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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-13
FINISH FIGHT
 ON COCA-COL.A

A powerfully supported effort to strang1e an important section of the Pure Food Law has reached the U. s. Supreme Court. The case bears the odd title of the U. s. vs. the Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca-Co1a. Appeal is made by the Government fro mthe U. S. Circuit Court of Ap- peals.
 The forty barrels and the twenty kegs of coca-cola were seized and their, condemnation is sought on the ground that they were ''adu1terated and misbranded.' Evidence was pro- duced showing that coca-cola is a so- da-fountain sirup or base for soft drinks, one ingredient of which is caf- feine, and that caffeine is injurious to the health of children and nervous persons many of whom drink coca cola. It was likewise demonstrated that the coca-co1a seized contained no coca and mighty little cola, both of which are articles known to the com mercial market.
 Nevertheless, the Circuit; Court of Appeals ruled against the Government on the ground that the caffeine in question, having been a part of the original mixture when it was introduc- ed to trade as coca-coIa, was not an added poisonous or deIeteriOus in gredient. It was not held by the lower Court that caffeine, used in the quantity contained in coca-co1a, was not. poisonous or deleterious to health merely that it was not an added ar ticIe, and hence was not within the prohibition of the law.
 The administrators of the Pure Food Law are fighting this construction to the last ditch. If this view of the law prevails, manufacturers may use any poison whatsoever in a compound food, provided only it is given a distinctive name and is an ingredient of the orig inal formula under which the article is offered for sale.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-13
Sherril1's Plan For the Americanization of America

That the war has placed the United States in a position to ask Europe to release to the sovereignty of the peo- pie themselves all colonial territory in the New World is the view advanced by Charles Hitchcock SherrilI, former United States minister to Argentina The father of this America for Amer icans'' movement was born in Wash ington forty-nine years ago to-day, April 13, 1867. He began the prac- tice of law in New York a quarter of a century ago, and took a prominent part in Republican politics, receiving as his reward in 1909 the appointment as minister to BuenoS Ayres, where he received as his reward in 1909 the appointment as minister to Buenos Ayres, where he remained until his successor was appointed by President Wilson. MT. Sherri1I is a graduate of Yale, where he was prominent as an athlete, setting up new American rec ords for the 110, 125, 15O and 250 yds
 In his project for the Americaniza- ton of America, MT. Sherrin did not
 include Canada or New Foundland which countries, he said, can have their independence at any time they want it, and continue their connection with the British Empire of their own desire and voIition. A different spirit he thinks, pervades the European col, Onies of South and Central America. and the West Indies.
 It is the duty of the United States'' said MT. Sherrill, ito complete and round out the immunity from tangling foreign alliances, proposed by Wash ington and Monroe, by asking our European friends to Iiberate all ter rftory in any of the Americas held by then.''
 Tn the opinion of the former dipIo- mat, '-Pan-Americanisn has produced a practical method for conserving >in- ternationaI peace in this hemisphere, D and the project he has fathered would he believes, ''produce an equally prac- tical method of insuring peace for this hemisphere with Europe
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-13

stance of chewing gum, is the dried milky juice of the sapodil1a tree.
 The above are facts presented by the Department of Commerce in the course of it's ceaseless activities in digging up facts about things that come from abroad. The Department of Commerce also says:
 'sThe chewing-gum habit has cost the American people for chicIe alone nearly $35, ,00O,0O0 in the last ten years, or almost five times as much as we paid Russia for Alaska. Normally
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-13
BASE PILFERING

It was just thirty years ago, when the old American Association opened its 1886 season, that runners were first credited with stolen bases. The As sociation of that period was a major circuit and a rival of the National League. The latter immediately fol- lowed suit in crediting runners with pi1fered bags, although the Associa7 tion put stolen bases in a column in the box score, while the National con-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-13
Want to Build a
 Batt1eship, Girls?

If the chewing-gum girls would lay off their gum for a while, they would soon be able to build a hattleship with the proceeds.
 And cheWing-gum is merely the medicated sap of an old bully-tree.
 The bully-tree is one of a large fam fly of tree, an off-shoot of which is the sapodilla tree. Chicle, the root sub
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-13
BUILDS NEW TISSUE
How Father Johns Medicine Nourish- es Those Who Are Pale and Thin.

