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Expert Opinion.

HE late Henry Beach Needham, the
u flying expert who was killed with
Lieut.. Warneford in France. was often
consulted by aeroplane inventors.
An inventor from Seattle submitted
a triplane model to the young expert
last spring. Mr.. Needham studied the
model attentively for an hour Then
he laughed and said:
I'D advise you. my friend, to try
your hand now at inventing a SUBJ
marine for one of the belligerents."
"Yes?" said the inventor, puzsled.
YES" said Mr.. Needham, "for, judK-
Ing from this aeroplane model, / nm
convinced that a submarine designed
by yov would n.y."
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things. The carriages receive the
wounded prisoners Of the other nation
to take them back to their native land.
Kind-hearted co-workers of the Red
Cross have undertaken to provide many
of the above mentioned extra furnish
ings, and little things which give the
cars a cheerful aspect and the clean
ing and decorating of the carriages.
putting up of beds and looking after
the supplies generally is all attended
to by voluntary helpers under the SUI
pervision of the constantly active wife
of the chief physician of the Swiss
Red Cross. who has earned special
praise for her constant and never
firing efforts on behalf of the noble un-
dertaking.
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men who are MANNED and injured in
such a degree that they will never be
able to return to the fighting lines
again.
Long before the outbreak of the war
Switzerland had seen to it that there
was sufficient number of railway
carriages suitable for the transport of
the wounded In times of war. Shortly
after the Franco-German war, on the
occasion of the autumn session of the
Swiss council, motion made by a
prominent Swiss, DR.. Rusch, was &C
cepted, according to which the Swiss
railways were to construct their rail-
road carriages in such way that they
could easily be converted into military
hospital cars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-15

IN OCULAR notions concerning fiies
~ have undergone a great change
within a generation and so many
persons have talked and written on
this important subject. and 80 much
publicity has been given to their views
and opinions that nearly everybody
knows that the fly. far from being
looked on as an amusing and pestifer-
GUS, though harmless. little creature.
is now considered one of the perfls Of
the world.
And reflections on the change In
mans attitude toward the fly are apt
to call up reflections on the change in
fans, for 1t was once the business of
the fan to keep flies from sitting on
the dinner table or the breakfast table
and getting themselves messed up In
the butter and the chicken gravy or
drowning themselves in the milk or
coffee. -. :. ~
There have been great changes In the
methods Of warfare against flies. Not
long ago man fought purely. defen-
sive war against flies, and fought it
with a great show Of humanity toward
flies. The offensive was always with
the flies. OF late years the offensive
has passed from the flies to man. and
man now pushes the war in most fields
with ruthless vigor. Here and there
the fly may assume sporadic onen-
sive, but he Is being driven from the
kitchens and the garbage cans, the
parlors and the manure heaps and the
homes and stables of the nation by
poison gases and all the atfocious
means known to science and soldiers.
But to get back to fans. In the old
days the screen was known to very
few persons. The fly had easy access
to all rooms in the house. He even
seemed to make himself at homo in
the parlor, an awesone room, where
no man could feel at home, a room Of
mysterious shadows, family portraits
and musty odors. and tho blinds to
which were only opened when COM
pany of a particular kind. as the min
lister or rich relations or neighbors Of
quality" came.
The rooms most frequented by the
fly after she came in from the back
garden and the stable were the pantry.
fly always manifested an active inter-
est in what people were about to eat
or what they were eating. Ono old
fashioned way of getting the ny fout Of
the dining room was to close the smut
ters and darken the room. SO that she
would draw out"-that. is. she might
20 ont into the garden again; but most
probably she would adjourn to the
kitchen. where tho conditions OF light
and smell were most pleasing. But
whom the dining room blinds were open
and the family gathered at dinner tho
fly. in her spirit OF joviality and good
fellowship or good sistership. would
return. She hated to see the family
lonesome. and she, always insisted on
tasting tho food. probably to determine
whether 1t was all right.
Here came in the dy brush. No dining
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Absolutely Necessary.

