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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-08
POOR SERVICE ON
STREET RAILROAD
Worn Out Parts and Inability to Get
New Ones Reduce Available Run
ming Equipment to One Car.

Service on the Brattlcboro street rail
road has been very poor the past few
days, the condition of the equipment 60
ing from bad to worse, and the fact is
recognized by the owners, the Twin
State Gas & Electric Co, as we'll as the
public. A number of the men were
on the point of leaving the employ
of the company last night, but the for
mer superintendent, a. L. Tripp, worked
with them until late and induced them
to remain.
Only one car is now in operation. the
others being laid up for repairs. The
primary cause of the trouble is the fact
that when new ears were bought few
months ago they were put on to old
trucks and motors which are becoming
worn out
When interviewed this morning Man
ager W. H. Richardson of the Twin
State company stated to a representa-
tive Of The Rcformcr that new parts
were ordered a long time ago and that
repeated efforts had been made to Sc
cure their shipment, but that the only
reply he could get was to the effect that
the factories were busy on government
work and that the parts would be
shipped as soon as possible. The cars
have been up against the hardest kind
of use the past winter on account of the
unusual quantity of snow and ice and
many Of the parts have entirely given
out, but the company is doing the best
it can to replace them. The snowplow
is out of commission, due to an acci-
dent a few days ago when II went off
til track at the junction of High and
n.lr aiS
shortage of help at the car barn. Mr..
Richardson has engaged an expert re-
pair man whom he expects any day.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-08

WASHINGTON. March S.-Dificulties
being met by the central powers in
assimlatng recalcitrant factions in Russia
wer" disclosed today by information to
the state department that Polish brigade
in the service of Austria had revolted
and deserted the main command. The
reason given for this was dissatisfaction
over the peace agreement signed with the
Ukraine. The brigade is now somewhere
IN northern Besserabia acting independ-
emily. American Consul Summers. under
date Of March 6, reports from Moscow
that the anarchist movement there Is
becoming stronger and that few people
have been wounded i'll the streets by
bombs There is general dissatisfaction in
Moscow, he says, over the peace terms
Russia has been forced to accept.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-08
Recaptured City 68 Miles
from Petrograd Which
German Army Entered
kIEV is IN THEIR
POSSESSION ALSO
Story of Capture of Capital of Ukraine
Came in Fake Wireless Message
Anarchist Movement Strong in Mos
COW, Where Bombs Are Used.

LONDON, March 8-A Russian revol-
utionary army re-cantured .Janburg, 68
miles from Petrograd, March S, according
to an official announcement made in Pet
rograd Thursday and forwarded by the
correspondent OF the Exchange Telegraph
company.
kiev, the capital OF the Ukraine, is still
in the hands of Russian revolutionary
troops and has not been occupied by the
Germans, according to a statement issued
Wednesday by the Russian official news
agency III Petroqad The previous
message saying kiev had been lost to the
enemy, the statement adds, was due 10
the receipt of a wireless message which
must have originated from enemy sources.
Ensign krylenko, commanders chief
of the Bolshevik army, has resigned. ac-
cording TO an Exchange Telegraph des-
patch from Petrograd The resignation
was brought about owing to differences Of
principles between him and the council of
peoples commlssaries.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-08
CONFERENCE OVER
COAL. SITUATION
One Of the Questions Under Considera-
tion in Boston Is the Supply for
Next Year.

BOSTON, March S.-Representatives Of
the textile industry and other New Eng
land manufacturers met here today at the
call of James j. StoIrow, New England
fuel administrator, to discuss the coal sit
uation. One of the questions to be con
sidered was the possibility Of trouble in
getting coal Tor next year because OF the
federal fuel administration decree cutting
off the jobbeIs' commission after April /
unless it is taken from the price allowed
at the mine. Mr.. Storrow said before the
conference:
II am anxious to have our New Eng
land manufacturers close their contracts
ior the next year right away Ii they can.
not ! want them to let me know
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-08
Auditorium insufficient to
Hold All Who Wanted
to Get In
DRAMATIC STORY OF
WAR EXPERIENCES
Appears in Uniform of French Ieg;on
OF Honor and Wears French and
Serbian Honor Emblems-Wounded
and Gassed in Battle

