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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-14
THE LABOR SUPPLY.

In an investigation to be made con
corning the supply of labor, the Coun.
ell of National Defense has in mind
the demand for war industries, such
as the building of ships and the manu-.
facturc of munitions. 1t will under
take to adjust and distribute the sup
ply with due regard for priority of
demand.
While engaged in this work it should,
and doubtless will, consider the labor
needs Of agriculture Our farmers must
be encouraged to produce next year
crops even larger than those recently
harvested. Al the present time there
is an inclination to reduce acreage be.
cause the supply of help was INSULT,
cicnt in the recent season and the
shortage continues. Assertions have
come from some parts OF the country
where much aid was given by loans
from the Patriotic Farmers fund that
potatoes have been left in the ground,
land that should have been plowcd be
fore winter has not been disturbed be-
cause laborcrs could NOT be Obtained.
\ local representative of the food adj
ministration says that at least 1000
men must he released from the sclec.
tive draft if Lehigh county, Pa is to
have normal crops next year. Farms
have been abandoned because owners
could get no help. For the same rca.
son cows have been killed.
The farm labor problem is very
difficult one, botl here and abroad. In
France, where this yoor'S crops were
the smallest known in half century,
the minister of supply recently pro
posed the release of 100000 men from
the army for blowing and sowing, cX-
pressing a hope that their places would
be taken by American troops. But the
use Of our soldiers There reduces the
supply of farm labor at home, whore
surplus for France and England must
be produced. The urgent, immediate
demand here is for men in the ship
yards, war factories, and mines If
possible, it should be satisfied. But
those who strive to do this should be
thinking Of the farms and planning TO
help the agriculturists, whose food out
put next year will have great war
value.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-14
THIRTY TWO VOLUNTEERS.
Sent from Brattleboro This Week to
Recruiting Stations for Enlistment in
Vermont Regiment

Capt. T.. w. Gibson of Company |, LIST
Vermont regiment, who came from the
training camp AT Charlotte. y. c., on
a special mission to recruit the regi-
ment to full war strength, is well sat
isfied with the response made by Brat
tlcboro young men. During the first
three days of the week 80 volunteered
here for enlistment, nearly all from
Brattleboro, and all but nine of them
were Immediately sent to White River
Junction for examination at the re-
cruiting station. The nine who report
ed too late to reach that station before
the time expired Wednesday noon were
started for Rutland with the eXpecta-
tion that the station there would be
open until yesterday noon, but upon
reaching Bellows Falls it was learned
that it had been closed earlier than
planned by orders from the war depart
mcnt, They were sent back to Brat
tleboro, thence to Springfield, Mass.
Wednesday night where special ar.
rangements were made to accept late
volunteers from this state.
The % who volunteered were Euscbc
Dubrulc, Alonzo OWE, Joseph f. Taylor
James Clarity, Bernard Haus, Elmer
Gray, Daniel Hayes, l.. + Whitney and
Napoleon Lavoie, L. J. Bristol, Willis
futile, II. W. Lang, John II. Carpenter
George Fccto, Raymond j. Cornell OF
Hudson, Mass, Oscar u. Johnson OF
Bellows Falls, Joseph Campbell
Herbert Berger, Merrill A. Stark
Eric A, Johnson, Gilbert Clayton
of Jamaica, Christopher LaFon-
tame, Bruno Bara, Andrew Muir
ray, James Murray, Leo Parent, Charles
Harry Hall, Harold +. Pratt, Arthur
NJ. Jones, Harold II. Hennessey, Ed.
ward Ouger and William w. Fredett1
All recruits will be sent first from
the stations where accepted to Albany
y, Y, thence to Fort Slocum, n. Y,
where they will be equipped before GO
ing to join the regiment in Charlotte
\, Co. to which place they will travel
MS unit.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-14
FOR SALE
400 Acres Timber Lot
in Chesterfield
o. II. DICKINSON, Hinsdale, N. II.
COUNTY AGENTS. REPORT.
Lack of Cooperative Buying Makes
Grain Cost More Here.

