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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-10
TWO FREIGHTERS
FLOATING GLORY
TO BRAVE ZONE
Shipping Circles Stirred by
Announcement That U. S.
Ships Will Defy Dangers

New York, Feb. 10.-American ship
ping circles were stirred to-day by
the announcement that two freighters
ilying the Stars and Stripes would sail
Immediately for the European war
zone. They will be the first American
vessels TO start from New York for the
prescribed area since the beginning of
Germany's unrestricted submarine
warfare.
These ships are the Orleans, owned
by the Oriental Navigation Company.
and the Rochester. of the Kerr Steam
ship Company. Both are bound for
Bordeaux. France. The two ships have
received their clearance papers and
loaded all their carSoes and they are
awaiting final word from their owners.
The Orleans has an American cap
tain, Allan Tucker, and Il crew of
thirty-fiVe, of whom thirty-two are
citizens of the United States. The
Rochester has thirty-three officers and
men, of whom two-thirds are Ameri-
cans.
Not Striped
Both vessels have their names and
~. S. A." in large letters on their
black sides, but are not striped or
marked in the manner prescribed for
American vessels by the German
blockade regulations. Neither is
armed.
The post Office authorities are con-
sidering the advisability of transferring
5000 sacks of mali from the American
liner ST. Louis, which has been held
up here all week by the blockade sit
uation, to the British steamship Cedric,
which sails tomorrow for Liverpool
without passengers.
Bankers, manufacturers and railway
men said to-day that the reduced num-
ber of sailings from American ports
was beginning to be felt, although as
yet there was no serious congestion of
cargoes at the railroad terminals. 1t
was said that many shippers are with
holding their goods from the railroads
because they could not obtain the
necessary ocean tonnage.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-10

The Manitoba was a steamer of 6,S26
tons gross, built at Greenock in 1915.
She was last reported at London on
January about to sail for Calcutta.
The Solbakken was a steamer of
2,616 tons gross. She sailed from
Buenos Ayres on January for Cher
bourg. She was built at Middlesbor-
ough in 1895.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-10
SEED SHIPMENT
ON SEA BOTTOM

CONTINUED From First Pagel
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-10
GERMANY HOPES TO AVERT WAR WITH UNITED
THREE MORE GREAT
STEAMERS ARE SUNK

CONTINUED From First Pagel
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-11
NEGRO REGIMENTS SEPARATE.
ColorcG Draft Troops TO Be Organized
as Arc Those OF Regular Army

WASHINGTON, sept II. - Negro
troops of the national army will be or
gauizcd in separate units as is done in
thr regular army, and as far as pos
sihlc viii be trained in the states where
they are raised. The call for drafted
NEGROES to mobilize at their camps will
be postponed to allow officers az the
camp to arrange for the organization
of these separate units.
Both white and Negro men Of the Sc
lcctivc forces will be given an oppor-
tunitv to volunteer to battalioRs for
service on the line of communication,
their work being military but not com
Blatant. There also Will be, however,
Negro fighting regiments of the nation
al army as there are of the regulars
and the National Guard
OF the 6S7 900 men called for as the
first increment Of the national Amy,
il Is estimated that Approximately 20
900 will be negroes.
In all, the army in France. will need
II has been estimated, more than 100
Zoo mon behind the lines for use alolg
the roads and railways or on other spe
cial work. A great many battalion'
oi both white and Negro troops VIII b,
necessary for these purposes, and the
war department feels certain that mann
of the Negroes Of the seleetive draft
forces viii volunteer for this duty il
order to be sent quickly to France.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-11
PREDICTS DRY" NATION.
Governor Capper Of Kansas Forecasts
il in Less Than Five Years.

NEW YORK, Sept. l1.-National pro
hibition Will be a realty in less than
five years, in the opinion of Gov. Ar
thur Capper Of Kansas, who addressed
the congregation Of Grace Methodist
Episcopal church here on the attitude
Of Kansas toward prohibition the war,
woman, suffrage and the League to En-
force Peace.
q National prohibition is coming in
less than five years. Governor Cap
per said, "because the business world
is rapidly lining up for it as an eco
aomic proposition. In the west the
strongest supporters of prohibition are
The large employers of labor, including
the railways, the packing houses and
other industrial concerns.
There has not been 4 saloon in nan-
3as in 81 years, the governor declared.
~ regard prohibition as the greatest
legislative blessing ever bestowed on
the state. 1t has reduced crime, poverty
and insanity and disease to the mini
mum. We have 80 state prisoners for
each 100 600 Of population, where New
| York has 1877. Kansas has 43 paupers
per 100000, where New York has 1872
and LIZ insane persons III hospitals,
whore New York has 343. Our per
ceutage of home owners is the largest
Of any state, with but one exception
| The consumption Of liquor for each
4 family in New York is about 5000 an
nuallv. In Kansas il is less than 50 ;
/ year. The wage Garner has just tna'
much more to spend for food, clothing
and education.
'The last defense Of the saloon is tht
plea that it is necessary for revenue
Ipurposes. Only two other states hav,
a lower tax rate than Kansas No otht
state has cleaner or better-governet
cities, and yet there is no such kthinj
~ Stun or licensed red light dis
tIict =
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-11
NOR THFIELD. MASS.

