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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-07

of which divisions is there an easy con-
version into metric units.
In reconveyance of lands, present deeds
giving metes and bounds in English
units would require expensive and elab-
crate efforts to put dimensions and
areas in metric units, which if correctly
made would still be unintelligible to
most people.
As great as the confusion in the few
respects above mentioned and as ex-
pensive as the process would be in all
the usual affairs of life, these few emu
merated examples pale into significance
i beside the cost involved in making the
conversion in the manufacturing indus
tries. The cost of the war is but a
fraction of that which would confront
the general industries of the country.
Virtual scrapping of all small tools and
fixtures would be faced by manufac-
| lures We're such an act of congress
passed.
A colossal fortune in changes of
lead screws and screw cutting gears in
lathes alone is involved.
In all machines the changes become
of such staggering nature their mere
contemplation is most depressing.
Days would be required simply to state
the number of changes involved in the
industries.
The ravages of war have fixed
definite limits of territory. The raw
ages of the metric system changes
would be universal in domestic affairs.
Compulsory legislation in this mat
ter would plunge the nation into eco
cmic disorder wiping out values in
MILLIONS of dollars.
A dual system is confusing beyond
description. Two systems do not adj
init of being in common use. A grad
ual change, piecemeal, is impractical
A sudden sweeping change would throw
the entire country into disorder.-Iron
Age.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-07
THE BEsr-KNowN BANK NOTES.
Those of the Bank of England Known
East in World s Money Markets.

The Bank of England note is by all
odds the most widely known paper cur
rency in the world Uncle Sans credit is
growing better every year in the money
markets of the globe, and his gold notes
especially are readily accepted all over
Europe at fair valuation. But our wor-
thy Uncle issues several different kinds
of notes, which tends to confuse foreign
ers and destroy their confidence, while
the eanny "0ld Lady Of Thread-needIe
street, as the Bank of England is called,
issues them only in one form, which has
been maintained virtually without charge
ever since 1854, when the ''0ld Lady"
commented to do business Go where you
will in any part Of the civilized or half
civilized globe and you need not want
for money if you have in your pocket
book one of those plain-looking squares
of white paper upon which the promise
of the Governor and the Company of
the Bank of England to pay the bearer
the sum of five pounds is engraved.
The paper used for the manufacture Of
Bank Of England notes is like no other
paper known For nearly two hundred
years it has been manufactured for the
bank by the same firm of paper makers.
1t is made of fine linen cuttings, and the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-07

process OF its manufacture is a calcTlilly
guarded secret known only to the most
trusted employees of ~the lpakcrs.
1t is OF a peculiar whiteness and It's
crisp texture is readily recognizable by
those accustomed to handle money. 1t is
very tough; and folded note is said to
be capable of sustaining a weight of fifty
pounds without tearing. The paper Is
made in oblong shape, just the size Of
two notes, printed side by side, and for
this reason a Bank Of England note al
ways has three rough or deckle edges
and one straight one where the two notes
have been cut apart.
Curiously enough, the note is not of
equal thickness all over, bat is .'rein-
forced in one portion of the upper left
hand corner, where vignette OF the fig
IRE Of Britannia is printed. It would re-
quire very sensitive fingers indeed to de
tect this slight additional thickness in
one note, but when dozen or so new
ones are held tightly together the in
crease in bulk is easily felt.
The Bank of England never pays on the
same note twice. If you present a check
in the paying department and immediate
ly redeposit the notes in the receiving de
partment, those particular notes are re-
jired and Immediately cancelled After
being cancelled they are held by the banl;
for a few years, after which they are
burned.-Y outh's Companion.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-07
Famous American Journalist.

On the third of February. In 1911,
Horace Greeley, the journalist, was
born at Amherst, ~ FL. He was the
son Of poor farmer. Greeley re-
ceived all the school education he ever
had at the village public school, and
at the age OF fifteen was apprenticed
TO a printer. Greeley founded the
New York Tribune. and from 1850 to
1870, when he retired, he was the
most Influential editor in the United
States He died at Pleasantville, N.
y, in 1872.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-07
For State Builders.

