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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28
side-Swiping'' Local Option.
{ Rutland Herald

Speaking out OF a full experience
under prohibition and local option, the
Randolph Herald aad News has the fol
lowing TO saE about S %:
Senator Morse has the latest idea for
side-Swiping local option--a yearly ref
crendum ON whether or lot Vermont
shall license liquor selling, combiAed
with a Local vote on town or city Ii
cense. Without desiring 10 rob Sena-
tor Morse Of any holor Justly his due,
the scheme he proposes was suggested
more than 10 years ago b. this jour
nal. That was whea local option was
still on trial and, in It's early stages,
giving such poor satisfaction that it
babe fair soon to he replaced by some
other law. After Is wears experience
the voters last year declared unmis-
takably in favor of the present law.
We view all attempts to accomplish by
indirection what could not be done di-
rectly as misguided and ill-advised at
this time. Let the local option law in
its essential features alone for the
present and go about the other bust
ness of the session. That accom-
plished, go home.
The Randolph scribe has condensed
a whole lot of wisdom into a very few
words:
, Let the local option law alone;
Get dOwl to business;
Go home
Better advice could hardlT be cx
pressed in q brief paragraph.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28

If we are worthy of our history and
If our opportunity, there will be no
4hirbing of our full duty nor any fail
ire to make the most of our oppor
unity to cooperate to the full with
he nations which are doing their best
20 overcome German militarism and
nd this menace to ali the world. We
ought. is VIC enter the war at ALL to
pare no reasonable effort to make our
'esources count for the success of our
COMMON cause. Otherwise we shall
all down miserably in our exceptional
pportunitv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28
Member OF the Associated Press.

Phe Reformer Is on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattlebnro News Co.
G.. w. Cleavelsnd. u. 4. Cutler & Co
tEsteyvilel. Prools Tfouse Pharmacy
Mems Depot Newsstand.
West 5rattleboro, J. l.. Stockweu
East Dummerston, NJ II. Brown.
Putney. NJ. @ Williams.
Newfane, n NJ RatChelder.
Townshend, G. w. Cutler.
West ToWnshend, G. ii. Grout.
jamaica, X j Daggett.
South Londonderry. II Tyler
South Vernon. + b. Buffum
West Chesterfield. NJ. r., Mrs. W
StrCeter.
Alnsdsle, N. r., W. II. Lyman.
Bellows Falls. VT, Depot Restaurant
Windsor. VI. Windsor Restaurant
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28
S TT N u l. A N T. S

ture and demanding more rope Where
one man limits himself to three cigars
a day, thousand make way with
twenty and top off with four pipes
full before retiring When the family
physician feeds morphine to sciatic
rheumatism, the patient usually re-
covers just in time to invest in a hypo-
dermlc needle. The boz who goes the
beer route is lucky if he doesn t wind
up on lemon extract. Stimulants never
made clear head and clean eye or
happy marriage or a captain Of in
dustry, and the more they are abused
the harder they sting.
Tobacco. tea, coffee and malt extract
are stimulants which should be driven
with high check. Nevertheless, it
is sad fact that thousands of people
who have always smoked a cob pipe
and drank coffee made in a I've buc ket
have been cut of in their 103rd wear
and caused the relatives to ask for
that familiar hymn, 81 Would Not
Live Always.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28

A stimulant is something which peo-
pie take to increase their voltage
Some people have so little natural vol
tage that they have to fire up on slim
ulants about five nights week, after
which the.s are able to get home with
the aid of picket fence and nineteen
telephone poles.
There are several kinds of stimu
lants, all of which serve a useful pur
pose The old-fashioned stimulant
known as a sound spanking has kept
more boys out of the reform school
than all the moral precepts of the
ages. The moral preccpt is all right,
but If does not seem to reach the
spot with so much thoroughness as a
conscientious spanking mixed with
short, bristling words Of admonition.
Many a boy has been stimulated into
giving up profanity after his mother
has rinsed out his mouth with wood
ashes.
Nearl,- all stimulants have the fac
ulty Of giving out at critical june
TDro%oa&oJ - ~ 4
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28

