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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-10
ADJUSTMENTS.
Photoplay Attractions

Today the Empire presents George
Walsh in Some Boy. William Fox
five-act comedy drama, also Charles
Conklin in Bing Bang, twoact Fox
film comedy. Tomorrow Little Mary
McAlister will be featured in a tive-act
comedy drama Pants, also in Do Chill
dren Count! two-act drama.
The ambi-sextrous artist is the
way 4 well-known Chicago dramatic
critic referred to Julian Eltinee, the
noted feminine impersonator who will
be seen at the Princess theatre today
in his initial Paramount photoplav, The
Countess Charming from the story by
Gelctt Burgess and Carolyn Wells. Mr.
Eltinge has the faculty of making him
self appear 4 beautiful and captivating
woman, and thousands Of women have
tlocked to see him. Tomorrow Ethel
Clayton will be seen in the World
Brady made feature, The Dormant
Power.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-10
COUNTY AGENTS REPORT.
Lack Of Cooperative Buying Makes
Grain Cost More Here.

County Agricultural Agent A. w
Sweeton sent today to the county
agent leader his report for the week
which ended last Saturday. 1t reads
rs follows:
Dairy proiect.-On December the
retail price of wheat bran in Brattle-
boro was $3.50 per hundred and on the
same day the farmers IN Orleans coun-
ty We're buying their bran from the
Farmers Exchange for $50 per ton.
The saving OF 20 cents per hundred III
the grain makes some difference in the
profit from the dairy.
| attended the annual meeting Of the
Rutland County Farm Bureau, where
Mr.. Selby and Mr.. Farmer Of the East
em States, Springfield, discussed plans
for organizing large cooperative pur-
chasing agency. We certainly need
some help along this line for our dairy
interests are not going to develop as
they have been doing IN otner eountie,
when we are handicapped by an extra
price of 80 cents or - cents per iun.
bred for our grain
| spent part Of one day at the Hol.
stein sale with County Agent j. G.
Otis. 1t was very interesting to study
types and to observe the prices that
the various animals brought.
Miscellaneous project.-Havc finished
my annual report and the December
Farm Bureau News has been sent out
| Have had several inquiries in regard tC
| the Federal Farm Loan. etc
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-10
TO EXTEND SYSTEM
OF COUNTY AGENTS
Every Agricultural County to Have One.
According to Letter to A. w
Sweeton from Sec Houston.

County Agent A. W. Sweeton il III
receipt of letter reading as follows,
from D. F. Houston. seeretabv of the
United States department of agricul-
ture at Washington:
" The county agent system, a. de-
yeloped by the federal department of
agriculture in cooperation with the
state agricultural colleges, has demon
strated its great usefulness as means
of promoting the full development OF
the agricultural resources Of the eoun-
try.
I" Working in intimate and svmpa-
,hetic relations with rural people. the
county agent is able to secure the ap-
plieation Of scientific knowledge and
discoveries to the business OF The farm
cr and the home life Of country people
In the present war he has been ready
to meet the emergency and to conccn-
trate all rural forces and organizations
Ill working out the great problems Of
food production and food conservation.
In recognition OF his value as a local
leader. Congress has provided funds
for the immediate extension of this
system to every agricultural county IN
the United States. State and county
councils of defense and all the rural
organizations can do q patriotic public
service by assisting the government
and the state in accomplishing this
end -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-10
Running Your Own Furnace? Read
This!

In the November American Magazine
YOU will find an article which will help
You to cut down your coal bill. 1t
was written by the editor Of a coal
magazine, and he says:
About the use of coal of different
sizes and grades: / use the size of
coal indicated by the draft. The draft
in house chimneys differs If ] am
fortunate enough to haze a very strong
draft, which is uncommon, / slow it
down by using. say. a range size Of
anthracite, and fill the chinks between
the pieces with either chestnut or pea
coal. The latter | use only when the
draft is quite strong.
II the draft is fair only. I use
range alone. If it is quite weak,
use egg coal alone.
In using coke, | mix and mum
Der one nut as being equivalent to us
ing anthracite range and chestnut
Under no circumstances would | ad
wise the use of pea coke. 1t makes
! clinkers, except in furnaces which have
magazine feeds.
BY magazine feed | mean the same
| kind of an arrangement as is used in
| the baseburner stoves. If the draft is
strong enough to suggest the use OF
lpea coke, mix a little Pocahontas
minerun coal with the coke. This is
an excellent mixture
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-10
WEST BRAT7LEBORO

