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4 jLf 1 J SALLY Ts Column on Page 9 Today, TWO Sections Today Get Them Both EARLY MAIL EDITION VOL. 10. NO. 150 BRATTLEBORO, VERMONT, THURSDAY EVENING. AUGUST 24, 1922. TEN PAGES MOURNING CROWDS MEET GOLLnS BODY Richard Mulcahy, Acting Head of Government, Heads Throng BOYISH FIGURE BEARS MACHINE GUN Declares It Same Gun He Used on Col lin's Attackers Question of His Suc cessor All Absorbing -- Had Plan to Placate Radicals. DUBLIN, Aug. 24 (Associated Press). The coffin containing the body of Mi chael Collins, slain chief of the Free State government, was landed here early today and born through the streetsiamid an impressive tribute from the assembled multitudes. Gen. Collin's body was met at the dock by large throngs of mourn ers including Richard Mulcahy, chief of staff and acting head of the provisional government, The body was taken to St. Vincent's hospital. Prayers were said as the pro cession passed in silence, broken only by the distant crack of snipers' rifles in va rious parts of the grief stricken city. The cortege was flanked by a line, of Dublin Guards marching with the muzzles of their revolvers protruding from the hol sters. Immediately behind came an armored car bristling with rifles held at all angles. Sorrow marked the progress of the coflin from the steamer through the long avenue of troops with reversed arms to the waiting gun carriage. Regular of fieers draped the plain oak casket in the Free State colors and placed it on the wooden platform built on the gun car riage. The dead general's charger was led riderless alongside. Then came the throngs of bare headed men and women, many of them making no effort to re strain their tears. Among the little band of fighting men who made the last stand with Collins was a boyish figure. Across his shoulders he carried a machine gun, the same gun with which he said afterward be had poured lead into Collin's attackers. It was arranged to remove the body to the city hall later in the day in order to give the thousands of sorrowing Irish men and women an opport unity of seeing for the last time the features of their hero. The absorbing question of who is to succeed Collins is voiced on all sides. ' V CUins Planned Changes. LONDON, Aug. 24 (Associated Press) At the time of his death Michael Col lins had under consideration plans to re draft several sections of the constitution of the Irish Free State so as to placate the more radical Republican elements. This was made known today by Michael Francis Doyle, Philadelphia lawyer, who arrived from Dublin where he went to consult with the members of the provi sional government. Mr. Doyle had several conferences with Collins and on-the day before the latter went to the south where he was killed, went carefully over the dif ferent points of the constitution which it had been planned to redraft. Fiancee Had Trousseau Ileady. LONDON. Aug. 24. The marriage of Michael Collins, slain chief of the Irish Free State, to Miss Kitty Kiernan had been fixed originally for last Tuesday, the day Collins was killed, says a Dub lin despatch. The wedding date . had been postponed, however, until later this month on account of the death of Arthur Griffith. Miss Kiernan bad bought her trousseau. , THE WEATHER. Probably Thunder Storms Tonight and Friday Little Temperature Change WASHINGTON Aug. 24. The weather forecast: Unsettled. Showers, probably thunder storms tonight and Fri day. Little change in temperature. Fresh south winds. When the Irish patriot Daniel O'Con nell died, 75 years agro, his heart, in compliance with his wish, was embalmed and taken to Rome, while his body was interred in Ireland. Red Men's Hall Thursday, Aug. 24, at 8 p. m. Regu lar meeting of Pocahontas Council, No. 4, D. of P. Members please attend. The meeting of the Women of Moose heart Legion will be postponed until the first Wednesday in September. If Goodnow, Pearson & Hunt I om Sport Sweaters Two and Four Pocket Models All the Wanted Colors All Sizes $5.98 and $6.50 WOMAN FIRES PILE TO BURN ASSAILANT Negro Caught anil Burned Within 12 Hours After Attempted Assault on White Woman. LAMBERT, Miss., Aug. 24. For an attempted criminal assault on a white woman, John Steelman, 85-year-old Negro, paid the penalty for the crime in pounds of flesh. Twelve hours after the attempted crime the Negro was burned at the stake by a torch applied by the hand of his intended victim, Mrs. Bruce ,White, the wife of a planter. The Negro was cornered in a dense thicket by a posse. He was armed with an automatic revolver and attempted to cover his pursuers, but before he could shoot he was wounded. He was dragged several miles back to the scene of the crime and