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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-09
Victory for Temperance.
bennington Banner.)

The outcome of the vote on the
Perry bill is a splendid victory for
the cause of temperance.
After hearing the arguments on
both sides most fully the Vermont
voters have decided that they do not
want to go back to prohibition and
the decision is so overwhelming that
the prohibition agitators should "a
way back and keep still
vermont had prohibition for fiftv
years and during that time the state
dld not gain in population or business.
over 90 per cent of the towns actual
y decreased in population and in in
dustrlal enterprise. Rum. hypocrisy
and corruption were rampant and
vice was not abated.
Vermont then changed to local op-
ton and the great bulk of the towns
found that 1t gave them better CON
troll Of the situation. The population
anu business Of the state began to in
crease and the number of license
towns was gradually reduced from 90
to IL
Under these circumstances il was
natural that the voters of Vermont
should support local option under
winch actual temperance progress had
been made instead of returning to the
abstract theory of prohibition which
nifty years experience had shown TO
be a failure in Vermont.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-09
MOHR WITNESSES
HELD FOR PERJURY
Wife and Sister of One of Conv;c+as
slayers Locked Up Pending
Indictments.

PROVIDENCE, R. l., March Q. -
Bessie Spellman and Gertrude Nav
Daley, wife and sister of Harry RI
Spellman, who with Cecil V. Brown was
convicted of the murder of DR.. g.
Franklin Mohr, were held in the sixth
district court yesterday for the grand
jury on charges of perjury They were
represented by William H. Lewis of
Boston and the prosecution was con
Quoted by Assistant Attorney General
Branch.
Evidence was submitted that at the
trial Mrs. Spellman testified her hus-
band came home at 9 on the night of
the murder at Darlington and Mrs.
Daley swore that she heard him enter
his room at 9.15 clock, also that At
torney General Rice had warned them
to correct their evidence because they
were known to have been asleep and
they declined to do So
Mr.. Lewis raised the point that il
had not been shown which statement
was false and the grand jury notes the
woman had signed were very much in
terilned. The implication that the in
terllneations were done after the state
ment had been subscribed to was at
the suggestion of Judge Gorham with
drawn by Mr.. Lewis, as there was
nothing to sustain the latter S eonten-
ton.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-09
WEST GUILFORD.

The Rural Home club will meet next
week Wednesday with Mrs. Austin
Nichols
Baptist church, Rev. William Robin
son, pastor. Morning worship at IL.
Sunday school at noon. Evening wor-
ship at $50. All are invited to these
services.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Blanchard visit
ed Monday in Brattleboro with Mrs.
Blanchard s brother-in-law. F. A.
Phelps, and family, and sister-in-law
Mrs, Ephraim Haskell.
Charles Shepardsoa and daughter
Mrs. Austin Nichols, and granddaugh
ter, Miriam Nichols, spent Sunday il
Green River with Mr.. She2ardson S
mother, Mrs. Luke Wrisley.
Miss Ruby Phelps returned to the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W
{. Phelps, Friday after spending s1A
months in Colchester with her sister
Mrs. Merle Pierce, and family.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-09
SAVED FROM PRISO
BY TEST OF BRAIN
Young Man with Child s Mentality RI
Have Special Treatment-Trial in
California.

san FRANCISCO, Cal, March o
Should an adult delinquent with the men
taIlty OF child be sent to the penitentiary
or be cared for by society as person of
feeble mind2
This IS the question which Superior
Judge Frank II. Dunno decided when he
ordered Joseph Duran, 10 years old to the
Preston school of industry at lone instead
OF to San Quentin penitentiary.
The case grew out of movement to in
troduce in the local courts the Binet-Simon
test to determine the mental status of al
legged detectives. The outcome viii be
watched with keen interest by Judges.
psychologists and sponsors of the move
ment, which has for its aim the welfare OF
the feeble minded
In the case of young Duran, who has
been guilty OF offences since childhood, the
Application OF the Binet test showed that
ne had the mind of a boy of II years. 1t
was upon the report of examining psychol-
ogists that Judge Dunno suspended a SEN
tenee OF three years, which he had pro
nounced against Duran, and ordered him
sent TO the Preston school for similar pc
riod.
Court Probation Officer J. c. Astredo,
one OF the leaders in the movement IN
bring about scheme of differentiation be-
tween the feeble minded and the criminal
Will cooperate with Calvin Derrick, super.
lntendent of the school at lone, in report
ing on the results obtained in the case of
the delinquent youth
The Blnet-Simon test, named after the
distinguished French psychologist who
originated it, has been used at the juvenile
detention home for some time, but this is
the first attempt to introduce it in the
courts in connection with adults. Hereto
fore the application locally has been con
fined to children.
The system deals with the habits and
memory of the subject Blocks, letters and
figures are used in gauging mental response
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-09
THE Value OF TRUTH

