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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-15
180Y IIBERTY B0NDs o.
Old Uniforms Fixed Up for Boche.

You remember that old uniform of
yours that you turned in when you came
ont of the line-the old one, all over
slum and tobacco stains on the front
and grass stains on the rear, with the
sleeve ripped when YOU tried to wres-
tie with yosr bunk mate and the pants
torn when you were III too much of a
hurry to get through the wire3
A sight, WASH t it2 And you thought
that when they handed you out new
one that you d never see the old one
again?
But you may, though. No it won t
be issued back to you or any of your
gang. When YOU see it again, it will
be fairly well patched up, dyed green,
and worn by a rather berry weary
looking person. presumably blond, who
will be trudging along the road or
working by the side of it with some
others all rugged up the same way.
You will hardly know the old uni
form. The blouse will have a large,
stencilled "'P. w" in the middle of
the back. The pants will have large,
stcncilled ''P w covering the large
and presumably unstenclled area
beneath. And the "P. W. stands
for
You guessed it: "Prisoner of War"
Stars and Stripes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-15
Spirit Of Knittin' !"

The esprit of knittin y has over
taken many and many woman in Can
ada; may it overtake still more. All
honor to the nation S knitters. "Let us
not grow weary in we'll doing"
Silent is the house. / sit
In the freight and knit
At my bah of soft grey wool
Two grey kittens gently pull
Pulling back my thoughts as well,
From that distant red-rimmed hell
And hot tears the stitches blur,
As / knit a comforter.
Comforter they call it-yes,
Such it is for my distress,
For it gives my restless hands
Blessed work. God understands
How we women yearn to be
Doing something ceaselessly-
Anything but just to wait
Idly for clicking gate.
The Northwest Farmer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-15
Plant Beet Seed for Syrup.

Boys and girls in IS states have planted
lO,4l4 ounces Of sugar-beet seed supplied
them by the United States department of
agriculture for the purpose Of making
sugar-beet syrup, The seed was secured
through the bureau Of plant industry and
distributed by the states relation service
to Is state leaders OF boys and girls club
work in the North and West Each boy
and girl receiving an ounce of the seed is
pledged to grow it and to make the beets
into syrup. 1t is estimated that, with
average yields, this might result in the
home manufacture OF more than 10000 gal
Ions of syrup, which may be used in many
ways as a sugar substitute in general cook
ing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-15
-s sdNoa 1IH38II ma E&s-
A HelpfuI Sermon.

A certain bishop of the Methodist
Church South was very eloquent preach
err He told the following story on him
self as an illustration of the fact that
his sermons did not always have the eff
feet he desired
He had had what Methodist preachers
were wont to call "a coed time" preach
ing in one of the smaller southern cities.
and as soon az the service was over.
many people went to him to express their
appreciation of his sermon. One woman
in particular was most outspoken in its
praise.
why, bishop she said, you can
never know what your sermon meant to
me. 1t was just like water to a drown
ing mani"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-15

CAPTIVE DIES IN U-BOAT.
Submarine Sunk After It Destroyed
Brazilian Steamship Guaratuba.

BOSTON, Oct. l5.-The sinking by a
German submarine of the Brazilian
steamship Guaratuba was reported in a
private eablegram received here yes
terday. The submarine, the despatch
said, was later sunk by British war
vessel which answered the Guaratuba S
call for assistance. Capt. Mario Hinoco
the Brazilian commander, was prison
or on the submarine when she was sent
to the bottom. The IS members of the
crew were picked up by the warship.
The Guaratuba, formerly the German
steamer Corrienties, was in the service
of the France and Canada Steamship
company, and was two days out from a
French port bound for this city when
sunk
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-15
LOAN SALE SMALL,
LODGE URGES SPEED
Massachusetts Senator Points Out That
"a Billions is War Cost for
Coming Year-Reports.

