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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-23
Swami Is Determined to
Trace Dealings of Burns
Brothers
SEEKS ASSOCIATION
WITH MINE OR ROAD
Price Inquiry May Start
To-day-Poultrymen Be-
fore Grand Jury

District Attorney Swami said last
night that he would subpoena the books
Of Burns Brothers and make rigid
investigation of the organization TO
determine whether it has any financial
association with any OF the coal mines
or the coal roads.
The prosecutor has been informed
that Burns Brothers control so per
cent OF the retail business in New
York and sell 100000 tons annually.
Michael F. Burns, the president, says
that the concern makes 20 cents net
profit ton.
The investigation may take the form
Of a John Doe inquiry before Chief
Magistrate McAdoo. The District At
torney will confer with Judge McAdoo
regarding this course to-day. A John
Doe inquiry into food prices will prob
ably follow the inquiry into coal.
Burns Must Sign Waiver
District Attorney Swami says that
Mr.. Burns must sign a waiver Of i'm
munity if he testifies before the grand
Jury or Magistrate McAdoo.
The prosecutor asked Mr.. Burns yes
terday for permission to examine the
books. Louis II. Moos, counsel for the
company, explained that he was not
prepared to grant such a request yet.
1--WE shall examine Burns Brothers
books if we have to get them by other
than peaceful means" Mr.. Swami de-
clared.
He said that he had retained the SER
vices of one Of the best expert account
ants in the city TO assist him IN the
examination of any concern under sus-
picion Of forming a monopoly OF food.
In a statement issued last night Mr.
Moos declared that Burns Brothers
owned no operating mines and had no
affiliations with mines or coal produc-
ing companies. He said that the con-
Germ was at the mercy OF the operators
and if these could not furnish sufii-
cient supply Burns Brothers were COM
PEELED to supplement their supply from
the independent operators.
That he was sure that he had enough
evidence to convict many members of
the alleged poultrymen's associations
of the county was statement Mr.
Swami made. The grand jury began
an investigation into these charges
Yesterday. There are at least twenty
five large commission dealers and rep
resentatives of Western shippers af-
fected, and more than one hundred
small dealers or distributors.
Queens to Hold Coal Inquiry
The District Attorney was busy last
night studying over the business laws
of the state and the Federal anti
trust acts to determine on a section
on which a complaint may be based. if
necessary, after the proposed John Doe
food inquiry. If he found that the
Federal acts have been violated he
said he would turn the evidence over
to Federal district attorneys in the
districts where the crimes were COM
mitted.
An investigation into the high price
of coal is to be made by District At
torney Denis OLeary of Queens, who
will begin an inquiry before the grand
jury tomorrow morning. Mr.. O'Leary
said yesterday that he had been in
communication with the District At
torney's Office in Manhattan and
learned that on an average coal costs
% cents more ton in Queens than
in Manhattan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-23
Billie Burke to Act Again

Billie Burke, who has not been seen
on the New York stage for several sea
sons. has renounced a career OF motion
pictures in favor of the spoken drama,
and will shortly make her appearance
in a new play by Edward She ldon, as
yet unnamed The company, IT IS an,
nounced. is now being assembled; and
the production will be ready early IN
February. Miss Burke will be under
the management Of her husband r.
Ziegfeld, jr.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-23
SUBSTITUTION

10 v.ra.ion-wili you help US 20 save you
from ~ Tell US the names Of those news
dealers who are sold out OF Tribunes be-
fore 10 A. NJ There's a practical evidences
Of gratitude available as the following
table shows
For names Of NewsdeaIsrs sold oct OF
The Tribune before 10 A. NJ
I name. Daily % Sunday Tribune mo.
3 names, Daily or Sunday Tribune 3 mos.
z nance, Daily or Sunday Tribune 8 mos.
& names, Daily Sunday Tribune & moe.
and on up TO
ie names. Daily or Sunday Tribune year.
Sent by Mall to any part Of the y. &
Some relation or frisnd-soms shut-in
back homs"-can be made happy II you
will lend a hand. Help us 70 give you the
paper that you want whom YOU want u.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-23
IT. s. Treasury Finances

