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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-17
SELL DENATURED
ALCOHOL IN MASS
in Observation-Disclosures Arrests
May Follow
SpRINGFIELD Mass March

SpRINGFIELD Mass. March IL
Officials Of the internal revenue depart
ment. it was announced last night. have
iunearthed in this city hundreds of viola
tiOnS in the sale of denatured alcohol. Ii
is claimed that the probe may result in
the arrest of several druggists. garage
proprietorS and merchants. who are sell
ing the poison ndiscriminately. Several
eases of acute alcoholism have been
traced to the drinking of the poison. sold
in the guiSe of an article for commercial
luee.
Action by revenue men followed closely
the increase in the number of cases in
which men have been poisoned by drink
One gathering known as the Smoke Bat
talion.' which makes Hampden park its
attention from the police Many of the
members have been brought i'm para
lyzed with drink and in their pockets have
been found bottles half filled with denat-
tured alcohol and labeled poison. An
official last night cited the ease of the
man found dead at Hampden park yester-
day morning. He is satisfied that the
man was the victim of poisonous drink
Prominent druggists. men whose names
are linked with the commercial progress
Of the city. have been selling dcnatured
alcohol in variance with the law. il is de
elared. Authorities point out that in this
state there l. no law against the sale of
this form of alcohol. but selling it to per
sons who apparently want it for drinking
purposes is considered a violation Gar
ages handle it in large quantities for use
in automobiles. but officers have found
that much of the fluid sold WAS never used
for locomotive purposes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-17
YOUNG DODGE, .... 49,.
IN WORKHOUSE
Son OF millionaire Automobile Magnate
Sentenced for Speeding-Faces
More Serious Charge.

DETROIT. Mich, March 17.-Attircd
in the regular gray prison garb of the
Detroit house of correction. John Duval
Dodge son of the late John +. Dodge,
millionaire automobile magnate, yeSter-
day began to serve a tive-day sentence inn
posed by Judge Charles l.. Bartlett, after
hC had pleaded guilty to speeding. In
addition. he was fined 500 and his auto
mobile license revoked for one year. y
motion for a new trial was denied
Notice of a suit for $4,000 damages
for alleged personal injury to Edwin
Schultz. Y years old. was served ON
young Dodge just as he left the court
room in custody of deputy sheriff.
At the completion of his sentence the
Young, millionaire viii return to Kalamr-
700, where he will face trial on the charge
of driving an automobile while intoxi-
Gated and transporting liquor.
Much interest centcrcd i'm the trial as
Il result of Judge Bartlctt's campaign
against auto specdsters. For some weeks
he has been sending traffic law violators
to jail in addition to fning them Young
Dodge was the most prominent offender
yet brought before him and there was
much speculation as to what action
Judge Bartlett would take.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-17
KILLELEA LEAVES
POWER COMPANY
Superintendent of Electrical Construc-
tion Past Three Years-Will Enter
Electrical Field fIere

H. s Killelea has severed his connec-
ton with the New England Power Co.
Mr.. killelea has been with the company
the past three years a superintendent
Of electrical construction with headquar-
terS at Worcester. Mass For the past
two years Mr. KilleIea has had field head
quarters in Brattleboro. handling the
electrical construction at the Vernon dam
and several large installations along the
Deeriield river from here. After the com
pletion of the Vernon extension. construc-
tion activities were confined principally to
the Dceriield river. one of the last large
construction jobs being the installation Of
an automatic hydro-eectric station at
SearSburg.
After leaving an engineering school
Mr. killeiea entered the service of the
General Electric Co in an engineering
capacity. later being connected with the
Turner's Falls Power < Electric Go. as
construction superintendent
Mr. kilelea plans 70 enter tie electTi-
cal field IN Brattleboro doing general
line of electrical contracting, engineering.
construction and motor repair business
with office and shop in the NIosher build
ing on Fiat street.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-17
CHAPTER MUSICALE
DELIGHTS AUDIENCE
Miss Potter. ContraltO. and Mr.. Klein
Pianist. Respond to EncOres After
Each Nnmhee.

