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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-08
DESTROYED Builders, Bills.

Nobody ever will Know how much.
tile great palace of Versailles cost
France Under the reign of its builder,
Louis NV. Louis became badly scared
when he received the bills. because he
had beard a good deal about some dis
turbc!S who were whispering that even
a kin@ had no right TO spend so much
mohoy for q palace 10 house his friends
when the nation over which lie ruled
was starving, So Louis did what mans
Il purchaser of expensive hats his
done slnce-tore up the bills and burn.
ed them before anybody could look
them over.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-08
OPPOSES RAISING BLOCKADE.
France Against Letting Foe Have Raw
Materials, Says Tardieu

PARIS, Feb. g (Associated Press 49,.
Captain Andre Tardieu, one of the
French representatives on the Commits
sion on the Society of Nations, an
nounced tonight that the program for
the society would he ready some time
next week. He went on:
France is opposed to the raising of
the blockade on raw materials against
Germany until her damage TO French
industries has been made good. Ger
many was responsible for the destruc
tion of one-third of the factories of
France and, if allowed to resume pro-
duetion with equal facilities, it will be
a serious economic handicap for rs. =
Captain Tardieu expressed the belief
that the allies would not disagree with
the contention of France. He added
that the bloc kade committee advocated
the raising Of the raw material embargo
against neutrals at the earliest possible
date, with the understanding that ma
tcrials were not 10 be reshipped TO
Germany
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-08
Good Advice.

II you're Il good, citizen you viii he
more concerned about your contrbu-
ton to the world than you will he
abont what the world thinks about it.
It's the fellow WHO can forget what
the world may think, in the desire to
give the world the best WHO realty de.
serves praise Forget the unkin9
words and dismiss. tile sighting acts
of people about You. Censor all tina.
YOU hear for the good that's in 1t and
profit by tile result. You will be far
more comfortable and the world viii
hear from you.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-08
NEW DRY ORDER AT coBLENz.
Nothing Alcoholic Allowed Except Light
Wines and Beer.

COBLENZ, Feb. q ASSOCIATED Press.
The names of all Germans convicted of
violations of army regulations in terri
tory occupied by American forces are be-
ing published in German newspapers, to-
gether with the address of each, the Of
Tense charged and the fine or sentence
imposed. Publicity was decided upon as
being likely to prevent an increase of
minor olIenses, such as selling liquor, or
imitation liquor, to soldiers.
BY new order, which has been pub
lished Tor the guidance of civilians, the
sale or gift of any substance containing
alcohol, or any preparation susceptible Of
being used for the purpose of making al
coholic beverages, excepting light wines
and beer, is forbidden. This regulation is
supplementary to a previous order forbid
ding the sale or gift of all alcoholic drinks
excepting light wines or beer.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Frank
lin ID. Roosevelt called on General Dick
man today % his way back TO Paris from
Cologne. he inspected the United States
Marine contingcnts at Andernach, but
spent, less than an hour at headquarters
here. lie has been OH a sight seeing trip
10 occupied districts along the Rhine.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-08
WINE THEIR NATURAL DRINK.
Frenchnen shun Water, Which in Their
Country is Rather Poor Stuff.

Prohibition in France. There isn't any.
Possibly this is why there is not more
drunkenness seen in France The state
of Maine early had prohibition In Port
land, nightly. could be seen more intoxi-
Gated men than can be combed mp in a
month in a French city of equal size We
argue neither for nor against prohibition
We merely mention the result observable
in a country where at all times wine is
openly drunk. Possibly the wine is drunk
because it is considered by the French
good ne-although tastes differ here.
Largely it is drunk because of the dis
taste for the water
4 As water is said to be the natural drink
of the United States, so wine is that of
France. The wine of France is superior
to its water. For years people have spun
webs of reasons why wine is unnecessary
in France, why the water should be, and
IS, good. The sad fact remains that water
IN France does not average well; in a few
cities it can be drunk with impunity Ag-
5rcultural France, however, is a succession
of manure piles For years the soil has
been treated with stable manure, its sole
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-08
IT'S DIFFERENT
SPORTING LIFE"
ASK Us

