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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-06

Apple Butter: One and one-half cup,
of strained apple sauce (windfalls OF
bruised fruit may be used). u cup OF
grape juice, 1 cup of crystal white corr
strip. Add strip and grape juice t
apple sauce and boil until thick enough
Season with cinnamon to taste.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-06

For the observation of National Candy
day, the Brattleboro Drug Co. has a won
derful supply of Samoset, Fish's Green
Seal and Page & Shaws fine chocolates
and a large number of those Whitman
Samplers. If you have never had a Whit
man Sampler you have missed something
in the way of confectiOns.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-06

A new range should be very gradually
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-06

The social season is well started and
the trimmer at Mrs. q. II. Smiths Hat
Shop has made up some wonderfully
pretty hats for dress wear. Broad
brimmed models of seasOnable fabrics and
artistically trimmed in the latest style.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-06

The man who desires well-kept nails
can get expert manicure service at is
Crosby block. Mrs. Field does manicuring
for both men and women. Telephone
S09-W.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-06

If the flesh of fish is soft and flabby,
it has been kept too long do not buy it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-06

The Stebbins Grocery has some of the
most delicious comb honey which is so
good with hot biscuits. l find. too. that
they have some excellent Hubbard
squashes from the Dunklee farm at Yer
non. They are dry and sweet
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-06

An extra pair or Blankets, please, for
these chilly nights. If your supply needs
replenishing look over the new stock of
the F. W. Keuch Co They have Just
received a big line of wooden blankets
priced from 50 up. Beautiful. soft, fluffy
ones are priced at SO the pair.
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er to United tSates and European his
tory, the final two years being in
United States history. The fixing Of
two ma. ior and two minor courses
greatly minimizes tendencies hereto
fore toward teaching smattcrings o.
many branches. Economics and soci-
I ology will not be required studies
longer in the high school, the State
Board remarking that certain phases
of them are not wisely taught, especi-
ally by young and inexperienced the
orists.
Bids on $6,OO0,000 remaining to b.
issued of the total state bond issue Of
$11 100000 to pay soldiers compensa-
ton have been called by the State
Board of Finance to be opened at O.
lympia, July 6. Payment of compen-
sation out of the first $5,000,000 bond
issue sold now exceeds the proceeds
of the sale by about $1,000,000 and
the overdraft is being carried by the
State Treasurer from the surplus in
state funds, to be repaid from the fl
nal state bond sale. As the legiti-
mate claims for compensation in tn :
state may exceed the $11 100000 es-
tlmated and appropriated by the last
le legislature for that purpose, it may
be necessary to bring friendly test
suit in the Supreme Court to make
valid payment in excess without an
other Legislative appropriation.
Claims are being passed now at the
rate of about $50 daily and in the
neighborhood of 10000 have already
gone through the department 1t is
| estimated that $4,000 to 10000 ser
vice men will be compensation claim
arts in the state on the final sum
mary.
An instance of improved efTicienc :
in the state License Department un-
gel the administrative code is sup
piled by the latest examination for
licensed nurses. The list of more than
200 was finished and awards of GER
tificates announced by the examining
board within few days after the ex-
aminations. Under the old system
awards could not be made until weeks
after the examination as each exam
iner took papers home to be correct
ed. This time they met in the tate
License Department under Director
Fred J. Dibble and finished the
awards before going home. ONLY
two in the list failed to pass.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1921-07-01
Ill NOTES.

Significant of the new and better
relations that arc gradually assert
ing themselves in industry. was re-
cent meeting of the Al local Of the
big Wheeler Osgood sash and door
plant at Tacoma, Washington, rs re
ported to headquarters of the Lov.tl
Legion of Loggcrs g. Lumhcrmcn b,
II d. Sage, Tacoma agent of the or
ganization.
Three members of the firm Wcrr
PRESENT.. J. Osgood, Vice Pres
dent, W. II. Ripley, Treasurer. and ".
{. Hobart, superintendent. Several
fcremen attended and very large
number Of the wage workers Of the
operation. Under the H., ARRANGE
ment persons in all of the forepoin 3
groups are common members of the
local
One of the questions discussed was
the presence at the plant Of sixteen
japanese Treasurer Ripley declared
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1921-07-01
$12, 405, 2O9.26 100000


