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The Washington times., 1917-01-09
THE wEBB-KENYON DECISION

After many years of agitation and
effort, Congress seems to have sue
ceeded in passing a law dealing with
interstate shipments Of liquor that
will hold water-also firewater. The
Supreme Court sustains the Webb
Kenyon act, on the broad ground
that the State has power to exclude
liquors from being brought into its
jurisdiction for use contrary to its
laws. The court having. held that
Congress had the right to pass such
a law, proceeds:
1t is therefore decided that by
virtue of the Webb-Kenyon law there
is no power to ship intoxIcants from
one State to another in violation of
the prohibitions of the law of the
State into which the liquor is shipped
In other words, IL is decided that
since the enactment of the Webb
Kenyon law the channels of interstate
commerce may not be used to convey
liquor into a State against the pro-
hibitions of its laws or to use inter-
state commerce as the basis for a
right to receive, possess, sell or in
any manner use liquor contrary to
the State prohibition.
Thus is vindication won by a
couple of "cornfield lawyers" Sena-
tor Kenyon and Congressman Webb,
who fought this measure through
Congress in the face of the fact that
other laws intended to accomplish
like ends had been futile, and de-
spite the determined opposition of
eminent constitutional authorities.
Senator Root made a great speech
insisting that the act would never be
sustained by the Supreme Court.
Senator Sutherland was equally posi-
tive and able; so was Mr.. Pomerene.
The present Solicitor General of the
United States, Mr.. Davis, then a
member of the House, took like
view in that branch.
But the law nevertheless is sus-
tanned by the Supreme Court, seven
members supporting and two dis
senting from the opinion. The de-
cision is more important, in the
opinion of "dry" leaders, than would
have been the adoption of prohibition
acts in two or three States. 1t is
regarded as ending in favor of their
cause fight that is now. near a
quarter century old; a fight which
began with the passage of the Will
son act, that was held broadly I'M
constitutional by the Supreme Court.
After a time the Dolliver-Hepburn
act on the same subject was passed,
but proved generally ineffcacious.
The substance of the controversy is
that the interstate commerce clause
was formerly held a bar against in
reference with liquors shipped
across a State line. The decision
holds that the State may exclude
shipments intended for any use that
is contrary to the State law.
If of less public interest, this de-
cision is hardly less important in its
effects in a much wider realm than
the liquor traffic. Lawyers insist
that this decision means that the
child labor act will be sustained, with
its prohibitions against shipment of
the products of child labor in inter-
state commerce; and also, that it
opens the way for a decision favor
able to the pending measures ex-
Guiding the products of convict labor
from interstate commerce.
The Washington times., 1917-01-09
Everything Going Dry.

st. Winifrod's well in Wales, where
many miraculous cures were effected,
has gone dry after running 1000 gal
Ions OF water the minute from time
immemorial. With the wells going
dry and the barrooms closing all over
the world, II begins to look as IL the
succeeding generations will have a
thirsty time. The people of ST. wini-
fred will know now how the Vir-
ginians feel
THE COMMENTATOR.
The Washington times., 1917-01-09
Don Marquis
Column
More savaEe Portraits.

squat-bodied. heayy-jowPd red-dsw-
Tapped. duh,
BONDS snortfng speech is all Of Money
Kings -.
Boond has the bulk. but lacks the brazsn
wings.
To look the curFd. man-faeed chaldean
bull
When croesus mods at Boond his heart
brims full.
He boasts that nod with spumed bel
lowings
His hoofd voice tramples down all
couther things.
He brags and ramps and shakes his
triple skull
caricature Of Wealth. BONDS hell 10
this:
He wants the wit to garner wealth him
self;
He'd sell his soul for pelf. and count !,
bliss,
But never had soul to sell for pelf;
And still he bores the world with rums-
ling talk -
OF Dives. who paused to greet him m
his walk
Miss Klink affects a sprightly sym
pathy
With all one says; she gurgles, eoes
and winks
Eager response to what she thinks
one thinks:
Her mind and yours. she gasps and
says, agree
Which so works on a persons mood
that re
Will curse his gods because they are
Miss Kinks
And as you curse, again she gasps
and blinl<s
And signals fellowship in subtIety.
INhonest kindness urged a genial
sham,
II real sood-nature dweIt behind her
smirk, .
No one. perhaps, would give "a single.
damn"
But no such instinct prompts her
laundering work:
'Tis Calculation, in her hard. small
Says. Platter Kim ard use him. bye
and bye. -.--
XVIII. r.
II this base country had not east OF
kings,
So Pedder's manner hints. he'd be an
He talks Of Demos" and his thin lips
A rumpled grace that speaks of court
lier things,
So Pedder fsncies. round about him
clings
The swine Of trade will never tread
this pearl:
He never tolls: from churl to common
churl
He makes his way with lordly Dor
rouings. -
His ov.reost he finss on Ifk. { eIodk.
He writes romantic verses &. >.
with q quill :.
Once when some ribald fellow dared
to joke
OF the late Queen Bess he sobbed and
cried, BE still"
Another time, caught drunk and UNI
aware,
He showed me how one works a bar
ber's chair.
The Washington times., 1917-01-09

