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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-10
AN UNUSUAL CASE.
Alleged Violation Of Agreement t. Stop
Unfair Practices.

WASHINGTON, Dec. l0-The first
summary complaint ever issued by the fed
eral trade commission was entered today
against the Chicago Limo Tabler CO.,
which was ordered to appear Feb. i and
answer charges of having violated a vol
untary agreement to cease alleged unfair
trade practices Summary issuance OF the
complaint constitutes precedent for dras-
tic action by the commission
Some months ago a competitor of the
Lino-Tabler company, which claims an in.
vention OF slug rule used in printing es-
adjustments, complained that the Limo,
Tabler Co. was making false statements
regarding their own invention and derog
atory statements concerning the complain
ants invention
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-10
TOWN PLACED IN
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sighted policy, and the probabilities are
is the case.
1t is true that large number Of.
families have moved away from Brat
tleboro in the past two years, possibly
200 or 300; it is also true that there
are vacant industrial plants that ought
to be put to use and going concerns
that ought to be going much more
rapidly than they are at the present
time. But to intimate that this situa-
ton is the result of the deliberate in
tention of any man or set of men is
falsehood that cannot help but harm
| everybody concerned.
The worst feature of criticism of
| this nature is its revelation of the
working of the minds that inspire it.
| Inc Reformer feels fairly certain of
the identity of the prominent man y
whose grievances are aired in the ar
ticle mentioned. If he has offered any
constructive suggestions in regard to
a remedy for the present industrial sit
uation, or even inquired as to whether
any effort was being made to find a
remedy, that fact has not come to the
attention of those who have been try
ing to find one. Evidently he prefers
to put his hand to the hammer rather
than his shoulder TO the plough. Just
| SO long as such an attitude exists the
efforts of those who are trying to bring
about an Improvement in business con
dltions are bound TO be handicapped.
In times such as these business as
usual is no longer possible, or even
desirable from a patriotic standpoint,
but The Reformer has been convinced
for long time that there is place
for Brattleboro 8 industrial resources
IN the vast scheme of production which
the war has made it necessary for
Uncle Sam to develop. The immediate
problem is TO connect supply with de
mand-to locate work for every lathe
every loom, every stitching machine
every bench, every saw and chiscl in
town. Sooner or later the solution will
be Forthcoming, but unity Of effort will
bring II mucA quicker than ill-consid-
cred criticism.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-10
SERVICE FLAG CCNsECRATED.
Special Sermon by Rev E. @. S. Os-
good in Unitarian Church.

Yesterday morning a service flag with
five stars was consecrated at the Unita-
rlan church. These five stars stand for
the young men connected with the
church who have already joined the col
ors, including Appleton T. Miles, James
NJ. Adams and George L. Messer now in
France, and Leon NJ Adams and Lincoln
d. Adams, who at present are on naval
duty at Norfolk, Va
Rev. Mr. Osgood took as the text of
his sermon the words Of the prophet
Isaiah. Here am l, Send me" develop
ing the idea of instant and willing serv
ice when the call is given.
The flag is intended to impress upon
the plastic souls OF the youth following
IT lessons OF service. loyalty. freedom
and an ever more reverent belief in
Christ and in God. Special words of con.
secration closed the sermon, with prayer
IN harmony with the thought OF the
hour, and the singing of America by the
congregation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-10
BOYS DEPARTMENT

$500 Suits for boys, in sizes 7 to Is years Good
patterns in mixtures
Special for Tuesday and Wednesday $500
$3.50 All Wool Mackinaw Coats for boys. All sizes
beautiful patterns.
Special for Tuesday and Wednesday $3.50
SOC Wool Toques and Hockey Caps in assorted col,
ors. Good weight.
Special for Tuesday and Wednesday SOC
4Sc Chinchila Hats in brown or blue, suitable for
winter. Mostly small Sizes
Special for Tuesday and Wednesday 24c
15c Collars for boys, in linen, rubber and soft
Numbered. Sizes II to 1872
Special for Tuesday and Wednesday Sc
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-10
vARNEY MURDER TRIAL.
Testimony Relative to Whereabouts Of
Husband Of Murdered Woman.

