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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-07-26
Be Quiet.

"Study TO be quiet'-that is, study
to dismiss all hustle and worry out of
your inward life. Study also to do
your own business" and do not try to
do the business of other people. A
great deal of "creaturely activity" is
extended in trying to do other peoples
business. 1t is often hard to ''sit stir
when we see our friends, according TO
our ideas. mismanaging matters. and
making such dreadful blunders. But
the divine order. as ii is also the best
human order as well, is for each one of
us TO do our own business. and to re-
frain from meddling with the busi-
ness of anyone else.-Exchange.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-07-26
To Light St Anne's With Electricity

Work has begun at st. Anne's
Church toward the installation of an
electric lighting system throughout
the main auditorium of the church,
the chancel, North Porch, Rolling
Room, and outside tie church.
The contractor for the electric light
work is Mr.. Walton Chil1s, of this
city. The lighting system will be
similar to that of Old.St Paul's, Bal
timore.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-07-26
Our Aircraft and the War.

American aircraft will prove vital
factor in the war; what is the aircraft
production board of the council of ma
tional defense doing to swing the bal
ance of our favor? Can we build
thousands of airplanes to blind the
enemy, and how and where? Read this
interesting article in The Washington
Sunday Star, July 29. jy24-3t
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-07-26
FOUND DEAD In BATH TUB
Col. Elwood W. Evans, U. S. A.. Meets
Tragic End

A dispatch from Pueblo, Colorado.
yesterday said that Col Elwood
Evans, U. S. A, was found dead in
a bathtub at his apartments in that
city.
Col. Evans was formerly comman-
dant of cadets at st. Johns College.
this city. He is well known here
where he lived for number OF
years. The dispatch states no par
ticulars
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-07-26
PERSONAL MENTION.

Those Who Come And Those Who Go
Our Floating Population.
Mrs. r. w. Parkinson, of Eastport,
is visiting her daughter in Philadel-
phia for few days.
Miss Elizabeth and Miss Sue Mum
ford are visiting their sister, Mrs,
William Upshur, wife of Capt. Upshur
u. S. M. c., at League Island Navy
Yard, Philadelphis.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-07-26
Mr.. Grafton Boone COnyaIescent

Mr.. Grafton Boone, chief deputy
Sheriff to Sheriff John r. Sullivan,
who has been indisposed at his resi-
dence on Prince George street, for the
past week or more, was able to be
about again today, and spent some
time at his Office in the Court House.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-07-26
Last Demonstration On
St Johns College Green

The last demonstration of canning
under the Civic League will be given
by Miss Brady at st. Johns campus
at ten q. m. tomorrow.
Miss Brady will can whole tomatoes
and demonstrate the fireless cooker.
These demonstrations have been de-
Iightful as we'll as instructive. All
are cordially invited.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-07-26
Wasted Words.

"What do you do when your wife
asks you for money!
Il deliver a lecture on the high cost
Of living, the folly of extravaganza
and my limited income"
''What does she do?"
sShe huns little tune"
Then what happens9"
Il hand her a check for the desired
amount"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-07-26
DIED

BELLIS-On July %, 1917 al Ilyatts-
vile, Md, ROGER BELLS. aged
II years, formerly of Annapolis
Burial at Glenwo0d cemetery. Wash
ington, d. c., Friday july e. at
D. N.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-07-26
BORN

BEST-At Annapolis. Nd, July %,
1917, to Lieut. Charles r. Best, U. S.
Navy, and Mrs Best, son, SHELBY.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-07-26
GEO. w. JONES'
Circulating Library.

The following books were added to the
Library. week ending June O. 1917:
flights of the Western Stars" by Zane
Gray.
AN Alabaster Box" by Mary +. Free
man and Florence M. Kingley.
cinderella Jane" by Marjorie y.
Cooke.
big Timber" by Bertrand Sinclair.
Mr.. Drifting Sees 1t Through" by ii.
g. Wells.
Spanish Gold" by G A. Birmingham.
"Simpkin's Plot" by g. A. Birmingham.
Light of the Clearing" by Irving
Blacheller.
1.-THE Dark STAR" by Il. w. Chambers.
"The Hundredth Chance" by Ethed NJ.
Din.
NEW BOOKS. Gets o day.
OLD BOOKS. -. let = day.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-07-26

Did you ever feel like kicking
on a hot sultry night while trying
IN the middle? You have hung on
keep from rolling toward the center
your partner You punch him in
the whole bed. Perhaps he weighs
slants his way Comfortable way tc
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-05
CYANIDE BEST RAT KILLER.
Gas Commended as Rodent Extermi.
nator for Ships.

