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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-07-19
North WOIcott

Roy Stoddard was Sunday visitor in
this place.
Elder Herman Clark has been visiting
in this place.
Carrie Grieves of Walden is visiting
at K. E. Udall's.
ID. w. Childs was a visitor in East
Hardwick recently.
E. ]. Clark and family were weekend
visitors IL this place.
J. E. Wheeler and wife visited in
Craftsbury Wednesday
Miss Myrtle Davis visited at A. E
Woodmansee's Sunday.
Leslie June is critically i'll at the
home OF Milford Denton.
Miss Stella Bidwell of johnson is
working for Mrs. A E. Woodmansee
Mrs. A. ID. Ssnborn and granddaupb.
ter, Glee, visited in Hardwick last week
j. E. Wheeler was in Cabot the first
OF the week to attend the funeral of a
relative.
Mrs. b. w. Bailey and grandfather.
ter, Miss Mildred, visited in johnson
last week.
Mrs. j. f.. Wheeler visited her
daughter, Mrs. ]. A. Withers, in Hard /.
wick the first of the week.
Rev. W. Harry May left Saturday for
Bloomfield, where ne will take I'M the
work OF pastor Of the NJ. f. church
at that place
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-07-19

United States SenQt0rShip
The Opinions of Champ Clark
on Continuous Service.

Champ Clark is regarded as
one of the ablest men in public
life today. He received the ma
jority of votes for President in
the Democratic National Con
vention of 1912, but the rule of
the Democratic Convention is
that two-thirds are required to
nominate. Without a possibility
of doubt he would today be oc-
Cupying the Presidential chair
but for the determined opposi-
ton of w. J. Bryan. We may not
all agree with Speaker Clark in
politics, but in thorough knowl-
edge of Congressional affairs he
| is recognized as a pre-eminent
authority.
A few weeks ago the National
Press Club gave to the so.called
"baby Congressman" First term
ers) a reception, at which Speak
er Clark made the most telling
address of the evening. He set
forth the fact that members of
Congress become strong through
long service. and long service
alone. His remar ks have a very
important bearing upon today's
Senatorial situation in Verm ont,
and are so timely that they are
worth reproduction. Here is, in
part, what he said:
"A man has to learn to be a rep
resentative just the same as he
has to learn to be a blacksmith,
a carpenter, a farmer ora lawyer.
Useful and influential Congress-
men are made largely by expert
ence and practice. A new Con
gresham must begin at the foot
of the class and spell up. OF
course the more brains, tact,
energy, courage, and industry he
has the quicker he will get up.
LET us take thepresent House
and see how long the men who
hold the high places have served.
| cannot name all, but will cite a
few as samples.
"Mr. Speaker Cannon is serv-
ing his ortieth year. He holds
the rece I'd, or, IN pugilistic par
lance, Re holds the belt for
length o service IN the House in
Our entire history. In several
COngtre, os he was chairman of
the or al Committee on Appro-
priat1ons and then was Speaker
eight years, only one man, Henry
Clay, having been Speaker longer.
Il am serving in my twenty
second year; Minority Leader
Mann is serving his twentieth
year; Mr.. Kitchin, chairman of
Ways and Means, his sixteenth;
Mr.. Fitzgerald, chairman of APP
propria tons, his eighteenth; Mr..
Moon, Chairman of Insular AT,
fairs and father of the House,
his twenty sixth; Mr.. Flood,
chairman of Foreign Affairs, his
sixteenth; Mr.. Hay, chairman of
Military Affairs, his twentieth ;
Mr.. Glass, chairman of Banking
and Currency, his sixteenth.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-07-19
East Cambridge

Fred Dubray of johnson is at work
for Harry Rice through haying.
Mrs Joel Stratton's sister from Bur-
lington visited her the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Rice spent sun.
day at Myron Maynard's in Jefferson.
vile.
G. ). Demerritt of Burlington was
here the first of the week, calling on
old friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Sheldon ana Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Rice were In Burling-
ton the past week.
Levi Tatro of johnson is taking a
short vacation and helping with the
haying on the farm.
Mrs. Rolly Caswell and twin daugh-
tiers of johnson visited her sister, Mrs,
n. J.. Nye, the last of the week.
Bert Reynolds Of Jacksonville was
in this place the first Of the week look
ing over a place to erect his saw mill.
which he lie to move here soon.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-07-19
FelchervilIe

