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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-22

DAYS TO the drying terminals, The
least amount Of grain that must be
loaded for the next 80 days is 100000
bushels per day-and we have not yet
attained that Less than this will
solve neither the allied nor our domes-
tic situation.
"Wc have about 10000 carloads of
potatoes on Nov. | which should have
been moved from the principal pro
ducing centers and up to the first of
February we had moved about $4,000
carloads while we should have moved
over $4,000 in this period. The result
is that potatoes are piled up spelling
in the producers hands and the con
Stunning centcrs have only been sup
piled by virtue of the summer gar
dcns and other stores carried over from
last veatS There is a great deal of
live stock which has been ready for
the market for some time, but is still
held in the farmers hands through in.
ability 10 secure transportation. These
cattle are eating their heads off with
out increasing their meat value and
are only adding to the costs of the
farmer and consuming the grain.
1.-The effect of this delayed move
ment has been many fold.
" First-To ieopardize tho safety of
a great deal of the soft corn and per-
ishabes, such as potatoes.
"Sccond-The structure in flow of
distribution. has entirely disturbed the
price conditions in the country by prac-
ticallv suspcnding the law of supply
and demand. The margins between
the farmer and the consumer In many
commodities were never wider than
they are today because the consuming
trades are supplied and the farm
ers compete for transportation. Prices
OF the coarse grains have reached un-
heard of levels, while the limited trans
portation has diminished the farmers
returns
"Third-The cost of grains for feed
ing live stock has SO increased to the
feeders OF finished cattle that they face
ing industries have necessarily great"
increased.
d" Fourth-Through the large consum-
ing areas We have been living off re
serves through the period of scant sup
plies. These reserves are i'll many see
tioES approaching exhaustion.
d" F'ifth-Wc have been unable to
transport to seaboard the necessary
foodstuffs for the allies This has not
been due 50 much TO the actual inabili-
" of the railways giving priority to
foodstuirs for allied shipping as it has
been to bringing products from the
farms TO the terminal markets where
il can be aggregated, prepared and rnr-
chased bv the allies.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-22
CHURCH NOTE.

There viii bc no Lcntcn devotion,
iu 81 Micharl's Roman Catholic church
this evening. Confessions SATURDAY.
Afternoon at $50 and in the evening
at 30. Masses Sunday morning At
$50 and 1880 Bcnediction immedi-
ateiy aftcr the last mas Weekday
masses ia tdr convent chapel every
morning at clock.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-22

Mn Daniel Mack Of South Vernon
was admitted yesterday to the Melrose
hospital for medical treatment.
Nias Mabel Warren OF Halifax is
.ueudiug the week with her sister, Miss
Clara Warren, at Mrs. d. w. Harris s
Ten women of the Congregational
parish met Yesterday afternoon with
Mrs f. r. Mann To do sewing for the
kuru IIattin Home AZ Westminster.
lIcrygy Thaycr aud two sons. who
have been critically i'll with pneumonia,
are slightly improved, although the
Youngest son is not considered to he out
of danger
Cecil g. Turner of keenc was visit
or in town YESTERDAY, coming to see
Eugene Callahan Of keeue. who is con
yalcscing in the Melrosc hospital from
an operation.
Mrs III. f. Johnson of Wilhamsviile
who has been visiting here with hen
granddaughter, Mrs. Purlc Covcy, will
return home tomorrow. She viii Ia,
accompanied by Miss Belle Greenwood
who viii spend the week. end in vii
! Evansville.
I Daring the high wind Thursday no
| q httl" damage was done, several tree.
| being blown down aud the chimney OF
! the Ell ef l.. n. Stcllman's house wa
ilowa over, taking with il Severa
shingles. As Mn aud Mrs Stellmal
are iB Florida Cor the winter. Their
was no fire in the House
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-22
Boys Furnishings

Boys 75c Quality Outing Flannel
Night Robes. All well made; sizes
to IA.
Clearance Price ..........-.. SOC
Lot Boys 75c Grade French Flannel
Shirts, with button-up collars, in
sizes z II, Is and IS IL.
Clearance Price 45c
Boys CSC Quality Union Suits in eth
er Jersey-ribbed or heavy fleece
lined sizes to 16
Clearance Price . $50
Odd Lot Csc Toques for small children
in blue. red and gray.
Clearance Price . IL lie
Boys CSC Quality French Flannel
Blouses All sizes.
Clearance Price .6 Csc
Balance Of our Boys soc and 75c Caps
with or without ear bands.
Clearance Price 49c
Boys SIPS Quality Outing Flannel
Pajanas. Good weight and well
made.
Clearance Price ............9 CSC
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-22
HOOVER WARNS Of
FOOD SHORTAGE
Critical Situation in the East
During the Next Sixty
Days, He Says
TROUBLE DUE TO
TRANSPORTATION

Billion Bushels of Corn Spelling and
Potatoes Rotting in Producers Hands
Cereal Exports to Allies 100000
Bushels Short.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-22
WEST BRATTLEBORO
Farmers Club Elects Officers.

