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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-27
Sporting Notes.

The Giants have been shut out three
times this season, Cooper, Toney and
Marquard doing the trick.
Big league clubs are conducting raids
on the Southern association, which closes
Us season tomorrow Many players have
been bought.
IIcinie Zim hit that $50 sign ycster.
day at Braves field. which is the first
time that the stunt has been pulled.
Tim always is pulling stunts anyway.
Although he gave eight bases on balls
Shellenbaek held Detroit to two hits
yesterday at Detroit. and Chicago won
TO o. Detroit was unable TO hit Shell.
lenhack after getting men on by bases 81
balls.
King George Of England is learning u
throw baseball in preparation for hi,
appearance at the game between Amer
lean teams on July 4, when he will pitci
out the first ball
After winning II straight victolies
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-27
BRATTLEBOROLOCAL.

The commander of Sedgwick post.
G. A. r., requests all members to meet
at G. A. r. hall at 1890 a. m. tomor-
row to join in the parade
The ladies of the Advent Christian
church will serve supper for the benefit
of the church at the home of Mrs. +. S.
Hewitt of Chestnut street tomorrow
from 6 to 8 o'clock
The st. Michael's Cadets are re-
questcd to meet at st. Michael S Paro
chial school tomorrow at IL clock, in
full uniform, to take part in the parade
which leaves the town hall at Ills.
Music by a mandolin club and sing
ing of patriotic songs will open the
program in the Patriotic league rooms
this evening at clock when Miss
Bertha NJ. Tcrrill of Burlington viii
speak. All members of the league are
, expected TO be present and join in
the singing. League dues will be pay
able on July |, when someone will be
at the rooms all day to receive them.
| Protective Grange observed children's
j night last evening. In the business
| meeting it was voted to give $40 to the
4 garden fund. The Grange accepted an
/ invitation of Mr.. and Mrs II. w. Sar-
gent to hold a picnic at their place in
Slab Hollow July 10. The program was
as follows: Flower march by children;
song, War Savings Stamps, by Mrs
G.. y. Farnum talk about war savings
stamps, c. S. Hopkins patriotic song
Mrs. Farnum; song, Evelyn Bergen
song, Emma Balargeon; song, Rens
Farr; trio, Evelyn Bergen, Emma Ba
largeon and Rena Farr; recitation
Frederick Spear; piano solos, Ethe
Davis; recitation, Elizabeth Franklin
songs, Bernice Wells; recitation Rather
inc Franklin; essay, Potatoes and Patri
otism, Lynn Thayer; remarks, Waite
, +. Spear; song, Leland Convey; recita
! ton, Lewis Eames Ice cream cone
were sold after the meeting. The maste
presented Mrs. Harold Chase a weddin
gift of war savings stamps in behalf O
} the Grange Mrs. Chase espresso
thanks for herself and Mr.. Chase, VIII
is at Camp Devens.
Attention. At the Episcopal Paris
house this week Saturday at 'cloc
new baked potatoes. creamed codfis
Q creamed dried beef, radishes, roll
4 strawberry shortcake with cream. On
Doe; children under II, 25c. 101-1t
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-27
ADJUSTMENTS.
Motion Picture Offerings.

The attraction at the Princess theater
today is Pauline Frederick in La Tosea.
by Victorien Sardou and directed by
the French director, Edward JOSE A
Paramount Photograph also is on the pro
gram. Tomorrow Billie Burke in The
Land of Promise will be shown.
Today the Empire presents The Ger
man Curse in Russia, authentic war pic
lures taken by Donald G. Thompson
who spent three years in the trenches
also Doris Kenyon in The Hidden Hand
Tomorrow Francis X. Bushman and Bev
crly Baync in The Brass Check will b,
. the attraction.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-27
TOMORROW
Billie Burke in The Land of Promise

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-27
Sporting Neus
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
American League.

