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The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-13
PROFIT REALIZED
 FROM CHILD LABOR

NEW YoRK-Nearly half a million can be released from exact ing and injurious work during the new year, according to statement issued by the National Child Labor commit- tee announcing the new campaign it is launehing on behalf oL the Palmer
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-13
TENBERFoOT COUNTRY
 IS LOOKING GOOD
pATRBANKS

FAIRBANKS. Dec. 2s.-That the Tenderloot Is looking good and will be 2 good producer for a number ot years to come is the opinion of Uno swenak who arrived in town yester day rom the upper river country. to spsnd tho holidays. He declares there are about % men prospecting there
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-13
Ho1IEsqEADs IN TAN

FAIRBANKS. Dec 1S.-The other story regarding homeslead a..nga ln .ae Fairbanks iand office. fhe records showed fity.nve homosteade entered, ali Of which had been filed sinco las. Febraary whom ihe afat sureeys were approved and filing at 2 adslai land oiflee became possi.
 However in thc days 6etore these aurgoye were approved and where over ,ha land is not now surveyed by che goyemment homestead filings were made, and can be made from new on wish the recording United states Commissioner in the district. There ore oleYen commissioner dis, lic,s in tho territory embraced by Che Fairbpnka land office the most dmporont oi which is, of course. iu Farbanks. The others are Hot Springs Fort Gibbon Mount McKin- loy. Tanann. Forty.Milo, Rampant Chandlar. Eagle. Circle and Hantish.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-13
GERMANY PREPARED TO
 FIGHT FOR MANY YEARS

Field Marshal Baron von der Goltz, interviewed at Sofia before his arriy- al there said Germany is prepared to wage the war for years, and the side which is able to stand the most and has the best discipline is bound to win. The enthusiasm and morale Of the German soldier fostered by good supply arrangement we are sure, will ultimately make us victor ious."
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-13
DRowNs WHILE
 CROSSING KoeUK

CANDLE, Nov. 16.-On October 7th Steve Ryan, Q miner and prospector was drowned while crossing the Ko- bulk river below Kiana. A native com ing down the river saw Ryan's three dogs and sled in the water and hauled them out. Nothing was seen of Ryan and it Is presumed he went under the ice
 Mir. Ryan has been in this section of the country for years and 1t is not known from where he originally came.
 Teddy Westlake has been appointed administrator of the estate.
 It is also reported .hat last month native and team Of seven dogs was drowned crossing Kobuk lake, which report has not yet been confirmed.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-13
AMERICAN COLD

EhlghN GOLD
 TO COME BACK CHiCAGO.-In It's January circular the National City Bank of Chicago says
 "A highly Important development in the financial situation is the steady decline in the price of foreign ex- change to a level at which gold im- ports appear to be within the range of possibilities once moro.
 "The fall In the price of London re. mitmnces is Of much significance.
 'it shows that the position of the United States in the marke for iner- national remittances is getting strong CT every day.
 Underlying conditions show marked improvement and the outlook is en- .couraging for better business and bet ter times.
 The coming year is certain to be an interesting one in American fin. ance.7
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-13

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show the homestead filings there were as follows 1908. 9; 1904 48; 1905, 2s: 1906. l9: 1907. Sl. 1908 SS 1909, 27; 1950, 1f; 19l1 2l; 1912, 2t; 1915, 30; l9ls. 3S
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-03

