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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-04-26
LIEUT.. |. S. AVER
KILLED IN FRANCE
Former Putney Boy Probably in
Seicheprey Battle
Lived with Uncle in Fitchburg Son of
Andrew j. Aver, Now of Keene, and
Late Helen (Sanderson) Aver.

Lieut.. Laurence S. Aver of Fitchburg,
Mass, formerly of Putney, was killed in
action in France Saturday. He was the
first Fitchburg boy with the United
States forces abroad to give his life to his
country.
Lieut.. Aver probably was killed at the
Seicheprey battle in which our troops re-
pulsed 200 German storm troops.
Word Of the death of Lieut.. Aver was
received Tuesday night in a telegram from
the war department by his uncle, Will L.
Aver of Fitchburg, who also formerly lived
in Putney.
Lieut.. Aver was one of the Fitchburg
youths commissioned at the Plattsburg
school last May. He went to France
early in the fall arriving there on Sept
a. He ATTENDED the American school of
instruction in France and later was as
signed to Battery c, lO3d field artillery.
He worked with the French artillery for
some time but recently was returned to
his own battery
1t is believed that Lieut. Aver was killed
in the action at Seicheprey as it was on
April 90 that the terrific fighting in that
section was in progress and there were
indications that the Goth division artillery
units were engaged.
! The telegram from the war department
says;
Regret to inform you of the death
| of Laurence Aver, killed in action,
April 90, 1918"
The flags at the armory and at city
J hall in Fitchburg were at half mast
Wednesday in honor of Lieut.. Aver.
News of his death cast gloom over the
city. Lieut.. Aver was well known and
extremely popular, especially among the
young men of the city
Lieut. Laurence Sanderson Aver was
born in Putney, in December, 1891 and
was a son of Andrew j. and Helen (San-
dersonl Aver. He attended school there
and was very attractive lad. He went
to Ftchburg in September, 1909, and en-
tered the Fitchburg high school, gradu-
ating as president of his class in 1912.
He was prominent in baseball, study
and fraternal organizations while at high
school. He played baseball and basket
ball and was unusually proficient in both
sports. He was also a membsr oil The
debating club and a member of the school
council. Lieut.. Aver was also active in
the Zeta Phi fraternity. He was valedc
torian of the class of 1912. He served as
playground instructor during his vacations
He entered Dartmouth college after
graduating from the high school and was
graduating from that college in 1916. Since
leaving college he had been employed in
the office of the Graton-Knight company
in Worcester and went direct from there
to the Plattsburg school, where he won
his commission He made his home in
Fitchburg with his uncle, Will Z. Aver.
Lieut.. Ayers father lives in Kecne, y.
H., where he is in the hardware business
His mother is dead
Frederick f. Smith who is in the in
surance business with Mr. Aver, is also
Lieut. Ayers uncle.
He leaves two sisters, Margaret, ste
nographer in the office of Favon. Aver &
Smith, and Dorothy, senior in the
Fitchburg high school
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-04-26
ENGLISH GIRL TO SPEAK HERE.
Woman's Club to Provide Illustrated
Lecture Monday Night on Twice
Through German Lines.

