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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-17

tension service Of the state university.
There viii IT, Sufficient of uH seeds OK
eeIt spring wheat ANA India wheat,
in the opinion of Thomas l}radIee, di-
rector of the service The lalgcst num-
her of requests to buy have been for
bean and potato 1eed~, with sHiHg
wheat d good third.
The 1859 farmers are elias itieJ by
counties this way: Addison. l9G want
to bay "a scil; Bennington, SO; CAL
donia, lis; Ihittenden. 9t; Essex 10;
Franklin, 10; Grand Isle. : LMnoilie,
III; Orange. lbs; Otlems, lis; Rat
land, l@6; Washington. ID: Nmdham
81; Windsor, tar Lamoille has 20
county farmers association, which II
illustrates the manner that the service
lis able to influence farmers even out
side Of its immediate control.
BESIDES tho l,459, ~ farmers re.
ported plenty Of seed on hand
The service has sent 500 cards in
bringing Woaldbc buyers AMI seller.
together.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-17
MARLBORO.

Mrs. Luas Hi2ley, ewne. visited with
fanaIies ~ FalttA sevctal week., has
fruTned TO Mrs. simon Adams s
Rev. and MS Fiat NJ BisseIl who
spent the winter in Wilmington. re
turned to their farm on IIiglcy hill
last week.
All pupils Intending to compete FOR
the prize. offered by the school dircc-
tors should notify the chairman as
carly rs possible.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-17
WAN 7 6: .
Large Office To Let

Nice large second floor front office to
let in Ullery Building, 23x73, five win
dows; may be divided into two or three
rooms if necessary. Steam heat. Apply
to J. G. Ullery, Room 90.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-17

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s,e' = ~ 'l'9 'le .'si'l''1Sif' ~ ~
P"istS''.aI ."''S'isi''l !" = gal'iIiHS I'LL
No.H = liit canvass ~ IIle t''fset towns
- t5 ,l5 49, \. II o,...,a e
81 u oi e loiI''ei esssa-
t :, Setfelai/ II tiie i-t.s'-5e to f,hiafee
eae'' VIZ 'ilee' y Sl,.akefS bureau
IN arIa'55t IT. meetings wherever
5htf at' 'l'~i!sa. ~ II assembling !,
~ = IloH.ii''ht si'eaNtFs avg WIN
SHORTY ~ y I ~ aat9 I, aSsl2liel1.
- III. :. ~, !. i'L14-i
netl ei'iIen - = lha' l'lale' VII ha,e
tH.'FAt u lhe once force. see e the
sh'l'Ilhs u posters ana hanAfrs 70 Inc
III WIS aal A"Ne general eiiaf-e
q !. 1he 9IHee aG'3h.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-17

cuts off the supply Of cans T. packers
Of these foods
The committee, comprising tin plate
can manufacturers, can
ners. and government Officials, holds
that the shortage If tin makes Il i'm
perative that cans be supplied only to
packers Of perishables amt of foods all
solutely necessary to the natioual ex-
istencc
The order viii he effective for 60
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-17
l.. III. KNAPP,
Harness Maker

Has opened shop at old stand in West
Brattleboro. Can furnish new and sec
ond-hand harness. Repairing Of al
kinds neatly and promptly done at rea
sonable prices. Will make new har.
ess or exchange.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-17

days and perhaps longer and will be
put into operation over the vigorous
protests Of the bean and soup packers,
who declare it means ruin for their
blriness.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-17

Remember, The matinee for Howe 5
wonderful pictures will not start till
! i. m. next Monday. Tht seats are r.
served and may be secured noH al tie
Box Office.-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-17
DOUBLE PAY FOR
i. s. SOLDIERS
House Forces Senate Con-
ferees to Agree to a Mini
mum of $50 a Month
SENATE IS EXPECTED
TO PASS BILL TODAY

May Be Before the President for His
Signature Tomorrow-Chairman Dent
Opposed the Advance on the Ground
Of Large Expense.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-17
Special Notices

SEWING Machine Needles and sup
plies For all makes OF machines at J.
B. Dunton s, - Flat Street.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-06-23
LABOR AND CAPITAL MUST
PATCH UP DIFFERENCES
Better Understanding Between the Two
Factors Essential to Business
Prosperity.

