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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-08
TEMPERATURE THIS
AFTERNOON 93
Two Degrees Hotter Than Yesterday
and 10 Hotter Than Year Ago
Humidity Is Excessive.

The excessive humidity of the atmos.
phere, together with the high sempera-
ture has engrossed public attention the
past teW days and those most suscep-
tlble to weather changes have lad rea -
son to feel under the weather"
At lis o'clock today the standard
thermometer at the home of Ferris r,
Vaughan of High street recorded a tenn
perature of 90 degrees. which is the
same as the highest mark reached sun
day and Monday. 1t Is two degrees
more than was recorded YESTERDAY. how
ever. This record also Is TO degrees hot
ter than was recorded in the first eight
days of July. 1920, the highest mark
reached then being S3 degrees.
While the temperature is not exces-
slve for this season Of the year the hu-
miditv has been far above normal. and
because of the excessive humidity the
trouble men of the local telephone force
have been extremely busy The unusual
dampness of cellars, through which
many lines run. IS the cause OF most of
the short circuits reported
Tuesday and Wednesday the weather
was much more conducive to comfort
The temperature on those DAYS was 20
and 70 degrees. resectively.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-08
Asks United States to Join
Discussion of Whole
Eastern Situation
ANGLO-JAPANESE
TREATY HELD UP
Comprehensive Announcement of Eng
lands Attitude Expected Monday -
Canada Claims Credis of Bringing
About International Conference.

LONDON. July s (Associated Press.
Great Britain, it was stated here to-
day in a quarter usually reliable, Is be-
Iieved to have made overtures to the
United States. Japan and China on the
possibility of a conference to discuss the
whole eastern situation. If this is cor
rect. it is pointed out, it might explain
what Premier lloyd George meant yes
terday when he stated in the house of
commons that he was awaiting replies
from America and China before making
a statement to the house concerning the
Anglo-Japanese treaty.
Official circles declined to comment on
the nature of any communications with
the United States, China or Japan but 1t
was said in those circles it would be rea-
Sonable to assume that these countries
would be fully sounded before Great
Britain would show her hand.
Announcement of the British policy
is expected to be forthcoming next Mon
day in the statement which Mr.. Lloyd
George said he was fairly hopeful of be-
ing in a position to make. This state
ment is said to be very comprehensive.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-08
WEST DUMMERSTON
TO HAVE NEW HALL
Changers Vote TO Erect One TO Replace
Hall. Burned i'm 191S-Charles
Brown to Have Charge.
Especial to The Reformer
WEST DINNFRSTON JnIr

". 81 -.
West Dummerston is to have a new
Grange hall to replace the one burned in
1918 and work upon it will be begun
soon, through a vote of members of fbe
West DummePstOn Grange.
The new building which will he n IittIa
larger than the one burned. will stand
nearly opposite the site of the other an
a lot bought by the Grange of Mrs p
Sonnarn since the fire. 1t will be &c
ieet wide by 90 feet long, one story with
basement, ana Will be erected at a cost
estimated at about $1,000.
Inc insurance from the former hall
about 1,oO0, formed a nucleus for the
building fund. Some of those interested
have promised to give lumber. some will
give their labor, and some money already
has been promised.
Committees to have charge of tho
building and finances have been apnointed
as fOllOys: Building-Charles brown
Frank Leonard. Herbert TuttIe Samuel
clark, George Willard; finance-W r
Leonard. James Clark. jr, Charles Brown
q. B. Field and George Willard. Mr.
Brown, who is a carpenter. will have
general charge of the building operations
thus obylating the necessity of ennloving
a contractor. - -
Officials of the Grange hone that avarv-
one viii feel that a hall will be a benefit
TO the community as well as to the
Grange and that each will do all possihIe
to further the project.
The Grange viii confer degrees ON a
good-Sized class of candidates soon Tho
next meeting will be held at Frank Loon
ards July 10.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-08
WHY SULLY DID
NOT COME HERE
Delay in Mail Caused Him to Miss Cor
reSpOndenee Concerning Chamber
of Commerce Lecture

An explanation of the failure of G.. w.
Sulley of the National Cash Register Co.
to appear here for a lecture in the Audi
torium June 20 is contained in letter
from the company under date of July )
to President c. s. Hopkins of the Cham
Der of Commerce The letter follows:
We have just received an explanation
from our Mr.. G. w Sulley. relative to
his failure TO appear in Brattleboro ac-
-cording to the arrangements made by Mr..
Brown. -a....
1t appears that a delay in the mail
caused Mr.. Sulley and Abbott to miss
their mail at Manchester, N H, in which
was included the reports and correspond
'ence concerning the booking at BrattIe-
boro. As mentioned in our previous let
ter, this is the first time we have ever
had anything like this happen, and we
regret exceedingly that you had to expert
ence this misfortune.
I'VE want to thank you for your CO.
operation. and the interest which you
taken in the lecture. Hope that we may
be able to reciprOcate by helping you at a
later date to put on the lecture
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-08
Canada Claims Credit.

