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Business Men of j. S.
Protected From. Harsh
Terms of Peace Treaty

property, in so far as the United
States is concerned, has been drafted
with view to affording special pro-
tections to Americans when such pro-
lection was deemed necessity Fol-
lowing is a synopsis of the essential
points in this section as they AFFECT
American interests:
The system of Industrial property
rights as It existed before the war is,
generally speaking, restored. The In
dustrial property rights of allied and
associated powers, which may have
become invalid by reason of the fail
ure to pay annual taxes or to meet
any formal requirements, may be re-
validated.
Failure to work" in Germany and
in the other signatory countries dur
ing the water is waived as case Of
forfeiture of Industrial property
rights.
May ReEIster Trade-Marks.
Americans who were prevented by
the war from patenting their inven-
lions, registering their trademarks,
etc, in Germany or other signatory
countries may now do so.
Measures taken during the war by
hte United States by way of licensing
or liquidating German patents are
recognized as valid and remain effec-
tive
The right Of the United States to
impose conditions on German owned
industrial property, il the future of
the national defense or public interest
should require it is reserved by the
United States and is recognized by
Germany.
The liability Of the United States or
Of those acting for it for infringe
ments incident to the prosecution OF
the war, Is waived by Germany for
itself and for its nationals.
License contract rights and rights
Of Americans to,sue for infringements
committed. during the war by Ger
many or Germans are not surrend-
cred by the treaty.
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ALExANDRIACoUNTY SCHOOL
BOARD ELECTS OFFICERS

CLARENDON. Va, July 1.-THE
school board OF Alexandria county
met here last night and elected these
officers for the coming year: Fletcher
Kemp. chairman: George w. Zachary.
vice chairman, and W. W. Burdette.
secretary.
salary OF Fletcher Kemp, superinten-
dento the schoIs, from 81 500 to
$500 a year.
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caused instant death. The authorities
are of the opinion that the body was
hauled from the Wilson home to the
Pittinger home, placed in a bed on
the second floor, and the bullet then
fired into the body to make it appear
as though the man had committed
suicide.
Returned After Funeral.
It was learned today that despite
the fact that Mrs. Pittinger said she
would never enter the home again,
and that she did not even attend her
husbands funeral, she did go to the
house after the funeral with Mr. and
Mrs. Wilson. At that time Mrs. Pit
finger, assisted by Mrs. Wilson, &C
cording to the latter's admission,
burnt the clothing worn by Pittinger
at the time Of his death, while Wilson
burned the bed and mattresses on
which the body was lying when found
by the authorities. The States at
torney was told today that Mrs. Pit
finger even ordered the undertaken
who buried the body to bury the rife
from which the bullet was fired in
the coffin with the body.
The undertaken, however, refused
to do so. The rife, as we'll as
authorities found near the scene of
the quarrel in the Wilson yard and
which they think was used to kill
Pittinger, will be offered as evidence
at the hearing today.
No BIOOdstaIns Found,
A peculiar thing about the death of
Pittinger, and one that is puzzIing
the authorities, is the fact that no
blood stains were on the bed or on
the ground, either at the Pittinger
or Wilson homes. DR.. Messler said
the blow on the head caused an in
ternal hemorrhage, and that no
blood flowed from the bullet wound
because the man was dead when the
bullet was fired into the body.
1t was also learned today that lead
ing residents of townsville are pre-
pairing to erect a tombstone at the
grave of Pittinger. They are indig-
nant because Pittinger was buried
like a pauper and without religious
services. None except the under
takers employees attended the funeral.
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Tainted From Fright.

Mrs. Pittinger, who at first said her
husband left her following the quarrel
at the Wilson home, explaining he in
tended to go home and blow his heart
out, again denied that story today.
She now says she does not know what
happened following the quarrel, as she
unconscious for two hours afterward.
Mrs. Wilson, at her home, denied that
Mrs. Pittinger was unconscious for
two hours. She said Mrs. Pittinger
was partly unconscious, and that only
for a few seconds.
Mrs. Wilson, when seen, was busy
with her household affairs. but talked
freely of what occurred at her home
around 8 o'clock on the evening Of
June 80, the time which the authori-
ties say Pittinger was killed.
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ALEXANDRIA NEWS
Adiutant General of Virginia
Asks Dr.. 7. B. Cochran to
Form N. G. Unit.

