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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-31
LONDONDERRY.

Mrs. George Babbitt and daughter of
Mrs. Abbie Marden.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shorey and daughter,
Dorothy, of Brattleboro were guests of
Mrs. Shorey's mother, Mrs. Kate Childs,
last week.
Mrs. Herbert Williams s mother, Mrs.
Pike of Brattleboro, and her cousin,
Miss Vial of Gardner, Mass, are visit
ing her.
The Congregational society had its
annual Old Home week dinner Wednes-
day, Aug. 30. There was ball game
and other sports.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Hannum Of Troy,
n. Y, were at F. NJ. Leonard's last
week. Lawrence Leonard returned to
Lake st. Catherine with them.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Shattuck went
| to Keene, n. H., Monday night, called
| there on account of the death of theil
granddaughter by drowning, Miss Rose
Shattuck, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Rollin Shattuck.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Rowe Strong, Mis-
Mildred Strong and Robert Charlton
of Springfield, Miss Hazel Richardson
of Chester, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Cory
Ray and Bert Rounds, and Wayne Me
Weigh of Brattleboro attended the pla,
Friday evening and called on oil
friends.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-31
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

meeting Of the executive commit
tee for Armenian and Syrian relief viii
be held at $50 tonight i'll ". 4. Shum-
way 5 office
There will be medal play handicap
at the Country club Monday, the en-
trance fee being one golf ball. Matches
may be played either morning or after
noon.
The Brattlcboro Mutual Aid associa-
ton is moving today from Canal street
to their new quarters in the house
owned BY the late Mrs. Phoebe E. Cool
edge on Harris place.
The free kindergarten will open Sept.
10. Miss Ruth T. Dewitt will teach as
assistant to Miss Mary F. Fits, in
! place Of Mrs. G. H. Thompson, resigned
in Franklin, Conn, after a 10 days 'grl
a carload of soldiers from Fort Ethan
Allen went through Brattleboro this
morning, the car being attached to the
owl train. Among them were four
Company | mon, and their destination
was said TO be New Haven, Conn.
Miss Florence NJ. Wellman, supervisor
of graded schools will be in the office of
the Main Street building Saturday, Sept.
/ /, from to 1gaa M. and ? to SIP. M;
Il also Monday, Sept. 3, from $50 to II
IAN new pupils should register OH one of
Ithese days. Pupils who have been tn
tored during the summer will be given
denominations to work off conditions
II Adv. 1866
Mademoiselle Normandin, II Reed
ST., will begin Sept. 10 the teaching OF
French (Parisian French). Specia
price if two or more pupils together
EAdv. 152-15S'
Be sure to read the Public Market ad
vertisement. ADV. Is
Dance at Henry Migrants tonight Isl
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-31

steamship carrying a unit Of the Amcri-
can medical corps to Europe for serv-
Ice smashed the periscope Of a subma-
rine with her guns and averted her own
destruction is told III letter received
here hy Dr.. ]. IN Morrow from his son,
IL. Earl Morrow
1T was just after breakfast and |
was standing att, writes DR.. Morrow
"When ! suddenly saw periscope
emerge 800 yards astern. Before | could
shout warning our chief gunner had
espied the periscope and opened fire
His first shot struck and smashed If Il
pieces. 1t sank and we did not see il
or the submarine again
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-31
Photoplay Attractions.

The Empire today presents Nine. Of
"a rctroya in The Black Butterfly, q
iive.aa drama, also Ruth Roland in
The Neglected Wife, in two acts. To
morrow The faint uf Fear. Toto Of the
Byways. and The High Diver i Curse,
are booked.
Today at the Princess Mary Piekford
will he seen for the last time in the
great patriotic photoplay Of American
independence, The Little American,
with special music i'll the evening by
the orchestra. Tomorrow the Para
mount feature, The Cost Of Hatred, will
be shown, also a good comedy.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-31
PROBING FALSE CLAIMS.
District Exemption Board Finds Cases
of Alleged Misrepresentation.

