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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-01

to visit relatives on Dummerston hill
and during their stay here an epidemic
Of cholera broke out in Delaware and
Mr.. Moore remained in the West to help
care for the sick and was stricken with
the disease and died there. his family re
naming here. She married Mr.. Stock
WELL who then lived in DHmmerstorl.
Nov. p, 1865, the ceremony taking place
in Brattieboro. Mr. and Mrs. Stockwell
celebrated their golden wedding anniyer-
Sary SIX years ago. Mrs. StOckwell was
of Revolutionary descent.
Seven children were born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Stockwell A son. Sidney. died in
infancy. and a daughter. Bertha. died
16 years ago last October Besides her
husband, she leaves five children. Julius
l.. postmaster and general merchant in
West Brattleboro. Archie +. and Ruby
L., wife of Louis Massey ef this town,
May F., wife of Charles Allen of West
Brattleboro. and Edith E, wife of Her
bert Lackey. who lives at home She
also leaves u grandchildren and one
great-grandchild.
The funeral service will be held this
afternoon at $50 in her late home on
South Main street. Rev. Clark T.
Brownell. ID. D., pastor of the First
Baptist church, will officiate. The bur
ial will take place in the family lot in
Prospect Hill cemetery.
Mrs. Stockwell was a member of the
Woman's Relief corps, but of no other
organization. She endeared herself to all
who knew her by her lovable personal
ity. Her devotion to her home and fam
lily and to her children and grandchil-
dren was very marked Her entire life
was one of unselfishness and was spent
in doing good to others.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-01
British Hope for Conference

LONDON. June l. (Associated Pressl
Hope of a meeting between repre-
sentatives of the Ulster government and
the government of southern Ireland was
expressed after a conference today be
tween Premier Sir James Craig and
Lord Londonderry of the Ulster cabinet
with Prime Minister Lloyd George. 1t
is understood the conferees will meet
again tomorrow.
1t is understood, however. that the
principal object of the conference is to
place before the Ulster leaders the
British government 5 views on the Col
INSIDE Valera pact, and despite Sir
James Craig reiterated declaration that
he win not meet Michael Collins and
Arthur Griffith. official circles express
the hope that he will alter his decision.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-01
STUDENTS ESCORT
TEAM TO TRAIN
Four Hundred in Line, Led by Fife and
Drum Corps, as Track Team Starts
for Burlington

Four hundred students of the Brattle-
boro high school, led by the high school
fife and drum corps, escorted the strong
school track aggregation to the 1892
train this morning, which took the team
to Burlington, where the state champion
ship interscholastic track meet will be
held tomorrow and Saturday. The cheer
leaders, McGarrigle and Haywood, led
the school in cheering for the team and
for the individual trackmen.
At the station the students gathered in
a mass and were led in cheering from the
platform of Il mail truck. The local track
stars certainly can have no doubt as to
the kind of support they will get from
the members of the school. The follow
ing boys made the trip: Fred Robbins
Eugene Moran, Robert Harlow, Edwin
Lindsey, Philip Wheeler, Edmund Man
ley and Manager Harwood.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-01
MORSE INDICTMENTS STAND.
District of Columbia Supreme Court
OveTTJlIes Demurrers

WASHINGTON, June 1.-Chief JUS
tiee Mccoy of the District of Columbia
supreme court yesterday Overruled de
murrers filed by counsel for Charles w.
Morse, his three sons and eight others
to indictments charging conspiracy to de-
fraud tie United States government in
connection with war contracts with the
emergency fleet corporation. The court
held that the charges were sufficiently
definite to make the judgment a protec-
ton to the defendants against further
prosecution and it sustained the govern
ment's contention that defrauding of the
corporation. an agency of the United
States shipping board, constituted fraud
against the government.
District Attorney Peyton Gordon an
nounced that he would ask the court to
set a date for trial prior to the summer
recess.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-01
Odd Fellows Temple

