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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04
AMERICA. DRUG TRAFFTCKER.

1t is evident to any one at all familiar
with present conditions that the drug
traffic is fourishing within the United
States to an alarming degree. What is
less we'll known is that heavy shipments
of narcotic drugs are being sent regularly
from the United States to Oriental coun-
tries. 1t is said that most of these ship
ments go to Japan whence they are snug
gled into China.
Such news is far from reassuring.
China herself is supposed to be making
heroic efforts to throw off the drug habit
which has kept her people enslaved for
centuries. She has issued appeals to all
civilized nations to help her in checking
the traffic in drugs. 1t seems incredible
that the United States can be guilty of
thus ignoring her pleas. The fact that
the business is carried on by private in
dividuals is little to the point. This
merely indicates negligence and indiffer-
| ence among those in authority, whose
business it is to check such traffic.
One reliable informant records that in
less than three years, including a part
of 1920. New York manufacturers
shipped to Japan, via Seattle, over three
tons of morphine and over FIVE tons of
cocaine. The China club of Seattle has
learned that during one period of five
months enough narcotics were shipped
from Seattle to give a single dose to each
Of the 400,000,OOO inhabitants of China
There must be collision on all sides,
in the United States, Japan and China
since for every shipper there must be a
receiver and every receiver in turn be-
comes a distributor. There may be some
excuse of custom or halted advancement
to palliate this state of things in the
Orient, but nothing can qualify the
shame OF America.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04

The Reformer Is on sale every evening by
the following news dealers:
BrattleborO, Brattleboro NeWs Co., c. w.
Cleaveland, s. L. Purinton lEsteyviile).
stand, Gilbert ]. Pollica. 81 South Main St.
(Fort Drummer district.
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East Dummerston, NJ. z. Brown.
Putney, III. G. Williams.
Newfane, N. NJ. Batchelder.
West Townshend, Z. n. Growka
South Londonderry, F. III. Tyler
South Vernon, E. B. Buffum.
Northfeld, Mass Thompson Bros.
West Chesterfield, n. H, Mrs. w. StTeeter.
Hinsda1e, N. H, W. H. Lyman.
Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News CO.
Greenfield, Mast, c. A Hays.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04

DIR. John b. May. a Massachusetts
physician who has been director of a
girls camp in New Hampshire for eight
summers, gives some advice on the man
agement of canoes and canoists which
seems sound and is certainly timely. DR.
May says: There are a few fundament-
ais which should be impressed upon all
would-bc canoists and which could be dis
played in poster form in every boathouse
in the land. Most important of all is
the use of the semi-kneeling position by
the padder instead of the usual one
cooked up on a cane scat. Don't begin
to use a canoe until you can swim we'll
Don't sit on the seats. 1t is not safe.
Don't think because you have followed
directions that you know it ALL Don't
take chances. The wind or the current
may be stronger than you are"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04

continued isolation and mystery, and to
be writing very busily in his cell. If he
is the murderer he is thought to be, quite
possibly he is writing the story of his
crime.
This is described as "a fascinating ex-
pertinent in psychology" 1t is that, and
it is a horrible one. The psychology of
it, however, is probably sound. A guilty
man can stand almost anything better
than the torture of his own thoughts. If
there is a hell, possibly it is like that-a
place where the guilty soul has no COM
panionship or communication forever.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04
Little Benny's
Note Book
by LEE PAPE.
The Park Ave. News.

Weat her Nuthing wonderful
Spoarts. The Invisibles played the
Park Wonders last Satiddav. the game
ending the end of the Sth inning on ac-
count of lost ball. Score 70 to IL favor
the Invisiblcs, witch the Park Wonders
claimed a tie on account OF saving they
mite of made the eXter IG runs in the
9Th inning.
Voting Contest 4 voting contest was
held on Leroy Shoosters frunt steps last
Nensday to decide witch was the most
populcr day, Satidday or Sundey, sun
dey getting the next to the most votes
on account of not being eny ekool and
Satldday getting the most on account
OF not being ehy skool and not being
Sundey.
Pome by skinny Martin
Motherlv Love
Last week my mother had a berthdav
Being iXackly Is,
But | dident have eny money for a
present
50 / sent her duzzin roses G. O. ID.
Business and Financial Sid Hunt and
Sam Cross have bin following each
other Ground .Sispciously ever sints
their wacky partnership to divide half
OF enythInE they get To eat with each
other.
Sissiety. Mr.. Artie Alexander has had
has picture taken with q big two tie
on, net looking mulch like him on ac-
count of the tie but looking more like
nina than wat it does Ike enybody elts
Among English women the habit of
reading newspapers has noticeably in
creased during and since the war.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04
REGULATION OF wHIPPINGs.
School Superintendent F0rbids Use of
Rubber Hose by Teachers.

