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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-07
LOCKARD LOSES SUIT.

F1umonia Fuming for deep colds, dif
ficult breathing, etc adv
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-07

Miss Julia Schwart, 9Ss Peabody
avenue. says "Pepgen certainly pro-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-07

L. ]. Norton, ST.. 1877 Union. Avenue,
says Pepgen Increased his appetite and
made him sleep better.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-07

Copyright. 1920. by the American
Drug Co., all rights reserved)
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-07

Mrs. NJ. Schneider, SIS Shelby avenue,
says: ''Pepgsn IS certainly making a
well woman Of me.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-07

Mrs. A. I. wyatt, Eli Ashland Court
SAYS; "Pepgen has given me much re-
lief and ! wish 10 Recommend 1t to
anyone suffering as did"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-15
WANT PRISON INVESTIGATION.
Jailed Suffragettes Think Washington
Lails Are Disgraceful.

WASHINGTON. Oct. I3.-N oman
suffragists who served prison terms in
the District of Columbia jail will de-
lnand a congressional investigation at the
December session. not only of the penal
institutions in the national capital
which are declared to be a disgrace to
humanity and a reproach to the Dis
trict of Columbia government. but of all
prisons under jurisdiction of the fed
eraI government This was announced
yesterday by Miss Alice Paul, chairman
of the national woman's party.
4 resolution demanding the investiga-
tion will be introduced and passed at the
coming convention of the woman's party
here.
More than 800 women were arrested in
Washington during the time that the suf-
fragists were holding demonstrations in
the national capital to Impress President
Wilson and congress with the necessity
IF passage Of the nineteenth amendment.
More than 100 of them served prison
sentences. either at the Occoquan work
house or the district Jail
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-15
TWO HINSDALE LADS
BADLY INJURED
Condition of One Critical - Sons of
David Callahan Knocked Down by
Aute-Taken to Hospital.

John, Z, and Freddie, 4, sons of Mr..
and Mrs. David Callahan of Hinsdale,
y. H., We're seriously injured Wednes-
day afternoon when they were struck
by a Cadillac car owned by Henry A.
Holman of that town. The little lads
had been riding with their father in his
Ford delivery truck and he had just
left them at their home. They started
around the back of the automobile to
run across the street to their yard and
did not see the approaching car. 1t is
not known definitely how the accident
happened but both were tossed to the
side of the road.
DIR. +. r. Lynch was called and they
were brought to the Melrose hospital.
where it was found that John had a
fractured jaw and a fracture of the
skull. His lip and tongue were badly
split, the teeth were all knocked out and
he was suffering from an internal hem
orrhage. The younger child had a
broken nose and a deep cut in the back
of his head through to the skull. The
condition Of the older boy is critical
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-15
DEMOCRATS OFFER
$4,000 CASH PRIZE
Want Proof That League of Nations
Would "Abridge the Sovereignty
of Ameriea"-The Terms.

NEW YORK, Oct. 15.-Democratic
national headquarters today announced a
cash prize of $4,000 had been offered by
the Pro-League Independent to Senator
Harding, Senators johnson, Borah. Lodge
and Chairman Hays of the Republican
national committee or anybody else in
the United States who could first prove
that the league of nations would "abridge
the sovereignty of America.
Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale. chairman
of the Pro-League Independent. explained
that under terms of the offer says must be
received by mail or wire at IL East Asst
street, New York city, by Oct. %, that
each member of a jury of u citizens
would be appointed jointly by George
White and Will Hays, chairman of the
Democratic and Republican national COM
mittees, all to be Republican if desired
by Mr.. Hays, and that in case the jury
was not unanimous half the prize might
be awarded, provided a majority of the
jurors so voted
Professor Fisher said This announce
ment is intended for every newspaper in
the United States and is being given for
distribution to the various press associa-
tions with the request that each news
paper publishing it to send to the Pro
League Independent here a marked copy
of the issue containing it-sO that the In
dependent may report on how many news
papers of each party publish or fail to
publish it."
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-15
ARMS ACADEMY
HERE TOMORROW
Local School Football Team Promises to
Show Big Development in
Past Two Weeks.

