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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-19
WAR ON CLOTHING.
Conference in Washington viii
Try to Check Rising Prices.

WASHINGTON, Dee. l9.-
Steps to check the rising price of
clothing will be discussed at
conference here early In January
of persons interested in the pro-
duction of wearing apparel
from the producer of raw
materials to the consumer Of
the finished product The call
ing Of the conference was
announced today by Assistant
Attorney General 'Figg, who said
that in addition to effecting econ
omies in operation it was planned
to provide for the production Of
standard quality cloth and gar
ments for sale at reasonable
price as an inducement to the
public to check extravaganza in
purchasing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-19
CAPTAIN ALcocK DEAD.
Fatally Injured in Crash of His
Airplane in France.

ROUEN, France, Dec. 19.--
Captain Sir John Aleock, the first
aviator to make a nonstop air
plano flight across the Atlantic,
died here this afternoon. as a re-
suit of injuries he received when
his airplane crashed yesterday
near Cottevrard, France.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-19
MARRIES MURDERER
UPON HIS RELEASE
Miss Howe of Marlboro, Mass, Had
Waited While Archie Null Served
q Years In Prison.

GLENS FALLS, Dec l9.-After 81
years in prison for murder. Archie Null
was released from Great Meadow
prison yesterday on communication of
sentence and within an hour was mar
ried to Miss Stella G. Howe of Marl-
boro, Mass, who had waited for him
for years, it was learned today. Null
was convicted in 1898 for the murder
of Melville B. Lord of Nassau, n. Y.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-19
Odd Fellows Temple

Friday, Dec la.-Bowlins match be-
tween teams A and e.
Friday, Dec. 10, at s p. m.-Rehearsal
of the second degree.
Wantastiquet lodge will hold pro-
gressive five hundred party at Odd Eel
lows Temple New Years night. All are
welcome. Admission o5c. plus &c. war
tax
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-19
Viscount Is All Right.

LONDON, Dec. l9.-News of the at
tempt to assassinate Viscount French in
Dublin was confirmed this afternoon
from the foreign office. A late message
from Dublin said Viscount French was
"all right"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-19
Centre Congregational Church

Friday, Dec 10, 3 to p. m-Christmas
party for the beginners and primary
pupils of the Sunday school The two de-
partments are to carry their gifts for
the Arrighi box at that time. The junior
Christian Endeavor meeting will be omit
ted.
Friday, Dec. 10, 7.30 p. m.-Church
night meeting. Topic for discussion,
What Do / Believe About the Future
Life? SIS D. m-Teachers' training
class. Chapter Z will be studied
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-19

sition of officer manager of the White
& Wyekoff Paper Co. at Holyoke for
eight years, has resigned, to take the po.
sition of general manager and assistant
treasurer of the Vermont Tale Co., at
Chester.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-19
NOTHING OFFICIALLY DONE.
French and British Shy Little a,
Reservations.

PARIS. Dec. 1S.-It is declared in
diplomatic circles that no official steps
have been taken by the French or Brit
ish government in getting into touch
with United States political leaders
concerning reservations to the Yer
sailles treaty of peace.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-19
ANTI-BoLsHEv1srs EXECUTED.
Revolutionary Tribunal Condemns $50
to Death.

HELSINGFORS, Dec. 10. - Diseov.
cry of an antiBolshevisk plot is re-
ported in Petrograd. Nine hundred
persons, including several French and
English citizens, have been arrested.
Three hundred and fifty have been ex-
ecuted following trial by revolution
AIRY tribunal
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-19
First Baptist Church

Friday at p. m.-Meeting of Junior
Endeavor; 7-30-Reguiar prayer meet
ing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-19
Red Mems 5 Ball

Friday Dec. l9 Special meeting Quon.
ekticut tribe, No. 2. Imp'd. O. R. M.
Adoption degree
lance Saturday night.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-19
THE WEATHER.
Probably Local Snow Tonight and Sat
urday.

