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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-01-31

Fontaine for not telling us. so we could
answer for him and keep the escape
| covered.
The minute they found our count
one short they blew the. whistles and
squad of sentries came up as an
extra guard. They counted us again,
but by sneaking back Of the line and
closing up again we made the count
all right except for one man-Fon-
tame. We would have tried to cover
up for him, except that they had al
ready discovered his absence. Now,
we thought, they will nab Fontaine
but will not discover the escape Of the
| others.
But evidently they suspected some
! thing, for soon they brought over a
petty officer from FL. M. S. Nomad,
who had not been with us before, and
| forced him to call the roll from the
mastering papers, while they watched
the men as they answered. Then they
| discovered that two more besides FOn-
taine were missing and began to search
for them.
The other two spoke German and
had been missing for at least three
days and, / think, had escaped by this
time. They were not returned while
! was at Brandenburg.
This was about d. m. They drilled
us down to the little lake, where the
cold was much greater, and kept us
there until 5 p. M, without food or
drink. At about eight that morning
they found Fontaine in a French bar
racks and kicked him all the way to
the lake where we were.
All day long we stood there, falling
one by one and getting kicked or beat
en- each time until we dragged our
selves up again Two or three died
/ do not know the exact number. But
we had enough strength, when ordered
back to the barracks, to kick Fon-
tame ahead OF us all the way. We
did not get anything to eat until seven
the next morning twenty hours
without food and water, ten of which
were spent in the snow without any
protection from the cold and wind.
No wonder we kicked Fontaine for
bringing this punishment on us and en-
dangering the two who had escaped
he had simply strolled over to the
French barracks and forgot to return.
| Now, the food received was just
about enough to keep us alive. sup
pose, with true kultur, the Huns had
| figured out just how much it would
take to keep a man on this side OF
the starvation line and gave us that
much and no more. So we were always
famished always hungrier than you
probably ever have been. But some
/ times when we were ravenously hum
CRY and could not hold out any longer
we would trade ratiOnS.
One man would trade his whole ra-
ton for the next day for half ration
today. That is, If you were SO hungry
that you thought you could not last
out the day on your regular share, you
would tell someone else that if he gave
j you half his share today you would
1 give him all Of yours tomorrow. If he
was a gambler he would take you up.
That is, he would gamble on his being
! alive tomorrow, not on your keeping
your word. He knew you would come
across with your ration the next day,
and like as not, If you tried to keep It
from him, he would kill you, and no
body would blame him.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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CHAPTER XIII.
pespair-and Freedom.

While / was working at the hos
pital conditions at my old barracks
had been getting worse and worse.
Very few of the men were absolutely
right in the head, guess, and almost
all had given up hope of ever getting
out alive. Though they put up good
front to the Huns. they really did not
care a great deal what happened to
them. The only thing to think about
was the minute they were living in.
The day 1 came back two English
men, who had suddenly gone mad,
commenced to fight each other. 1t was
the most terrible night have ever
seen. 1t was some time before the
rest of us could make them quit, be-
cause at first we did not know they
were crazy. When we had them down,
however, they were scratched and Bit
ten and pounded from head to foot.
Both of them bled from the nose all
that night, and toward morning one
of them became sane for few min
utes and then died. The other was
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eat. But they were treated like dogs
that is, all except the few Cossacks
that were in the bunch. The Huns
knew that a Cossack never forgets and
will get revenge for the slightest mis-
treatment, even if it means his death.
| have seen sentries turn aside from
the beat they were walking and get out
of the way when they saw a Cossack
coming. There were very. few Coss-
acks there, however. I do not think
they let themselves get captured very
often.
We had roll call every morning, of
course, and were always mustered in
front of our barracks, the middle of
the line being right at the barracks
door. Sometimes when the cold, got
too much for them, the men nearest
the door would duck into the bar
racks. AS they left the ranks the
other men would close up and this
kept the line even, with the center still
opposite the barracks door. Finally
almost all Of the men would be in the
barracks and by the time the roll was
over not one remained outside. This
seemed to peeve the German officers
a great deal, but they did not punish
us for it until we had been doing it
for some time.
For several days had noticed that
someone else answered for two men
who had disappeared; at least / had
not seen them for some time. 1 did
not think much about it, or ask any
questions, and I did not hear anyone
else talk about it, but was pretty
sure the two men, Russian and a
Britisher, had escaped. But they were
marked present at roll call and all
accounted for. Everything went along
very we'll until one day when the name
0Fontaine" got by without being an
swered. Fontaine was q French fire.
man from the Cambrian Range and
that was the first time he had not been
present. We saw what was coming
and we began to get pretty sore at
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-01-31

