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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-01-31
AuEnIcA MIlsT NAME Ir

| We must make ready without delay
/ FAR what We expect 20 do IN the
spring. We cannot wait until spring
20 commence TOW, january is ,hc
time 70 begin, Our men should 80
over as rapidly as they are qualified
for the final training, in order that
they shall be at least half million
strong on the actual firing line by next
June-and LEI us keep in mind that Of
given army" GO per cent are on tho
firing line and the remaining 40 per
cent in the rear.
The task TO transport troops and
supplies 5000 miles from their base
across a submarine infested sea is an
| imposing ono; yet preferable to repel-
ling Germans on our own soil, as we
shall have TO de il this war is lost.
Our problems are big, but We are a
big nation 1--WE say II ourselves), and
we should be equal to them If we are
any good at all. It's up to US to show,
TO buckle down to the job, put our
backs into it. Organize for war;
think war; and put aside everything
beyond the actual daily business Of
living.
We must get behind this Shipping
Board Tor get another p. d. q. If il
doesn't make good), behind Congress
with all our energy and enthusiasm,
and insist that no iron or labor be
used for construction or for any other
purpose which diverts it from ship
building. The entire nation should
bend itself to this task, for on the
floating of those ships hangs the fight
for democracy
If the situation is to be saved in
1918 America must do her share. This
is not TO say that Germany has a
chance to win. She cannot win; but
she may exhaust France and cost
Great Britain and America thousands
upon thousands of more lives than If
we are able to check her in 1918 and
defeat her in 1919.
The Allies need foodstuffs which we
can supply only through observing the
meatless and wheatless and BUTTERFLIES
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-01-31
Estate of ANN MARIA WILLIAMS
Cow, inn,vCp Nnttoa

The Undersigned, having been APP
pointed by the Honorable Probate
Court for the District of Manchester,
Commissioners, to receive, examine,
and adjust the claims and demands Of
all persons against the estate Of
Ann Maria Williams late of Peru in
said District, deceased, and all claims
exhibited in Offset thereto, hereby give
notice that we will meet for the pur-
pose aforesaid, at the late residence
of the decedent in the Town of Peru
in said District, on the 18th day Of
July next, from ] o'clock p. NJ, until
o'clock P. NJ on said day and that
six months from the 18th day of Jan
uary A. D. 1918, is the time limited by
said Court for said creditors to pre-
sent their claims to US for examina-
ton and allowance.
Dated at Peru this 18th day Of Jan
uary A. D. 1918.
LOPEN WHITNEY,
ID. B. STONE,
Commissioners.
B. F. Williams, Administrator.
Peru, Vt. Alb
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-01-31
Estate Of FRANKLIN WHITE
Inr,r,icsionar.' Nniira

The Undersigned, having been APP
pointed by the Honorable Probata
Court for the District Of Manchester
Commissioners, to receive, examine,
and adjust the claims and demands Of
all persons against the estate Of
Franklin White late of Landgrove in
said District, deceased, and al claims
in offset thereto, hereby give
notice that we will meet for the pur-
poseaforcsaid, at the late residence Of
the decedent in the Town of Land
grove in said District, on the 10th day
of July next, from / o'clock p. NJ, I'M
til o'clock p M. on said day and that
six months from the 10th day CT jan
uary A. d., 1918, is the time limited
by said Court for said creditors to
present their claims to US for examin-
alton and allowance.
Dated at Landgrove this 10th day Of
January A. d. 1918.
H. w. ABBOTT,
A. l.. TOWSLEY,
Commissioners.
Spencer White executor 40-3
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-01-31
FRESH CUT MEAT AND BONE
AS AN EGG PRODUCER

Fresh Cut Meat and Bone has been
called the Ideal Food for laying hens
because is contains in a highly con-
centrated but easily assimilated form
all the materials which are contained
in the egg. II your hens are not lay
ing you had better send $500 to c. S.
Page, Hyde Park. Vt, for a 200 pound
barrel Of this Food At this price
he will pay the freight TO your rail
road station. When writing him men
ton this paper. 3S-t
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-01-31
j. B. WEBB,
FRANK WEBB,

When baby suffers with Group, ap-
ply ard give Dr. Thomas Eclectic Oil
at once. Safe for children. A little
goes = long way. 30c and Coo 3. all
drug stores, adv
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-01-31

OUTIIIIIISSIUIIVTo,
B. F. Williams, Administrator
Peru, Vt. Alb
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-01-31
4 Per Cent.
per annum.