DIR. g. b. Hunter bought an enclosed
Ford car Saturday of X. r. Mosher,
agent.
Louis Moore of Bennington was a
visitor over Sunday at Clarence 5.
Rider =
Hovt II. Barber came from Green
field Saturday to spend the week end
here with his family.
Earl Thompson went Saturday to
South Londonderry to remain over
Sunday with his mother.
Miss Ida b Fox presented the Con.
gregational Sunday school yesterday a
handsome large Bible in memory of her
aunt, Miss Augusta y. Fox
Hattie Freeman of Hinsdale, who has
been critically i'll in the Mclrosc hos
pital since having been accidentally
shot a week ago, showed the first signs
Of Improvement Saturday.
The Williamsville Camp Fire girls o.
Wickopee camp. Mrs. Grace Richardson
guardian, viii give play, The FarInerette
in Academy hall tomorrow evening at
clock, for the benefit of Red eros,
work.
Mrs. Helen Brown of Bellows Falls
who had been i'll in the Mclrosc hospi
tai five weeks following an operation
was discharged today and returned L
her home. She was accompanied by
her nurse, Miss Breen of Greenfield
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-10

congress calling for a declaration of
war against Germany.
Second, we set up our banner in the
name Of our God. The Kaiser has act
ed as if he had a monopoly of God, but
the god ne has claimed to represent is
like the cruel, blood thirsty gods of the
older pagans. Our God is the Prince
of Peace. This is a Christian war on
our part. We can go on with it in the
name of Christ. Our God is a worthy
name under which to fight. The cause
is right. The suffering peoples of Eu-
rore, the imperiled democracies of the
Old World, our own future join their
voices in the cry for help. We be-
lieve that the subject races of the
world have a right to work out their
own political destiny. But we must
think of the cost Of our act in setting
up our banners. The cost in money is
and will be enormous. But more tell
ing is the cost in men, the boys who
will 90, our boys who have gone from
our own homes, our own church, our
own town. We honor them and honor
ourselves in honoring them. God keep
them and bring them back and help
them to be American Christian gentle
men. Our enemies have sown the seeds
of a harvest Of hate; may our boys SO
live and so work that they shall leave
behind them harvest of love and
respect
The congregation was then asked to
stand and Rev Mr.. Guest read the
names of the eight young men who
have gone into the service from this
church. They were Raymond Hoyt,
Frank Edwards, William Tweed, Roy
Moore, TAYLOR Morse, Charles Harris,
Ralph Gould and Vernon Wells. A
brief prayer was offered for them in
particular and the service closed with
the singing of America. Immediately
after the close a large service flag, a
gift to the church from the Mary Ged
dis class in the Sunday school, was un-
furled on the front Of the church.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-10
LABOR WILL FIGHT
FOR POSTAL UNION
Gompers Assails Burleson's Request to
Repeal Law-Says Idea Is Menace
to Democracy.

WASHINGTON, Dec l0,-Postmaster
General Burleson has incurred further
criticism from labor as a result of his
recommendation to congress that postal
employees be denied the right to organ
ize and affiliate with other unions.
Samuel Gompers, President of the
American Federation of Labor, says:
The American Federation Of Labor
will resist any effort made by Postmas-
ter General Burleson to put into effect
this recommendation to congress that
postal employees be denied the right of
direct appeal to congress and the right to
organize and affiliate with labor.
More than ten years ago the
American Federation of Labor presented
its historic bill of grievances to President
Roosevelt and mentioned as one of the
particulars the restoration OF the right
of direct petition to congress to govern
ment employees right that was denied
them by executive orders issued by Presi-
dents Roosevelt and TAFT. We kept this
issue prominently before the public, and
on Aug a, 1912, the siNty-second Congress
enacted what was then commonly called
the anti-gab law, granting postal and
other government workers the right to
maintain their own organization in the
interest Of the men and free from the
domination of the department heads. 1t
4 also restored to them the constitutional
right of direct petition to congress.
1T is this law which Mr.. Burleson is
/. seeking to have repealed We fought
for its enactment we believe it is a wise,
Just, necessary law, and We are prepared
to fight against its repeal.
Mr. Burleson cannot point to a single
instance where an affiliated organization
OF postal employees has threatened to
/ strike. He cannot name single officer
Of these organizations who has remotely
suggested such a course. | can see TIC
| danger oil a strike of postal employees il
they have free access to congress and pub
| lie opinion to secure the correction 81
| their grievances But ! can conceive o.
serious trouble arising il the Burlesor
| idea of depressing men and not giving
| them the opportunity to organize Is put
/ into operation Atfiliation with the labor
movement is a safety valve for the posta
workers, which Mr.. Burleson, in mis-
| taken view OF the yeaInlngs Of his en-
ployes would close
The association OF the postal en-
ployes with the American Federation o
/ Labor is purely voluntary one. Il
deny the right OF workers in our larges
governmental agency to organize. is {,
make mockery OF our faith in demo
/ crazy
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-10
STATE NEWS NOTES
Middlebury College Alumni in Spring
field. Mass

