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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-10
FRoJEcTILE BIDS AN OUTRAGE
Daniels Says They Form Good Argu-
ment for Government Plant.

WASHINGTON, Jan 10 Outra-
geous was the Characterization which
Secretary Daniels gave to the projec.
tile bids opened at the navy department
last week. These bids showed that an
English concern. the Hatfield Co. Ltd.
was prepared TO furnish the shells TO
the navy ut 1913 each, while the lowest
bid submitted by any Of the American
steel and ordinance companies was
$50. They also showed that the price
Of shells for navy use was rapidly in
ercasing.
1t is expected that these bids will
result in the government building 4
nrojcctile factory Of sufficient capacity
to furnish every she'll which the future
American navy may need. The last
session Of Congress authorized the OK
pendiiure of Sl,4ll,000 for the con
stuctian of proicctilc factory for the
manufacture Of naval shells. In speak
ing of the bids. Mr.. Daniels said:
''Fhey show concIusivcly that the
government should be in a position to
manufacture shells. We are already
authorized to spend some money for n
projectile factory. but it is not suf-
iicient to build factory with ca
pacity TO turn out all our shells. I
shall call the attention of congress to
the bids opened Wednesday and ask
for an increased authorization so we
can construct a factory large enough
to dQIall our work if necessary. =
lhe secretary was ut z loss to under-
stand why the English. concern even
though its home government was at
war. could furnish shells 50 much
cheaper than they can be bought in this
country. When asked if he was going
. give the English concern the con
tract, the secretary said that he had
not decided that question vet
The shells for which the bids were
opened are for use by the cruisers and
| battleships authorized in the recent
naval program. These ships are not
expected to be completed until 1927 b.
which time the secretary hopes to have
the naval projectile factory in opera
ton. When asked why work had not
already been started on the factory. he
replied:
We are waiting until it is decided
| just Where-the armor plate factory is Il
| be located 1T is very possible that tho
| projectile factory will be located at tn,
/ saQe place. But while we are waiting
70 select the site, we are not losing
any time in the selection of the ma
ehinery and other equipment that vii
/ be needed. | am hopeful of being abb,
to construct the proiectile factory AMI
/ have it turning out shells in time 70
use by the ships authorized at the las
4 session of congress.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-10

titioners. The law exempts Christian
Scientists. The ruling leaves it in full
force and operation
California S so-called "drugless heal
er' laws, enacted in 1918, were at
tackled as unconstitutional in two in
junction suits Of p. l.. Crane, a Los An
gelcs chiropractor, and Mrs. Kate Nc
Naughton, a Los Angeles opthamologist.
No Christian Scientists were parties to
the suits, but have been watching them
because of the statutes exemption of
Christian Science and other prayer
practitioners from examination and
/ licensing by the state medical board.
/ The laws, designed to suppress
I"quack' and cake healers, require
Iosteopaths, neuropaths, chiropractors,
and other so-called drugless healers to
have certain physiological knowledge.
! California federal courts refused to
enioin enforcement of the statutes Gun
der the sound discretion OF the court =
/ but without deciding their validity. IN
/ the supreme court, the state authorities
i contended it was not necessary for that
court to decide the constitutionalitv.
/ hut merely pass on the discretion exer-
/ cised by the lower court, the California
state courts having upheld the statutes
and Crane and Mrs. McNaughton not
4 having applied for licenses.
/ Exemption given Christian Science
was attacked as unconstitutional in the
/ injunction suits. 1t was contended that
/ he law gives Christian Science q monop.
\ oily in prayer practice, Discriminate
against drugless practitioners Of every
school of drugless healing in favor OF
those using prayer only, is class legisIa
tion, and an arbitrary exercise OF the
state s ''poIice powers
! These charges were denied by the
state authorities. The state supreme
court had declared both laws valic
exercise of state police authority. The
requirement upon drugless healers t
have rudimentary knowledge Of anato
my, hygiene, bacteriologv, materia med
lea, and other subjects was declared rea
sonable, for protection OF citizens
against treatment by persons withou
medical knowledge.
4 Twenty-Five other states and terri
tories, it was said, have similar ex
emptions in favor Of Christian Scienc
and other prayer practitioners Thes
are Maine. New Hampshire. Connect
cut, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Mort
Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Okla
homa, Arizona. Colorado, Florida, Geo1
gia. Illinois, Kansas. louisiana, Mich
gan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Utai
!, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wis
, consin. aud Hawaii
The California laws, the defendin
, authorities asserted, permit all person
7 whether drugles, practitioners, phys
clans, or Christian Scientists. to trea
, the sick with prayer. The statutes, the
, contend, are designed to regulat
treatment bv material means.
3 That the state was without power I
determine 1.-THE particular religion
r. form or ceremony which shall be en-
Iployed in drugless treatment of di
ease" or to distinguish between di
: fcrent religious forms, rites and GER
T monies was contendcd by those a
lacking the laws.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-10
LOW LIVING COST
AT CARLISLE SCHOOL
The Sum of SLY for Each Indian Stu.
dent is Sufficient - Each Pupil
Costs S21O Annually.

