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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-16
TOWN SHEND.

Miss Mildred Burbank spent Sunday
in Jamaica.
Miss Lottie Jones was a visitor Sun
day in Jamaica.
Raymond Phillips spent Saturday and
Sunday at Lowell lake.
Miss Elisabeth Cudworth and J. J.
Cudworth returned Saturday from
Brattleboro, after spending a few days
with relatives.
Miss Ella Ware returned Sunday to
her work in Brattleboro, after spend
ing the week end with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. J. II. Ware.
S. \. Newton came Monday evening
and was III consultation with the com
mittee recently appointed to repair the
village school house.
Mrs. Derry of Brookline spent sew
eral days the last of the week with
her daughter, Mrs. John Jenkins. She
returned to her home Sunday.
Earl Derry, who has worked for J.
G. Taft the past two years, has left
Townshend and has gone to work for
Mr.. Eddy in Newfane on a lumber job.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Craik Swift and
children, Francis Harrington Swift
and Douglas Mexican Swift, came Sat
Isurday by automobile from Springfield,
Mass, to spend two weeks with Mrs.
Swift 5 parents, Rev. and Mrs. Jo-
seph Mexican. Mr.. Swift returned
| Sunday.
At the Christian Endeavor meeting
| Sunday evening the following officers
were elected for the coming year:
| President, Raymond Phillips; vice
| president, Florence Howard; recording
| secretary, Katherine Chase; correspond
| ing secretary, Elizabeth Dauchy; treas
urer, Merrill Sparkes.
At the Baptist church Sunday even
ing a large audience listened to tenn
perance talk by Mrs Seberry of New
York city, national w c. T. L. or
was IN charge of Rev. r. H. Bosworth.
III the absence of Rev Joseph McKeau,
who could not be present on account OF
illness. Mrs. Seberry gave very in
terestlng address, citing many incidents
in her experience as mission worker
in New York city and later in her
work in the W. G. t. U. After the
service number of people met Mrs
Seberry and several became members
of the local w. c. T. L.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-16
Member OF the Associated Press.
TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1914.
CONGRESS PLAYING FAvoR1TEs.

Three provisions of bills now pend
ing in Congress obviously involve rank
discrimination. The sundry civil APP
preparations bill, in making its annual
assignments of money for sundry ex
penses, appropriates certain sum for
the department of justice to use in
enforcing the anti-tIust laws, and
specifically prohibits the use of any of
this money to prosecute labor and ag
ricultural combinations, The Clayton
antitrust bill, which has already pass
cd the House, has been amended so as
to exempt labor and agricultural com
binations from prosecution under the
antitrust act; also to forbid the courts
from using the ordinary process Of in
junction against certain specified meth.
DDS employed by labor unions in con
Quoting strikes The discrimination is
very closely akin in each of the three
proposals.
1t is a fine exhibition of equal jus
ticc to all to appropriate money for
the enforcement of antitrust laws aud
then prohibit the law enforcing author
ity from using the money in prescott
ing certain favored organizations. Our
laws are made for all and should not
favor any one or two classes Of citi-
zens at the expense Of the others.
just what President Wilson would
do if faced with the alternative OF
signing one of these bills is uncertain
! but in speaking of a similar amend
ment he once said that it was Gun
! iustifiable in character and principle
1t is the great game of playing poll
ties which induces the members o.
Congress to champion Discrimination,
bills like these. The congressman ar,
thinking about the next election, an,
by throwing sop to certain of thei
constituents hope to gain votes for re
election.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-16

At the annual meeting of the Har-
ward Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, held
in Sanders theater at Cambridge yes
tcrday, William Howard Taft, Vale
rs, delivered the Grafton The Supreme
Court of the United States and Popular
was the subject of the
scholarly address of the former Presi-
dent of the United States For years
1t was his cherished ambition some day
to serve on that tribunal, but in order
to do what he conceived to be his whole
duty by the Filipinos, Mr.. Taft thrice
declined an appointment 1t was his
privilege, while President, to appoint
a majority of the members of the pres
ent court, a responsibility that has de
volved on no other chief executive
since Washington. He defended the
court as Il bulwark against our own
hasty action and a tribunal urgently
needed in this age of extremists and
reformers. The will of the people, he
demonstrated, has never been defeated
by that court, but its acts have been
generally acquiesced in by the people
and its decisions indicated by subsc-
queut events.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-16
AUTOMOBILE FOR
5DIMES A MYTH
Mint Letters Forming F-o-r-ds Not
Sought by Manufacturer-Firm
Gets Thousands of Inquiries.

