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The Washington times., 1918-12-18
Often III Heated.

She said the rooms were often Ill
heated, poorly ventilated. without hot
water. and without enough bed CLOTH
ing. She declared that under such
conditions the Influenza epidemic
spread with great rapidity.
Among those present at the meeting
of the House committee today, aside
from Miss Grady. were Miss Jessie r.
Haver. OF the Consumers League, and
representatives of the National FEEDER
alton of Federal Employees, of the
American Federation OF Labor, and
other organizations. They will pro
test against abandoning the housing
here.
The Washington times., 1918-12-18
NO HURRY TOHALT
HOUSING PROJECTS

The House will be in no hurry to
halt work either on the Union Station
plaza project in this city or on the
various housing projects of the Gov
eminent in different parts of the
country.
This was made plain today when the
Eouse Public Building Committee met
and considered the Senate resolution
TO stop work on the housing projects
which are not more than 30 per cent
completed and on the plaza project
here, The committee decided to put
the resolution over until January s
and hold hearings. beginning on that
date
In the meantime, work will go ahead
on the housing here and elsewhere.
Strong opposition TO the discontinue
ance of work on housing projects.
both In Washington and elsewhere has
arisen.
Mrs Baker for DOrmitOrIes.
Mrs. Newton d. Baker. wife of the
Secretary of War, is one OF those who
is urging that the housing project
near the Capitol on the Union Station
plaza be not abandoned. This pro-
3ect would house 1000 young women
who are war workers.
Mrs. Baker, as well as numerous
other women of prominence here, and
numerous officials, take the position
that the Government should open the
dormitories on the plaza, and thus re-
lieve the congestion which results in
the war workers being crowded in
rooms in excessive numbers.
Mrs. Baker will be one of those
heard In opposition to the Senate
resolution. which was passed by that
body several days ago, after the
House Public Buildings COMMITTEE.
had hearingA
1t looks now as IL the resolution
would be blocked indefinitely.
Miss Alice H. Grady, OF the Bureau
Of War Risk Insurance. who was one
OF those in attendance at the meet
ing OF the House committee today, to
ask a hearing, declared the opening
OF the Government dormitories nee
essary to relieve the situation She
said girls who are in war work were
compelled to live with three, four.
dve and even eight in a room
The Washington times., 1918-12-18
Letter Of Protest.

The following letter was presented
to Chairma Clark CT the Public
Building Committee, along with a
mass OF data showing that large
Plumbers OF war workers here, about
5000 of them. are applicants for
places in the Government dormi-
tories.
~The Federal Social Service Work
ers hope that your committee will find
II possible to hold hearings on the
Senate joint resolution 1914, concern
ing the housing projects of the United
States Housing Corporation.
The members Of this organization
viii be glad to make available for
the use OF your committee the in
formation which they possess con
corning the Washington situation
I'VE represent the 5000 women who
have applied for rooms in the Govern
ment dormitories and who will ap-
preciaAe an opportunity to be heard
(Signed.) Executive Committee:
ALICE H. GRADY,
Bureau OF War Risk;
DR. KRISTINE MANN,
Ordnance, War Department.;
90 EDNA MERRILL,
Civilian Service, Military Aero
nautics:
GERTRUDE CARMEL,
Surgeon Generals Office, War
Department:
FLORENCE NADLER,
War Trade Board;
Ida HENRIQUES,
Food Administration;
MISS LOCKWOOD,
Secretary, Federal Social Service
Workers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
UNIVERSAL TRAINING.