s. r. Slate Of Athol has been visiting
his nephew, Charles +. Slate.
Miss Hattie Bolton returned to North
Adams normal school last week
Miss Mary sad Miss Dorothy Boomer
are visiting III New York a few days.
William Ordvay is spending his vaca-
tion in New Hampshire and Vermont
Mr.. and Mrs. f. w. Doane have re-
turned from IN automobile tour of 500
miles
Roger Ayers has been accepted by the
United states nav- and is awaiting lis
call 70 duty.
Mr and Mrs Frank Evans and Miss
Ida Leavis are at Nahant beach for two
weeks vacation.
Mr. and Mrs Martin lanes have re
turned to their apartment in the Eas.
Mortified bookstore
Loring Cowlcs has finished work at
the Mortified hotel and Will attend the
high school this Year,
+. ". Harness and Henry Russell have
returned from a week of fishing at
| SFofford lake, NJ H.
Mrs. II. T. Harden is entertaining her
| StSl'i- MIS-. AIAlLtl, ana ilat8IlHF, MISS
Gladys OF South Decrfeid.
Several automobile parties have been
to Camp Deyens at Aver recently to
visit friends there i'll training.
Miss Annie O Donnell has returned
from the Gatskill mountains, where she
has had 4 position this summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Z. Aldrich, Miss Mary
Aldrich and Mrs. F. ". Harness are en-
| ioying an automobile trip in Maine.
! Frank 0tgo has returned to the Off
GERS reserve camp 1t Plattsburg, aftel
a brief stay witn his mother and siste
here.
WilHe'd Grrish Of West Mortified en-
listed in the aviation corps and is nov
at the training s,at.on at San Antonio
Texas.
Miss Hazel Clapp is teaching the dis
t1ict school in Y, IS. Gill, where Mis-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-11
SIBERIA CLAIMS ITS OWN.
Story of the Cars Exile Like Last
Chapter in a Romance.

As if by a calculated irony, he who
was Gar of Russia has been sent to the
birthplace of that evil genius of his reign,
the monk Rasputin,
The irony is twofold-a Gar exied to
Siberia and to the natal spot OF the fanatic
who formed the center of that conspiracy
against the Russian people which over
reached itself and toppled autocracy off
its throne.
Whether the sentence is just, flor,
after all the Gar was only tool OF
the bureaucrats and oppressors general
ly) there IS in the sentence that which
the world designates as poetic justice
meaning some event in real life which
ends with all the patness OF storybook
last chapters.
For a century Siberia has been name
Of hatred to all friends Of human liberty,
and The House of the Dead for the
free minds who strove to liberate Russia.
lit was the graveyard of Russian intellect.
The horrors of the journey thither were
only equaed by the horrors of the place
itself Cold, fatigue, overwork, foul pris-
ons, harsh jaiers, ill-health, tioggings, soli-
| tude. despair-all these tortures Carbon
wreaked on the liberators until Russian
Tart. literature and music rang with a mel
ancholy undernote caught up in echo from
that national wailing place Moussorg-
sky's songs lament of Siberia; Dostoleisky
commemorated his suiferings there in one
of his greatest novels; Tolstoys Resur-
ERECTION contains an account of Siberian
hardships which only his internationa
literary reputation saved the novelist
from suffering in person.
But it was not all in vain. 1t never is
Siberia became the watchword OF a caus,
which is never won and never lost-tht
eternal struggle FOR human liberty II
defeat and darkness, despair and frus
ltration, the example of the men and WON
en- who had gone bravely to their doom
lin that frozen land were a beacon fire t
lliberty-loving souls all over the world, ant
to the youth OF Russia especially Thu
.sacrifces of those whom Siberia swal
lowed made possible the revolution which
now consigns Nicholas to the SHOWS @
3asputins birthplace
That the Gar should actually be in 81
IBERIA reads like the last chapter Of som
wildly imaginative Utopian romance il
(which the novelist takes the liberty 0
making over events TO suit the popula
taste.-Boston Globe.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-11
EcW $50 BELGIANs ESCAPED.
Made Way to Holland and to Freedom
in Curious Manner

