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it VOL. 2. NO. 111). IJHATTLEBOKO, VERMONT, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 20, 1914. PRICE, 2 CENTS. ySi' L v ry 3 Hp 0 NOT IN FEAR OF AN ATTACK Ilucrta Smiles at Suggestion That Rebels Will Try to Capture Him SPENDS MUCH TIME IN UAILUOAD COACH Mihtpry Companions. Not So Confi dent, Extend Out po;:ts Guarding Puerto Mexico Zapata Causing Ap prehension. ITKUTO MKNU'O, July -o. Con. iiiicrfii t inlay sdirngged liis shoulders Mini Moiled rontcmptunusly at the idea thai the rniistitutionalists, known to he hut n few miles from here, would dare to atla-l the city. His military i oiiiiariioiis ilici i,4t display the same degree of eoiifidcm-c, uud plans were made I'r extending the outposts, to prevent the ronstitutiomtlists from ap pronihiiig nearer, llnerta passes most d his time ill the railroad ear in hi i lie came from Mexico City. Tin; fdiip whii-h will take the women and (Inl'lien awav was expected to reach here tod: iv, hut it is not thought like- Iv that any of the refugees will em- hark before tomorrow, f U'ASIIINCTON, . ;;o eminent olln ials Mexican problem is Inly 2U. While here feel that the rapidly shaping it- Mil lor solution and that the eonsti-tiitioiiali.-ts and Curhn.jal government soon will re:nh an agreement for the cj-tablisluiiont of a new administration, much apprehension is manifest over the possible opinions of Zapntistic forces. Dispatches from Mexico City and Vera Cruz, which declared the follow eis of Zapata were dangerously near 'the capital, aie confined by advices to 1 'ie state department. Mii( ia Is nere for some time have Keen" cognizant of the strength of the Zap ata troops, hut the American govern ment has heen;ahl to cxeit its in HueiU'e with Zapata to prevent an at t;ok on Mexico City. Ijnnii-aries front den. Ciirrnit.n are now in ( oinmiiiiication with Zapata and it: is hoped through these parleys to hring the military operations of the revolnti' nisfs under one head. 'ontiutinnalists forces are being hur ried southward to ludp .maintain order at the capital. The eil'orts of the American government are directed toward influencing a uid settlement between t'anan.a and Carha.jnl so that ;i stalde government may he set up without !(:;, of time. BALLOONS LAND IN WALES. Three of 21 Competitors for Paris Trize Nearly Blown Out to Sea. LONDON, July iM. Exciting land- iiq were ma e on the Welsh shores out of the 2 balloons from Paris in the an the grand prize of the lub. These balloons, the Knglish hannel, today by tine which siaited niial race for 1'iciich Afro after cro-sin were obliged fo descend to escape be- ing unven out to the open sen. of the pilois fractured n Ifg and tained otler injuries in landing, anol her party managed to jump i hut lost their balloon, which blow n out to sea. Oiie sus a nd lear, was In Paraguay wav licet I", " which emits a head and tail. t In re is 1 on nd a ' ' rail a kind of glow worm strong red light from but also a green light ale. ie i','ii e of its hodv. ase LEAGUE GAME Tuesday, 3.30 P. M. K eene 1 VS Brattleboro Jumping from the cel lar to third place in one week is going some that's what happened last week. If Brattleboro wins from Keene Tuesday we will be in second place. COREY'S FIRST WIFE DUCKWORTH'S BRIDE Manager of Estey Organ Cd.'s New York Office Married in Noroton, Con.n., July 10. The quiet wedding at Noroton, Conn., on Friday. July T, of Mrs. Laura Cook Corey and Bonn A. Duckworth, general manager of Kstay Organ Co. "s New York eiibce, is the latest episode in a remarkahle life dra ma which began in Pittsburgh on Dee. 1, 1 with the hoy an. I girl wedding of Laura Cook and " I '.ill " Corey. Young Corey he was only 17 then was earning only .f 10 a mouth. But he and his hride cheerfully went to housekeeping, while fate started weav ing the threads that were to hring millions of dollars, the presidency of the Cuited States Steel corporation and Mahelle (iitman. then n year-old baby in San Francisco, to disrupt in later years the peace of the Corey home. .Probably no woman under similar circumstances- received more world wide sympainv man iul Mrs. tnrov from the time that rumor first, linked the name of William