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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-13

BOUQUETS INSTEAD
OF BULLETS OFFERED
BrattIeboro Man in Tampa Invites
Brattleboro Man in Macon to Sail
Balloon to Florida.
Editor of The Reformer

Editor of The Reformer:
Reading The Reformer of Feb. IS
which arrived today (23d arrived yes
terdav) and so forth, brought to mind
how \. H. A. gets The Reformer in
Macon, Ga Now we have friend Ar
mold in mind we wish he would fly
down to Tampa, and he will get a
grand welcome, not only from the ma
tives but from thousands of tourists,
and will get into an everyday tempera-
ture of So to So.
He will receive bouquets instead Of
bullets from the 'white trash he
mentions in Feb. Is issue
Contrary to all reports, if otherwise,
southern Florida has had a grand even
climate all winter, except two or three
mornings IN December, as also in Jan
uary, when frosts and freeze came,
colder than any record before, % de-
grees. 1t did little or no damage, and
the tourists liked the change, so they
tell me.
Again, we wish our newspaper friend
and balloonist would drop down light
~ among US in Tampa and get grape
fruit, - for 25c.; oranges Zoe. doz;
strawberries, now down to Zoe. and
l5c. box; onions, , lbs Sc; and all gar
den truck, green peas, etc, galore
Come on down, y II. A.. TO the best eli
mate in L. s.
i A. H. HARVEY.
Tampa, Fla, March ..
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-13
HARRY M0RRIsSsY TO TRAIN
Starter on Kentucky Tracks for Many
Years to Take Charge OF
String Of Horses.

Harry Morrissey. for many years
starter on Kentucky race tracks, has
resigned to train the horses of II. n.
Porter Of Tulsa, Okla, oil operator.
The Porter stable consists Of the
mares and yearlings bought from the
Elkhum stud in England and the thor
Oughbreds Porter acquired at the
Wicklifre dispersal sale Morrisscy,
moreover. will have a half interest in
the establishment. A. Il. Dade, who
has acted as starter on the Canadian
tracks for many years, and who is
now ut New Orleans, will succeed
NIorrisspy.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-13
BRITISH AIR DRIVE.
Aerial Attack on Larger Scale Dis
astrous to Germans.

LONDON, March l3-Carrying out
their aerial offensive upon much larger
scale than heretofore, British airpanes
during the last few days have bombed
numerous points Of importance in Ger
many or behind the German lines, on
occupied territory. Coblcnz, capital Of
the Rhine province of Prussia, is the
latest town to suffer. according to an
official statement issued last night A ton
of explosives was hurled upon the town.
British squadrons also have dropped
more than 400 bombs the Menin Rou-
lers, Dedeghern and Solesines railway
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-13
SUGGESTION MAY SAVE ALEX
Secretary Baker Favors Disehsrging
All Men Who Have Attained
Age OF Thirty-One.

IF the suggestion OF Secretary Baker
goes through, Grover Cleveland Alex
ander star pitcher recently purchased
by tho Chicago Cubs from the Phiilies.
will NOT be drafted. Secretary Baker
advised the military committee that
the war department favors the dis
charging from service an men who
have attained the age of thirty-cne
since the registration, June ;, 1917,
without having been called to the col
ors. Alexander was thirty-one on
February &c.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-13
SPLIT EVEN IN BOWLING.
Odd Fellows and Masons Each Win
Match Last Evening.

In the series between the Odd Eel
lows and Masons last night the Mason
lie A team defeated the Odd Fellows
! team l.3i5 to 30 in Odd Fellows
temple, while the Odd Fellows team Y
was winning from Masonic team G by
"a single pin on the Masonic alleys.
White s good work gave the Odd Eel
lows their victory, his Il spare in the
last box being the finishing touch. The
score of the latter match was 1899 TO
| ,32S. The Masons have now won three
matches and lost one. Following are
last night 5 scores:
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-13
FOOTBALL PROFITS ARE BIG
Money Received for Gridiron Games
Cleared Indebtedness on Other
Sports at Michigan.

More than $4,000 was received by
the athletic department Of tho Univer-
sity Of Michigan ia football receipts
during the fiscal year just ended. ac-
cording 20 q report GIcd with the board
of regents Expenditures for the grid
iron sport amounted to Sd&,GGl. The
profit from football cleared the lndeht-
edncsS incurred by baseball and other
sports, and left balance Of about 500
900 To- be applied toward paying for
Ferry field.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-13
TRIAL FOR WILLIAM JOHNSON
Kansas City Youngeter Has Been
Signed by Chicago Cubs-ls Tail
Southpaw Pitcher.

