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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
THOU SHALT NOT

administration the importance of tree
planting. particularly along motor
highways. The Lincoln Highway AS
ISOLATION has big plans under way for
tree planting along that route. Here
is the way Governor Capper approves
of tree planting:
II am most heartily in accord with
the idea of planting memorial trees
for our soldiers. 1t is most appropri-
ate, I feel. that we should have living
trees as memorials for III soldier
dead whose deeds will live for all
time.
cold marble or granite would not
be wholly suitable to commemorate
the lives Of men who died that democ-
a might live. Undoubtedly fitting
tablets and monuments bearing their
names will be erected and this is right
and proper. But more than the ordi-
nary mortals, these men are still with
us and it Is appropriate to indicate
this by dedicating trees TO their mem
DRY, for trees will radiate more fully
the spirit of the new life of the world
they fought for; they indicate to a
greater degree the protection their
death has brought us and point to-
| ward a fuller growth of the ideals for
which they made their supreme sacri-
fee.
Il shall be glad to cooperate with
you to the fullest extent in
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16

hold forth considerably after taps, and
has a nothing more Intoxicating
than Beda Tiara in the Horrors of
Lucille in ten shivvers. returning TO
his bunk house only to find his bed
has disappeared. It is against regular~
tons 20 light a light, but he manages
to find every box. iron bunk end and
shoe in the large DON before he final
ly decides that he might be in the
wrong house.
Even while he is out verifying the
number of the bunk house he hears
suppressed tittering within and hurries
back to find everyone apparently
asleep. He pounces upon his bunkie
who sleeps next 10 him who pretends
10 be "peeved" at his rude awakening.
Then everyone sits up in his Junk and
advice is plentiful. One advises him
that the Major found his bunk too
comfortable and took II for himself.
Another tells him that someone from
another bunk house needed 1t and
took It away because it was not in
use when 1t should be. He is lectured
on the evils attaching to the movies
and told that picture show fans in
camp are a nuisance because they
come in after taps and awaken every
one by stumbling about in the dark.
Still he does not find his bunk
Wearied. at last he borrows a blan-
ket and accepts the cruel mandate
of Morpheus to sleep on the deck"
In the gray light of dawn as he
stretches tired muscles he sees above
him thar best of friends. his bunk,
blankets and all hanging from the
rafters near the ceiling.
AS the corporal sings out Hit the
deck" n every Marine jumps out
of bed to dress. a great laugh goes
up as one of the boys shouts, II know
somebody who didn't have to hit the
deck-he was already there"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
Many Plans

Plans for the planting take many
phases. The Lincoln Highway Asso-
citation for instance is planning the
planting of trees along that route. In
New Orleans the women's clubs plan
the planting of beautiful palms along
the roadways leading to that city. In
Kansas Governor Arthur Capper is
urging the biggest tree-planting cam
paign Kansas ever saw. Governor
Goodrich, of Indiana. turns the matter
over to Richard Lieber, Secretary or
the State Forestry Board, and a cam
paign by counties is being mapped
out.
The American Forestry Association
has suggested to the Board Of Com
missioners of the District tina an
Avenue of the Allies" be planted
there with trees in honor of the ma
! tons allied against autocracy. In
Pennsylvania, Robert S. Conklin, the
Commissioner of Forestry, heartily in
dorses the plan in these words. "The
Value of the Memorial Tree over the
inanimated stone or bronze lies in the
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fact that 1t is a living thing and more
spoken agency in keeping fresh the
memory of the dead than any other
memorial that could be erected by
human hands,"
William Howard Taft, a Vice-Presi-
dent of the American Forestry Asso-
citation, is among those to indorse the
planting of such memorial trees. The
Association is urging that the proper
setting of Memorial Trees be included
in any memorial plan that a munich
pality may adopt.
Forests Saved France
Of Franc kept the Hun from keeping
the dinner engagement in Paris" says
Charles Lathrop Pack, president of
the American Forestry Association
land the United States should feel the
deepest sympathy for France over the
loss of her magnificent forests. Be-
hind the ines it was the French
forests which were called upon 70 pro-
vide a large part of the timber needed
for war purposes.
About one and a quarter million
acres of forest land lay within the ter.
ritory occupied by the German ad.
vance on Paris and it will require
many years to get these forests into
anything like pre-war conditions. This
is one Of the great sacrifices France
has been compelled to make as mil
lions of her population were depend
ent in one way or another on wood
working industries"
planting of memorial trees for oul
sailors and soldiers who died in the
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is one of the finest things that
can be DONE" says T. Gilbert Pearson,
executive head of the NATIONAL AS
ISOLATION OF AUDUBON SOCIE-
TIES.
Birds And Trees
planting of trees means more to
bird life than can be estimated, for 1t
will doubtless surprise a great nan
people to know that trees are a life
and death matter with the birds.
Many of them will work through ev-
cry daylight hour to save trees. I
have known people to hunt woodpeck-
ers-the bird that spends most of its
time saving trees from the pests under
the bark.
Some people suppose hat a ma
jority of the birds go South for the
winter. This is not true for many of
them find no snow too deep to keep
up their battle. The National Assoc
citation of Audubon Societies most
heartily indorses the plan of the
American Forestry Association to
plant memorial trees and in hat way
direct the thought of the people to
the importance of our forests now sc
sadly depleted"
Trees Ideal Memorial
Governor Capper, of Kansas, who
has been elected to the u. S. Senate
has urged upon the incoming State
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lad?" growls the actor.
"DeliVered groceries, sir"

