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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-03
NEW COUNTY AGENT
ARRIVES IN TOWN
Wayland P. Frost and Mrs. Frost
Come from Keene-Attended N. E.
M. P. A. Meeting in Boston.

The newly chosen agricultural agent
for Windham county, Wayland r. Frost.
and Mrs. Frost arrived in Brattleboro
from Keene, N H., today Mr.. Frost will
devote few days to becoming acquaint-
cd, looking after matters which call for
immediate attention and faniliarizing
himself with the general situation. He
will 20 the last of the week to Ithaca,
" Y, to close up matters for the New
York State Cow Testing association, in
which work he was engaged when he en-
tered the military service in September.
He will return to Brattleboro the middle
OF next week.
County Agent Frost attended the an
nual meeting of the New England Milk
Producers association in Boston Thurs
day and Friday, AZ counties of New Eng.
land being represented at the sessions
which were held at the New American
hotel Wmdham county was represented
by +. L. Parmelee of Putney, president
of the Windham County association
Vermont is represented on the board OF
officers by two state delegates and one
delegate at large, there being but three
delegates at large in the New England
| district.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-03
FIRE TRUCK TO
ONE PLACE TWICE
Chimney Fire in Lucius Moore S House
on Vine Street Nearly Results in
Destruction of House.

Twice Yesterday the fire department
chemical automobile truck was called
to Lucius \. Moore S two story house
at - Vine street on account of Chin
ney fire, and delay of 10 minutes in
either call would have resulted in the
destruction of the house. Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Moore i've in the basement,
Lucius A. Moore and housekeeper in
the first floor tenement and Mrs. James
Anidon i'm the second floor tenement.
Mrs. Amidon undertook to start a fire
in her kitchen range, but there was no
draft and Lucius Moore discovered that
the chimney was burning out An
effort was made to extinguish the fire
with water, but 1t was soon found that
the fire had gotten into partitions on
both floors and telephone alarm was
sent to the fire Department.
Holes were chopped through the par
titions in several PAGES, and the firt
was thought to be put out, but after
the firemen had been gone an hour iirC
was discovered in another partition anc
second telephone call was sent to III,
department.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-03
EDUCATORS TAKE
IMPORTANT STEPS
Miss Wellman of Brattleboro Returns
from Chicago Convention Sum-
mary of Main Resolutions.

j Miss Florence NJ. Wellman returned
last night from Chicago, where she at
tended the annual sessions of the Ma
tional Education Association of the
United States more than 10000 super
incidents and school people being
registered. Every state IN the Union
was represented. also Canada, Mexico
and Porto Rico, including several sup
erintcndents and specialists from YER
mont, who had headquarters at the
Sherman hotel. The Vermont delegation
included Superintendent Chittenden of
Burlington. Hutchinson of Montpelier,
White of Barre. Locke of Rutland, Well
man of BrattleBoro. State high school
inspector Al bott of Rutland. junior
high school Inspector Hutchinson OF
Burlington Bcssie NJ. Goodrich. primer
pal of the Johnson normal school; B
NJ. Douglas of Montpelier, and State
Commissioner of Education NJ B
HillegaS.
A resolution was adopted providing
for the creation of department OF
education with secretary IN the
President 5 cahinet-not a move Il
centralize educational authority or Il
take it ont of the hands of the states
but rather To develop education, I'll,
same as the department of agrieultnr,
works in its field, 1t would officially
hring to a head the national education
activities and do much to information
alize education.
Another provides fer free text book
for all school children III America. On
seeks to give adequate physical training
10 all children of the nation in view o
the fact that 80 per cent of those ex
amined for mihtasF service were folm,
| physically unfit In one the matter o
better teachers il covered, requiring
minimum of two years of profcssiea
training following four years cours
in an accredited high school, and tina
elementary school teachers should b
paid much larger salaries, a minimum
OF 81 900 being suggested.
Many conferences were given over 4
the discussion of postwar problems i
elementary and high schools A whol
day was devoted by the superintendent
to the discussion of supervised stud
and silent reading. It was urged tina
superintendent devote more time t
the giving of standard tests as mean
i of measuring the systems.
The meeting next year viii be held
: Cleveland.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-03
GREGORY TO EUROPE
AS AMERICAN ADVISER
Will Help the President on Constitu
tional Questions 1T the Peace
Conference

