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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23
WEBSTER. STEARNS BREAK.
Continued from Page One.

wall and up the wooden studs which sup
port an elevator used to lift merchandise
to the storehouse in the second story
There is a space between the side of the
elevator and the wall of the building,
which is built out over the rear, sutfi-
GENTLY large to enable a man TO crawl
up to the elevator, which is kept even
with the floor of the second story. Hav-
ing gained the second floor, the thieves
opened an unlocked door to the ware
house and then went down the stairs TO.
the rear of the first floor, passing
through several rooms containing mer-
chandise to a slidino door at the rear of
the store proper. AS this door was UNI
locked, il was simple matter to get into
the store.
The thieves confined their attention to
the counter and shelving on the east side
showed much evidence Of being looked
over. The office at the northeast corner
OF the store was also inspected. Moth
ing on the desk was disturbed.
As far as could be enumerated by Mr..
Ball, the burglars took two pipe
wrenches, four pairs of pliers, n hack
saw frame four hunting knives, three
pearl handled knives. one bone handle
knife. one Barlow knife, at least one
flashlight and one glass cutter. and they
cleaned out the entire supply of % short
smokeless cartridges.
The supply of shaving brushes also
was hauled over and it is possible that
some brushes and safety razors were
taken. The west side of the store was
not touched as far as the evidence shows.
After getting their booty, the thieves
escaped by using a door in the rear on
the first floor, which was bolted on the
inside and which leads TO the alleyway
between the store and the rear of the
Barber building That the thieves were
bold and unafraid was indicated by the
fact that some Of the articles taken were
removed from the front window where
they had been on display.
The police were notified of the break
and early this morning Officer w. +.
Tyler was on the spot and made an i'm
Yestigation
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23
MILES OF ooTToN IN ONE ROW.
Planted in Circular Form, and Farmer
Prefers It,

John L. Hunter, who owns large
farm in Crowell. Texas, has finished
picking the longest row of cotton in the
world. 1t has a length of 75 miles. To
give ii this extraordinary length the row
was planted in circular form. Mr..
Hunter started in and made the first
big circular row around 200-acre field.
With the first row laid out it was not
difficult for him to continue winding il
until il came 70 the center. When il
came to cultivating the 15-mile row of
cotton plants Hunter found it difficult
to get a farmland to stay with the job.
There's no place 10 STOP was the
common complaint
Ii is the opinion Of Mr.. Hunter that
the circular system of planting cotton or
other crops has a big advantage over
the straight row method
In 200-acre field a circular row
enables one TO do far more cultiyating
in a given time than where the rows are
straight across the field he said. In
the first place. no time is lost in making
the turns at the end of the rows. One
just goes on and on, and in the course
of a day much more ground is gone over
than by the old system. 1t may not be
practical to plant in circular rows
where the fields are Of small area. but in
West Texas, where many fields range
from 200 10 COO acres each in size it is
an ideal method Of growing crops.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23
PLAN NEW DORMIToRy.
Trustees of Mt. HoEyoke to Raise Money
VIII Use Rooms in Town.

HOLYOKE. Mass, Dec 23.-The
trustees of Mount Holyoke college met
yesterday afternoon and decided that n
start to obtain funds for a new dormi-
tory to take the place of Rockefeller hall
must be made at once. The new dormi-
tory to house 40 girls viii be finished
in the fall. but after the Christmas re-
cess the college will be faced with the
problem of making room for the 40 or
more girls whose rooms were destroyed.
II was decided not to attempt to house
the girls IN portable houses. but to OBJ
tain extra rooms in the town and to
double mp in the dormitories now avail
able. This arrangement, il was figured
VIII tide the matter over until fall
1t was also decided that only FIRE
proof buildings viii be erected in the
future. There are only about three fire.
proof buildings on the campus at pres.
ent
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23
SAW UNION MAN SHOT.
CONTINUED from Page One. J

he had been miner for so years before
becoming a farmer and had held petty
offices in the miners union.
Have you any feeling against these
men in the mine?"
Sure / have. Didn't they kin my
stock p
The elder Conroy then testified he had
not seen a single man firing into the mine
or going toward il.
John Conroy, a son, testified that the
firing at the mine began about ? o'clock
on the afternoon of June p. He de-
elared he saw a white flag raised at the
mine about 6 O'Clock and that about an
hour later he saw two men firing from
the pit near the flag.
On cross examination Conroy said he
had been a miner for 81 years, was a
member of the United Mine Workers and
had contributed to the miners defense in
the present case. He declared he had
been told he would receive SO a day
from the union defense for the time he
spent as a witness.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23
Let Us All Pray .

