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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-18
Holsteins Lead in Number
with Guernseys Follow
ing Closely
LARGELY FROM
WINDHAM COUNTY
Animals of First-Class Breeding Shown
in Various Exhibits-String of fTine
Pairs of Oxen and Steers Property of
Townshend Man.

Through the restriction of the herds
in competition to exhibits from three
counties, Windham in Vermont, Cheshire
in New Hampshire and Franklin in Mas
sachusetts, there were many vacant
stalls, as naturally would follow the
elimination of the FOUNDERS" of former
years The herds from the competitive
territory, however, were of first class
quality and breeding, and this department
is bound to grow when the farmers fully
realize their opportunity.
This being center for the Holstein
breed, the black and white animals out
numbered any other breed The largest
herd of Holsteins was the property of
Attorney Frank Z. Barber of the Barber
farm, Brattleboro, who has been giving
special attention to building up the herd
the past year. His Is head included the
bull, Doris Lyons Segis, five years old,
and the yearling, Fairmont Aleartra King,
for which he paid Sl,025 few months
ago at an auction sale by the Purehred
Live Stock Sales Co. on Vernon street.
He also showed 10 cows and some young
stock.
King Fayne Alcartra, son of the
, $4,000 bull, gave class to the herd of
10 Holsteins shown by Arthur /. Miller
of Vernon. Mr.. Miller also has on hand
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-18

of Allston Mass. and William j. Con-
ant of Bellows Falls were killed and %
injured an extra freight crashing INTO
the rear of a local passenger train which
had just pulled out Of siding after an
express had passed going in the same di-
rection.
Fifteen witnesses were examined by
Chairman K. G. Bacon of the commits
sion, States Attorney w. r. Daley for
the state and two inspectors of the in.
terstate commerce commission. The rep
resentatives of the latter commission tax
ing part in the examination were j p
McArdle and G. L. Howard safety ap-
pliance inspectors. w T. Ellis, signal
expert of the commission, also was pres
ent. These men are from the federal
bureau of safety.
The hearing took place in the public
service commissions hearing room in the
Wilder building, and it had not pro-
ceeded far before it became evident that
the accident was due in part, at least, to
| a joint order of the Boston & Maine and
| Central Vermont railroads making the
! two passenger trains involved pass at
| Dummerston beginning August IL in
stead of passing at Brattleboro as for
merly, together with a misinterpreta-
ton of the Boston & Maine train rule
No. 5l3 by the crew of the local passen-
ger train.
! This rule is as follows: "Trains about
to enter track protected by block sig
mails, after the switch has been opened
which will cause the automatic sigma
to indicate Stop will not enter the mair
track until sufficient time has elapsed
to allow train that may have passed
or be approaching the signal, to come tt
stop before reaching the switch"
1t will be remembered that after traiI
No. s. passed Dummerston, southbound
train No. 81 pulled off the siding on t.
the main track and was run into by tn,
extra freight train, No. 6, which passed
the block signal before the signal was
set against the freight
The crew of passenger train No. 50
which was wrecked, testified that the,
understood that the joint order mean
for them to start Immediately afte
train No 9S had passed, and they did s
not only on that day but ever since tn
order went into effect
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-18

Among the 33S students of the Reserve
Officers training camp at Plattsbrg TO
receive commissions this week as second
lieutenant of field artillery was Denn son
h. Cowles. son Of Mr. and Mrs Denn;.on
Cowles of this town He is expected
home from Plattsburg today, the camp
having officially closed Yesterday and
viii then leave for Camp Zachary Taylor,
Louisville, Ky, to attend the artillery
school Young Cowles is % years old
and a graduate Of the Brattleboro high
school in the class of 1917. After COM
plotting his freshman year at Amh rst
college June | Of this year he left the
following day for the Plattsburg camp.
Announcement Of the commissioning'o
Robert L. Fits and Irah d. Spaulding
of this town was made in Mondays Re-
former.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-18
CHANCE FOR INDUCTION.
Draft Registrants Can Get Into Navy
and Marine Corps.

