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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-08
WEST DOVER.
Former Resident Killed by Train.

A Saratoga paper of July 10 con
tanned the following notice of the death
of Harold p. Estabrook. who was born
in West Dover June %, 1876: "Harold
Pitt Estabrook of Alplaus, former
resident of this city was killed yester-
day morning by d. & H. train, about
mile and a half south of Putnam sta
ton on Lake Champlain Mr.. Esta-
brook was camping with James Kilfoil
near Putnam when the accidnt oc-
Cured. He is survived by his wife,
SIX daughters; his mother, Mrs Charles
d. Thurber, of Albany; one sister, Miss
Lulu B. Estabrook and one brother
Leo t. Estabrook of New York city.
The funeral will be held tomorrow af.
ternoon at Is Lake avenue and burial
will be made in Greenridge cemetery. y
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-08
MORE HAIR! GIRLS
How to make 1t so Fascinating and
Delightfully."- Lustrous that 1t will
add to your Beauty.

When your hair becomes faded, dry.
strcaked and scraggly, when it falls out
badly and new hair cannot grow, the
roots must be vitalized and properly
nourished To do this quickly, safely
and at little expense, there is nothing SO
effective as Partisan sage (liquid form)
which you can get at Wilfred F. Root S
or any druggist s.
1t s guaranteed to abolish dandrufT.
stop scalp itch and falling hair, and
promote a new growth or money re-
funded. It's in great demand by dis
eliminating women because it makes
the hair SO soft, fluffy, lustrous, easy to
arrange attractively, and appear heavier
than it really is.
A massage with Partisan Sage is a
real delight-easy to use, not sticky or
greasy, and dclicately perfumed- an
tisePtic liquid free from dangerous in
gradients, and guaranteed not to color
the hair or scalp If you want good
looking hair and plenty of it use Pari-
sian Sage Don I delay-begin tonight
"a little attention now insures beauti-
full hair for years TO eome.-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-08

chuck He got into his hole, and its
a fine time to whistle now, but ne
didn't whistle while he was around
here, just wrote up piece to suit his
taste, then started for Detroit at the
rate of eight or ten miles per hour,
as he never drives faster than that ac-
cording to his own story.
We all know that if Mr. Mead had
only been driving eight or ten miles
an hour he could have stopped his ma
chine before going over the bank. I
was driving about twelve miles an
hour and when he passed me he was
going so much faster than / was that
| it almost seemed as if [ was standing
still
I The readers of The Reformer will
notice in Mr.. Mead IS first account of
the accident that he said | was driv-
ing in the middle of the road, not turn
ing out the slightest, and to avoid a
collision he pulled his car way out of
the roadway: In his second edition he
saws, " true he was on the right-hand
side of the road Now if | was in
the middle of the road in the first ac-
count what moved me over on to the
rlght-hand side in the second account?
Was it my broken English2
+, My father offers to put up a hum
dred dollars that two ears abreast
could have driven past my car (by go
ing slowly where it was when Mr..
Mead passed it and neither car would
| have gone over the bank If Mr. Mead
wants to talk he may call around and
he will find us here at work most of
the time, and we can tell a Ford car
from a Chevrolet, also an American
from a foreigner.
| want to say right here that Mr..
Mead is in error when he says we are
foreigners or that we spoke one word
of broken English. The English that
hurt Mr.. Mead was when my father
told him what he thought of a man
that drove as he was driving. 1t
WASH t broken so but what he under
stood it. | wonder how many of the
readers of The Reformer think that
If Mr. Mead thought he could have
proven all the blame for the accident
on to me, as he wants to now, he
wouldn t have been after me for dam
| ages. He knew he couldn t prove it.
so didn't try to-
CLAUDE E. UPTON.
West Dover, Aug. 8, 1918.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-08
WEST BRATTLEBORO

