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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-20
Member OF the Associated Press.

The Refc-sner is on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co..
G. w. Cleayeland. D. r. Cutler q Co
(Esteyville), Brooks House Pharmacy
Aliens Depot Newsstand.
West Brattleboro, ]. l.. Stockwsh
East Dummerston, NJ E. Brown.
Putney, NJ &c, Williams.
Newfane, y. NJ. Batchelder.
Townshend, c. w. Cutler.
West Townshend, c. H. Grout.
jamaica, K. j. Daggett
South Londonderry, +. II. Tyler.
South Vernon, f.. b. Bufrum.
West Chesterfield, N. H.. Mrs. w
Streeter.
HlnsdaIe, NJ. r., W. H. Lyman.
Bellows Falls, VT, Depot Restaurant
Windsor, VT. Windsor Restaurant
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-20

We are waiting TO see the Springfield
Republican, New York World and other
big papers published in states that are
outnnked by Vermont in the percentage
.of soldiers volunteering make the amcndc
honorable for the mud which they threw
this way when they were ignorant OF the
actual conditions existing in this state
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-20
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run OF paper.
so cents an inch for first insertion: Z
cents an inch for each subsequent inser-
ton. Limited space on first page at
double rates
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements Five cents
a 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 90 per cent discount
for each subsequent insertion without
change OF copy.
Position 10 per cent extra.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-20
Leave It to Barber.
Waterbury Record.l

just leave it to II. g. Barber, Attorney
General of Vermont to solve the St.
Johnsbury murder mystery He will do
it by the aid of Vermont officials and not
by expensive out-of-state detectives
This is Mr.. Barber 5 way of doing bust
ness and it is the method that produces
results. \ few years ago, the state
would have had to pay several thousand
dollars for such service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-20
FRIDAY, JULY %, 1917.

Every father and mother of little chill
dren will approve Of the action of the
state board OF health in prohibiting fairs
circuses and carnivals. a
little sacrifice in pleasure at this time
may save many lives and intense suffer.
Ing and crippled limbs later in the year.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-20

already gone to France, and it is to be
expected that the offering of the best
national guard regiments will be little
interfered with. Changes for any other
reason than the clear good of the service
would make trouble.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-20
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

1t is the aim Of the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery
OF the paper each night. and 1t 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, 1917-07-20

Middlebury will feel more kcenly than
any other community the effect of the
state board Of health 5 order to hold no
fairs. The Addison County Agricultural
society has held - annual fairs with
out a break and arrangements were wei
advanced for the 73d exhibition.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-20
YOUR FINANCIAL EDUCATION

commences when YOU figure the value Of
your life insurance. 6Sth year. Nation.
al Lie lns. Co., Of Vt. Mutual. Al
BERT Q. LAIRD, Special Agent, eros.
by Block.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-20

Electric apparatus has been invented in
England to notify ships officer when a
steersman is permitting vessel to deviate
from a set course.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-20

Thus far the infantilc paralysis ont
break has been confined almost wholly
to Washington and Chittenden coun-
ties, the only eases farther south be-
ing IN the extreme northern portion of
Windsor county. In view Of the
health board s expressed opinion that
the infection has been spread BY large
gatherings of people from various
towns, we in this end of the state,
which is thus far free, from the dis
ease, ought TO he willing to forego
cheerfully any unusual function that is
frowned upon by the health authori
ties. This does not mean that activ.
tiles incident to normal everyday life
need be given up, but merely that We
exercise due precaution against allow.
ing the disease TO gain foothold here
abouts. These precautions should include
an absolute cessation Of visits to and
from infected areas, for it is generally
believed that polio germs may be carried
by persons not themselves victims. i
| by observing these reasonable regula
tions we can keep this part of Vernon
free to 90 about its business in tn,
usual way we shall be extremely for
tunate.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-20

The extent to which the health board
edict will affect agricultural fair as
sociations depends upon the extent to
which preparations have been carried
by the various societies. SO far as the
Valley Fair association is concerned
its preliminar2 expenditures haze helh
comparatively small and from a fnan-
cial standpoint it will doubtless be full
ly as well off as if il had been allowed
to 90 ahead with IFS fall show Other
associations, however, are not SO for
tunate, some having already completed
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-10
CHAMBER Of commerce
PROBES MILK QUESTION
Investigation Begun Before
New Prices Were Public
ly Announced.

