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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-24
Special Notices

. SHAMPOOING and Manicuring. Miss
Mary A. Griffin, l39 Main st. 2o9-tf
SEWING Machine Needles and sup
plies for all makes of machines at J.
b. Dunton 5, 43 Flat Street.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-24
A Card.

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Dillbaeli wish to
thank each and every pcrsoa who
helped them at the time of their Sc
rious loss by fire; the man who helped
Mrs. Dillhack break into her home and
the men who so carefully carried out
the piano to place Of safety.
Brattleboro, Feb. "a, 1917.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-24
ONE CT OUR ANNUITANTs

has called the Annuity branch of Life
Insurance Companies truly mission
airy institution. - Send for her letter
with respect TO the value of Life An
nuities. 6Sth year. National Life ms.
Co.. of VT. Mutual ALBERT C.
LAIHD, Special Agent, s Crosby Block
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-24
List of Imports Barred by England

LONDON, Official Gazette last night gave a
articles the of which prohibited The
today. The inc following specifications:
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-24

FOR SALE-Seven passenger Cadil-
slip covers, so body is practically as
taken care of and will give excellent
service for number Of years. VIII
sell at low price for cash or ex
change for building lot or standing
timber. l.. T.. Holden. 2TS.tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07
Food Administration Plans
to Protect Consumer
Against Overcharges
GROCERS TO MEET
IN CONFERENCE SOON
Will Meet Representatives of Food Blu
reau to Consider Prices on Sugar,
boro Dealers to Attend.

With a view TO preventing over
charges for food supplies the state
food administrator, James Hartness OF
Springfield (Vt.), is soon to arrange
for the publication at ipgular inter
walls of fair prices for stable goods. 1t
is planned to have the gTocers Of tne
state cooperate with the director of
dealers in food products Of the state
in determining what these prices shall
be, and with that idea in view con
ference is soon to be held bv repre-
sentativeS from Burlington, st. Adams,
Rutland, Brattleboro, Bennington,
Barre, Montpelier, st. Johnsbnry, Bel
lows Falls and Springfield. Tne Brat
tleboro representatives are II. u. vii
son of the Dewitt Grocery Co.. j. l..
Stockwell and 5. f. Abbott, who were
selected with particular reference to
| their knowledge of sugar, POTATOES and
flour.
1t is understood that the first confer
| ence, which is to be preliminary TO or
ganizing the entire state, Will confine
| its attention to the three staples men
| toned, but later the food 1dministra-
ion purposes to extend its work to OH.
er staples
Having been asked TO apply rigIi
| conservation in the home, the ultimate
consumer is entitled to protection
| against exploitation, and il il with
the idea of furnishing this protection
that the United States food admins
tration has worked out plan for civ
ing regularly through the daily and
weekly press authentic information in
| regard to wholesale and retail prices
| The retail prices are intended to guide
| the housewife in intelligent buying and
! protect her from overcharges; this
wholesale prices to inform the retailer
on market conditions. Taken together
| these prices will indicate the margin
Of profit and will therefore act IS q
curb ON dealers whose margins are
| high. The prices will be simply *
pressed so that the least experienced
housewife can understand them and vet
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07
NORTHFIELD, MASS.

Lorenzo Pawling secured large
deer Wednesday in ahis locality.
Mrs George Powers of Holyoke is
guest of her mother, Mrs. Crelan.
l.. B. Wise and Guy Turner spent
several DAYS last week at Swift River,
Mass
Mrs. Edward Richards and Francis
Davis of Springfield are guests of Mr.
and Mrs. L. NJ Davis.
Miss Fannie Harris, who has been
employed at kenarden hall, goes to her
home in Cambridge next week.
+. Leslie Tyler shot large doe
Wednesday and his son, Lawrence, and
nephew, Ralph Tyler, shot a small
buck
Mrs. Murray, who has been visiting
her daughter, Mrs. F. T. Pallam. has
gone TO Somcrville to visit another
daughter.
The entertainment given by the East
Mortified Red Cross last Friday eve
ming netted SOL There has also been
given by individuals of this branch 500
An urgent appeal is sent out for all
women to do some work for the Red
Cross in knitting and in the prepare
ton of surgical dressings and hospital
garments
The Eastern Star chapter held its
annual meeting Wednesday evening and
elected these officers: w. NJ, Mrs. c.
R. Nelson; ". F., " \. Wright; A. NJ.
Mrs. II. II. Mason; see. Mrs. y. 2.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07
RHEUMATISM
Physician Believes a Genuine Remedy
for the Disease Has Been Found.

