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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-09
West RiUer Train Stages
Wreck After Quiet Period
Grain Car Stops on Angle
Just to Stimulate
Disaster

Statistics and superstition have
proved in the past that railroad acci-
dents happen in series of three. They
do not always happen at the same time,
but usually occur within few days of
each other.
Yesterday was not the 18th but the
old time superstition ran true to form,
for coincident with the bad Boston s
Albany wreck at Worcester and the de-
raiIment of the locomotive attached to
the Central Vermont train due here at
1905. the West River branch of the
Central Vermont staged a wreck all of
its own yesterday afternoon, following
a period of comparative quiet
The South Londonderry train left here
as usual yesterday at 1.30 with its
phlegmatic wheeling and coughing and
its customary string of side door Pull
mans and the combination mail-eXDreSS-
baggage ge-Smoker-paSsenger coach. Imme-
diately preceding the coach was car of
grain consigned to some business man up
the valley. The train was due at West
Townshend about , O'Clock and at that
point the coach and the grain car decided
TO join the ranks of the striking railroad
men. So without any warning they left
the rails and the wheels dug into the soft
tdIlHs lHtItDf tielIfS up ITdIHc III DOtu
directions. The passenger car managed
to remain in an upright position, but
the grain car assumed an angular posi-
ton to make things seem more ike a real
railroad wreck. Statistics show that
the toll of death usually resultant in a
railroad accident is, in most cases. due to
the high speed at which the train is
travelling. Not so with the West river
train, however, The only fear Of death
that frightened those persons who We're
on the train was that of starvation. for
as is well known, there is no other train
on the route during the entire day.
a wrecking crew was sent out from
the local yards at S.45 last night and
after working through the entire night.
the derailed cars were put back on the
rails this morning
The train was in charge of Engineer
Jerry Curtin and Conductor w. j. An
derson.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-09
AVIATION MEET
TO BE HELD HERE
Outing Club Governors Vote to Go Ahead
Date Is Friday. Aug. 1S-Big
Attendance Expected.

Through its board of governors, the
Outing club stated Tuesday that it had
definitely decided to go ahead with the
aviation meet and dedication of the field
at the Retreat meadow on Friday, Aug.
Is. 4 meeting of the board was held
that morning at IL O'Clock and it was
almost the unanimous opinion that the
club should take this step.
Definite plans will now be arranged
concerning the number of planes and the
program which will start at 10 o'clock
in the morning In case of rain, sthe
meet will be held over until the follow
ing day. The Outing club is now pre-
pairing posters to advertise the meet and
these will be posted throughout Vermont
and the neighboring states. It is ex
pected that people from the entire Con-
necticut valley win be here to attend
this event. which viii result in Brattle-
boro becoming definitely established on
the aviation map.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-09
CONCORD ASYLUM
PATIENT TAKEN HERE
When Apprehended by Officer Tyler
Official Comes for Him.

Officer w. e. Tyler interrupted the
peregrinatiOns of one Ernest Bryant, for
some time past an inmate of the insane
asylum at Concord, \. III. About two
weeks ago. Bryant, who is reported to be
afflicted with a mild case of lunacy. left
the asylum without registering his pro-
posed whereabouts and proceeded to
make a tour of the scenic valleys in this
region. Word of his departure was sent
to the authorities in various towns III
New Hampshire and Vermont, who We're
ready to offer a cordial reception to Bry-
ant wherever he appeared.
Yesterday afternoon, gentleman
with ain air of distinction, strobe up
Elliot street here and his appearance
tailed with the description in the posses
sion of Officer Tyler. The latter inter
viewed the gentleman and found he was
the desired party. The officer asked Bry-
ant why he left the asylum and Bryant
said he left just because he wanted to.
Officer Tyler then suggested to Bryant
that he ought to have known that he did
not have the liberty of the United States,
wheregpon Bryant said he thought 1T
was q n of a note"
Bryant has been tramping from place
to place, sleeping in barns and getting
what food he could as tramps usually do.
He was held here over night and it Is
expected that he will be taken back to
Concord today by an official who has
started here from that place.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-09
STONES ON TRACK
CAUSE BAD WRECK
Investigators Find Obsta-
cles Were Hit Mile from
Accident
FIREMAN KILLED,
ENGINEER HURT
Heavy Damage 10 Railroad Property =
Engine Turned End for End In Crash
Score of Passengers Suffer Injuries
List of Victims.

