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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-12
SHOT AT SLACKERS

Col G. l.. Conner of Eufaula took a parting shot at slackers with partic- ular reference to bankers who had failed to meet the nations expecta- tions in it's hour of need. He said he was surprised on Friday to hear the state superintendent of banks say that 7S banks in Alabama had not awakened to the fact that the country was at war In vigorous language he con- demned any banker who refuses to loan his money to the government when it needs it. He said the Red Cross comes as an angel of mercy, and if the bankers don't come across when they come then they should double
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-12

sign to the duty of construction what was destined to be the biggest dam of its kind in the world, the most finished ex- pert in the service of the government. He finally selected the man who 1ad built the keokuk dam with such eminent success and credit to himself He was not deterred by the fact that Major Cooper was in France. He immediately ordered the engineer to the United States Or arrival in Washington Major Cooper expressed delight in that he had been given such magnificent assign ment In interviews he displayed great on completion would be the eighth won der of the world. He reported to Sheffield, stayed a week or more, and is now Tn New York preparing again to cross the ocean. This transpred without the knowledge of the Secretary. although he might have been consulted in such man ner that the consultation escaped his memory.
 WANT MAJOR BURGESS
 As late as yesterday morning he asked Alabama representatives if they were at that time aware of Cooper's where abouts. This morning. certain that Cooper was lost to the work, Represen tative Dent. chairman of the house com mittee on military affairs. asked the Sec retary to assign Major Burgess to the Muscle Shoals enterprise. It is under stood, however that the Secretary Is unwilling to order from France an engi- neer of the regular army who is actively engaged in fighting Germany
 What the next development will be. no one ventures guess.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-12

speculative profits. He said there was profiteering in other lines but that he believed it had been eliminated in food products.
 He urged the mobilization and the utilization of the nations full labor strength, for labor gives to the gov ernment a commodity without which it cannot win the war Two million men are under arms, he said. and for each man bearing arms, there are three in other branches of the government service, thus removing from the farms and the factories practically one third of the labor of the country.
 FOUR-MINUTE MEN
 Judge Hugh Locke. at the request of Chairman T. J. Crittenden of the Ala bama four-minute men, spoke briefly of the work of that organization. He said that over 200 men spoke to thou sands of men and women at the movie theatres during the recent Liberty Bond campaign. and that 30,000 men in the United States daily carried the messag ge of the government to the peo- pie of the country. He said the or ganization now plans to take the mes sage into the shops and the factories and to the farms; in fact into every community of the rural districts as well as the cities and towns.
 J. Kirkman Jackson invited the as- sociation to come back to Birmingham for next years convention, stating that the sessions just closing had hcen so pleasant and Birmi gham had en- joyed the presence of the visitors so much that she wanted them to make this their permanent meeting place.
 Mir. Baldwin of Montgomery on be- half of the Montgomery Clearing House association. invited the associa- tion to meet in that city next year, and on his motion the invitation was accepted.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-22
STATE NEWS NOTES.
Busy at Barre Tannery.

The Bethel Chrome Tanning company
are making extensive changes to GET
room for the additional business they
expect to do. An addition 81 by u
feet is being built ON the southerlv side
of the Office building A gang of ce-
ment layers, carpenters and workmen
are putting into shape the old shoe shor
premises. The boiler house has been
taken down. A new cement floor is being
laid in the basement of the shoe shor
building and spur track will be run
to the door of the building. The base
ment will be used for the storage OF
hides.
The company has in sight 10000
hides, enough to employ the present
capacity of the tannery for year. OF
these about 10000 will be stored in the
old tannery buildings and 10000 in the
basement of the shoe shop. The uppe,
rooms of the shoe shop will be used
for the storage of supplies and materials
The value of these hides runs up into
money faster than one can imagine
The cost of the hides delivered in Bethe
varies from so to $25 per hide, so that
the value of these hides Unframed vii
be between one and two million dollars
The company is now employing over
100 hands.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-22

There viii be general feeling of re-
greet among parents of children of high
school age if Principal Z. Burr Smith
is allowed to GO to another field after
13 years of efficient and conscientious
service here. The question of salary
ought not to be insurmountable, and if
there are any minor differences between
the principal and the school board a
way to adjustment ought not to be diff
icult. On all sides we hear pupils of
the school express the hope that Mr..
Smith will remain here He has their
confidence. One point to be considered
by the committee at their meeting to-
night is that the war demands have
reduced the ranks of trained teachers
and it is a far different problem in fill
ing vacancy now than it would have
been a few years ago.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-22
EVILS IN TRAIN OF WAR
english Men OF Prominence Look With
Disfavor on the Free MineIing
Of the Sexes.

