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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-02-25
FARMERS WEEK E.
AT HI

The seventh annual farmers week OF
the college OF agriculture OF the State
University opened promptly at two
O'Clock Monday afternoon. The first
speaker was II. #. johnson, assistant In
extension work. He discussed "Varia-
Cream" He stated that some of the fac
tors which cause variation In normal
milk are On individuality of cows. (9
breed. 90 time between milkings; "a fore
and after milk; 90 lactation period. There
Is a much wider variation Of fat In sep
arator cream than in milk. Regulating
the cream screw 80 that It Is turned In or
out Will produce a high or low content
Of fat. a large inflow will give a thinner
cream than a smaller inflow, and high
speed a thicker cream than low speed.
a large error Is often caused by not
stirring the sample thoroughly. special
precautions must be taken to get a fair
sample when frozen. churned, or sour
milk or cream Is to be tested. Many an
error Is made in testing, Cream Is care
lessly weighed or. perhaps, measured In
a pipette, The operator is careless IN the
use OF his acid. using too much or too
little. thus giving a low or high reading
and, oftentimes, the fat column Is incor-
rectly read.
j. T.. Carlton. assistant In extension
work, showed what constitutes a
square meal for the COW. lie said that
there are two factors which determine
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what the COW should eat. First. what
IL best for the COW. and second. Its
cost. From the standpoint OF the COW
these points should be considered:
/. A balance OF the ingredients. the
protein, carbohydrates and fat.
2, Palatability-the iikings of the
cow.
8. Effect of h ration on the health,
cotton seed meal. corn meal and ripe
timothy hay are c~onstipating. while
linseed oil meal. bran. silage and Glow
err hay are laxative.
4. Bulk-The grain should weigh
not more than one pound to the quart.
even though comparatively large
amounts Of roughage are fed.
s, Variety. At least two different
kinds of rortghage and three different
kinds OF grain should be fed.
G. Amount, One-half to two-thirds
of the dry matter should be derived
from %roughage. The roughage being
fed, she should receive as much grain
as will be likely to AFFORD a pront
without over-working her.
From the standpoint of cost, the
roughage which farmers should grow
and feed are corn silage and clover
hay.
In buying grain one should deter
mine the cost OF the available nutri-
ents and be governed thereby. rather
than to choose by the price per ton
or tGe name on the bag.
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N AR|NE IS
BELIEVED SUNK
BY THE FRENCH

Paris, Feb. 23.-CDelayed in transmits
sion) A German submarine which for
the past few days has been lying In the
English channe in wait for steam pack
cts plying between France and England
made at nisht fred a torpedo at the
steamer Victoria while she was on the
oyage from B%oulogne to Folkestone
with a number of passengers, including
some Americans.
The captain of the Victoria. however,
saw the characteristic wake made by the
torpedo and slowed down his vessel and
the torpedo passed harmlessly about 100
feet in front of her.
The French second light squadron vas
informed,to keep a sharp lookout in the
ann for the submarine The minis
ter of marine announces hat a torpedo
boat belonging to the squadron sighted
the submarine at 7:30 o'clock this morn
ing eight miles southwest OF Cape
Alprech near B%ouIogne and Immediately
opened fire and succeeded in scoring
several hits before the submarine was
able to dive. The announcement adds
that a wide patch of oil was seen after
wards on the sea at the spot where the
submarine disappeared and from this it
is presumed that the submarine was
wrecked.
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Now York Fob. 1.-THE tcamcr Evc'vu
ing a mine, was owned by the firm of
Harriss, IrbY & Nose of this city auG was
carrying a cargo Of cotton IT, ;hc firms
agents in Bremen. William J." f~1arriss OF
the firm stated tonight. Mr.. iTarriss es-
t!na:"d TINT there were aouut $500 bales
uf cotton aboard the l,vclvn. valued a;
approximately $4,000 Th' cargo was IN
surcd by the owners with The govern
ment. he said.
Mr.. Harriss vas disincliucd to make
any lengthy statement on the loss of the
steamer
y RISK or WAR.
The Information that our vessel was
sunk by a mine was conveyed to me to-
day he said. "Thi is a risk-a war risk
that We take"
When asked by newspaper men if he
would make "a further statement regard
ing the incident. Mr.. ~ITarliss replied:
"A statement Of that nature will come
from Washington. I think He said he
had not yet been in touch with the Wash
ington authorities on the subject but
would probably communicate with Off
rials at the xapital tomorrow
WAS ONCE \ BR1TISHER.
w. II. r. Killecn, Of the firm OF y.
+. Bull e Co, former owners of the
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BATTLE ON
3OO-MILE FRONT

