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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-04
New ocean Steamship Line.

According to an announcement
which was made recently at Madrid,
new steamship line is about to be
established between Spain and the
United States. The plans call for
steamers to ply directly between Vigo
and New York King Alfonso, it is
said, has given the enterprise his sup
port and New York capitalists are fur
nishing financial backing. The new
line will provide a shorter route be-
tween the two countries than any now
in operation. The distance is a little
more than $500 miles. While the CON-
merce and industry of Spain are feel
ing indirectly depressing effects of the
war, the commercial awakening of
that country which has been in prog
ress for some time has not been mate
rally checked and steady advance
ment is being made along various
lines.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-04
Consolation.

An officer now back on the firing
line in Flanders writes to say that not
long ago he managed to get a short
furlough to visit his family. Natural
~ there was much rejoicing in the
house. But the parlor maid had been
expecting her sweetheart back from
the trenches about the same time, and
at the last minute letter came ex-
planning that leave could not be got.
The girl went about the place look
ing so woebegone that the sight of
her was too much for the officers six
year-old daughter. Suddenly the child
rushed up to her father where he sat
snugly beside the fire.
Daddy" she cried, Maggie s
sweetheart hasn't come. Please give
her kiss so that at least she will
have something
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-04
Found Roman Amphitheater,

A Roman anphitheater has been
discovered during the construction of
a railway from Rome to Naples. The
building had been first buried in its
own debris and later by volcanic
eruption Of unknown date Recently
the Minister Barzilai, accompanied
by Professor Spihazzola and others.
was taken to see the ruins, and was
able to descend the upper range of
steps There were also to be seen
the upper apertures of entrances and
exits and pieces of the beams which
had supported the awnings. Frag-
ments of gilded and colored stucco
were a proof of the once magnificent
decorations of the edifice. From the
steps fine view was obtained Of Poz-
zuoli, once the port of ancient Rome.
SO rich that she could boast of two
anphitheaters. The one just found
is the older in date and evidently the
more glorious.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-04
DUNDEE HAS FREAK STYLE.
Richie Says Italian Lightweight Has
Discovered New Style of Boxing.

discovered New otyIe OF boxing
The thing for Johnny Dundee to do
right now, according to Willie Richie,
is to pack up his boxing gloves, dis |
card his sweater, attire himself in mod
ish clothes and go on the stage He is
a born actor.
without even having given it a
thought" says Willie that Italian boy
has unconsciously found a stage secret
that many actors have sought in vain
for years. You might fight him for
twenty or even fifty rounds, but as
long as he was able to keep his pep he
would be in the limelight- Except in
case of Knockout his opponent would
not be noticed.
I'm boxing Dundee is q freak, q found
er of an absolutely new class. Unless
an opponent should happen to hang
one on his jaw and knock him out it
would be practically impossible for
any one to beat Dundee in ten rounds
the first time they met. l mean that
seriously.
"If you go to a theater," he con.
tfnued, you will notice that the eyes
of the audience always follow the ac-
ton. The person who is moving gets
the attention. There is something mag.
netic about motion, and Dundee has
sensed that. There is never mo-
ment when he is not jumping around
the ring, waving his arms. shutting
his feet or bobbing his head. If he
could only last at tiff his wind held
out-nobody could beat him. In TWEEN
ty rounds, l believe, he would tire, and
then the other man would have a
chance.
ITO give you an idea Of how his
! physical action holds the attention OF
the crowd he struck me one terrible
| blow-and only one-and l don't be
lieve a man in Madison Square Garden
saw it," said Richie in talking of bis
recent battle with Dundee in New
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-04
SPORTING NEWS
DARCY, AUSTRALIAN,
COMING TO STATES

Jack Kea-ns of San Francisco, who
has just returned from Sydney, Aus
tralia, announces that he has taken the
management of Les Darcy, the SEN
sational Australian middleweight, and
will bring him to this country early
next spring
Kearns says he will send Darcy
against Mike Gibbons and then against
Jess Willard, if Willard is willing to
risk his title.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-04
Evero Boosts Mullen of Yanks.

