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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-23
Frank McMann, Is, Con-
fesses That He Killed Mrs.
B. Piper at Barton
SKULL CRUSHED BY
BLOW WITH A FORK
Had Some Trouble with Piper Family,
But Says He Does Not Know Why He
Committed the Crime-No Witnesses
to Assault.

BARTON, April 23.-Frank McNIann Is
year-old boy, has confessed that he muir
dered Mrs Benjamin Piper, whose body
was found Saturday afternoon III a field
half a mile from her farm home in this
town Il don't know why | did it, the
boy said in confessing the crime to States
Attorney Colby Stoddard of Orleans coun-
ty
In jail he expressed deep SORROW and
constantly repeated that he didn't know
why he did it, but that the woman and
her husband had caused him LOT Of trou-
! BILE
The boy worked for F. 5. Hill, whose
farm a mile from this village, adjoins the
Piper farm The Piper's hogs and cattle
often strayed into the neighbours fields and
McAlann had to chase them out. For this
reason, he claimed, he had had trouble
with the Pipers.
Mrs Piper left home early Friday after
noon and the body was found late Satur
day afternoon in an cd apple orchard
owned by William May half mile from
the Piper farm. The body lay face down
ward and the skull was crushed. Befor,
the body was found McMann admitted t
/ Mr. Hill. it is SAID that he killed the won
an and left the body in the field.
In company with boy named LePete
NcMann was drawing fertilizer from hi
employers barn to the field. He was walk
ing ahead Of the team with a fork in hi
hand when he saw Mrs Piper IN the OF
chard picking up apples for her pig.
Making some excuse to I.ePcte he raj
to the orchard and struck the woman Of
the head with the fork She fell at once
making no outcry, he said. and he struc
her another blow which crushed in he
sLull
The boy returned to his work and hi
companion, who was out OF sight Of the OF
chald knew nothing of the crime Tn
boys worked together the remainder Of til
afternoon
Mrs Piper was about 60 years old an
is survived only by her husband.
McAIann has mother living in Live
pool He came about eight years ago t
knowlton, p @, with 60 other hmm
grant children At the age Of i he wa
& taken by family at Stanstead =. Q
4 but according to his story, they abuse
h Inn SO that lac ran away and FINAL
4 reached the Hill farm He was contentc
\ there but immigration officials got ate
Jim and sent him back To the foundlir
home at knowhon Three years ago
4 came back to Mr. Hill and has since worke
for him. He is bright appearing be
and lllleabe youth according to his en-
ployer. the authorities being unable to II
n derStand why no committed the crime
w. w Reardon Of Barton has bee
\ assigned as his counsel and preliminar
Z hearing viii be held as soon as Attornc
4 General H. G.. Barber Of Rrattlcboro a
rlyes
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-23
BELLOWS FALLS.
Has Another Contract for Munitions

The Vermont Farm Machine company
has been extensively engaged in the
manufacture of munitions since the be-
ginning of the war The first contract
was with the Canadian Car and Foundry
company of Montreal to manufacture
shrapnel for the Russian government.
The second contract made about a
year ago was with the Bethlehem
Steel company and this contract is
now being completed. During the win
ter the production has varied from l 800
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-23

to 400 shells day. Recently the out
put has not exceeded 200 shells daily.
A third contract has been made
with the United States government for
the manufacture of 70 millimenter
shells, and as soon as the government
furnishes forgings according to its con
tract the company will again be run
ming at full force and probably con
tinue so for the duration of the war. On
its munition production the company
works day and night shifts.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-23

Try us through our Mail
Order Department and see
how promptly and faithfully
we fill your orders for goods
or samples.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-23

Beautiful. soft, glossy, healthy hair for
those who use Partisan Sage. It's mex
pensive and sold by Wilfred f Root and
good druggists everywhere. with guaran
tee Of satisfaction or money refunded.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-23

Before going to bed, | always rub a
little Partisan Sage into my scalp" says
a woman whose luxurious. soft and fluffy
hair is greatly admired This stops itch
ing scalp, keeps the hair from falling out
and makes it easy to dress attractively
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-23
HELPFUL HAIR HINTS
Worthy the Attention Of Everyone Who
Would Avoid Dandruff, Itching
Scalp, Gray Hairs and Badness.

