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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-07
WARDSBORO.

Moderator and treasurer, G. w.
Briggs; clerk, j. A. Dexter; selectmen,
John Gilfeather for years, John E.
Gleason and Hugh G.. Fits held over;
listers, A. R. Robinson for ; years,
NJ. L. Johnson and F. 0. Gould held
over; auditors, W. W. Kidder year,
John A. Streeter, 2 years, s. G. Stock
er years: collector of taxes, none
elected 1st constable, f. NJ. Fits;
road commissioner, f. o. Robinson /;
overseer Of poor, NJ. L. Johnson
school director, L. H. Spraguc for 8
years, grand juror, f. w. Johnson
town agent, j. A. Dexter; town tax
voted, 75c; highway tax voted, 75c !:
school tax voted, 90c; license vote,
yes 5, no Il.
Appropriated 5000 for permanent
highways. Voted to instruct the
school directors to appoint one or more
medical inspectors for the school.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-07
BELIEVES PIPER
WAS MURDERED
Theory Of Prof John P. Helyar of Brat
tleboro About Disappearance of
College Student.

There is interest here in the disappear
ance of John V. Piper in New Brunswick.
\. j.. graduate student at the New Jer
sey state experiment station and agri-
cultural college, because of the fact that
Prof. John p. Helvar of Brattleboro is a
professor in the college and interested
himself in trying to unravel the mys
terry. Both are graduates of the Univer
sity of Vermont Prof. Helyar is now at
his home here to stay few days. His
theory is that Piper was murdered.
Piper disappeared two weeks ago last
Saturday night He was to reach a GER
tain place that night and about the time
he was to arrive shot was heard near
there, and nothing has been seen of him
since. Suspicion pointed to certain
man, whose actions since have been pecu-
liar
Private detectives believe murder WIS
committed. The police, who made no in
Ivestigation until long after the detec-
tives started in, scout the murder theory
and are at odds with the detectives
Piper did some work for the college and
cared for some furnaces in the city tC
earn an income while taking some add
vanced studies in the college.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-07
WESTMINSTER WEST.

Clifford Dunton Of Andover, is visit.
ing his uncle, Edward Phillips.
Mrs. Eliza Phillips, a nurse, was
called 90 Putney last week on ease.
Miss Nellie Buttcrficld, trained nurse
was called TO Wilmington Saturday on
a ease.
March came in like n lamb, so VIC
may expect il to 20 out roaring like
a lion.
Mrs. NJ. +. Phillips came last week
from Weston for an extended visit
with her son, Edward Phillips.
Miss Carrie Houghton of Springfield,
Mass, was a week end guest of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. -. j. Houghton.
Mrs. Guy Shepard, who spent two
weeks with her daughter, Mrs Free.
man lIoughtou, has returned to her
home in Hardwick.
Fred Kerr and Seymour Minard
went 20 Saxtons River Feb. IS, to the
supper az the Inn, given 10y Odd Eel.
lows and Rcbckahs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-07
CONNER SUES FOB DIVORCE.
Bellows Falls Man Charges Wife with
Misconduct

Wesley W. Conner of Rockingham
has entered suit for divorce in the
Windham county court from Rhoda J..
Conner, also of Rockingham He
charges misconduct with two persons
named in the petition and intolerable
severity. He asks the care and custodv
of the two youngest of the six chill
dren born TO them and has secured
an order from Judge f. L. Waterman
restraining Mrs. Conner from inter
fering with them. They were married
at Burlington Sept. Is. 1896, and have
lived there and in Rockingham. The
papers are from the office of Ryder i
Graham of Bellows Falls.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-07
WESTMINSTER.

Moderator, Seymour H. Minard
clerk and treasurer, Fred |. Lane; Sc
lectmen. D. 2. Wright, Z. II. Butter
field, John A. Thwing; listers, Charles
G. Miller, w. g. Ober. Walter G. Har-
low; auditors, Burt Ormsby FOR
years, Clarence Wright for ? years, G.
Z. Williams, for ! year; collector and
lst constable, R. D. Metcalf; % con
stable. W. X. Church; road commits
sioners, A. L. Lockwood, G. II. Reed;
overseer of the poor, John ?. Holmes;
school director for 3 years, p. H. Elem
ing; grand juror, John c. Richmond;
town agent, seleetmen; town tax vot-
ed, 75c; highway tax voted, 25c;
school tax voted, 81; license vote, yes
I, no So.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-07
LONDONDERRY.