Johnny Evers has added his word to
that of the other players who made
the Bancroft tour to the Pacific coast
that Charley Mullen as a second base
man is q wonder. and Evers has writ
ten Manager Bill Donovan of the New
York Yankees that he should by all
means give Mullen trial at the key
stone station next spring. 1.-THE best
second base prospect have seen in ten
years." Is what Evers says Of Mullen.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-04

Rev Joseph Reynolds, rector of Trinity
church, Rutland, says:
/ consider "Our Wonder World by
George L. Shuman, ten-volume library
well worth owning | would GER
tainly commend it to those who should be
considering the purchase of it
JOSEPH REYNOLDS.
ADV of1
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-04
Small Colleges Develop Athletes.

After all, some of the greatest ath-
letes in the business have come up
from the small colleges. Christy
Mathewson came from Bucknell. Ed
die Plank emerged from Gettysburg,
Holy Cross produced Jack Berry, Car
Isle turned out Jim Thorpe, Ameri-
cas- all-round champion athlete-and
so on indefinitely.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-04
The Uncomfortable Part.

g Has Brown a comfortable income?
Large, but not comfortable! His
wife knows just how much it is. .
Puck.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-04
PRODUCE
SAVE
ACCUMULATE

Three steps that lead to all that is
called success.
Great men accumulate knowledge,
experience, and money, in order to in
crease their power for service.
Money should represent services reu.
dered.
And wise men hold ready for prompt
use and greater services all of their
accumulation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-04

Oil barges are now plying the length
of the Mississippi river.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-04
WITH
THE RUTLAND
TRUST CO.

The special privilege of drawing
money the first day of any month,
without loss of interest appeals to
conservative and thrifty men from all
over the State of Vermont
Such men by depositing in this
Bank, keep their money earning in
terest, and still have it ready at short
notice for any use they may plan.
Large per cent of safety margin.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-04

Continued on Page 81
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-04
MONEY
Deposited on or before the 5th day of
any month and
REMAINING
ONE
CALENDAR MONTH

will earn interest at the regular per
cent rate, when deposited
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-08-04
unwise City Administrations.

Any city administration whose acts
are prompted by petty jealousies and
whose officials, either elected or ap-
pointed, refrain from performing the
duties they owe the people because of
those jeal0usies, ought to be i'm
peached. Honest, efficient service can
not be rendered the people when their
public servants have such a narrow
vision that they fail to appreciate the
value of public opinion. and therefore
commit those acts which prove that
such narrowness of vision really ex-
lists. The public servants who accom-
plish public good are men of broad
vision, whose first aim is real public
service, and not self-advertising and
personal glorifcation. Jealousy can
allow murderers to escape; permit in
competents to remain in office; create
inefficiency in official labors, and bring
about a chaotic condition so apparent
to the people that they cannot fail to
see it. Some cities are today suffer
ing from just such causes.-South Bend
Tribune.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-08-04
WORK ON BUSINESS BASIS
City Parks Association Of Phiiadei-
phia, Might Well Be Copied In
Other Communities.

The City Parks association has for
q good many years now performed q
most useful function for Philadelphia.
1t has managed to combine and con-
centrate the efforts of large number
of civic organizations upon a certain
definite line of endeavor. This was
originally, as its name indicates, the
creation of comprehensive park sys-
tem-the enlargement of existing
breathing spaces, the creation of new
ones and the linking of all into a
well-ordered system. While this great
work is still in the making, the asso-
citation has expanded its functions and
it has done yeoman service in keeping
alive high ideals of city planning,
teaching the people of Philadelphia
the Importance of the larger vision in
dealing with problems of urban beau
tification and pointing out far ahead
of their actual realization the great
works which must be carried through
if Philadelphia Is to continue to be a
city of homes, alive to the progress
of the times, beautiful as well as 8
comfortable place to live and work In
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-08-04
Home bwIl||
Y Helps Y |
PLAN YOUR HOUSE WISELY
Of the City Alike Demand Care
In Building.

