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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-24
HOW En Cot L

= British soldier IN Belgium was one
morning vending his way to camp
with fine rooster in his arms when
he was stopped by his colonel to know
if he had been stealing chickens
NO, colonel, was the reply, ~
saw the old fellow sitting on the wall
and | ordered him to crow for Eng.
land, and he wouldn t do it, so | lust
took him prisoner. - st. Louis Post
Despatch.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-24
WHY TT SUCCEEDS.
Because It's For One Thing Only, and
Brattleboro People Appreciate This.

Because It's For One Thing Only, and
Brattleboro People Appreciate This.
Nothing can be good for everything.
Doing one thing well brings success.
Doan S Kidney Pills are for one
thing only.
For weak or disordered kidneys.
Here is Brattleboro evidence to
prove their worth
o. F. Howe, 1873 Elliot ST., prop.
wagon repair shop, Brattleboro, says:
MY back troubled me for long time
and ! was often so lame that l could
hardly stoop or lift. I tried plasters
and several medicines, but received no
relief until / procured Doan 8 Kidney
Pills at the Brattleboro Drug Co. Two
boxes removed the baekache and lame
ness and restored my kidneys to a nor
nal condition"
A LASTING EFFECT.
OVER TWO YEARS LATER, Mr.
Howe said: "Doan s Kidney Pills rid
me of kidney trouble and it has never
returned
Price soc, at all dealers. Don 7
simply ask for a kidney remedy - get
Doan s Kidney Pills - the same thai
Mr.. Howe has twice publicly recon
mended Foster Milburn Co., Props.
Buffalo, n. Y.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-24

About $500,000,000 year is being
spent on education i'll the United
States.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-24

dustrial Preparedness.
the more than 10000 highly educated
members of the American Society of
Civil Engineers, the American Institute
of Mining Engineers, the American So
ciety of Mechanical Engineers, the
American Institute of Electrical Engi-
neers and the American Chemical so.
ciety.
The state directors, who also become
associate members of the naval con-
sulting board, have just received ap.
pointment by the secretary of the navy.
In making public their names Mr.. COT
fin said:
1.-The names and standing of these
men speak for themselves. They have
been selected by their own professional
associates with the only standard
that of efficiency and integrity. They
work without pay; indeed, the services
of many of them could not be bought
In my judgment they form a.vast, tiex
ible organization, the like Of which has
never been known in this or any other
country Of the world, and an organiza
ton, moreover. which from top to bot
tom is absolutely nonpOlitical.'
/ The directors from this state are a.
I follows:
/ c. b. Hollis of Randolph, from tn,
American Institute of Mining Engj
neers, is general superintendent of tn
Eastern Tale company: was born il
1879 in Massachusetts and educated a
the Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology and is a member of the Vel
mont Society Of Engineers, the Create
Vermont society and the Rocheste
board OF trade
Frank @. Sinclair Of Burlington, froI
the American Society Of Civil Eng
neers, is consulting engineer and COZ
In after years man reioices because Q
1.-THE failure oi youthful ambitions.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-24
ENGINEERS TO
SURVEY INDUSTRY
u. S. Naval Consulting Board
Names Directors For Work.
SELECT FIVE VERMONT men

Frank o. Sinclair and George Howard
Burrows of Burlington, James Hart
ness of Springfield, c. 3. Hollis of
Randolph and Byron Turner Burt of
Rutland Chosen to Tabulate Indus
trial Preparedness.
Howard E. Coffin, chairman of the
Committee on Industrial Preparedness
Of the Naval Consulting Board of the
United States. today announced the
names of the $50 state directors. form,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-24
@ by Underwood & Underwood
HOWARD &. COFFIN,
Chairman Committee on Industrial
Preparedness.

ed into boards of five men each. who.
under the committees direction. are
setting out to make a complete survey
of American industry for the first time
in the history of the United States gov
eminent.
These state directors will be under
the immediate guidance of w. S. Gift
ford. chief statistioian of the American
Telephone and Telegraph company.
who is actiug as supervising director
of the work. Under them win work
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-24

In after years a man rejoices because Of
the failure OF youthful ambitions.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-24
MAYNARD FATALLY BURNED.
Burlington Man Rushed Out Of Hous
with His CLOTHING IN Flames.