List of Victims.
WORCESTER, Mass. Aug. o. - Pre-
liminary reports of the investigators Of
the disastrous wreck on the Boston &
Albany railroad here yesterday afternoon
are to the effect that stones on the rails
in what is known as the deep cut"
nearly mile from the point where the
locomotive overturned, was the direct
cause of the tragedy.
A terrific smash-up of locomotives and
coaches of the Berkshire express, Boston
to Springfield, within the city limits yes
terday afternoon, resulted in the death of
the trains fireman, serious injuries to
the engineer and minor injuries to a
score Of passengers.
Fireman Herbert f. Russell, 4S, of
Ashland was dead when surgeons re-
ceived the first ambulance load of victims
at the Worcester City hospital. The
engineer, Frank Mcdonald, also of Ash
land, has fractured skull and may die.
In addition to the toll in human life
and limb. the damage to the railroad
property IS heavy. The locomotive waa
wrecked. the four cars badly smashed
the roadbed torn up for several hundred
yards, the switching system put out of
order the wreckage swapping the wires
that operate the switches at the east end
of the freight yard and breaking the iron
conduits in which they are carried.
An unusual feature was that the loco
motive was turned completely Iaround
headed toward Boston. while the tender
of the locomotive Sand the baggage car
were 100 feet west and headed toward
Worcester, in the direction in which the
train was running when the smash oc-
cured.
The severely injured, outside those
mentioned above. are:
BertOn NJ. Sargent. A, Wakefield
American Railway Express messenger,
left shoulder fractured.
Joe Richardi, y. 9 Cross street.
Worcester, right arm fractured, spine in
jured and c0neussion of brain.
Isaac Asher. 90, IS Providence street.
Worcester. ribs on right side fractured.
Sam Polls, 80. 151 Shrewsbury street
Worcester, spine injured
Mrs John Murray, 43, 10 Chandler
street, Longmeadow, right arm and right
thigh injured.
John p. Clough, %, 1853 Pleasant
street, Worcester, forehead lacerated.
right side bruised
Mrs Charles Corson, 96 Bay street.
Springfield, badly bruised and shaken.
Miss Bessie Calvin, Amherst, bruised
and shaken.
Miss Alice Bray. Holliston, left knee
sprained.
Lester C. Bruce, 16 wyola drive.
Worcester. body severely bruised.
Mrs. l.. f. Hunter. 3 Harvard street.
Medteld, body severely bruised: taken
to III Paine street. Worcester.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-09
AUTOS IN MIXUP
ON CANAL STREET
VI. o. RawsOn's Car Winds Up Against
Railing at Top of High Wall and
Embankment.

An automobile accident that nearly
resulted in a car being hurled over a
high retaining wall and a 20-foot bank
occurred last evening at 7.15 when
a Buick touring car driven by NJ. O..
Rawson, janitor at the Wilder building,
skidded in the mud east of the curve ON
Canal street just opposite the Canal
street school building and crashed into
an Essex touring car driven by Carlos
L. Snow. who is employed at the Mosher
garage The Buick, which is reported to
have been travelling toward Main street
at high speed, was unable to check its
progress when it struck the muddy sec
ton of the street, and it skidded around
directly in front of the Essex car with
which it collided and then climbed the
curbing ON to the sidewalk and rammed
the iron fence on top of the wall on the
north side of Canal street Only the
strength of the fence saved the machine
from going over the wall down the
20-foot bank.
One axle and one wheel of the Essex
were bent, but it was able to proceed
under its own power. The Buick cars
right running board and fender We're
smashed and its radiator was bent
After some time and with assistance Mr.
Rawson was able to coax his car to pro-
ceed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-09
REDUCTIONS MADE
IN VALUATIONS
Listers, After Hearing Aggrieved Tax
payers, Change Figures i'm Is Cases
Total Cut $f37. $50.

