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New-York tribune., 1919-11-26

at is largely checking up of
names,' said Mr.. Uhl.
"Yes," said Mr.. Box, "and for prac
teal purposes, it is a farce"
eyes, in my opinion, it is" replied
Mr.. Uhl.-The Times.
The farce of '"Box and Uhl," sue
cessor to "Box and Cox"
When the automatic telephones be-
gin to operate, you yourself will have
the joy of saying, when you spear the
wrong number, "EXcuseitplease."
Society Girl Elopes With PAPER
hanger" headlines The Tribune. "Oh.'
sighs C. NJ. B., "these mercenary
young women."
In addition to other reasons for
gratitude tomorrow
This column will run as usual.
Stops on signal only
New-York tribune., 1919-11-26

We trust that The Tribunes money
back guarantee does not apply to ad-
vice given in this column. There is
only one book in all the world which
may be safely set into the hands of
anybody without fear that he will come
back later with reproaches And, of
course, that book is "Huckleberry Finn"
New-York tribune., 1919-11-26

We don't feel quite as certain as all
that Of Conrad in Quest of His YOUTH"
but we would feel little remorse if any,
oody who read it at our urging failed to
enjoy 1t, for our opinion of such a per-
son would enable US to hear of his dis
appointment, boredom, anguish or what
not as matter Of the utmost indiffer-
ence.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-26

On the other hand, a reader must
take certain chances. Who could possi-
bly, tell by merely considering the title
that ". H. Hudson's "The Book of
NATURALIST was one of the most en-
tertaining volumes of short sketches
ever written?
New-York tribune., 1919-11-26
By
Heypood Bropn

brought him to have entertainment from
book. He'll get better books after
ward"
There's no question that many a
boys, and sometimes mans, taste for
reading has been utterly ruined by
somebody's telling him, Now you must
read this. It's a duty" And, as often
as not, the conscientious person goes
through the book with such terrific labor
and suffering that, the task accom-
pEshed he resolves never to get off the
sporting page again.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-26

In addition to other reasons fo,
gratitude to-morrow--
New-York tribune., 1919-11-26
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER &c. 1919.

1Atse<d a the Postofnes at New York As Second
Class Mail Matter
New-York tribune., 1919-11-26

This column will run as usual.
Stops on signal only.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL

Mr. and Mrs. Halsey W. Bardwell of
Washington. ID. G., are the father and
mother of two sets of twins, a son and
daughter being born to them Saturday
Twin sons, Halsey and Estes, will be
two years old nearly next spring. Mr..
Bardwell formerly lived here and is a
son OF Mr., and Mrs. James a. Bardwell-
Arrangements have been made whereby
Eoseph Trahan viii purchase the Brooks
House barber shop of the James A. Allen
estate. He already is in charge. Mr.
Trahan was employed by Mr.. Allen six
years. first in the shop on the High street
side of the Brooks House and then in the
present shop Paul Arakal, who returned
last evening from Camp Devens, viii re-
sumo work in the shop next Monday, and
then four chairs will be in operation.
Miss Elizabeth Newcomb was in
Greenfield yesterday to attend the fu-
neral of her brother-in-l law, Henry S.
Smead. who died Monday. Mr.. Smead
was 60 wears old and had lived all his
life on the farm where he died, and where
several generations of the family have
lived He married Miss Alice Newcomb
of Leyden. who survives. He also leaves
three sons. Forest, Perley and Francis
and sister. Mrs. c. A. Wheeler OF
Springfield.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23
LABOR IN ENGLAND
BADLY UNSETTLED.
Disputes Over Heretofore Unimportant
Matters Disturb Hundreds of
Thousands of Workers.

LONDON, Jan. 22- Serious strikes anu
threats OF more serious ones in England
over disputes which ordinarily would he
considered unimportant have led some
students of British labor conditions to be-
lieve that the demands are made not in
an effort to better labor conditions, but
in an attempt to revolutioaize the whole
condition Of labor employment
Today l47.0O0 Yorkshire coal miners
weIc Idle because their employers declined
to allow 20-mnute meals for surface work
cls. The employers wanted the men 70
cat in relHys and thus keep the machinery
going
Shortage Of work in the great shipbuiid-
ing industry ON the Clyde is threatened
over a meal hour dispute Under the old
5Lhour week the men went to work with
empty stomachs They worked two hours
and then had an hour for breakfast Tn
der tie new 47-hour plan, which has been
agreed to, no time is allowed for break
fast aud work is to start at o'clock.
The discomfort is caused by the women
who do not like to arise in time to prepare
an early breakfast.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23

