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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-13
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE

Our house has bin cold as envthing
on account Of ony little coal being
lett ana pop not wunting to put NUT h
IN the heeter Oh account of not having
mulch to put in, and every time he
telcfoned to the coal man the coal man
promised to send some up the next dav.
witch he dident, and vestiddav before
supplr pop sed, Confound all coal men
and their relatives and descendants even
unto the 10Th generation gosh but this
house is cold, I'm going outside to keep
warm till suppirs reddy.
And he went out to take a wawk
me going with him, and we hadent
hardly started wen wat did we u go
ing past but Vaughn full of coal ON
rs way to Sumbodys house, pop saying,
Its desperation that makes criminilS.
and I'm desperit
And he held up his hand ami called
out. Hay there, waite moment, waite a
moment. Meening the coal Vaughn
driver, and the coal Vaughn driver made
his horses stop, saving, You nieen meP
Being colored coal Vaughn driver with
: teeth out in frunt and pop sed. wv
yes, | got little favor to ask Won. its
Sutch redlckihss little favor that its
almost shame to offer YOU these > dol
lerS for doing it, Jest wunt YOU to put
that coal down my cellar insted of wat
ever eeller you're taking it to-
o no sab, | cant do that, I cant do
that nohow no sab, sed the coal wag-
gin driver.
D1d | say . dolers, mcnt 3. sed
pop, heer you are, / 2, ,, and besides
ITS rite on your way, 20 to speak, that's
my house rite behind the lam no,7
number 1916. AS long az its rite on
your way, YOU know, its prackticallv
the same thing as YOU were going to
90 anyway, and 3 dollcrs are not to he
Sneezed at i'll these war times.
amt sneezIn at EN-, Ise lest oazing
at en-, Scd the coal Vaughn driver. @
well, as long as its rite on my wa and
everything, jest as YOU sed, Wv, wares
the ) bones WITCH pop gave them to
HIM, saying to me, Maybe we better not
ten mother, she mite not approve. And
the coal man umpdunlped the coat down
our cellar and then he rang the frunt
oeil and ma went to the door and paid
Tor the coal and sincd the paper, and
wen she went back pop Yed to her,
fawleen, did you notice whose name
was on the slip2
Wy, our name, OF corse, whose name
dId You ixpeck. sed ma.
Wat, do YOU meen to tell mo that
coal was intended for is All along sed
pop, and ma sed, William Potts. wat
on earth do you mean?
Authing, | meen l Jest ment tba+
the driver didcnt look like drive
'hat wood stop at our house. sumhow.
sea pop And he quick went to the
Ifnht door and looked up and down the
street, but the ony Wagons in site was
a baker Vaughn and Jest plane wac
gin. f "'s
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-13
ONE DOSE RELIEVES
A COED a-gNO AQUININE
Pape's Cold Compound ends bad
colds or grippe in few
hours.
Relief comes instantly.

Relief comes instantly.
A dose taken every two hours until
three doses are taken will end grippe
misery and break up a severe cold
either in the head, chest, body or limbs
1t promptly opens clogged-up nostrils
and air passages in the head, stops
nasty discharge or nose running, re-
lieves sick headache, dullness, feverish-
ness, sore throat, sneezing, soreness and
stiffness.
Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blowing
and snuffling. Ease your throbbing
headi Nothing else in the world gives
such prompt relief as "Pape's Cold
Compound, which may be bought
at any drug store 1t acts without
assistance, tastes nice, causes no incon
venienee. Be sure you get the genuine.
.-Advt.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-13

The people of Hinsdale, y. H.. have
reason to be proud Of the rapid rise in
military service of Harry Smith. who
some years ago was one of the favorite
baseball and football players on teams
representing that town. He was Lieu
tenant Smith Of the Peterboro cavalry,
when the troops were called to the
Mexican border, but the captain in
command was incapacitated and the
Hinsdale boy became Capt. Smith. He
gave n good account of himself and
went with his command few months
ago to France, where he has received
recognition from Gen. Pershing in an
appointment to STAFF position with
the rank Of major.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-13
Why He Called.

