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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-12
SAYS GERMANY
LONGS FOR PEACE
On the Edge of Starvation, Brigadier
General Kuhn Declares-Expects
Break Soon.

NEW YORK, March l2.-Brig. Gen.
Joseph +. Kuhn, president Of the army
war college, who until recently was the
American military attachc at Berlin.
declared in an address here at the an
nual dinner Of the alumni Of West
Point, that : the German people are
on the edge of starvation, and Ger
many is prepared to entertain terms Of
peace and to 90 a long way to get
them. -
GLOW long the war will last,'' ex-
claimed Gen. Kuhn. "This question is
frequently asked. | answer. | do not
know. 1t would seem as if the strain
must soon tell and that some one Of
the principal nations would break.
From purely military standpoint,
there is no ground for believing that
a decision can be reached in the i'm
mediate future. But other forces are
at work and these may decide the is
sue
Economic conditions are trying
everywhere, especially in the case of
the middle powers. 1t is certain that
the German people are on the edge of
starvation and the bravest man will
suceumb to an empty stomach. | be
licvc Germany is prepared to entertain
terms Of peace and to 90 a long way to
get them. Her ease is that of the man
who has caught wildcat by the tail.
He needs no help to hold on, but would
( ike some to let 90
. And what does the world war mean
to the United States! One thing is GER
tain and that is if we manage to keep
out we viii have all the money in the
world and Europe viii have all the
guns. The period Of readjustment is
one fraught with grave responsibilities
in which we may become involved only
too early. That we are not entirely
without apprehension on this point is
evidenced 10y the move for prepared
ness of which one hears so much these
DAYS.
| As / look over the field | find all
! kinds of societies, associations and
committees for modifying anything and
everything, industries, food, nitrates and
transportation IN ease of war with a
foreign power.
! ''In short. the move for prepared
ness is bearing some fruit, but alas
i'll one direction only 1t is all directed
! toward mobilization Of our material
resources. | have scanned the hori
zon in vain to find any association OF
the man with the musket, who is pre-
pared TO grovel in the mire and mud
to dodge grenades and shells, to shivel
and suffer in the cold and wet.
UNLESS this great Nation Of free
men wakes up and safeguards its price
less heritage of liberty and free in
situations it must sooner or later pay
the penalty Otis self -assuranccs which
still conide in the million men who
will spring from the earth between sun
rise and sunset. There is but one solu
ton for the problem-univcrsal mill
tary training; but the solution rest
in the hands of the American people.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-12
BOY DESPERADOES.
-Four Youths, Heavily Armed, Caught
After q Break at Hartland

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, March
l2.-The municipal court here took on
a very war-like appearance Saturday
whel Officer Daley of North Hartland
unloaded an assortment Of four revolt
verS, 100 shells seven or eight dirks.
stilettos and other articles taken from
the pockets of four lads. whom he and
Chief Degman OF this place took iato
custody at Hartland station after they
had broken into the stevens bungalow
in Hartiand the night before They
had made themselves at home there
by lighting 4 fire and using the beds.
One o. the lads, who calls himself
" Nick is but II years old How
ever, he was not too small to appropri-
ate an overcoat from the bungalow
The boys were all young and all gave
their place of residence as Hartford,
CT. They said they wanted to sec the
West in reality instead Of in the
movies and were making their way
there hobo style. They thought. Of
course, that the revolvers and other
weapons We're necessary for the trip.
The youngest Of the crowd was
adopted by Officer Daley until word
could be received from his parents
The other three were lodged in the
county Jail at Woodstock to await the
further action of the authorities.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-12
ADMITS OLD MURDER.
Convicted Man Escaped Only Because
Moose Slipped.

COLUMBIA. Miss. March IA
death-bed confession By Joseph Beard.
n farmer, announced by the sheriff S
Office, cleared of suspicion William Pur-
Wis, who % years ago escaped death
Nv hanging after conviction for muir
der only because the moose about his
neck slipped when the scaffold trap
was sprung. Purvis was found guilty
Of killing from ambush William Buck
lev. When he fell from the scaffold
unframed after the rope slipped the
SPECTATORS, who thought it an interven-
tion of providence, induced the author
tiles to put him back in Jail and an APP
peal to the governor brought a commu-
tation of sentence. Several years later
Purvis was pardoned. He now lives
in Lamar county, Miss. Beard, dying
of pneumonia, confessed last Sunday
that ne and two other men killed
Buckley. The sheriff said he knows
where to find the others. but declined
to say whether action would be started
against them.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-12
CONDITIONS IMPROVED.
Better Feeling Along the Border, Gen.
PerShing Reports.

