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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-02
TROUT FISHING
POOR THUS FAR
Season Opens on Ponds and Lakes -
Three Fishermen at Marlboro South
Pound Get Only Suckers.

The season for taking trout in lakes
and ponds opened yesterday. At Marl-
boro south pond only three fishermen
tried their luck on the opening day, and
the total catch for that day was nine
suckers.
The season for taking wall-eyed pike.
pickerel and great northern pike also
opened Monday. Black bass cannot be
taken until July /
y few good baskets Of brook trout al
ready have been taken, but in general
the trout fishing has been poor So far
this season, and it probably will not be
rs good as it was last year, due to the
facts that the brooks were hit hard and
often the first of last season. and that
in the latter part of the season the
drouth affected the brooks severely.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-02
THAYER & SACKS
START WITH BANG
Make Big Hit at Opening Performance
in Auditorium - Create Cyclone of
Laughter and Applause.

With Follies of the Past as the We
hicle for introducing themselves, MEM
bers of the Thayer & Sacks company
made their first appearance in Brattle-
boro last evening. giving n highly enter
tanning revue before good sized audi
! ence in the Auditorium. The show drew
cyclone of laughter and applause, max
/ ing the biggest hit that any comedy COM
| pany has made here on an opening night
! IN recent years.
The Thayer 4 Sacks revue Is just one
| thing after another-the title of the
/ play doesn' matter much-and it is
/ different in character from anything
that has preceded it, at the same time
clean and without Objectionable ele-
ments. The comedians are of a type
new to Brattleboro audiences. Mike
Sacks in Jewish makeup makes one
laugh Just to look mt him. Mr. Thayer
was not On the stage last night Frank
Murray as stammering Joe L. q. shared
honors with Mr.. Sacks as a fun pro-
ducer. the two making a team that it
would be difficult to excel. Working
II uch of the time in conjunction with
Sacks and Murray was William Dale as
Beau Brummel, tenor singer, and the
singing by this trio was an outstanding
feature. MIR. Daie}S speciality song,
Honolulu. in which he initiated a ukulele
drew a big hand. Several of the young
women appeared i'm solo numbers with
ing out prominently with a powerful
high soprano voice.
The company has an especially attrac-
tive and well drilled dancing and singing
chorus. W hich appears ia wide variety
of costumes Marie Gerard as Miss Pep.
/ a petite dancer ave an exhibition of
solo dancing and gerobatic work that
was remarkable. Other members of the
cast, each of whom contributed materi-
ally to the enjoyment of the evening,
were Walter Nant, Miss Mary Thayer,
Miss Gladys Dale. Miss Vera Hodge.
Wallace Melvin, Dave Harris, and Bon
ME Rosely.
A balloon matinee viii be given this
afternoon. and last night s program win
be repeated tonight The bill tomorrow
and Thursday nights Is Junior Follies of
1922 There viii be matinees Thursday
ard SATURDAY..
Tonight viii be Company | night. To
morrow night will be Moose night. and
after the show the company will go to
the Moose headquarters.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-02
SUMMER RESIDENT
IN CUSTOMS NET
Mrs. Stromberg Charged
with COncealing Jewels
i'm Dresses
OFFICIALS RETAIN
S135,OOO IN GEMS