Rheumo, Che wonderful rheumatism
remedy sold 10y Wiitred y Root and all
druggists. gives quicker and more lasting
relief than other remedies costing many
times as much.
Rhcuma passes the deadly poisonous
scetctions into the bowels and kidneys.
from which they arc quick thrown off
in a natural, healthy way
Read what reputable physician says
about Rhcuma: II have made most
careful investigation OF the formula en-
ploycd in the manufacture of Rheuma.
and | heartily recommend it as a rem
cdy for all forms OF rheumatism | find
Rheuma far in advance of the methods
generally employed in the treatment Of
rheumatism. and altogether different in
composition from she remedies usually
rcscribed DR. Lyons
This should give any sufferer from
heumatiSm confidence to Try Rheuma
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might "a well get into the game at
once, as il viii have to come, and the
sooner II does come the less it will cost
IN men and money. This does not mean
that every man must put on the uni
form and come across. but he must have
this In his mind all the time. He must
think and act all the time; it must
be put above all his personal ambitions.
The people must not think that so long
as supplies are sent it is the work Of
the army to win this war.
The army must have more moral sup
port. The feeling of the people must
be felt in all the world 1t must be
shown that the people of the T.. 5. have
| only one job on their hands at the pres
| ent time and that is to win the war,
| or at least put all there is in to 10 our
| part with our allies in the ultimate
! result that is bound to follow
We are getting all our supplies for
! my outfit and there is "A mess of il.
The job of supply officer is some stunt.
! Pcll j. tn" officer. although | have not
seen him for three weeks. and do not
know where he is
We are quartcred in officers guar.
tcrS and are very comfortable. The
men are in hutS and barracks
We have not received any mail ,s
vet except a bunch of papers received
! two DAYS ago, forwarded from Cam.
| Bartlett. We must have a auantity
somewhere in France, and will ret II
rs soon as they find out where wc are
Give my regards to all my friend
and write me when YOU have time.
have the following officers with m.
vino send their regards: Hudson
! Corey. McMath, Miner, Malaucy. Howe
lShanlcy Newton, Iiartwell tmv adiu
tuntt. Briclslcy, Lang, Pcll.
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MAJOR ]. vi. ASHLEY
WRITES FROM FRANCE
We Want Husky Men for the Service
and the Moral Support of AL
Americans to Help Win War.

The following letter from Some
where in France, written Nov by
Major H. NJ. Ashley, who was trans
fcrrcd from the First Vermont lnfan-
thy 10 the lulst Ammunition Train,
was received this week by Major Linn
u. Taylor Of Brattlcboro:
Just word from sunny France. -
where il rains all the time. and thu
sun does not shine, and the mud is the
best ever.
We arrived here right side up and
are located at one of the camps, get
ting ready 10 do 'our bit when the
time comes. We had very good pas
sage, only IL was very slow. and every.
one was tired. Everybody is well. II
docs not get very cold here, but as il
rains all the time it is damp all the
time and the cold wind seems TO 20
through one until you get used to IL.
and then it is all right.
! wish the people az home might see
'hc people here and SIT how they yet
into harness and do their part. II is
n solid business proposition and none
of the liurrah Glory and tin foil stuff
that YOU ~ce So many Cf Our people
pulling of and trying 10 make them
selves think they are patriotic 10y sim
ply buying Liberty bonds and suhscrib
ing 10 the Red eros, fund. All thi,
is very wen, and we mast have tn,
money and supplies for our hospitals
but what SO want is men, big fcl
lows who can eat coarse food, tote /;
gun, dir ditch, sleep init and know
how to use the gun they toted up {,
d.. And when these follows are uscC
MP, have SOME more Of the same kind
10 takc their places; have them fighting
e. bc iu the front line. Is soon a. tn,
people az home fll their pipes with thi
kind OF fuel aud keep up big smok,
this war will COME to close. No,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07
E. s. BRIGHAM NAMED.
Member Of Federal Milk Commission
for Boston District

