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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-09
Platform Pledges Forgotten.
tRutland Herald

The legislature OF Vermont has gone
on record by an unmistakable vote in
favor of dismissing tine proposal of .
dat salary and a limited session.
The Herald has no desire TO impugn
fhe motives OF les representatives be
cause those motives were undoubtcdlv
mixed. 1t very cheerfully awaits the
inevitable wireless which will reach
these gentlemen when their constitu-
ents read the newspapers.
Platform pledges, public sentimen-
and economy went for naught. TIL
slogan of 81 a day. set in motion by
Rutland county. swept away all othe.
considerations.
Having defaulted ON the Republican
proposition of a lump sum, the le2isla
ture may now remain in session as
long rs it desires. wasting as mucf
time as it likes. The record Of 1911
may easily be cclipscd if the member
so desire
| The Herald has a better opinion al
the general assembly. and now mos
'ardentlv desires to see that opinio'
confirmed by prompt dispatch Of al
business. 4 shorter session than it
predecessors. and better, more chiclen
work.
In that way alone can the legisl.'
ture remove from i,sclf the stigma @
lrcpudiation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-09
THIS COUNTRY
CANNOT TAKE SIDES
British NJ. P Thinks Our German Popu-
lation Would Cause
Serious Menace

LONDON. Feb. .. - Philip Snowden.
N. p, writing in The Daily Chronicle
on his visit TO America and the opin-
ions Of Americans on the war. saws:
II write Of American opinions-nOt
opinion. American opinion on the war
i divided into two camps. An over
WhClming number Of Americans are en-
Enthusiastically on the side OF the allies.
PrO-German sympathizers are con
fined to persons OF German birth and
descent and 70 2 very small section OF
Irish rcvolutiOnaries: but the Ameri-
cans who are on the side Of the allies
are not prO-British. They do not sym
pathiZc with Great Britain in this war
because of any affection for Great Brit
ain, but because they believe that in
this war Great Britain and her allies
are in the right and are lighting for
those principles of democratic liberty
for which America has IN the abstract
such profound admiration.
The constitution OF America :
population precludes the possibility OF
that country ever entering into foreign
relations as pro or anti in regard
to other nations. IT would be impossi-
/ BILE for the United States 70 take sides
through its government. with Euro
/ pcan nation, involving opposition 10
other European nations, without bring
/ ing upon their own country disastcI
greater than their Civil war. That is
the lesson TO be drawn from the pres
cnt state Of American public opinion
on the war.
Though On large measure. particu
larlv in regard to people of British dc
scent in the United States, the policy
OF Americanizine immigrants has been
successful, it has not been completely
so. Two large races in the Unite,
States still retain their original nation
ahsm. These are the Irish and the Ger
mans Irish hostility to England large
~ disappeared through the passing o1
the home rule bill; the war has unite'
the German race in America an,
brought into prominence a serious prob
lem for American politics.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-09
WEST BRATTLEBORO

W. j. Brizzee Of Canal street was
discharged from the Melrose hospital
Yesterday and went TO his hcme.
Mr.. and Mrs. Purlc Convey spent the
weekend with Mrs. Covey's GRANDPA
Their, II. f. Johnson, IN WilliamsTiIIe.
The women of the Baptist church
viii meet in the home of Mrs. Lowell
Patch Thursday afternoon to tie :
quilt
Mr. and Mrs. George p. Miller OF
Guilford spent Sunday with his moth
cr, Mrs. Jane Reed. Mrs. Reed is now
able to he up and about the house rs
usual.
Ernest Winchester has rented his
! house on Western avenue to M. ana
/ Mrs. Wright, who viii move in as soon
/ rs the house is ready. Charles Higley
lis painting and Paporing there.
clarence Covcv. president of the
Young men : Class OF the Congrega-
tional Sunday school. was given II
! pleasant surprise by the members IT
! hi, home last evening, in honor Of his
18Th birthday anniversary, which WIS
Saturday. When he returned from an
orrand he found hi friends seated in
the rarior. Games were cnioved and
I
NIrs. O. q. Covev served refreshments
Including delicious fruit punch. cake
sandwiches and other dclic"cioS. i,
n token of esteem, Clarence was pre-
seutoa = fine hunter knife ana ease
which he admitted was Just what h,
needed for his hunting expeditions.
Mrs. John {. Seitz. -. died Saturday
night i'm her home in West Pelham
Mass. She was taken very suddenly
with an acute attack OF indigestion an.
died before T doctor could h, summon
t"t, She was born in Amherst. daugh
ter Of Nh. aud Mrs. John IIawIey. Sh,
. was married to John c. Scitz in 1897
She leaves. besides her husband an
parents. five children, Richard. Gladvs
Waldo. Mildred and an infant son. 81,
weeks old, four sisters Mrs. Floreuc
Martin Of We, Brattlohoro. Mr.,
Charles Wilson. Miss Alice Uuwley an
Miss Bertha iIawlev of Pelham. an
] four brothers, Henry, George. John an
; Nvron, all Of Pelham The funeral wa
- held Tuesday morning ot 10.3o o 'cloc
: tin the home.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-09
An AntedillIYian Yarn.

