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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-09
NO TRAINS ON CONCORD DIV.
Tracks Covered with Ice and Will Have
to Be Dug Out.

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION. March
9.-There have been no trains over the
Concord division of the Boston & Maine
since Friday night and there arc not
likely to be any before tomorrow morn
ing or afternoon. The trains are run
ming on the Central Vermont on time.
For about 80 miles on the Boston &
Maine the tracks are covered with ice
and will have to be shoveled and picked
out
Women bowlers of Wisconsin are to mold
a State championship tournament at
Oshkosh this month.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-09
Children and Malaria.

DR.. G. G. Bass of New Orleans, the
great authority on malaria, says that
In this disease the dose of quinine
for children less than one year old is
one-twentieth of the adult dose. and
from one TO fifteen it is one-tenth Of
the adult dose.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-09
SNOW BOUND AT WOODSTOCK.
Mayor Peters of Boston Talks of Snow.
shoeing to White River Junction.

BOSTON, March 9-Nlayor Andrew J.
Peters is snowbound at the Woodstock
Inn, Woodstock, Vt, and may have to
resort to snowshoes TO get back to City
hall where important business awaits him.
The mayor and his family were at
Woodstock last week, where the chief ex-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-09

A public bridge party will be held in
the Unitarian parish house Monday
afternoon, March Is, at 3 o o'clock, for
the benefit of the Smith college en-
dowment fund Tickets viii be sold
by Smith alumnae. 7.l2*
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-09
Like Game of Chess.

Husband-Always wanting money.
1t Is like a game of chess-nothing but
"check, check, check" Wife-But II
you don't give it to me it will be still
like a game OF chess. for it will be
pawn, pawn. pawn" - Pearson's
Weekly.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-05-27
FARM PRODUCTS SHORT

The many speculative stories that
have been going the rounds for
months to the effect that farm pro-
duction in Michigan is going to be
seriously reduced in 1920 are true,
survey of the state just made by
the Michigan State Farm Bureau
shows.
This survey extended from one
end of the state to the other, and
while of course, it's results are only
approximate, the figures are extensive
and CLEANED in every case from the
most reliable authorities possible.
Reasons given by the Farm Bureau
for this decreased farm activity are
mainly inability of farmers to obtain
competent labor, high costs and at
traction of high wages in cities
which is drawing hundreds Of people
from the country districts.
The figures obtained in the sur
vey were that the farming sections
Of Michigan lack $4,000 farm hands
this year; that there are approximate
ly II ,537 farms in the state that will
not be worked this summer; that the
percentage Of decrease in cultivated
lands in 1920 from 1919 is 1873.
And in addition to the loss in pro-
dueton these idle lands will cause,
there will be deprecated production
on farms that are being operated,
the survey showed. Many acres are
being seeded down, and in practically
every section crops are being planted
that entail the least amount Of work
to harvest Farmers are not gam
bling as i'm years gone by that the
needed labor viii appear at harvest
time.
Wages are reported everywhere as
being higher than ever paid before,
bat the farmers are making il mani
fest that they wiz not compete with
city factory wages
From only two or three counties i'm
the state have any sJQgos ions dome
that the cultivated acreage his year
win correspond 20 that Of last. They
were all in the Upper Peninsula and
their conditions were explained by
the fact that the bulk Of the farms
in that section are small. additional
acreage being cleared Of timber and
stumps every year, and are mainly
operated by owners without extra
labor.
In particular the dairy industry Of
the state is being affected by the
acute labor problem the Farm Blu
reau asserts. Not a county reported
any increase lin dairy COWS. and the
reports from an were practically I'M
animous in that dairymen were re-
ducing size Of herds. end that dairy
production in Michigan in the last
year has decreased TO the extent Of
11.3 percent.
While farmers need labor badly
il is not city vacationiets who win
solve the problem. The Farm Bureau
insists il most cases these vacation
lists are inexperienced in farming,
and as in any other business, they
cannot learn "how" in the two weeks
Off that most Of them have, in the
summertime, and two weeks assist
ance, also, would not meet the aver
age farmers needs. The farmers
have made this plain, the Farm Bu-
reau asserts, despite the consider
able agitation by well meaning folks
to send vacationists to the rural dis
tricts.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-05-27
- oF MICHIGAN. nc 20

