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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-25
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE.

This AFTERNOON ma was up in her room
croWshaying, and | was looking out the
window wondering weather to go out
or jest keep on looking out, and ma sed,
o, deer, o shah, Benny, run erround
to the store and get me a spool of red
silk.
Aw G, ma, was jest going out. I
sed.
Well, you're going out, aren't you?
sed ma, and | sed Yes, mann, but l ment
jest out.
Hers a peece Of thred to match, and
p.eese kindly remember I'm heer wait
ing for you. sed ma. AIeening not to
take too much longer than / had to, and
wen l got down to the corner a man
started to cline up the TELEGRAPH pole to
fix the wires, me stopping to watch him
in case he mite fall off or enything. witch
after vile Pubs Simkins came along
and stood there and helped me watch
him, and after a vile / remembered [
was on a errand, saying Hay Pubs,
come with US vile / get a spool Of silk,
will you?
l will if you come with me ferst. I
got to go about places, sed Pubs. WITCH
l went with him, and then he went with
| me, and wen l got home it was pretty
neer dark, ma saying, Dident l tell you
| was waiting for that silk, now l cant
| finish the tie, you jest waite till your
! father gets home.
| W Ich pFlIty soon pop ulu, anu ma
| showed him the start of the tie being
red and green as enything, ma saying,
1t was to of bin a serprize so you could
wear it tonite wen we go to the show.
The doose l could, sed pop, and ma
| sed, Yes, I could of had it all finished
and the only reason / dident was be-
cause Benny stayed out about 2 hours
wen I sent him for more red silk, and
l wunt you to scold him for it, too
! l certeny will, sed pop. Benny that
was q mitey queer thing for you to do.
Q my GOODNESS, scold him, scold him.
sed ma, and pop sed. Benny, don't you
ever let that happin agen, I'm very very
mulch pleased, l meen offended. And
he winked at me, saying, Now run
along, l cant bare to look at you.
Sutch a scOlding, sed ma. Ne quick
going out of the room for safe keeping.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-25

1t is rather a touching appeal the
Democratic candidate for representative
of Montpelier city makes in his plat
form when he recommends that the Vol
stead act be modified so the citizens of
the capital city may have the right to
nourishment of their life that a hard
days work demands The nourishment
of life from bottles is now at the wean-
ing stage.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-25

It is said that tailors would like to
bring back knee breeches, but because
the long trouser-legs cover so many de-
fects they doubht if the fashion viii ever
return. The women have taken to short
skirts, defects and all; short pants for
the men would be no more revealing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-25
Today Events

Centenary of the birth of Walter Bur-
leigh, noted Dakota pioneer.
Ri. Rev Anthony j. Schuler today
completes five years as Catholic bishop of
FL Paso.
Democrats of Georgia meet in state
convention today to formally nominate
the candidates for the general election.
The seventeenth National Business
show will open for weeks engagement
today in the Grand Central Palace, New
! OK city.
The question of the Canadian coal sup
ply viii be a leading topic of discussion
at the annual meeting of the western sec
ton of the Canadian Institute of Mining
and Metallurgy, opening at Winnipeg to-
day
Tie trial of Alfredo Coechi, the con
fe-scd murderer of Ruth Cruger in New
York city on Feb. 13, 1917, is scheduled
to be resumed today at Bologna, Italy
where the accused has been IN prison
for nearly two years.
The electors of four of the Canadian
Provinces-Nova Scotia, Manitoba, Sas
katchewan and Alberta-are to vote to
day for and against the importation Of
liquor into their provinces, under the
Amended Canada Temperance act.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-25
Going Some.
Barre Times.)

IBarre Times.
Drivers of motor vehicles have con
tributed more than half a million dol
lars to the Vermont state treasury this
year. Not excessive speed, perhaps, but
surely going some.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-25
Rheuma for Uric Acid

Rheuma. a physicians prescription for
rheumatism. acts on the kidneys and helps
force the uric acid from swollen joints
and other lodging places, says w. f. Root.
\ few days use will convince the most
skeptical.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-25
In the DAYS News.

