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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-08
HIS HEART BADLY
Affected
"Fruit-d-tiVGS" Soon Relieved
This Dangerous Condition

632 GERRARD ST. EAST, ToRoxro.
"For two years, ! was a victim of
Acute Indigestion and Gas In The
stomach. 1t afterwards ATTACKED my
HcdHand had pains all over my body,
so that ] could hardly move around.
tried all kinds of Medicine but none
OF them did me any good. At last, l
decided to try Fruit-a-tiyes" /
bought the first box last June, and
now ! am well, after using oRiy three
botc5. j recommend "Fruit-a-tives "
to anyone suffering from Indigestion.
FRED j. CAVEEN.
Zoe. a box, & for $50, trial size, 25c.
Atall dealers orscut postpaid by Fruit
a-tiyes Limited, Usdcnsburg, Ny.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-08


AMSTERDAM, Dec. 20.-Caught At
ZeVenaar by a special agent of the
hague police, while she was attempting
to smuggle into Germany II large
boxes SAID to contain underclothes.
shoes, coffee, tea and other foodstuffs.
Countess Won Platen has been held at
Amheim court.
The countess had carefully prepared
for her encounter with the custom au-
thorltles by a telephone message sup
posedly from the foreign office at the
Hague, and telegram from the local
German consul asking for considerable
treatment; but the special agent ar
rived II time to overrule these instruc-
lions and insisted on examining the
countess 5 luggage where he found the
c0ntraband
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-08

600 a. m. Except Sunday. For New
London.
9.O5 a. m. Except Sunday For South
Londonderry.
go a. m Except Sunday For New
York Via Springfield.
f.lo p III. Except Sunday. For kcruo.
New London and New y" <
via the Norwich ii Ie
steamers.
500 P. m. Except Sunday. Local Tor
South LONDONDERRY.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-08
EVEN THE TROOPS
ARE NOT TRUSTED
Soldiers on Guard Disarmed When the
German Emperor Travels Through
Belgium.

Correspondence of the Associated
Press.)
LONDON, Dec. 21.-SO closely is the
German emperor guarded when he trav-
els by rail through Belgium that his
| movements are kept even from the rail
road officials handling his train up to
the last possible moment, according to
correspondent of the Chronicle. who
has several times witnessed the emper-
or s arrival
Whenever the passage of the i'm
nerlal train is to take nlace the fact
IS not known to the chief railway Off
clal until the same day, and to his sub
ordlnates not until a quarter of an hour
before the arrival the correspondent
says 'sIn the stations the lines are
all kept free. =
Describing one such arrival of the
emperor s train the correspondent saws
All workmen, on this occasion, wheth-
er Belgian or German, were despatched
| outside, and access to the station was
forbidden. This applied to all passen-
gers as well. The military guards oc-
cupying part of the station and en-
vlrons were ordered to leave their posts
and pile their arms. The only persons
allowed on the platform were the sta
tlonmaster, his employees appointed to
work the signals and the military
chef. There was no guard of honor.
no manifestation whatever
This clearing of the station takes
place at every station through which
the train passes, which it does at the
maximum regulation speed At Brus-
sells, detrainment took place opposite
the Place Rogier, which IS military
post since the occupation.
The space in front of the station.
which Is always forbidden ground to
passengers, was occupied by several mo-
tor cars. As soon as the emperor en-
tered his ear the small fleet ran swift
ly to the Pare Rue Rovale, where the
| kaiser stayed several hours
During the presence of the kaiser
the officials always display the utmost
nervousness in fear of anything taking
place, and they always breathe a SIGH
OF relief when their master is gone. The
fact that even the military are Obliged
to retire and pile their arms seems t.
suggest distrust of his own army
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-08

people out OF work or creates vacant
property or Injuries business
Atlanta has mad one year of genuine
prohibition with perfect opportunity of
comparison with other years, and by
the test OF reduced crime and increased
prosperity, prohibition has delivered
the goods.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-08

ADVERTISE IN THE REFORsIr K
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-08

pastor, will officiate. assisted by Rev. Dr.
". A. Dawson Of Burlington, secretary
OF the Vermont State Baptist convention.
Burial will be III Greenwood cemetery,
BROOKLYN
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-08
Good Student Lamp.

