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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-18
SOLDIERS TO LEAVE
FOR GUARD DUTY
Company I Expects to Start Tomorrow
but Destination Is Not Known
Supplied with Tobacco.
Especial to The Reformer.
FORT ETHAN ALLEN Anril IS

FORT ETHAN ALLEN, April Is.
The boys very much appreciated and
were gratifed b. receiving a gener
Gus supply Of tobacco from Brattle
boro friend who placed Il sum Of
money with member of the company
for such purposes as might appear
necessary in the tobacco line.
The lst and pad battalions are .ex-
pected to leave Fort Ethan Allen
Thursday morning for distribution at
various points throughout this state
and New Hampshire requiring guard
protection The destination of Com
panv is not known and doubtless will
not be disclosed. OF course the com
rany will necessarily be split up into
detachments and cover several points.
Only such men as have completed the
typhoid treatment will be available for
this duty
The regiment has lost 204 men
through the physical examinations and
it is expected that il will lose at least
100 more by reason OF discharge on ac-
count OF dependent relatives About
so members Of Company ! have signed
declaration that they have no lie
pendent felailNcS. l heSt are men VINO
are willing and anxious to serve with
out regard to financial considerations
All married men who are not non-com
missioncd officers will be at once dis
charged, whether they wish it or not
The orders thus far seem clear and ex-
plicit that they must 20.
Col. Rivers, chief mastering officer
with the cooperation of Governor
| Graham is making an effort to save
the married nou-commissioncd officer.
by having the department make ex
ception IN case OF Vermont soldiers
Companies 4, u, the headquarter,
| company and sanitary corps are now
under canvass on the state camI
grounds. the room occupied by them il
the barracks being necessary for re
cruits.
Company | gained two men yester
| day by the enlistment Of John j. Gar
rity and Raymond Collins. both olde
members Of the company and one NOR,
was gained today by the transfer o
Gerald B. Coane from Company X bael
to Company l.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-18
Centre Congregational Church

Wednesday. April U.s. $50 p. NJ
Christian Endcayor mission study class
with Miss Mary JoHjth, 80 South Main
street.
Thursday, April 70, 800 p. m Foreign
missionary meeting to which all women
1t the parish are invited in the parlor.
Of the church. Subject, Ambassador, for
Christ in Japan Women are invited to
bring their work. Japan pcturc- and
emio- will bc shown. Tea viii be- served
10y friends from Japan.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-18
UNcoNTEsTED DIVORCE CASES.
Two Brattleboro Women Petitioners
in Cases Heard Today.

Two uncontested divorce cases occu-
pied the attention Of the Windham
count court this morning. The case of
Ethel NJ. Waite of Brattleboro against
Herbert T. Waite, now of Greenfield,
Mass, was preseated by Attorney A.
+. Schwcnk. Chase & Chase were at
tomeys in the case Of Anna Slate Of
Brattleboro against Fred S. Slate of
Greenfield. Mass. Desertion was the
principal ground for both petitions No
decisions were announced.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-18
INCORPORATE FLEET.
Shipping Board Organizes S5o,ooo,oo
Corporation.

WASHINGTON, April lS.-The Unit
ed States shipping board emergency fleet
corporation was incorporated Yesterday
with a capital of $5O,000,000. All its Off
GERS and directors are members or en-
ployes of the Federal shipping board and
MAJ. Gen. G.. W. Goethals will be general
manager. The corporations first work
will be the building Of the great fleet of
wooden ships to carry American supplies
| TO the allies
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-18
AVIATOR UNKNOWN.
Flights of the Mysterious Machine Con-
tinue Near Portsmouth.

PORTSMOUTH, \. H., April lS-Cit-
izens OF Banstead reported to the naval
authorities today that an airplane made
a flight over that town at 10 o'clock last
night Coast guard stations also report
ed that the machine had been observed
elsewhere earlier in the evening. Since
the first flight on April 5, the govern
ment authorities have made every effort
to locate and identify the aviator.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-18
BANDITS WRECK TRAIN.
Cause Death of 40 Mexican Soldiers
and Several Passengers.