Mrs. w. D. Burbank of Boston is
guest at B. s. Miller's.
Mrs. Nettie Harvey of South Had.
ley rails is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
c. E. Rider.
Regular prayer meeting this evening
IN the Congregational vestry. Subject.
Neglected Glasses.
Fred Smith is visiting his son. Hurdis
Smith, in Newfane. He expects to be
away some time.
Arthur Winter and family of Atbol.
Mass, are at E. H. Davenport S. for a
two weeks vacation.
Mrs. Bert Morse and daughter,
Gladys, of Newfane were guests at
Fred Smith s this week
Misses Ruth and Isabel Gay are
spending week with Miss Emeline
Webster in Hartland, Vt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Davis have re-
turned from Springfield, Mass, where
they visited several days
Merrill Hamilton went to Bellows
Falls today to take another examina-
ton for government service.
| Mrs. A. V. Woodwork went to
Cheshire. Conn, yesterday to spend sew
eral weeks with her mother, Mrs.
Charles Hall.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Harold P White went
| Tuesday to Belmont to visit Mr..
| White IS parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
White. They were accompanied by Mr..
and Mrs. j. L. Barney and made the
trip by automobile.
Mr.. Hale and son, Lucius, of Cheshire,
| Conn, who have been attending the
Northfield meetings, have been recent
guests at Rev. A. V. Woodwork IS.
They returned to Cheshire yesterday,
accompanied by Mrs. Walter Tucker,
who also has been their guest several
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Smith recently
received letter from their son, Ken
meth, who is in France, in which he
tells how the French people celebrated
the Fourth OF July in honor OF the
United States and the American sol
diers and he thought if the United
States celebrated France IS national day
as the French did ours they would have
to be "going some.'
| Thirty women met in Academy hall
yesterday to sew for the Red Cross
Work was for the Belgian refugees and
a good amount was accomplished, 40 gar
ments and three dozen towels being fin
ished. Much satisfaction is expressed for
the way in which the work is conducted
all the different organizations working
unitedly and with enthusiasm for the
cause in which all are interested. The
next meeting will be held on Thursday OF
next week.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-08
LIVE ON MEMORIES
BUT SOMETIMES EAT.
Sergt. Eckels Writes from France to
His Mother-Red Cross Ice Cream
Compared with Shady Brook.

The following is part of letter
from Sergt. John J. Eckels, who is in
France, to his mother, Mrs. John j.
Eckels of Cedar street:
Mon Cher Mere:
Your ever welcome letter has arrived
and | am answering it on the day L
received it. My chances of writing are
few, owing to conditions beyond my
control. Said conditions will be fully
gone into when the censor and me own
good sense allow. But if you think /
am forgetting, permit me to enlighten
you. Over here we live on our memo
ries and our mail. These are the main
stays, though every once in while we
eat. My loathing for stew in any way,
shape, or form, camoufage it as you will,
is deep, fervent, and everlasting;
| corned beef hash comes next and there
are few other items not far behind. /
have a deep longing for a clean table
cloth, thin. chinaware, cut glass, low
lights, and silence and solitude, far
| from the maddening crowds. | wanna
go home!
| When | get back I shall write num-
| Der of books. One of the first will have
| for title The Sewerage System of
Rural France The next will be Tour
| ing France on an Escort Wagon and
| Sixteen Hours on Ration Cart. An
escort wagon is first cousin to a steam
roller, slightly out of repair, and is sub
ject to brake troubles when descending
steep hills. A ration cart has all the
bad points of an Irish jaunting car
with none of its good ones, in fact, the
word good can in no way be associated
with same. Then / shall touch on The
| Modern Army as Method for Trans
uniting Rumors. | am fully equipped
to handle these subjects lin mastery
manner. But my browning literary
feature, the main show in fact, will be
entitled Food as it Is and Ain t. That ;.
where l shall shine
While | am on that subject I want
to tell you of the only time, since was
a che-ild, when | most ardently wished
that my capacity for storing away fooC
was less limited. 1t was on the eve
ming of July 4th, when that blessed
organization, the Red Cross, combined
with the Societae Pour Restitutione d,
Devastated France to put across tn,
must WonueTIul act ever staged IL
France. They gave away (get then
blessed words) to all and sundry, co
pious quantities of ICE CREAM. Oh
boy! that was perfect ending of
day. - And never till the tidings o
! peace reach the soldiers of Uncle San
will so much joy be loosed in this beau
tiful country
Take your hottest day, multiply it b.
six, get red hot oven and sit in it an
then imagine trickle of cool air en-
, folding you, the cool murmur of shad
+ brooks-but no, no artist can draw. n
/ singer can sing, no poet can poem, tn
g Joyousness of them moments. And te
3 it not in Gaul but yours truly coul
only down two dinner plates full an
e had to stand with streaming ewes an
Y swollen corpus as his comrade
{ bravely entered for their fifths. Their
was also fudge and Gigs and tobacc,
but Oh, you ice creaml
Well | must quit and try and writ
some more to dad and Rita and +.
t and Ed. Your loving son,
JOHN
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-08
MRS. VIOLET LONG KILLED.
Controller of Womans' Corps Lost on
the Warilda.