BOSTON, Oct. Ex-senator Henry
Cabot Lodge, in message to the Liberty
loan committee, urged the people of New
England to put forth their utmost eff
forts to make the Fourth Liberty loan a
success. 1--WE must have an unconditional
surrender and a dictated peace" Senator
Lodge wired. 1--WE must impose our own
terms on Germany. We cannot win this
war without money The expenditures
OF the government for the ensuing year
are estimated at $4,000 100000. which
must come third from taxes and
two-t thirds from loans. The success of
these loans, therefore, is absolutely nee
.essary."
Subscriptions to the Liberty loan in
New England yesterday showed one of
the smallest totals of any day thus far.
Tabulations at the federal reserve bank
placed the figure at Sl2,303, 000 which
made the district total $29S, sos 900.
The days totals for the states follow ::
Massachusetts, S7,9l7 900; New Hamp-
shire, 800 900; Maine, $4,000; Yer
mont, Sl2l 900 OF the Massachusetts
total Boston contributed S5,053, 900.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-15

ings Of the empire Chamber of Com
merce and between meetings of the CO.
lonial or imperial conferences. The dis
eussion of the question of closer union
of the countries under the British flag
went on i'll magazines, in newspapers,
and in legislatures, and the intraempire
relations went on shaping themselves
toward the unity Mr. Chamberlain had
in mind. Now we have the imperial war
cabinet. which Sir Robert Borden is at
tending in London Toronto Mail and
Empire.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-15
%I9BJY IIRIRTY BONDS De
Helping wien Fan crons.

There is plenty Of work for the older
boys and girls in harvesting and in picking
the fall fruit crops Even if only a few
hours day can be spared for such work
by school boys and girls older hands
would be released for the heavier and
more specialized work of the farm. In
some communities it may be possible,
through volunteer overtime work in
schools, to release groups of students for
whole days at time.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-15

News has been received in Brattle-
boro of the death this morning at s
o'clock Of Mrs. Otellah Duquette of
Springfield Mass. who had been i'll a
week with influenza, which developed
into pneumonia. She died in the home
of her mother, Mrs. David Duquette.
Her father died Sept. %. Besides her
mother she leaves two sisters and three
brothers, Mrs. a. Fremont of Hampden,
Mass, Mrs. Frank Turner of Springfield.
Mass. William and Leon Duquctte OF
Chicopee, Mass, and Raymond Duduette,
who is in the hospital unit which was
stationed at Camp Wadsworth Spartan
hurp. S. @
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-15
FOR SOLDIERS IN SIBERIA.
Christmas Packages for Them Must Be
in Mails by Oct IS.

WASHINGTON, Oct. Christmas
packages for American soldiers in Siberia
should be in the mails before Oct. p,
the war department today announced.
Each package should bear besides the sol
dier's name and regiment the words
american Expeditionary Forces in ST.
IBERIA" and should not weigh more than
seven pounds More than one package
NAV be sent each soldier If desired.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-15

-'s' -: BUY Liberty BONDS &C.
Poor Colonel.

Gen Clarence Edwards is credited with
the authorship OF this story:
'Our recruits do little the first 10 days
except keep themselves clean and exer-
else lightly under the doctors eye So,
of course, they re ignorant of discipline.
| heard a story about their ignorance.
As recruit sat smoking under tree,
his sergeant said in passing:
Seen the. colonel?'
Nope said the recruit
Well, keep sharp lookout for him,
will you?' said the sergeant.
, -" Yep
"An hour later the sergeant passed
again.
6 Seen the colonel YETI
Nope, sergeant
Another hour and the colonel did at
last appear. The recruit looked up at him
calmly from his book without saluting
Nettled, the colonel said:
Do you know who | ann
" Nope
4" I am the colonel
" We'll, by gosh, you're goin' to catch
it, them the recruit declared The ser
geant's been askin' twice for yon al
ready Springfield Union.
-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-15
BELGIAN TOWNS CAPTURED
Continued from Page ~

spite German resistance the progress
Of the Americans, early reports said,
was satisfactory today The Germans
apparently were ready to contest the
ground as stubbornly as they did yes
terday. The enemy artillery was being
used freely to hold the Americans but
the Yankee gunners were doing much to
break down the German resistance.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-15
~ BUY LlBERTY BONDS s+s--
1T WAS HINDENBURG.
Who Called on Germany to Ask for
Armistice, Not Prince Max.