Washington. Nov. 22.-The condition
Of the United States Treasury at the
close OF business to-day was: Net bal
ance in general fund, s129,658, 400: total
ordinary receipts. 81 ,545,316: total ordi-
nary payments. S2,946,779.
The deficit this fiscal year is SOL
btA.53o, against a deficit Of s48. 703.5 81 I
last year, exclusive of Panama Canal
and nubIc debt transactions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-23
He Saved yours,
but
DWt-

THOSE. total strangers at the right
are covered with envy. Help
less, they must stand and
watch your newsdealer dip down be-
hind his counter and bring up your
Tribune. And lot two minutes ago
he told them he had no more lrib-
unes! Of course it's because you
had told him to save your copy, but
still, there ought to be enough lrib-
unes for all, oughtn't therel How
would you feel some morning in
strange neighborhood if a newsdeal-
er who didn't know you should re-
fuse you your Tribunea Obviously.
the only thing to do is to discover
these newsdealers who are sold out
Well do the rest if you will help.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-20
Why Weeks Lost.
bennington Banner.)

The nomination of Roger w. HUI
burd of Hyde Park for lieutenant gov
ernor over John E. Weeks of Middle
bury is surprise to many people but
the explanation of the matter is rea-
sonablv clear. Mr.. Hulburd for MANY
years has been known as one of the
best public speakers in the state and
at state conventions and other places
thousands of voters have had the oppor-
tunity to hear him and have gone away
pleased and impressed. He has never
before been a candidate for state office
and this was the first time that the
people have had a chance to show their
liking for him. At the same time Mr..
Weeks would have won in spite of Mr..
Hulburd S popularity had Addison coun-
ty backed up its own candidate as it
should. The county gave Judge Weeks
a large majority but over eight hun
bred votes were cast there for his op-
ponent and this was enough to change
the result. Judge Weeks is perhaps
the leading citizen of Addison county
and has a splendid record of honest,
faithful and efficient service. Just why
eight hundred citizens of the county
should vote against him is not clear
Addison county complains that it never
| gets anything on the state ticket. In
| this case Addison county seems to be
largely responsible for being left out.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-20
The Family Reunions.
(Meriden, Conn, journal. }

(MerIden, Conn.,, Journal.)
To some people ties of kinship mean
little. They see no reason why second
cousins should be anything to each
other. A reunion of such distant rel
atives would seem to them as illog
zeal as for all the people whose names
begin with the same letter to form an
association.
Yet there are still great many peo-
pie who do feel the strength of these
ties of clanship. Not as many as for
merly, as families are scattered nova
days all over the country. Still one
sees in the newspapers constant re-
ports of family gatherings, large and
small. People travel many miles to
attend them.
The phrase that "blood is thicker
than water is not wholly meaning
less. The fact that families have a
| common ancestor ought to mean some
community of feeling and congeniality
of sentiment. The family reunions are
at least partly to gather together botl
rich and poor, the prominent and the
| obscure. People seem at these occa
sions to forget the artificial line'
created by money and society, and Il
| meet on the basis of a more natura
and friendly sentiment.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-20

bright as the Water went over them !;
and the Sand felt just the same way.
Besides the Sand had been made to
work hard all day. There had been
little Boys and Girls with Pals and
how they did build Castles, and
Houses, and Court-Yards and won.
drous Palaces And the Sand had al.
ways stayed together just as it had
been put-because the Sand Fairies
see to it that it does. If little Girl is
working hard to build a Castle and the
Sand doesn't seem to go just right,
the Queen of the Sand Fairies sends a
Message by one of the Ocean breezes
telling the Grains of Sand to work
well and to help!
"But this time I want to tell you
about, it was High Tide, as I have
said, and the Water came right up to
the Land. It had been coming in slow
ly but surely for some time and Billie
Brownie had been watching.
"Don't you ever work any faster OF
any slowerY asked Billie Brownie.
Certainly not said the Tide. why
should we?
1T would be nice should think tC
change some Day and rush in very
suddenly, and then another Day stay
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-20

