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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-01-25

M. A. Shuster was a business Wis
itor at the capital last week.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-01-25
THE MILLER PRESS
THURSDAY. JANUARY rs. 1917
p AND
BRIEFS,

See Botsford Lumber Co. adv. in
this paper.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-01-25

Cobs for sale at Sexauer Elevator.
Phone Main 69.-Adv.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-01-25

A. B. Catalan left last week for a
months trip to Havana, Cuba.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-18
ment does not pay salary of 81. 500
to hire dupes. That kind comes
cheaper. !"

! u 80 \
A big conference of FIVE OF six
prominent men from every county in
South Dakota will be held in Huron
Wednesday October "a, for the apur-l
pore of completing the organization
of the Y. M &. A. war camp cam
paign in this state Among the
speakers at the Huron meeting will
be Secretary Virgo of the London
Central Y. M. C A.
South Dakota is expected to raise
$l25, 900 during the week November
IL to IL to assist the United States
in putting Y. M. G. A. work on ev-
cry mile of the entirc allied front in
Europe at total cost of more than
thirty million dollars. This huge task
falls to America at the direct request
of the commanders of the allied ar
mics who have become familiar with
the efficient service Of z. M. G. A..
camps. 81. L. Hopkins, prominent
banker of Clark, has given up his
business to take charge of the South
Dakota campaign, with headquarters
at Brookinga.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-18

Admiral Won Tirpitz who is recog. 7.
nized as the champion Of the U boat
crimes, is not so confident of the sue
cess Of his tyranny as he once was,
but he still holds to the barbarous
theory that nations must be main
tanned by force. He says "We are
now at the fateful hour of our exist
ence. Germany can not maintain
her position as world power against
England unless her position lie founded
on might" " Had von Tirpitz said
what he really means. viz: that Ger
many can not maintain her position
as world dictator, he would have
spoken truthfully. To become "a
world power commercially, or intel
lectually, or in any civilized sense,
no country should have to maintain
any great display of might. 1t il
only when bully like Germany at.
tempts to force its barbarous and an
tiquated theories of Kultur onto the
world that wars are necessary. 81
long as the German people give thel1
sanction to such theories as Won Iir'
pitt advocates there is no use of try
| ing to discuss terms of peace.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-18

Judge Carl G. Sherwood, of the
Third Judicial Circuit, has resigned,
and it is common rumor that he will
enter the race for congress to sue
ceed Congressma. Royal Johnson
This will mean a three cornered
fight in the republican primaries for
the nomination. There is no doubt
that Congressman Johnson will be un-
der strong handicap on account of
his opposition to the war, and the
revelations recently made by Secreta-
ry Lansing regarding the German in-
auence exerted to create this opposi-
| tion ia congress. This does not mean
that these congressman were guilty
Of accepting bribes. but they were
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-18

Reports come by way Of Holland
that the German seamen are begin
ming to rebel against service on the
u boats and that several have been
shot for refusal to do 80. It is not
likely that this refusal can be attrib-
5uted to any conscientious scruples on
their part, but is doubtless on account
of The increasing hazard Of the SER
vice
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-18

soldiers in France will be delivered
to them on Christmas morning provid-
ed they are mailed before November
18th. The government is arranging
to give the boys in France a genuine
American Thanksgiving turkey dinner.
Uncle Sam is good to his soldier boys.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-18

Men are charging 1Oc bushel for
husking corn and some are getting it.
The demand is so great that the Irice
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-18

Bridgewater Tribune: The post
Office department has sent out the in
Evening star., 1917-01-14

