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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-08
Senatorial Courtesy and Senator Page.

(Rutlaad Herald.)
WASHINGTON, July 31.-The voca-
tional educational bill was passed i'll
the senate this afternoon. The measure
was substantially as introduced By
Senator Page of Nermont-Associate
Press Dispatch.
One of the charges of the Fletch-
err bureau has been that Senator Page 5
vocational bill was fizzle and was
lost in the shuttle. Can it be possible
that the Associated Press is in league
with 1.-the interests to defeat Allen
NJ. Fletcher, the friend of the people,
for United States senator! - Yer
gcnncs Enterprise and Nermonter.
The despatch which the contempor-
airy quotes was not sent out by the As
ISOLATED Press but by Senator Page
himself. 1t was clevcrly worded, but
scarcely accurate in conveying the ex-
act situation.
As The Herald understands it, the
bill passed was not Senator Page 5
educational bill. but the Smith Lever
| bill, which had been slumbering in
committee and was not scheduled for
action during this session. This in.
formation comes from members of the
|
licved to be authentic
| cit Pays to ADVERTISE however
and, under the spur of continually re
Ipeated challenges to show what
measure of constructive value he had
introduced and pushed to a successful
conclusion, Senator Page bestirred him
self and was able, through the familiar
avenue of senatorial courtesy.' t
Ibc recognized for speech, to bC
courteously referred to by his contem
Iporaries as having made strenuou.
effort in behalf of the bill, and to bt
permitted to make the announcement
as published in the state press.
Substantially as introduced" is al
lclastic phrase. The Herald is not abb,
to say how much of Senator Page :,
bill was included in the Smith Leve
Ibill, but undoubtedly the Fundamental
lprinciple of federal aid for vocational
training was there, and Senator Pag,
should not be deprived of his due il
Having done something toward its pas
sage.
That a speech was necessary NAV b.
questioned i'll Washington; that it wa
necessary in Vermont is beyond doubt
The question naturally arises, there
fore, as to whether it would be bette
to return Senator Page because he di
: something under the goad of a public
ity campaign "back homc,' o
= whether a man should be elected VIII
{ is willing to do things without tn
prod.
incidentally, Vermont editors VIII
know how things are done in Wash
ington, are wondering what Senate
r Page traded to Senator Hoka Smit
, for the temporary glory of being Win
, dicated before his constituents.
Did he perchance agree to vote Hok
Smith S way on the child labor biIl2
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-08
TUESDAY. AUGUST 5, 1916.
B. g. M. TROUBLES.

The Boston 4 Maine road still has Il
very troublesome problem before it can
effect the reorganization that is going
to- save its life as the directors put it.
The road has 4l2,3O0,0OO Boston &
Maine notes and S4,7J0,000 notes of the
Vermont Valley 4 Connecticut River
which come due Aug. 81. These notes
have already been renewed eight times.
The blockade in the scheme for reor-
gauization is an old man. He is Benia-
min \. Kimball, now in his S4th year
and still the very vigorous, active head
of the Concord x Montreal road. Ben.
kimball has been nicknamed the Rus
sell Sage of New Hampshire. Others
likcn him to the late James !. Hill. At
any rate he holds the whip hand and as
head Of the Concord & Montreal draws
the president 5 salary of 81 800 per an
mum. If his road acquiesced in the re
organization plan he would not only
have to surrender his $500 salary, but
he would lose the monopoly of power
he has been able to hold there many
years. He knows all this. To do him
justice, it should he added that he be-
lieycs he is acting for the best interests
of the stockholders of the Concord &
Montreal, and that, with his eve on the
immediate future, he thinks that they
will be pecuniarily better off i'll con.
tinuing to bleed the poor old parent, the
Boston & Maine, for per cent divi
dends, whether earned or not, for some
time yet, or so long as the unprecedent
ed prosperity due to the European wal
continues.
He shifts at the optimistic uttcrance>
of Director Sumner Wallace of the Con
cord & Montreal as to joining in any
reorganization, and maintains this 20
sition-an offer to scale the guaranteed
dividend from I to 6 per cent, but alb
solutc refusal to go any farther III tn,
way Of cauccling the leases or accept
ing new stock unlikely to pay dividend
for the first three years.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-08

