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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-03

His home and country, and to be
God gave nay son IN trust TO me:
CHRIST died for him, and he should be
A man for Christ. He is his own
And Gods and mans: not mine alone.
He was not mine to give He gave
Himself that he might helm To save
All that a Christian should reserve.
All that enlightened men hold dear.
"To feed the guns" Oh, torpid soul
Awake. and see life as whole
When freedom, honor. justice, right.
Were threatened by the despots might,
With heart atlame and soul alight,
He bravery went for God to fight
Against base savages whose pride
The laws az God and man deicd:
Who slew the mother and her child.
Who maidens pure and sweet detilcd.
he did not so TO feed The guns.
He went to save from rpthless Huns
! His home and county, and to he
A guardian of democracy.
All, we'll. My sky would be more gray.
But through the clouds the sun would
shine
Gods test Of manhood is. | know.
Not Will he. como " but did he go?'
Ny son well knew that he might de
And vet he went with purpose high,
To fight for peace and overthrow
/ The plans OF Christs relentless foe
f. He dreaded not the battle field;
i He Went to make fierce vandals yield,
/ Ii he comes not again to the
II shall lie sad: bur rot that he
/ Went like a mana hero true
! His part unselfishly To do
NV heart viii feel ekplaat pride
That for humanity he died
Forgotten grave" This sel6sh plea
Awales no deep response in me.
For. thongh his grave | may. not sac, 81
My boy will ne'er forgotten be;
+ Nv reil eon can never die;
! It's hui his body that may lie !,
In foreign land. and shall keep
Remembrance fond. forever deem
: Within NV heart for my trae son, -
Because of triumph that he N.on.
It matters not where anyone
May lie and sleep when work is done.
II matters not where some men live:
) II my dear sen HE life must give,
Hosannas / viii sing for him.
Zen though my eyes with tears be din
And when the war is over. when
His gallant comrades come again.
I'm cheer them as they're mai, hing y
Rejoicing that they did not die
And when his vacant nlace I see
Nv heart will bound with 10Y that he
| Was mine so long-iny fair, vonng son
} And cheer for ht}, whose work is done
BY DR.. James Hughes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-03
Answer These

What are the exact words on a two
cent stamp? In which direction is the
lace turned
In what direction is turned the face on
ia cent! On dime? On quarter?
What are: the words son the face OF
your watch?
What color are the eyes of your en-
ployer? OF the man at the next desk
How many teeth have you?
What are the words on a policeman
shield?
How many buttons have you on your
Waistcoat
How many toes has cat on each fore
foot. and on each hindfoot
What is the name signed in facsimile
on any 81. 3. s. or $40 bill you ever
saw?
Which way does the crescent moon
turn TO the right or to the lefts-Car-
toons Magazine
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-03
DRINK A GLASS,
OF REAL HOT WATER
BEFORE BREAKFAST.
says we will both look and feel
clean, sweet and fresh
and avoid Illness. u

Sanitary science has of late made
rapid strides with results that arc of
untold blessing to humanity. The lat
est application of its untiring research
is the recommendation that it is as
I necessary, to attend to internal santa
tipn of the drainage system of the hu-
man body as it is to the drains of the
house
Those of us who are accustomed to
feel duh and heavy when we arise,
splitting headache stuffy from cold,
foul tongue, nasty breath, acid stom-
ach, can, instead, feel as fresh as a
daisy by opening the sluiees of the sys-
tenn each morning and flushing out the
whole of the internal poisonous stag
nant matter. ns
Everyone, whether ailing. sick or
well, should, each morning before
breakfast, drink glass of real hot
water with a teaspoOnful of limestone
phosphate in it to wash from the stom-
ach, liver and bowels the previous
days indigestfble waste, sour bile and
poisonous toxins; thus cleansing
sweetening and purifying the entire
alimentary canal before putting more
IOOu INTO tue STOMACH. Inc dcIlOn OF
hot water and limestone phosphate on
an empty stomach is wonderfully in
MIGRATING It cleans out all the Sou
lamentations, gases. waste and aeidits
and gives one a splendid appetite fol
breakfast While you are enjoying
your breakfast the phosphated hor
water is quietly extracting large vol
ume of water from the blood and get
ting ready for thorough flushing Of
all the inside organs.
The millions Of people who are both
cred with constipation, bilious spells
stomach trouble, rheumatic stiffness
others who have sallow skins, blood
disorders and siekly compilations ar
urged TO get a quarter pound OF lime
stone phosphate from the drug store
This will cost very little, but is sufii
cient TO make anyone a pronounced
crank on the subject of internal san
itation.--Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-03
Montpelier, Feb. S
Dear Pom.

