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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-07
HERBERTs NINsTRELs COMING.
Peer Of C0lOred Minstrel Shows to BE
Here Next Week Tuesday.

Herbert's Greater AIinstrels will be the
attraction at the Auditorium Tuesday,
Nov Il.
If there is such a thing as a diversion
from the old-time minstrel it is this or
ganization, composed entirely of Negro
talent, conceded to be the Peer of all col
ored minstrel shows.
The company is headed by the two best
mirth provoking, sorrow dispelling CO.
medians in the Negro profession, Lester
Carter and Harry Anderson, assisted by
30 others. The performance is replete
with pleasing surprises, so out of the or
binary and coming in such quick success
sion that it takes the form of a rapid fire
production. As to the singing contingent
with this show, all of the best of the
warblers of the Sunny South are under
the Herbert banner, and it has been es-
tablished that for harmony, none such
can be found as that rendered by the Ne
gro race. The Herbert comedy four carry
everybody with them on their melody
waves.
The company carry a crack band and
gives parade. An outdoor concert will
be given at noon, also at o'clock.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-07
ODD LANGUAGES IN USE.
Shelta Thar Spoken Secretly by Think
ers in Scotland and Ireland.

Shelta Thar is a language used Sc
cretly among people of the tinker class,
and principally to be met with in Scot
land and Ireland. It's use was first dis
covered and made known in 1876 by
Charles g. Leland an American anti
quarian. and Prof. John Sampson of
Liverpool. One day, while walking by
the seashore at AberySfwyth they en-
countered a tramp who addressed them
in an unknown tongue. Both were
versed in the Romany and Gypsy lang
uage and were much surprised To meet
one who spoke a tongue of which they
knew not a word.
They collected a number of phrases
from this man and found on inquiry
that he had ecquired this strange speech
from his wife, who was tinker. The
tinkers. he said, kept their knowledge of
the language a secret, speaking it only
among themselves. Later, Leland en-
countered many others persons who spoke
Shelta.
He found that in many of the public
houses in the east end of London, where
Migrants often congregate, the language
was freely employed, but that when an
outsider made his appearance it ceased
at once 60 be spoken. Scientific methods
applied to the study of Shelta proved that
il is of no mere system of back-slang or
cant, but an ancient Celtic speech.
Romany. the language of the English
gipSieS. is still spoken by a large mum
Der of persons. Among the majority of
them il has become corrupt, but the older
gypsy folk still speak what isn Known as
deep Romauy--that is, the gypsy lang
uage in IFS pure state.
The dialect of shetland, although its
grammar is Lowland Scotch, Is very
largely Morse, and as spoken by the
Shetlanders among themselves is scarcely
understandable by the average Scotch
man. On the Isle of Man a Celtic tongue
different from Gaelic or Welsh is still
used by a number of the inhabitants.
The origin of Freemasuury. or even its
name, cannot be traced With certainty.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-07
NATIONAL GRANGE
MEETS IN PORTLAND
November 1875 Dates For
55th Annual Convention
OF Order
FARM PROBLEMS
TO BE DISCUSSED

Development of Cooperative Marketing
viii BE Given Prominence Delegates
To BE Given Rids Over Columbia
River Highway.
PORTLAND. Ore, Nov THE 55th
annual convention of the National
Grange will be held at Portland Nov. Is
TO -, with delegates from "a states in
attendance. Problems of farm produe-
ton and distribution, including latest
phases in the development of cooperative
marketing, viii be discussed.
Special trains bringing delegates from
the East are to arrive the AFTERNOON of
Nov. 10. and that evening the visitors
will be entertained at a banquet ten
dered by the Portland Chamber of Com
merce.
Sherman J. Lowell. of Fredonia, \. Y,
national master of the Grange. will de-
flyer his annual report at the opening ses-
sion. and the convention will then proceed
to discussion of problems of the farmer.
There will be sessions Nov. 16, IL and
Is. and on the 10Th the delegates will
be taken on Il trip of inspection of the
river and hafbor, proceeding later III the
day to Vancouver, Wash.
Sunday Nov. 20. will be spent in re-
ligious and memorial services at Portland,
and Monday the visitors viii be taken
over the Columbia river highway. Tues
dav they win visit Oregon Agricultural
college at CORVALLIS and on Wednesday,
Nov. %. they win be guests of Beaver
ton Grange at Beaverton, Ore.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-07
BEwAEE FOREIGN BONDS.
American Investors Warned-SOme of
Them Not Good