PARIS, sept. II. - According to 4
telegram from FTayre, whore the Bel
gisn government is Temporarily located,
about 155 Belgians have succeeded in
fassiag the frontier into Holland and
freedom in n curiout manner.
The German military authorities had
decided to have certain trees cut down
because they inteIfered with the view
Of the santries placed along the barbcd
wire fencing and the cable which,
charged with strong electric current,
prevents persons from escaping from
Belgian territory. One hundred and
fifty inhabitants Of Selzaete were req
ldsitioued and ordered TO work at cut
ting down the trees.
The imProvised tree-cuttcrs succeeded
In doing their work ia such way that
several trees fell across the barbed
wifp and The electrified cable, and made
wide, safe opening. Then they pre-
cecded 20 transfer themselves 10 Dutch
territory accompanied by their fve Ger
man guardians, who had long grown
tired of their duty aud were only too
| pleased to desert. bag and baggage.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-11
AN INVITATION TO WOMEN

Women are invited to visit the lab
oratory Of the Lydia f. Pinkham Medi
cine Go. at Lynn, Mass, and see for
themselves with what accuracy, skill
and cleanliness this wonderful remedy
for women . ailments is prepared. Over
$4,000 pounds of roots and herbs are
used annually in making this famous
medicine. Tie great bins of herbs, the
hinge tank filled with the medicine
ready to he bottled, aud the bottliug
room whore it is put up and labelled
for the market, cannot help but impress
thcm with the reliability Of this good.
old-faShioned root and herb remedy,
which for the past forty years has been
50 successful III the home treatment Of
female ills.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-11
Expert Advice on Food Gardens
,fspa,y Hints on How to Make Back Yards Profitable

The use Of good seed-properly rip
ened, plump intact aud free from dis
ease-is essential for securing large
Yields 1t is crop insurance for grow
ers to lay in their seed supply while
there is still opportunity to inspect the
fields or they can pick from the cream
of commercial stock instead of having
to take whatever may be available next
spring.
Of course, seed from carefully Sc
lected clean pods grown III one 5 own
seed plot are safest. Once the beans
have been threshed, it is difficult to
detect all which have come from dis
eased pods.
From all sections Of the country APP
plications are being received by the
Commission for the privilege OF max
| ing prize awards offered by the com
mission for the best canned vegetables
One thousand s. prizes and the same
number of National Certificates of Merit
will be awarded, the winners to be Sc
lected at community exhibits, garden
centers, fair and exposition.
7. S. Ridsdale, secretary OF the com
mission, is filing the prize applications
and announcement will soon be made Of
the organizations which have been dos
ignated to award prizes.-Canning les
son No. 50.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-11
APPLES, ORANGES,
figs AND PRUHES
Ae The -Four Fruits Used in
Making "FIuit-a-tiVeS

"FRUIT-A-TIyES" is the only
medicine in the world that is made
fpm the juices Of fresh ripe fruits.
thus, it is manifestly unfair to say, 81
won't take Fruit-a-tiyes because / have
tied other remedies and they did mo
10 good y. On the other hand, the fact
that "Fruita-tivcs" is entirety diGryem
pom any other preparation in the 70oyid.
is iuSt why you should give tia fair trial,
in any trouble Of the Stomach, Liver,
Bowels, Kidneys or skin. "Fruit-a-
ti,cs' Is combosea oftfe actsge PyiHeipIs
ofGba and Hs greatest nC,ge tonic epcr
Gi,co,trcd. l0c. a box, 6 for $50, trial
sizr, 25c. Ataildcllcrs resent by Fruit
auyas Limited, Dgl7us5urg. NY.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-11

children spent the summer at Mrs. !.
l.. TayntoH s.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Stark, Mr. and
Mrs. p. G. Stark, Florence and Marie
went with +. Y. Stark Sunday to Viii
rington, calling at Charles Record $
IN Guilford on their trip
At the last Ladies Industrial society
meeting il was voted to buy new shades
for the church and Mrs j. A. Muzzcy
was chosen to get them 1t was also
voted to buy wall paper for the parson-
Iage.
Mr.. and Mrs. 5. T. r. Cheney and
sister, Miss DALEY returned to New
York the first Of last week. Mrs Chen
ev has position there as teacher OF
art. Mr.. Cheney VIII return this week
to see to his farm for a while.
Mrs. Aimira Barnes, who has been at
the home OF her brother, John Allen,
/ this summer has gone to South London
derry, +. ]. Daggett taking her III his
automobile. Mrs Eliza Day and Mrs
Fannie Wood accompanied them.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-11
JAMAICA.

