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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-20

mentioned, yet on the other hand Il
is not very difficult after little ex-
perience to capture it by trolling and
skittering' When this method is
employed the bait usually consists of
a "piece of perch belly minnow or
a small frog, all of which prove to be
very successful lures. Locality, how
ever, sometimes makes a difference in
the particular bait which it is best to
use, but the local fishermen are usually
well posted upon this point, to nicetv.
The pickerel will also rise to the
artificial fly and they seem to prefer,
on most occasions, flies Of the larger
and brighter varieties. Fishing through
the ice for pickerel in the winter
months is a great sport and generally
yields fine return of fish. At such
times Give minnow is the custom
arr and best bait to use.
As a food fish the pickerel ranks
well, although it has numerous small
hair bones (not unlike the shady
but these are readily removed when
the fish is cooked. 1t has a pleasant
flavor the flesh is very white, firm and
tlaky and it can be cooked in a number
Of different ways to suit the taste of
the individual or family. Pickerel run
from foot to over two feet in length
and 1t IS not uncommon, especially in
winter, to catch some that weigh up
to three and even four pounds; the
average size caught in this section of
New England vary from one pound to
one and one-half pounds
1t Is a scale fish and can be skinned
or scaled, as the fancy dictates, but
when the fish is to be baked or boiled
1t is preferable to scale it, as the flesh
remains frmer and holds together much
better than if the fish was skinned.
Eight to 10 piekerel will furnish a
sumptuous meal for seven or eight per
sons and sometimes there will be enough
left over to make a very palatable fish
hash for breakfast or a MONDAY meal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-20
ANOTHER PARALYSIS CASE.
Second Child of Morris Woodland III
With Disease in Waterbury.

WATERBURY, March 20. - The
sixth case of infantile paralysis devel
opcd in town when a second child of
Morris Woodland became i'll. Mr. Wood
ard lives in the old "tannerv house. =
The boy, John, about five, has been hav-
ing facial trouble which since other
cases came out, caused the belief that
II was paralysis, and physician S dag
nosis confirmed this belief. The other
sister, about seven, became affected in
her hip. Both are light eases.
Kenneth SOmerville. who is duaran-
tined, is comfortable and is simply in
bed because the doctors believed il was
best for him TO stay there not from any
seriousness of the case. There is a lit
tie trouble with the left leg, which is
expected to fnllv recover.
Reports that the disease has been con
tracted through the Waterbury public
library are erroneous. To satisfy the
public the trustees and Librarians have
examined the files and find that no
book has been taken out during the
school year in any of the affected homes
except the Somerville family. Because
Of being at Montpelier Master Kenneth
has had only two books recently taken
out and those have been DESTROYED.
This dispels this idea which on Fri
day and Saturday seemed quite preva
lent. The library was closed at once by
the trustees at the first discovery of
the disease, before any order to that eff
feet was received from state board of
health.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-20
A NECESSARY STEP

ia the right direction il taken when
our services rs undcrtakers are rcquis-
toned
We offer these TO all who desire that
the preparation for burial embalming
aud iuterment of the departed should
bc according to the most approved
method and in good taste.
Our experience as
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
and knowledge of our profession en-.
ables MS 20 perform all duties salts.
factorilv.
Moran & Rohde
Embalmers and Funeral Directors
Phone sra W 81 Main st. Brattleboro
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-20

Fred A. Adams has bought Ford
automobile
j. W. Field is serving as grand Juror
in Greenfield
Mrs. G. +. Williams entertained tho
auction bridge club Monday afternoon
Miss Viola Haven has been SPENDING
her two-weeks vacation in Worcester
Mrs. Ellen Stebbins spent last week
IN Orange with Mr.. and Mrs. H. G.
Gates.
The Red Cross first aid branch has
secured Library hall for its class. The
first lesson will be at o clock Wednes.
day evening.
The senior class of Mount Hermon
had banquet in Hotel Mortified SAT
urday night and entertained friends
from the seminary.
The Boys Brigade basketball team
played team from Mount Hermon in
Skinner Gymnasium Friday night. The
Hermon team was victorious IS to Is,
The Mortified Brotherhood will meet
III the Congregational church Wednes-
day evening and will elect officers. 4
special speaker has been engaged for
the evening.
The PhilOmathean society of Hermon
was entertained by the Forum of the
seminary at Marquand hall Saturday
at supper and for the evening. The
Tau ri of the seminary entertained the
Pierian society of Hermon at Reveu
hall Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Davis Of
In
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. f. A. Davis
Mr.. Davis has been agricultural instruc-
tor in the Marlboro high school two
wears and will now undertake agricul-
ture on his father S farm.
The public school authorities were in
a quandary as to giving the senior
class permission to start on its trim ia
Washington Friday. Consent fnally
was given on condition that thew would
start for home Tuesday, March 90. On
account of the strike conditions it was
feared they would have difficulty in
travelling.
The board of selectmen and officials
of the Greenfield Electric Light &
Power company held a hearing in the
town hall Saturday afternoon. Poles
Tor electric nights TO Mortified Farms
are TO be set up and all those on whose
land the poles are to be placed were
asked to be at this meeting to enter
any complaint
The ways and means committee OF
the Red Cross met in the home &C Mrs
ii. B. DeWolf Friday morning with
Mrs. c. {. Steams as chairman. The
committee purposes to raise $3.50 in
the following way: Thirteen women
representing the months of the wear
are each TO subscribe s each and each
to secure four other women or men who
represent the four weeks OF the month
who will suhcribe 80 cents, then each
OF these women or men, 50 in number
Will each secure seven others who will
renrcsent the DAYS of the week and
who viii give % cents each. Thus each
of the original Is women will be the
means of collecting So This sum viii
go to the county Red Cross treasurer
Mr.. Root of Greenfield, for the work
of the branches in the county.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-20

