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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-25
Cost Per Day to Feed Men.

Each month at the office of the
chief commissary the contract prices
of various articles of food are obtained
and from that and the daily allowance
of various foods for each man, the dial
iy ration per man is established for the
month. This month it is 2S.6l cents
per day per man.
Sometimes the allowance gets down
to % cents and sometimes up to 80
cents per man per day. This then Isl
what each man is allowed for his food
Tor day. If there are 1000 men in
the company the daily allowance for
the company is $2S.Gl. In other words,
the company cooks have got to feed
their 100 men today for $2s.6l and they
do 1t and at the end of the month they
have some money coming to them from
the commissary as a rule.
Every morning at O'Clock our
eommlssary sergeant and his detail
take the auto truck and 90 down to the
railroad yard where "A car of beef has
been set on the siding and there he
draws what beef is wanted in the regi-
nent for the day. BY the way, beef is
the only fresh meat issued in the army
other fresh meats have to he bought
outside. After the meat is drawn the
truck goes to the post bakery and draws
the bread for the day, generally run
ming about 800 lOaves Twice a week
other provisions, such as coffee. sugar
and all kinds of canned goods are
drawn. These provisions are brought
to the regimental commissary depart
ment where the mess sergeants of each
company come and draw what things
they have ordered.
There are two cooks to each com
pany and with their two assistants the
meals are prepared. Each of the com
panies has field range Of good size
for their work and things are very con
venlent. Some companies have com
Pany funds, which enables them to have
more or better food than the ordinary,
or more extras. The ordinary run of
food consists of meat aud potatoes,
bread and Jam with a vegetable of
SOME kind for dinner Other meals are
similar. Coffee, iced tea or lemonade
generally form the liquid part Of the
meal. Stcws and soups figure i'll the
bill of fare as they use up the small
pieces and are very nutritious and
these points must be looked after in
the field
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-05
What the Doctor Knows
KIDNEYS MUST BE RIGHT TO
INSURE HEALTH.

Few people realize to what extent their
health depends upon the condition of the
kidneys.
The physician in nearly all cases OF
serious illness, makes chemical analy'
sis of the patients urine. He knows that
unless the kidneys are doing their work
properly, the other organs cannot readily
be brought back to health and strength.
When the kidneys are neglected or
abused In any way, serious results are
sure to follow. According to health sta
tistics, Bright's Disease, which is really
an advanced form of kidney trouble,
caused nearly ten thousand deaths in one
year, in the State of New York alone.
Therefore, it is particularly necessary to
pay more attention to the health of these
important organs.
An ideal herbal compound that has had
remarkable success as kidney remedy
is DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great
kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
The mild and healing influence Of this
preparation, in most cases, is soon real
lied, according to sworn statements and
verified testimony of those who have used
the remedy.
When your kidneys require attention,
get Swamp Root at once from any phar-
macy. It is sold by every druggist in
bottles of two sizes-5oc and Sl.00. y
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DIR.
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper. Adv.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-05
SCHOOL At NIGHT
FOR |LL|TERATES
SEVERAL COUNTIES HAVE EsTAB-
LlsHED NIGHT SCHOOLS FOR
FREE INSTRUCTIONS.
WILL BE TAUGHT THE 3 RS
Per Cent OF White IIIiterates In Mis-.
sssslppi Very Low-Illiteracy Com
mission VIII Have Booth
At State Fair.
jackson.


The Mississippi illiteracy commits
sion, created under an act passed al
the last legislative session, will con
duct campaign of publicity in Jack
son during the State, Fair.
Although the commission has been
in existence but a few months, good
Roadway is being made with the war
on illiteracy, despite the fact that the
organization is supported wholly by
voluntary contributions, no legislative
appropriation for it's work having been
made.
The work of teaching illiterates in
night schools has been actually started
in the many counties. and much inter
est and enthusiasm is being shown
both by the volunteer instructors. and
the illiterates who will be benefited
thereby.
Miss Ellie Willingham, field secre
tary OF the commission. Is arranging
for an educational booth in the Lib
eral Arts building and during the State
Fair literature will be distributed
showing the plan and scope of the
work in Mississippi, and also asking
citizens for voluntary contributions to
aid this worthy cause.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-05
SYMPATHETIC STRIKE is ON
Big Strike Materializes On Schedule
Time as Has Been Threatened
For Several Weeks.

