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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-06
TICKET CANVASS
FOR CHAUTAUQUA
Seven Hundred Season Tickets Allotted
to Guarantors-Oficers of Lo-
cal Association Chosen.

All officers and committee chairmen
for the Chautauqua association for this
year have now been secured and they
will be busy from now until the open
ing of the entertainment. Arrange
ments were made at meeting in the
board of trade rooms lat evening to
district the town and provide for a can
vass for tickets
Only 700 season tickets have been al
lotted to the guarantors to be sold, the
proceeds from which go to meet the
guarantee and the additional expense
incurred in advertising. trucking. light
ing of grounds, etc. This is a smaller
number than in previous years. The
public is reminded, however, that the
proceeds from season tickets only are
used toward the guarantee and no tick
cts for admission to single entertain
ments can be diverted to that use.
| A season ticket admits the purchaser
to any or all entertainments, and there
is saving of $3.50 by buying a season
| ticket over what single admission tick.
cts to all the evening performances
| alone would cost and saving of $3.50
over single admissions to all produc
tions, and the sale of the season tickets
Will relleve the guarantors from making
up any deficit.
The local association makes the an
nouncement that this Chautauqua asso
citation is the only one in the country
/ which is allowed to hold performance.
without compelling the patrons to pay
! a war tax, inasmuch as the association
| derives no financial benefit. but divert
whatever surplus there might be eacl
1 year to improving the program for tn,
following season.
i The officers of the local organizatio,
are: Pres, Arthur F. Roberts: sec
Harold Z. Moffitt; treas. Charles G
i Staples: executive conn.,, w. Z. Stellman
: J. +. Mann. w. E. Bartlett, w. b
Smith, DIR. w. R. Noyes, Walter A. Gil
, bert; chairman grounds CON-, w. T
Stellman; chairman junior Chautauuua
: Miss Florence M. II. Wells ~
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-06
WEST TOWNSHEND.

Mildred Dompier was home Sunday.
viii Magoon is in town for a few DAYS.
Miss Marion McKegan has been a
guest at the Lawrence homestead.
Workmen are making repairs on the
covered bridge on Depot street.
Floyd burlington, who is working in
Brattleboro, was home over Sunday.
Eta Mundell of Brattleboro is spend
ing a few days with her mother, Mrs.
Clark Mundell
Mr.. and Mrs Alfred Patch of Newfane
were visitors at c. o. Kimballs Satur-
day.
A moving picture and novelty company
is giving some interesting entertainments
at the hall this week.
Ernest Dresser and family of Farley,
Mass. were with their parents. Mr. and
Mrs. w. A. Lawrence, the first of the
week.
Paul Grout, who was one of the boys
who went overseas, has bought George
Fl. Dompier's farm. Mr.. Dompier has
not decided what he will do yet
Mrs. Sarah Carr passed her Ssth mile
stone Aug. d. The day was pleasantly
spent by receiving calls from her many
friends and neighbors.
Mrs. Flora Burnap and son, Her
bert, were visiting friends in Manches
ter last week, making the trip by ear
riage drive.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-06
Secretary Lansing Says Will
son League Draft
Was POcketed.
NEVER CONSIDERED BY
PEACE CONFERENCE
Could Not Tell How It Differed From
Final Draft-President Asked That
Proceedings Be Kept Secret From
French Senate.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-Secretary
Lansing told the senate foreign relations
committee today that the American plan
for league of nations was not pressed on
Versailles and never was presented to the
full peace conference. He said he did not
know whether a copy of the Aemrican
draft still was in existence. He presumed,
he said, that the draft was made by Pres
ident Wilson and added that copy might
still be III the Presidents possession.
Discussing the Shantung provision OF
the treaty Secretary Lansing said the
Lansing lshii agreement made to obtain
reaffirmation by Japan of the open door
policy in China was entered into by the
American government without the knowl-
edge of the secret treaty between Japan
and the allies for transfer of German
concessions in Shantung to Japan.
Mr.. Lansing said it was true that Pres
ident Wilson had cabled to the peace eoIa-
mission requesting that the confidential
minutes of the meetings of the proceed
ings of the commission on the league Of
nations should not be furnished to the
French senate.
Mr.. Lansing did not recall how the
American plan differed from that eventu-
ally adopted. Asked by Senator Brande-
gee whether it was true that the Ameri-
can plan was drafted by two New York
lawyers for the President the witness re.
piled: Il think that is not true
and was the plan not destroyed be.
cause it was 50 absurd" asked Mr.. Bran
degee.
Il never heardsof that" said Mr.. Ian
sing.
Asked how the expenses of the league
were to be paid he said he understood
i the league had no authority to assess any
nation but would apportion the expens
cs and their payment so far as the United
States was concerned would be entirel,
dependent upon the decision of congress.
The propriety of trying the former Ger
man emperor was discussed at some length
by Secretary Lansing, who said the Amer
lean commissioners dealing with the ques
tion were unanimous in the opinion tha
legal trial could not be had. Some sen
ators suggested that the former empero
should be required to surrender to a mill
tary tribunal as Napoleon did for trial ur
der general court martial authorities.
Secretary Lansing said he PERSONAL
would be opposed to furnishing the senat
copy OF the transcript of the discussion
before the league of nations section on tn
peace conference 'on. the general prime
: ple' that it might prove Irritating" t
/ other nations.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-06
INSTRUCTION CAR
IN LOCAL YARD
In Charge Of Fred A. Tuthill Of This
Place, Who Was Boston & Maine
Engineer Nearly 80 Years.

