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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27
BIG STORE TRIES
TO BREAK SHUTTERS
Antagonists of Society Charge Organize
ton COrrupts MOralS-TOO
Much kissing.

NEW YORK, March IA girl EN-
DloVed by large department store has
reported to Nacation headquarters. No
.2IS Madison Avenue, that the proprleto
of the shop had refused TO allow an
girl to work who wore Shifter insight
or belonged to the Shifter society. In
girl i'm her excitement declared the Shit
ers were the work of the Bolsheyild.
Shutters have reported to the presi
dent of the Vacation association, Mis-
Gertrude Robinson Smith, that tn
promise, made with one hand on tn
heart and the other raised, ''to be
good fellow or sister and help othP
Shutters at all times has eXpos'd
them to affroHts to their modesty.
\ fifteen-year old-bOy, who initiate
his mother, a department store woman
who took il as Il joke, afterward dance
with her in the family circle, holdin
her in such close and offensive emhrac
that she reproyed him When she de
nauded if hc danced with girls in tn
same fashion he replied that il was tn
WAY all Shutters danced. 1t has bee
testified by many that the boys are per
mitted TO cuddle their faces against tn
girls checks when they dance, accordin
to the Shifter cult
Among the many instances Miss Smith
has to offer of her knowledge of the
familiarities encouraged. and insult
forced upon unwilling recipients who
wear the clips. is the kiss bestowed by
a strange boy ON one of the recreation
war workers in Upper Broadway, and
the nine-year- old-child who said. as the
clips were placed on her, 90 Now any boy
Shifter can kiss me.
1T is not merely an invitation tc
Irritation. which. if somewhat crude
might not be Intentionally wrong, but
a deliberate attack on their morals.
said Miss smith
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27
AUTOS CAUGHT AT ON v,~
r. r. CROSSINGS
Six Killed In Two Accidents - Three
Fishermen Caught as Car Stalls
on Track

YONKERS. y. Y. March 27.-Three
men were killed shortly before noon
yesterday when their automobile was
struck by a northbound train on the
Putnam division of the New York Cen
trial railroad ut the Gray Oaks station
on the outskirts of this city.
The dead are: Reuben Levine. IS,
and Samuel Levine. ~. president and
secretary. respectively. of the Levine
Iron works; John PigOt. 80, an employe
of the concern.
The men were returning from a fish
ing trip. While crossing the tracks
which are unprotected by gates, their
machine became stalled. Before they
could start it. or jump to safety. their
car was struck by the engine and the
bodies of all three were dragged several
hundred feet.
Eugene Kirk engineer of the train,
was paroled on n technical charge OF
homicide.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27
Coal or Water?

A new French estimate of the
worlds water power resources credits
the United States with 30000.00O avail
able horsepower; Canada with 22,O00,-
600; Norway with 100000. Sweden
with 6,750,OO0; Austro-Hungary dis
trict with 6,750,O00; Italy and Spain
with about 100000 each !; Germany
with only 100000, and England with
100000, have a supposed compensate
ing advantage in their supplies of coal
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27
White Spots on Wood.

The white spots left on the wood
work after II is washed are caused
BY the use OF soap which is too strong.
In cleaning woodwork, use luke-warm
water and milk, soap suds or cleaning
powder. These leave no spots and are
good dirt remoycrs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27
DAYS OF NATIONAL
ISOLATION GONE
Ratification of FOur-POwer
Pact Commits U. S. to
international Affairs
OF NATIONS
FRIENDS PLEASED
See Broader Foreign Policy for This
COuntry-C0nsidIer FOur-POwer Treaty
Practically Same as League Covenant
More Influence Expected.
Bv DAVID LAWRENCE.

