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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-28

POMONA GRANGE MEETING.
Program for Saxtons River Valley
Grange at Bellows Falls.

SaxtonS River Valley Pomona Grange,
NO. 10, will meet with Fall Mountain
Grange ut Bellows Falls Saturday aft.
ctnoon and evening. Jan. .. MI fourth
degree members may attend both SEES
sions The Afternoon session will open
at 3 O'Clock, with program as follows:
Words Of welcome bymastcr Of Fan
Mountain Grange; response, W. J.
Wright; song, Ola Glory, followed by
flag salute; roll call, members to respond
by telling some things they have been
taught by the present war; recitation,
Mrs. Grace Nahcor; reading, Mrs Cora
Stearns; piano solo, Miss Jessie
o 'Bricn; paper, building tho Homo by
Cooperation, Mrs. Stoddard; talk, Ways
in which we may help our boys in the
training camp, W. G. Bellnap; reports Of
state Grange; SONG, America.
Supper will bc served about Il q clock,
Fall Mountain Grange 10 furnish sub
stantials and visiting Changers are cX'
pceted to bring pic or cake.
The evening session will open at 80,
The officers elected at the last meeting
will be installed. The following pro
gram has been arranged: Piano solo,
Mrs. Lula Towpc; fourminute talk
on recent war news, Otis Wilson; talk,
The most practical way Of assisting q
| Young person to success, Miss DawlcN;
quartet. in charge of Dean Lake; dc
| bate, Resolved, that in Bellows Falls
nights should be lightlcss. speakers on
| the Affirmative. S. II. Minard, Mrs,
| Austin, and on the negative, George
Halliday, Mrs. l.. Hughes; song,
America Mrs. r. p. Morrison. lecturer
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-28
STATE FAIR DATES FIXED.
Annual Exhibition to Be Held Septem-
Der II, IS, 10 and 20.

September Il, IS, - and ~ are the
dates selected for the next annual cXhibi
ton Of the Vermont State tnir associa.
ton at White River Junction. The dates
wctc selected at a meeting Of the fair
commission held in the office OF SECRETARY
Fred l., Davis. Present at the meeting
were President i. Il. kotce OF Montpelier,
Vice President II. l.. Hatch OF Randolph,
George II Mann al Hartford. Commits
aioncr Williams of bellows Falls, Com
mis~ioneIN Terull of Morrisville and
adams Of Derby. The executive com
mittec Ia arrange lor and supervise the
coming fair consists Of President Estee
Secretary +, l.. Davis, NicePresidrnt
Hatch, Mr.. Mann. Mr. Bckford OF Brad
lord and e. l.. Steward of Lyndon. 1t
is determined 10 start AT once To make
thc coming fair rccord-brcdkina one for
completeness and Attendance.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-28
BITING COLD WAVE HITS TOWN
Yesterday Ninth Morning This Month
that Thermometers Have Registered
Below Cipher.

Jack Frost struck liz tim" clip
Wednesday night and when people be.
gan TO stir about next morning and
shyly peep at their thermometers they
discovered that hr had forced Old
Dame Mercury far below zero once
again. Fancy trcsrou@ which deco
rated the window pancS told that one
end OF the extremely cold wave which
has been sweeping the western states
had taken - merry swirl around TO
thi, locality.
Ferris X. Vaughan, weather rccordct
for Brattlehoro, reported that bi2
standard thcrmometcr registered l6 de-.
arcrs below nothing, and out in West
Drattlcboro AT Warren l.. Walker S
home il was 80 below. Temperatures
varied between these figures according
10 locations. ~ 9 o clock it was IL
below on Main street
II was the uinth morning this month
that the glisteninG mercury had stood
either at or beneath the zero scratch,
and thus established a now record for
December. Mr.. Vaughan says that hi
never ha~ seen anything to equal il.
Old settlers declare "hv heck that
while they may have seen some pretty
severe trieid maps This beats anything
within their recollection. Talk about
''old fashioned New England win
tcrs--tEc closing month Of 1917 has
certainly provided an excellent imita.
, ton for the present generation TO take
nnticc Of. Sandwiches of cold waves
aud snow storms have. been served \,
a steady diet with one slight inter
mission.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-28
Conservation. Economy and Thrift.
Christian Science Monitor