fertilizer; it reeks with faecal bacteria
This is why our engineers are so busily
engaged in drilling artesian wells.
In one large city an army officer ana
lyzed a glass of water taken from a mod
ern water system. He said: This wat.
er contains all the germs / have ever en-
'countered in a meteorological laboratory
and then some. In one of the best
american army hospitals is prominently
displayed this notice. All water in
is pronounced unfit for drinking purposes. >
1t is signed by the medical officer in
charge $50
This is why our soldiers are allowed to
drink the beer and light wine of the
country. They are not permitted TO drink
whiskey, or other hard liquors. Mineral
water is very scarce and costly. one and
one-half to two francs, or 30 to 40 cents
"a bottle. No peasant has mineral water
te- offer; any peasant will give thirsty
man sip Of red wine. which our men
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-08
NAMES WAR CLAIMS BOARD.
Baker Provides Vehicle for Settlement of
Contracts.

WASHINGTON, Feb. s.-Seeretary
Baker announced yesterday the creation
of War Department Claims Board, to
supervise and coordinate the work of the
various department agencies in the settle
ment OF claims resulting from the. termi-
nation of contracts by reason of the
armistiee and TO authorize and approve
such settlements.
Assistant Secretary Crowell was APP
pointed Chairman OF the board Other
members are c. II. Dorr, assistant dircc-
tor of munitions; Brig. Gen. George w.
Burr, assistant director purchase. storage
and traffic; Brig. Gen. Herbert NJ. Lord,
director of finance, and Lieut. Col. Her
bert II. Lehmaney, assistant to General
Goethals. Special members have been
chosen for each of the department Blu.
reaus. to sit with the board when matters
affecting their bureaus are before it.
4
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-08
A BIT OF BITING IRONY.
Berlin Newspaper a Year Ago Pub
lished welcome to the Yanks.

The most biting irony that came out
of Germany during the war was con-
tanned in the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger, a
little more than a year ago. Several of
our soldiers had been captured by the
Germans. They were dragged all over
the empire and exhibited to the en-
ragged populaee, just to show the Ger
mans that the Americans were "not
to be feared. The day the unfortu-
nate prisoners arrived in Berlin the pa
per printed the following under the
heading, "Good Morning, Boys =:
''Three cheers for the Americansi
Clever chaps they are, it cannot be de-
MED. Scarcely have they touched the
soil of this putrefed Europe when al
ready they are forcing their way into
Germany. Before long they will cross
the Rhine and also enter our fortress
es. That is express train speed for
American smartness.
1t is our good fortune that we are
equipped to entertain numerous guests
and that we shall be able to provide
quarters for these gentlemen. However.
we cannot promise them doughnuts or
jam, and to this extent they will be
ppltGcd tU IIoHI tHtiI IpIlfttF
standard of living.
'fAs Americans are accustomed to
travel in luxury and comfort, we as
sumo that these advance arrivals mere
ly represent couriers for larger num-
bers to follow.
"We are sure the latter will come
and be gathered in by us. At home
they believe they possess the biggest
and most colossal everything, but such
establishments as we have here they
have not seen.
Look here. my boys, is the big firm
of Hindenburg & Co., with which YOU
want to compete. Look at its accom-
plishments and consider whether it
would not be better to haul down your
sign and engage in some other line.
Perhaps your boss, Wilson, will re-
consider his newest line of business be-
fore we grab off more of his young
people"
''Clever chaps they are, it cannot be
denied. Yes, they were clever
chaps. So clever that to-day, short
year after the sarcasm was printed in
the Berlin newspaper, they are actual
/ " crossing the Rhine and entering for
tresses which seemed so secure when
the fiippant editor gibed the little
handful of soldiers who had been over
lcomc.-Coiumbus Despatch
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-08
GUERILLA WAR AT BREMEN.
Hamburg Railway Workers Refu1e to
Run Trains for Spartacides.

BERLIN, Feb. 5 Associated Press)
-Unconfrmed press dispatches from
Bremen indicate that the insurgents
there arc continuing guerrilla warfare
in the outskirts OF the city and in the
harbor, notwithstanding the govern
ment : assertion that the rising was
quelled on Tuesday
The casualties are estimated at thirty
dead and more than one hundred
wounded, the insurgents being the
heaviest losers. Property damage is be-
lieved TO be slight, as the communists
failed to defend their stronghold stub
hornly and beat a retreat towards the
suburbs rs soon as government troops
began to advance in earnest.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-08
Shake sreare Stands Alons.