County Agricultural Agent A. W
Swceton sent Monday to the county
agent leader his report for the week
which ended last Saturday. 1t read
as follows:
Dairy project. On December : tn,
retail price of wheat bran in Brattlc
horo was 500 per hundred and on the
same day the farmers in Orleans coun
ty were buying their bran from tho
Farmers Exchange for $50 per ton
The saving Of 20 cents per hundred in
the grain makes some difference in the
profit from the dairy.
| attended the annual meeting Of the
Rutland County Farm Bureau, where
Mr.. Sclby and Mr.. Farmer of the East
em States, Springfield, discussed plans
for organizing II large cooperative pur
chasing agency. We certainly neet
some help along this line for our dairy
interests are not going to develop as
they have been doing in other counties
when we are handicapped by an cXtrf
price Of 30 cents or ~ cents per hun
drcd for our grain.
spent part Of one day at the lIol
stein sale with County Agent j. c
Otis. II was very interesting to study
types and to observe the prices that
the various animals brought.
Miscellaneous project Have finished
my annual report and the December
Farm Bureau News has been sent out
Have had several inquiries in regard tC
the Federal Farm Loan, etc.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-14
NEGRO SOLDIERS HANGED.

The hanging of IL Negro soldiers who
participated in the Houston riot last
August was the most drastic military
enlistment in the history of the United
States There is nothing to compare
with il except the execution of several
soldiers at one time in the Mexican
war; Forty.onc other offenders were
sentenced to life Imprisonment and
three to serve shorter terms. The New
York World, while not disappearing
the punishment, points out that the Ne
groes were not the only persons at
fault. II says:
at was II terrible crime that these
men committed. 1t has been terribly
punished, and justly and properly pun
shcd. No excuse could be made, no
lcniency shown to men in the United
States uniform who set out deliberate
~ to commit indiscriminatc murder.
They were soldiers, who had been
trained to military discipline, and in
defiance of officers they organized a
mob under their own leaders for a gem
cral massacre of any and all persons
who crossed their path.
AT the same time, the Houston riot
and the events growing out Of it should
be warning to Southern officials At
the start the Houston police were to
blame, BY their attitude toward Ne
gro soldiers they created a feeling of
Ditto resentment that was finally re-
sponsiblc for the bloody outbreak that
followed, The Negro soldiers who
planned to do wholesale murder at
Houston have been hanged or sent to
prison for life, as justice requires, but
nothing in the sentences imposed up
ON them can excuse the mistreatment
of'Vnited States soldiers because their
skins are black
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-14
LIKES ARMY AND BUYS BOND.
Young Man Whose Sentence Was Sus-
pended on Condition that He Enlist
Writes His Attorney.

Some time ago not little criticism kdr>
caused by the action OF Municipal Judse
T, T.. 0Brien of Bellows Falls in suspend
ing the sentence of Eugene Deiosa and
George Lowell at session OF the court
in Newiane, in which the Young men
pleaded guilty to the charge OF larceny.
on condition that they enlis, in the gcA
ernment service.
Attorney A. V, q. Piper OF Brattleboic,
who was counsel for the young men and
who has served as an officer in the reg
ular army, has received several commuri.
cations from the young men since Ties
enlisted, and he is satisfied that the A.,
tion OF the court did more TO correct the
young mems ways and put them undo,
proper restraint than would have been
possible by any other means.
Derosier writes that he enjoys the sew
ice and that the officers appear to like
him, and says he has bought $50 Lab
clty bond and taken out $4,000 of life
insurance, II am cured already" he
writes.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-14

for New England, which is TO begin its
sessions in room 231 at the state house
in Boston next Tuesday, Dee. IS, will
try to determine from the evidence pre-.
scented what the cost Of producing milk
is, and then fix II price which means
reasonable return to the shipper The
time is short. but in view of the i'm.
portancc Of the hearing Vermont farm.
crs should be ably represented, and
they should be in q position to show
the details of cost as accurately as
possibly. BY having their ease we'll
prepared they will be in position to
get larger and faircr return on the
milk which they send to the city mar.
kct than ever before.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-14
THE VERMONT PHOENIX

Published in Brattleboro every Friday.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $3.50 A YEAR
81 90 for eight months: rs cents for six
months; so cents for four months; 40 cents
for three months. All subscriptions are pay
able strictly in advance. and all papers are
stopped promptly at their expiration unless
the subscriptions are renewed.
Rates OF display advertising furnished on
application. Small classified advertisements,
10 cents per line first insertion, Eve cents per
line each subsequent insertion.
entered at the Brnttleboro post once as
second class mail matter)
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-14

