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li RATTLE BORO, VERMONT, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER L
PJMCE, 2 CENTS.
MORE HOPEFUL
FOR ALLIES
German Advance from Oslend
on the French Coast Towns
Has Been Blocked
GERMANS RETREAT
FROM AROUND LILLE
LONDONERS WRECK
20 GERMAN SHOPS
Soldiers Stopped. Crowd After It Had
Made Havoc for a Mile Dock
Laborers Started Trouble.
LONDON", Oct. Tlic anti-Gorman
rioting in London during Saturday
night seems to have been more policial
than was at first supposed. A Mure of
shops were wrecked. Damage was done
in Di'ptford Borough and in the Old
Kent Road. In the former district sev
eral stores were attacked ami out: was
set Mire. In tlie Old Kent Road meat
markets were smashed Saturday night,
and this was followed by the v recking
of a eon feet ionery store early vesterdav
morning:, Some of the- shops weie pillaged.
rj'.it There Is No Confirmation Tha
They Have Evacuated That City or
Courtrai German Army in Flanders
Was in Great Peril.
LONDON, Oct. 1'.'. 1h.:,o a. in.
From the point of iev of the allied
armies so far as could be learned troin
despatches reaching London today the
situation in West Flanders and in
France ;is tar south as Lille seemed
en this, the 77th day of the war, per
haps more hopeful than at any time
since the German's advance on Paris
was checked. Though the news reach
ing England i meagre and to an ex
teat delayed as always, all tidings
seem to indicate that the (iernian ad
vance from Ostend on the French
coast towns has been blocked tenipo
i a l ily at least, while farther south in
a region that was a week ago the ex
treme tieriuan right the invaders have
been compelled again to give ground
before the allies' force, which lias
been concent I at i ug in Lille. Several
reports stated that the Germans have
withdrawn from this town, but this is
not continued nor is the report that
they h;ic evacuated ('ouitrai. nearly
"' miles northwest. It seems plain,
however, that the menace here grew
marked and that the Herman army op
erating along the const of Flanders
found itself in peril of being cut olf
from the main body. What opposition
the,- met along the sea is only guess
work for it ha never been disclosed
in Germany what forces the allies
ha. i' or at what point, they touch the
io;ist.
SERVIANS AGAIN
DEFEAT AUSTRIANS
I'oliee were calle
arrests were made.
1
1 out and twenty
I'reciintioiis have
icen taken to prevent finther rioting.
Great excitement prevailed throughout
Sunday in Deptfiird and neighboring
boroughs. Crowds thronged the streets
and refused to move at tlie o:ders of
the police and soldiers. In all it was
found that 2d bakeries, bulcle. l shops
and saloons were completely wrecked.
The rioters threatened to attack (ier
nian daces in Bromley and other bor
oughs if the authorities pcrmtued tliem
to open.
The rioting was led by Idd dock lab
orers, who had been turned out of a
lodging house to make room for Bel
gian refugees. The men gathered in
a (ierman saloon and smashed the win
dows and the bar. The dockers charg
ed the owner of the saloon with having
started a report that two British bat
tleships had been destroyed. The shop
of a German butcher, in the window
of which a picture of Emperor William
. t IT
displayed, was wrecked.
The riotiag proceeded for a distance
ALLIES' FORCE
IS ADVANCING
Not Only Repulse German
Attack But Push Forward
as Far as Roulcrs
BROSNAIIAN AND
WILEY SETTLE SUIT
FIGHTING TEN DAYS
WITHOUT RESPITE
w a
of about a mile before it was stopped
by a detachment of soldiers. The shop
keep :s all lived above their place-! of
business, and their apartments were
sacked. Twenty men weie capture 1 iu
one house. 1 hev had thrown .i piano
down the stairway, and the in.-1 1 u mont
becaino jammed and held tiieei prisoners.
JAPANESE CRUISER
SUNK BY A MINE
Wonderful Perseverance and Spirit
Shown in the Stubborn Contest to the
South of Arras Ground Won Near
Ch-utlsnes.
