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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-01-14
JUDGE ORDERS FARM SOLD.
Proceeds to Be Used for Educating
Two Minor Children of Owner OF
Farm in Londonderry.

Judge f. l.. Fish, who presided at
the September term of the Windham
county court, has signed an order
authorizing the public sale of a farm
in Londonderry now standing in the
name of Richard Bennett, jr., and pro-
viding the avails shall apply on an
order issued at the last term of county
court requiring that George G. Stowell
pay $4,000 to his wife, Carmen NJ.
Stowell, for the education of two mi
nor children. This order was made as
Il lien on the farm of George c. Sto-
well, which stands III the name of
Bennett. 1t was ordered that the pay
ment be made before Nov. 20, 1915.
More than a month having passed
without com 2liance with the original
order, an application for an execution
has been signed by Judge Fish. No
date for the sale, which is to be pub
lie, has been set. Gibson & Daley are
attorneys for Mrs. Stowell.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-01-14
Salvation Army Leader to Leave.

Captain and Mrs. Worthington, who
were in charge of the Salvation Army
work in Bristol, Conn, until it was
closed few weeks ago, have been as
signed to duty at Brattleboro and will
come here within a few days. The
army work in Bristol produced indif-
ferent results and through the repre-
sensations of the Bristol chamber of
commerce to the head of the southern
New England division it was discon'
tinued.
Ensign and Mrs. McMahan, who are
now in charge of the local corps
came here from Athol, Mass, last
October. They have not yet been given
the name of the place to which they
are to be transferred.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-01-14
These Are Needed in Home.

Here is a list Of labor saving articles
for the farm and home which should
be introduced as rapidly as possible.
Range (coal or wood, kitchen sink,
kitchen cabinet, dish washer, fireless
cooker linoleum on kitchen floor, pow
err washing machine, hand vacuum
cleaner, gasoline fiat iron, meat chop
per, bread mixer, self-wringing mop
pail litter carrier, stanchions, manure
sprealer, feed mill, silage cutter, sulky
plow corn binder, hay loader, side
delivery rake, grain binder, gasoline
engine, portable spray pump, hand
battery lamp, running water for house
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-01-14
Horse Broke Away and Ran.

One of Mosher & fuckers horses,
which was being used in the north part
of the village, ran away Friday
about 1915 o o'clock after breaking
away because he was tied too closely
and dashed down through Main street
with great speed. 1t was attached to
a double runner, which collided with
Robert G. Coombs's milk sleigh near
March s bakery. The impact broke the
thills and crossbar of the double run
ner, freeing the horse, which continued
down Vernon street.
The horse attached to the milk
sleigh got into action following the
collision, turned around and started
down the Main street hill, stopping in
front of Wood S hardware store. The
milk sleigh was somewhat damaged and
a few bottles of milk were spilled.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-01-14
Bill in Legislature Would Give Jesse
Pomeroy Privileges.

A bill to provide that life prisoners
who have served more than 40 years
on automobile rides on holidays was
filed with the legislature in Boston
Wednesday of this week. Under the pro.
visions of bill, which is entitled can
act to humanize prisoners" Jesse L.
Pomeroy, who has been in solitary
confinement 40 years, would receive
unusual privileges.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-01-14

Texas, which in 1850 stood twelfth in
rank, is now the seventh state in the
American Union in point of wealth.
1t is first IN point of size and fifth in
population. and it's railroads are OF
higher value than those of any other
state.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-01-14

One of the largest English railways is
building a fireproofing plant in which to
treat all of the lumber used in cars which
will be constructed in future.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-01-14

Every year about Is people out Of
every thousand in England marry.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-08

Shades of Demosthenes and -Gicero! What could even the orators have done had Rome and Athens dulled blunt indicatives
 Language is the worlds oldest won der. No one really knows how it be- gan or how it attained it's structural perfection. The Greek grammar was finer than the Roman, the, Sanskrit finer than the Greek. Language is the one taking argument for prehistoric Golden Age. Its laws have been studied and named and marveled at by men like Grimm and Mueller and our own Whitney as if human speech had some mysterious life of it's own. The least the rest of us can do is to pass it to the next generation with the least possible damage from our own using.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-08
The Habit of Gun Toting
(Ansonia Sentinel.)