W tIl, LIIt'St ESdl~
amanderS agreed that they would have
a FIRE Department, and the next thing
was to arrange for the Hose and Lad
der. Finally it was decided that their
Salamander Cousins should be chosen
to run the Hose and Ladder.
We shall call ourselves the Fire
and Water Fire Department. said one
OF the Fire Salamanders. 1T will be
our business to rush in and rescue the
Animals who are in danger of being
burned to death, and it will be your
business to help them down to the
Brook where We'll have our Hose ready
to sprinkle them with good, cool
water
$50 the Fire and Water Fire De-
partment of the Salamanders prac-
ticed and drilled and trained. They
knew just what to do in case of a Fire
and yet no Fire seemed to break out
anywhere around the woods where
they lived. The Fire Salamanders
We're little bit disappointed, for they
wanted to be thought fine and brave
to go right into the Fire. You see, they
can live just as well in Fire as not, and
they don't mind it in the least bit.
Days and days went by and still no
Fire broke out.
Il know what's the trouble said
another one of the Fire Salamanders.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-08

General JofTre says the tide of bat
tic has turned in favor of the allies,
with the Germans lighting with their
backs to the wall. He does not. how
ever, place the turning of the tide at
the River Somme, rs many others
have done. but at the successful stand
made by the French in the defense of
Nerdun. Although he was willing to cx-
press his confidence in the turned tide,
General Joffre was not rash enough to
predict when the war will end. He
sees no evidence yet of any imminent
German collapse on the western front.
General Jotfre knows that the battle
lines will not be weakened until the
reserves are exhausted. The fighting
will be desperate as long as there are
men to fight with. The question is.
how long can the reserves stand the
strain? Both sides have to ask them
selves this question.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-08

The usually reliable Hartford, Conn,
Courant in a long news article speaks
of Vermont as a "pivotal' state, and
says that its election the first Tuesday
in September twill have some effect
on the outcome in Maine, giving
courage to one party and discourage
ment to the other Vermont is no
longer a barometer state. We now
avoid a heated campaign for state of
fees by holding all our elections in No
vember. ''As goes Vermont so goes the
nation is only remembrance. We
may lose something in publicity by
the change, but we side-step a lot OF
unnecessary work and strife.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-08

st JohnSbury Caledon1an.)
The public in general will be pleased
with the sentence of a fine of $500
and costs and to serve from four to
six months in the house of correction
imposed on Harry Boyd by Judge F. L.
Barber of Brattleboro. Boyd is the man
who recently ran an automobile
through Brattleboro while intoxicated
and threw Mrs. w. NJ. Randall from
his automobile, besides striking a
bridge, team and injuring other PEG
pie. Believing that heavy enough
fine could not be imposed for reckless
driving, States Attorney Hughes made
the charge against him breach of the
peace which allowed the imposition of
n fine commensurate with his offense
1t looks as though the judicial depart
ment of the government is ready to
cooperate with the prosecuting Off
GERS in stopping the operation of au-
tomobiles by intoxicated persons.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-08
(Copyright.)
THE TOP B Il Ct Y

The top buggy Is Il mOurnful relic OF
bygonc days which never appears so
mournful as when a gliStening touring
ear with wire wheels fits past 1t at 50
miles per hour and discharges a cloud
of asphyXiating dust into the faces of
the occupants. One of the most depresS-
ing experiences in life is to ride all
day in a top buggy and never be able
to see twenty feet ahead of the dash
board on account Of the dust en-
gcndered by the speed tourist.
There was Il time in the history of
our country when the man who owned
a high top buggy that had to be
climbed into from a scoring start was
looked upon as one of the predatory
rich. Most people rode in the resilient
lumber wagon or the loose iointed
blackboard, and when an atIluent neigh
Dor invested the price of a wagonload
of fall pigs III a top buggy or a two
seated surrey everybody said he was
making money too fast, and the direc.
tors of the bank held a meeting for
the purpose of going over his paper
Many a man has had to take up l
promissory note with Il heavy heart
simply because his wife objected tC
having her spine crystallized b. contact
with the unyieliiag seat of a stiff
legged lumber wagon.
Nowadays. however, il is getting
harder to sell top buggy than it is tt
pcddlc gents furnishings in Soutl
Africa This is because the top bugg,
lacks pick up and get away, ana whei
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-08
Member Of the Associated Press.

