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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-03
LEFT JUST BEFORE
THEATRE COLLAPSED
Guy T.. johnson Was i'm KnickerbOeker
Theatre in Washington Five Min
utes Before Fatal Crash.

Guy f. Johnson of Brattleboro. a we'll
known baseball player. was in the Knick-
erbOcker theatre in Washington. ID. c.,
just before the roof collapsed Saturday
night, killing % persons and w8unding
many more. He is a son of John j..
Johnson. carpenter.
To a Brattlcboro friend johnson wrote
in a letter received, yesterday: 'Once
more / was among the lucky ones. Wis
tied this theatre with a party of five
about five minutes before the accident
happened. One Of the lads suggested that
We 60 out as the picture was not so good.
We filed out. and just one block from the
theatre we heard a crash.
We went back and witnessed the
scenes you sec drawn mp in the paper /
am sending you. 1t sure was sad
sight the worst | ever witnessed 4 sad
part was the parents and relatives of
those whom they knew were in the the
atre, rushing about crying and yelling
also the scenes in the morgue where the
bodies were brought in for identification.
We surely were lucky. and | am pick
iHg my seats from now out
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-03
PEACE DOLLARS HELD UP.
Treasury Officials in New York Think No
More VIII Be Issued.

NEW YORK. Feb. >. = Distribution
of the silver peace dollars bearing the
date 1927 has stopped at the government
agencies. and while treasury department
officials here have no information on the
subject, they are under the impression
that no more of the peace dollars will
be issued. They command a slight pre-
MUM.
fla total of S1,O06.473 of the series of
1921 were coined of which 10000 were
distributed through the Federal Reserve
bank of New York. 1t IS reported that
the die may be entirely changed because
of criticisms of the dollar The princi-
pal criticism is that the wings of the
eagle are close by the side of the bird
instead of outstretched, as in every other
coin on which the American eagle is re-
produced.
Reports that the new dollar has been
criticised by bankers because it would
not stack are untrue Experienced
bank tcllcrs declares that the new dollar
stacks as does the old ones.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-03
GIRL LIVES AS MAN
IN BELLOWS FALLS
Worked for Week at +. Iii. Gobie Press
is Now Sought on Charge of
S175 Theft-WaS Here, Too.

4 girl i'm boys clothes or very girl
ish boy had a number of people in Bel
lows Fails guessing all last week 4
boy or a girl dressed as a boy arrived in
town a week ago Sunday and hired a
room in the Cray block. On Monday
morning she (he) went to the various
box shops in town and upon not finding
any work. went to the II. III. Gobic Press
on Rockingham street. lie (sheD stated
that she chez had come from Winchester,
y. H.. where it had worked in box
shop. 1T was a delicate looking youth
and so when on Tuesday il phoned Mr..
Gobie from BrattlebOro saving that there
was no work there. Mr.. Gobie said that
he could find a little work about the
shop.
On Wednesday the question mark
went to the Royal restaurant on the
stairs, hired room and talked the pro-
prietors into Il meal ticket on trust, then
went to the Gobie plant for work. The
next day. both the restaurant men and
employees at the Goble plant We're bit
suspicious. for delicate hands and feet
and a full bosom are seldom found on n
sicky lad of 10 years Things went
along until Sunday when n Boston paper
came ont with a picture of the girl mas
querading in boys clothes, accompanied
with statement that she was wanted
i'm connection with a thrift of $40.
On Monday morning the ROYAL apart
mcnt prOpTletorS went TO awake the
youthful adventures. No response came
to rapS on the door. When the door had
been broken in a small hand bag con
tanning q pair of meme working trous-
ers and two sets Of women'S underwear
and a pair of size 3la women's shoes
we're found. The girl had escaped with
ont paying for board or lodging and with
full pay for services rendered at the
Gobic establishment.
The girl went under the name of
Richard Mark while in Bellows Falls.
She is described by those who noticed her
as being very slight and sickIy in ap-
pearancc with sallow complexion. She
wore cap. pulled down over red hair
which had been cut pompadour. She
bought papers each day at the News
Stand. and purchased pink stationery in
quantities. also a map Of New England.
Her voice was high pitched and poorly
disguised.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-03
GIVES BOSTON $1,000. 900.
g. X. White Wants Works of Public
Beauty and Utility Installed.

