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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-12-14
When Chocolate Was Denounced.

VtICu SuOSSiaSS wac S0ilS1ttSSAs -
Strong passions were reused in the
seventeenth century among those who
thought chocolate was an invention Of
the devil. A formidable treatise was
written in order to denounce the use
Of the beverage by monks. The trea-
tise appeared in 1924, but the monks
saw to it, by destroying every copy
that came their way, that its circula-
ton was small and brief. Chocolate
houses succeeded coffee houses in Lon
don as centers of a supposed greater
refinement, although Roger North de-
scribed them as centers for the benefit
Of 'rooks and cullies Of quality, where
gaming is added to all the rest" and
where plots against the state yer
Matched by idle fellows. - London
Graphic.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-12-14

to lock that door.
It's my last duty
before going to
bed"
Sweetwater as
Sumed the innO-
cent.
"And I was
just going this
way. 1t looks
like a short road
into town. 1t is.
isn't it,"
I'm Yes!"
growled the 9th.
er. "Whicheyer
it is. it isn't your
70 a d tonight.
That's private
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-12-14
Maanifxina Glass.

The invention Of magnifying glasses
Is ascribed to one Alhazen. an Ara
btan. In the year 1850 Of, our ri
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-12-14
CHAPTER XII.
G. CUTHBERT ROAD.

was soon at the
bottom Of the hill, where the
street. taking a turn, plunged
him at once into a thickly pop
The Washington times., 1911-08-10
GIRL RL'SFATHER LOOKS
FOR NEW meet me-.
LAFFERTYLETTERS
Kubel Convinced Oregon
Man Has Written Others
To Daughter.

With two meet me" letters already
brought to light against Representative
A. w. Lafferty of Oregon. s. ].
Kubel chief engraver Of the
United States Geological Survey,
who took the Congressman to task for
addressing a note to his daughter when
other letters Of a similar character will
be exposed.
There doubtless are other letters"
said Mr.. Kubel today. The one from
Oregon yesterday, which MIR. Lafterty
admits having written, shows that the
message he sent to my daughter was
not the first and only one of that char
acter."
At the time the Kubel letter was
given publicity, MIR. Lafferty said that
he had not written letters of a similar
nature to any young woman in his home
State, but upon the publication of one
asking a youn woman, whom he had
never met. to call and see him, he ad-
mitted that he had written 1t. He gave
as an excuse an inclination on the part
of the young woman to flirt with his
brother, a married man.
When seen at her home. 1000 East
Capitol street. by a reporter for The
Times, Miss kubel said that when she
first received the letter she showed 1t
to some of her school friends. II have
never seen Mr.. Lafferty to know him,
and would not know him II saw him
now" she exclaimed. II did not feel
honored by the letter, and my father
took the matter UP with him"
Miss Kubel did not knoy that Mr.
Lafferty, according to his A0wn admis-
sions, had gone by Eastern High School
at dismissal time until he had learned
to know her by sight According to
Mr.. Lafferty, he made his visits there
after he had first been impressed by
Miss Kubels picture in a local news
paper.
Denial was made today by A. T.
Stuart, the then superintendent of pub
lie schools, that he had sent letter
of warning to Mr.. Lafferty after the
Kubel letter had been received. AL
though the letter was shown to sew
eraI Of Miss Kubels instructors, the
matter was not carried to the super
intendent. In a telegram from Atlantic
City, where Mr.. Stuart is spending his
vacation, Mr.. Stuart said that he did
not know Of Laffertys writing to school
girls until he saw the newspaper arti-
Gle.
Mr.. Lafferty no longer blames the
letter on the boys in the office" but
admits that he wrote 1t. The entire
letter was written with pen and ink in
Mr. Lafferty's handwriting. In saying
that he hoped Miss Kubel would "over-
look the unconventionality of the re-
quest the word, "unconventionality"
was underscored.
Mr.. Lafferty could not be seen this
morning.
The Washington times., 1911-08-10
Capital Bar Members
Going to Hub Meeting

