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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-27

IS lush funds,o real or imaginary, of
the different Democratic as well as
Republican candidates. it requires no
extraordinary power of political pene
tration to see that the whole thing
is part of the skillful- vancouver of
Hiram Johnson to fight his Republican
opponents by continuous smoke screens
about their campaign expenditures and
the supposed effort of plutocracy to
capture political control of our govern
ment.
Already the investigation has pro-
duced bitter feeling inside the Repub-
lean party. Surprising Leonard Wood
is the nominee at Chicago2 Is it po-
litieally good sense to hand the Demo
Gratis all the data and details of the
Wood financial campaign Usually if
there is an investigation of money
spent, it rs one political party inves-
tigating the other What the Repub-
liean leaders resent is that certain Re
publicans are really investigating the
Republican party. They want it
stopped. But the potential power of
Hiram johnson to come out and de-
nounce the sold guard as backing
Leonard Wood impels the leaders to
let well enough alone. So they are
content to let the investigation run
its course. with this exception: If the
investigation throws too much mud on
the various Republican candidates and
nobody makes a move to inquire into
the financing of Hiram Johnson s cam
paign and The direct and indirect sup
port he is getting, some effort will be
made to bring that phase of the ques-
tion into the limelight. Indeed, the
word is going the rounds that Repub-
lican senators who are not especially
friendly to Herbert Hoover but who
believe his friends in California can
furnish information about the expend-
itures for johnson. in California are
thinking seriously of insisting that the
whole California primary be aired be-
fore the senate committee.
From the first the peculiar power
which Hiram Johnson has held over
his colleagues in the senate has been
attributed partly to the force of his
| personality and his ability to pound
| out his thoughts in debate with Bit
ing effectiveness and partly to the
fear that if Johnson is not continu-
! ously placated, he will bolt the con-
J vention at Chicago sending Republican
hopes for victory from the vantage
point of certainty to the uncomfortable
stages of real doubt. No matter what
| the Democrats have thought, the Re-
| publicans have right along sincerely
! believed they had an easy victory be-
fore them in November. The John
son speeter has raised many "ifs'' and
Continued on Page A.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-27
REPUBLICANS FEAR
CAMPAIGN PROBE.
Do Not Want Democrats
Given too Much Informal
ton About Money
JOHNSON is REAL
DISTURBING ELEMENT
Regulars Want to Keep Him Placated
But Suppressed Democrats Also
Having Trouble With Insurgency In
Their Ranks.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
Copyright by The Reformer.)


WASHINGTON, May Ex-senator
Hiram johnson may or may not be
the Republican nominee at Chicago but
he can rejoice in the fact right now
that he is having the time of his life
with the so-called old guard of the
Republican party. Wriggling uncom-
fortably, protesting Indignantly, yet
controlling their impulses sufficiently to
smother their feelings, the majority of
the Republican senators are distressed
over,:the way the >cn1n1nittees headed
by Senator Kenyon, pal of Senator
johnson, is investigating the campaign
expenditures of the various presidential
nominees. tst ha %.
/ The Republican senator's who have
been through many a campaign and
many an exposure of campaign expend-
itures shook their heads doubtfully
when the plan was first proposed and
finally decided to smother it altogether
But Senator johnson came back to
Washington and things happened. Al
though members of the investigating
committee deny they have any other
purpose except to let white light OF
publicity shed its pointed rays on the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-27
VALUABLE REAL ES-
TATE FOR SALE

1t is seldom you get chance to buy
so cosy a home as the one at So OAK
GROVE AVENUE, OWNED BY W.
H. BOND, about everything to make
life worth living is found in this beau
tiful house, large frontage, garage,
shrubbery, etc.
This property is put on the market
for no reason except that the owner
has bought home nearer his business
on Main st. This viii not be on the
market very long so speak now.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-27

WANTED-Peeled spruce, poplar and
bass to be delivered during summer and
fall. Would like to contract for 1920
! and 1921 delivery ATTRACTIVE prices
tpaid for select stock. q. B. Barden,
! Wallingford, Vt. 62.79*
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-27

