The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-05
MOTHER VILLAGE.
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| them were run on the streets and others
were contested on the common One re-
grettable accident marred the pole vault,
one of the last events, when the pole
broke and Henry Lawton of this village
sustained COLES fracture of the right
wrist.
| During the luncheon hour an orchestra
of eight pieces provided enjoyable music
and shortly after | o'clock in front of
Academy hall, an entertainment was
provided. Rev / NJ. Compton presided
and Rev. A. V. Woodwork offered
prayer The orchestra played a selection
land Hazen Stoekwell sang two solos.
United States District Attorney V. A.
Billiard of Burlington gave brief pa
Itriotic address in which he contrasted
strongly the differences in the forms of
government and the United States
Speaking of the entrance of the Unit
ed States into the war and the work of
the Red Cross, he said that many boys
who are going forth to fight the battles
of their country will receive a mother
are from Red Cross nurses. He pointed
out that it is the boys OF the country
who are to do the fighting and who have
been called upon to uphold the dignity
Iof free people in the eyes of the world
THEY are being trained now to uphold
the rights of free people and the fact
that we are now at war means that the
ldrum beat and the buRle call is a stern
reality.
He told of the German empire being
lcomposed of 81 sovereignties that were
brought together by Bismark, all OF
which take orders from Berlin. They
are made to be governed and not to take
part in government by the people
The German people, he said. are mad,
only to stand III the sunlight of God and
to be drilled and manoeuvered for the
good of the Kaiser. This is the first
principle of the German government.
The second is that it is claimed thai
it is established BY divine right, and h,
asked his auditors If they considered /
sea on which are bodies of murdere,
: children an evidence of this second prin
ciple. He said that the Kaiser had salt
, that he would rather sacrifice 4J000,00
Prussian lives than to yield one foot o
German territory to France Quoting
recent speech in the Reichstag, in whic
the statement was made that Presden
Wilson would find that he was biting o
granite, he said that Germany did no
understand the strength of the Presi
dents Jaws and what they were capabl
of crushing, backed by hundred millio
free men. International law has bee
+ trampled upon and free governmeu
owes protection to its people whereve
n they are, providing they obey the law
) He drew picture of Belgium and Al
menia and made stirring appeal for til
: Red Cross
f Mr.. Stockwell sang again and aftt
music by the orchestra there was SON
dancing on the common by girls of tt
Summer club and the afternoon conclu,
ed with baseball game between II
married and single men which was un
" pred by Secretary Herbert +. Stiegler ,
r the local board of trade The MARI,
men lost by a score of S to I, but fore,
c their opponents to 90 a nine innir
d game, instead of seven, in order to wi
The teams lined up rs follows:
Single men Compton, cf: Chase. G.
= Covey, ID; Hamilton. 2b; Stockwell, 5
- Rhoades, If; Squires, 3b; Winchestt
BIB; Corbett, IF; /. Covey, p.
sc Married men-k Kingsley, s.: G. ALE
e 3b; Bartlett, 2b; White p Covey. c
y Blodgett c; Newton, If; c. Allen, L
Coane. RI
a The following is the summary of t
Q. sporting events:
n 100 yards dash for boys-Won by FIR
Robbins; Eugene Moran, second
50-yards dash for girls-Won by Hell
III Woodwork: Sadie Saderman, second.
v" l00-yards dash, open Won by
m Wendell Phillips; Mason w Sharp, ;,
to ond
llo-yards run Won by Winthr
G Nichols; Clarence Covev. second.
A. 50yards dash for West BrattlebC
~ men too old to 90 to war Won BY L.
~ tiunnell; Wilhelm +. Stellman, secor
II j. 6. Stafford ran fifth
Bicycle race-Won by Leland Cove
Allen Hamilton, second
ThrCeleggcd race for bovs-Won
t. Fred Robbins and Eugene Moran X,
meth Compton and Robert Allen, seco
Three legged race, open-Won by
+. Doyle and J. W. Phillips
- Human burden race-Won by r.
- Doyle and J. w Phillips; L. A. Gum
y and ". +. Stelman, second
- Sack race for bovs-Won BY Art
eo Woodwork; Robert Winchester. seco
- Sack race, open-Won by r. w p
20 lips; Charles Compton, second
80 Pole vault-Won by Francis Aust
~ Eugene Moran, second
W High iump-Won by Fred Robbi
- Eugene Moran, second.
Harold +. Mofiitt was starter and
IA Judges were County Clerk F. d.
10 towe, Senator Sanford A Daniels
IA DIR. G. b Hunter