Several leading members of the WASH
iDgton bar have arranged to attend the
thirty-fourth annual meeting Of the
American Bar Association at Boston,
August g, 30, and 81 Adds B. Browne.
Henry E. Davis, Chaplin Brown. Joseph
r. Edison, and Melville Church are
among those who have definitely de-
cided to 60
Today Adds Browne said he expected
many more Washington lawyers will
attend the convention, to give the Capt.
tai a splendid representation. Mr..
Browne is a member of the national
associations committee on commercial
law, and the other attorneys also hold
official positions.
Sightseeing will be enjoyed ty the
visiting attorneys, as we'll as instruc-
ton. They will be given an excursion
to Cambridge and a reception at Har-
ward University August 29, an auto
steamboat excursion TO Nantasket
Beach September l.
The annual banquet will be held
August 81 at the Hotel Somerset. The
hosts to the visitors during their entire
stay in The State.
Baron Uchida, ambassador from
Japan, has a prominent place on the
HOBIdHl, BpSdhlIlS august OA
ing Jurisprudence in Japan"
Justice Henry B. Brown, retired, Of
the United States Supreme Court, Will
speak August 30 on 1.-THE New Federal
Judicial Code"
Another former Washingtonian. Prof.
William r. Vance, OF Yale University,
formerly of the George Washington
University. will give his annual address
as president Of the Association of
American Law Schools, August %, on
the theme: 1.-The Ultimate Function Of
the Teacher Of Law"
other papers will be read during the
meetings by Dean Harlan F. Stone, of
Columbia University; Dean Richards, of
the Wisconsin University; Governor
Baldwin of Connecticut; and William
B. Hornblower, of New York.
Antitrust legislation and uniform
laws for the States will be important
subjects for general discussion
Officers of the association will be
elected August %. Edgar H. Farrar. of
New Orleans, is now president of the
association, and George Whitelock, of
Baltimore, and Frederick Z. Wadhams,
Of Albany, secretaries.
The Washington times., 1911-08-10
Lanahan Files Motion
For Another Trial

John W. Lanahan, of Brookland,
nephew of a millionaire attorney Of
Baltimore, filed a motion for a new
trial in the District Supreme Court, ap-
pealing from the verdict Of jury de-
claring him to be a habitual drunkard
and unable to care for his property.
The motion recites that Lanahan was
convicted by jury irregularly drawn
from the District Supreme Court. Other
formal grounds are alleged ia support
of the appeal.
An income of $S5 a month is received
by Lanahan, whose wife says he squan-
ders II all for liquor.
He is the son of the late Rev. John
Lanahan, for many years at the
Foundry and Metropolitan Methodist
churches, as pastor to Presidents Grant
and Mckinley,
The Washington times., 1911-08-10
Boys Clothing

Odd lot of boys Indian Chief"
Play Suits, with large feathered
head piece. Sizes 10, IL. IL, and
IA years. Sold up to $3.50. Coo
Remnant price ...........-....S UCC
Boys Wash Suits, with bloomer
pants; small sizes COo
only ....-...-..-............ AOS
Boys overalls, odd sizes. 1s
from 3 to II years. Pair, -. lOC
Boys fancy ALI Wool Cashmere
double breasted Suits, with knfck-
erbocker pants. All light patterns.
Some of the large sizes have two
pairs of pants. Sizes from to II
years; Values worth up 60 QQ
to $500 ................-.....: OAsOC
Boys stiff brim Straw Hats, VAL
ues worth $1.00 and S1.50 0Oo
each. Reduced to ..:......... OCS
Boys Baseball Suits, in IOc
cluding cap, odd sizes ...... tCS
Boys and ChiIdren's Straw Eo
Hats, worth 25c and 39c each "
Boys 'TdeaT Underwaist Sus-
penders; slightly imperfect. o.
Worth 25c pair. Reduced to-. ~
Boys Blouses. Of madras and per-
Gale Neckband and collar attach
ed styles. Mostly small sizes. 11O
heQuced 10 ..................... AAS
The Washington times., 1911-08-10
Good Vacation Advice.

Bishop Sralding, or n hot summer
morning. gave one OF the congregations
of Portland. Ore. timely piece OF ad-
vice.
Don't" he said. when you 20 Oft on
your vacation, leave all your religion
behind and take all your collection away
with you"-EXchange.
The Washington times., 1911-08-10
Rice and Fish Diet.

Multitudes in japan live upon a diet
fare a whale diet is becoming very pop
ular. Hundreds of tons Of whale meat
are sold in the Japanese markets to-
day. The flesh is said to be very
coarse. tasting something like venison.
but with favor all Its own.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-06-02
Tobacco Trust Loses.