Prof. William Lyon Phelps of Yale
at recent banquet in Boston told 4
tale of tine Enelshman and his sense
of hnmor. Professor Phelps and Il
friend, travelling in the West. had been
discussing the timc-honored subject.
- We II try one on this man. said
Professor Phelps friend, pointing TO
IN EnghShnan who sat nearby. Where
upon he aecosted the Engishman and
told him Il truly side-splitting yarn.
But the subject of their discussion new
CT moved . muscle.
Come, said the American, some
what testify, you'll laugh at that
next summer.
The Englishman removed his mon
ocle gently. - think not, he said.
Why not?',
7 laughed ut that last summer -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-09
Member of the Associated Press.
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY Q, 1915.
BARKING UP THE WRONG sTUD1P

The Reformer is just as interested I,
as the Darlington Free Press in the !
problem of turning the states latent !
water power into an agency for the en-
plovment of new laborcrs in Vermont,
hut II is convinced that the attitude
Of the Free Press on this important
question is based on an entirely wrong
conception OF the situation. In recent
editorial on this topic the Burlington
contemporary makes this statements:
ManifestIy the transmission of Yer
mont =, power to Massachusetts o.
Rhode Island or Connecticut viii not
bring thousands OF industrial workers
to Vermont.
Without attempting 10 deny the truth
OF this statement The Ecfoucr asks
the Free Press to name IN instance
where power generated in Vermont Is
being. transmitted to other states. Ger
Itainlv such Il situation does NOT exist
/ in case Of the so-callcd Vernon devel-
upmcnt, which is located ami taxed in
! New Hampshire. Nor does it exist on
! the Dccrtield river whose power sta
lions are in Massachusetts. On TIC oth
Ter hand, n considerable portion OF the
power generated at the Vernon plant
i transmitted into Vermont for the
J benefit of Vermont industries and com
munitics. and the same situation viii
soon exist in the .DeerfieId valley.
But even if water power were being
generated in Vermont and transmitted
10 other states all this talk of prevent
inc such a condition would he no les
foolish. No power company is going to
the expense Of maintaining q long
transmission line when it can find q
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-09

10 read the prediction of more vacant
offices in the big office buildings in that
city, which IS made by President Carl
ron Of the Western Union Telegraph
company. There are 100 many such Va
s5r1ciea already. Nh. Carleton avs.
r Corporations in This country have
learned one lesson from Inc financial
stringency through which this country
has just passed, and that is the neces-
sity for greater economy in operation.
We have been too cxtravagant in the
past. Retrenchment will begin in the
luxurious suites of offices maintained in
the big cities. This means many Va
cant floors in the .skyserapers. Such
Il condition already exists in New
York
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-09
A Sweeping Assertion.

Mary was fine young specimen Of
housemaid just over from the Emerald
Isle, and imhued with, 4 grim respect
and silent fear for Ill modern con
Yeniences and household Inventions
One sweepin9-day Mary's mistress.
returning from walk, asked briskly:
Well, Mary, is tho parlol swept
yet?"
Shurc, | don t know, ma am, re-
piled the girl, trembling. u put that
vacuum thing that you said would elaine
it up, inside the room two hours ago.
and m that paralvzed of the long
tailed demon thot | haven t dared look
inside the door since 10 see how it 5
doing it : work. - Woman :, Homo
Companion.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-09
Reconsideration.
bennington Banner.)