The annual election N the officers OF
the Hillside Farmers club, which was
postponed i'm January on account of the
cold and deep snow, was held in the
home of Mrs W. III. Hcscock last eve
ming. Mrs. Hescock rave a report of
the cottage cheese demonstration and
Mr. IIcs.ock a report Of the Wiudham
County Farm Bureau meeting at Bel
lows Falls. This was followed by d
General discussion on the subject, Co
operative Buying NJ +. chamberlain
was reelected president, V. II. Hes
Jock yigf.. presidgnt and Ralph Hes
Cock sacittarF. Mrs II. +. Chamber
]iu is still reporter. The program com
mittcc consist, of Mrs. II. ". Goodell,
Mis- Marion Carey and Mrs W. II.
Hcaaoeb The refreshmeut committee
ousisls of Miss Sarah Thayer, Mrs
N. T.. Chamberlin and Mrs. J. <. Bet.
teglcv. Refreshments of Sandwiches
and cocoa were served II was voted
10 holI the next meeting March 20 q;
the home of NJ T.. Chambelhu.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-22
MEMS FURNISHING GOODS

llama
II made
oi'i"Ho~ $500 Price soc
Small Lot Mems $500 Grade Heavy Mufrs
0''""
Clearanc Pice -
Lot MEMS Grad Flannel
siz15 1oneck sc
Clearance .-
Mems Sc otton Hose 70 >ee'ahce
dresw tan
r oA7' Niaue
afor3O il YEA patern
SIM Lott Mems SC Suspend 0 0
Hat in brovynb acl
Mer> Blac
nee ana toe all sizes Naia'0e ri'c
o0aia 80 Heavy GaySwe various
Buy SOU fur-Lined I Tor in oan
next wnt t1tner gray OF mn to Lo
Price
Mems 5c Cleaan
N1ensS3
G N
to0
Mems SL8e and 21e Soft
Cuff II. rsh rts n sizes o
Clear
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-16
CHAPTER XVI (Continued.)

The ambulance drivers are pfdcky
fellows: they go put AFTER the wound
ed IN h thick OF the Smelling. There
was n chap nea our lines who
picked up a soldier who had one Of
ms legs shot OF at the knee. The
driver made a tourniquet by cutting
some rope off q horses harness. Then.
ne placed q hammer on the under
side OF the leg over the severed ar
around the leg, tightening it with an
ordinary tire iron. You have to be
quick and resourceful, you know,
when "a man is bleeding to death.
have spoken Of hat graveyard.
right IN front Of hat battery. Well,
some OF n superstitious boys in our
battery used to see all kinds Of things
there at night when they were on
guard duty.
One Of the guards came. into my
dugout n night with his face az
white as chalk; he was trembling
from head to foot.
h graveyard is haunted" he
said. Tonight I saw a ghost out
I IA ghost2""I hooted. There are
no such things as ghosts"
There amt, hey?" he acoffed.
saw" :
What kind did he look like7" I
asked, just to kid him along.
"A boche general in white uniform
said uniform glowing like a light
ming bug; mustache like the kaiser'A
and steel helmet. And such terrible
eyes: they looked like spots of fire."
Maybe it was the kaiser" I said
tauntingly. dropped down from an
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-16
HOMlclDES IN TEXAS

