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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-09
TWO AUTOPSIES
ARE AUTHORIZED
Employees of Staso Milling
Co. in CastletOn Die
of Influenza
ATTORNEY GENERAL
BARBER INTERESTED
Nature of Employees Work May Have
Lowered Their Power to Resist Dis
case-concern Ships Large Quanti-
ties of Ground Slate.

There has been comparatively large
number of deaths from influenza and
pneumonia in Castleton the past two
weeks. and because six to eight of those
who have died have been employees of
the Staso Milling CO., ground slate man
ufacturers, an investigation is under
way to determine whether there is any
thing about the work of the compaHy's 5
employees that would tend to hasten their
death in case of illness.
The bodies of three of the dead EN-
ployes of the Staso Milling Co. are now
awaiting burial, and through DR.. L. r.
Clark, health officer of Castleton, Attor-
ney General II. c. Barber of Brattleboro
today authorized DIR. B. II. Stone,
state pathologist, and DIR. C. f. Whitney,
state chemist, both OF Burlington, to
perform autopsies on two of the dead
employees. The autopsies probably will
be performed today or tomorrow.
Large slate Quarries are operated by
the Staso Milling Co about mile south
of the village, and the slate stone is
ground into coarse particles to be used
on the outside of paper roofing. About
$50 men were employed the past summer
on government work, working in three
shifts, and 10 or L carloads of GROUND
slate are shipped daily. Some of tht
shafts are around $50 feet in depth.
In the grinding of the slate dus
arises, and the occasional presence o
chemists at the plant has given rise Il
the idea that there may possibly b
something about the process that woulc
lower a persons power of resistance t
certain forms of disease.
| 1t is understood that there is no ques
tion that the employees who have died tn
/ past few days were i'll with influenza o
pneumonia, but it is desired to ascertain
whether anything resulting from thei
work aggravated their disease.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-09
TURNS TO WAR NEWS
Having Disposed of Germany's Peace
Offensive, President Visits
with Gen. March.

WASHINGTON, Oct 3:-With the
German peace offensive met and halted,
unless the enemy is actually ready to sue
for peace on American and allied terms,
President Wilson today turned his at
tention to the battlefiefti. where the once
conquering German armies are being
driven back to their own soil. He
at the state department and sent for
Gen. March, who appeared with a huge
military map of the west front.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-09
SUES FOR $4,000
FROM POWDER co.
Wellman, Administrator, Brings Ac-
tion on Account of Death of N. H
Carpenter in Wilmington.

In the entries filed in superior court
in Springfield, Mass, yesterday is an
action of tort for $1,000 brought by
Frank L. Welman of Guilford, admins
traitor for the late Newton H. Carpenter
of Wilmington, against f. |. du Pont de
.Nemours & Co, powder company doing
business in Delaware The plaintiff
seeks damages for the death of Mr. Car
'penter, who. it is alleged, died of fumes
and gases which were given off at the
Deerfield Pulp company's factory at Viii
mington, where he was employed pre-
vious to the time of his death This
factory is owned by the du Pont dc
Nemours company.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-09
@.-.-H-..Z--E
COURT SUSPENDS
BUNDY'S SENTENCE
Young Man Involved in Theft of Ar
ticles from Camp in Newfane
Recently Is Put on Probation.

When Windham county court recon
vened this morning after. a recess since
Friday the ease of Charles H. Bundy
of West Philadelphia, young man who
was before the court on a charge of
grand larceny, was taken up and he was
sentenced to not less than year and
half nor more than five years in the
house of correction at Rutland, but the
sentence was suspended and he was
placed an probation.
Bundv was a companion of Luman
G. Beckett of Providence, r. l., in the
theft of some articles from a party of
Springfield. Mass, campers in Newfane
few weeks ago, and the two were ar
rested in Thompsonville, Conn, and
brought to Brattleboro. Beckett, who
was the older of the two, is serving
| a sentence.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-09

sumed this morning on the entire front
of Cambria, Field Marshal Haig report
ed today. Rapid progress was being
made.
The British advance along the bat
tile front between Cambria and ST.
Quentin is succeeding very well to-
day all along the line. There is not so
much resistance by the Germans as
there was yesterday. This is probably
due to the Germans having retired in
the night. In the American sector of
this front the Germans are resisting
very strongly. The American losses
however, have not been heavy. The
total American casualties are less than
half the number of Germans taken
prisoners
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-09

cred under the great deluge of steel
and explosives.
A large number of guns has been
captured by the British and Americans
In addition to the great patches of
prisoners which continue to arrive at
cages, the American troops alone cap
tured two complete field batteries and
battery of heavy artillery. The
Americans captured the guns Tuesday
afternoon when they suddenly out
fianked both ends of the valley south
of Fremont, capturing all the German
guns there.
German reinforeements have arrived
but as these troops have been engaged
several times recently their presence
merely adds to the confusion in the
enemy ranks.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-09

