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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-03-06
XII.

All this while Daphne was kept in
readiness to take Miss Kemble's part
in Ease the illness of her child should
result in death and in the further case
that she should be unable to finish her
performances. With the theatrical
season in such bad estate and most of
Reben's companies and theaters losing
money heavily, Sheila Kemble vas his
one certain dependence. He called
her his breadwinner. Z
Miss Kemble's baby passed the cri-
sis and recovered. And then the
mother, worn out with the double
strain, caught a little chill that became
a binding, choking cold. She went
through the Saturday matinee In a
whisper, but the night performance
was beyond her. .t
And now at last Daphne's chance ar-
rived. The Saturday night house was
enormous in spite of the heat. There
were enough people there to make
fourteen hundred dollars-twenty-fve
hundred for the day.
Daphne. trudging to the theater for
her usual stupid rebuff, walked into
this crisis Of her life.
Reben himself knocked at her dress
ing room door where Miss Winsor was
helping her with her makeup. He
implored her to be calm, and he was so
~treInulous that he suffered. He told
her that IL she made good he would let
her play the part till Miss Kemble
got well. He would pay her q hand
some bonus. He would put her out
at the head Of a number two company
next season.
PATTERSON came at last and ordered
him on the stage. Reben obeyed him.
Then Patterson talked to her. He told
her that there was no reason to fear
the house. A Saturday night audience
was always easy. It wanted its mon
ey's worth It would help to get it.
Z" E said Daphne. I'm not
afraid Of the audience
Then what on earth are you afraid
OFF,
I'm afraid Of me ~,
PATTERSON laughed sc~ornfully. 'Oh,
you'll You're going to score q knock
out: You're going to make q big hit r.
Eyes," said Daphne, $50 you've al
ways told me-"
The curtain rose. Miss Winsor and
the young man skipped onto their
Job; the butler stalked; Eldon entered
and made his exit. Mrs. Vining spread
her skirts and sailed on, then Eldon
went back. Finally Daphne's cue
came. I
She was startled q little as Batter
son nudged her forward. She went to
the door and opened It on her new
caxeer to make her public debut with
the hll-important Flow u You dor
She saw before her the Drawing room
Ein 4 weird light. beyond It was i
Edercely radiant fog and beyond that
m agglorneration of faces-the mass
d tomato cam that she was not going
tol besafrald d.
And she was not afraid. she, vas
curiouq "a study them. she MN eager
III remenher her lines. And ahe r.
maEnbere them. Ihen cuesscana more5
oslil1;1a i artart md each 4voked xroml
hsf NINA e9ppIrOi1ppxiote Dhsti
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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-03-06

on the darkened stage she saw Batter
son. He tried to escape, but she
checked him.
"Tell me frankly, Mr.. Patterson,
what was the matter with my perform
ance tonight"
"Come to the Office Monday and
we'll have a little talk"
"And I'll get my notice."
II didn't say that"
"What would you honestly advise
me to dor"
II understand that you don't have
to act. Go home and get married."
II won't"
'Then 60 home and don't get mar.
RED" :
II won't go home"
'There's n other place to 60.
Good night" 49,.
He walked off and she was left
alone. She had the stage to herself.
She stood in the big void and felt
alien-f0reveri alien. She shook her
head. This place was not for her.
She had been tried in the balance and
found wanting. She wondered If there
were anywhere a balance that she
could bring down..
She dreaded the forlorn journey
home to her dreary room. AS she
stepped out of the door someone
moved forward with uplifted hat. It
was Tom Duane. He looked very
spick and span. His smile illumined
the dull street and his hand clasped
hers with q saving strength. It lifted
her from the depths like a rope let
down from the sky.
Daphne would have been more con.
tent II Duane had been Clay Wimburn.
It was Clay's duty to be there at such
q time, of all times.
OF course he did not know that this
night was to be crucial for her, but
he should have known. MI. Duane
knew. It never occurred to Daphne
that Reben had warned Duane of the
debut Of his protegee and had invited
HMM fact, had dared him-to watch
the test Of her abilities.
All she knew was that Duane was
profferfng homage and smiles and the
prefaces Of courtship. Daphne might
have failed to gain the hearts Of her
audience, for all her toll, but here was
q heart that was hers without effort.
Perhaps Duane was her career. He
was at least an audience that she could
sway. And she was miserably in need
Of some one that would pay her the
tribute Of Submission.
So now when he} said, "Won't You
let me take you home in my carp she
could hardly snub a h~eaven-sent mes
senger.
she said, 'Thank you-you're very
kind-but-" oh, all right" And
she bounded In.
When Duane said: 'sYou must be
hungry after all that hard work.
Aren't your she said. yes, I guess !
an-a little"
When he said 'sWhere shall we eatr
she answered, Anywhere"
@Claremont?" he suggested.
This startled her, gave her pause.
Yet there was something piQuant about
the proposal.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-03-06
Her theatrical career