Mrs. F. A. Curtis visited in Boston
all last week.
Fred Williams, Frank Stevens and
c. NJ. Eames are i'll.
Fred Hall of Manchester was in town
several days last week.
Bert Davis sprained his ankle badly
while working in the saw mill.
Asa Bacon has hired w. L. Wright s
house and will move about March 10.
Robert Charlton is home from Spring
field, where he had measles recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Waite are at
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-07
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

f.. h. Covcy has turned his carriage
house into barn until he can rebuild
the barn destroyed by fire.
L. Crosby Co., have opened
branch in South Newbury and are
making plans for the erection of a
large warehouse ut that point.
The Philathea class of the Baptist
Bible school will hold a social Thurs
day afternoon at $50 at the home of
Mrs. r. p. Churchill of 40 Canal street.
The Woman S Relief corps will hold
a sewing meeting Thursday afternoon,
March 5. Supper will be served, fol
lowed by the regular meeting in the
evening.
The body of Miss Rose Duffy of
HYDE Park, Mass. formerly of Hins-
dale, " H., will be brought to Brat
tleboro tomorrow afternoon for burial
in the Roman Catholic cemetery.
Although il is claimed that March
is a time in the year when signs of
spring are supposed to be noted the
claim has no effect on the weatherman
This morning he furnished n tempera
ture Ct IL below at South Londonder
~, below IN west Brattleooro aho
5 below in the village.
DR.. Henry Tucker, health officer, is
sued SO burial permits during the
months of January and February, tn,
largest number he ever issued during
two consecutive months. In almost al
instances the deaths were those OF
elderly people or those who had SUI
fcred from chronic ailments.
Recent quarantiues by the health
oifoer, DR.. Henry Tucker, for measles
have been in the families of Lane
Northern avenue; Miner, IS Vine
! street; and Day, Chestnut street
There have been three guarantees 70
crysipelas in the families of Ballou
20 Elliot street; Briggs, West Brat
tleboro; and Adams. 5 Howard street.
Amolg those who went this morning
| TO Montpelier 20 testify on behalf o
the Brattleboro Retreat at the inyes
tigation were Horton ID. Walker, an
II. W. Taylor, the latter an as
! sistant at the Retreat. Attorney /
W Gibson, who is conducting the cas-
for the Retreat, Judge James NJ Tile
Of the trustees and Neil d. ClawsoI
stenographer, were Others to leave thi
morning.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-07

marked degree, and they surrounded
themselves with galaxies of specially
talented ieutenants just as Napoleon
gathered around him that remarkable
group of marshals, many of whom rose
from the ranks. AS every private in
Napoleon 8 armies carried a marshal S
baton in his knapsack, SO every work
man in wellmanaged industrial plant
has the chance to rise to the top.
In these days Of vast enterprises pro-
motion for merit is the only road to
success. The largest corporation must
encourage its employees by promoting
those fitted for responsible positions or
it will not be able TO compete with the
rivals that do. Once appointments are
made b. favor instead of for merit the
concern is headed for the depths. 1t
dies of dry rot if it is not suddenly
crushed by the pressure of competition.
This gives the man at the bottom the
assurance of a chance to rise. When
promotions are not made for merit
forehanded employees do well to seek
other jobs.
Mr.. Schwab, or some other great cap
tain of industry, should turn his hand
to writing little book of advice for
employers. For all the examples of
success we have, there are too many
failures, and those who have succeeded
know why once formidable competi
tors have failed. In these days wher
competition in foreign trade has beer
national rather than individual some OF
/ our most successful men should tel
others how to succeed in the indus
trial fields.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-07
PUTNEY.

Moderator Jewett j. knight; clerk,
A. NJ. Corser; treasurer, H. L. Bailey;
selectmen, B. NJ. Reed, J. j. knight,
DR.. L. II, Bugbee; listers, W. A. Page,
Ira Miller, Fred B. Hannum; auditors,
A. NJ. Corser, F. B. Hannum, George
Gassett; collector Of taxes, treasurer;
lst constable, Henry Q. Cobb; ID con
stable, Ray Furman; road commission
er, H. L. Scott, p. A. Fuller; overseer
of poor, DR.. L. H. Bugbee; school ii
rector, Mrs Henry Frost; grand jul
rors, A. +. Robbins, Frank Hewitt, g.
T. Aplil; town agent, selectmen; town
tax voted, 1925; highway tax voted,
SOC; school tax voted, zoe; license
vote, yes, 81, not, 90.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-07

