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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-05

WASHINGTON, March 5.-Presi-
dent Wilson last night informed the
country, in a statement, that he may
be without power to arm merchant
ships and take other steps to meet the
German submarine menace in the alb
sence of authority from congress.
An extra session of congress, the
president says, is required to clothe
| him with authority, but it is useless
TO call one while the senate works I'M
der the present rules which permit a
small minority to keep an overwhelm
ing majority from acting.
Tho President proposes, therefore
that the special session OF the senate
which he has called to meet today, re
wise the rules TO supply the means OF
action and save the country from dis
| aster.
"A little group of willful men.
says the President in his statement
representing no opinion but theil
own, have rendered the great govern
mcnt of the United States helpless anC
contemplate
The President 5 statement in ful
follows:
1.-The termination of the last SEES
| sion Of the Gath congress by constitu
tional limitation discIoses q situation
unparalleled in the history Of the coun
try, perhaps unparalleled in the histor,
Of any modern government. In the i'm
mediate presence of crisis frau3h
with more subtle and farreaching pos
sibilities of nationa! danger than an
other government has known With
the whole history of its internationa
relations, the congress has been unabl
to act either to safeguard the eountr
or to vindicate the elementary right
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BILL TO ARM SHIPS
KILLED IN SENATE
Wilson Flags Little Group
of Wilful Men" Who OPP
posed Measure
SESSION
MAY BE NECESSARY
Seyenty-six Senators Signed Manifesto
Fixing Responsibility Upon LaF Toilette
and the Men Who Filibustered to
Block Bill.

Washington, March 5.-Twelve sena-
tors led by Senator LaFollette and en-
couraged by Senator Stone, Democratic
chairman of the foreign relations com
mittee, in a flibuster denounced by
President Wilson s spokesman as the
most reprehensible IN the history of
any civilized nation, defed the will of
an overwhelming majority in congress
up to the last minute today and denied
to the President a law authorizing him
to arm American merchant ships to
meet the German submarine menace.
UEyielding throughout 26 hours of
continuous session to appeals that their
| defiance of the President would be
humiliating to the country, uncompro-
missing in a crisis described to them as
the most serious to the nation since
| the Civil war, LaFollettc and his small
group of supporters refused majority
of their colleagues an opportunity to
vote on the armed neutrality bill and it
died with the Gath congress at noon
To fix responsibility before the coun-
TRY, 76 senator's, 80 Republicans and
4G Democrats, signed manifesto pro
claiming to the world that they favored
passage of the measure.
This declaration, embodied in the
record of the senate. referred to tn,
fact that the house Thursday nigh
had passed a similar bill by vot,
of 1903 to l3 and also recited that tn,
senate rule permitting unlimited de
bate gave a small minority opportuni
" to throttle the will Of the majority
Thirteen senators declined to sig
the declaration, but one of them, Sen
ator Penrose, Republican, of Pennsyl
vaEia, announced that he would hav
voted for the bill had opportunity bee
afforded him.
The II who went on record agains
granting TO President Wilson the AT
thority he asked for in the crisis, were
,, Republicans: Clapp, Mimi; Cummin
: Ia; Gronna, \. D.; Kenyon, Ia; No
, ris, Neb.; La Toilette, Wis, Democrats
Kirby, Ark; Lane, Ore; o 'Gormai
\. y; Stone, Mo-. Nardaman, Miss.
Senators Dillingham; and Page WEI
among the Republicans who signed Il
n manifesto.
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Special Notices

SHAMPOOING and Manieuring. Miss
Mary A. Griffin, l39 Main st. 229-tf
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SEWING Machine Needles and sup
plies for all makes of machines at J.
3. Dunton S, 43 Flat Street.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-13
THREE PASSENGERS HURT.
trolley Car and Automobile Truck in
Collision on Pine Street.