The supreme court of the United
states has rendered a decision of far.
reachcring effect in upholding the con
Stitutionalty Of the Idaho prohibition
law, II states that person has
no right to POSSESS liquors for per
>onal use if the state 50 forbids. This
makes Idaho bone-dry beyond question.
and of course the decision will be ap-
plcablc to other states. In its ruling
the highest court of the land thus
hroadens and solidifcS the foundation
Of prohibition which is designed to
prohibit. The situation in Idaho will
be far different from the so-callcd pro-
hibition days in Vermont and New
Hampshire. The North Carolina law.
which requires railroads and other car
riers 10 keep q distinct record Of the
names of persons to whom liquor is
shipped with a description of the goods
and when received, also secures the
sanction of the supreme court in Wash
ington. This requirement was chal-
lcnged on the ground that the state
was trying to regulate commerce be
! tween the states. In the Idaho ease
the court was unanimous, but in the
North Carolina one Justice Van De.
vanter dissented. In neither instance
can the liquor men find any ray of
| comfort
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-14
Life Insurance for women

at same rates and with an advantages
men have, This il as il should be. Per
nit us to give full information. Ma
tonal Life Insurance co, Montpelier,
Vt, tMutualD GSth year,
ALBERT c. LAIRD, Special Agent
Crosby Block, Bratteboro, W.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-14

The prediction is general in Washing.
ton that the house will pass the nation
wide prohibition amendment to which
the senate gave Affirmative action sew
eral months ago. The question comes
up next Monday for consideration, the
amendment having been reported unan-
imously out Of the judiciary committee.
The amendment will be submitted to
the states of the Union and if two-thirds
of them give it approval in the next
sc zen Years the law will 30 into effect
automatically Twcntyfour states arc
now in the prohibition class, and it
seems more than probable that ratif,
cation by enough others can be secured
in seven years of agitation to write
the law permanently upon the statute
books OF the nation Vermont, we be.
licve, will vote for national prohibition
when il gets the chance. Five years
ago the dream of q nation freed from
rum was regarded as fanatical, but that
dream is likely to become reality
within the next seven years.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-14
Last Straw.

Waitcr--Cup o tea, penn 'orth o.
ginger nuts, small lemon, a stone gin.
ger munition beer, and one am
sanwidgc. Wot tch bloomin' business
is a-comn to don 7 know! Passing
Show.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-14
Central Vermont Railway
Corrected to Dec. ., 1917.


Traln3 Leave BrattIeborO.
600 a. m. Except Sunday For New
London.
go Il. m, Except Sunday. For New
York via Springfield.
800 Il. M, Except Sunday. For South
londonderry.
Ito =. m. Except Sunday. For Kccnc,
New London and New York
ia the Norwich Line steam
rrS.
600 =. m, Except Sunday. Local for
South Londonderry.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-14
LOST
LUMBER
ANNUAL MEETING

The Forty fifth annual meeting of the
Jamaica Savings Bank for the election
Of officers and the transaction of neces-
sary business will be held at their
banking house in Jamaica on the last
Wednesday in December, it being the
25th day at 10 O'Clock a. IN.
}. $. ROBINSON, Secretary.
Jamaica, Vt, Dec. 10, 1917.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-14
Those Girls.

Jack said my face was a poem. -
:" 1t is, dcar-like one Of Brown
ing s. >"
" How do you mcaM.'
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-14

Vermont farmers are shipping 200,
000o0o pounds Of milk annually to
Boston. The federal milk commission
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-14
Gbe Uermunt 4benis.
TWELVE PAGES
BRATTLEBORO.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER IA, 1917.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-02
CIVIC EXPERT TO
MAKE TALK HERE

Clinton Rogers Woodruff. OF Pail
adeiphia, secretary OF the National
Municipal league, will be IN Detroit
Thursday 70 deliver an address be-
fore members OF the Detroit Cit.
zens' league. and 10 begin arrange
ments for holding the annual con
vention Of the national body In this
city next fall
After receiving invitations from
nine Of the principal cities OF Amer
Tea for the convention, II was de-
cided TO come 10 Detroit. largely be
cause OF the evident interest shown
here recently in modern ideas 81
city government. The convention
will have associated with II 81 the
same time national meetings OF the
City Managers association. the As
fociation OF Municipal Research
Agencies, and the Civic Secretaries
committee.
Thursday night AZ the Board OF
Commerce, Mr.. Woodruff viii de-
liver the address cn the occasion
ot the launching OF the charter re-
vision campaign OF the Citizens
league. Attorney Pliny w Marsh
will outline the plan OF the cam
paign, which is 20 be the largest
undertaking OF the kind yet Mt
tempted under auspices Of ths Ciu.
1ens' league. The meeting Will be-
Gin al $50 o'clock. with dinner
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-02
RUSSIAN NEWS
TRUST BUSTED
Old Arm Of Autocracy Re
formed By Republican
Leaders