\ delightful concert was given before
a good-sized audience in the Centre ton.
gregationa church last evening. on the
occasion of the annual musicale OF
BrattlcbOro chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution. The artists who
provided the musical treat were Miss
Mary Potter contralto soloiSt Of the
Fifth Science church in New York city.
and Arthur Klein. pianist and accom-
paniSt of New York. who is. entirely
American trained and has won every
prize America has offered. Mr. Klein
will sail next week for study in Europe,
but viii return to this country in the
fall, when lie will begin a tour Of New
England.
Both Miss Potter and Mr. Klein were
well received and enthusiastic eucores
brought Il response after each program
number.
The program opened with Ballade
in \ fiat by Chopin. by Mr. Klein.
while the second number was a con
tralto solo, La Mort de Jean d Are. by
Bemberg sung in French by Miss Pot
ter with piano accompaniment by Mr..
Klein.
\ group Of four piano selections were
then rendered by Mr.. Klein. incluaing
En- Automc by MoSkowski Cradle Song
by Palmgren. and waltz and etude by
Chopin.
Miss Potter then rendered group of
three vocal numbers. the audience show
ing particular appreciation. Much APP
plause foilowcd Miss Potter's encore Sc
lection AIS Well with the World.
Chant IL Amour by Stoiowski and a
waltz by Straus-Hughes constituted
Mr. kleins fifth program number.
Three southern selections By Strickland,
Dreamin Time. Mornin' on " Bayou.
and Nah Lindy Lou. made up another
group rendered by Miss Potter.
Two special numbers in addition to
the program arranged were rendered by
the artists. Mr. Klein playing Spring
song and Miss Potter singing by reuest
The Robin Woman Song.
Notable features of the concert were
the interpretive ability of both artists
and the beautiful quality of tone pro-
ducrd by Miss Potter
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-17
PLAN BENEFIT
FOR MILK FUND
Parent Teacher Associations TO Have
Sale-Over 400 Quarts to Schools
i'm Two Months.

The Main Street Parent-Teacher aSso-
citation held an informal meeting yeSter-
day afternoon in the domestic science
room of the high school building. Twenty
FIVE pounds of peanuts We're hlanched to
be Salted for the food sale to be held
Saturday afternoon. March p. in the
Episcopal parish house for the benefit OF
the milk fund All kinds Of home cooked
food viii be for sale at that time. both
Main and Canal street associations CO.
operating in tie arrangements A report
Of the milk fund given ut Yesterdays
meeting showed that from the middle of
January to March II 9.634 bottles of
milk were delivered 10 the schools. or
241S1a quarts The fund has furnished
Straws and bottles amounting to $.l4.25
and has paid for milk S1T14 1t has
balance Of SS51. Most Of the children
pay for the milk furnished. but the fund
takes care of children who cannot pay
and any deficit there may be.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-17
FATIMA WATTS FOR DIAMOND.
Refuses to Sail for Europe Until She
Gets Big Gem Out of Pawn

NEW YORK. March 1.-THE Ameri-
can-Indian liner City of Lahore sailed
Yesterday for Bombay without the Prin-
cess Fatima. Sultana of Afghanistau,
who apparently decided that she pre-
fcrred to stay here with her sl25000
diamond. colossal $parkler. known a.
the = Light of the Sea- held in pledge
for s. 1000 the princess borrowed.
Cant. H. Gloster Armstrong. British
consul general here. announced that his
interest as n representative OF the Brit
iah government. la the fortunes and
misfortunes Of the princess was at an
end Captain Armstrong had agreed to
pay her board and that of her three sons
until Yesterday. her scheduled time for
sailing.
The board has been paid three weeks.
and hereafter the princess .and her boys
will have to support themselves. Cap
tain Armstrong called the princess "ca-
pricious,' in lieu of Il stronger word
perhaps
The princess told Captain Armstrong
when She notified him Yesterday that
She was not going to sail that she had
determined to rpmaiu here until she re-
covered her headlight diamond. which j.
in custody of the sheriff.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-17
RUSSIAN EXPORT
TRADE GROWING
Sending Out Raw Materials In Ex
change for Agricultural Tools
and Drugs

CONSTiNTINOPLE. March I7.-Bor-
islaw koudish, Russian Soviet trade
commissioner in Constantinople. saws
that Russia Is exporting wool. timber
flTs. skins. silks. and other goods in eX-
change for food. agricultural Imulerents
drugs and optical instruments which are
in great need in Russia
We have made important contracts
with British and French firms. he con
tinued. Twenty live ships went
through the Straits of the BosphorIs in
November on their way to ports in the
Crimea. Their cargOes consisted mostly
of foodstutfs and agricultural impll-
ments -
- Our export trade j. far from attain
ing normal, not because we lack raw
materials, in which Russia abounds bu
because our. export operations can only
he established on IL basis of sound agree
ments with our ueighbors and with tn
rest of Europe and America.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-17
HIRES CRIPPLES TO BEG.
Heavyweight Pays Them S3 Day and
Takes Their Collections.

