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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE

eStldday Wen pop came home he saw
yello stanes on the parler carpit. and
nc called ma ard ma had never saw
hem before. SO they called ne and
lad saw them 9TH before, saying, 1t
@asent my faw't pop, it was a ackcr-
1at me- and PudS Simkins saw at the
how Sattidav aftiruoon.
O, indeed, lm sorry | was out wen he
called scd pop.
lie dident call, pop, | sed, he did
tricks at the theatre, he took long pole
with a hit lamp on the end of it and he
balanced II on the end of his chin like
anything, You awt to of saw him, pop
Pardon me for interrupting. but has
his cnything to do with these stances /?
Scd pop, and | sed, Yes sir, and after
hat he went down stairs on his he'd
lest as If he was going down on his
feet ony he was going down on his he'd.
YOU awt to of saw him. pop.
No doubt, but these stanes? sed Don.
and | sed, Yes sir, | was Jest coming 10
that and then he waWked on a tito
rope and wen he got out on the middle
Of it he laycd down and smoked ci-
garet as if he thawt he was home sum
wares, G. pop, you aw. 10 of saw him.
Have You Explained about the stanes
vet? scd pop, and | scd. I'm ncerly up
to that pop, and then wat DO you think
he did, pop2-he took , raw eggs and
put them on the floor and jumped rite on
them and they dident brake or cnv-
thing, and then he broak them in
glass to show they was RELY raw, YOU
awt to of saw him, pop, G.
Hah, the plot thickcns, and / sip
pose wen YOU tried it it wasent nee
assary to have a glass handy to prove
the eggs were raw, was it? sed pop
No sir, he must of bin awful lite, I
scd, and ma sed, Ware did YOU get the
eggs and | sed Out Of the glass thing
in the ice box, and ma sed The best
eggs and look al that carpit, Willyum.
YOU must punish him for this.
Benny, scd pop, all ambitious men
must suffer for their mistakes and your
mistake was in choosing the parler in
sted of some nootral territory like the
back street.
And after suppir I had to stay in and
eileen up the stanes vile the fellows was
wisseling for me outside.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01
Today's Anniversaries.

l869-New Hampshire legislature rati-
fed the fifteenth amendment to
the federal constitution
lS93-Evans liquor law went into eff
feet in South Carolina. bv which
the state assumed control of the
sale of intoxieants.
lS96-Harriet Raecher Stowe. author of
Uncle Toms Cabin" died at
Hartford, Conn, Born at Litch.
held, Conn, June "A, 1911.
l903-John Hay, secretary of state of
the United States and former am
bassador to Great Britain, died.
Born at Salem, Ind, Oct. s. 1888.
l9O6-Twenty-three American passen-
gers were killed in a railway
- wreck at Salisbury, England.
l9oS-The Norfolk and Southern Rail
way company went into the
hands of a receiver.
l9l3-Serhians forced passage of the
Save and captured town on Aus
trian territory.
l9l6-Allies began a grand offensive on
both sides of the Somme.
forces, under personal
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01

The Reformer is on sale every evening by
the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News CO., C. w
Cleaveland, S. L. Purinton (Esteyville)
Brooks House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot News
stand, Gilbert Pollica, 297 South Main St
(Fort Dummer district.
West Brattleboro, J. L. StockweIl.
East Durmerston, NJ. E. Brown.
PutHey, NJ. G. Williams.
Newfane, N. NJ Batchelder.
ToWnshend, c. w. Cutler
West Townshend, c. H. Grout
Jamaica, r. ]. Daggett
South Londonderry, F. II. Tyler.
South Vernon, Z. B. Buffum
Northfeld, Mass, Thompson Bros.
West Chesterfield, N. H, Mrs w. Streeter
Hinsdsle, n. H., w. H. Lyman
Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News Co.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01

We welcome the return of our old
friend, the pink two-cent stamp. May
other things soon follow the example
of the postage stamp in its downward
trend of price 1t is interesting to
know that during the stay of the three.
cent purple stamp which we all grum.
hled about more or less, it put approx
imately $l10,000000 into the United
States treasury which helped to pay oul
war bills.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01
Books IS Ccr1panions.

