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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-16
SALISBURY SHOOTER FINED 5000.
Also Paid $1,000 Damages to Wounded
Man-Jail Sentence Suspended.

MTDDLEBURY, Aug. l6.-The case of
the state against Duncan Higgenbotham,
who was arrested at the Mountain Spring
hotel in Salisbury early Friday morning
charged with shooting Frank Durant of
that town and who has been confined in
the Addison county Jail awaiting a hear
ing, came up before Judge Albert w.
Lickens in the Addison county municipal
court Saturday afternoon Upon a plea
of guilty the court fined Higgenbotham
$500 and costs of $l3l0 and sentenced
him to serve not less than one nor more
than one and one-half years in the house
of correction. The Jail sentence was sus-
pended and Higgenbotham was placed in
the hands of the probation officers until
the term of the sentence expires.
In the suit for damages brought by
Durant against Higgenbotham for in
iuries caused by the shooting, an agree
ment was reached through counsel
whereby Durant received 81 900. Both
the fine and the damages were paid by
Pliny Fisk, by whom Higgenbotham is
employed as chauffeur.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-16

in the public interest by giving Methuen
a handsome school and building churches
for various sects, despite the fact he
made no public requests in his will. 1t
is said that no town of it's size ever had
more general benefactor.
The Searles will, in switch Walker was
referred to as a friend was drawn
July "a, just two weeks before Searles
died
The Pine Lodge estate, and valuable
works of art are inherited by Benjamin
Rowland, in addition to the income from
a 100000 trust fund The trust fund
was left to his mother, Mrs. Mary Allen
Rowland, cousin of Searies.
Albert Victor Searles, nephew, who
is mentioned as a possible contestant OF
the will, received s25o,0Oo He is said
to have already consulted lawyers regard
ing his chances of breaking the will.
Another possible claimant to share IN
the fortune is Dennis f Man OF Me
chanic Falls, Me-, who SAYS he is a COUSIN
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-16
STREET FAIR AT BELLOWS FALLS
Directors Vote to Hold One Oct. 12-The
Committees.

BELLOWS FALLS, Aug IG-A street
fair for Bellows Falls decided upon at a
meeting of the fair directors and Oct. j
is tentatively named as the date 1t
was voted to continue the old organiza
tion with the same general committee
and heads of departments Another
meeting of the committee will be held
next Friday evening where further de
tails will be settled.
The usual exhibit in halls about the
town and the big street parade are Gus
tomary features already settled .on and
new features are promised by those in
charge.
The general committee consists of w.
c. Belknap, J. c. Hennessey, J.. c,
Lowell, W. c. Jewett and ]. c. Dennison.
Chairman of the several committees are,
advertising, IL. d. Derry: finance. r. T.
O'Brien; entertainment, H. W. Buzzell;
cattle, L. c. Lowell; poultry, r. c. st.
CroiX; fruit, G. A. Halliday; vegetables
a. G. Halliday; fancy work, Mrs. A. M
Richards; parade, d. p Thompson; dogs
II. n. Bulger; printing, c. c. Collins
manufacturers, w. c. Smith; treasurer
G.. +. Kent
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-16
cosmopoIitan Switzerland.

Before the Romans conquered tho
territory now known as Switzerland.
It was Inhabited by a couglomeration
Of hostile tribes, for the most part Of
Celtic origin. But the district of the
eastern Alps 10 which the present cans
ton of the Grisons is situated was in
possession of the Raeti of mixed Latin
and Estruscan stock. At the time of the 8
Teutonic invasion of the Roman em4
pire, Rhaetia received a certain number
Of German-speaking Immigrants and in
the tenth century was used for while
as basis of operations by the Saracenj
brigands. who made Europe unsafe. ,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-16

which Ponzi secured through his Bur-
lington agency was $545. According to
an examination of the books of the To-
cal office of the Securities Exchange
company, by George B. Carpenter, state
bank commissioner, it took four of
Ponzi S agents more than. one week to
get even this amount.
An Avro airplane arrived in Burling-
ton Saturday Afternoon from Boston.
1t is the property of Capt.. G. Z. VIII
cox and Mai S. i. Parker who viii OPP
crate the plane from Burlington and
later from Lake Placid, n. Y, in car
rying passengers The plane was piloted
by Capt. II. S. Broad, A. f. c., who
served in the air forces of Great Brit
ain during the greater part of the
World war. Capt. Broad IS flying time
from Boston to Burlington was two
and half hours
Edward A. Cullen of Montpelier COM
mitted suicide Saturday evening by
taking paris green. His parents. Mr..
and Mrs. James b. Cullen, went to the
moving pictures and when they re-
turned found him alive but in great
pain, with evidence that he had taken
poison. Physicians were called but the
man died shortly afterward. He was
born in Boston SO years ago, but had
lived in Montpelier for some years. He
was an epileptic.
Lee Nolan of ST. Adams Bay is in
the Franklin county Jail charged with
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-16

