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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-11-14
MANCHESTER


GIVE,
Have yuo handed in yoar pledg,
card signed yet,
r. G.. Stone was caller Ut this
office on saturday
Mas Mary H. Gleason has gone %
Sc~ York City FOR the coming winter.
John Tutslo Of Medford. Mass. IL 0
yuss, Of his aunt, Miss Ellen j.
Tut;ie.
Roscoe ] WILCOX arrived home Sat.
srdsy on ten day fariough from his
duties at Camp Devens. Mass.
The auction sale Of Frank 4. Lyons
~r,aie was a wry successful enc and
there was larg. attendance.
James Williams has gone to Albany.
N. Y. where he has n situation in the
machine shops Of the Cadillac Auto
Go.
Vim. II. Graham. the VETERAN florist,
10 recovering from the effects Of a
,prained ankle. !, IN hard to keep a
good man down.
A. C.. Orvis, the Manchester member
Of the Local Board, who was at home
over Sunday from his duties at Ben
nington. returned on Tuesday.
The family OF J. II. Richardson will
remain in Manchester this coming
winter and they have taken the Shat
tuck house on Seminary avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward S. lsham have
returned TO their home in New York
City after having spent few days
In Manchester at the orvis Cottage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas H. Hawley, son
Burnham, and Mrs. +. J. Hawley left
Monday for ST. Petersburg, Fla,
where they will pass the coming win
ter.
Misses Efie Phelps and Alice Jen-
nings, who were guests last week OF
Mr.. and Mrs. +. II. Hemenway, return
ed 10 their home in Orwell on Satur-
day.
Eugene Cherbonneau has moved his
family to Springfield, Mass, where his
two older sons are employed. A truck
from that city came Tuesday night for
their goods.
The weather for the last few days
has been decidedly fally, with the mer-
curry around Is and 20 in the early
morning hours, Get your outside
work finished up,
Miss Helen Bowen, who was recent
~ operated on at the Rutland Hospital
for Appendicitis, was brought to Mac
naughtan's the last Of the week IN
Bonds ambulance.
Hon. Robert T. Lincoln left Monday
for business trip to Chicago. From
there he will go to Washington to join
Mrs. Lincoln where they will remain
for the winter months.
Mr.. and Mrs. 0. l.. Cushman of
Bergen Fields. N. j., arrived on We'd
nesday last at Mrs. Mary Z. Ways
where they will make an extended Wis
il. Mrs. Cushman will be remembered
as Miss Emma Boynton.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Bacon motored ,
10 Troy, N. Y, Monday afternoon to
see the parade in that city on Mon ,
Day evening They were guests OF {
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bowel Il
Advertised letters at Manchester !
post office on Nov. 10, 1918: Board {
nan. Mrs, R., Miss Bowdoin, James
1ross, Miss Mabel Coults, Mr.. and
Hrs. Adrian r. Herman, Miss Myra l.. Il
Mills, Miss Maicella NJ. Molloy, DR.. t
'redk McNerney, Hugh Oakley, Miss {
\. F. Spencer, Mrs. f. l.. West. Pos ]
ais; Miss G. Z, Mcdonnell. 7
On Saturday afternoon, November 9
Bird, Franz Lorenz viii give mat y
nee concert at the lecture room Of e
he Congregational Church. Mr.. N
,orenz is a fine musician and he needs >
o introduction to Manchester people o.
S he has been the leader Of the U
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-11-14
CARD OF THANKS

We wish, through The Journal, to
thank the neighbors and friends for
the beautiful flowers; the kind words
and letters of sympathy, the dona-
tons given them in their recent great
sorrow and bereavement.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. DAVIS
adv and Family.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-11-14
RED CROSS ANNUAL MEETING

The annual meeting of the Benning.
ton County Vermont Chapter of the
American Red Cross will be held al
the Chapter rooms in the Hawk
Block, Main street, Bennington at 2
p. m.
VIM. H. Wills, Secretary.
November II, 1918.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-11-14
WIN. Cool & SONS

says We are pleased 20 state we con
slider RAT-SNAP is without doubt the
finest rat and mouse exterininator We
have ever used. II does all you claim
and more too. Four sizes, 25c, soc, 81
and 81. Sold by r. j. Healey, Man
chester, Depot, W. adv
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-11-14
COLD FEET

