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New-York tribune., 1920-02-12
Call Democratic Delegate
Farley for Albany Feb.26
Slate for San Francisco s'Big
Four" and Alternates Will
Be Made Up Then

ALBANY, Feb. 11.--An unofficial
Democratic state convention will take
place at the Ten Eyck Hotel, Albany
on Thursday, February 2e, at noon, il
was announced here tonight.
The committee of seven appointed
day by William w. Farley, chairman
of the Democratic State Committee
met here late to-day and selected the
date.
"Thc purpose Of the convention" a
committee statement given out tonight
said. will be to suggest to the Demo
cratic voters names of delegates at
large and alternates to the national
convention"
New-York tribune., 1920-02-12
Hays Denounces Lynching

CHICAGO, Feb. 11.--Lynching, under
any circumstances or conditions is a
crime. viii II. Hays, chairman of the
Republican National Committee, said
in an address tonight at the convcn-
tion of the Lincoln League of America
an organization Of negro Republicans.
"Lynching is crime against judg-
ment and justice, reason and righteous
ness, an assault on our most sacred
institutions and is an affront to the
accumulated wisdom of past ages" he
declared. at is q condemnation of
Christianity and merits the excoriatior
of every high minded citizen"
New-York tribune., 1920-02-12

ence between Captain William y. Alien.
IN charge Of the Brooklyn agents, and
United States District Attorney Ross.
A squad Of twenty-five agents was let
loose on the borough. During the
afternoon the saloon of John J. Ellis,
1924 Eighth Avenue, was raded. Ellis
later was arraigned before United
States Commissioner James H. McCabe
and held in $1,000 bail
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-20
Today's Events

Colombia and Ecuador celebrate today
as their national independence day.
Republicans of Iowa are to meet in
state convention at Des Moines today to
nominate a state ticket.
Today is the final day for nominations
for the Nova Scotia Provincial elections
to be held week hence.
A National Shoe and Leather exposi-
ton will he opened in Boston today and
continued through the remainder of the
week.
The full membership of the Democratic
National committee has been summoned
to meet today at Dayton, o., to choose a
campaign manager and confer upon plans
for the coming contest.
Nelson, B. c., is to be the meeting
place today of the annual session of the
international Mining Congress, which
will be attended by mining men from
many sections of Canada and the United
States.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-20

his way of thinking he is right and the
great men who framed the constitution
were wrong. Now comes Mr. Agan
with much the same specious reason
ing Probably the Clement Agan com
bination believe they can make the peo-
pie of Vermont feel there is something
wrong with the constitution of the
United States and they are divinely APP
pointed to remedy it but we are in
elined to believe that no such opinion
will prevail.
Mr.. Emery, of all four candidates is
the least deserving of election, how
ever If we are to accept as his doe
trine the utterances of some of his
newspaper organs he is the candidate
of negation, a man of the ''let well
enough alone type. We read the RI
.diculous plea from at least one of his
newspaper supporters that the advent
of more industries into this state would
pull down our agricultural corner stone.
Let us assume for instance, that Burl
mgton instead of having approximately
$4,000 people had 10000. what would be
the result? Simply that splendid
home market would be greatly devel-
.oped, that the farmers of Chittenden
county would have at their door a
geady market for their products, one
easily and cheaply reached and one
which would take them out of COM
petition with the farmers o other
states. Let the same thing happen in
Rutland, in st. Adams. in Barre.
Montpelier, ST. Johnsbury and other
communities and the result would be
the same. Instead of pulling down the
agricultural cornerstone that corner
stone would be strengthened and we
would have new era in Vermont ag-
riculture.
in the platforms of the two other
candidates there is little fundamental
dlference-both stand squarely for the
upbuilding of the state along intelli-
gent and comprehensive lines. Mr.
Hardness has plan in the working out
OF which we imagine he would be dis
illusloned and disappointed but at least
1t IS optimistic and forward looking and
1t is not founded on an appeal of mar
row prejudice to any class of the voters.
Mr.. Babbitt has evolved a sane.
broadminded platform in which no
loyal Vermonter can find much to dis
pute. He backs this platform with a
splendid business experience on the one
hand and record of service to the
state on the other.
His appeal is to all classes to the
farmer, the worker, the thinker and it
IS an appeal that is telling. Publicly
his opponents endeavor TO discount his
campaign, privately they admit his
strength
1t is not likely that man and plat
form will ever appeal more strongly
TO Nermontprs In map,, x,aare +bo,, RT
Rabbit and what he stands for APP
peals at this time.
lie is going to be next governor.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-20
In the DAYS News.