Venice, via. London, Feb. 81, 1000 p. m-The Hungar-
ian newspapers contain vivid accounts of the struggle in the
Carpathians, where a gigantic battle has been in progress for
fifty days along the Wuole line Of mountains some three hun
died mics IN LENGTH
no true pictarc en- be painted of the general situation,
SINCE 1t changes daily. In the first Of the engagements the
troops were movci with machine like precision. but now in
dvidual heroisln finds freer play.
VICIOUS attacks are made to gain heights or sheltered
positions. These attacks are repealed with reckless abandon.
Sornctlmes a position will be gained and lost again three times
within tWenty-fOur hours.
One height has been stol1ned one hundred times, and
even now neither side can claim to hold it. No sooner is it
won and the vlctors installed on it than The vanquished gather
new forces and storm it again.
Meantime the Russians are gathering immense additional
forces in the center of the CarpatnianS.
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stock, THE two-story building was flank
cd on three sides by wooden structures
containing stores or storage places, but
the iiremen succeeded after an hours
work in combining the flames to the
place &C origin.
The burned building IL owned by L. A.
Miner. druggist, George II. l.. Badlam
OF this city is owner of the grocery
business, His loss will reach SO, 900 and
That on the building is $1,000. Both are
well insured.
Unable to see in the dense smoke,
Fireman Roy c. Leonard. son of Deputy
Sheriff A. \. Leonard of Wallingford,
stepped into a hole in the foor and fell
eight feet. He was taken out with diff
hculty because his associates could not
see him, He was nearly suffocated but
not much hurt by the fire.
Great excitement existed for a half
hour in the Berwick Hotel, two doors
away, An ambulance was summoned &c
move a sick man away from the hotel
nut 1t was not needed.
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BRITISH WATERS ARE
CLOSED TO

London, Feb. %. 10 p. m.-The British
admiralty that the Irish chan
mel and the North channel. waters lying
between England and Scotland and Ire
land. rave been restricted for naviga-
ton from to-day.
The southern entrance, known as St.
Georges channel. to the Irish channel,
is between Carnsore Point on the Irish
coast and ST. David's head on the oppo-
site coast of Wales. Certain areas OF
this channel have been closed to mercan.
tile navigation by the admiralty's orders,
which also require that all traffic wish
ing TO proceed through the North chan.
mel must pass to the southwark of Rath-
lin island between sunrise and sunset No
ship Will be Allowed within -four miles Of
Rathlin island between sunset and sun-
rise.
The admiralty order restricting nav-
CATION in the Irish sea closes the Irish
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US. AR MY OFFICERS
MUST TALK LESS