Like crows above a cornfeld now
The parsons hover round
Black-coated. solemn, they allow
They're all on praying ground;
For legislature, stead of kirk,
OF intercession full
They ON the chaplaincies would work
A strong political pull.
A scarcrow that would soon dispense
These gifted ones in prayer
Would be a bill refusing them
The wage for which they care;
While letting supplications rise
Each legislative day
From all the parsons to the skies,
To which they'd look for pay.
No single chaplain, though he be
A righteous man and grave,
Alone the house or senate could
From all their errors save.
Our welfare. through the session thus
Exposed to any fate,
Demands prayerful wrestling from
A whole low kneeling state.
George White in Springfield Re
porter.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23
INJUNCTION IN BANK CASE.
Continued from Page 0ne.)

a paid up capital of $5,410000, the
assessed valuation for 1912 being So
go, $50, and the 40 per cent state tax
for this year being S23.SS3 He said the
state was vitality interested as this was
Il test case, as he understood it, and
would go TO the supreme court, and the
governor had asked that the attorney
general ask leave to intervene as well as
the state tax commissioner.
Mr. Carpenter thought no temporary
Injunction should issue. as he assured
the court that no attempt would be
made to collect the taxes until the case
was disposed of Mr.. Maurice replied
that that was no reason why q tempo
rary injunction should not be granted.
Mr.. SchwenH thought the complainant
had no right to a temporary injunction
as all the allegations in the bill We're on
Information and belief. Mr.. Maurice
said they could not be otherwise without
a long investigation.
The attitude of Mr. Gibson was the
same as that of Mr.. Carpenter and Mr.,
Schwenk.
Judge Chase thought an injunction
ought to issue to give stability to the
case and not leave it up ia the air, al
though he did not question the inten-
ton of the defendants not to try to col
lect the tax until the case was deter
mined
Mr.. Maurice said he had no objection
to the attorney general and state tax
commissioner appearing if they did so as
matter of right. He expressed the wish
that counsel get together and decide on
some course of procedure 10 get the case
to the supreme court as soon as possible,
as it was test case.
The bond was fixed at $500 in the
case Of each of the four defendants.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23
Natures Burial.

Nature is dead" said Winter dread,
As. moved by grief and hurrying,
He came and stood beside her bed,
And it IS time for burying"
Then strike the bell to sound the knell
And cease your witless worrying
When from the heart the hopes depart
tbs time, tbs time for burying.
Then with his spade her grave he made,
While pines and hemlock sighed for
her
As stroke by stroke the earth he broke
And dug her chamber wide for her.
Then, while all gray and still she lay
He did his Office over here
Oh whitest cloud he made a shroud
And heaped the snow to cover her.
The watching skies in sad surprise
Looked down upon the scene of il,
And in the vale the rising gale
Informed the evergreen of il.
Ring the bell to toll the knell
And cease your grief and worrying ;
When hearts are chill and sad and still
IT'S time-'tis time for burying y
ARTHUR GOODENOUGH
West Brattleboro, Vt.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23
RESPONSIBILITY FOR FIRE.
Individual Liability for Damages Result
inc from CareleSsness.

