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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-02
Campaign to Enroll Them as
Auxiliaries to National
Organization
CHANCE TO HELP
IN GREAT WAR WORK
Campaign to Be Made Between Feb.
II and 22-No Effort to Enroll In
dividuals, But Rather Schools as
Units-Chairman S Statement

BOSTON, Feb with the obiee
tive "every school a Red Cross auxil-
iary and center for patriotic serv-
Ice, y preparations for the campaign for
Junior Red Cross membership are near
ly completed in New England.
James Jackson, manager of this di-
vision, has appointed Andrew j. R.
Helmus, director of organization. as the
chairman of the Red Gross Junior mem
bership campaign. Mr.. Helmus has had
experience in various Red Cross drives
and is now busy in selecting the per
sonnet for the campaign in New Eng
land.
The campaign for enrolling the school
children in this work is nation wide
and will be held during the period be-
tween Lincoln s Birthday and Wash
ington's Birthday inclusive SO many
requests from schools all over the
country have como to the Red Cross.
asking how they, as schools NAV assist
IN the great work Of the organization.
both in war and in peace, that DIR. H.
\. MacCracken, president of Vassar,
originated the Junior movement, called
a conference in Washington and got the
support of the national organization.
President Wilson encouraged the en-
rollment in proclamation
Mr.. Helmus said yesterday at divi-
sion headquarters:
This Is campaign not designed to
have so many school children join the
Red Cross, but to give each and every
school the opportunity to learn about
Red Cross work and chance to en-
roll II 1t desired. The demand from
teachers and scholars in all parts of
the country for an opportunity to par
tlelpate became so insistent that the or
ganIzatlOn for school enrolment be-
came absolutely necessary. The great
drive between Lincoln s Birthday and
Washington 5 Birthday is not like a
money campaign or membership cam
palgp. There. viii be. no effort to en-,
roll individuals. Information will he
spread abroad through all schools. pub
he, parochial and private, and the en-
deavor will be to give each the oppor-
tunlty to enlist in the movement. As a
matter of fact such enlistment will be
entirely voluntary. When the school
raises fund at least equivalent to
- cents for each child, or has pledged
to perform Red Cross service. such
school becomes r Red Cross auxiliary
and every member is entitled to wear
Red Cross button, all buttons being
supplied free of charge. This campaign
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-02
GRANDMOTHER KNEW
There Was Nothing So Good
tor Congestion and Colds
as Mustard

But the old-fashioned mustard plaster
burned and blistered while it acted. Get
the relief and help that mustard
plasters gave, without the plaster and
without the blister
Musterole does it. 1t is clean, white
ointment, made with oil of mustard. 1t is
scientifically prepared, so that it works
wonders, and yet does not blister the
tcnderest skin.
Just massage Musterole in with the fin
ger tips gently. See how quickly it brings
Ellicf-how speedily the pain disappears.
Use Musterole for sore throat, bron-
cAitis, tonsiitis. Group stiff neck, asthma.
neuralgia, headache, congestion, pleurisy.
rheumatism, lurnbago, pains and aches of
the back or joints, sprains, sore muscles.
bruises, chilblains, frosted feet, colds of
the chest lit often prevents pneumonia.
SOC and 60c jars; hospital size $3.50.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-02
MORE TRAINS TO BE CUT.
Rumor CT Further Curtailment on
Fitchburg Division

