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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-23
The Hunt Bill.



Burlington is said to be the target
Of a bill which provides that liquor Ii
cCnscs, except to innkeepers and drug
9ists, shall not be granted within FIVE
mics OF an institution of higher learn
ing receiving money from the state. IF
this measure should pass the Queen City
would have TO do without saloons or
the University of Vermont without
state fuuds.-Brattlchoro Rcformer.
1t may bc said further that the bill
hit, directly at the principle OF local
option, which the people of Vermont
endorsed by an overwhelming majority
last spring.
1t is move toward state prohibition,
because. If the state should say that the
city of Burlington, for example, may be
made ''dry' by the legislature, it will
be only Il question Of time when any
institution, supported in part by state
funds, may be made the prctext for
suspending the principle Of local self
government.
If Burlington s right to vote Eyes
or 80 Mo- OH the question of license can
be taken away by the state, the same
right may be taken away from Castle
ton, Johnson, Randolph, Lyndon and
ether communities where state institu-
tlons of learning are or may be estab-
lished.
Going step further, the prohibition.
lists and the anti-saloon league, who are
behind the Hunt bill, viii perhaps un.
dertake to say that because Rutland
has a business college, because Barre
and Montpelier have seminaries, be
cause Poultrey has an academy or be.
cause any institution exists in which
young men are educated then. in the
interests of public morality, as they in.
4 tcrpret it, those towns shall be deprived
Of their right to pass on their own loca'
! problems.
| The step to high schools would be nat
ural enough, then we should have the
logical result Of the proposal-that al
| towns in which high schools exist, di
rectly or indirectly supported by state
funds, should be similarly placed under
the restrictions of the Hunt bill anC
forbidden their constitutional right t
attend to their own busciness.
Members of the legislature who are
inclined to favor the Hunt bill because
Il only hits Burlington, Middlebury an(
Mortified, would better consider very
carefully whether it is not, in fact, tht
beginning of a well-considered plan t,
take the whole power of regulating
the liquor traffic out of the hands o.
the toms and put state prohibition int
effect by indireetion.
Is this what the people of Vernon
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-23

and some the color of dirt and some
quite a good deal lighter in shade.
Then some of US are excellent to eat
and others aren't really good at all
SO If we're different in looks l don't
see any reason why we shouldn't have
different ideas too
never heard before said Mrs.
irish Potato, of any Potato having
ideas
Maybe you never called them that
but you must have them, or you
wouldn't have said you liked one Kind
OF place in the summer and another
IN the winter And what do you like
TO do IN the spring and fall? I've no
doubt you have something else you like
to do them
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-23
II N S E L FISH f. s s
Howard IlRann

Jnselfshness is an act of leroism
which consists in passing up white meat
and falling back on the neck.
One of the most unselfsh individuals
in existence is the father OF a large
family who tries TO spread one lone
chicken over nine juvenile but robust
appetites. BY the time No 9 is waited
on, No. l IS right back for a second
helping. which removes everything
from the platter bat the trademark
This causes father to declare, III a loud
voice, that he would rather have 4 slice
of mother S brown bread than all the
chickens this side of the equatorial line,
thus displaying q brand Of unsclfshness
which viii get him into heaven without
any letters Of recommendation.
Some people are born with a large
stock Of mseltishness, while with others
1t requires more care than the first mus
tache. An older sister who brings up
a flock Of fledglings by hand can see
IN entire mince pie vanish from the
face of the earth without a sign of re
Slet and the man who marries her
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-23
EAT BIG MEALS! NO
SOUR, ACID STOMACH,
INDIGESTION OR GAS
Pape's Diapepsin' is quickest, surest
stomach relief known
Try it!

Time it! Pape's Diapepsin will di
geSt anything you cat and overcome a
sour, &aSsy or out-of order stomach
surely within five minutes.
II your meals don t tit comfortably.
or what You eat lies like lump of lead
IN your stomach, or if you have heart
burn, that is 2 sign Of indigestion.
set from your pharmacist a fifty
cent case Of Pape 5 Diapepsin and take
dose Just as soon as you can. There
vii re no sour risings, no belching Of
undlgested food mixed with acid, no
stomach Gas or heartburn, fulmess or
heavy feeling i'll the stomach, nausea,
facilitating headaches, dizziness or in
testlnal gripping. This will all 90, and,
besides, there will be no sour food left
over in the stomach to poison your
breath with nauseous odors.
Pape s Dlapepsin is certain cure
for out-of-ordor stom2chs, because it
takes hold Of Your food and digests it
just the same as if your stomach
WASH { there.
Relief IN five minutes from all stom
ach misery is waiting for YOU at any
drug store.
These large ffty-cent cases contain
enough Papc s Diapcpsin to keep
the entire family free from stomach
disorders and indigestion for many
months. It belongs in your home
Advt.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-23