Bv DAVID LAWRENCE.
Especial Despatch TO The Reformer.)
Copyright 1922.
WASHINGTON, March 27.-Ratifi-
cation of the four-pour treaty abolishing
the Auglo-Japanese alliance on the one
hand and formally. placing the United
States in the Pacific league of nations
has given decided impetus to the grow
ing movement. for more International
cooperation instead of national isOla-
ton.
The group in the American senate
which has insisted that the United
States could get along without political
Involvement with other nations was
found TO be less than one-third, so that
President Harding now can count upon
Il twO-thrds vote in any proposals he
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27
Old and Gray.

A woman and her niece were stand
ing at the brink of the Grand canyon.
Finally the woman spoke, DO you
know, my dear" she said. Il think the
canyon is beginning to show its age.
It's lots dirtier than when | was here
six years ago"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27

BATTLE CREEK. Mich, March %.
Three persons were killed when a
Michigan Central passenger train struck
am automobile at n grade crossing at
Thomas Crossing, four miles east of
Marshall. Mich, yesterday afternoon.
The dead Edgerton Van Meter, 30,
Of Albion: Mrs. Agnes Van Meter, Is.
his wife: Harvey Van Meter, nephew
of Mr. Van Meter.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-27

ADVERTISE YOUR To RENTS
IN THE REFORAIER
Evening star., 1922-12-25
Sea Wanderers Unwelcome.

Sailing from port to port in the yell
low sea and failing in each place to
find welcome. several thousand
refugees from Nladivostok present a
pathetic spectacle of human misery.
The wanderers are men, women and
children who fed before the advance
of the bolsheviki The fiotilla con-
sells, some of them no larger than
tugboatS.
Unfortunately. persons seeking aims
are common sights on land in the old
world. but it remained for the tragic
sequence of events in Russia to pro-
duce the first marine expedition in
search of charity. The plight of the
so-caIled white Russians is pitiable.
since their wanderings are in a part
of the world which either is disin-
clined to beStow charity or unable to
do so.
At Shanghai. already crowded with
sick and INDECENT refugees. they were
not permitted to land. In this pre-
dicament it appears that officials and
knowing that this country never re-
fused to succor the starving and af-
ficted. Requests have been made of
the American Red Cross to give
temporary relief in order that the
refugees may get to Manila or to
Hongkong.
To return the Russians to Vladivos-
tok would be to send most of them to
certain death. AS many of them We're
active in fighting the bolsheviki. there
is every reason to believe that whole
sale executions would follow their ap-
pearance in the city from which they
fled. Until they find a refuge it must
be their hard lot to continue begging
for food and coal in the inhospita bl
orient@Seattle Times
Evening star., 1922-12-25
come a presidential quantity, was de-
feated by a large majority.