SACKS had been ripped open with
Knlfe. Capt. Benson said the rob-
nery must have been done by some one
faml1ar with the location of the of
hclal mail. The Saxonia sailed from
London in February and made two
stops, Plymouth and Halifax. She had
70 passengers. AS late as Saturday,
when the vessel was within 600 miles
OF New York, the mails were intact,
the captain said.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-20
MAILS ROBBED AT SEA.
Official Papers Taken from the Cunard
Liner SaXonia

NEW YORK, March 20.-Twent--
six mail bags addressed to Washing
ton and the British embassy at Wa
lngton were found to have been rifed
en- ard the Culard liner Saxonia
upon her arrival here yesterday. The
vessel brought 1850 sacks, but only
those containing the official mail were
disturbed. Postal inspectors who
boarded the ship at quarantine in re-
spouse to wireless message from the
captain, We're informed the looted
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-20
FAMILY DOCTORS
GOOD ADVICE
To Go On Taking "F:uit-a-tiVes
Because They Did Her Good
RoCHoS, JAN. 18th. 1915,

RoCHoN, JAN. l4th, 1915.
vi suffered for many years with ter
rible Indigestion and Constipation. I
had frequent dizzy spells and became
greatly run down. A neighbor advised
me to try "Fruit-a-tives". did SO and
to the surprise of my doctor, l began
to improve. and he advised me to go on
with "Fruit-a-tives".
consider that owe my ..'e to Fruit.
a.tives" and ! want TO say to those who
suffer from Indigestion, Constipation Oh
Headaches-'try Fruit-a-tives' and you
willgetwell". CORINE GAUDREAU.
soc. a box, for $50, trial size, 25c.
Atall dealers or sent postpaid by Fruit.
a-tives Limited, Ogdensburg, Ny.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-20
NORTHFIELD. MASS.
Charles 8. Warner a Candidate

Charles 8. Warner, chairman of the
Mortified Republican town committee.
is one of the three candidates to repre-.
sent this district at the primaries for
the state constitutional convention
Tuesday, May 3. The other candidates
are f. s. Hall and H. S. Ames of
Orange. Mr.. Warner has a petition
for his candidacy signed bv 40 voters
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-20

If, seeing evil, we pass by on the
other side, how shall the waste places
of the earth be cleaned or the wilder
ness break forth into song
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-20

W. IL. LANE. M. d. III Main 81, owe,
Perry $ store. Hours; ! TO g. and 10 s D
a. sundays by appointment Phone. 7Sg.W
Residence, Belmont Ave. Phone. 7Bg.R
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-20

DR., 4, X. LYNCH Surgeon. Office. Park
Bldg, rooms, I and 3, telephone, $40 Once
hours. until a. m, 2 TO g. and TO 9 o. m :
MelrVse hospital. telephone 2Ol. 8 70 10 g. m
Residence, l4l Canal ST., telephone III
sundays by appointment only.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-20
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Moran & Rohde
FLORENCE TRENpEIL

Teacher OF Ballroom Dancing.
Private and Groups Afternoons and Evenings
cottage street Phone 442- M
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-20
PRESIDENT At CAPITOL
TO SPEED UP LEGISLATION
Wants Calendar Cleared Of Admin.
istration Bills Before Next House
Comes Into Power.
GOES FULLY OVER PROGRAM
ConfcrS With Senate Steering Com
niittee and Urges Enactment Of
Measures Outlined in Opening Ad-
dress tn Congress Last December.