PITSFTEIlD, Mass. June 1.-The use
of lengths of rubber hose, straps and
whips on school children at the hands of
teachers must be discontinued in Pitts
field. according to orders issued yesterday
by Superintendent John +. Cannon.
Complaints of the form Of punishment
doled out by some teachers resulted in
the order. A light rattan applied to the
palm of the hands should be sufficient. it
is stated. The superintendent bulletin.
issued to principals, reads that if pupil
refuses to take his whipping. the princi-
pal should send him home and report the
case t. the Superintendent.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04

Our secretary of state calls attention
to the law demanding lights at night on
horse-drawn vehicles, which was
amended at the last legislature to include
all heavy carts or wagons except those
loaded with hay or straw, and which be-
came effective Wednesday. He states
that inspectors from his department will
assist in seeing that the new law is en-
forced. So persons who have been driv-
ing such teams without lights will do
well to buy lantern and see that it is
burning brightly when starting out after
dark.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04
Today's Events

Centenary of the birth of Mellen
Chamberlain, celebrated Boston librar
ian
The birthday anniversary of King
George will be officially celebrated
throughout. the British empire today.
Midslipmen of the United States ma
val academy will leave Annapolis on a
practice cruise that viii take them as
far as Christiania, Norway.
A successor to the late Col. w L
Sanders as member of the National
Democratic committee is to be chosen
at meeting of the state committee
at Birmingham, today.
Thousands of eminent men of the
medical profession from all parts of the
United States and Canada are to gather
in Boston today to attend the yearly
meetings of the American Medical as
ISOLATION and its affiliated societies.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04
Canoeing.
BARRE Times. }

What was considered good rule TO
follow last year is equally good this
year. That Is, not to use a canoe on
deep water unless quite familiar with
the cocklesheli. Frequently young peo-
pie think it a sign of smartness for
them to attempt to manage canoe
without much experience, when it real
ly Is a sign of dull-wittedness. Now that
the open SasOn for drowningS by way of
the overturned canoe route is at hand
the young people should see to it that
they do not give evidence of dull-witted-
ness and perhaps fill plot in some
mOurnful graveyard.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04
70 THE SUBSCRIBERS.

It is the aim of the management TO secure
efficient service in the delivery of the paper
each night, and il solicits the cooperation Of
subscribers to that end. Prompt reports should
be given of each failure to receive the paper
on the morning following the omission, in
person, by telephone postal card, thus en-
abling the cause of the error to be promptly
and accurately discovered and the proper rem
edy Immediately applied. It 10 only by this
method that the publisher can secure the de
sired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04
One More "DaY."
CEarfnn NIonifnr-l

NbdiAou huHitui.l
We have take back day, "eat-
fish" week, silk week. Mothers .
week, ''arbor' day, and nearly every
other kind of day the human mind can
conceive. We suggest one more and
call it Just a plain every dav day There
is Just about one such day left
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04
Nearly So
(AIontpelier Aru1ls.l

An automobile was ditched in Maine
the other day by a big moose which
emerged from the woods and charged
the car. Unusual elements of excite
ment accompany motoring in Maine It
must be as thrilling as fishing in Wind
ham county where the. trout are SO
fierce that the fishermen have to hide
behind trees as they bait their hooks, to
keep from getting bitten
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04
In the Days News.