with His Clothing in Flames.
BURLINGTON. April 24-Georgc May
nard, o. died in the Mary Fletcher hos
pital yesterday afternoon from burns re-
ceiyed at his home on Conger avenue sat
urday evening Considerable mystery at
taches to the manner in which Maynard
was burned. The first that was known OF
anything unusual was when the man
rushed out of the house screaming for
help, his clothing being in flames 4 lively
blaze had started in his apartments on the
second floor Aid was at once gwen the
man who was Immediately rushed to the
hospital in the police ambulance while the
fire department responded to an alarm
The theory is that Maynard who was
alone in the house at the time, was pre-
pairing a lunch and either tipped over a
kerosene lamp or the lamp exploded.
Whatever happened, his clothing became
saturated almost instantly with flaming
oil. The mans body was burned from
head to foot.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-03
new TRACK FOR
PALMER STADIUM
Tiger Football Field Will
HencefOrth Be Used
for Meets.

Princeton, y. J, April 2~The
Palmer Stadium, previously used only
for football. will be opened for track
athletics by May 13, the date set for
the annual interscholsstic and the
Princeton-Virginia meets. The STADIUM
track still lacks two inches OF the
ou.or cinder surface, but this will be
nut down and rolled as soon as the
weather permits. The result should
no surface that will rank with the
best in the country.
The new track will be a quarter mile
in circumference and will have
straigh.aways of 300 yards on either
side. The width Of the oval track will
be eighteen feet. That of the straight
aways will be twenty-eight feet. The
latter will be broader by several feet
than those of Harvard's track.
The accommodations for the varsity
and the visiting teams in the new field
house are exceptionally complete. The
building is equipped with every facii-
itv. including some $50 lockers and two
large shower rooms on each foor
There arc two spacious dressing rooms.
With this equipment Princeton will be
able to accommodate with ease all Wis
ting teams.
The fact that Princeton has never
before had the facilities for holding an
intercollegiate meet has been one OF
the causes for the lack in track inter
est here. With the new stadium ard
the new commons. the university vii
have complete equipment for running
off a large meet.
There has never been sufficient room
for both the track and the baseball
SQUADS al the University Field. Now
however. the baseball men will have
University Field entirely 70 them
selves. while the stadium will be de
voted exclusively to the practice OF
the track squad
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-03
Robins Outlining Orioles
in Battle of the Birds
Jack Dunn's Flutterers No
Match for Uncle VIII
bert's Peppery Ball
Club.
By Telegraph 70 rhe Tribune J

Baltimore. April 2.-Despite the fact
that q majority OF the fans say they
intend to boycott minor league baseball
in this city, fully 1900 people jour
neyed out to Jack Dunn's ball park In
the back-river district here this after
noon and saw Uncle Wilbert Robin
sons boys swamp the Orioles in a one
sided conflict by score of IL runs
TO ..
The big leaguers had batting feast
in the very first inning. when they
hammered Joe Sherman for half a
dozen runs. This about settled the is
sue. for the Birds could do practically
nothing with the slants of Buster
Mails and Ira Colwel Mails eased up
a trfe after the Robins had gathered
in eleven runs and allowed Dunn's
team TO score twice. A youngster by
the name OF Lamar tailed both of the
runs.
Little Ollie O'Mara began the attack
on Sherman by hitting the first pitched
ball for a double. Then came Daubert
with a single and Ollie raced home with
the first run.
Stengel cracked double to right and
Daubert scored. Casey came home on
Wheats solid smash TO centre. Hick-
man famed. but Mowrey singled and
so did Getz, Wheat scoring McCarty
beat out an infeld hit and Mails
walked. forcing in Mowrey. Getz
scored on O'Mara's sacrifice fly.
The Robins kept after Sherman un-
I'll the fourth inning. when Dunn gave
him the high sign and he retired from
the fray. He left the pastime with
nine hits and eleven runs charged up
against him. including three doubles.
James replaced Sherman in the box
for the Birds. and although the big
leaguers grabbed three runs off him he
pitched good ball. Two Of the three
runs came as the result of an error by
Fewster. a Baltimore boy, and wild
peg TO third By Gather McAvoy.
The Orioles failed TO gather in n run
until the fourth. Then, with one out,
Lamar singled and stole second. After
Fewster was retired Ritter hit one
over Mowreys head and Lamar scored
easily.
In the sixth Lamar hit Mails for
double and came home on McAvoy's
one-spot 10 left.
Colwell allowed three hits in the
three innings that he faced the Birds
Only one Of the lucky batters reached
second base.
To-morrow's game will be played at
the Baltimore Fed Park. The Robins
will hop aboard the steam cars right
after the game. headed for Brooklyn.
Robbie is saving JEFF Pfefrer and
Sherry Smith for the first game with
the Yankees.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-03
TRAVERS ISLAND SHOOT
FEATURED BY M'MAH0N
n. Y. A. c. Gunner Wins Legs on
Two Trophy Cups.

