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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-05

The Reformer Is on sale every evening by
the following news Dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co. L, "
CIeaveIand. S. L Purinton (Esteyville)
Brooks House Pharma~y. Aliens Depot News
stand, Gilbert J. Pollica, 297 South Main St
(Fort Drummer districtJ.
West Brattleboro, ]. l. stoekwsll.
East Dummerston, NJ Y Brown
. Putney. NJ G. Williams.
Nevfane, N. NJ. Batchelder.
west Townahend, c, H Grout.
Jamaica, R J. DaEKett.
South Londonderry, F. II. Tyler.
South Vernon, z. B. Buffum.
Torthfeld, Mass, Thompson Bros.
West Chesterfield, n. r., Mrs. W. strsets'
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Greenfield Msss., Greenfield News 20
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-05
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE.

/ finished my lessins last mite and still
mad hour To stay up, and non was
smoakIng and thinking and ma was reed
ing the Joak page in the paper without
eny Expression, and / started 10 try diff
rent athaletic tricks on the floor. putting
my leg GROUND my neck and saving,
Look, ma, can you do this? Can you do
this, pop.
I'm, .reeding, sed ma. Pop not saying
enythIng, and took my ruler and tried
TO ballants 1T on the end of my chin, say
ing, Look pop. look, ma can you do this?
Can you do this, pop?
I'm rceding, sed ma. Pop not saying
enythlng, and | took my ruler and tried
to ballants it on the end of my chin.
saying, Look pop, look, ma, can you do
this.
] don't see you doing it, sed pop. Mem
ing on account of the ruler always fall
ing oil Jest as it was getting balanced
Ma not saving envthing, and | laid on
my back with my legs strate ND in the
air and grabbed hold of my feet with
my hands on account of me having sutch
long arms for sutch short legs, saying,
Hay, ma, look, hay pop, heers sumthing
you cant do | bet, look, ma, this is a
good one.
l cant see enything very inspiring
about it, sed ma.
Pop not saying enything. and got
cushion and stood on my he'd, saying,
Can you do this pop, can you do this,
MAJ
Neither OF them saying enything on
account of ma being too bizzy reeding and
pop being too bizzy smoaking and think
ing, and | sed. Look, everybody, who
can do this?
Wich Jest then | fell over backwards
and my feet hit the little table with the
lamn on it fearse krack and the lamp
jiggled GROUND and almost fell but did
ent and ma jumped up to catch it in case
"a. Il 4 ,fr.t,,
things, can you wawk strate out that
door and martch yourself rite up to bed
before l sic nay slipper onto you?
Wich I did.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-05

qualified by education, legislative exper-
fence, ability and temperament for the
position but he is a man of such integrity
as to give the public full confidence in
his conduct of the duties of this import
ant post. With Former Speaker Dana
out of the race through the slight mad
vertance of his failure to secure reelec-
ton The Reformer is confident that
Colonel Billings will be the choice of an
overwhelming majority of the men who
are to make up the next house of repre-
Sentatives.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-05
The Election and the League.
I New 7 DIRK Times. \


In Connecticut Mr.. Brandegee. bit
ter-end opponent of the league. ran 81
u0O votes behind Mr.. Harding. The com
pItee returns in that state give Harding
20 $40, Brandegee 2l6.52 In New
Hampshire Senator Moses, another mn
compromising Toe OF the covenant, had
e elurahty I'o9o less than Harding's. These
hgqTeS supply some measure of the Re
publican support of the league of nations
IN Two representative New England
states ID there 1t Is not easy for a Re
publican to bring himself to vote for a
Democratic candidate for any Office. par
tlcularly for SO great an office as that Of
senator OF the United States But it is
evident that Connecticut Republicans did
vote tor Senator Brandegee's opponent.
Tor his vote was 10000 ahead of the vote
TOT CoX. 1t was impossible that thesa do
iectIonS could overcome the enormous ac-
SESSIONS OF strength which came to the
hepuohcans from motives alien to the
league and to American interests. But
tthey Enthusiastically show that so far as
the solemn referendum was n record
OF sound American opinion upon the
league Of nations it resulted to the adj
vantage OF the Democrats. The greatest
men OF the Republican party, even while
supporting Senator Harding, expressed
the conviction that the United States
must enter into an agreement with all
other civilized nations to substitute the
rule OF Justice, good faith and law for the
brutal arbItrament of war The league
OF nations in which we must inevitably
accept membership may not be altogether
the, league Mr.. Wilson favored. but there
VIII be a league and we shall Join It. SEN
ator Harding cannot accept his election,
even by these vast majorities, as a man
cate to array himself with Borah and
johnson. The PhiladelDhia Ledger warns
him that virtually all Americans "pas-
s,onately hope for the entry Of this ma
ton into solemn league and covenant
OF all nations to treat war as the crime
of crimes
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-05
In the DAYS News