relief and six bottles have entirely
cured me. All women who have female
trouble of any kind should try Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. -
Mrs. Eta DoRIoN, Ogdensburg. Wis.
Physicians undoubtedly did their best,
battled with this case steadily and could
do no more, but often the most scientific
treatment is surpassed by the medicinal
properties of the good old fashioned
roots and herbs contained in Lydia z.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
II any complication exists it pays to
write the Lydia +. Pinkham Medicine
Co.. Lynn, Mass. ,forspecial FREQ advice.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-07
TOWN OFFICERS ELECTED
Brattleboro.

Moderator, Anthony F. Schwenk;
clerk, Carl S. Hopkins; treasurer,
Frederick c. Adams; selectman, Will
helm E. Stellman, for 3 years; listers,
A. J. Currier, for 3 years; auditors,
0. F. Benson, c. G. Staples, D. a..
Stafford; collector, William A. Shum-
way; lst constable, Chauncey I.
Knapp; I'd constable, Herbert E. Har-
ris; road commissioner, engineer to be
hired; overseer of poor, Walter NJ.
Robbins; grand jurors, F. D. E. Stowe,
Harrie B. Chase; agent, Arthur P. Car
penter; town tax voted, AS cents;
highway tax voted, 2 per cent and
$1,000; license vote, yes 26S, no, 67o.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-07
PRIZE AWARDS IN
PAPER CONTEST
Ungraded Room of Main
Street Building Had High
est Monthly Average
TOTAL COLLECTION
OVER TWENTY TONS
Playground Fund Amounts to 1924 o6
as Result Of Efforts of School Chill
dren in Cooperation with Reformer
Work to be Continued Next Term

February figures in The Reformer S
paper collection for the benefit of the
playground fund show that the chill
dren of the public schools gathered
5,l19 pounds Of newspapers and 3.264
pounds of magazines during the four
weeks. This accumulation brought a
total of S64.3l, three quarters of which
Is placed to the credit of the fund and
the balance div ided among three rooms
which made the largest collection per
pupil during the month III Their respec
tive buildings.
The prizes, which amounted to $5.36
each for the month, went to the I'M
graded room Of the Main street build
ing with an average of so As pounds
per pupil, the sixth grade in the Canal
street building with an average of
slightly over 23 pounds per pupil, and
the fourth and fifth grade room in the
Oak Grove building with an average
Of little Of l. pounds per pupil.
During January and February the
efforts of the school children resulted
in the collection of 22,687 IL pounds
OF newspapers and 1882 pounds OF
magazines, a total of 40,5l9 l-2 pounds
or more than 20 tons.
The sale of these newspapers and
magazines gives the playground fund
1894 96 in addition to the money dis
! tributed in prizes each month.
There will be no further regular col
/ lection previous to the spring vacation
/ but after that recess the work will be
taken up again along the same lines
! that it has been conducted. Those who
/ have been helping the children in thi.
thrift -encouraging effort should bear
this fact in mind, and hold old newspa
pers and magazines until the children
| call for them.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-07
OUCH! BACKACHE!
RUB LrMBAGO OR
PAIN FROM BACK
Rub stiffness away with small trial
bottle Of old, penetrating
"St. Jacobs OIL"
Al! pain IS goncl

All! pain is goncl
Quickly Yes Almost instant re-
lief from soreness, stiffness, lameness
and pain follows gentle rubbing with
est. jacobs Oil. -
Rub this soothing, penetrating oil
right on your painful back, and like
magic. relief comes. est. Jacob s Oil -
- a harmless backachc, lumbago and
sciutica cure which never disappoints
and doesn't burn the skin.
Straighten up! Quit complaining
stop those torturous "stitches. In a
moment YOU will forget that you ever
had a weak back, because it won I hurt
or bc stiff or lame. Don I suffer- Get
q small trial bottle of old, honest 80 st.
Jacob Is Oil = from your druggist now
aud get this lasting relief.--Advt.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-07
J. w. PAIGE IN WORKHOUSE.
Inventor of Typesetting Device Cost
Mark Twain Heavily.

