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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-14
The Victory of the Laconia.
lPhiladelnhia Pnhlin Iedner \

philadelphia Public Ledger.)
The dark deed Of sinking the La
coma is frightened, as such deeds often
are, by the calm courage with which
tne imminent peril was met. Tie
great ship, seemingly 50 secure, stag
gering under her death blow, the hasty
summoning of her company, the sea
rolling menacingly under the blackness
Of night, the slanting decks, the open
boats cut away with difficulty, some of
them nearly swamped--if il be fearful
to read of these things, what must it
be to see them2 Yet all went almost
as smoothly as al boat drill. The
cool resourcefulness OF Captain Irvine
and the fine discipline of the crew ac-
count in a large part for this. Both
might have been in vain, however, and
many more lives might have been lost,
mad not the passengers kept their heads.
They obeyed orders, they resisted the
natural inclination to panic, they
thought of the safety of others as well
as their own. Nor will Philadelphians
fail to feel little thrill Of pride in
the fact that il was a woman from
their city, Mrs. Harris, who remained
on board to the last to provide for the
NttAN anu tptfllbli. dS IdI DIS she eOuIti,
Of the other women and the children.
It is not surprising that Captain Irvine
insisted she should land first.
Thus human nature honors itself even
while il is being dishonored Here
was self sacrifice, here was self-control.
here was heroism in the very face of
brutal indifference to the lives even Of
the weak, of callous disregard of every
impulse which distinguishes man from,
the brute. 1t was not a victory fot
frghtfulness, though il be proclaimed
as such. It was a victory for British
liberty and justice There are more
witnesses, living and dead, against the
nation that has east aside conscience
that has repudiated law, that seeks bv
sheer terror TO impose its unrighteou4
VIII upon the world. More than ever
now the duty is put upon US who have
stood aloof from the conflict to see that
the living have not suffered, the dead
have not died, wholly in vain.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-14
DADDY'S [y[N|N(
FAIRY TALE
Mr.. AND MRS. MINK.
81 MARY GRAHAM BONNER

"Mr. and Mrs. Mink" said Daddy,
do not go to sleep in the winter They
like the cold, and their brown fur
looks very handsome and it keeps them
quite, quite warm.
you know Mr.. and Mrs. Mink have
rather long, thin bodies, and long,
bushy tails.
Woodworking. my dear said Mr..
Mink to his wife.
Good morning. my love- said Mrs.
Mink, in her squealing voice that Mr..
Mink thought SO lovely. Perhaps the
reason he thought it was such nice
sounding voice was because his was
just like it.
"'And what are your plans for to-
day?' asked Mrs Mink.
q thought I'd go a-hunting for food.
Would that suit you?'
Would you like me to go?
asked Mrs. Mink. squealing as if she
We're about TO die any moment She
was really feeling particularly WELL
and Mr.. Mink knew it. Her voice
sounded cheerful TO his Mink ears.
Indeed | would said Mr. Mink
You are a very good gatherer of food
and goodies
THANK you. thank YOU said Mrs
Mink. Wen, let's be off,
They started on their trip, and
found many things to eat Some
times they stopped to eat, and
sometimes they hid what they had
found and said. ON our way home
we win stop for these things and have
st0re-roOm of our own
1T was Mrs Mink who suggested
that, and of course Mr.. Mink thought
she was finer than ever.
You always think so far ahead,
said Mr. Mink.
Perhaps said Mrs. Mink, it is be
cause | can think of breakfast ever
after I've just finished an excellent din
ner. It's a good way TO be. There
are SO many poor, unfortunate PEG
pie and Animals who can't bear tc
think of another meal when they've
just finished one.
True, true said Mr.. Mink.
"How often | have heard an Ami
mai say, I've had all | want to ca
for ages Then when breakfast time
comes he was hungry ana had nothin:
saved
You are very wise said Mr.. Mini
admiringly. And how well your ful
looks this year
So does yours, my dear said Mrs
Mink. But | would always be quite
satisfied if you We're the only one t
admire my fur. For sometimes. anC
Mrs. Ninks squeal was very low i,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-14
Run, Rum" Said Mr.. Mink.

