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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-29
Fires 800 Shots a Minute.

A new weapon has been provided for
the United States army which is far
more efficient than any heretofore
adopted. 1t was invented and is used
by the French military authorities, and
already nearly one hundred have been
purchased by the United States. The
new gun, which is described in the
June Popular Mechanics magazine,
weighs but So pounds and can easily
be carried by a soldier Two men are
required to operate it, both of whom
lie fiat on the ground, presenting a
small mark to the enemy. One man
feeds the cartridges into the breech of
the gun in clips OF Is each, while the
other aims the weapon and directs the
firing mechanism. The gun will fire
separate shots or will operate auto
matically, in which case 800 shots
may be fired per minute. At long
range a third soldier ascertains the
range by the use of binoculars and re-
ports the effect of the bullets.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-29
WEST BRATTLEBORO.

Fred A. Fox spent Saturday and
Sunday in Wilmington.
Rev. +. +. Harrison will preach in
the West Brattleboro Baptist church
next Sunday.
Mr.. johnson has left Fred Marsh s.
where he had been at work, and re-
turned to the east village.
Miss Buelah Bates will go to Leon
mister Saturday to visit in the home
of her brother, Wilcutt Bates.
Miss Georgiana Rainault of Hol-
yoke, Mass, is spending a week at
the home of Joseph Nichols in West
Brattleboro.
The G. NJ. T. club met with Miss
Lottie Plant yesterday afternoon.
Games We're played and refreshments
were served.
Mrs. Carrie Mills Of Brooklyn, who
had been guest of Mrs. f. A Fox,
has gone to Wilmington to visit be-
fore returning to Brooklyn.
G. w. Dickinson, jr.. of Bellevlle
\. ) :, IS spending a few days in town.
He has room at A. f. Knight s and
boards at Mrs. Clarence Barney's.
John Liscom is comfortable and do
ing well since his operation at the
Melrose hospital Friday. \ special
nurse, Miss Fuller, is caring for him.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. L. Johnson return
ell yesterday from an automobile trip
to Boston, and the surrounding beach
es, and in Brockton and other places
IN Massachusetts,
Mrs. Jennie Wilson and Miss Ber-
| that Hawley of Amherst, Mass, who
had been visiting in town with their
| sister, Mrs. Frank Martin, returned
| home Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Charles Williams and Miss Sa-
die Simonds who had been visiting
| Mrs. Wallace Harris, have returned to
their home in Dummerston. Rupert
| Harris returned with them to spend
a week with his grandparents.
Mrs. p. w. Chase went today to
| Fitchburg, where she will meet Miss
Marion Leonard. They will go from
there to Boston and vicinity for a
| visit in Fitchburg before her return.
Rev. and Mrs. E. S Harrison and
two children of Avon. Mass, are visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. i II. Davenport
| Mrs. Harrison and children will remain
here through august. Mr.. Harrison
will occupy the pulpit in the Baptist
| church Sunday.
Nicholas Morano was discharged
from the Melrose hospital yesterday
and went to his home on South Main
| street. Samuel Fishburne left the hos
| pital today and went to his home at
| HaVeril, Mass. George Milkadis was
| discharged from there today and re
| turned to his home on Organ street
| These patients were all operated upon
two weeks ago for appendicitis.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-29

The Rutland Herald s Montpelier
correspondent INDUCES in the harmless
but innocuous pastime of merry men
tiOning in connection with the special
session of the Legislature which prob,
ably will not be called. The writer
considers Charles d. Watson of st. AL!
bans and Wesley Miller of Bethel as
Democratic candidates for the speaker
ship left vacant by the appointment of
Charles A. Plumley as tax commissioner,
and brings out Redfeld Proctor of
Proctor, John f. Weeks of Middlebury
and Franklin S. Billings as Republican
possibilities, with Z. l.. Cook of Lyn-
don as a Progressive contestant. This
kind of a story is almost as good as the
summer fiction specials in popular mag
aZines.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-29
Women Win Riaht to Jobs

