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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-13
PUBLIC SERVICE
BOARD HEARINGS
Commission of Which r. G.. Bacon Is
Chairman Names Several Dates for
Consideration of Matters.

The Vermont public service commits
sion, of which Attorney Robert c. Ba-
con of this town is chairman, announces
the following assignments of hearings.
October Is: No. 1872 Hortonia Pow
er company to issue additional bonds
to the amount of 100000. Hearing
set for p. m. at the Brandon Inn,
Brandon.
October 20: No. 433 Freeholders OF
Windsor VS.. Central Vermont Railway
company in re-inspection of railroad
crossings. Hearing set for $50 a. III
at the Windsor House, Windsor.
October 2l: No. 435. Selectmen OF
West Rutland VS.. Rutland Railway
Light & Power company. Hearing set
for a. IN. at the town clerk S Office
West Rutland; No. 436. Selectmen OF
West Rutland VS.. Delaware & Hudson
company. Hearing set for 2 p. IN. a
the town clerk s office, West Rutland
October %: No 434. Citizens o.
East Clarendon VS.. Rutland Railroad
company. Hearing set for II a. IN
at the railroad station at East Claren
don
November u: No. 42S. Genera
| Power Corporation for certificate tina
the establishment of said corporation
will promote the generai good of tn,
state. Hearing set for p. M. at tn,
Addison House, Middlebury.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-13
ENGINEERS AT BANQUET.
The State Association Held Meeting at
Springfield.

SPRINGFIELD, VT, Oct. IS. = The
Springfield Mechanical society gave 4
complimentary banquet in the Con
gregational church vestry Monday
night to the Vermont Society of En-
gineers and 40 covers were laid. Fol
lowing the banquet, w. d. Woolsen
served as POSTMASTER, the speakers be
ing Evard Stubs, J. G.. Bruggeman,
Ralph Z. Flanders and James HARNESS,
all of Springfield, \. c. Grover of Rut-
land, president of the state society,
Professor Arthur +. Winslow of Nor
witch university and F. II. Dewart of
Burlington. About 40 members of the
state society, including several wives
of the members attended the banquet.
Yesterday the visitors inspected all of
the Springfield factories, now running
to their fullest capacity, and also visit
ed the Hartness observatory. The state
society came here by invitation of Mr..
Hartness and the Springfield Mechani-
cal society.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-13
Member of the Associated Press.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1915
THE NATIONAL GAME.

In all the so-calied world s cham
pionship baseball series there has new
er been finer exhibition of the great
game than the present series between
the Red Sox and the Phillies. Each
game has been a battle royal. The
thousands that crowd within the gates
of the ball parks at Boston and Phil
adelphia are but a drop in the bucket
to the millions who take more than a
passive interest in the result. They
gather by hundreds and thousands be
fore every newspaper Office and score
board from Plymouth Rock to the
Golden Gates, their minds intent on the
actions of IS trained athletes striving
to win the game and the series.
1t is a national tribute to the great
est game ever devised by the mind OF
man. Baseball is now such a fine art
that it is impossible for the alien mind
to comprehend it. But the American
mind is trained to it from the cradle
1t comes as natural to most of us Il:
the mother tongue. The beauties OF
! ssinside~ BASEBALL the sacrifice hit
the hit and run game, the nicely bal
anced attack and defense methods, ant
above all, the knowledge that the gam,
as it is played by thousands of cleve
athletes is clean to the very core =
these are the things that make base
bali what it is, the best game of all
| The nation as a whole owes n debt o
gratitude to those men who, in tn
early days of the game, less than tw'
generations ago, fought the good fgh
to make the game clean forever.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-13

How swiftly and sharply the taxation of
railroads has increased within the last ten
years is shown by official figures compiled
by the bureau of railway economies. If
the taxes of a private citizen increase at
the rate of 10 per cent he thinks he is be
ing robbed by the assessor; yet in the pc
Rod between 1905 and 1914 taxes paid 10y
all the railroads in the United States in
creased 1860 per cent. The roads paid
in 1909 500, 474, $40 in taxes, and in 1914
they paid S1JO,371 100, an increase of
SS6, S9G, 421. Only once in the 10 years,
in 1908, were the taxes lower than the year
before. These figures are for all railroads,
but the increase for the anthracite roads,
for some reason, Is even more startling, for
they show a total increase in taxation of
20S.13 per cent in the last 10 years,
against about 137 per cent already noted
for all railroads. In addition to the large
( increase in taxation the railroads are pay
ing more to their employees than ever be-
fore. Almost any line of private business
would be in hard straits with it's burdens
multiplying as rapidly as in the case of the
railroads
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-13
WEST BRkTTLEBORO