American League Games Today.
Boston at New York.
Philadelphia at Washington.
Chicago at Detroit.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-27
National League.

national League Games Today.
New York at Boston.
Brooklyn at Philadelphia.
Chicago at Cincinnati
Pittsburg ut st. Louis.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-27

Philadelphia, I /
Brooklyn, o 6 2
Jacobs and Burns; Marquard, Grimes
and Miller
Chicago 3 o
st Louis % 4 o
Vaughn and killifer; Ames and Con
zalcs
No other game scheduled.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-27

American League.
New York, 6 o
Boston,
Love and Hannah; Mays and Schang.
Cleveland. o
st. Louis. 4
Covelcskic, Bagby and O'Neill; Soth.
oron, llouck and Nunamaker. First
game.l
ST. Louis, 4 10. 2
Cleveland, 2 ; o
Wright and Hale; Bagby and Thomas
tSecond gamc.l
Washington, 3 u |
Philadelphia, 2 ) |
Ayers, Shaw, Hansen and Picinich !;
Geary and McAvoy.
Chicago, 3 s 2
Detroit, q 2
Shcllenback and Schslk; Dauss and
Spencer, Ycllc.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-27
National League.

New York, q IA /
Boston, q 4 5
Sallee and Raridcn, Gibson: Hearne,
Upham and Henry.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-26
SaLDdqinq the Seas

A great deal of speculation has
turned on the outlook in the after
the-war period for salvage work in
connection with the many hundreds
of merchant ships which have been
the victims of submarine attacks or
of mine explosions. and the position
of which is fairly we'll known. In
the lay press anticipations have been
held out that 1t might be possible to
raise the Lusitania and some of the
other large liners which have been
sunk, or at least to salve the imper-
ishable cargoes. It may be stated
on the best authority that these
hopes are not in the least likely to
be realized, as the majority of these
vessels have been sunk in depths
of water in which 1t is not possible
for divers to work or for successful
salvage operations to be conducted.
Under ordinary commercial condi-
tions 1t is not possible to undertake
such operations in greater depths
than twenty fathoms, and the ma
jority of the big ships which have
become war losses have been sunk
in such deep water that they may
be written off as definite losses to
the mercantile marine.-From an
article in the London Times .engi-
neering supplement.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-26
German Delusion Shattered

GArmy and Navy Journal
"One of the delusions the German
government and it's General Staff
have been laboring under for many
years is that the United States
could not create an army that was
worth consideration as a foe. That
government and its General staff are
tasting the quality of our troops in
the field, and the flavor is bitter on
their tongues. One hundred and
twenty-six years ago there was
fought battle in France (at Valmy.
within the zone of war to-day on
the date that France first called her.
self republic. Kellerman won that
battle against the Prussians and
Austrians with levies of new troops
from the lower and middle classes
of France, who found that they
could face cannon balls, pull trig-
gers and cross bayonets without
having been drilled into military ma
chimes and without being officered
by scions of noble families They
had, it seems, the same spirit we like
to think animates our Army. which
the Germans abroad and some critics
at home denied our men: They
awoke to the consciousness of their
own instructive soldiership.' 1t is to
oO hopSo thO udy 10 not lar distant
when by the aid of the American
Army the Allies can say at the close
of the decisive battle of the war, as
Goethe did after Valmy was lost to
his friends: From this place and
from this day forth commences a
new era in the worlds history, and
you can all say that you were pres
ent at ats birth That day will mark
the end of the ideals of Prussian au-
tocracy, and on 1t democracy will
have a new BIRTH"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-26
Creel and His Bad Breaks
From the Fourth Estate.

Creel now asks that all historical
and magazine articles and all books
dealing with any phase of the war
be submitted to his bureau for exam
nation before publication.
This work would call for an army
of readers as large as the American
Army now in France and would ne
cessitate largely increased appro-
priation. What good purpose it
would serve is not clear. Mr.. Creers
bureau is already costing about
81 100000 a year. most of the print
ed matter going into the country's
wastebaskets.
Soon after Americas entrance into
the war the Creel bureau did some
very effective and necessary work in
circulation of intelligently and care
fully prepared pamphlets filled with
reasons for our participation in the
world struggle.
That service was worth many
times its cost.
More recently the bureau has been
flooding the country with a lot of
news" that is not news and vol
umes of specially prepared ar
ticles that are neither interesting
nor informing.
The scope of the Creel organiza-
ton should be curtailed, rather
than enlarged.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-26
WHEN THEY COME BACK