d. $. Mcmahon did the best work
at the Travers Island traps OF the
New York Athletic Club yesterday. He
was the high scratch gunner Of the day,
taking the trophy with total Of So
out of a possible 100 targets. Although
the total was not particularly high,
due 70 a strong wind that swept across
the traps, Mcmahon had the satisfac-
ton of registering one straight string
of 25 targets during the afternoon.
The perfect run not only gave him
leg on the Iaslin trophy, but one on
the Travers Island cup.
The shot for the Travers Island tro-
ply started the fun. When the smoke
of the last shell blew over the Sound
il was discovered that ". r. Delehanty,
Z. Rogers, +. Leighton. 7. II. Lawrence
and d. s. Mcmahon had tied for the
prize. with full scores. The new rules
call for the tie to be shot off in the
next event. The next event was the
Haslin cup, and II was in this shoot
that Mcmahon ran straight, and so won
both prizes.
K. /. SPOTS Wa the only other gun
ner 20 return a straight score. He
made il in the shoot for a special cup
that finished the programme. The high
handicap gunner was +. Leighton, who
annexed the cup with a card OF 81
Is 80. Three nimrods scored legs on
the tournament cup. They were W Z.
Delehanty, +. Leighton and c. Stein.
The accumulation cup went 10 A. l..
Burns. who had r total OF q out Of a
possible 100 targets.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-03
HOCKEY PLAYER WEBB
HAS WATER ON KNEE

Torrey Webb, captain of the Colum-
bia University hockey team. will prob
ably be out Of the game for the rest Of
the season, as result of an accident
during the recent match between the
Columbia and 7th Regiment sevens at
the Ice-Skating Palace.
A blow received in the game gave no
bother az the time, but Webb has since
been laid up with water on the knee,
and is in bed with his leg in caps. An
X-ray examination has revealed that
the leg has not been fractured. but
that the knee will have TO be baked
and undergo an immediate treatment
If an operation Is 20 be avoided
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-03
KQrQtS Here and There
From Diamonds in Texas

The Giants have formally christened
JEFF Tesreau Papa Tess" and the quar-
tet is working overtime on Here
Comes Ny Daddy Now"
Poll Perritt is trying to put on airs
simply because he is the new Tesreau
youngsters uncle. Poll says he will
make jeff, Jr., real pitcher.
The first person Ty Cobb looked up
when he got 10 Houston was Matty
and the pair held glad reunion. much
TO the delight of the fans. Matty and
Tyrus have been fellow authors on sew
eral worlds series and they had much
20 talk over.
When the fans discovered the great
est batsman and the greatest pitcher
together they crowded around TO drink
GIANTS vs. YANKEES. 9Th. 9Th, 10th
Tickets ON sulo at both Oiilces-AoNI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-03
STRONG WIND HAMPERS
NEW ROCHELLE SHOOT
But GunnerS Make Good Scores
Despite II.

There was a good muster Of gunners
az the New Rochelle Yacht Club yes
terday, nineteen Of them facing the
TAPS on Harrison Island. Full scores
we're returned in all Of the five matches
contested, despite strong wind that
sent the birds at irregular angles J.
y. Mclaughlin proved high scratch man
e the day. He returned a card Of %.
The high handicap prize went to c.
f.. Church. with a score of 100 blue
rocks on his handicap Of Is. Nc
Loughlin also won the ten-bird scratch
prize with full score. &. &. Moore and
". W. Portner tied for the ffteen-bird
scratch prize with "a apiece. In the
rer.
Seven men tied with full scores of 25
for the take-home trophy. In the shoot
eff c. f. Church won. With +. NJ vii
son and G. p. CRANBERRY, Church also
won a leg for the monthly cup. A. p.
Bennett, commodore Of the club, won a
leg for the accumulation cup. lie re-
turned a full score Of % on his handi-
cap of ].
fafl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-03
POLO PLAYERS
PREPARING FOR
BIG JOURNEYS
Season Opens April s in
California; April II
in the East.

