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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01
SERIOUS ALARM
OVER TURKEYS PLANS
General Anarchy and More Turkish
Atrocities Feared-Boundarie of
Bulgaria Unsettled.

PARIS, Wednesday July 80 ASSOCIATED
Press Although the question of Thrace
was again before the supreme council to-
immediate settlement regarding the
boundaries of Bulgaria in this region be-
cause of uncertainty as to the disposition
of the mandates for the government of
territories in the near East. The report
of the commission entrusted with the de-
lineation of the Bulgarian boundaries are
conditioned upon what disposition is to
be made of Turkey and consequently the
general disposition is to await decisions
on this point which are regarded as rest
ing chiefly with the attitude of the Am
crican public towards the acceptance by
the United States of mandate in Asia
Minor.
/. The proposed withdrawal of British
troops from Asiatic Turkey renders the
unsettled conditions recently reported
there more alarming, in the opinion of
members of the peace conference who re-
gard the danger of serious military move.
ments and general anarchy in Asia Minor
as not at all remote and as constituting
probably the most disquieting situation
in the present world crisis
; Virtually all other controversies in the
peace conference have been overshadowed
Tor tic moment by the Turkish situation
IS many Of the delegates say that neglect
Of it indefinitely will mean that Turkey
may again overrun the Balkans and con
tinue as trouble maker in the Neal
. Fast
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01
INCREASE TODAY
IN PRICE OF ICE
Advance Is Five Cents Hundred to
Retail Consumers and Half That
Amount to Wholesale Trade.

Beginning today the Crystal Springs
Ice Co. advanced the price of ice to
both the retail and the wholesale trade.
The advance to retail customers is five
cents a hundred and TO the wholesale
customers two and one half cents a
hundred
The cost to retail consumers is ad-
vanced from 45 to so cents where cou-
pom books are bought, so to So cents
where cash is paid and 50 to so cents
where a charge is made.
The employees of the company made a
demand for an increase in wages recent
ly threatening to quit unless the de-
mands We're granted. In some cases
they amounted to 80 cents a day. The
company granted the demands which
had increased the labor cost.
1t is expected by the company that
the supply of ice, although somewhat
limited, will go through the season, but
householders are urged to economic
both for their own benefit and to help
out the supply.
Books now out will be good until
used at the old price.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01
TRUSTEES ESCAPE
GREENFIELD JAIL
Took Railroad in Northerly Direction
Yesterday-Off1cials Think They
Are in Woods.

GREENFIELD, Aug. Frank
Haynes and James Ware, both of Bos-
ton and TRUSTEES at the Franklin County
Jail here, escaped yesterday afternoon
and were still at large when darkness
caused halt in a search of the sur
rounding country for them. They were
transferred here from the Charles
Street jail in Boston only last Saturday
and because of their good behavior
were given much more liberty than 9TH
CT prisoners.
Haynes was sent to feed the pigs kept
on the Jail farm, and Ware was en-
gagged in wedding the garden. They evil
IDENTIFY got together and seeing their OPP
portunity to escape, did so.
Their absence was not noticed until
some time later. Sheriff j. B. Bridges
who was attending the Superior Court
session, learned from persons who had
seen the men that they went in 9
northerly direction, following the Bos
ton & Maine tracks toward Bernard
ston
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01
ANOTHER TREATY.
Senator Lodge Presents Agree
ment With Poland.

WASHINGTON, Aug. IA
copy of a treaty between the
big five powers and Poland
said to have been signed at Yer
sailles on June % was put into
the senate record today by Chair
man Lodge of the foreign rela
tions committee who said it had
been submitted to the British
parliament two weeks ago The
text of the agreement between
President Wilson and represen-
tatives of other big powers and
the government of Rhine dis
trict was presented by Senator
Lodge who said he had received
copy privately after the docu
ment had been presented to the
British parliament.
The protocol to the German
peace treaty defining explana-
rions of the treaty agreed in
memorandums exchanged be-
tween the Germans and allied
plenipotentiaries was laid be-
fore the senate today by vice
president Marshall. The docu-
,nents were transmitted yester
day by President Wilson but too
late for subjection before today.
The protocol was accompanied
by explanatory letters from
President Wilson and Secretary
Lansing. The protocol and the
correspondence were referred to
the foreign relations committee.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01
Cabinet Officers HI ave
Started a Probe into the
High Cost of Living
NO IMMEDIATE
RELIEF EXPECTED
Federal Reserve Board Thinks Pres
ent Price Levels Will Be Main
tained-Several Resolutions in
Congress Designed to Give Relief.