to do with the matter and viii turh
the petition over to the states attorz
ney of Windsor county. THE petition
sets forth that each night the signerS
go out with their machines they meet
from one to five teams without lights
and that a close call from accident is
a regular thing because they can only
see 40 feet ahead of their car with the
present style of lens
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-16
BABBITT FILES MORE NAMES.
Has Total of 3,4oo on Petition for Gov.
ernorship

Bellows Falls, Aug. l6-Fred II. Bah
bitt of Bellows Falls, candidate for tho
Republican nomination for governor. ha.
filed LOO more names on. his petition,
with the secretary of state, giving him j
total thus far of 3,400.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-16

statutory effense The arrest com
pletes the case of the state against the
people implicated in leaving a newly
born baby girl in the rear of Jordan
hall at St. Adams on the evening of
July IA. At first there were no clues
but by continuous work the police dis
covered that the mother of the child,
Miss Bessie Bruley, was working in a
restaurant in Newport. She was placed
under arrest and in her confession
child. Nolan was found in Springfield,
Mass. He was brought from that city
Thursday evening.
The Central Vermont Cattle club
was organized at Barre Thursday The
directors of the club are: DIR. f. H.
Bancroft of Barre; w. i. Tucker of
Orange; j. p. Davis Of Chelsea; NJ II.
Moody of Waterbury; o. L. Dow of
Cabot; Arthur White of West TopSham,
Neil Smith of Williamstown; G. NJ.
Jones of Waitsfeld, and f. B. Catlin
of Randolph. Membership in this club
will be composed of dairymen who viii
use a pure bred sire exclusively in their
herds and whose herds shall be under
state and federal supervision for the
eradication of tuberculosis.
The secretary of state his received
from South Royalton a petition, includ-
ing well towards 20 names, asking that
the state officers enforce the laws rel
alive to carrying lanterns on teams at
night time. The secretary has nothing
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-16

Andrew Jackson's Nickname.
The nickname "Old Hickory" was
given to Andrew Jackson for the tough.T
ness and sturdiness of his character. II
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-16

One factory in Philadelphia produceg
100000 saws a year. IL,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-16

EDWARD R. LYNCH, M D.. Surgery a spe-
cialty. Office, Park Building. Phone, $40
14I Canal St. Phone, III. Sundays by APP
pointment only.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-16
VERMONT NEWS.

During a heavy thunder storm Sat
urday afternoon the lightning burned
out a transformer in the basement of
the National Life Insurance company
in Montpelier and the fire department
was called to put out small fire there.
Il The portrait of Gov Charles w.
Gates made by Scott Carbee. arrived
at the state house Saturday and was set
up in the afternoon in the executive
chamber. 1t is generally considered a
fine likeness. Gov@nor Gates himself
was present.
George p. Twigg of st. Adams has
resigned as treasurer of the Franklin
County Fair association after 81 years
of continuous service. Elk Governor
Charles w. Gates, president of the as
ISOLATION, has appointed Charles f.
Sehoff of st. Adams as Mr.. Twigg s
successor.
A brown trout, believed to be rec
ord fish for this section, was taken
from the Battenkill river in the town
of Manchester Monday evening bv
Clyde Blackwell. The fish. which was
captured on a fly rod, weighed an even
nine pounds and measured 3O1A inches
in length.
Residents of Burlington did not bite
very heavily on Charles Ponzi's get
rich-quick scheme The full amount
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-16

Residents of Burlington did not bit
very heavily on Charles Ponzi's get
rich-quick scheme, The full amour
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-16

DIR. A. I. MILLER. locker block, Bratte
boro. Office hours; q to 9, l to 2, $50 to 8.
HASKINS & SCHWENK Attorneys and
Councillors at Law. Brattleboro VT
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-16

G. R. ANDERSON, Surgeon and Physician.
Surgery a speciality. Office and residence,
Brooks House, 128 Main St. Hours: After
moons, 80 to 3; evenings, to 8, except Tues
days and Fridays. Sundays by appointment
only. Phone 246
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-16