S9O,OO0,OOO daily and Penza $220,OOO,-
GOO. Not only are Bolshevist notes be-
ing issued but also those of prereyo-
luton and Kerensky times, two of
the latter varieties being indistin-
guishable. Whether the figures are
correct or not 1t is certain the Boil
shevists are flooding Russia with enor-
nous quantities of notes, the redemp-
ton of which will be a most serious
problem facing the government in the
future
These notes are forced upon the
Russian peasantry, and it is a Ques-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-01-31

One result of the Irish matter was
the killing of two policemen who were
guarding quantity Of explosives In
Tipperary and the theft of the explos-
ives. Tipperary was at once placed
under the crimes act, which means its
inhabitants are under much the same
restraint as the people in the occupied
parts of Germany. The murder may
be the beginning of a new period OF
terrorism and assassinations.
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ton whether any Russian government
will ever be able to repudiate even
the purely Bolshevist output.
Lenine, it will be remembered, tax
ed Kerensky With establishing and
maintaining his government on paper
money. thereby reducing the people
to hunger and want.
Along the Ural front Bolshevist SOL
diers, in addition to their ordinary
pay, receive so rIhles an hour when
in action, while those who took part
in the capture of Ufa got 1000 rublea
apiece as bonus.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-01-31
BILLIONS OF "PAPER MONEY"
BoIshevik Presses, Working Constant
Iy, Are Flooding Prussia With
Notes That Are Worthless.

A newspaper published at Omsk
prints figures relating to the output
of paper money by Bolshevists, re-
produced from the Bolshevik press,
the printing being done in Petrograd
and Penza, the presses being employ
ed day and night with three shirts.
Petrograd is reported to turn out
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-01-31

Observe myself as thy greatest en-
envy would do; so shalt thou be thy
greatest friend.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-24

The savings banks and trust COM
NAMES of New England have interest
ed themselves in the movement to
protect holders of Liberty bonds from
the loan sharks and dishonest traders
in securities
In doing this, they are prepared in
practically every part of New Eng
land to loan on the small Liberty
bonds up to 80 per cent of their value
or to buy fully or partly paid bonds
ON the basis of the last sale on the
Boston Stock Exchange with % cents
commission for each $50 bond, or to
refer them. to some reputable broker.
This service is directly in line with
the action asked of Congress by the
Secretary of the Treasury to prevent
dealers in questionable securities
from seducing Liberty bondholders
into exchanging their Liberty bonds
for securities of doubtful value. The
savings banks and trust companies
are cooperating with the Liberty
Loan Committee of New England and
are giving every day evidence Of the
extent to which they will go in saving
the unsuspecting or hard pressed
Liberty bondholdera from the wiles OF
the promoter of shady transactions
The. History of each Liberty Loan
has shown that certain percentage
Of the buyers from one reason or an
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-24
AREAL HAIR SAVER
Found at Last. Partisan Sage Shows
Results in Three Days.

If you are rapidly losing your hair
and fear badness, w. F. Root wants
you to- try Partisan sage at their risk.
1t will quickly stop the excessive loss
of hair and make your hair and scalp
look and feel 100 per. cent better, or
money refunded.
Hundreds of men and women have
written telling Of the wonderful re-
suits obtained by using Partisan sage
People who were getting bald say they
now glory in their beautiful hair.
Others who have had dandruff for
years and the head itched like mad
say they had a clean, healthy scalp
after just few applications of this
splendid home treatment.
No matter whether bothered with
falling hair, gray hair, stringy, dull,
brittle, oily hair, dandruff of itching
scalp, try Partisan sage today on this
money back offer. A large bottle is
inexpensive at drug stores everywhere
and if your hair is worth saving Paris
ian sage is surely worth trying.-Adv
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-24
Savings Banks to Loan on or Buy
Liberty Bonds to Protect Holders

other has found Il necessary to dis
pose of one or more Liberty bonds
1t has not infrequcntly been the
case that a man or woman who has
put $50 or 800 into one of the Liberty
loans in the past two years, brought
face to face with sudden doctors
bill or an emergency call of consi6-
cradle size, has seen no other way to
meet the debt than in disposing of
Liberty bond.
The savings banks and trust com
panies arc the places to which the
holders of SUCH bonds should 60 In
going to them, the bondholders can
be- assured OF. receiving every dollar
iof the rate at which the bonds are
selling in the financial markets in
case of 4 sale.
If the Liberty bondholder desires
to borrow on the bond, instead OF
selling. he can borrow from eighty to
| eighty-five percent tS0% to S5qo) in
practically any savings bank or trust
company in New England The max
ing of loans was undertaken origin
ally by several of the largest savings
| banks in Massachusetts and has now
| spread practically through all sis
states. In many cases where tbs
bondholder does not need to use the
entire proceeds of the loan, he re-de
posits a part in the bank that shas
made the loan
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-24

