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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-13
FARM LOAN ASSOCIATION.
Fifteen Addison County Farmers Organ
ixe-ApplicatiOns Total $4,000.

Middlebury Sept. 6.-Fifteen farmers Of
Addison county gathered to-day in the
office of the county agent and organized
the Middlebury Farm Loan association.
The purpose of this association is to enable
its members to secure loans on farm prop
erty according to the federal farm loan
act. The territory which is to be included
in this loan association is the entire county
of Addison, except the towns Of Granville
and Hancock. Articles of association were
signed and board Of directors. officers
and a loan committee elected.
The Is men made out loan applications
which totalled about $35. 900. The loan COM
mittee is now ready to start making ap-
praisals on the land which is to secure
the loans. Already other farmers have
signified desire to Join the association.
Anyone wishing to become member
should address NJ B. Morrow, Middlebury,
who is secretary and treasurer Of the as
ISOLATION.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-13
MORE THAN QUOTA READY
Total Of 172 Names Certined-14 Will
he Called from Chittenden County
= on September 10.

Montpelier, Sept. 10.-The federal district
board certified to Adjt.-Gen. L. s. Tillotson
to-day AZ more names for service. These
are in Orange county. which make the
total to date ne and which is more than
enough to provide for the quota which will
be called on September 10. The following
will be called on that date: Addison
county. IS; Bennington, 81; Caledonia, 0;
Chittenden. IA; Essex. 10; Franklin, 81;
Grand Isle, IA: Lamoille. IA; Orange. 10:
Orleans. Al; Rutland No. /. IS; Rutland
No. 2. &c; Windsor. GA; Washington, none.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-13
GENERAL LAWS CONTRACT
Printing of Two Thousand Page Book
Awarded 10 Free Press Printing
Company Of Burlington.

Montpelier. Sept. 6.--Bids were opened
this afternoon for the printing OF the
General Laws of Vermont, 1918" book
Of about two thousand pages. This is an
exacting job and must be finished before
March /. so that the bidders were few.
The Brooklyn, N. Y, Eagle bid $9.SO5 and
specified grade of binding less costly than
specifications The Tuttle company of Rut-
land, VT, bid S7.74. The contract was
awarded to the Free Press Printing Co.
Of Burlington, VT, for s7.46O, the lowest
bid.
The whole job will cost over $l2.OOo. al
the State furnishes the paper.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-13
ANOTHER vEnMoNrER HoNoRED.

Capt. Jacob Frank of the coast artillery
corps. United States army, has been
detached from his company and battalion,
and is now serving AZ Post quartermaster
Of Fort Riley, Kans., the commanding
officer of that Post being Mator-Gen.
Leonard Wood. u. S. A. At this camp
there will be a mobilization In the ma
tionai army Of some $4,000. which will
comprise General Woods division. Cap
tain Frank is the son of Joseph Frank
Of this city. and this assignment is q
Hall-merited recognition Of his ability.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-13
GERMANY'S LOSSES TO
DATE ARE 100000
Statement of Teuton's Man Power and
Casualties In War.

Grand Headquarters of the French
Army In France. Sept 10.-The Associ-
ated Press is able to give approximately
the figures representing the man power
or Germany at the present time together
with the casualties, as follows:
Fixed formations on the various fronts.
employed on lines of communication and
stationed In the interior. 100000.
divisions undergoing formation and
men In depots, $4,000.
Losses In killed. permanently disabled
and prisoners. 100000.
Wounded. under treatment hospitals.
100000.
Total, 10,600, 900.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-13
HAS LIABILITIES OF s2ssa As.

A petition in bankruptcy has been filed
with Clerk F. 8. Plat of the United States
court by DR.. Thomas Mound of Rutland.
The liabilities are s2,6s2.45 and the assets
are $500, with 1920 claimed exempt. The
liabilities are all Of long standing, being
the result Of fire about 10 years ago
which destroyed the buildings on a real
estate purchase.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-13
$4,000 FOR ASSAULT.
Mix-Up Of Chairs. Stillettoes. Beer and
Men Result in Suit.