wire attachments that ran to the wit
ness box and the bench and enabled
him to hear. everything that was &C.
ing on. sc
He became a journalist and contrib
uted weekly article to the Sydney Teie-
graph. An amusing thing happened. He
noticed that remarkable statements be-
gan to creep into his articles when
published. When he complained to the
editor, he discovered that the linotype
operator who set up his almost indeci-
pherable copy injected his own ideas
when he could not make out the stuff.
The limitations of a state legislature
irked Hughes. He beheld the vision of
an Australian Commonwealth that would
federate all those overseas states. When
the far-away dominions had been welded
under his eloquent appeal into a close
knit union the fragile, deaf little Welsh
man emerged as Attorney-G General At
last he had elbow room.
Thanks to him, Australia got national
service, an officers school, ammunition
factories, and military training for school
boys. They were all part of the kindling
campaign that he waged to the slogan of
Defense, not Defiance
The Great War found Hughes the
strong man of Australia, soon to be
bound up in the larger destiny of the
Empire ~
Even before the mother country sent
her call for help to the children beyond
the seas, Hughes had offered the gallant
contingent that made history at the Dar-
danelles. 1t was Hughes who sped the
Anzacs on to Gallipoli: it was Hughes
who, on his own responsibility, offered
fifty thousand men more. These men
were not in sight at the moment, but the
intrepid little man went forth that very
day and started the crusade that rallied
them at once.
Hughes was moving fast, but faster
moved the relentless course of the war.
Gallipoli's splendid failure had been re-
corded when the opportunity that was
to make him world citizen knocked at
his door.
In October, 1915, Andrew Fisher re-
signed the Premiership of Australia. and
Hughes became his successor. The puny
lad who had landed at Brisbane thirty
years before with half crown in his
pocket sat enthroned. The reins of power
were his, and he lost no time in lashing
them.
He saw Australian trade, and especially
its great mining interests, still in the grip
of the Germans. With war-proof con-
A
Evening star., 1917-01-14
Hardships in the Bush

IN those days Australia was not very
strong on culture. Beef, bullying, and
Drawn were the things that counted most
in that paradise of ticket-of-leave men.
Hughes bucked the sternest game in the
world, and with it began series of adj
ventures and hardships that would make
movie hero appear like a Salvation Army
colonel.
His first job was as cook for bunch
of timber-cutters in the forest Then
he became, in succession, sheep-shearer.
railway laborer, boundary rider, stock
runner, scrub-clearer, coastal sailor, dish
washer in bush hotel, itinerant umbrella
mender, and sheep-drover.
Evening star., 1917-01-14
By ISAAC F. MARCOSSON

had cauobt him under tho ;aw with his
fist
His -burlv associates cbeered the oame
little shonkeener and after that tbe,, eo mo
to him with their troubles and he was
soon their friend. philosonher and ou;de
For wears the svnonvm For Australian
labor was strike. When the unions
were merged into national body. Hughes
was the unanimous choice of the husky
stevedores for leader. He became the
great restrainer. Never was influence of
lin and brain over muscle. and temper
the wharves-the toughest crowd in
nimble-footed shop-keeper Ao,ted them
with his wit.
On one occasion five hundred Of them
were crowded into huildinp at Svdnev
yelling bloody murder and clamoring for
violence. Suddenly the tinv fpure of
Hughes appeared on the platform before
them. At first thew yelled him down
but he stood smiling, resolute. undaunted'
He began, to talk: the tumult subsidized
He stepped forward. slammed his foot
and said in voice that reached to every
corner:
aYou shall not strike
And thew did not. David had defed
the Goliaths.
From that time on Hughes was the
brains of Australian labor He organized
his industrial rough riders into a power
Evening star., 1917-01-14

He is the greatest leader australia ha
erer produced. From Jraii, delicate boy
the son Of Welsh carpenter, he ha
risen, BY his pluck. energy. and remendou.
capacity for mOrk, to Prime Minisie,
of Ausiralia--the man who dominate.
the po,rerfd labor party Of his country
With small band, he once brought
fifty thousand sheep down from Queens
land into New South Wales. For fifteen
weeks he was on the tramp, sleeping at
night under the stars, trudging the dusty
roads all day. At the end of this trip
occurred the incident that made him
deaf
Overnight he passed from the sun
baked plains to high mountain altitude.
Wet with perspiration, he slept out with
his focks, and caught cold. The result
was an infrmity which is only one of
many physical handicaps that this amaz-
ing little man has had to overcome
throughout his tempestuous life.
Yet he has fought them all down. AS
he once humorously said: "If had had
constitution | should have been dead
long ago"
After all his strenuous bushwhacking,
the year 1890 found him running small
shop in the suburbs of Sydney. BY day
he sold books and newspapers. At
night he repaired locks and clocks in
order to get enough money to buy law
books.
Into his shop drifted sailors from the
wharves with their grievances Born
with passionate love of freedom, these
sounds of revolt were as music to his
ears. Figuratively he sat at the feet of
Henry George, whose "Progress and
Poverty" helped to shape the course
of his thinking. Lincoln's letters and
speeches were among his favorites. too.
One night big dock bruiser grabbed
a package Of tobacco off his counter; but
before he could move step Hughes
Evening star., 1917-01-14