WASHINGTON, Dec. ls.-The
weather forecast: Cloudy tonight and
Saturday. Probably local snow Ris-
ing temperature, moderate east to
southeast winds.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-08-15
SPORTING

valor, in winning the Lake George
Handicap at one mile on the Saratoga
track, ran in 1 :36 %, only fifth of a
second behind the race record Of Sun
Briar.
Tommy Murphy, the Poughkeepsie
reinsman of the Grand Circuit, has a
substantial start on his annual pill
grimage for the chief honors of the
big line.
Mike ODowd recognized as middle
weight champion, will not fight Harry
Greb. of Pittsburgh before next No
vember. He says lie wants to prepare
for Greh.
Ohio legislators will be asked to con-
slider Il law providing for racing COM
mission ard legalized betting on Pari'
Mutuel machines.
After All unsatisfactory conference
with Ban Johnson, president Of the
American League, Colonel Rupert and
Colonel Huston, owners of the Yankee
baseball club, decided to bling the Carl
Mays case to court in civil action. I
Miss Marie Wagner, former national
indoor tennis champion, won final of
women's Long Island lawn tennis
championship from Mrs Edward v.
Lynch on the Woodmere courts.
1t is doubtful If two trotters like
MignoIa and McGregor the Great will
ever be found in any one stable. again.
Lon Mcdonald has converted Tom
my Direct, Il last year 2:05 PAGER, into
better than a 2 10 trotter this season.
Roger 'Bresnahan, president Of the
Toledo club in the American Associa.
tion, plans to retire from baseball at
the close Of the present season if be
can extract some of his original invest.
ment from the club.
Eddie Collins still is the king of Sec
ond hasemcn. He Is making brilliant
plays in almost every game and is the
backbone Of the Chicago White Sox.
Mike ODowd and lack Britton will
each receive one-third of the receipts
of their match. at Newark, N. j., Au-'
gust %. Dave Mackay, promoter Of
the bout, offered item a purse of $12,.
900 to divide any way they wished,
hut the boxers wanted a percentage
contest.
Owing to the veto of the boxing bill
in the Illinois legislature there will be
no boxing in Chicago this fall.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-08-15
WASHINGTON

\ committee representing Inc rh'i'
way branch of the American Fedora
ton of Labor calls on President VII:
son and serves notice that the de-
mands of railway labor for wage III
crease must be met or every trans
portation system in the country will be
ted UP by a. strike. The Federation
also threatens Il movement TO silnl'
larry take over the packing industry
tie iron and steel industries, tele-
phones and -telegraphs and all other
public utilities.
The New York Letter Carriers AS
sociation votes to go over the post
master generals heaG and appeal di-
rect to the President for an increase in
pay.
Three hundred and fifty thousand
union workers protest against the re-
peal of the daylight saving law. Presi-
dent asked to save extra hour fol
working people. Opponents attacked
as tools of protiteers. ..
NepuDlicanS IN congress VIII oppose
the administration plan to lower the
cost of living by reducing the price of
wheat and will make q party issue Of
TIE method of procedure. They will
seek remedy for currency imitation,
which they hold largely to blame. .
Federal Trade Commission will in
quire into the increase in the price OF
shoes.
A special law to provide all extra
war risk insurance payment of SDO
a month for Henry Bitter, Dubuque,
Ia., the only American soldier in the
war who lost both eyes and hands,
was passed by the senate.
Advocates Of Il license system for
controlling imports Of dyes finally won
out in Il meeting of Republica" mem
bers of the house Ways and Means
Committee The Republicans voted 8
to > in favor of the LongWorth bill
licensing dye imports for period of
two years and also doubling duties on
dyes. -. .-." s...
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-08-15
RADICALS lNCITING
NEGRO TO VIOLENCE
Publications Being Circulated IN
New York Urging Blacks to
Join the |. W. w.

+ New York.-The federal government
has evidence that radical elements III
this country are taking advantage OF
discomfort among certain parts OF the
negro population to intensity Ill feel'hs
between the races. Within the las'
three DAYS federal agents have report
ed that the l. w. w. is circularizing the
negro section Of Philadelphia and this
civ. the circulars being worded in vio'
lent language, sometimes illustrated
with cartoons Of the most vicious con-
ceptfon. In every instance the circular
urges the negro to join the l. W. W.
and in some instances to ally himself
with other bodies Of bolshevist SYM
pathies. e
Virtually every I. W. W. and Lef'
Wing Socialist paper published in tins
country is now taking part in the pro-
paganda. Some of the papers are edit
ed by negro agitators, who openly adj
wise the negroes to arm and to defend
their rights, as one paper put it, with
fire, shot and she'll"
DR.. Robert L. McElroy, educational
director of the National Security
League, made public parts of report
submitted by Dr. L. B. Moore, the dean
of Howard University in Washington
who has been investigating the negro
situation, particularly in the south.
"Restlessness among the laborine
classes is found generally throughout
the South" says one report. "A well
trained teached in one Of our larger
schools in the South told me the color.
ed people were being organized by rep
resentatives Of the I. W. w. The dis
cruntled attitude Of the returning sol.
dier is a potential factor in the South
in making for uneasiness and large
measure of discomfort.
! Recently I heard from colored
man of national reputation that there
were efforts on foot to have the color
ed people leave the South quietly, but
in a constant stream, for other sections
Of the country"
One Of the most important negro
publications which is published in this
city in it's current issue comes out fol
the ]. w. w. 1t advises all negroes to
.ioin because "the I.SW. W. draws 10
race, color, sex or creed line," adding
that "with the l. w. w. already mum.
bering 100000, to augment it with
100000 or 100000 negroes would
make it fairly riva! the American Fed.
GRAFTON Of Labor"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-08-15
GENERAL