LONDON. July s Canadian Press).
Premier Lloyd Georges statement in
the British house of commons concerning
a proposed international conference re-
garding which replies from Japan and
the United States We're anxiously
awaited, confirms the announcement pre-
viously made in a we'll informed quarter
that such a conference would be sought.
In view of the prime minister's state
ment there can be no harm in stating
that the original proposal for such
conference came from the Canadian gov
then suggested that the dominion govern
memt through the department of ex-
ternal affairs be empowered to consult
with Washington to sound it out. so to
speak. on the possibility of a Pacific
conference.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-08
CAN SIDETRACK
SOLDIER BONUS
Senate to Wait Until Harding Delivers
Message Urging BilPs
PostpOnement

WASHINGTON, July SIN expecta-
ton of message due from President
Harding urging temporary postponement
Of the bonus bill and greater speed with
tariff and tax legislation. senate leaders
today believed they already had mustered
sufficient votes to lay aside the bonus
measure. No effort to recommit the bonus
bin to the finance committee, as proposed
by President Harding, was planned until
receipt of the expected message.
During an unannounced visit to the
capitol the President was understood to
have told senators that he would supple
ment his conferences yesterday with a
message on the bonus legislation.
The President was quoted as favoring
such legislation, but the question of its
immediate enactment or deferment tenn
porarily to expedite the fiscal legislation
for which the extra session of congress
was called, was said TO be in his mind
President Harding was said to have
told senator's that while he favored bonus
legislation, he felt, like Secretary Mellon,
that now was not the time for its enact
ment.
The President was said to feel that the
bonus bill should be deferred until after
passage of the tariff and tax bills and
balance sheet could be struck of national
finances.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-08
BOOTLEGGERS KILL
DEPUTY SHERIFF
Open Fire On Him When
Officers Order Car to
Stop
BOTH DESPERADOS
SHOT, IN HOSPITAL
Unsuccessful Attempt TO Remove. One
of BOOtleggers-Three of Assailins
Party Under Arrest-POlice Believe
Third Member of Gang Escaped.

UTICA. \. Y, July S.-Deputy Sheriff
Charles Kammerlohr was shot and in
stantly killed by two bootleggers here
early today. The bootleggers were
wounded before they killed the deputy
They We're arrested and taken to a hos
pital. When Deputy Sheriffs Hammer
lOhr and Ireland ordered the driver of
suspicious looking truck to stop they
We're met by a fusilade of bullets. KAN
merlohr replied with several shots and
wounded both bootleggerS
ireland dashed up just as Kammerlohr
fell from the running board of the truck
and in the face of his revolver the truck
was stopped. The wounded bootleggers
were taken to the hospital where they said
their names We're IsadOre ComSky and
Nathan Denmark.
The police believe there was a third
member of the gang who escaped in
larger roadster. Some of Comisky's
friends attempted to force their way to
the hospital ward. but finally three were
knocked down and arrested.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-08
WEST GUILFORD.

Miriam Nichols went last week Sat
urday to Greenfield to visit a few days
in the home of her aunt, Mrs. H. w.
Carpenter and family.
Mrs +. Il. Eastwood and grandson.
John Eastwood. of Brandon came last
week Thursday to spend the summer
at the Henry Cutting place with her
nephew, Starr Cutting and Mrs. Cut
ting
Alfred Carpenter of Greenfield came
Saturday to spend the vacation with
his uncle. Austin Nichols. and family.
Mrs Tuttle, from the northern part
of the state, visited over the Fourth
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Pierce
Mrs. NJ. W. Lynde went last week
to Greenfield to care for Mrs. Sherman
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Goodwin went last
week to Aver. Mass, TO visit relatives.
They were accompanied home by his
sister. Miss Rose Goodwin, who had
been visiting them.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-08
Government Aroused.

