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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17
PLAN OUTLINED
To DELEGATES.
hterchurch World Move
ment Conference
Closes
GLYNN is ELECTED
COUNTY CHAIRMAN
George l. Dunham Vice Chairman and
Rev. A. v. Woodwork Secretary -
Forty-Six Churches in Windham
County Are Cooperating.

After being in conference since 2.
o'clock Monday afternoon the Wind
ham county leaders Of the Interchureh
World Movement adjourned yesterday
afternoon about 4.30 O'Clock, following
a series of profitable sessions. OF the
46 churches which are cooperating in
the movement in the county 50 Were
represented by 20 ministers and more
than 100 delegates. The cooperating
churches include four denominations-
Methodist, Baptist, Advent Christian
and Congregational.
In Miss Grace NJ Brooks's talk on
The World S Need and the Church's OPP
portunity the speaker reviewed the
needs of the missionary field and advo-
Gated the development of missionary
information in local churches. After
intercession, denominational meetings
were held in which the program for the
movement in Vermont was discussed.
The suggested program is as follows:
Dec. ] to 90, county conventions; Dec.
% to Jan. 3, town conferences where
necessary and individual church organ
izations; Jan. 4 to II, to be observed
as week of prayer; during January en-
phasis to be laid on intereession with
call for institution or reinstitution
of the family altar; February, empha-
sis to be laid on stewardship and
missionary education; Feb. 90, united
day of prayer by Women's Foreign
Missionary societies; Feb. %, day of
prayer for students and plea for en-
Continued on Pare 81
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17
Wants Pulp Survey.

WASHINGTON, Dee. 17.-Charles l.,
Pack president of the American Fores.
try association in a formal statement
today urged the passage of the Poindex-
ter bill providing for survey of the
pulp wood timberlands in the North
west with view to relieving the news
print situation.
Every publisher in the land he
said, "should get behind this measure
for it will mean releasing the stranglc
hold in which the newsprint situation
now has him. Hundreds of the small
er papers have had TO 60 out Of bust
ness on account of the increase in the
cost of paper
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17
ONLY 23,4OO
CLAIMS SETTLED
Total of 324,9OO Claims Filed
With War Risk Bureau
Up to Dec. 5
FORMER SERVICE
MEN ARE BLAMED
Director Jones Says They Fail to Fur
nish Necessary Information Amer
ican Legion Appeals to Congress for
Action

Action
WASHINGTON, Dec lT.-Only % 400
of the 324 300 claims for compensation
for disability filed with the war risk bu.
reau up to Dec have been settled def
nitely, Director Jones told representa-
tives of the American Legion in confer
ence here today. Approximately
$1,000 claims, he said, have been disal-
lowed because the injuries proved only
temporary.
Lack of cooperation by former service
men was given by Mr.. Jones as one of
the reasons for delays which he said have
given rise to innumerable complaints
against the bureau Literally thou
sands" of claims lie dormant at the bu-
resu, he added. because the applicant for
compensation failed to furnish requested
information without which no further
action can be taken on the claim.
The American Legion, through Frank
lin DOlier, its grand commander, called
on congress last night for immediate en-
actment of legislation giving former serv-
ice men 'the consideration they deserve
at the hands of their government.
1T is plainly evident to the conference
of American Legion representatives that
If the disabled service men and their fam
lilies and all ex-service persons in the
/ United States are to receive just and lib
eral consideration at the hands of the
government. which the people of this
country intended they should receive
immediate action on the part of congress
is absolutely necessary"
Each state commander presented yes
terday to the senators and congressmer
from his state specific legislation embod
led in amendments to the Sweet anc
Watson bills, which if enacted will se
cure to the veterans of the great wal
adequate and liberal service from the bu
reau of war risk insurance, the fedora
board for vocational education and tn,
public health service.
As result of individual conferences
with senators and members of congress
the state commanders of the American
Legion do not feel that congress is ye
alive TO the situation. 1t will be mos
unfortunate to these men and their fam
lilies and to the country at large if pol
lev of false economy toward them is per
mitted to prevail at their expense. Ser
icus difficulties may be avoided later b,
changes now"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17
POLICE PLANNED BURGLARIEs.
District Attorney Declares They Have
Stolen Thousands.