They who preach patience to the
peoples as the sole remedy for the Ills
by which they are oppressed, or who,
while they admit the necessity of q
contest. would yet leave the initiative
to be taken by their rulers. do not, to
my thinking, understand the state OF
things coming upon US. F.. ;. T. 1t is not
enough TO precipitate a monarchy into
a gulf; the gulf must be closed up.
and a durable edlfice erected on It's
siie.-From Faith and the Future, .
by MaZzini.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-07
or gin a. the "Horn Book"

The horn book, invented In 1850 and
used considerably up to the close of
the eighteenth century, was the usual
text book Of the elementary schools,
a thin slab OF hard wood was covered
with parchment on which were print
Ell the eapltm and small letters, nu-
merals, and some elementary syllables
and words. Over this a thin sheet of
transparent cows Eorn was placed
and firmly boun1 so that no moisture
could penetrate.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-07
BRATTLEBORO PERSONAL

William Gather of Worcester, Mass.
is spending the week end with his fam
lily in the home of Axel Larson.
Axel Larson has finished work at the
Estey organ shops, where he has beer
employed 20 years, and has taken q
position at the Albany cafe,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-07
sENp CHALLENGE ToNIeHT.
one of Two Canadian Clubs viii Con
test For The America Cup.

MONTREAL, Aug IA challenge
for the America Is cup will be tele-
grsphed tonight to the New York
Yacht club by either the Royal Cape
Breton Yacht club of Sydney or the
Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron, ac-
cording to announcement today by A..
q. Ross Of Montreal who is planning to
raise s1,000.O0O by public subscriptions
to build a Canadian challenger.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-07
Challenger's Crew Departs.

NEW YORK, Aug. Thirty mem
bers of the crew of Shamrock ", de
feated challenger for the America s
cup, sailed today for Southampton on
the steamship Philadelphia
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-07
BIRTHS.

In West Brattleboro (Melrose hos
pita), Aug. 6, a daughter to MIR and
Mrs. Lauren ii. Pike of Townshend
In West Brattleboro (Melrose hospital),
Aug 3. daughter to Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Burns of Keene N H.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-07
NEXT WEEKS WEATHER.
Considerable Cloudiness And Moder
ateIy Warm

WASHINGTON. Aug. Weather
prediction for the North Atlantic
states for the week beginning Monday
are: Considerable eloudiness, moderately
warm and occasional showers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-07
VERNON.

The Ladies' Circle will meet next Wed
nesday, Aug. II, in the vestry of tn,
church. Supper viii be served at
o'clock.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-07
DEATHS.

In Brooklyn, n. Y, Aug. 6. Miss
Lena Marion Young, 80. of Brattleboro.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-23
Vaccinations Of War
 Party Involved Turkey
WHEN GREAT CONFLICT BEGAN TURKEY WAS FRIENDLY TO ENTENTE-ENVER PASHA
 MANAGED TO INVOLVE COUNTRY

Constantinople, Jan. 23-Turkey became involved in the great war through the machinations of the war party led by Enver Pasha, war min ister in 1914, according to statements before g. secret parliamentary com mittee which are published in news papers here. The arrival of the Ger man cruiser Goeben in August 1914, was the dominating cause of Turkey becoming an ally of the Central Pow CTS.
 When the war broke out, the news papers say, the majority of the Turk ish Cabinet was friendly to the en- tente. The war party, however, be- gan attempts to persuade a sufficient number of ministers that Turkey should acquire the Goeben to take the place of Turkish ships which had been requisitioned by England Ob- lection was made that the Goeben, which had arrived here after flee ing from allied warships in the Medi- terranean, would attack Russian ves- sels while under Turkish colors, but Enver Pasha declared the comman- der of the cruiser had pledged him. self not to make any such attack In reply to this assurance, David Bey, then finance minister, remarked the admiral would be ''more likely to stand by his word than tEe German war lord"
 The cabinet decided to oppose Ger many in the war, and. agreed thai when Turkey took her stand on the side of the Entente the Goeben and her sister ship, the Breslau, would be bombarded by the Bosphorus forts EnVer Pasha, however. made secre! arrangements with the Germans and the Goeben joined the Black Sea fleet, even the grand vizier being kept in ignorance of the move. On August 19, 1914, the Goeben came in contact with a Russian fleet and, while flying the Turkish flag, attacked and de. stroyed two Russian ships. This act brought about Turkeys alignment against the Entente. and several members of the cabinet resigned. The facts were nnisrepresented by the censors, and the Turkish public, even the Sultan, believed for several years that the Russians attacked the Turks
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-23
DANIELS CALLS
 CRIPPLED NAVY
 PERIL TO NATION
Secretary Appeals to Con. gress for $1O,OOO,OO To
 Pay Mechanics.