LAREDO, Texas, April ls-Forty
passengers and members Of the train
crew were killed the 9th by bandits
who wrecked a southbound passenger
train on the National lines at San Mig
uel g miles north of Gonzales Juno
tion. This information was brought
yesterday by travellers from the South.
Surviving passengers We're robbed by
the bandits and a large amount of sill
yer on board the train was seized, the
report said.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-18
More Than 14,000 Prisoners
Taken in Last Two Days
of the Attack
OCCUPATION OF
CHIVY COMPLETED

Three cornfc~ Attacks nv Germans Re-
-, -. r.. 1...o,,
organizing loI NeAo"al OF "'lussIo
in Arras Region.
Coutiruup their GREAT offensive along
the kisna and in taa Chamraopa ,be
French have m,dc rurtbc, rfrrottapt
,..io.
,.
N'"'' Una" I''''' PRISONERS nave
been taken in the two days Of the dt
tack. Twelve cannon. including three
of r,r,. ,,t;l,r, ,,.,.., ,,.o,,.. fla, 1,,,a
f"'"'''''' '' N'' "'''''''' ''F'"'e"'
The battle Is described as the great.
cst since the battle Of the Marine and
considered q I,oical Continuance of
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','''. '''"--'' ''''' ''' '''''' ''' w "'''''
tHa' Two years
Pushing fan north of the Aisna th,
French complctcd their orcuraffou of
rbiy,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-18
BRITISH APPRECIATIVE.
Resolution i'll House of Commons on
Action Of United Stats5.

LONDON, April 1s.-n the house
of commons today unanimous approva.
was given to 81 resolution, moved by
Andrew Bonar Law. chancellor of the
cXchcqucr and seconded by Former
Premier Asquith, expressing apprccia-
tion Of tn action OF the United States
in joining the allied powers in war on
Germany.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-18
swEEToN TO TALK GARDENING.
Oak Grove Parent Teacher Meeting To-
morrow Evening.

The Oak Grove ParentTeacher as
sociation will have an evening meet
ing tomorrow at 7.45 o'clock at which
County Agricultural Agent A. ".
Sweeton will give an Illustrated talk on
gardening Parents Of the children,
especially the fathers, and the older
brothers of the children are urged to
be present, for there will be much that
may be learned from the talk. Refresh
ments will be served.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-18
In Odd Fellows Temple

Wednesday, April Is, 10 p. NJ
Rehearsal Of Golden Rule degree.
Thursday, April 10, 7.@0 p. m-Rca-
ular meetiag Of Oa's EucampmcnL
Golden Rule degree to be conferred.
Thursday, April 70, at 6.I5-Pool
tournament banquet.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-18
FIREMAN KILLED
BY AN EXPLOSION
Battalion Chief Bailey One of the Vie
Tins When Ammonia Tank Blew
Up III Troy, N Y.

TROY, \. Y, April Battalion
Chief Bailey and two other iremen
were killed and eight others. including
Chief Patrick Byron, were seriously in
.iured early today by the explosion of
an ammonia tank during fire in the
Mohican Grocery company building.
The fire caused a loss estimated at
$4,000.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-18

LONDON, April 1S.--A Berlin de-
spatch to the Poiitikcn Of Copenhagen
aS forwarded to the Exchange Tcle-
graph company saws that work has
been resumed in most Of the Berlin
factories. \ Berlin newspaper says
that as conditions Of returning to work
the strikers demanded a sufficient sup
ply az bread and potatoes. proper dis
tribution of food aud guarantee Of
the promised Prussian electoral re.
form.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-18
BERLIN STRIKERS
NUMBER 125, 900
Another Despatch Says Workers Have
Returned - Wanted Food and
Electoral Reform.

COPENHAGEN, April Il, via Lon
don, April 1s.--The number of strik-
ers in Berlin is placed in even the
semi-oficial reports at l25,ooo, and is
distributed according to the Tageblatt,
through machine work, some electrical
establishments aad part of the muni-
tious plants. The latter statement is
interesting in view Of a despatch from
the official news bureau denying that
the munition factories were affected.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-18
Red Mems Hall

Thursday afternoon the Warriors de-
gree team will 20 TO Claremont, n H. to
attend the district meeting.
Thursday, April i2.--SDccial meeting
Of i'ocahontaS Council Adoption con
fcrcd on q class af candidates Thurs.
day, April %.
Friday. April 20.-Thc Warrior degree
will be worked on q class of p.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-18
PLAN TO USE OPIUM.
Quantities Seized to be Used in Making
Drugs for War Hospitals.

