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New Britain herald., 1921-01-24
SURRENDERED TODAY
O'CaIIaGhan Now in Custody of Inn
 migration Officials at Norfolk

Norfolk. Va! p.tan. es.LDonal o'Callahan, lord may6r of cofk, was surrendered today by his counsel, Judge Joseph T. Lawiess, to immigra- ton authorities here. He immediately was issued a ''seaman's certificate" and it was said that he could ship aboard a foreign bound vessel at his convenience.
 The plans of the lord mayor. who arrived herC "< ' %;HwawaN and with out a passport. We're said to be indefi- mite.
New Britain herald., 1921-01-24
MRS. ROCKEFELLER TO AID
Wife of Man Who Gave Million to Re lief Fund to Give Her Services to Y. NJ. C. \.

- Now York. Jan. 24.-The sI.o0e, = 900 gift of John D. Rockefeller. Jr., to the EUropean reNef council made public last week, was followed today by announcement that Mrs. Rockefel- Tor had offered her services to the '. W. C. A. to raise funds for the same purpose.
 MT. Rockefeller has accepted the ehairmanship of the Invisible Guest Day committee which will have charge or serving the noon-day meal in |. W. C. A. cafeterias on February |. She will be hostess to 50 society women and has asked business men to eat their noon-day meal on that day in these cafeterias throughout the country. cross receipts for the day will be donated to the relief council.
New Britain herald., 1921-01-24
CARD OF THANKS

wish to express my thanks for the appreciation to friends and neighbors for their Kindness and sympathy dur ing tho sickness ana death of my be- loved father James F. Shipman. also wish to thank BurFitt Grange, Sons of St. George and The Odd Eel lows for their floral tribute.
 Mrs \. M. Gaudian
New Britain herald., 1921-01-24
JOHNSON IS SATISFIED.
Thinks Prohibition, As It Is. Is Bet
 ter Than Old License System.

New York, Jan. 24.--Wm. E. (PusSyfooD Johnson, prohibition leader speaking today at a union min isters' meeting here, declared that the prohibition law in New York with all its shortcomings, is better en- forced than the old license law ever was"
 He said that Europe is more in- terested in happenings in " York city than in any Ok1Nn the -.x,,,,,s,.,,s z; a6s ns,..,t
New Britain herald., 1921-01-24
DIR. DALTON NAMED

pr. George H. Dalton of this city was named divisional chief of staff at a state convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars yesterday afternoon fin Merident. pr. Dalton was one of ,ha delegates of Private Walter J. Smith Post. the local branch. Edward Johnson was appointed on the state legislative committee.
New Britain herald., 1921-01-24
HOME
Prohibition ]
 Sufficient

Chicago. la will not be dis despite recent n1ents that thu vigorously, Fra hibition directo said last night Washington. VI Frank Kramer rector, and oth|
 No sanction brewing, Saidl il is evident tha stills a force d that available N only here, but | So the officials the home brew3 and go after tn
 MT. Richardd sale shake-up
 partnnent of tlld Illinois, WiScou announced tlla aShing-ton,
 Colonel l.. G.
 tomorrow lsrep Sive prohibitid pai2n. l
New Britain herald., 1921-01-24
FRINGE
Dcvising Meal
 Body Will

Princeton. \ Grier Hibben d has announced committee of | a plan for rest that may be and secure for body of studeu committees ofd and among aid
 cate that the q ability, be set 5
New Britain herald., 1921-01-24
Mrs. Meta Helen Weir.

The funeral Of Mrs Meta Helen Weir, who died at Miss NaRle's sanf- tarium, was held at 2 o'clock this afternoon from st. Marks Episcopal church. Rev. Samuel Satellite offic- lated. Burial was in the Fairview cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1921-01-24
WAGES ARE CIT

New Haven. Jan. 24.-Without re- dtrcing working hours the Seamless Rubber company today announced a ten per cent wage cut, effective next Monday.
New Britain herald., 1921-01-24
MEDALS FORl
 M

Paris, Jan. 5 commemorativo| design of which is to be awarj and other rd forces who se French units a ices, including Cross, the IT of Columbla officially army.
New Britain herald., 1921-01-24
Deaths and Funerals.
Louis Engel.