When the story of how the Indian
bureau at Carlisle, Pa, handles the
feeding of the grown students at the
Carlisle Indian school. which is produc-
ing notable athletes, is told, all expert
mental feeding clubs and dietetic coun-
ellis are expected here to take a back
seat.
In the year Of high food prices Just
ended the Carlisle Indian school has
given good, wholesome food at the rate
for the individual Of rs - cents a day.
or SLY n week, or a little more than
5000 n month. The certified and item
lied record for 4 regular day of three
meals shows that 5s7 students used 90o
pounds of bread, $50 pounds of beef
IS pounds of butter. SO pounds of flour
- pounds of oatmeal, - gallons Of
milk. bushels of POTATOES. 6 pounds
of coffee. I pound of tea, 60 pounds of
sugar, eight quarts Of syrup, 10 pounds
Of onions, ! > pounds Of cornstarch. 10
pounds Of raisins, ll2 pounds Of corn
bread and six pounds of tomatoes. No
Oliver Twist requests for "more' are
on record. \ typical day S menu fol
lows.
Breakfast Il Oatmeal, milk, stew,
bread aud coffee. Dinrcr-Roast beef
rice and raisins. pudding and bread.
prer-Stewed dunplngs, apple sauce,
bread, butter. cornbrcad, syrup and tea.
Chicken roasted, with filing, giblet
dressing, Irish potatoes. Jersey sweet
potatoes, corn. peas. celery, cranberry
sauce, assorted cakes, pies, cheese, ba-
nanas. tea and coffee
Computations OIL the sum to be spent
for food are based upon the amount
appropriated by congress and there is
no guessing about it. The actual cost
Of subsistence for each pupil is SGo.63.
The officials of the school explain
'"that this result can only be obtained
by careful and exact calculation. and
the absolute elimination Of waste
The clothing of the Indian youth
! costs the government but $2S.43 an
nually. This covers all clothes, shoes
uniforms, undcrelothcs, socks. over
coats, hats, caps and shop overalls.
/ For 1910 annually the Indian gets
/ bed and board, all medical aid. dental
and hospital attention, both academic
and vocational training properly core
| lated, laundry, medical, dramatic and
the best physical training, amusemcntS
/ Concluding movies, entertaining anC
educational lectures. concerts and pic
nics,) specifs military training anC
transportation from their distant homes
in the West, North, East and South
No complaints arc ever heard.
While a fine limestone farm of 2S'
acres, belonging to the school j
scientifically cultivated and much o
the material used is got from it, thi
production is calculated at the SAM
value as though purchased at marke
prices. Neither middleman nor col,
storage enter into the cost of matcria
and it must accord with specification
Of contracts given in bid else it j
coEdcmned-New York Times.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-10
ONE DOSE RELIEVES
A COLD-NO QUININE
Pape's Cold Compound ends bad
colds or grippe in few
hours.
Relicf comes Instantly.

Relief comes Instantly.
y dose taken every two hours until
three doses are taken will end grippe
misery and break up a severe cold
either in the head, chest, body or limbs.
il promptly opens elogged-up nostrils
land air passages in the head, stops
nasty discharge or nose running, re-
lieyes sick headache, dullncss, feverish.
ness, sore throat, sneezing, soreness and
stiffness.
Don { stay stuffed-upl Quit blowing
and snuffling! Ease your throbbing
headl Nothing else in the world gives
such prompt relief as ''PQpe's Cold
Compound which costs only % cents
at any drug store. It acts without
assistance, tastes nice, causes no incon
venience. BE sure you get the genuine
I-Adyt.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-10
WOULD RESCIND
COMPANY'S CHARTER
100000 Power Project on Connecticut
River Has Not MaterialiZed, st.
Johnsbury Says.