A Boston & Maine air brake instruc-
tion car in charge of Fred A. Tuthill of
Chaplin street as instructor, has been
in the local railroad yard since Satur-
day night and will remain here few
days longer to give all men at this ter
minal an opportunity to secure informa
tion which would be valuable asset in
case of emergency, as well as in their
every day work. .
Mr.. Tuthill, who was a. Boston &
Name engineer nearly 80 years, has been
in charge of the air brake instruction
car since August, 1910. He has one as
sistant, and holds two schools each day,
the time of the schools varying to con-
form to the convenience of the men
who are to attend. While Mr. Tuthill
asks no questions of the men he ex-
plains the various operations of the
brake and some things which can be
done to save much time in case some
part of the equipment should 60 wrong
in certain particulars, and the men are
given an opportunity to ask questions
of Mr. Tuthill.
The car is for the instruction of engi-
neers, conductors, brakemen or fremen
or any other men who have anything to
do with air brakes, and firemen can take
their examination to become engineers.
One end of the ear is devoted to a
work room or Office for Mr.. Tuthill,
with berths, etc, the center is given
over to the air brake equipment and a
miniature skeleton engine, while a
boiler for steam making to be used in
demonstrating the brakes occupies the
other end of the car.
While the car is the property of the
Boston & Maine Railroad company it is
now under lease to the Central YER
mont Railway Co. until it covers that
system. Mr.. Tuthill was in ST. Albans
two weeks, going then to three termin-
ais in Canada, returning to st. Adams
and stopping at points between there
he will 60 TO Palmer and New London
and other points on the Central Yer
mont line. The car has been in opera
tion by the Boston & Maine company
ID or 16 years, and the headquarters are
in Boston.
| No charge is made to the railroad men
who avail themselves of the opportun-
/. ity to learn more of the air brakes. At
some of the terminals the instructor has
reported an attendance of 100 per cent
of the available men, but he does not
expect so large a percentage here with
about so men available. As matter
of record accounts were kept one year
since Mr.. Tuthill became instructor on
the car and that year more than 3,40O
men received instruction.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-06
EVERYBODY GOUGES
IN PRICE OF SHOES
Unreasonable Profits from
the Packer to the Retail
er = Meat Prices to Be
Taken Up August Is -
Governor Bartlett Wants
PrOfiteering Stopped by
Use of the Ballot