If any of your friends are collecting |
ten cent pieces with the letters F-o-r-d-s |
as mint marks, stop them, says the
New York Herald. There s no auto
mobile, Ford OF otherwise, coming to
them, and their hopes and expectations
NAV as well be killed right now.
Besides, when they get their full col
lection they may come into the Herald
office to ask about it or they may call
the Herald to inquire on the telephone,
and so YOU may as well save their time
and the Herald 5. Not that the Herald
would not be delighted to see them or
| to hold converse over the wire, but the
world is busy one and other CONVEX
Stations would be more profitable.
Mrs. Amanda Benes, of No. 420 Co
| lumbia street, made the journey from
Brooklyn to the Herald office in Herald
square yesterday morning to ask about
her dimes. Her husband is boiler
scaler who works on board the Norwe-
| gian vessels while they are IN this
port, and he had heard from a ship
ping master, said Mrs. Benes, that if
he could get five dimes with the mint
marks making up the name . Fords,
then he could have an automobile by
applying at the Ford plant.
Mrs Bones is not the first person to
take the story seriously. For in the
last two weeks the rumor Of the pos
sibility of sudden wealth has been 90
ing the rounds, and street ear conduc-
tors and subway ticket sellers have
been besieged by their friends with re
quests for dimes with particular let
tiers. f., so the Herald is informed, is
particularly hard to get, and 5 ar,
scarce. There is no lack of SIS, o.
and ID. S.
1t was no matter of idle moment TO
Mrs Benes. She is the mother of tire,
S children. Apparently there was no on
else at home to help her, for Mrs
Benes had the who5e family with he
on her trip in search Of information
), One child was in her arms, the othe
e two could Just toddle along. Whethe
she thought her children would be ben
q Gifted by a few automobile rides Mrs
c Benes did not say. But she did wan
& the automobile.
r In an effort to guide Mrs. Benes tn
reporter who heard her story con
4 municated with the Ford Motor con
q pany's plant in Astoria, L. L.. an
learned that there was no foundatio
Whatever IoE lHe StoIleS NHiCh nav
W been current.
$ IF you can do something to hel
Il us out we shall be only too glad, sal
y r. S. Nicely. chief clerk at the plan
y 1--WE DON know where these rumol
a started. They didn't come from u
= but we had about two thousand lettel
r about the story last week and we 9,
about a hundred aud fifty telephor
81 | rhprp < NJ NJ hiuc :
ut all to the story and we would be gla
5 to have YOU Kill il.
: Mrs. Bones went slowly down Il
NJ steps of the Herald building with tv
n, Of her little ones walking in front
IT her when she learned the result of Il
II reporter s inquiry.
in % All right, shesaid. 81 wanted
y. know ! didn't want to be fool -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-16

Francis Avery Of Shelburne Falls
was weekend visitor at the home of
Benjamin Blodgett.
Walter Morse of Gmiford spent
Sunday with his mother, Mrs Grace
Whittemore, at Mrs. Taylor s.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. s. Rider and fam
lv aud Mrs. +. G. TAYLOR motored to
Sonth lladley Falls and Springfield,
Mass, sunday.
Charles Stockwell, who is seriously
i'll at the home Of his sister, Mrs.
Angie Park Of Canal street, j. gaining
a little. but is not able TO sit up.
Mr.. and Mrs. ". Z. stelImau and
daughter, Maxine, went to Pittsiield,
Mass. Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs BeuJa-
min Blodgett accompanied them home.
Miss Hattie Clark went to Turner's
| Falls Monday to visit few DAYS with
MIR. and Mrs Robert Clark. Mrs. s.
:. Clark, who has been there few
weeks, will return with her.
Harold Cook, son of Mrs. J. \
Hoadly, who had been in the Melrost
hospital several weeks. and previously
in the hospital in Gardner. Mass, re
turned to his home on Main street q
| Saturday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-16

