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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20
(St. Adams Messenger

(St. Adams Messenger
4 Massachusetts man seeks to recover
100000 for losses at roulette, he claim
ing that the wheels had been controlled
against him 50 that he had no chance to
win Half a million dollars is a whole
lot of money and the man who lost it has
reason to feel sore. both at himself and
the world in general.
But why did he lose it? He blames
the crooked wheel He ought to blame
himself. He probably wasn't forced into
the game. 1t isn't reasonable to suppose
that he was Nor was he indulging in any
friendly" game. Hundreds of thousands
do not change hands in friendly games.
He was out to make money by gambling
and he was trimmed good and plenty.
It's a good object lesson for those who
would make gambling a profession. The
world is full of such lessons, but this is a
most striking one. Half a million gone
over the green cloth and not until it is
gone is the charge of croOkedness brought.
There is an old saying that a fool and his
money are soon parted. 1t is for the
4 world to judge whether this man was a
fool in that he did not wake up to the
fact that he was a sucker until the sharp
ers had taken half million away from
him. The gambling impulse is a curse to
| those who are in its grasp.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20
Tho Lady and the Druggist.

81 want this bottle reflled," said the
fat lady.
"This ism t our prescription. I can t
fiji it without the original, replied the
bored looking druggist
Cant YOU tell by the bottle?'
{" l IN sorry, madam, but we don t 90
by smell.
1t was kind of red -
20 can give YOU bottle of red ink.
The fat lady was followed by wo-
man and a small girl.
II want to get something for this
breaking out on Melba. You don t think
ii : measles, do YOUR
. IN not a physician, madam. / can 7
prescribe for the child. You III have to
see a doctor.
= But it 5 so expensivel ] thought you
ought to be able to give me something
that would do. -
A lady in a hurry rushed up to the
counter and cut the interview short.
81 want to get a bottle of cleaner
like the one Mrs. Smith got here last
week. -
.'What was the name of it,
'.Well. | don t know the name. but
it was in bottle about so high.
:. We generally go by the name rather
than the size of the bottle
BY $40 he had sold 10 boxes. OF face
powder. two eyebrow pencils. six boxes
Of rouge four lip sticks, seven cans OF
face cream and % ice cream sodas. lie
looked at the clock and sighed, for nc
knew that the evening had only Just be
gun.-Judge.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20
MONDAY. MARCH 20, 1922.
LINCOLN HIGHWAY PROGRESS.


The Lincoln Highway association re
ports that the great transcontinental
road was improved more in 1921 than in
any other year since it was first started,
nearly nine years ago. New construc-
ton totalled 397 miles, completed at a
cost of S7,737 ,473. Some of the eleven
states which the highway crosses have
mpleted considerably more mileage
han others. Two or three have been
greatly handicapped by lack of funds,
ttf. N the Whole, the work is progressing
wl, pleasing peed.
tae rauI "ytensi If good pavement
., .. q. waors much more than
as H... ..at ,r'.'.- comfort FOR the coast
r -+az, -tori>t. The traffic over the
.sad N 1921 was abnormally heavy and
indications so far this year are that it
VIII be heavier vet in 1922 \ uniform
narking system extends along the route
from the Hudson river to the Golden
Gate.
Hotels, garages, filling stations and
other accommodations for motorists are
springing up all along the course The
business of those who cater to the needs
and comforts of cross-country tourists
is booming. 1t is reported that mil
lions of dollars already have been in
vested in such enterprises. and that last
years traffic more than justified such
expenditures.
The Lincoln highway is only one of a
number of roads now under construction
north TO south and from east to west
These roads are helping to open up all
parts of the country to all citizens Fol-
this service alone they are worth al
they cost.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20
MONSTERS IN AMAZON wILDs.
C. j. Post, Artist and Writer, Tells of
a Half-B Breeds Story