WITH AMERICAN FORCES NORTH
WEST OF VERDUN, Tuesday. Oct. s,
by Associated PreSs.-The men of the
lost battalion, rescued on Monday
morning after having been surrounded
more than four days in the Argonne
forest, are now recovering from their
narrowing experience They were hag-
gard from lack of sleep and nearly
famished When they reached the
American lines they were white and
exhausted, but are infinitely proud of
their gallant stand.
The battalion was rescued late yes
terday (Monday) by relief exDedi-
tion. Though it had encountered ter
rife opposition it was found to be vir-
tually intact, few of it's members hav-
ing been killed or wounded
The relief expedition encountered
great difficulty in aiding the rescued
men, some of whom were so weak from
hunger and exposure that they had to
be carried.
The lost battalion, whose wherea-
bouts was a mystery for some time
after it's disappearance during the at
tack along the edge of the Argonne,
comprised several hundred men under
the command of Major Charles Whit
tlesey.
The battalion had pushed ahead with
the other troops when the first Ameri-
can attack to the northwest of Verdun
began. They We're surrounded, in all
| probability, because they were not
used to forest warfare. AS they nd.
vanced in too widely separated col
umns the enemy was able to infiltrate
behind them without being seen.
| As soon as the members of the bat.
tallon missed the troops to the right
and left of them they tried to fnf
them, but their efforts were checked
for the time being by the rain and tn,
conditions of the ground
Then began a series of ingeniou,
means to give the men relief so tba
they could hold out against the assail
ants ringed about them until their com
rades could give them armed assistance
Many times in the course of tb
day airplanes few over the section o
the forest where the Americans wer
believed to be, and messages wer
dropped for them. As it was though
that their supplies had probably be
come exhausted, cunningly devised paI
achutcs, used to bring up ammunition
were then released above the fores
which concealed the whereabouts q
the troops from the eyes of the anxiou
scarchers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-09

LONDON, Oct. 9.-The city of Cam
brai has been captured by the British
with 5000 prisoners. Field Marshal
Haig announced the capture of this
long-rcsisting German stronghold in
his official statement today. South of
Cambria the British captured Foren-
vile. The attack this morning was on
the front of the third and fourth
armies and begun at j.2O o'clock
The Anglo American attack was re-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-09

PARIS, Oct. 9.-Nearly 10000 Ger
mans were taken prisoners yesterday by
the allied forces in the fighting along
the various fronts of the battlefield.
says a Paris war correspondent today.
The Germans, he adds, are evacuatinp
the Argonne forest where the battle is
continuing.
The Germans during the last few davs
have been using in their air attacks a
new type of infiammable bomb combn,
ing great effectiveness with light weight
A single airplane, it is said can carry
| 200 of them.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-09

RETURN ALLOTMENT CHECKS.
Patriotic Relatives Prefer Government
Should Have Money.

NEW YORK, Oct. a. Allotment
checks" which they felt they could get
along without" were returned to the New
York branch of the war risk insurance
bureau yesterday by patriotic relatives
of 81 soldiers and sailors
Il do not believe this is time for me
to be accepting money which the govern
ment needs i'll the conduct of the war;
one mother wrote. Il am glad enough
to give my boy. As long as | am able
to work and get along without the allot-
ment do not think ought to take it. ,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-09
JUDGE KELLOGG DEAD.
End Comes Suddenly from Heart Dis
ease in Westminster

Judge Daniel kellogg, S3, of West
minister, formerly postmaster in Brat
tleboro and some years ago one Of the
assistant judges of the Windham county
court, died suddenly of heart disease
yesterday in his home in Westminster
The funeral will be held tomorrow at }
0 clock in his late home
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-09
LOAN SURELY TAGGING.
Little More Than Billion and a Half
Already Subscribed.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.-More
than S4,400,0O0,000 must be sub
scribed by the American people with
in the next 10 days if the Liberty
loan of $6,O00,0OO ,000yis to be a sue
cess. Reports from all the II federal
districts early today show that for
nine days from the start less than
81 ,600,000,000 has been subscribed.
AT the present rate of going and
with the present average per capita
subscription" said a treasury review
today, 'the Fourth Liberty loan may
not reach the desired goal within the
allotted time"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-09
Would Bring BrattIeborO's
Loan Subscriptions
to $724,000
LOCAL PLEDGES NOW
STAND AT $4,000

