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RAN ASHORE

cry of a method of saving its money.
A new strain had come into the
case-mystery, maybe misery. Cum
ming or foul play, Resilius Marvel, I
saw, was determined to go to the bot
tom of the proposition.
when / questioned Clay about his
missing ward" resumed Marvel, his
sorrow was touching! He plainly in
dictated that she had seized an oppor-
tunity to acquire a fortune at one deft
stroke of the pen. She had no friends,
no other relatives than himself, he
averred. She had seemed to share
his lonely life for the sake of COM
fort and home. She had had some
very distant relatives once, he be-
lieved, in far western Canada. One
thing I noticed: he was sure in his
mind that she could not be found.
circumstances or his own plans were
placing her at a sure distance. / in
sisted On visiting her room. He did
not demur. 1t was a miracle of good
order. / found nothing to inspire me
in my search-he had prepared for
all t~hat-nothing except a scrap of
crumpled-up paper lying where he
had not discovered it, half way under
her writing desk. Nor did he see me
ecure 1t. There 1t is."
1t was a mere fragment of note
paper. Penciled upon 1t we're these
figures: $3.50" $780," and this one
word: Sopranos" 1 fancied this
valueless.
THAT and oncurrent discoveries
gave me a new focal point" explain
ed my companion.
at is Greek to me-" I acknowledged
helplessly.
THE word is Spanish" said Mar
vel. ut means Separate or 'separa.
tion,' or something of hat sort. Clay
had tried to divert me north For
that reason my mind was fixed south
1 analysed $3.50 and $3.50 and l
made up my mind 1t appertained 20
some meditated personal investment.
I fixed upon the girls calculation as
to railroad fare. l found that a first.
class railway ticket to Galveston is
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exactly $3.50, and the sleeper tariff
exactly $3.50. I did not arrive at this
decision until l had gone over a good
many time tables. and then confirmed
my selection at the railway ticket
Office. 1 was not sure of my ground
even then, until I had got a line on
the letter carrier who delivered mail
at the Clay home. The information
he gave me was very agreeable to my
course of reasoning. Miss Farrar had
only one correspondent that he knew
of. About every six week regularly
she received a letter, and its post
mark invariably was Galveston. /
learned also from a stray remark of
Clay that once she had gone to Texas
for six weeks, settling some land bus
mess for him. The letters were d.
rected in a masculine hand. A lover?
At least, and at once-Galveston. On
the s o'clock train. Be ready"
II was late in the afternoon of u
third day at Galveston, and / was read
ing a newspaper in the lobby of the
hotel, when Marvel entered on the
jump.
"Wait for nothing" he advised me,
and simply kept on going back to the
street, myself following, brisk and
willing and hopeful.
l had a lively time of 1t keeping up
with Marvel. Every time he consult
ed his watch he took a new squirt.
We finally reached a wharf where a
steamer advertised for a run to Ha-
a was just getting ready to cast
away.
Marvel drew partly within the
shadow of a pile of freight, and I I'M
obtrusively took my position behind
him. My companion was not watch
ing the passengers as they went
aboard, but l Don discovered that he
was watching a man who was.
This latter stood by the gangplank.
He was a 1.-THE, swarthy, keen-eyed
fellow, suggesting the South Amer
lean. He would scan every person
who went aboard, and then, as he evil
IDENTIFY found not what he sought,
would take an eager sweeping survey
of the wharf, and even beyond it, at
pedestrians and vehicles as though in
a torment of expectation and sus-
pense.
Finally the last bell n Some
belated passengers got hurriedly
aboard, the gangplank was dropped,
and the little dark man stood in pro-
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Never Turned a Hair.

WelIF
II have here" began the traveller, "a
patent electric hair brush"
cant you see Pm bald as an egg2"
snapped the man at the door.
Your wife, perhaps, might"
MY wife wears a wig. She is as
bald as I am"
Possibly you have a child who"
Il have. Two months old, and still
bald"
"Ah-but maybe you have a dog. 1
can recommend this brush equally for
man and beast"
Look here, my good man, ours is a
Mexican hairless dog. Good day"
The traveller gently replaced the
brush in his bag, and fumbled in an
other corner of 1t.
Permit me-" he murmured, in hon
eyed accents, ito show you the latest
thing in fiy-killers."
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Getting His Moneys Worth.