Arthur p Davis, who is To he ono ~
the speakers whose addresses will he
heard simultaneously in forty-two cities
through means of the radiophone in con-
G9ect'on with tonight's celebration of the
foortieth anniversary of the American So
cIety Of Mechanical Engineers, is chief
engineer OF the United States Reclama-
ton Service and recognized leader in
his profession. Mr. Davis is native Of
Decatur H. and received his ednca-
ton at the Kansas State Normal school
at Emporia and at Columbian university
in Washington, d. c. In 1884 he Joined
the United States Geological Survey as a
topograPher and IN this capacity he di-
rccted the photographic examination. Of
the, proposed routes for the Nicaragua
and Panama canals. His present position
as chief engineer of the United States
Reclamation service he has held for
nearly u years.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-05
TOday's Anniversaries.

l8ef-Thomas Jefferson was reelected
president of the United States.
lS45-N crmout organized a state educa-
tional system
ls54-Russians defeated by the British
and French allies at battle of Inker-
man.
lS5S-Fmeral car of NAPOLEON I. pre-
scented to France by Queen Vic
l872-SWsan B. Anthony voted at, the
presidential election at Rochester.
\. y: convicted and fined 800
lSS7-rJennv Lind was buried in Malvern
cemetery. near London.
l9l6-A conflict between Industrial
Workers of the world and citi-
zens' committee at Everett, Wash.
resulted in six deaths.
l9lS-C Constitutional amendments extend
ing suffrage to women were by pop
nlar vote adopted in Michigan and
South Dakota and rejected in Lon
is2ana so 0 s.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-05


The University of Vermont has re-
Gently been the recipient of two oil
paintings given by Miss Louise s. Swan.
OF StTatford, and Washington, d. c., sis
ter-ln-law OF former United States Sena-
tor Justin 5. Morrill,. One is a painting
OF senator Morrill,, painted when he was
about 60 years old, by Castigni; and the
other Is painting of his son, James S.
Morrill,, by Otto L. Neerhoff
Mrs. Harriet Smile of Montpelier was
elected member of the board of justices
at the general election in that CITY Tues-
day IN spite of her protest that she wonId
not accept the office and that she be-
neyed II should go to some woman who
mad been favorably inclined toward equal
rights as advanced by the suffragists The
only way she can vacate the office now
Is after Feb. l to return her oath to the
governor. declining, TO qualify. and fbnn
the vacancy can be filed by appointment.
The front of the house of Mrs. John
\. Slack of Springfield was somewhat
damaged sunday morning, when an au-
tomObile driven hv ,Tosepb Laundry
dashed across the lawn into the front
5oor, with such force as to break in the
door and side glass windows and move
rae piano IN an upstairs room SIX inches.
Boys, for Halloween trick. had placed
= telephone pole across the road near the
Slack house and when the auto struck
It, the pole was broken in two and the
car got beyond control of the driver.
Harry a. Black. secretary of state. has
revoked the following automobile oper-
ators,, licenses because they have been
found guilty of being intoxicated while
IRVING an automobile: Eddy Beloyn,
Beechers Falls; Francis Howe. Benninr,
ton, Charles Cook. Irasburg: and has sIs-
rended Indefinitely the license of II. c.
Clliord OF Newport, on the alleged charge
OF being intoxicated while driving car
having turned information over to the
states attorney: SUSPENDED for 40 DAYS
the license of J S. Webb of Burlington
for, careless driving. iniuring a person
and suspended indefinitely the license of
=. +; Eaton of st. Adams for an ac-
cldent. The man has but ono arm
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-05
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertisinG-Run of paper. 80 eents
an inch for first insertion, 80 cents an iHch
for each subsequent insertion. Limited space
on first page at double rates.
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements-Fivs cents line
first insertion with so per cent discount for
each subsequent insertion without change Of
copy. Minimum charEs 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, 1920-11-05

