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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-08
HOLD BOY FOR MURDER.
Francis KIuxen, ii, Held for Grand Jury
for Killing Young Girl.

2 MADISON, y. j.. Oct S.-Franeis
Kluxen. ii. was arrested last night,
charged with the murder of Janet Law
renee u, who was found strangled to
death and covered with knife wounds in
the Kluxen woods near her home early
Yesterday Kluxen was arraigned before
Recorder Schoneberger and held for the
grand jury. -l.e
Suspicion was directed toward young
Kluxen when it was noticed that he acted
nervously near the scene of the crime. He
was with his father at the time and
when the parent left policeman ques-
toned the boy All that he would say
was, Its awful" and trembled all over,
the policeman said.
He was questioned by his uncle, a de
tective attached to the county proseeu-
tors Office, who said his story had not
been suspicious. ...z.......-.. --. g..
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-08
WILLIAMSVILLE

Marshall Moore is i'll i'll the home of
his son, Wayland Moore.
Mrs d. f. Pierce went Sunday to
Brattleboro for a two weeks stay.
Governor and Mrs James Hardness
were callers at A. NJ. Merrifeld's Sat
.urday.
Mrs. Sarah Eberman of Boston is a
guest of Mrs. c. +. Aldrich at the par
sonage.
Mrs. Win Nido and daughter. Car
lOtta. were visitors in Newfane over
Sunday.
Mrs. John CLARK, who was taken ill
suddenly Saturday night, is more COM
Portable.
Charles Shampine spent two days
the first of the week at his old home in
Wardsboro.
Miss Bessie L. Farnum visited over
Sunday with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
i. n. Farnum.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank L. Stratton
spent Sunday at Mountain Mills with
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. C. Temple.
Frank Hale of Pine Grove, Pa, and
O. ]. Hale of Halifax visited their
cousin, L. c. Hale, Saturday.
Mr.and Mrs H. o. Bowker of SYRIA
cuse, y. Y, have been spending some
time at their summer home here.
Sunday, Oct 16, the members of Will
Evansville Grange are invited to at
tend services in the Methodist church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Marcy. who are
spending several weeks in the East, were
guests over Sunday Ofs Mr.. and Mrs.
A. n. Sherman
Miss Helen Lewis who has worked
in the offices of the Holsten Friesian
association association at Brattleboro
finished work there Saturday and came
to her home. 4
Mrs F. D. Osgood and son, Lynden.
whs have been spending the summer
with her parents, MIR. and Mrs. A. L..
Timson, returned Friday TO their home
in Pittsburgh, Pa.
There was a good attendance at the
services in the Methodist church Sun
day evening, when Prof. Guy w. Powers
of Saxtons River spoke. He took for
his subject, The Humanity of Christ. and.
his talk was both helpful and inspir-
ing. Prof. Powers is well known here,
many of the young people having at
tended Leland and Gray seminary at
rownshend when he was principal there.
There was a large attendance at the
health fair in Grange hall Thursday I'M
der the direction of the child welfare COM
mittee of the town and the school dirpc
tors, assisted by the Windha1n County
chapter. Red Gross. District Health
Officer G. S. Leach conducted the school
inspection, assisted by Miss Elizabeth
Harvey, superinten of the Mutual
Aid association of Brattleboro. The en-
tire day was entertaining and instructive
for the "grown-ups' as well as the chill
dren.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-08
Open NEW HIGHWAY
|. ON COLUMBUS DAY
Road Around Shelburne
Mountain Extension of
Mohawk Trail
MAXIMUM GRADE
ONLY 6 PER CENT
Possesses Senic Features Similar to Mo-
hawk TraflATwo Years In Building
and Cost 100000 - Big Celebration
by Greenfield People,

