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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-03
Again the Call Of the West.
Boston Transcript

The second New Englander to be sum-
moned within short time to direct the
educational policies of middle West col
lege, Professor James l.. McConaughy of
Dartmouth will find at Knox college the
opportunity for full exercise of the ex
ecutlve ability which this part of the
country is sure he possesses. Young III
years, he IS old in experience. Gradual
ed from Yale as late as 1909, he has al
ready been professor of education at
Bowdoin and Dartmouth for eight wears.
An able speaker and clear thinker, par
tlcularly interested In the matter of fit
ting college entrance requirements to the
varying conditions of modern life, he has
been familiar figure in educational con-
ventions and a frequent visitor to most
of New Englands secondary schools.
In measure, Professor McConaughy's
acceptance of the position at Knox helps
the East to pay back part of its educa-
tional debt to the West. Within the last
decade an unusually large number of
westerners have answered the calls of
New England colleges. Alley Of Maine,
Shanklin of Wesleyan, Bumpus of Tufts,
Benton of Vermont, Murlin of Boston
university, and Hetzel of New Hamp-
sHlIe all CAME mere from the newer seC-
ton of the country. They have brought
to the East some of that energy and in
itiative which a number of our colleges
needed, but their coming often raised the
question whether New England was los
ing its educational leadership to such a
degree that it could no longer FIJI vaean-
| cies in its own institutions of learning,
If the question is stil1 with us, it should
be effectively answered by the departure
of President Burton of Smith to the
| University of Minnesota, by the repeated
efforts which the Michigan Agricultural
/ college has made to secure President But
| terfeld of our own state college and now
by the election of Professor McConaughy
to the highest position which Knox has
| to offer
| Knox is one of those strong middle
western institutions which have stood
steadfast in the face of the severe com
petition of the rapidly growing state uni
versities. In company with such colleges
as Colorado, Beloit, and Grinnell, it has
maintained all its oldtime educational
traditions and kept its educational faith
| Amherst and Williams are perhaps it,
best New ENGLAND counterparts. Its new
president will find that his duty lies
largely along educational lines, as the
college has just completed a successful
campaign to raise million-dollar endow
ment fund and is sure, therefore. to b.
reasonably free of financial troubles fol
some time to come
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-03

1t is given out that Mr. McAdoo will
be back in Washington next Tuesday
and viii then decide the railway rental
question It is time. For lack of this
decision road after road has had TO de-
fer its expected dividend In book
keeping there is a mere delay, but in
practical housekeeping it is a serious
matter Groeers and bakers have diff
Guilty in deferring their bills indefinite
ly while people dependent upon incomes
IN railroad investments are held up in
definitely.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-03

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-03

The German government has given
+" final notice" to the public to give
up voluntarily at least one suit of
clothes each to the war workers and
the army. Failure to meet the demands
win result in forcible requisition and
delinquents will be liable to imprison
ment for one year and fine not ex
ceeding 10000 marks ($2.3S0 in norma
times.) With few exceptions none of
the German communities has yielded
its assessment of worn clothes to make
up the aggregate of the 100000 suits
required. How high the need for fab
rics has risen is shown by a decree an
nouncing the impending confiseation of
curtains, which will be replaced gratis
with paper fiber material or paid for
at the original peaee-time cost price
less wear and tear.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-03

1t isn't a very pretty situation in
Addison county, where Norman S.
Foote, former president of the Addison
county fish and game league, has been
fined for having short trout in his pos
session. He has appealed and still has
a chance to clear his reputation On the
first trial the jury disagreed and on the
second Mr.. Foote, prominent in politics,
was found guilty. In any case he can
say that he was in distinguished com
pany. If we remember rightly one for
mer lieutenant governor from Addison
county paid a pretty fair price for
catching fish under the legal length.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-03

Powerful, iron-willed Prussia, al
lied with vacillating Austria, Turk
lsh and Bulgarian barbarism, fights the
civilization of the world. The iron will
must break now or later-and Prussia
knows it. For since the world began
barbarism has not won against reso-
Lutte civilization in any great war. And
this one will not break the rule. And
who do you suppose wrote this editori-
al9 None other than Arthur Brisbane,
the brilliant, high-salaried writer of
one of the worst-knoeked papers in the
country. Even Arthur is seeing new
light.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-03