WASHINGTON, April IS Large
quantities of opium seized by agents of
the treasury department in enforcing
the antinarcotic laws will be used in
making valuable hospital drugs which
the war has made scarce, according to
plans reported today to the National
Academy of Sciences by the National
Research Council.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-18
U-BOAT DISGUISED
AS SAILING VESSEL
Chased British Steamer Southordown,
Eut Latter Escaped Through
Superior Speed.

NEW YORK, April lS.-A German
submarine disguised as a sailing ship,
carrying three masts, was sighted by
the British steamship Southerndown,
500 miles west OF Lisbon, and Tor 1--WE
hours tho British frcightcr was chased
escaping capture Of destruction through
superior speed, according to officers of
the SouthcrRdown on arrival of that
vessel today at an American port.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-18

their position in the vicinity Of Lagni-
court, which the Germans made Il des-
perate but vain attempt TO hold after
entering il in their attack ON Il six
mile front last SATURDAY.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-18
BERNHARDT UNDER KNIFE.
French Tragedienne is Critically III in
New York

NEW YORK. April 1S.-Madama
Sarah Bernhardt, the famous French
actress. was operated upon at Mt.
Sinai hospital late last night by DR..
Leo Buerger. She is dangerously i'll
with an iafection o. the kidneys and
the operation was deemed the only
hope Of saving her life.
After the operation Nine. Bernhacdt
was said to be resting quietly
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-18
PREMIER HAS RESIGNED.
Count TIA Reported Out of Office by
a Socialist Paper.

LONDON, April 1S.-An Amster-
dam despatch to the Central News
says that a Budapest Socialist paper
announces the resignation of Count
Tisza, the Hungarian premier.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-18
THE WEATHER.
Overcast, Probably with Showers, To
night and Thursday,

WASHINGTON, April Is. The
weather forecast: Overcast weather
with probably showers tonight and
Thursday. Gentle to moderate vari-
able winds
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-18

Scientific tests have shown that in
occupations employing the large mus
cles, women tire more rapidly than
men. while in work in which smaller
muscles are used they are more efficient.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-18
ACTION
ON NEW ARMY BILL
Forces of Administration
Will Be Turned in That
Direction at Once
WANT SELECTIVE
CONSCRIPTION
Senate Committee Endorses Views
Taken by President, But Opponents
in House Committee Voted in Favor
of Volunteer Soldiers.

WASHINGTON, April IS President
Wilson concentrated his attention today
on prompt action by congress OF the new
army bill, the espionage bill, the river
and harbor bill containing provisions for
necessary preparedness work in harhors
and several other measures hearing on
war.
The force OF the administration will be
turned first on the passage Of the army
bill with it, selcctiyc conScription pro
vision in the senate
Once the senate has adopted the bill
administration leaders think il will bC
easier to get favorable action by III,
house
Indications today were that many con
gressmen who have been opposing it now
are ready TO vote for il.
The President today asked for the 60
operation OF all in speedy action OF ad
ministratou war bills
Mr. Wilson has told leaders of botl
houses that he will not sign river AM
harbor bill unle~, il is without politica
appropriation and unless it makes pro
vision for defense harbor work desire,
by the war department
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-18
THIS SINKING
WILL INFLAME SIP AIN
Eighteen Lives Were Lost When the
Steamship Tom Was Torpedoed
without Warming.

