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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-05
VERMONT ITALIANS LOYAL.
Ready to Organize Company for Ma
tional Defense

In response to letter addressed to
Governor Graham b. Deputy Sheriff
Pascal G. Ricci of Rutland county,
stating that at least 800 Italians of
Rutland, many of whom have had mill
tary training, are ready to defend the
American flag at moment S notice.
Adj General Tillotson has notified
Mr.. Ricci that there is no objection
to his forming an organization and be
ginning training at once.
Mr.. Ricci had asked for permission
to form company of the Italians and
to start drilling Immediately. General
Tillotson further states that while Yer.
mont is not in a position to give any
assistance in such an endeavor III the
matter of equipment or otherwise, the
patriotic offer is appreciated and is
one Of which the state will gladly
avail itself if the occasion arises.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-05

Germany may suggest terms of peace
TO the United States, but the time for the
consideration of such terms is past.
When peace comes the United States, IN
connection with Great Britain, France,
Italy and Russia, will have something TO
say about the terms And the terms will
be of nature to settle for all time
whether democracy or autocracy is to
rule and dominate the world
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-05

Ncrmontcrs everywhere will want to
know why the august senate Of the
general assembly refused to confirm
PARK II. Pollard of Cavendish as the
iaymau member of the state board Of
control, not even discussing his appoint
meat. II the action was taken be
cause Mr.. Pollard is active as a Demo.
cratic leader, it was reprehensiblr. If
there was some good reason, which those
of MS who are on the outside LOOKING
in do not know about, we are willing
to be informed. The Rcformcr had
formed an extremely good impression of
MI Pollard and thought the governor
had made Il good selection in naming
him for the important position.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-05

There may be pro-German feeling in
some Wisconsin cities, but there are
of men of foreign birth and
extraction all over the country who are
as loyal to the Stars and Stripes as any
native sons. We feel like giving three
cheers for the Italians of Rutland. who
are already organizing a company OF in
fantry, which will be ready to 90 into the
service of the country when ordered.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-05

''Sayc for loans. Will be national
slogan if the present war extends over
q period Of months or years. There
wiil be loan after loan made by the
United states and its allies. And a
loan taken up by the people is a far
better loan than one taken up by the
banks. The banks should be left free
20 deal with the general business Of
the country. The great British loan
recently 1oatcd was raised without call
ing on the banks to take cent of it.
So was the last Canadian loan of a
hundred and fifty millions. 1t is a
form of patriotism to which everyone
can subscribe by self-denial and there
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-05
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

II Is the aim OF the management 10
secure efficient service In the delivery
~ the paper each night. and IT solicits
the cooperation of subscribers to that
nd Prompt reports should be given OF
zach failure to receive the paper on the
morning following the omission, IN per-
son by telephone or postal card. thus
nabling the cause OF the error to be
promptly and accurately discovered and
the proper remedy Immediately applied
II Is only bv this method that the pun
Usher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-05
Member Of the Associated Press.

The Reforner is on sale every evening
ny the following news dealers:
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Stretter.
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-05
DIR. M. L. MORRISON DEAD.
Bellows Falls Dentist Was Member of
Rutland Lodge of Elks.

BELLOWS FALLS, April 5.-Dr. NJ.
l.. Morrison, 80, died at the Rocking
ham hospital at s O'Clock yesterday
He mad practiced dentistry
for % years, the last 10 years of which
he was associated with Dr. R. S. Elmer
Elk services will be held this forenoon
at 1890 o'clock Burial will be at
Greenville, Pa. DR.. Morrison was a
member of Rutland lodge of Elks. He
was widely known through southern
Vermont as a hunter and fisherman.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-05
TO ADVERTISERS,

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.ents an inch for each subsequent inser-
ion. Limited space on first page at
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Classified advertisements Five cents
lire first Insertion with so per cent
discount for each subsequent insertion,
without change Of copy.
Reading Notices Ten cents per line,
lrst insertion with 50 per cent discount
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.hange OF copy.
Position 10 per cent extra
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-05

1t is difficult to pick up many
friends without making few enemies
along the way
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-05
Tricks on a Rocking Horse.

