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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-17
No. VaaIED But
IS GETTING WELL
Corp. Glenn w. Bassett of
Wilmington Has Gun
shot Wound.
HAS OPERATION.
|. IN BASE HOSPITAL
Official Notice from War Department
and Letter Written by Soldier in Bed
Next to Corporal Bassett Received
This Week.

News from France this week has
brought much JOY to the family OF AIr
and Mrs. W. y Bassett of Wilmington,
they being officially informed that their
son, Corporal Glenn w Basseit, instead
Of being killed in action as previously
officially reported, is severely wounded
The war department telegram is con
frmed by letter written for Corporal
Bassett in the United States army base
hospital No. 81 at Mesves Beley, Franco,
Dec 10
Corporal Bassett is in Company g, I0d
infantry On Dec. his parents received
. telegram from the war department that
he was killed in action Nov. TO- On Dec.
II Mr. and Mrs. Bassett received letter
written for him Nov. 20. 10 days after
he was reported killed, in which 1t was
stated that he was in base hospital
slightly wounded but that he expected to
| be all right soon
1t now appears that he sustained gun
shot wound in the wrist and recently un-
derwent an operation, the exact nature
, of which is not stated In his letter writ
ten Dec 10 and just received he says:
Dear Mother
! am still in the same hospital and am
getting along good, and expect to be up
and around in few days.
1 | had a gunshot wound in the right
wrist, which was getting along fine up
until Thanksgiving morning, when pain
set in, then in couple of weeks following
/ they operated on my. wrist. and from
now on | viii have no further trouble
/ 4 friend in the bed next to me is writ
| ing this for me.
/ | cannot think of much more to write
ut this time, hoping this letter finds you
all well, expecting to hear from you soon.
/ l will close with lots Of love and best
wishes to all. From your loving son.
/ GLENN.
/ Corporal Bassett was born in Whining
/ ton Nov Is. 1888 He worked for the
Deerficld Lumber corporation at Noun
| tain Mills and later was lumber checker
/ for Martin A. Brown In Maine. New
/ Hampshire and Vermont. While in Mid
nesex he joined Company II, LIST Vermont
/ regiment, June ). 1917, and went with
fhe regiment to Westtield. Mass. being
/ transferred there TO the l03d regiment
His father IS night watchman for the
/ Ludington Woodenware Co. in Whining
ton and his mother has charge OF the
central telephone Office in that town.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-17
FIVE MISSING IN
WRECkAGE OF TANK
Powerful Searchlights Used ta Search
for Men Believed to be Victims of
Molasses Tank Disaster.

BOSTON, Jan. 17.--Search for five
men reported missing and believed to
have leen killed by the breaking of a
100000 gallon storage tank of mo-
lasses Wednesday on Commercial street
in the north end was continued last
night with the aid of powerful search
lights Streams from hydrants and
from a ire-boat were poured into the
sticky masses of wreekage to assist in
clearing it away. A careful survey of
ruins resulted in an increase Of the
estimate of financial losses. Today il
was announced the property damage
would probably exceed s1,000,000.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-17
PREMIER SILENT ON PEACE.
Clcmenceau Tells Chamber He Cannot
Embarrass Conference.

PARIS, Jan. l7.-When asked in the
chamber OF deputies Yesterday what day
the government could discuss interpella-
tions on the peace conference. Premier
Clemenceau replied that the objects OF
the conference already had occupied five
OF six sittings and the government could
not discuss them anew.
Il refused to attend an afternoon meet
ing Of the conference in order to be here,
he added. "The conference continues ITS
work in the spirit OF the aincerest concill
alton. The right to intcrpellate cannot
nc suspended during the conference, but
it. ough. not 10 cmbarrass the conference.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-17
$500 MILE FLIGHT PLANNED.
London to Cape Town Trip British Air
Ministry Project.

LONDON, Jan. l7.--The Air Minis
try is organizing flight in the near
future from London TO Capetown.
journey of $500 miles. by airplane and
of $500 miles if hydro-airplanes are
utilized, according to the Daily Chron-
ielc.
Already most of the preliminaries
have been worked out and parties of
surveyors are in Africa locating like
~ places at which TO erect necessary
stations for overhauling and repair at
which supplies can be taken aboard.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-17
FIRE CAUSED BY
BOTTLE OF ETHER
Blaze in Massachusetts, State House To-
day Extinguished Before Much
Damage is Done.