. ~ lllA- I'm 0fIfll't
President John Vi. Thomas OF Middle
bury college, Vermont, has served no
iicc upon hi, faculty and students tina,
he will be- ready, AK on shoulder, 10
lead them, during the Christmas vaca
ton, on wood-choppng expedition.
There is Il shortage Of coal i'll Ia" bins
at the college, and President Thomas
does not propose that its halls Of learn
Jag or It's dotnitorics, or its kitchen
ranges shalt he cold while the institu
ton owns $4,000 acres of forest land,
and has at its service brawny arms 81
cut enough timber TO keep the fires
burning. The faculty members and
students, it is right 10 say, will he paid
regular wages, by the day or by the
cord, rs they may elect. This cmer-
ecmcy force will be housed in one oil
thc summer hotels on Bread Loaf Noun
tain, and there are hopes that The
president will permit his workers TO
invite the neiPhbor9 in of an evening.
Mr.. McAdco, Mr.. Hoover, or Mr. Van
d"rlip could hardly ask for anything
better than this in the way Of conserva
tion, economy, and thrift
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-28

Miss Bertha Kerr returned home
from Bellows Falls Friday.
Conrad Baker of Toledo, Ohio, came
his family.
Frank Harlow went to Maiden,
Mass, Monday to spend Christmas at
his home.
Misc Kate Gorham has closed her
home and gone to spend the winter
among relatives
Miss Alice Bi0lcv of Maiden, Mass,
came Friday to spend Christmas with
her father, Gorham Bralcv.
Miss Bessie Mason Of Boston is
spending the Christmas holidays with
her aunt, Mrs. Bert Ormsby.
Rev. Walter Curtis was called to
Castlcton las week to oGiciatc at thr
funeral Of former pariShioncr.
Miss Marion Benson is spending the
Christmas vacation with her friend,
Beatrice Harlow of Maiden, Mass.
Hilary and George McEhov an" ut
home from the Bellows Falls high
school for the Christmas vacation.
MIR. and Mrs John Tucker Of Brat
] :.
Tuckcr'S parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Harlow.
Miss Carrie Iloughton of Spring
field. Mass. came Saturday to visit
over Christmas with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Bert Houghton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harlan Goodlue went
TO Hrattleboro TO spend Christmas with
their daughters, Mrs. A. +. Schwcnk
and Mrs. Henry Durham.
Rev. Walter Curtis went to Jersey
| City Monday to Join Mrs. Curtis, who
| is visiting her daughter, Mrs Bacon,
there. He will spend Christmas week
| there.
The annual church meeting and din.
ucr will be held Saturday, Jan. ). The
committee in charge is Mr.. and Mrs,
| Rolln Ranncv. Mrs. Arthur Harlow and
| Mrs. Walter Harlow.
Schools closed here Friday for two.
weeks Christmas vacation. Miss Caro-.
| liuc Bardwcll, teacher of South Valley
| school, went to her homo in Brattle,
boro to spend the vacation.
At the morning service at church
last Sunday the Sunday school present.
( ed the decentralization Of thc parable
of the Good Samaritan. II was well
given. Those taking the leading pa rts
were dressed in native costume. It
showed much work aud was credit &c
Miss Elida Frost, who had it in charge
and 1871 was collected at this Scrv
ice. which is for the relief of the Ar
mcnians and SvrianS.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-28
NEWS IN BRIEF
Teutons Have Gained on italian Front.

the 1cutonic allies are standing mile
away IRON where they were q year ago
along the l~2on1o front Great wedges
have been driven into the German lines
10y both the British and French armies
and in Asiatic Turkey the British have
made noticeable gains both IN Mcsopo-
,amia and in Palestine.
Although the sound of Peace" Is in
tho air seemingly, there is no prospect
for an ending at an early date oi the
titanic struggle in progress.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-28
CUT MORE WOOD.
Governor Graham Does Not Expect Any
Improvement in Conditions.

