OF the nine representative road
included the pay of officers in the TO-
tai. MIR Higgins said. however. he
thought the officers had received few
increases and called attention to the
highest average, $3.50. reported by the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul. whio,
did not include officers in its report
DO you think any of these Officers
ought to have their salaries reduced o"
asked Commissioner McChord.
y am not in a position to answer
that Mr. Higgins said. 81 think that
after spending a lifetime acquiring
knowledge and experience a man is
entitled to compensation
Both Mr. Higgins and Mr.. Walber
sketched their own experiences. They
began as office boys.
Frederick W Lehman. counsel for
the commission, asked Mr. Higgins
about the employment OF bows and
women by the railroads.
There are few boys employed now
except as messengers" he renIied
The federal law interfered with their
employment in other capacities. I
was switching cars whsn was ~
Years old, hut the age limit now is
-. Women are being employed as
clerks and 10 some extent In other
capacities. They have been WORKING
as coach cleaners tor yeprs."
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Reports of Padded
Poyro1Is at Hog Island
resident Wilson Holds Conference
with the Department of
Justice Officials.

of President Wilson to go deeply into
the Hog 'sland situation.
After brief consultation today
with President w lson. who called
Unexpectedly at the department
Solicitor General Davis intimatel
thai the investigator already mac
been chosen but would not be an
nounced until the return to the city
OF Attorney General GREGORY, who has
been in Mississippi attending the
funeral of his mother.
The president called at the depart
ment of Justice to see the attorney
but finding him absent went to tn,
office OF the solicitor general. actins
head OF the department. At the Of
fioes of the shipping board the presi-
dent did not find Chairman Hurley
whom he had called to see, and let
after talking to Mr. Hurley's as
sistant
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ADMITTED MEN SHOULD
REST ON HOLIDAYS
Said He Favored Equal Pay Tor
Women Performing the Same Work
as Men-Statstics Presented TO
Show Packing House Employer Are
Underpaid.
Underpaid

Chicago Feb Isl Ogden Armour,
president of Armour & company, and
Victor A. Olander, secretary and
treasurer Of the Illinois State Fedora
tion of Labor, vice president OF the
international Seamens' union. secre-
tary of the Lake Seamens' union and
member of the Illinois council of de-
Tense, We're principal witnesses today
in the stockyards wage arbitration
proceedings. Mr. Armour denied that
the five big packing companies own
the various stock yards or that they
have a combination agreement in the
purchasing of live stock. He said he
favored equal pay for women per-
forming the same work as men and
understood that this plan was already
followed by Armour & company. lie
said he believed In the justice Of the
demand that men should rest on Sun
day, Christmas and other holidays and
agreed with the representatives of
organized labor that when IL is neeas-
sary for employees to work on these
days they should be allowed addi-
tional compensation
Mr. Armour expressed the opinion
that the eight hour day applied to the
meat packing industry Is debatable
subject, but added that he was per-
fectly willing to consider II.
Mr.. Olander, who was on the wit
ness stand nearly all afternoon, made
an eloquent plea for the adoption of
the eight hour day by the packers
and read from voluminous reports
from the United States department OF
labor bulletins and statements from
employers in the coal, steel, shoe, au-
tomobile and other industries to show
lines of business that a shorter work
day had proved successful wherever
tried. The witness also read extracts
frcm speeches of President Wilson
and other men in public life endors-
ing the principle of eight hour work
day.
MIR. OlaDder read the Illinois eight
C0NTTNTTFn ON pAC,F FOTrR
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MORE COMPLICATIONS IN
Ell PAS0 MURDER TRIAL
ANOTHER WITNESS IN THE
d TRIAL OF FELIX JONES IS
PLACED UNDER ARREST.