Her theatrical career cut
short, Daphne furns . Clay.
Trey plan o Get married and
iivs III some fashion on clay's
mslaosr salary. The next day I
nss blow falls. The future
acsla looms dark and unoertaln
bsfcrs M discouransd lovSfs
The Washington times., 1919-01-30
SALTS IN HOT WATER
il. CLEARS PIHPLY SKIN
Says we must make kidneys
clean the blood and
pimpIeS disappear.

Pfmpies. sores and boils usually
result from toxins, poisons and i'm
nurities which are generated In the
bowels and then absorbed into the
blood through the very ducts which
should absorb only nourishment to
sustain the body
II is the function OF the kidneys "a
filter impurities from the blood and
cast them out in the form Of urine
mt In many instances the bowels
create more toxins and impurItIcs
than the kidneys can eliminate, then
the blood uses the skin pores as the
next best means Of getting rid OF
these impurities which often break
out all over the skin IN the form OF
plrnples..
The surest way 10 clear the akin
Of these eruptionE, says a noted an
thOrity, is 20 get from any pharmacy
about four ounces OF Jad Salts and
take a tablespoonful IN & glass OF hot
water each morning before break.
fast for one week. This will pFe-
vent the formation OF toxins in the
bowels. IT also stimulates the kidd.
neyE 20 normal activity, thus coaT.
ing thsm to filter the blood OF I'm.
nurftaes and clearing the skin OF
pimples.
Jad Salts Is inexpensive. harmless
snd Is made from the acid OF cranes
end lemon juice. combined with
lithia. Here you have a pleasant.
cffervescent drink which usually
makes ptmples disappear; cIeanses
the blood and 10 excellent for the
kidneys as well.
The Washington times., 1919-01-30

/. Whether properly accredited Of
ficerS Of the company shall meet and
treat with properly accredited COM
mittses representing motormen and
conductors on all questions and
grievances that may arise in she fu-
tuFs7
2. Shall all mOtormeR and ccnduc-
teFs IN the service sf the company
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-14
KEEP UP WAR RISK PAYMENTS.
Service Men Will Be Able to Convert
Insurance Into Other Forms.

All discharged soldiers and sailors
should be advised to keep up the pay
ment of the premiums due on their war
risk insurance, applied for while in the
military service.
Within a short time those who have
kept up such payments will be permit
ted to convert their present insurance to
other forms without another physical
examination ANY discharged soldier
who has permitted his Insurance to
lapse should correspond with or call at
the office of Major T. J. Johnston, de-
partment insurance officer. headquar-
tiers northeastern department, room III,
90 Chaunccy street Boston, Mass. as
soon as possible, as it is not yet too late
to be reinstated. information may also
be obtained there with reference to the
new kinds of insurance to be issued
and the premium rates therefor In
writing. in addition to asking the in
formation desired, the person should in
dictate the date of his discharge and
whether he has paid any premiums since
such discharge.
The officer above mentioned will also
be pleased TO assist the allottee of sol
diers in cases where allotments anG
government allowances. are not being
| received.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-14
AUTOS Collide; 6 INJURED.
Vcrna Aldrich Of West Burke Has
Fractured Skull.

