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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26
Monarchs on The Battlefield.

Whatever may be said of his faults
and ambitions, no one has ever ques
toned the bravery of Napoleon Bona
porte, who was not only the bravesJ OF
his army, hut constantly led his forces
in the most dangerous parts of the bat
tlefield At the battle of Lodi, for
instance, he dashed on foot across the
famous bridge that had become an artii-
lery target of the enemy, his hand en-
the eolors, the dead falling by dozens
every step of the way.
Today kings are not allowed to fight
but there is no doubt that, were it pos
sihlc, they would willingly shoulder a
rifle, handle q machine gun, or lead
cavalry charge, and seek TO emulate the
leeds of the fighting monarchs of the
| past who have built up empires.
Our history books TEEN with stories
| of valiant deeds done by England s
| fighting kings, the boidest of whom per
| haps, was Richard l, who loved war for
itself alone and was but poor peace
monarch. One of the most stirring ep-
| isodes of his career was the story of
| hcw, when fighting the Saladin with
! the Crusaders, word was brought to him
that troop of Knights Templars had
been surrounded. Without waiting for
/ tllS NuGIt VI MS ullllOi W DS Du1h
| he went to their rescue. 81 must go as
l am, he said, when warned of the
risk, " fer l should be unworthy of the
name of king did l abandon those whom
I have promised to stand by and succo1
in every danger
And we still thrill at the stories OF
the gallantry of Henry V, who at the
battle of Agincourt won his greatest
fame Many times his life was IL
danger Once he was beset by three
knights together, and, as his immedl
ate bodyguard was so hard pressed
: that they could give him no aid tn
king slew one knight with straight
sword-thrust, caught his second fo'
| with the back swing and threw him t.
the ground, and, as the third knigh
endorsed him, plunged his sword int
+ his last enemy's horse and brought tn
knight to earth. There they fought /
out on foot, with Henry '. as fina
victor.
His deeds recall those of John 0
France, who fought the English unde
the Black Prince at the battle of Polo
tiers, where, although he was take
prisoner with Phillip, afterwards Great
5 ed Duke Of Burgundy, and known a
G Phillip the Bold he fought in
/ manner which won the admiration 0
G his foes
/, France had another valiant monarch
!. King Henry ", who as Henry Q
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26
PERSONAL.

Mrs. Martin Austin returned last
night from Amsterdam, \. Y, where
she was called by the illness of her
sister. 49,
Mr.. and Mrs. John d. Austin of
Winthrop, Mass, are visiting a few
days with Mr.. Austin s mother on
Grove street.
Mrs. Elizabeth Davenport has re
turned from Springfield this state, and
is at the home of DIR. }. w. Gregg
Northern avenue.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26

body who has succeeded him. He could
kick equally well with both legs. Rich
ards could hold his own in punting
with any of the present day kickers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26

Navarro learned war. According to his
torians, this monarch came TO his first
battle 4 coward. BY sheer force Of viii
he remained on the field and in after
campaigns his sword was the most fear
ell lay his enemies. He was ever in the
thickest of the fight; '.his plume, -
to quote the chronicler of the past,
. being the true standard Of the French
Army Tit Bits
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26