Owner of Farm ON Ames Hill Fails to
Get by Officers on Landing from
Steamship Aquitania Her Lawyer
Denies Any Attempt at Smuggling.
Mrs. Henrietta Stromberg. prominent
socially in New York city and in New
jersey. and owner of a summer place on
! AInes Hill, is in difficulties with the GUS
toms officials, it became known yester-
day. Her baggage. soon after her ar
rival from Europe on the steamship
Aquitania on last Friday night, was
sent to the appraisers stores for ex-
animation. Nineteen articles, including
three diamond rings, a diamond brooch
shaped like a dagger, and two pearl
necklaces with an estimated value of
$135.000, were held pending inyestiga-
ton by the treasury department.
Customs officials said yesterday that
some of the jewelry was not declared.
and that it was not until pressure was
brought to bear that the items were
found. some Of it being discovered in the
lining Of clothing. Inspectors also said
that Mrs. Stronberg attempted to hide
Il handbag containing some of the Jew
elry. \ gold-enameIed watch. which GUS
toms officials say belongs to Mrs Str9m-
berg, was passed to a friend of hers on
the pier. they said. Mrs. Stromberg eX-
p aIneu that the watch belonged to the
friend and that she had held it for safe
keeping.
The attention of inspectors was di-
rected to Mrs. Strombergs baggage
when Customs Inspector Babcock said
ne noticed that several dresses in her
trunks were sewn to other dresses to
make them appear as one dress. This
was reported to Deputy Surveyor Tay-
tor, who ordered Mrs. Stromberg
searched IN her cabin by a woman in
spect0r.
Abram J. Rose. former United States
assistant district attorney, who was re-
tanned by Mrs. Stromberg. at noon yes-
ferday conferred with II. q. Stuart,
deputy catlectar of the port and with
Edward Barnes, head of the legal de-
partment OF the custom house. and later
declared that Mrs. Stromberg was not
guilty of smuggling. The jewelry, he
said, had been purchased in this city
several. years ago. The two necklaces
he said. did not exceed $4,000 in value.
Soon after this conference five repre-
sentatlves of the treasury department
left the customs house in connection
with the case 1t was said that several
other persons were implicated
Mrs. Stromberg is 60 years old. Her
firrt husband was Frank Parker. from
whom She inherited a large estate She
built the Parker Memorial Home in New
Brunswick. y J.. in his memory. In
1915 she bought the W. b. Houghton
homestead on Ames hill together with
adjoining land. Her second husband
Gustaf Strcmberg. died there Sept -
1920, Mrs. StrombeTg's three daugh-
teIs are Miss Sally Stromberg, who was
interested in ambulance work during the
war; Mrs. Clifford /. Voorhees, and Mrs.
II. McCarter
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-02
Masonic Temple

Tuesday, May ., 7.3O p. m.-Regular
meeting of Bingham chapter. No. 30,
O. Il. s. Business: Installation. Every
member is entitled to take one guest.
Connecticut Valley Commandery, No.
23 Knights Templar, of Greenfield,
Mass. has invited Beauseant command
cry to attend the official inspection of
Connecticut Valley commandery Tues
day evening. May ,. Dinner at 6.15, day
light saving time. All Sir knights at
tend who can do so conveniently.
n representative from the Ames Sword
Co. win show samples of Knights Tenn
plar regalia at the temple Thursday eve
ming May l. All members who do not
have regalia are urged to order them at
this time so they may be ready for the
parade at Bellows Falls June ,.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-02
REGULAR LETTER
CARRIER 29 YEARS
John A. Lindsey Retires ON Account of
Ill Hea.th-Retirement Necessi-
tates Several Changes

Letter Carrier John 4 Lindsey gave
up his position at the Brattleboro post
Office Saturday, after having been en-
rloyed continuously there for 30 years.
He began work as substitute when the
free delivery of mails was instituted and
held the position six years. For % years
he had been regular mail carrier on
route No. + This route has been taken
over by Spencer W. Knight, who had the
route originally. Mr.. Lindsey retires
from active work on account of i'll health
Mr. Knight, who has been on route No.
3. is succeeded there by Edward Lindsey,
who has had No. s route on Main street
Roger ID. Aiken. who has been substi-
tute, succeeds Edward Lindsey on No.
S route, and Caryl George, who has been
employed by the American Express Co,
has become substitute letter carrier.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-02
Putting Statistics to Work.

How can past business experience be
turned into money How can we profit
by our Mistakes
More time and study are being given
to those questions right now than ever
before says The Nations Business. 1t
has been charged that the troubles which
tic tire manufactures found himself fac
ing not 50 many months ago were due
IN large part to ignorance of his own
business. The tire men, it was openly
asserted, went ahead producing on a
theory that each automobile would aver
age five tires a year. As a matter of
fact, better manufacturing, the increased
use of cord tires and improved repair
methods had combined to cut the con-
sumption of tires per car from five to
less than four IN other words, more
skillfuI methods were more than offset
nv ignorance of probable consumption.
The makers of tires kept watch or one
element III their index line the prob
able number of automobiles in use. but
went astray on another, the probable
uc;, of tires per car
What IS the barometer of your bust
ncssE One thing is certain-what
guides your neighbor's business will not
necessarily guide yours.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-02
MEMORANDUM
TO RUSSIA TODAY
Mixed ArbitraI Commission
to Control Debt Owed
Bond Holders
BARTHOU RETURNS
TO SEE POINCARE
Declares I'm Letter to Tchitcherin that
France Desires Most Cordial Relations
With Russians Chief Justice Taft
Asked to Name Chairman.