Congressman Kahn and Senator
Chamberlain are advocating the pas
sage of a universal military training
blu and both arc reported TO believe
the time is ripe to get favorable ac-
ton on this proposition. To our mind
there are some unfavorable conditions
for securing favorable action on such
q proposition. The people of America
are ~just through with the horrors of
great war and fervently desire peace.
Whether they will endorse a plan to
have their sons trained for military
duty now is a question. The United
States has just demonstrated the speed
with which it can develop good fight
ers from the ranks of citizenship and
the people may say wait until another
war is threatened before taking our
boys away from. us again.
1t viii be unfortunate if these senti-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
TUESDAY. DECEMBER n. 1918.
EQUALITY IN EDUCATION

The National Security league, an or
ganization that has promoted many
beneficial undertakings since the out
break Of the war, has opened a nation
wide campaign for equalizing the edu.
cation Of all Americas children, that
is giving the children of the sparsely
settled districts of the country as good
educational advantages as are enjoyed
IN the cities and towns. The announce
mcnt SAYS this will be done without
attempting TO centralizc control OF
methods and without so much as at
tempting to lay finger upon the dol
lar of the taxpayer
This last statement sounds rather
Ctopian and impracticable Equality
of opportunity and uniformity of
methods without central authority
viii be hard to obtain. Prof. Robert
NJ. McElroy, educational director Of
the league, asserts that the present
inequality is the result Of allowing
each community to formulate its cdu
eational policy and practices. The
truth of that statement is undues
toned, but how is local control to h,
improved without central authority
in control of the local authorities?
Vermont has greatly improved its
local schools by giving the state prae
teal authority over the community
schools in all parts Of the state. Their,
| IS, however, quite strong sentiment
for return to local power and the re
habilitation of the little red schoo
house It is not easily apparent how
4 Improvement in education can be Of
fcctcd in this way and if the Nationa
Security league can devise methods
that viii raise the standards of on
rural schools it will be heartily wei
coined and helpfully endorsed by al
citizens who want to give boys ant
girls better preparation for their lif
work
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17

, a MUYSU[N|M
}, \ [A|R0 TALL
LII 81 hAM l0eIaAs!lAM LbQgVeR
A POOR WEED.

Somehow" said the yarrow weed
Il have been left here and only a lit
tie of the hay is left. 1t has all been
cut down TO feed to the animals. The
animals don't like to eat me-"
THAT is So agreed some of the
dried hay which had happened not to
be gathered with the rest.
We'll. Old Hay" said the yarrow.
show do you account for it,"
Il don't account for it," said Old
Hay, ''for l am here myself. ! know,
however, that that was mistake. /
was missed somehow. But you are not
liked as food by the animals"
THAT is So" agreed the yarrow. 81
am only poor and despised weed"
Cheer up" said Old Hay, 81
have heard young girls say that you
were charm-that you were really
quite interesting"
"What is charm?" asked the var
row hopefully.
"a CHARM" said Old Hay, SIS some
thing Which brings magic. Yes, you
are interesting in your own way 10
some folks"
Il am glad" said the yarrow, "for
it is sad to be poor weed. Animals
hate me because | am bitter, and they
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
No Time to Spare.


While railroad interests in the main
10 not approve of government owner
ship. or even of Mr. McAdoo's time
extension scheme, they are equally
lverse to the early return of the roads
o their owners. As stock market re
viewer hluntly puts it: Turning them
back to their owners now would pro
luce panic. II would be throwing
them to the wolves-the wolf on one
side with an Unsuitable maw~ for high.
er wages. and on the other the wolf
(the public and the interstate commits
stony yearning with equal gusto for
starvation rates" Under private man
agement and subject to rate regu1a-
ton as of old, the roads would swiftly
go into bankruptcy; for rates would
be forced down by the shippers and
wages would be kept up by the brother.
hoods. This prospect makes the rail.
road interests in reality dread any re
turn of their properties in the near
future.
Mr.. Shonts of New York, an expert
cneed railroad man, maintains in eff
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
News From Our Neighbors.

