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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-15
CZERNIN RESIGNS.
Will Conduct Foreign Affairs Until Sue
cessor Is Appointed.

AMSTERDAM, April lj.-Count
Czernih the Austro- hungarian foreign
minister, according to despatch from
Vienna. has resigned. Emperor Charles
accepted the resignation and entrusted
him with the conduct OF foreign affairs
until his successor should be appointed
I'm official statement received here
today from Vienna asserts that the latest
statement OF the French premier, NJ.
CIemenceau, concerning the conversation
between Austria and France regarding
the possibility OF opening peace negotia-
tion~ do not alter the situation az re-
CARDS the majority OF Count Czernin' :
declaration. The Austrian foreign min
lstry the statement SAYS is unable to
ascertain who was responsible for deliv-
cring to the French what is said to have
been 4 forged letter, substituted for the
letter from Emperor Charles to Prince
SiNtus,. which was to have been deliv-
cred Neither SiXtus nor anyone else i
accused of Justification, continues the
statement, which concludes, The affair
Is herewith declared 10 be at an end" Ii
the letter as given out by the French gov
eminent Emperor Charles recognized the
right al France 10 hsacc.I Lorraine.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-15
ANOTHER RULING
ON USE OF WHEAT
Amount of Substitutes Increased to %
Per Cent-No Wheat Products
Served Unless Ordered.

ST ALBANS, April l5.-All bread
and rolls, baked for sale or, to be
served in hotels, boarding houses,
clubs, restaurants. etc, must now con
tain at least - per cent Of substitutes
instead Of the ~ per cent which it has
formerly obtained. it was said at the
office of tho federal food administra
tor for Vermont today. The new regu-
lations increasing the amount OF sub
stitutes went into effect yesterday.
Sweet dough goods. pastries, CAKES.
etc, must contain at last SO Is per
cent Of substitutes
All public eating houses are not to
serve in the aggregate bread stuffs.
macaroni, crackers, pastry, pies, cakes
wheat cereal breakfas containing q
total of more than two ounces of wheat
flour to any one guest at any one meal
4 regulation which has not been
| observed as closely as it should be il
some instances is that no wheat prod
ucts are to be served by public eat
| ing houses unless specially ordered
! This ruling means that hotels and res
taurants must not serve bread or erack
ers, or, indeed, any wheat products
unless the guests make a special re
quest for it, and then the entire whea
products must not exceed two ounces
There have been no cases of closing VI
public eating houses vet, but this vii
be done unless there is a strict oh
servance of this rule, it was said q
the food administration offices.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-15
Card of Thanks.

We wish to express our sincere thanks
and appreciation to our relatives and
friends whose sympathy was so kindly
extended by their presence and words
Of comfort in our bereavement on the
death of our beloved husband and son.
floral tributes
Mrs. Maude Z. Lee.
Mr. and Mrs Thomas r. Edwards.
Brattleboro, April 10, 1918.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-15

ba, the singer, has received word that a
title has been bestowed upon her by
King George of England in recognition
of her work for the Red Cross. She is
now officially known as Dame Melba.
order of the British Empire, title
which, of course, gives her recognition
as Lady Malba
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-15
INVESTED LARGELY
IN LIBERTY BONDS
Peoples National Bank Contributed l
Per Cent or More of Resources
in First Loan.

The Peoples National bank of Brattle
boro is one of % banks in the state OF
Vermont. and the only one in Brattle-
boro, which contributed 10 per cent or
more of their resources to the first Lib
erty loan. There are As banks III the
state and Is per cent OF them are III the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-15

same class as the Peoples National bank.
In the list of - states in the Union.
published in the Annalist, a bankers
publication, for April $, there is only
one other state, Nevada. which has such
a fue record as Vermont Sixty per
cent of the Nevada banks contributed 10
per cent or more OF their resources
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-15
BIG LOSS OF OFFICERS.
British Casualty List Issued Today Con
tains 504 Names.

