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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-04-25
NEW SWINDLE TAKES MONEY
FROM PARENTS OF SOLDIERS

Parents Of soldiers in camps are
warned by the War Department Of a
swindle which has been successfully
operated in various camps.
A telegram is sent informing that
the soldier has furlough, and re-
questing funds by wire 70 come home,
waving Identification. Tie rest is 3
mere maj Of detail
Parents and friends should be warn
ed Of this game and Of the similar one
where the telegraphie request is 10
mail money 10 the soldier, care general
delivery
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-04-25
IMPORTANT STATE Y. VI. {. A.
WAR WORK RECRUITING
RALLY AND CONFERENCE

Owing to the increasing and very
urgent demand for strong leaders in
the Y. NJ c. A. war work in France,
special efforts are being made 10 in
tercst men of administrative ability,
also bankers, accountants, physical d.
rectors, athletic instructors, truck
drivers, and Others who are very much
needed to fill special departments in
connection with the service OF the
Young Mems Christian Association.
Early in the winter, Archibald ID.
Hurd Of White River Junction, the Y.
NJ. c. A. War Work Fund Executive
here in Vermont was requested by the
National War Work Council to give
special attention to the recruiting OF
men for this work representing the Y.
NJ. C. A. War Personnel Board here in
Vermont.
In order TO carry on this work Of
recruiting more effectively, State
Recruiting Committee was formed
with the following men making up its
membership: Hon. Frank II. Brooks Of
st. Johnsbury; Rev. DR.. Arthur H.
Bradford Of Rutland and Frederick p.
Campbell Of Wilder.
One State and an Inter- State Y. M.
C. A. War Work Conference have al
ready been held with some success and
now the most important rally in the
interests Of this recruiting work ye.
to be held in Vermont meets in the
Community House Gymnasium at Rut-
land, Friday afternoon and evening,
April 26th,
Beginning at 2 o'clock there will be
addresses by the following gentlemen:
The Chairman Of the New England
War Personnel Board Of the Y. NJ. c..
A., DR.. George G. Wilson of Boston,
who was until recently Consul General
at The Hague, Netherlands, being
associated With DR.. Henry Van Dyke.
the former American Ambassador all
through the first three years Of the
great war.
DR.. Thomas Travis Of Montclair, N.
j., who has recently returned from
France after having served seven
months with the I ". G. A overseas,
and four months at the Ypres Front,
carrying the first American Flag un-
der fire at the Front DR.. Travis was
leader Of the Red Triangle Hut near
est the firing line in the sector, never
being out Of rife range Of Fritz.
In addition tothe above addresses
there will be brief talks by members
of the War Personnel Board followed
by an open discussion with special
time given to private interviews later
on in the day. Private interviews will
also be previously arranged for Friday
forenoon for men who cannot remain
or evening conferences, if they will
communicate with Secretary Archi-
,ald d. Hurd of White River Junction,
Vt.
Any man in the state interested in
his work who might care to consider
Z. M. c. A. war work Of some sort or
Who is willing to help with the work
f recruiting such men here in YER
mont, and wishes first hand informa-
ion is urged to attend the Rutland
alIv
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-04-25

The farmers Of Vermont. like the
farmers all over the country. have re-
sponded TO the call for service as food
producers. Already they are prcduc-
ing more food with less labor than
ever before. They are limited in their
production by their own strength
Acres Of crops last year would have
given much larger yields II the farm
ers could have had labor enough to
have given them proper care. The
farmers are planning everywhere to
plant large aereages of staple crops,
and are hoping and trusting that from
somewhere will come the needed labor
They realize that only a small amount
Of additional labor can be secured
from any source.
You boys of Vermont Of high school
age. who are not employed on farms,
have before you an opportunity to
serve your State and your Country
just as real and vital as though you
were polishing your bayonet in a
Flanders Trench.
You are force which must be rec
koned with if you will enlist in this
farm service and become a fighting
unit on Vermont farms. You need,
like the men Of the Armies, to be
modified, trained, and detailed for
duties in which you ire fitted and ef
fcient Farmer boys have enlisted in
the Army and Navy, and have been
trained to operate deadly mechanical
fighting machines Of which they never
dreamed. Is it any more impossible
that the boys Of Vermont who are ig
norant of farm life can be enlisted and
trained to do the less intricate but
equally important farm operations? =?
There is Training Camp available
to you, the first of its kind in the
State. 1t is ready now to enlist you.
Boys, it's your chance. Don't let it
by. The older sons of Vermont stand
staunchly on the battle line for liberty,
for freedom, for decency. They have
offered their all They are Patriots
of the highest type.
Boys of Vermont' Can't you catch
the spirit of the Worlds Great Cause ?
Can't you hear your Older Brothers
sanding you the call
When the morning sun in all its
radiance rises over the hills and
bathes Camp Vail in gold and glory
it will reveal stalwart lads of Yer
mont aligned before the flag mast to
pay their hearts devotion to Old
Glory as it mounts on high to watch
over their day.
And when with evening hour the
sun goes down, it will bid good might
to these same stalwart lads, who at
the end of day of work and effort
can send across the ocean wide this
message to their brothers over there:
Garry on, Men of Vermont, the lads
of Vermont are backing you up"
How about it, boys? Is it the real
thing? Can you loaf this summer
away?
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-04-25

