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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-06
THE EARTHs INTERIOR.
Expedition to Mt. Ktamai Has Aceuri-
ulated Scientific Data,

Announcement is mace by the Ma
tlonal Geographic society from its head
quarters at Washington, that the sixth
Mt katmai expedition of the society Is
preparing to sail from Kodiak island al
ter many months spent in fruitful scien-
tine study OF the unique and spectacular
natural phenomenon known as The Val
ley Of Ten Thousand Smokes, at the foot
Of the gigantic Mt. Katmai volcano.
r, Not only has the expedition, headed by
IT. robert II. Grggs, accumulated AN
alnouht OF scientific data beyond happi-
est anticipation, but according to a tele-
graphic report to The Society, a fine har-
Dor, not previously known, has been
found which affords feasible route to
TINS region of the innumerable vents of
various kinds which squirt streams and
vapots OF almost unbelievable tempera-
lures.
lie discovery of this harbor is consid-
cred OF marked interest because President
Wilson has proclaimed the region of Ten
thousand Smokes a national monument.
ana 1T will not be long before this new
federal reservation will be visited by
tourists who wish to view a spectacle no
less awe inspiring than the spouting gey-
sers and other natural wonders Of o1Ir
own national parks.
l{ut the primary interest of this region,
to the civilized world, will be the un.
equalled opportunity it affords for meme.
trating some of the hidden secrets be.
meath the surface of the globe on which
we dwell says a bulletin from the Ma.
tlonal Geographic society. f
We laugh at the child who saws the
moon is made of green cheese; but the
child might smile at us if he would but
ask, What is the earth made of?
- Though science has penetrated to the
infinitesimal secrets of the invisible atom
and it has reached to other solar systems
so far out in the universe that we know
about stars from which IL takes the light
5000 years to travel to this earth, its ism
etration of the inner earth is no deeper
comparatively, than a pin scratch on the
cover OF q mammoth balloon
The ancients thought the way to learr
the mysteries of what hes under our feet
was to dig deeper, and ever deeper, but
we know now that even modern engineer
ing which can pierce the mountains anC
burrow under rivers can not penetrate
deeply enough to tell much Of Mother
| Earth. 2 .... .s
'In such phenomena as volcanic erup
tons, earthquakes, and geysers lie the
KEY to the hitherto hidden secrets of tn,
globe 1t has been established that thu
| kissing. steaming. exploding acres that
| seem like a multi-magnifed depot yarC
of mogul engines is modern example O
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-06

are being made to have a large choir
including many of the church singers in
the city and many of the school children,
sing Christmas carols throughout the
city on Christmas day.
The big feature of the day will be the
singing of these carols at the community
Christmas tree. Here the chorus under
the direction of Nelson =. Coffin, a
well-known director, will sing many
carols at the time that the gifts are
given out.
The community tree has been selected.
1t came from the farm of H. E. Shep-
ardSon, who donated it, together with a
truck for hauling the tree to Keene. Ar
engagements are being made to get it
here and the plans for decorating it are
fast maturing. -.'
The total contributions up to Satur-
day night were S64S.34. 1t is thought
that this week will add considerably to
this amount and arrangements are being
made to let as many school children as
wish contribute to the fund.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-06
MISSING BOY BACK.
Greenfield Youth Went Away to Look
for Work, He Says.

GREENFIELD. Dee g. - Harry
Tower. II, high school junior reported
missing, son of Mr., and Mrs. William S.
Tower of Shelburne street, has returned.
He left home Thursday morning and was
not heard from until he returned yester-
day from Schenectady, \. Y. where he
went to look for work. He has relatives
there who advised him to return and
relieve the anxiety of his parents, who
had notified the police of his departure
for parts unknown. His record was good
in the graded schools, but in the last
quarter of his wOrkin the high school
quarter of his work in the high school
mark and he was discouraged. He de-
cided to give up the school and go to
work. His parents have given him the
option to go back to school or go to
work.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-06
HTNSDALE.