DEDHAM, Mass, Dec lo-Three wit
nesses placed ON the stand today by the
prosecution in the trial of Harriet A.
Varney, charged with the murder Of Mrs.
Pauline A. Reyes of Brookline, testified
as to the movements of George II keyes,
husband Of the murdered woman, on June
10, the day she was killed
Miss Doris Sheldon, stenographer in
Keyes's office, also told OF two telephone
calls for Reyes on June 10, but was not
allowed to testify as to conversation and
was unable to positively identity the voice
who called as that OF Miss Earnev.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-10
1776! 1912! 1861!
Nation Slow to Get Under Way but
Wen in the End.

81 wou.sl be a good thing TO read
some of Washington 5 letters on July
Fourth, and see the wa his great
heart was made to bleed by the utter
failure of support either from the army
or from the people for which he fought.
ITO be sure, 395, 900 men enlisted
for service in the American revolution
az one time or another to fight an Eng
lish Iorce that was never more than
onc-third as large.
But they fought for a few weeks
and became tired and went home. They
were ill-elothed, ill-fed, ill-supplied
with ammunition.
And of that 5000 Washington
was almost never able to muster more
than 10000 for effective service at one
time, and the capture of Trenton was
made with only 1000.
'STime after time he prepared for
operations which might have won de-
cisive victories and shortened the war.
And he could not carry them out, be-
cause the people who ought to have
stood behind him did not prepare for
hard-fought, long -continued war, and
could not give him support.
rev chapters II all history are
moro depressing than the story of the
War of 1872. Not one single impor-
tant battle was won by the American
forces on land
AT Bladensburg the American mill
tia, behind breastworks, fed at the
first volley from little force of Brit
| ish regulars, not third their num-
| Der. And the British marched across
| the bridge and burned the capitol
| :" We are coming, Father Abra-
| ham, sang the mon of 1861; but Lin
coin, waiting day after day in Wash
ington, cried out in agony of heart
My God, will they never comet
And when they did come, 1t was
to march to ignominious defeat at
Bull Run.
''They were unframed boys, who
had enlisted for 90 days. The war
was to be quickly over; no one thought
it would be long war. And because
no one thought it would last long, il
dragged itself out for four years, when
it ought to have been fought through
in two. Woman 8 HAme Compan-
ion.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-10
Our Town

Times are surely quiet,
Business somewhat slow,
Several families leaving town.
Others want 10 90.
Now $ the time to help a bit,
Get right out and holler.
Knocking never gained dollar.
Other towns are doing well
Cause they're full OF pep
Why not try to help our town
Why not keep in step
Here our daddies labored hard
This, the place they love;
Let's get out and rustic some
Try to make things move.
Here the land is just as good
Maybe somewhat better
Finest air in all the state.
Sure a money-getter.
River running through the town,
highway nearly done
Finest hills you ever saw
Full OF venison
All we need is unity
Just friendly hand,
Talk the matter over
Form a Booster Band.
Get horn and toot il
Wake your listless neighhor.
Pretty soon you'll realize
Results from your endeavor
jack Rivers III Templeton (Colo.) s
vance.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-10
Middlebury's Esrly Closing.
(St. Johnsbury Caledonian. J

The decision of Middlebury college
20 close month early this year to
give the students more time to WORK
on farms and in the industries will BE-
generally approved. Vacations will
have to be shortened to enable the stu
dents to complete their year s work
but they will not be damaged by this
concentration of work. The University
If Vermont began month late last
fall for tbs same purpose and it is evl-
dent the Vermont colleges are doing
their best to relieve the shortage Of Ia
Dor that the war has caused.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-10
COURT DECISIONS.
Validity Of Idaho Prohibition Law Is
Upheld by Supreme Court.

WASHINGTON, Dec. l0.-An Idaho
decree unfolding the validity of the
state prohibition law and declaring
reasonable exercise of state police pow
ers were today sustained by the supreme
court.
Federal court DEGREES holding the
United Mine Workers of America and
the American Flint Glass Workers
union to be legal organization under
West Virginia statutes and the common
law were today reversed by the su-
prcme court.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-10
PERSONAL.