ST JOHNSBURY. Jan. 10.-The
Commercial club Of this town and cit
liens i'll the adjoining town of Water
ford are behind bill to be soon intro
duced into the legislature asking for
g repeal Of the charter Of the Fifteen
Mile Falls Power company, hydro
electric proposition which was to
be financed BY Chace and Hartman
of Boston and establish on the
rapids of the Connecticut river in
Waterford a dam 200 feet high and a
power plant to generate 10000 horse
power. The legislature Of 1910 granted
this corporation a charter, which ex-
pires December | 1917, with the prom
ise that at least $4,000 would be ex-
pended in the meantime in the contruc-
ton Of the dam and power plant. So
far as the people Of this section are
informed nothing has been done along
these lines
In New Hampshire the LittIeton
board Of trade viii take similar action
along the same lines in their legisla-
ture, which is now in session.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-10
OUCH! BACKACHE!
RUB LUMBAGO OR
PAIN FROM BACK
Rub stiffness away with small trial
bottle of old, penetrating.
''St. Jacob Oil''
All! pain is gone.

Ah- pam is gone!
Quickly ?-Yes. Almost instant re-
lief from soreness, stiffness, lameness
and pain follows gentle rubbing with
- st. Jacob S OIL
Rub this soothing, penetrating oil
right on your painful back, and like
magic, relief comes. st. Jacob s Oil'
Ils harmless backache, lumbago and
sciatica cure which never disappoints
and doesn t burn the skin.
Straighten up! Quit complaining!
stop those torturous ''stitches.'' In
moment you will forget that you ever
had weak back, because it won t hurt
or be stiff or lame Don't suffer, Get
small trial bottle of old, honest est
Jacob s Oil from your druggist now
and get this lasting relief.-Advt.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-10
UPHoLDs CALIFORNIA VERDICT
Medical Practice Law Left in Full
Force by Supreme Court.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. - Without
deciding constitutional questions. the su-
premc court affirmed refusal of Cali
fonia federal courts to enjoin enforce
mcnt Of California medical practice law
requiring licensing of ''drugless' prac-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-10
SPENT OVER 100000.
American Red Gross Reports August 6
1914, to September 80, 1916.

Secretary Harry s. Howard of the
Vermont Chapter, American Red Cross,
has received from Washington a state
ment Of the expenditures Of the organ
ization from August 6, 1914, to Septem-
Der 30, 1916. The total in contributions
received was $2,144 .968.17, of which
$2,001 ,5S462 was disbursed The esti-
mated value of supplies contributed
during the period was $97S,309.54.
The American war relief clearing
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-10

It is feared that there will be a
shortage of freight cars on american
railroads fer the shipment Of fertilizers.
Three hundred Thousand cars will be
needed for the spring orders. Farmers
have been urged to order their supplies
early.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-10

On March ] the index figure of crop
prices in the United States was about
10 per cent higher than a year ago.
27.l per 'cent higher than two years
ago, and 10 per cent higher than the
average Of the past seven years on
March /
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-10

arbitration will be the watchword. Ar
bitratc with yourself today, reduce your
expenditures and insure for enough to
protect your family. 6,th year. National
Life ms. Co, of VI. (Mutual.) - AL
BERT G. LAIRD, Special Agent, eros
by Block.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-10

Short lives make merry undertakers
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-10
100000 for Illustrations
This Amount Was Expended for Illustrating
The Brattleboro Reformer Bible

More than 600 beautiful art pictures by the worlds
they at explain the subjects which they accompany
These magnificent illustrations alone cost $4,000 In
addition thereto fupage plates of the worldfamous
Tssot collection in coors These beautiful color engrav-
ngs also carefully selected with the object of further
making plain obscure passages this greatest of books
It thfuy be said that before have ilustra-
tons wildly portrayed their subjects and embodied
in them the spirit Of living reality.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-10
For Rheumatic Pains

