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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
FIRE LOSSES IN 1920
REACH S500,000,000
Arson. Incident on Trade Readjustment
Factor i'm Record, Say Under
writer's

NEW YORK. May 27.-Property val
ued at approximately $500. 100000 was
DESTROYED by fire in the United States last
year. Nearly so per cent of this amount
was covered by insurance. according to fig
ures submitted at the 10Th annual meeting
of the National Roaed of Fire Under
writer's i'm the Waldorf Astoria yesterday,
in the address Of its president. Charles Ly-
man Case. The years loss is the greatest
in the country's history, with the eXcep-
ton of 1906. the year of the San Francisco
fire The loss that year exceeded last
years by S50.000,00O.
The committee on statistics and origin
of fire reported that the cOuntry's per
capita fire loss in 1920 was $3.50, COM
pared with $2.71 from 1915 to 1919.
The redaiustment of business condi-
tions." the committee says, appears to
have prompted the practice Of the adage
/ that 1t is easier to burn out than sci
/ out
The actuarial bureau reported that il
] has a record of more than $4,000 suSpi-
cious fires. The increase in the number OF
inccndiary fires has made it necessary t.
enlarge the scope of the arson committee
which now has 10 trained investigators
t Last year. $50 persons implicated in arson
cases We're arrested. Two thousand con
victions for arson have been obtained il
1.-THE last four wears.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
EXNER ELECTED
I'd LIEUTENANT
Chosen on First Ballot at Meeting of
Company /, CreSting Vacancy i'm
Office of Sergeant. f..

Sergeant Alexander ]. Exner was
chosen second lieutenant of Company |
in a meeting at the headquarters last
evening. Exner's successor as sergeant
has not vet been appointed by Captain
Il. w Gibson.
While it is understood that there was
to be a contest for the Office printed
posters bearing the name of George II.
Lane as a candidate having been put up
in various places, and the names of Earl
Falby, James Bastian and Sergeant Ex-
ner having been mentioned for the Office.
Mr.. Exner was elected to the lieutenancy
on the first ballot.
Lieut.. Exner is a son of Mr.. and Mrs
Julius Exner of 90 Prospect street He
joined old Company / more than five
years ago and went with the company
as a private to the Mexican border
When the company entered the service in
the World war Lieut.. Exner went with
them to camp in Westfeld, Mass, and
later to Camp Wadsworth at Spartan
burg. S. c. He did not go overseas be.
cause of being obliged to undergo an
operation for hernia while at Spartan
burg When the new Company [ was
formed Lieut.. Exner re-enlisted.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
E. B. STEWART OF
EAST COLERAIN DIES
Former Property Owner in BrattlebOrO
and Regular Visitor TO Valley Fair
UndergOes Operation.

Edmond b. Stewart, ~. of East Cole
rain, Mass, died yesterday morning
about . O'Clock i'm the Franklin County
hospital i'm Greenfield, where he had been
nearly week following an operation for
hernia. He had been in i'll health sew
cral months. Mr.. Stewart was well
known in BrattleborO. where he had been
frequent business visitor. He owned
for several years the So-called Stewart
and Canal streets. which he sold few
years ago to the late Arthur Il. Clapp
and on which was built the Holstein-
Friesian association building. He was a
stakeholder for years in the Valley Fair
association and never missed one of the
fairs if it was possible to get to Brattle-
bOro. He leaves. one sister. Mrs. Julia
A. Il. Smith of Fast Colerain, and sew
eral niecPs and nephewS, among them be
ing Miss Sarah BuUuham anu w. r. Stu
art Of this town.
He was born Oct. 2G, 1885. on the
farm on which he lived during his entire
life and which Is one of the best In that
locality. He was n son of Luther and
Linda Stewart. his parents and several
brothers and sisters all living to an adj
vanced age. His father and mother died
on the home place and Mr. Stewart had
owned il and carried il in since that
time. His wife, who was Miss Harriet
| Robertson of East COlerain. died over %
years ago. Ne childrc were born to them
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Travelled extensive
| ly during their married life.
The funeral win he held at the church
| in West Leyden Sunday afternoon at :
| . clock Rev. T.. G.. Hooper of Shelburne
! Falls will officiatC The burial will take
place in the Stewart family LOT in Cole
rain
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
OFFICIALS FOR
TOMORROW'S MEET
Twelve Events on Card for High School
Athletic Meet-H0lyoke Putting
In Some Hard Work