Two helmets viii go to each town
and three to each ward of city in
New England and they will be
awarded in the town. one to the
worker who secures the greatest
number of individual subscriptions
for. the Victory Liberty Loan, and the
other to the one who gets subserip-
tions representing the greatest a
mount of money.
In the city wards the three he'll
NETS will be awarded by the local
committee; one each week, to the in
dividual worker who secures the
greatest number of subscriptions for
that week, on which the initial pay
ments have been made
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-24
GERMAN HELMETS
prizes FOR 5000
War Trophies Go Week by Week
During Victory Loan TIC
Workers Who Make the Top

s About five thousand citizens of New
England by May 10th viii each one
have in his possession a helmet which
was made to be worn by German
soldier.
These helmets were captured by
the Allied Troops upon their entry
into Coblenz, Germany, and may be
captured again by Liberty Loan
Workers during the Victory Liberty
Loan.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-24
l.l!|IIl!IE;3l35lI
CASH FOR OLD FALSE TEETH

Broken or Not.)
I pay $500 to $500 per set, also
highest prices for Bridges, Crowns,
Watches, Diamonds, Old Gold, Silver
and Platinum Send NOW and receive
CASH by return mail. Goods returned
If price is Unsatisfactory. BERNER S,
BERNER' S, % Third St., Troy, N. Y.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-24
Nice Offices To Let

Ullery Building second floor front. steam
partoned and painted to suit tenant; Ave
windows. Small connecting room, l2xl6 if
wanted. These rooms are suitable for Offices
or for store or shop. Reasonable rent. Come
and see them.
s-tf J. G. ULLERY.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-24

FOR SALE-Milk. cream and syrup.
AS | have bought. the Albert Dunklee
farm | would like TO sell my milk from
my AYRSHIRE herd by the can and
cream by the quart at the market pri-
ces. This milk has proven its qualities.
Try Il can and be q customer. #. u.
Gamnteii West Brattleboro, VT. Tel
ELLIE. 29-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-24
AUCTION
Timber Lot

At Tasting Williams store, Williams
vile, VT. April 26th.y at enc o'clock, tim
Der lot consisting of at least 100000 feet
of beech, birch, oak and hemlock Three
miles above Williamsville, known as the
Charles Morse lot on the Baker brook
road.
DERBY g. UNDERWOOD
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-24

WANTED-Live poultry. w. F
Richardson Co. 301tt
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-24

FOR SALE-Ono Of the most desir-
able summer places on Spofford Lake.
Cottage, boat house, garage, etc, fur
nished. About 10 acres land. Also first
GLASS farm in Chesterfield. George
Warwick. 80 Water St., Keene, n. H.,
Phone 666 42-53*
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-24

WANTED--Boy TO or over to learn
mechanical end of newspaper business.
Wages enough to live on to start; good
chance for advancement. Apply by
letter or in person TO Mr., Rice, Re
iormer Offiee.. 34.tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-24

WANTED-Woman or girl to assist
pastry cook. Hoadley's Cafe. 4o-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-24

MAGAZINES AT LOWEST PRICES
Write me about what magazines you
want for the coming year. | can get
them for you at money-saving prices.
Mrs. G. NJ. Love, Magazine Specialist,
South Newfane, Vt. 20S-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-24

TO RENT-First floor tenement, six
rooms, bath and furnace +. w. Mich
OILS, 10 Forest ST. 1J-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-24

TO neutrality-suspicious., all furnished
up-to-date. c. Miner, Princess Apart
ments. Tel. 615. Stiff
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-24

WANTED Work horse, 1,l50-1 200
lbs. DR.. Bowen, Brattleboro 1852
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-24

TO RENT-Cosy tenement of four
rooms on Main St. Modern. $l2. Ed
gett & Co. 36-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-24

TO RENT-A few more desirable
rooms. Barber Building, Main Street.
Herbert G.. Barber. ABB
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-24

WANTED-Waitress. Rice's Restau-
rant 36-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-24
WANTED.

WANTEDLA maid Memorial Hos.
pital. 33-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-24