J. C. Gould, whose speeches in the
British parliament on the mining crisis
have attracted much attention, is a
striking example of the man who rises
to the top by his own eXertions. At
nineteen lie was earning less than four
dollars week At forty-two years ago
he negotiated $4,000 coo deal The
son of a workingman, Mr.. Gould's first
Job was as an office boy i'll Cardiff. lie
worked his passage to South Africa and
America picking up the experience
which enabled him to start nine years
ago on his own account as head of a
company of marine insurance experts,
Since than he has acquired vast inter
ests in ship building, engineering and
other industries. and numbers among
his friends all the leading statesmen and
tnancicTs of England.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04
Library News
NEW BOOKS.

Camp-Fires and Guide POsts-Henry
VanDyke. \ series of essays reprinted
from Scribner,s Magazine covering wide
range of subjects and written with the
authors customary charm.
LabradOr-WiIliam Brooks Cabot.
Labrador is a colorful account of half a
dozen expeditions into the interior Of that
country which the author has made. The
country is one Of the oldest primal faces
of the globe and Mr.. Cabot believes it may
have been the cradle of the human race.
The. Indians and Eskimos into whose re-
mote villages MIR. Cabot guides his read
crs are as primitive and picturesque as
the Polynesians pictured by Frederick
OBrien." New York Times.
The Tryst-Grace Livingston Hill
tLutz). The story of John Treeves and
how he solves the mystery surrounding
the life of Patty Merrill.
The Moon CaIf-FIoyd Dell This story
of young poet who grows up among I'M
congenial surroundings in the middle
west is considered by the critics to be Il
remarkable achievement for first novel.
Flood Tide-Sarah Ware Bassett. Miss
Bassett writes again of Zenas Henry and
the Child Delight. the three captains and
other quaint characters who live in Viii
ton on Cape Cod
Find the Other Woman-Arthur Roche
An exciting tale of mystery and adventure
Eve to the Rescue-Mrs. Ethel Hues-
ton. Eve lives in southern California and
is deeply interested in Americanization
Listers Great Adyenture-HaroId
! Bindloss. \ story of civil engineers life
, in Canada. England and Africa and how
he won a wife by salvaging a wrecked
vessel
Books most in demand at public libra
ries in the United States during the
month of March. All are in the Brattle-
boro library:
Fiction
/. Main Street. Sinclair Lewis.
>. The Age of Innocence, Edith
Wharton.
3. The Mysterious Rider, Zane Grey.
4. MOOn-Calf, Floyd Dell.
,. POtteriSm, Rose Macaulay
q. The Sisters-in-Law. Gertrude Ath-
! ertOn.
General Books.
l. The Outline of History. II. G..
Wells.
>. Margot Asquith; an Autobiography.
lIargot Asquith.
). White Shadows in the South Seas.
Frederick OBrien
l. AmericaniZation Of Edward Box.
Edward Box.
D. Roaming Through the West Indies,
Harry a. Franck.
q. How 1t Can Be Told, PhiIiD Gibbs
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04

Horrors -, cry the reformers. 4 New
Jersey dentist told the dental society of
that state Thursday that an old-fash-
toned chew of tobacco is one of the best
disinfectants known to dental science.
He declared that if reformers banished
tobacco, diseases of the teeth and gums
were very likely to increase.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04
TOday's Birthdays.

Victor G.. Anderson, president of the
Colorado School of Mines, born at Ply
mouth, Mass, 80 years ago today.
Peter r Tague, representative in con
gress of the tenth Massachusetts dis
trict, born in Boston, 80 years ago to-
day. $500.
Rev Charles Stelzle, noted sociologist
and leader in public welfare movements,
born in New York city, % years ago
today.
Catharine Waugh McCulloch, noted
Chicago lawyer and pioneer suffragist,
born at Ransomville. \. Y, 50 years
ago today. .s.
DIR. Henry F Moore, eminent biologist,
long connected with the L. $. Bureau of
Fisheries. born in PhiladelnI'ia, 81 years
ago today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04

dren to his boyhood home this week to
show them where he earned his first dol
lar raising a flock of turkeys back in
1913. When it comes time for the
grandchildren to show where they earned
their first dollar will the scene be laid be-
side some Standard Oil tank?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04

Showing how prices can vary within
II months, one year ago the old crop of
potatoes sold at S4.65 bushel in Boston
Now they are from IS to d cents a
bushel
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04

According to the New York Times a
woman who drives an automobile is a
chauffeuse. This will set those people
right who had thought she was chauf-
feuress.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04

Because of numerous complaints which
have been made to the selectmen of
Claremont, n. H., regarding the contor-
tons of some of the dancers of that town
a dance censor will be appointed-prov-
vided one can be found The town
fathers have not yet succeeded in engage
ing person qualified to act.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04

London has a newly organized charity
possibly very worthy one. 1t is
called the Ivory Cross, its object is to
raise funds for false teeth for the poor.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04
Placing the Blame.

