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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07
DISTRICT STANDS
FIFTH IN COUNTRY
\. III. Thompson of Metropolitan Lille
Insurance Co. Receives Report
Includes BrattiehOrO.

Reports covering the past three months
show that the Windsor district OF the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., which
includes Brattleboro. show that the dis
trict stands fifth in New England and
the country at large in the amount OF
business produced for that company. The
assistant superintendent III charge of the
district is \ +. Thompson of Windsor,
who formerly held similar position here.
and the agent in Brattleboro is Bernard
F. Casayant Mr.. Thompson has been
here working with Mr.. Casayant this
week.
The Windsor district is a new district
and formerly was included in the Burling
ton district Mr.. Thompson took charge
of il Oct. 1. 1t includes all the towns
south of Wells River and west as far as
Ludlow
Mr.. Thompson was in Brattleb0ro from
April. 1917, to September, 1913, leaving
here to enter the service. After leaving
the service he was placed in charge of the
Bangor. Me-, district, coming from there
to Windsor.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07
SCHOOL NURSE -.
TELLS OF WORK
Mrs. LazeIIe Speaks Before Main street
Parent Teacher AssociaiioH-oEi-
GERS for Near Elected.

\ we'll attended meeting Of the Main
street parent teacher association was held
Yesterday afternoon in the eighth grade
room of the high school building. Plans
were made for an evening meeting to be
held soon for all teachers and parents OF
tlr, towl similar to the one neld last
wear The date will be announced later.
Mrs. Iucy Iazele school nurse, gave an
extremely interesting account of her work
with tho school children most of which is
II "a preventative nature. She described
a tvpical day. telling Of homes visited to
learn about the children out OF school ad-
vice given ald many other problems. She
health conditions IN the school.
The following officers We're chosen for
the ensuing year: President. Mrs. Howard
{. Rice: vice president. Mrs, Bert \.
Wood: secretary and treasurer, Miss lnez
Akelry
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07
TENNESSEE CONSIDERS
HALTING SUNDAY TRAINS

NASHVILLE. Tenn. Jan. -
Operations Of all passenger and
freight trains in this state on Sun .
day would be prohibited by u bill
introduced i'm the senate yesterday.
The bill. which, il was said. was
bu: the first of several of the blue
law type to be introduced. also
would ban Sunday baseball and
other sports. publication of news
papers. operation of all stores and
ali buying and selling. except when
charity or necessity demands.
The bill took the regular course
without debate.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07
INVESTED CAPITAL
CASE IS ARGUED
Most Important Financial
Suit in Years Before
Supreme Court
INVOLVES RULING
ON INCOME TAX
Question Whether Increased Realty
Nalue Shall be Considered as Invested
Capital or Profit Millions Of Dol
lars Dppendent en- Outcome.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 7.-Arguments
were begun today i'm the supreme court in
the invested capital case. characterized by
the solicitor general as ''the most impor-
tant legal suit from the standpoint of gov
ernlnent finances in 10 years. Whether
the government will be forced to return
hundreds Of millions of dollars paid as in
come taxes depends cu the outcome,
The Immediate cause AT issue before the
court is the appeal of the La Belle Iron
Works from railing of the bureau of in
tcruul revenue. refusing to allow II 70
treat a. invested capital the value OF
moorlaud. which it bad purchased ia 1905
for S1900UO and which by 1917 had in
creased to a value al S10,UO00nO.
The government agent maintained that
the increase in realty was profit and
should be taxed a< such THE company
added the increaar So It's capital invested
and claimed the normal deduction af per
reut, uaviug under protest t.o additional
tax cf $l.O~i n"0.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07
OLD SOFAS WANTED
BY THIRSTY COLLECTORS

4 decided increase i'm the old fur
nitlIre business is likely TO develop
when the experience of l.. Ill. Clark
of II Hudson street ber0mes
known. Three years ago Mr.. Clark
bought I'm East Puiney an old sofa
which had not been used for ID or
20 years. Yesterday. deciding that
the piece of furniture had outliyed
its usefulness, he tore it to pieces.
In the upholstery at one end he
found half-pint bottle partially
filled with what was labelled and
smelled like Pure Old Grow Whis-
key.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07
CANADA FOR STANDARD WAGE.
i,1pes to End Building Strikes and
Labor Disputes.

