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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-12
DON'T DRUG KIDNEYS :
RUB BACKACHE AWAY
Instant Relief! Rub pain, soreness and
stiffness from your back with
"St. Jacobs Liniment."

Kidneys cause backaehe? No! They
have no nerves. therefore cannot cause
pain Listen. Your backache is caused
by lumbago, sciatica or strain, and the
quickest relief is soothing. penetrating
s'St. Jacobs Eminent Rub it right on
the ache or tender spot, and instantly
the pain, soreness, stiffness and lame
ness disappears. Don't stay crippiedl
Get a small trial bottle of st. Jacobs
Liniment" from your druggist and linz
Der up. A moment after it is applied
you'll wonder what became of the back
ache, sciatica or lumbago pain st.
Jacobs Liniment' stops any pain at once.
1t is harmless and doesn't burn the skin.
It's the only application to rub on a
weak, lame or painful back, or for lum
! bago, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism
sprains or strain. In use for more than
GO years.-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-12
AMERICAN LEGION
FLAG TO VERMONT
State Made Biggest Percentage Gain
in Membership - Convention
Strong on Americanism.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Nov. p
Proud of its loo per cent Americanism
and It's motto, For God and for Country,
the American Legion, last evening, in its
national convention, sent message to
Washington that leaves no doubt about
where It's 100000 members stand on the
question of dealing with disloyal Ameri-
cans.
To Vermont Monday was given the Le-
glon prize, a handsome blue silk Legion
flag, for having made the biggest percent
age gain in the membership drive in the
recent campaign for million legionaries
10y Nov. |. Vermont went over the top
with record of l65 per cent increase in
its membership.
The flag was presented to the Vermont
delegates on the stage. The convention
marched back to their seats, bearing the
flag and cheering and smiling.
The main acts of the convention yester-
| day were:
Accepted the Massachusetts platform
| plank on the future military policy of the
country and that prohibiting candidates
| for election to salaried political office hold
ing any Office in the Legion.
| Booed the American federation of la
Dor when it was held up to the convention
as non-political organization.
Demanded the recalling of Victor Der
gers naturalization and his deportation te
Germany.
| Voted to demand congress appoint q
committee to investigate the case of Ed
mond Noigt, member of congress from
WISCONSIN. and if it is found that he was
disloyal, that he be expelled.
Voted to hold the next national con
vention at Cleveland
Voted to remove its national headquar
tiers from New York city to Indianapolis
i Forbade associate membership in tn
] organZation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-12

ington, chairman OF the immigration
committee, as AN attempt at revolution
which the country has long feared
Mr.. Johnson sent telegram TO Mayor
Rogers of Centralia saving the country
must be purged OF seditionists and revo-
lutionists to the last one, and if this
means war the quicker it is declared the
better"
we of the Pacific northwest have
long seen it coming" he said I'VE have
been patient, have avoided bloodshed
under every provocation only to see
these young men murdered Their
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-12
WRECKED COMMUNIST
HALL AT OAKLAND
Citizens Burned Their Literature In
the Streets-Wrecked News
paper Office.

OAKLAND, CAL, Nov. IA crowd of
citizens entered the headquarters of the
Communist labor party in Loring hall
early today and wrecked the interior
of the place. Large quantities of radical
literature, red flags and furniture were
burned in the streets by the mob.
The mob was said to have consisted of
400 former service men and members of
the American Legion. The offices of the
World, a Socialist organ situated in the
building, also was wrecked The Com.
munist labor party is said to be new
radical organization here.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-12

China has more suicides than any
other county in the world In SIN
gle year as many as half a million eases
of self-destruetion have been recorded.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-12
MURDER EXCEPTIONS FILED.

Long Counsel Take Case to Supreme
Court, New Charge Against Mrs. Parker
Especial to The Reformer.)
MONTPELIER, Nov T.
Exceptions have been filed by the coun-
sci for the defense in the Long murder
case, taking it to the supreme court. 1t
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-12
LET'S DRIVE OUT GERMANS.
German Russian Forces Driven Bacl
for Miles.

DORPAT, Livonia, Nov. IL (Associ-
ated Press .-Lettish troops in the re-
glon near Riga attacked the German
Russian forces of Colonel Bermondt
yesterday and pushed them back sew
eral miles along the entire line, the Let
fish eonferees at the Baltic state con-
ference here were advised today. The
attack resulted in Rega being entirely
freed from menace by Colonel Der
mondt $ forces The Let's, it is added
| captured battery of heavy guns ane
| numerous machine guns.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-12
MARRIAGES.

