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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-15
Water-Logged Planks.


- In the name of the Great Jehovah
and the Continental Congress, as Gen.
eral Ethan Allen remarked, what has
become of that vital plank of the
Baltimore platform pledging the Dem
ocratie party to economy and the abol-
ition of useless officers? - Thus spake
Democratic Representative Isaac r.
Sherwood of Ohio at Tuesday s session
of Congress, in the first speech against
the Administration s defence pro-
gramme. Why, the plank is like all
other platform planks; it grows strong
or up to the very day of an election,
and then it collapses, bends in the
middle, falls fiat and is no more seen.
Just as it was with the single term
idea, that the party in power made SO
much ado about at Baltimore in 1912 !;
everybody has retracted, and none
more so than the President Plat
forms are usually built to stand on
party platforms to float on, and after
one has floated TO secure position
the platform is cast aside as of no
more use. They are jokes, pure and
simple, and none know it better than
the one who rides into office on one.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-15
War After War.
(Holyoke Transcript.


Lots of peace there will be in Eu-
rope when this war is over if the war
ring nations take to building trade
walls against each other. Germany
has never been much of a market for
France, England or Russia, or even
Italy. But the four countries have
been bully customers of Germany.
France hasn't bothered to make ma
chinery because she could buy SO
handily in Germany England hash t
cared about making toys when the
Germans did them so well. England
has permitted German trade to best
her in her own colonies, for England
has stood before the world as the
great champion of free trade and has
believed that free trade was one OF
the ways to maintain a world peace
Now the several warning members of
the allies have made agreements not
to buy of Germany when they have
signed up peace cards. In other words
the war is to go on to the end but it
will be trade war. Italy, France and
hand even to offering their trade t
the United States. England is just
turning her head that way.
The peace that will follow this wal
in Europe is not likely to have any
great love in it for with the LAYING
down of great guns will come tht
greater economic war Perhaps Ger
man efficiency can win that war as sht
had conquered the world s trade be
| fore. But German efficiency was ere
ated behind tariff wall of its own
There are signs that the other Euro
pean nations will build walls of thei
own. 1t is going to be a great fgh
| for the next generation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-15
Public Entitled to Protection.
(St. bloomsbury CALIFORNIAN

: N'NAAH'htA'J
The terrible riot in YOUNGSTOWN.
Ohio, Friday night, in which about
100000 worth Of property was de-
stroyed. dynamite stolen and used in
wrecking houses, saloon raided and
large quantities of liquor stolen and
drunk by the rioters, is terrible in
dictment of strikes and strikers The
placing of bombs in the state house
in Boston and threats to blow up 9th,
CT public buildings in that city is an
other frightful revelation of the VEN
omous and destructive spirit existent
among American citizens, or at least
residents. We would suggest that
more stringent laws are necessary to
protect the public from such out
RACES and believe that the placing of
or explosion of a bomb or the use of
dynamite for the destruction of prop
erty should be made capital offence
A man resorting to such methods is
certainly a murderer at heart, a menace
to human life and for the safety of
society should be legally executed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-15
His First Skates.
S p &c II L A TION
toward LRdnn
and sealing tuaX Of cabba8es- g kings

full Of dividends, while all around him
are grouped the diseonsolate forms of
mourning friends who guessed on the
wrong number. The winner then plung-
es back in and energies soon after
bearing a close resemblance to a pluck
ed pullet.
Speculation is extremely popular
with people who have no money of
their own, but tap the ehureh treas
ury with light heart. When May corn
drops below the freezing point, this
variety of Spectator takes what is
left of his reputation and the pastor s
salary and scurries over the Canadian
line in an upper berth. Sometimes he
is unprecedented ana fined ST and costs
but this is rare occurrence.
The best form of speculation is
that which consists in buying 100 acres
of deep, mellow corn land, and wait
| ing for it to turn over three or -four
times. If there were more Of this kint
| of speculation there would be fewel
/ broken-heartel citizens gazing wistful
| ly through the bars and wishing they
were back in the Fifth grade. Ii vol
arc bound TO speculate, talk it owe
with your banker, who never speeu
lates in anything that promises NOR,
than per cent and is secured b,
black soil collateral.
ms NewspaDer Service
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-15

