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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-28
TOwNSHEND.
Death of Mrs. Frank Blood.

Mrs. Flora (Harris) Blood, 81, wife
of Frank A Blood, died at her home in
Townshend at II o'clock Monday fore
noon after many months of suffering.
She was born in Wilmington April S,
1866, a daughter of Loren and Julia Har-
ris She married Mr.. Blood June %,
1908, and they have since lived in Town
shend.
Mrs Blood was woman of quiet.
home-loving disposition and bore her long
suffering patiently.
Besides her husband she leaves two
sons by a former marriage, Ray l.. Howe
of Northampton, Mass, and Guy g.
Howe of Brattleboro, also one half
brother in Providence, X. l., and nephews
and nieces in Vermont and Connecticut.
The funeral was held at the house
Thursday afternoon at o'clock.
Mrs. w. NJ Sparks is recovering from
an illness.
| I. S. Sayre left last week for trip to
| Alabama and other sections of the south.
Willis Braley of Westminster West
| spent the weekend at the home OF y. w
Barry.
Mrs. Selfors of Wardsboro is caring for
John ~ Grout who is still confined to
his bed.
Raymond Barry and friend, Mr.. Cavan-
augh, of Brattleboro, spent Friday with
his parents,
Miss Lydia EversOn returned Tuesday
to her work in Boston after spending the
weekend with her mother.
The basketball game at seminary hall
Friday evening between the BrattlebOro
Business institute and the local town
team resulted in Il victory for the locals
by n score of 40 to 10.
The girls of the w w guild served a
hot supper in the Baptist veStry Friday
evening TO the BrattleborO basketball team
from the business institute and others.
About so was cleared for the treasury.
The Hadassah league remembered sew
eral of the shut-ius this week with a sum
shine box TO Mrs. Lauren Pike, flower
ing plant to Mrs. Alton Holden and
to Vena Perkins.
Mrs Edith Cook. nurse from the
Brattleboro Mutual Aid association, came
Tuesday from West Townshend to care
for Mrs. Lauren Pike, who is still con-
fined to her bed Mrs. Pike. who was
there a week, returned to Brattleboro the
same day.
The saying of our forefathers, When
the days begin to lengthen the cold begins
to strengthen seems proving true this
winter The high gale Sunday night blew
out panes of glass and even a whole win
dow sash in various houses in the village
and did other damage. The wind
brought a much-lowered change in tenn
perature and Tuesday morning the mer-
curry registered from 20 to 26 below zero
in different sections of the village.
Cards are being sent out this week by
the secretary of the Community club in
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-28
CANAsToTA, New YoR

NASASTOTA, n EW / DIRK
ST feel it my duty to write to thank
you for the wonderful benefit 1 have
received from 'Fruit-a-tives". I
suffered for 20 years with Rheuma-
tism. I had taken q number of
different remedies, but they did not
do me any good.
One day last fall, saw your adver-
tisement in our paper so [ bought
Zoe. trial box. They helped me, SO
1 bought Two more boxes and I can
hardly realize that l ever had Rheu-
matism. can get in and out of my
bed without the least trouble. If the
Rheumatism ever does come back,
/ know just what to take to drive it
away.
Your wonderful fruit medicine ':Fruit-
a-tircs', brought me relief when everything
else had fqiied". Mrs. ANNIE PAGE.
SOC a box, 6 for s.. 30, trial size csc.
At dealers or sent postpaid on receipt
ofprice by OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
OGDENSBURG, n. Y.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-28
SOUTH NEWFANE.

The meeting of the Boys and Girls
club Saturday afternoon was postponed.
Mrs George Railway returned home
Tuesday after spending a week with her
sister, Mrs. Abbie NJ. Kelsey.
Donald Bailey of Greenfield, Mass.
came Sunday to spend a few weeks with
his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ira NJ.
Ingram.
Mrs Josephine Settlers is visiting her
daughter and husband, Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl Dana, at Oxford Mass, having
been called there Friday on account Of
the death of Mr.. Dana's brother.
The mems classes in Sunday school
in the Baptist churches in East Dover
and this village began an attendance
contest Sunday. Eighteen men were
present at East Dover and II here.
The Ladies' Benevolent society all
day meeting was held at Mrs. Claude
Reeds Wednesday with nine women
present, a large attendance considering
the low temperature which ranged from
20 degrees below zero in the morning to
II above in the middle of the day. Din
ner was served at noon.
Mrs. Samuel Morse passed her ODD
birthday anniversary pleasantly Mon
day. Although she has been confined
to her bed by illness several weeks, she
was able To enjoy brief visits with all
who called. Some We're detained by the
incement weather and made calls by
telephone. Postcards and letters bearing
messages of good cheer were promptly
delivered by Uncle Sam as were the
choice flowers for Frightening her room
Three women went Friday to Will
Evansville for the making of dress forms
The entire class numbered Is which ap-
pears TO have been a lucky number in
this case. All who have reported, speak
in highest terms of the work and its re-
suits. Mrs. J. NJ. Coates, specialist
from Montpelier, who was in charge of
the work, is we'll adapted to it, is
equipped with executive ability, and is
able to give instruction while demon
strating. She was ably assisted by Miss
Viola NJ. Cameron. Women who are in
terested to join the millinery class later
in this village, should notify Mrs. Love
early. An expert viii take charge.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-28
SOUTH UAIIEAN