An addition 70 the Polo Association
tournament list is announced by the
association. to be held at the Rumson
Country Club, beginning on May H.
This will take the place Of the Lake
wood Polo Club tournament as the
opening fixture in the metropolitan
district. to follow the tournament OF
the Army Polo Association at wash
ington. April II to %.
Entries for the Washington tourna-
ment close on Wednesday with Cap
tain Coots at the War Department.
There is a strong muster Of civilian
teams expected. but the Mexico activl-
ties. it is thought, may keep many OF
the army teams away from the slated
competition for the army circuit cup.
The Aiken and Camden tournaments
are also sufferers By the withdrawal
Of the army teams. as the players have
been ordered into active service.
The next event Of the California
polo season will be the tournament at
the Del Monte Polo Club, from April
10 %. The events will include the
Northern California junior champion
ship and other trophy matches. The
Joint tournament Of the Burlingame
and San Mateo polo clubs will be held
at San Mateo from April "a to May /.
The Pope cup, for teams representing
the East and the West, will be feat
ure. The East may be represented by
club. from any point outside Of Cali
fornia, but the West will be a strictly
California outfit
The fourth renewal of the Polo As
ISOLATION Pacific Coast Circuit cup Will
also be decided at the joint tourna-
mcnt i'm San Mateo. Eleven clubs are
eligible. including, besides the Cali
fornia teams, the Spokane, Naverly and
Hawaii clul 8. The Hawaiians won IN
1913. and they are to try again tins
season; in 1914 the cup was won by
the RI Cerrito team. of San Mateo. and
last year by Pasadena. The winning
team will take part in tho intercircuit
tournament at the Philadelphia Coun-
try Club In September.
The Mid-Western Polo Association
has announced a tournament for its
circuit Gu in May. Special arrange
ments are being made for large entry,
from which will be chosen repre-
sentative team for the new Philadel-
phia tournament.
It il expected that the circuit cup
tournaments will all be decided before
the beginning Of the annual Polo As
ISOLATION mpionships at the Point
Judith Polo Club. and that the players
selected for the inter-circuit tourna-
ment will, when possible. join in the
championship and minor events at Mar
ragansett Pier. 20 keep on edge for
the meeting under the special handi-
caps in the Philadelphia event.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-03
CORNELL DECORATES
IS OF HER ATHLETES

Scventy-fve letters have been off
cially awarded 20 Cornell athletes for
endeavor in various sports last year
Football leads, with Is "C's"; track is
next. with IS; baseball next, with Is,
and crew, II.
The major sport awards follow:
Fo.bau- Iduari Iwen Anderson. Clarence
Wsgar Bafey. Charles Barrett Carlton Palmer Col
lins willard Cameron Cool Pau NfAe~ppor E.s-
lev Frederick Montague Gillc. ketf0ri WILDER
Jeucti william Jamc0l. Peter Paul Miller Lucieu
wilbur Mueller Arthur Patterson Srhock. Fred
Paul schlrhfrr Murray N0rorfss shelton. Francis
T,1ey Shifcrick Herbert Snyder. Clarence nies
snd noy John Zarfe-
Crea C0a,Ics Allrus ROYAL Gould BIRD. John
raon GoIifcr Alher Augustus cushing. hafl Her
man Feru0r. Walter Iugero Jane. Gabriel In Al
mol furd prrrfal Alexander Mo anl.e--. JONI
rryip Noir John Emmett O'Brier. Gusfase DAVID
Sfshl George ellison Tcrriheny. Russell Wclles and
Ge0fge Austin Worn
Trsrs -Donsld Watson Cafy FRANK Kent Toss
Iohn REYNOLDS Crime Lawrence Edward Guhh. John
Sherwood ng~mire. HgWafi Hrnrrton Il gersol.
Harold Enos Irish. Arthur leDk lukcns. Kenneth
& MrCIicheou Don Andrew M-Isren. Aionzo
fohns Muiou Daniel Frederick Potter Alma
Wrfofd Rlrhards Clement ieifh sgsiden. Ffeder!ca
HUebal- Frederick reriey Hius. Inomm Nin-
cant RrrM,. Chandler Burr--. Francis Joseph ClaFy.
Jo-cph HAJrnoad Donpvan. Robert Truce jorion.
Wrlam Nanriiio johnson. Thomas Fortune heat
ing Ldvard Iario Ludwig. Arthur Wilson Me.leii.
IL Georfcy Maurice O'Cor nell yohn Joseph ltsan.
blvd. Albert Russell william Henry Suttrrly and
yDhu Randall Nhu<y
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-03
Awake, Ye Fans!