The determination of rats on ship
board has been a problem which has
led to a great deal of scientific expert
mentation. The most effective method.
SO far as is known, according to the
Medical Record, is the employment of
cyanide gas.
For many reasons, economic and nv
9lenlc, says the writer, ''even apart
from their pcrniciouS agency in the
spread Of buhonic plague, the, exter-
mlnation or reduction in numbers Of
rats on shipboard is 4 matter Of great
importance The measures most com
monty resorted 70 as giving the best
results are trapping and fumigation.
Trapping is etfectual, but to be Of serv-
Ice, according to Drs. Creel and Simp-
son, writing in the Public Health Re
ports OF sept. Z, 1917. must be done
by skilled men especially selected for
their efficiency.
Fumigation Of vessels Is another
means by which, the rat population is
KEPT within bounds There is differ
ence Of opinion as to which are the best
fumlgatlng agents for this purpose.
whether sulphur diOxide or cvanide gas
according to the report of CreeI and
Simpson. based on actual tests made
with these two gases. cyanide would
appear to be more effective in the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-05
WHERE COAL IS $50 A TON.
In Italy People Have Resorted to An
cient Heating Method.

With coal selling at 500 a ton, and
the government gradually taking over
all existing supplies and prohibiting
its use by hotels and boarding houses
and with gas and electricity dear or
the supply reduced, Italian households
and business offices have had to re
vert to the ancient method of burn
ing finely powdered wood charcoal dust
in a two-gallon earthcrn jar, says the
Toronto Globe
The jar is filled half full of char
coal dust, placed III ,the open air or
near an open window, and some live
Goals of wood or charcoal put in the
center of the dust. SLOW combustion
is started and gradually the entire sur
face Of the dust burns to ashes while
the SmOldcring fire reaches downward
When after II hours, no more smoke
and little gas is given off. the heate
jar is placed in the cold room and let
stay there for y hours. after
which fresh layer of dust is placed in
the jar and the process repeated.
Before the war this means Of heat
ing had been abandoned except by tn,
very poor.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-05
PATRIOTIC SERMON.
Rev. c. T. Brownel Speaks on Ameri-
cas- Part in the War.

The first of a series of patriotic ser
mons by Rev. Clark T. Brownell at the
Baptist church brought together a large
audience last evening, which was
thrilled by the intense fervor of Ameri-
eanlsm, and the courage of the man in
calling things by their right names.
Basing his address on Numbers 1916
Shall your brethren 90 to the war and
shall We sit here?' he passed easily
from the Biblical story to America s
part in the world war of today and her
obligations to the world to build up a
world democracy.
In discussing the favorite argument
of year or two ago that ''nobodv
wants war he mingled sarcasm and
facts so skillfullv as to leave not an
iach of justice in the policy of Germany.
Austria or Turkey Austria didn t want
war, All she wanted was submission
on the part Of little Serbia Germany
didn t want war, All she wanted was
the right to cross little Belgium with
lpillage and fire to reach her enemy.
Turkey didn't want war, All she
wanted was to wipe out the Armenians
| by the foulest deeds. The speaker de.
nounced the worship of the god of neu.
tralty and quoted q speaker of note
who said, If neutrality means adding
God and the devil and dividing the re
suit by two. God forgive us for having
thought of it. : He emphasized not
only the thoughts of Moses that they
should 90 out and fight the battles, but
especially the part that America mus
bear in the praying and the pleading, il
the feeding, the cheering, the encourag
ing of all who 90. The morale of army
and navy and those at home must b,
preserved. America s part is you
part and my part and not until victor,
is ours can we sit down in an inherited
land.
These patriotic services will continue
during the Sunday evenings of tn
month and the virility of the speake
and the assurance with which he masse
facts is refreshing and inspiring Their
is special patriotic music.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-05

fumigation of loaded holds. but in emp
" vessels there is no material differ
ence in the results obtained. =
One disadvantage of sulphur dioxide
is that on account of its odor it may
give warning to the cunning rodents
and enable them to secure greater pre-
lection. On the other hand, cyanide,
with less ObStrusively unpleasant smell
and without the physically irritating
properties of sulphur dioxide, will often
kin the animal before it can find safe
haven. The strength of the gas and the
length of the exposure appear to depend
! largely, if not entirely, upon the lad
| ing Of the vessel. If hold is filed
with cargo, greater strength of gas
and a more prolonged duration of ex-
posure are required. {
No method Of funigation as vet
tested has shown absolutely perfect re-
suits, nor can any such method be ex-
| pected TO bring about so ideal an end.
but cyanide gas, employed with intelli-
gence and with regard to the safety
| of humans, appears to be the most eff
Elective agent for Kidding vessels of the
menace OF the rodent ~
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-05
AMERICAN NOT DEAD.
Aviator Buckley Prisoner and Wounded
in Germany.