An investigation into the present
price of milk in Missoula under the
direction Of the chamber of commerce
is Wen under way as a result of the
new rate of 12ia cents quart, accord
ing to 4. l.. Stone, president OF the
chamber. Mr.. Stone said that an in =
vestigation of the rise was begun be-
fore the new price was announced pub
licly. as soon as the information came
to them.
"Of course, we can make no accusa =
tions or blame any one until we know
the facts said Mr.. Stone. Our .judg
ment will be withheld until the inves
tigation is Finished
Although it is not known as yet wha
action will result from the investiga-
tions, rs the powers Of the chamber
to deal with a situation of this kind
are not entirely clear, it is understood
that If the investigation of the sttua
tion discloses an unjustifiable condi-
ton some action to reduce the price
will follow.
Manager Butler of the creamery
company has been inaccessible since
the beginning of the controversy ant
the other employees say they do no
feel at liberty to make statements II
regard to the situation.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-10
LEAGUE
HAMPERED RECRUITING
Officer Says North Dakota
Farmers and |. w. w.
Cause of Trouble.

Sioux Falls, S. D.. Aug. 9.-The nom
partisan league of North Dakota. Il
farmers organization. and the Indus
trial Workers of the World have pre-
vented North Dakota from doing her
fun share toward filling the ranks Of
the regular army. according to "a
statement made here today by Lieu
tenant William Anshelm, chief recruit
Ing officer for North and South Da- :
kota. Lieutenant Anshelm. also de-
clared that the influence of the l. w.
w. had hindered somewhat recruiting
in South Dakota. A marked change
in sentiment. however. the officer de-
clared, would result when the first
drafted men are called into the serv-
ice
The mass Of the people. he declared
were accepting the draft in good spirit
although there is still a slight aver
sion to conscription in a few sections
of the two states.
On July 25 the recruiting district OF
! North and South Dakota had supplied
1855 per cent of the quota allotted to
It for regular army enlistments
The North Dakota Farmers Non
Partisan league Is a branch of ma
tional league which Is organizing In
the agricultural states Of the country
including North and South Dakota
Minnesota and Montana. The league
originated in North Dakota where /
controls every executive state offic,
| Of the legislature and the suprem,
court.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-10
Fear in America Of Money
Losses Prompted Entrance
into Conflict, Says Meyer
Former Exchange Professor at Harvard University Says
German People Are Still Trying to Figure
Out Enmity of Whole World.

Amsterdam, Aug. o. DR.. kuno
Meyer, the Berlin university professor
who resigned his candidacy as ex-
change professor at Harvard university
in 1915 and who has spent Il long time
In the United States, contributes a not
able article to the Tagelische Runde-
schau entitled Our War Aims in En-
emy Eyes, The writer says on his re-
turn to Germany last May nothing
struck him more forcibly than the fact
that after three years of war the peo-
pie at home still We're puzzling why the
whole world was against them and still
were trying, apparently with hopes of
success, to explain the German stand
point.
DR. Meyer admits that the hatred of
Germany has sunk deep into the souls
of entire foreign nations.
Calls It Unreasonable.
TT is a perfectly genuine feeling" he
says. although utterly unreasona BILE,
and il we spoke with angels voices, We
would still be refused a hearing
On the other hand, the professor con-
tinues. there is an unmistakable fear
not unmixed with admiration Of Ger
man strength and greatness, and says:
I'm America anyhow they have found
nlents save in newspapers, which al
ways have been hostile. It was the
fear that we may, after all, be victori.
ous and that the money with which
America has backed England, France
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-10
Of IMPENDING
TROUBLE EXAGGERATED
Report on Situation in Mis-.
soula Sees Little Cause
for Apprehension.