If favorable weather conditions prevail
tomorrow afternoon visitors to the Valley
fair grounds will see probably the best
track meet ever pulled off under the aus
pices of the Brattleboro high school. 1t is
planned to start the program promptly at
, o'clock.
Twelve events are listed, in this order ::
100-yard dash, broad jump. SS0-yard
run, shot put, 220-yard dash, high jump,
220-yard low hurdles, mile run, discus
throw. pole vault, 120-yard high hurdles,
440-yard dash.
Following is a list of the officials: Ref
cree. Julius Il. Warren, Brattleboro :
starter, Laurence Sherman, Brattleboro
judges at finish and assistant field Judges,
W. o. Smith, Keene, Clayton Piggott,
Brattleboro. Leighton Noyes. Brattleboro.
Il. Burr Smith. Greenfield, Robert Parker,
Brattlebor0 field judges and assistant
track judges, NJ. J. Moran. Brattleboro,
Robert Vance. Springfield, Vt, +. Burr
Smith, Greenfield, T.. Kenneth Wilson
boro; timers, Jacob Estey, Brattleboro
Harvey Kingsley, Rutland. Robert Fits
/ BrattleborO; manager of track, Car
I A1anley, BrattlebOro clerk of course. 10.
! seph Estey, Brattleboro assistant clerk
George H. Lynch, Brattleboro; an
Inouncer. Martin Austin. BrattleborO.
\ Holyoke dispatch in the Springfield
| Republican says: The track team had
/ its trials yesterday for the BrattleborC
meet. The boys are showing fine form
especially Cy Horrigan in the discus
throw. Horrigan took fourth place ir
this event at the high school meet at the
| Massachusetts agricultural college and i.
expected to win place in the BrattleborC
tournament Saturday. Captain Moore IN
the 40 is showing fine form. while Du
charme, Buckley, Osborne and Davis max,
a fine quartet of Sprinters Snyder il
the high jump and the Grandchamp.
brothers in the distance races have beer
coming along nicely this week. Bleu
Pier and Johnny Sullivan in the sho
put and discus are expected to prove val
Iuable aids to Horrigan."
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
PRE-MEMORIAL DAY
IN HIGH SCHOOL
More than 30 Members of Patriotic Or
CARNATIONS Present-Address by
Rev. Charles c. Chayer.

More than 50 members of patriotic or
ganizationS attended pre-Memorial day
exercises of the Brattleboro high school
and eighth grade in the high school build
ing at 10 o'clock today. when the address
was given by Rev Charles G.. Chayer,
pastor of the Methodist church.
Sedgwiek Grand Army post was rep
resented by II or Il members. Sedgwick
Woman's Relief corps by Is members
and Brattleboro post, American Legion
by two members. As the organizations
entered the assembly room the high
school orchestra rendered a patriotic
march and the school arose. Rev. f. q
=. Osgood then gave the invocation and
Principal Julius +. Warren spoke words
of welcome. The eighth grade sang, and
Lindley Hartwell of the senior class
gave an original Grafton, \ New Memo
rial Day. The Victory overture was rem
| dered by the orchestra and Earl Falby
gave Lincoln's Gettysburg address.
After selection by the high schOO
chorus Rev. Mr.. Chayer gave an excel
lent address on The Peace Patriot. which
was one of the best ever given in the higl
school. The program closed with the
| singing of the Star Spangled Banner anC
the flag salute, after which the schoo
remained at attention while the patriotic
| organizations marched out.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
SINN FEINERS
MUST PAY FORFEIT
Failure to Take Seat to
Which He Is Elected
Costs $50 Pounds
RECORD VOTE FOR
SIR JUSTICE CRAIG
Premier Designate of Ulster Polls 10000
Votes-EamOnn DE Valera Nearest
Ompetitor-Founder of Sim Fem
Member of Ulster Parliament.

BELFAST. May y ASSOCIATED
Press considerable depletion of the
treasures of the Sim Feiners and the
Nationalists as a result of the Irish cleo
ton was forecast here today. In each
case of failure Of candidates for par
lament to take the seat to which he was
elected a forfeit of $50 pounds must be
paid. The double victory of Joseph Dew
lin for a Belfast seat and one in County
Antrim will cost him $50 pounds should
he enter parliament, as he cannot repre-
sent more than one constituency. When
the parliament meets the speaker will
declare one of Mr.. Devlin'S seats vacant.
The choice of a Unionist for whatever
vacancy may be declared is virtually as
Sured.
Sir James Craig. premier designate of
Ulster. who polled almost 10000 votes
in the election for the northern Irish
parliament. established a record for bal
Iotting in Ulster. His nearest competi-
tor was Eamonn de Valera. the Irish Re
publican leader. who received more than
10000 votes. This election of DeNalera
is in addition to his election TO the south
Crn parliament for County Glare.
Arthur Griffith. founder of the Sim
Feiu. was elected to a seat in the Ulster
parliament on Tuesday. it was announced
today
The UnioniSts expected to win 81 of
the - seats. including those for the uni
verSity. which viii be decided Saturday.
They will probably get nearer 10 seats.
Daniel Mccain, chief lieutenant in
Belfast of Joseph Devin, the National
ist leader. had hoped for II seats. but
did not really believe more than l. Ma
tionalists and Sim Feiners could be re-
turned. and he proved a good prophet.
The counting of the ballots will not be
completed probably until the end of the
week. but so far as the returns go they
show that the Unionists made their
pected they will have 10 or rs seats.
The NationaIists probably Will win
eight seats and the Sim Feiners four.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
EXPECT TO ARRIVE
HERE LATE TODAY
Dartmouth College Canoeists Start on
Cruise to Atlantic Ocean by Way
of Connecticut River.

