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Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-12-23
TEUTONS STILL
ADVANCING IN
DOBRUDJA REGION
Not Much important Fighting
Is Reported From Western
'FRONT.' Spirited Engagement
in GaIicia,
Isy aonalna loUsnAL spIelA. .sAssD wlsu


Except IN northern DobrudJa' WheFe
the troops of the central powers con-
tlhue 10 drive the RUSSIANS ana ltu-
manians towards Bessarabia, there mas
been httle important ACTIVITY on the
battle fronts OF Europe
The RUSSIAN troops IN DooruuJa'
Petrograd announces We're forced 10
retire northWard under heavy attachs
from numerically superior hos'lle
forces. Berlin states that the Teutohlc
army in Dobrudja continues to au-
vance successfully and announces the
capture of goo Russian soldiers. East
of Lake Babadagh' Russian resl-
ment Petrograd records, drove a tofce
Of Bulgarians into Lake lboIata' "A
great many Bulgarans were drowned
ana 10 were maze prisoner
Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-12-23
SANTA CLAUS
GLUTS MAILS ON
BRITISH FRONT
Christmas Presents Almost as
Great Tax on Transport as
Munitions Being Rushed to
Trenches.
rsv MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED WIRE,

fsV MORNING JOURNAL sPEciAL LEASED WIFEl
With the British Armies in France,
Dee. % CVia London. From a Staff
Correspondent of the Associated
press)-In these last days before
Christmas, it is a strange procession,
indeed that winds its way on the
travel-scarred roads of northern
France to where the greatest armies
the world has ever known are locked
in a life and death struggle.
Vying with the seemingly endless
train of motor trucks groaning under
capacity weights of powder, shells and
all the varied and sinister material Of
war are numberless other trucks fair
" bulging with presents and greetings
of the Yuletide. oddly enough, both
types of trucks are decorated gaily
with holly and mistletoe. 1t appears
now that no soldier, regardless of how
humble his station, will be forgotten.
Gun Pressure Continues.
The handling of the vast amount Of
mail for the English, Canadian and
Australian troops is fraught with great
difficulties, for powder and shell as
sert their prerogatve of preference
and the holiday season will bring no
lessening of the gun pressure on any
part of the front Despite the COM
plex problems connected with the task,
the organization behind the front
makes it possible for letters and par
cells to reach the men in the front line
trenches, forty-eight hours after their
posting in London. one reason for
this is that the mail is being handled
and distributed by "Tommies,' who
formerly were postal employees.
The Canadians received the bulk Of
their mail last week, most of the sol
diers obeying with childish impatience
instructions not to open the parcels
until Christmas. The mail for the
Australian troops necessarily was post
ed six or seven weeks ago, and natur-
ally, there were many casualties in
that period so that the authorities are
confronted with a number of parcels
which never will reach their intended
owners
Great Mail Business.
a feature OF the Christmas army
mails is that the outgoing post is al
most as heavy as the incoming, wien
a strang cross-current of money orders
going home and coming out. some
idea of the army postal problems may
be gained from the fact that normally
the British army sends 100000 let
ters and post cards, and 1000 parcels
daily. This number is being doubled
and trebled during the Christmas rush
Another interesting fact is that SOL
dier receives an average of four letters
a week. and writes one.
The packages being sent from the
ironr~ lontain-slI manner OF souvenirs
from the battlefield and trenches, Let
ters and parcels for the men on the
very front line are sent to them with
their rations. The favorite Christmas
card that the "Tommies" are sending
home is one on which loving notices
are woven with vari-cOlOred silk
threads.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-12-23

Little Rock, Ark, Dec. 22.-Christ-
mas pardons for thirty-three prison
ers in the state penitentary were is
sued today by Gov George w, Hays.
Among those freed are eight persons
convicted of second degree murder
whose sentences aggregated 127 years,
and George r Sloan, of Little Rock
sentenced to two years Imprisonment
for stealing 10000 shares of Arkansas
and Arizona Copper company stock,
He was arrested last summer in san
Diego, Cal, after being traced by de-
tectives through Denver Salt Lake
City and other western cities, in
which he disposed of the stolen
stock. - -------
Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-12-23
GALES WANTS FREE
ZONE ALONG BORDER
10y MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wrEEl

