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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-20

Norfolk. Va. Oct. 19-Waterfront
officials here believe that the six Ger
man officers and five enlisted sailors
who disappeared ten days ago on the
yacht Eclipse are safe on the Swedish
steamer Texas, now halfway across the
Atlantic.
The Texas sailed from Newport News
on October 10. The missing Germans
obtained leave Of absence on October 3.
one is said 70 have been a visitor on
the Texas the same day. The Eclipse
disappeared on October TO-. The theory
advanced is that the Germans trans
ferred to the Texas of the Virginia
/ Capes. after sending the Eclipse 70 the
bottom.
II is declared here that German
sympathizers employed or doing bust
ness on the Atlantic City Ward docks,
the coal piers and at Newport News
have made tidy sums arranging pas
sage by Swedish ships for inteued
Germans from the navy yard. These
suspicious. it is said, were communicat-
cd 20 local Federal authorities weeks
ago and reported TO Washington, with
the suggestion that an investigation
was advisable What was the result is
not known here. Many believe that
scores Of interned Germans have in
this way returned TO Germany on
Swedish ships leaving this port.
There is a growing demand here for
q thorough investigation on board Of
the Prinz Eitel Friedrich and the Kron-
prinz Wilhelm 10 determine how many
Germans have violated patrol oaths.
Il is declared that with the knowledge
Of the number aboard the ships when
they arrived and the ship rosters the
approximate number Of missing easily
could be computed. A hundred or more,
10 is said, have taken advantage of the
generous treatment accorded by the
Navy Department
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-20

dispatch from Athens, when says that
the Entente Ministers have laid a new
note before the government outlining
The plans Of the Entente regarding the
Salonica expedition.
Nothing outside Of Allied success. II
is believed. will have any influence
with the Greek government, which IS
reported by the Havas correspondent
1t Athens as following the Serbian
operations with the greatest interest
Greece Watching Border Fights.
A recent council OF the Cabinet the
government newspaper Neon Asty'
reports. adopted measures 20 be taken
IN the event that the Bulgarians drove
the Allies into Greek territory, an
eventuality which, the paper says, the
government viii not tolerate.
The report of German progress
against the Serbs. as given out by tho
Berlin War Office. is as follows:
Austro-llungarian troops under
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-20
TURKS SURE THEY
CAN HOLD ALLIES
Have Advantage in Men,
Ground and Food
Supplies.
INVADERS GUARDED
BY GREAT FLEET
Men Lack Water and Medical
Care-SpIrlt of British
Declared Broken.

General Sir Ian Han Iton has
been recalled from the Darddnelles
and London hints that the British
campaign to force the straits IS
failure. The folio1cing letter de-
scribes the situation on the GGthpoh
front. Dated back seven weeks, Il
q,ues an account Of conditions sub
stan'jGlly as they are today for
no changes Of great importance hare
taken place since.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-20
TEUTON GENERAL SUICIDE
Officer Feared Operation and Decided
TO End Own Life.

London, Oct l9-General Pickler. OF
the Austro- Hungarian army, committed
suicide to-day by shooting, according
to dispatch from Vienna.
The officer feared. the dispatch adds,
that an operation which he was about
TO undergo would not bring Sim relief.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-20
ITALY NOW WARS
ON BULGARIA

Continued from page l
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-20
Germans Hold $4,000 British.

London. Oct 10 Approximately
$4,000" was the official answer in the
House % Commons to-day 90 q request
for information about the total number
of British prisoners of war in Ger
many.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-11-19