Horace Childs has too much wood,
but nothing has been done about it yet.
-Perkinsville.
Duke o 'Toole is having little brush
of the Flu this weck-Millville
Howard Barnes of Mooresville was
smiling on Breckenridge fair ones Sun
day evening.-Breckenridge.
Billy Fair has leased the Higgins
farm and says he will keep bachelors
hall; but his friends are predicting
something else.-Highland
Mrs. Will johnson now does her
washing on a power washing machine
Grand View
Guy is up and all of the Gales and ]
think it will be many a day before
they want another call from Influenza
-FelchervilIe.
The revival meetings at Lickfork are
progressing nicely, two conversions
are reported to date The unsayed are
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17

feet that the roads should never be re-
turned unless they are to be permitted
to earn enough not only to meet the
cost of operation and maintenance, but
to make investments in railroad secur-
tiles look attractive. Immense amounts
of money must be spent on improve
ments and extensions" the railraod
companies will have to raise new cap
ital on their credit IN order to put
through such program. Mr.. Shonts
is right. The railroads will never be
able to finance their future needs
properly unless they are allowed to
make money.
But in order to let them make the
money they need, the old conception
of railroading as competitive busi-
ness subject to the antitrust slaw, al
| though still subject to government
rate regulation on the ground that it
is monopoly,-this hybrid concep-
tion must be swept away. Excessive
| regulation must also be done away
with; and YOU have excessive regula-
| ton when YOU have IS states regula-
Ting the railroads besides the federal
government. In view of the queer
! tVuiPouAu VI pithCi PleS ana practice
underlying the railroad system of the
United States in the past 90 years, it
is surprising that the roads have sur
vived at all
One of the most formidable diff
cultles to be encountered in rc-estab-
fishing the railroads under the right
sort of private management is the
| jealousy of the states aud their public
service commissions. The states want
to continue in the regulating business
They are naturally opposed to the sur.
render of any Of their power. Even
the establishment of the regional Svs
tenn now proposed would require
changes in the relations between the
railroads and the states
The ultimate danger of government
ownership lies in failure to agree upon
a new, improved system of private
ownership and management The op.
j poncnts Of government ownership must
agree or they are lost They have ne
time TO spare
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE

Ma was hitting some hitting up in the
setting room last mite, and pop was smoak-
ing and thinking, mostly snoaking, and
my sister Gladdis was rocking in the
rocking chair and reedng book at the
same time, and all of suddin | sed,
don't bleeve | wunt enything for Krissmus
this Krissmus.
| think Ill hatf to 60 and have my ears
examined, sed pop. Meening he thawt he
dident think he herd me rite.
For mersey sakes, l never had sutch a
start in my life, sed ma.
Ware does it bert most, Benny? sed
Gladdis.
No wares, sed, and pop sed, There
have. bin meny startling speeches made
sints mankind ferst, pulled itself out OF
the mud and invented langwidge, but that
one takes the cake and the hole pitcher
of leminade.
You must be joaking, Benny, sed ma,
and / sed, No mann, | don't think | wunt
enything for krissmus this Krissmus.
Air, wattir, air, sed pop
Ixplane yourself before | die of sispents.
sed Gladdis, and | sed, | think Id rather
have you all put together and get me a
bysickel rite away, and then you don't half
to get me enything for krissmus this
krissmus
0, sed pop.
Q, sed ma.
o, sed Gladdis
Wich they amt going to
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17

