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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-22
First Baptist Church

The ladies' of the church will serve
ice'ercam and cake at the band concert
on the common Tuesday night of this
week.
Rev. Paul Hayne of New Brunswick,
\. D., will occupy the pulpit next Sun,
day. Miss Alice Butterfield will sing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-22
FIELD MEETING POSTPONED.
Date of Newfane Event Conficted with
Brattleboro Guest Day.

On account of Brattleboro 5 Guest
day and the agricultural field meeting
at Newfane being set for the same dav.
Aug. 30, it has been decided to post
pone the field meeting. The date will
be announced as soon as it is decided
upon.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-22
THE WEATHER.
Generally Fair Tonight and Wednesday
Cooler Tomorrow.

WASHINGTON, August %. The
weather forecast; Generally fair tonight
and Wednesday. Warmer tonight in
Vermont. Cooler on the east Maine
coast. Cooler Wednesday. Moderate
southwest winds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-22
FITZGERALD A CANDIDATE.
Wishes Democratic Nomination for
United States Senator.

BOSTON, Aug. 22.-John F. Fitzger-
aid, former mayor of Boston, filed nom
ination papers today as Democratic
candidate for United States senator in
the September primaries. Papers were
also filed by Charles II. Cole and John
r. McVey as Democratic candidates
for governor
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-22
GERMAN BATTLEsHIP SUNK
Ship of the Nassau Glass Sunk by Brit
ish Submarine.

LONDON, August pa British Of
fclal announcement this afternoon saws
1t Is believed that a German battleship
of the Nassau class has been sunk by
the British submarine E-22.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-22
Centre Congregational Church

Thursday from to ) p. m. in the
chapel-Midsummer Thimble party for
all women in the parish. Please bring
your talent money, or birthday money
for the benefit of the building fund.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-22
RUSSIANS AT SALoNIKI.
Delayed Telegram Tells of the Arrival
of Initial Brigade.

ATHENS, July 81, via London. An.
gust %, delayed by ccnsor.-Au initial
brigade of Russian troops have arrived
at Saloniki to join the entente allies
in the fighting in the Balkans
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-22
In Odd Fellows Temple

Tuesday evening. Aur. %, at 7.30,
regular meeting of Dennis Rebekah
lodge.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-22

1otdi =. 49, .9o,fVu,uVV
1t remains to be seen how little, if
anything, is left of current cash after
they are provided for.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-10
NUMBERING GETS WAR AID

TSROM the date of the passage of
the Democratic tariff law up to
n very few months ago the lum-
ber industry was experiencing a
serious depression. Latterly it has
picked up, though still somewhat be-
low normal. The Democratic pros
perity chorus has marked the situation
by adding a new song to it's repertoire
and the public is now being regaled
with a little close harmony entitled:
pine knot, the lumber mills are
humming."
A market report issued by the
Southern Pine Association of New
Orleans announces that European
governments are in the market for
1s9, 100000 feet of pine, so far as
known, and this within the last few
weeks. The report says: 'The ex-
port situation presents features of
special interest owing to the rumors
of large orders on the market for ac-
count OF European Governments -
The excess of business with the steel
mills is also causing a large demand
by the railroads for more wood for
car material. and as the steel industry
is one OF our heftiest war brides, the
lumber industry is thereby an indirect
beneficiary. The golden stream from
the European war chests has at last
filtered into the lumber industry.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-10
OUR HELP FOR HAITI
philadelphia Public Ledger. ]

Alleged patriots in Haiti, inflated
and indamed, have bitterly resented
the efforts of the United States to es-
tablish law and order in the Republic.
The Congress of Haiti has neverthe-
less approved the convention which
out Senate has now ratified, and the
way Is open to put the quietus on the
incessant revolution which of late has
been the sole tlourishing industry.
Eight presidents deposed--usually by
murder or eXle---in a few years is.
indeed. n sinister record. With the
tenure of property and life itself so in
secure. naturally the foreign investor
on whom prosperity rests is 10th to
east in his fortunes under precarious
auspices. We are to send consulting
engineer in finance. who shall recon
struct the loose FISCAL arrangements
into a system. We are to collect the
customs and remold the constabuIary.
We are to establish the foreign credit
by going over the schedule of Haiti's
debts with benevolent paternalism
in which there is no admixture Of any
interest except that which Haiti has
so long refused to pay. II necessary,
we will intervene to prevent future
uprisings, The hope OF the Republic
is in just the measures which the bet
ter element in Haiti consents to let
us take.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-10
PHILIPPINE PROBLEMS
Mindanao and Sulu
BY Frederic J. Haskin