The Entered Apprentices and the Eel
Iowcraft degrees were workd Ola two
candidates at meeting of Golden Rule
lodge of Masons last Thursday evening.
The b. B. club held supper III the
home of Mrs. G. +. O'Neal last Tuesday
night Several members were present.
The new modern toilets in the gram
mar and high school buildings, when
have been under way since the middle
of the summer are now practically com
pleted. and are the best of their kind
known anywhere in this section OF the
state. The building committee IN charge
of the toilets were R. 4. Weeks-chair-
man, w. f. Watson, and H ). Garfield;
The grammar school toilets We're installed
by o. +. Pierce, plumber, of Winchester,
n. H.. and the high schol toilets were
installed by II. w. Taylor, local hard
ware dealer. All cement work IN both
buildings was done by Earl Z. Bailey,
local contractor and builder, and all the
electrical work, by r. J. Weed local cleo
trical contractor. The schools are
now in good condition, includ-
ing the new annex which was re-
Gently added to the high school, the
committee in charge being, w. +. Wat
son. chairman, NJ. ID. White. and III. ).
Garfield.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-06
TRYING FOR EARLY
PEACE IN IRELAND
Sim Fem Sentiment at Request of
Premier LLOYD George.

DUBLIN, Dec. 6. ASSOCIATED Press)
-Determined efforts to bring about an
early peace in ireland are being made
here. Conversations have been in pro-
gress more than a week and hope was
expressed last night by some of those
engaged in the negotiations that within
another week basis of settlement might
be reached. The chief intermediary at
work is the Rev. Patrick Joseph Clune,
bishop of Perth, Australia, who it is un-
derstood has been asked by Premier
LLOYD George to sound out Sim Fein
sentiment and prepare if possible the
ground on which foundation for the
peace can be reared.
He stated to the Associated Press yes
terdav that negotiations still were pro-
crossing but that it was too soon to
make any positive predictions relative
to their success. He is exercising full
powers of mediation and arbitration to
achieve that end.
Auxiliary police sraided the Dublin City
ball today and arrested six members of
the corporation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-06

what the geysers of Yellowstone National
park once were
The vastness and intensity of the
molten mass which splits the vapors OF
this terrifying valley is indicated by the
discovery of new high temperatures
among the filmaroles. Early parties were
not equipped to measure the unexpected
heat of some OF the fumaroles DR..
Griggs, wires that the hottest ones have
Just been found, where the highest tenn
perature was 1912 degrees, fahrenheit,
and that many OF the escaping vapors
kindle wood into a blaze as readily as a
match burns when struck
Besides chemists, photographers, ZOO
logists, and botanists, the expedition this
summer marked the departure in scen-
tifc explorations of this kind by having
along motion picture photographers. Ten
thousand feet of the spectacle which
words can not picture are being brought
back to be shown to members of the so
ciety.
Another finding of popular interest
was the discovery of a region north OF
the National monument reservation
which not only is one of great natural
beauty, but abounds in fish and game.
The study of the economic side of this
hitherto unknown region was not ne
elected. DIR. Griggs is shipping to Wash
ington botanical and geological material
as well as specimens of plants and ami
! mails found about Mt. Katmai."
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-06
MRS. CORA uNGRAM HILDRETH
Wife of Wells NJ. Hildreth of Vernon
Road Dies in Memorial Hospital.


Mrs. Cora 0ngram) Hildreth, %. wife
|of Wells NJ Hildretb, WAC lives on
farm on the Vernon road about two mics
from Brattleboro. died of double pneu-
monia at $40 o'clock last night in the
Memorial hospital, where she was taken
about midnight Saturday for treatment
She had been i'll about a week
Cora Eva Ingram) Hildreth was the
Youngest Of eight children of Jonathan
NJ. and Laura NJ (King) Ingram and
was born in South Newfane Sept. 10,
1867. On Sept. 16, 1885, she married
Mr.. Hildreth of Newfane and they lived
in that town eight or 10 years. Since
then they have lived on farms in Dunn
merston and Brattleboro, Mr.. Hildreth
being engaged principally in numbering
interests.
Besides her husband Mrs. Hildreth
leaves three daughters and two sons, Liz
zie. wife of Fred Castine of Orange,
Mass. Frank, who lives in West Brat
tleboro, Laura, wife of Frank Thompson
of Plainfield, Conn. and Olive and Ev-
erctt, who live at home. Two sons, Fred
and Norman, died when small. She also
leaves five brothers and a sister, ElOn
Ingram of South Dakota. Charles and
Henry Ingram of BrattleborO, Ira and
Hermon Ingram of South Newfane, and
Mrs. Herbert Spaulding of Keene.
The funeral will be held at y o'clock
Wednesday in the Baptist church in
South NewfanP
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-06
DU POINT PROFIT-sHARING PLAN
W Stock Subscription Arrangement
Offered to Employees.