Frank HousemGn, one of Chicago's
ardent baseball fans, has recommend
cd his nephew, William Johnson of
Kansas City, to the Cubs for trial
this spring in Pasadena. The young
ster has been signed and will go West
lie is Il southpaw pitcher and 6 feet
inch tall. Houseman thinks he can be
developed into a good pitcher
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-13
TENNIS FOR EBBETTS FIELD
Entire Outfield to Be Converted into
Courts During Time Brooklyn
Team Is Away.

The Brooklyn Baseball club an
nounccs that Ebbetts field will be de-
voted to tennis during the time the
Brooklyn baseball team is not using
he field. The part of the grounds to
be used is the entire outfeld. which
has heavy turf. The space will &C.
commodate "a courts.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-13
GOLF GAME PRAISED BY TAFT
Former President Says Man Who En-
joys Sport Must Have Spirit
of independence.

Former President Taft has paid the
following tribute to golf: "a man who
plays golf and enjoys it must have a
love for freedom and spirit of indie
peadoucc. Such personal traits prompt
one 10 play the game to the end. That
is what We must and will do in this
war;"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-13

Six additional University of Chicago
athletes are ready 30 leave for the war
zone as members of hospital unit.
They are Charles Higgins, Jerome
Fisher, Sam Rotherfel, Charles Bent.
Eugene Rouse and Edward Mahannah.
The photograph shows Higgins,
whose loss will be most severe in the
track team, where he Shonc as an ALI
around man. Fisher was strong on the
pole vault and high jump. Rotherfel
was star in the relays and Bent as
low hurdle point winner. Rouse was Il
Splinter, while Mahanuah was an all
around track man.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-13
PLAY AT ARMY CANTONMENTS
Washington American League Team
Arranees for Exhibition Games
az Training Camps.

Manager Clark Griffith plans to have
his Washington team play exhibition
games at number Of army canton
mcnts in the South next spring. Games
with the soldier teams at Augusta and
Chattanooga practically have been ar
ranged already and others VIII be
booked, ls...
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-13
PERSONAL.

Rev. J. Fredrik Virgin went Monday
to New York. He is expected to return
tonight.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-13
Always Look H2nDy.

Why do photographs of woman air.
plane pilots always show them COM
peting for the record in the standing
broad GRIM Pittsburgh Gazette
Times.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-13
WEST BRATTLEBORO.

The Congregational weekly PRAYER
meeting will be held Thursday evening
at T,30 in the home of f. r. Mann. The
subject will be, Intercessory PRAYER
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-13
.I CAV
'x.GyJ

stations. \ despatch from Frankfort-on
the-Main by way OF Amsterdam says the
British made daylight raid on Mainz
Saturday, killing three soldiers, four wom-
en- and a child and injuring number
Of persons 1t Is denied that any military
damage was done.
Last Friday thirteen German ailplanes
and three balloons were put out OF action
by the British. Five Of the planes were
downed in aerial fighting, seven were
driven out OF control and one was forced
to earth by infantry fire Four British
machines are missing as result=of these
engagements.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-13

In 1900 the number Of American married
women IN gaIntul occupations was only
$4,000. while in 1910 it was ,S90,OO0
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-05-10
THE BLIND AND THE MUTILATED
By DR.. ESTHER LOVEJOY

IN the wears to come this war will prove blessing the
blind world is being evolved Nature has at least
extraordinary for those who lose any
of the five ordinary The blind feel things that not
within reach They conscious OF vibrations that are not
perceptble to seeing
The sghtles learn read very quickly by the Brale
method 1t interesting to watch the face of blind man
his fingers pass the appraised dots OF Bralle book
and his mind perceve the mysteries recorded there for him.
They have special senogaphc machines and special print
ing presses Books and magazines translated into the
written language of the sghtless.
Men blinded in battle acquiring great skill in the
textile arts moulde, and in other industries where
highly developed of touch essential to good work
The higher type of blind have great personal
charm Their souls the surface They pc
cuary beloved people, and their carvoyance makes them
conscious of the kindness and affection with which they
regarded Naturally they react to it. Perhaps that why
they usually SO happy and cheerful
Unfortunately there forms of mutiation which
have the opposite effect. When knows that he
pusve to every and child who looks upon him.
when he shrinks from the reflection of his dfgued
face in the Mirror and Shudders at the strange sound OF his
voice, he wants to die.
A great deal is being done for these mutlated men,
They being retted with and legs Plastic surgery
is doing its part too in the OF restoring paates teeth
and facial contour and the American Red Cross in Paris
attempting make life vabe for them by providing
masks which their original features They will be
useful members of society," but thesou of
than service Life liberty precious possessions
the pursuit of happiness the dearest right of We
all alike We want through life with the sweet fusion
that the blue bird of happiness just within reach, and this
illusion is almost impossible to the dsfgured man.
1t the sacred duty of all those who have been bene
flied by their sacrifice to leave nothing undone
their usefulness employ every increase their
and physical and the charm of personalities
the end that their lives be enriched rather than mpov
erished by the fortunes of war.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-05-10
North Thetford

