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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-15
MAY LOSE COMMANDS.
Three Vermont Troop Lieutenants Said
to Be in Danger.

EAGLE PASS, Texas, August 10. -
Three heutenants of the First Vermont
regiment may lose their official heads
before many days of the next week
are over.
Col. Reeves requested the governor
and adjutant general of the state to
have a board meet to test the efficiency
of these three officers. The colonel S re
quest has been acted upon, and the eff
cheney board held its first session this
morning. The board is composed of
Lieut.. Col. Fred b. Thomas. president;
Maj. w. n. Cooley and Capt. ii. NJ.
Howe, recorder.
In his communication to the ma ior
and the adiutalt, Col Reeves said that
he felt that inefficient men should not
clog the command s offices and thus
keep out men who were perfectly eff
cient and honestly entitled to com
mands. 1t is understood that both the
governor and the adiutant general com
mended his attitude. In some states
the militia organizations have become
social bodies or bodies for the further
ing of political advantages, Col. Reeves
wants none of that in his regiment
The board is the first of its kind to
meet on the border.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-15
Trim the Highways.
Barre Times.)

The selectmen of many towns in Yer.
mont have been negligent this summer
in the matter of cutting away the brush
and small trees in close proximity to
the highway, their failure having add
ed to the inconvenience to travel and
even to the actual danger. This applies
particularly to sections where curves in
the highway are bordered by this OBJ
struction to vision, the result being
that there is grave danger of collision
between automobiles or between auto
mobiles and teams or between teams.
Some of Vermont S roads are twisting
enough in and of themselves to make
travel extremely hazardous even at
slow speed; and the added handicap of
INSTRUCTED vision makes them very
much more of a menace. The people
of every town should courteously bring
this matter to the attention of their
seleetmen and request that the brush
and small trees closely bordering the
highway be cut without further DELAY.
Prompt work along this line may for
fend serious accident.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-15
TOOK 1000 PRISONERS.
Success of the French in the Week Just
Ended.

PARIS, August 15.-More than 1900
unwounded prisoners and 20 machine
guns were captured by the French in
their operations north of the Somme
from August to the 18th according
to a weekly review issued by the war
Office. The number of prisoners was in
creased by 600 who were taken in the
Nerdun sector. The review says:-
"North of the Somme the week has
been marked by several brilliant French
attacks which resulted il important
gains for US. The number of unwounded
prisoners whom we have made in the
course of these sections exceeds 1000
We have captured 20 machine guns.
''Il the region of Verdun counter
attacks provoked by our advance in
the Thiaumont-Fleury sector extended
through the week They were particu-
larry violent on August 6, I, s. We took
about 600 prisoners in this sector and
II machine guns. -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-15
THE III O B o
and sealing uaX Of cabbaSes-8 &, kin8S

The hobo is a modest member of So
eiety who is too proud to work and too
tired to battle. One of the most re-
fined acts of cruelty that can be per
petrated is to lead confirmed hobo up
to something that looks like work or a
shower bath and watch him faint dead
away.
The hobo is usually somebody who
ran away from home in early youth in
order to escape pailing a few cows or
hoeing the potatoes. This tendency
could have been removed at the proper
time by love and a careful cowhiding.
but the chances are that the hobo S
parents thought that they were rearing
a piece of mural decoration instead of
a human derelict. The home where the
children are expected to perform a few
acts of helpful industry once in a while
IS poor recruiting station for the
hobo army.
The hobo goes south in the winter
and fits north in the spring along
with the bow-legged robin redbreast.
Unlike this bird, however, he does not
90 North to work, but to rest. There
is not enough rest being manufactured
at the present time TO satisfy the cray
ings of two stout, prohibition hobos, to
say nothing of those who have been
resting ever since the Civil war. All
Protected by The Ada
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-15
DDDY'SEVENIN(
kEAIR TALE 81
LMARY GRAHAMBONNER
THISTLES SAVE THE DAY.