There are two kinds of cold
feet" One is a mental state,
the other physical. Many
people suffering from cold feet
get "cold feet when a remedy
is ofered--such as a hot wat
er bottle, They always leak. :"
We have them guaranteed for
two years--any of them for
one year. They must make
good.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-11-14
SEASONABLE FOOTWEAR


and sure enough ii does. A rat will
leave all other food to get RAT SNAP
and it's the lat he eats. RAT-SNAP
chemically cremates the carcass.
Doesn't have to be mixed with other
food. Won't blow away, dry up, soil
or decay. Surest, quickest, cleanest,
safest TO kill rats, mice and reaches.
-Four sizes, 25e, soc, 81. and 50. T, j.
Healey, Manchester Depot, VI. adv
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-11-14
Estate of LORENZO X. BURBANK
COmmlssiOners' Notice

commissioners NOLlce
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
Lorenzo X. Burbank late Of Winhall
in said District, deceased, and all
claims exhibited in Offset thereto,
hereby give notice that we will meet
for the purpose aforesaid, at the home
Of Mrs. Nellie Benson in the town Of
Bondville in said District, on the goth
day of April, 1919 next, from O'Clock
p NJ, until o'clock P. NJ, on said
day and that six months from the 3lst
day Of October A. d., 1915, is the time
limited by said Court for said cred
itors TO present their claims to US for
examination and allowance.
Dated at Manchester this 31st day
OF October A. d., 1918.
l.. p. MARTIN,
ID. A. LEONARD,
Commissioners.
Gilbert L. Burbank, Admr. 30-3
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-11-14

Virtue is like rich stone, best plail
set.-EacOn.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-11-14
Daily Thought.

November II, 1918.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-11-14

On Saturday afternoon, November
23rd, Franz Lorenz viii give mat
inee concert at the lecture room Of
the Congregational Church. Mr..
Lorenz is fine musician and he needs
no introduction to Manchester people
as he has been the leader Of the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-21
GERMANS CANNOT REPLACE
THEIR WORKOUT CLOTHING
Writer Declares Country Needs Col
onieS From Which to Get
RAW Materials.
= MSTERDAM, {

AMSTERDAM, October 2o.--Ger-
many's famine in cotton. wool and
edible oils and fats is not being allie
waited By the ingenious Just as good
since the war, according to Emil zim-
hermann, wcll-known authority on
colonial subjects. i'll an article in the
Berlin Tageiiche Rundschau.
Soothing" he complains, has cut
so deeply into our. daily life as the
lack of fats and the absence of raw
other. for no fat means no soap-no
soap means chemical substitutes
chemical substitutes ruin clothes, ara
clothes we cannot replace without wool
and cotton.
Dairy produce has fallen off sc per
cent and animal fat has almost com :
zimmerman writes, unconsciously per-
haDs revealing the inner truth of Ger
manys precarious position when he
declares: I'VE must nave colonies from
which We can draw large quantities of
raw materials at once and not after
The rich territory OF Central and
West Africa appeals to the German
economic expert as the possible site
of Teutonic colonial empire that
would oversnadow even Emperor Will
liam's fondest dreams. lie would draw
annually FROM Nigeria. Sierra Leone.
the Congo and Senegambia.
Acquisition OF oil producing terri.
tory by Germany is advocated by the
writer on the ground that the African
oil regions could be obtained with
comparative ease" zimmerman says
that the Congo basin can in thirty to
fifty years be raised to rich productivity
and become q second Brazil.
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FRENCH PRESS ENTHUSIASTIC
OVER FLANDERS VICTORIES
Marcel HutIn Pays Warm Trtbute 20
BrittAh, Especially Fifth
Army,

PARIS. October 2o.-Comments by
the press on Fridays Developments in
Flanders are enthusiastic. Marcel Hu.
t TN IN the Echo DC Paris. pays q warm
We salute, with deep gratitude, our
splendid British allies. notably. the
sf Bear I'll :"s The e shock m of March ?,
German armies advancing to tho mum
Der Of millions OF bayoncts to carry
Amiens and Calais In the Kaiser vic,
tory. which was to have brought US all
tc our knees. this army formed again
and again, and In It's sublime recoHerv
has had the glory of restoring to
FRANCE her NTH largest city.
while this Fifth Army entered Lii.
OF which It took possession in tho
name Of France; troops of General
Horne's army. which. further 10 the
south. had encircied Douai. occupiad
tho town and holsted the French fa9
on tho town hall.
What extraordinary minutes OF rIo.
rious life King Albert and Queen Elk
abeth lred yesterday on entering Os-
morrow Zeebrugge. The road Is open"
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PLAN TO INCREASE PAY
Is GIVEN CONSIDERATION
"nr Department Now Dealing With
fropoaed Advances in Salaries
OF Officers.

