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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-04
Germany's LOsr Will Be T.
100000, 1t Is Estimated,
If War Lasts Year
AUSTRIA'S DECLINE
ALSO VERY HEAVY
Britain's Numbers Are Not Lessened,
While America Is Counted as I'm
affected SO Far-Birthrate Shrinkage
Among the Teutons.

LONDON, June 4-The drain of man
power, the fall in the number of births,
and the loss of population through sick
ness and undertaking, are felt more Sc.
yerely by the central powers than by the
peoples of the entente While the annual
gain Of population in Germany, Austria,
and Hungary has given place to serious
loss, the peoples of the Entente have sui
fered very small diminution in compar-
ison
Great Britian's total population has so
far remained at about the same figure,
gains balancing losses The rate of in
crease in the United States has not been
affected at all.
Az the war goes on this growing dis
parity in the losses of population be-
tween the central powers and the peoples
| lighting them is likely to increase Ii
the war continues into next year the
population of the German Empire on
which reliance has been placed for the en-.
argement of Germany's prosperity and in
dustry and for repairing the INJURY to
| trade and commerce after the war, will
have lost 10 per cent Of its numbers
and a still greater proportion OF its indus
trial strength.
The German empire, which in June
1919, should have had 72,000,0O0 of people
will have no more than 64,500000. Ger
many as II whole will have 5 per cent les
population than when the war began
OF those who have been killed thu
greater number were men in the prime o
life and energy, whom Germany could leas
spare. BY deaths in the battle zone tin
empire has lost at least 100000 men
The birth rate has sunk TO such fig
ure that by next year the number o
would have been had tire been no wa
10y $4,000
In the same period the annual mum
Der Of deaths among the German civilial
'.f16pufitibn@, oMihg t8 the stfeSs and ans
iety of the war, and sickness, which ha
been aggravated by hardships and foo
troubles has increased by l,000,0 900 owe
the normal But this is, perhaps, to b
regarded merely as wedding out and n
great biological loss. Much of the MOI
tally among children and among the civil
ian population as a whole has been cause
by the way in which the food supply {
/. Germany has been msmanaged in tt
interests OF the landholders and the farm
: ing class, and to the detriment of the poo
The land holders and farmers have pro
. pered, while the poor in the towns ha,
gone short of bread and potatoes.
! On the other hand, because of the Ii
eral separation allowances and the his
wages the vital conditions of the wor
:. ing classes in Great Britain have be-
n better since the war than when the W
II began.
II While by next year the German FL
ii pire viii be 100000 lower in populate
III than it would have been had the war n
II taken place the vitality of the peoples
II Austria and Hungary has suffered ev
more. This, perhaps, was to be expectC
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-04

q most wonderful trip every day.
Everyone enjoyed it, ! am sure. and
none of us got seasick the least bit.
Such fine weather we had, too, but of
course it got to be bit monotonous.
looking out on the water all day long
The most strenuous thing we did was
to eat.
As yet we are not definitely located
| suppose, and all you know is that we
are somewhere in France This is
La beautiful country and there is SO
much of interest to write about i
wish that censorship permitted me to
describe these historic quarters we are
occupying. We all got off our ship in
good order and health. / am keeping
a good diary that will be read with
much interest by us all when ] get back.
Our landing was most impressive The
old French people-the young ones are
| all at war-certainly did blossom out
with smile to see the husky Amer
can soldiers whom they regard more or
| less as their saviours.
| Tonight we had enough to eat and it
tasted good, you bet. We had corned
beef hash, bread Ono butter) and cot
/ ISC \ho ouSuiJ. Duo VIC oiC an 81 Sidt
to be here and the country about is SC
wonderful in this spring time. And al
about are well kept gardens ! am of
fieer of the day, but duties do not con.
sist of anything special as yet. AT first
we were moved into tents, but thi.
i D. M, we have moved into a hospita
barracks building and l have a fn'
bed, clean linen and wooden blankets
Our officers are all sitting about writ,n,
letters.
| expect we censor our own mail s.
we are on our honor as regards infor
nation. / will number my letters an
you number yours, also, SO | can tel
if | get them all.
/ viii surely write You from time t
time and ! wish | were an artist 9
} that / could sketch some of these place
, of interest.
Well ! will write again soon, Hav
written Harry and viii telegraph hin
as soon as can get to an office. Do nc
worry about me. We hope to get Ii
Il Gated and to work somewhere
e France soon Best love to all, you
n loving son,
III WILL.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-04
Representatives of 100000
Railway Shopmen Ask
Wage Scale Revision
HINT is GIVEN OF
A GENERAL STRIKE
Lure of the Shipyards Is So Great That
Skilled Men with Railroads Are Kept
at Their Present Occupations with
Great Difficulty.