Women Of New York state who
were disappointed over being excluded
from the civil service examinations for
the posts of directors and superintend-
ents in the new state bureau of en-
ployment will have another opportunity
TO qualify for these places. according
to Commissioner James NJ Lynch of
the state department of labor. At
Commissioner Lynch's suggestion the
civil service commission will hold a
new examination, which will supple
ment the previous test, open to men
only.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-29

The formal opening of the Cape Cod
canal today is an event of great impor-
lance to Massachusetts as well as to the
sea coast traffic of all New England
Work has been in progress on the canal
six years and over S12,OO0,OO0 has been
expended in construction. 1t will save
many miles in the coastwise passage be-
tween Boston and New York. and will
eliminate the terrible dangers which have
always beset passage around the cape.
that awful graveyard Of thousands of
ships and seamen
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-29

Our neighboring town of Greenfield is
usually on the map when political con
tests are under way. Gen +. E. Pierce,
postmaster of Greenfield, Spanish war
veteran and formerly colonel of the Sec
ond regiment and brigadier general of the
first brigade, announces himself as a can
didate for the Republican nomination as
state treasurer. He has never held politi-
cal office. Nicholas j. Lawler of Green
field, leading Democrat and active in the
theatrical and moving picture business, is
out to secure the postmastership of Green
field
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-29
tielIsnders Retaining Land.

Hoilanders boast that God made
TIE world, but the Dutch made Hol-
laad.' Land reclamation. a task that
has been prosecuted steadily for cen
tories with such interchangeable energy,
is Ssh gcing on as actively as ever
In Holland. From twenty thousand to
twenty-five thousand acres OF Iand ara
reclaimed every year. 1t is said how
ever, that more than two hundred and
fifty thousand acres of the best soil
IS still under water not including the
great area under the Zuyder zee, the
reclamation of which is a perennial
topic Of discussion.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-29

One Of the arguments against the child
labor bill that has passed the lower house
OF the Georgia legislature and gone to the
Senate was that if young children were
prevented from working in the mills they
would not all attend school and that
some of them-perhaps many-would be
come idle Migrants. School attendance is
not compulsory in Georgia, but sentiment
is growing that way and a compulsory
school attendance law will probably follow
close upon the heels of the child labor law.
The two are very nearly related.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-29

The Bennington Banner says that as far
as the primary law is concerned there viii
be no use in calling special session of
the legislature later than Aug. Il, and
that as long as 10 days notice is neces-
sary the question viii be disposed Of very
soon. The Banner is pne Ufy the papers
that Is strong for an extra session. 1t
argues that such a session, costing the
state from 5000 to $4,000, viii bring
about statutory changes which will amount
Ito more than 100000 if left for the next
regular session.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-29
Justice Which Is Not CreditabIe
{ Rutland News.)

(Rutland News
ELLA Holland, whose only crime is
that she saw scrap at Barber park
between her friend and Dan Thomp-
son, and whose only fault is that she
has no money and no friends, is in
jail at Newfane until September, while
Harry Thaw, insane or a murderer, is
sporting around a summer hotel in
New Hampshire. Thompson himself.
the defendant, is released on bail, but
the innocent witness can t get bail
Wonder how long We would submit to
this kind of justice if it hit each one
of US personally just once The only
redeeming feature is the girl 5 sick
ness. She may get better care in
Newfane than she would il thrown on
her own resources. She must take
what comfort she can in that
thought. ''-Brattleboro Reformer.
The above is Il fair sample OF the
unfair way in which the law and its
minions sometimes operate 1t is not
creditable to a civilized community.
The administration of justice some
times seems to need a stabilizer and
equalizer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-29
Favors a Special Session.
bennington Banner J