Dividends are declared twice year.
viz: as Of the first days Of January
and July, according 10 law.
All dividends not withdrawn will be
sdded 10 the principal and draw inter
ct as new deposits, whether bank
book is presented or not
Deposits made on or before the fifth
day Of any month draw interest from
the frs, day Of that month.
Trustees:
I. z. Gibson, President; j. r. Judson,
Vice President; +. ID. yelling, d. r.
Gardner. Harrison !. Norton, F. S.
Pratt, VIM. II. Bradford.
CHARLES II. DEWEY, Treasurer
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-10
THEN AND NOW

livery once in while somebody
II gleefully produces a lot of fg-
ures to taunt us with compa i
sons between provision costs a CEN
tury ago and the sky-rocketing alb
normalities at present misnamed
food prices" The latest is our cid
friend, James Foust, State Dairy and
Food Commissioner, who has dug up
from the files of his department a
day book of one Elisha Fales who,
away back in 1S47, conducted a gen.
eral store. Mr.. Foust, in his monthly
bulletin, takes pains to inform us that
molasses usually sold at 80 cents a
gallon. Tea was 80 cents a pound,
while flour ranged from $6.75 to
$3.50 per barrel, high price, when
one considers the great purchasing
power of money, it being a time when
able-bodied men would work all day
in the country for a few cents a day.
Brooms sold at 25 cents, rice was 5
to 6 cents pound and coffee varied
from to IA cents. Salt pork was
sold at 10 cents a pound and eggs
were 10 to IL cents a dozen, and but
ter from IA to 16 cents a pound.
Forty pounds of fish, probably salt
cod. sold for 80 cents. or cents a
pound. Cheese varied from 10 to
15 cents a pound. Candles were in
considerable demand. the price be-
ing 15 cents a pound. Raisins were
10 cents.
All this sounds mighty attractive
but when we look up wage scales OF
the period and find days pay
ranging as low as fifty cents and
scarcely ever higher than 50, one
hesitates to sigh for a return of 1.-THE
| good old DAYS. for n,ost ne ia n-AfAr
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-10
BonnilDeUs Cdmouflage
philadelphia Inquirerl


Judge Bonniwell is an anti-prohi.
bitionist and is making his campaign
as such. He has counted upon the
Democratic vote because he is the
regularly nominated Democratic can
didate. But he needs many more
than mere Democratic votes to land
him in Harrisburg. So he organized
another party-the Fair Play Party
in the hope that all Republicans
who are opposed to the Prohibition
Amendment would flock to his can
didacy, seeing that the Republican
candidate, Senator Sproul, has en-
dorsed the amendment in his own
platform.
Now las a matter of fact, this move
of Judge Bonniwell's is camouftage
pure and simple. 1t is deceitful, since
have anything to do with the pro-
posed amendment. 1t is the Legisla.
ture that exercises full authority
The Governor neither signs mol
vetoes the amendment if adopted by
the Legislature. In other words, ii
the next Legislature adopts the reso-
luton, that will settle the whole
matter SO far as Pennsylvania is con-
cerned. Judge Bonniwell as Governor
could not destroy the LEGISLATIVE en-
actment by a veto, for he would be
without veto power.
The Democratic situation is OF
amusing interest but of no import
ance whatsoever, for neither he nor
any other Democrat could have the
slightest chance of election this year
even If the party were united. Penn
sylvania is not turning against sc
excellent a candidate as is Senator
Sproul to run after the strange gods
of divided Democratic leadership.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-10
Democratic FidSco
[From the Wilkes-Barre Recor

