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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-09
DEATH LIST.
Continued from Page L.

Thy have died as millions Of their
countrymen are ready to die. and as
tens Of thousands must die in the strnn-
gle before victory is won and the war
aims of America accomplished. Tha
spirit OF the American people was al
ready high. 1t viii be higher vet as
they mourn their heroes who sleep for
ever beneath the waves of the Atlantic.
and this tribute of precious lives Will
stimulate them to heightened effort, as
nothing else could do
The Daily Chronicle 5 editorial is de
voted wholly to a serious view Of tbs
submarine campaign. It advises states
men who are inclined to make optints-
tie statements regarding the submarine
to keep their lips closed. and says that
the declaration of Sir Erie Geddes.
first lord of the admiralty. that the
submarine is held, has had 1.-The usual
sequel The newspaper fears that the
loss of the Tuscania IL the only eae
among several losses of big shirs.
though the fact that it carried AmerI-
can troops has earned it special pub
licity.
Up to this time the United states,
the Daily Chronicle thinks. has been
very fortunate in transporting tro5os
to Europe, and it assumes that it viii
not be possible to escort all future
ships as strongly as was the Tuscauia.
oonteHding that the main problem for
th" allies is the maintenance of ocean
routes, the Chronicle remarks that no
relief for the allies in the air fight
ing has Vet come from America. while
the food shortage is pinching the allies
IN Europe earlier than had been hoped.
Ihes" facts 1t ascribca not to lack Of
American effort, but to the shortage az
ships and maintains that the shipbuilI-
ing both here and in America laos very
much behind what is desirable It adds:
"The American shipbuilding effort
seems still to remain further behind
our own than might have been hoped =
Tribute IS paid TO American energy
in raising and oquipping a splendid
army, but the Chronicle saws that the
only uncertainty is how large a poi
ton Of the army can be ferried across
the Atlantic
The Daily Graphic thinks that the
sinking of the Tuscania shows that tie
activity of the submarines constitutes
serious obstacle to the Transportation
OF American troops and raises tn
question whether the U-boats are be
h% enabled to replenish their supplies
~ pro-German conspirators in IRELAND.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-09
WAR CHEST PLAN.
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II was as easy to give as il was To save
after one got the habit. lie requested
Mr.. Rice to read the details OF the
Syracuse plan, which was done. There
upon Major c. Houghton introduced the
following resolution which was adopt
ed:
Resolved: That the people of Brat
tleboro, through those assembled at this
meeting:
81. Do hereby approve forming an
association to raise all money for war
relief through system of monthly
pledges to be made annually; il being
the understanding that this method
takes the place of all other forms oil
solicitation for war relief.
- That the details in connection
with such an organization be left III
the hands Of committee made ~ az
follows:
~. L. Durham, {. 4. Bovden. j. R.
Ryder, {. G. Staples, Martin Austin,
&c. F. Mann, f. II. Crane. ". A shum,
way, {. ). Hopkins. H. F. Webster,
Scion \. Richmond, G. A. Harris, r.
y. Walker, G. +. Sherman, T.. l.. Hill
dreth, Christopher Babb, J II. Estev, " {.
l.. Hunt, NJ. g. Morrill,, j. +. Mann.
j. y. Harvey, NJ. J. Moran. A. T. Rob
erts, Henry Bond, r T. Vaughan, Wal.
ter NJ, Robbins, {. t. Crosby, II. G..
Rice, o. +, Benson. A. Z. Simonds, Miss
Ethel l.. Osgood, Mrs c. c. Fits, Mrs
{: a. Boyden, Mrs. L. J. Waterman and
Miss Florence NJ. Wellman'
After the adoption OF the resolution,
the meeting was adjourned and the
members of the committee named in
the resolution held a meeting to organ
ne. o. f. Benson was elected chairman
OF the meeting and II. T. Stiegler sec
Tetary CT the temporary organization
Martin Austin, II. c. Rice and W. A
Shumway were elected committee 10
present plan for permanent organiza
tlon, nominate officers and prepare a
plan Of campaign to present to the gen
eraI committee within a week. The
committee voted to make the minimum
pledges 80 cents a month.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-09
FINE RECORD MADE
BY n. E. UNDERTAKES
Officer Recently Returned Tells of the
Efficient Work They Are Doing
in France