Reports of impending trouble in Mis-
soula made to the governor by repre-
seYitatiyes of the lumber mills in this
vicinity appear exaggerated" accord
ing to a report forwarded to WASH
ington last night by Edward Byrne,
Jr., special representative of the de-
Came Here to investigate.
Mr.. Byrne was sent here several
days ago to investigate the situation
after appeals had been made to Gov
ernor s. v. Stewart and the Montana
congressional delegation. While he was
here a group of lumbermen whose
names were not announced called upon
the governor in Helena and told him
that the situation in Missoula and in
the lumber camps about the city was
extremely serious.
The federal Investigator worked here
earlier this week and yesterday sent
his report in from Butte.
Finds No Concerted Effort.
|, The report said that the investiga-
ton did not disclose any concerted at
tempt to foment serious disorder
Byrne reported that picket was or
UUly dl every luulOtE Cduup anu Jid
when the I. w. w. pickets met q
woodsman seeking work they convert.
ed him to their religion" without
force, but by show OF numbers.
Byrne informed the department o.
justice that the observations Of Deput,
United States Marshal Moore, who re
ported recently that no alarming fea'
(Conttnued ON Page Six.)
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-10
StevenSville
CreameryDay
Huge Success
Thousands of Visitors Jam
Valley City and Enjoy
Events of Picnic.

A stock parade in which were dis
played some H the best animals ever
known in the Bitter Root valley. ad-
dresses by men and women of state
and national reputation. Il baseball
game between Missoula and Stevens
vile and an athletic program at which
hundreds of dollars in prizes were
distributed to the winners We're some
of the special features Of tho seventh
annual creamery picnic here today
More than 5000 visitors. nearly 200
of whom We're from Missoula. began
arriving early in the morning to par
ticipate in the festivities. The main
streets of the town were too small
restaurant men werc unable to accom-
modate all their customers.
Towniey Is Speaker.
A. G. Townlev of st. Paul. president
Of the Non Partisan league and dairy
expert from st. Paul. delivered an ad-
dress before the dalrymcn In the aft.
crnoon. Nelson Trimblc of the chau.
tauuua circuit opened tho program
with an inspiring talk followed by =
lecture by Miss Ogilvie of the Mon.
tana state college.
Former Ambassador, \. w. Gerart
sent q telegram expressing his regret
at not being able to attend the picnic
| owing to a stress of national dutie!
at this time.
| Three hundred and fifty gallons o
ice cream. made at the creamery. ant
hundreds OF gallons of buttermilll dis
appeared as fast as produced. bu
: there was enough for all OF the 500
! people.
! Music for the celebration was fur
nished by the Modern Woodmen bant
| of this city.
| Missoula Wins Game.
| The baseball game between Stevens
Vile and owen Kelley's Missoula nin'
resulted In n score Of 1873 In favo
Of the visitors at the end OF the sew
enth inning. Ownie. himself stol
three bases and home in the sixth.
r. II. r
| Missoula .......1 0 r 0 . 9 O--lS II
Stevensville 30 0 0 0 Q 3 O.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-10
By Associated Press.

ON none of the battle fronts of Eu-
rope has the fighting activity OF the
last - hours been marked. In Flan-
ders, however the great artillery bat
tie continues most violently. seemingly
preparing the way for further heavy
infantry activity.
The only infantry engagement III
Flanders has taken place on the line
between Ypres and Dixmude, with the
French troops the aggressors In both
instances. Northwest of Bixschoote
the French have enlarged further the
gains made on Wednesday,. Southwest
of Bixschoote, in the region south of
Langemarck, the French have made
some progress into the German line.
Artillery Must Pave Way.
Terrain conditions in Flanders, made
more difficult by the rains of the last
| 10 days. are such that without the de-
struction of enemy defenses by artil-
lery fire it is nearly useless to throw
forward infantry attacks. There are
indications that the Anglo French
guns of all calibers are engaged In lev
cling the German defense positions.
The German general staff reports the
artillery fire in Flanders as very great
=
on the Belgian coast and from Blk
schoote to Hollebeke. The latter sec
tor takes in most of the important
Ypres salient.
Except for several local raids by the
French, there has been no infantry ac-
| tivity on the long line from st. Quen-
| tin to the Swiss border. The French
| and German guns. however, are ham
| mering the opposing lines along the
Aisne front in Champagne and on botl
banks Of the Meuse in the Verdun re
! giOn.
| Russians Check Tsutons.
! Apparently the Russians have
checked greatly the Austro- German
advance in Gallcia and Rukowina. a!
no notable advances have been mad
by the Teutons since the Russian lin
stiffened. To the south, in Moldavia
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-10
EXEMPTION CLAIMS
THREATENING ARMY