Iruthin BUSINESSES just as important
as truth in everyday life; truth creates
confidence. establishes goodwill and
builds a reliability that will not be
wrecked by the storms of competition.
Through three generations people
have learned to place reliance on the
advertised words of SCOTS Emulsion.
because they are untarnished, unex.
aggerated truisms about a household
remedy of real and actual worth.
The popularity of SCOTS Emulsion
IS increasing as intelligence advances,
because IN these days of authorizations
1t continl es to guarantee pure cod liver oil
incidentally perfected with glycerine and
hypophosphites to buiid strength, i'm,
prove the blood and strengthen the lungs.
tits tree from alcohol or opiates-a whole
SOME food-tonic, truthfullv advertised.
scott & Bovine, Bloomfield n. J. 1920
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-09

the bank. lie was a heavy borrower,
and the noise of his promissory notes
falling due with melancholy cadence
kept him awake at night In the eff
tort to reeoup his fortunes, he decid-
ed to discover something that could
be turned into ready money. Secreting
himself in a kerosene barrel, he i ined
an expedition as stowaway and
soon after, by sheer industry and a
few welI-chosen homicides, became
the leader of an intrepid band of pig
eon-toed Spaniards who were willing
to discover anything that would cure
the complicated form of grip then
popular.
Soon after discovering the Pacific
balboa got married and made several
other discoveries that he was not
looking for. His father -in-law was al
so trained discoverer, but he had
not been doing much business and de-
clded that there was too much com
petition. He therefore ordered Balboa
to be put to death, despite the fact
that Balboa was only forty-two years
old and belonged to the same lodge.
After being perforated with several
soft-nosed Spanish bullets. Balboa de-
elded that resistance would be idle
and died like a hero in the same shirt
he left Spain in. Balboa was a noble
character, and his memory will re-
main green long after the name of
his unfeeling father in-law has been
forgotten
ms NewsuaOer SarvicaI
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-09
Why Rutland Voted License.
{ Rutland Herald

Inc unexpectedly large vote in
TIM TINS elty in favor of licensing the
liquor traffic may probably be cor
Tectiy interpreted as rebuke nv
nutiand sufragists of the proposition
10 nave the state control in th;S
matter There has been no doubt
IN the minds of observant Rnt1and
people that the great majority of the
eltlzens of this city have felt that
the nquor traffic was better controlled
locally than it was under the old
state prohibition plan. Unouestionahlv
large number of Rutland voters
thought they We're emphasizing their
feouke OF the statewide prohibition
proposition by voting for license
who under ordinary circumstances
would undoubtedly have voted no
license
In other words, it is serious
question as to whether Rutland
would not have voted no-hcense on
tuesday # the Perry statewide pro-
nioltlon law had not been projected
mo the campaign. Be that as it NAV
ms city sentiment on the question
OF local control is in no doubt what
ever: AS Tar as that is concerned the
sentiment of the state at LARGE is he
yond peradventure of doubt.
Ihat whole lot of people who are
opposed to license favor local control
is proven clearly by ANALYSIS of the
vote In this city there were nearly
4oo more men who voted to retain To-
eal option than who voted for license.
In the state while only % towns and
eltles voted for icense-ineludinp =
half-dozen pocket boroughs that will
never issue licenses-all the counties
put one voted for local option.
The vote of confidence in the local
op1lon system exceeded the most
sangulne expectations of its most en-
mus astle supporters, and that this
eohhoence Is based on the belief that
the system IS more potent for con
troi IS SHOWN by the overwhelming
| no-heense sentiment.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-09

vice, this flying boat will weigh 81
600 pounds. The body is % feet long
and is completely enclosed. 1t will
have four motors of 24O horsepower
for flying purposes and one 200 horse
power motor for propelling the machine
on the water. When the three sets of
planes are constructed the machine will
be 100 feet from tip to tip. The hull
has two gasoline tanks with a total
capacity of about 1000 gallons. Com
partments are constructed in the BODY
for food and ammunition. The hull Is
of cypress
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-09
b A L b o A

BaIDoa was prominent, red haired
Spanlard who made living by dis
covering places which were not on
any map. Several hundred years ago
our maps were practically useless to
the tourist who wanted to make !
trip around the world. They did not
show the automobile roads or the best
hotels and could not be relied upon
Tor any length of time, for no sooner
would somebody issue a new map in
three colors than it would be naces-
sary to add q few hemispheres or a
couple of saltwater oceans that had
been overlooked. As q result, nearly
all of the mapmakers of that period
dled IN extreme poverty, with a puz-
zled and chagrined look.
Balboa was a very successful dis
coverer Everything he ever dis.
covered remained where he found it..
Hls greatest and most unexpected
discovery was the Pacific Ocean.
which he seized in the name of Spain
by walking out in it up to his chin in
dark blue flannel shirt. For lone
time after this thoughtful act on the
part of Balboa Spain treated the
Pacific Ocean as if it were her meat.
but for several FEARS past she has
been paralyzcd in both hips and has
not been able to get out much.
Balboa was man Of expensive, 81
a-quart tastes, and before he was
thirty years of age he owed every
body ins Spain who had anything in
FprOfected b1, Tho A 10
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-09