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9-Licut. Col.
Henry S. Graves, chief forester Of
the United States, has Just returned to
Washington after a six months leave
OF absence, which he spent in France
organizing the Forestry Unit of the
military service. tao" T(rtl :" rosd.
There are now two regiments of
United States foresters in France as
part 'of the engineering branch Of
the service 1t is the first time min
tary foresters have been tried out on
big scale. The forestry unit in
cludes saw mill men. loggers, bosses,
swampers, stable boys and the usual
personnel Of a logging camp. But the
men are all in uniform. differed bv
men bearing the usual military titles;
the camps are under strict military dis
ciphne, and subject TO the same rules
a. other camps.
The men build roads. fell trees and
i've in the open. Col. Graves reports
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-09
RED CROSS OUTPUT
FILLS 13 CASES
w
Much Work Done by Local Branch and
Auxiliaries in January-1O,511
Surgical Dressings Made.

The output of the Red Cross rooms for
the month of January filled - large
packing cases, and the total number of
surgical dressings for the month was
10,51l, the various articles being made
by Brattleboro branch and auxiliaries.
The National Surgical Dressings COM
mittee made IS (7x7) linen congresses,
lis (16x10) Carrel cushions, $50 (19x9l
Carrel cushions, $50 (6x5) Carrel cush-
ions, 400 bath mitts, 50 bed socks, LOO
(7x7) gauze congresses, 2,400 (6x6)
gauze congresses, 700 (4hx41a) gauze
congresses, 1900 (3x3) gauze com
presses, $50 one metre packings, 100
one-half metre packings, 200 small tam
ipons, 1870 sings, 10 binders, 81 com
fort pillows, 20 one-inch drains, 100
three-fourths inch drains, 70 onehalf
inch drains, 80 thin muslin bandages
q to inch), 80 heavy muslin bandages
(2H to 7 inch), 200 flannel bandages
"a to 61a inch), LOO (4@x41a) gauze
congresses, 600 large tampons.
The output of the Red Cross rooms
was 264 sweaters, 13S pairs service
socks, "A pairs hospital socks, 22s pairs
wristers, 504 helmets, SO scarfs, "a
trench caps, knitted afghans, 6 bath
mitts, , three-yard bandages, 40 com
fort pillows, II hospital shirts, 81 suits
pajamas, II convalescent gowns, q sur
geon s gowns, Is bed comfortables, SO
pairs bed socks, II hot water bottle
covers, 60 handkerchief substitutes, -
hospital napkins, SO hospital bags Gun
filled), 1850 gauze congresses (9x9),
400 gauze congresses (4x4), 500 fold
ed gauze strips (6x3), 90 oakum pads,
II irrigation pads, paper packed, (12x1s),
ll5 four tailed bandages, 60 T bandages,
1870 abdominal bandages, 50 triangular
bandages, So scultitus or many tailed
bandages; also the following special
Pershing dressings 1900;
scultitus, so; pneumonia jackets, %.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-09
BRATTLEBOROLOCAL.

The Vermont Shoe Retailers as.o-
cation will hold its annual convention
IN Brattleboro Monday The meeting
Will begin in the Brooks House at )
clock and an informal dinner will be
served at p. m. G. A. Brown of the
Clausen Shoe Co. of Rutland IS presl-
dent The local plans are being made
by G. L. Durham
An interesting scene occurred at the
local railroad station yesterday after
noon. A Negro woman bought tick.
ct to use this morning, while by her
side stood white man. While the
transaction was in progress another
Negro woman, wife of the man APP
peafed on the scene, took her husband
,py the shoulder, marched him outdoors.
noxed ms ears and sent him home.
lhen she returned to the waiting room
and exchanged courtesies with the 9th
CT woman IN an enlivening fashion. to
inc great amusement Of the spectators
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-09

The world 5 record for butter rroduc-
tion has again been broken By pur"-
bred Holstein COW. Aaggie Acme Of
Riverside I'd, by producing 133177
pounds of butter in 365 days on strict
ly official test, takes the championship
to the Pacific Coast.
Aaggie Acme was not content to
merely break record; she smashed
three world : records,-two of them
strictly official, the other was semi off
cial one half the time and strictly off
cial the other half Her test was com
rleted Nov. 10. The new records are:
3p5 days-22092.S pounds of milk and
1876 pounds Of butter; 365 days
1890 pounds Of milk and 133l77
pounds of butter. Both strictly Off
cial records. Her semi official butter
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-09

