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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-11
DR.. MUNYoN DIES IN FLORIDA.
Manufacturer Of Patent Medicines
Stricken with Apoplexy.

PALM BEACH, March ll.-Dr.
James VI. Munyon, famous manufactur-
er of homeopathic patent medicines,
died suddenly while sitting at lunch
today in the dining room of the Poin-
ciana Hotel. where he had been spend
ing the winter. Death was due TO
apoplexy. He leaves q son, who is un-
derstood to be in Atlanta. DR.. Mum
yon was widely known throughout
America and England for campaigns
advertising his patent medicines.
lie exploited the medicinal value of
herbs and roots, and in the vicinity Of
his home, Thompson. Conn, where he
was born in ls4s, he was known as
+" Money Monyon, because he was al
wavs supplied with cash earned bv him.
self. At an early age he became 4
publisher, his papers being Christian
Voices, The Labor World, and Nun.
yon 5 Illustrated World
Early i'll the nineties he began tho
manufacture OF homeopathic home rem
cdies on n large scale. He kept I
| laroe corps of expert chemists and ply
/ sicians at work, reporting TO him theiI
discoveries, making the practical ap
pications himself.
His young wife, an actress, whom h,
married in 1908, returned to the stag
in 1913 after she had sought a divorc,
in Philadelphia. DR.. Munyon also sue,
her for divorce. When they were mar
ried Munvon was 60 years old, and hi
wife "a DR.. Munyon had been marrie
twice before.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-11
(Holyoke Transcript }

The Wisconsin legislators made no
attempt to camoufare the issue in
adopting the pro-loyalty. anti-La Fol
lette resolution. The plainest and most
direct language was used. The resolu-
tion reads:
The people of the state of Wisconsin
always have stood and always will stand
scuarely behind the national govern
ment in all things which are essential
to bring the present war to a success
full end, and we condemn Senator Rob
ert La Toilette and all others who have
failed to see the righteousness of oul
nation s cause, who have failed to sup.
port our government IN matters vita
to the winning of the war, and we de
nounce any attitude or utterance OF
! theirs which has tended to incite sedl
tion among the people of our country
and to injure Wisconsin's fair name
before the free people of the world.
! Really, under the circumstances
there seems only one course omen TO
the discredited senator. He must re
sign first of all. Then if he thinks tn
people of Wisconsin are not well rep
resented by their legislature, he ca
Iappear as a candidate for reelection.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-11
DRIVE STARTS To
FILL WAR CHEST
Weeks Campaign to Raise
$4,000 Fund Now
Under Way
CAPTAINS REPORT
EARLY SUBSCRIPTIONS
Attitude Of Public Sympathetic and Cor
Solicitors Aroused to High
Pitch Of Enthusiasm at Conference
Yesterday Afternoon-Headqu S
Phone 5000.

The drive to fill the War Chest is on
1t started officially this morning,
but when the five captains met at 10
clock for the first of their daily CON
ferences il Immediately became appar
ent that some of them had been get
ting a strangle hold on their Jobs.
Pledge cards ranging all the way from
80 cents to $50 month were turned
in to headquarters, showing plainly that
if they had not been actually signed
previous to today the signers had at
least been given the opportunity to
make up their minds and were there
fore ready to affix their signatures
without further argument.
| Although little or nothing in the
way of returns was expected from the
captains this morning they actually
turned in IS pledges amounting to q
yearly total of $2194.
| Early reports Indicate that BY fa1
the great majority of townspeople are
sincerely interested in the War Chest
idea and are anxious to do their fail
share toward making il successful. OF
course. there is an occasional exception
like the man who told a young woman
solicitor that the idea was nothing but
a scheme of the rich people and ht
wouldn t give penny to it, but such
eases are so few and far between a.
to make the opposite view even more
emphatic. The man in question. by the
way, will be seen again-more thar
once if necessary
Reused to a high pitch of enthusiasm
by the convincing arguments of Brewe
Eddy yesterday afternoon, the team
captains and their canvassers held
conference Immediately after the gen
eral meeting and were given final in
structions concerning their work. 1t wa
made plain TO them that while in til
great majority Of cases no specific
, amounts We're expected, where sum
were named the committee depende
upon those sums 10 raise the require
total. This does not mean that an
person will be expected to give NOR
than he or she can afford TO, but simpl
, that the requests are based on actual RI
=, quirements and not on padded estimate
+. 1t is more than likely that a goo
: many people who are anxious to cor
tribute to the War Chest are not listeC
Anyone who fears that such is the cas-
NAV find out by calling War Che:
: headquarters, whose telephone numbC
o is 5000.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-11
BLIZZARD CAUSES
TRAFFIC HINDRANCE
Street Railroad and West River Line
Temporarily Tied Up-Highways
Also Badly Drifted.