From a report just published it appears that during
the past two years there have been 1926 homicides in
the state Of Texas, and in the same period there have
been but $50 trials for murder, one-third Of which re-
suited in acquittals. The death penalty still prevails in
Texas, but Of THE 442 persons convicted of murder. only
II were executed, and the Houston Post says that few
OF these would have been executed had they not been
negroes
There has been a general impression here in the
north that Texas had turned from the error Of her ways,
and that the days Of the revolver and the bowie knife
were past. 1t was in those days that some humorist,
taking up his residence in the great Lone Star state.
equipped himself with pistol, belt and accessories. ex-
planning that he did not expect to have any use for the
weapon, but that he. did not wish to make himself often
siyely conspicuous by neglecting to wear 1t.
Colonel Henry watterson used to tell the story OF
: man who had been so unfortunate as to kill another,
and who, when urged BY an excited friend to fly with al
haste. Inquired Id surprise: Fly? why should i fly?
i not already IN Texas7"
Y%It may IS that ~ who live. elsewhere have been
mastaksn. ana that Texas has not changed much, after
satL ct
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TIE lbs SHOT.
6Y CORPORAL OSBORNE,DE MPlLA
6AT-TEtsYsC. SIXTH O.S.FlELD.
who Tired The. FIRST Shot Of the Aznericah ARMY

the vortex OF q Kansas cyclone. It
was a trivial incident; a shell had
landed nearby and blown the top of
my dugout. I ran through the dark
ness with the rest OF the crew to the
75. and sent a couple Of shells into
No Mans Land. Then I went back
to bed and slept like top.
The nextA day a German 'deserter
wandered into our dugout. I will tell
you how it happened. Down in, u
front-line trench a ,doughboy OBJ
served a movement in the dead grass
and weeds among the American wire
entanglements. Tense with ex-
pectancy. the doughboy put a finger
against the trigger of his rifle and
waited. p
The grass parted and a yellow dog
Just plain dog-emerged. paused
inquiringly. his f~orefoot lifted in
from Germany into the United States.
wagging the signal Of "kamerad"
with his tail. He was adopted by the
doughboys and stayed several days
in the first-line trench. catching rats
for his board. Then he got sick Of
working so hard mi deserted to our
battery. He stayed with us for about
q week and then disappeared. Maybe
he wasn't satisfied with the chow, or
back to the boches.
We tried to solve the rat problem
In our dugouts by keeping cats, and
at n time we had as many as ten.
But the cook fed the little beasts SO
well that they laid off the job of rat
catching and would do nothing but
snooze in the sun when they were not
eating. One day a shell landed and
wiued out five Of the cats, and the
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-16
TRENCH TALK
Continued from Saturday,

Kamerad.
The German soldiers word of
surrender and plea for mercy. It
has grown very familiar to our
soldiers on the western front,
XVII.
An oficer in the ground service
Of the flying corps. The pane is.
taken from that OF an Australian.
bird. .te{s
Short for commanding officer.
lanyard.
The line which is attached to
the trigger Of a field gun. The
cannoneer jerks this line to fire
Lead Team.
"A field piece is drawn by six
horses in pairs. The first pair is
known as the lead team and. Of
course, directs the gun. The
left-hand horse is saddled and
ridden by the artilleryman, known
as the lead driver.
Lead Piece.
The first gun of a battery Sec
ton which leads the rest Of the
battery.
Leave.
The brief vacation given to SOL
diers, which they usually spend
in a nearby city or town.. The
soldiers entertainment is Usually
mild, and on his return, when. his
fellow Sammies ask him what
happened, he is apt to reply,
father Of twins" which is his
equivalent for the French phrase
pas de tout, which, being trans
lated, means nothing at all" 4
Listening Post.
A position near the enemy line,
usually in a shell hole or in an adj
vance section of the trench. where
men lie quietly listening to what
is going on in the enemy trenches.
Much valuable information about
enemy movements is picked up in
this way. ~,
Madcmoiselle..
Sammy has quickly picked up
the French word for Miss and
any girl who seems attractive to
him is known as a "mademois-:
elle."
Mess.
The army name for. any meal,
be it breakfast, dinner or supper.
If the cook happens to be afraid
and the firing is hot, the term is
apt to be literal. b,
(COntinued' Tomorrow .
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brown, luscious ones with plenty Of
molasses cooked with them.
1t is not always smooth sailing in
the food line on the destroye-s, how
ever. In rough weather these little
craft pitch and roll until 1t is impos-
sible to operate a galley or even for
men to sit in one place long enough
to eat. Canned meat and biscuits
are provided for SUCH emergencies,
but there ar times when even these
prepared foods cannot be handled.
During n prolonged period of bad.
weather one sailor had missed meals
and was very hungry. He managed
to get hold Of a can of tomatoes and
loaf Of bread, but never enjoyed
them. While making a dangerous
trip on deck. with his food in one
hand and grasping a cable with the
other, a terrific wave struck the shin
bowling 1t far over onto n side
Away went the can and loaf as the
sailor seized the cable with both
hands to save himself and then nro.
ceeded to his station still hungry.
Such instances are rare, however.
particularly at this time OF the wear
when the weather is more ENJOYABLE.
There is food aplenty while at sea
and when in port the mess table
would make a rationed English GEN
tleman smack his lips as the gener-
+ a.H ~
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THE ST. MIHlEL VICTORY

