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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-08-31

The director of the largest boys
high school in Germany, Doctor Hee-
rem, writes from the trenches before
Reims that he believes the war will
cause complete change in the course
of studies for boys in schools of the
grammar and high school classes.
Physical training will have a larger
part in education" Doctor Heeren be-
lieves. School gymnastics of the ac-
robatic variety will be abolished and
long croSs-country runs will be prac-
ticed in order to develop the lungs
and heart, which this war has shown
are the weak spots of our young man
hood. In the classroom there will be
less dogma and more religion. His
tory teaching will aim to arouse en-
thusiasm for great personalities. In
geography the essential question will
be in studying each country: What
interest has Germany there? Much
more Importance will be attached to
physics and chemistry. knowledge of
Russian and Spanish will be compul-
sorry, since Germany's economic IN
terest will mainly lie in the Slav coun-
tries and in Spanish South America.
English will be taught merely for prac-
tical purposes"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-08-31

ther to more boys than any other per-
son on earth, but he is SO well able
to stand up under the strain that he
has issued an order that presently will
increase the number of his proteges.
The rule formerly has been that he
would assume the responsibility of
being godfather to a seventh son born
to any family provided the boy was
seventh son by one and the same mar
riage. Under this ruling many sew
enth sons have had to do without the
honor, because the mother had been
twice married. The emperor now has
modified the rule and announced that
he will become godfather to any sew
enth son, regardless of the number of
marriages the mother has contracted,
provided all seven boys are living.
Leaders of the National Liberty
party in Berlin expressed unanimous
condemnation of the intrigue against
Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg 1t was
declared that the attitude of the OPP
position as expressed recently in GER
tain party circles does not represent
the opinion of the party as a whole.
The meeting declared that his policy
deserved full confidence.
In the Russian province of Kovno the
Germans are distributing pamphlets
announcing that a new independ-
ent kingdom will be formed out of
captured Russian territory, with War
saw the probable capital. Prince
Joachim, sixth son of the kaiser is to
rule the new kingdom, the pamphlets
say.
The English language is to be sub
stituted for German in most of the
commercial schools Of Russia as one
of the compulsory subjects of the cur
riculum. This step was ordered by
the minister of finance at the request
of the school authorities
The newspapers are telling about a
new triplane, carrying a crew of 20
men, and equipped with four machine
guns, which the Germans are using
for war purposes in Europe Six of
these machines, three times as large
as the ordinary biplane, have been
built.
The German military authorities at
Warsaw have declared a general am
nesty for all political prisoners at the
of citizens committee.
Among those freed was the we'll
known Russian labor leader Meden.
A dispatch from Rome says that
the German kaiser, in answer to the
peace letter of Pope Benedict, declares
his willingness to accept peace nego-
tiations provided the nations with
which Germany was at war made the
first overtures. Austria made a SIM
liar reply to the pope's letter, the dis
patch adds.
dispatch from Danzig says Otto
a member of the Prus-
sian landtag. and brother of Prof.
Hugo Muensterberg of Harvard. is
dead at the age of sixty-two years
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-08-31

dispatch from Danzig says Otto
Muensterberg, member of the Prus-
Hugo Muensterberg of Harvard, is
dead at the age of sixty-two years
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-29
Interest in National Guard.
Barre Times.)

It must be taken as a good sign Of
improved conditions in the Vermont
National Guard when the members turn
out so well for the annual inspection
as they have done in most cases during
the inspection now being held. In
some cases the attendance has been 200
per cent of the total enrolment ana in
other cases the attendance has APP
preached very nearly to that percent
age. Company ] of Brattleboro Iasr
Thursday night had every man out tol
the inspection, rs did Company II. of
Montpelier few days earlier. More
over. the unofficial reports of conditions
in the armories and of the exhibition
of military tactics are being in the
main quite satisfactory. In those con
ditions the people of the state should
feel satisfied that all the efforts being
put out in this department are not be
ing wasted by any means.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-29

congratulations to Herbert c. Parsons,
former editor of the Greenfield Recorder.
who, without solicitation, has been ap-
pointed deputy commissioner of probation
in Massachusetts,, a position for life which
carries a salary Of $4,000 annually. The
appointment was made by the chief jus
tice Of the superior court at the sugges-
ton of members Of the state commission
on which Mr.. Parsons formerly served
Mr.. Parsons was a merchant in Mortified
years ago. He went to Greenfield as asso-
ciate editor of the Gazette and Courier
and some years later established the Re
corder, leaving that paper two years age
to become editorial writer on the Chris
tan Science Monitor. As a resident OF
Greenfield Mr.. Parsons served in both
branches of the legislature with exeep-
tional ability, 1t Is safe to assume that
in his new position Mr.. Parsons viii still
lind time to give attention to literary
matters in which he has always been deep.
| ly interested.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-29