Lee Nolan of ST. Adams Bay is in
the Franklin county Jail charged with
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-16

c. r. ALDRICH, M. d. Hours: 1870 to 2.3
to g. Office phone, l65-W; house, 1851
X-ray work a speciality.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-16
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

DIR. THOMAS RICE, Physician and Surgeon.
l53 Main St. Tel. 291. Office hours / to 3,
and in the evening
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-16

w. ]. KANE, NJ. D., Physician and Surgeon
Office. Room 10. Ullery Building. Hours 49,
to go; $50 to 500; to 8, Office phone, 429-N.
Residence, IS Frost ST., phone 429-R.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-05-29
MEXICO DIVISION
 INTO NORTH, SOUTH,
 URGED BY EX-ENVOY

WORCESTER, Mass, May 29.-- Division of Mexico at the twenty second parallel by the creation, with force if necessary, Of an independent Mexican Republic including the present States of Sonora, Chihua- hua. Sinoloa, Durango, Coahuila, Neuvo Leon and Tamaulipas and the territory of Lower California, was advocated here by Henry Lane Wilson, former United States Am bassador to Mexico.
 Speaking at Clark University conference on Mexico and the Carib- bean, MT Wilson declared that such an independent republic, as a buffer state three times the size of Texas between this country and Southern Mexico. would afford self-govern ment to Northern Mexico. 'th' breeding ground of all recent Mexi can revolutions" which Mexico City never had been able to contro successfully
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-05-29
VON KEMNITZ ADMITS ZIMMERMAN NOTE TO
 MEXICO HIS DRAFT

BERLIN, May 29.-(By the Asso- ciated Press. Herr Won kemnitz. who is a candidate of the German peope's party for election to the Reichstag admits in the Oder Iei- tung of Frankfort, that he drafted the final dispatch to Mexico in which Germany endeavored to enlist that countrys armed aid in the event of war with the United States. At the time he was adviser at the Foreign Office on Far Eastern and Central American affairs.
 Herr Von Kemnitz declares that he should not be blamed for the United States government obtaining possession of the document, which, if if had been kept secret. be says. could only have done good.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-05-29
Al. L.ASKA MAY BE PUT UNDER J. s.
 SHIPPING LAWS
Jones Amendment to Ship ping Bill Would Bar Ser
 vice via Prince Rupert

SEATTLE, May 20 Congress is devoting much thought to the pro posed exemption from payment oi tolls of ships passing through tho Panama Canal which are on6a god in coastwise trade, the Seattle Times Washington correspondent said to day in a special dispatch.
 All Pacific coast ports are vitally interested in the proposal, especial, those of the Northwest who would be placed on more even terms with 'it White Pine section of the South T competing for the lumber business It is recognized, however that the Atlantic coast in turn would hav' much better oportunity to secure larger portion of the trade with h' Far East.
 It is thought that George F Grigs by, Delegate from Alaska, will fish the amendment 10 the shipping bill drafted by Chairman Wesley L. J)no of the Senate Commerce Committee extending the American coastwls shipping laws to Alaska and th Philippine Islands, so far at ieasf as Alaska is concerned, since th shorter route through Prince Rupcr Ia Canadian por., w'ald be barre, under the proposed amcndmen.s l is feared however. that GriCsb stands little show of success ir thit
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-05-29
U. S. MOVE TO BUY SUGAR WOULD STIMULATE PRICE.
 CUBA'S PRESIDENT SAYS

WASHINGTON. May 29.-Action by the United States government to acquire the remaining portion of the Cuban sugar crop would only stim- ulate prices. President Menacal of Cuba declared in cablegram re- ceived by Senator Charles L. Me- Nary of Oregon.
 The present crop, the President said. is twenty per cent. less than estimated in December. due to the drouth. An usual demand. coupled with speculation. has helped to in crease prices, he said.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-05-29
Son of Worlds Wealthiest Man Campaigning For
 Interchurch Plan

John D. Rockefeller, Jr, sCn of the worlds richest man, has started on a tour of the United States campaign ing for the Interchurch World move ment which seeks to combine the efforts and financial strength of the various Protestant churches of Ani- erica, in missionary, religious and educational work at nome ana abroad
 Many men of prominence in the financial world are taking an active part in the movement. It is esti- mated that the payroll Of these men if they were to be pail for their time on the basis Df their annual income, would be se7e.a, million dol lars a week
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-05-29
VANCOUVER. WASH. GAINS 38 PER CENT. IN CENSUS;
 POPULATION NOW 12,637