The more details are received from the st, Mihiel VIC
tory the more impressive does it become. At this writing
the estimated number Of prisoners taken by the Ameri-
cans is 10000, and as Is, 900 had actually been counted
earlier in the day, and more were coming in all the time.
it is likely that the total will reach the larger number.
There have been captured as a result Of this battle, there
fore, almost two German divisions, a feat which has not
formerly. been accomplished anywhere in so short a time
and within so limited an area.
The German government seeks to have the German
public understand that the withdrawal from the salient
was voluntary, and had been under consideration, as the
statement reads. "for some years." There is an element
of truth in this. The position was a peculiar one. It
formed a long, narrow pocket. and invited attack from
both sides. Undoubtedly the German command had long
ago considered the possibilities Of the position, the dam
gers surrounding it. the possibility Of holding it against
a heavy attack, and the wisdom Of attempting to do so.
But, having examined the conditions and weighed them,
the Germans decided to hold on. They did hold on until
the American army compelled them to let go.
Without any explanatory remarks whatever the as
ranged plan is convincingly refuted by the capture of
20, 900 prisoners. If the withdrawal had been voluntary
no Germans would have been captured except a mere
skeleton force left to screen the retirement and when
the Americans entered the salient they would have found
it empty.
In a sense the retreat was voluntary. Those who
were able to get away did so as fast as they could, but
an impressively large, number remained behind-perma-
nently. 81
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airplane to curse the French dead"
mo. it wasn't the kaiser said
the scared one; ut looked more like
Bismarck. I figure thai he was apol-
ogizing to the French dead for the
inhuman way the kaiser is carrying
on"
Two or three more Of the boys got
worked up over hat graveyard, but
in all the time I did guard duty there
I saw anything to get crinky
over. I v could figure why any,
body should be scared of dead folks,
for they are peaceful and never fail
to mind their own business which
cannotsbe said of most folks who are
alive and kicking.
Right through January and Febru-
airy we kept potting at the enemy
with our 75s, and the enemy kept
potting back at us. always had a
number of shells beside my gun to be
fired at a minutes notice.
Many nights we would wake up in
our dugout with shells dropping all
about US. We would scramble out
Of u hunks, race half-clad to u
gun pits and send a few over to the
enemy just to show him that we were
wide awake.
One night I awakened with the feel
ing that I was being tossed about in
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averaged to fire about twenty shots
a minute, and the big guns all along
u line were popping like mad. At
the, very beginning. l had put on my
gas mask, for the gas was coming
over bad. AT 6 a. m. the boche bar
rage fire lifted on the trenches to the
right of the salient, and the Huns,
numbering 800, came sweeping for
ward under the protection OF their
W fire.
We dropped barrage right in
the midst Of them, and we yelled
with joy when we saw. a score or
more go down. The rest Of them
jumped into what was left. Of our
first-line trenches. But instead of
the easy time anticipated, the kais-
er's shock troops found the Ameri-
cans all ready for battle. Fierce
hand-to-hand fighting hogan.
While the hand-to-hand struggle
was going On, we kept a fierce bar
rage fire sweeping over No Mans
Land. 1t caught many Prussians who
were beating it back to their own
A boche shell dropped near my po-
sition md exploded. I was Thrown
a distance Of ten feet by the concus-
sion, but was not injured. When the
enemy had been driven out of the po-
%sitions, the bodies of ten German SOL
diers were found in the American
trenches. Two German officers were
ehtangled in the wire. Manyabodies
were in sight in No Mans Lad. Eight
were visible through the snowstorm
at one point. The ground was litter
ed with enemy hand g:enades. boxes
of explosives for destroying dugouts
and inccndiary bombs which the
boches had no opportunity to use.
My battery received orders to
cease firing at Z o'clock. We were
a delighted bunch Of buddies because
we had helped defeat picked troops
of the German army. A few Of our
lads were wounded. but none was
killed.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-16
BAKERS SCHOOL
GRADUATES 900
TRAINED COOKS:
Course Being Conducted at
Camp Bowie is Largest
of Kind in Country.