lad?" growls the actor.
delivered groceries, sir"
We'll, of all the nerve, peddled
chow to the cooks, dija? Why you
couldn't deliver ice to a Polar bear,
you lazy bum. Stand up. Throw back
your shoulders"
"Yessir."
Don't speak back to me-
mo, sir"
AT the command Right shoulder
arms the boys will pull the rifles up
10 their shoulders with both hands as
though they Were climbing ropes, thus
bringing down another TRADE from
the star actor in the ~travesty. Each
act so true to raw recruit life, even
though grotesquely exaggerated, brings
Il howl from the audience of Marines
who from time 20 time give the SER
geant-pretender advice. Often such
scenes become so real to the actors
that actual tears course down the
cheeks of the anxious recruits ard the
pseudo-sergeant becomes so othcious
that he often causes a real scuffle in
the ranks of his awkward squad.
Fun While Swapping In
Three weeks on the rifle range
would be monotonous indeed were it
not for these same diverting playlets,
which help pass the time spent in
waiting between shifts on the firing
line. Marines pay such particular at
tention TO form in shooting that proc
ess requires much training and Is
called Swapping in" Because of con
slant firing from the prone position on
the hard ground, old padded coats are
used. These are distributed among
the men, who add such pads as they
see fit and rip the sides under the arm
pits to give the arms greater freedom
while Swapping in" Incidentally
they paint their names, nicknames, or
various camp slang phrases on the
backs and 1t is an entertainment in
itself to mix with these Withholding
rangers just to read the inscriptions on
their backs. One will read Sherman
spake wisely" another "Going over
the Top" with the picture of a barber
shaving a Marine underneath; one
reading Squads East" and still an
other ION to Berlin" Lonesome Luke
from Bloody Gulch," Saint" Swamp
Angel from Florida" and "Chicago
Kid" adorns various husky backs.
"Whcrc Is My Bunk"
Probably the best part OF the fun
though occurs after taps. Imagine a
"buck'' private in the Marine Corps
who has been to the movies which
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Training To Be a Marine
Is NOT All Work; Games,
Horse Play and Repartee
Form a PART Many ANU
sing Incidents
Copyright 1915, by The International
Syndicate.

- hAi'hi'.
VIZ 1T the deck!'
HA Outside the Marine Corps
bunk house the "musics'' are
~ passing, stirring the camp to
action with reveille. Within the deep
voice of the corporal in charge bellows
the traditional Marine order, "Hit the
deck" Every leatherneck Marine rolls
out of his bunk with a shout, folds
his mattress and bedding in the regu-
lation way and prepares his clothes
for the days business.
well, boys, / believe I'll play a lit
tie golf today and not go to the office
at all. I'm all run down and need a
little hard physical labor declares
an athlete in the act of putting on
his ~"skivvies."
Same here" exclaims another
struggling with his o. d. shirt. think
I'll go out and sleep on my yacht all
day" And so the banter goes. full OF
cheer with a fine touch of irony which
never fails to bring a laugh.
After roll call, chow or breakfast
morning parade, drill and more chow
the men group for conversation in the
newspaper. Many are cleaning rifles
polishing shoes, shaving or writing
home, but all are alert to any pos
sible fun. Here are three men will
their heads close together and laugh
ing. The plot apparently consum
mated, they assume a very concerned
expression as they hurry up the stree
calling the name of n of the mel
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
who has beer noticeably slow In al
company activities.
The nW0rmv Gets BuSy