WASHINGTON, Nov. American
investors were warned last night by the
commerce department to exercise care in
buying foreign bonds payable in depreci-
ated currencies in the expectation of real
izing enormous profits when exchange
values return to normal. Certain con
Germs in this country, the department
said. are offering for sale national. NUM-
cipal and industrial issues expressed in
deprecated currencies which represent
only a small fraction of their normal ex-
change value. This, the department
added, is the case with the currencies of
Germany, Austria, Poland, Czecho-SlO-
vaBia, Roumania, Jugo-Slavia and Hun
gary.
In some cases, the department said.
the prices at which these securities are
offered are unduly high in view of the ac-
tual exchange rate of the given currency.
There have been instances the department
asserted, where there has been great dis
parity between the sale price of the ad-
vertised securities in terms of dollars, and
the price ut which they could be pur-
chased with American money in the for
eign country.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-07
BIG COOPERATIVE BUSINESS.
Addison County Farmers Organization
Ships Its Livestock

MIDDLEBURY. Nov. THE Farm
crs' Cooperative exchange, organized in
addison county in 1918, has developed
into an important business organization.
At first it gave attention to buying rather
than selling Grain. fertilizer, seeds and
binder Irvine to the amount Of sol 900
were handled the first year. The business
Of the second year amounted to $4,000
end the third year showed a total of
S151 900. During the past year ship
Inents of livestock have been made, the
business from March IA to the end of
October amounting to nearly So, 600
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-07
Mendinc.

Electricians sticky black tape is ex-
cellent for mendlng breaks in pipes or
bowls. If the weak spot is in a pipe,
wrap the tape around it tightly. leav-
Ing a generous amount on each side.
If there Is crack in the bowl, run
the tape along the crack.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-07
SENATE REJECTS BONUS.
Kills Amendment attaching It to Revenue
Measure

WASHINGTON, Nov. by a vote
Of - to IS the senate rejected Saturday
the Reed amendment to the tax bin pro-
posing to enact the soldier bonus bill and
retain the excess profits as means of
financing adjusted compensation for for
Iner service men.
Five Republicans Capper. Johnson,
Kenyon. Ladd and La Toilette supported
the amendment and two Democrats, Glass
and Myers, voted against it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-07
VOTES TO DIsBAR TUFTS.
Cou-cil of Bar Association VIII Start
PROCEEDINGS.

BOSTON. Nov THE council Of the
Middlesex Bar association voted Satur-
day to bring disbarment proceedings
against Nathan A. Tufts. who was re-
moved from Office as district attorney of
NIiddiesex county by the supreme court
recently
The grievance committee, which had
unanimously recommended the action
against Tufts. was instructed by the
council to bring a petition for disbarment
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-07
Toys.

There are possibilities in clay as a
toy for your child. Let him model.
1t may develop a talent, it viii in
crease his originative genius and
amuse him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-07

The origin Of Freemasuury. or even its
name, cannot be traced With certainty
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-07
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL

The club rooms Of the Brattleboro BuSi-
ness and Professional Womens club were
closed today for two weeks while under
going renovation.
Brattleboro residents awoke this morn
rng to find the ground covered to a depth
of half an inch with the first snow of the
season. The precipitation was 10 inch.
Mrs. NJ. f. Moore of Greenfield, for
meriy of BrattleborO. has received letter
from her son, Turrett Captain Roy Moore
of the T. s. s. Wyoming, which is sta
toned at Lynnhaven, Va, in which he
states that his turret at the last target
shooting won. the first navy prize hitting
the target nine times in l. shots. the time
being two minutes and 26 seconds. Each
man received a prize of $40, His ship
will go later to the Brooklyn navy yard
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-20
Cook for BergtioIls
Reveals Secrets of
Kitchen at Inquiry
Wife of Slacker's Chauffeur
Tells How She Wanted a
Drink, but Gives Little
information ON Escape
From The Tribu,.s's Woshi,aton g,yeou