WASHINGTON, Aug. IA commit
tee to investigate the high cost of liv-
ing and report to President Wilson was
appointed at the conference yesterday
of cabinet officers at the Office of At
torney General Palmer This was an
nounced today at the White House.
The committee will compile sugges-
tions thus far made and report to the
cabinet Monday, when further steps
will be taken. One suggestion made,
Mr.. Palmer said, was that the govern
ment sell this year S wheat crop at the
market price to be determined by the
law of supply and demand and make
UP the guarantee to the farmers out
of the, billion dollar fund appropriated
by congress.
Composing the special committee are
Director General Hines of the railroad
administration, Federal Trade Commls-
sioner Colvcr and assistant Secretary Let
fngwell Of the treasury department.
Mr. Palmer conferred with Sec. Tumul-
ty at the White House today and said
afterward that the work of the special
committee would be to embody all sug-
gestions into "a comprehensive program
attacking the high cost of living all along
the line by way Of the law of enforce
me-t or the law of suggestion He add
ed that natural causes for the high living
costs were accelerated by other causes
commonly known as profiteerIng.
No relief from present high prices is
forecasted in the federal reserve
boards monthly review of business
conditions issued today which notes
that July saw increases in many lines.
"In general the review said ''there is
a disposition to accept present price
levels and to expect a continuation of
the prevailing level for some time to
come.
e In the senate and house, the situation
gave rise to several resolutions to iuve5
tigate the cause of existing price levels
another TO reduce the volume Of currency
in circulation as a means os debating
prices, one to request the attorney gen
cra to stop speculations in foods on eX
changes, and another to sell this year
wheat crop at market prices instead Of
at the government guarantee, the differ
encc to be made up l5y the government
Attorney General Palmer met eigh
high government officials for a discussion
of high costs. After a general talk th'
conference disbanded to meet again, prob
ably netx week, for further counsel baseC
on additional information to be collected
in the meantime Those attending tn
conference included Secretaries Glass
Houston, Redheld and Wilson. Directo
General Hines, Chairman Murdock Of tn
federal trade commission, Assistant Sec
retary of the Treasury Lefingwell an
w. B Cover, of the federal trade com
mission.
In response to questions, Mr. Paine
admitted that there was no law by whic
prices could be lowered directly, but dc
clined to say whether new legislation wa
needed to enable tho department to pui
ish men who may be guilty Of proftecl
ing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01
COW SUBJECT OF
MORE LITIGATION
Constable H. o. Cobb of Putney Sued
by Mr.. and Mrs. X. P. Bailey
Second Suit Over Same Animal.

An action IN trover to recover the
value of a black and white cow has
been brought in the municipal court
by Kelsey P. Bailey and his wife, Bes-
sic A. Bailey, of Putney against H. O.
Cobb of that town, who is constable
On the face of it the case has some pc
culiar features which perhaps the trial
will iron out.
In the usual phraseology the writ
says that on June u, 1918, the plain
tiffs owned a certain black and white
cow, valued at $85, which came into
the defendants possession by finding,
yet the defendant, though often re
quested, etc, refuses to give up the
animal. Sheriff Frank L. Wellman
served the writ, and his return says
that he attached one stick of wood be-
longing to Mr.. Cobb as security.
On June -, 1918, Mrs. Bailey
! brought replevin suit agains Homer
o. Bailey, Kelsey P. Bailey, her hus-
band and Alma Bailey to recover pos.
session of this same cow and on the
same day Constable Cobb took poses
! sion of her, and, it is understood
turned her over to the plaintiff
Shortly afterwards the law firm
which is now Barber, Barber & Miller
acting for the defendants, moved tc
dismiss the writ and process because
the plaintiff, Bessie A. Bailey. lived ou
| of the state, in Somerville, Mass. Will,
| the defendants were residents of Put
ney, also because the case was mad
returnable in Brattleboro when i
should have been made returnable il
Putney. Judge A. f. Cudworth sus
tanned the motion and dismissed tn
suit, hence the present action.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01
Will Build on Flat Street
Lots AdjOin Elliot
Street Lot
MATERIALS TO BE
BRICK AND CONCRETE
Work of Tearing Out Buildings on Flat
Street to Be Begun Next Monday
Owner Plans Ultimately to Have
Moving Picture Theatre.