Every little while we read of the
death of some person-usually a wom
an-who was-burned by an explosion
i'll an attempt to pour kerosene in a
stove fire that was nearly out. The
person who pours combustible liquid
direct from can is counting death,
but there is also danger in using tin
can, large cup or other retainer. If
the kerosene igaites instantly the ele-
ment of danger is largely removed,
but with o smouldering fire the oil is
turned into a gas which rises in the
form of smoke. When this gas ex-
plodes it throws the flames in all di-
rections. 4 small cupful of oil, if
used in just the wrong way, is likely
TO result in an explosion, with disas
trous consequences.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28
NEWENCLAND DETECTIVE SERVICE

(Registered.) Any legitimate business
handled with Secrecy and Despatch.
Honesty and Reliability Guaranteed
Best References. Consultation Free
Quinn Bldg, Rutland, VT. Day and
Night Telephones.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

II is the aim OF the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery
~ the paper each night, and il solicits
the cooperation Of subscribers to that
md, 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
II Is only by this method that the pub
Usher can secure the desired service
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28

That would sound far finer than Miss
Noodchuck. When can we have the
wedding feast?
have a fine room for you said
Mr.. Woodchuck, who could talk of
nothing else besides his new home,
lined with grass and leaves. 1t will
be very delightful, / think
l am sure it will be, and [ am
happy to be Mrs. Woodchuck. But
where is that wedding feast we're to
have?
There will be no guests said Mr..
Woodchuck.
Mrs. Woodchuck looked quite
pleased at that, for she felt hungry
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28

Senator Taylor of Windsor county
'as a good idea in making any legisla-
Or ineligible to any office that he
elped TO create.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28

The name of the University of Yer
mont ought to be changed to the
State University. President Gug Pot
er Benton's habit of writing the title
hat way has become a habit and the
burlington papers are now using it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28
A Military Lesion We Need.
Boston Globe.)

1t is rather strange fact that both
he military and naval establishments
f the world have nearly always re-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28

The Brazilian cOconut palm lives
from six hundred to seven hundred
years.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28

The ides OF March are almost here.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-28

IN THE REFoRMER.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-01-09
TO SPEND BIC
SUM YEARLY Y
Substitute Ordinance For
Dock Company Provides
Large Expenditures

Presenting substitute to the ordi-
nance conveying certain waterfront
property to the Bruce Drydock Com
pany, the city attorney yesterday
placed before the city commissioners
provision that the company be re-
quired to expend at least $4,000, or
to agree to. spend that amount, before
the ordinance was passed and accept
ed. In fact this was made part of
the ordinance substitute which the
city attorney returned and which
went on second reading.
1t is understood that the substitute
was written only after a consultation
had been had with Commissioner
Johnson and others who were inter-
ested in placing the dock here.
The ordinance now, in the substi-
tute form, goes on third reading
which viii probably be at the next
meeting of the city commissioners
Upon its adoption and acceptance or
the part of the company, actual work
will be ready to begin.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-01-09
SMALL CONVICTED OF
MURDER OF HIS WIFE
- AssoclATEp PREss

Ossif ee, \. H., Jan. S.--A verdict
of 'guLty with capital punishment"
was returned tonight against Treder-
ick L. Small, former Boston broker,
charged with the murder Of his wife,
Florence A. Small.
Small staggered for an instant, but
regained his composure. Turning to
newspaper men, he said:
II am innocent of this crime"
The judge reserved the sentence
until tomorrow. The penalty is hang
ing in This state.
The murder of Mrs. Small was last
September, at a cottage at Mountain
View. The woman was beaten, shot
and -tlangled before the house was
destroyed by fire.
Small left for Boston seven hours
before the fire. but it was charged
that be fixed cioc1wc1k to start the
fire. The state charged as the motive
twenty thousand dollar life policy on
his wfe's life.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-01-09
AV|ATORS ARE
HURT1NWRECK
Lieut.. Bellinger and Ser
geant Plunge to Island
While Testing Gun