F. A. Dahlke, expert clocktinker, was
in the place last week.
Mrs Clerking of Winooski spent Fri
day last at Will. Grimes.
Terry Kinney is working at the Blan-
chard farm through haying.
Wallace Seymour and wife and that
baby were visitors at Geo. Seymour
last Sunday.
Miss Minnie Manning is doing the
berry picking at the Matthews place
through the rush. And lucius berries
they are.
Haying is in full swing. All report a
good crop, but the new stock pieces are
full of weeds. Help is scarcer than
hens teeth
Hermie Grimes and family from
Somervllle, Mass, have been calling on
friends and relatives in this vicinity.
Always glad to see them.
Sixty-eight autos, some others not
counted, passed thro' Felcheryille last
Sunday. Don't wonder a hen or two
disappears now and then.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-07-19
Riverside

Excursion to Pittsburgh July %. See
adv't on page 4.
Fred Bahanan is working on r. S.
Pages new barn.
Linwood Crowell was caller in North
Hyde Park Sunday.
Mr.. Chase from johnson is working for
Vernon Quimby through haying.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Davis from McKins-
try hill were callers az Fred Crowell's
Sunday.
Mrs. Lee Elliott and Mrs. Godett from
the Street were callers at Charles Lucas,
Sunday.
Charles Pratt and Arthur Foss from
johnson are helping Walter Barnes do
his haying.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elihu Ruggles and the
Manley brothers were recent callers at
Lake Eden.
Mr.. and Mrs. Broadwell were at Cady' S
Falls Sunday to visit their daughter, Mrs.
Everett Calkins.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Styles from the
Street were visitors in this place the last
of the past week.
Mr.. Clark from Cambridge, who is to
be our new merchant, was caller at the
electric station last Friday.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs
Arthur Page, July fourth. Mrs. Clara
Hubbard is caring for the mother and
child.
TIE scholars in the Barnes district met
July Attn at Frank HoOper's to have a
surprise party for their children. Games
were played and ice cream and cake were
served. All had a fine time.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-07-19
Con9l Church Notes

The Mite Society held a very success
full dinner last Thursday. A change or
the menu from pie to strawberry short
cake was one of the pleasing features of
the dinner.
The G. E. meeting Thursday evening
will be led by DR.. l.. L. Eastman.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-07-19

There are other big chairman
ships, but these will suffice to
show that as a rule the big
places go to old and expert
enced members, for most of the
men who rank close to the chair
man are old-timers. The same
thing holds good with reference
to members of the minority As
an illustration, Messrs. Gillett
and Cooper, who are serving
their twenty-fourth year, are the
ranking Republicans on Appro-
priations and Foreign Affairs, al
most certain to be chairmen
thereof should the Republicans
ever again have a majority in the
House, as in that event, in all
probability, Mr.. Mann will be
Speaker.
go through the whole list and
you will find, with few exceptions,
that the men of long service have
the high places.
"NO man should be elected to
the House simply to CRAFTY his
ambition. All members should
be elected for the good of the
country"
What Speaker Clark says OF
the House may be said with
equal force as to the Senate.
Gallinger, chairman of the mi
Inority, has seen twenty-five years
service in the Senate; Lodge,
ranking member of the Foreign
Relations Committee, twenty
three years; Clark, Warren, and
Nelson, ranking members respec-
lively of Judiciary, Appropria-
tons, and Commerce commit
tees, twenty years service.
The committee of chiefest i'm
portance so far as Vermont is
concerned is Agriculture and For
estry, and with the return of the
Republican party to pOwerin the
Senate, Senator Page automati-
cally receives the craftsmanship
of that committee, the position
occupied by Senator Proctor at
the time of his death.
The Montpelier correspondent t
Iof the Springfield (Mass.) Re-
publican well says
The friends of Senator Page
argue that his services entitle him
to reelection. Theranking Re-
publican member of the Senate
committee on agriculture and
forestry is Senator Warren of
Wyoming He is also ranking
Republican member of the apprO-
priations committee and in the
event that the Republicans win
the Senate this fall, Senator War
rem naturally would prefer to
head the appropriations COM
mittee. This would leave Sen
ator Page in line of the chair
manship Of the committee on
agriculture, a position held so
long by Senator Proctor. Yer
mont's interests as an agricul-
tural state would be recognized,
thus in a mannernaturally graft
tying to its people"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-07-19