Washington, Jan. 23.---Declarins that the national security is gravely menaced by the crippled condition of vessels of the Amreican fleet, the Navy Department yesterday sent an urgent appeal to Congress for imme- diate action on deficiency appro- priation of approximately s10 900, 900 to cover the pay of 14,G00 skilled mechan- ics employed in the governme ent navy yards.
 Unless this money Is provided by February, it is declared, the govern ment yards will face a virtual shut down of repair opera tions, which will result in a large number of the strong est war ships in the fleet being tied up at their docks.
 The seriousness of the situation was emphasized in a letter sent by Secre- tary Daniels yesterday to Frederick H. Gillet, Speaker of the House, in- closing communications on the same subject from chiefs of the bureaus of operations, steam engineering, con- struction and repair and yards and docks.
 Admiral Robert E. Coontz, who suc- ceeded Admiral William s. Benson as chief of operations, states in his letter that the situation is particularly grave because or the present unSeItleO conditions throughout the world"
 "The number of ships now capable of operating effectively in case of emergency" the admiral adds, 'is dangerously smaTl'
 The demands for repair work on ships of the navy, the communications set forth, are unusually heavy, be- cause of the arduouS work which many of the vessels were called upon to per form during the war. When hostili- ties ceased a majority of the ships eraI overhauling. At the time that the Atlantic fleet was divided and half of the battleships and other craft sent to the West coast to form the new Pacific fleet, efforts were made to handle this overhauling before these ships were sent through the canal. Officers of the Pacific fleet, however since have complained that much work still remains to be done to put the ships into condition to meet a, sudden emergency. The same dfssatisfac ctior with the condition of the fighting ships has been expressed by naval ex- perts generally, with manifestations o1 increasing alarm over the possibility that the United States might find itself called upon to meet g. suddeI crisis in it's international relations with it's navy unprepared. Along witf the dissatisfaction over the condition 1 of the fighting vessels, the lack of suf 1 ficient personnel to man the ships ad equately has occasioned apprehension
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-23
DENIES DINNER MAKES HIM AN
 EDWARDS MAN
Cummings Declares Bryan's $ Complaint Is "Without
 Merit. o

Washington, Jan. 22-Homer s. Cummings, chairman of the Demo- cratic National Committee, in Q for nal statement last night declared that if complaints of William Jen- nings Bryan, as made in addresses yesterday in Norfolk and Richmond, Va, were based on the chairmen's g attendance at the inaugural dinner given for Governor Edward I. Ed wards of New Jersey Tuesday night at Newark, the former Secretary of States comments "are without mer- it."
 Chairman Cummings further as- serted that had MT. Bryan read the speech given by the chairman at the dinner "he would not have made the comments attributed to him. His attendance at the Edwards dinner, the chairman said, connected him in no way with any movement having as it's aim the selection of Governor Ed wards as the Democratic nominee for President, as his position as regards candidates was lone of impartial neu- trality.''
 Former Secretary Bryan, referring to MT. Cummings attendance at the Edwards dinner, declared the chair man must either separate himself from
 
 from the cornm:tte
 The statement issued by Chairman Cummings said:
 If MT. Bryan had read my speech on the occasion referred to he would not have made the comments attrib- uted to him. If he complains because I attended an inaugural dinner to 8 Democratic Governor of a great state participated in by both Democrats and Republicans, his mmentS are with out merit, whether that Governor fa- vored or opposed the adoption of the Eighte "nth Amendment. If I am crit ! icized for participation in a -so-cal1ed Edwards flor President movement ] that statement also is without founda- 1 ton. My position in regard to Presi- 1 dential candidates is one of impartial neutrality. I do not forfeit that posi- tion by participating in functions in l honor of Democrats who have been mentioned for the Presidency
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-23
PRESENT STATE OF RUSSIA IS
 MIXED AFFAIR Great Break Up Followed Czars Abdication In
 March 1917 Single Government Is
 Found Impracticable People Declare Their Inde- pendence And Set Up
 Many Republics.