PARIS, Nov. 5-F'rench and Ameri-
cans, members of the Lafayette flying
corps are rejoicing over the news just
received that Corporal Everett Buc kley
of Kilburne, Ill, was not killed, as re-
ported on September ), but is a prison
er in Germany. The report states that
Corporal Buckley was wounded when
taken prisoner by the Germans.
While on patrol late Saturday Ser
geant Ray c. Bridgman of Chicago and
Sergeant Henry S. Jones of New York
had an exciting combat with two Ger
man biplanes, lasting quarter of an
hour. Both Americans expended all
their ammunition and drove the enc
my far into their own lines. The Ger
mans fred several hundred rounds be
fore quitting the fight. Sergeant
Bridgman S machine was hit several
times, one bullet piercing the frame six
inches from the pilots seat. An ex-
plosive bullet grazed the gasoline tank.
of Jones S machine.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-05
WENTWORTH WRITES
HOME FROM EUROPE
Former Brattleboro Young Man with
lO3d u. s. Infantry Tells of Voy
age Across the Ocean.

Harland H. Wentworth of 30 Pros
pcct street has Just received a letter
from his brother, Everett l.. Went
worth of Company II, l03d L. $. In
fantrv, Goth division, American expedi-
tionarv force, a son of Mr.. and Mrs.
G. l.. Wentworth of East Dover. He
is a former Brattleboro young man and
before going to Europe was principal
of the Hinsdale, y. H., high school. His
brother. Forrest Wentworth, also a
member of the expeditionary force, went
to Europe with him. His letter, writ
ten in England, reads:
Dear Harl:
Probably you received Forrest 9
cablegram safely, so YOU know we are
all right. We had dandy trip com
ing across and didn I see sign of a
submarine mean we didn t see Il
submarine although we saw one or two
signs of their work and heard of one
or two others.
4 few of the men were Seasick, but
neither Forrest nor | was affected that
way. We spent quite little time on
the deck enjoying the movement of
the ship through the water and the
beautiful cxpanse of water which at
times was quite smooth and at others
covered with line upon line Of waves
which would often raise the end of the
boat ten or twelve feet high, and then
She would pitch nearly that amount
more beneath the water. so that wave
would break over her anchor. Often,
too. spray from wave would come
across deck drcnching some OF the
BOYS, who would be derided by their
more fortunate companions. | guess
at least Il dozen hats were blown over
board on the way across, and vessel
coming behind might have thought a
ship had been sunk, by the floating
hats.
Although we enjoyed the trip, most
! of MS were pretty glad when we reached
/ land for time hung on our hands to-
ward the end of our voyage. We dis
embarked in the night, and were ear
| ricd at once to our present camp where
we are waiting for the transports to
| carry Us TO France.
! England is a very pretty place when
I ii is pleasant, but as there are raiuS
most of the time, and the ground Is
quite often covered with two or three
\ inches of soft mud. the walking ism I
very ENJOYABLE. 1t is very hard Il
| dry clothes although il is no task al
all to wash-iust hang your clothes on
the outside overnight.
Yesterday Forrest and had the sooo
fortune 10 obtain 2ihour leave t.
! 20 to London. We certainly cnloye5
the trip Immensely. aud although tn
/ time was short we saw quite a it'll,
Of that famous city. Lodging, Loar,
\ and transportation is cheap, too, 50 v.
made the trip with AN expenditure OF
/ not over a pound (S5.d0) apiece. W,
visited the Tower, place famous b>-l
as palace and It prison. There w
saw the roXal-Iewels. aud many trophie.
ssii sasst VI sEsssS i 81 =,
! on exhibition such a YOU read 1b1u'
II in lvanhoe, and all kinds of guns an,
cannon may bc found there. W. ais,
saw something of st. Paul 5 cathedral
Westminster Abbey. the Houses @
Parliament, the National Museum o
Art and other historic places. We IN
joycd our trip immensely, although "
wished that the time had BEEN mur
longer.
/ Good luck.
EVERETT.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-05
WEST BRATTtEBORO