In Brattleboro, Nov IL, by Rev. Delmar
+. Trout, James Edward Helyar of Brat
tleboro and Miss Dorothy May Prouty oil
West Brattleboro
In Brattleboro, Nov. IL, by Rev. Rob-
ert A. Num-. Horace Leonard Tucker and
Vera May Kaiser, both of Chieopee Falls,
Mass
In Brattleboro, Nov Z, by Rev. Robert
A. Num-, Seth l.. Nichols and Marie An,
ma DeForge, both of Springfield, Mass.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-12
DEATHS.

In Brattlehoro. Nov II, Mrs. Esther
(Blythel Richardson, 81, wife of Benja-
min P. Richardson
In Mortified, Mass, Nov s, Mrs. Emil
line Elizabeth Snow, 81, wife of George
Washington Snow.
In Dummerston, Nov IL, James A..
Reed, 49,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-12

| is expected that the case against Mrs. lsa-
| bel Parker, indicted with Long for muir
der, win be mol pressed this afternoon
and an information filed against her for
keeping disorderly house. She will then
| be released on bail
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-12
BIRTHS.

In Brattleboro, Nov IL, daughter to
Nilfred j., and Mary tCavanaugh1 Filion,
granddaughter to Mr.. and Mrs Peter Fill
ion and John Cavanaugh of Brattleboro
In New York city. Nov s. daughter.
Ruth Shepard, to Oscar W. and Marie
Iyons) Ray.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-12

deaths will arouse the male people of
the United States as nothing else has
done.
History viii record these heroes as
among the first to fall in an attempt at
armed revolution against the United
States and for which every man who has
been preaching syndiealism, communism
and class hatred is responsible.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-12

Mrs. Preston formerly Mrs. Grover
Cleveland) has the distinction of being
the only lady to marry President of the
United States in the White House.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-12
is BEGINNING
OF REVOLUTION
Congressman johnson Says Countr,
Must Be Purged of Seditionists
War If Necessary.

WASHINGTON, Nov 1.-THE shoot
ing of four exserviee men in an ARMS
tiee day parade in Centralia, Wash, was
described in the house today by Repre-
sentative johnson, Republican, OF Wash
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03
THE PROBLEM OF THE RETURNED
FURNITURE
The End Of One Problem and the
Beginning of Another

T LEFT Hazelbrook, after three days
L inspection. feeling able to give Bruno
Duke a satisfactory report.
Hazelbrook had wisely followed Dukes
final suggestion, which was that he
should first explain to his workers what
il cost him to have mistakes occur, to
have furniture returned or to have
&c ods delivered in a dusty or damaged
condition.
Then he was to tell them the plans
to be put into operation to prevent mis-
takes and TO insure better deliveries
and how all these things would encour-
age new business Finally he was to
show how. by working Loyalty and en-
Enthusiastically to further the new plans,
he would be able to make more money.
As the statesmen worked on kind of
commission basis they would naturally
benefit by all increased business, so
they were given the incentive of more
money" to live up to the new ideals.
The deliverymen were told that if any
new business came from their sugges-
tions they would benefit by it and that
tbev would receive a bonus of per cent
on IL They were paid the bonus the
same week in which the furniture was
delivered They were given the uniform
by Hazelbrc ok, who explained to them
that it was the equivalent to two new
suits of clothes year.
Every man had a steel locker In which
he hung his own clothes every morning
and his uniform every evening. no man
vas allowed to wear his uniform except
| when at work.
A dollar a week advance in salary
! 5pliNprVmpn, Bruno
Duke tcld Hazelbrook that he would be
! obIa IN handle deliveries with one man
less perhaps two less on the new pan,
! co II was arranged that the salary OF
| ona man be given to the others right
| awav so as to show them he was not
irving TO save any money on thefn' put
was working for their interest just as
much as his own. =,
II seemed good to get back to the olu
rooms IN Seventy-seventh street ana 10
see Duke sitting in his chair, weariils
his old dressing jacket and smoking inc
familiar hookah.
He listened attentively to my report
and when I.was through said
That's splendid, Peter; you are realiS
observing wei. You will need TO learn
to deduce from your observations more
logically when making preliminary sur
veys. Then you will be really Valuaoie
to me-"
How It encourages one to get fe"
words of praise, especially from one
whose praise is sparingly given
Duke puffed in silence for Few min
utes, and then added:
Most problems call for the adjust
ment of selfishnesses The selhshness o.
merchants and the selfishness of custom
er must be made to articulate' Ih'
same thing must be done between en-
ployer and emp,oye. -,
ITO do this requires an understand
ing and sympathy of the cthers view
point The amount of satisfaction ere
, ated measures the success of plan. Blu
the satisfaction must not be one-sided
all concerned must be satisfied. III
plan merely enables an employer to ge
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03
BRUNO DUKE ,',ii sS1se1D s soi;; ~zTS%s1D 1ssi",
ccpyhh. Career Of etc
author OF "1ho Business Career Of Peter Flint" etc.