ALEXANDRIA. Va, July 11.-Col.
10 Lane Stern. adjutant general Of
Virginia. has requested Or. Thomas
L. Cochran, a former captain of the
old Alexandria Light Infantry. to I'M
dertake the organization. of a military
company here TO become part of the
National Guard and a meeting will be
called in the near future to take steps
to carry out the adjutant generals
wishes.
John McCort about thirty-hve years
old. glasSblower by trade. was
found dead yesterday in a housebOat
in Little Hunting creek, a short dist
ance north Of Nj. Vernon. 4 coroner's
jury returned a verdict of death from
natural causes. McCort came to this
city about three years ago. Efforts
are being made TO locate his relatives.
Deeds of conveyance were filed for
record Ia the office of the corpora
ton CosLTL- yesterday afternoon as
follow; NJ. and Mrs. Julian T.
Burke 70 John Morris, house and lot
on Cedar street, Rosemont; Gardner
J.. Bootheu. trustee, to Mrs Julian T.
Burke, house and lot on Rosemont
avenue, MOsemUnt; John Lee Dom
nelly TO Oscar j. Henderson. house
and lot 4l6 South Fairfax street;
Henry +. Scott to Thomas H. Harlow,
house and lot at the northwest cor
ner OF Duke and West streets.
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Mrs. PittinEer Frightened

Bertha came TO this house that
evening" said Mrs. Wilson, ''in a
very frightened condition. She said
her husband had threatened to kill
her, and that she had left his house
for good. She went to the field,
MIXED the cows, and was returning
TO the barn with two buckets OF milk
when Pittinger entered the yard. Pit
finger went to her and asked her to
urn. She refused and he picked up
: and was about to strike Bertha
head with il when I stepped
- IN them. 1t was then that my
husband came in. He had been fixing
= threshing machine. Bertha rushed
coward Mr.. Wilson, but as she neared
lin she fell against the side Of the
thresher. At my husbands sugges-
on I led her to a grass plot In the
ar Of the barn, where she fell She
- tainted. She regained conscious
..~ss, however, when I shook her.
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Nothing definite was done at
meeting Of mothers of veterans of
the recent war held last night at the
War Camp Community Service Club
to effect an organization. On occount
OF heavy storm the attendance was
small
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Ordered Oh Place.

Mr. Wilson then ordered Pittinger
a. our place, and Pittinger started
or his home. AS he neared the gate
rc called back TO Bertha that she
s., I'D come home in the morning to
pies the peas, as il would be the
ias chance she would have to do so.
He then remarked that he intended
10 blow his heart out after crawling
through the fence and disappeared
over the hill in the direction Of his
home. My husband did not quarrel
with him, nor were there any blows
struck by the men. Pittinger COM
T1itted suicide"
The officials. however. say they
have sufficient evidence to prove tina:
Pittinger was murdered and that
either Wilson or Mrs. PittinRer
struck him over the head with a
blunt, round instrument DR.. MessIer
said the blow crushed his skull and
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War Savings Stamps pay per cen
interest, compounded quarterly.
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.WITHSLAYING
HUSBANDWAS
WE'D WHEN IS

FREDERICK, No. July 11.-Ap.
parently unconcerned over the seri-
Gus charges against them, Mrs.
Bertha Pittinger, who married when
she was thirteen, and Arthur Will
son, her neighbor, who will be given
hearings today before Justice Alban
M. Wood in the court house here on
the charge Of killing John H. Pit
finger, husband of Mrs. Pittinger,
ate hearty suppers in their cellrooms
In the local Jail last night and then
retired early.
The hearings today are expected
to be attended by practically every
resident of townsville, where the sc-
cused reside, and Liberty.
Mrs. Wilson Arrested.
Mrs. Wilson, wife of the man ac-
cused, was placed under arrest yes
terday morning by States Attorney
Aaron r. Anders and Sheriff Kipp and
charged with being an accomplice to
the crime. She was not locked in Jail
SSNoooC OL NuO 4dCL NudL ACL lOuA
small children are i'll and need her
attention. She will be present ard
testify at the hearing today. Resi-
dents Of townsville, discussing the
case. especially members of the Dunk
ard Church, Of which the Wilson's are
members, said they are firmly con-
WINGED Pittinger was murdered and
say they want the guilty punished.
They are convinced he did not commit
suicide.
DR.. John H. Messler, who performed
the autopsy and who will be the prin-
oipal witness at the hearing today,
said that from the condition of Pit
fingers heart when he examined the
body he is positive the bullet wound
in the abdomen was put there after
Pittinger was dead He said, judging
by the upward course of the bullet
through the heart and lungs. IL was
physically impossible for Pittinger to
have fired the bullet himself into his
abdomen. AS there were no powder
marks on the body of the dead man
when he examined it, he said he is of
the opinion that the person who fired
the shot into the body stood several
feet away.
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Argument Too Late.