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-While or
tion for reducing the cost of living it
may later after a more thorough in
quiry advocate firing squad for some
of those responsible for the wave of
profiteering sweeping over the coun-
try, Warren s. Stone, grand chief of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin-
GERS told the house interstate commerce
committee today at hearing on the
Plumb plan for railroad control.
President Wilson will address con-
gress Friday to make recommends
tions for legislation designed TO aid
in reducing the cost of living. This
was learned today at the White House.
That one Of the President $ recommenda-
tions will be more teeth to make ex-
isting laws effective to cope with profit
eering is the general belief of officials in
the absece of definite information from
the White House The President, it was
suggested, also might ask congress for a
modified licensing system under which
margins of profits could be controlled so
as to bring an immediate reduction in
prices
The high price of shoes is declared
to be due to excessive profits taken by
every factor III the shoe production in
dustry in a report by the federal trade
commission to congress made public
today. The packers are charged with
having begun the pyramiding of shoe
prices by an unwarranted increase in
the price of hides, the supply of which
they are said to control. On top of
this increase, it is charged, the tam
ners have taken exceptional profits
while the shoe manufacturers have de.
manded an unusual margin and the
retailers have charged prices that are
not justifable.
Some relief from the intolerablt
prices paid by consumers for shoes may
be had, the report says, by a rigid en-
forcement of the laws against monopo
listic control of commodities, by legis
lation forbidding producers of hides en-
gaging in the tanning business, by thu
adoption of device in the distribution
of shoes that will acquaint the consum
er with the selling price of the manu-
facturer.
Atty.-Gen. Palmer after the cab
met meeting yesterday, said that pro
visions of Lever food control bill vii
be enforced rigidly to curb proftcer
ing.
Brotherhoods, backed by A. F. 0
L., started campaign to raise So 500
600 to push fight for Plumb plan i
congress.
Senator Thomas, Democrat, Colorado
during long senate debate, charge
that the demands of railroad employe
constitute treason. Senator Cummin
Republican, Iowa, urges the senate nc
to become "intemperate, and say
the President already has power I
act.
The senate agricultural committe
voted to take up meat prices Aug 1S
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-06
STRATToN.

Ray Lyman and E. A. Eddy were in
Brattleboro on business Monday.
f. O. Pike went to Sunderland Sunday
after his mother, Mrs. Belle r. Pike.
Miss Grace Payne of West Wardsboro
visited at f. A. Eddy's last Wednesday.
G. d. Chaplin and W. A. Fletcher of
Springfield, Mass, were in town Satur-
day.
Miss Annie Griffith of Muscogee, Okla
homa, who has been visiting her sister
Mrs Ray Lyman, returned Monday to
her mothers home in Castleton. and will
90 back to Oklahoma the first of Septem-
ber.
Miss Ethel Eddy went to Burlington
Monday to visit Miss Florence Wellmar
of Brattleboro, who is there attending
the summer school for superintendent
She will not return home until after the
superintendents' conference in Rutland.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-06
Governor Bartlett's Remedy.

KINGSTON, N. II, Aug 6.--Use Of
the ballot to stop profteering and
bring about an. orderly re-adjustment
of safter-war conditions was urged by
Coy. John III. Bartlett in an address
here today in connection with the eel
Rebration of the 225th anniversary of
the Incorporation of the town. % The
ship of state will finally emerge from
the foaming breakers and come to
calmer seas if we are wise and pa
tient," the governor said. "Not pa
tient with wrongs but patient with
honest efforts to right these wrongs.
"Our government can do more for
us than we can do for ourselves in a
mob. Let us keep our country governed
orderly by the ballot and abide by
the viii of the majority. We can, by
the ballot, see that profiteering is
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-06
VERY DESTRUCTIVE
ELECTRICAL STORM
Two Hundred Ohio Families Left Home
less and 100000 Damage to
Crops and Property.

CLEVELAND, O., Aug 6.-Four per-
sons known to be dead, probably six
seriously wounded, property and crop
damage estimated at more than So
100000 and 200 families driven from
their homes was the toll early TODAY of
the electrical storm which swept north
ern Ohio late yesterday. Three of the
deaths occurred in Youngstown. where
two persons We're killed by lightning
and another electroeuted by coming in
to contact with live wire.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-06
ALL WANT AN INCREASE.
Fourteen Railroad Unions Send Com
lnunication to Hines

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6-Represen-
tatives of IA different railroad unions
now have joined in communication to
Director General Hines asking immedi-
ate increases in wages. So far as is
known this is the first instance on rec
ord in which all the railroad unions.
representing 100000 employees. have
acted as unit. Mr.. Hines said TODAY
he had not had time to analyze the com
munication but it seemed a formal pres.
entation of the wage demands already
made public.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-06
ALLIES TO BUNCH BUYING.
All American Pork to Be Purchased
Through One Agency.