Douglas, AriZ., Dec. 2Z.-FeH' =
Elias Gales announced today that he
had petitioned Venustiano Carrnnza,
first chief of the constitutionalist par
ty, to decree the establishment of a
free zone twelve miles wide along the
entire northern border of Mexico and
the United States,
He was joined in the petition, he
said, by the governors Of all the Mex
lean states bordering on the United
States.
A similar free trade zone in which
no duties were collected for exports
or imports, was established by Po"-
firio Dia2, proving quite beneficial to
both sides of the border 1t was abol-
ished es+bteau years ago. he said
Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-12-23
COMPANY BOOKS
EATEN BY MICE,
SAYS SECRETARY
Asserts Men Engaged in Sell
ing Mythical Wild Horses
Actually Lost Money Be-
cause of Bad Trades Made,
10y sosmao JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wrss


o"aha' NeD'' Dec --'-- ne oo"NS
of the United States Livestock com
pany, charged in federal court mere
with use Of the mails TO dcfraud i'm
sales totalinp million dollars of
wild horses suppospd to have ranged
Itbe government reservation i'm Coco
nino county Ariz were "or very Ht-
to yaIuer q NJ THOMPSON secretary
treasurer of tha rou,pauy TODAY trsti-
lri,d ana IN iorg bo n,cl.od mon, i'm
some bovos and put tbcm i'm tbe cell
Ia, of his house aapd thc mice ate
tbar mn ua.bad. neep abIe te find
81 few scraps Of paper the mice had
NOT destroyed ne said. and upon
tncso fragments based his testimony
concarninp tho wild horse uansac-
rors In rba pir.h3so and sale Of tho
mletanpe tbo witness declared tbc
r,nitod stotos f.rsiocl. company was
atha victim, and NOT fine cuIurff and
.act,IaI,. lost uou.yo in trades for
prouortv. maj ,os .yolucIess
M Get-Ricb-Ouick scheme
Thomson denied tho compapy was
organi1od ,s "get-ricb-auick"
scheme Tho rir, really owned sew
eroI tbopeand brId Of villa horses ne
said which were mostly traded for
real estate, which was decided at once
Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-12-23
VIII Resume Paper Hearing.

Washington, Dec. 22.-Public hear
ings in the federal trade commission 8
news print paper investigation, will
be resumed Friday December 20.
The commission announced today that
phases of the situation not completed
at the previous hearing would be
taken up, including the reasonable
ness of prices, cost of manufacture
and jobbers' profits
Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-12-23
WIN Trr 10 nSnrr nnNIight., >,

New York, Dec. ga bill to mako
effective in the United States the
daylight saving PLAN by which the
clock would be advanced one hour
from May ], 1917, to September 80,
1917. will be introduced in congress by
Representative William p. Borland Of
Missouri, it was announced tonight by
the New York daylight saving com
mittee
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-11-10
MRS. FLORA (wILLEY) WILLIAMS
Dies in Home of Daughter, Mrs. Lang,
After Long Illness.

Mrs Flora Amelia (Willey) Williams,
70, widow of WiilisJn =. Williams, died
Friday night at s. 9 clock at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Lang, at
81 Green street, after an illness of a
number of years with cancer of the
liver.
Mrs. Williams was born in Peacham,
Dec. 81, lS43, daughter of Seth and
Betsy Wiley. Her parents moved, when
she was a child of three years, to Wis
consin, but remained there only two
years, moving hack to Vermont and To-
eating in Guilford, where Mr.. Williams
bought large farm and became prom
inent in the affairs of the town.
Mrs. Williams married there William
p. Williams, April Z, 1859. He died l6
years ago. Since her husband g death
Mrs. Williams had made her home with
her daughter, Mrs. Lang.
During her long illness she had borne
her sufferings with patience and for
titude and continued almost to the last
to strew the paths of her many friends
happy as when doing for others. She
early affiliated with the Advent church,
but 10 years ago became member of
the Methodist church, her devout Chris
tian life covering period of 40 years.
She leaves one son, Edgar A. Will
liams of Meriden, Conn, and two
daughters, Ella A, wife of Fred C.
Leitsinger, and Lila c., wife of
Charles Lang. One other daughter, Ada
C. Williams, died in the Keene, N. H.,
hospital II years ago. She leaves also
one sister, Mrs. Eva Engle of Cleveland
o., and one brother, Alonzo Wiley of
Brattleboro.
The funeral was held Monday after
noon at O'Clock in the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Lang. Rev. Thomas w.
Owens, pastor of the Methodist church,
officiated. Miss Emma j.. Gregg
sang two selections, Asleep in
Jesus, and Face to Face. The bearers
were her son, Edgar A. Williams OF
Meriden, Coma, two sons-inlaw
Charles Lang and Fred C. Leitsinger
and her grandson, Howard Lang. The
burial took place in Prospect Hill Gem
etery. Among those from out of town
were Mr. and Mrs. Edgar A. Williams
of Meriden, Frank Jones of Troy, N
Y, and Mrs. Bert Mason of Troy.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-11-10
Water for Cows.