don't even try to eat me. They know
speaking.
''Ah, yes" continued the yarrow
weed, 1T is very sad TO be so much
hated If only the animals would take
a taste of me and would say: This
isn't so wonderful, but still ii is all
right But no, they don't do that.
They pay absolutely no attention to
me az all. In fact they seem to know
me as soon as they see me in the
distance, and they hurry right by me
as if ] were something quite poison
Gus.
1T is very sad. ] repeat il once more,
and vet again / say that it is very sad
] wouldn't bite the animals, but they
act as If would the way they hurry
past me.
They say ] am so bitter All. poor
me, / cannot help 1t if am bitter
"Do not be so sad" said Old Hay.
1T isn't so wonderful TO be eaten.
Aren't you happier above the earth,
having the sun look down upon YOU
and the wind rustic by you. than to
he inside cow or horse or sheep?
"The farmer does not like you be-
cause you take up the room which
might be used by some grass which
would be good for his animals"
YES, I'm like an unwelcome visit
'or, guest who isn't welcome"
"you mustn't mind it if some crea-
lures don't like YOU. There will al
ways be some creatures who don't like
something or someone. It is a waste
of time worrying about it."
II won't worry about it any more,
said the yarrow weed, 'but / do wish
that l didn't look so ragged and shabby
all the time. l am such an ugly gras
color. Ny leaves look Oh as tnougr
l were very poor"
ooh dear" sighed Old Hay. 81 nc
sooner get rid of one worry for yor
| than you think up another. It's al
| right to wear old things if you wan
| TO. have heard of people who wore
! their last years clothes so they coulC
do fine things with their money"
But / haven't money" said the var
row weed.
Dear me-" said Old Hay, pleas
cheer up Of course you havenf
! money. You're weed, and as you say
/ you are q poor and rather unpopular
weed
But You mustn't be discouraged, fo
told you a fine piece of news.
'What was that?" asked the yarrov
weed. ~
/ "0h, goodness, gracious, mercy me.
said Old Hay, ''if tell you somethin,
nice you forget it. And then you onI,
remember the sad things"
TELL me, tell me, and I'll always re
member it." said the yarrow weed.
Promise" said Old Hay"
i Il promise" said the yarrow weed
waving its gray head.
i 'Good, you look very cheerful now,
said Old Hay. II said you were Offer
used as charm. You are suppose,
by some folks to bring good luck AM
a long, happy and prosperous life. s.
some people save bit of you and keel
it for luck"
/ "Ah, yes" said the yarrow weed
"even though am poor weed | hay,
something to make me very proud an,
glad"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
RED CROSS SUPPLIES

The varied character of the supplies
which the American Red Cross pro-
vides for American soldiers and sail
ors IS shown in the following list of
articles furnished in one recent. month
TO our fighting men in Great Britain:
10000 sweaters, SO, 600 toothbrnshes
$4,000 pairs of socks, $4,000 pounds Of
soap, 100000 boxes of matches. 500
baseball outfits, 500 mouth organs
$4,000 packages of chewing pnm
100000 cigarettes. For handling
these supplies, the Red Cross has
seven warehouses in England and siv
in Ireland. If necessary. 5000 shin
wrecked Americans could be outftted
from head to foot at one time from
these emergency depots. Advance
arrangements have also been made
for billeting, housing and feeding anv
number of men who might unexneet.
edly be landed at ports where ther,
are 20 British military camps
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17

The Reformer is on sale every evening b,
the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co.. c. W
cleveland, s. l. Purinton (Esteyyillej. Brook
House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot Newsstand
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Dummer district.
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Putney, ii. G. Williams.
Newfane, N. NJ Batcheider.
Townshend, c. w. Cutler
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TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

II is the aim Of the management 10 secure
efficient service in the delivery of the paper
each night and it solicits the cooperation OF
subscribers 10 that end. Prompt reports should
on the moEnlng following the omission, In
person, by telephone postal card, thus en-
abling the cause of the error TO be promptly
and accurately discovered and the proper rem
edy immediately applied 1t is only by this
method that the publisher can secure the de
sired service
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17

ments prevail and defeat an effort TO
establish universal training. Probably
will not require so long periods of
training as was supposed before the
war but every boy should be given q
sufficiently long period of training to
teach him discipline and respect for
authority, enough training for good
physical development and enough scrv-
ce to develop loyalty to his nation.
# the United States is TO take its full
responsibility in international affairs
must be strong in its national life
md an unified purpose through equal
raining and development Of its Young
nen will aid materially to its nation.
! strength.
Universal training would make q
much smaller regular army safe fol
he country and give better prepare
ion for the civil undertakings of tn,
and and we believe il should be in
reduced as quickly as a proper plal
an be formulated and enacted into
law
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
One of Those q Hour Calls.