something which has really passed
away. 1t is analogous to that
which some good people are very
anxious to secure, the insertion OF
the name of God in the preamble
to the constitution of the United
States, and is subject to the same
criticism which that attempt sug-
gests, that if it is real it is not
needed and if it is needed it is not
real.
The character of the public schools
of Vermont or of any other state
represents the character of the com
munitv whose children they teach. If
that community is religious in its ten
denotes its public schools viii show the
same tendencies; if the community is
irreligious its lack of that quality will
be found in its schools, and the mere
reading of a few verses from the Bible
viii not change the character of the
school The counsel of Phillips Brooks
IS as safe a guide today as the day il
was given:
When the nation is truly Chris
tan. the nation s schools will be
Christian without any effort or the
act of any school committee. I'm
til that time shall come it is our
task to Ike the secular school as
lofty as it's nature viii allow and
to do what we can to increase in
the community that broad and I'M
sectarian religious life which the
schools cannot but feel and to
which, when it becomes universal,
they must submit themselves.
1t was not contribution to sun
lsectarianism for the committee on
constitutional amendments of our own
! Legislature to report the Batchelder
Ipetition prohibiting a practice long ago
ended and not now agitated, the APP
preparation of public moneys for the
support not of public schools, which is
now prohibited by the constitution
but of any sort of sectarian institu
ton. Whatever we may think of tht
sincerity of the signers of that petition
it bears the name of an ex-secretary
of the 4. 2. A, mad the legislators OF
Beacon Hall who voted for the adop
tion of this amendment must face tn,
charge in the next campaign that the,
followed the leadership of one time
A. p. A. officer in reporting or voting
for legislation which from the first w
have ventured to regard as unwise ant
unkindly, because it was sectarian il
spirit, and unnecessary because tn
sort of appropriation which is prohib
tied is unasked today by any sect. O
course the report of the committee
which was favorable by only one vote
) will be rejected in the house and W
/ hope rejected by a larger majority tha1
ever before. The Vermont legislator
has shown such common sense an
straightforward sincerity in dealin
with a somewhat similar question tina
our own representatives. on Beacon Hi
may well look toward the Green Noun
tains for light and guidance.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-03

Judged by American standards
Great Britain is heavy consumer of
alcohol, not only in the upper and
middle classes, but in the lower and
lowest, and the war, instead of reveal
ing the necessity for reform, has only
emphasized it. In America the new
view as to the relation between drink
and efficiency has spread through everJ
social grade, and its manifestations are
to be found not only in the rapid addi-
ton Of state after state to the already
large dry area, but even more in the
changed habits of men, who, without
legal compulsion, have come to realize
that without all of the abilities which
they possess, mental and physical, at
concert pitch, they cannot meet the
competitive demands of these later
days The employer demands strict
temperance from his employees for rea
sons which they admit are unanswera
bic, and both interest and consistency
enforce it upon himself. The present
day watchword is efficiency for the in
dividual, and Indulgence in liquor
means decrease in efficiency. The
strongest temperance arguments we be
lieve are to be made along these lines
rather than in any emotional appeals.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-03
Life Of the Town in Summer.
Barre Times.)

IN the interests of supporting
baseball team in small league, it was
stated by 4 business man that Brattle-
boro ought to be represented because
league baseball team is the ''life of
the town during the summer months
1t is more than that; it is real mag
net for a community to have a fairly
capable team playing in keen compe-
tltlon with three or five other towns
OF similar size because it brings many
people into town temporarily and gets
them into the habit of coming, a habit
cannot fail to prove advantageous in
ways that may be indirect but that
are nevertheless helpful. The people
who are thus drawn (and the number
is quite apt TO include summer tourists
who are willing to spend q considera-
bic time in town for the opportunity
of seeing first-class baseball PLAYED by
college menl put quite large sum of
money into circulation in the town, at
the hotels, retaurants. stores and other
places. The town draws money which
| would otherwise be spent somewhere
else. So, while making the "life of
| the town, a baseball team is also a
good agency for making money albeit
| the supporters of the team are likely
TO be losers unless they exercise unus.
ual discretion and business acumen
Barre and Montpelier formerly felt
that life, let it be stated.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-03
At the Library
The New Poets

