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The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-09
NOVEMBER 9 IN HISTORY.

1729-Peace of. Seville, between Great
Britain and France and Spain.
1738-Alliance between France and
Sweden.
1775-Arnold, with 1000 men arrived
before Quebec.
1777-Gen Howe's army went in to
winter quarters in Philadelphia.
1794-Warsaw entered by the Rus
SLAMS.
l806-Bonaparte levied a contribution
on Prussian dominion.
1813-British repulsed in the battle of
Ogdensburg.
1870-Verdun surrendered to the Ger
mans with 1000 prisoners.
1872-Beginning of the Boston fire;
loss seventy million dollars.
1880-Captain Boycott prosecuted by
the public; origin of the word
boycott"
1898-American and Spanish peace
commissioners hold session in
Paris.
1814-The German cruiser Emden was
destroyed by Australian cruiser
Sydney.
1915-The Ancona torpedoed in the
Mediterranean.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-09

About the most painful sight imaginable is
the man who is ever sensitive about some fanci-
ful, oversight, Just remember that if you are
ready to do your part your fellow citizens will be
glad to have your cooperation.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-09

The Independent Committee for German
Peace in, Berlin, which had declared for unre-
stricted submarine warfare, announces that it will
suspend its agitation and leave the question to
military and naval authorities.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-09

Z About the foolest thing we have noticed is
tie criticism to which two young ladies are being
Subjected to on account Of having visited the Ger
man war sub at Newport. This is what e call
tommyrot.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-09
IF ANY ONE HAS

That's news-telephone 80, Or tell
The Daily Commonwealth editors.
They will appreciate the favor.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-09

New York faces the possibility of coal at twenty
dollars d ton. About that time of the year we
-SiGfH}posse' IT will be up to US to freeze unless some
1gg96tbd Subscriber come in, or lend us a warm room.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-09

Some men find it hard to go where everythin
is lit up without getting lit up"
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-09

Postmasters have. been officially warned t
keep the mails. dry,
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-09

Thank goodness, the open season for discov
ering conspiracies is short.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-09

Unless our readers get the idea that we are
n business for charity we may be.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-09

Some men work themselves thin trying t
sidestep the boss and kill time.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-09

This life is just one grand eat after anoth'
we can get the eats.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-09

Canada sent us only $780, 600, 900 in gold las,
week. Why this niggardness?
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-09

Every time the dove Of peace tries to light in
Mexico the buzzards scare it away.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-09

When a man has a yellow streak no amount
of dressing up will conceal it long.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-09

A Mexican's good faith" might be all right,
if anybody ever succeeded in locating it.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-09

With a reckless hand on the steering wheel
trouble is merely a matter of time.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-09
OPPORTUNITY.
BY Walter Malone.

They do me wrong who say I come no more
When | once knock and fail to find you in;
For every day | stand outside your door,
And bid you wake and rise to fight and win.
Wall not for precious chances passed away,
Weep not for golden ages on the wane;
Each night l burn the records of the day,
At sunrise every soul is born again.
Laugh like a boy at s~plendors that have sped,
To vanish joys be blind and deaf and dumb;
Ny judgments seal the dead past with it's dead,
But never bind a moment yet to come.
Though deep in mire, wiring not your hands
and weep,
I lend my arm to all who say: II can"
No shamefaced outcast ever sank so deep
But he might rise again and be a man.
The movement Of the price of cotton seems to
be upwards, ever upwards. If it keeps going up
it might be advisable for safe companies to pa
troll the south with drummers.
Just about this time all the pro-ally papers in
this country will advise the president what to do
in the case Of the Marina. Naturally it will be
wise, neutral and patriotic advice.
A Mexican's good faith" might be all right,
if anybody ever succeeded in locating it.
Livery Time Cne dove OF peace tries to light in
Mexico the buzzards scare it away.
Unless our readers get the idea that we are
n business for charity we may be.
When a man has a yellow streak no amount
of dressing up will conceal it long.
-
With a reckless hand on the steering wheel
trouble is merely a matter of time.
Some men find it hard to 60 where everything
is lit up without getting lit up"
Some men work themselves thin trying to
sidestep the boss and kill time.
Canada sent us only $5O,0OO,0 900 in gold last
week. Why this niggardness?
This life is just one grand eat after another
when we can get the eats.
Thank goodness, the open season for discov.
ering conspiracies is short.
This month, in the eyes Of the children, Il the
before ths month,
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-09