[From the Wilkes-Barre Record.1
If anything were needed to elimi-
nate the last ray of hope from the
most optimistic of Democrats it was
the outcome of the state committee
meeting on Wednesday. If there had
been the least inclination TO harmon
ize differences 1t might have beon
followed in the election of a state
chairman to succeed Mr.. Mclean,
but the organization forces remained
as unrelenting as a stone wall in
their refusal to accede to the wishes
of the candidate for governor in the
choice of chairman.
More beiligerent than this attitude,
however, was the vitriolic speech by
A. Mitchell Palmer, who formally re-
Ipudiated Judge Bonniwells candi-
dacy The committee seconded Mr..
Palmer's violent attack by postpon-
ing the discussion of a platform aud
by demanding that nothing further
be done until Judge Bonniwell he
given an opportunity to state his
case. 1t is needless to say that the
candidate will treat the demand OF
request in II spirit of cdntempt.
The Palmer Mccormick organiza-
ton will continue to play into the
hands of the Republican outfit rath-
er than do thing that might in any
possibility enhance the chances of
Judge Bonniwell for election and
there's a reason. Judge Bonniwell's
facilities in the way. of building ZIP
an organization of his. .own, in the
event of his election, fortified by the
patronage he would have at his COM
mand, Federal and state, would spell
disaster to the Palmer crowd. Since
harmony is now impossible, the next
best thing is to make the defeat of
the head of the ticket certain.
Into these profound depths has the
proud old party in Pennsylvania ial-
len, and ihe sting of it is ameliorated
| only by the fact that there are now
more serious things to think about.
The establishment caused by the sue
cess of Judge Bonniwell in the pri-
maries has given way to a determine
ton to prevent him from taking the
organization out of the hands OF
those who originally confiscated it In
the name of reform. In the mean
time Senator Sproul says nothing but
saws wood.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-10
Peace by Negotiation
[From the Providence Journal

[From the Providence Journal
The echo keeps coming out of the
Teutonic countries that the leaders
want peace by negotiation" But
there is no re-echo in the Allied
countries. for their people have
learned only too we'll that the only
Germany the world can trust is
PROSTATE Germany.
When her armies are advancing
she aeclaims peace by the sword =
when they are retreating she prates
of peace by negotiation" Allied SOL
diers at the front say MOI" They
do not want to have to repeat the
job thrust upon them. They are en-
titled to the first and loudest voice.
AS Mr.. Lloyd George so strikingly
said, there can be no peace confer
ence with the German sword rafting
on the table. Naturally, Germany
wants the conference to assemble
while her forces are still on foreign
soil-who would not? aturally, also,
this is precisely what she will not
get; for the Allies are now driving
the team and choosing the stops.
If a peace is negotiated" before
Germany is definitely beaten, the out
come will be an armed truce, fol-
lowed by another war. We must
bring her to her knees; then the
peace will be both peaceful and per-
manent. Let the whipped bully first
cry: Hold, enough!" The world was
not ready for war when Germany
struck; now 1t is not ready for peace
on Germanys terms.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-10
A French Officers Praise

than that which is shown by al,
these men coming to us from every
State of the Union.
within three months we succeed
in making nine-tenths of our stu
dents" good battery officers, capable
of conducting and regulating fire
thence to kill the Boche and to aid
to victory.
Such results are obtained owing
to the will of these sons of America
Let them be thankful for their excel
lent spirit and their abnegation. Our
pupils, meantime, have begun to give
their own measure on the battle
field; and we know that some among
them have distinguished themselves
not only for their personal courage
which was beyond doubt, but as well
for the manner in which they had
prepared the work of the artillery in
their staffS.
Their help has proved a serious
addition in the admirable counterat-
tack of our Foch to the 'Frieden-
sturm.' Your old heart of a patriot
must have exulted at the reading of
the bulletin of July Is and the fol-
lowing days!
"On the threshold of the fifth
year of war can say with pride that
1 never doubted victory. but this
time we feel it is coming. The turn
inS point is over, we will win! What
an immense satisfaction for those
who like myself have given the best
of them, their eldest son, to the great
cause"
Other Americans at the school are
Kermit Roosevelt, a son of ex-Jus-
tice Hughes and also a son of George
w. Perkins.
Before being called to the direc-
ton of the School of Artillery for tho
American F,Xpeditionary Force Com
mander Cheronnet was in charge
during three consecutive years of the
artillery of position in the section OF
Rheims on the dark days of the de-
structive hombardment of the city
and cathedral from the heights OF
Craonne. and was decorated for bra
very in action and for scientific su-
periority in the daily adjustment OF
his divisional groups of batteries
with the CroiX de Guerre and tho
Legion of Honor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-10