Dear Pop
Tine ruthels glad now you got this phase
fer me thru Mr. Dunam and Mr. Kud-
woth. but I've bin so scairt up to now
for fere Ide do something rong that |
couldn't even enjoy my meals.
I've got most of the members learned
now. and one of the other pages who was
here for two terms before said that THAR
was less hot air in the room than either
other seshun, and he said good deal OF
1T blu IN from down your way Aching of
Putney is about the only one who has
suffered from that, tho Bond Of Scars
burg, Is tryin his best to supply the loss
Remington county has suffered ] herd
the debate on the Sheppard amendment
{ lou abide pop to have herd one red
nosed cnss from Rutland county say YOU
cant even buy little wine for commu-
mon and then bust ont cryin, but in tho
Sennit one OF the pages told me Kingsley
cIlde till tae others began to turn nm
their pants legs.
! Mr.. Dnam is the bizzest man of the
house, but its funny to see him hnrryine
and be so dignified he most falls ovei
back
! Good bye Pop till next week.
Ps--Met a man this mornin thct caleC
me sentur: l said was paig. O.
thot YOU wus Daneis, he said.
q PETE HOPKINS. .Jr.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-03
Dear Pop.

4
Dear Pop:
Yesterday | had so bad a time with
my hand that [ was going to telegraph
YOU, but SENT paig3 said il you do, them
fellers at the telegraph Office will do we'll
if he gets word that your ded, so not
wanting to seair YOU | didn't You see
tle Governor came up to US paiges when
We was all together after the seshiu. he
sed my lads j here that it wood plese
you ii I should sh;1li hands with. YOU,
leokin at the seeling when he sed 1T, then
he shlek as and my thnm and forn lin.
ger froze SO / had to put chem into cold
water and thaw them out, but its all
rite now. s1A
Last week was called fool bill week
hear and bills was iliterduce to forbid
marriage, one TO make folks marry, one to
examin them if they wanted to marry
and one 70 make them unmarry ] asst
Judge kudwoth what folks wood do il
/ they all past and he said funny word
and did'n anser. They call him the fool
bill killer.
Charlie Black isn't hear eny more. /
herd he got SO mad bein taken for SENT
paig he Civ up his job Some one said
fsenator AIorress was goiii to Brattiebo~o
becus three Brattleboro men was out OF
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-03
Custom Hard to Down.

Pens made of feathers were common
in the seventh century, but so. inveter-
ate, was the old habit Of writing with
reeds on parchment and paper that it
continued a long time after the first
use of quilts. The custom of carry
ing pen behind the eur is ancient, as
may be seen In the life of ST. Odo !:
He saw a pen sticking in his err in
the manner of wri
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-03
PETE HOPKINS WRITES.
Two Amusing Legislative Letters Con
corning Legislat live Affairs.

Brattleboro people win be interested
in the following letters from Pete Hop
lins, jr" which have appeared in the
Londonderry Sitter:
Montpelier, Feb IL.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-03

offs and he thot Tightening wood strike
THAR quicker than anywhere else.
Joe Farnm is awful slnihn, you would
mt think hes sure to lose his job
herd Bond Of Searsburg was at work
on bill maxim it high treason to talk
about a shorter seshun and that the rep
resentatives from Somerset and Baltimore
are helpm him
Good by till next weke.
PETE HOPKINS, JR.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-03
Keep Children Erect

To make child maintain an erect
position while writing at a school desk
a German has invented rod to be at
tached to desk. terminating in a eup
against the child's chin.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-03
VERMONT NEWS.