OTTAWA. Jan. 7.-EIimination Of
strikes and labor disputes in the build
ing industry OF Canada through the use
of standardized wage agreements and
Contracts is contemplated i'm plan to
be considered by the Association sDf
Canadian building and Construction
Industries at its annual session in Win
nipeg, beginning Jan. 10.
Il number of citizens asking for char
Under the plan wages WOULD be
standardized by sections throughout the
dominion. and Il standard contract form
would be used by all contractors and
>ub-contractorS.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07
FOUR PRISONERS
GO TO JAIL TODAY
Two Rum Runners Succeed
in Raising Money by
Telegraph
SHERIFF TAKES
THREE TO NEWFANE
May Not STAY Long as Employers Usu-
ally Come Aeross'-Wilmingto Man
Taken to MOntpeIier Jail for Mann
Act Violation

Taken to MOntpelier Jail for Mann
Act Violation.
Two of the rum runners sentenced to
pay fines by Judge Harland r. Howe in
the United States district court here this
week paid their fines today and were
released. and three were taken to New
fame jail this afternoon bg Sheriff Frank
J.. Wellman in default Of payment.
George F. Boyle of hethuen, Mass
who was sentenced yesterday to pay $500
for smuggling IL quarts of whiskey across
the Canadian border into this country,
secured enough money by telegraph this
morning to square up. He had been under
ARREST since Nov. %.
Pete Moehytz of Berlin. \. H.. who
was sentenced to pay a fine of $500. also
secured money by telegraph and was given
his liberty He pleaded guilty TO SNUG
Cling in five gallons Of high wines.
Sheriff Wellman took TO Newfane Jail
Joseph ". Coffey of Stonington, Conn;
10. A. Arcouette of Sherbrooke. l.. u. anu
Arthur l.. Spinney of Brookline. Mass.
each of whom was fined $500 for bringing
i'm LIQUOR from Canada. They will remain
there until they either raise the money or
satisfy a United States commissioners that
they have no means of raising 1t.
on the Boston elevated. is not listed in
the Rrooklinc directory. either on the
street phcIe he .said he lived or on any
other street
Deputy Marshal George +. Lackey of
AIontpelicr went TO that city today with
Earle Colby of Wilmington. who was sem
fenced To serve one year in the Washing
ton. county Jail. having entered a plea of
guilty to a violation of the Mann act.
Prohibition officers say that when re-
Spondents in the rum running eases go to
Jail in default of payment of fines it often
happens that the fines are paid by the
men by whom they We're employed when
captured or by friends who obtain the
money from employers of the respondents.
and it would not be surprising if the men
taken to Newfane Jail obtain the where
with within few days
They always plead poverty, as Judge
Howe stated in court yesterday, but they
usually Scrape up enough money 10 secure
their release.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07
Centre Congregational Church
Notice.

The annual meeting Of the Centre Con
eregational church will be held i'm the
church building Friday. Jan. II. 1921. ut
80 u. III, to transact the following bust
Hess:
Article l. To hear the reports of ofii-
GERS and organizations Of the church for
the past year.
Article >. 70 elect all officers required
by the bylaws
Article 5. TO transact any other bust
ness that legally may come before the
meeting.
Brattleboro. VT. Jan. >, 1921
Friday. Jan. :. 30 p. m-Church
night service with discussion of the topic.
obeyiHg the Highest a. an Aid to the
Growth Of the Soul
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07
Masonic Temple

Friday. Jan. 7.-Bowling by teams \
and +.
Tuesday. Jam II, T.30 p. m.-Stated
communication of Columbian lodge
Work f. c. degree.
Thursday. Jan Is. T.30 p. m.-Stated
convocation of Fort Dummer chapter. X.
and s. NJ Work: Mark degree.
Friday, Jan. IA, 7.30 p. m.-Speciai
conclave of Beauscant commandery, No
T. X L. Work: Temple degree.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07
Methodist Episcopal Church

The Week of Prayer Mill be observed
in series of services beginning Tuesday
evening Jan T. All the people of
churches participating are urged to at
tend. The following is the program:
7.30 p. m. Friday, Jan. 7-Rally Of each
denomination in own church
Tonight at 80 o'clock-Regular week
night meeting of the church.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07

Miss \. Louise Larson Minneapolis
business woman, may claim to have cS-
tahlished the championship thrift record.
Miss Larson has bought either a thrift
stamp on d war savings stamp every single
dIN since tn" first I>,uc offered for
ea lp
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07
UniversaIist Church

Friday Jan. I, at 80 p. ln-Nery
important meeting of the Junior Workers
class Of the Sunday school. Let every
boy be present.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07
First Baptist Church

Friday. ( D. m.-Junior Endeavor So
ciety Z. 7.30-Regulaf church prayer meet
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07
CUTLER co. BUYS
VALLEY GRAIN co.
=. {. Nichols. Who Has Been Manager
Of Store Here Two Years. to Con-
tinuc in Tha. Capacity.

