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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-12

side of two hours at Baltimore last
fall, will never get a crack at olympic
competition because the crowned heads
of Europe started the big muss year
ago. Loomis can sprint, hurdle and
high jump in Olympic form any old
time at all, but what's the use2
In the broad jump America has q
dozen men who viii beat twenty-three
feet any time they start on a good day.
Only recently Phil Stiles OF Wisconsin
university did "a feet IL inches, and
Don Dawson, Pacific coast jumper,
has done % feet / inch or better five
times in the last two years. Wesley
Oler of Yale cleared % feet II Inches,
and GOoch of the University of Vir-
ginia bettered % feet.
It's the same right through the track
and field program. The American COL
leges and athletic clubs are just TEEN
ing with great athletic performers fully
developed and also with Meyers, Lip
pincott, Richards, Byrd and other sec
ond string men who made good for the
United States in the Stockholm sta
dunn three years ago.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-12
NORTHFIELD, MASS.

Miss Mary Callaghan is visiting her
mother here.
o. H. Prince of Greenfield was a
guest at Rev. l.. S. CHATTER 5 Sunday.
Miss Nellie Star of Uncasville, Conn,
is a guest of her sister, Mrs. J. r. Col
ton.
Miss Gertrude Proctor is spending
two weeks with her parents in Antrim,
n. II.
Mrs. f. F. Howard and children ex-
pect TO return home Friday of this
week.
Wallace Jones of Greenfield visited
his cousins at j. 7. Cummings for the
weekend.
Mrs. N. P Wood entertained num-
Der of friends at her home Thursday
afternoon.
Miss Emma Wright is spending the
week with Miss Ethel Jackson in
Greenfield
Miss Lila Estabrooks of New Bed
ford has come to visit her parents
while convalescing.
Mrs. S. Catherine Richardson and her
cousin, Mrs. Downs of Fitchburg, are
at Saratoga Springs.
Miss Irene Cowles, who had been with
James Cowles since his illness, has re-
turned to her home in Fitchburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Tyler are enter
tanning Mrs. William Tyler and her
daughter, Miss Edith. of Boston.
Mrs. Lucy Woodruff and daughter,
Miss Lucy, of Hartford are guests of
their cousin, Miss Mary T. Dutton.
Mrs, Guy Norwood and daughter,
Natalie, of Washington, d. c., are
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. T. L. Proctor.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Earls of Fitch
burg are guests of Mr.. and Mrs Will
liam Conway at Miss Ellen Callaghan s
place.
| Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Minnie Hamil
ton of Brattleboro have been visiting
their son and brother, c. L. Johnson,
the past week.
F. B. Caldwell and family attended
the field day of the Cheshire County
| IN. H. Farmers association in
Wheeloek park, Keene, Tuesday.
DIR. Benjamin Platt, a graduate OF
Mt. Hermon in the class of '91, gave
a lecture in the auditorium Monday
| evening on the Phlhpplne ISLANDS anc
his missionary labors there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert O'Keefe OF
East Orange, n. j., are spending {
month with Mr.. and Mrs. Corneliu:
o 'Keefe. Mrs. Katherine Sullivan OF
Holyoke also is their guest.
About 10 members of the Keenc
Chorus club came to Mortified Sunday
night and sang at the praise service
Gwyllim Miles, baritone soloist, of New
York also sang a selection from thu
oratorio Elijah. Nelson P. Coffin direct
ed the chorus.
About SO of the members of tn
Unitarian Sunday school went to Mt
Tom Tuesday. The perfect day mad
everything very enjoyable. On accoun
of the strike on the street railway il
Holyoke the cars did not run to tn
summit, but many of the young peopl
made the climb on foot.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-12
RULING sWILL SPOIL YARNS.
Secret Practice Always Fertile Field
For Gridiron Gossip.

For GrIdiron GOSSIP.
The new rule adopted by the confer
ence colleges of the middle west limit
ing the secret football practice sessions
to two each week will spoil many a
good yarn during the coming season.
Secret practice has always been a fer
tile field for Sridiron gossip. Few of the
weird and amazing plays so fully de-
scribed and credited to various eastern
and western elevens have been seen in
actual contests, but they made most in
teresting reading.
A prominent coach was interviewed
last fall regarding a certain play said
to have been perfected by his eleven
in secret practice. He listened careful
ly to a description of the gridiron ma
neuver as outlined by alleged observ-
ers, who neglected to state how they
became so familiar with the play If II
was practiced behind closed gates.
YES, that would be a winner" he re
marked after it had been explained In
detail, ''if we could use our second and
third teams to hold our opponents while
we We're pulling it off,"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-12
Sporting Notes.