Falling fifty feet to Swallows water,
completely wrecking the airplane, but
not seriously hurting either Lieuten-
ant Bell1nger and Sergeant Crawford,
of the Marine Corps, was the expert
ence at the aeronautic station yester-
day morning when those we'll known
officers were testing machine gun
with an airplane.
The machine that was wrecked was
an old Burgess-Dunne, equipped with
machine gun dof rsome trial work.
These operations were in charge of
Lieutenant Bellinger, who only re-
Gently returned from duty aboard the
cruiser North Carolina.
The accident occurred about ten
o'clock near Santa Rosa island, the
machine falling almost directly, on
land. While nothing definite is known
of the cause of the accident, it is be-
lived that while attempting to oper
ate the machine gun, the operator
lost control of the machine, causing
1t to plunge almost head down. Lieu
tenant Belinger was seriously bruised,
while it was reported that the SER
gant's leg was broken.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-01-09
IMM|GRAT|QN
ACT ADOPTED
State Department. Accepts
Bill After Objectionable
Terms Are Stricken
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Washington, Jan. S.-Freed of the
language objected to by the state de-
partment as offensive to japan, the
immigration bill was approved by
conferees and adopted by the senate
by vote of Sc to 10. The house ex-
poets to act favorably Thursday and
the bill sent to the president.
The literacy test, which caused the
vetoes of similar bills by Presidents
Cleveland, Taft and Wilson, remains
intact despite Wilson's announced in
teniton of vetoing it for this reason.
Friends of the bill claim they will
pass it over his veto
The bill provides for the exclusion
of Hlndus and other Asiatics by pre-
|scribing an area from which immi-
grants are not admitted. The diplo-
matte "gentiemens' agreement" with
Japan which regulates Japanese i'm
migration, is not disturbed.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-01-09
Test Case Placed Above
Others To Expedite An
Early Decision
WILL DETERMINE
: APPLICATION
In Test Case Judge Hook
Declared Act Unconsti-
tutional and Void
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Washington, Jan. 8.-Arguments
over the constitutionality of the Ad-
amson law came up today in the SUI
preme court. A large array of at
torneys for the railroads and counsel
for the government were on hand for
the last stage of the battle over the
validity of the act of congress last
September when the country was
threatened with nationwide railway
strike.
First upon the courts call of cases
today, following its three weeks holi-
day recess, was the Missouri, Okla
homa and Gulf railroad case, chosen
by the department of Justice and the
railroads for the test. 1t was not ex-
pected that the arguments would be
concluded before tomorrow.
When the court will announce a de-
cision is problematical, but it is ex-
pected within few weeks as the
court has consented to expedite the
proceedings and placed the test case
ahead of all others upon today's call
The case was appealed last November
from the decision of Federal judge
Hook at Kansas City, Mo-, that the
law was unconstitutional, null ano
void"
The railroad lawyers were headed
by Walker D. Hines. Arthur Miller
represented specially the Missouri
Oklahoma and Gulf road. John e
johnson of Philadelphia also appear
ed for the railroads.
In charge of the defense of the Ad.
amson act for the department of jus.
tice were Solicitor General John w
Davis, Assistant Attorneys Genera
f. Marvin Underwood and G. Carol
Todd and Frank Hagerman of Kansas
City, special assistant to the attorney
general.
The railroad brotherhoods were no
formal parties to today's test suit
Judge Hook dismissed the Missouri
Oklahoma and Gulf railroad bill as Il
union officers named defendants.
Today's arguments, technically
were upon appeal of United State
Attorney Francis NJ. Wilson of Kan
CONTINUED on Page Two.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-01-09
Refuses to Divulge Names
of Congressman Alleged
To Have Profited
MAY CITE HIM
FOR CONTEMPT
Clears Tunulty and State
Department, After Of
ficials Testify
RY AssocIATEp PRESS.