Kit Smart, said DR.. Johnson, is
been inside a church for 20 years, but
he always takes off his hat when pass
ing a religious edifce'' That is very
like our attitude towards poetry. We
are willing to accord it a certain out
ward respect, but we do not enter the
sanctuary. In unrefectiye moments we
are apt to think of poetry as something
that has departed from the earth along
with Tennyson, Browning and Long
fellow. How does it happen, we say,
that there are no great poets nova
DAYS?
Shakspere tells us that the prosperi-
! ty of jest lies in the ear of the hear
er; in like manner the prosperity of a
poem lies in the mind of the reader.
Good poetry, good literature OF any
sort, demands a vigorous effort on our
part. But this vigorous effort is pre-.
cisely what we do not like to put forth
when we read a new book; we arc all
ancestor worshippers so far as htera
Iture and art are concerned
How few of us appreciate the quail
Iity of the original verse appearing
from month to month in the magazines
and from day to day in the newspa
Ipers, verse Of distinction and power
More good poetry appeared in th'
American serials last year, it is safe t.
say, than was ever printed before il
the same length OF time in publca
lions of that nature. This is of gooC
omen, for if it be true that wher,
there is no vision the people perish
1T is true also that we are dependen
on the poets for our vision. If w
would really know the spirit of Ameri
ca in the period that eliminated in tn
civil war, we must go to the poetry 0
t Walt Whitman rather than to histories
biographies and legislative records
and we may be sure that among tn
!. band of writers whose work is appear
ing in our fugitive publications ther
IS some poet who will interpret tn
America of today to the generation t
: come. The poet alone can do this, fo
the poet, whatever his personal veal
, nesses and faults may be, feels tn
4 collective desire of his generation NOR
\ keenly than other men-he reveals /
a to ourselves.
One Of the most praiseworthy of r
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-03

Soldiers preparing for the battlefield
look like hazardous life insurance risks,
but the Aetna Life insurance company
has just placed policies upon about
1900 members of the Toronto contin-
gent of the Canadian troops, and the
policies are accepted at the regular pre-
miums. Each policy is a 2o-payment
endowment for $1,000 The city of
Toronto Is to act as trustee to the pol
icvholders, and in the event of the
death of a soldier insured will see
that the insurance money reaches the
beneficiary. This is one of the most
remarkable transactions in life insur
ance ever recorded. 1t would be i'm
possible for a mutual company to take
such risks, but stock company may
he able to figure out the underwriting
on a business basis.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-03

The New Haven railroad is in the
HmeIight again, with the announce
ment that plan has been formulated
for the meeting April p to reduce the
corporation capital stock from 1900
40 to l,57I,179 shares by retiring 228,
99l shares. The object in looping of
So. 800 100 of capital stock is to get
rid of a liability This is rather an
usual fnancing, but a good feature is
that it means no sacrificing of widows
or orphans mites, as the stock is al
held in the treasury of the corporation
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-03

cent ventures in the literary way is the
anthology of magazine and newspaper
verse published in America during
1914. The mere fact that such ven
ture has been made is itself of good
augury. Ten years ago no publisher
would have risked it,
At the library, you will find this
anthology on one Of the front shelves
along with other volumes of modern
verse by American and foreign poets.
There you will find the poems of Ia
gore, the poet of India, who was award
ed the Nobel prize two years ago; the
poems of Francis Thompson, the Eng
lish Catholic poet; the poems of Nose
| field, Noyes, Drummond, Yeats, Carmen
and Hovey, and Nicholas Vachel Lind
say. This shelf contains very re-
markable body of poetry and it has
the great merit of being new One of
the frmest seated of all our delusions
is the notion that old books are the
best, o notion due largely to the iner-
tia of elderly scholars. The greater
part of the volumes upon the shelves
of any library have merely a historical
value. For the curious in such things
they are record of how men thought
and felt in days gone by. There is no
more life in them than in the leaves
which fell last fall. The volumes of
new verse on the front shelf have at
least the merit of being alive today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-03
Holy Week Thoughts.
(Newburyport Herald,