Mrs. J. F. Kierce visited at H. z.
Bovnton S last week.
Hazel Jones of Townshend is visit
ing at a. w. Buffers.
B. V. Stark is visiting at the home
of his father, A. 3. Stark.
Miss Grace Rabbit visited at Mrs.
Jennie Daggett 5 last week.
Mrs. Davis has returned, after few
weeks visit with relatives.
Miss stella Howard went Monday to
her school in Chicopee Falls.
Mrs. G. c. Allen and Ina went to
Boston the last Of the week.
DR.. and Mrs A. w. Thomas visited
relatives in Granville Sunday.
A. B. Stark and Earl Stark and fam
lily went to Rutland last week
Miss Cora Bemis is working for her
grandmother, Mrs. Miranda White.
Miss Core Goodell of Worcester re
Gently visited at Henry Hamilton s.
Mrs. II. ?. Boynton and Mrs L. W.
Bemis were in Brattleboro Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Clark are stay
ing at Charles Cooley 5. Mrs. Clark is
ILL.,
- ~,
Mr.. ana MIS-. 11efoerI stewart OF
day.
Miss Kate Kelley will spend the
month Of September with Mrs. a. L.
| Iaynton.
/ Mr.. anS Mrs. Harvey Gray OF Spring
| field, Mass, visited at II. A. Mclean 5
/ last week
Wales Cheney and Fred Burke re-
turned to Leland and Gray seminary
last week.
MISS WHITE, the teacnef OF the gram
mar room was AT hef nome III weston
over sunday.
/. \. Fitch Of Wilmington is spend
my = I - WEEKS WITH ms niece MIS-
go = 10 -
h2i!l crop OIL POTATOES "l'h many
fo'Iln8 Is the report OF many OF the
NJ NJ. pill, - cof,,,,h,,a on
:. or,,1a+ = NJ IN, PnI,insa,'' ol,,,
ti1o E. GO ~ tho u-nhlk va
a. 3 ~ Clou1.. ,r.
friend visited their parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Princes Allen. Sunday.
shirley Bassott and brother and fam
tx snent = dav or two With Mrs Shir-
ilov Raesatt 1T y G Hoslev g
Mrs Sadie Hardwick returned Satur-
day night. after a four-weeks' trip to
Wolcott, Burlington and Hardwick.
Mr. ANA Mrs. Edgar Sonar visited
their lrother and wife. Mr.. and Mrs
Earl CLARK. in Bellows Falls Sunday.
Miss Kathryn Cheney of Rutland, 8
: former teacher. spent two weeks here
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-11

The Reformer is conducting this coll
umn with the corporation of the Ma
tional Emergency Food Garden Com
mission to Inspire the planting of more
food gardens throughout the country
Charles Lathrop Pack, president of
American Forestry association; Lu-
Their Burbank, DR.. Charles ", Eliot,
Prof. Irving Fisher, John Hays Ham
mond, Fairfax Harrison, Myron T.
HerrSck, Or. John Grier Hfbben, En-
erson MCNillin. A. w. Shaw, Carl
Vroornan. assistant secretary of agri-
culture; Capt j. r. White, u. S. Ship
ping Board; James Wilson. former sec
rotary Of agriculture You should
watch this column every day Any
questions should be written on one
,ide Of the paper and sent to Garden
Editor OF The RefOrmer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-11
Secure Beans for Seed Now.

