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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-02-12
Freedom Through
the Truth
By ROBT McWATTY RUSSELL, ID. ID.
Professor of Bible Doctrine and
Homiletics
Moody Bible Institute, Chicago

TEXT-And We shall know the truth and
the truth shall make you free.-John S:32
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-02-12

Messrs. Walsh, Dunno and Ryan.
whom the Americans OF Irish blood
sent across to work for ''free Ire
land" have succeeded in arousing the
hot resentment of the British against
what many of them say is the unwar-
ranted interference of the United
States in n matter that does not con-
Germ IT, The delegation, visiting in Ire
land, was feted and escorted by Sim
Fein leaders and Mt the same time, ac-
cordIng TO hostile journals, was openly
Boosting that 1t has received strong en-
couragement from President Wilson
and that Lloyd George would receive
1t on is return to Paris.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-02-12

The American Legion. in process Of
organization by veterans of the great
war, opened a caucus in st. Louis with
a thousand delegates present and Lieut..
Col. Theodore Roosevelt In the chair.
The first sessions developed decided
dissension between the National Guard
end the regular army. The feelings OF
the former we're voiced by Col. Bennett
Clark, son of Champ Clark, in the Ma
tional Guard convention, when he de
clared that the regular army "must he
smashed However. he is fighting
against the effort to have regular army
of the Southern delegates were work
ing hard against the admission OF
negroes to membership.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-02-12

Belgium having been given satisfac-
ton as to the parts of the treaty which
didn't suit her at first, the only one Of
the allied and associated nations that
still held out against the pact was
China. The cabinet at Picking, ii was
said, had instructed the Chinese dele
gates not to sign any treaty that trans
ferred TO japan the former German
rights In Shantung. Japan's victory in
the allied council has greatly stirred
China and there is danger Of anti-for-
eign outbreaks there
Press comment on the treaty, which
indicates or forms public opinion, is
varied. The German papers, of course,
denounce many of the terms as brutal
and impossible of acceptance. Those
Of France praise the pact rather Z
ly. In England some journals commend
the treaty highly and others condemn
Ii. The American press generally looks
on the peace terms as satisfactory.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-02-12

Marshal Foch persisted to the last in
his demand that France should be
guaranteed In some way against future
armed attack by Germany. 1t was re-
ported that President Wilson and Pre-
mier Lloyd George gave him measur-
able satisfaction by promising to ask
congress and parliament, respectively,
to authorize an open agreement that
the United States and Great Britain
would 90 instantly to the aid Of France
IL she were attacked. However, if the
terms Of the treaty as written are car
ried out, Germany will have very little
left with which to carry on military
enterprises. She couldn't get far with
an army of 100000 men, a puny navy,
no submarines and no armed planes,
and with the Notifications Of Helgo-
land and the Rhine valley demolished.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-01
WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 1, 1920.
ADVICE TO RAILROADS.

To the general public the suggestions
of Federal Judge George Anderson OF
Boston. formerly a member of the inter
state commerce commission, to the rail-
road men in Boston sounds sensible and
helpful. The judge criticizes the book
kepping of railroads because 1t IS the
most elaborate and expensive and at
the. same time the most inadequate and
generally the worst used in any great
business in the world. 1t lacks cost
accounting and most of our railroad
men don't know when they are getting
a new dollar for an old one"
He also condemns the absurd scheme
of paying the same scale of wages all
over the country. regardless of living
conditions and of the amount of work
required. to all men holding job carry
ing the same name" He continued,
The artificial standardization of wages
on a mere money basis-that is, regard
less of money purchasing power in var
ious sections and of the quantity and
quality of service required of such en-
ployes as station agents and freight
handlers in large overworked sections,
as compared with small stations in which
the business is limited to two or three
hours a day-cannot be justified. This
utterly unsound and unjust Standard
cation hits northern New England very
heavily. 1t is in my opinion, the plain
duty of all charged with responsibility
for this situation to deal with it an'
at once before further financial disaster
ensues."
Besides being wise this advice reveals
another remedy than raising freight and
passenger rates to extortionate levels
something that has been repeatedly tried
without giving rclief-for present rail
road ills Railroad managers may justly
claim that present wage conditions have
been forced upon them by a labor con-
trollcd government, but they should be
able to show the injustice of such reg
ulations and relieve themselves of them.
They also should give the revenue pro-
ducing public more intelligent and eff
ficient service than that indicated by
Judge Anderson and see if that would
not relieve the patrons of the roads from
more excessive rates than they are now
paying.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-01
Free Advice.
(Rutland HeraId.l