- 1t is not the Kaiser with whom we
have got to reckon; il is the people
of Germany. The Kaiser is a figure
head, and his presence on the throne
does not alter matters in the least.
Germans have the sort of government
they themselves want, and the Ger
mans themselves must be absolutely
and thoroughly whipped before peace
and safety can come again to the
wor d.
This was the opinion Miss b. Ben
nett Burleigh, an English girl, whose
experiences with the German war ma
chine in all the horror of its occupa.
tion and devastation of Belgium cover
adventures that have fallen to the lot
of but few women. Miss Burleigh is
the daughter of a famous English war
correspondent, the late Bennett Bur
leigh. When the war broke out, and
her four brothers joined the colors,
Miss Burleigh, then reporter on the
British paper, The Queen, decided that
she would see something of the fight
ing. Accordingly she crossed to Bel
GUM, and passed ON foot all alone
through the German lines which were
then drawn around Brussels,
She was in Holland for several
months and saw there the work of Ger
man intrigue, the extent of which, she
says, has been scarcely comprehended
in this country or in England.
Miss Burleigh has given a series Of
lectures in England, and is now speak
ing in the United States; her subject
is Twice Through the German Lines
and her lecture is illustrated with pho
tographic lantern slides,
Through the courtesy of the Brat
tleboro Woman's club, Miss Burleigh
will address the citizens of Brattleboro
at a public meeting at the Auditorium
Monday evening, April 20, at o clock
No admission will be charged and the
reputation of the speaker as we'll as
her subject assure an audience that
will pack the house.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-04-26
Tuesday, the 9TH Day of May
next, at 8 o'clock p. m.

To act on the following articles, to wit:
Art. Ito elect a moderator to pre-
side at the meeting.
Art. ITO receive and act upon the
report of the commissioners, treasurer,
chief engineer, superintendent Of fire
alarm and chief Of police.
Art. ITO elect village commissioner
for a term of three years, n clerk, treas
urer, tax collector and board of auditors.
Art 4-To see what salaries shall be
paid the various village officers for the
ensuing year.
Art 5--To see IL the voters of the viii
lage of Brattleboro will appropriate mon
ey for series Of concerts to be given
within the village limits during the en-
suing year, By the Brattleboro Military
band.
Art Ito see If the village will vote to
arrange for the laying of the dust upon
certain streets and highways within the
limits of the village for the ensuing year
and what method for paying for the same
will be adopted.
Art. To see what action, if any, the
voters of the village will take in regard
to instructng the commissioners as t.
the employment of day policeman
during the year
to pay the Valley Fair association foi
such public use ms is made of the fail
ground. and IL so. how much?
Art 9--To raise money to defray the
expenses Of the coming year.
Art. lO-To transact any other bust
ness that may LEGALLY come before the
meeting
W. II. PERRY. Village Clerk
Brattleboro, Vt. April q, 1918,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-04-26
SET OUT MAPLE TREES.

The BOY Scouts might do an impor-
tant service for their communities and
the state by setting out rock maple
trees in symmetrical rows along the
highways this spring. The whole
country could be beautified for miles
for the coming generations. The maple
sapling would represent but little
value the first few years, but in 90, 80
and ever a greater number of years
the naples would be of great value for
shade purposes and might furnish
revenue each year through the making
of maple sugar. There are few places
near Brattleboro which are a delight
to the traveller over the highways when
he approaches the maple trees growing
on both sides of the road, but the peo-
pie who have now passed from earth
" scenes did but little in planning to
make the highways countryside attrac-
tive by setting out trees.
w. w. Dearborn, who has had 40
an enthusiast on the subject of for
cstry preservation and cultivation and
has sent to state officials and others
letters both of inquiry and suggestion
in regard to what may be done now to
beautify our roadways and the coun-
try generally. Mr.. Dearborn has at
Woodstock a branch of his Ocean
Grove, n. j., business and he is we'll
known in Newfane through his visits
to that town He is interested not only
in planting trees, but in preventing
slaughter of Christmas trees and in pro-
tecting the rights of the people where
logs and pulpwood are hoated down the
streams.
W. G.. Hastings, chief forester of
Vermont, in a letter to Mr.. Dearborn
says: "There is no reason to my mind
why the roadsidcs of the state should
not be literally lined by shade trees
of hard maple. We have the laws (thc
tree warden laws furnishing the
machinery for carrying out such a pol
icy. The matter is left to the discre-
ton of each town. There are places
where trees should not be planted be-
cause of the fact that they obstruct
the view, and undoubtedly trees plant,
ed in certain other places would in
crease the depth Of snow. These are
local problems, however, which an in
telligent town tree warden could solve
readily
Just think what the value would be
80 years from now if this year and in
the next few years to come the Boy
Scouts and their friends could plant sew
eral hundred thousand maple trees along
the highways. The expense of planting
is not large. The work would be a
service effort for the good of other
generations, but those who set out
trees now will have the satisfaction
of feeling that they have done some
thing helpful and worth while from any
angle of viewpoint.
Arbor day might be made real
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-04-26
Held as a Stacker,