They will come back. Americas s
brave sons,
From war-torn fields. when victory
and peace
Have stilled the angry thunder of
the guns
And brought to suffering hearts a
quick release.
They will come back from anguish
deep and strife.
From sighs and sounds that only
they could know,
Back to the fullness of a richer
life
The great reward because they
chose to go.
They will have felt the flames of
cleansing fires,
Have passed the tests that try the
hearts of men,
Have learned in sacrifice of dear
desires
That souls can rise to splendid
heights again.
They will have proved that wrong
can hold no sway.
Have seen the darkness change to
radiant light,
Have felt the Presence, "Lo-with
you Away"
And heard His voice in silences at
night.
And we who wait and pray for them
at home
May one great prayer in soul and
spirit burn;
That we may keep the faith until
they come,
Be not unworthy of a bright re-
turn
A prayer expressed in every deed
and thought,
In every task of willing heart and
hand,
purpose out of pure desire
wrought
To learn of them and some day
understand.
BY Alison Brown, of the Wig
ilantes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-26
POOR OLD HINDY!
TCoI. Harvey's War weakly

tCol. Harvey's War Weekly
Poor old Hindenburg is dead
again. Not that it matters very
much whether he stays dead this
time or turns up alive and kicking
once more. AS a bogy he long ago
ceased to scare anybody, and even
as a Hun fetish he has seen his best
days. At the right psychological mo-
ment he emerged from obscurity to
win victory with an overwhelming
force against what practically was
an unarmed mob. On the wave of a
reaction from deep Hun depression
he was borne to a high-water mark
of popular adulation. His square,
jawed, pompadoured, rectangular
head and face were plastered over a
large part of the world in public
prints. 1t was typical Hun face. 1t
would have been ideal on the broad
shoulders of a barkeeper behind a
large beer counter. 1t appealed to all
the finer sentiments of the Hun
populace. They made a full-length
wooden image of the owner of it and
drove nails into 1t as a testimonial
of sentimental esteem. They named
an imaginary Zine" on the western
battle front after him. Hindenburg
Became Hun cult. Then he became
more or less myth. Then he began
dying deaths of varying violence,
ranging all the way from pneumonia
and typhoid fever to apoplexy. It
was this cerebral hemorrhage which
killed him the last time, we believe
But between deaths he has been in a
lunatic asylum several times. Not al
together a rolltcking time of it for
the old man, all things considered
Maybe he Is dead for keeps this time,
and maybe he isn't. But it is a safe
bet that II he isn't, he soon will wish
he were
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-26
THE GREATEST MAN

Shakespeare was specifically and
transcendently a literary man. To
say that he was the greatest man
that ever lived is to provoke a use
less controversy. and comparisons
that lead to nothing, between Shake
speare and Caesar, Shakespeare and
Chsrlemagne, Shakespeare and
Cromwell to say that he was the
greatest intellect that ever lived, is
to bring the shades of Aristotle and
Plato. and Bacon and Newton. and
all the other systematic thinkers.
grumbling At out us, with demands
for a definition of intellect. which
We are ~ no means in a position to
give; nay finally to say that he is
the greatest poet that the world has
produced "a thing which we would
certainly say, were we provoked to
it) would be unnecessarily to hurt
the feelings of Homer and Sophocles,
Dante and Milton. What we will
say, then, and challenge the world
to gainsay, is that he was the great
est expresser that ever lived. This
IS glory enough, and 1t leaves the
other questions open.-David Mas.
son.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-26
MAN NOW AT HIS BEST

The big average height of the men
drafted into the United States Army
is being widely commented upon in
the press, and it appears that the
facts justify the favorable remarks
being made. Records of the Quar-
termaster's Office show that the
Americans who are donning the
Army uniform to-day are bigger
than the men who fought in former
wars. The size most in demand for
the standard Army shoe in the past
was TIE, while the average size of
the marching shoe to-day is I'D
and that of the field or trench shoe
9E The styles are issued. for it has
been found by experiment that SOL
diers require a larger shoe for the
trenches, 1t being necessary to wear
two pairs of socks at a time in cold
and wet weather. Similarly, the
present-day American soldier has to
be provided with a size larger than
his predecessor in coats. shirts and
breeches. He is a bigger man all
round, which is decidedly satisfac-
tory from the national point of view.
Events in other belligerent lands
since the war began have served to
prove that men generally are as
strong physically and morally as ever
they were in history. The long cam
paign in the trenches in Europe has
put the soldiers to a greater test
than the fightingmen of the past
were submitted to in the worst of
the numerous old wars. They have
stood that test, and the hundreds of
thousands who survive the cannon's
blast and the rifles bullet will
emerge physically fine specimens of
MISUNDERSTANDING
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-26
THE FIRING SQUAD