What will stop my hair coming out?"
Reply: Partisan Sage is the best remedy
for hair and scalp trouble; said to prevent
badness. grayness and dandruff.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-23

The heavy registration Of women IN the
80 New York cities which vote on the IL
cense question next Tuesday foreshadows
an interesting result.-Sprngfeld Repub-
liCan
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-23

Cotton seed formerly thrown away is
now bringing So a ton A ton yields go
pounds of crude OIL 800 pounds of ammonia
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-06-21
CONSCIENTIOUS DIRECTORS
GIVEN 25 YEARS IN PEN

San Antonio, Tex, June 10.-Sen-
fences of life Imprisonment were i'm
posed by court-martial to-day upon
forty-five conscientious DIRECTORS who
had refused to wear army uniforms.
The sentence was reduced to twenty
five years each by Brig. Gen. j. T.
O'Neil, who reviewed the records.
Gen. O'Neil designated Fort Leav-
enworth, Kan, prison as the place OF
confinement, The men will be sent
Immediately to prison.
The men are nearly all from Okla
homa and members of the Mennonite
faith. Some of the Mennonites have
refused to bear arms, but donned the
uniform and accepted work in non
combatant units. The men who were
tried refused to put on the uniform
and refused to work in any capacity
connected with the army.
The trials were held Friday and
Saturday and no evidence was offered
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-06-21
WHEAT FOOD PRICE
CONTROL INDICATED

As the true proportion of last years
wheat crop in this country began to
be APPARENT toward the close of last
summer, the most optimistic esti-
mates of supplies available for export
to our allies did not exceed 10000
600 to 100000 bushels, but so
we'll has the matter of conservation
of supplies and of substitutes been
handled that now, with returns of
ten months exports of wheat and
-four available, we find that the coun-
try actually SHIPPED 10 100000 bush
els. This speaks worlds for the self
sacrificing character of the Ameri-
can people in foregoing white bread,
and of the firm yet flexible mastery
of the situation by the Food Board
Perhaps the most interesting example
of this control is found in the fact
that the farm price of wheat on May
was $2.O3, as against $2.46 year
ago at the same date, despite the
smallest stocks of wheat and -four
in dealers hands in the memory of
man.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-06-21

light. 'Ozzies,' Imperials, West Indi-
ans began to drop in at the hut door.
He was playing mainly the Kentucky,
Tennessee, Dixie and Suwanee river
ditties and such-like melodies of
home. Men kept creeping in STEALTH
ly like associates of some secret
union, and soon the room was full.
The men sang to the pianos leading
with deep passion.
81 was profoundly moved. / knew
that in a hundred such rooms along
the front khaki exiles were chanting
songs made sacred because the deal
with home and homelands over seas.
This is the soldiers religion
thought-'Home!' They talk, dream,
think every hour about it; they are
genuinely themselves on this topic
alone. They worship it.
"Khaki has conventions of its own.
The code fits the environment.It is:
BE free with your coin and chattels.
Turn blind eye to pals shortcom-
ings. The tall talker, the windy one
the man who sees double of a night,
and freely forgiven. Moral transgres-
sions are overlooked But to be mean,
to fawn on superiors for favors, to
abuse the power of ones rank are un-
pardonable sins.
What can be more truly religious
than the real Christian comradeship
existing between man and man under
the stress and hardship of the liner"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-06-21
WEAR WOODEN SHOES
TO HELP WHIP KAISER

st. Louis, June Swear wooden
shoes to win the war"
Arthur G. Hayner, vice president OF
a local distilling company in this city
says that is one way to help the cause
and to prove his sincerity he goes to
his work and attends social functions
in wooden footwear. He has two pairs
of working shoes and one for Sunday
and is enthusiastic not only over their
durability but also over their COM
fort.
THE government has asked us to
conserve" he says. "Our soldiers
need leather for many things and if
we at home can wear wooden shoes
representing a cost of SIS cents a pair
I think that is a good conservation
measure. The shoes will last for nine
months and are easy on the feet and
extremely cool"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-06-21
THE THRICE-A-WEEK
EDITION OF THE
NEW YORK WORLD
IN 1913.
60

