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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
Red Cross Membership Cam
paign Starts off En-
couragingly
COMMITTEE HOPES
FOR LIST OF $500
Total of 1852 Before Campaign Opened
Considered Comparatively Small-oe-
casionally One Shows Un-Ameriean
Sympathies.

Results of yesterdays canvass for
Red Cross memberships in Brattieboro
show approximately 800 enroAments,
with only 10 paying the magazine
subscription. Some canvassers were
unable 10 begin work on their terri
tory until last evening, and they will
make no report until tonight. Tomor-
Tow's : figures should show another big
mittee in charge of the work in Brat
tletoro feels that at least 3,500 persons
should be identified with the largest
organiza ton in the world, whereas the
local membership previous TO the open
ing of the campaign was but 1852 o
comparatively small enrolment.
Canvassers met with varying experi-
ences as they made their rounds. Some
expressed surprise that they were
called upon again to enroll TO help in
the great work which is being done, ap-
parently thinking that as soon as the
armistice was signed there would be
no further need for funds, while oc-
OCCASIONALLY one would display un-
/ ]hAtAttANfN4A
away rather than meet the canvasser
fin a manly and courteous attitude.
In contrast to such verbal and silent
expressions of disapproval were the
greetings OF those who try to realize
the snfferings of those in the stricken
and devastated lands and the boys
! who have left their homes to take up
the fight for liberty and Justice and
have gone into the trenches to return
with ghastly wounds, the loss of an
arm. leg, and other injuries disabling
or disfguring them for life. Persons
bearing these thoughts in mind met
the young women with a smile and
Sure! | didn't have to 90 into the
trenches: l guess | can give dollar
TO help in giving comfort to those who
did and my gift Is small at that be-
side what some of them have given
Such greetings gave the canvassers
tncw heart and more determination tc
round up those who are able but un.
willing to share their comforts in 5,
small d measure with the thousands
who have not even n roof over then
heads, TO say nothing of proper cloth
ing for the winter months ahead
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
MORE INFLUENZA
CASES REPORTED
Eight Reported TO Health Officer Tuck
er Since Yesterday Morning, Max
ing II in All.

Eight more cases of influenza have been
reported to Health Officer Henry Tucker
sslnce Yesterday making II in all The
homes of Arthur A. Chamberlain of 40
Frost street and Fred +. Thomas Of 80
Forest street were Quarantined yester-
day. while the home OF Floyd j. Fair.
banks of Myrtle street was placed under
quarantine this morning, one of the Fair
banks children being i'll with the disease,
and this afternoon for eases were re-
ported at \. ID. Clawson's at - Spruce
street and one more at NJ " Under
woods at "a Belmont avenue.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
HOG ISLAND REPORT
TO BE PUBLISHED
President Gives orders by Wireless for
its Publication as Soon
as Possible.

WASHINGTON. Dec. l7.-lnstructlona
reached the White House by wireless
from President Wilson today To make
public the report OF Attorney General
Gregory on his investigation Of the Hog
Island ,hipbuIding plant. The report
will be given out ae soon as ii can he pre-
pared for publication. probably in Il day
or two.
Delay in publication OF the report,
which was prepared by the attorney gen
rral several months ago, has been the
subject OF speeches in the senate recently
| II which charges OF waste and delay IN
constructing the ward were repeated
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
MORE TROOPS ARE
ORDERED SENT HOME
Gen. Pershing Gives List of Units Des-
ignated for Early Return to
United States.

WASHINGTON. Dec. l1.-Gcn.
pcrshing notified the war department.
today that he had designated ior early
convoy home a number of additional
units. including the 27th engineers and
the 3I6th field artillery, in all about
500 officers and men.
other units named are: ld3rd, 4N2d,
t9lSt, 9th. aud 10th, aerial squa-
drons. second trench mortar battalion
l6 companies of the fourth motor me
chanic regiment and British replace
ment draft No /. air service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
Gathering Held in Building
Formerly Occupied by
Prussian Diet
.SPARTACUS GROUP
WAS OUTNUMBERED
Significant Development in the Con-
vention's Organization Was the Fail
IRE to Give Important Posts to Dele
gates from Berlin.