Because it is made of pure and wholesome food elements, which strengthen and build new tissue, Fath- CT Johns Medicine is the best tonic for those who are pale, thin and run down. It is free from alcohol and dan gerous drugs in any form. ;
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-13

fined the record to the summary. In 1887 the National adopted the As sociation rule, and since then the ability to swipe bases has always won official recognition. Of course. ball players were never so honest as to neglect to steal bag when oppor- tunity offered, but it is only in the last thirty years that they have been given any credit for their ability in the stealing line.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-13

900, 900 pounds, for which we pay about $2,500,0OO in the countries of origin, and to which must be added customs duties in our own ports of about $75O, O,OOO."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-13

Five hundred striking quarrymen at Milford, N. H., returned to work, hay ing accepted a 10 per cent. increase in pay.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-13

President Wilson and Postmaster Burleson agreed to appoint Lawrence J. Casey, postmaster at W1lk kes- Barre, Pa.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-13

Dr. ETnmeTich,sR RitteB3 discoverer of liquid fire, 5Aormerx GeFmane confidential agent, serving a. term in the Ohio State Penitentiary at Columbus, was grant, ed permission by Warden Thomas to manufacture dyes by a secret German process.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-13

The Pennsylvania Railroad is 70 years old today.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-13

William p. Luke, aged 24, of Brook Iyn. civil engineer employed by the Central railroad of New Jersey, died at Allentown, Pa, of injuries received vheHs fsV7Nsas stabbed hat kS5euth Beth 1ehem on March Il, after an argument over the possession of a seat
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-13

SPRING PIONEERING
 PLANTS. JOII1N tthNAA Ns SON.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-13

sPRING'FLOWERING
 PLANTS. JOHN RICK & SON.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-04
HOW TO GET RID OF
CHRONIC DANDRUFF

The only sure way to get permanent
rid of either oily or dry dandruff is
remove the conditions that cause it
md then keep the hair and scalp in a
ornament, clean. healthy, vigorous
tate so dandruff will never return.
his beats shampoos or head washes
hitch merely drive away dandruff for
few days at most. Wilfred f. Root
nd others of the better druggists
this vicinity are now strongly re-
ommending a harmless, inexpensive
nd quick acting preparation called
artisan Sage that they say is guaran-
eed to act directly on the cause of
andruff and which already has be-
ONE known far and wide as a safe
nd efficient treatment which cannot
ossibly injure hair or scalp.
Here is a test worth trying. Get a
aekage of Partisan Sage. Rub a lit
e of it into the scalp with the finger
ps and see for yourself how the dan
ruff disappears, the hair stops falling
nut, the itching vanishes, and a new
nd vigorously healthy appearance
ONES over the hair. Good looking hair
5 half the battle in any man s or wo-
nan s personal appearance and nothing
arts the hair more than dandruff
Nry little Partisan Sage and begin al
nee to be rid of it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-04
PUT CREAM IN NOSE
AND STOP CATARRH
Tells How To Open Clogged Nos
trils and End Head Colds.

You feel fine in a few moments
Your cold in head or catarrh viii b
gone. Your clogged nostrils viii or.r
The air passages of your head vii
clear and you can breathe freely. NJ
more dullness, headache; no hawking
snuffling, mucous discharges or dryness
no struggling for breath at night.
Tell your druggist you want small
bottle of Ely's Cream Balm. Apply f:
little of this fragrant, antiseptic cream
in your nostrils, let it penetrar,
through every air passage of the head
soothe and heal the swollen, lnlianeF
mucous membrane, and relief comes III
stantly.
It is just what every cold and ca
tsrrh sufferer needs. Don t stay stuffed
up and miserable.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-04