NEW YORK. March 1.-Two Grip
pied women. a little crippled boy and an
armlcSS man appeared i'm a Brooklyn
court yesterday as witnesses against
John Stefan. who admitted that he en-
ploycd the four to beg for him.
Their wages. he said. were So day.
board and liquor when they wanted it,
They agreed to give him all the money
which tinkled into their tin cups
Stefan. who * six feet tall and a heavy
weight. had distributed his beggars at ad-
yantageous points in the shopping dis
trict, and was encouraging them to
greater activity when policeman sent
them all to the station. 4 search of Ste
fans pockets ncttrd two bank books.
showing recent deposits of $3.50. besides
SG3 in pennies. miclles and dimes and
S11 in bills All were charged with va
grancy and sent to the work house pend
ing further investigations
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-17
WARNING or ICE FLOES.
Threaten North Atlantic Steamship
Lanes This Season

WASHINGTON. March l7.-The nv
geographic office of the navy department
issued a warning TO mariners yesterday
that the North Atlantic steamship
lanes, normally used from Feb ! TO Aug
81, may bc rendered hazardous bv pre-
sCncc Of extensive ice fields.
Ice may be expected TO threaten
these lanes any time after April l. -
the statement said. ''makiug their CON
tiuucd use hazardous When ice cundi-
tions render it imnerutive TO safety. this
Office will issue definite instructions as
to the routes To be used. -
Recent renorts from tthe coast guard
tional ice observation service. Indicated
tional ice observation service, Indicated
an unusual amount of ice south of
Cape Race. it was announced
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-17
CARPENTER VERY ILL.
Feared He May Not Fight Again-Seels
Remuneration.

PARIS. March l7-GeorgeS Carpen-
tier, the worlds light-heavyweigh boxing
champion may never fight again This
was the opinion expressed by medical men
in close touch with Carpenter as he left
yesterday for la Guerche. his couu-
try home southeast of Rennes where he
purposes to recuperate for Il few weeks
and then go in training for bout with
Ted l"Kid") Lewis at Olympia. London,
in May
The boy does not realize the shape he
is in. said one of the doctors who exam
iued Carpenter prior to his departure
His great courage and utmost confidence
in himself are responsible for his plucky
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-17
EXPECTS HEAVY
EXPRESS MOVEMENT
American Railway Express Co Notes
Increase i'm Small Package Busi-
ness Past Two Months.

The express business is good bar.
omctcr of trade, according to l.. T.. Staf.
ford. agent in charge of the local ex,
press office. who declares it is signifi-
cant that the American Railway Ex-
press Co. is preparing for II heavy move
ment of express traffic during the rest
of this month aud April.
Fuctuation in the express business
according to Mr.. Stafford. usually pre-
cedes like changes in general business
by several weeks The express people
are confident that business resumption
is near at hand. At their New York
ctiice. il is stated that an unusual mum
ber of buyers have visited New York
city recently and that many concerns
have n full corps of travelling statesmen
on the road.
The express company is getting ready
for a return Of the small package bust
ness. and the first two months of the
year showed a noticeable increase in
this traffic.
As the first step in the preparations
made for business increase. the express
company is experimenting with steel col
lapsiblc packing trunks, which are ex-
pected to give even greater protection
from crushing. Soiing, damage by moiS-
ture and pilferng Of NIL small ship
mentS
In addition to this. the carrier has
purchased 1000 packing trunks. which
are used. not only for protective pur-
pose. but also TO save extra handling Of
shipments. and to facilitate direct rout-
ing of traffic between specific points.
\ study of the express business in
1921 shows that the American Railway
Express handled S9.931.S20 shipments
The express carrier employs 20 600
motor and horSe-drawn vehicles through
out the country, and these comprise f.
600 single and double wagons. 1.047
electric motor trucks. 1000 gasoline mo-
tor trucks and 5000 sleighS II oper-
ateS 10000 platform trucks at the v:ri-
ouS railroad depotS throughout the coun-
try.
The company has a force of 10000
and Offices in 2S.00O cities and
towns. II operates over practically all
the principal railroads of the United
states. with a total mileage Of 215,0o0
miles.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-17
CHINESE LIKE AMERICANS.
They Feel That They Have No Axes 20
Grind. Says Lawyer