Cats and Dogs. Come right inside the
tent at Your left and there you will see
these things. There is no extra charge
for admission
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-05

When a man has more money than
he knows what to do with, then igno-
rance truly is bliss.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-05
Ready for Emergency

The boy who learns to think ahead
Is the boy who is ready for an erner-
gency when it comes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-05

will be need for it in the days to
come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-20
STRINGING NEW YORK

ter was the free, unrestrained laughter of those who have wide spaces to breathe in.
 Her first sight of chorus girls in airy costumes caused her to blush violently. Everything was new, astonish- ingly, wonderfully new, to her"
 If Pop had not spilled the beans Miss Sachen hardly could have filled her lec- ture engagements. Possibly it was at this obstacle that the reporters baked and felt it necessary to expose the biscuit shooter, whose appearance before the ed ucators and their pupils, had she gone the length of trying to make addresses would have been a worse catastrophe for her journalistic sponsors than an earlier ex- posture of the fake. and salvage in the form of new stories.
 Were the reporters actually fooled at any time? Did it appear to them that vulgar. slangy beanery waitress was an ingenious damsel from "wide spaces?" Did it not more probably, appear prac- tical to make readable stories by hang ing columns of fiction upon a peg of fact the girl had been to Alaska-and by the heroine of the stories?
 Possibly the difference between the lynx-eyed reporter of the splall town pa- per and the reporters who introduced to New York readers the little girl from Alaska Is that the small town reporter does not realize the possibilities of jour- nalisn. The New York reporter is accus- toned to stringing New York from day to day Occasionally he overdoes 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-20
GlRAY'S CHURClHY ARD

described as, perhaps, the most aristo- cratic in the county"
 What, then, of the churchyard itself? Beautiful it still is. But here, as every where around the whole spirit of the place seems to have been turned, by in- evitable human nature into the very op- posite of what the poet would have us imagine It is not a neglected spot" It is not rude not even typically rural. It is, on the contrary, a smart, stylish cemetery, where the latest and daintiest devices of the stone mansion in marble and polished granite vie with each other on every hand. It is approached through long, trim avenue of standard roses all scrupulously tended, and some of them blooming even in November.
 In a word, one has to shut ones eyes before one can see the real Stoke Pogis of Gray and of "Elegy." There it is, right enough beneath all the show-the lovely old church, with still .ivy-mantled tower;" the two hardly decipherable slabs marking the resting place, not only of Gray himself but also of Dorothy Gray, that deeply loved, "tender mother of many children who struggled along in the little millinery shop on Cornhill so that her only surviving son might pose as a gentleman of means
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-20

From the London Chronicle
 TIT happened to be in the pouring rain,
 III along roads strewn, with sodden S leaves, and with the mist of a late November afternoon vignetting each glimmer of landscape, that I made pill grimmage to Stoke Pogis. Not inappro- priate, perhaps, this weeping day, for due homage to Thomas Gray, the au- thor of An Elegy Written in a Coun- try Churchyard." If so, it was the only appropriate element of a singularly start ling adventure in what I may call the tragi-comedy of literary veneration. The pilgrimage is we'll worth making. Any who make it must be prepared, however, for a study in the irony of fame, strained almost to a laughing point
 Fine villas, ''replete with every mod ern convenience white walled and red gabled, with motor garage at side, tes- tify to what will happen when all the plots of all the estate have been taken up. Stoke Pogis, one learns, suffers from the advantage of gravel soil" Of Stoke park-Gray's own Stoke park, which actually bounds the churchyard-- one reads that this imposing mansion has been converted into club, and the grounds into golf links which may be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-20
General Frederick Fwnston's Death

The sudden Antonio last night the public the position of Americas remarkably versatile Iattanments
 Born Ohio he became
  in travelling floating Yukon 1S96 became captain of artillery revolutionary in Cuba 1898 Philippines and the following year raft
 
 awarded the
  Agunaldo Filipino leader and this wonh m praises a soldier Coupled with his popular imagination He bot in n n he Philippines. he important
  the the Mexican of earth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-20
All Glad to Get Back

Well, I believe the folks were really glad to see us back,' said Lieut.. George Davis of Battery A. Ut certainly looked that way from the number of people Wno waded through the mud and rain Monday morning to meet us at the train. They greeted us like we had been away and encountered a number of Valley Forges and saved the country. Of course, we ap- preciated it, but we don't feel like we de- serve it all.
 "As a matater of fact, there are many attractions about army life. It's very fas- cinating in a way. I know there were number of boys who wanted to come back home, but as for me. I rather liked it.
 And it hasn't been so hard at that. We've been having it pretty easy since December 15, and guess it will be a change for some of the boys to get down to actual work. However, we are all mighty glad to be back in old Birming- ham. It seems like we've been away a mighty long time, and after all, there no place like Alabama"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-20
, Fewer Men Killed
 In Armericam Mines

