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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30
The Furlorr.

The measure of length known rs the
furlong represents une-"ighlh of a
mile. Originally il was the length oi
the ancient acre in England. which
had - definite form heIr% ~ rods IN
length and four rods i'm breadth. or
tn" old English open or common field
system. each furrov pl"wcd equaled ir
length the acre. and the distance was
called rurlnn@. that *. fTrrow-l"ng, OF
~ rods. or $50 feet. goal 10 IN
yards or our-cigh'h Of = mi.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30

Washington. Prohibition r'gula.
lions Of 4 sweeping character WEE
written into the administrators food
control bill by the House.
After several hours Of parlIamrn-
tary Sparring. during which th" pro
hibitory proposals We're thrown ont
repeatedly on points Of order. lh" p o.
hibiffon eIemen, got the upper hand
and forced adoption of amendments
which would forbid III" use of an"
foodstufS during the war for making
intoNicants and would give The pref
dent authority 10 take over. in h
discretion. all STOCKS Of distilled ID
quors
Then the House settled down 10 a
long night session. with the prospect
that a final vote on the bill ml1ht -"
taken some time between midnight
and morning The Leaders Wcr" d..
tcrmincd to vote before adjournment
Action on the prohibition amend
menrs was taken i'm committee OF the
whole. and opponents OF the proposals
Immediately began mastering their
forces for a reconsideration when III"
bill comes up for final discussion IN
the House proper.
Should the proposals finally suTv,y"
N the House. q fight will b" made ON
them in the Senate. although much
prohibition sentiment has been appar
ert there. and equally far-reaching
amendments are pending.
The amendment designed To cut Cf
manufacture of liquors was adopted.
l22 to ia. II was submitted by Rep
rcsrn,ativc Barkley Of Kon'uckg
ncmocran. and would provide thai
- food. food material or feed could
y. ul,.so Lyrirg rh" war for the manu-
r,c,ur. of a,corL or alcoholic h'v'r-
AGES except for soy%Hment"l indus
trial. scientific. medicinal or s"rfa-
mental purposes.
II is provided that any person who
vilmllv violates lh" srctinn shall.
upon conviction ',"rsor, b" punished
- rs, NOT ,N,r,din" 5000 or ~
Imprisonment, for not more than two
wears. or both.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30

liam !. Smith. ON The death of her fa-
fh"r received S5O0OoO. the income Of
which Sh" HIS spent literally. Her
!. II. Converse. The wedding followed
an elopement on May II. 1910. Mr..
Smith lid not learn of the affair until
the followin" January. when he for
gave the couple and sent them South
in his car for twO-munthS' bridal
tour.
Mrs. WOodcOck divorced the chauf-
feur on the ground of desertion. II
was said in Greenwich that Mrs. Wood
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30
lonqs for Mothers Pies.

Cleveland. Ohio.-CoOking in the
Marine corps isn't like the stuff that
mother used I" bake Art Lippert. a
Cleveland youth. who Joined the fight
ing branch of the service. writes home
10 mother:
The food is good here. hut your
pies would retail nj about $50 or So.
and would taste like million dollars
to me-"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30

VaIi,y Forge PA MarNtng the site
o fine rncar.pmrn' Of Washington
and his army durin" the winter OF
l777-7N a memorial arch Tor which
Congress appropriated $4,000 w%s
presented TO the state by Speaker
Champ Clark on behalf Of the govern
mcnt. Nor" than 100 scnrtor- and
congressman attended.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30

cocks marriage To WilmOt was wholly
unlocked for. Several prominent men
had been paying her much nttertion.
one admirer called himself count: an
other was IA well-known Manhattan at
tOrney.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30

and marine corps. Gifts. received AZ
the station. she distributes personally
frequently Offering bits Of hindI! az
vice simultaneously.
And when. finally the men ar" re'uH
10 take their places ia the American
harrlp fleet. each seems oh>">Srd VIII"
the idea that he personally. must i'!i'"e
good
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30

washington. Henry NorErn'haU.
former ambassador to Turkey ana Pc.
liz Frankfurtcr. now attached Ia The
War Department. will 90 To Egypt -
care tor several Americans still ma
rooncd in Palpsrin" and 10 look after
Other American interests N that see
ton
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30
HElRESS WEEDS AN S18 CLERK
Connecticut Woman Failed Of Happi.
ness in Experiment With
Neiohbor's Chauffeur.

