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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-10

dark night cap and heavy, dark robe.
Where have you been all this timer
asked Mrs. Pond Lily.
1--WE been around" Mr.. Night an
swered.
did you have a pleasant tripf"
asked Mrs. Pond Lily, feeling sure she
hadn't heard Mr.. Night correctly.
81 had fine trip" said Mr.. Night,
leach day, and every night was back
at work again."
"What do you mean?" asked Mrs.
Pond Lily.
'Why, my Dear Mrs. Pond Lily" an
swered Mr.. Night, "you were wide
awake because they had fooled you
the people had-they had made you
think it was day by putting a bright
daytime-looking cloth under you"
HAD they, really?"
"They had, indeed" said Mr.. Night
Sand how chuckled when / saw IT,
you must have" said Mrs. Pond
Lily. ''Well, that was a good joke
on us, certainly. And to think we
, didn't even notice you"
yes" said Mr.. Night, "if had beer
more sensitive old fellow / would
have been very much hurt, but st
many things and people go to sleer
!. and are given, pleasant dreams, and
rest owing to me, that l didn't mind
seeing the pond lilies fooled for 6
change"
And the pond lilies laughed in theil
| sleep at the great jokei
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-10
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE

We was IN the setting room after sup
pir last mite, and ma sed TO pop, Willyum,
| bleeve in giving credit ware credit is due.
All my life I've bin waiting for this proud
moment, sed pop.
Not you, silly, I'm allooding to Benny,
sed ma
O well, as long as its in the family, sed
pop.
You woodent bleeve wat little angel
he has bin all afternoon, sed ma.
You're rite, | woodent, sed pop.
Well, he has, sed ma, wat do you sip.
pose was the ferst thing he did wen he
came home frum skool?
Bid bonfire under the piano, sed pop.
Willyum, don't be redic1iliss, he came
rite back in tic kitchen and asked me oil
his own accord weather there was eny er-
rands to do, sed ma
Crate heavens the poor little fellow
must of bin i'll, sed pop
Now Willynm, remember, credit wars
credit is due, and wen be came back frum
! the errands, without my saying a werd
to him, he went rite up stairs and washed
his face and neck and ears till they wer,
50 clean | hardly reckonized them, sed ma
Benny, are you sure you feel absilootls
all rite? scd pop, and ! sed, Yes SIR, anc
pop sed, You haven't a terrible feeling thai
you haven't mulch longer to live, or eny
thing of that sort?
/ No sir, | sed And Jest then the dool
bell rang, and it was Mrs. Caskitt to tel
ma broak her paller window with bast
ball on my way home frun sllool, sayin.
to ma, Did he tell you | was coming er
round to- see you about it, | told him to
He dident say a werd to me, sed ma.
He was too bizzy acting like an angel
ha ha ha, scd mop. And Mrs Caskit
sed, I'm sure i don't see cnything to LAT
abost. that window has to be paid for
and she went home looking mad and mi
sed to pop, Willyum, think you awt t
give Benny a good wipning.
| Wat, jepperdize my immortil sole b.
whipping an angel, ha ha liza. never: ha h
ha. credit ware credit is due, ha ha ha
sed pop.
And all that happened to me was tina
had to stay in.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-10
R1| DADCN'SW[N|NG
b II FAIRY TAl[
In 81 ftAQY GRAAAM BONNER
POND LILIES.

81 can't understand it," said Mrs.
Pond Lily.
What can't you understand" asked
Miss Green Leaf.
1T never seems to be night any
more" answered Mrs. Pond Lily.
That's so. Perhaps Mr.. Night is
taking a holiday" suggested Miss
Green Leaf.
THAT might be So" said Mrs. Pond
Lily, 'but l have never known 1t to
happen before, and it seems to me that
/ have heard that the night takes his
rest every day-but that he never
takes a longer one, and that there are
never two days without night in be-
tween"
"Then it's very, very queer" said
Miss Green Leaf. "For there certainly
must have been n good many days
since there has been a night"
'There must have been-and yet
there haven't BEEN" said Mrs. Pond
Lily. IT'S very confusing and most
extremely pulling"
at is, indeed" said all the pond III
les and green leaves as they moved a
little in the big bowl on a dining-room
/ table. They had been gathered and
! put there quite a few days before.
"They had been used as decorations
for very fine luncheon party and
then as some visitors were expected
for supper the beautiful young girl
who had gathered them had said
How lovely the pond lilies would look
on the supper table"
But they viii close as they always
do at night" said another member of
the family.
"Yes, and then they won't be pref
ty," said third.
"But I think I have q scheme so as
to keep them awake" said the -beauti
! full young girl whose name was Nellie
"What?" everyone asked.
We'll fool them" she said.
sHow?" they asked.
"We'n keep on a white tableclotf
and make them think it's still brigh
day. Usually we change and put then
on another table where there is a darl
cloth and then they go to bed for tn,
night"
: So they tried keeping the bowl o
: pond lilies on the white cloth and sure
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-10