COY. Graham has given ont state
mcnt ON the fuel situation after
q conference in Washington with the
other New England governors aud the
fuel administrator. He does not eX.
pcct any Improvement in the conditions
this winter. This is due to the fact
that the railroads and manufacturing
plants arc absorbing the extra amount
that is being mined. He hnds that the
supply of hard coal cannot be i'm,
proved because New England is now
getting her full share.
The governor urges that the cutting
of wood he begun 10y jewellers in towns
joining forces aud then securing ma
chine to saw the wool they have cut.
He concludes with the statement that
Il great many Of the people look upon
this war rs side line, but the sooner
that all realize that it is the only bust
ness we have the sooner we shall win
the war and our right to do business
as usual
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-28
WESTMINSTER.

Mrs. Jamc~ Wilcox and Mrs. Herbert
Leach have received letters from their
boys in France.
Mrs. John Holmes is having gond
@lc"c., in her Red Cross canvass. The
membership 81 Westminster now mum
hcrS -.
Mis- Eva l.alkin. who has been sub
>titItinc in the high school in Spring
field for several weeks. il at home for
the Christmas vacation.
James William Wilcox and Helen
Grace Leach, both of this place, were
married az the Congregational parson-
age Christmas eve by Rev. T.. w. Wild.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-28
Village Politics Boiling.

Citizens have secured consent of H.,
d. Ryder to allow his name to be used
for village president and DR.. j. II.
Blod9ett. W. G.. Smith and G.. NJ Baker
for trustees to become candidates at
the annual election on the fourth Mon.
day in January. the only member OF
the old board Of trustees holding over
another year is :. j. Cray. whose term
docs not expire until 1919.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-28
Community Shear.

n South Dakota state scrator recently
gave new illustration Of thu fuc say
ing OF an ancient philosopher, Man was
born for mutual assistance"
y customer entered tn, Hall town bar
her shop.
How soon can YOU cnt my hair" he
asked of the proprietor who Wa' seated
m an easy chair, pcru-iug th" pages Of a
dime novel
Bill said the barb odirc', Ing his
GRAND boy. run over and tell the editor
that I'd like my sci,s or, if he's got done
editm' The paper. Gentleman waiting for
a hair cut sburyh Chronicle Tcle-
graph.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-28

Miss Iucrctia Ann ilapaood, 81, life
Iona resident oil Bellows Falls. and de
>ccndant OF one Of the most prominent
families of early settlers, died Sunday
She wa, daughter OF Seth and Chrinda
Harvey llapsood, the father being prom
incntlS known during early boating ON
the Connecticut river. Her death occurred
in the Old family homestead which had
always been her home and was caused
10y old aye
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-28
STATE NEWS NOTES.
State Checker Tournament.

The annual state tournament ot the
Vermont State Checker club hcgan in
Barre yesterday with about p candidates
for the state championship which W. g..
lloog OF Burlington is defending. This
morning the business session was held and
these officers were elected President
w. u. lngall, Of Richiord; vice president
l., j. Egcston of Rutland; secretary treas.
lWcr, ". {. Iloae of Burlington; governing
board, Mr. INGALLS,, Mr.. Egleston. j, y.
Tapgall Of Randolph; director of games,
William Gin of St. ,lohnsbury.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-28
TEuToNs FAVOR PEACE.
Ready to Terminate War on Conditions
Equally Just TO All Belligerents--No
Annexations, No Indemnities.

PETROGRAD, Dec. 27.-Thc central
powers Aolenniy declare their resolve Ia
immediately filn terms which will termi-
nate the WA on conditions equally Just
To all bellgcrcnts, Count Czernin, the Aus
tro-lluhmrian foreign minister, told the
peace conference ut BreSt.Litovsk ycstci-
day.
The central powers also favor ii general
peace without iorciblc annexation and in.
IDENTITIES. They could not bind them.
selves TO euch terms without a guarantee
that the Russian allies would consider
them and carry them ont honestly toward
the central powers Count C1crnin de
cLartd that the central powers shared the
Russian condemnation OF continuation
Of TIA" war ior the sake OF conquest.
The Austro-l Hungarian minister declared
that the central powers did not intend TO
fotcibly annex territory seized during the
war nor t. deprive nations Of political in.
dependence lost in the war The question
Of the suhicction of nationalitics who have
not political independence TO another
country cannot he solved internationally
and must be met by each government in
! the manner established By its constitu.
ton. In tho event OF Il mutual refusal to
meet war expenditures and pay damages
caused by wal Count Czerin continued,
each h"llecicut shall bear only the cX-
pcn,c OF lis subjects made prisoner and
damages caused to property Of civilian
! subjects hS deliberate violations OF inter
national law. The chairman Of the Russian
delegation dcmuTtcd at the German state
mrnt on self definition az being incom.
(, nlctc
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-28

