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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-17
Former Service Men Before
Senate Investigating
Committee
NO ROPE LEFT ON
EXECUTED SOLDIERS
One Witness Says Hubbard, Who Testi-
fled He Saw Soldiers Body with Rope
and Black Cap Intact. Is Trouble
NIaker-0blised to Transfer Him.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-FOrmcr
service men detailed for duty with the
American graves registration service in
France denied before a senate investigat-
ing committee that the bodies of soldiers
legally put to death in France We're buried
with ropes around the neck> and the black
caps which had been placed on them on
the galowS John II. Flynn of Gam
bridge. Mass. and G. y. Eanford of
Washington. both testified they had heard
nothing To ~ubstantiate such charges.
Flynn declared that Rufus T. Hubbard
of New York. who had testified that he
saw body with rope and cap intact, was
a trouble maker" and had t. be- trans
fcrred on that account
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-17
ONE WOMAN ON .
ARBUCKLE JURY
OF Any SielI-Locked Up
During Trial

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. Il. - The
jury in the second trial of Roscoe c.
| (Fatty) ArbuckIc on a manslaughter
charge was completed late yesterday.
Two alternates were selected to fill the
places of any jurors incaEacitated by i'll
ness.
The jury is composed of II men and
one woman. The alternates are a man
and woman. Taking of testimony will
be begun this afternoon.
Two panels. 81 veniremen in ALL were
used in obtaining the jury This is
nearly 80 more veniremen than were
examined to obtain jury at Arbucklc 5
first trial.
Judge Harold Louderbach fixed the
] hours of court as from 10 To l. and from
- to G, and ordered the jury locked mp
during the trial. John III. King. formerly
a hotel proprietor of Washington. D.
c.. il n member of the jury
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-17
TO HANDLE RAIL DISPUTES.
Regional Conferences Proposed by Exec.
utiVcS and Brotherhood Chiefs.

WASHINGTON. Jan. IA pro-
yisional agreement was reached vester-
day by railway executives and heads of
the four railroad brotherhoods, meeting
al the instance of Secretary Hoover, TO
submit wage and working questions af-
fcctinG train service employees to re-
gional conferences for adjustment. if
possible, without contest before the
railroad labor board.
Railroad executives will meet in Chi
cago Saturday to consider the proposals,
while brotherhood chiefs viii report
back to their organizations and if the
agreement is ratified, as all concerned
expected today that it would be, the
regional gatherings will be summoned
about Feb. 10. ..
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-17
CHAS. P. STICKNEY
OF BROOKLINE DIES
Widely Known Farmer and Democrat
and Former Town Representative
Stricken with Heart Disease.

Charles rerham SticIlney. 81. nearly
lifelong resident of Brookline and Il
representative from that town in the
legislature Of 1SS2-1SS3. died OF heart
disease at > o'clock yesterday afternoon
i'm the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred II.
Coombs of Canal sgect. where he was
spending the winter. He had been i'll
only two days.
Mr.. Stickney was born i'm Athens Oct.
10 1910, one of three children of Bur
zillar Sticlney and Sarah s. tPerhamI
Stickuey. the Pcrham family being one
of the first families To organize Athens.
lie was of the seventh generation from
William Stickney, who came from Hull.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-17
Red Men S Hall

Tuesday. Jan. Il. s p. m.-Regular
meeting of Brattleboro camp. 1887. NJ. w.
\. Officers for. 1922 will be installed.
Come and help get them started right.
This viii not be an open meeting as was
previously planned The semi-annual re-
ports will be given and other matters of
interest may come up.
Thursday, Jan. 10, at $ p. m.-Special
meeting of POcahontas Council. No. 1.
ID. of T. Rehearsal. Every member of
the degree team is asked to be present.
Friday, Jan. 2O.--Special meeting of
Quonetticut tribe, No. ,, |. o. X. VI.
Dance every Saturday night
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-17
SALE OF SHARES
FAR EXCEEDS GOAL
Cooperative Savings & Loan association
DispOses of 735 Shares in 18th
Series. Making Record.

The directors of the Rrattleboro CO.
operative Savings & Loan association
were particularly pleased Saturday night
10 learn that g3J shares had been sold in
the 18th stries The directors had set a
goal of 800 shares.
This is by far the largest number ever
sold in any one series. the nearest an
proach to it being in the 10Th. July l.
1920. when HIS shares were taken. The
10 shares in the present series were
bought by 100 different persons
The added monthly income which these
new shares mean VIII be Of decided advan-
tage in meeting the calls for money with
which to build or buy new homes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-17
TOWN AUDITORS
TAKE UP DUTIES
Preparing to Issue Annual Statement of
Finances - Check List to Include
Over 5000 Names.