come presidential quantity, was de-
feated by large majority.
In Kansas-normally a republican
state-the democratic candidate for
governor had twenty thousand the
best of the poll, while the republicans
had everything their own way in the
legislative races. They will control the
legislature overwhelmingly.
In Nebraska brother OF William J.
Bryan. who had tried for honors un-
successfully before, was elected gov
ernor by large majority, while Mr..
Hitchcock. for whom the democrats or
the state two years ago had instructed
for President, failed Of reelection to
the Senate.
As thus shown. there is good deal
of cross-fring in the country. and it is
giving the political managers some
thing to think about. The condition,
so close to the opening of the presi-
dental campaign. is disquieting to
them They would prefer clearer
line on things, and are studying divi-
sions with a view of healing them
against the time when it will be vital
for party appeal to run for every
candidate on the list presented.
Evening star., 1922-12-25
Urges Good Will For All
Points to Teachings Of Him
Whose Dav Is Observed.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Christmas-"A Merry Christmas
the dear familiar sound we all re-
spond to in Christian countries. il
seems meet at this season, this beau
tiful season-whose meaning is the
celebrating of the birth of Christ
that we should not allow ourselves
to be so numbered about by many
things that we forget the better part,
but stop to realize in the midst Of
all our giving and getting the one
supreme gift Christ gave us in Civ
ing us Himself.
In the multiplicity of Gifts-the
overemphasis and sophistTcations of
many gifts-we forget the beautiful
simplicity of Christ. He gave us
Himself. the biggest. greatest. most
supreme gift, and yet the simplest
He came as little child to show us
this simplicity How complicated we
have made everything nowadays.
even our religion. 1t is the fashion
to run after every kind of ism if
happily we may find peace. and yet
here is Christ with us in His blessed
simplicity, born this day for us.
On this earth where variety is the
spice of life, people must take their
religion as they do everything else.
differently. Let us have sympathy
for any "isms," any aids that help
any one. but never let us forget that
back of them all is Christ in His
simplicity; they would have no reality
but for Him.
Let us give the glory to Him TO
whom it is due. On this Christmas
II Il
remember that il is Christ - just
Christ. Let us use any aids We wish.
but never forget 10 give the glory
to Christ-not Coue nor any one else.
lie IT is who truly gives the power
for health and happiness; all others
(who are seeking after truth) are
His servants. We must never forget
the Master while following the
servant
Before Christ came to us il was
natural that people should grope for
help in every way, natural and super
natural, to find peace in a troubled
/ world. But surely in this century.
and in a Christian country. it ought
to be possible for us all to say, with
the thought and help of Christ we
are getting better and happier al
ways" We would not need other
proofs If we would only Keep be
fore US all the time the real image
of Christ. get a real feeling and
belief in Him. Just following Christ
is really much simpler, not half so
complicated. and queer, ard hard /"
do and understand as most of the
modern isms. If we dwell with Him.
try to think His thoughts and do as
He would do under given circurl-
stances, if we help others and for
get ourselves He will assurediy give
US the peace that passeth all under
standing.
Unto you is horn this day in the
city of David a Savior. who is Christ
the Lord. MARGARET BANTER
Evening star., 1922-12-25
Crime and Its Cause.

Sir Basil Thompson. former head OF
the criminal investigation department
of Scotland Yard. in London, is in this
country on Il visit. and is addressing
public bodies on the subject of crime
and criminals from the point of view
of the organization that is regarded as
the greatest rime-detecting agency
in the world lie has said some things
that are not pleasant hearing for
Americans. though his criticisms of
our methods in this country have been
considerably and tactfully phrased.
and he has offered many valuable
suggestions which. if followed. would
unGnubt. aid in the reduction of
crime through more efficient detection
and surer punishment.
The other day. speaking in New
York. he quoted some figures which
lie had obtained from the American
Bar Association. showing that in this
country one in every 1000 persons
is murdered in year, while in Eng
land the ratio is one to every 412,OOO
u
here. he said. began in the nineties.
and has been increased progressively
since Burglaries have increased 1,2OO
per cent in the past ten years. In
pointing out the causes of crimes of
violence. he made one remark that is
worthy of consideration in every state:
The gun is responsible for much of
your adoleSceat crime. In England no
dealer dares to sell gun to any one
" thOut a license, and no licenses are
ever given to private persons. That
is why our London detectives almost
never carry revolvers. The criminals
haven't any either The English boy
tempted to stage a hold-up refrains
because he knows he'll have his head
cracked. but if he had a gun he'd
probably try it.
At present there is pending in Con-
gress for enactment measure which
is expected to curtail the gun-carrying
evil in the District of Columbia. 1t
materially increases the penalties for
"pistol-toting." and strengthens the
safeguards against promiscuous traf-
fic in this murderous merchandise.
But it does not reach the real root Of
the evil. 1t fails to attain to the Eng
lish standard whereby dealers will not
sell to those who are not licensed to
buy. 1t does not hold vendors directly
responsible, and only a law that so
holds them will stop this traffic, which
will thrive as long as the penalty is
applied only when the weapon is used
or is discovered through chance in the
course of an arrest on another
charge.
AS Sir Basil Thompson further said
in his New York address. so long as
this matter is left on the basis of
state jurisdictions differences between
state laws will negative even the
more strict and, in theory, effective
statutes, so that murderous armament
will remain possible until this whole
matter is covered by a nation-w wide
law like that which in England has
kept homicides down to one-thirty-
fourth of the percentage which pre-
walls in the United States.
Evening star., 1922-12-25
HERE and THERE IL, WASHINGTON
BY THE MAJOR"