English physicians and psycholo-
gists have noted the great danger TO
women's morals in DOMINIC masculine
clothing and giving themselves too
much license.
The woman war worker in male at
tire and the amateur war nurse are
deserving careful attention by the
medical profession" writes DR.. James
Burnett, NJ. A., NJ. D., NJ. R. c. P, In
the Medical Press.
II see two net results of the war in
thls connection-a greatly lowered
standard of morality and increased
vice diseases. War has certainly slack
ened our moral tone The free min
Cling of the sexes has not had alto
gether beneficial effect on the moral
ity of the country.
Skirts are worn shorter than ever
before. In fact, some women seem to
me to vie with each other as to who
can wear the fewest clothes. Cigarette
smoking and drinking have become
common. 1t is a usual sight to see
women smoking and drinking at tables
in public"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-22
Russian frosI! ~ "

The Russian Red Cross is an enor-
nous organization, more or less bu-
reaucratic in its administration, for
merly supported by the royal family,
and now receiving aid from the govern
ment: not like our Red Cross, support
ed by contributions, Of the whole peo-
pie. Its vast storehouses are stocked
with supplies far beyond anything we
have in America. They have utilized
their factories for the manufacture Of
cotton goods. and in one storehouse In
Petrograd we found 100000 900 meters
of gauze. They had 100000 suits Of
underwear for their soldiers. They
run their hospitals quite as well as the
sanitary department Of the army. In
the winter palace were 500 beds Of a
Red Cross hospital. its lofty ceilings
and big rooms splendidly ventilated
and splendidly administered. One could
not help but think that this was the
best use to which the winter palace
ever had been PUBLICATIONS. Maya.
zine.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-22
DADDSEV[NIN(
.KRY TALL H3
~ MARY RAHA0 BONNER
THE ANTS.

It's too bad" said Lord Black Ant
one day.
Maybe it is" said Lady Black Ant,
but as | don't know what you are
talking about or thinking about I am
poor one to give my opinion"
Then I will tell you, but / didn't
want to make you unhappy"
"Oh dear, oh dear" said Lady Black
Ant. "How sadl Have you been I'M
happy and haven't told me. My dear
child. Prince Black Ant, fetch your
mother her pocket handkerchief which
is hanging on the third stick in my
cupboard"
Prince Black Ant hurried with the
handkerchief.
My dear, my dear" said Lord Black
Ant. Il didn't mean to make you sad.
That was why didn't tell you before.
You mustn't feel Ike this. You truly
mustn't. It's too much, too much"
Il can't help it. / can't help it. The
tears will come. It's sad, so very, very
sad
poor Lady Black Ant" said Lord
Black Ant.
Poor dear Mother" said Prince
Black Ant, and Princess Black Ant
who had just come hurrying from her
hole. or room, said, Poor dear Mother,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-22
SATURDAY. JUNE %, 1918.
SIGN OF WANING STRENGTH