here, Mrs. White, although in a weakened condition, applied the torch to the pyre yesterday. The assault was attempted while a ihree-year-old daughter of the woman looked on. The Negro appeared at the White home early yesterday morning and nsked lor work. lie was given -breakfast and left for the woods with Mr., White. The Negro offered an excuse and returned to the house. He attucked Mrs. White and dragged her into the yard. The screams of the woman brought a farmhand to the house and the Negro fled , RAIL EXECUTIVES REJECT PROPOSAL Will Not Reinstate Men With Senority Rights Individual Settle- ments Proposed. NEW YORK. Aug. 24. The Associa tion of Railway Executives, by vote of 2.14 to 4 yesterday rejected the proposal of the Big Five train service brotherhoods that the carriers end the nation-wide shopmen's strike by reinstating the men vith seniority., unimpaired, and Bert M. Jewell, official spokesman for the strikers, leelared the association had closed the door to peace and voted for a lockout to -smash unionism. At the same time, splitting away from the majority was a group of 25 railroads, principally western lines, which debated a new suggestion of the brotherhoods that individual settlements be effected. This minority, while professing to stand with tU- majoritv in reaffirming the stand on senority, - still indicated that it de sired to he:tr further regarding the indi idual settlement suggestion. Socret Conference Today. NEW YORK, Aug. 24 (Associated Press). Members of the big five broth erhood group of rail strike mediators met today at an uptown hotel and then left hurriedly for the secret conference with reprcseniatives of the small group of rail executives who yesterday were ready to take up as individual roads fur ther, negotiations. ... . BLACKSMITH DENIES INHUMAN CHARGES Alleged He Cnt Off Six-Year-Old Daugh ter's Finger Tips and Burned , Her Hands. BAYOXNE, N. J., Aug. 24. William II. Moore, a blacksmith, was arrested tcday charfred with cutting of his six-year-old daughter's finsrer tips and burn ing her hands by holding them over a stove. Moore denied the charges, say ing she injured herself while lie was punishing her. WOOD ALCOHOL'S DEATH TOLL. Kills 130 and Mjikcs 22 Blind In Six Months. NEW YORK, Aug. 24. Wood alcohol 'peddled as whiskey caused 130 deaths and 22 cases of blindness in 21 states dining the first six months of 1!)22, the national committee for the prevention of blindness reported yesterday. More than half of the 130 fatalities were in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Five deaths were reported in Texas, and four each in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Ohio and Missouri. One hundred and three of the 130. deaths occurred during the first 13 days of the year. WANTS MOUNTED ANALYZER. Alabama Sheriff Calls for Quick Test of Seized Liquors. FORT PIERCE. Ala., Aug. 24. A "chemical analyzer with apparatus and motorcycle to go along with the sheriff and analyze seized whiskey on the jumn" is desired by Sheriff Merritt of I St.. Lucie county, according to an adver- t'KPiiicnt published in the fort 1'ieree News-Tribune over the signature of that official. It is just 1)9 years since George Ste phenson drove the first train over a track a few miles long that had been laid by the pioneer British railway company. Wye FOSTER; F OREMOST RAD GA L, CAUGHT In Chicago Awaiting Extra dition to Michigan for Trial FEDERAL AGENTS SEEK 50 OTHERS Among Them Is Rose Pastor Stokes, . Wealthy Communist Leader Seven teen Suspects Face Trial for Syndical ism at St. Joseph. CHICAGO, Aug. 24. As 17 men cap tured in a raid in the woods of Berrien county, Mich., faced syndicalism charges at St. Joseph today, William Z. Foster, head of the Trade Union Education league, leader, of the steel strike of 11)19 and regarded as one of the foremose rad icals of America, who was arrested here, awaited extradition to Michigan. Meanwhile state and federal agents con tinued their search for 50 others said to have escaped when the secret meeting in the hills was broken up. Among those was Rose Pastor Stokes of New York, wealthy Communist leader. MAY PASS BONUS BILL THIS WEEK Senate Considering Individual Amend ments Committee Changes Al ready Approved. WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. Committee changes in the house soldiers' bonus bill have been approved, the senate turned today to consideration of individual amendments. Disposition of these was not expected to consume a great deal of time and passage of the measure this week was regarded by some leaders as a possibility. The senate moved so rapidly yesterday in its consideration of the soldiers' bonus bill that some leaders regarded passage of the measure