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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-02
Record Vote Expected.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2.-Men and
women voters of the nation went to the
polls today to select a new president
for the four years beginning March
next. The choice it is estimated, will
be registered by record vote of between
2O,OOO,00O and 10000 900 persons, many
of whom are women who are voting to
day for the first time.
Second only in interest to the contest
for the presidency is the fight between
the two major parties for the control of
the next congress. Thirty-four United
States senators are being chosen as well
as an entire new house of representa-
tives, composed of 49, members. The
present senate is composed of Al Dem
ocrats, IS Republicans and one Republi-
can-Progressiye.
win Hays and George White, Repub-
hcan and Democratic national chairmen.
respectively, each continued confident of
victory when the polls opened.
Senator Harding viii await the ver-
dict of the electorate at his home in Mar
ion, where he will receive news bulle-
tins compiled from figures collected by
the Associated Press.
Governor Cox plans to receive the re-
turns in the office of his newspaper. the
Dayton Daily News, which is a member
of the Associated Press. and will obtain
its full election night service.
Governor Coolidge of Massachusetts,,
Republican vice presidential nominee
will watch the returns at Boston while
his Democratic opponent, Franklin
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-02
TOWNSHEND.

The Republican rally at Seminary
hall Friday evening was well attended
and the interest of the women voters of
the town was shown by the large num-
Der present. w. III. Taft acted as chair
man, Introducing the speakers, who were
John Il. Stems of Rutland and State
Auditor Benjamin Gates. Mr.. Storms
address was quiet but forceful and inn
pressiye. He spoke of the history of
woman's suffrage from the first bill in
troduced in 1868 until the victorious fin
ish this year. His principal theme was
the Wilson Administration and the Mis-
management of the war. Mn Gates also
gave statistics showing the folly and ex-
travagence in purchasing supplies of all
kinds during the late war and gave an
interesting explanation of the present
system of Vermont state accounting and
of the various state institutions. etc
Both speakers received close attention.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-02
CANDIDATES AT
POLLING PLACES
Senator Harding Stood 18th In Line
With Mrs. Harding Ahead
Cox Votes Early.

MARION, o., Nov. 2.-Senator and
Mrs. Harding reached the precinct vot-
ing place, a red brick garage, shortly
after 10 O'clock. They were cheered when
they entered the building and several OF
those who were waiting ahead of them
offered to give up their places. The SEN
ator refused, however, and took his place
18th in the line with Mrs. Harding just
ahead Of him.
y half dozen spot lights were concen-
trated on them and a battery of cameras
clicked the way as the nominee and his
wife awaited their turn. Mr., Harding
took orders from the photographers good
naturcdly and got the crowd laughing
by mimicking the movie men, As they
emerged from the voting booth the spot
light flared on them again and there was
another burst of cheering as they handed
over the ballot to the election pudge.
The Hardings rode to the polls accom-
panied by the senator's secretary, who
took his place in the line Just behind his
chief. He was followed i'll turn by Mr..
Harding's chauffuer, Frank Blackston.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-02
ASSAULT YOUNG WOMAN.
Two Young Men Worried Her and
Struck Her-NOt Badly Hurt.

WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Nov. ..
After brutally striking Miss Bertha
Wyman of Pleasant street numerous
times, two young unidentified men sue
ceeded in making their getaway last
evening about $50. The assault on the
young woman was made on Park street
near a dark section of the thoroughfare
The police are investigating.
Miss Wyman was walking along Park
street when she was accosted by the two
men. They wore long overcoats and
caps according to a description later fur
nished by Miss Wyman and seemed
about 20 years old. They annoyed her for
some time and as she ignored them they
assaulted her. She screamed for help
but before frightening them off the
couple had struck her numerous times
Miss Wyman went into a house in the
vicinity and called up her brother who
came to take her home. The police were
notified of the matter at once. Miss
Wyman was not severely hurt, but she is
badly bruised and suffering from the
shock
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-02