Presidency: then there is General Sir
Sam Hughes. Master of Canadian Militia
and Defense, who marshaled the Domin-
ion fghting-men: most romantic of all,
you have William Morris Hughes, the
battling Prime Minister of Australia,
who walked up England, and who, with
the possible exception of LloydsGeorge,
isthe most compelling and picturesque
personality Of the Great War, so far as
the British Empire is concerned Even
to America, where the dramatization of
the self-made idea has become common
place thing, the story of his rise from ped
dler to Premier has thrill and meaning
all its own.
Like Lloyd George, Hughes is Welsh
man. These two remarkable men, who
have done so much to rouse their people,
have more than racial kinship in common.
They are both undersized both rose
from the humble hearth; both made their
way to eminence by way of the bar; both
gripped popular Imagination as real lead
ers of democracy. They are to-day the
two principal imperial human assets.
Hughes will tell you that he was born
frail and has remained SO ever since.
This son of carpenter was a weak, thin,
delicate boy, but always fighter. At
school in London he was the only nom
conformist around, and the biggest fell
lows invariably picked upon him. He
could strike back with his fists and pro-
tect his narrow chest, but his legs were
so thin that he had to stuff exercise
books in his stockings to safeguard his
shins.
Hughes was trained for teaching, and
only the restlessness of the Celt saved
him from life-term in the school-room.
AT sixteen he had become pupil in
structor. But the sea always stirred his
Imagination. He would wander down to
the East India Docks and watch the
ships load with cargoes for spicy climes.
One day, as he watched the great freight
ers, boy joined him. He looked very
sad, and when Hughes asked him the
reason he said he wanted to visit his
people, but lacked the money.
"Ill lend you some,' said Hughes
impulsively.
He went home. and out of the lining
of an ancient concertina he produced
thirty shillings, all the money he had in
the world. He handed this hoard over
to his new-found friend, and promptly
forgot all about it. He kept on with his
teaching.
cite this little episode because it was
the turning-point in great mans career.
The boy who borrowed the shillings went
to Australia. Several years later he re-
turned the money. and with it this mes
sage:
"This is great country, full Of oppor-
tunity for young man. Chuck your
teaching and come out here.'
Hughes went
Three months later-it was in 1854
and with half crown in his pocket, he
walked ashore at Brisbane. He looked so
fragile that the husky dock laborers
jeered at his physical weakness. Yet less
than ten years from that date he was their
militant leader, marching on to the ruler
ship of all Australia.
Hardships in the Bush
TN those days Australia was not very
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-11-23
MRS. AMMAN GALE DIES.
Was Active Member of First Baptist
Church and Bible School Teacher -
Widow of Marshall Gale

Mrs Annah Louise (Roodc) Gale,
-, widow of Marshall II. Gale. died at
her home, 1875 Elliot street, at | O'Clock
Wednesday afternoon as the result of
II second shock, and attending compiled
tionS, which she sustained Oct. Is
while attending the Baptist county con
vcntion in West Brattlchoro. Mrs. Gale
suffered the first shock Jan. last, but
had been able to get about until five
weeks ago.
Born Oct %. lS45, in Townshcnd,
Mrs. Gale was Il daughter of Nathan
and Mary (lleAt0ck) Roodc and the
Oldest of eight children. AT different
times IN her life she had lived in
TOwmshcnd, Putncy and Dover but for
the most part Of the last - wears, or
since the death OF her husband, she
had made her home in Brattlcboro.
At the age Of | : She became n mem
Der of the Baptist church in Whining
ton and her life had been devoted
largely to religious work After set
thing in this town she transferred her
membership to the First Baptist church
here, and for many years past had
taught n large Bible school class. She
was also active in the auxiliary So
cicties of the church and n member
of the Woman 5 Relief corps and Wo.
man 5 Christian Temperance Union as
we'll
In addition to the immediate famlv
a large circle of friends will moul a
her loss as Mrs. Gale was a woman
who made friends rapidly and retained
them. She was considered one of the
best Bible scholars in Brattlcboro and
had wonderfully rctcntivc memory.
She was a woman of sterling qualities
and Christian principles throughout her
life, was possessed Of an ever bright
cheerful disposition, II devoted wife
during her married life and kind and
loving mother.
One daughter Mrs. Frank Martin.
died six years ago. She leaves two
daughters, Miss Adah \. Gale and
Mrs. Myrtle b. Knight, and one son,
Harold NJ. Gale; seven grandchildren,
Pauline Martin, daughter Of the late
Mrs. Martin, Reginald H., Maxine ~,
Margaret \. and lzanna Doris, chill
drcn of Harold NJ. Gale, and Mrs. NV
ron Stark, all of Brattlcboro, and Kath.
crime Martin of East Barre; four
brothers, Stephen w. Roodc Of Belch
crtown, Mass, Addison, Charles and
Edward ROodc of New York city. and
two sisters, Mrs. Laura j. Hart Of Al.
hany, n. y, and Mrs. Mary White of
Brooklyn.
The funeral will be held this
afternoon at l clock in the First Bap-
fist church and the burial will take
place in the family lot in Putncy.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-11-23
MRS. NETTIE E. HARRIS.
Former Brattleboro Woman Dies in Sis
ter's Home in Shushan, N. Y.

