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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-03

Dutch Leonard IS considering joining
the naval reserves.
New York used Is men in the second
game with Philadelphia and vet the
Giants We're unable to win.
The White Sox beat the Indians in an
exhibition game at Cleveland yesterday
by score of 5 to 5, but required l6 men
to do the trick.
+ = The three most picked things in the
last week, - says Jimmy Isaminger of
the Philadelphia North American, "have
been the tomato, New York and Chicago.
There will be somebody missing at
Comiskey park during the big series
one good old stand-b who worked hard
for the Comiskey cause-Big Ed Walsh.
The New York Giants close their sea-
son in Philadelphia today and will plav
an exhibition game with the Chicago
Cubs tomorrow. Then they will Law off
until Saturday, when the world s series
opens.
Several thousand soldiers and sailors
attended the Bat and Ball fund game
between the Red Sox and Senators YES
terday. Old Fox Griffith personally pre-
N''C nay .Neiu buNS with base
ball outfits between the innings.
1t Is seven years since a western club
has played in world s series. Then if
was Plttsburg and Detroit, those teams
engaging in a seven-g game contest. Chi
Cages last experience in this line was
IN 1906, when the "hitless wonders, ),
won out and against some pretty good
men pitching, too.
The local horsemen are interested in
the career of Little Baptiste who has
caused something of sensation on the
grand circuit this season. The mare is
a Vermont bred and Vermont stock
horse, and while she raced over several
half miles tracks in this state last sea.
son, was this year promoted to the bio
gest tracks in the United States. Amonr
her other recent achievements is COMING
IN second at Columbus last week when
the fastest mile was done in POI 10
She is owned by Harry Stewart of New
port.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-03
CONSERVATION OF FOOD.
He Who Wastes Ever SO Little Called
a Traitor

commenting on the conservation Of
TODD, the New York Medical journal says:
1T has become proverbial that an
American family wastes enough for a
French family to live upon. Whether this
las true or not, the French undoubtedly
have not needed the lessons Of the war to
teach them frugality, 1t has been other
WISE, however, with the English. The
English workingman does not take kindly
to interference with his private life, and
hence their economies have been rather
ungracetully accepted. Among them are
the bread order, the tea order, the price
OF milk order, and many others That
these restrictions are real and not nominal
Is clearly evident in a recent case where
an English householder was prosecuted
because scraps of bread were found in the
dust bin
To the typical American, extravagent
and taking little heed of domestic details,
this will seem case of economy carried
to the point of absurdity. To the before
the war Briton it would have seemed an
Iunwarranted meddling with his private
affairs. Looking at it in a more reason
able light, however, we can find no fault
IN it. A nation at war to defend its very
e1AioNCliSS, must De united IN every respect
Nowadays great wars are apt to be
decided in less spectacular ways than in
the thunder of artillery and the charge
of cavalry
The nation which can so husband its
own resources that its people have enough
to eat and at the same time harass the
enemys source Of supply so that his
people feel the pinch of want, stands a
good chance of winning on that ground
alone, for people who feel privation are
apt to bring pressure to bear upon their
rulers to end war which is causing
their misery, even if it cannot be ended
gloriously
Each citizen, then, who is making the
most of his food supply, living on as little
as possible and wasting nothing, is doing
his part to win the war The citizen who
wastes the food supply ever so little is a
traitor. 1t makes no difference that he
himself can afford to do it. Each such
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-03
How Doherty Has Made Millions

