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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-02
ARMY VIEW OF PARCEL BAN.
Shipping Teo Scarce and Delivery in
France Too Big a Problem.

AMERICAN HEADQU ARTERS IN
FRANCE, Sept 10 Correspondence of
the Associated Press THE restriction
Of parcel post or express packages to the
soldiers in France from folks at home
has caused some complaint from both
the men over here and generous friends
and relatives in America This order,
issued in the early spring, provides that
no package may be sent to a soldier in
France except when specifically request
ed by the individual and approved by
his regimental or higher commander 1t
was promulgated after a careful study
of the shipping situation, as well as the
needs and requirements of the men, and,
notwithstanding some reaction from
home in the shape of complaints from
soldiers relatives and among the men
themselves. the army authorities feel it
is justified.
They point out that if each soldier in
an army Of million, and the American
expeditionary forces are far in excess of
that should receive one ve-pound pack
age a month it would involve the han
ding of $500 net tons a month, and re-
quire approximately 5000 ship tons for
transport overseas. This would mean
the exclusive use of two fair-sized ships
a month.
Translated into military needs, the
same amount of ship space would main
tain in France three full regiments of
infantry completely equipped and ready
for fighting. 0veaseas transport, how
ever, they explain, is less formidable
than the problem involved in handling
and distributing such packages after
they have arrived here. The men are
not located in a city of streets, but are
scattered all over France, in cities and
towns and villages, in environments and
in the trenches. and no soldier in war
has permanent address.
At present the authorities are devoting
every effort to the prompt transmission
of letter mail, and they feel that this is
more important to the happiness of the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-02
9560Y UsEFTY PONDS 5-
CHRISTMAS GIFT RULES.
Packages for Soldiers Abroad Must
Reach New York BY Nov. Is.

Christmas packages for men serving
on naval vessel. abroad must reach New
York not later than Nov Is, Secretary
Daniels has announced The regulations
provide that packages sent by parcel
post must be- enclosed in substantial
boxes. with hinge or screw top so a. to
facilitate opening and inspection
Boxes sent by express are limited to
~ pounds should be not more than two
cubic feet in volume, be of wood, well
strapped and have hinge or screw tops.
No rcri-hahlc food products other than
those in cans or glass jars should be
packed.
AL packages must be packed with the
name and address Of the sender. with a
notation, Christmas Box" and must
be forwarded in care of the supply of
iiccr. Fleet Supply Base, 29tl street and
Sd avenue, South Brooklyn, New York.
40 Instructions have been issued rel
stiye 60 Christina, packages for soldiers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-02
Sc But LIsER u BONDSEcSF-
NEGRO SOLDIERS
INTEREST THE FRENCH
Carelessness to Personal Danger al
Once Amazing and Annoying to
White Officers.

WITH THE AMERICAN TROOPS
IN FRANCE, Sept. 25 Correspond
ence of The Associated Press).-
American Negro soldiers in France are ]
a source of never-ending interest and
amusement to the French, who do not
tire of watching and listening as they
WELD picks and shovels, and chant as
they work in wierd minor kew.
They have shown a fearlessness
amounting almost to utter indifference
If their white officers are with them
"a careiessness where personal danger
is involved that is at once amazing and
sometimes annoying to the officers, and
a desire to fight that amounts to ma
MIA.
The American Negro soldier, in the
words of a colonel who commands a
regiment of them and has for years
known good deal about their char
acteristics, is very close to fatalist
when it comes to fear. Repeatedly his
own troops handy remarks among them
selves, the gist of which is about as
follows:
''Don t worry about that she'll, Ras-
tus. 1t ain got your number on it,
And the shell screams by, the Negroes
who believe it had not their number
stand idly around and expose them
selves as they should not. The colonel
frankly admits being afraid when big
shells are flying about, and seeks COW
er.
The first regiment which went into
action, long ago now, went in primari-
Y because it threatened to deeimate
itself in inactivity. Razors and knives
came more and more freely into play,
and the men demanded so frequently
and so insistently of their officers why
they might not get some action that
il was finally arranged for them. They
proved quite as strenuous fighters in
he line as they had behind it,
1t goes without saying that the Ne
gro soldier is as boastful as any in a
similar profession The marines had
| Just covered themselves with glory in
the Chateau Thierry fight when dele
| cation from a Negro regiment in line
in quiet sector waited on the com
| handing officer and asked if they too
| might not get in on the fun
| Let US go in, colonel they said
''We are the only real fighters. The
marines are all right of course, but
| just let us have whack at the Boche
| Then the marines won't be in it. And
as for the rest, Lord they don't count
at all.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-02
DEVELOPMENTS IN
ART OF WARFARE
Increasing Speed of Fire and More
Rapid Maneuver Are Chief Fea-
lures Noted.