BOSTON, Dee. THE makeup Of
the federal milk commission for the
territory supplying this city is an
nounced as follows
George NJ. Morris, Lancaster, n. IL.
+. 5. Brigham, ST. Adams, Vt; Robert
Windsor, A. Lawrence Lowell. Joseph
3. Russell, Philip R. Allen, J. Frank
o Hare, Freedrick s. Snyder and James
0. Jordan, all of this. city; J. s. Muir
dock, Providence, R. l., and Robert
Nj. Scoville, Connecticut.
The commission is empowered to de-
termine after hearings the reasonable
prices of milk to be paid by purchasers
to producers and by consumers to dis.
tributors, such prices to be based up
on the cost of production and distrib
ution, with reasonable profit added
III each instance.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07

Russia has 10000 Iepers, taken cate Of
by p institutions.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07
BOAT MAKES HIGH SPEED.
Whip Pc Will Goes over Seventy
Miles an Hour on Lake George

NEW YORK, bee. Although The
mile-a-minutc boat was considered more
or less of a dream until recent wears.
this speed has been surpassed in the
past two seasons in actual racing and
now the standard has been set at net
ter than 20 miles an hour. The new
records, which were made in tests
against time, were clockcd at Lake
George where the 7S-foot hvdroplanc
Whir.Po viii, owned by an officer Of
the American Power association, coy
cred q measured mile in 81 80 seconds.
or at an average OF 1o.l5 miles an hour.
Six onc-mile dashcs were made the first
day and the average was Gi.14 mics
an hour while the average of the see
ond day 5 tests was 69.39 miles am hour
with two Of the mile SprintS showing
an average of better than 20 miles an
hour.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07
FARM BUILDINGS BURN.
Blaze at Property of G. R. Jacobs in
New Haven Does $4,000 Damage.

BRISTOL, Dee THE farm house,
shed, hen house and grainery north Of
New Haven Mills village, owned BY
George K. Jacobs of this village and
occupied by Mrs. Mae Turner and her
son, James Turner, were burned be-
tween and 6 clock yesterday morn
ing. But a small part Of the house
hold goods were saved
During the fire James Turner was
severely burned about the face and
head. The loss is $4,000, partially IN
sured. The fire is supposed to have
been caused by defective chimney.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07
SCHOOL AS USUAL.
No Decision for Closing in January
and February Has Been Reached.

MONTPELIER, Dec 7.-Commls-
sioner of Education NJ. b. Hillegas has
sent a circular letter to the directors
and superintendent of schools to the
effect that he has no official knowled &c
Of the rumored closing Of schools in
January and February and suggests
that until they got official information
they should continu" arrangements Tor
the holding of school as usual. He
has been receiving MANY letters rela
tive to the matter
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07
THIEVES ENTER TWO STORES
Steal Money, Tobacco and Lard from
st. JchnSbury Merchants

ST. JOHNSBURY, Dec. THE to-
bacco store of Harold Brown and GiD-
son 3 meat market were broken into
early yesterday morning entrance being
made by smashing window. In the
tobacco store the cash register vas
rified, about So being taken. The
thieves also stole cigars and cigarettes.
From the market - pounds of Lard
was taken. No arrests were made.
King OF Slams bodyguard has 400 armed
women He's one king that's guarded to
suit our taste
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07

Wood; treas, G. II. Nelson; e., Miss
Marion Webster; A. G., Miss Carrie
Scoville; trustee for three years, G. A.
Ware. The installation will be private
The Foreign Missionary society met
with Mrs. l.. II. Lazelle Wednesday
with about 30 present. Mrs Haight
gave a synopsis of the second chapter
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07

of The African Trail. Mrs. y. F..
Wood gave paper on The Status OF
Women, under the various forms of re
ligion. Reports of the jubilee meet
ings Of the W. B. f. NJ. in Boston
were given by Mrs. l.. r. Smith, Mrs.
c. +. Dickerson and Mrs. A. G. Moody
The meeting closed with devotions by
Mrs +. F. Howard.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07