WASHINGTON. July S-Theories
that piratical maUraderS are at work in
the traffic lanes off the Atlantic coast
reached a new high level yesterday.
Government wireless stations are send
ing broadcast TO vessels at sea warning
to be on the lookout for "a low. rakish.
suspicious looking craft" sighted by Cap
tain Giles of the Alunson Liner Munalbro
Thursday night.
Coincideut with the sending out of this
warning, governmental agencies worked
with renewed vigor on their investigation
into the mysterious disappearance within
the past few months OF more than score
Of merchant vessels along the coast.
According to the official report of Cap
tain Giles, which reached Washington
last night. his vessel was about 800 miles
due east of Philadelphia when low. rak-
ing, suSpiciouS7oURing craft, apparently
very swift approached the Nunalbro
with only its running lights showing
The vessel. according To Captain Giles.
refused 10 answer any signals and, after
almost circling the AlunaIbro, sped away
into the darkness. The location of the
MunalbrO at the time the strange craft
was sighted was given as 30 degrees, -
west. After leaving the Munalbro the
minutes north and 40 degrees, 81 minutes
phantom ship steered a course almost
due east.
+. Il. Chamberlain. commissioner of
navigation for the department of conf
merce, last night declared that the report
of Captain Giles was the most substantial
evidence vet offered of the suspected oper-
ations of sea marauderS off the Atlantic
coast and has given fresh impetus to the
investigation of the disappearance of the
crew of the schooner Carroll Deering and
the more than score of other ships that
have disappeared. The weather bureau
maintains that these ships foundered in
storms.
Commissioner Chamberlain declared
that it was impossible that a seaman like
Captain Giles would go off on a cock and
bull story" and added that the bureau
places every credence in his report.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-08
THINK MRS. KABER
ATTEMPTED POISON
Husband I'm Hospital Very Sick After
Wife'S Visit and Gift
of Candy.

CLEVELAND. July S.-Testimony
considered by the state to be vital in es-
tabhshing its claim that Mrs. Eva ka-
Der first attempted to kill her husband
Daniel f. Kaber. by poisoning before
his murder By stabbing was given to-
day by Miss crystal Senner. nurse
While Mr. Kaber always had vomiting
spells after eating food at his home
served him by Mrs. Kaber. Miss Ven
ner testified he vomited at the hospital
only once and that was after Mrs. Ka-
ber had visited him.
She said Mr.. Kaber told her that Mrs
kaber had given him candy. Miss Ven
ner said Mrs Kaber called bv telephone
after her visit to inquire about his con-
dition This was the only time she ever
called to make such inquiries
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-08
JAPs FOR NEGOTIATION.
Want to Discuss Disarmament With
United States and England.

TOXIC, July S (Associated Press. -
According to information obtained here.
the ground is being prepared for formal
negotiations later with the United States
and Great Britain regarding naval limi-
tatiOn.
Indirect conversations, considered to be
of the most important nature. are in
progress. Recent special meetings of
the elder statesmen in Toxic have led to
the impression that they were participat-
ing in deliberations on naval questions
and other matters having to do with the
relations between Japan and the United
States
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-08
SUES POWER CO. TO
RECOVER $4,000
Railroad Co. Seeks to RecOv-
er for Damage by
Ice and Water
SAYS BUILDING OF
DAM RESPONSIBLE

Track and ROadbed Washed Between
Brattleboro and Grout's in Spring of
1920. at Time BrattIebOro Bridge Was
Carried Out.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-08
BOUNTY CLAIMS
USE UP APPROPRIATION
Especial to The Reformer.)
MONTPELIER. JuIv e.


Frank III. Blood of Springfield.
Governor HartneSs's home town.
killed rattlesnake No I and gets the
first bounty paid under the new law
according to claim Just filed with
the state auditor So many bOun-
ties were paid for hedgehOgs. bob
eats and bears last year that the
S1.50O appropriation was exhausted
and payment for the 3.5S4 hedge
hogs killed i'm the town of Under
hill. which heads the list. went over
until the new and larger appr0pria-
tiOu of $500 became available.
Now the state will pay for hedge
hog bOunties i'm this town alone
S1.254.40. which goes mostly to G..
w. and w. Il. Streeter and Fred
Bacon. the champion heavyweight
hedgehog killers. The state has bOun-
ties on hedgehOgs. bobcats and
rattIesnakes. Thirteen bobcats were
killed i'm Grafton last year.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-08
BIG ALIMONY FOR
PEGGY JOYCE
Husband Must Pay Her $1.35O a Month
and About $4,000 Expenses of
Prosecuting Suit