Calvin Harris has sold his woodlot
on his home place to Harlan Howe.
Gladys Harris has returned to school
after being out two weeks on account
Of illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Wilder and chill
dren have visited his parents in East
Dummerston this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Stockwell, Viii
liam j. Tyler of Boston and Charles
Allen spent yesterday in Wilmington
The Christian Endeavor society of
the Congregational church will hold a
husking bee tonight at Morris Cham
berlin s.
Miss Elmira Knight, who is in the
Memorial hospital with a fractured
| hip, is as comfortable as could be ex-
| Fected, considering her advanced age.
Mrs. Henry Smead of South New
| fame came yesterday to spend the
| winter in the home of Roscoe Fisher.
Mr.. Smead will join her there in two
weeks
Mrs. Francis Taylor is planning to
make several improvements on her
house, which is occupied by Horace
| Prefontaine and family. She will put
in bathroom and build a new pan
| try.
Alfred Hitchcock of Springfield,
Mass, who had been guest at Z. Z.
Mather's two weeks, left today for
| Springfield, where he will visit at his
home before returning to his employ
ment in Detroit.
| David T. Perry and men, who have
been building three cement bridges in
Jacksonville, expect to have them com
pleted next week. This makes six ce-
ment bridges that Mr.. Perry has buIit
in that town.
One of the articles of the Ladies
Aid society of the Baptist church will
give Salmagundi party Friday even
ing of this week in the vestry of the
church. A small admission fee will be
charged and refreshments will be
served.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-13

The late William l.. Lawrence of
Bristol was man who had the inter
ests of his home community at heart
During his lifetime he gave to Bristol
the Lawrence Memorial library. His
will leaves to that institution an adj
joining property, and the rent from four
single houses and one double tenement
house and shop will go a long way
toward the support of the library. 70
the Masonic lodge he leaves $4,000,
to the Odd Fellows $4,000, to the Gem
etery association $4,000, and to
churches of the town S 900 each. Dis
tribution of funds in this way will be
very helpful to the town in which Mr..
Lawrence was an honored citizen.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-13

The telephone not only keeps people
on the farms in touch with important
happenings in towns where the central
stations are located, but it is of value
as an insurance feature Almost every
week we read in Vermont and New
Hampshire papers about help being
summoned when fires have broken out,
in farm buildings, and frequently the
assistance arrives in time to be an
important factor in subduing the flames
which might have produced disastrous
results had the people on the farm
been dependent upon their own re
sources, as in the olden days.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-13

until smooth. Flavor with vanilla and
bake in a bottom crust Cover with
whipped cream. This makes a good
sized pie.
Chocolate sauce to serve with ice
cream or as a pudding sauce is deli
cious. Mix we'll oHe-half cupful each
Of grated chocolate and sugar, add a
half cupful of cream and heat slowly
until well blended.
Chocolate GcIat;n.-Take pint
each of milk and cream a half cupful
OF sugar, half box of gelatin. two
ounces of chocolate and O teaspoonful
of vanilla. Cover the gelatin with
one-half cupful of cold water and let
soak for half an hour Put the milk
over the fire, adding sugar and choco.
late, then the gelatin. Take from the
fir and add the vanilla and fold III
the whipped cream when it is cool.
Set away to chill in q mold.
Chocolate Fudge.-Take a half cup
full of milk. two cupfuls of sugar. a
square of chocolate and a third of a
cupful Of corn strip. Cook together.
adding a tablespoonful of butter dur
ing the boiling When a ball is formed
by dropping in cold water, remove and
stir. adding nuts if desired. Let it
cool a while before stirring or set it
into dish OF cold water while stir
ring.
Cream puffs filled with a chocolate
mixture dipped in chocolate frosting
make most delicious small cake.
Chocolate Fiiino.-This is a most
delicious filling or frosting for plain
chocolate cake. Take a cupful OF
sugar, five tablespoonfuIs of cream,
one egg beaten and two squares OF
chocolate, cook in q double boiler for
an hour Then beat and when thick
enough put on the cake.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-13

