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Children Cry
FOR FLETCHeR'S
G a 8 T Q RIA
Notice

The stockholders of the Bennington
G. Glastonbury Company are hefo5y
notified that special meeting of the
stockholders of said company for the
election OF directors and other officers
of said company necessary to BE elect
ed by the stockholders, will be held
at the First National Bank of North
Bennington, VT, on Tuesday, the 18th
day of November, 1916 at ten o'clock
in the forenoon.
o. M. Barber, Clerk
Dated North Bennington, VT, Oct IA,
1916.
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He is happy whose

circumstances provide for his neces.
stiles, but he is more excellent who
provides for any circumstances. Life
insurance provides for all possible
circumstances National Life ms. Co.
CT VT (Mutual) Earle S. Kinsley,
General Agent, Mead Building. Rut-
land, VI. Adv
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Rusaia,a National Anthem.

The Russian national anthem IS tie
only national hymn which was adopted
as such IA opon competitor Until the
time of the Emperor Nicholas l. the
English God Save the King had serv-
ed Russia, but Nicholas determined to
institute a genuine and native Russian
anthem. He announced Il competition.
open to all musicians. for an original
national hymn. i musical committee
reduced the thousands Of eutries 70
two. and between these. ,he works OF
Glinka and Lvoif, the ear himself de
cided The highly martial character,
with Che drums and trumpcts, OF
Lyoff's composition Won the imperial
verdict. and il was decreed as hence
forth the Russian national anthem.
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Scientific
Farming
COMPOST AND GREEN MANURE
Anything of Vegetable or Animal ORR
gin Can Do Made a Fertilizer.

Prepared by United States department Of
Agricultural
Composing manure Is not usually
economical whore general farming is
done 1t requires too much labor. Be
sides, the manure will ordinarily give
better results when scattered directly
on the ground and plowed or narrowed
in. II is advised only where coarse
materials need to be pat in better con.
dition. 1t is especially advisable for
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GOING SOUTH?
job Seekers In Argentina Must BE
Thoroughly Prepared.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrS-Sr: Many
young men throughout the United States
are trying TO prepare themselves for posi-
tons in South America As a matter Of
policy, numbers OF schools offering
courses in modern languages and sales
manship have encouraged American
youths in the belief that all a Yankee
has to do 10 get a good job in any
South American country is to master n
few words Of Spanish and absorb a few
Of the rudimentary principles OF sales
manship and buy n ticket on "A line
going south.
4 few statements from n pamphlet
prepared by the department of Educa-
ton OF Argentina may awaken some OF
these young men to the actual condi-
lions in thai country at least. That the
future citizen Of Argentina will be able
10 converse i~ntelligently in English can
be seen by the statement that "all
Languages are taught In their own
tongue for the sake OF practice"
A little further We read that zone
kind COT school) provides technical
training for young men In the various
trades. while a second type serves to
train the young men for positions as
foremen and superlntendents." There are
eight large schools OF these two types
The national Government also controls
commercial schools for men and women,
which provide adequate modern instruc-
ton In craftsmanship and bookkeeping
Nine thousand students attended the
large universities Of Argentina in 1914.
There IL an excellent opportunity fo'
young Americans all through South
America. but let them 20 well prepared
NEW YORK, May 81. d. u.
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Defeat Better for Republicanism Than
Submission to Roosevelt.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir: While
a handful OF delegates will constitute
the Republican convention at Chicago
several millions Of Republicans will he
watching. To the latter the delegates
owe a duty.
To nominate Roosevelt will be to
In case he should be elected. He would
then be supreme. He would be the die
,ator OF the partyls future. If any such
thing as a Republican party would sur
vive a gift TO him OF It's honors.
He would. OF course. write the Nat
form OF the Republican convention IL It
should nominate him. and all the party
cher.shes and holds dear in the matter n
principle would be cas-, to the winds.
The party would be as dead as n door
nail. The hopes OF several million Re-
publicans must rot he sacrificed. The
Progressive party has 40 principles.
without Roosevelt 1t would have no cx-
cuse for existence.
His programme Of preparedness and
Amer!can!sm Is a clustering effort to
hoodwink the people. The Republican
party has alway~ been for A~merican!sm
and preparedness. No one can claim
TO he the original ~discoverer OF them.
An ambitious politician seeks 70 appro-
pirate the national emblem as his par
ticular property. and says. II YOU are
not for me YOU are not FOR the nag
Let the Republicans stand firm and ig-
more the assassin and they will not have
TO wear sackclo,h and ashes.
NEW YoRK, May %. T. r. DopoE
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II Wa. Taft That Split the Party!