"More than anything else In this
country we need a better understand
ing between capital and labor" says
George E. Roberts. former director of
the United States mint. THE wage
Garner must come to see that the prob
lem of increasing production and low
ering costs is his problem as well as
the employers. An appeal must some
how be made to his spirit, to his crea-
tive powers. which will enlist his will
ing cooperation and develop his latent
capabilities.
I'VE haze the highest wage scale In
the world, and we want it to be still
higher, but you cannot make wages
higher by increasing production costs.
Higher costs and prices simply go
around to the rear entrance and settle
down on the same premises Indus
trial Conservation, Neao York.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-06-23
BETTERED CONDITIONS
DUE TO EMPLOYERS
Demagogue Deserves No Credit For
improving the Lot of the Wage
Garner. Saws Manufacturer.

Manufacturers as a rule are not op-
posed to the highest wages consistent
with personal efficiency, decent hours
and the necessary provisions of social
legislation" says a prominent Milwau-
kee manufacturer. employers as a
class have have come to realize that
the c%ontented, healthy workman is the
most efficient workman and that in
consequence high wages, reasonable
hours, good regulation for safety, SAM
tation, welfare, etc, are splendid In
veStmentS.
''The trouble is that the demagogue
does not give the manufacturer credit
for bringing about better conditions.
but with silvery tongued oratory leads
the workman into pitfalls from which
he Is unable to recover for years. I'm
doubtedly every employee can do bet
ter by stating any grievance which he
may have to his employer instead of
preaching it TO men who have no inter
est In him or In the industry In which
he Is working."-IndustridI Conserpa-
ton, Neao York.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-06-23
WHY is INDUSTRY LIKE
A THREE LEGGED STOOL?
For a Solution of the Conundrum Read
the Following Terse Interviews.

For a Solution of the Conundrum Read
the Following Terse Interviews.
Andrew Carnegie, who since his re
tirement from active life has devoted
himself to the study of human rela-
lions, was recently asked which he
considered the most important factor
In industry-labor, capital or brains?
The canny Scot replied, with a merry
twinkle in his eye:
(Which Is the most important leg of
a three legged stool?"
For all the factors in industry there
Is a tabloid sermon in the steel mans
terse reply, a sermon which brings
home more effectively than any lengthy
discussion could possibly do, the inter.
dependence of employers and en-
ployees and the necessity for their
working together with the public to
protect the prosperity of industry.
But Mr.. Carnegie is only one of the
many authorities who have laid stress
upon this theme. Judge Gilbert Fl.
Gary, chairman of the board of direc-
tors of the United States Steel corpora
ton and president of the American
Iron and Steel institute, recently ex.
pressed the same idea from another
viewpoint-namely, the value of loyal
ty in employees and the necessity for
cultivating this loyalty.
at is we'll" said Judge Gary, "for
the large number of employers to bear
in mind that they cannot successfully
carry on their affairs without having
the labor and loyalty of their EN-
ployees. The work of multitudes will
always be needed for the successful
operation of business, but 1t is clear
that the skilled laborer or the highly
educated or experienced employees
would not without abundant capital
accomplish pronounced successful
dustriaI Conservation, Ne1o York.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-06-23
MUST ELECT BUSINESS MEN
Country Needs Them as Officeholders,
Says E. w. Rice.

IF u government is to continue to
regulate business" says e. w. Rice,
president of the General Electric COM
pany, 1T is essential that the men we
elect to the legislatures and to govern
ment offices should be possessed of ac-
curate knowledge of modern business.
Modern business is highly complex.
Our political bodies as at present
constituted cannot possibly administer
such a delicate and intricate situation
with success.
at is also vital that we should take
an interest in those whom we select to
represent us in our government Offices
Industrial Conservation, NeW York.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-06-23
CONSERVATION U

Capital has found that it is good
business to be honest with labor, and
the time is now ripe for labor to adopt
the same businesslike attitude to cap
ital.
How can we hope to give stability
to our great national asset, industry,
when from 1909 to 1916 our state and
national assemblies enacted 7S, 74S new
statutes, many of which related to
business?
Neither employer o. employee can
expect benefits from a business where
the balance sheet does not show dol.
Ars and cents TO pay with.
The Tomahawk., 1917-07-19
Iice president, and Curslss, .ue CHIEF