The board of auditors Of the town
finances has begun its annual dnties
preparatory to issuing the annual town
report. which will carry the accounts up
to Feb. l. The auditors are O. +. Ben
son. ID. II. Stafford and c. G. STAPLES.
Work has been begnn under the di-
list which viii be used at the annual
town meeting the first Tuesday in March.
The check list this year will be much
larger than ever before as it will contain
the names Of all the women voters in
toxin as well as those Of the mcn. Or
dinarily something like >. 700 names have
been on the list but this year there will
be between 5000 and 5000
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-17
Masonic Temple

Tuesday evening, Jan. II - Regular
meeting of Bingham chapter, No. 80.
o. +. ). The family supper will be
omitted. After the meeting there will
be entertainment and refreshments.
Wednesday. Jan. lS 30 p. m.-Beau
seant commanderv, No. :, X. I. Stated
.coneave.
Thursday, Jan. 10. $50 %. m.-Colum-
bian lodge, No 36, +. and \. NJ. work:
I. c. degree
Friday, Jan 90 7.30 %. m.-Fort Dunn
mer chapter, No. Il. Il. A. NJ. Special
convoeation. NJ. +. NJ. degree.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-17
Knights of Columbus Hall

Tuesday. Jan. Il. at 8 p. m.-Regular
meeting of Leo Council
Friday. Jan. 20. , p. m.-There will be
a food sale of the hospital fund on the
first floor
There viii be a food sale Friday af-
tcrnoon at clock in Knights of Co
lumbus hall. the proceeds to be used
towards re-decorating a room in the
Memorial hospital All persons who
wish to donate food for this sale arc
asked to bring to the hall Friday after
noon without further solicitation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-17
INVITES 2I WOMEN.
Six Real Farmers, Asked to Attend Ag-
ricuItural Conference.

! WASHINGTON. Jan. Il. - Twenty
-four women have been invited to attend
the national agricultural conference
which will convene in Washington next
Monday Secretary Wallace announced
yesterday Six of them. he added. opcr-
ate their own farms and Others are rep
resentativeS of the home economics work
who are familiar with farm conditions
Their names will be announced later.
The secretary also announced that
President, and Mrs. Harding would re
ceive at the White House the delegatcs
and their wives next Monday evening
The Japanese cultivate crySanthcmums
in 269 varieties of colorS.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-17
TOO MUCH IRREGuLARITY
Engineer Tells Manufacturers the Trou-
bIes with Shoe Business.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1T.-Irregularity of
piece rates and the uneven flow of work
are the chief ailments of the shoe indus
try, Sanford +. Thompson, consulting en-
ginecr in Industrial management. today
told members of the National Boot and
Shoe Manufacturers association. He ad-
vised a study of the STYLES in shoes to de
termine the limit to which fancy styles
should be carried and 4 closer survey of
market conditions Mr. Thompson i a
member of the firm of Thompson X LIGHTER
Co. Boston.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-17
HARVARD REFUSES INN
Ex-Prizs Fighter Can't Pass Admission
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES by FREIGHT

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Jan. FIRED
erick II. Wedge, graduate of the prize
ring and of the University cf Arizora.
seeking to get post graduat" dtgIce ot
Harvard university in his 10th year may
have made trip half way across the
continent in freight cars and c1b0ose Tor
nothing Today it was learned that IIar-
ward authorities had been trying to reach
him for some time by mail and te!e-raTh
with word that his qualifications for adj
mission were not sufficient at this time.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-17
GOVERNOR PASSES
DANGER POINT
Physician Says lie Cannot Attend TO
State Business for Week-COm-
Portable Today.
Especial to The Reforlncr }

Governor Hartness passet. the most
comfortable night last night that he has
since he was taken down with pneumonia
a week ago last night.
DR. +. f. steele his physician. said
this morning that it could row be said
thar the danger poinr shad been passed
and that the Governor was On me rad
to recover. He said it would take a
week beforr the Governor woiid be abb"
to attend 10 state business and that BE
would not be permitted to sit up fer TWO
or three days.
Today the Governor temperature was
normal and the bloody expcctCratiOn had
stopped. The lower left lung was still
consolidated but improving. TIE lover
right lung was congcStrd but not Involved
in pneumonia. ---.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-17