The Reformer Is on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co.
Park Drug Store. c. w. Cleaveland. d
X. Cutler & Co. (Esteyville), Brooks
House Pharmacy.
West 5rattleboro, ]. L. stockwen.
East Dummerstcn, NJ. E. Brown
PGtney, NJ. G. Williams.
Newfane, N. M Batcheldsr.
Townshend, c.. w. Cutler.
West Townshend, G. H. Grout
jamaica, Y. j. Daggett
South Londonderry, f. H. Tyler.
South Vernon, r. B. Buffum.
West Chesterfield, N. H., Mrs. W
Streeter
Hlnsdae, NJ. H., w. II. Lyman.
Bellows Falls. VT, Depot Restaurant
Bertolino & Bertolino, F. .Winnewisser.
Windsor, VT, Windsor Restaurant
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-08

driven over ten miles an hour develops
more vibration than King drag What
people want nowadays is something
that can be stepped on with the right
foot ana will land the steppee i'll the
next county before the owner of Il top
buggy could get out of the corporate
limits. This remarkable invention is
known as the JOY wagon, and its glad
coming is filling countless thousands of
homes with sweet peace and forbidding
duns.
There are times. nevertheless. when
the top buggy is household necessity.
1t must be confessed that it has its
good points. For instance, the top bug
gy does not have to have new tires
every thirty days, nor does it run out
of fuel late at night ma king it neccs-
sary to arouse some morose farmer
from sleep and rob his gasoline stove
of its contents. The top buggy does
not bury itself up to the chin in a
mudhole, either, and have to be yanked
to its feet by a rapacious yokel at 81
per yank. One can always start from
home in "a top buggy and be sure OF
getting back before the week is out.
There are many nice things about
the top buggy, but it is too slow fol
the present generation. If they even
make top buggy which will get up t,
sixty miles an hour within bloch
from the tape, more will be sold an,
there will also be pereeptible and re
freshing thinning out of the crop o
ls9eed maniacs.
MS Newspaper Servicel
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-08

Officials of the department of agri-
culture charged with the enforcement
OF the food and drugs act, expecting
that the outbreak of infantile paraly-
sis will tempt INSCRIPTIONS persons to
offer for sale so-callcd "cures' or rem
edies for this dread malady, have IS
sued special instructions to the food
and drug inspectors to be particularly
alert for interstate shipments or i'm
portations of medicines, the makers of
wAieh allege that they will cure or al
lcviate this disease, for which, at the
present time, no medicinal cure is
known. The officials also warn The pub
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-08

nat tlley uSheu MIN.
1--WE have no Fire Bell he said.
There may have been Fires that we
knew nothing of you never can tell
Don't be gloomy, said still another
Bell
Where? some of them asked.
:" 1t will be down by the Brook, and
whenever there is a Fire in the neigh
borhood whatever Animal sees it will
go and ring the Bell. l know where a
kind old Cow left her Bell from last
year. Well put it by the stump just
at the edge of the Brook and all the
Animals can be told to move it when
there is Fire. Then we will all come
out and stop the Fire
"'Splendid idea y they shouted. And
soon notices were put up all over the
woods and around the Brook which
read:
"To the Animals: Attention! In
case of Fire, ring the Cow Bell by the
Brook. The Fire and Water Fire De-
partment of the Salamanders will PUT
1T OUT
These notices were read by all the
Animals, and the very next day the
SalamanderS heard the Cow Bell.
Where's the fre?' they all shouted
"'Over there said Grandfather
Frog. who was watching the Fire De-
partment start off
They wiggled and crawled as quick
ly as they could to the spot where the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-08

which was just
what the Fairy
Queen had been
hoping they would
do"
"What are Sala-
manders, Daddy 2"
asked Nick.
"They are little
creatures very
m u C h lik g Liz
yards in looks ex-
cept their skin is
not scaly as a Liz
Yards. They have
four legs and a
tail and are very
nice, kind and
gentle.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-08