way out on the Beach and not come In
for hours and hours-long after you
are due.
THAT would be very wrong said
the Tide. We are helped in what we
do by two very noble creatures And
all the time the Tide was talking its
Voice would get louder and louder for
all the Waves were roaring and max.
ing such racket.
"'Who are theyr asked Billie
Brownie.
1.-THE Sun and Moon roared the
Tide. The Moon is three times more
important than the Sun-but the Sun
is mighty helpful too. We do as they
say, you see. Twice every twenty-four
hours of your Time we come in and go
out. And we do this at such hours as
the Sun and Moon wish. So If People
ask the Sun and Moon, or watch them
for a Time they will be able to tell
just what we are going to do. And we
never change the Time they've given
s-never-NEVERr And the Tide
beloved this for all it was worth.
az wouldn't keep such good Time
said Billie Brownie-'no, not for any
Creature-not even Mr.. Sun or Mr.
Moon. And yet I'm a great Friend of
both
"'Ah, you're not such a Friend as
we are said the Tide. we have al
ways done as Mr.. Moon said for years
and years and years-too many for me
to remember
"But you might just as well be a
Clock and get wound up if you're go.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-20

The Republican state committee will
meet in Burlington this afternoon to
select the time and place for state
convention to adopt platform and Of
feet an organization for the different
counties. In view of the fact that
Montpelier had the convention which
elected delegates to the national con-
vention Burlington is expected to get
the next gathering, but it does not
promise to be wildly demonstrative
affair.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-20
That Big Primary Vote.

burlington free 1ress,)
A few days before the state primary
various people in a position to have
some idea of the situation expressed the
belief that the total vote throughout
the state would reach at least 10000.
That seemed a large figure when we
consider the small number of voters
that attend caucuses usually.
As the returns came in newspaper
officers began to amend their ideas as to
the total vote, but few people dreamed
that the aggregate would reach the
figures finally represented in the sum
mary of the state vote by counties.
When over $4,000 voters go to the
ballot boxes in a Vermont primary to
help select candidates by their own di-
rect votes, as was the case on Tuesday
last, wide degree of interest is demon
strated, and the system which generates
that interest is worth more than second
thought.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-20

The Burlington Free Press has
reached the point where it can see no
reason why the state should set aside
every two years $4,000 for the special
use of the state fair, or as much as is
devoted by the state to all other agri-
cultural exhibitions in Vermont COM
bined. This is exactly the argument
advanced by The Reformer several
years ago. We are glad to see converts
coming cur way, even if they are a lit
tie late.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-20

No one has to wind us up! And q
Clock often gets out of order and goes
TO the Clock Maker to be Mended. You
never heard of the Tide going to a
Tide Member to be Mended, did you?'
never knew there was such a
thing as Tide Member said Billie
Brownie.
There isn'tr said the Tide. That's
just it. We don't need one-for we
never get out of order. And no one
has to worry about US Or fuss about
us. We just do as Mr.. Sun and Mr..
Moon say-especially Mr.. Moon as I've
told you, for somehow and the Voice
OF the Tide grew lower Mr.. Moon
mas better judgment. / can Whisper
TINS to you now, for Mr.. Sun has gone
TO ped and won't feel hurt! And now
we must go out to the Ocean again
for we've been talking to you for
hours ="
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-20
RAN!>lN:D0M REELS :; ;;
sg I lly, liam asn
Of shoes and ships sealing max Of cabbaSes kings
THE TIRE UARA NTEE