County current expense funds take
at total of $7,316,45S of the general
levy; county schools, $3,625 ,667;
county road and bridge funds, $3,35S.
SIT; county interest and redemption
81 ,739,9l4; Donahue road funds, 81,
023,274; county road districts, S5,Ol7.-
9O6.
Total levies made by cities and
towns of the state come to $1l,107,-
500. The total school district levy
for the state is $17,207O44
These are the important items Of
public expenditure the Governor sub
mitted to the conference, with prom
Use that the state would endeavor TO
overcome a deficit of more than two
and half millions out of its IA per
cent of the total expense. A similar
effort is what was suggested to the
officials responsible for local taxation,
representing the great bulk of public
taxation expenditure.
At its organization meeting in So
attic recently, the new State Board
of Education created by act of the last
legislature and appointed by Cover
ror Hart, made immediate progress
toward the simplification of high
school courses along the lines of elm
mating studies not considered essen
tlal except as particular qualifica-
tions. Algebra and geometry will be
required only of students in English
courses who are preparing for col
lege. They are made optional in sci
entific and domestic science courses.
Much of the time formerly devoted to
arcient history is hereafter to be Civ
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1921-07-01

nationally famous lumber writer is
editor; despite all prophecies-the
lis remains an organization, and
that territory of the United States,
in its lumber sections, is free from
STRIKES" and "lockouts"; while N
other parts of the United States, IN
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1921-07-01

that the favors Americans and that
the japanese would be displaced by
home labor as rapidly as it could be
done without dislocating processes in
which they are engaged. Much along
this line has already been done at the
plant.
Vice President Osgood went into in
innate details Of the company's at
fairs, touching upon costs, the mar
ket and finance. "The market is 50
tight" said Mr.. Osgood, chat not
Withstandng our long career and
widespread selling organization, it
will probably be necessary for me %
&c east very soon to personally drum
up new outlets for our products"
All discussions were carried on
freely and without discrimination,
avs the report, and goodwill and
optimism pervaded the proceedings,
assisted greatly by music furnisha
by Miss Fay Jackson of Tacoma.
The Grays Harbor agent of the
Loyal Legion Of Loggers & Lumber
men reports to headquarters that at
a recent meeting of the Al local Of
the National Lumber company, Ho-
quiam, Washington, the management
offered to furnish all of the material
for a substantial club house provided
the men will do the work upon it in
their spare time.
The Loyal Legion for the north PIT
get Sound district reports that one Of
the Al mills in his territory, the Nor
riSon mill, Bellingham, Washington
las increased its output % per cent in
the recent past, and that this has
been entirely due to cooperation be-
, tween management and crew, no plant
changes having been made or new ma
chinery added.
The Loyal Legion of Loggers {
Lumbermen, and, incidentally, the Pa
cific northwest, received the following
editorial comment in the June issue
o, the Lumber World Review, Chica-
go of which Boiling Arthur johnson.
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locally made. He impressed upon the
conference the fact that certain
| charges are fixed and the only mater
ial reductions that can be made must
be made through local taxing author.
ity, which in it's turn depends upon
the active support of the people who
pay the taxes. AS fundamental,
the Governor stated his position that
the only way to reduce taxes is to re-
duce public expenditure.
Along this line, he submitted chart
ed showngs of what the state admin
istration had already attempted in re-
duction of public expenditure coupled
with the declaration that the state adj
mlnlstration expects to be able to
wipe out a deficit of $2,66O,OOO with
which state funds closed the fiscal
year March 81, 1921.
In brief, these charts demonstrated
that the total tax of SIP sos ,S2O, lev
led in the state for all purposes in
1920 for 1921 collection, the state
general fund over which the state adj
ministration has direct control car
ries only $5,407 ,48l or 7.44 per cent
Of the total expense. Education, in
GLIDING the institutions of higher
learning, call for $2S, 49O,862 or IS. 20
per cent of the total state expense.
Road taxes levied by state and
county for 1920 arc segregated as fol-
lows:
Public
Highway ,2O4,S42.45 9.71H
Permanent
Highway 1,S0O,36S6i 11.50fs
Road and
Bridge ............ 3,35S,S17.17 27.OSl.
Read Districts 1,572,21319 36.S7l,
Townships .......- 445,663.1S $500
DOnahue Roads 1,023,274.63 S.25l;
The New York herald., 1921-02-11