With many new faces on their re-
spective teams, the New York Giants
and Yankees and the Brooklyn
Robins will arrive here this week
from their training grounds TO en-
gage in their exhibition games prior
to the opening of the championship
season.
Interest will centre In the series
between the Yankees and the Robins.
which will he followed by a clash
between the Giants and Yankees.
The games Of the week follow:
Tuesday, April 4-fankees VS..
Robins. at Ebbets Field.
Wednesday. April Yankees vs..
Robins, at Ebbets Field.
Thursday. April 6-Red Sox VS..
Robins. at Ebbets Field.
Friday, April 7-Giants vs.. Yam
KEGS, at Polo Grounds. Red Sox VS..
Robins. at Ebbets Field.
Saturday. April s-Giants We. Yam
KEGS, at Polo Grounds. Red Sox vs..
Robins, at Ebbets Field.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-03

BRAVES AND ATHLETICS
QUIT SUNNY SOUTH

jacksonville. Fla, April 3 The Bos-
ton Braves and the Philadelphia Attn
letics left here to-day for the North.
both teams planning to play exhibition
games en- route. The Braves. who have
been training at Miami, will play to-
morrow at Rocky Mount, y. c. The
Athletics meet the Charleston South
Atlantic Leaguers at Charleston to-
morrow.
Wyckoff and Bressler. pitchers OF the
Athletics, will remain here several days
longer TO work out with the South At
lantic League players.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-03

in worlds Of baseball lore. but this IS
what they heard:
Hello. Tyl"
"Why. how are you. Matty?"
How did you spend the winter?'
oh, played golf bit. What did
you do?"
81 played golf bit. too. You know
! made a 40Oyard hole in two not long
ago. | got perfect drive and holed
with my mashie from about 100 yards"
Right then and there the fans walked
out on the meeting. Subsequently
Matty and Ty made Ananias look like
piker with their tales Of golf shots
and checker game mannuyrings.
jeff Tesreau is having an awful time
convincing the fans that he is not
Matty. The other night fan came into
the sleeper and lnid TO jeff:
"Goodby. Matty. old boyl | hope you
have a good season. I'm New Yorker
myself. md I've paid to see you work
many day"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-03
Pocket Billiard Tourney VI,

The second round In the poese. ~
lard tournament will start at po!.'
Forty-second street billiard roon ~,
night. when Tod Sloan will cross :, 81
with Rud Fisher. Tomorrow h,s. .
Howard Shoemaker, The rat,onSl -
teur champion. will play r. aex ssn;,.
John O'Neill, the Enggsh Z, PIE ~.
amateur champion, will defend a. 80 .gl
IN a 500-point contest WIZ ~,
Spicer. This affair will be o. 49,.
nights duration. $50 points eaeh -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-03
New York A. c. BOWlers
Tighten Hold on Lead

The New York Athletic Club tight
ened its hold on first place by winning
two series from rival clubs in the
tournament Of the New York Interclub
Bowling League on Saturday. 1t first
met the Hudson club. and captured all
three games. The second victim was
the Liederkranz team.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-03
BEADEIL BEST GUN
AT MhNHASSET BAY

OF the eight men who faced the traps
Of the Manhasset Bay Yacht Club yes
terday II. l.. Beadell carried off the
honors by winning both the high
scratch and the high handicap prizes.
His scratch score was 81 and his
mark 96, on q handicap of {. He was
also the winner OF the leg for the
monthly cup after shoot-of against
II. +. Clark and d. G.. LOOMS. The leg
for the yearly cup went 10 LOOMS after
a shoot-off with D. Z. Smith.
fo1f,v..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-03
PROVIDENT SWITZERLAND.

The BOD people out OF every ! 900 in
Switzerland who save money must be
compared with meagre l0S In this
country. the difference accounting. ac-
cordng 20 Chicago banker. for the
fact that in our large cities one burial
cut Of ten is made IN apotter's field,
says The Indianapolis News"