Brattleboro was in the grip of a
blizzard late yesterday afternoon and
into the night, which reminded many
persons of the big blizzard which began
80 years ago today and was at its
height on March 12. Snow began fall
ing Saturday evening, and by Sunday
morning six inches of snow had fallen,
which was very heavy and which con
tained about an inch of water. Dur
ing yesterday nearly six inches more of
snow fell. which was lighter than the
other, and about O'Clock wind came
up which increased in velocity until
the SHOW and wind reached the proper
tions of raging blizzard The tenn
perature fell rapidly and in the eve
ming got down to about s above zero.
The street ears ran until late Satur-
day night, but since than the road has
been tied up because of the drifts, es-
pecially on Western avenue, where they
are several feet high III places. The
partially disabled snow plow has been
working on the southern end Of the line,
and the men are doing their best to get
the line open. The cars are ready to
be operated as soon as the plow can
get through with the assistance Of
shovelers which may not be until to-
morrow.
Many of the highways are badly
drifted, but both the Wilmington and
Jacksonville stages got through this
| forenoon
| The storm was especially severe on
the West River railroad, and traffic on
that line is at standstill today, but
the railroad men hope TO get the line
cleared by tomorrow, possibly by to-
night The seraper car was sent north
over the line yesterday, as the rain
caused some trouble by freezing. II
was unable to get beyond Jamaica, and
drifts formed there as high as the
headlights.
Three crews are trying to open the
line, one working from South London
derry, one from Jamaica and one from
Williamsville.
On the Boston s Maine railroad the
trains have been keeping reasonably
near to schedule time.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-11
STORM HITS NEW ENGLAND.
Trolly and Steam Traffic Suffers in
March Blizzard.

BOSTON, March 11-A March biz
zard clustered through New England
yesterday, cripplng steam and street
railway traffic. Beginning with sleet
which froze to wires and switches and
then developed into a binding snow
driven by a high gale, the storm was
one of the most disagrecable of the
season. Street railway systems were the
hardest hit Sleet on the trollv wires
made it almost impossible to develop
power and on many of the suburban sur
face lines no regular schedules wore at
tempted. Railroads reported delays of
nearly all their passenger trains.
The storm came almost on the an.
niversary of the great blizzard of &c
years ago which held the eastern sec
tion of the country in its grip for three
days
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-11
HOSPITAL SHIP REFUGEE SHOT.
Gunshot Wounds Found on Body Recov.
cred from Glenart Castle.

LIVERPOOL, March 1.-THE Eve.
ming Express says it is informed au-
thoritativcly that the body of one of
the junior officers of the British hospital
ship Glenart Castle, which was torpe-
doed in the Bristol channel on Feb. %
by a German submarine, was picked up
a short distance from the spot and was
found to have two gunshot wounds, one
in the neck and the other in the thigh.
There was life belt on the body.
While there have been no reports that
the Germans fired on the escaping crew
of the hospital ship at the time of the
torpedoing, this discovery leads to the
belief that an attack was made sub
sequently on some of the boats.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-11
AMERICAN TROOPS
| MAKE THREE RAIDS
Penetrate Enemy Line for
More Than 600 Yards
Under Heavy Barrage
GERMANS ABANDON
CAPTURED TRENCHES
u. S. Soldiers Return Without Losing a
Man-French Thanking Party Took
Two Prisoners, Only Ones Made in the
Three Raids-Dugouts Blown Up.