Kllis Corey with that of Mahelle Cilman, the actress, through the period when she was ob taining her divorce until, on May 1 I, I!o7, I'orev and Miss (iilruun wrrr mar ried. orey, before mai tying the actress, made a settlement with his first v.ifr. and the New York papers state that the payment made to her was ifli.uiMi, ooo. Corey's first wife has made her home with her 'mother, Mrs. Frank Campbell of Swissville, Pa., since the divorce. It wa.s while on a vis-it to New York that she met lor present husband. Whenever Mr. Duckworth went to Pittsburgh on business after the first meeting he called on .Mrs. Corey. Although their intimate friends knew they weie planning to be inairied noth ing was said about it. as both Mrs. Cor ey and Mr. Duckworth had expressed a desire for strict secreM-y.. While Mr. Duckworth was installing a pipe organ in tho Noroton Pi esbytei i :tii church recently lie add the pastor. Bev. C. Carlos Martyn, became friends. A report that the marriage was an clopinent was disproved by the fact that ConWctient law requires' live days' advame notice when applying for a license. Mr. and Mrs. Duckworth sailed for F.urope Saturday, and it is understood that they will remain abroad until fall. Mr. Dtickwoi tii is a w idow er be tween ." rind no years obi. ft is not ex pected that he will resign his position with the Fstev company, with which he has beta connected for 2o years. CANOE DAMAGED BY THROWN STONE Dronprd from Bridge to Spatter Ccn paiitrf Tractico Will Furnish To- lic2 Business if Continued. I'he action of on fig turn -ft ho sta tion themselves on the ( on fit it i at river to spatter water on occupants of a noes is getting to he serious busi ness. n fvitur'tav evening a stone was thrown that stiuch the "edge of a canoe ind not only spfashed water mi tiic canoe occupants, lint tore a nolo in tn that was a serious matter. Offenses on the bridge come within the jurisdiction' of the New Hampshire uithorities, and if they are- kept up therf" will he some business in the Hins lain police court one of these davs with some Rrattleboro persons occupy ing the center of the stage. BUILDING COLLAPSED. One Seriously and Two Slightly In jured When Union Block Fell. NORTHAMPTON. Mass.., July 2. The l.'niou block at the low er end of Main street collopsed at ."..P o'clock Saturday afternoon and one man was badly injured and two young women slightly bruised. The escape- of ,"( or more persons in the huildii'.g at the time of the collapse is nothing less than a miracle. The rear of the build ing is a mass of ruins, the wall haying fallen out into the alleyway, the cen tral oart havincr comiihtclv collapsed so that beams, flour and roof are in the Woolwotth five and Ten Ce-it store. tireat havoc has been caused, for in the' debris are the pharaphernalia of the Red Men, the furniture of the Po lish Naturalization club and the stock of the Five and Ten Pent store. As soon as it was realized what had i i .. r. .. i . . I I lut aiarm was turned in irem box 17 and the firemen respond ed. Thev were at once set at work digging in the ruins in the alleyway, l'hey had not dug down far when they found a checker board over the chest eif Leo (iolax, a Polish voung man of P.t, who lives in Masonic street and works in the Bav State cutleries. IN was sitting at the rear window in the i oiisn chid rooms ar me nine oi inc collapse. Over him were two or three feet of brick and dust and when he was taken out he was unconscious, lie was lying with his head down, A tax icab rushed him to the hospital. It was reported that he was dead and that there were many others in the ruins. The hospital made, ready for a large number of patients. The nurses were called and they responded with alacrity and things were in readiness for many. The total loss from the collapse of the building and the destruction of other property is estimated at $60,000. The very existence of some people would seem to disprove the theory that there is uo effect without a cause. CONFERRING WITH ATTY. GEN. - New Haven Railroad Presi dent and Directors Talk with McReyuoIds SUIT IS LIKELY IN SPITE OF EFFORTS Government Will Not Listen to Any Action That Will Cause Further De lay Disposition of B. & M. Stock