BOSTON, Jan. IA fve.gallon
bottle of ether, dropped on the floor
accidentally, resulted in fire today in
the food and drug laboratory on the
fifth floor of the state house. The
flames spread quickly about the room
and one employe was so badly burned
that he was sent TO a hospital. Other
employees extinguished the flames be-
fore much damage had been done. The
fire is supposed TO have been due to the
ether coming in contact with test
lamp.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-17
wILsc.I THANKS DANISH DIET.
Members Stand While Leader Reads
Message.

COPENHAGEN, Jan Is delayed -
The president of the Danish Rigsdag,
or Diet, with all the members stand
ing, today read the following reply to
a telegram from the Rigsdag received
from President Wilson:
~ am deeply grateful for the beau.
tiful telegram addressed to me by the
Danish Rigsdag and I beg you to ex-
press to the members of 10th houses
my great delight and appreciation of
the confidence placed in me. -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-17
SUSPEND COAL RULES.
Fuel Administration Drops All But
Those on Pennsylvania Anthracite.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-Zone
and private regulations OH coke and
all coal except Pennsylvania anthra-
cite were suspended by the fuel ad-
ministration today effective Feb. l.
Suspension of the price regulations
includes provisions touching pur-
chasing agents, commissions and
Wholesale and retail margins. Notice
is given that the suspension is sub
jeet to reinstatement if price, wage,
labor, production or other conditions
arise that require it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-17
LIEBKNECHT SHOT
TRYING TO ESCAPE
His Chief Lieutenant, Rosa Luxemburg,
Also Killed After Being
Beaten Insensible.

BERLIN, Jan. II (Associated Press
DIR. Karl Liehknecht was shot and
killed while trying to escape as he was
being taken to prison. Rosa Luxem-
burg, DR.. Liebkneeht 3 chief lieuten-
ant, was shot dead after being beaten
into uneonsciousness by a crowd at
Berlin. The government announced
that punishment would be meted out
if it appeared that the custodians of
either victim had neglected their duty
or had any part in the ragedy-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-17
BRATIIEBORo JANUARY II,
PLAN BIG PROTEST.
Germans Of Bourgeois Party Anx-
ious to Swat Bolshevism.

BERLIN, Jan. II tAssociated
Press With the elections of the
national assembly planned for next
Sunday the Bourgeois. party are
bending every effort to rally both
male and female voters in q gigan-
tie protest against Bolshevism.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-17
MANY CANADIANS HOME.
Nearly 5000 Landed at Halifax To
day from Olympic.

HALIFAX, \. s., Jan. 1.-THE White
Star liner Olympic arrived today from
Southampton with nearly G.000 Canadian
troops. Many Of them were members OF
air service units who had come almost
direct from France. The work of disen-
barSation was started at once. outside
the Halifax districts to their homes in
various parts OF Canada. The city gave
the returning troops a rousing welcome
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-17
GERMANY SIGNS
ARMISTICE TERMS
Protests Against Terms, but Accepts
Extension as Outlined by
General Foch.

AMSTERDAM, Jan. 1.-THE armis-
ticc between the allies and Germany
has been extended, an agreement being
signed hy Matthias Erzberger, German
armistico commissioner, at Treves late
Wednesday according to a Berlin
despatch received here.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-17
CHIEFS IN AGREEMENT
Paderewski Comes to Terms With Mil
itary Dictator.

PARIS, Thursday, Jan 16.--Ignace
Jan Paderewslki, the Polish leader, and
Gen. Joseph Plsndsli, the military die
tator of Poland have reached an agree
nient, according to the Polish national
committee.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-17

BASEL, Thursday, Jan. 16.-Pro-
tests against the conditions imposed
upon Germany by the allies in extend
ing the armisticc were made by Ma
thias Erzbcrger to Marshal Foch Err
berger is reported to have asked when
the blockade of Germany would be
lifted, when German prisoners would
he released and when the preliminary
treaty of peace would be signed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-17
HAS SUSPENDED GUARANTEES.
Spanish Government Makes Announce
ment Affecting Barcelona Province.

LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE Spanish
government has published decree
suspending constitutional guarantees
in the province of Barcelona accord
ing to a wireless despatch from Madrid.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-17
STRUCK FLOATING MINE
French Steamer Sank in Messina
Strait-5O0 Drowned.

