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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-31
EMERSON AND TEA
co. GET TOGETHER
tew Lease Issued Whereby Great At
Iantic & Pacific Tea Co. Will Re
main i'm Emerson Building.

Ejectment litigation between Harry il.
Emerson. owner of the Emerson building
on Elliot street, and the Great Atlantic &.
Pacific Tea Co. has ceased, and it is ex-
pected that entries of settled and diScon-
tinued will be made in such litigation be
tween the parties as has not been carried
to a conclusion in the courts.
\ new lease has been executed by Mr..
Emerson to the Tea Co. on the rental
basis of so month for the year dating
from last October with options for three
years at the expiration of the present
years lease. The rental for the year be
ginning next October is to be $40 month,
for the second year $50 a month and for
the third year $50 a month. The first
payment was received this morning,
covering the first eight months.
The rental under the old lease was S4U
a month and the real controversy between
the parties was precipitated by Mr..
Emerson raising the rent to 500 month.
The company had an option for a yearly
renewal for term of years, but Mr..
Emerson claimed the company did not
give him notice of its decision to avail it
self of the option and the municipal court
upheld Mr. Emerson in his contention.
On petition of counsel for the Tea Co.
the supreme court recently issued a writ
of error and directed the municipal court
to send up the records in the case.
Attorneys q. Il. Hughes and Nj. p.
Maurice are counsel for Mr.. Emerson
and Attorney III. G. Barber has conducted
the case for the Tea Co
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-31
VERMONT Is CHEERFUL.
Its People Look Forward to Better Times
Demand for Granite and Marble.

Vermont is perhaps as little touched
by the financial depression as any state
in the Union, according to Carroll
Smalley Page. for u years United States
senator from that state Mr.. Page spoke
most enthusiastically of the industrial
and labor conditions in his state and as
serted that instead of looking forward to
a hard winter the people there are most
optimistic rs to the future.
Things are little different with us
than theg are in any other state in the
country" said Mr.. Page. While of
course. there is some manufacturing in
my state Vermont is renowned the world
over for its marble and granite. Not so
many men are employed in my state,
therefore. for the qUarrying and manu-
featuring of granite require mainly
skilled wOrkmeu and consequently VIC do
not feel an industrial depression as does
community where there are enormous
factories side by side. each employing
thousands upon thousands of men and
women.
Besides. Vermont is largely a dairy
state and our prOducts-butter. eggs, and
poultry-are marketed nearby in thick
ly populated centers. and people must
eat. so in this respect also we have not
vet felt the effect of the So-called hard
times As matter of fact, we seldom
feel business depression as do other
states Just as we. as a rule. do not feel
forward to hard winter. we in Vermont
are looking forward to better times, for
we feel sure that the great demand for
housing must have its effect on the ma
terialS which are used in building and
which we handle.
."You know there is no state except
PENNSYLVANIA which has in the bowels of
the earth such treasures as we have in
Vermont. 1t was my predecessor in the
Senate. Redficld Proctor, who discoy-
cred and made practical use of the riches
of Vermont. 1t was he who made the
Vermont marble famous. and You know
the marble which we obtain from our
mountains is equal in beauty to. that of
| Italian marble. It's texture is slightly
softer than the Italian marble but its
snowy whiteneSs is quite as exquisite.
Zone day some years ago | was trav-
cling through Alaska. and up near what
| they called the inside route / came to
a marble quarry where they can take
marble directly from the quarry and
| load it by derrick right onto the boats.
| | noticed that the stone was very hand
some and inquired about its ownership.
| There Is man from Vermont by the
| name of Proctor who owns this quarry.
| declared the man III charge, and so |
knew that l had run again across my old
| friend who has done much for my old
state New York Times.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-31
TRIBUTE TO LATE yERMONTER.
New York Magazine Prints Appreciation
of III. X. c. Watson