Harry +. Miles of Granitevllc, son of
the town clerk, Willard Miles of Barre,
was brought before Judge Scott in
Barre City court Tuesday on a charge
of larceny of trust fund of $l65 of
which his father was the trustee and
which the young man is alleged to have
taken from his father s safe.
He was arrested at Hartford, Conn,
Monday and was committed to the coun-
ty jail here after which Il report was
made by the local exemption board that
Miles, who is 23 years old, had failed
to register. Orders were given the Jail
or to retain him should he be able to
furnish bail on the larceny charge.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-04-26

There will be no state fair at White
River Junction this year and the Addi-
son County Fair association, for the
second time in "a years, will have no ex-
hibition at the fine grounds in Middle
bury. Rutland has not decided on the
question of fair. 1t is expected that
other fair associations will give up
their plans for this year. The trans,
portation question makes the trouble.
Preference in shipments is to be given
by the railroads to munitions, fuel and
foodstufis, and consignmcnts not con
sidered essential in war time will get
but scant consideration. Some of the
short-circuit racing associations arc
planning to transport the fast horses
from one locality to another on motor
trucks.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-04-26
AUCTION OF ANTIQUES
Saturday, April 27
At 10 a. M, sharp

have sold my real estate | will dis
pose of all my effects. Garden tools of
various kinds; furniture, old and new
hooks, pamphlets, Autographs, engravings,
looking glasses, crockery, glassware, ia
bles stands, bureaus, brass andirons. shov.
el and tongs, handmade spreads, Paisley
shawls, old colonial glass bottles, snuff
boxes, large amount of old china, blue
and white 10 inches--M oDonough Victory
on Lake Champain, Table Rock at Nj
agara Falls, Race Bridge, Philadelphia;
handsome bead bag, and numerous other
antiques, Sale positive; % South Main
street,
H. II. LAWRENCE
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FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1918.
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Rev. j. *. Williams, So, died Sunday
in Peacham. He was pastor of the Con
gregational church there more than 20
years and since resigning nine years ago
had continued TO make his home in the
town. He was native of Charlotte and
a graduate of Middlebury college and
Andover theological school. He repre-
scented Peacham in the legislature in
1910 and had been active in public af-
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LIcHNowsKY's REVELATIONS.

