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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-17
TRYING TO FRAME
A DECLARATION
Capital Wants Collective Bargaining
Restricted Between Employers
and Their Employees.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 17.-Represen-
tatives of capital in the national in
dustrial conference continued their eff
forts today to frame a declaration on
collective bargaining to be offered as
q substitute for the resolution present
ed yesterday by the committee of 10
While acknowledging the right of col
lective bargaining the declaration in
its tentative form provides that the in.
dividual establishment shall be the ba
sis of relationship and that the employ
ers shall not be required TO deal Wit
others than their own employees.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-17
Ups and Downs.

Tourist Anything remarkable
about this hill driver?" Driver
There's nothing peculiar about the hill
itself, but there's a queer story con-
nected with it. \ young lady and gen.
tleman went for a walk up here; they
assembled higher and higher and never
came back" Tourist-"Dear, dear me
What, then became of the unhappy
pair?' Driver-'It is supposed that
they went down on the other side. sir II
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-17
LAWS RELATIVE
TO TRAPPING GAME
On Some Animals Season Opens Oct. &c
and on Others Nov. LAND
Owners Should Get Notice.

The season for trapping fox and for
trapping or otherwise legally taking mar
ten, raccoon, fsher-cat and skunk opens
Oct. 20, and no traps should be set be
fore that date.
The season for taking mink, muskrat
and otter does not open until Nov. J.
Preseason taking of any of the above
mentioned animals subjects the trappci
to fine.
No trapper should set traps on enclosed
land owned or leased by anyone else with
out notifying the owner or lessee of the
number of traps he has set, and where
they are set, within y hours, otherwise
he is liable to a $50 fine for each viola
ton
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-17
Would Give Machine to Smith.

MINEOLA, \. y, Oct. I.-Carl Spat2,
who reached Buffalo this morning on his
return flight TO San Francisco, informed
the local army officials by telephone to-
day that he desired to withdraw from
the race He expressed wish to turn his
machine over to Capt Lowell II. Smith,
whose airplane was burned at Buffalo to
enable him to continue his return trip
westward Capt. Smith left in Spatz's
machine at 1929 for Cleveland /,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-17
BROADWELL ON THE STAND.
Continued from Page IL

ness said they were standing around kill
ing time
killing who?' inquired Mr. Hoar.
chilling time We didn't have anything
particular to do
Alexander j. Patterson of Duxbury, a
juror on the Long murder case, almost
choked to death this morning at the
breakfast table. He was black IN the face
when travelling salesman rammed his
finger down Pattersons throat and opened
the passage \ doctor was called and the
juror recovered and was able to join the
jury at 9 O'Clock when the murder trial
was resumed
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-17
Kiel Starts West.

MINEOLA, n Y, Oct lin the face
OF strong wind blowing 40 miles an hour
Lieut.. Z. G. kiel in a De Haviland four
airplane with Sergeant Frank Mckee as
passenger started ON the return flight to
San Francisco in the army transeontinent-
al air race at 9.42 o'clock this morning.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-17
~ tea -
PERSONAL.

Mr.. and Mrs. Goss of Burlington
were here yesterday to attend the
committal service of Cyril f. Brown.
Mrs. Charlotte Kidder of New York
who had been spending the summer at
Harpswel, Me-, motored here yesterday
on her way to Wilmington to spend sew
eral DAYS.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-17
FLYING PARsoN" OFF AGAIN
Started East After Delay by Broken
Crank Shaft.

OMAHA, Neb., Oct 17-Leutenant
Maynard arrived in Omaha soon after
o clock from Wahoo, Neb., where he had
made a forced landing after breaking a
crank shaft. Maynard resumed his flight
eastward at s.47 a. m Ills machine was
working perfectly when he left the GROUND
for Des MoineS
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-17
BIRTHS.

In Brattleboro. Oct. 16, a son to Fred
H and Luella (Reed) Harris, grandson
to Mr.. and Mrs. Edward S. Reed and
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert E. Harris OF
Brattleboro.
In West Dover, Oct. Is, son, Alton
to Mr.. and Mrs Sharon Davis, grand
son to Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Davis OF
Wilmington and William Shippee OF
West Dover.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-17
MARRIAGES.

