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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-20
SOUTH HALIFAX.

Fred Upton is i'll with humps at the
home Of his parents.
Mrs. Erwin Joy returned to her home
in Elm Grove Friday.
Miss Myrtle Harris of Nottingham
visited Miss Vera Pierce Sunday.
Mrs. Abbie Sprague is with her
daughter, Mrs. Lem Pratt. at Jackson
vile.
Ernest Ilcbcrt was called to Brat
ncboro Saturday for examination for
army service.
Frank Allen of Greenfield spent the
weekend with his daughter, Mrs
Olive La Rock.
Allie Mitchell Of Greenfield spent The
weekend with his parents, Mr. aud
Mrs. Levi Mitchell.
Mrs. NJ G. Harris aud daughter
/ Dorothy, spent the weekend with hei
mother, Mrs. Clara Calvin.
Nr. and Mrs Lem Loarnard wen
to Northfcld, Mass. Thursday, wher,
I MIR. Learnard has employment
Mr., and Mrs. Arthur Carpenter AM
children Of Jacksonville and Erncs
Joy Of Elm Grove were guests at Les
ter Fairbaahs's Sunday
L. Calvin. who has been with Iii
brother, John Calvin. this winter. la
returned to the home of his brothel
James Calvin, in Colrain.
Mrs. Elva Russell and son, FLOYD, o
Jacksonville, Mrs. Frank Cross an
daughter and Mrs. Nora Woodland wer
guests Of Mrs. Nellie Barry Friday.
John Calvin, jr., and family, Mr. an
Mrs. Ror Nichols and daughter, Nj
and Mrs. Leon Carpenter and two sor
were guests at Mr. and Mrs, John Ga
ttiub Sunday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-20
LONDONDERRY.

Miss Nerna Wade is i'll with grip.
Mrs. Don Wyman is nursing at Fred
Hill s.
Rupert Williams was home from Mt
Hermon over Sunday
Mr. Starks Of Comstock, n Y. is
visiting his son, Charles.
Arthur Wade and lady friend of
Springfield were at 4. H. Wade S over
Sunday.
Mrs. Abbie Marden is i'll with pueu-
monia aad Mrs. Caroline Fuller is ear
ing for her.
Mrs. Henry Stowell of Brattleboro
is with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Coleman, who are feeble.
Rev Mr. Taylor returned from North
Brookfeld, Mass Saturday. lie cx-
poets his family in a few days.
The village schools closed for the
spring vacation Friday, and Miss Gra-
ham has gone to her home in Mont
pelier.
Mrs. jet Brown is gaining slowly.
Her daughter, Mrs. Dryden, has gone
home ard Mrs Ida Wilder IS working
there.
| Miss Louise Warner was in Brattlc
boro Saturday She is through working
in the postofiice until after the sugar
9eason.
Little Muriel Boynton has been stay
ing two weeks with her grandmother
Mrs. A. II. Wade, while her mother
was in New York buying millinery
goods.
Mrs. Julia BecEwith, who has board
ed with Mrs. Ida Stevens for some
time, went to the Home for the AGED
in Brattleboro Monday. She was &c
"ompanied by Mrs Frank Curtis.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-20

majority Of these payments will be small
amounts. Ii paid as requested it will
avoid the necessity for the issuance OF
a receipt. and save much time and labor.
Taxes paid to deputies who are visiting
every county in the United States to
assist taxpayers in making out their re-
turns are sent to the collector of internal
revenue Of the district in which the
taxes are collected Checks, money orders,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-20
How to Pay Income Tax.

ray your income tax, II possible. by
check. money order, or draft This Is the
urgent request Of the bureau Of internal
revenue.
More than 100000 persons this year
VIII pay an income tax. The total To he
collected under the war revenue act OF
October 3, 1917, in individual income
taxes alone is $3.50 900, ou0 The vast
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-20

or drafts can be handled without diff
Guilty. Cash has to be sent by registered
mail or BY insured express.
In the conduct Of the war Uncle Sam
IS beset with manp difficulties, You can
render one of his innumerable tasks less
difficult BY paying Your income tax
promptly, and By check, money order.
or draft Bureau OF Internal Revenue
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-20
PUNKS DEFEATED.
Allies Took Two Strings and Total on
the Masonic Alleys.

