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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-03
SOLDIERS GIVEN
ROUSING SEND-OFF
About 1900 Clleered and Waved Flags
at Bellows Falls-More Names of
Men Who Have Qualified.

The Il selected men comprising
Windham county's first contingent
from its registered men, most of whom
left here on the 1l.40 train Yesterday
forenoon, were given a great send off
yesterday afternoon at Bellows Falls.
The l. from different towns of the
county gathered there and boarded the
$50 p. m. train for Camp Devens. At
the armory they were addressed by
Judge T. +. 0 'Brien and from there
with an escort of police. the band, 40
members of Company NJ, Vermont vol
unteer militia, and numerous citizens
marched to the depot The train con
tanned four cars Of soldiers from as
far north as Burlington, some 200 men,
all bound for Camp Devens. Two
thousand people cheered and waved
flags.
Following is another installment Of
names of Windham county men who
have qualified for military service:
Selden P. Knight, Cambridgeport.
John Madiviopolos, New Britain,
Conn.
John f. Carey, Brattleboro.
Lester a. Dix, Jacksonville.
Francis !. Lanoue, Wilmington.
Onslow +. Thompson, Brattleboro.
Frank Il. Titus. Wilmington
William T. Lowe, Jacksonville.
Hoyt +. Marsh, Brookline.
Howard harrington, Somerset.
Winthrop A. Helyar, Brattleboro.
Thor l.. Anderson, Brattleboro
Ralph w. kirkwood, Brattleboro
Ernest 4. Ranta, Philadelphia.
Ernest r. Johnson. Brattleboro
Guy a. Bacon, West Wardsboro.
William f. White. Whitingham.
Harvey Wheeler, West Wardsboro.
Herbert 7. Lackey, Brattleboro.
Glenn f. Thomas, Wilmington.
Warran +. Dalrymple, Marlboro.
Clyde J. Perkins, South Londonderry.
+. Homer Dairy, Nottingham.
Herbert Z. Stiegler, Brattleboro.
Harry L. Hall, South Windham
Ben Starks, Jamaica
Perley H. Lynde, Brattleboro. r. f.
D. /.
Harry T. Brown, East Dummerston.
Casper ". Landman, South London
derry.
Clarence K. Lewis, Williamsville.
Clarence f. Rhoades, Newfane.
! Reynold c. Gustafson. Brattleboro.
Leslie A. Parmenter, Brattleboro.
Paul W. Thayer, Bellows Falls
| Ralph D. Medbury, Wilmington.
| Gerald II. Porter, Albany, \. Y.
| Allen ". Frizzell, Attleboro, Mass.
Lester NJ. Whitney, Marlboro.
| Burton NJ Hescock. West Dover.
/ Emil Brandon, Holyoke, Mass.
1 Herbert I Miller putnev
! Edward 7. Houghton, West Dover.
i Llcwellyn X. Wing, Detroit, Mich.
Henry II. Everlcth, Putney.
George II. Nygren, Worcester, Mass
Clarence Stone, Londonderry.
/ Martin G. Bromley, Westminster.
John Gronski, Jersey City. n. j.
Frederick 5. Thompson, West Somer
vile, Mass.
Elmer +. Thomas, West Brattleboro
/ Hubert +. Hall, Brattleboro.
Eugene G. Wilcox, Brattleboro.
Raymond C. Brown, Brattleboro.
/ Robert y. Crosby, Dummerston.
James Ghee, Terre Haute, Ind.
John l.. Sparks, New Haven, Conn
Nick Cassone, Mountain Mills.
The name John w Aver of Brattlc
boro, given in Yesterday 5 list as having
qualified, should have read John "
Aher.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-03
10 Odd Fellows Temple

"Wednesday evening. April 3, rehearsal
Of inithtory by Wantastiquet lodge.
Every member urged 10 be present.
Monday, April s,-Regular meeting OF
Wantastiquet lodge The initiatory de
gree will be conferred. There also will
he nomination and election of a vice
grand
April 5.-The Rebekahs will hold a mill
tary whist party. Everyone is cordially
invited
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-03
Conference to Plan Ameri-
canizatiOn of Millions of
Foreign Birth
WAR CLIMAX COMES
IN CLOSING SCENE
Part-Belief Expressed That What
We Do Will Bring Success to the Al
lied Armies.