PARIS. Aug. 6.-The allied govern
ments as. represented at the conference
of their representatives in London have
agreed to undertake the joint purchase of
pork products through common buving
agency in the United States. Tt is ex-
pected that the arrangements will 90 into
effect on Aug. 8. Germany, through the
reparations committee, will probably be
required to buy its pork products through
the sale agency in order to avoid compe-
tition
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-06
LIVERPOOL WITHOUT BREAD.
Strike of Tramway Men and Bakers
In That City.

LIVERPOOL, Aug 6-Tramway SER
vice was suspended completely today and
thero was virtually no bread as result
of the strike movement which began with
the police and now includes the tramway
men and the bakers. Municipal employees
las night voted to give "a hours strike
notice unless demands of tte tramway
men We're met
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-06
WILL TRY FORMER KAISER. :.
Bonar Law Announces No Change in
Allies Decision.

LONDON, Aug. 6-The allies have
not altered their decision to try the
former German emperor in London, An
drew Bonar Law, government leader, an
nounced in the house of commons today.
He said no action could be taken until
the treaty was ratified.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-06
GRAND CHIEF STONE
WANTS FIRING SQUAD
FOR FOOD, PROFzTEERS

stopped; we can, by the ballot, see
that gambling in food is stopped; we
can, by the ballot, safeguard wages
where all can live and let live. But
if we attack our government and ruin
it we can get nothing save as we may,
in the mad scramble of the mob.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-06
CAN'T HAVE REFERENDUM
Supreme Court of Maine Gives Opinion
On Prohibition Amendment.

AUGUSTA, Me-, Aug. GA referen.
dum cannot be invoked in this state on
the national prohibition amendment. ac
eordlng to decision of the supreme
court announced TODAY.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-06
CORN JUMPS AGAIN.
Announcement That Government Would
Maintain Wheat Price Responsible.

CHICAGO, Aug. Corn opened 4
1-2 to 8 12 cents a bushel higher to-
day as a result of the announcement
that the government would maintain
the guaranteed 1926 price of wheat
December, the principal delivery op-
ened at Sl52.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-06
THE WEATHER.
Probably Thunder Showers Tonight
And Thursday.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6-The wealth
er forecast: Partly cloudy, showers
and thunder storms probably tonight
and Thursday. Not much change in
temperature. Moderate south winds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-06

Farmers in Ira have commenced digging
their potatoes, although not fully grown,
because of the big demand for the spuds.
The price is high, So or sc cents per peck.
The crop seems to be excellent in that To-
cality.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-06

Direct wireless communication be
tween England and Australia has been
effected with the Marconi system The
distance is between twelve thousand
and thirteen thousand miles.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-06

A curious idea among the Burmese is
that people born on the same day of the
week must not marry. and that if they
defy the fates their union will be marked
by much ill-luck
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-06
PERSONAL.

Mrs. Arthur Moquin and daughter
Irene, of Moosup, Conn, is visiting her
daughters, Mrs. Joseph Brouillard and
Miss Rose Moquin of Maple street.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-06
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL

G. A. Boyden and T. T. Britain have
bought the Camp Chesterfield proper
ty at Spofford lake of E. P. Wells OF
Minneapolis.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-06
Odd Fellows Temple

Thursday, Aug 7, 7.30 p. m-Regu-
lar meeting of Oasis Encampment.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-06

Upwards of 10000 women are en-
ploved in the cotton mills of Bombay.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-05
State Normal Eleven
Defeats Grid Team
From Grand Island

Peru, Neb., Oct. 4.-(Special.)-
The first game of the season, played
Friday on the Peru gridiron, ended
81 to 0 i'll favor of the home team.
The eleven is the heaviest and most
promising bunch that has worn Peru
colors since 1912.
Both teams played clean, gritty
and sportsmanlike game, but Peru's
ex-arny and navy Drawn and Coach
Speer's training in tactics were too
much for The Baptists.
The stars Of the home team were
Rasch, fullback, who made three
touchdowns, two place kicks and
kicked once for goal; Gately. half
back, with two touchdowns to his
credit; Copenhaver, tackle; Pranty,
halfback, and Stevenson, quarter
back, whose generalship was big
factor in Peru's success.
The officials were Cameron, Uni
versity of Nebraska; Whitehouse.
University of Washington and Mer-
rilI, Massachusetts, Agricultural
school,
Peru meets Midland college, FIRE.
mont, next Friday on the home
field.s
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-05
BY FRANCIS OUIMET.

