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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12

| its composer, born to the red and be
come Captain Stransky in the REQ
business of war. 1t was he who led
the thunder of its verses.
Il certainly like that song" he SAID
Well he might. 1t had made him IA
nous throughout the nation. There
Jehovah and birthstone in it. Now
we'll have our own"
But we're always losing positions!
complained one Of the men. Little
by little they are getting possession.
They say the offensive always
wins" said another
Five against three! They count
on numbers" said Lieutenant Tom
Fragini.
There you go, Tom! ANY other
pessimists or anarchists want to be
heard?" called out Stransky. Just
how long, at the present rate, will It
take them to get the whole range?
There's a limit to the number Of even
five millions"
Then the telephone in the redoubt
brought some news. The staff begged
to inform the army that the enemy's
casualties in the last three days had
been two hundred thousand! Immedl-
ately everybody was talking at once
IN Stranskys parliament, as he some
times called that company OF which
he was, in the final analysis, unlimited
monarch.
How do they know"
DO you think it's fake?'
That sums up to pretty near a mil
lioa."
MY God! Think Of ia Million"
We're whiting them down."
1T doesn't make any difference
whether Partow or Lanstron is chief
of staff"
They're paying!"
Paying for our fellows that they've
killed! Paying for being in the
wrongi"
Stransky. his eyes drawing inward
in their characteristic slant, was we'll
pleased with his company, and the
scattered explanatory badinage kept
on until it was interrupted by the ar
rival of the mail Partow and Ian
stron, understanding their machine as
human in its elements, had chosen
that the army should hear from home
"How's this!" exclaimed one man,
reading from newspaper. They're
going to put up statue Of Partow in
The capital! It's to show him as he
died, dropped forward on the map, and
N front of his desk field OF bayonets.
On one face Of the base will be his
name. Two of the other faces will
nave God with us!' and Not for
heirs, but for ours!' The legend on
he fourth face the war is to decide"
Victory! Victory" cried those
Who had listened to the announcement.
Stransky was thinking that they
lad to do more than hold the Grays.
Before he should see his girl they had
o take back the lost territory. He
arried two pictures of Minna in his
|. .'etsssssss .s.s gJ5onsss lid strHek. him
lh:SS. Jne wneh, ras -ssSsaess 'sssirsS 4
4 the face as he tried to kiss her
nd the other as he said good-by at
he kitchen door There was not much
Encouragement in either.
But when she gets better acquaint-
d with me there's no telling!" he kept
Il was fighting out Of GUS
edness at first. Now I'm fighting for
Ter and to keep what is ours!"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12

the wrinkles around his eyes that
shone with an artists enjoyment of
his work. Down under cover of the
ridge were his guns, the keys of the
instrument that he played by calls
over the wire. Their barking was a
symphony to his ears; errors of or
chestration were errors in aim. He
talked as he watched, his lively fea-
lures reflective of his impressions.
"Oh, pretty! Right into their tum-
mics! Right in the nose! La, la, la!
But that's off-and SOS that! Tell
Battery C they're fifty yards over. Oh,
beady-eyed gods and shiny little fishes
two smacks in the same spot!
Humphl Tell Battery C that the
trouble with that gun Is worn rifling;
that's why it's going short. Elevate It
for another hundred yards-but It
ought not to wear out so soon. I'd like
to kick the maker or the inspector. The
fellows In B Il will accuse US OF mat
tention. It's time to drop a shell on
them to show we're perfectly impartial
In our favors. La, la, la! Oh, what
q pretty smack! Congratulations"
B Il was the position Of Fracasse's
company and the pretty smack the
one that broke one mans arm anG
crushed another's head.
The God with us!" song was singu
Larry suited to the great. bull voice o.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12
Barbers Story Record.

During a Portland (Me.) BARRIERS
so years in business he has had one
workman who has served for 40 years.
This workman has kept a record OF
the number Of times the employees
tells his stories. One story which he
thinks his best one he has told 2,7oo
times, and says it gets better evesy
ume be tells i.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12

The God with us!" song was singu.
LARRY suited to the great. bull voice Of
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12
CHAPTER xVIII-ContInued.