MONTPELIER, Aug. 81. - In the
investigation of many of the affidavits
made by claimants for exemption the
federal district board for Vermont is
finding that many of the claims are
made without foundation and the board
may, at the end of its deliberations,
turn these cases over to the federal
authorities for prosecution.
Members of the board, who suspend
ed work last week, yesterday resumed
their study of the cases before them
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-31
WARDSBORO.

J. NJ. Gleason, who has been visiting
his nephew, j. Z. Gleason, accom-
panied his grand-nephews, Martin and
James Gleason, to see their sister, Mrs.
Lucia Gleason Holcomb, in Southwick
Mass, last week, going from there to
Boston.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-31
$100
IN GOLD

and it was announced last night that
probably the certification of many
names in Bennington county, the Fair
Haven district of Rutland and Frank
lin county would be made today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-31
GAVE SAILING DATES,
Three German Spies Convicted of This
Offense in Norway.

CHRISTIANIA, August 81. = Three
German spies have been convicted at
Bergen for supplying information to sub
marines regarding the sailing times of
vessels which later were torpedoed
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-31
Up-to-Date Wedding Gifts.

1Well, what sort of wedding presents
did You get. girhe-the usual assortment
of berr spoons and pickle forks
mot on. your esteemed hfe. l. got a
[saek of pbtRlptk, follr dozell fresh eggs, a
peck of onions, and Liberty Bond
Louisville Courier Journal
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-31
AMERICANS SEE U-BoAT SUNK.

Member of Medical Corps Writes of
Ships Close Call
PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 81. - How a
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-07-05
Women, by Exercising Thrift, Can Do
Much Toward Winning War
By S. w. STRAUS
President American Society for Thrift

The women Of America WELD powerful patriotic influence in
the present Crisis War and waste make all the necessary
hce of thrift The housewife largely controls budget and
expenditures and the millions
dollars for the good We wasting $OOOOOOO year
kitchens alone.
In England and Germany not foot of ground going In
and ITALY, too the conditions much the Thrift
the stern necessity of and in this respect the
United States will play important part than will the
Our neghbor, Canada has learned the of times
thrift of utilizing and conserving every and of rnouncng
it's little uxues cheerfy that will not be forgotten through genera
lions of peace and prosperity
throughout the wearing their gowns
that the styles of 1914 better form than the fashions
They learning how to cook and buy economically And this
matter of cooking and buying coming to be nationwide
thrift has been launched in Toronto and thrift
have been established schools and churches throughout the CITY,
Mrs Caroline Burns demonstrating economical cooking at ten of these
centers.
At the opening of the first Mrs said % and economy
not the penalty but the privilege of patriotism Waste crime
does not succeed in business he looks for leaks They
from undue extravaganza judgment and ignorance buying Bad
buying the root of extravaganza just bad cooking leads to waste
The need for busnese housekeeping and thrift imperative for
saving dollars the mems lives 10 the
falling the conservation of the nations food supply and the
seeing that money thus saved goes into the oans
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-07-05
UNREST GROWING !, AMONG GERMANS

time limit for bringing Great Britain
into a frame of mind to discuss peace.
In the correspondents last informal
conversation with DR.. Alfred thinner
mann, head Of the foreign Office, few
hours before news of the rupture Of
relations with the United States was
received in Berlin, the minister, who
was on tenterhooks to know what the
United States would do, declared i'm
pulsively:
IF the United States will only keep
hands off and let us alone, two or
three months will be enough"
Then, noticing the correspondent
prick up his ears at the foreign office
use of the stock phrase of the ruth
lessness advocates, he quickly amend
ed his estimate.
"Say six MONTHS" he said, and then
reading a further query in the CORE
spondent's eyes, added:
swell, let US not fix any definite
time"
Doctor Zimmerman then went. on
with the argument that England and
the entente quickly would be made
amenable to the peace idea if the
United States would only refrain from
breaking relations or declaring war In
consequence of the proclamation Of
the unrestricted submarine campaign.
German naval writer's for some time
have been preparing their readers for
a possible falling off in the monthly
figures Of tonnage destroyed by sub
marines. Many Of them furnish the
advance explanation that, If it hap
pens, it will be due largely to the alb
sence of vessels to torpedo, or, in some
articles, to the results of British meth
DDS. No mention of any increase in
losses of submarines Is made.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-07-05