When the 1919 golf season began
it was rather freely predicted that
the standard of play might not be as
high as in former years, but now
that it is>over and we may look back
over the more important fixtures of
the summer we cannot but help feel
that the quality of golf was higher
than has ever been the case. l think
the early thoughts in this case were
based on the fact that there was less
golf during the war than for many
years, that lack of tournament play
would be felt in the big events of
the season and that some of the
leading players, who were in service,
might not be able to return to their
old form.
New Element Appears.
Now, as matter of fact. new
! element had entered into golf cham
pionships that all of us might have
foreseen, but which we quite natu-
rally overlooked. This new element
was the younger generation COM
posed of very young men and rather
old boys, still in their teens, who
were about due to prove their skill.
Golf has only taken hold in a big
way in this country i'll the past IS
years, so we were about due for sur
prises, because these boys who had
taken up the game as mere young
sters at about that time and under
most competent instruction were
reaching the competitive age.
Most of them were too young to
enter service, and as tournaments
were small and unimportant affairs
during the war, we had no time to
hear of them as Corners" on vari-
Gus links and in various tourna-
ments. They had escaped our
notice. But all the while these boys
were improving and biding the time
when they could measure strokes
with The stars of prewar days.
Many Dark Horses.
Thus, when the barriers were
lifted which denied us golf during
the war, there was wholesale rush
of these younger players who would
not be denied. 1t was quite natural
that they would be the dark horses
of the season, and not at all beyond
expectations that they would come
through. What was surprise,
though, was the fact that they did
it in such an impressive manner.
Former amateur champions were
more to their liking than amateur
champions have ever been before.
Evans, Fownes, Byers. Travers,
Gardiner and myself fell before their
proves III rapid-hre order at Oak
mont, and in a way that left no
doubt that young America, trained
from childhood in the mysteries of
the driver, the brassie, the irons and
the putter, was bound to carry
through.
AS | look back OH the season just
past, the high lights to me seem to
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-05
Golf Average Higher for
1919 Than Previous Seasons
Younger Generation Is New and Surprising Element
in Game-High Light Was Masterful Play of
Hagen and Wonder Work of Heron

be the brilliant and masterful play
of Walter Hagen, in the open; the
almost perfect golf of young Dave
Heron all through the amateur,
and the consistently remarkable
work of Jim Barnes during the sea-
son.
Hagen was magnificent at Brae
Burn and his confidence supreme.
Heron was the same at Oakmont.
For one week his golf was flawless
and by dint of his performance he
was proof sufficient to dispute the
old belief that all of us have our off
days. Dave annexed the Amateur
because he had no off days in his
bag. He was all that American
golfers may ask of champion and
so extremely modest and fine with
it all. There's a good sportsman
if there ever was one! One whom
we all may we'll be proud of, too.
Jim Barnes always was a favorite
of mine because he is so uncanny.
Barnes is rarely off his game and l
think no other professional in Amer
lea has such fine record year in
and out in tournament play Were
Barnes horse there would be no
easier way of beating the ponies
than backing him for place what
ever the field. Barnes may not al
ways win, but he averaged we'll
above SO per cent at doing so in the
big fixtures he played in this year
and in none of them was he out of
the running. Jim is a man always
to be watched and one any aspirant
must defeat before he wins any
title Barnes strives for. That man
knows the game from tee to cup on
any sort of hole American courses
can offer.
All in all, American golf had its
biggest year. Some may regret the |
overthrowing of all the former anna
teur champions, but nothing is bet
ter for sport than to get new
blood into it. 1t makes the inter-
est higher, the competition better
and cannot but help resulting in this
country producing players we'll able
to tackle and down the world when
competition is resumed.
Any golfer who begrudges such
situation doesn't get much fun out
of the game, to say the least.
Copyright, 1919, Sol Metzger)
From The Metzger Newspaper Serv-
ice, Union College, Schenectady,