The May Il issue of The Spur, a high
class New York magazine devoted to
country houses, gardens, travel, sports,
horses and dogs, contained the following
paragraph regarding H. X. G. Watson,
who was known by many local lovers Of
horses and who died in Pau, France, re-
Gently:
BY the death. at Pau, of Henry II. G..
Watson there passed to the great silent
majority one of the most representative
Americans of the good old type, who
Justly earned solid standing ground as
amateur horSeman and sportsman. At
one time he bred his own standardized
stock at his Brandon farm in Vermont,
where he had a fuIl-sized race course.
Judges stand and everything in perfect
equipment. He won many good races
with his Brandon horses. Then he gave
up the trotters and was one of the first
To reclaim the beautiful Morgan horse
that made such splendid cavalry stock
records in the Civil war. To attain this
end. he organized the Morgan Horse club,
which is headed by score or more of un-
usually prominent men. with c. c. Still
man now president. and includes also a
large number of Vermont farmers and
breeders. His Morgan won prizes all
over the New England fair circuit and
also at the National and i'm Chicago. The
late Mr.. Watson was a delightful COM
uanion warm and Steadfast friend, a
charitable but transformations helper of
many in their need In addition to all
this he may be said to have been one of
the last of the fast vanishing New York
type of gentleman that a quarter of a
century ago was admired the world over.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-31
CHURCH FILLED
AT LYNCH FUNERAL
Body of Overseas Veteran Buried i'm St.
MiChaePs Cemetery Company
1 and Legion Attend.

The funeral of Corp. Francis p. lynch.
whose body arrived here from France
Saturday, was held yesterday at Iu
clock in ST. Michaels Roman Cath
ollie church The church was filled
there being present 81 members of Com
pany |, Vermont National Guard, of
which Corp. Lynch formerly was a
member in command of lst Lieut..
Charles a L. Goodwin, and large del
egation of members of Brattleboro post
American Legion, in command of Adjt.
John b. Fowler. Many friends and rel
atives also attended. Rev. James p.
Rand Ofliciated and Mrs. katherine
O'Connor Weeks sang.
Company | acteG as escort, preceding
the hearse to St Michael's cemetery,
while a firing squad from the company
marched beside the hearse. The bear
ers were Thomas Doyle, Patrick Doyle.
Louis Dunlevy, David Carey, James
Denning and Thomas Manning, members
of the American Legion. At the COM
initial service three volleys were fred
by the firing squad, consisting of Sergt.
Richard Chamberlain, Corp. Robert
Manley, Corp. William DOlan, Corp. c.
p. Goodwin. Pvt. Francis Harwood.
Pvt. Ralph Scribner, Pvt. Amos McGee
and Pvt. Leon McGee. and taps were
sounded by Bugler William Harty.
Among those present were Mrs. Anna
Shea, Miss Minnie Shea, Miss Theresa
Shea. Eugene Shea. Mr.. and Mrs. Viii
bur Stone and Francis w. Stone, all
of Holyoke, Mass, Mrs. Thomas Foley,
Harold Foley and Carl Foley of Mitti-
neague. Mass, and Miss Kate Foley and
Michael Foley of Putney.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-31
MAY PROCESSION AT
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Large Congregation Sees Growing of
Statue of Blessed Lady-Serm0n
by Rev James y. Rand.

The annual May procession at st.
Michaefs Roman Catholic church was
held at 7.30 clock Sunday evening.
when the cTowning of the Blessed Lady
statue took place. Joseph DUDE as
crown bearer and John Guiheen and
Robert Coombs as acolytes, headed the
procession, which formed at the school
Following these were 20 sanctuary boys,
and next came the queen, Miss Anna
Fleming, with her attendants, Miss
Mary Pellerin and Miss Loretta Baker
Lady. -Four tots carried the pillow upon
which the jewcled crown was placed.
Next followed the members of the jun-
ior and senior sodality societies, gowned
IN white, and as they passed around
the convent into the church they made
a very impressive sight. and as the pro-
cessIon wended its way around the
church members of the sodalitv sang
Bring Flowers to the Fairest. As the
queen and her attendants entered the
sanctuary to crown the statue all sang
Come Gather Around the Altar. After
the crowning the junior sodality brought
bouquets in the sanctuary and placed
flowers at the feet of the Blessed Lady.
into the senior sodality, and 2S little
dality.
At the close of this part of the service
Rev James ?. Rand gave an interest
ing sermon in which he laid stress upon
the duties of the sodality girls The
benediction of the blessed sacrament,
during which time the choir rendered
special music and ID. j Stolte sang the
Divine Praises. closed the service, which
was very largely attended.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-31
BOARD OF INQUIRY
REPORTS TODAY
Airplane Accident I'm Mary
land Unavoidable On Ac-
Count of Storm
SEVEN MEN KILLED
IN THE CRASH
Machine So Badly Wrecked it Gives No
Clue TO Cause of Accident - Wreck.
age Is Burned-PiIOt Not Held Re
spOnsible for Catastrophe.