The people OF China greatly favor this
country III sentiment because they feel
that Americans are entirely di~inter
e>ted in regard to their affairs. accord
ing to /. t. salmon. 4 British subject.
who has been practicing law in China
for several wears and who Is now visit
ing here.
China, especially if rou are an American,
You are held subject to the law Of your
own land and the only way You can get
about it Is TO change your allegiance
said AR Salmon. who j. at the Hotel
Pennsylvania. = The citizens of every
country are tried under the laws of their
own land There are about twenty diff
ferent courts besides the Chinese. Each
court administers its own law and the
Chinese also have what they cal a mixed
court which preSides for Chinese min
lister and foreign assistputs. It any. of
the interests OF any particular nation
are involved, then the representatives Of
that country take part IN he proceedings.
Otherwise only the British and Ameri-
can solicitors attend to ehe administra
that the English common law Is what Is
relied on
tThe Chinese people are wildly en-
tliusiastic about the Americans They
are fonder of them than of any other
nation. because they believe that the
Americans are the only people who are
entirely disinterested in regard to China
and have no axe to grind. Ihet also feel
that America stood with them in the
matter of Shautuns The Chinese have
also the greatest respect and regard for
the American minister in philanthroplc
enterprises. - New York Times.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-17
GREENFIELD HIGH
HERE SATURDAY
Defeated Brattieboro High in Greenfield
Earlier in SeasOn-L0cals Plan
ming Comeback

The Greenfield high school basketball
team will meet the local high school quinn
tet in Festival hall Saturday night in
what promises to be one of the hardest
fought games Of the season.
Greenfield defeated the locals at Green
field earlier in the season, but the locals
believe that they can make a real come
back on their own floor. The addition of
two new players Moran and Manley. To
the high school squad should add strength
to the team. while the regulars Babbtt.
Anderson. Bennett. Wagg, Deyo and IIar-
low. are in the best possible condition for
the game.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-17
10 COMMANDMENTS OR 10 YEARS
Illinois Man Agrees to Reform to Es-
cape Prison Sentence.

TRBANA. H.. March 17..-As an al
ternative to going to prison for 10
wears for robbiug store of 5000. Guy
Robbins. farm hand. Yesterday agreed to
obey 10 commandments laid down by
Circuit Judge Sentel The rules follow ::
Go to church once each week; give up
cigarettes for one wear; stay away from
pool halls one year: read books selected
by the public librarian; keep employed
constantly and keep account of eNpen-
dtures stay off streets at night; keep
all laws of state. city or village; drink
no Intoxicating liquor: pay all court
costs in 81 monthly inStaImcnts: report
TO circuit judge the first day Of each
court term.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-17
Centre Congregational Church
Oriental Fete.

The children will enjoy the entertain
mcnt. which win include japanese
wedding ceremony at Festival hall Sat
urday afternoon. and YOU will find a good
assortment of hOme-cooled food. salte
nuts and candy also flowers. fancy work
aud aprons. y Japanese tea garden also
win be u feature Of the fair, which viii be
the annual event by the children of tho
Sunday school. Doors open at O'Clock
entertainment at $50.
WANTED-A two-spoutcd teapot fol
childrcn's fair Saturday. Call Miss y. Il
Monroe. 1J24W
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-17
To Try Compromise

PRONIDENCE. r. l.. March I1-The
state board of mediation and conciliation.
announced yesterday that it would re-
new its effort to persuade mill owners
aud strikers to compromise their differ
cnccs.
The present plan it is understood.
will suggest compromise in the matter
uE wages. The prospect of 4S-hour lcgis-
latiou would. in the view of board mem
hers mako strike leaders feel less hc~ita
tion in discussing terms of settlement.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-17
PISTOL BATTLE
WITH RUM RUNNERS
Fifteen Special Revenue
Agents Catch "a Men on
Rum Schooner
HALF MILLION OF
LIQUOR SEIZED
Schooner, Two Automobiles and Large
Moving Van Also Captured Over
30 Shots Exchanged During Fight on
East River To-day.

NEW YORK March Fifteen spe-
cial revenue agents today arrested p
men after pistol battle aboard a two
masted schooner said to have been loaded
with contraband liquor in the East ri
Yer at the foot Of Tiffany street, the
Bronx
More than 30 shots were exchanged
The schooner. whose cargo of liquor. was
said to be worth nearly half million
dollars, was seized together with two
automobiles and large moving van.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-17
SEVEN FREIGHT
CARS DERAILED
Damage of $4,000 North of
East Putney Last
Night
PROBABLY CAUSED
BY BROKEN FLANGE
Three Steel Frame Cars Loaded with
Pulp Probably Will BE Junked-Scene
of Wrech Near TarboX Crossing on
Great Meadows.


