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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-05
MACHINE GUN
At LAWRENCE
Police Took Extra Precau-
tions for Opening of 14th
Week of Strike
BIG DEMONSTRATION
HAD BEEN PLANNED
Only One Disturbance Reported During
the Morning-No Shooting Necessary
culty-Former Soldiers in Action.

LAWRENCE, Mass, May 5-A ma
chine gun crew was added to the police
force today and assisted in dispensing
crowds OF textile strike sympathizers, al
though the gun was not actually brought
into use Reports that the strike lead
ers had arranged big demonstration to
signahze the opening of the l4th week of
the strike had led the police to take ex-
ira precautions.
The only call for help came from White
and Oak streets, in the tenement district
where crowd was annoying mill oper-
atives. The machine gun squad went
along with the police detail sent there
but the crowd was dispersed with little
difficulty and there was no shooting. All
the men OF the gun crew are former sol
diers
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-05
MANY JOBS FOR SERVICE MEN.
Unemployment Bureau Places 900 of
1929 Applicants.

NEW YORK, May 5-Therc was an
optimistic note in the report which the
Unemployment Bureau of New York City
for Soldiers, Sailors and Marines, sos
Pearl street, sent out yesterday to $1,000
employers in the greater city at the close
of the bureaus first week OF operetions.
Director Smith said i'll his report that
there is an especial demand by employ
ers for shipping and stock clerks, stem
ographers, typists, auto mechanics, tool
and die makers, cabinet makers and 9th
er skilled workmen. OF l,l20 me-. who
have applied to the 5tireau FOR Jobs al
most 900 were told where the jobs they
wanted could be found, and of this num-
Der more than 300 ex-fghting men took
the trouble to report back to the bureau
that the jobs had been secured.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-05
STATE SEEKING
BARRE MURDERER
Mrs. I'll. E. BrOadwell Found
Strangled Near Her
Home
BODY WAS LEFT NUDE
BY WOMAN'S SLAYER

state Attorney Davis Working Upon
Clue That May Implicate Party in
Another Part of State-Husband
Carefully Questioned.
BARRE, May attorney General F.
c. Archibald of Arlington arrived in
Barre this morning to cooperate with
States Attorney E. r. Davis in investi-
eating the murder of Mrs. Harry +.
Broadwell, whose body was found in a
garden of North Main street yesterday
morning, the woman having been stran-
gled.
States Attorney Davis has begun an
investigation, following the development
of clue, the nature of which he has
not divulged, but which has necessitated
an inquiry in another part of the state.
The woman's husband was twice inter
rogated yesterday by the officials. Moth
ing developed other than to disclose the
names of some men Mrs. Broadwell was
acquainted with
Drawn tightly about the woman :
throat was man s handkerchief; hel
| hands, still encased in kid gloves, were
bound at her back. The body lay face
| downward in the soft earth. There
we've no indications of struggle al
the place where the body was found
All there were We're slight mark!
which might indicate that the body
had been dragged a short distance from
a wire fence into the garden.
Near the fence lay the woman s ha
and gold watch, the latter hearing tn
woman S maiden name, with the ini
tials L. p. c. Twenty feet the 9th
err side of the body was found he
pocketbeol;, opened and empty BE
side the body were all the articles o
the woman 5 attire except shoes an,
| stockings, which were ON the body
When the clothing was picked up. sev
eral buttons dropped TO the ground, in
dicating that the clothing had been fol
eibly removed.
When questioned by State Atty. 1
Il. Davis, The woman's husband sal
that Mrs. Broadwell was ut home whe
when he returned at $50 Sunday morn
ing she was not there and he spent ii
daylight searching for her.
George Courser of johnson, the won
ans father, who was visiting at til
BroadWell home, said that Mrs. Broa(
, well left at 80 o'clock Saturday ev,
, ming, saying that she was going to Ii
+ Pictures
An autopsy was performed Sunda
/ afternoon by DR.. B. H. Stone of Il
state laboratory Of Hygiene, but no +
/. port has been made.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-05
s HOUR DAY FOR SERVANTS.
Twentyfour Hours Of a Week Asked
BY British Union.