STATE OF MICHIGAN, The Pro-
bate Court for the County Of
Gencsee
AT session Of said Court, held at
the Probate Office, in the City Of
Flint, i'm said County, on the 18th
day Of May, A. d. 1920.
Present: Hon. John G. Graves,
Judge Of Probate.
in the Matter Of the Estate Of
John a. Anderson, deceased.
Hattie J. Anderson having filed in
said court her petition praying that
the administration Of said estate be
granted to herself, or to some other
suitable person,
It is Ordered, That the Sth day Of
June, a. d. 1920, at ten o'clock in
Che forenoon, at said probate office,
be and is hereby appointed for hear
ing said petitions
1t is Further Ordered, That pub
lie notice thereof be given by pub
LEGATION Of this order, once ench week
for three successive weeks previous
to said day of hearing, in The Clio
Messenger, a newspaper printed and
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-05-27
LOCAL NEWS

Ivan, ten year old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Theron Blackman, who has been
very i'll of diphtheria, is now conval-
escent.
Mrs. H. II. Stanley recently re-
ceived a letter from her son. Rex,
who has for some years been in the
navy, saying that he is now attend
ing an aviation school and expects
hereafter TO be attached to that
branch of the naval service. Rex is
training himself forthe position Of OBJ
server
The Gillett Motor Products Com
pany, which has been operating fac
tories at Clio and Howard City is en-
gagged in moving the machinery in
both plants to Bay City, where its fac
tory will hereafter be established.
The plant heretofore occupied in Clio
would make a good place for some
manufacturing business.
A party of friends and neighbors
gathered at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Martin Schobert, Saturday evening,
to make them aware of the regret felt
at their decision to leave Clio and to
join in wishing them an abundance
of happiness and prosperity in the
future. The Schoberts have pur-
chased home in Saginaw and expect
to remove there in the very near
future.
Passengers on the southbound In
terurban which reaches Clio at about
six clock p. M, had a very exciting
experience, last Saturday evening,
when, through some misunderstood
ing of orders, there was a head-on
collision with a northbound car near
Birch Run. The cars were consider
ably damaged and several passengers
were quite badly hurt. Mrs. l. R.
Field was a passenger en- the south
bound car and was painfully bruised
and cut about the face by broken
glass.
Earl Douglas, who has been at the
University Hospital, Ann Arbor. for
a number of weeks, receiving treat
ment for one of his eyes which was
injured through a piece of steel fly
ing into it, has recovered sufficient
ly to be able to return home and re-
sumo his work in the factory. At
present Earl is unable to see with
the injured eye, but there is posi-
bility that it may improve with time
and be all right again. The injured
eye looks as well as ever, but at pres
ent it is sightless.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-05-27
circulated in said county.
John c. Graves,
Judge. or Probate.
A true copy.
Fred A. Wertman
Register Of Probate. Is
Try = Trlonrn.

stop to think how often a certain
clerk in the bakery department Of a
certain downtown store helps you 10
decide on a round marshmallow cake
or a square chocolate in preference 70
n three-cornered devils food.
Look Mt the trlcorns left again 4"
snickered the whlte-aproned diplomat
Never catch me rootln' for trI's; too
hard to wrap"-IndonapoUs News
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-05-27
rwo spIendld Rales.

Thou shalt not make unto thee any
false standards of farm life, nor bow
down myself to them to serve them.
Thou shalt not say or do anything in
vain, but have some sensible purpose
in all thou shalt say or do, for the
community shall not hold him guilt
less that sayeth or doeth anything In
vuin.-Wm. Butcher.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-05-27
Rea.on for snako,a LIlsaInq.