In the parlor there were three,
She, the parlor lamp, and he;
Two IS company, no doubt,
80 the little lamp went out,
Yale Record.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-09
GRANT OF $4,000
TO MAUDE'S WIDOW
Parliament Recognizes Services
Of Hero Of Kut and BaSdad

London, March so Correspond
ence OF The Associated Press -There
was a stir in the House of Commons
the other day just before the prime
minister, David Lloyd George, sud
denly appeared on the floor before
tho close with an mportant-looling
document in his hand. Instantly
members began to speculate AS TO
what might be the subject or the
announcement he was to make.
The premier started talking conf
dential1y with one of the underwear
minister as soon as he had taken
his seat on the treasury bench, and
it was Immediately inferred by OBJ
servers that the subject was military,
possibly the military situation in Ire
land or some development on the
fighting fronts. Other members
noticed that Mr.. Lloyd George was
in good spirits and began whispering
about the likelihood Of a. great vic
tory somewhere. or perhaps good
news from the Irish Convention.
Then the prime minister arose. His
message was q signed document from
the king. asking the authorization of
parliament for a grant OF $126.0 900 to
Lady Maude, the widow of General
Frederick Stanley Maude, who COM
manded the British expedition that
captured Kut and Bagdad. The gen
eral, after q wonderful career Of vic
tory, died a poor man, leaving hard
w more than enough to pay his flu
neral expenses. The kings request
was referred to its proper commit
mittee and it is expected that the
grant will, in due course, be made.
The habit Of recognizing great vic
tories by public grants of money is
an old one in England, and most OF
the great British soldiers OF the old
wars benefited by it.
Wellington received three different
grants. amounting in all to $4,000, 600
Lord Roberts received 100000 in
1901. and Kitchener received 100000
for his work in the Soudan and South
africa. Lord Nelson received a pom
sion of $4,000 a year, charged
against the funds of the post Office.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-09
FIREWORKS USED
TO fire AIRPLANES
Germans Send Up Rockets to
Destroy Allied Aircraft

Behind British Lines in France.
March Is Correspondence of the
Associated Press)-One Of the Ger
mans favorite devices for opposing
British airmen on night raids or rec
onnaisances, is a barrage OF the So
called "chain rockets" These con-
sist Of long chains of brilliantly lu-
minous balls, bright green in color,
which are sent upwards like sky
rockets in strings Of thirty or forty,
and which hang suspended in the
sky for considerable time, appar-
emily for the purpose of catching the
airplane and setting fire to If.
The rockets must be driven up
with tremendous force proba bly,
from a gun, for they rise to a height
of 900 feet, and can be placed
with great accuracy. The fire balls
appear to be about a foot in diameter.
AS they rise they are often caught
by the wind, and assume beautiful
curves. Sometimes the whole line
topples and turns before it vanfshes,
floating for a few moments like a
row of strange green Japanese Ian
terms. Tt is supposed that the balls
are supported in the air by small
parachutes.
Thousands OF these chain ockets
are fred by the Germans on every
occasion when the Entente airnoan
attack a town or camp. They are
part of the regular shrapnel barrage
which is used to hamper the attack
ers, but they give a much more spec
tacu1ar effect than the bursting
shrapnel. which only gives a momen-
tary flash in the sky and then liz gone.
IT machine is caught by a search
light, hundreds Of the chain-rockets
are straightaway sent up towards It,
They make a, ren1a rka BILE spectacle as
they are seen climbing up the sky and
passing one by one across the beams
OF light and finally appearing in their
appointed station in the upper dark
ness.
British alrmen declare that the
sensa ton OF having these chain-rock-
cts fred at them Is rather pleasant
than otherwise. 1t is difficult to be-
lieve that anything SO fantastic, beau
tiful and fairy-ike, can be really
dangerous. On a cloudy night, it ia
said, nothing is pleasanter than to
float over the rolling clouds and to
watch the green chain-rockets pierce
the mist here and there, casting
weird radiance over the mountains
and valleys of cloudland.
In the midst Of really vigorous
harrage the chain rockets thread the
skies in scores of fiery chains. float
ing past the invading machine on
every side, leaving behind them thin
trains of scented smoke.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-09