Talk of food shortage in Germany
is convincing testimony that the talk
is not without foundation. But re
cent photographs published In this
country show the Kaiser, Hindenburg,
Mackensen, ct al to all appearances
still sleek and well fed. Evidently
starvation has not yet reached the
Teutonic stomachs higher up.
The Washington times., 1917-01-09
May Question birthplace

Bishop Russell, let not your heart
be troubled: you will feel after you
have been down there for a month.
or less time than that dependent alto
gether on the way you take them,
that your foot is on your native
health. or course, st. Patrick's will
miss you In Washington; but you will
find q good deal older st. Patrick's in
Charleston. even IL some OF the local
students of family trees shall claim
that st. Patrick was born In Scotland
and was in fact a Presbyterian.
The Washington times., 1917-01-09
PaEan's Prayer.

PaRnnB Frayers
So much to know, so little time to
learn,
Before the woven thread Of life be
So many thoughts of ages gone, to
read,
So many visions Of the years to
come
And all the great VIDE world to wan
der in
o gods of heaven, and Clotho, At
ropos,
Grant me a while TO linger on this
earth;
To seek the golden treasures of the
past,
To dream OF unknown wonders yet to
be,
To feel the sweet approach of COM
ing day,
To see Nhe purple shadows on the
hills.
And hear the nightingale begin. her
song
And then. one day, to leave the sum
mer shores,
And sail across The western sunset
sea ----.
To find the land of unfulfiIled desires.
Where all / read, has been, and all
dreamed of, Is;
Where from the mighty affairs of the
gods
The pleasant incense curIs in waver-
ing smoke. r-s
And all the glories OF an older world
Are melted into everlasting peace.
Juliet Wilton, in Scribner's Maya
kline.
The Washington times., 1917-01-09
41s TOWELS STOLEN.

CHICAGO, Jan. 9.-"Within one
month 4I6 towels disappeared" This
explanation on a sign in the towel
room OF Loop hotel explains why its
towels are padlocked.
The Washington times., 1917-01-09
The Living Present.

The Living Present.
But all this happened more than
200 years ago. and 1t is the living
present" about which Bishop Russell
will be especially concerned. He Will
find that Bishop England laid the
foundations strong and deep in 1920
when he assumed charge of his do
cese. and he will be told by some OF
his surviving contemporaries that
when he died the whole. town, Protes-
tants and Catholics alike, went into
mourning for him, so deeply had he
impressed the community with the
sincerity of his convictions and his
respect for the faith of those who DIFF
fered from him in what they regarded
as non-essentials.
The Washington times., 1917-01-09
ROYAL BREAD APPLICANT.

ATHENS (via London), Jan. g.
King Constantine has applied for and
received the regular bread card which
is issued to all heads Of families
The Washington times., 1917-01-09
5000 Adherents.

osOOO huncNChths
Bishop Russell will find in the place
of his residence about 5000 faithful
adherents and a community distin
guished- generally for its tolerance oi
speech and belief, much as 1t may
have been misrepresented to him by
mischievous pamphIeteers and pro
pagandaists of sectional tendencies
and outworn political creeds. He will
ind that the members of. the Hiber'
ian Society are members also of the
st. Andrews Society, that the st.
Patrick's Benevolent fraternizes with
the German Friendly, and when he
shall see them together he will not
be able to tell a Knight of Columbus
from q Knight OF Pythias, and that
the New England Society, one OF the
oldest in the country, and the Con.
federate Veterans always look like
brethren when they meet at their an
niversaries; or at least they did be.
fore the quart a month" embargo
was placed upon the exchange Of
civilities.
The Washington times., 1917-01-09

The Chicago police department was
trifle overdue for a charge OF whole
sale graft.
The Washington times., 1917-01-09

Ambassador Gerard must under
stand that while it's the business of q
diplomat to be amIable, he mustn't
be too amIable. ~
The Washington times., 1917-01-09
TON LAWSON RELPED. TOO.