This argument was too late, de-
clared Congressman Currie (Rep.,
Mich.), adding there was no danger Of
conflict between the Federal and State
governments.
An attack on the definition OF in
toxicating liquors was made by Con-
gresham Newton (Rep., Mo-. who
asserted Congress never intended. in
voting for the Constitutional amend
ment. to prohibit non-intoxicants.
IF Congress had intended to in
clude light wines and beers and be
fair with the public, why did It not
name them and give the American
people a chance to know what Con-
gress was about to do? This Con-
Gress has no right to do anything ex-
cept what the Constitution allows. If
we have the right to reach out and
take wine and beer away from the
homes, then the next Congress has
just as much right to say per cent
alcohol in beverages is not intoXicat-
ing"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-15
LUNG LAID BARE
BY SHODDY PICKER
Accident to Polish Workman in Spring
field, VT, Likely to Result Fa-
tally in Few Hours.
Especial to The Reformer.)
SPRINGFIELD. Vt. Nov. |,

L..
Stanislaw Boulai, Polish resident en-
ployed in the shoddy mill of the j. T.
Slack corporation, was mutilated in an
accident i'll the mill about midnight last
night, receiving injuries from which it
is believed he will die within few
hours
His left arm was caught in a mixing
picker and was crushed to the shoulder,
and his left side was torn so that the
lung was exposed He was taken at once
to the hospital, He is young man and
is not married.
When the machine is in operation it
is covered and protected 1t is supposed
that some of the stock in the picker be-
came stuck and that Mr.. Boulai lifted
the cover without stopping the machine
and attempted to remedy the trouble
In that way it would be easy for the
rapidly revolving teeth to catch in his
sleeve and draw his arm into the ma
chine.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-15
TO ADDRESS CLUB
ON WOMAN'S DRESS
Miss Grace w. Ripley of Boston to
Speak to Brattleboro Woman s
Club Wednesday Afternoon.

Members of the Brattleboro Wom-
an s club viii be entertained and in
structed by Miss Grace W. Ripley of
Boston at the next regular meeting of
the club Wednesday afternoon, Nov
10, at $50 clock in Odd Eel
lows temple. Miss Ripley comes
from the Studio of Costume Design,
which is shop where original people
are making original dresses for women
of personality.
Her subject will be The Grotesque
and Beautiful in Woman IS Dress. illus
trating all that is best in dress, in col
or line, texture and decoration, by liv-
ing models and quaint silhouettes. The
practical value of home dyeing and
decoration also will be discussed.
Miss Ripley has lectured for the art
department of the Massachusetts State
Federation of Women S clubs, as we'll
as for individual clubs in Massachu-
setts and New York. An extract from
a Brockton, Mass, paper says: s'Her
talk proved to be one of the most de-
fghtful events of the club year, given
with friendliness, naturalness and
charm"
Members who do not attend this
meeting will miss an exceedingly inter
esting afternoon
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-15
ENJO|NS LAWYERS
IN CHANCERY CASE
Liveryman White Ayers IL
legal Taking of His
Property
FEARS 1T WILL
BE MUTILATED
Says Carriage Coupling Was Taken
from Johnson's Wheelwright Shop
After MIR. johnson Had Refused to
Sell it to Attorney.