film a week in the United States. This
total is divided into what are called
programs, which average five reels or
5000 feet There are some circuits
whore a program will be constantly in
use for Is weeks. At Camp Dix,
Camp Upton, Camp Funston, Camp
Wadsworth and the other canton
lnents, as we'll as the Great Lakes
training station and the chain OF avl-
alton fields in Texas, a program fire.
quently stays for more than a week
Many programs are shown in the en-
tire chain of theaters.
The fighting man completes his
training and prepares to go overseas
For a. brief period he is in an en-
barkation camp. The movies are still
with him Then he goes on board
a transport. Film shows vary tho
monotony of the long trip that pre-
cedes the excitement Of the journey
through the submarine zone. The
transport eludes all perils and docks
at a French port. On the pier Is the
Y. NJ. G.. A. secretary and his assist
ants. The troops are invited to make
the huts their headquarters before
they go on in a day or two to a. camp
back of the lines. The motion pic
ture goes with them.
The fighting man who goes down to
the sea in ships is not overlooked In
this elaborate system for the enter
tainment Of the forces assembled for
the nations defense. Frequently the
Y M. G. A. records are thrown into
disorder by the failure Of a ship OF
war to return a program before sail
ing to a new post of duty. But the
film always comes back, even II the
rlalo Nn1 ftn re
same old reels become tireson1e after
a while and a. fair exchange is no
robbery when two war vessels meet
after several days away from the
nearest Y. M. c. A. hut.
All this would have been impossible
without the patriotic cooperation OF
the motion picture producers and dis
tributers. Without an exception the
most prominent executives In the In
dustry have granted every request or
the Y NJ. G.. A. Exchange systems IN
various parts of the country have been
placed at the service Of the Y. M. G. a.
for the distribution of programs. All
this has been done at cost. Any ap-
proach to regular market rates Tor
motion picture programs would BANK
rupt the organizations in a few
months.
There is no income from the pres
cntation of pictures In the huts. The
producer and distributor do their pa
triotic bit as a free contribution and
the Community Motion Picture bureau,
which is handling this feature Of the
vast work the Y. NJ. G. A. has under
taken at the request of the govern
ment, practically has been forced to
eliminate it's regular business for the
period Of the war, and without COM
pensation.
Thus are great industries and great
organizations -ordinated for the pur-
pose Of standing behind the man be-
hind the gun.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-09
FRESH FISH AT MESS
No Officers Dinner Complete Without
Pike. or Maybe Trout, From
Streams in France.

With the American Army IL
France, February 2+.-(Correspon
dence of the Associated Press.-Fish
that have been out Of the water only
an hour or so is quite common in
officers messes at the front now. No
Sunday dinner IS complete without
nice broiled or baked pike. There
may even be A trout or two some
times.
An American major who until re-
Gently was with the British army in
Flanders taught his fellow ff1cerS
the trick of now to set fresh fish
without fishing for them. There is
no time for fishing, even when It
might he good, with Germans in the
hills all round waiting to shoot at
som netting.
The major was passing a lake just
in the rear of our first line the other
afternoon when he saw a large pike
swimming along near the surface.
Next afternoon he came back to the
lake with a handful Of grenades. He
banged two Of them on a stone and
cropped them into the water.
There were two muffled explosions
and then in about two minutes up
noated three large pike, one Of them
nearly four feet long. The major
hauled, them to shore with a stick and
carried them off. His mess had fish
for dinner. and it tasted not only
GOOD but like more. So he gave
away the secret and told how he used
20 get trout in Flanders tho same
way.
There are a number Of lakes in our
sector and all of them are teemlnS
with fish as the location has not
been free enough for anglers TO
visit them for many months.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-09
CITY ITEMS