The pneumatic tire guarantee is a
mournful attempt to. satisfy people who
object to buying new tires every time
they run over a beer bottle. This guar
antee does not cost anything until the
man who owns it tries to collect new
casing on the strength of a nine-inch
blowout caused by driving over a
pickle jar. 1t then assumes threaten
ing aspect, and has to be Modified by
paving the list price, with express both
ways added.
When a new tire is bought for cash,
it is guaranteed against various forms
of disease, any one of which may sap
its vitality and cause it to pop open
in some unexpected place. 1t is also I'M
derstood that the owner is to prop it
up occasionally with air. 1t is difficult
for a fourtinch tire to carry $500
pounds of instalment-plan automobile
and seven robust passengers ON sixty
pounds of air, without giving way at
some vital spot and spelling an entire
evening for all concerned. If an adjust
ment is not made at once, on the basis
of new easing and tube, the local
dealer will lose one of the best time
customers in town.
The tire guarantee does not protect
the man who allows the insidious sand
blister to crawl into the casing through
protap+ad bv Tho A DO
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-20

The official figures show that Senator
Carroll S. Page S victory in the prima-
ries was greater than any newspaper es-
Inmates or foundations. His lead over
Allen NJ. Fletcher was 1891 and over
Fletcher and Gates combined 10,54S.
Page was indicated beyond question
Times arc changing and the man in the
future who wishes to succeed in politics
must develop the card index and the art
Of personal letter writing
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-20

The 100000 a month which the
American people have been giving to
Belgium for the past year is not going
to be half enough for the year ahead.
The commission for relief in Belgium
declares that $4,000 600 a month is go
ing to be needed for the next year for
the five millions in Belgium and north
ern France who have no other food sup
ply than that secured to them through
the United States.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-20

More candidates in the recent prina-
ries filed their expense accounts at
Montpelier yesterday. Two Democrats
). G. Durick Of Fair Haven and Hen
ny Q. Breslin of Rutland-can you tell
what they were candidates for?-sav
they spent nothing, and the debonair
Frank l.. Greene, who waltzed into an
other nomiRation as congressman from
the first district makes a similar assev-
Grafton. G. Herbert Pape of Barre
ran for congress in the second district
on the Democratic ticket for 81 cents
and probably got his moneys worth.
1t cost Herbert G. Barber of Brattle-
boro 81 to get his second nomination
for attorney general, Walter F. Scott
for state treasurer 5000, Guy w. Bail
ey for secretary of state 5000. Roger
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-20

w. Hulburd of Hyde Park says that his
campaign for the lieutenant governor
ship nomination cost him $l54, which
was not expensive considering that he
won. The only man for whom we feel
a little sorrow is Thomas H. Cave, ir.,
of Barre, who in his desire to be
named officially for auditor of accounts
parted with $550.7S and then fell out
side the breastworks.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-20
The Season Beautiful.
(Rutland HeraldO

The dash of color, here and there on
the hillsides, is unmistakable testimony
to the approach of autumn, and the
tang of frost in the air at night brings
home the imminence of the "melan-
choly days. In this splendid climate,
however, the coming of autumn is by
no means cause for melancholy, but
rather an ushering in of the peculiar
beauties of rich foliage, cool, clear
skies, the important harvests of the
fall and the many joys and festivities
of "harvest home.' We need not
Tread the approach of cool weather; we
should welcome it, that 'winter and
summer, seed-time and harvest - may
each be fulfilled in their orderly sue
cessiOn.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-20

a stone bruise and eat its way down
to the demountable rim without inter
ference. There are two ways to treat
the sand blister. One is to have it vul-
canized by some leisurely artisan, and
the other is to open it up with jack
knife and wait for the grand finale
with a tight grip on the steering wheel.
Some tires are guaranteed longer
than others, and will last for several
years if not driven to excess. The best
way to preserve tires is to drive slow
" around the block once week and
then put the car to sleep on stills over
night. When catalog house tire has
been run $4,000 miles without pune
ture, it either proves that the owner
stole it from truck or is a massive
and ornate liar. People would have less
tire trouble if they paid less attention
to the guarantee and more to the short
crisp warnings of the tire tester.
The best kind of a tire guarantee is
Ia mixture of plain mule sense along
with the ability to dodge between the
three -cornered rocks which strew the
highway. The man who sets his brake:
at thirty miles an hour and starts hi,
ear with a jerk that would dislocatt
the neck of prize wrestler doesn 7
need guarantee so much as he doc,
guardian ad Item.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-20
Member of the Associated Press.