As a result of the suit for $4,000 re-
Gently brought by Mrs. Margaret Hough-
ton against Liveryman George B. White
because of injuries in an accident In
which ore of Mr.. Whites teams was in
voved, Mr. White through Attorney A.
#. Schwenk has brought bill in chan
Gerry against Mrs. Houghton, against her
attorneys, H. G. Barber, Frank f. Bar
Der and C. AIenzies Miller, and against
Sheriff Frank L. Welman to recover the
carriage and parts thereof. He asserts
that the carriage and parts were illegal
" taken and are illegally detained, and
he wants them to use in the preparation
of his defense in the damage suit.
Judge Stanley G.. Wilson has issued
temporary injunction restraining the de-
PENDANTS from putting any part of the
property out of the jurisdiction of the
Wndham county court and from mutilat-
ing or changing any of 1t. a hearing will
be held in Newfane next week on the
question of making the injunction perma
nent
The accident happened june 10 of this
year and the buggy was taken to the
wheelwright shop of Eugene c. johnson
for repairs. Mr. White AYERS that on
June 20 Frank f. Barber of counsel for
Mrs Houghton asked permission of Nh.
White to take one of the shaft couplings
which was said to be largely responsible
for the accident together with the shafts
and wagon for the pretended purpose OF
having them safely kept but that consent
was not given. He says that Mr.. Barber
then went to Mr.. Johnson's shop and
asked Mr.. johnson to sell him the broken
coupling and offered in payment 81. He
SAYS Mr.. johnson refused to sell the
coupling as it belonged to Mr.. White, but
showed him a new coupling of the same
make which he offered to sell for so cents
The old coupling, Mr.. White alleges
stood on Mr.. Johnson's work bench anc
he says that Mr.. Barber wilfully anc
wrongfully took it from the bench and
carried it away He says that also OF
June 90 Sheriff Wellman, without author
: ity or legal process and without Mr.
Whites knowledge or consent went t
the shop and took away forclbly the wag
on and all parts except those which Mr.
Barber had taken secretly, and has hlddei
: and detained them.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-15
POSTAL EMPLOYEES
GET INCREASED PAY
First Payment, Amounting to S1,1oo,
Distributed in Local Office Today
Above Usual Amount.

All postal employees, with the excep-
tion of postmasters of the first and
second class, will receive today the first
payment under the postal salary in
crease bin recently passed by congress.
This bill became effective Nov. s, and
as the salary increases contained there
in are retroactive to July l, 1919. the
result will be that this pay day viii
help substantially in the purchase of
Thanksgiving turkey and ixings for
the employees of the department. Post
master Moran today viii pay out to the
local postoffice force on account of in
creases and back pay ordered by this
bill approximately $l,l00 in excess OF
the regular semi-monthiy pay roll.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-15
D'ANNUZIO AFTER
MORE TERRITORY
Has Left Fiume to Capture More Dal-
nation Coast Cities-Has
800 Troops.

PARIS, Nov. 15-Gabriele d'Annunzio,
the insurgent Italian commander OF
Fiume is engaged in another effort along
the Dalmatian coast, according to advices
reaching the peace conference here. lie
sailed from Fiume on the Italian torpedo
boat Vallo accompanied by steamer car
rying 300 troops, the report states. Dan
nuzio was said to have been followed by
an Italian warship which was merely OBJ
serving his movements.
The debarkation point on the Dalmatiar
coast is not known, but it is thought like
~ here that cara had been selected. The
advices to the American peace delegation
were from Vice Consul O'Hara at Trieste
He forwarded the report there that D'An
nunzio had left Fiume on the Vallo anc
had effected landing on the Dalmatiar
eoastline
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-15
Remarks by Jurymen Basis
for Motion i'm Action
for Assault
THREE DIVORCE
DEGREES ENTERED
Judgment for Plaintiff in Suit for
$4,000 Against Sherman Carbide
co.-Term of County Court to Be
Completed Next Week.