PARIS. Oct. lib .."i- p. in. The
French war oflice gave out an oflicial
statement this afternoon as follows:
lit Belgium the heavy artillery of
the enemy has cannonaded but without
results the front from Nienpoit to
Vladttoo to the east of Dixmule. The
forces of the allies and notably the
Belgian army have not cnly repulsed
further attacks on the part ot the (.ier
mans but have advanced as far as
Roulers.
On our left winy; between the river
Lys and the canal of LaBassee we
have advanced in the direction of
Lille. There has been very stubborn
lighting on the front. We are ad
vancing from house to house in the lo
calities from LaBasse to Ablaiu and
to St. Nazaire to the north and to the
south oi Arras our troops nave neen
fighting without respite for more than
Id days and with a perseverance and
a spirit which never for a moment has
relaxed.
In the region of 'ha n lenes we have
repulsed a strong counter attack de
livered by the enemy and have won
some ground. On the center there is
nothing to report.
Grew Out of Coller Fatality Jury Ses
sion of County Coflrt Likely to Be
Finished This Week.
It is expected that the jury session of the
Windham county court now in progress at
X'ewfar.e will be ended this week a there
are not mote than three more jury canes
to be heard. The court term also will be
short.
It was announced upon the resumption
of the court session this morning that the
suit of Daniel M. Brosnahan of Brattleboro
against .lolm Wiley of South Londonderry,
to recover damages for the sale of a horse,
has been settled by agreement.
This suit was the outgrowth of the suit
brought against Mr. Brosnahan by the es
tate of William ('oiler, who died as the
result of a runaway accident in which the
team of Mr. Bro.-mihau figured. The trial
resulted in a final verdict for the defend
ant and Mr. Brosnahan sued Mr. Wiley,
from whom he bought the horse, in an
effort to recover from him the cost of the
Coller suit. He alleged that the team
was not as represented ny -vir. vv ney ai
the time of the purchase.
Court began this afternoon to hear evi
dence in the suit of A. and B. Howtou of
Halifax agaitist the S trout Farm agency.
The plaintiffs allege that the property
they bought in Halifax through the de
fendant agency was not as represented in
that there was less acreage, less tipple
trees' and less lumber and timber on the
place than was represented to them by the
agents. This case will be a short one.
ALL EYES ON
THE CAUCUSES
Chaotic Condition in Respect
ta Probable Nominees to
Represent Town
NUMEROUS PERSONS
BEING CONSIDERED
MORE TAXPAYERS
ENTER PROTESTS
TODAY'S WAR NEWS
Ctie
to
;, MCJI,. y
An: hi
in Sei -I'hev
at
Drive finck the Enemy in Three
Clinic"; ITenr the Driaa River
Many Were Drowned.
I 'A BIS. Oct. !. A II i a
despatch from N'ish fays: 'I'll
ans again have been defcatc
vian territorv near the Drina.
talked the Servian light with infantry
and artillery on Mount Cioutchev.i, but
were met by a tenible li;e and re
tired. They came back three times.
Finally the Austrian infantry was in
part annihilated, and the! remainder put
to root.
A column of their infantry in t!e n
v no's ,d r I-.- Save river fell under a
i-tos-lire from the Servian artillery
At the mime time
;ing the ofl'l'iisi v e to
on
the
the
t lotion
Di imi bv
I bv the
i had been
the bodies
were car-
and pcrbhc'
Serv inns, ta
north, threw the eiieinv ba
Diitia. Many were drowned and
weii- taken prisoner.
loidges thrown III lo-s the
the Austrian, were dei-trdv
current of the stream, which
swollen l.v recent rains, an
of iieiiiy soldiers and hors
tied down the river.
On the night of Oct. I g the Aus
trian attacked on the tight bank of
the Save, near th- jum-tioa with the
Danube, and were repulsed with enor
mous losses. The enemy retired in
disorder towaid Dejiauia! having ::iid
dead ami a great iiiiiid.cr of
on I lie Held, While man v
the Servian advance guard
marched toward Dejiania.
Officer and Nine Men Known
Have Bccrn Saved Carried a
Crew of o57 Men.
TOKIO. Oct. 10. .-,.:'.n p. ,. D P.
o!licia!l aanoincetl that the .In panose
cruiser T'lidndnho v-as u'il-. by a mine
in isaio I how ha v on the night ot Oct.
for the possession of the
h seat oast that is nearest to
Fimland vva the most inter-
of the situation today,
fou-es are reported to have
I!