Louis EnEcl died yesterday morn ing at his homo at 57 Hart street. at the age of - years, He was a moulder in the employ Of the Vulcan Iron Works for more than a quarter of a century. Surviving is his wife. three sons. Fred L.. George H., and Harry A. Engel. and a daughter. Mrs. Will liam Dorsey. Funeral services will be held with Rev. Dr. c. w. C. Hill. pastor of the South Congregational church. officiating, tomorrow after noon at the homo at o'clock. Burial will be in Fairview cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1921-01-24
Henry leo LieboId

Henry Leo ieboId. g. died yes terday at the hospital. He lived a: 71 Arch street and was employed as a cigar maker at the William Muller factory. He belonged to the cigar makers union and also to the Odd Fellows. A sister. Mrs. Catherine Rugber,h of New Haven survives him.
 The funeral will he held tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Erwin Memoral chapel and interment will be in Fairview cemetery. Rev. Samuel Sutcliffc will officiate.
New Britain herald., 1921-01-24
James IT.. Gin

The body of James F. Cliff was taken to New Hartford today for burial The services were held yes terday afternoon at his home 54 Chestnut street. Rev. William Ross offfcatinG.
New Britain herald., 1921-01-24
ON FOUR DAYS \ WEEK

Operatives at the Nnrn, eIaE <
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-11
Today Events

A marine and export and import ex-
position will be opened in Baltimore to-
day and continued through the week.
4 general conference has been called
for Atlanta today TO consider the prob
lem of southern freight rate readjust'
mentS.
One hundred and fiftieth anniversary
of the birth of Commodore John Rodg-
ers, famous American naval officer of the
War of 1S12z af
The annual national shoe and leather
exposition with several conventions of in
tereSt to the shoe trade, will be opened
in Boston today.
The joint congressional committee to
study the situation with regard to agri-
culture is to start its general hearings in
Washington today.
Today is nomination day in Alberta
when legislative candidates will be
chosen for the Provincial election to be
held a week hence.
Under the auspices of the University
of London an Anglo-American conference
of professors of history is to meet in the
British metropolis today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-11
SPORTSMANSHIP.

French statesmen are said to have
been amazed at the apparent importance
attached in this country to the Dempsey
Carpenter fight. They themselves nat
urally wanted their fellow-countryman to
win. but the big match did not mOnopo-
lie their interest to the neglect of state
affairs. They were perplexed by the per-
sistence of American correspondents in
asking them to comment on the bout.
French business, too, went on pretty
much as usual.
This point of view is quite understand
able and defensible, whatever the Amer
lean boxing fan may think about it. The
rest of the world continues to be aston
ished at the attention given to sport of
all kinds by the British and Americans.
The French themselves have only taken
to sport, as we know it, within the last
decade or two. Though they have much
of the real sporting spirit, most of their
sporting terms are sill English. The
Germans, Slavs, and other races simply
do not grasp our idea of sport at all.
But they may, in time. The French will
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-11
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE.

Ma was going to make a omlett for
Suppir and she sent me out for duz8in
best eggs, and on the way home / aXSi-
IDENTIFY dropped the bag vile ! was trying
to see how loose l could hold it. and the
ferst thing l did wen | picked it up was
10 look in to see if enything had hap
pened. WITCH something had. being about
half the eggs all broak and Ieeking over
the other half and making them look
broak too. me thinking. Its a darn good
thing ma wunts them for a omlett inSted
of for soft boiled eggs.
And l kepp on going home carrying
them careful so nothing verse would
happen to them, and on the way l saw
some little blue flowers growing in some
grass alongside of tents. thinking. g
I'LL pick bokay for ma and give it to her
before / give her the eggs.
And | picked a bokay. picking more
grass than flowers on account of not be-
ing enuff flowers to make a ,bokay without
help. and wen | got home ma was in the
kitchin waiting for the eggs. and | held
out the bokay saying, Look wat | picked
you. ma?
Now wat in the werld do you Suppose
can do with all that derty grass sed ma.
Well G., ma. look there's flowers in il,
don't you see them, ma? / Sed.
No. sed ma. and | sed, Well look. HI
show you ma. And | showed her the little
blue flowers. being of them and hard to
see on account of all the grass, and ma
sed, Very pritty, very pritty, and now
ware are the eggs?
Wieh 1 handed her the bag saying. L
axsidently saved you a lot of werk, ma.
Meening by bringing her the eggs allreddy
half broak. and ma started to take them
out of the bag and quick pulled her hand
out agen on account of feeling the insides
all mixed with the outsides, and | sed,
Wy, watts the matter, ma, you was going
to brake them anyways, wasent you, ma ?
None of your bizniss, sed ma mad.
And she gave me fearse cracks and all
the grass and the 4 blue flowers went all
over the hoOr, so she gave me more
tearser ones. making me wish | hadent of
thawt of the bokay.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-11