she whispered into Mr. Mink's ear. for
she didn't want to be overheard. Some
times she continued there are others
who admire the fur of the Mink fam
lily. And they admire it so much that
they want TO wear it in fur pieces and
muffs. Imagine such a thing! Ican't
understand itr
I suppose, said Mr.. Mink, it keeps
them warm as it does US. Fur is such
warm kind of clothing
And our fur is so beautiful said
Mrs Mink
Oh, look at those beautiful brown
Mink creatures over there, came from
a voice. We must get them. All,
We'll sell their fur and be rich
on squealed Mrs. Mink. how cold
We'll be without our fur
More than cold, my dear said Mr..
Mink, for we wouldn't be alive at all.
They'd kill US
Horrors squealed Mrs. Mink.
They'd kill US and rob US of our
fur.'
Run. run said Mr.. Mink. And off
they scampered, leaving several voices
scolding behind.
Safe. safe painted Mr.. Mink at
last.
But this isn't our home said Mrs.
Mink.
No, We'll have to have a new ONE
sald Mr.. Mink. They might tran us
in the old one. It's well to run no
risks
How careful you are said Mrs.
MINK. But after all suppose if they
were smart enough to catch us they
should get our fur to keep them warm
as their reward
Wei, squealed Mr.. Mink. T like
to talk that way when they didn't catch
usI'
so do l. said Mrs. Mink. and now
here is little meal to make us feel
better. grabbed it before we ram
We're warm, safe and have fine
food said Mr.. Mink. We're lucky,
that's what we are. Lucky, lucky he
kept repeating.
Indeed we are squealed Mrs. Mink
happily"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-14

1t is noticeable that the opinion of
the stock market indicates an early
end of tho war The fail Of Bagdad
and the probable conquest Of the Turks
hastcns this feeling Germany sub.
marine warfare is far less effective
than it must be to accomplish its pur.
pose. Hunger is having its inevitable
effect upon the naughty fighting spirit
of the Germans and il is quite prob.
able that Z popular demand will force
the German government to propose
bona idc terms of peace sooner than
might be forced by TIE actual capacity
to fight until the last ditch. When the
utter hopclcssness of further resistance
becomes evident to the men who must
do the fighting and the dying, then the
situation is qnite different from what
It was in 1914. when the cocky Ger
mans were sme that they would have
Paris in a few days
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-14

today by some Of the warning nations.
The Well-known passage in the Sire
dc Joinvilles Memoirs about il.
Coming flying through the air like a
winged dragon, about he thickness Of
2 hogshead, with the report Of thunder
and the speed Of lightning 50 that the
darkness Of the night was dispelled bv
this horrible illumination has misled
scholars as 10 the way il was project
ed. Pots containing it were undouht
eddy hurled by engines on board ship
resembling the modern-whieh was
also the ancient eatapult; but the
Greek sailors Of the Middle Ages also
used a cheirosiphon, or hand tube,
worked by an officer called a siphon
ator, which enabled him to direct it
on any point he pleased Of the enemy +
vessel. This was undoubtedly the
parent Of the modern method.
How the liquid il question was
forced out Of the tube may still be
doubtful, but Professor Bury, in the
notes TO his edition Of Gibson thinks
II was done by gunpowder, the eompo-
sition Of which was, according to him.
known to the Greeks of dc Joinyillc s
time. This would, perhaps, get over
the difficulty of igniting the liquid be-
fore II was pumped on the enemy. The
Germans for example, seem TO have
improved on their model by using com
pressed air. The ignition was also ar
ranged by mixing with the naphtha an
organic substance which will sponta-
neously take fire when exposed to the
atmosphere. But this was found to
have its disadvantages. The liauid
once infiamed, was liable to blow back
upon its projectors, and had the IN
convenience of revealing the carrier
OF the engine and thereby exposing him
to the attention of snipers Of the
ether side Hence it was found to be
prudent to separate the burning fluid
itself from its means of ignition At
taeks are now begun by throwing fire
balls into the enemy 5 trenches, with
fuse which lights them as soon as
they touch the ground Louisville
Courier journal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-14