GENOA. May > (Associated Press).-
Vice Premier Barthou, head of the
French delegation to the economic con
ference. left for Paris this morning for
a conference with Premier Poincaire and
the cabinet. Before leaving he conferred
with Premier Lloyd George The atmos-
pherc Of the meeting was said to be most
cordial
NJ. Barthou. before leaving answered
the letter written by George Tchitcherin
on April 30 in which the Russian for
eign minister denied the existence of Sc
cret military or political clauses in the
Russo-German treaty. NJ. Barthou de-
cIared the French government desired to
maintain only the most cordial relations
with the Russian people generally.
The subcommittee on Russian affairs
was to meet this afternoon to approve
finally the memorandum to Russia. The
uocument provides for the establishment
of a mixed arbitral commission for con-
trolling the debt owed to holders of Rus
sian government bonds. the chairman of
which would be named by Chief Justice
William H Taft of the United States
supreme court A mixed tribunal would
be set up to deal with the question of
property Of foreigners in Russia which
has been natiOnaiized
Belgium alone was against the latter
feature. France abandoning her objec-
tiOn to Great BrItainS project.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-02
Tidy on the Chair.

| remember. remember the tidy on the
chair
Upholstered smoothly with a slick and
glossy black horsehair.
I remember. too. the portraits in frames
of oval shape
The lambrequin of cretOnne. now called
an "overdrape,
The wax flowers in a case of glass, the
table. marble-tOpped. s-..s
The stuffed birds standing on the shelf,
poor things that never hoped,
The chromos and the plant-stand made
of wire. painted green.
All filled with blossoms gay and glad, to
brighten up the scene;
The quaint old vases with bouquets of
grasses dried and dyed,
The brown jugs and the china plates,
the cato -nine-tailS tied
With ribbon. and the cardboard worked
with notices on the wall:
But of the old-time memories. the dear
est of them all,
My china doll, my DAISY En-" with
eyes of heavenly blue.
With cheeks rose-tinted, and with lips
of brilliant carmine hue
And glossy. black hair, painted on-no
rival of today
Could take the place of Daisy Em''-
my love of Yesterday
Gertrude Small in New York Sun.
The omnibuses of London travel about
S5,000,00O miles n year.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-02
Safety Insured.

Senator Lenroot, from a windswept
pier, waved his cigar with an approving
gesture over the glittering beach of
Atlantic City.
- All these pretty girl bathcrs down
there, he said are clad in modest
bathing dresses. That pleases me. In
The senator frowned and shook his
head.
"In California. he went on, the
girl bather wears one-piece. suit of
black silk. cut without arms and praeti-
cally without legs don II deny that
such suits are very convenient for swim
ming and that they set off fine figure
admirably but-but what would our
grandmothers saw
A beautiful Chicago girl came out
ON a California beach in a black silk
bathing costume one dav and gazed tim
idly at the tremendous Pacific breaker =
- Is it safe2' she said to an attend
ant That wild surf makes me nerv-
Gus =
- Don Z be nervous. lady, said the
attendant All the Young fellers II be
keepin an eye on We all the time. -
Los Angeles Times
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-02
NEWFANE MAN
SERIOUSLY HURT
Earl II. Hamlin Falls from Roof of
Moore Free Library-Brought TO
Memorial Hospital
Especial to The Reformer.) J

NEW ANF4, May =.
Earl B. Hamiin, who has charge of
the automobile service at Newfane Inn.
was injured seriously just before noon
Monday when he fell from a ladder at the
Moore free library. He was rendered
unconscious.
He was brought to the Memorial hos
pital last night, and this morning x-ray
photographs were made to determine the
extent of the injuries. Mr. Hamlin Is
resting comfortably ...a..-
Mr.. Hamlin was helping Mr.. Snow, a
mason. who was repairing the chimney.
and when he fell he was on the roof saw
ing a plank. DIR. +. L. Osgood was sum-
moned and administered a hypodermic,
after which Mr.. Hamlin was taken to
his home on a stretcher. The library
building is two stories high.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-02
STUDY DIFFICULTY
IN COAL INDUSTRY
Commerce Department Looking Into In
teTmitteney of Employment and
Irregular Production.

