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Taiban Valley news., 1917-07-27
GERMAN PEACE
TALK IS SHAM
PREMIER LLOYD GEORGE AN
sWERs SPEECH OF CHAM
cELLoR MlcHAELIS.
FOOD SUPPLY ASSURED
BRITISH PRIME MINISTER DE-
CLARES AMERICA WILL SOON
CHANGE TEUToN'S TUNE.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
London.-The British prime minis
ter, David Lloyd-George, speaking at
great patriotic demonstration in
Queens hall, in commemoration Of
Belgian independence Day." charac-
terized the speech of the German
chancellor, DR.. Georg Michaelis, as a
mere sham and declared that he did
not want the Germans ito harbor any
delusions that they are going to
put Great Britain out of this fight
until liberty has been re-established
throughout the world"
Great Britain could make peace
with a free Germany, but with Ger
many dominated by autocracy, de-
clared the premier, there never could
be peace.
The Germans, said the premier,
were making the same mistake in un-
derestimating Americas efforts in the
war as they had made about Great
Britain at the beginning.
"They said that we would not
fight" continued Mr.. Lloyd George,
land if we did, we could not. We had
no army and couldn't raise one, and
they need not worry about Britain.
/ think they have discovered their
mistake about us, and they are now
just going through the same process
with America.
81 want to put this to them: Great
Britain, not a very large country,
while she is maintaining and equip
ping and even building up equipment
for an army of millions, afield and in
reserve, in full fighting array; while
she is maintaining the largest navy in
the world, can organize in the third
year of an exhausting war to turn out
millions of tons of new shipping; is
America, with twice the population of
| this country, with endless natural re-
sources, going to be beaten merely be-
cause she puts forth no effort? The
man who talks like that knows not
America; otherwise he would not say
it."
Referring directly to the German
chancellor's sneering remark that
America has no ships and no army
and that when America has an army
1t will have no ships to bring them
across the sea, the premier said:
"He knows America just as little as
the Germans knew Great Britain"
Far from being starved by the
U-boats, Mr.. LloydGeorge declared,
Great Britain's food supply for 1918
was already secured, production was
Increasing and losses at sea were
diminishing. He had sought in the
chancellor's speech for something
which he could hope for the ending OF
the bloody struggle.
But" he declared, 81 see in it
sham independence for Belgium; a
sham democracy for Germany, sham
peace for Europe, and l say that Eu-
rope has not sacrificed millions Of her
gallant sons to set up sanctuary for
sham"
Taiban Valley news., 1917-07-27
SENATE EMPOWERS PRESIDENT
TO FIX PRICE FOR COAL OR
TAKE OVER MINES.
WHEAT PRICE PUT AT 81
CONFEREES TO CONSIDER DIFF.
FERENcEs IN PROVISIONS
MADE BY TWO HOUSES.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington. - The administration
food control bill, virtually rewritten
after five weeks bitter contest, was
passed by the Senate, 81 to 6. Con-
ferees from House and Senate will be-
gin work at once and leaders are hope
full the measure may be in the Pres1-
dents hands in ten days.
AS revamped, the bill gives the
President broad authority over foods,
feeds and fuel, the latter including
kerosene and gasoline; provides for
administration by a food board OF
three members instead of an 1ndl-
vidual; authorizes federal fixing Of
coal prices, requisitioIing and operat-
tion of coal mines, and authorizes
minimum guarantee price of not less
than 50 per bushel for wheat at pri-
mary markets.
The Senate prohibition sections,
prohibiting manufacture OF distilled
beverages during the war and direct
ing the President to buy all distilled
spirits in bond was substituted for the
House bone dry" provision and will
be one subject of difficulty in con-
ference.
Senators voting against the bill were
France, Md; Hardwick, Ca; Penrose,
Pa; Reed, Mo-; Sherman, ILL.,; Suther-
land, w. Va.
Scores of amendments were dis
posed of Saturday, but the principal
features were the Incorporation of the
amendment authorizing the minimum
wheat price and another by Senator
Pomerene greatly broadening the
governments power. to handle the coal
situation The government guarantees
for wheat would be payable at all
principal interior primary markets un-
til July l, 1919. The Senate rejected,
46, to 38, an amendment by Senator
Norris to have the food board, instead
of Congress, fix the minimum price.
The Pomerene coal amendment in
corporated, by the overwhelming vote
of 72 to 12, directs the President,
through the federal trade commission
VI OlHcl dSChSyy " LA SOdA PAASSS'
wholesale and retail, regulate the
whole industry and If necessary to
take over and operate coal mines and
fix prices of labor.
On final vote the Senate refused,
60 to 23, to place the bills administra-
ton in the hands of an individual.
Appropriation in the House bill Of
$150,000,000 was left unchanged by
the Senate, which added an appropri-
alton of $1O,OOO,OO0, however, for fed
eral purchase and sale of soda nitrates
for fertilizer. Another important Sen
ate addition to the bill provides for a
joint congressional committee to su-
pervise war expenditures.
The Senate also added provisions
against boarding of foodstuffs and for
regulation of grain exchanges, author
izing the President to close them II
necessary to stop speculation in fu-
lures.
Taiban Valley news., 1917-07-27
TWO DIVISIONS IN COLORADO.
Boards Selected to Pass on Draft
Exemptions.

