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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-13
SATURDAY, Nov. 10, 1920
SHIPPING BOARD SCANDAL

The charges made against the United
States shipping board will brighten peo-
nile still more of government operation
and raise the question of whether honest
government in business is possible Here
are some of the charges:
Repair contracts we're awarded with
out any competitive bids. Millions of
dollars worth of mNterials were sold
at not more than 1872 cents on the dol
lar. at a time when the shipping board
was buying the same materials IN the
omen market at prices in advance of the
original cost prices of the materials sold.
Companies operating government vessels
were found to be owning stock in com
panies which furnished supplies to those
companies at from 40 to 80 per cent
above wholesale cost. The feet corpora
ton loaned large sums to contractors,
and took as security bonds in companies
Incorporated by the contractors which
proved to be worthless. In one instance
southern yard that cost $2S5,00O, with
material and equipment invoiced at
! 100000, was sold for 100000. In an
other instance a shipbuilding company
was awarded a contract for building sly
hips and after six months had gone no
further than the construction of toll
house. In another. construction was
started in a locality where extensive
blasting operations would have been nee
rs~a1y to get ships to the waters edge,
A number of shipping board vessels
we're disabled at sea by the loss of a pro
neller or the breaking of a propeller
-haft; and it was found that the acct
dents were occasioned by the trick of a
western foundry conn any in Disgusting
an imperfect forging 80 that it was
passed by inspectors and accepted by the
shipping board. After the trick was
discovered, the firm was charged with
sabotage; but the charge was dismissed
3nd the board is still doing business with
he firm.
The worst Of it is the admission h.
| Commander Abner II Clement, execu-
| tive assistant to Admiral Benson that
the charges are true but says steps are
/ being taken to correct the evils crit
cized. The public will continue the cam
Daign cry of less government in bust
ness and more business in government
when it realizes the graft and dishonesty
connected with all the government man
agement of business in the past few
years
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-13
POSSIBLE COOPERATION.

The Manchester Union tells of a New
Hampshire farmer who suggested that
automobile owners go into the country
and buy their apples ON the farms in
stead of paying barrel, packing and
transportation charges. The. Union re-
ports that this farmer sold this season
1000 barrels of apples to car-owning
purchasers who went to his farm, bought
what apples they wanted, and took them
home. He made a price lower than that
Of last year, despite increased produc
ton costs, on account of the reduction in
charges attendant upon shipping. The
upshot of the whole thing was that in
this one case the farmer got a slightly
better price than the stores were paying.
the customers got theiv apples at a much
better price than they would have had
to pay otherwise, the farmer disposed
Of his crop early and has got his money
and a good deal of money that other
wise would have been put into almost
prohibitive charges was saved in the
transaction.
The Union says it knows of a consid
cradle number of similar incidents. II
is true that some of the farmers them
selves haven't made the most of then
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-13
Sentiment and Guilt.
New York WORLDLY

The governor of Vermont in pardoning
a predecessor in that ofTice who was
convicted of embezzling public funds
while serving as state auditor, explains
that he performs this act of clemency
ION account of the great and valuable
service which you have rendered to Yer
mont and the suffering you have endured
by reason of your indictment and trial"
These, of course, are the best of sent
mental reasons for granting a pardon.
They are, moreover, interesting as IL
Illustrating the difference in the point OF
view of the executive authority charged
with the pardoning power and that of
the judicial authority whose function ii
is to dispense exact justice. When f.
nal sentence was pronounced on the de-
PENDANT in the supreme court, the judge
said that the case, having reached that
court, was stripped of all sentiment"
and it remained only for the court to de-
eide on the points of the law. Yet it
is by the reinjection of sentiment into
the case that the governor now in effect
overruleS the decision of the court and
sets the convicted man free.
No doubt justice and sentiment will
always be at variance in Furnishing guilt
The difficulty is to avoid inconsistency
in advancing motives of mercy to the
prejudice of equality under the law.
Humber culprits who in the nature of
things cannot perform distinguished SER
vices lack the beneht OF executive Glenn
| ency; yet the sufferings they endure by
reason of indictment and trial may be
Just as intense. Men who are good
fathers and model citizens except for
! their lapse from honesty are equally SEN
sitive to the publicity of conviction. Yet
| they go to Jail.
Where is the line to be drawn and
what is the degree of public service or
! of civic benefit to the community which
Should serve as the basis for pardOn
1t is a puzzling problem of justice which
| is not cleared up by the governor of YER
mont in this particular exercise of Glenn
ency
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-13
Gold Snans.
(Rutland Herald