The situation surrounding tho pc5l,'
parleys between the Austro- Germans and
the Russians is still hecloudcd owing to
hack OF details, but AT last accounts the
Germans had failed to return any answer
to the demands by the hoshcviAi dele
gates. On tn" contrary, they had
requested that the negotiations be cN-
tended ioi virtually another month.
Meantime a German commission has
started for Pctrograd from Berlin in an
cndeavor to restore relations between
Germany and Russia and also to reach a
settlement with the Russians for an cN-
change of civilian and incapacitatrd wa.
prisoners.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-28
Kaiser Boastfully Confident.

While efforts are being made in the
| nitCd States To get an iuvincIblc army IN
the field to aid Great Britain, France
and their allies. and finally bring success
to their arms, the German emperor has
made final cudcavor in his latest
addtfS> Ia his troops to brighten people
unaiiaid. with the following declaration.
'lf the enemy does not want peace.
then We must bring pcacc to tbs world
10y battcrnS with the iron fist and our
shining sword, the doors oi those who
will not have peace.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-28
EAST PUTNEY.

James H. Ellis is on tho sick list
Mrs. Carroll lirackctt and little Miss
Ethel Of liraltlehoro were Weekend
guests of Mrs. Bcaurcgard
George W. Beaucgard, who has been
station agent here has enlisted in the
navy department as radio electrician. He
viii go to Cambridge, Mass, to complete
his studies rs wireless operator al ftar'
ward. His wife, NJ. \. licaurcgald. has
been appointed station agent in his place.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-28
End of Hostillties on Eastern Front
Locked For.

The Trutonc allies and the Russians
arc cudcavofiug to effect cessation oil
hoetilitias or the eastern front, and prob
ably will reach some kind of an agree
incu' that Tor the moment at least. viii
FENDER the counter rcvolutiouist forces in
Russia inactive. and throw greater
burden upon the ehouldcts Of their
former allies
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-28

WASHlNGION, Dcc. 21.--Thn coud
tons surrounding Count Czctnins pro
posal for basis OF peace caused officials
here To feel some apprehension for their
sincerity. Thcr is n great disposition 10
feel that the object is simply to protract
the negotiations as long as possible with
out any expectation OF an immediate
peace agreement with the double purpose
of leading the German people 10 believe
that their government really is DESTROYS
Of making peace and Of gaining time for
the further Strengthening Of the German
lines in the west.
One condition regarded az impossible.
Tor the present At least, is that the sd.
hcTcncr Of all hclhGcrrnts must be secured
"a the poac" the Germans are trying to
make with Russia before il can become eff
fcctive. It can be stated authoritativcly
that the position OF the American gov
eminent has not changed in any respect
with regard to its determination To. enter
into IN agreement with government
which docs not represent the free will OF
the governed pNoplc. No provision is
made in Count Cnctnin's terms for the re-
turn 10 France ot AlSace- Lorraine, which
is regarded her. as a condition that must
he met as 4 preliminary TO any peace
agreement.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-28
WESTMINSTER WEST.
Mrs. Elizabeth Minard Dead.

Mrs. Elizabeth u. Wilcox Minard,
"a, widow Of Henry o. Minard, died
Monday morning Of pneumonia. She
was i'll only a few days. The funeral
was held Wednesday afternoon at the
church, Rev. Edward Mason Of Bellows
Falls officiating.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-28

The remarkable engineering feat OF
removing the ;tcel railroad and wagon
bridge across the Missouri river at st.
Josef h, Mo-, to new piers was accom-
pliShcd recently without hitch at s
% 'clock la the morning and wns re
opened NJ G o clock the same evening.
The three spans, 400 feet long and
weighing $500 tons, all told, were
moved 1876 feet in ~ minutes.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-28