tician and former member OF the Penn
sylvania Legislature. had withdrawn
S105. 900 in gold from the United States
Treasury in October and November,
1919, by presenting gold certificates.
Bergdoll according TO Mr.. McAvoy, was
waiting in Washington at the time in
an automobile. The money. he said.
was taken out In $4,000 bags and was
obtained after the making OF three trips.
Committee members expressed surprise
that gold could be drawn out OF the
Treasury so easily, but the District At
torney said the wartime ban on Its
withdrawal had been lifted at that time.
He indicated that Bergdoll later re-
ferred to the withdrawal 10 substantiate
his story of the hidden gold.
"Bergdoll il not an ordinary draft
dodger." said Mr.. McAvoy. HE did not
evade the draft through physical cow
ardice. This fellow belittled by COM
munications with newspapers the Cow
ernment's attempts to capture him, just
as he does now. when he says he was
going TO bribe government officials with
800, 900. Apparently he has a mania
for belittling the Government and any
representative of the law. As young
man he was a reckless automobile
driver. in all kinds OF escapades. in
cluding the kidnapping of a policeman
Mr.. McAvoy said that well formed
conspiracy for Bergdoll's escape was
apparent when he reached Philadelphia
with the two military guards
Upon their arrival" said the District
Attorney, like Stecher, the Bergdoll
chauffeur. complained that the car in
which they were to hunt the gold was
knocking and as result Bergdoll was
allowed to stay at his home two days.
= Ia
almost every room of the Bergdol
house Sergeant York took two drinks
and then was ordered TO stop drinking
by O'Hare, who was in command When
Bergdoll escaped Mr.. Gibboney ap-
parently made every effort that an
honest man would make 10 apprehend
him. The same is true OF the law firm
of Ansell s. Bailey. Bergdoll and
Stecher apparently drove direct 70 st.
Vincents. Mimi. where they shipped
their car back TO Mr.. Romig and fled to
Canada. Then they obtained false pass
ports and went TO Germany by way OF
England. L received confidential In
formation last October that they were
in Germany. and personally took UP
the matter with Attorney Pal
mer. urging that Mr.. O'Connor be sent
there to attempt a capture X Bergdoil
should get into occupied territory.
II am not an international lawyer.
but I do not believe we can force Ger
many TO hand over Bergdoll because
we still are technically at war"
Mr.. McAvoy revealed that prior to
the gold hunting trip Bergdoll had
planned an escape by jumping over the
wall of the Fort Jay prison and fleeing
in a motor boat. He offered Thomas
Furri $4,000 If he would have a motor
boat waiting, but Furri refused.
Mr.. McAvoy said that Bergdoll put
forward the pot Of gold story when Mrs.
Bergdoll refused to pay any more money
than the si2,500 given to Gibboney.
The New York herald., 1921-02-11
CONGRESS QUITS CLASSICS
FOR tARKANSAW IRA VELER'
Tariff Framers Call for 10Th Century Jazz After En-
during Highbrow Tune Four Different
Grades Of Fiddles Without Casualty.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1o.-House tariff
constructors fiddled on the job to-day.
The Ways and Means Committee had up
the violins schedule. and w. r. Clymer
OF Columbus. Ohio. was on hand with an
.arrnful of flddles 10 contend that Ameri-
can fiddle builders did just as good a
Job as anybody and ought to have tariff
protection for their product
He also brought along a local violinist
who treated the committee to a classical
selection played In turn on $40. a $50.
a $500 and an $500 fiddle. the first two
instruments being a month out of tho
factory while the 5000 box was six years
old. and the $1,000 one nobody knew
how old.
Clymer defled the tariff makers to de-
tect differences in tone. 1t looked like
a clash Of experts was coming when
Chairman Fordney announced that he
owned a Stradlvarius made in 1113.
Tension passed, however when Mr..
Fordney said to the violinist How
about the Arkansaw Traveller
The musician complied with the sug-
gestion and In a moment the lifting
measures of the old tune went rollicking
through the staid committee room and
out into the wide corridors of the office
The New York herald., 1921-02-11

building to tickle the ears OF busy legis-
lators and their helpers. Committeeman
and onloolers sat with toes tapping and
heads nodding 10 the lure of IL. Yankee
Doodle followed. Then Dixie ie'-Just
to avoid sectionalisn1.
That finished the hearing, but with
worried look the committee stenographer
addressed the chairman.
How" asked the shorthand man. am
I going 10 make a full and complete
record of this testimony"
The Fordney emergency tariff bill got
another breath of air in the Senate to-
day after having been showed forward
and pulled back almost daily for week
without having been the subjct of de-
bate. At the close of to-day's consider
alton of the measure. however, 1t was
agreed to let II lie over until Saturday.
The only actual progress was In the
adoption of "A Senate Finance Committee
amendment to extend protection 10 long
staple or Egyptian cotton of one and
one-eighth inches In length instead of
minimum Of one and three-eighths. The
vote was SO to IL and It came after
Senators Simmons IN. c. and Ashurst
(Ariz.). both Democrats. had engaged
in colloquy occupying most of the
afternoon.
The New York herald., 1921-02-11
BRYAN SAYS VOTERS
MUST CONTROL PARTY