Free advice is usually worthless and
often the most expensive thing a person
can use, so the following may be dis
counted accordingly. There are, how
over, certain underlying facts that tell
their own story.
The delegations from Rutland and La
noble counties in the legislature arc
likely to be found pretty sOlidly aligned
for the restoration of. the normal schools
at Johnson and Castleton. not so solidv
aligned against Il teachers college some
u'~cc in Vermont. and decidedly "from
Missouri when it comes to the whole ed
ucational problem.
This condition will be more or Joss re-
Elected in other delegations and in the
minds of MANY other legislators so It
@"ems f9irlv clear that the more the
friends of Johnson and Castleton concen-
trate on something on which ma ioritv
""n agree the nearer thev will come to
tho accomplishment of their plans.
The Herald is neutral in rnenpct 70
these normal schools. Tt has believed in
tho plan for central normal school hut
with the whole matter in the air and the
chances of a deadlock fairly certain be-
tween those who favor the teachers col
'o~" in connection with the University
If Vermont and those who favor it else
where, II gets down to saving what we
hove. What follows. then, is not only
0rqtuitous but possibly open to miscor-
g rf'rtT0n.
What will tbe two DELEGATIONS and the
two normal school committees gain bv
scattering their fire?
What will thev gain nv Instantly an
70 "orizing the friends of the present
school system. the present school board
""d the present commissioner of educa-
tion?
The logic of the whole situation points
tn concentrating on one or two thinps.
excluding all controversial matter so far
as nossihlo. md "going after the bacon, !"
as the sporting phrase has il.
One Of the prime essentials of such
a nlan is getting together. so The Hor-
AIDS free advice gets down to Iamoille
county and RutIand county co-onerating
on a practical program and cutting ont
everything that tends to work against II |
In other words, omit the Stearns plan
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-01
A CHEERING PROMISE.

There is assurance in the statement
of Admiral Benson. bead of the United
States Shipping board, that prosecution
of graft cases and other Offenses by
shipping board employees will soon be
commenced in several cities and that
new cases will be submitted for prose
cution wherever they originate. The
country has been shocked by the revela-
tions made by witnesses before the
Welsh investigating committee and fur
Their discouraged by the thought that
nothing will be done about it"
History confirms this thought because
very few prosecutions have followed the
exposure of glazing dishonesty of polit-
ical organizations in previous investiga-
tions. The exposure of dishonesty and
wanton waste by the airplane board was
CLOSED over by the secretary of war and
no accounting ever made for the misuse
of government funds. The nauseous
meat scandal of the Spanish-American
war days did not bring punishment to
any of the offenders and numerous other
instances might be cited
The public hopes that the beginning
of prosecutions in the shipping scandals
is the establishment of a new policy of
bringing the defrauders of the govern
ment to justice. We arc watching in
a hopeful spirit.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-01

direct market, but the constant interpo-
sition of the middleman, with his toll
of profit or profiteering, has kept the
food producer from realizing his fair
share of the final price paid by the pro-
Queer.
The Herald doubts whether the fed
eral government can proftably or eff
fiCiently go into the business of help
ing the farmers to market their produce
direct. It's conduct of other similar aids
to the poor, distressed agriculturist have
not been exactly a bowling success but
possibly some way can be found to help
a little. -
In the end, the matter gets back. to the
farmers themselves, their county bureaus,
their cooperative creameries, dairymen's
associations and other agencies which
they can more or less control. Much is
being done in that line, and probably
more can be done as time goes on.
Congress can we'll afford to heed the de-
mand of the farmer for help in getting
fair share of the price paid for his
produce but before it gets into legisla-
ton along extension lines it might be
well for congressman to hesitate and
cast a judicial eye over a few somewhat
SOLDERING failures along that line.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-01
Today S Events