Monsters resembling scrocodiles with
swan necks, actually modified forms OF
the Plesiosaurus such as was reported
recently seen in Patagonia. probably do
uneNplored territory in South America
equal in extent to the United States
east of the Mississippi River. according
to Charles Johnson Post, artist and
journalist.
Mr.. Post who spent two years IN the
Amazon Basin gathering material for
magazine articles, recently told of hav-
strikingly similar to Plesiosamus.
81 was then in Ribe Alta, an Indian
village in Bolivia west of the falls OF
Madeira, = said Mr.. Post. 1.-The mon
ster which | believed a PlesiOsaurus had
been seen by an Indian near Lake Rogo-
guada, about $50 miles to the south
This country is uneXplored. | don
think that a white man has ever seen
this lake. or its neigllbor. Lake Rogo-
goua. but they are generally believed by
scientists to exist.
Gone daY a half breed came to the
village with story of having seen Il
strange animal which terrified him j
thought it significant that the man. who
knew the fauna of the section thor
oughly and was afraid of nothing, should
have Suddenly become alarmed. Evil
IDENTIFY he bad seen some new animal.
1.-The man was what was called a
cruiser. He went through this section
of the Amazon Basin looking for rubber
While in the region of Lake Rogoguada
he had come upon a trail through the
dense tropical underground made by
some great animal. | told him the trail
was that of a snake.
q NO. no. the half breed replied. IT
was not the trail of a snake The half
breed then went on to explain that the
anirnal had evidently something that re.
sembled feet which were not feet. and
something that resembled turtle s fan
pers. vet were not happers As nearly
rs could be learned from the trail. the
animal was about about four feet high.
GA short time later. the half breed
said, he saw in a shallow part of the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20

\ packidse came for pop yestidday. and
aftir suppir he sed, Now I'm going to
GIVE everybody a treet, l m going to try
an my new taller made suit, the ony
way to get perfeck fit is to have your
clothes made to mcclure, now if you
wunt to see the original AFRO collar
man, jest waiJ a few minnits.
and he went in his room aud came
back asen with u blue suit on fitting
him mulch better in some places than
wat it did in others, but not meny. ma
saying, Well for goodniss sakes, Will
yum.
Watts the matter, watts rong, vat now?
Sed pop.
You look simply dredfll, sed ma.
Nlch he did. and pop sed. Now look
heer, mother, don't start rite in BY show
ing your ignOrants, because the ony
thing you'll gain by that will be to show
your ignOrants, jest because this suit
duzZent cling to me like wall paper /
suppose you think its not a good fit, but
don't show your ignorants, because let
me tell YOU its a perfeck fit and this
careless appearance is ixackly and pre-
ciSely wat the taller tried for
Well he got it all rite. its the most
careless looking thing I've seen for n
long vile, but If you deliberately pick
out careless taller wat eIts can You
ixpect? sed ma. | don't think he was
careless, ] think he was blind, she sed,
and pop sed. Wat you think and the
true Jacks OF the case are intircly diff
trent subjeckS, so / will cheerfuly
make all0wants for your ignorants.
Do you meen to say the neez are sip
posed to look like thar. no matter how
. ignorant | ann sed ma. and pop sed.
The Subicck il closed. Wich Jest then
the telefone rang and pop ansered it.
saying. Hello. who. the taller? You did
wat? Sent NE the rong blue serge suit?
, iii say you did, you're not telling me eny
news. it locks as il it was made for 3
other men and none of them enyware
neer my size or even shape
And he hung up and quick took the
suit off agen and Went 10 the movies
by himself and me 50 he wouldent heer
ma lan
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20
Protected by George Matthew Adams

Northwest territory was reported
in congress.
ls2S-Henrik Ibsen, the famous Norwe-
gian poet and dramatist, born
Died May %. 1906.
1866 Commodore David Conner, who
commanded the American naval
forces in the war with Mexico
died in Philadelphia. Born at
Harrisburg. Pa. in 1872.
lSS6-American fishermen off Canadian
coast warned not to transgress
treaty of 1918.
lSsS-One hundred lives lost in a thea
tire fire in 0porto, Portugal
lSS9-Ohio appropriated 5000 for a
monument to be erected over the
graves of the Andrews raiders in
the national cemetery at Chatta-
nooga.
lS94-In Boston a large body of unem-
ployed workingmen marched to
the state house and demanded
employment.
lS99-Nlrs. Place was electrocuted IL
Sing Sing prison for the murder OF
her stepdaughter
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20
Today S Events

