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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-13
BIG NEW WAREHOUSE
Union Securities Company Obtain,
Permit for Brick and Concrete
Structure.

Building Inspector Butler yestcr-
day Issued permit 10 the Union Sc
curittes Company to build Il one-story
4 southeast corner OF Bellcv!llc and
Henrico Streets. The building is TO
: be used for tobacco storage. II win
cost $4,000 and Will cover lot 53a
by $50 feet In area
~ Other permits issued: Estate o.
George A. Smith. TO build "A metal
B garage at s23 West Grace, $685.; n. r.
Perkins. metal clad garage at 1905
Yictal garage at l127 Yves; Avenue,
$3.50. A. ID. Williams. TO repair garage
4 in rear of southeast corner OF Laurel
1 and Main; $1,000: 9. l.. Lcvenson nd :
4 pike. 5000; A. ]. Glasscock. aitera-
y tons and repairs 10 3200 Midlothian
sslT,urnptlse, 900: Jefferson Hotel Co,
repatrr and alterations. i327; Mrs. C
& 80 q, JspAigs and alterations 20 ii =
l&I2Xk64AH90 KDs n
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-13
ycrdict for Autn tInh

Trial OF The suit OF Robert Waitt
against the Richmond Automobile
Club. which was begun Monday in the
Law and Equity Court. terminated
yesterday in verdict for tho defend
ant The plaintiff sued TO recover
S76l. alleged to be due him in com
missions on advertising obtained by
him as solicitor for the Richmond
Motoris; Ills gross commissions. he
alleged. amounted to $685.. hut various
credits were checked against The
amount. reducing IL TO the amount
sued for. The defense contcndcd that
the plaintiff was not the authorized
agent OF the club and contested the
claim.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-13
Other Good Kinds

Slcepers, with feet, for small
boys or girls; in gray or white,
SI.00 and $1.39.
Heavy quality button Union
Suits, with straps; all sizes, $l.25
and $50.
Boys good quality Union
Suits, i'm sizes % TO 80. A very
special garment at SI.50 and S.. 90.
Floor Two-East.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-13
Gu-,i- Of Fair Arc Koh,,.a

Thl"Ncs az The State Fair GroiInls
are busy picking the pockets OF sight
s""rs. and yesterday TWO persons
complained that they had been rob-
ped. +. .. Si!vcy, 2452 Grove Avenue.
reported that he had been rciievej
OF s3o. and Albert Stccklcr complain
81 ;nai some one had stolen $40 from
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-13

Women's Union Suits, with high
neck and long sleeves, or Dutch
neck and elbow sleeves. These
are made Of fine thread cotton and
feeccd. Regular size, $l.25; ex-
ira size, $3.50.
Children's Cotton Flceced Vests
and Pants, in an assortment Of
sizes-50c to 75c, according to
size.
Very special-Children's Union
Suits, sizes up to II years, $1.GO.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-13
Grand Jury Indic,s n.,,wood.

Edmund Bcllwood has been !ndict-
90 on a number OF charges by the
grand jury. which con
SlGcrcd charges mad" against him 0.
sc!!nS diseased cattle at an auction
sale Of tho Bc!lwood herd in Chester.
field laSt June
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-13
CrntchflcId tInen .Attorne,,

Attorney Edgar y. English was
fined $40 and costs ytst5 rday hy JUS
language offensive TO the court. He
said that he Was only acting il the
| interests OF his client and, il ncces-
sary. would go any length TO defend
him
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-13
Today and Tonight
in Richmond
virginia state Fair. opens o.

Conference between heads of Nir-
ginIa hallway and Power Company
and street Garments Union central
commIttce, 10.
Richmond First Club. business
Mems Club, 4.
Florence Nightingale Circle of
SheltcrinE Arms Free Hospital. &.
Advanced AmeficaniHntlon Class,
school administration building, = $40
To 0t:iO.
Strnnd-"rhe Acquittai," drama,
2;.O und S;I5.
Academy of Muslc-I<eith vau-
dcriilc and motion pictures, 3;3O, 5
md N:3O.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-13
ChIla DIc. Ernm ScnldInr

Bessie Scigel. +year-old dausnter
O! Mrs. Bessie Se!yeI, died in Memo
rial Hospital as Il result of scalds
received when she fell into a tub o..
boiling water at her home, 1924 East
Broad Street
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-06-24
MEANEST MAN ON EARTH |
R0bS A BLIND BOY|