zone day" said Daddy, "Mr. Grizzly
Bear was bored. That is he was tired
of work, and tired of play-tired of
his friends and tired of everything.
HE told Mr.. Brown Bear about It,
and Little Master Hairy cared Bear
listened also when Mr.. Grizzly Bear
told his troubles. Little Master Hairy
cared Bear was not little at alI-he
was simply very young-and anyway
so much younger than hiS Daddy, Mr..
Hairy cared Bear, that every Animal
called him Master so as to tell them
apart.
az know what you should do, Griz-
zly,' said Little Master Hairy cared
Bear.
1t seems to me- growled Mr.. Griz.
ely Bear, that you are just a little
bit f-m-p-e-r-t-i-n-e-n-t, rude, and all
those horrid things that Creatures are
when they're young. | hope you will
learn to call your elders and your bet
tiers something more than their last
name. The idea of just calling me
Grizzly-a young thing like your
WELL retorted the Little Hairy
cared Bear, until you can learn to be
pleasant | won't be any more polite
to you. l don't consider anyone or
anything my better who is a Cross
Patch. You may be my elder, Griz-
ely, but you're not my better. No!
No! No" And how Little Hairy
cared Bear did below and roar ONT
those words!
"Do stop your arguing said Mr..
Brown Bear, and hear what Little
Master Hairy Eared Bear has to say
"'Oh, very WE'LL said Mr.. Grizzly
Bear.
ITO show Tn not proud and that
I'm not offended by trifles,' said Mas
ter Hairy cared Bear, (here Mr.. Griz-
ely Bear stood up on his hind legs and
looked very far from being a trife,)
I'll give you an idea worth having.
Go to the end of these deep Woods,
and you'll find some choice little An
imalS. Best sort of q dinner. Then
invite us all to share with you a
Feast. In short, give Dinner Party I!
Entertain your friends. Be sociablen
Splendid called out Mrs. Brown
Bear who had come to join her Hus-
band to remind him that he must
go hunting for the Children We're all
having their maps and soon they would
wake up ready for another meal.
"'All right said Mr.. Grizzly Bear,
I'll give Dinner Party tomorrow eve
ming. All GOMEZ!
"'We WILL roared all the Bears who
had Joined around the Grizzly Bear
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-15

There is nothing very Eighty about
James Hardness of Springfield, the
greatest inventor of the generation in
Vermont and an expert in efficiency
management in industrial plants, but
he is following up his interest in avia-
tion with real flights, having made
more than 80 trips through the air at
the camp on Long Island the present
summer. Mr.. Hardness is very much
interested in an effort to secure for
Vermont a part of the appropriation
which it is expected the government
will make for aerial preparations. He
desires to secure airships for the west
and two for the east side of the state.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-15

For the benefit of our out of-the-state
constituency we wish to state that the
First Vermont regiment was one of the
first modified and one of the first sent
to the border when the call came from
the War department in Washington.
The small contingent to 80 forward
this week consists of the recruits taken
into the service recently. The despatch
es from Washington have given an in
timation that the "Vermont regiment"
was being ordered to Texas, which is
a very misleading statement.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-15

over the North, in the summertime,1are
to be found coy rest resorts inhabit-
ed by able-bodied hobos who are three
fourths appetite and one-fourth snore.
Now and then the hobo will sally forth
to the home of some ind-hearted house
wife, who imagines she is entertaining
an angel unawares, and return with
buiglng pockets aud stomach. If it
were rot for the tender heart of woman
the hobo would vanish off the face of
the earth faster than the Progressive
party.
The hobo is a great traveller, and
Jumps from place to place just ahead
of the town marshal. There is only one
thing he is afraid of, next to toll, and
that is the double-fsted freight brake
man, who has perfect control over his
right leg. Many tired hobo, who is
IN need of encouragement and a hair
cut, has been kicked in a rude and cir
cumspect manner from coal car by
one OF these base hirelngs who has no
more heart than q gourd.
The hobo could earn $3.50 day and
board in the wheat fields, if he did
not shrink from contact with labor. He
has solved the problem of how to live
without work and be happy without q
toothbrush, which shows that he is a
great deal smarter than many men who
wear better clothes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-15

and his Friends to hear the argument,
Yes said Mr.. Brown Bear, and
I'll go with you a-huntingr So off
they started.
Now overhearing this talk was the
Queen of the Fairies, who had been
visiting in the hollow of Pine Tree
not far away. She had come to see
what was happening in the deep
Woods. She took her magic wand
and off she went to the spot Little
Master Hairy cared Bear had spoken
about. 1t was an Animal settlement.
Rabbits, Birds, Squirrels and many
others lived in the neighborhood, and
she got there just a little ahead of the
Bears.
when the Animals heard the Bears
coming they shivered with fear. oh,
whatever shall we do? they whispered
TO each other. But, just at that mo-
ment, as the. Bears were hurrying
along, old Mr.. Sun got right in their
way and made them blink their eyes
and rush along with their eyes half
closed. The Fairy Queen had known
that Mr.. Sun would make them to do
this after the Bears had been used to
the darkness of the Deep Woods, and
she had hurried Mr.. Sun back in his
place (for he had been very lazy all
day about his work.
"And as the Animals were scurry-
ing to their homes to try to find safety
and to look after their Children, didn't
the Bears walk right into lot of lit
tie bushes covered with Burrs and
cluster of Thistles not far off!
Ugh Oh, Wow. Oh Me! Oh Ny =
groaned Mr.. Grizzly Bear and Mr..
Brown Bear. They were covered with
the Burrs and in Mr.. Brown Bears
right foot he had big Thistle In Mr..
Grizzly Bears ear there was horried
Burr he could not move. But how
they hurried home to have their Wives
look after their wounds! There was
no thought of q Dinner Party, but Mr..
Grizzly Bear didn't complain for a
long time about nothing at all AS for
the Fairy Queen she was happy be-
yond words, for she had saved the An
imals she loved best, and she knew
the Bears could find plenty to eat at
homer
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-15