WASHINGTON, April 3-Secretary
ference called to plan the Americaniza-
ton Of many millions of foreign birth He
spoke to an assemblage of state governors,
chairmen of state defense councils, heads
Of civil organizations, industrial leaders
and business men gathered at the invita-
tion Of the department Of the interior.
4 federal legislative program which
called for an Appropriation to the bureau
ot education is to be fully considered.
Americamization viii be regarded as a war
measure to counteract the anti-American
propaganda among aliens
''Out of this conference said the secre-
tary, should come not a determination to
make more difficult the way of those who
do not speak or read our tongue but a
determination to deal in a catholic and
sympathetic spirit with those who can be
led to follow in the way of the nation
and OF those others who cannot other pro-
cedures must be applied The keynote of
tins conference Is our responsibility"
Touching upon the war the secretary
quoted Won Hindenburg as saying the
first act was over. but it is never the
first act that tells the story he continued
The climax comes in the closing scene
and in that closing scene America will
play her part and it will be noble part
1t is my solemn conviction that when
success comes to the allied armies under
General Foch it win come because of
what we do, because of our men in the
field and the spirit and sacrifice of our
men and women and our boys and girls
at home
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-03

LONDON, April 3.--British troops
after sharp fighting last night rcpulsed
a determined attack by the Germans in
the ncighborhood OF Fampoux, the war
Office announced today. The town of
Ayctte, about eight miles southwest Of
Arras, is again in British possession, the
statement announces. over 100 prison
crs and three machine guns were cap
tured by the British.
British aviators were very active
Monday on the battle front in France,
dropping II tons of bombs and bringing
down 10 German airplanes and two bal
looms. Another airplane was brought
down within the British line by infantry
fire. Eleven British machines are miss
ing.
On March - and April | Frencl
aerial squadrons threw more than /;
tons of proiectiles on railways anc
cantonments at Ham, Chuny, Novon
and other places. German cantonment'
in the region of Roye were hombardeC
with many proiectles, an attack will
machine guns being made from Il low
elevation. French pursuit planes wcr'
engaged in many flights in the courS
of which eight German airplancs wer
brought down and two others put out o
action.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-03
NEAR NEGOTIATIONS.
Austria Almost at Point of Considering
Terms with Entente.

LONDON, April 3.-Austria Hungary
was recently "almost Oh the point .
of beginning peace negotiations with
the entente. Count Czernin, the Aus
tro- Hungarian foreign minister de-
clared yesterday in an address to the
Vienna municipal council. The wind
suddenly veered, /" he added, "the en-
tente deciding to await developments
in his country which caused it to hope
that the dual monarchy would soor
be dcfenseless.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-03

AMSTERDAM, April 3.-The cathc-
dral at Noyon is afrc, according to a
scm-ofiicial statement from Berlin. The
blaze is attributed by the Germans to
the French bombardmcnt.
With the passing yesterday of the
18th day of the new battle of the
Sommc there came increasing evidence
that the great German machine with
which it was intended to crush the allied
line has almost utterly spent itself.
Where previously the Germans had
thrown men into the fray, not counting
the prodigious wastagc in killed or
wounded, nowhere Yesterday did they
force the battle. On the contrary in
what little fighting occurred the British
and French troops took the initiative.
Thus it seems apparent, with the re
serve forces of the entente virtually in
tact and with the added weight General
! Pershing s troops will give them, the
| turn in the tide of the battle is at hand.
| While admittedly both the French
land British armies have suffered rath-
er severe casualties as they stood val
liantlv to their task of impeding the
Germans and making them pay an un-
heard-of price for every foot of ground
gained, their reserves have been con
served with the utmost care behind the
lines for the fateful time when the
withcring fire Of the allied guns and ma
chine guns should have brought more
equality in strength to the fighting
forces.
And the British and French com
manders have not left outside theil
calculations the Americans, exceeding
100000 men, who are fully trained
land equipped and anxious to lend theiI
aid in the task of defeating the Ger
mans.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-03

sold together for $40 each to J. H.
Whitcomb of Littleton, Mass. They
were consigned by W. D. Robens of
Poland, n. Y. Their sire is the only
bull to have a 40-pound daughter, 40
pound half sister and 40-pound dam.
NJ. t. Carrigan of Concord, Mass.
bought two-year heifer consigned
by Mr.. Robens for 1925. She is in calf
to King Korndyke Sadie Vale.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-03
A Discriminating Conscience.