Washington. Aug. 9.--Wholesale
claims for exemption from the army
draft. reported from many sections,
caused Provost Marshal General Crow =
der to telegraph the governors of the
states tonight, directing that local
boards reduce discharges for depend
cncy to a far more restricted class and
to very neccssitons and clearly defined
circumstances"
In some districts as high as so per
cent of the registrants called for ex-
animation are filing claims for dis
charge on the ground OF dependent
relatives. Such a condition indicates,
General crowder said, that unfair ad-
vantage is being taken of the reeu-
lations designed to protect men, who
properly should be exempted from
military service and actually lhSatens
to interfere seriously with tn" raising
of the national army.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-10

Organization and encouragement,
and not men, it was explained tonight,
are Russia's needs in the opinion OF
the ma jority of the commissioners
With 10.O00.oOo men under arms, they
think Russia requires no more sol
diers, particularly she does not need
a few thousand strange soldiers
speaking an unfamiliar tongue. draw
ing better pay and eating better food
than her own men. AS an aid to ac.
tual fighting, 1t was pointed out. tht
small number of American troops thai
could be maintained in Russia woulG
be of little OF no value.
Lending assistance to the men now
in the field rather than putting NOR,
men there to drain the already scan
supplies Is the duty Of this country
the commissioners feel.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-10

and Russia might be lost, which was
the considera ion that impelled Ameri-
ca to enter the war.
Quotes Colonel Roosevelt.
IF we win, our enemies naturally
will concede to us the right to impose
terms which are advantageous to us,
DIR. Meyer added. This much has been
admitted frankly to me personally by
several personages belonging to enemy
nations and by none more clearly and
definitely than by Colonel Roosevelt
who in May, 1916, spontaneously told
me and my wife in conversation that
an Austro- German victory would en-
title us to compensation and indemni-
ties. AT that time there was still some
remote chance of his election to the
presidency and although he professed
sketched out "a program which he
would follow if he entered the White
House.
Tile then went on talking of Amer
ica's participation in the peace con-
ference. He empha sized the necessity
of restoring Belgium and hoped fol
an independent Poland. He added thai
the victor would be entitled to insis'
upon securities that conditions leading
to the war would not occur again. Thns
in the event of a victory by the centra
powers, he said, it was self eviden
that we would reconstruct our from
tiers so that invasion would not be 81
easy"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-10
MORAL SUPPORT AND NOT MEN
RUSSIA'S NEED, SAYS MISSION

Washington, Aug. 9.-Disapproval
of the suggestion that American troops
be sent to the eastern front was
brought home by all except one OF
the members of the American mission
to Russia.
1t was authoritatively stated tonight
that Char!,s Edward Russell is the
only commissioner who believes it de-
sirable to put soldiers from the United
States in Russia and that the others
are convinced that. their presence
would be detrimental rather than
helpful to the armies Of the new
democracy. Elihu Root and his asso-
ciates on the mission were at luncheon
with Secretary Lansing today and told
him more of their experiences and
conclusions. Their written report, sub
mitted to President WilsoNYesterday
probably will not be made public.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-10
War Summary