WASHINGTON. Oct. l5.-It was
Field Marshal Won Hinienburg himself
and not the supposed paeiist premier,
Prince Macmillan, who called on the
German government to accept President
Wilson's peace terms and seek an arm-
stice, according to advicas which reached
Washington through official sources by
way of neutral country.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-15
IF BUY LIBERTY BONDS 81


Hereafter the Bay State youth pre-
senting his inamorata with a pound of
candy can assure her that he is going
the legal limit in his demonstration of
affection.-M Manchester Union.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-15
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Marriage in France.

The other day the Oregonian read a
letter from a French citizen written in
painstaking English, inquiring about the
antecedents, character, and circumstances
of member of its staff, now with
the American expeditionary forces. The
surmise was justified that there was a
daughter in the family, and that affairs
between the young journalist and the
French lass were progressing in way
quite agreeable to them. Quite plainly,
however, marriage in France is not
a mere matter of arrangement between
the young principals, but the parents
there take hand
Not very long since, it was stated in
the public prints that enc of the require
ments of a French wedding is the produc-
ton of birth certificate by both parties;
and several affairs, which were on their
way to happy conclusion, had been
postponed indefinitely, because the in
tending groom had nothing of the kind
with him. Nor are such documents com
mon in America 1t would take no end
of trouble for a soldier in France to get
a certificate that would pass muster
abroad. Perhaps France, in the interest
of international comfy, and with proper
regard for the rights of posterity. will
in the end waive this regulation. But it
has not been done yet, SO far as we know.
Portland Oregonian.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-15
MARRIAGES.

In NorfallS, Va, Oct. 10, by Rev. Myron
Marshall Ensign Edward Murray Frost,
formerly OF Brattlebero, and Miss Kath-
leen Wilkinson Thompson of Norfolk.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-15
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RECEIVER FOR HARTFORD LINE.

Court Authorizes Continuance Of Bust
ness for Four Months.
HARTFORD, Oct l5.-Thc appoint
ment of Harrison b. Freeman of this
city as temporary receiver of the Hart
ford & Springfield Street Railway Co.
was confirmed by Judge William S. Case
yesterday. The appraisers appointed
are Warren r. Bristol, general manager
Of the Connecticut Co. and Walter p.
Sehwabe of Thompsonville, general man
ager of the Northern Connecticut Light
& Power Co.
The receiver is authorized to con-
tinue the business for four months.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-15

WASHINGTON. Oct. l5.--An official
report to the navy department says
muster of the persons known To have
been on the America shows none miss
ing. There was no indication of the
cause of the sinking. Steps are already
under way for raising the ship.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-15
80 or 40 of Crew Reported
Drowned at HObOken
This Morning
TROOPS ABOARD
REPORTED SAFE
Cause of Sinking Unknown But AS YES
sci Was Undergoing Repairs That
May Account for Accident-The Red
Cross Aids Shivering Soldiers.

HOBoKEN, y. j., Oct. l5.-The Ameri-
can transport America sank at her pier
here at o'clock this morning Although
details were withheld by the authorities,
it was reported that between 30 and 40
Of the crew were drowned in the boiler
room.
The troops aboard were reported to
have been taken of safely. The cause OF
the sinking was unknown, but it was
said that the ship was undergoing int.
rior repairs, which might have had
something TO do with the entrance of
water into her hold.
While most of the troops aboard were
still in their berths. in their hurried es-
cape from the ship to the pier most Of
them had no time to draw on their
clothes.
The Red Cross was called upon for as
sistance and soon trucks filled with
blankets. clothing and food arrived at the
pier for distribution among the shivering
soldiers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-15
BUY LTBsRTY BONDS >
DEATHS.