Today the American legion begins n
nationwide drive to obtain jobs for UNI
employed ex-seryice men.
The marriage of Miss Eispeth, daugh-
ter of the novelist Rupert Hughes, land
Edward J. Lapp, is to be celebrated to-
day in Washington, ID. c.
The trial of George l.. TEX Richard.
noted sports promoter, on serious charges
involving young girls, is scheduled TO be-
gin today an New York city.
This win be observed as First Aid
week, when all will be urged to re-
plenish the family medicine chest and
otherwise TO prepare for emergencies.
\ special election is to be held today
n the third congressional district of
Maine to choose 4 successor to Repre-
sentative John n. Peters, who resigned
10 accept place on the federal bench.
Trial is scheduled to begin Mt Clpvo-
land today in the case of Mrs. Mary
Brickel, the last of the five persons IN
dicted in connection with the murder of
Dan Kaber. Mrs. Brickel is the mother
of Mrs. Eva Catherine kaber. now scrv-
ing Il life sentence
The birthday anniversary of Neal
Dow, the father of prohibition is to be
celebrated in New York city tonight
with a national prohibition law enforce
ment demonstration. William J. Bryan
is scheduled to deliver the principal adj
dress.
Plans for n contest to be waged fol
the abolition of, differential freight rates
which are alleged to discriminate agains
New England ports, will be considered
at conference in Washington today OF
senator's, congressman, governors. and
mayors from the North Atlantic states.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20
Today's Birthdays

Dir. Charles w. Eliot, president emeT-
titus of Harvard university. born in Bos-
ton, 50 years ago today.
W. l.. George. the English novelist
who recently visited America, born in
Paris, 40 years ago today.
gresham. now Il member OF the inter
state commerce commission, born AT
Norwalk, Wis, 81 years ago today.
Thomas Cochran. who arrived in New
York virtually penniless and rose to be
a ~artner in the firm of j. p. Morgan &
Co., born at st. Paul, Mimi, 81 years
ago today.
Mai. Gen. Charles T. Mencher, who
commanded the Rainbow division in
France and later became first chief of L,
S. army air service, born in PennsyL
vania, 60 years ago today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20

The Refomer is on sale every evening by
the following news dealers:
Brattieboro, Brattleboro News Co., c. w.
cleveland, S. L. Purinton (EsteyviIle),
Brooks House Pharmacy. Aliens Depot News
stand, Gilbert J. Pollica, 81 South Main St.
Fort Dummer district.
West Brattleboro, J. L. StockweI.
East Dummerston, NJ. E. Brown,
Putney, NJ. 6. Williams.
Newfane, n. M. BatChelder.
West Townshend, c. II. Grout.
Jamaica, r. J. Daggett
South Londonderry, F. H. Tyler.
South Vernon, E. b. Buffum.
Hinsdale, ". H, w. H. Lyman.
Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News Co.
Greenfield, Mass, c. A. Hays.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20
In the Days News.

DIR. Charles ". Elliot, president emcr-
titus of Harvard university, is IS years of
age today; but his days are as busy and
his interest in the worlds activities as
keen as ever. Dr. Eliot says that during
the greater part of his career he has
worked from u to Is hours day. When
not engaged in his educational work he
has been busy writing, travelling, and
speaking for the principles of American
liberty. Over 90 years ago, as a member
OF the Harvard crew, he, with others in
the boat, made crimson Harvard S color
by wearing it for the first time on the
river. He was then college tutor.
When only 80 years old he became presi-
dent of Harvard college, and after 40
years of brilliant service resigned. For
nearly fifteen years he has been an over
seer and the honored president emeritus.
Quite Il record
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20
A Candidate from the Newspaper World
randolph Herald.)

Brother Wallace II. Gilpin, newspaper
magnate of Orleans county, announces
his candidacy for the state senate AL
most every session some Vermont editor
is yanked out of his sanctum pro bono
publico. but the encouraging symptom is
that. like Cincinnatris, he always returns
to the pillow. the harrow or the demnition
grind. 1t generally doesn't hurt the state
or the public, and almost invariably gives
the editorial writer a broader and quite
different outlook
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20
Not the Answer Expected.