Little question for today: Why do
folks call a cold spell a cold 'snap?'-
Boston Globe.
No use talking. some one must invite
the Globe man to Vermont some day in
mid-wintcr when the ground. the
streams, ponds and lakes, the snow. the
buildings and all about are wrapped in
the rigid grip of the frost.
When the snow squeals under the run
ners of the sleds; when the breath con
geals in boar frost and the air is so full
Of floating particles of frozen moisture
that it seems like fine snow; when the
ice occasionally parts with the sound of
thunder; when cattle and horses are
silvered with the films of ice and when
things snap and crack with the rending
power of the temperature-that's a real
"cold snap"
What we talk about carelessly and in
descriptively is merely a cold spell, like
the recent drop in the temperature, but
there will be plenty of genuine cold
snaps before March meeting-and he
can hear things snap with the frost if
he happens to be around where the snap
ping is good.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-13
What's the Use?

The discovery of illicit stills operat-
ng, not only in this vicinity but right in
he village of Springfield, and the round
ng up of a regular bunch of moonshiners
rave the town more thrills than it has
experienced outside of a moving picture
3hOw for some time. When to three bar
eels of sour mash a couple of hogsheads
f malodorous beer and no insignificant
1uantity of whiszey there had been
added not far from 5000 bottles of ia
naica ginger, the collection was frankly
empowering to more than the sense of
MEL. But when after starting out so
1ravely and being so signally successful,
he raid appeared to peter out with the
imposition and payment of fines and the
md most criminal offenders, the excite
% all this trouble merely for the sake
f filming a bunch of moonshiners, who
lon't mind that in the least and prob
ably laugh in their sleeves at such a
punishment? Why should not a dose
# the workhouse be prescribed in their
ease, remedy which would tend to in
fpire them to mend their ways and
stick to honest labor when out of re-
;traint, instead of resorting again to
evil practices? Such questions very nat
Irally occurred to the observant citizen
who was inclined to think that justice
was not only blind but decidedly lax in
The manner in which she dealt with
these booze concocters and peddlers. But
the maximum fnes-totalling $500
were imposed and paid; also the maxi
mum Jail sentence was given and then
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-13

Anyone who has ever had a bad time
with a cinder in his eye while making
journey by rail will be interested in
the outcome of a suit brought against
the New York, New Haven & Hartford
railroad company this week which will
decide whether a railroad can be held
liable for injury to mans eye from a
cinder entering it while riding on train
beside an open window If decided
against the railroad it may be the means
If their discovering some way of divert
ing cinders where they can't reach the
eyes of the passengers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-13

and are holding on to their
apples for fancy prices, but others have
met the home-state purchasers half way,
have marketed their apples in the or
chards and have got the proceeds banked
II at work in their business.
1t is too late now for Vermonters to
adopt the same method this season but
the New Hampshire mans experience
should be remembered until another har-
vest season approaches. 1t promises well
for the farmer and well for the automo-
bile owner willing to use his machine
for practical purposes. 1t will bring
the producer and consumer together
TO the advantage of both.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-13

suspended; because the men were under
arrest for a first offense, and it is the
policy of the courts to place such crimi-
nails on probation in the hope that they
NAV turn over a new leaf and decide to
become law-abiding citizens. As mat
ter of fact, it is said that 80 per sent
of them make good, and because so many
of them are out on probation has not
little to do with the present emptiness
of our penal institutions. 1t is true. too,
that the moment they violate the terms
of their probation. they can be taken at
once for their original offense and made
to serve the suspended sentence, which
has already been done here recently in
the case of one "jaky" dispenser. Yer
mont's sole federal agent was on hand to
take note of these procedures and report
them to the Boston office, through which
they are brought to the attention of the
United States district court, and what
happens then remains to be seen.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-13
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LIEF PAPE.
THE PARK AVE. NEWS

w eatnef. W ina getting EeChHSSs
Spoarts Sid Hunt is thinking of en-
tering his fox terrier in some dog shows,
saying he bets he would win lot of blue
ribbins and he would of entered him be-
fore this if he dident have ideer that he
was part water spaniel.
Sissiety. No matter how bad of q re-
port Miss Mary Watkins gets from skool
every month she always gets Excellent
for conduck, proving no matter wat elts
she does she is always a perfeck lady.
POME BY SKINNY MARTIN
Help Help .s
/ had a terrible dreem last mite,
As sad as funerel wreeth,
i dreemed / worked in q candy store
And dident have eng teeth.
Exterl Pubs Simkins Cant Breethe
Rite. Pubs Simkins has sutch a bad
cold he cant taist thing he eats, but he
gets mad jest the same if enybody wont
give him hunk of candy because they
don't wunt to waste the taist.
Intristing Facks About Intristing Pee
pie. Wen Ed Wernick is asleep it is al
most impossible to wake him up in time
for skoOl and absilOotly~ impossible to
wake him up in time to go errand be-
fore skOol.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-13
TndaY's BIRTHDAYS