WASHINGTON. May 81. - Lieut..
Stanley Ames, pilot of the Curtiss Eagle
army airplane that crashed near Nor
gantown, Md, Saturday night with the
loss of seven lives, is exonerated of
blame in the report of the board of in
vestigation submitted today The acci-
dent, in the opinion of the board of
three army aviation officers, was un-
ayoidable and was due to the storm
into which the airplane ran while re-
turning from Langley field, Va, to
Washington.
The board yesterday visited the
scene, examined the wreckage and
listened to witnesses. Effort was
made to learn whether the crash
was due to any defect IN the design or
equipment. The machine itself was so
completely wrecked, however, that it
was believed to have yielded no clue as
to the cause of the disaster.
The board yesterday completed its eX-
animation of the ruined machine and
made a preliminary oral report to the
effect that the crash was unavoidable,
due to a severe electrical storm and
that Lit. Stanley NJ Ames, its pilot,
could not be blamed for the accident
Photographs of the wrecked plane,
and of the field in which the crash oc-
Cured, were taken yesterday for the
use of the members of the board. After
that the plane, which was wrecked be-
yond hope of repair, was burned. On
the return of the members of the board
to Washington, they made an informal
oral report to Major Scanlon. Major
Scanlon informed Brig.-Gen William
Mitchell that he had received the in
formal oral report, in effect, as fol
lows:
First-That the crash of the Eagle
plane was due to the severe electrical
storm it encountered near Morgantown,
Secoud-That Lieutenant Ames, the
pilot Of the plane, could not be held IN
any way responsible for the accident.
Third d-That an examination of the
wrecked plane showed its controls were
| intact, with their wires still attached
and ready for use.
] Fourth-That the crash was appar-
emily due to a down current of air
forcing the plane violently to the
ground
Fifth-That the plane was not more
than $50 feet from the ground when
| the current struck it, and the board
made no criticism of the fact that
Ames had brought the plane close tC
/ the ground. the board being convinced
that he was endeavoring TO land wheT
he was driven suddenly to the ground
/ Sixth-That the crash occurred in q
/ field fairly good for landing purposes
and this with the facts so far developed
convinced the board that Lieutenant
/ Ames was seeking to make a landins
/ i'm an effort to escape the fury of tn,
\ storm and was forced down by air con
ditious when the accident occurred.
| In its investigation the members ol
the board had to rely on the condition
= 4 HsH.F
| imonv of eyewitnesses as could be oh
1 tanned and mainly on statements made
4 by Lieutenant Zimmerman, who seems Il
/ have been the most reliable eyewitness
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-31
FATE OF SCHOONER
CREW IN DOUBT
Nova Sc0tians Unable to Learn Whether
They Are Rescued from
FOundered Vessel

HALIFAX. \. s, May 3I-The fate
of the captain and crew of the GloUces-
ter schooner, Esperanto, winner of the
international fisherman 5 race last fall,
which foundered yesterday off Sable Is
land, was left still more in doubt today
after receipt here of a message from the
Sable Island station of the marine and
fisheries department
1t is not clear from this message
whether or not the schooner Elsie res
cued the crew of the Esperanto. Hal
flax folk anxiously awaited arrival of
the Elsie at some Nova Sr~4;rn port.
Unable to learn anything definite re-
garding the fate of the Gloucesterman
Nova Scotians were inclined to rBgard
no news as good news here TODAY.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-31
TWO KILLED AT BALL GAME.
Negro Loser Shoots White and Is Him.
self Slain by Policeman

PITTSBURGH. May 31.-Two men
are dead as a result of a shooting affray
yesterday Afternoon during an amateur
baseball game. Four persons were in
jured by stray bullets fired from revoly-
ers of the participants and police who
were called to quell the riot.
James Baron, colored, was shot by Po-
lice Lieutenant Hugh Duffy when he
tried to escape after killing j. b. Con-
way, a white man. Conway and Baron
had been playing craps and the Negro
had lost much money. He placed a bet
against heavy odds on the ball game when
his team was losing at the rate of II to
-
The Negro struck several blows at
Conway. Lieutenant Duffy placed them
under arrest and while he was walking
away with them Baron drew a revolver
and fired bullet into Conways S head. He
then broke away from Duffy, who drew
his revolver and shot the Negro.
Edward McBirney. Bernard Nixdorf,
Earl Brown and Joseph Dixon were in
jured when several other persons opened
fire Two of these are in a critical con-
dition.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-31
BRING 1,250,O0 LBS.
FISH TO BOSTON PORT.

