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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27
DOUBT
OVER "WILD MAN"
Second Son OF Adam Weaver Fails to
Identify Prisoner In Jail
as Father.

OYLESTOWN, Pa, March %
William Weaver, the second son of Adam
Weaver, wanted for the killing of con-
stable in the Haycock mountains - years
ago, visited the Quakertown wild man
in his cell here yesterday, but failed to
identify him as his father.
Unlike his older brother. James, who
Saturday looked through the bars at the
red d-bearled man, William was not certain
that he had ever before seen the prisoner.
James Weaver was positive in his identi-
ficatiOn.
At the end of the scrutiny yesterday the
unkempt prisoner lay back on his bunk,
apparently unperturbed Il do not know
any of these people," he said. Il am not
Adam Weaver. | have never shed blood.
My name is Roy Hecox and my mother
lives in California. .....
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27
JUNE DAY COMES
AHEAD OF SCHEDULE,
Golfer Dreams of "HoIe in One While
Baseball Fan Imagiues He Hears
Whack of Ball and Bat.

"A word to the wise is sufficient.
Don't hook your overcoats nor douse your
fires. for Yesterday wasn't a sample of the
weather Wen get for the next month. but
rather a June day arriving ahead of
schedule
Even gaIoshes were discarded in yes
terday's mad rush for the out-of-doors.
All classes of people We're represented on
the streets and roads of Brattleboro dur
ing the afternoon. On one side was the
golf club singer. dreaming Of "a hole
in one" and on the other side of the
street was the rabid baseball fan who
could close his eyes and hear the whack
of the bat on a curving Sphereid Several
other spring and summer sports were also
represented. among these being the baby
cart pushers IN large numbers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27
FUNDS FOR MoUNTAIN CAMP,
Sum of s127.3 for Disabled Veterans
Is Already I'm Sight.

NEW YORK. March 27.-The COM
mittee in charge of the campaign for
the financing of the veterans mountain
camp for disabled ex-service men an
nounced that S12T 1856 is already in
sight for the camp. The actual solicita-
ton of funds win not begin until April
6 and viii continue until the 22d.
Lieut. Belvin W. Maynard. the fly
ing parson. who is director of the cam
paign, said that the daily receipts were
increasing steadily "The veterans
mountain camp, in the interest of which
tho women of the metropolitan district
are at work. said Lieutenant May
nard, Consists of 300 acres on the
shores of Big Tupper lake in the Sara
nae region and right in the heart of the
state forest preserve. the use of which
for the healing of the sick soldiers has
been granted uS by the state. So we
will own 1.300 acres and have the free
use of 1900 more"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27
TzgO Pistol Shots Fired
ON Street by Policeman
Create Much Excitement
MISS HINCKLEY TO
IMPROVE TALENT
Goes Tomorrow to New York City to Be-
come Student i'm AbOrn School in
Operatic Training

Miss Ruth NJ G. Hinckley. well known
in Brattleboro from her frequent recent
appearances in local dramatics, will
leave tomorrow for New York city to
enter the Aborn School of Operatlc
Training on West 38th street, as a stu
dent in dramatics. She also will take
additional private lessons in singing
with the view of improving her talent
rather than with any definite career on
the concert or dramatic stage in mind.
Miss Hinekley is the daughter of Mrs.
Leon Gould of 92 Green street. and has
been resident of Brattleboro since 1916,
when she came here from Worcester,
Mass. She graduated from the Brattle-
boro high school two wears ago. Since
then she has been employed as a
stenographer at the Holstein- -Friesian
Offices and in the service department OF
the Vermont Printing Co.
Miss HinckleY viii be accompanied to
New York BY Mrs. Arthur H. Brasor,
who has been her teacher in voice here
the past two wears or more, and wbo
has seen in Miss Hinckley 5 talent prom
Use of success beyond local opportunities.
She has sung as different times IN
four of the local churches, especially St
Nichael's Episcopal church, of which
she is a member
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27
Masonic Temple

Monday. March 81, at 7.30 p M
Spring reunion of Webster Lodge of Per-
fection. Seventh degree: Provost and
Judge Major C. Houghton presiding !;
$50 p. m-Fourteenth degree: Grand
Elect Mason. Christie b. Crowell presid-
ing.
Tuesday, March 2S. at 7.30 p. NJ
Spring reunion of William Vinton Coun-
Gil, Princes of Jerusalem, u. ID. Fif-
teenth degree: Knight of the East or
Sword. Ernest G. Gdstafson presiding
Wednesday, March %, at 7.30 p. M
Spring reunion of Marsh O. Perkins
chapter. Rose Croix, H-R-D-M, T. ID.
Eighteenth degree: Knight of Rose Croix,
Christie b. Crowell presiding
Thursday, March 80, 7.30 p. m.-Brat-
tlebro Lodge. No.. l02, +. and A. NJ
gree.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27
MORE CAMP SITES READY.
Conservation Commission Opens More
Camps and F'irepiaees for AutOists.