There is n good deal OF loose talk
about the 50 called reconsideration
cvii'' in the legislation. The truth il
that reconsideration il one Of the Wis
est things = Legislative body ever doc
sometimes la every legislature az
similar body with u large volume Of
work mistake. are made and things are
paesed CT killed without the fun facts
becoming known and il is = wise an
to;amonscnse thing ia reconsider and
set the matter right il possible. Every
irdividuaI finds himself occasionally
obliged to do Il job over because Of
same imperIcction or error and an as
.cmblv made up of nearly 500 mem
hars is much more likely 10 70 astr2"
than an individual for the responsible
| III in q large body cannot be 50 read
! nv fxod. The kind of reconsideration
/ that is not cxcusabEc and should be
fr0wned upon is the attempts by inter
csted parties TO reopen question that
| has once been settled on its merits at
! ter all the facts have become known
II ct not the legislature he alarmed by
| thoughtlcsS criticism OF the mere fact
! al reconsideration. for it Is frequently
| the test of care. honesty. and desire
| To do right. hut let it beware Of allow
! inc schenling factions or individual
| cranks 10 influence it to reconsider OF
trivial pfetcxtS trmnped mp to mash
some selfish plan.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-09
Couldn t Escape.

The newly married pair had escaped
from their demonstratiTe friends and
were on their way to the station when
the carriage stopped. The bridegroom
looked out of the window impaticntiy.
: What 5 the matter. driver?' he call
cd.
''The horse has thrown n shoe, sir,
was the reply.
Great Scott" groanel tho bride
groom, = even the horse knows we re
lust married. stray Stories.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-09
A FALSE STANDARD OF CULTURE

has gained ground in this century
which looks upon the bearing and
rearing of children as something
coarse and vulgar and to be avoided.
but the advent of Eueenics means
much for the motherhood OF the race
Happy IS the wife who, though weak
and ailing, depends upon Lydia L.
Pinkham : Vegetable Compound to
restore her TO health. and when head
aches and backachcs are a thing OF
the past brave sons and fair daueh-
tiers rise up and call her blessed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-09

The college-dominatod Burlington
News, in 4 hroaiside against the cda
cation bin, says it was devised, framed
and typc-writtcn in the office Of the
Carnegie Foundation. Ii we are not
greatly mistaken the education bill was
framed in Bratpieboro law office a.
the request Of the Vermont education
commission.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-09
N,~,<s4rN-.
Trusted Long Enough.

Tom Pence tells of Il good sister in
one az the Southern states who was
late for the service and explained il
by saying that the horse she was driv-
ing had run away.
You shouldn t let such little things
detain YOU, reproyed the pastor. = You
should Trust in the Lord
- did, She replied, It'll the belly
band broke and then I jumped. Ma
tional Monthly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-09
In Re IIapgood.
est. Albans Messenger

VI. -AITIEIT- -'ItN9t XVI
The Messenger is inclined to believe
that an amendment to the constitution
OF Vermont providing that the town
OF Peru could not send Il representa-
tive until exact assurances were given
that the present member would never
he. elected again, would pass through
two sessions OF the Legislature and be
approved by the people with only one
disscntil . vote.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-09
(Rutland News.

Ii Representative NJ. ]. Hapgood 81
/ cru is sincere in his contention for Il
short legislative session, he did not
provo his sincerity by his dilatory tae-
ties at Saturday morning s session, OBJ
Stlucting business i'll every way posi-
BILE. However. there ought to be some
more dignilied and effective way TO sup
press the bizarre Peruvian than b. the
slamming Of desks by his follow-mem
hcrS
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-09
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

Il Is the aim OF the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery OF
co-oDera ton Of subscribers to that end.
Prompt reports should be given of each
failure to receive the paper on the morn
ing following tho omission, in person,
by telephone or postal card, thus enabl-
Ing the cause Of the error to he promptly
ana accurately discovered and the proper
remedy Immediately applied. 1t is only
by this method that the publisher can
secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-09
AUGUSTA HALE CLIFFORD.
Death of Authoress and Wife of For
mer American Consul.

