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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-17

assemble the fragments in an effort to
reconstruct the bomb and determine
whether it was made by skilled hands or
a novice. ...
|, Referring to the theory that the ex-
plosion had been caused by collision OF an
auto with powder wagon, Commissioner
brennan said that only two concerns are
licensed to convey explosives through the
streets of New York and that all OF
their wagons and trucks had been ac-
counted for. No blasting powder, dyna-
mite or INT was delivered by either con-
eern to any of the four places in the
downtown district where blasting is be-
ing done, the report stated.
Agents of the department of justice,
after working all night, were unable at
noon to advance any positive theory as
to the cause of the explosion. As in the
case of the police, the federal agents are
busily engaged in examining fragments
of metals and in checking up on two
warnings" received in the financial dis
trict, one by the French commission and
the other by brokerage clerk.
''We have a thousand and one things
to do" said w. J. Flynn, chief of the
department bureau of investigation, who
GaIlc iIOiiA tAfS4iiiiEIbil " N0oAClhelN pii W
| ing informed of the explosion, ''but we
will probably untangle the mystery"
"There is absolutely no doubt that it
was a bomb" said Chief Flynn, "an i'm
portant development in the last two
hours has convinced US of this. The
bomb was apparently placed by person
who was within four blocks of Wall and
Broad street when the explosion oc-
Cured"
Certain at last of the cause of the ex-
| plosion, federal agents and city police in
creased their search for the driver of a
wagon drawn by one horse which was
blown to pieces. No trace of him has
| yet been found
The financial centers of Americas big
cities from coast to coast were like
armed camps today with police and pri.
vate sentries posed to guard against rep.
etition of the mysterious explosion that
rocked Wall street yesterday Authori
ties announced heavy patrols of plain
clohes men and police reserves in theil
big business" districts and fedora
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-17
Says He Had Warning.

NUTLEY, N. J., Sept. IT,
Warning to "keep out of Wall
street" until after Sept. 16 was
received here Sept. 8 by Joseph
T. o'Neiu, "a year-old son OF a
banknote paper manufacturer, he
declared here today. O'Neill said
he was on a tube train from New
ark to Jersey City and got into
conversation with man next to
him. The stranger said he was
secret service agent attached to
the French high commission and
was on his way TO Buffalo where
some anarchists were under arrest.
After he learned that o o'Neill was
employed in a lower Broadway Of
fee he warned o'Nein to keep
away from the Wall street district,
O'Neill said. The man said close
watch was being kept on the an
archists but the plot might develop
successfully in spite Of precautions.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-17
Involves Status of Wood in
West River Destined
for Hinsdale
TOWN ASSESSED IT
FOR TAXES IN 1918
Realty Co. Declined to Pay and Ap-
pealed to State Tax Commissioner
Tax of 1919 Paid Under Protest and
Suit Brought for Recovery.

An important tax hearing was held all
day yesterday in the law library of Har-
vey, Maurice, Whitney Fits on an ap-
peal to the state tax commissioner by
the Champlain Realty Co. from the tax
alton by the Brattleboro listers in 1919
of 1000 cords of pulp wood which had
been foated down West river to its
mouth, on the way to the company's
rossing mill in Hinsdale. The hearing
was before commission appointed by
the commissioner and consisted of War
ner A Graham of Bellows Falls, Z. w
Dunklee of South Vernon and Charles G.
Miller of Westminster.
The Realty Co. claimed the pulpwood
was not taxable here because it was in
interstate transportation and was only
detained here until the Connecticut river
was in condition to allow it to be safely
hoated to the rossing mill Several wit
nesses were examined on this question.
| No evidence was introduced by the
town except the testimony of F. a. Bet
terley, who was lister in 1918. He tes-
| titled that the wood was taxed the same
as any other personal property in Brat
| tleboro was taxed.
| In connection with the evidence photo
I graphs were introduced by the Realty
/ Co. showing that the Connecticut river
was frozen over April /, 1918, opposite
the rossing mill, the ice being broken
only in a narrow channel near the Yer
mont shore, so that the wood could not
haye been foated to the mill at that
time. There was no question but that
the wood was sent down the Connecticut
as soon as the river was drivable.
! Harvey, Maurice, Whitney & Fits APP
peared for the Realty Co. and Attorneys
A. P. Carpenter and f. w. Gibson for the
town.
The 1918 tax has not been paid by the
| Realty Co., but the 1919 tax to the
amount of nearly $500 was paid under
protest and a suit brought by the Realty
| Co. to recover it. This ease was tried at
the last April term of Windham county
court, and while final Judgment has not
been entered it is understood that Judge
Zed S. Stanton intimated to the attor-
neys in the case that the decision would
| be against the town of Brattleboro.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-17
AUDIENCE OF 800
AT STYLE SHOW
Presentation of Fall and Winter Crea-
tions by Living Models for Good
now. Pearson & Hunt.