WEST BURKE, June 14-Three peo-
pie Were hurt, one seriously, about 9
o clock last night when the car owned
and driven by Riley Densmore of this
place crashed into an automobile
which was attempting to pass, ran up a
steep bank and turned turtle Mr..
Densmore. his daughter, Pearl. and Miss
Nerna Aldrich, were pinned underneath
the machine. Miss Aldrich suffered a
fracture Of the skull and internal in
iuries are feared Mr. Densmore and
daughter were injured but not seriously.
The accident occurred on the Will
loughby lake road a few miles north of
here at a narrow place in the road. A
machine owned by J. t. Camp of New
port and driven by his son, attempted to
pass the Densmore car, Mr. Densmore
turned out as far as possible. The
Camp car crashed into the ear which
was trying to pass. The injured per
sons were taken to the Densmore home
and attended by physicians.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-14

snnugglers. Ostensible occupations enable |
them to associate without suspicion fNAth
their. customers as gamblers, taxieab drlv-
ers. domestics, solicitors, messengers I'd |
grants. lunch room helpers, pool room
employees, porters and laundrymen.
In addition to the victims of these drug
pedlers, thousands of addicts get the nar-
eotics they crave through patent inedI
cines, many of which are loaded with
dope but may be sold without viola
ton of the law.
Of 1902 manufacturers making patent
and proprietary medicines and compounds
and druggists preparations 382 reported
the use of opium in their preparations,
500 morphine or its derivatives, 1873 hero
in. li2 diacetyl morphine (heroin), and
1876 cocaine or its derivatives. These man
ufacturers used ll8,2S2 pounds Of opium,
3l6, l30 ounces of morphine, 1909 ounces
OF heroin, 23,S59 ounces of diacetyl NOR
phine and ,255 ounces of cocaine.
Drug users for the most part arc resi-
dents of the larger cities, although the
smaller cities and rural sections have
their patent medicine drug addicts In
New York, for example, there. are lO3,-
900 addicts If this proportion held good
bil'tSii ouG tHC NoiliAi tlItlt NOtio ~
1908 900 addicts in the United States.
| }fhe drug evil is increasing in the large
cities, the committee reports, "and in
| particular in those where more than the
: usual attention is being directed to the
| eradication of drug addiction.
| Only about % per cent of the 10000
| ounces Of cocaine imported in the form
Of coca leaves is used in legitimate medi-
cal or dental practice. the committee re
| ports.
The economic loss due to drug addic
ton, aside from the incaiculabe suffer
ing, mental and physical, is more than
| $780, GOO 600 The drug commissioner in a
state having stringent regulatory laws
has estimated the average annual expend
iture of an addict for drugs is S6l lS The
addiets on this basis pay more than SOL,
1 100000 for the satisfaction of their crav
ing. The number Of unemployed addict!
is nut at 100000
II at q conservative estimate the re
: ports state, 'ths would represent tn,
loss in wages of l50,OO0,O0o annually
These figures. however, do not include
: the cost of drug addiction to individual
as result of loss through theft and bui
| glaIy, nor the cost of the states and mt
: inequalities in the suppression and pun
ishment OF crime and the care and treat
4 ment Of those who eventually become
S charge upon the community
, In conclusion the committee states tha
i there has been no definite or concerto
f action on the part Of the majority {
J, state and municipal governments to SUI
c press the traffic and use of habit-forn
ing drugs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-14

near North Walpolo, n r., with order
blanks, correspondence, and other mat
ter scattered about the ground and his
sample case OF watches missing, the au
thorities took the affair up The auto
mobile, a Ford runabout, had run into
a fence post and it is surmised that the
impact threw Lapp into the Connecticut
river, not more than 50 feet distant The
river has been dragged with graphing
hooks and the mans wife has been at
Bellows Falls, but nothing has been
found to give the faintest clue as 10
Lapp's whereabouts, eXcoat+ The theory
that he might have been thrown into the
river
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-14
MILLION DRUG
ADD|CTS IN i. S.
Startling Statements by a
Government Investigat-
ing Committee
GREATEST OPIUM
USERS IN WORLD
Great Quantities Are Struggled Into
the Country-There Are $4,000 Mar
cotic Peddlers - Many Patent Med

