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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-10
Today's Events

Centenary of the birth of Gen. David
A. Russell, noted Union commander who
fell at the battle of Winchester.
One hundred and twenty-ffth anniver-
sary of the birth of Matthias w. Bald
win, pioneer American locomotive
builder.
Sir James Atkins, lieutenant-governor
of Manitoba and an eminent leader of the
dominion bar, enters upon his 10th year
today.
The 200th anniversary of Massachus-
etts hall at Harvard, said to be the
oldest college building in the United
States, is TO be celebrated with a dinner
at the university tonight.
A program for the future activities
cussed at q meeting of the national com
mittee called for Chicago today.
The housing shortage in the United
States is to be the chief topic at today's
| sessions of the eighth conference of the
National Housing association, at Bridge
port, CT.
Premier Drury of Ontario and Hon.
T. A. Crerar are scheduled to address a
public meeting of the Canadian Council
of Agriculture in Winnipeg today.
Retrial of the case against Col. Aug.
ustus Drum, former third deputy police
commissioner of New York city, who is
charged with neglect of duty, is docketed
to begin today.
The American Bankers association has
called a conference of bankers, producers
importers and exporters from all sections
of the United States to meet in Chicago
today to- perfect the organization of @
corporation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-10
Little Benny's
Note Book
By # PAPE.

1 saw Ed Wernick and Reddy Merry
shocking up the alley yestidday AFTERNOON,
me saying, Watts up, fellows?
Shh, we're going TO kidnap Sid Hunts
dog and hold him for a ransom. sed
Reddy. And they kepp on sneeklng
me following them to see wat happened,
and the Huntses back gate was unlocked
and Ed Wernick opened it and Sids fox
terrier Teddy came running out and
Reddy Merry picked him up and they
both ran like the dickins, me running
after them, to see wat elts happened, and
they ran GROUND to ReddyS back yard
and put Teddy in. and after suppir the
fellows was standing GROUND the lam
post and Sid Hunt came GROUND the
corner wisseling as, loud as he could as
if he was wisselng for something and
looking in all ~direcktions as if he was
looking for the same thing. and he came
| up and Reddy Merry said. Watts the mat
ter Sid did you lose something?
Teddy ran away, he opened the back
gate all by, himself and ran away. that
dogs too darn brite, that's watts the mat.
ter with him I -gess he watched me open
the gate and did it the same way ! did
it, spd Sid Hunt.
All the fellows saving, Aw, aw, watts
YOU giving us, and Reddy Merry saying,
Wat will you give if l find him for you,
how mulch ransom will your father pay
He wont pay envy, l don't even know
if he'll leeve me take him back if ]
| find him, he's all the time digging holes
in the yard, but he's q smart dog all rite
look how he opened the gate by himself
jest watching me. sed' Sid.
Aw heck, sed Reddv Merry. And be
wawked away and pritty soon who came
running up barking bnt Teddy, and he
jumped up and kissed Sids face, Sid leev-
ing him do it as if he was some relation.
and / went erround and looked over
Reddy Merfys back tents and heer there
was g big holes dug in the yard, and
that proberly being the reason.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-10
TodaY's Anniversaries.

1S45-Commodore Jesse ID. Elliott, sec
ond in command under Perry at
the battle of Lake Erie. died in
Philadelphia. Born in Maryland,
July IA, 1882.
1S56-The English cathedral in Mon
treal was destroyed by fire.
1S70-The French army of the Loire was
defeated by the Germans, and be-
gan a retreat.
1S71-Special prayers were offered in
English churches for the Prince of
Wales king Edward Wiz, who
was i'll with typhoid fever.
1S73-Marshal Bazaine found guilty for
~surrendering Metz to the Germans
and sentenced to death.
1S77-Osman Pasha and his army at
Plevna surrendered to the Rus
slams after a siege of five months.
lSS7-Jules Ferry, ex-president of the
French Republic, narrowly es-
capped assassination
191S-The French army occupied Mainz
and freed 1900 informed Ameri-
cans,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-10

The Reformer IL on sale every ~svsnIAE by
the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattlebero News Co. c "
cleveland, S. L P~urintou EstsyyIlle),
Brooks House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot News.
stand, Gilbert J. Pollica, 81 South Main St.
Fort Drummer d~istrictJ.
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-10
In the Days News.