LONDON, May 5.-The new Serv-
ants Union has adopted the following
program: An eight hour day; time and
half for overtime; double pay for Sun
days; whole day off every month; whole
day off every week after six months
service; a minimum wage of $3.50 a
year where only one servant is kept; a
minimum wage for kitchen and seGllery
maids, $3.50; house maids, $175; par
lor maids; 5000; and cooks, 1925.
During the discussion of the serv-
ants program the question was contin-
ually asked why the servant girl is
asked to work seven days a week when
other people were content with six.
There are 1000 members in the union
under the vigorous organizing influence
of n Scotch woman.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-05
HAVE YOU SUBSCRIBED?

The Victory Liberty loan cam
paign is two-thirds over but sub
scriptions for little over one
third of the loan have been re-
ported.
Is it conceivable that the
American people, who with heart
and soul waged the fight for
freedom will permit this loan of
victory and thanksgiving to
fail?
Our sons gave of their health,
of their strength and of their
lives that freedom might not
perish. There are one and a half
million American boys in France
and Germany today. Now that
the war is ended it would be as
reasonable for them to dishonor
the nation by deserving the flag
as for the nation to dishonor it
self by deserving them.
Is it large thing that we are
now asked-to lend our money TO
pay the cost of victory! Is
American money less willing
than American manhood?
Let every one OF the millions
who have bought Liberty bonds
buy Victory notes and success is
sure.
CARTER GLASS.
Secretary of the Treasury.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-05
SLOW PROGRESS
TOWARD LEAGUE
Meeting in Bellows Falls Yesterday
Rutland Not epresented-Meeting
Here Next Sunday.
Especial to The Reformer.)
BELLOWS FALLS. MaY

Little progress toward the formation
of an interstate industrial baseball
league was made at the meeting hid
here yesterday. No representatives were
present from Rutland and those who
came here from Newport y. H., brought
word that sentiment in that town ia
vored an organization made up large
ly of college players as the old Twin
State league was in its early days.
In addition to the Newport delega-
tion representatives from Brattleboro,
Springfield and Windsor were here yes
terday. Another meeting of the league
promoters is scheduled to take place in
Brattleboro next Sunday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-05
Machines Planned to Start
Transatlantic Flight
Early Tomorrow
HOPED ONE CAN BE
REPAIRED IN TIME
Commander Powers at Rockaway Beach
Naval Air Station Says Two Boats
Will Be Ready for the Jump Of"
Possibly All Three Can Get Away

NEW YORK, May Fire at the ma
val air station at Rockaway beach today
damaged the naval seaplanes \ l and
\ c 1, which were to start tomorrow
morning on the first leg of Transatlantic
flight. The right wings of the \ c / were
destroyed 1t is believed that the \ c 4
can be repaired in time for the Jump
off.
Commander Powers announced that the
start for Newfoundland, where the trans
atlantic flight is scheduled to begin would
he tomorrow, weather permitting, with
the \. c. 3, very likely with the \ G 4
and possibly with the n G /.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-05
DEMANDS FIVE CENT BREAD.
Mrs. Julian Heath Declares Food Is Be
ing Starting Campaign.

NEW YORK, May 5-Mrs. Julian
Heath. founder of the National House
wives league, announced last night that
she had opened headquarters in the Hotel
Pennsylvania from which she will con-
duct a campaign for five cent bread.
The league is not identified with the move
ment.
Mrs. Heath declares she is in possession
of facts TO prove that food is plentiful
and is being cornered.
''If the consumer were assured OF live
cent bread, which would mean down
ward scale on all foods, she said. the
Fifth Liberty loan would be subscribed
in full in "A hours. The consumer would
no longer be. depressed and could afford
to subscribe.
Mrs. Heath has established daily tel
egraphic service at her headquarters and
will be in daily telephone touch with
Chicago. She says she viii make public
daily the secrets of food exchanges.
! II shall ask the consumers of Amerlcs
| to write their congressman to enact leg
islation to limit exports of foodstuffs I'm
less we get fve-cent bread, and get i
at once" she said
Mrs Heath holds that 20 per cent o
our population, the consumers, must OF
ganize and cooperate with the remaining
80 per cent, the farmers, in adjusting con
ditions.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-05
Lewis Riendeau, Is Years
Old, Shot Through
Stomach
FORMER SOLDIER
WAS DEMONSTRATING
Weapon in Hands of Iucien Parker Ac-
cidentally Discharged in Townshend
While Manner of Bayonet Charge
Was Being Shown.