The justice of penalizing individual
carelessness, when ii results in fire dam
age to the. property of others, is effec-
lively argued in the following brief bull
letin, issued by the industrial commits
sion of Wisconsin,
A crook robs national bank of ST.
100000 The entire police powers of
the state and nation are put to work to
apprehend him.
A man deliberately sets fire TO a grain
elevator in which S1000.000 worth of
grain is stored. Some fire marshafs
deputy, alone and unaided, investigates
this fire in the hope of discovering suf-
ficient evidence to bring the guilty man
to trial. perhaps before a jury preju-
diced against circumstantial evidence.
n mans sheer carelessness causes a
fire which destroys $1,000,000 worth of
his neighbours property. Nothing is
done TO punish this man: actually a GER
tain amount of misplaced sympathy is
wasted on him because of his own loss,
Why this widely different public atti-
tude in these three cases?
The robber can be trusted TO put the
stolen money into circulation and, from
the economic standpoint, the country as
a whole will have lost nothing
In the other two cases S1.000,G00
worth of wealth is destroyed and The
country is just that much poorer The
people, not insurance companies. will
pay for this loss in larger Insurance
premiums and higher costs of every
thing. If the fire marshals deputy is
fortunate enough to prove guilt beyond
a reasonable doubt" the man is pun
ished; but nothing is done 70 the man in
the third case; although the effect in the
last two cases on the community and
country is the same.
1t is right that the robber and the in
cendiary should be punished; it is wrong
that the man whose absolute careless
ness has caused like injury should g
unpublished Under the Code Napoleon
such man must reimburse his neigh
bors for their loss and he insures for
such contingency.
The farmer is held liable for damage
if he builds a fire and permits it to
spread to his neighbours land railroad
companies have been held liable for dam
age done by fire spreading from their
rights of way Why not extend this
liability TO the man with basement full
of rubbish. a defective chimney or other
known fro hazard. which results in fire
and injury to his neighbors? Why not
compel him 10 reimburse the city for the.
expense of putting out the fire caused
by his carelessness? Pennsylvania has
such n law. 4 number of cities pro-
vide this penalty by ordinance.
The large ms jority Of fires are due to
carelessness and there is no more effec
tive way TO cure such carelessness than
through the pocketbo0k.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23
A Cord of Wood.
bennington Banner. J

Trouble over the measurement of wood
has broken out in Springfield, Mass, and
several other New England cities. This
is due in part to the fact that a good
many new men have gone into the wood
business owing TO the shortage of coal
and some of the new dealers are not ia
miliar with the laws covering weights
and measures. Under the laws of Yer
mont a cord of wood must contain 12S
cubic feet when piled up in regular lay
ers, and all sales of wood must be by the
cord or fraction of a cord. Wood can
not legally be sold by the load or barrel.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23
AIRPLANEs FOR NEwPoRTERs.
New Workers to Establish Line to Sum.
mer Homes at Newport

NEW YORK, Dee. 23.-New Workers
who spend their vacations at Newport
have oversubscribed funds for establish
ing an airplane service for weekend trips
next summer
Planes will leave New York Fridays
and Saturdays and return Sundays and
Mondays The time of the trip one way
will be an hour and a quarter BY train
the trip takes six hours. Newport Is
225 miles from New York by train.
Among the peasantry Of Europe there
are still women who believe that they
viii improve their children's health by
eating raisins and placing the stones on
the baby's stomach.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23
TAMsEANY CHAIRsIEN.
Murphy Plans e Remember al Demo
Gratis in y. Y Senate.

NEW YORK. Dee 23.-EYery Dem
ocrat senator in the new state legisia-
ture viii BE- 4 committee chairman ac
cording TO Tammanv plans
Twenty-Five chairmanships will be
available and as there viii be % Demo
cratic senator's, Leader Charles Murphy.
it was reported. has suggested that
new COMMITTEES be created to give every
Democratic senator a Craftsmanship.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23
BRATTLEBORO PERSONAL

Mr.. and Mrs Harold T. Smith have
gone to West NIetlford. Mass, to visit
IN the home of Mr.. Smiths father. Les
lie Smith, formerly of this town, until
early in January
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23
The Tripping Tongue.

Hostess Pardon me, won't you, if I
continue sewing while you are here? j
shall then feel that / am not wasting my
time Boston Transcript.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23
New station for Springfield.
Hartford Courant.)

The news that Springfield is to have
new and modern railroad station
should cause rejoicing to everyone who
may for one reason or another have TO
spend any time waiting for trains in that
city. The old Union station never had
much beauty to recommend it, and long
ago il outlived its usefulness. 1t is re-
ported that the new station will cost
something like 100000. Even in
these days that ought to mean a build
ing worth while.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23
BIRTHS.

In Brattleboro Dec. 16. a daughter,
Amy Mary, to Mr.. and Mrs. II. 4. IT.
win.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23
DEATHS.