I wonder how long we'll continue to
be health resort for spies
And other industrious gentlemen
that the papers criticise!
The place for an agent of Kaiser Bill
is six feet under the sod
I want to hear some corporal yell,
Fall in, the firing squad"
Do we get cold feet at the thought
of blood? Have we lost our
oldtime grit
II we haven't the CUTS to kill a man
we'd better lie down and quit.
animals by the method of
spare the rod?"
Forget it.! Come on with the cor
poral in command of firing
squad!
If we riddled a few incendiaries the
industry would decline;
II we plugged a couple of profiteers
the rest would stand in line;
And a lot of these deyilish anarchists
would get in and carry the
hod
If a few of their leaders went over
the range to the tune of a
firing squad.
Arrested" 'Interned" or "out on
bail''- it's ever the same old
song.
And we lay the paper aside to re-
mark. How long, oh, God,
how long,"
We've seen enough devilment this
past year. to arouse the wrath
of God!
Then what is it we are waiting for?
Come on with the firing
squad
George Steunenberg, Capt. U. S.
A.. in The Army and Navy Jour-
nal
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-26
EDITORIAL COMMENT

Nothing could be more charac-
teristically German than the intima-
tion that in the event of civil war
in Russia, Germany may be obliged
to intervene. Nor could anything be
more logical. Having herself pro-
voked and fomented civil war in or
der to provide a pretext for inter
vention, why of course she inter-
venes!-North American Reviews
War Weekly.
In these days when efficiency is
so ardently preached, doesn't it seem
that something is wrong when two
sleepingcars start out from Ashe-
vile for New York and both arrive
at Salisbury, junction, at the same
time, and one is hauled to Washing
ton Immediately, and the other is
left on the track in front of the
station for eight hours Fourth
Estate
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-26
AS TO WINTNG AND DINING

HARRISBURG merchants are
properly indignant over the
foolish charge that they and
their buyers are influenced in their
purchases and the prices they pay
for goods by the winning and dining
they receive at the hands of agents
for wholesale houses, manufacturers
and jobbers in Philadelphia and New
York. The accusation made by a no.
toriety-seeking organization a short
time since was not aimed at Harris
burg alone, but at the businessmen
of all towns that go or send repre-
sentatives to the larger cities. But
applied individually or cole .tively,
the story is false. Anybody familiar
with conditions knows that if ever
there was a time when rival whole
salers bid for trade in this fashion
tits past.
A we'll known Harrisburg busi-
nessman, returning from a national
trade convention held in Cleveland
a week ago, remarked upon the
complete up-setting of such old
fashioned practices as the buying of
dinners or drinks for prospective
customers. Instead. they now offer
prices. discounts or early deliveries
as inducements to buy, he said.
That is true. The merchant of to-
day has his eye out for desirable
goods at reasonable cost and he does
not permit a few glasses of wine or a
eroiled lobster to get between him
.and his only chance for profits.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-26
HERE AND THERE

~ UGAR scarce and high in price.
~ "Cuss" the Kaiser; it's his
fault.
Beef expensive and on the re-
Stricted list.
Lay the blame to Kaiser Bill.
Potatoes and flour selling for more
the bushel than they used to bring
the barrel
It's all the Kaiser's fault. He's
making life miserable for all of us.
But if he has caused Americans
some inconvenience, think what he
has done for Germany.
Potatoes $50 bushel, coffee dol
lar a pound, beef scarce and $3.50
a pound, butterine scarce and $2.S5
a pound, wheat bread unknown and
everybody hungry-in Berlin.
And nobody there dares "cuss"
the ALL l-Highest-at least not openly.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-26
1.-THE Minneapolis Tribune1