The term. ''mean enough to steal
IRON blind man" is one applied only
to the basest, most degraded of the
genus homo, Of which there are a
few on earth.
The most hardened criminal inside
the walls Of penitentiary will not re.
sent the statement that he is a thief,
burglar murderer, porch climber
or any other criminal. one might
name, but will fight his guard his
keeper or even the warden if they
even intimate that he was mean
enough TO steal from a blind man.
and yet Ardmore has one or more Of
this species of animals In human
guise, within the gates of the city,
and the police and entire sheriff's de-
partment are making strenuous
effort to capture the perpetrators Of
the deed that caused their ire to
arise.
Some time ago the board of county
commissioners gave Will Henderson,
"a tlind boy, born and reared in Ard
more, and one who has made a heroic
effort to be Of use in the world de-
spite his serious handicap, permission
to open cigar and cold drink stand
In the lobby Of the county courthouse.
He established the business and is
meeting with merited success, be-
ing patronized by every employe and
officer in the courthouse, as well as
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-06-24

taking in many dollars from transient
trade.
Last night some one broke open
his show case and took lot Of high
class cigars chewing gum. mints, and
cigarettes, overlooking a few pennies
in "A box that was in the case.
Henderson stated that he could
hardly estimate the amount of his
but In any event 1t is more than he
can well afford to lose and the Off
cials at the courthouse are going to
see that he is reimbursed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-06-24
POWDER MILL EXPLOSION
AT SPRINGFIELD KILLS FOUR

Springfield, ILL.,, June 24.--Wreckage
Of the Western Cartridge Company's
plant near here practically destroyed
by fire following a powder explosion
early this morning, probably has yield
ed the body of two men. Four other
workmen are at st. Johns Hospital
probably fatally injured.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-06-24
On Eastern Business Trip

George Daunis, salesmanager for the
Southern Motor Company, left today
for Chicago and Detroit on a business
trip for his firm.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-06-24

WANTED-TO BUY A SECOND
HAND ICE BOX, SUITABLE TO
SERVE COLD DRINKS. PHONE GAL.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-06-24

COLD BOTTLE BUD. EARLS
CAFE. 18-7.-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-16
Associated Press.l

NEW YORK. Sept. ia mysterious
explosion, disastrous in its effects, oc-
Cured at noon today in Wall street, kill
ing more than 20 persons and injuring
hundreds.
Office workers were just hurrying into
the streets for their MONDAY meal when
a jet of black smoke and flame rose
from the center of the worlds greatest
street of finance.
Then came blast. A moment later
scores of men, women and children were
lying, blood covered, on the pavement.
Two minutes later nearly all the ex-
changes had closed.
Men had turned from barter to an err
rand of mercy and there was need of it.
While the police toiled for hours seeking
the dead and injured, investigators were
trying in vain to determine definitely
whether the explosion had occurred from
a bomb dropped in front of the office of
j. p. Morgan & Co. or whether an auto
or wagon loaded with explosives had
taken its toll.
Frank Francisco of the department OF
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-16
COMPLETE FIGURES
GIVE HARTNESS 23,77O
Almost Two to One Over Nearest Com
petitor-Dale' Total Vote
Is 15,425
MON1PFLrFR

MONTPELIER, sept. Complete
returns Of Tuesdays state primary gave
victory to James Hartness of Springfield
in the four-eornered contest Tor governor
of the Republican ticket by vote nearly
two-to-one over his NEAREST opponent.
Congressman Porter III. Dale was renom-
mated by the Republicans in the I'd dis
trict, winning an easy victory over two
other candidates.
The vote complete was: For governor,
Hartness, 23,770; Frank W Agan Of
Ludlow. 1859; Curtis S Emery Of New
port, l2,7s4; Fred IT. Babbitt of Rock
ingham, LIZA. For congress in the ID
district, Dale, l5,425: Ernest W Gibson
Of Brattleboro. $40; John w Gordon
of Barre. $500.
The total Republican vote of about CO.
o10 was larger than ever cast for either
governor or president on the Republican
ticket in Vermont, largely due to the
fact that women voted for the first time
and turned ont in large numbers The
spirited campaign conducted by all the
candidates for governor also resulted in
bringing out full male vote. The rec
ord number of Republican votes pre-
viously cast in this state was at the
state election in 1896, when the Repub
lican nominee for governor received 3d.
426.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-16
THREE POLICEMEN
HELD FOR AUTO RACE
Authorities Trying to Discover Wager
In Contest that Ended In Death
of John Duffey.