In Wilmington, Oct. II, by Rev. w.
c. Clark, Frank G. Davis, jr.. and Miss
Myrtle f. Ware, both of Wilmington.
In West Wardsboro, Oct. IL, by Rev.
w. w. Hackett, Luther Twitchell of
Orange. Mass, and Mrs. Julia Stiles of
West Wardsboro.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-17
DEATHS.

In Brattleboro (Memorial hospital) !,
Oct. IS, Mrs. Cora Jeanette (Barrett)
Cobb, SO, wife of Charles L. Cobb.
In West Dover, Oct, II, Julia Alice, in
FAINT daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Wallace
Bartlett.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-17
Spatz Reaches Buffalo.

BUFFALO, y. Y, Oct l7-Maj. Carl
Spatz. leader OF the fiers doubling back
from Mineola to san Francisco IN The
army reliability and endurance test, al
rived here from Rochester at 9l6 A. IN
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-17

\ special commission appointed by the
British government is still engaged in
winding up the affairs of the great ehxibi-
ton held in the Crystal Palace in Lon
don, in 1851
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-17

The natives of the Andaman Islands
average three feet eleven inches in
height and weigh under seventy
mounds
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-09-25
lBY Tinted prassl

Aboard the President i Train en-
route to Cheyenne, Wyo., Sept. "a.
Ratification of the peace treaty with
its labor provisions will enable men to
forget war and begin working toward
industrial democracy which will pre-
vent labor clashes ike the present
steel strike, President Wilson believes
today. This can be given is his atti-
tude, not toward the steel strike in par
ticular but toward labor difficulties IN
general, with regard to preserving an
attitude Of absolute silence. Although
there was no hint from official circles,
it may be stated that Wilson, having
once already attempted to avert that
strike, IS disposed to wait until both
sides are ready to ask his aid Then,
at is probable, he will propose an ar
Imistice until the industrial conference
meets in Washington, October 9th.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-09-25
Senate to Probe
l. w. w. Charges
Against Foster
Senate Orders Labor Committee to In
vestigate Charges Made by Congress
man Cooper.
by Associated Press

Washington, Sept. "a Charges made
in the House by Representative Cooper,
Republican, Ohio, that William 2. Eos
ter, secretary Of the steel
strikers organization committee repre-
sents radical union leadership and has
been active in I. w. W. propaganda, viii
be investigated by the Senate labor
committee during its inquiry into the
steel strike Chairman Kenyon said
today that Foster would be summoned
before the committee after John J.
Fitzpatrick, chairman of the striker Is
committee, has been heard. Fitzpat-
rick telegraphed today that he would
be on hand tomorrow at the opening
Of the inquiry. H. S. Rubin, counsel
for the strikers, also may be heard.
No change has been made in. the COM
mittee s plan to hear Chairman Gary
of the United States Steel Corporation
next Wednesday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-09-25
KENOSHA'S BUILDING PLAN
BECOMING VERY POPULAR
Inquiries from Other Cities of the
United States are Being Received
Daily BY Manager Dowse.

Kenosha $ home building plan is at
tracing almost as widespread atten.
ton as her Patriots Fund plan at
tracted while the war was on. From
the great plan evolved by the business
men of this city in the matter of col
Letting and disbursing funds for war
relief the other cities of the country
have learned to watch Kenosha for
anything new and important in any
line Of public Improvement.
Inquiries are pouring into the office
of Manager Milton l.. Dowse daily
from other progressive cities of the
country asking about the success of the
Kenosha home building plan and infor-
nation as to how it is operated
This morning an inquiry was received
from Rice Lake, Wis, and another
from Burlington, Vermont, When the
information is given to most of these
inquiries a reply usually comes back
commencing the plan and stating that
the inquirise intend to inaugurate il
in their cities.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-09-25
(By Associated Pressl

London, Sep. "a Because of the
situation created by the presentation
of an ultimatum to the government by
the railway workers, full meeting Of
the British cabinet was called this af-
ternoon to consider the situation. The
executive body of the railway men
through ]. M. Thomas, the general
secretary, has unanimously decided to
declare a strike at noon Friday unless
the demands are satisfactorily met by
the government before that time. Min
lister Geddes in answering the ultima
tum today declared that the action Of
the executives was unjustifed and
that in order to meet the increase in
Ipay asked \e railways would be fore
/ ed to advance freight rates at least so
per cent. The increase would bring
an addition of 47,oO0,00O pounds sterl-
ing to the annual budgets Of the rail
ways over what il was in pre-war
days.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-09-25

AS REWARD FOR SERVICE
Kenosha Woman Who Had Tender care
of sisterhood In Declining Years
Gives AL Her Property TO Aid Good
Sisters In Mission of Mercy.