l.
The primary and special session ques-
tions will be disposed of now within a
few days by time, the leveler of all things
If The Banner figures correctly, a special
session would be of no use as far as
primary is concerned, unless the legisla-
ture can convene not later than August
II and to call the legislature together
would require a notice of at least 10 days
Therefore, the time limit will expire the
latter part of next week The Banner
feels strongly that the legislature should
be convened, not merely on the primary
question, which is somewhat incidental
but to make the 400 and more statute
changes rendered necessary by the changes
in the constitution. Such special session
Will cost the state somewhere from 5000
to $4,000. To leave these changes for the
next legislature will, in our opinion. cost
the state more than 100000. As a mat
ter of common sense and economy, the
legislature should be convened. The enc
mics of Governor Fletcher are Industrious
ly circulating the story that the governor
will not call a special session because it
might interfere with his appointment of
Judges. We take no stock in this story
and believe that the governor should con
flute his enemies by acting promptly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-29
Sound Beyond Machines.

There is one sound of the human
speech which 1t is practically impossi.
BILE to perfectly reproduce by mechan.
ical means. 1t is the sound of the
letter IS" Neither the telephone nor
the photograph renders it properly.
Lord Rayleigh, an English physicist,
was the INST to observe this and to
subject the phenomenon to scientific
investigation.
He found that to produce the sound
g" the muscles Of the mouth must
exert only a slight pressure upon the
air, but at the same time the breath
must be projected with such force as
to produce not less than 1000 vibra.
lions of the air waves per second
This is a higher number than in
the case of any other sound of the
human Sneprh
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-29

The fact that the Progressive state com
mittee has officially endorsed the candi-
dacy of Charles a. Prouty, who is also
branded with an "O.K.-TR." mark,
makes the former interstate commerce
commissioner loom still larger as factor
in the senatorial race which is about to
begin. One does not have to be a sup
porter of Mr.. Prouty to see considerable
strength in the non-partisan movement in
his behalf, and now that he has the Bull
Moose for him he may be reckoned as a
formidable candidate provided the Progress
siyes do not try to monopolize him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-29

On first call to arms Austria will have
100000 men. The first call is for all
active officers and soldiers and those up to
the age Of - years, the second call is for
those above 36 years of age and up to II
years, the third call is for all those up to
30 years or over if they are able to serve.
Nervia has 100000 men ready and the
women will fight if they will be permitted
Still the possible Servian total is pitifulIy
small when faced with Austria's might.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-29
How the Tramp Knew.

Get away from here or I'll call
my husband" threatened the hard
faced woman who had just refused
the tramp some food
SOh, no, you won't" replied the
tramp, because he amt home"
How do you know asked the
woman.
Because, answered the man, as
he sided toward the gate, "a man
who marries woman like you is
only home at meal times. Dallas
News
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-29
Why Three?
(The Three Partners.)

Every business, big or little. which
hopes to live must Justify itself by SER
vice-serVice to the public which Sc
cures from it a benefit not quite at
tainable through any other means; ser
vice to the labor which relies upon it
for livelihood and upon the wise en-
ployment of which it must itself RELY:
service to the capital without which
it could not exist and which cannot he
used without an adequate return. Thus
three partners-Capital, Labor and the
Public-have n common share in every
business. Each is dependent on the
others, and each should be responsive
to the rest. The most successful en-
terprise is that in which the interplay
of all three interests is most harmoni-
Gus, and failure in response from any
one of them means failure all along the
line. From the day of its inception,
the United Shoe Machinery company
has sought consistently to advance the
welfare of the three partners by which
it is controlled; and in this publication
each of them will have voice.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-29
Member of the Associated Press.
WEDNESDAY,, JULY %, 1914.

The news Of the day runs like a moving
picture show. Huerta is moved off the
screen and Nine Caillaux appears Then
comes the Dublin riot, and yesterday
everything else was pushed aside by the
declaration of war between Austria and
Serva.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-29

their victims were injured. One driver
was followed and caught, and the other,
who seriously injured bicyclist, escaped,
The severest penalty that the law pro-
vides should be melted out to such offend
ers, and in addition to the punishment of
fines or Imprisonment the licenses to run
cars should be taken away
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-29
TO SuRSCRlRERS-

1t is the aim of the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery of
the paper each night and it solicits the
cooperation of subscribers to that end
Prompt report should be given of each
failure to receive the paper on the morn
telephone or postal card, thus enabling
the cause of the error to be promptly and
accurately discovered and the proper
remedy Immediately applied. 1t is only
by this method that the publisher can Sc
cure the desired service
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-29
Civ Einhtinn In Panama.