One Of the frsi guns fired in the y.
NJ. G. A. drive for 1000 workers for
immediate service in France is the sim
nc statement that already England has
sent 10000 volunteer workers into the
field. The United States thus far has
contributed 1902 men to the Y. NJ. C. A.
corps in France Only men outside the
draft age are acceptable. The kind
wanted are trained secretaries, which
means men with training enough il
other lines TO make them fitted fol
Y. NJ. G. A. leadership without waste
Of time in learning The organization
also requires athletic directors, clerks
and assistants and men who know how
to take care Of and operate .an auto
mobile.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-10

enough the pond lilies didn't close their
eyes and go to sleep They stayed
awake and later there were lights on
the table for the supper party.
But the white tablecloth had afooled
the pond lilies. And as they We're SO
lovely they were used for decorations
for whole week and they had not
known they had missed such a great
deal of sleep.
Il don't know that I really feel so
sleepy" said Mrs. Pond Lily. 'That is
when I think about it don't feel so
sleepy, but it really doesn't seem nat
ural.'
That night they were taken away
from the white cloth and they closed
right up and went to sleep.
When they We're sleeping quietly Mr.
Night came to them dressed in his
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-10
Vermont Ahead of Massachusetts.
(Greenfield Recorder. !

a traveller in Vermont marks the
contrast between the people of Yer.
mont and Massachusetts in regard to
their appreciation of the war and the
readiness of the people to do their
share in the war. Vermont is quoted
rs far ahead of Massachusetts. Es-
pecially is the attitude of young wom-
en- marked in the vicinity of Bos-
ton and other large cities Our PEG
pie do not yet realize sufficiently fol-
what they are fighting. They kle
too much for epaulets and gold braid
and things Of that sort Just as fast
as our people become convinced OF
the urgency of pushing the war to an
end as soon as possible, so soon vii
we have our boys home again and be-
cutting off our national expense OF
$50, 100000 a day.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-10
FOOD CRISIS IN
RUSSIA IMMINENT
American Intervention May Come
About Through Likelihood of
Famine Otherwise.

WASHINGTON, July 10. Fifty
million persons in Russia will suffer the
direst food famine within 80 days I'M
less they obtain relief from the United
States and the allies, according to cable
ladvices of undoubted accuracy re-
ceived here. The food crisis in Russia
has been precipitated by disordered con-
ditions in Siberia, where the only avail
able food surplus in Russia exists
| In an official quarter it was thought
that the report of the food crisis in
Russia would hasten the expected
American economic intervention in that
country. 1t was further believed that,
regardless of the extent of American
| participation in the interallied opera
tions on the Thurman coast, the United
States would seek to aid Russia by way
of Siberia.
/ American intervention in Siberia, il
was stated, may be exclusively under
taken by this country for reasons which
seem to commend this procedure, but
which officials decline to discuss. The
possibility of an American commission
lsupported by adequate military forces
to restore and preserve order in Siberia
tsNNhitu W itSdIn SOHlt VI lfle llipOl
lance it has held in official discussion
lduring the past several weeks.
The report on food conditions in Rus
STA received in Washington asserts tina
central Russia is already suffering 70
want of food. Crops in the Ukraine an,
in the Russian provinces overrun b,
Germany have been Communicated, i
is said, by the military authorize.
The only available surplus lies in. s.
IBERIA, and this has been cut off by til
!: internecine warfare in that part q
Russia.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-10
A HERO EVERY DAY
Brave Deeds of Men i'm Americas
Fighting Service.