All animals require plenty of good,
pure water. This is especially true of
the milking cow, as water constitutes
more than three fourths of the volume
of milk. The water supply, therefore,
demands the dairyman's most careful
attention. Stale or impure water is dis
tasteful to the COW and she will not
drink enough for maximum milk pro-
duction. Such water may also carry
disease germs which might make the
milk unsafe for human consumption or
be dangerous to the cow herself. Dur
ing the winter, when cows are stabbed
the greater part of the time, and UNI
less arrangements have been made to
they should be watered two or three
times day. If possible, the water
should be Is or 90 degrees above the
freezing point, and should be supplied
at practically the same temperature
every day. When water we'll above
freezing temperature is stored in tanks
and piped direct to the COW, there is
probably little occasion for facilities
to warm it; but when it stands in a
tank on which ice often forms, it us.
ually pays well to warm it slightly
This can be done by tank heater, by
live steam, or by hot water from a
boiler. If n boiler is used for running
separator or for heating water ia
wash and sterlize utensils, steam from
it can readily and cheaply be used to
warm the water. - Farmers Bulletin
743,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-11-10
Things That Cost Nothing.

1t costs nothing to stand erect and
breathe and walk properly.
..h 1t costs nothing to have fresh air in
your home.
1t costs nothing to masticate one Is
food thoroughly; this assures better
digestion and less of the expensive,
highly favored food is consumed ;
money and health are saved.
1t costs nothing to cleanse the teeth
thoroughly after each meal. BY so do
ing you may save not only dentists
bills, but surgeons and doctors bills
1t costs nothing to eat some crusty
foods that give proper employment to
the teeth and save dentist bills.
1t costs nothing to choose the kinds
Of food that the body needs.
1t costs nothing to keep out of your
body substances like alcohol that are
known to be injurious.
1t costs nothing to adjust your diet
so that the more expensive flesh foods
are not taken il excess.
It costs nothing to avoid eating be
tween meals candy and sweets that
have high fuel value and are liable tC
irritate the stomach.
1t costs nothing to feed the mind
with wholesome mental food instead
of trash or morbid literature that
easily decomposes and poisons your
whole life.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-11-10
sionally there is a hint as to new de.
signs that might be introduced.
Graves Of Our Dead.
(Claremont, N. H., Eagle. }

(Claremont, N. H., Eagle.)
AS the Daughters of the American
Revolution are organizing for the ex-
press purpose of keeping green and
fresh the memory of our ancestors, it
causes no surprise TO see the members
of this society taking thought of the
too often neglected matter of cemetery
care. The Brattleboro, Vermont, chap
ter of the d. A. r. is just now seek
ing legislation to place responsibility
for the proper upkeep of the cemeteries
of all Vermont towns, upon the select
men of those towns. AS the law now
stands, the selectmen are obliged to
take action within ten days after a re-
quest has been filed by three taxpay
ers. Apparently there has been
dearth of taxpayers interested in these
matters, or else the selectmen have
been in the habit of ignoring the law.
While America is fortunately Hber-
ated from that superstitious worship of
departed spirits which marked the old
Greek and Roman religions and is still
found in some of the religions of the
East, it is true that we are altogether
too careless of the graves of those
whose heritage we enjoy. Incidentally
when we neglect the cemeteries of our
towns, we stamp ourselves with a label
of community shiftlessness. Inasmuch
as we have to face the serious fact of
death whenever we pass q cemetery,
why not make these burying places at
least as pleasing to the eye as may
be? Why not also treat the graves. of
our ancestors in such manner as we
should like DOSterity to treat our last
resting places9
Whatever the D. A. R. or any other
association can do toward the improve
ment of cemeteries should be appre-
ciated by everyone. In most cases,
however, there are officials whose duty
it is to preserve the cemeteries, and
it should be unnecessary to force them
to perform this important duty.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-11-10
WOoLWoRTH STORE OPENED.
Crowd Attended Inspection Friday and
Was On Hand for Business Saturday.