WANTED - Two neat appearing
young men who are willing to travel
Good salary to start. Opportunity for
rapid advancement. Call for Miss Wat
son, Brooks House, Saturday or Sun
day p. m. and Monday evening 6 to 8
) p. m. 72-77#
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-27

WANTED let job of drawing lum-
Der from timber lot>pin Chesterfield, near
Winchester line, to Box Factory in Ash
uelot, N. H., distance of 6 miles. In
quire of F. A. Betterley, II Canal ST. 76.tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-27

4 WANTED-Raw furs. Welfare fn q
fposition to pay highest market price.
sOrders taken for all kinds of dressed
ifurs made from fancy northern skins
sR: E. lJones, Kiiqspp's harness shop, 2S
Flat ST., BrattleborQ; 303.tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-27

s. WANTED-American woman, As, com
petent full charge, wishes position as
housekeeper for man, or man and son, in
modern home, city or country. Address
w. j., Reformer Office. 1851
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-27

WANTED = Lady demonstrators.
Pleasant outdoor work with good salary
for those willing to travel. For APP
pointment write Letter M, Brattleboro
Daily Reformer, Brattleboro,s Vt. 72-74*
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-27

WANTED-Waitr IS Z expe-
fenced, high class hotel, White Noun
tains, long season, highest wages, trans
portation paid. Write d. B. Carroll, 1920
Regent St., Philadelphia, Pa. 1851
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-27
S. w. Edgett & Co.
FOR SALE!
VALUABLE FARM IN
BERNARDsToN, MASS.

ITO Acres
Sloping south and east, viii cut 80
tons of hay and keep 20 head stock,
600 sugar trees with utensils. Two
story house 10 rooms, beautiful loca-
ton, two barns with silo. If sold be-
fore July first you can buy the stock
and tools. For further particulars
write
S. w. Edgett & Co.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-27

WANTED From June 90 for one
or two months small furnished cottage,
vicinity of Spofford lake preferred. Ad-
dress A. G. Morrill,, 80 Main ST., Brat
tleboro. 1917
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-27

4 WANTED-Beef, hogs and calves and
some nice fresh cows, delivered at my
place Saturday or at the depot Monday
morning. ! will, pay market price. 81. G.
Clark, Brattleboro 34-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-27

WANTED-To let job of two million
feet of lumber from stump to stick. F,
A. Larrow. 71-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-27

WANTED-A young man to help on
plumbing and learn the business. j. L.
Rogers, % Main street. 1914
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-27

WANTED-Work on farm by young
man. No experience. Write Box 3l3,
Brattleboro. 70-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-27

work in and around saw mill. Holden
& Martin Lumber Co. 22-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-27

MAGAZINES AT LOWEST PRICES
me about what magazines yen
want for the coming year. I can get
them for you at money saving prices.
Mrs. g. M. Love, Magazine Specialist,
South Newfane, vt. 208-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-27

DON'T LET anyone fool you. Sell
your junk to the right dealer--get full
price and the right scale. Telephone
connection. M Gissen, 104 Williams
st. Stiff
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-27

COMPOUND CRYSTALS. Finest
confection made. Attractive PROPOSE
tions and literature with fine large box
of crystals. Mailed for 25c. Partie-
ulars free Address III. F. Merrill,
AthOl Mass. $500
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-27

S. w. Edgett & Co.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-27

CONTINUED on Page A.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-27

FOR SALE-Stoves, furniture, inva-
lids chair, trunks, machinist's chest and
tools, lawn mowers, sewing machines,
baby carriages, baby's layette, brand
new, music box, guitar, violin, trombone,
flute, clarinet, drum, cameras, shot guns
and rifles. G. w. Cushmar, 81 Main
street. Telephone 239. 73-7S*
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-27

WANTED Man to take garden on
shares. c. NJ. Voetsch,. II Linden st.
76.tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-27

FOR SALE-Strawber plants, nice
ones. Set few in your garden. Now is
the time. Sample, Warfeld and Dun
lap, 90c per hundred; 81 per thousand
delivered. Progressive Everbearing,
40c per twelve; So per hundred. r. A.
Newton, Dummerston. TEL Brattleboro
341-2 72-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-27

WANTED = Chambermaids. Hote
Devens, Greenfield, Mass 747!
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-27