The Twentieth Century club will
meet with Mrs. C. $. Rider tomorrow
afternoon.
George Wheeler Of Worcester visited
here over Sunday with his father,
George Wheeler, of Melrose street.
Frant Pratt has bought Miss Phelp s
cottage house on Long hill, now oc-
cnpied by Charles Hamilton and fam
ilv.
There will be a regular meeting of
Western Engine company No | in En-
CINE hall at 30 clock tomorrow eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Stedman and
daughter of Springfield. Mass, were
guests of Mrs. L. H. Bartlett and Miss
Maria l.. Stedman from Friday to Sun
day.
Milo Moon, who was employed sever
al weeks by William Warren in Hall
fax. has gone to Wilmington to make
his home with relatives ON account of
i'll health.
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Blodgett and
two sons and Mrs. Amy Ryan went
SATURDAY. to Claremont. Mass, to re-
main over Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Blodgett.
Clarence Perry began work today for
Warren l.. Walker Mr.. Perry and fam
lily recently moved here from Green
field, occupying the upstairs tenement
III J, l.. Barney's house.
The schools III the academy building
are closed today, 1t being. teachers
visiting day. Miss Burns went to her
home in Fair Haven and Miss Ander-
son went to WeStheld, Mass.
A large number from this village at
tended the matinee performance of the
Rose Girl, the Red Cross benefit com
edv, Saturday afternoon. Standing
room was occupied on the car which
left West Brattleboro at 1.30.
/ Miss Nellie Davis was discharged
| from the Melrose hospital Sunday and
returned to her home i'll Springfield
Mass. Miss Davis sustained a shock
two weeks ago while on her way to the
railroad station. Mrs. Wesley Phillips
who has been i'll in the hospital several
weeks. has been able to sit ups short
/ time the past few days
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-05
TWICE PROVEN.

IL YOU suffer baekache, sleepless
nights, tired, dull days and distressing
urinary disorders, don't experiment
Read this twice.told testimony. 1t
Brattleboro eyidence-doubly proven.
0. +. Howe, blacksmith and carriage
maker, Elm street, Brattlehoro, gave
the following statement on September
9S, 1905. Ny back troubled me for a
long time and | got so lame from stoop-
ing or lifting that | could hardly
straighten up. Sharp pains caught me
every time | stopped and though | tried
plasters and liniments and several
remedies for my back. | got no relief
Finally ] got Doan S Kidney Pills from
The Brattleboro Drug Co., formerly r..
IL. Holden Co s., drug store and two
boxes did what the other remedies had
failed TO do. They removed the lame
ness and soreness from my back, the
hackache ceased and my kidneys be-
came regular in action. ! could once
again work all day and didn t feel the
affects of it in my back.
On November %, 1916, Mr.. Howe
said; "Doan Is Kidney Pills are Just as
high IN my estimation today as they
were when ] gave them my first recon-
mendation. Every time / have the least
trouble with my back, l use Doan s
Kidney Pills and they always straight
en- me up in good shape.
Price d0c, at all dealers. Don Z
simply ask for a kidney rcmedy-Cet
Doan 5 Kidney Pills-thc same that
Mr.. Howe has twice publicly recon-.
mcndcd. Foster-Milburn Co., Props,
Buiialo, n. Y.-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-05
TO TACKLE SCHOOL ST. AGAIN.
Bellows Falls Trustees Have Free Hand
in Repair Work.

BELLOWS FALLS, Nov. j.-Work
on completing the changes and repairs
on School street. which was begun
last July and held up by various votes
at village meetings but finally left with
the trustees to DO as they see fit. will
be started tomorrow morning. Church
street from School street to the Epis-
copal church will have a maeadam road,
the Baptist church property will have a
sidewalk and curling and new &C.
ment approach to the church, there will
be a lO-foot sidewalk leading from the
Westminster street stairs to the head
of school street and the old wooden
stairs on Westminster street will be
replaced by cement stairs in one flight.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-05
ADJUSTMENTS.
JANE COWL COMING HERE.
Famous Actress in the Auditorium Sat
urday in Lilac Time

