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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-06

enforced, and we ask that at the next ses-
sion of the legislature some law be passed
stating definitely what is lawful and un-
lawful in regard to Sunday observance {"
This very thing has been tried in the
Legislature time and again without result
Why! Because as soon as any modfica-
ton of the Sunday law, to make it CON
form to present-day sentiments, is pro
posed, the ministers and the church peo-
pie aroused by them fairly read the move
ment and all connected with it into perdi-
ton. The sanctity Of the New England
Sabbath is being assailedl To its rescue,'
And they scare the legislators off the
trail and leave the law undisturbed. They
have won fight over the devil Chris
tan has conquered Apollyon
But Sunday observance continues ac.
cording to sentiment rather than law
which means that Reople generally dc
what they please on Sunday. The clergy
men look upon it with disfavor. bur sci
dom take action. and whenever they d.
1T results as it did in Brattleboro .Jnries
IN default of proper and needed action /,
the legislature, amend the law to suit tn,
case in hand.
| we shall be interested to see if thes,
| brattleboro clergymen really carry ON
thelr intention and when the Iegislatnr,
next trles to''lfbetalize' the Sunday iav
come to it with helpful support instea,
OF leading the execrators.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-06
Why Not Do It2
tSt. Johnsbury Caledonian.) J

l0t Johnsbury Caledonian)
The Bennington Banner. whose editor
mas long been in close touch with the
political affairs of the state, makes tbo
excellent suggestion that the governor
can special session of the Vermont
legislature within the next six months
SO that the women can participate in
the presidential election next year. 1T
would be an act of courtesy" saws Edi-
tor Howe, ''to the women of Vermont
that they deserve at the hands of the
governor and legislature"
There are thousands of Vermont
women who would be glad to partici
pate in the fall elections if they had a
chance and it seems too bad to deprive
them OF something that would be grant
ed them three months after the elections
when the legislature convenes in ,Janu-
airy, 1921. Gov. Clement has a splendid
opportunity to sacrifice his personal
opinions for the public good and we be
lleve he is big enough man to do this
There is an insistent and very proper
demand for special session and it
would be exceedingly gracious to the fair
sex to give them an equal chance with
the men In the next election.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-06
Today s Events

BY gubernatorial proclamation North
Carolina is to observe the week be-
ginning today as Cleanup Week"
Today is the 175th anniversary of
the birth of James McGill, the philan-
thropist who founded McGill universe
ty.
Today is the 150th anniversary of
the birth of Sir Isaac Brock, who com
manded the Canadian forces in the war
of 1872.
Leaving Regina today the Prince of
Wales and his party plan to spend sew
eral days at Gu 'Appelle Lake in hunt
ing and fishing
Producers of raw materials are to
meet at the department of agriculture
in Washington today to discuss scale
of fair prices for their commodities.
The Texas State Victory fair, the
largest exhibition of its kind in the
southwest, will open at Dallas today
and continue until October 49,
Under the auspices of the national
confectioners organizations the week
beginning today is to be observed as
Candy Week throughout the United
States.
Ten million dollars worth of the fin.
est dairy cattle in the world will bt
shown at the annual National Dairy
| show, which is to open in Chicago to
| day.
| Many important cases are dockete6
for early hearing before the Supreme
court of the United States, which re
! convenes today after the usual summer
trecess.
| All new ideas and methods in thu
conduct and management of hotels arr
to be on display at the third American
Hotel Exposition, which is to open il
Philadelphia today for a week s en-
gagement.
Beginning today and continuing un
til the eve of the November election
William J. Bryan plans to deliver fiv,
speeches day in Ohio in behalf of TIL,
''drys' in the state campaign on TIL,
prohibition referendum.
Today has been set for the openin.
at the White House of the national in
dustrial conference called by Presiden
Wilson to put the relations of labo
and those who employ labor upon
new footing, and to devise methods O.
reducing the cost of living.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-06
Same Old Story.
randolph Herald and News.

randolph Herald and News
The attempt to enforce the Sabbath
breaking law at Brattleboro came out as
such attempts usually have in this state
recently On trial of the case it was
clearly shown that the respondent had
engaged in baseball playing on Sunday
and only perfunctory defence was made
yet the jury disagreed. Another trial was
contemplated by the states attorney, who
had caused the arrest of other alleged vio-
lators of the Sunday law, golf player
and a store proprietor, but the affair
caused so much uproar in the community
and so much adverse comment resulted,
that the clergymen who started the pro-
ceeding set out to stop it. Probably UNI
der an arrangement to which all were par
ties, they suspended their complaint
against ball playing. the complaints against
other violators were also suspended, and
affairs resumed their wonted order. This
means that the Sunday law will continue
to be honored more in the breach than
the observance, as it is everywhere. The
Brattleboro clergymen, in their appeal to
the states attorney to stop what they
started, say:--"We realize the farreach-
I! ing result of the so-called blue laws il
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-06
Little Benny's
Note Book
BY LEE PAPE