Horace Winchester went to Boston
this morning with the intention of en-
listing in the quartermaster depart
ment
Mrs. Helen f. Adams went to Boston
today to take a position as assistant
matron at Simmons college, being in
North hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. J. Leonard Of Bos,
ton have been spending a few days
mere in the home of her father, f. d.
Whitney. Mr.. and Mrs. Whitney will
leave tomorrow for Minneapolis, Mimi,
to stay several weeks
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-10
BETTERLEY CHOSEN
FOOTBALL CAPTAIN
Brattleboro High School Team Holds
Election Today-ConSidered One Of
States Best Guards.

Guy Betterley was elected today cap
tain of the Brattleboro high school foot
ball team for 1918. Betterley is con
sidered one of the best guards in Yer
mont and has played with the eleven
three years. He is hard and con
scientious workers and doubtless will fill
his new position with credit to himself
and the school.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-10
MORE GERMAN INTRIGUE.
Forced Sales to Bring the Liberty
Bonds Below Par L. Charged.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-Foreed
Gales by German interests were charged
with responsibility for the selling of
Liberty bonds below par by Secretary
McAdoo in an address today before a
conference of about 100 representatives
of Liberty loan committees from all
parts of the country.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-10
MARRIAGES.

In Wilmington, Dee. /, Claude Hes
cock of Wilmington and Bertha Mason
of Nottingham.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-10
DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT

Mrs Snyder, special representative of The Pic
tOrial Review Co., unable to arrive in Brattle-
borO today but will be at store on Tuesday and
Wednesday to explain the use of Pictorial Review
Patterns.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-10

Climbing hills before we come to
them is what makes US tired.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-10
MEMS DEPARTMENT

CSC Soft Cuff Shirts in new patterns for Christmas
Sizes Ia to II neck
Special for Tuesday and Wednesday 79c
19c Natural Gray MerinO Hose in good weight
Sizes 81, to ILL.,.
Special for Tuesday and Wednesday for Csc
SOC Dress Shirts with Numbered cuffs, in sizes IA
to II neck
Special for Tuesday and Wednesday soc
SOC Gold Cuff Links and Scarf Pins in boxes for
Christmas.
Special for Tuesday and Wednesday $50
25c Suspenders for men, in good dress brace. All
fresh stock
Special for Tuesday and Wednesday 15c
Any $500 House Coat or Smoking Jacket in our
whole stock
Special for Tuesday and Wednesday $500
SOC Suspenders for men, in neat Christmas boxes
good patterns.
Special for Tuesday and Wednesday SOC
12Hc Hemstitched White handkerchief for men.
Full size.
Special for Tuesday and Wednesday "a.
$500 Sweaters for men, in a brown mixture. Shawl
collars.
Special for Tuesday and Wednesday $1.69
$500 Union Suits in heavy fleece-ned, ecru col
or Sizes "a to "A.
Special for Tuesday and Wednesday .65
SOC Heavy Winter Caps for men, with earbands.
Sizes 634 to 10.
Special for Tuesday and Wednesday soc
$3.50 Heavy Outing Flannel Night Robes, in white
or stripes. Sizes Is to 20 neck
Special for Tuesday and Wednesday S1.15
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-10

A fast life usually ends in a slow
death.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-10

100 New Pin Sets, all guaranteed jewery 4Oc and
SOC value, for this sale only
Special for Tuesday and Wednesday 25c set
SOC Christmas Aprons, four styles to select from.
Special for Tuesday and Wednesday 500 each
Xmas Wash Silk for waists and mems shirts; $1.OO
value.
Special for Tuesday and Wednesday 75c yard
so Dozen Ladies Xmas Handkerchief, are lace
trimmed, also embroidered; every one 10c val
ue Special for Tuesday and Wednesday Sc each
30 pairs Ladies' Tan Cape Gloves, not in trade for
less than $1.75 pair.
Special for Tuesday and Wednesday 81. Is pair
Ladies' 75c Comb Sets, one set in box
Special for Tuesday and Wednesday $50 set
For Xmas Gifts-The New Casque Comb, 75c val
ue. Special for Tuesday and Wednesday soc
For Xmas Gifts-S2.00 Oriental Beads only few
to sell at this price.
Special for Tuesday and Wednesday SIPS
200 Brooches, Bar Pins, Hat Pins-these are all
gold and silver tops; SOC value.
Special for Tuesday and Wednesday 25c each
Ladies' $125 All Leather Hand Bags, all the latest
styles.
Special for Tuesday and Wednesday $50 each
75c Wool Plaids, 36 inches wide, for childrens
dresses.
Special for Tuesday and Wednesday 4Sc yard
Coodnow, Pearson & Hunt
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-01-18
HOW THEY VOTED