Washington, Feb, 23.-Secretary CARR
son warned United states army officers
to-day not to discuss in public the mill
tary situation either in America or
abroad. Earlier in the day he a ex-
onerated Capt William Mitchell OF the
army general staff, whose remarks at a
private meeting on the vulnerability OF
the American seaboard had been pub
lished.
Captain Mitchell's explanation that he
had no idea his words would be printed
satisfied the secretary, but he decided to
issue the following order for the flu
ture guidance Of officers:
THE secretary of war is convinced
that the best interests of the service are
prejudiced by the appearance in public
print of interviews, statements, discus
sions or articles by officers OF the army
on the military situation here or abroad
and he, therefore, directs That all Off
GERS refrain therefrom until further o..
darS in the premises"
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not be interrupted by Great Britain
President Wilson discussed with his
cabinet to-day the general situation pro-
duced by the declaration Of a submarine
war on merchant vessels and 1t was said
later that the replies from England and
Germany to the informal representations
would have a considerable bearing OF
the final course Of the American govern
ment. Earlier in the day the President
indicated to callers that he had not
decided whether the notes received from
Germany and Great Britain on the sea
zones and the use Of neutral flags re-
quired reioinders, as It was not yet ap-
parent whether there was any necessity
10 ~re-state the position Of the United
States. so emphatically expressed in the
correspondence with both belligerents.
The general impression was that the
United States government had reiterated
informally to the belligerents the SER
iousness with which 1t viewed the situa-
ton, especially the possible effect on
American commerce as a result of the
C%etaliatory measures OF England and
Germany toward each other. Officials
spoke guardedly but with no conceal
ment Of their apprehensions over the
situation which might develop IL Ameri-
can lives We're lost as a result Of a sub
marine attack. To some extent this
tension has been revealed in the ac-
cidents which American ships ave met
in the mine fields, though the difficulty
Of fixing responsibility for such mishaps
has prevented the Washington govern
ment from taking a decisive stand.
The Carfo was the second ship insured
by the government war risk bureau,
1885, so on her cargo and s22, 253 on her
hull. With a loss on the Evelyn. the
bureau probably will have to pay a total
Of 5000 which about equals the sum
collected to date in premiums. Tn
doubtedly both cases will be the subject
of civil suits Cor damages by the bureau.
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SUBMARINE SINKS
IRISH STEAMER BY
BOMB

London, Feb. p, $50 p. m.-The small Irish coasting
Steamer Downshire was sunk last night by a German sub
marine off the Calf Of Man, an island in the Irish sea. The
Germans gave the crew five minutes in which to leave their
ship. The crew landed. last night at Dondrum, County Down,
Ireland.
The submarine which sank the Downshire was the UP.
The Germans fired three shots at the steamer before her cap
tain hove to-. After the crew of the DOWnshire had taken to
boats, the Germans placed a bomb amidships of the steamer
and exploded it, and the Downshire sank in a few minutes.
The German submarine U-12 is of the class built in 1910
II. She is of $50 tons displacement and has a maximum cruis-
ing radius of 1900 miles. The vessel has a complement of
twelve men. Her armament includes three 1S-inch torpedo
tubes and two one FOUNDER high angle guns. She has a speed
of Is knots above water and eight knots submerged.
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SECRET NOTE TO
WEARING POWERS.
MAY SOLVE ISSUE

Washington, Feb. 23-Proposals have been made in
formally by the United States government to both Great
Britain and Germany suggesting a basis for an understand
ing on the subject of foodstuffs for the civilian population Of
belligerents and submarine warfare against merchant ships.
These proposals have been guarded with the utmost
secrecy and their nature has not been revealed by officials,
who are reluctant to discuss them because of the delicacy of
the negotiations.
simultaneously with the revelation tonight that a new
move had been made by the Washington government came
dispatches telling of the blowing up of a second American
vessel, the steamship Carib, near the German coast, an in
cident which increased the anxiety on the part of the officials
for an early understanding with the belligerents.
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NORWEGIAN SHIP
sunk EITHER BY
NINE Or TORPEDO

London. Feb. 23, 1:G p. m.-The Nor
wogian steamer Regin was sunk off
Dover this morning by either a sub
marine or a mine. Thu crew of % men
We're saved.
The Regin, which was carrying coal
from the Tyne to the Bordeaux. sank 10
minutes after she was struck.
The Rcgin is the second Norwegian
steamer to encounter a submarine or a
mine in the English channel since Feb
ruary Is, when the German submarine
blockade against British ports went into
effect. The tank steamer Belridge was
tOrpcdoed by a German submarine off
Folkestone last week. She was, however,
able to reach port. The Regin was OF
1,lN net tonnage, 2S feet long, and was
built in 1913.
Disaster has ovortakcn two other Nor
wegian steamships in the last few day.
The Nordykn went down in the Baltic
last week probably as a result of COM
ing in contact with a mine or Of being
torpedoed, and the Cuba, a freighter,
bound from London to Rotterdam, was
SUM February q in the North sea fol-
lowing a collision,
THE REIGN SANK IN 70 MINTTFrS.
London Feb. "A, 2:i5 a. m.-Tho crew
of the Norwegian steamer Rcgin. which
was sunk by either a submarine or mine
off Dover yesterday morning, arrived in
london last night and We're received by
the Norwegian consul.
The members of the crew said the
Regin was bound for an American port
wiz N "a fnlI Carpo nf couI Cho vra ~
anchor off the Kent coast owing to the
fog when the explosion occurred and she
sank in twelve minutes. The crew had
barely time to launch their boats.
The explosion was so violent tina it
stunned several of the sailors. Pilot
Gwerthon suffered a broken NEE cap.
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channel to all shipes of every nationality
and entirely prohibits navigation Of this
area from February %.
The closed area Is a parallelogram COW
ertng almost the whole OF the channe
between relan and the coast OF Aver
shire. A narrow passage Is left open to
sea borne traffic off the Irish coast. but
this may not be used between sunset and
sunrise.
The admiralty order closes also the
greater portion OF the North channel
leading from the Atlantic into the Irish
sea. This will simplify the examination
of vessels entering the Irish sea and at
the same time hamper the operations Of
hostile vessels in this locality.
1t is expected that the effect will be to
divert Atlantic traffic around the south
of Ireland. where to the wider seas there
will be greater facility in ma%noeuvring In
such a way as to avoid a submarine at
tack.
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COLLIER
STRUCK MINE Or
WAS T0RPEO0ED