One oilier and nine uemi
ciew aie i.nown to have be
The ciuii r carried a crew of
The TaUachihu was on patri
outside Tsing-Taa when sin
ot the
saved.
i men.
duty
fouled th"
ini lie.
exd' m
suited,
but the
in th"
cue onl
ficeis. .
sea men
lapanese destroyers heard tie
n and saw the ilam"s that re-
They hurried to the assistance
wiecK d ia lute:' : ed uic k i v a nd
larhaes it was possible to re
v 1 1 men. Twenty-eight
"if non-coin m mi --siooed and
perished.
SUBMARINES ACTIVE.
of-
is:t
Conditions Favorable for Their Onera-
tior. in North Sea.
'r ol wounded
sui '-endcre.1 t.(
s it
lie
'J a i
I'nite.l
' oiliob 1 1
Slate-, hi
to (ire
't
a r sii
i t a i ii .
t.
i;i:i;i.!.. o
Ion. ( ct. l.'Jn a
ierman reports of
o
m.
the
cruiser Haw le
The admiralty.
I. nut will not express an oinn-
as to whether or not the attack-
submarine was lost.
e shortening davs and the thicken
Li itish
ct i ed.
so i prist
loll
ing
T
ii;g weathei' in the .North sea
'lv improving conditions for
p. m.. via I .oii-
1 tins l a r no
sinUiag of tin
has been re-
however. is not
tint! Ot
A I a i i lie
th i(v will bt
out the entiri
are stead-
tla opera
torpedo boats.
that henceforth
intense activity through
No! th sea.
w I una i i n cs am
sports expect
WOUNDED CROSS EORDER.
Party of 259 Mexicans Sheltered in
Naco, Ariz.
XACO, Atj.ona, Oct. 1'.'. Two hun
dred and liffy Mexicans, wounded dur
ing the attack on Anco, Sonora. were
brought here eaily yesterdav through
ecial permissi(Mi from the Washing
ton government, which first hud re
fused asylum there. The Carranza gov
ernment has promised that they wi;i
be attended without expense to the
American state or national government.
This action came as a result of an
appeal made through (iov. Hunt in
which it was asserted that if the Mex
ican town was taken by (iov. May-
torena's Indians the wounded would be
killed. Doting the prolonged battle
both sides have been threatening to
execute the wounded, it was learned
yesterday on absolute authority, but so
far no wounded have been shot after
being captured.
he negro troopers of the !th and
ldfh I'tiited States cavalrv assisted in
bringing the wounded to the American
side. They will remain in the care
ot Dr. .J. I. Ilollitigswoi th. an Ameri-
an physician, who has stuck to his
post on the Mexican side during ar
tillery uiid rille tire. Several times
the hospital, which bore the K'ed Cros.
has been struck by pieces of shells.
The Mexican soldiers presented a idt-
i l'n I appearance. Their wounds were
unusually serious since both sides have
been
type.
inning .-s;uuniay night there was
less tiring than for several days. How
ever, the residents ot the Arizona
town remained under cover and the of.
iicers iiiid men of the American tnwms
i ..... -j
-lepr Oehllld steel and liav hut i ,-n.
A stiugule
strip of Fron
the shores of
cstuig phase
The naval
joined, in the movement with the allit
who are making a determined stand on
the lielgian frontier against the westward
drive of the (lerm iii light wing. The ex
act battle line i-- not known.
The Fiench statement this afternoon
s iva that the (lei man artillery has at
tacked without success along the front
from Nieutort to lad.-loo.
Tliete was nothing from Meilin to ie
veal the positions of the ( let in.tii.-f that
aie contending for the coast line. Kuin is
again billing so coutfiuiouly that great
hardships result to the men and military
inuiieuv i es are made with gieul daiicuHv .
SUES EXPRESS COMPANIES.
Tax Commissioner Pluraliy Takes Ac
tion Today to Secure Taxes.
