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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-20
TED LEWIS WINS
DECISION FROM ABEL

Chattanooga. Tenn, April 20.-Ted
Lewis, the Briton, claiming the welter-
weight boxing championship of the
world. Wednesday night won a decision
over Jake Abel, of Chattanooga, after
eight rounds Of fast fighting.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-20
American Association.

AT Louisville, 16; Minneapolis. E.
At Toledo, 3; Milwaukee, 1.
AT Indianapolis, 1 st. Paul e
AT Columbus 3 Kansas City l.
AT Toledo 3; Milwaukee l.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-20

L1tdlh -s---.---sEA8 1bZ 2T6 7g7
Points won, Assayers 3. Samplers 1. high
game Capron IS; high total, Dompier zee.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-20

CHEF BENDER made his first
appearance Of the season on the
mound at Philadelphia on Wednes-
day and let the Braves down with
one hit in the inning he pitched.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-27
TALK OF THE TOWN

"Blood Heritage" three-reel drama
also a comedy at the Bijou to-day.-adv
Miss Effie McCloud of Plainfield is
spending several days at the guest OF
friends in the city.
Austin MacNeil and number of other
young people win see that you have a
fine time at the dance April "a in How
land hall. CAROLS orchestra. adv.
Neil Hooker, a student at Norwich uni
versity spent Sunday at his home in this
city. Gerald A. Bixby, also of Norwich,
was Mr. Hooker's guest for the week
end.
The Young Peoples Dramatic society
of the Church OF the Good Shepherd will
give dance in Rowland hall April "a.
CAROLS orchestra Gentlemen's tickets
75e, extra ladies 25c.-adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leland Little returned
last week from Miami, Fla, where Mr..
Little has been employed as citrus
canker inspector. Mr.. and Mrs. Little
viii reside for the present on the F. G.
Little farm on the west hill.
The Meigs alley bowling team from
will roll a return match with
the Merlo academy team on Merlo's al
leys this evening. The local men were
defeated in the match at Montpelier last
week but should reverse the decision on
their home alleys.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-27
UTILIZING STABLE MANURE.
Modern Methods are Being Rapidly
Changed for the Better.

Twenty-Five years ago we hauled out
each years accumulation of manure tC
top-dress newly broken land that would
be sown in wheat later, writes A. L
French in the Country Gentleman. We
knew that we were losing much of value
of the manure because it lay all summer
in the yards and shells. 1t had to be
forked over into large piles late in the
spring, to insure uniform rotting. And
a lot of heavy work was thrown on teams
and men in early September, when they
were already worked to the limit.
No complaint could be made of the re-
suits obtained, for the wheat generally
stood strong and fine where the manure
went, and a good stand of grass and
clover was always insured. But because
of the objections to the practice, chief
of which was the waste of plant food dur.
ing the summer, we turned to the meth
cd of hauling the manure directly from
the stables and yards as fast as possible
during the feeding season, and top-drers-
ing sod lands that were to be broken
for corn in the spring.
But the hauling of heavy loads over
clay land in winter, early spring and
occasionally late spring, often caused
hard and eloddy condition of The soil that
necessitated a vast amount of labor to
remedy. And grass and weed seeds, that
were carried on to the land with the
manure. necessitated much extra cult
walton of the crop; we were lucky, during
the season, if we did not have to resort
to hoes to bring the crop through in clean
condition.
About Is years ago we adopted prac-
tice that we consider, for our conditions,
to be about ideal ANY time of the year
now when we have manure on hand and
time at our disposal to haul it, the prod |
uct is spread evenly and thinly over some
field that is growing a sod crop and that
is not to be broken for a cultivated crop
in less than Is months.
This method insures the distribution
Of this heavy work over almost the en-
tire IL months, with the bulk of the la
Dor coming during the slack months of
winter 1t provides for a place to put
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-27
The Phalanx of Fire.