LONDON, Aug. S.-One of the wom-
en- lost in the torpedoing of the ambu-
lance transport Warilda was Mrs. Vio-
let Long, chief controller of the Brit
ish Womans' auxiliary corps, better
known as the Tommywaacs With
her sister, Mrs. Long started the work
of the corps early in theewar On her
last trip to France Mrs. Long took over
a detachment to be assigned to the
American Army.
Mrs. Long, witnesses say, became en-
tangled in the ropes as she was being
placed in boat and was caught be-
tween the boat and the side of the ship.
She was seriously injured and begged
to be released, but there was no way
to help her. Finally the small boat
went adrift and Mrs. Long disappeared
into the sea.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-08
PUTS AFFECTIONS
OF WIFE AT $4,000
Edward j. Grout of Dover Sues Harry
Harvey of Greenfield, Mass
Alienation Is Alleged

Among the suits entered in the office of
the clerk of the superior court for Frank
lin county, at Greenfield, Mass, is one
from this county in which damages are
asked for the loss of affections Edward
". Grout of Dover sues Harry Harvey of
Greenfield in the sum of $4,000. alleging
alienation of the affections of Mrs Grout
and depriving the plaintiff of the compan-
ionship and services of his spouse En-
ticement and seduction of Mrs Grout by
the defendant also are alleged
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-08
HOW TO GET RID
OF RHEUMATISM
"Fruit-d-tives" Point the Way
to Quick Relief

ERONA.
ST suffered for a number of years
with Rheumatism and scvere Pains
IN my Side and Back, caused by
strains and heavy lifting.
When l had given up hope of ever
being well again, a friend recon-
Enended sFruit-a-tives' Tor Fruit
Li2e,- Tablets to me and after using
the first box | felt so much better
that | continued to take them and
now I am enjoying the best of health.
w. M. LAMPSON.
Soc. a box, 6 for $3.50, trial size 25c.,
At all dealers or sent on receipt of
price, by FRUIT-A-TIVES Limited,
OGDENSBURG. Wy.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-08
SAYS MEAD SOMERSAULTED.
Admitted Upton Gave Him Big Half
of Road Upton Declares.
Editor of The Reformer:-

Editor of The Reformer:-
Through your paper / wish to an
swer the second edition of Mr.. Mead S
account of the automobile accident in
Marlboro. He states that l am trying
to conceal the cause and lay the blame
on the Michigan party, which is just
where, it Belongs and If he wanted to
be fair he wouldn t try to put it on
to me-
There were four others with me in
my car, my father and mother, Mr..
and Mr.. James Upton of Wilmington,
my brother, Cleon, and my wife They
all heard Mr.. Mead admit that | gave
him big half of the road; now he
denies that, but l can prove it and ]
am ready to back every thing l wrote
in my other account of the accident
Mr.. Mead reminds me of wood
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-08
BRATTLEBOROLOCAL.

a lawn social will be held tomorrow
evening at the Swedish Lutheran church
Light refreshments will be on sale.
The j r. Hall class of the Baptist
Bible school will have silver social at
the home of Miss Lenore Ayers and Miss
Mary Horton of I Willston street Sat
urday afternoon from to ) o'clock
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-08
BAKERS VIEW Of
NEW DRAFT. BILL
Senator'S Chamberlain Says
the War Secretary Has
Changed Front
CLAIMS CAMPS ARE
FULL OF SOLDIERS