NHAIRMAN George Creel, of
the Committee on Public In
formation has again been criti-
cised in Congress for an alleged lack
of discretion in the transaction of
his official duties Last Saturday,
in the course of a debate, Senator
PoindeXter of Washington, drew the
attention of the Senate to Mr..
Creers action in publishing on July
II, through the official bulletin of
his committee, a statement that the
War Department was alleged to have
received from General Pershing
denying atrocity accusations against
the Germans.
ut is somewhat surprising" said
Senator Poindexter, ito know that a
man, for whom the Government of
the United States has furnished sew
eral million dollars to aid us by the
proper kind of publicity in this war,
is using the name of General PERISH
ing and that of the Secretary of War
to defend the Germans against the
charge of cruelty which, as gem
eral charge, all the world knows to
be entirely true"
George Creeps Bureau of Public
Information at Washington has
branched out on new lines. Mr..
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-26
A CALL OF THE WILD

[From the Birmingham Age-Herald1
II wish to buy a motorcar horn to
replace the one we now have-some-
thing distinctive" said the naughty
matron.
Yes, ma'am," replied the sales
man. would a siren do?"
Dear me, no. 1t must be some
thing entirely different from the or
dinary motor horn"
But we have siren that exactly
initiates the howl of a timber wolf"
"Ah! That ought to suit my hus-
band. He's a great lover of Nature"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-26
Observation-Disclosures

n NE of the most informing books
of the war has recently been
issued by American publishers.
1t is compilation by a professor of
theology in the University of Copen-
hagen of statements of lecturers and
writer's and extracts of sermons by
German preachers during the early
part OF the war. Its importance lies
in the fact that it shows how OBJ
sessed are the German people with
their superman and supernation
ideas. Ralph Connors introduction
to the book refers to it as a revela-
tion of the German mind and the
German soul.
These sermons are the utterances
of presumably Christian ministers
and the lectures from which extracts
are also printed are the teachings
of nien distinguished for clearest rea-
soning and finest thinking, the most
liberal culture in Germany during
the last quarter century"
Mr.. Connor suggests that one asks
. in amazement too deep for words
what is this strange madness which
has fallen upon once kindly and
wise and great people?" One pastor
declares IN q sermon:
We know-do we not2-that IL
Is a peculiarity of the German
that he requires a moral founda-
tion and intellectual justification
for his actions.
This is the sort of thing that runs
all through these sermons and lee
lures and indicates an obsession that
IS simply astonishing. The same
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-26

In recent issue of the PHILADELPHIA
Inquirer some pleasant things were
said about the Telegraph and the
housing campaign now being con-
Quoted in this city. incidentally, the
Inquirer. which has always shown a
kindly feeling for this city and it's
various improvement movements. re-
fers in enthusiastic terms to the aes-
thetic features of the city's develop
ment. especially the Susquehapna
basin and the Front Steps" No
metropolitan paper is more apprecia-
tive of what the people of Harrisburg
are endeavoring to do in the making
of an attractive city for the site of the
State government than the Inquirer
1t realizes the Importance of provid-
ing a proper setting for the Capitol.
and never falls to applaud the pro-
gressive work of this community.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-26

the loss of these big ships issa severe
one. In view of the Importance of
transporting our troops to Europe as
speedily as possible. The sinking
of the Justicia. it'would appear. might
have been prevented with a reasonable
convoy. Manifestly, we are compelled
to learn through experience in every
feature of the war.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-26
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Charles B. Lenahan, of Wilkes
Barre, is planning a trip over the
state in the interest of his candidacy
for the State Supreme Court.
Lieutenant Joseph Noel, of the
Waynesboro Home Guards, a we'll
known banker of that place, gained
SO much experience in the local or
ganization that he has qualified for
lieutenancy in the nations fighting
forces and will leave to join the
army in few days.
Alba B. Johnson, of the Baldwin
Locomotive Works, who has had no
vacation for several years, will spend
a few weeks in the VerERAas noun-
tains.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-26

It has been demonstrated in
Europe and Canada that no matter
how badly man may be wrecked
physically, as a generality he still
has latent capabilities for something
useful. If those capabilities may be
specialized into some line Of trade
the wounded soldier already knew,
that Is done. The experience he
has had and his knowledge OF the
trade Is a valuable foundation to
build upon. -
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-26

The very latest field for womens
wor kin England is helping to pro-
vide eyes for the army and navy by
making lenses and prisms. Only
women with deft fingers, quick eyes
and gift of patience are taken for
this work, which also involves hitting
glasses into periscopes, gunsights
field glasses. telescopes and cameras
for use on aircraft.