To THE EDITOR or THE SuS-Str. Your
editorial article The Incredible Thing
calls for comment. I have rea THE
SrN for years. II IL the best paper In
America I think. Your consistent oppo-
sition to 7. X. Is to be commended but
only for It's consistency. Your disre-
gard of my efforts to break into print
by throwing my letters In the waste
basket shows sound Judgment. When you
hold TO account Theodore Roosevelt for
the election of Wilson you show poor
judgment due to prejudice. Had Mr..
Taft polled n heavier vote than r. r.
you might be justified in blaming the
latter, but In face OF the election re-
turns IL was clearly proved to me that
Mr.. Taft was not the choice OF the Re-
publican party. and that he by accept
ing a nomination which he must surely
have known was not, to say the least,
that split the party.
The election Of Mr.. Wilson was per-
haps the rude awakening that the coun-
try needed, and we are or ought to he
thankful that matters aren't worse,
There are many millions OF people who
want TO vote for Roosevelt. and they
aren't all fools.
Let the powers that rule in Chicago
bear this well In mind next month and
there will be no split. but It's hardly
fair TO ask us all to make another
sacrifice. A ROOSEVELT REPUBLICAN,.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. May 81.
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The Dream Ship.

Sleep Ia the Esnsplank for me. II seems,
From the ~verydsy world to my ship OF
dreams,
And faith a. I cross II I leave my mind
safe with It's thoughts. on the wharf be-
hind.
Pixie and goblin ana fairy and elf.
All are aboard for a voyage. like myself.
And each has for baggage. the journey to
start,
A happy 20 lucky. 10 plucky say heart.
TT. often We sAil by the light Of a moon
That hangs In tho sky like a paper bal
loon,
Yet sometimes tho harbor Is dappled and
bright.
And never we leave II for all Of the light,
The ship has no crew and NO helmsman to
steer.
No compass to guide from tn" where to
the Hare,
But always. at morning. cur journey 10 DER
And it's over the %ganGplank Of sleep to
Tie ahssA
U. oTANLsy HAsEiNs.
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THE GREAT AND MANY
FACETED COLONEL.
How Many Terms Would He Need 10
NaYa the Country?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str. An
old New York merchant, that's all A
Colonel In the Continental army for a
great-grandfather two grandfather SOL
diers in 1912 n loyal, unwavering Re-
publican since Fremont's time a lover
OF the flag a student Of history. MY
individuality Is less than nothing In this
crisis Of our country's history. but my
few words %perchance may echo the
thoughts OF a multitude.
Roosevelt desires the Presidency for
a third term because the country must
he saved, and he Is the only savior!
This great work cannot he accomplished
in the comparatively short space Of foul
years therefore Roosevelt must have
a fourth term, and by the same token
a NTH, nd libltum. Roosevelt Is quite
lar as well as the most powerful boss
that this country has ever seen. and
from boss TO dictator IL but a stride.
After prayerful thought ! am inclining
to the opinion that pure democracy Is not
a success. The nation seems to have
become a conglomeration OF paternal-
ism. socialism, mobocracy, altruism,
paciism. patriotism. hysteria. opportun-
Ism and many more. We must have
a strong government.
From despising Roosevelt as a selfish
migrate and a perndious traitor l am
beginning to believe that he ID the man
of the hour. divinely raised UP and APP
pointed TO rule over our people, and II
IL immaterial whether he he called a
President. Dictator or King! Amen
New York. May 81. H.. +. T.
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was a sulien and sulky child. He