distribution either on Armistice day, Nov.
IL, or Armistice Sunday, Nov IA.
The revised lise of those to receive the
awards was not made public and it was
said that it would not be released until
the medals were actually presented. 1t
was understood, however, that since the
original list was sent back to the board
headed by Rear Admiral Austin NJ.
Knight for review and revision, number
OF names had been added. The original
list included 13 persons to receive the
medal of honor, while the revised list pro-
vides for 80 to receive the highest military
honor. The revised list as finally APP
proved includes the names of more than
400 officers and men who will receive the
distinguished service medal and about
/ 800 to receive the navy cross.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-02
EARLY ELECTION RETURNS.
CONTINUED from rage II

from many places ard the large regis
tration Deputy Secretary of State Boyn-
ton announced that he would advise the
authorities of every city and town to
meet in special session today and vote
to extend to S p. m. tthe legal limit
the time for keeping polling places open.
The secretary Of states Office advised
also that if prospective voters were still
in line at the legal hour Of closing po-
lice officer should be stationed at the
end of the line and all persons in line
be allowed to vote.
Election officials estimated at noon
that if the voting continued as heavy in
the afternoon as in the morning the to-
tai would reach 10000 or So per cent
of the registration. -...
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-02
WINNER OF NOBEL PRIZE.
Knut Hamsun, Norwegian Author, Was
Once Horse Car Conductor.

CHICAGO, Nv. 2.-Knut Hamsun,
Norwegian author and formerly a CON
ductor on the old Halsted street horse
car line here back in the early SOS, has
won the 1920 Nobel prize for literature,
friends learned today.
Hamsun came here from North Dakota,
where he had worked on a farm, and at
ter being discharged from the horse car
line because he read books instead OF
collecting fares and ringing bells, he went
East and obtained a berth on a New
foundland banks fishing boat. He re-
turned to Norway in the early Cos and
in 1898 brought out his first volume-his
collection Of Pan poems.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-02
Josh Billings.

The humorist whose pen-nane was
Josh Billings" was Henry Wheeler
Shaw. lie lived from 1915 to 1885.
He turned of many shrewd sayings,
bits of quaint philosophy and pointed
jokes, but they were rather damaged
by the laboriously bad spelling in
which they were written. This style
Of humorous writing. quite popular in
the United States half a century ago,
has about gone out Of vogue Today
Josh Billings is little more than a
name.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-02
CeIebrates Golden Wedding at Polls.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Nov. -.
Based on the heavy forenoon vote pre-
cinct officers here predicted that 80 per
cent of the registered voters in this city
would be cast, In Holyoke and North
ampton more than half the total regis
fration had been cast before noon, while
in the smaller centerS the turnout so far.
as heard from was scarcely smaller.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin w. E'risbie of
this city celebrated their golden wedding
by going to the polls, where Mrs. FRS
bic cast her first ballot.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-02
Gov, and Mrs. Cox Had to Wait.

DAYTON. o.. Nov. 2.-Governor
Cox voted early today. but on arriving
at the polls found more than 200 of his
neighbors had cast their ballots ahead OF
him. Accompanied by Mrs. Cox the
governor reached the polling place, a
tobacco store and print shop, at 10
o'clock. but the line of waiting voters
delayed the deposit of their ballots until
1917. The polls were in Carrmote,
suburb of Dayton and about a mile from
the Cox home.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-02
Heaviest Ever In Rhode Island

PROVIDENCE, r. l.. Nov. ?. - An
unprecedently heavy vote is being cast
throughout Rhode Island today. Several
ilstrlcts reported at IL O'Clock more
votes cast than the totals at any nrpvi-
)us election. The big increase is at
ributed not entirely to the women. as
the number of male voters is greater
than ever before. No rain had fallen up
n / n'cIopk r
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-02
Georgia Relies on State Law.

SAVANNAH. Ga, Nov Negro
women were refused ballots at the voting
places in Savannah today. Many Negro
women have registered here since the
suffrage amendment became effective. but
the election judges ruled that they were
lot entitled to vote because of state
aw which requires registration six
months before an elt ctfon. No white
women presented themselves at the polls.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-02
Roosevelt at Polls.

Franklin d. Roosevelt cast his vote at
1915 a. m. today in the third district
of the town of Hyde Park, in the town
hall. Mrs Franklin Roosevelt and Mrs.
James Roosevelt. the candidates mother.
accompanied him to the polls and cast
their ballots after his.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-02
HEAVIEST WOMAN is DEAD.
Lucy Moore, Native of Kentucky, Once
Weighed 66S Pounds.

