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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-21
Belgian Coast
Scene of Stiff.
Naval Brush
International News Service

News Service:
BERLIN, May GA sea
fight between German and
French torpedo boats of the
Belgian coast, i'm which the
French ships were said TO have
been hit repeatedly, was report
ed by the admiralty today i'm the
following official statement:
Ion Sunday morning off the
coast of Flanders a brief en-
gagement took place between
our outpost torpedo boats and
French torpedo boats. The en-
emy's boats were struck repeat
edly. Our ships returned to
port undamaged."
The French admiralty, i'm a
statement issued yesterday, said
that the German fiOtilIa had
been driven back to- its base by
patrOlling French torpedo boats.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-21
FAMINE IN CHINA.

International News Service.
PEKING. May 81 - The food
scarcity in China has become so
acute that actual famine IL threat
ened in some districts.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-21

NEW YORK. May 21.-Sarah
Bernhardt is out OF the hospital
and into the Fifth av- shops
again. The French actress took
a motor ride today and stepped
up town Tong enough to pur-
chase a pink parasoI. She says
she il feeling grand.
Mime. Bernhardt has engaged
a cottage at Far ROckaway and
will remove there next week 10
remain until fall.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-21
LATEST BULLETINS
MANN OPPOSES SENATE.

International news service.
WASHINGTON, May 21. -
Rep. Mann. republican house
leader. dOnned war paint today
and served notice that the house
will not permit the senate 10
rewrite the big war appropria-
ton bills.
Mann's ire was aroused be-
cause the senate added three
quarters of a billion dollars to
the war budget after il left the
house and asked for a confer
ence with the house.
But when Rep. Fitzgerald.
chairman of the house appropri-
atiOns committee today sought
unanimous consent to agree 10
the conference asked by the
senate, Mann objected. This
forced reference of the big bill
TO the house committee.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-21
THE WEATHER

INDIANA AND LOWER MICHI-
GAN.-Cloudy and continued cool
tonight and Tuesday, probably rain.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-21
Mann House. in Adiition.

The houses. 3 in number, were
moved over on the new addition.
some of them at private expense. and
an equal number of new houses are
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-21

CONTINUED ON PAGE sEvEN)
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-09

the $4,000, 100000 bond issue go to the
allies will place greater burdens of tax
alton upon the people, and the original
estimate of Sl,OO0,000,000 by addition
al taxation may be doubled
One of the most important steps con-
tcmplated involves dropping the $780,.
900 inheritance tax minimum to So
600 and applying sufficiently high nor
NAL tax to increase the returns from
this source by $50,000,00O or 5000
600 q year.
The income and excess profits taxes
probably will be increased to produce
in the neighborhood of $1,000, 900 900,
an increase of almost $400,000,O00.
Impost or consumption taxes upon
sugar, coffee, tea and coca are expected
to produce about 50.OOO,000, while
*50,000,000 additional will be taken
| from beer and whiskey increases and
q large amount from taxes on cigars
cigarettes and smoking tobacco
In anticipation of the government Is
| first big move in its financial scheme
members Of the special committee on
war finance OF the United States cham
Der Of commerce have already begun
Investigations of foreign experience i'll
the war and what the United States did
along financial lines in previous con
| fiicts
The board of directors of the cham
Der of commerce of the United States
at its last meeting by way of preparing
for the present situation provided fol
the appointment of this special com
mittee having i'll mind the magnitude
OF the financial problem in connection
with such a war as is now being waget
by the Euopean countries. Every cf
fort viii be made to avoid the mistake:
and profit by the experience of othe,
countries overtaken by war withou
chance for prior financial preparation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-09
Special Notices
SEHOLD GOODS n,