The dry weather of the early spring
weeks is a great relief after the discom-
forts of winter, but there is a menacing
side to it, as already shown by the big
forest fires in eastern Massachusetts,. The
fields and woods are very dry after the
departure of winter. 1here is no green
foliage; all is tinder-like The spring
rains perform a double service, starting
the new vegetation and protecting against
the chance spark This spring we have
had none of these rains. For half dozen
weeks the air has been wonderfully clear
and dry-a delight to the senses, but a
menace in the woods and fields. The
rains will come in time to bring the yege-
tation of spring, for so nature balances
itself But the forest fires meanwhile are
a danger against which all possible pre-
caution should be taken in the next few
weeks.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-29

The destruction of the Dutch steamer
Medea by a German submarine may make
serious trouble for the Kaiser According
to Amsterdam papers, Dutch feeling Is
growing very bitter. While at first
thought the idea of Holland as a serious
menace to Germany, in military way, at
least, seems ludicrous, there are broader
features of the matter which must be con
sidered. Looking at the situation from
the other side, that of Dutch neutrality, 1t
will he seen that this Is one of the strong
est bulwarks that Germany possesses to-
day, outside of the empires internal
strength. Since the opening of the war,
up to the time of the blockade by the
allies, this neutrality enabled the Ger
mans to obtain supplies of all kinds Of
nCn-contraband commodities, as we'll as to
to send out the products of her factories.
But now, with the tremendously increased
strength of the British land force, Dutch
neutrality is a most important military
factor in Germanys favor. Were Holland
to join the allies, and the British land a
great army on her shores, one of Ger
manys most vulnerable spots would be
threatened. With very nearly her total
strength now held on the western and
eastern battle fronts, the Kaiser would
find great difficulty in opposing an inva-
sion through the Netherlands, with the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-29
Wires Under Ground.
The Advance.)

me Brattleboro Reformer says that
there is hardly city or large town
in this country which is not faced b.
the problem of clearing its principal
streets of unsightly piles carrying
overhead wires = and notes at least one
Vermont -Rutland-where prog
ress IS being made, IN Kidding itself of
tins dangerous monstrosity A street
forrested with massive poles is in it.
self an insult to every sense of civic
taste and decency, and string of such
poles clouded with tangles of wires
IS continual menace to the safety Of
the public. incidentally, in the event
or a fire, they seriously interfere with
the work of the fire department. Not
only are employees often electrocuted,
but travellers along the streets are of
ten IN imminent danger from n dis
connected live wire. As a matter of
fact the whole proposition of poles
and their attendant wires in the streets
at this late date in the development of
the Geographic and telephone indus
try IS an evil from any angle of view.
In the beginning it was-or should
have been understood to be mere tenn
porary makeshift, to be remedied as
soon as possible by their removal and
the location of the wires in under
ground conduits. This reasoning Ger
tainly applies to every city or village
of any size. Wire-bearing poles may
for a time be allowed to run ACROSS
country, but even in the farming dis
triets they are a danger, an evil and
nuisance. The whole question may
be solved in the near future by the
working development Of wireless tele
graphy and telephone communication
but if not, and within reasonable time
every commonwealth should perform
the duty its owes its citizens by en-
forced removal Of the evil.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-29
Member of the Associated Press.
MONDAY, MARCH %, 1918.
THE B. g. M. PROBLEM.

