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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-09
SWINDLE THE REGIsTRANrs.
Some Notaries and Deed Commission
ers in New York Blamed.

NEW YORK, Jan. g." Extraordi-
nary conditions existing among no
taries ana commissioners of deeds have
been brought te light, according to a
statement issued from the office of
Merton Z. Lewis, state attorney gen
eral. regarding the investigation into
the activities of these officials in con
neetion with draft exemptions.
In numerous instances, it is declared,
affdavits were presented to the adju-
tant general purporting to be sworn to
when in fact the atlantis had not
even appeared before the notary wno
subscribed to the same. In some in
stances, it was added. the atlantis did
not even have knowledge that theiy
names were being used.
A long list of notaries, commission
ers of deeds land inscriptions law
yers involved in extortions and ex
traordinary practices, has been turned
over to the attorney general, according
! to the statement, which added:
| 1T appears that the general scheme
/ is for notaries and commissioners o.
deeds to convey the idea to ignoran
registrants and their relatives ant
! friends that members of the legal adj
risory board are really attorneys look
ing out for the interests of the gov
ernment and should not be trusted b,
reeistrants as their aim is to get tn
registrant into the military service il
respective of the merits Of his ease.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-09

refused nourishment for many days,
carried her case TO the highest court
of the state.
Mrs. Sanger s attorneys attack ed the
penal law. holding it unrea sonable anu
oppressive when applied to birth con
troll propaganda. They contended that
the law was uncons.itutio in that
il would prevent duly licensed physi-
elan from giving advice and help to
his married patients. Regarding this
the court said that Mrs. Sanger was
not physician and that the general
rule applied that no one could plead
the unc o4lStitutionality Of q law exc IT
the ,snrSon affected thereby. The court
also held that the statute did not pre-
vent physicians from giving advice or
help in good faith TO married person
to cure or prevent disease, and that the
protection afforded the physician wouid
also extend to dru""ist or vendo,
acting upon physician s prescription
/ or order.
The opinion said in conclusion:
"Much OF the argument presented z"
US By the appellant touching social
conditions and sociological questions
involves matters for the legislature and
| not for the courts.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-09
1ommYs "Manxn Shirt.

A pretty V. A. D. nurse who officiates
In the linen closet of one of Londons
big military hospitals, according to a
correspondent, relates this enlivening
tale:
A few days ago fresh raiment was
served out to number of newly ar
rived Tommies who were in need of it.
Suddenly one of the men said: "Say
nurse. what do they call cats that
haven't any tails?"
"Why, those are Manx CATS" replied
the unsuspecting nurse.
swell, then," said the Tommy
you've given me Manx shirt"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-09
SPORTING NE VS.
BOWLING IS IN LEAD
Excels All Other Sports in Total
Number of Participants.
Reports Furnish Positive Proof That
Pastlre Has Now Surpassed All
Other Indoor Games Also
More Money Invested.
By THOMAS c. JONES. Secretary At

By THOMAS G. JONES, Secretary At
lantic Coast Bowling Association)
Reports from all sections of the /
greatest bowling country in the world I
the United States OF America--fur- |
nish positive proof that bowling has
now surpassed all other indoor ath-
letic games.
There is more money invested in the
bowling game today than perhaps any
other, and the game has more actual
participants than any other sport or
game.
There has been an increasing inter-
est in all bowling associations annu-
al tournaments for the last seventeen
years, and the 19l7-1S season is no
exception, unless the exception is Il
larger increase than any previous sea
son.
| claim that with proper organia-
ton we can and will within short
time interest the great majority who
do not participate in recreation of any
kind, and with the continued support
Of the representative men now at the
head Of our different associations, we
will make good our claim that bowl
ing is no longer II luxury, but Is now
considered necessity.
We must all give more time to or
gani2ation. No game or sport or bust
ness can be made a success without
proper organiZation-bowling is no ex-
ception. Every man who bowls ought
TO be connected With a bowling asso-
citation and assist in enforcing its
rules.
We have been very successful here
| In organizing, not only in the Atlantic
Coast Bowling association, but local
chapters in almost all OF the eastern
| cities. They have formulated rules
and are enforcing them, preventing the
' games or tournaments from being top
heavy. eliminating from competition
the so-called star team" usually com
| posed Of alley owners and managers.
Local leagues, as well as the annua
A. G. Il. A. international tournaments
are catering to the masses and no
the few. and from present Indication
they will, and within few years, Sc
cure the support of the bowlers 10
Gated in this territory. This will en-
able the association to hold annua
tournaments that will test the capaC
ity of any building available, and w
still have the great Madison Squar
Garden.
We are slowly but surely uniting a
of the bowlers and with the continue
support of bowling journals and dali
press, we will, within a few year
place bowling where it belongs
the head of all other athletic sports.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-09
PERSONAL.

