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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-18
Germans May Send Prussian
Fleet into Mediterranean
to Harass British
ENORMOUS LOOT
TAKEN BY GERMANS
Get War Stores, Machinery, Foodstuffs
and Other Goods to a Total Value of
$4,000, 900 Republic at Odessa is
Possible.

LONDON. March lS.-A correspond,
ent writes in The Chronicle:
Trl. to their character OF conscious OF
unconscious German agents. the BoIsheviEi
have concentrated the entire Black Sea
fleets, III my information Is correct ready
foi delivery to the enemy. There Is noi
doubt that it VII be- secured by the latter,
and will constitute a new danger TO the
allies. Nhen to the Black Sea feet have
ba..u added certain Turkish clements. now
assembled in the Sea oi Malmora, the
whole naval force will be IN a position to
sally through the Dardaneles and embar-
rass the British operations in Palestine.
With the aid Of the Jewish inhabitants
of Odessa, who number about % per cent,
Germany hopes to erect Odessa into an IN
dependent republic and free port. She
will then use the port for shipping Ukrain-
ian produce and raw material, as well as
for her own goods destined lor Persia
through Batoum and Trebizond.
In the vicinity OF Odessa are large Ger
man settlements which have existed Tor
800 years. They number nearly quarter
OF a million. Their influence Is great.
| They publish their own newspaper, the
| Odcssler Xeitung, possess hall a dozen
/ clubs and two discreetly conducted
/ branches Of the German Navy league.
: The Odessa Jews are proverbially pro-
! German They are anxious that this
( houishing center should be excluded from
the U.,aine, whose treatment Of them has
been particularly rigorous Indeed, the
massacrcs which have occurred have al
had their theatre within the new Jkrl n
ian state.
In the harbor a. Odessa l. now col
lection Of British, French, Italian, and Ru
snanian steamships which have been rita
tiouary since Russia declared war On Iur
key Their approximate total tonnage l.
100000 tons. amply suthcicn; TO MAINTAIN
German trade on the Black sea. This il
the more necessary a. Turkey needs grea
supplies Of food stuff- from the tkrainr
! For the operations in the Black Sea T.,
GermanS have hitherto kept eight suana
,iuea at Co-stantinoplc 1hesc will nD>
be available for the Mediterranean
Again. Al Nicolaietf near Odessa. At
larg" shiphuilding yards, capable % turn
IN out drcadnousht- The Germans WI
build submarines, ior winch coal and lro
exist in the neighborhood.
AS 10 German plans IN other parts,
l. plain that II cnvisagea the restoration G
the monarchy in Great Russia after TIA
Boshe,iki have Completed their diSint,
grafton
Their loot already is enormous in W
stores. machinery. ioodstuifs. and gooc
of all sorts Ii NAV be estimated AT fi0g
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-18
MISTAKE OF NAVAL
GUARDS WAS COSTLY
Fire in Darkness on American Destroy
er, Killing One Sailor and Wound
ing Three Others.

WASHINGTON. March lS.-William
Lusso. q seaman of an American de-
strover in the war zone was killed and
three others Of the ships crew slightly
wounded January l6. when the armed
naval guards Of an American liner
fred Oh the convoFing destroyer after
installing her in the darkness for an
encm- submarine.
In making this known late Saturday
the navy department. said Nice Admiral
Sims had named a court of inquiry
which Is making a thorough investiga
ton. When the liner reached her dea-
tination the master gave complete
account of the accident to Admiral
Sims but it has not been made public,
nor HIS tAcre been any announcement
as to the extent Of the damage to the
dcstroyc'
Admiral Sims's report on tho acct
dent was sent TO the department by
mail, but the name of the seaman was
cahlcd when the destroyer reached port,
the lespateh merely saying that he had
been killed in an accident and it was
also announced b. the department
The seaman : bod has been sent to
/ the home of his mother. Mrs. Barbara
! Lusso al Kansas City. Mo.
! In the absence of first hand details,
| officials Of the navy department hest
| tate 10 comment on the case 1t was
suggested, however, that the destroyer
might have run out of the place as
signed her in the convoy aud thus
aroused the suspicion OF the gun crew.
Under certain atmospheric conditions
or at night. one Of the new type de
stroyc.s might easily appear TO be q
large submarine, her masts being about
the same height and the flush deck
hull being almost 2wash IN 4 choppy
sea
So far as known this il the first
accident OF the kind among American
warships in the war zone, but somt
months ago an American warship ii
the Mediterranean had fired upon II
Italian warship after she had faile1
to designate her nationality. One mar
was killed and another wounded.
An American naval court Of inquir.
which investigated the case, recon
mended a reduction Of 2 certain mum
Der IN the grade Of the commanding
officer Of the American vessels hu
: asked that clemeuc be shown becaua,
Of the zeal and attention 70 dns
shown by the officer The Italian gov
eminent joined in the request but til
cour = verdict was allowed 20 stand
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-18
Durham Brothers Co.