Maryland and Baltimore officials be-
gan enforcement of 30-day cold storage
law as weapon against the profiteers.
Strike riots at Liverpool resulted in
damage to extent Of $1,250,OO0 Nearly
POO small shops were looted.
The War Department bill establish
Ing permanent military policy, pro-
viding for universal service for youths
of 10 and field army with a war
strength of 1,250,00O, is introduced
Oscar T. Crosby, president of the
mterAllied Council on War Purchases
and Finance, says war paid for itself
day by day and left no real debts be-
hind.
That-a period of about eight years
will be required before the prices re-
cede to anything like those before the
war was predicted today by Secretary
of Commerce Redfield.
Church leaders call conference to
act on negro problem. Race riotszpoint
need for new national adjustment, de-
clare clergy. Patriotic organizations
sound warning against. ''mob law"
urge more humane program.
Counsel for National Association of
Owners of Railroad Structures con-
demns as "unsound" and "inde-
fensihle" Judge Lorett's scheme for
railroud control.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-08-15
MONTERREY HIGHLAND COUNTY FRIDAY, AUGUST 15 1919

The heads OF the Railroad Brother
hoods issue an appeal TO the public fol
support of their plan to retire private
capital from the railroads and estab'
lish tripartite control among the
public, the railway operating manage
nent and the employees. The repre-
sentatives of the shopmen reject the
Wilson plan.
Senator Pomerene called attention
of Senate to alarming danger of coal
shortage threatened by shortage OF
coal cars.
Frank P. Walsh offers, to prove
charges against British of cruelty in
Ireland before impartial tribunal In re-
ply to Ian Mcpherson.
Oscar I-aWler of Los Angeles, for
merly special assistant attorney gem
eral, who became famous for bis prose-
cution of dynamiters, was fatally burn
ed when gasoline exploded in front Of
his home. Mrs. Lawler was seriously
burned.
AS protest against increased trolley
fares thousands of Pittsburghers "hik-
ed" to work. ~..
House passed bill excluding vessels
of foreign registry from American
coastwise trade except to Hawaii.
The senate of the Nebraska legisla-
ture by Il vote of q to passed joint
resolution providing for ratification of
the federal woman suffrage amend
ment.
Prominent men interested In day
light saving started a public educa-
tional movement in the interest of the
plan. ~.
Judge Gary praises French treaty
and says doctrine Of bewaring of en-
alliances has ceased to be
fashionable. ..
Only G,S00 American troops will be
left on the Rhine within two weeks
All others will return to the United
States by August Is, General, Pershins
announced. He himself will sail for
home on September l.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-08-15
Ticks and Flashes Which Bull
Ietin in Condensed Style the
News of the World.
TIMELY HISTORY PARAGRAPHS
Events at Washington Which Loom
Large as Crucial Happenings.
Industrial Activities at
Home and Abroad.
PEACE BULLETINS