, the Travellers Aid booth. The young
woman behind the counter quickly
put her at ease, and in a few minutes
she was in the hands of competent
guide and was being conducted to a
clean. but low priced boarding house.
The next was a little tot. say of
eight or nine, and tugging at her
hand was a younger brother. She had
been sent from a point in Mississippi
to relatives here, something. however.
had gone wrong and the groWn-up
folks had failed to meet the young
sters. A big-hearted red cap escorted
the little tots to the haven Of aid, there
icapcd into the eyes of the young
woman attendant one of those in
stinctive motherhood glows. and the
first thing she asked them was II they
were hungry-a most potent way of
gaining the confidence of a child. A
little later the youngsters were on
their way to the home of their rela-
tiyes. Then came Darby and Joan,
both of whose hair had been silvered
by the hand of time. the kind of a
couple that any community looks
upon as being "substantiaf'. citizens.
They wanted to know where they
could find a nice, clean place to live,
something not too expensive, but
good. The wife explained, with bit
of a blush, that they had been mar
ricd in Washington fifty years ago.
and had come back to the city to
spend their golden anniversary at the
place where they had been made one.
Romance had not died in their hearts.
The next was the soldier boy. and
from his appearance you at once
guessed that he had come to Wash
ineton to straighten out, If possible.
his affairs with the government. He.
too. was taken in hand by the young
woman in charge and told where to
go. so that he might have comfort
able and not expensive place to live
in during his dealings with Uncle Sam.
If 1awbreakers have an idea that
the Young wamen in charge of this
bureau are deaf or blind. or that they
do not have any friends who tip them
off to things that have the appear
ance of evil said criminals had bet
ter revise that opinion. for the TraV-
elcrs' Aid has been the means OF saw
ing many a young girl from falling
into the clutches of those who prey
upon the youthful and innocent. One
might write story that would oc-
! cupy many pages as to the amount
of good that has been accomplished
by the Travellers Aid since it began
/ to function in this city. The organ
D h II ho n
appropriation from Congress, it de-
! pends entirely upon the voluntary
/ contributions of those who believe in
/ giving aid at the time aid is mosl
| needed
Evening star., 1922-12-25
Representative Ackerman Won
Seat With Cancelled Stamps

reSemhled an accordion.
In all there We're 1,625 stamps. each
OF go rubles denomination, making a
total face value of 4D6,250 rubles.
of Russian rubles would have equal
ed S2O7.137.5O in good old reliabl"
United States currency, but at the
time the letter was mailed ii was
equivalent to only Is cents worth of
United States postage.
During his campaign Hepresenta-
tive Ackerman exhibited this accor-
dion letter at more than twenty five
public gatherings in all the big com
munities of his district. He is a
member of the foreign affairs com
mittee of the House and claims the
title of the most Travelled man in
Congress- He used the letter with
its 81 feet of folded-up postage to
visualize the enormous depreciation
of the Russian ruble.
He was arguing against allowing
bolsheviSm or unsound economic priil-
ciples to get a foothold in this coun-
try and used the letter to illustrate
what might happen here if adequate
safeguards through legislation were
not set up. He unfurled his accor-
dion postage to show that the amaz-
ing depreciation of the ruble follow =
ed the advent Of an uneconomic gov
ernment which started the printing
presses turning out money without
proper reserve in the treasury 10
make good these scraps of paper.
In Morristown, N. j.. where. Gen.
Washington had his headquarters for
time during the revolutionary war.
this letter bearing $207,137.50 in
postage (really worth on1ys15 centsp
was particularly effective, especially
when Representative .Ackerman
clinched his argument for safeguard
ing against bolshevism by showing
from his collection one of the stamps
that caused the Boston tea party
and brought on the American revolu-
Evening star., 1922-12-25