What seems to be the matter with
your asked the eminent specialist,
Look here, doc" replied the patient.
How much do you charge for a CON
sultation and examination?
give dollars"
well, If l must pay you that sum
of money you've got to carr it by find
ing out all by yourself what's the nat
ter with me-"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-06

Miss Kathryn Barlow left Friday for
Philadelphia.
Mrs. Floyd Crofts is visiting friends in
New Haven, Conn
Mrs Elma Wilder has gone to Jack
sonvlle to spend the winter.
Ralph Medbury, Assistant Seoutmast,3..
had charge Of the Boy Scout meeting FIJI
day night in the absence Of the regular
leader
Among those who have recently IL
stalled electric lamps in then homes are
George Streeter. Ernest Carpenter Clark
Chandler and Charles Brown.
Rev Dr. Peterson, who has been i'll so
long. suffering from nervous break
down. is making a steady gam and expects
to return to his home at Christmas time
He has been in Brattleboro for medical
treatment
Jessie Arminda (Bassett1 Case Of
Wilmington was married Wednesday
Oct 81, to Carl William Nystrom OF
Orange, Mass. the ceremony being per
formed by Rev. Hans Pearson, pastor
Of the Swedish Lutheran church III
| Orange. Mr. Nystrom IS a corcmakeI
| n the employ Of the New Home Sew
ing Machine Co, and Mrs NystroE
formerly worked in that town. They
viii live i'll Orange.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-06
WHY HE OPPOSES DRAFT.
Sir Wilfred Laurier Says It Exenpts
Wealth, Resources, Etc

OTTAWA, Ont, Nov. Sir Will
fred Laurier, veteran leader of the OPP
position in parliament, has issued a
manifesto ''to the Canadian people =
in which he outlined the platform upon
which his party will stand in the elee-
tion next month.
On the all-important question of par
tieipation in the war, Sir Wilfred
claimed that "a fundamental objection
to the government S policy of conscrip-
tion is that it conscripts human life
only and does not attempt to eonscript
wealth, resources, or the services of anv
persons other than those who come
within the age limit prescribed by the
military service act
The first duty of Laurier admins
tration, he asserted, would be "to find
the men, money and resources neces-
sary to ensure the fullest measure of
support 10 our heroic soldiers at the
front and to enable Canada to continue
to the very end to do her splendid
part to win the war.
- As TO the present military service
act, he added, my policy will be
not to proceed further under its pro
visions until the people have an OPP
portunity TO pronounce upon il my way
of referendum. I pledged myself
| forthwith to submit the act to the PEG.
! pie and with my followers to carry
out the wishes of the majority of the
nation as thus expressed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-06

from six to four, and because Of their
shorter hours and reduced labor they
will receive Sc for their work instead
of $40 as formerly. On the other hand
however, the tally deputies, most of
whom will be experts skilled in fig
ures, such az bank clerks, will receive
extra remuneration, each precinct be-
ing allowed maximum of $2J for this
work alone
For each official to be elected each
voter has three choices. The candi-
dates appear on the ballot in alpha
betical order, and after each name APP
pear three columns marked respective
~, "First Choice, - "Second Choice
and Third Choice In these col
umns the voter indicates his first, sec
ond and third choice for each office to
be filed, placing his cross in the prop
er column after each of the three
names.
When more than one Official is to be
elected for an office, such as super
visors, of whom nine are to be chosen
tomorrow, the voter still has three
choices for each office to be filed IN
other words, in voting for nine super
visors each voter has % choices
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-06
CARRANZA HAS OPPOSITION.
Capital Plastered with Posters Calling
for President Death

LAREDO, Tex, Nov. "a disturb
ance in Mexico City during which a
demonstration occurred against Presi-
dent Carranza was responsible for ex
pulsion of several prominent Mcxicans,
according to reports here. They had
reference TO the recent admission of
political refugees into the United
States
While President Carranza was listen
lAs. e az. 9Rsra. in tbs ,Abreu theater,
the reports said hand bills bearing the
proclamation of Felix Diaz and the
words death to Carranza were
hurled from the galleries.
The next morning the entire city in
GLIDING the walls of the national pal
ace, was placarded with the same kind
of hand bills. Several suspects were
arrested and deported, the report add
| ed
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-06
APPLES, ORANGES,
figs AND PRUNES
Are The -Four Fruits Used in
Making "FTuit-a-iives