NEW YORK. March 27.-The state
conservation commission has added to
its public camp sites in the Adiron-
dacks and Catskills 10 new open camps
modation of automobilists aud other
transients who wish conveniences for
canning in those sections overnight.
These new camp sites will be ready for
use during the coming season.
These public camp sites have been
very popular with parties wishing to
camp overnight in the woods and have
served greatly to increase the recrea-
tional use of the forest preserve by the
general public They consist of an
open stone fireplace, with room for
parking a car outside OF the highway.
ON many nights last summer every one
of the camp sites then available was
parties occupied the same site and used
the same fireplace. On the main high
way there was scarcely a night during
khe season when these sites were not
occupied, and some Of the larger camp
sites, particularly at Perkins Clearing,
about seven miles north of Spectator,
with four fireplaces, and one with six
freplaces between Worthwhile and Wells,
frequently were occupied by as many
camping parties as they could accom-
modate.
The camp sites serve a double purpose
in assisting in the increased use of the
forest preserve by the public for pur-
poses of recreation and in protecting
the forests from fires by providing safe
and suitable places for campers to build
their fires so that these fires are less
sikely to spread and do damage to the
woods. These camps more than pay
for themselves i'm the prevention of
fires every year. In addition to building
iireplaceS and open camps at the new
camp sites. the commission has also
cleared 103 miles of new trails, making
the woods more accessible to vacation
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27
TRIPLE TRAGEDY IN OHIO.
Man Kills Wife Her Mother and Shoots
Himself With Shot Gun.

MARIETTA, o., March 27-Dewey
Britton. %. farmer living near Torch.
Athens county, yesterday shot and killed
his 17-year-old wife and her mother, Mrs.
Roy Clarke, %, and then ended her own
life with shotgun. Neighbors who ar
rived soon after the shooting found the
three bodies in the house and yard with
the Britton baby daughter crying in
baby carriage nearby.
The tragedy occurred when Mrs. Brit
ton. who had been separated from her
husband. came to the house with her
mother TO arrange for division of the
household effects
Britton having discharged farm hand
shortly before. telling him that his wife
was coming and he intended to shoot her.
The farm hand went for help, but the
shooting had occurred before he could re-
turn.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27
TURKEY, ALLOWED
MOST OF CLAIMS
Foreign Ministers Outline Preliminary
Peace Settlement-Turks Keep
COnstantinOple.

PARIS, March ~ Associated Press).
Turkey is conceded nearly all her
claims. except those to Adrianople and
parts of eastern Thrace, in the memoran-
dunn which the allied foreign ministers
today forwarded to Athens. ARgora and
Constantinople with a view to its accep-
tance as a preliminary peace settlement
reviving the treaty of Sevres. H.
The EnoS AIidia line in Thrace is for
titled so as to give Turkey more territory
OH the Bulgarian frontier. but the old
Turkish capital of Adrianople is excluded.
ConstantinOple remains Turkeys and she
retains Armenia with the population
under leaeue of nations protection. but
loses the Galliuoli peninsula and MesopO-
tamia The Greek and Turkish belliger-
euts are given three weeks in which to
reply.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27
WADING POOL AND
BASEBALL FIELD
Tentative Locations Selected in Fort
Dummer Section-Locations In
spected in West BrattiebOr0

Tentative locations for wading pool,
junior baseball diamond and athletic
track and a children's playground were
selected Saturday afternoon at the Fort
Dummer section by +. X. Brown, execu-
tive secretary of Community Service. f.
C. GustafSon and others of the Fort
Dummer community. A further survey
of the wading pool site viii be made this
afternoon by Mr. Brown, James II. Hell
var and David Grove, superintendent of
the cotton mill.
Mr.. Brown inspected different places
in West Brattleboro Friday afternoon
with a view to arranging swimming
pools. 4 final survey viii not be made
for Fairgrounds, etc. in that section
until after the reopening of schools.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27
GERuANYs WAR LOSS 10000. 900.
I55 Men Lost Every Hour World War
Was Raging. Says Statistician.