Mrs. Nette f. Harris, 80, wife of VIII
j.. Harris Of East Charlotte, formerly of
BrattlebOro and a graduate Of the high
school here. died at the home of her sister.
Mrs. Jennie VI. King, in Smlshan, y. V,
Wednesday following an illness of long
duration. Last spring Mrs. Harris con
tracted grip and this gradually developed
into a heart trouble, which caused her
death. She had been i'll at her sisters
home 10 weeks.
Mrs. Harris was born in Halifax, July
Is, 1867, and was daughter of the late
Albert r. and Francelia (Nlesl IIarris.
She came hero with her parents in 1873.
She graduated from the Brattleboro high
school with the class Of 1887 and on Dec.
Is, 1907, was married She had made her
home in East Charlotte for 10 years.
While in Brattleboro Mrs. Harris was II
member of the First Baptist church and
the j. T.. Hall Sunday school class, later
transferring her membership 10 the Bap-
tist church in East Charlotte, Besides
the husband, one sister, at whose home
she died, and three nephews survive. The
funeral will be held this afternoon
at 80 o'clock at hey home in East Char
lotte. Her cousin, Alison /. Harris of this
town, will attend; '~
While living in Bratteboro her home
was on Washington street. at The corner
.of Central street. She had many personal
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-11-23

Youngest daughter of Rev. Horace
Fletcher, then pastor of the Baptist
church in ToWnShcnd. She was mar
ricd Sept. e., 1866, to Horace Burch-
ard, who was then principal Of Leland
and Gray seminary in Townshcnd.
MIR. Burchard subsequently entered
the ministry and became pastor of
the churches in North Bennington
Nt), Woodstock, Ill.,, and Chicago.
They came to the First Baptist church
in Brattleboro in 1873 and Mr.. Burch-
ard died Oct. -, 1879. leaving Il
whole town in mourning.
Mrs. Burchard with her husband was
received into the Baptist church in
1875.
Their daughter, Minnie died several
years ago. Mrs. Burchard leaves one
sister. Mrs Sarah Palmer of Frcdonia,
\. y, and niece, Miss Mary Walk
or of Detroit.
Mrs. Burchard was a regular attend
ant at the Baptist church as long as
she was able and was not only present
at the morning preaching services, but
frequently at the wceL-night services
of the church, in which she always had
a deep interest.
Thc circle of her intimate friends
dating back to the time of the pas
toratc Of Mr. Burchard is narrowing
yearly and there are very few here
now.
Before the rcmodeling of the old
church the building in the rear was
used as the parsonage and their life
during this period was spent in that
hous'. The ministry of her husband,
Mr.. Burchard, is remembered to this
daj by II good number. lie was n
man of commanding presence and Il
friend Of everyone in town. Their
home waa the center of life for the
Young people of the church at that
time, and Mrs. Burchard never lost her
interest in that feature of church life.
The funeral will be held at the
house Saturday at clock.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-11-23
WARDSBORO.
Lieut.. Gleason Writes His Father.