WASHINGTON, May 19.-Little light
was thrown on the circumstances sur
rounding the escape of Grover Cleve-
land Bergdoll by Mrs. Frieda Stecher,
wife of IKE" Stecher, the man who
fled with him to Germany, when she
appeared to-day before the House
committee investigating Bergdolps es-
cape. But she was pitiless in exposing
the secrets of Mrs. Bergdoll's kitchen.
Mrs. Stecher, rosy checked blue
eyed young woman, with an accent
highly favored with German, was also
unsparing in her denunciation of
"lke's" sudden and thoughtless de-
parture from their home in Philadel-
phia.
An attempt by committee members
to throw some new light on the ac-
tions of the "goldhunting" party on
the day Grover Bergdoll escaped
brought the expose Of Mrs. Bergdolps
kitchen methods. Mrs. Stecher said
her husband told her the preceding
day that she was to 60 to the Bergdoll
home and cook dinner. She was at
this task when the party from Fort
Jay arrived.
Grover, the guards and my husband
came together" Mrs. Stecher testified.
Il certainly was surprised to see
Grover l asked my husband, What is
the meaning of this?' He just said.
Just set the table and that is all you
have to do"
Representative Ben johnson, of Ken
lucky, asked if, while the party was
playing billiards in an upstairs room,
she saw them drinking any liquor. Her
reply brought round of laughter.
Il didn't see anything to drink" she
said. ''If it had been there I'd have
known it, because / like a drink my
self"
Continuing to question her, Repre-
sentative johnson sought to learn if
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-20
Daylight Bandits Seize
$4,000 i'm Street Theft

Nelson Burnap, fifty-four years old,
a cashier employed in the main Offices
of Park 4 Tilford's, at 522 West Forty
third Street, was robbed yesterday
afternoon OF the compsny's $6,4o0 pay
roll
The money was contained in box
which he held under his arm. He had
started from the main Office to the
company's garage and warehouse, at
53s West Forty-third Street, when, &C
cording to the police, man stepped in
front OF him from q hallway, snatched
the box and ran.
The men who stole 1000 worth of
Hudson seal and mink skins from the
rooms of the Nogel- Whaith Company.
20 West Thirty-sixth Street, were more
than burglars. Their manner of doing
the job entities them to be regarded
as first class scrobats and rope climb
ers. in the opinion of the police.
The robbery, which occurred some
time between Tuesday night and
Wednesday morning, was made known
by the police yesterday. The furs
were taken in three bags. The fur
company has quarters on the eleventh
floor. The burglars reached the floor,
according to the police, by lowering a
man on rope from the roof of the
building next door.
This man then swung over, it is said,
until he reached window in the fur
company's loft and, after smashing the
glass, entered and stuffed the three
bags that were found in the place.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-20
Wade Hanged at Hartford
For Murder of Geo. Mott
Mother Throws Self at Gov
ernorss Feet i'm Final and
FralifIess AnneaI for Mercy

HARTFORD, Conn, May 20.-Elwood
D. Wade, of Bridgeport, was hanged
at 1904 a. m. to-day for che murder of
George Nots on August 90. Motifs wife,
who is alleged to have inspired the
murder and assisted in it, is in the jail
in the courtyard of which the death
sentence was executed. She will be
placed on trial for her life next week
Wade's mother made final appeal
to Governor Lake in his behalf last
evening, throwing herself at his feet
and begging for her sons life. The
Governor informed her that he could
not act in the case, as the court of last
resort had affirmed the conviction on
legal grounds and the board OF pardons
had denied the prisoners application
for Communication of his sentence to life
Imprisonment.
Ordinarily, condemned prisoners are
put to death few minutes after mid
night, but the hanging of Wade was
postponed for more than an hour, &C
cerdiug TO daylight saving time, because
of the confusion in this state rs TO
whether that or standard time shall pre-
vail. Late yesterday afternoon Wade
was transferred to che death cage, which
is only short distance from the scat
fold, but his nerve was mistaken.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-20
Three Promise
To Surrender.
I'm Reid Case
Counsel Announces He VIII
Bring In Mrs. Warner,
Leila Wiley and Boylan
at Least by Tomorrow
Collins Eludes Detectives
Victim of Shooting Better,
but Not Out of Danger:
Grand jury Gets Details