vice president, and Curs,ss, .ne CHIEF
engineer.
"Meade, what Of the bridge" he
burst out, with quick nod to bis
daughter. Colonel nlingworth had not
stopped to hunt for a wayside tele"
phone. The automobile driven madly.
recklessly through the hills and over
the rough roads, had brought him d.
rectly to the Office In the shortest pos
sible time.
"There is q detection ono inch ana
quarters deep in one Of the COM
preston members. C-10-R," was the
prompt and terrible answer.
Colonel plingworth had not beeo
president of the Martlet Bridge COM
pany for so long without learning some
thing Of practical construction. Hs
was easily enough Of an engineer to
realize Instantly what that statement
meant.
"When did you discover tt?" he
snapped out.
Last night"
"Is the bridge gomez"
mot yet"
"Why didn't you let US known"
II telegraphed father and, not hear
Ing from him, came down on the mid
The Tomahawk., 1917-07-19

way. The corresponding member in
the other truss is perfectly straight"
"Abbott, for Gods sake, hear me"
pleaded Meade in desperation. 'Draw
back the traveller and put no more men
on the bridge. Stop work until we can
get word to-"
'Dont talk to me, boy. I know my
business. tell you I can jack it back.
That members big enough and strong
enough to hold up the world"
"What are you going to jack
against?" Meade asked, and for the
first time little Of Abbott's contempt
appeared in the younger mans voice.
Abbott reflected that there was moth
ing firm enough to serve as support
for jacks and said rather grudgingly,
for 1t seemed like concession to the
younger and junior engineer:
swell, ct.n hook on to the opposite
truss and pull it back with turn
buckles"
"That will damage the other truss
too much, Abbott" Meade retorted
promptly. 1T isn't possible"
"Then I'll think up some other
scheme" returned Abbott indifferently,
as If humoring the other. 1--WE can't
wait, we've got to hurry it along.
The Tomahawk., 1917-07-19

thing which to Abbott seemed useless
and unnecessary, and the fact that
subsequent events had more often than
not proved Meade's suggestions to be
worth while, had not put Abbott in al
together the best mood toward his
young colleague. Abbott never forgot
that Meade had really no official con-
nection with the building Of the bridge,
and that he was only there as special
representative of his father, and al
though he could not help liking the
younger man, Abbott would have been
better pleased if he had been left
alone.
Meade had not gone about it in the
right way to move man of AbbOtt'S
temperament. He realized that as he
lay awake on the sleeper speeding to
New York. Abbott was man who
could not be driven. He was tre-
mendous driver himself and naturally
he could not take his own medicine. If
Meade had received the announcement
more quietly and if he had by some
subtle suggestion put the idea Of dan
ger into Abbott's mind all would have
been we'll, for when he was not blind
ed by prejudice, or his authority or his
ability questioned, Abbott was SEN
sible man thoroughly to be depended
upon. But the news had come to Meade
with such suddenness, Abbott had only
casually mentioned it at the close Of a
lengthy conversation regarding the
progress of the work as If it were a
matter of no special moment, that the
sudden shock had thrown Meade off
his balance.
Therefore he could see nothing but
danger and the necessity for action.
How he should handle his superior, or
rather the bridges superior, was the
last thing in his mind. Aside from his
natural pride in his father and in the
bridge and his fear that lives would be
lost if it failed, unless he could get
the men withdrawn, there was the
complication of his engagement to
Helen nlingworth.
Meade could not close his eyes, he
could not sleep moment on the train.
His mind was In q turmoil. Prayers
that he would get to his father and the
bridge people in time to stop work and
prevent loss of life, schemes for taking
up the DETECTION, strengthening the
member, and completing the bridge,
and fears that he would lose the wom-
an, stayed with him through the night.
The Tomahawk., 1917-07-19
CHAPTER v.
The Death MESSAGE.

