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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-16
Local Option
A Temperance
Measure

The present local option law was
adopted in 1902, after fifty years of
state prohibition. The old law had be-
come n public scandal, and public Off
cugs became rich by "a king toll from
men who made a business of selling
liquor illegally.
There were saloons in every large
town and city, no honest enforcement
of the law being possible. Flnetak-
crs were employed, who went from
place TO place, acting as barteaders and
protecting the real law breakers, who
took the profits and paid tribute to
orafters and dishonest officials, who in
turn lived upon the fees and brides
which they levied on the traffic.
HUNDREDS OF ILLEGAL SALOONS.
There were at least 10 towns in
which liquor was sold openly and in de
fiance Of law. In 1899, under state
prohibition. the United States govern
ment issued 808 federal liquor licenses
in Vermont. I'm 1914, only 286 federal
LIQUOR licenses were issued.
COULD THERE BE A STRONGER
ARGUMENT FOR LOCAL OPTION?
Under local option, 90 towns voted
eyes in 1915, but in only II towns
were licenses issued.
Since the law went into effect in
1903. the tendency has been toward
fewer saloons and sobriety.
''That prohibition has proven inef
fectivc, ! am free to admit. | am a na
tive Of the State of Maine. My ante
cedcnts have always fought for prohibi
tiou. My areat-uncle, Governor Hub
bard, siaaed the Maine liquor law bacI
In the dftios, and / have been il
close touch with this question for fit,
vears, and am free to say that prohibi
tiou in Maine has been a farce durin.
oil that time
(sined) JOHN +. COOK, Barre.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-16

of monopoly is that which corners all
Of the conversation that can be found
at a six clock dinner Almost every
day, some ingratiating guest will
start for dinner party with well
chosen line of repartee, and on arriv-
ing run into a monopolist who draws
up to the table with a double-acting
jaw and a clear, penetrating voice,
which has been wound up for twenty
four hours. This has tendency to eff
feet the appetites OF other guests who
have gone to the trouble of memoriz-
ing several sidesplitting anecdotes
from the comic supplement
The monopolist who secures a
strangle hold on a double seat in the
smoking-car and builds extensive forti-
fieations with four suit-cases and both
feet cannot be touched by the law
but can be killed with perfect safety
as no jury would convict the assassin.
/ The law is weak weapon, but the
petit jury is one of mans noblest in
yentions
Monopoly in any form is odious I'M
less the spigot is turned in our dircc
tion.
rs NewSOaOer Service1
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-16

Some well-to-do Vermonter who loves
his state and wishes to do something
of lasting benefit for it has the oppor-
tunity right in front of him at the
present time. The administrator of the
estate of the late United States Mar
shall Horace w. Bailey has decided to
sell the library, which is one of the
most complete collections of Vermont
books and Vermont historical pam
phlets in existence. The collection
should be kept intact, and should be
placed with some organization, prefer
ably the Vermont Historical society
where it would be available for genera
reference purposes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-16
Don't Forget the Preprimary, MIR
Taft.
New York SUM-

Mr.. Taft is obviously not can
didate for anything. If lie were
he would withhold his Judgment
that the direct primary is a fraud.
Does it not enlist the enthusiastic
support of all rainbow chasers?
A great and powerful family, no
man appealing for votes would of
fend them. Yet Mr. Taft tells the
Southern New England Textile
club in Providence that:
of all the evils which are sup
posed to be a cure for all evils the
direct primary is the worst.
THE primary so works that it
can only be used by the rich man,
who can build up his own ma
chine, or by the regular machine.
Both of these things the primary
is supposed to abolish.
From a boss ridden conven-
tion with deliberation you will get
better candidates than through
the primary.
True, of course, as every man wit
an eye in his head can see; and Il
direct primary has not yet achiev,
its worst It has scarcely had tin
to reveal its effects. However, Il
nation will probably survive it. T.
direct primary has called into beil
an institution corrective of its wor
tendencies, which in time may mo
ify its more violent excuses. We /
fer, of course, to the preprimary,
political instrument of great potenc
enjoying the complete confidence
and regularly resorted to by, \
Taft's successor in Washington, W
lis himself a Jealous partisan of t
direct primary.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-16