Denver.-The two appellate dis
trict boards of Colorado, to pass. upon
appealed decisions of the seventy-five
local district boards Of the state in
draft exemption claims, were an
nounced at Washington. Division No.
/ will be located at Pueblo and will
have jurisdiction over the southern
half of the state, while Division No
2 will have headquarters in Denver,
with Jurisdiction over the northern
half Of the state.
The personnel is: Division No. /
DR.. Henry w. Hogland, George w. Nc
Neil, L. A. Tanquary, Miles G. Saun-
ders and John J. Tobin; Division No.
John Donovan, William A. Brake,
DR.. Carroll E. Edison, Gerald Hughes
and Roady Kenehan.
Taiban Valley news., 1917-07-27

Victoria and South Australia, says the
Scientific American. Their attacks
upon the wheat lying stacked in bags
awaiting shipment alone threaten loss
to the extent of millions Of dollars.
To save this wheat all the stacks are
being surrounded with mouse-prOof
fences of galvanized iron with open
ings left every 16 feet, in which are
placed kerosene tins, sunk in the
ground with six inches of water in
the bottom. The mice already in the
stacks when this miniature fortifica-
ton is put in place must go out for
Taiban Valley news., 1917-07-27
Not Guilty.

In mighty wrath the sergeant came
into the midst of the new batch of re-
cruits and fixed his eagle eye on one
who evidently was so horribly self
conscious that he simply hated to
wash.
Hi, your roared the fierce person.
"Have you taken bath?"
Mild Indignation was in the raw'un's
voice as he answered:
"No; is there one missing?'-Lon-
don Tit-Bits.
Taiban Valley news., 1917-07-27

have an eight pound baby girl. know
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound saved me from an operation
which every woman breads. - Mrs.
NELLIE FIsHBACK, 1921 Christy Ave-,
Louisville, KY.
Everyone naturally. breads the sur
geon's knife. Sometimes nothing else
will do, but many times Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound has saved
the patent and made an operation un-
necessary.
If you have any symptom about which
you would like to know, write to tho
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn,
Mass, for helpful advice given free.
Taiban Valley news., 1917-07-27
Kaiser Calls Two Million Boys.

Washington. - Germany's counter
move against the American draft, 1t
is declared, as a call of 100000 Of
her youngest men to the colors. This
information, in confidential advices,
reached the War Department officials.
The German younger classes, 1t was
declared, will be called to report to the
colors next March, or about the time
that the new national army of the
United States can be expected to be
about ready to be transferred to
France.
Taiban Valley news., 1917-07-27
Man Falls Forty Feet in Well.

Pueblo.-The breaking of rope by
which he was suspended in a bucket
plunged Charles Yost forty feet to the
bottom of a we'll near Grimalvi, shat
tering his leg, fracturing several ribs
and causing internal injuries that may
prove fatal.
Taiban Valley news., 1917-07-27
Senator Thomas suffers Breakdown.

Denver.-United States Senator
Charles S. Thomas is i'll in Wash
ington. He had nervous breakdown
several days ago and his physician or
dered him to stay in his apartments
and give up all business.
Taiban Valley news., 1917-07-27
Mystery Surrounds Mans Death.

Pueblo.-The coroner is seeking to
unravel the mystery which surrounds
the death of Richard Leo Lewis, 1S,
employed as a section hand for the
Santa Fe railroad. His body was
found lying between the wheels of
heavy freight train in the yards here.
Taiban Valley news., 1917-07-27
A FRIENDS
"'-'"1 ADVICE
Woman Saved From a Seri.
GUS Surgical Operation.

Louisville, Ky.-"For four years I
suffered from female troubles, head
aches, and nervousness. could not
sleep, had no appetite and it hurt me to
walk. If I tried to do any work,
would have to lie down before it was
Taiban Valley news., 1917-07-27
Quick Action.

