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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-14
ABOUT 1900 POUNDS
OF WOOL POOLED
Clip Brought by Farmers of Various
Towns to Be Taken Today from
Wilmington to Pittsfeld.

Approximately 1900 pounds of wool
was pooled Saturday at the fair
grounds in Wilmington. the wool repre-
senting the clip brought from farmers
IN Dummerston, Halifax, Nottingham,
East Dover, West Dover, Marlboro,
Brattleboro and Wilmington.
The wool will be taken from Will
mington to Pittsfeld, Mass, today by
automobile truck and will be put into
the acution sale tomorrow with the
wool sbf the Berkshire County Wool
Growers association.
Inasmuch as approximately $4,000
worth of wool was offered in the pool
last year and with results which were
satisfactory to the wool growers, it is
expected that sufficient viii be offered
tomorrow to attract good number of
buyers and that the highest price will
be obtained despite the fact that the
wool market is weaker now than at any
time in the last three years.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-14
PUBLIC INVITED TO
TONIGHT'S PROGRAM
Flag Day Observance in Auditorium
with Address and Showing of
Stereopticon Pictures.

Flag day will be observed in the Audi
torium tonight under the auspices of the
Woman's Relief corps and the Daughters
of the American Revolution, the program
beginning at 730 o'clock. Everybody is
urged to be present There will be no
charge for admission. The program fol-
lows:
Music, by the orchestra; Invocation,
Rev. f. @. S Osgood; The First Flag
Jeanette Miller, Martha Holland, Robert
Dlgan; The Civic Greed, Washington
street school; music; address, Rev. Clark
|T. Brownell; music; The Trail of the FlaG
(stereopticon pictures) Rev II. P
Woodin; music, America, audience and or
chestra.
1t is one of the duties of the patriotic
instructor of the Wqman's Relief corps
TO encourage the observance of nationa
anniversaries, peace and flag days. Mrs
Frances f. Clark, patriotic instructor
wrote to the Community motion picture
bureau in Boston for a motion picture
suitable for Flag day, and Mrs. L. i
Holden regent of the ID. A. r. chapter
wrote to the Interchangeable bureau o
patriotic lectures and lantern sides of th'
National society, d. \. R., in Washington
d. c.
No special moving picture OF the flal
was obtainable, so the lantern slide pic
lures of The Trail of the Flag was secured
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-14
UNIVERSALISTS TO
MEET WEDNESDAY
Windham-Bennington Association to
Convene in Williamsville-Lar
Delegation from Here.

The Windham Bennington Associa-
tion of Universalists. organized in
1884, will hold its annual meeting in
Williamsville Wednesday of this week,
with morning and afternoon sessions.
The morning program will consist of a
devotional exercise, the president s ad-
dress by Rev. Flint NJ. Bissell of VII
mington, and reports from the various
churches by the delegates. Dinner will
be served.
In the afternoon there will be de-
votional service in charge of Rev. ID. f.
Trout of Brattleboro, followed by an
address, What Shall We Do About the
Exclusion of Universalists from the In,
terchureh World Movement2 by Rev
r. F. Johonnot, d. D. of Bellows Falls
Discussion will follow. An address The
Murray Anniversary Crusade, will he
given by Rev. G. F. Fortier of Morris.
vile, state superintendent
An election of officers and transac
tion of other business will close the
meeting of the association.
A large delegation, probably so o.
NOR, will attend from Brattleboro, go
ing by automobiles.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-14
PUTNEY WORMS
NOT CORN BORERS
Pest at Elm Leigh Farm Identified by
Federal Bureau as Native Species
Control Measure.

Definite information was received today
by County Agent W. p Frost that the
worms found week ago in Putney. at
Elm Leigh farm, which is owned by Miss
Mary Andrews, are not the European
corn borers, but native species.
The identity of the pest was ascertained
by ID. j. Caffrey, scientific assistant in
charge Of European corn borer investi
cations at the laboratory of the United
States bureau of entomology at Airing
ton, Mass. The decision as to the species
was sent here by Harold L. Bailey oi
Bradford, state entomologist, who sent the
specimen to Arlington. The text of tbs
communication regarding the worm fol
lows, Ill part:
Native species known as Pyrausta aims
liei. This species has only recently beer
named, little attention, if any having beer
paid to this and other native species unit
the appearance of the European corr
borer Smartweed has been given as it:
principal food plant, and it cannot hav,
been in the habit of destroying corn t,
such an extent as we found at Putney
otherwise it would have been recognized
as corn pest before this.
The most obvious control measure t.
try would be the elimination of all smart
weed near the corn field"
Information that the worm found il
Putney was not the European corn bore
will be source Of relief to farmers il
this section who have planned large field
of corn this year.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-14
Rev. ID. E. Trout Draws Les
sons from Elijah
and Elisha
OPENING FEATURE
OF COMMENCEMENT
Congregation Last Evening Taxed
Capacity of Centre Congregational
Church-Singing by High School
Chorus-Class Numbers 43.