lington in 1843, Roman Catholic bishop
of Vermont; Elisha Graves Otis, found
er of the Otis Elevator Co.; Orestes
Augustus Brownson, born in Stock
bridge, Theologian, editor and author,
Presbyterian then Universalist cler-
gyman, later becoming Catholic and
until his death continued leader among
laymen in the Catholic church, Horace
Wells, discoverer of laughing gas;
Alphonso Taft, father of Former Pres
ident W. II. Taft.
The following eulogy was given to
Vermont at a reunion at Tufts college
by Vermonter, year ago:
A TOAST TO VERMONT.
Up where the north winds blow Just
a little keener;
Up where the grasses grow a little
greener;
Up where the mountain peaks rise just
a little higher
That s where Vermont comes in
| Up where the SHOWS of winter last a
little longer;
Up where the handclasp is just lit
tie warmer
| That s where Vermont comes in.
Up where the lonesome pine its nightly
requiem signs;
Up where the unpolluted waters take
their rise;
Up where the sons of toll have fought
for freedom 8 sod;
Up where all nature s mood is litti;
nearer God-
That s where Vermont comes in.
Where all manhood fights for honor,
And where woman shrinks at sin,
Where health is man S best riches,
/, That s where Vermont comes in.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-04
MUSICAL COMEDY
COMING MONDAY
The Only Girl, by Victor Herbert, to
Be Presented in Auditorium-En-
tertaining Situations.

Admirers of Victor Herbert, the
noted composer, who believe he put
his best efforts into The Red Mill and
Mile Modiste, may revise their opin-
ion after they have heard The Only
Girl, which Joe Weber will present
here for the first time at the Auditori-
UNI next Monday night
It has had a year run at the
Lyric theatre, New York, where it
created a sensation and was conceded
to be about the daintiest musical play
seen in the metropolis for many sea
sons.
The plot of The Only Girl is adapt
ed from Frank Mandel S comedy. Our
Wives, and the music is said to be
as bright, catchy and haunting as any
thing Victor Herbert has written
When You re Away, the love melody
that dominates the romance, is a
dreamy waltz movement which fingers
with all who hear it. Other song hits
include The More l See of Others
Dear, the Better l Love You, Tell Il
All Over Again, Personality, and
You re the Only One for Me.
The story Of the comedy is fresh
lean, breezy and humorous. A con
| genial group of four bachelors i.
| broken up by the marriage of three O
| hem, and six months later they try
| % have an old time bachelor Dime
1T the house of the only one of tn,
| four men who remains unmarried. TIL
hree wives accompany their husbands
Needless to say, the women do no
ret on with one another and the mar
led couples are so occupied quarrel
ng with or paeifying their angr.
artners in life that they are unawar
IF q real romance developing in tn
'ife of the bachelor. The situa ion
re original and entertaining and tn
dialogue clever and interesting.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-04
Everyone Should
Drink Hot Water
in the Morning
Wash away all the stomach, liver,
and bowel poisons before
breakfast.

To feel your best day in and day
out, to feel clean inside; no sour bile
TO coat your tongue and sicken yuHr
breath or dull your head; no cry 5tipa-
ton, bilious attacks, sick headache,
colds, rheumatism or gassy, acid stom
ach, you must battle on the INSIDE like
you battle outside. This is vastly more
important, because the skin pores 80
not absorb impurities into the BLOOD,
while the bowel pores do, says we'll
known physician.
To keep these poisons and toxins
well flushed from the stomach, llval
kidneys and bowers, drink before
breakfast each day, a glass of hot Wa
ter with teaspoonful of limestone
phosphate in it. This will cleanse
purify and freshen the entire ali.
mentary tract, before putting more
food into the stomach.
Get a quarter pound of limestone
phosphate from your pharmacist. 1t l.
inexpensive and almost tasteless, ey
cept sourish twinge which is nog u
pleasant. Drink phosphated hot wate
every morning to rid your system 0
these vile poisons and toxins; also Il
prevent their formation.
To feel like young folks feel; Xix,
you felt before your blood, nerves all
muscles became saturated with an az
emulation of body poisons, begin thi
treatment and above all, keep it up
As soap and hot water act on the Skin
cleaning, sweetening and purifying, s
limestone phosphate and hot water be
fore breakfast, act on the stomach
liver, kidney and bowels
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-04