NNF all the statistical data compiled NJ for the year 1916 the record issuing from the bureau of mines of the United States interior department is especially notable in view of the fact that the fatalities show large decrease in fatal accidents. Fewer men lost their lives in the coal mines of this country last year than in any year in the past ten, notwithstanding the fact that the output was greater than ever before.
 The late J. A. Holmes, who, as di- rector of the division of mines, had worked with scientific knowledge and characteristic earnestness to mini mize disasters from gas explosions, would have been exultant over the government report, because it is the best, relatively speaking, ever pre- sented. Dr. Holmes was hopeful that the day would come when casualties would be greatly reduced, but he probably never dreamed that the number would be so few as last year.
 In 1916 the army of mine workers numbered over three quarters of a million men. "Three and three-tenths of each thousand were killed by acci- dent" says the report, ''the lowest death rate in eighteen years and the lowest on record per ton of coal mined"
 The number of mine workers killed was 2225, which was A less than in 1915; 229 less than in 1914 and 56O less than in 1913
 Mine operators take greater care now than ever to prevent accidents and the miners themselves have learned to lessen the danger to life and property.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-20
Fishing Was Fine

Fishing was fine at Coden," said Julius
 Ellinger of the Sommer Tailoring com pany, who has just returned from trip to the coast.
 ''The cold wave of last week reached us there, bringing ice and frozen pipes ana severe damage to truckers, but it only stopped fishing one day. T caught 150 fish one day and would have gotten a lot more if hadn't stopped along toward o'clock in the afternoon to fight the mosquitoes. They were reg ular man eaters and came to battle in great swarms. My largest fish, red fish of a size I don't care to mention, got away after a 10-minutes' fight because my boatman forgot to bring along the land- ing net"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-20
HOTEL LOBBIES
Appreciate The Ase-HeraId


 The honor of being the first to greet the homecoming guardsmen fell to Capt. c. H. Mandy of The Age Herald staff.
 The boys in the batteries certainly did appreciate the kindness of The Age-Her- aid in sending by it's staff correspondent Captain Mandy, large number of Sum day papers," said Lieut. Ebert Jemison of Battery c. He was the first Bir- mingham man to welcome the boys back to Alabama and we certainly were glad to see him. The Age-Herald met With high favor among the guardsmen.
 The trip from Douglas was without ln- cident, but you know that it was re- joicing bunch that entrained for Birmlng- ham. Once previously, we were engaged in loading the guns upon the train when the order came countermanding the movement. But we are here now and glad to be home"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-20

From the Louisville Courier-Journal. NZEARs ago numerous sleek young 01 men palmed themselves off upon
 small town society as Richard Harding Davis, and the joke was enjoyed greatly in the larger centers of populatio It rarely, if ever, was the case that the small town press was taken in. On the contrary the lynx-eyed re- porter for the Beeville Clarion or the Junction City Morning Star usually was the fellow who discovered the fraud and gave the public a treat in print to the chagrin of exclusive circles" It is not surprising, however, that the press of New York was the first to swallow whole the Little Girl From Alaska story, and that but for the ease with which she used the press the enterprising young woman never would have been invited to meet sundry prominent persons; never would have been kept up late at night attending every kind of high-priced entertainment | upon complimentary tickets; never would have agreed graciously to lecture upon life | in Alaska at the Washington Irving High school. New York-the great newspaper reading public-never would have become acquainted with a winsome damsel from the far north, unsophisticated. wide-eyed at the ways of the world, amazed at such wonders of civilizations as elevators, tax licabs, cafes, musical comedies. cocktails, evening clothes, skyscrapers and alert re- porters who volunteered as her escorts and reveled in adequate preparedness in the form of unlimited expense accounts.
 Miss Sachen's valedictory is not without /; human intetest:
 | Here I was handing Broadway bunk ! by the bushel. and going stronger with each edition of the papers," sighed Miss Sachen to a congregation of reporters as- sembled around the Hotel McAlpin, "and holy fathers-what happens? Pop, way out there in Kansas City, ups and spills the beans. This,<I spose. is the
 fare-t -thee-well interview, Louise. But
 while it lasted it sure was one of those things wasn't it a pip. II'll have to hoof it out and hunt a job
 S-1ong, interviewers it was some
 whizz while it was whirling.'
 The girl who, her Kansas City papa
 said, had been to Alaska. but for visit
 only, and had more experience shooting biscuits in beauery," probably did moi lexpress herself as picturesquely as she is reported by the New York Sun to have done But it is equally probable that be. fore Pop spilled the beans his daughter did not make upon the sophisticated re. lporters exactly the impression suggested by the following from the Herald priol to the bean spilling:
 "She sat tense and expectant at tht lCentury theatre last night, watching the
 parade of fantasies across the stage. Hei
 exclamations and her peals of laughter that floated out over the house made many persons stare at the broad-shoul-
 dSred. bright-eyed girl, whose cheeks
 were flushed with amazement. Her laugh.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-20
LIKE M,LuKE SAYS


