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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-16

The express companies are in bad shape,
owing to the competition of the parcel
post. The Adams Express Co. has just
cut its dividend a second time in a year.
1t was paying l. per cent and now pays
I. But this was paid entirely out of the
its income from the express business
failed to meet the costs by nearly $780,
900
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-16

The government of British Honduras
has begun the erection in Belize of con
crete foundations for the towers of a
wireless telegraph station, which it is
planned to have in operation before
December. 1914 The appropriation of
$4,000, available in 1915, has been
made available Immediately because of
the European war. and the order has
been placed in the United States for
a wireless speciality apparatus.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-16

nently, for that would be unadulter
ated selfshness. But the scriptural in
junction to look first after the needs
of our household cannot be disregard
ell. For many reasons, not all purely
material either, to cease exchanging
presents on the great holiday of the
year would be a calamity.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-16

One hundred shade trees will be
planted by the Massachusetts forestry
association in cities or towns of four
population classes which win prize con
tests for excellence in street tree plant
ing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-16

ate of the Brattleboro high school in
1887, has been renominated for another
term as mayor ON the Citizens ticket and
the opposition candidate on the indie
pendent ticket is Charles I. Grout, for
merly of Bellows Falls
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-16
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-16

Fitchburg evidently thinks we'll of for
mer Vermonters. B. A. Cook, a gradu-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-16

WITHSTAND coast is the windiest in
the world.
The Washington times., 1914-08-26
Newsboys Initiate Rainey;
Hunt Lions With Lassoes

The newsboys Of Washington are now
lion hunting in the parks and streets
with lassoes, just as they have seen
Paul ]. Rainey do as the guests OF The
Times at the Belasco Theater for the
past two days. The Rainey 1914 African
hunt pictures have given the newsboys
an entirely new idea Of hunting. Here
tofore the youngsters have despaired OF
ever being able to save up money
enough to buy the kind OF rife that
lion hunting makes necessary. NOW
that they have seen Rainey do the whole
thing with a slender piece Of rope-1ust
like Buffalo Bill on the Western plaine-
they have become convinced that lion
hunting can be done without spending a
lot Of money for equipment. That IL the
reason there has been a general disap-
pearance Of clotheslines ell over WASH
ington during the past two days.
The second contingent Of newshoys
The Times entertained at the Rainey
performance last night were quito as
enthusiastic as the first party on Mon
day night. The usual party Of nifty will
go again tonight. the boys obtaining
their tickets from the news agents and
the circulation manager.
The Washington times., 1914-08-26
Smelter Owners Asked
To Bid on More Silver

Director Of the Mint Roberts today
asked the smelter owners Of the
United States to submit to the Treas
ury Department tomorrow tenders for
sIpplying the Government with 100000
ounces of silver suitable for coinage
purposes, to be delivered at the San
Francisco mint within a month.
The decision to purchase this silver,
in addition to the 1,175.000 ounces re-
Gently bought by the Government. in
dicates that the threatened closing
down of the silver mines has been
averted, as these purchases will tide
over the mines and smelters until the
Smoot bill. providing for the purchase
of 15,000,600 ounces of silver in the
next six months, can be acted upon.
This bill has passed the Senate and is
pending in the House.
Western members of Congress who
urged the Treasury Department to
action to avert the closing of the
mines and smelters when the war sit
uation closed the silver markets, be-
lieve that the immediate danger TO
the silver industry has passed, and
that by the time the temporary pur-
chases now being made are used up,
there will be a regular market for sill
yer restored.
Already they have been advised that
smelters are making direct purchase
of silver from the mines and have
abolished the plan of making ad-
vances of only 25 per cent on silver
purchases
The Washington times., 1914-08-26

Sharp will not present his credentials
and be formally invested as ambassa-
dor until he feels able to handle sit
uation rendered extremely difficult by
the European situation, and the fact
that the United States is caring for
the diplomatic interests of Germany and
Austria, as well as her own.
=
Mrs. Elmer Black. of washington and
New York. is planning to spend the au-
tumn in the Adirondacks.
DR.. F. Fremont Smith entertained at
dinner Monday evening at Bar Har-
Dor. when his guests were DR.. John S.
Thacher, DR.. Robert Able, Dr. Alex
ander Biddle. DIR. James F. Mitchell.
DR.. Harold Williams, DR.. Nathaniel
Gildersleeve, DR.. John Frazier, Dr. Will
liam Polk, Dr.. Robert G. Lecoute,
Gen. Horace Porter. and Charles c.
Glover.
Gen. Horace Porter was among the
dinner hosts last evening at his Bar
Harbor home.
DR.. w. L. Masternson, of Stoneleigh
Court, has returned to Washington from
visits in New York, Boston, and Long
Island.
The Washington times., 1914-08-26
Shivering Residents
Seek Winter Garments