Tn Springfield, Mass, Oct Is, Mrs.
Otellah Duquette.
as BUY liberty BONDS
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-15

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.-Liberty loan
subscriptions have been stimulated by
President Wilson's reply to the German
peace note, according to reports to the
treasury today from loan committees
throughout the country.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-15
x BUY LIBERTY BONDS :9ts-
MUST SPEED UP.
Shipbuilders Urged to Meet Greater
U-Boat Menace.

WASHINGTON. Oct. l5.-Amcrican
shipbuilders were called upon by Score
tary Daniels today to speed up the out
put of destroyers to meet the menace of
the new and greater submarine effort
which Germany is known to be planning
AZ RIIY / TPE ~ 5oK7re tx
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-15

springs in the woods, as IAN understood
thing" or climbed, of an afternoon, to
the pavilion on the Montagnes Russes,
or wandered up to beautiful Promenade
des Francois to the outlooks high above
the town.-Christian Science Monitor.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-15

Fine fur robe-a great bargain. Sales
room. Elliot cor. Elm SITS. 1872 1893
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-15

Buy over here to win over there.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-15
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

{ sUY LIBERTY eoNps a.
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-30
Constipation blifes:ss:. Mies:ss:
DIR. Ch8Se'S Liver Tablets

Makethe liver active. bowels regular without pain or
gripping relieve sick headache and that bloated feeling
after eating purify the blood and clear the complexion
Large box. enough 60 last q month. soc.
Dr.. Chase Co., 224 N. 10th St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-30
Reading High on Tour,
at Huntingdon Tonight;
to Play Hazleton High

Reading, Pa, March :J.-The Read
ing High School basketball team, in
charge of Coach Lightner, left yes
terday for a ten days trip cover
ing 1,100 miles. The Red and Black
quintet will play it's initial game of
the tour with Huntingdon High at
Huntington this afternoon, going to
CIearfield for the evening game with
Clearfield High. Tomorrow after
noon Reading High plays at Rey-
noldsville against the fast Rey-
noldsville High School team.
Monday evening the Red and Black
plays PunXsutawney High at Punk
sutawney, Tueiday going to Roches-
ter. where they play Rochester High
the second of a series of three
games, and Wednesday will play Nj
agara Falls High at Niagara Falls,
N. Y. Thursday the Red and Black
five will cash with Buffalo Technical
High at Buffalo, and jump to Ma
hanoy City for Friday afternoon s
game with Mahanoy City High. play
ing Hazleton High at Hazleton in the
evening. The trip will be brought
to close at Danville Saturday even
ing, April 6. with game with Dam
Vile High.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-30
Bv .McManu!s.

trench for instance. the bay would
be the space between the buttresses
or towers, manned by the defenders
The effectiveness of the high explo-
sive trench-motars is recognized
from the statement that a direct hit
by one of their shells will completely
demolish an entire bay.
Ypres Express:
A term common earlier in the
war, referring to the big gun bat
teries. the rumble of which sounded
like an approaching train.
Emplacement: ... g..
Gun platform. It may be of con-
crete, hard-packed earth or stone
and motar. Some of the big guns
are moved on specially constructed
railways, which are built ahead fast
er than the advance of the battery.
so that when a new position is TAX
en-, the guns can be moved forward
very rapidly to defend it. Laying
these railroads is one of the danger
Gus duties of the engineers corps, p.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-30
CHAPTER XXXV
Copyright, 1918, Star Co.

