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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-12
LIGHTHOUSES ON ROADS.
State Highway Board Authorizes Their
Establishment.

MONTPELIER, Oct. l2.-The setting
up and maintaining of between 10 and
$50 highway lighthouses at dangerous
spots on Vermont roads has been au-
thorizcd BY the state highway board for
a period of three years. State Highway
COMMISSIONS L. w. Dix said Yesterday.
No formal contract has been entered in
to as vet. The three-year period viii be
a trial Of the new device. The light
houses viii be used in pairs at railroad
crossings, dangerous grades, bad curves,
bridges and underpasses. One win be
set up on the righthand side of the
road at the other approach. Motorists
will be able to tell in this way when
they have passed the danger point.
The lighthouses give a flash once a
second by means of an automatically
controlled a~cetylene light behind a lens.
The fash also Eliminates letters on the
disk around the lens telling what the
danger is. The back of the disk carry
ing the lens carries advertising matter
illuminated in the same way as the
front. The lights will operate without
attention of any period of time up to
two years.
The side of the disks will show route
number. so that the lighthouses will
serve as guides as well as danger sig
nails. The route numbers will be i'm
cluded as the result of a suggestion
from Commissioner Dix.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-12
SHIFT GOV. SMALL TRIAL.
He and Vernon Curtis Will Be Tried iD
Waukegan For ENLIGHTENMENT

SPRINGFIELD. Ill. Oct. 12-Prep-
a%rations were under way last night TO
shift the scene of the Small Curtis en-
bezzlement and conspiracy trial from
Springfield to Waukegan.
In Lake county, as remote as possible
from the state capital, Gov. Len Small
and Vernon Curtis. Grant Park. H.,
banker, will face charges of embebzzle-
ment and conspiracy TO defraud the state
of $2,000,000 public funds during the
Small regime as state treasurer. There
before a Jury the story of the Grant
Park bank" will be related.
Following the change of venue to Lake
county. granted by Judge w. Burton
yesterday after an 11th-hour agreement
over that county between State Attorney
Mortimer and counsel for the governor.
the state attorney despatched his chief
assistant, Edward Pree. to Waukegan
70 begin preparations for the trial. As
Mr.. Pree was arranging to leave, news
dispatches. carried the report that Judge
G.. c. Edwards of Waukegan would be
ready to start the case next Monday if
BOTH sides were prepared.
However, the days developments in
dicated that the case would not be under
way before early November. The trial
rs expected to consume from six to eight
weeks.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-12
PROMISED RIFLES
TO HELP KHAN MEN
House Committee Finds Organization
Has Taken In SASS, 40 Since
Its Foundation.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12-Digging
into the activities of the Ku Klux Klan,
the house rules committee developed by
testimony yesterday that the organfza-
ton had taken in SASS. 40 since its
foundation, that the department of jus
tice was still conducting an Investigation
of its. own and that according to the
Klan'S confidential information to field
agents the chief of police of Norfolk, Va,
was a member.
Through news letters said to nave been
sent from khan headquarters and not in
tended for general publication, the state
ment also was made that the Norfolk
chief had promised 260 rides to the local
order sin time of trouble" and that Rep
r~esentative Upshaw, Democrat, of
Georgia, in whose home district the
klan was born, had been put to it TO
deny membership in the khan and at the
same time square his conscience as a
preacher and church member.
The imperial wizard of the Ku klux
Khan. William J. Simmons of Atlanta,
sat all day in the crowded committee
room, and heard witnesses declare that
he was not its actual head. that all pow
erS seemed vested in Edward Young
Clarke. head Of the publicity bureau, and
Mrs. Elizabeth Tyler. his assistant.
All of the evidence yesterday was by
witnesses demanding an inquiry and
I AltbSF WIN AAu tVl4huiAth independent 4i
quiries for the postofice department and
"wspape
O. b. Williamson, a postofice in
spector, told of a seven-day preliminary
investigation at and around the imperial
palace at Atlanta. Mr.. Williamson. who
presented the news letters in evidence
| declared their transmission established
! proper use of the mails and that they had
been sent ont to stimulate the drive for
members at $40 a head. Asked by Chair
man Campbell if any part of the. funds
collected by the khan had been spent for
the needy. the witness replied:
IF you call Col. Simmons needy, then
some thousands were spent for him. but
none for charity. Col. SimmOns's salary
Is $1,000 a month"
There was a sharp conflict between the
testimony of Williamson and that of c..
Anderson Wright. a former klanSman
who recently published what purported
to be an expose of the order concerning
a palace at Atlanta owned jointly by
Clarke and Mrs. Tyler. Wright said
he had often been entertained within its
600. but Williamson said if it was there
he could not get track of it.
Wright. who testified that he quit the
khan because he objected to the methods
Eof management by Clarke and Mrs. Ty-
Her, was pressed by committeemen to say
whether acts of violence committed by al
legged klansmen actually could be charged
TO them. He declared he had no know
ledge of such affairs. nor was he able to
state whether members of congress be-
longed to the organization. but he added
that Simmons had Openly boasted" of a
congressional membership list.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-12
PELLETIER OUT FOR MAYOR.
Declares He VIII Defeat Dictator
Group Seeking Power"