WASHINGTON, May 29. - The population of Vancouver, Wash, is given as 12,637 in figures for the 1920 census, made public today by the Census Bureau. This is an in- crease of 3S per cent. over 1910.
 Other census figures given out in clude: Jersey City, N. J., 297,S64, an increase of 3O,085, or 11.2 per cent.
 Lawrence, Mass, 112,479, increase 6,1S5, or 5.6 per cent.
 Lawrence, Kans., 12456 increase 82 of ' per cent
 Tampa, Fla, 51. .252, increase 13,- 470, or 35.7 per cent.
 Wakefield, Kans., 13O10, increase 1906. or Al per cent.
 Bridgeton, N. J., 14,323, increase IA, or & per cent,
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-05-29
LEGISLATION TO DESTROY
 CONSTITUTION IS FEARED

NEW YORK, May 29.-Legisla- tion designed to destroy the Con- stitution itself is the aim of small minority who have adopted the word Labor" with the concealed purpose of finally attracting the ma jority to it's program. Judge Ebert H. Gary, chairman of the United States Steel Corporation, speaking at the annual meeting of the Amer ican Iron and Steel Institute, de- clared today.
 Judge Gary also said that the em- ployers of America, referred to as the capitalist group" heretofore had heen backward in proclaiming theil rights and insisting on proper con. sideration of those rights by botf Labor and the general public.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-05-29
FIGHTING RACES FROM Dv!NA TO
 PR!PET RIVERS
Bolsheviki and Polish Battal- ions in Death Struggle
 For Supremacy
CASUALTIES ENORMOUS
Artillery Fire Playing Fear full Havoc in Ranks
 Of Both

WARSAW, May 2e.-(By The As sociatcd Press.)-The Bolshevki and Polish troops are locked in death grip along a 22o mile front in South. western Russia, with the engage. ment increasing in violence hourly, today's official dispatches from the front state.
 Fierce combats, with alternate BoI- shevki and Polish successes, are raging from the Dvina River on the north to the Pripet in the province of Minsk on the south. Casualties on both sides are severe, the commun- que declared, artillery playing an important part in the struggle.
 Prisoners taken by the Poles in yesterdays fighting included 400 Cos sacks.
 Brusiloff In commands
 Gen Alexis A. Brusiloff, former commandernchief of Russian armies is understood to be iii command Of the Bolsheviki forces In Polish mid- tary circles it is said the attack is designed to sverrun Lithunia and extend the Bolsheviki front to East Prussia.
 Polish troops counter attacked Bol- shevik forces on the Northern sector of the batle front, having driven the Soviet armies back twelve and half miles near Krzyzezopol accord ing to the official statement.
 The statement declares that on the middle Beresina sector the Bolsheviki were repulsed when they tried to force their way across the river.
 German Aid Alleged
 Information indicating some ele- ments inc Germany are determined to help the Bolshevikf, continues to be received here. The latest report is regarding upper Selisia, where Ger man armed forces have been assem-. bling on the borders of the plebis1 cite area Newspapers here today published dispatches that 1000 sec urity guards had arrived in upper Selisa by special train. For weeks it was declared, Ger mans have been hauling ammunition into Selisia, hiding 1t beneath beets in railroad cars
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-05-29
C0MPERS, ALLEN
 DEBATE RIGHTS
 OF W0RK|NCMEN
Labor's Champion Argues Court Rulings With
 Kansas Governor
CARNEGIE HALL PACKED
Distinguished Audience, h. cluding Hoover, Gerard,
 Dawson Present