kinds of follies have been permitted.
Instead of real honor to the nation the
day has been made an occasion for
gain. People have made for themselves
hardship in a vain attempt to have
more noise than their neighbors make.
Fitting Celebrations.
But we rejoice in the change to be
noticed in the way Of observing the
nations birthday. People are begin
ming to see that noise is not patriotic
and that the youth of the present need
a better ideal Of Independence day.
In most of the large cities men Of
prominence and foresight are arrang-
ing for public games. What could be
more fitting for the nations birthday ?
We should be a nation of athletes
there is no day better than July for
arousing the latent strength Of man.
hood or exhibiting what is already de-
veloped. Surely the parks should ring
with the best music our bands can
produce. Men gifted with power to
sway the multitudes should this day
tell what the nation stands for and
pay tribute to those who are
Slow to smite and swift to spare,
Gentle and merciful and just!
Who, in the fear of God, do bear
The sword of power, a nations trust.
Today we are in need Of patri-
otism as great as that Of '76. The oc-
casion is different and the problem re-
quires greater wisdom in it's solution.
It is a satisfaction to remember that
the national sword has never been
lifted in conquest. The glory Of the
starry flag is that she is an emblem OF
freedom of conscience, religion and
civil liberty. Except in the cause of
humanity she has never been in battle.
Not all that has been done under her
is worthy of praise, but it is safe to
say that few nations have a more unt
selfish record.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-07-05

| When she heard that they Were
Americans, then she beamed with con.
tent. It seemed an earnest Of the aid
that was coming, and evidently con-
vinced the good woman that the Unit.
ed States had declared war far more
wildly than anything she had read or
| heard said.
The military spirit is strong in this
NEW band Of fighters for France. A
salute and permission is asked from
the lieutenant to go and buy ciga-
rettes at the shop, 20 yards away. al
though the camions were all now
parked in an irreproachable line and q
halt was being taken. At previous
halt, when the officer Of the day was
deciding which road he should take,
and every driver had got down for a
few minutes, great was the discussion
whether a cigarette could be smoked,
| the 'antis" holding that they were on
duty, when smoking is barred, while
the "pros" agreed that halt was a
break in the service.
Military Etiquette Observed.
The captain Of the center, who was
conducting the New York Suns CORE
spondent to see the convoy at practical
| work, passed by the drivers several
times, and this brought up the question
whether he should be saluted every
time or treated as being on duty with
them, when the first salute at meeting
would suffice.
But there was deeper question that
each was eager to discuss. Were they
doing the best they could for their
own country and for France? Should
they be where they were, or ought
they to be in their own country offer
ing it their services directly? They all
| had served with the American ambul
lance sections at the front, and have
all succeeded in becoming heads of sec1
tons. This experience has taught
them a useful knowledge of the French
language. Several have lived years
in France and know the language thor
oughly. 1t has taught them much about
the French army and trench warfare|
and given them already a valuable
training. They wonder whether tney
are using this training to the best adj
vantage or whether they ought to be
at home, where armies are forming
and men with their qualities are being
needed. Meanwhile they are working
hard and acquiring further training,
which will assuredly make them valu-
able officers for the first American
troops to take the field in France.
This first class of 10, training at
Meaux to become transport officers. is
composed Of Charles Freedom, Cali
fornia; Allan Muir, Philadelphia !;
Henry Iselin, Paris; George Struby,
Denver; A. Douglas Dodge, New York /;
B. Read, New Jersey; William Blge-
low, Boston; w. II. Wallace, Rye,
N. Y; A. Henderson, New York; ID.
Barton, H. Houston, Philadelphia {;
BOWS Durham, Boston; S. Colford,
New York; Thomas Dougherty, Phila-
delphia; Ralph Richmond, Walton,
Mass.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-07-05
As U-Boat Toll Decreases the
People Show Signs of
Dissatisfaction.
GLOWING PROMISES FAIL
England Shows No Signs of Weaken
ing, but Seems More Determined
to Prosecute War More Bit
terIy Than Ever.