remains about the same. Her daughter,
AIRS. Charles Washer, is caring for her.
Guy Stockwell. who has been en-
Ploved by the Connecticut Railway
company ii Greenfield, IS working for
the present for the Twin State Gas s
Electric company.
Mr. and Mrs. Il. l.. Nichols and Al
phonso Nichols went this morning 10
Greenfield to attend the funeral Of
their brotherin law, Luther Miller, who
died Saturlag after few days illness
with pneumonia.
Mrs. katherine Cofirin Of Brattle-
boro was admitted to the Melrose hos
pital Saturday for medical treatment.
Mrs W Filion was discharged Sat
urlav from the hospital. where she had
been convalescing from m operation
70. appendicitis.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-18
CAPTAIN GIBSON
WANTS MORE MEN
There Are Several Hundred in Wind
ham County Who Ought TO
Enlist Immediately.

Editor Of The Reformer:-
The people oil Brattleboro have accom-
plshed a magnificent thing in the filling
OF the war chest to overlooking This
great work on the part OF those who
cannot 90 To the service actively should
result, in tho prompt enlistment OF every
man in the county who ought 10 he III
uniform Ii those who cannot go caa
do their part So well it Is up to those
who can 90 to do then :
Windham county has fine record FOR
enlistments The high standard set must
be maintained 1t is up 10 the men Of
the county to soc that il is maintained.
| There are several hundred men in the
county who ought TO enlist immediately.
I Some can be found in every town. very
| many in Brattleboro and Rockingham.
/ They can he seen any night on the streets
and IN places of amusements. The cal
Of duty i to these men That call they
cannot disregard. They cannot excuse
any failure to respond Ii they fail II
come forward they must expect to settle
with their fellow men rs well as with
their God for they cannot complain !!
they are pointed out as men railing L
do their duty. 1t is the duty OF every
citizen to see to II that every man WIG
ought to enlist does so. and the duty o.
every patriotic woman to encourage th'
men to go
: The REGULAR almy and the Nationa
Guard army are open to cnlIstments IL
erery branch | shall be glad to giv'
| any information that may be required.
invite all citizens to hand me the nam
Of any man who ought to be IL the selv
leo.
Earnest and patriotic cooperation for
few days ought to secure enough men t
again save the County from a draft.
Sincerely
+. w GIBSON
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-18
ADJUSTMENTS.
Motion Picture Attractions.

Gladys Broclwcll in the William Fox
special production, Conscience, and the
Ford Educational are the photoplay at
fractions at the Empire today For to
morrow Monroe SALISBURY in The Say
age Bluebird production, and Mr..
and Mrs. Sidney Drew comedy viii be
the attractions.
The Princess theatre presents today
Clara kimball Young and her own com
pan. ia Shirley Kaye, from tae play
by Hubert Footner. Tomorrow Ethel
Clayton in Whims Of Society, the storE
Of a young factory girl who wins
against adverse circumstances, also q
Sennett comedy, A Royal Rogue, are
the attractions.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-18
SOLDIERS AFTER FRITZ.
Private P. x. Prouty Writes His Cous
in, Mrs George Watson

Mrs George Watson of West Brat
tlcboro has just received e letter from
her cousin. Private Z. *. Proutv ct
Company G., 5olth Engr Scrv. Bath,
American cxpcdi'ionary force. in
France. dated Feb. H. With several
personal reference omitted, the letter
rs as follows:
Dear Cousin Louise
Your letter received last week. Was
very glad 10 hear from YOU, bat sorry TO
hear that Hou were all showed in, for
! am not. To tell YOU the truth / have
seen very little snow this winter and at
the present time ] am sleeping in a
tent. 80 I will leave II 10 YOU to judge
how cold it H..
have had several letters from PEG.
Pie up around that way, all of which
] was very glad 10 receive Ii Is rather
lonesome al times, stan de- not mind
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-18

i" He told me he came from Mortified. -
Dark suspicion growing darker
Exit, the cop.
The hand of the law.
The accusation.
The denial.
Take me to the Blank Office. | IN
known there.
"All 5 well that ends well.
(Note-Mr. Y lives on South Main
street between c. f. Williams S store
and T. R. Calender S. 1t is not the
EDITOR
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-18
WEST DOVER.

