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The daily Alaskan., 1917-10-31
HiWAITs DRAFT COST
 TO GOVERNMENT $500

Honolulu, T. H., Oct. 31.-Regiss- tra ion in Hawaii for the selective draft held in July cost the United States government $500 or 2 cents a registrant. The registration fig ure showed an enrolment of 30,- 900.
 While the actual cost of the regis tration work was more than this, all but the $500 was borne either by the territorial or local county gov ernments.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-10-31
BUILDING PROCEEDING
 RAPIDLY

Washington, Oct. 31.-Chairman Hurley, of the federal shipping board, announced today that Am ertcGn shipyards will have one mil lion tons of shipping construct ed by the first day of March 1918, and said that six million tons will be completed in IS months.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-10-31
FATHER USES GRAINS
 TO CONTROL BOY

Chicago, Oct. 31.-Ladislaw Ba- browski, a boy whose father chained him in the cellar of their home at 263s West Twenty-firt street, was arraigned in the juvenile court on complaint of his parents, John and Catherine Babrowski, on a charge he is incorrigibIe. The fath- CT said he chained the boy because it was the only way he could con trol him. The case was continued.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-10-31
TEUTONs ENDEAVOR TO
 OUTFLANK ALLIED LINE

Rome. Oct. 31.-One of the re inforced Teutou armies is endeavor- ing tc break through the Italian detense today in the Carnic Alps in an attempt to outtlank the new established Allied line on the TagliamentO river.
 The Caruic Alps form the DOT der line between NortheasteFh Italy and Austria and are north or tha beadw aters of the Tagliamento.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-10-31
U. s. ADMINISTRATION
 SAYS EVENTS NOT DECISIVE

Washington, Oct. 31.-The ad- ministration rejects emphatically orinions from some quarters that events in italy can become decis- i've in the war or even an import ant turning point. In fact it IS considered that with the aid of the French, British and Ameri- cans the tables will be turned on the Germans and what first looks like a victory to them will become a complete defeat.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-10-31
GILL GIVES HAz PROMISE TO
 GREENE

Seattle, Oct. 91.-Urging u the charges of General Greene garding the vice syndicate in { attle be probed, Mayor Gill u morning made a promise in WI ing and wired Gen. Greene that |. would start an immediate investig tion if the council finds I ha been derelict in any duty in al respect within the means at n command in enforcing the law"
The daily Alaskan., 1917-10-31
MAY BRING HUN PRISONERS ID
 AMERICA

Washington, Oct. 31.-The Unit cd States government is consider ing plan to bring many thousands of imprisoned Germans, now a burden on the Allies, to this coun- try and to place them on agricul- tural farms where they will be able to raise enough food for them selves and have some for the civ ilian population also.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-10-31
GREENE MAKES FIRM
 STATEMENT TO PUBLl

Camp Lewis, Oct. 31.-Gener Greene said this afternoon th' he would not turn over the ev dence of Seattle's vice ring oper' tions to Seattle officials for fei it might fall into the hands some oe those persons who al participants in the syndicate's pr' fits.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-10-31

 RAID FAILS

London, Oct. 21.-A lone air plane attempted to raid KekisS, coasr city, early this morning, but was driven off by our coast guard and many of it's bombs fell into the sea. -'Eh,,. {
The daily Alaskan., 1917-10-31
WOR|O GREATEST BATTLE EXPECTED HOURL
GROWN PRINCE Is DEFEATED
 BY BRITISH ARMY AT RUPRECHT

Bri -ish Front in Belgium, Oct. 31. - Grown Prince Frederick William has suffered a stinging de- feet at Ruprecht. The British fore es, reaching across a sea of mud, Wrenched from him the few re-
The daily Alaskan., 1917-10-31

San Francisco, Oct. 31.-Indica- tious point to a postponment of the coast telephone strike, Mediator Reed announced late this afternoon.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-10-31
PRIVATE RETURNS FROM FRONT

Iralifay, Oct. 31.-Private Frank Slavin arrived here today from the Europen front.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-10-31
APPEAL MADE
 ID PATRIOTISM

San Francisco, Oct. 31.-Federal Mediator Reed, in conference here today with the telephone union op- erators, appealed to their patriot ism h order to avert a strike.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-10-31

maining defenses guarding the Cher kale pass. During the past few weeks fighting the Crown Prince has been pushed back time after time and his men are beginning to show signs of lost morale.
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-27
FANTASTIC PEACE TERMS.
British Socialists Prepare Statement for
Presentation This Week.