AS a further safeguard to public
health the canal government has pro-
posed that the numerous livery stables
IN the heart of Panama City be concen-
trated in one location, where they can
be supervised and cleanliness main
tanned. The present stables are great
breeding places for flies.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-29
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Ru OF paper,
80 cents an inch for first insertion; 25
cents an inch for each subsequent inser-
double rates
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements - Five cents
line first insertion with so per cent dis
count for each subsequent insertion
without change Of copy
Reading Notices-Ten cents line first
insertion with so per cent discount for
each subsequent insertion without change
Of copy.
Position. 10 per cent extra.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-29
GREAT CASCADE STAIRWAY AT THE PANAMA-PACFlC
INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, SAN FRANCISCO. 1915

- form a OF
b
exposition of
fountains The court representing the finest the architecture
designed
a pipe organ organs
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-29

Automobling has developed the most
despicable towards in the country. Twice
within two weeks cases have been re-
ported in Vermont where men responsible
for accidents have rushed away in their
cars without stopping to find how badly
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-29
COLOSSAL SCULPTURES AT THE PANAMA-PACIFIC INTER-
NATIONAL EXPOSITION, SAN FRANCISCO, 1915

NE picture shows the colossal column
esplanade
spiral of this leading
mankind The other one of
of be
Jewel will glitter reflected fights
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-29

Japan, although a great rice grow
ing country, imported from abroad last
year more than $l5,000,0 900 worth Of
this cereal
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-29

Luck is what enables man to Jump
from the frying pan into the fire and
put the fire out.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-29

Sand-lime brick production in the
United States last year totaled II ,333,
1913.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-29

Germany employs 1928 girls under
the age at l6in her industries.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-29

There are 1880 automobiles in
Minnesota,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-29

Hopes to Solve Mystery of Sun Which
Has Baffled Astronomers For Ages.
Amherst Professor Has Had Consid
cradle Experience In 5alIoonins and
Is Expert photographer.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-12-09
COPY "REBEL YELL"
German Soldiers War Cry Compar.
able to Southern Battle Cry.

Edwin Emerson, staff correspond
ent of the New York World, writes
from Berlin that when the German
soldiers attack with the bayonet or
make cavalry charge they yell
"Hurrah," There arealso some 9TH
er special war cries. Thus some of
the old Hussar regiments cry Illus
sah." while the uhlans when they
charge with their lances used to
shout "Ulla. ulla!' and still do so in
certain regiments But these special
cries are the exception. "Hurrah!"
is the rule.
According to the German newspa-
pers no foe can resist this cry of
"hurrah!" Judging by some soldiers
letters from the front the sound of
the German "hurrah.' would appear
to have the same nerve-racking ef-
feet on those who hear it from the
other side as did the rebel yell in
the Civil War in the United States,
or the blood curdling warwhoop of
the Sioux or Apaches in the days Of
the Indian campaigns.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-12-09
WEST INACTIVE.
Germans Busy Fortifying ZeebruSge
and Other Belgian Ports.