WASHINGTON, Sept, 1s.-Pro-
vost Marshal Gen. Crowder today
announced the sending of orders to
local draft boards which will permit
the voluntary induction of draft reg
istrants into the navy and the marine
corps Drafted men viii be assigned
to these services in case voluntary
induction does not fill the demand.
4 call for men for the navy will go
out before the end of this month
and men for the marine corps will
be called within a few weeks.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-18
ENEMY MUST UNDERSTAND.
That There is No Bargaining Between
Crime and Clemeneeau.

PARIS, Sept. IS We will fight un-
til the hour that the enemy comes to
an understanding that bargaining be-
tween crime and right is no longer pos
sible,' declared Premier Clemenceau in
an eloquent address in thessenate last
evening.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-18
MURDERED FIVE CHILDREN.
Express Driver Calmly Ccnfesses Fright
full Crime.

MOOSE JAW, sask, Sept. ls.-Wil-
liam Bromley, driver for the Domin-
ion Express Co., walked into the police
station this morning and calmly an
noueed that he had murdered his five
children by cutting their throats. The
bodies of the children were found on
bed where Bromley, presumably insane,
had murdered them.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-18
WAR WORK FOR coNvIcTs.
President Issues Order Permitting
Placing of Contracts With Prisons.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1s.-Undcr
an executive order announced today
President Wilson authorizes the plac-
ing of war contracts with the heads
of prisons and reformatories at pre-
vailing prices and directs that pris-
oners engaged in such work shall re-
ceive wages corresponding to those
paid for similar work in the vicin-
ity.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-18
BLUE BLOOD IN
HORSE EXHIBIT
Barney Fralick Here With
String as for Twenty
Years Before
FINE SHOWING OF
REYNARD COLTS
Sire, Registered Morgan, Property of
H R. G. Watson, Also Exhibited
Other Animals of Notable Ancestry
on the Grounds.

Although not as many horses as usual
were brought to the grounds the quail
ity of those shown was fully up to the
standard. A string of seven animals
was brought by the Connecticut River
Stock farm of Hatfield, Mass, which
has shown horses of the race strain at
the Valley fair for 90 years under the
management Of Barney Fraliek.
Earl of Chatham the handsome -
year-old black stallion, headed this
string He was sired by Bingen, 2o6H,
and his dam was Ollie X, 2.12A. He is
one of New England IS greatest sires.
The string also included the four-year-
old illy, Abbie Chatham, whose dam
was Sadie Dillon by Sidney Dillon:
Ideal Chatham, a two-year-old by Earl
of Chatham, dam Sadie Dillon; two
year-old hay colt by Earl of Chatham,
dam Opera Chimes by Chimes; black
two-year-old filly, Jo Net, by Earl of
Chatham, dam Jeanet with a record of
213H; bay flly one year old by Earl
of Chatham, dam Meta Guy, with rec
ord of I'll, by Guy Axworth; brown
filly one year old by Earl of Chatham,
dam Copelle, with record of 2.1S, by
Cremlin.
H. NJ. & B. w. Tarbox of Dummerston
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-18

LONDON, Sept ls.- British forces at
tackled this morning northwest of St
Quentin. according to an official report
from Field Marshal Haig received at the
war office this forenoon. The village of
Holnon. three miles northwest of St
Quentin has been captured.
A German attack last evening at
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-18
DAVIS NEW ENVOY
TO GREAT BRITAIN
Solicitor General, a West Virginian, is
Chosen as Successor to Walter
Hines Page.

WASHINGTON, Sept 1S-John ".
Davis of West Virginia. now solicitor
general of the United States, has been
selected by President Wilson to sue
cecd Walter Hines Page as ambassador
to Great Britain The announcement Of
Mr. Davis 5 selection today disclosed
that he had arrived safely in Switzer-
land where he is to head the American
delegation TO the Berne conference be-
tween America and Germany on the
treatment and exchange Of prisoners.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-18
Family Watermelon.

Grover-Did that watermelon I sold
you do for your whole family?
Customer-Very nearly The doctor is
calling Boston Transcript.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-18
AMERICAN ARTILLERY REPULSES
GERMAN ATTACK SOUTHWEST Of METZ

Success of Allied Drive in Macedonia May Lead to an Of
fensive for Purpose of Isolatng Turkey from Other
Central POwers-British Forced to Retire Under Ar
tlery Attack West of Cambrai-Other War News
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-18
SHAVE YOURSELF, DO you?