Bl w y. ~ NHEFN ~
(Stdf Correspondent Cntet Press
PETRoGRD. April so-cDe
iayedl-Another cog wheel was torn
out Of the ola bureaucratic govern.
ment machine today when the OH
cisl government news trust. the
Agencie Telegrapaleue. was shorn
OF It's monoPol=jIc powers.
For wears this agency. which en-
ioyed An uuchaleuged monopoly OF
government and Official news. flnc.
toned as a powerful arm of the
old order Il was subsidized by the
cars government and was openly
and admittedly a propaganda and
publicity bureau OF The government
Il worked under an exclusive con
tract with one Of the big British
agencies and the allies Of that agen-
cy and sought 30 far az possible 70
prevent any official news from
reaching any competing agencies
Al the outbreak OF he revolution
VI Courland, managing director o.
the Agencie Telesraphique. ned 70
Finland A reorganization vas I'm
mediately begun which resulted TO-
day in opening up OF an Official and
semi-offcial news sources OF the
70 The United Press on
the same basis as exists for the
agencies allied with The Agencie
Toiegraphique
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-02

other self. You know perfectly
veil that N YOU tell this 90 others
hey viii tell eth others. and soon
sr or later Il will reach the ears %
Reddy's enemies Then something
may happen 10 those babies"
THAT isn't any business OF mine.
declared sammy.
Yes. Il is." replied his other SELF.
~ anything happened 20 one ot
Beddys babies because you had told
the secret OF where they are 10
would be wholly your fault You
would be the one 90 blame
81 wouldn't care" snapped SAM
my There are TOO many Foxes
anyway
ives. You would care" insisted
.re other SELF You have found ON
Rcddy's secret by spying and you
know what people think OF spies"
So FOR a Ions time sammy JAY
argued with himself ana tried TO
decide what he ought 20 DO and what
ne ought not 90 do. Il was very
pcrplexiug Don't YOU think 500
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-02
GERMANY CAN'T
POSE AS VICTOR
Berlin Editor Says Nation Is
No Longer Able To
Dictate Terms
THEODORE WOLFF

LONDON. May What sort 81,
peaoe terms German Imperial Chan.
czlIor Won Bethmsnn Hollweg would
,rer tomorrow before the German
reichstag ran the gamut Of specu.
'atiou today Mos. London news
napers agreed he cbancellor's sec.
ond prefer has been forced ~
growing unrest thruolt the Central
empires for some Official govern
7ent statement OF Germany's war
aims
Meanwhue German newspaper
comment, received via Holland. in.
Guided this extract from an editorial
~ Theodore WOLF. In the Tage
blstt
we must openly admit that Ger
many "a no longer able 20 dictate
peace terms. even II she strove for
peace with an outward show % an
nexation. wh On Is not the case
Germany. however. demands a peace
that viii allow her freedom OF trade
and Independence and guarantee her
economic interests abroad shall Dc
protected, whether they be IN sgd
ney Yokohama or Antwerp"
The rcichstag reassembled today
after \ recess since April "a At
chat time Tho sitting was dissolved
amil considerable disorder on &C
count Of Socialist demands for com
piete discussion % the whole suh.
lec' Of food supplies and rauoninE
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-02
FRIENDLY VISIT
BARES DUAL LIFE
Wife Learns of Other Woman
When Sister Calls On
Mates Parents

II the sister OF Mrs. Nellie k'fk
had never made visit 20 Pitts
brrgh Mrs. Kirk might never have
learned that she had been deceived
by her husband. Charles D. kirk,
and might still be living with him
ia bllssful Ignorance, according 20
testimony Tuesday IN Judge wiz
llams' court "a a suit FOR annuiment
Mrs. Kirk secured decree from
Kirk after having supposed for near
" nine years that she was married
% him.
When her sister Mrs Davis, WIS.,
fled Kinks home 10 Pittsburgh she
raw a photograph OF another WON
an. She learned that % wa Kirks
wife. and that they never had been
divorced. She told Mrs. KIRK. and
the deceived wife demanded Ia vain
that Kirk get r divorce from Pie
first mate. whom be married Ia
1901 and by whom he bad ltTear-
cid boy.
Charles O'Neill told the court he
had taken up blgamy proceedings
with the prosecutor, but before he
had been able 20 get service Kirk
lad vanished from the Ford piah-
where he worked
Mrs. Virginia Beeman didn't i'ke
A hunters hatcheJ a Winchesrer
rife and an automatic revolver
which her husband. Guy Beeman,
insisted on keeping about their
home. she told Judge Houghton. bur
when ne insisted on getting mp IN
the middle OF the a ght 70 read her
parts OF the Bible and threatened
her with weapons 10 keep her
awake, she was terrorized. She got
her decree
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-02