Mrs. Marshall Bragg has improved
so that she was a day last week call
ing on Mrs. George Wallace who has
been Ill with infiuenza-Alstcad item.
At the Advent Christian church the
Rev. L. f. Peabody breaches; subject
in the evening, "A Swarm Of Bees
Waterbury item.
Brother Smith SAYS he went and got
stung.
The war poet has u strong rival in
the Church supper vcrsifer" as Is
shown by the following:
Come and meet
And help US cat.
There will be beans
And cheerful scenes.
And many pies
Just the right size;
Also cream cakes
Which the ladies makes.
There viii be enough for all
Thursday night ut the lower hall
Come one and all
-Braymer Methodist church adv
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
Baseball Term: "Waldo's Bonehead
Play

Last Friday while Mr.. and Mrs Wal
do Chapman were on the way to the
Glen Hawk funeral, the team they were
driving became frightened and ran
away, throwing them both out of the
buggy. Waldo was bone head enough
to get off with only stiff neck but
Mrs. Chapman has been confined to
the house with one arm in a sling all
this week.-Braymer Bee.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
Member Of The Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled TO the use for publication of ali new.
dispatches credited 10 it and not otherwise
credited in this paper and also the local new,
published herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
Subscriptions Must Be
Paid in Advance

The War Industries Board, In its efforts
to conserve the paper supply, has ruled that
newspapers must stop all subscriptions
IMMEDIATELY UPON EXPIRATION.
This means that subscribers must keep
their subscriptions PAID IN ADVANCE
in order to be certain Of getting The Re-
former regularly. Notice of expiration Of
subscription is always sent In advance; do
not neglect IL and then blame the publisher
for what is your own fault.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
Eat Doc Meat In Holland

Dog meat is being regularly con.
sumed by the people of Holland, the
government allowance being two
ounces day.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
A Record ..Reeter. >,

As beet-puller, Mrs. William 1sh of
Findlay, o., thinks she beats the world.
In just two weeks she pulled 30 tons
of beets, topped them, and has them
in the sugar factory-Boston Globe.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
CLIPPING
With Now n Comment and Then
Only Caption.
: Horrowsi

You would be borrow stricken to see
some OF the pictures that are full of
blood and horroWs.-From the account
of lecture in the Calico Rock Progress.
Nelson Stevens has sold his black
horse, Loretta B., to man in Holland
Derby item
Is it possible that Loretta has been
sold to Mr. Hohenzollern?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
The Satisfactory Alstead Reporter.

The fine report of the school fair
in the Forristall district was so sat
isfactory that Miss Allen. the teacher,
through the correspondent, ordered IL
copies of the Bellows Falls Times for
herself and parents-Alstead item
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17

Now that we have SO many real
onest-to-goodness colonies and majors
youldn t it be just as well for some
f the metal ones of the pre-war period
abolish their titles entirely?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17

Somehow or other those British reg
llations which are so distasteful to the
German population of Cologne don Il
rile us up hit.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17

At a sale of war material in Ger
many q Zeppelin put up at $50 found
10 buyer. This should interest pros
,ective automobile buyers as a Zeppe.
lin at such price would be much
cheaper than a "fivver. :
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
A Hot Experience.

While Frank Maloy and Melvin
Statesman were scalding hog the
nose hold gave way, and the hog came
down into the barrel, and Frank be-
ing nearest the barrel was practically
drowned. So thoroughly drcnched was
he, that it became necessary to go home
and change his clothing The water
being hot it was real amusing to see
Frank lifting the clothing from his per-
son at places where it seemed the hot
test OF course Frank would not tell
All the places in which he was scalded
but that viii quite likely appear in the
Butchers Journal Of next week-Mil-
ford Mail
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17

The cannon formerly on the soldiers
lot in Oak Hill cemetery have been
brought to the village and placed in
front of the armory on Westminster
street. Il commands all approaches on
the Connecticut river.-Bellows Falls
news.
Towns along the Connecticut above
Bellows Falls viii feel easy now re-
garding enemy submarines and battle
ships.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
Dangerous Predicament of Mrs. Dixon

Mrs. Clyde Dixon spent Wednesday
between trains at this place-Calicc
Rock news.
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