Mrs. Hattie Blaine, of Flint, spent
Sunday with John Mcdonald and fam
lily.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Bone, Edwin
and Oliver Benjamin and C. L. Man.
chester spent Sunday with Rude Craw-
ford and wife.
Leila Leonard spent Friday in Bay
City.
Will Corbitt and wife, of Fenton,
Ward Whitman and wife and George
Whitman and wife spent Sunday with
Ohio Mcdonald and family.
Clifford Marvin, of Bay City, spent a
few days visiting Leila Leonard.
Dick Stuart. of Flushing, has return
ed home after spending few days
with his parents.
John Mcdonald. Walter Blaine and
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Leonard made a
business trip to Otisville, Friday.
Frank A. Leonard and Frank H.
Leonard made a business trip to Flint.
Thursday.
Ohio Mcdonald and wife, Frank
Leonard and wife, and A. E. Mcdonald
were in Frankenmuth on business. Mon
day.
Gard and Myron Swart called on
their cousin, Willard Holden, and fam
lily, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Rogers and family
and Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Pomeroy
visited Willard Holden and wife, Sun
day.
Mrs M. R. Crawford and sons. Rob-
ert and Floyd, and Mrs. G. Bellenger
spent Sunday with the formers sister
in-law, Mrs. Murray Bronson.
Mrs. Gard Swart and daughter, Lulu.
spent Sunday with the formers mother
and sister.
Mrs. Julia Rurch and daughter, Haz-
ell, and the Misses Irene and Vina
Rogers and their brother, Raymond,
returned to their home Sunday after
spending week with their grandpar-
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Pomeroy.
Robert Crawford and George Stevens
were in Flint on business Monday.
Sam Baker, wife and children called
on the latter's mother, Mrs. M. r.
Crawford, Sunday.
Mrs. Arthur Stevens and son. Ken
meth, spent Saturday and Sunday with
her parents, Kenny Waite and wife.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-05-10
New Potato Disease

The "Blackleg" has gone after the
potatoes and according to some ac-
counts seems likely to cheat them out
of their eyes. Blackleg is new potato
disease that came into the state with
the seed that was imported last year.
1t has caused serious losses in some
counties. 1t causes the potatoes to rot
in the ground or in storage. The way
to combat it is to plant only sound
stock, free from any blemish and dis
infected in formaldehyde or corrosive
sublimate. M. A. C. issues free bull
letin covering control Of this new pest.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-05-10
Arbela

Miss Florence Secular, of Saginaw,
spent the week end with her parents.
Calvin Monroe, wife and baby,
spent the week end with the formers
mother, of Flint.
John Stevenson and family, of Clio,
spent Sunday with Frank Secular and
family.
Mrs. Rosamond Beebe, of Manches-
ter, is visiting at the home of Fred
Currier.
Chas. Hunt, wife and sons, were call.
ers at the home Of Burton Hawley, OF
Thetford, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wade Williams spent
Sunday with Frank Secular and family.
Mrs. John Smith and baby and Mrs.
Burt Johnson and daughter, of Flint,
spent the week end with Frank Cary
and family.
George Hill, Miss Hazel Carter, and
Mrs. E. S. Hill spent Sunday with AL.
fred McLain and family, of Clio.
Bernard Long, wife and baby, OF
Forest, spent Sunday with Everett
Secular and wife.
Lowren Carter, wife and son. spent
Sunday with the formers parents, in
Clio.
Dayton Levitt and Thomas Hornung
spent Sunday in Clio.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-05-10
How Would You Get Rid
Of Miles of Barbed Wire?
One of the Many Problems the Red Cross
Has to Meet.