Washington, Jan. S.-IH series of
heated colloquies which Virtually
turped the hearing into an uproar,
the. house rules committee wrestled
with Thomas w. Lawson for several
hours today without obtaining defn-
ite information to substantiate the
stories of leak to Wall street in
advance of the presidents note.
The committee adjourned and Law
sons examination uncomp1eted, and
a motion to cite him for contempt for
his refusal to give names was taken
under advisement after consideration
in the executive session.
The committees troubles with Law
son began as soon as he took the
stand and grew into noisy row, quiet
ed only when Chairman Henry threat
ened to clear the room of spectators
and hold a secret session.
Lawson declared ne had inforrHA
tion from a member of congress that
a cabinet official had been a benefici-
airy of the leak but flatly refused to
give names. He announced definitely
that he would give no nzmes no mat
ter what the consequences.
He said that this was preliminary
hearing and he has given enough tc
warrant congress making an investi-
cation.
Lawson reiterated the charges that
congress was "wallowing in mire Of
stock speculation" and said that con
gressmen are wise dealers.
He cleared the state department
and the White House of any leak a:
far as he knew, but insisted that there
was leak
He said that there was advance in
formation to Wall street for years OF
supreme court decisions, presidents
messages and congressional matters
Secretary Tumulty appeared toda!
and again denied his connection will
any leak, renewing his demand OF
Representative Wood for an apology
Secretary Lansing also denied knowl
edge of the leak.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-01-09
PROHIBITION
UPHELD
Supreme Court Affirms
Webb-Kenyon Law Pro-
hibiting Interstate Sale
By ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Washington, Jan. Sin most
sweeping of all decisions upholding
prohibition laws, the supreme court
today pronounced constitutional and
valid The Webb Kenyon law prohibit
ing liquor shipments from wet to dry
states
1t also sustained West Virgia's law
prohibiting The importation in inter
state commerce of liquor for personal
use
The vote of the court was seven to
tvo.
The Webb-Kenqon bill was once
vetoed by Taft and passed over his
veto.
Liquor lawyers who heard the de
cision said it upheld and applied tc
law .in the fullest sense"
The Pensacola journal., 1917-01-09
TEUTONS TAKE
STRONG POINT.
Fokshani Captured BY Won
Mackensen Opens Way
to Galatz on Danube
RY ASSOCIATED PRESS.


Keeping up the offensive along tie
railroad northward into Moldavia, Won
Mackensen's troops captured the
f"rlItied city of Fevsl ani and nearly
1000 prisoners.
Last reports say Won Mackensen is
pursuing the defeated Russians, while,
despite the snow and extreme cold,
the troops of Archduke Joseph of
Austria. are pressing the Rumanians
into Moldavia, between PItna and
Oituz valleys.
The capture of Fokshani, which IS
forty-fve miles northwest Of Galatz,
apparently places the Danube town in
great danger. The Russian war of
flee, however, does not mention the
capture of Fokshani, but records the
repulse of the invaders northwest OF
the city. The repulse of the Teutons
southwest of Galitz is also reported
In three days battle the Russians
have taken important German
trenches and 500 prisoners in the re-
gion of Giga. A German. attack IL
Volhynia and Galicia has been re
pulsed, Petrograd SAYS.
Canadian casualties since the open
| ing of the war total 68,290 men. This
includes more than $4,000 killed o.
died of wounds
The Pensacola journal., 1917-01-09
IN PEONAGE CASE
is HERE FROM TALLAHASSEE

Though not indicted when the case
was presented to the grand jury at
the fall term of the federal court
here, the jury at the term of court
just closed at Tallahassee returned an
indictment against w. G. Holloman
and J. H. Williams, an employee of
Holloman, charging both with peon-
age. Holloman was brought to Pen
sacola yesterday morning and gave
bond for $1,000 Williams has not
yet arrived, but will come here later.
Upon the failure to secure an i'm
dictment before the grand jury at
Pensacola, District Attorney John L.
Neeley reopened the case before the
Tallahassee jury and was successful
The Pensacola journal., 1917-01-09

in the second attempt. The indict-
ment against the two defendants con-
tains fourteen counts alleging that
they returned and held negro wom-
an by name of Gertha Haig, and a
negro man, Cleveland Holt, in peon-
age, forcing them to work to pay a
debt which it is claimed was due Hol-
loman.
1t is stated that the negro woman
was taken from a train by Williams
placed in Holloman's automobile and
beaten, then carried in state of in
voluntary servitude to the camp. II
is also claimed that a negro man was
forced to dip turpentine boxes during
the night, by the light of lantern.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-01-09
BUFFALO BILL FACES
DEATH AS in LIFE
BIZ ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Denver, Jan. S.-Colonel William
F. Cody buffalo Billl dying here, is
facing death in the same manner he
faced it many times on the plains.
The colonel heard the approach Of
his end today from DR.. j. H. East,
his friend.
Turning to Mrs. May Decker, his
sister. the colonel said, MAY, let the
Elks and Masons take charge of the
funeral" He then began arrangement
of his affairs. DR.. East said tonight
that death would come within thirty
six hours.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-01-09
Tell City Commissioners
That Present Facilities
Are Inadequate
WOULD AVOID
TRUCK HAUL
Plan to Place Track Along
Jefferson and Connect
With Electric Co.