Formal presentation by living models
of fall and winter styles was
made before an audience of about 500
persons in the Auditorium last evening
by the Goodnow, Pearson & Hunt de-
partment store. An orchestra fur
nished music during the show An I'M
usually attractive background was ar
ranged on the stage in the form of a
solid wall of hydrangeas two feet or
more high extending from the north
wings of the stage halfway or more
toward the south end.
Eight living models, including Mrs.
Bawlby of Worcester, Mass, as the
stylish stout, Mrs Lucas, Miss Wal
lace and Miss Evans of Boston, Miss
Pauline Shaw, Dorothy Tripp, and Ell
lot and Lydia Barber of this place,
displayed the styles.
The show opened with the "t tri-
umphal entry of Lydia Barber on
Dorothy Clapp's Shetland pony led by
Elliot Barber, which was pleasing
feature.
Every one of the 60 styles shown
was of handsome design and showed
the prevailing colors of the season to
be navy and brown, with models also
in black and fancy shades, reindeer
beng one OF the newest. Tricotlne
and serge with trimmings of braid and
wool and bead embroideries were the
principle service dress materials, while
satin and crepe de chine, both plain
and embroidery trimmed, composed the
larger part of the afternoon dress ex-
exhibit A few styles in jersey, georg-
cite and kitten Is ear crepe also were
shown. Polo, Bolivia, velour and the
newer materials of Duvet de Laine and
chamoistyn were seen in cloth coats,
some of which were fur trimmed,
while the fur coats included French
seal and raccoon. The evening dress
models were made up of tulle flow
cred georgette and satin combinations.
All the children s garments were ex-
ira numbers and included gingham,
muslin, serge and silk dresses, coats
| and furs. Every garment in the show
was taken from the regular stock of
| the store.
An attractive line of millinery,
which added much to the beauty of
the show, was loaned for the occasion
| by Donnell & Davis.
| The various creations were greatly
admired by the audience, which appre-
eiated also the fact that the show was
| held IN the Auditorium, where it could
be seen to best advantage
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-17
Associated Press. y

NEW YORK, Sept. l7.-William j.
FLYNN, chief of the bureau of investiga-
ton, department of justice, declared this
afternoon he was positive that bomb
had caused the explosion in Wall street
Yesterday, which took a toll of "a lives,
injured about 200 persons, and caused
property damage running into millions
Fire Commissioner brennan also re-
ported to Mayor Hylan that the eXplo-
sion evidently was caused by bomb.
More than $50 pounds of broken sash
weights and other metal fragments have
been collected by the fire department at
the scene of the disaster and turned over
to the police, Commissioner brennan
said.
The explosion, according to official inf
vestigators, apparently occurred in a
horse-drawn, covered wagon at point
almost opposite an entrance to the
United States assay office" The investi.
gators found that the wagon had red
running gear and that there We're nc
markings on the harness other than to
show it was for one horse. The small
pieces of window weights with which
the internal machine had been loaded
had been fused by an intense heat" in
dicating they had been cut into slugs
by high-power gas burner.
AT police headquarters it was said the
first task of the detectives would be tC
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-17
TRY TO DOWN AMERICAN FLAG
workmen Violate American Consulate
at Genoa.