The government won n sweeping vie
tory over the s0.called tobacco trust
Monday, when the supreme court of the
United States at Washington held that
the American Tobacco company and its
allied corporations are operating in yio-
lati0n of the Sherman antitrust law.
BY directing that the combination be
forbidden the privilege of interstate
commerce or be placed in the hands of
a receiver unless it disintegrates in
harmony with the law within six, or at
the most, eight months. the court is
regarded to have dealt with the tobac-
go corporations more drasticallv than
with the Standard Oil company of New
Jersey. the dissolution of which was or
and second sections of the Sherman
antitrust law have been violated by the
tobacco trust, according to the court
Not only has it restrained wrongfully
and nnlawfullv interstate commerce,
in the eyes of the court, but it has con
spired to monopolize the tobacco bus
mess to the injury of the public and
of its competitors. While the decree
was regarded as unusually severe, at the
same time there was leniency in its not
making the combination an outlaw
"now." The various elements of the
combination are to be given an oppor-
tunity, under the supervision of the
United States circuit court for the
southern district of New York. of re-
creating it so that there NAV be brought
a ''new condition which shall be hon
estly in harmony with and not repug-
nant to the law
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-06-02
Baseball NelUs.
VICTORY AT LAST.
Local High School Ball Team Defeated
Windsor 10 to 8,

The Brattleboro high school baseball
team won its first game of the season on
the fair grounds Tuesday morning. defeat
ing Windsor high II to 3 in well-played
contest. Except for the fifth inning the
local youngsters did splendidly, fielding with
speed and good judgment, hitting well and
running bases snappily Thompson was
found for 10 hits but he had good control
and an assortment of curves with which
he was able to bewilder the visiting bats
men when safeties were most needed.
Fernald, who went to the mound for the
visitors at the outset, was retired to left
field after he had allowed two hits and
passed two men to first. Later in the
game he went to short in exchange with
Davis who was injured by a hot liner Mar
tin pitched seven innings for Windsor,
but seemed to have very little that the
Brattleboro batsmen could not fathom as
a glance at the hit column will indicate.
In spite of three errors Waite played
good game at third, making one double play
unassisted by pulling down high liner
and figuring in another on throw from
Hall. Messer caught two difficult foul
flies and did some especially timely stick
work. Lacy at first played good game for
the visitors. The score:
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-06-02
Baseball Notes.

Bellows Falls high school defeated Yer.
mont academy Tuesday by score of 4 to
j. Taylor's hitting and Provosts pitching
were features of the game.
The local high school team has two more
games in its schedule. 1t will meet Keene
at keene June 10 and close its season with
Rutland high on the local grounds June
I16.
''Bill'' Hazelton, University of Vermont
coach, and George Winter, formerly with
the Boston Red Sox, are trying to get up
a league to include Plattsburg, Burlington.
Rutland and Montpelier Barre.
0'Keefe, who will play third for Brat
tleboro this summer, is putting up a fine
game with the Lawrence academy team In
a 14-inning game against the Dartmouth
freshmen Tuesday he made homerlln,
double and two singles, scored two runs and
accepted IL chances without an error.
Among the men who are likely to wear
Springfield Charlestown uniforms this sum
mer are Grow of Proctor, former Univer-
Johnsbury, another infelder from the
Grape, ex-New England Lacquer; Harold
Bassett, former pitcher for Dean acade-
my; Leon Labrecque Of Montreal, catch
er of some. professional experience;
and DALEY brothers, promising pony
battery from North Adams
Frank L. Hardy of Ashburnham, Mass
and P: j.. Foley Of Amherst, Mass, will
hold the indicators in the Twin State
league this summer Both are experienced
umpires and will be given full authority on
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-06-02
Death Of Thomas Flood.

Thomas Flood iO died ut the Bright,
side LosniiaI I'm UoivoIe Mass. sun
dav Of pnenmonia. lie WAS horn In
Rrn,tlehoro Sent M 1s5o n son of
.Iohn md Mary 1Sweeney1 Flood
When very small hoy he disnlayed
mn adventurous disposition and ran
AWAY from home before be was NJ
venrs oiJ IIe enterni The navy ms nm
nnprentiee and served on The United
states sloop OF war Riehmond which
was stntioned M Port Hudson ON The
Mississipni A short time later The
Ricbmonj was ordercd IN The Brooklyn
navy vnrJ and the yonngster wns lis.
charmed Uc came bnek 10 BrattIeboro
bnt soon ran away aoain and fonnd n
ninee on The snnnly shin Newhern'
Soon ofterword he was transforreJ IN
The Coyernor Buekinoham and was on
that shin when she narticinated in the
hattie az Fort Fisher ar tie Carolinas.
With tbe close of tba war he returned
IN his home Int soon went In IIolyoke
where he was employel nj mechanical
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-06-02
FAIR WARNING GIVEN.
Bellows Falls Hot Air Artist Predicts
Pennant for That Town.