Murders and suicides show strik
 ing tendency to multiply in those
 parts of the country where the habit
 of permiscouous weapon carrying is
 allowed to flourish. Vice versa they
 show an equally striking tendency to decrease, when the law makes 1t q
 penal offense to carry deadly wea-
 pons on the person. The habit of
 pistol and knife carrying is general in some of the southern states and
 these are the very states where hu-
 man life is held the cheapest and
 sacrificed with the most wantonneS
 With a weapon handy every quarrel
 may have fatal outcome. The in difference of the citizen places a premium on murder, manslaughter and other crimes of violence. But the contrary is always the case where state or municipality prohibits the promiscuous carriage of deadly arms. New York, since the passage of the Sullivan law, not a perfect law by any means but step in the right direction, nas seen a decrease in homicides by means of the revolver of 37 per cent. It has seen the sui cides by that weapon fall off "A per cent. So states the report on the
 operation of the law just issued.
 is no excuse for pistol toting" un- der any system of thought and that
 it persists in so many states is an indictment of the carelessness of our
 civilization. Connecticut cities have
 laws upon the subject of weapon
 bearing and here too it has mater ially decreased the amount of life
 taking It would decrease it still
 more had we a general law on the
 subject and punishment more severe
 than that now in force and applied.
 It is a subject that the United
 States can ponder over with some profit.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-08

HE motives governing the say
 ing of, or taking of, human
 life are essentially the same,
 A and identical passions sway the bosom when either act Is con templated, remarks Thermos. the little known Greek philosopher. But be 1t as 1t may, Therrnos was a minor league philosopher and Athens, o. had no trouble in getting waivers on him. Thermos wanted to say that the per son confronted with the doing of either Of these things hasn't time to think or Carnegie medals or the hangman's s moose. At the moment he is obsessed with the idea that the thing must be done. and he does it regardless Frank Moran, sorrel topped Pitts burgher, conqueror of Jim CofYey and challenger for the heavyweight crown, saved my life one time, and when he did 1t there lurked no back brained idea that he would be tho recipient of the treasury departments silver medal for saving life No, indeed, the inci- dent was never brought to official mo- tice, and not many persons know this story.
 Along back in 1906 Moran was a quartermaster in the navy, stationed aboard the presidential yacht Mayhow- CT, while the writer of this yarn was a United States marine aboard the same little craft. We were lying at San Pedro de Macoris, at the lower end of SamaAa bay, in Santo Domingo, and the Mayfower was junior ship of the mosquito fleet" stationed there ready to put down any uprising that might occur in that section of the country.
 Dominica had had the same president for two months, and the populace was getting uneasy on that account.
 Another man with a dozen followers and $8, Mexican in his jeans was turk ing in the hills ready to swoop down and seize the government. He was the only man in Santo Domingo, so the Mayfower sailors said, who had never been president of that country. and now 1t was his turn.
 You know the mothers and Sunday school teachers down there take the young male hopeful on their laps and hand him this line of bunk, Some day you may grow up to be perfectly re- spectable, never having been president, and can get a good job driving a team of horses" Technically speaking, this Is teaching the young idea how to dodge bullets.
 Anyway, we received the president of Santo Domingo aboard tho Maynower one day with the full honors due his great rank. The Dominican flag was run to our fore, the forward battery boomed in salute, there were rumes and fourishes on the drum and trun- pet, and the side boys and marine guard rendered the usual quarterback honors to the great man.
 An hour later a black man in a bum boat hauled alongside our Jacob lad der at tho boom and shouted, 'Laun-
New Britain herald., 1916-01-08