June-Belle is to marry Lieutenant
Dashaway.
Jessica-The fibber! Only yester-
day he told me that he didn't expect
to see anv real fighting for six months
Town Topics.
Taiban Valley news., 1917-07-27

water, and when they try to do so
they fall into the tins. At one coun-
try railroad station nearly 10000 mice
were caught in this way in a single
night. The experiment of driving the
pests out Of stack by using the
fumes of carbon bisulfide has also
been tried with some success. In
some districts the mice are dying in
large numbers from skin diseases.
Taiban Valley news., 1917-07-27
WAGlNG WAR ON FIELD MICE
Australians Forced to Build Fences Of
Iron About Wheat Awaiting
Shipment at Ports.

The wheat harvest In Australia for
the present season Of 1867 is the
largest on record. One result Of such
favorable conditions is that the Euro
nean field mice in this colony have in
creased to such an extent that they
ore doing enormous damage through
ont the states Of New South Wales,
Taiban Valley news., 1917-07-27
saduilIs Mine Workers, Strike.

Leadville.-The mining industry in
the great Leadville camp is practical
" at a standstill, due to a strike of
1892 men at z a. m. Saturday morning.
Taiban Valley news., 1917-07-27

finished. The doc
tors said / would
have to be opera
ted on and l simply
broke down. A
friend advised me
to try Lydia E.
Pinkham's V ege-
table Compound,
and the result is I
feel like a new wom-
an. / am well and
strong, do all my
own house work and
Taiban Valley news., 1917-07-27

Cleanliness may be next to godli-
ness, but it takes a lot of advertising
to sell soap, nevertheless.
Taiban Valley news., 1917-07-27
WARNING SOUNDED TO sLAVs
kerensky Takes Command on GaIlcian
Front, and Kaiser Directing Bat
tie Aaainst Russians.

Petrograd, July 23.-The provisional
government has issued proclamation
to the nation setting forth the serious
ness of the situation, declaring that
its first duty is to apply its whole
strength against the foreign foe and
in defense Of the administration
against anarchical and counter-revolu-
tionary attempts and outlining i'm
portant reforms throughout the
country.
Taiban Valley news., 1917-07-27

London.-Kerensky sent to take
command Of Russian army on Galician
front, while the Kaiser leaves to d.
rect army in battle against Russians.
French win hand-to-hand battle
with Teutons on Aisne front, using
bayonets and hand grenades to rout
the enemy.
Twenty German airplanes, cut off
in attempted raid on London, kill
eleven persons with bombs on coast
Kaiser holds first conference with
German Socialists and tells leaders Of
Reichstag he expects to keep a closer
relationship with parliamentarians in
future.
Taiban Valley news., 1917-07-27

Berlin.-German troops in easter
Galicia have crossed the Zlochofi
Tarnopol road, on front of forty kilc
meters. They found burning village
and great destruction in their path.
Taiban Valley news., 1917-07-27

VTDAIEV Is a deceptive disease
A1DlNC thousands have 1t
IT'D OHM Z and don't know It, If
L NOODAL you want good results
you can make no mistake by using DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney
medicine. At druggists in fifty cent and
dollar sizes. Sample size bottle by Parcel
Post, also pamphlet telling you about it.
Address DR.. Kilmer & Co.. Binghamton,
N Y, and enclose ten cents, also mem
tion this paper.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-26

piled with food and water; the men
who pushed their way across the great
plains had forage and water for their
animals and wild game for themselves.
The forty-niners who crossed the des
erts Of Utah and Nevada were encour-
aged by the knowledge Of California
beyond. Only the Spanish explorers
from Mexico and pioneer travellers
through the deserts of Arizona and
Southern California can appreciate the
suffering and understand the failure
Of the heroic Australian scouts.
The center of the great continent,
which their hopes had pictured as grass
covered plains, fertile valleys, lakes
and timhcred highlands, interspersed
perhaps with arid stretches, had
turned out to be one of the most
extensive deserts III the world. into
which streams rising near the coast
were lost in a sea of rock and sand
1t IS rs if the people of the United
States should wake up some morning
and find that all the land between the
AlIeghenies and the Sierra Nevadas
had been converted into plains like
the arid stretches of Utah.-National
Geographic Magazine
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-26