Birthday greetings to Queen Alexandra
rs years old today.
Gen. Alvaro Obregn will be FORMALLY,
lnaugurated today as president of Mexi-
co. -
The National Association of Commits
slners OF agriculture meets in annual ses.
sion today at Chicago.
Representatives of the five Central Am.
erlcan republics are to confer TODAY at
San Jose, Costa, Rica, on plans for a
closer union.
Housing problems and ways to promote
ownership of homes will be considered at
the twelfth annual Governors conference.
opening today at Harrisburg, Pa
Many speakers of prominence are IN
be heard at the quadrennial meeting az
the Federal Council of Churches of Christ
IN America, which is to begin its SEES.
slons today In Boston
Whether the present liberal govern
ment of Premier Oliver shall be retained
IN power in British Columbia or replaced
by a conservative government under w.
j. Bowser will be determined by the re-
suit OF the provincial election today.
Two widely known officers of the e
,. army-Brlg. Gen. John Bidde who
commanded the American troops in Eng
land during the World war, and Brig.
zen, Henry G. Hodges. jr., who com
manded the Seventy sixth division-yill
be placed on the retired list TODAY on
their own applications
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-01
Dissecting Miscellany.
Rutland Herald.)

A close reader and student of The Her
aid calls attention to some very interest
ing mlSStatementS in a recent bit of mis-
cellany published in these columns under
the head of Twenty Years Ago:
]. Ladies wore bustles." Ask your
wife, says this critic, and actually most
of us will remember that the hustle
dates back nearer 40 years than 20.
:. Operations were rare" Opera
lions are always rare in Il comparative
sense, says the critic, as the overwhelm-
ing majority of people never need to ex-
perience the operating table, yet most
OF us can remember distinguished sur
geons of 20 years ago operating almost
night and day.
3. Nobody swatted the fly" The
crusade against flies began in 1898 dur
ing the Spanish-American war, when
camp doctors proved beyond question
that flies were directly responsible for
typhoid cOntagion.
4. Nobody had seen a silo." Con
gresham Frank l.. Green distinctly re-
members taking a lecture in his newspa
per days on silo advantages delivered by
George Gregory Smith, as far back as
1885: Some one must have built silo
by that time.
;. Nobody had appendicitis" They
had it all right but called it infamma-
ton of the bOweIs-and died of it.
6. Nobody wore white shoes
Yachtsmen, tennis players. baseball
players and many others have worn
white shoes in Europe for half a CEN
fury, certainly. Some of us can re-
member them prior to 1900 pretty gen.
orally worn, too.
z. Cream was five cents pint.
He means milk was five cents quart.
The oldest inhabitant" hasn't yet re-
called any good old times when cream
could be bought by the pint for half
that. As a matter of fact, folks who
took in" milk took in enough to skim.
s. You never heard of a tin Liz
zie." Not by that name, but the automo
bile dates back to 1898.
9. Doctors wanted to see your
tongue" They do yet.
10. Advertisers did not tell the
truth"
II: Nobody cared for the price of
gasoline"
Do they now?
u "The hired girl drew one-fifty a
week" Reliable memories set the min
imum at So and hard to keep them at
u Folks said pneumatic tires were
a joke" Some of us can remember
doing some pretty good mileage on BIZ
cycle pneumatics considerably before
that time
ii. Publishing country newspaper
was not a business" Back files indi-
cate that such papers as the st. Adams
Messenger Free Press. Rutland Herald
and a half score of Vermont weeklies
we're doing a fairly good business even
hen.
One might continue through the whole
article, which was reprinted in The Her
aid from an exchange without much
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-01

The Reforner 10 on salS every evening by
the following news Dealers:
BrattleborC, Brattleboro News Co: c, nv "
Cleaveland, S. L. Purtnton 6EstsySvIlIIel
Rrooks House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot News
stand, Gilbert J. Pollica, 27 South Main St
(Fort Drummer district.
West BrsttIebOrO, J. L. stoskwsn.
East Dummerston, Nj. 2. BrowR-
Putney, NJ. G. Williams.
Mewfane. N M. Bstchsldsr.
wet TownRhend, C. 81. GroUt
Jamaica, r J, DAEgett.
South Londonderry, r. II. TylsT'
South Vernon, Z. B. Buhum.
NorthHe1d, Mass Thompson Bros
west Chesterfield, II. r., Mrs. W. stT@stsf.
HinRdals, n. r. w. 81. Lyman
GreerHeld, MAEs, Greenfield News Cs-
Greenfield, Mass. c. A. Hays
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-01
Today's Birthdays.