WASHINGTON. May 2.-Inves-
tigation by the commerce depart
ment into underlying difficulties in
the coal industry such as intermit-
tency of employment and irregular
ity Of production, is being expe-
dited it was learned today, with
view to securing data which might
be used in the proposed administra-
tion plan for recognizing the entire
industry.
Hint of the administration plan
for meeting the coal strike situation,
as divulged today in high official
circles. indicated that these did not
consider any specific proposal for
the settlement of the present miners
and operators controversy. but
rather were concerned with rene
dies for the fundamental difficulties
underlying the general coal situation
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-02
STATE PRESIDENT
TO ADDRESS CLUB
Held Tomorrow AfternoOn-Enter-
tainment and Refreshments.

The annual meeting of the Brattle-
boro Woman's club VIII be held at Odd
Fellows temple tomorrow afternoon at
$50 o'clock. when Mrs Henry A. Slay-
ton of Morrisville, president of the Yer
mont Federation, will address the club.
The music committee is preparing an en-
teFtainment for the afternoon. which at
present is a secret bus which is said to
be very enjoyable. The social committee
win serve a cafeteria supper at the close
Of the meeting to all members who have
secured tickets. The annual club dues
are payable at this meeting
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-02
MORE WORKERS IN
JENCKES co. PLANT
Court Order Restraining Picketing TAX
ing IEffect-90O Workers
...- Enter Mill

PAWTUCKET. z. L. May Dep
uty sheriffs on duty at the jenckes Spin
ming Co. plant say the restraining
order against picketing is becoming ap-
parent. They state that yesterday and
today the number of workers was mate
rally increased. Applications are being
made for work by persons not previously
employed at the plant. Newspaper men
who counted the workers this morning
say that over 900 entered the mills. Mill
officials will give no figures.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-02
SUSPECT SERIES OF
MURDERS FOR INSURANCE

CLEVELAND, o.. May 2-The
body Of man buried here will bo
examined to-day by the authorities
for traces of poison, which if found,
was expected TO result in the prose-
cuticn of a woman for series of
murders committed for $1,000 in
surance.
Tho woman under suspicion is
known 10 have been married five
times and recently is said TO have
acquired her sixth husband. Three
of her husbands. Prosecutor Stan
ton said. died under mysterious cir
CumStanceS.
In addition he said two children
by her first marriage died from what
was claimed at the time to be aeci-
dental poisoning. The woman was
divorced from her first two husbands.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-02
WOMAN POISONED
IN BOSTON HOTEL
Police Question Albert Aver, Married
Man. But Take No Action
Against Him.

BOSTON. May 2.-The fatal poisoning
OF Miss Alice Harbour in a room in a
hotel here caused the interrogation by
police authorities today of Albert Aver
of Winthrop, a married man who had
been friendly with the young woman for
several months.
1t was Aver who called to see her at
the hotel and found her suffering from
poisoning which in few hours proved
fatal. Police indicated that there were
no grounds for action against him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-02
Little Lessons in Thrift

the would-be contributor who thinks he
can write around everybody on the paper.
Into the office of Il Columbus paper came
man with story he thought the top
notch in writing:
Looking it over hastily, the editor said ::
You waste too much paper"
but how can | economize?' the W. B.
C. asked.
by writing ON both sides of the
paper" said the editor.
You don't use stories written on both
sides of the sheet" said the aStonished
contributor.
Il know that. but YOU would save your
paper. .''-Columbus Dispatch.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-02
SUSPENSION FOR
NIGHT MOTORING
Girls Did Not Stav Away from
DOrInitorie, al Night.

WELLESLEY. Mass, May 1.-The
cause of the suspension of four members
of the junior class at Wellesley college
was explained by college authorities to-
day as motoring at night and going to
theatres without chaperones and under
false registration. Absence from college
dormtOries was not involved in the disci-
plinary action, officials said in discussing
earlier reports that the young women had
remained away from the dormitOries over
night.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-02
MUDGETT GETS 80 YEARS
FOR SEIONIO MURDER

MONTPELIER May arthur
Mudgett, convicted of the killing of
Amy ShoniO at johnson Aug. 20,
1920, was sentenced to state prison
for so years by the supreme court
today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-02
Odd Fellows Temple

Tuesday. May >, 7.30 p. m. sharp -
Rehearsal of decoration of chivalry de-
gree Every resident Canton member is
requested to be present, per order com
mandant.
Tuesday. May ,, at o'clock-Meeting
of Past Officers association.
Wednesday. May 3. 7.30 D. m-Re-
hearsal of ladies auxiliary degree
be present as this will be the last re-
hearsal before initiation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-02
WATCH
WESTERLY STRIKE
Construction LabOrerS Have Been Idle
Since April Five Men Taken
Into Court.