There is an article about Henry +.
Doherty in the October American Maya
zine. The author says of him:
Although to-day one of the greatest
men of finance, and probably the very
greatest in building and operating Amer
lean public utilities, Doherty started life
humbly At twelve, he was a newsboy.
At twenty, he was a gas engineer. At
twenty-five he was manager of a pub
lie utility plant. At q he was manager
of a syndicate Of such properties. At "a
he was head of a concern of his own. At
forty, he controlled an immense corpora-
ton and was really an extraordinary
scientist, and at A. he is one of the few
real powers on Wall street, controlling
two hundred gas and electric companies
reaching nearing every state in the union,
and having oil holdings the second largest
in America
step by step he has risen From an
obscure boy, by push and grit he has
become a man of international Importance
How did he do it? What is the secret
power? Doherty says he doesn't know,
but talk with men who have watched
him fight his way to the top of the heap
and they will tell you that one of the
reasons for Dohertys success is his love
for cracking tough nut As soon as
Job becomes easy says one man
'Doherty's interest lessons. All the fun has
gone from that job, and Doherty begins
seeking another difficult piece Of work
You know, you can't keep a man down
who IS always looking for something hare
to do
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-03
PERSONAL.

Miss Dorothy Gray, nurse, is caring
for Mrs. George Amman in Hinsdale
a. Z. Miller went this morning to
Boston to buy goods for the holiday
trade.
Fred P. Thompson visited his son,
George F. Thompson, at Camp Bartlett,
Westfeld, Mass, Sunday.
A. H. Erickson and Gustaf Hertz
berg went today to New York on bust
ness. They will return Friday.
G. j. Hills and family moved vester-
day from Williamsville to Brattleboro.
taking house at II South Main street.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Bond of Ware,
Mass, are guests this week in the home
of his brother, Henry Bond Of TYLER
street.
Mrs. Priscilla Simonds and daughter
moved Monday from the Richardson
building on Main street to so Green
street.
|. Amos J. Bowers is having a week 5
vacation from his work in the pipe organ
department of the Estey Organ Co s
factory.
Miss Julia Streeter, nurse, who had
been IN Woodstock three weeks on pro
fessional work, returned to her home
here last night
Miss Alice Hall, who had been having
week s vacation. which she spent in
town, resumed work Monday in the tel
ephone exchange.
Mrs. Clayton Spaulding of Acworth,
\. H., who had been a guest of Mrs.
John Barden three weeks, returned to
her home this morning.
Rev. f. A. Slack and family have
closed their summer home on Western
avenue, where they spent several weeks,
and have returned to Brookline, Mass
Mrs. ]. l.. Pike went Yesterday to
Wilmington to visit Mrs. Samuel Pike
and other relatives. She returned today.
Miss Patience Wilder, operator in the
telephone office. is spending a vacation
IN Worcester, Springfield and Turner's
Falls
Claude Sweet, who went to Albany to
take examinations for the hospital corps
and was rejected, has taken a position
with the Youth S Companion in Boston.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-03
CY YOUNG'S RECORDS
Pitcher Justly Known as Great
est Ever" in His Line.
During His Career He Pitched Three
No-Hit Games - Greatest Game
Against Athletics, No Man
Reaching First Base.

When it comes to breaking records,
every player in any league must still
take off his cap to old Cy Young, just
ly known as the greatest ever" in his
line. 1t was on August 8, 1890, 27
years ago, that Young climbed into
the uniform of the Cleveland Nationals
and pitched his first game in the
major leagues. That was the begin
ming of pitching career which lasted
for % years, which is only one of the
many records this remarkable player
made. 1t hasn't even been equaled
and very likely never will be.
During his long career Young hung
up a few other records that will serve
as targets for a long time. He pitched
three no-hit games, one for the Cleve.
land Nationals and two for the Boston
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-03
CHARGE ADMISSION TO GAME
First Time Money Was Asked to Wit
ness Contest Was in 1a5e-Fifty
Cents Was Paid.

The first time admission was ever
charged to see a baseball game was on
July 20, 1859. The game was played
between teams representing Brooklyn
and New York. The game was played
at the Fashion race course In Long
Island, now out of existence.
What was in those days a vast crowd
at baseball game assembled to wit
ness the contest, that is, 1900 persons.
And hey each paid so cents admission.
Gee, wouldn't it be great If we could do
that in these days? But in 1859 the
high cost of living had not yet struck
us. Them We're the happy days.-Mil.
waukee Wisconsin.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-03

instance Of waste detracts so much from
the country's resources Multiply one
case by hundred, a thousand, or a mil
lion and you have a real Weakening Of the
nation
1T would be as if a prizefghter tried
to 90 on IN ring with a little venal
bleeding away somewhere in his body
Iexhausting his vitality. Looked at in that
way, prosecution for wasting bread does
mot seem an absurdity; it is the height OF
economy, indeed, but it sets a good exam
pie, an example which if followed through
out the land will go far toward winning
the war
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-03
PITCHER FILLlNGIM NO GOOD
Manager Connie Mack Tried Out Star
Of American Association and Found
Him to Be Lacking.