Declares 1t Will Take Six Months to
Ship 100000 Men, Now Under Arms
In This Country-No Transportation
Arranged.
WASHINGTON, Aug. S.-The senate
committee on military affairs Is now
considering the administration man
power bill extending the draft ages to
IS to 10 years, inclusive, and is anxious
TO find out just how the secretary of
war stands on the bill Mr.. Baker is
now out of the city, but he will be asked
by the committee to come to testify.
In June the secretary was recorded as
opposing change in the ages, and the
| committee wishes to ascertain what rea-
son he has for changing his mind at
this time
cit is the desire of the committee
to find out why this sudden change of
front, said Senator Chamberlain to-
day
General Crowder, the provost marshal
general, and General March, the chief
of staff have been before the commit
| tee. General Crowder was asked many
question pertaining to the reservoir of
men General March was asked as to
questions of policy.
The senate was generally in favor of
raising the ages a few weeks ago, when
General Crowder's prediction that Class
! would soon be exhausted, was made
But at that time the secretary of war
asked that proceedings be DELAYED IN
til the administration plans could be
embodied in the bill presented yester
day. Now the committee wishes TO fine
out the reasons actuating the delay, and
also the alteration of policy
Some members of the committee said
they wished to find out why the wal
department was DESTROYS of obtaining
SO many men, when there were at pres
ent some 100000 men in the camps il
this country and why Transportation
had not been arranged for them
Senator Chamberlain calculated tha-
at the rate of 100000 monthly it woulc
take six months to send these men t,
France.
Ten senators were present, includim;
Chamberlain, lIoke Smith, Mcclellan
Kirby, Fletcher. Sheppard, and Reed
all Democrats, and New, johnson of Cal
ifornia, and Wadsworth, Republicans
There are seventeen men in the full
membership of the committee. Senate
Chamberlain said that he would do al
possible TO hurry the bin out of com
mittee, but it is said about the Capito
that it is improbable it will be read,
before Monday of next week.
Chairman Dent of the house militar,
committee had not altered his intention
not to call his committee together 70
some time probably not until Aug. lc
when the house reeonyenes for ordinar
business.
: The sentiment in the house apains
lowering the draft ages below 81 is be
} ginning to spread to the senate. Sena
tors such as Martin of Virginia. tn
, Democratic leader, and John Waite
Smith of Maryland, are opposed to thi.
They say they do not think men un
der 20 years should be drafted. and the
are vigorously opposed to setting tn
! limit ut IS On the other hand. onpos
J tpn is developing against drafting me
!. above 40 years old, on the theory tina
! this would disrupt industry.
7
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-08
EIGHTEEN BROKE
MOTOR LIGHT LAW
All But One Found Guilty in Court
at Greenfeld-Two Brattleboro
Men Paid Fines.

GREENFIELD, Mass, Aug. S.-As
a result Of the successful working of a
trap set Tuesday night by the state and
local police IS offenders of the motor
vehicle light law were in the district
court yesterday morning, facing eharg-
es of being on the highway without
proper headlights on their machines.
The Massachusetts, highway commission
has taken a step to enforce the light
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-08

Or. a. !. MILLER, Hooker block, Brattle.
holo Once hours: too, / 10 2, 65Otos
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-08

w r: MOVES, M. D., Eye, Ear, Nose and
Ahfoat 60 u. $50 90 s. "Wednesday and Sat
utdAy evenings Other hours and SUNDAYS Nv
appointment Appointments for glasses fitings
made by mail OF phone American Bldg
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-08

e. !. TRACY. M. d. Office and residence. 2t4
Nam II Hours: 20 $50 a. M, / to ) and
e $50 p ~. Telephone, ESQ " 49,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-08

DIR. HENRY TUCKER. Residence II Grove
~ telephone, 258. Office. Leonard block
llous. 80 % 3, and to g. Telephone DIV.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-08

DIR. Z. r. LYNCH, Surgeon Office, Park
bidg, rooms, ] and 3; telephone, $40. Office
bouts; Until . a. M. ? 20 g. and to q. N. /:
Meltqse hospital, telephone 2Dl 9 to 10 a. M
residence i4l Canal ST, telephone IT, Sun.
days by appointment only.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-08

DR.. II. p. GREENE, Physician and surgeon
Office Bank block Hours: $50 10 10 4 M.
70 and 70 3 y. IN. Residence, S8 Green
81 Telephone connection
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-08
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

II. UKALE v. BURNETT Physician and
surgeon. Market block. Elliot ST. Ofice
hours: $50 % 2 30 a. M, 1880 10 23O, and to (
d NJ. Telephone, Jaw
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-08

'HASE q CHASE, Attorneys at Law, 2i5 Bar
'ct Building. Second Floor. Telephone 9l4
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-08

DR.. II. L. WATERMAN. OHce, Abbott
ulIg-. EIIInt 81. Mrs-. rln-I lna Tel -,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-08

