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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-11
WOMEN'S WORK FOR G. A. R.
Annual Address Of the President of the
Women's Relief Corps at Columbus.

COLUMBUS, o., Sept. 1.-THE 37th
national convention of the Woman's Re-
let corps, &. A. r., opened yesterday af.
tefhoon. Greetings were received from al
lied organizations, and a memorial service
.or deceased members was conducted.
The principal feature of the session was
the address OF the national president, Mrs.
Eliza Brown Daggett, which was in part
DIS follows:
Our love and reverence for the Grand
Army of the Republic knows no bounds,
and as an organization of loyal women,
we count 1t a rare honor to have tie priv
llege OF working with and for the G. A..
X. as Its auxiliary We should redouble
our efforts to make their remaining DAYS
comfortable, and to express our regard in
tangible form. | recommend that 81 600
be presented to the Grand Army Of the
Republic, to be used by them as in their
judgment 1t seems best
1t was also recommended that 800 be
given to the Army Nurse association,
whose members were volunteer nurses in
the Civil war.
The Win the War fund is the largest
sum of money the Woman's Relief corps
has ever attempted to raise said the
speaker. The appeal was made for aid in
winning the war, but a return to peace
conditions came III two months after the
convention, bringing uncertainty to some
OF our members in regard to the fund.
Nearly $1,000 has been contributed. and
recommend that the name be changed
to Victory fund, and that this fund be
left open indefinitely for contributions,
that it be held in trust for the use of the
army and navy OF all wars who are in
need, with three trustees elected BY this
convention
The report of the national secretary,
Mrs. Abbie Lynch, gave the following:
Number of departments, SO; number of
corps, 2530; number of members. 1926;
amount expended for relief, Memorial day.
Southern Memorial Fund and Army Nurs-
es during the year, sll4, 4999l; total
amount expended for these objects since
organization, $500, 1875 The gain in
membership was S,642, and the loss by
death 1857 members Through the efforts
of members Liberty bonds to the amount
of ~, 076, 03S.60 were sold.
The treasurer, Mrs. Estella +. Plopper,
reported the total receipts for the year
sB,279.8l and the total expenditures $685.
o6e66. The total assets are s34, 66474 and
there are no liabilities.
Mrs. Emma f. Ewing Grinnell, national
patriotic instructor, reported that 1878
flags were given to public buildings lodg-
es, and institutions, $40 given to Sunday
schools and churches, and 1,29S given to
schoolroohs Fifty-fve thousand two hun
dred and eleven dollars and eighty cents
was expended by corps for patriotic work
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-11
BOSTON POLICE STRIKE.
Continued from Page H.

up group of IS participants in dice
games on Boston COMMON Bavers war
shot through the neck A party of men
were gambling on the spot on the com
mon where religious services are held
on Sundays when state guards rounded
them up. The gamblers were told to
throw up their hands. Bayers turned
and fled and was promptly shot. The
others were marched past the state
house to the city prison
Leo Emery, a member of the state
guard on duty in the Roxbury section
was beaten by crowd of toughs and
removed unconscious to hospital with
fractured skull.
The hospitals treated many cases of
broken legs, while a far greater num-
Der nursed their wounds in private in
preference to appearing at the hospitals.
During the day there were isolated
outbreaks of violence and the touchs
lost no opportunity to set upon lone
soldier or loyal policeman, but those
who were brave in numbers skunk TO
cover when confronted by any consider
able force.
Throughout the city the state guard
dld patrol duty over regular beats, di-
rected street traffic at functions and
kept the crowds moving. They carried
guns with fixed bayonets and made an
effective appearance.
Gov. Coolidge today wired the secre-
tary of the navy a request that naval
forces be held in readiness for a call TO
supply additional troops for Boston s
protection. With six regiments of state
guards under arms the governor has
modified all the forces at his command
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-11
PERSONAL.