you. and all seem TO have profted by your
advice. 1. therefore. write you. also seeking
advice.
- This is my story:
ent employed by the War Department as file
clerk.
Due to financial difficulties at home I
was forced to leave high school in my
second year. leaving school about six months
ago. and Immediately in the afternoon en-
tered the employ of the government.
Though / receive a substantial salary in
my present position. | have come to realize
that there is no future in my present ca
pacity. 1t is now my one desire to become
a salesman. cannot pick particular line
| in which to devote my attention. What line
OF goods would you suggest that sell?
Can YOU also recommend a resident school
| that teaches saesmanship? ! would also
| desire to obtain all available literature on
the topic Of salesmanship. l.. b. Z.
! What kinds of goods would suggest
| that you sell? Why shoes, tin tacks,
! houses, sausages-don't you see how
! foolish your question is? How can l
possibly tell what you should sell with
out knowing something about you?
Then. again, you don't say what kind
a retail salesman, wholesale or a spe-
cialty salesman.
Any of the schools teaching sales
manship in New York are good. II it
is conducted by an experienced teacher
who has actually sold goods that is
where l would suggest that you study.
You ask for all available literature
on the topic of salesmanship-gosh! that
| Is some order. However, / have sent
you the names of few good books.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03

without visible indication that he sup
posed the news would cause any as.
tonishment.
Aldrich gasped an ejaculation. He
knew that Father Leclair had deter.
mined to brave the bishop in the mat.
ter of the school; but that this breach
of discipline would entail anything en-
cept a rebuke the officer had not
dreamed. Father Leclair was an in.
stitution in Attegat. He was attached
to his people as an oak is attached to
its soil, as a hill is attached TO the
granite which supports it. Who could
conceive of the parish of Attegat with
out Pere Leclair-father of his people.
pastor of his flock-living in the little
stone house, taking the tithes at the
big door of the barn, styling out the
doles to the poor folk who came hum.
bly, and thankfully to the little rear
door?
DO you know anything about the
parish of Attegat?" asked the priest.
He eyed Aldrich's manifest consterna.
tion with considerable curiosity.
II do, Father. But this is hardly
CREDIBLE mean, am confounded,
You are transferred to Attegat?"
The priest bowed his head stiffiy.
He did not relish this outburst.
| "And the present incumbent is or.
dered to go to Moosehorn plantation
TO the mission" he said, the lines OF
his lips straighter.
But that is into the wilderness-in
the backwoods--the lumber camps,
faltered the officer.
Il believe so. The mission is very
remote. But it is to be made a mat
ter of discipline" stated the priest
dryly. II see that you stare at me
my son. Well. the offense which has
been committed by the incumbent il
very serious. He has defied the dis
cesan commands. He has persisted IL
that defiance"
lie had spoken harshly; but now hi
allowed the straight line to curv'
once more.
1T is believed that the parish need
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03

when his horse whirled and gallopeo
on toward the north he let him run.
The senselessness of this encounter
made him all the more furious. II
was of a piece with the affair OF the
night. before-blind battle in the dark.
AT least, these unknown miscreants
had known at whom they were firing;
he did not have that advantage
He felt a sort OF grim satisfaction
when he reflected that he had retorted
in the same language they had en-
ployed. Matters were arriving at
pretty pass on the border when bullets
took tho place of words! 1t was
borne in on Aldrich that he had come
unon times and men of sort the old
days in Acadia had not known. lie
had been trusting too much in tradi'
ton: he had not believed that assas-
sins were abroad in the land which
had been so placid. He decided that
discretion must supplement valor
after that, even when a mans heart Is
hot and his love is squirting him.
When he had ridden a few miles
a pale light in a farmhouse signaled
to him. He found a mother keeping
vigil beside a sick child; and she per
mitted him TO stable his horse, and
she opened the door of the fore-room
to him.
He went to sleep wondering whether
vetal Beaulieu had been there among
those trees and had attempted thai
summary way OF eliminating a pros
pective son-in'law.
But how that chance encounter, thai
random interchange Of Shots woulC
color his troubled affairs some day HI
did not dream or apprehend.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03
THE REVOLT OF JACK SPARROW