Far up on peak among the birds
and aeroplanes, in rooted, shell.proof
chamber, with telephone orderly at
his side, a powerful pair Of field.glasses
and range-fnders ut his elbow, and a
telescope before bis eye. Eel.
I ;sr one time Ct az nm ss SARSg
colonel Of artillery, watched the BURST
Of shells over the enemy's lines. While
ether men had grown lean on war, he
had taken on enough flesh to fill out
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-10-14
JAMES X. CURTIS DIES.
Member of Legislature and State po,,a
OF Agriculture.

georgia Oct Johannes x. Curtis
aged 20 years, for many years n prom
lhent citizen OF this town, died shortly
AFTER noon yesterday while being taxi
en- ny automobile to the St Alhans
hospital In the hope that treatment
there might prolong his life. The i'm
mediate cause Of death was heart
failure. but he had been suffering from
Brlghts disease for over two years
with Mr.. Curtis were his eldest son.
Anterior T. Curtis. Of this town. and
DR.. f. A Hyatt Of St. Adams
Mr. Curtis. son Of Elijah and Caro-.
line tBeals) Curtis, was born In Bur-
nngton February 20, 1s45. John Cur
tbs, his grandfather, came from STAN
stead, p. G.. to st. Adams in 1922,
Elijah Curtis the younger Of two sons.
was wheelwright in ST. Adams and
Burlington and moved to the home
farm In this town in 1851. James
curtis was one of his children He
was educated at the academies in
Georgia and Williston and since 1851
the home farm had been his home
He was successful cattle breeder
for many years and had one Of the
best dairies in Franklin county. In
1872 he married Martha E. daughter
of Asabel and Lydia (Evatrs) Allen.
She died two years ago last May. He
held most of the offices of the town,
and was a member OF the Vermont
Legislature of 1880. He was appointed
by Gov Josiah Cirout on the state
board Of agriculture in 1896 and served
four years. For three years he was
secretary Of the Vermont State Dairy
mems association. At one time he
was prominent in county politics. He
was a member of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church at North Fairfax and
several years ago transferred his mem.
bership to the church at ST. Adams.
Three sons and q daughter survive:
Anterior T. Curtis Of this town, Miss
Helen L. Curtis of New Rochelle, n.
y. Edward A. Curtis Of St. Adams
town and Harry B. Curtis Of this town:
also sister. Mrs. John Holyoka
of st. Adams town His daughter,
who Is teacher in New Rochelle, re-
turned there only two weeks ago az
she had not recovered sufficiently at
the beginning of the school year from
an attack of typhoid fever suffered
last spring. She came from New York
to Burlington last night, but on her
arrival in Burlington this morning
she was obliged to go to the homo
of a friend. Miss Winnifred Collins,
where she remained under the care
of Il physician all day. She expects
to come home tomorrow morning.
Her brother. Harry B. Curtis. went to
Burlington to meet her.
The funeral of Mr.. Curtis will be
held at his late home Tuesday after
a o'clock
a, Lendrum, pastor of St Adams. Of
flciating The burial will take place
at Georgia plains.
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MANY PUBLIC REQUESTS
Library. Churches, Lodges md Reln.
tivcs Remembered In VIII of Will
liam 4. Lawrence.

Bristol, Oct 1.-THE will Of William
the probate court held here to-day. Be
quests Of public interest We're as fol-
lows:
To the Lawrence Memorial library.
the land adjoining the site Of tho library
building known as the Truman Crane
property, together with four single and
one double tenement houses and black
smith shop located thereon.
Mrs. Ella Bottum of New Haven, Mrs.
Elizabeth Rider of Bristol and Mrs. Car
RE L. Nash of Azusa, Cal, each 5000 In
memory OF his deceased wives. Mrs.
Locke Partch Lawrence and Mrs. Minnie
Feet Lawrence.
Libanus Lodge of Masons. No. II,
5000; Bristo! Lodge. No. IS. |. o. o. r..
S3oD Bristol Cemetery association,
H'"; Protestant cemetery, Shelburnc,
E7o Monktcn Ridge cemetery. income
from his fathers lot First Baptist.
Advent and Catholic Churches Bristol,
Sl.GG0 each.
Arthur l.. O'Bryan Of Randolph. a
nephew, gets $500 G. ID. Draper of
Lincoln, Edward Lutz of Los Angeles,
Cal, J." Louise Gates OF Shelburne and
MrF' Mary Mitchell of Bristol get 81 900
each
A number OF cousins and friends were
remembered to the amount OF 800 each.
no balance Of his property. after all
requests are paid, go to the Lawrence
memorial library, Congregational and
Mc'loolst Churches In equal proportion,
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SATURDAYS FOOTBALL.

