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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-30
BUY WAR MOTOR TRUCKS.
French Order Divided Between But
falo and Cleveland Companies

BUFFALO, n. v, Nov. 30. - The
Pierce-Arrow Motor company Of this
city has received an order from the
French government for 800 five-ton
trucks. The order amounts TO about
81 100000. 1t IS expected that it viii
be followed by others. The truck test
ed out to the satisfaction Of the
French army representatives at Bethlc-
hem. Penn.
Part of the French order goes also
to the White Motor company Of CIcve-
land. That company will make poe
fVe-ton trucks.
Some time a"o the Pierce company
received an order from the British war
department for 30 one-ton and two
ton trucks It is reported that Il com
petition viii be held for a big order
expected from the Russiun government,
The new order viii keep ut work at
the Pierce plant several thousand men,
day and night turns, 1t is not likely
that ANY extra men viii be needed. be
cause the present force has almost fin
ished the contract with the British
government.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-30
DEVILEO SHIRTS.
When Dumas Really Thought He Had
Started a New Fashion.

Alexandra Dumas, the famous
French rOmancist. was as recklesSIy
extravaganza as he was abnormally
stout and more than once found him
self in awkward straits. Indeed. he
was often enough without the com
moneSt necessities, even of dress. as
when anxious TO attend an ambas-
sadors reception he discovered he was
without a single clean shirt among his
linen. A friend who Glanced to be
with him at the time volunteered to go
and buy one. only to find that none OF
the shops had in stock a garment stuff
cienty large to encircle the novelists
generous girth of neck and chest.
At last, when on the point of relin-
gushing his search. Dumas friend
came upon a shop where n shirt called
the hercules" was advertised. The
name struck him as being one of good
omen. and he entered. But. alas. they
had nothing approaching the size re
Quired. unless. indeed. their customer
would care to take one made to order
Of n very corpulent QUARTER Latin
student. by whom it had been left on
their hands. Although covered with
little red devils careering about i'll red
flames, it was a case of HobsOn' S
choice. SO the shirt was purchased and
taken home to Dumas. who. doubtless
entering into the humor of the situa-
ton. resolved to wear 1t at the recep-
ton.
You would hardly believe it," he
said afterward. "but my costume was
an immense success. and l really think
have started fashion of deviled
shirts for evening wear.'-London Tit
Bits.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-30
HE LIVED IN WASHINGTON'S
TIME; HEALTH GOOD AT 100
Thomas Morris Quit Work at 115.
Drinks Quart of Coffee at Night.

Thomas Morris of Westerviile, Neb..
has lived through the term of every
president of the United States and is
vigorous today on Nebraska farm.
He is believed TO be the oldest white
man in the United States and probably
the oldest in the world, says the Wis
consin State Journal.
He has lived in three centuries. He
was three years old when Washing
tons term as president closed He
lived in the period of the Napoleonic
wars and reached his majority six
months before Waterloo was fought
He has seen the reigns of George III.
George ", William ". Victoria, Ed
ward VII. and the present king. He
was thirty-eight years Old when the
first Atlantic cable was laid. slxty-sev-
en- years old when Fort Sumter sur
rendered and more than threescore
and ten when Lincoln was assassi-
mated.
Norris was born Jan 10. 1874. at Bel
lew, MontgomerysAire. Wales. Thomas
had no sisters. but one brother named
Charles, who died in 1861.
He never attended school and never
married. About five years ago he gave
up work. Up to six years ago he
made almost daily walks Of one and a
half miles to Cedar creek. in Custer
county, to fish
He still has the use of his faculties
His eyesight is remarkable
Morris always used tobacco and liz
uor in Il moderate measure He takes
tea or coffee at all meals and upon re
firing takes to his bedroom a quart of
tea or coffee, which he drinks during
the night.
Forty-seyen years ago a lad named
Charles Myth0n went to live with
Morris, and from that time the two
have been inseparable companions. In
1871 they left Wales and emigrated to
America.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-30
PREDICTS RUSH TO AMERICA.
Thousands Will Leave Countries Where
War Is Constant Menace.