Tuesday morning the thermometer reg
istered % degrees below zero at many
places.
Miss Grace Towsc, teacher at Valley,
returned Monday from Boston, where she
had been five weeks.
Mrs. +. Ii. Stone is helping care for
Clifford Murdoch. who is i'll and under
the care Of DIR. Walsh.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Nichols and daugh-
ter of Lyonsvillc. Mass. spent Sunday
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Gal
win.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-28

viting all to renew their membership fees
and thus aid the work of the club for an
other year. Special honor is due the re
firing club officers who labored so faith
fully in starting the work of the organ
ization last year The president espe-
cially gave generously of time and work
throughout the year and advanced pri-
vate funds for the interest of the society.
He deserves and has the thanks of every
member The opening of the community
room in the town hall is announced by
the club to be postponed until further no.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-28

agriculture was honored with the chair
manahip Of the committee on eo-ordina-
ticn Of state and federal legislation.
@ r. Martin Of Plainfield master Of
TIE State Grange and secretary of the
Vermont Dairymen's association, is
member of the dairy section of the COM
mittee on costs, prices and readjust-
ments.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-28

years she WIS resident here,
l. aking her home with her son
Walter. In November, 1912, she went
to Someryille to live, where she re-
7 aimed until 1918, when she went to
Hou0htonville to live, until death came
as the result of old age During the
last f W years of her life her eyesight
was much impaired, but otherwise she
was hale and hearty.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-28
PLACES zee yERMoNrERs.
Two C-la.ITa7nsi'.oe II National Agri-
cultural Conference.

VI
BURLINGTON. Jan. 2S.-yermont-
ers at the national agricultural confer
encc al Washington this week were as
ISOLATED with some of the most impor-
tant committee assignments in connec-
ticn with the conference work With
close to 300 men of prominence in agri-
cultural relations throughout the coun-
try in attendance on the conference. only
three OF whom are from Vermont the
Green Mountain state got two out of the
II chairmanships of central committees.
L. E. Cornwall, president Of the Yer
mont Farm Bureau federation and in
charge of the new state Office in this
city. was selected for the Craftsmanship
Of the very important committee on az
riculture and price relations
f. s. Brigham, state commissioner OF
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-28
ITALIANS SAVE MONEY.
Big Increase in Savings Banks Deposits
in Seven Months.

saving up their money Notwithstanding
the economic crisis in this country. De-
posits in Italy's savings banks we're in
creased by about 959.000,000 lire III the
first seven months Of the present year. At
par this would be equivalent to nearly
1892 100000.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-28

Surgeon. Market Block, Elliot ST. Once
hours: $50 to $50 a. M; $50 to $50, and to
.. m. Telephone Jaw.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-28

EDWARD R. LYNCH, NJ. D. Surgery a gpe-
ciaItv, Office, Park Building. Phone, $40.
Hours, / to p. NJ; to p. m. Residence,
Putney Road. Phone. III. Sundays by ap-
pointment only.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-28

Shortstop Burkett, recently signed by
the Birmingham club of the Southern
league. is a son of Jesse Burkett, the old
big league star and present coach of the
champion Giants.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-28

DR.. q. p. GREENE, Physician and Surgeon.
Office. Bank block. Hours: 80 to ). and TO
p. m. Residence, SO Green St. Telephone
connection. Mornings and Sundays by ap-
pOintrnent only.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-21
Y. w. c. A. Budget Drive
Opens With Luncheon