It Is interesting to note how the
senators at Washington voted on the
bill to make the District of Columbia
dry. Twenty-eight Democrats and
twenty-seven Republicans we're for it,
while twenty-five Democrats and ten
Republicans were opposed. Four out
Of the five Smiths were on the water
wagon, and if careful analysis were
made, no doubt most of those who vot-
ed for the vets were from wet states.
AS for Wisconsin, Senator Husting
voted with the minority-for liquor to
remain in the District Of Columbia
while the name of Senator La Toilette
does not appear in the published list.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-01-18
COMMUNICATION

To the Editors News:
Under date January last The News
in reporting the claim of G. r. Post
of 1888 for tax refund quoted from
the report Of the committee of the
county board to whom said claim was
referred in this ut follows that
the purchaser at a foreclosure sale
buys at his own risk" The inference
there appears that Mr.. Post was the
purchaser, whereas as matter Of fact
the mortgaged premises were sold to
Elmer Mills Of Madison, and therefore.
the report Of the committee and the
action Of the county board thereon in
disallowing the clai was based on
an erroneous conception of what &C
tually occurred. v. H. CADY.
Editors Note: The lines quoted
above are from the report Of the COM
mittee. Evidently since Mr., Post pre-
scented the claim of $8593, the commit
tee probably thought Mr.. Post made
the purchase of the mortgaged prem
Uses. His attorney says that Mr.. Post
tax sale of Sank county and that it
purchased the claim at the annual
was afterward found to be an illegal
assessment. In the event Mr.. Post
paid the 1858 at the tax sale, not
knowing it was an illegal assessment,
he would he an iuDoennt n11rchaaaP
At the county treasurer's office, how
ever, it is stated that If the ordinance
Of Spring Green is as it should be,
the tax is legally assessed. This has
not been determined 1t is also stat
ed that Mr. Post made the purchase at
the sale to protect his interest, hay
ing a claim against the property. Evi-
IDENTIFY all is not elear.1
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-01-18
NO REAL SUCCESS WITHOUT
HARD WORK

In recent address Governor Philip
Of Wisconsin pointed out that, as most
sensible people know, there is no royal
road to success, and that those who
seek to gain wealth and position with
out honest work and endeavor are TAX
ing a short cut to failure. For every
person who succeeds in a get-rich-
quick scheme, he declared, there are
thousands of failures; it is the care
full, conservative men who score the
real success in the business world
and become leaders in business. He
outlined the rules for success in the
following epigrams:
Find out what you want to do and
do it we'll.
Don't be plunger-don't chase
rainbows-be conservative.
Don't borrow money unless you
know how you are going to pay it
back
There is a payday for everything in
life, and the man who fails to keep
his credit good cannot succeed.
Don't be just legally honest-be
honest because you like to be square
and clean in your dealings.
Put pep" into your work and be
game in the face of failure.
There is no royal road to success
success means industry honestly ap-
piled.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-01-18

was, no opposition by Mr.. Post, IL 10
stated. Just where to charge the &C
count is the worry now. Some of the
material from the hardware firm was
used on roads years ago, and the
funds have long since been exhausted.
When the funds set aside for o Ger.
tain piece Of road should meet por-
tons of this bill, and there are no
funds now, who should pay? The
whole county? Those at the head of
the county road work now would like
to know how to handle these tardy
accounts. It Is an interesting ques-
ton, even II the former highway COM
missioner did agree to the bill in 1915
or 1917. To long-distance spectator
it looks a. If it should have been paid
long ago out of funds set aside for
that purpose by those whs were at
the helm at that time.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-01-18
POST AND THE BOARD