Testimony from Germany of late
says that the women are responsible
for symptoms of unrest and critic SIN
of the government. Surely it is but
natural that the women, hitherto kept
IN the background, when awakened to
their new national Importance, ask
the reason why their husbands and
sons lives are cut down. They are but
showing their intelligence.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-16
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
It is only by this method that the pub
Usher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-16
Killed by a Falling Tree.

Earl Smith, 80, employed in the
Swinger Brothers lumber camp in
Huntington, was killed instant " Sat
urday, when a tree which he and
Herman Hill were saving split sudden
ly and fell with great force. Smith 5
skull was crushed and both legs were
broken. Hill escaped uniniured. Smith 3
body was sent to the home of his
parents in Bridgeport
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-16

The Barre Times, which has a fond
ness for punning, lost great oppor-
tunity in allowing the North Adams
Herald to say that in its battle for
preparedness the administration has
already lost one Garrison.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-16

The recent cold wave has given
Mortified another opportunity to dem
onstrate that it is the Medicine Hat
of the East. But we have always
thought of Mortified as a better place
to live in than St. Johnsbury.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-16
was q Champion Checker PLAYER.

Charles II. Stewart. a former we'll
known resident of Burlington, but who
for the past year had lived in Head
vile died Saturday at Burlington
hospital after q short illness of the
grip. Mr.. Stewart, who was 80 years
old, had represented the wholesale
house of Knight & Bostwick of New
York, number of years in Vermont
and was also well-known throughout
the state as champion checker player
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-16
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run of paper,
80 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 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, 1916-02-16
Vermont Business Men
Endorse ProhibitOry Law

WE THE UNDERSIGNED VERMONT MANUFACTURERS
AND BUSINESS MEN, endorse the State Prohibory Law
enacted by the Legislature of 1915 believing adoption
at the Polls March T. will be for the best interests of
the State
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-16
A MERRY PARTY

enjoying the delights of our good cook
ing, is often seen at our restaurant.
People say our service and cooking is
so good they like to bring their friends.
We strive always to please our custom
ers, and our food the best the market
affords, which combined with our quick
and courteous service, makes our res
taurant the most popular one in town.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-16
DISASTER IN MINE.
Twenty-one Men Thought to Have Per
isfed in Montana.

BUTTE, Mont, Feb. Is. - Twenty
one men have probably persisted, &C
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-16

dumps, tanks, the track sprinkler
which cost $3.50, flooring for platforms
etc
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-16