WASHINGTON, March 3,-Thomas ".
Gregory, retiring attorney general of the
United States, will accompany President
Wilson to Paris as general adviser and as
sistant at the peace conference
Mr. Gregory's resignation as a member
of the Presidents cabinet becomes effect
i've Tuesday. when he will be succeeded
by \. Mitchell Palmer, and the retiring
attorney general will assume Immediately
his new position of unofficial counselor to
the President during his second visit tc
Europe
Mr. Gregory's functions have not beer
clearly defined, but he is expected TO ad
wise the President and the American
peace commissioners on constitutions
questions relating to the league of ma
| tons and on many matters OF law, anc
general policy.
1t is said he expects to return to Law
practice when his duties in Europe ar,
completed
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-03
BERT MUNDELL AND
MRS. STRATTON LEAVE
Departed Yesterday Morning Under
Suspicious Circumstance Mrs.
Mundell Ill in Bed.

Bert {. Mundell, manager of the Nal-
ley Grain CO., v'lo lives on Central street,
and Mrs. John NJ. Stratton, whose hus-
band is employed in fuckers stable and
lives on Main street. left town yesterday
under conditions which make Mrs Mum
dell and Mr.. Stratton feel confident that
their departure was planned some time in
advance
Mr.. Stratton went to the barn about
6 o'clock in the morning and about
O'Clock Louis !. Allen, not knowing that
anything was wrong. took Mrs. Stratton
and two trunks to the railroad station in
Ashnelot, y. H.
Early yesterday morning also Mr.. Nun
dell left his home. where his wife is Ill
in bed. telling his wife Shat he was 90
ing away for vacation and didn't know
just when he would be back, but would
write her and send her some money She
was suspicious that he did not intend &c
return and told him that she needed the
money now. whereupon he took 500 out
OF his pocket and gave to her
Mundell told the employees at the al
ley Grain Co.'S store tslat he was to be
away on a weeks vacation lie has been
. disposing of some of his property ane
his wife thinks he must have had s., ,00t
with him.
NIundell and Mrs. Stratton have beer
with each other more or less and Mr.
! Stratton had forbidden his wife from 90
ing with Mundell and had forbidden Nun
dell from taking her out
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-03
BERKSHIRE CLUB
TO HOLD MEETING
Question of Changing Name to Eastern
Berkshire Congress Coming Up
Here Tuesday, March IL.

The second annual meeting of the New
England Berkshire club win be held at
the Brooks House, Brattleboro, Tuesday
evening, March II. for the election of
officers
At this meeting the question of chang
ing the name of the club to The Eastern
Berkshire Congress will be acted upon.
BY changing the name anyone cast OF
Chicago could belong and the club would
take in all Berkshire breeders in the
east The annual dinner of the club will
he served at this time. followed by ad
dresses upon timely Berkshire subjects
OF prominent breeders.
The next day the second annual aue
ton sale of Berkshires under tie auspices
of the club will be held in the new sale:
pavilion of the Purebred live Stock Sale;
company and will consist OF about 4
head OF choice bred sows and gifts Will
few outstanding boars and open gifts
The class of animals consigned is Of high
er standard than any consignment sal,
ever held in the East and should attract
large attendance of those who are in
terestcd in this breed of swine.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-03
Senator Sherman Attacks
League of Nations Cove
nant in Senate Today
DEPLORES WILSON'S
AUTOCRATIC POWER
Illinois League Opponent Pictures Fear
some Situation Resulting from Its
Adoption-Would Have United
States Free from Europe.