AT the Auditorium this week Satur
day. matinee and night, Jane Cowl and
Jane Murfn 5 play. Lilac Time, will
be presented TO local theatregoers. 1t
comes direct from its record run AT the
Park theatre, Boston.
Lilac Time, though II is billed as a
play OF love and sprinstime, has a deep
er and more timely interest III that il
has to do with life behind the trenches
" somewhere in France 1t is i'll no
sense a war, drama, however, but a
story OF woman 5 love, LOYALTY and de
votion, as exemplified particularly by
the brave French women. whose eour-
age and undving fortittdc have become
a household WORT A$ Jtannine, a
Young French peasant at whose moth
er : farmhouse Il group Of English of
ficers is biletcd.@ One of these. Philip
Rlvth. falls in love with the attractive
daughter of Tire household and they
plan to be married in the village
church. Almost Immediately he is or
dercd away upon 4 secret mission. For
months nothing IS heard from him and
then follows Il letter saving he viii
return that dav On the heels of this
comes the word of his death, and Jean
nine, in an agony Of eifrenunciation
bushes to the window as his regiment
marches past, shouting: viva Ia
\ France Nevertheless there is /
happy ending, SO that the audience i
sent home in the lively humor after
following the thrilling experiences Of
i Jcannine.
Many OF the original east will be seer
here and the play will be presented til,
same as during its entire season s rul
at the Republic theatre, New York.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-05
Hottest Spot i'll America.

Death Valley, in the desert Of south
ern California, near the Nevada line.
IS said TO be the hottest place in the
United States. The only inhabited
place there is Furnace Creek, where the
government established a weather bu-
reau few years ago. At that, the
place is the home of only two or three
white men and few Indians who keep
a ranch there. For more than 500 DAYS
between 1910 and 1916 the thermometer
registered 100 degrees, and one dav in
1913 1t reached lS3 degrees, hitting the
top of the tube.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-05
RALPH w. WHEELER
DEAD IN ENGLAND
Westmoreland Boy Serving as Soldier
in Machine Gun Battalion Victim
of Pneumonia.

kEENE, \. H., Nov. 5-Word Of the
first death among soldiers of Cheshire
county now in service came Satur-
day when message was received here
by relatives announcing the death in
England Oct. %, of pneumonia, of
Ralph Written Wheeler of Westmore-
land.
Only the barest facts are obtainable
but it is believed that the illness which
resulted in Mr.. Wheeler death must
have been brief. 1t is understood that
a letter was received from him only
Friday and the following came today:
Washington, d. c., 1905 p. M
Nov. 3.-Deeply regret to inform you
that Private Ralph Wheeler, Company
\, l03d machine gun battalion, is Off
clallv reported to have died Oct. % of
bronchial pneumonia.
MCCAIN,
Adjutant Gen. L. S. A. =
Mr. Wheeler was employed in a mine
in Westmoreland where fuorite is Sc
cured. This is nsed in government
work in the separation of minerals He
did not enlist, but was the 10Th man
from the county called under the selec-
tive process Of securing men for the
national army, his serial number being
2036. He passed the examinations and
was sent to Aver. Mass, being the first
man sent from Cheshire county. Re
naming two weeks at Aver he was
transferred with Others TO WeStfield.
Mass, where he was assigned to the
lo3d regiment of infantry. of which
the two keene companies are units He
went abroad with Co A, 103d regi-
ment, mac hiffe gun battalion which IS
in England.
Mr.. Wheeler was born Dec. II, 1892.
being almost - years old He was a
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Wheeler of
Westmoreland and young man of
much ability. He was a perfect speci-
men of health when examined bv the
local board and was chosen of the ehe-
| lbles certified to be sent first to Aver.
where men in good condition and of
ability We're wanted.
| Besides his father and mother Mr..
Wheeler leaves two sisters, Mrs. Burns.
formerly of GilSum and now of West
moreland, and Mrs. George Rov Of Gard
ner, Mass, Maurice f. Wheeler and
| Eugene NJ. Wheeler Of this city are
mclcs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-05
Motion Picture Attractions.

Today the Empire presents June Ca
price in \ Small Town Girl, William
Fox production, and the Ford Educa-
tional. Tomorrow Douglas Gerard and
Ruth Clifford in Eternal Love. a five
act drama. and the Animated Weekly
Will be the attractions.
Today the Princess theatre presents
Pauline Frederick i'll the new Para
mount feature, Double Crossed, also a
Burton Holmes travel picture. Tomor-
row Alice Brady will be seen in the
new Brady made feature, Betsey Ross
The special picture, Who Leads the
National Army, picture the govern.
ment wants everyone to see, also will
be shown.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-05
PUTNEY.

Rev. r. B. Davis of Putney preached
Sunday as candidate at the First
Baptist church in Colrain, Mass.
John Barrett, 81, of Putney died in
the Franklin County hospital in Green
field, Mass, last week. He was taken
to the hospital Sunday. He leaves a
daughter, Mrs. James Buckley of Ath-
oil, and a son.