Disclosure of Prince Lichnowsky s
Judgment on the responsibility for the
great war, as comprised in his memoirs
recently published in Europe, is not
matter of serious moment in this coun.
try or in the allied lands, where pub |
lie opinion has long been fixed respect |
ing Germany's accountability for the |
catastrophe. Every Englishman, |
Frcnchman, Italian and American not
corrupted by German influence knows
perfectly well that Germany precipi
tated the conflict, at least by permits
sion; that Germany was ready and more
than willing to fight, and that she
seized the opportunity afforded by the
assassination at Scrajevo and Austria s
ultimatum to Serbia. Lichnowsky's
memoirs, fully confirming this belief,
have, however, more than historical
value. They may cause some part of
the German people to realize that they
are fighting not war of defense, but
war of aggression, willed by the kai-
ser and started by him in the face of
honest efforts ut adjustment and peace
made by Russia. England and France.
1t is not surprising that the German
government is now about to punish
/ Lichnowsky who has been ordered to
trial and who meanwhile is held vir-
tually a prisoner in his own home in
Silesia. Indeed, it is surprising, on
the other hand. that he has been per-
mitted to live to be tried. that the
government Mt Berlin is willing to take
any chances with further publicity. An
effort has been made to discredit him
by calling him mailman and to dis.
credit him before the German people
as one whose writings are merely the
vagaries of disturbed mind Know
ing the efficiency of the German
methods, it is to be expected that
Lichnowsky's trial will not arouse the
people, that few revelations will be
permitted and that these will be SC
distorted that they will produce little
effect.
As ambassador to ENGLAND Prince
Lichnowsky was in a position to Sc,
clearly the German responsibility 70
the war He knew what was bein;
done in the chancelleries of Europe
Perhaps he has in his memoirs merel,
expressed that which many Germans OF
high position honestly feel in secret
that the diplomatic moves following
the assassination of the Austrian Crown
Prince were mere bluffs on the part of
Germany to cover the final preparation,
for an attack for which the kaiser >,
government had been preparing fol
years; that there was no sincere desire
to prevent a conflict involving France
that it was hoped that England would
remain neutral, perhaps to be asSaile(
later by an aggrandized Germany; that
Italy would stand by the triple alliance
and that thus France and her ally Rus
STA would be conquered in a swift cam
paign.
Lichnowsky's memoirs, it is ex
planned, were not designed for the ey,
of the world, but were written solely
as a personal record. They are tn,
outpouring of an anguished soul. With
out doubt the very candor of his com
mcnts ON German pcrfdy, the very
truth of his disclosures, is what arousc
the bitter ire of Germany today.
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We are all practicing food conserva-
tion but at the present time emphasis
should be placed on crop production.
If we have bumper crops, especially of
the cereals and beans, we will give our
allies across the seas tremendous lift
in winning the war from the implacable
foe.
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Buy a Liberty Bond

for yourself and an Endowment Bond
for your family Let us sell YOU both to-
day. They are necessities. National
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tual
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Saturday, May 4

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manages IN the check list to be used at
the annual village meeting to be held
Tuesday, May Z, 1918
w. H. PERRY, Clerk.
BrattlebOrO, April %. 1919 l1-lS
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Services will be held in the Univer.
salst church Sunday at 3 o'clock. Rev.
g. S. Mcintyre of Woodsville, n, H.,
preaching.
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meet at the town hall in said village on
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Buy a Liberty Bond.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

AUCTlONEER-John II Bell, auction
eer for the state of Vermont Tel 14-11
9-tf
TO lET-Pasture on Newfane hill
Good fences. well watered will carry Il
dozen head of stock W. T. BRUCE, Con-
way, Mass.
GRINDING AND BOLTING; slelgns
sleds and wagons for sale. T w
PLIMPTON. Grstmill and Wheelwright
Wardsboro, Vt "A If
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event by n little effort in each com
munity in planting trees, especially
hard naples.
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NOT ICE

All accounts due ale estate of Barney
s. Micheman bankrupt, will be sold at
public auction to the highest bidder on
Monday, May 8, 1918, at the Office of the
County Clerk in Crosby block at Brattle-
boro, Vt.
II GLENIIAM JONES. Trustee.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-12-28

French. both these types bein.
| small, two-man tanks, carrying s
single machine gun or small can
non as compared with the four tc
six guns Of the larger tanks.
"Tank tactics are now basco
on the perfect coordination be-
tween tanks and infantry; and
with the older, slower-moving
tanks it was found well-nigh inn
possible to keep these two arms
moving in perfect unison. Again,
the early tanks were cumbersome,
difficult to maneuver, and withal
presented a more than fair mark
to enemy gunners.
because of their size and the
large crews required. the number
of tanks available for an attack
was strictly limited. Further
more. in actual practise the power
Of the tank and its ability to
crush enemy defenses were found
to be of secondary value only,
since the main object is to carry
guns. ammunition, and the crew.
cit remained for Louis Renault.
Of Billancourt, France, to develop
fast Baby tank to meet the
new requirements. This he did,
and fleets Of his tanks made their
appearance this spring, shortly
after their counterparts, the Brit
ish 'Whippets, had scored new
victories against the enemy. The
Renaults were success from the
start. being adopted by the
French Army and later by the
American forces fighting in
France.
"The Renault tank, as will he
noted in the accompanying illus
trations. consists primarily of an
elongated armored body measur-
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-12-28
LIVE STOCK PROTECTING CO.