BOSTON, May 31.-A million
and a quarter pounds of fish, one
fifth of which comprised the first
catches of mackerel landed at this
port this season, was brought here
today. Among the ships arriving was
the Thelma with $4,000 pounds, which
came in under command of Captain
Marty Welch, skipper of the Esper-
antO when she won the international
fishing vessel championship races last
year.
Captain Welch learned with regret
of the Esperanto's loss yesterday and
expressed hope that Captain Ben
ham and his crew had been picked
up. Captain Welch said he believed
that the Esperanto had been over
whelmed by heavy seas.
On the voyage just ended. he said,
he had himself encountered seas so
great that fishing had to be stopped
for days. The scene of the Esper-
antO's loss was considerably to the
eastward of his position. he said,
but the conditions undoubtedly were
similar.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-31
RECLAIMED FARMS
FLOODED BY BREAK
500 People I'm Path of Water Warned In
Time to Escape-Heavy Damage
to Farms

WOODLAND. Wash. May 31-Bc-
tween 400 and 800 persons. farmers and
their families, were believed today to
haYe escaped to safety as the result of
warning given last night when a dixie
near here. protecting reclaimed farm
area of 1900 acres broke under pres
sure of flood waters from the Columbia
river.
Damage to farm property was esti-
mated at 100000. The pumping station
at Burch Slough was swept away so
minutes after the dixie broke An area
nine miles long and two or three miles
wide was inundated. Preparations have
been made for the accommodation here
of the refugees. The pressure of the riS-
ing water tore a hole go feet wide in the
dixie.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-31
MARE BROWNS IN
THE CONNECTICUT
Livery Outfit Off Embank-
ment Opposite This
Village
CARRIAGE SMASHED
BEYOND REPAIR
Owned by NJ. Nj. Tucker and Let to Luz
cius Miner, Who Refined Mare Out to
Allow Automobile to Pass-Attempts
to Swim and Disappears.

Kate, a well-known bay mare owned
by Liveryman NJ. NJ. Tucker, was
drowned in the Connecticut river Sunday
night and u piano-box top carriage to
which she was attached was smashed
beyond repair. The mare and vehicle
went over the embankment on the noun
tain road on the New Hampshire side of
the river, opposite this village. a quarter
of a mile or so north of Island Park
They were valued at $500.
The mare was let Sunday morning to
Lucius Miner of Brattleboro. who is en-
ployed at the Gates x WoOdard mill in
South Vernon. The accident happened
as Mr.. Miner and young woman were
driving north from the direction of HinS-
dale They were headed for the suspen-
sion bridge in order to reach BrattlebOro.
Hampshire number plate came up behind
them and the horse was refined to the left
side of the road to allow the machine
pass. The road there is not very wide.
nor is il in very good repair. and the
guard rail was not strong. The mare
started to back for just what reason is
not known, as she was always trust
worthy and for that reason was con
sidered one of the best horses in the sta
BILE.
The carriage was backed through the
guard rail and at the same time the oc-
cupants were tipped out but were not
badly hurt. There was a few feet of
level ground between the rail and the
edge of the bank and the mare and car
riage crossed this and went over the
bank, down a rocky slope 30 to a. feet.
At the bottom the mare freed herself
from the wrecked carriage and plunged
into the river. After swimming about
200 feet she sank out of sight, and moth
ing has been seen of her since. Doubtless
she was badly injured by the fall.
Another automobile soon came along,
and on reaching a telephone the party
sent word of the accident to the Tucker
stable. Mr.. Tucker was away at the
time. but yesterday morning he visited
the scene of the accident. He was un-
able to locate the body of the mare
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-31
MRS. MOTT INDUCES
IN ANOTHER BREAKDOWN

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. May 81
Mrs. Ethel Mott. on trial for the
murder of her husband ON Aug. 20,
last, broke down in court today as
Daniel Ferguson. partner of the dead
man i'm social club, described i'm
detail his Identification of Motifs
body at the mOrgue.
''Oh. don't talk of that" cried
Mrs. Mott as Ferguson said there
was a mark on Motifs forehead and
that the back of the mans head had
been taken away and that the brains
were gone. Judge MaItbie declared
recess until Mrs. Mott could re-
cover.
Ferguson testified when attorneys
for Mrs. Mott insisted that the state
establish the corpus delicti in the
case before using any of Mrs. Motifs
statements at the Wade trial against
her. The fact that George Mott was
the man whose body he saw at the
mOrgue was established by Fergu-
son.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-31