One factor often overlooked in FIX
ing the value of a house Is the mis-
takes in judgment that often occur in
planning and locating 1t.
"You have often heard the remark,
"There stands a $1,000 house on a
$4,000 street.
Meaning that while the house point
ed out cost $1,000 to build, the other
houses on the street average only
$1,000.
Such mistakes In judgment in build
ing would be less frequent If two
Ideas were kept In mind by more peo-
pie when building.
Real estate men have found that,
as general rule a ratio of about three
to one should exist between the value
Of single family dwelling and the
value OF the land 1t occupies.
Also, houses should be made to har-
monte with other buildings in the
block. Keep these two facts In mind
when buying.
Then--fine houses are sometimes
built near undesirable surroundings,
such as noisy factories, livery stables
and the like-which are sure to lessen
the value of the house.
Under mistakes In planning comes
the freak" house. built to suit some
mans personal within. Such a house
may be very costly and yet not at all
salable.
The cost of unusual or unduly or
nate fixtures and decorations is gen.
orally disregarded in fixing the value
of building.
These things must all be considered
In fixing the value of house-in con-
nection with the cost to replace, de
probation and obsolescence, if any.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-08-04
MiIwaukee's Trees.

One of the charms of Milwaukee, q
charm not so distinctive as it~should
be, Is the shade trees along the
streets.
Greater care should be taken Of
these trees. They should be protect
ed against vandals and against de
structive insects. They should re
celve other care that many of them
do not get. Instead of being permit
ted to grow in a helter-skelter way
for instance, they should be pruned
The elm tree, naturally thing of rare
beauty, is not pleasing to the eye
when ragged branches reach almost
to the ground.
The trees that adorn our streets are
a boon to the community. They give
the city a touch of nature that moth
ing else can give. The community
which benefits SO greatly from theii
presence should take care of them
Nobody can do this except experts
men who know the different kinds OF
trees and their habits. milwaukee,
has been suffering for years, and Is
suffering more than ever today, from
lack of scientific management Of
shade trees.
Milwaukee needs a city forester
Milwaukee Journal.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-08-04

besides
little
the mel are org
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-08-04

The approach to Pantaleon for the
writer and the circumstances of the in
spection were exceptional. 1t may be
as well to set down here that in Guate-
mala and in many other Central Amer
lean countries, a plantation, or a series
of plantations, is known as q 'finca."
Magnificent Scenery.
The start was made from Guatemala
City, the capital, in the morning. Down
grade through magnificent views Of the
mountains and volcanoes which make
q setting for the capital the train trav-
eled over the west coast branch of the
international Railways of Central
America, which was built by the late
c. p. Huntington despite almost insur-
mountable obstacles of an engineering
character, and among waterfalls and
water powers from which some day
will be developed vast electrical en-
ergy.
Towering above the train as it wound
down through canyons, amid the haZy,
fieecy clouds were the peaks of the
twin volcanoes, Aqua (water) and
Fuego (fire), no longer active, which
have sent down into these valleys in
years gone by showers of rich black
mud that contains all the chemical ele-
ments of the best fertilizers, and in
which three crops of corn each year
are raised. A third volcanoe, Santa
Maria, blew out In 1904, destroying mil
lions of dollars worth of property.
The train skirted the shores of one
of the most beautiful lakes in the
world, as interesting and as beautiful
as anything Switzerland has ever of
fered any traveler-Lake Amatitlan-
where some of the well-known resi-
dents of the capital maintain bunga-
lows for recreation; not for summer
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-08-04
c6Ss,'sSj;gs5l%sso
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.