LONDON, Ang. y. - The British
Socialist party has prepared a state
ment for presentation at the Inter
Allied Socialist conference at West
minister on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The statement declares that there is
common responsibility for the war, and
that, consequently, reparation must be
from a common fund contributed by all
the belligerents.
Other conditions laid down by the
Socialists are that Mesopotamia must
be transferred to Turkey; the German
colonies must be returned; there must
be no action on the part of other coun-
tries to capture German trade; the peo-
pile of Alsace- Lorraine to decide their
own government, and similar course
to be applied to Poland, India, Egypt
Ireland and Algiers. The working peo-
pie are to be called upon to intervene
to end the war, which, it is asserted
was caused by the capitalists.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-27
KILLED FIGHTING FIRE.
Soldier of New York Artillery Victim
of Blaze at Plattsburg.

PLATTSBURG, \. Y, Aug. 27-Onc
soldier Of the first field artillery, New
y ok, was killed, two others We're serious
~ injured, l5 were overcome by smoke
and many others were cut and burned
while fighting fire which destroyed sew
eral of the cottages at the Catholic Sum
mer School OF America at Cliff Haven.
near here yesterday The loss IS estimated
at $4,000
Calvin Culpepper of Pelham. Ga, the
dead soldier, a member OF battery d, Rich
ard McGertie of the same battery. and
William f. Mckinley OF battery +, were
on the roof Of one Of the cottages when
it collapsed Culpeppers back was broken
by the fall and he died later in the hos
pital at Plattsburg barracks.
The camp OF the first field artillery If
about half mile from Cliff Haven and
when the seriousness of the fire became
known a large number of soldiers were
hurried to the scene under the command
Of their regular officers The men worked
hard to save the buildings, but the Mar
quette and Jones cottages were destroyed
and Vermont, Philadelphia and Alumni
cottages damaged The chapel of Gu
Lady of the Lake was on fire severa
times while the auditorium and numbe
of other buildings were in danger, bu
escaped damage.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-27
METHODIST WAR FUND.
Will Provide for Spiritual Needs of
Methodist Soldiers,

The sum of $25O,000 for war camp
to Methodist soldiers is be
ing asked of the Methodist Episcopal
church through its board of home mis-
sions and church extension with head
quarters in Philadelphia. The survey
of church conditions in the neighbor-
hood of the cantonments and other
camps shows that while in most eases
the Methodist Episcopal churches in
the vicinity were able to perform an
adequate ministry to the normal popu-
lation, many of them are entirely in
adequate for meeting the needs of the
100000 Methodist soldiers who will be
distributed throughout the different
camps.
This $25O,O0o will be used to equip
regular Methodist Episcopal chaplains
to equip and support volunteer chap
lains for officers training camps and
to render more efficient Methodist
churches located near the camps and
to augment the equipment of thos,
churches needing it, in order to render
an adequate ministry to the Methodist
boys in the camps.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-27
Daniels Expected to Submit
an Estimate to Congress
This Week
STANDARD DESIGN
FOR NEW CRAFT
Will Be Delivered So Rapidly Beginning
Early Next Year That Supply of
Trained Men Will Be Severely Taxed
Many New Factories.

WASHINGTON, August 21 - Secre-
tary Daniels expects to submit to con
gress this week estimates of $3.50, 900, 900
for the great number of destroyers
which will make the American navy the
leader of the world in ships of that type.
The money will be used to expand ship
building plants and to build additional
engine and boiler factories as the de
stroyer program on which the ship
building industry is now engaged repre-
sents the full capacity of the industry
Naval designers are preparing plans
for standardized destroyer to facili-
tate the quantity of production of the
most successful weapon against subma-
rines Parts of the engines will be as
sembled from various factories at central
plants and forwarded to ship yards build
ing the hullS. Details of the number
Of destroyerS now under construction or
the number contemplated in the supple
mental program are withheld for mill
tary reasons.
| New deStroyers will be delivered 50
rapidly beginning early next year that
the supply Of trained officers and men
will be taxed in putting them into com
mission. Means for training new crews
will have to be expanded proportionately
| The S350,000,000 estimate, it was indi-
Gated today, IS Il minimum and may have
to be increased substantially.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-27
SUMMARY