before the end of this week as more than a possibility. Opponents were understood to be disposed to let the bill take its course at this time in the belief that President Harding would veto it. Should he do so, they planned to cen ter their fight against its passage over his veto. After it got to vork on the bonus late yesterday, after Senator McCumber had entered into an urgent plea for its early passage, the senate agreed to the 47 com mitter amendments to the house bill in exactly 15 minntes nnd then laid the measure aside temporarily. AVith the com" mittee changes cleaned up. Senator Bur- , sum. Republican, of New Mexico called up his substitute, proposing half cash nnd half certificates of indebtedness for the veterans, but this was rejected without a roll-call or any discussion. MAINE'S OLDEST LAWYER. Samuel M. Came, 84. Dies at Home In Alfred. , . BIDDEFORD. Me., Aug. 24. Samuel M. Came, 84, the oldest member of the York county bar and who has been in active practice longer than any other lawyer in the state, died last night at his home in Alfred. AMERICAN RELIEF RORBED. Bandits Take $30,000 from Railroad Coach at Datum. . DATUM. Aug. 24. Bandits forced an entrance today into a first class coach of a train near here and robbed the Ameri can Relief organization of $30,000 which had just been received from America. AFRAID OF BEING AFRAID. That Is the Tiling That Impels Men to Deeds of Unusual Daring. Why are heroes? What gives to certain men courage and coolness in the face of death? In the World war, where millions of brav men fought valoronsly. what im pelled some to deeds which brought highest tribute from grateful nations? In what way did these heroes who won medals, crosses, ribbons and other decora tions, differ from their fellows? Prebaps these questions will never be satisfactorily answered. possibly thev cannot be. The wearers of these marks of distinction are just as much in the dark as are the rest of us when it comes to explaining. The best answer thus far given comes from a fair-haired, blue-eyed, merry-faced boy with a dozen bronze crosses, ribbons, stars, palms and citation cords, who is attending the Disabled American Vet erans of the World War convention in San Francisco. "Were you ever afraid?" he was asked. "Afraid of being afraid," was his ans wer. There is ample room for thought in this response. It usually is the. man whose greatest fear is that of being afraid wno performs prodigies of braverv. -San Francisco Chronicle. Universalist Church The church is closed during August. The services at Guilford Center are discontinued until September. Universalist Convention of Vermont and Quebec Sept. 4, p, 0 at Springfield, Odd Fellows Temple Thursday, 7.30 p. m. Regular meeting of Ladies' Anxiliary. - DANCE Thursday Night Academy Hall West Brattleboro Minkley's Orchestra Barre; Vt. -CLAIMS DISCRIMINATION 1 ' IN COAL DELIVERY. ' LANSING, Mich., Aug. 21 (Asso ciated Press). Coal concerns close to the federal fuel administration are "getting theirs and getting - it first," William Potter, state fuel ad ministrator, charged in a statement today, - following his return from Washington where he endeavored to obtain a . greater allowance of coal for Michigan. CZECHOSLOVAKIA IS PROSPEROUS Has Avoided Paper Currency Owner ship of Land Limited Big Housing Shortage. PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, Aug. 24 Although the Chechoslovakian Republic is only three and a half years old, it is the one state in Europe which has set its house in order and lias avoided the evils of the printing press. The Czechs or Bohemians are a hard-working and plucky race, full of common sense, and they have built uj an economic and in dustrial fabric which has made the country one of the most prosperous in Central Europe. Its industry today is beyond the needs of its own population. The Czech crown, which until last au tumn had followed the fluctuations of the German mark, has now established its independence in the world s changes. Since the creation of the republic the bulk of trade has been with Germany, although the United States is gaining an increasing share of it. According to of ficial figures, 47.7 per cent of Czech im ports in 1921 came from Germany, the latter country taking 36.2 per cent of Czech exports. Every Czech realizes that the future of the country's trade is in Central Europe, but he is anxious to avoid as far as possible any economic dependence on Germany. Czechoslovakia's fpoljtical system is based upon the strictest democratic principles, her policy beintr one of in novation and evolution along republi can line9. Bolshevism has been crushed. Drastic land reforms have been made, to appease the appetite of the masses. No