The changes in Russian territory as relates to political divisions and government are even more striking than those of Germany or Austria Hungary While the various groups of Russian political agitators attempted one by one to include all of the former Russian territory in their proposed governments, they were op- posed by various groups of people in the different sections of that great area, who desired to establish them pendent States, composed of distinct ethnic or racial stocks.
 The abdication of the Emperor Nicholas II in March, 1917, was fol- lowed by a Provisional Government, which continued until May 16, 1917, when it was reorganized with Alex ander Kerensky as the head of the new Cabinet, but this was in turn re- organized in October, 1917, maintain ing itself until November T, 1917, when the Military Revolutionary Committee seized the government au- thority and handed it over to the A1I-Russian Congress of the Councils of Workmen's, Soldiers and Peas ants Deputies.
 A Constituent Assembly was creat- a lished controlled by the Executive Committee of the Congress of the Councils of Workmen's, Soldiers and Peasants Deputies. On January 31, 1918, a decree was issued establishing the permanent character of the worl1men's and Peasants (Bolshe- vik) Government.
 On March 14, 1918, the Peoples Commissioners left Petrograd for Moscow, which thus became the cen ter of the Government. The title of the Government thus established is the Russian Federated Republic" ; it's flag is red, with the legend Fed era1 Republic of the Soviets." Its control over Russian territory cannot be definitely stated. however, as to the area in which 1t exercises juris- diction and administers government or the number of people under itl immediate control of administration
 In every part Of the area formerly known as Russia groups of people have established themselves by pro- clamation and organization as inde- pendent governments, in nearly all cases republics.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-23
COMPENSATION AGREEMENTS

Compensation Commissioner E. T. Buckingham has approved of the fol- lowing voluntary agreements:
 Adela C1ewanice of Stamford, to receive $10.65, Excelsior Hardware Co.,, for a crushed finger; J. c. Dixon of 1416 Stratford avenue, S13.69 a week from the Electric Cable Co. for an injury to his eyes; John Kelly of 79 Harriett street, $10.63 a week, from the Acme Shear Co. for burns on his foot; Peter Katridy of 255 Jackson avenue, $12.9S a week, from the Columbia Graphophone Go. for burns on the arm; Samuel Rosen- blum of 1915 Hancock avenue, SLABS 1 Q week from the Crane Go. for lacer- ations of upper and lower eye1ids; Victor Witalic of 104 Brooks street, $12.55 a week from the Crane Co.,, for lacerated fingers; Joseph SkouIdersky of 5 Van Stone street, SIS a week from the Crane Go. for a lacerated finger; Lukas Ika1d> of 472 Spruce street, $16.31 a week from the Crane Go. for burns on his foot; Charles Berlis of Springda1e, s10.66 a week from the Stamford Rolling Mills Co. for confusion of the muscles Of his right side.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-23
FARMERS SHOW
 TO BE HELD IN HARTFORD ARM0Ry
No Admission Tickets Are Required Everyone
 Interested Invited