The Death Message.
Meade, ST., was an old man. Al
though unlike Moses his eye was dim
and his natural force abated, the EVIL
dences Of power were still apparent,
especially to the observant. There rose
the broad brow of the thinker. His
power of intense concentration was ex-
pressed outwardly by. directness of
gaze from the old eyes which, though
faded, could flash on occasion. Other
facial characteristics Of that snow
crowned, leonine head, which bespoke
that imaginative power without which
great engineer could not be in spite
Of all his scientific exact1tudes, had not
been cut out of his countenance by the
pruning knife Of time.
He was a great engineer and looked
it, sitting alone in his Office with the
telegram crushed in his trembling
hand, despite the fact that his gray
face was the very picture Of unwonted
weakness, Of impotency, and abiding
horror. The message had struck him a
terrific blow. He had reeled under it
and had sunk down in the chair In d
state of nervous collapse.
The telegram fairly burned the
clammy palm of his hand. He would
fam have dropped it yet he could not.
Slowly he opened it once more. Ordf-
narily, powerful glasses stimulated his
vision. he needed nothing to read it
again. It is.doubtful whether his eyes
saw It or not and there was not need,
for the message was burned into his
brain.
He read again the mysterious words:
Ono and three-quarter-inch Gambler in
C-10-R.
There could be no mistake. The
name that was signed to It was the
name of his son, the young engineer,
the child Of his fathers old age. The
boy, as the old man thought Of him,
had ventured to dispute his fathers
figures, to question his fathers design,
but the elder man had overborne him
with his vast experience, his great au-
thority, his extensive learning, his high
reputation. And now the boy was right.
Strange to say some little thrill of
pride came to the old engineer at that
moment.
He tried to find out from the tele-
gram when it had been sent. That day
was a holiday--the birthday Of one Of
the worthless Of the republican some
Of the United States, New York and
Pennsylvania among them, and only by
chance had he come down to the Office
that morning. The wire was dated the
night before. And he recalled that the
state from which the bridge ran did
not observe that day as a holiday.
They would be working on the 1nterna-
tional as usual unless
One and three-quarter inches Of de-
Election No bridge that was ever made
could stand with bend like that in
the principal member Of its compress
sion chord, much less SO vast a struc-
ture az that which was to span the
The Tomahawk., 1917-07-19
He Stopped, Feeling Suddenly III.

There's going to be no penalty against
us on account of me. won't stop work
a minute" he explained patronizingly.
"There will be bigger penalty If
you don't do what say, and paid TN
another way, in blood. And it will be
your fault"
Now both men were angry and In
their passion they confronted each
other more resolute and fierce than
ever.
'Look here" said Abbott, his fiery
temper suddenly breaking from his
control, "who are you anyway? You're
only q kid engineer. Your father ap-
proved of the plan Of this bridge. !
guess we can afford to bank on his
reputation rather than yours"
s'Well, he doesn't know of this"
"Nobody is on the bridge now, and
nobody is going to be on there until
tomorrow morning. Wire him If you
like. He'll wire nlingworth down at
Martlet and We'll get word what to
do"
'eYou won't put any men at work on
the bridge until -
s.Not until tomorrow morning" said
Abbott decisively, 'if don't hear from
somebody at Martlet tomorrow morn
ing the work goes on"
'.But If my father wires you"
oI take orders from the Martlet COM
pany and no one else," was the short
answer with which Abbott turned away
In finality, so that the other realized
the interview was over.
Meade wasted no more pleas on Alb
bott. AS i'll luck would have it some
thing had happened to the telephone
and telegraph wires between the city
and the camp. Meade dressed himself,
got a handcar, and was hurried to the
nearest town on the railroads main
line. From there he sent telegram
and tried to get connection with New
York by telephone, but failed. Moved
by q natural impulse, in default of
other means of communi cation, he
Jumped on the midnight train for New
York. He would 60 himself in person
and attend to the grave affair. Moth
ing whatever could be so important.
There had been some friction be-
tween Abbott and Meade before on oc-
casions, not serious, but several times
Meade had ventured to suggest some
The Tomahawk., 1917-07-19
Into the Room Burst Colonel Ellington.

INTO the Room BURST OoIonea iIiIH9IoHs
night train. It is q holiday in New York
as we'll as here. I just happened to
meet father in the office. he sent q
telegram to you and not hearing from
you, duplicated it IN hour later. I
tried half n dozen times to get you on
the telephone and finally, by happy
chance, got hold of young Johnson"
"Where are your fathers tele'
grams?"
"Here."
Colonel nlingworth tore the first
open with trembling fingers :
'Why didn't you tell Abbott" asked
the chief engineer.
"You know Abbott. He said the
bridge would stand until the world
caved in. Said he could jack the men,
Der into line. He wouldn't do thing
except on direct orders from here"
"Your father wires, put no more
weight on the bridge What shall we
do?" interposed Colonel nlingwortli.
Photograph Abbott at once"
IF the bridge goes it means ruin to
the company" said the agitated vico
president, who was the financial men,
Der Of the firm and who could easily BIO
pardoned for q natural exaggeratfon
under the terrible circumstances.
eyes, but If it goes with the men on,
it means-Johnson, are you telegraph
operator"
Eyes, sir"
"Take the key" said the colonel.
who, having been soldier, thought
first of the men.
johnson sat down at tho table where
the direct wire ran from the bridge
company to the telegraph office. he
reached his hand out and laid his
fingers on the key. Before he could
give the faintest pressure to the instru.
ment, it suddenly clicked of its own
motion. Everybody in the room stood
silent.
1T is a message from Wilchings, the
chief of construction foreman Of"
Johnson paused moment, listening to
the rapid click-"the 1nternational-'
he said in an awestruck whisper.
It had comet
"Read It, man! Read 1t, for Gods
sake!" cried the chief engineer.
1.-THE bridge Is in the river" faltered
Johnson slowly, word by word, trans
lating the fearful message on the wire.
"Abbott and one hundred and fifty men
with it."
The Tomahawk., 1917-07-19
What happens after the crash
Is told In tho next instaIIment.
What happens to the Meades
and IIIingworths, and the vast
trouble stirred up, makes thrill
Ing chapters.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Beware the Loaded Gun.