Fort WORTH. Tex, Sept. 1i.-Nine
hundred skilled cooks, trhined for
overseas duty, have been graduated
lin classes of 800 from the government
school for cooks and bakers, theNlarS-
est school of its kind the country.
which Is being conducted at Camp
Bowie here under command Of Cap-
tain Fred H.. Morrell.
Students graduating must reach
the following standard. Practical
work, SO per cent: recitation and the
DRY. 20 per cent; care of kitchen, Is
per cent; discipline, Is per cent. The
majority of those graduated have
been taken from the course for Sec
ond cooks, with first cooks next in
The course includes lectures .and
instruction on rations, bills of fare.
component parts, field specifications,
preparation, sanitation, temperature,
mess management, stock sheets, field
cooking, recipes m visits to The
packing housesFhere. An understand
ing of food values most needed to
suit CONDITIONS existing in various
places Is being drilled into the stu
dents.
Great attention also is given to food
conservation. The army must not
waste Inc sscooks are taught to throw
all particles Of meat and bone into
q 20-Sallon pot, where the mixture is
boiled and the fat rendered. The
stock is then used for GRAVES and
Some companies here require the
men to weigh what is left on their
plates and the amount is deducted
from the next, meal, thus adjusting
the food needed to their appetites.
The sanitation course requires the
mess officers NtQ keep kitchen, mess.
hall, re~frigerators, ovens and cooking
utensils hygienically clean. This ap-
plies-,to tables and floors. How to
set the. tables is an important part
Of the study
Experiments are Conducted to de-
wise means Of using substitutes for
-four such as oatmeal, cornmeal, and
rice -four. Use Of, syrup instead OF
sugar wherever possible is encour-
aged.
food wastage," sa.u Captain Nor
rell, sis not always the fault Of the
is often to>blame. II he doesn't cook
the food right, 1t will be distaste-
full to the men and they will refuse
to eat all set before them. The we'll
cooked meal puts the men in good
spirits as we'll as helping them ply.
sically."
A record Of food conservation was
kept at the detention camp where
the recruits are quartered and fed
under the direction of Captain Nor
rell. OF 1910 >pouhds Of flour al
flowed the camp in fourteen days only
36.165 pounds were used and vet
levery mar had all the bread he de-
Iaired. y Gilt
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BOYS GET PLENTY
OF GOOD FOOD ON
BOARD DESTROYERS

An Irish Port, Sept. 14.-The
American boys who are manning the
destroyerASaf this base are fed we'll
and have developed appetites that
have won the admiration Of the Of
acers Of the fleet. At the navy recre-
alton center ashore the restaurant
vies with the theater in popularity,
notwithstanding the men get plenty
OF good food on the %destroyers and
tenders in port.
After doing Justice to a hearty
mess aboard ship early in the even
ing scores OF them may be seen "eat-
ing a little something" usually a
steak or eggs, before the show at 8
o'clock and after the performance
many Of them eat again before re-
turning to their ships.
The old army tale of beans, beans.
beans. morning, noon and night does
not fit the DESTROYER menu when IN
port for there is plenty of good meat
and green stuff from the countryside
But now and then they have beans,
not the soupy WITHHOLDING kind, but
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many occasions. The evidence submitted at his trial
clearly established his sunt, and in fact it was not dis
puted by the prisoner himself. The news Of the trial.
and sentence may furnish food for thought Tor
some Of his followers who have been inclined to consider
lightly attacks on the American government and inter-
ference with its operation.
In a certain sense the position Of Debs is one Of
greater dignity than that Of some others Of his group.
and he is entitled to more respect than they. He said
what he wanted to say. He spoke what was undoupt-
eddy in his .mind. And he took nothing back. Having
taken his position he did not seek to perjure himself out
Of it. and while. in common with his kind, he sought
through the forms Of law to escape punishment for the
violation Of law, he did not follow the contemplate
course which some others have followed of denying his
own utterances, and he did not seek, by quibbling over
the meaning of words. to have a false Interpretation
placed on what he had said. He spoke his piece. reiter%
ated his position in court and before all the world, and
let it go at that.
He will go, properly and Justly, to the penitentiary,
where he ought to be accompanied by a number Of other
men who have spoken as vilely as he has done, but vino
have lodged, and backed and filed, and sneaked and
lied until they have slipped through the meshes Of the
net. #N