body who has succeeded him. He could |
kick equally well with both legs. Rich |
ards could hold his own in punting
with any of the present day kickers.
Mcbride a southhoof.
Mcbride was Il. left footed kicker,
and he and O'Dea measured skin in a
game once. That was in 1899, when
the Wisconsin team, coached by Phil
King, played Yale in New Haven.
O'Dea tried the drop kick, almost from
midficld. which fol- short. His punt3
were not so much better than Nc.
Brislc's that thCr could keep Yale from
winning, but they certainly kept down
the score, although they Were too long
for the ends 10 cover well.
Had O'Dea kicked a field goal in this
game he would have won a greater
reputation in the east, but it is a mat
ter of record that he kicked such a
goal from the siXty-twO yard mark
in 1898, Il record only surpassed by J.
Z. Haxalrs siXty-five yard drop kick foi
Princeton against Yale Nov. 80, 1882.
Bull Natural Kicker. .....
DR.. Billy Bun of Yale was a natural
kicker and one of the best. There
have been but few since his day who
could drop kick as well and only one
at Yale who approached him as a
drop kicker. That one was Al Sharpe,
one of the very best in the kicking
hall of fame, who played against
[ Princeton.
If Yale had won that game that kick
of Sharpes would be remembered more
wildly than it is, for it would have
gone hand in hand with victory, by
which mems ability is often, if some
! times unjustly. measured. Certainly
| Sharpes kick was none the less meri-
torious simply because Poe flashed
forth with kick just before the game
| was over and made Princeton the win
ner
AS a specialist at kicking goals from
| placement Northcroft of the Navy
stands out conspicuously. The mid
shipman was good at lifting them over
the bar from distances which made
the feat worthy of mention.
Great Placement Kic<ers.
The place kick from scrimmage is
another deserving feat Balenti and
Thorpe of the Indians and McCaa OF
Lafayette distinguished themselves in
this manner. At both place kicking
and drop kicking Carlisle has produced
more than her share of deft perform
ers and in Mount Pleasant had play
er who was an able all round toe artist
Was there ever q more strategic
kicker than Harlan Of Princeton in hi!
own particular line? Not all of tn,
! O'Deas, DeWitts, Brookes or Butter
worths could worry an opponent more.
And how about Walter EckersaIl o
, Chicago university as a kicker? If eve
there was a fine kicker he was one. an
that fact would have stood out NOR
; clearly had not EckersaIl been such
sterling all round player that his abb
ity to kick was partly obscured in hi
general ability as quarterback.
: In more recent times Pennsylvani
; had two gifted punters in Reynold
and Shelbe. Each was kicker of hig
< class. Bob Herman of Harvard sen
: away q long, vicious punt and was
8 kicker of the Mcbride type
Coy, Burr and Hollenback were a
t punters who timed the fight of th
I bali well, showed good, Judgment |
+ placing it and also good distance neal
$ ~ every time. Coy was a most effe,
: tive punter in the matter of consis
: ency and distance.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26

When sugar first was made from.
beets it took about 20 tons of beets to
produce q ten OF sugar; now It requires
only six tons, due to scientific breeding
of the hccts.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26
DEVELOP few
CLASSY KICKERS
Crack PigSkin BOOt8rS Small
to Number Of Players.
PAT O'DEA The GREATEST.
Old Wisconsin Warrior In Glass by
Himself as Tee Artist-Many Fa-
nous Gridders Fail to Receive Proper
Recognition In This Line.

The crack kickers of football have
been few compared to the number of
players. That isn't because most of
the players haven't the natural ability
to become good kickers if they prac-
ticed it. but because the kicking de
partment of elevens is usually intrust-
ed to one good man. In a word, then,
there are about ten good players to
one good kicker Nevertheless there
are more men who We're first class
kickers than ever got credit for so be-
ing.
In a few articles printed recently on
the subject mentioned only three boot
ers Of the pigslin were in the great
class These three We're Pat O'Dea Of
Wisconsin, a kicker of wonderful abil-
ity in the late nineties; John Dewitt,
the Princeton guard, and Malcolm Nc
Bride. the Yale fullback and captain
in 1899.
1t didn't even take in Frank Butter
worth, Yale's accomplished kicker of
who in his day at Pennsylvania was a
kicker of exceptional prowess. Yet
both of these men We're strictly first
class ana as proficient as any of the
three others named, with the possible
exception of O'Dea, who not only could
drop kick, but punt farther than any
body before or since. Again there was
Hirschberger of Chicago, a fine kicker
and the best the west has had except
O'Dea.
Good Kckers Good Players.
1t will be found in going over the
list Of worthy kiczers that with few
exceptions they have been fine player:
in other respects. Kicking was JUS
one among other gridlron accomplish
ments.
Cases to prove this are numerous, al
this list will show: Brooke, Butter
worth, Brickley, Curtis, Coy, Cahall
Burr. Haughton, Mcbride, Hudson
Douglass, Dewitt. Baird, Sharpe, Har
Ian. Hollenback. Walder, Hirschbergel
Eckersall Mount Pleasant Brewer
Reid, Ncder and Herman. Away bacI
before the time of any of these play
ers, however, were kickers quite a
good as those who have played since
Two Of them were Alexander Moffat
of Princeton and Eugene Richards q
Yale. Both Of these men were sta
kickers. Nlofratt was a drop kicker a
well rs puntcr and had the thing RI
duced MS nearly TO a science as any
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26
Central Vermont BY
Corrected to September &c, 1915.
Trains leave Brattleboro