Sir: Speaking of historical accura-
cy, was panied to see in the Evening
SUMS advertising columns the bald.
unqualified statement that the Alex
andrine library was destroyed by
Julius Caesar" Probably Caesars
bonfire of the ships did a good deal
of accidental damage to part Of the
great library. but IL he had set out to
destroy" 1t there wouldn't have been
enough left for Antony to md it
worth while to restore 1t. Caesar was
most efficient person; he had no
Woodrow in him. When he set about
doing a thing, IL was done But he
wasn't in the business OF destroying
libraries. No. let's get 1t straight: the
Alexandrine library was destroyed. as
set forth in the History Of the.
American People" by the AStec
hordes led by Grover Cleveland and
Tamerlane. in their great invasion of
Milwaukee in the year 1866 A d.
Semiramis rescued some fragments.
which may now be found in any de-
partment store-second aisle to the
right from the hosiery. H. W.
The Washington times., 1917-01-09
Amusements.

National-''Fair and Warmer" SO D. m.
Belasco-Robert b. Mantell. In Hamlet"
s:l5 D. m.
Misunderstanding. 2:l5 and s:15 D. m.
Polrs-"My Aunt From Utah." Els and SIS
p.
observation-disclosures and 8 .. m
Gayety-Burlesque. 2:I5 and s:15 D. m.
Loew's Columbia-Motion pictures, 1870 L. m.
to II p. m.
Strand-Photoplays, 10 T. m. to 1880 D. m.
Garden-Photoplays 10 a. m. to 1880 D. m.
The Washington times., 1917-01-09

strsnd-PhotopIays. 10 a. m. to 1880 p. m.
Garden-Photoplays, 10 a. m. TO 1880 .. m.
Tomorrow.
Meeting, Connecticut Avenue Citizens Asso-
citation. Army and Navy Preparatory School.
Illustrated lecture, National Parks" L. C.
schmeckilier, before Washington Assocta-
tion, No l. N. A. 8. E, Ieo4 PENNSYLVANIA
avenue northwest. p m.
Address, The Girls Of the Southern High
lands" Frank z. Jenkins, Mt Pleasant
Congregational Church. p. m.
Installation OF officers Kit Carson Post, No.
2 G. A. R.. in Hall lt12 Pennsylvanla ave-
nue. northwest, p. m.
Concert United States Soldiers Home Band
Orchestra, Stanley Hall. $50 p. m.
Meeting, Northeastern Suburban Citizens
Methodist Episcopal Church. p. m.
Installation OF officers. Spanish War Vet
Grams. Pythian Temple. p. m.
Reception in honor Of Miss Florence NJ
A, at association building. p. m.
Meeting, Kentucky State Association, New
Meeting Christian Endeayor Union, First
Conversational Church. p. m.
Bible study course. under leadership Of DR.
John H. Troy, Gospel Mission. 4:3o p. m.
Misunderstood Of instruction, 81. Johns
Mite Association; Naomi, No. J. Eastern
Star.
Odd FeIlows-Eastern, No. I; Harmony. No.
.; Federal City. No. 20; Columbia, No 1,
Encampment; Mount Pleasant, No. g. Re-
bekahs.
Knights Of Pythias-Hermoine, No. Il; Union.
No. %; Columbia. No. Is; Mount Vernon,
No, s.: Washington Company, No. l. Uni
form Rank; Friendship Temple. No. ..
Knights OF Coiumbus-Advisory COMMITTEES
and building company meeting.
The Washington times., 1917-01-09

THE COMMENTATOR.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-11-09
Routine Of a Soldiers Life.

Reveillc-" Christian, Awake"
Bathing Parade" Shall We Gather
at the River?''
Rouse Parade" Art Thou Weary
Art Thou Languid2"
Breakfast" Mcekly Wait and Muir.
muir Not.
c. IS Parade-"W When He Cometh f"
Swedish Drill" Here We Suffer
Grief and Pain
Dnner--"Come We Thankful People,
Come
Rifle Drill" Come. Labor On. "
Lectures by Ohicers-"Trll Me the
Old, Old story"
Dismiss Praise God, from Whom
AIN blessings Flow
Tca--'.Whot Means This Eager,
Anxious Thron9?'
Free for Evening" Lord, How
Happy Should We BE. -
Last Post-"All Are Safely Gath
cred H..
Lights Out" Peace, Perfect Peace. -
Inspection by Guards" Sleep On,
Beloved, Fall River News,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-11-09
GRAFTON.
The Late John B. Taylor.