BERLIN, Monday. Dec. l6 (by Asso-
ciatcd Press. Tho central congress of
delegates from soldiers and workmen :
councils from many parts Of Germany
opened today in thc building formerly
used by the Prrssian diet. There were
three women al1ong the t5Q delegates.
During the organization of the con
grcSs il became evident that the lndc-
pendent Socialists and the SpGrtacus
groups were greatly outnumbered. A
significant development was that none
Of the important posts in the congress
were given to delegates from Berlin
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
TO HIRE NO ENEMIES.
French Hotel Men Put On Ban for
Ten Years.

PARIS, Dee. 1.-The general syn
dicate of French hotel men announces
that it has decided that for 10 years
il will not receive 4 native of an
enemy country rs an employc or Gus
toner. This decision viii be trans
mittcd to employees Of hotel men IN
aIl the allied countries.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17

ENEMY'S ADVANCE
BROUGHT TO HALT
Statement from Esthonian Army Head
quarters Says Spirit of People in
Fighting the Bolshevik Forces is
Strengthened by Allied Support.

STOCKHOLM, Dec. l7-An English
squadron has bombarded Bolshevik posi-
tions along the southern coast of the
Cub of Finland according to statement
issued from Esthonian army headquarters
aad Bolshevik forces have been fepulsed.
Thef statement reads, Al English
squadron in the Gulf OF Finland lombard
I'd front and rear positions held by Boil
shevik forces The enemy> ADVANCE on
the Asserien front has been stopped The
mobilization OF the Esthonian army is
progressing satisfactorily and allied sup
people
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
President Wilson Will At
tend Reception at Ameri-
can Embassy Tonight
TO RECEIVE
KING OF ITALY
President is Keeping in Closest Touch
With Affairs in This Country Through
Advices from White House, Cabinet
Members and Others.
Members and Others.

PARIS, Dec. l7.-presideut Wilson 5
official visit 10 Paris came 10 close
last night. The Paris edition Of Lon
don Daily Mail in discussing the Pres
idcnt s reception says: He has had
one Of the most remarkable receptions
ever accorded guest Of the French ma.
tion. although the President has been
careful 10 give his view that in Paris
he has seen the representative Of the
American nation.
President Wilson will attend the re.
ceptiun to be- given by Ambassador
SHARP az the American embassy tonight
King Victor Emmanuel and Queen
Elcua Of Italy viii be received NJ the
Murut residence between and
o'clock Thursday evening.
President Wilson S health continue:
good. lie has completely shaken OF
The cold which followed him 20 Europe
With Mrs Wilson and Rear Admira
Graysou he viii probably take "a turn ol
the Golf links Of Versailles thc frs
pleasant morning that comes alon.
and on which he is not too busily en-
gagged with his stcnOgraphcr.
lie is Keeping in the closest toucl
with affairs In the United state
through adyiccs from the White House
from members Of the cabinet and tn
heads Of some of the special war bu
rcaus, upon whom he IS depending 10
accurate information.
So far as IS known he has not yet s.
lccted director. general 81 railroad
aud Dircctor.Geucral Me Adoo may hol
over until the President : return.
The reception at the Paris city hal
Yesterday. while not attended by the hug
crowds which welcomed President Nll-o
SATURDAY. was impressive. The Prc-ider
was received by the municipal council a
the main entrance and walked throug
the spacious corridors. which were ta,t,
fully decorated More than 1000 peop
were within the building. for the mo'
part women
The women cheercd the President in
manner which. while not a. lu-ty a. ii
President had been accustomed To he,
on the college campus. must have ~uund'
sweet in his ears az lac smiled and bow,
repeatedly.
Adricn MithWard, president OF q
municipal council, read the address. Il
President replying IN loud, clear tones,
which there wa. o tiugc OF emotion. Ait
the official ceremonies by which he VI
made a citizen of Paris the President j
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
Red Men S Hall

Regular meeting of Brattleboro camp,
No. 72S7, NJ W. A, Tuesday evening at 5
o'clock Let lis have full attendance.
Poeahontas council viii have l0-cent
poverty social and dance To members and
their friends in Red Mems hall Thursday
evening, Dee. 10. Prizes will be given for
the best costumes.
Dance will be held every Saturday
night, commencing November %.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
SMYRNA SITUATION BAD.
Young Turks, in Control of Some
Tcwns, Bombarded by Allied Fleets

ATHENS, Dee 1.-THE situation IN
SMYRNA * extremely critical, accord
ing Ia newspaper dispatches from Nit
ylcnc. Young Turk officials have
posted armed bands AZ various places
about the towns and these have been
bombardcd by the allied fleet
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
MACKENsEN INTERNED.
German Field Marshal Held by New
Hungarian Government.