Rev. DIR. Robert f.. Speer, who has
been honored with the presidency of the
Federal Council of Churches of Christ
in America, served as chairman of the
war commission of that body, which is
said to represent 25,OO0, 900 adherents.
DIR. Speer is a Pennsylvania, educated
for the ministry at Princeton and Prince,
ton Theological seminary, who, never
theless, never has been pastor of q
church. although he has had the degree
of d. d. conferred upon him by the Uni.
versity of Edinburgh. His fame rests
on his ability as an administrator, first
of the foreign missionary interests OF
the Presbyterian Church North, and sec
ond on his aid, as an author and as a
speaker of great ~eloquence, in the enlist
ment and education of young people of
all denominations in the propaganda
work of Protestant christianity in non
Christian lands.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-10
Today's Birthdays.

AISLE J. Gronna, the retiring United
States senator from North Dakota, born
at Ekador, Iowa, 81 years ago today.
Thomas p. Gore, the retiring United
States senator from Oklahoma, born in
Webster county, Miss, 80 years ago
today.
: Jouett Shouse, former Kansas COM
gresham and later assistant secretary OF
the treasury, born in Woodford county,
KY, Al years ago today.
Prof. Francis E. Nipher, noted physi-
cist of the st. Louis Academy of Science,
born at Port Byron, N. Y, 70 years
ago today. -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-10
Nice For the Deer.
(Rntland Herald.l

That was a nice little hunting party
IN the West River railroad the other
morning, when, deer being sighted along
the track, engineer, train crew and pas
sengers joined in a ~sniping party-with
no damage whatever to the deer. Won
der how the argument would nave been
settled if by chance one of the bullets
had struck home.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-10
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-10
TO THR

Il 10 tie aim of the management % eesurs
efficient services in. the delivery OF the paper
each night, and II ~solieits the cooperation OF
subscribers to that end. Prompt reports should
N the morning following the omission, ID
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4bliAR the cause OF the error 20 be promptly
and accurS .ely discovered and the proper rem
edy immediately applied Il Is only BY this
method that the publisher can SssaTs tie se
sired aervise.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-10

Each package of diamond Dyes" con
tains directions so simple that any
woman can ~diamond-dye a new, rich.
fadeless color into worn, shabby gar
ments, draperies, coverings, whether
wool, silk, linen, cotton or mixed goods.
Buy Diamond Dyes"-no other kind
then perfect results are guaranteed even
if you have never dyed before. Druggist
has color card.-AdY.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-10

toys for children at Christmas to give
them tools to develop their constructive
abilities instead of the destructive. Ev-
identity this person had never rued the
Christmas day he presented some young
ster with a jack knife and noted it's de
structive tendencies toward fingers and
furniture.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-10

A while ago little Denmark was send
ing us butter, now she is sending us con-
densed milk. Reminds one of a small
mother looking after an overgrown child.
Looks like a very successful deer hunt
ing season for Vermont. Many deer have
been shot, but only a few hunters.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-10

The heavy slaughter of deer during the
current week foreshadows an effort in
the next legislature to exempt does from
further molestation for a few years at
least. 1t is also likely that an attempt
will be made to change the date of the
open season-a plan, by the way, which
is said to have the approval of the state
fish and game department.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-10
Telling Us How.
burlington Free Press J

NbUTIIHBIUH Tee FTeSS.J
The indefatigable J. G. Ullery of Brat
tlebore has induced former President VIII
liam II. Taft and other distinguished men
to outline the methods they used to gain
success in the world. The results of this
movement have been printed in a little
booklet entitled On Getting On.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-10
One Year Ago Today.