one is allowed to hold more than 2;0 hectares of arable land or 500 hectares of forest land. Owins' to increased wages, the working classes live in com fortable content. There is little unem ployment. As in most other F.uropeon cities, the bousing problem in Prague is acute. Any owner of a flat or bouse is liable to have his Quarters commandeered by the tate. In spite of the governments en- deavors to encourage the erection of! new buildim. the building trade has remained virtusllv si'snended. Many of the poorer nobility have migrated in Vi enna. Munich. Berlin. Poland or Hun arv, in order to lienefit by the rate of exchange. Others owimv a small corn" of the vast palaces whi3i have' been in the possession of their families for cen turies. - , CONFERENCE AT LAWRENCE TODAY Unions Arranging Return to Work at Old Wages In Pacific Company's Mills. LAWRENCE, Mas, Aug. 24. A conference between representatives of the United Textile Workers of America and the Pacific Mills Co. was scheduled for today to arrange for the return of mem bers of affiliated unions which have voted to accept the employers' offer of the former wage scale made yesterday. The dyers' and finishers' union, which alone of the United Textile unious has not offi cially accepted the offer, also met today to consider the proposal. Few pickets appeared at the Pacific mills this morn ing. SEIZE RUMRUNNER AT GLOUCESTER roo Cases of Liquor on Newfoundland Schooner To Arraign Men at Boston GLOUCESTER, Mass.. Aug. 24. The Newfoundland schooner Arcadia was seized as a rum-runner ofP this port to day by members of the coastguard sta tion and otlicers from the revenue cut ter Ossipee. Seven hundred cases of li quor were found in the hold according to reports. The vessel will be escorted, to Boston where the five men comprising the crew will be arraigned. MICHIGAN FORESTS. A 25-Year Timber Debauch Calls for Immediate Measures for Reforestation. It is the morning after in Michigan, and that state, with the aid ot the government forestry service, is checking up the effects of its zo-year-timber de bauch on population, agriculture, in dustry) and economic life. Michigan no longer leads in lumbering operated. Her wood-using industries particularly those of automobile-mak ing, furniture-making and building are now compelled to import from other states the high-grade lumber they need Some of it comes from as far south as the gulf, and some from the Pacific coast, with high freight charges and high prices because of dwindling supply. Michigan, like some of her sister states, is wakinir Up to be the need of immediate measures for reforestation, and the establishment of a permanent nolicv which will mean in future years the steady and consistent maintenance of an adequate lumber supply. Methodist Episcopal Church Rev. Walter C. Bernard, Rector. ' Sunday, August 27 . 8 bO a. m. Holv Communion. 10.80 a. m. Morning Prayer and ser mon. : , . 7.80 p.m. Evening Prayer. Friday, Aug. 25, 7.30 p. m. Evening 1'rayer. . - . -..' There will be a service at Christ church GuilforU at 0 a: nu. Sundaj? and at the. Retreat at.,3 p. m. the same day . BIRTHS. - in Brattleboro, Aug! 24, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lnckson. LEAVE TODAY FDR NEW YORK HOMES First Group of Fresh Air Children to Arrive Came Early REGRET REPLACES HOMESICKNESS One Little Girl Wrote Mother She Was Dying, but Telegram Soon Established the Reason ; Children Laden with Many Gifts. The first contingent of fresh air chil dren to arrive at the station today 'pre paratory to the return of Brattleboro's quota of 86 to their homes in New York city comprised seven children out of 14 who have been guests of Mr. and Mrs.' William Fish of Halifax. Two auto trips were necessary to bring the children to the station, the first group arriving at 7.i0. All the children in the group re- iniru limb iiir ljiiitt now ivuic uu LUrjr must return, and when awakened early this morning one little girl began sobbing nnd said she wanted to stay several days longerl Mrs. Fish, who accompanied the first group, said she had been up all night, pressing and ironing the children's clothes and getting things ready for the return trip, and this morning the children all looked spie and span dressed in their freshly laundered clothes, and their faces beamed with delight over the wonderful two weeks which they spent in the Ver mont hills. One little girl, Carmela Baione, was asked if she had good things to eat dur ing her stay on the farm and she answered. ''Oatmeal. Oh, boy, ?,t was so good!" She said that in New York she had coffee and cakes for breakfast and never had any oatmeal. This little girl was one of the most lonesome during the first two days at the Fish