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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29

ct Cher and to the greater country,
France. Perhaps his most striking
characteristic is quiet modesty, his
~unassuming nature.
He is a type of the officer bred of
the desire for revenge. For that he
has worked; it was that idea which
gave to his teachings their stength; it
was that idea which gave to his spirit
the force required of it during the bat
tie of the Ourcq. From the Ourcq
General Maunoury and his army have
moved up to the Aisne.
1t was there that l had the honor
of visiting him.
Like many another army commander
l have been privileged to meet along
the French front, General Maunoury
has refused to admit that a generals
place is in the study porting over maps.
receiving reports, conducting war as
though it were nothing but a game of
chess.
He declined to believe that the tele-
phones, wireless, the aeroplanes, and
modern shell fire have in any way
belittled the Importance of men, and
he made a point of making at least
one visit a day to the front trenches,
where his CHEEKY smile and cheering
words never failed to increase the re-
spect and admiration in which he is
held by his officers and men.
1t was during one of those visits
that a bullet found him with his eye
at a peephole and temporarily de-
prived France of his service.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29
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WAR ON PUBLIC NUISANCES
American Civic Association Condemns
Smoke, Poles and Wires, and Fill
boards as Among Them.

From its very institution, the Amer
lean Civic association has devoted it.
self to the protection of the public
against three great nuisances-smoke,
poles and wires and %billboards. At the
annual convention of the association
in Washington one of the important
subjects discussed was b~illboards,
with a principal address, entitled The
Passing of the Signboard," by Jesse
Lee Bennett of Baltimore, in which he
r%ecounted the steps that had been
taken for the legal control of the bill
board in all parts of the United
States.
Concerning the sentiment against
the billboard, Mr.. Bennett said THE
feeling against the s~ignboard has be-
come nationwide, and in the last few
years the agitation of civic organiza-
ton has been SO successful as to
awaken resentment against it SO
widespread hat from coast to coast,
and in almost every state and city,
there are now, or have been, vigorous
movements seeking the abolition or
regulation of these unnecessary and
~dis6guring objects.
There has been much agitation, and
from it there has been distilled one
thing-the recognition of the fact
that what is called the signboard
problem is a question more complex
than the mere removal of the signs.
The s~ignboard has been found to be in
e%xtricably intertwined with two ques-
tons of even greater importance-the
awakening of civic sentiment and the
recognition by legislators and judges
Of the validity of arguments based
upon esthetic considerations" .
Commenting on what ought to be
the attitude of the law and the courts
toward the billboard he added:
ut would take our psychologist but
a few minutes to show that it is not
a question of ear or nose or eye, but a
question of the brain and of the very
consciousness that is life itself. MOI
law should permit any man to intrude'
or force himself or his business into
another mans consciousness to the
extent that outdoor advertising has.
come to permit, an intrusion immedi-
ately increased by the fact that it is,
impossible to avoid seeing sign
boards"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29
GETS HIS REVENGE
Aged French General Waits a.
Years for Day.
Since 1870 General Maunoury, Recent
Iy Decorated by King George,
Has Worked and Planned
for Revenge on Germans.

Paris.-'I to you the attain
ment of the aim towards which all my
efforts, all my energy have been
strained for forty-four years past-re-
venge for 1870"
This message from the order of the
day in which General Maunoury
thanked his troops for their victorious
participation in the battle of the
Marine, explains the whole life of the
veteran upon whom King George has
conferred the order of st. Michael and
st. George.
In a war which has clamored for
the qualities of youth, a general upon
the retired list, sixty-seven years of
age, might we'll have imagined that
his hopes of active employment were
vain, that the most he could expect
would be some post as organizer in
the depots well to the rear of the zon
Of operations.
General Maunoury was called from
his flowers and his Z.rming in the
Loir ct Cher in August, and came to
Paris in the hope of obtaining some
command in the field where he would
be able to work directly for the re
vanche."
At the outset of the war all the gen.
eral officers belonged to the active
army, and for a time General Maun-
curry had to content himself with the
useful, if less satisfying, work of in
~specting depots and the organization
of reserves.
II was not long, however, before
he was given the command of an army
formed at Verdun, at the head of
which he took part in the early and
disastrous fighting along the Belgian
frontier. During the retreat he fought
a series of actions with the greatest
b~rilliance, while at the same time re-
organizing and completing his force.
General Maunoury was ordered to
Paris to undertake the task of organ
izing and commanding tie army des-
tined, in the event of things turning
out badly on the Marine, to act in the
defense Of Paris.
The appointment was flattering,
but to General Maunoury it aroused
many cruel memories, for he had be-
gun his military career in the army
of Paris in 1870 and, as artillery Of
ficer, had known the bitterness OF de-
feat in the series Of battles which was
fought in the neighborhood of the CAPT
tai.
rba+ hitterness he wiped ont In sf,y-
nal manner at the head of the army
of Paris which at the critical moment
swung on to the German right along
the Ourcq, and withstanding the most
terrible battering for days, finally pre-
cipitated the general retreat of the
enemy back to the Aisne.
General Maunoury comes from a
family which has heen noted for its
service 10 the countryside of the Loir
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29
Baltimore Sets Good Examnls.