GREENFIELD, Mass, Oct. Son
the morning of Columbus day, the new
state highway, running through Franklin
county, out Of town and around Shell
burne mountain. will be officially opened
by representatives of the state, the county
and the town. At the same time. big
celebration of the event will be held by
the people of Greenfield and surrounding
country, as a means of showing their
appreciation of the completion and open
ing of this new road. which is one of the
struction to be found anywhere, having
been finished after two years of work and
at a cost of more than S300000
This new highway constitutes an ex-
tension of the Mohawk Trail from the
town of Shelburne into Greenfield, and
entirely eliminates the old steep danger
Gus road down Shelburne mountain,
with it's many sharp curves and grade
most of the way of more than II per
cent. The new road with its maximum
grade of six per cent, or lower than the
grade over HOosic mountain, possesses
scenic features of the same order of eX-
eellepce for which the Mohawk trail is
famous, affording wonderful views from
the mountain side and, winding through
picturesque woodlands.
The road itself is of cement concrete
pavement, Is feet in width where
straight and from q to "A feet wide on
the curves. 1t is a little more than five
miles in length, and has taken two years
to complete because of the difficulty in
securing help and materials last year
When it is finished it is certain that it
will give much satisfaction to the ever
increasing number of tourists travelling
over this popular scenic drive and gate
way into New England.
The ceremonies in connection with the
official opening of the road on October
18th viii include remarks by Frank ID.
Kemp and James w. Synan. commits
Sicners Of highways for the state. ac-
ceptance of the road on behalf of the
town of Greenfield by John Sauter. chair
man of the board of selectmen, and a
short speech by Congressman Allen T.
II Roadway. who will go to Greenfield cs-
pccially To take part in the affair
Joseph W. Stevens, first president of the
Greenie d chamber Of commerce will pre-
side All arrangements for the celebra-
ton are being made by special commit
tee of the Greenfield chamber. headed by
John W. Haigis. newly elected president
of the organization.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-08
CANADA HELPS
SOLDIERS TO LAND
Over $1,000 Men Benefited By Law to
DevelOpe DOminiOn's A gricultural
Resources

OTTAWA. Ont, Oct S-Canada has
spent over SS4,00O.O0O in the establish
ment of returned soldiers on the land
This figure represents over $1,000 indi-
vidual ex-serviee men who have benefited
from the law which had for its twin
aims soldier. re-establishment and the de-
velopment of the agricultural resources
of the dominion. 1t represents 50 per
cent of CanadasS eX-SeTviec men who have
gone back to the land and 30 per cent of
the men of the Canadian army who We're
demobiliZed as physically fit.
Under the law any ex-service man eli
gible from a military standpoint. having
seen service overseas, may apply for
loans up to a maximum of $500 for the
following purposes for the purchase of
land S4,5W: for stock and equipment
$1,000; for permanent improvements
$1,000. If on encountered land. the ex-
soldier is entitled TO loans amounting to
$1,000; if on free dominion land, TO
loans amounting to $4,000. In the case
of purchased land the settler must pay
10 per cent of the cost price of the land
as y guarantee of good faith.
The loans for land and permanent i'm
provements run for - years, those for
stock and equipment for six years with
interest at five per cent. No payments
We're due until the fall of 1920, when
1921 men were liable The number
who made repaymentS was $3.50 and l.
439 made prepayments. There were HOB
who repaid their entire loans.
i. In view of the collapse of the markets
in the middle of the threShing season and
IF the occurrence of drouth and other Wis
i-atio"" last wear in some localities in
the West, the government regards this
statement as ver%, satisfactory and II II
believed that very few years win SEP
most of these soldier farmers well on
their way to success. Indeed. there are
eases where settlers have taken from the
ground crops aggregating in value more
than the whole cost of their farms.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-08

The keeping of pigeons in England was
introduced by the Romans, who used them
for carrying, as well as for the table.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-08

y piece of human bone will support half
as much weight again as a piece of the
best oak of the same thickness
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-08
CHINA WILL NOT ACCEPT.
Japan's Proposals on Shantung Not Sat
'tt iSfacf0ry t

PEKING, Oct. S.--The text of China
reply to the proposals Of the Japanese
government concerning a settlement of
the Shantung controversy was made pub
lie yesterday. 1t declares that Japan has
advanced no plan for a settlement which
is fundamentally acceptable to the Chi
nese government and people, and that the
Chinese government feels that there is
much in the new proposals "still income
patibIe with the Chinese governments re-
peated declarations, the Chinese peoples
hopes and aspirations and the principles
laid down in Chinese treaties with foreign
powers"
1t is added that if the proposals eom-
prise Japan's final concessions ''they
surely inadequately prove the sincerity
of Japan's desire to settle the question .
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-08
STARTS TRACKLEss TROLLEY.
Municipal System Opens Today In New
York-Fiye Cent Fares

NEW YORK. Oct. S.-The city's first
municipal trackless trolley system today
began operation on Staten Island.
The new line similar to one introduced
i'm Detroit, has seven cars, operated from
an overhead trolley wire with a flexible
rod. permitting the ear To operate IN any
part Of the street.
The cars are modelled after buses with
seating capacity of 40 passengers. The
fare will be FIVE cents. The two routes
covered by the cars have total length
of six miles.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-08
AGED MAN BURNS IN HOME.
Attempts to Escape But Is Overcome
Near Window.