The Montpelier Argus speaks the
truth when it says that campaign. news
paper advertising is the most effective
way in which to reach voters, and shows
GOOD sense in advocating the revision of
Colonel Emery's famous corrupt prac-
tees act so that there need be no fear
f this legitimate form of publicity. If
we mistake not Governor-elect Hartness
is already pledged to use his influence
toward the change. L
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-05
TO TIE SUBSCRIBERS.

Il 10 the aim of the management 10 secure
efficient service in the delivery of the paper
each night, and 1t solicits the cooperation OF
subscribers to that end Prompt reports should
on the morning following the omission, IN
person, by telephone or postal card, thus en
abfins the cause of the error TO be promptly
and accurately discovered and the proper rem
edy Immediately applied 1t 10 only by thia
method that the publisher can secure the de
sired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-05
Today's Birthdays.

Ri. Rev J. ]. Harty, Catholic bishop
Of Omaha, born in st. Louis, 81 years ago
today.
Ri. Rev. Irving P. johnson. EpiscopaI
hlshop of Colorado. born at Hudson, n.
l.. 81 years ago today.
viii n. Hays, chairman of the Repub-
llcan national committee, born at Sulh-
w-n. Ind. Al years ago today
DR.. William Q. Thomson, president of
Ohio State university, born at Cam
bridge. o., 65 years ago today.
Nicholas Longworth. representative in
congress of the First Ohio district, born
IN Cincinnati, 81 years ago today.
Alfred J. Walters, catcher of the Bos-
ton American league baseball team. born
III San Francisco, p years ago today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-05

official information, but if they do it is
not difficult to figure ont what partic-
ular portion of the c0unty's government
tai machinery will be the busiest in the
course of the next few months.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-05
sardlnes AMUSING Themselves.

Little Dick was visiting his aunt, and
seeing a goldfish for the first time was
greatly amused and puzzled. Finally,
running to his aunt, he exclaimed.
gleefully: "Oh, auntie de sardines is
walking In de waterf'
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-05
cor. BULTNGs FOR sPEAKER

Now that Tuesdays election has de
termined definitely the personnel of Yer
mont's next house of representatives
The Reformer has no hesitancy in ex
pressing its belief that Col. Franklin S
Billings Of Woodstock should be chosen
speaker. Not only IS Colonel Billings
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-05
Dana's Defeat.
(Rutland Herald.)

The defeat of Charles S. Dana in New
Haven seems to have resulted from a
subterranean movement, having its ba-
sis in the belief that the present speaker
of the house was taking too much for
granted" Pity the voters of New Haven
had not made the fight in the primaries
where it belonged.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-05
The Women's Vote.
Manchester Union !

NhdhcHesIef Onlon.J
The wiseacres who a little while ago
would have it that the American woman,
specially the New England woman, as a
rule didn't want to vote and wouldn't
vote if she could, met enlghtment enough
yesterday to persuade even the most
stnbborn Of, them Of their error.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-05
And She Had II =
(Rutland HeraId1

Women play the political game their
own way. Edna Beard of Orange, sole
woman elected to the Vermont house,
was beaten in the Republican primaries
and filed as an independent, defeating
the regular nominee, Bert L. Richard
son: Determined to have the last word,
as it were.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-05

A Portland. Me, girl has demon
trated that women can pay election bets
when defeated. Because. Cox was not
elected she paid by making a forty-foot
live from the Portland bridge into the
icy waters of the harbor and swimming
Il third of a mile to a wharf.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-05

The choice of Miss Edna Beard TO
represent the town of Orange in Fer-
nonts next legislature gives that little
burg the honor of sending the first wo-
man law-maker to Montpelier and re-
3nces by just so much the demand for
chewing tobacco that springs up in the
Capital city every two years.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-05
Member of The Associated Press.