Every sufferer can get relief from
rheumatic pains. Minard's Liniment
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-02-02

quick cry Of warning bursting from the
drivers throat. Staring ahead, she
saw that still another effort was being
made to intercept them. This time II
was a mar with a red flag. Instead Of
stopping, the a swept past the man
so close that its f~ender-end slapped
against the fiagstick itself as he re-
peated HIS luBty shout Of command.
But that command vas more or less
lost on Train, a little dizzy now with
the sheer drunkenness Of speed.
"Stop?' Knocked the driver as he
raced On. I'm going to stop for moth
ing this side OF hell"
Yet that valiant boast was little
more than the articulation Of mortal
pride 30 often preluding mortal disas-
ter. For. bearing down on them along
that lonely stretch Of roadway they
could already see a second car. The
point about this car that worried Train
was that it was not approaching them
as a w~ell-behaved car should approach
a comrade vehicle, but vermiculated
drunkenly from one side of the road to
the other. Even Margery, as she
leaned forward, puzzling over these
strange movements, realized that peril
was involved in passing a vihicle so
uncertain OF its course. At the same
time, too, she could hear from far be-
hind her the prolonged and warning
cry of an auto horn, wailing disturb
ingly through the quiet air of the late
afternoon.
The next moment the two cars had
met, head-on.
There was a crash of metal and
glass, a rending of h~oney-comb radia-
tors and coppered tenders.
What happened after that for all
time remained strangely like adream
to Margory. She remembered seeing
Train lying close beside his wrecked
car, with the blood trickling from his
wrist and staining his whip-cord uni.
form. She remembered seeing other
figures, even more helpless looking.
But most of all she remembered how
one Of these figures, pulling himself
together, had slowly risen to his feet.
As he did so he turned h~alf-stupidly
about and stared down at her. And the
moment she saw that pallid yet tri-
umphant face she knew that it was Lee
gar. She knew that he was confronting
her, that he was slowly but determin-
eddy making his way towards her. And
she knew that in another moment she
would have been their prisoner again
had not a sudden and unlooked-for in.
terruption taken place.
This interruption came in the form
OF a flying roadster, with a masked
figure leaning low out from its run
ming board as it swept down on them.
She remembered the sudden shout of
the men, the sudden clutch of the
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-02-02

servants telephone below stairs. Part
Of that guarded conversation was car
ried on BY Wrench, the new footman.
and much OF it had to do with the very
situation 90 disturbing the agedmillion-
aire In the room above. For Il was Le-
gar explaining that a masked stranger
at the last moment had snatched the
girl from their hands and had apparent
ly carried her on TO some hiding place
of his own. This was followed by the
command TO deliver still another mes
sage to Bnoch Golden, with the final
warning that every wire leading into
the Golden house must be cut as soon
as possible.
The new footman, in obedience to
these orders, quietly traced out the
telephone circuits to the basement and
there severed the wires with a pair OF
scissors p%urloined for the purpose
from Mile. Celestine's workbag. Then,
watching his chance, he carefully
penned a note, wording It as Legar
had duly instructed him to do. Then
he returned to the n~eighborhood Of the
library door. with his ferretlike alert
ness masked under his customary i'm
mobility of face.
Il was not until his restless master
discovered the telephone wires to be
dead. and went storming through the
house to determine the reason for this
misadventure. that Wrench realized
his chance had ome Slipping into
the deserted library on the pretext OF
adjusting the rugs, he stopped before
the rosewood table, hesitated a mo-
ment, and then lifted the heavily
chased lid Of Golden's cigar case and
dropped the note inside. A moment
later he had left the room, u%nobserved
and unsupported.
1t did not take many minutes Of
waiting to confirm the wisdom of
Wrench's movement. For Enoch Gold
en-, striding restlessly back into his
library, sank with a sigh Of WEAKNESS
into the armchair beside the rosewood
table. For a moment or two he stared
abstractedly and unhappily about him.
Then, with still another sigh, he
reached out and lifted the heavily
chased lid Of silver. His fingers, in
stead of coming in contact with a per-
fecto corseted in gold, rustled against
a sheet Of paper. Automatically be
picked it up and unfolded it.
Written on that mysterious sheet he
found the following:
ITO fight me further In this is use
less. And unless you open your eyes
TO this fact It will soon be worse than
useless. It will be fatal. repeat that
! want your half Of that chart. If you
want your daughter to live, want her
sent back to you, take that chart to
the twenty-fourth floor Of the Central
Tower building, within the next hour,
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-02-02