The Masonic Punks. who have de
featcd the Masonic Stars, Laundry 5
stars aud the Brattlcboro Retreat quin
.tct, went down TO defeat last night on
their own alleys, rolling ,332 to 1861
by the Allies, formerly called Laun-
drv's stars. a third game between the
two teams will he arranged sometime
next week. Johnson registered high
total OF 900 and Kennedy high single
of l2G.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-20
Her Great Fault.

Would you call Mrs Gowitt good
conversationalist? Eyes, and no.
She makes you think of lot of things
to say, but she talks go necessarily
you don't get chance to say them. -
Boston Transcript.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-20

UNIFORM RATE is
FAVORED BY MEN

Difference in Scales Chief Cause of the
Discomfort Among Workers-Balti-
more Men Who Were Given Sc Day
Want $40.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-26
Government Should Keep Rail-
roads After the War.
That Is the Opinion of Demo-
cratic Kansas Senator.
PEOPLE DESIRE EXPERIMENT
Thompson Thinks They Are for
Government Ownership.
Ii Successful in War 1t Might
Be More So Afterwards.

During the recent debate on the
railroad control bill in the United
States senate, William H. Thompson.
senior senator from Kansas and a
Democrat, opposed the adoption of
the provision for a time limit in re-
turning the railroads to the owners.
He urged congress to provide for a
real test of government control or
railroads and public utilities in time
of peace as we'll as during the war
period.
More popular results would be OBJ
tanned thru government control or
ownership in peace times than in war
times, the Kansas senator urged. He
said that in times of war attention
could be given only to public necessity
and demand In times of peace more
consideration might be given the COM
fort and pleasure of the Individual
patron.
Thompson's Ideas.
Speaking on the railroad control bill
the Congressional Record quotes Sena-
tor Thompson in part as follows:
II have observed for a number or
years the gradual growth of sentiment
in this country for government owner
ship no, only of railroads. but of all
public utilities; and, so far as L am
personally concerned, it cannot come
too soon to suit me- This has been
occasioned largely by reason of the
IaCf thlI the management VI LIE IAN
roads has failed to recognize the rights
of the people and the interests of the
public in the control and operation of
the roads.
'FBut whether the American people
are quite yet prepared for this great
change, to pay the price, and to as
sumo the necessary obligations which
would result therefrom, is a debatable
question, which cannot be settled in
emergency legislation in time of war.
Now, however. that the government
has control of the railroads. 1 am in
favor of giving government control
and operation a thoro and complete
trial not only in time of war, but in
time of peace. ~
Should Fix No Time.
st think, therefore, that there
should be no time limit as to when
the railroads should be returned to
their owners, but that we should meet
that question when we get to it in the
general readjustment of things after
the war.
The great task before the Ameri-
can people today is that of winning
the war. 1t does seem to me that if
government ownership proves advan-
tageous to the public in times of war
unoer the extreme difficulties of OPP
Grafton, it would prove of even great
er benefit to the people in time of
peace, when more attention could be
given to the individual citizen and less
attention to the requirements of the
government"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-26

of the allies and any duplication or
the work of other organizations Is
thus avoided. The women in the nuts
make a little candy for the boys, have
such delicacies as pies and cakes on
hand whenever possible, care for the
soldiers soul and provide clean enter
tainment for the boys SO that they
may forget for a time the horrors or
the front line. In cases of Sudden at
tack the huts form as railying points
for companies and regiments mobiliz-
ing for rapid advance to the support
of the threatened lines.
Besides this, the Salvation Army
maintains an ambulance corps, which
works in conjunction with the Red
Cross and the armies.
DR.. Edmund James Kulp says,
+" Blackjack Pershing has asked that
the Salvation Army be sent to him.
1t is the duty of the American people
to give Blackjack Pershing what
ever he deems of value in conducting
this war. He wants the Salvation
Army, let's give it to him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-26
SPECIAL WAR WORK
Topekans on Committee to Keep Eve
on Explosives.