Professor jeremiah Whipple jerks,
lecturing at New York university on
the European war, declared that the
conflict would undoubtedly force the
United States to make changes in its
immigration laws to prevent this coun-
try from being flooded with Europeans
after peace has come.
He said he had just come from
conference on this subject and that it
had there been averred by one who
has been in Europe since the war start
ed that on every side men were saying
that they would have no more govern
ments which at any time might plunge
them into war. When this war is
over | will go to America was the
statement of thousands of middle
class and laboring men
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-30
ENGINEERING FEATS.
Clever Tricks With Which Emereen-
cies Have Been Met.

ces Have Been Met.
Engineering is filed with so many
tricks to meet emergencies that most
OF them pass unnoticed, but two have
recently attracted the attention of en-
gineers because of their real oddly.
One was a scheme for stopping
blazing leak in a big high pressure gas
main in San Francisco. Some unknown
men who wanted to make trouble set
off a chemical preparation on the gas
main, with the result that in a few
seconds hole had been melted in the
main, the gas poured out and great
flame shot twenty-five feet in the air.
1t was then after midnight, and it was
very inadvisabe to shut the big main
off, so it was decided to make an at
tempt to stop the leak without shutting
off the gas.
An oil we'll trick was used. An iron
pipe six inches in diameter and twenty
feet long was stood on end beside the
gas main and then by careful manipu-
lation placed directly over the leak
This sent the leaking gas shooting
through the pipe and flaming out at the
top twenty feet in the air. Some gas
leaked out at the bottom of the pipe,
but this was easily stopped, so the only
flame was that at the top of the pipe.
Ropes had been attached to the pipe,
and finally at Il given signal the ropes
We're yanked and the pipe was thrown
many feet away from the gas main
The pipe carried the fame with it. The
leaking gas then shot directly into the
air from the main. but as there was
no flame near it did not burn. 1t was
then a comparatively simple task to
plug the hole until permanent repairs
| could be made.
The other scheme was to get to the
| top of a high chimney without using
| scaffOlding or other expensive methods.
| The chimney rose two hundred feet be-
| side a Missouri power plant, and it was
| proposed to attach a sign running up
and down its side. A little parachute
| with stout cord attached was pushed
| into the chimney at the bottom. the
| fiue gases carried it to the top and
! then out into the air 1t fell on one
| side. dragging the cord after it. Then
| by means of the cord rope was pass
| ed up outside of the chimney and down
| the inside and the chimney top was
necessities Saturday Evening Post.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-30
WAS A NOTED MATHEMATICIAN
Michael A. McGinnis Wrote Book on
Algebra While In Prison.


Michael Angelo McGinnis. a mathe-
matician of international fame, who
died in a Kansas City (AIoD hospital.
wrote a book on algebra. called "Alge-
bra, the Universal solution For Numer-
zeal and Literal Equations" while con
fined in Missouri penitentiary. 1t
was published in this country and at
tracted the attention of mathemati-
clans ana educators all over the world.
He was Il descendent of John NJ. Ma
pier. the inventor of logarithmS, who
died in 1917
For some time McGinnis was pro
fessOr of mathematics at Wichita,
Kan, and later at Il college in Mis-
souri,. Not long after this be was sent
to the penitentiary for forging a deed
and In August. 1910. applied to the
governor of the state for a pardon,
claiming that he had worked out a
number of mathematical problems that
had been universally despaired of
Among these he said that he had found
the exact ratio of the diameter of a
circle to its radius, that he had found
the exact root of all numbers and that
he could reduce equations of the tenth
degree.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-30
The Spanish FIsu,

The red aud yellow of the Spanish
flag is said to be derived from this oc-
currence: In 1873 Charles the Bold
dipped his fingers in the blood of Geof-
frey, count of Barcelona. and drew
them down the counts golden shield in
token of his appreciation of the latter's
bravery. The shield, SO marked, be-
came the arms of Barcelona. which be
came part of Aragon. and its arms
were taken by that kingdom.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-30

traffic, saving that it was useless to at
tempt to cure the evils of society with
out stopping the sources of evil
Secretary Bryan was embarrassed
when, after his address. a Young wo-
man. one Of Il line formed to shake his
hand, attempted to embrace him. The
Young woman asserted that she was =
cousin of Mr.. Bryan, and that she was
going to give him a hug. She attempt
ed to do so, but Mr.. Bryan evaded the
caress, saying he did not know the
young woman.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-30
Kick of the Mule.