Felix Laskowsky, quartermaster, second
class, Fleet Naval Reserve, was killed on
the morning of April IL, in an attempt
tossave the lives oflt~a N13sS Yttrd I'm
ployes who had entered the cofferdam of
the Z. S. S. Buck without permission and
were almost Immediately overcome by
poisonous gases in the hold of the vessel
Laskowsky at once went to their rescue
with life line attached In his efforts
to bring one of the men to deck he was
himself overcome by the gas and in fall
ing from the ladder he fractured his skull
causing almost immediate death Laskow
sky enlisted at Dallas, Texas, June 4, 1917,
next of kin, Mrs. Lcnor PETERS, mother
Dallas, Texas.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-10

The Bennington Banner says there
were some amusing features of the liz
uor raids Saturday night on half a doz-
en- clubs in Bennington, and mentions
the fact that one of the raiding dep
uties threatened to arrest Sheriff Cod
frey, who appeared on the street after
having been called out of bed at mid
night. The raid was wonderfully well
planned but in order to have made il
absolutely perfect, even to the point
Of taking care Of Sheriff Godfrey, the
high bailiff Of Bennington county ought
to have been taken along as a member
of the raiding party.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-10

The Reformer is on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
Sratteboro, Brattleboro News Co, c.
w, cleveland. s. L. Purinton (Estey-
Yille), Brooks House Pharmacy, Aliens
Depot Newsstand, Mrs. d. F. Doyle,
South Main Street
West srattleboro, ]. L. Stockwell.
EAST Dummerston, NJ. f. Brown
putney, NJ. g. Williams
Nemane, N. NJ. Batchelder.
Iownshend, c. w. Cutler.
West ToWnshend, c. h Grout.
Jamaica, r. J. Daggett
South Londonderry, F. H Tyler,
South Vernon, e. b. Burrum.
NorthneId, Mass, Thompson Bros
west Chesterfield, NJ. H., Mrs. w
Streeter.
HInsdale, ". H., w. H Lyman.
Bellows Falls, Depot Restaurant.
Windsor, VI, Windsor Restaurant.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-10
WEDNESDAY, JULY 10. 1918

). s Kresge of Detroit made a sur
prising statement to the senate com
mittoe on agriculture when he declared
that there was not single arrest for
drunkenness or accident, or theft. in
Detroit, a city of 100000 population
on one day after prohibition went into
effect Arrests for drunkenness during
the month Of May in Detroit went
down from 1862 in 1917 to 307 in 1918
Monday absences at the Ford plant
were $500 on the last wet Monday
,62s on the first dry Monday ana i, 5Ot
on the second dry Monday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-10

one of the most important Notifications
on the northeast coast was carried out
by the fsherwomen from the eastern
part of Scotland. They, said Mr.. Kella-
way, had been the sure shield and buck
Ter of Great Britain and he did not
believe they would return to the use
less occupations so many occupied be
fore the war, as their would be room
for them and the men in repairing the
ravages of war.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-10

All of the New York papers that we
have seen voiced fine appreciation of
the qualities which were characteristic
of ex-Mayor John p Mitchell, who died
as Major Mitchell in an airplane acct
dent almost as the way was opening
for him for service as a fighting avia-
tor abroad Perhaps the New York
Times 5 tribute was the most striking
of ALL 1t was written by someone who
possesses the imagery of thought and
expression in remarkable degree The
following is the opening paragraph of
the editorial in the Times:
That swift, alert, impetuous, brave
spirit, that soul of fire and air. has
found an end unhappy for him only in
that his deep desire for service at the
front, in the thick of the battle, was
not to be fulfilled. As worthy, as hon
orable as heroic, was the death that
took him yesterday. He had gone into
the war for use He wanted to fight
He scorned an easy billet The fields
Of air, the wings not given to men,
the ardor, the peril, and the JOY of the
aviator, beekoned him. One thinks
with what noble hopes, with what pas
sionate patriotism, with what longing
he looked forward TO duty and danger
/ in France. Dis alter visum He had
mastered the intricate accomplishment,
of his art. He had distinguished him
self in those strange exploits of daring
and dexterity required of the flying
fighting man. His hope was to be de
nied him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-10

In meeting for enrolling women
for the land army in England, Mr..
Kellaway, parliamentary secretary of
the ministry of munitions, said that
since the beginning of the war there
had been two great pieces of eonstruc-
tive work. One was that of munitions
and the other agriculture With re-
gard to the former the women had done
splendidly. The excavation work at
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-10
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

II is the aim OF the management to
secure efficient service In the delivery Of
the paper each night, and 1t solicits the
cooperation Of subscribers to that end
Prompt reports should be given OF each
failure to receive the paper on the morn
Ing following the omission, in person.
by telephone or postal card, thus enabling
the cause of the error to be promptly
and accurately discovered and the proper
remedy Immediately applied. 1t is only
by this method that the publisher can
secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-10
C. ". PoULIN EXPECTS CALL.
Rutland States Attorney Notified of
Enrolment in Naval Reserve.