El Paso, Tex, Feb. 1S-Thomas A
Morrison, of Colorado City. Texas, q
witness for the defense in the mur
Ger trial Of Felix r. Jones, who was
arrested late yesterday on charge
OF conspiracy to murder W. G. Clark
was arrested again late today
charged with unlawful assembly" at
Ysleta. Texas. on the night OF Feb
ruary Is.
According to the complaint Nor
rison and seven otlers assembled at
lsIeta at the time W. G. Clark was
expected to be placed on train by
Sheriff Combest, of Cottle County
Texas to be taken 10 Paducah, Texas
to answer a murder charge
r. j. CoggiD and Millard Coggin
who were both indicted fer murder
and later discharged in connection
with the murder OF Thomas l.. Lyons
for which Jones is being tried. re
fused to testify hate today. They
contended any testimony given by
them might be used against them
I later They were excused.
The greater part of the time in the
trial OF Jones today was taken up
with the introduction of testimony
tending to prove an alibi for Jones on
the night of the Lyons murder, May
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labor adjustment board to deal fairly
with them.
This war can be won through tho
construction this year OF $500, 900 tons
of shipping by, the United States and
the allies This amount will not only
overcome the submarine but also will
leave a marein necessary to trans
port and care for 1900 600 American
troops over seas.
There is hut one thing ahead
forced slow down y. American fac
tories until the ships are built. Not
only are ports and docks now jau.med
with supplies for over seas but taere
are also in Atlant.s coast terminals
alone more than thirty thousand cars
loaded with supplies for Europe. No
greater surplus of supplies can pos
sibly be permitted to accumulate, even
though the estimated amount of war
supplied needed this year for overseas
shipment viii total S.500,O00 tons"
There was a report tonight that
New York metal trades engaged In
ship building had requested that the
new Delaware wage award be made
to apply in the New York district.
but members of the adjustment board
said it had not reached them If they
want tie Delaware scale. It prob
ably Will be given to them. It was
said although the board viii hold
hearings first
Baltimore carpenters as Well as
metal trade workers already have
been given the opportunity OF ac-
cepting the Delaware award
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NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN
UNION MEN AND OTHERS
Boys Now Are Only Employed as
Messengers on Account Of the Fed
eral Law-Women Have Been EN-
ployed as Coach Cleaners by Rail.
roads for Some Time.

Washington, Feb lS.-The neces
sity for increased wages for railWa,
employees was conceded today by rep.
4 resentatiyes of a majority of the rail
roads OF the United States. appearinl
for tAe first time before the gov
ernments railway commission They
said they came, not TO oppose re-
quests of the employees. bat merely tC
aid the commission by giving infor
nation
OFFICIALS need no evidence that the
cost Of living has increased and that
the low paid man needs assistance
during the war" declared J W. Hie-
gins, OF Chicago. executive secretary
Of the Western Association OF Rail
ways speaking for the roads of the
western district
No one recognizes more keenly
than the management that there are
numerous classes of employees not
properly compensated. " was the state
ment made for the eastern territory
by John G Waher of New York, sec
retary OF the bureau OF information OF
eastern railroads
F W Brown. OF WASHINGTON. as
sistant to the vice president of the
Southern Railway did not touch on
the need for wage advances, but
agreed that conditions outlined in
other sections applied equally to the
south.
The railroads in the eastern and
western territory pay 80 per cent Of
the money earned by railway EN-
pIoyes in the United States.
Mr. Higgins assertion that the low
paid man be helped drew from Sec
retary Lane. chairman of the commits
sion query as 10 what he consid-
eredFa low paid man
81 would say that all men receiy-
ing under $3.50 month need more
money to meet the advance in price
Of necessities" Mr. Higgins replied
Perhaps the Init Of those who need
help should be raised to $4,000 a year,
which seems to be the line drawn by
The government in the income tax law.
The greatest advance should be given
to the men making less than 500 a
month. Those fellows must be hav-
ing strenuous time"
THE $4,000 limit would include all
laborers ,trainmen, brakemen, me-
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Washington, Feb is Reports of
padded rayrolls in the government
fabricated steel ship building plant
at Hog Island are under investigation
by the department Of jcstice, it be-
came known today after visit by
President Wilson to the department
and the shipping board to discuss the
prospective general inquiry into con
uitions there
United States Attorney Frances F
Kane received instruction more than
two weeks ago together all the facts
possible concerning rumors thai
many officials were paid exorb'tant
salaries and so-ealled experts were
paid from two or more accounts, Ills
report will be referred soon to a spe-
cal department Of justice investi-
gator to be appointed at the reques
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SHOT AND KILLED WIFE.