We fear the editor of the Wilmington
Times is mistaken in his attitude to-
ward the board of trade of that town.
Because the annual meeting of the or
ganization failed to bring about a good
attendance the Times labelled it a
frost, " and in so doing helped to
bring about just what it ought to wish
to prevent = the death of the board.
Encouragement is what an organization
like a board of trade needs if it is to
prosper, and encouragement cannot be
found in such an attitude as thar of
the Times
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-09

Trade follows the flag and it also fol-
lows the movement of gold. For in
stance, the announcement that Argen-
tina has raised another loan of fifteen
millions, making total of eighty mil
lions raised in this country since the
war began, follows close on the publica-
ton of the figures which show that the
import and export trade with Argen-
tina has grown in that time by leaps
and bounds. In 1914 the exports from
the United States to Argentina were
$27, 127 ,95S, and in 1915 they were s52.-
SS3,o35. With our increased exports,
and our loans, we have increased our
imports from Argentina from $56,274.-
246 to $94,677, ga. In 1918, the latest
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-09

We congratulate Frank E. Langley
on being defeated in the mayoralty
contest at Barre. He had given the
city a clean-eut business administra-
ton which was fine start toward get
ting the municipality on sound finan-
clal basis, but when he came up for re-
election the voters gave their prefer
ence to Robert Gordon, Socialist. Mr..
Langley will now have opportunity to
give his undivided attention to his
fine newspaper property, the Barre
Times, which is as nearly a model for
a small city as any paper we have ever
seen.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-09
NEW FORMULA FOR MARRIAGE.
Choose You This Man to Be Father
Of Your Children?''

BALTIMORE. March Q. = ..Do YOU
choose this person to be the parent of
your children?' is question DR..
AdOlph Meyer would add to the mar
rlaSe ceremony. Lecturing on the re-
lation of heredity to child welfare. DIR.
Meyer, director of the Phipps psyehi-
atric clinic. suggested that the couple
contemplating marriage SET apart three
weeks for serious thinking and that
each answer this question at the altar.
Love, he said, sis man 5 ablest
matrimonial agency. The best results
IN eugenicS cannot be obtained through
legislation
\ chart DIR. Meyer had prepared in
Dictated the results of marriage between
two defective parents in four eases
studied from which p sub-normal chill
dren were born and only one that was
normal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-09
AFTER TWO YEARS.
brattleboro Testimony Remains IN
shaken.

SlldhSu.
Time is the best test of truth. Here
is a Brattleboro story that has stood
the test of time. 1t is a story with a
point which will come straight home
to many of US
Mrs. Fl. j. Allen, 81 Canal street,
Brattleboro, says: "For months my
back ached a great deal and 1 had dis
tresslng pains in my kidneys. /
couldn U rest well and was so weak and
worn out that ! found it hard to do
my homework. When STOPPING or lift
ing, sharp pains seized me and / could
hardly straighten. Doan s Kidney
Pills, procured from the Brattleboro
Drug Co., brought me relief and |
have had no further trouble from nv
back or Kidneys
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-09

Provided your New Year S resolu,
lions have long since been forgotten,
the beginning of the Lenten season fur
ishes an ideal time for the considera-
tion of new resolutions. Seven weeks
of piety and prayer would be of great
benefit to the bulk of mankind, espe-
cially in this rapid-fre age in which we
are existing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-09
Drop the Hysterical Talk.

st. Johnsbury Caledonian.)
Good morning. It's all over now.
Inc heavens have not fallen. Yer
mont has not been translated. The
government still lives. There s the
same moral fiber in our homes as
yesterday. We hope you enjoyed a
good breakfast, We know you will
nave as good dinner as you deserve
Now lets drop all the historical
talk we have been surfeitea with
and do something today that will
benefit ourselves and our neighbor.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-09
IMMENSE HYDRo-AERoPLANE.
Machine Being Constructed Which will
Garry 81 Men.