w. G. REYNOLDS co.
Frank c. Lyon. Pres.
VERMONT CONSTRUCTION CO.
J. M Elliott, Mgr.
SPAULDING & KIMBALL co.
a. H. Rutter, Y. Pres.
VERMONT HARDWARE co.
Smith F. Henry, Pres.
SWIFT & COMPANY
S p. Page, Mgr.
SULZBERGER & SONS co.
S. +. Pearson, Mgr.
MEAD MFG. co.
c. L. Woodbury., Treas.
FERGUSON & ADSIT co.
By A. Adsit, Pres.
A. p. PEASE
GEO. y. SHERWIN
NJ. &. HOAG & co.
&. +. SMITH
T. w. PERRY
Z. $. ISHAM
W. c. ISHAM
H. T. RUTTER
j.. D. WORTHEN
R. \. COOKE
s. L. PLATKA
Z. S. ADSIT
ST. Adams
ST. ALBANS GRAIN co.
Chas. NJ. Cox, Pres.
THE CITY FEED co.
VIM. o. Wise, Treas.
ST. JoHNSBURY
e. & 4. FAIRBANKS co.
BY Frank II. Brooks, Pres.
a. r. MOVES. Insurance
H. w. RANDALL Merchant
f. T. & H. X. IDE, Grain
O. II. HENDERSON, Station Agent
CHARLES =. ABBOTT
American Express
CHARLES W. STEELE
Swift s. Co.
JOSEPH FAIRBANKS. Lawyer.
LAWRENCE ?. LEACH, Merchant
GEORGE H. CROSS, Bakers
BY B. B. Scribner, Mgr.
G. j.. PECK. Wholesale Hardware
A. II. GLEASON, Postmaster
swANToN
BARNEY MARBLE co.
Milo W. Barney, Treas.
ENoSBURG FALLS
FEDERAL PACKING co.
f. W. David, Mgr.
KIMBALL BROS. & co.
BY J. B. Kimball, Pres.
DIR. J. B. KENDALL co.
DIN Merrill, Treas.
Z. A. BEATTY & CO, Grain
/. L. MARSH, Grain.
W. Y. PHELPS co. Grain
BY W. V. Phelps, Pres.
BARTON
A. P. UNDERWOOD,
Ladies' Garments
VERMONT BUTTER TUB co.
BY 4. A. Cook, Mgr
CHARLOTTE
c. T. HOLMES, Apples
JOHN ?. RAMSEY
i CHARLOTTE FEED & MERCAN
TILE CO., Grain
By G. ~ Hazard. Mgr
DANVLLE
}. W. GILLIS, Grain.
DERBY
i. 7. JENNIE, Grain
DERBY LINE
THE CASWELL & ROUKE
STORE co.
by F. T. o 'Rouke, Pres.
F. T. CASWELL, Grain.
EAST BERKSHIRE
DICK w. PAUL, Grain
w. S. RUBLEE, Grain
MAPLE HILLS CREAMERY co
BY G. W. Rouse.
MIDDLEBURY
d. II. MeHUGH, Grain.
MCRRIsvILLE.
il. A. SLAYTON. Grain
II. II. WAITE & son, Grain
II. p. MUNSON ESTATE, Grain
+. w. MOULD, Granite.
j. NJ. KELLEY, Station Agent
II. A. .SAIALLEY, Horse Dealer
Z. E. HARRIS, Grain
JOHNSON.
w. II. STEARNS, Grain
vERGENNEs
f. G. & A. w. NORTON, Grain
BY A. w. Norton
McINDoE FALLS
H. c. KENT, Grain
VOTE "YES" FOR STA
For the 32-page pamphlet,
for Statewide Prohibition" an
question now before the Voter
VERMONT ANTI-SAL00l
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-16