MOXTi'LLIi;!;. Oct. l'.h In.piiry
discloses the lait tnat the American,
National. Western and Canadian Ex-
ss companies have cot paid their
I'.'l 1 corporation taxes in Vermont and
nit the Ameri.-:i!i and National com
panies have no: peid their annual
license tux in Vermont. T!:;-t the state
intends to compel pacm rit is shown bv
the action ot the S'::t" Tax Coinmis-
ioner Charles A. I'lumjev of North-
hold who todav brought suit against
the four concei as to n.vovcr approxi
mately :1 ..'in;. I he su
poration tax matter is
the next term of Cab.
court and the action t'
incut of the !icen-o tax
in t lie municipal i oiirt in
it on tne col
let uruable at
doiiia county
ecu re the pay-
was
this
broil;
eitv
Possrbility of Republicans Naming
Martin Austin, Democrat, on Citi
zens' Ticket Progressives Had Run
Together This Forenoon.
A more chaotic- condition of the town
repi cseutativ e situation lias not existed in
I'tattloboro in many year than exists1 to
day, the very day of the caucuses. No
body know or has much ot an idea as to
who will be nominated at any of three
political caucuses to be held at S o'clock
tonight. The Democrats will meet in lied
Men's hall, the Progressives in Festival
hall and the Uepublicans in the Aimory.
Some of the Progressive held a meeting
this forenoon in K. YV. Oihsou's olKce and
talked over several possible plans, but
without deciding upon anything. K. '.
Crosby. Dr. Thomas Kiee and II. ". (Jib
son are the Progressives most prominently
suggested. Mr. Crosby, who is the nomi
nee for lieutenant 'governor, would not
state, when asked by The Reformer this
aftei noon, whether he would accept a
nomination and withdraw Iroin the state
ticket. Dr. llice al-o did not care to com
mit himself. .ludge (Jibson said he was
not looking tor the iiouiin.it ion, but that
if a situation developed which seemed to
make it his dutv to accent a nomination
le would not "duck." Member of the
paity are talking over the situation this
tttei noon.
I he K.epiublicans likew ise have no party
candidate, although numerous well-known
citizens are being talked of. The most in
teresting piwisibility is that they will nomi
nate Martin Austin, manager of the Car
penter organ business. Mr. Austin is a
Democrat, but he is a substantial and ag-
res.-'ive business man. and inasmuch as
nothing is likely to come up in the legis-
ature to demand partv action the Jiepub-
icaiis are talking some of nominating him
mi a citizens' ticket. That would not be
done unless lie signitied a willingness to
u-cept. and of course it may not be done
iiivway. Mr. Austin was not ready to
maue a definite statement this afternoon.
except to say that he would ii"t be a can-
lid.ite in any case unless he had the
Democratic nomination. F. K. Peri v , w ho
1 ..." 11 . ! H II...
ias neen mentioned ny ine nepuoneans.
says he is not a candidate in any sense.
Other Republican mentioned are .1. Grey
Kstcv. Charles R. Crosbv. Frank D. K.
towe. George L. Dunham. Henry l'ond
t Tyler street. O. I). Stowcll. K. L. llil-
lireth. Jr. a. i. .Miner, ai. . nonunion
llld O. F. lielisoli.
s stated Satuidav. Arthur F. Roberts
ha been mentioned pi eminently by the
Democrat--. Mr. Robei is said this after
noon that while he would not state defi
nitelv he thought he would not be a eandi-
Ue tonight. Martin Austin is being con-
nleied, also lr. rremont itanulloii. a
report has Peon current that the Demo-
rats might appoint a committee to learn
the lesults of the other caucuses before
i . i i - i
choosing meir catunuaie.
Eoard of Civil Authority Will Meet
Saturday Night to Consider Many
Increased Appraisals.