No one is infallible, and that In
cludes managers of baseball teams.
They usually can tell a good player
when they see one, but sometimes they
make bad mistakes. For instance,
there is the case of Fillingim of In
dianapolis, the leading pitcher of the
American association. Connie Mack
tried him out in 1915 and found him
wanting. The indianapolis fans are
not sorry that Connie made a mis-.
take.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-03
BOOSTER FOR SPEED MARTIN
Duffy Lewis, Red Sox Outfielder, Is
Strong Admirer of New Pitcher
Secured by Browns.

Duffy Lewis of the Boston Red Sox
IS one strong booster for Speed Martin,
the new pitcher with the Browns.
Lewis saw lot of Martin in California
last winter, and he says he not only
has brains with his physical ability,
but that he is one pitcher always ready
and never out of condition. Martin,
by the way, costs the Browns very lit
tie, so that if he does make good II
will be a great feather.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-03
WHAT EVERYONE KNOWS.
But No Newspaper May Print It, Lest
Germans Find Out.

Within the last few days thousands OF
letters and postcards from the American
soldiers IN France have reached this coun
Try, and a majority OF the postcards bear
the name of the port printed thereon, and
The words I'VE landed here written on
the cards by the scndcrs.
No newspaper in the United States ha,
printed the name of the port in France
at which the troops landed, and which
presumably is 10 be the landing place ion
all future expeditions, but the information
is now in the hands of relative, and other
friends Of the soldiers aud, doubtless, has
also reached Berlin
The incident merely goes 10 show the
mysterious ways IN which the censor.
ship works, its wonders to perform.
Springfield Union.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-03
SPORTING NEWS
ADJUSTMENTS.
Attractions at Film Theatres.

The Empire today presents Dorothy
Phillips in The Flashlight, a Bluobird
production, and Mr. and Mrs. sidney
Drew in One of the Family. Tomorrow
the Metro attraction, Emmy Wehlen in
The Duchess Of Doubt, a fvc-act fash
ionablc drama, and Ben Wilson in The
Voice ON the Wire, in two acts, will be
presented.
Today the Princess theatre presents
Ann Pennington in the Paramount fea-
turc. The Little Soldier Girl, also one
of the o. Henry short stories i'm two
acts. Tomorrow and Friday the special
big feature, The Amazons. with Mar
gucritc Clark in the leading role, sup
ported by an all-star east, win Toe pre-
sented with special music in the evening
by the orchestra.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-03

How terribly dull this beautiful life
must be to the eminent crackpots who see
nothing but sad and the grave and the
serious in all things
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-03

The women Of Porto Rico are agitatine
for the right to vote.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-03

| Occasionally statesman gets the idea
that bone head makes good capper for
the great bell of fame
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-03
National League.
Games Today.

Boston at Brooklyn 1.-TWO games).
New York at Philadelphia (two
games).
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-03
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
American League.

Games Today.
Washington at Boston.
Philadelphia at New York.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-03
Sporting Notes.

Other teams not scheduled.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-06-09
Bucharest In Wartime.

You Jop out Of bed like a jack-in-a-
box. throw on an overcoat try to lace
up shoes without turning on the light,
and with people scurrying along the
hallway and shrapnel banging over
head, II is quite easy to believe that
the Zeppelin is by now sailing square
ly over the hotel. If 1t is only an air
plane. the bomb will probably go
through the roof, explode on the at
tic floor blow that and the floor below
pretty well to pieces, and perhaps send
only a few fragments through the
next-with a couple of stories over
head. you are probably all right. With
a Zeppelin, on the other hand, and 800
pounds of high explosives falling for a
mile or two, anything may happen
From "Roumanla Learns What War
Is" by Arthur Ruhl, in Golfers
Weekly.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-06-09
Pine Needles Now Valuable.