icires are Loaded with dope"
WASHINGTON, June l4.-More than
100000 people in the United States are
addicted to the use Of habit-forming drugs
such as opium, cocaine and heroin, ac
cording to the report OF committee APP
pointed.by the secretary of the treasury
in March, 1918. to investigate the traffic
in narcotic drugs. This report was re-
leased yesterday by the bureau Of internal
revenue
Were it not for the nance Of the men
| signing the report Representative Harry
| L. Raincy. chairman; Reid Hunt, pro-
| lessor OF pharmacology of Harvard; A.
G.. Du Mez of the United States public
health service, and b. c. Keith, former
lcputv commissioner OF internal revenue,
he findings might be rdiculed as fantas-
tic. The conditions reported are start
ling. particularly so since the report
makes it apparent that only the United
States Of all civilized nations, is SO atfiict-
cd
The consumption of opium per capita
in the United States, for example, IS
from 10 to 60 times that in other nations,
according to the committee. France, with
10000 600 people. uses 1900 pounds of
opium a year; Germany, with 60,o00,000
also consumes 1900 pounds, while the
United States uses 10000 pounds.
The figures in the table are for opium
'cgally and openly brought into this coun
try, but in addition there is an organized
underground" traffic equal in Volume
to the legitimate channels which are
known. A countrywide organization OK
ists for trafficking in narcotics, the com
nittee reports.
This trade is in the hands Of the so
called dope pcdlers.' who appear to have
national organization for procuring ant
disposing of their supplies, the repor
states. For the most part it is though
that they obtain their supplies by SNUG
| Cling them through Mexico or Canada
| although smaller quantities of these drug
are obtained from INSCRIPTIONS dealers il
: this country or by theft Smuggling al
, so is practised to a considerable exten
p on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, wher
3. the drugs arrive on ships Mailing tror
= Europe and the Orient
+. Eighteen thousand drug pedlers are n
+ ported by the police of various cities
Many Of these get their supplies f,om tn
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-14

Mis- Mary Cozzi of Barre received an
official communication from the war de
partment Friday that her brother. Charles
lrentmi, had been killed in action and
has now received letter from the broth
er stating that he was feeling well and
hoped to return in September The let
ter was written in Germany and he was
IN the army Of occupation. A friend Of
the soldier also received a letter from
Private Trentini Friday. The latter let
ter was written the first Of this month.
The first report by the government was
that the man was missing in action.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-14

Local friends of Andrew T. Denny,
president Of the Mortified Trust Co,
and Marshall D. Smith of Ardmorc,
Okla, q former resident of Mortified,
are congratulating them on a strike IN
the oil fields near Ardmore. Indiydu-
ally and together they have in the last
few years acquired considerable acreage
in the oil fields near Ardmore This
new oil well is without a doubt the
biggest find ever made in this part of
the state. Not only does the amount Of
production exceed any previous well
brought in, but a test made by the Ter
minal refinery shows the quality of the
oil to be far superior to any previous
samples received
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-14

A blaze which caused some little ex-
citement but fortunately no damage
occurred at the home Of d. !. Leonard
of Middlebury recently When a fire
was started in the fireplace ii was found
that the chimney had become clogged.
Further investigation disclosed bee Is
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-14

permanent some of the more expeditions
processes which were developed in this
war under the stimulus of war necessity,
and SO not ,reEertvte. the older processes
which required more labor
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-14

As a result Of the dcpredations among
the cottages al Lake Raponda during the
past winter, yman Davidson, his two
sons, Lester aud Pearl, and Hiram Boyd
OF East Wilmington were arTaigned be-
fore Justice +. H. Fitch at O. f. But
tcrfeld's office Monday afternoon charged
with having 4 portion Of the missing pron-
erty IN their possession thorough ran
sacling by the officers os the hats OF the
wood COLON" at East Wilmington re
suited in the finding Of many articles
ranging from lcthal weapons to lingerie
that were positively identified The re-
spondents were unable to explain to the
satisfaction of the court how these ar
tielcs came into their possession, and his
honor assessed them with fines OF So
each and costs
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-14