WILMINGTON, Del, Dee GA new
plan for stock subscription by employees
under which they will receive not only
a fixed cumulative dividend, but also a
participating payment at a rate increas-
ing with the net earnings of the company
was announced last night by the +. /.
Du POnt-Nemours & Co. Under the new
plan employees also will receive service
payment ranging from 81 to 81 a share
annually, based upon the length of ser
vice credited to them.
The plan for the participating pay
ments provides that if the net earnings
are at a rate equal to or greater than 8
per cent, but less than per cent year,
the payments would be 81 a share. The
payments increase as the earnings in
crease until II per cent is reached, when
the. participating payments would be So
a share.
Under the new plan any eligible en-
ploye may subscribe to stock equivalent
to not more than four times his monthly
salary, but to not more than 20 shares
year. The stock would be redeemed
by the company at 800 a share under
certain conditions.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-06
CHRISTMAS FOR ANIMALS.
Horses, Cows. Sheep and Swine Will Be
Remembered

Christmas this year. like all other years
since Mrs. Jennie B. Powers has been
agent for the Cheshire county On. H
Humane society at Keene. will be Mrs.
Powersss time for remembering dumb
creatures and at present she is making
plans to see that the animals are not
forgotten. Horses, cows. sheep and
swine that have been underfed for some
time and have come under the observa-
tion of Mrs. Powers will on that day
be certain of full ratiOns.
In addition, Mrs. Powers is contem-
plating buying blankets, which will be
used during the winter months to cover
animals while they are standing in the
cattle yards awaiting shipment.
Mrs. PowerS's first care and thought
at Christmas time will be for the deserv.
ing poor and unfortunate throughout
the county. and no one who actually
needs attention will be sighted. 1t is
Mrs. Powers's plan that these will be
visited and provided for and to insure
Christmas that will be enjoyed by all,
il is only necessary for the people in gen
eral to assist in q material way, and
judging from past years, generosity will
not be lacking.
Mrs. Powers is a former Brattleboro
woman.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-06
CONGRESS IN SESSION.
Continued from Page J.

cent accident, acted similarly in the
house.
Other formalities on today's program
were the swearing in of Senator Carter
Glass, of Virginia, elected to fill the I'M
expired term of the late Senator Martin,
and Senator j. Thomas Hefin. of Ala
bama, successor to the late Senator Bank
head. Several new house members
elected to fill vacancies also were to be
These were the only immediate changes
resulting from the November election
none of the new senators or representa-
tives taking their seats until after Mar.
4. The session beginning today however,
was the last for many members, lnclud-
ing prominent veterans who retire with
sine die adjournment next March
Both senate and house expect to plunbe
Immediately into work tomorrow, organI-
cation under Republican control having
been effected last spring at the first reg
ular session of the present congress.
Committees were organized, except for a
few vacancies and enlargement OF the
house appropriations committee from q
to 30 members under the new house rufe
centrahzmg all appropriation bills IN the
committee.
The senate's unfinished business. pend
ing and awaiting debate, with protracted
discussion in prospect. included the Ken
yon- endrick bills to regulate the meat
packers and other adjuncts of the live
stock industry. The bill was expected TO
be the vehicle for numerous speeches and
other debates by senators on political
events, domestic and foreign. and many
other subjects. The house also had many
bills waiting on its calendar.
Although all pending bills die when
congress adiourns in March, little gener-
al legislation was planned for the present
session by leaders. The appropriation
bills. originating in the house. were. to be
given right of way, in the hope, OF pass
ing all by March and having the decks
clear for other legislation in the proposed
special session of the new congress next next
April. Many new bills and resolutions
were ready for introduction, however;
With general expectation that WISHES 3 e
Of President-elect Harding and other re
publican leaders would prevail regarding
legislative action during the present SEES
sion, no immediate move regarding Amer
lean international relations was contem'
plated bv the Republican leaders. there
was much speculation today among return
ing members of congress whether Freslc
dent Wilson would return the treaty OF
Versailles to the senate.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-06
FILION ORDERED
TOPAZ $40 WEEKLY
Prison Sentence to Be In
vOked in Case of Failure to Com
ply-In Court This Morning.