Practically Daily at the Price OF
a Weekly. No other Newspaper in
the world gives so much at so low
a price.
The value and need of newspaper
in the household was never greater
than at the present time. We have
been forced to enter the great world
war, and a large army of ours is al
ready in France. You will want to
have all the news from our troops on
European battlefields, and 1918
promises to be the most momentous
year in the history of our universe.
No other newspaper at so small a
price will furnish such prompt and
accurate news of these Notwithstanding
events. 1t is not necessary to say
more.
THE THRICE-A-WEEK WORLDS
regular subscription price is only ST.
90 per year, and this pays for 1876
papers. We offer this unequalled
newspaper and The Hartford Repub-
lican together for one year for $1.65.
THE REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION
PRICE OF THE TWO PAPERS is
$500.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-06-21
west POINT To Be
ARTILLERY Center
10000 Men Soon To Be
In Training Near
Ky. Town.
(By Maurice DUNN

The entire 159th Field Artillery
Brigade of the Eighty-fourth division,
now at Camp Zachary Taylor, is to
move to the Field Artilley range at
West Point. This will mean the 325th,
326th and 327th Field Artillery will
go into camp there to stay and COM
plete their training until they are
ordered to France.
Twenty-seven hundred drafted men
especially selected for artillery quail
fcations are being transferred to the
three regiments to-day from the
159th Depot Brigade. This will bring
the brigade to war strength Of TO-
900 men and officers. ''+-''~. ''
At present there is at the Field
Artillery range at West Point the
327th Field Artillery, and battalion
of the 326th Field Artillery. Another
battalion of the 326th is due to
march to the range. Within a week
the rest of the regiment and the
325th are expected to leave for the
range.
Many carloads of tents and field
equipment are being unloaded at
West Point, and engineers are busily
engaged building sewers and draining
facilities preparing to take care of a
large number of men. The camps of
the 325th and 326th regiments will
be located just west of the present
camp of the 327th.
Twenty-seven carloads of guns have
arrived at the camp and range for
instant use. They are of the French
as" type and the larger British type
of heavy field gun. They will be used
in heavy barrage and indirect firing
on the range.
Glasses of artillery students from
many other camps are expected to
arrive in Camp Zachary Taylor in the
next ten days to attend the Schools of
Fire at West Point, which will be
greatly enlarged now, as the range
has been officially designated by the
War Department as an artillery firing
center. An artillery center is used
by various regiments of areillery, for
actual firing, smoke and bomb prac-
tice, observations, and large school
of fire, in which hundreds of students
will be taught.
The range now at West Point
covers twenty-six square miles and
runs seven miles deep and six miles
wide. Engineers have been leasing
land west of the present site of the
327th Field Artillery to make room
for the large number of artillerymen
due to arrive there.
In saying that a large number OF
men are to arrive at West Point it
is not meant that 10000 are to be
modified there. but number near
10000 or 5000 is more like the
true facts,
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-06-21
TO RIDE ELEPHANTS
IN WAR STAMP SALE

New York, June 15.-Actresses
atop of elephants, each (actress)
armed with tickets to sell for New
York's war thrift festival, will add g
spectacular touch to the renewed
drive for war saving stamps wher
they apear on Fifth avenue ant
Broadway.
Among the well-known stage wo
men who will help in the sale of tick
cts are Julia Arthur, Frances Starr
Lillian Russell, Crystal Hearn, Mar
garet Anglin, Florence Nash, Minnie
Dupree, Bijou Fernandez, Mrs Shelly
Hull and Mrs. Elizabeth Tyree Met
calf.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-06-21
DO THEY HAVE RELIGION
IN THE TRENCHES?