New York.-Altkough labor leaders
insist that the general strike of trades
unionists in the greater city in aid of
the carmen who quit their places
Sept. 6 eventually would involve at
least half million workers, there
were no surface indications of a tie-up
of the city's industries, as threatened,
after announcement was made that
the strike had begun.
Two hundred and five representa-
tives of various unions at a meeting
have ratified the sympathetic strike
order, it was announced, and called
out the members of their organiza-
tons.
Attempts to estimate the number
of strikers were complicated by the
fact that thousands of Jewish workers
are celebrating the beginning of the
Jewish New Year. OF the 100000 ex-
pected by the leaders to strike. 49,
900 are members affiliated with the
United Hebrew Trades. who stop work
each year at this time for the Jewish
holidays.
Leaders of the Amalgamated Asso-
citation of Street and Electric Rail-
way Employees, whose members are
on strike, are encouraged, they assert,
OVER the possibility of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers coming
to their aid. Officials Of that organ
ization notified the public service COM
mission that Theodore P. Shonts, the
president OF the Interborough Rapid
Transit Company. has refused to see
them and discuss alleged grievances
Of motormen In the employ of the In
terborough.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-05
LOCKED IN ROOM
WITH GIRL LURE
PROMINENT IOWA "LEADlNG CiTl-
ZEN" VlCTIMZED BY BLACK
MAILING BAND.
COMPELLED TO PAY $4,000
Alleges He Was Locked In Room BY
Girl Accomplishment $4,000 to
Prevent the Episode Becorn-
ing Public.

Chicago.-The details Of scheme
whereby wealthy Iowan referred to
as a leading citizen of his commun-
ity" was compelled to pay $4,000 to
a band of so-called Mann act black
mailers became known here when H.
G. Clabaugh, investigator for the de-
partment of justice, appeared to hold
a conference with c. e. Wheeler and
w. N. Jay, attorneys for the Iowa VIC
tim, and one of the two girls alleged
to have been the lures" in this case.
The Iowan, it is said, was introduced
to one of the lures" by client in his
home town, who said she was the girls
aunt. Later he came to Chicago alone
and visited the apartment at which the
girl he had met in Iowa lived with
another girl. While the girls were
showing him through the fiat the bell
rang and in going to answer 1t one OF
the girls locked the Iowan and the
other girl in a bedroom.
The visitors, two men, proclaimed
themselves lawyer and detective, re-
spectively, and accused the Iowan of
violating the Mann act. Under the
combined pressure of the girls and the
two men, the former pleading that he
save them from shame, the victim paid
the gang $4,000 in cash and $4,000 in
notes. The lures and their accom-
plices later were betrayed to federal
authorities by the abandoned wife Of
one of the men.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-05
Didn't Want Much.

One Saturday night lady who pos
sessed fruit and vegetable shop hur-
ried to serve her last customer, very
red-faced woman.
She asked for penny's worth of
vegetables, and wanted a piece of ev-
erything.
When she had been given what she
desired, she politely asked If they
could be wrapped in piece of paper
and tied with string.
The shopkeeper turned to her, quite
calm, and said:
swat a minute, and / will run
across to the butchers for bone
and I think that will complete your
Sunday dinner"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-05
NE X|CAN REVOLT
: MADE IN j. S. !"
LATEST TROUBLE ENGINEERED
TO CAUSE HALT IN CON-
MISSIoNERS' WORK.
STARTING SIGNAL FROM N. Y.
Certain Citizens Seek to Compel In
tervention--ViIla Had Nothing to
Do With Chihuahua Uprising,
Says Agent.