T. G. Harvey has bought a horse OF II.
". Jacobs OF Wilmington.
MI and Mrs. Weston Snow and daugh-
ter, Alice, were in Wilmington Wednes-
day
J.. T. Boyle and r. j. Moody, accom-
panied by d. VI. Hale of East Dover, were
business visitors in Rutland recently.
Mr. and Mrs. W. NJ. Harris We're called
to Griswoldvillc, Mass. to attend the
funeral Of Nh Harris cousin. Eugene
DenniSon.
f. l.. Pike and daughter. Corene. also
Mr. and Mrs Ralph Pike and daughter.
Alene, OF Wardsboro were guests at T. G..
IIarvey's "Wednesday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-18

Way time frosting. tablespoon of
water, > liquid sugar, boil. beat Nn i,
lbs peanut butter, add ; drops Maple
me Mapleine for sale hy leading gro
ccrie..
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-18

nice assortment To select from. The
Park Drug Store.-Adv, SIT
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-18
OPAL Without Color.

The opal has no color in the sense oi
fermentation. To break open an opal
i'm order 20 observe its hues would be
equivalent to killing the goose that
laid the golden eggs. Neither golden
eggs Eor rainbow hues would be found.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-18
New Spring Styles Are Arriving

The Spring styles arriving and we will soon
be ready show you the best assortment possible imagine
If you have gotten all the bargains you wish there
still few left in the smaller sizes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-18
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

Clay NJ Greene. the noted author Of
90 plays and opera librettos. WAS
stricken instant blind while playing
solitaire IN the Jonathan club in Los
Angeles, Cal, saturday. Mr.. Greene
formed the acquaintance of many peo-
lie in BTattleboro when he spent one
summer season at Spofford lake.
William G. Horton. who has been a
close observer of birds the past -
years, reports the first blue bird APP
pcarod yesterday. March II. The ear
lest date on which Mr.. Horton ever
saw a blue bird was March l. 1908.
His earliest robin arrived March Z,
1902. and the earliest song sparrow
Feb. 81, 1918.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-03-08
RID STOMACH Of
CASES, SOURNESS
AND INDIGESTION
"Pape's Diapepsin" relieves
stomach distress in
five minutes

You don't want a slow remedy when
your stomach is bad-or an uncertain
one-or a harmful one-your stomach is
too valuable; you mustn't injure it with
drastic drugs.
Pape's Diapepsin is noted for its speed
in giving relief; it's harmlessness; its
certain unfailing action in regulating
sick, sour, gassy stomachs. Its quick
relief in Indigestion, dyspepsia and gas
tritis when caused by acidity has made
it famous the world over. --.
Keep this wonderful stomach sweet
ener in your home-keep it handy-get
a large fffty-cent case from any drug
store and then if anyone should eat
something which doesn't agree with
them; if what they eat lays like lead,
ferments and sours and forms gas;
causes headache, dizziness and nausea
Quotations of acid and undigested food
remember as soon as Papes Diapepsin
comes in contact with the stomach 1t
helps to neutralize the excessive acidity.
then all the stomach distress caused by
it disappears. It's promptness, certainty
and ease in overcoming such stomach
disorders is a revelation to those who
try it.-(AdVt.) .---
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-03-08
RALLY WILL Be
HELD HERE APRIL 1920
Secretary of Agriculture HoJS-
ton TO Deliver Patriotic
Address on First Day