MIAMI, Feb. loft the Democratic
party is going to be o force in this
country 1t must have members. and the
voters will not be willing to act through
the Democratic party unless they can
control it," said William J. Bryan NJ
his winter home here to-day in dis
cuss!ng the announcement yesterday IN
New York By former Judge r. C. Roper
Of Nebraska that Mr.. Bryan and his
brother Charles planned q reorganiza-
ton Of the Democratic party.
Mr. Bryan said he had not known that
definite date for the launching of the
movement had been set as announced
by Judge Roper
81 am in constant association with
my brother" he added. my theory has
been that Il democracy is 4 government
In which the people rule, and Demo-
cratic party must recognize that au-
thority comes W from the btoom and
not from the top.
Politicians try to use the party or
ganizations and the voters for their own
benefit. while the voters try to use the
party organization for the advance OF
the public good.
II do not expect much OF any sur
face movements. that is movements
among the party officials. Progress will
come through activity among the voters.
and they cannot act until they have a
chance to select committeeman. Prior
to this they can organize among them
selves. discuss questions. pick out
spokesmen and get ready for effective
action when the time for the selection
of the committeeman comes. This. I
think, they should do. And this Is what
hope to contribute to through my
naperD
The New York herald., 1921-02-11
BRYAN KEEPS OUT
OF ROW IN PARTY
Declines to Join With Those
Who Seek Overthrow Of
Chairman.

New York Herald Bureau,
Washington, ID. c., Feb. 10.

4 boiling political pot of the Demo-
cratic party splashed over on all sides
to-day, preparatory to the start of 81
series OF conferences which will begin
in Washington tomorrow with the ar
rival of George White. chairman or the
Democratic National Committee. Two
members of the committee withdrew
tion demanding reorganization meet
ing on March l. and two others asked
that their names be added.
William ]. Bryan, from his winter
home in Florida. threw cold water on
the scheme of leaders to seize the or
ganization, saying the real inspiration
must come from the soldier in the ranks.
r. w. Woolley. one OF the McAdoo
leaders, now active in attempting the
overthrow of the White cha!r1nanship,
issued fresh statement In defence OF
his action.
Those who Withdrew from the petition
were Senator A. A. Jones IN. NJ. and
Mrs. Bernice S. Pyke OF Cleveland, Ohio.
Senator Jones declared he did not under
stand the purpose OF the proposed meet
ing. saying that In the circumstances he
did not believe II should be held. Mrs.
Pyke insisted she had signed the petit
ton under misapprehension.
The names Of Samuel NJ. Pickett OF
Nevada and A. r. Titlow OF Washing
ton. were added. making the count as It
originally stood. Sc out of 108 on record
as favoring the meeting of the commit
tee, which is. as generally understood
for the acceptance Of the resignation OF
Chairman White.
Mr.. Woolley, who has been spoken OF
as a possible successor to the chairman
ship, made public letter he sent to SEN
ator Jones In the form OF a statement
which In part read:
'In assuming that Mr.. White meant
The New York herald., 1921-02-11