CHICAGO, March Z. James w.
Paige, inventor of Zone of the most
pieces of mechanism ever
put together" is in the poorhouse to-
day at Oak Forest. Twenty-Five years
ago he was owner of the Paige com
positor plant here for the making of
machines. Upward of So
600, 900 was invested and Paige was
reputed to be worth $l,500,000. Mark
Twain was one of the investors.
In the panic of 1899 Paige lost his
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-07

money. His great invention, although
a mechanical marvel, proved impracti-
cal and needed further development
which never came. Mark Twain, who
lost large amount by the smash, went
on lecture tour around the world to
pay his debts. Paige disappeared
Paige's name was written into the
Encyclopedia Britannica and his in.
vention was then described as "most
remarkable -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-07
BIG FOREST PURCHASES.
lille Acres in New Hampshire and
Maine to Be Added to Reserve

WASHINGTON, March Purchase
of 32,266 acres of land in the southern
Appalachian and White Mountains for
inclusion in the eastern National for
est was authorized today by the nation
al forest reservation commission. For
the White Mountain national forest
H. lilo acres in Coos and Carroll eoun-
ties, \. H., and Oxford county, Me-,
We're approved.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-07
tending the automobile show in Bo

tending the automobile show in Bo.-
ton.
The upper school closed last week on
account of some of the scholars being
exposed to measles. The lower school
closed Tuesday.
Frank Davis was called to Spring
field Friday on account of the serious
illness of his daughter, Lucy. Mrs.
Caroline Fuller has gone there to work.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-07

Carnations, zoe per dozen; roses,
81. 80; violets, sl.25 per hundred; sweet
peas, $50 per hundred; tulips, soc doz.;
dafrodils, zoe; Easter lilies, So; Gala
lilies Oarge) So; marguerites, l5c doz.
Nearly all of these are grown in our own
houses. Excellent quality. Tel. 23l-X.
G. y. Bond, Florist. 81
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-07

pains ike a knife
through my back
and side. / finally
lost all my strength
SO | had TO go to
bed. The doctor
advised an oper-
alton but i would
not listen to it. |
thought of what l
had read aboutLydia
f. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and
tried it. The first
krNtIn k~,,,r,l, q x,-,.,, .
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-07

British Honduras shipped 942 ,099
pounds of crude chicle gum, valued at
$305,7S5, to this country in 1916. This
was a slight decrease from the exports
Of the previous year.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-07

Greece has adopted standard time
that saves half an hour of daylight,
and brings the nation within the zone
of eastern European time.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-07

Brattleboro orchestra will hold a
dance in Red Men, hall Wednesday
March Z. Adv. 10
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-07

Among the coin in the.slot novelties
is an ciectric fal for public places.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-07

What s the matter with your bottom
dollar as q fortune foundation?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-07
PAINS SHARP
and STABBING
Woman Thought She Would
Die. Cured by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

ogdensburg, Wis. ~ suffered from
female troubles which caused piercing
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22
NEW YORK'S PRONUNCIATION

Mary Austin, whose latest novel ",rba
Ford' has Just been published, came from
the American desert and in a comparativei,,
Few years has taken front rank as a writer
not only IN the United States but in Eurone
She tells the following amusing story when
people ask her about the advantages of
New York, where she now lives as a
literary environment: "A young California
who came East &c, try out his fortune
s,t' sIaNilaIeu naturally to Washington square,
was personally conducted TO the Liberal
Club where young woman in bobbed hair
ana iutGrist dress asked him if he didn't
think the Liberal Club the most remarkabIe
thing in America N'iO'e
-, Wen said the young westerner, there's
the Grand Canyon, you know
... Ihere you have it," says Mrs. Austin
III you haven't seen the Grand Canvnn
you mad better keep away from the LIberai
Clup' nut once you have caught the Iift ana
pigness OF America outside of New YoriS
then New York is the most inspirIng ,,Iaa1 ~
IN the world in which to work - '''''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22

blocks efforts to help her made by her one
time oppressor?'
VIII you please inform me and other curl
Gus readers when did Ireland ever block
an honest effort to help her? Three times
the British Parliament passed "A measure
granting home rule to the whole of Ireland.
liaS she got that measure yet, although
signed by the King? Has she been even
offered it? If she has, | must confess my
self Rip Van Wrinkle in politics, for have
never heard of the offer. When the bill on
the statute book is offered Ireland and when
she rejects the offer you will have been
right. As it is, you are entirely wrong
Suppose you We're robbed of so bilI
years ago and that year after year you
asked in vain for the money. Now sup
pose that the robber had a twinge Of re-
gret and offered you 81 in full restitution
of the outrage. Would you regard such an
offer as fair from any standpoint, and would
you accept it as such? If you did accept it,,
and If | interfered with the protest that you
were repeatedly blocking the robbers at
tempt to help" you, would you not regard
such Interference as uncaled for--to use the
least Objectionable term?
Ireland was robbed Of her Parliament in
1900 That Parliament she wants back
Can anything on Gods earth be palmer,
simpler or less susceptible to argument?
Philadelphia, May 2l. j. j.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22
CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED

To the Editor Of the EUennO Ledger:
Sir-Last evening 1 reread President
Wilson'S personal address of January %
1917, to the United States Senate. and
was so much impressed by the following
excerpts that I beg permission to submit
them to your readers. To one who for years
has worked for the political freedom Of
women these words may have special sig.
nihcance. but their beauty alone is sufficient
TO embOlden me to recommend them to the
general public for a second considerations
In part President Wilson said:
NO peace can last, or ought to last
which does not recognize and accept the
principle that governments derive all their
Just powers from the consent Of the gov
erned, and that no right anywhere exists
to hand peoples about from sovereignty to
sovereignty as If they We're property"
The world can be at peace only If its
life is stable, and there can be no stability
where the will is in rebellion, where there
Is not tranquility Of spirit and a sense of
justice OF freedom and Of right"
The Susan b. Anthony amendment. 10 on.
franchise the women of the nation, has been
before Congress every year since 1878
CAROLINE KATZENSTEIN.
Executive secretary, Pennsylvania Branch
National Womans Party.
Philadelphia, May IS,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22
DEFENDS "FAT OLD MEN"

To the Editor of the EUcning Ledger:
Sir-The remarks of one Colonel Alex
ander A. Bacon, of New York, typifying
those who offered their services to eX-
President Roosevelt as fat old men," ought
To be condemned beyond the expression of
words. Maybe they are fat old men," but
they are more physically fit to lay down
their lives for their country than those who
are continually slurrlng noble effort Maybe
these volunteers are fat old men" but
even So they possess enough patriotic heart
To shoulder arms to defend their native land.
Maybe they are fat old men" but they
have eXemplifed American ideals in de-
string to go to the aid of a nation to which
our country owes its very existence.
Colonel Bacon might he an American all
right that no one cares to doubt but do
not his recent remarks, which have aroused
such a strong feeling Of Indignation, show
traces Of political enmity toward his target?
In times like these politics ought to be
times for party feeling. These are no times
for faCtonal scruples coming to the sur
face. These times are inopportune for civil
strife.
Let us all be one a united country back
ing united sentiments. Let US tend to
praise, not condemn, the doings of one
whose sole purpose in mind was to benefit
the land which he loves so dearly Let
our dear Colonel Bacon bear in mind that
wars are at times lost by those dissenting
within the walls OF a country more than
by the forces of the foe
A. LINCOLN MEYERS.
Philadelphia, May 10.
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FREEDOM AND SINGLE TAX

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
Sir--It requires no great amount of
thought or power of analysis to recognize
that all our material wealth is derived from
the land. 1t should be at once apparent to
all who take the trouble to investigate that
the class which controls the land controls
also the produce of It. That is to saw
every material thing.
1t is TO this class that the nation, the
people, must appeal in this most critical
time for the means with which TO wage war.
Let us not deceive ourselves nor ignore
the glaring fact that the land owner holds
in his hands the welfare Of America now
as always, debating by his absolute owner
ship what use shall be made Of the land
and to what extent, now, as always de.
manding that all the product shall be his
except an existing wage to labor and the
accepted rate of interest to capital.
We enter the greatest war in history 10
fight for ideals, for progress and for human
ity with this milestone hanging on us We
must first pay for the privilege OF using
the land which God gave to all humanity,
as He gave the air and light, then win the
war n we can. Food spectators are
manned" every day for the edificatIon ~
the public but the more dangerous and
more costly land speculator goes unnoticed
Every year that goes by sees thousands
nav with their lives for the inaccessibIlitv .
and Withholding of the natural Resources
of this country. II this war brings homs
10 the people, or even some of the peonIa
this fact II will not have been fought an
vain. though we win lose or Il results an
a draw. GEORGE s. HAVENS.
philadelphia, May IS.