Commencement week of the Brattleboro
high school began with the baccaIaureate
service in the Centre Congregational chucrh
at o'clock last evening, when the SER
mon was preached by Rev. d. E. Trout.
pastor of the First Universalist church.
1t was fine service, attended bv a ron.
gregation that taxed the capacity of the
church, and the sermon was clean-cut and
lmpressively delivered. The platform and
choir railing were decorated handsomely
with ferns and spirea.
With Earl A. Braman, director Of music
IN the schools at the organ the process
slonal OF graduates opened the service.
after the prudential committee and faculty
had been ushered to north front news.
When the 43 graduates had been seated
on the south side Rev Clark T. Brownell
OF the First Baptist church offered the
invocation. .
About 30 members of the high school
chorus took places In the choir loft and
rendered an anthem, The Earth Is The
Lord $, by Hamilton, in a thoroughly COM
petent fashion. Rev. E. Q. s. Osgood of
the Unitarian church read the scripture
lesson, Kings 2: 3-l5, which is the
story OF Elijah being taken up to heaven
in a whirlwind and Of Elisha taking up
the mantle that fell from him. Rev. r. A.
Num-, pastor of the Methodist church,
and choir sang hymn, Awake, My Soul.
! Kew. MIR. Trouts subject was The Man
/ tie of Elijah, ? Kings 2:l3 From the
story of Elijah and Elisha, two of the
most interesting characters in the Old
! Testament, he said he wished to point
/ out two lessons, the lesson of friendship
and the lesson Of the spirit and manner
IN which one took up the mantle of the
/ other. 1t is easy for persons of kindred
/ thoughts to associate together, but here
was friendship of .opposites, which is
not the usual tendency 1t was an ideal
friendship. a friendship of the old with
the young, and the speaker urged the
members of the class to profit by the ex-
ample and to have respect of those who
are older.
/ Elisha took up the mantle Of Elijah
with the idea of responsibility, with the
idea of emulating Elijah yet to preserve
his own individuality He took it up
with the idea of using it, not of preserv-
ing it as a sacred curio, and in like man
ner the members of the class should put
their God-gIven education to some useful
purpose. Speaking directly to the class.
Rev. Mr.. Trout said:
Members of the graduating class of
1920. My dear young friends: Mark well
the lesson of the evening Let it sink
deep into your minds and find an abiding
place in your lives Ever cherish your
friendships. young and old. Use your
God given talents for God in the service
-
of those who have lived and worked,-b
now have passed into the Great Beyond
and in whatever field of endeavor. OF
wherever your labor, may this world be q
more efficient and more Christian one
, because of your presence in it and your
| contribution to it.
Even as Elisha took up the mantle ol
n CONTINUED on Page ID
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-14
SUIT FOR 100000
DAMAGES BROUGHT
District Attorney and Assistant Are
Charged With Bribing and Cor
rupting witnesses.

NEW YORK, June l4.-Suit for $1,000
900 damages was filed in federal court
here today by attorneys for CASTOR b
Means against District Attorney Edward
Swami aud Assistant District Attorney
John T. Dooling. The complaint charges
the defendant with conspiring with off
cials of the Nor.h Trust Co. of Chicago
''to bribe and corrupt witnesses" to tes
tify falsely against the plaintiff IN his
trial for murder of Mrs. Maude a. Rob
inson King and to defeat probate of the
alleged last will of James c. King of Chi
cago- her husband
The alleged bribery and corruption
was said to have been practiced durinl
the trial of Means at Concord, \. c
Means, who served as business agent TO
Mrs. King, was acquitted.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-14
Will Not Slight Present Job.