LUDLOW. Mass. Oct S.-Henry s.
Fuller. as. was burned to death when his
home at the corner of Chaplin and East
streets was burned To the ground early
yesterday morning. The origin of the fire
is unknown. The fire was discovered by
Mrs Fuller who was awakened by the
cracking of the flames. She gave the
alarm and knowing Mr. Fuller to be
quite deaf made an effort to reach his
room but was, overcome The occupants
of the upstairs rooms got out safely bv
lowering the women and children with
rones, the men jumping
Mr.. Fuller had evidently made an eff
fort to save himself for his body was
found by his nephew near the spot where
his, bed stood. When the firemcn
reached the house il was a mass of
flames Only the trunk of Mr. Fuller's
body was found, the head and legs having
been burned away.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-08
GLAD DOMIN|ONS
ARE REPRESENTED
United States Has Desired
Their Presence at Con-
ference From First i
AUSTRALIA FEELS - ]
SOMEWHAT SIGHTED

Premier Hughes Declares Door Has Been
Slamed In Their Face = This Coun-
try Could Not Deal Directly With
DOminienS. Z
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-04-14
BUILD lGLoos OF CONCRETE
Eskimo Indians No Longer Satisfied
With the Primitive Houses Of
Snow Of Their Fathers.

1t is matter Of government rec
ognltion that the Eskimo Indians of
the Pribilof islands are rapidly gain
ing in sophistication, as the prices of
the sealskins and blue and gray fox
pelts they sell mount higher and
higher. Those bits Of frozen land In
Bering sea, whose total area Is less
than seventy square miles, have only
about $50 inhabitants, yet they are
being assailed by all the aspirations
of prosperity and are beginning to
buy the most interesting items the
mail-ordec catalogues offer. So Uni
ted States engineers are building
them igloos af concrete, says Popular
Mechanics Magazine. thus substitute
ing the most substantial of materials
for what seems, from the temperate
zone viewpoint, the most ephemeral.
The builders, however, are careful to
adhere closely to the native style of
architecture.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-04-14
Gumless "Gumnner.n

Small Brother-Will you please give
me stick of chewing gum, Mr..
Blunderiy?
Mr.. BanderlyI don't chew gum,
Bobbie. What makes you think l do?
Small Brother-Because heard my
sister say that when you We're at the
dance the other night yo, ggum,ned the
whole party.-Punch Bowl.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-04-14
0To Be Continued Next Week5

After his legs ware Gut off BY a train
on witch her wis beating his way in
Washington. q man improvised toursli--
quets to stop the flow OF blood and
Tagged another train with q handful OF
lighted matches. Physicians are Of the
oplnion that he will secover
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-04-14
A Ruling.

MY client accuses her husband of
cruel and iniluman treatment. your
honor. He refused TO buy her a thous-
and dollar fur coat"
We'll, that may have been cruel,
but hardly think 1t was inhuman.'
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-04-14
Merry.

HE certainly has nerve
''In what way?"
with times the way they are now,
he actually walked in yesterday and
asked the boss for raise in apay."
Detroit Free Press.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-04-14

