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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-05
Formerly Was Superintend-
ent of Poultry De-
partment
WORK OF BOYS AND
GIRLS A FEATURE
A. w. Sweeton, Chairman of Boys and
Girls Work Committee, Recommends
Payment of Premiums in Thrift
Stamps-Other Plans.

In meeting of the Valley Fair As
sociation directors in the board of trade
rooms Saturday night Christie B. Crow
ell was elected secretary and accepted
the position. He already has begun
making arrangements for various phases
of the coming exhibition, which it is
hoped to make one of the memorable
fairs IN the association s history.
Mr.. Crowell formerly for several
years was assistant superintendent of
the poultry department when Dennis
E. Tasker was superintendent, and for
one year he had full charge of the de-
partnent.
A. W. Sweeton, chairman of the Boy Is
and Girls work committee, made his
report, which was adopted. This fea-
ture of the fair will be given special
prominence. Competition will be open
to all boys and girls between the ages
of 10 and l6 years living in Cheshire,
Franklin and Windham counties and
exhibits viii represent the personal
work of the exhibitors.
1idSS 4 Will CONSIST or baked foods
class ? of canned food, class of sew,
ing, class of garden and field crops
class of maple products, class 6 OF
handieraft, class of stories, class 5
of poultry and eggs, class of swine
class 10 of calves, class IL of lambs
Entry blanks may be had of the as.
sociation or of the Windham County
bureau and entries will close Saturday
Sept. Il.
In accordance with the committee s
suggestion it is expected that the prem
lums viii be awarded in thrift stamps
1t IS recommended that attractive but
tons be given out to each exhibitor as
a souvenir of the occasion. The com.
mlttee suggests that about 5000 be ap-
propriated for this purpose.
A limit will be placed on the exhib-
Its OF sheep and cattle, but there will
be no limit on other exhibits. Some
especially good vaudeville has been en-
gagged, concerning which more will be
said.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-05
SEVEN LEAVE FOR
SYRACUSE TO-DAY
Merle E. Corbett of West Brattleboro
In Charge-Bellows Falls Man Goes
in Place of KAYE.

Merle e. Corbett of West Brattleboro
had charge of the seven young men
who left on the 1.53 o clock train this
afternoon for Syracuse, N. Y, to fill
Windham county's quota in the draft
call for guard and fire duty. Henry J.
Cray of Bellows Falls went in place of
George l.. Kaye of West Springfield,
Mass, who registered in Brattleboro.
MI Kaye has been released at the re-
quest of his employers, the Perkins Ap-
plianee company of Springfield, who
have large war contracts and who stat
cd that 1T would cause great delay in
hlllng the orders if Mr.. Kaye was to
leave their employment at this time.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-05
SANAToRIUM BURNED.
Struck by Lightning at Union, Maine
One Patient Lost His Life.

UNION, Me-, August 5.-All except
one of the 10 patients escaped today
from the Jones sanatorium, which was
struck by lightning and burned. George
Lang, aged about 45, of Portland lost
ms life. He was seen by some of the
patients as he re-entered the building,
probably to recover some of his person
al effects. The damage was estimated
at $4,000.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-05
WOUNDED WILL RECOVER.
Less Than One in 20 Will Die from
Injuries Sustained in Battle.

WASHINGTON, August 5.-of
the American soldiers wounded in
the Marne-Aisne offensive probably
less than one in 20 will die from
their wounds. More than four-ffths
will return to service and only Is
per cent will be discharged for dis,
ability, according to statement of
the chief of staff today, based on the
officially attested experience of the
allies during the four years of war.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-05
PAPER MILLS ESSENTIAL.
So Listed by the War Industries
Board-Exercise Economy.

WASHINGTON, August 5.-Pa-
per mills have been listed as an es-
sential industry, the priorities divi-
sion of the war industries board an
nounced today on the understanding
that the greatest possible economy
will be exercised in the use of pa
per and that newspapers will re-
duce consumption of newsprint Is
per cent on daily editions and 20
per cent on Sunday editions.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-05
OUR MARINE LOSSES
ARE NOT YET KNOWN
General March Denies the Widely Cir
culated Report Putting Them
at $4,000.