While attempting to demonstrate
bayonet charge as made On the battle
fields of France Private Lucien r. Park
er, who returned from Camp Deyens last
week, accidentally discharged a rife in
Townshend yesterday afternoon and the
ball struck Lewis Riendeau, 10 years old,
with fatal results The boy died between
10 and IL o'clock last night
The shooting occurred ON a hill back of
the Riendeau place mile or more north
OF Townshend village on the road to Graf
ton, Parker, who is q years old, former
~ was employed on Robert Greenwood's
farm a short distance from the Riendeau
place, and since his discharge from COM
pany F, l0Ist ammunition train. he has
been visiting at the Greenwood farm lie
has no near relatives
Parker went to the Riendeau farm yes
terday afternoon for a short visit and he
and Lewis Riendeau and an older broth
er, Eugene Riendeau, jr., II. went on the
hill back OF the house to hunt woodchucks,
taking along a 38-calibre Winchester rifle
belonging to Eugene Riendeau, sr
| While the boys were talking and visit
| ing Parker started to show the other boys
how bayonet charge was made and as
he raised the rifle as if to make a lunge
| his right hand slipped over the hammer
OF the rifle lifting it enough to explode
the shell.
The bullet struck the boy in the right
side and passed through his stomach, COM
| ing out of the body about an inch 10 the
left of the navel. The older brother ran
to the house for help and he and his faith
er hitched up a horse and drove as near
as they could TO the scene of the accident
The wounded boy was placed in the wag
on and taken to his home. This was
Iabout 30 o'clock.
Dir L. b. Gordon of Williamsville was
summoned by telephone, DR. f. T. Osgood
/ OF Townshend being away DR.. Gordon
administered a hypodermic and stated
4 that the boy was so low that there did
not appear to be much chance for his re-
, covery.
i The selectmen also were notified and Sc
! lectman f. H. Allbee, Town Grand Juror
r. W. Snyder, Deputy Sheriff w. NJ
, Sparks and others went to the Riendeau
/ place They were satisfied after an in
: vestigation that the shooting was acci-
, dental
! States Attorney Harrie B. Chase Of
Bratteboro was notified and DIR. George
! r. Anderson of Brattleboro was sum
moned last evening He reached the house
about 0 o'clock and found the boy in a
semi-conscious state. There was moth
ing that could be done for him.
States Attorney Chase went to the Ri
} endeau place this morning and questioned
the family and Parker and was satisfied
that the shooting was accidental and thai
t while there was some earelessness in
volved it was not of degree to consti
tute criminal carelessness. Parker, whC
was in his uniform, was overcome witt
il. grief over the unfortunate affair.
= Besides Mr. and Mrs. Riendeau ther'
are several sons and daughters in the Ri
i endeau family
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-05
TWENTY-EIGHT MILK
PRODUCERS JOIN
Become Members of Brattleboro Branch
Of New England Association
Eore Expected This Weeks

Twenty eight new members were Sc
cured for the Brattleboro branch Of the
New England Milk Producers association
through the efforts of Mr. Hall Of Boston,
an organizer OF the association, who was
here few days last week, and before the
work is closed tomorrow evening Mr.. Hall
expects to bring the total membership oil
the Brattleboro branch up TO approximate
ly 80 dairies.
Since butter and cream are closely al
lied with the milk industry and sell al
prices which are influenced directly by
the price of milk, svery dairyman has
already obtained benefit from the asso
cations work Local farmers are quiel
to see the advantages of the producers
organization.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-05
PUPILS INVEST IN
WAR SAVINGS SS,145
Comprise Grades of District No. 2, West
Brattleboro and Centerville-4,519
Since July 1.

The pupils in the graded schools of
district No. ., West Brattleboro and Cen
terville up to May / had invested in
war savings $S,l45.l2. Since July s4,-
5l9.O5 has been reported The class hav-
ing the largest per capita rate is grade
G. Main street, with s13l9 per pupil. The
third grade, Grove street. had per cap
ita rate of sl252; fourth, Main, SO, ,3S;
West Brattleboro, fourth fifth and sixth
Miss Webster's class, SllS3; Chase street
SLAP; grade s, Main street, Sl0.23.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-05
FIRST PAYMENT
ON BONDS DESIRED
Not Until One Payment is Made is Sub
scription Counted-S121,2 200 Sill to
Be Subscribed Here.