MADRID. April IS. via paris.-The
Spanish steamship Tom has been tor
pcdocd aud sunk without warning.
Eighteen lives were lost 1t is expected
that news of this occurrence viii far
ther inhame public feeling in Spain.
The Tom, 24o9 tons gross, was owned
in Bilbao. Recently news dispatches
from Spain said that much excitement
was produced by the torpedoing Of the
Spanish steamer san Fulgeneio. The
Spanish government sent an emphatic
protest to Germany and is reported TO
have demanded an indemnity.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-18

WASHINGTON. April Is Opponent,
of sclcctiye conscription plans got the
upper hand, i'll the house military com
mittee today and voted II To to have
the new army bill carry a provision to
first try to raise the new force BY volun-
tcers. Meanwhile the bill including the
conscrption provision was approved by
the senate military committee 10 to =
The vote in the house committee
threw the situation INTO confusion The
opponents If a straight conecription plan
Immediately began to draft amendments
in the hope OF getting the conscription
element to Join in a united vote.
Chairman Dent and Representatives
Field, Shallenbcrger, Anthony, Caldwell
and Hull of Iowa conferred over a plan
to use conscription, after call for vol
unteers, apportioncd among the states
and to be oflcered in the same way as
proposed in the administration bill
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-18

WASHINGTON. April Is The ad-
mini,trat;on bill to raise big army
mainly BY ~clcctiye eonscription was
ready to be reported to the senate today
bv the military committee and all the
force Of the administration viii be en-
ployed to urgc it~ early passage in both
houses The President and his advisers
regard further delay in passing the bill
9~ threatening a serious handicap in the
war with Germany.
= The bill permitting the allies to recruit
their citizens in the United State, was
passed today by the senate by unani-
nous consent and went to the house to
wait action there.
In conference with senator's at the
capitol today President Wilson opposed
Ia Joint committee on the conduct Of the
war, a, proposed by Senator Weeks.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-18

Three Counter Attacks by Germans Re
pulsed with Heavy Losses - British
Organizing for Renewal of Struggle
in Arrac pngiou
Belding banner., 1917-02-14

and little thought given to its eco
nomy; but as it goes up and up, care
must of necessity be used if the cost
of motoring does not become prohibi-
tive. 1t has been stated on good au-
thority that a saving of from fifty to
one hundred dollars per year per car
could be made if care were taken in
the use of gasoline. Care of bear
ings, care of tires, and clean cylin-
ders will save the car owner more
than he knows. Those who know any,
thing at all about a car will appreci-
ate the fact that we waste a lot of
fuel that does no good.
We do not coast the hills, we let
the motor run when the car is stand
ing, we use the clutch too much, we
have poor adjustments on the car
bureter, and burn gas instead of air.
We do not get full measure from the
gasoline seller, and we make long
detours because distance is so little
an element in motoring.
There will come a time, if it is not
already here, when every man who
earns twelve hundred dollars a year
in small places, and eighteen hundred
a year in the larger towns, can afford
and should have a car. 1t brings
more lasting and beneficial pleasures
Belding banner., 1917-02-14

than any other medium yet devised, as
a pastime. 1t takes you out of doors.
1t gives you a chance to picnic with
the family, see The country, save
time, entertain as no other device
ever can, and has its proper place in
the scheme of life. But little study
of cars and their care and operation,
thought for the little savings that are
possible, will make what would seem
to be a burdensome tax a real and
lasting benefit.
Bert Williams in one of his char
acteristic scenes in the Winter Gar
den, drives up to a wayside gas sta
tion in a battered motorcycle, and
asks for "ten drops of gas" and care
fully inquiries of the dealer how far
it will take tim.
eighty miles down HILL" is the
prompt reply. And that is the whole
secret of gas using-to go down hill
without it, for some times you can't
get up the hill with it.
Have car if you can afford it, and
not because your neighbor has one;
get all the pleasure out of it possible,
but remember the little economies in
oil, tires, gas, electricity and the like,
and find that thrift has its place here
as well as in big factory.
Belding banner., 1917-02-14
Talks on Thrift


To write about thrift in connection
with gasoline would seem as logical
as talking about peace and quietude
of mind amid the bursting of shells
on a battlefield. But there can be
thrift in the use of things that seem
luxurious, as we'll as thrift in the use
of things that are necessary. If, for
instance, with the gift of an article
that is a pure luxury goes the direc-
tions for its economical use, it would
be folly to disregard the advice Of the
maker who knows how an article
should be used to give the best re-
suits, irrespective of the fact that it
costs you nothing.
IT,. out Of the millions of car own
ers Of this country, only small per-
centage were to practice thrift in the
use of gasoline, the consumption
would be greatly reduced and the cost
cheapened accordingly; for the high
prices must of necessity be traceable
to the huge and Unsuitable demand
that results from the hundreds of
thousands of cars used daily.
When the motor car was new
thing, gas was obtainable at q price
that would make the heart Of the
present day motorist leap with Joy,
Belding banner., 1917-02-14
The Origin of St. Valentines Day