4 question of vital interest to the
business interests of New England is
the proposed reorganization of the
Boston & Maine railroad. The fate of
the measure proposed by the trustees
and introduced by their request in the
legislatures of the four northern New
England states, after many confer
ences with the public service commits
sions and various organizations, seems
to be doubtful. The New Hampshire
legislature in particular seems opposed
to any concerted action. Failure to re
organize will mean the disintegration of
the system and the operation of many
leased railroads as separate properties.
Some of these small lines might then
come under the control of the Grand
Trunk or other systems. The Spring
field Republican of Sunday, in discuss
ing the situation under the caption The
/ Whip Hand Of the Leased Lines, said;
! THE saving factor in the situation
! is that the private owners OF the leased
| lines must realize that they are no
| longer living in that period of the 10Th
century when a Failroa dssnyas looked
fupon rs purely private property like Il
farmer S corntield or the family poul-
! try. The owners OF the leased lines
might now be able to block the right
kind of reorganization and force disin-
tegration through a receivership, but
they are in error if they can do any
thing they please with their lines when
they become fully independent again
as corporate entities. They Will still
have legislatures and public service
commissions to deal with, and they viii
quickly learn that the situation that eX
listed prior to 1900 has gone never tC
return. This will be discovered even il
New Hampshire. All OF which is mere
" a gentle reminder that if the leased
Pines want chaos and strife, instead OF
unity and peace, the power of Massa
chusetts in the future cannot safely be
ignored
cit would be foolish to threaten any
thing Careful consideration Of all fu
ture possibilities is needed, and moth
! ing else, to convince the owners of tn,
|, leased lines that in the long run en-
ightened self-interest must compe
them to meet the reOrganizers of the
. present Boston Maine system at IeaS
halfway. The leased lines may nov
have "the whip hand, - particularly il
New Hampshire, but they would be i'll
advised to use it without regard to III,
public interest
Some get-together process ought t,
be evolved looking to the interests o
all of the New England states, not 70
: the time being alone, but upon a per
manent basis. 1t is of course impossi
bic to bring the state legislatures to
gether, but the subject is such big on
that the governors of the several state
might confer together, and after tn
! conference have something of advan
! tage to tell the respective legislatures
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-29
Dangers of the Referendum.
(Rutland HeraId.)

Almost every religious and philanthropic
body that held a. state convention the pass
year asked for a referendum and thou
sands of voters sent petitions into Mont
pelier requesting the passage of the bill
Secretary Smith of the Vermont Anti-Sa-
loon League in public addresses all over
the state throughout the year stated that
such a bill would be introduced into the
1915 legislature, and before the legislature
convened it was generally known that this
would be one of the most important issues
of the session. One of the best edited
weekhes objects to the introduction of the
measure because 1t was not in the RepuJ-
hcan party platform. Perhaps there
wasn't room for it in this verbose docu-
ment, and perhaps it is just as well it
wasn't there as the present legislature mas
thrown all party and platform pledges 10
the winds.-Springfield Reporter.
Although not written to that end, the
contemporary has given an excellent argu-
ment against the makeshift referendum as
it is now employed by the General Assem-
bly,, VIZ, that no legislature admits u
moral obligation to carry out the plans of
its predecessors.
Even now, the state-house extension oil
to give it the euphemistic Montpelier
title-is tightly snuggled down in commit
tee, and all the state-house gang has to do
is to keep it there and the state stands
committed to expend 100000 for new
state-house buildings, despite the adverse
vote of the people!
just so close is this referendum peril
that a committee Of five men, perhaps
even one man, the chairman, can absolute
ly defeat the will Of the people as expressed
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-29
Workmen's Compensation Law.
bennington Banner.)


The West River valley association
Of lumbermen has gone on record as
opposed to a workmen 5 compensation
law on the ground that it will
cost them more money. We fear that
the men of the association did not look
at both sides of the question. 1t is true
that 1t would cost them more money.
but only Il little more and the result
would be worth all it costs. Think of
a father killed in q saw mill or lumber
yard and having a large family without
money or means Of support Of course
the mother can go to the town farm and
the boys and girls can go to hell Is
that what the lumberman s association
ameans? Or perhaps the father ism t
killed, but merely gets his hands saw
ed off or has his back broken and lives
a helpless burden for 40 years. His
wife can take in washing and the chill
dren-God help them, for the employ
ers can't afford to. and It was the fault
of the man himself or q fellow-work-
man. you know. The West River Val
ley lumbermenis association is made up
of good men, better than the average
for we know some of them personally.
but they considered the matter hastily
from their own point of view They
forgot that in the stress OF business
they sometimes hire men who simply
don t know enough to look out for their
own safety. Still they are men. made
in the image of their Creator, like as
other men, and with their wives and
little children to be thought of-poor
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-29

Apropos the decision of the federal
Judge in Kansas that the federal miaa-
tory bird law was unconstitutional Is
pretty freely criticised. The Kansas City
Times says: Whatever the precedents in
case may be, it viii always strike the
American people as strange that after the
congress has deliberated on a measure and
enacted it into law, any one OF ninety, or
so, district judges can make it imperative
in his jurisdiction" What is needed is a
court to definitely settle the question.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-29

at the polls, by holding up until after ad-
journment the repeal of the bill passed Dy
the legislature of 1912, with makeshifs
referendum clause attached.
So strong has been the feeling in the
present house that no less than two meas
ures of state Importance have carried a
referendum clause, providing that if the
vote of the people were No" the meas
ures would not take effect until 1927:
In the name of common sense, if Iegisla-
lures are thus to shuttle their responsible
ity, let Us have a constitutional referen-
dun that means something.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-29
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

1t is the aim of the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery OF
cooperation Of subscribers to that end
Prompt report should be given of each
failure to receive the paper on the morn
ing following the omission, in person,
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, 1915-03-29

certainty that if such an invasion should
be successful it would cut off the last YES
tige of the German naval strength, IN
addition to placing the enemy in control
of the Krupp factories at Essen, meaning
that the possibility of turning out NUM-
tions of war would be tremendously inn
paired
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-29

The open season for trout fishing in
New Hampshire and Massachusetts begins
April 1. Anglers who visit streams in
the former state should remember that
the legislature has changed the minimum
length Of trout that may be taken from
five to six inches
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-29
Must Give Her Credit.