BEHIND THE BRITISH LINES IN
FRANCE, Sept. "a Correspondence of
le Associated Press .-Increasing
ed of fire and even swifter assaults
md manoeuvers have been the princi-
pal developments of the art of war this
car \ year ago an attack was a
umbering ponderous thing, moving
dong heavily and deliberately behind a
rreat weight of artillery preparation.
Today speed is the thing. The rate of
advance in the British army has been
n"reased four-fold in the past year.
Behind the screen of swift-moving
tanks. armored motor cars and cavalry,
he assault divisions rush into the Ger
nan positions, occupying trenches,
t-amping out isolated nests of resist
NEE and collecting the masses of pris-
oners. The infantry necessarily move
more slowly than the mobile assault
Forces. but when one takes into account
he width of the usual thrust operation
nowadavs and its depth, the movement
Is wonderfully fast, and days opera
ions, if successful, mean the oeupation
# many square miles of territory.
In particular, speed has been applied
% the movement of artillery, which
is the vital thing in holding the posi-
lions won. Mechanical improvements
have been applied to gun tractors so
hat now guns can be brought up in
1uarter of the time that was necessary
few months ago. In the same way the
tank has become mobile gun battery,
able to fire as it advances.
Motor transport is the essential factor
~ concentrating infantry. Food, ammu
milton. water and all supplies are car
lied up in motor trucks.
AS fast as the line moves, the enei-.
noers are busy extending the light rail
ways, and as fast as the rails 40 laid
they begin to carry their burden of
supplies and ammunition. Mary ln-l"s
of track can now be laid by single
section Of engineers in day, and by
the evening after a successful attack,
the late field work of battle is eriss-
crossed with line after lire of steel rails,
all hard at work consolidating and pre-
pairing for further step forward.
As speed of attack develops on the
allied side, so the heller SHELTER charac-
ter of the German movement in the
opposite direction must increase. The
effect of sudden push back on the
German lines is like the impact of a
locomotive on q train of freight-cars,
the shock drives the farthest freight
car farthest back The effect of the al
the speed with which it is delivered.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-02
A CLEAR COMPLEXION
Rudy Cheeks-Sp Sparkling Eyes
Most Women Can Have
Says Dr.. Edwards. a Weil-Known
Ohio Physician

Dr.. F. M. Edwards for II years treated
scores of women for liver and bowel
ailments. During these years he gave to
his patients prescription made OF few
well.known vegetable ingredients mike |
with olive oil, naming them DR.. Edward,
Olive Tablets. You win know them by
their olive color.
These tablets are wonder.workers q the
liver and bowels, which cause a r-o-reI
action, carrying off the waste and poison
Gus matter in ones system.
If you have pale face. sallo.v COX, I'll
eyes, pimples, coated tongue, heat lches, a
listless, no-good feeling, all out Of sorts.
inactive bowels, you take one Of DR..
Edwards Olive Tablets nir,.tiy or time
and note the pleasing rests.
Thousands of women as well as men
take DR.. Edwards Olive fablets-the sue
cessful substitute for calomel--now and
then just to keep in tie pink of condition.
10c and Csc per box. All druggists.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-02

pound my husband wanted me to try it.
j took it for week and felt little bet
ter. | kept itup for three months, and
] feel fine and can eat anything now
without distress or nervousness. Mrs.
J. WoRTHLINE, 2S42 North Taylor St,
Philadelphia Pa.
The majority Of mothers nowadays
Overdo, there are so many demands
upon their time and strength; the result
IL invariably a weakened, rundown,
nervous condition with headaches, back
ache, irritability and depression = and
soon more serious ailments develop.
II ia ut such periods in life that Lydia +.
Pinkhams Vegetable Compound viii
restore a normal healthy condition, as
II did to Mrs. Wortkline.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-02
Lincoln's Letter to Mrs. Bixby, Who
Lost Five Sons in Civil War.