Rumanian troops Lave occupied
Budapest, capital of Hungary, despite
representations made by the Italian
representative, having advanced from
the River Thesis on Sunday. The lsu'
manians promised hat order in buGa-
pest would not be disturbed.
The President believes every week
that has passed has added to the
strength in the Senate of those VINO
favor ratification, without amend
mcnt or reservation.
President Tschaikovsky of the North
Russian provisional government is IN
London to urge Great Britain TO adopt
n definite policy toward his govern
nlent. He says the allies douDtful
sand is affecting the morale of the
army and retarding recruiting.
President Wilson's demand that
Premier Clemcnceau keep peace data
secret from the French Chamber has
made a distinct impression in Paris,
and the newspapers are asking what
l:?S Hecome of "open covenants"
Negotiations are Understood TO be
already under way with Democratic
Sgi.a;0rs to induce tie administration
TO sccept.a reservation program, and
from the attitude of President Wilson
IN his White House conference some
renublicans believe lIG will accede to
The proposal.
Regarding Shantung, 1T became
Known that in the very near future
declaration throwing light on Japans
intentions is definitely counted on. 1t
may come from Tokyo, but failing,
,!tat. from the White House.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-08-15
FOREIGN

Fall Of present Coalition Govern.
>ment in England is predicted.
Allied Supreme Council has lifted re-
strictions on movement of 100000 Rus
sian prisoners held in Germany.
Some London railway workers
struck in support of the striking po-
!icemen.
United States Naval Base at Ply.
mouth, England, formally demobilized.
Former Kaiser says he is resigned
and has placed himself in the hands of
God, who will protect the innocent.
Some American oil companies In
Mexico reported to be negotiating for
the sale of their properties to Japan
ese interests.
Polish parliament has ratified Ger
man peace treaty and also treaty for
protection of minOrities by vote of
245 to IL.
Serious, anti-Japanese disturbances
are reported at Tsnaufu. capital of
the province Of Shantung.
In Japan corporation has been
formed with capital of $25,000,000
to lay a cable by way of Hawaii to San
Francisco A representative of the
corporation is on his way here to
arouse interest in the project.
Bandit Raisul' reported to have be-
gun a new revolt in, the Spanish zone
in Morocco.
| Former Prince Henry of Prussia de-
cares in letter TO King George that
the allied statesmen know the truth
about the war and If the former en-
peror is tried they nIso should be ar
raigned cas- primarily and urgently
suspected of & tilt in the war;"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-08-15

Or indirect control of the Federal Gov
ernment BY licensing all interstate
commerce it would give the Govern
ment the power at all times to destroy
any offender against the consumer, by
the simple process Of revoking that Of.
tenders license, thereby depriving him
Of the privilege Of doing business at
all.
This experiment was tried during
the war, when the Food Administra.
tion was authorized to license certain
classes OF food producers and the Fuel
Administration was authorized to II.
cense all fuel and oil producers. Its
success In those directions Is beyond
dispute, but nothing was attempted
during the war remotely as far-reach.
ing as the license system which would
be instituted II the Presidents pro-
osals today are carried into effect.
Measures For Emergency.
At that the President warns the
SVUAIAy #tloL lSHCulCo olO nCSCc'
sarily temporary and provisional He
offers no guarantee that they will do
more than meet the existing emer.
gency. He showed that whereas the
stock of food in America is not only
equal to all domestic needs but 10
great enough to divide with other na.
tions, the law Of supply and demand is
defeated by the profteer. And this will
continue to some extent, he fears, as
long as foreign buyers continue to bid
extrayagantly in American markets.
The same idea was expressed in these
dispatches in The Sun this morning.
The President, however does not lean
toward any embargo against food ex'
portations beyond limit Of the ship.
ments of wheat until Europe has re.
turned to productive basis.
Turning to the revolt on the part OF
a great body Of labor against prevail.
Ing conditions, the President gave an
impressive warning to those who
have exhibited passion in this crisis
and a disregard for the rights of
Others" He called no names, but he
let it be understood clearly that
strikes and strikers would avail moth.
ing.
THE world has Just destroyed the
arbitrary force of military junta," he
said, adding that at will live under
no other"
Reinsurance Felt.
There is reinsurance in those dec.
larations for those who felt that the
President might be on the point OF
yielding to the arbitrary and coer-
Give" threats of certain labor organ-
izations. Instead OF yielding he let
1t be known a second time within "a
hours that he is standing firm against
any intimidation from any quarter.
Incidentally he gave notice to the
striking railway shopmen that by im-
peding the processes Of transportation
they are increasing the burden Of liv-
Ing costs, the very thing against which
they are striking.
Finally the President informed Con.
gress that the most important thing in
the life of the nation today is an early
ratification Of the treaty Of peace. He
declared that the country was neither
at war nor at peace and that so long
as such a situation existed, stable con-
ditions could not be restored.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-08-15

Splendid equipment the training of teachers
session open IT,
-'' J. L.. JARMAN, President
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-08-15
210 MILES IN rs MINUTES.
New Air Record With Passenger From
Washington To New York.

