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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-03
BRATTLEBORO PERSONAL

John Marks. who is employed by the
Dewitt Grocery Co, is i'll in his rooms at
The Billings.
Avalon Converse left last night for
New York after 10-days' stay at his
home on High street.
Eugene Haskell has returned from his
home in Philadelphia, where he spent a
week with his parents.
Mrs. Charles Cakes of Main street has
returned from a weeks visit ar her former
home in EnOsburg Falls.
Mrs ]. L. Goldsmith. who has been
confined to her home on North street sew
eral days by illness, is better.
Miss Mary Leahy, who had been here
from Burlington to visit at her home on
Clark street, returned yesterday.
Dennis f. Tasker is in Boston this
week attending the poultry show, which
Is being held in Mechanics hall.
Miss AIollie Nattimore, waitress at the
Brooks House, who spent the holidays at
her home in-Richford. has returned.
Stanley Sword, who spent last week
with his friend Harry Anderson, returned
Saturday to his home in Mortified, Mass.
Miss Esther BrowneI of New York
city spent New Years day in the home of
her father, John Brownen of Chestnut
street.
Willard Fawcett Of Brooklyn, n. Y,
who spent the vacation with his parents
at Mrs. NOyes Whites, will leave tonight
for Hanover, where he is a student at
Dartmouth college.
Miss Gretchen Goldsmith returned
yesterday to Rochester, y. Y, where she
is attending the Rochester Dental Infirm-
airy. She visited at her home on North
street during the holidays.
Ernest Gibson. Allan Davis, Arthur
Woodwork Allen Hamilton, George
Lynch of this town and Edward Parker
of T0wnshend left this morning to resume
their studies ut Norwich university.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-03
WEST GUUFORD
Sustains Fracture of Leg.

, Cyrus Mortified sustained fracture
of both bones of his right leg between the
ankle and the knee Dec. so. The acct
dent happened while Mr. Mortified and
Mr.. Wells were cutting logs on a hillside
on the Gallup lot, formerly the John
Hall farm. The men were saving a log
from a tree. which was supported partly
in the air by some brush, When it fell
Mr.. Mortified was unable to move
quickly enough to avoid being struck
Mr.. Wells went for help and secured a
sled, on which Mr.. Merrifield was taken
about half a mile to the home of Wallace
Johnson. where he was attended by DIR.
E. r. Lynch. He remained at the John
son home that night and on Saturday
was taken to his home.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-03
BRATTLEBORO PERSONAL

Miss Helen Hall of Westminster is a
visitor here today with friends.
Miss Minnie A. Scott is assisting this
week in the Barrows coal Office.
Miss Eveleen Winchester of Chestnut
street is ill in her home with tonsilitis.
Stanley Gray has finished work at the
Brooks House, where he was employed as
bellboy.
Miss Alice Eames and Miss Attic
Eames are spending the day with relatives
in Hinsdale.
NJ j. Lorimer, auditor for the Charles
NJ Cox Co of Boston, is here this week
on business at the Crosby Milling com
pany.
DR. Lawrence F. Heaphy left today for
New York after visiting his sisters Miss
Anna Heaphy and Miss Regina Heaphy,
over the holidays.
Justin Moran, Roger Sherman and
Gordon Smith will return today 10 Col
gate university. Mr. Smith has been a
guest of Mr.. Sherman.
Mrs. Arthur White of Blakeslee street,
who underwent a serious operation Sun
day in the Memorial hospital, is doing as
well as could be expected.
Francis Nichols and Fletcher Barrows,
who had been visiting at their homes dur
ing the vacation, returned today to
Providence X. l., where they are students
at Brown university.
J. Lewis Morse left this morning for
his winter home in LaJolla. Cal. Mrs.
Morse and daughter, Miss Marion Morse,
will join him there in about two weeks.
He was accompanied by his Scotch collie,
Lassie
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-03
BRATTLEBORO PERSONAL