Pingree, Ormsbee, Dillingham;, Page,
Grout, Smith, Stickney, Prouty, Mead
and Fletcher.
1--WE have the same number of living
Ex-Lieutenant Governors, consisting of
Pingree, Ormsbee, Fiske, Allen, Stan
ton, Stearns, Prouty, Mead, Slack and
Howe.
Of Ex-United States Senators only
one-the venerable Edmunds-survives,
while of Representatives to Congress
there are f%our-Joyce, Tyler, Haskins,
and Plumley.
There has been an article going the
rounds of the press of late stating that
only two delegates to the Republican
National convention of 1860, which NOM
mated Abraham Lincoln, were living,
and that both of them were Vermonters.
These two members were John w.
Stewart and Edward B. Sawyer. If this
statement is correct, our own Hyde Park
has the distinction of not only having the
only living member of that memorable
convention in 1860, but since the death
of Col. Walbridge of the I'd Vermont,
and of Generals Ripley and Henry, all
of which occurred within the last two
years, Hyde Park also has in Colonel
Sawyer, the only living veteran of the
civil war residing in Vermont, who was
the commanding officer of either a regi-
ment, brigade or division.
Dispatches from Council Bluffs, Iowa,
which reached US last week,
that General Grenville M. Dodge, who
resides in that city is probably on his
death bed. General Dodge was not a
one time in command of a brigade or
division containing Vermont troops. He
was a graduate of Norwich University.
Major General Lewis A.. Grant now
resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota. So
far as | can recall he is the only living
Major General who ever commanded a
Vermont regiment in the Civil War. l
have met General Grant several times
within the past few years and although,
as a matter of course, the infirmities of
age are gradually beginning to be mani
fest, as they are with Colonel Sawyer,
they both enjoy an excellent measure
of health for their years and we may
allshope that a kind Providence will
long spare these two living monuments
of the Civil War.
Vermont may well feel proud of
the honor she enjoys in the matter of
! distinguished survivors. In the ven
| cradle Edmunds we have the last of
that long line of constitutional lawyers
which made the Senate of the United
States memorable during the last half
of the last century. Senator Eda unds
is now now nearly 88 and ! am told is in
the enjoyment of excellent health.
Long may he be spared!
CARROLL S. PAGE.
Hyde Park, VT, Nov. 2, 1915.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-11-19
SENATOR PAGE REMINISES.

The Morrisville News and Citizen
contains an interesting letter from
Senator Page in which he calls to mind
many Vermonters of distinguished
career and long life. Here is the
letter.
The death of Ex-Governor Stewart last
week suggests a line of thought in
which old-time Vermonters find food
for some very interesting reflections.
During the latter years of Gov. Fred'k
Holbrook's life it was my custom to
write to the Governors of the several
States in the Union suggesting that a
birthday letter to the Governor-who
was for several years the nestor of all
the Governors of the United States
would give him a great deal of pleasure.
His friends used to tell me that for
weeks after these birthday letters came
to hand the Governor would call in his
friends and show them these epistles.
That they afforded him an immense
amount of pleasure during the last days
of his life is PROFESSIONALLY true. Gov.
Holbrook was SO at the time of his
death.
Gov. Stewart was born in November,
1925, and was. therefore, 80 years old
this month. Whether at the time of his
decease he was or was not the oldest
living Governor in the United States l
have not taken the pains to ascertain;
he probably was.
A few weeks ago Vermont might have
boosted of the twelve living ex-Gover-
nors but the deaths of Mccullough and
Stewart reduces the number to ten-the
smallest it has been for a generation.
For many years we enjoyed the dis
tinction of having more than twice as
many living Ex-Governors as any other
State in the Union. On one occasion
when | was writing to the Governor of
Michigan in regard to Governor Hol-
brook suggested the fact that we had
II living ex-Governors; he replied that
Michigan had only one and that he was
a native son of Vermont.
Our living Ex-Governors today are
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-11-19
THANKSGIVING DAY PROCLAMA-
TION.
ZION