Queen Alexandra, mother of King
George of England, born in Copenhagen,
rs years ago today.
Edward I. Edwards, the present COVER
nor of New Jersey, born in Jersey City
81 years ago today.
Brig Gen. Mark L. Hersev. U. s. A,
who has been assigned to the command
Of Camp Devens, born at Stetson, Maine,
81 years ago today.
Samuel NJ. Ralston, former governor
Of Indiana, born in Tuscarawas county
Ohio, GO years ago today.
DR. William T. Hornaday. director of
the New York Geological park, born at
Plaintield, Ind. sc years ago today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-01
Little Benny'S
Note Book
By LEE PAPE..
Herray for the North Pole.
Dioy

A Play.
Scene, ice al GROUND.
Captin. IL we don't see the North
Pole pritty soon wy / don't believe there
is eny.
list sailer. Lets toss up to decide
weather we GO back or not. I'm tired
looking at Eskimoes.
End sailer. Nobody cant say this amt
a cold climate.
Bird sailer. Wat lattytude and longi-
tude is this, captin?
Captin. Wat do you ALWAYS wunt
to know that for?
Bird sailer. 0 jest for the sake of
joggriffy.
1st sailer 1t awt to be sumwares err
round heer for the simple reason because
We've looked eyerywares elts. O look
at the big vale, lets chase it
End sailer. This is bizniss trip.
Sd saller. Wat lattytude and longitude
are we now, captin?
Captin. I'm bizzy thinking
LIST saller. There goes lot of more Es-
kimoes. If they dident look so mulch
alike there mite be more variety to them.
2nd sailer. If its as cold GROUND the
South Pole as wat it is erround heer,
they're welcme to it.
Sd sailer. Would you mind telling me
wat lattytude and longitude it is now,
Captin? q.
Captin. l certeny wood.
LIST sailer Ice ice nuthing but ice and
the people GROUND the equator that RELY
I'd saller. Pole pole | SPY the pole.
Sd sailer.. Does it look like the north
one? Holey smoaks who knows wat lat
tytude and longitude this is?
Everybody Herray.
The end.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-01
Tcday's Anniversaries.

lSl6-Seth Thomas, the founder of the
clock manufacturing industry in
America, born at Tbomaston, Conn
Died there. April q, 1888
lS46-The lower tariff law of the United
States went into effect.
ls6O-King Victor Emmanuel made his
public entry into Sicily.
lS10-The Mormons in Utah incorporated
lions Cooperative Mercantile In
stitution
O'Donnell condemned to
death for shooting James Carey,
the informer in the Phoenix park
murder cases in Dublin.
l890-Irish Home Rulers in parliament
met to take action in the Parnell
case.
l9o0-The German emperor declined to
receive President Kruger
l9l9-Lady Astor. formerly Mamie Lang
horne of Virginia. took the oath
as member of the British house
of commons.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-01
Bio Demand for Maple.

Maple appears in fifty of the fifty
five industries into which the uses Of
wood In the United States are gen.
orally divided. No other wood has a
record so nearly approaching univer-
sal use. Oak, red gum, Eastwood and
birch approach maple, but fall little
short. 1t appears in a few Industries
where they are not found. Maple leads
all other woods of the United States
in the industry which produces boot
and shoe findings. (
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-01

Prison doors are yawning for the peo-
pie who are selling poisoned liquor
which kills. The punishment which was
accorded DR." Bisbee some years ago
ought to prove enough warning, says the
Barre Times, with the sale in that city
of home-brewed knockout drops fresh
in its memory. If those who concoct
such stuff would only try it out on them
selves first. The door of the undertaken
yawns, too.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-01

The Thetford correspondent of the
Barre Times suggests that the coming leg
islature consider the repeal of the law
requiring horse-drawn vehicles to carry
lights in the night, saying it is seldom
observed and never enforced. A ser
ious smashup some night may wake up
the Thetford citizens. 1t is no fault of
the legislature that the law isn't enforced
in their town.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-01
In The Days News.