New Haven, England. Feb. %, via Lon
don. Feb. "a, $50 a. Eighteen menu
bers Of the crew of the Cardiff steame
B~ranksornc Chine, a government collier,
landed here tonight. Their vessel eithc-
struck a mine or was torpedoed in the
English channel 20 miles southeast Of
Beachey Head about two o'clock this
afternoon. The men say the captain and
mate of the steamer arc standing by the
vessel, which is badly damaged and
avash. An attempt will be made to put
her to the coast and beach her.
A larger steamer Is reported in distress
near the same spot. Life boats are in
attendance upon her.
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GIVES 1000 900
TO FOUND COLLEGE.

Natertown, y. Y, Feb. 23.-William y.
hefrlng' "A retired paper manufactures
OF TINS city, announced to-day that ne
was going to give his entire estate to-
falling about $l,oOO.OOO for the estab-
lishment of a college here. The ~institu-
ton VIII be known as Herring college.
Senator Elon r, Brown of WATERFOWL
in the State Senate to-day "A
bill providing for the establishment Of
such a collega. - -~- -.atAd h~-~
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The wreck of the first vessel, the
Evelyn, was viewed by President Will
son as a tragic accident due to the
possible failure of the captain to heed
the German admiralty's instruction
respecting the location of its mine
fields. Officials were inclined tonight
similar nature. although they had no
official advices.
The proposals made to the belliger-
ents are known to be of ~far-reaching
importance. They were embodied in
a confidential memorandum which
both Ambassadors Page and Gerard
were instructed by President Wilson
to take up informally with the re-
spective foreign offices at london and
Berlin, The new communications are
In no sense replies to the notes Of
Germany n Great Britain, although
they relate to the same subject. They
constitute what are described in dip
lomacy as informal Inquiries and
frequently, if acceptable, become for
NAL.
PROPOSALS A MYSTERY.
Speculation as to what suggestions
were made was widespread in diplomatic
quarters. but none Of the ambassadors
and ministers here was aware. 1t was
said. of their contents. The belief most
commonly held. however. was that some
form OF supervision over the distribu-
ton of f~oodstuffs to the civilian popula-
ton Of Germany, either by American
consular agents or American organiZa-
tons had been prOpOsed. 1t was recalled
that such a proposal was made by Ger
many, but could not be put into effect
without the consent Of all the belliger-
ents.
Germany has offered 20 abandon her
submarine warfare il assured that ships
laden with foodstuffs for Germany will
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TWO AMERICAN STEAMERS SUNK IN
THE NORTH SEA, OFF COAST OF GERMANY

