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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-22
VICTORY FOR
NAVAL BILL
Measure Passed by the Sen
ate Yesterday by a Vote
of II to s
PROVISIONS FOR
EIGHT CAPITAL SHIPS
Conference Between Two Branches of
Congress Expected to Bring Agree
ment for Four Battle Cruisers and
Eight Dreadnoughts at Once.

WASHINGTON, July 22.-The naval
appropriation bin, with a three-year
building program including the imme-
diate construction of four dread
thoughts, four great battle cruisers and
IS other craft, passed the senate late
yesterday by a vote of II to $. 1t ear
ries 1913, 500 43, or So, s57,5SS more
than the total as the measure passed
the house.
Many proposals to curtail the enor-
nous building increases written into
the measure by the senate naval com
mittee were defeated overwhelmingly
and as soon as final passage was an
nOunced the senate voted to insist ON
its amendments and send the bill ut
once to conference. The house is eX-
pected TO insist on its building pro-
gram, and a long struggle is in pros
pet before a2reemGnt is reached.
\ scvcn-hour speech by Senator La
Toilette of Wisconsin against the
measure and a clash between Senators
Reed of Missouri and Oliver of Penn.
sylvania over the proposal to print as
a public document the Bethlehem steel
company : arguments against a govern
ment armor plant delayed the final
vote. The Bethlehem 5 arguments were
ordered printed by unanimous consent
during Senator Reed : absence from
the senate chamber On his return he
vainly sought reconsideration, charging
that Senator Oliver as an owner OF
steel stock had voted money into hi,
own pocket by supporting the proposal
Senators Tilman of South Carolina
Swanson of Virginia and Lodge OF
Massachusetts, We're appointed confer
ees on the bill The house conferee.
will be chosen Tuesday, and daily ses
sions probably will be held therca fteI
by the conference committee Construc
| ton of l57 vessels, including rs capita
fighting ships, within three years. at
an estimated cost of S5sS, 1S0.576, i,
| contemplated in the senate program
the largest ever proposed in congress
Of the total appropriations in the bill
Sllo,726, 100 is for the first year ;.
building expenditures. As it passed
the house, the measure made no pro
vision for continuing building pre-
gram and authorized only - ships, in
GLIDING five battle cruisers and NJ
drcadnoughts.
Administration leaders regard it a
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-22
MEAT IN GERMANY SCARCE
American Woman Tells of JOY Of See
ing Real Food in Holland.

In the following letter, dated Nav
y at Scheveninger, the seaport of
The Hague, the writer, lady residing
IN Germany, describes for the benefit
of her relatives in this country tho
TODD shortage in Germany, which an.
|pears to be very real. Extracts from
the letter follow:
Notwithstanding all our plannino
concerning three or four weeks stay
IN Switzerland, we find ourselves land
ed III Holland at this beautiful sea.
shore town. 1t is too bad we cannot
stay here longer.
1t is some days since we left Ger
many. | would be satisfied IF ne
could stay in The Hague all summer
and until the war is over. | am sick
of the kind of life YOU have to live
nowadays in all the warning countries
lhere are only two topics that com.
lpleteIy occupy our minds-the blood
shed and the food supply-and al
though 1t seems almost terrible to say
lat, the former has been entirely
eclipsed by the anxiety concerning the
food supply during the last few
months. We talk and think and plar
food all day long-do everything, il
fact, except eat it. We do eat. of
course, but the real food is usurped b,
the limitations and substitute foods I.
such extent that we have almost for
gotten the taste of the real thing.
almost wept for Joy over the first eur
of coffee with real cream that wa
served to US here. The sight of tn
butter hcaped on the plates was 81
| strange that ii seemed almost sacri
lcgious to make use of it,
. Meat is SO scarce in our home tow
that almost every good butcher close
his shop at 9 in the morning, and tn
sign CLOSED Because of Scarcity o
Meat supply is ever so much NOR
common than the sight of meat itself
Many shops have closed altogether
Now IT seems that new organization
rs to be formed in Germany for tn
better distribution of all food product.
Whether it viii have the desired et
feet remains to be seen. | have
good supply of American canned good
on hand which enables Us to live i
luxury. How they ever reached us
do not know. and | was so glad to b
able to buy them that I asked no que.
/
manage to get along without it quit
well. | am eating enough here in Hol
land to last during the coming summa
and hope to be able to come back her
when my supply is exhausted.
1T is SO good to see people Withou
the worried look that everyone has q
home, and / feel almost like n com
try girl ON her first visit to the cit
when | hear the noise of the street
and see the automobiles and carriage
with gailv dressed people 90 by. Their
are absolutely no private automobile
running in Germany and black is tn
color that predominates.
1--WE have not heard from any O
YOU in over two months. I hope tina
everybody is wen. and that YOU hay
been getting our letters more regula
lv. It's awful to write each wee
and never have single letter to ~
swer.
"What is the matter with Wilson
Why doesn' t he step in and talk abor
peace? 1t would be a beginning. eve
if it would not lead to immediate r
suits"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-22

