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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-11
Today's Anniversaries

de Beauliarnois became
governor of Canada.
Scarborough, one of the
builders Of the Savannah. the
first steamship to cross the At
lantic, died in New York. Born
80 at Belfast, s. c., in l776.
Charlotte Reeves Robertson. who
saved the settlers at Nashville
from massacre by the Indians in
1871, died at Nashville, Tenn
Born in Virginia in 1851.
lS5l-Mrs. Humphrey Ward. distin-
gnished novelist, born in Tas-
mania. Died in London. March
"a, 1920.
William Gilmore Simms. cele-
brated novelist, died at Charles
ton, > 9. Born there, April II,
laSS-Lord Stanley was sworn in as
governor general of Canada.
lS98-An international conference on
sugar bounties opened at Brus.
sells.
l903-king Alexander and Queer
Draga of Serbia were murdered
by army officers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-11
ADJUSTMENTS.
CECIL B. DeMILLE'S NEW PRO
DUCTIoN Is STRIKING IN THEME.

why Change Your Wife," Story of
Married Life, Filmed on Lavish
Scale.
Cecil B. DeMille's latest Paramount
Aircraft production, Why Change
Your Wife, viii come to the Prime
ass Theatre for two DAYS commencing
Monday next 1t is described as
striking drama of married life Law
ishlv presented. Gloria Swanson and
Thomas Meighan are the featured
players The story is by William De
Mile.
The plot centers around Robert and
Beth Gordon, married for ten years,
but now beginning to drift apart Beth
was a charming girl She has become
4 too wifely wife and bores her hus-
band with her excessive solicitude for
his comforts. He finds diversion in the
company of yivacious. pleasure loving
Sally Clark. Literal minded Beth i'm
AGNES them in love. \ divorce fol-
lows and Robert marries Sally Too
late Beth discovers why she lost her
husband and, blossoming like rose.
develops into society's gavest figure.
Sally. on the other hand. * transformed
by marriage into worse household
drudge than Beth ever was. Robert g
eyes are opened when he again sees
Beth, and through dramatic series Of
events they are brought happily to-
gether
The picture has been produced with
all the beauty of setting, mastery of
screen technique, and admirable at
tention to detail that was characters.
tic of Cecil b. DeMille in Male and
Female = and his other cinema class
es. Sada Cowan and Olga Printzlau
furnished the scenario-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-11
FRIDAY, JUNE IL, 1920.
SAFETY OF VERMONT.

The Rutland Herald takes issue with
the statement of the Reformer that
Vermont is Just as safe today as it
was when it voluntarily became a mem
Der Of the federal government in the
following fashion,:
l. that n fact? Was it possible at |
that time for a minority of the pop
ulation to change the organic law Of
the nation, leaving a protesting ma
joritv without recourse? Would con
Crcss at the time have tolerated the
system Of political blackmail and CO.
ercion by means of which the 18th and
18th amendments were proposed and
very largely ratified?
This country ts grown somewhat
of late years. From - original states.
( in close touch with each other and with
no large cruters of population, this
country las grown until even the huge
populations of New York, Boston and
| Philadelphia can be outvoted and over
! balanced by Chicago and the West
/ There is no safety except in majority
rule ard the present system of amend
/ ing the federal constitution provides
/ for minority rule through the unit
rule Of states There can never come
safety and true republican plan of
amendment until the people vote on
each amendment before it can be rat
1 fled.
4 We maintain it is fact because the
method Of proposing and enaeting
4 amendments to the federal constitu-
tion is the same today it was when
/! Vermont became member of the I'M
ion. 1t IS true there are more states
in the union now than then but each
state has the same powers it held when
the union was effected. 1t was never
the idea of the trainers OF the consti-
tuition to refer the adoption of the con-
stitution or proposed amendments to
it to the people or submit them to the
verdict of the majority Tt granted
these powers to the state legislatures,
evidently with the belief these repre-
sentative bodies were better qualified
to act uron these matters than the
mass of people.
II II WI " DC utIHbjlHlIuleu lHdI
this is not true The state legislatures
are more responsible bodies than the
mass of people. The members have the
opportunity to better inform them
selves on the merits of such proposals
than the public They are responsible
for their actions and can be called to
account more easily than the whole
people. To claim that there III mo
safety except in the majority rule is
! a condemnation of ability in a pub
tUc leader and a blow to representative
government. Representative govern
4 ment is safer because it gives ability
| moro opportunity, legislation more re
\ spon~ibility and government itself more
i stability.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-11

blueberrios and planting 90 acres last
year with carefully selected wild blue
berry stock, reported quite remarkable
results in quantity and size, some of
the berries measuring three fourths of
an inch in diameter The department
of agriculture is said to supply informa-
ton in regard to the selection and
transplanting of the bushes and as
blueberries in a wild and uncultivated
state mean TO many farmers quite a
profitable harvest it is evidently quite
possible to increase such profits and
also utilize many tracts of land which
have been regarded as especially un-
promising.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-11
Today's Birthdays.