BRISTOL, Eng, Nov 2.-Lucy Moore,
reputed to be the heaviest woman in the
world has just died here
At one time she weighed Cos pounds
had been in the show business for many
years. She travelled all over the world
and was said to have received many Of
fers of marriage
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-02
Bride Carries Canary

a bride in Paris recently appeared
at the altar with her pet canary fas-
tened to her shoulder by a golden
chain. During the ceremony the bird
broke into song.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-02
TO DISTRIBUTE MEDALS sOON.
List of Naval Men to Receive HOnors Is
Increased ..

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-The long
delay in awarding medals for distin-
Ruished wartime service in the navy and
marine corps is about to be ended, it Is
learned at the navy department. The
decorations. which were held up while a
naval board reconsidered the awards after
a controversy among naval officers and a
subsequent congressional investigation
last winter, have been mailed to com
handing officers of ships and stations for
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-02
Norweu Strong for Harding.

BOSTON, Nov. 2.-The town of Nor
veil iii Plymouth county voted as fol
oWs: For president, Cox, 4S; Harding
lO9. For governor, Cox Republican,
405; Walsh, Democrat, 80. The vote
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-02

s. Iir ca-vt .csuo5s wer =, ''~o.
Democrat. ~ Fuller. Republican. 323
Y-aShbugu. Indenendent. "A.
The vote cf Norwcll Tor president in
1916 was Hughes. Republican, rs; Will
son, Democrat, 107.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-02
sc He Saw It.

An English youngster gave this def
milton Of Appetite" ut means that
when you've done you're tight. "-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-02
A Card.

We wish to thank the neighbors for
their kind attentions at the time of our
recent bereavement and our hearty APP
probation of the sympathy expressed by
the beautiful mowers. ---...
ROBERT T. WHEELER
AND FAMILY.
Brattleboro, Nov /, 1920.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-02
Mashpee for Harding

BOSTON, Nov 2.-The town of
Mashpee on Cape Cod gave for presi-
dent Cox 4, Harding 43; for governor,
Cox, Republican, "A; Walsh, Democrat,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-02
HEAVY VOTE IN VERMONT.
(Continued from Page ID

Kane being charged with distribution q
political circulars in polling booth II
the Roxbury district.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-02
MARRIAGES.

In Mortified, Mass. Oct. 80. by Rev.
F. w Pattison. Cortland r. Finch and
Miss Sarah G. Kendrick, both of North
field
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-02
TALLEST MAN DIES.

j. w. Patterson of Texas Measured
Seven Feet. Five Inches.
TEXARKANA. Tex. Nov > J.
W. Patterson. reputed to be the taIlcst
man in the United States, died of bright
disease Sunday night at his home in
BloOmburg. lie was seven feet, five
inches tell.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-02

Roosevelt, viii await the result at LIS
lome IL Hyde Park, \. Y.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-01-03
LURE TO THE ADVENTUROUS
Through All the Ages Man Has Dared
Every Danger In the Search for
Beautiful Things.

Now, a thing Of beauty that is rare
and difficult to obtain seems ever to
have exercised an Irresistible lure TO
adventurous man. To possess 1t he
will suffer the hardships of the high
est mountain climb. or risk the al
most certain dangers of disease In
tropic zones. He will dare death at
the hands Of savage enemies and pur-
sue his quest far into the regions of
unknown wids.
Into the depths of shark-infested
seas he dives with the hope Of secur-
Ing lustrous pearl. Then 10 the top
most Alpine peak he climbs for a rare
specimen of the edelwe ss A glitter
Ing jewel In an idols head may tempt
him to invade the sacred precincts of
al Indian temple, or beautiful flow
er lure him far into the primeval for
ests of Brazil, Colombia or Peru.
To this spirit the civilized world
owes not only its greatest geographic
discoveries and important additions
TO scientific knowledge, but to 1t is
also due the discovery of many of
natures choicest things of beauty
things whose practical value may be
but slight, but whose appeal is TO the
artistic and esthetic sense-National
Geographic Society Rrlietin.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-01-03
ALLIES PREPARE TO
EFFECT PEACE PACT
PRESIDENT WILSON MAY CALL
LEAGUE MEETING AS WAS
ORIGINALLY PLANNED.
Notice of First Meeting of Council to
be Given Soon Following Ratifl-
cation Exchanges. Premier
Clemenceau May Preside.