Rutland, Sept. GA free-for all fight in
hall here occupied by Italians which
later resulted in a stabbing ARRAY on the
street has as its outcome civil suit in
which Serafino Calliuro, now confined to
the hospital. seeks to recover 5000 dam
ages from Domenico Mario for assault
The case is somewhat peculiar in that the
defendant is under bail to appear
in county court on breach Of
the peace charge and there is warrant
for Mario, alleging the same offense.
The men. and others not yet apprehend-
ed, had dispute over the payment for
some beer. Blows were struck with up
turned chairs and at least one stiletto was
used. Calliuro has six cuts on the back.
Mario was in the hospital one day as a
result of slash on his right hand.
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SOLDIER FROM VERMONT
DIES IN FRANCE

Ottawa, Ont, Sept. 9.-The casualty
list of the Canadian oversee forces,
issued tonight. contains the following:
Presumed to have died. G. B. Locke
hart. Newport. VT"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-13
E, ]. CHAMBERLAIN RESIGNS

Gives Up Chairmanship Of Board Of Di-
rectors Of Central Vermont Railway
Succeeded BY H. g. Kelley.
st. Adams, Sept. 10.-At a special meet
ing of the board Of directors Of the
Central Vermont Railway company this
morning the resignation of Edison j.
Chamberlin as chairman was received and
accepted. Howard G. Kelley, who was
recently elected president Of the Grand
Trunk system in Canada. vice Mr.. Cham
berlin. resigned. was elected to the direc-
torate of the Central Vermont and made
chairman of the board.
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VERMONTER IN CASUALTY LIST.
Ottawa. Ont. Sept. 7.-To-day's cas-
ualty list Includes: Wounded, Reginald
Rnhinsnn- Rsschar Tslls. VI
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-13

List of unclaimed letters in the Bur-
lington postoffice for the week ending
Sept. !. 1917:
wOMEN'S LIST.
Mrs. Thos. B. Burress. Mrs. e. II.
Bruya, Mrs. Mother Bolton. Miss NJ. NJ.
Clarke, Jennie Douglass. Alice Drew,
Miss M. Downey. Ruth G. Evans. Mrs.
Jennie Foster, Mrs. Harry O. Furfer,
Miss Hortense Gleason. Miss Lena Gull
liams 2: Mrs. Irene Hines. Mrs. William
r. Hayes, Mrs. 8. A. Hutchinson, Mrs.
Rose Jarvis, Mrs. Joseph Kelly. Mrs. A.
Laroaue, Rebecca Miller. Mrs. Geo. G.
Miller, Mrs. Carrie Mead. Effie Marie.
Abbie Marcy. Mildred Paquette. Mar
Karet Sullivan. Miss st. Pierre, Miss May
stone Gertrude Sisters. Mrs. B. f. Sew
erance, Mrs. Alice Sails. 2: Mrs. Myrtle
Thompson. Mrs. II. Trombley.
MEMS LIST.
Rosetti, Augusta. Burlington Mfg.
CO.. Luther Bates, Lewis Cousens.
Carl Bradwell Arthur Duquette, F..
p. Farrell, Walter Fellows. Eddie Fitch.
C. p. French. Henry. Freeman. Green
Mt. House. w. L. Kendrick. Alphonzo
Lamonda, Nayse Mott. Jas. c. McMur.
rer, F. 8. Nash. Earl s. Page. p. Parks.
Edw. F. Ryder.
WINOOsKI LIST.
Elphege Bedard. Thomas Dupont, Jos
Lauro, Charles l.. Guillette. Miss Denise
Laports. Alfred Leclair. Mrs. Grace Les.
sor, Sab Shepard. j. F. Sweeney. Mrs
r. T. Wantey. Mrs. A. NJ. Hovan. Tonu
0rusxeckomu. Scicchikono Domenico
0iacomo Bensdetts.
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IF THE BABY Il CUTTING TEprR

be sure and use that old and well-tried
remedy. Mrs. WinslOw's Soothing Syrup.
for. children teething. II soothes the
cures wind collie and 10 the best remedy
for diarrhoca. Twenty-Five cents bot
sbA Adv.
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UNCLAIMED LETTERS.
WOMEN'S LIST.

List of unclaimed letters in the Bur-
lington postoffice for the week ending
Sept. !. 1917:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-06
lesg
Esssxa1s Xssa Eoa=LSrs.AiE@..
A Witcn and a Princess.