Stephen S. Donnelly of PSI South
Main street, Albert Sullivan of lib
Greenwood street. and Rudolph Ehrler
of ITO Hart street, have requested the
first district exemption board to in
clude them In the quota to so to che
Bosom government school next Mon
day.
There will be a meeting Of the
officers and members of Isabella
Circle, y. Of !. degree team tomorrow
evening at / Sc Main street. All m EN-
bers having tickets for the recent
benefit whist are reQuesed to make re-
turns at this meeting.
A marriage license was issued to-
dav to Angelo Andriena of 127 Will
con street and Acela Marquette of
236 Oak street.
Valiant Hive, l.. O. r. NJ, Will hold
an important meeting this evening to
greet the state commander Miss
Clara Larkin, Of Ansonia. A social
will follow. The officers are desirious
of a large attendance.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-09
FOOTBALL FAV0RITE
SPORT IN FRANCE
People Take Kindly to Game I'M
ported From England

Paris, March 2S.--Correspondence
OF the Associated Press. )--FootbaH
has made such wonderful strides
since the beginning of the war that
1T bids fair to become as popular III
France as 1t is in England. AS IT
stands now it may already be looked
upon RS the national sport Of France
The game was in favor with the
French people before the outbreak of
hostilities. With the advent of the
English troops in France, football has
made mre progress during the last
three years than during all the years
that elapsed since it was introduced
in France.
The French soldiers are especially
fond of the game and each division
boasts of one or more star elevens.
The Twentieth corps gave a very
creditable account of itself some days
ago when it met the champions OF
1917, the Associated FRANCHISE. the
game ending with a score of two to
one
But 1t Is among the younger gen.
Grafton that football has taken a
firmer hold There are more than
five hundred elevens in Paris alone
and every Sunday about two hundred
and fifty games are decided. It is
estimated that over one hundred
thousand people see the games eacn
Sunday.
Before the war the "Lgue de Foot
hall Association composed of IL
clubs, played weekly games which
were attended by numerous enthusi-
asts Of the sport, but with the mo-
Utilization most of the athletes joined
the army and during the first few
months of the war they had more Sc
rious business. However, in 1915.
with the armies settled down to trench
warfare and owing to the close con-
tact with the British troops, who lost
no opportunity of enjoying their ia
vorite pastime, football received an
impetus hitherto unknown in France.
The British government has or
dered one million footballs for its
troops in France, delivery to be made
within the next six months. Some of
them have already reached France.
A new experiment in footballs has
been made. Owing to the scarcity of
leather, the covers are made of heavy
canvas which has been given chemical
treatment. The new footballs give
satisfaction, the ball often being III
better condition at the conclusion Of
the game than a leather-covered ball
would have been if IT were subjected
to the same usage.
1T seems to be the ambition Of the
young Frenchman to become a cham
pion football player, just it was the
dream Of every American youth to de-
velop into a baseball star.
Mr.. Mamelle, president Of the Union
of the French Societies of Athletic
Sports. told the Associated Press that
invaluable in helping them TO while
away their days in the rear and many
an afternoon has been spent in the
fresh, invgorating air that might have
been passed in some stuffy cafe. It Is
| the muscular Vitality of a large part
| of young France that is at stake. Foot
| ball has come to France to stay
New Britain herald., 1918-04-09
Dublin BELLIC0SE
AT DRAFT PROSPECT
Continued From First Paget.

was not possible to exclude Ireland
from CONSUMPTION.
When Mr.. Lloyd George referred to
Ireland Alfred Byrne. nationalist
member from Dublin shouted:
I'VE won't have CONSUMPTION In
Ireland"
An uproar followed.
Michael F1avin, nationalist from
Kerry said:
You come across and try to take
us
Another nationalist exclaimed;
1T is a declaration Of war against
ireland"
Parliament re-assem bled after the
Easter recess with two questions OF
great importance on it's hands The
first is the new military service bill
which raises the age limit eight
years and make those born after q
fixed date in the spring of 1857 liable
to bear arms. The second is another
and what promises to be 81 strong at
tempt to deal with the ancient and
always contentious problem of gov
eminent for Ireland. Both these is
sues have been thrust upon the cab
met during the brief recess, the first
France which demand all the men the
Allies can muster as quickly as they
can be put in the field, and the sec
ond by the conclusion of the Irish
convention and the rendering of its
report which Premier Lloyd George
promised would be followed by leg
islation
The deepest attention is command
ed by the consumption bill because it
vitality affects the interests and des-
TIMES Of hundreds Of thousands OF
men and families in that portion of
the United Kingdom east of the Irish
sea.
Premier Lloyd George will make
the opening speech and will expound
the military situation. Sir Auckland
'Geddes, director Of recruiting Will
outline the details Of the man-powcr
bill
The country appears to be unusu-
ally united in it's Willingness to ac-
cept the recruiting measure with the
full realization that the extension Of
the age limit to so Will bring hard
ships and often financial shipWreck
to many small business mon and
families, besides hitting larger firms
I whose work Is being carried on most
| ly by men over 40 with youths and
| with women.
| Several of the morning newspapers
| say there is reason to believe the
! premier intends to foreshadow in his
speech today the Introduction shortly
| Of a home rule measure which would
! set up an Irish parliament in Dublin
with due safeguards for the Protes-
SAINT minority and a compromise on
the much discussed customs questions.
According to one paper the new bill
also is expected to include military
| service and an executive responsible
| to the Irish parliament but with no
! control over naval. army and foreign
affairs.
| Thus far the only signs of opposi-
| tion have been protests against re-
ports that the cabinet proposed to put
| the bill through with q brief debate
and the present recruiting tribunal Is
with their safeguard of the right OF
New Britain herald., 1918-04-09