The last will and testament of the
late Mrs. Catherine Farley was filed
for probate in the County Court this
morning and under the provisions Of
the will the entire estate of Mrs. Far
lev is to be turned over to the Car
melite Sisters in charge of the home
for the aged on Sheridan Road. The
Gift Of Mrs. Farley to the Sisterhood
is made as reward for services. Mrs.
Farley was one of the guests at the
home of the Sisterhood during the last
days of her life and the Sisters tenderly
cared for her until death came. Mrs.
Farley had shown great interest
in the work of the Sisterhood during
her life time and had been instru-
mental in securing the opening of the
home in Kenosha.
No petition for the probate of the
will has as yet been filed and no esti-
mate Of the value of the estate has been
made. In the will it is stated that the
personal property consists Of govern
ment bonds and cash to the amount of
nearly seven thousand dollars. The
other property Of the estate consists
of an interest in two houses in Racine.
Some time ago Mrs. Farley placed her
personal property in the hands of a
relative IN Racine with the understand
ing that it was disposed within keeping
with the provisions Of her will.
The will declares that the receipt of
the Sister Superior Of the order for the
property shall be the only testimony
demanded BY the court for the settle
ment Of the estate. The Northwestern
Loan and Trust Company is named as
executor Of the will.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-09-25
Grady Postelle Tells Police
of Exciting Encounter
With Hold-up Men On
Exchange Street.
GETS EXPERIENCE CHEAPLY
Man Was Robbed of Fifteen Dollars
and Given a Good Fright and Police
Are Unable To Get Any Trace of
the Guilty Parties.

Holdup men are working in the ex-
elusive silk stocking precincts of the
second ward. Grady Postelle, who re-
sides at 700 Exchange street, has re-
ported to the police that he was the
victim of two Of them and the story he
tells indicates that the men working
are regular members of the 'Holdup
Mems Union.'' They worked to the
card in every respect.
= Postelle told the police that 1T cost
him fifteen dollars in cash to have an
experience with the men and describes
the booty they secured as a Gen dollar
bill and a FIVE dollar bill. He gave a
better description of The money which
the men got than he did of the men
who got it.
According to his story he was hurry
ing to his home just after one clock
in the morning when he was accostea
by two men. One of them grabbed
him by the throat and the other pokeG
the nickel plated barrel of a revolver
into his ribs and said Throw 'em
Y t}slStte Ase til i1Idb III II
time complying with the order of the
man who held the revolver and that
in jig time the fellows frisked his
pockets and took his money.
He said that the two men were SINH
lar enough in appearance to have been
brothers. Both appeared to be about
five feet ten inches tall and both work
dark suits and felt hats. The holdup
occurred within few feet of the
home of Postelle.
His report of the attack was made
to the police a number of hours after
the incident and the police haven t the
slightest clew to the identity of the
men. The experience of Postelle is ex-
pected to cause some of the second
warders to get home earlier in the
night or later in the morning in order
to avoid the fate of their fellow
wardsman.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-09-25
fBy United Press !

Chicago, Sept. "a With the excep-
ton of the announcement by forty
rollers employed at the American Sheet
and Tin Plate factory that theg ~ i
return to work tpday with their crews,
totalling eight hundred men, the strike
situation was apparently at a stand
still. Whether or not the rollers had
been able to take back their assistants,
was still in doubt early today Steel
company officials were jubilant over
the rollers action. They declared it
was the first break in the ranks Of the
strikers. The rollers are the highest
paid skilled workers in the industry.
Those in the tin plate plant have been
making from $4,000 to 10000 day.
Police said eight hundred men return
ed to work in the slab mills Of the
Illinois Steel Company plant in South
Chicago today. There were signs Of re-
newed life behind the barbados to
bear out the statement.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-09-25
lBv Associated Pressl