The German prisoners in England are
wasting no time but are studying night
and day to be better prepared for the
work of peace, when it comes There
are regular classes in French, Russian,
Spanish, electrical engineering, astron-
omy, history, and other subjects. Tho
lecturers are all volunteers In the Ian
guage section it is a curious and sig
nifeant fact that the favorite language
is Spanish, particularly among the men
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-13

A Blunder of the optimists.

One of the fundamental plumbers of
modern religious work and teaching is
the failure to recognize the fact that
human beings, young or old, do not
naturally like God and God s ways. To
plan out a religious program on the
assumption that they do is to make a
Decline for failure. If it were true
that people naturally loved God and
his ways, Jesus would never have said:
: Ye must be born again. The fun
damental and primary need for all
Christian work is new heart, heart
that loves God, that loves the thought
of God, that delights in the ways of
God.
We are bound to fail when we I'M
dertake to do heavenly things in earth
ly strength.
There is no need to try to reach the
goal of success unless we start here.
Every other start is a false start on a
mistaken path.-Christian Herald.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-13
A Strong Bank.
Barre Times.)

The BrattlebOro bank whose former
president has just been indicted on the
charge of making false entries, is pay
ing 16 per cent dividend to stockhold-
ers and hash t paid less than 10 per
cent for 10 years. Moreover, it has I'M
divided profits of nearly half a million
dollars. The bank is, therefore, one of
the strongest in the state and is in a
position to withstand any slight shock
which might come from the indict-
ment of a former official. Indeed,
there is nothing in the present eircum-
stances to reflect on the stability of the
institution.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-13

The Enosburg Standard says thai
''under Clementism'' which means
local option covered bridges have
been about the only dry spots in the
state The contemporary is letting
its prejudice run away with its reason.
With only IA towns and cities "wet -
the state is getting pretty stringent
form of prohibition. So far as the
liquor traffic is concerned Vermont
was never so clean as today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-13
DIR. HUSE FOUND DEAD.
Berlin, VT, Dentist Was for IA Years
Health Officer.

BERLIN, Vt. Oct. 13.-Dr. James Mad
ison Huse, a, health officer here for II
years up to three years ago, was found
dead Of heart disease at his home Monday
night by neighbors who investigated after
they saw his horse in the field and no
signs of DR. Huse about the premises all
day. Physicians believe he had been dead
since Saturday.
Dr. Huse was prominent IN stamping
out the smallpox epidemic in West Berlin
10 years ago. lie practically closed up
the community and took personal charge.
He was a dentist. His wife, who was
visiting in Mortified Falls, was notified.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-13
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

1t is the aim of the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery
the cooperation of subscribers to that
end. Prompt reports should be given of
each failure to receive the paper on the
morning following the omission, in per-
son. by telephone or postal card, thus
enabling the cause of the error to be
promptly and accurately discovered and
Usher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-13

The world series now stands three
to one in favor of Boston. If the Red
Sox win today it will be AL over but
the shouting" as the first club Sc
curing four games takes the title.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-13

of commercial minds. "After the war, :
they say, " Argentine and Brazil are
to be the great countries of the future.
That is where we are going and that
is why we wish to learn Spanish.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-13
A Chance Left.

TOMS it true that you proposed to
Alice and were rejected?
Jack-NCt exactly reiected-she said
when she felt like making a fool of her
self sine let me know.-Boston Trans
cript.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-13

Dination using it will not
come amisS.
Chocolate Pie. - Take
a pint of milk, a pinch
Of salt and a half a cup,
full of butter; put on to
boil, add a half cupTul Of
grated chocolate, a half
cupful Of sugar, well
mixed with a quarter of
q cupful of -four cook
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-13
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run OF paper,
so cents an inch for first insertion; 25
cents an inch for each subsequent inser-
ton. Limited space on first page at
double rates.
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements - Five cents
Il line first insertion with SO per cent
discount for each subsequent insertion
without change of copy.
Reading Notices-Ten cents per line
first insertion with so per cent discount
for each subsequent insertion without
change of copy.
Position 10 per cent extra.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-13

In Germany one man in every 2l3
goes to college; in the United States
one in 1000, and in England one in 5,
600.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-13
YOUNG PRESIDING MASON.
Florida Official Held High Office at
Earlier Age Than Brattleboro Man.