Evelyn, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Il. Pettee, is i'll in her home in the Abbott
apartments.
Mrs. Ruth y. Thompson of Northamp
ton, Mass, was a guest of Miss Mary
Fits over the New Years holidays.
Bert ODER of Fitchburg, Mass, is visit
ing his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F. II. ODER
of Green street.
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. w. Overocker have re
turned from Poughkeepsie, n. Y, where
they visited over the holidays.
Miss Mabel Turner of Greenfield was
a visitor yesterday in the home of her
aunt, Mrs. ]. L. Goldsmith of North
street.
Richard Lane will leave tonight for
Mortified (Vt.), where he is a student at
Norwich university, after having spent
and Mrs. W. II. Lane.
Harry Dane of Detroit, Mich, who had
been guest here several days of Wallis
Goldsmith, has returned to his home
Mr.. Dane is in charge of a large boys
camp at Lake Memphremagog.
Ralph Brown of Pittsfeld. Me-, who
formerly was employed in Houghton &
Simonds's store, is guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lewis c. Nutter, coming to attend
the funeral this afternoon of William
Gray.
Hugh II. Harwood and son returned
Sunday night from Cambridge. Mass,
where they had been with Mrs. Harwood
who is in the Mount Auburn hospital in
Cambridge, Mass. Mrs. Harwood and
baby will leave the hospital in about a
week and go to Brookline, Mass, to re-
main until Jan. 20.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-03
STOP GOLDMAN AND BERKMAN.
Lettish Authorities Thought Them Dan
gerOuS BOlsheViki

RIGA, Jan. 3. (AssOciated Press y
After a weeks Imprisonment, during
which time they were not permitted to
communicate with outsiders, Emma Gold
man, Alexander Berkman and Alexander
Shapiro started a second time yesterday
for Reval, Esthonia. on their way TO
Stockholm. 1t became known yesterday
when the trio were seen at the station
here that after they had started for Stock
holm recently the Lettish authorities
boarded the train on the outskirts of the
city and arrested the party.
They thought we were dangerous Boil
sheviki agents and searched us for jew
els, gold and papers, but finding none
they finally released u.s." said Berkman.
we hope to get to Stockholm this time. ~
he added. but Emma Goldman, speaking
from experience, said: You never can
tell"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-03

Yes, everyone. You may
think you have nothing to do
with business, but you are
mistaken.
Every time you buy food
for your table, or a necktie, or
a gallon of gasoline, or a book
your life touches the circles
of business. The more you
know of business news the
more you will get from life.
The real news of business is
contained in the advertise
ments in your newspaper.
They are the messages of bust
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-03
Prices Partially Stabilized

The high peak of commodity prices as
Indicated by Bradstreet 5 Index Number.
which, as frequently explained. is the
sum total of the prices per pound of 90
articles of common use, was reached on
February /, 1920. viz. $50 $500. From
that date to January !. 1921. the Index
Number, with one tritling exception. that
of May I following the outlaw switch
men 5 strike, which created state of
artificial famine, dropped quite steadily,
the decline in eleven months being Just
short OF 40 per cent. In the next five
months, or from January | to June l.
the dron was Is per cent. In the next
SIX months the rise was per cent In
other words, the rise in the last half of
this year was n little less than half the
decline. but this rise was no mean factor
IN the crystalhAing of favorable opinion
in the latter half of the year as pointing
to a probable stabilizing of prices after
the dron from the ton oil az per cart The
net decline from the peak on February
/, 1920, to December 1, 1921, was 46 per
cent.
Short Crops ard Low Prices
The crop outturn in 1921 was little else
than d'sannOintiHg ALTHOUGH corn had
a wonderful season, and the yield, de-
spite insect and warm weather damage
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-03
Nationals.
ANTS MAKE GAIN OF IA.
Ants Team Beats Pros Team 1 by Score
of 1,246 to 1,23a

The Ants gained II pins on the lead
ing Pros last night in the Masonic bowl
ing tournament, when team of the Ants
defeated team l of the Pros, 1,246 to
,232. Piggott of the winners had the
highest single string, 107. and the best
three-string total, 2S3. The pinfall for
the tournament now stands 33,474 for the
Pros and 1886 for the Ants. The
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-03
You Lice i'm a Business World
You Should KnOzU the NezOS
of Business
of Business

ness to you, telling of all the
new and wonderful things
created for your convenience
or pleasure, of merchandise
gathered from the four quar-
tiers of the earth for your in
spection.
It is we'll worth while for
you to keep abreast of this
business news. Information is
the basis Of efficiency, in pro-
viding for the details of your
home and your personal life,
as in everything else.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-03
Sporting News
NATIONALS BEAT ALLEYS.
Score 1878 TO 1,2O6-Scherlin High Man
in Single and Total.

The Nationals won from the Alleys,
1,273 to LOG, last night in the Alley
league. Scherlin of the winners had the
best single string, 103, and the best three
string total, POI. The scores:
The New York herald., 1922-01-19
FINANCIAL NEWS
AND COMMENT
Industrial Stocks Show Strong
Spots, While Bonds Tend
to React.