When former Highway Commission
or G. F. Post Of Spring Green present
ed the board of supervisors with a bill
Of $1990.75, it did not take the mem
bers very long to make up their mind
what to do with it. Last November
they passed a resolution rather COM
mending the former official, but when
that bill doomed up On the horizon it
was dead calm before the storm.
"Just think of the abgurdity of it,"
thought the board. Some of the items
went back to 1910, more than six
years ago. Why did not Mr.. Post pre-
sent bill in 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, or
any of the succeeding years? Would
a hired man on a farm or clerk in a
store who was receiving his pay month
by month, attempt to collect for items
six years previous? To think of it
makes the mind totter. The board not
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-01-18

The Official vote of Ohio reveals
the fact that President Wilson got
more votes there this year than
Theodore Roosevelt got there In
1904. President Wilson received 1000
more votes, and now holds the record
OF having polled the largest vote ever
east for President In Ohio, says the
Emporia Gazette.
It Is puzxling the faithful to know
why. No one knows, but one mans
guess 10 as good as another, 90 here
goes:
In Ohio the Progressives were
treated as penitents. The old guard
was In control. They manned the
ticket; they trotted Hughes around
and spoke for him. They managed
the central committee. In Indiana,
across the Ohio line, where Hughes
won, Bull Mooser was state Repub-
hcan chairman, and q Bull Mooser
was chairman of the Republican con-
vention.
But these were minor incidents.
The big outstanding and unmistaka-
BILE fact about Ohio is that the Demo-
cratic party in Ohio has been for
ward moving party. Under the lead
ership of the men who conducted the
Ohio campaign for Mr.. Wilson, Ohio
has stepped into progressive leader
ship in America abreast with Califor-
mia, Wisconsin and Kansas. A new
constitution adopted a few years ago
gives the people of Ohio cities liberty
in home rule; gives statewide Initial
i've and referendum, gives to the state
power to supervise industry, and
makes the constitution easy of amend
ment. This progressive Democratic
group could talk to the people and the
reactionary Republican group could
not talk to the people. So Hughes,
who would not cut loose and talk tur-
key to the obvious progressive major
ity in state like Ohio, lost. When a
state like Ohio or California, or Wis
consin or Kansas, listens to a man he
must make his pleadings definite and
certain.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-01-18

only turned down the bill quicker than
Hugh Kelley would have a member OF
the Nature Study club Jump from the
high bridge into the Icy waters Of the
Baraboo river beneath, but they re-
considered the commendatory resolu-
ton and wiped 1t from the records.
Then the Chicago machine man came
along and said some things about the
road mans methods of bookkeeping
that would make the average individ-
ual'g ears burn. All of this comes
after the former officials friction with
the state highway commission, with
q county officer, with members OF the
board, and others. Then, too, a spe-
eial committee pointed out more err
rors, and the whole is so arranged
that it will appear in the printed re-
port Of the board. The steps taken
by Mr.. Post reminds one Of Nasby'g
Man Of Sin." and the board IL to be
congratulated on making, finally, 30
decided q stand.
That bill of $1ss0.70 was too much.
Those who have read a report Of the
proceedings Of the board no. doubt
think about the same. What taxpayer
could do otherwise?
The Beaver hill proposition 10 not
half so staggering.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-01-18
All MEN AND All MEN!

"Of course when a man falls or is
thrown off the viaduct at Kansas City
aud very effectually and permanently
killed it Is a serious and distressing
matter to his family and friends But
ear personal interest in the case
ceases when we learn that the episode
same at the end of a night of carousal
and debauch with the half-world down
iu the city, and we can't quite under
stand the theory of a newspaper
which makes the incident a front-page
story for a week or more. What par
ocular difference does it make whether
the man was dead before he was
thrown from the viaduct or died from
the fall? What particular difference,
indeed, does it make whether he was
murdered or died by accident? If he
had behaved himself he wouldn't be
-dead-sO it harks back to himself aft
er all."-Iola (Kan) Register.