DALMY spring has come and all the
- earth seemed busy and happy. Peg
gy, digging in her garden. glowed with
the joy of living. II would be fun TO
plant her seeds, more fun TO watch the
plants spring forth from the ground. and
the most fun of all to gather her ripen-
cd vegetables Ia the summer and fall.
AS her eager space turned over the
soft soil dozens of worms were brought
into view,
MY, what a feast for the birds"
thought Peggy. raising her eyes TO Search
the sky for her feathered friends. And
as If the birds knew that the worms
were awaiting them great flock was
sweeping toward her.
"Yo no. breakfast is ready" shouted
Peggy gaily But to her surprise. the
birds paid not the slightest attention to
her call Uttering shrill cries of alarm
and flying their swiftest. they rushed
past without looking downward. They
seemed in a panic--lil<e an army of
refugees fleeing from some grave peril
"Io ho Yo no What's your hurry"
shouted Peggy, but not one of the birds
answered her Old and young, robins,
orioles, bob-o-linlSs. thrushes, wrens.
tanagers, martins, swallows and scores
of others, they seemed too much dis
turbed to give heed to the feast of
worms TO which she was inviting them.
Where could they be going? What
danger had driven them from home right
in :heir busiest season when they were
building their nests and preparing for
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03
THE DAILY NOVELETTE,
CAPTAIN CAREWE'S CAMPAIGN
CAPTAIN CAREY cAREwE, U. S. A.,
By Ramona Woodbury.

CAPTAIN CAREY CAREWE, u. S. A.,
~ recently returned from overseas,
surveyed his sister, Elizabeth, riding in
he Pullman chair opposite him, with a
great deal of approval. During his alb
sence from home Elizabeth had been
transformed from a red-headed, freckle-
faced nuisance to a beautiful creature
with all the outward embellishments of
a young lady.
Just now, she leaned forward in her
chair and spoke to him.
Carey" she pleaded, bringing her
lovely voice into action There's some
thing want you, to do most awfully for
Captain Carewe's face lighted with
chai ming, quizzical smile.
L knew II was coming. Betty. was
dead certain that you'd never come
way to New York to meet me unless
you had something up your sleeve"
Carey How absurd Nothing could
nave kept me from meeting you. But
honestly I'm awfully anxious TO have
you do this thing for me-"
about it,"
Elizabeth smiled contentedly.
You remember Nancy Groton?"
do. Next TO you, Betty, she was the
homeliest girl in town, and we fellows
used to call her Nanny"
"Ye.es But she's far from being the
'homeliest girl in town now. Wait till
you see her--she's the sweetest thing"
Carey grinned.
"Oh, don't doubt It. From the way
your story starts in I Judge that what
| ever we do, we must favor Miss Nancy
Groton. Please tell me the rest"
And OF course you remember An
Selica Wade?"
| "Oh, yes -
Carey tried to reply casually, but a
| wave of embarrassment swept over him.
| Remember Angelica? Well, rather?
Angelica, who played with his youthful
| threw it back 10 him Angelica's s beau
tiful face had remained fixed in his
mind.
Elizabeth aroused him from his not
too pleasant day-dream.
We'll, Carey, there's been bitter
| rivalry between Nancy and Angelica.
Both the girls are equally good look
ing, but of course the Wades have piles
of money and Nancy's people haven't
And usually Angelica comes out OH top
Nancy never had new dress, back al
school, without Angelica appearing in a
lovelier one few days later. 1t was
not only dresses, but everything thai
Nancy got was somehow belittled by
something Angelica would get. Why
even when Nancy was scheduled fol
valedictorian at graduation, the Wades
Influenced the board somehow to give
the honor to Angelica Everybody II
town was peeved. After they returned
from college Nancy wrote a series o.
articles on kindergartening mad,
enough TO get herself small auto
and the next week Angelica drove bacl
from New York in a wonderful car tina
made Nancy's look sick. But that's no
the worst!"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03