Just about this time all the pro-ally papers in
this country will advise the president what to do
in the case Of the Marina. Naturally it will be
wise, neutral and patriotic advice.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-09

WhieAHi a U-bojaat bobs up another kind Of boat
.!y .s|sR tYsaSoS down \ s1l. St,. "A, (,
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-09

The movement of the price of cotton seems to
be upwards, ever upwards. If it keeps going up
it might be advisable for safe companies to pa
troll the south with drummers.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-09

This month, in the eyes Of the children, 10 the
month before tbs month, .--
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-09

saabsXkn Exchange insists that no one ever plays
1pk They work T@
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-21

Washington, April 21.-While the
United States waits for Germany TO
reply to the note demanding the i'm.
mediate abandonment of present meth
DDS of conducting submarine warfare,
one of the chief sources CT concern at
Washington is the possibility of anoth-
er attack on a peaceful snip carr ms
Americans, before the Berlin govern.
ment has determined upon lts course
In such an event it is admitted an i'm
mediate rupture could be prevented
only by proof that Germany had been
unable TO communicate with her sub
marine commanders.
In explaining the demand of the
United States, officials said yesterday
that, while abandonment of the pres.
ent illegal methods at once was essen
tial to continuance of diplomatic rela-
tions. the United States might agree
to German submarines operating un-
der the strict restrictions of cruiser
warfare 1t was emphatically reiter-
ated, however, that a discussion OF
that phase would not be entered into
until the present campaign was
brought to a stop The United States
stands firm in its determination not
to tolerate the unlawful and inhumane
sinking OF another ship.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-21
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
Prospects for a Good Season Never
More Encouraging

Owing to the generous support of the
Bennington public the baseball season
for the local high school team has
brighter prospects. At present the
team is provided with a diamond to
work on, complete equipment TO work
with, about twenty suits and men to
work in them and reliable coach to
work under.
Most positions are hotly contested
and the candidates have been praeti-
cling strenuously for some time under
the direction OF Coach Prindle,
Saturday Of this week St. Joseph S
of North Adams wiz clash with the
high school at Morgan Park A
close game is expected as the North
Adams school is credited with strong
team and according to reports they
have been going through some hard
training on the diamond under Capt
Lilly in order that they may down the
local team.
The home team has not been as yet
definitely selected However 1t is eX
pected that Shulta will be behind the
bat, Capt. Parsons on the mount
and Leahy at first base. The other in
field positions are contested for as fol
lows: second base, Harwood and
Chase; short stop, Harris and W. Arm
strong; third base, c. Armstrong and
Lundergan. Among the candidates fol
the outheld are Jenney, r. Burt Il
Burt, Barrett, and Cummings.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-21
EURoPE'S BLINDED SOLDIERS
c. H. Dewey Will Receive contribu
tions to Assist Fund.