Arthur Henderson, who is coming to
America to get in closer touch with the
labor party movement on this side, is
numbered among the foremost leaders Of
the British Labor party. His career has
been remarkable one. Beginning work
in a butchers shop at the age of twelve,
he afterwards became an iron-molder, at
which trade he worked steadily until his
election to Parliament in 1903, During
the past decade the one-time butcher. $
bow has served successfully as privy coun-
ciIior. president of the board of educa-
ton. paymaster-general, and, during the
noriod of the war. as one of the five
war lords. on whose decisions and
conduct the fate of the British Empire
depended. The dominant trait in Mr.
Henderson character perhaps is his
good nature. but he is not averse to a
fight when a fight appears necessary, es-
pecially when it is against odds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-25

The recent shooting accident at Bran
don shows that loaded revolver under
ones pillow for safety isn't as safe as
it would be in some other place.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-25

Few people take their politics as Sc
riously as the man who went to his
death over Niagara Falls Friday because
he couldn't vote for Harding.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-25
Must Do 1t the Day Before.

(CaledOnian Record
Women voters are hereby notified that
they can't change their vote the day
after election, even if they do change
their minds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-25

The destruction by fire of the railroad
station at Essex Junction must have
removed about the last one of the old
style covered "depots" in Vermont
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-25
One Year AGO Today.

King of the Belgians visited the West
Point military academy.
President Wilson forbade soft coal
strike as wrong and Illegal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-25

The weather man showed a very
proper interest in the football games of
Saturday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-25
Wemoer NJ The Associated Press.

The Associated Press Is exclusively en-
titled 10 the use for publication of all news
drsnatches credited TO it and not otherwise
credited ir this paper and also the local news
published herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-25

Scientists are never satisfied. Now
they are going into Asia to see if they
can dig up the family skeleton of the
world.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-25
Not Long to Wait.
lRnfland Herald.l

Most of the colleges are taking straw
votes on the presidential candidates but
the one we want to hear from is the
electoral college.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-25
MONDAY. OCTOBER -. 1920,
ENFORCING vOLsTEAD ACT.

If Judge Nathan L. Miller, Repubh-
can candidate, is elected governor OF New
York, it is probable the state will re
enact the Nolstead law and the state au-
thorities be made responsible for its en-
forcement. If Governor Alfred f.
Smith. Democratic candidate, is re
elected it is probable the Nolstead act
win not be re-enacted and the state will
avoid all responsibility for enforcing the
law of the. land. -,~s aa.
The New York World Democratic
.@7rcat"s fh' avoidance OF Such respon-
~.a4Et rH no -f't" statute regulating
... ..- ''-7'<H T. would cost
-. t... .--. ..r. a." .ow. It says
g.s ... .~ .t. .-s. fh".e costs and
.,.... ...4..."- 10 tar"s which have had
sr1 hilton thrust u3.n them is to be
fn"nd in orderly federal administration.
Won congress passed the Nolstead Dill
Il e k over exclusively, notwithstanding
...., .7oio words Of the amendment, the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-25
Farmers Get the Axe.
bennington Banner


4 fearful wall is going up from the
farmers and farm organizations and
part of it at least is fully justified. Dur
ing the war the farmers were cOaXed
and implO8ed to do all in their power
to feed the nation and its allies and
they responded at least as well as any
class in the country.
At the same time government agents
and industrial employers went over the
farming districts with a fne-tOOth
comb and dragged away nearly all the
young men and a considerable proper
ton of those of middle age. Under the
orgy of initiation, extravaganza and in
competence which has reigned at Wash
ington during and since the war few or
none have returned to the farms.
The farmers the past summer, more
or less dOubtfully, but not quite gen
orally, have gone ahead and produced
their crops, employing what might be
termed the casual labor from the cities
and towns. This is the poorest class OF
labor in the country and the farmers
paid high and didn't get much in return.
Now with prices of food crops down
and transportation cOngeSted and rates
increased, the farmers are not getting
.-ouey enough for their products TO pay
i.r the labor they hired TO raise the
.rops. Probably the situation is not
quite as bad as it looks but 1t is not
very cheerful.
In the natural order of things there
is bound to be readjustment. 1t hits
the farmers first but they will be among
the first to recover because they can sup
port themselves while waiting for intia-
ton to subside. The remedy that some
OF the farmer organizations are prOpoS-
ing will give them no permanent relief.
This proposed remedy is extension OF
credit to enable them to hold onto their
products until they can force prices
back up again. This would be merely
a continuation of the vicious circle of
hulnbug that has cursed the country
,-~ l... past four years.
Material channels lna#d lie restored.
|"e Gc-f stop .- Ia "u- "Hf the extreme
rEu'u~. "a# Reckless e<.Ta}@-auce with
"5.rn f." tH-ra. -HNrrH.#rr- r- rtr~s@-
rr.-s rtaH, ny.--n AMI child IN The
[ ulteu States is now paying, directly
and indirectly, around one hundred dol
lars a year in federal taxes. For a few
IL is somewhat less but for many it is
as much more. The money is not going
to pay up the war debt. 1t is being
spent under the most wasteful system
ever born of official incompetence. In
practically every part of the government
service there are three persons on the
payroll to do the work which one could
and should do.
Demobilize this army of salaried idle
and compel them to get back into pro-
ducIng labor, stop prOhteerlnE IN all
ranks, high and low, big and little, and
cease chasing rainbows in governmental
process and REIMBURSEMENT would soon be
reached.
There is business enough, work enough
and money enough in the United States
to give every person fair return and per-
manent prosperity but it can't be done
by taxing people to the extreme limit
and blowing in the money in a glut of
extravaganza. The farmers are the first
to feel the pinch. They will soon have
the chance to apply the remedy.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-25