WASHINGTON, March 3-Thc consti.
tuition Of the league of nations as pre-.
sented at the peace conference, was pic
tured to the senate today by Senator Sher.
man OF Illinois. Republican, as a ,Paudo-
ra's box full Of evils which would emp
ty upon the American people the aggre-
gated calamties OF the world lie criti-
c;zed President Wilson, asking who an
thorized him to rear above the republic
an eutocratic power adding taat the an
thority was not found in the constitution
OF the United States nor was it implied
from undefned powers, and gave ii as
his opinion that the President had been
acting as a .usurper and Dictator.
lie adroitly puts himself into the spot
light as fle fountain OF peace perpctua
and the guardian of mankind. +" said Sen
ator Sherman. AS he kept us out o.
war in 1916, so he will keep us out d
! impending war conjured up to serve tn,
issues OF 1920 and keep MS at peace FOR
ever if We but accept him. !"
| THE creation of a nameless thing t,
sit in the star chamber OF Judgment ant
decree implicit obedience-its mandate
cannot be borne by freemen,' he contin
ued. BY a ukase it will embargo on
| commerce, close our exchanges, destro,
credits, leave our merchandise rotting OF
piers, shut the Panama canal, order con
eress to declare war, levy taxes, apprc
pirate money, raise and support arnic
and navies and draft our men to an
quarter of the globe to fight and die be
cause an alien executive council mas willie
it."
Senator Sherman urged that policy q
the founders Of the American govern
ment to let Europe settle her own qilal
rels be regarded now When the Unite
States went to war against commo
danger, he added it did not bind itse
in perpetual alliance to hold so long a
the European governments voted it upo
us
Senator McC umbcr of North Dakota.
Republican member of the foreign rels
tions committee, followed Senator She,
man and urged that the United State
become party to aleague for preservin
world peace. Senator McCumber urge
amendment of the league charter so tha
there could be no possibility of any SUI
render of American sovereignty or IL
: Monroe doctrine. He deplored some r,
cent criticism by Republican senators d.
claring many of the arguments ia
fetched"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-03
MAY AMEND DRAFT OF
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
The French Want an International
Force and Americans Less
Ambiguity.

PARIS, March 3 ASSOCIATED Press1.-
The eighth week OF the peace conference
opens with an increased effort by the
working commissions to get their projects
ready for consideration when President
Wilson, Premier Lloyd George and Pre-
mier Orlando return to Paris
An opening for revision of the plan
that will not threaten the integrity of
the league of nations appears to be broad
ening NJ Pichon, the French foreign
minister, has indicated that he viii offer
amendments relating to an international
force
1t is thought that the conference may
consider other amendments such as may
be regarded in America as necessary 70
remove tie ambiguity OF clauses that
might affect the Monroe Doctrine, the
right Of withdrawal from the league and
the methods of using force against re-
calcitrant nations. The American dele
gates, it is said, may consider the pre-
sentation of such amendments but arC
waiting for the return of the President
before defining their attitude
French apprehension Is growing over
tle danger of anarchy in Germany, ane
the French, therefore desire to haster
the conclusion of the peace treaty ans
incorporate in it, measures for the nro
lection which they have expected from
the league of nations NJ Piehon, re
| ilecting this view, said that taveryon,
wanted representative government es
| tablished in Germany with which peace
| might be concluded
NJ Pichon regards as of prime impor
tance the decision OF the supreme conncj
to Greats financial section of the League
of nations. Some of the delegates havi
suggested that the supreme council ha
| thus transferred to the eventual League
OF nations the responsibility for handIin:
! the subject OF the international poolin.
of assets and liabilities growing out o
the war, which mieit otherwise have re
! tarded the conclusion Of the peace treaty
Some immediately pressing work ht
been sensibly advanced, it is thought. b.
the creation Of committee on bound
aries. which viii take up all reports q
frontiers and get them ready for consider
Grafton by the end of the week as direct
ed by the council Of ten This task wi
be facilitated it is believed. by the d.
cision to deal now only with boundar
claims growing out of the war, and nc
admitting retroactive discussions.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-03
Clapp & Jones Store Opens
in His Possession This
Morning
HAD BEEN CLOSED
FOR INVENTORY
G. H. Clapp, Senior Member of clapp &
Jones Has Longest Record of Any
Main Street Business Man-Mr.
Jones With Him Since 1885.