Mrs. Thomas Chambers has returned
to Chicago after visiting in the home
of Mrs. Ida E. Davis.
MISS Mary E. Horton has resumed her
position as head proofreader in E. l..
Hlldreth Cos printing plant after an
absence of few months.
Mrs l.. K. Fuller slipped and fell a
few days ago when coming down the
front steps at her home. She received
several bruises about the head, injured
one leg and received other bruises. She
has been confined to her bed since.
Mrs. Elizabeth p. Bailey left the last
OF the week in her automobile for Utica,
\. Y, staying one night in Troy She
Will visit in Utica, Clinton and Richfield
Springs two weeks. On her return she
VIII open her chiropody office in the Bar
Der building, about Sept. %.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-11
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

A night letter from st. Paul received
this morning by Miss Addie NJ Bailey
stated that the body of her brother, o.
Frank Bailey, who died in that city Sun
day morning, left ST. Paul last night for
Brattleboro. A service will be held at the
grave IN the family lot when the body
arrives.
A card dated Sept. 6 at Colorado
Springs was received today at The Re-
former office from DIR. and Mrs FIRE.
mont Hamilton and son, J. w. Hamil-
ton, in which they said: sJust been
over the world s highest automobile
highway to the top of Pike S Peak; ele-
vatlon at summit 4,109 feet. Temper
AZURE at top today little below freez-
ing. View beyond description. -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-11
WEST WARDSBORO

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Frost are at
tending the Manchester fair.
Travis and Gregory Robinson, Tylor
Waite, Charlotte, Dorothy and Norma
Roberts are ILL.,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Pike recently Wis
tied Mrs. Pixies mother, Mrs. Frank
Harvey, in Dover.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Edwards. Mrs.
George Tudor and Mabel Streeter were
in Hinsdale Sunday
Mrs. Edmund Roberts has returned
form Dorset and her daughter, Carrie.
has gone to take her place.
People are glad to learn that Mrs.
II. Nd. Hopkinson, who underwent an
operation in the Memorial hospital
Tuesday is doing we'll
Mrs. Carrie Moulton has finished
work in Connecticut and is visiting
her father James Atwood, in West Do
YER. She expects TO begin work for
Mrs n. H. Robinson Monday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-11
WEST DUMMERSTON.

Ripley Bennett is guest at NJ. R.
Huntley's.
Mrs. M. Phillips of Putney is visit
ing at the home of her granddaughter,
Mrs. Frank Leonard.
Mrs. Towers, nurse, who had been
caring for Mrs. Richard Park and baby,
returned to Brattleboro Sunday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-11

A declaration of marriage in Siam is
very simple. 1t is considered proposal
merely to offer a lady flower or to take
light from a cigarette if she is holding
it in her mouth
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-11
NORTHFIELD, MASS.
Opening of Moody Schools.

Northheld seminary opened Wednes-
day with approximately 500 students.
OF which about $50 are new students.
Mortified hotel will accommodate 45
students this year with three of the
faculty iii charge. Connecticut cottage
IS also domitory with % students
and Miss Flora Dobbin in charge, and
meals with be had at Henry Moore cot
tage. There are eight new members of
the faculty Miss Martha Whitehouse.
who has been Principal Dickerson IS sec
rotary, is succeeded by Miss Alice
Mundee of the class of 1914. who has
held a position in Portland in a bank
MISS Warehouse has position as see
rotary and social assistant at the mill
tary academy for bows at Billeriea
Mass. Hillside domitory is closed this
year to be renovated. Entrance exam
nations were concluded Thursday and
classes will meet Friday.
The faculties of Mount Hermon
school and Mortified seminary attend
ed house party at Gould hall for the
weekend as guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
W. K. Moody. Saturday evening din
ner was served to over 100 of the facul.
ty, followed by talk by the president
of the schools, Mr.. Moody. A social
evening followed Rev. J. East Har,
rIson of Mt. Hermon spoke at
clock Sunday afternoon and in the
evening he administered the sacrament
OF the Lord IS Supper at Sage chapel
Mount Hermon school opened Tues.
day with 523 boys and five new mem
bers on the faculty. A reception will
be gwen Saturday night for the new
students.
Mrs. James Orr and family have re-
turned to their home in Virginia.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-11