Comparative quiet prevails on all
battle fronts. However. in Flan-
ders intense artillery activity in
dicates the allies are getting ready
for further infantry attacks. Con-
dition of the ground Is such that
artillery must pave the way for
any advance the infantry may
make.
Only two minor infantry engage
ments were reported Tuesday.
both on the line between Ypres
and Dixmude. with the French the
aggressors.
Less progress Is reported for the
Austro- German forces in Galicia.
Apparently Russian resistance has
stiffened considerably. In Mol
davia the Russians and Rumanians
are trying to reoccupy important
positions north of Fokshani. Here
they have attacked the Teutons
with strong forces, but Berlin re-
ports the attempts as ending in
failure. The number of prisoners
captured by the Germans in this
region. according. to Berlin. reaches
$500.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-10
JEWS IN WARSAW
DIE OF HUNGEN

New York, Aug. 9.-Jews in War
saw are starving, according to a let
ter, the authenticity of which Is
vouched for by the Provisional Zion
ist committee. made public here to-
night.
death from starvation is a real
fact" the letter said. ut Is Witnessed
in every street, at every step and
every house. Jewish mothers with
babies are glad to zee them die. Al
least they are through with their suf.
fering. Our wealthiest people cut of
their daughters hair and sold it to bt
able to buy indispensable things, like
bread for their dying children"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-10
DRAFT RESISTERS
ABANDON FIGHT

Oklahoma City, Okla, Aug. 9.-The
heavily timhered hills of the south
eaatern Oklahoma counties today con-
tinued to give up hands of stragglers
resisters to the selective draft who
starved into submission. have relin-
quished all hope of successfully re.
sisting the federal officials.
The state prison and various county
jails now harbor 275 OF the estimated
500 anti-draft followers. The ma
jOrity of the resisters under arrest
according to w. p. McGinnis, United
States attorney, are anxious to tell al
they know and to shift the blame onto
their lenders.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-10
FIND REMAINS OF
MURDERED CHILD

st. Johnsbury. VT. Aug. 9.-The
body of Alice Bradshaw the little
cripple believed to have been murdered
July 5, was found tonight on the
border of small swamp about mile
from her fathers house in Lyndon.
Search for the little girl was begun
July 6 after Miss Eta May Hicks
housekeeper for John Bradshaw. the
child's father, and Mrs. Alvin kennis-
ton. companion, had confessed. the
officials say, that they had killed the
child because she was bother. The
two women. however, had never re-
vealed the disposition of the body.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-10
Principals in Latest Ne,v York Tragedy

Mineola, n. T.. Aug. 9.-Little Jack
dc Saulles. the four-year- old boy for
whose custody Mrs. Blanca de SaulIes
shot and killed her divorced husband,
John L. de Saul1es. spent an hour with
his mother in her room at the Nassau
county jail here late today. The visit
was unexpected by the mother, who
had been asking for the child almost
incessantly since her arrest after the
tragedy at De Saulles' summer home
at Westbllry.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-10
STRIKES MENACE
FEDERAL WORK

New York. Aug. 9.-Threats that
every union man engaged on govern
ment work would strike within a few
days unless demands Of the carpenters
union for closed shop on govern
mcnt contracts are met, were made by
spokcsmen for the union at a confer
ence here today with representatives
of Y . war and navy departments and
contractors.
tn" union leaders declared that II
the strike is called more than $4,000
men will quit work.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-10
UNARMED VESSEL
SINKS SUBMARINE:

London. Aug. 9.-Another unarmed
mel chairman sunk a submarine but
because of the fate of Captain Fryatt
of the British steamer BRUSSELS. who
was executed in July. 1916, by the
Germans for attempting to ram a
submarine the names of the captain
and crew of the steamer and partic-
ulars concerning their achievements
cannot be published.
The captain and crew Of the vessel,
however. have been presented with
$4,000 by Sir William j. Tatem, chair
man of the Tatem Navigation COM
pany for their deed.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-10

Montana: Generally fair Friday
and Saturday; warmer in east Fri.
day; coolsr Saturday.
LOCAL OBSERVATIONS.

Warmer temperatures and the warm.
ing influence of excessive humidity
brought midsummer back to Missoula
yesterday after a brief and delightful
respite. It was not an uncomfortable
day. however. A maximum of 81 would
seem blessed to eastern cities IL only
1t could be accompanied by Missoula
air. As for the minimum Of 45. east
erners would weep tears OF joy for
that.