The German offensive at Rheims was
stopped dead by the French defenders
Inc attack was in force, more than
three divisions being thrown against
the French lines. The Germans did not
gain yard. Orders had been issued bv
the German command to capture the
French positions at whatever cost. The
utter failure of the attack is taken nv
the allies as "a. indication that the Ger
mans have passed over the peak of their
effort and are now going down hill.
The spirits of the allies are elated.
They feel that their heroic resistance TO
the massed onslaughts of the German
armies is producing the effect intended
by Gen. Foeh in planning his defensive.
Military experts arc reading this fail
urc as sign of waning German
strength and power. They are not SO
optimistic about il as to believe that
the German high command will be com.
PEELED to discontinue its desperate at
tampts to break through the allied lines,
either in drive at the channel ports,
or at the French army to open the road
to Paris But at no time since March 81
has there been a more confident feeling
that the plans of the German high com
mand to gain decisive victory this
summer will not succeed
The allied generals and soldiers after
three months of constant fighting, when
there has been hardly a day without its
special anxieties and apprehensons, are
entitled to the full enjoyment of their
feelings of encouragement The reserves
of Gen. Foch are increasing every day.
American troops are arriving in num-
bcrs more than enough to replace the
losses. The German reserves are being
used up and there is no supply which
'can be drawn from to fill up the gaps
Hungary can spare no more
troops. If Germany is to retain what
she has gained in Russia, she will have
use for all the troops now there The
German people are even now being told
to prepare themselves for another winter
Of war. The militarists are hedging on
their promise of victory The kaiser
has put up his last stake for victory
and the gamble is going against him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-22
Traffic on Ice at Nyack.

So thick has the ice become on the
Hudson that 1t is being used as q
boulevard between Tarrytown and Nv
ack, a distance Of three and a half
miles. the New York Sun states. Judge
Arthur S. Tompkins travels from his
home in Nyack to the courthouse in
White Plains daily in his automobile
and crosses the river morning and
night. Many New Workers who live
at Tuxedo go up to Tarrytown in their
cars and cross at Tarrytown.
Owing to the freight congestion on
the west side Of the river Nyack is
being supplied by motortrucks, which
run from New York and cross the
river. One day recently a big chain
store in Nyack ran short Of goods and
an automobile load was sent over from
the store in Tarrytown. Trucks as
heavy as FIVE tons have crossed the
ice in safety.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-22
COULD NOT FORGET ALICE
Man Before War Exemption Board at
Least Proved He Was Loyal
to His Lady Love.

he was plump little man and ne
was smoking a very large cigar and
with his unoccupied hand he caressed
faint blonde mustache at odd mo-
ments. He seemed to be thinking of
other things than the matter in hand.
he explained he was working in a
factory that made ammunition and
was. therefore, more important at
home than abroad. The exemption
board seemed to take that view of it
and was about to say SO, when one
member looked up and saw the appTi-
cant gazing out the window with a
look Of awed delight that was wonder.
ful to behold. The board member fol
lowed his gaze, but saw nothing more
interesting than fat sparrow swing
Ing on telephone wire. He looked
back. The applicant was fast going
Into an ecstatic trance.
What is the name Of your imme.
date SUPERIOR" asked the board mem
Der softly.
Alice" said the applicant softly
And five minutes later when. a brick
red as to face, he stood. in the hall
awaiting the elevator and chance
acquaintance dared the inquiry "Whc
is Alice?' he grinned eve are going
TO be married next week Wasn't that
II of thing to say in there
oh, boy"
And. still blushing, but also still
smiling, he departed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-22
Too Weak
To Fight

The Comeback" man was really
never down-and- out. His weakened
condition because of overwork. lack of
exercise, improper eating and living de-
mands stimulation to satisfy the cry for
ing sleep essential to strength. GOLD
MEDAL Harlem Oil Capsules. the Ma
tional Remedy of Holland, will do the
work. They are wonderful Three az
these capsules each day will put a man
on his feet before he knows it: whether
his trouble comes from uric acid poison
iIS the Kidneys, gravel or stone in fine,
bladder, stomach 'derangenent or Other
ailments that befall the over-zeaIous
American. Don't wait until you are en-
tirely -and-out, but take them to-
your money If they do not help you. Ac-
cept no substitutes. Look for the name
arol.D MEDAL on every box, three sizes
I Ihes are the pure. original. imported
HARLEM Oil Capsules.-Adv
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-22
Eleven Liquor Sellers Sentenced.