Nearly hundred people were turned
away from the Auditorium last night.
because every available seat was taken.
and even standing room was at a pre-
mum. The crowd of people overaowed
on to the stage, where even the wings
were crowded.
Harry c. Collins, who gave a lecture
on his experiences in the war. appeared
IN the uniform of the French Legion Of
honor and wore on his breast the Ser
wan war cross, given by King Peter.
and the French war cross. He also wears
a silk cord Of red and green-the high
est honor granted to a French regiment
and Of which the men are prouder than
of their individual war crosses.
Mr.. Collins gave the people what they
wanted to hear-a tale of personal ex-
perlences without any attempt at ora.
tory, but often with an intensity and
dramatic effect as though he were liv-
ing II all over again. The audience was
often held breathless by the recital
The speaker told of the first davs in
France when war broke ont. He. with
70 other Americans, volunteered for
service and on the oath of August, 1914.
they were accepted in the Foreign
Legion. Under the rules of war. these
men could expect no mercy if captured,
since they were citizens of neutral
country, and the penalty of being tax
en- was death. When the war broke out.
the Legion numbered 81 600 men. When
Collins was discharged there were only
5000 left. After the battle of the
Marine, droves of refugees passed
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-08
MONTENEGRO LOYAL,
Refuses with Contempt to Make
Separate Peace with Central Powers

LONDON, March S.-The Mon
tenegrin minister of war who is now
in London, in letter to the Daily
Chronicle in the name Of his king
and government denies that Monte
negro will make a separate peace
with the central powers. The min
lister asserts that an offer of peace
reached King Nicholas since he took
up his residence in France. He
adds:
The offer was put forward for
mally by the central powers and
was refused in terms of CONTEMPT
and Indignation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-08
First Baptist Church

Friday, March s, 4l5 p. m.-Junior
Christian Endeavor meeting All boys and
girls 8 to II years of age are invited.
Friday, March 8, 7.20 p m.-Regular
prayer meeting of the church. Subject.
How to Prevent Loss Hebrews 2.l-3
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-08
Masonic Temple

Friday, March s, 80 p m.-Special
convocation, Fort Dummer chapter, No.l2,
Royal Arch Masons. Work: f. A VI.
Tho women of the Eastern Star will
hold regular sewing meeting in their
rooms Friday evening
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-08

Reports from Porto Rico last December
indicated the possibility Of a genera
strike of between $1,000 and 60,OG0 laborer.
IN the Porto Rican sugar industry becaus-
OF dissatisfaction among the laborers over
hours and wages. Appeals for assistance
were sent to Samuel Gompers, president
OF the American Federation Of Labor, and
TO Secretary OF Labor Wilson. The pres
cnce in Porto Rico of a mediator of the
department OF labor for investigation pur-
poses was reported in a San Juan des-
patch of Feb. A.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-08
BURROUGHS TO FARMERS.
Other Men Also to Be Released for
Work Necessary for War.

WASHINGTON, March S.-Fur-
loughs for farmers and other men need
ed in military pursuits necessary
TO war were passed today by the house
with the approval of war depatement.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-08
Unitarian and UniyersaIist Churches
Sunday, March 10.

Services in Unitarian church.
1870 a. m.-Divine worship with ser
mon by Rev. f. Q. S. Osgood.
Subject, Giving from the Heart.
12 m.-Sunday school union ses
siOnS.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-08
Red Mems Hall

Friday, March s, p. m.-Regular
meeting of Quonektieut tribe, No. .,
|, 0. r, NJ. Warrior degree.
Dances will be held in Red Men s
hall every Saturday until further no
tice.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-08
CASUALTIES SMALLER.
Total in the British Armies Smallest
in Several Months.

LONDON, Thursday.-For the first
week of March British casualties We're
3,343, the lowest of any week for sew
eral months. The official report for
the week ending today follows:
Killed or died of wounds-officers, 63 !;
men, 628, wounded or missing, officers,
179; men 2,473.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-08
REPORT ON GRAIN.
Immense Holdings Still Remain in the
Hands of the Farmers.