dray, laundray; is yo all got any | washin' to be done?"
 | It was the president of Santo Do-
 mingo. The very same man we had made such a fuss over short time before. At least Frank Moran, quar- termaster, so whispered to me as stood leaning against the fife rail on 1 the forecastle.
 Come on, come on, where dye think yer at? Home on a furlough?' l asked. I've sailed the seas as long as you have, and I shouldn't be expected to 1 believe such stuff."
 Don't you like what I'm telling you?' asked Moran.
 | "No, I do not" I answered. "Ill make you like it, he said with 1 out displaying the least sign of emo- l ton.
 You'll be a whole lot older than you are now when that comes off. I ask pardon for the liberty I take in so ad | dressing you, but l am convinced that you are something of a stuffed shirt, a | stewed prune Aboard here you are | pretty much to the Joe Beef, but l ashore I think you'd be deaf and | dumb"
 We've got big forecastle and plen- | ty of gloves" Moran suggested. "I want to get you ashore.' an- | swered
 "As you please" said Moran. and right there the matter rested. | Now, understand me, I didn't enter | tain any foolish notions of besting | Moran in the fight. 1 expected to take 1 a beating but for the honor of the old i marine corps I would have accepted it | willingly rather than let my shipmates l of the corps know that I had been 1 bluffed or had quit under fire. l And so, when l went ashore with the swimming party next day, I was re- l lieved to know that Moran was not of our number I didn't want to swim l very bad, but I disliked to remain aboard lest Moran get an idea that 1 was afraid to go ashore AS we showed l off from the ship in the first cutter 1 glanced up at the bridge and saw Mo- I ran on watch there. He waved his hand at me and smiled. I smiled back at him. Why not? No malice har- bored in either of our hearts. The waters of Samana bay were | shark infested, but there was a good bathing beach at Macoris, and soon after our arrival we plunged in to en- 1 joy the sport. I got away out from 1 the others and was enjoying a peace | full swim in plain view of the ship.
 After awhile I noticed the Mayf1ower's
 second cutter shove off. paid little | heed to this and kept on swimming 1 farther and farther from the shore. l Finally a full half mile from the beach
 one of my legs became cramped, and I 1 stopped swimming and turned over on
 by back. Marines are taught by their
 officers not to get panicky in 8 time of
 stress or danger, and my training and
 discipline served me in good stead just
 then. I floated on quietly, now and l then giving voice to a shout for assist
New Britain herald., 1916-01-08

fiected in dispatches from Am mbassador PenfielR al. at.. Viennas> led officials to bel.ser the sinking of the Persia mighf1 not result sint difficulties E so gravegas at first were feared. '. .. ,,..
 Information regarding the circum- stances of the Persia still were lack ing tonight. However, the depart ment was continuing its efforts to gain knowledge of the details. Ad- ditional instructions were cabled to various consular and diplomatic ofR- cials.
 U. S. Stands Firm.
 It was made clear at. the state de- partment during the. day that the position of the United States in re gard to Americans having a right TO travel on merchant ships regardless of whether they were armed for de- fense had not been changed.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-08
,1rmany Comedies to 7. 5: S.-'
 Mdemni1y f0r Lusitania
fety for Passengers and Crews Promised - Matter of Persia Will Be Fully Investigated to Determine
 Nationality of U.-Boat

ashington, Jan S.-TwO commu-
 St1ons from Germany reached the tied States yesterday, one contain
 a proposal to pay an indemnity 1.-the Americans lost in the Lusitan-
 dlsaster, which may bring nego- ! ons on that subject. to a conclu-
 and the other conveying as- #nces that German subm arine com-
 hders operating in the Mediterran- j would not torpedo non-com blatant &s of any character without warn- 4them and according safety to their #Bengers.
 R1e communications were delivered
 Secretary Lansing by Count Won &1storff, the German ambassador. secretary immediately sent them President Wilson.
 &ne attitude Germany apparently
 assumed was considered to be Haally in harmony with the Amer viewpoint.
 enslon regarding the entire sub- line question seemed to have les
 Ed considerably.
 is said that Germany and Aus
 Hungary will use their influence bring everything to an amicab1e
 ement. .- ..~
 GeT1nany's Concessions. &bllowing conference in Washing 4with Ambassador Won Bernstorff, Following statement was issued by fetary of State Lansing:
 Ehe German ambassador yesterday at the department of state under ructions from his government the owing communication:
 '1-German submarines in the Biterranean had, from the begin S, orders to conduct cruiser war against enemy merchant vessels i in accordance With general prin- les of International law and in par liar measures of reprisa1, as ap- ] d in the war zone around the fish Isles, were to be excluded. 2-German submarines are Before permitted to destroy enemy $chant vessels in. the Mediterran- Ri. e., passenger a well as freight Ape or offer resistance-only after Rengers and crews have been &C., Bed safety. :s '3-All cases of destruction of sny merchant ships in the Medi- zanean in which Geerman subma- Is are concerned are made the sub of official investigation and be- Els, submitted to regular prize Et proceedings. Insofar as Ameri- Interests are -cOncerned the Ger government will communicate result to the American govern 1 Rt Thus, also, in the Persia case l he circumstances should call for 1 '4-If commanders of German marines should not have obeyed 1 |orders given to them, they will be
New Britain herald., 1916-01-08
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How Heavyweight Frank Moran Saved
 Gunnery Sergeant T. c. Sterrett's Life