drawn out by the men, as chance dir
ected. Each young man was bound
then to offer gift to the maiden who
fell to his lot and to make her his
partner during the time Of the feast.
The pastors of the early Christian
churches, who by every means sought
to eradicate the vestiges of the pagan
superstitions, and chiefly by some
Communication of their forms, substi-
tuted in the present instance the
names of particular saints instead of
the women and as the feast of the
Lupercalia had commenced about the
middle of February, they appear to
have chosen st. Valentines day for
the new feast, because it occurred
nearly at the same time.
In France there was a custom pre-
vailing in the olden times, somewhat
similar to the feast Of the Lupercalia
The names of the young people of
both sexes were written out and put
in separate boxes. They then drew
from the boxes and the partner one
drew was supposed to last as ones
special friend for year--or until
the next drawing. The obligations
of this bond seem to have been very
l.ght-the man was supposed 70 act
dS Ilt yOuHS WouuH > pTOJecLOr ana
special knight, while she showered
upon him smiles and small favors.
In Shakespeare's time there was
the custom Of challenging your VAL
cntine- something on the order Of
the philopena game our grandmoth-
ers and grandfathers played. TIE
first orc to say "Good morrowi It is
st. Valentines Day." to ne Of the op-
posite sex, received from that one a
gift of some kind. Later the custom
charged so that only the gentlemen
gave the gift.
In one of the real old English dIc-
ticnaries lin fact, one of the first
is this definition:
"Valentines-About this time Of the
year-month of February-the birds
choose their mates, and probably
thence came the custom of the young
men and maidens choosing Valentines
or special friends on that day."
While this is poetical and very
pretty in its idea, it is not quite as
satisfactory an explanation as that
of the feast Of the Lupercalia. And
all Of them put together won't help
make the postman feel any better
natured when he staggers out under
his load Of frills, laces, boxes, letters
and postal cards. -
Belding banner., 1917-02-14

things that / had ever seen. The
original Declaration of independence
and Washington's first commission
were there.
After leaving the patent Office /
went up to the capitol, where
congress was then in session. Went
into the senate gallery and heard
Senator Cowen of Pennsylvania make
short speech and Senator Howard
of Michigan answer him. When the
senate went into executive session l
went over to the House of Represen-
tatives, where we heard few short
speeches, when they also adjourned.
l would have liked to heard them de-
bate longer, as it was quite interest
ing to me.
1t was now almost sundown and
wanted to make a visit to the navy
yard, so hurried down there, but at
the gate was told by the guard that
it was past visiting hours. / then
started for camp pretty well satisfied
with my visit around the city Of
Tuesday, February Z, 1865.
1t was quite pleasant last night
when we went to bed, but this morn
ing it was showing hard. We cooked
a big mess of potatoes this morning
for breakfast. Wrote in my diary.
1t still showed. We sewed up the
tent to keep the snow out. Could not
and did not do much work to-day ex-
cept to keep warm and found it hard
to do that In the afternoon the
snow turned to rain, and when we
went to bed it was raining and freez'
ing.
Wednesday, February 8, 1865.
| have seldom seen a more pleas
ant and lovely morning in the winter,
than it was when we got up. 1t
cheered US up wonderfully. We had
good dish of sanitary potatoes for
breakfast, then went to work. l dug
my tools and some boards out from
under the snow, dried them, then
made a mess chest and got material
ready for two desk drawers. 1t grew
pretty dark towards night, so / stop
ped work and fixed up the tent some.
Very cold.
Thursday, Fbruary 9, 1865.
Windy and cold to-day. 1t was too
cold for work, so got my tools and
made some desk-drawers for our tent.
Paced off and estimated some fence
which had been burned up for fire
by our soldiers. The cost was esti-
mated to be over 5000. Put a lock on
Capt. Clemons' desk for which he
gave me so cents.