The wholesale and retail stationery
and book store conducted successfully
more than 80 years by George H. Clapp
and Varillus O.. Jones in Crosby block
under the firm name of Clapp & Jones,
Mr.. Clapp entering the business with
Albert i. Cheney April l, 1869, under
the name of Cheney & Clapp, has been
sold to Earl c. Mofratt, for several years
travelling salesman for the Dewitt Gro
Gerry Co., wholesalers, until about 10 days
ago, the store opening under Mr.. Mof
fatt's possession this morning. The store
was closed Friday and Saturday for in
ventory.
Mr.. Clapp has the longest record as
| Il Main street business man of anyone
in Brattleboro and Mr.. Jones has been
associated with him since April l. 1885
when he succeeded to Mr.. Cheney's in.
tcrest in the firm.
Mr.. Clapp was. born in Brattleboro ii
1876 and after graduating from the higl
school was a clerk in the bookstore oil
the late Joseph Steen. also in the store o.
the late Welcome FELTON,. Afr. Jones wa,
born in Dover. a son of the late Judge ant
Mrs. William II. Jones. and for seyera
years was employed as clerk in i. & o
+. Gorhams store in Wilmington. II,
attended Williston seminary in East
hampton Mass.
Mrs. Moifatt. who worked for the De
Witt Grocery Co. about II years, Finished
work there last week and is associate,
with her husband in the stationery busi
ness
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-03
Centre Congregational Church

Saturday, March s, pm.-Cnldrcn- )
aprons, fancy articles, candy, flowers,
grabs and food. Uncle Sam and Columbia
will have charge OF the grabs. Entertain
mcnt at $50 consisting OF drill and
march by pupils Of the Austinc institu
ton, exercises. by children of the Centre
school, chorus singing and a group o.
readings by Mrs. II. p. Woodin Ad
mission to hall Is cents. \ public sup
per will be served IN the chapel iron
$50 to / o'clock. Tickets, adults. 81
cents: children under 10 years OF age
> cents.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-03
Women Privileged to Vote
on All Matters That
Come Up
OLD FASHIONED
SYSTEM USED
Ballot Boxes on License Question to Be
Open Until 2 'clock-Little Change
in Situation as to Vacancies That
Are to Occur.

Tomorrow morning the annual town
meeting of Brattleboro will open in Fes-
tival hall. Judge A. r. Schwenk. mod
orator, will open the meeting at O'Clock
and doubtless he viii be reelected mod
orator. Judge Schwenk has handled the
business of the town meetings for num-
Der of years expeditiously and with am
pie knowledge of parliamentary proceed
IRE. Town Clerk Carl s. Hopkins will
read the warrant, the moderator viii an
nounce that the boxes for votes on the
question of license orr no license are
open. and the business Of the meeting
will proceed
The old fashioned system OF voting
Tor town officers will be used, the Austria
han ballot system not being in force
! Women should remember that those who
have paid their taxes are entitled to vote
on all matters which come up in the
meeting. The boxes for the ballots on
the liquor question viii remain open
until 3 p. m.
The situation as to town officers re-
mains about the same as was announced
Saturday So far as is known there will
be no opposition to the reelection of
Town Clerk c. S. Hopkins. Town Treas
urer F. G. Adams or Tax Collector ". A.
Shumway. The seleetmen arc nominallv
overseers of the poor, although the work
has been delegated to W l.. Walker The
seiectmen were elected last year to look
after the road work, with instructions
TO hire road expert. and they have con-
tinued to employ 4. A Wallace Dir.
Wallaceis salary was increased but the
selectmen figure that in consideration of
Mr.. Wallace's expert knowledge of road
building and the fact that he has looked
latter the state road without additional
pay, whereas in former years someone
besides the road commissioner has been
paid for doing that work. the present pol
icy has been an actual saving of several
! hundred dollars to the town and ought
to be continued
: The name OF Arthur ID. Wyatt for Sc
/, lectman to succeed A. +. Merrill as clerk
of the board, it being Mr.. Merrilfs inten-
tion to retire. meets with general favor.
Solon A. Richmond is the one chiefly
mentioned to succeed A. W. J. Wilkins
; who has resigned. W. S. Betterley de-
clines to be candidate for selectman.
] W. l.. Sylvester and G. b. Crowell are
, the persons principally talked about in
/ connection with the vacancies on the
4 board of listers
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-03

