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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-13

and maintain Il steady. stream of trained
men to meet the needs,
The regulations for student army train
ing corps provide that men of Is or over,
who have grammar school education
NAV voluntarily be indicted into the
army and have a special course of train
ing along mechanical lines of military
value. And that such of them as prove
they are of officers material may be
transferred to unit sof one of the col
leges to be prepared to enter a Central
Officers Training camp.
Young men who have high school
education will be allowed to enter col
ieges for more advanced training as off
GERS, and those who. show promise may be,
Kept m college anti. qualified togo to.
sam officers training camp. Those Who do
Slot will be sem etp a non commits sfssfici
officers school, or to some school FOR
technical training.
What is to be done with the thousands
of boys of the IS years class, who have
the rudiments of education. is problem
the war department is still working ON.
There is a great mass of men of that
age scattered throughout the country.
working in factories, on farms. and in
counts but little in comparison with phy-
lsical strength and endurance Something
must be done to train these men, but lust
how it will be accomplished is problem
latical at this time, although there is a
| rumor that the duty of providing suit
able training will be under the local
| draft boards
The war department has not vet de-
1
cded Just how the military training of
great secondary schools will be conducted
when as often the case, there are many
boys in the Is years old class who are
not vet fitted to enter college and vet
are more advanced than those taken from
| high or grammar schools. A ruling will
soon be made, and it will probably affect
many of the most noted New England. m
stitutions, like Phillips Exeter and Phil
| lips Andoyer academies, Groton. st
| Marks, st. Paul's and many Of the higf
J grade scientific schools for which New
! England is4famous. Burt military train
ing of some sort is to be provided accord
ing to the present intention.
There can he no more voluntary en-
/ listments into military service of eithel
army or navy until the ban against sued
enlistments is lifted When that will b,
and how it will be brought about is en-
tirely matter of conjecture There ar
not enough facts to be learned about tn
plan on which to build even fiimsy pre-
diction One thing seems certain. AM
only one. Every man in the Unite,
States who is physically fit and not ex
empted on some preferential claim. vii
get military training if he is between tn
age Of Is and 49, He then will be as
signed to whatever branch of the servic
he seems best fitted for. whether it b
, call to the colors with oversee servic,
+ or u departmental task.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-13
COLLEGE FOOTBALL DOOMED.
Game to Be Suspended in Big Institu
tions During War.

WASHINGTON. Sept 13.-The pos
sibility of the complete suspension of
football in all important colleges and
universities in the country as a war
measure doomed up strongly last night
rs result of the war department. re-
quest that no gridiron schedule be ar
ranged by educational institutions hav-
ing student army corps. There arc 400
universities and colleges scattered
through the country with student corps
All of the big universities in the middle
west had already made plans for car
rying out the 1918 schedules and the
request for the abandonment of the
intercollegiate sport came as q dis
tinct surprise. Practice was to have
started in the Big Ten conference next
Monday and similar plans for the prac-
tiee season were under way in the Mis-
souri, valley conference. Extensive
schedules had been arranged by every
important institution, many Of the
games being scheduled with service
elevens.
Officials of tho University of Chicago
said the war department request I'M
doubtedly means that all spare time
of the students will be devoted to mil
i:ary instruction instead of athletic.
and that there would be no time fol
the development of football
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-13

vine telegraph Of Civil war days seems
to have found its counterpart in Bel
GUM, where through mysterious agen-
cies the people obtain news from the
battlefront even before it reaches Ger
man officials, who use the most severe
repressive measures to prevent the truth
being known
An official report received here shows
that the people of Brussels learn in three
days of important events on the French
front and from that point the news
spreads among the provincial towns with
marvellous speed. The allied victories
cause great joy through occupied Bel
giuni and the German troops there are
disconnected over the prospect OF another
winter campaign.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-13
HOW A YOUNG
GIRL SUFFERED
And Was Restored to Health By
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound-Toid By
Her Mother.