Phyllis has been caught redhanded, and
her aunt was lecturing her "You surely
knew you were doing wrong! Didn't your
conscience tell you that?" she said. "Will
my conscience tell me when I'm being
naughty, then auntie?" "Yes. dear
PHYLLIS thought moment, then remarked:
Well, I don't mind it telling me, as long
as it doesn't tell YOU Liverpool Post.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-03
TWO STEAMERS SUNK.
Victims of Submarines Shortly After
Leaving a British Port.

AN ATLANTIC PORT, April s.
Officers of a British foreign steamship
which arrived here today said that two
steamships, part of convoy to which
their ship was attached, were sunk by
German submarines shortly after leav-
ing a British port. The freighter sailed
on March 20. The names of the two
ships were not disclosed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-03
PROMINENT PYTHIAN.
w. 3. Richie Wrote the Ritual Used
in All Lodges of Country.

LIMA, Ohio, April 3.-Walter B.
Ritchie, 67 years old, past supreme
counsellor of the Knights of Pythians
of the World, died at his home here to-
dag as the result of a shock suffered
in an elevator accident last winter.
In 1892 ne wrote the ritual which is
used in all Pythian lodges and in 1896
he wrote the Pythian catechism. In
business life he was a banker.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-03
Masonic Temple

\ special conclavc Of Beauscant com
mandery viii be held this afternoon and
evening. At 3 D. m. Il. G.; 6.30, supper;
73o. Temple
Regular meeting Of Connecticut Valley
Council. No Is, Thursday, April 4, at
730 D. M.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-03
MEDERIC MARTIN WON.
Elected to Serve Third Term as May
or of Montreal.

MONTREAL, April Returns from
yesterday 5 municipal elections show
that Mederic Martin has been chosen
mayor for the third time His majority
was 7,270 over Joseph Ainey, who has
been a city controller many years.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-03
Universalist Church

Wednesday, April 8. at 7.l5 p. m.-Reg
ular meeting OF Boy Scouts, Troop No a.
Thursday April l. at p ma regular
meeting OF the Ladies Circle.
Thursday, April 4, the annual sugar
supper served BY the men OF the parish.
The first table az s. p. III.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-03
Red Men S Hall

Thursday, April 4-Regular meeting Of
Pocahontas council, No 4. All the degree
team please be present for rehearsal.
Dances will be held in Red Men S
hall every Saturday until further no
tice.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-03
THE WEATHER.
Generally Fair Tonight and Thursday
01neWhat Colder.

WASHINGTON, April 3.-The wealth
er forecast: Generally fair tonight
and Thursday. Somewhat colder to-
night. Light north winds
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-03
VERMONT SOLDIER DEAD.
Clifford Topping of East Dorset Vic
tim of Pneumonia at Aver

AVER. Mass, April S.-Clifford Top
ping of East Dorset, VT, sergeant of
Battery A, 302d field artillery died at
Camp Devens of pneumonia today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-03
HERBERT J. TAFT DEAD.
Judge of District Court Had Served in
New Hampshire Legislature.

GREENVILLE, \. H., April 3
Judge Herbert j. Taft of the district
court here died today. He was 55
years old and had served in both
branches of the legislature.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-03
MORE U. S. CONTROL.
Plan for Taking Over the Packing
Houses by the Government.

WASHINGTON, April "a resolution
providing for the operation Of packing
houses by the government was introduced
today by Senator Thompson of Kansas
and referred to the agricultural committee
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-03

Japan has 10000 railroad employees ro-
ceving an average wage of 81 cents a day.
The average wage Of an American engineer
is So 40 a day
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-03

Between the great things that we can
not do and the small things We will not
do the danger is that we shall do nothing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-03
PARIS UNDER FIRE.
Germans Began to Bombard the City
Again This Morning.

PARIS, April 3.-The Germans again
began to lombard Paris at $50 o o'clock
this morning.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-03

WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, April 3, by The Associated
Press. Tho British last night stormed
and captured strong German point
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-03
Town of Ayette, Southwest
of Arras, Again in Brit
iSh Possession
STRONG POINT TAKEN
SOUTH OF HEBUTERNE
Germans, Trying Offensive, Repulsed-
British Aviators Doing Wonderful
Work-Teutons Report Cathedral at
Noyon Afre.