Requesting the privilege OF having
constructed south on jefferson street.
below Main street, spur track, td
connect with their respective plaoea
of business, over which could and
would be moved cars which wera
brought to the city from the G. +. 81
A country, George C. Willings, gem
eral traffic manager of the G. F. q
A.; Max Bear, of the Lewis Bear
Company; r. F. Mitchell, of the West
Florida Grocery Company; A. +. Nc
Allister, of the West Florida Naval
Stores Company, and Harry Kahn, OF
the Welles-Kahn Company, appeared
before the city commission yesterday
afternoon.
As warehouses are on either side
of the street named, the commission
ers, favoring the application Of tho
business firms named, are considering
the advisability of allowing tracks on
both sides of the street, to extend as
far south as Pine street if circum-
stances would warrant.
The wholesalers represented to tho
commissioners that the Louisville &
Nashville Railroad Company refused
to handle anything from the Gulf,
Florida & Alabama Railway, and
when carload consignments arrived
over the new railroad line, it meant
that the contents of the cars would
have to belhandled by truck to ware
houses, whereas should there be a
spur track allowed as indicated, this
slow and expensive handling would be
avoided and the cars could be switch
ed alongside warehouses and their
contents transferred without loss of
time directly into the storage plants
1t was represented that efforts had
been made to endeavor to have the
i. & N. handle loaded cars from the
G. F. & A., but thus far such efforts
had been unavailing. Stock, in more
than carload lots, when reaching the
city over the G. F. & A., was consider
ably delayed at times when available
trucks were not at hand As car de-
murrage is an item of no inconsider-
able moment to be figured, the con-
signees are endeavoring to unload
shipments Just as rapidly as possible,
and the easiest way to do this is to
reach the cars by the warehouse
forces.
Should the request coming from the
applicants be allowed, it will mean
that cars win be handled over the
tracks of the Pensacola Electric Com
pany from the yards Of the G. F. &
A., over to jefferson street, and there
be switched over to the respective
houses Of the consignees. This viii
mean that business will pick up won
derfully over the G. F. & A., it is
claimed
Tracks, if allowed, would have to-
be builteto parallel the switches al
ready maintained by the L. e. n as
connections with the various whole
sale houses. This was one of the
/ problems which rather perplexed tie
commissioners at first. but when It
was shown that even if built parallel
ing the L. & n tracks, it wouA be
better than the arrangement as exist
ing at present.
The matter will come up later.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-01-09
AFTER STORMY SESSION
LAWSON'SLEAKC CHARGES
NOT SUBST ANTIATED
DANIELS ASKS
CONGRESS FOR
IL MILLION MORE

By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Washington, Jan. 8.--Secre-
tary Daniels today appealed to
congress for $12,OOO,OOO to add
to the navy yard construction
facilities because of the failure
of private builders to give sat
isfactOry bids for four battle
cruisers and three scout cruis-
ers.
He declared that the prepaf
edRess program is halted be-
cause private builders are "un-
willing to undertake the com
Rlete program with an assur-
anee of speedy completion, even
at unreasonably high prices
Congress has already voted
$6,O00,00O for navy yards.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-01-09
FIRE IN PRISON STOPS
ESCAPE OF PRISONERS

Frankfort, KY, Jan. S.-Negro
prisoners estimated by officers to be
as many as eighty were cut off from
escape tonight by fire in the cell
house, the oldest buildings of the
state reforfhatory here.
Dynamite has been ordered to blow
a hole in the wall in an effort to re-
lease the men. Each cell must be
unlocked individually. The building is
still burning.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-01-09
EXPECT ENTENT REPLY
WITHIN FEW DAYS

London, Jan. S.-The Entente reply
to the presidents note may go for
ward within twenty -four hours, hut
the publication is not expected until
forty-eight hours after RECEPTION ac-
count of the plan for simultaneous
publication.
The delay is taken to mean that
many changes from thesfirst draft has
been made. The near eastern question
is expected to figure largely.