II. w. Kimball, superintendent Of the
Queen City Cotton company. John Seth
and Mrs. Elsie Gosselin, daughter of the
latter, were injured at 1880 Thursday
morning in an accident on Pine street.
They we're riding on n city-bound electric
car at the time, when It struck or was
struck by an automobile truck.
AS far as could be ascertained Thurs
day the injuries suffered by the three
passengers on the car are not serious. The
however. Besides other damage, six posts
were knocked from their place, this re-
sulting in the dropping Of the roof Of the
car more than two feet.
Mr. Seth has ono foot that is slightly
injured and his daughter suffered con-
siderably from shock. No definite news
Of the injuries which Mr.. Kimball suffered
could be learned, as he was confined to his
room at the Hotel Vermont. but 1t is
understood that his face was cut by
broken glass. Mr. Seth and his daughter
were taken to their home on Foster street,
Scarff's addition, in the police ambulance.
which had been summoned to the scene.
One version of the accident is that the
Hickok truck was just out of the COM
pany's yard. being at "a standstill in the
middle of the street, when the electric car
was attempting to pass. Just as the car
reached spot parallel with the truck
the driver backed the truck into the car
The conductor in charge of the car was
John Dalton and the notorman was Ed.
ward Caron. The name of the driver
of the automobile truck was given as
Felio.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-13
62l NAMES CERTIFIED
More Than the Forty per Cent. Quota
to he Called out September
10, Is Ready.

Montpelier, Sept. by adding to-
tai of so names to the lists ALREADY
filed with the Acknowledgement the as
trict board of appeals to-day brought
the total number of names certified up
to G21.. The board has already certi-
fed more than enough men to cover inc
40 per cent. quota to be called out sep
TENDER 10 and is now getting out enoug n
to cover the number to be called into
service october 3.
The names and addresses of the 80
men from addison county certified to the
adjutant general this afternoon follow:
Douglass Il. Pyper. Vergennes Harry
r. Riley, Shoreham; Charles Wilson.
Cornwall; Erwin L. Lewis, Hancock; Ed-
die +. Trombley. Leicester; James f.
Emerson, Starksboro; Albert M. RUSSELL
Middlebury; Edward l.. Cross, Goshen;
Albert C. Sharkey, Cornwall: Nazareth
!. Camarra, Bristol; hoy II. Pierce, Mid
dlebury; Dayton Dumas, Shoreham Cen
ter: Orlo s. Bump, Salisbury; Glendon X
Rising Orwell; Oakley Il. May Gran :
Vile; Dan O. Mason, Middlebury; j.
Howard Klein, Lake Dunmore; Byron
b. Swenor, Shoreham; Claude A. Dem
ton. whiting; wilfred V. Duclaws. Lin
coin: Herman H. Damon, Granville: Will
liam j. Vanderhoof. Bridport; John A
Parent. Monkton; Lewis Il. Hope. Mid
dlebury; Leighton II. Belts Bristol
George A. Sheltus, Middlebury; Rollin
n. Dunshee. New Haven; Abraham A
Trombley, Shoreham; Harry c. Lowell
Cornwall; Henry Dwire, New Haven
Thomas A. McI<innon. Bristol; Erwin l.
Denton. whiting; Clarence c. Atwood
Lincoln; Harold A. Sperry. Cornwall
Henry b. Parish. North Ferrisburg.
In addition so names were certified
from Bennington county and four name:
from Caledonia county.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-13
SOLDIERS ENTERTAINED.
Miss ETie stewart Of New York Hn,
Part in Musical Program.