The teacher was trying to impress
upon her pupils the importance of doing
right at all times. and to bring out the
answer. bad habits,'' she inquired ::
What is it we find so easy to get into
and so hard to get out OFF,
There was silence for a moment and
then one little fellow answered, Bed. y
Boston Transcript.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS

II is the aim of the management TO assure
efficient service in the delivery of the paper
each night, and it 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 or postal card, thus en-
abling the cause of the error TO be promptly
and accurately discovered and the proper rem.
edy. Immediately applied. 1t is only by this
method that the publisher can secure the de-
sired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20

The young millionaire, John Duval
Dodge, of the Dodge family of automo-
bile fame, must spend five days in Jail
as punishment for over-speeding and
reckless driving Doubtless five days OF
Jail work will be a novel experience for
him and as it may be the only work he
will ever do it is to be hoped that the
prison officials will not consider him a
privileged character because of his
money.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run of paper, 50 cents
an inch for first insertion, 80 cents an inch for
each subsequent insertion. Limited space on
first page at double rates.
Space rates application.
Classified advertisements-Five cents a line
first insertion with 50 per cent discount for
each subsequent insertion without change of
order.
Reading Notices-Twenty cents per line FIRST
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, 1922-03-20
IN JAIL AND OUT

IN
1t doesn't fI heart with Jail for the
errng boy who's left the dwell
where warder keys ciked prison
thing
No in pen
than able
killers leave their dead according the and of hundred
with
reprmands and then wonder why the the
pands We merciful a
sinners and free them week And take
and filled with
swell the while
do, Id like such in the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20
WooI-Gathering.

Professor-Hayen't seen you, Mrs.
Blank since your marriage. Have you
any children?
Mrs. Blank-I have a boy of seven
and d girl of five.
Professor-Dear me, how time flies
IT doesn't seem possible that you have
been married II years.-Boston Trans
cript.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20
Had Enough of Those.

The landlord had at last agreed to
re-paper several of the rooms. What
kind of paper would you like?" he in
quired Something with large figures? =
Decidedly not !" answered the ten
ant "they would be a constant re-
minder of the rent L have to pay. -
Boston Transcript.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20
Still Busy at 30.
BARRE Times

Lunenburg's oldest resident. aged 90
years this month, spent his odd time this
winter cutting up four cords of four-foot
wood and four cords of wood ready for
the stove. Osler would not have promul-
gated his famous doctrine if he had lived
in Vermont.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20
WHY, Indeed?

(Manchester, n. H., Union.)
Why get all bet up over hunting for
the Patagonian PIesiosauian when April
is almost here and specimens of the
Salvelinus fontenalis are to be found in
brooks near home?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20

Probably the Fitchburg man who
found his income tax TO be one cent
didn't bother to pay it in quarterly in
,tallments.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20

There will be no pulpwoOd drives
down the White or Connecticut rivers
this spring. 1t viii be the first time il
many years that these drives have beer
suspended
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20

The president of China has put an
embargo on arms. Some critical factions
wish the President of the United States
would put one on legs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20
VERMONT NEWS.

Ice dealers at Burlington announce n
20-per cent reduction in the price of
their commodity the coming season.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20
One Year Ago Today

lu Upper Silnsia plebiscite covering
5000 miles Of territory with rich miner
ais and industries, the Germans won in
the rural districts and the Poles III the
rnmmuncS.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20

OF course, people opposed to vaccina-
ton wouldn't mind visiting Costa Rica
now where vaccination is not enforced
and $4,000 people are suffering from
smallpox
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20

The Hartford Times has made the
timely discovery that, after all, happi-
ness doesn't depend entirely on owning
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20

In a fall downstairs at her home in
Winooski Wednesday, Mrs. a. NJ. Lon,
ergan broke her right arm in three
places
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20

The two youngest children of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fayette Cole of Chester ate sew
eral brOmo-quinine tablets q few days
ago and were in o serious. condition for
several hours. They have now recov-
erred
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20

An electric light bulb exploded over
the head of Mrs. +. f. Fish of Rich
mond recently, filling her face with
particles of glass, but not inflicting Sc
rious injury.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20
A Political Ghost.
(Rutland Herald. ]

What is worrying the Free Press is
not the Antagonist ghost but the Caven-
dish comeback.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20

an automobile; even a poor man can run
down his neighBOrs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20

It's easy enough for congress to pass
t1r bonus, but who will tackle the job
of passing the plate to pay it?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20
Member of The Associated Press.