Prince Albert, the ruler of the little
principality of Monaco, born - years
ago today.
John Drew, one of the foremost actors
Of the American stage, born in Philadel-
phia. 81 years ago today.
Princess Giovanni, third daughter of
the king and queen of Italy, born in
Rome, Is years ago today.
Louis d. Brandeis, associate justice
of the supreme court of the United
States, born in Louisville, GA years ago
today.
Duke of Marlborough, who has been
sued for divorce by his American-born
wife, born at Simla, India, 40 years ago
today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-13

The Reformer Is on sale every evening by
the following news dealers:
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CIravrIand s. l. Purinton lEsteyytlIe'
Brooks House Pharmacy. Aliens Depot News
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Fort Drummer district.
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-13
'Drys" and "Wets" in Canada.
(Springfeld Republican,


Degrees of "dryness" in Canada have
legal foundation on account of over
tapping provisions of federal and prOvln-
ciai laws. The term ''bone-dry" relates
to welI-defined situation. Thus. fort
night ago. when che three prairie prov
inces and Nova Scotia voted to prohibit
the importation of liquor, having previ-
Ously prohibited the sale of liquor within
the provincial boundaries, they passed
from "dryness" to a state Of 'bone-dry
ness" But it is the dominion govern
ment that will enforce these referenda.
That is to say, the provincial governments
invoke the powers of the federal govern
ment to prevent importation of liquor.
and an order-in-council must be issued
to provide the machinery of enforcement.
No one can doubt that the results of
the referenda in these four provinces con-
stitute a victory for the prohibition
forces. The result in British Columbia
is also being claimed as such, but with
little justification. There the province
has adopted a system of government con
troll, which will permit manufacture un-
der official regulation and sale in sealed
packages to individuals This vote has
followed a period of absolute provincial
/ prohibition. 1t is quite true that tho
! question in the recent election was be.
tween government control and continue,
ton of the existing prohibition act, and
it is being asserted that dissatisfaction
with enforcement of the prohibition act
was largely responsible for the vote in
favor of government control. But
throughout the campaign the dry
forces insisted that if government control
were favored prohibition would be SET
back five years.
Probably a fair judgement would be
that the result in British Columbia was
a victory for the moderate vets but
that the "drys' throughout the nation
could we'll afford this partial reverse in
view of four sweeping victories gained q
few days later.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-13
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

II IL tina aim of the management to secure
Efficient service in tile delivery of the paper
each night, and it solicits the cooperation Of
subscribers to that end. Prompt reports should
on the morning following the omission, II
oerson. by telephone or postal card, thus en-
abIins the cause of the error to be promptly
DIV Immediately applied II is only by this
method that tbs publisher can secure the de-
aired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-13
Todly's Anniversaries.

16J5-Treaty of Westminster restored
Acadia to France.
75-Massachusetts authorized private
armed vessels to cruise against
the British.
1S13-The junta. under the title of ma,
tiOnal assembly. declared the in
dependence of Mexico.
1S32-Andrew jackson was reelected
president of the United States.
1S45-ATorc than 100 stores and dwell
ings in Sag Harbor, y. Y, were
destroyed by fire.
1S7S-Frederick leighton was elected
president of the Royal academy
1S9O-The first state legislature of Wy
oming convened at Cheyenne.
191S-Dr. Paul Yuen Tsei, a Chinese
woman surgeon, was appointed tt
the ambulance staff of Bellevue
hospital, New York city.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-13

Probably some of the ministers who
cad of the burglary of the home of one
f their profession at Springfield Mass,
vhere jeweIry and silver estimated at
more than $4,000 was taken, will Won
Ter how he managed to accumulate so
lany valuables.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-13

Just as the art of concocting consider
ably more than one-half of one per cent
was fourishing, this home-brew supply
has been dealt what appears to be a
Heath blow by the federal prohibition of
fcials who have decreed that hereafter
he 'makin's," hops and malt, can be
old only to bakers and confectioners.
Those who number one or the other in
heir family circle are going to be con-
idered in luck by those outside.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-13
An Of Year for Lawyers.
lBarton Monitor. } J. !

1t is said there are barely lawyers
enough in the Vermont legislature for
seed. But when noses are counted it
will be found there are enough doctors
and bankers there to offset any such
lack. just which is worse is hard TO
tell Perhaps the two newspaper men
in that body will be able to give US some
light on the subject when the session Is
over. --..-. ~ 2
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-13
The Automatic DrOpper.

tBurIingtOn Free Press.
Different candidates for the speak
ership are being mentioned" in various
directions. Members-eleet who have
never served in the legislature before
will of course automatically drop out
of the list of available timber.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-13
In The DAYS News.