There is a growing belief among mill.
/ tary observers that in the battle of Yer
dun the German operations are directed
by Emperor Williams favorite comman-
der, Field Marshal Won Maekensen. If
this be so, General Petan is ptted
against a remarkably able and resolute
antagonist, the master of attack by
means of massed artillery. The greatest
previous battle in the war was that
which in June last was begun by the
Germans on the Donaiec between Cracow
and Tarnow, and in which by the end Of
that month they captured Przemysl and
Lemberg and drove the Russians all the
way from the Carpathians right out of
Galicia. Won Mackensen was in COM
mand, and the victory was largely at
tributed to his phalanx formation of ar
tillery-a massing of the guns in ranks
according to their range, those of short
range at the front and those of long
range at the rear, so that the total vol.
ume of fire should fall on a comparative
ly small space with irresistible blasting
effect. When everything in the line of
fire had thus been destroyed, the infan
try was rushed forward in masses of the
closest formation to complete the work
by sheer preponderance of weight. This
is the procedure at Verdun, and of the
of the guns there is no
doubt, German prisoners having admit
ted that they had to march through two
or three miles of these to get to the
front.
But two can play the game of the
phalanx of fire. If Won Mackensen in |
vented it, Petain has learned it. Only he !
varies the arrangement in a way that I
seems to battle the inventor, while Sc
curing the same effect He secures CON |
of the fire without concentrH- /
lion of the guns. These are grouped and ,
hidden at many different points, yet so
placed that at any moment the fire of all |
nay be directed to a single point. Every
lay we read in the French war Office
of how the "coneentrat-
ID fire" or the Curtain of fire" has brok
N mp the attacks of the "assaulting
Masses" The conveyance of the French
Ire is the most deadly thing with which
he Germans have to contend. 1t may
ONE upon them on three sides as they
dvance. taking them not only in front,
'ut on both TANKS. Cannon to right of
hem, cannon to left of them. cannon in
ront of them volley and thunder" They
re the target for something like half
ing of artillery, from the intensified fire
+ which there is but little chance of
scape. The comparative results of the q
wo methods of attaining the same end !
annot vet be ascertained with certainty, S
ut it is possible that Petain may have ]
improved on Won Mathematician a
Ierald L
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-27

the manure as fast as it becomes avail
able; gives weed and grass seeds time TO
sprout and be clipped by the mower, and
thus be out of the way before a cult
waited crop goes on the land. Most inn
portant of all, the manure goes to
strengthen the legume and grass sods
and undoubtedly brings more fertility TO
the succeeding hoed crop than ii APP
piled directly to that crop, because Of
the more active bacterial life generated
by the manure's being applied to sod
rather than to bare land
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-27
MONTPELIER
Funeral of John ]. Ford Held at st. Au-
gustine's Church.

The funeral of John J. Ford, who died
near Winnipeg, was held at 8 o'clock
this morning from StAugustine's church
Rev. p j. Long officiating at the solemn
high mass, assisted by the curate, Rev.
!, Thomas Mccarthy. The bearers were
Edward Burns, John Heaphy, James Mon
ahan, j. j. Chimney and Martin Heating,
all of Montpelier, and William Fleming
| of Brattleboro. The body was placed in
the vault at the Catholic cemetery and
win be buried in the cemetery later.
In probate court to-day, Alice O. Berry
of Waitsfeld and Ollie II. Dwinell of Cal
ais were appointed executrix, and Daniel
r. Bisbee and George w. Wallis of Waits
field. were appointed appraisers and com
missloners of the estate of Elmira Pierce,
late of Waitsfield. c. c. Graves of Wat
erbury settled his account as administra-
tor of the estate of Henry f. james, late
of Waterbury and as administrator or
the estate of Fannie James, also late of
Waterbury. The will of Lizzie NJ. Les
lie, was presented for probate.
Eduardo and Saul Gomez left last night
for Miami, Ariz., where they have Sc
cured employment in the granite indus
try.
Mrs. George n. Kellogg, who has been
making an extended visit in the city with
her father, Albert Johnnott of LOOMS
street, left last evening for her home in
Mass.
Miss Lorraine Estee. who has been max
ing a brief visit with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. j. b. Estee of State street, left
last evening for New York City to re-
sumo her studies at Rosemary hall Miss
Estee gave several Rotations yesterday
afternoon at the services conducted at
The court house for Jail inmates.
Hugh j. NJ. Jones of East State street .
eft last evening for New York City for
brief visit
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-27

WANTEn-Wen who desire % cam over
sizs.sa per north. write - ts-szv fer rrsltlcn
-~a-t. rerf-ri Fsssr-l.-.-- - fsrs.isrs Ola
Gasls
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-27
Cleaning House.