openhagen.-Private advices from
Germany tell Of growing dissatisfac-
ton among the people at large with
the political results of the ruthless
submarine campaign and the absence
of any indications that it has brought
the desired peace near to hand.
During their long campaign for the
unrestricted use of submarines the adj
vocates Of the measure made very def
mite promises of immediate results.
1.-TWO or three months" was the phrase
used everywhere in street and news
paper arguments in regard to the time
it would take to bring England to her
knees, ready for peace. Even though
the official propaganda since has de-
clared the government bound itself to
no particular time to produce results,
the prediction that they would be OBJ
tanned in two or three months has re-
manned in the minds of the people.
Grumblings are now heard that, al
though four months have passed, Eng
land shows no signs Of weakening, but,
on the contrary, seems determined to
prosecute the war more bitterly than
ever.
Reports of France Discredited.
Statements that France has been
''bled white" and will be forced to re-
tire from the war have been made so
often that they no longer attract the
slightest credence. The entry of the
United States and Brazil into the war
and the rupture of relations between
Germany and the bulk of the neutral
world outside Europe are now taken
seriously and regarded with gloom.
Questions have been recently asked
the correspondent by Germans here,
not in official positions, who are dis
gruntled over the results Of the sub
marine campaign up to the present
time, with regard to what would be
the effect in the United States If the
submarine warfare were abandoned.
The government, however, shows no
signs of weakening and is now en-
gagged in a vigorous publicity cam
paign to bolster up the waning conf
dence at home and quiet the COM
plants of neutrals.
1t is q matter Of knowledge to the
correspondent that at least one men,
Der OF the German government re-
fused to commit himself to any definite
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-07-05
AMERICANS TRAIN
FOR CONVOY WORK

week under two veteran quartermas.
tiers, who see that the hour allotted is
well employed.
Sunday is day Of rest, or would
be, only that many-fn fact, all-f1nd
1t necessary to catch up the weeks
work, read up notes, make or finish
diagrams and such things, which they
have had only the time to do hur-
riedly during the week.
The course is really an intensive
course" somewhat forced, as 1t is
hoped that after three weeks study
the Americans will be prepared for ex-
aminations which will allow them to
be made sublieutenants in the trans
port service and be put In charge Of a
section Of so men. Five weeks is the
time allowed their French comrades
for the same work.
Everyone knows what automobile
transportation means in modern war
fare, and it's importance has been plain
to the least military mind ever since
it saved Verdun. A section Of 80 Amer
leans is already at work at the front
conducting camiOnS moving ammuni-
ton from railhead to the ammunition
stations, and the new school at Meaux
will provide Americans to officer these
sections and the new ones that will
follow If Pratt Andrew, inspector gen.
eral Of the American field service in
France" is justified in his hope Of see
ing a hundred men arrive each week
from the States for this service.
American Flag on the Gate.
The officers in charge Of the auto
mobile instruction center at Meaux
(there are other schools for drivers,
mechanics, etc.,, from Colonel Borsch-
mex down, are all keenly interested in
the coming of the Americans, and the
colonel spoke highly of the serious way
they had settled down to work. The
gate into the camp Of 16 barrack
sheds has an American flag on one
post and French one on the other.
When the New York Suns CORE
spondent visited the school recently,
the convoy was sent to the village of
Crecy, where all the trucks were to
be parked in the market place drawn
up side by side, close together, at an
angle to the main road so that they
could be started off again without de-
lay). The little village seemed sad
and deserted as the convoy arrived,
as do most French villages these days,
with nothing but aged men, women
and children at home. But it woke up
as the trucks numbered in and took
up their appointed places.
"Are they English?" asked a woman
who appeared at her shop door.
moi"
'"Then they are Russians"
"Neither!'
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-07-05
THE BELL RINGER.
(July. 177s.)