NEW YORK, Dec. l7.-Thefts of hun
dreds of thousands dollars worth of
goods planned by burglars in co-opera-
tion with the police have been executed in
the past six months in Brooklyn, District
Attorney Lewis asserted today in a
statement declaring that Patrolman Her
man Crause instigated $4,000 robbery
of furriers' plant Nov. 80. Crause and
Peter Rueger, another policeman, were
arrested yesterday u connection with
this theft The arrest Of Crause and
Ruger is the third instance recently in
which Brooklyn policemen have been
taken into custody in connection with
thefts.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17
GOMPERS PROTESTS
AGAINST r. r. BILL
Asks Cumnlins to Give Government
Ownership Of Railroads
Fair Chance.

WASHINGTON, Dec. IA protest
against the enactment of the Cummins
railroad bill now befoI. the senate was
made today by Samuel Gompers, presi-
dent of the American federation of la.
bor With representatives of the rail
road brotherhoods and spokesmen for
farmers organizations Mr.. Gompers
urged Chairman Cummins of the SEN
ate interstate commerce committee to
withdraw the measure and give govern
ment operation of the roads fair and
thorough peacetime trial.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17
Uniyersalisi Church

Thursday, Dec. Is, $50 p m.--Annual
meeting of Daughter 5 circle with Mrs.
John Bardcn, 50 South Main street.
There will be election of officers and
other necessary business to be disposed
of at the annual meeting.
Thursday, Dec. Is, at 3 P. m.--Thc
regular meeting Of the Mission Circle
with Mrs. Fred Sargent, Estabrook
street The pastor will give talk on
Our Mission and Work in Japan.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17
GETS ADDRESSES OF REDS.
Boston Authorities Also Find Who II
Supplying Funds.

BOSTON, Dec. 17.-Mailing lists of
radical organizations of supposed an
archistic leanings were seized in q raid
made here last Saturday, it was learned
today. Assistant District Attorney B.
j. Gallagher said the lists were proving
of great assistance to the Suffolk coun-
ty grand jury which is investigating
the doings of suspected Reds Besides
giving names and addresses of men and
women connected with radical activ-
tiles the lists are said to show who are
supplying funds for propaganda.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17
Centre Congregational Church

Thursday, Dec. Is, 7.30 p. m.-Miss
Bostwick's Outlook class will meet in the
chapel.
Friday, Dec. 10, . to 5 p. m.-Christmas
party for the beginners and primary
pupils of the Sunday school.
Friday, Dec 10, 7.30 p m-Church
night meeting. Topic for discussion,
What Do | Believe About the Future
Life? SIS p. m.-Teachers' training
class. Chapter will be studied.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17
STATE APPEAL.
Rhode Island Asks for Test of
Prohibition Amendment.

WASHINGTON. Dec. l7.--Rhode
Island. through its attorney gen
pral, Herbert A. Rice, asked the SUI
preme court today for permission
to institute original proceedings to
test the validity of the national
prohibition amendment and to en-
Join federal officials from enforc-
ing it in that state.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17
AN INDIAN MODEL
Will Be Used for Portrait of Typi-
cal American Soldier.

WASHINGTON, Dee. l7.-Otis
". Leader, an Indian who was
with the artillery force which fired
the first American shot in the
World War and who after having
engaged in the major operations at
Chateau Thierry, st. Mihiel and
the Argonne was still present
and accounted for" when the last
guns of the war were fired, has
been selected as model by the
French artist Dewarreux for por-
trait of a typical American soldier.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17
Odd Fellows Temple

Wednesday, Dec. E.-Teams II and l.
will bowl
Thursday evening. Dec. 1S-Regular
meeting of Oasis Encampment. Elec-
tion of officers. Lunch after the meet
ing
Friday, Dec lD.--Bowling match be-
tween teams A and 4.
Friday, Dec 10, at p. m.-Rehearsal
of the second degree.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17
CAN'T PROHIBIT
IMPORTATIONS
Justice Sankey Makes Important Judg-
ment Against British
Government.