"wife. can't we get rid of some of this
old plunder."
Everything may come in handy
some"
"Stil, think we run no risk in dis
posing Of the old calendar for lS92.'-
Pittsburg Post.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-27
TALK OF THE TOWN

Easter neckwear at Abbott's.
Buy your spring coat at'Vaughan's.
"The White Scar" at the Bijou to NOR,
row.--adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-27
BARRE DAILY TIMES
MONDAY. MARCH AZ, 1910.
The Weather

Increasing eloudness tonight Tues
day rain or snow; colder in Vermont
moderate winds, mostly northeast.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-27

Charlie Chaplin at the Pavilion to-
night in "a Night at the Show" with
the Walsh Musical Revue Co.-adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-27
TALK OF THE TOWN

Easter ribbons at Abbott's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Anderson of vii
Jamestown were visitors in the city Sat
urday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-27
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

CLARKs CUTAwAY HARRows are the
oriEinal-Au other CutaWays are limitations Z
get the genuine on arcouut Of the war, the
price Of steel has advanced from 3 70 50 ptt
cent consequently. the manufactures .
Clsrk's Getaways must advance 10 per cent
after April I order now For sale b. r
Carleton. ~ Highland aVenue narrs- latf
The fool-killer., 1916-01-01

position to our plans. That fool
Claude Kitchin, from the second
district Of North Carolina, is 60
ing to give us trouble, I'm afraid.
He the stubbornest rascal I ever
saw. He don't show a bit Of re-
spect for my wishes. We will
have to fight him and all the
strength he can muster among the
mollycoddle members. # you see
any danger Of not having votes
enough to carry our plans
through, and you need money to
buy votes, just call on my friend
J. P. Morgan, Of Wall Street. He
will gladly put up any amount
needed, because he knows he will
get it back again by selling Pre-
paredness. You need not try to
buy Kitchen, but maybe you can
buy enough of his weak-kneed
followers to give us the victory.
Old Bryan cant vote on this
question, I am happy to say, but
he may be able to control several
votes. Keep your eyes On him.
Watch everybody and everything,
but don t lose sight Of ''Pfepared-
ness" That's the goal. Head
for it, and work like the very
devil.
Don't pay any attention to poor
little Henry Ford and his ship
full Of fanatics. They won t
amount to as much as a feather
in a cyclone. They might do to
laugh at, but you fellows ain t
even got time to laugh until after
you get our "Preparedness' pro-
position put through safely.
That's all for this time, but !
will write you as often as [ can.
On account of the rush Of business
down here [ can't be with you in
person, but [ am always with you
in spirit. Let that thought com
fort you through the hard fight
which you must wage against the
forces Of righteousness.
Devilishly yours,
SATAN DEVIL.
The fool-killer., 1916-01-01
BILLIE BONEHEAD'S LETTER
Foolville, S. l.,
the S. [. stands fer
Stait ov Ignerunce.
Dec. 20, 1915.

1O3
Deer Mister Fool-Killer Man:
Do you recommember that
smart little feller named Billie
Bonehead what youst tew rite
sich offul good peeces fer yore
paper? Wei, sur, yore friend Bill
lie has cum back agin an wants
tew rite some more ov the offul
good peeces.
You viii probly want tew kno
what has bin the matter awl this
time I hav bin stunt. Wei, it
wood talk, a long time tew tell it
awl, but [ will confes that weunses
hav bin having a purity tuff time
ov it. We hav muved 3 times
sents [ rit you last, an ever time
we got tew a little wusser place
than the one we was at before.
An you kno the one we was at in
the fust place wasent emmy pals.
We air now lokated tew miles be-
low Foolville at the foot ov. Idiot
Mountain, rite whur Bughouse
Branch runs into Crazy Creek.
The place belongs tew Capm lite
wad. The house is bilt on the
pig-pen stile ov arkiteckture, only
it is most tew small fer pig. We
had tew split up our bed-stid fer
fre-wood thuther mite, an now we
sleep on the fore. If it becums
The fool-killer., 1916-01-01

A rich church member will not
trust his poor brother member
for bushel Of corn, but he will
trust a rich sinner for anything
he wants. No wonder the poor
brother loses faith in the church
and becomes bowling Socialist.
Now is it?
The fool-killer., 1916-01-01