Brom the Boston Transcript.
Man wants but little here below"
Some claim that this is rot.
The man who builds a house, we kno
Can't do without a lot.
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THE NURSES STORY. By Adele Blen-

n Z RISES SIVnNs by hueAc Iich-
eau. illustrated by NJ. Leone Brack-
er. Indianapolis: The Bookseller
rill Company.
Primarily a war story. this is. In Sec
ondary way, a love story. Its first
concern is with the adventures Of a
beautiful nurse who. now with the al
lies and now as a prisoner to the Ger
mans, manages to achieve as many
dangers and escapes and vivid war ex-
periences as even the most accommo-
dating reader finds himself able to ac-
cept. And, to be sure, such a beautt-
full nurse finds lover. an English Of
ficer. captive. like herself. in German
camp. Transcriptive in manner. the
real aim of this story appears to bear
witness to the brutality of the German
soldiery. Under such perfervid head
ings as Come at Once Count Not
the Loss He Only Did His Duty.
He Will Forgive" and so on, the stony
moves. finally, into the safe sanctuary
of marriage.
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All the Necessities of the Sickroom Are
Provided for Wounded Prisoners of War.
Special Physician and Representative Of
the Red Cross Accompany Each Train.
Two Nurses in Attendance in Each Car
rage.
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E1HE naval gun in land battles Is nc
new thing, but ship artillery Is
q becoming particularly loud in the
present war. In the Anglo-Boer war
the British army. even then weaker in
field guns than the operations demand
ed. brought naval guns of five and six
inch caliber into action far in the in
terror of Africa. These guns, much less
mobile than field guns or howitzers Of
the same caliber, but much greater in
range, were brought into action with
heavy labor because the British
troops needed artillery.
Recent pictures taken in Serbia show
that British naval guns, accompanied
by British sailors and officers, have
been taken into that country. How
strong the British naval artillery is in
Serbia Is, of course, a matter of conjec-
ture.
The shelling' of Dunkirk from a range Of
something over twenty miles was done
with a naval gun transported overland
and mounted on land. The French Of
fetal communication on the subject
stated that the firing was conducted
with naval gun mounted somewhere
in the neighborhood of Dixmude, dis
lance of about twenty three and one
half miles from Dunkirk. Before this
communication was published the re-
port had been circulated that the she'll
ing of the town had been carried out
ventured down the Belgian coast.
Since the operations against Dunkirk
further reports as to long-range firing
against towns in France indicate the
use of naval guns, or coast defense
guns. transported and emplaced at ire
French and English authorities. these
are big naval guns, probably the
Krupp 15-inch weapons, which measure
so caliber in length. The celebrated AZ
centimeter u6h inch) howitzers are
only short weapons, with small muzzle
velocity and which ranges not more
than seven or eight miles.
The latest type of the Krupp 15-inch
naval gun, of which there is record in
publications open to other than Ger
man authorities, is sixtythree feet
long. and fires. a projectile weighing
1,675 pounds at a muzzle velocity of
nearly 3,1O0 feet per second. The weight
of the gun is ninety-two tons. The pro-
polling charge Is not less than sos
pounds of powder. Guns as powerful
as this can be built In the United
States, and 1t may be that some have
been built, though American expert
opinion seems to be that the velocity
Is too great. One ordnance specialist
discussing that phase of the matter has
said:
THE explosion of a charge to give
this initial speed to the projectile
would create a temperature in the gun
in the neighborhood of 5000 degrees
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of the sanitary service of the army
were also put in readiness. While they
have fortunately up to the present not
been required by the countrys own
army, these trains have been made an
other accessory of the great humanita-
rian work which Switzerland has I'M
dertaken on behalf of her belligerent
neighbors. The cars are being used for
the transport into their respective
homeland of wounded German and
French prisoners of war; unfortunate
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BOOK REVIEWS