Thursday. June Regular meeting of
Oasis Encampment, No. D. Work ::
Royal Purple degree.
Sunday. June T. at 10 a. m-All Odd
Fellows are asked to meet at the temple
to attend services in body at the First
Universalist church; 3 p. m.-Annual
Odd Fellows memorial service at the
temple
Sunday, June 4, at 10 a. m.-All Re
bekahs are asked to meet IN |. y. y. r.
temple to attend divine worship in the
First TTniversalist church. Members
who wish may join the line at the
church, Wear badge.
Sunday. June 4, at 3 p. m.-All Re-
bekas are asked to attend memorial serv-
ices in /. o. o. f. temple. Wear badge,
Please make an effort to be present.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-01
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Transactions Recorded in Office of TowT
Clerk Hopkins

Real estate transfers recorded last
week at the Office of Town Clerk c. S.
Hopkins incIuded the following:
r. l.. Fitch and others to William III.
Martelle and wife. by warranty deed,
place at 50 South Main street. Consid-
GRAFTON 81, revenue S3.
John ~ Martin and wife to Julia r.
Moseley and others. by warranty deed,
place near Estey Organ CO.. land. Con
sideration 81, revenue $3.50.
William NJ Melchen and wife to Ma
tilda J. Johnson. by warranty deed. Mel
vim Goodenough farm Consideration 81,
revenue So.
Brattleboro Trust Co to John l.. Ro-
esS and wife, by quitclaim deed. land in
district No. 6. Consideration 81.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-01
ANOTHER SLASH
FOR r. TX. SHOPMEN
by Railway Labor Board
Cuts Range from Five to Nine
Cents an Hour.

CHICAGO, June Ia wage re-
duetion of approximately ST. 7,O00,-
600 affecting 100000 railway shop
craft employees is momentarily ex-
pected from the railroad labor board
as a sequel to last Sundays slash
of $4S.0O0,00O from the wages of
100000 maintenance of way en-
ployes, according to the Herald and
Examiner today. Reduction in
hourly wages, said to be awaiting
only formal announcement. follow:
Apprentices, five cents; helpers
five cents; mechanics, seven cents
passenger ear men, seven cents;
freight car men, nine cents.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-01
INJURIES PROVE FATAL.
Miss Elizabeth Harmon Of Keene Did
Not Regain Consciousness.

KEENE, n. H. June Miss Eliza
beth J. Harmon. A, of 80 South street.
who was struck by an automobile driven
by Eli Chabott on Marlboro, near South
street, died at the Eliot Community hos
pitaI a few hours later without regaining
consciousness.
Miss Harmon was born in Keene, Oct.
%. 1877 a daughter of William and
Mary (Sheehan) Harmon. She was a
saleswoman in local store for many
years and had a large circle of friends.
She was a past regent of the Catholic
Daughters of America. She is survived
by a brother. Thomas J. Harmon of
Keene. and two sisters, Mrs. Dona Du-
gray and Miss Nellie G. Harmon of this
city. Funeral services will be held at
st. Bernards church Friday at s a, IN.
Burial will be in st. Josephs cemetery.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-01
LITERARY TREAT
EVENING OF JUNE z
All Interested Invited to Hear Ralph p
BOas, English Professor of Note,
i'm High School.

There is something in store for par
ents, educators, students and literary
folk of Bratteboro on June Z. At s
O'Clock that evening in the high school
assembly room the Teachers association
of Brattleboro will have as the speaker
at its annual open meeting Ralph p.
Boas. head of the English department of
the Central high school in Springfield,
Mass He will speak on Youth and the
New World.
Mr.. Boas is in the very front line of
his profession and is a writer of note.
His magnetic personality and easy, eff
fective delivery. reflections on life and
vivid manner of presenting facts will
make his talk of interest even to per-
sons who care little for the detail of ed
ucation. He is in every sense great
teacher.
The Parent-Teacher association and
the seniors of Il. II. s. are especially in
vited and all others who may be inter
psted
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-01
PARDONED n. I'll.
SOCIALIST BURIED
PerIey B. Doe, Convicted of Espionage.
Finds Lonely Grave In Colorado
Mountains