Announcement was made today of
the appointment of an advisory COM
m;ttee TO work with William J. Duval,
federal explosives inspector, in special
war work. The committee will han
die the work without compensation
They will assist in carrying out pro-
gram which has for its purpose the
keeping of explosives and their fngre-
dents out of the hands of alien enc
mics ana to prevent the loss of life
and destruction of property.
Members of the committee are:
j. N. Dolley of the council of ma
tlCnal defense. Topeka.
P. ]. Mcbride, labor commissioner.
representing the national safety coun-
Gil, Topeka.
Chas. F. Hardy, representing the
national board of fire underwriters,
Topeka.
Luther G. Bailey, representing the
casualty insurance writers, Topeka.
F. E. Doubleday, representing the
largest users of explosives, Pittsburs.
fEhas B. Spicer, representing the
Kansas manufacturers of explosives.
Pittsburg.
L. T. Hussey. state fire marshal of
Kansas, Topeka
lmri Zumwalt, as publicity repre-
sentative. Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-26
That Is Reason People Do Not
Give More to War.
Dillon Upbraids Americans at
Press Club Meet.
ENGLISH ARE MORE LIBERAL
They Would Give Last Stitch
for Boys at Front.
No Organization More Worthy
Than Salvation Army.

People in the United States have
not yet realized just what being in
the world war really means. nor have
they imagined even the faintest par
ticle of the real hardships that they
must Undergo if the allied enemies are
TO be victorious This was the state
ment OF Charles DILLON in speech be-
fore the Press club Monday night on
the difference between American and
English newspapers.
Dillon was not speaking in behalf
of the Salvation Army campaign nor
was he making a talk for funds of
any kind yet ne painted a picture of
EIgland's giving that puts to shame
the half hearted giving of many Amer
leans. billions talk was Perhaps one
Of the best arguments in favor of Civ
ing for the Salvation Army, or for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-26
NO WOOL OR COTTON
All German Mills Making Cloth of
Paper Fabric Now.

New York, Feb. 26-Practically all
the textile mills in the Chemnitz
(Saxony) district, the center of that
industry in Germany, were making
cloth from paper during 1917, the
available supply of cotton and wool
for textile purposes having been en-
tirely exhausted. A few establish
ments were spinning and weaving
fabrics of nettle fiber by the process
invented by an Austrian scientist dur
ing the war.
s; Profits from the manufacture of the
substitute cloth were, according to a
review of the industry published in a
recent number of the Cologne Ga
zette, by no means small and many
plants made good dividends.
Scarcely had the mills been con-
verted 20 working upon the paper
yarns, however, when the manufac-
turers were unpleasantly surprised by
the news of an alarming shortage in
the new raw material, viz, wood-pulp,
almost the entire supply of which is
required as q base for explosives and
other munition purposes and the
prospects for the textile plants for
the coming year were described in the
review as very poor.
Nettle Fiber u Substitute.
Nettle fiber as a possible substitute
for paper yarn Is available only in
limited quantities so that only few
mills can be employed upon that raw
material.
The paper cloth in question is not
a regular paper but is made of yarns
spun from fibers made of liquid cell
lulose or wood-pulp and woven like
cloth, with warp and wool. 1t is ex-
pected in Germany that paper cloth
will dominate the market for some
time after the conclusion of the war.
owing to the difficulty of getting sup
plies of cotton. AS to nettle cloth a
concern has been formed to establish
r. -;ular plantations of nettles upon
waste lands to supplement the casual
roadside and fence-corner supplies,
but it will be long before the nettle
fiber, which resembles that of flax,
can come into general use.
Silk Supply Running Short.
Tulle factories in the Chemnitz dis
tricts were well employed during 1917 I.
but the supply of silk was running
very short.
Machine works and munition plants,
usually converted textile mills, in the
Chemnitz district were extremely
busy during the entire year and paid
good dividends. in addition to laying
aside large reserves to finance the re-
turn to normal lines of production
after the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-26
Ford County Groom VIII Have
Big Wedding Spread.
However, He Wants To Make
1t HOOverized Affair.
WRITES TO THE GOVERNOR
He Asks Advice as to What He
Should Serve.
Chas. III. Sessions Makes Out
Matrimonial Menu.