You know what 81 means 20 ar
que or course Everybody knows
that Il Is 10 try 20 make others
think as you do while they try 90
make you think as they DO Il is
10 ny 20 prove that you are right
and some one else Is wrong Who1
ycr argue with any one YOU are
said 20 be having an argument
Now. arguments sometimes are
very good thlngs and sometimes
very bad things People who can
argue without losing their tempers
ofteu 90 a great deal ~ good be
cause In this way they bring Out all
ne truth shout a matter But very,
very often people who argue lose
heir tempers and the argument be
comes a quarrel and the quarrel
becomes a SIGHT. and IL IS an very
dreadful and a great pity
Sammy Jsy likes 20 argue bur
Sammy g one n those who s spt
u lose his temper unless. he fnds
,ha, be Is getting the best ~ ne
trrument The only safe thing tor
people Ike sammy IS FOR them 20
argue with themselves and no one
else sammy does that once IN a
while r is pretty good plan r.
aore people argued with Them
selves hey would avoid great deel
= trouble In This world They
wouldn't do a great many OF ,he
mean things they d. do.
When Sammy ley left the Old
Pasture where be had found ha
new house o. Reddy Fox and Mrs
Reddy and had guessed the secret
which II contained. he aew back 10
ne Green Forest In a srea, hurry
o as 70 spread the news that Red
dy Fox not only had new house
over In the Old Pasture hut also
sons babies He hadn't seen those
babies. but he was Just As sure that
hey were there n that new house
as + he had seen them He knew
bar Reddy and Mrs Reddy were
doing their very best 20 keep &c n
secret. and Re chucEled long and hc
chuckled mischievously as he
-nought how he would tel every.
0dy he met and so upset Rediy
nd Mrs Reddy and perhaps worry
rem and make trouble for them
Now, i, was quite q distance 20
the Green Forest. and because he
nret no one on the way Sammy he'd
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-02
CAR LINES
CHANGE ROUTES

beginning Monday. May 7. Wood.
ward south bound "thru" cars and
Depot line ears Will be rorouted un.
"a new tracks have been laid on
Joaerson-ave between Griswold and
Second SIS Woodward cars Will
tarn west on Congress. 10 Third. 10
Jefferson. 10 Woodward and there
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-02

himself
time Tor considerable thinSing lie
eot 20 thinking OF how he would
feel II some one should End his ICES.
and tell everybody iast where .
was and so perhaps brinE danger
10 The helpless babies there rhe
more De- Thought 10 this tho more
Uncomfortable Dee fclt lie stopped
cnucalhe and deu 70 his favor'te
fh.nkins tree. lr is tree In the
Green Forest where sammy - very
fond OF sitting alon' by himself 4
great deal OF mischief has Samu y
planned IN that tree Aud there.
TOO. he has planned some OF the
good deeds which 10 has done, ne
deeds which prove ttst sammy
snt really bad a. hear AZ all.
"Of course. IH ten everybody
Reddy secret said sammy a.
himself when he wac comfortable
seated IN his tree u ought 20
Peter Rabbit ought 20 know a.
Danny Meadow Mouse ought 90
know IL Bob White and Mrs
Grouse ought 70 know it They
ought 10 know q because Reddy
Fox. nor 20 mention Mrs Reddy
sin hunt great 1ea, harder than
ever before 20 CT enough 70 feed
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-02

Funeral services VIII boz held In
81 Bon.face's church Thursday
morning for Edward J Schroeder,
brother ~ The Rev J n Schneider.
astor o. ST. 1onf ces who q I'd.
Monday IN Bay CRY Mr. schreiber
was born in Monroe SO wears ago.
and for the last 2s years had been
ia charge ~ the BAY City Office n
'he Edison. Moore & Company ue
sides Fr Schneider NJ Schreibcr
Sc survived by another brother.
Henry c. Schreiber, and sister. Miss
Theresa Schneider both ~ Detroit
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-02
MIssIna oearborn 81 Fourd.

villa Farland. - year. old who
had been missing from her home
la Dearborn for wo weeks. was
returned 10 her father Tuesday d.
,he Windsor police department The
Erl was found IN the home OF Mrs
Norah Ter No g London-st. Wind.
cor and told weird story % hav-
ing been kidnapped and attacked by
O man. She admitted later that this
was untrue and that she had run
away from Dearborn after havin ,
quarreled with children OF her SIM
DAY school class