BOSTON. Oct. 10. Having an.
nounced his candidacy for mayor early
Yesterday. Immediately after his return
from New York. Dist. Atty. Joseph C,
Pelletier went into seclusion with a
number of his political supporters. and
explaining that his purpose in going
directly to the people" is the defeat of a
dictator group seking power"
The tone of his statement leaves no
doubt as to his intention of remaining
in the contest until election day, Dec.
13. and his careful avoidance of mentions
ing the name of former Mayor James Nj.
Gurley leads to the belief that the Pei
letter forces are counting on Curley'S
withdrawal. Notwithstanding The %latter's
frequent assertions that he. too, intends
to stay through to the finish.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-12
GERMAN FACTORIES
ON PEACE WORK
Workmen Find En-
plOyment In Re- :
opened Shops I.
FOREIGNERS TAKE
THEIR AUTOMOBILES
Surplus of Other Products Go To
Scanglinavia-Hope to Send Farm
Machinery and Railroad Equipment
To Soviet Russia.

10 SOFlet RUSSIA. 9
BERLIN, Oct. 12-The principal
former military and nava workshops of
the German government, which were
closed in 1919 in accordance with the
treaty of Versailles, nave been ~reopened
as ''peaee-time factories and are produc-
ing goods more adapted to usages of peace
than war.
Two hundred thousand workmen,
thrown out of employment by the closing
of the shops, nave been re-employed.
These factories are operating virtually
full time, producing foundry products.
drawn pieces. all sorts of machinery,
railroad, supplies, motors, motorcycles,
hand and machine tools, pneumatic tools,
electrical utensils, ship machinery. motor
and sailing boats, agricultural imple-
ments, furniture, locomotives, railroad
cars, automobiles and auto trucks.
The work of transforming the war fac
tories to commercial usages, undertaken
by the government with the permission of
the council of ambassadors. vas assigned
to a stock company. shares of which were
taken by the government, the board of
control being composed of government
officials and representative financiers and
nduStrialists.
German demands are accounting for
most of the output of these factories but
surplus products are finding a ready out
side market, particularly in the Scandi-
navian countries, where the high price of
money as against the German mark adds
TO the attractiveness OF purchases of Ger
man wares. German-made automobiles
are especially in demand by foreign deal
ers.
3 The manufacturers of farm machinery
and railroad equipment are looking to
Russia as a chief customer as soon as
conditions in that country have been sta.
bilized and already hundreds of represen.
tatiyes of German exporting firms have
gone into the Soviet republic TO study this
situation and prepare for n commercial.
offensive, in which the British are ex
pected TO be the most alert competitors.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-12

in The world is the throne of Queen
Hatasu. in the British Museum. She
reigned in the Nile Valley some 1000
wears before Christ. and % years before
Moses.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-12
Garbage Collection

Any resident of Brattlebore village
whose garbage is not being satisfactorily
collected and wishing collection made,
should notify Mr.. G. NJ. Tubbs, Putney
Road, Tel. 311-4. Only garbage consist
ing Of animal and vegetable matter, free
from glass, tin. ashes, etc, will be COL
lected, and all garbage subject to col
lection should be contained in a reason
able covered receptfSle.
W. FL. PERRY, Village Clerk.
Per order. commissioners
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-12
THANKFUL HE WAS NOT A
WOMAN