Gen. Petain is holding all his gains on
tho great Nerdun front in the face OF for
mdable attacks which the crown prince
is now launching. The French command
er reports the repulse last night OF strong
assaults on the newly won positions in
this sector. He announced also the cap
ture OF II prisoners in the fighting yes
terday when the French lines were carried
forward two-thrds of a mile on a two
and one-haf mile front to the outskirts
Of Beaumont village.
Possibly as diversion the Germans
have resumed their attack in the Aisne
region where for many days in July and
early August they met with repeated
checks IN desperate attempts to drive the
French from the valuable ground on the
Chemin-dcs Danes, won in the spring Of
fensive The renewal of the attempt met
with no better success, the breaking up of
the crown princes thrust being announced
today by the Paris war office.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-27
CHILDREN STARVING,
THOUSANDS OF THEM
Missionaries Just Returned from East
ern Europe Tell of Terrible
Suffering There.

NEW YORK, Aug. 27-More than So
600 children under y years Of age all de-
pendent on outside relief for necessities
of life are in Lebanon and an additional
25,o00 orphans are in Syria, not including
Palestine, according to reports OF mission
aries from the near east who arrived here
today 1t was asserted by the mission
aries that it was extremely doubtful if
many of these children could survive the
coming winter if relief does not reach
them in a more substantial form than
heretofore In many instances the mis-
sionaries said little children scarcely old
enough to feed themselves are found by
relief workers living absolutely alone
begging for enough food to keep them
alive and failing in that substituting on
grass. The majority OF these were girls
who had survived because Of their greater
powers Of resistance or having been fec
by their brothers who starved
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-27
GREECE TALKS OF
FORMING REPUBLIC
Deputy Raises Storm by Saying That
Constantine Was Dismissed by
Entente.

ATHENS, Aug. 27--M. Boussios. an
opposition member, raised tumult in the
chamber of deputies when he declared
that King Constantine never abdicated,
but only had been dismissed by the en-
tente powers, as proved by the fact that
the act of abdication had not been
presented to the chamber.
Premier Venizclos and other deputies
left their seats to protect NJ. Boussios
from personal attack by angry members
of the majority. Later the possibility
and opportuneness of establishing a re-
public in Greece was discussed. NJ.
Venizelos declared ''despite the weak
ening of the royal power through the
fallen king s action, the government in
lterpreting the feeling of the chamber
thinks another trial should be given to
the royal institution in Greece
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-27
SNAKE STORY FROM TEXAS.
Explaining the Reason That a Moccasin
Couldn't Dive

BEAUMONT, Tex, Aug. p. - r. A.
Daniels, a printer, who makes his sum
mer home in a houseboat moOred in the
river north of this city, captured wa
ter moccasin, four feet nine and one
half inches long, which had its diving
machinery out of commission.
Daniels knocked the reptile into the
stream with his cane, and the moment
it divcd to escape him it popped up
again to the surface.
It's repeated failure to remain under
the water prompted Daniels to effect its
capture with a crab net. and when ex-
amined it was discovered that the
snake had swallowed large china nest
egg through mistake while robbing q
hen house.
The china egg formed an air cham
Der which forced the snake to the sur
face the moment the force of its effort
| to dive was expended.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-27
BONUS TO SEIZED SHIP MEN.
Crews of Renamed Teuton Craft Get
80 Per Cent Extra.

BOSTON, Aug. q. y Officers and men
remaining the German and Austrian
ships taken over by the United States
government at the outbreak of the war,
many of which already have been re-
paired and put into service, receive so
per cent war bonus.
Henry Howard. directors Of the United
States Shipping Board recruiting service,
which is enlisting men for these vessels.
in announcing the rates of pay stated that
this bonus extends from the highest officer
down to deck boys. Captains receive $3.50
a month and bonus of Sl25, seamen 500
IA month plus bonus of $50 and deck
boys, the lowest paid of all, total OF
l$45.
There is still a heavy demand for deck
officers and engineers in the coastwise
and transatlantic service, Mr.. Howard
reDOfts
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-27
T. R. APPROVES WAR INSURANCE.
Colonel Urges Early Passage of Meas
ure.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 81. - Colonel
Roosevelt has expressed his approval of
the war insurance bill now before Con-
gress in a letter to Judge Julian w.
Mack, drafter of the measure. The let
ter was made public yesterday by Sec
retary McAdoo.
''The bill is a real and constructive
measure, Col Roosevelt wrote. 81
believe it should pass and should 90 into
effect when the first men of the new
national army are called out. | know
Of nothing more important than to lift
the fears of men that their families NAV
become objects of charity and to hearten
the wives and children and parents OF
! this country to respond bravely and
gladly to the nation s call. >
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-27
OFF STEEP BANK
INTO WEST RIVER
Lee H. Gale of South Londonderry and
His Studebaker Car in Accident
Injury Not Serious.
Especial to The Reformer.)
SOUTH LONDONDERRY, Aug. 81