WASHINGTON. January io--In Am
effort Ia clear the Legislative calendar
of administration measures before The
next House. with questionable politi..al
status. comes into power. president
w iis"n conferred at the Capitol to-day
with the senate Steering Committees
For wv" hours he went over III" pro-
gram he outlined in his oncnin.. adj
dress I" Congress last December laying
particular stress upon the railroad
labor measures. He said that he still
desired enactment Of the whole pro-
gram before March 4. il possible.
In addition to revenue !cgislatiun the
President also urged action on .; cor
rupt practices bill. the Webb bill To
permit domestic corporations to main
tain collective foreign selling agencies.
watcr-powcr ard mineral Iand-lcaSinp
measures and the Porto liican citizen
ship bill.
Although there was no suggestion az
an extra session in case the President :
I. Senator Kern declared that the
thought in the minds of all was tina,
II would be much less difficult to cnac,
the measures to which the Democratic
party has been committed 1T this Sos
sion than in the next Congress-
The President expressed indignation
at reports published after his visit to
the Capitol yesterday that he would
veto one or both Of the watcr-puwcr
bills. Such false reports. lie said, only
serve to throw n monkey wrench IA
the legislative machinery"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-20
OC>A UNDER BoMBAUDMENT
OF TI:ITOSIC ARTILLERY

I Bv hssoriBt"d Press
pETROGItAp. january 10 Via Lon
don. British Admiralty. per Wireless
rreSs).--Thc town Of Ucna, on the rail
road line which virtually parallels a
considerable section Of tho front along
the Moldavian southwest frontier. has
been under bombardmcnt by the leu
tonic l.cavy artilicr". tho War Unicc
announced to-day. ASid" from other
commandments aud patrol operations.
there hav" br"n few activities along
tn" Roumuiian front. The statement
reads:
'E"umanian front: In the valleys Of
til" Rivers TrUtus aud oituz, tho
enemy heavy artillery homhardcd tho
town OF ocna and tn" village of Bor-
dancShti ON Tia" rest Of the front
there wcr" scouting rcconnoibsa
and infantry firing"
The statement reports that no events
of Importance have occurred on tho
Caucasus front.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-20
HWITISH WARSHIPS HuRRNINt.
INTO SOUTH ATLANTIC WATER
fKN Assocla,ed rrc.s |


NEW YORK, january l9.-Notwith-
standing the known activity OF Brit
ish warShps. eleven of which are hur-
ryinE from many directions into South
Atlantic waters in search OF the Ger
man commerce destroyer which sank
the Noltairc, Georgia and other entente
vessels. increased apprehension was
felt in marine circles to-day owing TO
undcnicd crcdcncc which the shipping
world in general has placed on over
night reports that the black raider
believed TO be the famous Mocwc, is
not opcra'ilG unassisted.
According To- these reports this fuSi-
tive raider carried several sets of ar
lnamcnt. and has furnished guns to at
least two OF her captive ships, the ST
Theodore ana tho Yarrowdalc. which
in turn became proving rovcrs The
Narrowdalc. british, Is reported to have
arrived al the Cape Verde Islands with
tho crews OF "igh, OF the SHIPS which
were sunk. Hey carly departure OH q
raidinE mission would cause sur
prise among shippers.
Reports as yet unconfirmcd. place
the present Whereabouts of the Moewc
"A considerable distance north of the
Ireland TO- Brazil sea lanes. where her
havoc was accomplished
Meanwhile the entente war vessels,
aside from hunting down an active
rading squadron, arc keeping Close
watch on several merchant vessels
suspected OF supplying the Moewe and
her allies with food. and "f assisting
them iii other ways.
AS a procaution against an Illegal use
OF Brazilian territory IS a base Of or
rraticns for the German SHIPS, por-
ton Of the Brazilian navy i maneuvcr-
Ing of that country.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-20
VIEWS ON PREPAREDNESS
Miirhrr> Committee Gives out Digest
NJ Expression OF Employers
Throughout Country.
INy Asaoetutcd Errss


NEW YORK, January ia digest
% tn" views Of employers throughout
the country OF preparedness aat tie
recent mobilization Of the National
Guard prepared by Mayer Mitchcls
committee GA uatioIul defense from
81 replies 10 questions submitted by
the committee. shows that there are
three things upon which there ~ sub
stantiai agreement among the en-
ploycrs, according 70 IA statement is
sued hero Tonight. The committee
states them as follows:
The coYutry must have adequate
military preparation.
'rhc National Guard system i. no,
satisfactory"
There must be in&ururated some
form OF universal training under l'cd-
cral control, so devised that all ciu-
zcns shall "ontrIhut" TO tho public dc
Tense. citi'er bE actual military service
or by bearing a fair share OF tho cost"
TN" report shows 2@S employers adj
vo"ntcd universal service or training
aud we're willing TO give time OF with
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-20
RAILROAD PROFITS SMALL
i.ess Thnn O Per Cent Melted IN 1910.
Although That Was Record
Year for Earnings