BOSTON, June 14.-Governor Cool
idge returned to his desk at the state
house today to finish his job. +" This
was the word which came from the ex
ecutive chamber in reply to the ques-
ton whether he would resign in order
to devote himself entirely to the Re-
publican national campaign in the in
terest of Senator Harding and himself.
The governor will offer his services to
the Republican managers to assist in
the campaign, but according to his
secretary, Henry F. Long, his activity
will be conditional on his ability to do
full justice to the demands of his pres
ent office. He has finished every job
he has ever undertaken and intends to
complete his record as governor with
out sighting the job in hand in order
to try for another, the secretary said
Governor Coolidge has before him
several important state matters, in
Guiding a special session of the legis-
lature next fall.
To one of the friends who congrat.
ulated him on his nomination for the
vice presidency the Governor remarked:
- don t know about that. The gov
ernorship of Massachusetts has always
been considered the second most i'm
portant Office in the United States.
Governor Coolidge was to receive the
members of the Massachusetts delega
tion to the Republican convention on
their return from Chicago this after
noon and arranged to leave immedi
ately afterward for Springfield to ioir
with classmates of Amherst college il
celebration of the 25th anniversary ot
graduation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-14
GRAF TON TO HAVE
BIG CELEBRATION
Maj. Gen. Edwards and
Gov. Clement to Be
Speakers July 3
HON. JOHN BARRETT
PRESIDENT OF DAY
Aside from Fourth of July Exercises
There Will Be Dedication of Play
grounds and New Bandstand in
Memory of Grafton's Soldiers.

One of the principal Independence
day celebrations in Vermont and New
England will be held in Grafton Satur-
day, July 3. Aside from appropriate
Fourth of July exercises there will be
a dedication Of large Fairgrounds and
a new bandstand in memory and honor
of the soldiers who went from Grafton
to the World war and other wars of
national defense
Hon. John Barrett, director general
of the Pan American union and former
United States minister, who was born
and brought up in Grafton and is hon
| orary president of the Grafton Memo
rial and Improvement association. will
come from Washington to act as the
presiding officer and make brief ad.
| dress describing the significance of the
| Fairgrounds and the bandstaHd as me
MORALS TO Grafton : soldiers.
The principal address will be deliv
cred by Major General Clarence R. Ed
wards, commanding general of the
Northeastern department, United
States army, and commander during tn,
| greater part of the war of the Yankee
division on the battle front of France
! General Edwards has received numer
Gus other invitations from all parts o.
| New England, but. as a special compli
ment to the Importance and meanin,
] of this celebration in Grafton and t,
| Director General Barrett, of whom h
is an old friend and associate in Wash
ington and the Philippines. he ha
promised to 60 to Grafton accompanie,
by his wife and members of his staff
Governor percival w Clement o
Rutland also accepted an invitation t
attend the celebration, and will speal
just after General Edwards.
In view of the brilliant career o
General Edwards as a soldier and hi
popularity in New England, as well a
his ability as an eloquent and forcefu
speaker. it Is believed that there Wi
be a great outpouTing of people fror
/ southern Vermont and from southeast
ern New Hampshire to hear his address
a large attendance certainly will be
compliment to him and an expressio
of the regard of Vermont and Ne,
England people for him.
The speaking and dedication exel
cises will take place at ? O'Clock i
the afternoon of July 3, but in tn
morning and later in the afternoo
there will be competitive games, has,
bali contest followed by fireworks :
night and other features
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-14
POURING CEMENT AT
BRIDGE ABUTMENT
About So Cubic Yards Will Be Used,
Fastened to Granite Face by Steel
Rods for Reinforcement.

The work of pouring cement for the
addition to the east abutment of the
Connecticut river bridge was begun to-
day by the Fred T. Ley Co., in charge
of Supt. Robert Coombs. Since the
piles were driven a form has been
built around them, and the cement is
being poured into the form, in the
water. About So cubic yards of ce-
ment will be required.
A number of holes, of which there
will be 45, have been drilled obliquely
into the granite blocks which form the
face of the abutment, and into these
holes steel rods will be driven and
then bent down to form hook, and
these will be covered with the cement
binding the granite and cement to,
gether.
This addition is being built because
the new bridge will weigh much more
than the old one.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-14
SEARCHING FOR
ELWELL MURDERER
Police Want to Find a Mys-
teriOus Couple Believed
to Have Information
TWO SPORTING MEN
ALSO SOUGHT
They Disappeared the Morning of the
Murder-One Said to Have Double
Cause" for Enmity Toward Dead
Sportsman-Reven the Motive.