If we thought of books as com
panions and chose them as we do other
associates, many book much in de-
mand ut the libraries would be LEFT
untouched upon the shelves. And vet
books are companions, and the associa-
ton of books is almost as influential
in character-mold:ng as association
with people. Choose your book friends
as You would choose other comrades.
Girls Companion.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

1t is the aim of the management to secure
efficient service in the delivery of the paper
each night and it solicits the cooperation of
subscribers to that end. Prompt reports should
be given OF each failure to receive the paper
on the morning following the omission, in
person, by telephone postal card thus en-
aiding 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, 1919-07-01
(St. Adams Messenger.

The reaction has set in about Yer
mont roads, just as The Messenger pre-
dicted it would The campaign of
condemnation was carried to such an
extreme degree that there has been
something like a revolt At least. no
one in recent years has seen such a
demonstration as has been witnessed
Of late when private citizens and visit
ors to the state join publicly in repu-
dating those who consigned Vermont s
highways to limbo and did all that thew
could to keep people out of the state
The Burlington News. leader of the mud
singers, must feel 4 bit uncomfortable
these days, but if the information that
the man who wrote those editorials was
not Nermonter is correct. If is easier
to understand the why's and wherefores
of the contemporary, Is sense!ess crusade.
Autolsts who have Travelled all over
the country say that our state reads are
better than the average This is a won
derful record, when one considers the
mileage we have to care for and the
smallness of our population. Vermont
will continue TO improve her roads and
they will be better year by wear. This
IS the desire Of the people and they will
be spurred on to new effort bv a real
ization that all the money they have
spent in the past has not been wasted
but has purchased results. which, while
not fully satisfactory, are nevertheless
noteworthy. An honest treatment of
the highway situation is all that Yer
mont asks and she deserves that mucb
from her own people at least.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01
'Tamperinq With Mature

Young Hopeful, who lives in the
suburbs. was very much Interested in
the adjustment of the time and on
the morning when The clocks had been
set back an hour awo5e his mother.
Mother, mother" he called from
his little bod, listen TO Mrs. Jones
chickens. They must have forgotten
to tell them to set their crow back"
Life
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01
Today S Birthdays.

George W. Donaghey, former govern
or of Arkansas, born at Oakland, La.
63 years ago today.
Hon. Charles Marcel, former speaker
of the Dominion House of Commons
born in Quebec, 50 years ago today.
Or. Albert Bushnell Hart, Harvard
university professor and noted publicist
born at Clarksville, Pa, So years ago
today.
William A, Ashbrook,. representative
in congress of the Seventeenth Ohio
district, born at Johnstown, O., % years
ago today.
Edward j. King, representative in
congress of the fifteenth Illinois dis
triet, born at Springfield, Mass, 80
years ago today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01

According to Secretary Lane of the
department, of the interior, there are
100000 persons 10 years of age and
older in this country who can neither
read or write No wonder the teachers
want a raise in salary.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01

The agreement of the senate without
debate to the appropriation of $4,000
ooo for tracing of bomb plots and 9th.
Ter anarchistic activities shows how eff
fective a few bombs carefully dis
tributed can be.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01

OF course we have known that our
American soldiers were bright fellows
but we find further proof in the ship
that arrived recently with So war brides
on board, which means that 50 mother
in-laws were left 5000 miles behind.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01

the past and the landing of one Of
these balloons in slash or brushIand
before it is fully burned out might
bring disastrous results.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01

And now Won Bethmann Hollweg Of
fcrs himself as scapegoat and is will.
ing to be tried in place of the former
kaiser. Possibly Mr.. Hohenzollern Is
perfectly willing to be an escape
goat
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01
Equal Privileges.
(Rntland Nnms \

The mayor Of Worcester. Mass. has
enough ingenuity and common sense to
be president. He decreed that if the
poor couldn t play baseball in the back
lot, the rich man would have to 90
without his golf and tennis.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01
Fad Enjoyed Herself.