 Some men are born grouchy and others do not get that way until after they marry
 The fact that he is in strengthened circumstances is what makes many a man crooked.
 No matter how charitable woman is, it is hard for her to give away old clothes to the poor without first cutting the buttons off and saving them.
 Some people do lot of worrying over the location of hell. Just as if there were not plenty of maps of Mexico to be had.
 The average man doesn't pretend to understand poetry. But most men know that .'beer' rhymes with 'cheer.''
 Too many of us throw mud on man when he is alive and throw flowers on his grave when he is dead.
 Anyway, woman can feel more com fortable in shoes that are too small for her than she can in shoes that are toe large for her.
 It would help some if we enacted and enforced a law compelling people to prac. tice what they preached. There would be a mighty little preaching done.
 Strange as it may seem there are g heap more chicken fanciers in the cities than there are on the farms.
 There isn't much love lost on either side when friend wife tells friend hus- band every day that she puts up witt him for the sake of the children. There was time when the bride ant the groom set out for a life journey or the sea of matrimony. But nowadays they embark on short excursion trip. When the poker game breaks up about 4: 80 a. m. the thought that is drifting through the minds of the married players is: What are the wild wives saying?" Any mother can tell you that wher eggs are dirt cheap the children won' touch eggs, and that when eggs are worth about cents each the chldrer want eggs at every meal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-20
Adequate Defense
 a Serious Problem

m ECRUITING the regular army IN above it's present numerical strength seems practically hopeless tunder the existing law. In time of peace those who enlist are not, as a rule, influenced by patriotic motives, much less pecuniary considerations. They simply go into the army be- )eause they like the military life. Sol dierly discipline has an attraction for them. But for the average man the military appeal today is not strong; net as strong as it was in the earlier days cf the republic. At any rate, it seems ro De an established fact that we cannot raise an army of regulars appreciably larger than the total en- listment of the present day.
 Several plans have been proposed 3QT ulcctlIlS tilC oitudIiOIi, UuC HUlc has been satisfactory to military men. vhe continental army sounded well 0 many people, but it was not feasi- ble. Ex-Secretary of War Garrison was infatuated with the idea-two months of intensive drilling and serv- ice with the colors for three years, and then four years in the reserves. But it was to be volunteer corps; . patriotic army. The plan was ridi- culed and MT. Garrison, being a sensi- tive gentleman, became offended and left President Wilson's cabinet
 According to men who have made . study of military affairs we can never have large first line of de- fense until Congress passes law making military training compulsory. } The trouble is just how far the pro- posed universal training and service
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-20
Fond RecoIlections

"The old life was the real life after all," said Gen. Louis " Clark. And l had it all brought back to me when l at tended the 'Deestrict Skule, presented by the Eleventh Avenue Methodist church last Friday night.
 Tt was a great show, and it carried all of us back to the time when we used to go to school and stay all day, and drink water out of wooden bucket, and tease the girls who sat in front of us. I got a better laugh at the show than l have had in many day, and it makes person feel good to get laugh like that occa- sionally. Our home talent is something to be proud of"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-20
ADAPTABLE ORATORY.

The reception committee wants you to deliver an address on preparedness"
 Very well," replied the eminent orator. T won't have time to write anything new for the occasion. but by merely changing a few figures in prohibition speech I made last week and substituting Ger many for the Demon Rum, I can make 1t do nicely"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-20
A LEGAL CLAIM.

"she has the loveliest complexion have seen in many day"
 But it isn't her own complexion"
 You mean her coloring is artificial. Maybe so, but the fact that she is wear ing it on her own face and has probably paid for the materials entities her to claim I should say"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-20

BEGINNING THE DAY-O my Father, may a sense of safety steal over me, when | remember that no matter where I am in life, l am In my Fathers house. In my hours or mighty emergency, when no mans arms can save and no mans heart can know, I would turn to my Father. o Thou keepest me, Thou hoIdest me, Thou savest me. Amen. H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-20
CHORUS

Firm, united let us be,
 Rallying round our liberty.
 As band of brothers Joined,
 Peace and safety we shall find. Immortal patriots, rise once more! Defend your rights. defend your shore; Let no rude foe, with impious hand. Invade the shrine where sacred lies Of toll and blood the well earned prize; While offering peace, sincere and just. In heaven we place a manly trust That truth and justice will prevail. And every scheme of bondage fail. Sound, sound the trump of fame! Let Washington's great name Ring through the world with loud ape
 plause!
 Let every cline to freedom dear Listen with joyful ear; With equal skill, with steady power, He governs in the fearful hour Of horrid war or guides with ease The happier time of honest peace. Behold the chief, who now commands, Once more to serve his country stands, The rock on which the storm will beat! But, armed in virtue, firm and true, His hopes are fixed on heaven and you. When hope was sinking in dismay, When gloom obscured Coumbia's day, Ills ste4dy mind. from changes free, Resolved on death or liberty.