HOUSEHOLD GOODS at private
sale; Nice, large oak extension din
ing table, SO; kitchen cabinet, ono of
the Very best and latest patterns, used
only short time, will be sold at a
bargain; medium sized cookstovc, good
heater and baker, IS; three burner gas
plate with large oven, $3.50; gas
heater, 81; kitchen table, 81; center
table, 81 White sewing machine, in
good condition, SO; $25 Victrola to
be sold at q bargain, nearly new; new
16inch lawn mower, So oak writing
desk, 81; rhaibensct, including white
iron. bed, good sptings, and mattress
bureau, eommode, stand, two cane 50; t
shairs, ker, nice toilet set, two ri :
lows, one quilt-all for $40; Child s 90
cart, SO; black walnut single bed
spring and mattress with two sets q
side rails, can he used for full leng'h
or three quarters. 50; bureau, SO; one
gallon ice cream freezer, $3.50; lar; G
Refrigerator, 50; folding wash bench
two good iron tubs and ball bearin
wriuger all for ~; copper wash boiler
90; nice hard wood rocker, $3.50,
lot of dishes and numerous othe
things to be sold cheap for cash In
qurc al 16 Green Street. est
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-09
Immediate Advance of ST.
500,0O0,000 to S2,OOO,00O,-
600 Decided Upon
LUXURIES TO PAY
A LARGER AMOUNT
Intoxicants, Tobaccos, Sugar, Coffee,
Tea and Cocoa in the List-Changes
Excess Profits.

EXCESS Profits.
WASHINGTON, April 9.-Plans for
increased taxation to supplement the
bond issue of 100000 900 are being
shaped by individual members of the
house ways and means committee fol
lowing the conferences with Secretary
OF the Treasury MeAdoo. According
70 present plans, the total demands up
on the financial resources of the eoun-
try for the first year of the war would
be about $4,000 100000.
An immediate increase of revenues
from taxation amounting to between
Isl 800, 600, 600 and $4,000, 100000 an
nually will be sought to supplement
the $4,000, 100000 which this govern
ment will retain for its own war pur-
poses from the $5,000,000, 600 issue i'm
medately contemplated, the balance Of
SO 100000 600 being lent 10 the allies.
This was the statement of one OF the
most influential of the eonferees who
viii play a leading part in the framing
OF the new revenue provisions.
This represents an almost even divi-
sion Of responsibility for the war bud
get between bonds and direct taxation
With each new credit requirement q
division between these two methods
probably will be made, though the pro
portionatc part raised by bonds will in
crease steadily. By this means il is
hoped to do much in the way of pre-
venting war loan imitation and at the
same time make the people actively anC
safely engaged in civilian pursuits dur
I ing the war pay as large a proportion
OF the cost as possible. With the excep
ton Of the amount necessary for IN
tcrest on bonds all Of the extra revenu
50 raised viii be applied to the extra
binary expenses incident TO the wa
so far as this can be regulated and as
sured.
In providing for the issuing of bond
On attempt will he made to arrange il
advance for their retirement serial
through a sinking fund supplied fror
moneys covered into il annually BIZ per
=, mqpont appropriations. These apprc
Ipriations will not become operative no
will any attempt he made to retire th
bonds during the progress OF the wa
but ii is hoped that the bonds can h
50 written that after the war they ma
fall due serlallv and be uuickl.- +,
tired, 8 part of the increased taxatio
planned for immediate war expend
. lures being retained to supply the nee
t eSsary revenue. No date for the frs
maturities has been determined upo
and IN the ease OF the first Issue til
: serial feature may be abandoned b,
: cause Of the difficulty in estimating ii
+, probable duration Of the war.
. The decision 10 let three.ffths {
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-09
PANAMA LOYAL.
Ready to Assist the United States in
Defense of Canal.

WASHINGTON, April 9-Thc presi
dent of tho republic OF Panama, Dr.
Ramon Valdez, signed q proclamation
Saturday afternoon committing Panama
unreservedly to the assistance Of the
United States in the defense Of the
canal. The president also Cancelled the
excquaturs OF all the German consuls
in Panama. The proclamation declares:
''Our indisputablc duty in this ire
mendoUs hour of history is Of com
mon ally, whose interests and exist
ancc rs we'll are linked indissoluhlv
with the United States. As the situa-
tion creates dangers for our country
II is the daty Of the Panama people to
cooperate with all the energies and re-
sources they can command for The pro
lection Of the canal and % s9feguard
national territory.
1.-THE attitude OF the people was
foreseen and interpreted faithful in q
resolution unanimously approved by tie
national assembly on February 24, and
confirmed by later laws, and the mo
ment has arrived for the executive to
act in accordance with the declarations
of the supreme body. I, therefore, de
clare that the Panama nation will lend
emphatic cooperation TO the United
States against enemies who execute or
attempt to execute hostile acts against
tho territory Of the canal or in any
| manner affect or tend to affect the com.
mon interests.
This government viii adopt adc-
quate measures in accordance with the
circumstances. consider il the patti.
| otic duty of all Panama citizens Ia
facilitate the military operations, which
| the forces of the United States under
take within the limits Of our country
! Foreigners, resident or transient, will be
| obliged TO submit to the conditions Of
this declaration.
/ 1t is announced that Germans re-
siding in Panama will be informed il
they give evidence of being involved
in plots.
The proclamation was issued after
President Valdez had sent message Il
President Wilson indorsing the Ameri
lean action in declaring a state Of wal
with Germany, after the United
States had given unequivoeal pyoof q
its love for peace and had made effort
to save western civilization from tht
horrors of war and had borne with pa
Itienee long series of provocations, a:
irritating ast they have been unjusti
4 fiahlp - T -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-09
CAPT. HYLAND TO
BE LIEUT.. COLONEL
Captain of Rutland Company Jumped
Over Three Majors - In the Sery-
ice IS Years.

RUTLAND, April AT > meeting
held in the regimental headquarters at
Fort Ethan Allen last evening, Capt. L.
5. Hyland of this city, commanding
Company 4, was elected lieutenant colo
mel of the First Vermont regiment, TO
fill the vacancy caused when Lieut.. Col
f. b. Thomas stepped up to the head Of
the regiment at the time that Col Ira
l.. Reeves resigned from that position
about month ago. Although the law
Of Vermont requires that officers / the
regiment shall obtain their positions
through election. the fact that the First
termont regiment IS now in the fader.
al service makes il necessary for Presi-
dent Wilson to approve the election Of
Capt IIyland to his acw office. H will
therefore continue IN command Of com
pany y until the president S approval
arrives.
Capt HylaEd enlisted as private in
Company 4 on June II, 1898, and has
therefore bcea member Of the Yer
mont national guard for th past 24
years. He was appointed corporal in
April, lS96, ana received the grade OF
sergeant on May l6, 1898, on the day
j -
feGerel services for the Spanish Amer
lean war. After serving his enlistment
he WAS mustered out on November .
1898.
o. October :, 1898. he was elected
and commissioned second lieutenant O.
Company A, and in February. 1901, III
was elected and commissioned lieuta1
ant Of the same company. II the
month CT March, 1908. there being q va
cancv in the captaincg Of Company A
he was elected to I'LL that position, but
refused Tie Office, aud was made com
mauder of the company while still hold
ing the rank Of FIRST lieutenant. Final
Is, on May. 80, 1908, he was formally
commissioned captain of Company A
and has filled that office sine tina
date.
, Thus. Captain Hyiand has been q cap
tain in the Vermont National Guard 70
nearly II years, a. record cqualled b'
no other man III the regiment He ha
| boeI senior captain for nearly cigh
years and is the Oldest commissions,
S officer III the regiment
S At three or four different times Capt
r Hyland has been offered III, rank o
o he has always refused this honor, say
' ing that he preferred to keep his cap
: tainey, where h would be more cloocl
c associated with the men. The office t
which he has Just been elected, there
Il core, comes, as a doubl honor, since hi
: election comes sever the heads Of tn
) three, majors in the. regiment who sprt
leeded him. IN rank, though not in.t time Q
sftviee n lie will NOW Al, as liehtelan
b colonel of the regiment, exactly til
same position that he would haze file
e at this time had he accepted the ran
If major some time ago.
Captain Hyland : promotion will leav
q vacancy in the captaincr Of the con
panv, which will undouhtedly be file
BY Guy B. Cowen, first lieutenant Of tn
] he organization for the past / yea,
n practically all tn grades from PIT
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-09
HOUSEHOLD .O0Ops al nriNnte

HUUSBIiDLU, GOODS at private
sale. Special low prichs- for three da. -
only. Large oak dining table, as;
kitchen work table. Toe; ice cream
freezer. 800; gas heater, ST. 3 nice
pictures, 25c each; one oil painting,
zoe; black walnut single bed. spring
and mattress, 81; dresser, commoda and
aiec toilet set, 81; white iron bed,
spring and mattress, -; cane seat
chairs. on" rocker, 5or each; . pillows.
90 each; one quilt, 5oc three stande'
2jc each; Estey organ, 500: hardwood
rocker, 81; ono pair porticres with
pole, ST. Inquire at IS Green Street,
rear of ~. 1896
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-09

yate to first lieutenant, and who has
proved himself very efficient soldier.
He enlisted on May s, 1916, and has
served III the company since that time
Previously, he had seen five years serv-
ice in Company |, Second New York
regiment, located at Whitehall.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-09

FOR SAILING Will arrive April 3
with ~ horses. Pairs 1850 TO 5000:
singles 100 TO 1900; have six seconds
on hand, 100 to 1900; one pair bay
horses, age - and Is, 1850 lbs. Will
have next load in 10 days. All horses
warranted. Guilford & Wood Horse
co.. T. J. Wood Pep, Shclburne Falls,
Mass 2j-37
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-09
: WE ARE ALL SOLDIERS

fighting our own battles. Life insurance
perpetuates the earning abilitvtof those
who fall in life s battles. Look into our
monthly income policies. National Life
ms. Co., of Vt GSth year. (Mutual) -
ALBERT c. LAIRD, Special Agent,
Crosby Block
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-09

PUPIL NURSES, male and female,
wanted at the Taunton State Hospital
Training School for Nurses. For par
ticulars address DR.. Arthur V. Goss,
supt. Taunton State Hospital, Tatps
ton, Mass. ! 81 ~ ,33-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-09

TO RENT = Nice Groom tenement
on Birge st. Holden & Martin. 296tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-09
Wanted

WANTED-Mcssengcr boy, 50 a
week Postal Telegraph Co. 32.37
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-09

TO RENT-Six-room tenement, all
modern improvements. Tel. 323-W.
Stiff
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-09

TO RENT-Tenement, 1Ji Elliot ST.,
$40 per month. Edgett & Go. 24tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-09
To Rent.


TO RENT = Tenement. II West St.
1884
TO RENT-Modern fiat. Z. NJ. An.
g;er. l3-tf
TO RENT-Garage. Mrs. Kittredge
Haskins. 26-tf
TO RENT-Downstairs tenement, II
Organ st. 3Otf
TO RENT-Tcnement, $l2. Inquire
at IL Prospect st. 22-tf
TO RENT = Storage room. Mrs
KittredCe Haskins. 26-tf
TO RENT-Tenement of 1--WE rooms.
Apply at 5 Maple st. 28-tf
TO RENT = Upstairs tenement, IS
Organ St. Tel 723-W. soft
TO RENT-Small tenement, IL Pei
lett st. +. L. Knowlton. 29-tf
TO RENT-Tenement, 154 Elliot St,
$40 per month. Edgctt s Co. 24-tf
TO RENT = Nice Groom tenement
on Birge st. Holden & Martin. 296tf
TO RENT Six-room tenement, all
modern improvements. Tel. 323-W.
3t-ff
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-09

TO RENT-Small tenement, IL Pei
lett st. i. L. Knowlton. 29-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-09

TO RENT-Downstairs tenement, II
Organ st. 30tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-09

TO RENT-Tcnement, $l2. Inquire
at IA Prospect st. 22-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-09

TO RENT = Storage room. Mrs
Kittredge Haskins. 26-tt
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-09
Special Notices

OFFSET To high cost Of living-Iet
Taylor, the tailor, 5 Brook street, fix
mp your worn suit for spring. 23-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-09

TO RENT - Upstairs tenement, IS
Organ St. Tel. 723.W. Soft
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11
WORK AT HOME FOR
ENGLISH VOLUNTEERS

London, May 11.-There are 2,S04
volunteers at work in this country
under the national service plan start
ed four months ago as a reply to Ger
many's industrial conscription. These
and other figures were given in Par
Lament the other day to show the
progress made in putting everybody
on work of national Importance.
The figures showed that there are
11,S26 volunteers who were still await
ing replies from employers. A total
of 10000 volunteers had been offered
to employers. The employers accepted
2.S04, did not reply to 1880, which
left a balance of about 1,400 who were
rejected or otherwise disposed Of.
Opponents OF industrial service are
elated over the showing thus made.
They say that national service has
been a failure in Germany. This is
because there is such a wide and i'm
passable gulf between military con-
scription and Industrial conscription.
Forced military service, they point
out, is easily applied. because raw ma
teriaI is taken and quickly trained
by one system of machinery. Any
healthy young man can be turned into
a soldier in quicker time, they say.
than it takes to teach an officeboy to
copy letters. On the other hand, un-
der Industrial conscription the critics
point out the government has to train
men to become farm workers, engi-
neers, shipwrights, miners, etc, and
it has no organization for doing so.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11
IRISH DON'T KNOW
THE TIME of DAY

Dublin, May 11.-Ireland as whole
was utterly unprepared for the inau-
guration of the summertime clock this
year. Last year Ireland had its own
local time, and the difference between
the newly instituted summer time and
the local time was only thirty-five
minutes. But this summer the Irish
clock already had been legally push
ed forward to correspond with Green
wich time; consequently noon to-day
would have been only 1895 a. m. be-
fore the two alterations.
With the double change there is
nothing like general agreement. The
Irish are entirely at odds regarding
the time of day. For some business
purposes in the cities the new time
has been accepted willy-nilly. Trains
run by it and governemnt offices de-
mand it. Several privately and re-
ligiously controlled schools also con-
form to it, but the commissioners or
National Education have given half
an hours grace for the rollcan in
national schools.
In the farming communities con-
siderable portion of the population is
still going by the old-time schedule.
on the ground that the earlier time
disarranges farm work and the milk
ing of cows.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11
TWO YEARS TO RESTORE
FRENCH COAL FIELDS

Paris, May 11.-It will take nearly
two years to put the coal fields in
the neighborhood of Lens into work
ing condition again after the de-
struction effected by the Germans
there, according to Carlos Devian.
head of one of the large coal-mining
companies of that district.
The success of the British around
Lens is of inestimable value to
France" he said to-day. I'VE have
been awaiting the return of this dis
trict for a long time, and have pre-
pared all our measures so that there
shall be no more delay than neces-
sary. The mines of Lens produce A.
O00,0 900 tons of coal and 100000 tons
of coke yearly. but 1t is doubtful If
this production can be reached again
within two years.
Some of the shafts may be put in
working order in a few months. how
ever. The assistance of the United
States Will be a matter of vital inn
portance to us in this work, for the
Americans can furnish us quickly
with the powerful machinery neces-
sary, which could not be obtained in
France for many months
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11
Not a Headache
Since First Dose
Feels Like a Different Man Since
He Has Been Taking Tanlac
WAS ALL WORN OUT

MY stomach and kidneys had
been all out of whack for a long
time" says George w. Bailey, a steel
worker, of Bressler, Pa, near Har-
risburg, land they had let the
poisons accumulate in my system
until I was completely run down
and felt tired out and miserable all
the time"
'I had headache after headache
until 1t seemed as If my head was
sore inside and out and felt miser-
able for a long time after eating
my meals"
but as soon as I started taking
Tanlac began to brace up. My
head stopped aching and I haven't
had a headache since. My stomach
seemed to tone UP because my ap-
petite got back on the Job and ]
could enjoy my meals again and ]
began to feel stronger every day un-
til now i feel equal to anything"
Now turn in at night and sIeep
like a log until morning and wake
up feeling fresh and rested and
ready to pitch into my days work, Z"
Tanlac. the famous reconstructive
tonic. is now being introduced here
at Gorgas' Drug Store, whore the
Tanlao man Is meeting the people
and explaining the merits of thi:
master medicine.
Tanlao Is also sold in Carlisle al
w, G.. Stephens Pharmacy, Eliza.
BEETHOVEN, Albert w. Caini Greeneas
tie. Chas, b, Carli Middletown, Colir
3, Few's Pharmacy; Waynesboro
Clarence Crofts Pharmacy.-Adv.