British made wholesale raids on Sim
Fein quarters in Dublin.
Great Britain rejected Russian .Soviet
offer. regarding exchange of prisoners,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-10

One newspaper makes the suggestion
that Il little imaginative sympathy of the
Observation-Disclosures variety would
often add greatly to the worth of the
Christmas gifts we are providing. If
you put yourself in his place when Sc
lecting the neckties and cigars they
probably would not be bought. You
would "let George do it" himself.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-10

1t is a very ~poignantly phrased caution
intended for those who are careless when
afflicted with colds which is on the front
IF d Hartford, Conn, institution-"Don't
be a human germ spray"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-10
Member Of The Associated Prssa

The Associated Press Is exclusively sn
r:tled to the use for publication of all new
iespa ches credited TO 1t and not otherwise
,redited IL this paper and also thu local news
published herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-10

Members of the police force of Filming
ton, N. c., have been ordered by theil
chief to become regular attendants a.
church services.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-10
To Stop a Cough Quick

take HAYES HEALING HONEY. 1t
Stops the Tickle, Heals the Throat and
tsle Cough. Price 35c. A free box
GROVES O-PEN-TRATE SALVE for
Colds. Head Colds and Group is en-
closed with every bottle.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-10

\ couple who gave the names of Henry
{. Carter and mamie" of Glens Falls,
\. Y, appropriated a suitcase belonging
to Norman Monette, which he had left
under a seat at the Bennington railroad
station while lie stepped across the track
to chat with an acquaintance. With the
assistance Of the police, the pair were ar
rested at Troy, n. Y. where Monette
recovered his suitcase S64 and a ticket to
~Champlain.
On account of what is said to be a
case of smallpox in the high school at
Brandon the students in the public.
schools there are undergoing vaccination.
Every effort is being made by the author.
tiles to prevent any epidemic. The case is
a Donor boy who attended school last
Thursday and Friday and is now quaran-
tined at his home in Cornwall and his
illness has been pronounced to be small
pox
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-10
The MeddIer
"If hs coat fJ yOH, put IL on

In the course of the conferences which
pose of determining the best plan of
procedure with reference to the future
of the local Chamber of Commerce Chat
is still the official title although nobody
calls it anything but board of trade)
somebody made the pertinent sugges-
ton that the organization might well in
augurate a campaign for the elimination
of the mudhole which bounds Brattle-
boro's railroad station on the east. IF
first impressions count for anything"
said the man who made the suggestion,
they certainly count heavily against
Brattleboro with every stranger who EN-
banks from the local station platform by
automobile or other vehicle"
Everyone who is familiar with condi.
tions at the depot yard will agree with
the truth of this statement. 1t is nothing
less than shameful that such a state of
affairs should be allowed to exist, and
there is no shadow of doubt that in ad-
ditiOn to being a continuous source of
annoyance and discomfort ii constitutes
a glaring advertisement of the towns
lack of those very qualities which Organi-
cations IKE p board Of trade are supposed
to foster and encourage. After surviv-
ing a trip through this devastated area
any prospective resident might be par
doned for listening with incredulity to
statements in support of the owns en-
terprise and public spirit.
BrattlebOro is justly proud of its pas
senger station, which is the equal of any
in the state and the envy of many com
munities, but its surroundings are an
eyesore which has been tolerated alto
! gether too long. What has become of
the plans of the Central Vermont for
the destruction of the old depot structure
and the removal of the freight station to
the west side of the tracks? The only
time anyone hears of them nowadays is
| when an effort is made to lease a part
of the unused fiat south of the present
passenger depot. Then the railroad au-
thorities come forward with the state
ment that the land is unavailable for
private use because of what the railroad
plans to do with it otherwise they sit
tight, saying nothing and what is worse
doing nothing. Certainly the Chamber
of Commerce could do nothing that would
give it a more definite accomplishment
toward which to point with just pride
than the Inauguration of a campaign for
permanent improvement in this partic-
ular locality.
=
1t is understood that the village fire
department is getting ready to celebrate
the first anniversary of the George E.
Greene tenement house fire on Brook
street February ., by repairing the hy-
drant at the corner of Canal and Brook
streets which has been out of commits
sion ever since that date-that is, un-
less another fire in that locality in the
meantime arouses public sentiment to
such an extent that the repairs are made
more promptly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-10
VERMONT NEWS.