Paris.-Informal notice of the first
meeting of the council of the league
of nations will probably be given a day
or two after the exchange of ratifica-
lions of the treaty of Versailles. Am
bassador Wallace cabled the state de-
partment in Washington to this effect
after Monday mornings meeting of
the supreme council, which had the
question under consideration.
1t Is still an open question whether
the formal call for the meeting shall
be issued by President Wilson as orig
inally provided for, or whether in
view OF the fact that the United
States has not ratified the treaty the
call shall be issued by Premier Glenn
cnceau, the president of the peace con-
ference.
Under the terms of the peace treaty
Germany was to furnish by December
81 a statement regarding number of
different questions dealt with by the
treaty. AS the exchange of ratifica-
lions Is not yet definitely in sight,
however, the council considered the
possibility of extending the time for
this statement.
The conditions under which Ger
many is to turn over the light cruisers
demanded as part of the reparation for
the destruction of the Scapa Flow
fleet also were discussed by the couh-
cil
The difficulty arising from the fact
that the United States has not rati-
fled the treaty ana President Wilson
consequently will not be able to issue
an official convocation will be sur
mounted, according to the councils
plan, by President Wilson issuing an
unofficial call.
1t is considered here impossible that
the first meeting of the council will
be held In Washington, as originally
provided. The impression here is
that the members of the council will
be asked to come to Paris.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-01-03
B0SCHEE'S SYRUP.

A cold is probably the most COM
mon Of all disorders and when neglect
ed Is apt to be most dangerous. Sta
tistics show that more than three
times as many people died from In
huenza last year, as were killed In
the greatest war the world has ever
known. For the last fifty-three years
Boschee's Syrup has been used for
coughs, bronchitis, colds. throat ir-
ritation and especially lung troubles.
1t gives the patient a good nights
rest. free from coughing, with easy
expectoration In the morning. Made
In America and used in the homes of
thousands Of families all over the
civilized world. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-01-03
Important to all Women
Readers Of this Paper

Thousands upon thousands Of women
have kidney or bladder trouble and never
suspect it.
Women's complaints often prove to BE-
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in healthy con-
dition, they may cause the other organs
to become diseased.
You may suffer pain in the back, head
ache and loss of ambition.
Poor health makes you nervous, irrita-
BILE and may be Respondent; it makes any
one so.
But hundreds of women claim that Dr..
Kilmer's Swamp Root, by restoring
health to the kidneys, proved to be just
the remedy needed to overcome such
conditions.
Many send for sample bottle to see
what Swamp-Root, the great kidney,
liver and bladder medicine, will do for
them. By enclosing ten cents to Dr..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, you
may receive sample size bottle by Parcel
Post. You can purchase medium and
large size bottles at all drug stores.-Adv.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-01-03
PROVED CURVATURE OF EARTH
Scientist Settled Disputed Question,
But Loser Proved Himself to 30
I fA "Poor Sport"

1t will scarcely be believed that the
question of the shape of the earth
could ever have disturbed the peace
full atmosphere of the law courts. Yet
in 1870 the question. indirectly indeed
did come before three learned judges.
and the case excited a deal of inter-
est and amazement. The circumstances
were as follows:
The plaintiff, one Hampden, enter
tained the opinion that the world was
not round, and Issued an advertise
ment In a paper challenging phlloso-
pliers, diyines and scientific professors
to prove contrary from Scripture. rea-
son or fact. He deposited $1,000 In
bank, to be forfeited to anyone who
could prove to the satisfaction of any
Intelligent referee thnt there was such
a thing as a convex railway, canal or
lake.
The challenge was taken up by no
less a person than the late Prof. Alfred
Russell Wallace. who proved to the
satisfaction of the referee the curya-
ture to and fro Of the Berford level
canal between Whitney bridge and
Welsh's dam (six miles) to the extent
of five feet, more or less. and the S2,-
800 was paid over to him.
But he did not keep It, The plain
tiff apparently began to see that he
was making a fool of himself, and
brought an action and recovered back
his deposit on the ground that the
whole affair was wager, and there
fore illegal.-Springfleld Republican.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-01-03
Iapanese Masks of Shame.