They merely wished that Beaulieu
would come back and open up his
place so that a thirsty man would not
find the Monarda road so long and
dusty.
There were few passers-by. In the
summer days of growing things men
were in the fields. Even the men who
travelled the Red Lane for profit found
better employment when the mowers
were needed and the crops were ripen-
ing.
Duty called to Aldrich, he had spent
much time on his own affairs. Disgust
at this tedious waiting overmastered
desire to have it out with Beaulieu.
In the early afternoon he growled
and shook his fist, in lis indignation,
at the barred door, and swung himself
into the saddle. He rode first to the
west and then took the long highway
north TO the great river. He journey
ed toward his post, and decided that
he would soon seek another opportu.
| my " lulpItSo upOll NNtoi DSoNhNN
the necessity of revising certain plans
regarding the wedding of Evangeline.
On the long road folks are not super
cilious or reserved or afraid to warm
up TO those whom they meet. Aca
dians politely doff hats to all strangers
and smile; men hold up and chat and
exchange condolences and pass on and
never see each other again.
Therefore, when Aldrich overlook a
carriage that was slowly dragging UT
a hill he spoke courteously to the
passenger therein, The passenger was
priest. He answered rather ginger
ly, staring at the stranger. One coulc
understand that he LACKED experience
in the free and easy ways of New
Acadia. Aldrich returned his stare
and saw that the priest had straigh
mouth with narrow lips, narrow eyes
and above all these a straight, un
broken line of eyebrows. His broat
! face was crossed by these three hori
zontal lines, and between the lines on
could read stubborn will and auto
cratic obstnacy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03
ADVENTUR Daddy
"THE MYSTERIOUS KNIGHT

what are they revolving about7"
puzzled Peggy. Everything has been 90
pleasant and prosperous in Birdland
since tanned the Giant of the Woods"
They've got kinks-brain kinks" hoot-
ed Judge Owl.
whats that, some new kind Of dis
ease?"
"The crazlest kind Of a disease"
affirmed Judge Owl solemnly. at turns
folks topsyturvy and then they want
to turn everybody else topsy.turvy.
too"
"Jacls Sparrow caught Il listening TO
soap-boX speechmakers on the city
Streets" exclaimed General Swallow.
And he has given it TO the English
sparrows, the COW birds, and al. the
shiftlese, good-for-nothing. talky-talk
birds. who want TO live off the toll OF
Others" declared Reddy Woodp f'r.
They say they are going to do away
with all rule and order in Birdland. Food
and nests will belong to everybody in
common, and the lazy idlers will have
as much right to them as the workers.
who have earned them"
why how silly" exclaimed Peggy.
That's not fair nor honest and would
upset everything. Well not stand for
it here in free America"
"Hurrah for Princess Peggy" shouted
Blue Jay. "She will settle this revolt"
"Then she will have to get busy in a
hurry" shrilled General Swallow, 'for
here come the revolutionists -
Peggy looked up to see dark cloud
shutting Off the sun--a cloud made up
of hundreds of trampish rough-looking
birds.
(TomorrotU toiH be told hoto Peggy
is captured aud tho mysterious knight
comes TO the roscuc)
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Ry HOLMAN DAY
THE RED LANE A sy s.n%,s y~o."nS y; IN, p@ sa1ar
4 Romance Of The Border

clearing in the late forenoon, the pad
lock still dangled outside the door, the
little spider had increased the size of
his web, and it was clear that Beau
lieu had not come home.
The cripple snarled through a crack
in the tie.up door and corroborated
what the paddock and the spiders web
suggested. The sullen young man had
gone away, so the cripple stated.
Aldrch sat down on the bench and
waited. Men struggled past and eyed
him with some curiosity. OF those
who came from the east he inquired
whether they had any news OF Vetal
Beaulieu. No, they had no news.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03

their summers work IN fields and
orchards?
Before Peggy could even guess an
answer 70 these questions, General
Swallow, Reddy Woodpecker and Blue
Jay came rushing up, while Judge owl
puffed noisily along behind. General
Swallow shrieked a warning.
Flee. Princess Peggy! Revolt has
broken out! Blrdlahd has gone all TO
smash !"
Find "a hollow tree, duick!" painted
Judge owl. "And be sure it's hidden
deep in the woods"
what has happened?" cried Peggy,
while shivers of excitement ran up and
down her back. "Who Is in revolt?'
Jack Sparrow and his gang" snap
ped out Reddy Woodpecker.