ROME, JAN 1.-THE French steam
er Chaproi has struck floating mine
in the Strait of Messina, sinking in a
few minutes. Five hundred passengers
mostly Greeks, Serbians and Russians
were drowned. Another steamer saved
$50
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-17
Red Mems Han

Friday, Jan. II, s p.m-Special meet
ing Of Qnonekticlt tribe, No. ?, I. 0. r.
NJ. Adoption degree.
Dance viii be held every Saturday
night, commencing November %.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-17
UnNersalst and Unitarian Churches
Services in Universalist Church.
Sunday. Jan. 10.

Sunday, Jan. 10.
1880 a. m.-Divine worship with SER
mon by Rev d. E. Trout Sub
iect, The Authority for Belief.
li45 a. m.--Union Sunday school ses-
sion. There will be the annual
reports and the installation of
the officers of the Universahst
Sunday school.
40 D. ny. ?. c. Z. service in
charge Of Miss Nora Jaqneth.
Tonic, The Power of Faith.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-17
Centre Congregational Church lli

Tonight at 7.30 o'clock Regular mid
week meeting in the chapel.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-17
First Baptist Church

Friday. Jan. II. 4 o'clock --.Tunior Chris
tian Endeayor Topic, Story OF the Phil
ippine islands
Friday. Jan. Il. 7.S0-Ptaysr meeting.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-17

It's better to have loved and LOST than
TO marry and be bossed
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-17
THE WEATHER.
Cloudy and Warm, Probably Rain
Tomorrow

WASHINGTON, Jan. I7.-The
weather forecast: Cloudy, probably
rain or snow tonight and Saturday
Warmer in northern and eastern Maine
tonight. Fresh south. winds
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-17

A critic is blind only to his own short.
comings.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-12-25
TO MAKE MAPS FROM AIR

chimes will be employed for carrying
valuable freight, mails and passengers.
There are immense rivers in French
Guiana, which, because of the presence
of many rapids, are now only navi-
gable in canoes, which take weeks to
transport freight over distances which
the hydro-airplanes can cover in as
many hours, with always large
stretches of smooth water offering Il
suitable surface for landing and take
offs"
The freight charges are said to be
high, and the traffic is expected to con-
sist mainly of gold. balato and essence
of rosewood, which are the principal
exports of the colony. The passenger
business is not expected to be heavy.
These hydro-airplanes will also be
used for prospecting the forests for
balato trees, which grow in groups
so that the foliage can, it is said. be
readily distinguished by aviatOrs flying
low over the tops Of the forest trees.
In the past the curing of fresh
sources Of balato has been u work Of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-12-25
LLTMUS PAPERS
TO TEST DEATH

as test for death by French physi-
clan, Doctor Delagree, who proposed
in cases where death was doubtful to
introduce litmuS paper into small in
cisions in the muscular mass. But this
method is likely to be repugnant to the
family of the subject-an objection
which Doctor Icard has overcome in
his experiments.
Litmus Paper Test.
The latter practitioner has made use
of very simple method for procuring
a few drops of Serious matter from
the tissues without mutilating
the body. He attaches a small pair of
forceps to a fold Of skin and clamps
them in place, leaving them In position
for five or six minutes. At the end of
this time the forceps are removed and
in the depressions on each side Of the
"pleat" of flesh made by the combining
instrument are seen to ooze several
drops of serum. The blue litmus is
placed in contact with this fluid, and
If it turns red there is no doubt that
the patient no longer lives, for the acid
test Is established. Sometimes it is
necessary to wait as long as ten min
utes for the change from blue to red
to take place, but once apparent it is
indisputable. 1t must be remembered
that this test is useless before the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-12-25