Port Chester. Y. Y.-MrS. Mary Au-
gustine Woodcock of Greenwich.
Conn. who divorced Arthur WOOdcnck
about a month ago. has married Clif-
ford r. Wi,mot, employed rs a clerk
at SIS week in the WestcheSter
Lighting corpsny.
The bride, Gaughter of the late VIII
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30
Paris Cuts Of Gas.

PariS.-The minister of subsistence
has ordered suspension of the use Of
gas in France for an aggregate of 13
hours daily. Hotels and private houses
also are ordered not 10 use hot water
except Saturday and Sunday.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30

Washir>non. \ joint resolution.
providing tha, The war army shall b'
officially known as I'll" National
ARMY Of fn. Tinted States" WAS intro
duccd 10y R'prcs"nratiy" Hor'arG.
That is the name in use by the W"i
Department officials nov.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30
Merchant Ranks Over Noble.

How the spirit of caste still rules in
the German ranks Is inStanced by a
little anecdOtc told mo by Dutch
officer He had come on friendly "COf-
fee" terms with a German officer. Won
s.. the perSunificatiun. 10 the very
monOCle. of those 'Schneidige lieuten-
ants" often lHmpOoned In Germany
one cay Won :. came to lunch hubblIng
over with Indignation. for II simple
'buurgrniS." former Berlin merchant,
had been given the post Of captain in
his regiment, and ne himself was first
lieutenant.
"Denkcn sic SIGH. lieber Kamerad :"
he exclaimed. "Ich, Won :. Inter
cinem Kaufman aus Berlin" He felt
disgraccd. But officers are beginning
To get scarce in Germany. 81 the re-
serve officers who have acquitted them
selves creditahly have to be promoted
tn positions they would never have at-
tanned in peace times.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30

Said IN" almost philosopher: "Wher
a man takes vacation he tries 20 for.
get his troubles. but his wife. in TAX.
ing the last over, sees them ami l!gs
them along"
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Railroad AIDS Canada.

Otrowa. Ont.-The Canadian Pacific
railroad. it was officially announced,
has advanced $1O.OOO,000 COR the pro.
duc,ion Of war material In Canada.
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Refuse To Reqister.

Philadclph.a Frederick J. Beck"r.
, nalfvc-born american, who was en-
ploved in q German cff" here. was
sentenced 10 one year Imprisonment
under ;hc soIective draft act, for viii
fully failing 20 register.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30
Fused Up Her Hair

Elyria. O.-Katie Fuss. in her d.
vorce petition. says Steve Fuss fused
up her hair and exhibited a bunch Of
il to friends To prove he was victor
in the br,.iL
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30
GERMANS DESERT ARMY IN DROVES

can never be rcduCrd.b by hunger. They
will eat grass or the dust from IN"
street rather than surrender Oh the
allies terms" he said. He told how
had the treatment and the food was in
The German prison camps he had been
in seven, 50 he could judge. After ev-
cry attempt Ia cScap" h" had been
transferred to different camp. hut
everywhere the prisoners were treated
brutality. the officers ~ well aS the
men. How he had nj last succeeded
in getting away with his two cnmpan-
ions he preferred not to Say--h"cauSe
he feared that would make e~cap"
NOR" difficult for his comrades still il,
captivity. He did. however. say that
what made escape very difficult WAS
that il caused great surprise tu people
in German towns and villages Ia see
three ahlc-hodird men walking about,
and he and his companions had been
obliged To invent all sorts of tales
about having been wounded and being
now ou leave To account for their alb
scncc from "thc front"
German soldiers frankly beg for food
on the Dutch border. The officers don't
20 quite as far aS that. There Is sort
of neutral ION" along the frontier
whc-p Germans and I:nllandrrS can
meet. There the German officers often
congrpgate and make uvcrtureS of com.
radoShip Ia their colleagues on the
other side. Friendly relations exist
and when the luncheon hour comes
and the NethrrlandcrS Sc" what poor
provisions the Germans have. they in;
wife the Germans to lunch. \ picn3
is held and the Germans consume
credible quantities of rolls. SauSa f.
or ham sandwiches. and loudly praiS,
the coffee the or,lrrlicS of their Dutch
comrades serve. They say they never
get good coffee any more.
Although the Dutch officer often
meets his German colleagues. II must
not be- supposed he always agrees viii
their methods of discipline towaro
their own men. Both officers and sol
dirrs in Holland. by far the greater
number of them ut least. strongly dis
approve of the brutal and hcartleS,
way in which most German officer
treat their men. The younger officer,
show this by chatting the Germans
about il.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-05