RUTLAND
THE HOWE SCALE co.
John A. Mead, Pres.
f. r. PATCH MFG. co.
Fred II. Patch, Pres.
KINSMAN & MILLS GRANITE &
MARBLE WORKS
BY Walter R. Kinsman
NICHOLS & CHAPMAN HARD
WARE co.
w. w. Nichols, Pres.
STATE MUTUAL LIFE INSUR-
ANCE co.
J. R. Hoadley. See.
H H. HOWE & co.
lee Cream & Candy Mfrs.
THE KNOX co.
Fl. L. Hoag, Pres.
THE FUTILE co.
f. G. futile, Pres.
WILSON CLOTHING co.
| BY F. NJ Wilson
I. & J. a. STEWARD
BY Geo. II. Steward, Pres.
! PEOPLE s COAL co.
BY E L. Fullam
THE TEMPLE BROS.
J. c. Temple
o. P. COOPER, Mgr of the Cream
cry Package Mig. 20.
CHAFFEE LUMBER co.
BY F. G. Smith. Pres.
RUTLAND NJ n UFACTURING
Co, INC.
FRANK p. ROBINSON
Coal Dealer
RUTLAND WASTE & METAL co.
BY Joseph Mintzer
y. n BRADLEY. Piano Dealer
c. J. CLEVELAND, Optieian
3. T. BURT
NICHOLS & BARNEY CLOTH
ING co.
BY j. y Barney
RUTLAND MACHINE & AUTO
MOBILE co.
Charles Matthews, Pres.
J. II. EITAPENCE PLUMBING
MURDOCH DURKEE CROCKERY
GEORGE E. CHALMERS
w. L. BURDITT, Grain.
MONTGOMERY
THE TROUT RIVER CO, Grain
BY Alex Laplant, Mgr.
MATT S. PARKER
General Store and Post Office
MONTGOMERY CENTER
w. J. WRIGHT. General Store
NELSON & HALL CO., Lumber.
Ralph n. Buck, Treas.
NEWPORT.
4. III. SHERMAN & CO, Grain
II. Il. Sherman
NORTH FERRIsBURG
J. L. ST. PETERS
NORTH TROY.
= c. O. FOWLER, Grain
ORLEANS
c. D. FRENCH
/ G. s. SKINNER. Lumber.
TAPLIN & ROWELL. Lumber
BY Geo. b. Rowell
mt J. G. TURNBULL CO, Grain.
BY Z. c. Skinner.
PoULTNEY.
L. NJ. BIXBY & son, Grain
RICHFoRD
RICHFORD GARMENT co.
W. B. Greene, Pres. & Treas.
RICHFORD MAN L FEATURING
&C.
Geo. R. Reade, Pres.
SHORTCOMINGS co.
II. c. Comings, Pres.
WATERBURY.
o. l. AYRES, Merchant
Z. T. SEABURY ESTATE. Grain.
W II. Seabury, Mgr.
c. G. GRAVES
c. c. HOLMES, Merchant
4. c. LAMB
SMITH & SOMERVILLE
WATERBURY SAVINGS BANK s
TRUST co.
b. ". 3. Clark, Treas.
s. c. WHEELER
PROCTOR.
VERMONT MARBLE co.
BY Frank c. Partridge, Pres.
FRANKLIN
FARMERS EXCHANGE
BY Rhett ). Gates, Treas.
MoREToWN
WARD LUMBER CO., Grain
NoRTHFIELD.
q. :. RICHMOND & son, Grain.
-, VERMONT HOSIERY & MACHIN
n cry co.
f. W. Dutton, Mgr.
SHELDON
'MIssIssQUoI PULP & PAPEE
BY. d. NJ Shepley
O LYNDoNvILLE
GEORGE SHOREY. Grain
r. 4. SHOREY. Grain
DAIRY ASSOCIATION co.
J. L. Norris, Sec. and Treas.
BARRE.
r. L. CLARK. Grain
T. G. FISHER. Grain
CAMBRIDGE
PERLEY & LEAVENS. Grain.
BY Linus Leavcns, Manager.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-16
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1916

Member of the Associated press.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-16

Protected by The Adams Newspaper servicel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-26
The Profit Sharing Sale S1vgs Into the 2,1d Week!

 he il
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-26
This IS the Cash Customers
OUn Store

HeretofGue the cash customer has had department store she Od call her own There have been cash gro cery stores which have proven to hundreds of Bmng ham families the advantages of buying groceries and pro visions for cash There have been cash speciality shops cash millinery stores, cash shoe stores and cash clothing stores But other big store carving general line of merchandise, other Birmingham department store has ever previously established itself basis of selling to all customers alike exclusively for spot cash It remained for SteeeSnths to do it, and it has met with the in stantaneous approval of hundreds and hundreds of Br mIngham people who have always paid cash for what they bought but who had exclusively cash store with which to confine their trade.
 There cash customers in Birmingham than credit customers people who buy for cash than purchase charge account, yet all stores have main tained expensive credit departments supported in half by the cash cusomerbu from which the cash customer received no benefits.
 One serve two masters No store can deal fairly with the public unless sells for price to all custom ake and yet the cash customer permitting himself to be overcharged If he trades with store doing credit business and pays cash for merchandise which the credit customer buys two, three, four months time at the price, 1t isn't the credit merchant fault for he could not n fairness to his credit customers deal diff ereny It's the system s fault The two classes of trade don't mix It should be the cash store for the cash cus tomer and the credit store for the credit customer
 All stores doing charge business the charge customer and their prices
 se ne ne casn store are xea on lower basis because of their cash policy The of running cash store are always There no loss of interest the large to the cash but this charge alone would thousand dollars annually with Birmingham large
 To the cash merchant there losses expense doing credit why should buy for prices and organized the exravagant
 steelesmiths store provides exclusive elsewhere A " "S '4S' customer to ''aoe
 opening promised to reduce the customers will gladly testify.
 HMmz2 lR A,,/
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-15
TREVINO FORCES
BACKDOWN BY
GEN. CARRANZA
BY UNITED PRESS.

