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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-10
FOOD CRISIS IN PETRoGRAD.
Only Ten-Day Supply on Hand-Con
ditions in Moscow Are Worse.

STOCKHOLM, Sept. 10. u A food
crisis in Petrograd and Moscow is re
randa.
NJ. Jurenew, Russian minister of COM
munications, is said to have asked NJ
Pieschehonoff, minister of supplies, TO
take further extraordinary measures TO
save these cities from famine, saving
that the supplies on hand in Petrogra6t
would suffice only for ten days and that
conditions in Moscow were worse.
All the bread in Moscow has been DIS
tributed. and in order to provide a fuf-
ther amount arrangements have oean
made to keep continuous communiea-
tion by means of special trains between
the supply centers and Pctrograd and
Moscow
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-10
Tale and Soapstone.

The United States is by far the
largest producer and consumer of tale
in the world. according TO the United
States geological survey, department of
the interior. The softness.. absorptive
capacity, difficult feasibility and solu-
bility, and electric resistance of tale
make it one of the most generally use
full of all minerals in the arts and indus
tries. Its principal military use is to
prevent sore feet among marching sol
diers. Only pure ground tale should be
used FOR this purpose. The demand foI
the .'footease grade of ground tale
which is now extensively used in the
army, may he fully supplied in this
country. Although the war has stimu-
lated production il has not greatly in
creased the Irice.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-10
SOCIALISTS GIVE
TERMS TO M. RIBOT
Offer to Confer on Cabinet Participa
ton = Want War Aims of the
Allies Limited

PARIS, Sept. 10. - The Socialist par
liamentary group, from which it is re-
ported that Premier Ribot intends to
select more than one member of his re-
constructed cabinet, met Saturday TO
discuss the party s participation i'll the
new ministry.
After four and a half hours of discus
sion, the meeting adopted resolution
proposed by Pierre Renaudel, leader of
the Socialist majority in the chamber,
setting forth that the Socialist group
was ready to collaborate with the gov
eminent for the national defense, but
ON condition that it was assured that
the government which one or more Of
its members might enter would vigor-
ouslv prosecute the war, militarily and
economically; would safeguard the lib
critics of the public and the workers, and
not menace those liberties by false in
terpretations of the necessities of the
| national defense.
The resolution then condemns secret
diplomacy, insists that the war aims OF
| the allies be limited to claims manifest
lly unsuitable, and concludes with the
statement that the assistance to be
given by the party and the guarantees
| it intends to obtain must be discussed
| b. delegates with official mandates
| The resolution was not adopted unani
mouslv There were % votes in it:
favor A motion against participation
in the government by the party received
four votes, and another resolution OF
similar import, put forward by the mi
nority Socialist section, had l6 votes.
! Albert Thomas, member of the wa
council, and MN. Remand, Moutet, Web
er, Hubert, and Rouger were nomi
mated as delegates to consult with TIL
government in regard to the choice o
members to Join the cabinet
The Figaro finds the resolution diff
cult to understand but thinks the de
duction NAV be drawn that the Social
lists are eager to have the largest posi-
BILE number of portfolios.
Gustave Herve, discussing in La Vie
ltoire the Ministry which is to be formed
says: 'Do not give us a cabinet of oil
men. The ministry of the interior, h
adds, is the most difficult to fill, and h
suggests that the under secretary fo
this department be chosen from the ST
cialists.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-10
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

