The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-16

judge and jury when it comes to filming
players in the American association this
season. The utmost penalty that the
umpires will be permitted to inflict will
be to put players out of the game. They
may, however, recommend a fine to Presi-
dent Hickey.
VERMONT NEWS.
Mrs. Charles Leonard of TinmOuth has
a geranium which is seven feet in height
and has % blossoms and buds on it.
Mrs. o. s. Gay of Vergennes. who was
severely burned at her home Sunday while
trying to start a fire with kerosene, died
Monday night at the Mary Fletcher hos
pital in Burlington. She was so years
old.
George p. Koran of Rutland has re-
ceived from Washington, D. c., patent
on an automatic train stop. This is said
to be a very simple device but fool
proof" and able to stop a train even if
the engineer should be asleep, dead or
injured.
The Rutland Memorial armory was
opened last evening in the presence of
nearly 1000 spectators, including Gov.
James HARNESS and other distinguished
guests. After the exercises of dedication,
dancing was enjoyed until late hour
this morning.
H. T. johnson. adujutant general, has
been in LyndOnville. where he completed
arrangements for federal recognition of
company of National Guards in that
town, making II companies which have
been organized in Vermont in the last
year, with good prospects of more.
The state highway department has re-
ceived from the federal government no.
tice that there has been shipped for the
use in the department a Dodge touring
car, while some of the other equipment
expected shortly includes gaSolene en-
Sis siseS' oO0 S'o's'S' anu many O'HS' "'S"
Mrs. Arthur Thomas was seriously
burned while tending a bonfire at her
home in POultney Tuesday. When her
clothing caught fire. she ran into the
house, causing articles in the house to
take fire from her clothing. The fire de-
partment had to be called out and Mrs.
Thomas was taken to the Rutland hos
pital.
The Montpelier city council has decided
to put in effect two new ordinances, one
of which provides fee of $50 if any per-
street curbing, while the other provides
that only owners of herds of cattle which
are accredited or owners of herds for
which they have made application for
test ;0g for tuberculosis can get n license
to sell milk.
Mrs. Permelia Howe of Mortified,
mother of Col f. L. Howe, formerly COM
mander of the LIST Vermont National
guard, died Thursday night at Ncrthtield.
She celebrated her 9th birthday March
"a. At that time she was in good health.
She is survived by her son. Il grandson,
Capt. II. NJ. Howe, who was in the \. ID.
division, and other grandchildren and
great-grandchildren.
AIiddlebury college has Just announced
the election of Guy !. FOrbUsh. a gradu-
ate Of Clark college in the class Of 1919,
as assistant professor of French. to begin
work in September. During the past year
Mr.. Forbush has been engaged in travel
in France and Belgium. and in study at
the SOrbOnne and the Ecole NOrmalc de
Paris, He has also taught at the Ec0lc
du Chateau de SoiSy of which Professor
DeEisme was formerly director.
r. AIichalek of Bethel. in trying to
turn his automobile around in narrow
place between a steep bank above and a
steep bank below, ran the fore wheels
over the bank. but the rear wheels did not
leave the edge of the road. the car being
balanced on the rocks and headed at a
steep angle down n 1O0-foot bank toward
the Central Vermont main line, about half
a mile north of Bethel station. 1t took
several hours to get the car from its posi-
ton.
Mrs. George II. Smile. Vermont direc
tor of the savings division for the first
federal reserve district, has Just for.
warded to the divisions headquarters il
Boston applications from the Burlington
schools, signed by 1,152 pupils, seeking
charters for - new school savings sOcie
ties This is the largest number of sigma
lures on these application blanks ever re
ceived by the headquarters from any ont
city or town in New England