Brattleboro baseball fans will be interest
ed in the following pipe dream from a
Bellows Falls correspondent of the keene
Free Press -
"A glimpse at the cards in the hands
of Manager Hank Shea will disclose the
fact that Bellows Falls fans may be as.
sured that the race for the twin-state pen
nant will not be lost because OF want OF
ginger in selecting good material for the
team. Mayo on the receiving end is now
playing with Bates college and his daily
output OF hits indicates that his eye is still
good. Bregnolia is out for practice every
morning and his arm is in fine shape now
and he is ready for active duty any day.
Manager Shea has also signed Earl w.
| Miller of Boston as one OF his corps Of
| twrers Miller is about Fix feet in height,
weight 200 pounds and has a fine reputa-
ton as a box artist and batsman. Tim
Cronin of Lowell, a speedy left handler, is
also possibility, although his name is not
yet signed to contract, but satisfactory
terms have been agreed upon and il is
reasonable to expect the deal will be closed
within the week. Another promising slab
performer already in town is Billy Murphy
of Woonsocket but il is expected that he
will play in the field, rather than pitch,
unless in emergencies His stick work ought
to make him valuable acquisition to the
team.
First base will be covered by Manager
Shea and third base by his old colleague,
Thompson, the dusky star, formerly of the
Cuban Giants George Burgess will play
at short and two well.known men are on
the list for second base, but no choice has
as yet been made for the position Another
week and the men will be known. The
only outfield position, other than Pitcher
Murphy already mentioned, will he filled
by Jarvis of Tilton. n H., who is said to
possess great speed as base runner and
a battery eye that is terror TO a pitcher |
1t is hoped to secure Perley for one of the
garden jobs, but so far nothing definite |
has come from negotiations with the Burk |
kett star.
There is a strong local sentiment in
favor of giving some OF the town boys |
chance to try for a place on the team and |
no doubt such an opportunity will be forth |
coming 1t must be evident, however, that |
the old-fashioned notion that local man
must be retained, even if not up to the
cannot be entertained this year.
The race is bound to be hot one between
the four teams and the one that allows
sentiment to govern, rather than Judgment,
will soon be so far behind the procession
rs to make it hard to be inside the distance
lag, when the winner passes under the
wire. Bellows Falls is going to win this
iear's championship. Keene, Brattleboro
md Charestown, please take notice and
lon't say later on that you were not
warned I"
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-06-02
A NEW FIRST Stacker.
In Ivers Manager Breckenridge Says
He Has a Slugger.


Manager Breckenridge of the Brattle-
boro Twin State team thinks he has a
! first baseman who will fill the place OF
Ralph Pratt, the Dean academy youngster
who has signed with Connie Mack's Phila-
delphia Athletics The new man is Charles
! H. Ivers of Middletown, Conn, who is at
present playing on the state hospital team
of that town. In "Breck's' opinion Ivers
is not yet quite so finished a firstsacker as
some but his ability with the willow ought
to help him hold his job while he is master
ing the fine points of the initial corner
position. Last year he played with the Coe
Brass nine of Torrington Conn, the fast
est independent team in Connecticut, and
the Northampton Connecticut league team
this spring but could not displace ''Bill'
YALE the veteran first baseman. Ivers is
a left-handed batter to whom right and
left-handed pitchers are said to look exact
fy alike. He was on the Connecticut "Aggie"
team with Councilman, who is twirling
star ball for Brown university this season.
Manager Breckenridge is not in the habit
of doing much ante-season Dragging, but
he is willing to back up the statement
that the man who leads the Twin State
league in batting this summer will have to
reckon with Mr. Ivers.
Bob Edgar, the Middletown boy whom
Breckenridge had engaged to cover second.
has received such big offer from an indie
pendent team in New London, Conn. that
it is not likely he will wear Brattleboro
uniform, while Nelson, who was booked
for the position of change catcher, has gone
to New Brunswick for the warm months
This means that "Breck" is still looking
for second baseman and change catcher
The chances are he will land them in the
course of few days.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-06-02
LAME EVERY MORNING.
A Bad Back is Always Worse in tn,
Morning. Brattleboro People are
Finding Relief.