The hoard of civil authority at an ad
journed session Saturday afternoon heard
further protests of taxpayers against the
increased valuations placed by the listers
on their several properties. The meeting
was adjourned to next Satuidav evening at
l.'.'At o'clock, when the board expects to
begin the considei ation of the cases.-
Those who entered protests Saturday
were: Mrs. Alice G. Weeks of 14 Pearl
street, valuation increased from $1,000 to
$1M: Mrs. Helen ,. Larkin, increase
from .N( to 1,1(M.; Mrs. H. M. Wood,
Chirk street, three tenements from $L!,-IMI
to $;i.."Xi; Carl P. .lohnson, -SW to
MH": P. V. Manley, Chestnut street,
SI. (!.( to SI..4.-.0: F. A. Yvh, K7 High
street, SL'.'JdU to S.i.niMi; George KeU es
tate bv C. A. Rovden. Sf.."(MI to SS.-J-.lt;
Daniel Long estate by C. A. Royden,
S"'.MH to S:i.MM: N. H. White, High
street. So.tUM) to S4,(MHI: Irving F. Thay
er, S.'iimi to .MH; M. F.. Cooper, S Rullock
street, S.'.'JOH t,, NM I; J. K. Hall,
( hapin street, S4.'X to .St,."H: S. F..
Miner, 1 S in- street, Sl.t to $2.1 ('K:
Miss: Donoghiie, Klliot street, by A. J
Currier. $l,(t! to $!,.- Hi.
DARING ROBBERY.
STILL ALIVE
IN QUICKSAND
Maurice Allen Is Buried 25
Feet Below Surface Near
His Home in Ware
FIFTY VOLUNTEERS
TO SAVE HIM
struck
Ycggmen Drilled Two Safes and Se
cured $603 in Springfield.
SPRINGFIELD. Mass.. Oct. lib-
One of the most darit g and sensation
al burglaries atteinpttu in this city in
years was successfully carried out be
tween and'-t o clock vesterdav morn
ing when veggnien broke into the dry
goods store of Dickiesoti & Co. and
the Morse .v llaynes shoe store, near
the corner of Yernuu -iiid Main streets,
and got away with mere than :M;oii in
cash. The burglars not onlv drilled
the safes in the two stores, but thev
succeeded in doing it without discov
crv. 1 hev were prolialdv scared awav
bv the officer on th" beat whose at
tention was attracted to the Morse &.
Havues store bv the peculiar noise
made by the heavy blows of the slcdgr
while an attempt was being made to
open one of the safes in the store. The
officer, not willing to risk an investi
gation alone, summoned assistance, an
it was probably during the short space
of time that elapsed while lie went to
get aid that the men succeeded in es
caping from the buildings. Fortunately
they were detected before they could
open the safe, which at the time held
$l()dd. They evidentlv made a quick
get-away, for they left a large kit of
tools in their wake.
The burglars succeeded in opening
two safes in the Diskieson store and
one in the Morse & llaynes store. In
the Dickiesoti store they succeeded in
getting about .siimi, vhiie in the Mors
& llaynes store they succeeded iu get
ting only :. the contents of the cash
drawer. In the opinion flf the police,
the men were professional burglars
with extensive experience. lbth jobs
were neatly done, the men ridding all
three safes of their spindles without
doing much damage to the rest of the
ironwork. The police are convinced
tint the men who did. the job were
the same who succeeded in making
several successful breaks iu New Ha
ven.. Conn.. Friday night. The Nw
Haven jobs were done in a similar
manner, the men evidently making it
their business to go after money rath
er than other valuables.
Diver's Helmet Lowered to Kim and
He is Being Fed Through a Tube
Physician Say He Has a Fair
Chance to Live.
VAI!E, .Mass., Oct. I'd P.uriod 2T feet
below the surface in quicksand since eaily
Saturday afternoon Matujce Allen was
being kept alive today by a diver's hel
met, which was lowered into the hole
while food and stimulant were fed to him
through a tube. He was digging a well in
the tear of his home when he
quicksand and sank.
W hen his wife discovered him only his
head was visible at the bottom of the hole.
The police and fire department were
summoned, but so small was the exca
vation that only one man on a ladder vva
aide to dig around Allen's head with hi
hands. Pelays of nun on the ladder
brought the dirt to the surface in pails.
Allen was uncovered as far a his knees
when a second cave-in occurred and the
rescuers on the ladder had nanow escapes.
Several times Allen has been partly clear
only to be caught auain in fuither earth
slide-.
Late 1. 1st night a second lmle was started
about "O feet from the well and a force of
" volunteers are consti acting a ditch '
feet deep from thi hole to the well
boarding the walls as fast thev dig.