Me and Sam Cross and Leroy Shooster
and Pubs Simkins and Pulses sissy cuz-
Yin Persey was wawking along yestidday,
and Sam Cross picked up peece of paper
all covered with Chinee writing, Sam
Cross saying, bet nobody heer cant reed
this
bet l can, go hing fow dan bong wayo,
sed Pubs Simkins. jest making it up to
sound like Chinee, and Leroy Shooster
sed, For all we know maybe it says a
big reward will be paid to enybody that
finds it.
| found it, | found it, sed Sam Cross
Well we was with you, wasent we?
sed, and Persey sed, | know ware there's
u Chinee laundry lets go and ask that
Chinee to reed it for us, 1t izzent very far
irum heer.
Everybody thinking it was a CRATE ideer,
and we started to follow Persey, Sam
Cross saying, | bet the Chinee langwidge
is the hardest to reed of eny, its a wonder
the Chimes can reed it theirselfs.
CESS maybe they start to lern wen
they're so young they aint got sents enuff
TO know how hard it is, sed Pubs Simkins.
And Persey kepp on wawking and wawk-
ing, and | sed, Hay, Persey, if you don't
call this far you don't know wat far is
| Good mite, I'm getting tired sed Leroy
| Shooster, and Persey sed, Its ony little
ways ROW. And he kepp on wawking and
wawking as if he wasent never going to
stop, and Pubs sed, Aw, I'm going back
this is hecks of long wawk, I'm tired
So am |, sed Leroy Shooster. And him
and Pubs started to go back, and Sam
Cross sed, All rite, enybody that stops
don't get eny of the reward And Puds
and Leroy termed erround agen and kepr
on following Persey, and he walked about
more blocks and we came to TIE Chinee
laundry, and the Chinee was ironing
collar in there, being a mario Chinee will
a wide nose, and Sam handed him the pa
per, saying, Would you please mind reed
ing this out loud. WITCH the Chinee jest
red it to himself, saying, 1t say all gooc
Chinee must go to Sundey skool every
| Sundey.
Watts it say about a reward, sed San
Gross, and the Chinee sed, That's all say
no more And us fellos was so mad We
chased Persey all the way back, not catch
ing him but getting there mulch quicker
than wat we would of if we hadent o
chased him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-06
MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1919.
DEFEAT OF SENATOR LODGE.

Senator Lodge was forced to come be-
fore the Republican state convention
and ask approval of his stand for tex
tual amendments to the treaty of peace,
the most direct appeal to popular will
that has been made in the whole fight
over the treaty because the appeal was
to a body of representative citizenship
that would definitely express. it's mind
on the great question; and he failed to
gain endorsement. Although defeated
he is not suppressed as he told the con-
vention Immediately after the unani-
nous vote for the prompt ratification
of the treaty of peace without amend
ment: 81 have already voted for
amendments. ] have voted for the
amendments that have been presented
voted for them in the committee and
in the senate. | voted as | believed TO
be right / will continue so to vote
would have so voted if | voted alone.
The independence of the senator will
win some admiration but it cannot OBJ
.cure the fact that he has set himself
in defiance to his party. Such de-
iance on the part of smaller man
than Senator Lodge would prove his
undoing It's effect on him will be
watched with much interest by all adj
hcrents of party government.
Massachusetts Republicans say: al
are agreed that this nation should dc
everything in its power to secure and
perpetuate world peace and to sub
stitute forever for the horrors anC
miseries occasioned by warfare a just
and permanent method of settling with
honor and certainty the inevitable dis
putes between nations and peoples.
We believe they express more accur
ately the public sentiment of the hou
and that Senator Lodge could viii
greater honor and respect by carrying
out the mandate of his party than b!
persisting in what Herbert Hoover call
| Ethe egotism of insanity Certainl,
the senator cannot afford to ignore tn
party request for prompt action on tn
treaty The country wants this mat
ter settled so other topics can be givel
consideration.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-06

Since the signing of the armistice
the city of Barre has at different times
reported the emigration of groups of
its foreign population to their native
countries. Similar conditions have
been observed in some of the larger
cities and some alarmists have been
sure that the departure of these aliens
was rapidly taking away the country S
unskilled labor But according to the
New York World the tide has already
turned and those who were the first TO
go are now returning, having found
conditions in their war devastated
countries much worse than they
dreamed. Thus America becomes once
more their lanG, of promise.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-06
Today's Birthdays.