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Sunday, by The Associated
prcss.-American troops cooperating with
the French have carried out three raids
opposite the American sector in Lorraine
Two OF the raids were executed simulta-
neously last night The Americans swept
past the German front line and penetrat-
ed the enemy's second line 600 yards
back
The tgo simultaneous raids We're made
after intense artillery preparations lasting
four hours in which the German positions
were leveled At midnight two forces
with small French forces on their flank
moved upon the German objectives be
hind creeping barrage, each on front
Of Coo yards
When the Americans reached the enemy
first line the barrage was lifted so as to
| box III the German positions at both
| points The men dropped into the
enemys trenches expecting hand to-
hand fight but found the Germans had
| fed. Continuing the advance they went
forward 900 yards to the second German
| line. All the time American machine
guns were firing on each flank OF the
| two parties to prevent the enemy from
undertaking flanking operations.
One French tlanking party found two
wounded Germans in a dugout and took
them prisoners, The Americans found
none The Americans remained for *
minutes in the enemy line. They found
excellent concrete dugouts which they
blew up and also brought back large quan
titles ot material and valuable papers.
While they were in the enemy line Ger
man artillery began a vigorous counter
harrage. Ii was quickly slenced by Amer
lean heavy and light artillery which hurle,
large quantities Of gas shells on the bat
teries.
Soon after these two raids had beer
carried out the American soldiers stage,
; another al a point further along the lin
to the riqht. They went over the to-
after artillery preparation of 4J minute
in which the enemy's positions attacke,
+ were ohliterated At this place the duq
outs were found to have been contructe
principally of logs Engineers accom-
g panving the raid.ng party completed tn
9 artillery's work of destruction The raid
e were carried out skillfully and but fo
1 the fact that the Germans fled more pri
= oners doubtless would have been taken
s The American gas shells are believed :
i have caused many casualties among II
enemy No Americans are unaccounte
for.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-11
KAISER SEES GOOD START.
Sword and Unity, "God Grant It,
Will Bring Peace

WASHINGTON, March l1.-An Am
stn~dam dispatch reports that Emperor
William in replying to the congratula-
tions Of the Prussian upper house on
the conclusion Of peace in the East
said: Even if the road to a general
reace is a long one good beginning
has been made aud | confidently trust
that our victorious sword and steadfae'
unity in this serious work soon vii
bring us within sight of the goal whicl
will give us the great peace, God grant
~ -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-11
A. d. FESSENDEN
DIES IN HIS HOME
Had Been Ill but Few Days with Pneu
monia-Funeral in Main Street
Home Wednesday at O'Clock.

Albert Dorr Fessenden, 50, died last
evening in his home at III Main street.
after a few days illness with pneu-
monia. Mr.. Fessenden was able to be
out and about his work Tuesday as
usual, but was taken seriously i'll
| Wednesday,
He was born in Dover Sept. 5, 1895,
son Of Ruel and Aurelia (Rawson)
| Fessenden, being one of IL children He
married first Triphena Johnson of
Dover, and two children were born 10
them, both diving in infapsy. He mar
ried second Miss Maria Holton of North
/ field, Mass, and 10 them one child was
born, Miss Stella NJ. Fessenden of Brat
tleboro, whose mother died when she
was only one week old. His third wife
was Miss Nettie Kemp of White Stone,
Va, who survives. Two children were
born of this union, both of whom died
while very young. Besides his wife and
daughter he leaves two brothers and two
sisters, Mandus Fessenden and Dana !
Fessenden, both of Dover, Mrs. H. d.
Reed of Annapolis, Nd, and Mrs. Hattie
II. Warren of Brattleboro.
Mr.. Fessenden was employed for sew
eral years by the s. A. Smith Mfg. Co
but for a number of years had work cd
at odd Jobs in town. He was thoroughly
devoted to his family and lived very
quiet life. He was not connected with
any fratcrnal orders. He made many
friends and retained those friendships
The funeral Will be held Wednesday
, afternoon at o'clock at his home OF
Main street. Rev. ID. Z. Trout. pastor
Of the First Universalist church, vii
! oficiate. The body viii be placed il
: the tomb at Prospect hill and in the
spring will be taken to Dover for burial
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-11
BRATTLEBOROLOCA