"HIS is written in what would
be called in Virginia ''manor
house." But since It is in
Guatemala 1t Is of the Spanish
colonial rather than the English colo
nial type, says Wingrove Bathon in the
Utica Saturday Globe.
The residence is the office and home
of the largest sugar plantation in Cen
trial America. and to visit 1t has been a
privilege which has fallen to the lot Of
very few residents of the United States,
or of Europe, either, for that matter,
as the records of visitors here show.
The great Humboldt came down
through these fertile valleys of black
mud years ago and recorded that he
had found at last the celebrated gar
den of Eden" and he predicted that
what was then a wilderness beneath
the troplc sun would some day blossom
and bear fruit-the sweetest dreams of
the agriculturist.
But he never dreamed that here
would one day be found, as anyone who
comes here may, a sugar mill in which
1t was necessary to invest, as is done
I'm the United States and in Cuba, $780,
600 before a pound of sugar could be
obtained. Nor did he dream that visit
ors of today would find, as they do, an
American chemist making sugar with u
polariscope, assisted by thousands of
Indians of the west coast of Central
America, descendants of the ancient
Toltecs mixed with Mayas.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-08-04

flew roo
influx"
had returned
actually made
q
by
estimated probably
neighbohood
whole
birds would confusing novice Ornithoogs
able
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-08-04

diseases is being prepared. A force
of 20 men, members of the United
States army medical corps, headed by
Capt. NJ. A Reasoner, has been work
ing day and night on one floor of the
building, preparing the enormous
amount of vaccine which the 100000
troops of the militia require since be-
ing modified.
An idea Of the tremendous work Is
gained by the fact that in ordinary
times this same force makes the vac
cine for the army and navy and the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-08-04

most dangerous germ OF preparedness
to be found within days journey In
the District. Congressman Gardner Of
Massachusetts and Col. Robert N.
Thompson of the Navy league are
rank amateurs compared to him-ac-
cording to accounts.
Everybody and everything that
brushes up against him becomes inocu-
lated with the fever to enlist-or to
make others enlist. For several days
the figure In the Palm Beach suit was
noted by the officers of the recruiting
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-08-04

and deliberate
a
talking station After talk with
and enlisted!
station
officially in the
United
Marshall
Bucky
killed
bureau
believes
of the
expected survive the Cuban episodebu he
pulled
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-08-04

England of the manufacture rifle
Of the 25 feet high Fl feet circumference and had bough
spelled and said
that they suggested the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-08-04

roosting, usually close to some large
city, presents one of the most curious
and remarkable phenomena occurring
in the bird kingdom.
Mr.. Kalmback has ascertained that
there are several fair-slzed crow roosts
In the vicinity of Washington. A roost
at Arlington held during the most
Crowded period Of its existence, fully
100000 crows. In fact, 4. H. Howell Of
the biological survey alleges that dur
ing the winter of 1901 the Arlington
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-08-04
Washington's Great Walnut Tree Is Victim Of War

VIZ American
William Conqueror invaded ENGLAND midway
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-08-04
WASHINGTON
q GOSSIP
Mysterious "Cit' Helped Recruiting in Capital

VIZ under Palm Beach suit usually
ton what the recruiting officers the District National Guard regard
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-08-04
How Army Medical School Fights Silent Foe

TTNPRETENTIoUs the biggest tasks the
prevention Of yarious
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-08-04

Of the eleventh century, splendid
walnut sapling began to run its head
toward heaven, near what was later
to become the city Of Washington. In
the times that followed William, while
disorderly group Of islands were be-
ing welded into a Great Britain. this
same tree developed with almost In
finite slowness into forest giant. A
few weeks ago the Tunlaw walnut,
after 900 years of life. was felled to
help satisfy the wartime needs Of
that Great Britain 1t so far antedated,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-08-04
Arlington Woods Very Popular With the Crows

M
He that the assembling of thou
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-30
FARRAR NOLLES 20
COAL STRIKE CASES
John R. Lawson Still Held Un-
der "Murder" Charge
Only Few Cases Where Informations
Were Filed by Attorney General
Remain on CUurt DOcketS