About a year ago certain owners of
real estate in Baltimore decided to
create small parks in the real of their
houses by tearing down division
fences, and laying out the lots on each
side of the midway alley on a definite
ly arranged and uniform scheme OF
landscape gardening. In many blocks
the fences were replaced by a continu-
GUS flower garden. Hundreds of house
owners have ~co-operated in this inter-
esting effort to beautify what were for
meyly bare and forbidding wastes. and
the city forester has given them ev-
cry assistance. Many other cities
might well emulate this example. -
Youths Companion.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29
MAKE TROUBLE FOR ROYALTY
Mentally Unbalanced Of Both Sexes
Source of Constant Annoyance
to Rulers.

Lunatic asylums in the old world
abound in inmates who are firmly con-
WINGED that they are closely related to
the anointed Of the Lord. 1t is a very
common form of delusion, says a
writer in the New York Sun. Until
the outbreak of the present war hard
ly a week passed without some crank
calling either at Buckingham palace
or at Windsor castle, demanding i'm
mediate admittance to the royal pres
ence. The men usually insisted that
they were the real husband of the
queen, or else an elder brother of
George v. and consequently the lawful
heir to the throne. The women pro-
fessed to be the lawful wife Of the
monarch, or else a daughter of Ed
ward VII, born under romantic cir.
cumstances. The stories which they
told were of the most extraordinary
description. AS they insisted or
haunting the approaches of the palace
and in DIGGING the movements of tht
members of the reigning house, whom
they prosecuted with their attentions,
they ended by being arrested and
quietly consigned to the public luna
tic asylums, where they either re-
NAMED as permanent inmates, or else
were permitted to go free after under
going a fortnight's detention serving
as a salutary warning.
Much of the same practice has been
followed at Berlin and POtsdam, where
the emperor and empress have ever
since their accession to the throne in
1888 been troubled in much the same
fashion by mentally unbalanced visi-
tors. In fact, there is not a reigning
sovereign in Europe who has escaped
this particular form of annoyance.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29

son When | asked her If she knew
how to cook chicken-a-la-ki kin she
wanted to know which King-Den-
mark or Germany"
During the rest of the day Peaches
worried SO much about the new cook
that she almost had an attack of nerv-
Gus postponement. She walked around
the apartment with her fingers
crossed, murmuring little prayers to
herself and making wishes that Hell
gas idea of potato salad wouldn't
turn out to be imitation chop suey.
Our guests arrived promptly and we
could see from their eager faces that
they'd fight that dinner to a finish.
Under ordinary conditions the ar
rival of trends with hearty appetites
is a compliment to be cherished. but
with a visitation like Helga In the
kitchen, likely at any momen to kick
over the can containing the milk of
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29

when he gets it is a matter Of specu-
lation, as he is entirely without lower
limbs. having been born that way
about ten years ago. Notwithstanding
his lack of natural propellers. he gets
about with than the average
speed of boys by means of a roller
skate strapped to a stump where one
of his legs ought to be. He is an I'M
usually bright boy for his years. goes
to school. enjoys uniformly good
health, and shows no lack of cheer
fulness because Of his unique physical
makeup.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29
137-P0UND CATFISH IN NET
Indiana Men Have Desperate Encoun.
ter With Big Catch In Ohio
River.