COPENHAGEN. Dec. l7.-Field
Marshal Won Maekensen has been
interned by the Hungarian govern
ment, according TO a Budapest news
paper. The Hungarian government
is reported to have informed him
that his internment was demanded
by the allies. Other dispatches re-
ceived here FROM Hungary say the
Rumanians had disarmed and in
termed the rear guard of his forces.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
KILLED RUSSIAN PRISONERS.
German Soldiers Said to Have Shot
Them Since Armistice.

ZURICH, Dee l7-German soldiers
at Cracow are reported 10 have fired
upon Russian prisoners who refused TO
work, killing six and wounding seven.
according to a Stuttgart newspaper. Il
is stated that the incident occurred
since the signing OF the armistiee.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
DEATHS.

In Brattleboro, Dec Is. William F. Nil
Ter, 30, formerly of Greenfield, Mass.
In Putney, Dec. ID, Margaret, IL,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Warrino.
In Westminster, Dec. II, Miss Mary
a. Warren, 90.
In Holly, Mich, Dee. II, Mrs. Josephine
Allbee, formerly OF Brookline.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
Odd Fellows Temple

Tuesday, Dee. II Teams B and G will
bowl
Tuesday evening Dee H. A complimen-
tary salmagundi party viii be given by the
noble grand in the banquet hall to the
officers. degree staff and substitutes q
Dennis Rebekah lodge.
Thursday evening, Dee - Regular
meeting Of Oasis Encampment. Election
OF officers \ good attendance is desired
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
ARE NOW IN WIESBADEN.
French Troops Occupied That City Yes
terday Morning.

PARIS, Dee 17-Gcneral Lecomte,
commanding the 33oth corps of the
French army entered Wieshadcn YES
terday morning at clock. The
troops were reviewed from the steps
Of the city hall opposite the statue Of
former Emperor William
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
Centre Congregational Church
NOTICE.

The members of the Centre Congrega-
tional church are hereby notified to meet
in the chapel Friday. Dee 20, at $50 p.
m. To take such action as may seem ad-
visable toward filling the vacancy caused
by the resignation of the pastor.
WALTER a. GILBERT. Clerk.
Per order of the trustees.
Brattleboro, Dec. l6, 1918
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
PRINCE REJECTED AS PRIVATE.
Kaiser's Son Offered to Serve in the Ger
man Army Ranks.

COPENHAGEN, Dec 1.-THE former
German crown prince at the outbreak of
the revolution asked that he be allowed
to remain with his army as general but
his request was refused, according to the
Deutsche Zeitung OF Berlin. He then
offered to remain as a common soldier,
but this also was rejected.
After he had been forbidden to join his
family as civilian, the paper adds, he
decided to 90 10 Holland.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
Masonic Temple

Tuesday evening, Dee Irregular
meeting Bingham chapter No. 80, Q. L. ).
District deputies will make their official
visitation. The degrees will be conferred
upon two candidates. Supper win be
served at els. All are asked to bring
their own sugar.
Wednesday, Dec IS, 80 p.m-Stated
conclave of Beauseant Commandery, No
Z, X. I.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
MECHANICALLY Feline.

Niece (angrily That Mrs. Black is
an old cat.
Uncle Dick-Shouldn t wonder. /
knew her as girl and she was very
kittinish.-Boston Transcript
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
SOME FLIGHT THIS.
Aerial Mail Carrier Makes New York
Washington Trip in Brief Time.

WASHINGTON, Dee 17.-Ira Biffle,
mail tier. reported today that he made
the trip from New York to Washington
yesterday in an hour and 40 minutes,
including a 10-minute stop in Philadel-
phia He passed through a snow and
sleet storm and at 5000 feet struck a
temperature of degrees below zero.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
TROUBLE IN BULGARIA.
Report from Hungary Says Revolution
Has Broken Out There

AMSTERDAM, Dec. L. \ revolution
ha, broken out in Bulgaria. according TO
information received from Bulgaria by
way eli Hungary.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17

Thursday, Dee l9, 80 pm.-Home mis-
sionary meeting in the chapel. Plans for
the wear win be considered and the pastor
will give an address.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
Dressed.

