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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-13
FOUR WOMEN NOW
HELD FOR MURDER
Startling Revelations in Kaber Case
Said to Have Been Made to
Cleveland Police.

CLEVELAND. June 13.-Four wom-
en- are now charged with the murder of
Daniel +. Kaber, who was stabbed ~
times By hired asSasSins in his home in
Lakewood two years ago. Mrs. Erminia
Colavito 81, was booked on a charge of
murder early today after She had made
startling revelations TO the police. Others
under first degree murder indictments
are Mrs Eva Katherine Kaber widow
of the slain man. Mrs. Marion McArdle.
her daughter. and Mrs. Mary Brickel, 69
years old, mother of Mrs. Kaber. s
Twelve persons have been named in
connection with the murder.
Mrs. Colavito described in n signed
statement. the authorities say, how two
days before the murder the asSaSsin>
tiptoed through Kaber's home to get the
lay of the land" while Miss NcArdle
played a piano to drown the noise. She
also is alleged to have said that the
| assassins demanded 5000 for commit
ting the crime. but that Mrs. kaber dc
clared she would not pay it unless hen
| husband was killed with some weapon
so that she could collect an accident in
surancc policy. This was denied by
| Mrs Kaber
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-13
Prominent VermOnter Sue
cumbs at His Home i'm
st. JOhnsbury
ONCE MINISTER
TO SPANISH COURT
And Before That or-General OF
the Philippine Islands Entered Dip.
IOmatic Service as Commissioner to
Island of Samoa i'm 1891.

ST. JOHNSBURY. June 13.-Henry
Clay Ide, former governor-general of the
Philippines and later minister to Spain
under the Taft administration. died at his
home here today. Mr.. Ide, 76 years old,
was a native of Barnet and had made his
home in this town for 30 years.
He first entered the diplomatic service
as the United States commissioner to
Samoa in 1891, later becoming chief jus
tice of Samoa. In 1901 he went to the
Philippines as a member of the Taft com
and served successively as secretary of
finance and Justice. vice governor. acting
governor. and encouragement. He was
sent to Spain as minister in 1909 and re
manned until August 1913.
Mr.. Ide was educated at st. Johnsbury
academy and Dartmouth college gradual
ing from the latter institution in the class
of 1866 of which he was valcdictorian.
After serving as principal of St Johns
bury academy for a short time he began
the study Of law in the Office Of Judge B.
III. Steele and was admitted to practice in
1870. His first partnership was with II.
c. Belden. Later the partnership became
Ide < Stafford and still later Ide &
.Quimby.
IreRiouS 10 ms entrance INTO the dipIo-
matte service Judge Ide was prominent
in Vermont Republican politics He was
states attorney of Caledonia county from
1873 to 1880, senator from the county
lSN2 to 1855. chairman of the Republican
state convention in 1884 and a delegate
to the national convention of 1888. While
in service in the Philippines he had entire
charge of the reorganization of the none
tary system of the islands.
One of his children is the wife of Con
gresham Bourke Cochran of New York.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-13
SEVERAL INJURED
WHEN AUTO SKIDS
Springfield (Vt.) Party Runs Into Tree
Girls Thigh Fractured-Wom-
ans Nose Nearly Severed.
Especial to The Reformer.)
SPRINGFTFLD. Vt, Juno