of butter, one tablespoonful of baking
powder, two eggs, a fourth of a cup
full of citron, one fourth of cupful
of almonds, one teaspoonful OF CHINA
mon and half teaspoonful of allspice
and cloves. Cut the nuts and citron
very fine Sift the -four with the bak-
ing powder and mix with the fruit
and nuts. Beat the batter, sugar and
eggs until light and creamy, then grad
ually add the flour mixture The dough
should be stiff enough to roll into
balls the size of a hickory nut. If too
stiff add little water or milk: if too
soft add more four Place on but
tered tins an inch apart and bake until
4 light brown. They may be dipped
in fondant if desired to make them
more attractive.
Orange Cakes.-Cream together a
half cupful of butter and cupful of
sugar. add the yolks of FIVE eggs beat
en- thick, one-half a cupful of milk, and
one and three-quarter cupfuls of -four
sifted, with two tablespoonfuls of bak
ing powder and a teaspoonful of or
ange extract Roll out, cut in fancy
shapes. then decorate with yellow fon
dant and grated candied orange pee
over the tops.
Almond Cakes.-To a cupful Of
sugar add a half cupful of butter
when well mixed add a fourth of q
cupful of cream, two cupfuls of flour
and teaspoonful of baking powder.
If sour cream is used add an eighth
of a teaspoonful OF soda. Beat four
eggs, mix well and add teaspoonful
of almond extract, roll out on we'll
Toured board to q fourth of an inch
in thickness; cover with powdered
sugar, then with maple fondant; while
warm sprinkle the cakes with chopped
almonds.
ANY simple frozen ice is always &C
ceptable for dessert and may be made
elaborate served with sauce
| NsA.t hlAfn seQ
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-04

Germans are so busy clipping the
bushy boards of their numerous Rus
sian prisoners, it is said, that the town
of Solingen, famed for its cutlery
works, after suffering sad depression
at first as a result Of the war, is now
having a business boom.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-04
The Latest.

"You ought to see my new flat. .
"Any special features?"
Gwen, should say A folding stove
and a built-in piano. louisville
Courier Journal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-04

I will start anew this morning with
higher fairer creed;
/ will cease to stand complaining of
my ruthless neighbours greed;
] will cease to sit repining while my
duty's caIl is clear.
! will waste no moment whining and
my heart shall know no fear.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-04
Central Vermont Ry
Corrected to September 20, 1915.
Trains leave Brattleboro

600 a. m. Except Sunday. For New
London.
700 a. m. Except Sunday For South
Londonderry.
800 a. m. Except Sunday. For New
York via Springfield.
Gas a. m. Daily. For South London
derry.
1925 a. m. Except Sunday. For Miller,
Falls
40 p. m. Except Sunday. For Keen
New London and New YOr
via New London.
500 p. m. Except Sunday. Local 70
South Londonderry.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-04

ton to the box of
Christmas sweets
when sent to q
friend.
S pic c Nuts
Take a cupful of
graduated sugar,
one cupful of -four,
two Understandable
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-04
HOLIDAY CAKES.

These little cakes will please tht
children and they make nice add
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-04

C. R ALDRICH, M D. Hours 1890 2
$50, 7 to Once phone, 165-W. hnus
los X, ray work q specially.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-04

ST telephone 258 Office, Leonard bloci
Hours 100 to 8, and TO Teephont
40 W
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-04

DIR. H. p. GREENE Physician and Surgeon
Office Bank block Hours TO . q.
/ TO 8, and Z to 8 p. m. Residence, 80 Gree
81 Telephone connection.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-04

DIR O. B HUNTER Office ut residepc,
West Brattle borO. II urs: 8 to q. m; 1 I,
,. and $50 to 8 p. m. Telephone, 31s.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-04
EXCLUSIVE UNDERTAKING
Bomb & Son
Embalmers
Automobile Service Telephone 264-W
BRATTLEBORO. VT
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

W II LANE. M. d. 1T Main st., ove
Perry 8 store Hours: l to 3, and to Z
N. Sundays by appointment Phone. 7s9 v
Residence, s Belmont Ave. Phone, 76e
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-04

G ANDERSON, Surgeon and Physician
Surgery speciality. Office and residence
R,ooks House, 1913 Main St Hours: until
M | 10 2 30. and TO p. m. Phone. 24L
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-04

5oND & SON. Exclusive undertaking. Au
tomobile service. Tel. 264w
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-04