-Four rockies newly enlisted
were lined up outside the plain brick
-barrack ROOM" writes o. ii. ID. in 9
letter home. published in the London
Daily Mail.
Religion A brisk old sergeant
shot the query at me from the office
window.
d" Protestant, l mumbled uncer-
tainly.
1.-THE first Sunday at the training
Camp the sergeant was forming
parties to march to church or chapel
l hesitated.
What are you?'
Congregational
You go with the Methodists. You
next mana Baptist? You do the
same. What is your LOTT"
'Presbyterians,' replied one of a
file of Scotsman who were fading
rearward.
"As there was no church handy APP
proximating to this denomination,
this move was checkmate.
All right You five dismiss
"The following Sunday the Scottish
sect had trebled its adherents. SO
they were put on fatigues for the aft
ernoon, which had the effect OF
Sinking next Sabbaths Presbyter-
ians to two.
"You think this is cynical? II con-
veys correctly the average army atti-
tude. Listen.
EVERY night that we four recruits
-knipped' together, our jolliest mem
Der, kneeling at the bedside, would
ask for quiet, quickly conceded, while
he prayed.
"You will say, Typical of the genu-
inc piety often hidden under a
jesture's mask.
mot so. have met no other SOL
der who did 1t. And only one soldier,
in my hearing, has discussed religion
thoroughly. He was Irish, splendid
fellow, and / took him for Catholic,
which he was not,
sis the army, then irreligious?
Listen again.
"In the vacant recreation hut OF
village behind the lines an Amaze
started playing the piano by candle
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-06-21
UNITED STATES ARMY
WAREHOUSES; BURN

st. Louis, Mo-, June 2.-Fire short
ly before midnight destroyed ware
houses No. 23 and "a at the United
States arsenal here with a loss of
army equipment valued at mare than
$1,000 900. Officials of the quarter
master department said that more
than 100000 yards of khaki cloth
for army uniforms had been de-
stroyer, in addition to $4,000 soldier
service hats. Numerous other ware
houses are in the path of the fire
which at an early hour was not under
control
The fire was declared to be under
control at 1880 o'clock. Loss was
confined to the two warehouses and
their contents.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-06-21
USELW-vER-LAx
For Lazy Liver and
the Troubles Of
Constipation.

Feel right all the time. Don't lay OF
from work for days by taking calome
when pleasant LiU- Ver-Lax keeps voc
on your feet, while relieving your troub
lie. Safer too, and easy to take. Don't
take anything else. You can't afford
it. Eliminates poisons, cleanses sys,
TEN and relieves constipation. A nat.
ural remedy, natural in its actions, sure
in its effect and certain in results. Il
won't be long before LiU- Ve--Lax viii
completely displace calomel in every
home. Children can take it freely and
with perfect safety. Every bottle guar
anteed. SOC and 81 in bottles. Mons
genuine without the likeness and sigma
ture of L. X. Grigsby. For sale by
J. IA. WILLIAM. Hartford Kp
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-06-21
NOT WHAT SHE WANTED.

Just to think, mama, this solid
ivory hair brush came from a big,
awkward, numbering elephant"
"My dear, you ought to be asham-
ed to talk that way. about your dear
father. He gave it to you for a
birthday present, remember"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-06-21

Your common sense will tell you
that you cannot buy now all the
things you bought before we had a
war to win. Your buying must be
restricted and your savings invested
in War Savings Stamps.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-06-21

by the defense beyond the statement
that the men were of faith Directing
to physical force. None of the defend
ants offered any explanations of their
failure to obey the command to put
on uniforms.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-21
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The daily banner., 1918-12-05

=. Raincoats at ". H North's-
Adv sat. r. 5-3t.
The daily banner., 1918-12-05
Tomato Growers Meeting.

