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The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-03-19
Plea for Natural History.

we content ourselves with a knowl.
edge or the tongues. and little skill
IN philology. or history. perhaps, and
antiquity; and neglec' that which to
me seems more mat. !. mean ma.
tural history. do not ,iiscommend OF
derogate from those other studies: !
snouid betray mine own ignorance
ana weakness should I do 70; only
w'sn they might not altogether jostle
ana exclude this. wish that this
might be brought in fashion amonc
us.-John Nay (loel).
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any one If them-and 1t forces the
men who are about recovered and who
do not need to learn Il trade, to be-
come very ambitious.
In this shop. where only the cOnva-
lescent come, the aide doesn't find SO
much to do to keep the men contented.
Away from her ward in this broader
atmosphere they are more patient
about home difficulties and willing to
face the responsibility Of managing the
home farm for parent more disabled
than the son. not only with good cheer.
but with real neutrality-suspicious. man
stating that his responsibility was so
great that he really couldn't afford the
time to get lined up in dairying.
Across in Il second corridor the men
are sick. The aide says: "Oh. SD sick.
with such awful wounds to he dressed"
Therefore. she sees that each man gets
in touch with the Red Cross. or repre-
, sentative 1T the war risk insurance.
or whatever will satisfy him. Petty
troubles bother. He can hardly pass
by any Inconvenience of hospital serv-
ice with Il smile--thOugh the smile Is
the usual response. One IF the things
the reconstruction aide has stood for
| that has made her organization strong
and perhaps done more than anything
else to win for her the deep respect
of the patients. Is the policy Of her or
ganizatiOn to look after little wants.
the idea being to avoid treating a man
In piecemeal fashion. So through a
! ''want car,l' she checks off the mans
needs and sends this along to whatever
OrganizatiOn-leed Cross, Y. II. c. A..
library-whose business l.: to look
after these. These may he an auto
| ride or visitor. or candy. ar smokes.
1t has taken SO much effort to give
this balanced service and to be the
connecting link between the mans
army and civilian life. t" always he
on the hopeful side. that she has won
the confidence of the men-iust as ii
she. too. had gone over the top in serv-
ice. Uncle Sam didn't tell her to do
this, hut IN this large hospital she has
done 1t, and it has made reconstruc-
tNvu osiC w luV uISSVSt IIluuclCeS Ill
war work.
The reader will hardly realize what
it means for these men to take this
initiative until he remembers that for
months, ever since they left home. they
have been asked to let go Of all their
own plans. to forget ambition. to let
others think personally for them. and
to submit to the will of others. These
soldiers We're not just TO play at letting
go. They had really let go. otherwise
they could not look constantly toward
one itlea-that Of the reason for the
war. and the way to win it. So when
it's over. it's like bringing ones self
back I" life again. No wonder there
is drama in this work
This reconstruction program is be-
! ing carried out by trained workers from
among the people. 1t remains for the
home communities to continue the
work as the discharged men return.
The first step Is understanding the
men. 1t Is what they crave most. On
this account the influence Of recon
structton In the military hospitals
should be known by the public.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-03-19