PUPIL NURSES, male and female,
wanted at the Taunton State Hospital
Training School for Nurses. For par
ticulars address DR.. Arthur V. Goss,
Supt., Taunton State Hospital, Taun-
ton, Mass. 33-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-22
ALLEGED CONFESSION
INVOLVES MRS. FELCH
Wanted Her Husband Out of the Way
Statement That She offered
Williams $1,000.

CHELSEA, July -. - Introduction
of Otis Williams 5 .'informal comics
sions, - said to have been made since
his arrest and before he had counsel,
was vigorously opposed by his attorneys
on the fourth day of his trial here,
charged with the murder of Joseph
Felch last April in alleged completely
with Felch s wife.
They made vigorous efforts to ex-
clude the testimony Of Deputy Sheriff
Lawrence Welch Of Topsham about
conversation he had with Williams in
the Chelsea jail May Z.
Attorneys Davis s. Conant and Stan
ley G. Wilson of the defense were on
their feet with objections as soon as
Attorney General Herbert G. Barber
began his examination of Welch. Judge
Stanton suspended the trial. sent the
jury out of the room and heard the story
OF the witness and arguments of coun-
sell
Attorney Generals Barber, State s At
torney Williams and the deputy sheriff
testified that no promise of immunity
had been offered Williams and so far as
they knew, his statement was voluntary.
he should have been warned Judge
stanton admitted the testimony.
Sheriff Welch then testified that on
| May he visited the Chelsea JAIL where
| Williams was confined, and that vii,
| liams told him about his relations with
| Mrs Fetch; that in November she had
| offered him $500 "to get her husband
out of the way and that he had re
fused, saying the risk was too great and
Feleh always had used him well.
In January Mrs. Fetch increased tho
offer to $1,000, the statement ran. but
again the respondent said he refused rs
it was "too risky.' Williams also told
him they planned to divide the property
equally between them and buy an auto
mobile, rs soon as the husband was " out
of the way = Williams was to get
| divorce ut the June term of the Chelsea
county court
The witness story was not shaker
on the cross-examination. He denie(
that he had been offered immunity ant
y insisted that he had gone to the Jail OF
his own responsibility.
Erwin NJ. Worthy, stenographer fo
the state 5 attorney, was next called t
TESTIFY concerning NllIlamS alleged
confession, but before the witness coulC
testify attorneys for the defense object
ed. and the court decided to hear coun
sci today before deciding whether tn,
testimony should 90 to the jury.
Eugene Williams Of Groton. brothc
of the prisoner, was not allowed by tn,
court to testify about conversation h,
had with his brother, on objection O.
counsel for the defense.
i Charles Jenkins of Meredith, n. II.
who met Williams when he went Their,
-, expecting to make his home in Mere
dith, said that his reason for leaving
his wife was that = he had found an
other woman he liked better
Mrs. John Felch of Waits River
mother of the victim, testified she hear,
Williams say to her son wife, Ann;
Felch, in the Felch home on the morn
ing the body was found II hope vol
don t lay it to me because it is IN,
? gun. = No, | don t, was the answer
/ She knew of no trouble between her sol
and his wife.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-22
The Monadnock Mills
CLAREMONT. N. H.

want help for its weaving, spinning
and carding departments. Good pay
and steady work. Experience unneces-
sary. Mill has just advanced wages 10
per cent. Largest town in New Hamp-
shire. Write for further information,
or come direct to Mill Office.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-22

l HAVE y GOOD PAYING PROPOSE
ton to offer to the right man in this
county. No capital needed Reference.
Lee G. Brown, Sales Manager. No. asa
Winton Rd.. No Rochester, n. Y. 1929
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-22

