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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-03-22
Crushed to Death

Arthur S. Merrill, conductor on the
Grand Trunk of 8 Savoy Street, East
Deering, Me-, was crushed to death
under the wheels of his own train at
Bethel, Me-, Monday afternoon. In
trying to board the train as it left the
station he slipped and fell under a
car. Many persons witnessed the
tragedy but were powerless to aid.
Conductor Merrill was IS and one of
the oldest conductors on the road.
He was we'll known here and his
many friends are saddened by the
frightful accident that caused his
death.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-03-22
Farmers Make Sugar

Every maple tree that can be used
should be tapped this spring and its
output added to the sugar supply.
100000 trees in Vermont have
made sugar annually. but there
could be added to this hundreds of
thousands. Helpis difficult to pro-
cure and wages are high, but with
minimum price of 18c pound there
should be something in it financially.
besides doing your patriotic duty to
add to the sugar supply.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-03-22

My dear Mr.. Bartlett:
Forty years ago, in a small Wis
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-03-22

The following rare bit of local
history has been received at this
office andswill interest many of the
readers of the Herald:
In 1878 a family made up of
father, mother and seven small
children was, as a part of a PROPOSE
ton, from Island Pond transplanted
to a thriving new town named
Baldwin in a state Of the great
Northwest known as Wisconsin.
This family WAS known in Vermont
as the Crowley family and many
living in the thriving village of
Island Pond remember of their
pulling themselves together and
leaving for the New World"
An account Of this family now,
after fully forty-fve long years Of
the ups and downs Of this ever
changing world ought to be Of inter-
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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-03-22
U. 5. War Stamps in Every Home

consin village named Baldwin, the
writer, who was seven years. of age,
looked upon with awe a certain tall,
energetic, business-like Yankee from
Maine VINO lived in the same town.
Besides being tall, energetic and a
Yankee, this man wore chin Whis-
kers, which made him still more
foreboding in the eyes of the youth
mentioned. Added to all the terri
bic things enumerated this man had
an eye as sharp as his Yankee wit,
and must have worn the seven
leagued boots Of my fathers folk
lore, judging from his stride.
And so from behind lumber piles,
sawdust piles, and from behind the
| door of the old store on the corner
of Main street and "Mulligan Ave-
une," the wondering and admiring
youth would study this giant, and in
his heart one burning wish and hope
predominated, namely, and to-wit:
That he, (said YOUTH would live to be
as sold as this great man appeared to
be at the time.
Today, after a lapse of forty,
we find this small boy with his ambi-
ton fulfilled so far as years are CON
cerned, addressing few words Of
affection and congratulation to the
idol of his youth, who still lives and
fiourishes on this earth, wishing
him all the joys and blessings Of the
day and of the season.
AS member of the humble, big
family of the little Irishman'
whom you befriended and brought
West with you from Vermont forty
five years ago permit me to con-
gratulate you on the blessings and
ripe old age which God has vouch-
safed you, and to assure you that
in the minds and hearts of every
member of the Crowley familey the
memory of dear Mrs. Bartlett and
yourself is cherished and revered
next to the memory of our own be-
loved mother and father.
During the most trying periods of
our struggle, and as you must know
such periods were frequent in so
large family your loyal frie ndship,
kindly interest and fatherly advice
was a sustaining and cheering beacon
light.
| join with my brothers and sisters
in rejoicing with you on this your
bir thday. May God bless you, and
may the future hold in store for you
and for those near you, an abundance
of the best things of life. These
things you have earned by the truly
Christian life you have lived, and by
the example of honesty, integrity
and loyalty to God and to man, which
has always been the dominating
characteristic of your life.
Yours sincerely and truly,
James G. Crowley.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-03-22
Wihdham County Again Es-
capeS the Drgft

Winham county to-day furnished by
induction its full quota of three carpen-
ters for the aviation section of the signal
corps and thereby for the second time
escaped draft. The men are Emile II.
Kletecka and Axel o. Larson of Brqttle-
boro, and Charles G. Lewis of W ing
ton. They will go tomorrow to Sal An
tonic, Texas
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-03-22
WENT west