In the county court at ST. Johnsbury
Friday Judge Slack disposed of the
cases of / ] Hardwick Italians who were
charged with selling liquor illegally
Three received sentences to the house of
correction for not less than four nor
more than II months, two were fined
5000 and costs and placed on probation,
six were fined $500 and placed on pro-
baton. Ono case was continued, one
sentence is still pending, and in the
case against Josephine Gheller the jury
disagreed, after being out nearly two
days. Only one stood trial and was
convicted, all the others pleading
guilty.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-22
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

II Is the aim OF the management 10
secure efficient service In the delivery OF
The paper each night, and 1t solicits the
corporation OF subscribers to that end
Prompt reports should be given of each
failure 70 receive the paper on the morn
ing iolowlng the omission, in person
by telephone or postal card thus epahIino
the cause of the error to be promntIy
and accurately discovered and the proper
remedy Immediately applied It Is only
by this method that the publisher car
secure the desired service
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-22
IF it would make me unhappy, i
would be bound to be sad"

IF it would make me unhappy, il
would be bound to be sad"
'sNot at ALL" said Prince Gray Ant
'Yes mother. it may be as you
thought said Prince Black Ant. "We
must wait and see"
Il was going to say" commenced
Lord Black Ant.
Eyes, yes. hurry. hurry, what were
you going to say?" asked Lady Black
Ant.
"Give him a chance. mother" said
Princess Black Ant. Daddy will tell
us soon''
Il was going to say that it was a
very great pity that we couldn't open
our new summer boarding house this
week"
And what else?" asked Lady Black
Ant
THAT was ALL" said Lord Black Ant
II thought it was too bad"
"Why can't we?" asked Lady Black
Ant, who hadn't used her handkerchief
in some moments
Because the hill was Knocked down
where the boarding house stood and
all the workers had to hurry away to
save themselves. l was afraid il
would make you UNHAPPY. to TO-. hear ,eean
about it,
"Oh no." said Lady Black Ant
Everything can't go right in business
all the time. Wen just start right to
work tn huiId another,
'And again. Lord Black Ant, dom,
make mountain out of an ant hill
It's better to tell things than to pre-
tend You have sad and terrible secrets
TO hide !"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-22
Should Fight or Work.
Barre Times. J

1t would have been good thing if
the Brattleboro police authorities had
notified the other large places in this
state about the clairvoyant professor
who had just been driven out of Brat
tlchoro after just failing to connect
with a + 400 bank fund which Brat
tieboro woman was going to LET him
practice with. Most likely this "pro-
fessor will try some other places in
Vermont or in neighboring states, and
the public ought to be warned against
persons of his class. Indeed, it looks
as though the Fight or work. prin-
ciple would work out well in his ease
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-22

Inc Reformer IL ON sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
Sratt'eboro, Brattleboro News Co. C.
w: cleveland. 8. l. Purinton (Estey
viile), Brooks House Pharmacy Aliens
Depot Newsstand. Mrs. d. F.. Doyle.
South Main Street
West Brattleboro, ]. l.. Stockwell.
sast pummerston, M. r. Brown.
putney. M. G.. Williams
NeMane. N. NJ Batchelder.
Iownshend, c. W. Cutler
West ToWnshend, C. II. Grout.
Jamaica, r. J Daggett.
South Londonderry. r TT TvIar
South Vernon, e. p BufYun,
NorthneId, Mass, Thompson Bros.
Streeter. w
Hlnsdale. ". H., W. Fl. Lyman.
Bellows = ails, Depot Restaurant
WINDSOR VT. Windsor Restaurant
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-22


you mustn't weep. You really mustn't,
NO matter how sad it is you mustn't
weep"
They were all weeping now
Pretty soon along came Prince and
Princess Gray Ant
What in the world, or in the Ant
Hill, is all the trouble?" they asked.
Its so very sad," said Lady Black
Ant.
what is it that is so sad?" asked
Prince Gray Ant. And then Lady Ant
stopped weeping quite suddenly.
I'm sure l don't know" she said.
You're weeping, and you don't know
what about?" asked Princess Gray Ant
in surprise.
Does any one know what it's
about?" asked Prince Gray Ant.
Lord Black Ant must know said
Lady Black Ant. because he told me
It was sad so that / wept.'
You wept because he said some.
thing was sad, and you didn't even stop
20 hear what it was :" exclaimed Prince
Gray Ant
Il never heard of anything SO alb.
'urd, said Princess Gray Ant.
Il stopped to hear it." said Lady
Black Ant, 'but he didn't tell me
Maybe it was too sad.' And at the
thought that it might be too sad te
nave heard she commenced to weer
again.
you don't know at all now sad it is
so don't weep. but wait in patience IN
I'll he tells you," suggested Prince
Gray Ant.
What We're you going to tell he,
that was sad?" asked Princess Gray
Ant.
4 was going to tell her of some
thing that Said might make her unhap
py-I didn't say it was sad though,
said Lord Black Ant.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-22
Hiul, Morale

