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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-17
5000 BARRELS OF POTATOES
Destroyed By Fire in Storehouse at
Houlton, Me.

Houton, Me. Dec Nearly 5000
barrels of potatoes, having an estimat-
ed value of 10000, were destroyed yes
terday when the potato house of b. S.
Green Brothers company was burned.
Firemen were handicapped by the cold,
the thermometer registering 10 below
zero.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-17
EAST BROOKFIELD
Marguerite Harrington and Robert Gay
Married in Hayerhill, Mass.

Miss Marguerite Harrington, eldest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. +. G, Har
rington, and Robert Leonard Gay,
younger son Of Mr.. and Mrs, A. b.
Gay of Randolph, were united in mar
riage Dec, at ? p, m. in Haverhill,
Mass, at the Congregational parsonage,
by Rev. William Patton The double
ring service, was used AT home" aft
er Dec. Is at Is Ashworth Terrace, Ha-
verhill, Mass
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-03
TESTAMENT CARRIED
THROUGH TWO WARS
In Spanish War with A. v. D. Piper and
in European War with His Brother
in-law Back Today.

Attorney Arthur Y. D. Piper received
today a New Testament which he car
ried in the Spanish American war and
in the Philippines and which his broth
er-in-law, Bernard r. Howe of Moon
Lake, n. Y, carried in this country and
in England and France in the European
war 1t has travelled approximately
10000 miles.
The Testament was presented to Mr..
Piper the day he left Brattleboro for
Fort Ethan Allen as member of Com
panv |, lst Vermont regiment, May g.
1898. and was carried by him to Ghicka-
mauga, where the regiment was sta
toned He took it with him to the
Philippines. where he was corporal in
the regular army, going in October
1899. and returning in June, 1901, GOV.
ering over "a 900 miles.
His brother-in-law took the Testament
in Brattleboro Dee. 6, 1917, when he
left to enter the aviation service. He
was in various places in this country
until Aug. s, 1918, when he sailed foi
England, going to France the next
month and returning to this country lasl
month.
Various dates and places are noted OF
the back fly leaf.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-03
HOT WEATHER HERE
WITH VENGEANCE
Temperature at 2.15 p. m. Today High
n est of Any June Day in Past
10 Years.

Following the unseasonably cool tenn
perature of the past few weeks persons
found themselves today thrust into mid
summer weather with the mercury
standing at 90 degrees at 2.15 o clock, a
rise of nine degrees over the hottest
time of the day yesterday, and the mer-
curry was still rising.
The temperature of 2.15 o'clock today
was four degrees hotter than at any
time in the month of June last year,
when the hottest day was June l, the
thermometer registering % degrees,
The following 2S days of the month last
wear found the mercury below the 90
mark, but on June 80 it reached just
90.
The next hottest June day in the
past 10 years was in 1914 when the mer
curry rose to 90 degrees.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-03
WOULD ARBITRATE
DAMAGE QUESTION
Baptist Church Willing to Convey Land
for Street Widening Purposes, but
Not without Cost.

One more obstacle in the way of wild
ening Main street between High and
Grove streets was removed last night at
special meeting of the First Baptist
church, but the situation is not yet
clear enough to indicate what the out
come will be-
In response to a call for special
meeting about 10 members attended,
and after discussion of the proposition
of the town to take strip of land
across the church lawn for sidewalk and
highway purposes the following reso-
luton was adopted:
" Resolved, That the First Baptist
church of Brattleboro, Vt, in response
to verbal request from the clerk of
the selectmen of Brattleboro for the
submission of a proposition relative to
| damages to the property of the church
| by the proposed widening of Main
street, submits the following: That the
/ church will convey the land in question
to the town for street purposes and will
leave the question of price and restric.
| tions. to arbitration by three men-thc
selectmen to choose one, the trustees one
and these two to name a third. The
decision of these three men to be fna
and to be accepted by the church
] The trustees were appointed agents tc
make the transfer in case the PROPOSE
tion is accepted by the town. The off
cial report of the meeting was handed
I to the selectmen today.
This resolution eliminates considera
tion of the tree belt across the churcl
land, and in that respect it accords will
!, propositions from other land owners
q Otherwise the letter is the same, in eff
feet, as that of the trustees to tn
: selectmen dated May 16, when the trus
: tees stated that they would not recon-
r mend that the church give the tow
4 without cost the land required for th
proposed changes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-03
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