] phone, al fet me fix up this here
| mistake. [ don't know any Ap-
chinclosss ~
No mistake, My honorable
| master never make mis- take"
"Oh, don't he? Well, tell me
this: How long do / live here
on the house,"
q In the couse2" corrected Kito
grayely. II not know Two,
tree, 70. weeks, mebbe more. "
Mebbe nothingi' reared the
irate F'ibsy. EsStay here all that
time! Why, you yellow gilled
Fibsy paused, for the Japanese
merely lifted his hand and flexed
his long yellow fingers in sug-
gestive way that was decidedly
unpleasant.
There, there, Z. didn't mean
anything. Oh, Well, if you wanta
be fussy
Fibsy saw at once the utter
usc!essncss of trying to threaten,
cajole or reason with the oriel-
tai. Though he looked no older
than thes boy he was man, and
one slzised in his country's ath-
letic ~ wrestling methods.
Without further words Kito
waited for Fibsy to finish his
supper, and then took away The
tray, locking his prisoner in the
room.
This went on for three whole
days. Fibsy was comfortably
housed, all his physical wants
provided for, and Kito even
brought him a pile Of old maya
zines to read, but no further in
formation was given him as to
the reason for his Imprisonment.
By the fourth day the nervous
strain had begun to tell on the
captive boy. No amount Of think
ing could reveal the reason Of
his plight, and no theory account
for it. Hours at time he tried
to escape or tried to plan some
means that might lead to free
dom, but there was no chance for
ingenious attempt, or possibility
Of conqueling or eluding Kito.
1t was this very day that Elem
ing Stone came to the hOuSe hnt
Fibsy did not know it, nor did
Stone have the slightest idea that
the boy he sought so diligently
was there.
Kito answered Stones ring at
the door, and when that gentle
man pushed his way little
brusquely through the reception
room to the library, the Jap
anese followed politely, but with
a wary eye and a tense arm.
"Good!" Stone exclaimed, |
looking over the appointments of
the large library table. "Your
master has no pencil sharpener.
Now, my man, | am an agent for
these and Stone took from his
bag a small continuance for}
sharpening lead pencils. "And
our new method Of selling these
goods is to leave one with pros
pectiye customer, feeling sure
that a trial Of it will mean al
quick sale. Has your master ever
used thing like thisf"
Kito had not followed all Of
Stone S speech, his English being
somewhat limited, but by the &C
tons of the agent" the Jap
anese understood.
No good" he said scornfully,
my master no want it."
"How do you knowa"
II know
Has he onef"
"No.
s'Did he ever have onea"
"Yaes. !"
eNot like this. !"
eyes, just all same like that
one"
And then Stone, with his al
most hypnotic power Of sugges-
ton, so limited and insinuated.
and urged that finally Kito, after
a short search in a closet, tri-
umphantly' showed a pencil
sharpener exactly like the one
Stone had offered.
Looking chagrined and disap-
pointed, Stone returned his to
his bag.
Why did your master stop us
ing itf" he asked, noting the
pencil on the desk tray, undoubt-
eddy sharpened with d knife.
EnYru X hn
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-04-14

ing Stone frequently sent for him
n unexpected ways, and sent him
On unexpected and strange er
, rands.
The cab went quickly uptown
and, turning into cross street
in the upper West Seventies,
stopped before rather fine look
ing house.
"Get out" said the Jap brief
Iy, and Fibsy obeyed. The house
was not Mr.. Stone s, Of that t'ib-
sy was sure, but he was accus-
toned to obeying orders, even
through an emissary, and moth
ing had ever gone wrong by so
doing.
The japanese produced a latch
key, dismissed the cab, and the
two went into the house.
"Mr. Sloan, he upstairs, the
tacitnrn guide vouchsafed, Lead
ing the way.
Hibsy followed, up two flights,
and was ushered into a large
room, in the location known as
the middle ROOM" that is, it
was between the front and back
chambers, and had no outside
window, save on a small airshaft.
A little curious, but in no way
alarmed, he entered, and the Jap
followed him, and turned on an
electric switch. BY this illumi-
nation Fibsy discovered that he
was in bedroom, a fairly we'll
appointed and tidily kept cham
Der, apparently in the abode of
tho well to do.
BY this time, and perhaps more
because of the expression on his
companions face than the situa-
ton itself, Fibsy fell slight
thrill of doubt.
where am IL" he said pleas
ently. Where's Mr.. Stone?"
No Mr.. Sloan here" and the
apanese grinned. "You fall in
flap. Hee, hee! You fall easily
Well. Mr.. Fhbsy, you here to
stay
TO stay! Trapl Whaddye
mean, you yellow sneak? Lemme
out this minute or I'll show you
who's who wit the wallop! I'll
fuss up that map O. yourn til
your own grandmother wouldn't
know it'll"
s Aexcuse me, Mr.. Flibsy, you
don say nawthin' bout my an
cestors They sacred to Jap
nese. You be p lite or think [
quarrel with you"
Oh, you think you will, do
yous Now, stop this nonsense,
and
aAexcuse me. This not non
senze. Behole! You here-here
you stay. | bed you stay!" and
the Japanese with a low mocking /
bow went out at the door and
began to draw it to after him.
Here, you come back here!"
and Fibsy's quick perceptions
took In the fact that he had been
trapped by some one, and that
he was about to be locked
in. Come back i What's your
namef"
My name Kito, an / ask you
be rev rem bout my august an
cestors. /"
Bother your ancestors L
mean bless 'em!" for Kito's
eyes narrowed at the first word.
Now, you come back a minute
and put me wise to this song and
dance. What house is this?,
My master s. =
And you're his valet9 cook?
head stuff what9n
His YER humble servant. Y
and Kito bowed low. fan at
his orders / mus log you in.
Goo by"
No. you don't!n Fibsy spranp
Of the Japanese and fully expect
ed to- land his clenched, fist at its
destination, when, instead, he
gave shrek Of pain, as Kito
deity caught the descending arm
and with q peculiarly dextrous
twist almost il seemed to Fibsy
broke il.
had . bunch I was pretty
good, the injured one said, rue
fully but I hand it to you!
Show me how. will youi It's
that thing they call juicy iitsoo,
amt itf',
.Jiu jitsu, yaes. Now you
know who goin be who, Ell?
What you thing 81
AZ ~ think ufl1 no = xUardnv. a,,,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-26
N0N-ACTION OF ALLIED COUNCIL ON AUSTRIAN
 LOAN AFFECTS GRAIN PIT
By Associated Press