WASHINGTON, June 4-Represen-
tatives of 100000 railway shopmen to-
day asked the railroad administration
not to put into effect the new wage
scale without upward revision for their
crafts, saying great dissatisfaction
would be created and intimating that
| it might be impossible to avoid many
strikes.
Appearing before the board of rail-
| road first hearing spokesman for the
six shop trades declared they had found
it difficult to work out wage scale on
the basis of the director general IS order
and that extreme disappointment exist
ed among all men who had read it.
They urged speedy action to revise the
scale in order to prevent employees from
going to shipyards within the next week
or two
The lure of the shipyards is so great
the labor representatives said, that
thousands of railroad machinists, car
men and other shop employees for weeks
have been persuaded to stay with the
railroads only with the greatest diff
Guilty. They feared general exodus
of employees if the new wage order is
put into effect immediately Men wouli
find they said, that the increases were
much less than had been expected
The shopmen renewed their demands
as presented to the wage commission
for minimum of IS cents an hour fo
machinists, blacksmiths, sheet meta
workers, electricians, carmen with fou
years or more experience and boiler
, makers, and minimum of Sc IA cent
for carmen with less than four years
experience. an eighth standar
day, six days work a week and tim
8 and a half for overtime
, These demands represented an in
I crease of about 40 per cent above ex
listing wages. ~ .
. They told the board that highe
wages, longer vacations. extra pay fo
undesirable work and many bonuses i
shipyards, forced them TO consider D
ector-General McAdoo's wage ords
cas- unjust, unfair and ineauitable,
as applied to them. The scale woul
wipe out all the wage reforms, partic,
Ilarly the elimination of differentials, ef
feeted since December. 1915.
G. H. Sinces, chairman of the boar
n explained that Mr. McAdoo is anxio,
''to see Justice done to all railroa
men, and urged patience on the pa
, of all employees Other Representative,
+ of railroad labor will be heard later.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-04
THIS WILL MAKE
MILLIONS HAPPY
Any corn will dry up and lift out,
says a Cincinnati au-
thority.

Let folks step on your feet hereafter,
wear shoes size smaller if you like,
for corns will never again send electric
sparks of pain through you, according
to this authority.
He says that few drops of drug
called freezone, applied directly upon
tender, aching corn, instantly re-
lieves soreness, and soon the entire
corn, root and all, lifts out without
pain.
This drug is sticky but dries at once
and is said to simply shrivel up the
corn without infiaming or even irri-
tating the surrounding tissue.
1t is claimed that a quarter of an
ounce obtained at any drug store will
cost very little but is sufficient to re
move every hard or soft corn or eallus
from one s feet. Cut this out, espe
ciaIly if you are woman reader who
wears high heels.-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-04
BIBLE PRINTED IN 1917.
Another that Antedates the One in
Wardsboro Center.

Editor of The Reformer:
In answer to your correspondent of
Wardsboro Center inquiring if any one
has Bible printed earlier than 1928,
wisll to state that have a Bible ill
lustrated) which was the property OF
my great grandfather, Ezra Butterfeld
On the title page is printed: Johf
Holbrook S Stereotype Copy, Brattle
boro, VT, 1877.
l.. A. BUTTERFIELD.
Brattleboro, June 3, 1913.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-04
THE BRATTIEBoRo DAILY REFoRMER, TUESDAY. 1918

The peoples of Austria will be II per cent
poorer in numbers next year than if the
war had not taken place. They will be
8 per cent lower in numbers than they
were in 1914.
Hungary will be still worse off It will
have a population Q per cent lower than
before the war, and l3 per cent lower
than it would have been if there had been
no war As the war continues so will
these losses increase.
Meanwhile, despite the losses suffered
in the war zone. BY the middle of 1918
this population will be only 3 per cent
lower than it would have been without
war. Great Britain in 1919 viii have a
larger population than in 1914
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-04
Dear Sister:

Dear Sister:
Before doing another thing I must
write you just line. Remember that
if it is poorly written it is because
am in a hurry. Every day has been
most interesting. Surely we have been
most fortunate thus far. This ism t to
be complete letter, but one to supple
ment the one | wrote mother yesterday.
Today ! took a walk through the
beautiful fields of France, and picked
a few flowers from the many to send
to you. ] hope that they will not be
broken up too much-probably they
will
Wonderful here. And guess the
| censor will allow me to say that Napo-
| leon trained his last army here And OF
/ all the interesting things we see here.
III tell You all about it sometime
/ Our landing was grand spectacle, the
barges going ashore with the regiment;
of men with a band for each one play
| ing such stirring pieces as The Star.
| and Stripes Forever, and then j TIL
French people filing the streets as we
march through, shouting all sorts O
things and mostly "Vive l'Amerique. ;
/ These people have suffered more thar
you know in the past years of war
| 1t is beautiful here. Enough to ca
and | feel bully.
/ We leave here by daylight in tn
morning. How fine to be on our way
know where we are going but can
i say. | will write on arrival There
a thousand bed hospital here and | hav
had a glimpse of it. And this a. nj.
huge dirigible airship passed over u
and just now French air ship
/ | must close with best of love to a
at home Send my letters to Sara
j and l II write her soon. Lovingly,
WILL
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-04
Bring Your
Prescriptions
Here

II you want them filed with the purest
and freshest drugs, and with the great
est caro- and accuracy - filed precisely
ss your physician orders them flled,
to produce the exact effects he desires.
We are proud Of the record We have
made In our prescription department.
And yet we fill prescriptions at very
Reasonable prices, and I'LL them quickly,
too.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-04
Glass for Spectacies.

Pebble spectacle glasses are made
from pure { ystal quartz. Fine crys-
talline quartz Is found in every coun-
try. 1t is no better than good optical
glass in It's optical properties, but is
somewhat harder than glass, and when
well polished retains the luster long
er than glass. Ordinary spectacle
glasses are made of plate-glass. which
is Inferior to quartz In optical quality
and generally imperfectly polished.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-04

Lieut.. Max Gilfillan, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles ]. Gilfillan of St Johns
bury, is among the 3S American officers
and men cited by the divisional com
manders in France for decoration for
gallantry in action Lieut Gilfillan is
attached TO the Goth company, fifth
regiment, first battalion, second divi-
sion of the United States marine corps
He is we'll remembered as the pitcher
of the st. Johnsbury academy ball
team.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-04
DR.. M. B. FRANKLIN DEAD.
Keene Eye Specialist Had Offices il
Two Vermont Towns.

KEENE, n H.. June 4-Dr NJ B.
Franklin a well-known eve specialist,
died last night in his home in West
Keene, aged "a.
DR. Franklin had offices in Winchen
don, Mass, Bellows Falls and Spring
field, Vt, also in Claremont and Keene
He was a Mason and Odd Fellow. Be
sides q wife and enc son, he leaves tive
sisters and brother
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-06

Sky was a lovely land There were
Flowers and Trees and Grass, and
the air was sof- and warm.
There were three great cages there,
and in the cages were three beautiful
Birds. These Birds were named
Indian Chief opened the cages and
whispered, Fly down to the Land of
the Red children The Birds flew
out but they made SO much noise that
it woke the people. THE Birds. the
Birds" they cried, and tried to- catch
them. But too late.
Autumn had already reached the
Indian Land. Spring was nearly
thru the door the Wolf had made.
Only one feather of Spring remained
in the hands of the people.
Then Summer started to fly away
thru the open door. When she moved
her wings the trees bent to and fro.
The people of the -Beyond-the-
Sky called cut. DO not let Summer
escape, she must not escape" They
seized her by her feathers; she was
half way thru the door. The people
held on with all their might The bird
pulled and the people pulled, and at
last the body of Summer parted. One
half went down to the home of the
Indians. The other half the people
put back in the cage. who has done
this daring thing?" the people said.
After searching for a long time they
found the chief. But the chief ran
away as fast as he could go. The peo-
pie followed him. Out thru the door
he went. and down thru the skies.
The people were very angry and shot
arrows after him. One arrow pierced
him thru and pinned him to the sky.
And there he is to this day. But the
Indians had now spring, summer and
autumn. The summer is far too short.
and when it goes the Indians say it is
because half the summer bird is still
in the Land Beyond-the-Sky.
The Indians look up to the sky and
say. Our brave chief is up there
somewhere. He was a brave chief
for he climbed the heavens and sent
down warmth to his people,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-06
EnviabIe Record Established by
College Men at Pike.
PLAY GOOD FOOTBALL THERE
Team Piled Up 1872 Points
Against Opponents 0.
Social Life Full of Fun and
Clean Amusement.