This week when the Christian world |
commentaries the suffering and death |
Of the Saviour hearts are consciously |
and unconsciously drawn into closer
communion with the infinite and into
a deeper contemplation of the eternal
verities In this year especially the
human race seems to be reenacting the
tragedy that led from Gethsemane tol
Calvary and to the tomb in the gar
den War and famine and the exhibit
ton of man s inhumanity to man seem
to have wrapped the earth in as deep
a cloud of doubt and despair as that
which fell over Jerusalem as the Mas
ter expired upon the cross. !
But after the dark night of Calva
ry and the days of weary struggle with
what seemed to be the end OF all
things, came the light and joy of East
| or dawn when the doubts were dispell-
ed and the eternal goodness was re-
vealed in the fulfillment of promise and
the sure proof of immortality.
! So we too, in this hour of dark de-
! spair for the human race, may discern
some of the good things that come out
of the suffering that is upon us. We
| Scc inc inner tIdlbS III men DGOuSnI OUT
in the stress Of the times and we see.
through all the barbarism and the pas
sion and the horror of the struggle. the
sure signs of man s brotherhood and
the fatherhood of God.
And we too, in the midst of darkness
and of doubt, may be upon the eve of
another glorious morning of hope when
the promise of peace and good viii
and of better things may come. Very
often the darkest hour precedes the
dawn and so it may come about that
the darkest hour the race has passed
through, the most terrible of human
experiences, may be but the forerun
ner >of a lasting peace and q more
perfect brotherhood of the human race
4 At least we must look forward ant
D not back, we must look up to the star
= and not down at the clods of earth be
E meath our feet. The eternal lesson o
: the week of sorrow and its followin,
, lday of JOY is one of optimism an,
u courage for mankind. There is no sue
9 thing as failure in the eternal plans o
God. There is no sorrow but has it
eompensating JOY. There is no pal
that does not bring some great 10
t nearer. We sometimes find this har
: to believe, but we see in part and w
d know in part and one day we shall NJ
G derstand.
So out of this year of sorrow wi
come day of great rejoicing and whe
q we look back upon the events of tn
L present we will realize that each da
It Of warlike struggle brings nearer tina
l. blessed day when nation shall not tax
is up arms against nation and there sha
5 be no more war.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-03

Vermont is planning to curtail its
department OF weights and measures,
while New Hampshire, which has been
rather dilatory in providing protection
to consumers of goods, is preparing to
enact a new law with teeth in it. Ma
ior Brennan of Peterboro, author OF
tine measure, figures that the people OF
New Hampshire have been defrauded
cut of 100000 annually in not getting
value received in their purchases.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-03

The legislature which adjourned to-
day has numerous accomplishments to
is credit, yet on the other hand not
a few of its acts are deserving Of Sc
we're censure. The house throttled the
senate $ attempt to fulfill the plat
form pledge in regard to fiat salaries
for legislators. In spite of all the
proof that was produced in support OF
the statement that Vermont 5 colleges
were getting money that ought to 90 tc
the support Of the state s elementary
schools the Legislature increased the ap
preparations to these institutions, some
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-03

sprinkle with salt, the whites of two
eggs beaten stiff and six tablespoon
fuls of -four Drop from the tip of
teaspoon on a buttered sheet one and
a half inches apart, spread and bake
in moderate oven.
Tea cakes.-Cream a fourth of a
cupful of shortening, add gradually a
eupful of brown sugar. Dissolve an
eighth of a teaspoonful of soda in a
tablespoonful of cold water and add
to the first mixture, add a teaspoonful
Of vanilla and a cupful Of flour. Make
into balls and place on a buttered tin
and bake in hot oven. This makes
forty cakes.
Oatmeal Drop cookies.-Cream a
cupful of shortening, add a cupful of
sugar, two eggs, beaten light, one
third of cupful of milk, one and a
half cupfuls of rolled oats, which have
been put through the meat grinder and
| parched in the oven Mix and sift
| together one and a half cupfuls OF
| -four, one fourth of a teaspoonful OF
| salt, or more if lard is used for short
| ening, one half teaspoonful each OF
cinnamon, Glove, allspice and soda
one cuPful Of chopped raisins and a
half cupful of WALNUT meats. Mix and
drop from a spoon on a buttered bak
| ing sheet.
Ginger Snaps.-Heat to the boiling
point a cupful of molasses, pour over
a half cupful Of shortening, half but
ter and lard, and cupful of sugar
| Mix and sift three and quarter cup
| fuls of flour, tablespoonful of ginger
one teaspoonful of salt and a half tea
| spoonful of soda. Roll, cut and bake
| in a moderate oven.
| AEk1 EzesxN.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-03
Vermont s Example.
Boston Transcript.l