EXETER, n H., Sept. l6-Three po-
licemen of Salisbury, Mass, were ar
rested here yesterday as result of the
investigation by New Hampshire author
tiles into the death OF John Duffey Of
Lawrence, who was fatally injured at
Seabrook last Friday, when one of two
automobiles which, it is alleged, were
racing from Salisbury Beach to Ports
mouth was wrecked
The three arrested are charged with
aiding and abetting an automobile race
Edward Arundel Of Lawrence. driver
Of the automobile in which Duffey was
riding at the time Of the accident, was
arraigned in the local court today,
charged with manslaughter, and was
held in $1,000 BAIL which he. provided in
cash, for the October term of the SUI
perior court.
Six Salisbury Beach policemen were
held as witnesses in bonds of $500 each.
and We're ordered to appear with Arun-
del at the coroner's inquest here. Yes
terday's proceedings developed no fur
ther information of the wager for which
the automobile operated by Arundel wac
said to be racing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-16
EIGHTY-THREE HEAD
OF GUERNSEYS SOLD
Comprised Entire Herd at Bradley
Farm-R. M. Bradley Buys 13
Head-Implements Sold To-day

Eighty three head, which comprised
the entire herd of Guernseys at the
Bradley farm recently sold by J. Dorr
Bradley, were disposed of yesterday,
the first of the two-day auction sale
ut the farm, and today the horses,
tools, wagons, carts and equipment are
being disposed of.
The highest price paid for single
COW was S267.50 by G. c. Haskell of
Orange, Mass, who bought three 9th
ers, his total purchases amounting TO
1852. Rihards NJ Bradley, brother of
j. Dorr Bradley, bought 13 head of
cattle, most of which We're young
stock. Ned Wyman of Athens bought
nine head and the rest were bid off by
smaller buyers. All of the stock was
grade except the two bulls, which We're
registered. The old bull was sold to
George Webb, cattle dealer, and it
is understood he will be put into beef
The young bull was sold to f. Cabot
Holbrook of the Scott farm
While there is large amount Of
farming implements and equipment to
be sold today all win be disposed of
before the sale closes tonight
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-16
WEST RIVER TRAIN
SERVICE UPSET
Freight Cars Derailed North of Jamaica
Mo Passenger or Mail Service
on Road This Morning.

A derailment of freight ears of the
southbound West river mixed train
about four miles north of Jamaica
about noon yesterday was the cause
for serious delay in the arrival of the
train here and of the non-departure of
the northbound passenger train last
night, and in consequence there has
been no passenger or mail service from
South Londonderry this morning.
After the derailment the engine of
the mixed train came to Brattleboro
and picked up the wrecking crew and
returned to Jamaica. The train arrived
here about l o'clock this morning and
as the same crew has charge of the
northbound passenger train, that train
could not be despatched until the men
had had eight hours of rest The
mixed train left about II o clock to-
day for South Londonderry.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-16
Odd Fellows Temple

Members of Dennis Rebekah lodge,
No. l, are invited to be guests of Amity
lodge, No. Is, of North Cambridge,
Mass, during Sovereign Grand Lodge
week at Boston, Sept. q, % and %. All
those planning to go, please be present
at lodge meeting Sept. IL for details,
or telephone 654-W.
The members of Dennis Rebekah
lolge are requested to meet at the resi-
dence of Brother Frank f. Young, cor
ner of Washington and Central streets,
Friday, Sept. II, at 2.l5 o'clock, to at
tend the committal service in Prospect
Hill cemetery of Sister Helen NJ New
man, who died in Alstead, n. H., Sept.
A.
At the sovereign grand lodge ses-
sion in Boston the Rebekahs of Yer
mont are to have q floral float in the
parade Sept. 20. Dennis lodge is expect
ed to make LOO roses as its share The
committee wishes everyone who can to
come to the temple Thursday Sept. 16
at 7.30 p. m. Please notify Mrs. w. T.
Haigh, telephone 539M.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-16
ANNUAL SCHOOL
EXHIBIT SATURDAY
Boys and Girls Work to Be Shown IN
High School Building Afternoon
and Evening-Open at 1.3o.