WASHINGTON, March 8.-Grain in
farmers hands on March /, as announced
today by the department of agriculture,
was as follows; Corn, 1922 9O5 900
bushels, or 400 per cent of the 1917 crop,
wheat, lll,272O00 bushels. or III per
cent; oats, 500, l95 900 bushels, or So
per cent; barley, 43,404,0 900 bushels, or
POS per cent
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-08
AMERICANS DECORATED.
Two Receive Legion of Honor Gross
from tLe French Government

PARIS, Thursday.--Maj James R.
Barbour of the American Red Cross
and Ralph Preston of the American re-
lief clearing house have been decorated
with the cross of the legion of honor
by the French government
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-08
Centre Congregational Church

Friday, March s, 80 p. m.-Church
night. Midweek meeting of the church.
Topic, Faiths Greatest Obstacle.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-08
THE WEATHER.
Fair Tonight and Saturday. Gentle to
Moderate Shifting Winds.

WASHINGTON, March 8.-The
weather forecast: Fair tonight Warm
er in Maine. Saturday fair. Gentle
to moderate shifting winds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-08
CHARLES-ROUX DEAD.
was President Of French Limo and
Leading Ship Builder of France.

PARIS, Thursday-Jules Charles
Roux, president of the French line, is
dead at his heme here. He was one of
the leading ship owners and ship build
cTa of France.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-08

The irony Of fate is as nothing when
compared with the irony OF woman.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-08

\ man must make his own way in the
world. while a woman merely has hers
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-08
SUGAR INDUSTRY
BADLY CRIPPLED
Ten Thousand Laborers in the Cane
Fields of Porto Rico Are Out
On Strike.

SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, March s.
Ten thousands cane field laborers in the
eastern end of the island are on strike,
causing the closing down of three sugar
centrals. The men declare they are tired
OF waiting for action By the labor officials
at Washington which would determine
whether general strike should be called
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-08
Won MEYER IS FAILING.
Little Hope of the Recovery of Former
Cabinet Official

BOSTON. March S.-The condition
of George Won l., Meyer, who has been
i'll at his home here several weeks with
a tumor Of the liver, was more serious
this morning and physicians said there
was little hope of his recovery.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-08

Strange how are finds LIES milcposts
SO much closer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-08

The walls OF the down-and out often
have a vicious ring
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-08
Brand of Stacker
for Those Who Ride
Use Of Automobile for Pleasure
To-Day Shows altitude on
Winning The War.

To-day the familiar long limo Of
automobiles parked before the doors
OF the church VIII be missing. as Rich
mond endeavors to comply strictly with
the appeal issued by the United States
1uel administration to eliminate the
use OF automobiles as far as possible
IN order TO conserve tho nations gaso-
line supply.
The power TO distinguish between
necessary and unnecessary usage Of tho
automobile lies within each motor car
owners conscience. This is the view
taken by Fuel Administrators Garfield
In a communication TO State Fuel Adj
Ininistrator Byrd paying particular re-
spect TO this phase of the matter.
The second Basless Sunday Is ex-
pected to be moro universally observed
to-day than last Sunday, and Admin
istrator Byrd said yesterday that those
Ignoring the appeal should be. branded
as slackers to the nation and accorded
treatment as such.
In treating the phase regarding the
use OF automobiles by churchgoers
Administrator Byrd declared that II
was the desire OF the fuel administra-
ton that the stree cars be used and
steam lines where the place OF worship
readable by rail
By strict observance OF the request
OF the fuel administration. Virginia is
expected to blot from her record the
stigma OF last Sunday, when she was
far down in the list with percentage
OF e3. Let 100 per cent be Richmond's
slogan to-day. regardless OF incon-
Yenienccs and temporary deprivation of
pleasure rides.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-08
WILL ENROLL 1000 "WAACS"
IN u. S. A. SERVICE CORPS
VIII Supplnnt Equal Number Of Able
Bodied Youths, Who Will Go


BEHIND THE LINES. FRANCE.
September 7.-Within one month 1000
members of the Womcn's Army Aux
Hilary Corps will be enrolled In the
United States army service corps Three
hundred are already at work here in
the offices, laundries and service OF
the American expedtionary force.
They will supplant an equal number
OF able bodied youths who will leave
to take their places in fighting units.
The valiant service that these "Waacs"
mended their adoption by the United
States staff and as many as can be
spared arc being transferred to the
United States service to relieve some
men for duty nearer the actual COM
bat.
Tho British "waacs" are thoroughly
military, being organized on military
lines. The corps is ofIicered with reg
ular ranks corresponding TO the army.
and the same insignia as army officers
Is worn.
Tho barracks of the "Waacs" Is said
to present model In military preci-
In addition 1000 French girls are
being engaged in the salvage dcpots
to supplant tho lighting men.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-08
Old Glory Floating
on All Sides There
London Has Miniature District
of Columbia in Victoria,
Heart of Metropolis.