Once upon a time there was a pr1n-
cess-oh, about as old as you are
maybe-who was bewitched by a very
wicked old witch so that she could
neither laugh nor smile.
OF course she hadn't been that way
all her life; oh, no! Even UP to the
night before this story begins she was
as gay and happy little princess as
one could hope to find anywhere
But on this certain fateful morning
she walked up early intending to skate,
on her brand new roller skates, and
found it was raining.
Now you know yourself that rain
and new roller skates don't go to-
gether, not even for princess.
But the princess resolved to be very
brave and to show her subjects the
right way to act-and she also re-
membered a brand new dress she had
and she promptly decided to wear it
all day
That decision made her feel much
happier. She hummed gaily as she
dressed and ran down to breakfast
| feeling very bright and happy.
Just as she was about to sit down
| to the table, the queen mother came
into the room.
Good morning, dear" she said to
the little princess; and then she no
ticed the brand new dress.
Whatever do you mean" she ex-
claimed, "by putting on that brand
new dress on rainy day? Go right
up to your room and change it,
| And then the wicked old witch
(who, unfortunately, was standing just
outside the window waved her wand
and banished all the laughter, all the
smiles and all the gladness from the
little princess's face.
She stamped upstairs and changed
her dress, she banged the door of her
room as she started downstairs again.
She ate her breakfast in a very SOL
emn and unprincesslike fashion.
And all the time the queen mother
was thinking, thinking; wondering
what she could do to break that wick
| ed enchantment; for, you see, she was
a very wise queen mother and under
stood just what the trouble was, the
rain and the skates and the enchant-
ment and everything.
Finally when the royal family was
quite thru eating the queen mother
put her arm around the princess and
said, Little girl, if you see my little
princess daughter anywhere about the
palace this morning, please let me
know, for I want to kiss her." Then
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-06

The Russian crisis and the arrival
of the Japanese mission at Washing
ton were coincident, and should have
afforded the administration a splendid
opportunity to suggest that a few
Japanese army corps dispatched to
the Russian front, would be a glad
some sight for all the allies just now.
Japan alone of the military powers
who are at war with Germany is do
ing nothing to bring herself face to
face with the antagonist. The capture
of German bases in the Orient is
hardly to be counted as a large con-
tribution to the kind of a war in
which Japan has an equal stake with
ali other anti-Teutonic belligerents.
What is needed to bring me war to a
successful end is the presence of every
available fighting man on every fight
ing front
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-06
THE SOLDIERS
ISSUED by the War Department and all
rights to reprint reserved)

The smallest unit or team" in the
army is the squad. A squad usually
consists of eight men, one of whom
is the leader; he is called the cor
poral."
Two, three, or four squads CASUALLY
three) may be joined in the next
higher unit, which is called a "pla-
toon." The platoon, however, is not
SO permanent as a squad, but is form
ed whenever there is need for it in
drilling or on the firing line.
Next comes the company, which is
made up at full strength of $50 men;
this is about eighteen squads or six
platoons. This number is war
strength in our old tables of organi-
Zation; the first division now in France
has 200 men per company; it is prob
able the strength may be $50 per in
| fantry company.
Four companies are Joined in a
battalion.
The regiment consists of three bat
| talions, making twelve companies In
addition, there are three special COM
panies which do not belong to any OF
the battalions These are the head
quarters company, including the band
and the color guard; the machine gun
company, to be referred to later; and
| the supply company, responsible fol
| the regiments food, ammunition, and
| other supplies. Counting in everyone
| the regiment at full strength in ouI
old tables of organization totals 2,O5s
| officers and men. 1t will go more
than this with the increase in strength
of companies; 1851 is the strength OF
Infantry regiments in the first expedi-
tionary division. The regiment is, OF
| course, very seldom at full strength
| but is never allowed remain below E
minimum strength of about AGO.
| Two regiments are joined in e
brigade.
Brigades may in turn be Joined t.
form divisions, divisions may be Joined
to form corps, and corps to form fielt
armies
| GTomorrow's article deals with thu
private and non-commissioned Off
GERS ]
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STATUS QUO ANTE BELLUM.