Hector III. Filion, formerly of Brattle-
Doro and now employed as a plumber
A n Springfield Mass, was in the munich
bal court this forenoon, having been ar
Fested in Springfield by Sherlit FRANK
Ill., Wellman Of Brattleboro and brought
mere on complaint of States Attorney
H. w. Gibson for failure TO comply with
In county court order to pay ms wife %
a week for support of herself and two
$nfuor children. Attorney Charles >.
Chase appeared in behalf OF the state
d attorney and Attorney w. X. Daley
#annaaI ed for Filion, and after state
8nents by counsel Judge \. e. Cudworth
ordered that FiliOn be confined at hard
d abor in the house of correction not less
tim - months nor more than 10 months,
that he pay the costs of the court pro
Feelings. that he pay to the state board
~ charities and probation SO a week
for the support of his wife and children,
this amount to include the 50 ordered
Inv the county court, but that the house
III correction sentence be suspended and
the respondent be placed on probation
for two years. ,..--
In statement to the court Attorney
SChase said FiliOn was ordered by Judge
Chase of the superior court last March
TO nav so a week temporary ahmony,
hut said he would not pay and did not,
and that Mrs. FiliOn was granted a d.
vorce at the April term of court for in
n week. which he also failed to pay,
leaving the state. Attorney Chase said
tile state had been unable to locate Fill
Hon until last week, when he was found
an Springfield He said that in view of
8Filions record he ought to be placed
under bonds as security for future pay
#mentS.
Attorney Daley said Filion denied that
he said he would not comply with the
county courts order, but that he had
#been unable to do so, and that he went
Ito Springfield because he had better job
8there and not with the intention of run
\ ming away. He said Filion was getting
#S33 q week and that his board and room
scost him about SD a week and he had
numerous other expenses. He said FIJI
lion would not object to a court order OF
i $40 a week, but that he ought not to be
asked to furnish bail as he could not do
so. -
Filion also made a statement to the
court as to his expenses.
The court said he did not like Filion
record in this matter, and after making
the order he told FiliOn that if the pay
mpnts were not made the respondent
would be required to serve the prison
sentence.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-06
NEW MOTIVE POWER.
An Important Invention Which Mixes
Gasoline and Air.

new method has been perfected for
supplying motive force for engines. The
invention of the gasoline engine marked
great forward step over the steam en-
CINE. In these engines gasoline is mixed
with air and ignited by an electric spark
and the resulting explosion forces down
the piston. The new plan is to spray
oil upon heated air under pressure, when
the resulting explosion provides the force
which drives the piston. The lower
grades of crude oil can be used for the
purpose. This invention is believed to be
one of the most important in a generation.
1t is besides an American invention and
win enable our ships driven in this way
to enjoy a tremendous advantage com
pared with the engines of other nations.
The invention is especially timely today
when Americas merchant marine is com
peting for the supremacy of the seas
Boys Life
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-06

Many Trying to Buy Government Securi-
tiles at Less Than Value.

BOSTON. Dee. 6.-F. c. Ayres, direc-
tor of the savings division. first federal
reserve district, warns people against the
sharks who are particularly active at this
time trying to induce people to part with
their war savings stamps and other gov
eminent securities at unfair prices. Mr..
Ayres points out that during the holiday
shopping season when people of small
means particularly are anxious to secure
ready money they may make the mistake
of selling their savings stamps below the
price the government stands ready at all
times to pay through the postofice. Peo-
pie also may be induced to sell Liberty
bonds and Victory notes below even the
prices prevailing in the stock market
Anyone who is forced to part with his
liberty bonds, according to MIR. Ayres
should be very careful and go to a legiti-
mate broker or to a bank in order to
make sure that he lose nothing, either or
the market value of the bonds or on the
accumulated interest. For those who are
unfamiliar with figuring interest on the
bonds, there is danger that a sharp bar
gain hunter may cheat them.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-06
MAKING THE SEA SAFE.
Warnings of Bad Weather Sent by Wire
less to Ships.