Now that the worlds baseball cham
pionship has been decided sport lovers
the country over viii turn their atten-
tion to the king of fall sports, foot ball
This grand game, which has been
llkened to the war game itself as a test
of strength, skill, and strategy has grown
wonderfully in popularity since the war.
The early season games, which are gen
orally considered simply as 'try outs
for the later more important games and
which usually draw but a small attend
ance, are this year attracting mid-season
crowds
The ordinary person win have but
slight chance of seeing one of the big col
lege games this year, as the student body
and alumni of the various colleges will
absorb all available seats and none will
be left for the general public
BrattlebOro is fortunate in having a
high school team that is playing as in
teresting and clever game as any col
lege team. In fact, good judges of foot
ball who have attended college games
for many years have been heard to state
that apart from the crowds, the cheers
and songs, and spectacular side effects of
a college game, the games played by our
high school teams for the past several
years have been fully as exciting and
full of thrills.
No one in this locality should feel that
he is shut out of foot ball because he can
get no seats for college game. There is
plenty Of room on the local field, the
price of admission is low and the school
requests and deserves the moral and fl
nancial support of the home people.
The fine weather which has permitted
regular practice each day this week has
given Coach Stolte an opportunity of
Correcting the errors Of team and individ-
nal playing which showed up in the
Keene game and also to further develop
team interference which Is the ground
work of the success of the BTattleboro
hich team.
Tomorrow game against Arms acad-
emv will give those who attended the
Gardner game two weeks before an on
nortunity to witness the progress made
bv the team since that time
The game viii begin at 315.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-15
Encouraging Educational And Recrea
tiOnal Work There.

eral Haan, chief of the war plan and
training section of the general staff of
the army. and Major General Shanks,
commanding the first army corps area
with headquarters at Boston, visited
Camp DevenS today to obtain reports
ON the educational and recreationaI work
in the area and to put into effect new
ideas for stimulating these activities.
They addressed meeting of army and
civilian instructors who were gathered
here from various posts and stations in
New England for few days session.
As a secondary object of their visit
they arranged to greet at the finish of
their long ride at Camp Devens this af-
ternoon the contestants in the 300-mile
cavalry endurance run.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-15

CONCORD, \. H, Oct. 15-After es-
tablishing on Thursday a new worlds
record for 60 miles of road travelled Crab
bet, the chestnut Arab gelding owned by
w. r. Brown of Berlin, n H., and
driven by Jack Fretz, the lean and lanky
Australian cowboy, was the first horse
this morning actually to leave the stable
enclosure at the state mobilization field
here. Today is the last leg of the 300
mile endurance test that involves a jour
ney beginning at Fort Ethan Allen, Vt
and destined to end today at Camp Dev-
ems, Mass,
Yesterdays time was the fastest that
has been made 50 far in the test. Bunkie
and Mile. Denise, ridden by .McCreery and
Koch. completed the sos miles in less
than the required minimum time limit,
drawing up to the finish hours and 81
minutes after they had left the Vermont
state fair grounds at White River JUNG
ton. They were not allowed to check IN
until their nine hours were up at : :OI.
The fastest time for the days run was
made by the chestnut Arab gelding Crab
bet, owned by W. r. Brown. Crabbet,
who was ridden by Jack Fretz. the Aus
tralian cow-puncher. arrived at the state
militia grounds at Concord just as the
army officers were allowed to finish. lie
had made the time in just s hours 81
minutes and in actual running time ne
had covered the distance in eight hours
fiat. w L. Brown his owner. claims
that this is the fastest time that a horse
has ever covered 60 miles with a 245-load
on his back.
For the first time since the test began,
Mr. Brown. the owner of the four regis
tered Arabs remaining in the race. sent
one of his horses out to do up the leaders.
Crabbet, ridden by Fretz, drew up even
to the leading army officers little before
the noon halt at Potter place. but it was
not till after the horses were out on the
road again after the MONDAY meal that
the Arab really began to push them. He
was not long ahead of them. however. as
the army officers put on additional speed
and refused to be ridden off their feet.
Last night on arriving at the militia
grounds their mounts appeared in as good
shape as ever and the officers declared
that they could keep up with any pace
that Brown cared to set with any one of
m DaUa a
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-15
BLAME INSANE OFFICER.
Claimed He Gave Orders To Kill Hal.
tien Prisoners.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.-AIaj. Gen.
John 4. Lejeune. commandant of the
Marine Corps. said yesterday that the
two marine corps privates who were tried
for killing captive Haitien bandits, ex-
ecuted the prisoners on orders of their
commanding officer. Lieut.. H. T. Bro
kaw, who subsequently was adiudged i'm.
sane and removed from the service. The
privates were acquitted.
Evidence adduced at the trial led to
an investigation of what Brig. Gen.
Barnett. then commandant of the corps.
characterized as ''indiscriminate killing
of Haitiens
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-15
TWO ASSAILI6f,;;lTS
STILL At LARGE
Men Who Tried to Rob
Mrs. Wheeler Had
Long Start
INVESTIGATION BY +
STATES ATTORNEY
States Attorney Gibson DispOses of Va
{ riety of Cases in Bellows FaIIs-MOre
Arrests There to FOIIOw-HarIOw Acct
dent Case.