Apparent that Some Who Have Sub
. scribed Must Increase Their Subscrip-
tiors if Brattleboro Is Not to Fail
for First Time.
Brattleboros Liberty bond sales are
creeping steadily toward the 100000
mark and the committee is inclined to
believe that when that mark is passed
persons who already have subscribed will
be anxious to see the additional 1924, 900
raised and will come forward to increase
their pledges.
Reports from the banks this morning
to Town Chairman William A Shumway
indicate an increase over Yesterdays
figures of $4,000 from I24 subscribers,
which gives a total of $4,000 and
brings the list of subscriptions to LIZA
The balance now remaining to be raised
before the end of another week is
S305.000.
Including today there are 10 more
weekdays before the Liberty loan drive
/ ends. On that basis Brattleboro must
Subscribe an average of S30,5O0 a day in
order to reach the quota of S724,000
/ The town has not yet failed to meet all
demands in war drives. and while the
| present quota is excessive as compared
with some towns it is hoped that the full
amount may be subscribed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-09
II Q Y Il 2 6h ! ! 60M p i
EAST DUMMERSTON.

Gilbert II. Knowles of EPSON, n. H.,
came Tuesday to visit his aunt, Mrs.
A. NJ II. Reed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight Johnson were
called to Greenfield Tuesday by the
serious illness of their daughter, Mrs.
Margaret Johnson.
Miss Edith Walker and Miss Max
inc Howard are at home from their
work in Greenfield, i'll with influenza
Burton Tarbox and daughter and Mrs
Harry Tarbox also are i'll with influ-
enza.
-sG BUY lIBERTY BONDS 81
Where there's a will there's way, but
it's not always our way.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-09
QUIET SATISFACTION.
Marks Army's Reception of Presi-
dents Reply.

WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES
IN FRANCE, Oct. 8, by The Associat-
ed Press.-President Wilson's reply
to the German peace proposal
reached the rear line of the American
army this morning. 1t has been
eagerly awaited, its possible charac-
ter having been widely discussed.
The general tone of the rank and file
was quiet satisfaction that no ar
mistice would be granted while enemy
troops were on allied territory.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-09
! those who are i'll are gaining.

All those who are i'll are gaining.
Mr.. Burdiek of Camp Devens. Aver.
Mass, is with his family this week
The foliage is at its height of beauty.
Nature gets a little ahead of the painter
George Weatherhead has been at home
from Bristol, Conn.,, three weeks on ac-
count of illness.
Miss Bessie Davis was taken to the
hospital in North Adams Saturday and
underwent an operation for appendiciti,
Monday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-09

WITH THE ANGLO-AMERICAN
ARMY NEAR ST. QUENTIN, Oct. 9,
by Associated Press.-Heavy fighting
continued throughout the night on the
Cambrai-St. Quentin front and the
British and Americans continued their
progress of Tuesday under a heavy
protective fire from British artillery.
The defeated enemy was almost smoth
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-09
COMMENDED FOR BRAVERY.
Officers Attached to American Red
Cross Are Given Citation.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.-Lieut.
Clifford A Cochran of New York and
Lieut.. Carl S. Stillman of Wellesley,
Mass, attached to the department of
military affairs of the American Red
Cross have been commended for brav-
cry displayed in the performance of
their duties.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-09
-<4s BUY LIBERTY BONDS ~
BIG APPLE CROP.
Department of Agriculture Says It S
More Than Last Year.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.-The com
mcreial apple crop this year is 24,400,-
600 barrels, the department of agri-
culture estimates. Last years crop was
22,5I9,000 barrels. Maine s crop is es.
timatcd at 10000 barrels and that OF
Massachusetts, 275,000.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-09
Red Mems Hall

No meetings Of Quonekticut tribe No.
:, |. o. Il. NJ, will be held until further
notice.
There will be no regular meeting of
Triumph lodge, No. 1913, S. +. of A.,
Wednesday, Oct. Q.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-09
80. BUY liberty BONDS a~
After Chateau Thierry.