Causes Trouble. WASH 1 NY". TON", July 20. President 1 1 list is of the New York. New Jlaven & Hartford railroad, Moorfield Story of Boston, general counsel for the sys tem, President Hadley of Yale uni versity and DeWitt Cuyler, all direc tors of the road, conferred today with Attorney General McKeynolds and As sistant Attorney General Gregory in the hope of reaching some agreement tor the dissolution of the New Jlaven system without a trust suit. After an hour's conference the New Haven di rectors left to confer among them selves, while the attorney general took their proposal under advisement. The directors have not changed their position in regard to the disposition of the Boston & Maine stock, which has proved settlement, question of position be a stumbling block to It was sugested that the- Poston iV Maine held in abeyance for the t he tis- the present. The outcome of the conferences, it is beloved, will be the tiling of a suit in equity in the Southern District of New York, asking for the dissolu tion of the road. Jt is known that Mr. McKcynolds will not listen to any suggestion which will delay action. I'nless the direc tors agreet to the tenis of the enabling act fiassed by the Massachusetts legis lature .providing.' for the sale- of the Postein & Maine str-'.!;, a suit will he instituted without further delay. "No argument by the directors will change the determination of the government, it was said last night. It is known that the spit sjohusetts will net agree ti of the Bcston & Maine stod. of the Mas sale unless it is made with the expressed on ing that it shall revert to the any time upon due and sufii tice. When Oov. Walsh was lorsfand state at lent no i n the an- lasf that I the Washington he pointed net legislation already passed ha proval of the public ntilitie: I'lilMIIIC sMii and himself. President Wilson also favors it, and Attorney (bneral M--Key nobis feels that he has given the directors oerv opportunity to avoid a dissolution suit, and he will postpone it no b-nger. FUNERAL OF MRS. S. B. EMERSON. Was Largely Rev. R. v; Attended Houghton Saturday Officiated. The funeral of Mrs ufnner P.. Pmer son was held 2. !') o 'i lock in Satnrday afternoon at the home on Oak s.trcet. and was largely attended. Houghton, pasfor of the (' gational church, officiated, Adams sang. The buvi b'ev. Hoy M. en hi' ( 'ongre and Frederic took place in the family lot in Mnrniimsid ceme- te'ry. There was a profusion of beauti ful (lowers. The beareis were three sons. Harry I.. Emerson of Brattle boro, Charles S. Emerson of Milford. N. H., and Kenneth B. Emerson of Nutley. N. J.; Clarke C. Fitts, a son-in-law: and two grandsons, Sumner B. Emerson of Nut le v. N . J., and Paul S. Emerson of Brattleboro. The out-of-town ' persons present in bided Mr. and Mrs. Cliarh s S. Emer son and three children ami Mr. and Mrs. Fred Barnes of Milford, X. It., Kenneth B. Emerson and son of Nut ley, N. J., Mrs. Alfred E. Turner and Miss Mahelle P. Emerson -of Water fovn, Mass.. Carl S. Emerson of Creen field. Mass.. Mrs. Helen f. Russell. If L. "Emerson and Mr. and Mrs. William K. Emerson of Wilton. X. II.. Wallace K, Emerson of Acton, Mass., Mrs. Wall lace Boy nt on of Northampton. Mass. Mr. and Mrs. Austin Richards of K eerie. N. If.. Mrs. Albert A. Bilson of Walpole. X. H.. Mrs. W N. Beansto of Somerv ille. Mass., and Mrs. Crester P.- Bates of Leominster, Mass FUNERAL LARGELY ATTENDED Termer South Newfanc Dressmaker Buried in Locust Ridge Cemetery. The funeral of Mrs.' Nellie A. Sparks wife ot Carlton Sparks of Sprinirneld. Mas.., was held Saturday afternoon at! o.:S0 o'clock in the undertaking 'rooms of Bond & Son, Rev. Roy M. Hough ton, pastor of the Centre Congregation al' church, officiating. There was a very large attendance as Mrs. Sparks, who was a daughter of Henry and Emma Houghton Freist of South New fane, spent her early life in that vil lage and did dressmaking before mov ing to Springfield nnd had a large cir cle f friends here. The display of Horal tributes was' unusually large and beautiful. The burial took place in Locust Ridge cemetery. DEATH SUNDAY OF MRS.DANIEL LONG Was Respected Resident of This Town 67 Years and Formed Great Love for Land of Her