was a sullen and sulky child. He
teased the cat. He quarrelled with
his schoolmates. He disobeyed his
father. He lOitered on the road to
school. He lied In his early years
with n glib tongue and n numb brain.
lie was possessed of ambitions. He
was lazy when work was to be done.
energetic when pleasure vas In con-
temptation. He sought to evade
responsibility for his acts. He nte
the heart Of the loaf, and refused the
crust. Tie told wild tales Of his own
and his fathers might. He bOasted
that his sicknesses were more severe
thnn those Of his %plnyfellows.
These incontrovertible facts imme.
diately and firmly establish that de.
sirable incOmpetency by which he Is
to he absolved from punishment for
the lnmentable accident which finally
brought the law upon him. They pro-
vide for him IN enviable background
Of responsibility. against which his
errors show only rs the unhappy fruit
Of heredity and environment. oh.
serving them. Justice sheathes her
sword and retreats abashed. She
has had experience. and she recog'
nizes when she sees in him the nor
mally abnormal criminal.
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To THE EDITOR ~ THE St'S-Sir: Mex
!co Is popularity supposed To no the
most disturbed section OF North Amer
lea. This is a delusIon, The proud dis
t~inct'on belongs to West Twenty-fourth
street. refer particularly TO the block
between broadway and Sixth avenue.
There is not an atom Of that fated soil.
and suhsoil. that has not been disturbed
more during the past year or two than
Mexico In all It's history.
Anybody, II would seem, who feels the
desire to dig n get at the city Hall
a pink ticket authorizing him to delve
In this unfortunate thoroughfare, Just
as you do TO play golf in Van Cortlandt
Park. But the real reason must lie
deeper. What IL ~ Captain Kids
treasure? Excavation for "kitchen mid
dens'' OF early Franco-Italian civiliza-
tions1 Or can II be that these hurrow-
ers are '%'rookies" In disguise. digging
trenches, fieshing their maiden shovels
In the interest Of preparedness?
In tho meantime residents. wayfarers
and table d'hote devotees wax daily
more agile and profane,
MARK RUSSELL.
NEW York, May rs.
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Now Prefers the Colonel 10 the Justice