Outlining the financial drive for 4
100000 endowment fund President
John NJ. Thomas OF Middleburv collegt.
addressed the Western Massachusatt :
alumni Of the college at a special meet
ing held in the Clinton hotel in Spring
field, Mass, Saturday evening. Mr.
Thomas stated that 100000 had seer
already promised by an alumnus, pro
vided, that the remaining 100000 Is
raised among the alumni and friends
OF the college. TAe drive now started
will continue until July, 1918, but funds
subscribed are payable for the next
three years.
Middlebury college showing in war
service was pointed out, and it wa4
shown that one out Of every 10 Of the
alumni are in active service, all but
three of last years class are in ,crv-
lee, and two of the three are disquali-
fled on account Of being lame. Presi
dent Thomas will preach at Amherst
college TODAY
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-10

ST JOHNSBURY, Dec. 10 Recruit
ing Officer Stuart Cheney. on drive
through the state for enlistments. secured
IS men here Saturday night and Sunday.
The men go Tuesday to White River
Junction
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-10
FEDERAL FARM LOANS.
Local Association for Chittenden Coun
ty Farmers May Be Organized.

BURLINGTON, Dec. To- Chittenden
county farmers who would like to Sc
cure capital with which to pay off
mortgage or debt: to buy a farm: to
buy more land; to purchase equipment,
fertilizers, or live stock; TO put up
buildings; or otherwise TO develop their
property will be interested to learn
that steps are being taken by the fed
eral land bank of Springfield to organ
i've national farm loan association in
Chlttenden county. According to Coun-
ty Agent j. W. Dana of Burlington,
both the farm bureau and the land
bank have received numerous inquiries
as TO now loans might be secured from
the bank, with the result that a meet
ing will be arranged at an early date
for the purpose of forming a national
farm loan association. Vermont now
has eight associations and there are 90
i'll the first federated land bank dis
trict. This district embraces the New
England states, New York and New
Jersey
National farm loan associations are
| organized and run by and for farmers
| Others cannot legally be admitted to
membership. Individual farmers can
borrow from the bank only through
! their local association. There must bt
| at least 10 applicants in order to or
game an association, but there is nC
limit to the number that may Join
Each borrower buys shares IN the as
ISOLATION to the amount of five per cent
of his desired loan. The money the
farmers pay their association for thu
@tock IS turned over to the fedora
land bank to buy stock for the asso
citation. In this way the farmers them
selves become the owners and director
of the national farm loan association
and by representations of the lane
banks also. They become investors a
well as borrowers. The government
has not only made the way easy, Blu
it helps the farmers to reap the prot
its derived from their own efforts o
borrowing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-10
METHODIST SERVICE FLAG.
Patriotic Sermon Preached by Rev. D.
G.. Guest Yesterday.