BERLIN. March 27-Forty-six men
were killed and 100 wounded on the Ger
man side during every hour the World
war was raging. according to an estimate
arrived at by Gen. Won Altrock a statis-
tician. This estimate was made from
study of official records.
Gemnany's losses totalcd in dead
.S0S,:I46 and in wounded 4,246.779.
There were 1900. 600 men under arms
during the course of the war, of whom
about one in seven was killed in battle.
The officers corps lost $4,000 men
killed and 10000 wounded. German sol
diers and civilian losses through death.
caused directly or Indirectly by the war.
are. estimated by Cen Won .iltrock at
12000.00O.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27
IMPRISONED ON
B|GAMY CHARGE
r. A. KirkwOOd, Formerly
of BrattlebOrO, Held i'm
Pennington, Me.
FIRST WIFE LIVING
ON CANAL STREET
Was Alice UDton) Canedy, Daughter of
Mrs. Frank A. Powers - Second Wife
Miss Erma f. Tufts, Daughter of His
Employer i'm Maine

Employer in Maine.
Robert Andrew Kirkwood, formerly of
Brattleboro, is in Jail in Pennington,
Me-, in default of bail, to await the ac-
ton of the grand jury next September
on the charge of bigamy He married
Mrs. Alice Rose (Upton) Canedy of "a
Washington street, now of Canal street,
Aug. 10, 1911, Rev. DIR. John r. Cow of
this place performing the ceremony. He
was then 26 years old and his wife was
10. Records in Maine Indicate that
Kirkwood married Miss Erma f. Tufts
in kingfield. stenographer and high
school graduate. in January, 1921. She
is daughter of a prosperous farmer by
whom Kirkwood was employed. The
Maine girl was then Is years old and
Kirkwood gave his age as 2S, whereas.
according to the BrattlebOro marriage
license, his age in 1927 was SO.
Kirkwoods first wife is a daughter of
Mrs Frank A. Powers of 10 Canal
street She is a native of Whitingham.
Her father was George Upton. a Will
mington native. She married Harry
Canedy of Wilmington, who died about
is years ago of tuberculosis. soon after
the death OF their child. They lived hap
PLY together about three years.
After the marriage of Mrs. Canedy
and Kirkwood they lived here and in
Greenwich. Mass. While here Kirk
wood, who at the time of his marriage
lived at S Birge street. was a laborer
driving a team for the Crystal Springs
Ice Co and working on the Goodwin
farm in Marlboro He disappeared about
three years ago and was not heard from
h. 80 Loss
when She learned that he was under ar
rest in Pennington and was being held
in iail in default of bail of $1,000.
Kirkwood. who is native of Ben
nington, formerly lived in South Lon
donderry. He was arrested while liv-
ing there in 1908 on the charge of horse
stealing and was sent 10 the state prison.
bat K is understood that he was par
floned after a time. Then followed his
marriage in Brattleboro
Mrs Kirkwood the Brattleboro wife,
formerly was pastry cook in ScOyells
restaurant. She broke one ankle at the
restaurant three weeks ago, and has not
been able to work since. About a year
ago Attorney +. W. Gibson brought
petition for divorce for her. which Is
pending Since relatives of the Maine girl
learned that kirkwood had a wife liv-
ing in Brattleboro they have been in
correspondence with Town Clerk Carl
:. Hopkins. who has sent three certified
copies and one photograph of the mar
riage license showing kirkwood's mar
riage to Alice Rose Canedy.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27
CUTS CH|LDREN'S
THROATS FIRST
Mother Kills Three and
Then Takes Own Life by
Same Means
THROWS INSURANCE
POLICY ON WALK
Written Notice on 1t That She Would
Kill Herself and Children - Husband
Started Divorce Proceedings Shows
Signs of Mental Trouble Before Death.