The establishment of a big National
Park on Mt. Desert Island assumes to
New England and the country at large
the perpetual enjoyment of one of the
most beautiful bits of American scenery:
one that is closely associated too with
the earliest settlement of New England.
Mt. Desert was the first part of our
coast that the Winthrop fleet discovered
as it made its approach to Massachu-
sets Bay in 1880.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-07-19
Troop No. 1

Troop MOL, held its meeting outd oors
July II. The Campfire was built and the
meeting was opened. There were thir-
teen scouts present. AS we can not get
the second hand army tents it was voted
to send and get some cloth and make
the tents. The meeting was adjourned
and games were played for short time.
The Troop was ordered to line up, and
order was given to march to the village
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-07-19

We cannot help wondering if there may
not be something more than coincidence
in the appearance of man-eating sharks
at New Jersey coast resorts while the
German submarine, "Deutschland" is in
Chesapeake Bay. The sharks can hardly
be expected to know that a submarine is
a peaceful merchantmen" and have
probably been pretty active trailers of
U-boats during the past eighteen months.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-07-19

The New Hampshire militia was found
to be short 100 men of the quota re-
quired-and city and town authorities in
that state are sending out call for men
in their respective towns and cities.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-07-19

We do not see that there need be siren
uous hurry to decide whether the Deutsch-
land is a merchantmen. The German
government hasn't hurried itself into
nervous prostration to settle the Lusi-
tania question. Why hurry?
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-07-19

Looks as itthe Prohibitionistsi in adopt
ing the camel as an emblem had invaded
the menagere of the Shriners. Anyhow,
the Mobiles saw it first.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-07-19

For the success of the Greater Vermont
gathering at Montpelier last week a
great deal of credit is due Secretary
James P. Taylor and PresidentF F. H. Bah
bitt 1t took great deal of hard work
and lot of everlastingly at it " to
bring about the good results and it was
no easy job all say. TWAS great gath
ering and can but result in good for
the state. The promoters of the affair
NAV well feel proud of the result.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-07-19
Thinking Not Necessary.

The average wife doesn't have to
think very hard when she is telling her
husband what she thinks of him.-Cin-
cinnsti Inquirer.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-07-19

Some automobiles from Fitchburg,
Mass, are very much wrought up and
wrote a column or so to home papers
about an Insult to the Americas flag"
they having been compelled to remove
two flags which they were flying on the
front of their motor car as they ran
through an encampment of Canadian
troops. If they had shown the common
sense and ordinary courtesy of flying the
English flag at the right hand side of
their car probably they would have me t
no trouble.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-07-19

While there was good representation
of business men from all parts of the
state at the Greater Vermont meeting at
Montpelier last week, several of the bust
ness mems associations attended in a
body We note large representation
from Springfield, Poutney, Bradford,
Brandon and Lyndonvlle-the best men
from these thrifty towns, showing great
interest in the movement. 1t is this kind
of men that build mp their towns and
thereby aid in building up the State.
Would that we had more of them in
every town
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-07-19
Or DestructiNe.

About all that experience teaches is
to refTsin-and that's not constructive.
St Louis GlObe-Democrat.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-07-19

Probably Mr.. Ford will decline the Pro
hibition nomination of the Presidency.
A Fordi is more comfortable than a camel.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-07-19

1t is understood that the Kaiser conf
IDENTIFY expects to eat his Christmas din
n r in Berlin.-Boston Transcript.
Not SO surel St. Helena may afford ac-
commodations.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-07-19

Gov Gates announces that there will
be no extra session of the Legislature.
Middletown transcript., 1916-08-12
1881 Prisoners Taken.
Berlin Admits Retirement.