Since visitor to Florida discovered
that pine needles made excellent nests
for hens. driving away vermin and fur
nlshlng an added inducement to the
fowl to lay eggs, the pine trees discard
has acquired a commercial value.
Farmers have used the needles for bed
ding stock. making hens nests and
covering tender plants In winter for
years, but they never regarded them
as of any value commercially. A short
time ago a Northern man purchased
three tons. Shortly after the shippers
were surprised to receive check for
$54. at the rate of S1S ton. News Of
the sale soon spread throughout the
section, and now many able-bOdled
men who have no other occupation
have gone to work gathering and
baling the needles, and an industry has
been started in supplying the demand
for this product.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-06-09
EarIIesf pIrm of Bread.

Lotus bread was not the oldest form.
Of bread by many centuries. The ear
Hest bread was probably made OF
crushed acorns and beechnuts. Grind
ing the grains, seeds or nuts, generally
called milling was, In the earliest
times Of which there Is written record.
an integral part of bread-making. In
Genesis Il Is written that Abraham
bids his wife Sarah make ready quick
IfAahres measures of fine meal. knead
iNand make cakes upon rae hearth"
1t is not to be inferred that the an
dent Egyptians used lotus bread alto
gether., They ground up a number OF
varieties of grain, among these being
miilet. and they baked loaves like mod
ern mullins. II has also been proved
that they ate hot rolls and that In
some cases these were sprinkled with
understanding and pleasant-tasting
seeds.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-06-09
Great OIL Fire Put Out Chemically

A recent oil fire, which threatened
great quantities of gasoline on the
premises of big refining company in
Port Arthur, Tex, was extinguished
within so minutes by using carbon-di-
oxide foam, according to Popular Me
chanics Magazine. This is said r.
be the first working demonstration -
this part Of the country in which this
foam was used to put out oil fires.
The fire was started by a stroke Of
lightning which struck one of the oil
tanks. An explosion followed and pres
emily three tanks, containing more
than 100000 gallons of refined gaso-
line and gasoline distiIlate, were
ablaze. All the pipes, tanks and con-
duits on the place had been equipped
with Commanding apparatus and the
flames were out In less than half an
hour. In many, II not In majority,
of oil fires, the loss is 30 per cent or
more, while here 1t was less than one
half OF one per cent Of the value in
yolved.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-06-09
Bird spider.

Whether or not the bird spider actu-
ally eats birds has not been established
1t is called bird-eating spider, but has
never been detected STACKING or eating
its supposed prey, nor have any traces
of its food been discovered In its bur
rows. It's body is about two inches
long, black and very hairy. Counting
legs and all, 1t is about a foot in dl-
ameter. Its habitat is tropical and sub
tropical America.-Phlladelphia Led
ger.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-06-09
GOOD IN LISTENING
WISE is MAN WHO KNOWS HOW
TO USE HIS EARS.
Always Something TO Learn Unless
One Is Wasting His Time In In
worthy CONTEMPLATING Up
Information and Ideas.