An entertainment in the Knights of
Columbus building for the soldiers at
Fort Ethan Allen was received with great
enthusiasm Tuesday evening. The program
opened with America" led by Col. J. II.
Mmms of Burlington, chairman of the
committee on singing and dramatics Miss
Fife Stewart of New York city followed
with an aria from La Tosca." Miss Stew.
art was well received and applauded until
she came back with an encore "Separa-
ton" This Is the first time during the
present crisis that Miss Stewart has sung
for the boys in khaki, although during the
Spanish American War she often sang
for the wounded soldiers in San Francisco.
F.. NJ. Bell. one of Burlingtons most ac-
complished soloists, came next with a
solo Rolling Down to RiO," which was
greeted with thunderous applause. AS an
encore he gave THE Trumpeter.' Both
Miss Stewart and Mr.. Bell were accom-
panied by Miss Viola Hood of this city.
Colonel Mimms then recited a stirring pa
triot poem, 1.-THE Big Three-The Trlcolor
The Union !ack-The Stars and Stripes"
Miss Stewart gave another pleasing oper-
attic number, which she followed with a
Scotch folk song. both Of which judging
| from the applause. met the approval OF
! the men. Some of the boys from the
medical corps also did their "bit" in the
program. Private Colletu was we'll re-
ceived when he sang THE Sunshine OF
Your Smile" and julius ABE" Heilborr
made a big hit with a comic monologue
AS an encore he gave in a more serious
strain, 1.-The Call of the Flag which
is a stirring patriotic poem written by q
woman, whose only son is now serving
Uncle Sam in France. Other songs ant
selections were given by the boys, all Of
which were we'll received.
Tuesdays entertainment was the frs
presented in this building but it is hoped
now that the thing is started that thu
boys are to have many more to hell
while away the dreary hours at the Post
The program Tuesday was arrange,
by William V. Scully, the popular secre
tary at the Knights of Columbus building
He was assisted by Lawrence F. Connor
of the medical corps. stationed at tn
Post
A program of exceptional excellence /
to be presented at the knights of Co
lumbus building on Friday evening.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-13
$4,000 MEN NEEDED.
Navy Building Plan Far Outstretchins
Recruiting Results.

Ensign c. A. Harris, the commandant OF
the navy recruiting stations in this dis
trict, which comprises part Of northern
New York as we'll as the entire state OF
Vermont, has sent out call to all SUD-
stations in his Jurisdiction for more men.
In the call which the ensign has sent
out, special stress is laid on the fact that
recruiting Is falling Off so badly that there
Is more than ever great need for men.
Many men. he adds. will have to De
trained before the navy's ships are man
ned, saying, IN addition. that there are
not enough available men at the present
time for the number Of ships now ready
and nearing completion.
"What will we do this fall" he INQUIRIES
Of officers in charge Of the sub-stations,
with all the new ships that are peing
rushed to completion for early .service?
| Mr.. Harris continues: 1.-THE building plan
is far outstretching the recruiting resuts.
About A,000 more men are needed right
away to fill the navys present allowance
and promotion Is SO rapid In the navy
that the navy department cannot keep up
with the clerical end Of the work. the
force In Washington has been steadily IN
creased and is still short-handed.
"As for ships, the needs are very great
and very serious. Destroyers are the great
est enemy Of the submarine. The navy de-
partment is doing wonders in the output
of these boats. The people Of the nation
have got to supply the crews
Most people seem to think that the
navy is full up that recruiting Is being
stopped. No such thing. Owing to the
great shortage of men, the department mas
had to reduce the number Of men on re-
cruitng duty. 1t Is therefore up to the
civilians to get in and help do the re-
cruiting work. Everyone should serve In
some way.
1.-THE navy offers great chances. Every
man in the navy is a volunteer, nothing
forced about the service. The lowest pay
In the navy is 1890, besides an outfit Of
clothing and all expenses. and wonderful
place to serve country and SELF
"All trades are used and taught in thu
navy. Unframed men enlsting as ap
prentice seamen now go direct to training
stations. There is great demand for cook
, and bakers and meat cutters. fremen
machinists. hospital corpsmen. musicians
. mess attendants and radio wireless
electricians. There are also openings TO
machinist's mates for aviation.
"A new campaign is to be launched sool
, In which it Is planned to scour the who'll
, district and all business men and other
/, are urged to cooperate and do all the.
can to encourage and aid recruiting 70
the navy.
1.-THE army is on the way to the making
Some are in France. And very probabl
, the final decision Of the war will be deter
mined by the boys in khaki. But the boy
, In khaki have to depend upon the boy
= in blue to get them to France. to kee
{ their supplies going and then later on t
get them back. And the boys in blu
Q now in service are calling for ship mates
= Get into a blue Jackets uniform and hell
f Now is the time. tomorrow may be to
n late. Don't hamper the navy by lack G
lmen."
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-13