SIhl NIrF IEIlD- W. June Is.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dashner. Mrs w.
ID. Gibson. Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Tro-
Ian and 12-year-old daughter. Glare. had
started for Claremont. n H.. to see the
Red Mems parade Saturday afternoon
and We're riding in the big International
car of Gordon Havens of Springfield,
Mass. formerly of this town. when they
came to grief i'm going around the curve
above the Ellen Butterticld place on the
Connecticut River road. 1t was raining
and the car skidded in the slippery mud.
running full tilt into a tree with such
force a. TO crush in one side and throw
most of the occupants out.
The little girl. Clare. SUSTAINED a frac-
turc of the right thigh and suffered minor
cJntusions. Mrs. Dashner's nose was so
crushed and nearly cut off that part of
bone had to be taken out and almost a
new nose formed Mr.. Trojan received
a scalp wound i'm which stitches had to
be taken. Mr.. Dashner and Mrs. ellison
escaped with nothing more serious in the
way Of Injuries than bruises and
scratches. Mr., Havens's head was
bruised and his right hand badly gashed.
The car was wrecked. The injured were
carried at once to the Springfield hos
pjtal. where DIR. H. III. Lawrence and
Dr. L. ii. Gillette attended them.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-13
NO MESSAGE YET
.. FROM SEC. DENNY
Admiral Sims Says He Hasn't Reviewed
His ReGall-Cables Remarks
Were MisquOted

LONDON, June l3 (Associated Press.
Rear Admiral William S Sims said
today he had not received the cable
message from Secretary of the Navy
DENLY cancelling the remainder of his
leave of absence and ordering him to re
port as soon as possible in Washington
Remarks attributed to him in press
reports of his recent address before the
English speaking union in London i'll
which he criticized activity of Sim
Fem sympathizers in this country, wer
not correctly quoted and were mislead
ing, Admiral Sims declared in cable
gram received yesterday by Secretary
DENLY.
Statements that were attributed to
me, said the message, were not cor
rectly quoted. Context misleading and
garbled. Report of statements is incor-
actually made was substantially the
same as repeatedly made in public in
America and in my book The Victory
at Sea ,, and in public address at meet
ing here for good ircIatgons between
English speaking people.
Secretary Denby would not comment
on the admiral's message. In view OF
the fact that Mr.. DENLY revoked the
remainder of Admiral Sims's leave OF
absence and ordered him to return nj
once to the United States to report III
person at the navy department, it was
indicated that no further steps would
be taken in the case until the officer :
return. 1t then will be decided, it was
said, whether Secretary DENLY will
press his inquiry into the matter.
Admiral Sims reference i'll his cable
gram TO his speeches in this country re
called the address he made in Boston
last winter in which he assalled SInn
Fcin sympathizers in this country. See
retarv Daniels was bombarded with tel
egrams and letters demanding that dis
culinary action be taken against the
officer but no such steps were taken.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-13
BICYCLIST STRUCK
AND FATALLY HURT
Fred Hall of Bellows Falls Run into
by New Hampshire Automobile on
- Rutland Road Saturday.

Fred Hail. 30. who was employed on
farm near Bellows Falls, while riding
his bicycle Saturday afternoon about a
mile and a half north of Bellows Falls
on the Rutland road was run into by an
automobile bearing a New Hampshire
license and was 80 badly injured that he
died in the Rockingham hospital that
night
States Attorney Harold r. Whitney
of Brattleboro was notified after a pass
ing automobile had found Mr.. Hall nm
conscious by the roadside and taken him
TO the hospital. Mr.. Whitney, accom-
panied by Sheriff Frank l.. Wellman and
Mrs. Katherine Nichols, court reporter,
went to Bellows Falls and made an in
vestigation. Mr.. Hall was riding in
northerly directions when struck. His
skull. nose and jaw were fractured and
he was otherwise injured.
Attorney General f. c. Archibald of
Manchester arrived Saturday night and
assisted in the investigation, which was
continued Sunday morning. DIR. +. IT.
Stone and other surgeons from the state
laboratory in Burlington conducted an
autopsy Sunday afternoon at Hennessey
& Fenton's undertaking rooms.
Mr.. Hall is reported to have a wife
living in Killingly. Conn, and son and
daughter in San Francisco and Balti-
more,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-13
OFFERS ESTATE ae
TO GOVERNMENT
Daughter OF William Morris Hunt of
BrattlebOrO Wishes to Provide Home
for Disabled Soldiers.