State total s4o,8s5.75 s44S,se7.4s sl.25
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-04-25
STATE WIDE SEED TESTING

The Extension Service, the Farm
Bureaus and the State Department of
Education are cooperating in carrying
out state wide seed testing this spring
through the rural schools. At the
recent county conferences held in ev-
cry county of the state, plans were
made by the county agent and district
school superintendents TO have "bet-
ter seed week" at whichtime the school
children are to test the seeds from
their home farms. The county agents
and assistants are meetings groups of
teachers to demonstrate how to test
the seeds so that these teachers will
be prepared to supervise the work of
the children. The Extension Service
has issued and is sending each teach
er sufficient quantity Of Circular No.
10 entitled Testing Agricultural
Seeds by the Rag Doll Method" so
that each pupil may have copy. This
circular gives directions for making
the rag doll test and also contains a
blank where the children may record
the results Of their tests.
Several counties will hold the "bet-
ter seed week" April 22-27. All
farmers should avail themselves Of the
Of having their seeds
tested by the children and then plant
according to the results Of the test
For further particulars ask the
school children, the teacher, or the
county agent.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-04-25
BOYS FOR THE FARMS
New Training Camp, Camp Vail. Lyn.
donville. Soon 10 be Opened

10 the Boys OF vermont
II the war Is won, America must
win it, II America wins il, everybody
must fight. The American Army,
your big brothers, are proving their
worth on the firing lines Of France.
Many Of them have done their duty to
the full-they can never come home
again. Many more are going, ever
going forward.-on 10 save England
On 10 save Franec-0n 10 save Bel
gium--Ycs, on TO save YOUR mother
and your sister from the horrors Of
the Hun
These Boys Of ours and their Allies
need food--good food and lots Of it,
10 keep them in fighting trim, We've
got TO furnish L. Our farms must
produce Il,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-04-25

Bilious? Feel heavy after dinner ?
Bitter taste? Complexion sallow ?
Liver perhaps needs waking up.
Doan's Regulets for bilious attacks.
30c at all stores. adv
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-04-25
Other Appointments

Other appointments included:
G. P. Benton, president University
of Vermont, member of Burlington
quarterly conference.
c. l.. Leonard, president of Troy
Conference Academy, member of
Poultney quarterly conference.
+. ID. Face, chaplain Of house Of
correction at Rutland, member Of Rut-
land quarterly conference
G. +. Robbins, secretary Of Young
Mems Christian Association with
Army in France, member of Castleton
quarterly conference.
G. c. Cornell, secretary of Young
Mems Christian Association under the
war council, Camp Upton, member of
Salisbury quarterly conference.
ID. W. Reid, secretary of Young
Mems Christian Association under the
war council, Camp Sewer, Greenville,
S. C., member Of Weybridge, VT quar-
terly conference.
The Yale expositor., 1918-12-26
LIBERTY FUEL GIVEN o. K.

no change In the carbureter, IL never
theless develops a greater thermal eff
ficiency than the best gasoline"
The new fuel can be produced In
varying grades to meet the require
ments of the several types of gasoline
motors. Unlike gasoline, which is
largely all of one grade, the new fuel
can be manufactured specially for
motorcycles, trucks, tractors, alrplane
engines or any other type of gas en-
CINE.
ut will be possible In the future for
person TO drive up to q filling sta
ton and secure exactly the grade of
fuel required for his particular ma
chine. This will result In more salts
factory service from every gasoline
machine in the market and give the
motor owner a maximum of efficiency
for a minimum Of outlay"
Other government experts who have
witnessed tests of the new fuel are
highly enthusiastic regarding its fu-
ture possibilities.
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CHAPTER XVII.