John +. Gleason of this place, former
~ of Brattleboro, has Just received
a letter from his son, Lieut.. Martin II
Gleason, who is in France. Lieut.. Glea
son is in the l0lst ammunition train
10Th division, American cxpeditionary
force. He writes as follows:
"SOMEWIIERE IN FRANCE. Oct. %
Dear Father
"When | say somewhere in France
YOU know as much about where ! am
as | do myself. All | know is that
we have been moved three different
times and then pulled in here at 30
a. III. this morning. 1t is the best
camp we have been in and everything
is going fine.
Il do not know how long it will be
before we 90 up to the line but as is
only natural ! am anxious to get start
ed. Am keeping very well indeed and
am as hard as nails.
''Thc trip has been very interesting
indeed, and ] enjoyed it 10 the utmost.
All the things which seem so queer ia
us You see in actual practice hero
httle horSecS in big wagons; men and
boys in wooden shoes which sound like
q runaway horse as they 90 along the
street; quaint little shops in narrow
trccts with all sorts of queer Things
to sell, and they are cheap, too. Things
are much cheaper here than in America
in spite of the war
- As one travels through the country
IT looks whole lot like Vermont or
Massachusetts, except that instead of
having cows in the pasture one sees
only bulls.
"Milk is delivered in little cans
from house to house. The bov goes
along and draws out the amount de.
sired.
1.-The quccrest thing Of all is the rail.
roads. The largest engine nave seen
IS not as large as the one runninp mn
home from Brattleboro. They are set
up on high wheels and the cars are
about the size of good big dumpcart.
Passenger cars are divided into little
compartments. Instead of hayinp an
aiSle up and down the centre they are
divided into first, second and third
class, with varying degrees of comfort
the weather here is not very ploas.
amt as 1t rains nearly every dav.
There are some German prisonors
here who look at us as if they warn
really surprised to find us civilized peo.
pie instead of savagcs. They are all
very happy and seem to enjoy them.
selves. '"'"'
Well ! am well and happy so far
ana see no reason why | should NOT re.
main so. When ! get back / can fell
YOU all this good deal better than |
can write it, so will wait until then.
Let me hear from YOU as often MS Won
cam ! may get it, but the chances
are that ! will not.
"With love to all
MARTIN. -
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-11-23
- ~ u = alN Y
'nts, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Pc T., owe

cnts, Mr.. and Ms. 'ffcnry Pc r, owe,
Sunday. ,D
G.. i'll. Jackson was in Springfield
(Nt.) last .wcck.
Rev. L. II. Slraguc of Jamaica was
in town Last week.
j. A. Wilbur of Brattlchoro was in
town the past week.
/. j. button of Wilmington was in
town Monday and Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. 4. Scranton have
gone to New York state to work.
Mrs. G. W. Martin Of Pum,y is Wis.
itng her brother, Fred Underwood.
Mrs. Olive Briggs is visiting her
mother, Mrs. Mary Patterson, in East
Jamaica.
G. :. johnson of Seymour, Conn.,, is
visiting relatives through the hunt
ing season.
NJ. H. Ingalls, of Wmdham and w.
II. Hamilton of Jamaica were in town
Wednesday.
George Gilfcathcr of Poultncy has
visited his brother, John Gilfeathcr
the past week.
Miss Eta Thomas visited in Brook
line and Ncwfanc from Saturday to
Monday night.
Mr. Butchclor of Grccnvilc, \. H.,
visited his daughter, Mrs. W, a.
White, recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burgess and Miss Wac
of NcWfane were guests Sunday at
Mrs. Julia Ware 5.
Dana Stafford of Brattlcboro was in
town Tuesday showing a bear he had
shot while hunting deer
Mr.. and Mrs. John Martin of Brat
tcboro and Mr.. and Mrs. Wright visit
ed at John Gilfcather : sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. Strcetcr and Mr., and
Mrs. Langillc and son of Brattlcboro
visited at Dexter Waitc'S sunday.
The A. L. club will meet Wednesday
afternoon, Nov. -, with Mrs. Ella Tn
dcrwood. All are cordially invited.
Mr.. Whitney and men Of Brattleboro
were in town Monday aud moved Mrs.
Whcclcr's piano to her present home.
Mrs. G. r. Cluett of Round Lake,
y. V, and friend, Mrs. Estee, visited
her mother, Mrs. Irene Dexter, last
week.
b. G. Wilder, who had been living
on his farm in West Jamaica the past
summer, has returned to hiS home IN
town.
Miss Elsie Bates, who opent the
past month with Miss lalonen, re-
turned to Webster, Mass, Wednesday,
Miss IIaloncn accompanying her to
Springfield, Mass.
The following deer heads have been
presented to Perley Kidder tor. mspec-
ton: Nov. -, Frank II. Mary, +
point buck; Nov. l3, willie Guse
4.point buck; John Shampne, S'point
buck; Nov. If, Dewey Howard,
6.point buck; Nov. II, Alden TORY
4-point buck, Nov. II, Bert Wilder
spikehom,
The Red Cross is doing good work
here. There are 30 members and they
have had seven meetings wth an av-
crage ATTENDANCE of eight. Things
sent to the Brattleboro chapter: Six
comfort pillows, fracture pillows,
80 bed socks, nine nurse s mitts, ~
napkins, -four tray cloths, seven eye
pahdages, three long bandagcs, foul
sweaters, one pair wristlets, one pain