Attorney General Fred Farrar has dis
missed twenty more cases in HuerfanC
county wh.ch grew out OF the coal STRIKE
in 1918 and 1914 and have been pending
in the courts. The dismissals are in lin,
with similar action on a much large.
scale taken by the attorney general some
weeks ago, when the Big majority OF
strike cases in both Huerfano and Las
Animas counties were dropped.
Inability to obtain evidence and t.
obtain convictions is the principal rea-
son given for the dismissals.
One hundred and sixty-siX indictments
against former strikers and their lead
ers-l0l in Las Animas and siXty-fiye il.
Huerfano eounty-were obtained when
the attorney general became active i'll
the prosecution of strike cases. Several
convictions resulted, but in most instane-
es the state failed to obtain convictions.
The principal conviction was that OF
John K Lawson, international board
member of the United Mine Workers,
who was found guilty of murder in the
first degree, and sentenced 10 life i'm
prisonment by District Judge CRANKY
HiIlyer at Trinidad. LAwson's case is
now pending in the supreme court. None
of the defendants in strike cases are in
jail. the defendants in the so-called La
Veta case being the last to be admitted
to bail two months ago.
OF the l66 cases Instituted by the at
torney general, only ten are retained
in Huerfano and eight in Las Animas
county. The ten in Huerfano county
are the complaints against the eight de-
PENDANTS in the La Neta case, who al
rcady have bten tried and acquitted oi
a murder charge Three Of the eight
cases in Las Animas county are against
Lawson.
Some 900 or more other strike cases
were filed in Fremont and Boulder coun-
ties by the local district attorneys. but
with the exception OF several cases III
Houlder all have been dismissed
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-30
MINERS CAMPAIGN
WILL BE HOT One
White and Walker C0nteSting
for the Presidency
Nominations Made by Local Unions
Indicate Illinois Candidate Will
Have Very Strong Support

One of the liveliest campaigns foi
the presidency in the history of the
United Mine Workers of America is now
getting under way. The election will be
by referendum vote during the month OF
December. John II. Walker, president of
the Illinois State Federation of Labor
and formerly president of the Illinois
Mine Workers District Union, is oppos
ing the present incumbent, John p.
White.
The following statement from promi.
nent member of the union in Illinois,
gies some interesting data concerning
the race:
s.'The actual nominations received in
the contest between President John p.
White for reelection and John II. Wal
ker. was 366 for White and 32l for Wal
ker-the total number of nominations
made by the local unions for them and
other candidates, was something like 500.
This means that Walker has received
a larger percentage of the total nomina-
tions made than any man has ever re-
ceived who was a candidate against the
incumbent in that position since the in
ccption of the Miners Union. 1t means
too that President White, as candidate
for reelection, is the first man in the
history of the United Mine Workers or
ganization. who failed to receive a ma
jority of all nominations made.
The distinction in Walkers favor Is
strongly illustrated by the fact that he
did not announce himself as candidate
at all until two weeks after the nomi-
nations were in the hands of the local
unions, and that the only thing he did
do. in the matter, was to make the an
nouneement-and that the nominations
he received came to him voluntarily at
the hands OF the miners themselves in
their own local unions, and that Presi-
dent White was known to be a candi-
date for reelection from the beginning,
and that something like a hundred men
who are on the payroll OF the miners
organization we're assidiously seeking
nom ninations for him during that time.
when President White defeated for
mer President Lewis, notwithstanding
the fact that White and all his friends
had made a vigorous campaign for nomi-
nations for months, President Lewis had
two and n half times as many nominn-
tions as did White, notwithstanding this,
White beat him by large majority.
AT that time, a majority of the local
unions did not make nominations-the
general condition in a local union where
they fail TO make nominations, is that
they are dissatisfied with the admins
tration in power. but that not knowing
who may be a candidate against them,
they decide not TO nominate at all. Sc
that the nominations in the present con.
test, insofar as they can be taken a.
an indication Of what the results will
be in the election, are more favorable
TO Mr.. Walkers candidacy than they
have been to any candidate who even
ran against the man that was in power.
since the beginning OF the Mine Work
ers Union"