Brooklyn, N. VI cannot praise
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-13

pound enough for what
it has done for m y
daughter. {, h e W a S
Is years of. age, very
sickly and pale and she
had to stay home from
school most Of the time.
She suffered agonies
from back a che and
dizziness and was with
outappetite. For three
months she was under
the doctors care and
got no better, always
complaining about her
back and side aching so
| didn't Know what to
do. Tread in the papers
about your wonderful
medicine so | made up
my mind to tryit. She
boS faken five battles
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-13
NEWS IN MYSTERIOUS WAY.

Be.gians Keep Posted on Allied Victories
in Spite of German Opposition.
WASHINGTON, Sept. l3.-The grape
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-13
ARMY TRAINING IN
MEMS COLLEGES
Secondary Schools Also to
Come Under Rules of
II War Department
~ n s-Ea - " 3 e 4
COURSES NO LONGER
PURELY ACADEMIC

All Boys in the 1s-Year- Old Glass Will
Be Advised to Enter College, Where
They Will Become Part of Military
Establishment 81
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-13
VERMONT NEWS.

Within IS days William Steele of Bur-
ington has become a citizen of the Unit
ed States, taken the freeman's oath,
voted for the first time in his life, and
registered for military service under the
ls 10. As registration order This proba-
bly, is arecord for speedy citizenship. vot-
ing and enrolment in the military forces
of the nation
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-13
DEBs FOUND GUILTY
On Three Charges of Violating the
Espionage Act

CLEVELAND, Sept. 13-Eugene v.
Debs, charged with violating the espion-
age act, was found guilty by federal
jury Yesterday
Talking to newspaper men after the
verdict Debs said: "'It is all right.
have no complaint to make 1t will come
out all right in God s good time. =
Of the original 10 counts of the in
dictment but four remained when the
jury retired to consider the evidence
The verdict found him guilty of three,
not guilty of one. He was found guilty
of attempting to ineite INSTRUMENTATION,
disloyalty, etc, in the military and
navy forces, attempting to obstruct re-
scruiting and uttering language tending
to incite, provoke and encourage re-
sistance TO the United States and to
promote the cause of the enemy The
count on which he was adiudged in
| nocent charged that he opposed the
cause of the United States
: When Col and Mrs Roosevelt went
voting in the recent primaries at Oyster
| Bay they took their colored maid along
With them She voted, too
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-13

George f. Stock who left Bellows Falls
with Co. +, First Vermont, has been pro-
NOTED from sergeant to second lieutenant
in the 57th pioneer regiment at Camp
Wadsworth He has been in service in
the national guard since 1911.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-13

Word has been received that George
Bennett was found dead in bed at Rock
Island where he had been living for a
few years He held the distinction of
having owned the first automobile in
Montpelier. He conducted barber shop
there for several years and later in Bel
lows Falls
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-13

of Lydia e. Pinllham's Vegetable Com
pound and doesn't complain any more
with her back and side aching. She has
recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound to all mothers and
daughters" Mrs. M. FINoRE, 5le
Marcy Ave, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For special advice in regard to such
ailments write to Lydia Z. Pinkhmn
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-05-17
PROFESSOR CANNON GIVES DATA
TO GOVERNMENT.

Henry s. Cannon, Nicholasville,
professor of German, University of
Kentucky, has sent a collection of
post cards procured during his stay
in Germany, to the War Department
in Washington. The cards show
birds-eye views of various cities, pub
lie buildings and railroad bridges in
Germany and are valuable informa-
ton for the War Department. Profess
Sor Cannon also had maps of German
river routes and roads which he in
tended to send to Washington, but
these have unaccountably disap-
peared.
Professor Cannon has received a
letter of acknowledgment from the
War Department, expressing appreci-
alton for the service and requesting
him to communicate with the depart
ment if he has any other such infor-
nation, especially if it concerns the
country west of line south from
Hamburg.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-05-17
MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE
WHO MAKES MISTAKES.