There have been no further develop
ments in the matter of locating the two
men who bound and gagged Mrs. Fred
Wheeler in Stratton Wednesday morning
with the motive of robbing her Of money
which she was supposed to have in her
clothing with which to pay fern pickers
employed by her husband as agent for
the Shaw Fern Co. of Wilmington. The
men had several hours in which to get
away before Sheriff Frank L. Wellman
of Brattleboro was notified, and the ter
rltory IN that section is heavily wooded
and sparsely settled. The officer is do
ing what he can, however, to apprehend
the men.
States Attorney E. ". Gibson, who
has been busy the past two or three davs
with numerous cases in Bellows Falls,
lett this forenoon. for Stratton e. see
what evidence he can get hold ol.
Mrs. NheeTer was not injured by the
would-be robbers, but she suffered some
thing of a shock to her nerves from be-
ing roughly handled.
states Attorney Gibson has disposed of
a variety of cases in the municipal court
IN Bellows Falls this week before Judge
Thomas E. O'Brien One day was taken
up IN the case of INA King, a 14-year-old
BILE and against whom a petition was
brought to have her placed in the care of
some institution. Attorney Robert r.
Iwitchel appeared for the family, who
opposed the petition Judge O'Brien in
dicated that he would order the girl into
the custody of the Children's Aid So
clety provided they could find a desired
place for, otherwise he would have her
committed to the state industrial school.
Arthur, Bolton of Bellows Falls, IS
years old, pleaded guilty to a statutory
offense, and was fined 500 and costs and
sentenced to Il months in the house of
correction. He paid the fine and costs,
and the Imprisonment was suspended
Judge w. A. Graham appeared for the
| respondent
Fletcher Snow of Bartonsville pleaded
guilty to the charge of breach of the
peace by assault upon Louis G. Marshall.
He was sentenced to not less than four
months nor more than five months in
the house of correction, which sentence
was suspended and the respondent was
placed on probation. Judge Graham was
| his counsel.
William Trifaillion of Bellows Falls
pleaded guilty to the charge of selling Gig
arets to minors and was fined $40 and
costs for the first sentence, which he
paid Attorney Twitehell appeared for
him.
Augustus Barbari of Bellows Falls
pleaded guilty to the charge of selling
cigarets to minors and paid fine of $40
and costs He had no counsel
Some other cases are being investigated
(Continuad on PAGE e
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-15
COMPANY | MOVES
TO NEW QUARTERS
Roome in GOOdhue House Being Reno
Ovated for Club PurpOses-Plans for
Armistiee Day Celebration.

Company !. Vermont National Guard,
has taken possession of its new headquar-
tprs i'm the so-caued Goadhue house on
Main street, which recently has been
occupied by ID. E.tAIcElhinny and family
and which has been offered as a site for
the proposed new memorial community
building They DlC,r' Wednesday night
from the Barber building, which has been
the company headquarters the past few
months. The Goodhue house is being
renovated and club rooms are being ar
ranged for the boys. The company now
has a membership of IS men and officers
Plans are being made by the company
for a big time for Armistice day. which
viii include a military ball, exhibition
drill between the first and second platoOns
and several other sporting features.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-15
COAL MINERS
QUIT TOMORROW
Over a Million British
WOrkmen Hold Firm
for Strike
TELEGRAPHIC NOTICES
BEING SENT TODAY