farm, and she missed her mother to such an extent that without the knowledge of Mrs. Fish she wrote home saying she was dying, A tele gram was receiveti oy cer benetactor a day or two later, inquiring if , the child was really ill. and Mrs. Fish lost no time in informing the home in New York that it was simply a case of pure lonesome ness. . Mrs. Fish said that the 14 children on her farm got along . splendidly during tmur vacation. Due- to the fresh Teee- tables and all-round good eats which the children had, they gained from three to eight pounds each. At first thev were afraid to go to sleep at night, the rustling of the leaves on the trees causing them to believe that ghosts and hobgoblins were peeking in at them through the windows, so most of them slept three in a bed, the one in the middle feeling the most secure from the terrors of the spectral atmos phere. Before leaving Halifax this morning. eacn ot tne 14 children was presented a eift of a tun or a h.mdkerehief hv Mrs Zina Learned, a next-door neighbor, and esteniay afternoon she gave each child a bag of apples to be faken home to New York. Mrs. Fish said the children pre- seiuea an exceedingly Humorous snec- tacle as they came trudging down the roaa from tne Learned farm. . carrvine huge flour bags filled with annles. some ot tue nags being larger than the chil dren wno were convey me them, each tmni banging on to n bag for dear life, est tne apples be lost. Before deirtine on the train each child was given a generous box of lunch containing many choice lidbirs of the farm, which will remind them for the ast time of the wonderful vacation which they spent in ermont Mrs. I ish said this morning that, if opportunity attorns, sne hopes to enter tain as many children next year, and if possible Kl-e wants to be the benefactor for these same children next time ELK SLAIN FOR THEIR TEETH. Hunters Invade Yellowstone. Lured by . Mig itices for Ornaments. Thousands of magnificent bull elk have been killed in the Yellowstone Park region by hunters who illegally shoot them down at all seasons, merely for the two teeth that may be obtained .from each and sold at a high price to be worn as ornaments. The fashion of wearirigi these bits of bone as watch charms, cuff links, stick pins and hat pins has been steadily growing as the once vast herd of elk dwindles and Is threatened with ex tinction, accordine to the biological1 Survey of the United States department' of agriculture. " 1 A few years ago the wearing of ai- grets for bat trimmings threatened the destruction of one of our most beautiful birds, but through aroused public senti ment a halt was called in time to save the birds. Unless the market for elk teeth is curbed before it is too late, it will mean the extermination of the elk, the most magnificent of all deer. Indian braves decorated themselves with necklaces made of claws taken from . the most ferocious animal in America, the grizzly bear. Only the squaws wore elk teeth as decorations, and they used only those from the ani mals killed for food and clothing. Now the white men are following the fashion of the squaw, but are paying a price that tempts - the lowest . character to slaughter and waste the elk for these really worthless trinkets. -A fuller un derstanding of the history and signifi cance . of the custom of -wearing elk teeth should have an influence in depre ciating the market for them ' and thim remove the incentive for this ' wanton destruction of our noblest and most val uable game animal,- says a bulletin of the department of agriculture. TRAINING CAMP FOR FARM ! " - WOMEN OPENS TODAY CLARKSBURG, West Va., Aug. 2i What is said to be the first training camp for . farm women in the United States, is in progress at JarelBGzi ' Mills, near here '' today. Eighty-five women from, farms lo cated In 18 counties of the state are registered. ADHESIVE QUALITY IN COURT CHAIRS Tough on ' Juryman -to Lose Pair ., of ; Breeches Every Time He Sits on Case, Declares Judge Stowe. , The condition of the cha:rs in the municipal court room has for some time been an important subject of discussion among the legal fraternity and the spec tators who have gathered daily to watch the procedure of the court cases. Due to the heavy coat of glistening varnish, which has been rendered all the more sticky by the hot and damp weather whirh has heen nrevalent more or less this season,' the chairs already have snown a strong cnemicai nmnuy toward the clothing- of those persons who have comfortably. , ensconced themselves therein. - A cursory glance over the seating ap pointments of the court room reveals an interesting spectacle. Many of the seats apparently have become devoid of varnish and have been worn