Large crowds inspected the new store
Of +. ". Woolworth' & CO. Friday af
ternoon from to ; and evening
from to Q clock, when the heavily
stocked store was opened for inspec
tion.> 1t opened for actual business at
$50 c!cek next morning, ard trade
was lively.
Leitsinger' S orchestra Of fou" pieces
furnished music both afternoon and
evening and flowers and palms were
used for decorative purposes. The local
store of this concern, which has sever
al hundred places of business in the
country, is arranged to permit of the
greatest possible display of the large
assortment of articles. The list of the
articles that are sold for five and 1C
cents is of surprising range.
The store is especially well lighted
and every counter is filed with arti
clcs well arranged. Each saleswomar
has a cash register and the stock il
charge Of each person is 80 arranged
that she has comparatively little walk
ing to do.
Many who inspected tlc store ant
the stock Friday had iheir first ex
pcriencc in a Woolwor store ant
were astonished at the variety of arti
Giles obtainabe.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-11-10
Was It First uOld Glory2,,

Who is the author of that familiar
term as applied to our old hagY
Capt. William Driver was born in
Salem, Mass, in 1903, and was a ship
master in the China trade, with Salem
as his home port. In 1892, some of his
friends presented him with an Ameri
can flag, which he named cold Glory,
and it was run up on the brig "Charlet
Doggett." This old flag, or at least
what there is of it, can now be seen in
the Peabody institute in Salem.
Rev. George w. Pierce of Somervillo
the I'd Massachusetts with Sherman
has picture of this old flag and Capt
Driver, which he uses in his patriotic
and evangelistic services, although he
is only 900 years young" as he ex
presses it.
Now, very properly, the question
arises, Is this the origin of the term
cold Glory" as applied to our great
ly loved hags 1t might be not only
interesting but profitable to gather ny
a consensus of thought and fact in re
gard to this question.
But there is an actual fact in con
nsction with this same Capt. Driver
that ought not to die with the few
people who have knowledge of it. HI
was thoroughgoing Union man il
Nashville, Tenn, and when the write
was convalescing in the officers hos
pital in the same city, from sever,
wound received at Peach Tree creek
in front of Atlanta, in 1864. Gen
George II. Thomas detailed him fo
duty on the board of claims, which
met in the Senate chamber of the
State House. There he met this Capt
William Driver, who was the only citi
zen member of the board, and gath
cred up the following items in regard
to another "Old Glory -
In the early part of the war, wher
Gen. Buell. was campaigning in Ken
lucky, he sent cavalry force to cap
ture Nashville, and from across the
Cumberland river they demanded the
surrender of the city. The mayor
and some of the city government went
out and surrendred the city to this
handful of our cavalry.
Some time before this, the friends
Of Capt. Driver had sent him another
American flag, and for safe keeping he
had it sewed up in bedquilt. AS
soon as the captain heard of the sur
render, he rushed home, ripped up the
bedquilt, and in 30 minutes the second
cold Glory was floating from the
flagstaff of the state house of Tennes
see. And Tennessee was again in the
Union.-Seth c. Cavey in Zion s Herald
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-11-10
WHO TOOK THE BOOZE ?
Inquest Held Because Of Loss of
Liquor from Lookup
Policemen, Sheriffs and Some Others
Examined Behind Closed Doors -
Nothing to Indicate Conclusions.

An inquest, the purpose of which is
to learn if possible who was RESPONSE
bic for the disappearance of the liquor
that had been stored in the police sta
ton, which loss was discovered when
Sheriff c. E. Mann went to take in
ventory of it for the purpose of offer
ing it for sale last week, under or.
der of Municipal Judge Frank +. Bar
Der, was begun before Assistant Judge
Fred b. Pier of the Windham county
court in the municipal court room Fri.
day afternoon.
Municipal Judge Barber was rather
i'll doubt as to his jurisdiction to inves.
tigate the matter, but Attorney Gen
eral Herbert G. Barber decided that
his department had ample authority
and caused the inquest to be started
He and State 8 Attorney o. B. Hughes
examined Friday afternoon Police
Chief George Wilson, Policeman Ellis
G.. Worden, Policeman Charles H.
Wood, Sheriff Clifford r. Mann and
Deputy Sheriff Chauncey l. Knapp, who
had keys to the lookup. The evidence
was taken behind closed doors.
The last session of the inquest was
held Saturday afternoon, when Attor-
ncy William r. Daley, nominee for
states attorney of the Republican
party, Patrick Lynch and w. A. Bel
Z den were witnesses.
Like the previous session Friday,
the evidence was taken behind closed
doors and the authorities refused to di-
Vulge information as to what had been
learned from the witnesses examined.
The subpoenas in the case were
served by Deputy Sheriff A. w. j. Will
kins.
No action by the authorities has been
taken yet to indicate that they reached
any conclusions as to the identity of
the guilty persons.
The liquor in question was seized
three weeks ago Thursday at Valley
street aAd had been bought by Anna
Wiki, now Mrs. Frank Szot, in prepa-
ration for the celebration of her
wedding. She was fined 800 and the
liquor declared contraband by the
court and early last week was ordered
sold. When Sheriff Mann and Dep
uty Sheriff Knapp went to take inven-
tory it became known that about half
of five gallon jug of whiskey, half
of thrce-gallon jug of wine, half Of
a gallon jug of rum and the greater
part of key of ale had been taken.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-11-10
Equal Suffrage in Vermont.
(St. Adams Messenger.)