News has been received Of the death
in Denver, Col, Wednesday night of
last week, of John p. Taylor, a we'll
known Vermont newspaper man, and
for II years one of the editors of the
Burlington Free Press. Mr.. Taylor had
been in i'll health for some time and
few weeks ago he and Mrs. Taylor
went to Denver, where they expected
to make their home.
John Burnham Taylor was born in
st. Adams Dee. 2S. 1871, a son of j..
Dorsey and Lucy (Burgess) Taylor. He
graduated from Michigan university
at Ann Arbor and returned to ST. Al.
bans, where he held positions on the
st. Adams Messenger as editorial writ
FER and news editor. Four years later
he resigned his position and for the
next 10 months had a position with the
Howard National bank. He after
wards returned to the editorial staff
of the Free Press. Mr.. Taylor is sur.
vived by his wife, who was Miss An.
ME Smith Childs, daughter of the late
Col. George T. Childs of st. Adams,
and by his mother, who lives in Fitch
burg, Mass, and by a half brother,
Dorsey Taylor Of st. Adams. Mr.. Tay.
lor was a former resident of Grafton.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-11-09
SOUTH WINDHAM.

Mrs. l.. A. Robinson remains about
the same.
Mrs. X, b. Jones was in Brattle.
boro Nov. >.
o. $. Farwcl was home from Man.
chester over Sunday. ....
Kicth Carleton came home from his
work in Westminster Monday.
Mr.. Barrett and family of Spring
field Nt0 were recently entertained
at Frank Fisher s.
Madam Burbec is at the home Of her
son, A. G. Burbee.
Mrs Louis Jcnison visited in Brat.
tleboro from Saturday until Monday.
A. G. Burbce was in Springfield
Mass, from Monday until Wednesday
The midweek prayer meeting was
held with Mrs, h. l.. Clayton last week
Mr.. and Mrs. T.. X. Bridgco motored
to Brattleboro Sunday returning home
Monday.
Mrs. A. G. Burbee is in Springfield
Mass, called there by the serious i'll
ness of her grandmother.
Walter Farnsworfh lost horse re
Gently. This is the second horse he
has lost within few months.
The Willing Workers gave a party
Nov. . in the home of Rev. and Mrs
Curtis in honor Of Miss philippine Me
kccgan. .,..
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-11-09
Estate. of GEORGE ALDEN WARNER
CTATE OF VERMONT.

-
- District of Westminster, IS.
The honorable Probate Court for the
District Aforesaid:
To the heirs and all persons interested
IN the estate of GEORGE Alden Warner.
ceased, Greeting: \
Whereas. application hath been made
to this court in writing. by the executor,
praying for license and authority to sell
all of real estate of said deceased, to
wit: one small dwelling house with barn
and lot situated in Jamaica village, for
the payment of debts and charges of ad
ministratiOn, setting forth therein the
amount of debts due from said deceased,
the charges of administration, and the
|amount of personal estate and the situa-
ton of the real estate.
Whereupon, the said court appointed
and assigned the 9Th day of December.
district to hear aud decide upon said
application and petition, and ordered
public notice thereof to be given to all
persons Interested therein, by publishing
said order, together with the time and
place of hearing, three weeks successive
~ in The Vermont Phoenix. a newspaper
which circulates in the neighborhood Of
those persons Interested in said estate,
all which publications shall be previous
to the day assigned for hearing.
Therefore. you are hereby notified to
place assigned. then and there in said
court to make your objections to the
granting of such license. if you see
ICause.
Given under my hand at Bellows Falls,
in said district, this Sd day of November,
i5-i7 WARNER \, GRAHAM Judge
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-11-09
LANDGROVE.

Leon Abbott of Windham visited rcla-
tives in town recently.
J. +. Thomson went to Jamaica Sat
uday, returning Sunday.
H. G.. Gleason and J. {. Barton took an
automobile ride to Chester Friday.
A. A. TowsIee and Spencer White were
in Manchester on business last Thursday
Mrs. Mason Aldrich is caring for little
Merle Jossyn of Bellows Falls for IA
while.
Mrs. Hattie Strong and two daughters
Airline and Ruth, spent the weekend with
her daughter, Mrs. Demar Davis.
Arthur Bates carried +. \. Stowell to
Windham Saturday to visit his brother
+. L. Stowell, and other relatives
Dclmar Davis and Frank Slade are cut
ting logs on the Nilroy Warner place ion
Williams Brothers of Londonderry.
Mr.. and Mrs, H. W. Abbott and lit
tie son, Winston, visited relatives in Man
chester from Thursday to Saturday
Drs BiXby and Stevens, who have of
fees in Rutland and Ludlow. were at j
r. Thomson's Sunday doing dental work
They extracted 10 teeth while here.
Mrs. Charles Davis and two daughters
Cora and Clara, OF Pownal are visiting
Mr. and Mrs Delmar Davis and other
relatives and friends in this vicinity.
Willie Wcstinc of South Londonderry
and Miss Mary Moore OF PcascviIlc visited
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wcstne
and other friends the last OF the week,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-11-09
LEGAL NOTICES.
ESTATE OF FRANK A. SARGENT.
CTATE CT VERMONT,