BoFFALO, n. Y, March 8. A
local manufacturer of engines for aero
planes has received from a North Tona-
wanda Boat Manufacturing company
the BODY of what is said to be the
largest hydro-aeroplane that has been
punt In America. When completed it
VIII carry 81 men. After being
equipped with motors and propellers, it
IS sad, 1t will be shipped to Great
When fully equipped, ready for ser
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-09

Twenty-one towns and cities voted
yes on the question of saloons Tuesday,
but at least six are little hamIets where
the granting of license will not even
be considered. The number of towns
having legalized saloons will not be
over Is.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-09

Middlebury comes into possession of
200 acres of land for park purposes,
the town having voted to accept a be
quest under the will of the late Col.
Joseph Battell. Col. Battell also pro
vided in his viii a fund of $4,000 to
be used in caring for the property.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-09

normal year, our exports to Argentina
were double our imports, and Argen-
tina owed us money on balance. Now
we owe Argentina on the merchandise
movement, but with our advances OF
gold we have established an "invisible
balance in our favor.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-09

Winter is lingering in the lap of
spring. When we long for bright,
warm days and gaze out on snow banks
we can comfort ourselves with the
thought that the law of averages pre-
walls in weather conditions and we
have a lot of sunshine and cheerful
warmth coming to us.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-09
LASTING BENEFIT.

OVER TWO YEARS LATER Mrs.
Allen said: "The benefit that Doan s
Kidney Pills gave me some time ago
has been permanent. -
Price soc, at all dealers. Don 7 sim.
ply ask for a kidney remedy - get
Doan s Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Allen has twice publicly recon-
mended. Foster ilburn Co., Props,
Buffalo, N Y.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-09
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

1t is the aim of the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery
OF the paper each night, and it solicits
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
the proper remedy Immediately applied
1t is only by this method that the pub
Usher can secure the desired service
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-09

1t should be remembered to the cred
it of one P. W. Clement that he was
more responsible than any other person
for giving the state local option law.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-09

The uniform system of accounting =
really an important matter-received
but scant consideration in the March
meetings.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-09
Long Shot.

Ma-You We been drinking. I smell
it in your breath.
fa-Not drop. I've been eating
frogs legs. What You smell is the
hops.-Harvard Lampoon.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-09
Member of the Associated press.
THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1916.

The Perry bill was showed under one
day and most everything else the day
following.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-09

Miss Estelle Niles, who is visiting
her aunt, Mrs. Alice Richmond, ex
poets to go Friday to Boston,
Mrs. Anna Thurber moved yester-
day from the Baptist parsonage to
the house owned by Luke Weather
head.
Miss Jennie Phelps, who had been
Ill several weeks, has returned to the
nome of s. B. Stone, where she is
employed as housekeeper.
Mrs. Rhoda Sargent. who sustained
a shock Monday morning affecting
her right side, remains about the
same. Mrs. Hescock of Greenfield is
assisting IN caring for her.
Baptist church, West Brattleboro.
Rev. |. M. Compton pastor Morning
worship at 1870 with sermon by the
pastor. Text, II Cor. 3:4. Subject. The
God of This World and the God of
Christ, or Quantity vs. Quality. Sun
day school at noon. Evening service
at 7 0 clock. Mid-week prayer meet
ing Wednesday evening as usual.
The Home Economics club will meet
with Mrs. Melvin Dalrymple on Gull
ford street Friday afternoon at 8
o clock. A paper on The Food Ele-
ments Contained in the Different Kinds
of Meat and How Much Meat Does
Our System Require Daily? will be
given by Mrs. John Mckay Recipes
for cooking meats, also favorite ways
of serving meat cleft overs, will he
given.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-09
WEST BRATTLEBORO
Engine Company Elects officers.

In the annual business meeting of
the Western Engine company March 5
the following officers were elected:
Foreman, r. z. Wheeler; 1st assistant.
+. A. Knight; I'd assistant, Reuben AL.
exander; clerk, John Atkinson; treas,
h. +. Wheeler; engineers, E. B. John
son, Elijah Prouty, Charles Higley,
frank Martin; axemen, J. o. Johnson,
Luke Weatherhead; steward, Elijah
Prouty; leading hosemen, E. A. KNIGHT.
Oscar G. Convey, Frank III. Martin. snc,
ton hosemen, Frank Prefontaine. Leon
Martin, Benjamin Blodgett, Carl S.
Sargent.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-09
PARENTS
Who Is to Blame :?

Before you find fault with
your children for low marks
at school, make sure that
you yourself are not to
blame. No child can be ex-
pected to study we'll with
weak, tired eyes. The only
safe way is to have your
children's eyes tested at
regular intervals. We have
made a speciality of caring
for children's eyesight, and
you will find our prices mod
crate and our work depend
able. Begin the New Year
right by making sure that
your children's eyes are in
shape to stand the strain of
study next term.
JORDAN & SON
0PT0METRISTS OPTICIANS
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-09
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run of paper.
90 cents an inch for first insertion; Is
cents an inch for each subsequent inser-
ton. Limited space on first page at
double rates.
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements Five cents
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, 1916-03-09

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