Bidg rooms i and 8, telephone $40. ON
hours until a. m, to 8, and to p. m
Melrose hospital telephone 2O1, to 10 .
Residence, 141 Canal St.. telephone IL
sundays by appointment only
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-22
CLAIMS South American 1890 @..
War Is InerifabLe
(By Associated Press. J

(By Associated Prees.)
Santiago, Chile, Dec. 21.-The fail.
ure Of the proposed A. B. C. confer.
ence. which was to have met in Rio
de Janeiro on November 18th, has
prompted editorial comment through.
out the entire continent and the echo
is yet reverberating.
DR.. Lauro Muller. the Prime Minis
ter of the Brazilian cabinet, is said
to have invited the Chilean and Ar.
gentine governments to send delegates
to a conference to be held at Rio de
Janeiro on November Is, the twenty.
seventh anniversary of the proclama.
ton of the republic of Brazil.
The exact purpose Of the gathering
was not made public, but it was un-
derstood that DR.. Muller desired the
nations named to enter into q peace
pact binding each to submit to arbi-
tration any dispute and in any event
to wait one year before resorting to
arms. The republic Of Chile accepted
the invitation as did the Argentine
tentatively. A change Of government
in the latter country came before the
date Of the suggested meeting and the
new foreign minister strongly opposed
the plan. AS it was necessary for the
Argentine congress to ratify the pro-
posal, and as they failed to do so,
Brazil was notified that her neighbor
would not participate. Chile then
withdrew her acceptance.
The most radical comment on the
affair was published few days age
in a Chilean journal of socialistic ten
denotes. Under the caption: "Urug
uay, the Serbia of South America,
the writer claimed that a general
South American war was as inevitable
as had been the great European con
flict for years before the fare Of
August, 1914. Argentine will never
agree to a peace pact with her neigh
bors while the matter of the La Platts
boundary line is in dispute" said the
author. This line runs In mid-channe
where the river. between 40 and, a
places. GO miles wide. separates Urug
uayan from Argentinian territory. g.
The Argentine government hal
spent immense sums in dredging tn
river from its mouth of the port o
Monte video to q point OPPOSITE
Buenos Aires, a distance Of nearl.
200 miles, in order that large steam
ers might contin to dock in the Argen
tinian metropolis. A series Of island
once claimed by Uruguay are now he'll
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-22

on the other side to be Argentinian
because Of the great expenditures in
improving the river channel. This,
together with a boundary dispute be-
tween Brazil and the Argentine has,
according to the Chilean author, made
the relations between the three coun.
tries somewhat uncertain.
The writer maintains that it is well
known in Chile that secret alliance
of both an offensive and defensive
character has for some time existed
between Uruguay and Brazil. what
will Chiles attitude be in the event
of a crisis" he asks and proceeds to
answer by saying that undoubtedly
his own country would join the Bra
ziHaH Uruguay Alliance. while we
have no boundary dispute with the Ar
gentine", he continues, I'VE still have
an unsettled question with Peru. Thir.
ty-six years ago we won by conquest
their rich territories of Tacna and
Africa. Today we hold them still by
force of arms. We have not colonized
them. They are not yet Chileanized.
OF the 10000 inhabitants Of Tacna,
1900 are Balivian, $500 Peruvians and
5000 Chileans, but Of these latter
1900 form the military garrison and
the remaining 400 are civil employees
or servants of the military. The peo-
pie of the districts call for plebiacite
to determine to which government
they belong and the Chilean govern
lment dare not accede to their request.
Peru knows this and would welcome
a war which would help her regain
her lost provinces. So in the final
lineup we shall find Argentina and
Peru pitter against Brazil, Chile and
Uruguay"
The views of this writer are in no
way substantiated by public opinion
throughout South America, but there
is widely expressed and almost un
animous view that the A. B. G. means
nothing and is an impractical scheme
not workable in either South, Central
or North American relationship. The
smaller countries object to the implied
leadership of which the plan carries
for the Argentine, Brazil and Chile
and ask why the A. B. G. does not al
logically spell Argentine, Bolivia ant
Colombia. The scheme Of the Ameri
can State Department for the estab
lishment Of permanent peace in Soutl
America finds little welcome in thu
newspaper columns or chancellerie'
of the Southern continent.