represents an outlay Of about $4,000,
which includes the installing Of d second
generator with a capacity of 425 horse
power, giving that auxiliary plant a
total capacity OF 10 horsepower.
Before the second generator was in
stalled large amount OF work, both ex-
terror and interior, was necessary. In
the first place Golfer dam was built
around the power house, the founda-
tions were dug out and carried down to
bed rock, a depth below the former
foundations varying from six inches to
four feet.
4 raccway wall $50 feet in length,
a part of which is shown in the illustra-
ton, was built, and it is the expectation
that this will do away with all, or prac-
ticallv ALL Of the trouble with lee that
has sometimes hampered the operation
of this plant.
The power plant has been coated in
side and outside with concrete on metal
lathing, making II practically tireproof
and new rack of iron to keep rubbish
from flowing against the water wheels
has been installed. New headgate
hoists have been put in, which may be
operated by one man, these being for
the purpose Of shutting off the water
from the water wheels whenever il is
necessary to clean them.
The winding Of the old generator has
been changed to make it less sensitive to
troubles caused by lightning or on the
transmission line without lessening the
capacity Of the generator.
\ new switchboard, consisting OF
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-26
stomach UPSET?
Get Al the Real Cause-Take DR..
Edwards Olive Tablets

That's what thousands Of stomach
uferers are doing now Instead of
liking tonics or trying to patch up a
cor digestion. they are attacking the
cal cause Of the acknowledged liver
nd d:sordcred bowels.
d.. Edwards Olive Tablets arouse
nc liver in Z soothing, healing way.
When The liver and bowels are per-
orming their natural functions, away
oes Indigestion and stomach troubles.
If YOU have a lad taste in your
mouth, tongue coated, appetite poor,
NV, don't-carc feeling. no ambition or
Mercy, troubled with undigested foods,
on should take Olive Tablets, the sub
titute Tor calomel
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are a
,urely vegetable compound mixed with
live oil You will know them by their
live color They do the work without
ripping, cramps or pain.
Take one or two at bedtime for quick
elief, so YOU can cat what you like.
vt l0c and 25c cvr box. All druggists.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-26

three panels, one for the outgoing cur
rent and the other two to care for the
current from the generators, is another
improvement new water wheel,
rated at 450 horsepower, is another
addition to the plant and new approved
lightning arresters are among other ex.
pensive Improvements.
The power house shown in the ac-
companying illustration is IS by % feet
in size and the dam is POI feet in
length with fall Of about Is feet.
Frank Pratt and Victor Lamonthe are
the two men in charge of the plant, one
of them being ON duty at all times. The
plant is under the direct supervision of
Leon c. White, superintendent of the
electric service Of the Twin State Gas
& Electric company.
\ specified amount Of current is taken
from the Connecticut River Power com
pany 5 plant at Vernon monthly by the
local plant, and they are so connected
that the West Dummerston plant is fur
nishing the bulk Of the power used IN
Brattleboro at all times, with the Yer
non plant carrying the variations of
the load.
With the additional generator, should
anything cut off the power from Yer
non, as has sometimes happened, the
time required TO telephone a message
to the West Dummerston plant to throw
the second generator into service would
be the only delay in furnishing all of
the power required BY Brattleboro, pro-
yidcd only that at the time of the
break there IS water in West river
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-26

cling was done by team. Their bust
ness extended to nearly all the towns
in this section, which included Shell
burne Falls, Colrain, Heath, Rowe,
Hoosac Tunnel, Charlemont. Savoy,
Hawlev, West Cummington. Windsor.
Ashfeld, Buekland, South Deerfeld,
Conway, Decrfcld, Bernardston, Yer
non, VT, Winchester. y. H., Jackson
vile, Sadawga, and then some-and
it was poor week during the winter
season that did not turn out as many
as three jobs.
1.-The orchestra would not be called
today brilliant one, but in those days
they ranked rs one which played snap
Ply, in perfect time, and one in which
the corpet and clarinet PLAYED smooth
enough so the viollns could always be
plainly heard even when all were play
ing. In those DAYS III most orchestras
one member was a prompter, thus saw
ing the price of an extra man. The
Shclburnc Falls BOYS were fortunate in
that respect, as both Scott and Brown
were prompters and occasionally
changed places.
Dances usually held until between
) and a. m, and | remember one
/ that commenced soon after supper
which was at $50, ran until II, thel
another supper, then until 3 and sup
per again, then continued until a. M.
when we had breakfast.
''Of the five who composed the mem
bership at that time, but one survives
II. o. Scott OF Lyonsvillc, who is nov
II years of age and in good health
thus disproving the statement he Otter
made, that a fiddler life was a shor
but a merry one Mr.. Browns usua
expression on putting the violin in tn
case after the night S work was An
other nail in the coffin. God bless him
may he have a place in that full or
chestra above.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-26
FLORENCE TRENDElL

Teacher OF Ballroom Dancing.
Private and Groups Afternoons and Evenin
Cottage Street Phone 442-B
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-26
MANY FIRE WARDENS
TO BE APPOINTED
Only "a Now Holding Office Others
Must be Named, Subject to
Governors Approval.