William j. Fallon, of 149 Broadway,
an attorney, notified Assistant District
Attorney Frank Oliver yesterday aft
ernoon that he would surrender Mrs.
Hazel Warner, Miss Leila Wiley and
Francis T. Boylan, three of the four
persons sought by detectives since the
mysterious shooting of John II. Reid
in Mrs, Warmers residence. 1892 Uni
versity Avenue. last Sunday morning.
District Attorney Glennou OF the
Bronx was informed. as was County
Judge Gibbs, the latter deciding to re-
main in his chambers to arraign the
prisoners when they appeared, but late
in the afternoon Mr.. Fallon called up to
say that he would be unable to appear
with the persons wanted because of
other pressing business. He said he
would surrender them, however, not
later than Saturday.
Mr, Fsllon, seen later, said that he
would produce Mrs. Warner, Miss
Wiley and Boylan to-day or at the
latest tomorrow morning. He had not
been in touch with Don Collins, he
said. and refused TO discuss the infor-
mstjon he had received from the others
since they were still in hiding.
Collins, the man of many aliases.
with a long record of convictions in
state and Federal courts, is suspected
by the police of having shot Reid.
Reid, 1t is thought, had displaced Col
Inns in the affections of Mrs. Warner.
who owned the house where the shoot
ing took place. Inspector Coughlin
said that no trace Of Collins had been
found. He added that the police had
learned that Mrs. Warner, Miss Wiley
and Boylan were in hiding in Phila-
delphia and that every effort would be
made to FIND them there.
Reid. held in $1,000 bail as q mater
ial witness, is now in Lloyd's SAM
tarium where he persists in his refusal
TO discuss the affair in any way. His
condition has improved slightly but he
is not out of danger.
Lila and Audrey Lawrence and
Charles Leighton, all of 6 West Fifty
sixth Street, appeared before the
Bronx grand jury as witnesses yester-
day. The young women were heavily
yelled. An extra session of the grand
jury has Eeen called for to-day and
the witnesses have been subpoened to
appear again.
George Kuriger, uncle of the two
women, who was in the house when
the shooting took place and has re-
NAMED there under surveillance since
Sunday, denied yesterday that the re-
volver used had belonged to Mrs. War
ner. He said she never had had q
revolver.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-20
Nurse Held as Abductor
Of Long-Missing Girl

Vivian Jones, student nurse at q
Wards Island hospital, who is to be
graduated in June, was held in $4,000
bail in the Harlem police court yester-
day, charged with the abduction of
6fteen-year-old Marie Wirth, daughter
Of A. K. Wirthg Of West Nyack, N. Y.
The complaint was made by an agent
for the New York Society for the Pre-
yention Of Cruelty To Children, who is
said to have found the missing girl on
the street. After questioning her and
taking her to the rooms OF the society
for further examination he went to
Miss Jones's room. at 80 East 126th
Street, and placed her under arrest.
A Mrs. Leihbacher, proprietor Of the
rooming house at that address, said
last night that Miss Jones had left her
room there two weeks ago, having oc-
eupied it only one week, during vaca-
ton. The Wirth girl, she said, had
called on the nurse twice, and on one
occasion had stayed with her for two
or three days, and received visit there
from her married sister. A young man
had called also, who Mrs. Leihbacher
thought was an inferno at Miss Jones's
hospital
NYACK. n. Y, May 49, Marie
"ItA' OF " est NyacA, mas Deen miss
ing for six weeks. About two weeks
ago, her mother told the chief of police
here to-day, the girls married sister,
Mrs Bertha Ernest, found her in
room at so East 126th Street, which she
vas sharing with a nurse named WV
ian Jones.
The discovery of the missing girl was
due to the receipt of an anonymous
letter by her family directing them to
call for your daughter" at 80 East
i26th Street. Marie is said to have re-
fused to return with her sister, and a
rev days ago her father went to the
address in Harlem, but discovered that
MS daughter had left the place.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-20