RUTLAND, July 10-State's At
torney G. Y. Poulin yesterday received
letter from Washington advising him
that the bureau of navigation on June
l3 authorized his enrolment in the
naval reserve. He expects to receive
call within a few days, after which
he will be given opportunity to close
up his business affairs and resign from
office. Mr.. Poulin expects to receive an
appointment as chief petty officer in
the commissary steward department
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-10
Literally.

"When you proposed to the wealthy
painters daughter how did you come
outT with flying colors Yes; her
dad threw palette full of paints at
me as l beat it from the house,
Knoxville Sentinel.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-10
Reportorial.

See, here, Stubbs." said the editor,
you say: Among those present were
Algy Fitznoodle, Cholly Chumley,
etc."
Anything wrong with it," asked the
reporter.
You should say et al meaning .and
others'-'etc.'' means and Other
things"
We'll, that's what | meant" said
StuhbS
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-10
DreaminQ.

Dreams that inspire to doing are not
a waste of time. But the same cannot
be said for that dreaming which leaves
Us restless and discontinued, but no
more ready to grapple with the nearest
hard task than we were before
Girls Companion.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-10
Needs Less Food.

A few minutes day in an electric
cafe giving frequency waves enables
a man to get along with less food, &C.
cording to Paris scientist.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-10
The Pope's Chair.

What is said to be the most expensive
chair in the world beloaes to the pope;
it is Of solid silver, and is said to have
cost 100000
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-10
Member OF the A.,ooIatea pres.

The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use for publication OF all
news dispatches credited to 1t and not
otherwise credited in this paper and also
the local news published herein
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-10
CREAMERY COMMISSIONERS STATEMENT

creamery many inquiries
delay payments foreign
companies them CT the milk
chased of them by such companies The commissioners
Arthur w
lowing letter
Mass, July 2,
''Hon. Frederick G..
Secretary of State,
''Morrisvile,
Dear Sr:You letter
of
of the New England Regional secretary
ION May LIST the Federal Milk Commission
Plan for buying milk
the full named by
sold by them a1k
which cannot be sold whole milk
featured
actual these by manufacture
paid back to the farmers Thre is impossible to determine
til at least to fifteen after the month what
be that *Exs seeess@f
II shall be pea1ed desire you letter
on
Very truly
ssARTfIUR GILBERT,
AWGTIMD MIX
Ic full information the matters
FREDERICK G. FLEETWOOD
A. PLUNLEY
Creamery Commissioners
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-10
NOTICE

On and after July 18th our
price for teams will be 500
per day of 9 hours, or soc
per hour for. less than day
work. The scarcity of help,
with the advance in wages
made necessary to keep our
men, together with the in
creased cost of equipment,
makes it impossible to longer
continue at the present
prices.
Crystal Springs Ice Co.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-10
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertislng-Run Of paper,
so cents an inch for first insertion, %
cents an inch for each subsequent inser-
tion Limited space on first page at
double rates
Space rates on application.
Classified advertlsements-Five cents a
line first insertion with so per cent dis
count for each subsequent insertion
without change Of copy.
Reading Notices-Ten cents per line
first insertion with so per cent discount
for each subsequent Insertion without
change of copy.
Position 10 per cent extra.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-11-07
French Liner Reaches U. s. With All
Lights Ablaze.