III Be an AiiOl
DEDHAM, Mass, May 31.--Niccola
Sacco of Stoughton and Bartholomew
Vanzetti of Plymouth were placed on trial
in the Norfolk county superior court today
on the charge of murder of Frederick y.
Parmenter. a shoe factory paymaster
and Alessandro Berardelli, guard, at
South Braintree in April, 1920. Parmen-
ter was robbed of the factory payroll of
$4,000 Various organizations through
out the country have contributed to a de
fense fund for SaccO and Nanzetti.
The defense will offer an alibi for both
men and will contend that they were ar
rested on this charge merely because of
their known radical activities
\ special detail of deputy sheriffs and
police guarded the court room and court
house. All spectators were excluded dur
ing the examination of the prospective
jurors, \ special panel of 500 talesmen
had been drawn from which to select the
jury and about One-third of these were
called to report today.
Tie two defendants, SaccO. who came
from the Dedham Jail. and Nanzetti from
the state prison, greeted each other
warmly when they met at the court house.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-31
MOOSE DITCHES
AN AUTOMOBILE
Great Animal Springs From Woods and
Charges acknowledgements
Are tTnhurt

EASTON. Me, May 3l-An encounter
with moose which ditched the auto
mobile in which they were riding was re
lated today by Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Chase of this town. They said they
were riding in their automobile when
the moose, a large animal, sprang from
the woods with its head down. The
automobile was struck with such force
that it was thrown into ditch. 1t was
not overturned. however, and Chase and
his wife were unhurt.
The moose stood in his tracks, appar-
emily dazed by the lights and then dis
appeared into the woods.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-31
OUR DEFENDERS
AGAIN HONORED
Several Generations i'm Uni
form in Memorial
Day Parade
FRANK E. BARBER
DELIVERS ADDRESS
Nearly 80 Civil War Veterans Partici-
pate in Observance Company L,
Legion Post, Spanish War Veterans
and st. MichaePS Cadets in Line.

and st. MichaelS Cadets i'm Line.
In the main the Memorial day observ-
anee in Brattleboro this year followed
the customary program, but it was var
led in some details, and while the day
was ideal for outdoor recreation the ex-
ercises were largely attended, the lower
floor in the Auditorium being well
filed at the afternoon observance, while
a good number were seated upstairs.
Several generations in uniform in the
parade-the Grand Army veterans,
those who served in the Spanish and
World wars, members of Company /,
Vermont National Guard, and St Mich
aePs Cadets-gave the parade a de
cidedly military character, while the
vigor of some of the aged veterans, not
ably the chief marshal, were subjects
of frequent comment The number of
Grand Army veterans taking part in the
parade was perhaps two or three in ex-
cess of p.
Attorney Frank T. Barber of Brattle-
boro was the speaker of the day, giving
an address on the subject, Morale-A
National Asset. He spoke II minutes,
bringing out fOrcefully the necessity of
maintain the best traditions of our
country.
The word Morale, he said, "has
such varied meanings that perhaps a
definition of it as ] am to use it today
viii be some help to you. As the soul
stands for the best that is in man, so
morale stands for the best in a nation.
mean by that, purity of living, noblest
ambitions, highest quality of thought,
and optimistic application to our every
day living.
we have proven ourselves to be
very strong minded nation. Going back
to 1914 we as a whole, were very neu-
tral. No one had any intention what
soeyer of becoming involved in the Eu-
ropean difficulty To us it was one of
the many with which Europe had to
contend -
The speaker then mentioned some of
the conditions which led this country
to enter the war against Germany, and
said that even when war was declared
we scarcely comprehended the situation.
1T took about year to stir this hum
dred million people to action of any ac-
count but then we were ready, spirit
Continued on Page Sd
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-31
FREIGHT RATES
NOT RESPONSIBLE
Vice President of AtchisOn Road Says
They DO Not Curtail Building In
duStry Or Roads.

WASHINGTON, May 81 Existing
freight rates are not responsible for
the stagnation in the building industry
and have not operated to curtail road
construction Edward Chambers, vice
president of the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe, said today in resuming his
testimony before the senate interstate
commerce committee. which is inquiring
into the transportation situation.