Rt. Rev. Matthias c. Lehman, Catho-
lie bishop of Great Falls, born at Du-
buque, Ia, So years ago today.
DR.. Prince l.. Campbell, president of
the University of Oregon born at New
market, Mo-, 5S years ago today.
Ri. Rev. Frederick Burgess, Episco-
pal bishop of Long Island, born at Pro-
violence, R. L. &c years ago today.
Joseph w. Bailey, former United
States senator from Texas, born in Co
pish County, Miss, 56 years ago to
day.
Louis Baird Duncan, member of the
Cincinnati National league baseball
team, born at Coalition, O., % years age
today.
Sir Thomas G. Shaughnessy, chair
man of the board of the Canadian Pa
cifc Railway, born in Milwaukee, Ct
years ago today.
Maj. Gen. Joseph T. Dickman, wht
commanded the American army of oc
cupation on the Rhine, born at Dayton
o., 90 years ago today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-06

tive as well as the executive depart
ment of the government if a budget
system is to be success. His state
ment is a timely warning to those
congressman aiming to capture votes
with appropriations of the nation S
money that they are threatening the
solvency of the whole government and
ultimately their own congressional ca
reers. The nation will never stand an
other liberty loan to pay the political
debts of ambitious congressman.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-06

The Reformer is on sale every evening by
the following news dealers:
cleveland, S. L. Purinton (Esteyville).
Brooks House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot News
stand, Gilbert Pollica, 297 South Main St,
(Fort Drummer district.
West Brattleboro, J. L. Stockwell.
East Dummerston, NJ. E. Brown.
Putney, M. G.. Williams.
Newfane, N. NJ Batchelder.
Townshend, c. w. Cutler.
West Townshend, c. H. Grout.
Jamaica, R. J. Daggett.
South Londonderry, F. II. Tyler.
South Vernon, E. B. Buffum.
Northfeld, Mass, Thompson Bros.
West Chesterfield, N. H., Mrs. w. Streeter.
Hinsdale, N. H., w. H. Lyman.
Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News Co.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-06

mated Frederick T. Greenhalge
for governor.
Australian cable com
pleted from Vancouver to Fan
ming Island, a distance of 1856
miles
captured Jaluit Island
in the Marshall group.
observation-disclosures began an inva-
sion of Serbia ~
1916-New Roumanian expedition in
vaded Bulgaria. s}sss{ sd
1917-The special war session of the
United States congress ended.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-06
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ablng the cause of the error to be promptly
and accurately discovered and the proper rem
edy Immediately applied. 1t is only by this
method that the publisher can secure the de-
sired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-06
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Reading notices are published at foot of local
items.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-06

The New York Sun voices a thought
which has occurred to many that "iust
when the prices of shoes have reached
the high level where the consequent
prices for repairing old shoes makes
that shift an extravaganza instead of
an economy, the fashion of leather
coats for women RACES uncontrollably
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-06

Not everyone will care to try the
stunt of jumping upon the radiator of
an automobile in order to avoid being
run down as did a Bennington man
last week. 1t certainly would not be
advisable for female pedestrians to try
it until wider skirts are in vogue
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-06
Today's Anniversaries.

1744-James McGill, founder of McGill
university, born in Glasgow,
Scotland. Died in Montreal,
Dec. 10, 1913.
1769-Sir Isaac Brock, who captured
Detroit in the war of 1912, born
in the Island of Guernsey Killed
at battle of Queenstown, Oct. IS,
1912.
1S44-Samuel Davis, famous Confeder-
ate spy, born in Rutherford
county, Tenn. Executed by the
Federals Nov 81, 1863.
lS69-Minnesota Temperance society
formed at convention in ST.
Paul
1S94-Massachusetts Republicans NOM
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-06

Those who have enjoyed the poems of
Daniel L. Cady which have appeared
at intervals in the Vermont papers will
be interested to know that they may
soon be procured in book form. Mr..
Cady knows his Vermont and his sto-
ries in verse of the rural life of so
years ago ring true.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-06

this visitor of ours. Fife Elf. has never
heard very much about our family, or
she has forgotten If she has.
Years and years ago our great.
great, great. great, great, great. and
then a great many more greats. great
grandfathers started our enormous
family.
HE was the first year. There we're
oil his sons, fine sons he had. There
were twelve of them And so strong
and splendid were they that every
single new year tfor our grand
father, our first. first grandfather.
lived long time ago) there have been
many who have followed after him, as
have the sons after his sons
"The years have come to follow the
example of our first grandfather. and
the sons have come to follow the eN-
ample of the first twelve sons and TO
do just as they do.
you know January, and February.
and March, and so on. I am the son
OF the months. / am Father Week.
and you. you precious days. are my
children, my little sons"
But" said Effie Elf, "are there no
daughters in your family?"
"Yes," smiled Father Week. "The
daughters are all the happy moments
that go hand in hand with the daysl"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-06