The objections made by taxpayers to
the increases in appraisals of real estate,
which were heard by the listers Monday.
resulted in some substantial reductions,
the figures being filed with the town
clerk
Reductions amounting TO $137, $50,
covering 45 pieces of property, were
made by the listers according to the
records made on the books. These re
ductions range from farm land to Main
street buildings. The greatest reduc-
ton was made in the case Of the Brat
tleboro Water Works which obtained an
abatement of $4,000 The American
Building. Inc, the III. g. Barber block.
Twin State Gas & Electric. Co. follow
with reductions of $4,000 each.
The complete list of reductions is as
follows:
Grady and Bridget Kaine, lot 22S Ell
lot St. $500 to 500.
Liable farm. $1,000 to 81 ,250
Jacob Kempf, house Blakeslee ST.,
81, 500 to 81, 400.
Herbert Bowen farm, $4,000 to $2,-
500.
Milk Plant property, 81, 800 to $4,000
Silas Holbrook, land, 500 to 5000.
Georgianna Bacon. house, 90 Western
Ave, $1,000 to $4,000.
]. O. Johnson. 100 Western Ave,
house, $1,S00 to $l,G0e.
Fred d. Marsh, land, $1,000 to ST.
500
James A. Lyons, house, 214 Elliot ST.,
$4,000 to $4,000.
Fred c. Adams, house, 10 Tyler St.,
$5, 600 to $1,000
Henry and Allison Bond, house, 6 Ty-
Ter ST., 81 800 to $7.100
Crystal Springs Ice Co, land, Frost
Pl., $500 to 5000.
Do \
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-09
25.OOO REFUSE PLAN
OF PRESIDENT
VIII Not Submit Seniority Question to
Labor Board - "Set Jewell
Straight"

NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-Twenty five
thousand rail shopcrafts workers,
through David Williams, secretary of the
eastern strike committee today sent a
telegram to B. VI. Jewell at Chicago,
putting themselves on record as refusing
to accept President Harding's proposal
for submitting the seniority question to
the railroad labor board.
The telegram read: "In behalf of %
600 striking railway shopmen in the New
York district we endorse your stand in
refusing to accept the compromise pro-
position of President Hardings. Lo-
Gated in a district exposed to the poison
gas attack, as represented by the lying
propaganda of the railway executives.
our members have stood the attack with
out faltering and the morale of the stri-
kerS is perfect
"The purpose of the telegram" said
Mr. Williams, was to set Mr.. Jewell
straight on the attitude of strikers in
the metropolitan district toward both the
railroad labor board and the administra
tiOn.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-09
RARE ENJOYMENT
IN LAST PROGRAM
Chautauqua Closes with
Lecture and Music
of Hawaii
MISS CLEMENS AND
GROUP OF NATIVES
Afternoon Program Given Up to Chill
dren's Pageant and Clown Tent
Taken Down Last Night and Shipped
to Hudson Falls, n. Y.

The final day of the 1922 Chautauqua
passed into history yesterday with the
biggest attendance of the week at both
afternoon and evening sessions. The
programs were perhaps the most inter
esting and entertaining of the series,
the afternoon being devoted to the pro-
duction of the children's pageant, The
Conquests of Peace, followed by a solid
hour and a half of funmaking by Wal
lace Havelock, the clown-iuggler The
evening program comprised singing and
instrumental selections by a company
Of five pure-blooded Hawaiians person
ally selected by Mildred Leo Clemens.
cousin of Mark Twain, and combined
stereopticon moving picture lecture on
The Paradise of the Pacific, by Miss
Clemens.
The majority Of the audience yeeter-
day afternoon was composed OF children
OF all sizes and ages, for the afternoon
session was pre-eminently children's
day. OF course, there was a generous
sprlnkling OF mothers and grandmothers
cousins and aunts, who had to come to
see their children perform in the pageant,
rehearsals for which had been held every
morning during the Chautauqua session
The pageant was in seven parts and
began with the time when William Penn
signed the treaty of peace with the In
dians and depicted history down through
the successive stages of the union of the
l3 colonies, the beginning of the hun
dred years OF peace with British in 1914,
the period of Abraham Lincoln. the
Peace of Portsmouth, the 1914 Christmas
ship and the elimination Of world peace
following the World war Between go
and 20 children took part in the pageant
which was extremely well done consider
ing the short time in which to prepare
and which was of great credit to the
CONTINUED on Page 81
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-09
FRESH AIR TOTS
COMING TOMORROW
VIII Arrive on 1.37 Train-COurtesies
of Both Moving Picture Theatres
Accorded Throughout Their Stay.

Tomorrow will be red letter day in
the life of many New York children. as
that is the date for the arrival here Of
Sc fresh air children. who come into
the country for a vacation of two weeks
from the crowded tenement districts and
street Fairgrounds.
They will arrive on the 1.37 o'clock
train, and those who are to entertain
them are asked to be at the station
promptly TO meet them. The hostesses
also are asked to bear in mind that the
children are to be az the station a half
hour before the dep2eture of the 1881
o'clock train Thursday. Aug "a, each
child being provided with lunch
Moving picture courtesies have been
extended 10 the children, all fresh air
children being invited by Peter Latehis
of the Latchis theatre TO any perform
ance during their stay here, without adj
mission charge, and all children and their
hostesses being invited by Mrs T.. c.
harrington of the Princess theatre to any
performance without charge.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-09
G.. o. p. REGULARS
WIN OHIO PRIMARY
Carmi A. Thompson Has Wide Margin
for Governorship-Arlan Re
n0minates GOV. MeRae.