Otner OCCASION ike the recent war.
Let the reader picture this story rs
1t is taking place in the largest Of the
reconstruction hospitals. Starting in
the Office and lecture room of the arts
blue uniforms with snappy white
aprons and caps-One feels an eXpan-
sive atmosphere. It's like a big bust
ness Office and a store combined.
One Of these workers. as she takes
you down long corridor No. l.. to the
wards and workshops. assures you
that the making of the article ia the
least part Of their work, and that al
though strong organization has been
built by the members of her group
connecting M with all the large clubs
and organizations outside the hos
pital that can help out and bring Op-
portunities to the men. still this Is all
kept in the background while The work
er-the aide or bluebirtl. as the men
call her-getS in close touch with the
patients and keeps herself as much like
home person as possible. She will
he bit excited while telling you this.
because she knows how hard it Is in
the army to keep these workers under
the necessary regulations and routine
and ut the same time make them feel
free and fOrceful enough to help a pa
tient find cOntentment and vocational
interest. She knows that she can't
explain this. and SO gets stirred up a
hit. and then calms herself. and is
ready to enter the large workshops and
point out to you what Is really happen
ing.
It's easy enough for you to see that
the man with his arm in Il slim; is
learning to use his other hand in MAX
ing the reed lamp: that the man who
stands at Il fOOtlOOm exercises his Grip.
pied hip in the reaching that the post
er work Is more than interesting pas
time for the tine-l"oking young man
whom YOU are told has been g,,ssed !:
that the wood carver is restoring the
use Of stiffened fingers, and that the
idler Is ut least in good atmosphere
But the bigger influence Of all this is
wholly hidden from the OnlOOker. Ey-
cry one of these men is studying some
thing that will help him in his trade
Some are taking courses In correspond.
ence schools. getting, ready for few
months training when athey get out.
One Of these has been lumberman
hut his disability Is such that lie must
have Il less active job. At present he
is not decided whether he will learn
90 he foreman In managing lumber
mentor he really knows this work of
the woods and has PERSONAL---VERY.
whether he will take the course neces-
sary tn make him Il draughtsman. The
aide has brought him all the informa.
ton she can get her hands on, and
mOre-she has got him In touch with
men who know about both vocations.
One of the men who Is losing his eye
sight permanently is learning Il trade
right in the sllol,-reed work. A
dolls cradle has been done so well
that firm has promised him a job
as soon IA he's a bit more proficient.
All these things that the different men
are doing for themselves seem to Gre
ate an inspiring nfiuence-bigger than
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-03-19

4 famous mathematician Of the early
eighteenth century who perceived that
the bottoms Of the cells in beehive
were formed BY three lozenge-shaped
plates measured the angles Of the ios.
enges. The greater were 100 deg. .
,nin.. the iexser. 70 deg. 80 min. An.
other msn Of science. marveling 1t
the precision Of the angles. pro-
pounded the following problem 70
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Bodies of Gear and Family
Burned by Sulphuric Acid
Went to Aid Dying Woman,
Found She Was His Mother.

Crossing the street to offer
aid to IL woman he saw sitting
on the steps of an apartment
.h0uSe in BeIoit, Wis, Earl
Fiese found his mother dying
from apopleXy. She was on her
way home from shopping and
died soon after her son reached
her.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-03-19
l13KT. kx1Nz7YG

HERE is not one Of the re.
turned disabled who does
not say all the time he 10
in any yne Of the sixteen
reconstruction hospitals
that his discharge Is what
he wants most and he will
keep on saying 1t after he
offs n mud arrives homo.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-18
ONE PRISONER
TASTED 63 DAYS
Starved Himself TO Death TO Escape
GuiIlotine - One Man Imprisoned
In Mine 90 Days.

PARIS, Oct. 18.-The long hunger
strike of Mayor MaeSwiney of Cork has
caused much discussion here as to how
long it is possible for a man TO fast. DIR.
Socquet has told the Paris Midi that the
record is 90 days without food set by
William Granier in 1881.
"Granier had been sentenced to death
and was confined in the prison of Tou-
louise" said Dir. Socauet. He had a
horror of the guillotine and to save him
self from death by that instrument de-
termined to starve which he did after
Many hungcr-strikers have lived
longer than could nave been expected, -
lie went on. There are the cases Of
Tanner. Succi and Merlatti, the latter of
whom starved for 48 days while he lost
one quarter of his weight. Taylor
tells of the case of a worker who
was imprisoned in a mine for 60 days
without food. lie lived three days after
his rescue and died as a result of being
excessively fed. Many l~unatics have re-
fused to take food for 20, 30, or even 40
no rule can be established as to
length of time a man can fast. His en-
DURANGO will depend upon his previous
health, his constitution and also upon
his spiritual condition which is very I'M
portant. 1t Is we'll known that a starv-
ing man may increase his endurance a
great deal by drinking water
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-18
DYEING PLANT IN AsHUELoT.
National Dyeing and Bleaching Works
InstaIls Machinery.