F4s>sST0N. Feb with fund of
S1.o0O,00o left TO the city of Boston, and
hundreds Of thousands Of dollars more i'm
public bequestS to several institutions
the benefactions of George r. White
whose will was filed in the Suffolk pro
bate court yesterday, mean increased
comfort and enjoyment to the inhabitants
of the city for many years To come. The
income of the fund given to the city. which
Is the residue of his great estate. is to be
used i'm creating works Of public utility
and beauty. 1t will be known as the
George Robert White fund.
Mr.. White, who was president of the
Potter Drug 4 Chemical Co. for many
years Boston's largest individual tax
payer. and an art patron and philanthro-
plSt, left an estate estimated at cansid.
erably more than $4,000 600.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-03
MOVIE DIRECTOR
SHOT AND KILLED
w. ID. Taylor Found Dead In Los Ange-
les Home-POIiee Looking for
Former Butler

LOS ANGELES. Cal. Feb. 3.-Wil-
liam ID. Taylor. dirCctor-in-Chief for one
of the Famous playerS-LaSky Film Co.
at Hollywood and nationally known in
the motion picture industry. was found
dead at his home here yesterday. under
circumstances that tbs> police said indi-
Gated murder. lie had been shot through
the neck
The wound. according to the police
indicated that the shot was fired from
behind Taylor by some person standing
up while Taylor apparently was seated
before the desk. The bullet went through
the neck, ranging downward and pene-
tratiug the heart.
Several months ago Taylor informed
the police that he had discharged a but
Ter for making irregular use of Taylor's
bank checking account. and police are
conducting an inquiry along these lines
seeking a possible motive for the Staying.
An actress living in an adjoining res
idence informed the police that she saw
a man going to the apartment of Taylor
carly yesterday and shortly afterward
beard a shot. The body was found by
TaylorS valet
Police say that robbery evidently was
not a motive for the slayer for a purse
containing S7S was found on the desk
near the body. There were no indica-
tions that any attempt was made to take
any articles or papers from the room.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-03
EXPLOSION AT NORTH ADAMS.
Two Men in Windsor Print Works Are
Seriously Injured.

NORTH ADAMS, Mass, Feb. 3
John T. Pratt and Arthur Homil, both
employees of the Windsor Print Works.
one of the largest manufacturing plants
in the city. are in serious condition in
a local hospital from injuries received
Yesterday afternoon when a cylindrical
can exploded as it was being filled with
steam. Three other workmcn were
slightly injured.
The explosion practically wrecked a
section of the plant and threw the fve
men in all directions. The others in
iured are William Gregory, August Eu-
ward and II. !. Bouch. They We're taken
to their homes after first aid treatment.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-03
MITCHELL SUED FOR s1,5oo,ooo.
Attorney General Tries TO Recover Bank
FundIs-BuTTeII Also Sued.

BOSTON. Feb. g. Bank Commits
.sioner Joseph c, Allen, in possession of
the closed Cosmopolitan Trust Co, has
started an action of contract against
Max Mitchell. former president of the
bank. now under indictment for larceny
in many counts. The ad damnum named
i'm this new action is 81 800, 600.
The commissioner also has commenced
action of contract against Fred ]. Bur
rell. fofmer state treasurer, with ad
damnum of 100000. This action. it is
alleged. arose out of a mysterious dis
appearance of certain notes signed by
Burrell. which at one time were part
of the assets of the Cosmopolitan Trust
Co. and is based in part on alleged over
drafts.
Both actions are returnable in the
Suffolk superior court March 6.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-03
GROCERY STORE
CHANGES FEB. %
w. III. Miles & Son Sell to ID. ID. Cory,
Who Plans to Dispose of Meat Mar
ket i'm the Abbott.

The former Scott grocery store on
Main street, conducted for many years
by Freeman Scott and sold by him two
wears ago TO w H. Miles & Son, will
change hands again Feb. %, having been
bought BY d. ID. Cory, proprietor of
meat market in the Abbott building at
the corner of Canal and South Main
street. Miles and Son took the store on
Feb %, so they viii have been in busi
ness there Just two years when Mr.. Cory
takes possession. They haze no definite
plans.
Mr.. Cory came here three years ago
and opened a meat market on the High
street side of the Brooks House block.
A wear later he moved to the former
Geddis store on Main street and six
months ago opened meat market in the
Abbott, having sold his Main street mar
ket to s. Levesque & Son Mr.. Cory
viii conduct both the grocery store and
the meat market until he disposes of the
latter
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-03
SINN FEINERS WANT
NORTHERN IRELAND
Premier Craig Unable to Secure Ad-
jOurnment on Irish Boundary
DiSDIItp