In South Wardsboro, Dec. %. Mrs
Isabel Kinks Lowe, 81. wife of John II.
Lowe. Funeral at / o'clock Sunday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23

The carnation was cultivated by the
ancient Greeks. who called il the flower
of the gods They used it for making
chaplets whence the name coronation"
was derived. 1t was partaken of at
great banquets as kind of salad.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-07-10
WOMAN ERECTS STILL
TO KEEP HUSBAND HOME

NEW BRUNSWICK, July 10
In order to keep peace in the family
Pauline Savannah, of South River,
erected a still in her cellar, and was
manufacturing hootch for her hus-
band, when officers of the law, in
search of a boarder in her house dis
covered that she was violating the
prohibition enforcement act. Mrs.
Savannah at first entered a plea of
not guilty but has since changed her
plea to guilty.
Her lawyer entered a pleas for
leniency in the case, as the woman
was manufacturing the stuff for per-
sonal consumption, 10 that her nus
band wouldn't go out and spend all
his money buying liquor at other
places. She also has three children.
and on their account it is hoped
that the mother will not receive a
long Jail sentence. Her sentence
has been deferred until September
8 on the condition that she manu-
features no more of the hootch.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-07-10
ANOTHER OFFER
FROM BERLIN
Germany Would Pay Years
Debt Now in Return for
Moratorium

PARIS, July 10 (By The Assocl-
ated Press).-A proposal providing
for the payment of all the remain
ing cash installments duo this year
provided Germany is granted a NOR
atorium of at least two years, was
brought to Paris today by German
representatives. according to unoih-
cjal information. The German rep
resentatives were DR.. Fischer, chair
man of the war debts commission
and Herr Schroeder, under deputy
of the ministry of finance, who
reached Paris during h afternoon
for conferences with the reparation
commission over Germany's finan-
cal position.
Up till early this afternoon they
had not officially presented the re-
ported moratorium plan to the COM
mission.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-07-10
CITY TICKET
TAKES FORM
Say HaIIahan Will Enter Race
Against Recorder PiCkers-
gill This Fall
WILSON VS.. Shelby
Opposition at Primaries in 9Th
Ward for Clark Bitter
Fight Seems Likely

Recorder Harold e. Pickersgill
for reelection for another two year
term at this falls election. This an
nouncement has just been formally
made and it is not believed he will
have any opposition at the pri-
maries, having always run at the
head of or far ahead of his ticket.
William Hallahan, clerk of the po-
Ice department since the first of
the year, has announced himself as
a candidate for the office on the
Hallahan is the first Democrat to
announce himself a candidate for
this position. it is generally be-
lieved there will be a contest for
this Democratic nomination.
Both city tickets are gradually
Icing formed and from present indi-
cations Mayor William C. Wilson
will be the Republican choice for
reelection and John X. Sheehy,
president of the Board of Education
at present, will be the Democratic
candidate. Mr.. Sheehy has for
mally declared himself in the race
and is the only Democratic candi-
date thus far. Mayor Wilson mas
not made any statement except that
he will run if his party desires him
to do So" He is looked upon by
Republicans as the strongest man
they can enter and it is not likely
he will have any opposition.
There will be three aldermen elect
ed this year but as far as can be
learned at present there will be but
one primary contest, that being in
the fifth ward on the Democratic
ticket. Alderman John ]. Clark will
be in the race for reelection and it
is common talk in Democratic cir
cles that Joseph +. Maloney, a can
didate for the assembly two years
ago, will oppose the present incum-
bent. Just who the Republican can
didate in this Democratic stronghold
will be, is a question as the chances
of a Republican being elected in
the fifth ward are admittedly slim.
The only hope for the Republicans
in the fifth yard will be a split in
the opposing ranks.
In the first ward Alderman John
Sofield will be a candidate for re-
election and as yet no Democratic
aspirant for this office has made
known his intentions of running.
The first ward is considered as strong
a Republican ward as the fifth is
Democratic.
Alderman Thomas Patten will seek
reelection in the third ward and his
Republican opponent will, in all like
lihood, be A. f. Munoz, street COM
missioner at the present. 1t is not
thought Alderman Patten will have
any opponent at the primaries and
as yet no other Republican has been
mentioned except Munoz.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-07-10
rW0 MURDERED, THREE ARE WOUNDED
I'M GUN FIGHTS; make THREE ARRESTS
Make final PLANS
FOR Band CONCERTS:
MUSICIANS TO AID