with such quiet complacency at It's De-
ginning. feeling that II was no concern
of theirs, but into which we nave hnally
been drawn. Mr. Barss made the state
ment that it was the pride and unjust
oppression of the German autocrAcy
Weighing upon the common people until
they were ready for revolt that was
the real cause Of the war; He said that
the German government had come to
realization that a. revolution was near
and that the war was simply a means
to take the minds Of the people into
other channels away from thoughts OF
revolt.
We pride ourselves on our great demo-
cratic spirit said the speaker, but there
| is mighty autocracy in this country
which threatens to overthrow our power.
When we are told that 90 per cent Of
Americas wealth is in the hands of one
per cent. Of Americas population, that
every common commodity of life in this
country has gone up from 30 to 800 per
cent. within the past three years, that
only Is per cent. of the people of this
| country are attending church, while the
other So per cent. pays ssactically no
attention to church affairs. when more
than 100000 men are even now on
strike in the country, threatening to tie
up the resources of the nation, when
| ~ per cent. OIL the marriages OF the ma
ton are divorces within four years. and
when all business is carried out on the
principle that success is reward and
failure is punishment; when we realize
all these facts. we must stop and ask
ourselves whittier our great and mighty
nation Is tending.
Then Superintendent Barss took up the
remedy for these evils. He referred most
feelingly to the sermon Of Jesus on the
beatitudes. showing that they apply to
the American people of to-day just as
much as they did to the Jews in the
day in which the sermon was preached,
that we are as far from possessing the
qualities which Christ called blessed as
did those same Jews to whom He
preached.
But, said the speaker in concluding, It
is not possible to make the necessary
changes by any exterior method. If the
money of the rich man was taken away
and given to the poor, 1t would not
change either party in reality. The rich
man would soon regain his wealth. be-
cause he is made up that way, while the
poor man would soon lose that which
! was given him, for the same reason
1t is not, therefore. through matera
: changes that the remedy must come
but through changes within the heart
; by means of which, alone, the effect is
, lasting.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-13
NEW COMMANOAN1 At POST
Col. Arthur Thayer, Formerly of
voc 3rd Cavalry, in Charge.
A West Point Graduate, with Long Rec
cord in the Service-Fifty New
Il. bakers Arrive from Colo
RADIO.

Fort Ethan Allen has a new command
ant in the person of Colonel Arthur
Thayer. Colonel Thayer has had long
and brilliant record in the national service
and is an able successor to Major-General
Dickman, who was assigned to canton
n,ent camp at Battle Creek. Michigan,
some weeks ago.
Colonel Thayer will be colonel OF the
End cavalry in addition to being the COM
mander at the Post. BY reason Of his
seniority, Colonel Thayer will be the COM
manding officer. He comes from Des
Nfoines, Iowa, where he has been muster
ing in the National Guard regiments Of
that State.
Colonel Thayer was a graduate Of West
Point Military Academy In the class Of
1856 and different times was detailed to
the academy as an instructor. From l9OI
until 1910 he was at the head OF the Ian
. uage department in the army service
school at Fort Leavenworth. Kan. At one
time he was attached to the 3rd cavalry.
q part Of which was at Fort Ethan Allen
for some time before the Spanish War.
( At this time only a part Of the regiment
was detailed to the Post and as it hap
/ pened the colonel was in the section that
was not sent to the Post The whole OF
the crd regiment is now at Fort Sam
Houston, at San Antonio, Texas. Colonel
Thayer arrived at the Post Tuesday
morning for duty.
MORE BAKERS ARRIVE.
Late Tuesday afternoon trinlod
comprising so bakers arrived at Fort
Ethan Allen They will be assigned to
the bakery company that is at the Post at
present For some weeks past prepara-
tions have been going on for the reception
Of these men. They will man the COM
pany to full strength. Several new ovens
have been sent to the Post, to be used out
side. The new men all come from Colo
RADIO.
Louis Israel from the Plattsburgh camp
Y. M. c. A. was visitor at the M. c. A
Mt the Post yesterday. He is here in con-
nection with welfare work for the camp
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-13
CASE TO BE RETIRED.
Paul Stepanian Charged with Negligent.
~ Driving an Automobile.