Adoption. Mrs. Daniel Long, one of the oldest, best known and most respected .residents of Brattleboro, died at her home, 25 Cedar street, yesterday morning at It ' o'clock. Mrs. Long was born in Iielmid S; years ago. She tame to this country at the age of lt years, settled in this town and had remained a resident of Brattleboro (7 years. She witnessed the growth and pro gress of Ihattleboro from a comparatively small village to the present large and thriving town. She was posses-sod of a strong character, led an active and stren uous life, was preigressive in her ways, and was much interested in the growth and embellishment of the town. Her memory of old residents of Ihattleboro wa.s re markable, and she delighted in relating to her many friends -and acquaintances inci dents and experiences in the lives of many of the early and active citizens of the town, whi n the town itself was in its in fancy. Mrs. Long was of a bright, cheery dis position and hail a large circle ot ti lends and acquaintances. She was deeply Chris tian and a kind and charitable neighbor. Although born in Ireland she frequently expressed her great love for the land of her ado) it ion and the American people. About 11 years ago Mrs. Long suffered a great blow in the death of a, daughter, Kilen. and of her husband. From this slie never fully recovered. M;-s. Long was the mother of six thil dien, James and Flieti. deceased, and four w ho sin vive - M iss Bridget Long, w ho lived with and cared for her ing her invalid years. Maiy mother dtir K. Long, a , Dunh-I P. Kev. Father resident of New York city Long of Superior. W is., and P. d. Long of Proctor. Yt. Although Mrs. Long has pa-s-ed from life full of kindly deeds and ripe in years, nevertheless her death will -be much ro gietted l yher many friends imd acquain tances, and kindly memories of her will live in Hie milium ami iieaus 01 Her rela tives and friends for many jear to eome. Panel d mtvhcs will be held in St. Michael's Poinan Catholic church tomor row morniuir at o'clock. RCEINSON ON TRIAL. t 1 Murderer of Police Insnofctor at Eos- ton Carefully Guarded. ,v:emc Uooiason was place :eic tiooiuson was piaceq on trial of P it Boston today for the murder ice Inspeitor Noston the niuht of dune. P. Fnusual precautions have been tak en h tiie oiTicers to prevent any dem on; ; i ations during the Robinson trial. The olii.-ial- refused to admit anyone t the court room without identification and pians were made to keep the pri oner in ciiargc oi an aimed iruard dav arjd night. Robinson will sb-e-p in tic court hoi ng would doors. The the n t d Hi- ion during the trial, instead of rctiirnt! to jail af night, which necessitate a short walk out ecaiitions are Pemg taKen as of information which reach Attorney Pelletier and Sher- suit t lii-t in' Uuinn in regard to the possibility f th- pie ricn ds of some in the citv of western the defendant. BRATTLEBORO LOCAL. One case of scarlet fever was report ed Saturday to Dr. Henry Tucker, the health ofiicer. at ! Valley street, in 'the family of John Dawson. i ne ladies circle ot tne i niversa- ist church will meeting in hold the an important busi- ne:--. hurch parlor Wed- nesdav at : o Yloe k. present. Evorv member i.- urged to Ik John Bessett, proprietor of Bessett "s rest ura ut on Mam street, has bought a sm all hotel in West Springfield, Mass. taking possession today He intends to retain the ownership rant for'the present. of the restu- The Epworth League of the Metho- ist society will hoid a lawn party and ice-cream and camlv sale Wednesday evemug at the home ef Miss Doris Smith, 2: Western avenue. If stormy Wednesday evening it will take place 1 hursda v evenin Promptly nt 2 o'clock this afternoon when the Walker dace playground was ripened there were nine children cm hand, which was considered satisfactory for so early an hour. The ground will be open until 7 o'clock. Mrs. Daniel J Stolte is in charge today. iViiour io memiiers ot tne uiuie school of the First Baptist church went to central parR Saturday tor tneir an nual picnic. The weather conditions there were ideal and the day was a round of pleasure, with games, races, music, luncheon and tonus oi amuse ment that make a successful outing