= GREENWICH, Conn, March ~
Mrs. Henry Barker, aged 81, whose body
was found in her home last night. killed
her three small children by cutting their
throats before bringing about her own
death by the same means, the police
stated today. The children were: Mar
guerite, aged FIVE, Johannah, aged three,
and Henry, aged IS months.
The tragedy was discovered by pass
er-by who found an insurance policy on
the sidewalk in front of the Barker home
upon which was written a notice Il am
going to kill myself and the children"
The police learned that the husband.
Henry Barker who was out of town. had
recently entered suit for divorce alleging
cruelty. 1t was said that Mrs Barker
had at times given signs of mental trou-
bic. t....
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27
ELUDED HIS ATTENDANTS
Hora Whitney Found in West Brattle.
bOrO and Taken Back to Retreat

Hora Whitney, patient at the Brat
tleboro Retreat since last June, while
returning to the Retreat from picture
show at the Latchis theatre with at
tendants Saturday afternoon slipped
away from the attendants and wandered
to the home of l.. w. Jackman in West
Brattleboro, where he was found Satur-
day night and taken back TO the Retreat.
Mr.. Whitney slipped into a store and
after the party had gone along. he came
out and walked up to Jackman'y resi-
denee in West Brattleboro, arriving
there about 6 O'Clock Mr.. Jackman
knew Whitney, who used to live on the
Dalrymple farm in Marlboro. and he en-
tertained him, meanwhile notifying the
Retreat authorities. He was taken back
to the Retreat at about s o'clock.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27
HALF Of WORKERS
WALK OUT TODAY
Estimated $500 Strikers at
Lawrence and as Many
More Idle
NO VIOLENCE AT . ..-.o.s
OPENING OF FIGHT
Union Organizer Claims so Per Cent of
Operations Are Out Police Cle;r
Crowd From Pacific Mills Property
Find Bullets Near Plant.

LAWRENCE, Mass, March 81
Spread of the textile strike to this mill
center today was marked by walk-outs
of approximately one-half of the work
ers in the plants devoted to cotton man
ufacture The strikers were estimated
at $500. As many more were made
workless by the shutdown of the Ar
ington mill, announced as due to the
unfavorable business conditions. Woolen
mills were not affected.
Pickets operated but, in no case re-
ported, did their solicitations lead to
violence.
The Pacific mills, principal of the
plants affected, lost half its S,1OO work
crs at the opening hour, according to
the admission by its superintendent.
while union officials claimed more
strikers from its ranks.
At the Arcadia mills the workers
walked out in body that included
most of those in the plants. The strik-
ers claimed that all the $50 workers
struck. The ALethuen Co, employing
$50, lost all its workers,
Francis ]. German, organizer for the
United Textile Workers of America. es-
timated that so per cent of the opera
tiveS had gone out. German called a
mass meeting for this afternoon. at
which an attempt was to be made to
have the strikers from the several
plants make common cause.
The biggest crowd gathered at the
upper mills of the Pacific plant After
the last whistle the crowd persisted and
officials called on the police to clear the
mill property. The crowd held its
ground moment. then gave way. The
finding of nine bullets near the Pacific
plant was reported to the police
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27
HORSE TRAINER BEST PAID.
Gets Salary of $1,000 and School Teacher
Gets 81 go. -

MIDDLEToWN. n Y. March 27-
In a lecture delivered in the high school
at Liberty last night Rev. DIR. Newell
Dwight Hills of BROOKLYN declared that
this country had declined from first place
in education a few years ago to ninth.
Il went To a race track up state" said
he. ''and found that the trainer of a sOrrel
colt was getting $1,000 a year. In the
same community a teacher with ~ pupils
was getting 81 go. That sorrel colt was
worth more than all the children in the
town That trainer was paid more to get
perspiratioh out of that colts hide than
was that teacher to get inspiration out of
those souls"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27
MANY NEW CRIMINALS.
Estimated S6 Per Cent Are New Offend
ers-f4 Per Cent Ex-COnyicts.

WASHINGTON. March 27-Only IA
per cent of the crimes registered by civil
authorities in the last six months can be
attributed to previous offenders. accord
ing to +. +. budding, president of the
relief society. Based on statistics which
he said had been obtained from official
prison records. Mr. budding estimated
that Sc per cent of those definitely con-
nected with crime in the last half year
have been new offenders.
Some are wealthy and commit the
crime without hope of gain he said
''The crime wave has touched all sections
of the country no zone has been immune
Shout as you viii against the ex-convict
he is better than you give him credit for
being, and that on only the slim chance
he has when he is released from the cor
rectiOnal institution"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27
Centre Congregational Church

Monday. March 81, 3 p. m.-AIeeting
of the mission study class with Mrs f.
l.. Waterman of II Walnut street
Tuesday, March Is. p. m-Troop l.,
Boy Scouts, viii meet in the chapel.
Wednesday, March %. 80 to 10 D. m.
The young people of the parish of high
school age or over are invited by the
young mems class of the Sunday school
to a social in-'the chapel
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27
Methodist Episcopal Church