Mrs. Bergdoll had laid in additional
foods in anticipation Of the party Is
arrival. She then told of Mrs. Berg
dolls thrift.
There was only some haf-smoked
sEpsageS, aauerkraut and porkand net
enough of that" she said. "When Mrs
bergdoll came home from court she
gave me the dickens for using too
much coffee. I thought it was just
right, but she said it was too strong
ihere wasn't any more meat in the ice
oox because she doesn't buy any ice
and gets her meat from day to day
And when she makes soup she uses the
whole OF the meat and cooks it in a
bucket
Il wouldn't start any argument with
her" she added, because she would
give me licking"
Mrs. Stecher was then asked II
Stecher had any money when he left
and whether she had helped him pack
any of his belongings.
Il handled all the money in on,
family and gave him SIS week anc
that was all he got" was her reply
He didn't have any money or bag
with him when he left"
One additional bit Of new testimony
was given by Mrs. Stecher when she
told Of visit from four men soor
after the escape. They called upor
her at her home, she said, and asked
her to go to Mrs. Bergdoll for en-
ployment $50 could open all the mai
and tell them what was in it,"
II tod them I wouldn't do any dirty
rotten deal like that and from tina
day all my friends have turned agains
me-"
/ Mrs. Stecher stated she has suec
for divorce on the ground of desertion
but has been told it will take tive
years. Members Of the committee sug
gested she bring suit against Grover
Bergdoll for causing the separation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-20
Thoroughly Equipped

The name Trust Company" is ambiguous
Some companies conhne themselves strictly to
acting trustees and caring for trust accounts
Others go farther and ACCEPT deposits. WE
TRANSACT EVERY BRANCH OF TRUST AND
BANKING BUSINESS.
We accept deposits sgLject to check and pay
interest daily balances.
For deposits not subject to check we issue GER
tifcates of deposit bearing higher rates of interest
We make commercial loans.
We buy and sell securities for customers.
We issue letters of credit.
We ACT Trustee, Executor, Administrator
Receiver, Guardian, Agent, Committee, Fiduciary,
Depository.
We ac1 Transfer Agent and Registrar of
stocks of corporations
We conduct the business of Title Insurance
in all its branches.
We issue Guaranteed Mortgages and Certh-
Gates.
No other Trust Company IN the City of New
York carries on 8 o n11n fancti Open your
uDifh u.s.. We you in many uays
Lawyers Title & Trust Company
100 Broadway N. Y. ~ Court ST., Brooklyn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-20

said defendant and identified him "a
the driver of the wagon in which the
said bomb was contained, as we'll as an
omcial investigation made in the course
OF his official duties,
CHARLES j. SCuLLY."
Thomas NJ. Reddy, local chief Of the
bureau of investigation of the Depart
ment OF Justice, said yesterday after
noon that dispatch telling of the ar
rest OF De Filipis had been sent to
Chief William Flynn in Washington
aho that steps were to be taken to ar
range with New Jersey officials to pro-
city. W 'NA'
De Filipis lives at $50 Hudson Boule-
ward, Bayonne, and has a wife and two
ehildren During his examination yes
terday he is said to have told govern
ment agents that he sold a horse and
wagon to Ralph Castlena, of 10 East
Fourteenth Street, Bayonne. for s37.
Castiena, when found by detectives
yesterday, said that he had purchased
such q rig from de Filipis and later
sold 1T TO some man whose name he
did not know. He described the wagon
and horse. His description, govern
nasnt agents declared, fitted remnants
OF che vehicle found at the scene of
the explosion. Details concerning an
other transaction said to involve a sec
ond horse and wagon disposed of or
used by de Filipis previous to the pur-
chase of an automobile truck, are being
investigated by government agents.
Joseph Scala, a Bayonne attorney
who claimed to have been retained as
counsel for de Filipis, was refused
when he sought an interview with the
prisoner yesterday afternoon. Every
precaution to keep the prisoner from
talking to any one, has been taken by
the government agents and details Of
the circum stances leading to the ar
rest are vague. Government operatives
here, however, moved rapidly yester-
day afternoon and the arrest of de
Filipis was apparently considered of
extreme Importance. 1t was said last
night that he would more than likely
be returned to New York to-day. Other
arrests, it was said last night, may
come at any time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-20
Robber Flees After Fight
With Wilson's Son.in-T ava,

BOSTON, May 1s.--Francis R. sayre.
son-in-law of former President Wilson,
grappled with "a burglar on the third
floor OF the Sayre apartment In Cam
bridge early this morning.
Screams of maid on the third floor
attracted the attention of Sayre. who
WIS sleeping in another part Of the
house. According to the story told by
the maid she found the man crawling
on his hands and knees in her room.
she says when. she attempted to scream
she was struck over the head with a.
blunt instrument. When Sayre reached
the third floor the intruder was riding
clothes and dressers. Sayre pounced
upon him, but after a short struggle
the burglar freed himself and escaped
by rear stairway. Sayre pursued
him, but the burglar eluded him in the
darkness.