LONDON. Feb. 3 (Associated Press)
Premier Craig of Ulster declared in a
statement today that he had been told
yesterday by Michael Collins, head of the
southern Ireland provisional government,
that Collins had made promise of bring
ing into the Irish Free State almost half
of north ireland. Sir James said he had
suggested to Mr.. Collins a weeks ad-
iournmpnt for consideration of the boun-
darv question. but that Collins had re-
piled the differences were so wide that
postponement would be useless.
The Ulster premier said the British
ministers had assured him privately and
that Prime Minister Lloyd George had
stated i'm the house of commons that the
boundary commission proviso meant
mere readiustment of the boundary.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-03
FOR FIGHTING PINE BLISTER.
Massachusetts Legislative Committee
Fav0rs Appropriation of $4,000

BOSTON. Feb. "a favorable report
has been filed by the committee on agri-
culture on the bill authorizing an appro-
priation of $4,000 for exterminating
the white pine blister rust, as recon-
mcnded at a hearing this week by Com
missioner of Agriculture Arthur ". Gil
bert and Commissioner of Conservation
William A. l.. Bazeley.
The bill will now have to run the
gauntlet of the ways and means commit
tee in each branch of the legislature,
but in view of the Importance of the leg
isation and the strong support which is
back of it, those who are interested in
protecting the pines are hoping for fa-
vorable action.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-03

ROME. Feb. 3 (Associated PresSD.--
Voting for the election of a pope to sue
cecd Benedict Nv was begun by the
concIave of the Sacred college today.
Two ballots had been taken up to 1
o'clock this afternoon, on neither of
which any cardinal received a sufficient
number of votes to elect.
Fifty-threc members of the Sacred col
lcgc assembled in the historic Sistine
chapel to begin the balloting, the doors
of the Vatican having been closed ycstcr-
day to remain shut until the next pontiff
is chosen. Cardinal Marini. who has in
hucnza, was taken into the Vatican be-
fore the doors were closed
Four ballots will be taken daily in
stead of two aS has been the rule. The
number and issue of the successive bal
lots win be evidenced to the people con
gregated outside the Vatican by the Gus
tomary yote-burning and the issue of
smoke.
The steamer President Wilson. bring
ing Cardinal O'Connell of Boston to
Rome will not arrive at Naples before
Monday morning, Feb. 6, it was learned
today from the steamship company own
ers of the liner. The company stated it
had received wireless message from
the captain saying he had decided to
call at Algiers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-03
$1,000 ENGINE
DRIVERS STRIKE
Railway Traffic Almost
Completely Tied Up
In Germany
AUXILIARY STAFFS
ARE UNOBTAINABLE
Berlin Anxious Over Food Supplies -
Government TO Use Airplanes TO
Transportation of Urgent Mail - In
creased Wages Demanded.

BERLIN, Feb. 3.-Germany's railway
Lstrike, which has almost completely tied
up all kinds of traffic since Wednesday
midnight. became more complete today
when the Berlin branch of the railway
union joined the ranks of the strikers. 1t
was estimated today that 1900 engine
drivers were now striking.
The authorities were unable to procure
the necessary auxiliary staffs that had
been promised. Only two trains left Ber-
lin yesterday, one for Hamburg and the
other for Hanover.
Hundreds of foreigners are marooned
here. Delays to trains or entire Stoppage
of services have been reported from all
sections. In the Essen. Elberfeld Mum
Ster and Erfurt districts traffic is at a
complete standStill.
The question of food supplies for Bcr-
lin is being considered 1t is feared the
shortage will develop into serious proper
tionS in the event the strike is prolonged.
The government announces that it is
its intention to utilize airplanes TO keep
the postal service in operation as far as
possible Planes will fly between Berlin
and Dresden, Dortmund. Bremen. Ham
burg and StCttin IS opportunity permits.
They will handle only urgent mail matter.
y few mail trains also are to be kept
running, manned by emergency crews.
The newspapers already are short of
paper and have cut their editions to a
single sheet to avoid possible suspension
of publication \ number of the papers
have only five days supply.
The uItlmatum of the railroad men de
manded wage increases of from 30 to 40
per cent for officials and from ~ to a.
per cent for the men. The increases. if
granted, would entail total annual
budget increase of from 10000. .OOO. 900
to 60000OOO 900 marks.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-03
STATE ADVANCES
| IN EDUCATION
Commissioner Dempsey Re
flutes Statements i'm
Magazine
TEACHERS CROWD
HIGH SCHOOL ROOM
Addresses Today by Field Secretary of
National Educational Association, and
Director of Vocational Guidance at
Harvard.