WASHINGTON, March 10. - Mai
Gen. Pershing, commanding the south
em department, apparently has en-
barked on a campaign to establish bet
ter feeling between American and
Mexican residents in the border zone
OF both countries. Describing his visit
to AIatamoras at the invitation of the
Mexican civil and military officials,
Gen. Pershing reported to the war de-
partment that he had found improved
conditions and believed his trip would
have a good effect.
"Have just returned from an inspcc-
ton of the Brownsville district, = the
report says, "where | found improved
relations between Americans and Mex
leans. Visited Matamoras yesterday at
the earnest solicitation of both military
and civil officials of both Matamoras
and Brownsville. returning visit made
by Mexican officials. Was accompanied
by several staff officers and civilians
Of Brownsville. Was received with ut
most cordiality and entertained al
luncheon at local theater. Believe visit
viii encourage good feeling between
| people on both sides of line.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-12
LABOR CLASH IN CLEVELAND.
Builders Declare Lockout of En-
plOyes Thursday or Friday

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March u. -
Complete tieup of building operations
here within the next Few days seemed
likely. following the declaration of a
citywide lockout by the Building
Trades Employers association, to take
effect Thursday or Friday. In answer
labor leaders declared that they stood
ready to call out all union men in the
Getty in sympathetic strike if neces-
sary TO win the fight with the building
trades, which has been in effect for
weeks.
The proposed lockout would throw
10000 men out of work and halt over
500 building operations throughout the
city. Two thousand building trade la
borers, locked out by the employers
for alleged violations of agreements
and several thousand building trade
workers employed on jobs where the
laborers We're locked out and who
struck IN sympathy, are now idle.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-12
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

The Mary Geddis class of the Meth
odist Sunday school will have its an
nual business meeting with Mrs. E. w.
Sharp this evening.
Fort Dummer colony of Pilgrim Fa-
theirs will hold a business meeting Tues
day evening in the home of the secre-
tary at 107 Western avenue.
A water pipe leading to the Masonic
temple from the main in Main street
is being dug up because of leak.
Workmen this morning found frost at n
depth Of four and one-half feet.
Rev. J. Fredrik Virgin, rector of St.
Michael s Episcopal church, announced
yesterday that Frederick A. Sanford
had resigned as treasurer of the church
and that William j. Cain had been APP
pointed to complete his unexpired term.
Annie 1. Wardner of Guilford has
entered suit III the Windham county
court for divorce from Rupert c. Ward
ner, now of Hartford, Conn. She al
leges desertion at Norfolk, Va, Nov
%, 1912, and refusal and neglect to pro
vide and asks the care and custody OF
a minor daughter. The couple were
married in Brattleboro Jan. "a, 1904
by Rev. F. w. Lewis. The papers are
from the office Of II. G.. & F. E. Bar
Der.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-12
TRY "CASCARETS" FOR
LIVER AND BOWELS
IF SICK OR BILIOUS
Tonight! Clean your bowels and stop
headache, colds, sour
stomach

Get a 10-ccnt box now.
Turn the rascals out-the headache,
Indigestion, the sick, sour
stomach and bad colds-turn them out
tonight and keep them out with Cas-
carets.
Millions of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never know
the misery caused by q lazy liver,
clogged bowels, or an upset stomach
Don t put in another day of distress.
Let Casearets cleanse your stomach; re-
move the sour, fermenting food; take
the excess bile from your liver and
carry out all the constipated waste
matter and poison in the bowels. Then
you will feel great.
A Cascaret tonight straightens you
out by morning. They work while you
sleep. A 10-cent box from any drug
store means a clear head, sweet stomach
and clean, healthy liver and bowel ae
ton for months. Children love Cas-
carrots because they never grippe Oh
/! sicken.-Advt.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-12
COMIC OPERA DRAWS
LARGE AUDIENCES
Herbert's The Serenade Brings Out Re-
markable Talent of Walker &
Stevens Co. in Auditorium.