Mrs: James Orr and family have re-
turned to their home in Virginia
i DR.. R. H. Philbrck is in the West
visiting his father, Charles Philbrick,
and an uncle
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-06-03
Resume of Peace Situation;
Conference Marking Time TODAY

terms to which the Germans have made
the most emphatic objection, Premier
Clemenceau. of France. Is reported
standing firmly against any concessions
TO the. Germans, while Premier Lloyd
George is favorable TO notifications.
Premier Orlando mas taken no decided
stand and President Wilson is reported
as inclined to leave the final decision
to the French and British.
An unconhrmed telegram received In
Copenhagen from Vardoe reports that
the Esthonian and Finnish troops have
taken petrograd. The Esthonians have
been making gains just west OF the
former Russian capital while the Firms
have been approaching the city from
the north and east N
Dispatches reaching Paris from Vien-
ma by way of Basle state the bolshevik
regime In Hungary has been replaced
by government headed by Herr Ger
man. former minister OF commerce. in
the Karolyi cabinet. Herr German Ii
reported to have been invited to 90
to Paris to confer with allied repre-
sentatiyes.
A German detachment Is said to have
violated the armistice agreement with
the Poles and to have crossed the
Polish frontier from East Prussia. The
Warsaw dispatch telling of.this action
on the part of the Germans says the
Poles launched a counter attack and
succeeded in repulsing the invaders.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-06-03
TO BOOST CHAUTAUQUA
kiwanls Club Gets Behind Sale Of Tick.
-ets.

kiwanIs Club Gets Behind Sale OF Tick
-ets.
The Chautauqua, which will bo held
in Chattanooga this year under the aus
pices Of the kiwanis club, was the prin-
clpa topic of discussion at the regular
weekly meeting of the club held at noon
at the Patten. Short booster talks
Carl Brown, D. A. Landress, r. f..
Thatcher, Prof Spencer ]. McCallie,
and j. c. Richards, The speakers de-
voted their remarks to boosting the
Chautaugua. o, +. Darwin, chairman
Of the Chautauqua committee, outlined
his plan for the sale Of ticl; Is, A large
number of season tickets have already
been sold, it was reported. additional
tickets were taken for distribution by
the club members.
It Is decided to hold the ladies' night
June 20 at the Signal Mountain inn.
The session will he devoted to a night
dance with a period when some grave
accusations which have arisen out of
the trip of the Chattanooga braves 10
the international convention at Bir
mingham will be answered.
Ed Brown pointed out the desirahilitv
of having headquarters and committee
rooms for the Kiwanis club and other
similar organizations in the new me-
mortal auditorium. Bernard LdNeman
suggested that the club members write
the auditorium commission a letter in
dividually setting out their desire in the
matter of a selection of a site as well
as their wish for a room in the build
ing.
II was decided. after some discussion
10 limit the membership Of the local
club TO $50 members The present
membership is about %.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-06-03
ANARCHISTS IN MOVE TO
OVERTHROW GOVERNMENT
Attorney General Palmer's Home Is Wrecked.
Sequel to Unsuccessful May Day Outrages.
Officials in Half Dozen Cities Objects of Terrorists
Schemes Plotter at Palmer Home Victim Of Own
Internal Machine-One Dead, Several Injured
in Wreckage at Judge Motifs Residence

Washington, June ga. P.)-Widespread bomb explo
ons last night apparently sequel to the unsuccessful May day
outrages when internal machines mailed broadcast from
New York to officials and prominent in public
life believed by officials here to be another
anarchist for overthrow of organized
the United States of which said to have been called
to attention of members and department
officials months ago.
Evidence that the plot carefully planned contained
in pamphlet found the home of Atty Gen A. Mitchell Pal
whose home the fashionable section here partly
wrecked by bomb giving that "a time has when
the social questions solution be delayed longer class
is and cannot but with complete victory for the in
ternaonal proetariat."
The pamphlet of large number scattered about after
the bomb which had been intended destroy Mr. Pamer home
prematurey exploded and blew bits the author of the
signed The Anarchisc Fighters and undoubtedly
intended signal to show the reign of terrorism
Hunting Organized Band. .,t.
Department of justice and police throughout the
country today hunting members of the organized band
anarchists who last night launched what they called
to overthrow the by assassnatng with high
piosive bombs officials and prominent opposed
to the spread of organized lawlessness
Not Written by Ilterates.
The explosions last night accompanied by the
ing of anarchc literature written by who
erate The literature contained the stock doctrines of radicals
who have been preaching class
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-06-03
PENNSYLVANIA SEEMS
CENTER OF REDS PLOTS
GREATEST TERRORIST ACT
IN HISTORY OF NATIoNo
investigators Tackle MO s t
Perfectly Organized Anar-
chistic Conspiracy.