Customer-Therc hair in this
soda.
Proprietor-It's that boy of mine.
sir. He : so careless in shaving the
fce.-Boston Transcript.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04
Back To NormaIcy Again.

Earl Wells made a sights seeing trip
to Pittsburgh last week He SAYS that
it was worth the Journey Just to see the
Carnegie library. He IS now working
for a few days i'm the saw mill at Char
don with Harry Babb.-Geauga County
Leader
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04
Their Little Worries

(St. JOhnsbury Caledonian.)
We farmers all have our troubles. The
Mortified News is worrying for fear its
cider supply will not last through hay
ing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04
Stirring Up Things in Hoberg.

The monotony of this quiet little COM
munity was broken last week when a
family who were moving through the
country in covered wagons stopped at
the blacksmith shop there to have three
cows shod with iron shoes. Holes were
drilled in the hoofs of the animals for
the shoe nails-Aurora Advertiser.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04
TO ADVERTISERS,

Transient advertising-Run of paper. 50 senta
an inch for first insertion, 80 cents an inch
for each subsequent insertion Limited space
on first page at double rates.
Space rates on application. .
Classified advertisements-Five cents line
first insertion with 80 per cent discount for
each subsequent insertion without change OF
order.
Reading Notices-Twenty cents per line fret
insertion with so per cent discount for each
subsequent insertion without change of copy.
Reading notices are published at foot OF local
items.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04
Tnday,s Anniversaries.

lS30-Boston and Lowell railroad incor-
poTated.
lS59-Unexampled frost throughout the
northern part of the United
States.
lS72-Franz Abt, famous musical com
poser, was. gfven a reception in
Cincinnati
lSS8-Act providing for the electrocu-
ton of murderers signed by Gov,
Hill of New York.
fnancier and railroad magnate
died at Newport. y. H. Born
there, July. IL. 1927.
lS9S-Captain Charles Y. Gridlev, who
commanded Dewey 5 flagship in
the battle of Manila bay, died at
Kobe. Japan. Born at Logans-
port, Ind. Nov. "a, 1874.
I904-The International council of wo-
men met in Berlin.
1917 nited States senate adopted
Joint resolution submitting the
woman suffrage amendment to the
states.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04
Member Of The Associated Press.

The Associated Press 10 exclusively en-
titled to the use for publication of all news
dispatches credited to it and not otherwise
credited in this paper and also the local news
published herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04
Old.Tim Chi,alry sin in Eorce.

We want It to DC distinctly undcr-
stood that when we lambaste Repub-
ican hip and thigh or land on the bone
head of a Democrat we mean the male
of both species aud not the ladies'
Wayne Progress.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04

The stork left five babies at the home
of Mrs. Orville Robb within = months.
Violet. Vera and Nelma were born on
May ;, 1920, and John and Bessie were
born April 10, this year.-Little Rock
News
We have not flied the Springfield,
Mass, laundry before mentioned. Ed
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04
Plenty Left Over.

Most of the talk over the telephones
in Jewell Monday and Tuesday was done
by the forty ladies i'm the missionary SO
ciety who made arrangements among
themselves to spend Wednesday at the
\. d. Burlington home west of Jewell
It's wonder to Us that there was any
thing left to say when they got there
Jewell Republican.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04
One Year Ago To-day.