Uncle Sam ism t getting rich our of
his railroad administration. The june
reports of every big trunk line in the
country show deficits. For instance
the Southern Pacific, which in June
1917, reported a net operating income
of $4,S13,s95 reports q deficit for last
June of 81 ,299,733. The New York
Central in June 1917, had a net oper-
ating income of $5,6s3,390 and last
June deficit of $5,723,275. There are
reasons, very obvious ones, for this
bad showing. The large increases in
wages are beginning to make them
selves visible and the radical increase
in passenger fares is already cutting
down travel. These deficits are not
borne by the stockholders, but by the
government, as under the railroad con
troll act the roads are to receive a rem
tai calculated on the basis of then
earnings for three years prior to their
taking over.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-03
Little Benny's
Note Book
BY LEE pAPE


Is fellows was standing down at the
ccrner watching AUTOMOBILES go past and
wishing we was in them. and all of a
suddin Skinny Martin quick stopped down
and picked sumthing up, saying. @, gee,
wat / found, 0 gee, did .enybody lose eny-
thing?
Wat did you find? III soon tell you, sed
Ed Wernick.
Like nit, you got to tell me ferst, find
ings keepings if you cant find the owner,
sed Skinny Martin
Well, | think | lost assent, sed Ed Wer-
nick feeling in all his pockits with a TX
preston as if he was hunting for sum
thing, yes | did, darn if | dident, I lost
a sent.
G, so did I, skinny, lost one, too,
that's funny, sed Pubs Simkins. And he
started to feel in all his pockets as if he
thawt him and Ed Wernick was having
a pockit feeling race, and all of suddin
Sid Hunt started to feel in his. making
3 doing it, Sid Hunt saying, Darn if
don't hleeve | lost one, too, @, watts you
know about that, how can we tell wieh
ones it is?
NYou can't, because / dident find sent
| found sumthing elts. sed Skinny Martin
And Ell and Pubs and Sid stopped feel
ing in their pockits looking serprized, and
Lew Davis sed, Gosh l bleeve I lost a
dime, did yen find dime, Skinny, I'd reck
onize it if | saw it agen
Heers wat ! found, if enybody wunts
TO know, 'sed skinny And he opened his
hand and wat was in It hnt a old rus
tv male. wich woodent Of bin env use oven
if its head hadent Of bin broak off. on
account of not having eny point. and al
the fellows that dident say they lost env-
thing LATED like .enything as if they thawt
1 was a crate joak, wich it was.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-03

Many of the fair
les had been off on
trips, doing lots of
nice, kind things
and having some
small parties toe.
1--WE haven't had
a big party in
ever and ever so
long," the queen of
the fairies said, as
all the little fair
les came dancing
and flying into
Fairyland.
'aThat's So" said
Fairy Ybab, 1--WE
haven't had a party
in so long q time /!
Let's have d ball
with music. I'll
lead the fairies or
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-03
One Good Pipeful.
Randolph Herald and News

When will the Howe papers present
one affirmative reason why their candidate
should be elected governor?- Burlington
News.
Right now. And not only one such rea-
son but several. Mr.. Howe has superior
knowledge of Vermont, her condition and
her needs, formed by careful study, wide
travel and thorough aequaintanceship. He
has had a long and ripe experience in pub
lie affairs, dating right down to the pres
ent, and is in close touch and absolute
familiarity with all matters. of state policy
He has been before the. electorate several
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-03
Replacing the Horse.

Mrs. Overwate had deadly CLEAN in
her eyes as she entered her butcher :
and said in whitening voice:
Mr.. Aiehboan, how do you account
for the fact that there was a piece of rub
Der tire in the sausage | bought here yes
terday?"
"Ah, my dear madam" responded the
butcher, rising to the occasion, shat
just serves as an illustration of how the
motor car is replacing the horse every
where nowadays "-Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-03
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-03

Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes, who is out
on $4,000 bail, goes right on spreading
her doctrines of sedition. In no other
country on earth are such liberties al
lowed under Indictment Listen to Mrs
Stokes's talk at a public gathering in
New York: 81 see tremendous good
coming out of the Imprisonment of
thousands of men and women. Those
who have gone to Jail go willingly;
some, like Eugene Debs, go serenely.
There is nothing to worry over. We
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-03

times and has acquitted himself so well
in the places conferred upon him that pro-
motion has been rendered him by the vot-
ers He has won his way without fear
or favor of anybody, solely on his merit
He seeks this office. not to Ground out his
career, but to give it the advantage of
his vigorous manhood The office will not
be merely an adornment to him, but he
will adorn the Office, if hard and consistent
work, backed by ability and experience,
can be so classed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-03
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-03