Aware Obregn, who takes office TODAY
as president of Mexico, is more of mas
ter of the southern republic than any Of
Unlike other men who have made his.
tory in Mexico he is not soldier by
training, but rose to distinction and now
err after 80 years spent in the peaceful
pursuit of farming. Nevertheless. when
the occasion demanded, he proved himself
a military leader of unusual ability. He
first appeared largely on the Mexican
map when, III the revolution of Francisco
Madero. he raised troop of Yadui In
dams and defeated the federals in a sue
eession of battles. Later he took up the
banner of Carranza against Huerta and
more recently took part in the movement
resulting in the overthrow of the Car
rama government and the election Of
himself as president
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-01

History repeated itself up in Stowe the
other day when a sawdust-filled cuspi-
dQre caught fire from match or cigar
stub and burned a hole in the floor and
partition before it was discovered. A
receptacle of this nature may be a nee
essity in some places but why not sub
stitute something freproof for the ancient
wooden box filed with infammable ma
eerial?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-01
Education.

Education is the leading of human
souls to what is best and making what
is best out of them, and these two OBJ
jects are always attainable together
and by the same means. The training
which makes men happiest in them
selves also makes them most service
able to others.-Ruskin,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-01
TO TFF sUBscRIBKRA,

Il IL the aim of the management - sesurs
eficiunt service In the delivery OF tina paper
each night, and 1t solieits the cooperation OF
subscribers to that end. Prompt reports should
be Eiven of each failure 60 receiSe the paper
on the morning following the omission IN
person, by telephone or postal card, thus ca
ablinK the cause of the error 20 be promptly
sdy Immediately applied. Il IL only BY this
method that thu publisher can secure the de-
sired seryiee.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-01
Owens Thoroughbred Nightmare.

One night last week. Owen Baugh
dreamed he was a race horse. He arose
from the bed and went galloping around
the room, flew the track, went to jump
what he supposed was fence but was
the upstairs window but when he picked
himself up and stood on his hind legs,
he found he was somewhat bruised.
Oren was in town Sunday and said it
was some experience but did not want to
repeat it. 1t might have been worse but
we are glad he is doing well.-Aurora
Advertiser
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-01

in all of its destructive features and Law
out plan for building up what we have,
not tearing it down. Specifically, CON
centrate on the two normal schools and
let the rest of the educational problem
come up from other sources.
We don't know how this looks to the
eminent fulminator from Johnson, but
it sounds like good sense down this way.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-01
Farmers Market Problems.
(Rutland Herald

Among the fairly audible demands to
come before the new congress, that of
the farmers will probably make some
disturbance. Farmers have not profited
of the plans proposed is for cooperative
marketing under government supervision.
Vermont has done something along
the line of aiding the farmer to find a
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-01
Something New in Christenings.

western correspondent sends in this
clipping, showing what a dog-goned
transposition will do to an otherwise
perfectly good news item:
Mary Beatrice was the name bestowed
upon the little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
W. II. Lubkeman at the christening
ceremony held last Thursday, the Rev.
w. T. Renison officiating. Miss Lottie
Boyd and John Whorton are the dog
parents.-Printer's Auxiliary
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-01

The eyes of the Rutland Herald edi-
tor must have been "peregrinating" for
be makes the sprightly observation that
moleskin coats with fur collars seem
to be a big help to the young women who
are still trolling 'em down"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-01

Commercial travellers of Manchester,
Y. H, have asked the incoming Ne,
Hampshire legislature to enact laws re-
quiring longer bed sheets in hotels. Are
New Hampshire sheets shorter than those
of other states or are the travelling sales
men of Manchester taller?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-01

Surgeon General Cummings regards the
nation as immune to any serious vista
ton of influenza this season. May he
be correct in his view of the situation.
We have paid dearly for the immunity.