Rutland, which has been having a great
coal shortage, now has plenty, as ship
ments have begun to come in.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-10

A speaker before a Rutland audience
his week urged that instead of buying
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-10

New York city's first fire chief was
paid sixty dollars a year for his services.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-10-27
R. R.R.,SCoLLECI
ON THE PUBLIC
CUARANTEEFUND
C. Curnmins-Esch Bill Does
It's Deadly Work
Already

WASHINTON, D. C.-Payments
made to railroads by the government
under the transportation act so far
total $780, 9,910,299, according to a
statement issued by the treasury.
Most of this sum was paid roads
in the form of advances, amounting
to $233, us, 1914, made on estimates to
the amounts due under the guarantee
provisions Of the act. Partial pay
ments were made on the guarantee
applications reaching the treasury be-
fore September /. After that date
Comptroller Warwick has ruled that
no guarantee payments will be made
the carriers, unless the whole amount
due each road has been calculated.
The roads towards which payments
o fthis nature have been made were
not listed by the treasury. Payments
made in the forms of loans out of the
revolving fund created by the act
amounted to $56,190,325.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-10-27
AMPAleNlNQ J !. !.
Y. FIGURES ARE
!. MADE PUBLIC
Vast Sums Spent By Big
Political Parties
OF Nation

WASHINGTON, Oct. R7. The
democratic national committee had ex-
pended $699,071.69 in the national
campaign up to October 81, says a
report filed with the clerk Of the
house Of representatives by Wilbur
Marsh, the committee treasurer.
Total receipts were placed at $677,-
93487. This compared with total re-
ceipts Of $2,466, ,109.54 and expendi-
lures Of $2,741,603.34 by the repub-
lean national committee as sworn to
in a statement late yesterday by T1ea-
surer Fred w. Upham.
Governor Cox was listed as q SUBJ
scriber to the democratic fund of $5,-
900, other subscribers were Charles
r. Crane, New York and Thomas l..
Chadbourne, Jr., New York, $500
each, Thomas F. Ryan and Nathan
Strauss Of New York $4,000 each.
: The socialist party national cam
paign committee reported total con-
tributions for the national campaign
Of $51 ,028.24 and disbursements Of
$48, 8,478.68 up to October 21st. The
only contributions Of more than ST.
600 were from labor organizations.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-10-27

Governor Frazier discussed the is
sues before the voters-before tho
people and the: only objection made
'wasfrom 4 renegade democrat-repub-
lican, Nonpartisan- Bolshevik- Office
Seeker and Political Slush Fund
Grabber- when Slush Funders will
pay il. The crowd swung to Gov
ernor Lynn j. Frazier and to the
principles he stands for.
Prograp carried Out
aThe Nonpartsans league was OF
ganized with a,defhite program and
this mas been carried out in every
particular. We have fulfilled every
promise made as far as it has been
possible in face Of the obstructionist
tatics adopted by the I. v. A. opps-
sitioR. It is true that some parts Of
tn nrogram have not advanced as
far u could be desired but the blame
foF this rests with the opposition.
They have fought rs at every turn
Iof the rnad despite the fact that the
overwhelming majority Of the people
have voted for thiaspiUgram in five
conservative elections:
"The issue in this campaign is the
industrial program. r. you believe
in this program do you think it will
be safe to entrust it's sworn enemies
with administering it? The Nonpar-
tisanH HLeague started this movement;
it has enacted the program into law;
has put it into operation. The
League has put up a ticket of can
didates who are all in favoor of these
laws.sssThe opposition candidates arc
on record as opposed to every one of
them altho they now claim that. they
are for them. Whom are you going
to believe, you who favor the pro
gram? That's for you to decide. ..
Vote rs Conscience Dictates
I'VE are not here to dictate to you
how you shall vote. All We ask ID
that you study our program, bur
laws. Then you make up your. own
mind whether or not this program is
good thing for our state. After you
have made up your mind on this point,
then 60 to the polls and vote as your
own conscience dictates. Good Am
er1can citizenship requires this of
you."
World Gets Boost.
The Devils Lake World, candidate
for the Official Paper Of Ramsey
county was cheered by the crowd that
filled the hall as F. S. Austin, editor
Of the publication, was introduced by
Chairman M. A. Hoghaug. The World
is a farmer owned newspaper. A few
brief remarks by Editor Austin drew
the applause Of the audience. Mr..
Austin did not attack his opponent in
any manner but urged upon his hear
ers the principles for which The
World stands and asked the support
Of the public in itsca mpaign.
Miss Alfhild Alison Speaks
Mr.. Austin was followed on the
program Of speakers by Miss Alfhild
Alison, candidate for the Office Of
secretary Of state and whose name
will appear in the Individual column
Of the '''big ballot-at the extreme
right hand sile". Miss Alison made
an impression that not only gained
votes for her but for the whole Non
partisan league list Of endorsed candi-
dates.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-10-27
CLIMAX OF CAMPAIGN REACHED WHEN OPPONENTS
Of LEAGUE PROGRAM CH[ERFO GOVERNOR
HERE LAST NIGHT.