The current number of The Spur. an
important New York magazine devoted to
society, gardens, art horse shows, dogs,
etc. contains full length halttone por-
trait of Mrs. Horatio Nelson Slater,
daughter of the late William Morris
Hunt of Brattleboro. Under the picture
is the following caption:
Mrs. Horatio Nelson Slater of Boston
and New York. on the stairway of her
apartment at l Lexington avenue, in the
latter city. Mrs. Slater. who was Miss
Mabel ID. Hunt. daughter of William Nor
ris Hunt, the American painter. has
offered Pine Bank, her estate at Read
vile, Mass, to the United States for a
period of 30 years as a home for disabled
soldiers. The estate is a large one, with
a house. which, when remodeled, will ac,
cOmmOdate 100 men"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-13
ROWLAND SCHEDULE FILED.
Barre Bankers Liabilities Are Listed al
S2Og. $50.

BURLINGTON. June 13-The sched-
Tile of assets and liabilities in the invol-
untary bankruptcy case of Frank c.
Rowland, the former president of the
Barre Savings Bank < Trust Co. has
been filed in the Office of the clerk of the
United States court. The liabilities are
placed at $209. $50 and the assets at
S207. .53S.56. OF this 1880 is claimed
exempt.
The liabilities are largely secured
claims such as mortgages. which total
S191 ,410. They are placed mostly on
the numerous real estate holdings of the
bankrupt in Barre with one on a farm
in East Montpelier. Howlaud has un-
secured claims due of SIT APO and owes
a note for $1,000.
The list of assets includes real estate.
valued at S171.2:J0 and stocks and bontl,
valued at S31 $50. The stocks and bonds
include 2S6i5 shares in the Barre Saw
ings Bank & Trust Co. value S2S 650
80 shares Quarry Savings bank, $4,000
40 shares Butte & Superior Copper Co..
II shares Anaconda. 10 shares United
States Smelling < Refining Co, 20 Old
Dominion Zine common. FIVE American
Zinc preferred, and numerous small
holdings The value of these stocks is
stated as being unknown.
Howland carried $4,000 life insur-
ance with the Connecticut Insurance Co.
Money had been borrowed on practically
all of this.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-13
STILLMAN TO CALL
NEW WITNESSES
French Canadians to Take Stand i'm Sup
port OF Charges Against
Bankers Wife.

NEW. YORK, June 13-Two new
French Canadian witnesses will testify
for James 4. Stillman. plaintiff in the
Stlllman divorce action, when the hear
lngs are resumed before Referee Daniel
J. Gleason at PoughkeepSic on Wednes o
day, it was learned Yesterday. Both OF
these witnesses were said TO be from
Three Rivers. Quebec. ana It is expected
that they will give further testimony
concerning the alleged relations between
Mrs Anne Urquhart Stillman, the de-
fendaHt. and Fred X. Beauyis. the
guide. whom Mr.. Stillman named as CO.
respondent
These two witnesses are expected TO
be the first called, and it was said that
they would testify before DIR. Hugh l..
Russell. the Buffalo osteopath, and Ber-
nard Kelly. former superintendent of
"Malbanne' the Stillman estate at
Pleasantville, \. y, and his wife, Mrs.
Irene Kelly.
Discovery of the intention of the
plaintiff 5 attorneys to put on these
two new witnesses was said to have
been one of the reasons for the tactics
of DELAY adopted by Mrs Sillman's at
torueys, which resulted in postpone
ment of two weeks. In the meantime
it was said. investigators for Mrs. Still
man had been in Canada and colleCte ed
much information to be used in the
cross examination of these witnesses.
A conference of Mrs. Stillman $ at
torncys, preparatory to the hearing on
Wednesday. will be held today in tia,
Office of John f. Brennan, Mrs. Still
man 5 chief counsel, at Nonkers. 1t was
said that Mrs Stillman s amended an
swcr. to the filing OF which Mr.. Still
man : attorneys have consented, might
be filed today or tomorrow,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-13
BUNDLE DAY FOR H-s
NEAR-EAST RELIEF
VIII BE Held Wednesday i'm Crystal
Springs Ice Co.'S Office Under
Auspices of Woman's Club.