WAsHINGToH, October eo.-The war
department has under consideration
ne matter OF Increasing pay CT army
oficers; and II is expected a report will
be made public in Il few days
bill has been introduced in Con.
Eress by Representative L. Z. Dyer, of
81. Louis. 10 raise army salaries, but
no action on i; will be taken until the
NAE Departments report is received
me matter IS said to have been out uD
u the war college for study. and some
oiiiclais are said to hold that the DYER
oil! does not meet the situation fairly.
me consensus seems to be that Con
gress should make distinction BE-
iWeen married and unmarried officers.
just IS 1t has made II distinction bn-
tween them in providing Communication
tor quarters.
The vast majority Of new officers are
unmarried. and while they may not be
receiving as much Lay as they did I'm
CIVILIAN life. they are getting enough
10 keep them comfortably, unless they
Havc dependents
lieutenant. it is held. cannot sup
Port wife. much less children, on his
army pay as he could before entering
the army, particularly in these days Of
high prices Many top serseants" who
are married and would make first-rate
commissions on the ground that they
cannot afford the initial expense of uni
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CITY OF LILLE PLUNDERED,
NOT DESTROYED, BY HUNS
French Papers, However, Are Demand
ing That Vengeance Demands
Town for Town.
ny ROBERT wELLEs RITCHIE.


PARIS, October e0--The city of Lille.
1t is now established, was plundered
by the Germans prior to their evacua-
zion Though the town was not de-
stroyed. like Cambria, Lens and other
cities, Lille represents another count
in the deadly French determination to
wreak vengeance upon the individual
German commanders after the war
1t is impcs sible to overemphasize
the growing frenzy of the French cry
town for town. village for vilage!
der officers that they had better pre-
serve the orders from their superiors
commanding them 10 plumber and burn
the paper says will be their only alibis
when Thn The ne rec Reckoning is s,, taken:
name OF the o aass who or kno% the
Shall We forect?"
,v This '5 - NOT fan,astic outburst, but
every German dTcdr responsible for
the violation of International Ian from
quesiionably figure in the peacc terms
The French government is in pos
session or German army orders Great
though RESPONSIBLE to the, quarter
master, are permitted to take GER
ain proportion of the loot back to their
homes for their families
In the smoky sunset on the Place de
la Concorde l have seen hundreds of
Lilies homeless civilians gather around
tne SYMBOLIC statue o Lille. draped In
hass ana howers Men and women
were crying Historically; tears of grief
mingled with tears OF joy over the
liberation of their town.
saw an aged mar, with a PROPHETS
beard. mounting The pedestal Of the
statue, lift his clenched fists like a
modern Isaiah. and, with flaming ewes.
shout heavenwards:
Coz hear our Onth Tbs
or our hearths and homes shali nav
IN blood and tears fer our sufferings."
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think morally. The German has not
yet, in our sense of the word, become
a moral being. He motivates hir7self
reason has not entered. He still moves,
he still has his psychic being. in the
monstrous serpentry and cruelty OF
prchuman nature.
Thus each German. IL you track him
down, If you get beneath his deeds or
behind his words. inevitably reasons
which he always assumes to be super
rlS{,htE:s both mystically and scicntiti-
callT luStliahle. No matter how vile
how british or pitiless his actions.
tn, there Is no responsibility higher than
or obedience Of feeling. / do not mean
that this is, the creed which each Ger
;,M, has thought out and confessed;
motivity and voii,ion The sheer might
fopte a inf fng in xGw
fulhllment in the conquest and control
If other forces, is his supreme good
homage and service are due.
Nor Is the German creed only accord
h sge ep pS Ss stnrk IeF jGs'
Prussian state as the Divine Presence,
20 the German peasant. the German
Socialist. unconsciously regards T,
violence or VilencsS which this mon
sstrousiE conceived state commands, as
,ion. And that Tia German is aztec
Tomato III his immediate family, is in
friendly fellowship with his commu-
nlty. is sentimental and romantic sub
TRACTS not, the least from the abnor-
mality and immortality of the uni!erse
the riddle of his actions
his present mentality is not mod
ern phase OF the Germans evolution.
ne has had no other, racial mind or
snd4 e fhi aSs Sn sna to r hls
by. marvelng Romans; to What said
JULIUS CacSar-who so chivalrously ad :
mlred his uther enemies, or to later
CHARACTERIZATION of the German by
Dante and other great Tuscans We
have but to put the profound and mys.
phiiosophy beside John Milton's con-
eeption of man and the state Or do
but regard the quality of the univer-
salty of Goethe-a cosnic prostitute
a!ways-in. the light of the UNIVERSAL
ity or Shakespeare. Reflect as much
WI not find moral masculinity or in.
soundness or erectncss of soul, in Ger
man thought or history 1t is either
the whine or the whip YOU will ind
ana ind rs present IN German litcra
and statecraft.
who are numbered with tn" tho az A Gr l os
Saxon brotherhood, that, after we have
broken the Prussian whip, the Prus-
sian does not even then conquer us
With his whine. deludins US by seem
ing surrender, by . dissenbled repent
the last fatality Of mankind ---Copy-
right. 1918.
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NET CHANGE WAS RISE
DE TEN TO EIE,IEEN POINTS