Thousands OF soldiers in the present
European war have been made per-
manently blind. The character of the
fighting is such that it has caused
more injuries of this nature than any
previous conflict in the worlds his
tory.
To aid these suffering victims of
the great tragedy special training
schools are being conducted in Eng
land and France in which the sight
less soldiers are being taught a trade
through which they may eventually
become self.supporting during the
cheerless years that must mark the re-
mainder of their lives.
While the blind men are attending
these schools they are being support.
ed largely through the contributions
of those who have the blessing of eye
sight and to carry on this humane
work the Permanent Blind Relief
Fund has been established
Charles II. Dewey, treasurer of the
Remington County Savings bank, viii
receive and forward to the treasurer
OF the fund in the United States
Frank A. Vanderlip of New York, all
contributions that may be entrusted
to him. n.f lE
Every single contribution will help
in this most worthy cause and delay
of a day in its making means that an
unfortunate English, French or Bel
gian soldier must continue to wait in
darkness for the little that can he done
for his mental as well as physical com
fort. Without the assistance that can
be had form no other source than gener
al contributions these afflicted men
must not only endure the greatest OF
deprivations but they must also suffer
the ignominy Of dependence.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-21
GE EMANY PER MITS
EXPECTATION OF
DYE SIUFFS
Shipment of $1,000 Tons Coming
to United States
MUSTBE CONSUMED IN AMERICA
Can Not Be Re-Exported to Great
Britain or Her
Allies

Washington, April 21.-The German
government has agreed to permit ex-
portation to the United States of 15,'
600 tons Of dye smffs, lack Of which
has seriously affected American tex
tile manufacturers. Notification to this
effect was contained in q note delivered
yesterday by Count Won BernstoMf, the
German ambassador, to Secretary
Lansing.
The communication explains that,
while Germany refused at first to per
nit expectation of dye stutfs unless
they be exchanged for American goods
now excluded from Germany by the
British blockade, after careful consid-
Grafton of the situation it has been
seen that this blockade has resulted
in serious embarrassment to those
American industries which are in need
of dye stuffs' and the imperial Ger
man government now is prepared to
make "a single exception in permit
ting expectation in this instance. 1t
is required only that the dye stuffs
shall be consumed by American man
ufacturers and not re-eXported to
Great Britain or her allies. 1t is eX-
pected that the state department i'm
mediately will make representation to
Great Britain to insure the safe ar
rival OF the dye stuffs in this country.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-21
BR|TIST CABINET 7.
COMP PROMISES ON
CONSCRIP
Deadlock Which Threatened Re-
SignatlOnS is Broken
ANOTHER TRIAL FOR VOLUNTEERS
Laborites VIII Consent to Gradual
Extension of Conscription, If
Necessary.
ANOTHER TRIAL FOR VOLUNTEERS

London, April 21.-The whole Brit
ish nation was surprised and the great
majority of the people were eheereu
by the unexpected announcement aller
the cabinet meeting yesterday morn
ing that the cabinet deadlock over the
question OF extending military con-
scription had been compromised, mus
the country is saved from the anxious
days it would have suffered until Par
lament reassembles on Tuesday ana
from the newspaper controversy which
would have ragged meantime.
The labor party, which was the only
, political group united against further
measures of compulsion, is credited
with paving the way to the agree
ment. The leader of the labor party,
Arthur Henderson, president OF the
board of education, proposed, accord
ing to the reports, further trial OF
voluntary enlistment, with the promise
that the laborites would consent to a
gradual extension of conscription If it
proved necessary to secure the num-
Der of men which the military author
tiles consider essential.
The labor members, together with
others, demanded that they be in
formed on the exact position-what
number of men had already been en-
rolled and pledged; how many the war
Office requires to enlarge the army and
replace the wastage by casualties and
other causes Consequently a secret
session of both houses will be con
yened Tuesday at which the govern
ment will supply full information.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-21
GERMANY CANMAKE
u. S. NO FURTHER
CONCESSIONS
Admiralty Chief Won HO|tzendOff
Says Limit Has Been Reached
BREAK WOULD Be SUICIDAL
Is Positive No German Submarine Was
Responsible for Sinking of
the Sussex.