At Orono Me.,-University of Maine ~
University of Vermont o.
AZ New Haven-Yae :. Lehigh s.
At Cambridg-FIarvard %. Carlisle !.
At Observation-Disclosures 3, Syracuse 0.
At Schenectady-Unio 6. Fordham o.
At New York-New Pork University 81,
Hamilton 10.
! At ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 20. Tufts :.
At Philadelphia-Penn State Col.
| lege 49, University OF Pennsylvania 3.
At Amherst-Amherst :. Brown o.
At Ithaca-Corlell 4G, Williams 6.
At Hartford-Trinity A., Bates IA.
At Observation-Disclosures 3. Buck.
nell o.
At New Observation-Disclosures 96. Rennes.
laer o
At NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Institute o. Mid.
debury College O.
At Collegevile, Pa.-Villanova 8, Ur-
sinus o,
At Wordcerses-Springf Training
School :, Holy Cross 0.
At Exeter n H.-Exeter Academy 7,
Worcester Academy o.
At West Point-Army 90, Gettysburg q.
AT Annapolis-University Of Pttsburg
At, Navy 10.
At chusets Agricultural
College &c, Colby o.
At Washington. d. C.-Catholic J'niver.
sity l6, Maryland Agricultural College 0.
At apolis-,Minnesota a. Ames s.
At Bloomin gton, lnd.-Indiana a. MI.
ami O.
At Observation-Disclosures A. University Of
Rochester o.
At Washington. Pa.-Washngton and
Jefferson l., Lafayette O.
AT Reconsideration H. Boston Col.
lece O.
At I.ancaster-Franklin and Marshall A.
St Johns College o.
At Baltimore-Johns Hopkins S. Mount
St Mary's College o.
At Niddletown--Wcsle ~. Norwich o.
At Orono-CTniversity OF Maine Il, Uni
versity Of Vermont 0.
At Ann Arhor-University of Michigar
80, Mount Union 0.
At Geneva, n. Y.--Hobart G. st, Law.
renee o.
AT South Bend, Ind-Notre Dame 81
Haskell O.
At Durham, n. H,-New Hampshire Col
lege IS. Connecticut Agricultural College q
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-10-14
DISASTROUS FIRE
At STANSTEAO, P. D.
LOSS OF $4,000

Newport. Oct 12-The little village Of
Stanstead, just across the line in Canada,
was visited by a disastrous fire this
morning and loss estimated at 325o,OO0
was suffered Foi~ty-eight buildings
We're destroyed. n strong wind prevents
ing effective fre-fghting. Three hum
area men. women and children were
made homeless
inc lire originated in an overheated
oven In the Muir bakery and was discov-
ered shortly after midnight The STAN
stead Hotel, the Roman Catholic Church.
u'e town nall. the registry office and
.hree stores We're among the buildings
destroyed Tho church was valued at
'%'"". The Channel estate is the heav-
lest loser, with $1,000 Only n very
light Insurance was carried.
Late tonight the buildings of the utt,e
village are still smouldering. A RELIEF
committee mas been formed and by six
THIS evening all Of the 800 were taken
care Of.
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ENGINEERS ENTERTAINED.

Springfield Oct 1.-the Sprngicld
Mechanical sorlety gave n complimentary
banquet in the Congregational Church
vestry tonight to tho Vermont Society
of Engincera and 10 covers wore laid
Following tho banquet, w. . Woosan
ferved as tca5,mastcr, the speakers being
Evard Stubbs. ). G DrIcggomaa Ralph
i. Flanders and James Hairless. all OF
Springfield 4. {. Grover q Rutland.
president OF the State society. Professor
Arthur L. Window of Norw!ch Univef-
nity and i. II. Dewart or burlington.
Others attending from Burlington We're
Professor c. y. Vote ana Mr. and Mrs.
a. =. Puri7ton About 20 members Of the
State society including several wives OF
tic members attended the banquet. Tues
da! the visitors vii inspect all of the
Springfield factories now running TO their
ful'cSt canaclty AID also visit tho Hart
ness observatory. The State nocicty IL
here by invitotion Of Ir, Hnrtncss and
the Springfield Mechanical! society.
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"BE MORE THAN NEUTRAL"

Washington. Oct. l1.--A demand
upon all Americans on pain of ostrac-
Ism to be more than neutral in regard
to he European war, o take their stand
for America first, last and all the
time. was voiced by President Wilson
to-day in a speech at the celebration
OF the 25th anniversary of the found
ing Of the Daughters of the Aemeri-
can Revolution. The United States,
the President said. was not merely
rying to keep out of trouble. but was
trying to preserve the foundations
upon which peace could be rebuilt
Peace can be rebuilt" he said, only
upon the ancient and excepted princi-
pies Of international law; only upon
those things which remind nations of
thel' duties to each other and. deeper
than that. OF their duties to mankind
and humanity. America has great
cause which Is not confined to the Am
erican continent. 1t is the cause of
humanity itself"
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BROWNS IN DITCH.
Francis II. Ward Found Face Down in
Mud and Water.