NEW YORK, May 29.-Carnegie Hall here was packed to the doors last night, when Samuel Gompers President of the American Federation of Labor, and Gov. Henry J. Allen of Kansas debated the merits of Kansas courts of industrial relations.
 Judge Alto;s B. Parker, former Dem ccratic candidate for President pre- sided and many distinguished men held seats on the speakers platform. Among them were Herbert c. Hoover, former Food Administrator, Dr. Mi cholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia University, James Watson Gerard, former American Ambassador to Germany and Henry Davison, New York financier and head of the Am erican Red Cross.
 Gompers opening the debate, de- clared the right of ice man to dispose of himself and his labor as he saw fit had been uph4i.l hp the United States Supreme Court and that If you attempt to ou 'aV strikes h." legislation, your law vii! ln futile 0Do you will simply max criminals e1'l outlaws out of workren who are p"tliotis, honest citizens.
 The difference betweer free mn and slave he defined as: "A slave must work when his master directs free man may stop work when it suits him, whatever consc iuences of suffering may be involved It is his suffering and the suffering of no one else.
 Gov Allen built his argument on the premise that the saretv of inc public is the supreme law He de clared that Kansas had not forbidden any man the right to quit work
 We have merely taken away from Mr Gompers his divine right to or der men to quit work" he said.
 The Governor denied that 'he courts of law had denied workmen the privilege of collective bargaining, claiming that the coal miners had been given the right whether they were members of a union or not.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-05-29
Equal Representation With Men Tn Direction Of
 Party Is Sought

CHICAGO, May 29.-Conferences between Republican National Com mitteemen and Republican women leaders continued here today The women are asking that plan be drafted under which they will have greater participation in the party's $ affairs Some of them demand equal representation with the men in the direction of the party's affairs in cluding half of the membership of the National Committee
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-05-29
PRESIDENTS ATTITUDE ON
 PLATFORM IS FORECASTED

WASHINGTON. May 29-Presi- dent Wilson's indorsement of the platform adopted by the Virginia State Democratic convention is gen. orally looked upon here 'as forecast ing his attitude regarding the Ma tional platform to be adopted at the San Francisco convention.
 The President announced yester- day that the Virginia platform was in full accord with his own views It praises the President for stead lastly standing for the League oi Nations covenant, agreed to at Yer sailles and condemns Republican res ervations as destructive to the pur poses of the League.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-05-29
CLAIMS HOOVER SPENT Ss0O,000
 IN CALIFORNIA Johnson Treasurer Testifies In Senate Campaign
 Investigation SENATOR'S FUND S2OO,OOO San Francisco Bankers, Ship Magnate Among Heavy
 Contributors
SENATOR'S FUND S2OO,OOO

WASHINGTON, May 29-Approx- imately $2O0,O00, exclusive of small sums raised locally aggregating only a few thousand dollars, approximately $2000 was raised in California by public appeal to further the candi- dacy of United States Senator Hiram w. Johnson of California, Alexander McCabe, treasurer of the Johnson campaign organization, testified today before the Senate Committee investi- gating pre-convention campaign ex- penditures of Presidential candidates.
 Large contributions listed by Me Cabe included Herbert Fleishhacker, San Francisco banker, 5000, William H. Crocker, banker and multi-million- aire, $4,000 and J. H. Rossetter, mill ionaire steamship magnate $2,500. M. H. DeYoung publisher of the San Francisco Chronicle, California
 
 members of the California University board of regents, all of whom are considered Johnson supporters, con. tributed nothing
 About $2,000 was sent to Indiana, $2,000 to South Dakota, $5,000 to Montana, $4,000 to Michigan, $3,500 to North Dakota and $5,500 to Oregon to finance the campaign in those states, the witness declared.
 McCabe testified that expenditures in California, which was divided in allegiance between Johnson and Her bert c. Hoover, former Food Admin istrator and alsi a Californian, were about $50,000 The Hoover organiza- tion, he estimated, spent not less than $300,000 Hoover had 1900 paid workers in Los Angeles alone, he said.
 McCabe denied that any Johnson "slush fund" had been spent in Cal ifornia but asserted three hundred students had been hired by Hoover supporter to stand at the polls on election day.
 Newspaperman Testfes
 Frederick William Willie, cores pondent of the Philadelphia Public Ledger, next took the stand and testified that Crocker and Rosseter were instrumental in raising $85 900 in California for Johnson Willie, in answer to questions, stated his paper was supporting Hoover
 The investigation then switched to possible expenditures by William G. McAdOo. former Secretary of the Treasury. Evan s. Harris. of Albany former Democratic State Chairman or New York. was sworn but said he knew nothing of McAdoo's campaign or of any McAdoo fund.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-05-29
SPOKANE WILL BEING FOUR
 PASSENGERS TO JUNEAU

SEATTLE. May The steam CT Spokane of the Pacifi" Steamship Company sails from here at ten o'clock tomorrow morning has sixty six passengers booker for Alaska. Juneau passengers who have made reservations are: John Gences. Miss Mary Best c. E. Laughlin, Mrs J H. Kline