DIR. Josiah II. Penniman, the new act
ing provost of the University of Penn
sylvania, was born at Concord, Mass, 81
years ago today. He is a graduate of
Pennsylvania in the class of 1890 In
1892 he became an instructor in English
i'll the university, i'll 1896 an assistant
professor, and in 1908 he became profes-
sor of English literature. In 1897 he was
made dean of the college faculty and held
this post in addition to his professorship
until 1909, when he resigned to devote
more time to his literary work. DIR. Pen
niman is recognized one of the leading
authorities in English literature. He has
written several books and numerous
magazine articles dealing with the field
of English drama of the time of Shakes
peare and his followers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-20
FINES ILLEGAL FISHERMEN.
Judge Goddard of Rutland Assesses SIS
Fines On Five Men.

RUTLAND, July 2O.-Fines and
costs amounting approximately to
So were imposed by Judge God
dard in Rutland City court at
\ regular session held in Fair
Haven yesterday afternoon five men
being before the court on charges of
fishing without license The men
were arrested by Deputy Game Wardens
Charles L. Brown of Castleton Corners
and Paul g. Ross of Poultney
The men in court yesterday were
William Hardy of East Orange, n. j.,
Harold Saunders of Bomoseen, Jules
.Tudels of New York City, j. Gerdts of
Brooklyn, n. Y, and J. J. Kaufman
of Cincinnati, o.
Mr.. Hardy, who is pension attorney
of some note, and Mr.. Judels, a music
publisher, were guests at the home CT
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Eisler at Lake Bonn
oseen. while Mr. Saunders is the son
of Charles Saunders.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-20
Summer Dangers.
(IIartford Courant.)

New ork newspaper, IN listing its
sudden deaths Wednesday night, grouped
fve drownlngs, not quite within greater
New ork but very near it. Two of those
drowned were young women who were at
tending church picnic and who were
bathing in a pond. A brother of one of
them went to their aid and they pulled
bum under the water. An adult rescued
him but the two girls were drowned
The three others who lost their lives
were boys. One of them attempted to
swim across the Passaic river and was
drowned in midstream and the other
jumped from a float in a small lake and
failed to come up. The fifth and last vie
tim was boy years old, who was sent
along the East river docks to look for
wood. An older boy who was with him
said that he jumped into the river.
While this list was being made in the
vicinity of New York the Boston papers
compiled another offthe same length. In
Pittsfield girl of IA was drowned while
attempting to save the life Of a l2-year-old
friend who was rescued BY an adult; both
girls could swim. Two lads were drowned
in a millpond at Fitehburg and boy who
could not swim was drowned in pond
at Readville. The fifth drowning was that
" man dt NofIh Nidfehuoh, L ne
could not swim aud man who attempted
to save his life nearly lost his life.
Here, then, are ten sudden deaths
which may be traced indirectly to a rise
in temperature which brought the day to
midsummer conditions. With the possible
exception of the small boy who jumped
from dock in Brooklyn all sought the
water because of the heat and none OF
them, it appears. except the girl who lost
her life in attempting to save friend,
were especially careful. Perhaps hos
weather does not sipcline oneas#o careful
MSS and hot M nj these Taetims wefs
odd enough to develop a sense of caution
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-20
Babbitt the Man.
(Burlington News J

If the voters of Vermont undertake
serious consideration of the issue in
volved in the present gubernatorial
campaign their final decision will be
based on relative merits of Fred ii.
Rabbit of Bellows Falls and James
Hardness of Springfield.
Mr.. Agan of Ludlow has elected to
make his appeal to the people purely on
passion and prejudice. He hopes there
are enough voters in Vermont blindly
opposed to prohibition who viii vote
for anything or anybody so long as
their vote registers what they are
pleased to call a protest against the
present order.
Our own feeling is that the voters
who win follow fetish to any such
extremes do not bulk large enough to
make an imposing figure in the final
analysis, even through admitting that
every community has members of that
particular type.
Our governor at the. present time has
set himself up ifis opposition-to the
constitution of the United States. To
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-20
Miss Dugas Was So Weak
She Could Hardly Get
Around - Tanlac Entire
ly Restores Her Health