SOt IL 1<oN1JoNDERR1 Aug. u.
Lee H. Gale of this village a well known
farmer, ran off an embankment about a
mile and half north OF here yesterday
forenoon in his large Studebaker automo-
bile, and while he escaped serious injury
he required the attention Of DR.. B. +.
Milington, and his car was badly dam
aged
Mr.. Gale was alone in his car, riding
toward North Londonderry. What caused
the accident is not known, but above
Alexander s. dam for some reason the car
swung around and plunged down an al
most perpendicular bank dozen feet or
more, over rocks and stumps, and landed
on its side in West river
Persons coming by automobile from the
north village to attend church found Mr.
Gale standing in the road in a dazed con
dition, having climbed up the bank They
took him home and DR. AIllington was
summoned. He is more comfortable to-
day He is about 40 years old and has a
wife
Several men got the machine out yester-
day afternoon and towed it to this vii
age The front end was stove in, but
the steering apparatus apparently was
all right.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-27
MISS EDDY TO BE
SUPERINTENDENT
Will Have Charge of Windham East
District Coming Year-Twenty-
Eight Teachers Are Employed.

Miss Ethel A. Eddy, who last year
taught the ungraded room in the Brat
tleboro high school building and who
has taught in the graded schools of Brat
tleboro several years, will have the posi-
ton of superintendent of the Windham
East district the coming year, succeed
ing Bates f. Slower. Just where Mr.
Stover will be assigned has not been de,
termined
The district includes schools in Brat
tleboro, Dummerston, Putney and West
minister, and 2S teachers are employed
Miss Eddy, who has had the manage
ment of the Green Mountain House il
West Wardsboro this season, has bought
an automobile for use in her new posi-
tion. She is daughter of Mr.. an6
Mrs. E: A. Eddy of Stratton.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-27
Kerensky's Speech at Open
ing of Council Failed to
Satisfy Them
MUCH DEPENDS ON
WHAT HAPPENS TODAY
Various Groups Expected to Speak Out
Freely and Voice Aspirations-Dem
Gratis Dislike Dictator-Like Govern
ment, Ants Also Dissatisfied

LONDON. Aug. 27-Premier Kercn-
skys speech in opening the national con-
terence did not satisfy single party or
succeed in uniting the different groups
in mutual service for the country, SAYS
the Exchange Telegraph correspondent at
Moscow
The democrats are dissatisfied with the
dictator like government The antidcmo-
crats expected practical program for
the carrying out Of measures to put down
anarchy. They also are dissatisfied with
the Premicrs declaration regarding the
impossibllty Of imagining a country with
cut freedom, saying this is no time to
talk of freedom and social reforms. Today
Is expected To- be the day OF atonement.
The various groups are expected to speak
uut freely and voice their aspirations,
which depends on whose words lind an
echo in VI kerensky's own inspirations.
Russia is passing through period OF
mortal danger. Premier kcrensI,y told the
national conference, which opened at :
O'Clock yesterday afternoon IN the grand
opera house, To consider the present stn.
alton of the country and plans Tor new
national government He declared that
any attempt To take advantage Of the con
ference for an attack on the national pow
81, as embodied in the provisional GOV
ernment. would be repfcsscd pitilessy
by blood and iron.
The conference IS attended by repre-
sentatives OF important political economic
commercial and scientific organization
and persons prominent in public life. VIII,
listened with breathless attention to tn
Premier Kerensky.s speech lasted al
hour and half II was pronounced in
nervous, impressive voice, which arouse,
tremendous applause, mainly from tina
part OF the theater occupied by the demo
cratic organizations and members of tn
cabinet, but the Duma members and III
Moscow industrial deputies also at time
participated When limiting at cour
terrevolutionary military conspiracy, h
exclaimed. Let them he warned, VIII
think the time has come when, relying o
the bayonet. they can overthrow our rev,
tuition. the audience rose and cheered th
expression Tor five minutes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-27