Berlin, April 21.-"Germany can 90
no further in concessions to the Unit
ed States" said Admiral Won Holtzen-
dorff, chief of the German admiralty
staff in an intervied with the United
Press correspondent today.
But remember" the admiral con-
tinued. that Germany does not want
to break with the United States That
would be insanity. A German subma-
rine did not sink the Sussex. OF that
am as positive as am OF anything
that has happened in this war. do not
believe that the American people want
to declare war against Germany. | do
not think the United States wants TO
protect England
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-21
FR[NCEONCE MORE
ON OFFENSIVE
ABOUT vEROUN
Have Attacked German Lines on
Right Bank Of MeuSe
FRESH TROOPS FROM THE EAST
Kaiser Withdrawing Forces from Bal.
kans to Far Western
Front.

London, April 21.-The French again
have taken the offensive in the Verdun
battle and launched attacks against
the German lines on the right bank Of
the Meuse. Paris declares the aggres-
siye movement was successful, result.
ing in the capture of parts of German
trenches and a redoubt and in the TAX
ing Of several hundred prisoners.
This operation on the part of Cen
Petain's forces follows closely Ger
man move in a new field in the strug-
gle for the fortress. This took the
form of a drive on the extreme right
flank of the French forces in this
section, three successive attacks being
delivered at Les Eparges, about IL
miles southeast of Verdun on the edge
of the Woevre plain.
Military observers have long expect
ed some such operation on the part of
the Germans as part of a squeezing
movement intended to force the evacu-
alton of the fortress. The new at
tempt was unsuccessful, however,
Paris has reported, the Germans hav-
ing been driven by eounter-attack
out Of the 200 yards of trenches they
had succeeded in occupying.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-21
BODY PROVES NOT
TO BE REMAINS
Of VILLA
Mexican Bandit Now Believed to
Be Alive and Well
STORY OF WOUNDS DISCREDITEO
Pershings Troops Withdrawn from
Vicinity of Parral and Expedition
temporarily Halted.

Chihuahua, Mex, April 21--The body
exhumed from lonely mountain grave
is not that of Pancho Villa, declares
Gen. Luis Gutierrez, the commander of
the Caranza garrison.
Consul Letcher declares that Villa
was not present at the battle of Guer-
rero where he was reported to have
beer wounded.
Villa is now believed to be in Dur
ango and little faith is placed now in
the stories that he has been wounded
San Antonio, Tex, April 21.-Gen
Pershing has withdrawn his troops
from the vicinity of parral in order to
avoid the possibility of attack by angry
MeXicans and the expedition is at pres
ent stalled awaiting the result of the
conference between Gems. Scott and
Funston.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-21
$1,000 VERMONT COW
Four-Year-Old Holstein Bought BY
New Hampshire Breeder.

Bellows Falls. April l9-One thou
sand dollars was paid today for four
year.old bred registered Holstein COW,
The COW was bred by II. G. Wiley Of
Chester and consigned to two days
sale held yesterday and today. The
consignee was G. A. Hosmer of Chester
Depot and the high price of the sale
was paid by j. II. OBrien of Walpole,
n. H., who also paid 1925 for a six
months.old daughter of the $1,000 COW.
Good prices were paid today, pair
of heifers being bid off by l.. c. Lowell
of Bellows Falls for $500. +. II. Met
calf of Holyoke, Mass. paid the high
price yesterday, when he bid $3.50 for
four.year-old COW. He bought II
pure breds and paid total of S2935.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-21
ALLIES INSISTUPdN
LEGALITY Of
BLOCKADE
Join in Note Answering Protest of
United States
CIVIL WAR PRECEDENT CITED
Great Britain and France Maintain
Restriction Of Imports is
Justified.