Some Of the school teachers went to
their duties this morning on snowshoes,
the walks being badly drifted after yester-
days heavy snow and wind
Chancellor zed S. Stanton. who heard
the ease of John Nesbitt against his
son and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Nesbitt which was an action for an
accounting, made no ruling, but asked
that briefs be submitted to him by the
attorneys, Chase & Chase for the plain
tiff and A. F. Sehwenk for the defend
ant
James Gilbert, for years prominent
in the theatrical world. died yesterday
in his home in Someryille, Mass. aft
er short illness. Mr. Gilbert will be
remembered here as the man who put
on That Girl O. Mine for the Woman S
club and The Misfit Man for the band.
He was native of Edinburgh, Scot
land, and was born 66 years ago He
came TO this country when he was Is
and was the original Dick Deadeye in
Pinafore in this country. For the past
90 years he had devoted himself to
putting on and directing shows for va
rious organizations.
In the municipal court this morning
Acting Judge Ernest J. Waterman, who
presided because of the inability of
Judge Cudworth to be present, ordered
that David Lyons. son of Patric k
Lyons. and Richard Martin, son of
George Martin. be committed to the
industrial school at Vergennes for the
rest of their minority Martin is IS
years old and Lyons three or four
wears Younger The boys have been il
, various kinds of mischief and on Satur
/. day night broke a window at the Wild
. er Farm Products store with the in
! tention of entering the store, but were
: frightened away.
S The Rrattleboro Ministerial union me-
c this morning at the home of Rev. c
G r. Brownell on Main street, There
$ were present Messrs. Guest, Clapp
P Brownel. Butterfeld, Trout, Wood
: worth. Peterson and Osgood. In TIL
: absence of Mr. Hewitt, who was t,
have furnished the sermon, the minis
ters present gave the subject and
I brief outline of the sermons preache
in the pulpits Yesterday morning Th
conference was led by Mr.. Osgood VIII
c had chosen Equal Suffrage as his theme
which gave rise to very interestin
discussion. In the course of the meet
ing Rev. Mr. Brownell invited the mir
ieers and the societies, they represen
h. to come to the Baptist church in tn
evening of Good Friday to join in
devotional service, having the natio
= and its needs as the central though
nt This invitation was accepted in th
es same earnest spirit in which it was e.
to tended.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-11
MILITARY SERVICE
FOR PRIVATE BAKER
Will Be Held in Roman Catholic Church
Tomorrow Morning at O'Clock
Public Is Invited.

Requiem high mass was said this morn
ing by Rev Father James r. Rand, in
St Nchael's Roman Catholic church fol
Private Edward NJ Baker of Brattleboro
who died in France Feb 2s Of septic poi
soning. The Knights of Columbus have ar
ranged military service to be he'd to
morrow morning at s o'clock in st
Michaels church for Private Baker. Rev
Father Rand will ofciate at this service
and the public is invited to attend. tn,
Knights of Columbus will meet at then
rooms and march to the church in ;
body.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-11
PERSONAL.

Ambrose Knapp is in the Memorial
hospital for medical treatment.
Miss Jessie Barnes of Boston began
work Saturday as trimmer for Mrs. 6
H. Smith.
Mrs Harry Kendrick Of Greenfield spent
Sunday in town with her mother. Mrs
S. H. Mixer
f. c. Johnson, who had been workinc
the past year for @. F. Howe, has returned
to work at his carriage repair shop OF
Spring street.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-11
AMERICAN ENGINEERS
CAPTURED IN CHINA
Robbed by Bandits While on Surveying
Job-Had Much Money
With Them.

PEKING. Friday, March s.-Two
American engineers, Nyl and Purcell, have
been robbed and captured by bandits near
Nehsicn IN the province OF Honau. \
Chinese assistant also was taken prisoner
The PARTY WAS on its way to survey the
site at proposed railway. They were
carving \ large sum OF money with which
81 paN survey parties An escort of 20
soldiers resisted the bandits until their
ammunition was exhausted when the
party surrendered Two Of the Chinese
ESCAPED and reported the outrage
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-11
FISHING FLEET IN STORM.
Cne Gloucester Vessel Wrecked-Oth-
Reach Port Safely.

NEW BEDFORD Mass, March IL
Nantucket s fishing fleet was caught
in the blizzard Saturday night Il miles
east of the island but all managed to
ride out the storm and make their
way to port yesterday except one. The
large motor sloop Outing, owned and
commanded by Capt Olaf Borgan, was
cast ashore at Coskata Head. The
crew was taken off by the coast guards
men after the fishing steamer Petrol
which went to the sloop's assistance
had been blown ashore inside of Bran
Point with a hole in her side. The Out
ing was breaking up fast last nigh
and will be a total loss.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-11
Dismissed from Position of
Foreign Minister by
Premier Lenine
AFTER HOT QUARREL
OVER PEACE TERMS
Former Said TO Claim it Russia's Duty
TO Fight as Peace Terms Extorted by
Force Should Not Be Recognized
Resignation Occurred Saturday.