The Associated Press 10 exclusively en-.
titled TO the use for publication of all news
dispatches credited to it and not otherwise
credited in this paper and also the local news
nnhli shed herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-05

Did the hotels and restaurants which
agreed to reduce their food prices also
agree not to reduce the size of the por-
tions served?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-05

In carrying his home town of Ben
nington against so popular an opponent
rs Governor-elect Hardness Fred c. Mar
in accomplished something that indicates
beyond question the regard in which he
s held by his fellow townspeople.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-05

1t is said fewer persons were killed by
railroads in 1919 than ever before. Prob
ably more chose death by automobile.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-05

We can think of at least one former
political aspirant who isn't shedding any
ears over the defeat of Levi Smith for
representative from Burlington.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-05
HAYES Healing Honey

Stops the Tickle, Heals the Throat and
Cures the Cough. Price 35c. A free box
Of GROVES O-PEN-TRATE SALVE for
Chest Colds, Head Colds and Group is
enclosed with every bottle.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-05

Even Champ Clark who has been
swimming in the political pool of Mis-
souri, since 1893 fourd the Republican
tide too strong for him to make shore.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-05

The few cabinet officers who have not
toured the world have but four months
left in which to do their junkcting.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-05
One Year Ago Today.

Striking dock men in New York city
voted to return to work.
l. s. senate rejected the La Toilette
amendment to the neace treatv-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-05
London,s Fine Public Buildings.

The most expensive of all London's
public buildings are the law courts.
covering seven acres. They cost more
than $12.00OO00
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-05
Seen In The Distance.

(Boston Transcript
There are signs that the time APP
breaches when man may buy a lun
cheon without feeling that he is commit
ting sinful extravaganza.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-05

While it would be something of a
misstatement to say that Brattleboro was
experiencing a "wave of crime" such as
the metropolitan newspapers periodi-
cally feature, there is no getting away
from the fact that the local prosecuting
authorities have been unusually busy dur
ing the past month or two. Indeed, it
has been a dull week that has not
brought two or three new cases to the
states attorneys Office, and the number
seems to ba increasing rather than on the
wane. still hunting is the latest de-
velopment, and judging by the results
already achieved it can be made to furn-
ish the officers with all the spare-time
work they want. Whether, after run
ming to earth all hootch factories of a
semi-public nature the authorities in
tend to turn their attention to strictly
homebreW bTeWeries The Meddler has no
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-05
The MeddLer
'IfhF coat fits YOU, put it on

The questions The Meddler asked last
week of Messrs Barber and Hughes,
counsel for the direct benefciaries in the
Thompson fund case, are just as perth
nent today as they were then-and just
as likely to be answered. As for the case
itself, last weeks notice from the Mas
sachusetts attorney general of a hearing
to be held on the petition for instructions
brought by the trustees in 1919 ap-
parently places it just where it stood be-
fore the Barber-Hughes combination
took a hand, and if that is so the total
result of all the litigs ton they have in
stituted has been delay and the accumu-
lation of bill of expense. In view of
Mr.. Crosby's original offer to bear all
cost of an investigation OF the funds adj
nistration--conducted, of course, along
lines that, met within dis approval--there
seems to be no good reason why the peo-
pie of Brattleboro should not be in
formed as to how the cost of the present
thus far so fruitless. is to he
met.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-05

The arrangement for the use of Festi-
val hall as a gymnasium by the school
children the coming winter ought to
solve for the time being at least a prob
lem in which practically every parent in
town is interested, and furthermore to
establish a precedent that viii tend to
greater public use Of this particular
piece of public property. The Meddler
has contended for years that it was fool
ish to- consider the town building as a
revenue producing institution, not only
because it was never intended for that
but because under no possible circum-
stances could it be made actually profit
able. The only way the town can get
any real benefit out of the town hall
property is by using it for as wide var
iety of public purposes as possible, and
certainly there is no more important one
than providing the boys and girls with
much needed rScreational facilities
through the winter.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-05
VERMONT NEWS.