All Odd Fellows and Rebekahs are
requested to meet at Odd Fellows tom
pie Sunday, June s, to attend services
in the First Baptist church.
States Attorney f. W. Gibson has
mol pressed the ease of the state against
Mai. F. w. Childs, WHO was charged
with driving his automobile without a
license, although on account of delay
through change in the fee it had not
arrived.
The funeral of Jesse =. Weathcrhead
was held yesterday afternoon at
O'Clock in his home in Guilford. Rev.
d. E. Trout, pastor Of the First Univer.
salist church, ofliciated at the committel
service The burial took place in Christ
Church cemetery in Guilford. Mr.. and
Mrs. George P. Miller sang two selee
tions The bearers were Fred Weather
head, Cratus Weatherhead, Edgar
Weatherhead and Walter o. Cooley
There was a profusioR of flowers
Those who attended from away were
Col. and Mrs. Thomas Harmon and Mrs
Grace Whitney and daughter of Ben
nington, and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Wealth
erhead of Springfield, this state.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-03
INCLINED TO MODIFY
TERMS TO GERMANS
Premier Clemenceau Firmly Against II
Germans Violate Armistice in
Poland.
Associated Press J

A disposition on the part OF some of
the members OF the council of four to
modify certain terms to which the Ger
mans have made the mcst emphatic OBJ
lection is Indicated IN dispatches Pre-
mier Clemenceau IS reported standing
firmly against any concessions, Premier
Lloyd George is favorable tc modifica-
ton, Premier Orlando has taken no de-
cided stand and President Wilson is in
clined to leave the final decision to the
French and British.
There was no 1aeeting of the council OF
four today.
DR. Carl Renner, head of the Austrian
peace mission, was expected to leave Paris
for Switzerland today to meet members
of his cabinet and discuss the answer
Austria will make to the allied terms
Dispatches from Vienna state that th,
Bolshevik regime in Hungary has been re
placed by government headed by Her
Germain, former minister of commerce il
the Karolyi cabinet.
A German detachment is said to hav
violated the armistice agreement with tn
Poles and to have crossed the Polish fror
tier from East Prussia. A Warsaw des
patch says that the Poles have launehe
counter attack and repulsed the invac
ers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-03
MISSING SALESMAN
LEAVES NO TRACE
Went from Brattleboro, to Bellows Falls
Automobile Against Fence
May Have Drowned.

Robert t. Lapp, travelling salesman
for IngersoH Brothers of New York, In
gersoll watch makers, was in Brattle-
boro on Tuesday night of last week,
staying at the Brooks House, going
from here to Bellows Falls, and since
Wednesday night he has not been seen
or heard from in that town. His auto
mobile, in which he had been travelling,
was found Friday against fence two
miles north of Bellows Falls, and it is
thought that in collision he was
thrown into the Connecticut river and
drowned
Landlord F. C. Willis of the Hotel
Windham in Bellows Falls has been
busy sending kilograms and answering
telephone inquiries regarding the mys-
terious disappearance.
Lapp visited the trade in that vii
lage Wednesday and that afternoon
left in his Ford to visit Springfield, say
ing that he would be back to the hotel
TO occupy his room that night. When
nothing had been heard of him Fri
day afternoon Mr.. Willis made inquiry
and found that Lapp's s automobile had
collided with the fence a couple OF
miles north of Bellows Falls on the New
Hampshire side of the Connecticut on
the return trip, presumably Wednesday
night. A fence post was knocked over
the headlights broken and the box in
the rear had been broken into anG
books and correspondence were scat
tered about. At the place where the ac
cident happened it is only 10 or Is feet
from the Connecticut river.
Mr.. Willis theory is that Mr.. LapI
was thrown into the river and lost his
life by drowning. He wrote to the house
in New York city, but because of a hol
iday and Sunday, did not get a reply
until yesterday, stating that they knew
nothing of Lapp's whereabouts. Al
effort was made to reach his wife at th'
homo IN Wakefield, Mass, but it wa
found that she was visiting parents
in New York 1t was found that lap
was member of Somervillc council o
united commercial travellers of Ameri
ca. The river may be dragged.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-03