Rev. y. G. Cues preached patriotic
sermon in the Methodist church yester-
day morning. The text was Psalm
20:j, I'm the name Of our God we will
set up our banners In his introduc-
ton h. referred to the part banners
had PLAYED in the world S wars Of the
past and to the captured standards as
the cmblemS of victory, and though in
this present war flags are not carried
ON the battleline yet we as. nation
have set up our banners. The banners
OF the past often had special notices
embroidered on tAcm and today we
might put as our motto rs the express
sion of our purpose, the words of Pres
idcnt Wilson, :" To make the world safe
for Democracy.
Why do we set up our banners
First, the times demand it. The flags
at the Beginning OF the war were beau
tiful, but to the lover of freedom one
flag was missing. America was asleep.
She was on the fence. But defencelesS
women and children in France and Bel
eium cried out to us for vengeance
American property and people engaged
IN peaceful acts were destroyed by the
Kaiser 5 pirates. The hyphen became
n prominent thing III American life fol
each man was free to allow his svmpa
THE, 10 90 out to any of the warning
countries. The German representative
took advantage Of that feeling to try
to break w the national spirit o,
| America. The Hun had challenged tn,
world and America answered in III
! famous message Of President Wilson (,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-10
CAN'T DO THE WORK.

It's too much to try to work every
day against constant, dull backache,
or sudden darting pain in the small of
the back. BE rid Of it. Try Doan s
Kidney Pills. Your neighbors recon-
mend them.
John Fenton, blacksmith, 16 Law.
renee ST., Brattleboro, says: "About
FIVE or six years ago, owing to the
heavy lifting I did at my work, l
strained my back and it affected my
kidneys. The kidney secretions were
highly colored and too frequent in pas.
sage, obliging me to get up two or
three times at night. ! had distress
ing pains above my kidneys and it was
difficult for me to do any heavy lift.
ing. When | did lift, the pain shot up
and down my back and ! could hardly
stand erect. Reading so much about
Doan s Kidney Pills, | bought some
from the Brattleboro Drug Co. After
| had taken them for three days,
felt better and when | had taken two
boxes, ] was completely rid of the
trouble. ! had no attacks of kidney
complaint until last spring when /
again had backache. used Doan S
Kidney Pills and one box relieved me
Of the trouble. -
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't sim.
ply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan S Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Fenton had. Foster AIilburn CO.,
Props, Buffalo, n. Y.-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-10
Eugene F. Moran Founders
Off Atlantic City and All
Hands Are Lost
HAD TWO VESSELS
IN TOW AT THE TIME
Four Men on These Rescued by the
Life Guards, Who Battled with Huge
Waves-Used Motor Boats When
Lifeboats Were Swamped.

ATLANTIC CITY, y. j., Dee. To-
Eleven men lost their lives by the
sinking of the tugboat Eugene F. Nor
an, owned by the Moran Towing and
Transportation company of New York,
which foundered without warning on
the Atlantic City bar late Saturday
and dragged the entire crew into a
sea raging under 60-mile gale. Soon
after the boat went down, four bodies
of the members of the crew were
washed ashore. 1t is believed that the
seven other members of the crew per
ished and their bodies were swept by
the heavy sea to points further down
the coast. One of the bodies found
was identified as that of the captain,
Stanton Hart, 90 years old, of Thomp-
sonvillc, l.. |.
The Moran was towing two pile-driv-
cr machines from New York to the
Hog Island Shipbuilding company, in
Philadelphia. Two men were on each
Of the towcd vessels, and all of them
were rescued by the guards from the
Atlantic City and Longport Life say
ing stations.
These men, helpless on the drifting
pile drivers, saw the tugboat pushed
back by the pounding waves until the
tow lines disappeared beneath the wa
ter. Then the Moran, with all steam
on, apparently started forward again,
until cloud of steam and smoke arose
from the engine room and the tugboat
disappeared like a shot, carrying down
every one of the eleven members Of
the crew.
From the time the tugboat and her
charges were first sighted far off on
the coast the Atlantic City guards had
kept close watch of their movements,
expecting that help would be needed
| because Of the increasing severity of
the gale Men named Johnson and
! Aspland were on the larger OF the two
lTilr.drivers, which jammed on the bar
q few minutes after the tug went
down, and was in danger OF being
wrecked by the other machine, tossed
around nearby.
But the lighter of the two vessels in
tow pounded through the sand bar and
raced through the inlet, striking on the
beach near the pavilion AT Pacific ave
nue.. Great waves and the wind
| forced tAr craft again and sent il
! whirling across the inlet to bc beachcd
1 on Mankillcr island. while the strug.
Cling men aboard held on to prevent
plunging overheard as the vessel rolled
and tossed.
The combined crews of life saver,
fir. got johnson and Aspland off the
larger pile driver at the bar. This re
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-10
BRATTLEBOROLOCAL.