The worm" Gets Busy
ooh, Worm" they cry, III SER
geant says we've got to find the key
to the maneuver grounds" He OF the
nickname, a Marine of but two weeks
training, but rapidly losing the slug
gishness which warranted the stigma
of Worm" rises to the. emergency
and volunteers to seek the key to the
vancouver camp. Little does he real
ize that the only keyhole to the i'm
mense camp is the limitless eaven
above. BY the time he has gone from
one sergeant to another and from cook
to cook, all of whom pretend not to be
able to find the key, his grave concern
changes to suspicion, then to chagrin
as the laugh of his buddies reveals
the trick. This is the life that keeps
Jack from being a dull boy.
Before the boot" as a rookie Is
called in Marine %parlance, has had
skirmish drill. he Is sometimes sent
for "a thousand feet of skirmish line"
After he has amused a goodly portion
of the camp he learns that 1t does not
resemble the clothes line variety. The
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builder, too.
Three deep" another circle game
which teaches a man to become a
veritable artful dodger. the tug of war.
leap frog, neck wrestling and the field
and track events are generally played
for an hour or more each day, but II
would take too much space to tell
about all of the Marine sports in which
the element of play enters. SWIM
ming, too. and surf bathing in the
Atlantic, add to the zest of devil dog
ging.
Training Marines in the science of
lighting on land, sea and air is the
sterncst of realities, but the boys just
will be boys in spite of hard work.
It is the spirit, so characteristic Of
the Marines, to play with the same
ardor with which they train and to
work as though ii were a jolly game
that has made these good-natured
leathernecks the Devil Dogs" that
they are. The sense of humor is de-
veloped even as muscles are hardened
and groups of Marines standing by for
further orders play and indulge in
passages of are wit by common con
sent.
The Awkward Squad
Here the barriers of conservatism
and false dignity so often raised in
civil life, fall away and men may play
the games of boys without fear of
ridicule. Someone is always sure to
be a good entertainer. Each company
has its droll wit or comedian. A fav-
orite pastime after the days drill is
over n it Is still too light to go to
the movies, is drilling the awkward
squad" Four or five men, in reality
splendid soldiers, will pretend that
they are new recruits, while still an
other essays the role of drill sergeant.
Assuming a fierce expression and
throwing out his chest, the clever bur.
lesquer struts up and down before his
supporters in the comedy who pur-
posely executes every order incorrect.
ly. All this Is done in mock serious.
ness, the recruits feigning abject fear
of their critic.
"Snap out of your hop, you hay,
shaker" the self-appointed officer cries
in a loud gutteral tone.
"Yessir," meekly pipes recruit.
what did you do on the outside
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16

T-R LIVING, growing tree for each
EZ of the sailor and soldier dead
in the great war is the plan
" q of the American Forestry AS
ISOLATION of Washington hat is meet
ing with the approval of governors,
.women's clubs, patriotic organizations
and motor highway organizations. The
endorsements of the governors in
many cases call the plan of planting
memorial trees the finest tribute that
can be paid to the heroes who gave
their lives to stop the Hun in his en-
deavor to get control of the world.
Authorities agree that the forests OF
France now devastated aided material.
ly in stopping that advance and pre-
venting the widely promised dinner in
Paris. From reports to the American
Forestry Association, Arbor Day ir
1919 will see the greatest revival ir
the interest of forestry the country
has ever experienced.
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moderate expense. The burner
and attachment for gas piping are
removed and socket and electric light
bulb substituted, the electric wiring
being passed up through the standard
of the lamp. Tall candlesticks may be
also fitted with electric bulbs and
such candlesticks, with small lighted
bulbs instead of ordinary candle
flames, are used at either end of the
piano or sideboard.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16

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Aly SSTe~T1hx2
NS5y<~NCSIN~ ~
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Copyright 1918, by The international
Syndicate.
THE TREE
By Joyce Kilmer
] think that | shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth's sweet flowing
breast;
A tree that looks to God all day
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
GAS LAMPS TURNED INTO


n n ordinary gas reading lamp can
"a be made over into a satisfac-
tory electric fixture at very
nndoratn oxnensa The human
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-16
ORGANIC LIFE ON MOON
SURPRISES ONE PROFESSOR
He Declares That Powerful TELESCOPE
MuNt He Obtained to Deter
mine Truth.
By PROFESSOR CHARLES SORD-
MANN