The druggist : night bell rang furi-
ously, and with unidentified temper
the worthy dressed and opened his shop
door,
- want bottle of soda water.
please, said the individual VINO stood
without
For a moment Mr.. Squills was In
cllned 70 be personal, but then he re-
fiected that, since he had come down,
he might as we'll do business.
a quarter. please he said; five
cents will be allowed on the bottle
when returned.
Then he went back to bed
Two hours later he was awakened
by another ring. Again he descended
to find the same complacent customer
at the door
. Here 8 your bottle,'' he remarked:
gimme my five cents.
He got it, but the druggist : re-
marks were really unprofessional.-
StraF Stories
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-13
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS

Complaints are frequently
received from subscribers of
the late receipt of copies of
The Reformcr sent through
the United States mails.
After we deliver papers to
the postofhce we have no con-
troll over them, but as an inn
portant step to remedy these
late receipts we suggest that
every delay in Transit be i'm
mediately reported to the local
postmaster and to the Post
Office Department, Washing
ton, D. c.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-13
The Watch Fires.

The night winds bear across the world
Ihe mutter OF the guns,
And down the verges of the seas
ftames glow like dying suns.
The tides that sweep the continent
Chant on each rocky shore
a requiem for all the dead
Whose sleep Sail break no more.
But from the Swallowed valleys look
Above the plains abhorr d
tpon eternal hills serene
The watch fires of the Lord,
Arthur Wallace Peach in the Living
Church.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-13
Another German Trophy.
lFItchburg Sentinel.)

1t IS announced from Berlin that the
imperial German government ha, sue
ceedcd in negotiating a separate peace
with the tkrainians. The Ukraine is
one OF the most fertile regions of Rus
sra, It's boundaries lying largely within
the fertile valley of the middle Dnieper.
In concluding this peace, Germany can
snap Its fingers at Leninc and Trotzky.
Tor She has got practically what She
NaRted out of the peace-parlev with the
boI>heNlhla. she can draw grain and
other supplies from this reservoir and
may be depended upon to back up with
htr military power the treaty made
with the lrainian rada against all
that the Bolsheviki government can do
70 make It void. For the present the
imperial German government can resi-
content with the prospect Of GETTING
much-needed supplies from this Sorroe
and for the future there are still more
alilflhS prospects. She can look for
ward to making the Ukraine a depend
chcy OF Germany, another step in the
Hohenzollern dream Of eastern domin
Iou. another obstacle removed from her
design for an open road from Ham
burg to the Persian gulf Germany
new has Austro- Hungary. the Balkans
Turkey, and the Ukraine under her
thumb, and unless her power is smashed
on the western front, will keep It there.
There Is no wonder that the imnerial
German government is willing to mako
a peace by understanding at the present
time when she stands to get sn mr.l,
out of it,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-13

The French general who commanded
the sector recently taken over 10y our
troops hands over the command to an
american general, with confidence
that 1t is in good hands and that the
American troops will organize it with
method and the tcnacity eharacterizing
American genius and, in case of at
tack, will defend it with great vaIor.
Trust our boys to fulfill the French
generals expectations.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-13

The South Londonderry SITTER is dead
at the age Of - years. George c. Dix
on. its latest editor and publisher. viii
continue to run a newspaper office at
Wilmington, where attention will be
given in the DeerfeId Valley Times to
the field in which the Sitter circulated
Publishing newspaper in a small town
- a Precarlous venture at the best, and
II has bccG made doubIv 50 br increas
InS cost Of material particularly in the
past two wears, Mr.. Dixon saws that
continuation Of the Sitter was only a
question of the limit of the amount of
money publisher was willing to spend.
and that he has reached the limit. The
SITTER clientele has always been lin
lted, but tn" paper under the guidance
OF SITTER John (Mr. Shanks) was at one
time widely quoted on account of its
attacks on rings, cliques and factions
and its pointed remarks on the political
aspirations of numerous Eermonters
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-13
TO ADVERTISERS.
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS

il is the aim Of the management tc
secure efficient service in the delivery OF
the paper each night, and ii solicits the
cooperation Of subscribers to that end
prompt reports should he given OF each
failure to receive the paper on the morn
ing following the omission, in person
hN telephone or postal card, thus enabling
the cause Of the error to be promptly
ana accurately discovered and the proper
remedy Immediately applied 1t is only
ny this method that the publisher can
secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-13