black, due to the contact with dark clothing. Other chairs have a wall paper effect where people with an artistic turn of mind have the paper adhering to the seat with a strength not unlike Samson of old. The! most conspicuous case of adhesion oc- iml 7.thln Vay W W,T 8m? " one wearing a heavy, fluffy and woolly' suit of clothing sat in one of the chairs and upon arising left myriads of small partieles of wool firmly glued to the seat so that.it looks like a violent case of small-pox. j After the court case this mornin?. when the subject of conversation reverted! agam to the, chairs. Judge F. D. E ruuwe oilmen innr lr wat rnnuii nn a : juryman to lose a pair of breeches every time be came to sit on a case. OPERATED CAR NOT REGISTERED W Ml 1.1 .1 C. II. Van Wickle of Geneva. X. Y Pav m aja , Fine of $25 and Costs in Municipal Court Total $32.40. C. II. Van Wickle of Geneva. N. Y.. ' who has been dealing in horses in this e- ffereg&te tonnage ot tne heavy locality the past few weeks, was in the ghts ! fi,1.ed with the promoters of municipal court this morning before T.atAbh" "i end rum?r Tnrlira I!' W Cfa i, ' ,J .;tt, registered i an Wickle, it is claimed, had two cars in Brattleboro, one of which was registered and carried New lork state number plates, This car went out ,of commission several days ago. and it is claimed that Van Wickle removed those number plates and attached them to his other car, which was unregistered at the tune. Ti e respondent pleaded guilty and was fined .$25 and costs, amounting to $32.40, which he paid. ENJOYS VACATION HOUSE. Brattleboro Woman Tells of Pleasures of J Stay at Niantic. Editor of The Reormer: - . "... imig to "steal away ' tomorrow, how silently" I leave you to imagine, when I you consider we are a crowd of feminine gender. Our stay at Vacation House has been pleasant in spite of unfavorable weather for some time after our arrival, but when the sun finally appeared all was forgotten, and since then the time has rasseu pleasantly, about in 1. .idhoI tne usuai ma ianner some enivintr lhe Kithint- excursions ccursions to Ocean Beach and other ferred to rest onietlv nt th hnne en-1 joying the-good books and papers, among which the Reformer appears to be, the prime favorite, being seized upon as soon as it arrives and the contents eagerly de voured. .- This party has been a large one, the house being filled about to its capacity. However, all have been made comfortable anu our warns suppnea ano it anyone has gone hungry it must surely have been their own fault, as the table has been well supplied with excellent food, The nnssine' vears hilt Krv tn Heonen . - our appreciation of the kindness of the 1 0 - - ' - . - -- man who made acation House possible. G. L. M. Niantic, Conn., Aug. 22. A Lie Rolls On. (New York Herald.) The New York Herald directed atten tion to a falsehood to which circulation warf given in the New English Review in an article .by an anonymous contributer who under the pen name "A New York Specialist" declared that 17.000 Harlem school children were drug addicts. The difficulty of stopping such a lie after it has gained publication is shown by the appearance in the Times of Bel lows Falls Vermont, on August 17, of the subjoined paragraph : "More than 17.000 school children in Harlem, a borough of New York, popu lated chiefly by aliens, are addicted to the use of drugs, according to police Statistics." The Bellows Falls newspaper does not give credit to any other publication or authority for this assertion, which is as inaccurate as genius for misstatement c6uld make it. Harlem is not a borough of New York : its population is not in any recognizable particular more alien than the popula tions of other geographically comparable districts of the city : there are not 17,000, or 1,700. or 17 drug addicts among the school Children of the section so desig nated, and there are not now. and there never have been, police statistics to sup port such a slander. . The New York Herald does not believe the Times of Bellows Falls deliberately Slanders the school children of Harlem. The .Vermont newspaper is the victim of an atrocious propaganda of deceit ; but nevertheless it has misrepresented a clean living, decent population. State-owned and operated port termin als are to be established at Savannah,! psult of the action of the state ire in designating that city as the as a rest official . Georeia . port. Fifteen million dollars is to be expended in the construe - tion of piers, terminals, warehouses, and so on. For the purpose of establishing a transatlantic speed record a liner's log the speedometer of the sea is set in Am- brose Channel, 24 miles out of New York, and is taken up at Daunt's. Rock, west of