When the plumber makes mis-
take, he charges for it; when law
yer makes a mistake, it is just what
he wanted, because he has a chance
to try the case all over again; when
a carpenter makes a mistake, it is
just what he expected, because the
chances are ten to one that he didn't
learn his trade thoroughly, anyway;
when a doctor makes mistake he
"buries" it; when the dentist makes
a mistake, he can always repair the
damage; when a judge makes a mis-
take, it becomes the law of the land;
when a preacher makes a mistake,
nobody knows the difference; when
an electrician makes a mistake, he
blames it on induction, because not
one out of a hundred knows what
induction is, anyway
But when a newspaper man or a
printer makes a mistake GOOD
NIGHT! FAREWELL TO PEACE
AND HAPPINESS!
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-05-17
DO IT NOW.
Paris People Should Not Wait Until
It Is Too Late.

The appalling death-rate from kid
ney disease is due largely to the fact
that the little kidney troubles are
usually neglected until they become
serious. The slight symptoms often
give place to chronic disorders and
the sufferer may slip gradually into
some serious form of kidney COM
plant.
If you suffer from backache, head
aches, dizzy spells; if the kidney Sc
cretions are irregular of passage and
unnatural, do not delay. Help the
kidneys at once.
Doan's Kidney Pills are especially
for kidney disorders-they act where
other fail. Over one hundred thou
sand people have recommended them.
Here is a Paris case:
Mrs. Chas. McCord, S. Pleasant
street, says: Il have used Doan's
Kidney Pills at different times. get
ting them from Oberdorfer's Drug
Store and have found them a SPLEEN
did medicine. Whenever my kidneys
have acted irregularly or my back has
been weak and lame, l have found a
box or so of Doan's Kidney Pills
has been sufficient to cure me of the
attack"
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. McCord had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfrs, Buffalo, N. Y. (adv)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-05-17
-A H.
HOW TO TREAT PR0-GERMANS.

The time is coming when German
sympathizers will be run out of ev-
cry community where they are
known. If they are wise they will
either shut up their mouths or leave
for Germany Ga, Citizen.
Leave for Germany-not much!
That is the last place to which they
want to go. You might as we'll sug
gest that they leave for the lower re-
gions as to suggest their voluntary
return to Germany. We have no
ships to spare to forcibly ship them
back, and so the next best thing is
to Interior inter-every pro-Ger-
man, or make them work on the pub
lie highways for living. If they are
German spies. then the thing to do
is to shoot them without mercy or
trial. 1t is time for this country to
make real aggressive war upon our
enemies at home as well as upon our
enemies abroad.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-05-17
ANOTHER GOOD INVESTMENT.

We paid out some Red Cross
money a while back. We paid it out
and forgot it. That's how much it
hurt. Perhaps it would be good
idea to have look at what that
money has been doing.
That money went, dollar for dol
lar, where it did a full days work.
no matter for what it was appro-
priated.
Three cents of it may have had the
honor of disinfecting with iodine the
three torn wounds of an American
soldier on the French front. Or it
may have had the less noble respon-
sibility of pinning a warm flnannel
belly-band around six-year-old Anto-
inc out back of NoyOn.
There's the whole path of ruin
from Belgium to Switzerland just to
visualize one thing at a time. II
your Red Cross money went there, it
very likely provided pots and pans,
food and clothes, beds and blankets
for the repatriated people Three
years ago these people were prosper
GUS and contented, self-respecting,
steady, saving, working, every
day small-town citizens.
Now they have the earth under
them and the sky over them" not
one thing else, and it is for you to
say whether the American Red Cross
shall stop its mercy work among
these unfOrtunates.
The Red Cross is yours, just as
our army and navy are yours; yours
to support with the same fervor and
loyalty that led you to the bottom
of your purse for Liberty Bond sub
scriptions. It's your voice to say
whether your Red Cross, now ask
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-05-17
1000, 900 Men to Be Modified by
September, Army Officials Predict
Colonel Roosevelt May Yet Command Division to Help Sup
press the tiun-Great Activity in Military Circles
Since Return of Secretary Baker.