LONDON, April 1.-THE casualty
list published by the war Office today
contains the names of 5o4 officers. Sew
enty-nine were killed, 80 died of
wounds and l04 are missing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-15

Six million, six hundred thousand dol
lars is Nermont's share in the third Lher.
" loan. Here YOU are, Uncle Sam. Gall
again when YOU need it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-15

\ great long angle-worm wriggling along
the sidewalk gives the fisherman vision
far beyond the walls OF shop or Office
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-15
RIFLE CLUB SCORES.
Marks Made in Interclub Gallery Cham
pionShip Matches

The following scores were made by the
Brattleboro Rifle club y r. A., in the
eighth OF the civilian intcrclub indoor
gallery championship matches, out OF
uoSsih Ie 900.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-15

Caledonia leads the state in the pci
capita purchase OF thrift stamp, 81 20 foi
every man. woman. child
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-02-26
OPEN SEAT SALE FOR
MAUD POWELL CONCERT

Seattle music lovers. eager 10 hear
Maud Powell. celebrated violin ar
tist. who will appear with the Phil
harmonic orchestra In concert Thurs
day night began buying tickets
eagerly when the seat sale opened
at the Metropolitan Tuesday morn
Ing.
Present Indications are that large
audience win fiIl the Metropolitan To
capacit II season tickets are not
them 20 the boz office. tho manage
ment will resell them 10 those who
could not otherwise gain adnittanc21
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-02-26
Start Tomorrow
and Keep It Up
Every Morning
Get In the habit Of drinking q
glass Of hot water before
breakfast.

We're not here long, 30 let's make
our stay agreeable. Let US live well.
eat well. digest well. work well. sleep
well. and look wen. What glorious
condition 20 attain. and yet. how
very easy IL is IL one win only adopt
the morning inside bath
Folks who are accustomed TO feel
dull and heavy when they arise.
splitting headache. stuffy from a
cold. foul tongue, nasty breath.
acid stomach. can. instead. feel as
fresh as a daisy by opening the
slnices OF the system each morning
and flushing out the whole OF the
internal poisonous stagnant mattex-
Every one. whether ailing. sick or
well. should. each morning. before
breakfast. drink glass OF real hot
water with a teaspoonful OF lime
stone phosphate In IL to wash from
the stomach. liver and bowels the
previous days indigestible waste.
sour bile and poisonous toxins.
The action OF hot water and lime
stone phosphate on an empty stom-
ach is wonderfully invigorating. II
cleans out ali the sour fermenta-
tons. gases. waste and acidlty and
gives one a splendid appetite for
breakfast
The millions OF people who are
bothered with constipation. bilious
spells. stomach trouble: Others who
have sallow skins. blood disorders
and sickiy compilations are urged 10
get a quarter pound of limestone
phosphate from the drug store. This
win cost very little. but In sufficient
to make any one n pronounced crank
on the subject of inside-bathian be-
fore breakfast
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-02-26
Goes Against the Grain

In all the large manufacturing cities hundreds of Ger
man enemy aliens being arrested for non-regsraton
and the majority Of them state that they working
IN factories at twice the they could get in Germany
besides being safe from compulsory military service
1t is of the disgusting necessities of war that we
must take perfectly good American workmen and them
at war work at $50 month while enemy aliens remain in
safety and hold the good jobs. But somewhat similar
condition exists in times, too. We always loaded
up with aliens who here for the wages only who send
their savings abroad and who would decidedly enemy
aliens should with their country break out Maybe we
should have laws to depot aliens who with us long
enough to become citizens and don't Meanwhile in war
times will be short of labor and at the same time
have to support thousands of enemy alien worlmen in
dleness unless we can devise some way of making them
work for the government which means making them work
against their fatherland.
1T appears as tho the BroDm questions make a GER
tain candidate blue.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-02-26
Take when bilious. headachy,
for colds, bad breath,
sour stomach.

Instead OF nasty. harsh pills.
salts. castor oil or dangerous Gallo
mel. why don't you keep Cascarets
handy In your home? Cascarets act
on the liver and thirty feet OF bow
els so gently you don't realize you
have taken a cathartic. but they act
thoroughly and can be depended
upon when a good liver and bowel
cleansing In necessary--they move
the bile and poison from the bow
els without gripping and sweeten
the stomach. You eat one or two
at night like candy and you wake
up feeling fine, the headache, bill.
iousness. bad breath. coated tongue,
sour stomach, constipation, or bad
cold disappears. Mothers should
give cross. sick. feverish or bilious
children whole Cascaret any time
they are harmless and safe for
the little folks
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-02-26
The Bolsheviki Peace