Washington correspondents of Bos-
ton and New York newspapers have
been telling about the youngest high
priest of chapter of Royal Arch Ma
sons in the United States, this honor
being claimed by Robert L. Zachary
of the Washington bureau of the
Brooklyn Eagle, who presides over
Mount Vernon chapter in Alexandria,
Va, at the age of -. The statement is
probably correct at the present time,
but last year the high priest of Fort
Dummer Royal Arch chapter of Brat
tleboro was Kendrick p. Darlington
% years old, who went from here a
few months ago to fill an important
position with the Estey Organ com
pany's Philadelphia office. Mr. Bar
rington at the age of % was also elect
ed worshipful master of the Columbian
lodge, but declined the office.-Brat-
tleboro Reformer.
Gainesville, Fla,
Oct. 9, 1915.
Editor of The Reformer:-
Dear Sir:-The enclosed clipping was
/ from your issue of October LIST, and IN
cutting it, | was under the impression
!
! both Washington and the Brattleboro
chapters. We can beat your record ON
past high priest. Gainesville, Florida,
is proud of the fact that Gainesville
lodge, No. Al, F. and A. NJ, was pre-
sided over by Roy V. Oft at the age
of %, during the year 1910. He was
a candidate for high priest of the
chapter in 1911, but having been elect
ed eminent commander of Pilgrim com
mandery, No. 7, X. T., at Gainesville
Fla, he declined the office of high
priest until the following year, OF
rather until the year 1913. He there
fore served as worshipful master of the
lodge at the age of %; eminent com
mander of the commandery at "a, and
high priest of the chapter at the age
of 90. | think this will beat the Wash
ington record, and compare favorabls
with the record of BrattlebOro. Brother
Oft is a very bright Mason and 8
worker for the good of the craft; fills
the position of assistant cashier of one
of the leading banks, and many Other
positions of trust.
Very truly yours,
IRVING E. WEBSTER.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-13
WAYS WITH CHOCOLATE.

Chocolate is such general favorite
with everyone that any dish or com
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-13

Entered in the postoffice at Brattle-
boro, as second class matter.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-07-02
BRITISH HINDER OUR TRADE.
Petition Sent to President Wilson Gil
ina Cases to his Observation.

Petition Sent to President Wilson Cit
ing Cases to his Observation.
New York-The importers petition
addressed to President Wilson was
made public here Monday. It sets forth
that the British blockade concerns
mot only the property rights Of the
undersigned citizens" but involves a
contemplated unlawful destruction of
a most important portion of the entire
commerce of the United States"
The petition discusses issues of in
ternational law and urges upon the
president the need for very early
determination of these issues, so that
we may know whether we will be able
to conduct our established business"
Great Britain, the petition says, has
studiously avoided answering the
American note of March 30, and
months of valuable time, in which 1t
was necessary for us to prepare for
our coming business, have passed"
Notwithstanding that this declara
ton of the British government does
not follow from any declared and
maintained blockade of German ter
ritory," the petition says, I'VE have
been unable to induce any steamship
companies to carry our goods.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-07-02
SAY PRIZE COURT
NOT NECESSARY
THAT is THE STAND TAKEN BY
THE UNITED STATES WITH
GERMAN GOVERNMENT.
WANT DAMAGES IN FRYE CASE
We Say German Tribunal Lacking in
Jurisdiction-Each Side Cites the
Treaty-LiabiIity Admitted-No
Delay for Our Government.