I ance The cramps were getting worse
 all the time, but I hoped help would
 reach me before I lost my nerve anC
 couldn't hold myself up any longer.
 Then a cramp attacked me amid
 ships, and I sank down, down, down
 Reaching surface on the up trip
 shouted at the top of my voice and was
 overjoyed to hear answering cries.
 struggled as best I could to keep my
 self af1oat and was just about to sink
 for the second time when a pair, of
 strong arms grabbed me from behind, turned in the embrace and gazed
 into the blue eyes of Frank Moran. i Thus and so had the philosophy of | Thermos proved glass jawed. Moran was a good swimmer and 1 strong, and soon we were safe on the l beach, I came around quickly and in 1 a short time felt as strong as ever. approached mine arch enemy and held | out my hand. I was not ashamed to l do so Moran had shown me the way | to forgive and forget.
 T thank you for saving my life,"
 said
 Moran eyed my six feet of length and 190 pounds of weight and smiled. 'I knew you'd be grateful he said. T knew you wouldn't want to die | without finding out which of us is the better man. Square your yards and heave to for a trinming.' "Righto, mate. No marine has ever yet retreated in the face of battle, and no swab like you is ever going to make me forget that our corps motto is: 'Semper Fidelis.' Who's your next of kin to be notified in case of death?" And so, there on the white sands of the beach at San Pedro de Macoris, Frank Moran and I did battle. Which was the better man you ask? Well, it is not for me to pull any of the Jack Munro or Fred Fulton stuff, and freely, frankly, I confess that Frank Moran was, is and always will be.
 Perhaps if you ask him he'll tell you that I was the better man, with a clean cut win over him.
 At any rate, after that memorable battle on the beach a close friendship sprang up between us which has lasted to this very day.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-08
The Abuse of Language. (BOStOn HeraId)

Whether our speech is to serve us as a mitten or as a glove depends on the pains we are willing to take with distinctions like those in "should'' and "would," "who' and that the boys and "of the boy" For our thought, both in seeing things and in mulling them over, is far subtler and more finely shaded that the cor responding string of words that we address to our friends: in such ex- preston as we can reach, we depend on the trim distinctions of our gram mar as directly as the typist on the distinctions of her keyboard or the wood carvers on the differences of his gouges. To lose from good usage even one well-based grammatical distinc- tion is to lessen by just that amount our means of matching our thoughts with our words
 Unhappily our careless use of the mother tongue is confusing forms and dropping distinctions that even collO- quial WOrdig can ill spare Our enOr- nous vocabulary grows faster than the dictionary makers can issue appendix and new edition: but our grammar, like n aging tree, is decaying at the tips. Take for instance "would' and should" Here in New England the distinction fingers In the middle West and beyond ''would' has hopelessly merged with it's own service that of should" The smoother phrases q would like" and T would be grateful already appear in formal writing, and only the verbalist is vexed The dis tinction of .'who' from that for all the good examples in the talk of street and shop and in the common version of the Bible, is as good as gone from our modern books. In "a running fight" "by running a race," ''I saw John running "I saw Johns run ning,' how many of us can tell apart, as adjective, infinite, participle and verbal noun, those four ~"runnings' Is it a wonder that we are letting slip the good distinction between "He didn't like Tom interrupting" and He didn't like Toms interrupting" A graver loss has come of our laziness with subjunctive forms. Our school children think us quaint when we say, If he were or Wherever it be-"
New Britain herald., 1916-01-08
PETER SCOTT A 25,ooo HORSE.