PARIS, April 3.-A German attack
south Of Morcuil last night was re-
pulsed by the French fire and the enc
my was unable to gain a footing in the
French positions, the war office an
nounccs, except at one point. The French
also broke up a German Gttack near
Rollot and gained ground north Of PIE
mont.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-03

south Of Hcbuterne which mcnaccd the
defending positions.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-09-12
GRAIN CROP FORECAST IS
 ANNOUNCED BY BUREAU
Expectation of Corn Crop Declined 317,000,000 Bushels Since Last
 Months Estimate.

Washington, Sept. 10.-Forecasts of production of the principal farm crops, based on their condition Sep tember 1, were announced today by the Department of Agriculture as follows:
 Spring wheat, 343, ,000, ,000 bushels; all wheat, s99,000, ,000; corn, 2,672,- 100000; oats, 1,477, ,O00, ,O00; barley, 236,000, ,000; buckwheat, 20,100,0 ,000; sweet potatoes, 385, 100000 bushels; white potatoes, S1,000, ,000; tobacco, 1,21S,000000 pounds; flax, 15,900. 900 bushels; rice, 40,900,00O; hay, &C., 300,000 tons; sugar beets, 21O,000; apples, 196,000,000 bushels; peaches, 40,200,000; kafir, TABOO, 900.
 Heavy decline in the condition of the corn crop caused a reduction of 317000,000 bushels in production as compared with last months estimate Spring wheat production, however, showed improvement of 21,000, ,000 bushels in the estimated production, making a total wheat crop this year of S99 ,000,00 bushels.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-09-12

once more hurled at the things head and nothing would ever be heard of 1t and nobody hurt.
 What recourse can be had, then, when the people suffer, when com munity. a city, is oppressed by bad government, selfish and souiless cor porations or what not None af all by damning the public.
 It all comes back to you and me who started the discussion. You are a vital part of the public; I am. You owe it to yourself and the cause of justice. as do I. to wait not moment in doing something, in going straight to a neighbor and with him to some body else. and on and on until an army is raised and the outrage put down. Let US realize our own individual re- sponsibility and not exhaust our in- dignation on an abstract public The public will do it's duty when you and l act.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-09-12
HAD TO BE LIFTED
 OUT OF HER lGRll
People Say l Am ,ha !,
 Health," Declares Mrs sIt'as r [ Has Gained Sixteen po,,', '0'Slt, lac. u' On Ia

Tn just the little while I b,,. taking Ianlac ] have gaiDs0 s < pounds and people tell me 2. ,'''' the picture of health" sad N. sn P cOrbitt' residing at i2 pouas,. : : nue, Atlanta, Ga, some tina
 T was so run down and a,.ss ss' eight years of suffering with \. 4. ''' trouble that l had hardly a,s strength than a baby Evos..s, ss .aa ate seemed to poison my stom.al s'Ilg gas would form until it wonlS me up and cause me hours @s l had to be lifted out of Y. -, 'ga when l sat down to rest ana % s.aa sls have climbed a flight of stair ,i,,,i s'all' ss life depended on it. spent a,. money on medicines, but coulans A any relief. s1'un g
 AS a last resort l took Tahl,, It proved to be just the tbipe ed. It's just remarkable how s.. " Y 1, proved after l began using t ii '. a splendid appetite now, and it .sa that everything eat agrees wi, and builds me up, for l have iDers..., m sixteen pounds in weight sud v well woman again. haven't ' ' of my old troubles any more, snt <. strength has come back to me % iS force, and l can do most auytsns S < !; want to-"
 Tanlae is sold in Mena by I,.... Drug & Furniture Co, and by m. 1. tablished agency in every taa.,, - |. z
The Mena weekly star., 1918-09-12
Who Is inc Public !
Q kansaa citY star.

From The kansas City Star.
 We hear much about the public. It is seldom praised; often it is berated. The public will stand for anything, we are told. The public likes to be duped, said B, T, Barnum years ago in ex- planation of his success as show man. The public be damned, said a corporation head a generation ago. Society never advances, declared the philosopher Emerson. The public is a huge beast. someone else has said.
 Almost anybody who talks about che public or matters pertaining to the public will reiterate such opinions to- day And no offense is taken; no in- dignation meetings are held and no resolutions drawn up in condemnation of such insulting language. Apparent ly nobody feels insulted
 What, then is the public Nobody can tellus; always the thing eludes our search
 But is not the public anybody but you and me, or anybody except the persons talking about it? Therefore, lhc puDiC can never Uc IOhHu, ln0 UHt should inquire all his days. Always the thing is farther on, like the rain bows end.
 So. there is little use relying on the public to do anything, to take the in- itiative, to start something, to rise up in rebellion against wrong, oppression, outrage, injustice.
 There has been much talk about re- bellions, revolutions, when public in- dignation has reached the boiling point; but there never was and likely never will be public uprising of any kind without leader, without some individual working alone or in co-op- eration with q very few other individ- uals, to organize public sentiment, to give it form and substance, "a local habitation and a name"
 Therefore, all the abuse that has ever been heaped upon the public aiqht be gathered into one mass and
The Mena weekly star., 1918-09-12
MANGANESE NOTES.