Approximately 260 teachers registered
for the annual conference of the South
eastern Vermont Teachers association,
which opened here last night and which
viii close this afternoon. The conference
is one of the best ever held by the associa-
tion and the program includes speakers
of prominence on educational matters.
THE feature of the conference thus far
was the address given last evening by
Clarence II. Dempsey. state commissioner
Of education, in defense of Vermont's
educational progress as compared with
false information disseminated by the
Ladies' Home Journal in an article by
Selden in the January issue. His theme
was Educational Progress in Vermont.
In order to acquaint his hearers with
the substance of the Selden article Com
missioner Dempsey read the section per-
tanning to the Vermont schools before
making his reply, which opened with the
establishment of normal schools IN the
state and followed the educational prog
ress in the state up to the present time.
creased appropriations voted by the legiS-
lature in 1921 and gave figures to show
how many more of the teachers of the
state are normal graduates now than
there were 20 years ago.
The commissioner spoke of the lack of
standards 20 years ago whereas today
every school in the state has q set course
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-03
PLANS SURVEY Of
BUSINESS WOMEN
Committee of BrattlebOrO
Club Secures Expert
Assistance
DIR. LUCILLE EAVES
ARRIVES IN TOWN
Is Director of Research Activities of
Women's Educational and Industrial
Union and Simmons College School of
Social Work

DR. Lucille Eaves arrived in Brattle-
boro this morning to devote two days in
conference with the committee of the
Business and Professional Women's club
which was appointed by the president for
the purpose of directing a study of the
self-supporting women of Brattleboro.
The general interest and value of such
complete stock taking of the resources
and needs of ganfully employed women
in a New England town-the first of the
kind to be made in New England-ha
led the Womcn's Educational aud Indus
trial Union of Boston to place its re
sources at the command of the committee.
DR.. Eaves directs the research activi-
ties both of the Womcns Educational
and Industrial Union and of the Sim
mons College School of Social Work. She
is a graduate of Stanford university and
has taken post graduate work at Chicago
university. the University of California
and Columbia university. receiving the
phD. degree from Columbia. She has
served as a member sof the faculties of
Stanford university and the Universities
of California and Nebraska and has had
varied and extensive experience IN direct
ing social and economic research.
At present DIR. Eaves Is member of
the research committee of the American
Sociological society and chairman of the
national research committee of the Amer
lean Association of University Women.
She has published several books and
many shorter articles in periodicals.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-03
25 LIVES LOST IN
NINE EXPLOSION
Three Bodies Still Buried Under Slate In
Gates Mine-TwentyT
Are Recovered

GATES, Pa, Feb. 3.-Twcnty-fvc
miners lost their lives in the explosion
which wrecked a part of the Gates mine
Of the II. c. Frick Coke Co yesterday
according to an official announcement to
day. Twenty-Five bodies have been re-
covered. The sther three arc buried I'm
der a fall of slate.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-03
SAVE MILLION ON ONE-MAN CARS
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway
Shows Surplus.

SS92. $3.50 for the year of 1927 as COM
pared with a deficit of $3.50. .335 for 1920
is shown in the annual report of the pub
lie trustees of the Eastern Massachusetts
Street Railway Co. a published today.
y reduction Of S2.347 .226 in the cost of
car operation IS shown in the report, of
which 81 ,2J0.216 is attributed to the use
of one-man cars.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-03
WANT GIOLITTI AGAIN.
King Victor Emmanuel to Ask Him TO
Form Italian Cabinet.

LONDON. Feb. 3 (Associatcd Press).
The president Of the Italian senate
and chamber of deputies has advised
King Victor Emmanuel to ask former
Premier GioIitti to form a cabinet in
succession to the Bonomi ministry, says
a Central News despatch from Rome to-
day.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-03
WANTS DEFINITE PROGRAM.
French Premier Trying to Limit Discus
sion at Genoa Conference.