WANTED-one good maid. Austin'
Institution, Brattleboro. est
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-27

FOR SALE-Two tenement house, IA
rooms, in good repair, large garden, one
of the best built houses in town, on
Washington ST., also two story house,
Z rooms with garden, both houses have
all modern conveniences. inquire Mrs.
c. B. Lamson, GA Washington st.,
l.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-27

FOR SALE-We will arrive the oath
with 80 head of horses; pairs, 5000 to
$500; singles, 1175 to 1850; all first
class and ready to work; have been
blowing in West. We have a few Sec
onds on hand most of the time 900 to
1000. All kinds of harnesses and col
lars. Guilford & Wood Horse Co., Shell
burnes Falls. Mass. 1-76
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-27

WANTED--Man to peddle milk, mar
ried or single. Bradley Farm. 33-ti
The Washington herald., 1920-04-25
Meredith Wants
Men in the Cities
To Work konFarnl.

City men and college students are
urged to spend their summer vaca-
t1ons working on farms. by z. T.
Meredith, Secretary of Agriculture,
who aserts the threatened shortage
in farm labor has assumed danger
Gus proportions.
Available labor for farm work is
- per cent of normal this spring,
according to figures from a survey
of the country just finished by the
Bureau of Crop Estimates and the
Bureau of Farm Management. Prices
paid are Is to 25 per cent higher
than last year.
Industrial competition seriously
threatens to endanger food produc-
ton. in the opinion of department
officials, who declare reports from
all sections are unanimous in as
men who are attracted to manufac-
more pay.
In a letter to a publication de-
voted to the collegiate world, Sec
retary Meredith says:
Reports received by the depart
ment from its representatives in the
various States indicate that many
farmers are curtailing their plant
ing operations this spring because
they are unable to. secure an ade-
quate supply of farm labor. This
will tend to limit the production of
foodstuffs this coming season, the
maintenance of which Is so neces-
sary to the welfare Of the nation,
and. indeed, of the world
The great body of undergrad
yates Of American colleges and
universities can be of real service
In helping to meet this shortage.
There are thousands of university
and college men, and women. too.
who do more or less farm work each
summer, but there are thousands of
others who do little or no produc-
tive work. A large percentage of
the latter might well consider the
advisability of engaging in farm
work this summer from the stand
point Of profit to themselves and of
the nation"
The Washington herald., 1920-04-25
Girls Insure
Against Exams
At Bryn Maur
If They Fail in Tests They
Get Premiums by This
Novel Scheme.

Washington girls who are stu
dents at Bryn Mawr College are
ready purchasers of insurance
which pays them a premium if they
fail to pass their examinations.
And the insurance also covers
the measles. or any of the other
discomforts that one meets even
while attending college
The insurance company at the
school is one of Lloyds rivals and
it's charges are much more reason
able. Louise Sloan. of Lutherville.
Md. and Elizabeth Luetkemeyer. or
Cleveland, O., are managers of the
fund this year. and so heavy is
business that they have been able
to reduce the charges.
Twenty-Five cents is the charge
for an examination and If the stu
dent fails she gets a premium. The
fewer that fail, the larger the
premium. The fund has been run
ming three years and the largest
premium ever distributed was 81
but this year it was only 70 cents
Once, the managers actually in
surcd against measles, and the
premium was $1.25 as few students
caught it.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-25
Legion Girls
hDC.Sudy
Vote Problem
Washington Women Learn,
ing to Handle Ballot
. at Post Meetings.

When women vote the members
OF U. s. S. Jacob bnes Post, Amer
lean Legion, will be waiting at the
door for the polls TO open.
o More than 100 pretty Washington
girls who served during the war
are studying politics with an in
terest exceeded only by the pep
they showed in helping to beat the
Kaiser. The Marinette Post is the
first Legion organization to start
work preparing its members for
their duties as voters.
This campaign got under way
with a bound at the last meeting
when Capt. Wyatt, field director OF
st. Elizabeth's Hospital. lectured or
States government, and Scott Fer.
ris. representative from Oklahoma
explained the platform and princi.
Piles of the Democratic party. Some
Republican member of the House
will be secured to tell the girls
what the q. o. P. stands for al
the next meeting.
The legionnaires also are follow.
ing n course of selected reading.
in the principles of politics. The
girls 90 not connne their activities
to Legion members. and the meet.
ings are open to all women of the
District.
This program was adopted with
the probability they would he able
to cast their first votes in the Pres.
idential election this fall Eact
meeting will be enlivened by ar
entertainment program. Miss Ros,
F. Stokes. post commander, lead.
in these meetings.
Belleau Wood Post. American lie.
gion. composed of women. is plan.
ming to erect a tablet on the site
of the Belleau Woods battle as q
tribute to the American soldier,
who fell there. The post oficeri
have taken the matter up with tn,
French Legation.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-25