Dear Madam
II have been shown in the files of
the war department statement of
the adjutant general of Massachu-
sets that you are the mother of five
sons who have died gloriously on the
field of battle. | felt how weak and
fruitless must be any words of mine
which should attempt to beguile you
from the grief of a loss SO overwhelm-
ing. But / cannot refrain from ten
deTing to you the consolation that
may be found in the thanks of the.
Republic they died to save. ] pray
that our Heavenly Father may as
suage the anguish of your bereave-
mcnt and leave you only the cherished
memory of the loved and lost, and
the solemn pride that must be yours
to have paid so costly sacrifice upon
the altar of freedom.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-02

persons nominated before the order went
into effect need not withdraw their
names Henry Brislm of Rutland. who
was nominated for lieutenant governor,
probably is in the same position.
-@&1 BUY IIBFRTY BONDS ESs--
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-02
Measure Endorsed by Pl:esi-
dent Failed of Passage
by Two Votes
PAGE FAVORED 1T,
DILLINGHAM; OPPOSED
Resolution Now Goes Over Until After
November Elections When Ad yocates
Expect to Be Able to Music Votes
Enough to Pass It.

Expect to Be Able to Music Votes
Enough to Pass 1t.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2-The, senate
Yesterday refused to grant the request
OF the President that the wornan suf-
frage resolution be passed asi war
measure.
After five days Of bitter de- ;ate, cor
rider conferences and cloakro I'm nego-
tiations. the Susan b. Anthor.5 federal
amendment resolution enacte by the
house last January received on. the final
rollcal two votes less than thH necessa-
Try two-thirds majority.
Senator Page of Vermont voted for
the amendment while Senator Dilling-
ham voted against it,
Fifty-four senator's were 5corded for
it and 80 against it, with u absent
and paired Before the vote was an
nounced Senator Jones of New Mexico.
chairman of the Woman 81 .frage com
mittee, to comply with pc Elementary
requirements. changed his vote from the
affirmative TO the negative and moved
that the senate reconsider.
This made the final Official record
50 to 3 and left the resi- luton tech
nically pending on the sen te calendar
in position for further consideration aft
er the November elections. when sui
frage forces hope to muster the requi-
site number Of votes.
President Wilson's personal address
to the senator's Monday. supplemented
by letters to several Dens ocratic sena-
tors opposed to the resolU. ion. did not
change the result. Including the absent
and paired senators. the ri lcall showed
chat the senate lineup Of G2 to "a on the
resolution remained virtual V unchanged
from the beginning Of ID fight last
| Thursday.
Chairman Jones and othar champion.
of the resolution declared af ter today,
vote that the contest viii 'oe renewed
after the November elections.
Administration leaders admitted thai
the vote was the first reverse President
Wilson has met in advocacy OF what ht
has declared to be essential var meas
urpS
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-02
CONVENTION SET
AHEAD TWO WEEKS
Republicans Decide to Open Headquar-
tors as Soon rs Conditions in Mont
pelier Are Normal Again.

BURLINGTON, oct. ,. At a meeting
Of the Republican state committee yes
tcrdav it Wns voted % open headquarters
in AcE Jei.re Us soon as the influenza
epidemic win permit Mason $. Stone
is to be II charge with Harry A. Black
assist ing him.
+. w Clement, who was here today
stated that the campaign would not be
allowed 60 interfere with war work.
The Republican state convention was
adjourned for two weeks.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-02
e BUY LIBERTY BONDS -
The Farmers Wife,

The Farmers WIFE.
Sarah Fisher died
After Twin with Jim
For forty year.
She was a Plummer.
An come with him
From Maine
In 1870,
The pair of 'em
Havin' nothin'
But four strong arms
An iron wills,
Hers the most metal.
Lord how that
Woman worked
An druv. an
Scolded everythin,'
Includin' jim,
It'll at last they
Had the biggest
Farm an the
Most money of
] Anybody hereabouts
An nothin' else
Well, when
Dust to dust
Was over an we
All turned away,
It made me grieve
To see jim. old
An bent an gray.
Git into his buggy
+ Alone.
50 ] Joined him,
Thinkin' to console;
You have the memory,
! Jim ! said,
''0f good woman
/ She was a good
Provider and
She looked out
/ For your things"
{ Yes" he answered.
Slowly.
she was a good woman
She looked out for my things,
She was good provider-
But. somehow, never liked her"
Don C.. Sc.tz.
-axEBUY LIBERTY BONDS EA%
More people would dance if they coul
escape the demands of the fiddler.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-02
--ss BUY TERRY BONDS Dr.
Modern.

Film un:-She-I think that the
consultations arc very nicely named.
There IS Cassiopeia s Chair, Bernice IS
Hair, Great Bear and
He-Ah, but think of the names we
could have given them in these days
Mary Piclzford 8 Hair. Charlie Chap
lin s Cane, Fatty Arbuckle S Pants, and
SO on.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-02
TWO LETTERS.
The Kaiser's Letter to Frau Meter,
Who Has Lost Nine Sons.