Will be sufficiently close to the regular
market grades to make compliance with
them advisable on the part of the deal
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-12-27

marble tablets on which are inscribed
the names of the men who gave their
lives to the city during Napoleon's
invasion.
Just outside the Kremlin wall stands
house which always interests the
visitor 1t is the old home of the first
Romanoff, the founder of the dynasty
Of which the recently deposed Gar
was member. Car Michael Theo-
dorvitch, the founder was born there
and also his father. Theodore Kiki.
tisch. who became a patriarch under
the name Of Philaret. The house is
perfect specimen of the dwelling
houses of the old boyars Of Russia.
1t contains many relics of the Roman
off family.
Moscow has fine libraries a Uni
versity and remarkable picture gal.
lery in which war pictures Of the
most bloody type seem to FREEDOM.
mate. AS it Is the western terminus
of the Siberian railroad it is the great
commercial center Of the country.
City or Wealth.
There is considerable social life in
the city which is naturally one of
wealth and during the winter there Is
opera. theatres and winter sports.
During the summer many of the
wealthy people leave town but amuse-
ments are plentiful, vaudeville shows
flourish in the suburban parks, these
shows sometimes having 50 many
numbers that the entertainment does
not close until two A. NJ. The hotels
and restaurants serve elaborate meals
even in wartime few dinners being
under seven to ten courses. The new
regime in Russia may change the liv-
ing in Moscow, but Russian tradition
and superstition are too much a part
Of the lives of the people to change
the aspect Of the city and the Kremlin
will always be looked upon with
sort of generation. Socialists and even
Anarchists may sit in the palaces
while Russia is working out her new
condition but Moscow will always re-
tain that charm of barbaric splendor
and the people will still cling to the
traditions of this great city from
which Russian Cars both good and
bad held sway over Russia for so many
years.
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complete without some mention of
the great bell which stands in the
Kremlin Square. To provide bell
for church has always been regard
ed as a meritorious act in Russia, so
the Queen Anne decided to have one
cast which by its great size should be
known as the Queen of Bells" 1t
was cast in the year 1876 and weighs
twelve thousand pounds. During one
of Moscow's numerous fires it fell
from a burning beam and piece was
broken from it. 1t lay where it fell
until 1886 when Nicholas the First
had it placed where it now stands.
Close by is the worlds largest cannon
"A perfectly useless mass of brass,
which has never been fired. Several
cannon balls each Weighing one hun
dred ard twenty pounds are beside
the cannon and quite as useless as
the machine for which they were de-
signed
In order to get the best view Of
Moscow one must climb the bell tower
of Ivan the Great, whore the view eX-
tends over the city far into the sub
urbs. The big orphan asylum. where
eighteen thousand orphans are re-
ceived each year comes into view, the
huge bazaar building with It's six thou
sand shops where the east and the
west meet in commerce is in the fore
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ground with its hundreds of droskies
parked before. The entrance to what
is known as the Chinese city, where
the warehouses and office buildings
are located Is in plain view. Mag
nificent homes and great churches
with their richly colored domes are all
about Two of these churches are par
ticularly notable, st. Basil the Blessed
and the Church of st. Savior.
Splendid Churches.
The former is one of the most orig
lnal buildings in the world and has
style of architecture all its own.
1t was built at the command of Ivan
the Terrible as a thank Offering for
the Conquest of Kasan. There is a
tradition that when it was completed
it was so beautiful and so wonderful
that Ivan had the builders eyes nut
out so he could not build another like
it. There is another version of the
tradition which tells how Ivan asked
the architect whether he could build
more beautiful structure, and when
the man replied in the affirmative the
Car ordered the executioner to cut
off the architects head so that the
structure might remain unrivaled for
ever. The church has a number of
domes or towers which appear like a
bunch of upturned beets in shape,
, each of which is surmounted by a
golden cross. The carving on them
Is little short of marvellous, the color
ing Of which is indescribably beauti-
full. The interior consists Of eleven
different rooms in one of which repose
the remains of st. Basil the Blessed.
In 1911 the church was ransacked by
Polish troops and in 1912 Napoleon
used it as stable for his horses. In
1889 it was restored to it's former
beauty and is today the pride of Mos
COW.
The Church Of St. Savior is more
modern and was built as a thank Of
fering for Moscow's deliverance from
Napoleon. 1t was begun in 1887 and
completed in 1888. AS the church is
the highest building in the city and
dominates the sky line and its dome
is covered with solid gold it can be
seen for miles. The interior Is richly
decorated with paintings by native
artists and has over one hundred
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-12-27