d. Frank Shea, proprietor of the FL
liot street fish market and grocery
store, has awarded a contract to Pellett
& Skinner to build a garage on Flat
tsreet on land now occupied by what
used to be the Joseph Simonds dwelling
house, now used as a harness shop by
W. H. Kinson and by the Willard serv-
ice station, together with the land in
the rear on which is located the Dewitt
barn and another barn and shed owned
by Mr.. Shea. The work of tearing out
these buildings will be begun Monday
and it is expected that the garage will
be completed before the end of the
year.
The lot is 107 feet deep and 70 feet
wide on Flat street. About half way
back the lot increases in width to 81
feet, making about 5000 feet of ground
space. 1t adjoins the lot on which Mr..
Shea IS market on Elliot street is locat-
ed. 1t is Mr.. Shea's intention some
time to use a story on the rear part of
his garage for moving picture theatre
| and to tear out his store and build a
| modern entrance through from Elliot
| street to the theatre.
The foundations for the garage will
| be built to sustain four-story build
| ing. but for the present the building
will be one story high in front and two
in the rear, giving a total of about
$4,000 feet of floor space. 1t will be
constructed of brick and concrete and
will be fireproof.
The first floor win be on the street
| level back for a distance of 40. feet,
and viii be Is feet high for ths full
width of the building, with a show win
dow on either side of the main entrance
and an Office on one side Forty feet
back ramp will go down to level
| four feet below the street level and an
other ramp win go up eight feet. This
will give two stories in the rear, each
/ of ll-foot studding and extending east
erly in the rear of the Angler black
smith shop. The flooring overhead will
be of concrete, so laid that additional
stories can be put on at any time.
Mr.. Shea has right of way between
the Angler shop and the Valley Grain
Co. building on Flat street to the
rear part of his lot He has no agency
at present and is undecided as to
whether he will run the garage himself
or lease it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01
POLICE STRIKE
THROUGH ENGLAND
Officers Protest Against Pro-
posed Legislation Affect
ing Their Work
MUCH DISPUTE
ABOUT NUMBER OUT
Labor Circles Claim $4,000 Officers
Quit This Morning Government Of
fetal Says Strike is a Failure and
Strikers Will Lose Positions.

LONDON, Aug. IA police strike
went into effect in London and the Eng
lish provinces today as a protest against
pending legislation affecting 'police or
CARNATIONS. While labor circles declared
that $1,000 policemen and prison officials
throughout the country had left their du-
ty, Edward Shortt, the home secretary
told the house Of commons that the strike
had been failure both in London and in
the provinces He conceded that the
strike order had been obeyed by about 300
policemen out of LOO in Liverpool.
Policemen who are unable to give
proper explanations Of their absence from
duties, he continued, twill cease immeS
lately to be policemen. Regarding Liver
pool, ! told the chief constable that |
would fully support any steps he con
sidered necessary.
The Daily Herald, labor organ, de-
clares that the whole London force re
sponded to the call. Other papers say the
call was generally ignored and General
Macready, chief commissioner of police
said that less than $50 men had struck
and that these would be dismissed and
never be re-instated An official at one
of the principal western police stations
said there were less than five per cent
Of absentees from the morning roll call
and that conditions were normal through.
out London.
At meeting of the striking policemen
here today, Chairman Marston of the
union read the following telegram from
the Liverpool branch Liverpool out solid
Stripped docks at midnight Fire brigade
as WELL Strike leaders asserted that by
s o'clock tonight there would not be a
policeman on duty in London
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01
WANT BooKKEEPER BACK.
Street Railway Men Strike Tomorrow
Because Management Refuses.

FALL RIVER, Mass, Aug. 1.-The
management of the Swansea and See
konk Street Railway Co. operating be-
tween this city and the Rhode Island
line at East Providence announced to-
day that strike of the employees of
the road would become effective at 5
o clock tomorrow afternoon and that
service on the road would then be dis
continued.
The strike is the result of the refusal
of the directors of the road to comply
with the request of the employees to re-
instate Mrs Caleb Bliss as bookkeeper
at the headquarters Office of the com
pany in Swansea. Mrs. Bliss was dis
placed when the duties of bookkeeper
and treasurer were combined
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01
FROM REAL
ESTATE VALUATION
Timberland in Windham Owned by
Vermont Marble Co. Increased
from S23,125 to 100000.