Juramentado is the Spanish way
of expressing in a single word our
phrase "one who has taken an oath"
In the case of a Moro, It means an
oath to kill Christians. The militant
Mohammedan creed assures the joys
of Paradise without the tortures of
purgatory TO any believer who dies in
battle with infidels. The Malay is
more or less racially liable to be over
powered by the beauty of this concep-
ton on short notice, when he draws
his kris and starts for paradise at
once. Such man the Spaniards
called juramentado.
He is terribly formidable indi-
vidual. Religious passion and the lust
of battle transform him into saw
age fighting machine. He guards his
own body not at all; he is out TO die
anyway. His object is to do all the
| damage possible first A juramentado
has been known to run himself on a
set bayonet in his eagerness to get at
the man behind 1t. Having killed his
| foe, he unlocked the bayonet and went
on fighting with the knife through his
body. When the Spanish garrison of
Sulu was attacked by iuramentados.
the fanatics came on, in the face of
repeating rifle fire. until their bodies
choked the loopholes. and the Span
| iards were forced to fire over the top
of the wall.
The only treatment for n juramen-
tado Is to put him out OF the way as
quickly as possible. Nobody is held
responsible for his actions. The Moro
chiefs formerly took advantage of this
state of affairs to annoy the Spaniards
Juramentados grew more and more
frequent, always being seized with
their mania in the midst of a group
of Spanish soldiers. When the Span
ish commander demonstrated to the
Sultan, the latter replied that such
men were irresponsible and amenahle
to no influence on earth. Finally the
Spaniard sent gunboat to shell the
Sultan's palace. The Malay ruler sent
storm of protesting and indignant
messages, The gunboat is juramen-
tado," said the Spanish commander,
Struggling his shoulders i'll reslgna-
tion.
Examples such as these are not
cited as in any way typical. If they
were, dealing with the three hundred
thousand Moros would be job for n
continental army. II they were, the
only way to handle the department
would be either to wage a war Of eX-
termination. or to withdraw and con-
sign it to it's own devices. AS a mat
ter OF fact, the Governor of Mindanao
and Sulu reports that there is no dis
order. The constabulary Is preserv-
in the public peace. Outlaws are
being hunted down with the assist
ance of their relatives. The Moro and
the Filipino are going to school to-
gether. But the iuramentados and
similar cases have their significance.
They are not typical. but they exist.
They show that governing the depart
ment is not like governing Hawaii or
Cuba
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-10
PECKSNIFF AT BERLIN
[Public Ledger. I