Berlin.-Strong Russian forces ad-
vanced against the Austro German
positions on the Tlumach-O Ottynia line,
to the south of the Dniester river, in
Galicia, 1t is announced by the German
army headquarters staff, and the
forces of the Central Powers with
drew to previously prepared positions.
The text of the official communica-
tion follows:
Front of Field Marshal Won Hinden-
burg: Artillery activity was more
lively in the Sereth sector and south
of it. Enemy attacks at some points
we're repulsed. Near Zarecze, on the
Stokhod, repeated efforts by the Rus
slams to gain ground were without
success and the enemy suffered heavy
losses. West of Lutsk renewed battles
have been in progress since early this
morning. Northwest Of zalocze
enemy attacks failed. South of
Zalocze the Russian advance has been
stopped by a counter-attack by our
troops cooperating with those under
Gen. Count Won Bothmer. During this
operation officers and more than 700
men were taken prisoner and 5 ma
chine guns captured"
Middletown transcript., 1916-08-12
GERMANS LOSE
BEFORE VERDON
French ReCapture FIeury ard
System Of Trenches
GAIN OF GREAT IMPORTANCE
Success of the Terrific Drive Gives
the French Footway on Two
Of the Most important
Heights.

London.-The French counter-onen'
sIve northeast of Verdun reached lts
climax in powerful blow which has
resulted in the complete recapture OF
Fleury and the whole system OF hlgniy
organized defenses from southeast OF
Thiaumont to the Froid Terre Ridge.
After series of almost uninter-
rupted attacks on the four.mile front
from the Meuse to the woods west OF
DamIoup, the French concentrated all
their power in a tremendous thrust
on the oneInile Thiaumont-Fleury line.
They smashed forward on this front
for a distance of about quarter OF q
mile through the most powerful field
works on the western front They
took $50 prisoners.
The village of Fleury was attacked
from two sides, the northwest ana
southeast In previous attacks the
French had advanced as far as the
ruined railway station, against furi-
GUS resistance. Then, after the big
guns had been given time to clear
a path, the infantry again swept for
ward, this time to complete victory.
All the gains made by the Germans
in their recent attacks have been
swept away. In an attack simultane-
Gus with that on Fleury, the French,
in the Chenois sector, drove the Teu-
tons from the trenches they had seized
in this wooded region, capturing more
prisoners. Berlin previously had ad-
mitted the loss of ground recently
taken III Laufee Forest.
In three days the French captured
more than 1850 unwounded prisoners.
They have also taken a large quantity
of military supplies. But from all indi-
cations they have done far more than
that. With the descent of the lull on
the Somme the Germans seriously re-
sumed their operations against Yer
dun. They had large forces at their
disposal and all Of their powerful ar
tillery. But before they could get well
under way the French launched their
counter-offensive. In other words,
they "beat them to the punch"
The French have regained a foot
ing on two of the most important
heights which look down on Verdun-
Pepper Hill and the Froid Terre. The
crest Of the former is a No Mans
Land, being constantly swept by shell
fire. But from the latter the Germans
hold artillery control of the heart of
Verdun They made much of the cap
ture of Froid Terre, declaring it the
most important position on the north
eastern front
Middletown transcript., 1916-08-12
WORTH KNOWING