H. II. Chamberlain of Townshend is
spending the day in town.
Mrs. A. 0. Norcross of Dummerston
is spending the day here with rela-
tives.
f. F. Lindsey, mail carrier, resumed
his route this morning after several
days illness.
Mrs VI. J. Moran is out again after
having been housed several days with
an attack Of rheumatism. sr .sat
Miss Addie Warren, bookkeeper for
Jordan 4 Son. is housed III her home
on Belmont avenue with a severe cold.
Mrs. 4. NJ Lyman of Montague,
t:ySs., came Yesterday to visit her
laughter. Mrs. Richard H. CIapp and
/ emily of Putney road.
! Mrs Lenore Fisher and daughters
moved yesterday from y. T. Eddy ;
house on Putnev road to the Ullery
Inildiu" on Main street.
Miss Violet Rathbone is expected to
! return tomorrow from Jamaica where
she has been during the week with ner
father, DR.. j. L. Rathbone.
Mrs Carrie +. Warner left today for
a few days visit in Orange, Mass.
From there she will go to Nashua, Y.
H., to spend two weeks with relatives.
i Miss Louise Neweomb Of Burling-
ton has taken a position as head wait
ress at the Brooks House Miss New
comb has been formerly employed
there.
Miss Myrtle Adams. registered
nurse. has resumed her duties in the
Goldman hospital III Boston after a visit
here with her mother, Mrs. Iva Ad-
) ans
Mrs. G. 7. Keefe and children OF
Bellows Falls, who had been visiting
her mother, Mrs. D. f. Doyle of South
Main street, returned yesterday (
: Bellows Falls.
. W. A. Wilcox and Harry Hodgkins
:, travelling statesmen for +. Crosby & com
pany, left today on a three-weeks
business trip through the West going a
S far as Kansas.
+. d. Whitney has closed his HON
{. on Green street for the winter and h
J, and Mrs. Whitney will spend the win
It ter in Springfield Mass, with he
mother. Mr.. Whitney is in town toda
d on business.
Cecil Bailey, who is employed j
', the pipe organ department at the Este
4 organ factory, where he is learnin
the business, returned yesterday froI
his home in Raleigh, \. c., where h
had been visiting.
- Mrs Roy b. Miner recently receive
y another communication from the chic
u signal officer regarding her applicatio
S for service i'll the army signal corp
~ The nature of this communication W;
h such that she began Immediately /
s. break up housekeeping. Late yeste
"a day afternoon Mrs. Miner received
~ long distance telephone message fro
= headquarters stating that new ruin
n about issuing passports to officer
&c wives had been made and that on TIL
IL account it was regretted that at pre-
ne ent no arrangements could be cor
pleted She was informed that if Il
ruling should be CHANGED at a ne
date she would be notified at once al
nc should be ready far an interview
THAT time. She was thanked for b
- desire to serve.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-09
FUEL BOARDS TO FIX PRICES.
Administrator Jones SO Informs Local
Committees