A wise man. in his own estimation,
announces that IA mule kicks because
it doesn't know any better. This will
greatly surprise many students of con
temporaneous mule life. If ever there
was an animal with low cunning eX-
pressed in its eye aud its twitching
nostriI. that animal is the mule. Its
ability To place kick where it will
give the greatest offense to its victim
is something marvellous. - Cleveland
Plain Dealer
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-30
MR.. BRYAN EvADEs EMBRACE.
He Had Just Predicted Love Would
Bring Peace to Europe

CHICAGO, NOV, 80. - Addressing a
meeting OF Presbyterians, secretary of
State Bryan said last night;
90 Love, not dreadnoughts and siege
guns, will bring peace to warning
Europe
Nj, Bryan asserts that National flags
should stand for brotherlv love instead
OF ornaments. He denounced the liquor
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-30
Roquefort Sheep.

The milk of a single Roquefort sheep
will in a year provide from thirty to
forty pounds of cheese. In that dis
trict of France there are about 5000
sheep devoted to the cheese industry
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-30
Windirq Clocks.

Be careful about winding clocks.
Wind them always at the same time
and never wind them too tight Find
out just how many full turns of the
key it takes to wind the clock to the
proper point and always stop with that
number of turns.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-30

Turin, Italy, is one of the most inn
portant moving picture film centers in
the world English manufacturers are
located there and practically all the
manufacturers are represented.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-30

Engaged forty years ago. Herbert n.
Smith of BERTHE, Ont, and Mrs. Mary
B. Thornton of Pittsburgh. have Just
married. They grew up together in
England. Mrs. Thornton's husband
died two years ago, and soon after
Smith renewed his cOurtship.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-30
A Born Orator.

Senator Wombat is considerable of
an orator. I take it?''
''Oh, yes. He wakes eloquent in Dor
rowing a match. = Pittsburgh Post.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-30
SO PER CENT OF ALL
EUROPE AT WAR.

Sixty per cent Of the to-
tai population of Europe, accord
ing to a press estimate, is now
at war. Taking the Balkan war
as a basis for calculation. the
casualties in the present war
viii approximate $4,000 killed
and 100000 wounded.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-30

Two hundred Newport OR. ~ sum-
mer residents signed a petition to the
general assembly that the people be
given a chance to vote in November on
a charter which gives Newport a work
ing and a social mayor.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-30
In the News and
Out of the Ordinary

The common council of East Ruther-
ford, n. J., established a fine of $50
for dog owners who permit their ami
mails to bark after o'clock at night.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-30

Picture of stork flashes on screen,
whereupon owner of movie" Henry
Kost of Sayville, n. Y, rushes home
and finds new daughter, thirteen
pounds
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-30

New York Zoo has several specimens
of Cape Of Good Hope penguins.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-30

Japan's 1913 foreign trade was val
ucd ut $67S.222 l46.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-30

Bees have ruined the grape crop in
Westchester county. n. Y. Because of
the long drought the flowers withered,
and the resourceful bees attacked the
grapes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-30
HOW CHILDREN
LEARN TO BUY
New Branch Of New YOrk's
School Course Explained.
MODEL STORES INSTALLED.
Pupils Receive Practical instruction of
Aproned Teachers Show Them the
Way to Be Successful Purchasers of
Staple Commodities.