The stock market contained yesterday
many strong spots in the industrial list.
while bonds were listless and inclined
to react slowly. AS bond prices lost
their snap on Monday. when the furry
In call money occurred. the rate going
failed to regain their former buoyancy.
It appears that buyers had been made
more cautious while profit taking sales
were stimulated. Call loans again were
arranged at AZ per cent yesterday
and professional spectators in stocks
evidently thought that that level was
satisfactory for their operations, what
ever the opinion about the money out
look in the bond market. AS q mat
ter of fact, Al per cent. quotation
for demand and time loans is to be
considered a moderate charge againsr
the background OF and ~ per cent.
funds only a few months ago and the
tend ency toward gradual easement
from present levels has been indicated
fully in the Reserve systems weekly
statements OF the last two months.
Nevertheless. there was no reduction or
the local Reserve Banks redscount rate
yesterday.
Stocks bore plain earmari.s OF buyins
for pool accounts and the quality OF
comment and rumor heard in brokerage
offices showed that professional talent
e.. tko haf
public. One group OF stocks after an
other was pushed forward. beginning
with sugar issues and extending to steel.
automobile. leather and few rail
shares. Steel common passed above
So. getting higher than 1t did in De-
cember. Several steel specialties gained
point to points and two or three
prominent sugar stocks advanced more
than 2 points. The rails, as q whole.
were sluggish and realizing sales tended
to hold petroleum issues back.
Speculation has been shaped this week
by two moin influences. namely, the
ability Of pool managers to obtain lib
eral supplies Of money at relatively low
rates and the expectation that spring
will bring q degree, at least. Of business
revival That the steel industry Is hop
Ing for better things little later was
indicated yesterday by the weekly trade
surveys, q fact which was tempered
somewhat by slight reduction OF cur
rent mill operations as compared with
those Of the preceding week. Competi-
ton for the small amount Of business
now offered continues to cause prices to
soften, and the Iron Age made the sig
nificant comment that steel companies
are more sanguine Of O higher rate OF
output in the next few months than Of a
turn for the better IN prices"
The day was uninteresting in the for
eign exchanges and commodities. The
European exchanges receded slightly In
the morning, but recovered later most of
their recessions. 1t could not be seen
that rates made any reflection OF news
that Germany had made her initial pay
n1ent Of 31.000,000 gold marks under the
new program of ten day. remittances
tions situation. The French ratio re-
ceded points to s.13H. sterling was un-
changed on the day at 4.22A and marks
were practically at Tuesdays level.
The cotton closing saw prices very
little different from those Of the preced-
ing day. and grain quotations werc
slightly higher.
The New York herald., 1922-01-19
Forecast OIL Price Rise.

The United States Geological Surveys
report. made public in Washington yes
tcrday. forecasts advances In the price OF
oil. Tho prediction was based on the
estimate that the supply of oil was lin
tied to a few years. with annual con-
sumption steadily growing. THE an
nual production Of the country Is now
almost half q billion barrels" the re-
port says. but the annual consumption.
already well beyond the half billion
mark, Ia still growing. For some years
we have hid to import oil. and with
the growth in demand our dependence
on foreign oil has become steadily
greater In spite Of our own increase In
output IL is therefore. evident that
the people Of the United States should
be informed, as fully as possible, as to
the reserves now left In this country, for
without such information we cannot APP
praise our probable dependence on for
eign supplies of oil, on the expanding use
Of which SO much Of modern civiliza-
ton depends"
The New York herald., 1922-01-19
rail wage Conferences.

Managers of the Eastern district rail-
roads expect that wage conferences
under way with representatives OF tnear
employees will be completed within the
next week or ten days. Inquiry at rail-
road offices here yesterday brought out
the fact that nothing in the parleys had
occurred to make officials revise tneir
opinion that the conferences would De
merely cut and dried formalities pre-
cedins the formal submission OF the
wage readjustment to the United States
Railroad Labor Board in Chicago. 1t Is
probable that the great majority OF the
carriers will have certified their disputes
to the board by the second or third week
in February.
The New York herald., 1922-01-19
Curb Motor. Advance.