Chicago, Sept. 24-Judge Lands
continued his probe into the beer run
ners today but no Kenosha men fgur-
ed in the testimony and no Kauosha
men were listed in the number held
by the court to the Grand Jury N
bonds Of $4,000. The proprietors of
the Green Mill Gardens and the Priars
Club in Chicago who had secured gen
erous supplies of beer from Kenosha
were among the score of men held to
the grand jury. Others were for the
large part Chicago saloon keepers who
said they had bought beer of Chicago
brewers. Chicago brewers on the
stand said that they did not know the
alcoholic content of the beer thay made.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-09-25
Report of Experts. Employ
ed By Kenosha and Other
Cities Shows Necessity
For Increased Rate.
WILL HOLD MORE HEARINGS
Officials Decline To Give Out Amount
of the Suggested Increase But Peo-
pie Will Be Forced TO Dig Deep To
Provide Dividends.

Statistician Matthews Employed by
the cities of Kenosha, Racine, South
Milwaukee and Cudahy to make some
Investigations at the cost of making
for these cities, has completed his work
and it is declared that his figures will
show a necessity Of increasing the rates
for gas as charged by the Wisconsin
Gas and Electric Company to these
various cities. Commissioner Allen, when
in Kenosha on Monday, announced the
necessity of some increase, but it was
stated that full facts in regard to the
matter would not be given out until
after other hearings have been held.
The fact that the statistician had COM
pleted his work and had found the
necessity for the increased rate, was
made public in Racine on Tuesday af.
ternoon by the commissioner.
In it's petition for an increase in rates
the company does not ask for any
definite amount, but asks that a rate
be established which will make it pos
sible for the company to earn a proper
return on the money. The report
rendered to the city attorneys of the
various cities at the conference in
Kenosha on Monday showed that such
rate was not permitted under the
present rate
No statement has been made as to
when the new rate will be promulgated
or the extent of the increase, but it is
expected that several hearings will be
held and possibly one of these hear
ings will be in Kenosha. 1t is certain
that the new rate will be promulgated
some time before the first of the year.
AT the hearing in Kenosha the sugges-
ton was made that the report Of the
investigation not be made public,
but it was later given out, in part
in Racine.
The figures as submitted indicated
that considerable increase in the rates
charged in Kenosha and the other cities
would be found necessary If the com
mission is to follow its regular rule OF
permitting the company to earn a fixed
return on its investments. 1t was sug-
gested that the increase might be in
she neighborhood of twenty per cent.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-09-25

Roun1ania Is
Ready to Meet
Allies Demands
Premier Bratiano in Note to Allied
Powers Today Says Roumania Will
Acce0 to All Demands for Peace.
iBy Associated Pressl

Paris, Sept "a (Havas)-In the
answer given by Premier Bratiano, Of
Roumania, to the allied note delivered
by Sir George Russell Clark, Roumania
offers to give the allies all the salts
faction in her power with regard to
actions connected with her occupation
of Hungarian territory, according to
the Echo de Paris today. Roumania
is ready to evacuate Budapest or to
cooperate theTe with the allies in main
tanning order, the note declared and al
SO sets forth that Rormanla is prepared
to deliver to the allies list of the war
material and rolling stock seized.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-09-25
ALFRED WOOD PATENTS
FREEZELESS CATCH BASIN
Former Kenosha Assistant City En-
gineer Gets Patent After Seven
Years of Hard Labor.

For the past seven years, 4. P.
Wood, former assistant city engineer
Of Kenosha, has been working on de-
vice to prevent catch basins from freez-
ing in the winter He has just been
granted patent upon it by the patent
office in Washington. The device is a
vent pipe which opens at the mouth
of the catch-basin and extends to
point near the bottom of the basin.
The vent pipe has an "elbow" which
is so arranged that 1t will carry the
water away until the water in the
lower part of the catch basin can drain
off. The vent pipe is so constructed
that it prevents foul odors from arising
from the cateh-basins.
It is claimed for the invention that
it viii not only prevent catch-basins
from freezing during the winter, but
it win eliminate all foul odors arising
from them, as the doors from the basin
will pass through the vent pipe through
the ground instead of rising through
the catch basin to pollute the air
above ground.
During the winter season in the
northern cities, street department al
ways have great deal of trouble with
frozen catch basins. After a hard rain
catch basins are flooded. Mr.. Woof
claims that his invention will eliminate
all these troubles and he says thai :.
can be built into q eatch-basin at
comparatively small cost. For ten
years Mr.. Wood was assistant engineer
at Kenosha and he is now living at
Rockford. Illinois.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-09-25
(Br United Press J