st. Adams. Oct. 1o-The body of
Francis p. Ward. aged SO years, was
found yesterday morning about II
O'Clock in a ditch at the north end of
! Water street in the section known as
the blocks Officers We're notified and
| Mayor j. f. Maun, States Attorney
| ;. >. Gushing, Chief of Police j. F.
Mahoney. Deputy Sheriff L. p. Martin
and Health Officer DR.. Arthur Morton
| soon arrived Yesterday afternoon an
autopsy was performed by Doctors B. H.
Stone and c. r. Whitney Of the state
laboratory OF hygiene 1t was ascer-
tanned that drowning was the cause Of
death, the lungs and trachae being filled
with water and mud The body was
lying head first in the ditch the face.
which was buried in the muck. resting
on the hands. Doctors Stone and Whit
ney took the stomach to Burlington for
analysis, The burial took place In the
old part of the South Main Street ceme-
terry this afternoon.
Nothing In the superficial examination
gives ground for suspicion Of foul play.
The last that was seen of Ward alive
so far as known. he was standing on the
bridge over Stevens brook on Lake
street about eight o'clock Friday evening
In company with Eddie Gilman and
Daniel Drew, familiar figures in local
police court He had apparently been
drinking heavily during the day and
evening, 1t would appear that he was
crossing n field from Pearl street and
trlpped on wire fenco about n foot
high near the ditch, pitching headlong
into the ditch. Francis FLANAGAN. the
lo-Year-old son OF Barney Flana gan, liv-
Ing nearby, discovered the body. AL
thouEh Ward was known to have consid-
cradle money on his person the day be-
fore his death the fact that $40 was
round In his clothes yesterday. also a
cheap watch, seems to dispel any theory
Of robbery.
Ward had served time IN the State
prison Mt Windsor, having been released
last August on parole at the expiration
or his minimum sentence for burglary
Of the Offices Of the Vermont Power &
Manufacturing company. He returned
hero only n few DAYS ago and he had
informed acquaintances that he was
going to make complaint to Gov. Charles
W. Gates REGARDING conditions at the
State prison.
~ MS younger days Ward figured In
some important prize fights in Montreal
ana other large cities. Some years ago
ne suffered n broken neck ms the result
OF iaU from staging and although
nc practically recovered from the effects
ne was unable to participate In any
bouts nut he conducted several boxing
bouts mere few years ago. Babe"
brace being among his protcgces.
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other bringing their total for the game to
three and their total for the three games
of the series to eleven.
Again to-day one member Of the Red
Sox made as many hits as the entire
opposition. 1t was Lewis to-day, as It
was Foster on Saturday. Speaker made
two hits to-day, one of which triple
brought the Sox from behind and put
them on even terms with the Phillies
Besides Lewis and Speaker, Harry
Hooper was the only other Bostonian
who connected safely. But Hooper's hit,
came in the ninth when It was needed
most.
"DUTCH' LEONARD KEEPS COOL.
Old Dutch" Leonard, Port-sider, was
tho third of the Red Sox pitchers to face
the invaders of Boston to-day. Leonard
had speed a fine change OF pace, a jump
'ng curve and a control that gave no
man speaking acquaintance with the
initial bag. Twice Dutch was in n
predicament suggestive of his Teutonic
ttle two solid swats coming off him in
the same inning. but he wigged away
from the doom that seemed impending.
With one out one run over and run
ners on third and second in the third in
ming. 1t was no place for nervous
pitcher when Paskert came to the plato
and Home Run Cravath was the next
man up.
Alexander himself was on third base
and Bancroft on second. The Boston in
field was drawn close in and the stua-
ton was tense A base hit would mean
three runs for Alexander to work under.
There was a wide gap of safe territory
between the baseman and the three out
felders when Paskert raised a Texas
Lacquer that seemed safe. Hooper IN
right and Speaker in center started with
the crack Of the bat but the home fans
groaned as they realized that both We're
too far away. Then they saw that Barry,
too. had turned his back to the ball and
was desperately running with it.
THE OFFICIAL SCORE.
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Boston, oct. 1.-THE big batter faced
the big pitcher at a crucial moment Of
| the worlds series to-day-nnd the big
| pitcher declined the challenge. It was in
Of this critical third game q tie. Harry
Hooper was on second base, with only
one out, when iris Speaker stepped to
| the plate and turned n determined face
| toward Grover Alexander. tho fighting
hope of the Phillies. who was In the
worst plight of his pitching career.
The first ball went far wide Of the
plate. Likewise the second and the third
The maddened throng knew what this
meant and they howled derisively as on
tie fourth straight pitch Speaker trotted
to first.
This put the issue squarely up to
Hobltzell, guardian of the Sox's inner
corner, and Alexander faced him with
more confidence. The strain seemed
momentarily to tell on the pitcher, however,
and he had difficulty in finding the plate.
1t was three and one on Hobby" when
the first baseman sent slow bounder
toward second The crowd feared a
double play, but Speaker had taken a
nying start with Hooper. and the two
Boston runners were safe on third and
second as Niehoff tossed Hobby" out
at his home station.
DUFFY" LEWIS THE HERO.
Now came to bat Duffy" Lewis, left
fielder. and of some known ability as a
breaker-up Of ball games.
Duffy" already had made two hits In
three trips to the plate, but this did not
deter him. Alexander fighting as he never
fought before. put into his first pitch
all he had. Lewis met it and 1t flashed
Owe second base, a gray-white streak
that no Phiily could reach, and Hooper
raced home with the run which gave
the advantage of the series by the same
margin of games won and lost-two for
the Red Sox and one for the Philics
PHILLIES' GREAT DEFENSE.
With the big Fellow" defeated in this
game the Boston players and their sup
porters tonight are willing to wager at
almost any odds that they will win the
series. But Manager Pat Moran of the
visi ors is far from admitting failure. The
ihillies are not yet through. They battled
hard to-day and their defensive work
was wonderful. They We're all over the
field. and not once did they falter. "Dode"
Paskert in center field was a team in
himself. In the first five innings of the
game he was credited with seven put
outs in sun field that had dazzled
Speaker into missing a fly headed direct
ly for him. Transforming a seemingly
easy out into n two-base hit for Stock,
first man UP for the Phillies.
NATIONALS WEAK AT BAT.
But the National I>eaGuers again show
cd their weakness at the bat
Dutch" Leonard let them down with
two hits, and Speaker gave them an
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-10-14
CARS DE NEW DESIGN.