Admitting TO the fullest that the
present age cannot forestall t-tc judg
inent of posterity, it seems unlikely
that n copy of the work of any con
TEMPORARY dramatist will ever sell Tor
s2s.0o0. Such a thing happened re-
Gently in the case OF four Shakespeare
follos; but Shakespeare was Shake
speare. even when his contemporaries
TOOK linn az a matter OF course, and
since then tile Judgment of time has
made him q standard by which the en-
during genius of later plnywrights car
be reasonably estimated.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-08
GOOD STORIES FROM BIBLE.
Soldiers Found Holy Wars and In
spired Heroes Most Interesting

Little incidents that show the influence.
of religion or illustrate the attitude OF
the men in uniform toward religion were
told at a recent gathering by the Rt. Rev.
John \. Mccormick, Bishop of Western
Michigan, and who spent nearly year
in France as a major In the Red Gross,
"0ne of the chaplains in France told
me that although every soldier had a
small New Testament which went into
his pack, he was having constant de
mands for the whole Bible in English.
lie had secured the country for Bibles
and the supply was not equal to the de-
mand Finally he asked private why
he wanted the whole Bible.
Because | want to read about the
wars came the reply The old Tesla
ment is full OF wars and | want TO read
those stories
When one of the transports went
group Of men sitting together on the
deck with nothing TO do, began to tell
them stories He did not say they were
Bible stories. He just told them Tor
their brilliant value as tales. And he
told the story OF Pauls shipwreck and
those fourteen days in typhoon when
he was making his famous voyage 10
Rome. When he had finished man
called ont 10 him:
Who was that guy:
The story teller replied that il was a
man named Paul The soldier went be
low and aroused his blinkie. The chap.
lain was telling rs u story up on deel;
about fellow named Paul, and he was
some man.
t-
heard a story about the Vindetive,
which was told me by sailor. | think
it must be true, because sailors always
tell the truth. When the S-indictive was
going into the harbor OF Zeebrugge to
bottle up the German navy by sinking
herself in the harbor, it happened to be
on the eve Of St. Georges Day. She
passed British flagship, which signaled
her:
j" For God, Tor England, and st.
George and the Vindictive answered,
Yes, and we are going to take damned
good twist in the dragons tail =
Bishop Mccormick told this story oil
an American soldier in France:
This Young boy, having a little time
off one afternoon, wandered into little
church which had been spared by tbs
German guns He walked in slowly and
II
wandered about. looking at the beautiful
windows, examining the lovely outline,
| of an edifiee which had stood for more
than two centuries.
Just Us he was about TO leave he saw
a man in generals uniform enter III,
church and. going mp 10 the chaDcel
kneel down To pray The boy waited il
the shadow. lie stood there quietly anC
watched the kneeling soldier. He Ind no.
said his niasers for long time himself
although he sometimes said little silen
ones TO himself ont there under the blaci
sky when shells were, bursting.
AT last the officer. arose and went out
| The boy looked at his watch. For forty
five minutes that man in the uniform
Of high war honors had knelt The bo,
followed him to Che street. He saw tina
his hair was white.
Who was that?' he asked an oil,
woman who had bowed and smiled a
the general passed
That was General Foch, she told hin
proudly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-08
ENGLISH TRAIN
SERVICE RESUMED
Agreement with Union Officials Reached
Early This Morning-Both Sides
Satisfied.