strong protest, Il haven'l the nerve to
face your father with my present bank
account. Just give me a couple Of
months, though, and oh boy but I'll
make some killing! Then we can be
married"
A charming blush suffused the face
of the girl. To cover it she asked what
he meant by "a killing"
why, everlastingly watching my
rivals in business, catching them nap
ping and swooping down upon them
l1ke-like that klngfsher chap over
there-and coming home with the
spoils." As he spoke, prompted by an
instinct he didn't stop to analyze, one
hand gently detached itself from the
hand Of the girl and sought his watch.
With a start an arm was withdrawn
from slender waist and with MIN
bic movement the prince was on his
feet.
But why need you go so soon?" the
girl objected.
breakfast, darlingl And l forgot
to tell you! got out at four this
morning and caught some snapper
blues for you. That's what made me
little late here. Gosh, it was great;
getting up at that hour and killing
meat for my mate like regular prim-
tive cave mani"
The girl gazed up at the glowing
countenance of y prince and many
things ran through her mind in the
second that she hesitated. He had
felt need for food, with his arm
around her! He had killed innocent
living creatures, even as the kingfsher
had, and the marsh hen-but not,
thank goodness, not like the crab
And he had killed them for her-be-
cause he loved herl
After all, what did it matter? There
were many things she didn't under
stand, and nothing mattered but that
"He loved her" The girl sprang UP
with a happy smile.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-12-25
French Scientist Discovers Meth
cd to Prove if Life Is
Extinct.
REClUsES BURIAL Alive
TEST Is Physico-Chemical and Has to
Do With AIkalinity of the Body in
Life-Litnnus Paper Applied to
Serum Taken From Body.

Paris.-The fear Of being buried
RAye is perhaps an elemental fear
me of the horrors that have haunted
mankind through the ages. Not only
SAe simple and ignorant have suffered
because of 1t but wise men as well,
aed some of our most gifted writer's
have employed the theme of suspended
ksanation for the basis of weird and
terrible tales and of poems Of Dan
lsesque horror.
There has been some speculation
xmOnG medical men during the war
sast over as to the possibility of a
consider, Die number of ante-mortem
t1rialS of soldiers who received their
last attentions in villages where the
facilities for caring for desperately
wounded men were of the most primi-
ave And.
precedents at Hand.
Occasionally a newspaper carries a
story of a victim of catalepsy or hys-
seTia undergoing a narrow escape from
premature burial, and recently an
English daily told of nurse who was
G0und in a forest between Berlin and
ROtsdam, apparently dead from an
nSerdose of verOnal, and who was
paced in a coffin ready for burial.
snst before closing the coffin the I'M
s2eftAker discovered to his horror that
Der heart was beating and removed
Der ut once to a hospital, where she
was given electrical treatment, under
which she finally opened her eyes and
uttered a few incoherent words. Such
authenticated incidents cause the
yeAder to ask if there is not some in
eAllible test of death known to the
medical profession.
In the Review of Comparative
Pathology DIR. SEVERN Icard of Mar
seilles gives the results of his investi-
cations in progress during a long
period into this subject. His test is
HAysico-chemic and has to do with
&Ae alkalinity of the body in life. In
oaher words, as long as life is present
I'm the human organism the fluids with
sc exception of the urine, the gastric
aRices and the sweat are alkaline. On
ahe other hand, the tissues after death
ere acid.
For a short period after death the
eSssues are both alkaline and acid, and
Ehe litmus paper test shows both blue
and red. But seven or eight hours af-
ter death is supposed to have taken
place the test is positive; if life Is ex-
tinet the acid test is unmistakable and
the blue paper becomes a deep wine
red
This passage from alkalinity to acid
fHy is found in all the animal series,
sEnd as far back as 1870 1t was urged
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-12-25
Finnish Women Take Up All
Kinds of Employment.
Even Serve as Porters on Sleeping
Cars-Do Office and Manual
Work.

Helsingfors.-An astonishing sight
for the stranger in Finland is the num-
Der of women engaged in almost every
field of employment In England dur
ing the war one became accustomed
to the sight of women performing var
ious kinds OF work in which previous
ly only men were engaged. But In
Finland the visitor gets the impress
sion that the women are doing every
thing.
Not only are they at heavy manual
work in fields and factories but they
have become skilled as mechanics and
have invaded business offices to an ex-
tent that is probably undreamed of in
any other country.
In banks the proportion of women
employees to men appears to be about
ten to one. In the biggest financial
institutions in Helsingfors women hold
positions involving great responsible
ty and calling for exceptional ability.
At the Finnish foreign office the AS
ISOLATED Press correspondent noticed
that women were holding offices that
would be entirely beyond the aspira-
tons of their sisters in the state de-
partment at Washington or the Brit
ish foreign office.
This change has come about almost
overnight. Finland's man power has
been greatly depleted, and large part
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-12-25