Monday, p. m.-Ninth annual tour
OF Mount HermOn Glee club. Choruses
quartets, solos, and readings L
Tuesday, 7.30--Meeting of Centenary
canVassers in the League room.
Wednesday. 6 p. m.-Covered dish
supper and election of officers for Ladies
Aid in the League room.
Thursday, 6 p. m.-Buffet luncheon
for Centenary workers in the League
room.
Friday, 7.30-Church prayer meeting
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27
NEGOTIATION
TO AVERT STRIKE
Coal Operators and Miners Scale Com
mittee to Discuss 10 Demands
of Miners
NEtw YnRK March o1-I.ahor n,,

NEW YORK, March 27-Labor mem
bers of the anthracite wage scale SUP
committee returned from Cleveland to-
day to renew negotiations with the oper-
ators i'm an effort to reach wage agree
ment that would avert the walk-out of
100, 900 organized anthracite miners called
Tor next Saturday night.
Operators and miners expressed a de
sire to end the general discussion and
to confne future sessions to considera-
ton of the 10 demands of the workers
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27
SOUTHWEST HARBoR BURNS.
Estimated 100000 Fire Loss in Business
Section of Town.

SOUTHWEST HARBOR, Me-. March
27.-The principal part of the business
section of this town was wiped out today
by fire with an aggregate loss estimated
in excess of 100000. Five business
buildings. including odd Fellows block
and a residence, were burned and the Ma
sonic block was partially destroyed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27
ULSTER CABINET COMING.
Win Attend Conference With Irish
. Leaders In London.

BELFAST, March 81 CAssociated
Press The Ulster cabinet in its ses-
sions today accepted the invitation ex-
tended by Colonial Secretary Churchill
to conference in London of Irish lead
ers called in view of the disturbed condi-
tions in Ireland Premier Sir James
Craig said members of the northern gov
ernmcnt would arrive in London Wednes-
day
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27
Unusual Number of piekets.

PAWTUCKET. II. L.. March 2T-
The 10th week of the strike of the tex
tile workers OF the Blackstone Valley
opened quietly today. An unusually
large number of pickets were on duty.
Police. deputy sherifs and soldiers as
sembled at the mills to keep order. but
they had practically nothing to do.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27
Lords Pass Free State Rin

LONDON, March ~ (Assocfated
Press The Irish free state bill passed
its third and final reading in the house of
lords today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27
THE WEATHER.

Rain Tonight and Tomorrow Not
Much Change i'm Temperature.
WASHINGTON, March 81 The
weather forecast: Rain tonight and
Tuesday. Not much change in temper
ature Fresh east and southeast winds
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27
St. Michael's Church
[ IEpiscopaI)

Wednesday. March %, at 7.30 p. NJ
The mission study class of the Woman's
auxiliary will meet at the home of Mrs
George w Tyler
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27
Odd Fellows Temple

Tuesday, March 2S, at 7.3O p. M
Regular meeting of Dennis Rebekah
lodge. Initiation and refreshments
Friday March 81. 7.30 p. m.-Rehearsal
of Ladies Auxiliary. Degree work.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27

All of the continents have cities
towns or villages bearing the name of
Rome.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27

The highest railway in Europe is the
celebrated Jungfrau railway in Switzer-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27
First Baptist Church

Monday, 7.15 p. m.-BOy Scouts.
Tuesday, 7.30 p. m.-Christian En-
deavor meeting
Friday. 4 p m.-JuniOr Endeavor.
7.30-Regular church prayer meeting.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27

Continued on Page 81
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-12-07
Cancelled Check as Recent.

This is q bankers answer as to
whether a Cancelled check Is evidence
Of payment
A check Is not payment. 1t is
merely an order to make a payment.
An indorsed and Cancelled check Is
valid legal evidence that payment has
been made, provided there is no over
coming evidence to the contrary.
If 1t Is made clear that the receiver
of the check has not, in fact received
payment, then the endorsed check,
marked paid, is not, in fact acceptable
evidence that payment has been made.
When bank pays a check 1t goes
on the assumption that the man who
receives the money as well as the man
who draws the check Is responsible,
and therefore, If the check proves to
be not good, the man who received
the money Is held responsible. He,
in turn, must look to the maker OF the
check.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-12-07

Life is short, but many people man
age to Outlive their usefulness.