The Crowley Family of Island
Pond Went to Wisconsin 45
Years Ago and Grew Up With
the Country.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-13

from the question of men, means
the diversion Of more shipping. and
that shipping can he diverted to the
east only by reducing the transport
of Americans to the west or by re-
ducing our imports of food and other
essential commodities still further.
All that we now require to insure a
complete victory in the west is weight
of numbers. Fortunately America has
pumped whole-heartedly for the west,
and fortunately the German man
power is on the decline. Therefore,
We Allies are certain to have
eventually the necessary numerical
superiority. How we attain that SUI
periority depends upon how far we
follow the American example.
Must Keep Americans Coming
Lord Miners acent statement in
his letter to an American correspond
cnt. that Americas strength, great as
it is, can be relied upon to bring about
decision only if it is added to the
forces of the European Allies, and not
substituted for them, is very much to
the point, and 1t is % be hoped that it
represents the views of the War
Cabinet. If our forces in France are
allowed to diminish and If the ship.
ping allotted to the transport of the
American troops is reduced the war
will be correspondence prolonged.
We have muddled our man-power
policy consistently. with the result
that in none of the belligerent coun-
tries is the incidence of military serv.
ice more unevenly applied. Boys and
middle,aged men are where men in the
prime of life should be. and vice
versa. The army goes short, the coal
mines go short, and this is the
moment chosen to advocate the eXten-
sion of our eastern enterprise. We
require again to review our man.
power policy with the plain fact be-
fore us that every man sent to France
helps to shorten the war, and as
things are, that every soldier sent
elsewhere helps to prolong it. In
order to wage war with money. coal,
and ships as well as with soldiers and
sailors. it may well be that we cannot
continue to supply the former and
maintain the latter on the same scale
as in the past
There is greater reason, then for
concentrating our efforts upon that
front where a decisive victory is GER
tain. and for reducing all other mill.
tary commitments to what is neces-
sary for the security of vital interests.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-13
FRENCH UNMOVED
BY BURIAN OFFER
Regard 1t as Most Preten-
tious Peace Move of
Central Powers
HERTLINC A SCAPECOAT
Germans May Criticize Civil
Officials, but Military Rulers
Are Immune
Special Cable to Erening Public Ledger

opeCtdt CdOie 10 EteniHg PHbHc Ledger
Copyriyht. 1918. bD Ncw York Times Co.
Paris. Sept. 49,
Count Burian's statement in Vienna
! that the time has come for a calm ex.
change of views concerning peace. has
been received in France with much more
calm than he could desire. 1t is looked
upon as the third and most pretentious
utterance of the Control Powers in the
present peace offensive The other two
were those Of Doctor Soil and Prince
Max Of Baden,
The chief comment in Paris is that
Burian is disappointing because he does
not offer even the academic interest de-
| rived from puzzling out new device
1t Is the same old trick without the addi-
ton of a single novelty. Paris wants
20 know why the Central Powers canno.
show the same ingenuity in fabricatine
new peace hints as in devising atrocities
There is absolutely no reaction of the
French people to Burian. First, because
he Is so transparent; second, because
even peace suggestion cleverly made
could not now make headway against
the indignation of the French at the
needless devastation wrought by the
German armies in the present retreat.
Frances Peasant Army
The French armies are composed very
| largely of peasants and farmers TO
| whom tillable land. farmhouses and
barns are sacred things Four years of
war have not dulled their senses to
cruelty and wantonness. A farmhouse
once comfortable and prosperous home
but now heap OF ruins. has the same
emotional appeal to the farmer soldier
as a wrecked cathedral to the rest of
the world. So the French troops and
people are more determined at this mo-
ment than ever before to defeat the
enemy with guns and bayonets. Mean
time the peace suggestions of Burian
and others mean nothing.
No previous peace move of the Centra
Powers has been more transparent in
all its parts than this one. Paris Is
amusing itself by piecing those parts
togethef with the Burian statement as
the central fragment around which fl
other pieces of the puzzle that is nc
puzzle. The permitted talk of the retire
ment of Chancellor Won Hertling and the
booming of Doctor Solf to succeed hin
| is another piece.
HertIing to BE Scapegoat
Hertling has got to be made the
scapegoat of the military chiefs who
failed to win the promised victory thi.
year and capture Paris and the Channe
ports. The only settled, unchanging fac
tor Of the whole German policy is tc
leave the military rulers always un
touched and uncriticized and try to foo
the people by making civil politica
changes whenever the armies fail.
At the present time every feature OF
| the German civil government system i
| under severe home criticism with no re
straint by the authorities The food
control and many other activities of th
civilian officials are bitterly denounced
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-13
Big RESULTSDUE
in US. ATTACK
General Maurice Sees Briey
Iron District Under Fire
of Our Guns
MAY CUT METZ RAILWAY
Foch,s Genius Shown i'm Way
He Keeps Big Offensive
Alive
MAY CUT METZ RAILWAY
BY MAJOR GENERAL FREDERICK
B. MAURICE