Trains leave Brattleboro
600 a. m. Except Sunday. For New
London.
700 a. m. Except Sunday For South
Londonderry.
9.2O a. m. Except Sunday. For New
York via Springfield.
9.45 a. m. Daily. For South London
derry.
1925 a. m. Except Sunday. For AIillers
Falls.
lilo p. m. Except Sunday. For Keene
New London and New York
via New London.
600 ?. m. Except Sunday. Local fol
South Londonderry
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26

A theory has been advanced by a
French scientist that electric currents
can be made to take the place of food
in sustaining life to a considerable de-
gree.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26

In connection with q new hotel at
Honolulu there viii be built q glass
walled shaft, in which guests of the
house can descend into the sea and
watch its life.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26

The United States mints sent out
$14l, 100000 in coin during the year
Ei91o, of which .$1o5,oOo,ooo was geld
and $3,ooO,o0O in pennies and scent
| pieces.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26

At present, almost all the moleskins
used in the United States come from
Europe, though the skin of the mole
found in the eastern part of this coun-
trv is far superior to the foreign pro
duct
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26

Illinois has more coal producing
counties than any other state, 81 con
tanning mines,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-12
Still a Truckman, Says Tenor,
Afraid It's Only Dream
We'll Live Like King and Queen, but | Wouldn'
Lose You for Million, Future Caruso
Rival Tells Wife

Long noodles in quantities that
would strangle the ordinary person
were shot down throat said to be
capable Of voice that promises to
rival Caruso's; then a calloused hand
shook half the contents OF the pepper
cellar into soup already highly sea-
soned. after which Morris Horn, tho
new opera find. deigned 10 speak to the
little gathering in the cellar restau-
rant At III Avenue c last night.
Pepper makes the chest strong" he
asserted.
"Yeh, but you'll take the he-cups,"
said his wife.
"Aw, g'wan,' said Morris. "Hey,
waiter" he suddenly shouted. 81 may
be an opera singer, but amt only a
truck driver now. Gimme some more
meat"
Morris Horn and his wife had been
induced by The Tribune reporter to
take dinner with him-"supper." Nor
ris called il. Morris's wife had just re-
turned from her work as & dressmaker,
and her husband had not fingered long
after housing his truck horses in their
stalls. The potential tenor showed his
contract. with the stipulation that he
will receive Sl2 a week from Milton
Aborn for two months. and then led
the way down the rickety stairs of the
tenement house at 3l9 East Eighth
Street.
Sure. He's an Opera Singer.
"Mrs. Bossl" he thundered at the
proprietor's wife as soon as the trio
sat down at the wooden-topped tables,
"did you read about me to-day in the
newspapers ,"
Nav: / amt the time for such
narischkeit and foolishness," replied
the plump and f1orid woman.
"I'm an opera singer" he announced
TO the assembly. "lm going to get
maybe a thousand dollars every week"
Pop-eyed, the diners stared at
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-12
CANAL BLOCKADE
NOW NDEFINlTE;
DREDGES BAFFLED
Goethals, After New Sur
vey, Withdraws Nov. | as
Reopening Date.
SHIPS MUST SEEK
ANOTHER COURSE
Friends of Governor General
Stirred by Report That He Will
Get Blame in Congress.

Panama. Oct. II. All predictions
with regard to the probable date for
the reopening of the Panama Canal,
even with a temporary channel, were
set at naught to-day py Major General
George ". Goethals. Governor General
Of the Panama Canal Zone. who said
that conditions were such that it was
impossible to set any definite date.
General Goethas said the movement
Of earth from both banks into the canal
was so rapid during the last week that
the dredging fleet was unable to make
any gain against it. He declared that.
therefore, he would withdraw even the
tentative date-November set by
Colonel Harding, engineer of main
tcnance, after comprehensive resur-
vey Of the slide made to-day.
General Goethals added, however,
that the slide would be attacked with
renewed vigor by full dredging force
and that the work would be prosecuted
continuously, with the intention of re-
moving the source Of the trouble. ire
spective of how long this might require
or how long the canal would be closed
10 shipping as a consequence. No
effort would be made to drive through
a temporary channel, he said.
The statement was made that ship
ming interests would be informed that
they must make arrangements to dis
regard the Panama Canal for their yes
sells until the situation in the Gaillard
cut improved
The report made by canal engineers
on Saturday intimated that it might
require ten months to remove the mass
of earth now sliding into the canal.
Before a permanent channel could be
opened, the report said, 1t would be
necessary to remove 100000 cubic
yards Of earth. The present rate OF
wet excavation is 100000 cubic yards
month.
The present area Of motion is sew
enty-five acres. the greatest in the his
tory Of the canal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-12
FROM AUTO. STOPS RUNAWAY
New York Banker Chases Team and
Saves Man and Child.