Hartley sat up on the stretcher and
fixed his eyes on Towards face. II
was evident that he was desperately
wounded. One of the orderlies kneelec
beside him and held him.
"This man." said the General, chew.
ing at his mustache in emotion which
he could not altogether hide. twas once
an officer in the service of our eoun
try. He was engaged in confidential
work I'm the war department. He was
accused of espionage-unjusny &C
cused."
With a low cry Eleanor rushed Tor
ward and kneeled beside the STRIKER
man; she placed her arms about hin
and drew his head down upon hel
shoulder. looking piteously into the
weary eyes. Hampton raised her HAND
to his lips and kissed it.
"Unjustly accused" repeated thu
General. "Major Kellerman. stand t
attention. sirl You shall be heard
later. He was the victim of the Sys
TEN, which was even then laying 1t!
plans in Washington. He was the vic
tim of a woman named Morsheim-
Hilda Morsheim, whose activities were
well known, though we could then dt
nothing to counteract them. She mad,
a speciality of Turing young officers int
gambling dens, winning large sums
from them, and thus leading then
down the slope toward disgrace ant
death.
"She had a. confederate who wa
/ highly placed In the war department
! When, by their united efforts, the.
! failed to make a traitor of CaptaiI
Hampton, they compassed his ruin
How they did so l need not describ
now. The facts are of record; ii 4
enough to say that they succeeded
Hampton was driven into exile; bu
they were not satisfied with that. The.
broke his career, they drove him iron
the company of all decent men. Blu
that was not enough. They broke hi
wife's heart; she died. They made nj
name one of execration. Still the,
were not satisfied. With devilish In
genuity they sought to cover tnef
tracks by making it appear that Hamr
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"Weston," he answered.

And suddenly he remembered Flea
nor, and, ashamed and Inundated, and
yet strangely elevated, he began to
push his way back through the crowd.
He turned into the street of the Jail.
Dead bodies lay everywhere, and al
ready some of the ambulance men were
succoring the wounded. Broken guns,
rifles, haversacks, all the parapher-
MALTA of battle strewed the streets. The
debris of the jail came into view. The
sun, dancing above 1t, indicated, to
Marks establishment, that hours had
passed, and that 1t was afternoon. Mark
felt suddenly sick, he trembled. and
with his last reserves of strength he
staggered forward.
Then he saw Colonel Howard with
in the orifice in the wall, and Eleanor
kneeling beside him, holding water
bottle to his lips. She turned, saw
him, and ran to him, folded her arms
about his neck and pressed her lips to
his.
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Old siberian City.

One Of the principal Siberian cities
Is Tobolsk, the commercial center of
the vast province Of Tobolsk. which
extends over an area of 100000 square
miles, large portion of which, how
ever, is practically uninhabited. The
most prominent building in the city IL
the Krernlin, built In imitation Of the
great citadel in Moscow. This struc-
ture was erected by Swedish prisoners
of war captured by Peter the Great at
the battle of Poltava In 100.
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FOCH HAS ALWAYS
BEEN VICTORIOUS