cussed NJ Milukoff's note to the allies
all of Wednesday night and adjourned
at daybreak Thursday without reach.
ing q decision. Later in the day the
committee sat in special session with
the council of the provisional gov
ernment for a discussion Of the gov
ernment's motives in issuing the note
The executive committee finally decid
ed that it must take some action re.
garding the note, but that it saw n0
reason for demanding the resignation
of the provisional government. The
committee induced the soldiers en-
gagged in demonstrations to return to
their barracks.
When Foreign Minister Alilukolf
saw the banners inscribed with the
words Down with Milukoff," he ad-
dressed the demonstrators from the
balcony Of the palace saying that he
was fearful not of Milukoff but for
Russia. If the inscription interpreted
the feelings of a majority of the citi-
zens, he asked what must be the con
dition of Russia The entente allies
would say Russia had betrayed her
allies and had struck her name from
the list of the allied powers. The
provisional government cannot accept
that view of things" continued NJ.
Milukoff. 81 declare to you that the
provisional government and myself, as
minister of foreign affairs, will de-
fend a position in which no one will
dare to charge Russia with treason.
Never shall Russia consent to sep
aiate peace!
The provisional government is a
sailing vessel which can only move
on with the help of the wind. We hope
for the help of your trust. which is
the wind that will make our ship go
forward | hope you will supply us
with that breeze and that your conf
dence will aid us in propelling Russia
toward liberty and prosperity and in
upholding the dignity of our great free
country" The words of the foreign
minister evoked hearty cheering.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-05

coaching of Miss Mathilde Vossler
the recreation instructor Each mem
Der has been drilled to play for the
success of the team Any who have
been attendants at the games must
have been aware of the utter absence
of spectacular work The points have
been scored by the forwards, as most
of them must be in any game of bas-
ketball, but the aggressive play of
the guards and center have made the
scoring possible
1t is evident from the work of the
team that its members have been in
structed to waste no opportunities.
Unless the ball was in position from
which il could be thrown TO the bas-
ket with a fair degree of certainty an
attempt to score was seldom made.
With two guards Miss Green and Miss
Whiteley who kept driving the ball in
TO the enemy court and a center Miss
Fischer who followed the pigskin with
the persistency of football end the
opportunities to try for the basket
We're naturally numerous. The com
bination of Miss Nash and Miss Brazil
on the firing line has been stumbling
block for all opposing teams. The
pair usually played close to the enemy
basket. a position that made possible
a short pass and short shot and the
result was a high scoring percentage.
Whenever an opposing team threaten
ed to score too many points, Miss
Nash played even closer to the basket
and as the ball was passed by Miss
Brazil it was tossed unerringly through
the ring In addition Miss Brazil de-
veloped an exceptional ability in scor-
ing from the foul line and the single
points helped materially in the games.
The substitutes, Miss Baker and
Miss Carpenter, and the second cen
ter, Miss Wahlquist, have played in
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-05

There was no officially recognized
championship for girls basketball
teams in Vermont during the past
season. but if ii had been possible to
make such an award the distinction
would undoubtedly have been con
ferred upon the club representing the
Bennington high school. Teams from
the Bennington high school played
four games with other school organi-
cations in Vermont and won them
all. in most instances with overwhelm-
ing scores.
The Bennington girls invaded near
by territory in Massachusetts and
New York and in every instance were
victorious. Not until they made a
long journey from home and We're
compelled to play under rules with
which they were unfamiliar was an
opposing team able to put them on
the small end of the score. The only
game lost was to the Kingston high
school girls and was played on the
floor Of the Poughkeepsie Y. NJ. c. A.
gymnasium. At the close OF the first
half of this contest, which was play
ed under girls rules, the Bennington
team was in the lead The second
period was under boys rules and the
experience of the Kingston girls in
this style of play gave them the vie
tory.
While the Bennington team is com
posed of athletically trained young
women who have for number of
years taken an active part in the rec
reation work now under the charge
of the Public Welfare association and
who were therefore physically prepar-
ed for the strenuous game, the larger
share of credit for the success of the
team, both during the past winter and
during the previous season, is un-
doubtedly due to the conscientious
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-05