His Majesty, the Kaiser, hears
that YOU have sacrificed nine sons
in defense of the Fatherland in the
present war; His Majesty is i'm
mcnsely gratifed at the fact, and in
recognition is pleased to send you his
photograph, with frame and AUTO
graph signature.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-02
Es65Y ITBERTY6oNos
WILL BE CANDIDATE.
H. c. Shurtleff Learns That Pc is Eli
gible Despite McAdoo Oder.

MONTPELIER, Oct Ill, c. Shurt-
LOTT Of Montpelier, who wa. nom mated
as the Democratic candidate for attor-
ney general of Vermont and who With
drew his nomination when the order
went forth chat railroad men must. not
engage in politics has notified the sec
rotary of state that he will stard AS a
candidate Us nominated because a new
Interpretation Of tie order states that
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-02

md permanent plant, where steel ves-
,els of 5000 and 9,400 tons are being
constructed. Six ways are served by a
sorce of $500 men, to be increased soon
to 5000, and the first launching will
be held in October When the plant is
completed late this fall ships ready
to sail will be erected at the rate of
eighteen year.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-02

ciShA AiAOob Va tilC
time. : went 10 a
doctor and he said
| had nervous indi-
gestion, which adj
ded to my weak
condition kept me
worrying most of
the time - and he
said if l could not
stop that, / could
not get well. |
heard somuchabout
Lydia +. Pinkham's
Nanptahla Conn
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-02
this WEAK,
NERVOUS MOTHER
Tells How Lydia E. Pinkharn's
Vegetable Compound
Restored Her Health.

Philadelphia, Pa was very weak,
always tired, my beck ached, and / felt
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-09
Frost Prospects Help Bulls in
Short Covering,
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

rHI0NG" H,y Corn displayed a
good d',l Gi strength today owing more
or loHs 10 prospects of unreasonable cold
Frost tonight vas predicted FOR Kansas
and S,'nal1 and there VAS much re-
sul'art covering by shorts Resides. as-
s"r'lOns we're current that receipts were
uko'y 90 d,mnah IN the near future.
Opening prices. which varied from un-
changed nEgr"s 10 7,c higher with May
il27i4 and July tlf6a 10 IliG1s. were
followed by moderate further gaius
offerings were hight and 900 the late
deallurr mo- important reaction took place
" WAS raid the expected low iempera-
tur's would r'iard planting aud 100 some
districts would mean a halt The close
was nervous ut tho Htwe ns 2i hour, be-
tore 20 li.c higher. with May 81 25i. and
July {liIA 20 81 iTIs
Gossip ot revival ~ export demand gave
the oats market an upward slant Com
iirmation Of such TAX. however was lack
ing After opening &c 10 lftc higher,
With July 67t.C ~ 6so. prices hardened
a ll,tle and then underwent som" reac-
ton
Provisions advanced with grain. Weak
ness lu hog values WIS iRnrrd.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-09
NEW YoRK.

NEW YORK May Q The cotton mar
Vet was quiet during today's early trad
Ing with prices showing Htoadincss on fur
thtr scattered covering or moderate
spot demand from other sources Better
cables than due, the continued absence
~ spot pressure and the reduction report
rd In the official marine war risks were
factors on the opening adyanc" OF to 4
points Houses with Liverpool and Wall
street connections we're among the buyers
while tho favorable weather map evident
lY failed 20 inspire any selling Of con-
sequence. July contracts sold up to 25 Soc
Uud October 20 20 ole. or about IA points
net higher Private cables attributed the
advance IN Liverpool 10 prospects for fur
thcr restrictions on imports.
Covering was stimulated 10 some eN-
tent today hy the forecast for lower tenn
porntures m the south west. while there
was also little trade buying Of Octo-
hcr. July sold UP from 25 Ijc and octo-
her 10 % Osc. or % to q points net higher
IN consequence, but trading continued
very quiet and the market was few
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-09
FAMOUS BAR IN
SAN JUAN SHUT
BY PROHIBITION
Ike'S Place Was Known to All
Americans in Porto Rico.