CANON CITY. Colo. June 1.-Perley
B. Doe. -. son of the late Chief Justice
Doe of the New Hampshire state su-
preme court, was buried in a lonely spot
in the mountains near the Royal Gorge
yesterday. Doe was convicted during the
World war of violation of the espionage
act. misuse of the mails, and was SEN
fenced to II months in prison by fed
eral court. He was pardoned by Presi-
dent Wilson in 1919.
He was known as Socialist. The only
ceremony at his funeral was the reading
of Tennysons Crossing the Bar and the
only witnesses to the burial We're Mrs
Doe. sister of the dead man from New
Hampshire, and two other persons
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-01

Man He Believes Was Peters In Which
Girl Is Involved.
WHITE PLAINS, n. Y, June l.
The entrance of one group of detectives
brought into the Ward-Peters killing
case by District Attorney Weeks to in
vestigate the mysterious blackmail and
shooting affair and the exit of another
group that now declares their failure to
find Ross" mentioned by Ward as
blackmailer-in- chief, convinces them that
Ross" is a pure myth, marked the 10th
day since the ex-sailOr was found shot
to death on the Kensico reservoir road.
Mr.. Weeks frankly admits that the mys-
terry has him worried and that he is de-
telmined to reach the bottom of the af-
fair
Two sets of investigators working on
the case went outside Westchester county
today. Assistant District Attorney Fer
ris and County Detective John Kelley de-
parted in an automobile for a destination
they refused to disclose Ferris said they
would not return today. New operatives
of the private detective agency employed
by District Attorney Weeks departed for
New York to search the vicinity of Times
Square for the headquarters of a gang of
blackmailerS.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-01
FORD REJECTS
COUNTER PROPOSAL
Will Not Allow Elimination of GOrgaS
Plant from Muscle Shoals
Property

WASHINGTON, June Henry
Ford : reply to the counter proposal
drafted by the house military com
mission for the development of the
government project at Muscle
Shoals. Ala, was presented today to
the committee by J. w. Worthing-
ton. a representative of Mr. Ford.
Mr.. Ford 5 answer, made in the
form of letter to Chairman Kahn
definitely rejected the provision in
committee plan which eliminated
the plant at Gorgas, Ala, from the
properties to be disposed of by the
government with the Muscle Shoals
property.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-01
Vernon Boy Killed When
Th7~o7cm Against Tree by
Automobile Last EUening
DIES FOLLOWING
LONG ILLNESS
Mrs. Franklin Stockw Al Had Been Con
fined to Bed Several Months-Mem-
ber of Relief Corps.

Mrs Frances (Moore) Stockwell, 81,
wife of Franklin Stockwell, died at 345
O'Clock Tuesday afternoon in her home
at 115 South Main street. She had been
in i'll health the past year and had been
confined to the bed Il greater part of the
time since October. Death was due to a
complication of diseases
She was born in Delaware. o.. Feb. 4.
1S41, and was the only child of Abel and
Ruby tGriffeth) Moore. When she was
13 years of age she came with her mother
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-01
He Didn't Know.

countryman. in town for the day.
grew so bewildered in crossing crowded
street that he stepped in front of d
slowly moving troily car and was
More confused than hurt. he scram-
bled to his feet right in the path of a
motorcycle on the other side of the car,
and was again bowled over. As he once
more got up he looked at the car then
1t the motorcycle.
Huh, he said. 81 didn t know the
blamed thing had a p,-Ladies
Home Journal
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-01
GRIFFIN Is APPOINTED.
Assumes Duties of Commissioner of Mo
tor Vehicles in New Hampshire.

CONCORD, n. H., June From
among 30 candidates for the position of
tate commissioner of motor vehicles.
which was vacated last night by Capt.
Olin Fl. Chase of Newport, Gov Albert
0. Brown yesterday chose John F. Grif-
fin of Manchester His appointment was
promptly confirmed by the executive
council. Commissioner Griffin qualified
for the office yesterday afternoon and
took charge of the department this morn
ing. Capt. Chase enters the insurance
business
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-01
LARGE AMOUNT LUMBER RUINED
Forest Fire Near Meredith BattIed by
1000 Men.