Husband (angrily)-I was q fool
when | married you.
Wife-Aren t YOU a fool still!
Husband-No, I am not.
Wife-Then you should congratulate
me upon my success as a reformer.-
Stray Stories.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-29

little brats, shan t they have chance
to grow up with fair show? The
workmen 5 compensation bill ought to
pass because it is right And it viii
cost employers more money, too.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-29

said to be our greatest American fail
ing in dietetics.
Water should not be iced but cool
enough to be palatabie. either sum-
mer or winter. and the amount each
individual should take depends large
ly on the food eaten. II one eats large
ly OF fruit. less water is needed. and if
one drinks much milk. less is required.
but even the very young baby should
be given frequent drinks of cold water.
Orange juice. n teaspoonful at a
time, neither before nor Immediately
after milk. is a most delightful and re-
freshing drink for even very young
children.
As children must suffer with their
teeth. when the little gums are in
famed and swollen. a drink of cool
water will give much relief
The acids in fruits play an impor-
tant Office in destroying those germs
which create gases and cause autoilI-
toXication. Fruit juices act or the
kidneys ard quench thirst At the
same time they are a natural laxa-
tive
y juicy, good Favored apple IS pct
ter than medicine. and should be eat
en- many times a day. Scraped apple
may be given to young children.
The reason that fruit is best eaten
either early or late in the day is that
the stomach is empty and thus the
digestive juices have free access to
the fruit juices, stimulating them TO
action.
To keep in good condition, drink
freely of water before retiring, as this
f1ushes the system. The first thing in
the morning rinse the stomach with
4 good tonic Of cold fresh water half
hour at least before eating.
Though fruit contains little nutrj
ton, it has large amount Of Gel
lulcse which adds bulk to the food and
stimulates the activity Of the juices
on the digestive tract, thus aiding d.
gcstio1.
S1S!.
IeSA~-- Tzs>zseeeNZ-.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-29
Those Of Middle Age Especially.
From Mrs. Hornune, Buffalo. NV

BUFFALO, Y am writing to let you know how much vonr
has done Tor me- failed terribly during the winter
and and
ered from female trouble always had pains in nv hack no
appetite and at times - - 7 ~
was at friends house day and she thought
eight pounds have good appetite and feeling better every day
BODY IS asking me what doing lydia T.
fnkhams Vegetable Compound You
wish and hope others who have same COMPLAINT Will see and
get health medicine didn-NjTS IIoP~-no
Buffalo. Y, - A-o1"NoN'' u
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-29
Made Me Well and Strono

MAoEDoN NY all down very thin in flesh ner
Vous, appetite, could not sleep and
the time The doctors said had poor what had was
turning to water took different medicines
but Lydia E. Pnkhams Vegetable Compound well and
strong, and recommending
CHACE Il. 2 Alacedon, NY. U.s. ~
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-29
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Ru of paper,
so cents an inch for first insertion; %
cents an inch for each subsequent inser-
ton. Limited space on first page at
double rates.
Space rates on application
Classified advertisements = Five cents
a line first insertion with SO per cent
discount for each subsequent insertion
without change of copy
Reading Notices-Ten cents a line hrst
each subsequent insertion without change
of copy.
Position, 10 per cent extra
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-29
VALUE OF WATER AND FRUIT
JUICES.

Water is not food, but a carrier OF
food to all parts, and waste from all
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-29

parts OF the body.
We are taught. Too
little drinking of
fresh. pure water
Is the cause Of
much physical dis
tuTbance. Overeat-
ing ard little drink
inc of Matar Is
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-29
The Change Of Life.

BELTsvILLE MD"By the of Lydia Pinkhams Vegetable
compound have successfully passed through a
the Change of Life suffered with weakness to Stay
bed three days at time Lydia e. Pnkhams
restored me to perfect health and pang the benefit Of
other who suffer w
BeltsVille, Md. >
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-29

Entered in the postoffice at Brattle-
boro, as second class matter.