Out in Ford county a patriotic
wedding is to be staged. A Hoover
lied wedding dinner is to be served.
That there may be no mistake about
the matter, the prospective bride
groom has written to Governor Cap
per for list of all the things Mr..
Hoover wants saved. He will select
his wedding dinner groceries from the
exempted list.
In the mail which came to the gov
ernor's office today was a letter from
the bridegroom to be. Ordinarily
when a man prepares himself for
matrimony his mind is concerned
with almost any subject except food.
But this wedding will no doubt be a
feature event in the district. So the
man candidate in the wedding game
took over a bunch of new responsible
tiles. In addition to learning a bunch
of ceremonies and taking an educa-
ton in how to walk and what to say
and when to say it, the Ford county
man is also looking after the food list.
Strong for Chicken.
Are there any instructions for a
meal on a wedding day." asked the
Ford county man in his letter to the
governor. This wedding will be
Thursday"
Then the man in the case outlined
few of the things he wanted for the
wedding dinner. He wanted chicken
to head the list. But if chicken is in
any manner affected by the Hoover
order. the Ford county man is willing
to substitute a make believe meat or
to paint something on a plate. He
doesn't propose to postpone the we'd
ding day and he wants to be patriotic
Governor Capper is in Wichita attend
ing the cattlemen's convention. So
Charles H. Sessions, the governors
private secretary is preparing a food
list for a patriotic wedding dinner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-26

pected to bring down upon the heads
or the Trotzky -Lenine regime and the
German invaders a storm of bloody
and tragical chaos when Russia begins
her struggle to come back to her own.
Russian People Won't Down?
But tussia-a land of millions-is
not expected to sit quietly under the
grinding and absorbing heel of the
Germans By some military men it is
held inevitable that the signature of
Trutzky and Lenine to the present
German peace demands will result in
immediate clamor of protest from the
people.
The actual benefits of Germanys
peace will be the added territory she
acquired for farming needed food
products.
1t further gives her the opportunity
of telling the allies-if she chooses
that with the added territory acquired
from Russia we'd just as soon give
up Belgium and northern France so
let's call it quits, Russia taking her
own medicine
such peace will never meet the
approval of President Wilson, how
ever, and there is little reason to be-
lieve it would be sanctioned by the
allies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-26
HAYS IN WASHINGTON
New C. o. p. Chairman Visits Lead
ers at Capital for First Time.

Washington, Feb. 26.-Chairman
Hays of the Republican national COM
mlttee CO me here today to meet party
leaders at the capital for the first
tine since his elevation to the leader
ship and seek to bring about closer
harmony between the national COM
mittee and the congressional commit
tee The latter for some time has
worked independently of the national
committee and there is some dissent
to the plan.
Representative Woods of Iowa,
chairman of the congressional COM
mittee. is understood to favor contin-
uing separate efforts. An informal
reception to Chairman Hays will be
given tonight by the Republicans in
congress.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-26
TURN AGAINST LENINE
Dcspairing Followers Curse Premier
and Denounce German Peace.

Petrograd, Feb. 25 (delayed) THE
scenes at today's meeting of the
soviet's executive committee were
most stirring.
Men accustomed to follow Premier
Lenine unswervingly, cursed and
swore. demanding that the revolution
die fighting.
Despair filled the ante-chambers
and corridors of the Tauridi which
originally saw the birth of the noblest
hopes of the revolution.
The coolest and most unconcerned
of all was Lenine. The premier, short
and stocky, with massive head and
sturdy shoulders, deep set eyes and
iron features, walked up and down the
famous Ekaterinsky hall
Lenine calmly discussed the situa-
ton after threatening to resign unless
Germanys peace terms were accepted.
He ridiculed the idea that Russia is
able to fight and pointed out that
Russia needed peace at all costs. SO as
to organize further and strike in
revenge at the proper political mo-
ment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-26
NO THREAD ON MARKET
Kansas Harness Makers Complain
That Their Business Is Hard Hit.