~ NEVERAL Harrisburg soldiers. in
ing Lieutenant Louis NJ. O'Dou-
~ nell, Lieutenant Albert H. Stack
pole, Franklin Etter and others serv-
ing with the American Expedition
ary Forces, were given special artil-
lery training at the famous French
artillery school at Saumur and let
ter from the commandant, published
in the New York Times, is of Inter
est. This letter was addressed TO q
friend in this country, a French sol
dier, who sends it to the Times with
this comment:
THE authoritative. unsolicited
judgment on the flower of the youth
of America by superior French Of
ficer, long and hard tried in four
years of continuous warfare at the
front, offers such a patriotic tempta-
ton that l have decided to take the
liberty without consulting it's author
of translating for the readers the
following letter from the command
er of the Saumur School of Artillery
for the American Expeditionary
Force, inasmuch as his message will
undoubtedly prove a source of di-
rect information, as we'll as of unmi-
tigated pride to the American people,
and of pride and great satisfaction TO
the parents and relatives in particu-
lar of the young American officers
now in France"
The son of Maurice Cheronnet,
commander at Saumur, was killed
at the Marne on his guns, folding to
his heroic breast the terrible COM
mand of Marshal Joffre in that su-
preme hour. mo more retreat; the
troops that cannot advance must die
on the spot" And he died, as did
every officer of his battery.
This letter, dated July rs, 1918, is
an intimate personal message in
which he says of the American boys
who have been under his training,
including eX-President Taft's son,
who graduated with high honors and
will remain for a time, as instructor
at Saumur:
II feel d great pleasure in telling
you, and you will believe it, that we
are extremely satisfied of our pupils
1t is difficult to find more docility
more good will, more desire 10 learu
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-10
THE NEW BOOZE"

4" HOSE accustomed to their cold
beer on a hot evening or their
hot toddy or whiskey straight
on a cold evening need not despair
because the distilleries are closed
let us hope for all time-and the
breweries are soon to quit, very lik,lv
forever. If they must have refrigera.
ton in summer or "hot slug" In
winter, either for bodily comfort or
mental stimulus they may turn for
solace to the erstwhile much-derided
milk bottle. Nor will they turn in
vain. 1t Is a strange coincidence
that just os the world is beginnine
to look askance at alcohol, ons of
the most recent discoveries of the
Pasteur Institute of Paris should
have to do with the stimulating
qualities of milk. While milk has
always been considered an excellent
tonic. and known to be exceptionally
rich in food value. it was not until
the Pasteur Institute conducted a
number of conclusive experiments
that the stimulus in milk became n
known quantity. For a number OF
months milk has been given the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-10
ON HIS OWN

You see that young kid lying there
Playing a game of solitaire?
All shot to pieces in the air;
BY heck, Sarge, he's q wonder.
The gamest kid 1 ever met;
They're probing him for bullets yet,
But Ssh! here comes his nurse
Yvette-
Kept him from going under.
You think she's passing by him ?
Nit!
D'you get that smile? He waves
his mitt;
I think he's stuck on her bit,
Can't blame him for that matter.
She watches him just like a hawk,
Now listen to their daily talk,
She's all Paree. he's all New York;
Sit quiet, hear their chatter"
"Pardonnez-moi, desirez-vous-"
"Oh, fine and dandy! How are
your"
"Quelque chose? CompreneZ-vous? ?"
"Ah, now know you're kiddin',"
'Vous avez bonne mine aujuourd'-
hui"
Its high time you were nice to
me-"
"Time?" Je comprends. il est mi
di--"
Bright eyes, I think I'm skiddin'." {"
"Je crois que je vous donnerai."
It'll back up anything you say"
"Un petit moroccan de poulet-"
"You fascinating creature!"
"Avec la creme, dams la coquille-"
Rats! there she goes! 1 always
feel
Some blessys S. o. S. appeal
Will call off my French teacher"
The Sarge here nudged my splin-
tered ribs:
well, I'll be damned; here comes
his Nibs!"
And doYn the aisle stalked General
Gibbs
With all the famous Aces.
They formed around the sick boys
He gasped, saluted. then turned
red:
Looks like I'm pinched!" was all
he said.
Scanning their smiling faces.
80" spoke the general. you alone
Brought down three Taubes on your
own!
Another Yankee Ace is known
To everyone in Blighty.
I'm proud to know you-put il
AMI now we're going to let you
wear
This gallantly won Croix de Guerre
I'm pinning on your Mighty"
Fly PaDer, France.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-10
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1918
NO COMPROMISE