PORTLAND. Me-. Feb. 9.-Mrs. AH-
g1ista Hale Clifford, authoress and his
t0rian and wife of George Clifford.
L 4itcd States consul Mt Basic. Switzer-
land. from 1854 70 1913, died in this
city Yesterday from the effects of an
accident. She was g.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-09
Successful Book.

= 1onder goes one of the most sue
cessful book publishers in America. In
one month this year hc put ont 400
tons of books and they went like hot
cakes. =
What sort of books
Telephone directories.
= see. Conversational stuff 1t al
ways takes. Newark News.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-09

SAN ANTONIO, Texas. Feb. Q. ~
After 4 private examining trial here Of
Alvara Guittera. one of two men ar
rested by United States officers on a
charge Of seditious conspiracy against
the United States. federal officials said
they were in possession Of document
airy evidence which they allegc reveal
ed further details of plot to sieze the
states Ct Texas. Arizona. New Mexico.
Colorado and the lower half of Cali
fornia for the formation Of an indie
pendent republic.
The ultimate annexation 10 Mexico
WAS contemplated. it is said. rhe doe
umcnt declaring that Mexico had been
robbed OF its territory.
Guittcra was held in $4,000 bonds
for trial. His companion was held un.
! der the same bends. Other arrests are
/ expected.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-09

Now ii s the Massachusetts legisla-
ture that is determined to investi gate
the New England Telephone & Tele-
graph company. Take our advice,
neighbors. and don't attempt it,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-09
HAMBURG IN FEAR
OF "EVENTUALITIES"
German City Council Appropriates Big
Sum for Purchase of Supply
of Food.

HAMBURG, via The Hague and
London Feb. o. 1925 a. NJ The
council has appropriated I2.000,000
MARKS, l>a,000, COO with which to pur-
chase 4 supply cf fooistuffs and othe.
cricios 81 tlIt the city MAJ bc IRE
f9rcd FOR cycutnalitice. 4 commission
viii bc appointed 10 have charge of oh
tanning these stores.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-09

Husband (frmly) = Understand me.
madam, your extravaganza will
have to cease sooner or later. Young
Wifc-Well, then, we III make it later.
Transcript.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-09

II2aE1ABINET'

The sky and the sea are never twice
the same. Again and again we feast
unon their beauty a.ld grandeur, but It
is always in some WAY = new revela-
ton never quite what our eyes have
hehnI1 before
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-09

YOUNG ana Oh, dIiU Is
one appropriate for eth
er breakfast or a des-
scrt.
st a m e q Apples
Wash, (core, leaving in
the blossom end), and
pare good favored
apples. Place in a
steamer and fill the cav
tiles with sugar CHINA
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-09

One of the causes of opposition to Il
primary election law for Vermont may
he found in the danger to the ''moun-
tain rule that turks in such 4 system.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-09
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient adyertising-Eun or raper.
50 cents an inch for first insertion; -
cents an inch for each subseQnent .nser-
ton. Limited space on first page at
double rates.
space rates on application.
Classified advertisements - Five cents
a line first insertion with 80 per cent
discount for each subsequent insertion
without change Of copy.
Reading Notices--Ten cents a line first
insertion with 30 per cent discount for
each subsequent insertion without change
of copy.
Position 10 per cent extra.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-09

Jones has figured ont ! scheme ia
avoid paving real estate tax. Let :
have it. ''Sen the property. =
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-09

There is no law against destroying
tent caterpillar egg-masses this year
even If no prizes are being offered.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-09

Amy person craving excitement can get
all he requires by becoming a war photog-
rapher.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-09

1t must have given chill to many
rich real estate owner in New York
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-09
SOME APPLE DISHES.