Iu this maimer it is hoix-d to rescue
Allen before he succumbs. Early today
he was apparently uninjured and talked
with the rescuers. Physicians who low
ered the liver"s helmet say that he has a
fair chance to live, although the strain of
hi- forced position has gradually exhausted
him. Allen's wife anil several smxll'i hi 1
dren have been forbidden to watch the
operations by the police.
using bullets of the soft-point
tions.
order that the t ase inav lie taken to
the Vermont supreme court on appeal.
1'nder ihe hjw enacted by the last
legislature the corporation tax on ex
press companies was increased from
to $M a mile. Ihe time allowed
the companies in which to pav the tax
I expired October 15
While the cases in aledonia county
oiirt cannot lie heard at the coming
term unless the defendants agree it
a re
the
THE RATE QUESTION.
is undei stood that the companies
anxious lor an eariv decision in
AT MASONIC TEMPLE.
A regular
chapter. No.
will be held
day evening
Busi ness:
o Y oc k .
bring food.
V. i d tie-da v
i f Ih au a ant
con oca t i i oi
Hi. Order of
at Masonic
Oct. L'd, at
of I'.inghaiii
Eastern Star,
temple Tue-
4 .;id o clock.
Headquarters reports snow an om
inous pause regaining operations in
the west. L sinulv tnese reports cover
important movements and the concen
tration of troops, but Ih rlin is in uarl
ncrs regarding recent activities.
CAPTURED MINE LAYEE.
matter.
-ii p. m. The
out a despatch
BRITISH CASUALTY LIST.
ipOtll
good
En
initiation. .'supper at Ii
All niembeib expected to
eve?iiii;'. sla'
' omnia tub-1 ,
('Oil'
T.
lave
AT THE CENTRE CHURCH.
'I 'irsd .- r-v ening. i o'i hv. Meeting;
of the l;,. Si-mil,, in th" (hapci.
BRATTLEBORO'S
ficv; Furniture Store
Furnish Your House
Complete
New and ITp-to-Date Stork
AIT0 DELIVERY
EMERSON & SON
ELLIOT ST.
Over 13,000 Killed, Wounded and
Missing from Sept. 12 to Oct.8.
I.O1)0, Oct. r. An ollicial report
l (Jen. I'i'-iich, commanding the Ihitish
o p"dit ionary forces, gives the total of
1'iitish Killed, wounded and missing from
ept. pj to Oct. S as r,f,l officers and .1
.'Ml men, according to a despatch from
L- 'tidon at ri.rH p. in vesterdav. The war
oflice i-.-nnd last night another casualty
h-t received from headquarters under date
ot rridav. It gives rl noncommissioned
otlii ers and men as having been killed. 1 I'.)
men wounded and ."." men missing. Tho.-e
of the killed belonged entirely to the
iloyal Scots, the Koyal Irish and the
East Surrey regiments. The East Surrey?
the Kings Own Scottish Ilorderers aod
the Somerset liwht infantry tiguie largely
in tlie missing list. Of eommi-.ioned offi
cers, the list gives four killed and live
w minded.
British Cruiser Undaunted on Way to
Hardwch with Ker Prize.
LONDON, Oct. IU. !:
'etltl-il eVs lias sent
mm Harwich in winch the cone
iit says lie Das learned upon
authority that the British cruiser
taunted acomp anied bv two
boat, destroyers bus captured a
mine laver iu the North sea.
I lie mine 1,'uc;', tlie despatch says.
vva.i disguised as a hospital ship. Th
I imaiiiited is bringijig tier prize into
Harwich. The press bureau is without
coutirnnitioii of this incident
BACK TO COMMITTEE.
Filibustering- Sent the War Revenue
Measure Out of the House.
WASHINGTON, Oct. bilibimterin;
I v Hepresentativc Henrv. insisting upon
legislation tor tlie relict ot cotton grower?,
forced the war revenue bill to the House
torpedo wavs and means committee today, when:
(iennan it must remain until it conies before the
house again tor appointment ot the confer
ence managers to settle disputed points
with the Senate. The ways and means
committee Democrats are said to be op
posed to many of the Senate's !J8 amend
ments.