The military operations continue tar
below normal, except on tn" northern
Italian front. In France, where snow has
fallen along tho entire front, only bonn
'hardmcntS and small raidug operations
are taking place. West oi the Brcnta
river in the Italian highlands the Italians
on Christmas day continued their counter.
attacks upon the .tustro-Gcrman forces
which previously had succeeded in making
gains on Col del Rosso and Monte dc ' al
Bella The battle ragged throughout Tie
morning with great violence, and the
italians wreeted several Of their folmcr
positions from the enemy, hut owing To
renewed onslauehte by thr Tcutonic allied
forces they were again compelled 10 give
ground
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-28

Christmas tide oil 1917 found the armies
on all the major battle fronts virtually
inactive except whore the Tcutonic allies
are endcavoring to ovctwhelm the Italians
and force passage through the hill coun-
Try Of northern Italy ont on the plains al
Nonc,ia As viewed from the war map
the battle lines today are markedly
changed from yestcrvcur. The Russian
non.agcicesivc.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-28

The Socialist major oi Milwaukee re-
Gently vetoed the resolution OF the com.
mon council 10 purchase $4,000 worth of
Liberty bonds, claiming the purchase was
illegal.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-28

Men who do tho most work don't Away,
do the best work
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-28
THE PUTNEY COLUMN
Wife of Former Pastor Dies.

Mrs. Agucs G.. Tricc. wife of for
mcr pastor Of the Baptist church, died
in Springfield Center, y. V, Dec. q
in the sd year of her life. She was q
favoiitc in every circic wherever her
husband laborcd. and had many friends
IN Putncy. Kind remembrance from
Ter former. sunday school class here
same Just one hour too late They
would have chc"rcd her greatly.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-10-29
WOMEN FUR ARMY AUXILIARY
 SERVICE
(By Associated Press)

LONDON, Oct. 2s-Ten thousand women recruits a month for use in the Army Auxiliary Service are being appealed for here. The chief need is for domestic workers, typists. and au- tomobile drivers. One of the recruit ing posters says:
 Although the women must be req sonably strong, and reliable, it must not be supposed that their life is all hard work. They swim, they have games and musical evenings and dan ces, to which each women can invite one soldier friend. They play as hard as they work, and they live a whole some life.
 "The women are under military dis cipline, but they do not march to work nor do they salute their officers or officers of the male army"
 The recruits will be sent to France as fast as they can be enrolled.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-10-29
GERMANY HAS TO.
 RELY WOMAN $ l
 LABOR

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands. Oct. 2s The German empire, to some ex- tent become dependent upon women's labor, declares a German correspon- dent of tho Nieuwe Rotterdam Cour- ant In the hospitals, at railroad sta ticns, in shops and in offices, even in the most responsible positions, the work is principally done by women. In even first cless restaurants girls
 I'd women have replaced the wait CTS. The traveller who enters hotel encounters porter in long skirts, who carries out his behests as quick ly as before. Street traf.c is largely in the hands of women. Women con ductors, drivers and inspectors are dressed in the uniform of their male colleagues but with skirts or bloom CTS on.
 Passengers meet with better treat mcnt than was the case with the male staff. On the railroads women are serving in booking offices, as guords on the trains. or porters. Letters and telegrams are delivered by women and girls. Most of the few automobiles are driven by women.
 But the main work of women is in the factories. The skilled work has now more and more passed into their hands, as we'll as the carrying of the heavy loads. At the turning bench, at the furnaces, everywhere they are met with. The wages at ' or marks a day are equal to the mems earnings for like labor. They work in blue smock frock and boomers with a sort of sailors cap or cloth on their heads with black gloves and rolled-up sleeves and in the meal hour they are more and more to be seen in the street, even with bare legs, for stockings are a superfluity in the factories and at the furnaces and suchlike occupa- tions
 The results of women's work in the mining industry are termed very sat isfactory. The sorting of sweepings and old iron and brass, the unloading of freight cars, is performed by wom- ems hands and arms, and a newcomer Is amazed at the way in which she chambers about and lifts heavy loads on her shoulders. In agriculeure the women have always supplied auxiliary labor but now also do the heavy work like blowing, sowing and threshing.
 Dress has naturally been brought into accord with the new work. On the railroads and partly on the stree, cors, skirts have been replaced by the bloomers and gsiters, and beribboned and feathered hat or cap or headcloth But there Is a. sailors collar for the uniform jacket, and flower in the button hole; the jacket is open at the neck, the cap is worn in slanting fash ion, watch-chain is fastened on the breast and bit of lace adorns the sleeves.