Cars larger and better than those
heretofore operated and embodying
various features for safety, comfort
and sanitation. are being placed in
service in the New York subways
They are OF steel construction and
built foot wider and 16 feet longer
than former cars providing seating
capacity for IS persons and auxiliary
cars are described in the Popular Me-
chanics Magazine as follows
The interior of the cars is finished
in white enamel. The floor is made of
a cement composition which allows It
to be flushed and thoroughly washed
at the end of run. Posts replace the
proverbial straps. while the seats are
especially designed for comfort In
making these, the measurements of a
large number of persons were taken
in order to determine a pattern which
would best suit the requirements Of
the average New Yorker
platforms have been eliminated
Three double doors, facilitating the
loading and unloading, are arranged
on each side These are operated
electrically and controlled by a guard
stationed at tho middle entrance. A
train cannot be started until each
door is closed and locked. at which
time the motorman is signaled auto
Natically' An emergency lighting
system, receiving current from stor-
age batteries, lis put in operation when
contact with the third rail is broken
or the regular power temporarily cut
on"
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DEATH OF YOUNG STUDENT.

Brhttlehoro oct. 7.-Bryan Williams
Frederick Gale II years of age. n senior
In Rrattloboro high school. a member of
the football team and business mana ger
OF ne DIAL the high school publication.
u'od thls morning in his home Of
'n"'shant orysipeas. He practiced with
inc io"thall team Monday afternoon ard
not uhtil last evening did his Illness in
uic"te the probability Of a fatal terminn-
uoh' 1t IL thought that he might have
oeeh injected by confetti which he had
cDhplained Of having received in his nose
on the evening Of the street fair in
Bellows Falls.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-10-14
RAILROAD CASE SETTLED.

Rutland, Oct. The case of Fran
cesco DAgostino, administrator of the
estate OF Giovanni D'Agostino, n railroad
trainman, VS.. the Clarendon and Pitts
FORD railroad. trial of which was begun
In the United States district court in this
city yesterday was settled by agree
ment OF attorneys this morning and dis
continued, 1t is understood that the
plaintiff received about $1,000 Suit was
brought for $500 under the federal en-
ployers' liability act and the case was
or more than usual interest because
Of close legal points involved At the
close OF tho plaintiffs evidence yes
terday afternoon r. w. Lawrence and
T. w. Moloney. counsel for the defense,
moved for the direction of n verdict
for the railroad because of insufficient
evidence. and Judge Howe was about
to pass on the matter this morning
when the settlement was announced,
D'Agostino was killed at Proctor over
year ago when his head came in con-
tact with pole while he was riding
on coal car. The settlement of the
case left the court without business and
the petit jurors were excused until to-
morrow morning.