There's nothing very remarkable in Trotskys willing
to make Germanys terms Behind him Is an
element which demands peace. if it ensave
ment and which would drive Trotsky into oblivion read
ily as it did Kerensky.
Moreover there's nothing volcanic in Gerrnanys peace
terms. She demands retention of Russian territory that
she already occupies take whenever she pases and
four billions of dollars of indemnity that Russia cannot
possibly raise for Gerrnanys in this and If the
allies win they'll surely have lot to in determining
Germanys relations and standing with Russia
In fact. declaration of Germanys peace terms with
supine Russia will have several good effects. There be
more hypocrisy about mo annexatons indemntes"
and all nations still inclined toward peace clearly
where they'll be at If Germany wins.
Every little bit that Germany accompshes adds
little to the conviction that the German auoccy is
out for worldconquest
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-02-26
WOUNDED, He LIES FOR 7 HOURS IN
HAIL OF DOUBLE BARRACE FIRE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE

trident made Of a broom stick. and
proper whlskcrs oonbcd from a
flaxon ropes end. which. with tho nd
diuon OF a red bathrobc and life
pr-s~rver. made him intensely re
alistie. The two beautiful merfnaids.
imp~rronatcd By tho lcan~mt and
lanki~ss men on the boat. wore flow
ing fiaxrn trcssea OF tho same ma
ter.al nv Septune's whiskerr. and
Solomon. In all his glory. was not
more msgnIfie~ntiy arraycd than the
other principals.
Hut the triumph Of achieving IN.
impossible was In the blu. decora
tons OF tho waveiets. and for this
W. especially shook Lieutenant go
and-so by tho honest hand. and. with
moistcycd gratitude. oonpiim~nsed
him and asked him how hc'd done e
Painted Bed Shoots Hue
Last minute stuff he confessed
with q grin. Il stole the sheets off
my bunk. and stood over tho ships
painter w. no painted them blue.
I cut them into strips myself
You SO. ~ had never crossed Lieu.
tenant Bill's mind that wo couldn't
have blue fiIicts and things. II had
only become a part OF his system
that he was 20 produce blue fillets
and things. and he made good Hell
do. any place,
Now we ro to f,~ftenant Tom
He's an American. too. but he's In
the artillery branch OF the British
army. Been in service a year and
half. so strongly irnbued with the
idea that tho world should b. made
safe for civilization that he couldn't
wait for America 20 get into the
war. Trying now for his transfer 10
the American army. however. feels
that that's where he belongs.
Leftcnant Tom has been wounded
three times In action. He's just been
mcnded again. and by tho time this
gets into print. win have exchanged
his nico soft fsa;hsrbcd nj an expen.
sive hotel In Paris for the rouEhcr
OF the front. where
he'll have TO crack the Ice 10 get his
shaving water. Leftnant Tom IL an
extremely modest young man. and Il
took eight or ten Of us. sitting
around on the chairs and chaine-
longn and bed and floor OF cory
little apartment. to coax him into
telling about the last wound OF his
This In how h. described that thrill |
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-02-26
Here's Chance for You

Next weeks "Smleage week"
In all parts of Seattle snleage books viii be placed
SALE The books sell at 81 and S. and each contains
coupons that good for admission at soldiers theatres
The secretary Of estimates that when all necessary
bills paid the soldier has $3.50 left out of his month
pay for amusement. That won't take the Yank very
many shows. the smileage book has been devised.
You can buy the book and send it to particular
soldier you send it of the Y. NJ. c. A., the
Y. NJ H. A. the K of c. for 4onely soldier soldier
who wouldn't get otherwise.
The government has a brand show house at Camp
Lewis and Manager Brayden is arranging for first
pictures and road shows this season.
The house will be at cost.
Your Yank-any Yank-win appreciate a smileage
book
The icoU may not be at the door of the American
home bf the profiteering hog surely Cab the beast
WO0drowi
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-02-26