\ real estate transaction Of consider
able Importance locally was brought to a
head yesterday when II. c. Rice. f. H..
Crane and ". l.. Hunt concluded nego-
tiations with the Adams Crosby Co. for
the purchase of the American building
and annex. one Of the best known pieces
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-17
First Baptist Church

Tuesday. p. m.-Christian Endeavor
meeting s o'clock-OPen meeting of
Mems Union with illustrated lecture on
Scenes from Vermont and Canada. by
Superintendent of Schools Clayton L..
Erwin of Bellows Falls.
Thursday. , p. m.-Meeting of WOmen's
society at the parsonage.
Friday. t p. m.-Junior EndeavOr So
ciety: T.30-Regular church prayer
meeting
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-17
MOTHER OF FIVE
HELD AS THIEF
Alleged She Has Confessed to 13 Thefts
Charges Cover Period of
FOur Years

MANCHESTER. y. H. Jan. l7-Alrs.
Catherine Marston, 80. mother of FIVE
children, was today bound over to SUI
perior court under bonds of 1900 on
four charges of breaking aud entering
one count each- for the past four years.
Manchester police officials sav Mrs,
Marston has confessed TO Is breaks The
police sought her identity for months
without success.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-17
FORM NEW wOMAN's PARTY.
Women Of Illinois Propose to Get Free
From Invisible Government

SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,. Jan. II - \
new political party to be called the
Roosevelt Progressive Party" and run
entirely by women. filed Incorporation
papers yesterday. The incorporators are
Chicago and Oak Park women.
The corporation certificate says the
new party will nominate or support can
didatcs who are not subject to domina-
tiOn BY invisible governments, or 10 the
control, dictation or domination of po-
liticsl bosses"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-17
HEAVY EARTHQUAKE
FAR TO THE SOUTH
Seismograph RecO-d at Washington In
dictates 1t $500 Miles Away and
Very Severe

WASHINGTON. Jan. l7.-An earth
quake described as very severe and esti-
mated to have occurred $500 miles south
Of Washington was recorded on the seis-
mograph at Georgetown university last
night and this morning. The disturb.
ance of greatest intensity was recorded
at ll:06 p. m. last night.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-17
NINE FAMILIES DRIVEN OUT
Boston Apartment House Flooded Will,
Gas-One Death

BOSTON. Jan. 17--Gas fumes caused
the death of Miss Ethel w. Mountain and
drove nine families from their apart
ments on Hemenway street ia tEr i5acl,
Bay district today.
The gas was said to have ped into
the apartment house from main in the
basement. \ newspaper man g,!urnng
home in ;he early morning found the
house Hooded with the fumes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-17

Mr.. Stickney was an ardent Ucmo-
crat and was influential in the party IN
Wiudham county in the days when
county conventions We're in vogue He
was Interested in historical matters and
had wealth of information concerning
state.
The funeral viii be held at the home
of Carroll w Stickney in Brookline
Thursday afternoon
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-17

.of property on Main street
Mr.. Rice and Mr.. Crane are owners of
the Brattloboro Publishing 60. and Yer
mont Printing Co. whose plants occupy
three of The four floors of the american
building annex, while Mr.. Hunt is mani
ager and partner i'm the firm Of Good
now. Pearson x Hunt whose depart
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-17
Odd Fellows Temple

Thursdav. Jan. 19-Regular meeting
of Oasis Encampment. No. 3. Patriarchs
start the new year by attending the
meetings.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-17
Universalist Church

Thursday. Jan. 10, 3 p. m.-The mis-
sion circle win meet in the yestry
The meeting of the Daughters Circle
has been postponed from Wednesday to
Thursday evening at the home of Mrs
Flagg. .-.. ...
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-17

Harold Porter. II. of East Thetford.
met his death in the woods. where he
WAS chopping alone Friday. Jan. 13. He
was working for Joseph Blodgett on the
Child farm. When he failed to return
at dark. his father and Mr.. Blodgett
went TO look for him, finding him pinned
down by D limb across the back of his
neck. which, undoubtedly caused in
Stant death when it struck him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-17

meut store occupies most of the first floor
of the front building The latter hrm
will soon take over the quarters at pres
ent occupied by the Twin State Gas &
Electric Co., THUS becoming leSsees Of the
entire ground floor and using the addi-
tional space in the development of its
business.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-17
THE WEATHER.
Cloudy Tonight and Wednesday
Warmer Tonight,