Shivering washingtonians arose this
morning to rummage in wardrobe and
clothes chest for the camphor scented
raiment, packed away at summers
coming. to protect themselves from the
piercing dampness that a chilly east
wind waited over the National Capital.
All manner Of dress combinations. in
cluding last winters suit and this sum-
mer's straw hat were paraded.
At o'clock this morning the mer-
curry had dropped as low as 5s degrees,
but by noon had crept up to SO. The
cold period, according to the Weather
Bureau. Is not attributable to storm.
practically the entire country being free
Of storm disturbance, but is due to cold
east winds that have caused rain
throughout the entire northern half of
the United States as far west as the
Rocky mountains. Last night there was
frost in northern New York, New Eng
land and the far Northwest
Sharp cold periods of this nature are
not unfrequent toward the close of
August. The lowest temperature regis
tered during August in recent years oc-
CURED on August "a. 1890. when the
thermometer fell to 49 in this city In
August of 1911 a temperature Of 81 de-
grees was recorded, and In August Of
1912 the low record was So degrees.
The forecast for tonight is for unsettled
weather and rising temperature.
The Washington times., 1914-08-26

The Department Of Agriculture ana
its chief has probably a clearer Wis
ion than any authority anywhere In
the United States as to where the
real woman labor problem Is located.
But these department officials do
not see it in all its particulars. how
ever, and they have attacked 1t
much as the problem OF the wage
earning Of women has been attacked
in the United States. That Is, they
regard women at work on the farm
as the weaker vessel in agricul-
tural production; they have the
chivalrous American notion of being
thoughtful of the ladies, which al
ways animates reform on behalf Of
the wage-earning women Of the Uni
ted States. They should study the
problem of farm women relative to
efficiency and social justice. At
present they are mainly concerned
with kindly teaching women what To
do with the left-overs. In the chap
ter on efficiency" in the 1913 Year
Book. the only line that can be con-
strued as possibly referring to tho
contribut!on-plus or minus-which
women make to successful agricul-
turrl enterprises is the following:
"iIany other factors Of efficiency
exist. but they nre not here dealt
with for lack OF sufficient data"
Perhaps this data will be forth
coming when the Department of
Agriculture has had time to analyze
the replies to 5000 letters which the
rf fn 70 60
ascertain the fields in which they
desire assistance. " / should have
more hope of this had I not myself
directed a similar query to farm
women in connection with the stud
les / have made of woman's relation
to work.
I circulated widely among farm
women the following query bearing
directly on the notion 1 have that
the real problem of women on the
farm Is to make farming pay wom-
en-:
In your opinion. what do the farmers.
wives in your community need most to
make farm life profitable to women?
From what do farm women suffer
most? What. II anything. has been ac-
eomplished to better their situation? To
that end what in particular is the help
contributed by the family. by Iabor-sav-
ing devices, by social and educational
movements. by the churches?"
Here Are the Replies.
Replies came promptly. Not one
woman mentioned the church as
having any least connection with her
problem; none referred to the fam
lily as affecting one way or another
the problem before her. Not one
spoke of the bearing and rearing of
children as being among the farm
woman's concerns in life; few appar-
emily had any grasp of the idea Of
making their work OH the farm prof
table. being satisfied II 1t were en-
durable. All of which goes to show,
as Secretary Houston's inquiry
doubtless will prove again, that self
knowledge, the highest acquisition Of
the philosopher and the saint, is
naturally lacking to the average
farm woman.
But from many quarters. in no un-
certain terms, 1 have got this as
surance:
American fnrm women do not
want TO he pitied. They refuse to
he considered the sad victims of
American agriculture.
One woman in Kansas wrote:
What is done for farm women
The Washington times., 1914-08-26
Fathers Prompt Action
Foils Runaway's Plans