WASHINGTON, August 5.-widely
published reports that General March,
chief of stalf, had told the senate mill.
tary committee that General Pershing
estimated the American casualties in
the Marne fighting at 10000, not only
grossly misinformcd tho country, but
caused CONSERVATION and regret among
war department officials.
Not only did General March hotly
deny that he had made any such state.
ment, but the senator's who conferred
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-05

EASTP0RT, Me, Aug. 5.-The wreck
age Of the British schooner Dornfontein
burned by a crew of a German subma-
rine about Is miles southeast OF Grand
Manan, \. b., in the Bay of Fundy Friday,
was pulled into Seal Cove on Grand Manan
island today by a fishing vessel. The
schooner is badly damaged. The upper
works are burned off. The fire in the car
go of lumber was still burning.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-05
THE WEATHER.
Thunder Showers This Afternoon an,
Tonight-Tuesday Partly Cloudy.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.-The wealth
or forecast: Thunder showers this aft
ernoon and tonight. Warmer in interi.
or of Maine. Tuesday partly cloudy
Moderate south winds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-05

PARIS, August 5-The Americans covered them
selves with glory in the handto-hand fighting in the
streets of Fsmes yesterday when they captured that Ger
base The fighting is said to have been the berest
Of the whole war; the Prussian guard asking quarter
and being bayonetted or dubbed to death.
There was a lull in the battle along the Soissons-
Rheims front last night and the breathing spell extended
into this morning The Germans being favored by the
weather conditions which have transformed the Vesle
river banks into swamps and they making sitter
stand here than anticipated
Each day adds to the booty captured by the allies 1T
will be impossible to take full stock for time but the
booty includes a considerable number of 77 milmeter
guns The number of II mmeter shells salvaged up to
the present total 100000.
Gen. Mangn's army captured 500 and 500
trench morars during fighting the river Crse Friday
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-05

A CANADIAN ATLANTIC PORT.
Aug. 5.-The fishing schooner Nelson A.
OF Yarmouth has been added to the list
OF vessels sunk by a German submarine
off the North Atlantic coast. The crew
landed here today and reported the YES
sci was destroyed last Saturday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-05

Army regulations require man to keep
his hat on while armed, and this ruling
was upheld by Judge in a New York
County court, although court rules re-
quire all men to remove their hats.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-05
SMELLING PARIS.
Long-Range Bombardment of Paris Re-
sumed by Germans Today.

PARIS, August 5.-The long-range gun
bombardment of the Paris region was re-
sumed this morning.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-05
Red Mems S Hall

Tuesday, Aug 6, s p. m-Regnlar meet
ing OF Brattleboro camp, No. 1887, NJ W.
\. A full attendance is desired.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-05

A st. Louis spinster was recently
kissed in dark hall, and she hasn't had
a light there since
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-05

The principal sugar substitutes recon-
mended by government chemists are corn
syrup, maltese (syrup made from pota-
toes), honey, and high-grade refners' sy-
rup.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-05

A lie is often told without saying a
word.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-05

The wise prophet lays up an expIana
tion for a rainy day.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-05
VERMONTERS PAY
SUPREME SACRIFICE
Five Names Appear Today
in the List of Soldiers
Killed i'm Action
MANY OTHERS ARE
REPORTED WOUNDED

Army Report Today Carries Total of
407 Names, of Whom 203 Were Slain
in Battle-Drop in Number in the
Marine List.
Casualties among the American troops
in the severe fighting in which they have
been engaged since July IS when the
German offensive was launched and halt
ed at the Marne are now being reported
in the daily list from Gen. Pershing,
though no estimate of the total has yet
been received
Today's army list contained 4o7 names,
the largest number reported in single
day. The marine list contained two
names. Men from 90 states were named
in the list, with no predominating num-
Der from any one state. This was taken
to indicate the casualties were scattered
through many units. The states not rep
resented were Arizona and Delaware. An
additional list of nearly 900 names, bring
ing the total for day to nearly 700, was
checked at the war department today for
publication in morning papers of tomor-
row. No information concerning the list
further than the fact that it was to be
issued was to be had at the department.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-05
AMERICAN TROOPS CLUB
PRUSS|AN GUARD TO DEATH