DETER SCOTT, the speedy son of A Peter the Great, has demonstrated that he Is a $25,000 horse. He has justi- fled the claims of his admirers that he would earn that distinction before the season closed, and he accomplished the feat in spite of tremendous handicap.
 When Peter Scott failed to win the rich M. and M. stakes only his imme
 diate stable connections regarded him as & possible winner of s35,000 or more, but now all realize that the expecta- tions of Peter Scott's admirers were based on substantial calculation. for his record to date shows that the gross amount of his winnings is s35,000. This money was earned in fourteen races, in thirteen of which he finished first.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-08
HELD CHRISTMAS PARTY.
P. & F. Corbin Forernen's Club Has Enjoyable Celebration.

Although Christmas passed into his tory two weeks ago that fact did not deter the members of the P. & F. Cor bin Foremen's club from having an enjoyable Christmas celebration and social in Bardeck's hall last evening" Including members and guests over 25O were present. A handsomely dec orated Christmas tree occupied the center of the stage.
 The special entertainment feature was a three round bout between ''Tommy' Shea, bantamweight cham pion of New England, and "Kid' Murphy of New York and three rounds with "Johnny' Welton of Meriden. Jack" Hennessey of Meri- den was referee and w. w. Hanna timed the bouts A supper followed and an orchestra rendered selections
New Britain herald., 1916-01-08

, punished; furthermore, the German l government will make reparation fo1 damage caused by death of or injur- | ies to American citizens.' :" Indemnity for Lusitania. In another communica ton present. 1 ed to the state department yesterday 1 Germany offered to pay indemnity for l sinking the Lusitania, refusing, how l ever, to admit any wrongdoing in the 1 act.
 No Wrongdoing Admitted.
 Under the terms of the proposal l submitted for the approval of the l United States, Germany, while offer 1 ing to pay an indemnity, makes the reservation that no admission of wrongdoing thereby is involved. It is contended that the Lusitania was sunk as an act of reprisal for the British blockade of Germany. While Secretary Lansing is under | stood not to have indicted to Count Won Bernstorff whether the proposal was satisfactory, a number of offi- cials in a position to be familiar with the American attitude indicated that it would be accepted.
 Promises Made.
 The assurances regarding the con- duct of submarine warfare in the Mediterranean, obviously prompted by the sinking of the British steam ship Persia with a loss of two Amer ican lives, are much broader in thelr scope than the promises made after the Lusitania disaster covering the operations of submarines in the North Sea and adjacent waters The latter guaranteed only that "liners' shoulo be immune from attack WlthouI warning. The assurances regarding the Mediterranean operations 1ncluoe privately owned ships of every char acter, freight as well as passenger vessels.
 It was revealed yesterday that in the reply to the last note regarding the William P. Frye. the Berlin for eign office agreed with the American view that small boats cannot under all conditions be considered a place of safety for persons leaving a ship about to be attacked.
 The Persia Matter.
 The German government, apparent ly not certain whether a German submarine sank the Persia, promises the United States in this communica- tion that should it develop that such was the case the matter will be in vestigated and submitted to prize court proceedings, and that if the commander disobeyed his orders he will be punished and reparation made for the death or injuries to American citizens.
 Situation Better.
 Consideration of the German as- suranceS and of the apparent atti- tude of the Austria Hungary is re-
New Britain herald., 1916-01-08

for the regular order of business MT. Cooper sat down. He had scarcely taken his seat, however, when MT. Stafford gained the floor. In an impassioned address he declared Mr. Gardner to be More British than American" criticised him for the na- ture of his remarks, when every member should weigh his words carefully" and strongly defended German Americans
New Britain herald., 1916-01-08

OLD Iron Man" Frank Smith, one of
 the years comebacks with the Feds, was born in Pittsburgh thirty six years ago. Smith isn't quite as old and ven- erable as Eddie Plank and Mordecai Brown, who ranked among the leading twirlers of the independent majors this year, but at that he sounds like ancient history to the newer crop of fans. The iron man" won nine and lost six games for the Tip Tops during the sea-