The annual exhibit of the Brattle-
boro Home and School Industrial
league will be held Saturday afternoon
and evening in the grade rooms of the
high school building. The exhibits will
be arranged and scored and prizes
awarded in the forenoon and articles
for sale will be so marked. A small ad-
mission fee viii be charged to defray
expenses.
The exhibit will be opened at 1.30
in the afternoon and continue until 5
o clock, opening for the evening exhi-
bit at Z O'Clock and continuing uISl
8 clock All articles exhibited will be
the result of the boys or girls own
work and viii have been grown or made
since Jan. of this year.
Agricultural and household arts ex-
hibits and exhibits of nature win be
divided into several sections but no
child win be allowed to make more
than one entry in any class. Special
prizes viii be awarded to the boy or
girl winning the highest number of
points and special prize will be
awarded to the boy or girl who, in the
opinion of the inspectors, has done the
best gardening on his crops through
the season.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-16

Justice declared that it was his opinion
that not bomb but collision had been
responsible for the blast which rocked
skyscrapers, tore the front from office
buildings for blocks around, and scat
tered deadly missiles in all directions.
The financial district after the explo-
sion presented scene of greatest demo
lition. In addition to the bodies of hu
man beings and horses scattered over the
pavement. great blotches of blood ap,
peared on the white walls of Wall streets
Office buildings. Almost every pane OF
glass in the vicinity was shattered and
besides mantle of broken crystals the
streets wele covered with fragments of
brick and stone blasted from the main
walls Of the buildings.
The front of the Morgan building was
demolished and the sub-treasury also
was badly damaged. With the arrival
of soldiers and police 80 street cleaners
were put to work in the street to make
possible the passage of ambulances.
United States regulars from Governors
Island arrived on the scene at 1880.
The call for soldiers at Governors Island
was sent by the assistant secretary of
the treasury who had charge of the sub
treasury. With all the windows blasted
out, Col. W. Wiegel, chief of staff at the
military post announced that 200 infan-
trymen would patrol the district with
fixed bayonets day and night with orders
to allow no one to approach government
property. "
After stopping trading in stocks for
the day the governing committee of the
stock exchange ordered that all deliveries
of securities be deferred till Monday eX-
cept by mutual consent. The committee
called another meeting for later in the
day to take further measures in connec-
tion with the effect of the explosion on
trading.
SO far as can be learned no prominent
financiers or members of the stock ex-
change were injured in the explosion
| Thomas w. Lamont and Henry p. David
son, members of the firm, were in the
| Continued on Page 81
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-16
Lieut.. Haven Spencer Was
Attempting to Land
in Mortified
ARMY BIPLANE CUT
THROUGH TREETOP,
Came Down in Cornfeld 40 Rods Away
Herman Mcmillan of Northfield,
Passenger, Not Badly Hurt-Lieut
Spence Was Home on Furlough.
Especial to The Reformer.l
NORTHFIELD, Mass, Sept. 10.

q
While trying to make an airplane
landing in a field at the F. B. Caldwell
homestead yesterday afternoon about
2.45 o'clock Lieut.. Haven Spencer, 27, a
government aviator who came here on
"a furlough to visit his mother, Mrs.
Mary Spencer of East Mortified, was
killed instantly, his plane crashing to
the ground after cutting through the top
of tree
The big army plane, De Haviland
biplane with Liberty II motor, turned
upside down after it had torn away the
upper foliage of the tree, and crashed
into Ernest Motchman's corn field, about
40 rods from the flying field. Herman
Macmillan of Mortified, %, who was a
passenger in the airplane, crawled out of
the wreck, cut and bruised, but not Sc
riously hurt.
Lieut.. Spencer had deep wound on
the temple, apparently where his head
had struck against the side of the ma
chine, and was dead when he was picked
out of the wreckage. His skull had been
fractured, according to DIR. r. H. Phil
brick
George Strange of Northfield and
Charles Cummings of Springfield, both
Boston & Maine railroad men, were
working in the cornfeld, ran for their
| lives when the machine swooped down
| upon them. Strange barely got out of
! the way, while one of the wings knocked
fCummings down, but did not iniure him
badly. The plane was badly damaged,
the wings being crushed and propeller
broken.
1t was reported that the engine was
not working properly earlier in the day.
but Lieut.. Spencer was skilled pilot and
| it is thought unlikely that lie made the
flight without feeling assured the engine
trouble had been remedied.
According to the men in the eornfield
the aviator was coming down in full
! control of his machine until it struck
the tree.
| Sergt. Oliver d. Chauvet, a meehani-
clan in the aviation service of the army
who came to Northfield with Lieut..
| Spencer Tuesday, said it was his belief
that Lieut.. Spencer had misiudged the
distance TO the ground in making the
descent and had struck the top of the
tree In consequence with the crash to the
ground resulting. The machine had been
clrcllng over the town for some time be.
fore the fatality occurred
Lieut.. Spencer enlisted in the air
service Aug. Is, 1917, and has spent most
of his time at San Antonio, Texas. and
was considered an exceptionally able
pilot. He came from Texas a few weeks
| fCoutinupd on paua g
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-16
FALL STYLE SHOW
IN AUDITORIUM
Free Exhibition to Be Given Tonight
for Goodnow, Pearson g. Hunt
Admission by Ticket.