MEREDITH. \. H.. June 1.-One
thousand men Yesterday fought a forest
fire which burned over two square miles
Dor. Tamw0rth. Mouitonboro and Al
bany. Over a quarter of a million feet
of cut and stacked boards were de-
stroyed and it is estimated that 10000
900 feet of standing pine was ruined.
Several summer cottages were also
threatened Frank Prescott of Mere
dith was the owner of the stacked hum
Der. The volunteer firefghters We're in
charge of Fire Warden Walter Avery
The fire started near lumber mill be
tween North and Center Sandwich.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-01
SUDDEN DEATH OF
c. v. CLEAVELAND
Main Street Merchant for
25 Years Has Heart
Attack
WALKED ON LAWN
SHORTLY BEFORE END
Was Native of Guilford but Had Lived
Here Since Young Manhood - At
tended High School, Was Odd Fellow
and 32d Degree Mason.

Here Since Young Manhood At
tended High School, Was Odd Fellow
and 32d Degree Mason.
Charles W. Cleayeland, 4S, for nearly
- years proprietor of a confectionery,
cigar and sporting goods store in the
Odd Fellows building on, Main street
near the bridge died suddenly of heart
trouble about 730 O'Clock last evening
in his home at 46 Canal street. lie had
not been feeling well the past three or
four weeks and the past week had not
worked at his store. He was at his
farm. known as the Ansel Barber place,
in Guilford yesterday forenoon and re-
turned to his home here because of Sc
we're pains in his shoulder and arm. He
was about his Canal street place, how
ever, and walked about the lawn but a
short time before he died.
Charles Waldo Cleaveland was son
of the late Isaac w. and Louise (Boy-
DEM Cleayeand He was born in Gull
ford June % 1873. When he was in his
young manhood the family moved to
Brattleboro to the house on Canal street
which had since been his home and IN
which Mr.. Cleaveland died. He attended
BrattlebOrO high school and for a short
time was employed by the Estey Organ
Co. He then worked in the Starkey X
Wellman clothing store and later was
employed in a clothing store in Torring-
ton, Conn. About 1897 or 1898 he re
turned to Brattleboro and bought the gro
Gerry and confectionery business con
Quoted by William III. Bond. Mr.. Cleave-
land discontinued the grocery end of the
business and added the sporting goods.
On Oct 9. 1859, he married Miss Alice
Ellen Sturges. daughter of Mr.. ard Mrs.
Charles +. Sturges, the ceremony being
performed in the Sturges home on Wal
CONTINUED on Page s.
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GERMS THRIVE IN TEARS.
Chicago Experts Disproye Popular Belief
Concerning Them.

CHICAGO, June Experiments
conducted by the city health department
laboratory have disproved a popular be
lief that tears will destroy germs, DR.. II.
\. Bundesen, health commissioner an
nounees. He says that the tests show
That the bacteria will multiply when
placed in tears.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-01
NIi.s kenann WIN spin ward warm.

Los ANGELES. June Miss Mar
tha Kendall. who once filed suit charg-
ing criminal conspiracy against Walter
S. Ward, has been found in Hollywood.
Miss Kendall. a modiste. said:
Il can throw light upon the mystery
all right" the Times quoted Miss Ken
dali. Il know a few things that those
interested in prosecuting Mr.. Ward
would like to know. I'll tell all l know
if they ask me-n0t till then"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-01
Red Men S Hall

Thursday. june 1. s p. m.-Pocahon-
tas Council. No. 4. viii hold a dance, to
which the public is invited. Come and
bring your friends and have a good time.
Friday, june ,, s p.. m.-Special meet
ing of Quonekticut tribe, No. 2
The Saturday night dances have been
discontinued.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-01
First Baptist Church

Friday, p. m.-Junior Endeavor ;
T.30-Regular church prayer meeting.
Saturday, June 9, p. m.-Hike for
Boy Scouts, starting from the church.
Scouts will carry lunch.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-01
DIES AT REPUTED AGE OF 1871.
Slave Records Seem to Establish the
Claim of Kentucky Negress.

LOUISVILLE june f.-Millie Multi
puted age of l3I years. Records in the
hands of the family that owned the
woman as slave are said to establish
her age at 131. Among the surviving
members of her family are six great
great grandchildren.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-01
EXAMINE BASKETS
OF so FISHERMEN
County Warden and Two Deputies Go
to Searsburg and SOmerset-One
Man Fined $50 and Costs.