ment. Adjt..Gen. Mccain announced
last night that number will be
stamped on the metal identification tag
each soldier is required to wear and
that similar number will be placed on
posite the man s name in the war de-
partment roster.
The new system will be put into Of
feet February 2s and thereafter all men
entering the service viii be given n
numbered tag when enrolled. BY this
arrangement the department hopes that
there will be no possibility of officers
not being able to Identify soldiers
bodies because Of blank tags such as
were worn by some of the men who went
down on the Tuscania
News dispatches said blank TAGS were
found on the bodies Of a men washed
ashore. although army regulations re-
quire that the soldiers name must be
stamped on the tags even though he is
not assigned to an organization. When
he is assigned, the number of his rcgi-
ment, the designation of his company
and his individual number in that com
Pany are supposed to be added immc-
dlately to the other side of the tag.
The new Identification system has
been in preparation for some time and
was carefully worked out bv the ad-
lutant general. Extreme care has been
taken to obviatc any doubt as to the
identity Of a soldier who may be killed
or wounded. Consecutive numbers will
not be given the men of the same sur
name. The numbers will never be
changed and never will be assigned TO
other men. The numbers will start at
'one - and continue without limit, and
no alphabetical prefix or aflix will ac-
company them. Blocks of numbers will
be allotted by the adjutant general to
General Pershing, department command
ers, commanding officers Of divisional
camps, ports of embarkation and recruit
dcpots.
The department thinks il unnecessary
at present to number officers and civil
lians i'll the service, but should it later
be deemed necessary, the process will he
independent of the numbering of the
enlisted men. The British number Meth
er officers nor civilians. The French
number the officers but not the civilians.
As il will take some time to number
soldiers records on file ut the war de-
partmcnt, commanders have been in
strueted to include in casualty reports
the fun name, grade and organization
of each man reported as well as his num-
Der. if numbers have been assigned.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-09

record for two years is 2425.51 pounds
of butter.
All three records were formerly held
by the purebred Holstein COW, keystone
Beauty Plum Johanna, whose figures
as Il senior four-ycar-old were 1294.7l
rounds OF butter in a year; 1121.3S
POUNDS in 800 days; 2403.6 pounds in
two years. She is still world S cham
Pion for her age, both of her year S rec
ords being made at less than full age.
The present world 3 champion, Aaggie
Acme Of Riverside Cd, is owned by A.
". Morris & Sons, Woodland, Cal She
IS daughter of Kind Mead of Riverside,
sire of seven daughters with yearly
records. Her dam is Aaggie Acme Of
Riverside, which is also the dam of the
record COW sire, so that Aaggie Cd IS
sister to her own father.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-09
GEN. EDWARDS
ILL IN FRANCE
Probability That ". z. Division Com
mander VIII BE Sent Home
Before Long

WASHINGTON. Feb. g.-Ma. gen.
Clarence r. Edwards, commanding the
Now England National Guard division
th France, i, I'D with pneumonia, bat,
according 10 adyires received hove
yesterday, has passed the crisis Of ire
disease and Is rceuYcTatiug sati.facfe.
ttly. Private letters written from
France two months ago carried the in
formation that h' We 40 that time in
The hospital with bronchial pncumonia.
lie successfully recovered from that A.
tack and vas soon back with h,s diyi-
sion but apparently hr has now suf-
Tered recurrence Of the disease I'M o.
more serious form
Inaamuch "a, Con Edwards is rs
ycur3 old and hgs uot boon seasoned biz
field service for many years. ID f.. be-
hevcd not improbable that his unfor-
tunatc Illness may terminate biz active
service abroad Because of his age
this is considered all the more rre1a-
hlc. lu fact, the New NarI, Evening
l'ost some time ago from this reason
alono predicted odiloriallv his eventual
return.
Gen, Edwards was commander Of the
now department OF the northeast with
headquarters iu Boston before assam.
ing command OF the New England d.
vision late last summer. lfe came 20
the department in May as it's first COM
maudor from the Panama canal zone
whore he had been in command fer
some time. At that time hc was the
senior hrigadicr i'm the army but when
the expansion Of tho regular army
came after the declaration of state
Of war many officers Junior to him were
given the rank of major general. Even
tuollv Gen. Edwards was also given that
rank but II Was for % long tine doubt
iul whether he would bc placed fin com.
mand of the New England division
rs department commander Gen. Ed
wards was the one who selected Aver
as The location for Camp Dcveue.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-09
PERSONAL.