of that kind. Some made the trip by auto mobile, but most of the partv went by train, returning at 0 o'clock. James Donovan and Arthur Hughe employes in the street department, gave the driver of fi wagon to under stand Saturday that they intended to carry enit the orders of Road .Commis sioner Walker. They were resurfacing the street from the Wells fountain to the top of the hill on Putney road when! a man undertook to drive over.it. They; told him their orders were not to al-i low people to drive- on the new surface. Just then A. B. Clapp crossed it with his automobiU and the man allowed that ho had as much right on it as any body. He was told that Mr. Clapp had no other exit from his premises. The argument kept up until the. men turned the team around, and the driver drove Off threatening fo have som arrests made, but he probably has cooled down since then. , WOMAN'S BODY IDENTIFIED Ada Taylor, 42, Was the Vic tim Found on the Beach atWinthr6p,Mass. BROTHER HAD NOT SEEN HER IN YEARS Medical Examiner Thought Death Was Due to Drowning:. But Cause ' of Bruises on the Body Is Being inves tigated by Authorities. WINT1IROP Mass., July 20. Leon ard Tavlor, after viewing the hodv of the woman found eff Winthrop Beach July 14. expressed the belief todav that it was that of his sister, Ada Tav lor, -12.,. lie had not seen his sister since she left Nova iSeotia several years aire, hut stie had recently been employed as a maid in the family of Michael Sears of this town. Although the medical examiner has expressed an opinion that death was due to, drowning, the authorities are ceiiilucting an investigation to deter mine the cause of the bruises on the body, which thev think mav have been made before death. KING GEORGE LEADS FLEET. English Craft Later Passes in Review Before Royal Yacht. PORTSMOFTH; Kfig., Julv 20. The British home fleet, consisting of over 200 hcliting shins and an eoual number of auxiliary cralt, including sub-marines, torpedo boats, torpedo seaplanes, wras bv Kinr George bo..t destrovers. and led out to sea today in the royal yacht. At the entrance to the Knglish channel the ships pass ed in review befetre His Majesty, while n neet' or seaplanes tiewr m review above the roval vacht. It took th. great fleet two hours to pass the re viewing tstation. TO RECOVER DIAMONDS. West Virginia Man Claims Those Found on Alleged Murderer. BOSTON. Jjik -'ii - Henry J. Om- lieh of Huntington. West Virginia. brought mit in the superior court to day to secure the possession of $."i0,P0fi Worth ot diamonds and lewelrv taken from Lawienee Robinson and Joseph Buddy, when thev were arrested after the shooting of Police Inspector Norton the night of June 19. He claims to have identified much of the jewi try as that stolon from his store last March. CHOSE WORKHOUSE TERM. I. W. W. Leader Sentenced for Incit ing Union Square - Riot. NEW YORK, duly 20. Beckey Alli son, a woman leader ot the Industrial Workers of the World, was sentenced to forve three months in the work house for inciting a mob of her follow ers fo riot. in Union square last April. She was given the choice of a prison term, or release under bonds of to keep the peace, but elected to go to the workhouse. Her friends assert that she will enter upon a hunger strike at once. BALL PLAYERS MAY STRIKE. Fraternity May Take Drastic Action to Enforce Demands'. NEW YORK, Jrrlv 2bV - Drastic a: tion, possibly in the form of a strike or walkout of the baseduil players in the .National and American Leagues is contemplated by, the Baseball Players fraternity, in ease -. the national base bull commission refuses to accede to the terms of the ultimatum presented by the fraternity in the case of Plaver Craft of the Newport club of the In ternational league PERSONAL. Mrs. Hugh Asncw has returned to her former position teinporarilv with Attorney E. W. pibson.. Mr. ,and Mrs. Lloyd R. Robinson Miss Etta Miner and John W. Howe were guests over Sunday of the latter- parents. .Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Howe, m Walpore, N. H. - Mrs. Charles IT. Colt has returne from a two months ' visit , with her daughter, Mrs. C. T. Whittemore, in Newton, Mass., and at the Whitteiiiore summer home in Falmouth. ..vi r. ana ins. .eu iayyir, mi. ami Mrs. Charles Cross. Llovd Anderson 1 l j -nr.. rr t XT.. 1 and -Miss. Helen Cross, who hail been at Spofford lake for an outing of two weeks, visited in town Satuftlay before returning home. F. W. Orkins, who went to Lowell, Ma, in January ivnd has had a position as manager of one floor in Nelson's 5 and 10 cent score, moved his family there last week. They are pleasantly located two miles from the city. PANAGETOP()ijLbS 4" j - y ' ' vs LATCHIS & SON Suit Brought in Judge Barber's Court to -Recover Balance, of $50 Ciainfed to Be Due for Work. There was a hearing this forelioou in the municipal court before - Judge Frank- E. Barber in the case of John Panagetopoulos, against D. Lafchis- & Hon.- The plaintiff claimed a balance due hint of about $50 for work and the defendant claimed that the plaintiff had been overpaid. The plaintiff's claim was that he y was to have $30 a month and all expenses, which he claimed should include his room and laundry work for a period of 16 weeks, and that the contract expressly provided for his room rent. The de fend ant claimed that the plaintiff could have roomed at-his. house with other help but the the defendants were not obliged to pay bis room rent at. some other place. There was some con flicting testimony as to when the de fendants gave the plaintiff a raise from $::o to :55 a month. Judge Bar ber took the case under .consideration. O. B. Hughes appeared for the plain tiff and A. F. Sehwenk for the defend ants. SEVERELY INJURED BY KICK OF HORSE John Stratton Taken to Melrose Hos pital with Fractured Ereast Bone, Ribs' and Shoudef. John Stratton. son of ton of South New-fane Dr. John Strat . 'was seriously ln.iured Satur.Nv afternoon in G. B, White's livery stable oft Elliot street, where he is employed. lie went into a stall to. unhitch a horse, owned bv Liv eryman I'. E. Blood of Putney and the horse kicked him in the breast, throw ing luni across the stable, where he was tound uneonscious. He tvs taken in the ambulance to the Melrose lurs- ... i i . . . i'u;u, wuere ne was attended by iir. r,. TI. Lynch,- It was found that the ster num was trsytprcd. three ribs on the left side were .bib ken and his right shoulder was both dislocated and frac tured. 1 here was'.also some hleediag from the ear. Mr. Stratton will cu un able to work for about eight weeks, KILLED IN FENCE DISPUTE. Three West Virginians Dead as Eesui; of Family Feud. ALLINtiDALE. W. Ya., July 20. long cemcst oxer a line fence cul minated in a shooting affray here yes terday, in which three men wrro killed in d another seiiouslv wounded. The ead are Jeihn Mammon. Joseph Fletch er and r.rnest Bailey, all well known farmers of Nicholas countv. Mast on Mammon is in a hospital. Patrick Dod- 11. a broth er-in law of Fletcher, is in tail cnarged with fing a participant in the shootm" The Mammon and Fletcher families ad been at odds over a .fence between their farms for several years. The ill leeling was intensified several weeks ago when .Mrs. lietcher was beaten se verely by unidentified men. The two Mammons and Bailey met Fletcher and Dodrill at Allingdale yesterday and both parties opened fire. John Mammon and Hefcher were killcal instantly. Bailey etied in a hospital after making a statement impitcatinr irodriu A $75,000 TIP. Boston Waiter Receives Legacy From Man Ho Helped in Ne York. BOSTON. July 2ft. How a wait er 6 attentions to an aaed diner were rewarded became known Saturday w hen f rank K. l'attersorr ot this citv- was notified that Alton H. Batchclder, an iMigiisn maimiactiireiv had lelt him a legacv of , .ir.l.OOU.. Patterson said that while working ifi a hotel in New York two years ago, he waited on Batchcl der, who was making his first visit to this country. I he guest said he was lonesome, and at his reejuest the wait er accompanied him on a sightseeing tour. Patterson said he had heard noth ing freifu thei man for months until Saturday, although they kept up a cor respondence for a time. CREATED A SCENE. Miss Bell Sang and Struggled with ' - Court Attendants. LONDON, July 20. "Tim next bomb 1 explode will 'be in the pedice court, and I hope it will be this one. This was the parting shot at the mag istrate, at