New York City.--Americans seek
ing to compel Intervention in Mex
leo by the United States planned and
directed the raid on Chihuahua City
and then planted" exaggerated sto-
ries to make it appear great triumph
for Villa, according to information
before members of the American and
Mexican joint commission which left
New London for Atlantic City.
United States secret service agents
are investigating what is regarded as
conspiracy led by Americans. first
to bring about the Chihuahua City In
cident, and, second, to get it exagger-
ated In the official military papers.
with the object Of destroying the work
of the American and Mexican joint
commission.
The reports which have been trans
mitted by Washington and by Mexico
City to the joint commission contra
dict the statements in the account by
Brig. Gen. George Bell. Jr. 1t is re-
garded as established by the state de-
partment that Villa was not with the
raid on Chihuahua City and that no
ammunition was captured and taken
off by the raiders.
The American investigators Of the
attack on Chihuahua City are sup
posed to be either political enemies of
the Wilson administration, or Ameri-
cans interested in Mexican property
and anxious to avert settlement
between the United States and Mex
leo which would put Intervention out
of the question. The suspicion rests
on set of concrete facts received
close attention from the state depart
ment and the department of justice.
The signal for the raid on Chihua-
hua City, it is believed, came in a
telegram from New York City, or
Washington, to the border, and was
forwarded by courier to the bandit
organization outside of the city.
The raid was timed to occur just
as the commissioners appeared to be
on the threshold of an agreement for
the substitution of a strong patrol on
both sides of the border for the Per-
shing expedition.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-05

Mississippi factory owners and 9th.
ers employing labor will not be at
fected by the federal child labor law,
according to David Mcdowell of Jack
son, child labor law inspector for the
state. Mississippi's child labor law.
which has been in effect for the last
two years, will not permit factory
owners to employ boys under II and
girls under IA years. The federal law
of the same nature will not permit the
employment of boys or girls under IA
years. Mississippi factory owners will
be required to obey the state law,
which, as far as Mississippi is con-
cerned, includes the federal law.
Mr.. Mcdowell declares that never
since the enactment of the child labor
law in the state have there been fewer
violations as at the present time in
every part of Mississippi. He added
that as result of the law he believed
that the health and education of the
youth of Mississippi has been enhanc-
ed SO her cent.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-05
Names Another Minister.

Mexico City.-Alfonso Gravioto was
appointed temporary minister Of pub
lie instruction in place of Felix N. Pa
lavicini, who has resigned. Senior Pa
lavicini resigned to become director
OF Ell Universal. a morning newspaper.
Manuel Malbran, Argentinian minis
ter to Mexico, has arrived here and
was given an enthusiastic reception.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-05
YEARS EXPORTS TO EUROPE
Breadstuff Shipments In Eight Months
More Than $2s3, 200, oOo-5reak
All Previous Records.

Washington. American shippers
exported 1888, 101, 181 worth of bread
stuffs during the eight months ending
Aug. 81, according to an analysis Of
August trade just issued by the de-
partment of commerce. The August
exports represented an increase Of
more than 100000 over August of
1915. Meat showed an increase Of
100000 over the previous August.
One of the largest export gains was
in gasoline and naphtha shipments, to-
tai of which for the last eight months
was more than double that for the
same eight months a year ago. The
August total was $5,000,000 greater
than for August, 1915.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-05
Cotton Seed Reports.

Washington.-Census bureau Off
Gals are busily engaged organizing
their forces for the collection and pub
fishing of monthly reports of cotton
seed and cottonseed products and quar-
terly reports of cotton fiber used in
the manufacture of guncotton and ex-
plosives of all kinds and of absorbent
and indicated cotton.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-05

Spain has 600 steamships engaged
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-05
Indians Are Ffourishinq.

Chicago.-The race of Indians is no
longer a dying race, Cato Sells, United
States commissioner on Indian affairs,
announced here on his return from an
inspection trip through western In
dian reservations. There are more In
dams in the country, he said, than
there have been at any time since the
bureau of Indian affairs was estab-
lished.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-05
SUBMARINES ARE BUSY.

Two of Them Sink IS Vessels In Wa
ters OFF England.
Berlin.-The following semi-official
announcement has been made public:
ELEVEN British fishing steamships
were sunk by a German submarine in
the North Sea Sept. %. Four Belgian
lighters were sunk in one day at the
entrance to the English channel by
another submarine.
son Sept. q naval airship sue
cessfully attacked the aerial station
at Lebara Ton the Gulf of Riga), and
the defense batteries on Oesel Island
Although the airship was shelled heav-
lily it returned unchanged"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-05