as between the policies for which In
their platforms they were respectively
standing.
1t is particularly well at this time.
1t is d most fitting time to do such
business in the good old American
fashion. America is under a sort of
challenge. Some noisy people have
persuaded themselves that the old
order has failed, and that a new
should take its place. They are clam
oring for Il change.
The old order is. in the main, still
all right, and. with here and there a
small touching up, will continue to
serve for many years yet. Who may
say how many?
And while it continues to serve let
us all pay it proper tribute. Let us in
augurate new officials with enthu-
siasm. Let us respect all laws. and
assist in their enforcement. Let us
all do our utmost to give the lie to
insinuatiuns and open charges that
our governmental forms and processes
are played out.
Evening star., 1922-12-25
The Progressives.

The progressives dividing? There is
such an announcement. Need it
cause any surprise?
The leaders Of what is called the
progressive movement are strong and
snowy men, fond of a shindy, and at
their best when so engaged.
Three are, and for some time have
been. prominent in speculation about
the presidency. Mr.. La Follette's
boom dates back a number of years.
Mr.. Johnson's, battered somewhat in
1920. is reviving.
The Borah boom is unlike other
booms, in that the boomee seems to
give little encouragement to the BOOM
ers. Still, the boomers persist. There
is a Borah boom, and those in charge
know the value of publicity. The
boomee goes his way, keeping his own
counsel and keeping in the spotlight.
One progressive may differ from
another progressive in progressive
ness. In fact. it is easy. So much is in
f1ux, and so much needs to be settled,
men of aggressive spirit find wide
range for their faculties and disposi-
tions.
There are lively times ahead. Criti-
ciZing a faulty policy is one thing.
Constructing and offering a faultless
policy to replace it is another and
quite difficult thing. The two old par
ties have been under fire for long
period. And yet both survive, and look
staunch enough to weather another
storm or two At any rate, the life
boats have not been lowered yet, nor
the order given to abandon ship.
Evening star., 1922-12-25
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Reminder.
Here is a gift that the Christmas
Ruddy and silver-haired and quaint
Left as he passed this way.
1t was only whispered word or so
That floated along where the breezes
blow:
Good people may still be gay"'
We aren't obliged to be all austere
And mingle each moment Of Joy with
fear
Lest it cause us to go astray.
The state of affairs would be strange
If only the sinners were truly glad
Good people may still be gay!"
So. all good people. make bold to
smile
Each mortal is good in some sort of
style,
If but for passing day.
Well shun the shadows Of grim pre-
tense.
And vow as we trust in our better
sense,
"Good people may still be gay!"
Evening star., 1922-12-25
TO Beautify Capital
for Shrine Meeting
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
In view Of the fact that Washing
ton is the capital of the whole
United States, and the mecca of the
people Of the world at large, and
that in the near future a great con-
cIave of mobiles of the Mystic Shrine
will assemble here by tens of thou
sands, it is very urgent that every
one of the citizens use their best
effort toward making the city look
it's rery best Therefore, I would
suggest that q conference represent
ing the different authorities in charge
be called to meet in the District
building not later than January Is.
1923, there to arrive at an under
standing, and arrange for carrying
out the following agenda:
(a) To clear and beautify the
grounds extending from Union sta.
ton to the Capitol.
(b) To clear and improve the ap-
pearance OF the wharves at the river
front.
(c) To clear all vacant lots and
keep weeds moved during summer
and fall.
Id) To have all terraces filled and
sodded where washed out BY rain and
defaced by children.
(o) To have all monuments cleansed
and everybody clean uD and paint up
their premises AMES FUNK.