WASHINGTON, June 3.-Police in
spectors today believed they had iden-
titled the man who was blown to pieces
last night in an effort to kill Atty.
Gen Palmer with a bomb as a Philadel-
phia anarchist. They were confident
the nation wide plot against the lives
of officials and prominent men had been
laid in Philadelphia A blood stained
conductor 5 Identification check found
in front of Mr. Palmer 5 residence early
today showed that the anarchist arrived
in Washington at 1890 o'clock last
night from Philadelphia.
The police have established that the
dead anarchist who probably was an
Italian came to Washington from Phila-
delphia The identity of the anarchist
who was killed apparently has been es-
-tablished
The explosions last night were accom-
panied by the scattering of anarchistic
literature written by persons who were
not illiterate. The literature contains
the stock doctrine of radicals who have
been preaching class war. The anar
ehist killed here apparently was of Ital
ian birth. He had dark and curly hair
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-03
AMOUNT REQUIRED
CLOSE TO $4,000
One-Day Campaign to Sc
cure Pledges Will Take
Place Friday With Def
mite Understanding That
Every Dollar of Amount
Needed Must Be Secured
Before Night

The fate of the Valley fair Will be
definitely determined OH Friday Of this
week
A drive for the sale of stock in the
new association win take place on that
day with a definite understanding on
the pstt of those interested that if the
necessary Approximately $10,-
000-is not subscribed then all plans
for fair this fall viii be abandoned
This matter was determined last
evening at meeting of the directors
of the fair association and the special
campaign committee named TO handle
the matter of stock sales. During the
discussion it was pointed out that un-
less the sale of stock was completed
Immediately it would be extremely
difficult If not impossible to complete
plans for fair this fall, and the di-
rectors finally voted to abandon all fur
ther plans for a fair unless the entire
amount of stock was sold by Friday of
this week
| The action taken last evening puts
|
up to the people of Brattleboro and sur
rounding towns. If they are willing
to take stock in sufficient amounts to
enable the new association TO take over
the fair property and have the neces-
sary working capital there is no reason
why fair cannot be held this fall;
otherwise, the property viii have to be
sold to meet the Indebtedness of the
old association and the plant in all
| probability viii pass out of existence.
/ The fair directors are firmly con-
WINGED that the matter must be settled
at once as their vote of last evening
shows, and it may be stated with abb
solute authority that unless every share
H stock is sold by Friday night the
whole idea of a fair viii be dropped.
Fridays drive will be in charge of
a committee of which Charles G.. Staples
bis chairman and the other members are
II A p Sincads, W. L. Hunt, c. T..
Mann, D. Cowles and J. E. Gale. The
actual work of canvassing win be done
by teams made up of those who prom
ised at last week S meeting to do what
ever they were called upon to do. Each
team will have a captain who viii be
furnished with a definite number of
names to be divided among his so
| licitors and the entire task of solicita-
tion will be completed in one day.
A meeting of the campaign committee
and the fair directors will be held in
the board of trade rooms tomorrow
evening to make up lists, assign quotas,
etc, and on Thursday evening the cap
q tains aud solicitors viii be called to-
: gether for instructions. The drive it.
: self will be an intensive one, and at iss
close it will have been definitely de-
nrnined whether or not the Valley
J fair is TO continue.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-03
BOY SCOUT WEEK
TO Be OBSERVED
Plans Made at Meeting of
Local Scout Council
Last Evening
EARL A. BRAMAN is
NEW COMMISSIONER
Chosen to Succeed Harold P. White, Re
signed-Troops to Be Reorganized
and Canvass Made for Pledges to
Support the Work.