, Eyelyth, Mimi, Feb. 1S-Fred Ny
land, 80 years of age. shot and killed
his wife and four children, ranging
in ages from six to thirteen years, at
their home near here and then turned
the weapon upon himself, firing a
bullet into his own head. Illness and
brooding over the death OF his
mother about year ago are believed
TO have unsettled Nyand's mind. Ny
land came from Tennessee, where he
had farmed about three years ago.
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New York, Feb. 1S-With Russia
in the grip of internecine strife and
her battle line denuded of men as a
result of the peace declaration of the
Bolsheyili, Germany has already be-
gun the carrying out of her threat
of an invasion because of the fail
ure Of the Bolshevih to sign a peace
compact with the central powers.
A dispatch from Berlin announces
the German troops have crossed the
Dvina river.
Reports emanatins from Sweden
say that tae Germans have Begun
pushing forward their troops into
Russias two remaining Baltic PROV
inces- Esthouia and I.iyonia-the
taking of which completely isolates
Russia from the shores Of the Baltic
and gives tne enemy in addition to
the port of Riga, the city of Reyal,
situated on the Gulf of Finland. op-
posite Helsinastors whence they
easily might operate against Petro-
erad by sea.
Although Austria Hungary had
shown dissatisfaction over the stand
that Germany has taken toward
Eussia. the dual monarchy evidently
has been rlacated by a promise Of
Germany that any German military
activity will be confined to northern
Russia and Austria Hungary left to
deal with whatever problems may
arise in the territory adjacent to her
borders.
Bolated dispatches from Petrograd
tell Of the capture Of Kiev. the new
capital Of Ukraine by the Bolsheviki.
The fighting is described as having
been Of extremely sanguinary char
acter, -four thousand persons have
been killed and seven thousand
wounded Great destruction was
wrought in the town by shells and
explosives dropped by aviators
At Odessa another big battle has
been fought between the Bolsheyiki
and moderates, during which warshlps
in the harhor bombarded the city
Polish legions at Minsk are declared
to have been sanguinarily defeated
and put to route, while the Bolsheyiki
also are reported to have captured
Tonoeorod, on the Black Sea and Vor-
onezch, capital of the privince of the
same name
On the battle front in France and
Flanders the operations continue of a
minor character eNcep. for artillery
duels on isolated sectors and here and
there raids Of more than the usual
violence. The only attack of import
ance along the entire front has been
in Champagne, on the sector where
the French aided by American gun
ners captured German positions last
Tuesday
AT this point which is situated
southwest of the Butte du Mesnil, the
Germans after heavy artillery
preparation, attacked and gained a
footing in French trenches Later
however, they were elected and in
addition the French took prisoners
On the American sector near St
Miheil, the Germans have increased
their aerial reconnaissiances and
bomb dropping expeditions The
American anti-aireraft guns are fore
ing the enemy planes to keep to a
high altitude One of them has been
driven down, damaged by an Ameri-
can aviator.
Twenty seven persons were killed
and forty-o injured in the air raids
made by the Germans on London on
Saturday and Sunday nights. As on
Saturday niaht one of the six or seven
machines which attempted to pene-
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trate the defensive barrage reached
London in Sunday nights attack.
A third raid was attempted against
the capital Monday night.
The British casualties during the
last week were the lowest in MY
months, 1,043 officers and men hay-
ing been killed, The wounded and
missing totalled 2,0G2.
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BRITISH CASUALTIES FOR WEEK