Fighting in Streets of Fismes Yesterday Said to Have
Been Btterest of Whole War-No Quarter Asked by
Defenders of Fallen City, None Given-Americans
Covered With Glory.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-05
LULL ON SOISSONS- RHEIMS FRONT
LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING

Weather Has Transformed Banks of Vesle River Into
Swamps Where Germans Are Making Sitter Stand
Than Had Been Anticipated Activity on the
Northern Sectors Reported.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-04
To Bridge Atlantic
With Food Ships

and to cut out all meals except "the
three necessary to health" especial
ly to cut out al eating between meals.
The householder is asked to waste
nothing" and make the garbage can
unnecessary in the kitchen"
The work Of transporting 10000,
900 tons Of food overseas is going to
be a problem for shipping. Mr..
Hoovers statement on that point said
that during the next month or so
there will be bareley enough shipping
to take care Of our current produc.
ton for export Of pork alone. Later
on the situation will ease OF.
Edward N. Hurley, Chairman of the
United States Shipping Board, who is
in Europe with Mr. Hoover, is making
arrangements to facilitate the ship
ments Of food, and It was predicted
yesterday by an official of the eFderal
Food Board that If the American
people do their part in food saving
the first of the year will see a steady
stream of ships laden with food cross
ing the Atlantic.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-04
HOW DOCTORS
TREAT COLDS
AND GRIPPE

Ask any physician or druggist and
he will tell you that the best and only
effective remedy for a bad cold sore
throat, influenza or la grippe is what
he calls "a brisk calomel purge
which means a big dose of calomel at
bed time. But as the old style Gallo
mel has some very unpleasant and
dangerous qualities, physicians and
druggists are now recommending the
improved nausealess calomel, called
"Calotabs" which Is purified and re-
fined from the sickening and danger
GUS effects and whose medicinal vir-
tues are vastly improved.
One Calotab on the tongue at bed
time with swallow of water,--that's
all. No salts, no nausea nor the
slightest interference with your diet,
pleasures or work. Next morning your
cold has vanished and your entire sys-
TEN is purified and refreshed.
Calotabs are sold only in original
sealed packages, price thirty-five
cents. Your druggist guarantees Gallo
tabs by refunding the price if you are
not alphabetically.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-04
WHO'S WHO IN CRIME

Tancrede Martel has published II
Paris book in which he presents the
case against German general officers
In this who's Who of Atrocity" there
are 573 Germans named, together with
the specific crimes alleged For ex'
ample:
Won Hindenburg- Ordered bread
soaked in parafln for Russian pris-
oners.
Van Mackensen-- Ordered 1000 Rou'
manian children shot because they
had conspired against him."
Rupprecht--Massacre and hanged
Russian civilians. Ordered deporta-
tons from Lille, Roubaix and Tour
Going.
Won Schubert-Caused thirtyone
girls to be carried off as "orderlles"
to his officers.
Won Bulow--Posted this notice in
Ardennes: "Ten hostages will be TAX.
en- in each street. II there is any dis.
turbance In the street all hostages
will be shot"
,Klauss-Sixty civilians In Gerbe
viller shot; Red Cross worker burned
In petroleum.
Stenger-0rdered all prisoners shot
Won Dreicht-When drunk ordered
lit civilians shot.
These are merely instances. In each
OF these cases as in all the remainder
oil the 573 the accusations are many
and detailed. Here have been SET
down some of the more conspicuous.
In Prince Eitels case there ia direct
evidence OF numerous thefts OF small
things, including furniture and house
hold goods.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-05-24
FOR ORGANIZATION
OF LABOR.