on the ground. Thar is alwaze
sum way pervided, you kno.
I kno the country is full ov pro-
sperity, fer I red awl about it in
good Redemocan paper what
the Capm s. wife Civ Nav with
sum meet-skins raped up in it.
The paper sed Woodsaw was Civ
en- us prosperity in CRATE big
chunks. I was glad tew kno that,
bekaze if it wasent in purity big
chunks we coodent keep it in our
house-it wood spill out thru the
cracks. But them chunks makes
it awl rite. Our house will hold
it, I guess.
Me an Paw air just as strong
in the good ole Redemocan faith
as we youst tew be. An we air
mitey lucky tew hav the Cap'm
tew teach us more about them
glorious docktrins. Paw ain It got
no reglar work, but he duz odd
jobs about the Capm's house
sumtimes. One day Paw hurd the
Capm talkin tew his guests at
the tabul about prosperity an pre-
.paredness. He sed as how we had
one an was a-gwine fer tew have
the luther one purity soon.
That Civ me an Paw an idy, an
we hav bin holdin conversashuns
like that at our tabul ever day.
We hav got tew be plum expurts
at talkin about prosperity an
preparedness, an we hav turned
awl about them except what tha
mean. You see we don't have
nuthin hardly on our tabul tew
eat, an so our conversasun is not
interrupted by the annoyance ov
eatin. Paw sez that is better fer
the mind, ennyhow, but it shore is
purity hard on the belly.
I hav bin sorter comparin the
Capm's belly with mine an Paws,
an I hav reached the conclusion
that prosperity don't effect awl
bellies alike. Paw sez it is bekaze
the Capm has a better digestion
than weunses. Nav put in an sed
maybe he got more tew digest. ]
hadent thought ov that.
But Preparedness" is the
paramount issue in this campane
Most everybody is a-wantin ov it
an me an Paw hav sot our heds
tew hav sum along with the rest
Ov course me an Paw woodent
know Preparedness from car.
lode ov jackasses if we met it il
the rode, an we woodent hav the
least idy what it Good be used fe,
if we had it. But the Capm car
tell us all about that. AS vel g.
[ can fgger it out, we need Pre-
paredness tew protect our Pro
sperity. But if that s awl it s fer
me an Paw Good make out without
it. We Good afford tew Civ the
Jurmans a rite smart tew find ou]
prosperity fer us. I kno we've
got sum, but we aint saw it lately
An [ think one uther reesun
why we need Preparedness is tev
keep them dangerous old Soshu
bulls from gettin in power an de
stroyin our happy homes. I hear,
the Capm tellin Paw about then
Soshubuls no longer ago than yis
tidy. He sed tina wanted tev
make everybody divide up thei7
welth. That jist skares me tev
, think ov it. Fer instunce. i
The fool-killer., 1916-01-01
THE DEVILS LETTER.
The Hot Place,
Dec. 18th, 1915.

10 the congress OF the DeulCeu
States,
Washington, D. c..
My dear Boys:
I'm awful glad to see you back
at your old stomping-ground.
Hope you enjoyed yourselves back
home, and now guess you are
rested up enough to give me some
good active service again. This
is going to be one of your busy
sessions, because I've got lots OF
work for you to do. AS a business
grows it takes more work to run
It, and you know my business has
been growing very rapidly here
of late. I seem to be getting
monopoly on the business OF the
whole world, and if you fellows
will just help me right good we
will soon be running everything
to suit ourselves.
You understand, boys, that the
important business of this session
is Preparedness" Your coun-
try is at peace with all the world,
which is very displeasing to me,
and [ have made up my mind that
won't stand for it much longer.
Something has just got to be done
to get the Benited States into the
great World War. [ find that a
great many Of your people are op-
posed to war, and they, never will
90 into it with their eyes open.
So I've got to get them blindfold-
ed. They must be made to think
they are keeping out while in fact
they are being led right into it.
I am still getting good service
out Of that blessed old lie Of
George Washington,s to the effect
that preparing for war is the
surest way to preserve peace.
George did me a great service in
giving that lie to the world. It's
the handiest tool [ ever got hold
of, and it just beats the devil
CHATS me) how it holds out. I
was almost certain it would lose
it's temper and become useless IN
the heat Of this great war. But
no sir! It still works just like a
charm. Boys, whenever you need
a lie in your business I advise you
to use the George Washington
brand. They always give salts.
faction.
Now, boys, go to work for at
least billion dollars worth of
preparedness" About forty of
you get on the floor all at one time,
and just saw the air and yell
bloody murder till you get every
body scared half to death. There
really isn't any danger, but you
must make them think there is.
And if there actually was danger,
all the preparedness would only
make the danger still greater. OF
course that's the very thing we
want, but we mustn't let the peo-
pie know it. Get them scared out
of their senses, and then you fel
lows go ahead and vote billion
Or so for preparedness. Don Z
say anything about where the bill
lion is to come from. You who
want the preparedness can vote
the expenditure, and those who
don t want it will have to pay fol
it. That the beauty of your mis-
representative form Of govern
ment.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-11-25
LINING MAN FROM MARSHALL VAS DPUCCED AID ROBBED
 WHILE TAXING IfJ' SEATTLE