DERBY g. UNDERWOOD
The Prescott daily news., 1919-10-20

During ,--e summer season just gone by people have given to summer re- sorts "the greatest number of visitors and the best season for money-making ever known in our existence" The pre- ceding words in quotation were heard in conversation between a resort representative and a guest, express the sentiment of resort keepers all over the country.
 The most expensive hotels were the ones most crowded, just as the most expensive clothing is the kind which is the most freely bought
 Foolish spending, such as gambling, is illustrated in the manner in which the great masses gathered at Saratoga Springs during the racing season, where, to use the vernacular of the citizens of that city, money flowed like water
 Americans-is it not fair that you is spent so carelessly and that was made under wartime conditions, in the securities tnat our government has to offer? While you are helping your country "clean up" the aftermath of the war, moral responsibility will tell paying back favor which she ex- tended to you when going through the most harassing period of her existence.
 Both young and middle-aged should think this over and even though we should eliminate the feeling of duty still remains the fact that all this senseless spending is like the "sow- ing of wild oats" and some day the harvest may come-not in prosperity and security, but in want and useless regrets.
 Chance investments are alright if you feel that you could afford to risk that much money when you are old The three score years and ten mark is not the age when one can begin anew to replenish their depleted saw ings. Now is the time, when you are making money, and the government is the place in which to invest your say ings. It is always we'll to have a cer- tain sum invested in securities that are safe and sure, then there is no chance of loss.
 Become interested in War Savings Stamps and Treasury Savings Certif- cates, and in tAe future you will pride yourself on being wise. They pay 4 per cent, compounded quarterly, and are as safe as the government itself. Eighty-four dollars and twenty cents invested in October means just one hundred dollars to you January i. 1924
The Prescott daily news., 1919-10-20

clothing. As silver is the currency of most of these eastern countries, as gold is of those from whom they buy their goods, the ability to pay is measured by the ratio of silver to gold.
 Much is said in the cotton market of the influence of foreign exchange. Britain feels keenly the loss of about IA per cent in the exchange value of the pound, France feels handicapped when the purchasing power of the franc has lost approximately 30 per cent and the hands of Italy are tied when it's lire will pay for but little more than half as much raw cotton or other goods as when it is at par Every one recognizes that the present exchange situation helps to put a brake on foreign trade.
 But how about the eastern pur- chasers of western products? When settling their accounts with the wes- tern world, they must take their sil- yer to the banks and with it buy bills payable in gold Silver, in the wes- tern world is only commodity, sold by the ounce. Sometimes an ounce is worth no more than sixty cents in gold. Doesn't the Far Eastern mer- chant trade with the West at heavy handicap in those circumstances? But silver is now enjoying a re- markable rise. Our war legislation seems to assure it value of at least one dollar an ounce. Recently it has been going beyond that price, and now is in the neighborhood of $1.18 an ounce. What difference whether bill for $1 ,0O0 in gold is purchased with commodity worth only 60 cents or $1.18 an ounce! Every increase in the price of bar silver must make cotton goods cheaper to the consum- CTS in the Far East Because of this they will buy more of them, and thus increase the demand. Therefore, the logical conclusion is, that the market for cotton is affected by the price of bar silver.-Journal, New York.
The Prescott daily news., 1919-10-20
sENsELEss SPENDING
 AND WASTE |s MENACE
ThoughtIess Men and Women ReveI in Era of Prosperity Resulting From World War and Pay No
 Heed to the Morrow.
By FRANCES M. COCHIN.

It is with feeling of real anxiety that we notice the tendency of the people of America to spend thought lessly. They do not think of the mor- row; only of what pleases at the pres ent In the matter of buying clothes, young women of moderate income plunge extravagantly into the pur- chase of such apparel which means not only the spending of the last months wages but also anticipating next months salary or whatever linn tied income they may have.
 Is it worth while to spend all on dress and unnecessary articles that will be discarded a few months hence, and then, instead of having saved something, you will be just where you began--with nothing?
 Today, even with the state of unrest throughout the country, it is day of great prosperity. Never in the coun- try's history have people sought the pleasures of summer resorts in such great number as during the past sea son. Never have motor parties trav- eled in such great numbers and to such great distances as within the past year.
 This is not done by the people that we have heretofore looked upon as the rich class, but it is those who have always been the most humbly situated individuals who are enjoying this era of prosperity the most. Money is no object, and the saving of it is totally disregarded The country has gone spending mad" The people have made great deal of money dur ing recent years. The contracts and transactions of the wartime period have filled the pockets of many. We have only to look around and see the evidences of it everywhere.
 Here are few instances of how money was spent, in spite of the high cost of living, not alone by the affluent citizen, but by the person who had always considered himself, before the war, anything but a well-to-do person:
 More money has been spent on ex- pensive clothing, which in very short time is discarded, than in any previous year.
The Prescott daily news., 1919-10-20

sorted over the goods, and put the low grade stuff back on the market. The governments specifications for army cloth called for white cotton only. The 1918 crop was not high grade. Formerly, twenty-one grades of cot ton were tenderable, but in January of this year Congress eliminated the lower ones, thus raising the standard of tenderable cotton.
 It is, therefore, a violent presump- tion that much of the surplus of old cotton is low grade stuff which, like linters, helps make an impressive showing on paper, but nowhere else. One need but follow the growth con- dition of the present crop and the weather reports to see that less than the usual amount of the basic grade will be produced this year. Therefore the amount of tenderable cotton will be small Whether full resumption of industry within the year is pos sible is open to argument. But if it should come so as to create normal demand for cotton the supply could not be equal to the requirement.-N. Y. Journal.