of the populace lack the proper
amount of this necessary organic sui
phate.
| Thus we behold a race of prema-
turely old, bald-headed, false-toothed
victims, with begoggled, lack-lustre
eyes and faltering step, instead of a
sturdy, strong-limbed people-as in
the iron-absorbing ages of Caesar and
Cedric, the Saxon.
If you are run down, anaemic, worn
out, lack bodily vigor, sleep poorly,
have no appetite or lack weight-go
to Brooks & Snapp, druggists, and get
a bottle of Acid Iron Mineral. Try it
a week or, two. Then, if it hasn't
made a new man of you return the
bottle and your money will be
promptly refunded. ...-
Acid Iron Mineral not only thins
the blood, but strengthens and invig-
crates it. For those who suffer from
the effects of thickened, heavy blood,
coagulated and polluted with the
waste matter. of the winters accumu-
lation, Aim stands without a peer,
for it not only thins the purifies the
blood, but carries the various impur-
tiles out of the system-naturally
and effectively. AS a general
spring tonic" and as a prompt re-
lief for that tired feeling" and run
down condition so prevalent at this
season, it remains the only natural,
fully assimilable and
digestible iron known to medical sci
ence.
On the market over thirty years,
and with thousands upon thousands
of testimonials from physicians, law
yers, clergymen, pharmacists and
laymen who testify to its merits,
AIM is the only remedy which is
sold with the distinct understanding
that it's purchase price will be re-
funded if it fails to benefit in every
possible degree. Reject all spurious
which profit seeking
druggists try to foist upon you, and
demand the original Acid Iron Min
eral. For sale by Brooks & Snapp,
(adv)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-05-17
HOW NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
OUTwIrTED B0cHE "KULTUR' Z

How an American alarm clock kept
the whole German line guessing and
caused the Germans useless expendi-
ture of large quantities of machine
gun and rifle ammunition all one
night was related by an American
soldier.
The Americans had been trying for
some time to draw the fire of certain
enemy units.
Leave Friz to me-" said a happy
faced young American, who, putting
an alarm clock under his arm, disap-
peared into No Mans Land under
cover of darkness and fastened the
clock to wire.
Soon the alarm rang, whereupon
the Germans opened fire. The wire
had been so arranged that the clock
continued to ring intermittently, and
each time drew a violent fire from
the enemy. Meanwhile the Americans
rested in their trenches and enjoyed
hearty laugh.
An American officer turned the
tables nicely on the enemy recently.
The Germans had retired during a
bombardment to concrete dugoutS
behind their trenches, leaving the
first three lines to one man, who
went around setting off flares, leav-
ing the first three lines to one man,
who went around setting off fires, so
as to create the impression that the
whole front was alive with Germans.
An American patrol leader went over
and discovered the ruse. He killed
the one German, invaded the trenches
and gathered dozens of street signs
which the Germans had posted, re-
turning to his own lines with the
signs tucked under his arm.
- - -
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-05-17

WASHINGTON, May Is. The
recent turn of events in France has
brought about a marked change in
military circles here, and, according
to many who are accessible to inside
information, there is little reason to
doubt that at least 100000 men
will be under training by September
LIST, instead of the 100000 men
originally planned upon. President
Wilson is known to be in favor Of
raising this huge force, and Secretary
Baker has made it plain that he will
not be satisfied until America has an
army sufficiently large to make the
defeat of the Hun an assured posi-
bility. 80, ...r ...- v--a-r"
Renewed activity on the part of
fomer President Roosevelt's friends
to land him a high commission have
caused considerable comment in Off
cial circles, and there are many in
high authority who predict that he
will soon be offered a berth on Cen
eral Pershing's field staff.
1t is hoped that smaller percent
age of reflections will occur, as many
of the red-tape rules governing the
acceptance of men have been abolish
ed. 1t is we'll known that many men
might qualify who are now anaemic
or underweight, by the use of prop
er body builder. Numerous cases
might be cited to show that men have
increased their weight as much as ten
or fifteen pounds within two weeks
by the use of an easy-digested, or
ganic iron.
Rundown, thin emaciated creatures
are no longer wa1ited-either in the
army or civil life. Men of strong
vitality and fully equipped physical
power and stamina are now required,
whether in battle or business life or
the more hazardous work of leading
men lover the top" in the Flanders
trenches.
The human system requires a GER
tain degree of iron to properly re-
plenish the blood and tissues of the
body, and the food of modern civili-
Zation is such that eighty per cent
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-05-17