The kissing Of a snake is caused
the long sac-lilie lung being inhaI
with air. which Is forcibly expel
through the CLOTHS and nostrils. !
puif adder makes The loudest and M
prolonged hiss OF any snake. WI
alarmed, snakes hiss with the obJ
Of frightening off their enemies.
snakes were not able to make IN
presence known they would be 4
quenty trodden upon ana injurcd1
The various creatures OF veldt, for
and mountain.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-05-27

Don't "sltimp and save mcanlyn
Earn and invest largely. And because
honest earning means hard work no
careful Of your investment. Govern.
mentel inyestmcnts-W S,vings
.Stamps-can never cause financial re-.
grets.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-05-27
BARN FOR SALE

For sale, q large barn, to be
wrecked Contains about sixteen
thousand feet of lumber and twenty
squares of slate finished Rubberoid
roofing. The lumber consists Of
matched siding, flooring, sheathing
and bill stuff, 2x4. 2x8, 2x10 and
2x12, sixteen to twenty-four feet
long. A bargain for quick sale.
Mrs. N. W. Mann
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-05-27

Timothy hay was first grown in the
New England states and was taken
from there to the Carollnas in 1920 by
Timothy Hansen. from whom It &c
rived It's name.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-01
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Phladelphans Subjects They
KnOU Best

illustrious example. There are numerous
others. The Jest with John and Lionel
Barrymore, one of the outstanding successes
in New York, was an illustration. There
was here a revival of the drama of twenty
five years ago.
Horror, strong feelings of all kinds, still
have their appeal The beautiful, sweet,
I'M unfailing appeal. Sympathy and senti
ment will strike a responsive chord skillfrlly
presented today, as surely as they would at
any other time in the history OF the stage.
David Warfeld has existed with The Music
Master and The Auctioneer' through this
appeal to the public.
But many OF our actors of today are
caDined and confined in their art. In our
dlsdain of the old school methods the Amer
lcan stage is in great danger, if it has not
already lost its traditions. 1t is building up
none. One must go to France as the single
country In the world that is preserving its
stage ideals.
1T is a great mistake to scof at the
stage art of the past. 1t might not be
translatable as it was then, today. but there
was much in it that we could preserve and
connect up with our present day art.
Now with the theatrical and the NOV
ing. picture industries centralized, we have
bullt up immense, powerful, efficient ma
chlnes. There are many advantages. We
are able to do things in bigger way, to
stage better, to have all the working ma
chinery more perfect in its operation. Per-
haps we are commercial, but the machinery
is all there to do big things.
I'm the movies, as in our books and
stories, the authors control their char
acters. Just move them a notch, two
notches, three nOtches to the left, as one
might want to express or rather suggest
hate, fear, joy. But there is too much con-
troll and not enough freedom.
'Lavishness is the order of the day In
the movies. We have enormous scenes,
gowns costing thousands of dollars. Every
thing but the story and the emotional ap-
peal. Many of our writers are going to
the movie studios, attracted not by tho
cause of art, but by the great wads of long
green in sight. But curtailment must be in
order. There must be more attention to the
story and less to extraneous details. The
big movie concerns have lost and are losing
heavily. They have overreached themselves
with the tremendous resources at hand
1t seems that we are about to swing into the
cycle OF the full booded, powerfully ex-
pressed drama again. At least, hope we
are" Wv
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-01
THE WHITE PERIL

nNHE charge that narcotics of PHILADELPHIA
l. manufacture are flowing into China and
being used to debauCh Chinese In communi-
ties where the new government only recently
wiped out the opium traffic is not new. At
various times more or less direct represen
tations have been made to British and
American officials by enlightened Chinese
who are trying to save the country and their
people from the devastating effects Of habit
forming drugs.
The Chinese have almost eliminated opium
smoking, vice introduced among them by
white traders eager for profit. Importation
of opium, morphis and like drugs Is forbid
den. But it has been found that such con
traband though it cannot pass through Gus
tom houses controlled by the Chinese them
selves, was admitted In increasing quantities
through ports and areas controlled by the
British, the French and the japanese. After
repeated appeals from the Pekin Government
the British did their best to co operate with
the Chinese.
The sensational charge made public yes q.
terday by DIR. Wilbur #. Crafts superin
tendent of the International Reform Bureau,
indicates that the Japanese and the Ameri =
cans from whom they make their purchases
have not yet seen fit to stop practice that
menaces the health and peace Of vast areas
In China.
Recently Mayor Moore had reason to com
plain of the widespread distribution OF dan
serous drugs from laboratories in this city
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-01
THE PUBLIC'S AFFAIR