viii never have 10 take the first cup
OF coffee III order to get ria Of the
settings. The kind Of unselfshness
which will cause Il boy to work his fin
gernails to the quick for a good old
father who has played out on the last
lap contains more religion to the square
inch than all of the public prayers ever
uttered through the nose.
One oil the best types Of unselfshness
on the market today is that shown by
the large corporation which voluntarily
| raises the wages of its employees in
keeping with the advance in beet sugar
and papier mache shoes. Corporations
may have no souls, but it is hard to
make man who works for one of this
kind believe II.
tnseltishncss IS what the real heaven
IS composed Of, which means that a lot
of people are going to be right at home
when they get there. If we were all
unselish as our mothers were, every
| body would carry a little chunk of
heaven around with him for everyday
! use.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-23
AN EXPERT ON COLDS

Comparatively lew people realize that
cold is signal of physical weakness.
To treat a cold with weakening
physics, alcoholic syrups or dragged
pills, may smother the cold but theyalso
reduce the body powers stillfurther and
invite more serious sickness.
SCOTS Emulsion has always been an
expert on colds, because it peculiarly
enriches the blood, quickly tones upthe
forces and strengthens both throat and
chest. Try SCOTS. Refuse Substitutes.
Scott s. Bovine, Bloomfield, Nj. ) 1917
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-23
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-23

The Christian Science Monitor is just
as vexed with the ''Old Guard" be-
havior in the Republican national com
mittec as is George W. Perkins and all
the rest Of them. The Monitor hits hard
when il says: "'It is incredible that
the rank and file Of the Republican par
tv will permit a continuance Of the pol
lev which tends to drive Progressives
from its membership, and to keep them
outside its ranks permanently. just as
they succeeded, III 1912 and in 1916
the Old Guard win probably be IN q
position to succeed, III 1920, III
dominating the organization. They can
perhaps, control the national committee,
its executive committee, and all of
its subcommittee. Very likely they can
control the next national convention, as
they have controlled conventions III the
past. But all the glory they may get
out of this viii count for nothing if they
fail to carry the election. 1t is a fore
gone conclusion that they will fail to
carry the election if they do not control
votes enough to elect. Ii they would
succeed, they must avoid a repetition Of
the experiences of the last two presi-
Dental elections, which were decided adj
versely to the Republican party, not by
Democratic, but by Republican voters.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-23
TO SUISSE RIDERS.

II is the aim Of the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery
~ the paper each night, and it solicits
the cooperation Of subscribers to that
end. Prompt reports should be given Of
each failure To receive the paper on the
morning following the omission, in per-
son, by telephone or postal card, thus
enabling the cause of the error to be
promptly and accurately discovered and
the proper remedy Immediately applied.
II is only by this method that the pub
lLEner can secure tie desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-23

change, and the rest of the state ought
20 be willing to join in securing laws
for this state which are practically in
conformity to those of other states.
We know how all the world looks
askance at Nevada with divorces made
easy. Vermont 5 reputation is dragged
in the mire when it is known as the
state where YOU can get married be-
tween train waits.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-23

The Vermont legislature has not
thrown into high yet, but it viii get
going pretty soon, and we believe it
will make a good record. Its members
are not the nervous kind and they are
likely to tum out something substan-
tial for the state to remember before
April Ist
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-23

The Swiss will fight to the last man
to defend the neutrality OF the country.
BY the way, high school pupils, what
is the language spoken in Switzerland /?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-23

0 yes, Cordelia, the Vermont courts
handle cases at high speed A move
ment IS already under way in Addison
county to settle the so-ealled dashboard
ease, which has been on the dockots
only 16 years. II is a shame to end
its young life. With a little more care
it would be old enough to vote. 1t is
stated that the town OF Middlebury
has spent several thousand dollars in
litigation in this ease, and now has
nothing to gain and everything TO lose
whatever that may mean.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-23
A Balance Due Him.

Mother-Well, for mercy sake!
Here you are at that jam again.
Didn't whip you for that an hour
ago?
Tommy-Yes, ma; but | heard you
tell Aunt Jane you thought you'd
whipped me too hard, SO | thought 70
make it even.-Boston Evening Tran
script.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-23
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run Of paper.
50 cents an inch for first insertion .
cents an inch for each subsequent inser
ton. Limited space on first page at
double rates.
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements Five cents
discount for eacn subsequent insertion.
without change Of copy.
Reading Notices Ten cents per line
first Insertion with 80 per cent discount
for each subsequent insertion without
change OF copy.
Position 10 per cent extra
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-23

Billy Sunday received 500, 500 for
ten weeks work in Boston. That is
more than most good actors get.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-23

When you hear man loudly voicing
opinions in street car you know that
he places large estimate on the value
of them.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-23

TUESDAY, JANUARY %, 1917.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-23

The trouble in Mexico continues.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-23

Protected by The Adams Newspaper servicel
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-23

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The Washington times., 1917-01-20
A. l. STARS SIGN
Enough In Line to Make Showing
Without Strikers.