steps should be taken now to secure
good seed for next years planting of
beans, says today IS bulletin of the Ma
tional Emergency Food Garden com
mission, which is Offering $1,000 for the
best canned vegetables grown III war
gardens.
Every bean grower should at once
secure these seeds either from his own
crop or from fields which he knows to
be free from anthracnose and blight.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-11
FLOUR SHOULD DROP So.
Food Administra ton Says This Should
Come Under New restrictions.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.-Grain ele
vators began operating yesterday under
license restrictions prescribed by the
food administration. None viii be al
lowed to store wheat or rye Tor more
than thirty days and each elevator IS
required to make weekly reports Of its
transactions.
Flour mills will be put under q licens-
ing system within a few days. They VIII
be restricted TO 4 maximum profit of
twenty-five cents q barrel on hour aud
cannot make sales for more than Thirty
DAYS in advance
Grain elevators in operation under
restrictions prescribed by the TOOL ad-
miuistrator.
The mills viii be required to hold
Their grain accumulations to 4 thirty
days supply.
As soon as the new wheat crop he
gins to move through the mills flour
prices to the householders, according
TO the food administration, should drop
at least SO a barrel, which would repre-
sent a total saving to the public of
more than $30,000,000 a month.
! 1t has been estimated that the sense o
smell in a human being can detect tht
ree-hundrcdmilhonth part OF grain
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-11

Dorothy Clapp taught the two previous
years.
Miss Florence ar Ernest Durgin,
who had been guests VI Mrs Z. II. La
vclle, have returned to ttcir home in
Lowell.
i. B. Caldwell and family, accom-
panied by Charles Lamson, went TN au-
tomohile to Sunapca Lake, y. H., Friday.
Mrs. Caldwell, Miss Miriam ana Miss
Helen remained at Surarec Har5or 2
few days.
Extensive preparations are in progress
IIoia IN the +au.r han samo +in,e IN o..
tober All residents of the town are
asked to exhibit whether they are mem
! bers OF the Grange or not.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-11

facts well known to Jack, the attendant.
Last Christmas he was out shooting and
a rabbit jumped up about 10 yards
away Bang went both barrels, but the
bunny escaped with whole skin. :.Did
/ hit him. jack" asked the parson in
an excited whisper. Well, said Jack,
thoughfullv, til couldna say 'zaetly as
You il in. bat | mus say l nivver
seed q rabbit wuss scared. Ye're vastly
improved Sin last year, sir. The
clergyman smiled proudly. 1" An ii ye'
keeps on improvin and comes again
next year, Why with shake of his
head sommat II happen to that rab-
bin. Philadelphia Star
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-11
Central Vermont Ry.
Corrected TO June "a, 1917.
Trains Leave Brattleboro.

600 a. NJ. Except Sunday. For New
London.
$50 a. IN. Except Sunday. For South
Londonderry.
o.gOa m. Except Sunday. For New
York via Springfield.
40 =. m. Except Sunday. For Keene,
New London and New York
via tic Norwich Line steam
ers.
GOO r. m. Except sunday. Local for
south Londonderry.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-11
Encouraging.

At certain time every year G clergy
man goes to q farm Z few miles out %
hase day 5. sAoatjr q. ~ ~ 4, very
poor shot, but a generous giver-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-11

There was three times as much silver
III the Old English fQurpenny groat as
there Is in the modern shilling.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-11

japanese remove the quicker from per-
simmons by inclosing ripe fruit for several
days II alright casks that have contained
SAKE. the native wine
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-11

1t has been estimated that the sense OF
smell in human being can detect the
e-hundrcd-milhonth part OF grain
of musk
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-18

Manager Jones of the Browns is convinced that he has lucky "S'' combination in Shotton, Smith, Sis Ter, Sloan and Severeid, if he could only place lem right in the lineup.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-18

Schauer. Bush and Schang: Scott. Danforth. Faber, Cicotte and Schalk.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-18
A Reasonable Supposltion.

The farmer alleged freight train of the defendant company had hit one of his mules. "Now, MT. Jones'" said the attorney for the corporation to the aggrieved party, who occupied the wit ness stand, twill you kindly tell the court whether or not your mule was on the track, the property of the de- fendant, when hit by the train?" 'Well, sir," replied MT. Jones, 'I didn't witness the occurrence. but l suppose things must have been about as you say. This was pretty bright mule and reckon If that train had took out after him In the woods which fringe their track there where he was killed he would have got behind tree."- Macon Telegraph.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-18

Walter Johnson, Washington's star twirler, has been making up lost ground of late. He is again pitching the old z-z-zip brand that made him famous.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-18
Black Paper.

It is not always easy to get hold of a good sample 0f.black paper for mak. ing masks-a paper, that is, which is absolutely opaque and free from pin holes. The black paper that is used on roll film cartridges is particularly suit able for the purpose. If the photogra- pher is plate and not a film user, it Is still likely that he will know some. one who does use f1lms--ory that his dealer develops them - and either should be willing to give him hand- full of what otherwise would be regard. ed as rubbish. When obtained 1t should be cut to size and put away fiat, under pressure until 1t is wanted for use.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-18
B A s E B ALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

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