The Kaiser-You told me they had no
ships, but they are here. You told me
they could not charter any ships, but
they are here. What ship brought them
Adjutant General-The Lusitania
Your Majesty. Harvey's War Week
ly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-09
Court Order Halts Intentions Of Glare.
mont Trolley Road.

CLAREMONT, n. H., Oct. 9.-Judgc
Oliver Branch of the superior court has
issued an injunction restraining the
Claremont Railway & Lighting com
pany from discontinuing its freight
and passenger service in this town.
-...s. 6 2 V Q a ,I-r,c
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-09
SESSION rs POSTPONED.
Supreme Court Opening Further Put
OFF Because of Epidemic

Owing to the continuance of the pre-
vailing epidemic and its seriousness,
the opening of the October term of the
Supreme Court, for business, will be
further postponed until October %
This notice is given that all persons in
terested may know of suea postpone
ment and act accordingly.
Per order of Supreme Court,
LEWIS c. MOODY, Clerk.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-09
FORMER PREMIER SHOT.
News Comes from Petrograd by Way of
Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Oct. 9.-A1exander
Feodorovitch Trepoff, former premier,
has been shot, according to advices
from Petrograd.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-09

W WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.-American
and French troops are steadily driving
the enemy from the scene of the desper-
ate struggle for Verdun. Gen. Pershing
reports. He announces advances on both
sides of the Meuse and the capture of
more than 5000 prisoners. Cornay has
been captured.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-09

LONDON, Oct. 9-In diplomatic
circles here President Wilson's reply to
the peace proposal of Prince Maximilian
is regarded as clever and logical
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-09
Masonic Temple

There will be no regular meetings of
Bingham chapter until further notice.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-09
Lost nMainS Street
Monday

A considerable sum of money
in bills, probably dropped
somewhere between the post
Office and Manley's garage, or
between the garage and Bar
ber's music stole. Liberal
reward if returned tothe store
or to The Reformer Office.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-09
HUGE SALIENT DRIVEN into LINE
AS RESULT OF SMASH YESTERDAY

Advancing AngoAmercan Forces Threaten to Cut Rail-
roads That Connect Lille Region with Territory
About Laon Further South-"Lost Battalion Resting
After Exciting Experience
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-09
GERMANS FORCED OUT OF CAMBRIA ARE RAPIDLY RETREATNG
UNDER COMBINED ATTACK OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN ARMIES

No Defenses Believed to Have Been Prepared in This
Area West of the German Border-Allied Command
ers Report Rapid Progress on Front More Than 80
Miles Wide
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-09
THE WEATHER.
Fair Tonight and Tomorrow-Somewhat
Warmer.

WASHINGTON. Oct 9.-The wealth
er forecast: Generally fair tonight and
Thursday except probably local rains
in interior Somewhat warmer tonight.
Gentle west to southwest winds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-09
MUSTN'T STOP SERVICE.

-.{i.BUY LTBERTY BONDS d.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-09
GREEN RIVER.

IS Buy sERTY BONDS M%
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-; sUY I-TBFRTY s0NDs D.
The sun., 1918-08-06

The approximate amount OF the lien or
charge, to satisfy which the above do.
scrihed property is to be sold IL TWENTY
THOUSAND FIGHT HUNDRED AND
dollars, with interest thereon from tho
:5th day OF July. 1919. together with tn.
costs and allowance amounting to st6l.ti.
with interest from July 26th. 1918 to-
gether with the expenses Of the sale. The
approximate amount of the taxes assess
ments and water rates, or other liens
which are to be allowed to the pure ha ser
out Of tho purchase money, or paid by the
Referee. is $685. and interest.
Dated, New York. July 2sth. 1915
WILLIAM w. HOPPIN. Referee
The sun., 1918-08-06

double plane arrangement. which re-
auires but two men for operation and
which keeps wagons moving at abso-
lutely regular intervals. Within the
breaker the changes are great, com
pared with the old days OF rotary
screens and numerous slate pickers.
Coal now goes from the dump to shaking
tables. great sheets OF steel, which move
to and fro and size the material by
means Of the holes punched in the steel,
varying with each table AS the coal
and rock leave the first table a dozen or
80 men pick out the rock. The residue
Is clear coal. which Is crushed and
sized by machinery without any further
preparation.
The shaking process is repeated for
different sizes. and in larger coal, like
egg. the slate Is removed by pickers.
Smaller sizes are cleaned by means OF
jigs, vibrating boxes where the coal and
slate are mingled with water. and the
slate Is separated by gravity. Coal which
The sun., 1918-08-06