Budget week" Of the Young Wom-
ems Christian Association started yes
terday with pledges for S1s,1oo which
had been contributed previous to the
opening of the campaign. The goal of
the campaign is 100000, to meet the
expenses of the coming year.
Mrs. William Fellowes Morgan, presi-
dent Of the New York Y. w. C. A.. at
the opening luncheon of the week, at
t he headquarters, $40 Lexington Ave
nue., said that the "Y's" method of
raising it's entire budget for the com
ing year before January had brought
forth the praise of experts the country
over.
Miss Helen Clarkson Miller. execu-
tive secretary for New York City
POINTED out the three best arguments
for contributing to the budget fund;
First, that it is good business to raise
money for known expenses rather than
I FOR the payment of debts; second, that
$4,000 will be used in paying off prin-
cipal on mortgages, and, third, that
the 'Y" meets community needs and
so deserves the support of the public
Mrs. Howard G. Myers will preside
at to-days luncheon. and the speakers
will be Miss Charlotte Baker, president
Of the Central Branch, and William
Fellowes Morgan. Mrs. William Henry
Hays, treasurer of the New York CITY
I. W. G. A., will preside tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-21
First Day of Tolentino
Sale Realizes $I4,OO5
Early Italian Iron Work, Furni.
furc and Textiles at Clarke
Galleries

The first sale of properties from, the
collection OF Chevalier Raoul ToIen-
tino, which is being dispersed this
week at the Clarke galleries, incorpo-
rated yesterday specimens of early
Italian wrought ironwork, furniture
and textiles which realized a total If
$14,005.
A Tuscan Renaissance walnut ere
denza from the early sixteenth CEN
tury, which was obtained by Keliar g.
Funaro for $3.50, was one of the chiefly
important offerings. Others were the
Queen Anne English cabinet in lacquer,
which Mrs. c. B. Dillingham; bought
for 1925, and a sixteenth century cre-
denza which went to Mrs. A. c. Bourne
for $3.50.
Other sales were a Tuscan walnut
refectory table, to Carl Freund for
s275; an Umbrian carved walnut cab
met, to Keller & Funaro for 1915; an
other similar specimen to the same
purchaser for $225, and two Spanish
Gothic armory benches, which went to
r. L. Thompson, an agent, for $3.50.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-21
Memorial Services for
Frank Bacon Tomorrow
Rites Will Be Held at Chicago
Theater Where He Played
for n Year

CHICAGO. Nov. 2o.--Ths body of
Frank Bacon, notsd as q character
actor, rested to-day st che hotel here
where ten years ago he wrote part Of
the play "Lightnin'" which through
nearly 1000 appearances In the name
part made him known virtually
throughout the world. He died in his
wife's arms early yesterday from heart
disease.
Pending arrival Of son. Lloyd, from
California, Mr.. Bacon's body will re-
main at the hotel until Wednesday,
when memorial services will be held
at the Blackstone Theatere where hc
appeared daily for more than year
until he collapsed after the final cur
tain week ago.
Kenesaw Mountain Landis, baseball
commissioner and former Federal
judge, close friend of Mr.. Bacon, will
deliver short eulogy at the Wednes-
day services, which will be in charge
Of the Christian Science Church, of
which he was member, after which
the body will be placed in Chicago
vault, there to remain until next sum
mer, when it will be removed to Noun
tain View, Calif,, Mr.. Bacon's bcyhood
home.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-21
20 M. E. Bishops Attend
Foreign Mission Meeting
Board Pleased at Progress of
the Work Abroad and In.
crease i'm Income

Twenty-six bishops Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, representing twenty.
one American dioceses and the bish.
oprics of Central Europe. Copenhagen
France and Italy, Calcutta and Mexico
lent dignity to the opening yester.
day of the annual meeting of the
Methodist Board Of Foreign Missions
at its headquarters, 1s0 Fifth Avenue
The board will remain in session for
three days.
Great satisfaction was expressed in
the first meeting of the convention at
the progress and expansion Of the
missionary work in foreign lands
which, within the last year, has been
the largest in the history of the de.
nomination, and at the increase in in.
come, making possible q considerable
reduction of the debt.
DR.. John l.. Neulsen, Bishop of Cen.
tral Europe. whose seat Is at Zurich
Switzerland, delivered the principal
address at the morning session. Dr.
Neulsen has just returned from Rus
sia.
The afternoon session was devoted te
general business.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-21
Drive Started to
Save l Pueblos' Land
From Squatters
Association Will Try to Stop
Bursun Bills Passage /;
Calls Indians Homes Val
uableRelics of Civilization