Equipped with the latest machinery
and appliances for doing all kinds of
plain and fancy dyeing, the Natioanl
Dyeing and Bleaching Works in Ashuelot.
n. H, are open. after a delay of several
weeks due to the n%On-arrival of dyeing
tubs and extractors. The officers Of the
new concern are: President. William L..
McEvoy, formerly of Lewandos and now
IN charge of the dyeing at the plant of
the Hampshire Wooden company Of Ashue-
lot; vice president and treasurer, Frank
{. Fairbanks, merchant and lumber
dealer of Ashuelot; secretary, Clarence
Z. Fairbanks, formerly assistant score
tary. Springfield branch. National Metal
Trades association and secretary of the
Automobile club of Springfield. Mass.
The plant is situated in the center of
the town, near the Hampshire Wooden
cOmpany's plant.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-18
PROBABLY KILLED BY AUTO.
Body of Thomas Quinton Found Beside
Stone Wall Near Bellows Falls.

BELLOWS FALLS, Oct. 1S.-The
body of Thomas Quinton, aged 80 years,
was found Friday afternoon about 4
o'clock. by DIR. b. T. Mousley of Wal
pole. The doctor was on his way from
Bellows Falls to Walpole and while
driving along the Cold River, n. H.,
road about one-half mile from this town,
found the body at the foot of a stone
wall. Quinton's skull was fractured.
The deceased man made his home
with W. w. Cheney, who lives on a
farm in Walpole Valley. He left home
about ! o'clock Thursday night for Bel
lows Falls. and when he had not re-
turned in the morning. Cheney notified
the selectmen of Walpole.
The only clew as TO the cause of
Ouinton's death is given by Mrs. John
Splane. who resides nearby. Between
30 and 40. as she was about her
homework. her attention was called to
a noise like n crash. Then an auto
passed the house. Later. when she had
finished her household tasks. she took
some o. matches and wont out into the
road. There she found the cap worn by
Mr.. Quinton, but no other trace of an
accidentAor anything could be found.
The evidence seems TO show that
Quinton was hit by the auto and thrown
over the walt.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-18
Mrs. Davis Says Health Was
Completely Restored By
Tanlac After Suffering
for Six Long Years.

"Since taking Tanlac 1 feel better
than | have for years" said Mrs. o. w.
Davis, 301 Depot street, Bennington, Yer
mont, while relating her experience with
the medicine recently. Mrs. Davis is a
member of one of Bennington's best
known and most highly respected families
and is a devout member of the Methodist
church.
4 suffered with my stomach for six or
seven years. she explained, land was
awfully run down. / was troubled a lot
with gas, my food seemed to lie like a
lump of lead in the pit of my stomach
for hours after eating, and the pain was
so severe | could hardly bear it. My ap-
petite failed me, and so many things l
liked hurt me. so bad / had to deny my
self the pleasure of eating them and so
never really enjoyed a meal. Just any
little thing would upset my stomach. and
even a glass of water sometimes increased
the pain.
My condition was such that I couldn't
anywhere without taking the utmost
precautions, and / felt so bad / simply
couldn't enjoy visiting at all. Sometimes
| turned sick and dizzy suddenly and had
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-18
1--WE FOUND The RIGHT
MEDICINE AT LAST:

to sit right down to keep from falling.
Even q short walk tired me out awfully,
My breath was so short / just had to creep
ness and headaches.
Finally l got so bad off l told my hus-
band to get me a bottle of Tanlac, having
heard of so many people in my condition
being relieved by it. 1t soon began to
help me and / realized that l had at last
found the right medicine. &
after taking three bottles l can eat
anything l want without suffering, even
cucumbers, which / couldn't eat at all
before taking Tanlac, do not hurt me and
i just enjoy eating them and other vege-.
tables, even at supper time. | have no
gas at all, the lump like feeling and the
pain in the pit of my stomach has disap-
peared and / nave no more dizzy spells.
/ am able to look after my homework and
take care of a family of eight with ease,
and / enjoy calling on my friends now,
for my troubles are all gone and / can
visit without suffering.
Il am going to take more Tanlac yet,
for / want to be sure its work is well done.
My sister has started taking it on my
recommendation, and / am going to do
all l can to get others in the condition |
was in to try it,"
Tanlac is sold in Brattleboro by the
BrattleborO Drug Co., in South London-
derry by George G.. Smith, in Jamaica
by r. j. Daggett, in Townshend by
Carroll c.. Robinson, in West Towns
hend by GrOut & Dean, and in Newfane
by w. z. Eames.-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-18
PLAN BIG EASTERN REVOLT.
Communist Congress Pledges Support TO
BOlSheyist Program.