probably be first to realize its full i'm
port.
Exaggerated as this phase of human
activity is in America and England, it
is one of the biggest factors in present
day life. 1t makes men vigorous, and
keeps them so. 1t wakes up bodies and
minds. But more than that, it is a moral
power.
Pugilism may be brutal, but it exem-
plifies admirably the chief element of all
sport, which is equal opportunity, strict
ly enforced. Boxing has its laws, writ
ten and traditional. The rules of the
game must be obeyed, and the decisions
of the chosen officials must be accepted.
The fighting must be fair, and the loser
must not beef
The sporting spirit represented by such
contests, and by those in other fields of
athletics, is the spirit of the Anglo Saxon
race. 1t is that spirit which aroused
the British and Americans to put down
the menace of Prussianism. Germany
it has been observed, has practically no
sport. Germany accordingly has sneered
at British sportsmen. German sport
might have developed craftsmanship that
would have made the invasion of Belgium
| impossible. In the development of such
justice and fairness as our sports repre-.
| sent, as much as any other human fac.
tor, lies the future welfare of the world.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-11
MONDAY. JULY II, 1921.
CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT

Ex-President William II. Taft takes
the oath of office today and becomes
chief Justice of the supreme court of the
United States He is of Vermont an
cestry and all Vermonters have pride in
the new distinction which he has at
tanned. His father, AlphOnso, was born
i'm Townshend in November. 1910, and
the Taft farm is still we'll known to
Townshend people. He graduated at
Yale at the age of d: became a lawyer
and settled in Cincinnati, O.; was judge
in superior court, United States secre-
tary of war and later attorney general.
He was minister plenipotentiary to Aus
tria in 1882 and to Russia in 1884. He
was a man of impressive bearing, and
in intellectual ability ranked with the
most eminent men Vermont has produced.
The record of the new chief justice as
solicitor general. as judge of the sixth
United States circuit court, as civil gov
ernor of the Philippine Islands. as mem
Der of Roosevelt's cabinet as his secre-
tary of war. and as president. is fresh
in the minds of readers of The RefOrmer.
It will be remembered that President
Roosevelt twice offered him an appoint-
ment to the supreme court, which he de
clined.
The New York Herald, for some fitful
reason, criticized President Harding
appointment of Mr. Taft. which brought
out letter from the eminent lawyer and
jurist. Alphonso T. Clearwater, who for
years, was a justice of the court of ap-
peals of New York in which he gives the
appointment the highest commentator.
He says that Mr.. Taft possesses in pre-
eminent degree the qualifications of a
great judge. Among the qualities EMU
knowledge of fundamental and adjudi-
Gated law. a profound love of justice, a
large experience in dealing with impOr-
tant public questions. courtesy in his in
tercourse with his associates and with
lawyers, patience in hearing questions
discussed and last, but not least. strong
intellectual grasp that will enable him
to consider, weigh and decide the cases
that will come before him. The chief
justice is 63 years old and in perfect
cry reason for believing that the chief
justice will take high rank among the
greatest of the chief justices of that great
court. His lifelong ambition to attain
this position will help him to fill it with
the distinction predicted for him.
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k76E w D \ u 5li 81

the next yard; but one day, to his
surprise, he found he could squeeze
himself PARKWAY through, far enough
TO reach the fruit.
1t did not taste quite so nice as he
had expected it would, but all piggies
think stolen fruit sweet, and after he
had eaten one or two he began to like
the green apples.
There were plenty within his reach,
stopping until his mother, awakening
from her nap, saw his hind legs, and
jumped up with grunt.
Then Billy Pig tried 20 jump, too,
but TO his surprise, though he wiggled
and squirmed, he could, not move.
He had eaten so many apples he
could not get back through the hole,
and though his mother poked and
pulled, he was held fast.
Such squealing and grunting never
was heard. The brother piggies did
the squealing, though none of them
could outsqueal Billy Pig, and Mrs.
Pig grunted until the farmer came
running TO see what had happened.
He tried to pull Billy Pig out by the
hind feet, but it was no use, and he
had to call the hired man TO help
before the boards could be pried apart
and Billy Pig set free.
Such scolding as his mother gave
him he had never had before, and he
was glad TO creep into his bed without
his supper but he did not sleep, for
green apples are not good for even
pigs to eat, just as his mother told
him, and Billy Pig had such a pain
and crarhp that he never again want
ed to eat green apples.
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-11