A back that aches all day and causes
discomfort at night is usually worse il
the morning. Makes you feel as if yor
hadn t slept at ALL
Can t cure bad back until you cure
the kidneys. Doan s Kidney Pills cure
sick kidneys-make you feel better
work better, rest better and sleep bet
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Permanent cures in Brattleboro
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Mrs. j. A. Titus, "a Forest ST., Brat
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strength or energy. When I read about
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through their use I was entirely re-
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Kidney Pills. as they did me more good
than any other preparation l ever
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Remember the name-Doan sand
take no other.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-06-02

Cornell's track team, reaping har-
vest of 301a points at Cambridge,
Mass, Saturday, won the 26th annual
intercollegiate championships, taking
the honors of great track and field
contest. Five Intercollegiate records
were broken and three equalled. j. P.
Jones of Cornell made a new record,
1 minutes, Is 2-5 seconds, in the mile.
Ralph Craig of Michigan won both
sprints, eaualling his own world s re-
cord in the furlong dash. George CHS
holm of Yale captured both hurdle
events, and Homer of Michigan made
new intercollegiate record in the shot
put. H. s. Babcock of Columbia de.
feated Yale s great pole vaulters and
made a new intercollegiate record. AT
ter winning the mile, Jones of Cornell
repeated by setting up new figures in
the half mile. Cornell won the meet
on account of the superiority of her
distance runners, Berna of Cornell
making a new record in the two mile
run.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-06-02
Vermont Academy Commencement.

The program for Vermont academy
Both anniversary, June 1913, is as fol
lows: Saturday, June 10, concert under
the auspices of the senior class, p. m.
Sunday, June IL, baccalaureate sermon,
Rev. John X. Cow, 1915 a. m, vesper
service in Fuller hall, addresses by
alumni, 7.30 p. m. Monday, June Il.
1920 a. m, debate for Barrett prize; 3
2. m, class day exercises; to p. M,
Fuller prize speaking contest; Tuesday,
June 10, 1880 a. m. graduating exercises.
Address by President c. II. Spooner, Nor
witch university; II m, business meeting
of the alumni; | p. m, alumni dinner; 3
p. m, trustee meeting: $50 p. m, annual
baseball game Vermont academy VS.
alumni; s p. M, principals reception to
graduating class Sturtevant House.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-06-02

The Chicago Tribune laments that man
is such slave to fashion or convention
that he will torment himself for three
weeks rather than put on straw hat be-
fore certain date. The Emporia Gazette
generously undertakes defense of the sex
from this charge. What men object to, it
says, is not the possible contratention of
tradition, but the persecution" by Smart
forth with @ straw hat before ne t Hen'pres
scribed date. 1t is puzzle which is the
more courageous attitude: To be in awe of
tradition, or to be afraid of what smart
alecks" will do if you set tradition aside.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-06-02
Locals Won 12-Inning Game.

Teams representing Brattleboro and
Hinsdale battled for IL innings on the
fair ground Tuesday afternoon before the
former aggregation could attain supremacy
The final score was 5 to 4, but it was three
innings late in arriving. In the ninth poor
coaching held Lee on third when he might
easily have completed the circuit on a
long drive to right field Doucette pitched
a clever game for the visitors, striking
out u men and allowed but ~ scattered
hits. Jimmy Clune pitched six innings for
the home team and let the visitors down
without a hit Atwood, the ex-Tufts'
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-06-02
THE BRATTLEBORO REFORMER, FRIDAY, JUNE 2. 1911

the field Mr., Hardy is physical director
at Cushing academy and one Of Ashburn'
faction when he nmpired the state cham.
pionship series between Bellows Falls and
Proctor last summer Mr. Foley has for
several seasons umpired all the games play
ed at Amherst and the Massachusetts, Ag
rieultural colleges, and has done some oill'
eating for Dartmouth and Holy Cross as
well. II is probable that Foley viii rule
al the opening game at Brattleboro aud
Hardy at Charlestown
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-06-02

twirler, was in the box for the remainder
Of the game aud was found for but four
safe singles although in the ninth liins
dale scored the run that tied up the game
as the result of couple OF passes. The
Clune brothers, Jack and Tommy, did
the most timely hitting for Braitlehoro,
while 'fLaddie" Allen was chief clouter for
lIinsdale. The work OF Graves at third was
little short of phenomenal, The score
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-06-02
Advertised Letters.

Men: Lewis Anderson. s. Richard
Bolster. Bert Crosby, Harry Foster,
Chas. d. Gubson. Hercule Genereux,
Chas. X. Mcclellan, Theo. A. Melon
ough, Robert Morris, Allen H. Reed.
John G.. Rowe, Roy Shaket. G. O. Thay-
err Evan Thomas
Women: Mrs. Frank Goodrow. Miss
Abbie Newton, Mrs. Thomas Smith.
Advertised June .,