Several witnesses were examined yes
terday at a hearing in Windham before
board of appraisers appointed by the
state tax commissioner to hear an ap
peal of the Vermont Marble Co, of
Proctor from the action of the listers
Of the town of Windham to the board
of civil authority of the town and from
the board of civil authority which af-
firmed the action of the listers to the
state tax commiss ioner.
The Vermont Marble Co objects to
increased appraisal of 5000 acres of
land owned by the company in Wind
ham. 1t was appraised at $23,125 in
1914 and was raised to 100000 in the
auadrennial appraisal of 1918 About
20 different lots and farms are involved,
amounting to 3,112 acres.
O. A. johnson of Rutland and NJ. Fl.
Downing of Keene, witnesses for the
standing spruce timber on the tract at
from 100000 feet to 100000 feet and
placed the stumpage value from So to
So a thousand. The Marble company
also put in evidence as to the cost of
the large tract consisting of 200 acres,
which it bought in 1905 and the other
tracts which it has bought since and
the amount of lumber it has taken off,
endeavoring in that way to justify the
old appraisal.
The town showed, through L. E. Jen-
nson and A. g. Burbee, that the spruce
was worth from 81 to so thousand
on the stump, and showed by Frank G.
,Hosley of Jamaica the amount of stand
ing pulp. according to his estimation, to
be found on six of the larger lots all
of which he. had examined during the
three days previous. The listers, E. l.
Stowell Z. H. Hamilton and Bernie L
Gleason, also testified to their examin-
alton of the lots and the basis on which
they arrived at the appraisal of each
| lot.
| The hearing was continued to Aug. &c
in order to give experts on the amount
of standing timber, representing botf
sides, an opportunity to examine a large
portion of the lots involved and agree
upon this if possible, thus eliminating
the need of the board of appraisers tC
personally examine every tract.
o. B. Hughes of the firm of Chase
& Hughes appeared for the town OF
Windham, and G. H. Boyce, superin
tendent of the land department of tn,
| Vermont Marble CO.. and Benjamin
represented that corporation. Warne
A. Graham of Bellows Falls, C. g. Mil
Ter of Westminster and Ernest Dunkle
of Vernon constitute the board of ap
praisers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01
ARUZZA GUILTY
OF MANSLAUGHTER
Winooski Italian Sentenced by Judge
Moulton to Ten Years
Imprisonment.
Especial to The Reformer.)
BURLINGTON. A.

BURLINGTON, Aug.l.
Guilty of manslaughter" was the YER
dict brought in few minutes after 8
O'Clock this morning by the jury in the
case of state against Michael Aruzza, the
Winooski Italian charged with the muir
der of his cousin, Domino Aruzza, with
a pair of shears on the night of June l
last Following the verdict, Judge Sher-
man r. Moulton pronounced sentence
upon AruzZa, who will serve not less
than 10 nor more than Is years in the
states prison at Windsor.
The jury was out all night, receiving
the case yesterday at 5 o'clock and fail
ing to agree on a verdict until the early
hours of the morning the members spent
the entire night in the jury room at the
courthouse
The case has taken up the whole of the
last three days in Chittenden County
court, the prosecution being conducted
bv Attorney General Frank c. Archi
bald and States Attorney Allen Martin
1t was hard fought case, the respond
G. Leary and Rufus f. Brown, claiming
self-defense.
In sentencing Aruzza Judge Moulton
said in part II understand that you have
wife and family. | am going to be more
lenient with you than if your crcum
stances were different You are a young
man and during the time that you viii
spend in prison | hope that you will think
over what YOU have done and come out tC
live a better life.
Aruzza received the sentence without
emotion, as it was interpreted to hin
word by word He is under thirty years
of age The judge told him that he might
have his sentence shortened by good be
havior
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01
JAIL Fer WOOL MERCHANTS.
Offer to Pay S1,5O0,000 Internal Rev
enue Did Not Save Them.

BOSTON, Aug. AFTER battle of
more than a year S duration to keep
out of Jail, the feature of which was an
offer to pay $1,500,000 to satisfy the
claim of the internal revenue depart
ment against them, William A. English
and John Fl. O'Brien, wool merchants
were each sentenced to Is months in
the Greenfield Jail and to pay fine fof
$4,000 by Judge George w. Anderson
in the federal district court yesterday
afternoon for conspiracy to defraud the
government in connection with the pay.
ment of income taxes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01
AM|DON SUES TO
RECOVER $4,000
BrattlebOrO Man Lost Leg
as Result of Auto
Accident
MADE ON
MRS. DORIS GORDON
Service to Be Completed in Few Days
Motorcycle and Automobile Col
lide Near Harris Cottage in Chester
field, N H., Last September.