To THE EDITOR oF n SuS-Sir: While
7 was entirely for Justice Hughes for
the Republican nomination up 10 very
recently, and have declared I never
would again vote for Roosevelt, I have
changed my mind, and 7 And that n
great many o. my Republican friends
have done likewise. namely men like
myself who said they would never again
vote for Roosevelt have come around
and are perfectly willing TO vote for
him because he Is 40 thoroughly Amer
lean and knows his own mind
II Is evident. as Justice Hughes will
not squeak a squeak or even say hoo.
ne does not a the nomination. and
we really do no: know where he IL at
on any vital subject. 30 I say let us
nominate Roosevelt and mako the cam
paign buttons "R. i. R,"-standing for
Roosevelt. Preparedness and Rec!pro-
city.
The manufacturer and business mar
Of America. and all laboring men. GER
tainly want the tariff changed by the
time this war ends. and we cannot one
reciprocity unless we have a tarin am
have some advantage 20 offer other
countries for reciprocity. II the Yam
kee Ia anything he is a trader and AL
ways ready to swap horses or sNar
trade, which will make reciprocity al
most as popular with the rank and hls
as preparedness, and ] ave not yet
met a living soul who is not for pre-
paredness. although the papers mentor
''one Ford" and zone Bryan" but the.
do not count anyhow.
really believe Roosevelt Is our best
winning card this year
FRANK c. CLARK.
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NEW YORK, May 81,
Holding the Mirror TO the Colonel.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str: I
want to commend heartily tho sentiment
EXPRESSED In your splendid editorial arti-
eel In THE Sun Of May % entitled THE
Incredible Thing" You call attention 10
the fact that Colonel Roosevelt in divid-
ing the Republican party In 1912, be-
cause Il refused him a nomination for
n third term, brought on the conditions
in this country which he IL now con-
demning and criticisinR. n then you
say:
Is II not nconceivable that under any
circumstances he should so act at Chicago
as to insure the reelection Of Or. Wilson
for four years more OF executive power
You then say that to suppose his pres
ent motives are personal instead Of patri-
cite would be to insult him. This is
true, but does not his every act indicate
that he Is willing to sacrifice his party
and even his country to Rratify his own
greed and ambition for office? Did he
no desert the Republican party because
no could not get a nomination for a
third term? IL ne not now Just rs
ready to desert the Progressive party In
order to get a nomination for a third
term?
In a letter written a few days ago
To the Roosevelt Non-partisan League In
reply to It's solicitation for my support
for Colonel Roosevelt, among other
things | said:
You say that your movement Is Q non
y partisan one, This Is true. Roosevelt hal
always been . non partisan. He has never
been for any party but himself. Ne h %
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non partisan that no would accept the
nomination for President on any ticket
and on any platform at any price II he
thought he could win.
In support Of this contention permit me
to ask you what has become Of the Lord
at Armageddon7 What has become OF
social Justice? what has become OF the
recall OF Judges and the recall OF judicial
decisions7 what has become Of Presidential
primaries and = pure democracy. which
Roosevelt told US four years ago were all
necessary for the salvation of the nationY
Roosevelt forced the nomination OF Tart
in 1908. The people accepted his judg-
ment on that question and then he turned
around and assassinated Taft and tried to
assassinate the Republican party. II he
made q mistake on Taft why should tho
people trust him and take his judgment
now In 1857 BY his party treason Roose-
welt elected Woodrow Wilson President OF
the United States and brought on the very
conditions himself which he Is now attack
Ing and criticisins. Instead OF asking the
Republican party to nominate hin IL he
had any sense OF shame. II he had any
sense Of honor and II he had any sense OF
loyalty TO his country, he would acknowl-
edge his political crime. ask forgiveness
and publicly state that he would support
any good candidate the Republican party
would nominate. This Ia wha, an honest.
intelligent. patriotic American citizen would
do In this crisis u he put his country above
his greed for ONCE and power.
It IL unnecessary to say that the
league did not make my letter public.
CHARLES II, BELTS.
LYONS, MAY ~.
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The Normally Abnormal Criminal

Although for years he has followed
a life Of self.indulgence. deceit. thiev-
cry and %debauchery, his intellectual
powers are not discovered as abnor-
NAL until his foot Is caught in the
not too sure trap Of the law. Then
It is revealed that ne planned the
crime which was his undoing with
n careful attention to detail that
would do credit to an efficiency ex.
pert, arranged for the quick and Anal
disposal of the evidence without
which conviction was impossible,
sought by cajolery and bribery ia
close the mouths Of witnesses, and
generally comported himself with
ingenuity and cunning.
Before and throughout this period
Of his existence the integrity Of his
mental processes has never been Ques'
toned. He has met and associated
with persons Of common intelligence
without arousing their suspicion as
to his sanity, transacted the routine
affairs of daily life in a manner ex'
citing no adverse comment, and worn
the outward semblance Of a human
being OF ordinary strength and or
binary weakness.
But once the trap Is sprung tn
abnormalities OF his existence are re
venled with astonishing promptncs'
and cumulative effect. His family
history disclosrs an array of klns
folk incarcerated In Warehouses bcyont
computation. No ancestor can b,
discovered in whom the most alarm
ing symptoms Of intellectual perver
slty were not cOnvincingly apparent
How any OF them escaped the psy
chopathic ward Is a banning mystery
Yet the terrifying tendencies. mar
vellOus to observe, are absent from
all his brothers and sisters.
His record. however, 10 different. u
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Is The sun "Terribly Pro- Roosevelt?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sr. THE
SrS has frequently suggested that IN
expression from Mr.. Justice Hughes Is
due to the public. and your position In
surprising to many of you readers. 1t
Is seldom that YOU fail to recognize so
splendid an attitude as that being taken
by Mr.. Hughes. considered by many to
have ra lsed him to a position far above
any other nan In public life. Mr..
Hughes will not do anything to involve
the supreme Cour with political activi-
ties, because OF It's more than possible
effect upon future decisions, and surely
the present Administration has clearly
indicated that no Office can be de-
pended upon to make It's holder immune
from acts inspired by political expedI-
ency. Yes. YOU know all this. and that
is what makes THE SrN seem terribly
~pro-Roosevelt. LAWRENCE OTrIN0ER.
NEW York, May 81.
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Sauce for the Gander.