Joyce was awarded $3.50 a month ali
mony. S27,500 solicitors fees and S12,-
800 for suit expenses today by Judge
Sabbath on her croSs-bill for separate
maintenance filed in reply to the suit of
James Stanley Joyce for an annulment
of their marriage.
The alimony granted is temporary as
Judge Sabbath already had decided that
he would not go into the merits of the
case itself until it comes up for final
adjudication in September. Mrs Joyce
in her cross bill for separate maintenance
asks temporary alimony of $4,000 a
month and attorneys fees of 100000
with which to prosecute her case.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-08
No OUTBREAK IN
MEXICAN SITUATION

MEXICO CITY. July s (Associ-
ated Press Official reassuranees
were given today i'm statements to
the newspapers that the Tampico sit
uatiOn does not contain elements of
danger to peaceful relations between
the United States and Mexico.
There is no need to give further
thought TO the subject" Secretary
Gales, the chief of cabinet, said this
morning. THE vessels United
States warships at Tampico) belong
to a friendly nation that merely
seeks TO protect its nationals and
this is no reflection ON our national
integrity"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-08

Damages of $4,000 are claimed in a
suit brought by the Vermont Valley
Railroad Co. against the Connecticut
River Power Co. in suit returnable at
the September term of the Windham
county court which has just been filed in
the office of Clerk w r. Daley of the
county court. The suit grows out of
damage to railroad property by the high
water and ice in the Connecticut river
which carried out the highway bridge op-
posite the railroad yard the night of
Sunday, March 2S, 1920, and it would
seem that the outcome of the case might
have an important bearing on any claim
for damages that the town of Brattleboro
may bring against the Power Co. for the
loss of the bridge. If the Power Co.
claims. as it is understood it will. that
the alleged damming of ice against the
Boston & Maine railroad bridge south of
here was what raised the water and ice
north of that point to an excessive height,
that question very likely will be tried out
in the railroad suit.
Stickney, Sargent & SkeelS of Ludlow
are counsel for the Vermont Valley Rail
road company, and Harvey, Maurice <
Fits of Brattleb0rO are counsel for the
Connecticut River Power Co.
The Railroad Co claims that under the
Power Co.'S charter to erect its dam be
tween Vernon and Hinsdale the property
of the railroads which might be affected
were to be protected effectively against
damage, by rubble, masonry or other
wise. 1t is claimed that the Power Co.
has not so protected the railroad property
and that by reason of its alleged wrongful
acts it is liable under the terms of its in
corporation.
1t is set up in the writ that from March
2S to April 4, 1920. the water and ice
were raised out of the natural channel of
the stream at many places and against
the plaintiffs single and double tracks
and against the railroad entertainments at
various places between Brattleboro and
Grout : station in Westminster which
not only carried away parts of the road
bed and made the road unsafe for travel
but also neceSsitated diverting a large
number of freight and passenger trains
over a more -circuitous route
Because of this damage, which the Rail-
road Co. claims was due to the erection of
the Vernon dam, which under the Power
Co.'S charter was at no time to raise the
water at any point at any season of the
year within two and a half miles of the
Bellows Falls Canal Co., the Railroad
Co. says it has paid out $71, ,670. "a. for the
recovery of which with interest it brings
suit.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-08
SOLD HIS LIQUOR OPENLY.
Californian Innkeeper Even Reported Ii
i'm Income Tax Return

san FRANCISCO, July S-J0hn
Higura. keeper of a roadhouse between
Vallejo and Benicia. had no secrets about
his "bootlegging," his testimony showed
in federal court yesterday. He said he
had sold liquor quite openly since prohi-
bition came into effect, refused to hide
his stock of contraband, July 4. although
warned that enforcement officials were
going to raid his place that day and then
testified that he had reported his liquor
selling. profits to the internal revenue de-
partment in paying his income tax.
Wilford Tully. assistant United States
attorney. suggested to the court only nomi-
nal punishment, and the judge assessed a
fine of $500.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-08