Although only one days notice was
the Auditorium Saturday night for the
presentation OF Victor Herbert's com
ic opera, The Screnade, by Walker &
Stevens Opera Co., which on the pre-
vious night rendered Robin Hood. re-
naming over Saturday by special ar
rangement with Manager Fox of the
Auditorium. The presence of so large
q number under the circumstances was
Il marked testimonial to the ability of
the company.
The Sercnade rs q work is almost
as pleasing as Robin Hood and the re-
markable talent of the soloists was
fully brought out; in fact some of
them appeared to better advantage, es-
pecially the leading soprano, Ivy Scott,
and the comedian, Ed. Andrews.
1t certainly was a rare feast of
song that Manager Fox gave theater
patrons on those two evenings. and
the dramatic and comedy work also
were of high order. The gem of the
work, from the musical point of view,
was The Angelus, by Cora Tracy and
chorus.
Following is the cast of characters
in the order of their appearance: Ro-
nero, president Of the Royal Madrid
Brigandage association, limited, Her
bert Waterous; Lopez, secretary of the
same respectable organization, in love
with Yvonne, Ralph Brainard; Carlo
Alvarado, baritone of the Madrid OPP
era, in love with Dolores, James Ste
vcns; the Duke Of Santa Cruz a Span
ish grandee with a long line of one
ancestor, in love with his ward, Do
lores, David Andrada; Dolores. the
/ Duke S ward, whose natural talents
for Irritation have had constant prac-
| tice, at present in love with Alvarado
Cora Tracy; Yvonne, daughter Of Co
lombo, premiere danseuse of the OPP,
era, Tilted by Alvarado, Ivy Scott
! Colombo, formerly a grand opera ten.
| or, but his notes have all gone to pro
| tes- Phil Branson; Gomez, a tailor
inspired by a hopeless love for the Do
lores, vainly attempting to learn the
/ Screnade, Ed Andrews; preceptrcss OF
the Sierra Norma seminary. Tlic
Sahnger; Elgato, bandit, james
Lewis; tho abbot Of the monastery OF
st. Benedict, Charles Phillips; Aasel
mo, Lester Tramore.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-12
WEST BRATTLEBORO

Henry Halliday resumed work in
SCOTS grocery store today, after a
two-week' s illness with grip.
Mrs. Clifford Dalrymple of Marl-
boro is seriously i'll with measles. DR..
Thomas Rice is the attending ply
stefan.
L. ?. Copeland was IN Boston last
week attending the automobile show.
He was accompanied by f. II. Bet
terley.
Mrs. Ernest Winchester is i'll with
measles. Her daughter, Doris, who
had been in quarantine with measles
has recovered
Mrs. Mabel Bush OF Dummerston
who underwent an operation for ap
rendicitis in the Meirose hospital, is
making good recovery.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marsh enter
tanned a few friends in their home
Saturday evening. Cards were played
and refreshments were served.
Mrs. Henry Halliday is spending
the day in Dummerston with her moth
err, Mrs O. H. Norcross. Mrs. Nor
cross, who has been i'll, is improving
Mrs George Brownell of Hinsdal,
was visitor in town Saturday, com
ing to see Mr.. Brownell, who is con
valescing from an operation in TIL
Melrose hospital.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-12
VERMONT SOCIETY DIMES.
Gov. Graham, Col. Reeves and Henry
G. Ide Address New Workers.

NEW YORK, March l2.-The an
nual banquet of the Vermont society
in the grand ballroom Of the Hotel
Me Alpin Saturday evening marked the
18th anniversary of the founding of
the society. About 200 attended.
Among the speakers were Gov. Horace
F. Graham of Vermont, who spoke on
Vermont of Today; Col Ira L. Reeves,
president of Norwich university, on
Vermont s Part in Program of Pre-
paredness; Henry C. Ide, ex-governor
of the Philippine Islands, and Andrew
w. Edison, president OF the Vermont
society and a member of the boar3 OF
education of New York city.
The Vermont society was organized
in 1891 as the Brooklyn society of Yer
monters. In November, 1909, its name
was changed to the Vermont Society 0.
! New York.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-12
NATURE TELLS YOU.
AS Many Brattleboro Reader Knows
Too Well.