The necessity for trade unionism Is
shown in the statement Of the Union
Leader, official paper of Chicago's or
ganized street car men:
"In the traction plans now being
considered by the transportation COM
mittee of the city council the investor
is protected, bond interest, brokerage
fees, taxes, sinking funds and other
guarantees are provided for, the citi-
zens are to be given adequate service
and all factors in transportation are
to be cared for except the employees.
mo provision has been made for
the financial protection of the men
and women who operate the surface
and elevated systems of Chicago. y
''In all these plans the human ele-
ment has not been considered. Capt.
tai is protected, financial returns are
to be guaranteed investors, and plans
for service are provided, but there is
no provision for the employees who
make this service possible, and who
perform the labor that brings in the
nickels that defray the expense of
the whole institution"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-05-24

has been so puny that it would require
the most violent stretch of the mag
ination to dignity it as even begin
ming to pay for the crudest elemen-
tials of life
What a cheap bride! For twenty
years the German people were taught
to look upon their government as the
most benevolent on EARTH and few
paltry coins thrown to them con-
vinced them that that was actually
the fact. They were assured Gas we
in America have been assured) that
compulsory insurance prolonged life
to an unusual degree when, as a mat
ter Of fact, as DR.. Frederick l.. Hoff-
man has demonstrated, the actual
gain in longevity in Germany during
a 30-year period was. only 1.6 years.
From 188S-1S92 compared with the
four year period 19O8-1912, Berlin 8
death rate decreased only 27.8 per
cent, while during the same period
New York city's death rate decreased
1919 per cent. New York city in 1917
had the lowest death rate in it's his
tory, and a lower death rate than
was ever experienced by the city of
Berlin up to the outbreak of the
war"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-05-24
RIGHT TO VOICE IN DETERMIN.
ING scientific MANAGE.
MENT."

The Public says:
Organized labor is fully justified
in opposing the Taylor system with
its ruthless pitting of man against
man and its tendency to force the
average worker to the limit Of his
nervous and physical energy II he is
to earn a living wage, until repre-
sentatives of the workers are con-
coded the right to voice in deter
mining time studies and rates. Until
the commodity theory of labor Is
effectually repudiated in practice.
until private employers cease that
curtailment of production which DR..
veblen calls 'capitalistic sabotage
until the worker has greater freedom
Of opportunity, he does we'll to use
his organized power to protect him.
self from the dangers of scientific
management. He feels rightly enough
that our demand for greater product
ivity might we'll take other forms
the form, for instance, of demand
that natural resources be freed from
private monopoly control. that no
man be permitted to hold them out
of use."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-05-24
MUTUAL LAUNDRY TO LOCATE
AT FIFTH AND WATER.

The Olympia Mutual Laundry will
open for business the first Of June.
The trustees have arranged for the
purchase of a plant which represents
an investment of $4,000, have leased
the building at the corner Of Fifth
and Water streets, and installation of
the machinery will begin next week.
President Dan Guiles is arranging for
the force of employees.
The organization Of the Mutual
Laundry company grew out Of the
refusal of the local Laundrymen's as
ISOLATION to accept what the trades
unionists Of the city considered rea-
sonable pay and fair working condi-
lions. Failing to reach an agreement
with the laundry proprietors, the
union men called out the laundry
drivers and installed an agency for
laundry work at 1872 Fifth street,
placing the striking drivers in charge.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-05-24
SHIPWORKERS ORGANIZE FOR
RED CROSS DRIVE.

In mass meeting at Labor hall
Monday evening workers in the ship
yards perfected an Organization to
promote the collection Of funds for
the Red Cross during the ensuing
week.
e. r. Mohler of the Engineers
called the meeting to order and was
made chairman of the meeting and
head of the committee selected to
take charge Of the drive. Other men,
bers Of the committee are Mr.. Bank
ston, vice president; C. D. Adams.
OF the Shipwrights, secretary: Jimmy
Jensen, Laborers, Riggers and Fas-
teners, treasurer.
The plan which received the ap-
prevail Of the meeting was that each
employee should contribute the equiv
alent OF q days pay. Except in few
instances this represents the contri-
buttons Of the workers in the yards,
and the committee is able to report
a 100 per cent response to their So
licitation. Each contributor Is given
a receipt for his money. and q button
to evidence his participation in the
drive financially.
Receipts and buttons had previous
~ been prepared and tho plans out
lined so that the action of the mass
meeting was in the nature Of a rati-
fcation Of the arrangements.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-05-24
TRADES COUNCIL MINUTES.