AproHed eacherS Snow hem the
Way to Be Successful Purchasers of
Staple Commodities.
Model stores at which provisions are
bought and sold have been opened in
New York public schools for the in
struction of school children.
The plan was adopted by the board
of education at the suggestion of Chair
man George W. Perkins of the mayors
food committee 1t is hoped that the
children will take many of the ideas
learned in school home and thus not
only become good marketers them
selves, but impart the knowledge to
their parents.
Most of the school principals have
appropriated empty storerooms or
large closets for the model stores.
Shelves ana counters are built close
to the walls, and white aproned teach
ers, equipped with scales and ladies'.
instruct the children how to buy food
staples intelligently.
Real Food Supply.
large toy factory got a rush or
der for several thousand sets of toy
stores. Smal boxes are labeled tea,
other boxes are marked salt, beans,
peas, etc.
In few schools real food commodi-
ties are traded in, and the scholars are
told to watch the scales to see that
purchases are sold at fair weights.
As part Of the domestic science
courses boys and girls are taken to
nearby markets by teachers and given
practical lessons iii selecting vegetables
and groceries.
Miss Mary r. Davis. principal OF
public school No. /, outlined the new
food course" to i reporter.
Watch Quality and Scales.
The children were very anxious
to know if they were to have reaI
money" she said I'VE thought it best
to prepare pieces of cardboard and
wooden cylinders with money values
| marked on them.
The little people are taught to com
| ment upon the quality of the spaghet
ii, coffee or whatever they purchased
and to be particularly careful that they
receive fair weight
They are also given 4 good bust
ness training by doing all the book
keeping for the store. OF course they
learn to make change.
zone of the butchers in Washington
! market sends us n note when he has
an animal to cut up. and a party o.
/ children is sent down in care of ;
/ teacher. She explains different cut!
! and what each is worth.
The model store is Il new phase o
/ the domestic science courses. which
have been in operation in New Yori
public schools for several years. TIL
thing which makes it sure of success
is that the children look upon the prac
teal work Of buying and selling NOR
as a recreation than part Of their reg
ular studies"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-30

FOR SALE-:j horses. Just ar
rived with %. Ten pair 2I00 to $500:
all kinds of single horses from 1850
trottcr to a 1850 drafter The prices
on this lot are low and good time to
buy is just now as horses are healthy
and ready for work. Prices Will 20 up
high in short time. You can save Il
lot if Won want horses. Will have next
load i'm two weeks. All horses warrant
ed as represented. GUlford 4 Wood
Horse Co.. +. !. Wood Prop, Shell
burne Falls. Mass. 926-23l
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-30

Sugar is made in Africa from cactus
Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-18
CENTURY OLD HOUSE
 BURNED TO THE GROUND.
Dwelling at Norwich Town Owned by David shahan and Occupied by Hen " Hanrahan.

The seven room house on West Town street opposite the First Methodist church owned by David Shahan and occupied by MT. and Mrs. Henry Han rahan and family burned to tho ground early Wednesday morning At 4-l6 o'clock. MT. Hanrahan was awakened by a noise of something falling in the attic. He smelled smoke and then discovered fire coming from the big central chimney. The fire spread quickly to the roof and when the firemen from the city reached the spot the westerly half of the roof was burned and had cayed in. crowd quickly gathered The neighbors were busy getting things out of the lower story but as they tried to remove the contents of the bedrooms the fire com ing up the stairway prevented.
 The fire had a good start, the tim bers were dry, soon the whole house was in flames and it was absolutely useless to use the chemical. Hose from the Clinton mill had been ob- tained, the Yantic steamer pumped water through 1900 feet of hose from the Yantic river but because of the distance a low pressure was obtained. Engine No. l with Chief Stanton and fl men, the Falls company, No 3, and the Yantics worked hard else Da- vid Shahan's residence which was very near would have gone. That tAOooS, "oAh @'oeiOS eeAu AscthuS otoh tons were carefully watched and burning sparks on the sides and roofs put out with chemical.
 There was little wind In two hours the house was burned. It was insured for $750. Furniture was stor- ed in the attic. none of this was saved. It was partly covered by insurance as was the furniture on the first floor was saved together with clothing, the contents of the bedrooms, table linen. purse of money, were destroyed. It was a strongly built house over one hundred years old At 10 o'clock the chimney was standing and large tim bers and beams blazing and burning.
 It is thought that the fire started from burning soot in the chimney. There was a heavy fire in the kitchen stove Saturday, and Tuesday just at night light fire, the rest of the time the blue flame only had been used
Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-18
CANNOT PREVENT MEMBERS
 BECOMING CITIZEN SOLDIERS.
Commissioner Connolly Makes Inves- tisation of Alleged Labor Union Rule.