and hand Il to the man In the black
ulster who will be waiting there. No
triekery can succeed. And this is your
last chancel JULES LEGAR."
Silently the beaten mar stared down
at this strange missive. Slowly as he
did so, the last of his once iron will
melted away.
He rose heavily from his chair and
crossed to the vault. From this vault
he took the map, the ~time-yellowed
square Of MANILA about which so many
Of the sorrows and troubles Of all his
life seemed to revolve. Then, calling
for his hat and coat and ordering a
car, he tremblingly made ready for his
midnight visit of capitulation to the
Central Tower building.
While these events were taking
place, however, there was one member
of the Golden household who remained
far from inactive. When David Man
ley 80 abruptly left a tranquil bunga
low at Cedarton and so stealthily
pushed his way through the %shrubbery
surrounding that bungalow, it was be-
Cdubb NC uhu mdub lub buuu6u us
covery that Legar himself was in the
neighborhood. Nor was 1t hard for
him to guess the reason for that mas
ter-criminal's invasion Of those seques-
tered grounds. And Manley, promptly
deciding to stalk the stalker himself,
was rewarded by overhearing enough
of Legar's plans, as the latter hurried
ly issued his instructions to two of his
confederates near the roadside, to
realize the necessity Of at once get
ting in touch with Enoch Golden.
Whatever happened, he felt. It was his
duty to warn Margery's father that
Legar himself had acknowledged his
ignorance of the girls whereabouts
and had expressed his intention OF
trtcking the chart out Of its present
owners hands.
Ten minutes Of frantic efforts at a
telephone booth in the nearby village,
however, convinced Manley of the I'M
possibility of getting In touch with
Golden by wire.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-02-02
SIXTH EPISODE
THE SPOTTED WARNING

Enoch Golden had eve formed the
habit Of taking others into his conf
dence. And when events came into
his life which seemed TO leave him
more and more dependent on his i'm
mediate associates he betrayed an oc-
casional tendency to focus his neb-
ulous resentment against hat situa-
ton on the exasperatingly imperturb-
able figure Of David Manley.
Young man" he said. fixing his sec
rotary with a steely eye. II came to
this decision twenty long years ago,
and nothing is going to change It. That
woman was SEN from my home, and
she will never enter It again"
Manley, looking down at the note
still held in HIS hand. thought Of the
troubled and tear-stained face Of the
girl who had so recently chung to his
arm and asked him to plead her cause.
And the memory Of Margery Golden
brought fresh courage to him.
But this woman who was once your
own wife Is only asking for a glimpse
II her own daughter again. Surely
that Is asking little enough!
And / repeat that | won't allow It.
I have saved my daughter from the
dangers that woman's wrong surround
ed her with. | have saved her from"
Have you?" interrupted Manley, de-
l~iberately meeting the older mans
stare.
Any retort the older nan was about
TO utter remained unspoken. for at
that moment a soft-treading footman
entered the room and crossed to the
desk with a salver of mail in his hand.
Manley looking up, eyed that servant
resentfully. and with a touch OF sus-
picion. This intruder, he promptly
surmised, was a new figure in the
household r%etinue.
BE so good as TO knock when you
enter this ROOM was the young secre-
tary's sharp command.
Very good, sir" answered the new
iootman. scarcely raising his eyes.
"H'hi" Golden scoffed, looking up
from the letter which he had Just
opened. Since you're so ready to ask
tavors. here's another friend to ask
them for. Here's the captain OF the
circle you're so ready to champion!
But instead Of asking favors you sec,
he demands them!"
He tossed the folded sheet angrlly
across the desk top. Manley took 1t
up and read 1t.
"Your happiness hangs on one small
~ A.
portion Of the WIndward Island chart
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-02-02
SYNOPSIS.

On Windward island Palldori i~ntrigues
Mrs. Colder into an appearance OF evil
which causes Colder TO capture and tor
ture the Italian by branding his face and
crushing his hand. Palidori opens the
dyke gates and floods the island and in
the general rush TO escape the food kid
maps Golden's slN-year-old daughter Mar
CORY. Twelve years later In New York a
Masked Ono calling himself the Hammer
OF Cod rescues an eiEhteen-year-old girl
from the cadet Casavanti. TO whom Jules
Legar has delivered her. and takes her TO
the home OF EnOch Golden. millionaire.
den's secretary. setting FIRE 70 Golden's
buildings. but escape. MarEory'a mother
fruitlcssly implorcs Enoch Golden to
ind their daughter. The Masked One
again takes Margory away from Legar.
LegRr loots the Third National bank. but
again the Laughing Mask illustrates his
plans.