lapse of six hours, as acidity does not
thoroughly establish itself In q dead
body under this time.
II is interesting to recall in connec-
ton with Doctor Icard's test that one
of the tests commonly employed under
such circumstances has long been that
of grasping a fold of flesh with the
forceps and retaining it there for sew.
eral moments. In the case Of living
body the "pleat" gradually returns to
normal, but when life is extinct the
compression of the flesh persists. Doc
tor Icard's test (Which has been
adopted in the Marseilles hospitals)
has double value in that it includes
the physical test Of the compression Of
the skin and the chemical test which
establishes state of acidity, thus
making assurance doubly sure" and
removing from the realm of chance
the establishment of death In cases
where doubt exists.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-12-25
BROUGHT Joy TO ROOSEVELT
Companion Tells of coIonePs Joy in
Unlooked-For Discovery in the
Bird World.

Roosevelt.s intense eagerness over
any new discovery in the bird world
is Interestingly described by John NJ.
Parker who once entertained the col
onel on camping trip along the Gulf
coast of Mississippi and Louisiana
One day they discovered one of those
queer birds known as the bull bat, and
the colonel was greatly excited about
it. Here is the way that Mr.. Parker
describes the incident:
zone day my sons were running
around on little island, and presently
began waving for US to come over.
We Immediately answered. When we
got close to them we saw them point
ing to a bird on the ground, blended
so well with oyster shells and debris
that it was almost invisible unless you
watched closely. They motioned to
the colonel to step up to the bird, and
as he did so it flew off the nest, flut-
tering along the way as a great many
birds do, Stimulating being badly
wounded or crippled in order to lead
us away from its nest. II was bull
bat, or night hawk, and as the col
onel glanced at the nest he remarked:
BY iove, this bird is Matching now
Herbert X Job, the nearest and
possibly the most famous bird pho
tographer in the world, came in an.
swer TO our call and fixed up his old
green shade from under which he
made some wonderful pictures both
of the bird returning TO the nest, and
then how he scared her off the nest
He made pictures of the two little bull
bats breaking the shell of the egg, and
to see the eggs divide was wonderful.
ly interesting. Mr.. Job photographed
them with patience and with total
disregard of mosquitoes.
THE evening we returned to Pass
Christian the colonel went around my
yard with a great deal of interest, and
announced that he had found nests OF
81 varieties of birds. One in partic
ular interested him very much-the
crested fly catcher. l told him that
the bird had nested there since l ha6
had the place, and that only few
days before had raised an entire brood
Of young ones, which were now flyinG
around the yard. He Immediately ask
ed me whether I had ever Investigated
the nest carefully myself. l told him
no and asked why. He stated that he
had never found a single nest of u
crested fly catcher that did not have
In 1t a shed skin Of snake. and said
that he would like very much to see
whether this nest way down on the
Gulf of Mexico could be an exception
We got a ladder and I took the nest
out. Instead of having one skin in 1t,
there were two, to his very great de
light and joy."-Tu1sa World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-12-25
Explorers on FIoe for Five Months.

Scientific data of considerable value
were obtained by a party of Is men
after spending about five months on a
drifting ice foe in the Arctic ocean,
according to Popular Mechanics Maya.
zine. Special attention was gwen to
the currents in Beaufort sea, that part
of the ocean which stretches north of
Alaska and Canada as far as Banks
Land, and numerous soundings were
made in the cold water. The foe on
which the strange voyage was made
was seven miles wide and fifteen long.
Many seals, polar bears, ducks and
land birds made their homes on the
floating block Of ice.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-12-25
GAVE A BOOK; GOT A HUSBAND
New York Girl Evidently Was AS
Sweet as Poetry Volume
She Donated.

New York.-When the Books for
Soldiers" campaign was at its height
early last year, Miss Hazel Bell Gil.
bert of Sheepshead Bay, daughter
Of Detective Sergeant George p Gil,
bert of the bomb squad, turned in q
volume of poems.
The book, with her name on the fly.
leaf, found its way to a rest station
behind the firing lines, and there fell
into the hands of Lieut.. william J,
Edwards of the marine corps, who
wrote her a letter asking her If she
were as sweet as the verses.
When he came home he called, and
apparently found her so, for they
were married the other day at the
Gravesend Reformed church. After q
honeymoon in Bermuda, Lieutenant
Edwards and his bride will live in
Washington.