MONTPELIER, Jan. 9.-The follow
ing letter has been sent by the state
fuel administrator to the local fuel com
mittccS which in effect makes these
boards the persons who shall fix the
price of coal in each locality although
appeals may be taken from the local
committee s judgment to the state fuel
administrator:
Montpelier, VT, JAN 3, 1918.
To Members of Local Fuel Committees:
Dear Srs:-
Up to the present time, on account
of apparent instability of cost of coal
at mines and of freight charges, it
has not seemed advisable heretofore to
fix the price at which retailers may sell
coal locally, but to carry out the pur-
poses of the federal fuel administrator
we now desire to fix such price which
price shall be determined as follows:
L. Each local fuel committee is here
by directed to reconsider the price pre-
Ivously recommended to the Vermont
fuel administrator, to revise such if in
/ the Judgment of said committee such
recommended price and correlatlve data
| should be revised. entitled, Official Re
port of Local Committee, as a substitute
/ for previous blank recommending price
I and return such blank containing re
vised price and data at once to saic
fuel administrator. II case any loca
fuel committee decides that its former
recommendation of price should stand
said committee is hereby instructed t
so inform said fuel administrator.
/ 9. Upon determination Of price by
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-09
BIG AIR DRAGONS
Craft of the Future Will Be
Armored Dreadnaughts.
Winged Fighters Promise to Be De-
veloped Much the Same as That OF
Naval Construction.

The fighting airplanes of the future
will grow larger and larger. They will |
soon become the dreadnaught OF the |
air. The development, writes a Wash
ington correspondent, will be much the
same as that of naval construction.
This is the prediction Of govern
ment expert 1t is based on the brler
report from London telling OF the con-
struction by Germany of metal-inciosed
battleplanes, which Germany IS Duiio-
ing to meet Americans in the air.
From the outset l have been con-
WINGED that the United States should
devote much of its genius and con-
structive ability to the development or
a powerful fighting airplane," he said.
Germany may be building sort of
aerial armor- clad, but the kaiser will
have no monopoly in this respect.
my judgment is that development
Of an effective fighting force in the air
will follow much the same line as naval
| construction. In modern navieS, in fact,
| In all navies of history, the heavy ship
Of the line, which could take and give
the most punishment was the backbone
Of the fleet. This will be true Of the
| airplane fiotilla of the future.
"All of the allied nations now are
building much heavier battleplanes,
| This tendency will increase. At all
| times there must be light and excep.
tionally fast scout machines, just as
we must have scout cruisers also
Large and speedy battle cruisers also
ate future, but the slower and more
stable machine with q real punch, the
airplane that can give and receive {
maximum of punishment and still re
main aloft must be the backbone o
the aerial fighting forces of the fu
ture."
The most powerful airplanes which
, have been seen in this country are tn
. Caproni biplanes and triplanes at tn
Langley flying field. Newport News
Va. The big Handley Paige battl
planes turned out by Great Britain ais
have great carrying power and ar
capable of large measure of destru,
. tive work. 1t is predicted that thes
:, powerful flying machines will soon civ
= place to planes Of far greater capacit
4 and capable of withstanding a veri
able broadsde in sky battle.
5 The new American Liberty mote
=. continues to meet every test to whiC
1t is subjected.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-09
FRIGHTFULLY INJURED.
Robert Lewis, Who Fell $50 Feet III
Quarry, in Rutland Hospital

RUTLAND, Jan. 9.-Robert Lewis,
about IS years old, who was terribly
injured about the head Yesterday morn
ing as the result of falling $50 feet or
more in the Norton slate quarry III
Granville. \. Y, is in the Rutland
hospital in a critical condition. The
man. suffered a fractured skull and his
left eve and nose were driven into the
brain when he struck upon the loose
slate at the bottom Of quarry pit.
VI hnnd is otherwise terribly man
gled.
His physician, Dr. f. NJ Pond, said
last evening that the injured man has
but slight chance to recover and that
an operation must be performed but
that the patient was in no condition
to undergo such at that time. At :
late hour Mr.. Lewis had not regained
consciousness.
The man was employed in what is
known as the No. 6 quarry and gettinc
too near the edge of the bank lead
| ing down over q pile of waste slate
| toppled into the pit. He was attend
| ed in Granville by DR.. r. c. Davie,
and brought to Rutland on the trai'
reaching here shortly before noon. TIL
Stearns ambulance took the iniurct
man to the hospital.
! Should the man recover he will prob
ably lose one eye. He is brother .
the man who was killed near Bliss
willie last summer when struck by
trolley car. He has a wife and tw
daughters.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-09