LONDON, Dec 1.-THE government
was declared by Justice Sir John Sankey
of the Kings bench division today to pos
sess no power to prohibit the importation
Of certain goods and that therefore its
proclamation to this effect was invalid
and illegal. The judgment is considered
one of the most important ever rendered
against the government.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17

A Partisan paper announces that all
subscribers will be allowed to purchase
ten pounds of sugar at cost price, and
since sugar is one of the scarcest com
modities in Paris at the present time, it
is likely that the circulation of the pa
per is in for considerable boom
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17
First Baptist Church

Wednesday-Meeting of Mems I'm
ion with address by Rev George f.
Price Of Rutland, on Armistice Day in
France. All former service men are
invited.
Thursday at $50 p. m-Annual
chicken pie supper and sale Price, 90
cents.
Friday at { p. m.-Meeting of Junior
Endeavor; 7-3O-Regular prayer meet
iup
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17
Masonic Temple

Wednesday. Dec. II, 730 p. m.-Stated
conclave OF Beauseant Commandery No.
J, K. T.
Thursday, Dec. ls.-B Bowling by teams
d and T..
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17
First Methodist Episcopal Church

Thursday, Dee. 1s-Meeting of Wom-
an's Foreign Missionary society with
Mrs. Wyman, % Pine street, at p. IN,
n full attendance is greatly desired.
Friday, Dee. l9-Prayer meeting.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17

II is estimated that if the forests of
the earth We're completely stocked and
scientifically worked, they would yield
annually the full equivalent to from 80
10 i20 times the present consumption of
coal
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17
Red Mems BalI

Thursday, Dec. Is, p. m.-Meeting of
Pocahontas council, No. 4, D. of P. Elec-
tion of officers. A good attendance is de-
sired.
lance Saturday night.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17
THE WEATHER.
Fair and Continued Cold Tonight and
Thursday. 4

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1T.-The weather
forecast: Fair and continued cold to.
night and Thursday. Moderate north and
northwest winds
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17

obviating the necessity for repressive
measures in the future
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17

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Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-04
WORK FOR EVERY STATE.

Attention that is well directed is that which is being given in the state of New York by the state commission on drug control to the cutting down of the illegal traffic in narcotics. It is an undertaking which is by no means the duty of that state alone, though when lt is set forth that there are POO. 900 drug addlcts in New York city alone it can be realized that there is plenty of reason for giving close and remedial attention to this problem.
 Next week there is to be a confer cnce on that subject in New York when 1t is to be expected that some definite plan will be devised for fur ther restricting the illegal sales One idea is to establish clinics at hospi- tals where addicts for whom attend ing physicians are willing to prescribe drugs can obtain them at a slight ad- vance over cost. The purpose of this is 10 discourage the resort to the leeches who are making a handsome living off of those who are forced to deal with them, and at the same time encourage the desire on the part of the dope users to undertake and carry on
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-04
IN THE DAYS NEWS

The report that Balmedy. a Walloon settlement m the Rhine province of r. Jssiag is tn be allotted to Belgium 5y the peace conference has aroused interest in the two Belgian peoples- the Walloons and the Ftemingg. sc .
 Dr. Edwin A. Grosvencr iftr a eeni- Society, describes these two elements |ct the brave little nations population as follows:
 The Kingdom of Eeig1um dates
 from 1880. when the seven Catholic provinces reyolted from 1istasteful union with the Kingdom of The Meth atlands. A spirit of independence Of resentment at injustice, of. determ nation to maintain rights. has always animated thls herioc people. 7, The ancient BeIgae occupied al Gaul from north Of the Seine and west of the Rhine. Rheims, Soissons Amiens and Beauvais perpetuate the names of the Remi, Suessiones, Am tiani, and Iellovaci, their warlikt i trlbes who fought against Caesar.
 The Belgians now comprise two
 main factors--the Wallo1n8 and the !Flemings. . ] The Walloons from common leu ] tonic word meaning foreign, are found 1 in soathern Belgium. where are Liegt and Namur upon the Mouse; in tho 1 French depart tA 1cnt Of %0rd with it: 1 Gins of Lille. Douai, Cambrai. ant l Nalenciennes, and in 6 few Rhenisl villages. They speak Trench an, l have strong attachment to France.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-04