BOSTON, Feb. 2.-It il reported ii
railroad circles that another cut in the
Boston & Maine railroad passenger
train circles is coming.
1t is believed that it will again hit
the Fitchburg division. Officials in this
city have heard nothing more about
the contemplated changes than ru-
mors.
Traffic experts have been working on
the division making observations which
may be used IN deciding on what trains
now running can be taken off without
reducing service any more than can
possibly be avoided.
Riding to and from Camp Devens is
unusually heavy and those conversant
with conditions say that this traffic to
and from Aver may Ike it necessary
to continue nearly all the Boston
Fitchburg trains. Extra ears to ac-
commodatc soldiers and their friends
are kept in the yards here and are at
tached to eastbound trains Generally
they are filled at Aver. On westbound
trans from two to five extra coaches
run from Boston to Aver and are eth
er cut off there or in this city. This
is done to avoid clogging the siding at
Aver and it is generally believed.
though there is no definite information
available, that this city will be main
tanned as sort of terminal for Camp
Devens cars.
Freight traffic on the Fitchburg di-
vision continues to be heavy. Dozens
Of coal cars are being moved every day
IN addition to war goods and the usual
shipments.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-02
CONGRESSMAN MUST PAY.
Not Exempt from Income Tax Revenue
Commissioner Rules.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-Members
OF congress, although exempted by law
from the so-called eccupational tax
which operates on incomes of more
than $4,000 in addition to the regular
income tax, will have to pay it never
theless, by a ruling made Yesterday by
Internal Revenue Commissioner Roper.
The law exempted officers and en-
ploycs of the government. The in
ternal revenue commissioner ruled that
congressman are neither So much
criticism was made at the exemption
of congressman that a bill to remove
it already has passed the house and
now is pending in the senate.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-02

IS to be carried on entirely through the
school authorities. Literature will be
sent ont all over New England, cam
paign poster will be displayed III every
school building, and speakers will be
ready at all times TO talk on Red Cross
work IN the schools, wherever the need
exists.
The work of the Junior Red Cross
- OF distinctly educational and voca-
tlonal value, and will in no way inter
fere with the present manual arts pro-
gram. | feel sure that the patriotic
school children of New England will
respond cordially to this national call
and | look for splendid cooperation =
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-02
GIVES OUT 1887 SUGAR CARDS
Barre Citizens Will Have No Chance
of boarding in Future,

BARRE. Feb. City Clerk Mac KAY
has given to the heads of families in
Barre 1887 cards upon which sugar MAY
pc obtained. He expects before all
famliles are supplied that 1000 will
be distributed. The amount of sugar
received by the families will be regu-
lated III accordance with the amount
In this city each week.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-02
Helping Father.

am now prepared to answer any
questions you may care to ask" said
inc lecturer. Anyone barred ~
asked man in the audience. Certain
~ not, replied the man on the plat
TORN. Then just wait a few min.
ntes, will you, mister, till | run home
ana get that four vear-old kid of mine.
tie got a few hard ones that d like
20 have you answer for me- detroit
Free Press
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-02
Bill and Theodore.

Possibly Senator Stone s charge that
Mr.. Roosevelt is in league with the
Kaiser is founded on the story too well
hho"h to be repeated here, which con
GUIDES; Teddy slapped me on the
back and said, Bill, with such an army
You could lick the world. And add
ed the Kaiser dolefully, ''like a fool
believed him
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-02
High Cost of Yarns.

- Doesn t so much wine weaken your
powers of invention ~ asked the inter
viewer of the writer of sensational
stories.
'O On the contrary, it stimulates
them, he answered. ~ have to work
like mischief to keep up the supply. y
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-02

materials are given to agents in form
which attracts no attention. >
ono OF these methods illustrated in
the course Of the trial was by means
OF handkerchiefs, on which the informa-
tlon was conveyed by means of invisi-
bic ink.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-27
GERMAN PROPAGANDA
 WORKING IN BRAZIL

Washineton oct 26.- German prop aganda has directed some of its ef- forts toward interruptins trade be- tween Brazil and the United States investigation of numerous cancelled orders for cotton piece goods today disclosed
 Recent requests from Brazil that orders for cotton goods not already shipped be cancelled owing To the fact that German agents in Brazil have been promising to deliver goods similar 10 those ordered from the united States at pre- war prIce- within three months after peace is declared
 As stocks of raw cotton in Germany were long since virtually exhausted officials in Washington said today ip commenting on the situation the Ger man promises to Brazil are worth less
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Friendly Boy. rImid Cat.