FOR SALE-Bay horse, years DID,
sound and good driver; also l new
carriage, express wagon and harness
q. N. Bond, Locust st. Tel. 231-X.
66.tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-22

practically certain that in the confer
ences between the two houses at least
four battle cruisers and two dread
thoughts to be contracted for at once
will be agreed upon.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-22

THE REEVES VACUUM Cleaner
man is in Brattleboro. Over 400 salts
fed customers in town. Let him show
the machine when he calls, or drop ID.
l.. Snow a postal. 1l7-122*
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-22
GIRLS WANTED

Ludington Woodenware Co., Will
minton, Vermont; S1.25 per day with
Saturday afternoons off. Piece work in
packing department.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-06-09

loves and ne loses his appreciation for
the true sentiment.
Having a single matrimonial catch
In the family is a boon TO many a sis.
ter. Young girls visit her with the
secret hope Of meeting her brother.
There is no lack of entertainment to
which she is invited. This is not say.
ing that girls are not popular on their
own account, but to show the reason
why many most unpopular girls are
petted and made much OF by those
who would have no objection to be-
coming their sisters-in-law. Counting a
sister for her brother is a practice
quite as old as the hills, and it is
quite as true the brothers are wont
to steer clear Of their sisters girl
friends on general principles.
1t is the man who has too many
matrimonial chances who will not be
baited by a maiden's sweetness, inno-
cence and beauty, an older girls good
sense or a youthful widows coquetry.
He Is amused with artless youth, ad-
mires good judgment in a woman but
Is not certain which side he is inspect.
ing OF the sympathetic, many-sided
widow. Thus he dallies with love. He
pays attention to this young woman
until his fancy begins to wane and the
next n because she is the nearest
N at hand to make love to who is
not apt to pin him down regarding his
matrimonial intentions.
Wise indeed is the man who makes
up his mind firmly that he will have
but n sweetheart and that one he
will make his wife. What an amount
of wasted hopes and affection he saves
not only himself, but others.
The free lance may seem an ideal
beau in his thirties, but after a de-
cade Of added years has passed over
his head, he is by no mean the shin.
ing mark he imagines himself to be.
Fathers and brothers fight rather shy
OF inviting him to their homes and in
Producing him to their womenfolk.
He has someone whom he loves" is
their mental comment, taking it as a
matter Of course that the man well
seasoned in years who is triling with
today has had some heart affair yes.
terday which has laid too deep a hold
on him to be considered heart whole
and fancy free.
1t is most unkind to tack suspicion
upon the broad shoulders of a bache-
lor, but it is to be hoped those who
read may profit by the suggestion that
it is better to wed late than never.
Today opportunity knocks at the
door. Tomorrow is another day. The
same chance for happiness may be
hurled away in the whirl Of life.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-06-09
SUPPORT of Vines.

In furnishing support for vines that
Chamber over the walls of the house,
do not use strips Of cloth, as so many
do. The cloth is good for a season
only. After the vines have become
large and heavy their weight will be
sufficient to tear the cloth loose from
the tacks that held 1t in place, espe-
cially after a heavy rain or in strong
winds, and down will cora the plant.
1t will be found impossible to put II
back in place in anything like a sat
isfactory manner. For supporting
large, stiff vines make use Of screw.
hooks, which are easily inserted in
wooden walls. Turn the hooks in un-
til there Is just enough ROOF between
their points and the wall to admit Of
slipping the vine in.
Some vines are not adapted to this
treatment. Those can be supported
by using strips of leather instead Of
cloth. The leather should be soaked
in oil for "a hours before using. to
make 1t pliable and water.resisting.
Do not use small tacks, as these 90
not have stuff cien hold On the wood
to make them dependable. Use nails
at least an inch long, with good-sized
heads.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-06-09
HONEST DOG GETS REWARD
New Collar Bestowed on Terrier That
Found and Brought Home
Woman's Purse.