Well-informed new domestic Shall
serve the rabbit up in the camisole,
mum The Tatler
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17

will never have to play another worlds
series.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
First Baptist Church

Thursday, Dec. 10, pm-Regular meet
ing of the Womens society at the par
sonage.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
THE WEATHER.
Fair Tonight and Tomorrow, No Tenn
perature Change

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.-Wcather
forecast: Fair tonight and Wednesday.
No change in temperature. Fresh north
winds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17
A NEW PRESIDENT.
Portugal Has Chosen Successor to Dr.
Sidonio Paes.

LISBON, Portugal, Dee IL Admiral
Camoy Castro has been elected president
OF Portugal in succession of Or. Sldono
Paee. who was assassmated late Saturday
night
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-17

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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04
CHAPTER XIII.

The dance went On for fifteen min
u'cs yet, but thcn-quitc unexpectedly
all the arena guards together fired a
vollcy ut the roof, and the dance
stopped as if every dancer had been
hit. Panting-foaming at the mouth.
some of them-the dancers ran TO their
seats and set the crowd surging again,
leaving the arena empty of all but the
guards.
Now a "A stood up rear the edge
of the crowd whom King recognized /;
and recognition brought no joy with it.
The mullah without hair or ~eyelashes,
who had admitted him and his party
through the mosque into the caves,
strobe out to the middle of the arena
all alone. strutting and staggering. He
recalled the mans last words and drew
no consolation from them, either.
"Many have entered, Some went
out by a different road"
Cold chills went down his back. All
at once Ismail's manner became unen-
couraging. He ceased to make a fuss
over the dancer and began TO eye King
sidewise, until at last he seemed I'M
able to contain the malice that would
well forth.
AT the gate there were only words J"
he whispered. Here in this cavern
men wait for proof"
He licked his teeth suggestively, as
a wolf does when he contemplates a
meal. Then, as an afterthought, as
though ashamed, Il love theel Thou
art a man after my own hearth But l
am her mani. Wait and seer"
The mulIah i'm the arena, blinking
with his lashless eyes, held both arms
MP for silence in the attitude of a
Christian. priest blessing a congrega-
ton. The great cavern grew still. and
only the river could be heard sucking
s,ungrily between the smooth stone
banks.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04
CHAPTER XIl.-Continued.


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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04

and make away with 1t! He could
have used 1t to admit to these caves
why-even IN Englishman, my broth
ers! If that had happened, We would
have blamed mel"
Yasmini smiled. Taking its cue from
her. the crowd murmured. scarcely as
sent, but rather recognition of the ha-
kim's adrOitness. The game was not
won; there lacked n touch to tip the
scales In his favor, and Yasminl sup
piled it with ready genius.
"The hakim speaks the TRUTH" she
laughed.
King turned about instantly to face
her. but he salaamel so low that she
could not have seen his expression had
she tried.
"If We wish it, I will order him
tossed into Earth's Drink after those
other three"
Muhammad Amin rose, strOking his
beard and rocking where he stood.
at is the law" he grOwled, and
King s%huddered.
ut is the law" Yasmini answered In
n voice that rang with pride and in
science, that none interrupt me while
l speak! For such ill-mannered mes
Earth's Drink hungers! Will you test
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04
CTO BE
"OLD PARIS" AGE BELIEVED
Said to Have Lived to Be 1852 Years
OId-Lived Under Reiens Of
Ten Princes.