West Point.-County Superintend
emit E. H. Walker, City School Super
intendent Prof c. F. Caps and Mrs
H. Lang Quinn have organized a moon
light school for grown-up illiterates
and opened up the second school OF
it's kind in the state at the cotton faa3
tory and expect to put them all over
the county at once.
Union-At a meeting of citizens
and business men the question of the
town putting in water system was
discussed and committee was ap
pointed to investigate the cost and re
port at an early date.
Yazoo City-According to the re
Gently published mortality report By
the Mississippi state board of health
Yazoo county has a total of 1858 cases
Of malaria.
Biloxi.-The American Pickle ant
Canning Co. of Virgins will put uI
about $4,000 bushels of pickles before
the season closes in November.
Jackson. The executive committed
of the Jackson Memorial Highway As
ISOLATION will meet in Nashville II
October for the purpose Of designating
the official route OF the great thor
oughfare, and as the time for the com
mittee to assemble approaches loca
interest in the matter is constantly
increasing. At meeting held II
Nashville last fall the executive com
mittee decided that the route which
had most nearly reached completion
~ oct !, 1916, would be officiall.
designated IS the official highway.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-05
Double Lynching.

Nowata, Ok-Two Of three negroes
charged with numbering deputy sher-
If who sought to prevent a Jail de-
livery, were lynched here by mob
OF citizens. A minister attempted to
halt the mob and succeeded for
few minutes, but in the end the deed
was accomplished.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-05

Probably no single feature of the
Mississippi-Alabama Fair to be held at
Meridian, Oct. Is to 81. and the Mis-.
sissippi State Fair, to be held at Jack
son the 25th and Goth, will be Of more
practical value to the farmers Of the
state than will the model 10-cow dairy
to be operated in the model dairy
barns on the fair grounds by represen-
tatives of the Mississippi A. and M
College extension service and the fed
eral dairy division.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-05

Berlin (via Sayville) ATTACKS by
the entente aircraft upon foundries in
Luxembourg are declared by the Lux
emburg newspaper Obermosel to be
uniustified Luxembourg, it declares.
stands ready to furnish ammunition
to any customer.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-05
TWO HUSBANDS AT BEDSIDE.

One Sued For Maintenance and other
Divorced-Woman Suicides.
Chicago.-On a cot in local hos
pital Mrs. Anna Lossman Erickson
Ruggles, is awaiting death, which is
certain to come, physicians say, from
self-administered poison, while on
either side of the cot sat man. Eric
Erickson, the husband, she had divorc-
ed and Glenn Ruggles, the husband
she had sued for separate maintenance.
Neither spoke to the other.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-05
|Iliteracy FIGHT Progresses.

Miss Allie Willingham, field agent
for the Mississippi commission for the
suppression of adult illiteracy, has
been on an extended tour of the state
since assuming the exacting duties of
her position. Miss Willingham is pre-
pairing large volume Of data and field
notes, which she has obtained during
her travels, and expects to be able to
give some interesting details concern
ing the work
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-05
CLEAR RED PIMPLY FACES
Red Hands, Red Scalp With Cutieura
Soap and Ointment. Trial Free.

The soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal. Nothing
better, quicker, safer surer at any
price for skin troubles of young or
old that itch, burn, crust, scale, tor
ture or disfgure. Besides, they meet
every want in toilet preparations.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Ady.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-05

Chicago.-Charles Goepfert speaks
only French. Miss Lucy E. Mutterer
speaks only German. Rev. Frank O.
Beck, who married them, read the
service in English for the witnesses,
in French for the bridegroom, and in
German for the bride.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-05
Bandits Secure SO 900.

Moose Jaw, Sask. Robbers entered
the village of Caron, eighteen miles
west of here. cut ell telephone and
telegraph wires into the town. over
powered the Waterman at the Bank
of Hamilton, blew the safe and escaped
with $4,000.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-05
Killed In Runaway.

Milan, Tenn.-A sad accident oc-
Cured several miles north of here,
when Stonewall Eldridge, a well-to-do
farmer. and his 8-year-old son went to
Bradford to market load of seed cot
ton. Their team became frightened
and ran away, throwing the boy out,
breaking his neck and crushing his
skull.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-05
Mile sets New Mark.

Cairo (via London) The waters Of
the Nile are at the highest stage
reached in % years and the ministry
OF public works has issued warning
that every precaution should be taken
in view Of the danger that the Nils
may burst ~. banks.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-05
Flour Takes jump.