DR.. T. Aiphonsus Wallace. a ply
stefan OF many years experience in
this country. and who has been given
many honorary titles in England.
rays. Il do not make a practice OF
recommending advertised medicinal
products. but I have found Nuxated
Iron so potent In nervous. rundown
conditions that ! believe all should
know IT. The men and women OF
today need more iron in their blood,
than was the case 20 or 80 years ago.
This because OF the demineraiixed
diet which now is served daily in
thousands OF homes and also be-
cause OF the demand for greater re-
sistance necessary to offset the
greater number OF health hazards. to
be met at every turn"
DR.. James Francis Sullivan, for
merry physician OF Bellevue Hos
ritai Outdoor Dept), n. Y. and the
Weshhester County Hospital. said:
Il have strongly emphasized the
great necessity OF physicians NAV
ing blood examinations of their
weak. anaemic. rundown patients.
Thousands OF persons go on. year
after year. suffering from physical
weakness and a highly nervous con-
dition due TO lack OF sufficient iron
In their red blood corpuscles. with
out ever realizing the real and true
cause OF their trouble. without iron
in your blood your food merely
passes through the body. somewhat
like corn through an old mill with
rollers so far apart that the mill
can't grind.
But I'm my opinion you can't make
strong. vigorous, successful, sturdy
ron men by feeding them on metallic
IRON, The old forms OF metallic iron
must go through scmi-digestive
process to transform them into or
ganic iron--Nuxatcd Iron-beforc
they are so ready to be taken up
and assimilated by the human sys-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-02-26
George Is Right

You cant feed corporation patriotism"
The author of this is Geo. Baldwin one of the Amer-
International Shipbuding corporation directors who
got 1t off when Senator Hiram Johnson asked him how
much patriotism there the corporations
OF profits in building ships for Uncle Sam
Mr. Baldwin is correct. Corporations are all stomach
and souless everybody knows our war managers
who make contracts with Mr. Baldwns corporations You
can't feed corporation patriotism any more than YOU
can get blood from beet Lordy! what good odfashioned
lessons this war is pounding into Uncle Sam!
Potato is king this soeek. Are you eating your bit?
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-02-26

What Neushe, the student, and Michaes the profess
so who have just returned to this country after months
OF intimate connection with internal affairs in Russia
entitled to than the ordinary credence Neither of
them hobnobbed with officadom do the ordinary
thorized commissions and returned with the opinion
Of interested parties. Both got down among the
folks and thus got real information to actual general
ditions.
They testify that Russia quits fighting the Teuton
solely because she longer fight She simply hasn't
the arms, munitions and leaders, the sentiment of
patriotism to spur her She's desperate that she
doesn't what happens and open prey for anybody
with power to despoil
Professor Mchaels has just completed grain survey
OF Russia for American interests While Russian cities
are on the of starvation the granares in the ag
cultural regions stuffed with wheat and the sowing
Is the largest known Simply transportation facilities
are in state of complete ruin.
Watch those magnificent railroaders the Germans
get to those fat granariesl
London cable says $1,000 petitions for divorce
hare been filed in Petrograd Can't any too persons
- Pseo
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-02-26

TT IS conacryauvely estimated that
L over three million people annual
~ in this country alone are taxi
ing Nuxatcd Iron. Such astonishing
results have been reported from iiH
use burh by doctors and isymen that
n number OF physicians IN various
parts or the country have been asked
10 explain why they prescribe " no
extensively. and why IL apparently
produces 40 much better results than
we're obtained from the old forms OF
inorganic iron.
Extracts from some Of the letters
received are given below:
DIR. Ferdinand King. a New York
Physician and Medical Author. says.
There can be no vigorous iron men
without iron. Pailor means anaemia-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-02-26
MORTAR WOUNDING
GEN. WOOD KILLED II

Az ATLANTIC PORT. Feb. a.
Eleven men, including three FrcncsS
officers. were killed. when MAJ. Cen
Leonard Wood was wounded Il
France. according 10 word rcachinl
here thru passengers aboard a re-
turning ship The ship brought Col.
chas. y. Kilbourne. chief aide 10
Gen. Wood. who was wounded ~ tho
head at the time Of tho accident,
which waH cauDed when mortar
burst.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-02-26
4. . . E. ID. TX s . . /.
COL YUM
r.. u. KS ANSWERS