support tne WoIh-
Plans for the Observance locally of
National Boy Scout week, June s to IA,
as well as for the reorganization of the
scout movement in Brattleboro were
made at meeting of the local scout
council last evening Harold p White,
who has served as local scout commits
sioner for the past year, resigned this
position and Earl A. Braman was
chosen as his successor. Mr.. Braman,
who will be in Brattleboro throughout
the summer, will take active charge of
the scout work Upon the close of the
public schools and plans for a summer
camp will be perfected as soon as pos
sible The new commissioner has wide
acquaintance among the boys of scout
age by reason of his service as teacher
of music in the schools, and the local
council feels that the scout movement
will take on a new lease of life under
his leadership. As soon as possible the
local troops viii be reorganized in ac.
cordance with the ideas of the national
association. This will mean in all prob.
ability the formation of four troops
The objectives of Boy Scout week
which viii be observed throughout the
United States in accordance with pro.
clamation of President Wilson, are tc
recognize the value of the scout move
ment, to bring to the attention of eaei
community the value of well organ.
lied scout council, TO interest men, es
| pecially returning soldiers, IN helping
along the work, 10 enroll adults as as
sociate members through the payment
of 5 or more, and to interest all boys
of scout age in joining the organiza
tion.
IN Brattleboro 1T is hoped to find sew
eral hundred men and women who viii
be willing to support the scout move
ment by the payment of 81 or more
Local scouts will make housc-to- hous,
canvass for pledges, which viii be pay
able TO the treasurer of the local coun
ell, +. G. Adams, at the Vermont Saw
ings bank.
The following committees have beer
appointed to take charge of the loca
observance of Boy Scout wcck:Towl
chairman, Rev ID. Z. Trout; publicity
II. G. Rice; program, II. p White an,
Rev. H. 7. Woodin; survey, DR. w r
Noycs and +. Y. Morse; finance, f. {
| Adams.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-03
First Methodist Episcopal Church

Tuesday, June 3-Business meeting of
the Epworth league at 745 pm. in the
league room.
Friday, June 6.-Rummage sale in the
store formerly occupied by Mr. Hopkins.
Persons having goods to donate will please
notify phone 7S6 and secure delivery.
Friday, June 6-Prayer meeting at 730
in the church vestry.
Saturday, June 7-Rummage sale in the
former Hopkins store
Sunday, June s-Children's day exer
cises and baptismal service at 1870 am
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-03

and elsewhere in the neighborhood of
the Powers house. Supt. of Police Mi
chael H. Crowley expressed the opinion
that the men responsible for the bomb
outrages came here from other cities
for the purpose and were experts in the
handling of explosives.
A guard is being maintained about
Judge Hayden's home and other steps
were being taken by the police to pre-
vent a repetition of the explosions.
Two men suspected of being concerned
in the explosions last night were de
tanned by the Boston police today. One
was released after examination, but the
other was held pending further inves-
tigation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-03
EMPLOYEES ASK FOR
SHORTER HOURS
Committee of S. A. Smith Mfg. Co. En-
ployes Makes Request To-day
Wants Decision by Saturday.

Employees of the S. A. Smith Mfg. Co.
made a request this morning through a
hours pay, all overtime to be paid for at
time and half. They asked for a re-
ply by II o clock Saturday of this
week. The committee says it expects
other woodworking factories of this
town to join in the movement Presi-
dent A. b. Clapp of the S. A. Smith
Mfg. CO., is in New York and no de.
cision will be made until he is consult
cd
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-03