Ell PASO. Tex, July l5.-Gen
ersl Jacinto 3. Treyino loomed up
today as the strongest military lead
er In Chihuahua state. He re.
fused to obey orders OF First Chief
Carranza TO make certain arrests,
and OF War Minister Obregon to re-
siRn as commander OF the de factc
army In Chihuahua.
with 10000 troops, loyal personal
" TO Trevino. ne Is said TO have
forced a "backdown" and will re.
main loyal. Efforts TO bring about
Trevino's court martial failed, as
the army would not oppose him and
he threatened to join with villa.
General Ignacio Enriquez, ap-
appointed by Obregon TO replace
Trevino. has been recalled. Enrl-
ouez probably will be placed in the
cabinet as minister Of public instruc'
ton.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-15
|;ROPSLESS
Than 1915
PRODUCTION
But Will Still Be In
Bumper Measure,
Say Experts
BLACK RUST
IN DAKOTAS
Grasshoppers Causing
Damage in Kansas
Fields

CHICAGO. July 15.-From west
ern states came reports today Of
winter wheat crop that will beat all
expectations, but Of possible heavy
damage to spring wheat throughout
black rust In the Dakctas.
Bernard Snow, crop exert for
one Of the biggest Chicago broker
age houses, returned today from an
inspection trip through the north
west. He said the winter wheat
crop will be something like 100000.
loo bushels. and. though under last
years record yield, will btill be a
bumper output.
'sWeasher conditions for harvest
ing and threshins the winter wheat
orc IDEAL" Snow said. The quality
or the yield IL unusually good"
~The spring wheat crop outlook
! g not so good" Snow said. ut all
depends now upon the weather for
the next three weeks. II weather
~ favorable to development OF
black rust. much Of the crop VIII be
4. loss. II It Is not favorable TO the
rust, the damage will be light"
snow said black rust had appear
"a throughout South Dakota ard In
scattering parts Of North Dakota.
Corn II growing fast. The hot
'dry weather 50 far has been ideal
~ Il, Snow said. A few rains Will
help, but this n regular corn wealth
~.
Clouds u grssshoppers are dam
49, crops In Logan county. Kan
-, dispatches from there said to-
~ Oncials Of the county were
ready 10 frrn,sh free poison to nsht
thnEn-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-15
MY, BANKS SHOW
81 MILLION GAIN
Movement Shows Increase from
Interior of SI6,OOO.000; Gold
Imports Sl2,000,000

NEW YORK. July achievement
Of currency this week has been en-.
tirely in the opposite direction OF q
week ago. and local banks show a
gain OF about S37.0oO.0o0 cash. In
response to a higher money market.
interior banks RENTED TO New York
direct and by drafts payable through
the federal reserve bank. Banks
gained from interior Sl6,33o,OOO.
Gold imports were 3l2.000.o00 from
Canada. Ordinary disbursements by
the sub-treasury were $l2.S77. 900.
Payments by banks totaled $l4.lOS.-
900, showing loss In sub-treasury op-
erations proper Of Sl.52s,oo0. Doz
ing the week federal reserve banks
debit balances at clearing house to-
tailed S26,936,0o0 It's credit bal
ances were s6.7?3. 900. Banks gained
through this source S20.2l3.ooo. max
ing a gain by banks Of $37.Qls.ooo.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-15
Local
CLEARANCES
SH0WD|C GAIN
This Week Exceeds Last and
Corresponding Week Last
Year In Detroit