The Valley Grain Co. Of Flat street
has been bought by the Cutler Co. grain
dealer of North Wilbra ham, Mass. who
will continue the business H. Willis
Cutler Of North Wilbraham. who was
president of the Valley Grain Co. also
X president of the Cutler Co. J. y.
Perry of the same place is treasurer.
The change went into effect Jan l. The
Valley Grain Co. was Incorporated in
1903. :. c. Nichols. who has been man
ager of the store here the past two years.
will continue the management here.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07
Red Men S Hall

Friday. Jan Z, s p. m.-Special meet
ing of Quonekticut tribe, No. ,, |. .. X.
VI
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07

The official eXecutioners in the Ukraine
recently Went on strike because of the
number of victims sentenced by the Boil
sheyistS. and the latter had to advertise
for volunteers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07

The public library of Dallas, Texas. Is
sues phonog1aph records the same as
books are issued
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07
THE WEATHER
Cloudy and Warmer TOnight-Probabiy
Light SHOWS.

Light SHOWS.
WASHINGTON. Jan. The weather
forecast: Cloudy and warmer with prob
ahI- light snow tonight. Saturday
cloudy Warmer in Maine. Moderate
variable winds, becoming fresh southeast
and south
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07

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Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-07-14
ROAD HEADQUARTERS HERE


division this will
Marnburg has always been
place the addition tho
thoroughly organized
the considerable additional
also
of roads,
happy headquarters
though the geographical
Virginia; stands the logical place
commercial
city Telephone
passenger
national Wlamsport; the
Glass all the fair leads
to
northwestern Winchester back
this
Virginia thence
Martnsburg excellent
logical
division
the panhandle counties will
the headquarters that
making
Enthusiastically
faint suggestions of OF the
Berkeley
the
completed
the Winchester pike complete this stretch
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-07-14

the Of the
tightening tightening of the We
soda service Sunday the contu
do and really
they might get orders from physician There need Tor
probably the
be fixed within the
the hours between fixed
Church Sunday
religious rites the all suffered the eneroach
weekday business interests which
gnated heaven attention religious spiritual things Re
sacred things developments
automobiles have done their although possible take
obligations and
really Sunday regular business the
druggists and with few exceptions benefit people
whose conception OF
nrests generally only temporarily
nChran nwise suicidal
the raionrespecng Christian
the druggists
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-07-14

which wks not for the public, and
therefore the public was excluded.
We find this view expressed as re-
CARDS executive sessions of the City
Council; and we might add that we
concur in the attitude. The Council
has been very gracious and frank
with it's work this year, in and out
of executive session, although not
everything that has been discussed
has been given out for publication;
and newspapers will not publish
things for which there is no official
verification. The public and newspa-
pers as a whole are very fair-mind-
ed people and are ever ready to
give and take; but they are far
more tractable when they are tax
en- into the confidence Of their pub
lie servants on public questions
than when they are ignored. That
is the case with executive sessions
of public bodies; the public sees
little justification for closed meet
ings, and, however unwarranted the
thought may be, it has a suspicion
against them. The Council will car,
ry favor decidedly if it will hold
only open meetings.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-07-14
ASK GENERAL
TO STEP DOWN

Berlin, July 13.-According to the
Acatuhr Adendblatt today the Brit
ish and Italian governments have
requested the resignation of Gener-
al Leronde as director of allied mil
itary operations in Upper Silesia.
The newspaper added that the Brit.
ish high commissioner in Upper ST.
lesia and General Marins. command
err OF the Italian troops, charge that
General Leronde participated in the
Polish uprisings. General Leronde
is head of the interallied commits
sion.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-07-14
ROOM FOR FEW No a ias..
H~~ in Ii
ON BOY CAMP I:g5lEh
Positive And Prospective Lists
Published.