blasted of the
when he addressed te largest audience ed into the
cal house at meeting atght Hundreds " As ming
lied with Nonparsan identified party
active campaigning cheered and Of North
following of talk
Governor showed the of
speakers told Nonparsan had
of the state doing and will dothas ALL and the
throng throng every space
dreds with regret s@
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-10-27
Something Wrong

It took my family 20 years Of
the hardest kind of work and
the closest economy to Detire an
Indebtedness Of forty two huR-
dred dollars on eur farm. Dur
ing that same time, wealth was
accumulated in the cities tre-
nendously. Something is wrong
with the system, that permits
this difference in returns for eQui-
yalent ofofrt. We must find and
supply the remedy:
w. G. ECKHARDT,
Marketing Committee Ameri-
can Farm Bureau Federation
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-10-27
LOCAL DEALER
OUT OF 81 y III
Still Crying ''Townley"
But Admits Good
OF League
SENDS OUT LETTER
Talks "Upbuilding And
Development" Of
State
SENDS OUT LETTER
By F. S. Austin.

oy ~ Z1u0VAAAs
Why, if the lesgue is . bone
At al Mr.. Mann says it is, does
he fight it so bitterly? Why does
he call the farmers socialists,
and he did recently an3 his
statements were published? Why
don't Mr.. Mann stick to the far
mers and 20 to them if he thinks
they have the wrong leader--has
Mr.. Mann accumulated such ar
enormous profit out of them that
he don't need them any more?
Why does Mr.. Mann line 1p with
the grain gamblers and profiteers
unless he is ono of them?
Fred P. Mann, president Of the Re-
tail Merchants Association of North
Dakota and head of Manps depart
ment store here with a branch at
Cando, has hurled broadcast over the
state to members Of his organization
false charges against A. c. Townley.
He charges Mr.. Townley, president
Of the National Nonpartisan league,
with declaring that if she is defeated
in the election on November End, 1890,
he will return to North Dakota and
put every merchant out Of business
~ organizing great boycott Of the
farmers against all the business men
If the state Of North Dakota" q
statement trumped up, not from facts
but from fancy.
The Fargo Forum, grasping at ev-
cry pretext upon which to work up
public feeling against the Nonparti-
san league and presumably taking die
tation from the Minneapolis Chamber
Of Commerce or the wholesalers as
sociations in the east, who have un-
doubtedy donated vast sums to the
support Of the North Dakota Retail
ers' association, has aided the little
pet scheme Of the local merchant to
help defeat the successful culmina-
ton Of the most progressive move
ment ever undertaken by a state in
the Union. In a recent issue it says:
Businessmen Of North Dakota are
called on to enter the flight against
A. c. Townley and his proposed boy
colt in ringing message sent out by
Fred P. Mann, president of the State
Retail Merchants association.
Following the threats of Mr.. Town.
ley and Governor Frazier, that every
businessman of North Dakota who
votes against the Townley ticket on