NEW YORK, January 4" Loss thau
per cent prof, was Melted by tho
railroads Of tho United states IN IaIG.
although ii was a record year fur .nrlI-
ings. according to u statement mad.
public lIcrc tonight 10y the railway
executives advisory committee In
creased costs Of material. rolling stock
and labor. arc held responsible for this
small yield on the total value at rail
road property used Ivy tho publi. dur
ing tho year. The statement given ont
by Francis H. Sisson. assistant to
Frank Trunlbull, chairman OF tho com
mittcc, said:
"Of the railroad dollar. moro than
81 cents won't to labor. almost II cents
for material and supplies, approximate
~ cents to taxes, more ;han cents
fur fuel and locomotive supplies. more
than cents for loss and damage an
proXimately 4 cents for leased roadg,
almost = cents for bettermcmts, almost
Is cents TO interest nrd debt, and bare
~ cents TO dividends and surplus.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-20
Return of Soldiers
Not Due to Politics
Glass Says il Such Condition
Existed, II Would Be Bot
on Virginia.
Special /" The Times Dispatch. J

Special IL The Times Dispatch
WASIllN,;rbN, January l?.--Rcprc-
scntativ" Garter Glass. in II letter he
wrui" Il Richmond citizen. and made
public here to-day, COMPATIBILITY de-
clarcd that politics had nothing what
ever t" do with the return home Of the
First Virginia Regiment. II it did. he
adds. il would bc Il blot on Virginia aud
her soldiers
The letter WAS written by Mir. Glass
in rcSpoiiS, to u request that he lIS, his
uilucnC" L" bring home the S"run /
Regiment, now "u the border. Mr.
Glass said that AMY Impression that the
Virginia congressional delegation in
.iuced ia, War Department 10 order
home til" First is entirely erroneous
lie added that congressman who wish
/. claim credit for tho return home of
they may rct out Of it. lie declares
that tia" US" Of political influence to
induce the return home OF the National
Guard would create an "intolcrablc
condition affecting the security Of this
country aud the honor Of tho national
guardSmcu themselves
Ait ,iass also stated that he declined
I" prcsen, Il petition To the Secretary
"f Wa, asking the return Of the Nr-
ginians. as in his Judgment such a pc
titiuu would have been Il discrcdit u"
Virginia
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-20
statement by Donald.
I5y Associated Tres,

7 Nv NSSorlatoU T'r",,-T
NEW YORK. January l!--Mr bona Id
mad" the following statement to-
night: II have operated twenty-five
ships under the American nay the
Norwegian flag and the British nag
AS far AS statements regarding tho
Chin"S" coolies are concerned. | have
never had in crews of any Of my ships
as many Chinese as 80 per cent Of the
total.
"On these vessels Chinese were en-
pioycd in tho fire room. especially in
the West Indian tradc--thc fruit trade
where competent white men cannot
be obtained to undertake work Of this
naIurc'
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-20
Won MACKENsEN CHECKED
IN HIS A0UMAN|AN DRIVE
Defending Forces Apparently More
Than Holding Their Own
on the Sercth.
QUIET IN OTHER THEATERs
Artillery BOmbhi1fIncnts and Patrol
Engagements Occupying Armies in
Other War Thcaters - German
Raid In Galicia FRUSTRATED