Orange, y. j.. Oct. ll.-Arthur b.
Leach. of A. B. Leach & Co., bankers,
Of New York, stopped a runaway to-
day in spectacular fashion in Central
Avenue. Newark. after chase of two
miles in his automobile. The driver
and child who were IN the wagon
escaped unhurt.
Mr.. Leach left his home in Scotland
Road, South Orange, TO go to his New
York office, and while driving east III
Central Avenue saw the horse running
away. He ordered his chauffeur to
speed past IT, The horse dashed by
several traffic centres and lodged troll
ley cars and automobiles without MT
ting anything. the bankers automobile
in pursuit. "
Taking advantage of clearing, Mr.;
Leach urged the chauffeur to speed
ahead, and then, slowing down, reached
the bride as the horse drew alongside
and brought him to stop.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-12
Goethals May Be Blamed
in House: Friends Angry
[From The Tribune Bureau.

Washington, Oct. fl.-Friends of Gen
eral Goethals are indignant at reports
that certain Representatives will insist
uopn an airing of the Panama Canal
situation at the next session of Con
gress, with a view to placing on him
the responsibility for the recent slides.
which will keep the waterway out OF
use indefinitely.
They point to General Goethals 5
statement several months before the
opening that slides would inevitably
occur TO block the canal from time to
time, but that he favored making use
of il as early as possible. he an
nounced his conviction that dredging
would be cheaper and more expeditions
than dry excavating in the long run,
and favored the early opening OF the
canal for that reason.
The most annoying part of the rumor,
as the friends Of the canal builder see
Il. is the attempt to eXto Colonel
Gaillard al the expense Of General
Goethals The two officers differed on
the question of opening the canal, but
il is believed that the recent slides
have vindicated General Goethals's
prophesy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-12

him and forgot TO use their forks. Nor
ris Horn an opera singer. Now they
remembered that they had read in the
English and Jewish papers OF the good
fortune of Morris Horn. newsboy,
truck driver and aspiring tenor.
I'm the guy" said Morris. 81 got
II a voice that makes Caruso's sound
like huckster's. How about IT.,
liebschen?" lie turned to his wife,
Yetta, a pretty Russian woman Of about
thirty. you remember-you used to
kick me out of the house down the
stairs when | sing somet'ing?"
"Yeh, ! think always it was awful
replied his wife, smiling at Morris. She
is as proud of him as a peacock is OF
his feathers. But she indicated that
there was a great fear tugging AZ her
heart-the anxiety that when Morris
grows greater he will grow too great
to i.,lude her in his everyday life. He
denied it. however, and repeated con-
stantly that, no matter what fame he
should attain. she would be lust the
same old Yetta."
Wouldn't Lose Her for Million.
"Not even for million dollars would
my Ietta lose" he asserted vehement
ly. pretty soon she amt goin' TO work
no more. Well live like KING and
queen. Do you know, Mr.. Reporter, /
got afraid that this amt nothin' only
a dream, ard all the time ! sat on the
wagon to-day ! wondered in my mind
when should wake up.
Gee, look at them hands," he an
nounced, drawing in his breath. "Hust-
lin crates did il. I sang 'Napta tristq
plai curgi," the Rumanian song, for
Mr.. Aborn with them hands, and you
should believe me | felt ashamed for
myself Yetta. when / sing in the
Metropolitan you be my secretary,
yeh?"
What it is a secretary" the wife
asked. with some heat. 81 don't want
to be anythin' only your wife
Sure" replied Morris. AN III be
your husband, amt ?"
The reporter turned away. as was
demanded by code of ethics that was
centuries old before he was born.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-12
GERMANY WILL WIN,
SAYS BULGAR KING
Ferdinand Tells French Minister
France Should BE Prudent"

London, Oct. PA Bucharest dis
patch to "The Daily Telegraph" says:
when King Ferdinand of Bulgaria
summoned the British and French min
listers to the palace, according to the
Russian and Belgian ministers, who
have arrived at Bucharest from Sofia,
he addressed the French Minister az
follows:
"I am inconsolable at seeing you
leave Bulgaria, because French blood
flows in my veins, and | am grieved that
things have come 10 this pass between
myself and France. But what else can
] do? Germany will be victorious, and
/ will even ask you to convey TO France
my advice 10 be prudent
1.-THE French Minister replied: Il will
sdvise my government 10 be prudent
after decisive battle"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-12
WOOD ALCOHOL
WHISKEY MENACE
Poison Also Sold as Bay Rum
and Medicine, Health
Bureau Finds.