LONDON, Feb. S.-Sir Albert Stan
ley, president of the board of trade, an
nounced at 220 clock this morning
that an arrangement with union exec
utives had been reached and that rail
way service would be resumed as soon
as possible. The announcement fol-
lowed long conference in which gov
ernment officials discussed the situation
with executives of thesnational union
of railway men and representatives of
the management of the underground
railway. Acting Secretary. Hudson; of
the union subsequently declared that
he was satisfied with the agreement. He
said Unexpected troop trains would be
running normally at noon.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-08
HEAD OF ASSEMBLY.
Kautsky Elected President of New Ger
man Legislative Body

WEIMAR. Feb. s ASSOCIATED Press)
Karl Kautsky, under secretary of
state for foreign affairs in the Ebert
cabinet, was today elected president of
the German national assembly by q
vote of 374 out of 800 east by the as
semhly. The composition of the cabinet
appears to be the principal problem.
The original proposition was to form q
ministry composed of seven majority
socialists, four ccntrists, and four dem
ocrats. The majority socialists con-
tend that they should be certain to
have n majority which the independent
socialists cannot disturb.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-08
Tho London Times.

The London Times was. founded on
January l, 1888, by John Walter, who
started \ small newspaper. originally
called The Daily Universal Register,
the first number of which was issued
on January 1, 1TS5. This was really,
though not in name. the first number
of The Times. The 040tl number,
which appeared on January |. 1888,
was for the first time entitled The
Times, or Daily Universal Register. but
the second title was dropped on Marcll
10 of that year, since which the paper
has been known as The Times.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-08


call red ink" 1t is hardly likely they
will have contracted a taste for this when
they return
Two creditable witnesses with the Amer
ican army who have returned to the Unit
ed States report between them to have
seen three cases of INVESTIGATION among our
troops There is hardly an American serv.
ing in France who does not daily think
and talk OF the plentiful and pure water
OF America. To most of them a glass o.
ADAMS ale is practically understandable:
1t has become little more than memory.
The solution of the problem Is furnished
by the soldiers themselves. They are
drinking the light wine of the country
IN moderation. We in this country can
spend our time to better advantage than
by praying for prohibition in France
Hartford Conrant.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-08
RIOTS IN HONDURAS.
Minister Of Interior Reported to Have
Been Killed

SAN SALVADOR, Feb. S.-Serious
rioting has occurred in Tegucigalpa, the
capital of Honduras, and the minister of
the interior, Francisco j. Mcjia, has been
Killed, according to a despatch from
Tegueigalpa
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-08
WomanIy Intuition.

Intuition is the faculty by virtue of
which woman can understand her
husband without listening to what he
says.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-08

Russian superstition is, when q
woman is first to enter train, bad
luck is sure TO come unless the next two
persons to enter are men.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-08

Hypocrisy is all right if we can pass
it off as politeness.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-14

Lichtenberg after bombarding the
main Spartacan nests. The Spar
taeans fed. The only chance the
Spartacans have of escape is by con-
cealing their identity by mingling
with the peaceable inhabitants.
One group of 80 prisoners cap
tured included 10 women.
Torture Police.
In one Spartacan nest, it is re-
ported, 20 Poles were captured. Gov
eminent soldiers report further de-
tails of the torture and murder OF
government soldiers and policemen
by the Spartacans.
The government has issued a
notice that the seven depots of the
republican soldier guards have been
abolished and that any former mem
bers of these depots caught with
weapons will be executed. The gov
eminent is preparing to clean up all
Spartacan districts thoroughly.
Large quantities of arms and ammu-
milton are being discovered.
The Lichtenberg soldiers and
workmen's council, which was COM
posed wholly of independent social
lists and Spartacans, has been dis
solved
Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-14

cause it is a subject of greatest in
terest to business men everywhere
and a source of controversy be-
tween different schools OF British
economists. 1t is looked upon as the
beginning OF an important chapter in
the after-the-war economic ADJUST
ment.
The arguments of the free traders
have been roughly summarized by
tn Morning Post, which is the
strongest protectionist paper in
Great Britain. 1t also points out the
possible weakness of the temporary
licensing measure, saying: I'VE be-
lieve the licensing system is vici-
GUS system. 1t leads to favoritism
and corruption and leaves too much
discretion in the hands of the Of
fcials. At the beginning OF the war,
if the government had been honest,
it would have accepted the logic
of the situation and imposed a tariff,
but sooner or later tariff must
come"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-14
ENGLAND PLANS
|. LICENSING Of
APPROPRIATIONS
American Business Men View
With Alarm After the War
Economic Adjustment on
Manufactured Articles.