mont. A year ago last week she gave
us a snow storm.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-25

In the Philippines, though not enfran-
chised, the public status of woman is ex-
ceptionally high, and they are admitted
to all the professions.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-25
That Costly Box.
CKpene Sentinel J

The makers of high-priced candies have
found a reason for not reducing their
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-25

October is a caprieious maid in YER
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-02
RACE HOSS' Girl. HE
SAYS, SHORT. CHANGED

Auburn was a stranger In the city
up tai "wednesday. on that near
fatal day. he says. hn entered a soft
drink establishment at III seventh
ave. conducted by an RsTahlc coiorcd
woman. Cleo Horton. who. he says.
shoFt-chang~d him
. An Argument enEned. During the
discussion Race Hoss,- said hx -tca
police TO b. the mos; fAvored friend
OF Cleo. loaned up on the scene.
and. according 10 Auburn. tossed
him into the gutter BY the seat Of his
trousers.
This closed the incident--sor that
day.
on Thursday. Auburn says. he wns
promenadinK down Weller st. be-
tween Seventh and Eighth AycH.. ad.
miring the window displays. when
some one approached him from the
rear and raped him not gently on
the head.
Ssor,sc ore ala ssfsf ~ ,,ot,s-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-02
KILLED IN FIGHT over GASOLINE! !!
WayAhead
of Bullet
Tells Police That He
Made 100 Yards in
No Time

Race Hocs wille." coiorcd fan.
cier Of dogs and chickens. was the
object Of police search hero today.
following n unique and exciting race
down Weller st. in which Joe Au.
burn. a fiectfooted miner. was the
nvelieat participant
The other contestant in tho race
was pistol bullet. said to have been
fircd from Race Hons' - gun.
The only reason why Auburn ~
not now lying on a cold stone slab
IN the county morFue. with lilies In
his hand. he says. II because hc out.
dlstanocd and beat the bullet by do.
lne 100 yards In nothing fiat
Race Hoss" is said to be rest.
dent Of Rainier valley, whcro he con.
ducts a farm for the propagation Of
thorobred hounds and pure blood
poultry.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-02
PUBLIC BLAMED
BY s. 0. CHIEF
Hoarding Causes Inability
to Supply Gas

Standard oil Co passed the buck
directly TO the public Friday morn
ing.
According to John Mclean, dis.
trict sales manager there is plenty
Of gasoline in Seattle to take care OF
all pleasure riding and business-if
autoists would play fair.
THE whole trouble is this" said
he. People come down here and
get their allowance, then drive home.
drain the tank. and come back to an
other service station for more. In
doing this, they simply rob their
neighbor OF his just portion.
we have enough gasoline 10 keep
everybody running nicely. II the peo-
pie would not get panicky"
IN Tacoma, says Mclean. there ls
the same shortage as in Seattle, but
there Is no lining up at service stat
tions, and every one gets his half.
tank of gas each day.
The other distributors say that
they can take care OF their own Gus
toners. but can't handle the Stand.
ards, too.
The tanker FL Segundo Is due be.
tween July II and IS. with l,I50,00
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-02
CONSIDER MANY MEN
TO DEFEAT MeADOO