Standing on the sidewalk in from of a dwelling house in midtown street. d garbage can with a cover on it and with some shreds of stuff stick ing out from under the cover. A biz eat standing on lis hind legs at the can, pulling off this stuff and trying to get the cover off.
 A little down the street was a small boy, bright small boy of about seven years, and when he saw the hungry cat at the can he resolved to help. So he walked up quietly and removed the cover and then stood back a few paces with it, holding the cover in front of him as a warrior holds hk shield.
 But the cat had never met boy like that, and instead of staying to supply itself at the bounteous store thus made so easily accessible, it wheeled and fled.--New York Times.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-27
nest condItioi,s for sleen-

The best time fer sleeping is that dne that will faver the greatest de. gree of relaxation. With most people this is some time during the hours of darkness. when there isn't so much going on 10 distract the senses of sight and hearing. Just what hours should be devoted to sleep is not as important as that there should be enough of them. .Fhe so-called beau ty sleep, achieved during the hours preceding midnight, is fact only be- cause 1t adds to th number of hours which, under ordir ary conditions, we might be supposed to spend in bed. Most of us get up at about the samc time every morniu g-no matter how early or how late we've gone to bed the night before. So there isn't a word of truth In the old fable that one hour of sleep before midnight is worth any two hours later. Sleep Is sleep, provided only that 1t Is sound, restful sleep-whc.ller we get it at eight o'clock in the evening, two o'clock in the morning, or one o'clock the next afternoon. If we can get our sleep undIluted by disturbance SC much the better.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-27
OFFICER WHO RESIGNED
 IS GIVEN PROMOTION

Washington, Oct 26-Arhur B. Donnelly. formerly a brieadler general in the Missouri national guard. has been apOinted major general in the United States army assigned to a regiment now in training at Camp Meade, Maryland it was learned to- day 5Nhile commanding a brigade in the 35th division, composed Gf nation 70 al suardsmen from Ohio, Donne1y was ordered before a special court martial at Camp Mills, New York, on eharges that he had gambled with junior ol- ficers of his command.
 Shortly before the court artial was to have convened he resigned
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RUNS BEING MADE
 ON GERMAN BANKS
FEARS ARE GROWING IF HOARD ING IS NOT STOPPED WHOLE ECONOMIC STRUCTURE
 WILL COLLAPSE.

Amsterdam. Oct 2G-.PnbHc anx- ely over the solyency of the empire evidently is becoming acute in Ger many The hoardlng of money has become so rampant as to cause great inconvenience There has been a general run on banks to close ac- counts and the theJt of hidden funds is of daily occurance.
 With its staff depleted by the war and grippe the German treasury Is turning out new currency at top speed, but according to the Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin. it melts like show when the sun shines and the custo- mary back flow into the state coffcrs has ceased completely
 The beiehstank in the third quart CT of the year issued the unpreced- ented amount of l,0o0,000.U00 marks in new money or nearly two times the amount issued in the same period last year
 In the first three weeks in Oc- toher alone the bank issued one and one quarter billions of marks in new money.
 The government has been eompell- cd 10 make war loan coupons legal tender It also proposes 10 issue a simpler form of paper current and the municipal governments in Berlin and other centers have heon authorized to issue temporary token money. Fears are growing that if the offic- ial appeals to refrain from hoardine are not needed, the whole economic | structure of Germany may collapse
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-27
GERMANY SANCTIONED
 ATROCITIES ON CREEKS.

New York, Oct 16.-Atrocities in flicted by the Turks upon Greeks liv- ing in Asia Minor were directly sanu- toned by the German emperor, Reyer- end Alexander Papadopoulos, secre- tary to the Metropolitan Of Athens declared here tonight iQ an address at a mass meeting in Carnegie hall He asserted that in 1914 q Greek com missioner took a protest against the Turkish atrocities to Gottlieb Yon Jagom then foreign minister of Ger many, who declared the atrocities were Justified because Turkey had to resort to such methods in order to en- sure success. The commissioner then appealed to Emperor William, Rev erenl Papadopoulos said and received the same response.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-27
FEW STATE LINES CHANGED
sentiment Has Proved Too Strong, Even When Good Business Req.
 sons Could Be Advanced.