partment whether 1t would be safe to
allow Bergdoll TO be released from the
prison to hunt for the pot Of gold. Nc
Avoy said that a Department of Justice
operative named O'Connor, assigned to
the Bergdoll case. learned accidentally
that attempts were being made to obtain
Bergdolrs temporary release. and inme-
diately wrote letter to the Department
OF Justice protesting against such ac-
tion. but It apparently was unheeded.
Confidential word was received by Mr..
McAvoy last October that Bergdoll was
in Germany, but his recommendation
that O'Connor. because of his familiarity
with Bergdolrs habits. be detailed 10
Germany to capture the draft dodger
was not carried out by the Department
of Justice.
The whole testimony revealed a lack
of cooperation between the War Depart
ment officials who ordered Bergdoll re-
leased 10 hunt for the gold and the
Department of Justice or the Philadel-
phia Office OF the Bureau OF Investiga-
ton, which knew that the draft dodger
would attempt to escape.
wilson's Friend Involved.
The committee also believes the special
inquiry should determine the connection
of Judge John w. Westcott Of New Jer-
sey with the case. Mr.. McAvoy testified
that out of s12.5o0 paid 10 D. Clarence
Gibboney. then Bergdolls attorney.
$1,000 went TO Judge Westcott for ad-
vice and counsel. Judge Westcott is
close friend of President Wilson. having
placed his name in nomination at the
1912 and the 1916 Democratic conven-
tions
The question whether Mr.. Gibboney is
dead came UP only incidentally to-day.
Mr.. McAvoy said In his testimony that
he believed Gibboney was dead.
II believe he Is dead" he said. but
every public thing he did In Philadel-
phia in recent years seems to be under
suspicion. and even now his death Is
doubted II is true that several In
surance companies are not satisfied Of
the proof OF death thus far furnished
Mr.. McAvoy declared he did not be-
lieve there was any corruption In the
case so far as Government officials and
the Bergdoll attorneys were concerned,
but indicated that he did not approve
the methods of the War Department in
handling the case. Officials. he said.
We're deceived by Bergdoll whom he
classed as a very clever but desperate
criminal with no physical cowardice.
II am convinced after q thorough in
vestigation. most OF which was before
Grand Jury, that not q single person
In the War Department was corrupt"
said Mr. McAvoy. 81 am convinced the
two sergeants. OHare and York. were
not bribed and were honest. I do not
believe Gibboney or Samuel T. Ansell
was dihonest, but they had no COM
ception of this man Bergdoll He had
deceived his attorneys and did not in
tend to pay them anything II he could
get out OF it,
2ir. McAvoy surprised the committee
by stating that Bergdolrs mother and
James e. Romig. a Philadelphia poll
The New York herald., 1921-02-11

ton and in conservation with me and
others regarding his determination to re-
sign. and expressing cordial sentiments
as to his future, II never occurred to me
that / would offend him or that I was
taking other than a pardonable license
under the authority granted by the Pc
titioners in their teegrams to Mr.. Love"
Mr.. White is expected here early to-
morrow for conferences with Democratic
leaders in the Administration and In
Congress, intended to block the effort to
force the meeting of the full committee
The New York herald., 1921-02-11
HAND OF POLITICS
BELIEVED BUSY IN
BERGDOLL ESCAPE
Special Congress Committee
to Make Full Inquiry if
Report Is Adopted.
TO RUSH IT THROUGH
District Attorneys Story
Indicates Officers Were
Guilty of Negligence.
100000 BRIBE SECUTED
Describes Flight of Draft
Dodger to Canada, Eng
land and Germany.
100000 BRIBE SECUTED
Special Despatch 10 THE NEW YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington, ID. c., Feb. 10.

New York Herald Bureau,
Washington, ID. G., Feb. 10.
A complete investigation by a spe-
cial committee Of the House of all cir
cumstances surrounding the escape of
G. C. Bergdoil, draft dodger, from two
military guards at Philadelphia ia3.
May and his later fight to Germany
was recommended by the House Mill
tary Affairs Committee to-day.
The action was taken after the tes-
timony of Charles D. McAvoy, United
States District Attorney at Phila-
dclphia, according to Representative
julius Kahn (Cal). chairman Of the
committee. had indicated IAN apparent
laxity and negligence" on the part OF
some Government officials, particularly
in the War Department, to prevent the
slacker's release. The committee re-
ported a resolution of Mr. Kahn and
instructed him to ask the Rules Com
mittee to give II a privileged status, SO
hat it may be passed within the next
few days.
Bribe Theory Doubted.
The committee does not place much
credence in Bergdolls statement that
he was offered the opportunity of Civ
ing a bribe Of 100000 for distribu-
ton in Washington in order to obtain
his freedom. but they say there are
circumstances which indicate that
considerable political influence may
have been used In the draft dodgers
behalf. They cannot understand how
1t was so easy for Bergdol's attorneys
to obtain the order for his release
from the military prison at Fort Jay
New York. In order TO hunt a pot of
gold which he said he had buried in
West Virginia, or western Maryland
It was while oetensibly hunting for
this gold that Bergdoll escaped.
The testimony of Mr.. McAvoy was
preliminary to determining whether a
special committee should be appointed
to make a complete investigation. Mr.
McAvoy's testimony revealed two s;rik-
ing circumstances
The District Attorneys office at Phiia-
delphia was not asked by the War De-