Her dreams of romance shattered,
Lena Casper, seventeen-year-old daugh-
ter of j. W. Casper. of Culpeper. Va,
who was taken in charge by Detectives
Stringfellow and Burlingame last even
ing as she was preparing to marry H.
o. Day. a motion picture man. will be
taken hack home this afternoon by her
father.
Day, who is going to open a motion
theater in Culpeper, met Miss Casper
when he was there recently on busi-
ness. They became engaged. and last
evening Miss Casper came to Washing
ton to meet her fiance.
Mr.. Casper heard of the e1opement a
short time after his daughter left home,
and wired the police here to stop the
marriage. The detectives found Day at
a Pennsylvania avenue hotel. He told
them Miss Casper was stopping at a
house In Third street northwest. She
was taken in custody As a fugitive from
her parents, and sent to the House of
Detention for the night.
The Washington times., 1914-08-26
RESINOL Will
stop THAT ITCH
Brings Instant 1ol1al aDA 0u1eakly
Clears Away 0lE1n EFuDtuons.

0R108D 1D0t0D6 80U08 0D0 0U1ekly
Clears Away 8lE1n EFaDtuons.
No matter how long you have been
tortured ana dishgured by itching.
burning. raw. or scaly skin humors.
just put a little Of that soothing. an
tiseptic Resinol Ointment On tho sores
and the suffering stops right there
Healing begins that very minute. and
your skin gets well 30 quickly you feel
ashamed Of the money you threw away
on useless, tedious treatments.
Resinol Is also an excellent house-
hold remedy for ptmplss. danAruR.
sores. burns. bruise1. Boils. and for
score Of other uses where q soothing.
healing application II needed It con-
tains nothing Of q harsh or Injurious
nature and can be used with confidence
on the tenderest or most irritated sur
face. Practically every druggist sells
Resinol Ointment (50c and N.0O. and
Resinol Soap (25c). Fur trial free, write
to Dept. SIR. Resinol. Baltimore.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1914-08-26
Capital Women Conduct
Melting Pot at Seaside

The National American Woman suf-
Fage Association has established head
quarters on the boardwalk at Atlantic
City and set up a melting pot" under
the direction of Mrs. Frank Hiram
Smell, Of this city. Mrs. Smell 10 being
assisted by Miss Cora Mccarthy. also
of Washington.
News Of the estabHshment Of the
melting pot'- was1 brought to Wash
ington by Mrs. Antofnette Funk, vice
chairman Of the Congressional com
mittee Of the National Association, Who.
with Mrs. Wesley NJ Stoner a WASH
ingtonian, attended the Sunday meet
ing held under the auspices Of the as
ISOLATION at which Senator Borah of
Idaho was the principal speaker.
Mrs. Funk said that the ballroom of
the Garden Pier was taxed to its ca
pacity and more than 1000 persons were
turned away. Mayor Riddle, Of Attain
tic City. presided and addresses were
made by Judge Ben B. Lindsay, CT Dem
yer, and Mrs. Feickert. president Of the
New Jersey State Sufrase Association.
The Washington times., 1914-08-26
Escaped Prisoner Gets
"Come-Back" at CaptOr

PARIS. Aug. 13-(By mail to New
York)-Having been arrested by the
Germans, Hansi. the Alsatian carica
turist, escaped and fled to France to
avoid imprisonment. and Joined a
French regiment as an interpreter.
The German officer who had caused
his arrest was the first prisoner brought
before him. The officer complained of
the treatment he had received and
Hansi replied:
TT was certainly better than you gave
me, at Colmar.'
The Washington times., 1914-08-26
ANACOSTIA.

Anacostia citizens will be given an on
portunity to present their complaints
In reference to the street car service
on the Anacostia line before the IT'LL
tiles Commission on September J. A
number of complaints have been made.
principally concerning the schedule op-
Grating by way OF the Union Station
1t Is said that cars are as far as fifteen
minutes apart on this route. The CIT
izens' Association caused a complete
record to be obtained of the schedule
on this line, and with this they Will
endeavor to show need for better serv-
ioe
Mrs. 8. NJ. Frazier returned to her
home in Maple View avenue yesterday
from an extended trip.
Anacostia Council, No. IS, Junior Or
oder Of United American Mechanics,
last evening accepted an invitation to
attend a service on Sunday evening.
September q. at the Garden Memorial
Presbyterian Church. when the Rev
DIR. N. B. North, former pastor of this
church, and a member of the junior
order. will make an address. Further
plans were made for attending the STAR
Spangled Banner celebration in Balti-
more next month. ]. d. Simpson re-
The Washington times., 1914-08-26
H0Wthe Farm Wife
VIEWS HerPrObLen1
Flora Mcdonald Thompson Conducts Symposium on
Need of Bureau of Woman Labor-Pity Not
Needed But Efficiency and Justice Are,
She D eclareS.