Sheriff James H. Allen drew the list of
Jurors Tuesdy to try the case on Friday
morning of the State VS.. Paul Stepanian,
for alleged negligence in the manner in
which he drove an automobile on the lower
road to Winooski on the 21st day of last
month.
- This case was tried last Friday and
ended in a disagreement, after the jury
had been out about four hours. Judge
Joseph T. Stearns presided. the State was
represented by Allen Martin. States at
/, torney. and the defendant was represented
by H. F. Wolcott of Winooski. The q
jurors from whom the IL who will decide
the case will be selected are from this
city, Shelburne and South Burlington, and
Iare: ]. E. Tracy Van A. Nye. e. H. Beebe
H. H. Davis, II. f. Woodbury., S. S.
Richold. w. J. Van Patten, F. o Beaupre
Gardner Brewer. G. NJ. Delaney, p. J.
tEnright and A. g. Crane. all of this city
@. H. Shepard. o. N. Clements. w. A.
wheeler. r. r. Bartlett, H. C. Brown and
ALLEN 8. HILL of South Burlington; w. r
Mack. d. v. Goodsell, T. B. Webster. C
Up. Van Vliet. c. s. Page and j. A. Cole.
man. Of Shelburne.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-13
TRACTION COMPANY SUED.
Essex Woman Wants $4,000 for Alleged
Injuries While Passenger.

Injuries While Passenger.
The Burlington Traction company was
made the defendant Tuesday in a 5000
damage suit brought by Mary Ellen
Crowley of Essex. The case was entered
and docketed for trial at the county clerks
Office for the September term of county
court which opens this morning at ten
o'clock.
The damage suit is brought by the plain
tiff for injuries which she alleged she
suffered because of the negligence of the
defendant company.
She claims that she was a passenger on
one of the company's electric cars on
July 10 in this city and was being trans
ported at the time to Essex Junction, and
that the defendant company. by its SER
wants and agents. negligently and care
lessly operated the car on which she was
riding and another car owned by the de-
PENDANT company which was being run in
an opposite direction to the one in which
the plaintiff was riding, both being on the
same track.
and negligence the plaintiff claims that
| the two cars collided. Because of this
| collision, she claims she was thrown
against the sides of the car, also against
the seats of the same. and upon the floor
thereof. Because of this being jolted
! about, she states that she was severely
bruised, wounded. cut, lacerated. and in
jured about her head, shoulders arms
hands, body. legs, and feet and was also
internally injured. Because of these in.
3uries. the plaintiff further alleges thai
she has suffered and is suffering great
pain and mental anguish. has been unable
to carry on her usual occupation and has
paid out large sums of money for medica
attendance. ETC.. in attempting to recover
from said injuries.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-13
BULLET NEAR SPINE.
soldier Mt Fort Ethan Allen Injured i'm
Peculiar Manner.

Roy s. Blake, private In the head
quarters company of the End cavalry
at Fort Ethan Allen. is lying In the
Post hospital with a bullet from 40
calibre revolver lodged near his spinal
column.
Private Blake's injury was sustained
in a peculiar manner. Early last week
he was lying in his bunk, reposing on
his loft side. His "bunkie' was hand
ling his 45-calibre revolver, standing
at the foot of Blakes bunk. Suddenly,
in some neXplainable way. the revolver
was discharged.
The bullet entered the outer side OF
Blake's right leg in the tleshy part just
above the kne, and tore up through the
leg and hip, lodging near the spine.
The man was at once removed to the
Post hospital. and N-ray photographs
were later taken to locate the bullet.
The plates revealed the bullet as lodged
| in the muscles close to the spinal col
umn. so imbedded in the muscles, it is
| said, as not to cause any trouble. and IT
| Is probable that no operation will per-
| formed to remove it.
| The condition of the soldier is excel
| lent, and he Is not thought to be in any
danger unless blood poisoning should
| set in.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-13
SCHOOL MATTERS.

The school board met Friday at the
high school building for it's regular month
ly meeting. Most of the meeting was
taken up with routine business. Superin-
tendent NJ. d. Chittenden reported that
the work Of repairing the south side of the
fence at the Lawrence Barnes school had
been completed, and that work on the
west side was progressing rapidly.
The matter of introducing into the
schools the "Vermonter." to aid the pupils
in the study of current events and to give
them a better idea of their own State,
with its resources and opportunities, was
considered favoraably. The bills of the
month amounted to S5,O25.S6 which includ-
ed n bill of "a, SO for coal for the winter