Ever sit in your house and watch
a group of people in animated con-
versation on the street corner, while
you couldn't hear what they said?
Just like moving pictures.
"a "a s.
Love asks no question. And the
pitiful part of it is that a lot OF in
nocent children would be better OF
if love did.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-05-17

ing for one hundred million dollars,
shall falter or sweep onward, great
er and more helpful than ever be-
fore.
Your dollars must answer.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-05-17

Treat your wife as you did when
you were counting her and she will
worry herself to death wondering if
you are too good to be true.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-02-01
OFFERS TO SELL DRINK CURE
Kansas Man Claims to Have Found
Sure Cure After State Has
Gone Dry.

Topeka, Kan.-To discover a sure
cure for drunkenness n year after the
state passed the "bone dry" law is the
irony of fate. And yet that is what
happened to Cherryvale man. At
least he writes to the governor:
Il have secretly discovered sub
stance that successfully stops the
whisky or alcoholic crave. 1t is some
thing that is on sale In every town and
at most every store. When the victim
desires a drink cents worth of 1t will
stop the craving every time. / want
to help keep Kansas bone dry state
and am willing to take $4,000 for my
secret"
The governor says the secret comes
too high for him, so the Cherryvale
man will have to find another customer
somewhere.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-02-01
More Food From New Islands.

Our new possessions In the Allan
tic-the Virgin islands-will become
more nearly self-supporting If the aim
of the United States department Of
agriculture is realized. A representa-
tive of the federal department in
yestigated the agricultural situation in
these islands last season and made
suggestions intended to help the peo-
pie there to produce more food.
The only crops the investigator found
under extensive cultivation were sugar
cane and Sea Island cotton, the yields
of which are low compared with other
West Indian Islands. The representa-
tive found that there was an almost
complete absence of vegetables and
fruit on the markets, indicating very
limited supplies of locally grown food
materials. Stock growing Is followed
to some extent, but improved stock is
needed, better forage plants should be
introduced, and more attention is
needed to the proper handling of stock.
dairying and other farm enterprises.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-02-01

1t another pull, and 10, the door came
open. She placed her letter In the
box, and. with a self-satshed smile,
walked away.
Just then the fire boys came back In
full force. They wanted to know
where the fire was. Mrs. Crosby ex-
planned. The chief found the letter.
He told her the difference between the
boxes and she went home satisfied. Fire
Chief Alder had promised to mail her
letter.
One Of the firemen dropped the Ret
ter into the post Office box. Across
the end was written:
"This letter cost the city of Tulsa
$500 to mail. (Signed) Fire Chief d.
A. Alder"
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-02-01

OF soft maple a cord and half is re-
quired to equal one ton of coal, and of
cedar, poplar or Eastwood, two cords.
One cord of miYed wood, well sea-
soned. equals In heating value at least
one ton of averagegrade bltumlnous
coal.
The most common method OF making
cord wood is to cut the trees into four
foot lengths with an ak and split the
larger pieces. The pieces are then
piled In standard cord, which is
eight feet long, four feet high and four
feet wide. The contents are 12S cubic
feet, of which 10 per cent is wood and
30 per cent air.
Best Heating Value.
To have the best heating value as
well as to reduce the cost of hauling,
wood should he thoroughly seasoned,
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-02-01
MAILS LETTER IN
FIRE ALARM BOX
Ignorance of Woman Causes
Some Excitement in the Tul-
sa Fire Department.

Tulsa, Okla.-Mrs. s A. Crosby has
acquired the knowledge of the differ
ence between a fire alarm box and u
mail box-but Mt an expense of 5000
to the city of Tulsa.
She approached a fire alarm box
with letter in her hands and read the
directions for pulling the hook" She
did so, but the box did not open.
Determined to mail the letter, she
walked another block, searching for
"A mail box. Meantime the down town
fire departments turned out en- masse.
but could find no fire.
Failing IN her search, Mrs. Crosby
came back to the fire alarm box, gave