Westminster today by Annie Bell, the militant suffragette, as he committed her for tr'ral on the rTonble charge of attempting to destroy the Methodist tabernacle and the old church of St. John the Evangelist. Miss Bell enlivened the session of the court bv singing the Marsellaise and shouting and struggling with the court attendants. "The blowing up of a church doe's not count, even if it Is blown out of creation,"' she said. THE WEATHER. Fair Tonight and Tuesday; Slightly Warmer Tonight; " West Winds. WASniXGTON. July 20. The weather forecast: Fait tonight and Tuesday; slightly warmer tonight; light to moderate west winds.' ARE FIGHTING THE PLAGUE City, State and Federal Anthoritics Unite in the Work in New Orleans KILLING RATS BY THE THOUSAND Additional Traps Are Beina Set and ' Experts from San Francisco Ar at Work Three Deaths from Buboctc Disease Have Taken Place. XEV ORLEANS, La., July 2'-. With a total of seven cases and -three ue.aths from bubonic nlacu" in this ity the federal, slate and citv ac:.Iiii aut'.oiities will continue their iigiu4-is Aeek for the extermination of i he t.ps- (. The disease is supposed to be spread by the rats, anil the rodents which are caught in thousands of tisps are. killed daily. Additional tra;,y. are? being placed, and the force- of men in thp field killing rats is becoming more efficient under the direction of a score of expert rat trappers from an Fran cisco. EDUCATIONAL BUTTER SCORING. Two in Series Have Been Held, Prov- rns Popular and Instmcive. Special to The Reformer.) BURLIXGTOX, July 20. Two of the series of the educational butter scorings under the direction of the extensiou service of the University of Vermont ami state agricultural col lege have been held. At the first, Jan. 1914, 28 samples were received and ftored and on April 23. 191!. there were ."2 samples. The sender of the sample was in each case f urnishc4. w:ith a statement of his score atid the res sons for failure to score perfect in any respect, and pertinent suggestions as to possible improvement, lie also re ceived a statement of the water and salt contents of his own butter and a summary of all scores, omitting names. The butter is sold after being scored and the proceeds , less the cost of car riage charges, returned to the owner. These butter sceirings have proved very popular and instructive and justi fy the reputation which Vermont hold.; as a butter producing state. Their con tinuance wil doubtless help to raise the standard. Butter for7 the third scoring should be sent to the Extension Service, College of Agriculture, University of Vermont, Morrill Hall. Burlington, Yt.. so that it will reach there not later than Aucrust ."), 1914, and should be accompanied by a report on methods of handling- the cream and butter. Banks and! direc tions for shipping will be furnished free uion application. SUMMONS CONFERENCE. English and Irish Leaders to Discuss Home Rule Amendments. IX)XIONT, July 20. Premier A? uuitn. at tne opening ot the ib.use ot Commons today, announced that Ki.i George, in view of the grave political situation, had considered it rtght to sm iinon a conference eif the r.-pres- n tatnt of both political parties, both F.iiglish and Irish, to disc ass r.ir im poitant points of differences. The pre iv" added that .lames Lovther, speak er oi the House of Comii.ona would preside at the conferences. In view of this 'development Premier Asquithsaid lie would not ask tor a discussion f the amendment to the Irish home rule bill. Jt is hoyred that meeting of those deSignateel for the conference will he held tomorrow. THREE VESSELS LOST. Two American Scnooners Among Those s Ashor off Cape Breton. HALIFAX," Nova Scotia, Julv 20. Of the. three vessels- which weuf ashere off the? coast of Curie BretoB Saturday and Sunday, none have been saved, al though nei lives werei lost. The three- mastei American scliooner Harold Ber ger was breaking up off one of the is lands tod;y and at the other extremity the four-masfeil American schooner Clarence H. Benner, bound from New York to Halifax, had geine to piece3 off Cape Sable. BRATTLEBORO'S Hew Furniture Store Furnish Your House Complete New and Up-to-Date Stock AUTO DELIVERY EMERSON & SON ELLIOT ST.