At ch'ldren's party recently five
year-ol:i Eva, as She was about to take
her leave. approached The hostess ana
said: "Goodhy. Mrs. Blank. Mam,aa
told me TO be sure and tell you on.
joyed the party ever so awfully."
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01

\ warning has been issued in Mass
achusetts against tie use of fire bal
looms on the Fourth of July which it
might be web to observe IN other
states. Considerable damage ~ fire
to forests, hay barns and other build
ings has resulted from this source in
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01
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
published herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01

Our friend of the Rutland Herald
has just returned from what he terms
a "prodigious fishing trip" We no
tice that most of the "prodigious' ones
were planned to be over before July /.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01

A Chinese brideto-b has to stand in
a round, shallow basket while she
dresses for the wedding, in order to
make her of good temper and amiable
disposition.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run of paper, 50 cents
an inch Tor first insertion, Is cents an inch
tor each subsequent insertion. Limited space
on hrst page at double rates
Space rates on application
CLASSIFIED advertisements-Five cents a line
hrst insertion with SO per cent discount for
each subsequent insertion without change of
order.
Reading Notices-Twenty cents per line first
insertion with 50 per cent discount for each
subsequent insertion without change of copy.
items.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01
VERMONT NEWS.

Mr. and Mrs Alfred /. Bragg of St
Johnsbury observed their golden wedding
Saturday in the house where
they have lived for the past - years and
which Mr.. Bragg himself built.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01

The city of Berkeley, Cal, has decid-
ed to erect a memorial to Mrs Helen
Crandall, who fell victim while serv-
ing as a volunteer nurse in the influen.
"a epidemic.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01
Suffrage and Gov. Clement.
Montpelier Arous.)

The Vermont Equal Suffrage associa-
ton IS sending ont an appeal to voters
in the state asking them to send a let
ter or telegram to GOV. Clement asking
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01
leadership of Kerensky, launched
a powerful offensive ON eighteen
mile front in Galcia.
One Year Ago Today in the War.

American and British marines land
ed in Kola, Russia. u ISL
American troops advanced in Cha
teau Thierry region.
United States transport Covington
torpedoed, with loss of 6 of her crew.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01

June has shown us in her two fare
well days how rare June day can be
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01

The peace treaty doesn t seem tc
have made a popular hit in Germany.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01

Arthur Rogers of Montpelier was ar
rested Saturday on a charge of stealing
a bicycle. The wheel was owned BY
Glenn McKinstry, who left it in front
of the store in which he is employed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01

The cipher is an example Of something
for nothing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01

The cold, gray dawn of the morning
after.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01

] H. Blakely Of Bellows Falls, who has
been in France during the past year as
a \. NJ c. \. worker, arrived at his home
there saturday lie is to resume his bust
ness in Bellows Falls as lumber dealer
Immediately.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01
Reaction Sets In.

The Huns have sung their swan song.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01

ADVERTISE IN THE REFoRMER.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01

The Nth annual session OF Middlebury
college summer school was opened AIon-
day. Prof Edward d. Collins will be the
director for the session and a large NUM-
her Of registrations have been made.
Their will he six instructors in the
French department and nine in the Span
ish, most Of the instructors in both de-
partments having been here in previous
years. There are the usual number Of
instructors in the English and other de.
partments
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01

Secretary Of State Harry A. Black an
nounced Monday the Suspension Of several
automobile operators licenses which III
clude +. \ Sladcr Of Rutland for failure
to report an accident. it being further
alleged that lie was under the influence
Of liquor when the accident occurred;
Louis A. Carter Of Rochester, for reckless
and incompetent driving; Uric 4. Chat
fee Of johnson, upon complaint Of the
states attorney
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01

Fire started Sunday afternoon in the
barn of Michael Rosen in West Rutland.
1t quickly spread to the barn Of J. Ire
panier and both barns were burned to
the ground The flames also spread to
the Rosen house, which was considerably
damaged by fire and water.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01