Bremen, Feb. 81, $40 p. m.-The American steamer
Evelyn, which sailed from New York on January q with a
cargo of cotton for Bremen, struck a mine yesterday off Bor-
kun island, in the North Sea. The vessel sank. Her cap
tain and 27 Of her crew were saved.
The nationality of the mine which destroyed the Evelyn
has not yet been established.
The Evelyn is the first American vessel to meet with
disaster as q result of the sea warfare of the European ma
tons. She did not sink within the war zone included in the
German admiralty's decree of February q, which went into
effect on Thursday. I}orkum island lies directly off the Ger
man coast, at the mouth of Ems River. and is German ter
ritOry.
ALL THE REV SAVED.
Maritime records give the complement of the Evelyn at
25 men, so that probably all on board were rescued.
The Evelyn was a single screw steamship and was COM
mandeG by Captain Smith. She was owned by Harris. lrby
& Voae OF New York and was carrying a cargo of cotton to
bremen. She was 252 feet long and 1,185 tons net. She was
5ult in Southampton, England, in 1888. Her home port was
Philadelphia.
The Evelyn was last reported as arriving at Rotterdam
on February II.
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Berlin, Feb. 90, via. London, 745 p. m.-The American
steamer Carib has gone to the bottom off the German coast
in the North sea as a result of running on a mine.
At the time of the disaster to the Carib the vessel was
not using the route laid down in the German marine in
structions.
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New York, Feb. 23-The Carib was sold recently by the
Clyde line to Walker, Armstrong & Company of Savannah,
Ga. She was of $3.50 tons burden and left Charleston Jan
uary 81 for Bremen with a cargo of cotton. She had a capa-
city of 1900 bales. She had a crew of thirty men, command
ed by Captain E. L. Cole.
Licking Valley courier., 1915-10-07

Pillows, Used
? Boxes Exploders,
300 Fl. Manila Rope, Used, II inch,
22 ID.
l3 Kegs Powder.
Case Dynamite
Ihe foregoing six blocks will be
sold by the Trustee upon a credit Of
thirty days, for which the purchaser
or purchasers viii execute their bond
or bonds with two good and approv-
ed personal sureties thereon or with
bonding company thereon as sure.
ty, authorized to do business in this
State, which bonds shall likewise
bear interest from the date of the
sale and shall retain a lien upon the
said properties to secure their pay.
ment
The Trustee will then offer for sale
as one entire property, all the fore.
going set out assets of the bankrupt
company.
!, In case of sale of all the said
foregoing properties as whole, then
the terms of sale are: S10,00000
cash in hand paid or certified check
; payable to the Trustee, enough Of
the balance thereof to amount to one
third of the total due in thirty days,
one-third in six months and the re.
J naming one-third in twelve months
, from the day of sale, the deferred
payments to bear interest at Six Per
l Centum per annum from the day Of
+ sale, to be evidenced by bonds which
l the Trustee will take secured by two
good and approved personal sureties
5 thereon or by bonding company au;
g thorized to do business in the State
;, of Kentucky, and retaining lien up
!, on the properties sold to secure their
] payment.
y Upon the said sale then the said
g Trustee will accept and report to the
r Court for approval and confirmation,
f and subject to approval and confir'
: nation by the Court, that bid or bids
= of whatsoever form which will realize
for the entire estate of the Roper
# Reese Lumber Company the most
money; and in case the entire prop
h critics shall sell as a whole, then the
d funds arising therefrom shall be ap-
portioned to the several interests, en-
d numbered and unencumbered, in pro
1t portion as the bids made for the prop
ID critics in severalty shall bear to the
r amount realized by the entire prop
3. critics in the aggregate.
a. All prospective bidders and pur.
e. chasers will come prepared to com
s, ply with the terms of sale herein
to above set out; but any purchaser
1r may pay all cash for his purchase Of
er purchases. should he so desire.
i'd VIM. A. DUNCAN,
Trustee
Licking Valley courier., 1915-10-07

Spaulding and wife to William j. Pull
ling By deed Of date January 28, 1907,
and OF Record in Deed Book No. 32,
paso rs, Morgan County Court rec
ords; subject, however, to the full
and free right Of ingress, egress and
regress over and upon said land for
the purpose OF mining, operating and
removing the oil, gas, coal and other
minerals in or on said land, and all
other rights and privileges incident
to and necessary for the operating
and marketing of said property, for
the benefit of the owners thereof.
Together with and as part of the
foregoing described property all the
right title and interest Of the bank
/ rupt company in and to the railroad
work so far as same has been con
structed and all rights Of way there
for owned by the said bankrupt
Also the following personal proper
| ty tO-Wit;