Stripped of all else the papal peace
proposal made late in August amounts
to the suggestion that the world re-
turn to the situation of 1914, with the
additional suggestion that the ques-
tions of Poland, Alsace-Lorraine and
of Italia Irredenta be settled by some
peaceful method. Belgium is to be
evacuated, but not indemnified; the
same with Northern France, and
similar course toward Serbia and Ru-
mania is implied rather than speci-
fled.
BY all the allied nations it was re-
ceived politely, by all it was felt that
the holy father, however beyond sus-
picion his motives and however sin
cere his desire to restore peace and
end the world agony, had uttered a
document which. since it did not pro-
vide for the decentralization of Bel
GUM, was unacceptable.
The additional suggestion OF dis
armament and arbitration was re-
garded as Utopian hopes, while the
nation which had declined arbitration
and invaded Belgium in defiance of
international law and pledged faith
could not be trusted as a member of
council of nations. President Will
son could not have replied other than
he did.
To the world the pope's suggestions
seemed, says a writer in the Review
of Reviews, not thru design but in
point of fact, advantageous to the
/ nd he nd 70 r
short of the proposals that must be-
come the base of any successful offer
of mediation.
1t was felt that Belgium could not
be left in ruins after a German inva-
sion, without establishing in the world
the fact that a small nation which
defended its liberty against aggression
would be ruined without hope of re-
dress. To permit this would be tC
make inevitable a Belgian surrender
if Germany sought Paris again by the
Belgian road.
That Vienna, thru it's close sympa
thy with the vatican. had played al
influential role in the procedure wa.
a conclusion drawn in all allied CAPT
tails, where the personal good faitI
and honest intent of the pope himsel
were at the same time equally con
coded.
There was a general feeling that tn
pope must have had certain intima
lions from Berlin that his suggestion
would not be rejected out of hand
and even more definite declaration
from Vienna.
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making love to you an insult? why
not let me go away instead, II IL rs
that? Haven't asked you to marry
me. and you've had the pleasure or
refusing me several times?
Tears filled her eyes in suooen
anger.
"Oh, 1 think you're horrid. Do you
think 1 care anything about your
money? You treat me exactly as
Thoughts though you were sure
l couldn't help but say yes. because
you are such a prize in the matri-
monial market
He laughed.
Dear, you're all wrong. 1 ma
that mothers little coup in wall
street cleaned us out. instead or Just
sinking a few thousand. I'm going
back to work on a salary 1T my uncle
office. Don't you want to try 10
teach me how to live on It properly :!
Make me your last emergency case
Madge did not even answer as she
smiled up at him. Somehow she felt
glad that her days of probation were
really ended-(Copyright. 1917, by
the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-06

he gave a very different explanation.
He said that while the men were at
war the women were improving their
minds by the practice of various ma
tive arts, until they were so superior
to their brutalized husbands that they
went away from them and founded
separate tribe. This tale is somehow
extremely unconvincing. VIiliers,
however. showed in proof of his dis
covery a large quantity of gold and
silver which he claimed to have gotten
from the women in trade. He said
these metals were 50 little valued by
the other interior tribes that the wo-
men had large quantities of them. 1t
seems to be bell-eSta blished fact
that this canny Frenchman brought
out large quantities of gold and silver
curiously wrought, and that he took
his wealth back to France with him
without revealing the source of it.
The Tribes of Amazons.
Another peaceful tribe of Amazons
was found by Diego de Bonilla. He
and his followers came upon stock
ade in the jungle made by planting
very close together great cedar trees
After making their way into this en-
closure with great difficulty, they
round within a village inhabited en-
tirely by Indian girls of unusual
beauty. They learned that the daugh-
tiers of the native chiefs spent their
early years in this place under the
care of old women. Once a year an
expedition came bringing young girls,
and taking away those for whom hus-
bands had been chosen. After each
of these visits there was much wailing
and gnashing of teeth among those
left behind. The girls, it appears, had
recently been vouchsafed a special
| revelation to the effect that some
white husbands were coming to them.
and the happy Spaniards were accept
| ed as its fulfillment
While some of the Amazon legends
may have sprung from this source,
there can be little doubt but thai
tribes of women in South America
must at some time have maintained a
/ separate existence by force of arms.
The Amazon legends may be taken as
historical confirmation of the modern
| judgment that the female of the
species is more deadly than the male -
| Questions on the above or any sub
| ject upon which the reader desires in
| formation should be addressed the To-
peka State Journal Information Blu
reau. Frederic ]. Haskin, Director
Washington, D. c., with 2-cent stamp
enclosed for reply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-06
DINNER STORIES

In one of the mining towns of
Arizona, says Harper's. there is a
church that has an excellent young
pastor, but the attendance, unfortun-
ately, is small. Among the members
is a rather attractive young widow.
One evening. when the attendance
had been unusually small. she met
the deacon after service, who shook
hands heartily and asked: How did
you like the sermon?"
II think it was just too perfectly
lovely for anything gushed the
widow. but the congregation was
so small tonight that every time the
preacher said dearly beloved I posi-
lively blushed.'
A man went into a hardware shop
and inquired:
How much do you ask for a bath
tub for a child"
1.-TWO dollars and a half" was the
reply.
'rW-h-e-wi" whistled the customer.
We'll have to go on washing the
baby in the coal scuttle till the prices
come down."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-06
TEAM WORK NEEDED.