LONDON, March l-Lcon Trotsky
WAS dismissed as Bolshevik foreign mlnls
ter by Premier Lennc owing 20 4 quarrv
over the German peace terms accoriins
70 a despatch 70 the morning Post ta'ed
Saturday in Petrogad
Trotzky held that the peace had boer
cxtorted by force and that no law reves
nized promises made under duress as obhg
atory Therefore. he is reported to hay,
said IL was Eussia's duty to fight
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-11
5000 WORKERS IDLE.
Strike of Fall River Firemen Throws
Mill Hands Out of Work.

FALL RIVER, Mass. March H.
Five thousand cotton mill operators in
this city were idle today according to
figures compiled by the police because
Of a strike of 324 union iremen whose
demands for closed shop were rejected
last week by the manufacturers asso
citation. Four of the seven mills of the
American Printing company and tho
American Linen Co., and the American
Thread Co., were closed while 100 9th
er mills operated with the aid of volun
teer firemen.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-11
MORE AMERICANS KILLED.
Casualty List For Today Shows 80
Men Dead.

WASHINGTON, March 1l.-Gen.
Pershing's casualty report today
shows four privates killed in action,
four severely wounded, q slightly
wounded, four died of wounds, eight
of disease and two from other
causes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-11

NEW YORK. March S.-One Of the
tWa Amcrican engineers reported to have
eeen robbed and captured by bandits in
China was identified As f. j. Purcell for.
moriy OF St. Paul. Mimi, at the offices
OF the Siems-Carey Railway and Canal
company here today. He has been en-
gagged in surveying work for which the
company has contracts with the Chinese
government.
Company officials expressed the BE-
liei that the name Nyl had been confused
with that OF G.. \. Kyle. formerly of Port
land, Oregon. who has been in China sev
eTa months.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-11
Unitarian and UniversaIist Churches

Wednesday evening at 30 o'clock-Reg.
ular meeting Of Boy Scouts, troop No. !.
"Wednesday at . p. injecting OF the
Freme circle Of the Unitarian parish with
Mrs. = X White Of Putney road. The
postponed birthday Offering will be re-
ceived
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-11
TWO AvIAToRs KILLED.
Navy Department Tells of Accident
in France.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE
navy department today announced
the death OF Andrew Donnie Skaggs
and Leo Shott Harvie as the result
of an airplane accident in the naval
aviation service in France Skaggs
lived at Newburn, Tenn, and Har-
vie at Cincinnati. Details of the
accident and the date were not
given.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-11
Had the Right Spirit.

4 little boy received toy donkey as
a Christmas present.
'What are you going to call it?''
asked his father.
King George replied the boy.
..Oh. no. said his father, "that
would never do Why not call it the
kaiser?''
because, said the little boy, indig-
nantlv. usthat would be an insult to my
donkey.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-11
In Odd Fellows Temple

Monday evening, March Injecting OF
Wantastiuuet lodge. First degree
Tuesday. March l2-Begular meeting OF
Dennis Rebekah lodge. Bebekah drill for
Wednesday, March l3, cancelled. Next
Rcbekah drill will be held Tuesday, March
10
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-11
BRITISH GAIN IN PALESTINE.
Also Advance in Mesopotamia in Eu
pirates Sector.

LONDON. March ll.--A British Of
fetal communication dealing with the
operations in Mcsopotamia and Pales-
tine, issued by the war office, says:
The British have occupied Hit $50
miles west Of Bagdad on the Euphrates
river in Mesopotamial, and have made
a general advance on both sides of the
Jerusalem. NRblus road (Palestinc), on
n front OF l3 miles for an average dcptt
Of two or three miles.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-11
AUSTRIAN TROOPS REPULsED.
Were Trying to Gross Piave River in
Boats and on Rats.

ROME, March ll-Austrian troops
which apparently were making an at
tempt to cross the Piave river were pre-.
vented from doing SO yesterday by the
Italian batteries. which sank RATS anc
boats in the river opposite Fagare, the
war office announced today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-11
SAFE CONDUCT FOR LUxBURG.
British Government Issues It to Ar.
gentina.

BUENoS AYREs, March 1.-THE
British government has issued n safe
conduct for Count von Luxburg, the for
mcr German ambassador 10 Argentina,
20 sail for Sweden. He will sail short
" on the steamship Valparaiso.
A safe conduct for medical attend
ant TO accompany Count von Luxburg
was refused, although such step had
been recommended because of the for
mcr ambassador : mental condition.