Newcastle, Indiana, was the scene
this week of an awful visitation by a
tornado, and in q period Of five min
utcs 20 persons were killed, 200 injured
and 800 homes were wrecked. Nearly
all Of the middle western states at diff
fercnt times report similar catastro~
Plies. One Of the advantages of living
hero in New England is that we are
almost immune from destructive ex-
Ferielces with the forces of the air.
Our hills act as natural barriers to the
wind currents, and they never gain the
force of q cyclone or tornado.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-14
WEDNESDAY, MARCH Il, 1917.
STAND BY THE GOVERNOR.

stand by the governor.
This is and has been the slogan of
every progressive newspaper in Yer
mont since Horace F. Graham delivered
his inaugural message.
The FIRST big fight to carry though q
legislative program 20 put the state on
more efficient business-hke policy
will come when senate bill No. 20, an
act TO create a board of control, comes
before the house on q question Of third
reading.
This hin has been attacked on the
ground that it gives the governor dan
gerous powers. As matter of fact it
simply aims to put the state S bust.
ness into the hands of responsible
men-hcads of dcpartments-wh will
be- in close touch with the governor as
the real executive head
Ii is plan to run the business of
the state on the lines which modern
methods demand today in large private
and corporate affairs. When the fight
comes wc hope every Windham county
membcr-aud every member of the
legislature, for that matter-wil he
ready TO support the measure which has
for It's object better business methods
for the state.
This is not time to stand still. II
is a time to act and to try to put Yer
mont in thp frpnt rank of states yvbi al
are going ahead.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-14

Washington city is to be dry place,
as far as local law can make it, after
November ! next. President Wilson
has signed the bill, which had been
passed by congress. It will create a
revolution in social life at the capital.
and the results will be watched with
interest. The use Of liquor at social
functions in Washington has become 50
firmly established that it was consid-
cred as about the last place in the
country that would witness the aboli-
tion OF the custom. 1t was congress
that did i, not the people themselves.
The President at first favored the refer
ence of the matter to the people, in ac-
cordancc with his well-known sympa-
thy for local option, but he finally
signed the bill
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-14

Military critics in general consider
that for the British the success in
Mesopotamia is the first clean cut,
large scale victory Of the war. The
British achievements on the Somme
may count more heavily in the final
outcome, but the battle Of Kut is
much more dramatic in its return ia
the old style warfare of maneuver, de
cisive defeat, and swift pursuit. The
French have the battle of the Marine
to look back to. The Russians have
their early successes in Galicia. The
German record has been remarkable
The Turkish defeat on the Tigris, fol
lowed by procipitate retreat OF
eighty miles, marked by the loss of an
army S entire feld-artillery and cul
,nnnating in the loss of Bagdad itself
is .he kind of achievement of which
the Germans alone, since the early
months of the war, have been able tc
boast. More than that, in the swift
Russian movement from Persia that i.
now under way, evidently intended t.
cooperate with the British advance
the allies are praeticing the far sight
cd combination game which Falken
hayn and Mackensen played with suel
success against Rumania.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-14
Importance of Our Navy.

The statement that the navy is the
first line of defense is no idle term.
In case of war this fact would become
immediately apparent The word from
The allies IS that, whatever issue, they
prefer to do the land fighting with the
central powers. The possibility of an
INVASION of the United States IS so re-
mote as to require no present. Our
navy, however, would have its work
cut out from the start There would
be long coast line to patrol Cooper
alton with the entente powers would
be best met by the conveying Of mer-
chant ships bearing ammunition and
food supplies. In the event of naval
engagement our battleships would
JOIN forces with the allied fleet. While
the submarine warfare has been desig.
mated by Germany as her 1'last card -
1t IS not assured that a test of
strength between the German navy and
the allied sea forces might not follow,
II the submarines prove failure.
Ihose best acquainted with conditions
know why there have been no great
naval engagements IN the present war
England cannot reach Germany S war
ships so long as they remain in shelter
IN the hlel canal. In ali probability
the Jutland sea fight was the result Of
unlntentlonai contact At all events.
Germany s victory on that occasion
mas not called for a repetition. Only
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-14
REVIVAL OF GREEK FIRE
Secret of Ancients Not Lost-Germaus
Have Improved Methods of Use.