ut. Rev. John l. O'Connor. Catholic
blshop Of Newark, born at Newark
=. j., 60 years ago today.
ehafles }. Hollocher, shortstop of the
porn at st. Louis, "a years ago todav
congress born 40 years ago TODAY.
near Admiral Robert f. Coontz. II
,. y. chief Of naval operations born
q hannibal, No, So years ago today
Miss Jeanette Rankin, the first wo.
lllan ever elected to the United STATE.
ohleaso National league baseball team
Or L. o. Howard of Wasbinc.on
=. =, president Of the Amer;can : SUI ~
c,iation for the advancement &c e Ga; asso
to "In AZ Rockford, ILL.,, GO years 40,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-11

The Reforner is on sale every evening by
the following news Dealers
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co., c. w
Cleaveland 6. L. Purnton (Fsteyville),
Brooks House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot News
stand. George ]. Bower, South Main St.
(Fort Drummer district.
West Brattleboro, J. L. StoclweH.
East Dummerston, NJ E. Brown.
Putney, NJ G. Williams
Newfane, N NJ. Batchelder.
West Townshend, c. H. Grout.
Jamaica, r. J. Daggett.
South Londonderry, T. H. Tyler.
South Vernon, f. r Buffum.
NorthAeld, Mass, Thompson Bros
West Chesterfield, N. H.. Mrs. w. Streeter
Hinsdale, N. H, w. H. Lyman.
Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News Co.
Greenfield, Mass, c. A. Hays
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-11

of the ablest lawyers in the house. In
1913 he resigned from congress to ae-
cept appointment from President Will
son as solicitor general of the United
States, which position he continued TO
fill until selected for the important
post he now holds. Mr.. Da-
Wis is man of scholarly attainments,
and while he is not what one might
call an orator he is a public speaker of
the type that commands the rapt at
tention of any class of audience,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-11
The MeddLer
III the coat fits you, put ii on.


Stories of absent -mndedness usually
are built around a college professor
but the principal character in this one
was a prominent Brattleboro business
man. who unwittingly laid the founda
tion for wild chase for missing au-
tomobile. The stage was all set for
burning up the roads in pursuit of the
car, when the keen eve and memory Of
Ia boy upset the dope. Tho aforesaid
office. went in and transacted some
business and then came out and with an
other man drove of few minutes
later another prominent business man
| came out of his store intending to
drive home in his car, but he couldn't
| find his machine Stories he had read
about auto thieves dashing into town
/ and speeding out with somebody : car
flashed through his mind, and in less
time than is required in ehronicling
the facts he had mapped out a plan of
action. Rushing to a garage he de-
manded two automobiles that could eat
lup distance in short order. directing
that one give chase up the Putney
road and that the other see whom it
could overtake on the West River road.
EJust then the boy inquired: Lookin
J for yer car, mister?'' On being an
swered in the affirmative the boy con
Etinued: 81 just see Mr. So-and So
goin off with it The boy told who
was with the man and pointed out
the direction in which they went IN
lder those circumstances one pursuit
car was sufficient. and on reaching the
residence of business man No. l the
pursucr gave the information that he
had come for his car A puzzled ex-
lpression and a few inquiries were fol
lowed by a trip to Mr.. so-and Sos
garage, and there stood the missing ma
chine. The joke was duly acknowl-
edged.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-11

According to the Mortified News a
man applied recently to that Office for
some copies of that paper to protect his
garden from early frosts. saying that
he wanted paper with some warmth to
it because he used the Montpelier Ar
gus last yeer and every plant froze.
Absolute protection could be guaran-
teed if he could get few copies of the
old weekly Argus and Patriot printed
during some presidential election year.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-11

At a recent meeting of the high
school parent teachers association At
Rutland. it became the sense of the
meeting that reduction in the cost
of living could be secured in a simpli-
fcation in the attire of the high school
girls and that such a movement be
started before another school year. 1t
is an idea well worth consideration in
any community. While it might not
meet with the approval of all the
wearers of the simplifed attire, it
would be certain to appeal to any SEN
sible mother.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-11

1t might not be a bad idea on some
Wednesday afternoon when the stores
are closed for a company of Brattle-
boro persons to make an automobile
trip to Springfield to get information
first hand on how it is done there. Pro
vision should be made for not merely
a few of those most actively identified
with the movement, but to include all
who care to go.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-11