farm herself pieWs her problem is dis
cussed in the last of series Mcdonald Thompson to-
day in urging a bureau of women labor.
of the whole problem she asserts is to elevate the
uok of whether paid unpaid to definite role in the
economic concert of worlds production of wealth.
1t is not pity farm needs She refuses to be con-
sad picm OF America agriculture But efficiency and So
ca Justice neededand only be secured by determination
of the economic palue of housepes unemunerated labor
Mrs. Thompons personal researches have brought inter-
esug replies from pomen replies herein quoted
Bv FLORA MCDONALD THOMPSON.
The Washington times., 1914-08-26
ALEXANDRIA WILL
USELEASED SCHOOL
Old Peabody Building Will Fur
nish Accommodations for
$50 Children.

ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 26.-Pending the
completion Of the new high school
building. $50 pupils Of the Alexandria
public schools will be quartered during
the next year in the old Peabody build
ing at the corner of King and Alfred
streets. At a special meeting Of the
school board last night. 1t was voted
to lease the building. A large increase
in the enrolment in the public schools
Is expected when the session opens next
month. The increase will be due to
the improved curriculum In the high
school. which Is said to be keeping the
and by the lowering Of the age limit
for entrance into the schools from seven
to six years.
Three additional teachers will b re-
auired to take care Of the new classes
and the increased cost to the city will
be several thousand dollars per annum.
The schools open on September IA.
Tho typhoid fever situation is improv-
Ing according to the statement Of Dr.
E. A. German, city health officer. and
DR.. ]. A. Waddell, of the Virginia State
board Of health. No new cases have
been reported In the last forty-eight
hours and there have been no further
deaths.
conditions Of the city Is continuing un-
absted and Mayor Fisher has instructed
the .police to see that the health laws
are strictly observed. DIR. A. w. Free
man, assistant commissioner OF the
state board of health. Is expected to ar
live in Alexandria to assist the local
officers in their work. Pending the ar
rival of DR.. Freeman. and some addi-
tional investigations, which he desires
To make in the suburbs, DR.. Waddell
has not completed his report
There has been q heavy demand for
artesian water on account & Oh the re- re-
the Mutual Ice Company. which has a
large we'll, has offered to furnish water
free to all persons who will send To
their plant for 1t.
A solemn requiem mass was said at
ing at O'Clock for the late Pope
Plus x. Despite the heavy rain. the
church was crowded. The Rev. H. J.
Cutler. rector Of the church. was the
ceIebrant Father Cutler preached
short sermon on the life OF the POPE. IN
oomplished by the Pontif. Special
music was rendered by the choir. The
church was draped In black.
The body of William NJ. Simcox. who
died in Washington Tf hs tsosroua eroueSt e here
tomorrow and Inferred in the Methodist
Protestant Cemetery.
Statewide prohibition will be urged at
a meeting under the auspices OF the
Antisaloon League at Inc Rsv oPera Purlex Souse
Raker d D.. Of westerville. Ohio, ma
tional superintendent Of the Anti-Sa-
loon League Of America. will be the
speaker.
The Washington times., 1914-08-26
What's in Name?
Read Them

OLYMPIA. Wash. Aug. 2s.-That
there isn't so much to a name after
all is shown here today by the fol-
lowing signatures appended to the
initiative petition to place a measure
providing Statewide prohibition on
the ballot at the November election:
Ethelwyn Casebeer. Thomas Beers,
Ada Rum. Lenora Sourwine. Fran
els Ale, Henry Vermouth. e. Eliza
beth Boose. Charles Pickle, Carl
Gusler. and T. c. Stew.
The Washington times., 1914-08-26
LOCAL MENTION.

r. F. v. Lunch, 1908 Pa. Ave, is giving
patrons tickets Virginia Thea That's all
The Washington times., 1914-08-26
ROCKVILLE.