The Reformer is on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
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w. Cleaveland, $. L. Purinton (Estey-
ytlle), Brooks House Pharmacy. Aliens
Depot Newsstand, Mrs. d. f. Doyle
south Main Street.
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EAST Dummerston, NJ. +. Brown
Putney, NJ. G Williams.
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South Londonderry, +. H. Tyler.
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Streeter.
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-13

or only make-believe fine? It's make
believe when you call being nice 70
your children such fine thing. Thai
Is only right"
Right and fine mean the same. nv
dear said Mr.. Buffalo.
Wei. l never pretended to know
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-13
Member of the Associated press.

The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled TO the use for publication OF all
news dispatches credited to it and not
otherwise credited In this paper and also
the local news published herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-13

Billy Sunday SAYS that Germany
lost out when she traded the cross Of
Jesus for the iron cross.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-13

No. go lbs. -four. 90 lbs. oats Is.
IDS. salt, la lbs. sugar, Ia lbs. yeast
80 20 So lbs water.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-13

Il think were pretty fine" said Mr..
Buffalo.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-12-20
APPEAL FOR RELIEF OF
100000 SUFFERERS
BY American Committee for Relief
in the Near East formerly Ameri-
can Committee for Armenian and
Syrian Relief.
A PROCLAMATION

For more than three years Ameri-
can philanthropy has been a large
factor in keeping alive Armenian,
Syrian, Greek and other cXiles and
refugees of Western Asia.
On two former occasions l have
appealed to the American people in
behalf of these homeless sufferers,
whom the vicissitudes Of war and
massacre had brought to the ex-
tremcst need.
The response has been most gen
erous, but now the period of re
Mobilization is at hand Vastly
larger sums will be required to re
store these once prosperous, but
now impoverished, refugees to
their former homes than were re-
quired merely to sustain life in their
desert exile.
1t is estimated that about A.
100000 Armenian, Syrian, Greek
and other war sufferers in the Near
East will require outside help to
sustain them through the winter
Many of them are now hundreds Of
miles from their homeland. The
vast majority Of them arc helpless
women and children, including 4O0,-
900 orphans.
The American Committee for Re
lief in the Near East is appealing
for minimum of $30,O00,O00 to
be subscribed January 1919, 1919,
with which to meet the most urg-
ent needs of these people.
l, therefore, again call upon the
people of the United States to make
even more generous contributions
than they have made heretofore to
sustain through the winter months
those who, through 70 fault of their
own, have been left in a starving.
shelterless condition, and to help re
establish these ancient and sorely
oppressed people in their former
homes on self-supporting basis.
(Signed) WOODROW WILSON.
The White House,
Nov 20, 1918.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-12-20
UNFAIR LIST
BARRIER SHOPS

hAhhEN ohOi .
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mart SHOP 11o''loe' i"uePe''uei''' ii0'
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h. IAp'N% LfDCi'n Ems ,,..
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9,+s. Ar,fa Larson
Co\TR ACTORS
Christ KrunnIor e. Son and the
STANDARD oil PIdo. at corner of Pa
..t.. ,r3 1-i,riri,
rIECTRrCIANS
r Hare electrical contractor;
cr.la wal1 paner Co.'s electric de-
.-,..-...+. T.l, Tbresop
FISH COMPANIES
San r.,., risb Co. Seattle
NIrAT MARKETS
r,..,.,t+ ,,.o,,,o Noa+ Market
3;-.-...;r,. c.,..t,r. Moo+ Market
asre CAIN,
roNDFvSFD MILK
rHt,. 7r.Na1 G rihbv Packers
and Carrers. Co,nat,on Aster Mt
1-a~ron AMI yz-,.binoto,7 brands. Va
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-12-20