all military excellence in a general.
who does not outrank his colleagues,
but who by some deed or deeds ha1
brought particular distinction on hira
self or his armies.
The first battle of the Marine wac
the reason why General Joffre became
a "marechal de France" Today there
are only three "marechals" in all
France-Joffre, FOch and Petain. The
marvellous strategy of FOch stands out
more clearly every day. Napoleon
had many "marechals," all of them
prodigies Of valOr and some of genius
-Massena, Lannes, Soult, Murat, Ney
and others. The emperor made them
either dukes or princes or both, and
sometimes kings. But with all their
glory / doubt If any one of them has
rendered such signal service to their
country-certainly not to humanity,
as have Joffre and Foch.
GaIlieni's Great Feat.
General Gallieni, the former gov
ernor of Paris, would have been made
a "marechar had he only lived long
enough to receive the honor due him.
1t would be a beautiful idea If the
government of the French republic
created him marechal even now, and
inscribed on his tomb "Gallieni died
in the service of his country. General
de Division-Marechal de France" It
might not do the general any good, but
IL would please the army and the en-
tire country, while 1t would render
justice 10 an immortal name and
would be a fitting tribute to a great
and good soldier, though whether they
call him general or marshal or drum
major makes little difference. CAL
lieni's name rests secure in his 30-word
proclamation and in safekeeping OF
100000 free Frenchmen. for whom
he did more than any other one man
TO retain their liberty at a critical
time. He will live forever in the
heart of the French "poilu." He was
too good soldier to ask anything
better than that.
Joffre Won al the Marine.
Marshals Joffre and Foch, as the
world knows, are also great soldiers.
For three long years Joffre withstood
the fearful onslaught. He never muir
INJURED, though he had terrible diff
culties to endure. He husbanded his
small armies while we prepared ours.
When his task was done and the bat
| tie of the Marine gained. Joffre retired
from activity with the great honor he
had hardly won.
Foch has always been victorious.
He has served his country with love,
with ardor and felicity. To his fine
character he adds great ability. He
has been preceded by list of names
which have Illuminated the history Of
France and mankind during the CEN
turtles.
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CHAPTER xv-continued.

And with the blow all his strength
returned, all his energy and zest for
battie He forgot everything. Waving
the sword, he hurled himself into the
attacking ranks. They gave. and with
a cheer the defenders swept on into
the main street, Mark leading them.
How he fought that day he never
knew; long afterward he would see
visions of it in sleep, and battle pic
lures that forever eluded his waking
consciousness. Round the little vii
from unexpected places, hideous death
traps caught the unwary and venture
some, sometimes street was filled
with jostling mob, too packed to use
their steel, tearing at one another with
fists and teeth. There was no order,
nd the command fell to him who
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lags, the key to the days fortunes, the
tide ebbed and flowed. Company after
company came up on either side. Now
advancing, now driven back, the Amer
leans fought from street to street and
back again. Machine guns opened fire
seized 1t. Through all that nightmare
Mark fought at the head of his COM
pany, looking like a mailman, as they
said Of him afterward. When he came
to himself at last he found himself,
unwounded save for his bleeding arm,
from which the bandage had long since
fallen, and in command of battalion.
They had driven the Germans from
the last house of the village. The de-
lay had saved the day. The reserves
had come pouring in. On the ridge be-
yond the enemy was marshaling for a
last counter-attack.
Mark looked about him. Lieutenants,
captains who should have commanded
companies, mingled with privates and
noncoms, were following, as If hypno-
tized, this middle-aged private with the
red cross on his arm. AS Mark looked
his heart swelled with the conscious
ness and pride of leadership. And, at
his glance, roar went up that was
caught up from man to man and sent
echoing into the distance.
And Mark was swept away with I'M
,conquerable enthusiasm. 1t was his
day, the day of which every soldier
dreams.
"Come along, boysi Break them
upi" he shouted. and ran forward.
With one resounding cheer the lines
swept after him. A ripple of machine
gun fire caught them, but could not
hold them. Over the fallen they
pressed on, cries of triumph upon their
lips, the faces, set above the cleaning
bayonets, animated by a single pur-
pose. And now they were upon them.
Mark fought in the bloody swirl.
Blades thrust at him, bullets tore his
tattered uniform. Once he was down,
and he saw a giant rush at him with
dubbed rifle. He raised his arm, he
tried TO drive with his sword, lunged
and missed. Then the uplifted rifle
fell harmlessly beside him, and the
giant fell forward, dead, over him, pin
ming him to the ground, and covering
him with his blood. A bayonet thrust
had passed clean through his body.
And, looking up bewildered, Mark
thought he saw Hartley's face look
into his own.
Next moment Mark was on his feet
again, and Hartley had vanished. But
already the last tussle was over. The
Germans broke and fed.
Mark stood still, gasping. The men
were crowding all about him, waving
their helmets on bayonet points, cheer.
ing him, shaking his hand. Across the
fieId two mounted men were riding
They came up to the ridge, and one, a
whife-haired old officer, leaped to the
ground and wrung Marks hand.
my thanks--our country's thanks to
rou T. he cried. "What is your nameT'
Mark looked and saw the Generals
insignia upon the officers shoulder
straps
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Engineers Speedily Reconstruct
Roads and Bridges
Wrecked by Shell.
SOLDIERS WORK IN The RAIN
Correspondent Describes Trip to os-
tend-Finds Roads once Badly
Torn by Shells Almost as
Good as New.