NEW YORK, Jan. 20.-Numerous In
terviews given out from the fraternity
side would indicate that the ball play
ers are lined up solidly to enforce the
demands for minor Ieagae reforms. A
list OF a few American Leaguers who
will answer first orders to the train
ing camps gives an idea OF the solid
front" in the ranks OF the players.
The list is not a complete one. even
OF any leaguers, who will not strike,
but 1t shows just a part of the
not have to worry about. While
minor leaguers and lesser lights Of
the big show attend the strike meet
ings, those players sit back and calm
ly await orders to report in the South.
Here are a few who will be ready
when wanted, strike or no strike:
Tyrus Cobb, Iris Speaker, George
Slsler, Eddie Collins, Frank Baker,
Walter johnson. Samuel Crawford,
Babe Ruth, Roger Peckinpaugh,
StufTy McInnis, Joe Jackson Clyde
Milan. l.. Nunamaker, Ernest Shore,
Ernest Koob, Lee Magee, Steve
O'Neill, Sam Agnew, Bob Shawkesl
Eddie Foster, Joe Geodeon, Nick CUi-
lop, Bobby Roth, Ray Chapman,
Elmer Myers, Fritz Maisel, Joe Benz,
Frank Gilhooley. Ray Caldwell. Oscar
Stanage, Ray Schalk. Ray Fisher. Ray
Morgan. Charles Mullen, Terry Turn
er. Lawton Witt. and John Lavan.
With these and several other Ameri-
can Leagucrs in line, and Il flock Of
recruits all signed the strike H. .
sure hzZle.
The Washington times., 1917-01-20
BROWNS SALARIES RAISED
Hickey Expects Trouble In Lining
up His Players.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. eO.-Contracts for
1917 were mailed yesterday to a ma
Jority of the Brown players, despite
the threatening attitude OF the Play
ers' Fraternity and its efferveseent
organizer, Dave Fultz. In many cases
these contracts contained a salary re-
duction, consequential to the end of
the late Federal League war.
Along with the contracts went a
notice to report here on March 5 for
the drive on Texas, where the Browns
will do their spring training. Like
wise the players received a warning
that no players unsigned will be
taken on the training trip.
Business Manager Branch Hickey
said today he expected some difficulty
in signing a few of the players, but
that in the long run he expected the
athletes to understand that the sal
ary reductions were warranted and
just Many of the players have been
extended the privilege OF coming to
st. Louis for a personal chat with the
Browns business manager.
The Washington times., 1917-01-20
WILL SEE AMERICA
Worlds Champions Training Trip
To Be Elaborate.

The Boston Red Sox. instead of
training at Hot Springs and then COM
ing straight home to mother, will
rain at the Hot Springs and then sally
forth on one of these See America
First" expeditions, in company with
the Brooklyn Dodgers, writes Francis
Eaton. in the Boston Journal. And
remember that one game with the
Pittsburgh Pirates at the Springs and
seven exhibitions on the way home
was on the outside limit for the Car
rigans last year,
The Red Sox, while they cannot
hope to rival the Braves as travellers
and explorers, will. il Ebbets' views
prevail. visit the Delta of the Mis-
sissippi, where the sad-eyed pelican
flaps her wings. They will cross the
Did trails of the Choctaws and the
creeks to the cyclone country and the
steep streets of Kansas City. They
viii visit, also, far-famed Peoria,
home OF the mosquito and of the ma
Iarial malaise. but important from
the L. y. Armour standpoint, and also
IS the birthplace OF Harry Fl. Frazee
The excuse iS that. there's millions
IN il; also that everybody's doing II.
:oth of which statements may be
rue. Then again. Harry Frazee says
that there isn't very much rOurish-
ment in playing preliminary games
With minor league clubs. We don't
sec how he gets around this objec-
lion by talking on Brooklyn, but
that's a matter for him to decide, af
ter all.
4 short training trip was the great
experiment of 1916, and to play as
many interleague contests as possible
in as many cities as possible seems
to be the providential idea in 1911.
The Red SoN are yielding to 1t with
.ar better excuse and with far better
prospects of getting value in return
than most of the clubs. But we don't
know, somehow or other II doesn't
taste good to have our worlds series
thus smeared all over the bush. 1t
takes the edge off what we would
like to think of as something out OF
nrIiparV
The Washington times., 1917-01-20
TAKE NO CHANCES
Daubert viii Have Substitute
HANGING Around Club.