BIZ, a bull terrier four months old,
owned by Miss Loretta Cody, daughter
OF Police Lieut.. Frank Cody of New
Rochelle, is developing into a valuable
dog. Last week he began to bring
home old shoes and cans from rubbish
heaps. Saturday he brought a bag Of
rolls and yesterday he came home
spattered with milk, having tried to
bring a bottle of milk, and spilled 1t,
Since then Bill carried home a lady's
handbag containing $3.50, some visit.
ing cards and an automobile veil. The
cards were those Of Mrs. Stephen w.
Huntington. wife of the vice president
OF the city council Of New Rochelle.
When the property was returned to
her, Mrs. Huntington said she had
dropped 1t out OF her automobile on
Drake avenue. She bought Bill a new
collar as q reward for his honesty
New Rochelle IN. ~ Dispatch, New
York Times.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-06-09

M Helps
MANAGER SYSTEM IS LIKED
Has Been Given a Years Trial In Tue.
son, ARK, and Seemingly 10
There to Stay.

Tucson, at the close Of q year under
the city manager system, is pleased
with it and will continue 1t, though 1t
is free to abandon it, since the system
exists by a sort Of understanding and
not by charter. The old council sys.
TEN prevailed in Tucson, but it was de-
cided before the election to give the
manager system a trial for at least
a year. 1t did not seem that under such
an arrangement the system could have
a fair trial. If the council should at
any time divide to engage In politics,
the system would go by the board. But,
fortunately, the mayor and the coun-
Gil have earnestly assisted in making
1t a success. They selected a good
man for manager and delegated all
the power possible to him. There has
been no interference with his ap-
pointing power. No pressure has been
exerted upon him in favor Of any ap-
plicant for a Job. There has been
no faint Of politics in the city gov
eminent, which has been the best Tue
son has ever had. More has been &C
complished IN the last year than in
any previous year.
What has happened in Tucson has
happened everywhere the city manager
system has been given a fair trial.
Phoenix's experience of a year and q
half with 1t has been entirely satisfac-
tory. In the beginning there was O
little Earring Of the machinery, but for
several months it has run smoothly
and the result has been profitable in
money and good government. Even
more is promised for the next year.
II 1t should ever fall down or fail
here or elsewhere, 1t will not be the
fault of the system, but the fault OF
the people in failing to elect the right
kind Of commissioners, and the Reo-
pie will never commit such a fault II
they remain alert to detect the first
sign Of political canker.-Arizona Re
publican.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-06-09
Why Not?

I'm willing to admit that baseball
Is a great game" said the golf expert.
but at the same time | can see sew.
eral ways in which IT might be I'M
proved"
For %instance?"
We'll, instead Of having all the bats
practically alike why not have differ,
ent bats for different purposes? 1t
stands to reason that a bat suitable
for hitting a straight ball cannot be
equally we'll adapted for hitting curves
and that a bat used for hunts should
be OF a different design from the one
that Ia used in making a home run.
Each player should have an assert
ment Of clubs and n caddy to hand
them to him as he wants them"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-06-09
STYLES IN FLOWER BEDS
Excellent Idea Sometimes to Get Away
From the Conventional Designs
So Often Seen.

Do not be afraid to get away from
the conventional when making flower
beds. Have beds different from those
Of the neighbors and different from
last seasons beds. Geraniums, coleus
and the other old bedding favorites
are good, but 1t is tiresome to see them
everywhere. Verbenas are not bedding
novelties, but might be used more gen.
orally; also petunias, abutilons, Gu
pleas, fuchsias, balsams and ivy
leaved geraniums.
A mixed foliage bed of tropical ap-
pearance a be made by the use Of
the following plants in such combina
tons as may be desired: Aspidistras,
flcus in variety, crotons in variety,
dracaenas, pandanus, p%epperomia,
palms in variety, sansevieria, eche-
verias, ferns, grevilla robusta, white
leaved cineraria and centaurea, pyre-
thrum, goldenfeather, %farfugium, mau.
randias lObelias, lantanas, cupheas.
The last three named will supply q
little color In red, white and blue
flowers to tighten up the color of the
various foliage plants. The taller
plants scattered about the bed will
supply shade for the smaller shade
loving plants and the ferns, which
should be tucked in naturally to fill up
space. The variety Of colors in the
foliage Of dracaenas, pandanus, GRO
tons, cineraria, c%entaurea and pyre-
thrum will contrast well, II the plant
ing is arranged with care, and the
whole will make an unusual and beau
tiful bed.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-06-09