And now comes Nicholas Murray
Butler, President of Columbia Uni
versity (of New York; and declares
that the war has distinctly helped
the American nation by having
burnt up many sources and causes
of intellectual, moral and social
waste. This conservative of con-
servatives said this in an address
before the Association of Colleges
and Preparatory Schools of the
Middle States and Maryland. at
has shortened by many years, per-
haps by a generation, the path of
progress to clearer, sounder and
more constructive thinking as to
education, it's processes and its
aims" said Mr.. Butler.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-12-20
GIRL WAR WORKERS
ARE GOING HOME
Army of 100000 in Washing
ton Is Being Gradually De-
modified

disqualification of women war
workers is being accomplished in
truly democratic American fashion.
The little girl in a nearby gov
eminent office or a distant knit
ting mill holds the attention Of the
lords of the war department. Con-
tracts are cancelled or continued
that the girl war workers may be
assured a chance to live. From
each state in the Union, men and
women who represent the govern
ment are telegraphing to Washing
ton reports on the industrial situa-
tions in their communities so that
she may be protected. The great
women's organizations, which in
the early months of 1917 began to
seek the woman for war service
are now reaching back through
their membership of more than ten
million women to assure due recog-
milton for this same war worker as
she goes home from a task well
done. Justice in the shape of rec
concentrations for adequate notice
and extra salary when she leaves
government service hold the atten-
ton of a cabinet meeting while
questions of world policy wait. a
bill has been introduced into con-
gress to supply transportation, on
the same basis as that furnished de-
modified soldiers, for the army Of
100000 women who have come from
the four corners of America to serve
their country in Washington.
The story happily lacks the melo-
dramatic quality of an eleventh
hour rescue. There are two rea-
sons-Uncle Sam, officially and per-
sonally, has recognized the debt he
owes to the two million or more
women already in war work and
the millions of others who were
willing to put aside personal inter
ests to undertake war production.
Such men as Bernard Baruch, who
recently offered transportation from
his own pocket to all women leav-
ing the war industries board, of
which he was a member, are a
guarantee that the public would
sooner or later have recognized and
demanded adequate consideration
for our women war workers.
The second reason which explains
the happy absence of anxiety among
wage-earning women at this time
lies in the immediate action of the
! department of labor. The nation
wide machinery, built up by this
agency of the government for war
recruiting within the last nine
months, has recognized women in
proportion to their numbers, on an
equality with men.
In the councils held daily by the
war production section of the war
and navy departments, the war in
dustries board, and the labor depart
ment women are, in the words of
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-12-20

Behind Red Cross service is a
charity minus price marks, a democ-
recy that personifies Jefferson's
great principle of equality, and q
religion that is above sectarianism
The Red Cross combines a love for
humanity, an ennobling charity and
business efficiency into an organ
ization that succors the wounded
consoles the distracted and aids the
friendless.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-12-20
FRANK L. WALSH ON
THE MOONEY CASE

In a speech delivered at Pitts
burgh on December l by the Hon
Frank P. Walsh, he said;
Since July %, 1916, many crimes
have been committed in the name
of justice against the person and
property of an innocent man,
Thomas j. Mooney, but l stand here
to say that no outrage was so great,
no crime so inherently black, as that
which was committed the day before
yesterday, when it was sought to
condemn him to a stone cell for all
his life | speak here for Thomas j..
Mooney, the American citizen, the
man, and my friend, when he says
he would throw that life back into
The face Of the Governor of the
State of California; that that life,
80 precious to him and to his fam
ly, means nothing to him as it was
Given to him last Friday.
! say that Thomas Mooney was
my friend; he became so through a
touch that l necessarily was com
PEELED to have with him as an Off
cial of your government. Many of
you may recall that five years ago
had the honor to receive an ap-
pointment at the hands Of the Pres
ident of the United States as chair
man Of the Commission on Indus
trial Relations. This commission,
constituted of nine members, was
charged with the duty of investigat-
ing the industrial relations that ex-
listed in the United States, and I'M
der that authority we were COM
nelled to inquire into the state of
81 the basic industries of the
United States that we could accom-
plish, to ascertain, if possible, the
causes of the industrial unrest adj
nit edly existing in our country at
that time, and among other places
where we held meetings was the
city Of San Francisco.
had never heard of the name of
Thomas j. Mooney before. When
our committee came to San Fran
cisco. the first man who met me at
The Palace hotel was Thomas j
Mooney, who demanded a full and
free investigation OF his actions, as
far IS the commission was able to
do so. That research was had and
Investigation was made by our ex-
pelt Investigators, and by myself
personally, and by our commission
as whole. In that way my at
tention was attracted to this man,
and | look at him from the back
! ground of the entire industrial sit
uation then existing on the Pacific
Coast. As surely as | stand upon
this platform today, l firmly believe
hat, if | could put into the hearts
and into the consciousness of the
people of the United States the
truth about Thomas j. Mooney, and
all that led up to his conviction,
thirty days from now he would be a
free man, fellow citizens, and vim
dictate his own innocence, and bring
from that living tomb Warren K
Billings, who was as foully sentenc.
ed to lifelong Imprisonment.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-12-20