Recently on suggestion of Governor Baldwin, Labor Commissioner P. H. Connolly has been conducting an in vestigation concerning rules and by laws of union organizations prohibiting their members from Joining the Con necticut National Guard. The gov ernor had been told that there were such rules. a captain of Norwalk company informing him that because of it he was unable to keep his ranks filled. The governor conferred with the labor commissioner. saying that if there were such a rule it should be brought to the general assembly and a bill passed making it a criminal of fense.
 MT. Connolly said Tuesday that while he found that certain unions did have have such a rule it was practically a dead letter. Some time ago he wrote to Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor con- corning the matter and received a reply, the important paragraph of which was the following:
 As a matter of fact a man who is a wage earner and honorably work ing at his trade or calling to support himself and those dependent upon him has not only the right to become a citizen soldier, but that right must be unQuestioned."
Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-18
DROWNED FISHING FOR MINNOWS'
Napoleon Demoske Aged G. Fell Into Water Near Greene vile Dam Children With Him Unable to Help Mother Plunged Into Wa.er After Drowning Boy and Had De Rescued.

Napoleon Demoliske. s years old, met death by drowning in the Shetucket river Wednesday afternoon between 5 and 5.3o o'clock whiI fishing for min nows near the old Greeneville dam- ] With half a dozen playmates of about the same age the boy left his home on North Main street shortly be- fore the drowning took place and go- ing to the river bank at the old Greene vile dam started to fish. Suddenly he lost his balance and toppled head fore most into the water which at this point is between 10 and 15 feet deep.
 The frightened children were unable to aid their little compafon as he sank out of sight, and they started away from the river to the little lads home on North Main street where they told his mother what had happened. She rushed to the river bank and threw herself into the water in a frenzy, trying to rescue the drown ipg boy.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-18
ROLL CALL ANSWERED AT
 REeEkAH ANNIVERSARY.
Hope Lodge, No. 21, Celebrated It's s0th Supper and Entertainment Pro- qramme.


 The 30th anniversary of Hope Re- bekah lodge, No. 21. l. O. O. F., was celebrated on Wednesday evening in OGd Fellows hall with a programme that was thoroughly enjoyed by the 50 evening after a brief business meeting at the usual hour of o'clock, but had been preceded by a supper at 6.S0 o'clock which had served to bring the members together in advance of the usual business hour.
 The supper was nicely served under the direction of a committee consisting Of Mrs Hattie Parsons, Chairman, Mrs. Osten T. Ferguson Mrs. Frank O. Smith, John J. Parsons and John T. Young, with salads of several kinds on the menu and ice cream served as the last course.
 In the business part of the meeting, st which the noble grand. Mrs. Eva Wilson. presided. a roll call was one Of the interesting features. to which 75 responses either by person or by letter were made as the names were called by the secretary, Mrs. Ada M. Revell. The lodge has a membership of 112.
 For the remainder of the evening the programme was in the hands of the special entertainment committee, of which Mrs. Lena R. Christman was chairman. The pleasing programme numbers given were heard with pleas ure by all present and were accorded cordial applause which called for en- cores. They included humorous read iags. in which Mrs. A. E. Park was heard at her best, tenor solos by Fred erick J. Ortmann, and two humorous songs by James Gibb. one of them, Solomon Levi, in costume
 An anniversary poem, original with Mrs. Park and read by her. had a prominent place in the evenings exer- cises and Mir. Ortmann's pleasing tenor voice was heard in Sing to Sleep. for which he gave as an encore tine selection Absent. Later he sang the selection A Dream, and for an en- core number gave Dhe Rosary (Nevin) ss a duet with Miss Sybil Christman. who was also the accompaRist, their voices blending harmoniously. and they obligingly responded to a request to repeat the duet.
 In the latter part of the evening the ledge was favored by Miss Edith Sxngman with a piano solo, Alice, with variations (Ascher), in which the player displayed her artistic fnterpre- tation and command of technique, giv- ing La Harpe Eolienne (Smith) as an encore called for by the enthusiastic applause. A comedy number in costume that aroused much applause was given by the band, which consisted of John T. Young, A. E. Park, Henry Betting. Roessler. Mrs Elizabeth Donahue, Miss Fannie Chapman, Miss Sybfl EChristmann and Mrs Osten T. Fergu- soE.
 The members of the band wore let ters which spelled out the name and initials of the lodge. In carrying out the programme the chairman was as- sisted by Mrs. A. F.. Park, Mrs. Eliza beth Smith. Miss Annie Pukallus, Miss Fannie Chapman and Miss Sybil Christmann as a committee.