The Iedyard Canoe club of Dartmouth
college showed off from the boathouse at
Ledyard bridge yesterday at l o'clock on
its 1SO-mile cruise from Hanover to the
Atlantic. Five craft are making the
trip. carrying II men, under the leader
ship of T.. A. Woodland, I'D, president
elect of the club for next year A Fox
Film Corn. representative accompanies
the men to get motion pictures of some
Of the most interesting phases of the
trip. 1t is expected that the canoeists
will reach BrattlebOro the latter part of
this afternoon Fred III. Harris of Brat
tleboro is an honorary member of the
club. and r. III. Goddard, '21, is the
present president.
The club intends to establish the prece-
dent of a yearly trip to the sea. i'm emu
lation of the famous one made bv its
the Father of the Dartmouth Outing
Club. although Fred III. Harris was the
real founder.
The men will not leave the river after
once embarking. except to make the five
pOrtageS necessary at Wilder dam. Bel
lows Falls. the Vernon dam. Turner's
Falls. and HOlyoke dam, and except for
mess stops along the river. The thrill of
the trip will be furnished by shooting the
rapids at Hartland There will be con-
tinuous padding, with the night divided
into watches of four hours each, one
man padding while the other sleeps.
The travellers expect to arrive at Say.
brook. Long Island Sound. next Monday
night or Tuesday morning. The return
trip will be made by train.
Rev Johnny Johnson. 'G6. has donated
a silver cup in honor of the trip. and OF
it will be engraved the names of the mer
successfully completing it,
The men making the trip are +. A
Woodward. -. r. III. Goddard. 81. +
G. ploughman. '22. Il. s. Spaulding. ID
Il. l.. Reynolds. %. u. i. Fairbanks
'23. X. l.. Bartlett. %, J. /. Malone
%. ID. l.. MunrOe. 23, X. T.. Miller, II
and Mr.. NcCMllom.
John Ledyard. for whom the canoe
club was named. in the early days of the
college cut a tree on the bank of th'
river and dug out n canoe in which h'
hade a trip down to the Atlantic. after
ward becoming a worldwide explorer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
FORTY-FOUR JOIN
IN SPELLING MATCH
Ida ButterfieId of Weathersfleid Wins
Silver Cup for District Which
Includes Windham County.

Forty-four contestants from Wind
ham county and towns in the west, south
and Springfield supervisory districts in
Windsor county participated in spell
ing contest in assembly hall in the high
school building in Bellows Falls Tuesday
afternoon. when Ida Butterfield of
Weathersfeld won the silver cup offered
to the pupil standing the longest. The
one to stand next longest was Eta Ak
ley of Guilford. These two viii partici-
pate in the state contest to be held in
Rutland in October The alternates are
Cora Gillette of Whitingham and Onnie
Bills of Newfane.
The judges were Principal A. f. Tut
tie. Mrs. w. A. Graham, Mrs G. w
Powers and Mrs. A. w Coolidge. The
words were given out by j. ID. Whittier,
state supervisor of elementary schools.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
CAMPA| BEGUN
BY FARM BUREAU
Drive for Memberships to
Include 25 to 80
Meetings
SECURING OF CLUB
LEADER POSSIBLE
Will Be Engaged for Boys and Girls If
Income from Membership Warrants
Meeting to Be Held i'm Putney Town
Hall Tomorrow Night