Vermont is one of the wealthiest
states in the Union because
What her rugged soil denies
The harvest of the mind supplies
today as truly as when Whittier sang.
Organized sommon sense possesses the
public mind of the Green Mountain
state, and its reign at Montpelier is
recorded in the report of the reiec-
ton by the legislature of bill to make
compulsory the reading of the Bible in
the public schools. Similar proposals
are pending at Albany and several
other state capitals. The Vermont
legislature s action sets an example
well worthy the emulation of other
states. Here is involved no question of
the right of the state to say what shall
be read or not read in its public
schools. The same sovereign NAV or.
der that the Bible shall be taught and
read, Just as it may order that physics
| or Latin or Greek shall not be taught
in the public schools. When this same
question was raised in New England il
the early nineties it was discussed il
the common-sense way by Phillips
Brooks which the Vermont legislator,
has followed in dealing with it. H,
urged the disuse of the practice no
because the reading of the Bible wa
"unjust or unlawful" but because it
use els not a living practice, but
dead symbols: -
1t is an assertion of religious
character in our school system. 1t
is as the symbol of something
which is felt to be so feeble of
reality that without this symbol it
would not be recognized - of
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-03

thing like $4,000 being voted to Nor
wich, Middlebury and the University
of Vermont for the next biennial pc
Rod. 1t is difficult to understand such
action by awmaking body whose
members are mostly from towns whose
schools have suffered so long from the
effects of this abnormal subsidy to
higher education.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-03
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

1t is the aim OF the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery OF
coSoneration of subscribers to that end
Prompt report should be given of each
failure to receive the paper on the morn
by telephone or postal card, thus enabl-
ing 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
secure the desired service
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-03

An angel waiting at the door
The stone was rolled away
Said: Go, he lives for evernore,
Look where your Master lay;
Not his to stay in letters bound
In deaths dark bolted prison;
4e stand today on holy ground,
For, 10, the Lord has risen p
As they who sought in love and tears
The tomb he left that morn,
We often come in doubt and fears,
By care and pain o'erborne.;
And, aye, voice from heaven breaks
Upon our foolish fear,
And hope is stirred and faith awakes,
For Jesus is not here.
Not in the lowly field of graves,
Not in a rock-sealed tomb,
The resurrection banner waves,
The Easter lilies bloom
Our Savior is at Gods right hand,
Our Lord is King to-day,
And with him in the deathless land
His saints forever stay!
Margaret E. Sangster.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-03
Member of the Associated Press.
SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1918.

The local historian recalls the 5oth
anniversary yesterday of the fall OF
Richmond, when the Vermont troops
under the command of Col. E. H. Rip
lev of Rutland were the first to enter
the citv
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-03

Big Dog-Well, my little friend,
what can l do for you9
Little Dog-I just heard sailor in
curing for a big barque and l thought
you might know something of it
Exchange.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-03
Easter Morn

At early dawn we seek the tomb
Where lies the Crucifled
All earth is yelled in midnight gloom
Since Christ our Master died.
We bring the spices and the balm
Most precious and most sweet,
To him who lies in frozen calm,
Nail-scarred in hands and feet
But when we reach the garden place,
Through lanes of lilies fair,
And seek to see his death-white face,
The Master is not there!
A vacant room within the rock
Is all that we can find;
The Shepherd suffered for the flock,
The Saviour for mankind
But not the grave could hold him long,
He yielded up his life;
Lift high the everlasting song,
He conquered in the strife!
Il lay it down" Emmanuel said
Il take it up again.
Our Captain marches at the head
OF all the sons of men.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-03

ely IS always WPICOm6 II
any home.
Pecan Cookies.-Beat
the yolks of two eggs I'm.
til thick and lemon-col'
ored, add one cupful OF
brown sugar gradually,
then one cupful OF
nhnnnnd nannn meats
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-03
OUT OF THE COokY JAR.

The small cakes and cookies are SO
popular with the children that a vari-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-03
ZNeEIFGHEN
|29E4l3ABENET

The ceaseless rain is falling fast,
And yonder gilded vane,
Immovable for three days past,
Points to the misty main.
-Longfellow.