WESTERLY. X. J.. May 2.-Forty
special cOnStables were sworn in today
TO assist the police in preserving order aS
the result of disturbed conditions arising
from. the strike of construction laborers
which has been in progress since April l..
The strike is oyer Il demand for wages of
80 cents an hour I'm place of 40 cents an
hour offered by the contracting firms.
Five men were in the district court
charged with intent to intimidatc iaborers
brought here to take the place of strikers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-02
St. Michael's S Church
(EpiscOpaD

Saturday. May 6-Woman's Guild will
hold food sale at the Episcopal parish
house from 3 TO 6 p. m. Supper will be
served from : to y. m, with following
menus: Baked beans. brown bread, cab
bago salad, tea or coffee and cake, 40c; !;
fruit salad. hot rolls, tea or coffee and
cake, soc A cordial invitation is ex-
tended to the public
The Woman's auxiliary will hold a
rummage sale in the parish house Satur-
day, May 20 ...+
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-02
Knights of Columbus Hall

Tuesday. May 2, at s o'clock-Regular
meeting of Leo Council.
Regular meeting of Protective Grange
Wednesday evening at 7.30. A good at
tendance IS desired
Thursday. May 4. p. m-The L. G..
B. A. viii hold a regular meeting with
installation of officers. Supreme Deputy
Miss Anna Curran of Springfield. Mass,
is expected to be present.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-02
JAPAN NOT INTERFERING.
VIII Not Act Against China Without
Consulting Powers.

TOXIC, May 2,-Tapau, according 20
the foreign Office, is adhering TO her poll
icy of non-interfprence in China and will
take no action in connection with the
present powers, especially Great Britain
and the United States
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-02

PEKING. May tAssociated PressD.
-Wu Tei-Fu's drive for Peking was Wig
orously resumed in the vicinity of Chang
Sin Tien. l. miles south of the capital,
yesterday afternoon, the Chihlites striv-
ing to turn both of the enemy's fianks.
The Feng Tieners under Chang Tso-LIn
at first were handicapped by a shortage of
ammunition. but STAYED off the attack
when supplies were brought up from Feng
Tai
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-02
SHOOTS HIMSELF IN HEAD.
Past Grand Master Cornhill of Pittsfield
a Suicide

pITTSFIELD. Mass, May John
Cornhill. ST.. 20, past grand master OF
the grand lodge of Odd Fellows of Massa-
chusetts, committed suicide by shooting
himself through the head at his home
here this morning.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-02
READY TO RECEIVE
FRENCH PROPOSALS
American Debt Refunding Commission
Says 1t Is Ready TO Receive
Payment of Debt.

PARIS. May > (Associated Press -
The American debt refunding commits
sion has transmitted to the French gov
ernment the. text of the funding law res
olution. the commission informing the
government it viii be- glad to receive its
observations on what it has to offer con
cerning payment of interest on the
French debt to the United States and
the amortization of capital.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-02
Universalist Church

Thursday. May Annual May break
fast beginning at o'clock A business
meeting of the Ladies' circle will be held
following the breakfast
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-02
LESCORD TO DIE
BY ELECTROCUTION
William Gibson, Who Is Serving
Life Sentence for Murder
Especial to The Reformer.) J
MONTPELIER Nav

MONTPELIER, May >
In the supreme court today William
Lescord of South AShburnham. Mass. a
deserter from Camp Dix. \. J., one of the
two men who killed George Race. Gas
setts storekeeper, May >. 1921, was SEN
tcnced to death by electrocution ON some
day beginning May Z.
The murder was committed by Les
cord and William Gibson of Seymour.
Tenn. also deserter Gibson was found
guilty of murder in the second degree by
IA jury in Windham county court late last
September and was sentenced to life i'm
prisonment by Judge Frank L. Fish at
Newfane.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-02
Centre Congregational Church

Tuesday, May ., Z p. m.-Meeting of
troop 1, Boy Scouts.
Friday and Saturday. a. m to 80
D. IN. Rummage sale i'm the chapel
under the auspices of tho Womans as
sociation. Articles for the sale should
be left at the chapel Thursday between
go and D. IN.