AS no one can beat Willie Hoppe, the
world IS greatest billiard player, he VIII
be placed at scratch next season ana
other experts will be given handleaps
intended to make the title holder eX'
tend himself to hold fast his crown.
Rain, says the Greenfield Recorder,
was the principal cause of the demise
of the Western Massachusetts league,
although the same authority admits the
cause of death was complication OF
diseases y The career of about one
week resulted in deficit of about $500
which has been borne by one man
principally. The paper calls upon rea'
sports who subscribed towards the eX
pensea to ''come across with kale.
Ohio workingmen have formed tenn
perance society.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-12

Total bases, Claremont 20, Keene II.
Sacrifice hits, O'Leary, Dixie. Stolen
bases, Murray, King, Johnston, Long 2,
Davidson. Two-base hits, King, Wilson,
Johnston, Sullivan. Home run, Ed
wards. Hits, off White in 4 10 in.
nings, off Collins in % innings, off
Mclaughlin 3 in innings. First base
on balls, by Wilson (2), Mclaughlin
Long; by White (2), Murray, King; by
Collins ~, Murray; by Mclaughlin
~, O'Hara. Left on bases, Claremont
10, Keene Z. Struck out, by Wilson
(S), Anderson 2 Sullivan 2, Delaney,
Long, Johnson, Collins; by White (2),
Carroll Wilson; by Mclaughlin (2),
Edwards, Wilson. Double play, O'Hara,
Johnston and OLeary. Passed ball,
Delaney. Wild pitches, Wilson 2. Time,
Oh. Umpire, Ready. Attendance, $50.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-12
PERSONAL.

Miss Mary Hooker went Tuesday to
Colebrook, \. H., for a vacation of
two weeks
Mrs. Harry Wales returned Tuesday
from Dalton, Mass, where she visited
her father two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Davis returned
the frstlof the week from a few DAYS
visit with friends in Chester.
Miss Ruth Carter and Miss Marjorie
Waterman went Monday to Winthrop
beach for an outing of a week
Mrs. Perrin and Miss Susan Perrin
of Springfield, Mass, visited friends in
town Tuesday on their way to Town
shend.
Miss Mildred Eddy has gone to Raw
sonville to spend two weeks at the
home of her grandmother, Mrs. ]. A.
Underwood
Mrs. James Robinson of Denver.
Colo, who visited Mr. and Mrs. F. c.
Shehay 10 days, left Yesterday for Bos-
ton to visit relatives.
Mrs. Charles Cook is expected Satur-
day from Bristol, Conn. to remain the
rest of the month with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Wilder.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Cochran and
children and nurse of Brooklyn came
last night from Saratoga to spend the
rest of the summer at Hillcrest.
Mrs. Ralph Worden and daughter
came from Springfield, Mass, the last
OF the week to spend the month OF
August with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Charles E. Cattanach.
Miss Gladys Russell is expected home
Saturday, after visiting her grandmoth
er III Brandon month. George Mar
tell expects to 90 to Brandon by auto
mobile to bring her back.
Charles H. Prescott, who recently re
signed his position as conductor on tn,
street railroad, began work Monday
selling insurance for Fred w. Putnam
agent for the Travellers Insurance com
pany.
| Mrs. Fanny McNear and Miss Mary
Butler of New London, Conn.,, and Mrs
James Mclaughlin of Cumberland
Hill, r. l., came yesterday to the HON.
of Mr.. and Mrs. John l.. Roess to sta,
a few days. They are on an automobil,
"Trip through Massachusetts and Yer
mont and viii return through the east
ern part of New Hampshire to Rhod,
Island.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-12
TWO BADLY HURT.
Wreck of Automobile at East Fairfield
Caused by Blowout.

EAST FAIRFIELD, August 11.-Leo
L. Chase and William t. Wright were
badly hurt and G. T. Geddes sustained
slight injuries Tuesday while they were
motoring from Swanton to camp
at Highgate Springs, the tire on one
wheel blowing out and the automobile
being thrown into the ditch after turn
ing completely about. The machine,
which was the property of B. R. Arch
ambault of East Fairfield, was wrecked.
Wright was driving the car. and just
as they reached n railroad crossing the
blowout occurred. the tire being en-
tirely stripped off the rim. The occu-
pants of the ear are not able to state
what happened, but they soon found
themselves in the ditch with the car
headed in the direction from which they
had come. The injured men were at
tended by DIR. C. E. Allen of Swanton
and Chase and Wright were taken to
their homes in East Fairfield at mid
night, where they were attended by DR..
n. P. Carey. Wright s left shoulder
and left leg were badly bruised and
cut, his face was lacerated and there
was deep wound on the forehead Chase
had broken cOllarbone, his head was
cut open and his back and left side
were bruised. Geddes was able to go to
camp at Highgate Springs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-12
RHEUMATISM AILS MATTY.
Havana Engineer Offers Explanation
of Great Pitchers Slump.