Governments Reply to Wage Demand is
Unsatisfactory - An Embargo on EX-
port of Coal Laid by Government To
day.
LONDON, Oct. Is. (Associated
Press. Unless some fully unforeseen in
tervention develops more than 100000
coal miners throughout the United King
dom will begin strike tomorrow and
the country's all-important coal indus
try will be paralized. A conference of
miners delegates announced today that
in view of the governments unsatisfac-
tory reply to the claim for an increase
in wages there was nothing left to do but
strike.
The miners conference today decided
that the mining districts be informed by
telegraph that the only course was for
work in the mines.to cease tomorrow.
The government today put an embargo
on the export of coal from the United
Kingdom as the result of the threat of
a coal miners strike.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-15
BEGINS PAYMENT
OF $5,OOO,OOO,OOO LOAN
England and France Settling War Loan
at j. r. Morgan & Co.'S hf y
Office Today.

NEW YORK, Oct l5.-Payment OF
the S5O0,O0O0 600 Anglo-French maturing
today was begun this morning at the
banking house of j. p. Morgan & CO.,
syndicate managers of a countrywide
loan in 1915. 1t is understood that pay
mcnt will involve more than S2O0, 100000
the greater part of which represents the
French portion of the obligation, Eng
land having anticipated the major part
of her share.
Today's payment is the largest ever
made in connection with an international
transaction but banking interests be-
Heve that it will be accomplished with a
minimum of disturbance to the money
market.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-15
MAYOR CHANGES FRONT.
VIII Allow Socialist Labor Party Speak
ers On The Street.

NEW LONDON. Conn. Oct D.
After refusal by the police under the
mayors orders to allow speakers of the
Socialist Labor party to address a street
crowd last night Mayor Morgan changed
his attitude and without giving a reason
today indicated that future meetings
would not be interfered with. The
speakers made no attempt to hold the
street meetings, although protesting at
the police order. No arrests were made.
The mayor did not make clear whether
or not the advertised Socialist party
meeting which was arranged TO test the
validity of his ruling on Sunday night
would be allowed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-15
VANDERBILT THE SPEAKER.
Gives Founders Day Address At Hol.
yoke College.

SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. Oct. 10
The need for an enlightened and broad
visioned citizenship which would look on
the progress of civilization in the large
instead of being concerned only with
domestic conditions was stressed by
Frank \. Vanderlip of New York in the
founders day address at Mount Hol-
yoke college today. Until the inter
ruption caused by the great war is re-
paired" the speaker said millions of
people will be on the verge of starya-
ton. This has great significance as
economic causes are among the chief
causes of the war. Economic pressure
has furnished the reason for most revolu-
tons
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-15
ARGUMENTS MADE
IN ALIENATION SUIT
Evidence for Defense Completed This
Morning - Case to BE Given to
Jury About 3 This Afternoon.

Examination of two witnesses this
forenoon closed the evidence for the de
Tense in the alienation of affections suit
of Alfred l.. Poupart of Wilmington
against Samuel +. Boyd aOf that town,
which has been on trial in Windham
county court at Newfane since Monday
Attorney O. b. Hughes made the open
ing argument for the plaintiff and Attor-
ney II. g. Barber argued for the den
Tense before the noon recess and Attorney
G. s. Chase closed for the plaintiff i'm
mediately after dinner. 1t was expected
that the case would be given to the jury
by 3 or $50 O'Clock this afternoon.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-15
USE HUGE RUM
FUND FOR FRAUD
100000 Raised to Get Fa-
vOrable Prohibition Agents
In Chicago
RESTAURANT MAN
MAKES COMPLAINT

SAYS lie Has betH CMtuuACu DN "Ah'
key Ring'-Three Arrests Made -
Other Restaurant Men and Saloon
Keepers VIII Support Charges.
CHICAGO, Oct. b Information
that 100000 was raised in Chicago to
force out prohibition agents and replace
them with men susceptible to the intiu-
ence of a "whiskey ring has been OBJ
tained through three men arrested here
in the last 24 hours, police officials said
today. The arrests were made on COM
plaint of Andrew Pappas, a restaurant
owner. who charged that he had been
swindled out of large sums of money.
The men arrested are Fred Leach,
former special agent for the American
Railway Express Co, Joseph Schil-
linger alleged agent of the whiskey
ring. and Thomas Kerwin, a saloon
keeper.
Pappas declared he would have the
support of many other restaurant own
ers and saloon keepers who had lost up
wards of 100000 by paying the ring
for whiskey which never was delivered.
The special grand jury today continued
its investigation of the whiskey ring
after having heard the testimony yester-
day of Walter Sadler, New York broker
who confessed. it was said, to partici-
patton in whiskey running.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-15
TWO SUSPECTED 81.
BURGLARS CAUGHT
Have RevOlvers and Skeleton Keys In
Package-POlice Forced Them
to Omen 1t.