-
District of Marlboro, SIS.
The Honorable Probate Court for the
district Aforesaid.
To the heirs and all persons interested
n the estate of Frank A. Sairent, late OF
,ratteboro, in said district deceased,
Greeting:
Whereas. application hath been made
to this court in writing, by the admins
traitor praying for license and authority
o sell all of real estate of said deceased,
epresenting to said court that II would
be beneficial to the heirs and all persons
Interested in the estate of SAID deceased.
to sell said real estate and convert the
same into money.
And bringing into court the. consent
and appreciation in writing. of all the
heirs to said estate residing in TINS
state. and setting forth the situation OF
the real estate.
Whereupon, the said court appointed
and assigned the 18th day Of November,
1917, at the probate Office in Brettleboro,
aid application and petition, and ordered
public notice thereof to be given to all
persons interested therein, by.publiship!
said order, together with the time and
place of hearing, three weeks success
sively in The Vermont Phoenix, a news
paper which circulates in the neighbor-
hood of those persons interested in said
estate, all of which publications shall be
previous to the days assigned for hear
ing.
Therefore, you are hereby notified tc
appear before said court, at the time anc
place assigned, then and there in said
court to make your objections to the
granting Of such license, If YOU see cause
Given under my hand at Bratueboro
in said district, this Both day OF october
1871
4-46 A. F.. SCIIWENk, Judge.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-11-09
EAST JAMAICA.

J. II. Peek was in Bratileboro Tues
day. fJ",g,2.. ts't
Miss Edna Burnap of Jamaica was at
+. w. ButltT g last week a..4
j. N. PG6k' has completed his serv-
ices ), Newthne ;ls!petit Juror
Ths notwithstanding pf the Farmer S
club will be held Tuesday evening, Nov.
20. IlL
roms Guards ards 'hl' 's sofi" %ond HS
night. - =
Guy. Pierce carried Ralph Howe and
son, Ora, to Wilmington one day last
week.
Mr., and Mrs. A. r. Allen and dau2h-
ter, irene, of South Vernon were guests
of his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. l.. J. AL
len $, over Sunday.
The River Sunday school will hold
special temperance exercises next Sun
day afternoon at the usual time, $50
Everybody is invited,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-11-09
BONNEVILLE.

There will be dance in the town hall
Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs, Tracy Emery of Brattle-
boro were in town Friday.
Mrs. Lydia French was a visitor over
Sunday at Herbert Ramsdells in South
Londonderry.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bolster, Mr. and
Mrs. Burton Prouty and Mrs. Mary
Prouty spent Sunday in Landgrove at
Austin Proutys.
Carl Fuller of South Londonderry has
bought the places formerly known as the
:. b. Taylor and the Fred Wilder farms,
They will make their home ON the Tay-
lor place.
The house situated on the place known
as the Fred Wilder place was burned
Tuesday forenoon. The building was
owned by l.. +. Benson A small shed
containing some hay and owned by Mar
tin Huntley of South Londonderry alsd
was burned
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-11-09
LONDONDERRY.

Mrs. Cherries Waite has gone to Bos
ton for a visit.
George Buttner of Boston is visiting
his brother, Carl.
, Charles Stark of Comstock, n. v,
is guest Of his son, Charles.
Wayne McVcigh of Brattleboro was
in town over Sunday.
George Wood of Manchester visited
at J. Browns recently.
Mrs. A. b. Waite accompanied her
husband Tuesday on his return to New.
fame as iuryman 49, r
Mr.. and Mrs Carl Buttner and
brother, George, were weekend Wis
itors in IIartland. ..'.
Mrs. Savlle Gibsont and daughter,
Marion, were in Brattleboro at +, w.
Gibson s over Sunday.
Mrs. Beulah Bolster of East Walling-
ford was a recent guest of John Carl
ton and called on other friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralyea have closed
their house and gone to New York
city for the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin and Mr.. and
Mrs. Lazelle were in Mount Hermon
Monday to visit their sons, Henry and
Maurice. 80 > ..-N ...
Mrs. A. L. Warner and grandson,
Herbert Bowen, of Sunderland were
guests of A. B. Bacon IS and C. NJ.
Eames s last week.
Robert Stone of this town and Miss
Jennie Brooks of Ludlow were married
in Ludlow Oct %. Mr. Stone is a
son of George Stone of this place, but
is working III LUDLOW in the wooden
mill.