the suffragists, just people" with
all the privileges Of the people OF
the United States.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-12-20

Smoke Chas. Sheets CHALLENGE
10c Cigar.
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Try BLUE RIBBON" Cigar. Sc.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-12-20

Women skilled in the treatment of
nervous diseases are wanted by the
United States Government.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-12-20

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The Jasper news., 1918-10-17
ROAD
BUILDING
IDEAL CONVICT ROAD CAMP
Prisoners Worked Without Armed
Guards and Without Special In
ducements Of Reward.

Without single attempt to escape.
an average of 40 negro convicts were
maintained for ten months in the Full
ton county (Ga.) honor camp conduct
ed under the observation of the United
States Office of public roads and rural
engineering and the United States pub
lie health service. This notwithstand-
ing the facts that the convicts were
worked without armed gaurds with
out exceptional conditions as to hours
Of labor, without special rewards or
other unusual inducements to good
behavior and with the camp located
near trolley line and within II miles
of the city of Atlanta, from which
most Of the convicts were sentenced, q
condition admitted by all competent
authorities to be most unfavorable to
the successful operation of an honor
camp.
The methods Of discipline contrast
ed sharply with those practiced in the
other camps Of the county, state and
section. So far as can be learned, sim
liar methods never have been applied
to any convict camp in the South and
for this reason the success of the sys-
tenn Is one of the most striking and
important results Of the experiment,
which appears to demonstrate conclu-
slvely that there is little foundation
for the belief that negro convicts are
amenable only to the discipline of
locks, schackles and lash.
In this camp no guard was armed
and no convict was shackled; the only
building locked night or day was the
commlssary. Plain gray clothing was
substituted for convict stripes and the
use Of the whip was prohibited. In
place Of negative measures, order, Sc
curity and obedience were obtained by
the positive measures Of attractive
food, light, airy quarters, clean and
comfortable beds, reasonable, kind
treatment and greater privileges. Dur.
ing the day on the work the constant
menace Of the gun was removed and
The Jasper news., 1918-10-17
FIRE PROTECTION ON FARMS
Plow Guards Of One or More burrows
Around Fields to Shield Grain
Have Water Handy.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture)
Fire guards of one or more burrows
should be plowed around all fields Of
shocked or stacked grain, to prevent
CONGREGATIONS starting from the sparks
of locomotives, tractors, thrashing en-
gines or from the careless use Of
matches, pipes or cigarettes. The ext
gency Of the situation demands that
farmers who previously have opposed
furrowed fire guards now make prac-
tical application of this control. Farms
also should have available fire-hghting
equipment such as chemical extin-
guishers or barrels and buckets of
water.
Precaution should also be exercised
against "hot boxes" and other improp-
rly adjusted machinery, which are
possible sources of loss. Where pos
sible every farm should be equipped
with several chemical fire extinguish-
ers, aG these first aids In fire fighting
"a
The Jasper news., 1918-10-17
Awful Word,

A few weeks after school began six
year-old Jack announced at the dinner
table:
"a boy at the school today said
bad word"
ooh, DEAR" said mamma, "he ought
to be ashamed"
YES, and the teacher said she'd
have to punish him If he ever said 1t
again."
what did he say?" asked daddy.
II can't tell you, daddy. 1t was aw-
full bad"
"Really?"
"Just awful, awful bad. wouldn't
say such word" Then suddenly
Frightening, as If with new idea: :
But I'll spell it for you. 1t is gi-tr'