ARTILLERY bombardmcntS and patroI
engagements appear Ia he occupying
The armies Oh Tho intrcnchc,i war
fronts Of Europe Current GGcial com
nnuiqucs from tho capitals "r III" war.
ring nations mention No hard lighting.
except on the western front and IN
Moldavia
Australian gums are pounding at
ONca. "a railroad town III the TrotuS
Valley. according IL rctroErad In The
Suchi,Ha Valley. farther sou,hwnrd.
Russian attacks, Berlin SAYS. failed
with heavy losses
On the eastern emf of the front. ON
the Fokshani and Caiitz. there has
been no important activity, and Field
Marshal Won Mackcnscm apparently has
been checked inomcntarily AGAINST the
lin" Of tn" defenders or the Scrcth
ON IN" western frput, there have
been several patrol cngaccmcats alun.:
the British portion Of tho line on th"
remainder ~ the front tho opposing
artillery wings continue /" hammer
hostile trenches.
Near Hbor"w. IN Galica. a German
raid was frustrated 10y the Russians
who drove the invaders on, after they
had entered some trenches Nm Aus
trinm offensive near Ophachiasclla
south of Gorizia. on til. Carso. failed
under Italian artillery fire, Home re-
ports.
Three neutral vessels, tw" Spanish
and one Danish, have been sunk. am
announcement from Lon,iou says. and
ia addition Il Norwegian steamer is be
"A
sion. which the E'iiish Ministry of
Munitions fears was ATTENDED 10y con-
siderable loss "f life aud damage to
property. occurred on Friday IN "A inu-
uiti"u factory near London
pu IN. western from, tho quiet has
heon broken recently only by tho Brit
lsh activities north OF the Son,mc
which have resulted IN advances for
them recently near Bcaucourt-sur
Ancrc. Indications arc no, lacking.
however. that the present compara-
lively pacific conditions arc not Xix ~
/" endure long. and N This connection
tn" extreme southern sector Of tho
line is being closely watched
Tho French here occupy II consider
ahl" section - Aisac", tn" lighting line
t"uching rhc Swiss border between
H"liDrt and Basel Concentration OF
nasr,s of German troops across the
line from Easel has recent! been re-
ported III SWISS newspapers. and Il he
lici ~ said 10 exist IN Switzerland tina,
IA" Germans contemplate an offensive.
with the object uf freeing .ilsacc OF
tho invaders
The Swiss fcdcr1 council carly thy.
week. while expressing, confidence tina,
none oi the powers contemplated Il
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-20

nambuco. 1t is ,eported from that city
that she has returned To ST Vincent.
but the report lacks confirmation.
No official information has been OBJ
tanned in confederation OF the reported
arrival at ST. Vincent. Cape Verde Is
lanSS, Of the British steamship Var
rowdale. one of tho vessels captured
by tho raider which is supposed to have
on board the crews OF eight destroy cd
steamers.
From accounts SiNcr by men from
tho destroyed steamships rs published
in the newspapers ii appears that tho
raider has speed of about sixteen
knots. Tn" crews OF the French barks
Nantes and Asnicrcs which arrived at
Pcrnambuco on the hudson Maru. took
passage to-day OIL the Brazilian steam
ship Mnss Gcraes for Bahia. Brazil.
where they will await a French steam
ship to take them home
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-20
| entahue Draft of
New Reuenue Bill
Proposes Tax on Excess Business
Profits and Increased Rates
on Inhcrhances.
IBy Assnrintcd rrcns.

WASHINGTON, January ia ten
iatiNc draft OF the administration scvc-
nue. bill was completed to-day by a
House Ways and Means subcommittee.
II viii be laid before Democratic imCm-
berS Of the full committee on Monday.
and caucus of .thc-NlIousc Democrats
may bc called some time next week
10 approve il as a party measure
The Dill proposes 10 raise $3.50. 0G". 800
from a tax on excess profits Of huSI-
ness ana increased rates OH inherit
anceS. and S2S9.OQo. 900 from - bond
issue. y provision may he Incorporated
later To increase TO S300.0O0.o00 the
maximum amount of certificates of in
debtcuncSs which may lie issued to
tide the Treasury over until the new
taxes come in. The Treasury now has
authority to issue not cXcccdin. 500
O0O."on OF these certificates. limited &"
II year. and /" , per cent interest In
.c"! ing the excess profit tan Of = per
cent upon all profits of corporations
and copartnerships in excess Of per
cent of capitalization. tho bill defines
capitalization as including money paid
IN, actual property used or owned. ana
AL surplus and undivided profits
N~''''N - 40 nav pTpHtS vi
$4,000 or less would be exempt. As
would profits derived from agriculture
or from solely personal services such
as the income of professional, mon.
The subcommittee framing the bill.
which comprises Representatives lIiich-
in. Raincy and HUH, exempted agr-
culture on the ground that the farmer
already is taxed heavily enough. and
q. that il is Impossible 10 tell how much
Il farmer has invested in his business
Excess profits laws in Russia. France
Great Britain and Italy exempt HSri-
culture and personal services. y
foreign corporation doing business In
the United States would be required
60 pay the excess profits tax the same
as domestic concern. hut only or
the business done here. The incom1
FAX methods of collection and assess
mont would he applied in collection OF
the new tax.
The inheritance tax increases would
raise the rate on the minimum In
hcritHnces now taxable from 10 II.
per cont. and would levy a new rate
Of - per cent on those Of more than
tl5.o00.o0o.