only a small portion of the games but
when they have been ON the floor
they have ably maintained the average
OF excellence The seasons record
is as follows:
November 29-Bennington 2S, Burr
and Burton seminary 10, at Manchest-
ef.
February Bloomington 20, Troy
Conference academy II, at Poultney.
February Bloomington Is, Hoo
sick Falls 3, at Bennington.
February Bloomington 8, Hoosick
Falls 1, at Hoosick Falls.
February Bloomington 16, Drury
high school 5, at North Adams.
March Bloomington 30, Dalton
high school 5, at Bennington.
March Bloomington q. Rutland
high school 2, at Bennington.
March 23-Bennington 23, Rutland
high school 10, at Rutland.
March 30--Bennington 10, Dalton
high school II, at Dalton.
April 21-Kingston high school 2S,
Bennington II, at Poughkeepsie.
April 27-Bennington 23, Dury high
school II. at Bennington.
The season of basketball has been
beneficial not only to the members of
the team but to the other girl students
who have had opportunities to meet
young women from other communi-
ties. Whenever a team visited in
Bennington every possible effort was
made TO make the stay of the players
and 'rooters" enjoyable. On their
out of town trips the Bennington girls
have always been treated right roy
ally by their opponents. IL this way
the girl students have been given a
chance to obtain an exchange of
views that they could not have had
except through some similar arrange
ment.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-05

London, May 5.-Infantry attacks
for the time being, there came from
the battle front tonight only the dull
roar of the neverending artillery duel.
There was stiff fighting all through
last night and early today, as the
Germans threw heavy reserves into
counter-attacks which cost them
dearly. These counter-attacks sue
ceeded only in the neighborhood of
Cherisy. where the British troops
posts occupied early yesterday.
The new British line on the war
maps has the appearance of jigsaw
puzzle and really reflects the severity
of the fighting which has surged back
and forth during the last 4S hours.
There are various pockets" in the
front that remain to be cleared out
and the artillery today was paying
particular attention to them. The
guns also make life very unpleasant
for the German inhabitants of Oppy
wood
The Canadians resisted all at
tempts to drive them from their new
ly-won position at Fresnoy, and fur
ther south the British troops which
penetrated another sector of the Hin
denberg line were holding tight to
their gains. New Germans units con-
stantly are being identified among the
prisoners taken.
Meantime the German artillery is
ed from the Germans in the past two
weeks. Gravrelle, Baillaul, Arleux
Fresnoy and Monchy are being ground
to powder by the thousands of high
explosive shells which which is the
German custom of 'strafing" every
place from which they are driven.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-05
PLANS FOR FIRST
WAR ARMY NOW
COMPLEI
Will Consist Of 520,659 Enlisted
Men and 1850 Officers
VERMONT IN FIRST DIVISION
Selective Draft Measure Should Be
Ready for Presidents Signature
Early Next Week.

Washington, May 1.-THE full
! strength Of the first war army organ
lied under the selectiye draft bill will
be 1880 officers and 52S,659 enlisted
men, making up Is war strength di-
| visions complete in every arm and
| supplemented by l6 regiments of
| heavy field artillery. equipped with
large calibre howitzers.
Virtually every detail of plans for
raising, training, equipping and or
| ganiZing this force has been carefully
worked out by the war department
and the selection of the men will be-
gin as soon as the draft measure be-
comes law. Conferees of the Senate
and House hope to agree upon dis
puted features tomorrow so as to
send the bill TO the president for his
signature early next week.
4 revised list of officers training
camp districts issued today by the de-
partment indicates that the divisions
of the first half million new fighting
men will be formed as follows:
First division-Troops from all
New England states.
Second-New York congressional
districts. l to 20. including Long Is
land, New York city and a strip north
of the city.
Third-Remainder of New York
state and Pennsylvania congressional
districts 10, IL, a. 10, 16, 21, 25 and
29.
Fourth-Remainder of Pennsylvan-
"a,
burgh.
Fifth-New Jersey. Delaware, Mary
land. Virginia and District OF Column
bia
sixth-North and South Carolina
and Tennessee.
Seventh-Georgia. Alabama and
Florida
Eighth-Ohio and West Virginia,
Nnth-Indiana and Kentucky.
10th-lllinois.
Michigan and Wisconsin,
12th-Arkansas Mississippi and
Louisiana.
13th-Minnesota, Iowa. North and
South Dakota and Nebraska
14th-Missouri. Kansas and Color
ado.
15th-Oklahoma and Texas.
16th-Montana. Idaho, Washington,
Oregon, California. Nevada, Utah, |
Wyoming, Arizona and New Mexico.
In addition there will be two separ |
ate cavalry divisions, which probably |
will be located in the southwest. near
the Mexican border Officers for the |
cavalry divisions will be trained at
all of the IS officers training camps, |
which will open within a few days |
with 10000 prospective officers under |
training.
Each infantry division will consist |
of nine full regiments of infantry,
three regiments of field artillery, one |
regiment of cavalry, one regiment of
engineers, one division hospital, and |
and four camp infrmaries. The total |
strength of the 16 will be 15,022 Of !
hcers and 1912 men.