WASHINGTON, oct. Is. In a
statement based on its latest and most
reliable official advices relative to the
congress Of peoples of the East. held at
Baku. on the Caspian sea. under Boil
sheyist auspices little more than a month
ago. the state department last night
pointed out the far-reaching character
OF the plans formulated at that confer
ence for stirring revolutionary activi-
ties through the world.
The statement shows that 1891 dele
gates attended the conference. and that
they have scattered with the avowed in
tention of spreading their C~ommunistic
propaganda throughout the East. The
department has been advised that 1878
of those present were native Commu-
nists, and that IS natives and tribes of
Asia and the Caucasus were represented.
Taking a solemn OATH" the an
nouncement by the state department
reads. sworn upon a naked sword.
to work night and day to cause their
respective countries to rise against
capitalism and overthrow it, the 1881
delegates to the congress of peoples of
the East at Baku, ~Azerbaidian. have
~dlsbanded with the avowed intention Of
spreading throughout the East their Com
munlstIc propaganda and organization
in accordance with the purpose of the
congress.
The battlefield of the Soviet move
ment would embrace Asia as well as
Europe under the plans and opinions of
leaders like Zinovieff, the president of
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-18
TWO KILLED IN SMASH.
Fire Truck Crashes Into StOre-FOur
Others Seriously Hurt.

men were killed. a girl was probably fa-
tally injured, and four other persons were
seriously hurt late yesterday when a
motor combination fire truck crashed into
a store front when responding to an alarm.
The men killed were William J. Sullivan,
IL years old, and John Johnson. IS.
The accident happened when Frank
Gaffney, driver Of the apparatus. at
tempted to turn from North Main street
into Ames street. 1t is alleged that he
made the turn too short and that the
truck went up on the sidewalk. The
truck smashed through the front of the
building, ran through the length of the
store and broke through the rear wall.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-18
COUDERT FOR HARDING.
Life Long Democrat Deserts Cox and
Roosevelt.

NEW YORK, Oct. 1S.-Frederic r.
Coudert. prominent attorney and all his
life actively identified with the activities
of the Democratic party, has come out IN
support of Senator Harding and Governor
Coolidge. MIR. Coudert bases his change
of heart on two main propositions. First,
that the Democratic party has demon
strated its inability to meet the problems
of the day. and, second, that the Wilson
league of nations is not the real issue of
the campaign. He declares that no league
advocated merely by a party can muster
sufficient popular support to make it
worth while and binding under unfavor-
able circumstances that might arise, and
that therefore, whatever international
association or tribunal may be agreed to
by this country should be the product of
many minds qualified to contribute to
that subject. Mr.. Coudert declares his
belief that the Republican party is better
able to achieve that end than the Demo
cratic party.
Mr.. Coudcrt's withdrawal from the
Democratic ranks was revealed in a letter
to Henry \. Wise of the Republican ma
tional committee, in which he enclosed a
check for 500 as Il contribution to the
Republican campaign. The letter was
made public yesterday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-18
PLAN TO IMPROVE
POSTAL SERVICE
Efficiency Engineers En-
gagged to Study Cost and
Expedition of Mails
START WORK IN NEW
YORK n CHICAGO

May separate Parcel Post from First
Class Mail - Heavy Parcel Post De
lays First Class Delivery - To EN-
mine Facilities for. Moving Mail.
NEW YORK, Oct. 1S.-Uncle Sam
has hired efficiency engineers to i~nvesti-
gate the postal service from top to bot
tom and find out where and how it can
be improved. He ordered them to con
slider construction of postofices as
workshops instead of monuments and
to recommend ways of effecting econ
omics in cost and expedition in the hand
ling of mail"
Appointment of Willis B. Richards
* Co. of this city to supervise this task
was announced Saturday by the joint
congressional commission on postal Serv-
ice, of which Senator Townsend of Mich
igan is chairman.
Three years or more may be needed
to complete the job, Mr.. Richards said.
Chicago.
The civil service will be investigated
from an engineers viewpoint. Facili-
ties for moving mail between poStoffices
and trains are scheduled for early exam
%ination. The practicability of pneu-
tunnel between the Grand Central and
Pennsylvania terminals and another
connecting them with the main postofice
is to lie considered.
The question of gOvernment-owned
branch stations and the ACCESSIBILITY of
q separate handling of parcel post and
first class mail will be determined.
Claim has been made that because of
the handling of parcel post mail with
the regular mail, delay has been caused
to the important first class mail says
the commissions report.
1t has been suggested that the sep
arate handling of this parcel post mail
in bulk, with a distribution at terminals.
might very well be made. The investi-
CATION, therefore, would cover the advis-
ability Of making this separation. Par
eel post mail is at a very cheap rate,
while the first class mail is at a rate
that yields the government its highest
revenue"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-18
B"RATTLEBORO LOCAL