Damages in the sum of $4,000 are
sought by Harlan Amidon of Brat
tleboro, public automobile driver, in an
action for damages and personal in
juries brought against David William
Gordon and Doris F. Gordon, who live
in Hazzardyille, Conn, but who have
a summer cottage at Pine Grove
Springs, Chesterfield. n. H. The pa
pers have been served on Mrs. Gordon
by Sheriff Frank L. Wellman and it is
expected that service will be completed
within a few days. The suit is brought
through the law office of Barber. Bar
Der & Miller and is made returnable at
the September term of the Windham
county court at Newfane.
1t is alleged that on Sept ., 1918,
at Chesterfield the defendants were
running an automobile over the public
highway in reckless and imprudent
manner and at an unsafe rate of
speed without giving any signal or
warning of approach and without
keeping watch for the approach of
persons lawfully using the highway.
While Mr.. Amidon, the plaintiff, was
riding his motorcycle on the highway
IN the vicinity of the cottage owned
by Charles A. Harris of this town, it
is charged that the defendants S neg
ligently and without caution ran their
automobile along the driveway leading
from the Harris cottage to the high
way at an unreasonable rate of speed
and without sounding any warning, by
reason of which Mr.. Amidon was
| thrown to the ground violently,
/ dragged for some distance and greatly
/ injured in numerous places.
/ His right leg was crushed below the
knee and had to be amputated, his
nose was broken, his right wrist frac
tured his left thigh between the knee
and hip was cut for space of -four
inches on the inside, causing him great
suffering and expense and loss of time
/ The money spent In care, medicine
nursing, etc. is stated to be 81 900.
At the time of the accident Mr.. Ami
don and Emroy Carey of West Chester
field were riding the motorcycle, anC
Mr. Carey sustained fracture of one
leg Amidon was 21 years old and Car
ev Is Mrs Gordon at that time wa
Miss Doris p. Clark of Bridgeport
Conn Mr. Gordon was a lieutenant IL
: the aviation corps, and he and Mis-
Clark were married that afternoon il
the summer home of the bride s pa
!, rents. They were riding in Hudson
coupe owned by w. w. Gordon, fathe
of David w. Gordon.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01
PERSONAL.

Mrs John Brink of Pittsburgh, Pa, is
here to visit Mr.. Brink, who is employed
by the Estey Organ company.
Mrs. Ralph P. Churchill was taken to
the Brattleboro Memorial hospital
Wednesday for medical treatment
F. T.. Houghton and f. II. Chapman
left this afternoon for Chicago on busi-
ness for the Holstein- Friesian association.
Stanley Wilson, student in the medi-
cal department az the University of Yer
mont, came this morning to visit at his
home in town three weeks.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01
RESIGNATION OF
PASTORS ASSISTANT
Miss Maude E. Thurber of First Bap-
tist Church to Enter Gordon Train
ing School in Boston.

Miss Maude E. Thurber, who sue
ceeded Mrs. Fred L. Smith as assistant
TO Rev Clark T. Brownell, pastor of
the First Baptist church, has rendered
her resignation, to take effect Sept. l,
but no action has been taken by the
church
Miss Thurber plans to enter the Cor
don training school in Boston Oct. l,
to take special training as Christian
worker
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01
BoLSIEVIKI SUCCESSFUL.
Have Advanced IA Miles On Archange1
Front-Defeated at Poltava.

LONDON, Aug. Successes for the
Bolsheviki in the Oneida sector of the
Archangel front are reported in a So
Wet statement sent by wireless from
Moscow. 1t declares the Bolsheviki
have advanced IA miles aided by mu
tiny among the allied troops.
News was received today that the
volunteer army of Gen. Denikine, com
manding one of the anti Bolshevik
forces had captured the city of Poltava.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01
OPPOSING WOMEN ACT.
Want Referendum In Massachu-
sets On Suffrage Amendment.

BOSTON, Aug Am effort to
obtain a popular vote in this
state on woman suffrage was be-
gun by opponents of votes for
women today. The supreme court
was asked in petition brought
by John A. Sullivan and others to
issue a writ to compel the secre-
tary of state to furnish the
blanks necessary for signatures.
The last legislature ratified the
woman suffrage amendment to
the federal constitution.