4 bundle day for the Near East Re
lief will be held by the Woman'S club
Wednesday. when some member of the
philanthtopic committee viii he Mt the
office Of the Crystal Springs Ice Co to
receive bundles Of second hand clothing
and shoes. which viii be packet later
and sent to the Relief headquarters for
Shipmcnt.
erS. mitteuS. woSl stockings. boots and
shoes ftie i'm pairs1, woolen gloves. wool
en- shirts. shop-worn goods. new gar
ments and cloth. sheets 10 make ban
dages-all these win be especially useful
in and acceptable IN helping to fill the
box for the relief Of suffering
The relief committee cannot use silks.
ChiffOus. wells. slippers. laces. muslin
underwear. straw or frame hats. silk
stockings or evening clothes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-13
PEACE VOTE DUE
THIS AFTERNOON
House Will Pass Resolution
Terminating State
of War
SUBSTITUTE FOR ..
KNOX RESOLUTION
Debate Resumed This Morning Under
Agreement to Vote at 4.3O z. NJ. -
Possibility of Disagreement Between
Two Branches of Congress.

WASHINGTON, June 13. - Debate
on the Porter resolution terminating the
state of war with Germany and Austria
was resumed in the house today under q
rule calling for a final vote at 4.3G
O'Clock Adoption of the measure as &
substitute for the Knox senate resolu
tion, repeating the declaration of wal
was generally expected. The Republi
cans claim solid party support for II
and many Democratic votes.
Chairman Porter of the foreign af
fairs committee leading the floor fight
for the measure, declared a check up in
Dictated that the total opposition would
not exceed go votes Under the agree
ment adopted Saturday by a vote of POS
to 105, the resolution is not subject to
amendment.
How. the senate might regard the Por-
ter measure, in view of its recent ac
tion in passing the Knox resolution re
pealing the declaration of war, was the
subject of unusual discussion. Senate
leaders have let house leaders know that
they will not turn back, while Chairman
Porter and others have declared they
would not vote to repeal the declaration
of war, believing it would be construed
by the public as a reputation of the wal
itself
As result of this situation. Demo
cratic leaders opposing both the Knox
aud Porter proposals, declared peace ny
congressional action was a long way off
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-13
PHYSICIANS TO fs.sr. 50.
EXAMINE CHILDREN
Clinic Tomorrow for Those Up to Six
Years of Age-COat and Bonnet to
Be Given Heaviest Child.

All children of pre-school age-up to
six years-will be weighed and meas
urcd. and examined by physicians. OF the
clinic TO be held in the town hall build
ing tomorrow in connection with the
child welfare exhibit, which win be held
throughout the day and evening in Fes-
tivai hall The baby clinic viii be in
charge of Miss Elizabeth Harvey of the
Mutual Aid association. \ coat and
bonnet will be given to the child which
weighs the most up to two years of age.
Other details of the exhibit are fast
taking form. Descriptive posters We're
strung in two lines on either side of the
corridor to the building today, and
things are being put in place in the ball
itself. The clinic room also is being
trimmed effectively.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-13
FINED FOR TAKING
BASS ILLEGALLY
Williamsville Young 4Ian MiStO0k Them
for Perch 50 Fine Is Remitted-
Costs of S9.O5 Paid.

employed i'm the basket Shop there. was
in the municipal court this forenoon and
pleaded guilty to the charge of taking
four black bass from Sunset lake out of
season. He pleaded guilty and Judge T.
H. f. Stowe imposed a fine of SO and
costs of S905, but on payment of the
costs the fine was remitted As it appeared
that GRAY honestly miStook the bass for
perch. They were small fish.
Gray. who is Is years old. was fishing
I'm the lake when County Fish and Game
Warden +. ii. Metcalf of this place hap
pcned along and looked in his basket
The black bass season does not open
until July l.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-13
GOMPERS URGES
ACTIVE OPPOSITION.