The S47 (washburn) Ambulance
company at Camp Pike, Arkansas is
making itll mark, and is making 1t
wide and well, according to word re-
ceived here. The company, mobilized
in September at Topeka and recruited
mostly from washburn college stu
dents, and went to the Arkansas
training camp the same month.
A recent issue of the Trench and
Cannn published for Camp Pike in
reviewing the activities of the com
paiy says;
In an athletic way the company
las established an enviable record.
Five games of football were played
last fail and the score showed total
of 1852 points for the company against
nothing for the opponents"
The social life of the men at camp,
according to letters written home, Is
full OF fun and clean amusement.
Every Tuesday night is company
night" and every man in the COM
many must be present at the "doings.
Sometimes debates are held, some
times speakers address the men on
some phase of the war and some
times singers and other entertainers
come fror. Little Rock to put on the
program A recent debate pitted the
value of Taylor-made cigarets against
handmade ones. ''Hand-mades" won
on the grounds that one paper would
clean one engagement ring twice or
tive rings once. Needless to say the
JUICES were women.
On company nights old songs OF
W-ashburn are sung. The victrola
presented to the company by Wash
burn friends is turned on" and a
piano makes the equipment for the
evenings fun complete.
Nearly every man in the company
carries and reads a pocket Testament
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-06
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS
The busy have no time for tears.-Byron.

The busy have time for tears-Byron =.
When any calamity suffered the first thing to be
membered u.s. how much has escaped.-Dr Johnson
God bids thee then
Gods leisure brings the cordial gives the faint
Margaret E. Sangster.
wish to be miserable must think about yourself
what want what like what people ought
pay you, what people think of you.-Kingsley.
them that are mighty drink and men
strength mngie strong drink that justify the wicked for
reward and take the righteousness the righteous from
hm.-Is 5:22, %.
l know not where His islands lift
Their fronded palms in air;
I only know cannot drift
Beyond His love and care. Whittier.
God does not send strange flowers every year,
When the spring winds blow Ger the pleasant places
The dear things lift up the fair faces;
The violet is here. r Mrs. A D. T. Whitney.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-06
HOW WE GOT OUR SUMMER.

1t is said that once, long ago, we had
no summer. The Indian children had
no grain or vegetables to eat, just the
flesh of animals. This disturbed the
animals very much so they held
council to see what could be done.
The Indians always seek to do US
harm" they said, they hunt us, and
chase US, and trap u.s. We have no
peace in the forests anymore"
So it was agreed that they would go
to the Indians and complain. If that
did not change things, they would
threaten to make war against them.
When the animals talked to them
all the answer they got was, I'VE have
to kill you so that we can have food. "
The bear spoke up and said: II don't
think that is a reason at all. Can't
you eat other food? Why should you
eat us?"
We could live on fruit and corn and
nuts, but these things can't grow when
we have no summer. Bring back the
sun, bring down the warmth from
the Land-B eyond-the-Sky. Then you
need never fear US, we will hunt you
no more"
''The only thing we can do is to try"
said the big buffalo.
Then the Buffalo. tried to Jump up
to the sky. But he made very poor
work of it, for he was big and clumsy
dnC cOulu HOl jump very liiSA.
Then the Bird tried, and the Lynx.
while they did much better than the
Buffalo they did not succeed.
The Wolf said: Let me try" and
he struck the Sky SO hard that he
made a big hole in it.
Now" said an IAdian Chief, "I
will climb up the Sky and bring down
Summer to our Land again"
So one night he crept up the Sky
and crept into the door the Wolf had
made. 1t was night and the people
of the d-Beyond-the-Sky were fast
asleep and did not hear him for a
long time. This Land-beyond-the-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-06