One Of tho first uenes considered
was tha; OF vicc-Prcsident Marshall.
.tEScn~. .<,n~rup. Claxir~wuD~sunpas~opI
They were both dropped as not being
able 20 command and hold sufficient
strength.
Finally Ambassador Davis of West
Virginia and Cummings. chairman Of
the national committee. seemed to
be the best two in sight--Davis on
account OF his recognized ability and
closeness 90 the president and Cum
mlngH because Of his large personal
following among the members Of the
I national committee and the dele
gates.
They are Htiil being considered. and
there Is a lot of talk In places where
talk In not merely words. that II Nc.
! Adoo IL stopped and tho convention
dcadlocked. the deadlock will be brox.
en- with either Davis or Cummings.
But Il is perfectly apparent that
tho anti.McAdoo people are not at all
suro OF their ground. and that their
emphatic assertions that they con
trol enough votes TO prevent Nc.
Adoo's nomination are based more
upon their hopes than their expecta-
tons.
on the other hand. the McAdoo
people would feel "A good deal more
certain OF success than they do II
they knew exactly where the 200
votes are coming from after the third
ballot They are banking on getting
majority on this ballot. Their the.
ory is that. once McAdoo has Sc.
cured majority, the desire TO get
aboard the band wagon will do the
rest
The fifth ballot IS what they are
! figuring on in their talks for effect.
but IT Is doubtful whether they are
really as confident as they claim to
be.
One OF the curious reactions from
the furious drive which the McAdoo
people have been making during the
past As hours is the thick fog which
onveiops the candidates. OF both Cox
and Palmer.
The Cox people are not submitting
20 the elimination OF their candidate
without a game effort 10 prevent IL.
They reject with scorn the indirect
suggestion that they take second
place on the ticket and help put Nc
Adoo over.
COX is n candidate for president.
not vice president" is their emphatic
answer.
They add that the McAdoo boom
is largely wind. and that when II is
dcflated. as 1t will be after n few bal.
lots, Cox has as good n chance as
any one else
The Palmer people seem TO be Gar
more humble and TO have accepted
the incvitablc-the inevitable being
the impossibllity of Palmer's nomina.
ton
Their attitude has caused n revival
OF the story that Palmer has never
been serious contender for the
nomination. but entered the lists to
hold together n certain block of dele.
gates TO be delivered. at the right
time. TO the real administration can.
didate. McAdoo.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-02
GARBAGE
MEASURE
ISVETOED
Mayor Declares Bill Would
Not Eliminate Japanese
Competition

Mayor Hugh NJ. Caldwell vetoed
the Tindail ordnance Friday morn
ing.
The bill. which was passed by the
city council 10 days ago. provided
for tho collection and sale by the
city Of garbage OF downtown eating
pieces. Sponsors OF the measure de-
cIared that the measure would ef'
fectivcly eliminate the Jap hog
raiser.
More than 5000 owouid have been
added to the revenues OF the city by
the Tinaail ordinance. city officials
estimated
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-02