WHAT WOMEN WANT. An Interpreta-
ton of the Feminist Movement. BY
Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes
Company.
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Special Sanitary Trains Are Placed at
the Disposal of Belligerent Neighbors.
Law Requiring Railroads to Construct Cars
Suitable for the Carrying of Wounded
Soldiers Cars Have Many Adj
Vantages..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-15

II 7HEN Switzerland modified
M\U her army August l, 1914. the
WV special trains which had
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of this book together in order to give
both the general reader and the special
student an outlook upon the purposes.
the methods and the drift of the drama
as it exists today in England. Ireland
and America. The plan adopted by
this author is to give a Geographic
sketch of each Of the dramatists here
taken into consideration. Then fol-
lows a list of his plays. each bearing
the date of its publication. and bib
biography bearing upon the full sum
Of his work. At this point the editor
passes into the critic and teacher. Sc
1ecting several of the most important
plays of each dramatist. he shows by
concrete example how this one or that
has built his plays, planned the de-
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American Academy Of Political and Social Sci.
ence. PHILADELPHIA. International heiations q
the U. s. JZs3- Am374i.
Curzon, G. n G. Frontiers. 1905 JZ-C9z
Hull W. I. The Monroe Doctrine JZsS- heIt.
Monroe Doctrine JZs3- P516. Reference.
Thomson, Norman Colombia and the Unifed
States. JZS3- 1855
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-04-22

The death Of Ex-Governor Urban A.
Woodbury. last evening removes one of
the most loyal supporters of whom this
city ever boosted, as well as a patriotic
citizen and a distinguished son of the
Green Mountain State. He wore an ever
present reminder of his thorough patri-
otlsm in an empty sleeve, and many of
his warmest associations were with mem
hers of the various veteran organizations
that connect the present generation with
the Civil War, Governor Woodbury. not
only believed in Burlington, but he also
showed his faith by his works in the
form of various industries and structures
that are a monument to his public spirit
and his enterprise. lie was a man of
pronounced convictions and few men
could stand more firmly for the right,
or what they believed to be the right,
than could he. He was one of the best
and most business-like governors Yer
mont ov,t Lad ao' ~" will be mourned
by VerInonters everywher
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-04-22

in this country the dyestuffs herctoford
obtained from abroad. The war has
proved a serious obstacle TO many Amer1
lean manufacturers and Mr.. Edison ia
among those who have tried to producd
dyes at home. Interested capitalists havd
furnished means by which the work cai
be carried on, and Mir. Edison states al
present the undertaking is speculative
If not purely phllanthropic. That Isl
while anilinc dyes have been produced
there Is az yet no profit in the business
Mr. Edison expresses doubt whether Their
ever will be profit unless proper legisla
ton is enacted. II appears that simila !
attempts have been made before. bu|
whenever there seemed to be n prospect
IF building up a prosperous dye-industr{
the foreign producers rushed their mattel
rails to this country and sold them fp/
less than the cost of production. AgainsI
such rivalry Of course it was impossible
for American manufacturers to competed
When the American industry. lackinS
tariff protection. shut down, the foreign
'ers, In complete control OF our market
put up prices and r%ccouped themselve|
for whatever losses they had ENCOUNTERED
in killing Off an American industry.
This Is not conjecture; it is fact. an
the process of eliminating American in{
dustries has been facilitated by the caJ|
with which foreign producers nave bee
able to dump" their goods In al
United states whenever it suited theJ
interests to do so, regardless Of the vel
fare of our manufacturers Other cou1
tries do not tolerate such a condition
.l,.r. Good. g.. a,.- II. -
~profited enormously by the open door |
the United States kindly provided by II
present tariff-law. that precious result
democratic revision downward. has
stringent statute forLidding "dumpina|
in the Dominion. Nj. Edison is in favd|
of such provisions here. Speaking wi
reference to the particular undertake..
with which he is Just now conNrne
Mr.. Edison remarks: Just thing of
The greatest nation in the world VIII
It's Industries facing curtailment an
prostration from the lack of dyes VIII,
We nave In this country every essenti
raw material. What kind Of business 4
flee have we in Washington that such
calamity should overtake us?"
To Mr.. Edison's practical and pr
foundlv analytical MIND the one thi
essential to American commercial al
industrial independence is the utilizati
of our own matchless resources. wi
such opportunities readily available It
, unspeakahly foolish to surrender our
dustries to foreign control. The logic
the situation is clear and indisputahle,
, Mr.. Edison sees with his keen. unbias
: vision. The one road to permanent a
- e.. zoe. t-.l,atrsaf -rAun1-fs-+ ~
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-04-22