Former Director Of Opera tions of the
British Army
Special Gable to Evening Public Ledger
Copyrtoht. 1918. bD Neic York Times Co.
London, Sept. 13.
The most remarkable feature of
toch's generalship is the way in
which he has succeeded in keeping his
offensive alive ever since he launched
his counter-attack on July Is, while at
the same time continually extending
his front of attack,
The Germans at Nerdun. and we in
the first battle of the Somme and in
tlanders last year. fought prolonged
battles directed throughout against
one and the same objective Foch has
opened new phase of war in the
west by opening up successfully new
fronts OF attack in such a way as to
bive the harassed enemy no rest.
AS soon as the counter.offensive on
the Marine had exhausted it's impetus
and the enemy's resistance on the
Alsne and Vesle began to harden, Foch
struck in the south of the Somn,e.
When the enemy rallied on his old de.
fensiVe lines from Chaulnes to Rove,
Halg began to press nifn TO the north
of the river, and forced him to retreat
to the Hindenburg line. Now, at the
moment when the enemy has com.
pleted the shortening of his front,
taken shelter behind formidable de.
fenses, and checked for the time being
the Allied offensive to the north of
Rheims. Foch has delivered a new
blow against him in the south.
1t is presumably General Pershing's
new army. with the assistance of
French divisions, which has now taken
its turn in the great battle. We knew
that for some time past American
troops have been on the Vosges front
and there has been much talk of an
American offensive in that quarter
presumably as a blind to account for
the southern movement of the Ameri
can troops preparatory to the battle
which has just begun.
Relic of 1914 Offensive
st. Mihiel salient, to which our
French allies have given the express
sive name of the hernia, or rupture
st. Mihiel. has been for four years one
Of the remarkable features of the west
ern front. 1t is, or was, one of the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-13
NEW DUTCH CABINET
TUNSATISFACTORY
Exists for Want of Better Is
General View - Pedantic
Neutrality Its Position
Special Cable to Erening Public Ledger
Copyright. 1918. bD NeC York Times co.
The InRue Sent IL

special Cdble to EUenIng PubHC Ledger
Copyright. 1918. bU Netc York Times Co.
The Hague. Sept. 13.
Your correspondent has talked with
various important Dutch political lead
ers regarding the new cabinet. and the
general view appears that it exists for
want of a better.
In the space of two months several po-
litical leaders were asked by the Queen
to form a cabinet and refused. Riuys de
Beerenbrouck, who Is an unknown po-
litcal quantity. with no reputation for
strength. and is hardly a man to inspire
confidence has finally consented to form
a Right cabinet. The new Foreign Min
lister, Jonkheer Van Karnebeek, was the
last man on the long list and accepted
the post He has reputation for cleSer-
ness, but has no diplomatic experience.
and is purported to have pro-German
sympathies But the whole cabinet will
doubtless endeavor to assume an ap-
pearance of pedantic neutrality in order
not to be taxed with pronounced SYM
pathies for one side or the other.
A prominent ex-mnister who was
asked to form a cabinet and refused said
that in view of present circumstances a
coalition Government would have been
far preferable, but t.at the Social Dem
ocrats absolutely refused to work on
this basis and preferred to become a
fighting opposition, hoping to strengthen
their party in this way.
Many Socialists, this informant said.
would have joined the now small Boil.
shevist party had the Socialists con-
scented 10 coalition. At present there
was a bare majority in the chamber and
n doubtful majority in the country. sc
that the Right would have preferred a
strong coalition, letting the Socialists
share the responsibility, difficulties and
problems with which any Government
was confronted today.
Was it necessary" asks the Nieuw
Courant. ito wait two months for this
ccmbination?" The newspapers of all
shadows are very dissatisfied.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-13
Y. M. C.. A. men TO ENLIST
Between 81 and 81 Must Join
Army or Return Home