What promises to be the BEST
BOYS camp ever conducted by the
Y. NJ. c. A, is slowly materializing
The cots are ready, the camp site
for the big climax next Thursday.
is definite, the tents have been
bought and most of the fellows aYs
ready. Were the boys as PROMPT
as the management there worit
have been sixty names to publish
this morning instead OF forty-f7e.
Charles Small, Fred Dyche, Az
burn Woods, William Gageby, VII
liam S. Carper, Donald SchilL VIM.
T. Henshaw. Craig McLanahan.
Jack McLanahan, George l.. Viewer,
Jr.. Nelson Small, Douglas Grimes,
Marshall Homer, Francis TSylor.
John Won Schlegell, Francis Hoff-
helms, Gus wiltshire. Wallace Rev.
nolds, Bernard Wagley, Harvey
Smith, Stewart Bush, Harvey Bush.
Latney McCauley. "Pete' Ruther-
ford, Gilbert McKown, Flick Wilt.
shire. John Byrer. Meyer Garner,
Kenneth Wagley, Rober. Ii 'yd. i.
W:n. Miller, ". 'uricr Lear. Tom
Peck. John Jacobs, Ellis sullivan,
have definitely stated they were
going.
Mason Small, Donald Lindsay,
Douglas Lindsay. Howard Edwards,
William Crawford. Tom Martin,
Prentiss Turner, Woods Byrer. Alex
Clohan and Allen Kline are unde-
cided. Some are waiting for moth.
er's consent, others are trying 10
coax dad out of the pecuniary'
while still others are just naturally
the last minute kind that'll more
than likely "sign-up" next Thurs
dav morning.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-07-14
Martinsburg
In The Past
TEN WEARS AGO
Taken from the F lies of The
journaO.

Is. & o. installs new machinery
n local shops and employs many
extra men.
Y. NJ. c. A. starts campaign to
raise $500 assessed by state asso-
citation for extension work.
Shepherdstown withdraws and
baseball league collapses.
FIVE YEARS AGO
Rain prevents c. E. meeting at
which reports of state convention
were to have been made.
Ministerial association enters in
to negotiations with George S. Ste
vens Evangelistic party for cam
paign here in autumn.
Joseph Bremen loses several
teeth and is otherwise injured in
automobile accident near Washing
ton.
ONE YEAR AGO
Robert Slote assumes manage
ment of Apollo theatre.
Pearl Weaver, %, Hancock, COM
mits suicide in a Baltimore home.
Washington Camp No. 10, P. q.
S. Of A., Hedgesville, elects officers
with C. r. Hammersla as president.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-07-14
SUNDAY HOURS

We the Council invited trouble itself when evaded
strcer Sunday the
the We also the councimen perhaps
by advice which little attention
practical
The Council wants do what right and at its
fit adopt the suggestions Of the drug store
which We would merely
the Council make little inquiry the people
dispensers whose in
indssoluby what they
predict that will be the responsible
rather than Sunday
tendency today loose because
right century good
people permitting
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-07-14
MR.. DOWNS RESIGNATION

The resignation Of City Attorney
Downs was not unexpected, the
Council anticipating that he would
withdraw shortly. Some people have
felt that by reason of his residence
in Shepherdstown he was not elig-
ible to serve as a city official even
though he maintains an office here;
and some people were inclined to
argue the same non-residence feat
ure against his service in the legis-
lature. AS a matter of fact Mr..
Downs has not been active in city
matters for some time, has hot at
tended the sessions OF tie Council,
has not advised them, although he
has been serving theoretically as
the city attorney. In point of fact
Special Attorney Henson has been
doing the work although under
the circumstances the legal serv-
ices to which the Council has a
constitutional right have been du-
plicated and the expense therefore
doubled,-or more than doubled, for
We assume that Mr. Henson will
get special fees. The appointment
of Mr.. Henson as to time and posi-
ton has been somewhat clouded,
although we would add in all fair
ness that his connection with the
Council, or the connection of some
special attorney with that body,
has been imperative ever since the
Council found itself deadlocked a
year ago politically; and Mr.. Hen
son has served conspicuously in the
deliberations of the body, not only
as to legal and political matters but
as to general policies. Under the
circumstances, the resignation OF
Mr.. Downs will not be contested;
and we suppose that the Council
will now proceed, as it would be
warranted in doing, to name Mr.
Henson as "City Attorney and
vote him the City Attorneys fee
or more.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-07-14
COMMENT over
WEST VIRGINIA