Queenstown. lietween tnese points shins are driven "all out" Once past these spots their captains are not particular. TONNAGE OF FAT MEN IS REDUCED Drop 20 Per Cent in Game of Baseball for Wom an's Club THINS VICTORIOUS BY SCORE OF 15-9 Nine-Reel Comedy Feature Enjoyed by About 400 Fans Twenty-Eight riayers Participate Umpire's Decl-, sions Occasionally Right. A suitable title to describe yester- and Tmns wh,cb Avas enacted on the Valley fair grounds for thg benefit of the Brattleboro Woman's ' club would be d to find, but it easily could be quali-' , f ... . fie(l a Comedy and Things Like That., Despite the; early lead of the heflvy- weights the Thins emerged from the , . , . . n melee victorious by a lu-to-9 score. 'I wenty-eigUt players participated in tne nine-reel feature autJ some 400 fans en- joyed tne pertormance. The Fats started well and stayed ahead of the Thins for a few frames, due mostly to the twirling of Miss Susan Graffam. Then Fitch took up the pitch ing burden in the fifth and the Thins batted around for a: total of six runs. In this round C. C. Chayer got two hits fir the 'Thins otip a i;inrl anA tho nthor Tja long two-bagger. "Sukie" came to tue rescue again in tne sixtn ana re- ,. . tr;nl, ,1 ,4 u.i..: the beanpoles until Cressy relieved her in the ninth. It would be well to add n.ere tnat a sw.orn statement regarding "US . U WKIL It KIOUU HI ,A'i pOUnOS. 1 after the game. " " uim-uri-icu ua.c Luuxmc a.s Chayer twirled remarkable ball for the Thins.- In the early innings the cf the lot, but as time went on his twirl ing became more classy and in the last five frames the Fats were swinging with out the remotest connection with the spheroid. Altogether they felt he was putting something over on them, but Umpire Stickney could find nothing illegal about the delivery. (Continued on Page 4.) CAR SHOOTS DOWN BRIDGE STREET rr 1- . .!.: . n n . "Ul,s ",l"""i to rescue of Four Amherst Girls Whose Engine Refuses to Function. A movement to inaugurate a "shoot the chutes" was attempted on Bridge street early this morning, when four young girls from Amherst enroute to i u ":. ' T1"" luurinfv c,ar Sunset lake in an Overland touring car m-jwu iijc luiuuc liiiu lue iuuu notes ,. j . l" . ' . IlVl"tt" "-. .-jmiiermg Xnmt fr pine exnedi tion, arrived in Brattleboro last night and stopped at a local hotel, and this morning succeeded in getting their ear as far as the corner of Bridge and Main streets, when the engine began to spit and sputter and then died out alto gether. Four young Locbinvars who bannened " .t " " - ' I'l&cu 1 1117 iu Lie in i ue vicinity oirerea to pusu mik'h flu. car t3 the top of the incline and when the car had accumulated considerable speed the young lady driver released the j clutch pedal, but the engine failed to tnkd fli wn onA .. i j - e " ' ' "V . "V V M i BLuyuru jul where the mud was deepest. The driver looked back wistfully at the four young men. who unable to re sist the appealing glances, went to the rescue again and fastened a tow rope to a heavy truck, the driver of which offered assistance. Then with a few giggles and several winsc.me smiles, the girls went back up the hill and were towed to a garage, where their car was put in running order again. Wilmington Decides WTsely, (Keene Sentinel.) The town of Wilmington, Vt., near the big new hydraulic plant of the New Eng land Power company on the upper Deer field river, has wisely and definitely re jected an alluring offer of the New Eng land Power company of $100,000 cash and nv summer boat line on a new lake to be created, in place of its railroad : l, : L . I. . ... 1 . "Ultu ,ue power company wm otner- ""T " ':aie ana renu,,u lzn " r",'lWUM,Hl own lD" aoean e realize the difference between railroad nnd steamboat or motor communication in the winter time, to say nothing of midsummer shifts and delays. A Truism. (Barre Times.) The Brattleboro Reformer said some thing when it remarked : "A newspaper will never be able to please all the people until all the people learn to please each other." We can imagine what caused the contemporary to hand out that tnir ism ; any .newspaper editor can readily imagine the cause. BRATTLEBORO LOCAL Edward Crosby has been appointed administrator of thp estate of Joseph i Trahan. who was killed in the airplane ' accident last Friday afternoon on the ? Retreat field. 1 ' ' - j A new salvage ship recently completed (in England, said to tie the largest and t finest vessel of its kind afloat; is equipped j with portable pumps which can deal j with 4,000 tons of water in an hour, That is to say, a 12,000-ton ship could be emptied of water in less than three hours. It is said to be very rare indeed to find a blue-eyed person who is colorblind.