Well, in Brooklyn 1t Will Cost You a
Dollar for a Haircut Just for That.
NEW YORK. Sept. lS.-It will cost
self shavers in Brooklyn 81 for a hair
cut, according to prices announced by
the BARRIERS organization of that
borough. Forty cents is the price of a
haircut for those who get shaved at
barber shops as regular customers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-18
BRITISH ATTACK WITH HOPE
OF CAPTURING ST. QUENTIN

Pushing Forward Northwest of City With Evident nen-
ton of Outfankng it From the North-Germans Or
dered TO Hold Present Positions at All Costs Captured
Documents Indicate
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-18
HEADQU ARTERS
BRITISH
WOUNDED SOLDIERS HOME.
2s4 Reached This Country Last Week,
447 Week Before.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 1S.-During
the week ending Sept Is, SSt sick and
wounded American soldiers Of the
American cypcditionary forces were
landed in the United States, tho war
department announced today There
were Az landed in the preceding week
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-18
VALLEY FAIR "C0MES BACK"
IN SPITE OF RAINY WEATHER

Show That Opened This Morning Worthy of Public Com
mendaton in Spite of Unfavorable Conditions That
Initiated Against It-Something Like $500 Persons
on Ground This Morning When Rain Began
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-18
THE WEATHER.

Cloudy Tonight and Tomorrow With
East Winds and Rain Likely.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1S.-Weather
forecast is as follows: Cloudy tonight
and tomorrow. Probably rain. Mod
crate east to northeast winds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-18

Noeuvrcs under heavy artillery prepgra
tion resulted in the British being pushed
back to the western outskirts Of this
village.
PARIS, sept. lS- Allied forces on the
Macedonian front have penetrated to a
depth of nearly four and q half miles on
a front Of l5h miles and have captured
1000 prisoners. according to an official
statement issued today by the war Office.
BRITISH HEADQI 'ARTERS IN
FRANCE Tuesday. Sept. IL, via Mon
treal- The Germans are in their defen-
sive positions near st. Quentin and the
i l4th reserve corps has been ordered not
4 TO give up one foot more of ground. ac-
cording to a. captured document signed
by Gen. Won Morgen. dated Sept 10 and
addressed to the l4th corps.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-18
JAPANESE MINISTER DEAD.
Count Motomo Recently Resigned as
Foreign Minister Because of Ill Health.

WASHINGTON, Sept. Viscount
Ichiro Motomo, who resigned as minister
of foreign affairs of Japan four months
ago, died at Toxic yesterday from stom-
aeh trouble from which lie had been suf-
fering for long time
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-18
WOULD ENDORSE WILSON.
Delegate to British Labor Congress Fa
vors His Peace Propositions.

LONDON, Sept. 1S.--A delegate to
the interallied labor and socialist con-
ference today presented proposal that
the conference endorse the II points
laid down by President Wilson as con
ditions on which peace may be estab-
lished and maintained.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-18
INVESTIGATION
Of TRAIN Wreck
Application of Rule Appar-
emily Was Misin-
terpreted
SPEED OF FREIGHT
ALSO EXCESSIVE
Testimony of Railroad Employees Before
Public Service Commission-Freig ght
Train Said to Have Had Torpedo
Warniy1o

An investigation of the Vermont public
service commission was begun yesterday
afternoon to determine the respons bill
ity of the railroad accident on the Bo ton
& Maine road at Dummerston September
10, when Clerk Fred s. Platt of Rutland,
OF the United States court, Richard King
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-18

Some prices 90 up, but more are
pushed.-Albany Journal.
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The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-12-16
Other Mems Views
An Editorial That May or May Not Square
With The Views OF The Forum.
The New York Times:

The New York Times:
Our publicsts of the don't-be-rough -with-them
school have lately been telling us that the League
OF Nations will be g. miserable farce on both
practical and humane grounds IL Germany is
left out. 1t would be a violation Of all prin-
ciples of equity, they assure us, to shut Germany
out of the League even for a probationary period
However, consider the observations of the Kol-
nische Volkszeitung this point. This journal
which till the arnistice was one Of the most dis
tinguished Donner- Blitzen you can
get organs of German opinion" now says with
regard to the omission of Germany from the
League and the imposition Of restitution on the
German people: ".
If Germany had the guilt of the war on her
conscience, this demand would be a Just atone
ment; but the whole German nation denies these
accusations. .. 49,. ..-
Apparently only in Greenwich Village and
Chelsea are there dialecticians sufficiently in
genious to hold at once that Germany was more
cgT3ess responsible for beginning the war; and
that despite this she ought not be compelled to
repair some of its damages ough. not be re-
garded as an object Of some suspicion until we
can see that she has had change OF heart N
Germany has suffered enough, say these mild
ones; the Germans say it. too. Walther Rathe-
nau, in an open letter addressed somewhat opti-
mistically to Colonel HOUSE, says that Germany
is ruined because she has lost the iron ore of
Lorraine and the oil and potash of Alsace. Well,
there was Germany before Alsace and Lorraine
were annexed and a Germany which seemed con-
siderably less dangerous to the world than the
militant empire of Bismarck and william II If
the Germans keep on producing evidence much
longer we may arrive at the suspicion that it is
only this militant, arrogant Germany which is in
any danger Of being ruined; and we may begin
to wonder why persons outside OF Germany
should be disturbed by measures designed to re-
they say, has suffered enough; surely the rest
of the world has suffered enough from Germany
to be justified in trying to prevent Germany
from doing it again.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-12-16
THE CASUALTY LISTS.

'TIow much longer will the casualty lists con-
tinue7"
This is a question that is being anxously
asked by every American these days.
With the armistice more than a month
old, the casualty lists longer than be-
fore.
The question probably cannot be definitely
swered by anyone, but the number of casualties
still to be reported can be given approximately.
General Pershing announced that $4,000 men,
hers of the expeditionary forces had paid the
supreme sacrifice. and that $4,000 others were
missing exclusive of prisoners. In addition
there were nearly 100000 wounded, making
total of about 5000 casualties. To date, ap-
proximately 10000 have been published, leaving
a total of than 100000 yet to be given out
by the war department.
The lists running from 5000 to 5000
daily. The work may be expedited further, now
that fighting has ceased, but it is not likely
that these grim reminders of the great war will
disappear from the newspapers before the first
of the year at least, and small lists may appear
for some time after that date. =
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-12-16
ON WALKING THE PLANK"

Having reached the point where he is near
ing the end of lifes journey, and where he has
no further political financial ambitions, JUS
tice. Robinson has acquired the habit of speak
ing his mind with frankness that is quite
unsoftened by any consideration of tact or
policy.
He has achieved a degree of mental freedom
which few enjoy, for he is asking fur
ther favors and has nothing to fear from any man
or woman.
HIS Saturday night letter. published in The
Forum, was therefore one of the most refresh
ing bits of frankness it has been our good
fortune to read. In discussing the decision of
the state canvassing board declaring the amend
ments passed, he says
This is a misfortune, because, though
our good Nonpartisan court may sustain all
the amendments, in four years hence, when
we shall have walked the plank, our success
sors may nulIify the decision, just we
nulIifed the decision Of the former judges
in the New Rockford case. In this age Of
progress the opinion Of court a legal
acle or a law professor settles no principle
Of law unless it is right. We no longer hes
ftate to disregard any erroneous or rotten
decision. The result is that purchaser OF
state bonds any person acting under tho
questionable amendments will have to be
wary and take his own risks, regardless of
any decision"
Perhaps the who were responsible, for
perpetrating this outrage are not worrying
about walking the plank" at present, richly as
they deserve it. But do they ever have mo-
ments when they ask themselves IT, after all, it
respect for a job? I'VE have to live' is an
excuse, not a justification Shoverng dirt or
breaking stones stn offer a chance to live and
keep ones self respect, If the worst comes.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-12-16
THE GIRL BACK HOME,