were demobilized, so they called me Chrysalis."
 One misses from Major General Seeley's Parliamentary history of the great air was any disclosure of the alleged romance of helium with which the American Press has. been. enter taining it's public. The romance is not the exclusive possession of States scientists. Professor Cady some ten years ago laid the basis in a report on Kansas mineral treasures, and when the war broke out, a Bloomsbury sa- want, stimulated by Zeppelin raids, un- earthed the report, which pointed to helium as non-infamable gas for
 balloons.
 Our Admiralty and the American ex-
 perts got on the job, As 8 result of their labours the natural gas of Kan sas, Oklahoma and Texas are now yielding the wonderful element; but
 as 70 Der cent. of the gas is made. up
 of hydro cartoons and nearly all the
 remainder is nitrogen there is only
 some .95 left to fill the new airsiips
 England awaits developments.
 The little paper which the Y. M. C.
 A. publishes in Cologne and which its patrons will call the Bully Tin is bright and readable journal, with it's views and reviews, competitions and Cologne gossip. c.ss.
 One item of news in the current
 number is this: Last week. we were appealed to by more. than one. British civilian, who, after internment in 1 Germany during the. war, had succeed : 1 ed in getting through to Cologne. They 1 had come in search of food. One of ! them an English lady whose husband had died during the war, had left her child in her mothers care. i'll with ! diphtheria, near NVeimar where she i could get no coal, no clothes, mo milk |. no nourishment of any kipd--not for money (which she was. not without and certainly not for love except now i and then from a kindly Spartacist!'- 1 London ChrOnicle
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-04

Some day." breathed the pretty girl, vindictively, I'm going to get hold of. grandmother-on mothers side-and find out just what sort of young man you reallyk kswere. anyhow A
 rWhwhat's that?" demanded her father in some bewilderment and a daWning alarm. >-'- The pretty girl nodded her head in triumph and set down to enjoy her victims torture
 'Tm," she declared, nodding her head so all the little marcel waves glistened in the light. You must have been a perfect wonder. Only, I'll lay bets you weren't. She'll know. A girls mother always does know when she sizes up her daughters callers and mostly she doesn't like them at all, and if you don't like a person you see all their faults at once. It would be a great faults when you were young" Why, you saucy young thing, stut- tered her outraged parent. 'I--''' You never like any of my young men," proceeded his daughter. There | hasn't been one since the days when Neddie Thomas in knickerbockers started coming over with his tennis racket that you have thoroughly ap- proved of. Neddie used to bounce the pdlIS onto the SlCe porcn ana QlSluTE l your reading or make the puppy howl
 or something like that They have
 pained you intensly, constantly and after most varied fashions "I-" attempted the father. 1 The minute a young man comes into this house," she went on determinedly you forget his name, and always ask
 me who is the youth who reminds you
 of a black and tan terrier, or how car endure that fellow with a mouth
 like a fish?-or what is that lank char ] giving an imitation of, a strip of cook
 ed macaroni, or was there an opera
 tion in his extreme youth removing. the
 spine?
 Tt took you a whole week to become
 resigned to the fact that Duffielt l Bayne is cashier in bank. You tool
 it awfully hard, You wanted to know
 if all the directors had astigmatism
 and was the bank under state control
 and how did they keep the depositor
 after they got a good look at him iron mobbing the place.
 | You said he had the most vacuou
 countenance ever wished onto a man
 and that if he had an idea in his brail he certainly held the record for perfec
 control of his features. You said i
 beat you why girls, with the world ful
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-04
A CLEAR COMPLEXION
Ruddy Cheeks Sparkling Eyes
 Most Women Can Have
Says Dr. Edwards, a Well-K Known
 Ohio Physician