Chicago. January 25.-Foreign sell ing. which apparently resulted from non-action of the allied supreme coun- cil touching loan to Austria, had a bearish effect today on the wheat mar ket here. Prices closed unsettled at SAc tc 4Ac net lower, with March 1.67c to 1.67Ac and May 1.57c to 157Ac. Corn lost 4 to 11s; oats ss to 4 G $, and provisions 15c to 45c
 Failure of the allies to give favor able consideration to proposed mone- tary' aid for Austria became public about the same time as gossip that as buyer the British royal commits sion would be out of the wheat market until March 4. Other depressing cir cumstances included absence of any in- dication that hedges were being re- moved here to fill French export orders that were said to have been placed. Bears put stress, too, on as- sertions that German needs for grain could not be financed during present conditions of exchange Due to last of aggressive support and with num- Der of yesterdays buyers attempting to unload, the market tended almost constantly down grade, transient ral- lies being ascribed to covering on the part of spots.
 In sympathy wheat carried corn and oats down to nearly the lowest price level this seaso2. A sharp falling off in the amount of receipts, however, operated somewhat as a check on the decline.
 Provisions sagged with grain, despite an advance in the hog market
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-26
Japanese Illustrated Books

From ''The Field of Art in Scribner s. The remarkable Illustrated books or Japan are perhaps less familiar to foreign collectors than any other ex- pression of the country's art. AL
 though from time to time most print collectors add folios and albums by the famous Ukiqo-ye artists to their treas- ures, these chon form very small part indeed of the books on every ton and magic, military matters, as- tronomy and medicine, history myth ology, various monogatari, meisho-ki, or
 guide-books, stories of hobgoblins ghosts and demons, different games, foreigners and their queer ways and last but by no means least, nature bird, flower and insect life; and the everyday life of the people-all pro- fusely illustrated in black and white
 or colors.
 While Yedo was the stronghold of
 the Ukiyo-ye artist. Kyoto became the
 centre for an impressionistic movement formed of schools that had had their origins long before. This movement, to which we are indebted for some of the most charming illustrated books that have ever been printed, was one of the most importcnt in eighteenth century art, for 1t waN gathering up of teachings that had trickled down through many generations.
 The famous Tendai priest, Toba Sojo
 | G0531140 A. D.), in his comical draw ings and caricatures had struck an en- tirely new note not only in subject but
 in the impulsive and rollicking tech
 nique he affected; to this style was
 added later the striking me Nods of the Kano painters; and still later, dur
 ing the time of upheaval in China. just before and after the fall of the Ming
 dynasty, many artists and Confucian
 scholars emigrated to Japan, where