WASHINGTON, March 3.-Gover-
nors of many states and mayors OF
most of the principal cities gathered in
the east room at the White House to.
day to consider business and labor
problems of the country S transition
from war to peace and to hear Presi-
dent Wilson's views On tile eve of his
departure for France on the importance
Of allaying unrest by resuming normal
activities at once.
President Wilson promised that the
federal government would consider il
self the servant of the states, muniei
palities and counties in solving read
iustment problems and would perform
its duties guided by suggestions of th'
congress.
The President said he hoped the con
ference session would include wild,
range including means of restoring
labor conditions to normal basis a.
soon as possible and effecting such al
location of labor aud industry as rec
concentrations make necessary.
Touching upon the peace conference
the President said the conferecs a
Paris regarded themselves as servant
Of about 7OO,OOO,OOO people OF tn
world and not as their masters. Con
sequeptly the conferences are anxiou
TO keep in close sympathy with tn
peoples they represent, "to find on
how we can best assist in maxim
their lives what they wish them to b
by giving them the opportunity the
ought to have
The President spoke briefly eonfuin
himself largely to welcoming the visit
ors and promising complete federal C
operation. lie explained that the d
mands upon his time during the da
and half he remained in Washingto
made it impossible for him to partie
pate in the conference.
Secretary Of Labor Wilson told Il
conference that the recent strikes
Lawrence, Seattle, Butte and 9th
places were not industrial econom
disputes in their origin, but were I
sults Of deliberate organized attemp
at social and political movement
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-03
MISS PERRY DIES
FOLLOWING SHOCK
Was Dental Assistant in Office of Her
Brother, DR.. w. Buell. Perry
Daughter. of C. A. Perry.

Dorothea Muriel Perry, 10, daueh
ter of Mr.. and Mrs Charles A. Perry
OF 81 Oak Grove avenue, died at $50
O'Clock Sunday afternoon in her home.
following a shock which she sustained
Thursday morning and from which she
did not regain consciousness. Mis-
Perry had been in i'll health five wears.
following severe illness with rherl-
matte fever. She underwent an opera
ton in the Melrose hospital Nov. 90
and since that time had been confined
to her home and under the care of a
nurse
She was born III Limestone, Maine.
May II, 1899, one of three children of
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry, one of whom died
IN infancy. She leaves, besides her pa.
rents, one brother, DIR. w Bnell Perry,
who has a dental office in the Barber
bu'ldinG and for whom she worked as
dental assistant until obliged to give
up work because of i'll health. She
went from Limestone to Portland with
her parents to live. where she attended
school, and from there the family
moved to Boston and she attended the
Girls Latin school Mr. Perry am
family came to Brattleboro from Bos
ton iii November, 1917, and have sine,
made their home here, Mr.. Perry being
in the real estate business with Offices
in the Barber building.
She possessed an unusually pleasing
and happy disposition and was unself
ish to fault. Since coming TO Brat
tleboro she had made many friends.
On account of the condition of Mrs
Perry, who is prostrated at her daugh
ter's death, the funeral arrangement
have not yet been made.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-03
WHAT ENEMY SHOULD PAY.
Peace Conference Committee Said to
Have Set the Figure.

PARIS, MARCH, 3.--The peace
conference committee on reparation
has estimated that 24,000,000,0o0
pounds was the amount which the
cuciny countries ought to pay the
allies and associated powers, accord
ing to u HaYas agency statement to-
day. France. adds the statement,
demands immediate payment by the
enemy of one millions pounds, part
in gold. part in materials and part
in foreign securities, and recon-
inends that the remainder be pay
able in . to 35 years.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-03

10 establish Soviet government in
the United States.
Secretary Wilson said that even dur
ing industrial activity 100000 work
ers are unemployed representing the
turning over of labor. 81 don't believe
every country owes every man a living,
but / do believe every country owes
every man an opportunity to earn Il
living he said
One reason why the return Of troops
has been slowed mp, Secretary of War
Baker explained is that Great Britain
withdrew troopships to carry home
New Zealand, Canadian and Australian
soldiers whc had been in service longer
than Americans which he said was per-
fcctly proper. lie reiterated that by
April 100000 American troops would
be returning monthly Reeiting the ter,
expenditures of money the war seere-
| tary said "the time for the United
States TO do the greatest service tc
mankind is now
| Speaking of the fear Of period OF
mr'oymcpt Secretary of Navy Dan
| ir'' said. = ] am not one of those wht
F, believe there viii be general unemploy
ment The demand of the world TO
what America makes will be so grea
there will bc n Job for every man VII,
wants tc work. He paid this tribute t,
labor: Labor heard the call as trul,
as the men who wore the uniform = II
closed his address by predicting an crt
of prosperity.