American Press Headquarters, Brit
lustration today of the accomplish
ments of the engineers in this war
when we drove into Ostend.
The chief of the American mission
at Belgian headquarters had warned
us dramatically against an attempt to
make the trip. AT least three days
would be required, he said. The roads
were torn up by shells and mines and
congested with troops. Yesterday a
light car had taken twelve hours TO
make twenty miles. But we started
out and had as smooth a road as any
boulevard In the middle West for the
entire distance. There were several
places where we had to make detours
through villages, and as the dozens of
bridges across the canal near Ostend
about five miles to temporary bridge.
We averaged about thirty miles an
hour
Soldiers Work In Rain.
MOSl Ol the TObu WIS kept up ny
British labor battalions, excepting the
section near Christel, through the aw-
full Flanders swamps, where Belgian
soldiers worked necessarily in a driv-
ing rain. We heard they had worked
all night without rest, and so auto
matte had their operations with pick
and shovel become that they did not
stop to look up when our speeding car
threw Shiny mire all over them. For
a camp they used the long lines of
German pill-boX forts. At one place
we saw about twenty of these squat
chambers. with walls three feet thick
and made of concrete, REINFORCED
with steel pipes. Direct shell hits ap-
parently bounced harmessly off these
forts. The twenty pix boxes in sight
were in n straight row, and behind
them were half-dozen larger ones to
protect the rear.
When we had passed the desolate
waste of water, mud and swamp reeds
and got into other lowlands that had
been drained and tiled we saw more
pill boxes in reserve line. A Bel
gian peasant was using one as a
chicken house, and the low apertures
for machine guns lent themselves
readily as entrances and exits for the
fowls. Descendants of these chickens
should be in the old family home for
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DO A GREAT WORK
IN OSTEND DISTRICT

thousand years hence, or, say, a mil
lion years. Pill boxes are something
that will stand almost everlasting age.
The scores of drainage sluices across
the roads had all been covered with
temporary bridges by the Belgian en-
gineers following up the German de-
stroyers. These bridges and culverts
are not as neat and workmanlike as
the ones the British and Americans
build, but they hold the traffic, and
that is the important thing just now.
Through the suburbs of Ostend we
passed cheering Belgians dressed for
church. The people were so prayer
fully grateful TO the British that they
did not seem to mind the mud we spat-
tered all over them. Many of them
ran off the road behind trees, and
from their mud screen shouted greet
ings to the English. AS the extraor-
binary Flanders mud would even
squirt up to first floors of houses many
of the people, learning from expert
ence, had taken to second stories, from
which they clapped their hands and
waved flags. The only damage we saw
in Ostend was the wreckage of the
marine and railway stations and the
shattered glass In buildings on the sea
front, due to the air conclusions from
British monitors pounding the retreat
ing enemy.
The piers leading out into the sea
from the harbor basin showed effects
of British shells and bombs, and near
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Served His Country With Love,
With Ardor and
Felicity.
FRANCE HAS GREAT LEADERS
Marshal of France ~ Wonderful
Title and Most Of Those Who
Have Held Baton Have Been
Wonderful Men.

Paris.-What title in all this world
calls up such heroic memories as that
of marshal of France? 1t Is won
derful title and most of those VINO
have held the baton were more than
wonderful men. In every other army
a field marshal is grade, but the
French army has no field marshal
it has simply the title of marshal OF
France. The regulations Of the
French army prescribe that the title
of "marechal de France" is not a
grade. but an honor. This expresses
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the end of the pier was the gallant old
Vindictive, after its magnificent part
in the Zeebrugge bottling-up exploit,
where she served as a boarding ship
and carried the great superstructure to
permit British marines to climb on the
Zeebrugge mole, had been filed with
concrete and sent in to block Ostend
as U-boat and destroyer base. The
Vindictive made 1t impossible for siz-
able ships to get into Ostend, and the
Germans, just before the retreat, tried
to complete the work by sinking
mail ship alongside the Vindictive.
However, there is still room at high
tide for small relief ships and barges.
In fact, we saw a converted trawler
of the American Red Cross already in
the harbOr, as well as many similar
British ships.