Burton +. Bailey, an attorney at
law, has been nominated for post
master of Montpelier, to succeed Jo-
seph 6. Brown. The presumption is
that Mr.. Bailey's appointment viii
be confirmed by the Senate. The
Montpelier Argus says that the nomi-
nation of Mr.. Bailey, who is chairman
of the Democratic city committee, is
significant in that he was candidate
of the Burke faction, the losing
aspirants for the position being com
mitted to the Browne faction. Yer
mont Democrats are beginning to won
der how long Republicans are to be
continued in the collectorships at New
port and Burlington. The terms of the
present incumbents expired last spring,
but despite the large crop of Democra-
tic candidates Messrs. Darling and
Emery have continued in office, receiv-
| ing their very remunerative salaries
! from a Democra tic administration.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-16
New York Building Fine Jail.

Now able to boast of the tallest Of
Gee building in the world, New York
will also have the highest Jail build
ing so far erected. 1t will be built in
Thirtieth street near Sixth avenue.
The building will be Ia stories tall
and will cost about four hundred and
fifty thousand dollars. 1t is planned
chiefly for the care of women prison
ers. Several floors will be given over
to courtrooms, detention rooms and
Offices for those in the charities de-
partment who look after the welfare
Of women prisoners.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-16

The death of Adlai f. Stevenson
leaves Levi p Morton, Theodore Roosc-
welt and Charles W. Fairbanks, former
vice presidents, and Thomas r. Mar
shall the vice president now in office,
as survivors, short list, but longer
than that of living ex-presidents. Mr..
Morton, although 80 years old, is vigor-
GUS Mr.. Fairbanks has recently at
tracted national attention by his adj
vocacy of woman 5 suffrage, and Col.
Roosevelt is one of the most versatile
and active men in public life. What to
do with our cx-vice presidents is not
national problem.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-16
Long MINDED Explanations.
Rutland News.)

Attorney General Rufus Il. Brown
has reached the letter in his item
by-item accounting to the people of
Vermont of the expenditure in the last
nine months ending last April of about
$4,000 for special private detective
work. BY the time the official reaches
the last county in the state the report
win make quite a sizable volume. As
far as The News is concerned, Mr..
Brown may desist at this time-partic-
ularly if the state is paying for the
time and labor of the report. 1t is ex-
trcmcly doubtful whether one taxpayer
in five hundred is giving attention to
the accounting anyway, and that ran
dom citizen who is, could easily dig out
the details from the auditor s Office
himself.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-16

One of the causes which has held
back this administration from an armed
collision with Mexico is the wide ap-
proved popular feeling against war as
horrid evil in itself, to be avoided
if possible. No class or party is to
be credited with this exclusively, but
the whole popular temper has been
quite different from what it was in
1898 when the war with Spain broke
out. 1t is this popular feeling which
has really helped the negotiations at
Niagara Falls.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-16
A Public-Spirited Citizen.
Bennington Banner.)

The Burlington Clipper, progressive
party organ, delights in referring to
Clarke c. Fits of Brattleboro as a re-
dictionary. But probably Mr.. Fits will
90 right along, working for the indus
trial development and civic betterment
of Vermont, as he has been doing for
Brattleboro Reformer.
Clarke Fits is enc of the most pro
gressive, public spirited upright and
valuable citizens cf the state of Yer
mont. He is one of the few great cor
poration lawyers who takes into con
sideration in all his work the rights.
interests and safety of the state and
people and what is more puts them
ahead Of selfish or corporate advantage.
When Brattleboro or Windham county
wants anything Mr. Fits can always
be found giving freely of his time,
money and ability in behalf of the
public cause. The industrial and bust
ness growth of Brattleboro is due more
to the activity and energy of Clarke
Fits than to any other cause. Most of
the criticism of Mr.. Fits comes from
those not knowing the real man auo
those who judge hastily without due
consideration. Like all strong, aggreS
siVe men he makes enemies by his ac
| tivitv and impetuosity in thought, wore
and deed. The Banner often disagree>
with Mr.. Fits on public questions bu
| believes him to be honest, sincere ant
patriotic and far different from thu
| type of greedy, schemiug, conscience
less corporation lawyer whom his enc
mics and Jealous rivals are fond o
picturing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-16
An Interesting Experiment.
(Rutland Hcrald.)