The Reformer is or. sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co,
Park Drug Store, G. W. Cleaveland, d..
II. cutler & Co, Esteyville), Brooks
House Pharmacy.
East Oummerston, NJ. f. Brown.
Putney, NJ. G. Williams.
Newfane, NJ NJ. Batchelder.
Townshend, G. w. Cutler. A
West TownShend, G. II. Grout.
Jamaica, II. j. Daggett.
South London derry, f. H. Tyler.
South Vernon, IL. b. Bufum.
West Chesterfield, NJ. H., Mrs. w.
StrCetcr.
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Bellows Falls, VT, Depot Restaurant,
Bcrtolino q Bertolino f. c. Winnewisser
Windsor, VT, Windsor Restaurant.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-20
Frank A. Dewitt.
bennington Banner.)


Let see, Frank A. Dewitt was one
of the men who argued that under the
primary the candidates from small
towns would have no "show.' In
view of his own nomination perhaps
he has changed his mind.-Brattleboro
Reformer.
Not only was Dewitt nominated,
but he led the list of four senatorial
candidates including one from Brattle-
boro and one from Bellows Falls. On
the other hand, Chittendcn county
nominated three out of four senators
from the city of Burlington and the
outside voters are talking of swattiag
the Burlington nominees when it
comes election day 1t is difficult to
please everybody, except by dying.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-20
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

It is the ann of the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery
of tire paper each night, and it solicits
the corporation of subscri bers to that
end. Prompt eports shoulCt be given of
each failure TO receive the paper on the
morning following the omission, in per-
som by telephone or postal card, thus
enabling the cause of the error to be
promptly and accurately discovered and
the proper remedy Immediately applied
Usher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-20
TIDE TALKS.

"Isn't 1t wonderful, Daddy" said
Nancy, that the Tide always comes in
at such a time and goes out the same
way?"
"Yes, indeed, it does seem wonder
full to u.s." said Daddy. ''but it reminds
me too Of a Story | want to tell you.
Many, many years ago when it was
High Tide, the Breakers came roaring
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-20
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run of paper
so cents an inch for first insertion; .
cents am 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 NDtices-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, 1916-09-20
Rebuke with a Sting.
(Rutland Herald.l

Two of the men guilty of participat
ing in the delinquency of a 15-year-old
girl in Dummerston have received
states prison sentences of two and
one-half and three years. In the case
of one man, who pleaded guilty, the
jury was treated to the singular spec
tacle of the pastor Of the church, of
which the criminal was a member,
pleading for light sentence. Judge
Slack very simply pointed out, how
ever, that the argument of the pastor
merely proved that the young man
was a hypocrite as well as criminal.
1t was the sort of rebuke that stings.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-20

in right up to the
end of the Beach
where the Land
began. The little
Pebbles, w h i C h
had been in the
Broiling Hot Sun
all day felt so
happy to have the
cool Ocean Water
dash over them,
and If little Peb-
bleS could smile |
am S ur G these
would have. In
f a C t, / a | m o S [
think they did, for
+hA- lA@lAl 90
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-20

ing to keep such
Tim e and do
things just exact
ly when you're
supposed to. 1t
seems very fool
ish to me- and
Billie row nj e
put his head to
one side as he
thought about it.
I" 'Ah,' said the
Tide, that's just
where you're so
wrong. A Clock
has to be looked
after. S ON e ne
has to wind it I'D.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-20

Rev. Paul D. Moody of the South
Congregational church III st. Johns
bury showed his good intentions by ac-
ccpting appointment as chaplain of the
First Vermont regiment on the border,
but before he could start south the
soldier boys were ordered back home.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-20

Probably the people who have been
(" saving an hour of daylight" will
shift with the coming of these frosty
mornings.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-20
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1916

As far as Brattleboro was concerned
yesterday was an ideal Valley fair day
Without the fair.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-20

If a man ever wishes he had been
born a woman it is when he observes
the foolish acts of other men.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-20

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