TT is important that the refusal of the
1 Public Service Commission tn exercise
Jurisdiction Of the Z. G. I. with reference
to changed standard of gas authorized in n
city ordinance be viewed in its proper lieht,
The gas plant is municipality owned, and the
law forbidding the commi ssion to enforce
rulings concerning any property possessed BY
the state or city within this commonwealth
is perfectly explicit.
I1e situation, however, does not leopard
lie the responsibilities of the public. As
q matter of TACT, 1t heightens them.
Following the survey Of the United Gas
Improvement Company's plant in this city,
1t is virtually certain that the terms under
which the system is operated and the ques-
tion of leases, old or new. will come up for
discussion. 1t is at this point that the obli- :
cations of the public will become acnte.
There were attempts, melodramatic, II
nothing else, to realize these responsibilities
when the first lease was framed. The citi-
Gems of Philadelphia can exercise the para :
mount control If they vigorously choose to
do so. Indirectly. the Public Service Com
mission has pointed ont this significant op-
portunity.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-01
WHAT MEDIATION MEANS

HNHE principle of mediation such MS has
/ been invoked in the Armenia crisis is no
novelty in International law. But the con
ditions under which President Wilson has
accepted the invitation extended by the
League of Nations are special and unusual.
Significant indeed Is the indication that
the President has not been deferred by con-
siderations of health from assuming this
latest role. He has announced that he will
work through u representative investigating
the dangerous complexities involving harassed
Armenia-the aggressive Soviet Government
and the wandering but pertnacous admin
istration of Kemal Pasha. None the less,
Mr.. Wilson is presumably authorized to pass
Judgment upon the result Of the findings.
The step that he has taken cannot be dis
regarded as evidence that the restoration of
his health has of late been rapid
The origin of the invitation is without
precedent. Heretofore the services of me-
dating experts have usually been sought by
interested parties unable to agree among
themselves. But in this instance neither
Armenia nor Anatolian Turkey nor Soviet
Russia is the official solicitor The re-
quest emanates from the international So
ciety characterized as the League of Nations,
and il in pursuance of the ideals Of the
covenant. which regard no disputes between
governments, whether league members or not,
as lying beyond its concern.
The undertaking may be appraised by
its results, but even should fiat failure ensue
condemnation of the principle would be un-
fair, The arbitral machinery of the League
of Nations has not yet been constructed.
President Wilson's duties will to some cx-
tent resemble those exercised by King Oscar
OF Sweden in connection with the Samoan
dispute of 1899, of the president OF the Swiss
Confederation in the boundary dispute be-
tween Brazil and French Guiana in the same
year and of the King Of Italy In frontier
contentious of Brazil and British Guiana
in 1901. Furthermore, there Is precedent for
the exercise of a mediatory Office by the
President of the United States. 1t is a
personal obligation which Mr.. Wilson and
other Presidents have assumed. Obviously
their services have been requested with the
understanding that they were disinterested
parties.
Mediation has been defined by John Bas =
sett Moore, a recognized authority on inter
national law, as IAN advisory process Me-
diation recommends, arbitration decides.'
Mr.. Wilson's appreciation Of this limita :
tion ia clear. In his acceptance note he has
declined to embark on an enterprise requir-
ing either employment of the military forces
of the United States or authorization of any
features by Congress.
The venture IL a trial Of good Offices. a
test of their potency in a situation beset by
confusion and difficulties. Well wishers OF
civilization, apart from their opinions re
Rarding the League of Nations, are not de-
barred from entertaining hopes. The effort
begun bears marks of sincerity.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-01
THE SUPER-BURCLARS

ITO SHIP at sea and to sailors who are
l. said to be implicated with thieves respon-
sible for the disappearance Of almost 81, 900, =
600 worth of jewels from homes in this
vicinity the attention of the police Of two
continents has been directed by disclosures
made in Paris and Berlin.
The achievements of Rafles, of Sherlock
Holmes and of the original Wallingford seem
trivial in the light OF suggestions now made
by detectives, who believe that highly or
ganized syndicate of burglars is operating to
market in Europe plunder obtained in the
United States.
1t has been clear that no ordinary thief
got off with the McFadden Jewels The
burglar whoever he was. had the methods
and the fnesse Of a master. So far as the
outside world knows, he left no trace between
the McFadden home at Villanova and the
Paris boulevards where stolen American
jewels are being offered for sale TO unsus-
pecting American millionaires.
When the ship in question reaches port
there ought TO be some interesting news in
the papers. The country hasn't looked with
complacency on the advent of the super
burglars. II it is possible to put even a few
employees OF the syndicate behind the bars
the rest will be relatively easy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-01
JOHN: GUNMAN