From time to time proposals are made to change the boundaries of states. One is the scheme to transfer a part of western Florida. extending for i5O miles on the sea coast. to the state of Alabama, and another project Is to annex the northern neck of Idaho to the state of Washington.
 In support of the proposed change in each case the chief argument ad- vanced is that it would place the re. zion to be transferred in the state with which it is most closely allied in interests. Most of tue business of Pen- sacola, the leading city of west Flor. ida, Is with Alabama, and if it were a part of that state it's importance would doubtless be heightened. It Is also considerably nearer Montgomery than Tallahassee and nearer Birminr- ham than Jacksonville.
 Proposals for rectlfying boundaries as well as for dividing states have been many, the changes actually made few. Where historic associations gather around a divisional line tbev are not easily cffaced whatever may be tine commercial considerations work ing in that direction. In cases in which railway connections have made the business relations of a region closer with another state than with its own the remedy is found in the construc. ton of new lines Political geography enters somewhat into railway build ing,
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-27
INFLUENZA CONDITIONS
 IN THE SOUTH

Memphis, Tenn, oct 26-NeW cases of influenza in Memphis drop ped today to ten, with fourteen pneu- monia and four influenza deaths.
 A slight increase in the number of new cases ill Louisiana outside New Orleans was reported, while that city's figures showed a decrease, with 72 deaths against 97 yesterday.
 Improvement was reported at Camp Sheridan Alabama, with four deaths, and at Camp Jackson. South Carolina the quarantine was lifted today
 Abatement of the epidemic general lly throughout Alabama and South Carolina was indicated
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-27

Try sentinel-T,ecor want Ad.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-27
OFFICERS FACE COURT MARTIAL

Battle Creek. Mich. Oct. 2G Eigh: officers at Camp Custer face court martial. five are to he called before efficiency boards and forty are con fined to camp for laXiJy in obeyine orders, according 10 Brigadier Cen eral II. L. Laudbach, comm4ndan, Some of the officers, it is said are charged with violation of regulation- imposed by the influenza quarantine in allowing men in their command who had just recovered from the dis ease 10 leave their barracks toe light ly clad
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-27
SPECIAL PRICES TODAY.

RAWSON'S GROCERY. Phone 1907. POI w. Grand Ave
 If
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-27
All Over the World

Standard Groceries, such Ivory Soap Prices Baking Powder Post Toases etc. the wherever you buy them We sell standard brands you know for ess We have no one day specials or oker Every day every item money at Piggly Wiggly'
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-27

Dr. ". II. Hiekson announces that he treats eczema, blood and all kinds of skin diseases. by method that Is simply wonderful. Also diseases of the rectum and cures piles without the use of the knife. Twenty years in Hot springs. Ark. Citizens National Bank Building. S-2l
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-27
THE KID HAS GONE TO THE coLoRs.

The Kid has gone 10 the Colors
 And We don't know what 10 say; The Kid we have loved and cuddled
 Stepped out for the flag today, We thought him a child a baby
 With never a care at all; Bnt his country called him man. size.
 And the Kid has heard the call. He paused to watch tho recruiting,
 Where. fired by the fife and drum, He bowed his head to old Glory
 And thought that 1t whispered: Come; The Kid not being sTacTer
 Stood forth with patriotic joy, TO add his name to the roster
 And God, were proud of the boyi The Kid has gone to the Coors;
 It seems but little While Since he drilled sehooooy army
 In a truly martial style But now he's N ST S a s0ldier
 And we 10 " VI listening ear. For his heart iE monet alayal
 Unsconrased i. ie curse of fear. His dad, when he told him shuddered;
 His mother--God bless her-cried; Yet, blest with a mother-nature,
 She wept with a mother-pride But he whose old shoulders .straightcned Was Grandad-for memory ran TO years when he too youngster.
 Was changed by inc flag to a man.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-27
CUT THIS OUTI

And send il with 25c and receive by return mail Regular Dollar Size pack age of our famous Egyptian Beauty Cream,
 EMONI LE A beauty builder of highest order you will be more than delighted with the result,
 CHURCHILL CHEMICAL CO.,, (s.-r) Beaumont, Texas.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-27