1t is quite likely that the parents of
boys who felt the call of the upper re-
gions while the airplane was carrying
local passengers, heaved a sigh of re-
lief when it left town.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-06

In England it is possible to insure your
self against your daughter making an Up-
desirable marriage, against your son tax
ing to drink or dissipation, against youe
wife running away, or, if she does, re-
turning to trouble you again, and against
your grandmother marrying again, or, il
she is insane, against her recovering her
sanity and cutting you out of her will
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-06

The increased price of honey leads
one to think that the bees must have
demanded shorter hours and higher
wages.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-06

moving picture theatre in Barre has gone
into bankruptcy. 1t is hard enough to
believe that farming doesn't pay when
buying milk, butter, eggs, poultry, beef,
pork, beans or potatoes at the prices
quoted by the producers of these neces-
stiles, but to accept such preposterous
idea as moving picture business lead
ing to bankruptcy is overstraining public
credulity.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-06
An Unusual Situation.
Barre Times.l

1t is rather unusual situation brought
out by verdicts in suits emanating from
the grade crossing collision between a
Grand Trunk railroad train and the au-
tomobile of ex-Gov. George H. Prouty
when the estate of the former governor
failed to get damages for the death of
the head of the household or for the
destruction of the automobile, while Mr.
Prouty's employee, the man who was
driving the car when the collision took
place, was awarded damages of $4,000
for injuries received at that time. The
earning capacity of the one was entirely
cut off and yet his family get nething,
and the earning capacity of the other
was only partially impaired and still he
gets damages of good size The YER
diets are so widely differing that they
will no doubt cause great surprise. The
end OF the litigation is probably far off
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-06
Member Of The Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the for publication of all news
dispatches credited to it and not otherwise
credited in this paper and also the local news
publ shed herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-06
One Year Ago Today in the War.

Germans retreated on wide front in
champagne region.
Sir Eric Geddes, first lord of British
admiralty, arrived in America.
Several hundred United States SOL
diers lost in collision of transport and
merchant ship off Scottish coast.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-06

A sugar inquiry has been ordered by
the senate. The grocers have daily
one: "Any sugar?'
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-06
Direct Application.

Mrs. Pyuss-Do you believe In be-
ing able to cure by the laying on of
hands?
Mrs. Wordly-Oh, yes often cure
my son Jimmie of being naughty just
that way.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-06
Wrono. All, RIGHT.

Teacher: Tommy, spell 'wrong.'r
Tommy: "R-o-n-g."
Teacher: That's wrong"
Tommy: That's what you asked
me to SPELL"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-06

cold King Coal" appears anything
but "jolly old soul !" this season.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-06

ADVERTISE IN THE REroRMER.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-06
Hard to Believe.

KoPT IIIBIIeIu IttPUTttT.T
An Italian owner and manager of a
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-24
PRe,<S ADORE SsES WG GaApVArlns
GLASS IN BONN9

RAILROAD administration; the bond
bin, the postoff .ce appropriation mea-
sure, the sundry civil bill with $780,
10000 for the shipping board, the
measure appropriating $13,000,OOO
for hospitals, the legislative, eXecu-
tive and judicial salary budget and
the measure validating informal war
contracts.
Doubt is expressed regarding pos
sibility of disposing of the army ana
navy appropriation bills, measures
for oil, coal, gas and water power de-
velopment; prohibitory legislation,
the new sedition bill, the rivers and
harbors appropriation measure, the
bill providing for the 1920 census,
and the denomination of Comptroller
of the Currency Williams.
Failure of the following measures
generally is conceded:
The $25,000,000 appropriation in
connection with the Colomb a treaty,
general lailroad legislation, labor and
unemployment, the public buildings
bill, the woman suffrage resolution,
| immigration restriction. regulation of
the meat industry, evil pensions and
terminating government control of
the telephone, telegraph and other
wire systems
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-24
DUKE CITY FIELD
DOC To Be SHOWN
IN MOVIES TODAY

Momoney's Pinto Bess, who gained
national reputation in the field
trials in the last season, will appear
in motion pictures today at the B
theater, showing the setter IN action
in the all-American field trial staged
on September at Mobridge, S. d.
Pinto Bess won second place in the
derby at Mobridge. She is the prop
erty of Chief of Police Galusha. and
now is in Albuquerque, having been
shipped here at the close or the field
trial season several days ago Bess is
q setter.
The film will show also Mary Mont
rose, winner of several national cham
pionships, capturing second place in
the all-age stake at Mobridge. She
is a full sister of the Duke of Albu-
querque, q pointer pup, owned until
a short time ago by Chief Galusha.
The Duke was sold to Miss Marian Du
Pont of Montpelier, n, f., and prob.
ably will be entered in the field trials
next season.