in connection with registration total
ing approximately four billion copies.
The first Liberty Bond issue required
large quantities of rush work. One
million copies of posters. printed in
two colors, were delivered within the
space of few days. Four million
copies were printed Of what Is known
as the boy Scout Poster" and ten
million copies of 1t were printed on
circulars. applications, etc.
"Crnnks" Flock To Capital.
The war has sent "cranks" and their
pet schemes to the Capital in droves.
and they have caused considerable
trouble to the police. But the latter
handle suspicious cases in business
like manner. and. considering the
number OF these added creatures who
have descended upon Washington, the
police have wonderful tact and de-
termination in getting rid of them.
large number of the suspicious strang.
ers are sent to the Government Hos
pital for the Insane for examination.
There they are put through severe
tests and allowed to explain their
schemes for bringing the war to
sudden close or capturing the kaiser.
A Mobilization or Brains.
There are a hundred or more men
in Washington now working for the
government at nearly double union
hours whose time the government has
never been able to buy in peace times.
The names on the various war com.
mittees are those of men who in pri'
vate life command bigger salaries or
receive bigger incomes than 100000.
They are prototypes of Herbert c.
Hoover. and the story Of his energy.
ability and sacrifice Is a household
tale here and abroad.
The list of names OF big men who
are working for Uncle Sam in his hour
of need is growing longer each day.
and it has been stated that 1t resem-
bles a series of pages from Who's
Who" Virtually all Of the men have
made real sacrifices, either in home
life. money, business interests or per.
sonal comfort, to go to Washington.
There are no heroics about 1t. on.
hand. the average citizen could not
name ten of them. Most Of them will
never get their names in the news
papers, except for n passing mention,
but history will show how big a part
they played In the struggle to make
the world safe for democracy"
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all strangers being closely watched
At night the mansion is watched by
soldiers who are stationed a few feet
apart around the white House
grounds. The gates are doubly
guarded.
Cannons Were Spiked
One Of the most peculiar incidents
of the protection of the White House
is in regard to two antique cannon
adjoining the east side of the State
War and Navy Building. which is just
west of the Presidential mansion. The
two guns, long out of use. were cap
tured during the Spanish-American
war. When they were taken to
washington they were placed at the
ton of the steps leading to the east
entrance of the governments great
est office building, that of the State.
war and Navy. The muzzles of the
cannon point directly at the White
House. When state of war was
declared with Germany, the guns
wore spiked. their interiors completely
0,,od m. so that there was no pos
s,hiIitv of their being fired. This is
orlv one of the many precautions
taken to safeguard the life of the
chief executive
The Capital has also become the
corter of activities for big business
uor They are devoting themselves.
,heir time and their resources to the
work of cooperation with the govern
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Eyes Of the Nation Turned Upon the Capital = Big
Men Who Are Working for Uncle Sam In His
Hour of Need Protection of the President
Modelling the Nations Brain Power.


Ever meet General Blank, of the
Corps, who has charge
of the Army clothing supply? What
kind of a fellow is he. anyway"
Every one Of the passengers of that
particular Pullman, with the excep-
ton OF the soldiers and sailors and, of
course. the INVENTOR sought gov
eminent contracts for materials
some of them war materials and some
or them materials that their makers
thought should be war materials,
whether they were or not. And this
pullman was no exception; all cars
entering the big Union Station in
washington average pretty well along
the same line. The proportion rep
resented by the Inventor" can be
classified moro appropriately under
tho caption of "crank."
Changes About The City.
b Washington. heretofore rather
lethargic and flguratively inclined to
sit back and view events with a crit
ical eye, has Awakened with new re-
sponsibilities. The city, with an esti-
mated increase In population of some
where between seventy-five and a hun
dred thousand persons, suddenly finds
itself thing OF importance to the
nation, the point from which all war
activities radiate, with many new
branches of government service open
to workers and with business of all