July, 1776.)
The grizzled ringer, stern and tense
From dragging hours Of grim suspense,
Sighed as he leaned against the wall;
Below, where still the throng was dense,
The thrall Of silence held them all.
'They will not sign!" the old man said;
The July sunshine, hot and red,
Beat blindingly on street and square
Yet, though he knew it not, o'erhead
What mighty portents filed the air!
Provision of a nations birth,
OF words that should engirdle earth
Swift borne upon aerial wings,
Smite tyranny's embattled girth,
And shake the very thrones OF kings.
And then a sudden voice out sang
Ring! Ring!" The eager ancient
sprang,
And swayed and swung the iron tongue
That flung its far resounding clang
AS to the quivering rope he chung.
Harki-still its echoes sweep and SVEN
Up every height, through every deH'
Beneath our blessed arc or sky
o ringer of our freedom bell,
Ring ever, lest nation die!
Clinton Scollard, in New York sun
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-07-05
Seminary Graduates
Fast Leave for War.


New York.-Only 20 of 43
members of the graduating
class of Union Theological
seminary were here at the COM
mencement to receive their
diplomas. The others had joined
the colors.
OF the classes Of 1917 and
1918 Of the seminary, IL men
] lad gone as chaplains, ten to
the 7. NJ. G. A. field service, six
to Plattsburg, either as student
officers or to do spiritual work,
and four were in Europe with
Rev. DIR. Thomas G. Hall.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-07-05
Bill and his men" should occasion war

Bill and his men" should occasion war
rant.
Mother Kuhn recounts how she and
neighboring woman, before whose
house the Stars and Stripes were fly
ing were ordered to take down the
flag, and emphatically refused and la
conically remarks, 'the flag stayed
up"
Vibrant with patriotic fervor, al
though in her ninetieth year, Mrs.
Kuhn deplores the horrors of war and
its suffering, and, having keen mem
CRY, tells of living adjacent to Daniel
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-07-05
BARBARA FRIETcHIE' DEFIANT
Mrs. Julia Kuhn of Pennsylvania, De-
fender of sold Glory" Would
Dare Kaiser.

Carlisle, PA second Barbara
Frietchie" is discovered in Mrs. Julis
Kuhn of Boiling Springs, Pa, who in
1868 defied the troops of Fitz Hugh
Lee TO lower "Old Glory" and who de-
clares. although of German extraction,
that she'd do the same thing TO KAISER
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-07-05
Alligator Put to Work.

Trenton, N. 1.-THE alligator which
jes lays round all day, hereafter must
do his bit" A. G. Brewer, Trenton's
city engineer, is going to attach a rope
to his neck and put him to work clear
ing the city's underground bitches.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-07-05
Contagious Diseases Big Factor in High
Death Rate in Early Years
By E. B. MUMFORD. M. D.

contagious diseases of infancy and childhood are big factors IN
the high death during the early years of life Measles mump
ccenpox dhher whoong cough scarlet fever and smallpox are
the most common contagious Diseases while nnte paralysis and
cerebro-spina meningitis less frequently.
these transmitted directly from one patient to
another through of the and throat with the exception
smallpox chckenpox which be carried the abs
The scales of scarlet not contagious Few any OF the
diseases are through the air. they often transmitted by
third party such physician Direct contact with the sick
is almost always necessary
of these diseases would be easily accomplished by soa-
ton patient not that hem measles scarlet eVer
whoopng contagious state several days before dag
nos However, diagnosis is made the patent
bou put a all other members OF the family ana
all attendants should special gown while the room and WASH
their hands well with soap and water aferward
Sunlight fresh the best nfeants all the diseases
with exception of tuberculosis quickly killed by these elements
Science has not found preventive for measles scarlet
fever nant paralysis mumps chcenpox but whopg cough can
helped by the the specific vaccine smallpox ana Vpno W
be vaccination and ceebropnal enngs can M
aided by The treatment OF nfant paralysis Is m
unsatisfactory.