lf the German government really
believes that the memorandum which
Count Won Bernstorff presented to
Secretary Lansing yesterday will af-
feet the American policy with regard
10 the submarine issue, II must have
very poor opinion of American in
telligence. 1t prefaces the document
by the remark that 'it wishes to ex-
plain the U-boat question once more
TO the American government" In
spite of our apparent incapacity to
grasp the German point of view, ii will
make one more appeal to such reason
ing powers as we possess. Then it
goes on to profess its devotion to in
ternational law, it's regard for "the
freedom of the seas" its regret that
the perfidious conduct of Great Bri-
tain compelled it to engage in repris-
ais All this is a tWice-told tale, not
more impressive by repetition. Great
Britain attempted to restrict the legi-
innate trade OF neutrals with Ger
many, and it was necessary for Ger
many TO retaliate She chose for
this purpose n new weapon, the use or
which had not been regulated by in
ternational law, and in doing so could
not and did not violate any existing
rules, but only took into account the
popularity of this new weapon. the
submarine boat" This peculiarity, OF
course, was the method of attacking
and sinking merchantmen without re-
gard for the lives of noncombatants
The conclusion of the memorandum
is as remarkable as the beginning. 1t
expresses the hope that the United
States will appreciate the German
viewpoint" AS this viewpoint con-
sists in the assumption that. If Great
Britain interferes with neutral trade
TO Germany. Germany has a perfect
right 10 take neutral lives in return,
American appreciation is not likely TO
be very keen. These neutral lives
were lost. we are told, against the
wish and intention of the German
government" That is, when the Lusi-
tania was sunk without warning, and
with no attempt to safeguard the
Americans on board. it was assumed
by the humane commander of the
submarine that he men, women and
children on board would swim ashore.
It was just an unfortunate accident
that they We're drowned. The Ger
man government politely regrets the
episode, but it is more concerned with
the odius conduct of Great Britain in
many via neutral ports. This is what
the United States should resent. not
the murder of its citizens on the high
seas. The sufficient answer to this is
that the United States is amply able to
settle it's own dispute with Great Bri-
tain If the British blockade Is con-
trarN TO International law, the injury
done will he repaired without German
intervention. But it is not our busi-
ness if Germany has lost control of the
seas. and we certainly do not intend
to play her game by asserting to a
policy of reprisals contrary to law
and humanity alike.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-10
THE ROOSEVELT STATEMENT

NOLONEL ROOSEVELT has taken
u himself out of the Republican
and Progressive primaries as a
candidate for President, thereby, in the
minds of many, only adding to the
possibility of his nomination by the
two conventions. Whether the Colo
mel meant to do so or not, he could
have done nothing more designed to
place himself in the path of the Presi-
Dental lightning than TO deny at this
time that he is a candidate. On the
other hand, he would have everlasting
~ blasted whatever hopes his friends
may have for him if he had permitted
his name to stand or have injected
himself actively into the race as a
candidate. The country is not in
mood to sympathize with anybody's
personal ambitions at this time. Re-
publicans and the few Progressives
that are left are looking only to one
end--the nomination of a man who
not only can defeat Wilson, but who
will be big enough TO measure up to
the important work of rescuing the
country from the slough OF misman-
agement in which it is mired.
Even those who are not inclined to
agree with the Colonel on many sub
iects will concur in the sentiments he
expresses in his statement to the
newspapers. The nation is facing a
grave crisis. wisconsin must he re-
buked. but we face also the higher
duty of "dedicating ourselves anew
to the great principles upon which our
government is founded. Colonel
Roosevelt. says he believes that the
time is ripe for the appearance of a
Washington or a Lincoln, and read
ing carefully what he has to say one
may suspect that the Colonel would
not be abashed if the nation should
suddenly recognize in him the modern
prototype of either or both of these
great statesmen and patriots. May be
the Colonel, when he penned his state
ment, had nothing of the sort in mind ;
and then again. maybe he did. The
ex-President is so given to cryptic ut
terances that one is tempted to look
beneath the mere words of his mes
sage for a possible hidden meaning.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-10
"sIIvERs" THE CLOWN