Have you ever had good dinner
for nothlng7 had one the other night.
don't refer to the cost of the meal.
refer to the cost of the conversation,
says a writer In the American Maya
zine.
From start to finish I gave nothing
and received everything. The man
with whom dined started In with his
business and his ideas and his preju-
dices and they were the only topics up
for discussion throughout the entire
evening. When he Jagged in his mono
,iogue all had to do was to prompt
him with ACQUISITION and he was off
again. 1t was the easiest work I ever
did. ! got the most with the least
effort. l say got the most-and ]
did. For he was q wonderfully clever
man. If should name him thousands
Of readers would recognize him.
But in spite of all the interesting
things he said, l must admit that Z
don't regard him as really able-at
least don't think he is as able as he
1 might be If he showed more curiosity
about the facts and ideas that are In
the possession of others. Putting II
different, think he is bad trader
He gives too much and receives too
little in return. During this dinner I
! honestly think l got the best of him
simply because gained a lot of use
full information while he was getting
N nd fhss
satisfaction that comes from having
an attentive listener. Perhaps, in
deed, there was nothing of value to
him in my point of view. But how
did he know? He did not even try
to find out.
The fact has frequently been i'm
pressed upon me that nearly all real
ly able men are eager devourers of
other peoples information and ideas.
, They are too good traders to be al
ways giving and never receiving.
They know better than to tap con-
tinually their reservoir of wisdom
without setting a catch basin for a
new supply. Theodore Roosevelt Is a
human question mark. Peter Dunno
Creator Of Mr.. Dooley and one Of the
smartest men on this planet) never
lets any grass grow under his feet
II he suspects that you have a new
fact or a fresh point of view concealed
on your person.
| Ordinarily, the man who ceases to
ask questions has ceased to learn.
And when a man ceases to learn he
grows complacent. Smugness sets In
and he begins to deteriorate. The lack
Of curiosity In a man is sign Of age.
You can be sure you are getting old II
you have lost curiosity. But old age
intellectually comes on very early
with some people and with others 1.
never seems to come. Many old peO-
pie have younger and more eager
minds than their children.
In New York this winter Willie Col
lier has put on a new show that has
wonderful line in 1t. 1t is a line that
might suggest n good new years reSO-
luton for many people. One of the
characters says to another, "Say, don't
you know that you were given one
mouth and two ears for a purpose"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-06-09
Averss to Letter Writing.

II is said Of Lloyd George, the Bril-
ish premier, that he greatly disllkes to
write a letter, and that he yields to
this aversion to such a degree that a
large number Of letters addressed to
him 60 unanswered. He is quoted as
having expressed the opinion that an
unanswered letter apsTers itself IN
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-06-09
early Mining Work Simple.

old engrayings Of mining work In
the early part of the seventh century
show that the pickax. chisel and ham
mer were the principal implements
employed, but with the arrival OF the
railroad, however tunneling became
on, OF the prime necessities OF con-
strlction, and progress was more
$780, 66rS.,:.s5l]
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-06-09
Real Foresight.

willis-"So your chamber OF COM
merce is going to put your town on
the mapl No doubt you will get some
.Grge manufacturing plant 10 locate
here" Glllis-"No; we are going TO
I. persuade someAwell-known prizehghter
: 10 be born here."-Life.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-06-09

II / had but two piasters, with one
I would buy bread and feed my body.
With the other l would buy hyacinths
and feed my soul Ny apned.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-30
FOOD SURVEY
BILL ADVANCED
Senate Adopts The Bill AL
ready Passed By The ,
House
CRy Associated Press.l

Washington, May 30.-Considerabls
progress was made by the senate yes
terday toward passage Of the admin
istration food survey and production
bill. Early in the day the agricul-
turaI committee substituted for the
measure the senate has been consider
ing, the similar bill which already has
passed the house, thereby paving the
way for prompt final enactment.
Into the house bill the committee
had written an amendment by Senator
Poindexter to penalize the storage Of
food, fuel and other necessities with
intent to corner a market with pro-
viso by Senator Kenyon exempdng
farmers and other original producers.
Emile Level, food expert with the
permanent French mission here, pre-
sented to Mr.. Hoover and Secretary
Houston today Frances food needs for
the next few months. NJ. Level will
make all French food purchases in this
country until a permanent arrange
ment is made among the allies. When
that is done he will represent France
on the allied food purchasing commits
sion.
The food administration it was said
today will take up it's work determined
to adopt no irretrievable measures. Mr..
Hoover is convinced that with the CO.
operation of the people the food prob
lem can be solved with minimum OF
dislocation. Sterilization of prices, he
believes, can be accomplished by luD-
ricating the channels OF distribution.
Representatives of producers, miliers,
grain dealers, wholesale dealers ana
bankers have told them they are for
measures proposed.