"FRUIT-A -TIVES" IS the only
medicine in the world that is made
from tho juices Of fresh ripe fruits.
Thus, it's manifcstly unfair to say, 81
won't take Fruit-a-tiycs because | have
tried other remedies and they did me
no good .. On the other hand, the fact
That "Fruit-a.tiycs' is entirety diGeycHt
Fom any ether PycPayation in the Uoyld.
is Just why you should give it fair trial,
in any trouble Of the Stomach, Liver,
Bowels, Kidneys or Skin. "Fruita-
tiyes"; is combosci ofiie acii7e principle
of/yRit and m" greatest Hcy5e tonic e1e'
dise9sefcd, 5Oc. a box, 6 for s. 80, trial
size, 25c. Atall dealers or sent by Fruit
a-tiyes Limited, Og lensbgrr, Ny.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-06
MRS. ALLEN IN JAIL.
Wife Charged with Aiding Husband to
Escape

BENNINGTON. Nov 6-AIrs. Flu
gene Allen was brought here yesterday
by Deputy Sheriff James D. Purdy OF
Manchester and lodged in Jail, charged
with aiding her husband. an alleged
horsethief, to escape from the same in
stitution.
The specific charge against Mrs. Al
len is that she provided the file with
which her husband cut his way out of
Jail. She was arrested at the home Of
her brother, George Walker, in the
town of Luzerne, \. Y.
Mrs. Allen told the deputy that she
and her husband were whole week
making the trip from Bennington, fol
lowing the latter s escape, to Warrens-
burg where Allen was re-arrested They
slept in barns and kept away from the
| travelled highways as much as possible
| Mrs. Allen denies that she Struggled
to Allen the file with which her hus-
! band cut the bolt heads in the Nenti
lator shaft door. She was arraigned
before Justice H. j. Fuller at Man.
chester and pleaded not guilty
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-06
NORTHFIELD, MASS.
SEMINARY ANNIVERSARY.
Institutions Founding SO Years Ago
Appropriately Observed.

The 3Sth anniversary OF the found
ing Of Northfeld seminary was eele-
brated from Saturday TO Monday On
Saturday al , clock in the afternoon
an informal reception was held at the
Homestead, where Mrs. W r. Moody.
Mrs. g. r. nickerson and Mrs Helen
Williams, president Of the Northfield
Seminary Alumnae association, received.
Miss Farren. Miss Weidman Miss
Cooper and Miss Claire Silverthorne.
teachers of the seminary, poured tea.
Miss Wood and Miss Chalmers served
refreshments At $50 p. m. dinner was
served 70 90 alumuac at Reyell hall
where Principal G. F.. Dickerson presid-
ed and gave an address of welcome
". r. Moody followed in a reminiscent
! view. speaking especially Of the mean
| ing Of the names Revell and Holton.
| and of the service which the Revclls
and Miss Fannie Holton. an carly
teacher in the school, had given in
those early days. He entreated the
alumnae to cherish the early ideals and
traditions OF the school. Ambert &.
| Moody spoke Of the first years Of the
! school, IS years ago. \ conference Of
clubs and classes was then held in
Revell parlors to consult on methods
OF helping the seminary at the pres
cnt time.
Sunday was Alumnae day. Miss En-.
ma Bassett conducted PRAYER service
at East hall for the delegates at go
IN the morning. after which all attend
ed service in the Congregations
church. w R. Moody spoke to the del
egates and students at the vesper serv
Ice in Russell Sage chapel at 80 D. m.
his subject being Visions From 5 L
10 p. N. all gathered at the home o.
Principal and Mrs. G. L. Dickerson
whore Miss Clara Richards, a forme
student of the seminary who is HON,
from Asiatic Turkey after eight year
Of service, gave a talk on her work a
a missionary among the Armenians
Mrs. Lucinda Montague Gum of sun
dcrland showed a scrap book of inter
, csting articles, catalogues and pro
grams from the early years of tn
school to the present time.
After breakfast Monday morning til
delegates held 4 farewell hour in tn
| parlors OF East and Marquand halls
: where coffee was served. Mortified
clubs represented were: New Gorl
Miss Edith Carson; Southern Connect
cut, Miss Inez HAIL. Hartford. Mrs
Florena Clark Buck; Worcester Mr..
Laura Perkins Kendall; Franklin Com
d ty, Mrs. Florence Graves Hubbard o
Sunderland Boston, Miss Daisy TreeI
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-06
RELIEF PROMISED
CAR SHORTAGE
Central Vermont viii Receive 20 Day
Until q Total of 200 Extras Are
Ready for Use.