London reports that in the west
although the German official report
says there is nothing to communicate
the French official statement notes G
lively cannonaoe in Belgium and Ger
man activity north of Arras. This
may mean the Germans have COM
menced. or are about to commence
another attempt to get through to the
French ports. Certainly there are
important changes in the dispositions
of the German troops.
The Germans, too, according 10
Dutch reports. are strongly fortifying
Zeebrugge and other Belgian ports
against renewal of attacks by the
allied fleet. Fighting around Ypres
was due to the allies pushing their
lines forward
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-12-09
REFUSED TO SIGN NOTES.
State Treasurer Says Hhat He Has
Done All That is PoSsiblefl

The State borrowing board Monday
accepted bid from the Palmetto Ma
tional Bank of Columbia for a $780,
900 loan at five per cent. to meet the
expenses of the State government but
the refusal of Gov. Blease to sign the
notes prevented the loan from being
hoated. Comptroller General Jones
and State Treasurer Carter affixed
their signatures to the notes but the
governor refused to sign them and of
course the loan fell through. Two
of the proposed notes, one for $780,
900 and one for $4,000 were to be
due on January 20 and the other two.
one for s25 and the other for $4,000
were to be due on February 10.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-12-09
TO FIND WORLDS WANTS.
Cotton Statistics to be Gathered by
United States Consuls.

The worlds need for cotton at the
present time and the estimated de-
mand for next year is to be the sub
ject Of an Investigation by state de-
partment officials. The treasury de-
partment Tuesday night announced
that Secretary McAdoo had requested
Secretary Bryan to secure all possible
information on this subject.
United States consuls already have
been instructed, the statement said.
to make careful Investigations Those
in Egypt, India, China and Russia
have been directed also to report the
most reliable estimates of the 1914
crops in those countries. The reports
from the consuls will be compiled
each month and probably will be
made public for the use Of cotton pro-
ducerS.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-12-09
RELIEF LEGISLATION.
Senator Sheppard of Texas Announces
a Joint Conference.

To determine upon a plan of pro-
cedure for financial relief legislation
for the cotton states. Senator Shep-
pard of Texas Tuesday announced
that a joint conference of Southern
senator's and representatives would be
held Immediately after congress con-
venes.
Several measure are pending in
both houses, but it is the purpose of
leaders in the cotton relief movement
to press bills which may seem most
advantageous under conditions now
existing in the cotton states.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-12-09
SWITZERLAND SAFE.
Army of Two Hundred Thousand Men
Guards Her Neutrality.

David Jayne Hill, former United
States ambassador to Germany, has
returned with his wife and daughter
after spending the summer in Europe
He said that Switzerland had mobiliz-
ed an army OF 100000 men. With
the Alps surrounding them, DR.. Hill
said that he did not think the Swiss
would allow any power to violate
their country's neutrality.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-12-09
COSTS S.24 A POUND.
Government Issues Report on Cotton
Crop and Its Cost to Farmer.

The cost of producing cotton aver.
ages about S.24 cents a pound, OF
s20.35 an acre, according to Assist.
ant Chief Not C. Murray of the fed.
eral bureau of crop estimates, in a
report published last week. These
statistics, the latest available on the
subject, are the results of the inves-
tigation made in 1910. A similar
investigation in 1896 showed the pro-
duction cost as 5.27 cents a pound,
or s15.42 an acre.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-12-09
Searching for Arms In Canada

Authorities are searching the Isle
of Orleans. four miles from Quebec,
for quantity of ammunition sup
posed to be buried there for future
German uses.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-12-09
Germany Paws Indemnity.

An indemnity of $4,000 marks
($3I. .000) has been paid to the duchy
of Luxemberg by the German gov
ernment as the recompense for the
passage through it of the German
troops.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-12-09
BIoodhounds Trace Four.

Four negroeS, accused of robbery
at Hartsvillc, we're trailed and cap
tured Monday by the use OF peniten-
tiary bloodhounds.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-12-09
Fatally Hhrt in Gin.
Superior to German Strategy.

Clarence Hart, young farmer of
Johnston. died Saturday, from the ef-
feet of having his hand chewed up in
cotton gin that morning.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-12-09
Woman Found Dead.

A negro woman was found dead
near Rockton Saturday morning. In
vestigation showed she had been as
saulted and slain. The perpetrator
escaped.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-12-09
Mexican Bullet Wounds Soldier.

A bullet. fired from the Mexican
side, probably fatally wounded an
American soldier near Naho, Ariz..
Monday.