Havana Engineer Offers Explanation
of Great Pitchers Slump.
Theories galore have been offered
since the baseball season started about
the cause of the poor showing of Chris
ty Mathewson, the New York Giants
veteran pitcher, this season, but it re-
mains for Howard Trumbo, a con-
tracing engineer of Havana. Cuba, to
come out with new one.
According to Trumbo, the famous
pitcher is suffering from "golf rheuma-
tism."
Its a fact" says Trumbo. Nearly
every golfer in Cuba has suffered from
the peculiar ailment this year, and
haven't a doubt that the stuff got
into Matty's shoulder when he was
playing on our links last winter II
affects US just like reports say Matty
is affected. Several of us have fallen
off badly in our golf game because OF
this muscular Stiffness
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-12
LEWIS WARNER DEAD.
Former Bank President Is Fatay
Stricken with Heart Disease.

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. Aug. e
Lewis Warner, former president of ,e
Hampshire County National bank ad
treasurer of the Hampshire Savins
bank, who embezzled nearly $4,000
from these institutions, died in 4
Dickinson hospital today Of heat
trouble. lie served a nine-year Sc
tence in the state Is prison at Charlie
town, and was released on Nov. /,
1908. since which time he had mae
his home in Northampton.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-12
FOUND DEAD IN BED.
John T. Griffin, Travelling Salesman
Victim of Heart Disease.

RUTLAND, August -. John 7.
Griffin of Salem, Mass, aged 80, a
travelling salesman for New York to-
bacco house. was found dead in bed at
the Hotel Bardwen in this city yester-
day afternoon.
Mr.. Griffin left a call for clock
in the morning. He did not respond
when called by bellboy, but the room
was not opened until afternoon. Health
Officer DR.. F. H. Gebhardt was sum
moned and pronounced death due to
heart trouble.
Griffin, who was a member of the
Lynn, Mass, lodge of Elks, is survived
by wife and young daughter. The
body was taken to Salem today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-12
CLAREMONT BANGS
KEENE TWIRLERS
About $50 Spectators See Beavers Drop
Another-Wilson Goes Whole Route
for O'Hara's Team.
Especial to The Reformer.)

hEENL, N. H., mug II.
Keene produced somewhere around 25o
spectators yesterday who patiently
watched the team go down to another
defeat. Claremont banged out nine
runs off three Keene pitchers and
Keene was able to get only four off
Wilson. The score:
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-12
POstpOnemsnt Of OIympics
Causes Gloom In America.
DREW IN WINNING FORM.
Negro Champion Splinter Better Now
Than Ever-Loomis, Crack Chicago
Jumper, Will Never Get Opportunity
to Show Up Foreigners.

But for the great war that Is raging
in Europe we would now be hard at
the task of getting q line on Uncle
Sans strength for the Olympic games
of 1916, scheduled to be held in Berlin.
And what wonderful collection of
track and field men America could send
abroad If 1t was possible TO hold the
Olympics next year! When the 1912
team was mustered on the steamship
Finland it was said that there never
would be as great team as that one
got together again, but il called upon
TO go after the worlds title in 1916
Uncle Sam could show an aggregation
just as strong as if not stronger than
the Stockholm team.
One of the most distressing features
of the abandonment of the 1916 Olym-
pics from the American point of view
is the number of wonderful perform
ers in this country who have never
won Olympic honors and will never
get the chance unless the meet is held
in 1916.
Howard Drew Misses Out.
Howard Z. Drew, the great colored
Splinter, is one. Hard luck cost Drew
his title at Stockholm, but nothing
could prevent him from winning the
100 meter Olympic championship If 1t
was run next year. 1t is not reason
able to expect Drew to hold his form
until 1920, so his chance for an Olym-
pic title Is gone.
Dave Caldwell is another who will
lose a worlds title because of the big
war in Europe. At Stockholm Cald-
well was practically a novice, yet he
ran into fourth position at the 800
meter championship after one of the
greatest stretch sprints ever witnessed.
He is getting better all the time, and
it's dollars to doughntfts that he would
land the 800 meter championship if it
was run next year.
Ted Meredith. of course, has had his
taste of Olympic victory, but there are
Val Wilkie of Yale and Lester Cow
man of Rolla and w. NJ Wilcox of
Harvard, great sprinters, who proved
recently that they are capable of run
ming faster than did Charley Reidpath
when he won the Olympic champion
ship from Honus Braun of Germany
Wilcox, Cowman and Wilkie would run
the legs off any quarter miller Europe
could have produced next year, but
they'll never get the chance, and, be
sides Wilkie and Wilcox, Uncle San
has not less than twenty other quarter
milers who can sneak home under the
coveted fifty second mark.
LOOMS Also In List.
Joe Loomis, the phenomenal athlete
representing the Chicago A. A, who
won three national championships in
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-12
National League.