LONDON. September 7.-London has
a miniature District OF Columbia"
of this throbbing. war-charged metrop-
olis-is rapidly becoming the Ameri-
can colony OF England.
1t Is here where one can neither turn
to the north. south. east nor west with
out sight OF the Stars and Stripes
floating from some window in one or
another of the great houses in the
neighborhood.
In this section are located the head
quarters Of General Biddle. Admiral
Sims, American Red Cross. America n
teen and other American institutions.
The United States Navy got here
drst. Admiral Sims. with a vanguard
OF stan, arrived in England az COM
mandcr-in-chief OF American naval
forces in European waters within two
weeks after the United States entered
ships Of all classes and nearly 10000
officers and men. His headquarters
miniature Admiralty by itself
6u5ze s. with activity day and night He
tain Twining. chief of staff, and Com
mander Babcock. chief aid.
Down the street. half block or so.
Is the headquarters Or General Biddle.
The United States Army has estab-
lished regulation lines OF communi-
cation" base in London under General
camps, aerodromes and other military
Institutions.
The American Rcd Cross headquar-
ters adjacent Is In charge or Major
Endicott, assisted by Mrs Whitelaw
Reid. wife OF the late American am
bassador to England. and others.
Nearby Is the American Nurses Club,
formerly commodious. beautiful man.
sion. which was turned into the club
as result OF tho work of the Wis.,
countess Harcourt. of New York, a rcla-
tive OF ]. Pierpont Morgan. and other
American women here. She Is doing
yeoman service also as honorary secre-
tary OF the American women's relief
fund and active head of the American
Red Cross Hospital for Officers at Lam
caster Gate.
Lady Alastair Innes-Ker. daughter of
w. l. Breese, OF New York, is manaK-
ing the Y. M. c. A. Washington Inn for
American and allied officers in St
Iames's Square. Lady John Hubert
Is also a busy war worker. She is tho
wife OF the commandant Of the hos
pitals In London and keiEate
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-08
HUNDREDS OF PINTS
OF LIQUOR CAPTURED
Police of First District MIKE Success
full Raids and Several
Arrests.

Coolies and coolies OF liquor, piled
into trunks. bags, sacks. lard tins and
posed last night in the safety of the
sergcants' room of Second District Po-
lice Station as the result OF general
roundup yesterday Of bootleg sus-
tie. assisted by Policemen Lumpkin,
Brown and Waters and egged on by
Captain Mcmahon. who. since his
transfer to this side OF the river has
had his ear to the ground in an effort
to determine whence cometh the ar
dent spirits which hitherto ho<ved SO
Notable among those bagsed yes
terday arc Elizabeth Gay and Lula
Watson. dusky damsels whom the
End GASES. Lizzie was caught. at her
homo. 24l2 East Main. whero some
hundreds of pints wers found hidden
various and sundry articles OF feminine
attire. With the liquor she was
brought to the station. where she was
Lula was bnGged at the Main Street
Station just as she was alighting from
A. Baltimore train She had only thir-
teen and a half pints. but that was
calaboose. She, too, had convenient
friend to furnish bail.
Almost simultaneous with Lula's ar
rest, the same officers uncovered two
trunks containing 161 pints OF various
brands.
In the meantime Captain Mcmahon
noticed I. c. Carter trying TO weather
the stormy seas OF Main Street near the
railway station; T. c. was having q
him across, but had forgotten his gas
mask. He got n Whit of Baltimore's
fumes. then noticed n hefty bundle
under his charges arm. He wanted
10 know what it was, and T. c. admit
ted twas the forbidden beverage
three full quarts. Another quart in
two pint bottles was found on Carter's
person after he had been taken to
the station.
Along with all Of this activity the
liquor hunters also rounded up half
a-doZen inebriated gentlemen who
would not admit where they had pro-
cured their loads.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-08
WOULD MAKE PRISONERS
WORK AND FEED ALLIES
Counsel for large Corporate Interests
Advances Scheme to Reclaim Arid
Lands of the West.
ny F. &. II. FITzHA MON.