Great Meadows.
Seven freight ears were derailed and
damage unofIicially estimated at $4,000
was caused in an accident on the Boston
& Maine railroad last evening about
mile and half north of the East Putney
railroad station. The cause of the wreck
is not known positively. but it is thought
to have been a broken fange. Nobody
was injured.
The wreck occurred about go
O'Clock. north of tile Tarbox crossing, on
what is known as the Great Meadow. 1t
was on the track used by southbound
trains. but both tracks of the double
track road were torn up for about $50
feet At that point the tracks run at
nearly the level Of the highway parallel
to the railroad. Had the wreck occurred
a little farther south the ears would have
gone down an embankment.
The northbOund track was cleared
about 6.30 o'clock this morning This
enabled the resumption of traffic both
ways. but the southbound track will not
be clear before night Wrecking crews
from South DeerfieId and Bellows Falls
are clearing up the wreckagP.
The train was No. g106 in charge of
Conductor Louis Cataw and Engineer l..
w. Cady. both of Springfield. Mass The
seven cars which left the track we're
loaded with wet pulp and lumber and
We're in the middle of the train. The cars
were of the steel frame type. and three of
them loaded with pulp probably viii be-
consigned to the junk heap.
On account Of the wreck the north
bound Montreal passenger train due here
from Springfield at f0.13 remained in the
local yard until after midnight and then
went to Bellows Falls by way Of Dole
Junction and Keene y. H. The owl
train. due here Southbound at Dos Il. M,
arrived this morning about SD O'Clock
The derailed cars smashed through a
telephone pole carrying % telephone cir
cults. and after the wreck only three cir
cults We're working-one from Putney To
Bellows Fails. one from Brattleboro to
Bellows Falls. and one from Greenfield
to White River Junction. I4inemen Of
the New England Telephone & Telegraph
Co are making repairs. and it is expected
that by night most of the circuits viii be
restored.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-17
KILL 20 IN SOUTH
AFRICAN FIGHT
Natives Start Demonstrations After Ar
rest of Indian Agitator-
johnson Caught

LONDON. March II CASSociated
Pre-: Twenty natives were killed and
30 wounded at Nairobi. British East
Africa. yesterday in lighting which fol
lowed demonstrations over the arrest of
the Indian agitator Thuku. says a Cen
trail News despatch. Thuku was ar
rested Wednesday and trouble immedi-
ateIy followed
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-17
Universalist Church
Rev. Edwin +. Wood. Pastor.
Sunday. March 10.

1880 a. Morning worship and SER
mon. The pastor will preach on
the third article of the Universal
iSt Confession Of Faith. An invi-
tation is extended to all who de-
sire to learn what Universalists
believe.
11.4J a. m-Sunday school.
100 y. m.-Illustrated lecture, Peg o
Nv Heart These lectures con
tain important lessons, brought
In picture and story.
Friday March 17.-Meeting of the
Jnnior union.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-17
FIFTY DRIVEN ..s
OUT BY FIRES
Three Early Blazes In Boston This
MOrning-PrOpeTty Loss
Is $4,000

BOSTON. March 1.-Two early morn
ing fires in the. south end district today
Iove 80 persons from their homes and
:auSed property damage estimated ii
S500Cu Three alarms were sounded for
a fire in tie old Davis Stables on North
ampton street. At the same time two
stores ON West Canton street. short
distance away. caught fire.
\ third tire damaged building on
BovlSton street
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-17
Masonic Temple

Friday. March IL. at 80 y. m
District meeting of Connecticut Valley
Council. No rs. r. and :. NJ. Special
assembly banquet 1T 6.15 Work r.
NJ. ). ~ and $. :, VI degrees
Friday March 17-AnnuaL meeting of
the 9th Cryptic District G.IJ p. m.-Sup-
per; 80 p. m.-npening by Windsor
Council: 5 p. m.-Royal Master Degree
by Bellows Falls Council; S.43 p M
Select Master Degree by Springfield Coun-
ell The grand officers will be present
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-17
HELP UNEMPLOYED
VETERANS TO GET JOBS

WASHINGTON. March IL
Fullest cooperation" with the
American Legion in its employ
ment dry" drive next Monday TO
find jobs for 100000 unemployed
veterans of the World war. was
urged in statement issued today
by Secretary of Labor Davis.
During our emergency" he said.
they served us. Ii is now the duty
of all good American citizens to see
that they are provided for"