Last year 10000 men applied to the
Chicago recruiting ofice for enlist
ment in the United States army. Only
1900 were accepted. The applicants
were doubtless as good as any com,
parable body of young men who might
offer themselves for military service
anywhere in the world, but only about
one in twelve came up to the require
ments of the United States army. And
only 1913 men We're accepted out of p
600 who wanted to enlist in the navy.
This record should keep away once
for all the absurd and sIanderous no
ton that our soldiers and sailors are
the riff-raff of the nation. They are
rather the nation s chosen, much above
the average in physique, intelligence
and character
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-15
Everyday Pedagogy. Lillian Lincoln.

Everyday Pedagogy. Lillian Lincoln.
A useful book for the inexpere eed
teacher by the Supervisor of Training
in the State Normal School, Farming
ton, Maine. Among the subjects dis
.cussed are The Teacher and the teach
cr's equipment, the school building AID
grounds, apparatus-its sources, ere
and use, and the physical comfort of
the child. There are practical pl ms
and suggestions on teaching t,rithme-
tie, reading, spelling. language, gcog-
raphy, history, writing, nature study,
music, dictionary study, the appreci.
ton of pictures and poetry, ANA dos.
work. This book will be most useful =
teachers in rural schools.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-15

Speculation is the shortest and
most direct route between hope and
bankruptcy. It is the easiest known
method of becoming rich in the mag
ination and poverty-stricken in the
bank book. Few people make it hab-
It of specializing at long range for any
length of time without going broke
with q surprised look or retiring 10
some well-known penitentiary to en-
gage in the rock-crushing business
The most popular form of specula-
tion at the present writing is dabbling
in war stocks which have begun to sit
up and breathe freely for the first
time in several years. This is one of
the most uncertain and expen i've
forms of dabbling recorded IN all his
tory, and frequently costs more than
trifing with the affections of q coy
widow with nine children, and q law
yer who works or shares. The method
is to pick ont stock which has been
in a cataleptic state ever since the
Spanish war, and lay a bet that inside
of thirty days it will be sitting up in
a wheel chair and shedding dividends.
Once in while some keen Spectator
who is related by marriage to the head
of the shrapnel department will get in
before breakfast and gather in an arm
Protected by The Ada
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-15
Possibilities of River Navigation.

(Boston Transcript
Some time in the future the rivers
of New England will be improved to
some purpose. A canalized Merrimack,
navigablc for large ships to Manches-
ter, \. H., is as practicable as the
snip canal via the Mersey to the city
of the same name in England. The
Connecticut should be navigable as far
as Springfield for steamers of a larger
size than those which now get as far
as Hartford. Barges OH the Merrimack
should go to the foot of Franklin
Falls, and on the Connecticut TO Bel
lows Falls. To accomplish this would
be doing no more than the Germans
have done in rendering the Rhine navi-
gable for steamers to Basel. at the
same time that the river was, with
dams and locks, made naViGable for
steamers or other power boats, it's
waters could be husbanded to drive
the wheels of mills, and destruction by
floods would be prevented. Such an i'm
provement is an inevitable thing, if
we are to avail ourselves of the re-
sources of civilization. AT present, the
consideration of ''pork' is against
any effective improvement of the riv.
ers; that is to say, the apparent po-
| litical necessity of obtaining 4 great
| and logically indicated improvement
| only by means of Wholesale log-rolline
with lot of grating propositions. If
| the Connecticut or the Merrimack can
not be improved unless Beaslcy s Gross
Roads in Posev county, Ind, gets &
! 100000 post office for a total annua
business of $4,000, the whole thing
may as well be given up.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-15
Brattleboro Did Well.
Barre Times.