MONTPELIER, Nov. 6.-The car
shortage in Montpelier will be relieved
within a dav or two, according to mes
sages which have been received bv the
local officers of the Montpelier and
Wells River railroad and the Central
Vermont Railway Co. General Freight
and Passenger Agent G. D. Waters has
received word that 200 are now on
their way to Montpelier to supply the
demand here in part. Mr.. Waters es-
Inmates the shortage at 300 cars. The
road will receive 20 ears a dav until
the number assigned is filed, and by
that time conditions may be improved
Agent j. p Galleher of the Central Yer
mont also received on Saturday infor-
nation that cars are on the way to
take care of carload shipments here.
The supplying of cars is now entire
" under government control since the
ears are needed to move government
supplies and necessities Of life
The shortage of ears affected all lines
of manufacture, the granite as well as
the general industries of this section
| that require shipment outside the state.
| Pulp wood dealers under contract to
make specific shipments have had to
| grin and bear It like the rest of the
| shippers. For some days only ship
ments made in part car loads were sent
our from here. that is there were no
cars for shipments.
The yards of the granite manufae-
turers are 50 full of finished product
awaiting shipment that the question
where to store work has become a seri-
Gus question and if the shortage con-
tinued much longer they were faced
with shut down. There seldom has
been time when they had so many
orders for work, and with them il was
net question of contracts but of de
! livery.
Committees from the manufacturers
and union are meeting to consider q
request for revision of wage schedule
in the Barre belt. The men are asking
for an increase of from "a to IS 3
day, due, it is said, to tho increased
cost of living. The old agreement ex
pires in 1920.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-06
HAS NEW ELECTION METHOD.
System Will Be Tried in
San Francisco Today.

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 6.-At the
nllaaaasipalas x-Sans hrancisea
will try out for the first time the new
preferential system of voting. The Of
ticers to be chosen are two police
Judges, city attorney, treasurer, tax
collector recorder, public administra-
tor, and nine supervisors.
In many respects the preferential
system presents radical departures from
the election methods used in the past.
One of the most notable changes is the
abolition Of the primary, which hereto
fore has preceded the general election.
Under the new system each cleetor will
have three choices for each Office. M
artv names or designations will apear
upon the ballot. and all the ballots
viii be counted in city hall by the reg
iStrar.
Eight hundred special deputies will
be required TO count the ballots. and it
Is expected that the tallying will take
all night. But as all the counting will
be done under the direct supervision Of
the registrar, il is expected the usual
confusion and errors will be avoided.
by thn elimination Of the primary
election, the city saves SOS 900 under
the new method. The regular election
officials in the booths will be reduced
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-06
DON'T BE BALD
How to Make Hair Grow Strong. Thick
and Lustrous on Thin Spots

If your hair is falling out don I wait
another day but get from Wilfred F.
Root a package of Partisan sage, the
really efficient hair invigorator. Don I
say S the same old story have
heard il before. = but try bottle with
ont risking penny. Partisan sage is
guaranteed to grow hair, to stop fall
ing hair, cure dandruff and scalp itch
or money refunded. 1t s a scientific
preparation that supplies all hair needs
there is nothing better
Partisan sage il in great demand by
discriminating women because it is del
ieately perfumed, not sticky or greasy,
and makes the hair soft, lustrous, and
Scom twice az heavy and attractive.
II You want to save your hair and
beautifv il by all means use Partisan
sage-you will not be disappointed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-06

NEW KENSINGTON, Penn, Nov. g..
Five men are known to have been
killed and search is being made for
the bodies of two other men believed to
have met DEATH another is reported
dying and A. workmen were burned,
II seriously, i'll the explosion and fire
which destroyed the bronze powder
plant of the United States Aluminium
company, a subsidiary of the Aluminium
Company of America here, yesterday.
In a statement issued last night r. A.
Hunt, general superintendent of the
United States Aluminium company, said
There is a possibility that German
agents are responsible for the fire
1t was stated that an investigation of
the origin of the fire would be started
at once.
The plant destroyed employing about
800 men is said to have been en-.
gagged in the making of mats for liquid
fire for an allied government For this
reason il was impossible TO fight the
flames with water and the only re
source was the use of sand. Fire was
discovered in the plant shortly before
; o clock yesterday morning. Five ex
plosions followed in rapid succession
wrecking the powder plant and damag
ing the plant Of the American Sheet anC
Tinplate company nearby. Some dam
age was done to residences in the towr
of Parnassus. one mile distant. Fearing
other explosions, all employees of III,
company, numbering about $500, were
ordered out of the plant and the s0t
employees Of the tin plate company were
dismissed for the day.
The loss is unoficially estimated a
$500 600.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-06
NO SEGREGATION.
Decision Against the Law to Keep Ne
groes by Themselves.