One of Pair Who Departed from WOrces-
ter Insane HOspital-HOps Freight at
Fitchburg but Companion Is Slow
and Is Left.
Riding 60 miles with an escaped luna
tic was the unusual experience of Frank
McCaffrey of Ogdensburg, \. Y, who
hoped a freight for home yesterday
from Boston, but the ride resulted in the
lunatic landing last night in the Brat
tleboro lookup, where he is being de-
tanned.
McCaffrey's ride was uneyentful until
the freight was leaving Fitchburg, when
n young man who introduced himself as
Frank Bowen of Worcester jumped into
the same car Bowen told McCaffrey that
he escaped from the Worcester insane
asylum July with an Italian patient
who could not run fast enough to catch
the freight at Fitchburg. McCafTrey
said that Bowen incessantly paced up and
down the car talking to himself.
On arriving at Brattleboro McCaf-
frey determined to shake the insane man,
but Bowen also got off, although not in
time to notice McCaffrey's line of eS-
cape. Near the BarrowS coal sheds Me
Caffrey met Constable Merrill A Stark
ana informed nm that 4 crazy man had
come TO town with him. With the aid
of the description given Constable Stark
found Bowen sitting on a bench near
the railroad station. The man claimed
he was hungry and looking for work
Upon cross examination by States
Attorney Harold L. Whitney he admit
ted being confined in and escaping from
the asylum at Worcester. He was given
n good supper and detained over night
in the lookup. He will stay there until
an attendant from the Worcester insti-
tuition can come here to take him back
TO his place of confinement
Constable Stark has received informa-
tion that Bowen escaped July t with an
other patient. Archie Pasquale. He is
informed that Bowen is a son of Stephen
Bowen of 9S4 Main street. Worcester
Il real estate agent. Bowen was at Fort
Slocum six weeks. when he was taken
i'll and sent 10 Tacoma Park Washing
ton, ID. G, where he stayed two months
and then was sent to the Worcester state
hospital by the government.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-08
AIRPLANE DECAPITATEs BOY.
Lad Got in Way of PrOpeIler-PilOt
Is Arrested on Manslaughter Charge.

WEEHAWKEN. \. J.. July s. -
Seven-year-Old Felix Suszczynski got IN
the way of a propeller of an airplane that
had just landed an the Gutenberg race
track at North Bergen yesterday and
was decapitated.
The pilot of the machine. James s.
Kelly. a former army flyer, was ar
rested on a charge of mansIaughter. and
his passenger. David !. King of New
York was held as witness. They had
just flown from Connecticut.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-08
OUIMET. MEETS GUILFORD.
international TitIists Play in State Golf
Tournament

WORCESTER, Mass. July s. - A
meeting between Francis Ouimet and
Jesse =. -Guilford. former state titlists
and recent internationalists, in the semi
final round of the state amateur golf
tournament here, developed this after
noon as q result of the matches in the
third round this morning.
The other semi-fnal match was be-
tween G. Aulbach of Scarboro and A. p
Chase of Winchester.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-08
REVIVAL SERVICE
IN WALL STREET
christian EndeavOrers Urge Religion on
Big Audience In Specializing
District

NEW YORK, July Sat a revival
service in Wall street today leaders of
the worlds Christian Endeavor CON
vention urged Christian principles upon
an audience of several thousand Sing
ing was lead by Homer Rodeheaver.
Men, women and children in the win
dows of nearby skyscrapers Joined in
singing Onward Christian Soldiers
Meanwhile 100 gospel teams were in
other parts of the city.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-08
ROCKEFELLER So TO-DAY.
In Splendid Health But Has No CeIe-
bratiOn.

NEW YORK. July S-Tohn ID. Rookie
Teller is 50 years old today, but is pass
ing his birthday just as he spends any
other day, with no celebration whatever.
Mr.. Rockefeller's health is splendid in
spite of the heat. which he lodges some
what ON the golf links by having an en-
ploye carry an umbrella and hold it over
his head as he moves about the links. lie
IS leading the simple life this year. and
his only recreations are golf and riding
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-08
FRENCH DISGUSTED
WITH ACQUITTAL
German Officer Charged With Ordering
Shooting of Prisoners and Wounded
Goes Free.

PARIS, July (Associated Press -
The French government has informed
its allies that it has withdrawn the
French mission appointed TO follow the
trial in Leipsic of Germans accused of
violating the rules of civilized warfare
The French are indignant because of the
acQuittal Wednesday of Lieut.. Gen
Seenger who was charged with ordering
his troops to kill French wounded and
prisoners, and the hostile attitude of
the Leipsic crowds toward the allied
mission.