coiled and stretched around iron stakes
or crosses about four feet long, and
the whole thing makes a waist high
mass sometimes Is or 20 feet wide.
There are really acres Of 1t around
here, and when you think how many
strips Of itsthere are, stretching from
Belgium to Switzerland-why, it's GO
ing to be real problem after the war
to get 1t all up and out of the way.
bet lot of people walk into 1t through
the snow this winter.
1--WE came across unexploded shells
now and then and hand grenades Of
various shapes and sizes also; but, be-
lieve me, we leave them alone. There
are four on the wall in our back yard
and several in field near by"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-05-10
Waldo District

Miss Helen Achessn, who is attend.
ing the Normal College at Ypsilanti
spent Sunday with her parents.
Mrs. H. Clark spent Monday anc
Tuesday with her daughter, Mrs. S. j.
Pound.
Mrs. Soper and daughter. Arlene, Wis
tied E. S. Tompkinson and family the
first part of the week.
A party was given in honor of Mrs
Mary Drudge by her relatives, Sunday
The guests departed for home in thu
evening. All had a pleasant time.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-05-10

Have you ever thought what strange
and battling problems must come up &c
the Red Cross workers when they start
out to rebuild a French town-just the
problem of the barbed wire, for in
stance? This letter tells 1t:
1--WE have nearly every day about
half dozen German prisoners work
ing amongst us, who are escorted in TO
work in the morning by a poilu and
called for in the evening. They ap-
pear quite harmless, but we have too
many evidences all around us to prove
that their race Is quite to the contrary.
"You should see the barbed wire
miles and miles of ii. How any one
could ever get through 1t, let alone I'M
der fire, Is beyond me. It's usually
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-05-10
Preserving Flowers.

A method of preserving the natu.
raj colors of flowers consists in dust
Ing salicyllc acid on the plants as they
lie in the press and removing it with
brush when the flowers are quite
dry. Red colors in particular are well
preserved by this agent. Another meth
cd of applying the same preservative
Is to use a solution Of one part of
salicyllc in fourteen OF alcohol by
means of blotting-paper or cotton
wool soaked in it and placed above and
below the flowers. Powdered boracic
acid yields nearly as good results.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-05-10

Herman Knowles. of Lennon. was the
guest of his friends in the village, Sun
day.
The Sodality of the ST. Mary's church
gave dance in the parish hall. We'd
nesday evening.
The pupils of the Mt. Morris High
School presented their play, THE Iron
Hand of the Law" in Genesee, Friday,
for the benefit of the Red Cross.
A registration for women was held
in the village last week A large num-
Der have registered and all who haven't
are urged to do so.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-05-10
Get Your Coal Now
An Appeal to your Patriotism and
Common Sense

following published Daily
Journal 1t facts regard
the fuel situation and applicable of Clio and
Vienna Township citizens Flint and then take
such action will convictions patriotic duty and at the
time insure yourself against hardship winter.
1t is perfectly plain that there will be sufficient quan
or the of
city of Flint winter
Just how far the will fall short of the demand not
tan but definitely known that the has not taken into
consideration the growth the city and the supply allotted to
Flint only portion of Flns consumption in previous
Local dealers that requires 80 900 tons of coal to fill their
orders based previous consumption There will not be 10000 tons
available The dealers that required 400 tons OF
thracte (ard the Flint in 1915
There will not be available for the 1913
10 There will mkeess coal available for this period
All of the mokeless coal and proportion of the
thracte coal being taken by the shipping
Because of the Uboat the that the
to troops and supplies the Atlantic to the
mus DE mace from coal and hard coal wher heretofore
soft coal had been used exclusively The soft the
highways today makes of the ship that attempts the
lives of soldiers valuable take
We must therefore, sacrifice this the We soft
coal order there available for its
ships sufficient supply of hard COAL
Dealers conforming adj
minsrator and the Citizens committee today stocking their
yards and bins with soft COAL view of securing for Flint
much possible of next winters supply Immediately
1t the citizens Flint the of Flint
put in their winters supply of coal without delay and TO ACCEPT
SOFT COAL WHERE HERETOFORE THEY HAVE USED HARD
COAL EXCLUSIVELY
Every days delay impels their chances of securing supply of
any of coal for the coming
Every delay curang the
ply, less opportunity coal.
We have got guard Flint and have
nothing gained delay and
much Each will a substantial in the
price, and the increase will be all out of proportion the interest
the the consumers of that
the dealer holds the coal in his yards deterorag quality and
increasing quantity of it becomes practically unsaeabe
another this published coupon filled
signed and returned office by the coal of Flint
patriotic appeal them pledge themselves dispense with
the hard substitute for the coming
order that the hard coal be
Fill place
roll for Flint Let here this city show the that
with willing to make sacrifice that
make and willing
nce matter how dsageab order that the efforts of the
its its supplies and the
will not be hampered the slightest degree in Flint
F. M. Houghton & Co.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-05-10
Embarrassment.