A series of % or 80 meetings for a
membership campaign for the Farm Bu-
reau has been arranged by Campaign Di-
rector John A. Sanford of Putney and
County Agent G. Wilton Harvey. The
meetings viii cover period of more than
two months and if enough memberships
in the organization are secured to war
rant the expenditure a trained leader for
boys and girls club work in the county
viii be secured.
Similar campaigns have been con-
Quoted in Addison county, where more
than 200 members were secured, in
Windsor county, where 500 or more were
| received and in Bennington county,
where more than 400 were listed. Wash
| ington, Rutland and Franklin counties
| will conduct campaigns similar to the one
| just launched here. All of these counties
are working to secure members on the
basis of a SO annual fee except Wind
| ham county, where the fee is So, and
/ Bennington, where the fee is 81.
| The fee not only makes one a member
| of the Windham County Farm Bureau,
but makes the payer of the fee a mem
| Der of the Vermont Federation of Farm
Bureaus and the American Farm Bureau
| Federation. 1t also entities the member
to a years subscription to the Farm Bu-
reau News, which is edited by the county
agent and which gives the members an
| idea of what Is being done by him in the
county and a general idea of the big sub
jects which are Of special interest to
1 farmers
/ Campaigns for members in the Ameri-
can Farm Bureau Federation are being
conducted in practically every state in
| the union, Mississippi and South Caro-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
SUNDAY schools S
OF COUNTY MEET
Attendance of Over 200 at
Session Yesterday in
TOWnShend
THREE 100 PER CENT
SCHOOLS REPORTED
Guy w. Powers of Athens Reelected
President Miss EIvira NJ. Gorham
Resigns as Home Department Super
Observation-Disclosures Given.


President - Miss Elvira NJ. Gorham
Resigns as Home Department Super
Observation-Disclosures Given.
More than 200 persons, representing
26 schools. attended the annual conven-
tion of the Windham County Sunday
School association in the Congregational
church IN Townshend yesterday, with
forenoon and afternoon sessions.
The program opened with a devotional
service by Rev. G. E. Congdon of Graf
ton. and Rev. II. ii. BoswOrth of Town
shend then welcomed the delegates. The
business session followed with appoint
ment of necessary committees. Mrs. Il.
s. Hewitt of Brattleboro read her re-
port as secretary, showing 46 schools in
the county. which was six less than last
year. due partly to federation and part
| ~ to the fact that one or two schools
| have been given up. There are three
| 100 per cent schools, the First Baptist
and the Centre Congregational OF Brat
tleboro and Che SaXtons River Baptist
| The Congregational church at Saxtons
| River is a 40 per cent school. There
are II schools which gained 40 per cent
or over during the year. There are now
1900 pupils enrolled in the schools OF
| the county
The report of the treasurer was read
showing a balance of 500 in the treas
ury y vote was taken to pay expenses
to the extent of S2J, of Rev. w. f. Lom
| bard to the international Sunday school
! summer conference at Lake Winnepesau
| kee: also to pay $50 to the state treas
urer.
Is superintendent of the elementary
| division Mrs Hewitt showed a member
| ship of 1,139 and a teaching force ot
142 Rev. DIR. Herbert Z. Woodin o.
| Rrattleboro reported for the secondary
division, mentioning several organized
classes. father and son banquets in Sax
tons River and mother and daughter ban
quets in Saxtons River and East Dover
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
WASHBURN GIVEN
PARKER FELLOWSHIP
Putney Man, Instructor i'm Dartmouth.
HOnOred by Harvard University
Will Go to Paris Soon.
Especial to The Reformer.)

PUTNEY, May 81.
Putney has reason to be proud of one
of her sons. Harold r. Washburn, now
instructor in French at Dartmouth coll
lege. has had conferred upon him the
Parker fellowship by Harvard university.
Mr.. Washburn viii sail June is to take
his little son to the latter's grandpar-
ents in France and will avail himself of
the Parker fellowship at the University
of Paris during the academic year 1921
1922.
MIR Washburn is a graduate of the
Brattleboro high school and Dartmouth
college and has the degree of B. A. from
Harvard He enlisted in the World war
and was an interpreter on General Ed
wards's staff with the rank of lieuten-
ant.
E-e married a charming and cultured
French young woman, Simone Rodet,
and brought her bride to his home here,
and later in the year, when Dartmouth
college opened, they went to Hanover to
live.
A son was born to them. but the
mother did not live. Mrs. Mary Wash
burn has been with her son at Hanover
and is planning to accompany him to
France.
Mr. Washburn was appointed to the
Parker fellowship on nomination by the
faculty on arts and sciences. The terms
of the appointment require him to devote
himself during the year to diiigent study
of romance philOlogy, at such place or
places and in such manner as shall be
approved by the faculty The appoint
ment says, ''He is respectfully recon-
mended, as a distinguished student of
this university, to the esteem, confidence
and friendly consideration of all persons
to whom he may present this letter."
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
ASK RETIREMENT PAY
FOR EMERGENCY OFFICERS