NEW YORK, June H. = Search for
a mysterious couple believed by the po-
lice to be able to give valuable in
formation in connection with the mur-
der here last Friday morning of Joseph
B. Elwell, wealthy sportsman and
whist expert. was begun today. Be
side this man and woman detectives
are searching for two sporting men. in.
Inmates of Elwell who disappeared the
morning of the killing One of these
IS said TO have been known to have
: double cause for enmity toward the
dead man. The other is said TO be q
bachelor who resented Elwell s atten.
tlon to woman of their acquaintance
Police theories regarding motives
for the crime today swung from jcal
ousy to revenge, arising from dis
pute over heavy betting. Meanwhile
search for the 'woman in the case >
continued with % detectives seeking
clues from the picture gallery of beau
ties in Elwell 's home.
Inquiry also was underway to de
termine where Elwell spent the early
Eours of Friday after he left ROOT
garden party at 2 clock. His bed anC
home had not been slept in, although
Elwell shot through the forehead, wa.
found in his paiamas.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-14
INTERN NATIONAL
LABOR COMBINE
English Delegate Urges Formation of
Labor League to Prevent Future
War and Promote Labor Schemes.

MONTREAL, june 14-In,ernational
organization of the world union workers
TO further their aims and prevent another
world war was advocated by James W
ogden, fraternal delegate of the British
trade union congress in an address here
today before the American federation of
labor. MIR. Ogden, however. warned the
federation that it must ignore any ''in-
tefnatlonaI similar to that formed in
Russia and other countries.
he only international we can ROC.
ognize is one that is formed on a right.
proper and legal basis he added The
only way we will be able to prevent use
less conflict is by linking the workers
OF the world into a great international
organization. '"The spirit of organization
IS sweeping England and the "non-union-
lst IS almost extinct in that country Mr.,
Ogden asserted He predicted the Brit.
| lsh congress would have a membership OF
| 5000, 900 by next August an increase OF
100000 in Il months.
british workers are constantly fighting
the high cost of living, Mr. Ogden said
adding that they had assured the govern
ment that it it would smash prices anG
prohteering the workers would ask no fur
ther wage advances and wages will at
tain their proper stability"
| 1t is ptiable that the United States has
not ratified the league of nations Samue
Gompers, president fthe American fed
Grafton of labor declared here today in an
address before the reparations convention
If the league were submitted to the Amer
lcan people without any other entanglin,
questions it would be overwhelmingly ac
lcepted' he said. 1T is pitiable that tn
United States has not ratified the leagu
of nations said Mr.. Gompers but has for
lgotten the efforts of the nations of tn
lworld to prevent another horrible conhic
lsueh as that which started six years ago
The labor draft of the league covenant
be added would help in the reunion o
the working people of the world and woul
help workers in the most backward cour
tries. Mr. Gompers made a strong az
peal to the convention to support tn
league and ''lend helping hand to tn
/: toilers of the smaller countries and al
them to take their places among the ciN
ilized nations of the world"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-14
COOLIDGE WILL
FINISH HIS JOB
Does Not Plan to Resign the
Governorship-Will Take
Active Part In Campaign
Has Important State
Matters On Hand-Goes
to Amherst to Observe
25th Class Reunion

WASHINGTON, June 14.-Senator
Harding of Ohio, Republican presiden
tial nominee, was back at his desk in
his Office at the capitol today Accom-
panied by Mrs. Harding, mis- secretary,
George Hustian, and a small group Of
senator's, he arrived here a few min
utes after midnight and went directly
to his home on Wyoming avenue. While
a Bov Scout band of Oil City, Pa,
sounded noisy welcome the senator
and his party made their way through
the cheering crowd at the station, paus-
ing just long enough for two fash
light photographs to be taken, an in
cident chat was repeated upon his ar
rival at his home.
Senator Harding told the Associated
Press he would remain in Washington
about a week. He expected TO be busy
for day or two cleaning up the bust.
ness he accumulated as senator but thC
coming of Will H. Hays, chairman OF
force him Immediately into the part
assigned to him by the convention. He
will confer with Mr. Hays as his polit
ical manager with the idea of getting
his campaign under way at once al
though he will not receive formal mott
fcation of his nomination until he re
turns TO his home at Marion, 0.
The Republican nominee announced
that for the present he would have ne
statement to make He reached IN
Office shortly before noon and atte
posing for the moving picture men wa
given an informal reception by senat
employees. He seemed to be in goot
humor. At his office the senator foun'
several hundred kilograms of congrat
ulation as well as a large batch o
mail
Among the kilograms were message
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-14
HARDING'S RECORD
IN PRESENT CONGRESS
Voted for Anti-Strike Clause, for Ma
tional Prohibition and Against
Heavy Taxes on War Profits.