Of wounds in France July 20. Private
Beattie was in the machine gun com
pany of the Esd infantry. LIST battalion
He was born in South Londonderry
July >, 1894. His mother died in Man
chester (Vt) when he was a baby and
his father, Harry Beattie, lives in Dor
set. When the boy was two years and
eight months old he went to live in the
family of Mrs. Landman, which has al
ways been his home since then. On
July 3. 1917, the day he was % years
old, Private Beattie enlisted in SYRIA
cuse, \. Y. Following is an extract
from one of his last letters:
Dear Mother:
| am in the hospital again; just got
out of bed yesterday from pneumonia
and am very weak now Was in bed
two weeks. This is my second trip to
the hospital while in France, but
just will not die. | am going to get
- Germans before | pass in my check.
You asked me about the war. l wish
| might tell you Just what little | know
about it. but / cannot. If you knew
how things were you would know very
well that the American army is going
to trim them up in god shape. 1t is a
very cruel country and we are going to
pay them for every cruel deed they
ever did before we come back to Amer
lea. HARRIE.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23
KICKED AND BADLY
INJURED BY HORSE
Fred o. Gage in Memorial Hospital
with Severe Conclusion of Brain
Probably Will Recover.

Fred 0. Gage, son of the veterinary
surgeon, Fred w. Gage. is in the Brat
tletoro Memorial hospital with a Sc
we're concussion of the brain, caused
by being kicked in the head by a
horse. 1t was thought at first that the
frontal portion of his skull was frac-
tured, but an x-ray photograph failed
TO show any fracture, the picture indi-
eating a natural depression of the skull.
1t is the expectation of DIR. George r.
Anderson, who attended him, that he
will recover.
Mr. Gage, who is . years old and
lives in the northwestern part of the
town, near the Carpenter place, went
to the barn yesterday to care for his
work horses, one of which is rather
vicious. Harmon Winter, who is en-
ployed at the Gage place, went to the
barn later and found Mr.. Gage un-
conscious on the floor, with bad wounds
on his head, made by the ealks on the
horse 5 shoe.
There were severe cuts and bruises
on his cheek. nose and over one eve. Mr..
Gage recovered enough to speak this
morning He has Just recovered from
an illness with influenza.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23
DEATH LAST NIGHT
OF MRS. III. A. GIBSON
Had Been Ill with Cerebral Hemorrhage
and Heart Trouble-Was Woman
of Generous Impulses.

Mrs Harriet A. (WiIhel9 Gibson, so,
widow Of Emerson Gibson and a resident
of Brattleboro about 90 wears. died at
1870 o'clock last night in the home
of Mrs. Harry w. White of 10 Cedar
street, where she was moved Jan. in
order that Mrs White might care for her.
Mrs. Gibson had been in i'll health nearly
eight years, having sustained shock
OF paralysis in April 1911; and on Dec.
q, last, she had cerebral hemorrhage
which resulted in her death. although
the immediate cause of death was heart
trouble. On Sunday she received callers
and conversed with them but that eve
ming she was taken worse and never raj
lied
Harriet A. WILDER was one of eight
children of Jonathan and Hannah HALL
Wilber and was born in Westmoreland. y
H.. Jan. I. 1899. She attended the schools
of her home town and on Sept a. 1859
she was married in keene. y H., to
Emerson Gibson, who died in Brattleborc
Aug. /, 1894. 4 daughter Laura A., died
in February. 1890.
Mrs Gibson had lived in Brattleborc
since her marriage. Since Mr. Gibson,
death Mrs Gibson and daughter, Pear
c., have occupied rooms in Odd Fellows
building. She was member of the
Centre Congregational church parish. {
charter member of Sedgwiek Woman,
Relief corps and during the Civil wal
was active and very helpful in the WORK
fer soldiers and kindred activities. Sh,
always was deeply interested in the wei
fare OF the community and had dom
much work for the soldiers in the hospi
tails and at the front during the Euro
pean war; She will be missed greatly b,
many families in poor circumstance
whom she had helped with gifts of gar
ment> and other kind and thoughtful re
membranes. She was great reader am
was especially web informed She pos
sessed remarkable memory and eoul,
reeite many incidents Of the early his
tory of Brattleboro.
Besides her daughter Mrs Gibsol
leaves one sister, Mrs K. B. Putnev o
South Royalston. Mass, also 4 nephey
| in Westminster. Mass
The funeral will be held in the home o
Mrs. White at 230 O'Clock tomorrow
afternoon Rev. Delmar f. Trout offieiat
ing. and the burial viii tske place in tn
family lot in Prospect Hill cemetery.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23
HALIFAX.