While filling a large automobile tire
with air Sunday morning at the Chester
garage Jay Graves Of Chester was badly
injured by tho tire bursting. the force
of the lion rim breaking both bones IN
his let wrist, besides njurng his feet
and right le-. Mr. Graves was thrown
several feet by the explosion. lie Is en-
ployed as one Of the clerks at the Fuller
ton hotel
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01

The matter Of the sentence oe Mrs.
Sadie Roberts is still with the Washington
county court, the woman having pleaded
guilty to cruelty to her adopted son By
heating him with a whip. 1t appears
that she bought whip Friday and that
she whipped the child 50 that 20 ridges
were found on the boys back when he
disroGed that the officers might see how
much injury he had suffered The com
plant was made BY the neghbors, who
heard the wells of the child several times
Friday and investigated.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01

Ratification OF the federal woman sui
frage amendment by Vermont is being
given great impetus at a series of meet
lngs ARRANGED by the Vermont EQUAL Sur
trage association and for which two rep
resentatives Of the National American
Woman Suffrage association have come
from New York. Mrs Ifalsey W VIII
son, recording secretary Of the associa-
ton. and Miss Marjorie Shuler. chairman
Of the news department. oe the Leslie
Woman Suffrage Commission. and asso-
ciate editor Of the Woman Citizen.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01

Rev. s. W Anthony, pastor of the First
Congregational church Of st. Adams, read
his resignation at the morning service
Sunday He has not announced his plans
for the future Mr.. Anthony returned
to this country few weeks ago after
several months work with the Y VI. c.
A. in France
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01

! The Improvements on School street ia
Bellows Falls made during tie last six
yonths by cutting the grade and by build
ing cement stairway from "the square
to School street were completed il the
last few days when the local electric light
ing firm placed four large street lights at
the landing Of the stairway
Evening star., 1919-05-04
Of YATES
Wins OVER CLAPP
Sensational Golf Played in
Finals of Washington G.
and c. Club Tourney.

Putting, with almost uncanny accu-
racy and playing with remarkable
steadiness through the green, Alonzo
c. A. Yates, well known player of the
Washington Golf and Country Club.
yesterday won on the seventeenth
green the annual spring tournam
given by the club, sinking a forty
loot putt to win from John H. Clapp
OF the home club by and 1. All the
way through the match Yates putted
with great accuracy, and although the
winners game through the green was
not as long as that of Clapp, he more
than made up for his comparatively
short but accurate tee shots by his
skill on the putting greens. For in
stance. after. Clapp was on the f1f-
teenth green in three shots and Yates
was short in the same number and
CONFRONTED with an apparent half
stymle on his putt for a five, he ran
d2wn twelve-footer without the
sightest indication that it was out of
the ordinary for him.
Whether this exhibition of fine
work on the putting greens got on
Ciapps nerves, or not is beside the
question. In the opinion Of those in
the gallery no finer putting has ever
Deen seen in tournament about
washington than Yates showed yes
terday afternoon. The claim that
Ciapp was unaffected by the remark
aole work on the greens of his op-
ponent is strengthened by the fact
that, when he was down and 3 to
go he ran down a f1fteen-foot putt on
the sixteenth hole to win, and follow
ed with a perfect drive on the sew
enteenth, which made the green.
The end of the match came on the
seventeenth. when Yates. after Clapp
had run up short on his putt, sank
forty-foot putt to win the hole and
the match by and 1.
Clapp's game from the tees was
hardly up to the usual standard
shown by this fine player, but he
would have had to go very well from
the tees to defeat the efforts of the
winner on the putting green yester-
day afternoon. Yates was steady
through the green. but not as long as
Clapp, but his iron shots were well
hit and on the pin all the way.
First Hole to Yates.
Yates won the first hole when Clapp
pitcheG short and then was short or
= tIoHtiEUGu-C Twentt-a-,l..tR Page
Evening star., 1919-05-04
TEX RICHARD UNDECIDED
Promoter of Willard Dempsey
Fight to Give Location Tomor-
row in New York.