local fuel committee, and in accordance
with the foregoing instructions, said
committee is hereby directed to. ad-
wise at once each local coal dealer
within its town or city concerning the
price recommended at which coal shall
be sold within the town or city, and to
date report on blank herewith enclosed.
in case of revision of price, concurrent
coal dealer, or, in case it is decided to
allow former price to stand, date advice
to this Office concurrent with date of
notice given to each dealer.
3. Such notice of recommended price,
served hy local fuel committee on 10
cal dealers within its jurisdiction, shall
automatically at midnight following
such notice become the fixed price for
the sale Of coal within the jurisdiction
of said local fuel committee, pending
modification by the Vermont fuel ad-
ministrator and approval by the United
States fuel administrator.
4. ANY coal dealer may appeal from
| the price thus fixed to the Vermont
fuel administrator for q modification of
such price.
s. The Vermont fuel administrator
| reserves the right to modify at any
time and in any degree the price SC
| fixed through recommendation of a loca
| fuel committee, notice whereof will be
furnished the dealers in each town OF
city in which the price is so modified.
6. In case the copy of blank recon-
mending previous price and correla
tive data, previously made to this of
fee has been mislaid by local fue
committee, duplicate can be obtained
on application to this office.
You are requested to address your
selves Immediately to the business here
in submitted and to make returns t
this office at the earliest convenien
date.
Herewith enclosed find franked re
turn envelope for transmitting recon
mendation of prices.
Respectfully,
II. j. NJ. JONES,
: VT Fuel Administrator.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-09
Girls AS Army Dentists.

Should the Preparedness League Of
American Dentists accept the offer of
services from seventy-five young
women students Of Columbia univers-
ity, says the New York Herald. Army
recruits soon may have their teeth
looked over by young women dentists.
The young women. having completed
the course in oral hygiene at Column
bia, are fully qualified dental hygien-
this brand new profession. The young
women want to clean the teeth of the
soldiers before they go to camp.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-09
As the Tanks Appear.

Imagine big mechanism that seems
to have a malign life of its own, tran
scending human management, i'm
pervious to human attack. Imagine a
giant caterpillar the size of small
house, a caterpillar whose skin is steel
and whose eyes are death and spout
ing cannon. Imagine this monster
crawling Down upon you. immune from
everything but the rare direct hit of a
big shell; able to climb, delighting to
amble into and out of holes, fmplac-
able. reSistless. fatal-such is a British
war tank-Exchange
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-09
PlPP AND ANDERSON ENLIST
Offer Services to Uncle Sam
to Fight Kaiser.

Walter Pipp, first baseman OF the
New York Yankees. and Walter Ander-
son, pitcher of the Philadelphia Ath-
letics, have enlisted in Uncle Sans
service. Pipp offered his services as
an expert craftsman, and Anderson ell
listed in the naval reserves. Anderson
will be shipped to the Great Lakes
Training station.
Pipp and Anderson are both products
OF the Grand Rapids sand lots. Ander.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-09
HULSWITT TO PILOT JOPLIN
Former Major Lacquer Signed by John
Savage as Manaeer-WilI Also
Play Third Base.

Rudy Hulswitt, former big Lacquer
and remembered by American associa-
tion fans as former Columbus Senator
player and manager, is going to man
age the Joplin club of the Western
league next year. John Savage. secre-
tary of the Blues, who still owns the
Joplin franchise, made the announce
men. Hulswitt will play third base for
the club.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-09
CORONER URGES CORK
PADDING FOR RINGS.

Coroner +. l.. Byrae's inquestS
into the death nj Cleveland ofS
"El Paso' Jimmy Wilson, whoS
died from fractured skull fol-S
lowing a Knockout in matchS
with Whitley Wenzel of Pitts-S
burgh developed that all precau-S
tions against accident had beenS
taken and that Wenzel was inS
no why to blame. I
Coroner Byrne declared that(
In his opinion Wilson's deathS
was an unavoidable accident,S
but suggested that cork pad-t
ding for the floor of the ring iE-t
stead of the present canvas COW,
cred felt padding would reducet
the number of ring accidents.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-09
BIRTH CONTROL LAW UPHELD.
New York Courts of Appeals Holds
Law Is Constitutional.

ALBANY, n. Y, Jan. 9.-The section
of New York s penal law prohibiting
the dissemination of birth control in
formation or paraphernalia, under
which Mrs. Margaret Sanger, birth con
troll advocate of New Yok, was convict
ed and served 80 days in the work
house, was held constitutional by the
court of appeals Mrs. Sanger, after
serving her sentence, during which she
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-09
Presents for kilhanc.