Lawrenceburg, Ind.-Samuel H.
Bowman and Richard D. Grimsley
caught a catfish weighing 1877 pounds
in a net in the Ohio river near the
mouth of the Great Miami river. 1t
was the largest fish ever caught in
the river in this vicinity. Their lives
we're endangered before Grimsley shot
the fish and landed 1t. Bowman was
hurled ten feet by the big fish in its
struggle for liberty and fell into about
twenty feet of water, However. he
was able to swim back to the boat.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29

Just by way of making sure his
nerves were steady, Dare Devil John
ny Reynolds went to the roof of a
hve-story building in the heart of the
business section of New York city
and performed balancing stunts on a
cornice extending two feet from the
front of the building, which took the
breath out of thousands of spectators
who anxiously watched him from the
street below. He obtained three or
binary kitchen tables OF which the
legs were not at all secure, placed
n upon the other, put a chair on the
top table, placed the hind legs of
another chair on the outer edge of the
seat and with one foot on the back of
the first chair and the Other on the
seat of the second, he juggled the
balls without the least or
worry. To the amazed street audience
it looked an evident attempt at sui
eide. but Johnny Reynolds came down
as fresh and ,1und as ever.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29

you something more lurid, like those
l see in the American press. q
Watched a French aviator being
fired at about 4:45 p. m. Four bat
teries were at him at the same time,
six or v shells exploding at once.
There was still enough light to see
the shells explode. The firing was so
fast that l counted, and found that
more than a hundred shells exploded
in five minutes. The aviator few out
of range, but at 5:15 he came back
again, and, strange to say, was not
fired at.
They say that French aeroplanes
have a wire attached about two hun
dred feet long by which the observer
on board can flash signals by making
the wire spark. Thus officers all the
way back can read the signals with
powerful glasses.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29
Fatiaued Generals.

When Papa Joffre" gets the idea,
which it is said sometimes happens to
him, that a general is "fatigued." he
convokes a council for five o'clock in
the afternoon. And these words suf-
nee: Il have had you come to write
me a letter saying that the state OF
your health obliges you to resign your
command"
But, my general"
"Oh, We win not discuss It. / have
not the time. 1t is five o'clock. The
train leaves for Paris at $40 and you
must not miss itl"-Le cri de Paris. J
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29
LEGLEss BOY WINS PONY
Born Without Lower Limbs, Youth
Propels Himself on Roller Skates
Bright and Healthy.

Glenwood City. Wis.-Little Louie
o Ruden, Glenwood City's noted lap
u natura. has Just received word
that ne has won a pony for securing
the largest number of votes in a farm
Journals subscription contest.
What he will do with the animal
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29
Woman Is Tug Master.

Seattle.-Mrs. Nellie L. Spoorman,
having obtained a pilots license for
the waters of Puget sound. British
Columbia and Alaska, has been ap.
pointed master Of the steam tug Hero.
of which her husband is mate, It was
announced here recently.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29
Must shsd whI.k.ra

Sharon, Pastel companies here
have ordered their employees to
shave because whiskers carry mi.
crobes and may infect drinking cups.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-01-14
CREDITORS MEET l.,
BIG BANKRUPTCY CASE

Rutland. Ian. 1o-Thore Was FIRST
meeting Of creditors saturday before
Referee i'm Bankruptcy Ernest H. O'Brier
in this city IN the involuntary case az
tho Hudson Valley Creamery COMPANY
Of PoultncY. the largest case to como be.
fore tn" Vermont courts IN some time.
About 100 claims. aggrrgatiug approxi-
matelN 5000, were proved. Tho creditors
unanimously elected Louis r. Runkle Of
Poultucy, bank cashier. as trustee The
referee liked his bond at $1,000 Mir
oRrien appointed Charles II. Walker
of Rutland and II. NJ. htot and w. J
Griffith of Poultney As appraisers The
first meeting Of creditors was continued
until Wednesday, January 49, at nino
O'Clock In the morning at Poultcv. At
torneys -. L. stafford O. ". Platt and
e. T.. NoVak Of this city appeared for.
the creditors and J. &. Jones OF Rutland
was counsel for the bankrupt. Mrs. w
w Graves of Poultncv is president OF
the creamery compauN
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-01-14
FREQ |. SMITH, P.S- MASTER
Democrat succeeds Bert Merritt. Re-
publican, nj BrandOn--Iuftcr Held
0hce ~ Years.