(By E. H. Tostevn)
You may talk Of the girls Of this gay Paris
town,
OF their wiles and their smiles and their graces
CT their lips and their eyes, hair black blond or
brown
OF their clothes and their style ard their faces.
You may find here lure which blots for time,
All the woe and the Hells that Sou'vet known
All the work and the gaff the muck and the slime
Every fight, every hurt, every groan.
The laughter and light and musice and song,
Seem to wipe out the life that you've seen
And the girls all right, yet to me through
the throug .##E.
Comes face with a charm in between.
She's the girl with the eyes so honest and true
That brimmed when you said your goodbye
The one whose caress helped to carry you
s through .-%
She's the one whom you ache for and sigh.
She doesn't wear clothes in the height Of the
.~ style
She's somewhat old-fashioned perchance,
Yet her love is sincere, no coquetry or guile
There's no equal for her in all France.
She's marking the day It'll hit the home trail
And she's anxious-yet no more than /.
For her arms are the haven TIL find never fail
Am L sure? Yes. It's mother. That's why.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-12-16
ARE YOU A "ouVTTER7"

3asHave we any "quitters' in Fargo?
The showing make on this Red Cross roll
call is going to answer that question.
While the on, and everyone was
thrilled by the glorious deeds of the expedition
ary forces, had no trouble making our quota
in any Of the war fund drives.
Now comes the dirty, tedious, tiresome task
of 'mopping up" We here at home see none
OF It, but all the inspiration has gone out of
the game" for the men in Europe and the
men in the camps in this country, to say moth
ing of the hospitals 1t is just stern hard,
thankless duty that faces them. But they are
carrying on, and here at homo we mustn't
quit" The man who says: the
wars over, I guess the Red Cross doesn't need
my dollar" is both ignorant and "quitter." He
is passing to somebody else his share Of the
unpleasant and tremendous task Of cleaning up
after the fighting has ended.
OF course there are not many "qutters' herp
in Fargo, but overcoming inertia always re-
quires a tremendous amount of energy. Every
name short OF the 100 per mark on the Christ
mas Red Cross Faoll Call ought to be considered
a black mark Fargo's war record The Red
Gross is calling for 100 per cent enrolment.
That's enough for Let's give it.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-12-16
OUT OF LUCK.

CHelen Eva Miller, Fargo.)
I remember, remember
How used to sit and scold,
When ON getting down to breakfast.
would find my coffee cold.
How I used to turn my nose up,
When my steak was done, too rare.
And the whole internal menu
Gave my appetite scare.
Now, am so weak and hungry
Since have that 'pesky Flu"
All my friends are scared and shun nao,
It makes me lonesome and SO blue.
All the mean and little trffles,
That rye done throughout the past
Through my weary brains come crowding,
Til they're worn as thin as glass.
Just one sup from the old dipper,
That hung by my fathers spring,
When my ears heard cowbells tinlSle-
Now the quinine makes 'em ring.
The hot Iemonades and cough drops,
That take to make we well,
Doctor says will cure 'F1uenZa,
But that Spanish makes itOh, Boy!"
1t may be childish weakness,
That possesses me, but
Weld give my whole months wages,
Just for one piece of mothers pie.
And think I'd be willing
TO walk twenty miles today
Just for one Of those dear dougfnuts,
That used to throw aWasYr
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-12-16
KEEP THE RECORD CLEAN.

treatment of the Czecho- -slovak troops in
the. war record OF the Allies and it will be a
blot placed there through sheer inability to make
up their minds.
These gallant troops proved a big factor in
the critical days Of the war. Despite tremen-
dous difficulties, which included even lack Of
arms and ammunition they organized and struck
at the great spinal column OF the vast Russian
empire-the trans-Siberian railroad. They
seized this line and they prevented Germany
drawing further aid from either the BoIsheviki
or the Teuton prisoners in Russia.
And now these gallant troops are holding the
great railway line for thousands of miles. with
the most neagre support The Czechs have no
reason for remaining in Eussia In fact they
have every reason for getting out and returning
home just as rapidly as they can. They have
their new nation to organize and thew have
been through more than four years of bitter
fighting ana every kind of hardship They face
the great Bolshevili mobs and they know that
defeat at the hands OF the Bolshevihd means
massacre. Every day their peril increases, vet
the Allies are celebrating on how far inter
yention in Russia should go.
Tale policy TO be pursued toward Russia mn
doubtedIy is a knotty problem and there may
be excuse Tor considering it most carefully. But
there should be no such excuse for debating the
tate of the Czecho- sIovaks. Their safety should
be assured Immediately and they should be per-
1nftted and helped to return home at the earliest
6ibls moment