The late Lawson TAFT, of England. the
to bed at night without thanking heaven
he was mot born a woman. No doctor
ever knew better than he what women
have to suffer at some times of their lives.
1t was an American woman, long since
passed TO her reward, who introduced a
c~ombinatiIA of roots and herbs called
Lydia Z. PInkham's Vegetable Compound,
that has proved wonderfully successful in
mitigating suffering and relieving diseases
of women. tt has brought relief to. thOu-
sands of women who suffered from female
ins-AdV. SO ,'fE !"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-12

.vey, who has just completed a partial
examination of the locality.
Seven stamp mills on high grades ores
have been established. Development of
the camp will mean a heavy tonnage for
the new government railroad, mining men
point ont.
DIR. Brooks also said there was ample
evidence of oil in the valley near Anchor
age. It's value. he predicted, will depend
on the depth of the everything structure.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-12
NEav Cd DEMONSTRATION
NEW GOLD CAMP IN ALASKA.
Willow Creek District Promises Well
Evidences of Oil.

ANCHORAGE. Alaska, Oct. 12-The
Willow Greek quartz gold mining district,
recently the subject of several news dis
matches. some of them reporting sensa-
tional strikes" will become a permanent
deep mining camp during the coming sea,
son" in the opinion of DIR. Alfred Brooks,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-12
READsBoRO CASE ON TRIAL.
Being Heard Before United States Dis
trict Court at Burlington.

BURLINGTON. Oct. l2-The United
States district court for Vermont. yes.
terday resumed trial of the case of the
town of Readsboro VS.. the Hoosac Tun-
mel & Wilmington Railroad Co. This
case was started in Rutland last week
but not finished.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-12
WOULD LIKE
TO QUESTION u. S.
Wants to Bring Up Philip
{" pine Question at
p, Conference
WILL
e NOT BE SUCCESSFUL

England Would Not Want SeIf=Deter-
mination Established so Near India -
Opinion Divided In u. 5. on Military
Value of Islands.
New Britain herald., 1921-08-08

motor vehicle without an operators
license, said he drives several cars
and left the license in another car. He
was fined 81 without costs.
Paul Mirandi, chargNd by Traffic
Supervisor Lanpher with parking his
ear in front Of the Y. M. G. A. for an
rour and a half, was fined 50 with
out costs.
John Maloney, charged with get
ting drunk Saturday night and bonn
harding car driven by Mrs. w. H.
Goodwin of IS Lincoln street, with
bottles, was charged with assault as
well as drunkenness. He was ar
reted by Motorcycle Policeman Will
liam S. Strolls. Mrs. Goodwin testi-
fed to being struck in the back. Ma
loney did not testify. He was fined
IS for being drunk and $40 for as
Sd ult
Henry F. Ludorf. charged by Mo-
tor Vehicle Inspector Stebbins with
reckless driving. was given a hear
ing with Attorney Irving j. Racklin
on the bench. He was discharged.
New Britain herald., 1921-08-08
SAYS MASTER Mind
ENGINEERED THEFT
Alleged Auto Thief Held for Trial
Court Cases

A master mind who forced another
man to steal an automobile and a
man with hunting knife with a five
inch blade looking for dandelions in
peoples back yards at $3.50 O'Clock
! on an August morning, were two of
the interesting features which helped
| relieve the monotony Of city police
court this morning.
Tony calabrese or Rockville, and
John V. Cavalieri, of Wallingford.
who were arrested by State Policemen
Anthony Tomanio and Arthur PineIl.
charged with stealing an auto from
the Farmers Milk company of New
Britain We're given hearing this
morning. Calabrese was charged
with theft and Cavalieri with receiv-
ing the stolen car with full kno Wedge
that it was stolen.
| An expensive 1920 Marmon, found
in their possession when arrested, is
claimed by the police to also have
been stolen.
According to the testimony Gala
brese admitted stealing a truck here
and driving to Wallingford where he
turned 1t over to Cavalieri who
stored 1t in his cousins garage where
the truck was camouf1aged and later
sold. This testimony was corroborated
by Policeman Pinell. Both officials
stated that Cavalieri denied knowing
the car was stolen. Laundry, VINO
was slated to get hearing in Rock
vile this morning, is said to have
been the man who arranged the sale
The car was found in possession OF
Antonio Grascio, who was painting il
a bright red.
Calabrese, who formerly worked
for the local milk company, said the
concern did not treat him right and
that Laundry. whoe he told the court
was "the master mind" in the case
forced him to steal the car He sai6
he drove it to Wallingford where he
and Laundry left it with Cavalier
He said Cavalieri did not know it wa.
stolen until after the car was sold.
Cavalier was represented by At
torney William Mangan
me manager OF the Farmers Mill
company said he saw the car a
Walllngford. 1t had been dismantled
| new radiator had been placed on it
one tire had been changed, new lights
were installed and the car wa!
| painted. He said he could not swea
positively that it was his car.
Deputy Judge Alling found proba BIZ
cause and held them under 800,
bail for superior court.
Il Looking for dandelions," was tn
excuse offered by Nocolo Magliano
when arrested by Patrolman Feene,
for proving about the back yard /
the rear of Lafayette street at 3:3
o'clock yesterday morning Magellan
II vas found to have a hunting knit
| with five inch blade upon his pc,
son. He was fined $35 for carryin
IL concealed deadly weapons the knit
being one inch longer than the la
| allows.
| Arthur Gauer, charged by Stat
u Policeman Stanton with operating
New Britain herald., 1921-08-08