appeal might be abolished. There also
is a demand that the supply of labor
needed by shipyards, farms and num-
tons factories shall be assured and
safeguarded. Questions probably will
be asked about the present position
of the Versailles war council.
Gen. Sir Henry Rawinson, who was
the British representative on the
council was given the command OF the
Fifth army against which the Ger
mans made their principal gains re-
Gently, in place Of Gen. Cough who
commanded on the first days of the
battle.
No mention of Gen. Rawlinsins
successor has been made.
This gives rise to thoughts that
Gen. Foch, since his appointment as
commander on the front, has super
seeded the Versailles council in having
the direction of military operations.
The Irish legislation is matter for
the future
The cabinet program before the
Easter recess had assigned April 16
for the Introduction of the budget and
will likely follow discussion of the
military act.
The premier urged the convention
to agree on q scheme of govern nlent
for Ireland which Will be to realize the
hopes of Irishmen all over the world,
even If questions like finance follows
that of war. Whether the conVen-
tons report will furnish any basis
for a bill and whether, if it fails to
meet the premier's hopes. the cabinet
Will put forward some scheme of it's
own remains to be seen. But Ireland
sion of the military bill. Gossip has
1t that the cabinet is considering
compulsory subscription in principle,
although not prepared to force it now.
Devlin, the Irish nationalist leader.
who arrived here today from Ireland
will fight even that mild assertion Of
Irish responsibility.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-09
James l.. Momtt.

James r, Moffitt. aged 80 years died
al his home at 50 Pennington avenue,
lac Yesterday. He was Ill only a,
short time. For several years past he
was employed by the Fafnir Bearing
co. He leaves two brothers. Patrol
man George Moff1tt and Bernard Mof-
fit. and five sisters, Mrs. John M.
Brady, Of Hartford: Mrs. Thomas Cur
tin: Julia, who lives in California, and
Annie and Nellie Moftitt, Of this city.
The funeral will be held at ST. Mary g
Catholic church, Wednesday morning
at 9 o'clock Burial will be In the
Catholic cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-09
TT. y. HUMAsON TO SPEAK.
Howard B Humason will speak

Howard B Humason will speak at
meeting Of the Mems club Of st.
Marks church Thursday evening, Mr..
Humason has seen service In France
rs driver Of an ambulance and a
canton. War songs will be sung by
Ralph Britton and That Quartet"
will also sing. This is the flnal meet
ing OF the season. Election Of off,
Gers and the appointment OF an ex-
ocutive committee will take place.
Hoover sandwiches and coffee will
no served after the meeting.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-09
HAD $4,000 IN MATTRESS.

Springfield, Mass, April 9.--Bank
books showing deposits OF $4,000
have been found In mattress be-
longing to Miss Mary Bradley. who
as found dead in Thorndyke. near
here, February 3. and her sister Mrs.
Bridget Wagemans, OF the Bronx, New
Iork city, her sole heir, will receive
this sum In addition to $1,000 found
in Miss Bradley's room at the time Of
her death.