The Goodnow, Pearson & Hunt de-
partment store will stage its semian-
nual stvle show in the Auditorium
this evening at 7.3o o clock, and
those who have not already secured
their tickets should make application
at once, as the demand is rapidly near
ing the capacity of the house. While
there will be no charge for admission
only those having tickets will be given
opportunity to see the show.
Seven living models viii exhibit the
new l920-2l styles in garments, furs,
blouses and children : apparel and ev-
eryone who saw the show last year,
when it was given in the company s
store before a crowd which extended
well into the street, win appreciate
this year the opportunity to sit while
the show is in progress. Music will be
furnished during the show.
Tickets may be obtained for the ask
ing at the garment department of the
store, the only restriction being that
the tickets are limited 10 the capacity
Of the Auditorium. Persons are asked
to return the tickets they are not GO
ing 70 use. in order that others may
have an opportunity to attend the ex-
hibition.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-16
STATEMENT BY O. :. DUNHAM.
Relates to Securing of Stimulants by
Brattleboro Hospitals.
Editor Of the Reformer:--


Dear Sir:-My attention has been
called to the item which appeared in
Tuesdays Is Reformer, calling attention
to the statement by Captain Gibson
that on account of the Volstead act,
our local hospitals were without the
necessary stimulants and that there
had been long delay in securing the
necessary permits.
The Memorial hospital had no diff
Guilty in securing a permit to purchase,
free from tax, alcohol to supply all its
legitimate needs for bathing, making
pharmaceutical preparations and COM
pounds and has never been without q
sufficient supply.
A permit for obtaining other alco-
holie liquors could be obtained without
difficulty. should the board of direct
ors see fit to do so. / find that the
stock which I understand we had on
hand is practically exhausted. There
is no doubt if the medical board Should
request them to do so the directors
would be very glad to authorize me
to secure permit for the purpose of
securing an additional supply.
DR.. Lawton, who is chairman of our
local board of directors, informs me
that he has had no difficulty in secur-
ing a permit to purchase all the al
.coholic liquors he needs for the Brat
tleboro Retreat and that he has a suf,
ficient supply on hand to meet all le-
gitimate needs
DIR. Lynch informs me that the Mel
rose hospital made an application
about five weeks ago for permit to
secure alcohol free from tax but has
not yet received the permit.
With this explanation am sure
| Captain Gibson viii agree with me
| that our failure to have on hand a
stock of liquors is not the fault of the
! Eolstead act
| Very truly yours,
GEORGE l.. DUNHAM
| Brattleboro, Sept. 16
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-16
Opens Investigation of His
Financial Transactions
Today
GIRL OFFICE
MANAGER CALLED
Pride, Who Has Audited Ponzi's Ac-
counts, Another Witness - Bankers
Where Ponzi Had Branch Offices Also
Summoned Before Investigators

BOSTON, Sept l6-The federal grand
jury today began the latest of several
Investigations into the operation of
Charles Ponzi and his Securities Ex-
change Co. now in receivership with sew
eral millions in claims against it. Miss
Lucy Nell, the girl who was Ponzi's Of
fee manager and who has testified that
so far as she knew his only business was
the receipt of investments and the pay
ment of notes issued for them, was
among the first witnesses called.
The grand jury also heard Edwin L.
Pride, who made an audit Of Ponzi's ae-
counts for federal authorities which be
has announced showed liabilities ont
Htanding of 5000, 900 with scanty. as
sets.
uIneials 81 banks IN other cities where
accounts of Ponzi's branch offices were
kept and the agents at branch offices
constituted most of the witnesses. They
included III. L. Addition, cashier of a
Manchester. \ H., bank, Joseph Bruno,
agent at Manchester, Percy Illingsworth,
agent at Fitchhnrg, and Raymond Izzi,
agent at South Barre, Mass.