ganized and manufacturers invited
to become members
Forests are being studied by the
councils committee on forestry, es-
pecially to save second-growth tim
Der. Thousands of acres of trees in
all parts Of the forested regions of
the United States will be measured
to find how rapidly second-growth
timber is producing the salable
lumber that our industries soon will
require.
They are selecting the best forest
grasses for grazing in order to
make the land pay taxes and other
expenses while the new forest
grows. This Is said to concern di-
rectly the lumber interests, even
makers of wheels, handles or boxes.
The executive board of the Ma
tional Research Council at its Sun
day sessions will hear reports and
map out the policy for thirteen dis
tinct divisions:
One group brings together the
many scientific bureaus Of the gov
ernment Another. including Elihu
Root, studies foreign relations. An
other under Maj. R NJ. Yerkes Is
an information bureau for scientific
and Industrial Investigations.
Plan to Work for Druggists.
A Division of Educational Rela-
tions seeks to remove conditions
hindering university research and
leaving so much of 1t mere waste" :"
1t includes DR.. Flexner of the
Rockefeller Foundation, DIR. Pritch-
ett Of the Carnegie Foundation,
and Herbert Hoover.
Fifteen committees are studying
such things as wireless and aero
nautics for the Division of Physical
Sciences. The Division of Chemis-
try. through three great chemical
societies, is improving synthetic
drugs for the druggists. Its work
on explosives has the direct sup
port of the War and Navy Depart
ment.
Organized through the eight
great engineering societies. the Di-
vision Of Engineering has some TWEEN
ty special committees. One is work
ing on the fatigue" of metals, to
allow repairs in machinery before
the breaking point is reached and
so prevent disastrous breaks.
Tests for Selecting Workers.
Medical problems in industry will
be taken up by the Division of
Medical Sciences. 1t is also inter
ested in the International effort to
suppress epidemics in their earliest
stages in areas from which they
first spread.
During the war the Division of
Psychology took an active hand in
the army tests given 100000 men
They studied the selection of avia-
tors, men suitable as look-outs for
merchant ships and for special as
signment to gunfire squads. In the
same way they will aid in finding
ways to select the workers for in
dustry.
Use of an additional $500, 900 fund
10 aid exceptional young men in
pure research also will be consider
ed. This fund Is unique in that the
fellow may choose his own problem
and the place where he will study
James r. Angel. recently appoint
ed president OF the Carnegie Foun-
dation. is chairman of the National
Research Council Executive Board
and DR.. Vernon Kellogg it's secre-
tary.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-25
Poland Battles
Eor the World,
Kzeczka' Vieu,