The strong presentation by Secre-
tary LANSING of this nations lust
grievance against the arresters of
neutral mails on the high seas will
have the support Of every other coun.
try which has thus been wronged.
The practice is as illegal. as indefen.
sible from every point Of view except
that Of the interested belIigerent az
was the submarine policy which
nearly wrought a severance Of our
friendly relations with the German
Government.
The State Department does well to
stand rs firmly against the violation
Of unquestionable neutral rights by
England OF France as by the TeutOnic
Powers.
There is no difference In principle,
The difference In fact Ia somewhat
like the difference between highway
robbery and highway murder.
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Those "Rum" or "Boose" Bills.

A gentleman Of statistical accom-.
plishments sends to THE SuN the sub.
Joined letter:
ITO TIL EprrpR OF THE SrS--Sir: Al
the time when the expense OF trans
porting. feeding. housing and entertain
ing the States guests at n San Fran
cisco fair first attracted attention. !!
made a computation based on the total
cost OF the commissary department OF
the Governors party. to disclose. for my
own satisfaction, what basis there was
for the talk about rum or booze bills,
as these accounts were generally called.
unfortunately I have not the figures
at hand. and l shall not attempt 70
quote them from memory but I reached
the gratifying conclusion. as the result
Of my computations. that the scandal
WAS greatly exaggerated In the public
mind, and that the amount expended
for intoxicants and charged to the State
Vas not excessive. the nature of the ex-
petition being taken into account.
THE reports 30 widely circulated are.
In my opinion. without basis in fact,
but It 10 obviously desirable that the
details should he published, In order
that the Governors reputation shall not
suffer further from malicious misrepre-
sentation. ACCOUNTANT.
NEW YORK. May 81"
We agree with accountant" that
the sum total paid by the State for
| the entertainment Of the Governors
party Is not sufficiently large 10 JUS
tify the unpleasant stories that have
been told for the misguidance of the
unwary and %thoughtless. Unless it
be assumed that an exceedingly cheap
grade Of drink was served, II cannot
he seriously questioned that modera-
ton and good sense regulated the use
Of stimulants on this trip; and moth
Ing In the record of the exposition
expenditures suggests that in this
department or any other cheapness
was sought by the paymasters.
1t Is nevertheless n fact that the
talk Of rum" or booze" bills has
filled the State from one end to the
other, and that the most fantastic
tales have received credit among
those who, unlike Accountant" are
of a non-analytic habit. These have
permitted themselves to put sinister
constructions on the unitemized and
unexplained accounts, and conse
quent,y they labor under what We
conceive to be n wrong belief rs to the
facts of the junket.
This regrettable circumstance rem
ders It important that the details OF
the expenditures for the Governors
trip, and for all the other cxcur
si0ns paid for from this fund. shoul,
be made public, and Governor WHIT
MAN, having now no Legislature Of
his hands, having disposed of all thu
thirty day bills, should give to this
matter his immediate attention.