Announcement has just been made by the executive committee in charge of Farmers Week, to be held at the State Armory in Hartford from Feb ruary 9-14, inclusive, that no tickets of admission will be required, and that the public interested in the agri- cultural and industrial life of Con- necticut will be welcomed to attend Farmers Week is not held as a source of revenue for anybody or anything, and is being conducted. simply to give the people Of this state an opportunity to see exhibits that will rank higher than any such exhibit ever held in New England.
 The very great interest that the State Grange and associate grange$ have taken in this years event, the Connecticut Chamber of Commerce several state departments, includin 2 the education, agriculture, dairy ant food, domestic animals, highway de, partment and others will give ar idea of the elaborate plans whict lave been made. Scores of Connec 1icut factories have sent word tha' they will have an exhibit at the show and those attending will have chance to see practically everything that Is manufactured in this state Then, too, there will be the big agri cultural exhibit, which will interes thousands of persons, because Of tn unusual display.
 The trades exhibit will occupy third of the space in the Armory, ant the manager of the show. Professo w F. Kirkpatrick of the Connection Agricultural College declares tha the exhibit will be the finest thing o its kind, and that the Armory will b, crowded every afternoon and night O the show. A committee on informa fion will be at the Armory every da, for the benefit of out of town visitors and they will have at hand all in formation asked for by the visitors including trolley and train schedules hotels. rooming houses, restauran. .s
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-23
AGENTS AND SMUCCLERS
 MATCHING WITS
Old Tricks Revived and New Ones Invented By
 Whiskey Runners

Buffalo, Jan. 23.-OId tricks are being revived and new ones invented by smugglers who are matching their wits against those of the customs of- f1cers in an effort to bring whiskey from Canada into the United States.
 The tide of the whiszey move ment which for more than two years flowed from the United States into Canada has turned back. The same smugglers who once took long chances to send liquor across the border into Canada now are attempt ing to evade the American instead Of Canadian laws.
 There has been partial lifting of the ban in Canada The order-in- council issued by the Dominion gov ernment in wartime which prohibit ed inter.provincial traffic in intoxf- eating liquor, was reseinded on De- cember S1.
 Ontario still has a dry law pro- hibiting the sale of liquor across Lars or in anyway except by government vendor upon an order from g. phy- sician. This Ontario law, however. cannot prevent therapeutics trafffo' by mail and expresses Consequently Americans who want to take chances with the customs ls.ws have exper- ISIlCSo l1IIIe having 1QuOE
 delivered at the United States border. Some of the tricks used to evs de detection by Canadian customs in spectors when the movement of liquor from the United States to Can | ada was in progress were very in- geniuous. Spare tires on automobiles
 turned out to be receptacles for con- traband wet goods. Partitioned gaso-
 line tanks served the same purpose. A hot water bottle used by a woman 1 feighning illness was found to con- tain wishkey. A carload of scrap iron billed from Detroit to Buffalo over
 the Michigan Central Railroad was sidetracked somewhere in Ontario | and whiskey was substituted for the iron. The liquor was seized at Buff falo.
 Customs officers here expect re- vival of these tricks and development of others in order to bring liquor from Canada into the United States. The force of inspectors on this side of the Niagara river from Buffalo to Fort Niagara has been increased.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-23
STOMACH UPSET?
Get at the Real Cause Take Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets

That's what thousands of stomach sufferers are doing now. Instead of taking tonics. or trying to patch up a poor digestion, they are attacking the real cause of the ailment-clogged liver and disordered bowels.
 Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets arouse the liver in a soothing, healing way. When the liver and bowels are per forming their natural functions, away goes indigestion and stomach troubles.
 Have you a bad taste, coated tongue, poor appetite, a lazy, don't care feeling, no ambition or energy, trouble with tandigested foods? Take Olive Tablets, the substitute for caIomel.
 Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets are a purely vegetable compound mixed with clive oil. You will know them by their olive color. They do the work without Criping, cramps or pain.
 Take one or two at bedtime for quick seiisf, Eat what you like. 1oc and 25c.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-23

Velveteen, Tricotine, Tricol in a dazzling array of exq suitable for women and m
 and greatly reduced for tn
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-23
Women's Quality Coats

Final reductions on all Furs and Fur Coats. During our Clearance Sale these beautiful furs will be sold for less than present market prices. Every one modishly styled and the coats made of beautiful matched skins.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-23

or the Allies in the readjustment of Turkish territory, the plans outlined include the creation of a dozen new organizations, some to be governed by q mandate" through representatives by certain of the Allied Powers, while other sections have broken off from the central government and established themselves under local 1eadefships.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-23

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