THAT many sad heart beats be-
meath the motley of the profess
sional merrymaker is again illus
trated by the suicide. for love, OF
"Slivers. the clown whose antics made
millions of people laugh in years agone
when he capered gleefully in the saw
dust ring of the circus.
"Slivers," who in real life was Frank
Oakley, killed himself because the girl
whom he had twice saved from the
gutter refused the lote he offered her,
choosing in preference the primrose
path that leads to ruin. He lived to
make others forget for space their
sorrow and died himself of heartbreak.
Charles Hanson Towne's verses,
"The Jester" might have been written
with "Slivers'' and his tragic end in
mind:
| have covered up with laughter
More than you have drowned in
tears;
have pondered the herea fter
/ have known my griefs and
fears.
Underneath my mask and motley
| have heard the noisy years.
have dreamed my dreams. my
masters.
have thought Of life and love,
known the sting and pain there
Yet You deem me but Jester
Whom the world shall weary of,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-10
AN OLD SONG
BY Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Copyright, 1916, Star Company
Two roadways lead from this land TO
That; and one is the road of
Prayer,
And one is the road of Old Time
Songs and every note is stair.
A shabby old man with n music ma
chine on the sordid city street,
But suddenly earth seemed Already
and life grew young and sweet
For the city street fled and the world
was green and little house
stood by the sea;
And she came singing a martial air
(she who was peace itselD;
She brought back with her the old
strange charm of mingled pathos
and glee;
With her eyes of child in a woman's
face and her soul of a saint in
an elf.
She had been gone for many a year
they tell us it is not far
That silent place where the dear ones
go. but 1t might as we'll be
star;
Yes, it might as we'll be distant star
as a beautiful Near BY Land,
IF we hear no voice and see no face
and feel no touch of a hand.
But now she had come, for l saw her
there, and she looked so blithe
aud young;
(Not white and still as saw her
lasD, and the rose that she
wore was red:
And her voice scared up in bird
like trill at the end of the song
she sung,
And she mimicked a soldiers warlike
stride and tossed back her dear
little head.
She had been gone for many a year,
and never came back before;
But ! think she dwells in a Near By
Land. since a song Jared open
the door:
Yes. | think II Us surely a Near BY
Land--that place where our
loved ones are
For the song would never have reach
ed her ear had she been on n
distant star.
Two roadways lead from this land to
That: and one is the road OF
Prayer,
And one Is the road of Old Time
Songs. and every note is stair.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-10

stant attention of the entire depart
ment force and the results are show
ing up remarkably we'll 1t has been
only ten years since this work was
begun on an extensive scale and in
that period great headway has been
made in the matter of public edu-
cation and in the wiping out of sources
of disease. Deaths from diphtheria.
measles, scarlet fever, whooping cough,
tuberculosis and typhoid fever were
6.40O fewer in 1916 than in 1906.
These figures are not only n tribute to
the efficiency of the department. but
ample justification for the vast sums
expended on its maintenance.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-10

NNB-THIRD of the land area of
the Philippines is included in
the Department of Mindanao
and SuIu. Practically all the Moham-
medans and a third of the pagans of
the archipelago live in this one de-
partment. II was kept under military
government twelve years longer than
the rest of the Philippine group. 1t
has always been treated as a distinct
problem, and must continue to be so
treated for some time.
In Lu2on and the Visayans, the
principal northern islands. the civil
ICED Filipino population greatly pre-
dominates. In Mindanao and Sutu
there are 10000 Christians, 100000
pagans. and over 100000 Mohamme-
dams. A single province of the de-
partment is a State the size of Mas
sachusetts' the area of the whole is
greater than that of Denmark and
Holland put together. The office OF
governor is probably the most impor-
tant under the Philippine Commits
sion.
Mindanao and Sulu had a particu-
larly unsavory reputation when we
took the islands from Spain. We kept
them under military control from / S99
TO the end of 1918. Then the civil
government, which had been gradually
cooperating more and more fully with
the army, took the reins-and every
body who had been following the sit
uation held his breath. Nothing hap
pened.
There have been numerous local
disturbances, many bands of outlaws
captured, and the old family feuds
among the Moros have been carried
o" according to age-old custom, but
none OF the general uprisings that
many people feared have eventuated.
The pagans OF Mindanao were always
amenable to American influence. but
the Moros have made much trouble
in years gone by. Now they are not
only living at peace with the Amer
leans, but even with Christian Fill
plnos from the north. Thev are let
ting these Filipinos fill some of the Of
nces of administration over them-a
thing that they often asserted in the
past they would never permit They
are living down their old reputation
for turbulence and ferocity
The Moros inhabit not only the
main island of Mindanao. but also the
Sulu archipelago that stretches south
ward and westward to Borneo. Sulu
is, after Mindanao, the largest of the
islands the stronghold of the Sultan
or Sulu, whose capital is at Jolo-a
doughty warrior whom Spain never
succeeded in subduing. Sulu was
never famous for it's moral atmos-
phere. The Sulu pirate proas were
known to every skipper who sailed
the seven seas. The Moros of Sulu
took Filipino captives and sold them
for slaves in Borneo. The men OF
Sulu were particularly fanatical. even
for Malays. and particularly liable to
the distressing seizure known as going
'turamentado."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-10