A recess was taken by Windham
court this morning until $50 O'Clock
Monday afternoon, and Judge Stanley
C. Wilson left for his home in Chelsea.
1t is expected that the term will be
finished next week
DEGREES were entered in the three
divorce cases tried this week and d.
vorces were granted as follows: Louis
Allen of Brattleboro from Edith F.
Allen; Amy w. Richmond of Brattle-
boro from Abbott B. Richmond; Harry
]. Crawford of Wilmington from Cora
B. Crawford.
Because of remarks made by Jurors
/ G. NJ. Doane of Jamaica and Henry J.
Allen of Brattleboro in the trial of
! case short time ago, Attorney Thorn
as f. O 'Brien of Bellows Falls argued
a motion in court yesterday afternoon
to set aside the verdict in the case of
Mrs. Stephano Konesko of Bellows
Falls against Anthony and Constan-
tus Augustonowicz of the same place.
| The court overruled the motion and an
| exception was taken on which to base
an appeal TO the supreme court The
| plaintiff sued for assault and was re-
warded 81 100. While Attorney O'Brien
was arguing for the defendants at the
| trial Juror Doane asked him to address
| his remarks to some other juror; also
| when the lawyer referred to certain
| evidence Juror Allen announced that
there was no such evidence in the case.
Attorney O'Brien argued yesterday
that the two jurors were biased and
preiudiced, and that no matter what
the charge might be their minds were
! made up and that it was against pub
lie policy and a travesty on public JUS
tice to let the verdict stand under the
| circumstances Attorney W A. Gra-
ham of Bellows Falls in behalf of the
plaintiff argued that if Mr.. O'Brien
desired to take advantage of the re-
marks of the jurors it was his duty
to have done so at the time the remarks
were made. Having waited until after
an adverse verdict was rendered he
acted too late for the motion to avail
him anything, Attorney Graham ar
gued
The court set the case of Ralph Pei
tier of Brattleboro against his wife,
Mrs. Grace Peltier, for hearing next
/ Tuesday. In this case the plaintiff
seeks an annulment of marriage on the
ground that the marriage was brought
, about through fraud and deceit on the
!, | part of the defendant.
Mrs. Peltier has a divorce petition
pending, but it is understood that the
annulment suit will be heard first. H
G. Barber of Barber, Barber & Miller
is counsel for Mr.. Peltier and Chase
Hughes are counsel for Mrs. Peltier.
Judgment for the plaintiff, practi
cally by agreement, was entered yester-
day in the case of the International Nj
trogen Co. against the Sherman Car
bide Co. of Sherman, in the town OF
| Nottingham, the county clerk to assess
damages Attorney H. E. Whitney OF
$ Harvey, Maurice, Whitney 6 Fits ap
4 peared for the plaintiff and Attorney
s n. d. Clawson for the defendant. TIL,
plaintiff S specifications amount t.
Continued on Page 81
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Was Founder of Boston
Symphony Orchestra and
Head of Big Firm
VICTIM OF OPERATION
AT BOSTON HOSPITAL
Had Been in Poor Health for Some
Months-Was 85 Years Old and
Widely Known Among Musical Or
ganizations.

BOSTON, Nov l5.-The death of Mai
Henry L. Higginson, banker and founder
of the Boston Symphony orchestra, was
announced today. Major Higginson died
at the Massachusetts, General hospital last
night following an operation performed
during the afternoon. He had been at
the hospital but a few hours. Had he
lived until next Tuesday Major Higglnson
would have been 85 years of age. Death
was due to recurrence of an old trouble
for which he was under treatment last
winter
Although head of the firm of Lee, Hig-
ginson & Co., bankers, Major Higginson
was probably most widely known through
his association with the Symphony or
chestra and other musical organizations.
Major Higginson was taken to the hospi-
tai yesterday afternoon and was operat-
ed upon shortly after During the early
evening his condition became worse and
death occurred about $50 He had been
in poor health for some time, never having
fully recovered his strength after his pre-
vious illness. Funeral services will be
held in Appleton chapel at Harvard on
Monday at noon Recitations and lee
lures in all departments will be suspended
from y to / o clock on that day
Two years ago after the arrest Of DIR
Karl Muck, the conductor, as an alieT
enemy, Major Higginson relinquished ac-
tive direction of 4the symphony orehestra
!. which he had founded in 1881
Mr.. Higginson was born in New York
city, Nov. Is, 1884, but spent most of hi
| life in Boston. He studied at Harvard
| but left before completing his course to
enter counting house, In 1886 he Wen
to Vienna, where he studied music for (
year. He served for three years in TIN
! Civil war. was several times wounded AM
was discharged for disability in 1864, will
! the rank of major and brevet heutenan
colonel. Returning to Boston, he entered
| the banking business and for many year
| headed the firm of Lee, Higginson 4 &c
In 1890 Major Higginson presented t
! Harvard, as a memorial to Harvard me
who were killed in the war, Soldiers
Field, the athletic grounds on a part G
which the Harvard Stadium now stands
Nine years later he made gift of $50
600 to the university for the erection {
the Harvard Union Since 1893 he ha
been member of the Harvard Corpor
ton and became well known to the ST
dents through his frequent addresses
them. He was awarded the degree c
Master of Arts by Harvard and that
Doctor of Laws by Yale