A service flag bearing Is stars was
flung to the breeze beside the Stars and
Stripes at st. Michael s Episcopal
church Saturday.
There will be special evangehstic
every evening this week, beginning to-
night, at which Rev. L. F. Baker of
Newfane will be the speaker.
The Philathea class of the First Bap-
fist church will meet in the Red Cross
rooms in the federal building, Tuesday
afternoon at $50 clock to work for
the Red Cross. A good attendance is
desired
Howard Cooper, son of Mrs. Helen
Howard Cooper of Green street, fell
Thursday afternoon on Elliot street
and fractured one of the bones in his
right wrist. The lad S wrist was put
i'll a east and he is attending school
| again.
The next regular meeting of the
| BrattlebOro branch of the Unitarian
Alliance, will be held on Tuesday eve
ming, Dec. II, at the residence of Mrs.
James NJ. Tyler, Oak street. The pro-
gram will consist of two papers on Lib
eral Religion in France and Italy The
Christmas postcards for the benefit of
Canadian war work will be on sale in
this meeting
Trains are operating under Difficult
ties today, due to snow drifts and the
severe cold, which causes trouble with
| getting up steam. At noon the train
due over the West River branch due
| in RrattlehOrO about 9 n clock had inst
reached Newfane and was working It's
way along slowly. The northboun6
train due to leave here at l104 was
over one hour late.
NJ. J. Tetreault of Greenfield, Mass.
will have an auction sale of about 100
horses at his stable, Shelburne Street
Thursday, Dec. l3.-Adv. ~
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-10
Dairymen's Meeting in Burlington Jan
l5-lT

The Vermont Dairymcn 5 association.
one of the largest organizations of til,
kind in the country, will hold its an
nual meeting III Burlington.
The dates fixed are Tuesday, Wednes-
day and Thursday, Jan. 15-17.
F. III. Bickford OF Bradford the see
Rotary, IS already busy on the pro
gram and the premium list, which will
contain a large number of attractive
prizes. In former annual meetings of
the association speakers of national
reputation have appeared, and the an
nual banquet will as usual be feature
that will call together people from all
parts of the state.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-10
BUY FERTILIZER EARLY
War Board Makes Suggestion TO Farm
ers in Order tc Help in Deliveries.

WASHINGTON, Dee. l0.-The rail
road war board urges farmers to order
Immediately the fertilizer they require
for spring use. The freight situation,
the board says, offers little promise of
Improvement, and by placing their or
derS early dealers will be enabled to
assemble orders and crowd them into
as few ears as possible
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-10
JOINING THE COLORS.
Ninety-Four Enhstments in Burling-
ton, Montpelier and Barre.

BURLINGTON, Dec lO.-Forty seven
young men from Burlington, many OF
whom had registered under the draft,
were recruited yesterday for the First
Vermont infantry, now stationed at Char
lotte, \. c. After this morning the
recruits will be taken to Rutland in
charge Of Lieut.. L. II Boyd. There they
will undergo preliminary examination
by an army surgeon.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-10

MONTPELIER, Dec l0-Under tie
effort of Lieut.. Boyd OF the First Yer
mont regiment and members of the home
guard. % recruits were obtained Satur-
day. Yesterday at Barre, with Capt. f.
W. Gibson in charge, 35 applications were
received Of which Il passed the cxamina-
ton.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-10

True Rotarians are pioneers. as II
were. blazing the way for the youths
who track them; for the weaker man,
unable to withstand the hardships el
find the way in the forests OF life.
True Rotarians are builders OF
bridges; you are unafraid OF tempes.
tuous waters, OF chasms, no matter
what their depth or width. You are
brave men, ready to shoulder any
task that life may impose, to espouse
any cause which may seem right tc
you. 10 face any foe who may close
your path: you know that the work
YOU do will live after you. ana that
the unsteady step of those who follow
in yQur path must traverse the bridge
you have builded. Ten let us, as true
Rotarians, establish our bridges on
firm foundations, build them OF solid
masonry and steel to the end that
those who follow us may safely and
without fear reach their respective
destinations.
My friends, you who have the true
Rotary spirit, are not now content
when the days labors have finished.
but find your couches with troubled
minds NJ the tasks undone. for Amer
ica has no place this day for idle
hands, no light tasks for the thotloss
brain, no contempt too great for tho
traitorous felon who rebels against oil
shirks his task