Governor Charles w. Gates has is
sued the following Thanksgiving DAY
Proclamation:
almighty God has blessed us with
another year of substantial prosperity.
Our educational, agricultural, industrial
and commercial interests throughout
the State have shown steady and whole
some progress. The busy stores and
markets, the whirling machinery of
shops and factories, the song of the
harvest machines and the well attended
institutions of learning are symbols of
our intellectual advancement and un-
parallel economic success.
"Above all we, as a nation, have been
kept free from ENHANCEMENT in a ter
rible war now being waged in other
lands. Yet not unmindful of the ravages
of the great struggle our people have
materially assisted in alleviating the
suffering which necessarily follows such
a conflict. In this we have been blessed,
our hearts have been kept warm with
sympathy and persistent h%opefullness
of a speedy end of it all.
"This struggle has brought forcibly
to mind our duty and responsibility to
mankind, and with it the opportunity to
become the greatest peace-bearing and
truly democtatic natiLn the world has
ever known. For this opportunity with
all our other and many blessings we
should be thankful.
Therefore, l, Charles Winslow
Gates, Governor of the State of YER
mont, do set apart Thursday, the
Twenty-ffth Day of November, A. D.
1915 as a day of Public Thanksgiving
and urge that on that day we gather
in our churches and assemble around
our firesides to render thanks unto
Almighty God for the many bountiful
gifts that have so generously been be-
slowed upon Us, and ~fervently pray for
strength to meet the great RESPONSE
bilties that must come to US as lovers
of peace and liberty.
Let us pray together that the great
war may end, that homes may be re-
stored and loved one returned to their
families, and that all men may soon
learn to so love their fellowmen, that
they shall, without fear of conflict and
with assurances of universal peace, cast
aside the sword and forever end war.
Let us remember the needy and suf-
fering in our respective communities,
forgetting not to extend kindness to the
old and guidance to the young, and
withal lend all our power and influence
to strengthen christian character and
develop strong manhood and woman
hood"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-11-19
TURNING PASTURES INTO WOOD
LOTS.

Mr.. Chandler, of the Vermont
Forestry Department, spent a week re-
Gently with the Orange County Agricui-
tural Agent, discussing with the
farmers the local forestry problems.
Orange County has one very serious
problem of this kind. The old pastures
on steep northerly or westerly x
posures, have become so weak in humus
that they no longer hold sod. These
slopes have become worthless as pas
lures. If they are planted with Scotch,
red or white pine, within a year or two,
they will earn from $500 to $500 per
acre per year, by increasing the sale
value of the land, due to the prospect
i've income from the lumber. If they
are not planted to forest trees now it
will be a matter of a very few years be-
fore these slopes will be washing so
badly that it will be necessary to take
special measures to hold the soil in
place until the trees can get rooted
enough to hold the soil. The areas which
are not planted will continue to wash
until bare rock is reached and the in
come producing ability of the land en-
tirely destroyed. This soil going down
the rivers will furthermore produce
another set of serious problems.
Fortunately many of the farmers of
the county are keen men and are be-
coming interested in this situation, and
it is expected that large areas will be
planted to pine next spring. The longer
it is postponed the more expensive will
this reclamation work become. In a
small way the erosion of these slopes
resembles the condition which so long
prevailed in the French Alps where the
French Government has been obliged
to spend millions of dollars in forest
planting to protect the farm lands of
the valleys from the soil being washed
down from the mountains.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-11-19

toriously %disgraceful station at Essex
Junction, another terminal point?
The contention of the Standard is that
the railroads of Vermont are financially
able, had they the inclination, to build
one and all of the stations named and
others, within a reasonable time.
From every standpoint of State
pride and the States best interests,
the conditions to which the Standard
has referred should be remedied, and
the press of Vermont could render no
better service to the State than by
giving united consideration to this
question.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-11-19
MORGANS AS SADDLE HORSES

Brattleboro Reformer.
Admirers of the breed of horses for
which Vermont is famous will be in
terested and pleased to know of the
outcome of a competition held at the
New York Horse Show this week. In
a special class, made up with a view to
encouraging the establishment of a type
suitable for calvary mounts, the first
prize was awarded to a bay gelding.
the projeny of a thoroughbred stallion
and a Morgan mare, this combination
of blood winning owe pure thorough
breds and thoroughbred-standard bred
combinations. The judges who made
the decision doubtless took into consid-
GRAFTON both the courage of the
thoroughbred and the endurance of the
Morgan type.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-11-19
COMPENSATION.
Bennington Banner.

1t is stated by the Rutland Herald
that since the workmen's compensation
insurance act went into effect in YER
mont July LIST about 300 accidents every
month have been reported and that in
every case so far the employers and in
surance carriers have adjusted the loss
without litigation or without calling for
a hearing by the industrial Accident
Board. This speaks well for the temper
with which Vermont has taken hold of
this important matter.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-11-19
W.!! y A!ssns.i.s

The first day you start to take
Rheuma the uric acid poison begins to
dissolve and leave the sore joints and
muscles. It's action is little less than
magical. so cents a bottle of w. ii
Sheldon and all druggists.
Judge Barhorst of Fort Loramie, Ohio,
says: Il was cured of a very bad case of
rheumatism by using two bottles of
Rheuma. Previous to that | was a Grip
pie. walking on crutches.'
Rheuma relieves almost instantly the
intense suffering from sciatica, lumbago,
neuritis, govt, neuralgia and other forms
of rheumatism.-adv.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-11-19
FIRE DRILLS IN SCHOOLS.
Barre Times.