Washington. June al. n. SIDE
partment OF justice agents today were
['Lt'rlng upon Pennsylvania their Of
is N run down the perpetrators Of
greatest terrorist plot in the his
ton" Of the nation
With the home Of Atty. Gen. A.
Mitchell Palmer himself a Fennsyl-
vanian, shattered hv the yorrp n, q
traitor to bits and showered the caulnct
member with broken glass. ana with
Other explosions having occurred n
OHIO, Massachusetts,, PENNSYLVANIA.
gators were today in possession OF a
series Of clues that caused them to he
tteVe the keystone State might he the
Headquarters of the latest terrorist
movement.
II was certain that investigators had
to deal with the most perfectly organ
lied and strongest anarchIstic con-
splracY ever conceived I'm the history
or the country And. while officials
We're inclined to credit both plots to
the same source, they were puzzled by
the fact that up to the present time
those who were marked in the MAY
day plot were omitted from last night S
program.
BY Process Of Elimination.
Although several times II was re-
ported that arrests We're apout TO be
made in connection with the Nav dav
terrorist movement, it developed Today
tllat government Investigators were
practically as far away from solution
as they were on the day following the
outrage
And upto the present time tho clues
thHt were left I'm the second plot were
seemingly not as productive as those
which were available Immediately fol
lowing the May day tOnspiracN
Department Of Justice agents hoped
to solve the case by process Of clint
nation. II was learned today. In the
! department files are the records of
! some 10000 men who might he sus-
| pected Of having been implicated in
| asst nights plot. These records, said
To be virtually complete. nave ocrn
/ placed in the hands OF agents through
out the country. and a monster check
I ing up was in progress today. II was
/ hoped that the movements Of each Of
/ these suspects could be accounted for.
! and as thousands were eliminated th"
/ not would draw closer upon the guilty
! ones. officials pointed OUT
TWO Young Women Suspected
New York, June 81. n. S)-The
( police today began a search for two
I young women who were seen sitting on
/ the steps Of the hrownstonc residence
! of Judge Charles C. Mott "a short Time
/ before a bomb wrecked the building,
/ killing William Boehner. a night
Waterman. who was passing The po-
| lice theory Is that the women may
/ either have carried the nomp 20 the
| Mott home or shielded the movements
of a male anarchist
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-06-03

(By the Associated Press
With the terms Of peace, with the
exception of a few sections. submitted
to the Austrian representatives. and
with allied experts working on the reply
that will be made to the German
counter proposals. the work of the peace
conference in Paris As for the time
being. marking time. There will be no
meeting of the council of four today.
President Wilson conferred with Ameri-
can specialists who have the. German
answer in hand and with the other
members of the American mission.
Or. Karl Renner Austrian chancellor
and head of the peace mission OF the
former dual empire. Is expected TO leave
Paris for switzerland today and II lis
probable he will proceed as far as the
Austrian frontier where he Is expected
to meet members OF his cabinet who
will discuss with him the9 answer Aus
tria will make 10 the allied terms. The
Austrian reply is due June IL but be-
fore that time II is probable there will
be number ofenotes sent to the peace
conference by DR. Renner relative to
different phass of the treaty.
There has as yet been no official in
timation of the date when the allies
will present their rejoinder to the Ger
man counter proposals. II Is Indicated
in late advices there is a disposition on
the part of some of the members Of the
council of four to modify certain OF the
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-06-03
TO FIGHT TO BITTER END
Telephone Operators in Atlanta Begin
Second Day of Strike.

Atlanta, Ga, June 3.-Striking tele-
phone operators here started the second
day of their wak-out with the an
nounced intention of making a fight
to the bitter end" in the contest which
arose over the alleged discharge of less
than dozen employees for union atfilia-
tions. Pickets were under orders to
take their places at the fourteen eX-
changes in and around Atlanta of the
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph
company, and the Atlanta Telephone
company, the latter operated by the Bell
system.
The telephone company announced to-
day its night force was of normal pro-
portions and that service would be kept
up. Many former employees. the com
pany said, had applied to fill vacancies.
Their latest estimate was that l25 em-
ployes had gone out, but they added
it would be late today before they made
a complete check. Union leaders r6t
the total number of striking operators
at around 500 and said $50 employees of
other departments had gone out. All
told. there are nearly /. 500 employees in
various departments of the two COM
panies here
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-06-03
POLES FORM JUNCTION \
WITH RUMANIAN FORCES
Russian Bolshevik Plot On Big Scale Revealed
in Finland d
Reds Occupy Kherson After Fierce Figrting- -Lthuan
ians Appeal for Probe of Alleged Pogroms
by Poles.