Johnny Kilbane, the featherweight
champion, Is wearing wrist watch
and a pair of riding boots, the gifts of
Cleveland admirers. Kildare ID chief
boxing instructor In Camp Sherman.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-09
California Gibe.

From an account of an Oregon we'd
ding: 1.-The brideeroom's present to
the bride was a handsome diamond
brooch, together with many other beau
tiful things in cut glass. Oakland
(Cal.) Tribune
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-09

son is only twenty years old and last
year was his first in the big league and
his second in organized baseball.
II have no dependents and 1 don't
see why ! shouldn't serve" said Ander-
son. IL don't Ike this idea of some one
asking for exemption for me-"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-09
Her Complaint.

Doctor-Your daughter, madam, is
suffering from constitutional inertia.
The Girl-There, ma And YOU We
been saying I was simply lazy.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-09
Bert Shelton Is Fast.

Bert Shottou of the Browns is one
of the fastest men in baseball, but he
did not have very successful season
on the bases. In 10 games he stole
only IL bases.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-09

Our deepest sympathy is with the
man of few words married to a WON
an who does a continuous monologue.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-09

Some men are known by the friends
they fail to make.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-01-17
LETTER FROW A GeR-
 MAN SCHOOL GIRL.

This remarkable letter, which was first published in the Edinburgh Scotsman, was printed in the Congressional Record by request of Senator Robinson.
 Frankfort Ober, July 20. '16.
 My Dear Louise: The con tents of your last letter would have hurt me had 1 not known that your thoughts of our glor- ious war resulted from sheer ignorance.
 You are in a country render ed etfeminate by the influence of old-fash;o led ideas of liberty. a country which is at least two centuries behind ours. You are in need of a good dose of Prus- sian culture.
 It is evident that you, a Swiss girl, with your French sympathies cannot understand how my heart, the heart of a young German girl passionately desired this war. Speaking of 1t some years ago. my father said to us: Children. Germany is getting too small for us; we shall have to go to France again in order to find more room. Is it our fault if France will not understand that more money and land necessary for us?
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-01-17
BLEVINS

MT. and Mrs. Mullen returned from a trip of nearly three weeks in Oklahoma, visiting their ..chil- dren.
 Thursday of last week we had very cold rain in the morning, visited in the afternoon by rain and hail.
 Wood in this section is in heavy demand, and choppers can't fill the bill.
 The axe handle factory has re- sumed business after lapse of four months.
 MT. Marvin Hays took sick Thursday of last week and had to quit work.
 The new hardware store raised it's gasoline tank from the old stand and planted it in front of the new building.
 The new questionnaires were sent out in this community last week.
 The new automobile plant has received part of the lumber for their new building.
 Friday morning we woke up to find between five and six inches of snow on the ground.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-01-17
S1O.0G REWARD.

Strayed or Sto!en-From the range near the Powers bend on Missouri river, about Thanks givir z Day, one coming three year old sorre.l mare mule. well grown. large feet. raan on Hanks and thighs, lar1e earS and head. wei broke, very 4entie. ] will give $l0 O rewas: to@ any in- formation .eaG.o.s io recovery.
 ! 2ye, Route ,. ?.,5,.rt tt, Atk. Read IE- I ..-s.,-I.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-01-17
JOINT AUCTION SALE

At F. M. Odell's residence 5 miles Northwest of Prescott and 3 miles Northeast of Emmet, on Tuesday, January P, 1918, at 10 o'clock a. m. Two brood mares, ? 2.year old mules, good, Four mule colts, One horse colt, good. Two COWS with young calves, Two Duroc brood sows. Nine head stock hogs, 250 or 3G0 bales Alfalfa hay, 250 bales Bermuda x Prairie hay, One mower and rake. One 1-horse buggy and harness. One disk harrow, One disk blow. Two sets of double harness.
 Terms of Sale Hogs, cash in hand. All other property. 8 credit of nine months will be giv- en purchaser giving bankable note bearing s per cent interest from date. Amounts of 5000 and under CASH.
 F. Nj. Odell,
 $. s. Purtle.