BOSTON, June 3-Early investiga-
tions of the explosions last night at the
home of Police Judge Albert H. Hayden
in the Roxbury district and that of
State Representative Leland Powers in
Newtonvlle tended TO confirm the first
opinion of the police that the outrages
were part of nation wide plot. Pamph-
let's found scattered outside the Hayden
house were identical in language with
those found at the home of Attorney
General Palmer in Washington.
State Chemist Wedger, who visited
the scenes of the explosions today, ex-
pressed the opinion that fuse bomb
was placed in the Hayden residence.
lie said the odor Of the fuse could be
distinguished in the cellar when the
police arrived. The nature of the ex-
plosive used at the Powers residence
were inclined to think a stick of dyna-
mite was thrown there. No one was in
jured in either explosion.
With the exception of son, Malcolm
Hayden, all of the members of Judge
Hayden S family were at their summer
residence in Plymouth and so escaped
injury. The son was Just returning
home and was but a few hundred fee
down the street when the explosion oc
Cured.
Judge Hayden after viewing the prem
ises a few hours after the explosion de
clared that had he and the family beer
in the house some of them must surel,
have been killed. His own bed cham
Der and that of his daughter wer
wrecked as well as other portions o
the house. He said the damage woul
amount to several thousand dollars.
Judge Hayden expressed the OpiniO
that the attack on his home was mad
because of his attitude in the cases o
nearly a hundred May day rioters VIII
recently appeared in his court and upo
many of whom he imposed heavy ser
tences. ''But it does not intimidate IN
in the slightest he said. "It wa
the most cowardly thing one coul
imagine
The only reason that could be al
cribed for the attempt to blow up til
Powers home was the legislative act
vity of Representative Powers ON TIL
anti-anarchy bill recently adopted TIL
police had little to work upon in the
investigation. Judge Hayden told IL
police that he had received no thref
either by letter or in person and thS
he was unable to furnish any definit
clue to the perpetrators of the on
rage.
Examination of the Powers home
Newton by daylight showed the DANA,
to have been considerable. Represent
tive Powers estimated the damage
his house at $4,000 A quantity of rad
cal literature was found on the piazi
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-03
Red Men S Hall

Regular meeting of Brsttleboro camp
No. 1897, NJ w A., Tuesday evening.
June 3, at o'clock.
Wednesday, June 4-The Lodge Tri-
umph of S. F. of A., will have a special
meeting to hear the report from the dis
trict lodge meeting and discuss various
parts of the bylaws Election of deputy
viii also take place. Members are urged
to attend.
Dance will be held every Saturday
night.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-03
FUTURE OF VALLEY
FAIR DEPENDS ON
DRIVE NEXT FRIDAY
I. G. G. TO MAKE RATES.
Bill Restoring that Power Favor
ably Reported Today.

WASHINGTON, June 3.-The
senate interstate commerce com
mittee by unanimous vote today
ordered favorably reported a bill
by Chairman Cummins restoring
at once the rate-makisg powers
of the interstate commerce COM
mission.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-03
BAR TUBERcULAR CATTLE.
Government Will Not Allow Interstat,
Shipment After July /.

WASHINGTON, June 3.--As a fur
ther means of preventing the spread of
tuberculosis among livestock, interstate
shipments of cattle failing to pass the
tuberculin test will be prohibited, be-
ginning July l, under a regulation is
sued by the department of agriculture.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-03
Centre Congregational Church

Thursday, June 5, $50 pm Meeting
Of the women in the chapel Subject,
Some Trail Makers of the Orient
Tuesday, June 3, $50 pm.-All young
people of the parish above IA years of
age will have a picnic supper, leaving the
corner of Canal and Pine streets at $50
O'clock
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-03
BOMB OUTRAGES
IN MANY CITIES
Attempt to Kill Attorney General Palm
er-Other Explosives in Homes
of Officials.

WASHINGTON, June 3-Attempts on
the life Of Attorney General Palmer were
made last night through the planting Of
bomb which wrecked the lower portion
of the Palmer residence in the fashion
able northwest section Of Washington.
Mr. Palmer and all members Of the fam
iy escaped without injury, being on the
Continued on Page A.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-03
PETROGRAD IS FALLEN.
Reported the Esthonians and Fin
nish Forces Have Taken City.

COPENHAGEN, June 3.-Es-
thonian and Finnish forces have
taken Petrograd, according to an
unconfrmed telegram from Var
doe received by a Danish news
paper here.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-03
PERSONAL.

Lauren Pike left today to visit his
sister, Mrs Stella Schultz, in Woodford.
He was accompanied as far as Green
field by Miss Katherine Sherman, who
will visit there.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-03
First Baptist Church

Thursday, June 5-Organ recital by Al
exander Lamb of Laconia, n H., with
readings by Miss Jones of keene. Aus
pices y. p. S. c. Z. Tickets 35c and 25c