One of the most unusual features of
q japanese court to stranger Is the
fact that each prisoner has his head
covered by wicker mask, more like
an inverted waste-basket than any
thing else, the object of which Is to
prevent recognition of the prisoner. TO
permit him to hide his shame under
the disguise and very possibly. TO pre-
vent him from making a bolt for lib
erty.
The sight of a prisoner so arrayed is
CHASTITY, the mask bringing up the sug-
gestion of the hangman's cap.
Once In the prisoners box. how
ever, the masks are removed, while
the prisoners sit with deeply bowed
heads in an attitude of the utmost hui
mility.-Boston Post.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-01-03
Nasty
Colds
Get instant relief with
"Pape's Cold Compound"

Don't stay stuffed-upl Quit blowing
and snufflingl A dose of "Pape's Cold
Compound" taken every two hours I'M
til three doses are taken usually breaks
up cold and ends all grippe misery.
The very first dose opens your
clogged-up nostrils and the air pass
ages of the head; stops nose running
relieves the headache, dullness fever
ishness, sneezing, soreness and stiffness.
"Pape's Cold Compound" Is the
quickest, surest relief known and costs
only few cents at drug stores. 1t acts
without assistance. Tastes uice. Con-
tains no quinine. Insist on Pape's! AID.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-01-03
Novel Stunt In ADVERTISING.

They are not so slow in Russia as
many Of us imagine. An American re-
lates that while Ia Moscow before the
war he one day saw crowd gathered
around little fellow who was bawl-
ing at the top of his lungs. Many
asked him what the trouble was, but
he kept on crying, and the crowd In
creased; then all Of sudden he stop
ped and said In clear, loud voice: Il
am lost VIII somebody please take
me home to Ivan Tobinsky, the cham
pion clothier of Moscow, who has a
full supply of autumn overcoats, suits.
neckties. shirts, hats and umbrellas,
which he will sell chearer than anyone
else In the city.s-Boston Transcript.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-01-03
LONG FACES
"Cascarets" for Liver
and Bowels bring
back Smiles

Turn the ''kill-joys" out-the head
ache, biliousness, Indigestion, the SICK
sour stomach and misery-making gases
turn them out tonight and keep them
out with Cascarets.
Millions of men and women take q
Cascaret now and then and never
know the misery caused by lazy liver
clogged bowels, or an upset stomach.
Don't put In another day Of distress.
Let Cascarets cleanse your stomach !;
remove the sour. fermenting food; take
the excess bile from your liver and
carry out all the constipated waste
matter and poison In the bowels. Then
you will feel great.
A Cascaret tonight straightens you
out by morning. They work while you
sleep.-Adv..
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-01-03
NOTED PHYSICIAN DEAD.
DR.. Osler Dies After Several Weeks
lInesss in England.


Oxford, England-Sir William Os-
Ter, noted physician, who had been
Ill for several weeks, died here De-
cember %.
DR.. Osler was professor of medicine
at Johns Hopkins university from 1880
to 1904. He was born in Canada in
1910.
In 1905, at the Commemoration day
excuses of Johns Hopkins university
of Baltimore, III which he served as
professor of medicine, DR.. Osler deliv-
cred the address In which he spoke of
1.-THE comparative uselessness of men
above 40 years of age" His words,
then spoken without thought of how
far-reaching they would be, passed
round the world in garbled form of
every variety. He was quoted as hav-
Ing said, in effect, that men past that
age were of no value in the progress
of humanity and that men who had
reached the age of 90 should be chloro-
formed. DIR. Osler remained silent for
long time before issuing denial
that he had made such statement.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-01-03
Bryan to Begin CAMPAIGN.

Washington.-The news comes from
Omaha that William J. Bryan has de-
clded to tour the country and make
series of speeches In which he will
tell the Democratic party what the
Democratic national platform of 1920
should contain. Many here are inclined
to think Mr.. Bryan's tour is designed
to feel out the country on his candi-
dacy for fourth nomination.