- am SO grateful for the way Tan
lac has restored my health, that l am
only too glad to tell of Others" said
Miss Alma Dugas, well-known and
highly esteemed resident of Manchester,
y. H, living at 1854 Elm st.
For a whole year before l started
taking Tanlae / was troubled SO much
with indigestion that life was a per-
feet misery. After every meal | had
fierce pains in the pit of my stomach
and would bloat up with gas until
could scarcely breathe. | lost all de-
sire for food and often went whole
day without eating good meal. ! be-
came so weak, the least little exertion
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-20
Today's Anniversaries.

l629-Capture of Quebec by Sir David
Kirke.
.l759-EngEsh under Gen. John Prideaux
besieged Fort Niagara.
lS54-Caroline Ann Southey, widow of
the famous poet, and herself a
writer of much merit, died. Born
Dec. ?, 1876.
lS6l-The third session of the Confeder
ate States Congress opened at
Richmond
lS70-Bayaria, Baden, Wurtemberg and
Hesse Damstadt joined Prussia in
the war with France.
lS7l-British Columbia entered the Con-
federation
lS7S-George Forster Shepley, military
governor of Louisiana in the Civil
war, died at Portland, Me- Born
at Saco, Me, JAN 10, 1919.
lSS6-William f. Gladstone resigned the
British premiership in consequence
of majority against his Irish
Home Rule bill.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-20
DON'T THINK She COULD
HAVE GONE MUCH LONGER

tired me out, and the homework be-
came burden. My nerves were all
upset, | couldn t sleep and often heard
the clock strike every hour through the
night. / don It think | could have gone
on much longer without just breaking
down completely.
!" / saw so many good reports in the
papers about Tanlac that / decided to
try it and | want to say that it has
done me more good than all the other
medicines put together. L can now eat
three hearty meals a day, and never
suffer in the least with pains or gas
My nerves are as steady as a clock and
| sleep so well at night that l get up
in the mornings feeling fine. l have
SO much more strength and energy
that my homework is pleasure to me,
and | think that all who are suffering
as did ought to know what a grand
medicine Tanlac is.
Tanlac is sold in BrattIeboro by the
Brattleboro Drug Co., and in South Lon
donderry by Geo. G. Smith-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-20
Fewer Flies.
(Keene Sentinell

There are fewer houselies than us
ual, nearly everywhere. 1t is one of the
blessings of a summer in which many
pessimists seem to imagine they have
nothing to be grateful for. There are
several reasons not only explaining
this relief from the ancient pest, but
promising greater immunity hereafter.
About half of it, perhaps, has come
from taking thought, and the other
half by chance. In the former cate
CORY may be placed the screening of
houses, the liberal use of swatters and
the elimination of the flies breeding
places-measure of an aggressive war
of determination and prevention. In
ereasing cleanliness in doors and out
of doors, as part of general improve
ment in sanitation, has helped might
lily. Possibly, too, such ultra scientific
methods as using shade of blue wall
paper that the flies particularly abom-
mate have had some effect. So much
for the one=side, for which mankind,
not TO mention womankind, may take
credit
The other side has to do with auto
mobiles. 1t is one of the unforeseen
and as yet ittle-appreciated blessings
OF the gas-engine. The automobile, by
displacing the horse, has tremendously
diminished the number of stables, and
therefore the >number of manurspiles
and thus deprived the fly of his favor
lite breeding places. For another thing
the promiscuous scattering about of
oil, which is so often held against the
automobile, has furthered the good work
by killing billions of eggs or mag
gots that would otherwise have matured
into flies.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-20
Military Training.
bennington Banner.