Paul Crosier attended the Nesbitt aue-
tion last week and bought grist mill
Mrs. Charles Pond is i'll and under the
care OF DR. Grace w Burnett Of Brattle-
boro
g. NJ. Scott, town chairman Of the war
relief fund, has been canvassing' the town
with good success.
Miss Lois Whitney, who has been visit
ing at w B. Warren's. has returned e
her home in Marlboro
Mr. and Mrs Bert Vancour have come
from Portsmouth, ~ H.. to spend the
winter with her parents, Mr. and Mrs
VIII May
Friends were pleased to receive card'
last week from DR. Cora Hartman, who
owns summer home here. She sailed fol
Italy in September to do Red Cross worl
and is now in Rome.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23
POEMS WHICH THE
WAR HAS PRODUCED
Rev. Richard H. Clapp Gives Highly In
teresting Talk Before Woman's
Club-Mrs. Bond Sings.

A meeting which will stand out as
one of the best on the calendar of the
Brattleboro Woman 3 club for the
season of l9lS-1919 was held in the
Unitarian parish house yesterday after
noon, when Rev. Richard H. Clapp of
Northampton, Mass, formerly pastor
Of the Centre Congregational church,
spoke before the members of the club
on Poetry of the War While the talk
was not of an oratorieal nature IT was
given with an intelligent knowledge
and sympathetic understanding of the
poems which Mr.. Clapp read and COM
hented upon Mrs William II. Bond,
accompanied by Mrs Glenham Jones,
rendered group of songs, which were
much appreciated.
Rev. Mr.. Clapp prefaeed his remarks
by reference TO programs being ar
anged and subjects chosen before the
close of the war and said that many
of them would be decidedly upset, but
that his subject fitted as well now as
ever. He said there had been a great
| deal of rhyming, but very little poetry
which would stand the test of time, and
he read some of what he considered the
| best from a collection of war poetry
called The Treasury of War Poetry
In choosing his poems Rev. Mr.. Clapp
said he had taken those from the
| English and Americans writer's which
would Lest show the spirit and reason
| for the entrance of the two countries
| into the war,-the preservation of their
| safety and ideals. One of these. by
| Kiphng, The Choice, was written on the
entrance of America into the war. Two
pre-war poems were read to show the
general trend of them POEMS read in
rluded those written by Rupert Brooke,
Kipling, Allen Seegar and others and
the speaker mentioned Seegar as the
greatest of the American war poets. He
considered that Seegar's | Have a
| Rendezvous with Death was one of the
finest which had been written.
He classed Kipling as one of the
greatest writers, both of English and
American poetry, in spite of the fact
that many persons had believed the
best of Kipling's works had been pro-
duced previous to the outbreak of the
war. The poem which had in it the
most of action, Rev Mr. Clapp said
was Conan Doyle S When the Guards
Came Through
The speaker called to mind the fact
that there had been very little humor
Gus poetry, although few had been
able to see the grim humor of some sit,
uations.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23
GRANT 44-HoUR WEEK.
Makers of Mems Clothing Say Demand
is Met

NEW YORK, Jan Ending of the
tmee-months strike Of 5000 garment
workers engaged in making mems and
boys clothing and granting OF 44-hour
week were announced today at the head
quarters OF the Amalgamated Garment
Workers OF America Meanwhile the
strike, which began last Tuesday, of 3d.
0G0 ladies waist and dress-makers who all
so demand a 44-honr week was still in
nrogress. The question of increased wages
for mems clothing workers, both sides
agreed. should be held in abeyanee pend
ing the result of an inquiry by skilled
investigator. The strikers will return to
work Monday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23
BOY SCOUTS TO
BE REORGANIZED
Plans Discussed in Festival Hall-Wiu
Meet Every Other Wednesday
Evening in Armory.

Arrangements for the reorganization
and re-registration OF all Boy Scouts in
town was held last evening in Festival
hall and about 30 boys were present
Plans for future activities of the Scouts
were discussed and it was decided to
hold meetings every other Wednesday
evening in the Armory, beginning Jan %.
Previous to the next meeting the scout
commissioner and scout masters viii
meet and divide the boys into two troops
of j EACH Each troop will be divided
into four patrols and each patrol win be
allowed to elect its patrol leader One
troop of Scouts will be composed of boys
south of Milestone brook. while boys
living north of the brook will belong to
another troop.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23
POSSIBLE STATE ACTION.
Gov. Coolidge May Call Convention to
Consider Textile Situation.