It IS common error to suppose that
the secret of the composition of the
Greek-fire, so jealousy guarded by the
emperors of Constantinople, is lost. On
the contrary, it is set out at length in
an Arabic manuscript of the year
1925, now in the Royal Museum at
Leyden, as well as the better known
Liber Ignium ad Comburendum
Hostess of Martin Graecus, written
five years later and. republished in
1912. Its ingredients are there given
as naphtha, pitch, resin and sulphur and
are identical, according to a scientific
writer, with those of the liquid used
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-14
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w A S HIN CT TON, ID. c.

Washington, D. G, is large hand
some city which is bounded on the
north BY the goat family, on the cast
By the shrapnel stock certificate, on
the west by the japanese menace and
on the south by the two-pronged sad
de. II is city Of broad streets and
fine hotels which by virtue Of long
practice are able to pinfeather the
tourist III tho most artistic and humane
manner possible.
Washington IS chiefly notable as the
place whore congress meets and ad-
journs. II is the only place in this
country where the congressman with 4
mission and bal!-bearing tongue can
consume $4,000 worth Of government
time in telling what he thinks about
the Stars and Stripes. People who 20
to Washington and listen to a debate
on the rivers and harbors bill are al
most always persuaded TO return home
and vote the prohibition ticket.
Owing to the extreme heat which
prevails in Washington during the sum
mer months, few people remain there
the year around except members Of
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-14

congress who are reluctant to 90 back
home and meet their constituents en-
masse. One Of the saddest sights in
Washington is the nnderfed and over
worked government clerk, who goes tc
work at nine 0 clock and doesn t get
off until three in the afternoon so that
by the time he gets back from the
golf links he is all tired out. Yet we
say that republics are grateful.
Washington attracts thousands of
tourists every year, who come to pre-
sent postoffiee petitions and sample its
Justly famous mulct saloons. There vii
not be so many tourists or so much
sampilng in the future, however, a
congress has arisen and kicked the
open saloon into the next county. Here
after the tourist will have to take hi
samples with him and divide with his
congressman.
Washington has no smoke. cinders
scot or slime, the politest street ca,
conductors in the world and the fines.
library in existence. Something j.
lacking in the makeup OF the Ameri
can who can visit it without = feeling
Of pride.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-14

by being driven to desperation viii
Germany send forth her navy TO en-.
gage in the supreme effort. With the
American navy il support o. tie al
lied fleet there could be but one con
elusion. Short Of that, there would
still be the hunting down of raiders b,
our fleet. For the time being the ex
elusive function of our army would be
70 protect the United States bv putting
down any possible internal trouble
Thomas +. Logan in Leslie /.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-14
The Drug Habit.

1T rigorous effort to suppress the
Illegal sale and use Of habit forminp
drugs theNew York police are now ar
resting annually about 900 persons.
and securing 700 convictions. OF these
fully ~ per cent have had previous 10,
Zee records, which include every crime
N the statutes. This is an official
statement, one Of sinister portent. It
means that lawabiding society is fac
ln9 human element new and exceed.
hgiy dangerous; 50 grave, in fact. that
one Of the most important duties Of the
police lies in stamping out This traffc
Inc danger is by no means confined To
large cities like New York; il i prob.
ably growing in towns and villages all
over the country. Police investiga
lions show an appalling increase Of
dfu9-addlets; more than one-half of
Ihose confined in the city prison, the
Iombs, We're victims. Men and women
Following virtually every business,
trade, and profession were included.
Even school children became addicted
70 the habit of using these drugs.
It is with full knowledge Of such
occurrences that the police arc doino
every thing possible to stop illegal traf-
ne IN drugs. Criminals of this class pre-
sent problem even more difficult than
the oldtlme bank robbcr and general
crook The police may arrest a thou
sand offenders annually, but the prob
lem will not be solved until bows and
girls are taught the terrible results
which follow upon the use of habit
forming drugs. 1t is at this point that
teachers OF physiology and personal hy-
gene must lend powerful eo-opera
ton. Henry Rood. in the March
Century.
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and in two weeks noticed marked i'm
provement- | continued its use and am
now free from pain and able to do all
my housework. Mrs. B. B. ZIELINsKA.
234 Wolff Ave, Buffalo, N. Y.
Women who recover their health, nat
urally tell others what helped them.
Some write and allow their names and
photographs to be published with testi-
monlals. Many more tell their friends.
If you need a medicine fer women )
ailments, try Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound. Write Lydia E. Pink
ham Medicine Co. (confidentiaD for any,
thing you need to know about these
troubles.
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OUCH! BACKACHE!
RUB LUMBAGO OR
STIFFNESS AWAY
huo pain from back with small trial
bottle of old, penetrating
St. Jacobs OiI.''