The directors of the Chamber of Com
merce will hold their postponed meeting
in the rooms of the chamber tomorrow
evening.
The annual Harvest day at the Home
for the Aged will be held at the Home
Thursday, Oct. 81, from 10 a. m. to )
p. m. Everyone is cordially invited.
The dictrict meeting of the Woman's
Relief corps will be held at Bellows Falls
Wednesday, Oct. 81. All members of
Sedgwick Relief corps who plan to go
are asked to give their names to the
secretary, Mrs. Converse, by Saturday.
A play, Just a Little Mistake. will be
given in Odd Fellows temple Thursday
evening, following the chicken-pie supper,
both of which are a part of the Rebekah
fair. The hall will open at 3 o'clock in
the afternoon for the sales and dancing
from 8 to II o'clock will close the event.
Dr. Charles f. Dalton of Burlington,
secretary of the state board of health,
will speak to the members of the Brattle-
horo Woman's club on the subject of
Public Health Problems at the meeting
of the club Wednesday afternoon, Oct.
20, at the Unitarian parish house at $50
o'clock.
Dancing Island Park. 0tuPIay ADV.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-18
ASK AID OF POPE.
Congregation of Holy Office to Decide if
MacSwiney Is Suicide.

ROME, Oct. 17.-Pope Benedict. ac-
cording to information obtained yester-
day. has referred the problem of the
status of Lord Mayor MacSwiney of
to the Congregation of the Holy Office.
Many urgent appeals to make some pro
nOuncement regarding the case of the lord
mayor of Cork and the other Irish hunger
striking prisoners have been received by
the Pope. These appeals are divided be
tween opposite viewpoints and implore
the Pontiff to reach Numerically opposed
decisions on the question whether the
death of the prisoners as a result of their
hunger strikes would make them suicides.
Pope Benedict has carefully and per
sonally examined the many documents
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-18
TO FAVOR POSTAL CLERKS.
Employees May Now BE Recommended
for Postmastershins.

WANIIINGION. Oct. IS.-PrOvIs0n
for filling misunderstanding in first, sec
ond and third class offices through pro-
motion is made in an executive order
announced Saturday by the civil service
commission.
The postofice department under the
order Will be permitted to make a nomi-
nation for a vacancy from available en-
ployeS, and if the nominee meets the
minimum requirements prescribed for
the office. his name will be submitted to
the president for appointment. Previous
orders provided no preference for postal
service employees over other persons.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-18
GERMAN CATTLE DEMANDED.
Allied Action Causes Majority Socialist.
to Protest.

BERLIN. Oct. 1S.-The allied repara-
ton committee, according to Vorwaerts,
mas presented to the German government
a demand for the Immediate delivery nf
10000 bulls and 100000 cows to France.
II,oOO head of cattle to Italy, 100000
cows to Belgium and $4,000 head of
cattle to Serbia.
The congress of the majority Socialist
party at Cassel has passed a resolution
callIng upon the Socialist parties of all
countries to prevent Germany from being
compelled to hand over cattle to foreign
countries, especially to France.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-18

submitted to him, citing examples and
opinions intended to support the conten-
lions of the opposing sides, and has dis
cussed the situation with learned cardi-
nails and other prominent figures in the
church. but it is indicated, has found them
holding widely divergent opinions.
He. therefore. it is stated, has laid the
problem before the Congregation of the
faith and morals and judges heresy.
The process in matters coming before
this congregation is so long that it gem
orally takes several years to reach a def
mite decision.