TOLEDO, Ohio, May 3.-Selection OF
location for holding the proposed
heavyweight title bout between Jess
Willard and Jack Dempsey was de-
ferred by Tex Rickard, the promoter
when. at the conclusion Of a meeting
of the municipal boxing commission
this afternoon, Rickard announced
cision.
Rickard informed the commission at
4 o'clock that he was waiting for a
telephone call from New York and
that if he did not receive 1t in thirty
minutes he could not give his answer
until Monday morning. He did not
divulge the nature of the expected
message.
Rickard returned to his hotel and
the meeting broke up with the matter
as far from settlement as it has been
at any time.
/ The boxing commission, of which
Mayor Cornell Schneider is the die
tating member. is in favor Of the bout
being staged here. Rickard has not
asked for a permit, which, under the
city's boxing laws, will have to come
through A. Q. Thacher, the commits
sion's official matchmaker. Thacher
was not at today's meeting.
If the bout is held here on July a.
Bay View Park. city plat overlook
ing Maumee Bay in Lake Erie, will
be the site upon which the arena will
be erected.
Rickard has not given any indica-
ton. however, that Toledo will be
chosen other than to say that he is
pleased with the location with it's rail-
road and steamship facilities. Rickard
left early tonight for New York. On
his departure he stated that his deci-
sion will be announced in New York
on Monday morning.
Evening star., 1919-05-04
YALE 0UTROWS TIGERS
Both Crews Break Course Record.
Princeton Freshies Beat
Dark Blue.

DERBY. Conn. May 3.--The Yale
varsity crew defeated Princeton by
one length this afternoon in a dual
regatta on the Housatonic river over a
two-mile course. Both crews broke
the record for the course, Yale's time
being 1915 20, while. Princeton's was
1920 3-5. 1t was the first victory for
a Yale varsity crew on the Housatonic.
In the freshman race the Tigers won
from Yale by a quarter OF length.
Time: Princeton, 1924; Yale, 1926.
The varsity crews got away with
Princeton having a slight lead, which
Yale overcame before the quarter-mile
mark was reached. Then a Princeton
oarsman caught his blade in the rib
of a swivel-lock losing four strokes
and allowing Yale to forge ahead of
the Tigers. The Blue oarsmen kept
in front of their opponents down the
course. when Yale 0purted and in
creased it's lead to & full length.
Princeton was outweiched, it's aver
age being 165 pounds, against Yale's
1863.
Evening star., 1919-05-04
NATIONALS DEFEAT
ATHLETICS, 8 TO 4
Hard Hitting Produces Clean
Gu Victory for Griffmen
Over Mack's Men.
THREE PITCHERS USED
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

PHILADELPHIA, May clubbing
the offerings of a pair of Mackman
moundsmen to all corners OF the iot
for thirteen hits and a total of seven
teen bases. the Griffmen today spoiled
the afternoon for more than 1o'poo
Philadelphia fans by hanging up
their second successive victory over
the Athletics: the score was to a.
Scott Perry and Bob Geary were the
Philly fingers Both We're rudeiE
handled. the Nationals giving an un-
usual. FOR them, exhibition OF con-
secutive hitting on three occasions
while the former was occupying the
firing line Everybody in the Sena-
torial array except the pitchers. got
one or more bingles, Picinich heading
the list with three. Foster ana Milan
were right on his heels Win pai
apiece.
Perkins and Burns did most of the
hitting for the home talent, the nFe
safeties they amassed between them
topping the total Registered oE tne
remainder of the Athletic elan. Al
though the Macks were able to garner
less than half as many tiliaes as the
visitors. they appeared dangerous at
all stages. and the exigencies OF the
conflict led Helmsman Griffith 70 try
three hurlerS before he found one
that performed to his satisfaction.
Harper started. but did not look right
and gave way to Hovlik after dhar-
rity batted for him in the third Inc
latter, as usual. showed a lot of stu:T,
but had a terrible time controlling IT.
and after four nerve-racking sessions
was displaced by Thompson. who held
the Macks to three hits scattered over
the last three frames. The AS had
fifteen athletes stranded on the has
socks. and on any one of several oc-
casions a good solid blow would have
completely altered the aspect of the
struggle.