The Republican platform adopted at
Burlington last week pledged the
party's earnest support to the plat
form recently adopted by that party
(Republican) in national convention
assembled. -
The national platform of the Repub-
lican party contained this plank. "The
Republican party, reailirming its faith
in government of the people, by the
people, for the people, as measure
of justice to one half the adult people
of this country, favors the extension
of the suffrage to women, but recog-
nizes the right of each state to settle
the question ITSELF
Where does that leave the Republi-
can party in Vermont on the suffrage
issueF Has it given its pledge,
through the national platform, to the
passage of a suffrage bill in the com
ing lc9islature9 The word suffrage
was not included in the state platform.
The Messenger predicts some pretty
arguments on this point before the
snow is OF the ground next winter.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-11-10
FoRTY-FIvE MEN DROWN.
Victims Pinned in Deep Channel by
Electric Cars Plunge Motorman
Walsh Under Arrest.

Forty-fve persons, all men. lost
their lives when a crowded electric car
of the Boston Elevated Railway com
pany plunged through an open draw.
bridge into Fort Point channel in the
South Boston district during the rush
hours Tuesday night.
Twelve persons escaped and of these
10 were so badly injured they were
sent to hospitals for treatment.
Conductor George McKeon, one of
the injured, said he had rung up So
fares and city officials expressed the
fear that others besides those whose
bodies were found were missing. The
car which had plunged head first into
the mud at the bottom of the 80 foot
channel was raised Wednesday after
all the bodies had been removed by
divers.
Gerald Walsh the motorman, was ar
rested directly after the tragedy on
technical charge Of manslaughter. He
is alleged to have stated that the safe
ty lock signal at the end of the bridge
was set for him to go ahead and that
he did not see any red lights on the
gate. When he saw the open draw, ac
cording to his alleged story, he sci
the brakes, but they did not hold and
he jumped just as the ear crashed
through the gates. His statements re
garding the lights were contradictet
by three bridge tenders. Every sig
nal they asserted was set as it should
have been. Miss Lillian Frank, tn,
only woman known to have been or
the car, was saved. The tragedy was
the worst in the street railway his
tory of Boston.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-11-10
Two Kinds of Compensation.
Mortified News.

Frank Z. Howe of the Bennington
Banner is one of the men who looks
into things pretty thoroughly before
he takes a stand. What he has to say
about the increases of awards under
the workmen s compensation act is
worth thinking about. The News would
like to hear from Chairman Robert
Simonds on the question. Here is the
way the Banner looks at it:
"There is some talk in the state, and
both party platforms take notice of it,
in favor of increasing the awards under
the workmen s compensation law. 1t
is true that these awards are some.
what lower than in the great industrial
states of New York and Massachusetts,,
but they ought to be, partly for the
reason that the expenses of living in
Vermont are slightly lower than in the
great centers of population, but chiefly
in order to encourage the industrial de-
velopment of Vermont. The Vermont
law should give reasonable, but not ex-
travagant compensation. There is an
other feature of this compensation for
injury that ought to be considered and
the sooner the better. This feature is
compulsory insurance by the employees
themselves in at least all the dangerous
trades and this means practically all
trades where power is used. Work
men, compensation, no matter how
generous the awards, is never wholly
adequate in case of accident. Ger
many and some other European coun,
tries have developed a system of COM
pulsory insurance which in the main has
worked well and is found a splendid
thing to supplement workmen IS compen-
sation. 1t would he a good thing in
Vermont and in every other state in the
union