Certain motor stocks in the Curb
which have not followed those on the
big board in their sharp advances of the
last week. were taken in hand yester-
day and run UP very sharply. Partic-
ular attention was called to their tardi-
ness In rejecting the turn In the auoto-
mobile business by wire house having
large dealings with automobile con-
Germs, which sent out q fash early In
the day setting forth that Cleveland
Automobile shares were behind the rest
of the motor market. 1t pointed out
that Cleveland sold last week lot OF
cars at the show and was continuing to
receive good orders from its dealers.
AS a result Of the message the stock
Jumped from around $24 a share to $31,
around which It was In demand for
most OF the remainder of the session
Peerless Motors, another Of the active
Curb automobile stocks. made substan-
tial gains.
The New York herald., 1922-01-19
National Enameling.

The National Enameling and Stamp
ing Company's shares suffered yestcr-
day a sudden reversal of form. and
after days and days Of extreme weak
ness became suddenly strong. advanc-
ing moro than five points. The buy
ing was said to be the result Of fore
knowledge that its regular dividend
would be declared for the current quar-
ter. It has been reported recently that
the dividend action would be adverse.
In other quarters 1t was said that a
bear pool which had been operating
In Enameling. had withdrawn and that
the rebound in the stock reflected that
fact.
The New York herald., 1922-01-19
international Motor Truck.

Around 1000 shares of international
Motor Truck stock changed hands yes
terday at steadily rising prices. with 80
the days high mark and at which 1t
showed a net advance Of nearly points
from Tuesdays close. Rumors that the
studebalter Corporation was going to
absorb tho company had something to
do with the buying, but officials of the
company denied that such o consollda-
tion was contemplated.
The New York herald., 1922-01-19
Columbia Ga. ana Electric ;

The directors Of the Columbia Gas
and Electric Company will hold to-day
their regular meeting in this city. The
statement of the company's earnings for
1921 will be made public and action on
its dividend will be taken. Officials OF
the company declined TO discuss the
rumor that an extra dividend would be
declared, asserting that no forecast OF
the boards action could be made.
The New York herald., 1922-01-19
TOPICS OF WALL STREET.
Southern Railway.

The Southern Railways annual re-
port for 1921 will show that 1t earned
last year its fixed charges with q mar
gin to spare. according to ono OF Its
officers, who said It was sharing the
benefits of improved Industrial condi-
tIons In the South and that signs OF
partial recovery In traffic were appear
ing in all commodities except coal. TIE
Southern'a December statsment will
show not earnings less than those OF
November, but greater than earlier cx-
pectations of its officials.
The New York herald., 1922-01-19
Russell Motor Dividend.

The Russell Motor Car Company has
declared a quarterly dividend Of / per
cent. on its common stock. in contrast
to it's previous quarterly payments Of
1% per cent. The regular quarterly dis
bursement of ~ per cent. on its pre-
ferred stock was declared. Both are
payable on February to its stock OF
record on January %.
The New York herald., 1922-01-19
No Reserve Bank Rate Reduction.

Every Wednesday heretofore for many
weeks gossip in business hours has been
a prediction that at the close OF the day
q cut In the rate Of rediscount would De
announced. For some curious reason
such talk was conspicuously absent yes
terday and those who circulated In Wall
street wefe not even asked whether or
not a reduction In rate was probable. As
a matter Of fact no change in the redis-
count rate was announced.
The New York herald., 1922-01-19
r.nn.yivansa,s Dividend.

The Pennsylvania Railroad announced
yesterday that its next dividend would
he bald on February 2S to its share
holders OF record on February l. The
roads directors will meet for Its dec
laration on January rs. Opinion In the
financial community Is that the amount
Of the disbursement VIII be that paid In
the preceding quarter
The New York herald., 1922-01-19
McCrory stores Sales.

The McCrory Stores Corporation re-
ports its sales for December as $685.
$50, an increase of s235. .523. compared
with those of December, 1920. In 1921
its sales were $14.406. 2S9. an increase Of
s37.e12 In comparison with those OF 1920.
The New York herald., 1922-01-19
Acceptance Buying Rate Changed.

Several dealers changed their buying
rate for prime ankers' acceptances from
3% per cent. discount to bid sf per
cent. discount. The bids were not pro-
ductive of much business and altogether
it was a quiet day In the acceptance
field
The New York herald., 1922-01-19
Govcrnment Withdrawals.

The local Reserve Bank will withdraw
to-day from member banks about $S.-
00o,O0 of United States deposits, max
ing s22.00o.o00 for the week and leaving
a balance on deposit Of $55,000.000.
The New York herald., 1922-01-19
not,sy stock Increase.

The J. c. Penney Company's stock
holders have authorized an increase in
its common stock from s5.000.o00 to
a1o, 900, 600. At present ts.6i4.oo0 Of
its common stock IN optstandins.
The New York herald., 1922-01-19
Money Steady.