Hearing on the Application of the
Railroad for Increases.
WASHINGTON, Oct. Public
hi a rings on the new applications ot
the eastern railroads tor increased
freight rates which thev contend tire
necessary because of the world-wide
financial stringency were begun here
today before the interstate commerce
commission. The commission is hearing
arguments onlv upon issues which have
arisen since its decision in .lulv. which
denied absolutely increases cast of
Pittsburg and ButFalo and granted
them west of those points to the Miss
issippi river. Today's hearing was
given over to statements lrom tne rail
road::.
THE MCIIAWK TEAIL.
METHODIST CIIUSCH NOTES.
North Adams Men Planning Celebration
of Opening cf Famous Highway.
The Mohawk tiail, undoubtedly the
greatest scenic autoinoiiile route in this
country, extending over one ot our high
est mountain ranges a distance of IN
miles, under construction by the state
highway commission of Massachusetts for
the past two year-, ami costing over
S:;iUw, will be formally dedicated on
Thursday, Oct. '-J. at 2 p. in.
Noted men, including Gov. WaMi. ex
Gov. Crane, Coiigres.-maii Tieadway,
Piesideiit Gartield of Williams college,
and others will take part in the exerci-c-.
and ex-l'oiigressmaii Geoige 1. Lawrence
will be master of ceremonies. Xew York,
Boston and other city dailies have been
invited to send representatives, as well as
the leading magazines, automobile journals
and automobile leagues. A baniiuet will
llovv at 7 p. m.
The arrangements are in the hands ot a
special committee of North Adams men.
with Dr. I'. I). Stafford as chairman and
.lames "Halloiau as secretary.
Social Activities of the Church
?ate to State Convention.
-Dcle-
Tho Epv.'orth league of the Method!-',
society will hold its regular monthly
business meet in;;. Thursday evening at
in the league room.
The yonn;
luiiniug to
BRANDON SCHOOLS CLOSE.
Fourth Case of Infantile Paralysis,
Nine-Year-Old Boy, Reported.
BHANDON, Oct. !'.. Owing to the
preveleiice of infantile paralysis the
graded schools ot this village will be,
closed until further notice. The
fourth case was reported yesterday, a
nine-year-old son of Irving Marsh.
All Sunday school sessions were sus
pended vesterdav and movintr picture
Americans Ate in Control of the Sit-1 Police Investigating Another Attempt performances will not be permitted for
MARINES LANDED.
13 A MARKED MAN.
n4 inn. In TIsvM HMUll ISiWiUl lUlltlU.
CAPE HAYTIEN, lTnyti, Oct. If. -N l VV Y OKJx, Uet. W.-llie police
The bit est. devebii.meiit3 in the Hay- many ire invesnguting a destructive
-'I i . : t i i a. i
tieu revolution m the occupation of epiosiou which occurre-i yesterday in
llaytieu by the victorious rebels. Amer- the basemeut ot the fifth avenue
n an man nes . jrom tlie vvarsiups 111 tne 1 .-. u-v m . ....n..
harbor have been landed and are 111
the present.
The earlier cases of the malady are
reported progressing satisfactorily.
1
PRESIDENT NOT INFORMED.
Xew York has an
control cf the situation.
THAW CASE ADVANCED.
TWENTY SAILORS DROWNED.
Hearing Before U. S. Supreme Court
Set for Dec. 17.
WASHINGTON', Oct. !!. The 8u-
Landing Pier at Kaio-Chow Destroyed I,r-,Iie rult t0,1?y ;V,va,,4'e:1 r heai"
lllg CTl uec. J 1 uic uaio i. maw e-
by a Typhoon.
I ok 10, tJ. t. I'.i. it is announced1
that a tv phooti has stnicL EaioChow.
destroying the landing pier. Twenty
.Japanese sailors were drowned.
tradition ense and the Danbury hat
ters' case. The former involves the
extradition of Thaw from New Hnmp
shire on a cliarge ot conspiracy to es
cape from Matteuvvau hospital.
Has Received Only Indirect Notice of
Seizure of American Tramp Saeamer.