utterly unfit to cope with the situation.
They have been trying desperately for
months to take Villa and have not
been able to do so.
This Villa. who invaded the United
States yesterday at the head of band
of cut-throats of the same stamp as
himself. is the same villa to whom the
American government, through Presi-
dent Wilson, was only a short time
since providing with arms and ammu-
milton and hailing as a patriot. a
statesman and the savior of Mexico.
This is the same Villa who was given
the means OF overthrowing the dread
full Huerta by this same Wilson ad-
ministration. He is the Villa who was
hailed as friend OF the United States
by the President and his Cabinet.
The country knew that Villa was Il
bandit and a murderer, a self-seeker
il there ever was one, but il had to
swallow him when Washington be-
came his sponsor, and hope against
hope for the best. But Villa was never
for a moment trusted by the rank and
file OF Americans. a great majority of
whom have been waiting with sicken-
ing dread for just such a tragedy as
that which occurred yesterday. 1t was
certain to como when the admins
tratton pushed the defeated rebel
leader aside to take up with the vic
torious Carranza, who. by the way. has
murdered probably as many Ameri-
cans in his time as has Villa. The
whole situation is impossible. We
can't go on this way longer. Some
thing must be done for the safety of
our people along the Rio Grande,.
1t is reported that the President has
asked, or will ask, tho permission OF
Carranza to send an armed force into
Mexico. If Carranza is wise he will
not only grant this request. but CO.
operate with the United States troops
in the capture of Villa, who has shown
himself to be the one big thorn in the
flesh of the CarranZa administration.
Unquestionably, Villa is playing des-
for American intervention,
hoping thereby to rally to his dropping
banner the thousands of Mexicans of
all factions who he believes would join
In resenting an American invasion.
Just now all that we in this country
have in mind is the capture or death
OF Villa, and to that end the admins
tration will be wise il it sticks to it's
of asking the cooperation of
for with American troops in
Mexico riding side by side with Mex
lean soldiers there would be less like
lihood of the general uprising for
which Villa hopes.
But at all events. and no matter
what the outcome may be, the fact
should not be lost to sight that If the
Wilson administration had conducted
itself properly at the outstart in it's
relations with Mexico this dreadful sit
uation along our southern borders
would not now exist and many Ameri-
ran lives would have been saved. The
burden of responsibility resting on the
Washington government at this time
cannot be shifted. 1t set out to un-
horse Huerta. 1t succeeded, but at
what trightful cost. '
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-10
TELEORAPH'S PERISCOPE

'-t;crmaly having declared war on
Portugal all that remains now is for
the kaiser to get an army near enough
TO start a campaign.
The Turks have agreed to let the
Armenians alone, says news dispatch
which is equivalent to the promise of
the cat not to further modest the
canary which il has just eaten.
One thing about Lent, Belgium
will have no trouble in observing the
self-denial rules.
If Enver Pasha doesn't quit dying
so frequently our old friend Raisuli
may feel that his reputation is being
injured.
The only trouble about this armed
ship business is that there is no. in
dic2tion that Bryan intends to take
passage on one.
Suggestion for new White House
note to Mexico: Dear villa: Don't"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-10
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Michael j. Ryan, Public Service
Commissioner. is to be the new head
of the Friendly Sons of ST. Patrick in
Philadelphia.
DIR. John A. Brashear. the Pitts
burgh astronomer, has been making
observations on sun spots
General Nelson A. Miles spoke in
PHILADELPHIA last night for the first
time since his notable address before
the Glover Club.
A. ]. County. the new vice-presi-
dent of the PENNSYLVANIA. has been
with the railroad company since boy
hood.
r. r. Murdoch, candidate for Con-
gress in Allegheny, is newspaper
cartoonist.