Washington, April 2o.-According
to authentic information reaching
Washington, Great Britain and France
in their joint note replying to the
American protest against interferences
with neutral trade, make no attempt to
dispute principles contended for by the
United States, but insist that those
principles have been given legal inter
pretation and application by the Allies
in their blockade of Germany and
Austria.
This note, which will be handed to
the State Department within the next
day or two by the British and French
Ambassadors, is understood to be long
and extremely technical. treating OF
the whole subject on a purely legal
basis, and relying largely upon the pre-
cedents laid down by the United States
in the civil war. 1t is said the Allies
assume that the United States Govern
ment does not contend that it has the
right TO ship goods without restriction
into Germany or Austria through con-
tiguous neutral countries such as Hol.
land, Sweden and Denmark,
The concession of the right to block
ade an enemy country, which is uni
versally recognized, is regarded as
necessarily carrying with it the right
to regulate the admission OF goods to
the neutral country, evidently destined
to be transferred to the enemy. Con.
sequently it is contended that it is
within the spirit OF international law
to limit imports into a neutral country
such as Holland, of goods that might
be of use to Germany and Austria, &c
the amount normally consumed in the
neutral country.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-21

Paris, April 21.-French resistance
in the region Of Verdun is compelling
the German general staff to withdraw
large forces from the Teuton front in
Macedonia and Seryia and in Russia,
according to information obtained yes
terday from the highest military au-
thorities. The 1st division of the 1st
German army corps and another divi-
sion not yet identified are said to be
among the troops which have Just
been brought from the other fronts
The 18th army corps and the 18th Ba-
yarian division. it is said have been
brought from Seryia.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-21
IN ONE FAMILY 1876 YEARS
Mount Holly DawlsYs Date Back to
1871 on Sc : Farms

Mount Holly,sAprii 1S.-Mount Hol-
ly comes we'll TO the front in the mat
ter of number of generations, born on
and occupying the same farm, as the
Dawley farm, located in the northwest
part of the town, has been owned and
occupied by Dawley's for 1876 years.
In 1881, Perry Green Dawley came
from Rhode Island and located on this
farm which was then a wilderness
He built log cabin, in which Perry
Green ,jr., was born in 1882, being the
first male child born in Mount Holly
There is no record Of this farm ever
being owned or occupied by any ex-
cept a Dawley.
Mount Holly claims to lead the list
of all Vermont towns yet heard from
where six generations have owned and
occupied the same farm, all of the
same name, and where five of these
generations of the same name were
born on the place.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-21

FORD LEADS BY 1000 VOTES
Latest Nebraska Returns Indicate
Bryan viii Not Be a DELEGATE.

Omaha. Neb., April 2O-Latest re-
turns from Tuesdays primary election
covering about one-third of the State
indie pe that Henry Ford leads Unit
ed S.Senator Cummins, his near
est con-. 'ate for the Republican
Presidentia. Lb,pation, by 1000
votes. Justice sce L. Hughes is
third.
William Jennings /an tonight
stood sixth on the list of candidates
for delegates to the Democratic Ma
tional Convention. Four candidates
are to be elected.
Senator Hitchcock has been renomi-
mated for United States Senator on the
Democratic ticket, and John H. Ken
nedy will be his Republican opponent.
Keith Neville has a lead of nearly
10000 votes in his contest with c. w.
Bryan, brother of the former Secre-
tary of State, for the Democratic nom
ination for Governor.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-21
Friday, May 9Th, 1916.
a & 40 e DAY

And | urge the men and women and
boys and girls of our commonwealth
TO make this day profitable by prac-
tical demonstration in tree planting
and by careful and earnest attention
to the study of Nermont's needs in
forest protection, development and con
seryaticn.
The planting of shrubs and trees, the
study of birds and bird life and the
planning of our gardens should receive
our appreciation; but we should not
forget the greater needs of Vermont
the building of ideals by spirited,
energetic and wholesome cooperation.
that a great state may become great
er, that a good people may become
better, that disagreeable tasks may be
come pleasant duties, and that health,
happiness and work may become our
greatest asset.
Given under my hand and the great
seal Of the state. at Montpelier this
10Th day of April, in the year of our
Lord. one thousand nine hundred and
sixteen, and of the independence of the
United States, the one hundred and
lortieth
tSeal1
CHARLES WINSLoW GATES,
Gcvenof.
by the governor: Benjamin Gates
Secretary of Civil and Military affairs