Wood alcohol, deadly poison, Is
being sold by saloonkeepers and drug
gists of this city as whiskey and medi-
cine. according to statement issued
Yesterday by Dr. Lucien =. Brown, di-
rector Of the Health Departments Bu-
reau Of Food and Drugs. recent in
vestigation of 2,40O shops in New York
disclosed the fact that the proprietors
OF 764 were selling the compound OBJ
tanned from the distillation of wood
improperly labelled. OF these 466 were
drug and liquor stores.
One saloon was found where wood
alcohol masaueraded under the name OF
whiskey, and in barber shop the de-
nartment investigators learned that the
nroduct was being sold and applied as
bay rum. Physicians describe its use as
an external liniment as extremely
harmful.
DR.. Brown yesterday urged the peo-
nj, of the city 70 look out for the
LIQUID. especially in saloons, drug stores
md shops where toilet preparations are
rnade Even small department stores
have been using it in their toilet arti-
cles. he declared. , &c
A law requires that all purveyors OF
wood alcohol, whether pure or IN
nreparation, label their articles with a
tkull and crossbones and the words
wood naphtha." They are also com
nelled TO print the warning thet .ne
product must not be used IN 1000, pes
erage or toilet compounds; Inc poal9 q
Of Health insists on the enforcement VI
this Saw. ,,ooeded in
Since January ! II has succseSSeu -,
.nan,ysnine fined amounts which total
sT sToo ior selling the alcohol Improperly
labelled.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-12
MQckenSen'S Guns Batter
Serbs Back T0UQrd Hills;
Greeks Debate War Policy
THREATENS GREEKS
UNLESS THEY CAST LOT IN WAR

By GORDON GORDON-SMITH
by Cable 20 The Tribuns.

By Cable % he
Salonc lit absolutely certain that Greece is unable
to neutrality by mobilization She has
clothed fed and equipped
She iarzed railway and requisoned her
Twothrds OF employees OF tho onks anu
commercial houses under
allowed each retain three editors
and noypers Greek won't disappear entirely
Only found the restaurants and cafes
OF course tremendous losses Greek finances whe
the indirect loss to the industrial world into
millions of francs daily
Greece aid without bolster her financially VINO
is going to give her-he Quadrupe Alliance or the Cenu
Venizelos there guarantee hat no
assistance be sought in Berlin or Vienna
Now question. but perfectly plain that Greece must
come off the bankrupt There Disgusting the fact that
the long drawn out negotiations Bulgaria during which great
was brought Serbia Rumna and Greece hurt tho
Allies cause alternating who formerly favored tho
Every and Greece knew that Bulgaria was
only foong the Allies and sparring for time
What is needed public declaration that the Allies are
or.nared 10 put the Balkans back the efforts
f Serbia Rana the Entente hopes for favor from
states The Bulgarian diplomacy does make for
the other Balkan states The German
minister, in Sofia Athens Bucharest
;on in tweny-our while with the Allies takes weeks
Tb. nresent chaos is the answer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-12
EARTHQUAKE NOTED HERE
Fordham and Museum Seismographs
Show Tremor Felt In Porto Rico.

A slight earthquake shock felt at San
Juan. Porto Rico. at 3;35 yesterday az
ternoon was recorded by the seismo-
graph at Fordhsm University, on FORD
ham Heights. According TO the OBJ
server at Fordham, the frst seismic
tremor came at 2:3S p. m. the second
At 2:4s and the maximum at 2:47. The
instrument recorded evidences Of a
seismic disturbance OF moderate in'
tensity until $3.50 o'clock;
The distance between New York and
the capital Of Porto Rico-i,ill miles
for the variance in the time
when the tremors were recorded.
The shock was rlso indicated on the
seismograph a. the American Museum
of Natural History, Columbus Avenue
and Seventy-ssventh Street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-12
TURKEYS DYING OFF
los. 70 Date Includes Bird in'e"oed
for Presidents Table.

Hartford. Conn. Oct. il'-The state
-, commissioner is inves'isating
49, disease called blackhead, which Is
Killing hundreds of THANKSGIVING u. 'u,'
bsy, The casualtie; include ss,,ne.S one Tes, So,
siy ssy bird that was being iattened io'
president Wilson's table.