10 save the Pueblo Indians, makers
Oh the romance of the Southwest, from
@hat their friends believe to be
threatened determination as well as
gross injustice, committee, known as
the Eastern Association on Indian At
tairs, was formed yesterday afternoon
at the home OF Miss Elisabeth White.
ll5 East Fifty-ffth Street.
Inc immediate object of the commit
zee W Is to prevent the passage in the
house Of Representative of the Bur
sum bill, which gives a clear title to
eqnatters on the lands of the Pueblos
IN New Mexico. The bill was passed
by the Senate at the last session.
Inc committee dispatched tele-
gram last night to Homer SNYDER.
chairman of the House COMMITTEES on
lndian Affairs, and this will be fol-
lowea up with campaign of telegrans
ana letters from friends of the Indians
throughout the country.
telegram was received from TIM
r, nead OF the Peabody Museum, Harvard
University, urging immediate action to
save s TINS largest relic of ancient In
oaan civilization which the country
affords. The Bursum bill, bv deprjving
she Pueblos of their homes. would
soon result in their determination, ac-
eording to the opinion of experts.
ABOUT 5000 Indians would be affected.
Ellwood Hendrick is chairman Of the
committee, Miss Elisabeth White sec
retary, and other members are Stewart
Culin,, director of the Brooklyn Insti
tute Museum; Mrs. Douglas Robinson,
MISS Margery Mott, Percy Jackson
and Roberts Walker.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-21
Philharmonic at G.. G.. n. Y.
First Pop Concert Tomorrow
To BE Under Stransky

The first Of the ten popular priced
concerts to be given by the Philhar-
monic Society in conjunction with the
College of the City of New York and
Hunter College will be held tomorrow
night at $3.50 in the Great Hall of
City College, whore Mr. Stransky will
conduct Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.
Strausss "Don Jran," two Debussy
nocturnes and Wagner's "Meister-
singer" prelude. 1t will be open to the
general public, with tickets at so cents
and 81, obtainable from Dean F. B. Rob-
inson at City College, Room 226, Main
bui ding, telephone Audubon 1890
The next four concerts, under Josef
stransky and Henry Hadley, will be
given Wednesday evenings, November
20, December 6 and 90 and January 8,
while Willem Mengelberg will conduct
the last five concerts, to be given dur
ing February and March at Carnegie
Hall.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-21
Scientists TO Hunt
Black Rllirloceros
I'm African Wilds
James l.. Clark Heads Party
to Unexpiored Highlands
of Great Craters; Locality
Said To Contain Diamonds

James L. Clark, big game hunter and
taxldermist, who mounted the Roosee
welt African trophies for the Smith
sonian Institution, is departing to-day
at the head of q party of four on an
expedition into hitherto unexplored
parts of East Africa. His purpose is
TO bring back three specimens Of black
rhinoceri for the Museum of Natural
history, to explore and hunt the high
lands OK the Great Craters and to seek
IN that little known vicinity fossil and
mineral deposits believed to abound in
great plenty.
With Mr. Clark sailing for London
on the Berengaria are Mrs. Clark, X.
V. Painter, of the Bankers Trust Com
pany, of Cleveland, and Huston Wyeth,
OF st. Joseph, Mo, cattle man and
sportsman, who will make up the Afri-
can party. Mr.. Clark has been Gre
ated assistant to the director Of the
department of preparation of the mu-
scum, and his findings, which will be
Illustrated by motion pictures, are ex-
pected to prove invaluable to the local
institution.
;, The expedition will traverse the
Ianganyiko territory, in what was for
merly German East Africa, starting
from Mombasa, where the arty will
arrive Christmas Day. The special OBJ
1le,ctlve. will be the Great Craters.
Ihese highlands, never completely ex-
piored, are surrounded by a broad des-
ert, which renders them highly mac
eeessible, The important possibilities
ior hunting and scientific research in
ehis locality have been hinted at by
1Wo t herman scientists, who recorded in
i9A4 the presence of great gold and
diamond deposits there M wolf n. Fos
Sis OF dinosaurs. Sir Charles Ross. an
English sportsman, who skirted the re-
glon on brief shooting trip. has also
furnished information of which the
Clark expedition expects to make use.
Inc museum is especially desirous
OF obtaining specimens of the black
rhinoceros as they will form most
necessary adjunct to the new African
hall under preparation.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-21
MISS MARY O'BRIEN