\ great two-day rally in the interest
Of national defense viii he held in At
Iants April 70 and 20 under the auspices
Of the Georgia state Council of National
Defense.
Governor Hugh NJ. Dorsey. chairman
of The council and Lee Ashcraft. chair
man of a special arrangements commit
tee appointed 10y the governor. have out
lined the program.
David r. Houston. secretary of agri-
culture. viii deliver an address on the
evening OF April 10. other speakers on
the afternoon and evening OF that day
will be Lieutenant PerigOurd, one of the
distinguished French ofncers now on a
mission 10 the United States: DR. J. A.
b Shesrcr. representing the Council of
National Defense: DR.. Arthur +. Bestor,
representing the INTEL sence bureau OF
l.Ie war department.
On April 20. the day following the ad-
dresses BY these distinguished visitors
the Georgia State Council of National
Defense will hold two sessions. The pur-
pose Will be to map out a definite pro
gram of patriotic war service in Geor-
gia. This program will embrace every
line OF effort that is needful to win the
war
Members OF the County Councils of
National Defense Will meet with the
state council. Whole-hearted partlcipa-
tion by every citizen in forwarding the
nations war program will be the object
sought.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-03-08
am APPRECIATrVE REApER

Dear Household We take the Semi
Weekly Journal, and | certainly enjoy
reading the letters sent to household.
But not enough of use write. Let us try
to make our page more interesting by
more of us writing. Some of us do not
write at all, and some maybe once in a
year. ..
If we enjoy Mrs. Thomas and Mrs.
Feltcn's letters, let us write and let them
know it. Let us strew flowers IN their
pathway, while they are here to enjoy
them. There's nothing enjoy better
than reading, after these writer's. Of
times, when / am sad and lonely, l en-
terrain myself reading their letters
When my hubsand at work is away
from home 1 get very lonesome, as l am
sick most of the time, and not able to
get out and visit my neighbors. The
weather has been so terribly bad this
winter, 1 have had to stay indoors most
of the time. l hear no sound of chill
drenis voices or rafting of toys, as we
have no children living. So may those
to whom God has spared their children
rightly appreciate them and strive to
make home happy and pleasant for them.
Ny heart goes out to the mothers all
over the land, whose homes are darken-
ed by this great star. 1t is true that
this has cast a shadow over America.
The birds sing their sweet songs as
they once did The flowers have their
fragrance. The sun still casts bright
ness over the earth, as it has always
done but after all these things to cheer
us, we feel melancholy. Why? because
of this Great War It's talked of by
both young and old. l have only one
brother in the training camps, he's at
Camp Wheeler, Ga.
Mrs Thomas 1 am following some of
your instruction given in your Chick
en- talk" and l find this to be good. Ny
hens are laying better now than they
have been for some time.
Best wishes to our readers
Sincerely,
MRS. ANNIE EVANS.
Wadlev Ala Route No. !.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-03-08
:T1rsr To HELP ALONG

Dear Mrs. Thomas: l have long in
tended to write to you, if but few
lines. Just to tell you how much / en-
ioy YOURS and Mrs. Felton's letters and
how much 1 appreciate the good work
you two are doing. My husband re-
marked the other day, There are two
women that will be missed when they
pass away" Long may you both live,
is our prayer,
These are indeed troublous times.
While I have no husband, son or brother
subject to draft at present, l have a
nephew in France and am so sorry for
my sister. as we'll as the other poor
mothers who have to give up their boys
to cross the waters. The latest news L
had my sister hadn't heard from her
son since December "a. Up till that
time they heard from him often. He
left Atlanta last summer with the Sew
enteenth regiment engineers. His fami-
Iy live in Georgia, where l lived till
coming here eleven years ago. Myrtle
Harris write again. 1 don't know you
personally, but you're from my old
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-03-08

As the word comes to us, the south
must feed itself during the winter of
1888. If the south can raise -sutfi-
cient foodstuffs TO supply what is known
as the southern states (morc accurately
the cotton states). then the northwest
and northwestern grain growing states
will be able 10 feed themselves and also
send large supplies across to the allies.
The country is, therefore, waking up
TO the need Of the hour. The townspeo-
ple land from what I hear. the city
peopleD are planting foodstuffs on all
vacant lots. as well as their regular
gardens. / went to see a neighbor up
my street n few days ago. and their back
lot which had been generally used for =
corn patch. was planted in Irish pota-
toes, freely planted.
When the Irish potatoes are gathered
in May and early June. then the ground
will grow late corn. with abundance OF
turuips for winter use.
All the nnAnUrc--ChiCSen droppinEs--
and some commercial fertilizer, will h,
ont on The soil to stimulate the plants.
and my ne;ghbor's family will have AN
abundance Of early and late vegetables
for their own table use. This is bust
ness that means many things of profit
as well as comfort to them.
As old as 7 am. I am preparing fo-
an Irish potato crop on a rich bit soil
that has been used as an open lot FOR
horses for many years After the po-
tatoes come off then | expect to have
late roasting ears and turntps grown
with plenty Of potatoes, tomatoes,
okCa and roasting ears, with turnips, we
can largely economic on meat, which IS
the expensive part OF kitchen supplies.
If 7 could send a wireless message |
would exhort the southern people to
plant abundantfE
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-03-08