NEW YORK, Oct. l5.-Aroused by 50
burglaries in the Forest Hills section the
police today arrested on the street, two
package tied up with baby blue ribbon;
What have you got there, sport!
asked a policeman.
"A present for my girl"
The package contained two loaded re-
voIvers, extra ammunition, 10 skeleton
keys, a piece of type, a searchllght' a
glass cutter and two pairs of gloves.
'sWen, the girl may be able. to use the
gloves. was the comment of the police
as he took them under arrest.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-15
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL

After the meeting of Pocahontas Coun-
ell No. 4, last evening in Red Mems hall
which was amusing and interesting. Re-
freshments of ice-cream and waters were
served in honor of the fourth wedding
anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs. John O.
Tucker, which occurred yesterday. A
sum of money was presented them.
Music and dancing were enioYed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-15
KING ALEXANDER VERY I'LL.
Suffering From Jaundiee As Well As
Monkey Bite

ATHENS, Oct. l5-The serious ma
ture of the malady from which King Al
exander of Greece is suffering as the re-
suit of monkeys bite was emphasized
today by Dr., Vidal, French specialist.
He said that the gravity of the disease
was indicated by the persistence of iaun-
dice and fever. Last night the kings
temperature varied between l02 and
l047 This morning his temperature was
1922 and his pulse 100.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-15
Centre Congregational Church

Friday. Oct. 10. 7.30 p. m.-Church
night. Topic for discussion, Inspiring
Books as an Aid to the Growth of the
Soul
Friday and Saturday, Oct. Is and IS.
The Woman's association will hold a
runmage sale in the Hooker house on
Main street. For information telephone
519-M
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-15
s11,OOO,OOO GOLD SHIPMENT.
Steamer Adriatic Brings Funds for Fed
eraI Reserve Bank.

NEW YORK. A shipment of gold val
ued at about $11 100000 consigned tC
the federal reserve bank arrived here to
day on the steamship Adriatic. The gold
for the federal reserve bank was from the
bank of England. The Adriatic also
brought S3.0000O0 worth of gold con
signed to Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-15
LIQUOR RAID AT ALBANY.
Police Get 100 Gases of Liquor, a Truck
And Touring Car.

ALBANY, \. Y, Oct. I5.-One hun
dred cases of liquor, a motor truck and
touring car were seized by the police last
night at a local garage and turned over
to federal prohibition agents. Two men
who gave the names of Jack Cohen and
were arrested and later arraigned before
the United States commissioner here and
held under 81, 900 bonds on the charge of
unlawfully transporting liquor.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-15
Odd Fellows Temple

Thursday. Oct. 21-The women of
Dennis Rebekah lodge will hold a fair
in the temple doors opening at 3 o'clock
for the sale of fancy articles, aprons
md candy. There will be grab bag
for the children also. A chicken-pie
supper will be served from 80 to 80
o'clock. Following the supper play
entitled, Just a Little Mistake, win be
presented Dancing from 8 to II. The
public invited. FRI. -~..--.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-15
RECEPTION TO MRS. COOLIDGE
Daughters of Vermont To Entertain Her
- Next Thursday.

BOSTON, Oct. l5.-The Daughters of
Vermont viii hold a reception next
in honor OF Mrs. Calvin Coolidge. The
reception will be followed by a luncheon,
after which Mrs. Mary l. Wood, CORES
ponding secretary of the General Fedora
tion of Women's clubs, will speak on Wo-
mems Responsibilities in the World To-
day
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-15
BANK THIEF CAUGHT.
Man Wanted In Portland, Me-, Is Ar
rested In New York.

NEW YORK. Oct. 15.-James
O'Rourke. 21. was arrested here today
at the request of Connecticut authori-
ties in connection with a $4,000 theft
from Portland National bank of Port
Land, Conn, on Aug. 21. s.....-