Kansas harness makers are unable
to buy linen thread, according to a
complaint which came to Governor
Capper's office today from c. P. Sny-
del of Abilene. Snyder complains
that the government has taken over
the linen mills and that jobbers have
refused to sell thread.
The Abilene harness maker wants
to help the government. He wants to
aid the farmers in raising big crops.
But they must use harness on their
horses and the harness must be re-
paired. Since there is no linen thread
on the market, Snyder sees bad sea-
son ahead for the harness men. He
has asked the governor to report the
situation to federal departments and
to urge shipments of supplies to Kan
Sas harness makers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-26
CHASING SPIES COSTLY
McAdoo Asks for Additional $500, 900
to Enforce Espionage Act.

Washington. Feb. 26.-To help rid
the nation of spies and dangerous
alien enemies, Secretary McAdoo to-
day asked congress for a deficiency
appropriation of 100000 which he
said was necessary to meet increased
expenses of enforcing the espionage
act Secretary Baker also asked an
other deficiency appropriation of
about So 100000 for war work. OF
this amount s4.506, 1880 is needed
to pay the expenses of the greatly in
creased number of war department
employees and s39s.14o was asked for
the quartermaster's corps.
Both secretaries asked that the re-
quests De included in the present de-
ficiency bill as senate amendments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-26
BREAKS A
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A HURRY
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-26
NEW CORN MILL HERE
Topeka Flour Mills Company to Make
$4,000 Improvement.

Work on the construction of new
corn mill. to be built at a cost of
5000 began Monday by the Topeka
Flour Mills company. The mill will
be located in a building just west of
the flour mills now operated by that
company. The daily capacity is to be
$50 barrels One story will be added
to the present building.
5. p Kramer, president of the To-
peka Flour Mills, will head the new
company, and associated with him will
be H. d. Yoder. vice president of the
Topeka Flour company; J. NJ. Blair,
secretary-treasurer; c. A. Blair, of
Carthage, Mo-, and number of other
business men. The mill will turn out
meal, corn flour, hominy, grits and
other corn products, and it is sx-
pected that the machinery will be put
into operation by May l. q
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-26

that matter any other war work that
has been given in Topeka.
Dillon spoke of the column after
column of casualty lists in the big
English dailies, spoke of the daily ac-
counts of arrest and immediate con-
viction Of food hoarders, and told of
the innumerable regulations that ev-
cry Englishman and visitor in Eng
land must observe to the letter, or
stand Jail sentence. ..---
Offenders Shown No Mercy.
England takes no half way meas
ures with the offenders against her
war time regulations" Dillon de-
clared- Quite the contrary. Her
agents Immediately seize the offender
ana he is speedily given trial from
which there is no appeal. and the SEN
tence is executed without the delays
from ccntinuances and lawyer tricks
that characterize American methods"
Dillon painted a picture of deter
mination to win in spite of untold suf-
fering. showed how the English give
and give and keep on giving if by that
process they can give some comfort
or care to the boys in the trenches
why some of the English, most of
them to be accurate, would sell even
their overcoats if by doing so they
could alleviate one iota of the suffer-
ing of teh boys or could by that act
give the boys some little comfort that
would make their life easier"
Taking these things into consider
alton. ii would seem that the citizens
of Topeka should give a little more
readily and generously to the Saliva
ton Army. The Salvation Army does
all of these things-it alleviates the
suffering of the wounded, it provides
the boys in the front line trenches
with announcement, it provides rest
rooms and entertainments for the men
in billets, and best of all it brings
wholesome women in direct contact
with the men that their memory of
home may be kept bright and their
ideals remain undimmed.
1876 Huts in France Now.
The Salvation Army now has in
operation on the western front 1876
huts. each one in charge of an officer
of the Salvation Army and his wife
These huts are placed according to
the direction of the high command