WASHINGTON, Sept E.-An at
tempted violation of the american con
sulate at Genoa by werkmen displaying
red flags who sought to force the low
ering OF the American flag during a fu-
neral was reported today to the state
department.
The report of the incident was com
municated BY Vice Consul Murphy at
Genoa through the American embassy
at Rome.
The funeral was of workmen who had
been shot during a clash with Italian
police authorities in the disturbance of
Sept TO- As the procession was passing
the consulate number of workmen
rushed into the consulate and tried to
enter the office to lower the flag to half
mast in respect to the dead, Vice Con-
sui Murphy refused the demand that the
flag be lowered and ordered the crowd
out Of the consulate. As a precaution he
also gave orders to bring the flag into the
consulate
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-17
WEST RIVER r. R.
SERVICE RESUMED
Mail Arrived Last Evening and Pas
senger Train Left for First Time
Since Last Tuesday.

Passenger and mail service on the
West river railroad, which was inter-
rupted by the deraihnent of two freight
cars north of Jamaica Tuesday noon,
was resumed last night, although the
train was somewhat late in leaving the
station due to the fact that the mixed
train did not arrive from South Lon
donderry until about o'clock. There
was no passenger service north Wednes-
day night and none south yesterday
morning No mail from the West river
towns was received from Wednesday
morning until last night, except that
which went by stage to Chester or Graf
ton and came here on the Boston &
Maine trains
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-17
WOMAN FASTS
FORTY DAYS
Goes Through Ordeal to Get
Relief From Chronic
Stomach Trouble
LOSES 25 POUNDS
IN HER WEIGHT
Not Confined to Bed-only Nourish-
ment Was Little Orange and Lem
on Juice and water-Efect On Her
Disease Is Not Stated.

ROSEBURG, Ore, Sept. 17.-Mrs. j.
M. Lane yesterday completed a 40-day
fast during which time she partook of
no nourishment except a little orange
and lemon juice and water. She had
been suffering with chronic stomach
trouble for many years and was ad-
vised to fast. She lost % pounds in
weight in that time but never was con
fined to her bed. Her first food was q
small amount of fruit.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-17
MARRIAGES.

In Indian Orchard, Mass, Sept. g.
by Rev Russell C. Lisle of Ludlow,
Mass, Russell H. Barbour and Miss
Jean F. Gray, both of Hinsdale, N. H.
In Houston, Texas, Sept 4, by Rev.
William States Jacobs. d. D., Earl E.
Mellen of Houston, formerly of Brat
tleboro, and Miss Irene Johnston of
Houston, Texas.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-17
BRATTLEBORO PERSONAL

Mrs. II. L. Denton and two daugh-
ters, Ethel and Elizabeth, who have
been visiting Dr. and Mrs. F, A.
Thomas of 8 Walnut street, will leave
today for Baltimore, Nd Mrs. Denton
is the wife of III. L. Denton, general
superintendent of police of the Balti-
more & Ohio railroad.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-17
is APPREcIABLY WEAKER.
Lord Mayor MacSwiney Still Alive and
Conscious

LONDON, Sept. l7.-Lord Mayor Mac
Swiney, who began today the 36th day of
his hunger strike at Brixton prison,
passed somewhat better night and had
a little sleep, said bulletin issued today.
The bulletin said the pain he suffered in
his limbs and back continued, but that he
was not suffering from the pain in his
head from which he had frequently COM
planned. 1t was declared doctor had
found him appreciably weaker, but that
he was still conscious
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-17
PLAN UNSATISFACTORY.
Selling stockyards to Swift & Co. Not
Approved.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-THE plan
proposed by the Big Five packers to dis
pose Of their stockard interest TO f. H.
Swift Co. of Boston viii not result in
the separation of the stockyards from
packers interests, the federal trade com
mission declared today in a report to
Attorney General Palmer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-17
Odd Fellows Temple

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. IL, at 2.15 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.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-17
STEAMER BURNS AT DOCK.
Merchants and Miners Transportation
Co. Suffer Loss at Baltimore.