MONTPELIER Feb. 90 - House
bill SO, amending the forest laws, wills
leave 10 the state commissioner of
agriculture, as ex-officio state forester,
the appointment of more than 200
town fire wardens and $50 district fire
wardens in Vermont None of tue lat
ter has been picked as yet and only "a
of the former. The law SAYS that
town wardels shall be appointed by
the selectmen in each town, with the
approval of the state forester, if ap
pointments are made between Jan. !
and Feb. IS or %, inclusive. Aay
that hav' not been placed by March ]
are appointed by the state forester.
District wardens are appointed by the
state forester himself, as he sees fit.
The following towns have appointed
towns wardens ald had them approved
by the department: Albany, G. NJ
Hitchcock; Athens, Frederick y. Dun
! ham; Averili, J. c. Holmes; Benson,
d. L. Barber; Bloomington, W. J..
Monteith; Clarendon, John l.. Baker;
Granville, E. w. Ford; Holland, Ora
Silly; lsla La Motif, Allen NJ. Hall;
Leicester, L. o. Hathaway; Luther j.
Wilmoth; Mendon, James H. Ranger
Mortified, Charles +. johnson; North
Hero. George Stevens; Pawlet, Arthur
/ w Brown; Plainfieid john A. Foss.
Pomfret, |. j. Dervsie; Poultney, War
| ren II. Parker; Shelburne, George NJ
Palmer; Stannard, ]. G. Brown; Stock
\ bridge, Leslie F. Newell; Swanton, c.
c. Petit; Waitsfeld, Alton f. Farr;
West Fairlee, Fred G. Cook.
= L.,
are the same and each is paid 50 :
day. The territorial jurisdiction of
district wardens IS much smaller, how
ever, and they are appointed chiefly
in sections where there is special dan
ger of an outbreak Of fire.
Section 20 Of the amendments to =
law says 'this act shall take effect
from its passage. AS soon, therefore
as the governor puts his name to tbs
act, now passed by both houses, al
present employees. technically speaking
are out Of employment B. A. Chand
Ter. K. NJ Ross and Miss Katherin,
McCaffrey are the only employees %
the department. But several hundred:
Of fire wardens, who have served i.
previous years or hope to serve this
wear, are also wondering what is com
ing.
In summer ii would be different
thing. In addition to q force Of thre;
or four men there are about loo labor
ers, working on the state plantations
eight lookout men, four fire patrolmc,
(the latter appointed by the stat
forester with the approval o. the fed
eral government); four or FIVE men t
fight the white pine blister rust Zap
pointed by the federal bureau Of pan
industry with the approval Of tn
state forester) and superintendent
Of the state nursery-H. B. Hall is tn
present incumbent-who has 20 or ;
men under him in the spring, and VIII
serves during most Of the spring, sun
mer and fall.
t The appointments made by the con
I missioners of agriculture must be al
. proved by the governor.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-26

The West DummerSton power plant
of the Twin State Gas 4 Electric Co,
established first in 1902 rs an auxiliary
of the steam plant in Brattleboro which
furnished all of the electric
pawer in town, is once more in full opcr-
power i'm town, is once more in full oper-
tiou, but il is capable of furnishing
over twice rs much power as III the
past This statement means that IN the
event of serious trouble with the plant
OF the Connecticut River Power com
panv al Vernon, with which the local
concern is connected at all times, the
West DummcrSton plant can take care
of all OF the electrical demand of Brat
tlcboro whenever there is water enough
in West river, which is about nine
months in the year.
The original West Dmmerston plant
was built to accommodate two general
ors. but only one was installed. That
one had capacity of $50 horsepower.
For wears this was sufficient, as an
auxiliary. but in October, 1918, the
foundations of the power house had be
come SO undermined by high water at
different times that there was danger
of all of the costly machinery being pre-
cipitatcd into the river. The generator
had settled about two feet below the
level ON which il was installed original
~.
1t was necessary TO remove all of the
apparatus from the building in order
to make the repairs and practically re
construct the building. For over a year
the work has been in progress and now