Brandon. Jan. l0--A telegram roceiy Cd
from senator William p. Dillingham; an
nounccd the appointment Of tred l.. Smith
as postmaster of brandon Mr. Smith
has just returned from Washington,
where he has been spending a few days
He succeeds Eort Merritt. republican,
who has been postmaster and assistant
for Is years
Mir Smith is a merchant and has been
conducting a grocery store where his ia
Their Alva J.. smith. conducted a store
for - years before him, lie Is a graduate
Of the high school and Is about T. years
old, and unmarried He has always been
prominent democrat, being secretary Of
the county committee, member of the
town committee and congressional dis
trict committee. He is chairman 81 the
board of sclectmen. He was endorsed by
the town and county committees
lie is Mason. being member Of st
paul's Lodge. Farmers Chapter and Of
Mt Calvary CommanderN, Mddlebury
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-01-14

Feet OF decided advance in the qualit,
OF the Blue Andalusjans exhibited AZ OH,
leading shows
Hoth sexes are steel HE body color.
"a"h feather edged With slaty blue tho
male differing from the female only in the
leather edged with s1ntv blue. the nole
differing from the female only In the
color Of its neck and saddle nacl5les and
wing butts. which are dark blue. each
feather edged with blue black The malo
has large red comb and long pendulous
Wattles Tho female comb falls to one
side AS In Leahorns and Miuorcae. Roth
sexes nave white earlobes
As before noted. the hens are heavy
layers. and do well either varded or on
free range They do not get broodv.
by hens az other breeds ar by artificial
methods
I'm" chic Is q r. strong and rugged grow
ers' the pullets rea ching LAYING maturity
IN about i've months. When full grown.
males weigh six 10 seven pounde. females
az to 81. pounds
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-01-14
Blue AndaIusians.
BY Louis rauI Graham.

one of the famous Mediterranean class
this fowl is rated with the Leghorns and
Minorcas as an extra heavy layer of large
white eggs. Many individual hens have
laid almost 300 eggs in a year, while one
OF tne foremost English breeders Of tho
variety tested six pullets for one Year
and they laid ,40' eggs an average Of
23i1a eggs each. These eggs arc large
and chalk white, equaling those Of the
Mlnorcas, larger than those laid nv Leg
horns, and should prove profitable for
sale in New York markets. whe-o an
extra large white egg win bring an extra
high price
All accounts seem to Indicate that the
Blue Andalusian is native to Spain and
from state in that country derives its
name. Some early accounts noint TO the
'irst importa ton made into ENGLAND of
specimens of this breed as comiul, di-
rectly from Cadiz Spain
The breed is bred at its best in Eng
land and Canada. although very recently
the banding together of the American
breeders Of the variety has had tho ef
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-01-14

Highways and bridges Senators Mar
Brown and Blake.
Education--Senators Dunklee. Scavcr
Page Read, Martin Of Washington
/ Powell and Locklin.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Noonan, Wilcox
Martin Of Chittcndon, Bascom and Blake
| Manufactures-Sona Ilinsman, Bent
, ley and Wilcox
| Elections Senators Scavcr. Smith. WI
con, Martin OF Chittendcn and Dunklce
| Military amairs--Senstors Cady, Rec,
and Campbell
Land taXes--Senators Bentley, Thomas
! and Bascom
/ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Conant. Powell
/ Dunltee, Chedcl. Hinsman. Noonan anc
Carver.
street railways-Senators Brown. IIo
comb, Roberts Divoll and Campbell.
Banks-Scnators Wright, Cady. Powell
Smonds and Seaver
Grand list--Scnators Bascom. Blake ant
Campbell
Corporations Senators shaw, chedc
and Carver.
Printing Senators T1olcomb Hascom
and Wilcox.
General S,nators p,,.ou ,,..,t.. -,
Cbittond,r Boho... -
La Franchise
r7odo,o, ,.,..4
and Thomas
State ,r,s,,, e,...... 49,. az.
and Ho,cop,h
1nso,,a g.,
tin OF Washington.
state .rd i,d,,atr,,i ,,,.....
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coub Gomez. 49,, i'''-
A,n,o,,,otia,,.. e..
stobbins -, '''ns.'"'l'
Justice and municipoI courts so,,,o,s
LaFrancbieo s,,,,anIs n,.,,.,. ' s W. :
and N,Lo '''''''
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-01-14
NEW FOUNDRY FOR
HOWE SCALE co.