Brattleboro lodge, n +. o. p, will hold
its regular meeting this evening at S
o'clock in Grand Army hall
The September term of the Windham
county court will open in the courthouse
in Newfanr tomorrow. Judge Zed S.
Stanton of Roxbury will be the presiding
Judge
The Philathea class of the First Bap-
fist church will meet in the Red Cross
rooms in the federal building tomorrow
from $50 to ) o'clock TO work for the
Red Cross. \ good attendance is desired
George +. Bigelow of Mortified,
Mass, and Miss Rhca G.. Dunklee,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred c. Dunk
lee. were married Saturday evening by
Rev. +. Q. S. Osgood. After a few
days wedding trip they will begin
housekeeping at l6 Clark street where
they have an apartment all furnished
ready for their occupancy. Mr.. Bige-
low is employed by the Estey Organ
company.
George n. Thomas, 70, died Saturday
evening in his home on Washington street
after an Illness of four years, due to
general breaking down. Mr. Thomas hat
llOt DtPH HDle TO De dressed TOT TWO wears
lie was born in Marlboro. May "a, 1888
He leaves besides widow. two SONS
Harry Il. Thomas of Brattleboro ant
Murray Thomas, also one step daughter
Miss Lenore Ayers of Brattleboro. Thu
funeral will be held tomorrow Afternoon
at o'clock in his home on Washington
street. Rev Douglas 6. Guest, pastor o
the Methodist church, will ofiiciate
Delegates to the state conference
Daughters of the American Revolution, t
be held in Brandon Oct. %, will be clecte
at the meeting of Brattleboro chapter to
morrow evening in the Unitarian paris
house A short business session will
held at 100 and will be followed by a re
ception TO the new regent and other off
Gers a musicale also will be given wit
Miss Alice ID. Butterfield. soprano, Fred
eric G. Adams. baritone. and Mrs. r. |
! Blake, accompanied Each member of tn
chapter will be at liberty to invite
: guest upon the payment of a small CUES
, fee.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-10
POST EXCHANGE FOR
VERMONT INFANTRY
Catering 20 Wants Of the Soldiers in
Camp Bartlett at Westfeld
Yesterday.

WESTFIELD, Mass, Sept. TO- -
There were visitors from every state in
New England Yesterday nj Camp Bart
lett which is now an all New England
camp with units from every state in the
Northeastern group under canvas on
Hampton Plains. The roster of states
was completed SATURDAY hv the arrival
Of detachmeuts OF organizations from
Connecticut. The Field Hospital com.
panv has not arrived aud another
change is rumored. II is said that in.
stead Of the Connecticut outfit the
New Hampshire organization in camp
~ birmingham is TO come TO Westicld
10 Join the commands Of the Depot bri.
gadc.
The First Vermont Infantrv is con
drucling y post exchange. adding 10
the already numerous places catering
20 the wants OF the soldiers.
There was rejoicing throughout the
camp limits vhru the word became
uoised about that tho eagle screams to-
In in other words that the pavmaster
prrivcs. The Maine, Vermont and New
Hampshire troops were paid before com
ing 10 camp The Second Massachusetts
was paid somc time after it's arrival
and the other Massachusetts men were
paid before coming TO Nestfield. The
officers received their checks on Sept. |
but today every enlisted man will re
eeivC his paw for the last month. IL
some eases the man will get two months
money, and this will unloose thousand
II dollars which the GOV ernment ha'
had ia captivity for the purpose. Tn,
paymasters coming will be most wei
come Most of the soldiers are broke
for they are free with their money whei
thev have IL.
Beginning today, the soldiers vii
start on their new schedule, which pre-
yides for an additional hour of drill
daily. The drill periods are to be eS
teuded for so minutes in the mornin
and the same time in the Afternoon
Rev ellie will be 80 minutes later Thi
IS welcome news although the soldier
saw II is 20 cold mornings on Hampto
Plains they arc glad when the bugl
blows, calling them from the blanket
So they can exercise and get warm.
The men are looking especially wei
The food is good there is plenty of j
The sun end wind are giving every ma
cuppery color and q tough skin, viii
muscles are being hardened under Il
progressive drill program. The gener
health OF the camp is excellent. The
ara few hospital eases, and none of the
are serious
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-10
ELECTRICAL DEVICES SPREAD.
American Electrical Apparatus Gains
All Over the World.