Paris. Sept. 13.-The Young Mems
Christian Association has issued an
order to all it's secretaries between the
ages of twenty-one and thirty-One tc
present themselves to the nearest army
medical officer for physical eXamina-
tion.
Such secretaries as are unwilling to
do so will be returned Immediately to
the United States. Those passing the
examination satisfactorily will be given
thirty days in which to enlist. After the
thirty days they will be returned to the
United States If they have not enlisted.
The order applies to clergymen as well
as laymen. Clergymen will be assisted
in obtaining the rank of chaplain If they
desire 1t.
Special measures are being taken with
regards to secretaries between the ages
of thrty-one and Sorty-five. and such
men will be notified Of the desires of the
Y. NJ. c. A. at a later date.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-13
MAY DROP ship DEAL
Chile Indignant Over Attempt to
Destroy German Vessels
By the Associated Press

Buenos Aires, Sept. 1S.-Press dis
patches from Chile indicate that as
a result of the recent attempt by in
termed German crews to destroy their
vessels the Chilean Government Will drop
the Negotiations for renting German
vessels from the German Government
This change of pc!icy is receiving the
vigorous support OF leading newspapers
which were form rriy urging that these
vessels ne rented
The attempt by the German crews to
destroy Their vessels has caused pro-
found indignation throughout Chile as
an example OF bad faith. as the orders
to destroy sthe ships came while Ger
mauT apparently was still Wiling to
negotiate for their lease.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-13
AUSTRIANS SURPRISED
Italian Troops Tnke Prisoners in Raid
Across Piaye

Rome, Sept. 13.-The Italian War Of
fee issued the following:
At the mouth of the River Piave
our soldiers and sailors passed to
the left bank and took prisoners in a
surprise attack. There has been vio-
lent artillery activity in Val Arsa. on
the .Asiago plateau and In the Asolone
area.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-13

former Director of Opera tions of the
British Army
Special Gable to Epeuiue Public Jedoor
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-13
Dugouts Prove Death Traps

If the spade work of the German
soldier under fire is not what it was,
the enemy had no lack of time or Ia
Dor for construction of rear lines. We
know that such lines are in existence
and it would be foolish to assume that
they are not formidable and have not
been maintained in good order. He
has not found his deep dugouts an un-
mixed blessing, for the men who took
shelter in them from a heavy bonn
bardment have often been unable to
get out before our infantry was on
top of them and they have been caught,
while they are often gas traps. He
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-13

Store From to $50
Sunday
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-13

relics of the German offensive 1914.
The backbone of the salient is the
ridge of the Cotes de la Meuse, de-
fensive barrier, which in the French
pre.war scheme of frontier defense
linked up the fortresses of Verdun and
Toul. Once a portion of this ridge.
which lies within the salient, has been
secured-and reports to hand make It
seem certain that IL will be, for the
southern attack which had gained
Thiaucourt at an early hour bids fair
to cut off the Germans on the heights
we may look for further progress
on the plain OF Wouevre, which lies
east of it.
This is the first considerable often.
sive which our American allies have
undertaken. They have given proof of
their quality as fighters in the second
battle of the Marne, where their fresh
vigor did much to sustain the Allied
offensive, and this same vigor should
now carry them far against the enemy,
who is dispirited by the complete fail,
ure of his plans.
May Bring Big Results va
Until we know more of the progresg
made in the first stage CT the battle,
and of how the enemy is fighting, IL is
idle to speculate, but a really impor.
tant success on this front would give
big results, for an advance of little
more than ten miles from the western
face of the salient would It direct
railway communication between Metz
and Mezeres, and bring the important
industrial district of Briey. from which
the enemy has drawn so much of ore
L.
going, within fire of long-range guns.
At present we can only wish our allies
the best of good fortune and await
further news with patience.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-13
Repairing Roads Through
Twice Devastated Dis
trict a Big Task
STILL ''NIBBLINC" AT FOE
Preparation for Big Events Is
Continuous, Though Fight
ing Seems to Lag
BY WALTER DURANTY