An Atlantic Port, Nov. ga large
French liner arrived here during the
night with all her lights ablaze. This
unusual procedure in war time was
due, according to- passengers, to a
wireless message picked up at sea
which caused the captain to order
paint scraped from the vessels port
holes to permit illumination of the
decks.
While the contents of the wireless
message were not made known to the
passengers, many of them landed to-
day with the impression that peace
had been concluded with Germany
and that freedom of the seas" had
been restored.
Among the arrivals was Hans Sui
ger, Swiss Minister to the United
Suites. who comes to seek an extef-
sion of the commercial arrangements
with this country, which expired Sep
TENDER 50, so as to permit shipment
to Switzerland OF grains a. well as
other supplies. Switzerland is sorely
in need Of cereals, he said.
Other arrivals included John Spar
60, member of the United States mis-
sion to Iialy; Countess Marie Loschie
an Italian writer, who il to study the
war work Of the American women,
and Wiliam X Vanderbilt.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-11-07

Contracts have been placed with
tbs British government for the man
ufacture of I,8oo,ooo pairs of trousers
and 100000 coats for the American
Expcditionary Forces, Acting Quar-
termaster General Wood announced
Saturday. At the same time supple
mentary orders were placed for I,Oo0,-
600 yards of cloth to be used in the
manufacture of officers uniforms.
Gen. Wood denied the reports that
these contracts have been the effect
of curtailing the manufacture in
England of cloth for civilian use.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-11-07
Bates County Farm for Sale.

i2o acres S miles of good R. R.
town and mighty good road ~ niles
to school. Good room dwelling,
good barn 4ox46, good outbuilaings
and plenty of good water, nice cement
cellar and cement walk from dwelling
to cellar. A very desirable farm
home. The soil is good and lays very
desirable. 80 acres of fine wheat goes
with this fine farm ct SIS per acre.
Possession within 80 days of sale.
Have other bargains. For further
particulars see Walter Hendrickson.
Adrian. No. Phone $50.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-11-07
LABOR LEADERS ARE GUILTY
JURY SAYS
Called Strikes for Personal Gain, In
terfering With Interstate
Commerce.

Chicago, Nov. flames Lynch,
former manager of the coal teams
sters' union, and John Haley and
Michael Norris of the lime, stone and
sand wagon drivers union were found
guilty yesterday in federal court. Of
violating the Sherman antitrust act.
They were charged with interfering
with interstate commerce by calling
strikes for personal gain.
One contractor testified he escaped
trouble Ly paying Sc, 500 bride. The
trial commenced Monday after three
years delay. 1t is said the case will
be appealed. The penalty for the Of
Tense of which the men were found
guilty is one years imprisonment, or
$1,000 fine, or both. 1
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-11-07

Nearly half of the canned tomatoes
in the United States, or from $780,
900 to 2o,ooo,ooo cases of them, two
dozen cans to the case, are to be con-
sumed by the army and navy. 1t is
estimated, that it would take freight
train 90 miles long to move this
number of cans of tomatoes repre-
senting $500 carloads of thousand
cases each, or As per cent OF this
country's production OF them. More
than Is per cent OF those taken over
will be used by the army.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-11-07
A peerless" From an Asylum

Chicago, October 3o.-Lady Diana
Gordon. sister of six fallen soldiers
and rightful owner of vast estates IN
Scotland, toiled here in humble
lunchroom as waitress and gained
widespread newspaper flotoriety
thereby. Proudly she marched at the
head Of the widows division in the
Chicago Liberty Loan parade. Be.
tween interviews she served rolls and
coffee in expert style. 'a
Butt was too good to be true.
Investigators today announced that
Lady Gordon is in reality one Delzel
Wells, late of the Kankakee Insane
Asylum.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-11-07

Peace talk and the prospect of lib
Grating supplies from Argentina and
South Africa is held responsible by
the Food Administrator for the drop
in corn prices. c. E. Spens, manager
OF the Inland Traffic Division Of the
administration, wrote Senator Hitch
cock of Nebraska that under the cir
cumstances it hardly is proper to as
cribe the drop to the new permit sys-
tenn of handling corn shipments.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-11-07
Former Resident of This County Dies
in Kansas Citys

Perry Ayier, former resident Of
Pleasant Gap township, died in Kan
sas City October 26, following an op-
Grafton for appendicitis that he
underwent on October 10Th. The re.
mains were taken to Sallyards, Kan
sas, where internment was made
Monday, October 28th.
He, is survived by wife and six
Children, besides one. brother, James
Ayler; and four half brothers, Ira
Hardin, San Diego, California; Viii
liam Hardin, Milton, Iowa; John Ay-
Ter, Eureka, Kansas and George Jobe,
of Pleasant Gap township.