"Iudes tho entire list of powers at wal
when h speaks of 'tbe exhaustion of the
belllgerents."
Japan entered the conflict as the ally
OF Great Britain, and 1t is to be taken
Tor granted that the premier of Nippon
would not use the sweeping language
quoted, If he did not believe conditions
warranted the language employed. On
the other hand, Germany can not take
exceptions to the statement made. If all
belllgerents are included.
Assuming that the belligerents are be-
coming exhausted, under what condi-
tons will they permit that situation to
become generally manifest? Plainly
neither side can afford to admit 1t is
exhausted until absolutely forced to do
so, for such an admission would have
a far-reaching effect on the fixing Of
terms of peace.
Kitchener warned the British people
at the very outset that they must be
prepared to make a fearful sacrifice. and
that the war might continue three years.
II is to he assumed the people of France
and Germany are likewise prepared for
the extreme sacrifice, and. knowing the
price of defeat. they will prolong the
struggle even when they face actual ex-
haustion. in the hope that something
may intervene to turn the tide tenn
porarfly at least in their favor to temper
the penalty of the vanquished.
Peace Is not at hand. even though the
belligerents long for a cessation Of war.
for they are not yet willing to pay the
price of a cessation Of hostilities.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-04-22

The German ambassador at Constan-
Associated Press, that America is injur-
ing her reputation by sending arms and
ammunition to the allies. He further
declares that the only effect OF this
course will be to prolong the war since
nothing the United States can do in this
way will suffice to prevent the ultimate
victory for Germany, Austria-Hungary
and Turkey. That is a tremendous state
ment in a few words. and it may have
far-reaching significance.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-04-22
DYEsTUFFs THE ONE THING
NEEDFUI.
(From the Troy Times,)

Thomas A. Edison has never professed
to be an expert in economies But the
great inventor has n mind peculiarly
quick in grasping facts that serve to
cllnch practical truth. He has done SC
much to demonstrate the value of such
facts that whatever he says is listened
to with respect, and when his opinions
tend to confirm belief In well-defined
principles they carry weight. Mr.. Edison
has not posed as an advocate of pro
lection: but some of his deductions lead
straight to the conclusion that protec'
ton for American industries Is neces-
sary.
One of the most important experiments
in which Mr.. Edison has engaged re
csnily Is that which relatAa to providing
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-04-22
THE LATE URBAN A. WOODBU
(From the Barre Times.)

Urban \. Woodbury., who died at b
lington on Thursday night was one
Ner1nont's most distinguished citizens
cause of his participation in civil II m
tary life. As n soldier of the Civil y
he displayed the patriotism that ms
Vermont famous as the producer of fig
ers in the cause of the unfolding Of
union of states: and at the close Of Il
struggle he returned to Vermont and
tered vigorously in the business life
his home city of Burlington and into
official life as well. meeting with mari
success in the former and being rewa
ed by his fellow-citizens in the latter
the extent that he became ~lieutena
governor and then governor. In the Id
named office he gave a business-like
vice and retired to private life with
good wishes Of the people of Nermd
Ever since then he has maintained hi
self in a high place in the regard OF IN
people because Of his determined ST
on matters of public policy, a ST
taken on honest conviction that he
chosen his ground according 10 the rid
Through all his Fife he was loyal to
State. doing all that he could by VI
and act for tho advancement OF her
~terests. Vermont has lost a most III
Z citizen.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-04-22