NEW ORLEANS. October 2o.-Com.
paratively narrow. price changes were
recorded In cotton last week. the ex-
treme range being only 9-to 1871
points. The net change was rise Of
ten to fifteen points, the favorable war
news furnishing steady undertone
throughout the week.
business in all directions. and at the
middle OF thu week was depressing
influence against values although at
the lowest levels prices were only
thirty fve TO ffty-one points under the
closing quotations OF the preceding
week. An undercurrent OF peace buy.
ing was in evidence. but the constant
talk OF peace did not create the bull
lish sentiment that might have been
market in times when peace was con-
sidered possibility.
A further steadying influence was the
hrmness with which holders were said
to be retaining their spot cotton In the
Interior. In many important sections
farmers we're said to be holding on TO
the theory that peace and higher prices
were bound TO come shortly.
This week the opening Of tho mar
ket Will probably depend much on the
attitude Of Germany regarding the
latest communication from President
Wilson. and after that the world po-
Utica situation il bound to obscure all
other factors.
On Friday the Census Bureau Will is
sue Its report on ginning TO October II.
and not few bearIsh traders think
tho total output will be large enough
TO he considered an argument against
values. The bullish contention is that
II Is yet too carly In the season for
ginning NEurcS to mean much.
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TELEGRAPHERS' UNION
OFFERS new SCHEDULE
Calls for Minimum Salary OF IS q Day
and Maximum SALARY of
50 Day.

WASHINGTON. October 2o.-The
Commercial Telegraphers' Union of
America has completed it's new wage
scale for presentation to the telegraph
companies, tho Burleson wire control
committee and the National War La
Dor Board. y subcommittee now is
sitting in Washington. and will take
final action this week.
The scale calls for a minimum wage
II SO a DAY and maximum Of So. It
also provides for the abolition OF the
bonus system.
"A grievance also will be presented
to the wire control committee or the
War Labor Board Of a list OF employees
of the Western Union Telegraph Com
n:-ly who have bee ndischarged for
membership in the union and contrary
to the order OF the Postmaster C ensral
have not been reinstated. Some of these
discharges arc as recent as last week
decision as TO appeal to the Post.
master General or to the War Labor
Board will be reached Tomorrow. The
wire control committee Is on record as
refusing to treat with the committees
as union committees. but as being will
Ing 20 talk with them as Individual la
and employees. This attitude may lead
the union to reopen it's grievance be-
fore the Taft-Walsh hoard
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ELEVEN MILLION ACRES
AVAILABLE FOR FARMS
Cut-Orer Timber Lands of Pacific
ConHt Can BE
Reclaimed.

SAN FRANCISCO. CAL, October 90.
Eleven million acres of logged off,
be reclaimed and used for agrisuitural
purposes. according to the statement
Of Walter II. Graves. whose appoint
of Tho reclama ton service. was re-
Gently announced. Mr.. Graves has been
Instructed to make study OF the large
the West for the purpose Of determini
ing its availability. when cleared, for
farms for soldiers after the war. The
land denuded of timber would have To
be cleared OF the ehcumbering logs
Stumps and brush.
The redemption of this vast wilder
ness. IT Is estimated, would add So
000.00o.o00 to the farm wealth OF the
Pacihc states. The cost OF, clearing the
the land If improved mechanical de
vices were used. MIR. Graves said.
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lone MILLION SHARES
TURNED OVER DAILY
Adjusting Itself Further to Extraor.
binary Changes, Market INDUCES
in Speculative Enthusiasm.
FOREIGN BUYERS TAKE ISSUES
Cotton Market Records Narrow
Price Changes, the Extreme Range
Being Only 05 to 1877 Points, a
Rise OF Few Points.
10y Associated Preks.l