Brattleboro did extremely we'll in
the sale of Red Cross seals during the
recent holiday season, having Just
turned over $224.S2 to the state treas
urer OF the society for use in the fight
against tuberculosis. IF all the larger
places IN the state would do as well
as Brattleboro each year, there would
be slzeable sum to add annually to
resources of the anti-tuberculosis cam
pa1gn. In the case of Brattleboro there
seems to be an organized effort to in
crease the sale of the seals while in
nearly all the other communities of the
state there IS nothing but a haphazard
ake-them-if- you want-them spirit back
OF the presentation of the seals to the
public. Oftentimes, too, the seals are
kept so completely out of sight in the
stores that the average customer for
other goods In the store is unmindful
that 1t is possible to purchase the seals
there; and unless he goes to the store
with the intention to purchase the
seals he leaves without investing a few
cents in a cause which will bring mark
ed returns to the state as a whole It
is not to be expected perhaps that. the
merchants viii push the sale of the
seals inasmuch as there is nothing in
it for them, but they might make a
slightly more noticeable display of the
seals without encroaching on the space
needed for their own wares and with
| out interfering with their own business
| If that should be done, there is nc
doubt that the annual sale of the seals
during the Christmas holiday season
would be greatly augmented and the
work of the anti-tuberculosis campaign
greatly furthered in consequence.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-15

The bicycle manufacturers are still
hoping to bring the "wheel'' into pop
ularity again and are predicting big
things for the near future. The day
of the bicycle was glorious one while
it lasted, but the chances are that it
is gone forever. It takes as much cour-
age to ride bicycle along road over
which automobiles are "'swishing'' as
it once did to walk highway covered
with spinning wheelmen.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-15

Boon, The Mind of the Race, The VIII
Asses Of the Devil, and The Last
Trump. H. G. Wells.
This book is said to be the literary
remains Of George Boon. a philosopher
AMI novelist, prepared for publ cation
by his friend Reginald Bliss. 1t is q
collection Of witty and sometimes cyni-
cal essays on men prominent in the
literary and political world, with an
occasional dab at religion, also very
clever limitations of Henry James and
a few pen and ink sketches. The liter
ary critic in the North American Re
view SAYS it is "a masterpiece 4
philosophic satire
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-15

ups as danlpness affects the consis
tency.
Fondant.-Add quarter of tea
spoonful Of cream of tartar to two
pounds of granulated sugar and one
pint of water. Stir until dissolved,
then as it boils wash down the sides
of the kettle to free it from grains OF
sugar which will cause the fondant to
grain when it is poured out Boil UNI
til it forms soft ball in ice water
or better yet when it registers 238
degrees on the candy thermometer.
Pour out into large buttered platter
or on a cold marble slab, working it
with a wooden paddle as soon as it be.
gins to cool around the edges. When
it is white and creamy and beginning
to set. pack it in a bowl and cover
with damp cloth to ripen. The next
day it will be ready to use.
sonhons.-Mix small portions of
fondant with chopped fruits such as
figs, dates, raisins or preserved fruits,
then dip them in favored fondant
which may be delicately tinted with
any desired color, put on creased pa
per to drain and harden. For ciloco
late drops, make the balls II fondant
and put them out to freeze, then dip
in melted chocolate and put on waxed
paper to harden.
Raspberry Bonbons.-Take cupful
OF fondant, mix it with four table
spoonfuls of raspberry Jam, the seeds
may be removed if desired. Use con.
fectioner's sugar to assist in the mold
ing and handle as soft as possible
Put out to chill. Melt over hot water
in a double boiler a half cupful OF
fondant, flavor with raspberry and
tint rose color. Drop in the balls one
at time using two forks or two hat
pins or wire with loop end to take
out the coated balls. Drain and har
den on waxed paper or a buttered
baking sheet.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-15