County Warden f. II Metcalf. accom-
panied by Deputy Wardens r. +. Pratt
of Newfane and Luther Bellows of VIII
mington, put in Memorial day in Sears
burg and Somerset. where they examined
the credentials and catches of over 50
fishermen, many of them from without
the state Everybody got a few trout,
but nobody secured many.
Tn Somerset the wardens found
Charles Webster of Whitingham fishing
without having taken out license. He
was arrested and taken before Justice
Leslie w Boyd of Wilmington that eve
ming. when he entered plea of guilty
and was fined SD and costs of prosecu-
ton, which he paid.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-01

In the gold room of the Bank of Eng
land stands the most remarkable balance
in the world. This huge scales is seven
feet high and weighs almost two tons.
Yet it is so delicate that even a. fly crawl
ing over the pan will cause the pointer
to move more than Il hands breadth.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-01
Methodist Episcopal Church

Thursday. June 1, at 7.30 p. m.-Re-
hearsal in the church of the Children's
day pageant.
Friday, 7.30-Prayer meeting in the
VpStrY
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-01
Co,nnIele Silence.

Blaekstone-W What is the meaning of
hush money?
Webster Giving the wife all your
winnings from an all-night poker ses
sion.-New York Sun.
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Centre Congregational Church

one-day rummage sale in the chapel Sat
urday, June 3. On account of the stormy
weather whea the sale was held May 5
and there are many articles left to
be disposed of.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-01
REDUCE FARM LOAN RATE.
Federal Land Banks Charge 81 Per Cent
Interest Now.

WASHINGTON. June /. - Reduc-
ton in the rate of interest charged farm
ers by federal land banks from per cent
to 81 per cent, effective today. was an
nounced by Commissioner Lobdell of the
farm loan board.
The reduction in the rate, Mr.. Lobdell
explained. was the result of the success
full fiotation of $75.000.000 in A per
cent farm loan bonds, the proceeds of
which are now available for loaning pur-
poses.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-01

In an English town, not long ago,
woman won a competition by lighting
1O3 candles with one ordinary wooden
safety match.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-01
COLLECTS GASOLINE TAx
Maryland Drives up Cost of Fuel for
Motor Vehicles

BALTIMORE, June 1.-The state of
Maryland today added to high cost of
gasoline when it began the collection of a
tax of one cent gallon on gasoline used
in motor vehicles.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-01
Knights of Columbus Hall

Thursday evening, June 1, at 8
meeting of L. G. b. A
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-01
Special Meeting.

Special Meeting.
Notice is hereby given that a special
meeting of All Souls Church. Inc, of
Rrattleboro will be held in the audi
forum of the Tniversalist church S.In-
day, June is, 1922, at 11.45 a. IN, to
transact the following business:
1. To elect a Pastor of All Souls
Church.
2 To elect a Pastor Emeritus.
3. To transact any other business
properly before the meeting.
Frank +. Barber, Clerk.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-01
FIVE BALLOONS SEEN.

Sail Easterly Across Southern Michigan
Towards Lake Erie.
DETROIT. June 1-Five balloons.
presumed to be entrants in the national
balloon race. passed over South Michigan
this morning. All were passing east to-
ward northern Lake Erie.
One hundred and fifty-seven plays were
produced in London last year.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-01
St. Michael's Church
(FpiscOpal)

Friday, June =, at 7.3O p. m.-Evening
Oraypr
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-01
Universalist Church

Thursday. June I. 7.30 p. m.-Busi-
ness meeting of Y. P. G. U.
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THE WEATHER.
Generally Fair Tonight and Friday
Cooler Tomorrow.

WASHINGTON, June 1.-The wealth
er forecast: Generally fair tonight and
Friday. Cooler except in southeastern
Maine. Fresh south shifting to norther-
~ winds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-01
Think BLACKMAIL
STORY ONLY MYTH
District Attorney Weeks Is
Worried Over Ward
Peters Mystery
NEW DETECTIVES
PLACED ON CASE

Sixteen Days Since Peters Was Shot -
Former Service Man Tells Story About
Man He Believes Was Peters In Which
Girl Is Involved.