M
Ia IN Snrinrfnl ~ NJ - NP'HoiHS the
y;otor g.
TON ~ M tl,a r-o,I H., ~ l''S"' u 0o'-
GNU
George Martell went yesterday TO
boston 10 remain several days.
+, C. Darling, who has been serious
ly i'll with pneumonia, is improving.
Harry pike L.e ro4,,,,,,,,l e.., d.
Hngton. where he had been since De
cembcr.
Miss Ethel AHllington and sister. Miss
Julia Alillington. have taken rooms ia
the Barber building.
j, II. Brazer of Washington street
underwent an operation yesterday in
the Memorial hospital
Miss Eleanor CLAY went this morning
to Providence, r. T., TO be guest Of
Miss Dorothy Devine.
Richard Bowen has ,novaJ from ~,
Abbott apartments on Canal street to
tire new Barber building.
Miss isabelle Davis Of Nortbfeld
Mass, was visitor in town ve,{.,T'
dav With Mrs Harrie+t p Wa r .1'''
Mis- Doro+h,. D. 90 49, o..
HaniI<or 0i h,'1ifol ~ III, VI ne dawson
to har bo,,o j., er,,.;,,r,e615 ~: .o."S
~ I'm :" spring Hei"' TINS state.
II, u. IlhuF' manager OF the viii
81 - "a CRY station on fiat street, IS
III ~ '''i''' NhiV' Oh business Tor the
~ II. = ,
aua ~ - D .,, IS ahle TO be out
again, aIter an illness of several months,
9 9oll; !, which she was IN the Memorial
Mrs. Martin returned yesterday to
h in nome .:3, IN Monson, Mass. after hay
ny visited ~ town with Miss VI. J.
: q l.,'''' =, iFospec' street
isS MILDRED fortcr OF the HolsteIn-
f'!esl"h l'eglStef 90. 5 office force, IS
gaming slowly from an illness of two
"esNa III lhe Memorial hospital
". \. Wilcox, travelling salesman for
+. Crosby & Co, is expected to return
today Or Monday from a several weeks
business tFIp through the west.
George Rice. who had been VISITING
his sisters. Mrs. Ina Macdonald and
Miss Ina Ricn an So,,4b NJ. - ,'''.'
returned THURSDAY. to White pIoi,,s
\. Y.
Mrs. Grace Sparrow of Snrinofe1d
Mass, came TODAY ia visit her d9upb,
ter, Miss Helen Snarrou, o,.ar Tho ,rI7i.
end in +be bon,d ~ - IL; n,
High street
Mrs. Verne Williams and danoh+or
Christine. of Putncv have retnrred 70
their home, after = few days, yisit
here with her noren+s Mr. and Nrrs
George Crou
Miss Marjorie GaInin who Ii,-os :.
Linden I.od@e uas discbaroaa 49,
week from the Memorial bosnitaI
where She has been followiny an opnra'
ton for apnpndicitic
Alfro1 c.oa, r. CT :,
wv IA. !" oou y 0PillSIe' -
Town , ,,si+b IL Si'Sl1'inS " -" aays u
morning for CIaromnnt \ n u-bnrn
he has / position II III Wheeler mo-
macy.
n ! RnssnD oe e. robr,s Ma.
foundIand Who Ia Nam - on+a,;a
Canada. on = business trin camn :" la :,
night to visit hriaH, IN tno bnmo '' of
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-09
BOSTON POLICEMAN'S
SLAYER INDICTED
Man Charged With Shooting Denies
Murder But Admits
Thefts

BOSTON, Feb. 9.-Harry R. Mansur
was indicted today for the murder Of
Joseph G. Reiser, a policeman who was
shot and killed while attempting to ar
rest burglar in an apartment house
III Back Bay district Jan %. In Man
sur = room the police found .iewelrv
and other articles valued at upwards
of 5000, much of which was identified
by occupants of the apartment in
which Reiser was killed Mansur, while
admitting many burglarics in Boston
aad elsewhere, denied the murder
charge.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-09
Tea N,
PERSON

Godfrey Crosby has returned from
clifton Springs, \. y where he went
for medical treatment.
Miss Maud \. Brown IS at her home
on Bullock street, her school in New
Britain being closed for a week on ae-
count OF the lack of fuel
Attorney General Herbert G. Barber
is expected home tonight from Boston.
where he has been for a conference in
the Vermont and New IFampslirp
boundary line controversy.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-09
STEAMER IN DISTRESS.

Cape Race Station Gets Call from Far
Out to Sea.
AN ATLANTIC PORT, Feb. ga
call for immediate assistance from a
steamer in distress far out at sea was
picked up today by the Cape Race sta
ton and sent broadcast Naval author
tiles said they had no information as
TO the nature Of the ship S trouble.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-09
ONLY ONE vERMONTER.
Believed to Have Been on Board Tor
pedoed Steamer Tuscania.