When the Kidneys arc weak,
Nature tells YOU about il.
The urine IS nature 3 index.
lufrcquent on too frequent passage.
other disorders suggest kidney ills.
poon' s Kidney Pills arc for disor-
dcred kidneys.
Brattlcboro people testify to their
worth.
Eugene FcritcG - Horton place
Brat,iehoro. Saves: About ivc years
ugo. ! had qitc q serious attack ot
kidney trouble. ] had a great deal Of
annoyance iu passing the kidney sccrc-
,isne and they were acautF and pain
fu m passage. Finally, rot SO that
j c5ulln pass the kidney sccretious
a. an and uttered agony. The
trouble lasted about month and /
wasn't getting any better. finally
decided 20 try Doan 3 Kidney Pills and
used two OF three boxes, which / got
from Wilfrcd T. Root s Drug Store. 1t
wls only n short time when the kidney
srcfetions passed naturally and ! re-
covered from the complaint
Price joc ut all dealers. Don t sim
ply ask for kidney rcmedv-get
Doan = Kidney pills-the same that Mr..
Fcrritcr had Fostcr-Milhun Co.,
Props, Buffalo, y. I.-Ady.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-12
EIGHT ARE SENTENCED.
German Officers Get Year in Jail and
$500 Fine Each.

CHARLESTON, s. c., March IL
Eight officers Of the German steamship
Liebenfels. sunk in Charleston harbor
the night of January 81. on Saturday
at Florence, s. G., We're sentenced to a
year IN the Atlanta penitentiary and to
pay a fine of $500 each. They were
convicted Friday of sinking a vessel in
a navigablc stream in violation of the
navigation laws.
The defense gave notice of an APP
peal. Nine officers of the vessel were
indicted. but as Capt. Klatenhoff was
i'll i'll Charleston his case was post
poned. The convicted are Johann
Lubken, first officer; George Sunkel
third officer; J. f. Jansen, chief en-
gineer; Heinrich Wattenburg, first as
sistant engineer; Johann w. Buse, sec
ond assistant engineer; NORTH Won
Thulen, third assistant engineer; An
gust Neuse, fourth assistant engineer
and Wilhelm Schwarting, machinist
All are Germans except Jansen, who
says he is 4 Dane.
The government charged that tho
men not only opened the Liebenfel (
seacocks, causing her to sink, but that
they wrecked the machinery and
opened the wireless piant, oHlclally
sealed by United States officers.
Bonds were fixed at $4,000 in each
case, which the defendants were not
Immediately able to give. While eff
forts were being made TO arrange fol
bonds the prisoners were kept in the
federal courthouse under guard
The Liebenfels s officers Were taker
Saturday night to Charleston, wher,
they hope to obtain money for Their
release on bond.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-12
BAD BREATH
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets Get at
the Cause and Remove It

DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets, the sub
stitute for calomel, act gently on the
bowels and positively do the work.
People afflicted with bad breath find
quick relief through DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets. The pleasant, sugar
coated tablets are taken for bad breath
by all who know them.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets act gen.
tly but firmly ON the bowels and liver,
stimulating them to natural action,
clearing the blood and gently purifying
the entire system. They do that which
dangerous calomel does without any of
the bad after effects.
All the benefits of nasty, sickening,
gripping cathartics are derived from DR..
Edwards Olive Tablets without grip
ing, pain or any disagreeable effects.
DIR. F. NJ Edwards discovered the
formula after seventeen years of prac-
tice among patients afflicted with bowel
and liver complaint with the attendant
bad breath. .
DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets are pure
1y a vegetable compound mixed with
olive oil you will know them by their
olive color. Take one or two every
night for week and note the effect
l0c and 25c per box. All druggists.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-12
STEFANSSON PLANS RETURN.
Northwest Police Bring Tidings of the
Explorer

DAWSON, Y. T., March l2.-Vilh-
jalmur Stefansson, the Arctic explorer.
on the gasoline schooner Polar Bear, is
spending the winter at Prince of Wales
Strait. according to news brought here
by Northwest police expedition from
Fort Mcpherson. The information
was brought from Herschel Island to
Fort Mcpherson by Captain Lenauzec,
captain of police at Hcrschel Island,
who made the trip OF 200 miles alone
with dogs.
Stc}ansSon, who passed last summer
exploring the new land he discovered
north of Prince Patrick Island, is hope
iul that the ice will break early this
spring and permit him to make his
way TO the north and east and after
accomplishing the northeast passage
sail up the St. Lawrence river TO Mon
trcal.
Two Eskimos charged with murder
Father Guillaumc Leroux, Catholic mis-
sionaries, in the Bear Lake region,
east of Fort Norman, in the winter of
lDl3-l9l4, are prisoners at Herschel
Island and will be brought to Fort
Mcpherson later. News of the murder
was brought to Herschcl Island two
years ago by big game hunter, who
found band of Eskimos wearing the
gowns, crucifxes and vestmcnts of
Catholic priests. On investigation it
was found that the missionaries were
missing. The priests were natives of
/ France and about 30 years old.
| The alleged murderers We're arrest
cd by Captain Lcnauzcc, who crossed
Lake region.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-12

cause the Servian campaign was won
merely by the threat of her entrance
into the war. Her dead total 1900;
her wounded 1000 and her captured
and missing 5000.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-12
Looks Good in Print,

The Lady-And you may say we
suspect a discharged butler of the rob-
berry.
eporter-When was he discharged?
The Lady-Oh, we never really kept
a butler; but | think it sounds quite
well-Judge
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-12
BOY DIES OF WOUNDS.
Great Darlington Youth Was Shot
While Hunting.