hall park on this occasion in order
to furnish as many seats as possible
for those who are expe ted to en-
iov the music. 1t is expected that
several thousand persons. from all
sections of the city will attend the
concert.
Mr.. Lembcke said today that he
has hopes of raising at least another
500 in order to furnish another
concert. He also reported that An
drew Nelson. president OF the locai
musicians union has promised that
if the park commission employs To-
cal bands for the concerts, at the
end of the season the union will FUR
nish a band of thirty pieces for a
final concert Tree of charge. Mr.,
Lembcke said there no doubt but
what the committee will employ To-
cal bands for all concerts. rms
with the additional 500 MI. Lem
bcke promises, means that the city
will be assured of at least eight con-
certs.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-07-10
COAL FACTIONS
SEE PRESIDENT
Unable to Agree in Conference
Between Miners and the
Operators

WASHINGTON, July 1O.-(By
The Associated Press)-The confer
ence of bituminous coal operators
and union representatives adjourn
ed to go to President Harding at
the White House. Participants said
they had been unable to agree.
Secretary Davis on behalf of the
government read to the conference
a proposal that six miners and six
operators be appointed to a commit
tee to decide on an agreement, the
government to be responsible for set
Element. Both sides were not ac-
ceptable. President Harding, it was
learned, has in mind a definite Of
fer of government arbitration and
was ready to devote considerable
time to settlement.
On the arrival of the conferees
at the executive office it was ar
ranged that A. G. Ogel, chairman
of the conference, and h operators
representatives should see the Presi-
dent first and the miners immedl-
atelv after.
WASHINGTON. July 10 (By The
Associated Press)-The government
prepared today to put it's W plan
Tor settlement Of the b;tuminous
strike before workers and owners
Preliminary meetings of The mine
owners and union representatives
gave Secretary Hoover and Davis
direct assurances that insufficient
COMPROMISE would result from the
conferences to allow settlement.
President Harding consequently pre-
pared his plan to be put before the
representatives.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-07-10
BOY WOUNDED BY SHOT
FIRED FROM RIVER BOAT

Stephen Dudash, a thirteen year
old boy of 1914 Smith street, is con-
fined to his home with d revolver
bulle. in his chest as the result OF
an incident that occurred on a dock
along the Raritan river late yes
terday afternoon. The lad was
struck by a bullet believed to have
been fired by one of a number OF
persons aboard a passing sloop'
bound up the river.
Captain John Hiley was arrested
at Now Brunswick last night at the
request of the Perth Amboy police.
Detective Lieutenant Joseph Gutow-
ski went to the county sea TINS
morning with a warrant for HlleNs
detention and he was returned TO
this city tor examination regarding
the shooting. The intention of the
police this morning was to charge
the sloop captain with firing the
weapon.
According to young Dudash's ac-
count of the affair he was seated
on a wharf of the Pardee Steel
-,ompauy. III company with several
compaalons. watching the boats pass
up and down the river. About o:5o
o'clock, he says, a white sloop pass
ed and at The same time a shot rang
out and he was dropped by a bullet
in his chest
The injured lad is under the care
of DIR. William II. McCormlck' OIL
Market street, to whose office he was
removed by Motorcycle Officer VIII
liam Bachman, following the shoot
ing. DR.. Mccormick appeared "a
notice headquarters this morning
with an X-ray photograph showing
the location of the bullet. Entering
at a point a few inches below inc
neck on the left side of the boy :
breast. the missile struck a rib ahc
was detected downward for soh"7
distance.
Dudash's condition is someWha,
serious, but it is expected the re-
moval of the bullet will be Followed
nv his He was removed 10
the city hospital this morning
Upon receipt of Officer Bachm?h 5
report of the shooting, Desk Lieu
tenant Calvin notified the police OIL
South River, %Sayreville and New
brunswick to watch for a sloop
answering to his description anu
some time afteward he was informed
by the New Brunswick police ma,
the sloop had been halted IN NE
canal at the county seat ana tue
coDtain removed, in custody.