Among the latest arrivals to inves- tigate Mena's manganese develop ment are ]. B. Dickerson of Joplin, Mo, and c. c. Vaughan of Dallas, Tex, both men having interests in the Miami, Ok, field.
 John Thompson, who had been ab- sent from the city several months, and who spent most of the time of Oklahoma City and McAlesteb. states that there is great deaf of talk there about the eMna manganese mines, and miners are trying to ar range to come to this field to look into the situation with view to in- vesting.
 R. Golf, who was out to the man. ganese mines near Bethesda Springs Sunday, says it looks mighty good to him. He thinks there is abundance of the ere which can easily be gotten.
 A party of business men from Hope and Texarkana, headed by w. Y. Poster, IT,, of Hope, motored to the manganese fields southeast of Mena to inspect their holdings. The party returned home with renewed confidence and with the expectation of returning soon to begin develop ment work.
 There are at present four compa- nies contemplating milling plants at an early date, among them the Man ganese Mining & Development Com pany, who recently had test run made under the direction of a con- mittee from the Mena Commercial Club, as given in considerable detail in The Star.
 Those who have already begun pre- liminary operations claim that the ore found here is far superior to that in the Batesviiie district, and that it can be handled at about one-third of the cost. This being true, there is ev. cry reason for the people of Mena 10 led their assistance to all honest endeavors to learn whether or not we really have the new Eldorado. Sd many claim for us, The Star intends keeping well abreast of the progress made, and to this eventually will ere. ate a special department for the pub. lication and promotion of all legiti. mate enterprises.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-09-12
Coarse Work.

From The Kansas City Star
 The German crown prince tries to emphasize the theory that Germany did not desire war, but that England dii. Germany had just levied big property tax to increase it's army and the French government had been warned by its military attache at Berlin more than year before the war that the German preparations would be complete by July, 1914. In the same period the British govern ment had refused to take Lord Rob- CTS advice and increase it's military force
 Specifically, when war came Great Britain had an army of 1S6,000 men, Germany one of eight hundred thou sand. Also Germany had several mil lions of trained reserves to few hundred thousand in England,
 The crown prince is about as relia- bic in his remarks on the origin of the war as he is in his statement that the majority of Americans do not know what they are fighting for.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-09-12
PUT 100 FARMERS IN CLASS I.
District Boards Hold Industry of Men
 Insufficient for Deferred Status.

From The Kansas City Star
 More than one hundred young farmers in this district, given de- ferred draft classification on indus trial grounds, have been placed in Class in the last ten days, the dis trict draft board reported Saturday. They had not farmed with sufficient industry, the board believes.
 Vacation trips and working hours spent in playing pool and other non- essential pursuits&aused the reclassi- fieation, it is said The board con tends. men given exemptions to en- gage in inustry or agriculture are soldiers in civilian clothes; they are responsible to the authorities for the time they are supposed to devote to work. the board says. and will pro- ceed likewise.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-09-12
INDICT POLK COUNTY MEN m
 ALLEGED W. C. U. ACTIyTM

From The Southwest American.
 Fort Smith, Sept. IA blsul., dictment was returned in the Fsss. court Wednesday against h,. number of Polk county men vbs { members of the Working Class II,,, are charged with conspiracy to \ struct recruiting and enlistmeuts x with harboring enlistment systsr The indictment sets forth that \, defendants formed the alleged u, spiracy at other meetings.
 Included among the indicted men i John Bastian, charged with hsTb, organized the ". c. U. Other det.n ants named are Drue Bailey IA, Manley, John Robb, Dave Msus Martin Bedding (now in trsnhs camp), Robert Manley, ST., Lee Hss rison, Jeff Weatherford, the hs named being chairman of the uuin alleged. The indictment charges a. above defendants with having hr bored and shielded" Willie SniA Charles Wilcox, Ben Gibson, W. E Allen. Roy Manley and others.