We had occasion this week dt
see a drawing of an invention
patented by Mr.. j. B. Roskoski OF
this City, an employee Of the New
Iberia & Northern Railroad who
has been residing in this commun-
ity for the past nine years. The
gentleman has already organized
q company which is known as the
Engineers Live Stock e. Protect
ing Go. with the following Off
GERS: l.. L. Allen, DeQunicy, La.
president; B. Malezewski, Baton
Rouge. vice-president and J. b.
Roskoskl, secretary-treasurer. The
corporation is capitalized at 49,
10000, the stock being issued in
shares Of $4,000 each. Among
those who have already purchased
stock we found the names Of
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-12-28
BABY TANKS AND WHAT
THEY DID.


Who won the war; The answ
er is easy: it was won by team-
work. One Of the dogs in the
team was the baby tank, and well
he did his part. Supplanting his
earlier and more cumbersome
predecessor, and being perfectly
adapted to the work cut out for
him, he did that work in unison
with the infantry, which it was
his duty to support. Now that
the job is over, his picture comes
out in the papers. A troublesome
feature of military writing, says
the author Of an article in The
Scientific American New York,
November 30), is that the most in
teresting things can not be
described in full until they have
ceased to be timely. A month
past, when battles were still rag
ing. a drawing Of the interior de-
tails Of a small French tank
would have been most opportun..
But military exigency prevented.
Now the secret may be told. lie
goes on:
The small tank shown in the
accompanying drawing represents
the outcome Of improved tank tao
ties. These tactics caused the
abandonment Of the heavier and
larger British and French tanks
in favor Of the smaller type.
Thus the big Allied tanks,
weighing in the neighborhood Of
twenty-five tons and carrying a
crew Of eight to ten men, were
replaced early this year by the
Whippet' tanks of the British
and the Renault' tanks of the
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-12-28

ing about thirteen feet in length,
six and one-half feet in height,
and trifie over a yard in width,
equipped with a set of caterpillar
treads and power plant. The
armor varies from one-fifth to
three-ffths inch in thickness. AMI
is Of special chrome steel plate.
capable Of withstanding small
arms fire and the burst Of small
shells. The body is surmounteu
by a revolving turret which car
ries the single machine gun :.
with which the tank is armed.
Some Renaults are provided with
shortlbarrel three-inch cannon,
in which case the turret is rigid
The interior is divided into two
compar tments for the crew
and the other for the power plant.
At the forward end sits the driv
err. and back Of him the gunner,
who operates the gun in the re-
volving turret. A wide belt or
strap serves as a seat for the gun
ner, who can turn the turret to
any point. Sits, one-eighth inch
wide. afford measure of vision
for both men. Entrance is byI
doors Immediately in front of the |
driver. To quote further:
In the rear compartment are
located the Renault engine, fuel
tank. and oil tank the radiator,
which receives constant stream
of cold air by means of special
ventilator: and the other members
of the power plant. The crank
handle for starting the engine ex-
tends into the forward compar.
ment, directly behind the gunner.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-12-28

Messrs. F. E. Hadley, r. E. Mason.
B. Ma1ezewski, L. L. Allen, J.. i.
Arnol0 Mrs. Isabella Harvey, s..
C. Terrell, Jos. Gill and c. Z.
Hagan. A stock subscription lisF
can be found at the New iberia
National Bank. Mr.. Roskoski has
great confidence in his patent be-
ing accepted by all of the rail
roads in the United States AMI
patent rights have also been Sc
cured in several foreign countries.