EN ROUTE FOR OVER TIL ERE. Sep
TENDER Henry Ach. far-famed San
Francisco lawyer. has a billion dollar
scheme TO make the Germans feed all
the allies that seems TO be pippin of
the golden variety TO hear him tell it
IheTe is no more patriotic America
than Henry Ach. although he has been
lighting the United States government
for years as counsel for private and
corporate interests in the great oil cases
OF California.
He has given to the great cause his
Ach. from whom he had parted. per-
haps forever. the previous day: and he
himself is fun of fcrvor to go across
when physically fit.
Henry Ach launched into his billion
dollar scheme thusly:
What an empire OF fruitfulness
vada during. this war If hundreds OF
thousands OF laborers were available.
We have the water for irrigation.
ard in these two States are thousands
land.
Men and money, both in large guam
harvest field that would feed France
and Great Britain. as we'll as our own
country.
las TO the money? Phfut! What II
the project were TO cost $1,000. 600. 600 !?
our IDEAS have expanded so tremen-
d dt1s the last eighteen months that 81
ira $1,000 00O, 900 added to the next Lib
erty loan would do it, And who would
Know the difference? 1t would be
raised without question.
The money part would be easy
enough. But the men-500,OoO labor
ing men, perhaps more: there's the rub
What. then, could be done toward fur
hishlng the requisite vast amount of
Make the Germans do it. my bow.
That's the winning ticket Make the
Germans do the work for us-fres,
gratis and for nothing
How? Why it's as easy as fatten-
ing 4 hog on sugar beets
Let all the allies send all their pris-
oners OF war over here by the ship
load. and IL the u-boats should sun
marine few ships SO loaded, we
Why. it's SO simple that there is
nothing 10 II. Think OF il. All the
labor needed for agricultural and re-
cihmation projects on n vast scale for
Inc duration OF the war. In half n
dozen years the development of half
a century could be accomplished. and
tremendously thereby"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-08

Want NJ 4. ms sear retsas sS Sttsrs
Merlin will also speak
Secretary Neyroz has lust reportca
as Italian secretary at this camp. There
are 5000 Italians in the service here,
Mr. Neyroz is q graduate OF tho Royal
French. Spanish and English He re.
ported to Camp Lee from Middletown,
y. Y, whore he was pastor OF the
Italian Presbyterian Church.
The arrival to-day OF $50 white draft.
ed men completed the largest movs-
mcnt OF troops in a two weeks period.
since the camp was established The
movement included 10000 Pennsyl-
5000 West Virginians. 1850 Vireinians
and 500 colored North Carolinians. The
negroes from Carolina were the first
hat have arrived from that State. In
ported to-day, were fourteen limited
service men from Richmond. They
have been assigned to the Thirty-sixth
Company, Ninth Battalion. Depot Bril-
gade. The flfty-three Petersburg boys,
who reported Friday afternoon. have
been assigned to the Sixth Company,
Second Battalion. of the Depot Bril-
gade.
Four Richmond preachers are to con-
duct services in Y. NJ. c. a. huts to-
morrow night. The names OF the min
listers, the huts and their locations are
Rev. o. r. Buckholtz, OF ST Fifteenth
Street; w. l.. Baugh. at 25s Avenue a.
between Second and Third Streets: w.
IT. Hall. 259 Rcmount Station: Rev. s.
u. Dumvi1le. at EGO at Zero Street.
Under Private Leo J. Huber, OF Pitts
burgh. of the schools for cooks and
bakers. an army field stove Is touring
the replacement camp. The idea is to
train the cooks Of the various COM
panles in the use of this type OF stove,
which they will be called upon to use
once they get overseas. The stove has
four compartments. The menu served
hni
stewed tomatoes. macaroni and cheese
and onion dressing. Bread is obtained
from the camp bakery. The stove is
capable OF feeding LOO men, though
one Is generally allowed for each corn
pany. Four mules draw tho stove and
two the fuel wagon. 1t will use either
wood. coal or gasoline. At present
wood Is being used; The cne, co. cooks OF the
overseas with the company when 1t is
forwarded to France.