Association will hold an open meeting
at Cambridge. in the Court House. on
Tuesday, Dec. 10th, at 2. m. All
who are interested in growing and
marketing tomatoes are invited to at
tend. Good plain, practical speak
ers Will address the meetine.-W.Lee
Allen, Sec-AGv. 4-3t.
The daily banner., 1918-12-05
Tomato Growers Meeting.

A meeting of the Association will
be held at Grange Hall Friday, Dec.
6, at 7.3O p. m, at which time ar
rangements Will be made for the
meeting of the Peninsula Association
on Tuesday, Dec. 10th. A full atten-
dance is desired John S. Skinner,
Pres; Fred Hirst. Sec'y-Adv.4-2t.
B. 4-2t
The daily banner., 1918-12-05
TWO DORCHESTER MEN
MAKE LAST SACRIFICE
Private john \. Dunnock Die in
Francc-Ohlcial Notice Received
BY Families.

Mrs. Elizabeth Townsend, 391
Byrn street, this city. has received a
telegram from the War Department,
been received Of the death of Corpor-
al John w. Townsend, her son. g.
October 25rd. Corporal Townsend
died of wounds received in action.
The deceased was the son of Mr.
and Mrs. John W. TOWNSEND, former
ly Of Secretary, but who have baeC
living in Cambridge sometime. The
family has been very anxious about
the young man. as they had not
heard from him for several weeks
The daily banner., 1918-12-05

There will be 4 pie sale Saturday
afternoon, beginning at , O'Clock, in
the storehouse en- Poplar street for
merly occupied by Wm. H. North.
Call in and get a pie for your Sun
day dinner. All kinds to choose
from.--Ady. ct
The daily banner., 1918-12-05
The sale OF the pel

The sale OF the personal proper
ty of the late Miss Colston, at Church
Creek, Wednesday, was not complet-
ed, and will be continued Friday af-
ternoon at l o'clock. The pool table
and some of the best furniture Will
be sold then.-Adv. II. B&R.
The daily banner., 1918-12-05

Just received car load of candle
coal, just the thing for CRATES and
fire-places. Let us have your order
today.-Orem q Winterbottom. tele-
phone No 3.-Adv. st.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-02
A Shot in the Back

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The Democratic party's defeat OF
the suffrage resolution yesterday comes like
a shot in the back for our American boys
who have gone into the trenches ready to
give up their lives for their country, be-
cause they believed that their country was
lighting for democracy and seIf-government.
Devoted as | am 10 the efficient prosecution
OF the war, more than ever it is apparent
to me that the Democratic party is but
again demonstrating its inability TO furnish
material for the political offensive in this
war essential to defeat German autocracy.
The defeat OF the suffrage bills in the
German Reichstag reafiirmed the belief Of
the German people in the autocratic form
of government. The defeat OF the suffrage
bill in the United States Senate can mean
only lack of faith in democratic principles.
AS an American am ashamed and humili-
ated by the prolonged struggle for woman
suffrage in this country As Republican
reaiize that the splendid stand taken by
the Republican, party from Lincoln to
Roosevelt on this measure gains for them
the right to declare that their party is the
only party to which can be intrusted the
ideals of the American people.
ALICE CARPENTER
New York, June 30 1918
New-York tribune., 1918-07-02
Farewell to Carabcd!

There were solemn and intelligent folk
who thought the great Garabcd had
something worth investigating that
might win the war in no time. SO Con-
gress very sensibly investigated
In finding that the marvellous scheme
of summoning ''free energy" from the
atmosphere was unsound and without
practical value the Congressional in
vestigators hit very timely blow at
great deal besides Garabedianism. 1t
has been weakness Of a good MANY
Americans, some of them in high places,
that they have insisted upon believing
that the war could be won by some
Aocus-pocus, without the hard years of
fighting and sacrifice. Russia would do
it, or aeroplanes would do it, or the So
cialists would do it, or Austria would do
it. Garabedians, all!
Let us all give up the moonbeam chas-
ing henceforth and get down to work.
Luck may win the war yet But it will
never come to the side that sits around
and whistles for it.