DF. ] ?. Merritt $ nov Ioeated ln he Sumpter-Little Bldg Calls ans Eered day or night, Phones--Oifics Al. residence. 4z6.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-22

surplus OF airplanes needed for this front
line work over the American lines; nor
have they the aviators TO be loaned to
the United States government. So i Is
very urgent call for help that comes
from the American front to the govern
ment at Washington.
over against that appeal, however, is
the announcement officially made at
Washington that the shipping of Amer.
lean. built airplanes has already been
started for Europe, and that, too, some
five months ahead of the scheduled time
for the shipping to be started These
Liberty motor planes have not, OF course,
been tried out in the eNigencies which
arise from participation IN battle and
nothing can be said concerning their
adaptibility To that line of work. New
ertheless it is known that the machines
have worked out we'll in practice and
have come up to the highest expectations
II may be assumed, therefore, that the
Liberty motor machines will prove of
great help TO the Americans who are
badly in need of this kind of equipment.
But il must be borne in mind that con
siderable time will have TO elapse be.
fore these American. built machines are
received in Europe in sufficient quaint
ties to make an effective defense against |
German aggression by way of the air, let
alone the matter of taking the offensive,
The United States is yet long way
from being prepared in this phase of war
activity, is, indeed, fighting without eyes,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-22
You Can Dictate Better Movies.

The moving picture situation in youl
town Is strictly up to you. If YOU want
better films You can have them. In the
February Woman's Home Companion a
writer saws:
The movement for better films is now
nation wide. The two years during which
the Woman's Home Companion has
fought the battle for higher type of
motion pictures, while it has not seen
the realization of the ideal. has clearly
demonstrated the actual unpopularity Of
the vampire type of picture and the dis
gust Of the public with the photoplays
which. with all the magic of practical
and stage mechanics at their command.
continue to fail of true heart interest
and human appeal.
Il am sure that no one wants the
pictures put down to the artistic level
Of the so-calied Sunday school books
Of twenty five years ago; but as one who
has served his time in the motion pic
ture business I can honestly say that
the destructive criticism which j. usual
" all that reaches the man who makes
motion pictures, i susceptible Of no
other Interpretation. Almost the only
comments received BY the producers
las the manufacturer Of motion pictures
: called are warnings from censorship
bodies and indignant mothers that this
'r that Is not prgper
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-22
Welcome News About Our Progress To-
ward Air Control

| Air control is won when one army sur
passes its enemy in quantity and quality
of planes, and in quantity and quality of
ayiators. And to-day the United States
appears on the road TO doing much in
winning air control from Germany under
! these terms Without control of the air
victory as war is now waged is practi-
cally impossible
When Sec. Baker tells us that the first
American built battle planes, powerful
fighting machines with IL cylinders, are
actually on the way TO France, and that
the production of Liberty motors is
mounting to its peak, he tells us what
we as a nation have been anxious to hear,
even though from personal reasons the
end OF heatless Mondays and the coal
embargo might even be more welcome
news.
1t may be that the airplane appeals
to peculiar degree to the American
Imagination. After all, it was the child
OF American genius, and we feel that
it is our chiiu still. America believes
that American victory will be won large
ly in the air. So when progress charts
are bettered and production schedules
are surpassed, it seems an appreciate
step TOWARD tHat Victory.
The strongest and speediest plane
however, is only dead thing of metal
and wood and cloth until the pilot comes
to quicken it and make it live. And the
other half of the picture is that which
shows American aviators in France, in
ever increasing numbers, mastering the
art of the air so readily and expertly as
to win all praise from their French off |
GERS. Already, indeed, beginning long
before we entered the war as a nation,
individual Americans had proved them |
selves fighting aviators of quality second
to none.
Sec Baker warns us fairly that we
are still only at the beginning of our
task. Maintenance and replacement of
men and material would make heavy
and constant demands, even il our air
power were TO remain only stationary.
As it increases, those demands will grow
n geometrie progression. Britain sup
piled five planes in 1917 for every two
N 1910, and our air program similarly
will be always xtending,-Boston Globe.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-22

Those Austrian Socialists should be in
formed that their government does not
stand any chance OF making a separate
peace with the United States but that
it can make separate peace with the
allies at any time it wishes. By the way,
there is some suspicion that the so-called
Austrian Socialist plea for separate peace
with the United States may be, after all,
nothing but German plan to sever the
allies, or to weaken their force of initia-
tive against the central powers. The
United States government will undoubt-
eddy decide to get more definite informa-
tion concerning the alleged move for
peace before it places any reliance on
the reports allowed to pass through the
German censorship,