$3.50 to So a day in this country are
getting $3.50 a day in England. $1.70
to $50 in France, $1.6O to $40 in Bel
GUM and S1.20 in Germany. This is
probably typical of the general situation.
Be it noted also that the cost of com
modties in those foreign countries is not
down any where near as low as the wages.
The American workman, with wages
which in very few cases have fallen more
than the cost of living, is able to live as
well as he did in boom times-when he
has a job-and incomparably better than
any European workman The only real
problem here is to provide jobs again for
all the workers, and that is a process
which is facilitated by cheerful accept
ance of necessary wage cuts.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-11
STOLEN FRUIT

TN THE next yard to where Mrs. Pig
l. lived with her five piggie children
was an orchard and on the ground the
five piggies could see when they peeked
through the cracks in the fence heaps
of apples, and though their mother
told them they We're green and not fit
food for even pig the piggies looked
at them with longing eyes.
Billy Pig was smarter than his
brothers, and so more often got into
trouble, for his brothers were content
to eat warm porridge for their dinner
and then go to sleep with their mother,
but Billy Pig was not
He always slept with one eye open,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-11

The -Reformer is on sale every evening by
the following news dealers:
Brattlebor0, Brattleboro News Co., c. w.
Cleaveland, s. L. Purinton lEsteyville),
Brooks House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot News
stand. Gilbert ]. Pollica, 297 South Main St.
Fort Drummer district.
West. Brattleboro, ]. l. Stockwell.
East Dummerston, NJ. f. Brown.
Putney, NJ. G. Williams.
|, Newfane, N. NJ. Batchelder.
y West Townshend, c. H. Grout.
South Londonderry, F. H. Tyler.
South Vernon, E. B. Buffum.
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west Chesterfield, N. h. Mrs. W. Streeter.
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Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News Co.
Greenfield, Mass, c. A. Hays.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-11

Farm women are taking increasing ad-
vantage of the opportunities presented
right on the farm for increasing their
personal incomes. In this outreaching the
home demonstration agents sent out by
the department of agriculture are prov
ing to be a great help. One woman
raised garlic and sold $4,000 pounds at
30 cents a pound. Another manages her
own rice fields. A third sold $685. worth
of hogs and invested the money in milk
COWS. She expects to make more than
she did with the hogs Butter and eggs
no longer provide little pin money, but
are the sources of considerable incomes.
Nor does this list come anywhere near
covering the field. 1t is said the recent
industrial experience will send many peo-
pie back to the farm. The women should
be eager for this. The country offers
more opportunity to the plain housewife
with little outside training than the city.
1t is better place, schools included, in
most cases, in which to bring up her
children, and there is a wholesome and
friendly social atmosphere unknown to
the average city.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-11

al support. 1t is generous of our Cana
dian neighbor to give Ifs the benefit of its
thoughts on our home problems and its
concern for our affairs must fill every
NermOnter with sense of deep Obliga-
ton and gratefulness. 1t is pity that
this country turned down the treaty of
Versailles. for had our action been diff
ferent the whole subject, now projected
been put up to the league of nations for
settlement. In the meantime. there is no
need of analyzing the Journals remarks,
for does not it admit in its opening SEN
tence that it knows all about our affairs I?
In the face of such knowledge it is not for
any Nermonter to open his lips. 1t is
for us to be tiattered by this distinguished
attention.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-11
This Settles Ii.
81. Albans Nlessenger.l