Fire was. 1t was
the Vireo family's
nest. You know
the Vireo s are
t h o S e beautiful,
Shy Birds that live
in the Woods and
have such love-
ly voices. The
Fire Salamanders
rushed right into
into the Fire and
pulled out of the
nest the Wire o
Children just in
time before their
little feathers got
burnt. A n d, of
course, the Moth
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-08

err and Daddy Vireo were able to fly
out. But how they had felt before the
Salamanders arrived, for the Children
were so small they did not see how
they would be able to get them out in
time
How brave they did think the Sala-
manders were not to mind the Fire and
70 stamp it out so that it would not
spread through the Woods, for it had
been started by a careless Man drop
ping a lighted match.
when they all reached the brook at
last, the Mother and Daddy Vireo sang
the most wonderful song for their re-
ward to the brave Salamander Fire
Department.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-08
n4DDY'S EVENING
EMR1 LME q WARY |
- s. >yI @ a g:
SMALL FIRE DEPARTMENT.

'The Salamanders," said Daddy,
"started Fire Department not long
ago.
1T really was the idea of the Fairy
Queen in the first place, for she told
the Salamanders that they should be
put out Fires if they wanted, to not
belong to a Fire Department. So they
said they would have one themselves,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-08
TO ADVERTISERS.

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80 cents an inch for first insertion; %
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Space rates on application.
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without change OF copy.
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change OF copy
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-08
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

1t is the aim OF the management to
secure efficient service In the delivery
OF the paper each night, and II solicits
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, 1916-08-08

The thrifty Danes will get a big
price-$25, 100000 for three small is
lands in the West Indies, but the point
is that the United States could not
afford to let the ownership pass to
some foreign power that might be I'M
friendly in the years to come.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-08

Don t kick about the hot weather.
Kicking will do no good and your com
plants are not altogether agreeable to
other people. Also remember that our
soldier boys down on the border have
worse days than these all the time.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-08

lie that any preparation put on the mar
ket and offered for sale as being eff
feetive for the treatment of infantile
paralysis should be looked upon Nith
extreme suspicion.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-08

American linoleum factories are in
creasing their output at the expense of
Scotland S exports.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-08
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE

In advertising sent from this office, which ap-
peared in the state press last week, the subject
being, Senator Page Makes a Speech the fol-
lowing paragraph appeared
THE Vermonter in Washington who heard
Senator Pages speech writes further on the sit
uation. Hesays that the Hoke Smith vocational
educational bill is on the senate calendar but that
it will not be acted on this session.
This information received by The Allen NJ
Fletcher Senatorial Club, presented the condition
as it then existed in Washington The following
news item appeared in the st. Adams Messenger
on Friday, August 4:
Washington Aug 1.-The vocational educa-
tional bill which passed the senate the other day
without debate notice of any kind, is to be
pressed upon the House in eleventh hour at
tempt to secure enactment before the adjourn
ment of Congress.
1t had been thought that the Senate calendar
was too crowded to allow room for this bill at this
time, and the plan had been to postpone the en-
acment of this legislation till the December ses-
sion. Favorable reports on the bill made
weeks ago by both committees which
handled it,
Is it not true, Senator Page that the Smith
Vocational Educational bill would have passed the
Senate if you had not spoken or voted for it
Is it not true, Senator Page, that for purely
political purposes you at this time urged yourself
upon the Senate to make speech upon bill
which had been favorably reported and which as
the St. Adams Messenger news item says, Passed
the Senate the other day without notice of any
kind
We have no disposition to minimize the i'm
portance of any bill which provides better ecluca-
tona facilities for the youth of the land, but we
respectfully suggest that Senator Pages record is
the issue and in the words of the Vergennes En-
terprse, Senator Pages Vocational Educational
bill was fizzle and was lost in the shuttle"
What is there about Senator Page so sacro-
sanct as to forbid legitimate and truthful criticism
of any of his public or official actss
Will Mr.. Page Answer?
The Allen M Fletcher Senatorial Club
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-08

ADVERTISE IN THE REFoRMER.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-08
/" 'What?' they asked him.