Dr. E. M. Edwards for r years treated scores of women for liver and bowel ailments. During these years he gave to his patients prescription made of few well-known vegetable ingredients mixed with olive oil, naming them Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets. You will know them by their olive color. N
 These tablets are wonder.workers on ths liver and bowels, which cause normal action, carrying off the waste and poison GUS matter in ones system. :, !
 If you have pale face, sallow look, duil eyes, pimples, coated tongue, headaches, a listless, no-good feeling, all out of sorts. inactive bowels, you take one of Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets nightly for time and note the pleasing results. |
 Thousands of women as, well as men take Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets-the suc- cessful substitute for calonel-now and then just to keep ii, the pink of condition. 1ec and 25c per box All druggists. X
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-04
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Attribute it to what you please, the elections all show 2 republican wave sweeping over the country. Tie man on the corner says: Tact is a valuable household necessity, that cannot be borrowed from neighbors.
 How happy it must make the poor man feel that the war tax has been re- duced two per cent. on the Pullman car | tickets.
 Coal may be high, but with Italy purchasing three million tons tons here at $25 ton there's something to be | thankful for.
 | Reaching a decision on the peace terms amongst themselves is giving the i delegates in Paris as much trouble as 1.-the bolshevists are. w l This isn't the right kind of weather l for April in order to give the proper encouragement to the early opening oi the bush league baseball season.
 Many Of the trolley lines are reduc- | ing fares in an effort to get living How long will it before the profiteers are forced 10 resort to like methods
 With the army. sending out a call fol 500,000 men, those who are disappoint- ed at being mustered our so early are given a chance to stay as long as they ike. ... .-.- ...s
 There's one thing about it. wher they get to flying to the poles in air. planes, we will not have to wait SC long to find out what has been discov. cred. It IS to be hoped that there will be no thought of putting the price ot brick and lumber higher just because there is a disposition to start new 1 buildings
 General Foeh has been given the au. thority to settle the question of Polish 1 troops going through Danzig,, and O course Germany knows the meaning O. that name. ...--. .r ..-
 Germany IS being blamed for having hand in the turning over of Hungar, to the bolsheviki, and in view of wha it has done even Germany cannot show any surprise.
 The reduced plurality by which May or Thompson of Chicago was reelected shows what the people of his city ant party think of the way he conducted himself during the war.
 It is we'll enough for Ludendorff t ladVisa the Germans not to submit {, their enemies, but it by enemies h. means the allies what does such advic amount to when there's nothing else t do but yieh: .-~
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-04
OIL IN WAR AND PEACE.

Oil was one of the great big fac tors involved in the recent war. Never before did it play such, an i'm portant part in any conflict of the kind Its uses in driving the engines of war were many but it is by no means re- stricted to war activity. It is going to be utilized to like extent in peace time activities for the flying ma chinery driven by combustion en- zines whether for industry or the farm are bound to increase many fold.
 What the developments in these va rious directions did for the war they certainly are going to do for peace ac- tivity. and this promises to be shown in connection with farming as well as with other big undertakings: Farm machinery operated by oil engines has been great help in agricultural de- velopment. The farm tractors are to the tillers of the soil what the tanks were to the allied forces. They change the whole tide of battle and as they are being shown to be indispensable where large farming operations are underway they are certain to increase | ;n number even as the automobiles have multiplied.
 What a market there is for the farm tractor today is shown by the state ment to the effect that there were 132, 697 made in this country last year when attention was concentrated or war work Though the demand is fol
 the most part centered in this coun'
 try as yet it is anticipated that thu output for this present year vii amount to S15,000 and where it will g to with the development of foreigr
 trade there is no telling.
 The tractor and the auto in farm
 ing mean the revolutionization of tha
 business where engaged in on a big
 scale, and it will find it's place in mor'
 ways than one among the little farm
 CTS. Man and mule power are getting
 much relief from what oil fuel will dc
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-04

a course of treatment which will bring them release or relief rather than con tributing to their further enslavement
 In view of the feeling that many will De driven to the use of drugs with the coming of prohibition, the effort to keep the, sale of. habit forming drugs within the bounds where they belong is most timely. It should, however, not be restricted to New York, for though that city has nearly an eighth of the known addicts there are said to be a million and half in the country with cut attempting to include those who are secretly. inclined in that direction. It is an effort which should get every encouragement and support for the future betterment 7of the country as we'll as the immediate curtailment of the habit There's work for every state,