TT is intimated in high quarters
that Germany must soon realize
the hopelessness of the struggle to
boss the world. 1t has also been inti-
mated that the sooner the Prussian
outlaws realize what is coming to
them in the final settlement the bet
ter it will bo for their own victims
in Germany and for those associated
with the Huns in despoiling Europe.
There is a growing belief that
some strong statement should be
made by the Allies as to the exact
nature of the punishment that Ger
many must undergo. So long as the
Prussian leaders imagine that they
can bring about some sort of a nego-
tiated peace which will leave them
with much of their plunder they will
continue the struggle. 1t is believed
however, that when they realize that
condign punishment is to be meted
out to men responsible for the atroci-
ties of the war and that peace will
be dictated by the victors there will
be change OF attitude and disposi-
ton to throw up the sponge.
Returned American soldiers are of
one mind regarding the sort of peace
which should be forced upon Ger
many. Whether they surrender at the
Rhine or elsewhere, it is the convIc-
ton of all intelligent people who rec
ognize the danger of peace that
would only be a truce that Germany
should be impressed with such a
show of force at Berlin and elsewhere
throughout the country that never
again will the people or their rulers
have the temerity to invite the wrath
of an aroused world.
There comes from Paris a sugges-
ton that after a formal conference
the Allies should make a concrete,
definite and easily understandable
pronouncement of the punishment
that is intended to be inflicted on
Germany, to the end that there may
be no misunderstanding of what a
prolongation of the war shall mean
for Germany and those countries
allied with the Hun cut-throats.
This statement of the purposes OF
the Allies would not in any way in
terfere with the vigorous conduct OF
the war and every day indicates more
clearly the fact that the Allies now
have the upper hand and that the
conflict is going to continue until q
definite and decisive victory shall
have been wen.
In short, it must be on the part OF
Germany and her serfs an uncon-
ditional surrender. The terms will
be dictated and not negotiated.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-10
Repudidted Leadership
TPhiladelphia Record (Dem.)

philadelphia Record (Dem.)
What we are in doubt about is
the professed belief of Palmer thaE
Penrose nominated Bonniwell. Why,
in Heavens name, Penrose should
want Bonniwell when he had Sproul
is beyond us. But Palmer is intent
upon hanging on to some part OF
what is left of the Democratic party
in Pennsylvania. Having worked
the Donnelly- -Ryan-Penrose game
with enough success to follow Col
onel Guffey as National Committee
man, he likely believes that enough
of the Democrats who are left in the
state, can be continually fooled by
linking the name of any Democrat
who threatens his. alleged leadership
to the name of Penrose.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-10
WELL. KNOWN PEOPLE

John B. Williams, the new
chairman of the Scranton district
appeal board, is Stroudsburg
banker.
Senator William C. Sproul has
made a record for raising potatoes on
his farm near Chester.
Thomas Robins, prominent Phil.
adelphian, is home from a visit to
Maine.
Admiral w. H. G. BulIard, just
advanced in rank, is the first alum.
nus of Media High school.
j. R. Rough, Hazleton city en-.
gineer. says that his office force may
have to shovel snow from crossings
this winter IL the draft keeps on.
--B. c. Houck, city clerk of Will.
Transport, has gone into the Army.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-10

French soldiers in the trenches and
to many of them. 1t has been the one
and only st.mulant. The effect which
the milk has produced has more than
justified the claims which the Insti-
tute has made for it.
1t is claimed that the stimulating
effect of milk is. especially notable
when given to soldiers just before a
big battle or a dangerous charge,
and also when administered to the
troops when in great fatigue. The
advantage of the milk stimulus over
the alcohol stimulus so extensively
advocated in previous years is that
there are no bad after effects, and
the keenuess of the senses is in no.
wise impaired nor the GOODNESS of
the judgment affected.
The knowledge that milk is a
stimulant of no mean force will
come as something of a shock to
those who have hitherto considered
it synonymous with all things mild
and peaceful. 1t is somewhat diff
cult to believe that the chief product
of the patient and the gentle COW
should contain such an element of
forceful stimulation. But as proof
of the contention we have the word
of the worlds greatest research in
stitute. backed up by conclusive ex-
periments in a place where stimula-
ton of :he most effective sort is
needed.
So, with the retirement of the
champagne bottle, the flask and tho
keg that containeth beer, we may
expect to see the bar-keep shove
across the shining mahogany great
beakers of foaming milk, and hear
the host at the midnight party order:
Here, waiter, another quart of milk,
and let it have lots of cream on top;
what do we care for expense!"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-10

high wages. choosing rather to have
money in our pockets with prices
high, than to have nothing with
which to buy, even with prices rang
ing very low. With a cash balance
and commodities high, we can rur-
chase or not as we choose, but with
empty purse even the cheapest
goods are unobtainable.