SIle might De, anu
all the guests
thought the fair
les were quite too
wonderful for
words.
Soon the birds
came to help the
music, and though
they were wear
ing their usual
suits they had
been smoothed
and washed and
brushed q n d
they looked very
handsome indeed.
1--WE didn't
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-03
Will Stick to His pants. -

Some of our friends who are sticklers
on always doing the proper thing criti-
else us for using the word pants They
say it is common" but then we do not
know anything more common among the
men than pants So we have decided
if it isn't good form it should be. And
trousers don't describe what we wear
half as well as pants.-Hillsboro (0hio)
News Herald
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-03

each hat. The elves wore dresses
made of wood violets and the leaves
Of wood violets. The Bogey family
wore dresses made of wild roses, and
old Witty Witch wore a new frock of
daisies, with a tall hat made out Of
buttercups.
Of course the fairy queen was de-
lighted with all the costumes as well
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-03
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the practice Of acknowledging re-
mlttances by postcard receipts.
and asks its mail subscribers to
depend upon the labels on their
papers for this information. IF
the date on the label on your pa
per IS not changed on the second
issue after your remittance is made
kindly notify this Office of its
amount and the date it was sent.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-03

y II q = Z " u
SUITS" Mr.. Woodpecker said, 'as we
We're practicing all the morning to play
the drums on the trees around" ''''i =
"We didn't change our suits, as we
We're practicing our songs" said the
orioles, who were so brilliantly dressed
anyway that they really need not
have said anything.
Then, too" added the robin, "we
couldn't have changed our suits if we
wanted to-"
And all the other birds burst into
songs, singing:
The dear little robins so truthful and dear,
We're so very glad that you have come
here.
You add with your voices, you add with
your charm,
And We'll take good care that you meier
come to harm.
The robins were much pleased with
the song, but they didn't want to have
all the attention, so they sang this
song:
When Fairy Queen gives a ball.
It's for all. yes for all
Every one has the chance
To sing and to dance
So cheer went up for the fairy
queen and then the music began, and
everyone danced all that wonderful
summer afternoon in the sunlight and
among the afternoon shadows.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-03
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1918.

Berriers are born, not made" saws
the Holyoke Transcript. Wen, what
about plumsl Some of the expert pick.
ers in Vermont might answer. We are
looking toward Burlington.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-03
Member Of the A.roeIatea pre-.

Inc Associated Press Is exclusively
entitled to the use for publication of all
n l.,s despatcses credited to II and not
otheTwise credited in this paper and also
the local news published herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-03

Joel Moses, named for State Engineer
on the Socialist ticket in New York state,
explained that he could not take the nom
nation as he was not an engineer but tai
Tor, The convention said that wouldn't
make -diferencG99safid it bws Won 'tfslAi
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-03

believe that out of these evils must
come the awakening of labor. Once the
working people are awakened the prison
doors will OPEN
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-03
kJ| MOYSGy[N|NG'
k,l [A|DY TALE
REl 81 hAM GDIAlIAfl bQNNeR
A FARMLAND BALL.

"Come, come" called the queen of
the fairies, come to Fairyland."
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-03

Makes Ill VIII.
Why is the letter w like a busy.
body? Because it makes i'll will.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-03

Entered In the postof1ce at Brattleboro
as second class matter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-19
GADSDEN

Gadsden, March 1s.-Buck Smith, Vir- gil IIelton and John Johns, Jr., 12-year- old boys. are held in the county jail charged with assault with intent to nlnr- der. It is alleged that the three boys caught Carl Elliott. a 13-year old boy, and attempted to hang him. The Elliott boy was cut down from a tree near the Southern deport in Alabama City Sun day afternoon by l.. Small. The lad was near death when rescued. The three boys under arrest deny all knowledge of the crime
 Gadsden will observe the anniversary of the entrance of the United States into the war A celebration for April is be- ing planned according to Judge J. l.. Herring, chairman of the Liberty Loan committee of this county. The commit tee is working on plans for the event.
 Henry Payne Smith, a member of the state legi stature in 1907, died at his he ne near here Saturday night and was buried Monday morning. Mir. Smith was one or the most prominent men in the county and had been active in political and fra Iternal circles He was a Mason, Pythlsln and an Odd Fellow. He had been census taker in 1880 and had been member of the county board of education. He is survived by his wife and six children. B Frank Head. registrar of voters in Etowah county. died Saturday night at his home at Aurora. He was 65 years old and well known He had been active in politics for years. The funeral was conducted Sunday afternoon at Aurora. He is survived by his wife and two sis- ters
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-19
Book Which Describes
 Patriotism as s'DelusiOn"
 Is Placed Under Ban