According to the Barre Times the
prevalence in some towns of more sick
ness than is usual at this time of year
is attributed to the dense clouds of
dust raised by automobiles speeding
through the streets. As oil is practi-
eally unavailable and the results from
water sprinkling negligible, one town
at least will make an attempt to make
motorists go slowly through the village
section. 1t is our conjecture that this
particular town, if on a much travelled
line, viii be kept fairly busy.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-11
I'm The DAYS NeWs.n

John w. Davis, one of the latest to
be suggested for the Democratic pres
idential nomination, is the present Uni
ted States ambassador to Great Britain
Mr.. Davis is a West Virginian and be-
longs to family that has long been
prominent in public affairs in that
state. Educated at Washington and
Lee university, he began the practice
of law in Clarksburg. his native place,
and in 1899 made his first essay into
public life as a member of the state
legislature. In 1910 he was elected to
congress, where he served two terms
and established his reputation as one
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-11

Potatoes grown from certified seed
seem to find waiting market as an
Orange county man can testify. lie
raised a crop of 1000 bushels of GER
titled seed potatoes last year and in adj
vertising in the agricultural papers re-
ceived orders for 10000 bushels. As
Vermont is said TO stand third among
the states in its number Of applications
for certiication of potato fields many
must be finding seed potatoes a renum-
erative crop.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-11
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

! It Is the aim of the management to secure
efficient service in the delivery of the paper
each night, and it solicits the cooperation of
subscribers to that end. Prompt reports should
| be given of each failure to receive the paper
on the morning following the omission. in
person, by telephone or postal card, thus en-
4 ablng the cause OF the TO be promptly
| and accurately discovered and the proper REIN
edy Immediately applied. 1t is only by this
method that the publisher can secure the ce-
/ sired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-11

A successful strike from the striker s
point of view has just been carried out
in Williamstown, Mass, where the pat
rons of a local ice dealer refused TO
pay longer his price of 80 cents a hun
dred. The price was reduced 70 >
cents and the overworked" customers
resumed their patronage.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-11
One Year Ago Today.

A general strike Of commercial tel.
egraphers was ordered.
Allies rejected German counter pro.
posais for mandate of colonies.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-11

A 100 per cent growth in the mem
bership of the Community club of
Springfield, VT, in the first year of its
existence, shows what a club of that
sort with suitable quarters means to
live town.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-11

With Sproul as a possible presidential
candidate many have been fearful of
the name lest it be wrong
Was 1t "Sprowl." "Sprool" or
''Sprull?' 1t proves to be neither,
it rhymes with "hole."
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-11
Member Of The Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the for publication of all news
credited in this paper and also the local news
published herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-11

Speaking Of automobiles, the state
ment of A. A. Griggs of Montpelier,
chief inspector of automobiles in behalf
of the secretary of state s Office, that
as few complaints are received from
Brattleboro as from any place of its
size with regard to operating cars with
out proper registration, licenses, etc.
sounds well, but Brattleboro ought
to do better than that. There ought
not to be any complaints of that kind.
Mr.. Griggs says there are two or three
speedsters in town who are conspicu
Gus for the manner in which they are
inviting trouble, and he declares that
the time is likely to come when they
will get what they are looking for.
Relative to the delay which some car
owners experienced in receiving their
number plates and other credentials Mr..
| large registration this year made it
| impossible to handle promptly the bu-
| shells of mail that came to the secre-
| tary of state The work has been
caught up, and ear owners have been
or will be notified that hereafter they
must get their applications in early
or expect delay, as the work of the
Office is such that competent help is re
Equired and the Office cannot undertake
to maintain the year around an addi-
tional force for the sake of handling
belated applications promptly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-11

The looting Of the Caruso summer
home to the tune of 100000 is right
in the class with some of Caruso 5 mere
songs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-11

1t wouldn t be surprising if the en-
forcem>4t of prohibition saw a great
reduci IA in the number of hard colds
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-11
No Speedster.

Governor Clement cannot be accused
Of breaking any speed laws regarding
the calling of an extra session of the
legislature. Indeed, he is a candidate
for entry in the "slow race
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-11

Persons who are interested in hav-
ing community house erected here as
soldiers memorial note with much
interest the success of the community
organization in Springfield, this state,
which has doubled the membership of
400 with which it started year ago.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-11
He Deserves One.
lEnstnn Globe

Vermont has dedicated a monument
to John G. SAKE, and may dedicate one
to Daniel L. Cady some day.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-11

A New Jersey cranberry grower has
recently taken up the cultivation of
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-11
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertisinR-Run of paper, 50 cents
inch for first insertion, IS cents an inch
for each subsequent insertion. Limited space
on first page at double rates.
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements-Five cents line
first insertion with 50 per cent discount for
each subsequent insertion without change of
copy. Minimum charge 20 cents. Cash with
order.
Reading Notices-Twenty cents per line first
insertion with 50 per cent discount for each
subsequent insertion without change of copy.
Reading notices are published at foot of local
items
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-11
Three
Drop
Corn
Killer
"Gets-It" Stops Pain Immediately
and Corns Go Quick.