The published list of the American
of1icers and men on board the Tusca MIA.
made up from the records of the United
States transport service, shows only one
thermometer. Capt Philip T. sherman Of
Northfeld
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-09
NEW SYSTEM TO
IDENTIFY SOLDIERS
Win Make Impossible Failure to De.
termine Who They Are in Emer.
geucy Cases.

WASHINGTON, Feb. a.-To insure
prompt identification of enlisted men
Of the army who may be- killed or
wounded, numbered tag system similar
20 that in the British and French armie,
has been adopted hv the war depart
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-09
ODD FELLOWS TEAM z WINS.
Team D Starts Off Well, but Soon Loses
Ground

Team D in the Odd Fellows bowling
tournament won the first string sfrom
Team Il last evening, but the lead was
aearlv overcome in the second string
ana IN the third team + forged ahead.
winning ,305 to 81. Miller Of tho
losers had high single Of III and
Strong of the winners had high total
of $50. The scores:
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-17

krupp directors were among the few men
in Germany who gave signs Of horror and
CONSERVATION at the dash into savagery
plotted at Potsdam on July 5, 1914, even
though they may have quickly suppressed
it. Even Krupp Won Boehlen, the head of
the establishment-for Bertha, bis wife,
called "the Queen of Essen" and "Our
Lady of the Cannon" was a fair figure
head-seems disposed to have been re-
bellious.
One of the directors, DR. Muehlon, was
so filled with horror that he fled from bis
country and renounced his allegiance 10 n
nation which could commit such crimes,
exposing as he did so, all he knew Of the
Potsdam plot Such thing is marvel
beside which the new marvel reported
from Essen becomes small. For What
could DIR Muehon, what could Krupp
Won Boehlen, what could the good Alfred
himself have expected 10 be the outcome
of their artistic labors except the plot Of
Potsdam? Il was to this crime of the
nations. this crime of the centuries, that
all that great work tended which began IN
Friedrich's little forge at Essen in 1910
What did Queen" Bertha think Of It,
owner at I6 Of the greatest industrial
inheritance the world has ever known,
feasted at great banquets, honored even
by the Kaiser, the Queen indeed Of the
three towns which depended on her for
bread and butter? After all, it makes no
difference whether she shuddered at the
product Of her hands or reIolced IN 1t. Her
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-17
KRUPPS WILL MAKE
FIRST PEACE WARES
Founder Would be Pleased but
Disappointed; Was Artist With
Talent for Gun Making.

We know so little what TO believe about
the contradictory and distracting reports
from Germany that wo may have to wait a
little before giving credence TO that as
tonishing despatch which relates that the
Krupp munition plant is TO be turned
into factory devoted to he arts of peace
and that the directors have requested
the workers there to make proposals for
the manufacture of peace materials.
And vet there has been a queer and in
consistent idcalism mixed up always
wit this most materialstic of enterprises.
What would Alfred krupp think if his
wandering spirit could overlook krupp
plant in which there was no such thing as
krupp gun? The probability is that
the spectre would be highly pleased IN
general, and feel only an artistic dlsap-
pointment, as of musician whose ghost
should find the great orchestra he founded
playing airs he did not specially care for
Alfred was an artist whose talent ran
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-17

to gunmaking as that of anothcr might
run to making chess boards. Perhaps
he never thought of his creations as shoot
ing men down and widowing then wives.
NO good steel without iron,' was his
motto. Once he planted an inscription
on tho cottage where his old father Fried
rich had lived when he started the little
forge that grew into the great works of
Essen
Fifty years ago this cottage was the
home of my parents. May none OF our
workrncn have to go through the struggle
which the building up of these works had
cost us. The success which has now so
splcndidly rewarded our faith, our anxl ty,
and our efforts was doubtful during twenty
five long years Let this example serve as
adj encouragement to others in difficulties.
May 1t increase the respect for the many
small houses and the great SORROWS which
often dwell in them.
"'rhe object of work must be mutual
welfare the work is blessed, then work
is prayer. May all, from the highest tn
the lowest amongst us, work with the same
earnestness to found and secure his own
future success. That's my greatest wish.
Essen, February, 1873, twenty-five
years after my assuming charge.
alfred krupp.
How could this strange mixture have
existed in the character of one man. Yet
it really existed in that of a corporation,
or at least in part OF IT. Some of the