Fire broke out at the milk plant Of the
sheffield Farms company at Nergennes
Thursday morning shortly before 3
o'clock 1t originated in the boiler room
in the main huilding and swept up
through the attic and roof The IRE de-
partment responded quickly to the ALARM
and the two hose companies soon had the
blaze under control. but not until the
roof had fallen in. The cause of the fire
is not known
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-14

MEN OR WOMEN, SIXTY OR OVER,
and without dependents can get splen-
did income service through aunuities.
Full information by mail or on person
al call. National Life Ins Co., of vt.
(Mutual) EARLE S. KINsLEY, Gen
eral Agent, Rutland, VT.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-14

1t is pleasant news to know that at
least one flag carried in the recent war
is going TO be preserved at the state
capital. The regimental colors Of the
302d field artillery, which was largely
composed of Vermonters, has been re
ceived by Adjutant General johnson
from war department Efforts are be-
ing made to secure other flags carried
by organizations in which Vermontetrs
predominated
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-14

The St Johnsbury mystery regard
ing the disappearance of Madeline Rog-
crs, the 12vear-old girl who did not re-
turn to the home of her foster parents,
Mr. and Mrs. nJoln tHaleways Monday
night. was solved by the return Of the
child about 5 o clock Friday night. She
evidently feared she would be punished
for misdemeanor and went to a home
in another part of the village and asked
for work. She became homesick and
returned home.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-14

Nothing has yet been found to indi-
cate the fate of Robert T. L.app, travel
ing salesman for Ingersoll Bros, Of New
J orls city. makers Of the watches Of that
name, who disappeared in Bellows Falls
May CO. When Lapp left the hotel in
Bellows Falls he told the proprietor he
would he back that night to occupy the
room, but when two days had elapsed
and he had not returned and his auto
mobile had been found beside the road
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-14

The school board of Bellows Falls has
advanced salaries of teachers from 10
to 10 per cent Beginning the coming
fall the seventh and eighth grades will
be abolished and the high school viii be
extended over a period Of six grades
All the schools will be under Principal
A. f. futile.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-14

Granite manufacturers of Barre arc ex-
periencing another car shortage which is
claimed to be due to the sloRing down
Of new shipments from the West The
Jack Of cars has become acute and the
manufacturers association Isl taking the
matter up with the various railroads
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-14

A suit has been brought in Washing
ton county court by James Luffel & Co.,
of Springfield, ILL.,, against the Vermont
& Quebec Power company and Charles
H. Thompson to recover the face value
of a note for $3.50.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-14
The local IL

The local federal bureau at Bellows
Falls IS finding work for many appi7
caifts, Last week &c men We're, placed
in eniployment "a being soldiers The
previousssweek SO men were furnished
work, % being service men, !
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-14
VERMONT NEWS.

The little child of Sylvester Hudson
of Chester was severely burned recently
by falling into a boiler of hot water.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-14

Two barns. owned by Joseph Parizo
of Winooski on his farm one-half mile
beyond Fort Ethan Allen, valued at
$4,000, were totally destroyed hy fire
at 1870 Wednesday night. Besides the
loss of the building considerable hay
and straw, which were in the barn, was
also destroyed 1t Is not definitely
known at what time the fire started or
what the origin was, The loss is par
TALLY covered by insurance.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-14

nest with large comb filled with
honey When this caught there was a
hot fire for some few minutes and no
little smoke as the entire contents of
the chimney burned.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-29
Police Recover Car
 Auto Bandits Used

A conductors change retainer fcInd in the Buick automobile dis covered abandoned on Worden ave nue yesterday morning, is believed to prove that the car is the one used by the auto bandits who operated in and about Bridgeport Monday night. The Container is owned by Arthur Haley. who was robbed of S100 by the bandits, at the end of the South Park avenue trolley line. The car is owned by Charles G. Miller, 52 Gar field avenue, and was taken from Gold street, where il stood while the owner entered a theatre.
 IL was apparently the purpose of the bandits 10 rob other conductors. They drove to the terminus of the line on North avenue, but the con- ductor of the car at that end became suspcicious. ar d. did not take his trolley to tb|ery of the line. The bandits gayA Is noto Homer Godfrey of Gres1a who Esd faster car, aY