Charles FaInham's new niagara bicycle
disappeared from the dooIyard OF his
home in Cambridgeport one bright moon
l>nt night last June and was not heard
of again until last week one midforenoon
it was dropped at the Falnham house by
one Of three or four occupants of an an.
tomobile, which quickly disappeared The
wheel shows but little sign of use.
Mrs. Sarah (Rice) Partridge, widow OF
Charles +. Partridge, who had been a
prominent resident of East Mddlebury
for nearly 63 years, died at her home
| there Thursday from hemorraage follow.
/ ing an apoplectic shock. She had been in
| falling health for some time and her son,
the Hon. Frank G. Partridge of Proctor,
who is president of the Vermont Marble
Co, is her only surviving near relative
| Mrs. G. p. Morrill, OF Wells Beach, Me.
| who wrote letter to the Bellows Falls
Times Jan %, in which she expressed
her wish for correspondence that woule
| lead to her requirement Of a husband
1 has evidently secured that parsonage, foi
on Feb. 26 there was issued from thG
| Bellows Falls town clerks office mai,
riage license To Arthur James Lamb,
maehinist, and Mrs. G. p Morrill, Of
Name.
Burglars broke into the My Bakery
at Barre Friday evening and stole $40
The night before break was made "a
o., X HOLSTERS ,house. Entrance to tn,
bakery was made by means of rea
window. Nothing in the store wa
touched except the cash register. It i
believed that the two breaks were tn
work of a nerson whose eseapades hav
batiled the police ever since last fall
when there We're numerous robberies il
houses and in stores.
Arizona republican., 1919-05-30

death in the White River, when the two were returning from a camping trip. Although Luke got across, he plunged back into the stream three times to rescue his companion, who had been swept down the river into a clump of brush where he clung in inn minent danger of drowning, and at last succeeded.
 Frank Luke knew only one moment of depression in France, the dean said, and that came when his friend and comrade flier, Lieutenant Weimer, failed to return from a flight they had taken together.
 His friends knew he had the stuff,- declared Dean Scarlett. His life was the logical outcome of his life here"
 The speaker mentioned that at the outbreak of war young Luke volun- teered for the navy, but on account of an attack of pleurisy was told to wait Three months later he was sent to Rockwell Field. In one of his first flights he attempted to loop the loop in an old training plane not meant for stunts, and fell 1000 feet before his ma chine would flatten out and recover. He was penalized by being kept on the ground week, but then he was just as eager to practice. He would fly off out of sight and practise, gaining the mastery of his machine.
 Knew He Would Not Return
 On his way overseas, when he stopped off here, Dean Scarlett re- marked to a friend that he would never return. It was his knowledge of him self, said the dean, the knowledge that he would never give up, that prompted the words.
 The speaker then sletched vividly the young Arizonan's meteoric career, which began September 19. the first
Arizona republican., 1919-05-30

ing of America by the high school band, with everybody standing uncoV- cred and at attention.
 Acting Governor McGillan then, in Q few words, introduced the chairman, Justice A. c. Baker of the state su- preme court.
 We are here to witness the confer ring on the memory of a soldier the greatest honor the country can confer said Justice Baker, the Congressional Medal of Honor" He then went on into a eulogy of the dead hero.
 Justice Bakers Euloey
 His career as a knight errant of the sky was brief" said Judge Baker. Tn seventeen days he took down eighteen Hun balloons or airplanes." Judge Baker told of Luke's brillian record and his intrepid victories.
 Wherever these things are recount ed" concluded Judge Baker, "one other thought comes-another Arizona boy received the Congressional medal, Cor poral John H. Pruitt, who single ded took two machine guns and 40 prisoners
 A singularly appropriate duet, "The Battlefields of France" was sung by Sailor Brown and Billy Cochran, and during it's rendering wet eyes were ob- served in the crowd, in which women largely predominated. while on the portico Mrs Frank Luke. mother of the dead hero, tried bravely to repress her tears.
 Dean Scarlett's Address
 ''The career of Frank Luke in France occasioned no great surprise to his friends" Dean Scarlett said in begin ming his address. which paid simple tribute to Luke's memory and recount ed incidents of his life. They had not realized the supreme height to which he would go, but when it came it seemed the natural and inevitable consequence of his career here"
 The day Luke left, Dean Scarlet recalled, it was the comment of his friends that Luke would make a great flier-~he had the stuff in him." The impression he left, said the dean, was one of great loyalty, determination and gallant courage.
 "The boy who here, when captain of his team, in a game against Flagstaff broke his collar bone in the first quar- ter but steadfastly refused to leave the field, fighting on and finally making the winning touchdown, was the man who in France would come limping home to his airdome, his machine use- less, and in few minutes be sitting in another machine pleading with his commander to go back into the fight
 Recalls Brave Acts of Youth
 Dean Scarlett recalled an incident of Luke's boyhood. when at the risk of his life he saved a boy friend from
Arizona republican., 1919-05-30