SAN JUAN, p with the in-
auguralion OF the prohibition law.
which passed recently many changes
will come over Porto Rico, and espe-
oaliy San Juan, but none will make a
deeper impression than the passing of
Ike" That Is the only name by
which the Colonial hotel has gone for
years. and us bar has been practically
the only one IN san Juan which was
American IN every respect II was es-
tabIishcd by Ike Gold,mith in 1893.
Immediately after the occupation. and
soon became the one resort where
americans always Congregated Sol
d'cr, and sailors of duty always could
be found there. and few visitors ever
came 90 San Juan who did not soon
drift around 10 Ike" II was great
meeting place for men who wanted Ia
see each other and Meet me at lke,S'
became a byWord
Even before the proh,brtory law had
been enacted. the business OF the bar
had begun 10 decline For the last
three or four years there has been less
and less drinking" said Ike. in talking
Of the impending change III used to
be that six. or eight or ten men would
gather around table and sit until at
least every man IN the group had
bought one round OF drinks. But the
demand for liquor has fallen off The
same group now would buy perhaps
only two or three rounds Then, for
long time We closed at midnight,
though in the carly days we used to
keep open all night because there was
always enough business to Justify ii.
The chief drinks here are brandy, rum,
and Scotch whisky There was latle
demand for rye or burbon"
In all his experience in running the
place, he said, he had never seen
Porto Rlcan take too much to drink.
1t was not habit with them, he said.
viii
Germany S calling boys OF II to the
coorS. and England has extended the
age limit for military service to IS
wears
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-09
TONE
RULES IN STOCKS
Rails and SteeIS Forfeit Slight
Advances

NEW YORK. May 9-Iregulnr price
changes prevailed At the opening ~ to.
DAYS stock market latest war bulletins
causing moderate reactions In leading
issues Reading forfeited the greater
puft Of point with lulUd states steel
but these declines were more than Offset
by tho further strength of Marine pre-
ferred New llnyeu. ~ Paul common and
preferred. Southern Railway. Bethlehem
steel American Sugar and Pullman
Ayauces In those stocks ranged from !
30 3iz points Liberty bonds were
aicpd,
United states Steel again asserted IFS
supremacy in the afternoon rising buoy
intly To- tho new current maximum of
81 05i, or points OVER its minimum ~
'h, morning Reading also maize up It's
loss and Coppcts and Marine preferred
lsd the general Hat 20 higher levels
Enormous accumulation Of United
states Steel at STEADY advances up 10 l0i
featured tho extremely active final hour
The closing WAS strong Liberty a'f
sold ut % SSc 10 9s PC. first o. at % $50
to JJ -, and second ~ At '5 .sfe 10 % sOc
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-09
ST Louls

ST LOUIS. May S--HOGS Receipts
$500. steady, lights NIsOpls 90. pigs
10 2a1lijU mixed ana butchers 81 Boa
n 80, good heavy il7joQl7 bulk
Fl7 7b5dl7 30. CATTLE Receipts 1900.
prospects steady, native beef steers 81 80
~ 60. yourlng steers and hslfcrs Ig5Uu
~ %. cows 81 500 ? so, Hiockers and
feeders iS5odl2 %. fair TO prime south
"rn beef steers so 0Oql5 90. beef cows
and heifers ~ 00ul350. southern year.
ling steers ana hoifers 81 5Ofi 1000, ma %
live calves Il7jUI55O SHEEP. Re
cripts 500 steady, lambs so l0H $40 20,
ewes il6 oOu Il 10 wethura SIC 50glI . o..
Gamers aud choppers ST. lOGgjO
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-09
80 to 500 for One

besides your interest in from 5000 to as high
as $4,000 or 10000 barrels of oil daily produc-
ton. You can't afford to stay out Get in while
you can. We will never sell another share of
this stock after this first well drilling allot-
ment has been sold, should this we'll be big
gusher. | will bet you we get bigger pro-
ducer than the ones already in, in this field
We can't miss real gusher the first tine, feel
sure. The oil is there, believe 1t will un-
dOubtedly mean fortune to you who buy this
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-09
Think Quick! Act Quick!
Buy Now!

Don't wait minute longer GeoIogists say
biggest pool of oil in Okmuglee County is be-
meath the structure under our lease We now
have the production on our lease and are going
after more. II YOU want to help get more buy
this stock now while it is being offered. This
drilling allotment will not last long and If you
want to be one of the lucky ones, get your
money to this office as fast as you possibly can
Drilling operation on this lease will undoubted-
ly open up these big possibilities for our stock
holders,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-09
Your Chance

to make fortune by investing in this drilling
allotment. This stock should all be sold with
in the next few days. Drilling operations On
this lease may soon return monstrous large
monthly Dividends, possibly thousand for
one within short time