The approach of storms at sea is now
reported with surprising accuracy by
means of wireless electricity. An ingen-
iouS device makes it possible to pick up
news of their approach long before local
conditions are affected. 1t is not only
possible to learn OF the position of storms
when many miles distant, but to know the
direction they are taking. The tests have
been made with great success at the naval
base at Pensacola, Florida. 1t is a simple
matter to get news of the approach of
storms over land, but the conditions at
sea have been battling. The warning of
an approaching storm can now be wire
lessed to aviators flying at sea and to
ships far from land. Since ships far out
at sea may now be warned of bad weather,
a new element of safety is lent to all who
go down to the sea in ships.-Boys' Life.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-06
TRIAL JUDGE ERRED.
Massachusetts, Supreme Court Reverses
$4,000 Damage Suit.

BOSTON, Dec G.-The state supreme
court today held that Judge Brown of the
superior court had erred in instructions to
a jury that awarded Joseph BilOdeau dam
ages of $4,000 from the Fitchburg &
Leomlnster street railway. Bilodeau had
both legs cut off when he fell from q
crowded street car and was run over by
a following car.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-06

The first woman to take up life in
surance as life work and the only wo-
man life insurance manager in the world
today, are distinctions belonging to Mrs.
Florence Z. Schaal, who is the execu-
tive head of the women's branch of one
of the big Boston companies.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-06
DEATHS.

In Brattleboro, Dec. 8. George w Lind
sey. 81.
In Brattleboro, Dec. ;, Mrs. Cora E.
Gngram) Hildreth, So, wife of Wells
NJ. Hildreth.
In Orange, Mass, Dec 8, Charles Ed
mund Barrett, 81 years, II months.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-06
FINDS BOOZE ON TRAIN.
20 Bottles on Central Vermont Were All
Properly Iced,

ST. ADAMS, Dec. 6.-Deputy Col
lector W. G. Hanley discovered 20 bot
ties of liquor in the ice chest of Train
No. , of the Central Vermont railway
Saturday morning. Hanley suspected
for some time that liquor was be
ing struggled in on the train No arrests
viii be made until further investigation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-06
CONTRACTORS HOUSE BOMBED.
Front Porch of Wealthy Mt. Kisco Res
ident Blown OF Today.

MOUNT KISCO. N. Y. Dec. CA
bomb explosion today wrecked the front
porch of the home of Michael PitreIlo.
wealthy building contractor, who aroused
by the defamation dashed out of his house
and fred five shots after a fleeing auto
mobile. Though many windows in the
vicinity were shattered no one was in
jured. The head of a local labor union
was taken to police headquarters and
Questioned ..
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-06

Every Burmese girl carries a record of
her birthday in her name, each day of the
week having d letter belonging to it, and
all children are called by name begin
ming with the letter attached to the day
of their birth.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-06
GREEKS FAVOR CoNsTANTINE.
Returns from Yesterdays Plebescite In
dictate Overwhelming Majority for His
Return

ATHENS, Dee. 6. ASSOCIATED Press)
Returns from the plebescite held
throughout Greece yesterday appear to
indicate an overwhelming majority in
favor of Constantine resuming power as
king. Reports for the nation already
Indicate a majority of 100000 in favor
of his return. Definite returns from one
section show 1900 in favor OF Con-
stantine and only 800 against him. All
arrangements have heen made for the
return of Constantine.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-06
BIRTHS

In Berlin, y. H., Nov. %. daughter.
Shirley Irene, to Mr.. and Mrs Herman
4. Torrey, granddaughter to Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur r. Torrey of North Hins-
dale, n. H., and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
". Hawkins of Brattleboro
In Westtield, n. J., Nov. s. a daugh-
ter, Ruth Ann. to Raymond NJ and Ruth
callahan Frost.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-06

The last census in Bengal revealed the
remarkable fact that in that province
there were four thousand baby girls who
had been married, and of this number
600, all less than a year old, were al
ready widows.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-06

The worlds record for Sunday school
attendance Is probably that of Owen
Jones, of Liverpool, England, who has
been a regular attendant for more than
"a years.