different. Take the other mothers
boys, but leave mine is some peoples
inward" spirit.
I have brother in camp. He joined
last August. We were almost heart
broken to sec him go, but We didn't
shed any tears in his presence and we
write him letters just as if he were off
on a visit. We seldom mention the
war. He has been home on one 24-hour
leave of absence and one five days
leave. We married sisters go back home
to be there while ne is at home, and
when he goes to leave none of us tell
him goodbye; we just say 80 long,
old boy" and wave our hand, or some
such a farewell
L don't mean for moment that we
are a frivolous family: we are far from
that, but our mother always instilled
into our hearts love and respect for
each other, and for the WORTHWHILE
things OF life" We realize what he Is up
against so we try and bury sentiment
and selfishness So that we may the
better hold up his hands. have always
pitied a boy or man who had A cling
ing vine" kind Of wife or mother. not
that l would have them Indifferent, but
when II comes to a thing like this war,
that we can't help, we have got to fight
It out whether we like it or not. ami
there is no use in acting over thing
in order that everybody may know we
are heart broken over it. 1 am afraid
have bored you with this flare" but
Just feel like rising up in meeting
sometimes and preaching to some peopl
and especially to the women of some
communities. While they are not the
majority, they do world of harm. l
certainly want this war ever with, and
the sooner The women of the U. s. A.
get square in behind this thing, the
sooner 1t will be ended.
fear I am like "Billie Sunday IN
that | haven't stuck very close to my
text. but I want you to continue TO
preach on the one you wrote on Feo-
ruary % You can do lots of good 1oT
there are numbers of busy. tired ann
nervous mothers who take time TO reao
your chats that never heard anything
else. What you say will enlighten them
about their duty at this time, so come
again. I dearly love all your chats odt
think this is the sui ject most neeo1hs
at this time (unless it be ch1ckensG
have Rhode Island Reds. They are lay
ing now. but went on strike for ABOUT
six weeks during our most severe WIN
ter in 81 years.
Sincerely,
MRS. AMES.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-03-08
WAITING AROUND

1t was awful long ago p. -.-..
That l put those seed around;
And l guess / ought to know
When. stuck them in the ground.
Cause noted down the day
In little diary book
It's gotten loSted somewhcreS, and
/ don't know where TO look.
But I'm certain anyhow,
They've been planted most a week
And it must be time by now
For their little sprouts TO peek.
They've been watered every day
" it'll a very spcshul care,
And once or twice I've dug en- up t
see If they was there.
fixed the dirt in humps,
Just the way they said / should;
And L crumoled up the Jumps
Just as finely as | could.
And / found an angle worm
A-poking up his head
He maybe feeds on seeds and such,
And SO l sduashed MIN dead.
A seeds SO very small,
And dirt all looks the same
How can they know a all
The way they ought to aim?
And SO I'm waiting round
In case of any need;
A farmer ought to do his best for
Every single seed.
.-.. Ri RGES- Johnson
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-03-08
DECLARES HER LOYALTY

NY Dear Mrs. Thomas have
read Our Household" for several
years and have been for some time
on the verge of writing, but have never
done So Your letter, ION Which Side
Are You?" is so to the point l just
must write and tell you that 1 think
it is Just grand. and | want you ID
write still more and more letters along
this line.N 7 feel sure that the women
in the country and in the common walks
of life need to be more enlightened
about these things. a woman told me
not long ago that as far as she was con-
cerned, she was ready for the United
States to stop right now before any
more of our boys had to go or were
killed. 7 tried to explain to her that
we couldn't draw out 7 told her IT
was like fighting a "wildcat;1 we
stop until we had killed the
beast or he would surely kill us. This
was a good woman, but just didn
know what she was talking about
Another woman makes me boil talk
ing about president Wilson's sins She
and my husband almost quarrel. She
had a son drafted, and if she could have
kept him out, her tune would have been