Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-07-06

been called upon to uphold the dignity
of 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
drum beat and the buglc call is stern
reality.
He told of the German empire being
composed of 80 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 made
only to stand in 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 that
it is established by divine right, and he
asked his auditors if they considered a
sea on which are bodies of murdered
children an evidence of this second prin-
ciple. He said that the Kaiser had said
that he would rather sacrifice 4J,000,000
Prussian lives than to yield one foot of
German territory to France. Quoting a
recent speech in the Reichstag in which
! the statement was made that President
Wilson would find that he was biting on
granite, he said that Germany did not
understand the strength of the Presi-
dents Jaws and what they were capable
of crushing, backed by hundred million
free men, international law has been
trampled upon and a free government
owes protection to its people wherever
they are, providing they obey the laws.
He drew picture of Belgium and Ar
mcnia and made Il stirring appeal for the
Red Cross.
Mr.. Stockwcll sang again and after
music by the orchestra there was some
dancing on the common by girls of the
Summer club and the afternoon conclud-
ed with baseball game between the
married and single men which was UNI
PRED by Secretary Herbert +. Stiegler of
the local board of trade The married
men lost by a score of S. to Z, but forced
their opponents to 90 a nineinning
game, instead of seven, in order to win
The teams lined up as follows
Single men-Compton, eff; Chase, C; G.
Covey, lb; Hamilton, 2b: Stockwell, SIS
Rhoades If; Squres, 3b; Winchester
3b; Corbett, RI l.. Covey, p.
Married men-Kngsley, IS; G.. Allen
3b; Bartlett, 2b; White. p; Covey, Of;
Blodgett, c; Newton, If; c. Allen, lb;
Coane, rf
The following is the summary of the
sporting events:
l00-yards dash for boys-Won by Fred
Robbins; Eugene Moran, second.
50-yards dash for girls-Won by Helen
Woodwork; Sadie Saderman, second.
l00-yards dash, open-Won by j
Wendell Phillips; Mason W. Sharp, see
ond.
440-yards run - Won by Winthrop
Nichols Clarence Covey, second
j0-yards dash for West Brattleboro
men too old to 90 to war-Won by l.. A
Gunnell; Wilhelm +. Stelman, second
j. G. Stafford ran fifth.
Bicycle racc-Won by Leland Covey
Allen Hamilton, second.
Three-egged race for bovs-Won by
Fred Robbins and Eugene Moran; Ken
meth Compton and Robert Allen, second
Three-legged race, open-Won by r.
+. Doyle and j. w. Phillips.
Human burden race-Won by r. +.
Doyle and J. w. Phillips; L. A. Gunnell
and w. f. Stellman, second.
Sack race for boys-Won by Arthur
| WoodYorth; Robert Winchester, second.
Sack race, iopefftW6h by'JrrW Phil
lips; Charles Compton, second
Pole vault-Won by Francis Austin
Eugene Moran, second.
High iump-Won by Fred Robbins ;
Eugene Moran, second.
Harold +. Moflitt was starter and the
judges were County Clerk +. ID. f.
towe Senator Sanford A. Daniels and
DR.. G. b. Hunter.