Bennington lost more men by death
in the World war than either of its
neighbor counties of Windham and
Rutland, in proportion to population.
No authentic figures have been given,
so far as we remember, showing the ex-
act number of enlistments from the
several counties of the state but it is
probable that there was no considerable
variation of percentage. 1t is certain,
however, that previous military train
ing fits a young man to endure the
shardships of camp life. Rutland and
Windham counties each had companies
of the National Guard and therefore
considerable number of men already
trained Bennington had no military
company and had not for number of
years. A larger percentage of Ben
nington county men died from disease
in service than from Rutland and Wind
ham counties We wonder if there is
any connection or relation between
death rate and previous military train
ing
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-20
The Real Thing.
(Holyoke Transcript.)

ITOIYOkt ITaHseFlpIJ
The New York Times saws if Gov
ernor Coolidge can communicate to the
rest of MS the art of living within our
income he will be elected vice presi-
dent and president and everything else
is good. That S simple enough. Live
the way Calvin Coolidge does. Have a
beautiful wife and fine sons and an
honored old father up on the farm. I'm
.derstand that the hand that writes
great state papers and signs important
measures can also milk the cows. The
happy thing about Gov. Coolidge S farm
interest and simple living is that it
is no pose, but the very real thing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-20

The Reformer is on sale every evening BY
the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co, C. w
CIeaveland, s. L. Purinton (Esteyville)
Brooks House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot News
stand, George !. Bower, South Main St
(Fort Drummer district.
West BrattIebore, T. L. StockweIl.
East Dummerston, NJ z. Brown.
Putney, NJ. G. Williams.
Newfane, n. NJ. Batchelder.
West Townshend, c. Fl, Grout
Jamaica, R. ]. Daggett
South Londonderry, F. H. Tyler.
South Vernon, f. B. Buffum.
Mortified, Mass, Thompson Bros.
West Chesterfield, N. H., Mrs. w. Streeter
Hinsda1e, N. H., w. II. Lyman.
Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News Co.
Greenfield, Mass, c. A. Hays.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-20
Little Benny's
Note Book
BY LEE PAPE.

Twas setting on our frunt steps feel
ing lazy on account of the weather and
Ihy natural disposition, thinking, G, |
wonder how high the temperture is, |
bleeve Ill go GROUND and look at the
thermometer outside the drug store
Ony / 4dident, thinking, o well, watts
the use? And / kepp OH setting there
jest feeling lazy, thinking, / wish | was
setting on the top step so / could leen
my back agenst the door And | started
TO move up there and stopped thinking,
O well, I'm heer now.
And pritty soon Pubs Simkins came
past, saying Hay, Benny, come on GROUND
TO Snits store with me, I'm going to get
"a angsle for going and i'll give You half.
Wich got up to go and then sat down
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-20

agen, saying, Its too hot, ask me some
winter.
And / kepp on setting there feeling
lazy, and after vile | herd ma coming
down stairs and saying, Benny, Benny.
Wares Benny, l wunt him to carry those
old newspapers down the cellar before [
90 out.
Me thinking [ bleeve III take a little
wawk. Wich | quick got up and started
to do, wawking about 20 minnts to give
ma time to go out and then coming hack
and setting on the steps agen feeling
verse insted of better, thinking, G, it
would ony a took about a minnit to carry
the newspapers down, gosh, and III prob
erly half to carry them down some other
time anyways, G..
Proving you're libel to take hole lot
of trouble to get out of Jest a little
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-20
Today's Birthdays.

Michael J. Gibbons, prominent middle
weight pugilist, born in st. Paul, 81
years ago today.
Ri. Rev Thomas F. Davies, Episcopal
bishop of western Massachusetts, born in
Philadelphia, As years ago today.
Most Rev Clarendon L. Worrell, An.
glican archbishop of Nova Scotia, born
at Smiths Falls, Ont, 81 years ago to
day.
DIR. Josiah H. Penniman, thesnew act
ing provost of the University of Pennsvl.
vania, born at Concord, Mass, 81 years
ago today.
Rev. Charles L. Mead, one of the new
bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
church, born at Vienna, N. j., % years
ago today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-20
TUESDAY, JULY so, 1920.
TALKING UP VERMONT.