WASHINGTON, Jan. Is. - Ihe
weather forecast: Cloudy tonight and
Wednesday, Warmer tonight except in
southeastern Maine. Moderate variable
winds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-17

Some of the carpet manufacturers in
Europe are charged with systematically
reproducing popular American made de
signs with a view to direct n~-,r0etition
with the American carnet makers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-17
Seeker After Truth.

is your husband interested in the
vital problems of the day
You bet. He tries all the beer recipes
he hears of"-Detroit Free Press.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-17
Methodist Episcopal Church

Thursdav.' Jan. 10, p. m-The
Women < Foreign Missionary society
III meet with Mrs. Eliza Adams Of /
MYRTLE street
The Wolf Point herald., 1922-06-15
THE WORLD

Omaha-Brigadie General w H
Sage, So, commanding officer of Fort
D. A. Russell, Wyo., died at local
hospital.
Seattle-Judge Richard A. Bal
linger, secretary of the interior for
two years during former President
Taft's administration, and former
mayor of Seattle, died at his home
here after an illness of two days.
Carlsbad, NJ. M.-Sheriff George
Baton of Eddy county and Mexi-
can outlaw are dead and Deputy
Sheriff Stone Milburn is seriously
wounded as the result of gun bat
tie at Hope, N. NJ, northwest of here.
Pittsburg- Mrs. Lillian Russell
Moore, wife of Alexander P. Moore,
publisher of the Pittsburg Leader,
and noted stage beauty Of a score and
more years past, died at her home
here after an illness of several days
Topeka, Kan.-A petition asking
a writ of habeas corpus to obtain re-
lease from the federal disciplinary
barracks at Fort Leavenworth, was
filed in the United States district
court here by Erwin Rudolph Berg
doll, brother of Grover Cleveland
BergdOll.
Berlin-Private advices received
in soviet circles in Berlin state that
Nikolai Lenin, Russian soviet prem
Ter, had suffered stroke. Maxim
Letvinoff, Karl Radek and other So
Wet leaders here left Immediately for
Moscow
New York-August Probst, young
Swiss butler whose heart affairs with
Pittsburg society girls at the exclu-
sive Rolling Rock club were alleged
by his friends to have moved others
to have him railroaded out of the
country, was deported on the Maure-
tania
Washington-Dec the Colo
RADIO coal case, the supreme court
held that labor organizations, though
unincorporated, are amenable to the
Sherman antitrust act and that I'M
der it such organizations may be
prosecuted for restraint of interstate
The Wolf Point herald., 1922-06-15
PROSPECTS FOR PROSPERITY
DN MONTANA NEVER BRIGHTER

In its monthly bulletin letter, is
sued June 1, the Great Falls National
Bank, one of the pioneer business
institutions of the Electric City, the
| following summary of Montana con-
ditions is contained:
Conditions in Montana
Prospects for prosperity in Mon
tana are brighter than at any time
during the past four years, and while
there has been no marked increase
in most business lines, the excellent
crop indications and the employment
of many thousands of men in the
state who were idle make it certain
that the coming of fall will witness
a very different situation to that
which has obtained for couple of
years past.
Weather conditions up to the first
of June have been most favorable
for crop growth and it is doubtful
if there ever has been time in
Montana's agricultural history when
crops were in better shape at this
season. There has been plenty of
rainfall in every county in the state
and temperatures have averaged
moderate Field work, while delayed
considerably, has recently been car
ried on vigorously and to excellent
effect. In the eastern counties many
farmers worked day and night seed
ing. Ranges and pastures are in
excellent shape, with hay coming up
fast
For the first time in fourteen
months every big mining company
in Butte is operating, with employ
ment of miners about seventy-five
per cent of normal. Men are being
put to work as rapidly as they can
be obtained, and the scarcity of
miners that prevented general re-
sumption of mining earlier is grad
ually being overcome.
Good Prices for Purebred Cattle
An encouraging indication of bet
ter times in this state is found in the
excellent prices that purebred cows
and bulls brought at the annual sales
of the Montana Shorthorn Breeders
Association and the Montana Here
ford Breeders Association, both of
which were held in May at the Mon
tana Livestock Pavilion at Great
Falls. Under keen bidding at the
Shorthorn sale fifty-four head sold
at an average of $3.50, with $500 for
a yearling bull as the high price of
the sale. This was paid by Charles
Dyar of Cascade to G. E. Axtell of
Salesville for Flora's Coronet, fine
animal that captured the junior
championship in the judging. The
demand was strong for bulls, rather
than cows, most of the stockmen be-
ing in the market for herd leaders.
The total paid for the fifty-four head
was $4,000.
The Hereford sale was even more
successful, forty-eight head going
through the ring with an average
The Wolf Point herald., 1922-06-15