TO RENT room tenement, modern Inn
provementA Apply at Ala Commercial st.
6-14-tf
New Britain herald., 1921-08-08

10 RENT room tenement at 81 Church
ST., End Eocr. Heat. furnished. Enquir,
at Adkins Printing Co.. Sc Church st.
I'll ~
New Britain herald., 1921-08-08

ern improvements. gas, electricity steam
heat. Centrally located. Inquire 174
Arch St 8-5-3dx
New Britain herald., 1921-08-08

TO RENT-Two tenements Of rooms each
Improvements; also separate garages. II
Connerton st. 8-2-6dx
New Britain herald., 1921-08-08

The little Want Adts.
are Making Quick Sales
These Days = E g g .,
Baby Chicks, Second
Hand Furniture, Real
Estate and What Not.
ONLY CENT A WORD.
New Britain herald., 1921-08-08
DR.. COOMBS

The Natureapathic Physician and
Chiropractor. 252 Main ST.. Phone 765
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-09
TRAINING FOR FOREIGN SERVICE

Secretary Hughes has completed me
organization Of his Office. Mr.. Fletcher,
the I'ndersecretary. has been long IN
the diplomatic service. +. VI. Dearng,
First Assistant, became secretary II
legation at Havana twenty years ago
and has served in many lands since
while K. w. Bliss, third assistant. has
Iacn seventeen years in various Offices
and branches OF the foreign service.
Tho Second Secretary. \. \. Adee, is a
fixture.
The course Secretary Hughes has
adopted IN his own office IS forecast
of his course abroad. Young men who
enter the consular or diplomatic ser
vice may hope 10 rise to places Of I'M
portancc II they show he capacity. The
diplomatic service may be chosen as a
/ profession by the college man who upon
examination shows equipment for K,
and the office Of Ambassador IS not be
vond his reach If he has the stuff n
him. Under Root this system Of train
ing men in diplomacy was established,
but under Bryan It suffered. Bryan was
TOO concerned about taking care Of The
cronies who had been good 70 him in
his various candidates. for the Pres
idencv.-Syracuse Standard.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-09

of force, character and ability. but IL
should be the first purpose of the Demo-
cratic party organization to draft the
right kind of man for the mayoralty.
ON account Of the prestige that would
attach TO such a nomination, and the
assurance Il would be to the people
of good results to follow his election.
And SO with all the other nominations
for the Democratic ticket.
AS far as possible It should be the
nurpose of all the many citizens who
so completely revealed their interest In
the matter during the new charter
campaign. to make the next municipal
administration. through the character
and excellence of its personnel. potent
element for insuring the success of the
new charter movement at the next SEES
sion Of the General Assembly. We be-
1Icve the. people will do this If they have
the desired opportunity at the cleo
| ton. and under the conditions now pre-
vailing it is the duty. and should be th'
| firm purpose. of the Democratic party
organization to lay the opportunit!
before them.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-09
BRITISH COAL STRIKE.