NEW YORK. October 2o.--Adtusting
itself further to tho extraordinary
changes In the International situation.
the securities market this week In.
dulged in another excess of specula.
tive enthusias M t the daily oyerturn Of
companled by many substantial gains.
To what extent the public figured in
the movement remains matter OF con-
lecture. but from the activity of com.
mission houses with Interior connec-
lions II may be assumed that investors
reports also OF marked accession Of
foreign participation. chiefly from Lon
don and Holland. Financial interests
in the latter country are known to have
acquired large holdings OF low-priced
railroad stocks in the last few months,
while London. 1t Is believed, sent over
orders for rails of the higher class.
accompanied by n volume of trading
and violent fluctuations which Dor.
dcred upon the sensational. Mexican
Petroleum. for example, rose from $50
to 1874. closing at a net gain OF forty.
five points.
recorded extreme advances Of FIVE to
materially reduced in the constant
proft-takinE. and moro particularly
the violent reaction at the close Of Sat.
urdays session.
The more distinctive war stocks.
notably those fulfilling contracts for
munitions and ordnance also tobaccos.
feathers and related specialties were
States Steel registered an extreme ad.
vance or almost nine points. forfeit
ing about half at the end on pressure
ascribed to professional trading.
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STILL GOING HIGHER
Many Articles Cost More Than Double
What They Did In
10Th.

WASHINGTON, October 2o.-Old High
Cost of Living Is still right out In front
OF the procession and setting the pace,
the Department of Labor finds. Retail
food prices were per cent higher on
September is than. on August Is. and
Il per cent above September. 1917
During the year round steak and
plate boiling meat increased 81 no,
cent: hens and chuck roast, 80 per cent
while corn meal potatoes, beans -four,
sugar and coffee were slightly cheaper
Der. 1913, foods have increased 70 PET
cent in cost. Every article figured in
this estimate showed an increase OF
over 5G per cent. Bacon increased 100
per cent; pork chops, 1903: potatoes, los;
Ia I'd. 90. and corn meal. %.
And there IS no let-up in sight
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BOXERS ARE TO MEET
Bnttlcrs Will Contest for Kings Trophy
In London December
IL md

NEWPORT. II. l.. October Gothic
best boxers, from my" to heavy
weights, In the United States navy viii
kings trophy in London, December II
and IL. according TO announcement
made here tonight.
Admiral Sims. who commands tho
United States naval forces in Euro
pean waters, has asked the navy to
send tho vary best II has. and general
instructions governing the selection of
men to compete will be issued shortly.
The contest WIZ be open to ali men
OF the allied armies and navics, and
the French and English have already
resented ~
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SURGEONS WILL FLY
four Surgical Airnlnnes Being Conn
pleted for Their Use on
Battle Fields.

PARlS, October l9.-Surg cons Of the
French army. probably soon will he
carried in airp!anes TO present sta
tions behind the firing line when their
services are urgently needed. -Four
surgical airnlanes nov are being com
p!eled tor this use on the battle fields
me planes VIII be capable Of lifting
three incn---a p!lot a surgeon ana an
H-ray opera tor--togcthor with radio.
graph, surgical Instruments and =
small foiding table in ALUMINIUM They
TO seventy miles an hour, which viii
enanie them to reach, for example
Noy3n 70 Paris in an hour, whereas
q day ma
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forms and equipment Nearly all the
complaints Of insufficient pay come
from officers who are married or who
have dependents.
The Canadian system 81 giving re-
lief to the families of officers is cited
as an example of how other countries
solve the problem. Even the family
allowances paid to the enlisted men OF
the United states Army with depen-
dents through the War Risk Bureau
are quoted to show that privates are
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Yotl will be doing a real service
to patriotic war workers to rent that
spare rsom in your home, and return
from the rent will help to reduce
your household expenses. A Times.
Dispatch Want Ad will get the right
tenant for you.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-21

To keep your factory working
force complete 1t Is advisable that
YOU run Help Wanted Adj every
day. Ask about the reduced rates
for consecutive insertions. Phone
Randolph I.
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C0FFROTH COMING EAST
Plans Drive to Raise Funds for Puy.
chase of Athletic Equipment
for Soldiers.

NEW YORK. October 2o.-Jim Cor.
froth. the California boxing promoter.
Is due to arrive here Tomorrow to be.
Gin round-up OF Eastern boxers to
aid the drive OF tho United War Work
Council. The purpose OF tho drive ia
to raise funds for tho purchase OF
athletic equipment for tho soldiers in
Uncle Sans service
Several or the Eastern clubs have
offered to hold benefits to help the
drive.