Frequent practice alone must have
made it possible for 500 children to
march out of a three-story school build
ing in Bennington in one minute and a
half, following the sounding of the fire
gong. Frequent practice, too, is bound
to render a holocaust scarcely possible
in that school. Are other schools in
Vermont perfecting tn mselves in the
fire drill to make a Peabody, Mass,
school disaster impossible? If not, at
tention should be paid to the matter at
cnce.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-11-19
VERMONT RAILWAY STATIONS.
Enosburg Standard.

Enosburg STANDARD.
Manchester, in Bennington county, is
a notable summer resort, one of the
most beautiful in New England, and
having a large patronage of summer
tourists. Compare the Manchester
Danville Junction, Maine, by the Grand
Trunk and Maine Central roads to ac-
comodate the Poland Springs hotel
patrons. Here are two roads having
enough civic pride to build two splendid
modern stations at a terminal where
there is no patronage except that in
cident to the Poland Springs travel.
Does the Herald (Rutland) contend
for one moment hat the Rutland road,
owned by the New York Central and
the New Haven cannot afford to build a
modern depot at Manchester?
Consider Middlebury. Through the
efforts of DR.. Thomas, president of
Middlebury College, hundreds of
thousands of dollars are being spent to
build up this institution, all to the
benefit of Middlebury and continuous
territory, as wei, as the State at large.
Other public spirited citizens in this
beautiful Vermont town have contrib
uted literally to improve it's civic con-
ditions. Does the Herald contend that
the station at this point is a credit to
the town, to it's college and other in
t~erests, or to the Rutland railroad?
Take Barre. Here is one of the most
thri ing and prosperous cities in New
England, exceptionally favored with
public buildings, a new postofice, a
splendid library, a fine hospital and a new
and up-to-date hotel, while everything
about the city testifies to the civic pride
of it's citizens. Does the Herald contend
that the Boston and Maine and Central
Vermont roads cannot afford to build a
modern union station in Barre common
surate with the Importance of the
city?
Consider White River Junction. Here
is a terminal owned by the Boston and
Maine and the Central Vermont. the
first Vermont point coming from the
south on the Boston and Montreal route.
Strangers and tourists en- route on this
line would be inclined to judge the State
of Vermont by the railroad facilities in
evidence at this terminal point. Does
the Herald contend, after the expose
before the New Hampshire Legislature
of the wanton and corrupt use of money
by the Boston and Maine, and with a
knowledge of the extravagant salaries
paid during the Hays management OF
the Central Vermont, that these two
roads cannot afford to build a modern
and respectable terminal at this point?
Does the Herald contend that the
Central Vermont canno afford to re-
place with a decent structure, the no
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-11-19
THE NATIONAL A
Rutland News.

The name National Guard as applied
to the MALTA of the States is rather a
misleading title. Up to this time the
guardsmen are not a part of the national
organization of soldiers, though in times
of war they are mustered into the United
States service. However, ere long, if
the administrations olicy of prepared
ness is adopted, the National Guard
will be what its name implies and this
useful body will receive the recogni-
ton it so richly deserves. AS an or
ganization the National Guard up to
this time has been too frequently looked
upon merely as a police organization
and not a branch of the military power
of the federal government, to be used
in case of war.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-11-19
PRIDE OF NISHNA CORN.

To the farmers wanting the best silo
corr ever grown for this section try
Pride of Nishna. Why? If planted it
never fails to ear, averaging % to 35
tons to the acre grown by m of the
best growers in the business. Caution!
Look for the name l.. P. Gunson & Co.,
Rochester, N. Y, on the bag. Take no
substitute, for they will simply fool you.
Our agent, E. A. Starkey, will call on
you shortly. Save your orders for US.
l.. P. GUNSON & Co.,
Rochester, N. Y.
TESTIMONIAL.
Messrs l.. P. Gunson & Co.,
Rochester, N. Y,
Gentlemen:
For three years l have grown Pride
of Nishna corr and like it very much,
and for two years l have been able to
save my own seed. For silo corn, it
runs from twenty-five to thirty tons to
the acre and ears very well-two ears
on nearly every stalk.
Yours truly,
E. w. PERRIN,
adv. East Bethel, VT.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-11-19
GOVERNOR STEWART.
St. Johnsbury Republican.