From the beginning of the war it
has appeared to the non-military OBJ
server that there has been a lack of
team work on the part of the armies
opposing Germany. Most of US have
seen a span of horses trying to start
load and failing because only one
horse pulled at a time. AS soon as
they could be induced to pull together
the load moved.
This lack of team work c being OBJ
served today. Only the Italian army
is fighting. The Austrians are to be
re-enforced by two German divisions
because the other ally armies are not
occupying their time. A united pres
sure on all fronts might have ended
the war months ago.
The allies have shown themselves
brave and hard fighters, says writer
in the Review of Reviews, and have
organized the supply of material re-
sources on a magnificent scale. They
have, indeed, fought; but they have
| lacked directive intelligence of the
higher kind to create war plans and
carry them out. While Germany has.
thru her marvellous war organization
known as the general staff, unified
the fighting forces of the league of
central powers and given the war an
undivided strategical guidance, the al
lies, with far greater aggregate sup
plies of men and materials have scat
tered their efforts, wasting the lives
of their men and squandering their
resources thru piecemeal ard haphaz-
ard ventures, ill-timed and unrelated.
France and England undoubtedly
are cooperating better now than al
first; but German successes in the
main have been due to the fact that
the allies were merely fighting, here
and there, while the Germans were
making war. From the very begin
ming, the United States has been ready
to subordinate it's naval and military
efforts to airy form of higher strategy
promising results thru cooperation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-06
GLOBE SIGHTS
[From the Atchison Globe.l

lFrom the Atchison Globe
AS truth hurts reporters inflict con-
siderable punishment
Sometimes the way to help a cause
is to say nothing at all.
Some books remind one of stale,
canned Ben Davis apples.
It's wonderful how much interest a
candidate takes in the rabble-
1t usually takes Father about three
weeks to repair the door bell.
What has become of the old-fash-
toned villain who stole deed to prop
erty?
1t is believed the confusion on the
Tower of Babel, was started by a hen
party
Waiting in a doctors office is as
hard on the nerves as waiting for a
circus parade.
sOne reason there are so many insane
persons is that two many people try
to analyze themselves without sue
cess.
Living in a country town is delight
full because there are always a number
of people at hand willing to attend to
your business
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tor truck service for hauling coal and
other commodities to overcome traf-
fic congestion. Verdun, at the begin
ming of the German onslaught, after
her railroad connections had been de-
stroyed. was saved by a fleet of 1000
motor trucks, running day and night,
1000 each way like a great moving
sidewalk If a truck baked, over it
went into the ditch while the rest
moved on. And between the trucks,
only a few feet apart, an army of road
members shovelled and scrapSS 70
keep the roadway serviceable. Such
unconquerable spirit in America
would solve most of our congestion
problems as fast as they appear.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-06
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Ready-to-serve Lima Beans.

Home Canning Directions Furnished
by u. S. Department of Agriculture
Don't Miss Amy Step.
Wash yolr jars; wash rubbers; test
rubbers for quality.
Set empty jars and rubbers in pan
of water to heat and keep hot
Fill wash boiler to cover jars two
inches with water.
Heat water in wash boiler.
Use only young, freshly picked
beans.
Place beans in colander; steam by
setting over a vessel of boiling water,
covered tight, for five to ten minutes.
Dip quickly in cold water.
Pack Immediately in hot glass jars
Add boiling hot water to fill jars.
Add level teaspoonful salt per quart.
Place rubbers and tops of jars in
position, not tight
Place jars on false bottom of wash
boiler.
Subrnerge Jars two inches.
Let the water boil $50 minutes.
Start counting after water begins
to boil
Remove jars.
Tighten covers
Invert to cool and examine for
| leaks.
If leaks are found. change rubbers
and boil again for ten minutes.
Wrap in paper
Store in cool, dry place.