Miss Mary o'Brien, 1o1 years old
died at the home of her niece. Mrs
John Scmers, at 364 AvenueA, Bayonne
~. D., Yesterday, following a brief i'll
ness; She was in possession of her
faculties until shortly before her death
Miss O'Brien came to the United
states from County Cork, Ireland, at
the age Of twelve, and settled in Los
angeles. At twenty she obtained en-
ployment as cook in The family Of a
wealthy Los Angeles banker, in which
position she remained for sixty wears
She suffered q paralytic stroke last
week from which she did not rally,
Burial will be in Holy Name Cemetery
Jersey City, on THURSDAY.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-21
Wassermann Leaves Estate of
$4,000 to Brother and Sister

The will of Jesse A. Wassermann,
member of the Stock Exchange firm
OF Wassermann Bros, which failed on
November "a, the day after his suicide
was filed in the surrogates' Court yes
terday. The document was executed
on September 20. The executors es.
ttimated the value of the estate as
upward of $4,000" in personal PROV
erty and no real estate.
Mr.. Wassermann bequeathed all his sill
verwaree, paintings, etchings and draw
lngs to mis- sister, Mrs, Renee O'Donohue
OF 81 west Eighty-seventh Street. wife
OF o., Joseph j. ODonohue Sd. Edward
y mdsseEmann, hse4h B East Forty-ffth Street,
MI, Wassermann appointed Walter Sc.
ilgman, cousin, and Harold A. Con.
tent, as executors. 0ll
New-York tribune., 1922-11-21
salutation by Tierney
Opens Hotel Exposition
Visiting Exhibitors Guests of
L. M. Statier at
Lunch

The Seventh National Hotel Expo
sltion, under the auspices of the New
YORK State Hotel Association and the
Hotel Association of New York Citv.
was officially opened last night at the
Grand Central Palace, Lexington Ave-
nue\at Forty sixth Street, with an ad-
dress by Edward M. Tierney, chairman
of the National Hotelmen's Exposition
and president of the American Hotel
Association of the United States and
Canada.
Yesterday morning the visiting hotel
men registered at the Hotel pennsyl-
vania, after which they were guests
at luncheon of E. M. Statler. The ex-
position rooms were opened to the
public at 3 p. IN.
Exhibits include labor-saving devices
used in hotels. restaurants, cafeterias,
clubs and dining cars. They have par
ticular appeal to women, who may see
how large hotels are managed and
effort saved in everything from peeling
potatoes to the Saturday night bath.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-21
fifth Avenue Association
Holds Membership Luncheon

one hundred members of the Fifth
11HeIue ASSOCIATION met at luncheon at
one-week campaign for new rev
oers. All of those present received
lists OF prominent business houses ami
individuals whom they VII ask to ioin
The organization. 'O'''
John H. Towne, secretary of the
Yale d Towne Manu- featuring COMPANY,
and Gage E. Tarbell, vice president and
general manager of the Cleveland Dis
counC Corpol alton, spoke Mr.. Towne
POINTED out the remarkable growth Of
ne! assoc5a5ion from 50Q members in
1918 to 1886 members in 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-21
Herman Quits Notre Dame

SOUTH BEND, IND, Nov. 2O.-Pro-
fessor John P. Tiernan. who recentlv
charged that Harry Poulin, local hab-
erdasher, was the father of Mrs. Tier
mans third child, to-day submitted his
resignation as a member Of the Univer-
sity of Notre Dame faculty. Professor
Tiernan was an instructor in the law
department. His resignation was ac-
cepted without comment, it was said.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-21
CAPT. DANIEL R. LO0sLEY

NEW LONDON, Conn, Nov. 90
Captain Daniel R. Loosely, eighty-nin
years old. for many years q news deal
er, died here to-day at the home of his
daughter, Miss, E., Louise Loosely.
Captain Loosely was BON in Enclans
in 1888. He came to the United State
and enlisted in the army in 1855 and
fought through the Indian wars and
the Civil War.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-21
S636,399 i'm Silz Estate

The transfer tax appraisal of the
estate of August silz, wholesale pro.
vision dealer, filed in the Surrogate's
Court Yesterday, places its gross value
at S636,39S and the net value at $3.50.
43S. Mr.. silz died April 27, 1921. His
securities were appraised at $537 ,02s
and he owned real estate valued al
Y74,59l Mrs. Margaret S. Silz, widow
is the sole beneficiary and she anc
Justice Edward r. Finch. of the Ap
pellate Division, are executors of the
estate.