A couple parted by the San Fran
cisco earthquake has reunited.
There are too many matrimonial
ties broken by less than earthquake
shocks.-Bluefeld Daily Telegraph.
Dempsey's 100000 will, OF course,
barely permit him to live in the
STYLE to which he was accustomed
as a.ship riveter-Charleston Daily
Mail.
If it is true, as asserted, that the
United States is spending $4,000
100000 each year for Injuries, then
we are we'll off indeed For every
body's in the luxury class. The
wage Garner sees the same gorgeous
settings, the same highpriced actors
and enjoys to the full the same iced
drinks that the business man en-
joys, only the wage earners seem to
spend more than their supposedly
richer neighbors. Anyhow, the wage
Garner today gets a whole lot more
out of life than the dukes and no
bles of a century ago were able to
get.-Huntington Herald-Dispatch.
Congress has appropriated about
billion dollars for the current ifs
cal year The business community
had hoped for substantial reductions
in the total of government expendi-
lures. This hope may yet be full
file ddespite the delays and mud
ding in congress. How? Simply
by effecting savings Immediately
by refraining from all unnecessary
expenditures. The legal power tc
spend the appropriated money exists
but President Harding has taker
the sensible position that this pow
er need not be exercised in that free
and easy way in which it has beer
in the -Morgantown Post.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-07-14
GREEKS HALTED
IN OFFENSIVE
(Bv International News Service

Paris, bully 1.-THE Greek offens,
I've against the Turkish nationalist
has been checked all along the
line, according to a Constantinople
dispatch to the Petit Parisien today
The Greeks were said to have sus
tanned heavy losses. The same dis
patch stated that the Greeks were
evacuating Ouchak and that they
had been driven from Chumay
The Turkish nationalists are min
ing the Sea of Marmora.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-07-14
JUDGE Lands WRITES.

Judge X. NJ. Lands. high com
missioner of baseball, would like
the names and addresses of any
jury that would give damages to a
gambler refused admission to a
baseball park, according to a letter
received from the judge by William
II. Mccarthy, president of the Pa
cific Coast League.
The letter was in commentator
of the work done by Mccarthy in
stamping out gambling in the Coast
League.
81 never had the slightest doubt
that the exclusion of those gentry
might result in damage suits" Judge
Lands wrote, "but it is one thing
to bring suit and quite another to
establish the right to damages"
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-07-14
ASPIRIN
Name "Bayer" on Genuine

Beware! Unless you see the name
"Bayer" on package or on tablets
you are not getting genuine Aspir
in prescribed by physicians for
twenty-one years and proved safe
by millions. Take Aspirin only as
told in the Bayer package for Colds,
Headache, Neuralgia, rheumatism,
Earache, Toothache, Lumbago, and
for Pain. Handy tin boxes of twelve
Bayer Tablets of Aspirin cost few
cents. Druggists also sell larger
packages. Aspirin is the trade mark
Of Bayer Manufacture of Monoace-
ticacidester Of Salicklicacid. 1t
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-07-14
Knockab0ut
Notes
OUTSIDE DUMPS

OUTSIDE DUMPS
Provision by the Council for gar
bage dumps outside of the city
hereafter is wise, based on santa
ton considerations, with regard for
the future of the city and the
health OF the present, and will be
approved by the people. Time was
when the garbage was comparative
ly small, but that time has gone;
and gone with it has the though
that the disposition Of city sewage
is an unimportant matter. Martins
burg has always more OR less tri1ed
with the sewage problem; and only
within the past two years has she
taken steps to fortify herself against
the dangers that Turk in open and
street sewage, by providing an up
to-date and adequate 1--WE hope il
will prove so, system. Elimination
of garbage dumps within the city is
another step in this right direction;
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-07-14
EXECUTIVE SESSIONS

We suppose all ordinary persons
have an Unborn distrust and suspic-
ion FOR executive sessions" of any
public body,-.be it U. S. Senate,
state legislature or City Council;
sessions from which the public is
excluded although the business is
public and the servants are public
servants; sessions which are thor
cughly secret and as 10 the nature
OF which the public finds out only
what the body chooses to tell al
though, let it be understood, the
whole truth may always be told
The public just has natural sus
picion that something went on