The man who returns from hunting
and sets his loaded gun in the corner
or hangs it on the wall is, in reality,
setting death-trap. Yet it is surpris-
ing how often this is done. The gun
we didn't know was loaded" is an
old, old story, says Farmers Guide.
You cannot be too cautious. Tbs
loaded gun you may keep on the wall
to shoot crows with when they get in
the corn is liable to cause you more
loss than a million crows can. It takes
only a second to p1s cartridge in .
gun when the time Is at hand. Il
takes no longer to take it out.
The Tomahawk., 1917-07-19

thirty this morning I sent telegram
to Colonel Ilingworth and an hour
later I sent another. What's that?
Both kilograms are on the desk? Give
me your name-JohnsonSyou're one
of the clerks there7 Well, telephone
Colonel nlingworth at his home
what! He isn't at home? Is the vice
nresidant there-the superintendant-
The Tomahawk., 1917-07-19

INTO COuC0 WIFI udC1Ou. ~ Ou6AI "
do something, but what was there to
dot Presently, doubtless, his mind
would clear. But on the instant all he
could think OF was the impending ruin!
The Uplift building, In which he had
his offices, was mainly deserted on &C.
count of the holiday. The banks were
closed and the offices and most of the
shops, and stores. It was very still In
the hall and, therefore, he heard dis
tinctly the door Of the single elevator
in service open with an unusual crash,
then the sound Of rapid footsteps along
the corridor as of someone running.
They stopped before the outer door OF
the suite which bore his name. In
stantly he suspected a messenger OF
disaster. The door was opened, the Of
fee was crossed, hand was on the
inner door. He sank back almost as
one dead waiting the shock, the blow.
sFather," exclaimed the newcomer.
"You got my telegram"
The other silently exhibited the
crumpled paper in his hand.
sAWhat have you dOne?"
s.It's a holiday, don't you know? I
only got it a few moments ago. The
bridge?"
s'Still stands"
''But for how long?"
81 can't say. The Martlet's resident
engineer is mad. I begged, threatened,
implored. tried to get him to stop
work, to take the men off the bridge,
to withdraw the traveller, but he won't
do it. Said you designed it, you knew.
I was only cub"
tBut the camber?"
sHe said, I'll jack it into line again.
Like every other engineer who sees q
big thing before him it looks to him as
If It would last forever. I tried to get
you on the telephone here and at the
house last night and failed. I wired
you. Then jumped on the midnight
express and"
s3What is to be done?" asked the old
man.
Meade, ST., was thankful that the
younger man had not said, II told you
So" as we'll he might. But really his
fathers condition was so pitiful that
the son had not the heart.
Telegraph the Martlet Bridge COM
pany at once" he answered. ....
''What shall we say?" asked the old
man, uncertainty.
| The young man shot quick look at
him, that question evidenced the vio-
lence of the shock. His father was
old, broken, helpless, dependent, ut
"Give me the blank" he answered,
I'LL wire in your name"
He repeated the telegram that he
had sent to his father and added these
words as he signed the old mans
name to it:
Put no more load on the bridge. With
draw men and traveller.
81 can't understand why we don't
hear" said the young engineer two
hours later, walking up and down the
room in his agitation, ''Two kilograms
and now we can't get telephone con-
nection, or at least any answer after
our repeated calls"
cts a holiday there as well as here"
said the older man. "There is no one
in the Office at Martlet."
I'LL try the telephone again. Some
one may come in at any time"
He sat down at the desk, and after
FIVE minutes of feverish and excited
waiting he finally did get the Office of
the Martlet Bridge company. BY
happy fortune it appeared that some
one happened to come into the Office
Just at that moment.
''Tbis is Meade" began the young
man "the consulting engineer of the
International bridge. Well, at ten