BALTIMORE, Sept. lI-The steam
er Kershaw of the Merchants and
Miners transportation Co., was des.
troyed by fire early today. The ves-
sci was in the yard of the Baltimore
Drydoek and Shipbuilding CO., where
she had gone for minor repairs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-17

BUFFALO, N. Y, Sept. IA
man who admits he is Edward
Fischer and that he recently was
in Toronto is detained by the po-
lice at Hamilton, Ont, according
to telephone advices received here
today. A police surgeon is exam
lining him to determine whether he
is insane. He has not been ques-
toned about postcard warning
a brokers' clerk in New York to
get out of Wall street on Sept. Is.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-17
CONTINUED on Page 81

The youngest member of the American
Olympic team at Antwerp will be Miss
Aileen Riggin, a l3-year-old mermaid Of
Brooklyn.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-17
Final Estimate Places
Number of Dead at &c

NEW YORK, Sept. 17.-Thirty-
six persons, two of them unidenti-
fed, lost their lives in the explo
sion yesterday in Wall street, ac-
cording to a revised casualty list
issued at noon today. The num-
Der injured is said to approximate
200 with exact figures unobtain-
able because scores received emer-
gency treatment.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-17
THE WEATHER.
Fair Tonight and Saturday-Frosts Pre-
dicted for Tonight.

WASHINGTON, Sept l7.-The wealth
er forecast: Fair tonight and Saturday.
Frosts in exposed places tonight. Fresh
west and northwest winds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-17
PIECES OF CLOCKWORk FOUND;
TROOPS HELD IN READINESS

More Names Added to Death List This Morning Bring
ing Total Up to "a Persons = Financial Center Is
Crowded With Sightseers Today = Stock Market
Opens at Usual Time, Also Offices of Morgan & Go.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-17
DEATHS.

In Brattleboro, Sept. I6, Mrs. Jane
fLiscom) Smith, Sc, formerly of Hins-
dale, n. IL.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-17
MYSTERIOUS WALL ST. EXPLOSION
DIE no BOMB OFFICIALS CERTAIN;

Big Business Sections of Cities Throughout Country Like
Armed Camps This Morning-Secret Service Agents
at Work on Rumors of Widespread Plots = Many
Clues Secured
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-17
POLICE GUARD IN BOSTON.
Many Public Buildings Watched by
Special Details in Plain Clothes.

BOSTON, Sept. 1.-THE police guard
placed on the stock exchange, the sub
treasury court house and other public
buildings after the explosion yesterday,
were continued today. State street and
the banking district generally were pa
trolled by special details, most of them
in plain clothes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-17

A woman is the head of the police de-
partment under the Soviet government
in Petrograd.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-17
Cenue Congregational Church

Tonight at 7.30 o'clock--Regular mid
week meeting in the chapel. Impressions
from the Middlebury convocation will be
given.
The hike for boys which was planned
for tomorrow has been postponed one
week.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-09-07
STATE AID TO STOP
TENANTRY IN KANSAS
(By Associated Press)

TOPEKA, Kan, Sept. Farm ten
antry is increasing rapidly in Kansas
first reports of a survey by the state
board of agriculture indicate. Scott
county, the first to report, showed 57.4
per cent of it's farms were being work
ed by tenants, an increase of 1871 per
cent since 1910. In 1910 the federal
census gave the percentage of farm
tenantry in the county as 1873 and
1900 only Ill.
The trend in the state for a number
Of years has been away from farm
ownership, census bureau statistics re.
veal. In 1880 tenantry was 1868 pei
cent, and in 1910 1t had increased to
1858 per cent. The estimated percent
age in 1913 was 4S.
The situation was pointed to by Gov
| ernor Allen, upon receiving the re.
port, as one Of the causes Of present
! unrest and discomfort. An amend
| ment to the state constitution will be
submitted at the November elections
providing for state aid in the purchase
| of farm homes.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-09-07
The Small Registration