The Associated Press is 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, 1922-03-20

The two-year-old daughter Of Homer
Gyitt of Bakersfield was seriously
burned by putting celluloid comb in n
lamp chimney in limitation of her
mother, who had been using a curling
iron. Both hands, her cheeks and lips
were badly burned
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20

The pastors of FIVE Protestant
churches at Montpelier have followed
the lead of Rev Charles n. st. John,
pastor of Bethany Congregational
church. in opposing, by a public state
ment. the recent action of the board of
directors Of the Montpelier board of
trade in adopting a resolution favoring
the passage of the Hill local option bill
in congress The pastors state they
believe the action of said directors To
be destructive of the interests of good
citizenship and therefore contrary TO
the will of the majority of the citizens
of Moutpelicr"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20

TOday's Anniversaries
lSOO-A bill for the division of the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20
The Gambling Curse.

,HHgs has sprung.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20

DR. and Mrs. G. l. Forbes have pur-
chased for their son. Kenneth Forbes,
known as the most proficient of the
professional pupils of the late Hans
Kronold, the violoncello of that cele-
brated musician. The instrument was
made in 1917 in France by the famous
]. 3. Vuillaume. and was presented to
Mr.. KrOnold in 1894 as u wedding pres
ent by his brides father, and the artist
used no other at his public perform
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-20

At the Vermont Dental association
meeting at Burlington Saturday the fol-
lowing officers were elected: President,
Or o s. Minis of Burlington; first vice
president, DR. F. s. Braley of Benning-
ton; second vice president, DIR. c. II.
cole # Nergennes; secretary. DIR. {. X
Woods of Rutland; treasurer. DIR.
Thomas Mound of Rutland; executive
committee, DR. G. NJ Richmond of St
Iohnshury Dir II Is Small of Burling-
tan and Ue- Earl Johnson of Rutland.
Pleading guilty to the charge of breach
of quarantine. Mrs. Mabel Tyrell OF
Morrisyille was fined $50 and costs,
amounting to $23.15 by Judge Edwin l..
Scatt in the Barre police court Thurs
day afternoon. The payment of the
.iue was suspended and the accused was
pan On probation for six months on pay
meut of costs. Mrs. Tyrell. it is said,
while her Six-year-old daughter was suf-
fering with scarlet fever. removed her
from the Goddard infirmary on Mer-
chant street to her home in Graniteville,
without permission Of the health author
tiles.
The New York herald., 1922-04-16
RADIO CONFERENCE WILL
BE HELD HERE TUESDAY
Dry Goods Association Sends
Call All OUer u. S.

One of the surest signs that radio
broadcasting Is not a fad, but an i'm
portant and permanent feature of mod
ern life. may be seen In the fact that
the National Retail Dry Goods Associa-
ton has called a special radio confer
ence of members from all over the coun-
try for the Hotel Pennsylvania next
Tuesday. The call indicates that de-
partment stores in all parts of the
United States have adopted radio equip
ment as a regular part Of their stock.
Seven department stores have already
taken out broadcasting licenses and
scores OF others have made applications.
There are now seventy-one broadcasting
stations in the United States. so that
even now a tenth of the big sending
stations are in big stores. Philadelphia
leads the country In store broadcasting.
with three big stores sending out pro-
grams. The other store stations are In
New York, Newark, st. Louis and Los
Angeles.
According to the bureau of research
and information of the association, the
radio market Is conservatively esti-
mated at SIC, 1000, 900 sales yearly. This
is 1 per cent. OF the $1,000. 900. 900 yearly
sales by department stores. a sizable
figure for the first year of broadcasting.