CHICAGO, Aug. 9.-The Republican
regular organization retained its hold in
Ohio and Democrats of that state gave
substantial plnrahties to organization
candidates. Gov. Il. c.. McRae of Ar
kansas held a lead of more than two to
one over Judge E. p Toney for re-nomi-
nation. and Judge w. w. Brandon was
apparently the Democratic nominee for
governor of Alabama as a result of pri-
maries yesterday in the three states.
Incomplete returns from Ohio indi-
Gated that Carmi a. Thompson. backed
by the Harding forces and supported by
the Anti-Saloon League, was nominated
for governor by wide margin.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-09
No Development In Rail
Strike Expected Before
Friday
BOTH SIDES MEET
THEN TO CONSIDER
Labor's Reply to Be Submitted to Cen
eral Conference of Railroad Unions
Not Sure What Attitude of Road In
ecutives I'm New York VIII Be.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.-The rail
strike situation appeared destined today
to mark time until next Friday although
executives of the striking shopcrafts
unions were in Washington today to
consider President Harding's second
proposal for voluntary termination OF
the walk-out Shopcraft federation
leaders here have stated that the reply to
the Presidents communication propos
ing immediate resumption of work and
reference Of the seniority issue to the
railroad labor board for decision would
be submitted to the general conference
of railroad labor heads here Friday be
fore it was sent to the White House.
As the railway executives also will
meet that day in New York to draft
their answer to the administration plan
active developments in the situation be
fore the end of the week were improb-
able
Rejection of the administration plan
by the workers is generally accepted a.
certain. Forecasts as to the course OF
the management are not so definite.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-09
MORE MINES REOPEN.
Output Increases in Pennsylvania, and
West Virginia

COKEBURG. Pa, Aug. 9.-Inereased
operations at a number of mines in the
strike region controlled by troops was
reported at military headquarters here
yesterday. Additional men went to work
at the HenderSonville Iaine. it was said,
while at the Harmon Greek stripping
operation, near Burgettestown. 200 men
were working, producing - cars of coal
daily.
Hendersonyille and Montour No. f. it
was added, We're turning out one car
each a day. Twenty-Five miners were at
work in the Atlas mine, while other
mines in that district are being cleaned
up and will probably be re-opened within
q week, the military reports said
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-09
WILL MARK SITE OF
EARLY MEETIN' HOUSE
Mrs. Eginor Squier of Bennington Gives
$4,000 Towards Tablet for
Historic Spot.

BENNINGTON. Aug 9.-AIrs. Eli
nor w. Squier, a summer resident of
Old Bennington, through gift of $1,000
has revived interest in the proposal to
mark the site of the Old First church,
the first ''meetin' house in the terri
tory that later became the state of Yer
mont. Rev. Isaac Jennings. who was
forced by i'll health to relinquiSh the pas
torate shortly before the beginning of
the war had taken up the project as
chairman Cf a committee appointed by
tie Bennington Battle Monument and
Historical society and had raised con
siderable fund before the great conflict
1,rned the attention of people every
where to more material things He had
secured from q well-known sculptor in
New York model for a bronze statue,
heroic size, of Rev. Jedediah Dewey,
the fighting parsOn, who was the first
pastor and who preached from the pull
pit stirring war sermon on the Sunday
morning preceding the battle of Ben
1ington.
1t is not the intention of the persons
Interested in the proposed memorial TO
adopt the original plan, as il is doubt
uI that sufficient funds could be raised
o meet the expenses of the bronze
;tatue Sketches have been submitted,
me calling for an expenditure of $1,000.
sum that Mrs. Squier has agreed to
contribute.
At the annual meeting of the Benning
zon Battle Monument and Historical so
.iety in April it was voted that DIR. Vim
eent Ravi-Booth, the present pastor of
he Old Bennington church, be appointed
ahairman Of a committee to be selected
~ him to complete the memorial plans.
9p has selected James c.. Colgate and
Hall z. Mccullough of New York and L
3. Jennings. Arthur J. Holden and Ed
ward l. Bates, the latter the secretary
f the society.
The original meeting house was 40 by
so feet and two stories high On the
pcond floor there was q school, prob
tbly tha first in the state. In the build
nCS. the purchasers of the land grants.
rho were known as prcprietors. held
heir meetings. The people of the town
met here to give thanks after the cap
ure of Ticonderoga and Ethan Allen,
who was Il resident of Bennington, re
-urued here to take part in the service.
The Hessians and other prisoners cap
ured at the bottle Of Bennington were
acre confined and the June session of the
frSt Eeuaont legislature in 177S was
2eld in the church. The building was
supercedeI by a new structure during
the first five years Of the 10Th century.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-09
FAMILY TRAGEDY
FOLLOWS QUARREL
in-Law Shot and Uncle Arrested
for Murder