Dora relieved the tension of the
situation by a light laugh.
'"Why, mother" she teased, you
look as if you had seen a ghost!"
Her mother tried to smile. 81
! haven't" she retorted. But l
thought you were in the library,
daughter, and, when ] called you
/ here, l was astonished. l supposed" :"
turning to her piece, that you were
still at Mr.. Van Saun's."
II returned a little while ago."
Cynthia explained.
Where are your hat and coat?"
Mrs. Livingstone asked, glancing
around.
Upstairs. of course" Dora spoke
before Cynthia could reply. You
would not expect as careful n girl
as Gym to leave them lying around
down here-would you, mother"
Mrs. Livingstone smiled again,
but more naturally now. Then
YOU have been in for some time,
Cynthia" she observed. I'm that
case. l understand. l note" look
ing into the library, that you
young people have forgotten to turn
on the lights. But" with e signif-
cant lift of the eyebrows, "fire-light
is pleasant, under some circum-
stances, isn't it?"
Cynthia did not speak, and Gerald
Stewart came to her rescue.
II must be going, Mrs. Living
stone, he said. May / call again
this evening? l would like to have
little talk with Mr.. Livingstone,
if he will be disengaged."
''We-Milton, mother, Gym and I,
are going TO the Philharmonic to-
night" Dora announced brusquely.
Don't come when we are out
He is coming to see your father,
m" dear" her mother reproved.
Then, to Mr.. Stewart know that
Mr.. Livingstone will be in and dis
engaged"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-30

war work, only second in import
ance to the work on the firing line
and in the field hospital.
VIII the ageless miracle of love
come to them? Will they marry "and
comforting words of the fairy tale ?
Or will they become withered and
desiccated, plodding back and forth
to an unsweetened toll?
One cannot help wondering what
fate has in store for them as one
secs them on the streets, in the cars,
going and coming from work. Will
their lives become utterly sterile ?
Will they become mere human au-
tomato, or will a kinder fate give
them full measure of real living "
Will the young lady, with the
delicious Southern accent, from
South Carolina, Alabama, or Mis-
Gissippi, and a feeling that the
Moth is still the Moth" forget all
her inherited prejudices in listening
to the curiosity foreign, but not un-
pleasing manner in which the young
men from Massachusetts or Rhode
Island pronounce certain words I?
viii these energetic young men
from New. England remove the last
shred of feeling against yankees" ?
WASHINGTON at the present time is
the great melting pot of the country
the crucible that will bring forth
the best spirit of Americanism that
the county has yet known.
Will the young lady from Florida.
Alabama or TeXas-as the case may
be-marry the young man from
Connecticut, Massachusetts or Maine
and amaze her grandmother-who
still remembers the Civil War vividly
by bringing a Yankee boy to the
land of the magnolia and the mock
ing bird on their honeymoon? ~.
Why not7 1t is as much to the
interest of our country that we
have these fine. clean American mar
riases as that we build ships or drill
soldiers. This is exactly the sort of
marriage we must have to carry on
the great American traditions.
Not Sufficiently American
Our population comes too largely
from the foreign born people who
are apt TO make their money here
but leave their patriotism in the
old country.
Instead of paying statisticians and
endowinS research bureaus with
huge sums of money to prove that
native Americans have small FAM
lilies or no families at all why does
stern government-blin to its
best interests-place insuperable
barriers in the way of marriages be-
tween its faithful employees?
1t is understood, though there may
be no actual law on the subject, that
when the girl in the government de-
partment marries u fellow-employe
she must resign. Ehe automatical-
ly dismisses herself. And yet the
Joint salaries of these two young
people would secure a happy Amer
lean home
War is a great awakener, and be-
Tor this one is over, perhaps our
government will cease to be the
stern stepmother she has been in the
past, and allow the long separated
lovers to wed. New York has al
ready threshed out the question, in
the case of the married woman
schoolteacher, and the married
woman school teacher won the fight
Therefore, when the ice comes
crashing down the rivers and the
red bird sings to the lady of his
choice, let not the pretty girl from
the Carolinas despair. Uncle Sam
may be trusted to see that in
and boys, there is much wisdom.