London, March l3.-Free trad,
newspapers, are sharply criticisinE
the governments policy regarding
importations as disclosed by Sill
Auckland Geddes, minister for ma
tional service and reconstruction il
the House of Commons, Monday
He said that all importations Of
manufactured and semi-manufac'
tured commodities permitted to Ell.
ter Great Britain will be controlled
by a system of special licenses un.
til September /, when the question
will be reviewed"
The newspapers denounce this
proposal as an attempt to introduce
protection without any mandate
from the voters and insist that a
great majority of the voters are OPP
posed to protective system. They
say that Great Britain gained its
commercial and financial supremacy
through free trade and can hold il
only by free trade.
Importers Uncertain.
From the viewpoint of importers
the license system handicaps them
with all the disadvantages of a pro-
tective tariff without the stabilizing
virtue of certainty. They say that
they do not know whether to plan
to do any business, because they
cannYt count on being licensed to
inport anV given quantity of prod
ucts.
England is swarming with Ameri-
can business men, who came over
fully expecting to re-establish their
old connections as soon as the Vita
factor of tonnage permitted. They
have the tonnage now, but find that
official barriers have been erected
against their using it.
Some think they have a grievance,
They kept up their British establish
ments at loss during the war on the
expectation of doing business inn
mediately after the close of the
struggle. The process of obtaining
important licenses is that each pros
pective importer must present his
case to the board of trade and to
the controller of imports.
Consider Each Case.
Each case is dealt with on its
merits, as the controller judges ii
from the importers standpoint and
tn. board of trades first consider
alton is whether the goods in ques-
ton can be obtained from English
firms. If they can, the license is re-
fused.
Conspicuous among the American
products which find themselves
against what virtually amounts to a
stone wall, are motors, boots and
typewriters.
The self-governing dominions Of
Great Britain are exempt from the
difficulties the governments policy
imposes on foreign merchants.
The Associated Press attempts
merely to describe the situation be-
Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-14
German Press Opposed to
GIVING DanZiq to Poland

Berlin, March 13.-(By Associa-
ted Press. )-Reports from Paris
that the peace treaty will provide
that Poland shall have Danzig and
that buffer state shall be formed
along the Rhine have stirred the
German press, both conservative
and radical.
tits to be hoped there is no
body in Germany who would suffer
such a treaty to be signed" says
the Tageblatt.
The Lokal Anzeiger says:
1--WE regard it as absolutely GER
tain that these demands will be re-
jected if they are made" -
The newspaper says that if Dan
zig were given to the Poles they
would get little enjoyment from it.
This stolen property" it de-
elares, would burn their hands"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-14
F .rmer German Emperor
Planned ASYLUM in Sweden

Washington, March l3.-William
Hohenzollern, two months before
the armistice was signed, planned an
asylum in Sweden, but was pre-
vented from going to that country
by the Swedish government. diplo-
matte advices made public today dis
closed.
The former kaiser's plans had
reached the point, the advices said,
where a deal was virtually closed
for him to rent Castle Stora Sundby,
situated on one of the large lakes
in the center of Sweden. The castle
is owned by old friends, Prince and
Princess Wedel.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-14
New Jersey Car. Strike
Now Up to War Labor Board

Washington, March 13,-Hearings
on the controversy between the New
Jersey Public Service corporation
and its striking street car employees
will begin here tomorrow morning
before the war labor board.
Acceptance Of an invitation to
both sides to submit their differ
ences to the board was received to,
day from the public service corpo.
ration and it was decided to pro.
coed with arrangements for the
hearings without awaiting a reply
from the men.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-14

berg, according to a Berlin dispatch
fled Wednesday.
The occupation Of the district, the
message states, was Systematically
carried out by the government
troops. Considerable quantities of
arms were captured, the losses on
the government side are declared
not to have been heavy.
The bestial acts of cruelty by the
Spartacans have been fully con-
frmed.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-14
Spartacans Flee.

Berlin, March l3.-(By Associated
ss.)-Spartacan forces, under
pressure from government troops
using artillery and mine throwers,
we're abandoning their positions in
Lichtenberg this morning. The gov
eminent forces took a large number
of prisoners, many of whom were
executed summarily.
The government troops entered