The Hartford Courant sees only dis
agreement in another trial of the five
leave-overs of the New Haven directors
who have been under fire so many
weeks. The Courant says: "No one
will expect this trial to result in any
more serious way than another dis
agreement. The fact that the other
directors whose trials were put off for
separate occasion are not to be tried
at all is merely officially announcing
what everybody knew was sure to
come. There is no case against the
five who are to be retired, and there
was less than nothing against these late
corners to the board
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-15

1t is good news to know that the
Windsor Machine company IS to do a
more extensive business than ever be-
fore under its new management. Start
ing with IS employees IS years ago the
business has developed until today it
gives employment to 1000. We have
heard that the stock of the company,
originally of par value of $50, is esti-
mated to be worth about 81 100 a share
at the present time.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-15

Air Craft in the Great War, Claude
Grahame-White and Harry Harper.
A timely and informing book whose
scope may best be shown by quoting
the table of contents: The Men ana
the Machine; Aerial Strategy; The
Moves and Countermoves; The Gaunt-
let of Death; The Eyes of the
Army, What They See; Bomb Dropping
from the Air; Directing Artillery b.
Aeroplane; Aerial Fighting. We recon-
mend the chapter on Problems Of Aim
ing from the Air. as it tells why an
airman may aim at an arsenal and hit
cottage.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-15
Motorcycle, Side Cars and Cyclscars

Motorcycle, Side Cars and Cyclecars.
Victor ". Page.
comprehensive, non-techni~al
treatise, defining all forms Of the
lighter, sclfpropelled vehicles. princ;-
pies Of operation, construction ard
practical application Of componeats in
leading American and foreign ma
chimes, Also complete advice on man
agement, maintenance and repair If
all representative types. This trea ise
contains over $50 illustrations repro
dueed from engineering drawings and
photographs of machines and compo-
nent parts prepared by leading motor
cycle manufacturers for this work
Subtitle of book.)
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-15
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run OF paper
SO cents an inch for first insertion; Is
cents an inch for each subsequent inser-
ton Limited space on first page a
double rates.
Space rates on application
CLASSIFIED advertisements Five cents
discount for each subsequent inSertio
without change OF copy.
Reading Notices--Ten cents per lire
for each subsequent insertion without
change OF copy.
Position 10 per cent extra.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-15
Don't Foul Your Own Nest.
(Morrisville Messenger

The Brattleboro Reformer is right
when it says, eriticising the Vermont
Press association, is staining your
self, as it is a cooperative body and
just what you make it. Does this not
apply more broadly to local, town and
state2 When we criticise the officials
we made, or neglected to help make.
is it not just criticism of ourselves
for gross neglect of our highest duty?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-15
TO SUBSCRIBERS,

IT is the aim OF the management [
secure efficient service in the delivery
OF the paper each night, and II soncits
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
II is only by this method that the pub
Usher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-15

Senator Gallinger tells the Washing
ton correspondent of the Boston Tran
script that New Hampshire viii solid
ly support John W. Weeks for tbs
Republican nomination for the pres
dency. Perhaps 50, but why not let the
people of the state have something tc
say?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-15
All True.
(Morrisville Messenger

KMofflsYlIIe Messengef.1
The suggestion of ex-Judge James NJ.
Tyler of Brattleboro for governor by
the News and Citizen is good one
because he is a man all Nermonters
have been proud to honor and because
he is man who has measured up to
each and every task imposed upon him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-15

and kept for weeks
if covered with q
damp cloth. The
following rule will
be found easy to
make even by the
inexperienced. A
bright clear day is
best for boiling sir.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-15
CHRISTMAS CANDIES.