passes through the holes Of one shaker
falls on a shaker for the next smaller
size just below. SO that the finest grades
can be recovered.
This Is a wet process. and the water
which leaves the breaker Is heavy with
fine particles OF coal. the mixture In
some cases being as much as 25 per
cent. solid. This used TO go down into
tho creeks. and in high water flooded
over farm lands down Sunbury way, en-
abling the thrifty farmer to get dam
asee. and just now enabling him to set
up his own little wlshery and make
few honest pennies by recovering steam
coal. But even this is passing At Burn
side they have built n catch to hold
this water before It goes into the creek.
II is pumped up TO a bank where the
water drains off. and Is used again in
the breaker. while the sediment Is avail
able, or will be available. for any boiler
room which can use a finely divided fuel
to advantage.
The sun., 1918-08-06
OFFICERS RESERVE CORPS.

Engineers.
Second Lieut.. Bernard II. Fowle. Jr', TO
First Lieut. Hugh H. Bennett TO Camp
A. A.. Humphreys.
Capt. James e. Fitzpatrick to washing.
ton.
Major Archibald o. Powell appointed Lieu
Capt. Roy W. Hebbard from Camp Lee
to Fort BENJAMIN Harrison.
Ma jor George L. Nerrill from yellowstone
National Park to New Haven.
Ordnance.
Daniel A. Lorlns, Jr.,. appointed Captain
First Lieut.. Dennis +. Collins to Dayton
Ohio.
capt. Charles E, Mcouss to Bridgeport
0unrtermaster Corps.
Capt. Maurice E.: Rovin to Camp Upton
Capt Harry NJ f MeJ,c ,I Camp johnston
Following from Camp Greenleet to camp
Dodge, Iowa: First Lisu,s AiRh1nrse 4
r. Clement, Raymond $. George, hoya
Hamiil. william $; Louisson; Sia p6,;,n -
rinssn Me~ s,eph, Hsad Lipyd a TSekef
James J. Vaughn. Alvin w. Whey ana
Louis c. B,eck. Eugene II. Bradiey.
George ii. Denney Howland NJ: Flower.
Jules F. X. Gendron. william r Haney
and Fred w. Jones; First lieuts. Albert
Y Boren, william s Coleman. Roy w
Dunlap, Bernard A King, Lee A. Lewis
ana Joseph p Zaleski.
Following 10 Fort Riley: Capts Fleet II
Harrison. Elmer +. Herdien. Eugene p
Rider. Philip Schuch and Stanley X
Teachout: First Lieuts. William +. Am
dor. Bruce w Baker. William p. Hyne'
and Don Pierce.
Following to Camp GIeenieaf,, Cap,s
ford, Charles a. Dixon. Jacob Tridline
wi;iam r. Fringer, jesse H. Hazlett
Henry H. Merriman and Charles p
Thomas: First Lieuts. Stearns s. Bull
len Walter T.. Clay. william l. Cole
man. Arthur II. Fahrner. Joseph A. Lar
feriy. Cassius l.. Peacock, Joseph 3
Podesta David r. Sayle, Charles q
shannon, william II. Spiers IongIr
Tabensk William T. WEIGH and X
Frederick WhitaCre
The sun., 1918-08-06

bridge appointed Second Lieutenant and
sent to Camp Joseph r. Johnston.
Frank T.. clifford appointed Captain and
sent to Washington, ID. {.
Harry william Muller appointed First
Lieutenant and sent to Washington.
Sergeant tnrst class) Richard w. Higgins
appointed Second Lieutenant and sent to
Camp Funston.
Major II. ID. Bargelt to Camp Cody.
Second Lieut.. william c. Bacon to
Charleston. c.
Major Leroy Lewis to Chief OF Stan for
duty.
Lieutenant and sent to Camp Joseph E.
Johnston.
Hugh Allyn Thrift appointed Captain and
sent to Washington.
Otto II. Jorgensen appointed First Lieu
tenant and sent to Chicago.
Francis Augustus Griffin appointed Second
Lieutenant and sent 10 Camp Joseph L.
Johnston.
Sergeant first c'as. Edward Borener. APP
pointed Second Lieutenant and sent to
Camp Fremont