DENVER, Colo, June 13.-Unem-
plOyment, the open shop, wage re-
duction. relations with European la
Dor federations. disarmament, the
Irish question and recognition of the
Russian Soviet government were
among the questions before the 41St
annual convention of the American
federation of labor which opened here
today for two weeks session.
More than 500 delegates from all
sections of the United States and
Canada, headed by President Samuel
Gompers. marched to the municipal
auditorium, where the meeting
opened with addresses of welcome by
the governor and mayor Mr.. Com
pers urged a mere active opposition
on the part of organized labor to its
enemies.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-13
NUMBER PLATES or ; STATES.
Police Also Find 40 Gallons of Alcohol
i'm Riley Machine.

CONCORD. \. H., June 13. - Viii
liam Riley. who, claiming to be a res
ident. registered an automobile here a
month ago was arrested yesterday while
driving another car bearing the same
number plate In the machine the po-
lice found 40 gallons of alcohol and NUM-
ber plates issued in Massachusetts,
Rhode Island and New Hampshire Riley
gave Providence as his address. Two
men riding with him fed when the Of
fcer approached. but one. who said he
was William Northrup of Providence,
was later arrested The police had
sought Riley for a month on charge
of swearing to a false address.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-13
HOME BREWERS
ON THE GAIN
ciaI Tells of Increased Number of
Samples He Has Received.

BOSTON. June 13.-Thc extent to
which the public has taken up home
brewing and moonshining since the ac-
tivities of prohibition enforcement agents
shut off many sources of liquor supply
was shown today in a statement by Her
man Iythgoe. director of the food and
drug division of the state department
of health. Since Jan. l he said, police
officials have submitted to him 1.27O
samples of distilled spirits, beer. wine.
cider and other beverages for analysis.
The average alcoholic content of the lot
was found to be slightly under 40 per
cent. More results of home production
came to him last month than in any pre-
vious period, he said. Boston. Lawrence,
Cambridge, Chelsea, Fitchburg, Glouccs-
ter and Orange were among the places
which furnished the samples.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-13
FATALLY SHOT BY
HIS OWN RIFLE
Guy Thayer of Springfield (Vt.) Was
Wiping on Weapon and Accident
ally Touched Trigged.
Especial to The Reformer.)
SPRINGFIELD. Vt. June

NTNINTF IT-IlD, VI, June 10.
Guy Thayer, jr., 10, only child of Guy
r. Thayer. the barber in the Gilpatrick
block at the head of Main street. was fa-
tally shot by his own rifle while out
hunting Saturday afternoon on the
Frank W. Corliss farm in the Pudding
Hill section of the town. His mothers
brother Abraham Bell. was with him and
when the thunder storm came up at >
o'clock, they sought shelter in shack
There young Thayer was wiping off his
gun when he accidentally touched the
trigger and the bullet went through his
left hand and into his left side. infictimg
a mortal wound. With the help of his
uncle he managed to reach the CorlisS
house a quarter of a mile away. which
he walked In about 20 minutes. or as
soon as a neighbor. Charles Williams.
could be summoned with his car. the
wounded boy was taken to the hospital,
where he died at , o'clock.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-13
STILL AND LIQUOR
SEIZED IN RAIDS
Four Officers Visit Five
Places i'm Town on
Warrants
LARGE QUANTITY
AT NORRIS GISSEN'S
Gissen Case on Trial in Municipal Court
This Afternoon Still and Utensils
at IL Valley Street and Edward
Kursh Arrested.