The foundation of all French can.
dies is 'fondant' This may be made
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-01-28

only made your corus grow faster just hold
your heart moment and figure this. Put
two drops of .Gcts-It' ou the corn. II
dries at once. You can put your shoe and
stocking on right over it. The corn is
doomed u makes the corn come off clear
and clean It's the new. easy way Moth.
ing o. stick or press on the corn. .ou can
wear smaller shoes. You'll he q JOY walker.
No pain. no trouble Accept no substitutes
Gets It. is sold by druggists every
where. 25c a bottle. or sent direct by l.
Lawrence & Co, Chicago H. Sold in
Tulsa and recommended as the worlds hest
corn remedy by Re1sll DRUG store.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-01-28
AT BLACKWELL.

The Heberling test in section
29-29-l east is not fishing as was
reported yesterday, according to
a telephone call from Blackwell
last night. They have drilled
nine feet into the hard lime
without helping the looks of il
any. The total depth is about
1857 feet.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-01-28

lhlo the cellars when Zeppelins ap-
peared in the darkening sky.
don't care fig for Zeppelins,
out / viii not go down cellar"
alarm
"Becarse I'm afraid of spiders"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-01-28
knI.rr 81 Ncnrs Old

BERLIN, Jan. 27.-(Bv wireless to
Sayyille.) FLAGS were out everywhere
IN Berlin today In celebration Of the
ntth birthday of Emperor william.
The only formal observance consisted
of religious services.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-01-28
Liycn Up Your Torpid Liver

10 Keep your liver active use Or.
Nlng S New Life Pills. They insure
Eo9d digestion, relieve constipation,
ana tone up the whole system-keep
your eye clear and your skin fresh and
healthy looking Onlv 25c at vour
Druggist.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-01-28

Special sock sale. 9 for 81. All sizes.
Lee Lcyorug, tJilors. Hotel Tulsa
Adv
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-01-28

New map of Augusta. kan, field
now ready for delivery. Tulsa En-
sineering 4 Supply co. Pioneer
Building. phone 3336.-Adv.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-01-28
Mrs. LNRrIN rrNTRNL TODAY.

Funeral services over the body OF
Mrs. X. T.. Larkin. late widow of II. l..
Larkin. former purchasing agent OF
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-01-28

Robert a. MCBlrney. Undertaking
Parlors. Is West Third ST.. Phone
456. Residence phone l9l.-Adv.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-01-28

The fai" Parisicnne's friends told
nef the papers warned people to 20
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1916-04-16
MRS. EMMETTL. COLEMAN TELLS
OF KINGSvILLE FEDERATION MEET
DELEGATE FROM THE CITY FEDERATION OF WO-
MEN LAST WEDNESDAY SUBMITTED A MOST
COMPLETE REPORT OF THE ANNUAL CONVEN
TON or THE FIFTH DISTRICT FEDERATED
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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-05-12
PROVINCE
JOINS IN REBELLION
Rebels Enter Tsinan Capital,
After Short Siege

SHANGHAI, May II. - Shantung
province, which adioins Chill on the
south, has joined the revolutionists. In
Il bnttle yesterday morning revolution.
ary troops from Wei Shein entered
Tsinan, the capital of the province,
after G>r.hour siege.
Although Yuan Shih kai's soldiers
outnumbcrrd the revolutionists nearly
two to one, the Republican troops Sc.
cured II strong position on the east
bank of the Hwang Ho River, and
crossing the Kino Chau railroad, en-.
tered the city from two points. The
Yuan forces made Il stubborn fight for
an hour, but finally were defeated and
number Of the Chin troops were tax
en- prisoners.
The capture of Tsinan gives the reyo,
lutionists entire control of Shangtuug
province, with the exception of the
eastern district, which is near Tsingtau,
the japanese port, captured from Ger,
many. The Tsinan victory also gives
the rrvolutionists control of the rail,
road from Tientsin to Shanghai.
late report confirms the first newN
sent out that SEE Chuen had declared in
dependence and at the present time the
former military commander Of the SEE
Churn troops under Yuan cannot he
located. 1t is expected that he will re
turn to Shcnsi.