American electrical apparatus is gam
ing rapidly in popularity the world over
A compilation by the National City
Bank of New York shows that the
value Of electrical machinery, appliances,
and instruments exported from the United
States in the fiscal year 1917 aggregated
more than 500 900 900, against s20,000000 in
1914, so, goo 900 in 1911, and 900 in
1900
The American telephone lends itself
with equal facility to the Chinese,
Hindustani, Maayan, or English languages.
Our electric fan is gratifying substitute
for the Oriental ''punkah," whose operator
falls asleep on the slightest provocation
and at provokingly nopportune moments.
The bank finds that the American dynamo
now goes to any and every section OF the
world where power is available Tor the
generation of electricity.
The incandescent lamp shines az
brightly in the mines Of Africa or on the
rubber plantations Of the Orient as upon
the haciendas OF South America OF the
streets of the European cities, said the
banks statement The telegraph instf1-
ment adapts itself to languages and climatic
conditions the world over. and the Amesi-
can wireless speak from continent to con
tnent from steamship to steamship, or
from flying machine at an elevation ot
thousands of feet to the military com
mander in the midst OF the battlefield
.'0f the nearly $4,000 600 worth OF tele
phones exported in the fiscal year 1911
more than 100000 worth went to Asia
. about an equal value to South America
nearly 100000 worth to Oceanic, $500 00t
) worth to our North American neighbors
and practically million dollars worth t
Europe, the total of telephones exported
in 1917 being twice as great in value as il
1912 OF the nearly half a million dollar
worth of electric fans exported in 1917 tn
largest market was in India, where the 10,
operator Of the ''punkah' a swinging fal
suspended from the celIingl holds tn
worlds highest record for somnolence
/, while Hongkong, the Straits Settlements
China, Japan, and even Siam, show
disposition to substitute the new-fanglc
. but always reliable breeze producer for th
: uncertain methods of earlier generations.
According to the bank, electrical az
:, paratus of all sorts sent to Asia increase
:. from sl00O,000 in 1910 to approximate
:. s2,500,000 in 1917; to Africa, from S29S OF
:. III 1910 to cover half million dollar
worth in 1917 to Occania. from $3.50 On
in 1910 to nearly 50, 100000 in 1917, and I
). South America. from about S3 100000
approximately S4,000,000, while the total
1917 is nearly ten times as much as
1910 and thirty times as much as in 1876
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-10
AUTO THIEVES IN JAIL.
Fliver- Pitchers Caught in New Hamp-
shire, Brought to Vermont.

BELLOWS FALLS, Sept 10. - Eu-
gene Derosier and George Lowell. who
were caught Sept. 3 at Fitzwilliam,
y. H., with a Ford auto belonging to B.
w. Rice, which they had taken while
il stood in the square here about mid
night of the previous night. and were
brought to Bellows Falls and placed in
iail. were arraigncd in municipal court
Saturday charged with the larceny of
one automobile valued at 5000 and were
bound over to county court with bail
liked al $500 each. They will be taken
to the COUNT Jail in Newfane today to
await trial
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-10
ooNsCRIPTs LEAVE STATE.
Windsor County Sends It's First Con-
tingent TO Aver, Mass.

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Sept.
20 The first 80 men called from Wind
ynr county on the selcctive draft for
gervico in the new national army left
this place il lots Of 10 men each, Sept.
;, g and :, for Camp Devens, Aver, Mass.
The following men were called:
sept 9Th: ~ x. 6. Fitzgerald. Nor
Weh. Elmer r. Wilkins, Weston; Ar
thur Nachon, Thomas Trebeck, Harry
+ Douglas, Harry p. Smart, David
r. Linekin, Claude T. Barber, Wilfred
a. Dashucr. Springfield; NJ. A. New
ton, rclchvillc.
sept. G;--lohn l.. Atrock, Harry lie
clair, Windsor; George +. Nutting
lIartland; Walter McCoburh, Harold NJ
Hunt. Windsor; w. II. Tetrault, West
Windsor; Arthur j. Eagan, Windsor
Dean H. Bradley, North Hartland: Oil
Yer ~ Murphy, lIartland; Mark i
rloof, Windsor.
SEPT William W. Bowden, Fran
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-10
FARMERS GENERALLY
ACCEPT 1920 WHEAT
Only Objection Of Consequence Is in
North Dakota, Where Demand Is
Made for SO.

WASHINGTON. Sept l0.-The price OF
$500 bushcl for wheat fixed by Presi-
ont Wilson will be maintained II was
made clear Nv the food administration,
,lcepitc isolated protests from farming
interests that the figure i too low
Virtually the only objection Of any con-
feemence. II was said, has arisen in North
Dakota. where the crop was unusually poor
North Dakota farmers are demanding
81 r bushcl for their wheat, and are ask
tna for removal of the food admlnstra
tons regulations designed To- prevent
speculation They particularly object to
restrictions against elevators storing grain
matc than thirty days
Dr Il \ Pearson, assistant TO the
secretary oi agriculture. is just back from
4 thin throughout the West with a report
that be- found ,hc wheat price generally
acceptable except in communities where
crops were far below normal
The result Of the price fixed, food adj
ministration officials say, is that the
farmer will receive about 80 per cent more
bushel that last year On the other hand
through arrangements made tor elmina-
ton 81 speculation and 20 control distribu-
ton, the consumer, they contend. should
obtain saving of az least 50 a barrel on
flour, or ~ per cent under the average oil
the last four months
Herbert Hoover. the food administrator
forcsccs some actual suffering among farm
cts in North Dakota and in localities IN
other states. whatever the price. The wheat
failure in some districts, hc said, means
that some growers lose money.
"fhc plan generally. he raid rs running
smoothly, except Tor the necessarily, ex
pected local Misunderstanding. and th,
food administration will not depart on'
iota from the prices determined on By tn,
President for government purchases either
now or throughout tho year. believ'
that the sense Of support shown the govern
meut iu dealing with the difficulties 0
war is an ample guarantee that wheat vii
now regularly 10 our consuming center
and ~ the allies
The arrangements made by the r?iI
roads permit their handling wheat NOR
taplGlv this year than last. So far tn
roads have been abc to take care of all tn
movement. and probably can continue (
do ~ until little later in the Fall
! w sullivan, who represented TIA
American Federation of Labor on til
wheat prIce.iixing committee, said that
The price vi wheat came mp again Tor II
view labor would demand a lower figure.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-10
SOLDIERS ARE DRILLING.
First Quota of New National Army Ac-
tive in Camp at Aver.