EifIGSItus
Five Brattleboro houses and adjacent
buildings We're searched by four officers
last night on search warrants issued Sat
urday afternoon by States Attorney
Harold f. Whitney, and their efforts
yielded one still and several containers
of liquor. The officers We're Sheriff
Frank l.. Wellman and his son, c. c.
Wellman, Deputy Sheriff B. A. White
more of Guilford and Policeman w. E.
Tyler. .--......... ...
The largest haul was made at the home
OF Morris Gissen, a junk dealer at 1O4
Williams street. There the officers found
three gallon jugs, one two-quart jug,
four quart bottles and one decanter full
of liquor and one quart bottle partly
filled. The decanter was in a sideboard.
the bottles in the pantry and cupboard
and the jugs down cellar One of the
/ jugs was not found until Mr.. Gissen,
after being told by an officer that he
would be handcufed if he did not pro-
| duce 1t, climbed up in the cellar and
produced it from behind some automo-
/ bile tires. The officer believed Mr.. Gis-
sen had hidden some liquor.
| Mr.; Gissen was arrested and was
| brought to police headquarters. Later he
4 j Il
/ D. T.. Stowe at the latter's home in West
Brattleboro and admitted to bail in the
| sum OF 5000 for his appearance in court
/ today, {. HertZberg becoming surety for
| him.
In court this forenoon Attorney RI. q
| Barber appeared for Mr.. Gissen and en-
] tered plea of not guilty to the charge
/ OF violating section / of No. POI of the
| acts of the last legislature relative to
! the manufacture, sale. Transportation
| possession and beverage use Of intoxicat-
| ing liquor
| Attorney Barber, acting for the re-
| Spondent, said he claimed the liquor and
| admitted it was intoxicating, and the
! case was continued until o'clock this
| afternoon for a hearing to determine
whether the liquor was in Mr.. Gissen' 3
/ possession legally.
At the house at sos South Main
/ street nobody was at home and the Off
/ GERS did not know the name of the 0c-
cupant of the place the warrant being
OF the John Doe" variety. They
/ found one bottle of beer and a u1antity
of empty bottles
/ They searched the premises at II Val
ley street and found a still and utensils
hnt no liquor. They arrested Edward
hursh. who was placed in the lookup.
\ search was made at : Hunt avenue.
but no liquor was found there
| At 81 South Main street the officers
found no Iiquir, but a boiler which the
omceIS thought at some time aDnarentIy
| hod been used in connection with a still
was found smashed.
| vt the time of going to press Sheriff
| Nellman was teStifying in the Gissen
case. s.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-13
No COMPROMISE WITH
BOLSHEVIK CREED-DANIS.

SCHENECTADY. n. V. june f3.
The world waits impatientIy for the
ending Of the mad dance of death that
has Oyertaken unhappy Russia, John
w. Davis, former ambassador to
Great Britain. declared today before
the 125th graduating class of Union
college. I'm the meantime" he con-
tinued, ''any compromise with the
BOIshevik creed is but league with
death. Between such doctrines rs
class rule and class hatred and those
which have made America is in a
gulf as wide as that between truth
and faIsehO0d, right and wrong, life
and death" Mr.. Davis was given
the degree of doctor OF laws.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-13
COUNSEL OFFERED
WITNESS VACATION
Mrs. Andrews so Testifies at Trial OF
Alleged Murderers at Ded-
ham Today.

DEDHAAI. Mass. June 13. Airs.
Rolla Andrews of Quincy, who identified
Nicola Sacco Saturday as man whom
she saw near the scene Of the killing
of paymaster and his guard at South
Braintree a year ago. today testified at
the trial of Sacco and Bartolomeo Van
Zetti for murder that counsel for Sacco
called upon her last January and asked
if she would like to go to Maine on a va
cation.
Under Cross-examination Mrs Andrews
testified that Fred Fl. Moore of Los
Angeles. counsel for Sacco. was the man
who asked her this question. She said
she considered it an inducement to af-
feet her testimony at the trial. Mr.. Moore
himself was conducting the cross exam
ination when this testimony was de
yelODed
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-13

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