National League Games Today.
New York at Pittsburg.
Chicago at St. Louis.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-12
Sporting Neu,s
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
American League.

American League Games Today.
st. Louis at Boston.
Cleveland at New York.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
Detroit at Washington.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-12

McGraw Always In First Four.
If John McGraw should fail to drive
his Giant encourage into first division
this season 1915 would mark his first
New York slump below the great d.
vide in thirteen campaigns.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-12
National League.


At St. Louis-frst game:
Boston, u Y
ST. Louis, IL .
Ragan, Hughes and Gowdy; Doak
and Snyder.
At. St Louis, second game, MEN IN
nings, darkness.
Boston,
ST. Louis, Y
Tyler, Hughes, Raglan and Whaling,
Gowdy; Robinson, Meadows and Con
zales.
AT Chicago:
Chicago,
Brooklyn,
Lavender and Archer; Dell, Apple
ton. Pfeffer and Miller.
At Pittsburg, Pittsburg-New York,
rain.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-12
Games Today

Claremont at Bellows Falls.
Keene at Newport.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-12
LOOMS Also In List.

Joe Loomis, the phenomenal athlete
representing the Chicago A. A, who
won three national championships in
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-11-06
NOTICE.

PUBLIC NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
that The Delaware and Atlantic Telegraph
and Telephone Company filed with the City
Clerk of the City of Absecon on the 9th day
of October, A. D.. 1915, a petition addressed
to the Council of the City of Abseeon, Allan
tic County, New Jersey, asking for permits
sion and consent of the said City Council,
the governing body of the City Of Absecon,
to the use by said Company of each and ev-
cry of the various public roads, streets, al
leys and highways in the said City, both
above, below and on the surface thereof, for
its poles, wires. cables, cross arms, conduits,
and other fixtures and appliances,
for local and through line use in connection
with the trans action of its telegraph and
telephone business according to plans show
ing the location, number and size of such
and apparatus, to be approved as
may be provided in the consent given pursu-
ant to the aforesaid petition.
The period for which such consent is ask
ed is fifty (50) years.
The City Council of the City of Abseeon
will consider the said petition on the oath
day of November, A. D.. 1915, at the hour of
eight o'clock p. M, at the City Hall.
Dated Oct. 9th, 1915.
SAMUEL JOHNSON.
City Clerk.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-11-06

Herman Ridder, president and prfn-
cipal owner of the Stats Zeitung
and a leader of the German propa-
ganda in the United States, died
at his home in New York after
suffering for almost a year from
Bright's disease.
During the past two weeks Mr.. Rid
der's condition had been such that
his death was expected at any time.
AS long ago as the gubernatorial cam
paign of last year, when the editor
went to Elmira to speak in advocacy
of the retention In Office of the then
Governor Glynn, Mr.. Riders adyanc-
ing illness was apparent. Ten months
ago his physicians realized that there
was next to no hope of his recovery.
Mrs. Ridder was with her husband
when he died. At the bedside also
were Mr.. Riders three sons, Victor
F., Bernard H. and Joseph e. Ridder,
and Mr.. Riders brother, Henry, to-
gether with Rev. Father Thomas F.
Myhan and the Rev. DR.. A. B. Stuart
Chambers.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-11-06
What is tuberculosis?