sour stomach or clogged bowels. Dodson's Liver
Tone doesn't grippe or cause Inconvenience all next
day like calomel.
Take a dose of calornel tonight and tomorrow
YOU will feel sick, weak and nauseated. Don't lose
a days work!
Dodson's Liver Tone is real liver medicine.
You'll know it next morning because you Will
wake up with your head clear, your liver active,
bowels clean, breath sweet and omac regulated.
You will feel cheerful and full Of vigor and ready
for a hard days work.
You can eat anything afterwards without risk
OF salivating yourself or your children.
Get a bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone and try It
on my guarantee. You'll never again put a dose
OF nasty, dangerous calomel into your stomach. Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-06-09
WEARING OUT WELCOME.
Give all to love,
Obey thy heart,
Friends, kindred, days,
Estate, good fame,
Plans, credit and the muse
Nothing refuse.

' >ASNiA ohAN kiC illA5C-
Nothing refuse.
Don't you know dozens OF women
who persist in dropping in upon you
at the time you are busiest? It isn't
every woman who can afford to lead
an idle life, and all women wouldn't
If they could.
The woman who does her own work
and retains her position socially in q
community is the worst sufferer from
unwelcome guests. 1t is with a feel.
ing akin to terror that she hears her
front doorbell ring when she is in
the very midst of the washing on
Monday morning. It's no easy matter
to hustle out of suds-bespattered work.
ing garb into another dress. It is sure
to be the wealthy woman living
around the corner, who has come in
her automobile. Just dropped in for
a moment to see how you liked the
oyster supper at the church." she tells
the fiurried mistress Of the cottage.
or course It lie a desperately I'M.
comfortable moment when the clothes
boil over, or the skillet on the back
Of the stove burns dry. She
herself not once but a dozen times,
for n thing or another during the
next hour, but the visitor seems to be
blissfully unconscious that she is tres.
passing on her friends time and pa.
tience.
The second interruption Is by the
grocer's boy with the days supplies.
Then in turn come the tradesmen to
take the coming weeks order and set.
tie last weeks account. A load of
coal comes, and she must show the
driver where it must be placed in the
cellar. A tinsmith her husband has
sent up to fix the WORKOUT leader in
the roof puts in his appearance to
add to the housewives distraction.
After half an hour of chatting piece.
meal between duties, her caller arises,
with the remark: Il see you are
dreadfully busy today, dear. I'll drop
in tomorrow and tell you all about
the fair we must give to aid the Door
suffering heather Chinese somewhere
in the other part Of the world don't
know Just where, but they're needing
1t all the same"
The wealthy neighbor a her
good-by, steps into her limousine and
floats away. The housewife, with dire
misgivings, fees in terror to the kitcb.
en- to find that a hole has been burned
in husbands shirt, which was in the
bottom Of the boiler, and also that
her own handembroidered pe~tticoat
is ruined beyond repair. The fire Ia
out and little Johnnie is expected
home from school for his lunch at
any moment and nothing is ready. It's
a day Of trying ordeals.
Tuesday comes and in the midst of
ironing the shirt which escaped dam
age-and hubby is a veritable crank
the way his laundry is turned
out-the same woman puts In her ap-
pearance again. This time the shirt
is ruined so far as the ironing went.
The most courteous way out of It
is to send the friends whose ~acquaint-
they particularly wish to keen
up their card on which is engraved or
"At home (such or such an
evening" from seven-thirty until tsa.-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-06-09
CA[OME[
IS SELDOM SOLD NOW
CaoneI SaHWateS! It Makes You Sick and You Lose a Days WOk-Dodsons
Liver Tone Acts Better Than Caome| and Is Harmless for
Men, Women, Chlden-Read Guarantee!
80

Every druggist here, yes! your druggist and
everybody's druggist has noticed a great falling
Oft in the sale of calomel, They all give the
same reason. Dodson's Liver Tone is taking its
place.
"Calorlel is dangerous and people know it while
Dodson's Liver Tone is safe and gives better re-
suits said a prominent local druggist. Dodson's
Liver Tone is personally guaranteed by every
druggist. A large family-sized bottle costs only 50
cents and if you find it doesn't take the place of
dangerous, s~alivating calomel you have only to ask
for your money back.
Dodson's Liver Tone is a pleasanttasting, pure
ly vegetable remedy, harmless to both children
and adults. Take a spoonful at night and wake up
feeling fine, no sick headache, biliousness, ague,