All that his country could do in recognition of the life that was laid down in it's behalf was paid yesterday by the United States to the glorious memory and everlasting honor of Lieu tenant Frank Luke, Jr., when the Con- cressional Medal of Honor, the highest tribute this country can render, was presented by Brigadier General How ard K. Hickok, United States army, to Frank Luke, Sr., the father, in simple hut expressive ceremonies that were witnessed by a large gathering of citi- zcns.
 Deeply impressive were the exer- cises at the state capitol that wrote into history the last page of the bril- liant career of Arizonas immortal son. Americas most intrepid airman. who went to @ glorious death in France after twenty blazing days during which this wonderful young man made a rec ord that never has been approached and which placed his name on the lips Of every aviator in the world.
 Ceremony IS Impressive
 The presentation ceremony, which began at 4 o'clock, lasted just an hour. The setting was simple and beautiful. Members of the Luke family, General Tlickok, his aides and escort of honor, high state officials, friends and com r,tdes of Lieutenant Luke were gath cred on the east portico of the capitol.
 Below on the lawn was a crowd of about 300. Four companies of high school cadets, under arms, stood al parade rest along the sides of the pavement that stretched to the street H nile in the center of the lawn were the Stars and Stripes and the high school colors. The portico was pro- fuseiy decorated with flags. A guard of honor. composed of aviators led by Lieu tenant W. W. Hearne, Royal Fly ing corps, was also on the portico. A beautiful picture of the dead hero was draped in the national colors.
 In the center on the lawn, was sta toned the high school band, and op- posite was a truck, decorated in the national colors, carrying the singers who were to take part in the program
 Luke Family Present
 Among those occupying seats of honor at the presentation were MT. and Mrs. Frank Luke. Sr., their remaining children; General IIickok, his aide Lieut. L. 1T. Nachman. Col. James H. McCtintock, F. F. McGillan. acting governor; ?. R. Mines, secretary to Governor Campbell; Lieut. W. w Hearne and a group of returned mili- tary aviators as an escort of honor to the Luke family, members of the su- preme court, former governors Sloan and Kibbey and Col. William A. Glass ford.
 The ceremonies opened by the play
Arizona republican., 1919-05-30

duty. by an act over and above those required in the ordinary line of action
 Such was the case of Frank Luke. Fortunate are those who had the priv ilege of knowing him, Of having been his associates and comrades. His eX- ample will ever be a spur to them, leading them on to a higher conception of duty and sacrifice"
 Turning to the father of Frank Luke. General Hickok then formally awarded the medal. The father of the Phoenix hero received the medal, bowed and re- stunned his seat beside the mother of Arizona's immortal ace.
 The playing of the Star Spangled Banner by the high school band com pleted the ceremony.
 Medal is Beautiful
 The medal is a beautiful thing solid gold, and properly inscribed on the re- verse side with the name of Frank Luke and the date of the exploit which cost him his life and won the honor
 The design is a star. with a medal lion in the center signifying Mars, or war, the star surrounded by wreath, the whole depending from a bar in scribed with the word ''Valor' held in the talons of an eagle with outspread wings. The whole medal hangs from 0 ribbon of blue, dotted with 13 stars.
 His Last Brave Act
 Following is the particular citation for which Frank Luke was awarded the congressional medal of honor, as read yesterday from the war department records by General Hickok: Page 20, of cable 2369, April g, 1919, shows medal of honor post humously awarded to:
 Frank Luke, Jr., second lieuten-
 ant, 2Tth Aero Squadron, first pur-
 suit group, air service. For con-
 spicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty
 in action with the enemy near Mur-
 vauz, France, September 29, 1918. After having previously destroyed a
 number of enemy aircraft within
 seventeen days. he voluntarily started on patrol after German observation balloons. Though pur- sued by eight German planes which
 were protecting the enemy balloon line, he unhesitatingly attacked and shot down in flames three Ger man balloons, being himself under heavy fire from ground batteries : and the hostile planes. Severely i wounded, he descended to within | fifty meters of the ground. and, 1 flying at this low altitude near the 1 town of MurvauX, opened fire upon 1 enemy troops, killing six and wounding as many more. Forced to l make a landing, and surrounded on l all sides by the enemy, who called upon him to surrender, he drew his ! automatic pistol and defended him. 1 self gallantly until he fell dead from l wound in the chest.
Arizona republican., 1919-05-30