PARIS. Feb. 3 (Associated Press).-
Premier Poincarc is 10 exchange views
with the governments at Washington.
London. Rome and Toxic with reference
to the agenda of the Genoa economic CON
ference. which the French premier holds
must be made clear and unmistakable in
advance.
1t was understanding in French circles,
it is indicated, that the conference would
be confined to economic questions apart
from reparatiOn.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-03

Mother Jones, for many years a
conspicuous figure in organized labor
circles, particularly in the affairs of the
mine workers, is suffering from an at
tack of rheumatism. In view of the
fact that she is % years old it is con-
Sidered doubtful if she will ever be able
to resume her old-time activities in be-
half of ''her boys"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-03
ARBUCKLE CASE
STILL WITH JURY
No Report Submitted on Guilt or limo
cence of Charge of Man
SIouwbtpr

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. S.-The fate
of Roscoe Arbuckle early today was still
in the hands of a superjsr court jury
delegated to determine bis guilt or inno-
ccnce of a charge of .1ilanslaughter aris-
ing from the death of Virginia Rappe
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-03
Odd Fellows Temple

Monday. Feb 6, 80 p. m.-ReguIar
meetings of Wantastiquet lodge, No. ;.
Initiatory degree viii be conferred.
Members please make an effort to be
present
Friday. Feb >. 7.30 p m.-Rehearsal
of initiatory degree Degree staff please
be present as this is the last rehearsal
before the working of the degree.
Are YOU ready for the masquerade
dance Feb II?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-03

Most precious stones can be made arti-
licially. but until recently no one had
succeeded i'm manufacturing diamonds of
usable size. Now a FTenchman claims
that be has discovered a new process by
means of which he can make diamonds
Of all sizes up to a quarter Of an inch in
diameter
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-03

Among remarkable superstitions is that
existing i'm many mining communities
that the dscoverers of treasures in the
bowels of the earth are certain to meet
with a violent end.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-03
PUBLIC DEBT Is CIT.
Drop of Fifty Millions Is Shown by Jan
ury RenOrf

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-The public
debt decreased by approximately $50,
100000 i'm January, according to figures
announced yesterday by the treasury,
which showed the public debt on Jan. 81
to be 81. .3sS. IA 236, as compared with
SOB 43S 9S4 .35l on Dec 81
Decreases In both expenditures and re-
ceipts of the government during Jan
uary, as compared with December, were
reported by the treasury.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-03
MARRIAGES.

In Hoosiek Falls, n Y Jan. 26
Leonard w Montgomery and Miss Jean
nette J. Snow, both of Brattleboro.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-03
THE WEATHER.

Cloudy Tonight and Saturday Some
what Lower Temperature.
NASHlNGTON. Feb. >. The
weather forecast: Mostly cloudy with
somewhat lower temperature tonight and
saturday. Fresh to strong westerly
winds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-03
PLENARY SESSION TOMORROW.

Arms Conference Meets in Washington
at 1880 a. III.
WASHINGTON. Feb ; (Associated
Press A plenary session of the arms
conference has>bcen called for 1870 a. IN.
tomorrow.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-03
Universalist Church
Rev. Edwin +. Wood, Pastor.
SUNDAY. Eeh. u

1890 a. m.-NIorniug Worship. The
pastor will preach ON The Idealiz-
alton of Life
II 10 a. m.-Sunday school
4.3O p. ny. +. G. L., in charge of
the junior union
Friday, Z p. m.-Junior Union
Wednesday evening at the Baptist
church-Boy Scout rally. All members
of troop and their friends are urged to
be present.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-03
First Baptist Church

Friday, / p. m.-Junior Endeavor: G.
Buffet supper; G.30-Mission Study
classes. The Kingdom and the Nations
7.30-Church prayer meeting. Topic
Praying for a City.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-03
Masonic I emple

Friday. Feb. s. 80 p. m.-Columbian
Lodge. No SO, T. and A. M. Special
communication Il. G. degree.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-03
Red Men S Hall

Friday, Feb. 3. s p. m.-Special meet
ing of Quonekticut. tribe, No. >
Dance every Saturday night.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-03
TWO BALLOTS
TAKEN FOR POPE
No Cardinal Gets Enough
Votes for an Elec-
ton Today
FOUR BALLOTS TO
BE TAKEN DAILY

Fifty-Three Members Are NOting-Cardi-
nal O'COmelI Will Not Reach Rome
Until MOnday-CardinalM Marmi Is Suf-
feTing With Influenza.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-03

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