An hours time completed the bust
ness before the session of the Trades
Council. Thursday evening. May II.
A. Kennedy presented credentials
of Painters and Decorators and is
now q full-hedged member of the
Council.
The Seattle Daily Union Record
asked for support in the way Of sub
scriptions and this request was con-
Cured in by the Council.
The executive committee Of the A.
F.. of L. requested that the Council
oppose placing in the hands Of the
military authorities carrying out Of
the provisions of bill for re-educa-
ton of soldiers and sailors, now be-
fore congress. preferring that respon-
sibility for the carrying on of this
work be placed with the civilian
vocational education board.
The division of home nursing, Ma
tional Council of Defense, asked that
greater use be made of public health
nurses, and the Council concurred
and instructed the secretary to write
for designation of the public health
nurses Of this jurisdiction.
The New York State Federation of
Labor reiterated its opposition to the
second-class mail amendment to the
war revenue bill. Placed on file. the
Council having previously concurred
in the resolution.
Committee to investigate contro-
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-05-24
RAILROAD ENGINEERS JOIN THE
AMERICAN FEDERATION.

At the convention of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers, in
Cleveland. Ohio, May Is. it was
unanimously voted to affiliate with
the American Federation of Labor.
Replying to a telegram to this
effect from w. S. Stone, grand chief
of the Brotherhood, President Com
pers sent this message:
"Your telegram was read to our
executive council and was directed
to, and take pleasure in, conveying
to you. and through you to the dele
gates and membership of your great
brotherhood, our heartiest congratu-
lations and that our new and closer
relations may rebound to the greater
protection and welfare of all the
workers of America and make for the
unity of all our people and the tri-
umph of our republic in the great en-
terprise in which she Is engaged for
freedom, justice and democracy"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-05-24
TO ADJUST STRIKES.

The national war labor board has
announced the establishment at St.
Louis of the first permanent local
committee Of mediation and concfl-
iation to act in the adjustment of in
dustrial difficulties arising in that
city. Similar bodies will be created
wherever necessary in industrial CEN
ters.
The st. Louis committee has been
in Washington discussing questions
of organization and procedure and
gone home to take up the adjustment
Of some Is strikes now in progress
there, with nearly $4,000 men and
women involved.
In announcing the appointment Of
the St. Louis committee, Joint Chair
men Walsh and Taft, authorized this
statement:
"The" local committees of media
ton and Cancellation of the national
war labor board will constitute the
forums of industrial peace in the
United States.
ION these committees capital and
labor will work hand In hand with
single aim-to win the war. They
know only one necessity, the mainte-
nance of maximum production, and
they know one common law-the
principles established by the board
as the basis for the governments
mediating and conciliating action.
These principles secure to the en-
ployer maximum production and
guarantee to the worker his right to
Organization. healthy growth of the
principles of democracy as applied to
industry and the highest protection
of his economic welfare"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-05-24
QUIET SESSION OF LABORERS
RIGGERS AND FASTENERS

Ten Of fifteen applicants for men,
bership in the Shipyard Laborers,
Riggers and Fasteners presented
themselves for initiation at the meet
ing Monday night and were given
the obligation
The other activities of the session
consisted Of spirited discussion of
divers and sundry, flies in the oint-
ment. However, the consensus of
opinion seemed to be that there was
no great cause for complaint. Wages
are being adjusted with the chang
ing conditions and the eight-hour day
Is fully established. Managers Of the
shipyards appeared to be working in
harmony with the labor policy of the
national administration.
Rumors that the Ward yard would
resume operations next week were
In evidence but their truth could not
be definitely fixed.
The financial statement showed a
bank balance of triie over a thou
sand simoleons.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-05-24
HOW TO INVESTIGATE WAGES.

Wages must be measured in pro-
portion to ones needs; to say that the
average earnings Of worker for the
past year amounted to. say, $1,000
and let 1t 60 at that, would be
camoufiaging the real condition.
During 1917 the cost Of living
for family jumped to $1,401; the
things family bought for that sum
In 1917. cost but $71S in 1900. And
latest reports have it that in the year
from January Is, 1917, to January
Is. 1913. the price OF food as whole
increased 25 per cent. These figures
are taken from the reports Of the
United States bureau Of labor statis-
tics: they are, therefore, II not en-
tirely. fairly authentic.