day of the all-American drive A Ger man balloon had held up the American advance by it's efficient direction of fire, when Luke. returning from a flight, asked permission to attack it. Tn spite of protecting planes, he shot it down. From that day on, his career read like a romance. There was no holding him. He fought against inn mense odds, and finally sought other airdromes for his gasoline and shelter, fearful that if he returned to his own. ne would not be permitted to fly for a time. As Dean Scarlet put it, it was anything to get more Germans-to keep the air clean.' The young flier always thought of balloons and air planes; some new way to send them down.
 His Last Flight
 The effect on his comrades of Luke's gallantry was cited by the speaker in the fact that of 50 enemy balloons sent down by American aviators, all but two were accounted for by Luke's pursuit group. Luke sent down or helped send down nearly 20 of the total.
 His effect on the enemy can only be estimated" said Dean Scarlett. But the balloonists would not wait for his attack. They would jump first and look afterward, for they knew he would stick until the balloon was down.
 "The path Of glory led into his grave
 | The speaker then recalled Luke's last flight on the 29th of September. Know ing the Germans were laying traps for him, he started for three balloons, and l found himself surrounded by ten ene- my planes. He tackled them all, and sent down two in flames. Though he knew the end was near, he flashed at the balloons and one after another shot them down. Wounded in the aerial bar rage, trying to limp home, he was forced to descend. and there stood off the German hordes until he fell dead. He lived and died in a blaze of glory said the dean. ''He fell as he would have wished. far in the German lines, ahead of the advancing Ameri- cans as if to beckon them on. His body may lie buried afar but his spirit is forever triumphant. America will never forget Frank Luke
 Presentation Ceremony
 Then came the presentation by Gen eral Hickok, in behalf of the president, bestowing, as a posthumus honor to Frank, Luke, the congressional medal of honor, the highest honor and award in the gift of the United States
 This is an occasion that is both a pain and a pleasure.' said General 8ickok, "a pain in that the gallant sol dier to whom this medal was awarded has paid the supreme sacrifice of his devotion to his country. For. in the words of the Good Book, Greater love than this hath no man. that he will give up his life for his friends And so it was with It. Frank Luke, he did his duty as he saw it, and gave all he had Tt is pleasure because our govern ment always recognizes merit, and does honor to those to whom honor is due.
 Tt can grant no titles. but it does grant honors in various degrees, and this medal is the highest honor in the power of the government to bestow.
 Medal Given to Father
 "The congressional medal of honor is awarded by the president or his repre- sentative, by authority of congress, to those who have distinguished them selves above and beyond the call oi
Arizona republican., 1919-05-30
ATT-G|LBERT CLUB
 HOLDS FINE FR0L|C

The "Saguaro Efficiency Club of the Pratt-Gilbert company met for a family frolic at Riverside Park last night where various forms of enter talnment and sport for men and women were indulged in and at the close of the evening, refreshments were served.
 While club meetings are held in inc club auditorium every two weeks. this is the first gathering for a frolic in which all the employees and their fami- lies, together with members of the firm, joined. To very great extent this family feeling is responsible for the interest which is manifested in the Pratt-Gilbert business by all the force and naturally results in a Closer rela tionship and better service.
Arizona republican., 1919-05-30
ELKS GIVE S1,50O
 ID SALVATION ARMY

Fifteen hundred dollars was raised by the Elks among their own members last night at the regular meeting held at Arcadia hall
 Determined that the way for the Elks to get the money for the s25. 900 home service fund for the Salvation Army from Phoenix people was to show the people of this city that the Elks were ready and willing to lead the way in the matter of. giving, the Bills started things moving last night and in short time had a total of $500 in cash to the credit of the fund.
 More is expected to be added to this fund by the E1ks before the week is ended
 More than 90 new members were in- itiated into the Elks last night, raising the membership of the local order to nearly the 1000 mark
Arizona republican., 1919-05-30
CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF. HONOR AWARDED TO FRANK LUKE IS GIVEN TO FATHER

In Impressive Ceremony General Hickok Behalf of President Presents the Highest Award This Country Can Give and Won By Arizona's Immortal Sor-I4arge Crowd Gathers On Capitol Lawn to See Presentation East Portico