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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04
I oday' Events

General Cadorna, the victorious Italian
commander in the late war, enters upon
his 10Th year today
A special election is to be held in Ten,
nessee today on proposal to hold a con-
stltutIonal convention to alter or revise
the constitution of the state.
The centennial of the laying of the cor,
nerstone for St Paul's church, the cathe.
dral church of Boston, will be celebrated
today by the Episcopalians of that city.
H. r. HI. the Prince of Wales and his
party will journey today into western On.
tarlo, where several days are to be spent
IN fishing before the journey westward IA
resumed
Every Christian association and society
dong work for the negroes North or
South has been asked to send delegates to
conference to meet in New York TODAY
to consider the negro outlook in view OF
the recent riots in Washington and Chi
eago, and the possibility of similar out
breaks in other cities.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04
THURSDAY, SEPTEMERB 4 1919
THE CUMMINS BILL.

1T is encouraging to have bill
drawn by senate committee for the re-
organization of the railroads and to re-
turn them to private control. because
1T indicates disposition on the part
OF congress to act upon this important
matter. Further encouragement is
found in the independence of the com.
mittee in formulating the bill, it hay-
ing kept free from the visionary and
selfish propositions that have been be,
fore it. The bill may be radically
changed before the senate is through
with it and it may then be met bv the
Esch bill passed by the house and the
two measures merged into one agree.
able to both houses. The Esch bill has
less government oversight and inter
ference than the Cummins bill.
1t is possible so much government
control is one of the weak features of
the Cummins bill, as it provides for
three separate boards with powers of
control over the owners and operators
or the road. First the interstate com
meree commission with largely in
creased powers is made the supreme
body over railroad affairs. Then there
Is new railway transportation board
OF five members appointed by the Pres
ldent to supervise railway development
II
tee of wages and working conditions.
composed equally of representatives of
employers and employees with wide. au-
thority in settling labor questions. is
required. Aside from these three bodies
the control of the roads is left to the
owners and managers; but four sepa.
hardly seems sufficient; greater than
some and obstructive to effective man.
agement.
Other features of the bill will not be
mentioned here; but the history of gov
eminent management has not been very
The interstate commerce
commission in the past has so hampered
railroad operations they could not be
successfully carried out and there is
question whether it is better prepared
TO outline successful policies in the fu
ture.
Railroads should be compelled to Sc
cure uniform federal charters and their
capitalization be supervised by such
body as the interstate commerce com
mission to prevent over capitalization;
their operation should be inspected to
prevent violation of regulations or the
imposition of unjust rates; and the
should act as arbitrator of
wage disputes that cannot be settled
between the employers and employees.
That would seem about all the govern
ment regulation that is good for the
public or roads. Perhaps the final bin
enacted by congress will be reduced to
this form.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04
The Penalty of Progress.
bennington Banner

The Brattleboro Reformer advocates The
manufacture of brick ont of the waste
granite and Washington, Caledonia and
Orange counties are having visions of be.
coming the brick centers of the world.
One of the penalties of progress is the
continued npsetting of the existing order
of things. Bricks have been made of clay
since the days when the Israelites were
not provided with straw and now some in
dividual with curious turn of mind pro,
poses to knock the whole business into
a cooked hat and substitute ground gran
lite. There is probably enough quarry
waste IN and around the town and city
OF Barre to make a sufficient number Of
bricks to build few cities of the size of
New York, provided the dream is one
that comes true. A half century ago there
was thriving ochre mining business in
the town of Remington and few small
fortunes were built on the product. Most
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04

not want to get out in the rain. That
rate bosses seem somewhat burden
the fear of wet skirts or damp feet
must have doomed the Indifference of
the average person over candidates for
public office. Evidently the people
are no more inclined to express their
choice at the ballot box than they were
at the old time caucuses.
1T is not time to assert that the
primary is less desirable than the eau
Gus system; but it must be evident to
all that it is more expensive, especial.
ly in Vermont. If the people do not
improve their opportunity to vote for
the party nominees, there will be de-
mand to abolish the expensive system.
With its novelty gone the primary law
does not appeal to the public as it was
expected it would and there is real
danger it may be thrown into discard
with the same unanimity that it was
adopted but few years ago.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04
In the Days News.