Warsaw, June S.-(French Wire
less Service, Polish troops in Ga
lcia have formed a junction with the
Rumanian forces in Bukowina, the
Polish general staff announced today.
This movement followed the Polish
capture of Stanislau.
Memorandum TO Paris.
Paris, June 3.--In a memorandum
addressed to the peace conference the
Lithuanian delegation has requested
the supreme council to appoint an in
teralied commission of inquiry TO
investigate alleged pogroms by Poles
in parts of Lithuania occupied by
Polish forces and other brutal and H.
legal acts alleged to have been COM
mitted by the Polish army of occu-
patton.
IL the charges are verified the SUI
preme council is requested to order
the Polish troops withdrawn from the
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-06-03
ON TRAIL OF SUSPECTS
Ford Auto May Be Clue In Running
Down Agents.

Cleveland, o., June "a general
roundup of all red suspects was under
way here today in connection with the
attempt to kill Mayor Davis last night
through the explosion of bomb at his
home.
A Ford automobile may prove a valu-
able clue in running down the CleVe-
land agents of the national anarchist
plot. Police and department of justice
agents learned today that two men seen
running from the neighborhood of the
Davis home last night jumped on the
runningboard of a Ford car. at the cor
ner of Warner road and Broadway, and
sped off in the direction of Bedford.
Police were seeking today two So
cialists out under bond in connection
with the May day riots. The homes of
all of the alleged bolshevik leaders in
the city were visited by the police last
might and all found at home with the
exception of the two now being sought
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-06-03

occupied parts Of Lithuania. II the
withdrawal were ordered, it was set
forth, the Lithuanian government
would undertake to defend Lithuania
against the bolsheviki II the Llthua-
mans were furnished with war sup
plies.
kherson Taken by Reds.
London, June 3.-A Russian wire
less message received here from
Moscow says that Kherson. on the
Dnieper, northeast OF Odessa, was
occupied by the reds on Friday. after
fierce fighting.
Russ Plot on Wide Scale.
London, June "A Russian boil
shevik plot on a wide scale has been
discovered in Finland. according to
an Exchange telegraph dispatch
from Copenhagen. Many arrests
have been made in connection with
the discovery.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-06-03
OCCUPIED AREA
SCENE OF STRIKE
American Army Warning
Soon Brought German
Workmen to Time.
DEPORTATION THR EAT
Berlin Government Orders Ar
rest of President of
Rhenish Republic.

Coblenz, June @ CA, PA
general strike throughout the Amer
lean occupied area was declared by
the Germans at o'clock today as
a protest against the reported
launching of the Rhenish republic
at Wiesbaden. 1t was very brief,
however, being only four hours du-
ration the workmen returning to
their labors At / o'clock this after
noon, after being warned of the con-
sequences by the American military
authorities.
When the news of the strike be-
came known the Americans sent
word to the ,lbor leaders that un-
less the Germans returned to work
by / o'clock the leaders and all the
other strikers would be deported into
sections of Germany unoccupied by
American troops.
Protest French Action.
Berlin, June 3.-The German gov
ernment has issued an order for the
arrest of DR.. Dorten, the president
of the new Rhenish republic, the
North German Gazette announces.
The government also, the newspa-
per states, has entered protests both
at Paris and at Spa, the headquar-
ters of the armistice commission,
against the behavior Of the French
authorities in the occupied area Of
the Rhineand.
U. S. Third Army Not Notified.
Coblenz, June 2. - CA. P.)-Tel-
egrams intimating that recognition
of the Rhenish republic reported to
have been established on Sunday is
desired, have been sent to command
ers of the armies of occupation
along the Rhine. They bear the sig
nature Of DR.. Dorten. said to have
been named president of the new re-
public, but the officials of the Amer
lean third army have not received
any official notification of any such
action BY the now. gONernment.