WASHINGTON. May PA del
egation of disabled men who served
as officers i'm the World war appeared
before the senate military commit
tee in support of legislation to give
disabled emergency officers the re-
tirement pay and other privileges of
regular army officers. They said
several thousand former officers were
entitled to legislative relief.
Only those disabled in line of
duty would be eligible under the bill
before the committee.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
CUSTODIAN SEXES ALL
OF BERGDOLL'S PROPERTY

PHILADELPHIA, May 27.-Al
of the property i'm this city of Grover
Cleveland BergdOll. convicted draft
evader and army deserter, now IN
Germany. valued at about $S50.OOO,
was seized today by Col Thomas
Miller, alien property custodian. LII
consists of real estate and money on
deposit i'm four local banks. The
property was held by BergdOiFs
mother under power of attorney.
The seizure. Colonel Miller an
nOunced. was by direction OF the
President and under authority of
the trading with the enemy act. It
is the first seizure since june, 1919.
1t IS expected the seizure will cut
off all funds Grover may be recelv-
ing from the United States and throw
him upon his own resources in Ger
many.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL

The Woman's auxiliary of the Ameri-
can Legion viii have sale of poppieS
tomorrow at the Office of the Crystal
Springs Ice Go. in connection with the
food sale of Brattleboro chapter, d. A..
r. Young women also will be on Main
street with poppies for sale. The Amer
lean Legion has chosen the poppy of
Flanders field as its memorial flower
and it is expected that members of the
auxiliary and other patriotic persons
viii desire to wear one The proceeds of
the sale will be given for the relief of
children in devastated France.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD
STEP-MOTHER GUILTY
Juvenile Court Jury Holds Her RespOn-
sibIe for Death of SiX-year-Old
Girl

FARAIINGTON. Mo. May 27.-AIrS.
John Parsons. 13 years old. has been held
responsible by Juvenile court jury. for
the death of her six-year-old step-daugh-
ter. Lilly. Sentence will be pronounced
in a few days.
The girl had married her 3J-year-oid
husband who is a wood chopper five days
before the shooting. She maintained that
the shooting was accidental.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
Red Men S Hall

Friday, May ~, s p.m.-Special meet
ing of Quonekticut tribe, No. ,, /. o. r.
NJ. Adoption degree.
Tuesday. May 81. p. m.-AIembers
of Pocahontas council. No. 4. ID. of p,
are invited to meet at the hall for card
tournament to be played with members
of QuOnekticut tribe. No. ,, i. o. r. NJ
All members interested are asked to be
present.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
Odd Fellows Temple

Friday, May 27-Rehearsal of Royal
Purple degree. Patriarchs please be pres
ent.
Thursday, June >, 80 p. m.-Rcgular
meeting of Oasis encampment. Royal
Purple degree will be conferred, followed
by lunch. Patriarchs please come.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
FARM BUILDINGS
ARE BLOWN AWAY
Tornado Sweeps Portion of IOwa-At
Least One KiIIed-Crippled Wires
St0D News.

MASON CITY. Ia. May 21.-Build-
ingS on many farms were blown away
and at least one man was killed in a
tornado which late yesterday swept a
path almost a quarter mile wide between
Plymouth and Manly Wires were down
today and it was impossible to learn de
tails of the damage done.
W. =. Willis. a business man of New
York, has crossed the Atlantic lSg
times.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
Those Girls.

dress Is Just exquisite
Her Friend-Oh, lovely, 7 think that
dressmaker of yours could make a
cIOthespole look graceful Boston Tran
script.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
Knights of Columbus Hall

Friday. May %. at 7.30 p. m.-Rehear-
sal of the 1st and 2d degree team of Pro-
tective Grange.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
JOHN GOLDEN BETTER.
Head of United Textile Workers o
America Shows Improvement.

NEW YORK, May 27.-John Golden,
president of the United Textile Workers
of America, critically i'll after a nervous
breakdown, today took sharp turn for
the better.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
BLIND LAW STUDENT
AN HONOR GRADUATE
Since Losing Eyesight-To Prac-
flee Law

BOSTON. May 27.-Neil Joseph Dew
lin. sightless foI 20 years, graduated
with honOrs today from the Suffolk
School of Law. Stricken shortly after
graduation from high school Dcvlin since
then has earned two degrees at Boston
college and finished a special course of
language studies at Columbia Now with
degrees of bachelor and master of arts
and bachelor of law he is planning to
take the Massachusetts bar examination
in July and practice his profession here.
\ Roman military standard and Ro-
man generals camp chair. supposed to
have been lost after the defeat of the
ninth legion by Boadicea. have just been
sold at auction in London.