Henry Van Dyke, the former minis.
ter to the Netherlands. said at the
New York Authors club the other day
1.-THE morale of all the allied sol.
! diers is always excellent. They Joke
about their, wounds.
Il met a wounded young American
aviator from the Escadrille Lafay.
cite at a tea. He sat in a bath chair
with his legs propped straight out, and
his two clutches at his side.
How is the leg coming ony. ]
said.
"'Well. anyhow he laughed. 4,
isn't coming off,"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-22
Poem by Skinny Martin
BE CHEERFUI,
Draft Age Will Be Raised.
Randolph Herald.

The day is not far distant when the
draft age will be extended in order to
provide the necessary number of fight
ing men without undue hardship upon
the classes now within that age. There
- no. special obligation upon those be-
tween Il and ii to fight this war while
those below or above escape not only
military but limited service. Naturally
and properly, these were the first to
be called, but unless the unexpected hap
pens practically every ablebodied man
under fortv-five, if not fifty, will have
to answer the summons before it is over.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-22
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run OF paper,
so cents an inch for first insertion, 25
cents an inch for each subsequent inser-
| ton. Limited space on first page at
double rates.
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements-FIve cents a
line first insertion with so per cent dis
count for each subsequent insertion
without change OF copy.
Reading Notices-Ten cents per line.
first insertion with so per cent discount
FOR each subsequent insertion without
change OF copy
Position 10 per cent extra.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-22

I. The cash settlement in the breach of
promise suit at Middlebury, brought by
Della Tucker, aged IL, against William
Z. Hallock aged SO, was $500. The
sum sought in the suit was $4,000
The agreement fled with the county
clerk reveals terms that end long stand
ing differences between the Tucker and
Hallock families
Haflock agrees to relinguish all claim
for money. against the fuckers, also
all mortgages and valves all claims
for any goods or loans to any of the
fuckers. A car taken by Hallock on
attachment proceedings is to be re-
turned and all property attached by any
parties in the suits is to be freed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-22

People who use the mask of religion
to violate the laws of the country in
war time are not regarded as fitting
subjects for clemeney by Judge Harland
Howe of Vermont. His sentence of the
Pastor Russell bunch in New York
to 20 years each in the federal peniten-
tiary will be generally approved
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-22
Turkish Women

Turkish women never serve in Chris
tian houses unless as occasional char
women or washerwomen. Greek and
Armenian women, on the other hand,
are the mainstav of the Constantinople
h9usekeeper; even Turks often employ
them to keep their big houses.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-22

day. Adjutant General johnson has
notified local boards of the action to
be taken. The numbering and classifi-
cation will follow the return of the
questionnaires.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-22

Gov. Graham yesterday received mott
fcation from the war department that
beginning June 25 questionnaires will
be sent to the young men who registered
June 5. Four days will be occupied in
sending them out, one fourth going each
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-22

The w. R. Elliott Lumber company
whose offices will be in Burlington, has
filed articles of corporation in the sec.
rotary of state S office. 1t has capital
stock of $4,000, and the papers were
signed by +. w. Elliott and Thomas G
Gaul of Burlington and w. R. Elliott OF
Waterbury. Their mill is to be located
in North Duxbury
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-22
What He Lost

Mrs. EIatbush-So your husband has
enlisted for the war?
Mrs. Bensonhurst - Oh, yes. ]
thought it was his duty.
"Oh. well. he'll not lose anything
by it."
He won't? Why. say. he lost six
dollars the first night in camp. playing
noker .'-Yonkers Statesman.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-22
Member Of the Associated pres,

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entitled to the use for publication OF ali
news dispatches credited to 1t and not
otherwise credited in this paper and also
the local news published herein.