Pittsburgh, Sept. PA full report
Of the methods employed By the steel
companies in the Monongahela Valley
since the strike started, will be made
by John Fitzpatrick, chairman of the
strike committee, when he appears be
fore the Senate Investigating Commit
tee in Washington Thursday. A state
ment from the Carnegie Steel Compa-
ny's officers here today characterized
the overnight developments as crafty
ing.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-09-25
SOME MEN RETURN TO WORK
Striking Rollers
Return to Work
With Their CregOs
Forty Rollers With Their Crews. Num-
bering 800 Men, Return to Work at
Chicago steel Mills.
fBv Associated Pressl

Reports from all of the strike CEN
tiers recorded little change today IN
the alignment of the striking steel
workers against their employers. In
the Mahoney Valley of Ohio, the
strikers success is complete, The
steel industry which is the backbone
Of Youngstown and score of sur
rounding villages is completely par
alyzed. Elsewhere the fight is being
carried on with varying success and
still the issue is doubtful. At Pitts
burg the officials of the Carnegie Steel
Company declared that the situation
looks good'' and backed up their OPP
timism with claims that me were re-
turning to work in large numbers.
Secretary William q, Foster, the head
of the striking steel workers, denied
these claims and said that two addi-
tional plants had been forced to shut
down in this district today. At Home
Estead, he declared, all plants would be
forced to close before the end Of the
week. In the Chicago district the ma
iority Of the steel mills are either
closed or running on reduced force.
The threatened sympathetic strike Of
the Lake seaman seemed nearer today
as a result of the refusal of crews of
ore freighters to dock their vessels.
Important decisions are expected to be
made this afternoon at the meeting of
the executive committee of the Ma
tional Steel Workers to be held IN
IPittsburg.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-09-25
England Faces
A Nation Wide
Railway Strike
Railway Workers of Great Britain Send
Ultimatum to Government Rejecting
Offers Made Recently.
nv United Press)

London, Sept. 24.-Great Britain to-
day was threatened with a nationwide
railway strike. After meeting Of the
executives of the National Union of
Railway Men today, James Henry
Thomas, general secretary, issued a
statement announcing that an ultima
tum had been sent the government re-
jecting its offer Of wage and working
conditions. Thomas intimated that I'M
less favorable reply was received by
noon tomorrow the men would be or
dered to cease work.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-09-25
(By United Press. !

Washington, Sept. PA government
Cancellation board may grow out of the
steel strike hearing to begin Thursday
before the Senate Investigation Com
mission, it was suggested by Senator
Kenyon Of Iowa, today.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-09-25
NORTON IS DISCHARGED.

Ray Norton, arrested several days
ago on charges Of grand larceny on an
allegation that he had taken lumber
from the yards of the Southport Lum-
Der Company, was discharged by Judge
Tully this afternoon. The court held
that under the evidence the act of lar
ceny had not been completed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-09-25
tDv Tn TED rress)

Rawlings, Wyo., Sept. 24.-President
Wilson s attitude in regard to the steel
strike will probably be made known in
a speech very soon. He already has
established precedent for such an ut
terance by eondemning the policemen s
strike in Boston.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-09-25
Skeleton Army
Features Ne1U
Military Plar,
Plan for Reorganization OF Regular
Army Submitted to Secretary Baker
Today Calls for Skeleton Corps.
(By United Pressl

Washington, Sept. "a new plan
for reorganization Of the regular army
on the basis Of a skeleton army corps
in each military department. with the
department commander also acting as
commander Of the corps, has been laid
before Secretary Baker and General
March, chief of staff
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-09-25
BULLETIN.
(By United Press.)

Washington, Sept. 24.-"The anti.
strike provision in the Cunmins rail-
road bill is an attempt to place shack
les and involuntary servitude ON rail
road workers" ". NJ. Doak, viee-pres-
ident of the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen, told the Interstate Commerce
Commission todays