The public is informed that the new
Edison submarine can go without air
for 100 days" This means of course
air from the surface OF the sea. Even
Edison, the wizard, has been unable thus
far to devise n system that will enable
men In a submarine to breathe without
air or to live without breathing. Never
marine is only one of many evidences OF
that fact.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-04-22

espionage the head of the government
what he is talking about, Count Okuma
is not relying upon superficial indica-
tons, when he speaks of conditions pre-
valent among the Europea. countries
now engaged in war. He is not engag-
ing In bluff manifestly. He does not say
the allies are exhausted. or that the CEN
trail countries of Germany and Austria
are exhausted. On the contrary he In
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-04-22
THE STORY LIE
ANOTHER PHASE OF 1T.

ER PHASF OF IT.
I didn't raise poor Bruno to be a frank
furt,
I wanted him to grow up on the farm.
who would have thought his end would
come so sudden?
The meat mar swore to me he meant
no harm;
Let butchers get their weiners from the
pig stys,
It's time that folks were up and getting
wise.
There'd he no food experts to-day, II
everyone of them would say.
I'll never Use another Bruno in my
frankflrts.
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a REAL ACTOR.

Mrs. Beaton was walking through the
park recently when two ragged dirty
little boys, who were playing near by
stopped her,
Say. lady" called out the elder OF
the two. me kid brudder does fne
imitatin' stunts. Give him a dime an
he viii initiate a chicken for youse.
What will he do-crow?' queried MIS-
Beaton.
Nav replied the boy, no cheal
limitations like dat. ma'am He'll eat :
] Observation-Disclosures Ledger.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-04-22
vERMoNr's FISHING INTEREl
cFrom the prattlcboro Rcforme|

OFrom the Prattlcb9ro Reformed
"A consignment If trout fry nun
ing 60.0D was received at Brattli
Thursday from thu state hatcher
be placed in the e of that loci
The Roformer in heraldinS the al
of the little fish took occasion to enI
size the fact that to secure fry and
gerling for the stocking of puhicI
tiers it is necessary to mako applij
To the fish and game commissioning
w, Titcomb of L~yndonville. inform
of this nature would be superiuoj
BENNINGTON county where the membj
the Pennington County Forest. Ffst
Game association for several years
conducted a systematic campaign III
stocking of the streams and M
which they have not ony maintaining
fishing but made a pronounced imIl
ment."-Bennington Banner.
AS n matter Of fact Windham 81
sportsmen are showing unusual al
this year in stocking trout streaiI
this locality, and plans are UNDER
for continuing the work in mucT
same systematic way that ohtaiI
Bennington county, The consienmS
6o,ooO fry mentioned in the foregoing
agraph Is but one of several 20
ments that are expected from the
hatchery within the present week
dition to many fingerlings later
season, over 80 applications for fish
ing been filed with the State fish
game department by interested n
hereahouts. 1t is hoped that tho
ton of the anglers license law will
possible the establishment In
county of a branch hatchery or RI
station where fry patched by the
may be raised to the lingering sta
| fore distribution
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-04-22

When you want anything, advertise
in the new special column Of this
paper. Some bargains are offered
there this week which it will pay you
TO read about. Sec page two. This
paper has more than 5000 readers
every week and one cent a word will
reach them all.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-04-22
BIDDY'S BOE NOT.

You better hide somewhere said
the rooster to the hen; the boss has an
IKE in his hand and he's laying fo- you >
, We'll" said Biddy r~esignedly. 81 pre-
sumo ! have no light to complaint; I've
been laying for him for a good many
I years. "-Boston Transcript.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-04-22

Japan has ordered all of her warships
away from America, except those en-
gagged directly in salvag1ng the Asama~
This step is evidently both for publ
cation and also an evidence of good faith
on the part Of our Japanese friends.