AVER, Mass, Sept. l0.-Regular mil
itary training began today for the .
900 men in Camp Devens, selected as
the first > per cent of the New England
quota of the national army. Members
of the 303d field artillery, comprising
men from Maine and New Hampshire
today were given their overcoats. May
or Beckwith of Dover, n. H., has been
assigned to Battery ID of this regiment.
1t was announced today that Gov. Nc
Call would pay his first official visit to
Camp Devens tomorrow. He will be
the guest of Maj. Gen. Hodges and will
review the 30lst and 302d infantry reg
iments. which are made up of Massa-
chusetts men.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-10
FRENCH MINISTRY UNIFORMED.
Owing to Opposition Premier Ribot
Gives UP the Task.

PARIS, Sept. Premier Ribot late
last evening gave up the task of en-
deavoring to reform his ministry owing
to the refusal of the members of the So
cialist party to collahorate with him.
A settlement of the ministerial crisis
by the formation of new ministry
under NJ. Ribot had been expected to-
might NJ Ribot with this idea in view
got to work early this morning and by
noon had had conferences with Minister
of Marine Channel, Minister of Wa.
Painleve and Minister of Munitions
Thomas. During the afternoon NJ. Ri
bot had further conferences with othol
persons in an endeavor to harmonic the
situation, but apparently without sue
cess
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-10
GIRLS HANDLE BAGGAGE.
Come to Passengers Help When Men
Go On Strike

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Sept. TO- =
Men clerks. girls and porters aided in
moving baggage at the st. Paul Union
depot when 20 baggagemen struck.
Because of the small space allotted
to the baggage department and the big
tourist business the depot was threat
ened with congestion of trunks, snit-
cases and parcels. Many travellers ar
irving at the last minute were unable
to have their trunks placed on the same
trains they took unless they shifted the
baggage themselves.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-10
YEARS BREAD IN GERMANY.
Food Board Head Says Supply Is
Assured.

AMSTERDAM, Sept 1O.-Hcrr Won
Wadow, president of the German food
regulation board. is quoted in Berlin adj
vices as declaring in statement to the
press that the supplies of bread grain
for Germany for the entire year arc as
sured. The prospect of the potato har-
vest is satisfactory. and the harvest will
be considerably better than that OF last
year, while the supply of fruits and
vegetables has recently improved Plans
have been made for the seizure of u
milk products.
With complete certainty it ma be
anticipated that the difficulties Of the
fourth year of the war will be over
come concludes the statement.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-10
WEST BRATTLEBORO.

The regular meeting of the Philathea
class of the Baptist church will be held
Wednesday afternoon in the vestry.
Members are requested to come EARL SO
that the entire afternoon may be de-
voted to Red Cross work
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-10

els @. Burns, Norman II. Carr, w. r.
Junction; Allen w. Pitkin, Quechee;
Timothy NJ. Flynn, W. r. Junction;
Charles j. Johndro, William J. Moore,
Leon A. Barnes, Bethel; Eugene A. AL
lard, Harold D. Rutherford, Woodstock.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-10
DEATHS.

IN Brattleboro, Sept. 9, Thomas 7.
Smith, IS.
In BrattIeboro, Sept. s, George \.
Thomas, 80.
In Winchester. y H., Sept. ), Mrs
Helen (Buffum) Evans, widow of Ear
Evans, NJ. ID.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-10

From communications received at the
st. Johns consulate it is evident that tao
impression still prevails in many parts o.
the United States that a passport is needed
TO enter Canada Such is not the ease
however American tourists are free t,
come and go, and no restrictions are i'm
posed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-10
A Joke on Her.