The way to handle cerns Is the
tried and proved "Gets-It" way
the way that millions have found
quickest. easiest. safest ana most
reliable
The Elbert County tribune., 1920-01-23
sutterine Makers Pay Fines.

chlcago-John r.. Jelke, head of
John f. Jelke Company, manufacturers
Of butterine, presented check for S4i.-
GA 81 TO the United States marshal's 5
office. representing fines and costs i'm
posed upon him. +, NJ. Lowery and
seven saIesmen Of the company.
charged with violation of the pure food
laws. The fines were imposed by Fed
eral Judge l.andis, who also sentenced
Mr.. .IelI,e to two years in the pcniten-
tlary and AIr. Lowery to one year. Mr..
JelFes. sentence was changed TO sixty
days and Mr.. Lowery's to thirty days.
The Elbert County tribune., 1920-01-23
ASPIRIN INTRODUCED
BY "BAYER" IN 1900
Look for name "Bayer" on the tablets,
then you need never
worry.

If you want the true, world-fhmous
Aspirin. as prescribed by physicians
for over eighteen years, you must ask
for "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin"
The "Bayer Cross is stamped on
each tablet and appears on each pack
age for your protection against imi-
tations.
In each package Of "Bayer Tablets
of Aspirin are safe and proper direc-
lions for Colds, Headache. Neuralgia.
Toothnche, Earache. rheumatism,
Lumbago, Neuritis, and for Pain In
general.
Handy tin boxes containing IL tablets
cost but few cents. Druggists also
sell larger 'Bayer" packages. Aspirin
is the trade mark of Bayer Manufnc-
ture of Monoaceticacidest of Salicy-
licacid.-Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1920-01-23
Bonds for Shelf Paper.

Seattle. Wash.-How $1,000 of Sc
attle Improvement bonds, bought by a.
son for an income for his mother were
used by her to paper pantry shelves.
was disclosed when some of the mu-
tilated bonds were brought to the Of
flee of City treasurer f. l.. Terry to
see If they had any value. According
TO the story told Accountant A. h.
Lund. the bonds are the properly of
an elderly woman who has been liv-
ing alone in Seattle several years. Dur
ing a long Illness five or six years ago
she. is said TO have suffered tempo
rary lapse of memory. and when she
recovered apparently had forgotten
everything about the bonds and their
value.
The Elbert County tribune., 1920-01-23
GOOD PROFIT is
FOUND IN KELP
Besides the Commercial Potash
Many Valuable By-ProdUcts
Are Turned Out.
EXPERIMENTS ARE SUCCESS
Plant Established by Government in
California Demonstrates Profit
Can Be Made With Produc-
tion on Commercial Basis.

Wnshington.-Kelp, apparently. is
going TO be profitable source Of pot
ash. an important fertilizer ingredient
thnt the United Stntes formerly OBJ
tanned almost wholly from Germany
During the war an experimental kelp-
potash plant was established by the
United States department of agricul-
ture at Summerland, Cal Before the
second year of operation was com
pleted-it hnd been determined not only
that the plant could be made self-sus-
tuning on the basis of potash alone.
nt S2-5O unit. but that number OF
valuable by-products could he profit
ably obtained. The chief OF the bu-
reau of soils, which bureau operates
the enterprise. estimates that If the
plant turns out $500 worth of potas-
stun chloride a day. it may at the
same time turn ont $500 worth day
Of the four principal by-products.
Many By-Products.
Among the by-products whose com
mercial obtaInability has been estab-
lished are Iodine common salt. am
monia, and bleaching carbon. This
bleaching carbon, formerly imported
from Europe and sold for 20 cents a
pound, has been prepared and sold
from the Summeriand plant at II
cents pound and appears at present
about able to pay the production cost
Of Itself and the potash. with good ren-
soE to believe that 1t may ultimately
be made to pay the operating cost of
the entire enterprise. II has been
definitely established by large-scale
operations that very little of the nitro
gen of kelp Is lost in the various proc
esses and that 1t can be commercially
recovered as ammonia thus yielding
another important fertilizer element.
In this process enough combustible
gas is released greatly to reduce II
not TO eliminate fuel consumption In
the plant. A tar is likewise recovered.
and its subproducts. kelp oils and creo-
sote, have been shown to be Of value.
respectively. as flotatlon agents and
disinfectants. Still other valuable by
produces are likely to be recovered.
''The field broadens tremendously as
progress is made" reports the chief
Of the bureau of soils.