vx TUBERCULOSIS or consumption, known also as "phthisis, " !.
Millions of little e1r rod.shaped germs r ca called "tubarclo baeoih,
because as they multiply they produce &C. small Jumps or tn,
that they must be magnifed hundreds of times under a powerful
microscope es9os before force as Ca. can n see them os ta at al, IL. the mi.tetos Or
fungus growth, must live by taking life from something else, and On
thar anywhere else, in the eye, the skin, the knee or the spine,
and most frequently in the lungs and the other organs Of breathing.
killed, if they are exposed to direct sunlight for a few hours Moist
washing soda and similar household cleansing solutions viii also
kill them, If undisturbed, the germs Of Tuberculosis may live out,
rooms and Railways, for months or even years.
lion B sd otbe of the the 9 eaems Of fa tns disease Gs 3 pe0p ars w s1sryWhsrs' EVERY
time a person who has the baoili in his sputum .spits on A. the s4 floor,
may become d dry ~ and when stirred up by a broom or current Of
air may be inhaled BY the chance "a es..; A sp peck. Of If dust Snad sada as
these tiny germs. On this account nearly everybody at some time
Why then doesn't everyone die of tuDerouiosis7 Because the
germs of trbsrenloas in the body oannot g!o. unless they Y. find Ger
resistant" Everyone has a certain normal resistance to tubercu-
ns almost 10 tu always syss1 present 1T in the body, wi will quickly find some tissue
on which they can grow, and thus the disease is started. 1t takes
1t needs also a lowered vitality that will give the germ a chance to
grow. 1t is like the seed and da the soil soil, The oa aealey nd paTsSnss s sm,
The tubercle bacillus is the seed; the body is the soil. II the sl Is
auce disease. If the soil is kept up to its full strength, this parasite
iced cannot grcu. and no tuberculosis will develop. ;u.
Once the gerras begin to grow in the body, they produce INJURY
us They destroy tissues. The destruction in the lung, for exam
pie, may amount to a very small spot, or 1t may De a large ca'Hs,
and not infrequenty an entire lung. The sooner the disease Is am.
general rule.
(2) The growing germ, while 1t destroys the body tissues upon
which it lives, also produces certain posons or toxins, which, In
turn, cause most of the symptoms of the disease. ihus, wnne n
germs may be active in the lungs, the poison which they throw
off goes through the entire system.
The commonest early symptoms of consumption are;
az Persistent cough or cold lasting q month or longer; ~
Loss of weight and appetite; l) Run down feeling; a. Afternoon
temperature: (5) Night sweats and () Splitting of blood or streaks
of blood in sputum.
The presence of any of these symptoms should lead one to
consult a physician at once. tuberculosis can be cured II 1t Is u.s.
severed in time. It costs little to be examined and cured. tits very
expensive to delay and die.
[NOTE-This is the First of a Series of Five Articles furnished by
he N. :. AntiTubercuods League, Newark, N il
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-11-06
WANTED DISCOUNT FOR
PAYING CASH

In the November American Maya
zine Arthur L. Buzzell writes a de-
lightfully humorous story of incon-
sistency entitled "The Peace Advo-
cate" In the following extract is an
amusing bit of conversation which
took place between Cyrus Oglethorpe,
an extremely hard man to deal with,
and Bill missing, a shoe dealer:
81 always pay cash, you know
"Bill shrugged his shoulders. Yes,
l know he replied.
"'You've got a great many custom
ers, Mr.. missing, who don't pay cash.
Yet you make these people the same
price, don't you? l don't think that's
fair
"'I1l charge 'em, Cy, if you want
me to- said Bill, as c~arelessly as he
could.
emo, l don't mean that. l want to
pay cash. l always do; l don't 1--WE a
dollar in the world. But it sometimes
seems to me that the man who pays
as he goes gets the worst of it,
"'Well, the price of those shoes is
three dollars and a half. That's all
there is to it,
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-11-06
DOS AND DON'TS IN THE
WORLD OF COURTE

In the November Woman's HomN
Companion appears a page devoted to
fifty "do's" and "dont's" in the world
of courtesy and good form. Follow
ing is al extract:
Don't seal any social note or let
ter of Introduction given to deliver.
"Don't invite people without con-
sulting your hostess.
"Don't invite a friend visiting in
town without her hostess.
EDO leave a card for the hostess
when calling ON a friend who is =
guest.
"Don't accept any invitation, how
ever informal, without consulting
your hostess.
"Do await a confirmation of an in
vitation by the hostess before accept
ing one given by a male member of
the family.
"Do, as host, see that a conveyance
is provided to and from the station.
do, as guest, supply your own
postage and pay for your laundry.
"Do send a bread and butter let
ter after your departure.
DO ask permission to Introduce a
gentleman to a lady.
"Do, when introducing a gentleman
to a lady, say: May l present Mr..
, to you, Miss-?'
Don't scold your servants before
Others"