approval of their sn?-
5. What did they ask Samuel to do
for them and why? 7:s Sc.
6. Who was the victor over the
the credit?
T. What excuses did Saul give for
his presumptuous sin Of offering the
sacrifices?
s. What was the punishment for
Sauls disobedience
DIVISION ".
XIV. Jonathan's Victory. Verse 6.
XIV. Saul Rejected. Verse %.
l. Who won a great victory over
the Philistines? How?
3 What did the panic of the Philis-
tines do for Israel?
- 3. What hindered a full advantage
of the victory?
q. By whom and how was the vow
violated?
5. What testimony that Saul honor
ed God?
6. How was the life of Jonathan
saved? =
II. How do we know the Philistines
were not exterminated?
s. What was SamueFs commission
to Saul?
9. How did he carry it out?
10. How did he excuse his dis
obedience
IL. How did his failure to obey af-
feet Samuel and what did he say?
1.
IL. What prophecy was based on
the rending of Samueps mantle?
-13. What shows Saufs superficial
humility?
IA. In this interview in chapter IS,
wha- character is shown for
1. Samuel?
2. Saul?
NOTE.-God let the nation have a
king: 1. Because they would not APP
prec:ate their privileges. 2. Because
they were too worldly for an ideal
government. 8. Because God will
force no one to his yoke. 4. Because
when one way fails God tries another.
5. Because God would use this as an
object lesson in worldly ambitions
See Deut. 17:14-20 for the laws linn
iting the king.
Tie character of Samuel is express
ed in the following words: Energetic,
Zeaous, Devoted, Moderate, Calm, Inn
partial. He is sublime figure of
Faith, Patience, Integrity and Self
Sacrifice.
The object for his schools was
probably: 1. To restore the ancient
faith. 2. Practice music and singing.
8. To study the law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-06

Mein dear son Heine:
Owning an automobile und hating
a son in skollege iss apoudt der same
Idt takes lots off money to keep either
going. However. heremit ISIS der
check
Ven, Heine. last Sunday vos Easter
und all der girls vos ouidt nit der
new dresses und things, not so mooch
as oosual on account off der Var, but
plenty enough, though, had bought
new clothes to make der parade on
Kansas Avenue interesting. Mamma
vos off course very mooch interested
in der new hats. L didn't get mooch
in der hats meinselluf, but shouldt
think some off der girls would catch
cold nit sooch short dresses und thin
silk stockings. Und Heine, vent to
church twice,-vunce in der morning
und vunce puy der afternoon. Now
there ISIS no use talking, der infiu-
ence off der church ISIS felt efen puy
der most hardened criminals. Take
meinselluf for instagnance. I vent
twice, und idt made me feel so goot
dot Sunday night, insteadt off visit
ing NIT der poys adj der drug store
und telling der Alleys how to win
der Var 1 stayed home all efening
und played Pinochle NIT Mamma
Now you see vot religion did for me.
Maybe yet if hadt nodt stayed home
init Mamma a automobile might haf
run Offer me, or maybe yedt a street
car might half bit me, or someding
Say Heine. 1 haff been thinking
apoudt dot garden vot 1 built, und
der more 1 think apoudt idt der less
see how 1 am safing money for der
Goferrmendt- Now, so far haff
planted two packages off radishes,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-06

und vun pickage off onions. Now
dot will make apoudt sixty-five worth
off radishes und fifty cents worth, off
onions But on der. oder hand, L haff
bought vun hoe, vun rake, vun spad-
ing fork. vun shofel. all off vich cost
fife dollars und thirty cents, und also
haff 1 paid der plumber nine dollars
und a quarter to put in a connection
for der garden hose. Now vot 1 can't
figure ouidt ISIS we're ISIS idt dot l safe
money. Howefer. I shouldt worry
Der Gofernmendt says build gardens
und 50 idt ISIS did, und dog-gone der
expense iff idt safes money.
Heine. haff you yedt figured ouidt
der new daylight safing proposition !?
Puy golly, am still all ge-mixed oop.
For instagance, hired a colored fell
Ter to ys-sh der windows, und fix der
grass puy der yard nit a rake, und
antsoforth. und paid him puy der
day Now, he oxplanatzoned dot he
commenced work puy der new time
schedule. und quit puy der old time.
und l am suspicious dot he iss play
claims dot puy SO doing der vun
equalizes der oder. und beginning puy
yum time offsets der oder, und eyeus
oop der proposition. Now MAYBE So
but fct got me all excited und I don't
know vot ISIS. Heine, for years haff I
wound rein watch und der clock, und
always before could I tell vot time
know nothing. 1t iss all right
though, Heine, iff twisting der clocks
around will lick der Charmans den I
am for idt, efen iff sometimes idt does
make me think dot 1 am crazy.
Hoping you are der same.
LOUIE SCHNITZ.