BOSTON, Jan. 23.--Gov. Coolidge con
sidered today the advisability Of calling
Il conference of mayors of all cities in
the state where there are textile plants
to determine whether it was necessary for
the state to take action as result of
the controversy between the mills and
tie textile workers The governor said
that if the conference was called it would
be for not later than tomorrow morning
Officials OF the American Woolen Co. were
in conference today 1t is understood
that the situation at Lawrence was dis
cussed in the light of reports from the
agents of their several mills, who talked
with the employees yesterday
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23
AWAIT REPLIES
FROM RUSSIANS
Supreme Council Has Asked
for Conference on
Situation
ALL FACTIONS TO
BE RECOGNIZED
Hand of Friendship Extended Stricken
Nation on President Wilson's Initia-
tive-Would Have Meeting Held Not
Later Than Feb. 10.

PARIS, Jan. % With replies from the
various Russian factions to its proposal
for conference being awaited, the SUI
prone council Of the peace conference met
at 1870 o'clock today Meanwhile the
Joint allied commission was being made up
although no names had been announced
All members Of the council were present
when the meeting began
By momentous decision yesterday the
supreme council extended the hand OF
friendship to Russia with an invitation to
meet allied representatives for general
conference on Russia's situation.
President Wilson's policy carried all be-
fore it. The five great powers declare
their purpose is only that OF helping Rus
sia to help herself They disclaim any
purpose OF intervention or dictation.
No favortism VOL be shown to any
group, and no counter revolution will be
countenanced,
All the governments Of Siberia and Rus
Sa are invited to send three envoys apiece
to Princes Islaud in the Marmora, neal
Constantinople
\ time limit is set Feb. Is, which al
lows p days for the journey, the allies
furnishing transportation whore possible
Feb. Is is the day set for President Vii
sons departure for the United states
One condition is laid down All partie'
in Russia must cease fighting and all hos
tile actions while the conference propos
al and It's meeting are pending.
Lord Robert Cecil, who today announce,
that lie had submitted to the peace con
terence a draft OF the British views ol
the subject Of the league Of nations Ii
believes the world has not Vet reaches
a stage al which an absolutely rigid sy,
ten tor the preservation OF internationa
peace can be set up. lie thinks an inter
national tribunal with absolutely bindn
powers is not practicable at present ''Th
creation of rigid international machinery
, by which a council by eyerting influenc
toward concihation may work will be tn
main strength Of future peaeemakerS. Ii
said Such a body must, however pos
sess at least sufficient internationally guar
antccd power to be able to prevent SUI
prise declarations of war and TO compt
djsputants to accept delay during whic
forces Of civilization may have time t
try TO avert calamity
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23
ESTHONIAN TROOPS
NEAR PETROGRAD
Trotsky Said to Have Ordered That
City Surrender in Case
of Attack.

LONDON, Jan. 23.-Esthonian Off
cials claim that the defeat of the Boil
shevists after the capture of Narva
amounted to a complet rout, according
to q despatch to the Daily Mail Es-
thonian advance guards are now within
70 miles of Petrograd and continue TO
capture prisoners, arms and ammuni-
tion. It is said to be possible for them
to attack Petrograd without outside
help.
Leon Trotsky, the Russian Bolshevik
minister of war, has ordered Zinovieff,
the Bolsheyik governor of Petrograd
to surrender that city without fight
if it is attacked by the northern Rus
sian forces, according to an Exchange
telegraph despatch from Copenhagen.
In northern Russia, the despatch adds,
the Bolshevik forces have been defeat
ed and large number have surren-
dered. In addition great numbers of
peasants are reported to be in revolt
in various parts of Bolshevik Russia.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23
MoDERATEs IN CONTROL.
Majority Socialists Have 164 Votes in
German National Assembly.

BASEL, Jan. 23.-Reports from all
- electoral districts in Germany re-
turning the full number of 42l mem
bers Of the national assembly show
that the majority Socialists have a
plurality in the assembly with 164
votes. The next highest number was
returned by the Christian people S
party, the former Centrists. who will
have SS. The Democrats will have II:
the German national party, 81; minor
ity Socialists, "a; German 5 People Is
party. 23; Guelfs, 4 Bavarian peasant
legion, 4 Wurttembcrg Bourgeois
party, ,; Peasant and Workmen's Dem
ocrat league, / total 42l
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23
COAST ARTILLERYMAN DIES.
Next of Kin of Former Bellows Falls
Boy Cannot be Located.