Ahmed Mira, Sultan of Persia, who is
soon to pay a visit to America. is the sec.
ond son of the Shah Mohammed Ali
siirZa, and came to the throne when the
latter was deposed in 1909 He was but
ii years old at the time of his succession
and the country was. ruled by a regency
until he attained his majority The young
sultan was educated by European teach,
ers and Is known to be favorable to west.
ern progress. Among the Understanding
titles which he bears are Shah-in-Shah
meaning king of kings, which is an in.
heritanee from an antiquity older than
the Old Testament; Zil Allah, Shadow of
God; kibleh Alum, Centre of the World,
the Exalted One. Exalted as the Planet
Saturn. the Well of the knowledge the
kIng Whose Standard is the Sun and
Whose Splendor is That of the Firma-
ment.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04
Today's Anniversaries.

ls02-Marcus Whitman, the pioneer anf
missionary who guided the first i'm
migrant train into Oregon, born al
Rushvlile, n. Y. Killed by Indians
Nov 90, lS47.
ls43-General Winfield Scott was public
" welcomed in Boston.
is79-Meeting of the Russian car and the
German emperor at Alexandrowa
Poland
rehabilitation of Prince Alexander oil
Bulgaria
fosf-Ihe Bertillon system for the identi
fcation of criminals was adopted by
the London police department.
lsol-Ihe Methodist Ecumenical confer.
ence opened in London.
l9o9-More than 600 Chinese students as.
sembled at Picking to take competi-
tive examinations for college eours-
es IN the United States
lsio-Germans crossed the River Marine
on their march south.
19l5-Czar Nicholas assumed sunreme
command of the Russian armies.
i9l6-liermans and Bulgars headed for the
Rnmanian capital
l9l7-Eleven persons killed and 90 in
lnred in a German air raid on Lon
don.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04
Cady Knows His Vermont.
bennington Banner. }


Many Vermonters, beth those residing
within the state at the present time ant
those who have made their homes in dis
tant communities, will be pleased to learn
that the Rural Life Poems of Daniel
L. Cady of Burlington are to be published
IN a book later in the year. These poems
have appeared originally in the Burling
ion Free Press and in the Brattleboro
ketormer and have been widely copied in
the press of the state and elsewhere. Yer.
mont character, the record of. the state
in the life of the nation and the glories
o.. the Green mountains have been yividly
and permanently recorded in verse bv ma.
tive Nermonters but it has remained for
Mr. Cady to search the very heart of the
homely life of the hills and to put his
pleasing memories in rhyme.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04
Eminently Qualified.
(Rutland News)

Colonel George Harvey, editor of tbs
war Weekly and of the North Ameri
can Review, shows that he is entirely
familiar with congressional affairs by
advocating the selection of some such
man as Frank L. Greene of this district
as leader of the Republicans in the Ma
-tIonal house of representatives to sue,
coed Congressman Mondell. under
whose leadership the dominant party is
disorganized and disintegrated to a
certain extent. Congressman Greene
has the qualifications personally and
socially and he is grounded on the foun-
datlonal principles of Republicanism
and so is eminently qualified for the
leadership to which Colonel Harvey
nominates him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04
Cheap and Easy Rule.
(Claremont Eagle.)

(Claremont Eagle.)
If you want to save, save.
10 stop waste, stop it.
The way to economic is to econom,ze
The shortest, easiest rule in the world
One anybody can follow What's the us,
OF passing the buck to the administration
Why call to congress for new laws? We
the people, are the ones who are respon
sloie Tor the high cost of living All we
nave to do Is to quit living beyond our in
comes; then we shall have money enough
Talk stops nothing, laws change moth
ing, acts are what count. our own acts and
none other. just one act we can per
torn and We shall settle this high cost
OF living for good and all. That act is
save. SAVE. Cut ont the frills. bay the
needs, save the balance.
We can do this and make old High Cost
OF Living look like thirty cents.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04
PRIMARY LOSING NOVELTY

That the primary law is losing novel
ty is evidenced by the small vote al
New York states primary last Tues
day. Ihere were some insurgent move
ments that naturally would bring out
a large vote but there was not large
vote and in every contest the organiza.
tion candidates were easy winners. The
vote is reported the smallest since the
enactment of the law in 1913.
No explanation of the small vote has
been offered, further than it was wet
and the women voters especially did
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04
Jump from Bed
in Morning and
Drink Hot Water
tells why everyone should drink
not water each morning
before breakfast

why IS man and woman, half the
time' feeling nervous, respondent, wor
ned; some days headachy, dull and
unstrung; some days really incapacitat.
ed by illness.
1t we all would practice inside bath.
ing, what gratifying change would
take place. Instead of thousands Of
haif-slek, anaemic-looking souls with
pasty, muddy compilations we should
see crowds of happy, healthy, rosy
checked people everywhere. The rea-
son IS that the human system does not
rid itself each day of all the waste
which 1T accumulates under our present
mode of living. For every ounce of
food and drink taken into the system
nearly an ounce of waste material must
be carried out, else it ferments and
forms ptomaine-like poisons which are
absorbed into the blood.
just as necessary as it is to clean the
ashes from the furnace each dav. he
fore the fire will burn bright, and hot.
SO we must each morning clear the in
side organs of the previous DAVIS ae
cumulatlon of indigcstible waste and
body toxins. Men and women, whether
sick or well, are advised to drink each
morning, before breakfast, a glass of
real hot water with teaspoonful of
limestone phosphate in it, as harmless
means of washing out of the stomach.
liver, kidneys and bowels the ind gesti.
BILE material, waste, sour bile and toy
ms; thus cleansing, sweetening and puri-
flying the entire alimentary canal be-
fore putting more food into the stom-
ach
Millions of people who had their turn
at constipation, bilious attacks, acid
stomach, nervous days and sleepless
nights have become real cranks about
the morning inside-bath. A quarter
pound of limestone phosphate will not
cost much at the drug store, but is suf-
ficient to demonstrate to anyone its
cleansing, sweetening and freshening
effect upon the system.--Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE
LIGHT.
By LEE PAPE