The Stanstead, Que. Journal. has
been so ardent a supporter Of =. Il. Bates
that some wag commented to the effect
that now that Stod had carried the prov
ince of Quebec all he would have to do
to get what he wants is to devote some
of his time To his Vermont fences. The
Journal. in the broadneSs of its interna=
tional mind. gives the following consider
alton to the Vermont highway situation :
1t seems to Us that it is about time
TO state the facts relative to the state
highway commission. Beating around
the bush il simply playing into the hands
of the bonding, hard road faction. The
facts are that the governor got his bill
through. no matter how. and proceeded
to appoint an intimate friend and :. r.
Bates on the commission. the governor
being the third member. Mr.. Bates is n
member of the commission, but the gov
ernOr and his pal have matters in their
own hands and the result of the road pol
icy of the state is chargeable to the gov
ernor alone. There seems to be a dis
position in some quarters to make Mr..
Bates responsible for matters as they are
going, but he has been opposed to many
of the moves of the board and the records
show this fact. However. it is a two
to-one affair and no appeal. The drain
upon the highway fund for official sal
aries is more than quadrupled by this
administration. Mr. Bates mas his faults
doubtless, but notwithstanding this, he
has the reputation of being economical
in the disbursements of public money.
Stoddard is simply shelved because his
mind doesn't run along with the gov
ernor's'"
This discussion must be highly edifying
to readers up Stanstead way for, nat
urally they are vitality concerned in Yer
mont's internal affairs. On the evidence,
it has to be admitted that Stod has
gaina1 what might be termad interna tinr-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-11
/ HOW DO YOU SAY 1T?
BY c. NJ. Lurie
Common Errors in English and
How to Avoid Them
"oFF OF"

TINE use of the phrase which heads
= this article leads often TO errors
that are seen to be ludicrOus, when
analysed. For example, one will hear
the question: where did you buy
that steak?" The answer comes: Il
got it off of the butcher around the
corner" To get a steak "off Of the
butcher might suit cannibal very we'll
but the very idea would shock any
one else. In proper usage, omit the
"Off;" say: II got ii of Cor from) the
butcher around the corner"
There are cases of the misuse of
the phrase "Off of" that are not lu.
dicrous. as in the instance already
cited, but in which the of is not
needed and instead of saying, He
jumped off of the car" say, He
jumped off the car" A man who ex-
poets to open a store says: "WiH you
buy something off of me?" He should
say: "WilI you buy something from
me?"
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SECRETARY MELONS WARNING

Secretary Mellon, in stating his OBJ
jections to the proposed soldier bonus
legislation, merely said what all we'll
informed senators and representatives
know but what few of them have had the
courage to admit. As guardian of the
United States treasury, and the man
who will face the task of finding the
wherewithal to take care of the bonus if
it Is voted, and of the financial confu-
sion resulting therefrom. Secretary Mel
lon has recognized right TO speak, and
should know what he is speaking about.
He says, in his warning to congress and
the public regarding the financial conse-
quences of the pending bill:
Its direct consequences are inescapa-
BILE. 1t would involve grave dangers of
renewed imitation, increased commodity
prices and unsettled business conditions.
The result would be serious injury
and loss to the whole community, and in
the long run even the veterans them
selves would lose far more than they
would gain. | cannot bring myself to
believe that this would be adjusted COM
pensatlon for a service that was per-
formed as the highest duty of citizenship
ana sacrlhce that can never be meas
ured IN terms of money"
This has been said many times before,
by many people, but seldom so impress
iyely. Congress may well hesitate, at
least as far as the cash part of the bonus
measure is concerned. As for the public.
this is the time for it to express its real
convictions on the subject, if it has any
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-11
Wishing Time Away.

How often have | been rebuked,
w hen l was young and gay,
BY elders solemn and sedate
For wishing time away
The prospect of some weary wait.
Oft filled me with dismay,
And | was guilty, | admit,
OF wishing time away,
The Future promised better things.
J., impatient OF delay
The present season | disdained
And wished the time away.
A rosy vision cleaned ahead
And ! will not gainsay.
4 ehafed beneath the duh restraint
And wished the time away.
That it was folly last and first
l clearly see today,
But then it seemed a pheasant thing
This wishing time away
I grieve to share with you the truth
But at the hour of prime,
The misdemeanor of my youth
Became at manhood-crime!
/ sighted still the passing hours,
Nor longed for them to stay;
Desiring all things in an hour
! wished the time away
II is Life s Autumn now, the end
Draws nearer day by day:
And | have somehow lost the zest
OF wishing time away.
For age has cured me of one sin
At least, and grave or gay
err no longer, as of yore
In wishing time away
ARTHUR G0ODENOUGH.
West Brattleboro.