Fred {. Guyette. who enlisted from
Bellows Falls in the coast artillery, May
/, 1917. died on shipboard and his body
is now at Hoboken. His next of kin is
named as Mrs. George w Gilman, l6
School street, Bellows Falls. Gilman and
his wife formerly roomed at that address,
but left some time ago; Gilman IS be-
lieved to be in the railway mail service
running out of Springfield The adlutant-
general wants to locate Mrs Gilman.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23
Method Here.

Pretty dull magazine you re get
ting out
You'll never interest the public
with it.
- You don I understand.
This is for doctors and dentists to
place on their anteroom tables. kan
sas City Journal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23
ARE AGAINST BoLsHEvIsM.
German Soldiers Declare Their Readi-
ness to Fight its Opponents.

WARSAW, Saturday, Jan. Is CAS-
soeiatcd PreSsl The majority of the
German soldiers returning from Rus
sla denounee Bolsheyism. Many of them
declare that as soon as they spend a
few weeks at home they will be willing
TO return and fight the Bolsheviki on
the eastern frontiers of Germany. They
declare, however, that they are not
willing to fight the invaders for the
benefit of the Poles.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23
PEACE SIGNED IN JUNE.
French Writer Says Preliminary Part
Will Be Made by Then.

PARIS. JAM a3-The preliminary
peace viii be signed early III June at
the latest, according to the most trust
worthy information, says Marcel Hutin
in the Echo de Paris today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23
REFUSE WORKERS DEMANDS.
Pacific Mills Formally Rejects Re-
quest for 48-Hour Week.

LAWRENCE, Mass. Jan. 23.-The
Pacific Mills, employing about 10000
textile workers, in formal statement
today refused the demands of en-
ploycs for 4S-hour week. The
statement asserted that neither
present business conditions nor the
prospects OF the Immediate future
justified such a reduction in the
hours of labor
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23
ONLY ONE IN GERMANY.
All Other, Americans Taken Prisoner
on Western Front Repatriated.

BERLIN. Jan % ASSOCIATED Press)
OF all the American soldiers taken
prisoner by the Germans on the western
front only one now remains in Ger
many, the correspondent has learned.
This prisoner is at Stuttgart too Ill 70
be removed at present.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23
Red Mems Hail

Thursday Jan. %, PM Regular
meeting Poeahontas council A good at
tendance is desired
Friday, Jan. %, pm. Regular meet
ing Quonekticut tribe, No ,, |. O. r. NJ.
Rehearsal of Warriors degree.
Dance viii be held every Saturday
night, commencing November %.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23
BROTHER OF FRANCIS JOSEPH.
Archduke Louis Victor Died Recently
in Salzburg

PARIS, Wednesday, Jan 22.-An.
nouneement is made of the death of
Archduke Louis Victor, Youngest
brother of Former Emperor Francis
Joseph of Austria Hungary His death
occurred at Salzburg.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23
THREE TRANSPORTS ARRIVE.
orizaba, Mercy and SURNAME Reach
New York Today

NEW YORK, Jan 23.--The trans
port Orizaba returned 2,56S troops to
American soil today. About $50 are sick
and wounded. The hospital ship
Mercy with 800 sick or wounded and
the SURNAME with SO officers also ar
rived.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23

Zinovietf is the close associate of
Premier Lenine. he has been in com
mand in Petrogrcd some of the time
since the Bolsheyik capital was
removed to Moscow. Last October
he put down an uprising of
Petrograd sailors who revolted
against being eonseripted into the
Bolshevist forces
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23

What is prebiscite, pop?" 1t S
-cr-it' s one of these new high explo-
sives they re using in the war, son.
Baltimore American
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23
THE WEATHER.
Rain or Snow Tonight Somewhat
! Lower Temperature Tomorrow.

WASHINGTON, January 23.-The
weather forecasts: Rain or SNOW tonight
and Friday. Somewhat lower tempera-
ture Friday. Increasing southeast
winds
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23
Odd Fellows Temple

Thursday evening, Jan. 23.-Regular
meeting of Canton Palestine, No. ). In
stallation Of officers Buffet lunch after
the meeting. \ full attendance is de-
sired.