price of $165 and an aggregate OF
$7,955. The high mark of the sale
was reached by an A. B. Cook three
year-old bull, Glorify Twenty-eighth,
bought by Pete Johnson of Great
Falls In contrast to the Shorthorn
sale, the demand for good cows seem
ed to be as keen as for bulls, and sew
eral sold for more than 5000. Most
Of the sales were made to northern
Montana stockmen.
Wool Market Strong
A further stiffening of the wool
market was one of the developments
of May A number of clips in this
part of the state we're sold at forty
cents and over, while some bids as
high as forty-two cents were refused.
Both American and foreign wool
markets continue strong. At auc-
tions only limited quantities are of
fered and bidding is keen. There is
a general belief that choice merino
woods will soon become somewhat
mand for them. This, in many quar-
ters, will not be regarded as an un-
mixed evil, since it will turn atten-
tion more to crossbreds. Texas prom
ises to be the greatest wool producer
this year, but Montana's clip will be
big factor in the years business,
and the sheepman now has the pros
pect of leading the procession in the
march toward prosperity
In the wooden market the most in
teresting happening of May was the
with drawal of all it's lines by the
American Woolen Co., followed
couple of days later by a reopening
of certain lines of woolens with a
material advance in prices. 1t is re-
ported that similar action is in pros
pect regarding other wooden and
worsted fabrics 1t is anticipated
that the result of this will be a tenn
porary slackening in sales, but the
trade will become familiar with the
higher levels of value and there will
be less of a shock when summer
prices are announced next month.
Cut i'm Rail Rates i
The railroads that serve Montana,
following the interstate commerce
order cutting interstate
freight rates, will also reduce rates
inside the state an equal amount,
which is twelve and one-half per cent.
This will be of much benefit to those
who ship their products to markets
within the state. Reductions go into
effect July l.
Federal Seed Loans
Farmers of Montana, up to the
middle of May, had received more
federal seed loans than those of any
neighboring states, nearly 5000 ap-
plications in Montana having been
approved, loans aggregating nearly
100000 Hill county farmers bor-
rowed more money than those of any
other county, 1000 loans having
been made to them. There were
The Wolf Point herald., 1922-06-15
HENRY SIEBEN ON
AIRPLANE JOURNEY
PIONEER SHEEPMAN WHO CAME
TO MONTANA BY OK TEAM
ENJOYS NEW EXPERIENCE
Old Timer Says He Thoroughly En-
joyed Riding Through the Air and
VIII Do 1t Again; Has Now Tried
Every Known Method of Trans
portatioA i'm the West.

Henry Sieben, pioneer cattle and
sheepman of Helena, last week stag
ed fitting climax to his years spent
| in trayersing the hills and valleys
of Lewis and Clark fame by hop
ping off" with Pilot A. w. Stephen
son OF the Montana Flyers, Inc, and
making his visit to the Mitchell
shearing pens via the air route. 1t
could not be mentioned as climax
in the sense that Sieben has discon-
tinued his trips to his various ran
ches in this district, but the air trip
completed the cycle from OK team to
airplane
'Well, l think now I've made the
trip in every conceivable manner"
aid Sieben on his return to the home
field. "I'ye made these hills by foot,
OK team, horseback, wagon, automo-
bile and now I've been over them
by airplane. They'll have to invent
something new in the transportation
line in order to add to that record.
l enjoyed every minute of the trip.
The air certainly gives you great
view and the sensation is very en-
joyable. 1 wouldn't have missed it,"
1--WE carried a lot of passengers
since | took up commercial flying"
said Pilot Stephenson, "but 1 never
had one take the air more as mat
ter of course than did Sieben. 1t was
pleasure to fly him because he was
so thoroughly interested and lacked
the timidity which characterizes so
many who are taking their first
ride"
Sieben's trip was really more of a
pioneering venture to many of this
district than his advent to this coun-
try back in the early days of 81. Ac-
cording to Sieben this is not his last
air voyage and doubtless his exam
pie will be followed by many others
of his old time friends