The Hungarian peace treaty was
signed at Versailles.
The bill providing for the establish
ment of budget system vetoed by
President Wilson.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04

Public school teachers in Long Beach.
GAL, must. dIHit tobacco, ortgiYe.i npl their
jobs. MA
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04

Fly swatting might attract more. en-
thusiasts if it required license and a
pearl handled, gold mounted swatter.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04
CLIPPINGS
With Now a Comment and Then
Only Caption
Quick. Ezra, the Smelling Salts.
Some Practical Advice.

News headline: plumbers cut the
own wages. N. \. Times.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04

Sir:
\ recent editorial in your <esteemed
newspaper says, that a. girl employee of
Springfield, Mass, laundry has col
lected 2,T00 safety pins from the soiled
garments sent INTO the establishment,
said pins making when clasped to-
gether string 337 feet long.
What could you do with a string of
safety pins 337 feet long? Why not
be practical and say that these safety
pins-a7OO of them-would suffice to
hold up the diapers of 200 babies
whose combined yels, if pricked when
being clothed, would make more noise
than the firing of the German gun that
bombarded Paris from a distance of 10
miles Here is something that viii in
terest every father from
One of Them.
I'd like to murder Oswald Blatt;
He calls his necktie q cravat.
Cincinnati Enquirer
We know who is worse pest though;
He calls his skypieee a chapeau.
Houston Chronicle.
We yearn to slaughter Horace Reskitt;
He calls a simple vest weskitt.
Springfield Union.
VIII someone swat Augustus Vance?
He'd faint if trousers were called pants
Ezra.
Do YOU remember old Bill keefe
Who always told us he was def?
Tulip
This makes me think of 'Rastus
CoOmbs
Who had much trouble with sore gooms.
-Petunia
"What is so rare as a day in June?'
Ezra says he knows of nothing more
rare than June 81.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04

w ashington Dlrge.
We d thought of making her mighty.
But should have sent it to Aphrodite.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04

s's'1 Io took his grandchil-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-04
ApIiTodite.

] gazed on her
With rare delight.
My heart went out
To Aphrodite.
And then | learned
From one more witty
That | should call
Her Aphroditc.
But such mistakes
Can cause no harm;
The main thing was
Her lovely form.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1921-12-08
Postpone Building
OF Bridge to Keep
Pledge to County

TOMBSTONE, Dec Z. - Due to a
resolution passed by the board of sup
ervisors at its meeting held in Tomb
stone last August with taxpayers. in
which they pledged themselves not
TO begin any new construction on
roads, the building OF the bridge at
Palominas was postponed until after
the next fiscal year, it was made
known today.
j. n. Gaines, secretary of the Co
chise County Taxpayers Association
was present yesterday when the board
opened bids and protested against
the granting of contract for the
building of a bridge, citing the reso-
luton passed by the board. After
further consideration of the matter
the board decided to arrow the con-
tract to take effect 'on July 10th
after the next fiscal year, which
Gaines also protested. In a statement
today Gaines said he would meet
again with the board at some future
date to go into the matter as to
whether a contract handled in this
manner is legal.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1921-12-08
LOWELL P. T. A. WILL
GIVE BENEFIT TONIGHT

The annual benefit for the Lowell
Parent-Teachers Association Will ne
held this evening at 7:45 at the Lo-
well school. The treasury of the or
ganization is thoroughly depleted ow-
ing to the generous contribution OF
cash to the junior high school for the
purchase of athletic equipment. Such
expenses are usually borne by the
district, but owing to retrenchment
of the school budget were not avail
able in this instance.
Friends of the P. T. A. are making
a special effort to give encourage
ment to the school this evening. A
great deal of hard work by the fac
ulty and pupils has gone into the
preparation of an excellent program
which, together with the refreshments
to be served will offer an evening
well worth while, according to mem
bers of the association.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1921-12-08
Local Student at
Oxford Writes He
Is Enjoying Visit

Bradford Trenham, Bisbee boy, who
was awarded one of the 80 Rhodes
scholarships last year, is now study
ing in Oxford University, england,
and writes friends in this city that
he is greatly enjoying his studies and
surroundings.
Il like Oxford fine and am having
the time of my young life" he wrote
in a letter to AL Kobey, of this city.
81 am in a college where there are
only a few Yanks, so l get to know
the Englishmen very we'll They are
a mighty fine lot and I've changed
lot of my ideas about England. I