NIHIE HAD some drinks" said the man
w who was taken in Pittsburgh yestcr-
day as an accessory in the Peirce murder,
'snd then we had some more. We were
pretty drunk"
What happened then every one knows.
man taken of his guard was beaten to
death. Those now charged with the crime.
drifting as they are to life terms or to the
electric chair must wonder duly now and
then whether any of the responsibility rests
on men who filed them with diluted rat
poison disguised as whisky and sent them
into the street ready to do murder. Many
criminals of all types have had to puzzle over
that particular question in the past. Until
now there was never a chance that they
might meet these hidden accessories In the
jails.
Recently the federal court sentenced man
to a Jail term for selling what bootleggers
call whisky. Yesterday another violator was
started on the way to a cell. The prospect
of fines doesn't trouble people who are
making easy money in a veritable food.
Jail is a different matter. The prospect Of
Jail is terrifying to the trafickers in illicit
liquor. Why this should be it ia hard to
tell, since the jails are filled with men who
were once their patrons and friends.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-01
Answers to Yesterday. ou,>

!. Ihs mississippi river is 1880 miles long.
me length or the Missouri and the
lower Mississippi Is 42O0 miles. ''''
q Hengist and Horsa were leadsrs NJ ,ha
Jutes, who landed In England abomt
Ksnt ts a. ~ and founded the kingdom OF
3. "Dafne," by Jacopo Peri. is regarded ss
the first serious opera ~
1897. '''e"ce IN
g. Sarah Bernhardt Is seventy-nvs year,
English money. eea III
z. A kinkaJou Is an animal allied IN ,ha
raccoon with prehensiie tai anS
nocturnal habits. 'h ana
s. Hermetic philosophy was An .no,.,.
sSs@n. system which acknowledged only three
merc',rx prnns piesLMIsait. sulphur and
every phenomenon OF nature. ''A'"ea
g. The ehrysanthen unl Is a native of China
whence 1t was introduced into Enrona
10. Curling Is a Scotch game plavsd -. -
Ice with large round stones. vi 'ne
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-01

Nineteen Twenty has now definitely
achieved old age. He knows his days are
but kindly. II he has his moods he is en-.
titled to them. lie need no longer strive 70
please. His record is made. But ere he goes
he stands ready to bestow on all and sundrs
the blessing Of self ,forgetfulness. ne 10
looking forward to the Christmas .st eeleGbbs 3bst
is, that he will enjoy. There 10 blow
out" u week later, but Year cant be ea
pected to jubilate at his own wake.) pu'
the Christmas celebration win be hummsi..
1t is the last lesson every Old Year tseeaS@
That happiness Is found In makiDs o'h''
happy. -.-..---.----A-'1
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-01

shipbuilding firm to which he awarded con-
tracts for battleships, and judges of the
supreme Court practicing by proxy before
' the tribunal on which they sit.
Fair Play has raised a question which
ought to be considered by all public spirited
citizens, and considered so seriously that a
public sentiment will be created that will
force virtually all public servants to confne
their activities to service OF the public during
their term Of Office
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-01
What Do You Know?
QUIZ

QUIZ
l. Who was Augustus Egg?
2. What Is meant by riparian rights?
3. Who is Washington b. Vanderlin9
4. what Is the capital Of Korea?
8. What is meant by pragmat,sm?
o. Where are orang-utans found?
7. Who was Roger Bacon?
8. When did the great fire of London occ,r9
belong? S'"'
10. What Is a deodar?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-01
A FOUR. YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHI AnRU p1IA

Things GU which the people expcrt the ney,
Administration 10 eoncentrnte Its atteutieni
Ite Deidpdrc rIUer bridge,
. largest SHIPS.
Depelopu1 ent of tho rand Transit s,,,trrn
convertior hall
4 bnttdtno for the Free Library.
Au Art Museum.
enlargement OF the todter supply
homes to dccorIrno oddte the population