Returns to County Auditor Brooks show that
about so per cent of the voters of Wayne county
registered last Saturday, small number after
the effort exerted by party leaders and county
officials to get record enrolment.
1t is regretable that more persons did not
take advantage of the first registration session
to put their names on the books. It would have
shown a keen interest in the political affairs of
the country and also demonstrated that the COM
1nunity prizes highly an opportunity to vote.
Those who neglected to list their names must
do so on or before the next registration day in
October. If they fail then, they cannot vote.
Perhaps many voters did not remember that
registration this year is absolutely necessary be-
fore they vote at the November election.
Some still believe they can vote because they
registered at some previous time. This is an err
ror. To vote in November your name must go on
the registration books this year.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-09-07
Dinner Stories

Mrs. Smith was all dressed up, and
that piqued Mrs. Rogers curiosity as
she met her on the road.
Going to town, suppose" asked
Mrs. Rogers.
NO" answered Mrs. Smith.
"Oh, to see your sister at Blakes-
ville?"
mo-" was the sentitious answer.
Going to see Cy's sister at the
Corners, perhaps?"
mo, 1 am not" came the positive
answer
well, my gracious" exclaimed Mrs,
Rogers, impatiently. do you think
I care a rap where you are going::'
The small touring company had
found business wretchedly bad.
1.-THE advance booking in the next
town Is good" had been the man.
ayers words, and it was only this
hope that held the little company to
gether.
At last, in the late hours Of one Sun
day evening, the company reached
the city Of its hopes.
The manager stepped from the train
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-09-07
Today's Talk
BY George Matthew Adams
FELLOW FEELING

Until we are adequately equipped to
praise or censure, we must have that
tone of so few rare qualities-fellow
feeling.
Usually people criticise the things
lin others which are very glaringly felt
in themselves.
And as easily do we sympathize
with those whose sympathy overflows
and touches ours.
Feelings which we share with others
must of very necessity be a part OF
the vital fibre of the other fellow.
Understanding is feeling 49, fellow
feeling.
And it is this fellow feeling-which
is a network of power everywhere
that makes us and keeps us human
and helpful.
If you are large in fellow feeling
you are sure to easily and quickly for
give the faults and failures in others
For you are seeing yourself worked
out.
It is too bad that we see the flaws
in our friend all too soon. The spirit
of an act is SO much greater than the
sact-entire. Ones vast character Is
so much finer than any particular de
feet.
So frequently man is sized quickly
for his social or business standing
AS tho teeth, or clothing, or coat Of
arms, or fortune, or position had any
thing to do with the size or calibre Of q
mans heart or brain.
:: Fellow feeling alone is able to knit
the world into a social unit Of lasting
usefulness.
When folks get down to feeling will
the other fellow, instead of at him
there will be real progress and there
need then be no fear of world chaos
The job is up to us all. Will 20,
join?
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-09-07
National Debt Growing

The Sun and Herald of New York, comment
ing on the roseate picture painted by the admin
istration of reduction in the national debt on
the basis of the report of June last, shows that
the public debt now stands at $24,324672,123, an
increase in one month of SOL, 756, 755,11O. The
floating debt since June 20 has increased by
345,023,500 and now stands at $2,83O,576,0 900.
"The floating debt is the greatest of all the
evils in national finance" says the Sun and
Herald. ..
ut leads directly to initiation clogs the bank
ing machinery, absorbs credit that should be
available to productive industry and hangs a
lightweight on the money market. Yet, under
the excuse that railway payments necessitated
it, this form of debt, instead Of being reduced
was further increased by the shovelling out OF
treasury bills.
"The statement at the end of June, showing
a reduction of some two billions in the national
debt since August, 1919, was largely a concoction
of figures for window dressing purposes. It was
an earnest endeavor to cover UP the profligacy
of a spendthrift administration. But it did not
succeed. 1t consisted Of artistically arranged
balances which were made to show large re-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-09-07

duction in the debt and from that the public was
expected to infer that a virtue of the admins
tration was economy.
"The national finances are now appearing in
their true colors. Despite the merciless pruning
by congress of the proposed appropriations SUBJ
mitted by the bureau chiefs, requests which if
granted would have plunged the country between
two and three billions further in debt, expendi-
ture still runs far ahead of revenue. The likeli-
hood that this same condition will continue for
some months is indicated in this latest treasury
statement, unless the railroads, also victims of
the administrations muddling, make smaller
demands for overdue payments than are now
expected"