Ex-Governor John w. Stewart of Mid
dlebury. whose sudden death occurred
last week. was a delegate from YER
mont to the republican convention that
nominated Abraham Lincoln for the
presidency in 1860. His colleague, Col.
E. B. Sawyer of Hyde Park. still sur
wives, and his memory of the historic
event is still clear.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-11-19

The Following Property Zen Horses, 2
two-seated G'ens Falls B~uckboards, ?
Three-Seaters. 90 Top and Open Buggies,
l heavy Work Wagon (Thomas make).
| Coupe, / Hack, 2 two-seated Slelghs,
1 three.seated Sleigh, 10 Cutters, l pair
heavy Work Sleds with Brakes, l pair
Boobies, l set nearly new Work Har-
nesses, 4 set Hack and Pony Harnesses,
2 Surrey Harnesses, Is Single Harnesses,
10 Fur Robes, 10 Plush Robes, II Street
Blankets, Lap Blankets, A Fur Coats,
Bells, 8 or A dozen Whips, etc. Also one
new Mich Cow, one Spotted Pony, SIX
years old. with Harness, Wagon, Sleigh
and Saddle.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-11-19
VERMONT CLIMATE.
Burlington Free Press.

You may find a warmer climate than
months, but the chances are you would
not take a million to stay there the year
round. This bracing and exhilirating
Green Mountain air is what helps so
many of our people to live to a beauti-
full old age.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-11-19
A WORD FOR MOTHERS

1t is a grave mistake for mothers to neg
1ect their aches and pains and suffer In
silence-this only leads to chronic sick
ness and often shortens life.
If your work is firing; if your nerves are
excitable; if you feel languid, weary or
depressed, you should know that Scott's
Emulsion overcomes just such conditions.
1t possesses in concentrated form the
very elements to invigorate the blood,
strengthen the tissues, nourish the nerves
and build strength.
Scott's is strengthening thousands of
mothers-and will help you. No alcohol.
Scott & Bovine. Bloomfield. NJ.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-11-19
CONGRATULATIONS TO GOV
ERNOR MEAD.
Worthwhile News and Citizen.

Congratulations to Ex-Gov. Mead and
wife on reaching their Add wedding an
niversary which was quietly observed
last Saturday evening at the home of
Senator and Mrs. Hinsman in Rutland
and attended by the immediate relatives.
May they reach the 50th and many
beyond is the wish of Vermonters
everywhere.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-11-19
VERMONT OPINION
GRAHAM mi WEEKS.
St. Johnsbury Republican.

st. Johnsbury KepubIlcan'
The Bennington Banner believes that
the suggestion that Horace F. Graham
of Craftsbury for Governor and John E.
Weeks of Middlebury for lieutenant
as the head of the mex repub-
lican State ticket would be a strong one
and one that would appeal to the
voters.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-11-19
City Farm

Only two miles out. rs acres, fine modern house,
steam heat. hot and cold water. bath. ETC.. COM
Portable barns. good silo. plenty wood. ten cows,
one horse. quite an outfit of tools. together with
hay. hay ensilage and fodder. all for $4,000
For Full Particulars Of These and Other
Good Farm Bargains Address
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-11-19

206 ACRES. 8 miles from Montpelier. 8 miles from
depot and village. on good road.
Barns cost So. 600. Good old fashioned house. fine
sugar works. lots of wood and some timber to sell.
near good market. Will keep 20 to % COWS and
team, and with a siIo will keep 80. Price. includ-
ing crops, team. sugar implements and farming
tools. $4,000. 81 900 cash, balance very
easy. A good herd of cows can go with the farm
if desired. on the installment plan.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-11-19
FARM S

214 ACRES. 8 miles from village. II miles from
Montpelier. good S-room house. new
horse barn, 80 acres grass and tillage. balance pas
ture and woodland. $50 worth of spruce can be
cut this winter. Price only $50 per acre.
5000 cash, balance very easy.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-11-19
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