The experiment Of the Central Yer
mont railway with Edison Beach stor-
age battery cars between Brattlehoro
and Mortified, Mass, will be watched
with intense interest. The efficiency
of the electric motor, charged from a
water power plant, either through
high tension lines or storage batteries,
is giving the steam locomotive the race
of its career Tor power supremacy. If
this can be successfully done with the
abundant power generated from Con-
necticut river plants, the power prob,
lem of Vermont railways elsewhere
may be readily suggested
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-16
TO ADVERTISERS.
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

1t liz the aim Of the management to
the paper each night, and t solicits the
cooperation of subscribers to that end.
Prompt report should be gwen 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, 1914-06-16
WEST BRATTLEBORO.
Mrs. Morse Now es.

Mrs. Eliza s Morse, the oldest resi-
dent of West Brattleboro, reached the
9sth milestone Sunday, June II. No
special observance was made on that
day, but several friends called TO ex-
tend their best wishes. and congratu-
lations. In spite of her advanced age,
Mrs. Morse is well and active, taking
an interest in everything that is hap
pening about her. She makes her home
with her daughter, Mrs. T. NJ. Allbee,
where she has lived since leaving the
farm on Dummerston hill four years
ago.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-16
From the Consular Reports.

Salmon fishermen IL British Column
bia earn @l5 day and in some in
stances when the catch is exception
ally good as much as S25 a day.
Cooperative societies in Bradford
England, have between 1000 and so
members.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-16

Every high school graduate IN Ne
braska receives letter from the Uni
versity Of Nebraska congra.'ulating
him on his graduation and urging him
to consider the Advantages offered
BY the state university.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-16

Col. Roosevelt has been a grandfatn-
err some time, but il is safe to say that
his pride in posterity was never SO
great as when he received news that
York
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-16

Dr. Won Esdorf, who is now In
Tampico helping to make it healthful,
is one of the great malaria experts of
the American public health service.
He went to Mexico from the command
of the naval hospital at Mobile.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-16

When bride begins to realize that
her husband is much like her brother
her air castles collapse.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-04-28
ODD FELLOWS CELEBRATE
95TH ANNIVERSARY

The s5th anniversary of the l..
o. 0. F., which was celebrated last
night at Odd Fellows hall, was a
pleasant affair, participated in by a
goodly number of Odd Fellows, Re-
bekahs and youngsters.
An elaborate spread was enjoyed
and a short program given with Mrs.
Fleming as reader, after which the
hall was cleared and the lodge, Ell
nora No. 4, called to order. Sixteen
applications for membership were
read and voted upon. A larger at
tendance than usual was gratifying
and it is felt now that Elnora Lodge
is growing.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-04-28
MUSICALE BENEFIT BAND
STAND ON MAY 8TH

At the last meeting of the Friday
Musical Club, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
H. Barr of Auburndale were elected
members. Mr.. and Mrs. Barr have
promised to take active part in the
concert on May s, to be given at the
Auditorium for the benefit of the new
band stand to be erected in Munn's
park and the Friday Musical Club.
In addition to the high class mu-
steal program special features are
promised by Mrs. Fletcher, having
in preparation almost the entire fam
GUS comic opera, Mikado. in which
Lakeland's best talent and prettiest
society ladies will take part in lead
ing roles
1t is also promised that Mr.. c.
Green, the popular manager of the
Auditorium, will give some of his
best vaudeville acts.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-04-28

We, the undersigned, do hereby
agree to close our respective places
Of business, commencing May |.
1914, and to continue until Oct. |,
1914, at $50 p. M, except on Sat
urdays and pay day.
Owens Dry Goods Co.
Cut Price Store.
Clonts.
j. G.. Owens.
U. G.. Bates.
New Racket Store.
Monona Heron.
j. W. Chiles & Sons
H. S. Ashby, Mgr. ]. G.. Nc
Crory Co.
Jos. l.. Tarloniski.
Kimbrough-R Rutherford Clothing
Company.
WOlliamson-M Moore Co.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-04-28
NOTICE

This is to give ten days public
notice that the undersigned who
was sentenced in the county court
of Polk county on the 10th day of
October, 1913, to serve six months
Imprisonment for the offense of
dealing in liquors, will apply to the
board of pardons at Tallahassee, Fla,
at the next meeting of said board or
as soon there after as the same can
be heard, for full pardon.
r. l.. SMITH.
April II, 1914. 2449
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-04-28