Washington.-By agreement with
the German foreign office the state
department has made public the text
of the note sent on June "a by the
United States, asking Germany to re-
consider her refusal to settle by direct
diplomatic negotiations, instead of by
prize court proceedings, the claim pre-
sented on behalf of the captain and
owners of the American ship William
p. Frye, sunk with her cargo of wheat
by the commerce raider Prinz Eitel
Friedrich. Ambassador Gerard cabled
that he had delivered the note last
Saturday afternoon.
The American government declares
that inasmuch as Germany has admit
ted Inability for the sinking of the
Frye under the treaty Of 1928, prize
court proceedings are unnecessary and
not binding upon the United States.
Aside from the question of how the
indemnity should be paid, the note
brings out clearly the refusal of the
United States to accept the contention
that Germany has right to stop the
carrying of contraband by American
ships "by the destruction Of the con-
traband and the ship carrying it,"
While no mention Of submarine war
fare was made in either the last Ger
man note or the present reply, occa-
sion is taken to deny this right, be-
cause of belief that admission of it
now might in the future be used as a
justification for submarine attacks on
American ships.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-07-02
SPORTING ITEMS

Clarence o. King, veteran automo-
bile driver, was killed in an auto race
at Sacramento. Cal, Sunday.
For the first time in many years
Yale university crews swept the river
in the annual dual regatta with Har-
ward, June 25.
The Idaho state tennis tournament
closed Saturday and resulted in Jos.
c. Tyler of Spokane successfully de-
Tending his title as state champion.
Paul Brashear, an auto machinist,
was fatally injured Sunday during a
race, at San Jose, Cal. An auto left
the track on the first turn of the fly
ing start five-mile race
The following schedule will prevail
next week in Northwestern League
cities, beginning Sunday, July 4: Ia
coma at Aberdeen, Vancouver at Spo-
kane and Victoria in Seattle.
Burlington and Keokuk, in the Cen
trail association, played % innings to
scoreless tie Sunday, breaking the
records of organized baseball for the
longest game without a score. The
game was called because of darkness
All competitive speedway automobile
records of the world from so miles to
500 were shattered Saturday in the
new Chicago 500-mile derby They
were not only beat by Dario Resta
NIB mi
tured more than $4,000 in prize mon
ey, but by nine other drivers who
finished in the money.
Poughkeepsie, N. Yin triangular
battle Of blades unegualed In Ameri-
can rowing history, Cornell won the
varsity ofur-mile race Monday from
Leland Stanford by eight feet. SYRIA
cuse, exhausted by the struggle, slid
over the line two lengths in front of
the Columbia crew, which had wrested
fourth place from Pennsylvania in the
last mile of the. great Hudson regatta
The official time-Cornell 20:36 3-5;
Stanford 2O:37 4-5; Syracuse 20: 43 3-5;
Columbia 21:OO; Penna. 21:1O Is.
REVISED BASEBALL SCHEDULE.
Spokane League Team.
Vancouver at Spokane
July a. m, s p. M, 6 Z, 8, 8, 10, IL
Victoria at Spokane
July 26, 81, %, 20, 80, 81. Aug. 1.
Tacoma at Spokane
Aug. 2, 8, 4, 5, 6, Z, s.
Seattle at Spokane
Aug. %, "a, rs, 26, 81, % 20.
Aberdeen at Spokane
Sept. a. M, 6 p. M, Z, 8, 9, 10, II, IL
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-07-02
General Trade Conditions.

Bradstreet's says: A mixed budget
of news is in evidence this week.
Weather irregularities over a wide
area have restricted current distribu-
ton of seasonable goods, while excess
sive moisture in the surplus grain pro-
ducing states has retarded harvesting
or crop growth, and pending the out
come of international political matters
some interests prefer to work along
conservative lines. On the other hand,
industrial operations continue to ex-
pand.
Bank clearings $685. 100000, in
crease 10 per cent over last week.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-07-02

Less French Corn Planted.

According to an announcement CIV
en- out in Paris by the ministry Of ag-
riculture France has less corn, fodder
beets, sugar beets and potatoes under
cultivation today than year ago.
while the contrary is true Of beets for
the making of alcohol. The acreage in
grapes is less, but here the difference
Is only about $4,000 acres.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-07-02
Washington State Land Commissions,

Olympia.-In order to eliminate the
appointment of a commissioner who
would have to be paid not less than
$4,000 year the new state land board,
composed of |. NJ Howell, secretary
of state; Edward Meath, state treas
urer. and Clark v. Savidge, state land
commissioner, have decided to have
Savidge serve as commissioner. He
will receive no compensation for his
services