Bix-Did you hear the joke | played
on my wife!
Dix-Not unless YOU refer to .-our
getting her to marry you.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-10

Complaint is made in Washington that
President Wilson has taken no steps ant
president into his confidence, and that
serious consequences might result in al
emergency
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-10
ONLY ONE SURVIVOR.
Schooner from Nova Scotia Destroyed
by Submarine

PARRSBORO, n. s., Sept. l0.-News
has been received here of the destruc
tion by German submarine of the
Nova Scotia schooner Mana Queen
with the loss of all but one of her crew.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-10
Wonld Like to. Though.

Teacher Name a bird besides Il
ostrich that doesn't fy
Bright Boy-The iailbird
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-10

Forty per cent, of the estimated avail
able water power OF the United States IS
located in the Pacific coast states
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-10
MARRIAGES.

In Brattleboro, Sept. s, by Rev. E. Q.
8. Osgood, George F. Bigelow and Miss
Rhea G.. Dunklee, both of Brattleboro.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-10
Of Course.

Jones has invented a machine to lay
the dust
His object being to raise it, | sup
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-10

In Turkey it is unlawful to seize man 5
for debt, and sufficient land to
support him is also exempt from seizure.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-10

A. woman with a soul for poetry rarely
has taste for clothes.
The Home news., 1917-05-11
SHORTAGE OF STORM RUBBERs.

The recent bad weather has brought to light the fact that there is a shortage of rubbers, says the Baltimore News. Folks who hastened to the nearest shoe or department shop for storm rubbers when the snowstorm hove in sight discovered in many cases there were no rub bers to be had, storm or otherwise. In other stores small sizes could be obtained, but the man or woman with feet of average or slightly more than average size, as a rule was greeted with the information that "we're out of your number at pres ent, and I don't know when we'll have them in again ?"
 SThe reason ?" wholesale rubber jobber repeated. ''They simply didn't make lem. Most of the rubber goods, you see, are made in New England. It also happens that the largest number of munition factories are up there, and they pay big wages and are consequently taking the help away from the rubber factories"
The Home news., 1917-05-11
LAUGHED AT PNEUMONIA IDEA
Lord Strathcona Had Not Thought for Illness When Business Interests
 Made Their Supreme Call.

As has been aptly said, Lord Strathcona was "studiously careless" about his health. His chief af1ic- ton was "colds," and it is wonder that, through his imprudences, they did not lead to serious illness.
 An old Montreal friend, M. c. R. Hosmer, who is quoted in MT. Beckles Wilson's 'Iife of Lord Strathcona,' recalls a typical inci- dent that happened nearly twenty years ago.
 Lord Strathcona was declared to be very i'll and threatened with pneumonia. His private car was or dered to be got ready for trip to Florida. He learned suddenly that his presence might be useful in Win- nipeg, where the Manitoba school question had come to the front. Without saying word to his doctor or to anyone, he ordered his car to be attached to the Winnipeg train, and off he went. Lady Strathcona was greatly alarmed, and came to my office the next morning. l was then general manager of the Cana dian Pacific Railway telegraphs. We found out that he was as far as the north side of Lake Superior at the time, and that it was 30 degrees be- low zero there. The night after he arrived in Winnipeg he gave ban- quet to the bishop of St. Boniface.
 When he returned to Montreal, I spoke to him of how deeply con- cerned, not to say alarmed, Lady Strathcona had been. He smiled and said, "Yes, l remember that cold morning. l had to break the ice in the pitcher when l got up."- Youths Companion.
The Home news., 1917-05-11
ENeLAND's RUSTY WINDOWS.

At his farewell to Eton the other day, Doctor Lyttleton said that one of the reforms on which he prided himself was that he had got IS of the chapel windows open; "and he want ed them to note that these windows had been shut for four hundred and fifty years" It is a concise apologue of the time.-London Observer.
The Home news., 1917-05-11

A surveyor from the State Highway Department will be here Tuesday to complete the survey for the new proposed rock road from Fakes to Fair Oaks and which extends two miles north and two south from McCrory.
 'These eggs are strictly freshr You are quite sure?"
 "Yes, sir. The chef boiled them for himself and hadn't time to eat them, sir"