Chicago.-The price of -four has ad.
vanced 20 cents a barrel. the highest
level since the Civil War. Patents
sold for 1910 barrel, an increase Of
So over a year ago.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-05
Teacher for Two Wanted.

ely, Pa.-The smallest public school
IN the world, near here, containing
desk room for twelve pupils. Is seek
ing a teacher. This year only two
pupils, both girls, will attend.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-05
british Time Set Back.

New York.-Legal time in Great
Britain will be put back one hour,
beginning at 3 a. M, Oct /. British
time from Oct. will be the same as
before the daylight saving system
was inaugurated May 81.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-05
Fond Of an Araument.

II dare say the time passed rather
quickly for old Mr.. Rasper at the sum-
mcr resort he visited"
s"Plenty to amuse him, eh?"
''Yes-in way, He met another
old codger there as contentious as he
was and when the two of them locked
horns they forgot whether it was
morning, noon or night"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-05
Interpreter Needed.

New York.-Knowing only loves
language, Pietro Rienzi, who speaks
only Italian, and Mrs. Katie Plufe.
who understands only the Hungarian
tongue, were married here.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-05
SOLDIERS. LIKE Y. M. C. A.
First Tennessee Boys To Have Fine
Athletic Field.

First Tennessee Boys To Have Fine
Athletic Field.
Eagle Pass, Texas.-The Y. M. G. A.
work here for the First Tennessee
Regiment will be started at once I'M
der T. s. Daniel, formerly Of the Mem
phis association.
Beside the inside work that is car
ried on for the soldiers, which consists
of talks, social and religious meetings
and supplying writing materials, out
door work will be provided. as Col.
Berry has given the Y. NJ. c. A. the
use of an adjoining field, on which
will be baseball diamond and several
tennis courts. The boys are anxious
for the work to begin.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-05
Tamna ciuar Makers Strike.

Tampa, Fla-One thousand cigar
makers in five factories went on
strike here for higher wages for piece
work. The men demand increases
ranging from 81 to 81 per thousand
for work on mold-made cigars.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-05
EXPRESS TRAIN HELD UP.
Mail and Baggage Cars Ransacked by
Bandits.

Bandits.
Detroit, Mich.-Michigan Central
passenger train No. Id, known as the
New York-Chicago Express, bound
from Chicago to Detroit, was held up
by a gang of robbers near Dearborn,
10 miles west of here.
After stopping the train by disar-
ranging the block system, the men I'M
hooked the mail and baggage cars
from the rest of the train and drove
them down the track distance Of two
miles. Here they ransacked both
cars, including the registered matter
in the mail car, and escaped after ex-
tinguishing the fire in the locomotive.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-05

Hospital Eocated.
The board of trustees OF South Mis-
sissippi state charity hospital have de-
cided to locate the institution al
Laurel. Private owners will donate
ten lots, and the city owns ten acres
adjacent, which will be donated to the
state.
Gov. Theo Bilbo, Rev. T. G. Gates
S. C. Culpepper, DR.. Davis VALLEY and
J. E. Davis, trustees, were in Laurel
inspecting the site Wednesday.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-05
London Elects Lord Mayor.

London.-Sir William Henry Dunn
was elected lord mayor of London.
The new lord mayor will be the third
Roman Catholic lord mayor of London
in recent years.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-05
ANEcLEcTED COLI

Is often followed by pneumonia. Be-
fore it is too late take Laxative Quini-
d. le Tablets. Gives prompt relief In
cases of Coughs, Colds. La Grippe and
Headache. Price 25c.--Adv.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-05
w. C. NIXON ILL.

President of Frisco System Suffers
From Poisoning.
st. Louis-Wm. G. Nixon, recently
elected president of the Frisco system
under the reorganization following re-
ownership, is i'll at the Frisco Hos
pital.
His illness was brought on by poison
ing of some sort, friends say. although
Just what kind of poisoning is un-
known. First reports that he suffered
from ptomaine poisoning were later
denied His condition is said to be
serious, but not critical.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-05
German Banks in Japan Closed.

San Francisco, Cal.-Branches OF
the Deutsche Asiatic Bank at Yoko-
homa and Kobe have been closed and
are now under guard of Japanese sol
diers. The action is believed to have
been q war measure.