Here is a little preachment from the
Christian Herald which is good to read
today and to save for re-reading many
times: "The cultivation of love and
forbearance for others is one of the
safest habits to form, and this love
should he cultivated without inquiring
whether others deserve that love or
not. 1t is always difficult for any hui
man being to know surely whether an
other deserves our love, for we never
know the heart, and we cannot see be-
hind the scenes. Only God can truly
judge. 1t is for us to love and to help
and let God do the Judging and the
erltlcising. This attitude of caring ana
trying to aid by sympathy can be
formed like any other habit, and once
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-15
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-15
A True Vermonter.
(Nergennes Enterprise. }

Vermont is again called upon to
mourn the death of a true Vermonter,
one who has made good in every de-
partmcnt of life endeavors. Hon.
kittredge Haskins of Brattleboro. died
at his home there recently at the ripe
old age of 50 years. Mr.. Haskins had
served the state and his town we'll had
been representative to our own legisla-
ture, speaker in the House, congressman
at Washington for eight years, post
master at Brattleboro for four wears.
He was one of the most prominent
members of the Masonic fraternity in
the state and was 33d degree member
His loss will be keenly felt not alone
in his home town but in the state at
large.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-15
TITTMAN NOT FORCED OUT.
He Says So Himself and Wires Hughes
to That Effect.

LEESBURG, Va, August 10. - Dr.
O. II. Tittman, formerly chief of the
coast and geodetic survey, whose re-
tiremcnt formed the basis of charges
by Charles f. Hughes against the ad.
ministration, has sent the following
telegram to the nominee:
Ny Dear Mr.. Hughes-Mv resigna.
ton from the survey (coast and geo
detic) was not forced one in any
sense. Am not surprised that you were
misinformed, for even old associates
and intimate friends in Washington ac.
cepted my reasons with polite increduli-
ty, and 1T was a common belief that !
had been forced out.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-15
Men Like Fletcher Needed
bennington Banner.)

The price of coal is going up again
IN order to eXtort a few more millions
from the people for the benefit of the
coal barons. The country needs few
men III the United Staes senate like
Allen NJ. Fletcher. He got after some
of the public service corporations in
Vermont and stopped their raids on the
people. He showed his courage and
backbone by so doing and would do his
share along the same line in the L. 5
senate. Notice that practically all the
corporation lawyers in Vermont are
lighting Fletcher ana supporting Page
What do you think the reason isl
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-15

With the coming of cooler weather
fewer deaths and fewer new cases are
reported in the infantile paralysis cpl
demic in New York. Hot, humid
weather seems favorable for spreading
the disease. But it Is strange that the
plague is confined to the northern sec
tion of the country, where sanitary
conditions are far better than in the
southern cities
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-15

Our old friend David A. Elliott of
White River Junction has withdrawn
from the contest for the Republican
nomination for sheriff in Windsor coun-
tv. We could not understand why he
was willing to try for the position.
Elliott is fit for bigger things. The
Windsor county voters might send him
back to the state senate, where he has
already done good work.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-15
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TO SUBSCRIBERS.

1t Is the aim of the management
secure efficient service Ia the deliver
OF the paper each night and 1t solicit
the cooperation Of subscribers to tina
end. Prompt reports should be given O
each failure to receive the paper on tn
morning following the omission in per
son, by telepaone or postal card, thu
enabling the cause Of the error to b
promptly and accurately discovered an
the proper remedy Immediately applied
1t is only by this method that the pub
Usher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-15
Col. Haskins Will Be Missed,
bellows Falls Times.O

IbVIIUWs 7 aIIs IImeS.1
In the death of Kittredge Haskins
Vermont has lost an able, loyal, patriot
lc citizen. In Windham county in par
ticular he will be missed by large cir
elc of friends and admirers. The life
records of but few men in the history
of the state surpass his in a showing OF
usefulness to state and community.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-15

Where are the candidates for the leg
islature! The town clerks have re-
ceived the blanks which aspirants must
use, but there seems to be no call for
them. The time for filing petitions ex-
pires August 90.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-15
TUESDAY. AUGUST u, 1916.