WASHINGTON, June l4-One reason
why the American federation of labor
is SO strongly opposed to Senator Warren
G. Harding Republican nominee for pres
ident, aside from the straddle on labor
evolved by the Republican platform
makers in Chicago, is found in the fact
that he voted for the Esch-C Cummins rail
road bill with the original antistrike
clause
Senator Harding also voted to limit fed
eral control of railroads to 6 or y months
after the end of the war, while organized
labor as a rule favored its continuance for
much longer period.
The Republican nominee also enjoys the
distinction of being one of the Republi-
can senators who voted to pass the Vol
stead Prohibition enforcement act over
the veto of President Wilson.
Other important votes by Harding in
clude the following:
For woman suffrage
Against submission of woman suffrage
amendments to state conventions instead
of legislatures.
In favor of the prohibition constitu-
tional amendment.
Against prohibition in the District OF
| Columbia and for motion to submit the
question to a referendum of the citizens
of Washington.
Opposed the motion of Senator Phelar
| of California to lift the wartime ban or
| light wines and beer.
| Voted against motion to make bone-dry
law apply to the District Of Columbia
| Voted for the immigration bill.
| Voted against several amendments fol
60 to IS percent taxes on war profits.
| Voted for war revenue bills
Voted for armed merchant ships.
| Supported the espionage bill and the sc
lective draft law.
Voted for food control legislation
Cast his vote against measure to create
a permanent employment bureau in th'
department of labor.
| Voted against labor on stop-watch sys
tens III army arsenals and other govern
ment establishments
Voted against the Jones resolution lin
ting the size Of newspapers.
Voted to sever relations with German,
and for the declaration of a state of wa
between the United States and German,
and Austria
Supported war legislation generally, wit
minor exceptions.
Was paired against the OIL coal and gas
land leasing bill
Was not recorded on the BIN 70 tax tn
product OF child labor shipped in inter
state commerce.
| Voted to extend the law requiring puf
licity Of campaign contributions 70 il
clude primary elections of senator's an
representatives
| Opposed the resolution to tax campaig
contributions 100 percent when they e
ceeded $500
Voted for the passage over the Pres
dents veto of the bill repeating dayligi
savings
Supported the resolution providing f
the withdrawal of American troops froi
Russia.
Cast his vote to sustain the ruling (
the chair that wartime prohibition w'
out of order in the agricultural appropri
ton bill
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-14
NO AGREEMENT IN
THOMPSON CASE
Statement in Some Boston Sunday
Newspapers Erroneous - Negotia-
tions Are Still Pending.

Notwithstanding statements to the
contrary in some of the Boston Sunday
newspapers, no agreement has been eff
fected between the trustees of the
Thomas Thompson estate and the town
of Brattleboro and the Society of
Seamstresses, Needlewomen and Shop
girls.
As stated in The Reformer two
weeks ago, the parties held conferences
in Boston relative to an agreement, and
when the Brattleboro attorneys re-
turned home it was their understanding
that the papers would be signed with
in day or two by all concerned. That
has not been done. however, and it is
understood that unless it is done with
! in short time the attorneys viii pro-
ceed to take the case before the master
appointed by the court to take testi-
mony.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-14
PINCHOT PREDICTS
THIRD PARTY
Declares Johnson and La Toilette Will
Head the Hordes of Roose-
Wilt Men.

CHICAGO, June l4-Declaration by
Amos Pinchot, member of the committee
of 4S, that there positively would be a
new party presidential candidate in the
field, rumors that Senator LaFollette
would head ticket as presidential candi
date and announcement that the campaign
in behalf of Senator Harding, Republican
presidential nominee would be started
promptly were the outstanding develop
ments following the Republican conven
ton
The statement by Mr. Pnchot declared
that the Republican party has driver
out of representation in its council the
million of voters who followed Roosevelt
johnson and LaFoElette and that the
new party will represent these voters anc
present a definite and constructive pro
gram"