In all probability there Is no state
of embarrassment more acute than
that which is suffered by the bald
man who has to sit through long SER
mon based on the text: "Even the
hairs Of your head are numbered
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-05-10

II you have old iron to sell, read A.
Fox's ad in this issue.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-05-10
The Red Cross Answers
By THEODOSIA GARRISON
OF the vieiIantes.

ma not
To % a wars nd VICE.,
To heal the wounds of broken mend the shattered
the MANNED, blind;
To give back her from the dead
"Bu will do this said the of Red.
Nay but there little towns that white and fair
bleak
If might bring It's back find there before
hearth
lift a frightened child leave
will do this for said the Cross of
may wounded
Your comfort and Joy humankind,
within sheltered place give for
he within hands, the
from Of by
I Ga but mi" he create Of Red.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-05-10

Usage Orange Toughest Wood.
The toughest American wood. &C
.ording to United States forest serv-
zee tests, is that Of the Usage orange.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-30
291 MEN In CASS
Are VAILABLE
AS FIGHTERS; new
CLASSIC ICATlON

One hundred and ninety-th men
Of the 1918 class Of registrants Of
Cass county are available for i'm
mediate military service, according
to a statement prepared by w. r.
Tucker, clerk Of the Cass county To-
cal draft board, for the adjutant gen.
eral Of the state.
In addition, Cass county also has
SO of the 1917 class acceptable for
immediate military service, making
total Of 291 class l men available
to the government as fighters.
The report on the 1918 registrarats
covers 249 white men and one color
ed man, in class /; II in class 2; four
in class 8; eight in class 4, and 60
in class 8, the last class including men
in the military service, In reserve,
and those physically unfit. All told,
there were 500 class 1918 registrar1ts.
The examinations produced 1913 fit
for military service; Is. class l. men
fit for limited service, and six men in
the class group reserved for those
with ailments that can be rem
edied. Two class 1918 men are
listed as delinquent in taking their
physical examination, and 10 have
not been examined, being either in
transfer or delayed.
The work Of Reconsideration has
been placed under way. and It is
likely that a number Of man now in
class 2 will be transferred to class
l, according to Clerk Tucker. The
Redistribution work will require
several days, as it is q job Of con-
siderable proportions.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-30
TOUR OF GARDEN
OF FARGO.
A GREAT SUCCESS.
Inspection OF Cass Model
Farms, And Picnic
Big Time

The auto tour through Cass county
enjoyed by as members Of the Fargo
Boys and Girls clubs Monday was
q great success. Everything ran
smoothly, apd nothing happened to
mar the pleasure OF the day in any
way.
The party left Fargo at $50
o'clock Monday. morning, and made a
short stop at Ne famous DalrympIe
farm where a very brief survey Of
this model farm was made. They
they found the Casselton clubs at
work in their way gardens, aud
number of pictures were taken, IN
Guiding one Of the state champion
potato grower, Walter Alstesd.
The next stop was at Armenia,
where the picnic lunch was eaten III
the grove at the w. w. Brown farm.
Needless to say, 85 hungry boys and
girls did Justice to q delicious lunch
after a long drive and a good time.
Mr.. Browns farm, with its pure bred
cattle, sheep, horses and hogs, was
thoroughly inspected, after which
games were played in the grove. It
was with reluctance that they left
this pleasant place and resumed the
Journey to Arthur, where they were
entertained at the home Of Mr..
Stevenson. A very interesting pro
gram was given ~ which several
club workers gave instructive talks,
and Phil Keene was called upon to
make an inmromptu address. He
was equal to the occasion, and gave q
very interesting as welt as helpful
discussion Of boys aEd girls war
work.
The drive home was made through
Areusville, and many observations
were made along the way, the party
arriving in Fargo about $3.50 o'clock.