Every person who has pledged for a
Victory Liberty bond and has not made
the first payment is urged by Town Chair
man William A. Shumway to make pay
ment at once in order that the committee
may know exactly what is lacking, as no
pledge can be counted until the first pay
ment is made
Saturdays additions to the sales here
amounted to $500, and brought the to-
tai subscribed by about $50 persons, all
Of whom have made at least one payment,
up to S265, 100 This leaves a balance Of
$l2l 200 to be subscribed before Brattle
boro reaches her quota of 1856, 300.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-05
NO DIVIDEND FOR
COMMON CREDITORS
Final Account of Trustee Of Vermant
Last Block Co.-Claims, S94,447
Sum Realized, S47, ,581.

The final account of o. b. Hughes,
trustee of the estate of the Vermont Last
Block Co, in bankruptcy, was consid-
cred at meeting of the creditors of the
estate held at the county clerks office
last Saturday before John f. Gale OF
Guilford, referee in bankruptcy. The to-
tai claims against the estate amount to
s94 ,4470S in addition to the expenses OF
administration. The total amount real
lied by the trustee is 47,5S0s5. The
Wage claims have been paid in full, as
well as the mortgages and Judgment liens
ut is not probable that any dividend can
be paid to the common creditors
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-05
MORE BRITISH CONTESTANTS.
Two New Teams to Try Transatlantic
Ight-Crossing the Ocean.

ST. JOHNS, n. F.. May 5-Another
British team of aspirants for transat-
lantie fight honors has entered the
London Daily Mail s $4,000 prize com
petition. Captain Alcock, pilot, and
Lieut.. Brown, navigator, are on the
steamship Mauretania, having left Liv-
erpool on May 3. Their machine, Vick-
ers Zimi bommerplane will follow on
another vessel.
The HandleyPaige machine, another
contestant and its crew have left Liv-
erpool on steamer Digby for ST. John
enroute to Harbor Grace, where the
start is to be made. The Digby is due
here May H.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-05
AMERICAN EXPLOSIVE
USED IN THE BOMBS
Government Hopes to Trace May Day
Outrage Perpetrators BY Locality
, of the Manufacturers.
OF the Manufacturers.

WASHINGTON, May 5.-Experts OF
the bureau of mines analyzing the bombs
used in the attempted May day outragcs
have proceeded far enough to convince
them that the gelatin dynamite used was
OF American manufacture. 1t is expected
that the firm producing the explosive can
'be identified from the chemical formula
and the perpetrators perhaps traced in
,that way.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-05
ONE KILLED, FIVE HURT.
Coal Conveyor in Portland, Me-, Connects
With Live Wire.

PORTLAND, Me-, May 5-Clarence
McCann, aged %, was killed and six other
men were severely shocked by electricity
today when a coal eonveyer which they
were moving in the yard of Portland Gas
Light Co. cut through live wire which
Jay on the ground.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-05
WITHDRAws WILSON GIFT.
Municipality of Brescia Decides
to Send Copy of Statue to Fiume

ROME. Sunday, May 4.-The
municipality of Brescja, which
had decided to present President
Wilson with a copy of its fam
Gus statue Of victory, cast in
bronze taken from captured Aus
trian cannon, has revoked the de-
cision and viii present the statue
to Fiumc.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-05

One of the most difficult walking
feats on record was accomplished by
a well-known English pedestrian, who
undertook for a bet to walk thirty
miles backwards in nine hours This
he succeeded in doing with fourteen
minutes to spare.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-05
LAST WEEK OF VICTORY
LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE
New England Lacks More Than Half
Of Quota-Vermont Still Leads
Dispute About oversubscribing.