For the second time in eight months
a strike is in progress in the British
coal industry. If the railway and trans
mort unions vote to sustain the miners,
as now appears probable, England Will
6nd herself confronting one Of the most
serious labor controversies in her his
tory.
The present difficulty is attributed di~
rectly to the determination of the Lloyd
George government to return the mines
TO the private operators following the
noriod of war control. Ultimately il
grows out of the impossible settlement
by which he terminated the strike OF
| last autumn.
| The agreement reached at that time
| established scale of wages to increase
with the amount Of coal produced. De
mand was heavy and prices highly
lucrative There appeared to be no limii
heyond which higher wages could nof
be passed on to continental consumer.
of British coal-Cleveland Plain Dealer
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-09
OUR STAND ON THE TREATY.

In his idcntic note to the Allied
Powers on the subject of Yap in par
ticular and American post war rights
n general Secretary Hughes has taken
thr correct position. II needs no ieEai
mind TO grasp the essentials Il his
argument The United States has not
signed the Treaty of Versailles. AMI
is consequently not bound by the acts
of the Council OF the League created
under the Treaty. Any situation that
has arisen out OF the war and that al
fects our interests must be dealt with
by negotiation between the Allied group
and ourselves. This WAS tho Niisou
nositIon and is now the Harding posi-
ton.
The Hughes note on mandates. like
earlier acts Of the administration. serves
10 define our double attitude 70 the
Treaty Of Versailles. The Treaty does
not exist for rs but Il IS very much
in force for the Allies. In the matter
Of the former German colonies. for IN
stance we are not bound by anything
| but what we consider to be our own
! rights. But the Allies are bound pN
| the cInuse of the Treaty which declares
! that Germany cedes her colonies To the
/ Allied and Associated Powers, Wnlch
includes the United States. 50 III the
matter Of German reparations We hoid
that Germany is bound by her ad-
| mission of responsibility for the war
as embodied in the Treaty. So for the
Treaty as whole the Knox resolution
asserts that the rights We have az
ouired in the document must stand
not because the Treaty is valid for US
but because the Treaty is valid Tor
everybody else.
In real sense we have not rejected
the Treaty of Versailles. We are re-
pcatedIy acknowledging its validity a'
a war settlement in every respect eX.
cept when It touches our own interests
and there we keep free hand W
are not questioning the principle q
reparations embodied in the Treaty. "
are not questioning its territorial set
Elements We are not questioning IN
existence of the League created unde
ne Treaty. We simply withhold fror
the Treaty our approval and our respon
sibility for it's provisions. In SO far a
the rest of the world is concerned.
will live under the Treaty OF Versatile
/ New York.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-09
THE MIRROR OF
PUBLIC OPINION.

The I uitnd States owes the French re-
public fpr Ioars to the struggling Amer
can nation ID revolutionary days. The
colossal total. SIS. 000. .000000 al pre- war
change Is reached by cofnpoundiug
interest On the alleged loans during the
life - our republic
But when Washington heard the
eiaim and looked MP the records il was
found that the total ii French loans
at the timo amounted 70 but $685. coo.
! all of which have been repaid long ago.
There We're gifts or subsidies from
France ard Spain amounting To $500
600 that were not repaid and not ex-
pected to be. But there IS no trace u
any such original debt as the sum upon
which this present statement is based
+ The Louisiana purchase was paid ir
full and no question Was then raised
Of further debt on our part. Ths
Ecla!rs story IS simply a variation d
the Spanish prisoner myth TRANSLATED
into international terms.-I,iltsbuTi
+ Dispatch
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-09
lust FOLKS
HOMELAND CO0KING.
BY Edgar A. Guest

vollr foreign menu cards
If that sort Of food needs singing
twill be done by other bards
A for me I'll keep my Singing and
such praise as | can utter
For the simple meal Of homeland. with
its good old bread and butter.
oh do not want TO order from a list
Of thirty dishes.
There IS one at home who knows me.
knows my wants and knows my
wishes;
And | do not want waiter at my el-
bow bending oer me,
Al I'm after is the dinner which has
been selected for me.
I'm for good old bread and butter on
the table round ana oahen'
And the children bowed in silence ws1e
the simple grace is spoken
And / like TO do the carving ana me
serving, and | tell you
That one meal at home beats forty thai
some hotel has TO sell you
So while others praise the cooking q
some white capped chef who havor'
| All his gravies rich with spices lN'
a humber taste which favors
i Just the simpler meals of hoIne-ian'
-and full many time ! muttet
Prayers Of gratitude and giadness JUS
for good old bread and butter.