GREAT HARRINGTON, Mass, March
l2.-George Haywood, 14-year-old son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Haywood, died
shortly after midnight yesterday morn
ing at Fairview hospital, as a result
OF a gunshot wound which he received
Saturday afternoon. Haywood, in com
pany with Kenneth Crane, -, was
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-12

An American sterilization plant is
to be installed at Lima. Peru, to puri-
fy the water used by that city The
water system of Lima will probably be
reconstructed and enlarged in the near
future.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-12

hunting muskrats along the Williams.
vile river. The gun was accidentally
discharged, the shot entering the Hay
wood boys left arm and penetrating
his chest.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-12

Miss Mabel Turner of Greenfield will
be at the Brooks House March IA and
IS, with the new spring line of stamped
goods and embroideries. Your inspec
ton is cordially invited-Adv. 10-lo.
The evening world., 1917-09-14
Brooklyn Stores

400 hth. Ave-, nI, I2th st,
SnA Eulton St., B0rOuEh Hall.
hIl Fulton ST., mr., Ilatbush Ave.
TO9 brOadway. mr., Flushing Ave.
loO0 Broadway, mr.. Myrtle Ave,
Newark store, $50 Broad St.
'Stores sell only mems shoes
The evening world., 1917-09-14
PUT IN CHAINS, he SAYS,
BY BOGUS NAVAL OFFICERS
SAILOR Tells Federal Court Ne Was
A,JuIpr,I lni Turned owe,
70. a DcScrcr.

sailor. .. 'Hr United RTstet Navy
or upIuI largo portion of Federal
DEtrct Court to-day, WheIe they oN.
ported Goo D., called NJ witnesses before
Tu.trd state. Judge sheppard against
Harry A Reed and James T. Eaton.
charged with attempting 20 dcfra' d
the Goy'rnmcu'
Reed and Eaton. Of the Hamilton De
tecuye bureau. are alleged to have
prontei Dos kidnapping sailors and
tuning tn,m over to the Uovcrument
to gct rewards FOR desorters
How hc was held "a hostage Tor
two dGys and one night In the Hamilton
headquarters AZ No. iis2 Broadway was
told by Henry Maxwell
Maxwell accused both men OF ropro-
sonting themselves ao officers OF the
navy.
n, declared Baton conducted him Ia
tho offices of tho Hamilton Agency
where he was arrslgned bsfors Reed
The latter represented himself MS a
naval captain. After a few questions
Maxwell said. he was pushed into an
adjoining room and shacklcd with
chains and iron balls. IIe AYERS that
the following night he was put into
the custody Of officials at the Brook
ivu Navy Nard-thO detectives collecting
their $50 reward. he alleged.
The evening world., 1917-09-14
NEW ROCHELLE WOMAN
KILLED IN SkIODIAG AUTO
Ms Arthur Lewis Driving Near
summer Home When Accident
Occurred.

Word wa received here to-day % the
death Of Mrs Arthur H. Lcwis OF
Bss,hmond Parh New Rochelle. In an
automobile accident yesterday near tho
LaHIs country homo AZ Falmouth
Mass Mac. Lewis was thlrty-two wears
old Sho was tho wife OF the president
of tha American and cuban steamship
Company and Of the United States and
Brlzl steamship Company. With Of
t.rcs az SO. u William Street
Nj Lewis. who II at his home IN
Sew Rochelle, confirmed the report
of his wife's death Mrs. Lowls and
their two children have been at the
Falmouth house all summer. Yestcr-
day afternoon, Mrs Lewis. who was
en- expert automobile driver. started
In her car for Boston in company
with hor brother. They had gone
but a short distance when tho car
sltidded on a freshly oiled road. struck
n stone wall and overturned. Mrs.
LOWS being pinned under the car and
Killed instantly. Her brother was
thrown a considerable distance. but
escaped injury. The body will be
brought here this evening.