London, Feb. 18-ClsuaIties in the
British ranks reported during the
week ending today totalled 4,106 di-
yided as follows. Killed, or died of
wounds: Officers, So; men, 1905;
wounded or missing, officers, 10:
men, 2,944. British casualties re-
ported in the week just ended
reached the lowest total recorded in
manY months.
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CANADIAN STEAMER. SUNK,

Montreal, Feb 1S-The Canadian
steamship Percesion. 7S2 tons. COM
manded by Captain Joseph Bernier,
the Arctic explorer, has been sunk on
a voyage between Halifax and Liver
pool, according to a message re-
ceiyed here today.
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TAKING OF EsTHoNlA AND Ii.
VoNIA COMPLETELY ISOLATEs
RUSSIA FROM THE SHORES
OF THE BALTIC.
GERMANY HAS PLACATED
OPPOSITION or AUSTRIA

The Fighting Between the Ukraine
and the 5oIsheViki Has Been Vic
iouS, Four Thousand Persons Be-
ing Reported Killed and Seven
Thousand Wounded - Germans
Bomb Section Held by Americans.
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4 FOR RENT AID WILL
PINT THAT VACANT ROOM

people looking for rooms turn to
,Aa classified ads Of the newspapers
:. sas what is offered An sd in the
contneI-Record is almost sure TO
hing a customer.
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CONTINUED ON pAGE -FOUR.
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Forecast for Arkansas: Tuesday
and Wednesday, cloudy, colder
Wednesday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-13
STATE NEWS NOTES.

Gov. Graham has received call for
three carpenters and 10 laborers to go ia
Vancouver Barracks, Wash. The car.
penters will go one each from Chitten.
den, Franklin and Windham counties on
June 10. The laborers will go from the
following countless: Addison, 9: Chit.
tenden, |; Essex, |; Orange. Z; Rutland
district /, l; Washington. s. Windham
=. These men will leave June 81.
Frank White of Windsor, the driver
of the ear which figured in the accident
at Claremont recently, in which Mrs
Gertrude Reynolds Sanderson was seri.
ously injured, was arraigned before
Judge w. E. Kinney Monday in court at
Claremont, charged with driving car
while under the influence of liquor. He
was found guilty and Jail sentence of
E6o days was imposed. An appeal was
taken.
Sixteen years ago, w. E. Giddings of
springfield caught mud turtle and
Fastened to its shell small plate
stamped with his name and address. He
put the turtle in a water barrel and
during the nighfsiti madeo ats way out
and disappeared May 20 of this year
the same turtle appeared at the home
lof Perley H. Gordon near Gould s Mills
and Mr.. Gordon still has it, Only once
during the rs years had the turtle been
seen before. and that was four or five
wears after it escaped, when Wilhu,
johnson saw it about two miles from
where it was found now.
In the Claremont, n. H. hospital
where Miss Stella Durham, the Windso,
Sunday school teacher who was eiviue
iher pupils an outing in the car of D. E
Mann of Windsor, was taken after al
accident in which the car was involved
II was found necessary to amputate hel
| right arm at the shoulder. Miss Dun
ham fell in the path of the machine an6
BIER sweater sleeve caught in the shaft
breaking her arm and practically tear
! ing It from the shoulder socket. Mis-.
/ Durham retained consciousness and al
reeted the work of her own rescue. I,
was necessary to saw away the brak,
rods with a hack saw to free her.
/ The cheese factory in Orwell, about ;
mile and half northwest of the vii
lage, was burned Tuesday night. Tn
loss is estimated at $4,000, with in
suranee of only $4,000. A stock com
Z. pany of Orwell men owned the plan
and business. A. C. Faxon, the hea,
cheesemaker, lived in tenement in tn
building with his two daughters and
son. There Were about 300 cheeses i
) the factory and So of them were savee
Earlier in the day about $50 cheese
had been shipped to the markets TIL
lire is thought to have started from
spark which landed on the roof. TIL
wind was blowing and the flames sprea
rapidly. A barn and ice house near tn
main twostory building were ais
burned. The factory had been in opel
alton 81 years and used Is 900 pounds o
milk daily.
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