The Rev. Samuel r. White officiated
at the marriage yesterday Of Herbert
King and Miss Grace King. both Of
Va. and James J.
Halloran and Mrs. Rose L. Bigga
both of Washington
The Washington times., 1914-08-26
PSORIASIS Cured by
a Famous Remedy
Most Troublesome Skin Disease
10 Promptly Checked

Get a good. firm grip On psoriasis by
sing s. s. S. the famous blood purifier.
Those extending patch"s may have de-
ed everything else; you may be dis
outraged but let s. S. s. bathe your
5iood and you will quickly observe a
wonderful change.
s. s. S. eIerts a dominating influence
IA the myriad Of blood vessels that COM
pose the skin.
Its principal action is to assist in ..t
wonderful process whereby the broken
down cells in the skin and their dead
laod nerve threads are rebuilt by new
material from a purified and quickened
blood stream.
This process goes on every second
throughout the body. From the time
that S. s. s. enters the blood II has trav-
Irsed the entire system in about three
Illnutes- Its action is therefore very
rapid, never lets up, IL used with the
rane cooperative spirit.
s. s. 8. has been a marvel to over
come every form Of skin trouble and for
hnely illustrated descriptive treatise
On the skin. write to The Swift Specific
Co. 1o2 Swift Bldg. Atlanta. Ga.
Get bottle Of S. S. s. today OF any
druggist but refuse all substitutes Adyt
The Washington times., 1914-08-26
Anacostia, Rockville

signed as councillor His successor will
be elected at the meeting next week.
James Frank. night desk sergeant at
the Eleventh precinct, Is on his vaca-
don. In his absence. d. ]. Garvey Is
acting. G. A. Cockrell. T. A. Lusby.
and A. E. Smoot also are on vacations.
j. F. Reagan In confined to his home
in. Nichols avenue because Of Illness.
The Washington times., 1914-08-26

Lightning set fre to the barn Of Ed
ward P. Beall, near Redland. Its con-
tents, consisting Of wheat, hay, agri-
cultural implements, and other things,
were lost, and three horses were
burned to death. A colored farm hand
was shocked. but regained conscious
ness In time to save several horses
The loss IL placed at $4,000, partially
covered by insurance.
Deputy Sheriff Charles r. Gray yes-
terday obtained q warrant for the
arrest of James Smith. colored, of
Washington. who II charged with SELL
ing to Moses Davis . quantity Of sin.
The Washington times., 1914-08-26

Mrs. 8. NJ. Frazier returned to he,
home in Maple View avenue yesterday
from an extended trip.
The Washington times., 1914-08-26

Statewide prohibition will be urged at
meeting under the auspices OF une
tomorrow night. The Rev. Purley A.
Baker. d. D.. Of westervflle. Ohio; na-
tionai superintendent Of the Anti-Sa-
loon League Of America, viii be the
The Washington times., 1914-08-26

one OF tho greatest needs here Is
proper equipment for the work women do
In the home. That. however. Is not a
need peculiar to the farmers wife. 1t is
common to all women
The Washington times., 1914-08-26

III there were good strong girls willing
to do general Homework. I think that
the greatest burden Of farm women in
these parts could be lifted"
The Washington times., 1914-08-26

In this State housework on the farm
does not keep pace with modern facilities
for farming. There are too few modern
labor-saving appliances in use, and there
Is too little attention paid to hygiene
and dietetics''
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-07-09

with the navel OF the young calf.
through which II finds It's way into
the circulation OF the animal
The remedy is 10 have the place Cor
the young calf carefully cleansed. and
as soon as the calf comes into the
world. 20 dress the navel with q prep
aration OF carbolic actd: that win de-
stroy any infectious matter that may
attach itself TO the navel.
Naturally failures have been TO
ported even when precautions have
been taken. and doubts cast On tho
theory OF infection.
Still. seeing that infection OF dis
eases similar TO this may be carried
on the point OF fine needle. how can
we say with confidence, that the dis.
ease. white scour. occurs through any
where the infective matter has been
known almost with certainty to exist?
There are districts where this
scourge Is unknown. Let a diseased
calf be- brought In and the disease at
once appears.
All houses In which young calves
are reared should be made thoroughly
clean; large application OF disinfec-
tants should be- made until the place
is purified. All calves should have
their navels dressed with carbolic
acid dressing as soon as they are
born. and they should be literally sup
piled with clean dry straw for bed
ding
Another disease appears To be a
form OF contagious bronchitis. It is
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-07-09

Iut away the tough ends of the
asparagus ana tie the bunch with soft
string. then cook for Is minu,es n,
ohth tender In saited. boiling water
~ pan iohs enough for the stalks
TO lie full length. Prepare some th,n
siices oI crusuess tcast. dip each in
the. asparagus liquor and butter white
not. arranging the slices neatly ON :
heated dish. Drain the asparasus ana
spread u over the toast. adding but.
ter and Ealt and pepper 10 taste
This dish Is even more temptins
with a creamy drawn butter pouved
over the top after the asparagus 10
laid on the toast.