Detroit bank clearauces for the
week ending Saturday. were S44.6s&..
$3.50. as against s34. .292.4l for
the corresponding week last year.
The clearances for Saturday were
s6,s6+ .633. So. and the total clear
ances for 1916 10 date were Sl.079.'
it4,347.S0. as against q total OF S705..
s76.sS4.6i for the corresponding PEI
riod In 1915.
The Detroit Clearing House asso-
citation announced. Saturday. the or
ganization OF country check de-
partment. This department will
have charge OF the collection OF
checks for Detroit banks throughout
the state, thus facilitating this work
much In the same manner as the
clearing house has facilitated the
collection OF local checks.
The condition or the clearing
house banks for the week ending
Thursday. July Is. showed big game
In loans. specie. currency. amounts
due from reserve banks. amounts
due from other banks. and savings
and commercial deposits The saw.
ings deposits showed a gain of $751;.
900. and the commercial S2.73s. 900
over last week The total deposits
amount 10 s263.9l7 900.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-15
BLACK EYE LEADS
TO BOYS ARREST
IN COURT ROOM

When Attorney VIII Lehman, for
Albert Davidowski. charged with T..
legally driving away an automobile
told Police Justice Christopher Stein,
Friday. in police court. that his
client was not alone responsible for
the theft OF the automobile, and
that there was another member OF
the gang who stole il In court" De-
tective Lester Potter. who had ar.
rested Davidowski. cast his eagle
eye" around the court room. know
ing that the Joy ride following the
theft OF the machine had ended in
an accident in which the three occu-
pants OF the machine were injured,
Immediately spotted a youth at the
back OF the room who had a black
eye" and other facial indications
that he had met with physical mis-.
fortune
Stepping to the back OF the court
room. the willy detective placed VII
liam Sutton. he OF the black eye, I'm.
der arrest.
The case was continued. awaiting
the recovery OF Joseph Kortis a
third member OF the party. from in
juries which have placed him in the
hospital.
The youths are accused OF driving
away an automobile belonging 20
Walter J. Csnto, No 1877 Eighteenth.
st. which was stolen last Saturday
and which was found Sunday. half
demolished. on the road 10 Mt. Glenn
ems. The young men were captured
by Detectives Potter and Dryer
Sunday. after chase OF more than
a mile and a half over fields and
meadows. during which Detective
Potter fred FIVE shots from his re
volver and demonstrated his ability
as a Splinter.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-15
SOLDIERS FUND
IS INCREASING
Chairman Nagel Says $500 to
$1,000 a Week Is Needed
for Care of. Dependents

Public subscriptions TO the De-
troit Patriotic Fund are coming In
a little more rapidly. reports Post
master Nagel. who Is at the head
OF the organization.
The requests for aid fcon depend.
cnts OF Detroit soldiers, who are on
the Mexican border. are being re-
sponded TO as soon as their cases
have beer investigated.
when the new order OF the war
department releasing soldiers with
heavy home responsibilities was
published" said MIR Nasel, the
public gained the impression that
they would be free Immediately and
that their families no lcnger need
ed assistance. The applicants must
pass through IL formal procedure,
and some OF them nay not> obtain
their freedom for weeks Mean
while. their dependents must live. :
Mr.. Nagel says there are about
s.. 900 in the fund now. The calls
tbf AA-pOiN w
$500. and $1,000 per week
I'VE did discuss the idea Of bic
entertainment, and also tag day,
said The postmaster, "but with the
release OF tire soldiers WHO are
needed home and the relief that IL
Seing afforded ny some employers
TO their men. these rieans OF raising
money probably will not be needed.
Members of the fund have beer
meeting in the arnory every even
ing between and o'clock. hut
hereafter they Will meet only every
other evening il has beer arrans
ed TO send checks 10 dependents en-
titled ia them. This viii simply mat
tiers and obyiate the n,ccssity OF
their calling IN person.