Rutland, Jan 0,-t;X-Gov John \.
Mead has awarded to the Berlin con-
struction company the contract to build
for the Howe Scale company OF this city
new modern foundry building to take
the place of the old wooden structure
burned i'm December with n loss of $1,000
Work will be commenced at once to be
finished I'm 90 days, The material To be
used is brick and cement and the struc-
turo Will be one story high. the old
cupolas stu being available for use. The
foundry is to cover ground space III hv
eGS feet The building will he eoulppcd
with "A travelling crane of 10 tons capacity
ON .Ss feet OF track and will have n trolley
system 81 feet long. each carrier having
a capacity Of 900 pounds
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-01-14
OFFICIAL RECORD.
SENATE-MORNING.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Darling presid.
+, devotional exercises by Chaplain
|rman.
fenator Conant of Orange for the com.
|ttee on joint rules reported that the
es are practically the same as those
the last session Adopted upon the
It of the Senate.
lcssage from Governor Gates nom,
ting Stoddard Bates OF Derby as com
Fsioner OF highway was received
pate went into executive session and
|nhrmcd the nomination.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Darling appointed
following committees Of the Senate:
kules-Senators Powell Brown, Nlrtir
Washington.
| diciary-Senators Smonds Sha W
hver, Locklln, Conant. Powell and
|gc
|inance-senators Cady, Seaver, Pafe
Iisht and Noonan,
ADMINISTRATIONS Locklin. Bentley, Sea
Roberts Martin of Chltteuden
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-01-14
Standing Committees of House

ON elections Mr.. Hendoc of Pitts
ford, Ingraham Of Guilford, Parker OF
Waltham, Randall of Sheffield Peck
ham of Pownal pemeritt of DuXbuiv.
Whipple Of Westford, Rublce of Rerl
shire, Merriam of Iilmore, Anderson of
Glover, Hewitt of Berlin, Flint of
Brookheld, Coburn of Jay, Jcnison of
Windham, Brigham of Norwich.
On highways and bridges--Mr
Nichols of Essex, Thompson of Crafts
bury, Taylor Of Springfield. Bailey OF
Ncwbury, Fox of Rutland town. Man
chester Of Hubbardton. Smith of Waits
field, Butterfield Of Westminster, Davis
of Johnson, Russell of Kirby, Rublce
of Berkshire. Bellows of Fairfax. Par
ker Of Waltham, Rice of SALISBURY.
Deroca Of sheldon.
ON federal relationships. Smith of
Barre City, Jennett OF Granville. Boil
ster Of Winhall, Bullock Of Waterford,
Harrington of Eden. Hinton of West
more, Ranger of Mcndon.
on ways ana means-Mr Wilson of
Chelsea, Miller of Bethel. Chalmers Of
Rutland. Ware of Townsend, Hendee Of
Pittsford, Smith of St Adams. Briggs
Of Bristol Perry Of Brattleboro Farm
ham of Montpelier, Caswell OF Derby,
Beattie of Maidstone.
on military affairs Mr.. Foster Of
Calais, McWayne of Dorset, Smith Of
Barre city, Williams OF Charlotte, Cook
of Shoreham. Stone of Woodford, Car
rigan of Poultney. Wells of Waterville,
Titus Of West Fairlee.
ON judiciary-Mr, Graham of Rock
nghHn, Wilson of Chelsea, Fairchld
OF Fairfield, Morse of Hardwick. Stone
of Nergennes Phelps Of Fair Haven.
Black of Burlington, Moore OF Ludlow,
Atwell Of Brandon.
ON education Mr. Hewitt Of Plain