A Seattle dispatch of October 15, pub jshed in the Fairbanks papers was as fol ,Ws:
 "E E. Banker of Marshall City, A'a.ka. gas found in a dazed condition in local coming house today. He wGs taken to the lospitll He is as yet unable to give an account of his actions since September 25 I cn ha disappeared utterly. His friends ricI to find him at that t;ne but to II avail Banker arrived here on September p from the North. He had Sl0000 in
 II. The next day after his arrival he isappeared When found Blanler had Sl00 FTe was unable to account fer the rest of the large amount he was known to have The keepers of the roomlng house where the man was found have been arrested ard be being held pending an Investigation"
 Banker, with his brother Will Banker vas the owner of claims on Willow creek n the Marshall district Last winter Will Banker paid visit to Iditarod to secure machinery to work the claims. Later il was understood the brothers either sold ol leased their ground
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-11-25
JURY ACQUiTS ALEX PERM
 OF CHARGE OF LARCENY

jury in Commissioner Gera@hty's r7urt yesterday afternoon brought in a yer jet of not guilty in the case of the United tates vs. Alex Ferni, on trial cn charge larceny.
 Ferni was arrested On Thursday lsst by Neputy Thomas on warrant sworn out by }. Sagof who alleged that on or about Tovember II Ferni stcle mattress, a pair snowShoes and a pair of blankets from he complainant at Flat City.
 The principals and witnesses in the case ere Russians and an interpreter was em-
 eyed to facilitate the proceedings. An 'nusing incident occurred when the inter reter. unable to make himself understood n his native tongue resorted to the use # English and brought forth the required answer.
 Ferni claimed that he took the property by permission of the partner of the com blaming witness, and the jury evidently believed him.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-11-25
LONDON CLAIMS THAT GERMAN SUBMARINES
 ARE SINKING VESSELS WITHOUT WARNING

LONDON Nov. 2O.Ihe admiralty announces that thirty three ships sunk by German submarines May b last without warning causing loss of hundred and forty lives British the losers with total of twenty
 German submarine has sunk the American Hawaiian Inner Columbian half of which Americans have been landed Spanish territory They gwen tune to leave the ship.
 Norway is forming policy with reference to submarines Berlin will make another attempt to impress Norway the consequences of perssting in her present policies.
 The Russian ship Baron Breken has been sunk by an explosion in Archang harbo supposedly caused by sub marine One hundred and fifty killed and hundred and fifty wounded Several buildings and barracks shore were also fire and burned
 BERLIN Nov 21The American embassy has received secret epcr denying shng of feboats from steamships sunk n September The Germans claim that their saved lives The claim is made the steamship Antwerpen sunk coro!ance with the provisions of international law
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-11-25
BLOODY FIGHTING CONTINUES ON WEST FRONT

LONDON, Nov 0The British forces captured heaucor on the Tuesday, after powerful drive and angna fighting which five thousand prisoners were taken me past week has been marked by unusually heavy fighting on both the west and Heavy attacks have been made oy the bt h at Beaumont and they making big strides toward the goal al Baupaume.
 PARIS 2OTke Germans at terrible cost and alter bloody fighting regae ground recently lost on the Soe
 LONDON Ncv 21.The Germans continue the deportation of Begans, despite protests
 PARIS Nov 17-Seven German aeroIlanes were brought down by the French today.
 BERLIN Nov 17The French have delivered strong at jacks on Baupaume but have failed Heavy actions reported the Somme.
 BERLIN Nov. l7lAn air raid has been made on the city of Munich French The aviato flew live hundred miles across the Alps. No lives were lost.
 BERLIN Nov 2l-Ihe office officials think that the the stanst and declare that the small local successes of the enemy be developed
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-11-25
GENERAL WHO SAVED PARIS
 IS NOW TOTALLY BLIND

PARIS, Oct 9.-Genersl Maunory, who t the outset of the war commanded the french Third army, and later succeeded. General Gallieni as military governor Of Paris after tte atter's appointment as min ster of war, L2s become totally bind as the result of wound received during d visit to the first line trenches or the Ai.re.
 It was General Maunory's army which. ont out from Paris in taXlcabs by General Gallieni at the critical moment of the battle he Marne turned the tide and, striking General Won kluck's flank drove the Ger mans back across the Asne. General Maun- ry Is now living in retirement in company with his son, Captain Louis Maunory, who lost leg in the war.