the platforms, many having food and
others tobacco and cigarettes.
It was shortly after midnight when
the first train arrived. With this sec
tion was Lieut.. Roy b. Miner of Com
pany |. Other members of the company
were scattered through the train and
it was with some difficulty that rela
tives and friends found the ones they
were looking for, so large was the
crowd. The train remained at the sta
tion about 20 minutes. The second train
arrived about | O'Clock, but the bulk
of the crowd had gone then, although
those looking for some particular ir-
,dividuals waited.
The Vermonters arrived at Camp
Bartlett, Westfeld, Mass, about a. m,
under command of Maj. J. VI. Ashley.
Lieut.. Crockett, camp quartermaster,
quickly had the mule teams at the sid
ing, and the transfer of the camp in
pedimenta was rapidly accomplished
The regiment was sandwiched in be
tween the Rhode Island cavalry and the
Coast Artillery corps of Massachusetts
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-27
CATHOLICS FOR AMERICA.
President of National Federation Pledges
Underwriting Loyalty.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, August 81
Catholics of America will support the
cause of their country with undertaking
loyalty throughout the war with the
central empires. That pledge was given
here to-day by John Whalen OF New York
in his annual address as President before
the opening sessions of the convention OF
the American Federation of Catholic so
ceties.
"All sacrifices demanded of us should
be met cheerfuly," Mr.. Whalen declared.
Whether the struggle be long or short
we pledge the undertaking loyalty to our
country of 100000 Catholic men and
women united in federation Catholics
he estimated. would prove to be b per
cent of the fighting force.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-27
REPLY TO POPE
LIKELY THIS WEEK
Secretary Lansing Says it Will Be Made
Soon But Doesn't Indicate
Nature

WASHINGTON, Ang. pa reply to
Pope Benedict peace proposal may be
made by the government this week. Sec
made soon but declined to Indicate its
character or time of despatch Reports
from the entente powers today indicated
that they might be waiting for the United
States to make the first reply.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-27
GERMANS COME BACK STRONG
Recapture Beaumont After Being
Forced Out of it Yesterday.

BERLIN, via London, Aug - =
The Germans were forced out of Beau
mont on the Vcrdun front east of the
Meuse in yesterday S fighting, but sub
sequently reeaptured the village and
wooded section, the war office announces.
The fighting in this sector continues.
The official reports from the Russo Cali
elan front say that in the Dvina river
region northwest of Jacobstandt on the
northern sector of the line the Russians
yielded some positions to the Germans
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-27
WILL HELP RUSSIA.
President Sends Assurances to Mem
bers of National Council.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-President
Wilson sent to the members of the ma
tional council assembly at Monow to-
day assurances that this government
is willing to extend 'every material
and moral assistance to the govern
ment of Russia.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-27
SEVENTH GERMAN WAR LOAN.
1t will be Issued Next Month, Says
"Frankfurter Zeitung.''

AMSTERDAM, Aug. 27.-The Frank
furter Zeitung, copy Of which has been
received here, saws the seventh Ger
man war loan will be issued in the mid
die of September under the same CON
ditions as the sixth loan.
The newspaper reports that the re
opening of the German exchanges is not
contemplated.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-27
KNITTED ARTICLES
VERY SATISFACTORY
Grateful Acknowledgement of Two
Large Cases Shipped by Brattle-
boro Red Cross Branch.

IN response to a call from the Red
Cross supply service for knitted ar
ticles the local Red Cross branch shipped
two large cases-and in addition to the
usual card acknowledgement received a
letter saying: 1--WE were very glad to
receive the two boxes of garments
which you recently sent. You will be
glad to know that they are very salts
factory and garments we are greatly in
need of. -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-27
HOPES TO GO BACK.
Macmillan Says He Has Work to Do in
Far North

SIDNEY, y. s., August Donald
b. Macmillan, who arrived here yester-
day after four years in the Arctic, Is
not content with his achievement. Il
have work to do yet he said today.
About l5O miles of coast to explore and
hope to 90 back soon" Speaking en-
Enthusiastically of the far north he said
1T is the land of men up there