audience. He talked out Of the lefe
corner OF his mouth. which IL Z well
known mannerism.
After concluding the preamble.
Glass plunged into the league Of nas
tons plank.
/ The democratic party favors the
league OF nations" Glass read He
got no further. A tremendous yen
rose from the delegates and spread
10 the gallery. Within five secondS
! $4,000 people, were standing on
chairs. waving hats and canes.
Glass whipped his eyeglasses
off at the blast OF noise. tilted his
chin. drew long breath. and
looked over the cheering throng
with an air OF complete. proud
satisfaction and triumph.
AS the senator resumed reading,
IL was very apparent that he was
| having difficulty in following his
text He lowered his face close to
his manuscript and squinted at the
paper painfully. Suddenly an attend
ant rushed out on the rostrum and
laid n larges pair OF tortoise trimmed
J
The senator turned gratefully to
him. smiling his thanks. took off the
nose glasses he wore. and hooked tho
new aids to vision behind his ears.
He had left his reading glasses
at his hotel, IL developed. and
faithful messenger had been sent
posthaste for them.
a great burst OF applause cut into
Glass declaration that the demo-
cratic party demanded ratification OF
the League OF Nations. drowning out
that portion of the plank which said
the party did not object TO certain
reservations. So Glass repeated it.
that there might be no misapprehen-
sion.
At the conclusion of the league
plank Glass stepped back. spread out
his arms and cried:
80 much for the League OF Ma
tions," with nod OF satisfaction.
My voice has been impaired" he
remarked as the cheering dwindled.
by fighting for the plank" He
was roundly cheered.
When Glass read the plank ex-
he paused momentarily and added
marines" The marines" had been
inadvertently omitted from the text
Glass hand tremhled violently as
he rested 1t for a moment on tho
reading desk. His voice became
more throaty and ragged and somes
times broke. He saved his voice.
chopping his sentences off short
when the applause ohliterated his
words. instead of trying to talk right
thru the noise. as he did at first
Cries of You tell 'em" and Give
'em both barrels" came from tho
delegates as the senator delivered
further democratic broadsides from
the platform draft
Reading a thrust at the republican
congress for allegedly refusing arbi-
trarily to reduce taxes. Glass cited a
long string OF figures beginning with
billions and ending in 80 cents.
And they wouldn't even lop off
the 80 cents" he sneered.
There was applause as Glass
launched into the plank on the high
cost OF living.
THE republican party is RESPONSE
BILE for failure to restore peace con-
ditions," he read. "and the high cost
OF living--it followed--as result
thereof"
There was not much applause.
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-02
COULD EvADE BY
FAKE CORPORATION

He suggested that the Jap could
have a corporation formed by his at.
torneys. under the laws OF the state.
issue bonds to finance the corpora.
ton and buy up all outstanding
bonds. in which way he could control
the company.
As long as japanese are permit.
ted TO own and operate restaurants.
farms. produce gardens and other
lines Of business. I see no justlfica-
ton for ceuterinR on the restaurants
AZ the victims 20 pay the cost OF elm
mating the Jap" the mayor stated.
Six votes will be necessary 20 pass
the bin over the mayors head. when
originally passed. the ordinance was
supported by I've councilmen and op-
posed by two. Councilmen a. +.
Haas and oliver r. Erickson did not
vote. II is understood that Erick-
son Is uufavorable to the measure.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-02
SAYS IT'S BYPRODUCT
or RESTAURANTS

In Disappearing the bin. Caldwell
declared that the garbage designated
in the ordinance is n legitimate by.
product Of the rcstaurants which 3,
would b. unfair TO confisca;s without
compensation He also Indicated his
belief that the bill was 80 framed
as TO throw the collection os gzrbaee
into the hands OF one large hog
ranch. tending 10 create monopoly
and force small hog raisers out OF
business.
In discussing the possibility Of
eliminating the Jap hog raiser. the
mayor declared the ordinance would
not effect that object ''laudable as
IL may be-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-02
Two Shipyard Men
Are Killed by Car

OAKLAND. Cal, July 1.-Two
shipyard workcrs-George Sutton
and Charles Hyde--were killed and "A
third was perhaps fatally hurt today
when the three were brushed off a
step Of n crowded street car at a
turn by another street car.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-02
HAYWOOD TO
SPEAK HERE
To Address Workers F"
Picnic on the Fourth

william chg Bm'1 Haywood. OF
Chicago. chieftAin Of the I. w. w.
viii be a speaker at n gathering ad.
vertised as tho Workers Fourth Of
July picnic. at Peoples park. Rcnton
junction. His subject will be Indus.
trial Democracy"
Another speaker will be Elmer
Smith. recently acquitted Of the mur.
der Of war veterans at Contralia.
Admission will be charged to all ex-
cept children under 10 years OF age.
who Will be admitted free.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-02
HE'S PREPARED
FOR LONG talk !
AGAINST VETS
Senator Glass Is Cheered by Crowd at
Convention as He Reads Hot Shots
in the Democratic Platform 4

AUDITORIUM, SAN FRANCISCO July 2.-While Sem
Glass today read to the democratic convention the plat
form submitted by the resolutions committee William -
Bryan Richmond p Hobson, dry leaders conferred be
meath the rosum their plans for final dry plank fight
on the convention floor.
II understood that the dry strategy provides that
Hobson will offer amendment to the report of the resou
tions committee.
To close the door against possible substitute for the