LIGHT.
Light Is the chief diffrents between day
and mite. If mite was fest as light as day
people would go to bed weneyer they got
sleepy insted of waiting for the rite time
thereby causing CRATE inconvenience tc
the people that was still up. The most
important reason wy it gets dark every
mite is SO people viii all go to bed al
the same time and avoid confusion. An
other reason is to make the stars look
palmer
Sun light is the hottest and the most
natural and the cheapest. The sun is big
ger than the hole erth put together. but
wen little cloud gets in frunt of it YOU
cant even see it. This proves size aint
everything.
Moon light is ony a rehexion of sun
light, SO the moon don't deserve neer
as mulch credit as it genrelly gets. Stars
give little light, but their cheef use is
for ornaments.
The cheef diffrents between gas light
and eleetrick light is that gas light can
pc termed ways, UP or down, vile cleo
trek hight can ony be termed one way.
on Gas has a gassy smell witch pervents
It from ixeaping without being found out.
Ihe reason gas don't smell more like flow
ers is because then people wouldent trv
SO hard not to be assixiated.
Ladies also make electricity wen they
comb their hair, but 10 ladies combing
their HAIR all at the same time wouldent
even make enuff to reed by.
pistol is twice as dangerous when
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04
Today's Birthdays.

Henry LeFavour, president of Simmons
college. born at Salem, Mass, 81 years
ago today.
Harold MetGrath, author of numerous
popular stories, born at Syracuse, N. Y,
4S years ago today
T. Bascom Slemp, representative in con.
gress OF the Ninth Virginia district. born
IN Lee county, Va, 40 years ago today.
General Count Luigi Cadorna, the vie
.orious commander of the Italian armies
IN the late war, born at Pallanza, 90 years
ago today
Simon Lake, whose latest submarine
boat invention makes it possible for a
nerson to walk on the ocean bed. born at
fieasantville, n. j., SO years ago today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04
Enough to Go Ahead

The success Of others should stimu-
late us to win success. Let US not
envy them their triumphs nor grudge
them the honors nor happiness. they
nave earned. There is success enough
TO go around. Only small souls need
envy as q spur. The great-hearted,
While bending all their energies toward
achievement. can rejoice in the tri-
umphs of others who are struggling to
reach the same goal.-Girls' Compan-
Ion. K ew rssss
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04
Don't Push Too Hard.
(Morrisville Messenger. !

Before the railroad men strike for biqb
er pay, they should ask themselves i
they want to pay So a bushel for potatoes
ana q pound for butter? Those prices
"ou,d give the farmer about the same pay
per hour as the railroad men are now get.
..ng. Don't goad the farmers into organ,
lzlng and unionizing. If you do there
WIZ sure be something doing that union
lzed labor will not like. There are. about
~ farmers to every other working man.
ihey have been working 10 to Is hours a
day and are getting mighty sore.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04

The Reformer is on sale every evening by
the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co., C. W.
Sleayeland. S. L. Purinton (Esteyville).
Brooks House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot News.
stand, Gilbert Pollica, 81 South Main ST.
(Fort Drummer district)
West Brattleboro, J. L. Stockwell.
East@Dummerston, NJ E. Brown.
Putney. M. G. Williams.
Newfane, N. M. Batchelder,
Townshend, c. w. Cutler
West Townshend, c. Fl. Grout,
Jamaica, r. ]. Daggett.
South Londonderry, F. II. Tyler.
South Vernon, Z. B. Bu.fum
Nonhneld, Mass, Thompson Bros.
West Chesterfield, N. r., Mrs. w. Streeter
Hfnsdale, N. H., w. H. Lyman.
Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News Co.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

It il the aim of the MANAGEMENT to secure
efficient service in the delivery of the papeI
each night, and it solicits the cooperation Of
subscribers to that end. Prompt reports should
on the morning following the omission, in
person, by telephone postal card, thus en-.
abling the cause of the error to be promptly
and accurately discovered and the proper rem.
edy Immediately applied. 1t 10 only By this
method that the publisher can secure the de.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04