WASHINGTON, Nov. G-Louisville's
Negro segregation ordinance was yester-
day declared unconstitutional by
the supreme court. The decision affects
similar ordinances in Baltimore, Rich
mond, st. Louis and MANY southern
cities.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-06
MORE PEACE RUMOR,S.
Aroused by Visit of Austro Hungarian
Foreign Minister to Berlin.

COPENHAGEN, Nov. cit is gen
orally believed in diplomatic circles here
that the visit to Berlin Yesterday of
Count Ottokar Czernin, the Austria
Hungarian foreign minister, may be a
preliminary to a new peace offer by
the central powers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-06

Now that cold weather is putting
many autos in the barn, in addition to
meatless, wheatless, sweetless and 9TH
er approaches to eatless days even more
car-riders than usual are confronted
by seatless DAYS.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-06
A RAW, SORE THROAT
Eases Quickly When You Apply
a Little MusterOle.

And Musterole won't blister like the
old-fashioned mustard plaster. Just
spread it on with your fingers. It pene-
trates to the sore spot with & gentle
Jingle, loosens the congestion and draws
out the soreness and pain.
Musterole is clean, white ointment
made with oil of mustard. 1t is fine for
quick relief from sore throat, bronchitis,
tonsilitis, Group, stiff neck, asthma, neu-
ralgia, headache, congestion, pleurisy,
rheumatism, Lumbago, pains and aches OF
the back or joints, spraihs, sore muscles,
bruises, chilblains, frosted feet, colds on
the chest lit often prevents pneumonia.
Nothing like Musterole for croupy chill
dren. Keep it handy for instant use.
SOC and Coo Jars; hospital size $2.5O.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-06
PL0TTERS
UNDER SUSPICION
May Have Caused Terrible
Disaster in Powder Plant
in Pennsylvania
FIVE MEN KILLED
AND AZ WOUNDED

Concern Was Manufacturing Liquid Fire
Mats for Use in War-Investigation
of Origin of the Fire Will Be Started
at Once
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-06
CANADIANS, AGAIN.
Princess Patricia Light Infantry Cap
tured Meetcheele in Flanders.

MONTREAL. Nov. 6-Private adj
Flanders, which was captured last
week. was taken by the Princess Pa
tricia Canadian light infantry.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-06
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

C. r. ALDRIcH, NJ. d. Hours: 1880 10
go. TO 8, Office phone, l6S.W; house, l6s-R
N.ray work a speciality.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-11-29

the Pacific Coast, and from which
numerous local trains depart for all
points of the compass. 1t IS college
city, making it the destination during
the year of many persons, particularly
ladies and young people, unaccus-
toned to travelling, and the appoint
ment of a thoroughly competent
woman to this executive position will
be of great benefit to the city OF Ames
and the railway company alike, ;.
Let no one think the position. OF
station master is any slnecure. Mrs.
Laughlin will announce the departure
and arrival of trains, assist departing
passengers to proper trains and direct
arriving passengers about the city,
help women and children on and Off
trains, see that mail and baggage IS
ready that trains may not be delayed,
that no undesirable characters loIter
around the station, assist In selling
tickets, answer telephone inquiries,
and the thousand and one questions
that the traveller ever asks Of rail-
ways' representatives, give the clear
ance signal to departing trains, and
matters that continually arise from
day to day in the conduct of the
stations business.
The appointment came as a sur
prise to Mrs. Laughlin, although she
has unwittingly been preparing her
self for it for many years. She is a
widow, whose husband was for more
than thirty years Chicago & North
Western Ry. conductor. For nearly
twenty years she travelled with him
from time to time, always intensely
interested in railway operation, per-
haps, let us say, merely from woman's
curiosity, although it. is somewhat
unique for woman to take such an
interest in railway life which, more
than commercial pursuits, has always
been considered mans field of work.
. In that time She has been looker-on
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-11-29
WOMAN
CLUB MEETS

The members of the Women's club
were entertained by Mrs. L. ]. Rel
chel, at $50 dinner, Monday evening
Covers were laid for eighteen at
beautifully appointed table, and the
club members did ample justice to the
many delicious dishes provided for the
occasion. At the close of the dinner
the regular business session was held
after which Mrs. Coyle read a very
interesting paper on Our Island Pos
sessions"