"Old Parr" was an Englishman
whose proper name vas Thomas Parr
and who broke the modern record by
living to the ripe old age of one hun.
dred and tifty-twO years, an exchange
says. The British cyclopediu gives
this account of him:
"Thomas Parr Q4S3-1635), English
~centenarian, known as old Parr,' is re
puted to have been born in 1883 at
Wilmington, Shropshire, the son Of u
farmer. In 1900 he is said to have left
his home and entered domestic serv'
ice and in 1918 to have returned t.
Wilmington to occupy the small hold
ing he then inherited on the death OF
his father. In 1868, at the age of eigh
ry, he married his first wife, by whom
he had u son and u daughter, both Of
whom died in infancy. AT the age OF
n hundred and twenty-five, his first
wife having died, he married again
His vigOr seems to have been unim
paired, and when one hundred and
thirty years old he is said to have
tnIaSIleu corn. Ill 1000 HIS Ial1t
reached the ears of Thomas Howard
earl of Arundel, who resolved to eX.
hibit him at court, and had him o 4.
veyed to London in Il specially con
structed litter. Here he was presented
to King Charles |, but the change of
air and diet sOon affected him and the
old man died at Lord Arundel's house
in London on the 18th of November
1875. He was buried in the south
transept of Westminster abbey, where
the inscription over his grave reads:
Tho. Parr, of We county of Salopp.
Born in ammo 1883. He lived in We
reigns of ten princes, viz: King Ed.
ward 1, King Edward 5, King Richard
3, King Henry Z, King Henry s, King
Edward 6, Queen Mary, Queen Eliza.
beth, King James and King Charles,
aged 152 years, and was buried here
November 8, 1885,"
That the son of q small farmer who
had started i'm lsre us a hired man (the
British cyclopedia says he left home
and entered domestic service), should
have been buried in Westminster abb
hey, shows that the story Of his great
age was believed.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04

r0se ut her. Not q force In the world
could have kept them down, for che
was deity touching cords that stirred
other fOrces-subtle, mysterious. mes
merle, which the old East understands
which Muhammad the prophet I'M
derstood when he h%arnessed evil in the
shafts with men and wrote rules for
their driving in a book. They rose In
silence and stood tense.
She sang of a wolf-pack gathering
from the valleys in the winter snow
a very hungry wolf-pack. Then of n
stalled OK, grown very fat from being
cared for. OF the "Heart of the Hills"
that awoke In the worm of the "IIills,"
and that listened and watched.
snow, is she the Heart of the
HillsY'" King wondered. The rumors
men had heard and told again in India,
about the "Heart of the Hills" in kim
Jan seemed to have foundation.
He thought Of the strange knife,
wrapped in a handkerchief under his
shirt. with its bronze blade and gold
hilt in the shape Of a woman dancing.
The woman dancing was astonishingly
like Yasmini, standing on the shield!
She sang about the owners of the
stalled TX. who were busy at bay,
defending themselves and their Ok
from another wolf-pnck in another d.
rectiOn "far beyond"
She urged them to wait n little while.
Thn nv v,-ne, Itv r,a,,r1 .rJ fnt nn,,r1
to nOurish all the wolves in the world
for many seasons Let them wait,
then, until another, greater wolf-pack
Joined them, that they might go hunt
ing all together, Overwhelm its pres
ent owners and devOur the OK! So
urged the Heart Of the Hills" speak
ing TO the mountain wolves, according
to Yasmini's song.
The little cubs in the burrows know.
Are We grown wolves, who hurry SO?
She paused, for effect but they gave
help it, and the cavern shook to their
terrific worship.
"Allah! Allah"
They summoned God to come and
see the height and depth and weight Of
their allegiance to her! And because
for their thunder there was no more
chance of being heard, she dropped
from the shield like a blossom. No
sound of falling could have been heard
In all that din, but one could see she
made no sound. The shield bearers
ran back to the bridge and stood below
it, eyes agape.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04
CHAPTER XIV.

"Kurram Khan !" the lashless mrllah
howled. like a lone wolf i'm the moon
light, and King stood up. In that grim
minute he managed to seem about as
much at ease as a native hakim ought
to feel at such an Initiation.
"Come forward !" the mullah howled,
and he obeyed, treading gingerly be-
tween men who were at no pains to let
him by, and silently blessing them, be-
cause he was not really in any hurry
at all. Yasmini looked lovely from a
distance, and life was sweet.
"who are his witnesses?"
I'll" shouted Ispail, jumping up.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04
The MOL Breakfast Plan.

The notwithstanding habit often ere
ates an abnormal stomachic condition,
says Physical Culture Magazine. II
one Is in perfect health. and arises
with a keen appetite for breakfast,
there will be no occasion for emitting
the meal. There are, however, but few
in perfect health, and the omission of
breakfast gives the stomach a chance
to adjust itself. 1t has IN opportunity
to develop a keen appetite for the par
ticular character of nourishment most
needed by the body at that time. The
no-breakfast plan is a splendid means
Of properly adjusting ones appetite,
both as to quantity and character Of
food.