Former United States Senator George
Sutherland of Utah, who is mentioned
for the post Of attorney general in the
cabinet of the next president, is a law
yer of national reputation and former
president of the American Bar asso-
citation Mr.. Sutherland is native OF
England. but has resided in Utah since
childhood. After completing a public
school education he decided on law for
a ealing, and to secure that end studied
in the law school of the University OF
Michigan. Returning to Utah he hung
out his shingle in Salt lake city and
there built up a large practice and also
established a reputation for unusual in
tellectual capacity and breadth of view
in dealing with public affairs. He made
his first appearance in congress as lie
publican representative in 1901. In 1909
he was elected TO the senate, and again
in 1911.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-13

The price of milk goes down in st.
Louis, bread drops to eight and ten
'onts a loaf in Winnipeg and a dollar
IS said to be worth $1.33 cents down in
argentina, but how far away these places
I'll seem.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-13
What the Females of the Species Arc
Doing

Mrs. Edwin Dudley caught a live hem
hawk Tuesday morning. The hawk
caught large hen in the dooryard and
couldn't lift it off the ground. but ran
into some weeds. Mrs. Dudley pursued
and caught the hawk in her hands-Pros-
per item.
Mrs. ". L. GiIlett had a hair raising
as well as foot freezing time Saturday at
4 a. m, when upon hearing a noise at her
chicken house she made hasty dash in
her bath robe and bare feet with a Ian
tern and a 1920 rifle. His skunkship
killed a hen and four chickens. Mrs. Gil
lett killed the skunk and with soft
nosed 30-220 bullet one can we'll imagine
what part of the intruder was left as
reminder.-Cold River item.
Someone asks if we noticed the name OF
Mr.. Goodwine among the presidential
electors ON the prohibition ticket? No,
we didn't, but we read today in the Yer
mont news that Mr. Drinkwater had
just got back from Canada and wondered
if he drove up with his wagon.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-13
A Serious Mistake.

The report in last weeks paper to the
effect that there was a new baby at the
home of Estes Brashier was a mistake
We are sorry and offer due apologies
Waldron Advance.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-13
Today S Events

Louis Brandeis. associate justice of
the supreme court of the United States,
today enters upon his sixty-ffth year.
One hundredth anniversary of the birth
or Samuel Lunt Caldwell, distinguished
clergyman and president of Nassar col
lege.
One hundred and fftieth anniversary
of the death of George Grenvllle, the
British prime minister who was the au-
thor of the Stamp Act.
One hundred and seventy-ffth ami
versary of the birth of Valentine Harry
who invented the art of printing with
raised letters for the blind.
Delegates from all sections OF the
United States are to gather in New Or
leans today for tho annual national con
vention of the Amateur Athletic union.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-13
A Note From the Frontier
Isl Alhans Messenger. J

Ut. -AIDdHs FIVssVII5VI'T
ga drummer returning from Canada
with a loaded grip might be called a
bottle-scared hero. Rutland News.
And they are calling the Canadian
boundary line the ''far flung bottle line"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-13

The California man who has just &C
tuired a bride weighing 72O pounds
md a sfster-in-law who is comparatively
,rlph-like at 420 pounds ought to be an
,asy mark for an auto-truck salesman.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-13
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-13

have its freedom. The animal turned on
him and Mr.. Blake's clothes were. badly
affected by the odor, as well as his face
and ewes. He was obliged to return TO
his home to remain for a few days be-
fore going to work.-Niantlc item.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-13
The ENFORCED Refinement Of Br. Blake

One day recently, Monroe Blake. while
on his way to work at Thomas Rice's
farm in Dingleville, had a skunk TACKLE
him without warning. Mr.. Blake was
trying to extricate the animal from a
trap, and tried to get it out so it would
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-13

A good many of the officials of the
passing administration will wish they
.ould be taken care Of as well as
Joseph Tumulty, President Wilson's sec
'etary. who is said to be slated for the of
zee of. presiding judge of the United
states customs court, a life position with
. yearly salary of $4,000 attached.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-13
Experienced.

Burlington Free Press.)
A matrimonially inclined writer
speaking in agricultural terms, tells of
woman who has been twice widow,
zone grass and the other sod"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-13
Ten Pounds by the Scales.

Mr.. and Mrs John Scales are rejoicing
over the arrival of a 10 pound boy who
arrived at their house Sunday evening"
East Concord news.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-13

Carl Siegmann and wife brought IN
some carrots and some beets and left
them for us to use. The carrots were eX
ira large and good.-Siloam Springs Her
aid.
Pick out some better beets next time
Mr.. Siegmann.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-13
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