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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-29
L0TS OF SPEED IN
A!GH TRACK men
Local sprinters Are Expect
ed TO Do Things at the
Charleston Meet.

ZNNEMHNa2-4E HHEEI- - III.
Theltrack being fast and the wealth.
erg good Monday will e some 'ocal
1ieidgevent5 records broken at the Inter
lcIassEtrack meet OF the high schoo TO
gbeiheldlat. south side park. The winers
Of the various events will likely ne
fha6 personnel Of the team that viii
go3to3Charleston on May l3, TO par
ffcipate in the state high meet. The
relay team OF the Fairmont High
school will probably be the chief point
winner In the events at Charleston II
theIreports OF the present speed of!the
boysEaregtrue. Burns, Watkins, Geo.
Ann. Hamilton, Bolton, and Geo. Nc
Crory. are some OF the mon that can
eschIdofa quarter o ia mile around 90.
seconds, according to the watch OF
4lTrainersP Jones and Werner.
Geo. Hill seems to be one OF the
many "discoveries'' OF the season as
Sets Thought to be able to do a half
milesinE2 minutes flat. II these boys
can make a showing like this during
the past week OF cold and rainy
weatheryit will be mere play for them
toFwinEthe state meet. a coach is al.
ways safe in telling Of phenomenal
speed. for IL the later performance OF
bfssmen do lot verify his stories. he
Ecanfsimply say that they have trained
SoffSor become stale because OF some
violation OF his orders. For this rea'
Yeongone should take these figures not
too seriously.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-29
Hlnts crime sensa,ion.

WHEELING. April 29-Sensatiors
are promised by United States district
Attorney Stuart w. Walker when the
men arrested in various parts OF the
country charged with holding up the
Baltimore and Ohio Flyer at Central
station and stealing more than a half
million dollars in unsigned currency
are arraigned in the United States
District Court here next Tuesday.
I'VE are now engaged in u~nrayelinG
the case" said Mr.. Walker, " and the
trials of the men here will be 2 most
amazing upturning of prominent Grim,
mails IN my judgment"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-29
Fritz Kills Jinx; Gets First
Hit Off Walter Johnson

Al good things come to the gent who
waits. OF this Fritz Maisel Is con-
WINGED. The speedy outheider OF the
New York Yankees has made a hit
off Walter Johnson for the first time
Elated, Fritz came back with another
swat two innings later. Although he
has been In the American league nigh
onto three seasons, Maisel never be-
fore was able TO connect with the ire
ball delivery. Johnson sinEed Mais'
els chin with a fast one during an
exhibition game at Baltimore before
Fritz entered the big league and the
latter has been gun shy ever since.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-29
.Rlda rhrina Women.

HUNTINGTON. ". Va, April %
Six prominent club women OF this city
know the excitement a fireman expe-
riences tn going to a fire or an ato-
mobile apparatus, The women were
guests OF Are chief Davis and were be-
ing taken about the city in the chiefs
fire auto In connection with the clean.
up campaign being conducted here.
During the trip an alarm was turned
in and Chief Davis didn't stop to let
the women out OF the machine, but
''let the machine out" in his usual
fashion in going L a fire. The wom-
en- were all scared but they declared
they entoyed the experience hugely.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-29
Baptist Brotherhood
Will Meet Monday

The Baptist brotherhood will hoto
its regular monthly meeting on Mon
day at 1880 o'clock in the First Baptist
church, with the specific subject, "The
Public Schools" Two subjects will be
discussed under this topic, THE Rela-
tIon Of the Public Schools to the Com.
munity," by City Superintendent VIII
son, ana THE Relation Of the Com
munity to the Public Schools. by M.
C. Tough. These will be followed by
a general discussion Of the subject.
The public generally is invited to at
tend this meeting.