WASHINGTON, Oct. lib President
Wilson had not been officially informed
is tne iouirn attempt ,.,.,.. ,lf t. S(1:zl...(. of tl, Ain,.,;,!ln
on uie -oiibia s ine in ine msi vear. u,, .,.r Rrtn.lillo l.t- P..;t;l,
cruiser, but told callers he was follow
ing the case with interest
Generally speaking, the President
Austrian Boat Destroyed by a French said, a ship of a neutral nation, boun
from one neutral port to another is
exempt from seizure. Tie added, how
ever, that he did not know enough of
the particulars to say what position
consul general
apartment
The consul was out of town aud his
apartment on the third floor was not
damaged. This is the fourth
SUBMARINE SUNK.
Cruiser in Adriatic.
CETT1X.IE, Montenegro, Oct. 10,
via London. J .1 o . m. .n- .Austrian
submarine was sunk in the Adriatic
today bv a French cruiser.
would be taken by
eminent.
the American gov-
people ot tne ch uvit are
hold a corn husking at the
home of E. I",. Govey on Western avenue
next week Tuesday night. The event
is to take place on the barn floor. We-
iresnmcins appropriate to the occasion
will be served.
The Methodist Sunday school will
be represented by Mrs. F. A. Shaw at
the State' Sunday School convention to
take place this week in Barre. Mrs.
Sdiaw will leave tomorrow.
The president of the Social union. Mr.
Sherman, is planning for another social
withering in the vestry of the church
ally in November.
Kov. George E. Tomkinsou of the
Baptist church occupied the Methodist
pulpit yesterday in exchange- with Kov.
Mr. Owens.
Tl'e Ladies' Aid society has secured
the vacant store in the American build
mg- tor its annual rummage sale, which
take3 place the last three davs of tin..
month.
Rev. Guy Crawford of Krmdolph
president of the Montprlier district
cabinet of the Epworth league, who is
with Rev. h. v.. Sharp this week, was
present at the league meeting last even
ing and gave a very interesting talk.
I'he Methodist Sunday school observed
rally dav vesterdav with : large uuni-
cr in attendance. The children as
sisted in the exercises with recitations
and singing. The class of girls taught
by Mrs. L. K. Kobmson graduated from
the primary department to the inter
mediate department and veil! hereafter'
meet in the main room instead of the
vestry. The special collection taken
will go for missions.
THE WEATHER.
Local Rains Tonight: Tuesday rroba-
bly Cloudy; Moderate Winds.
WASHINGTON. Oct. P.. The
Wetitl
Tuesi
northeast
i-r forecast: Eo-al rains tonight,
iv prohahlv cloudv. Moderate
winds.
becom i no;
variable.
The I'nited Fruit company will put
on a regular weekly freight and pas
senger service between New Orleans
and Tampico, Vera Cruz and I'rogreso,
Mexico, beginning; iu October,
CHARLES A. PRCUTY AND HIS
POLITICAL SOMERSAULTS.
Mr. Prouty. after having claimi d to
be a life-long Republican, did not dare
to enter the Republican piimaries to
secure the nomination of that party
for senator, but lagged the nomination
of all the other political organization
in the state. He was defeated in the
Democratic convention sipiarcly. but it
was so manipulated that he finally got
on to the ticket through the back door.
How much of a Denue 1 tit is Mr. Prou
ty '
He spoke at ? Republican rally in St.
.lohtisbury a few years ago and made
t hi.s statement :
"The 1 leniocra --, would saddle
and bridle the jack-ass of De
mocracy, and like the howling
devils they are, ride him through
the very Haines of hell, if tluy
could land him in Ihe green pas
tures beside the still waters of
federal patronage."'
It is this same animal Mr. Prontv is
trying to 1 ide.
Mr. Prouty has sought and received
the Progressive nomination tor senator.
On April L'Oth. 11'J, at a sugar party
given by the Vermont Society at Wash
ington, Mr. Prouty said in ids speech:
"When you find a man that
had rather shoot a rhinocerous
than give a hungry man a din
ner, you will find a man 'who
wants a third term for the presi
dency." Is a man so unstable in his jtolitical
beliefs and so uncertain in his political
affiliations to be trusted with the I'nit
ed States senatorship from Vermont?
Would you not rather elect a senator
who is reliable.'
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