wish 20 make a skirt OF some
material that will attract attention.
All the silk | have seen In too quiet,
Can you suggest something ioud1--
Miss NJ. -. -.
You might try crash. That II
pretty loud
My brother is n lawyer and makes
money easily. lie sued "A corpora
ton and got 100000 for a fee.
wouldn't you call that a biz nnap7--
NJ. T. Lott.
No. Wed call that a sue IL pud.
ding.
whor, IN good place for n man
to go when he IL all run down.
w. y. ".
Go TO n matchmaker. or you might
go 20 some spring.
What kind OF food In never eatrn
by soldiers In the artiilery7-B. NJ
Eggs. The artillery men don't like
10 break tho shells.
In II true that children take after
their fatherH7--L. c. u.
No. But great many wives take
after their husbands.
r.. ID. KS HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Never throw away old overcoat
buttons. Save them and use them
as poker chips.
A spoonful OF ammonia poured IN
. sugar bowl will keep IN. moths out.
A good imitation Of rye flour can
be made OF mahogany aawdust
An Akron inventor has perfected
pneumatic floor. made OF rubber.
II " impossible 10 break china or
eYt glass by dropping IL on tho floor.
biscuits can DO preserved indrf.
initely by covering them with water
glass.
Most business men forget that
they should conserve tim. an well as
materials and money" writes T. c.
u. Il recently turned my attention
10 tho conservation Of time. found.
after a month Of careful invcntiga-
ton. that my two ntenoEraphers
wasted 80 per cent OF their time.
both when taking dictation and
when tranncribing their notes. by
stopping their work 90 fin their hair.
l have employed an expert hair
dresser who fixes tho girls hair
white they arc working. and find
that my saving II equal 10 four
times tho hair dr~aser'a pay"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-02-26

my duty not to mention IL. l have
taken II myself and given II to my
patients with most surprising aud
satisfactory results. And those who
wish quickly to increase their
strength. power and endurance Will
find II most remarkable and won
dorfully effective remedy"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-02-26

DIR. Schuy-
|lerC. Jacques.
Visiting
Surgeon OF
st. Eliza
heth's Hos
pital. OF
" Q W York
city. said:
II have new
er before
given out
any neuicAl
Information
or advice
for puhlica-
ton. as or
iinarily ] do
do not be-
lieve In IT,
But In the
case of Nux-
ated Iron /
feel ! would
he rantGQ in
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-02-26
HOW DID YOU DIE?

EDMUND VANCE COOKE
"a trouble that your
with "a heart ana cheerful
or hide your facet the light Of day
with soul and fearful7
Oh n troubles a a troubles
a trouble n you make H.
And II Isn't act that you're hurt that counts.
But only ola you take t7
You are beaten TO earth7 We'll. well. THAR
Come up IA smiling facet
It's nothing against fan down flat.
thero-thats Disgrace.
harder you're why the higher bounce,
BE proud biackened cyoi
II isn't that you're licked that counts:
It's how did you fight and why7
nd tho you b. o the death what then7
you battied the best you could.
ia the world OF
why viii call IL
Deaf "A with n pouncs,
md whether he's slow
ant that you're counts.
only how did die7
From "Impertinent Poems"
Copyright 1904. by Dodge Co. York city
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-02-26

fighting trim. so that they would be
physically equipped 20 Withstand ali
manner OF storms and the rayages
OF natures elements.
Recently was prompted. through
nm Enforcement of NuNatcd Iron by
DIR. Schuyler G. Jaauos. Visiting Sur
reon OF 81. Elizabeth's Hospital.
New York. TO give H. a trial This
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-02-26

"PlaRt tcdr savings garden" And inpest ia
savings stamps. Lend voar money 10 Uncle Sam, so
that he mdg gipe yoir pour brother, your siceet-
heart the things they need across the sea.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-02-26

Gire your flesh and blood at the battle front the
best chance possible. This hnt those in public
office mast be in thoro sympathy Nth the administration
program for II Liberty Bonds Red Cross. thrift stamps,
Hoorer rules fail boys the eiH be stdrp
ing and dying uithout decent chance for life.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-02-26

remedy has proven through my own
tests OF IL TO excel any preparation
! have ever used for creating red
blood. building up the nerves.
strengthening the muscles and cor
rerting digestive disorxferr''
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-02-26

- - NNE
lCity OF Chi
r. n < q. and
| former
House Sur
Jgeon. JEFF
Iferson Park
Hospital.
Chicago. In
| commenting
lon Nuxated
Iron. says
1T has been
my particu-
lar duty
Turing the
past six
years to as
sist In keep
ing Chica-
COS five
thousand
blue coats
In good
health and
nEHfagt
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-02-26

An official OF the former German
consulate In Honolulu has been fined
$1,000 by San Francisco Judge for
consplring to start n revolution in
India. II the Judge really wished TO
punish the man. why didn't he
Keep him in" after school.
Make him write a word 200 iimee
Make him stand in a corner for
an hour.
Make him mcnorize The Village
blacksmith" and recitr H.
Not give him any dessert for
week.
or tie him to tho bedpost7
win you please tell me why IL
Is" postcards Mrs. ~. c. G. that
the boys in the trenches don't blow
out tho gaa7'