\ model union railroad station and a
new government building are two pref
ty good gifts for Brattleboro in this
year 1916.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-15

Many people who have Travelled in
foreign countries have never visited
all of the towns III their own home
country.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-15

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-15

What s going to become of the livery
stable loafer? There S no room for him
in the garages.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-15

There are 100000 tons of stone il
the pyramid of Cheops.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-15

Even q good listener does not believe
all that he hears.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-15

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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-04
GATHER FIGURES
ON |LLEG|T|MAcY

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.-The case
Of children Of, unmarried parents will
soon be placed before the people Of
the United States.
The children's bureau Of the labor
department is now tabulating statis-
tical reports from all parts Of the
country, bearing on the problems Of
illegitimacy and a comprehensive re-
port will be issued. 1T ill then be
up to the public" said Mrs. Helen L.
Sumner, assistant chief Of the bureau.
"Our bureau will make no recommen-
dations."
The statistics will not include the
number or even the approximate num-
ber Of illegitimate children in the
United States. Such figures are i'm
possible Of attainment.
While recommended for special
legislation are not within the scope Of
the bureau, the feeling exists that
some Legislative action, such as the
Swedish system, tending to bestow full
legal rights =, on nameless children,
should be in force in this country.
The bureau. rerort will also deal
with the relation Of illegitimacy 10 de-
tendency, infant mortality, private
and public guardianship and mental
deficiency. j- 2.s. as. s5 .s q. IS
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-04
.THREE-CENT POWER
NETS HUGE PROFIT

WINNIPEG, Nov. 2.-Three cent
lighting by the city's lighting plant
brought a total revenue of nearly
$1,O0O,000 for the last year, according
to- the annual report for the year end
ing April 80, 1915, just made public
The profits, after deducting for in
terest on bonds depreciation, taxes
(Which the city does not have to pay),
and extraordinary contingencies, were
$79,729.67.
The plant now has depreciation
reserve of $553,776.15. It is valued
at approximately $500, 900.
The power plant is on the winni-
peg river, II miles north of Winnipeg,
and the current is brought to the city
on high voltage wires supported on
steel towers.
Much of the money used in the con-
struction of the plant was obtained
from American financiers, who showed
no hesitation in extending credit for
the enterprise, although it's rates are
less than half those of most privately
owned plants in the United States.
They have not missed the receipt of
single dollar Of interest.
In 1906, with a privately owned
plant. Winnipeg was paying 20 cents
a kilowatt hour for electric current.
Today. under city ownership. the rates
run from cents to u cent.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-04
'lHt|lf / EMPLOYEES !:
{. TO" READ THE:
COLONEL [ 'SSPEECH

Duluth Corrugated and Roofing
Company, Sutphin and St. Croix ave-
nues, wants it's employees to vote for
Charles Evans Hughes.
They circulated copies Of Roose-
velt's Wilkes-Barre speech among
their employees the other day when
the men were paid off.
; On the margin of every copy was
written in red ink: "You are expected
to read this"
Get it, Read it." They don't
dare tell them to vote for what
Roosevelt stands for: -.
They want them Ito read it,"
To tell them to vote for Hughes
would be using the methods of 80.
But this Is 1916 and workingmen
have a little more sense.
But our good friends psychology
can be used.
After reading the Colonel's" speech,
full of II" and calamity bowling, sew
eral votes may be psychological, or in
other words drugged into believing
that Charles Evans Hughes, who rem
dered the, Danbury Hatters decision,
is a friend of the .~workingman.'''
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-04
FORD PLANT WOMEN
RECEIVE MEMS PAY

LONG BRANCH, N. j., Nov. o.
Henry Ford, auto manufacturer, an
nounced he had established the wo-
men workers in his plants on the
same basis as the men.
Ford officials emphasized that the
plan must not be regarded as philan-
thropic. They expressed conviction
tht the principle will be vfndicated
from all economic standpoint, and
pointed to the last ANIMAL statemet
of the company as proof of he finan-
cial success of the IS minimum plan
The financial statement, covering
the year ending July 81. showed net
profits of approximately $60,00O.0O0.
OF 48,87O employees, the statement
showed 36, 326 received IS or more
per day.