Gail money loaned all day at 4h
per cent. within the New York Stock Ex-
change and in the outside market. Time
money loans In considerable volume
the same rate.
The New York herald., 1922-01-19
New Consolidated Record.

Transactions on the Consolidated
Stock Exchange yesterday were 416,S7S
shares, establishing a new high record
for O single days business.
The New York herald., 1922-01-19
CUSTOM HOUSE RECEIPTS.

The receipts for duties at the Custom
House yesterday we're so2s,ssi.65. Of which
$3.50. .ag098 was for merchandise Withdrawn
from bonded warehouses and s7l7, ,Joo1o for
roosnt srnportationa.
The New York herald., 1922-01-19

Exports from New York yesterday: Wheat.
1874 ,222 bushcis corn, S.01t bushels pork.
40 barrels; bacons, 1000 lbs. lard, 3I1,7Oo
lbr.: iubrioatinE OIL. 1.o09,o5o saiiona.
The New York herald., 1922-01-19
SOUTH AMERICA
EXPORTS FROM NEW YORK..

New York funds IN Montreal, s53.75 pre-
mum $1,000. Montreal funds In New York,
81 discount q ~ 900.
The New York herald., 1922-01-19
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS.
ANUARY1a i

lOpen- High Low Clos Net
ing. est. est. Ing. lCn- nge.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-21

to meet the size Of the consumers
pocketbook. With tho present high
cost OF living 1t would be most UNI
just to start his economy by forcing
a reduction in the wages of his en-
ployes.
Renl Road to Normnlcy.
Knowing that the principal cost
OF idle mills and idle men is this
disparity between manufacturers
cost OF production and consumers
| ability to pay. 1 think / suggest a
course that will do more for our ma
tional prosperity than can be accom-
plished by any kind of law, tariff or
otherwise. Let the manufactures be
satisfied with a most mcager re-
turn on his Investment for Il while,
then let the employees increase their
efficiency to the highest possible de-
gree. Then If the retailer will just
follow the manufacturer, the great
American public. now hungry for
| more and better things. will give en-
| ployment to all to supply its de-
| mands and old-timc prosperity will
again reign. throughout the land"
After Senator McCumbcr's address
there was a dispute between Re
publicans and Democrats as to pro-
cedurc. with n result that the reading
This consumed the remainder OF the
day and it was announced that when
the Senate convened tomorrow 1t
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-21
:HYLAN MADE DEFENDANT
IN SUIT FOR s30,000,000
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com.
pany Hands Mayor Lemon
as Birthday Present.
FOLLOWS GOVERNORS THREAT
Albany Menncea New York City
Executive for Alleged Obstructive
Tactics in Connection with Trac-
ton Compnny's Interest.
Try Unitcd New..l

NEW YORK. April 2o-with all
the rest OF his troubles. Mayor John
=. Ilyian now ha, Il $4,000. 600 suit
on his hands. birthday present
from the Brooklyn Rapid TRANSIT,
Company
II IS all a part OF the political war
between the State. as represented by
Governor Nathan 1. Miller. and the
city. as represented by Tammauy
and Mayor Hylan, and it follows ON
the heels OF the Governors threat
that II the administration doesn't
stop its obstructive tactics In the
transit situation. he will take ac-
ton" Meaning. in other words. that
II the Mayor doesn't knuckie down
TO the Governor the Mayor will be
removed.
Garrison Enters Suit.
Lindley NJ. Garrison. former Score.
iary OF War and now receiver for
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit, hled the
sso,0oo0oo suit in Federal Court to-
day. He alleges that the city ad-
m!nistration has failed TO fulfill GER
tain contracts calling for the con-
struction OF cross-town subways.
News of the court action came to
the Mayor while he was being con.
graduated ON having attained his
fitty-fourth birthday. lilo had no com
ment on the suit, hut he had quite
a lot to say. distinctly and forcefuly.
about the Governor.
VIII Test fractions Power.
If tho traction interests have
more power than tho people. let's
know !, now" ne said. II have
been on the job and l am going TO
stay on the Job as long as my term
lasts. There have been threats O.;
politicll annihilation directed
against mo. but I am going ahead"
The comment of Comptroller
Craig, Hylan's riEht-haud man and
as n member or tho board OF esti-
mate, equally liable TO removal BY
the Governor. was even moro caus-
tic.
Who is Garrison's lawyer" he
asked None OF his friends knew
Perhaps 1t is Nathan J.. M!llcr." 10
remarked.