With the present active political
campaign on one hears much talk by
| political candidates about developing
Vermont, most of which depends upon
the political success of the particular
candidate, and is, therefore, more or
less prejudiced. 1t is refreshing to hear
from a person speaking independently
| of political interests and some of the
remarks Of DIR. A.. J. DeFossett, deputy
live stock commissioner of Vermont,
certainly are independent of any polit-
zeal canvass now in progress. DR.. De
Fossett represented the state of Yer
mont at u recent meeting of state and
federal officials of the eastern states on
tuberculosis eradication, at Portland,
Maine.
He gave a thorough discussion and
demonstration of the ophthalmic
method of diagnosing tuberculosis as
perfected by him. We are not fully in
formed regarding this method but know
it has been used when the regular tu-
berculin test of cattle proved unsatis-
factory and brought definite results. 1t
seems more reliable than the tuberculin
test and cannot be blocked by "plug
ging'' cattle with tuberculin. When
such a large amount of testing of cat
tie is being done in Vermont and else
where the development of a more ac
curate and reliable test is of great
Importance It looks as though a Yer
mont official had given the country
something very much worth while.
That is talking up of Vermont that
helps.
At banquet held in connection with
the meeting he called attention to the
large amount of waste land in the
East that should be supporting sheep,
that there is room for more hogs on the
average farm and that New England
should produce its own lard and pork
products. There are too many dairy
farms abandoned, undoubtedly owing to
the shortage of help, but the Vermont
farmer should take advantage of the
dairy shortage because there is, bound
to be large demand for dairy pro-
duets at high prices.
While there is little new in these
latter statements of DR.. DeFOssett, they
are valuable because they emphasize
again the opportunity for Vermonters
to engage in profitable business at
home and the young men and women
of the state should have this fact re-
peated to them SO often they will turn
to home fields for the;- life work and
develop into reliable and progressive
citizens.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-20

The Industrial Bureau of the Mer-
chants association Of New York has re-
ceivcd reports from 40 manufacturers
representing 40 industries that indi-
cate the efficiency of labor in this coun
try is increasing. Although production
per man per hour has not reached nor
NAL it has been gradually improving
since last September, the report says.
1t continues: q The reasons given for
the present tendency toward increased
productivity per man are varied, but
those most frequently cited are the in
crease in the number of applicants for
positions and the change from time
work to piece work I" Manufacturers
in the jewelry, automobile accessories
and candy industries report that in all
departments where they have inauguras
ted the piece work system the output
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-20

A North Adams man is on the dan
gerous list at the hospital of that city
from burns and his motorcycle is com
pletely destroyed because he filed the
gasoline tank of the machine with its
engine running. He may have been
ignorant of the danger he was mourning
but he has demonstrated that there is
danger in so doing and others should
profit thereby.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-20

The summer guest at Castleton who
was fined for fishing without a license
viii get little sympathy from the ma
tives. who are careful to observe the
fish and game laws, as it is said he
knew the law but preferred to take a
chance rather than pay the $3.50 fee
for a nonresident license. The chance
cost him $15.25.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-20

Last year It's kegs of beer were
consumed at the annual picnic dinner
of the New York county Socialists, but
this year nothing but water was served.
The account closes with the significant
statement that although several can
didates were present, there was no
speech making"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-20

The latest method of fe-robbing
was demonstrated in Bennington Sat
urday night when the burglars backed
motor truck up to the rear of the
building and carried a half safe
and its contents off bodily to be exam
med at leisure The method probably
included stealing the truck first.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-20

Vermont fruit growers should be in
terested in the state fruit fair which will
be held at Rutland next November. As
the Rutland Herald says: "The fruit
crop of the state is in no small item
and such annual events as the fruit fair
do much needed missionary work in ed.
ucating the people as to what it
means.h
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-20
TO THE sUBsCRIBERS.

1t is the aim of the management to secure
efficient service in the delivery of the paper
each night, and it so1icits the cooperation Of
be given Of each failure to receive the paper
the morning following the omission, in
person, by telephone postal card, thus en-
abling the of the error to be promptly
and accurately discovered and the proper rem
edy Immediately applied. 1t is only by this
method that the publisher can secure the de-
sired service.