The contract for the extensive al
teration work on the Kentucky
building in order to give the State
Bank enlarged and handsome quar-
ters, was awarded today to Logan &
Townsend, and work will begin i'm
mediately There will be something
like $4,000 expended in these i'm
provements and alterations, which
will give the State Bank quarters as
handsome as any banking institu-
tion in South Florida.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-04-28

1t is not generally known that the
authorization of Congress is neces-
sary before the president can call
for volunteers. The volunteer troops
are always apportioned among the
States and the District Of Columbia,
according to population. Enlistmens
are for a period of wo years, unless
sooner discharged, and have the
same status as regular troops.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-04-28

The First Methodist Sunday school
is planning to hold their annual pic
mic some time next week. and they
desire to be Joined by the Myrtle
street and Dixieland Methodist Sun
day schools, whom they cordially in
vite to accompany them wherever
they decide togo. Further details
will be announced later as they de-
velop.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-04-28

On Yesterday an event of import
lce to the people of Lakeland trans
led when ground was broken for
I new school building to be erect
on Lake Morton. The contract for
4 IS building was let to Messrs. Par
sh & Coin, of Tampa, some time
b, and work being now fairly
snched upon the building, there is
nv the gratifying assurance that
another year lakeland will be
i to take care of her 1,5Oo or
loo children of school age with
sple room for all, and with some
Avision for the rapid and constant
Ewth.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-04-28

REV. S. j. Wooden, d. D., an
sle colored minister of Macon, Ga,
s been here for the past week, as
eting Rev. H. K. Morehead with
sprotracted meeting at the st.
Inns colored Baptist church. He is
earnest and forceful speaker and
Iaducted the series of services with
god results, quite number being
Iaverted and baptized yesterday.
e meeting closed last night and
". Wooden will return to his
me in a few days. The Evening
legram is always glad to give
sdit to those of the colored race
10 are striving to better and ele-
he their people.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-04-28

The Fire Dpartment was called out
at $3.50 last night to Washington
park, colored section of the city
northwest of town. where the new
Baptist church was mass of flames
Being about mile outside Of the
water limits it was impossible to
save the building, which was about
burned down when the alarm was
sent in. 1t is thought that the fire
was one of incendiary origin.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-04-28

Mr.. E. G.. Alexander has resigned
/ position he has held with Mr..
G. Memminger for several years
ID leaves tomorrow for a visit to
After spending some time
.h relatives there he contemplates
trip through the west. His plans
\ not entirely definite as yet, but
is hoped that he will eventually
urn to Lakeland, where he has
st of true and sincere friends,
ln to him by his gentlemanly and
sasant department and his sterling
hts of character.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-04-28

Mr. and Mrs. j. G. Swearingen,
inter residents, left today for their
me in Pennsylvania. Mr.. Swear
zen owns valuable property in
keland, and has great pleasure in
perimental scientific trucking and
ming during his annual periods of
,idence here.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-04-28

l. w. Robertson, who recently
NE here from Indiana, has let the
ltract to Logan and Townsend for
residence in Orange Park, the
oye on the south shore of Lake
,rton. The house will be modern
design, and will cost something
sr $4,000.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-04-28

w. D. Galloway will build home
on Tennessee avenue, moving his
present residence short distance
north, and locating the new dwelling
between the present one and that of
H. 7. Heron The house will cost
$4,000, and the contract has been
awarded to Logan & Townsend.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-04-28
FIRST BALL GAME OF
SEASON ON THURSDAY

The baseball season opens Thurs
day with great game between Eus-
tits and Lakeland. Both teams are in
fine fettle and the large crowd that
will be present will see real classy
exhibition of high class ball.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-04-28

Thursday is the last day for the
ladies to send in their names for the
new ball park. Those who have not
thought up a suitable name should
get busy and try and win the season
ticket offered for the most suitable
name. Names should be sent to Mr..
Jos. LaVay.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-04-28
ROLLINS GLEE CLUB
AT AUDITORIUM TONIGHT

The Rollins College Glee Club will
give the second entertainment OF
commencement week at the Auditor
ium tonight. A fine lot of musicians
they are and they will please and de-
light all who hear them.