when your back is sore and lame or
lumbago, sclatica or rheumatism has
you stlffened up, don't suffer, Get a
small trial bottle of old, honest est.
Jacob s Oil'' at any drug store, pour a
lttle IN your hand and rub it right
on your aching back, and by the time
you count fifty, the soreness and lame
ness is gone.
Don t stay crippled This soothing,
penetrating oil needs to be used only
once. 1t takes the pain right out and
ends the misery. It is magical. vet
absolutely harmless and doesn t burn
the skim
Nothing else stops lumbago, sciatica.
backache or rheumatism So nromntlv
1t never disappointsl-Advt.
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Member Of the Associated Press.

The Reformer is on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co.,
g. W, Cleaveland, -. r. Cutler & Co
(Esteyvihel, Brooks House Pharmacy
Aliens Depot Newsstand.
West Brattleboro, J. l.. Stockwell
East Oummerston, NJ j.. Brown.
putney, NJ G. Williams.
NewfanG, n. NJ. Batcheder.
Townshend, C. w Cutler.
West Townshend, c. H. Grout.
jamaica, r J. Daggett
South Londonderry, f Ii. Tyler.
South Vernon, T. 3. Buffum
west Chesterfield, N. r., Mrs. w.
Strtrter
Allnsdale, NJ. H., w. III. Lyman.
Bellows Falls, VT, Depot Restaurant,
Windsor. VI. Windsor Restaurant
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TO ADVERTISERS.
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

II is the aim OF the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery
~ the paper each night, and II solicits
the cooperation OF subscribers to that
end Prompt reports should be given OF
each failure TO receive the paper on the
morning following the omission, in per-
son. by telephone or postal card, thus
enabling the cause of the error TO be
promptly and accurately discovered and
the proper remedy Immediately applied
IL is only by this method that the pub
Usher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-14

The Vermont senate and house are
dcadlocked over 4 relatively unimpor-
tant matter-the question of whether
the salary of the fish and game com
missioner shall be $1,000 or 81, 900. The
difference is hardly worth debating,
considering what it costs to keep the
legislature running. Better make the
sum $500 Immediately and stop talk
ing about il.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-14

1t is difficult TO see how the Vermont
general assembly possibly can complete
lis work satisfactorily and be ready to
adjourn the first week in April. There
are 25o measures waiting final dispo-
sition, which would mean putting the
finishing touches on about Is each day,
whereas the average of the legislature
70 date has been about six measures.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-14

| suffered from a
female trouble with
pains in my back
and side and a gen
eral weakness I
had professional at
tendance most of
that time but did
not seem to get
well. AS a last re-
sort / decided to
try Lydia E. Pink
2 a ms Vegetable
Command which r
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-14

Hinsdale wet, Bellows Falls its Wal
pole, Windsor its Cornish, Wells River
its Woodsville. But the Vermont in
fuence prevailed, and today there ism t
town on either side of the Connect
cut river north of the Massachusetts
line that is wet until you get to Canaan,
almost UP to the Canadian border.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-14

Preparedness is not wholly a nation
al, state or local question. There is
the personal side. The individual who
is not prepared to meet his duties is
relocated TO the inefficient class.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-14

Most Of the towns and cities that
voted in favor Of license in the recent
Vermont election were on the western
side Of the state. Those on the eastern
side werc near New Hampshire influ-
cner.-Glaremont n. ID Eagle.
Our ncighbor is rather too eager in
commencing his own side. There was
time when Brattleboro dry had its
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-14
Stop a Bad Habit.

1t takes more strength to stop 4 bad
habit than it takes to start 1t.
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ADVERTISE YOUR FOR SALES
IN THE DAILY REFORMER
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NOW FREE
FROM PAIN
Woman Cured by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound after Three Years
Suffering.

Buffalo, ~ W am the mother of
four children, and for nearly three wears
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