Special Gable to Euening Public Ledger
Copyrioht, 1918, by Neto York Times Co.
With the French Armies Sent Il
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-13
Special Cable to Euening Public Ledger

Special Cable to Euening Public Ledger
Copyright. 1878. bu Netc York Times co.
London. Sept. 1S.
Some of those who. at the time of
| the victory of Drocourt switch, were
| predicting the early capture c Douai
| and Cambrai and German retreat to
Nalenciennes and the Meusc, re now
rushing to the Other extreme. They
have discovered the fact that the Ger
mans, who were on the defensive,
| with the one exception of the episode
| of Nerdun, from the winter of 1914 to
| the spring of 1918, and who were
established for close on a year in the
| Hindenburg line, to which they nave
again retired, are not relying on a
single defensive system, but have
other lines between their Hresent front
and the Rhine.
1t is we'll known that we have pre-
pared many systems of trenches eN.
lending far behind our front. and it
should have been obvious that the
enemy, who has not, rule,
neglected elementary precautions ahd
has had more time and labor for de-
fensive digging than we have had,
would not be behind us in this mat
ter. 49,
The Germans have had in their
hands Russian prisoners whose num-
bers run into six figures. and nave
ruthlessly and brutally enforced the
Coryee systeem on Belgium and the
portions of northern France which
they occupy. so that, like the Pharaohs,
thev have been able to plan their
works without regard to the problem
of labor.
From time to time unfavorable COM
parsons have been draN n here in
EnE&nd between our defenses and
those of the enemy. At the time OF
the Flanders offensive of 1917. when
the German concrete pill boxes. be
came famous, our authorities were
held to have failed in their duty in not
having provided our men with equally
effective defenses. When at the first
battle of the Somme we took the Of
fensive in the rolling chalk hills of
Picardy, we discovered that the enemy
had constructed a whole series OF huge
dusouts which made our shelters look
very foolish, and when the battle OF
Cambria gave us considerable sec
ton of the Hindenburg line we came
into possession of Neritable under
rround barracks with water laid on.
and little electric lights, which alto
gether outclassed the dugoIts OF the
Somme.
Have Plenty Of Shelter
Not that we have neglected either
to use concrete or to provide our men
with shell proof shelter. We have
made at val Gus places dugouts which
compare favorably with the enemy's
best efforts; but, on the whole. the
enemy has beaten us in digging in be-
hind his front lines because of the
great advantage he has enjoyed in
being able to employ forced labor and
to use prisoners Of war in greater
numbers.
we have had to import colored
labor, from great distances, which
means heavy tax upon shipping, and
to rely upon our own labor resources,
which means that purely military
labor is placed in competition with
the demands of our coal mines, our
shipyards, our munition factories and
our essential industries.
Dugouts Prove Death Traps
If the spade work Of the German
soldier under fire is not what it was,
the enemy had no lack of time or Ia
! Dor for construction of rear lines. We
New-York tribune., 1918-11-11
NOTICE TO HOLDERS OF UNITED
STATES TREASURY CERTIFICATES
OF INDEBTEDNESS OF SERIES fY
II. DATED AUGUST q, 1918 AND
MATURING DEf taIe.

Al United States Tro oasury cerfincates Of
Indebtedness OF series ~ -. dated August
6. ls1s. and maturing December 5. 1915.
are hereby called for redemption on Mo-
Vember Il. 1918, at par and accrued inter
est. pursuant TO the provision for such re-
demption contained In the certificates On
November 81. 1918. interest on ell certtas
Gates of said series viii ceRse to accrue.
w. q. McADOo. Secretary OF the Treasury.
November s. 1918.