Representative John c. kleczka,
of Milwaukee. Wis, the first Amer
ican of Polish descent elected to
the United States House of Repre-
sentatives, has given The Herald an
exclusive interview on Poland.
Refuting the veiled charges be-
ing made in this country as to Po-
lands imperialism" and "aggres-
sive warfare" on the Bolshevik
front, Representative Kleczka point
ed out Poland is fighting for the
preservation of civilization and de-
mocracy and should be assisted in
her struggle with the Red peril.
"Poles wIthstood Propaganda
There is some misapprehension
as to the purpose for which Po-
land has maintained an army on the
eastern front, and why she is en-
gaging in war against the Bolshe-
wiki" said Mr.. kleczka- The war
carried on by Poland against the
Red terror of Russia is strictly a
defensive war. 1t began as q de-
fensive war and has been carried
on ever since as a defensive con-
flict.
During the entire period of the
war after the collapse of the gov
eminent of the Gar. the Russian
radical propagandists have flooded
the territory of Poland with millions
of Russian rubles in their effort to
spread their pernicious doctrines.
They thought an impoverished
Poland offered a very fertile field
for their nefarious work. They
thought a hungry people readily
would yield to their enticing prom
ises and seductive program. But
their hopes of success were quickly
Blasted.
The Polish people quickly saw
that the schemes of these destroyers
of orderly procedure would plunge
them into an abyss of horror and
Gesolation from which they never
would recover. With true patriotic
ardor, the Poles quickly formed a
volunteer army and repulsed the
overwhelming Bolshevik forces.
Holds Red Army in Russia.
During the past twelve months
Poland's army has been performing
a world guard duty. Suffering un-
told misery, feeling keenly the
pangs of starvation, and with in
sufficient equipment, this army
is holding a line of almost 1900
miles and is successfully repelling
all attempts of invasion by the
Bolsheviki forces. Poland and her
army is indeed the barrier holding
back the red wave of Bolshevism."
AS regards the statement made
in some quarters that Poland is
fighting on Russian soil and in
tends to annex large part of
Russia, Representative Kleczka said
there is no ground for this as
sertion.
VIII Live Up to All Traditions.
'The Polish army has at no time
passed beyond the frontier which
marked the eastern boundary of
Poland before her partition by Rus
sia, Prussia and Austria" he eN-
planned. las a matter of fact, the
Bolshevik army today is about 100
miles in the interior of what was
once a part of the Polish State.
Although all these eastern prov
inces formed a part of the Polish
State for centuries before the parti-
tion, Poland lays no claim TO them
e on the grounds of historical rights
Poland has solemnly proclaimed
through her Chief of State, Gen. Jo-
seph Pilsudski, with the approval
of the constitutional assembly, the
right of self-determination for
these populations"
The Washington herald., 1920-04-25

body else had a chance to win.
The Washington policeman comes
from a family OF crack shots. His
father acquired considerable repu-
tation as a rife expert in frontier
days in Illinois.
when a Small Boy.
Mr.. Bum went on many hunting
trips with his father, and he learned
to pick of wing shots almost as
soon as he could lift the paternsl
rife. His success in the department
contests led him to join the WASH
ington Rife Club. After winning a
number of club matches, he was
selected to represent Washington at
the national matches conducted by
the United States Rife and Revolver
Club at Jacksonville, Fla. in 1916.
He won the eighth gold medal
awarded out of SIT entries.
At the national matches at Seagirt,
n. J.. in 1906. he won second prize
for the disappearing target shots.
He will celebrate his 54th birthday
Wednesday, April IS. He is detailed
on duty at the White House grounds
The Washington herald., 1920-04-25

With twenty-eight gold. silver and
bronze medals bespangling his broad
chest, John c. Bum, Sc Q street
northwest, looks like a hero of
scores of battles.
Bum is one of the best-known
members of the Washington police
department and the medals were
won in national. departmental and
District pistol and rife matches.
Besides his reputation as one of
the best shots in this part of the
United States, Mr.. Bum has known
some hair-raising adventures dur
ing his police career, the climax of
which came in the race riots last
summer when he was shot through
the left shoulder.
For twenty years Bum has been
prominent as a marksman. He
started to perfect his tecnique with
the rife and revolver when special
medals were offered in the police
department in 1900. He won first
prize for three years and then the
contests were discontinued. He in
sists they were stopped because no
The Washington herald., 1920-04-25

Board and room for $3.50 a week
with all the accommodations of a
first class hotel in the heart of
Washington!
This Is what the Salvation Army
plans to offer more than 100 work
ing girls in the near future.
The hostelry is to be called the
Salvation Army women's Hotel, and
is to be located in the Old Civil
Service Building, Eighth and E
streets northwest 1t will be ready
for occupancy early this summer.
Work Of remodeling the building
will start soon.
The Washington hotel for work.
ing girls will be one of hfty-two of
the same class which the Salvation
Army now is operating in large
American cities. 1t will be operated
on a service-at-cost plan. 1t will
contain club rooms, reception rooms,
a dance hall, a cafeteria, a sewing
room provided with every apparatus
for making and mending clothes,
and large laundry where the girls
may do their own work. An audito-