Mrs. Elizabeth Newcomb, lOI years old,
OF Thettord, voted at the freeman's meet,
ing Tuesday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-05

As work preparatory to erecting the
new bridge across the Connecticut river
gets under way one wonders just what
the situation is between the selectmen.
representing Brattleboro's interests, and
the Connecticut River Power Co., on
which the town fathers have served no.
tice that they consider it liable for the
loss of the old bridge in last springs ice
jam. Have the selectmen conferred with
the company's representatives to a suf-
ficient extent to be convinced that no
satisfactory adjustment is possible? The
Meddler has held from the first that the
selectmen were taking the proper course
in assuming that the company was liable
for loss of the bridge, but that does not
necessarily mean that they should make
no effort to settle on Il basis that would
prove agreeable to both parties. The av-
erage taxpayer is more interested in see
ing the controversy ended in a way to
net the town Treasury the greatest
amount Of money than he is to become
party to extended litigation for the pur-
pose of establishing a precedent one
way or the other.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-05
Latchis Theatre Tomorrow

4url COntippqus Show to. II -
EXTRA ADDED ATTRACTION
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-06
BUILDING TRADES

]. j. KEENEN. Boilers, ranks AM smoke
stacks sheet iron work Of all Il, scriptionS
Repairing a speciality. SS6 and $50 Dr.
vision St. and p. X. r. Perth Amboy, N.
j. Phone Office 1908; residence 260-R.
CARPENTER Work and jobbing promptly
attended to. Screens made l., order
Geo. IL. Thompson. 81 Lewis ST. Perth
Amboy N. J. Tel. ifos-W.
Il. c. SMITH JR. Roofer; slate, Stag
roofing aud flaming; waterproofing. l23-
l25 Madison Ave. Tel. 1860.
ROBERT HENDERSON CO., Mason and
general contractors. all <inds 4 cement
work; 1obbing promptly attended to. 13S
Gordon 81. Phone 1854
q. DIAMOND-Glass contractor. polish ed,
plate and window glass, is6 New
Brunswick Ave. Tel. 1889 oelth Am
boy. N. J.
PAINT Up. Clean Up; we havs a lar.e
assortment Of vail paper naiats. oils.
varnishes, brushes. hardware supplies.
reasonable prices. kocn 1868 STATE ST.
l. II. SMITH, Carpenter and General
tobbing. store fixtures and alte. ations;
screen doors. windows; screens made 10
order. lss Paterson ST. Phone 1899
MAX GOLDFARB. Wholesale and Retail
Wall Paper. Builders Hardware. Tools.
Cutlery. Paints. Oils. Varnishes,
Brushes. Glass. Tel. sci, 3ii State st.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-06
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

SARAtiE FOR SALE: god orsinsss- Ad-
dress "R. D s." Care FSews
iROwIN,; Battery business owner sell
ing on account Of other larger interests.
Address b. Care News.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-06
IAXI SERVICE, ETC.

OLDEST TAX Service n ,hr cify Phone
IS: also motorcycles and accessories
Chris Johnson, 1853 New brunswick Ave.
AMBOY Taxi Service. Pone 1885, BY
our or trip. day and all night service
las New Brunswick Ave-, Perth Amboy.
TAXI 1870. Burns Bros: closed cars: Sc
vice tina IL different.
TOURING Car TO hire for Weddings;
Pleasure trips etc. by hon trips or day.
Perth Amtoy. n. J.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-06
BUS LINES

RILI;s REF BUS LINE. Perth Amboy
and South Amboy. every 20 minutes.
City Limits, SC, South Amhoy loo: from
$50 A. NJ. until has +. n.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-06
BUSINESS PERSONALS


FURNITURE. second naDn. bought and
sold. J. seher. SIS smith st
AoRkAY 4 RESKO. foreign exchange
and steamship icket agents notary
public: real estate and farms bought and
sold. rhone 1897. 22s Smith St.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-06
BLACKSMITHING

iENERAL Blacksmithiug. specializing IN
automobile springs and bill.
blacksmithing of any description. loft
and Freyer las Jefferson st.