Washington.-From the Capitol In
Washington to the Statue OF Liberty
in New York harbor, a distance OF 210
miles, in rs minutes Is the record an.
nounced for Col. H. B. Clagett, com.
manding the Dallas-Boston fiiers, by
the Army Air Service. Colonel Clagett
made the flight In De Haviland 4,
with Sergt. Ralph Kratz as pas
senger. The fight was made at an
altitude of 1000 feet and the speed
was 16S miles an hour The previous
low record for the Washington-New
York flight was "a minutes.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-08-15
SEES NEED OF 100000 HOMES.
Senator Calder Urges Bill To Aid
Builders

Builders.
.Washington.-One million homes to
cost about $4,000, 100000 are needed in
the United States, Senator Calder, Re-
publican, Of New York, declared in
an address in the Senate in support
Of his bill proposing a system Of
home" banks similar to the farm loan
banks. With both material and labor
short, Senator Calder said the Govern.
ment should<provide system for easy
loans to home builders.
"It is the belief Of those interested"
said Senator Calder, that the people
who live in the cities have as much
right to expect encouragement from
the Federal Government in the matter
of obtaining homes as the man who
lives on the farm does in securing .
mortgage on his farm"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-08-15
FARMERS ARE INDICTED.
MIX Company Official Charged With
Antitrust Violation.


Cleveland. - Secret indictments.
charging violation Of the Valentine
Antitrust law, were returned against
the president and six other officials of
the Ohio Farmers Cooperative Milk
Company, an organization of 1000
farmers and dalrymen, by the Cuya.
hoga county special grand jury in its
investigation of milk conditions in this
county. H. w. Ingersoll, attorney aud
farmer, president of the company, and
six members OF the sales committee OF
21 were indicted.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-08-15
RUMANIAN TROOPS IN BUDAPEST
Army Advances from River Thesis
DESPITE Allies Protest.

Budapest.-Budapest was occupied
by Ru1naniah- troops that advanced
from the River Thesis in spite of rep
reservations made by Lieut.. Col. Ro
manelli, the Italian representative Of
the Allies at Vienna. The Rumanians
in the view of the Hungarian authors
ties, defiied the Allies instructions to
cease their advance as retaliation fe-
the Hungarian occupation of Blu.
charest three years ago. -a- So
Evening journal., 1919-07-19
coon TFMPLARs TOUR PHILA

PHILADELPHIA July 1s.-DelesaD1
IN the sixty sixth annual convention OF
the Grand Lodge Of Pennsylvania IN
ternational order Of Good Templars, IN
session here. spent this morning on a
sightseeing tour. Sessions VIII be re-
sumsd this afternoon.
At St Pauls' Reformed Church Broad
and Venango streets. last evening the
principal address was made by george
n. Turner. Of Quakertown, who urseo
the lodges to strengthen rather than
drop their activities for total apstln-
ence. as the victory for prohibition
while won as a national measure was
not complete. and would not be so IN
less those who worked for the amend
ment would insist upon its being en-,
forced. This was the most critical
time. he said. for the prohibitlonlsis. .,
Reports from the secretary snoWe1
that the organization had gained iVo
new members in PENNSYLVANIA m tne
last few weeks. owing, it was said 10
the sentiment in favor Of prohlDltoh'
Evening journal., 1919-07-19
MY. UP AGAINST
OLD H. C. IN DRINKING

NEW YORK July 10 United Press
Kindly hearted Broadway restauteur'
apparently are doing what they oan tc
assuage the grief OF the New Workers
over the demise Of John Barleycorn.
The mouners seem TO perk up a BIT
II at least one reminder of. the old day
remains-the high cost Of drinking. This
is the result:
Vichy and milk costs 6 cents-for-
merly IS: milk and cream together
touched 30 cents: iced coffee IS bring
ing so. formerly 35. while lemonade
hopped from 90 cents 10 60 and ginger
ale sells for a dollar a copy. The rea-
son for the latter It was explained in
one spot. was due TO the tenacity or
some patrons who bring along their
own kick. and pour IL surreptitiously
into the ale.
Another very quiet spot is said to
have a very private room where II
serves whiskey to very particular Gus
toners at the very staggering price OF
a % per whisk.