Dickinson college, Carlisle, Pa, is
a92 years old this year.
One New England statistical office,
the proprietor believing in fresh air.
has Offices that are practically out of
doors. making it necessary in winter
FDr the typists to wear gloves. and as
these cause frequent errors through
striking two keys instead of one. small
curved sticks have been put in use
with which. instead of the fingers, the
&8ys were struck safely, one at a time.
The death rate from wounds in the
var is less than Ona-half as great as 1t
was year ago. DR.. Jacques BertillUn,
medical statistician in the French
army. declares that by hardship and
exposure the men have become so
H0ughened that they can now stand
twice as much as they could last year.
Then As out of every 1000 wounded
died. while now less than 20 succumb.
A process has been perfected in
France for applying cOlOrs to glass by
heat, so that stained glass windows
can be made without fastening many
pieces Of glass of different hues to-
Eether.
Two Pennsylvania inventors have
patented a SlingShot with a sight to
aid In aiming it.
2'eleScOpic Spectacles have been in
Tented ny German for persons with
extreme near sight.
While searching the ruins of the
9aOgne Of Dr. Z. ii. Barton. in Spencer.
BdnSS. which was destroyed by fire,
Airemen found pocketbOOk containing
SzS35 In bills concealed between mat
areSseS. Although everything else In
the room was burned. the bills were
Wntlamaged.
Consul Harry G. Setter, at Breslau,
Germany. reports that one of the Bres.
Ran tinfoil factories has succeeded in
6:NgiLling a substitute for tinfOil by
nroducing zinc foil. The new product
5is not to be distinguished from tinfOil
and is supposed to render the same
service.
"A wire clip, to be screwed into a
door frame has been invented for
holding milk bottles out of reach Of
cats and dogs.
Waste steam from its municipal wa
der and light plant is used by an In
slinnn city to heat it's courthouse and
two public schools.
Next to the United States. Germany
AaS the greatest number Of telegraph
.sfsices and the largest line mileage
among nations
In Europe the hydrogen gas which is
q by-prOduct Of the manufacture OF
oxygen is utilized to harden oils fOi
wse, ia the sOap industry.
Middletown transcript., 1916-08-12
CARRANzA- REPLY
TO U. S. NOTE
First Chief Insists Withdrawal
is First importance.
BROAD PARLEY TO WAIT
Names Commission To Settle Issues
Conferees Expected To Be Will
ing To Consider Other
Questions.

WashingtOn.-Gen Carranza still
insists that the first thing to be de-
cided by the United States and Mexico
is the withdrawal Of the American
troops.
! Mexican Ambassador Arredondo de-
livered to Acting Secretary of State
Polk a note which. while naming a
commission and taCitly accepting the
last American proposal for joint COM
mission to investigate Mexican n-Ameri-
can relations, laid stress on the fact
that the Mexican commissioners are
ITO devote their attention preferably to
the resolution OF the points mentioned
in the previous note of this depart
ment." The points referred to are
the questions of withdrawal Of Amer
ican troops from Mexican soil, border
patrol and fixing of responsibility for
border raids.
No doubt has yet been expressed,
however, by the State Department Off
Gals that the Mexican conferees will
show willingness to take up questions
of Mexican finances and industrial de-
velopment. On the other hand. the
note implies that the commissioners
will follow whatever lead is made by
the American members, as they have
been instructed to devote their at
tention preferably to the military
problem.
The note follows:
''Mr. Secretary-I have the honor to
transmit to your Excellency the fol-
lowing note which have just received
from my Government:
"Mr. Secretary-ln due reply to the
courteous note Of the Department of
State, dated July %, 1916, l have the
honor to say to your Excellency that
the First Chief Of the Constitutionalist
Army, in charge Of the executive power
of the Mexican republic, congratulates
himself upon his laudable efforts OF
the American Government to arrive at
solution of existing difficulties be
tween the two countries, and, to that
effect, considering it of the greatest
Importance that prompt decision be
reached of the points which have
caused the existing differences be-
tween the United States and Mexico,
referred to in the note of the Mexican
Government, dated July 4 last, has
seen fit to appoint at once . commits
sion Of three persons, constituted by
Luis Licenciate Cabrera, Engineer
Ignacio BOnillas and Engineer Alberto
j. Pani, to whom instructions have
been given to devote their attention
preferably to the resolution of the
points mentioned in the previous note
of this department
" 'Licenciate Ellseo Arredondo has
been authorized to treat with the De-
partment of State the matter of de-
tails relating to the place and date in
which the commissioners Of the Mex
lean Government should meet the COM
missiOners Of the United States in
order to commence their labors. /
reiterate to your Exceilency the assur-
ance OF my highest consideration.
&C. AGUILAR,
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
81 avail myself Of this new occasion
to renew to your Excellency the assur-
ances Of my highest consideration.
"E ARRED0NOO