W. H. LANE, NJ. d., M Main ST. Hours.
70 8 and 70 except Sundays Tel. 7S9.W
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-08

DIR. {. G. WHEELER, osteopathie Physician.
~ crosby block. Once hours: 10 TO u a. m
20 3. ~. Other hours by appointment. Tele,
phone connections. Chestnut Hill
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-08

JOHN f. GALE, Attorney at Law, Guilford.
Vt Telephone. lO2.W
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-08

HASK1NS q ScHwENK, Attorneys an,
Connselofs az Law. Brattlchnrn. VI
The sun., 1918-12-14
GEN. Mccain REDUCES
| SENTENCE OF SPY
y. S. Agents Decoyed Private
StringfeiloW, He Says.

AVER, Mass, Dec. IA sentence of
ZEN years at hard LABOR and dishonor-
able discharge from the service was
fecomended by the general court-mar-
tial which recently tried Private Ressly
II. Str1ngfellow of Company b, 212th
Field Signal Battalion. as a spy, It
yas announced to-day. The sentence
gas reduced by Major-Gen. Henry y.
Mccain, commander OF the Twelfth
Division, to two years confinement, TO
be followed by dishonorable discharge,
In reviewing the case Gen. Mccain
expressed the opinion that Stringfel-
low had been decoyed into violating
the espionage law.
] Etringfellow in making an unsworn
statement In his defense at the trial.
asserted that when he had tried I'M
successfully to obtain his discharge
because his criminal record interfered
with chances for promotion, he had
been approached by supposed friends
who had offered TO help him out OF
tho army. In return for their assist
ance, he said, he was led into tapping
a confidential wire into Divisional
Headquarters, although there were
easier methods OF getting the informa-
ton desired. At the insistence OF
the friends" also, he said, he had
turned over to them copies OF code
books, although these books were
identified as library copies and avail
able TO any one. IT came out at the
trial that these supposed confederates
were employers Of the Department Of
Justice. =
The sun., 1918-12-14
BROOKLYN GAS TO BE $l.l0.
Higher Hate Authorized Until
January I. 1920.

Permission was kiven the Brooklyn
Borough Gas Company by the Public
Service Commission yesterday TO in.
crease its rate from 90 cents to sl.lC
thousand cubic feet. Thus Is ended
for tho time the controversy tina,
arose when Charles f. Hughes, Ms
referee in the so cent rate case, CAV,
decision which was interpreted by
the company as giving It the right
to charge sl25.
The commission finds that condi-
tions existing in 1917 to an extent
justified S125 rate then ard tina:
prices for materials and labor are now
so hieh that the company should have
the benefit of a $1.10 rate until not
later than January I. 1920. when the
rate shall go back to 90 cents, the
rate made by the commission In 1918
The sun., 1918-12-14
WATSON EMMETT WINS CROSS.
New York Man With French Unit
Awarded CrOix de Guerre,

Among the young men of New York
who have received the Croix de Guerre
IL Watson C. Emmett. second son OF
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Coster Emmett, 80
East SeVenty-second street.
Mr.. Emmett was graduated from
Harvard in 1914 and went to France
in 1917 to Join the Norton Harjes Am
bulance unit. After that unit was
taken over by the American Govern
ment he Joined the French artillery
and was trained at Fontainebleau, later
Joining the 222d Regiment Artillerie dc
Champagne at Versailles. His division
went through all the fighting in Sep
tember and October. and in the latter
month he was awarded the cross. Mr.
Emmett is a nephew of Mrs. Arthur b
Twombly and Henry Phelps Case OF
this city.
The sun., 1918-12-14
Q KILLED IN TROLLEY STRIKE
Twelve Hurt when Car RIMS Wild
in Kansas CITY,

KANSAS CRY, Dec. 13.-Resumptior
or service In the, street car strike
with police protection on 100 cars was
attended to-day with an accident re-
sulting in two deaths and the iniur,
of n dozen persons. A car got on,
OF control on the incline OF the Twelfth,
street viaduct, left the rails and
crashed into a trolley pole and @
building.
Service was limited throughout the
daylight hours. with little violence re.
ported. Efforts by James Dahm, repre-
senting the Federal Department OF
Labor. to bring about q conference
between the company and the union
with city officers were unavaillng.
Several strikers were arrested a:
one car barn for alleged attempts TO
pull trolley poles from wires and to
open air valves under cars