HAVERHILL, Mass, Aug. 9.-Mrs.
C..ris Dantos. ID, bride of two months.
attempted suicide by gas this morning at
her home in this city as her brother-in-
law. Charles Dantos, 17-year-old high
school student, was dying at the Gale
hospital from bullet wounds received yes
terday afternoon and alleged to have
been inflicted by Anthony Stamatopou-
los. an uncle of Mrs Dantos.
The quarrel between Dantos and Stam-
atopOulos was caused when the boy
and his older brother, Nicholas. ac-
cused Stamatopoulos of boasting of in
innate relations with Mrs Danton.
Stamatopoulos was arrested on
charge of murder this morning
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-09
TWO CHILDREN DEAD,
TWO OTHERS BURNED
Mother Working Up Stairs While Fam
lily Perisiles In Fire on
Floor Below.

BOSTON, Aug. 9.-AIrs. Margaret
Manning. called from her morning work
upstairs by cries from her children be-
low. today found one dead, another dy-
ing and a third suffering severe burns.
Margaret, four years, was the first vic
tim, Joseph, six years, died at the hospi-
tai. and James, eight years, was placed
on the danger list there Robert. seven
years, escaped injury, but was not able
to explain how the fire started.
The Manning's home in the Charles
town district was but little damaged
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-09
DOOLITTLE PROPERTY
ON FLAT ST. SOLD
Dewitt Grocery Co. Buys Real Estate
Opposite Its Plant, Including
Jelly Building Annex.

Deeds lave passed through the town
clerks Office recording the sale of the
DooIittle property on Flat street, owned
by Jennie Doolittle Crosby, to the De
Witt Grocery Co. The property is di-
rectly opposite the present location OF
the Dewitt company and comprises a
parcel of land with 2J0-foot frontage
and depth of 11S feet The building
now located on the property is the wood
on annex to the jelly building recently
sold to John b. Dunton.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-09
Stone Train Near Greenfield.

Boston K Maine passenger train from
Boston bound west. was stoned last night
about a mile west of the Greenfield sta
tion by unidentified men. Most of the
windows in one coach were smashed.
Several passengers were cut by flying
glass and We're given first aid on the
train. Three workers in the Greenfield
slop reported to. the police that they
had been intimidated and threatened by
pickets.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-09
Big Four Begin waIkOut.

CHICAGO, Aug. 8 (Associated Press
The threatened walk-out of Big Four
brotherhood men-engineerS, hremen,
conductors and trainmen-On the Elgin.
.Ioliet & Eastern railroad began early to
day. Men gathered at the terminals but
refused to work unless the soldiers called
as the result of the Monday outbreak, in
which two men were killed and Sheriff
Newkirk dangerously wounded, were i'm
mediateIy withdrawn.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-09
Mire Men TaIine strike Vote.

CINCINNATI. O.. Aug. 9.-COmple-
tien of the strike vote being taken by
/, 100 telegraphers Of the Big Four
railroads is expected within a week. ac-
cording to officers of the Order of Rail
road Photographers, and meanwhile off
cials of the road hold to their conten-
ton that the wire men have no griev
ance Marranting such action.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-09
More Coal in West Virginia.

CHARLESTON, W. Va. Aug o.
West Virginia mines produced ,167, 900
tons of coal last week, an increase of
1880 over the output for the previous
week. it was announced yesterday by
the West Virginia Coal association. The
association said shortage of cars mate
rally curtailed the output
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-09
NO REPRIEvE FOR AssAssINs.
Slayers of Field Marshal Wilson to Be
Hanged T0m3rrOw.

LONDON. Aug. 9 ASSOCIATED Press
A reprieve was refused by Hcme Sec
retary Sbortt today to Joseph O'Sulli-
van and Reginald Dunn, sentenced to be
hanged tomorrow for the assassination of
Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson.