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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-01
OUR ANNIVERSARY.

The volume number of The Brattle-
boro Daily Reformer shifts to > this
afternoon. Four years ago today this
paper made its bow to the public as
q daily. 1t seems but yesterday that
the experiment was started with some
tepidation-on the part of our
friends. The young men back of the
project were firm in the faith that the |
paper would be 4 success and would |
become one of the invaluable institu |
tions Of the town. Their hopes have |
been realized, we think. The paper
is not a wonderful product of jour
ualism and the income derived from
il will never place its owners in
the plutocratic class. The paper does,
however, enjoy the distinction of good
standing in the commercial agencies,
and its business has grown steadily,
lation and from larger volume of ad
vortising. The Reformcr, like Tenny
sons habbling brook, we feel sure,
will go on forever. We think the
paper has been improved since
those early days-in any case it has
been enlarged-and it is giving its
readers n better news service, local,
state and general, than at any time in
its history. Often our readers have
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ut home in their own paper, almost at
the hour of happening, the story of
the tremendous events Of these strenu-
GUS days which are making history.
On Monday, for instance, the morning
papers did not even indicate that the
President was to go before congress
asking for great powers to protect
American ships from the German sub
marine menace, but rat $50 in the aft
crnoon The Reformer appeared carry
ing the fun story Of the days start
ling developments in Washington, in.
GLIDING the President s speech yerba.
tim TO congress in joint session.
Our special legislative wire service
brings to local patrons each day the
news of what our solons arc doing al
Montpelier to within an hour Of tn,
time OF going to press, and the man
!. ayers of the paper have taken grea
\ pride in the way the happenings il
the local field have been reflected OF
I the pages Of this paper.
We have feeling Brattlebor,
would seem rather Of a dull and SLOW
moving town today if the people ha,
the scene suddenly shifted back t
conditions previous to four years age
when their only home news service wa
furnished by two weekly newspaper,
I The Reformer is appreciative of tn
support and encouragement which
has received The continuation an
! enlargement Of this support, which W
hope to hold and win, will enable u
l 10 realize our ambition-of giving t
1 Brattleboro the best daily paper 20,
\ sesscd by any town of its class
I America.
=. S-To our good friend, VIII
asked cheerfully on the morning aftt
the first issue of The Daily ReformC
appeared, "'do YOU expect to keep
going six months" we say that "
are ready to bet something of intrins
value-like potato or onion-that v
will keep her going six years Or
years, and then some more.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-01

How New Hampshire towns conduct
their business in town meeting is a
mystery to Vermonters. The warrants
contain 80 to 10 articles for consider
alton. In this state when the war
rants call for the transaction of about
4 dozen matters of business the voters
are frequently in session a large part
of day 1t would be good plan for
legislators 10 study the methods of the
New Hampshire town meeting.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-01

March Welcome the month of slush
of winds aud squalls. of town meeting
and maple syrup. March isn't the
finest month of the year, but it is a
promise, sort Of gateway from the
severity OF winter to the CHEEKY sun
shine of spring. Nature 5 magic trans
formation will take place within the
next few weeks, and then there is the
alluring prospect that a few trout will
bite six weeks hence.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-01
L E O " d A S
tCopyright.l

Leonidas was a Spartan hero who
earned large bronze monument by
holding the pass of Thermopvlae with
300 men and shoestring.
Sparta was a small, irritable coun-
try about the size OF Florida town site,
but 1t was never stepped on with any
success. The inhabitants lived on ca
yenne pepper and red beefsteak and
practiced shooting at mark eight
hours a day. One time Nerxes, king of
Persia, decided to annex Sparta, and
after rounding up neat little ARM of
100000 men he headed for the Gre
elan archipelago, which was about III
the same place it is now.
Nerxes did not get far before he
ran into the pass of Thcrmopylae,
which was a short cut between the
mountains wide enough to allow two
thin men to pass without being tele-
scoped Here Nerxes found Leonidas
drawn up in battle array, defying the
whole Persian army in some Of the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-01

We have heard so much grumbling
about the primary law in the New
Hampshire newspapers that we ex-
peetcd to see q close contest when the
question of repeal came up in the house
at Concord this week, but the majority
in favor of retaining the law was on
six-to-one basis, or to be exact, 227
20 40. The primary is by no means
perfect at the present stage, but the
men who like to be bosses in politics
are usually found lined up against it.
The permanency Of the primary IN
practically all OF the states is assured.
1t will be amended and improved
from time to time, but it IS safe to
assume that the old packed caucus
and the conventions where trades and
promises and bag full Of tricks were
| used are gone forever.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-01

rudest Greek adjectives ever used.
Xerxcs took the affair as a joke un
til Leonidas had spitted a few thou
sand Persian husbands on his trusty
sword, when he decided to surround
LeQnidas. When the Spartan hero dis
covered this. he delivered an eloquent
address to his men and charged the
entire Persian army, which filled him
so full of arrows that he had to be
pinfeathered before being removed to
the family residence.
Leonidas name at once became a
household word, and autographs and
kodak pictures Of the deceased were
eagerly sought after. His death
aroused SO much Indignation that the
Spartans rose up and threw Nerxes
across the Hellespont with chagrin
written all over his profile Leonidas
did not die in vain, as he had fur
nished the imprisoned high school
graduate with some Of tho most livid
/ eloqucnce and wierd rhetoric ever IN
corked from an opera house stage.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-01
HEAD STUFFED FROM
cATARRH OR A COLD
Says Cream Applied in Nostrils
Opens Air Passages Right Up.

Instant relief-no waiting. Your
clogged nostrils open right up; the air
passages of your head clear and you can
breathe freely. No more hawking, snuff
fling, blowing, headache, dryness. No
struggling for breath at night; your
cold or catarrh disappears.
Get small bottle of Ely Cream
Balm from your druggist now. Apply
a little of this fragrant, antiseptie,
healing cream in your nostrils. 1t pen
etrates through every air passage of
the head, soothes the infamed or swol-
len mucous membrane and relief comes
instantly.
It's just fine. Don't stay stuffedup
with a cold or nasty catarrh.-Advt.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-01
Member of the Associated Press.

The Reformer is on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co,
O. w. Cleavelaud, ID. r. Cutler & Co
tEsteyvilie). Brooks House Pharmacy
Aliens Depot Newsstand.
West Brattleboro, J. l.. Stockwell
East Dummerston, NJ. l.. Brown.
Putney, NJ g. Williams.
Newtane, y. NJ. Batchelder.
Townshend G. w. Cutler
West Townshend, G.. ii. Grout.
Jamaica, r. J. Daggett.
South Londonderry, +. Fl. Tyler.
South Vernon, T. Il. Buffum.
West Chesterfield, N. r., Mrs. w.
Streeter.
Hinsdale, ~. H., w II. Lyman.
Bellows Falls, VI, Depot Restaurant.
Windsor. W.. Windsor Restaurant.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-01
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run OF paper.
so cents an inch for first insertion; 2
cents an inch for each subsequent inser-
ton. Limited space on first page at
double rates.
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements Five cents
line first insertion with 90 per cent
discount for each subsequent insertion,
without change of copy.
Reading Notices - Ten cents per line,
first insertion with so per cent discount
for each subsequent insertion without
change OF copy.
Position 10 per cent extra.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-01
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

II Is the aim OF the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery
uf the paper each night, and it solicits
the cooperation OF subscribers to that
end. 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, 1917-03-01

4" i am not fit TO
have such a high
scat. | am a
stupid cat, that's
what | am
but NJ a r i a n
took Gypsy in her
arms. and said,
g You didn't do
that, Gypsy, your
paw did it.
''W ELL laughed
Marian's Daddy,
that's a funny
thing to say. Isn't
Pussy's paw a
part of Pussy d?
just tell Pussy we
don't mind. and to
Shn,,- her thnt 1,-n
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-01

Any attempt to make the Office of
the state fish and game commissioner
a political 3crquisite ought to be
.jolted out of the way the minute it
appears. The new commissioner ought
to be an expert fish eulturist and a
man of executive ability
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-01
Putting on Airs.

81 hear the Comeups made lot Of
fuss about their daughters wedding
presents. | didn't think they were
especially handsome"
Maybe not, but they hired q de-
tective to watch them
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-01
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, 1917-03-01

been picked up
one night when
she was all alone,
and w h G II she
plainly looked as
if she had had no
home for weeks
and months. She
certainly looked
as if she had led
a Gypsy'S life
wandering Il n d
homeless, and she
seemed happy in
deed to be taken
by little Marian
to her nice warm
house"
IN ori an Cot
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-01

1t is said that the response to the APP
peals for subscriptions TO the stock of
the twelve federal farm loan banks
throughout the country is very disap-
pointing. These banks are the agencies
through which the business of the ru-
RAJ credits system will be transacted,
and it was part Of the scheme so as
TO popularize the stock issue that all
previous lover the counter sales
would be eclipsed. The capitalization
Of the banks is limited to $3.50, 900
each, and the par value of the stock
is only IS. In some places, il is re-
ported, the subscriptions are quite in
significant, and the managers take q
very diseouraging view of the situa-
ton. The reasons For this lack of in
terest are not made very clear.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-01
DADDY'SHENING
EEAlR TALED
GYPSY, the CAT.
b. MARY GRAHAM BONNER


Gypsy was a cat" said Daddy, 'who
had been so named because she had
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-01

THURSDAY. MARCH 1, 1917.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-01

Protected by The Adams Newspaper Servieel
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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-11-16
NEXT DRAFT IN FEBRUARY
President Says Plan of Putting Men
Into Five Glasses Will Produce
Perfect Organization.

Washington, Nov. 12.-President
Wilson formally put the new machin-
cry for the carrying out of the selec-
tive draft bill into operation Saturday
with the publication of the foreword
he has written to the regulations under
which the second call will be made.
The regulations themselves and the
missionaries which more than 9,OO0,-
900 registrants will be required to fill
out are being forwarded to local
boards, but have not yet been made
public.
War department officials estimate
that the whole process can be COM
pleted within sixty days. This means
that no second call will be made upon
the draft forces before the middle Of
next February as the period Of CLASH
fication will not begin until Deem
Der Is.
The president describes the new
plan of dividing all registered men not
already modified into five classes, sub
ject to military service by classes, as
being intended to produce ga more
perfect organization Of our man
power"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-11-16
SMALLPOX Scare at School.

Milwaukee. Nov. 14-Fifteen hum
dred students and the entire faculty
of the Milwaukee normal school will
be vaccinated. An order to this effect
was issued by Health Commissioner
Lewis J. Daniels following the discOv-
cry that Miss Helen Halbach, Water
ford, a student in the school, was suf-
fering from smallpox. Miss Halbach
became i'll while attending school. Be
ING unable to continue her studies, she
sought the services of a physician, who
diagnosed her illness as smallpox. She
was removed to South View hospital.
When Commissioner Daniels was no
tilted OF the case, he detailed four
physicians to go to the school and vac
cinate every person who was in the
building on Monday. The order for
vaccination is one of the largest of the
kind ever made in Milwaukee. The
length of time it will take to Vaccinate
all the persons who have not under
gone the treatment at some time is
problematical, but it is believed that
it will take several days for health de-
partment officials to complete their
work. No orders to quarantine the
school have been issued. Classes will
continue as usual. No serious inter
ference with the work of the pupils Is
expected while the wholesale vaccina-
ton is in progress.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-11-16
TYPISTS MAKE BAD ERRORS
Slips Are Very Amusing in Some In
stances, and Hard to Explain
in Many Others.

If some lady typists can make
mistake they will, and some OF their
efforts are very amusing, humorlst
relates. One typist produced the re-
mark, in regard to rather conceited
man, that "his one weakness was on
ion sauce" the real word being "om-
niscience." Another, in an obituary OF
a great theologian, spoke of his belief
in the immortality of the soul" Just
the omission of the ''t'' from "fmmor-
tally" made all the difference.
Some few years ago a speaker at
meeting waxed very sympathetic over
the death of the wife of a manager of
the company at some fever-stricken
place in West Africa, and the report
ers who were afterwards getting out
this speech together to save time were
in q jocular mood. At the end OF
the pathetic grafton the one who was
debating said, for a joke, and to
amuse the others, Loud Laughter"
and the foolish girl, who was as much
a machine as the typewriter at which
she sat, actually put the words in.
Moreover, they appeared in print in a
financial newspaper, and very hum
BILE apology had to be made by the edi-
tor afterwards, although any explana-
ton of the "slip'' was impossible.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-11-16
Oriqin of Life on Planets.

The many speculations that have
been published concerning the origin
of life on the earth and on any other
bodies in the universe where it may
possibly exist usually assume that, in
some way or other, "life germs" are
transported across the CULTS of space
from one planet to another. Thus it
has been suggested that life may have
been brought to the earth in meteors.
One of the most recent suggestions is
that minute ''life germs" may escape
from the atmosphere of planet in
which life exists, just as molecules Of
the atmospheric gases are believed to
escape from our terrestrial atmosphere,
and may be driven by light-pressure to
some world where physical conditions
have become suitable to support life.
While there is nothing essentially alb
surd in these hypothesis, it is not
clear why their authors should take it
for granted that life cannot originate
de novo on a cooling planet.-Scientific
American.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-11-16
"Rahx aeefn Contest On.

Madison, Nov. 14.-The second an
nual wisconsin baby beef show is
under the direction of the Wisconsin
Life Stock Breeders association. This
show is a final roundup for those boys
and girls who fitted baby beeves for
the twelve county fair baby beef con-
tests. Arthur Broughton of Albany is
president of the association and A. W.
Hopkins, professor of agricultural
Journalism at the university, is secre-
tary. Entries have been made by Y
boys and seven girls for the roundup
show, and between sixty and seventy
animals are expected 20 line up for
the final decision. The calves will be
Judged in two classes, senior and jul
niOr. J. G.. ImbOden of Decatur, ILL.,,
one of the corn BELTS most famous
baby beef specialists, will again be the
Judge at the final roundup. A total of
S544. ranging in amounts from $50 tC
500, will be paid in prize money. The
American Shorthorn Breeders associ-
alton and the American Hereford
Breeders association will add as spe-
cial prizes % per cent to all premiums
won by Shorthorns and Herefords.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-11-16
WISCONSIN NEWS
Stated IN BRIEF
Teleuraphic Chronicle of State
Happenings.
RIFLE HONORS TO REDHEAD
wisconsin Eagles" Old Deer Hunt
ers, Hit BuII'seye at Camp Grant
Badger Indians Vie With
PaIeface Brothers.

Camp Grant, Rockford, ILL.,, Nov. IA.
Score another bulrseye for the red
headed men! The first shot fired by
an American at the Germans in France
came from a red-headed man. Like
wise did q red-headed man fire the
first shot at Camp Grants rifle range.
1t was bUll'seye. There is some
doubt, according to the dispatches, as
to whence came the redhead who
pumped the first bullet at the Ger
mans from the American trenches in
France, but it is agreed that a red
headed man fired it. There is no
doubt, however, concerning the iden-
tity and the nativity of the man whose
rifle was first to break the stiffness
and start the echoes travelling among
the hills somewhere in Winnebago
county" 1t was Lieut.. I'll. Racine OF
G company, Three Hundred FOrty-tirst
infantry, known at Camp Grant as the
Eagles" regiment. Lieutenant Ra-
cine halls from Wisconsin. He has a
small red muStache to correspond with
his red hair The day was dark and
dismal A misty rain was falling and
there was a chill in the air that did
not promise good shooting. 1t was a
better day for ducks than for targets,
but the conditions rather seemed to
suit the boys from Wisconsin, who
constitute the larger part of the Three
Hundred FOrty-tirst regiment. Lieu
tenant Racine put the first bullet that
Whistled over the range into the bulls
eye from the 100-yard line. 1t was a
high mark that he set, but his men
came along later and pumped the tar
gets with regularity, and when the last
shot of the day was fired each man in
the regiment having used ten cart
ridges, it was found that the average
was high Col. G. G. Smith, command
er of the regiment, was elated at the
skill shown by his men. In his regi-
ment are several Indians and the red
men We'd with the red-headed lieuten-
ant for the hOlOrs. The Indians
showed great skill with the rifle. Deer
hunting in northern Wisconsin, from
whence a large number of the men
came. has made most of Colonel
Smiths men handy with the rifle and
a target at 100 yards was no bugaboo
TO most of them. There We're, how
ever, a few who had enjoyed little
practice with rifles and their scores
were no better than was expected. 1t
was noticed that their last shots were
better than the first.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-11-16
ITALIANS PUSH BACK
TEUTONS ON TRENTINO
Berlin Admits Loss at One Point
General Diaz in Command-AIiied
Committee Directs Operations.

Rome, NOx. 14.-Attacks by the Teu-
tonic allies along the AsiagO plateau
front have been repulsed by the Ital-
ians, according to the official com
munication.
The communication adds that the
enemy, with the aid of large boats
crossed the Piave river at ZensOn and
were repulsed by the Italians toward
the river bank.
Berlin Nov. 14.-FonzasO and Mont
Longara have been captured by the
AuStrO-German troops, invading north
ern Italy, says the official statement
issued by the German war office.
Berlin, Nov. 1.-The AustrO- Hun
Garian troops which are carrying out
the new offensive on the Trentino front
were attacked by strong Italian detach-
ments, which pressed them back at one
point, the war office announces.
The Italians have made a stand on
the lower Plave river.
The city Of BelIuni on the upper
Piave, has been captured by Austro-
German troops. Belluno is in the foot
hills of the Alps 81 miles north OF
Venice. 1t is on the west bank of the
Piave.
Italian Army Headquarters, Nov. TO-
The conference of British, French
and italian representatives has result,
ed in The creation of permanent in
ter-allied military committee. New
leadership for the Italian army has
been provided
General CadOrna, who has been in
supreme command of the Italian army
sihce the beginning of the war, has
been given a place on the new com
mittee.
New heads of the Italian army have
been named. General Diaz has been
appointed first in command, with Gen
eral Badoglio second and General
Grandma third.
General Foch, chief of staff of the
French war ministry, and General Will
son, subchief Of the British general
staff, will serve on the inter-allied COM
mittee with General Cadorna.
Both British and French troops are
going toward the front.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-11-16

Sometimes women's complaints are
imaginary; again they are form OF
dreadful disease In any event, Hol-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea has helped
thousands of women. 1t has relieved
their constipation. Women swear by
it. Csc. -Dallmann Drug Co.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-11-16
The No-Rreakfast Plan.

The notwithstanding habit often Gre
ates an abnormal stomachic condition,
says Physical Culture Magazine. If
one is in perfect health, and arises
with a keen appetite. for breakfast,
there will be no occasion for emitting
the meal. There are, however, but few
in perfect health, and the omission Of
breakfast gives the stomach a chance
to adjust itself. 1t has an opportunity
to develop keen appetite for the par
ticular character of nourishment most
needed by the body at that time The
no-breakfast plan is a splendid means
of properly adjusting ones appetite,
both as to quantity and character Of
food.