BOSTON, May 5.-New England
opened the last week of the Victory Lib
erty loan drive with less than 30 per
cent of its quota subscribed. The district
total as officially tabulated today was
$lS2, ,O4G,OOO, gain from Saturday Of
Sll .22G,000. This leaves $l92, ,954 900 to
be obtained during the final days Of the
campaign. Subscribers to date number
1895
The distribution of the Saturday total
by states was: Massachusetts,, S6,220,00O;
Connecticut, S2,Ol2,000; Rhode Island.
SlO42, 900; New Hampshire. SS36OO0;
Vermont, S645G00; Maine, S462 900.
Vermont stll maintained the lead
among the New England states, its oili-
cial total of S7,5l3,000 representing I!
per cent of the total quota.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-05
Odd Fellows Temple

Monday, May 5, 745 p.m.-The Past
Noble Grands association will meet in the
Rebekah parlor
Thursday, May 15-Odd Fellows ,
dance at temple for Odd Fellows, Re
bekahs and invited friends.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-05
Masonic Temple

Tuesday evening, May 6Regular meet
ing Of Bingham chapter, No 80, o. +. S.
Business, installation of officers. Every
member has the privilege of inviting two
guests. All officers please come at 7.3O
o'clock sharp.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-05
MORE BOMBS SENT.
Packages Received in Jackson, Miss, Be-
lieved to Contain Them.

JACKSON. Miss, May Packages
which postofiice inspectors believed con-
tanned internal machines were received
today by Gov Bilbo, Mayor Scott. and
Frederick Sullens, editor of the Daily
News. They were held for examination.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-05
Red heG's Hall

Regular meeting of Brattleboro
Camp, No. 1887. NJ. w. A., Tuesday
evening, May 6, at s o clock.
Dance win be held every Saturday
night.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-05

The Siamese have curious belief
about sneezing They maintain that
the devil keeps large book contain
ing the names of all the people on
earth. Whenever he reads through it,
and utters a name aloud, the person
who answers to it is obliged to sneeze
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-05

WASHINGTON, May Additional
reports of subscriptions today raised the
total of the Victory loan to about
$l,70O,OOOOO0 with only one week re-
naming to push the total to the
$4,000, 100000 desired.
A dispute among states which claim
to have passed their quotas developed to-
day. The state chairman in Oregon tele-
graphed that Oregon had oversubscribed
by popular subscription and he under
stood Iowa and Michigan had made their
records of oversubscription previously
only because banks in those states guar
anteed the quotas.
Vermopt also claims to have over,
subscribed, but proof has not yet reached
the treasury.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-05

PARIS, May 5.-Nittorio Orlando, the
Italian premier, and Baron Sonnino, the
foreign minister, are to return to Paris,
it is officially announced. They will take
a train from Rome tonight
In the meantime it had been announced
that Marquis Imperii, the Italian am
bassador at London, had been designated
to participate for Italy in the meeting
this afternoon OF the executive committee
of the league of nations.
1t is now certain, according to the
French press, that the treaty of peace
will be soemnly handed to Count Won
Mockdolh- Rantzaa, the German foreign
minister, by Premier Clemenceau at Yer
sailles on Thursday afternoon.
Il have done my best. / think it is
a good peace This declaration was made
to the editor Of the Figaro last night by
Premier Clemenceau. The editor adds
that il it is good peace it is also bet
ter one because it is an alliance with
Great Britain and the United States.
The policy of Japan is to return tic
Shantung peninsula in full sovereignty tc
China, retaining only the economic priv
leges granted Germany and the right tC
establish a settlement under the usua
condition Of Sing-Tao, it was declared Al
the peace conference.
A secret plenary session of the peace
conference has been called to meet at
O'Clock tomorrow afternoon at the FreEcl
foreign office for the presentation Of tn,
peace treaty to the smaller powers
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-05
s5 BUNGALOWS BURNED.
One Woman Lost Life in Confagration
at South Beach, Staten Island.

NEW YORK, May 5.-Fire early to-
day destroyed Happy Land Park, 35
bungalows, four hotels and four bath
ing pavilions at South Beach, Staten
Island. The loss is estimated at $780,
600. One woman was burned to death
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-05
THE WEATHER.
Fair and Cooler Tonight and Tuesday
Northwest Winds.

WASHINGTON, May 5.-The wealth
er forecast: Fair and cooler tonight
and Tuesday, Fresh northwest winds,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-05

BRUSSELS, May (Associated Press
The Belgian government has decided to
sign the treaty Of peace which was dis
eussed at a grand council held here last
night, it is announced
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-05
SCHOOL ARMY GARDEN.
Three Million Children Already
Enrolled in Organization.

WASHINGTON, May 5.-May
Day enlistments i'll the United
States school garden army brought
the total number of children en-
rolled to nearly 100000. including
members in the United States, Ha-
waii and the Philippines
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-05

Before safety first becomes safety
all the time, it is time to look for adj
venture.