The common baked apple with
cream is a most wholesome dish for
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-09
BIG PLOT
REVEALED
Federal Officers Have Evil
dence of AudaciOus Scheme
for a New Republic
PLAN TO SEIZE
SEVERAL STATES

TeXas, Arizona, New Mexico. Colorado
and Part of Califoria, and to Annex
Them to Mexico-Plotters Held on
Charge of Conspiracy.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-01

!Creach's sister and family from
Washington will visit at the parent
al home at the same time and fam
lily reunion will be held
Miss Ruth Merrill was called to
Montour Saturday by the critical
condition of her uncle, Louis La
Wake, who is suffering with a COM
plication of troubles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. T. Smith
left Saturday for Mt. Vernon, Iowa,
called there by the death of Mr..
Smiths mother. The funeral SER
vices were held yesterday.
DIR. and Mrs. T. F. Desmond
spent Memorial Day in Ackley.
E. S. Newton spent Sunday at
the j. A. Golden home while enroute
from Waterloo to his home in Glen
dive, Mont.
Miss Eva Hopley, one of the
fifth grade teachers, who was called
to her home in Thornton last Friday
by the alarming illness Of her sister
will return to her school duties to-
night. Her sister is slowly improv-
ing.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-01

Miss Georgina Stout, grammar
teacher in the central schools, went
to her home in Iowa Falls today to
spend the week end.
Miss Mae Morrison of Gilmore
City is spending a few days visiting
her friend, Miss Grace Austin. Miss
Morrison will leave next week for
Cedar Falls to spend a part of the
summer attending school.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. e. Anderson Of
Fort Dodge came over this noon for
an over Sunday visit with the lat
ter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. I.
Thompson.
Percy and Floyd Helmick, who
reside in Waterloo now, are here for
an over Sunday visit with their
grandmother, Mrs. F. P. Helmick
and other relatives.
III. M. Sparb0e left this forenoon
on a business trip to Knierim, Iowa.
Misses Mae Taylor and Mar
garet Bell will leave soon for Cedar
Falls to attend summer school.
Mrs. John streveler of Water
loo, a former resident Of Williams,
is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Ros-
kopf and family on Bank street.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-01
Barney Brin

of section /, Liberty township; ma
terial, deck girder and concrete;
clear width Of roadway, 20 IT; depth
Of fill, n it; clear length of span,
80 it; drainage area acres, ZOO.
Bridge No. ALB; description of
location, at east u corner neA sec
ton 10, Williams township; mater
ial, beams and concrete; clear
width of roadway, Is IT; depth Of
fill, " It; clear length of span, 80
TT; drainage area acres, $4,000.
Bridge No. M11-6; description of
location, go it south of center of
section IL, Hamilton township: ma
terial, 4 beam and concrete; clear
width of roadway 16 #; depth OF
fill, u It; clear length of span, SO
TT; drainage area acres. 1000.
Bridge No. NIL; description Of
500 feet east of sA corner
section IS, Independence township:
material, slab, reinforced concrete;
clear width of roadway. 20 #; depth
of fill, n IT; clear length Of span,
22 #; drainage area acres $3.50.
Dated this goth day of May, 1915.
Fl A. J. Peterson.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-01
Edna Johnson. Senior class song.

Edna Johnson. Senior class song.
Memorial day was observed in
Jewell on Monday afternoon. Mayor
Anderson was president of the day
and Gilbert Knudson marshal. The
program was as follows: Decorating
the graves of soldiers. Song. In
vocation, Rev. Eittreim. Address Of
welcome by Mayor Anderson. Ser
vices to the unknown dead, Rev.
Norsted. Song. Address by Rev.
Whitlock. Song. Address by Rev.
Eittreim. Song. Benediction by
Rev. Whitlock.
The Misses Bessie and Clara Os-
trem will leave Wednesday morning
for Cedar Rapids to attend summer
school at the State Teachers college.
They expect to be gone twelve
weeks. A sister, Miss Carrie Ostrem,
will go later for a six weeks course.
May 81.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-01
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NE1GHBoRHooD NOTES.
West Independence News.

The rain of the past week did lots
of damage to the corn in this vicin-
ity by washing and drowning it out.
Ed Lehman had the misfortune to
get his shoulder thrown out of place
the first of the week. This makes
the third time for his shoulder to
be thrown out of place.
E. H. Schweppe delivered fat hbgs
to Webster City Saturday.
Carl Bauer and family visited at
the w. D. Chalfant home Sunday.
Frank Beerman returned from a
business trip to southern Minnesota
Thursday.
Theodore Arnold was a Sunday
visitor at the Will Arnold home.
Miss Ada Fielder is visiting for
few days at her home in Webster
City.
June 1.