Washington, March 1S-Because "The Finished Mystery a Bible study text book, described patriotism as "a cer- tain deiusioh" and "a narrow-nainded hatred of other peoples, and was a work of satan" distribution of the book was forbidden today by the de- pa rtment of justice acting under the espionage act.
 Thousands of copies of the book have been seized in many states, but it was not until today that the department announced it's decision to prohibit dis trihution of the book District attor- neys have been informed to prosecute any dealers or. other persons selling or offering the book for sale or for dis tr'ibution
 The book purports to be the posthum- ous work of the late Pastor Charles Taze Russell, and was published in Brooklyn by the Peoples Pulpit associ- ation, with which are affiliated the In- ternational Bible Students association and the Watch Tower Tract and Bible association. It was compiled by Clay ton J. Woodwork of Scranton. Pa., who has been arrested on a charge of sedtious writings He is alleged to have prepared the book since the war started and to have inserted derogatory references to America's cause in the war
 The department of Justice explained that it would not have taken action against the book if 1t had been written before the war, or if all the material had really been that of Pastor Russell, who died in 1916. It is understood the publishers have agreed after consulta- ton with postoffice department off cials to eliminate the objectionable pas 1 sages. Some time ago the book was 1 barred from the mails by Canadian au- | thorites.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-19
War Finance Corporation Bill Is to Have Hard
 Sleding Before Passage

Washington March 1S-General debate
 on the war finance corporation bill, de-
 signed to help finance needed industries
 during the war, will end at 12:1o p. m.
 tomorrow under an agreement adopted
 today by the House
 Majority Leader Kitchin is hopeful of
 a final vote by tomorrow night, Hut
 other members look for determined fights
 over amendments and predict that the
 bill will not be passed before late in the week.
 The first speech in direct opposition to the bill was made today by Repre- sentative McFadden of Pennsylvania, re- publican, who declared that advocates of the measure propose to camouflage the public just as the German govern ment has been doing all through the war"
 This measure and the railroad bill, ne added give complete domination over finance and industries.
 Several members of the ways and means committee spoke in favor of the measure Representative Treadway of
 Massachusetts, republican, said he was betraying no confidence when he an- nounced that when the original draft of the bill was received from the treasury department the committee did not favor l such legislation. After hearing Secretary l McAdoo explain the necessity for the leg 1 islation, however, every member favored | it. he said, adding that this illustrated l the determination of Congress to do ' whatever was necessary to win the war { with no regard for political allignments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-19
SHARP DIFFERENCES IN THE WATER POWER
 HEARING IN CONGRESS

Washfheton. March 1S.-Sharp differ- ences of opinion as to whether the gov ernment should make waterpower de- velopment a source of revenue, devel- oped today at the first hearing on waterpower legislation before the new special waterpower committee of the House
 O. c. Merrill of the forestry bureau. speaking for Secretaries Baker, Hous- ton and Lane, who drew the draft of the bill the committee is considering, said it was better to count on redue- tion of rates to the consumer than on obtaining revenue for the government, but Representative Sims of Tennessee, the committee chairman, was insistent that the legislation should be revenue producing. He said the people are now heavily taxed for the wal, that addi- tional money is need and that the gov ernment should not shut itself off from such a profitable revenue source.
 Under the bill, the lessees of water power would pay nominal rentals to the government with penalties in the form of high rentals provided in the event of overcharge to the consumers. Rates to be paid by users of the power would be fixed by commission tofbe composed of the Secretaries of War Agriculture and Interior.
 The bill, which has the approval of President Wilson, who has asked that legislation to permit of further devel- opment of waterpower be enacted at this session of Congress. was explained in detail by MT. Merrill. He said it did not contemplate adjustment of rates from time to time after lease has hNan erra c1xy stated, and suggested that the clause under which the government could take over power rights at the expiration of the leases, unless the leases were re- newed should provide adequate protec- ton to the government.