1t should be interesting to the mem
bers of the medical profession to see
what a thirsty person can drink and
still live in these days. A Lewiston.
Me-, man drank quart of spirits of
nltre and pint of Jamaica ginger
Tuesday and though it turned him d
bright green, he was revived and 50
far as known may now be looking for
something else to experiment with.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04
A Mistaken Idea.
(Rutland Herald)

One of the most frequently violated
rules of the road is in relation to Owing
Ilsht OF way to vehicle approaching
from !, the right. Most people seem to have
the idea that while travelling along the
man thoronghfare or going up hill or for
some other reason they are entitled to
hash by right hand intersections without
regard to oneomers. This is mistake.
and nd II accidents occur from violating the
flsht-h hand rule, the violators are liable
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04

The city of Burlip gton should equip
itself with shock absorbers at once as
District Attorney Bullard announces
that the city 5 traffic in hair tonic, ia
maica ginger and other consolation bev-
erages is about to receive a jolt that it
will never get over
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04

OF the ochre was used in the manufacture
OF oil cloth. Someone discovered that
ground waste from slate quarries would
answer the purpose and the ochre bust
ness began slow ride toward compare
tive oblivion. The world moves and the
Old moves out of the way for the new.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04

The employers of the striking tailors
OF Springfield, Mass, claim that their
demands would put the prices of cloth
ing out of sight. Even now the con.
sumner has had but of worm Is eye view
of them.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04

Now that we know that the cranberry
crop is normal this year we may be
able to save up enough to get something
to go with quart or two by November
81.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04

Barre is to be congratulated that its
new knitting mill project is practically
assured. Manufactures that are not
in some way connected with the granite
industry are few in that flourishing
city.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04
Striving to Excel YourseIf

Think ofsevery achievement as
starting point. Never shy to yourself:
THAT is the best can do" Bend
your energies TO excel yourself. Re-
solve that tomorrow shah better the
best of today. The secret of growth
Is to be striving constantly to surpass
your own record-Girls' Con,raaion
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04

Is Armour the Chicago packer, read
ing the writing on the wall when he
says that "the crest in the high cost of
living has been reached, conditions
pointing to considerable drop later
on?'
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04

Isn't the Boston Herald near the
truth when if says: '"The necessaries
of life might be cheaper if we did not
give the Injuries the right of way J.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04

The child of James Leno of Mont
peiier who fell into the river Sunday
at the head of Elm street was injured
more seriously than was first supposed
1t being found to have broken hin
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04

Labor day news from the surround.
ing country seems to have been about
5000 between weddings and automobile
accidents.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04

The sugar situation in Burlington
seems to be growing worse instead of
better and while the wholesalers arc
completely cleaned out, they can hold
out no hopes for the immediate future
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04
The Passing of the Jack-knife.
Rutland Herald

lhe Brattleboro Reformer laments IKE
passing OF the classic amusement of whit
Ting What has happened is that the
Jack-knlfe has passed When did you ever
buy one that was worth carrying homes
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04
Member of Tho AssocisteA prss.

The Associated Press 10 exclusively en-
titled to the use for publication of all new.
dispatches credited to il and not otherwise
credited in this paper and also the local new.
published herein
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04
One Year Ago Today in the war.

The Omsk Provisional government de
clared war on Germany.
british on western front advanced te
within six miles of Cambria.
S 'eneral Graves arrived at Vladivostoi
TO take command of the American forces
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04
No Heat to Iiohts

How can a place be lighted by a
thousand fires. AND they afford no
warmth. neither can we put them out?
When lighted by firefies.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04
VERMONT NEWS.

The old-time football DAYS at the
University of Vermont are to be re-
vaved this fall after a dormant period
of about three years.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04

As matter of fact the meek don't
seem ever to inherit the earth" or much
OF anything else except kicks. Probably
u $ because they always seem so glad just
TO be alive and not in anybody's way.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04
A Stony Outlook.
BURLINGTON News \

we imagine the candidate who beats
Mason Stone will travel rather a rocky
path.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04

Peter Wing of Bridport holds the
championship for eating ice cream
against time. Sixteen dishes of ice
cream IN Il minutes was the record he
made the other day at the Concord Can.
dy Kitchen in Middlebury, and there
by won bet.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04

There are too many "barkso on the
sea Of matrimony.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04
Nose a Foot Ionu.

II your nose. We're twelve inches long
what. would itsbe? A foot
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04

Mystery still shrouds the disappear
ahce or Florence SIENNA, popular
young waitress at the Burlington
Lunch. burlington, who disappeared
iast Wednesday and has not since been
heard from by either her friends or
relatives. The young lady asked for
the afternoon off last Wednesday and
receiving the same went out LEAVING
some of her things at the restaurant
She has not been seen since that time