Unless Ebbets and Uncle Wilbert
have gone crazy and hate money and
themselves, they will never start an
other sea: IN without a asubstftute who
can play a bangup first base when
Daubert's frail legs suffer their an
nual injuries, writes Tom Rice, in the
Brooklyn Eagle. The lack of such a
substitute forced the trading away to
New York last season of Lew Nc
Carly for Fred Merkle. The trade
saved a pennant for Brooklyn, but il
also cost Brooklyn one OF the most
valuable catcher of recent years
That taught Ebbets and Robinson
a lesson they will never forget, and
whenever talk is heard OF disposinE
OF Merllle, il may be put down as a
certainty that the club has in mind
the acquiring of some other first
baseman: Jack Miller could play a
fairly acceptable first for Brooklyn,
and could take his turn filing other
holes. He has slipped back in the
past two years just about as much as
Merllle has, and might climb up bit
IL he were to escape from St Louis.
The Washington times., 1917-01-20
MACK ALWAYS AHEAD
Philadelphia Leader Realizes on
Men at Right Moment.


Connie Mack is the most interest
ing tail-end manager the American
League has had in all its history. The
lean, long, intensely earnest baseball
educator of Philadelphia is always
about two jumps ahead of his col
leagues, writes w. ]. O'Connor in the
st. Louis .Post-Dispatch. He proved
that by realizing fully on Collins,
Barry and Baker the minute his
greatest machine showed signs of dis
integration. Last season, with the
most inefficient team the league has
ever known, he didn't lose money. His
pay roll was less than Roger Bresna-
hans ex-outlaw band in Toledo, a
Glass AA club.
Already the erudite mahout has s.
sued his 1917 prospectus, indicating
who will be with his team the coming
season. McInnis on first, Grover at
second, Witt at short and Bates on
third will man the inner defense.
Strunk, Bodie and Thrasher will be
in the outfield. Schang will have
Meyer as his first assistant behind
the bat. Joe Bush, Elmer Meyers.
Russell Johnson, Jack Nabors and
the pick of eleven youngsters will
make up the pitching staff. Connie
concludes:
'I will not have a weak hitter on
the team, and I really believe it will
be the best batting club in the league.
OF course. l am at the mercy of my
pitchers. but don't believe me extrav-
agant when | say we will have a
hard-hitting team and a tough club
to beat with Bush or Myers hurling."
The Washington times., 1917-01-20
WALLACE DEFEATED.

! NJ. woItz deefated Walter Wal
lace holder of the District amateu:
nocket billiard championship. 100 to
50. last night at the Grand Central
in the tourney for the local title. Wal
lace took the place of Tom Moore.
who was unable to participate owing
TO illness. Wallace had just returned
from n hospital. and did not play
anywhere near up to his standard
Volt had a high run of thirteen.
The Washington times., 1917-01-20
LOCAL COLLEGESIN
GOOD FLOOR GAMES
Georgetown Meets George
Washington, and c. U.
Plays GaIIaudet.

Spirited basketball games are due to-
night when Georgetown University and
George Washington University get to-
gether at the Y. N. c.. A. and Catholic
University. and GaIlaudet College pay
at Carroll Institute.
The @. U. and c. u. contest will be
preceded by a rules Interpretation meet
ing to be presided over by DR.. Joseph
Raycroft, member of the Intercollegiate
rules committee. at the Y. NJ. C. A
Coaches To Be There.
All Of the college and scholastic
coaches in this District as well as Off
cials and prominent players are expect
ed at the gathering. which is under the
auspices,of the Y. NJ. C. A The meet
ing is scheduled at p. m.
Georgetown will play @. W. U. at s:I5.
and before this engagement the G. w.
U. girls will meet the Holton Arms
School on the floor.
Line-ups for the big game follow:
George Washington-AImon. left for
word; GIacomo. right forward; Pat
terson. center; Hills, left guard; Groes-
beck. right guard.
Georgetown-O'LOne, left forward !;
Fees. right forward: McNulty. center {
o'Boyle. left guard; Cashin. right
guard.
May Defeat c. U.
Gallaudet may hand the Catholic Uni
versity players a setback tonight The
Gallaudet men have improved nightly
since their last weeks performance at
Charlottesville
The teams will take the floor as fol-
lows:
Catholic University-Biyth, left for>
ward A. O'Brien. right forward L.
o'Brien. center: Greer. right guard !:
Glasscott. left guard
Gallaudet-Schowe. left forward; r.
wenger. right forward: A. Nenger.
center. Cloud. left guard; Whitman,
right guard.
The Washington times., 1917-01-20
INDIANS ARE IN LINE.

CHICAGO. Jan. 2O.-PracticaIly every
member OF the Cleveland Americans has
signed "A 1917 contract. James Dunn.
president OF the club. announced here
today In denying that 4 threatened
strike would seriously cripple the club.
Dunn said that Bobby Roth. a member
OF the Baseball Players Fraternity, had
not signed. but that he expected to come
TO terms with him within a week.