PARIS. Nov. 1.-the announcement
from the United States that Professor
Pickering, OF Harvard. has discovered
evidences Of organic life on the moon
fills me with surprise. 1t is not pos
sible TO detect the presence OF small
organisms with present-day astron
omical instruments. Researches by
the greatest French scientists prove
there Is no atmosphere on the moon
therefore, organic life. such as We
Know could not possibly be supported
there.
Until telescope has been invented
which will reveal the most minute
details Of the moons surface. 1T viii
be absurd to claim that living beings
exist there, although from purely
philosophic and imaginative point of
view We may be able to conceive tho
existence OF organisms entirely Diff
tercnt from anything known to mum
dane science, which could subsist
without air, possibly drawing vital
elements from static electricity or
radiuma:ic energy present in the in
finite ether.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-16
PRINCE OF WALES VISITS
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS
Takes Swim In Pool, Play. Golf for
Three Hours and Then
Dances.
Try Associated Prassl

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. W. VA,
Nov. 1.-THE Prince OF Wales spent
the first OF his three days of rest here
by walking ten miles. spending an
hour in a swimming pool. golfing
three hours and dancing three more.
At the conclusion OF this program ne
seemed to have recovered considerably
from tne visit 81 o. MS strenuous
rho desire OF the royal visitor for
three days rest incognito was only
fulfilled partially. The whole popula :
ton Of this little mountain resort was
at the railroad station when the spe-
cial train arrived. but the news Of his
intended visit had been kept carefully
enough so that only a handful OF
strangers were present
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-16
DR.. CHAMBERS PARDoNED
fre>ident Of Floridn Everglades Land
""rhhE Freed From Charges
ny President Wilson.
tRy Associa;sd Pr.ss l

KANSAS CITY. MO. Nov. ia
trll and unconditional pardon has
ceen granted by President Wilson TO
Dr. E. f. Chambers. president OF the
FLORIDA Everglades Land Company,
sentenced January .. 1915, 10 serve
TWO years in the peniteniiary and to
Ray $4,000 fine by Judge John c.
Pollock of the Federal Court.
y copy of the pardon was filed to-
day by the United States District At
iorney with the clerk of the court
here. Dr.. Chambers served no time in
Prison After his conviction he APP
peaied to thc United States Circuit
Court OF Appeals. which subsequently,
affirmed the former conviction
Respitcs were granted from time to
Time by the Federal authorities at
Washington. and the last one would
have terminated November %
Dr.. Cha bers was indicted with four
to defraud in connection with, the sell
ing of Florida Everglades lands
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~.
Is athletics to be treated as part
OF the school or a mere side issue?
Is the management OF athletics 20
be dominated BY the true friends OF
graft?
Is the athletic department to be run
IN the interest Of the whole school and
be run for. the sporty faction Of the
Everywhere the American people ar.
fore to settle this series OF controver.
siGs ;,, What VIII are you doing TO help?
mage when two. big teams Shot into
each other as IL each were going
WHrGpEh the center 1te at the same 1nge!
pected by the thronEs who yell at the
games there is now under way a. simla
who would control the policy ana the
d ed nyrh Of so sthlettcs II the colleges
bet on Football Games.
Strange to say, there is a big graft
ing, gambling, what: anyprice faction
letics in the dirt. These Founders put
gn money IN ,hs on s every important game
the ticket buyers. Others, are pro-
tsTsEnal s d9}peste1ps who tip &C The
information. Another class OF fxers
managers. coaches and team captains
49, '6tSS biiFoISiS " w Ilcll
It need not be argued that the ath-
lctic activities constitute very large
part of the education and training OF
young America wherever he may be
found = that athletics. rightly managed,
can be made quite as much a part oc
the vital schooling OF the young as any
other branch Of this stimulating art is,
hrst OF all. to make mon and women. to
build character. and Secondarily to
furnish delightful pastime and recrea-
the. crooks and the boodlers. big and
little.
Pry Rnscnls From Grating.
The fixing of games to help those
who have placed bets on certain ones
to win. the rake offs. private allow
ances, and plain thievery In the use
OF the gate money-here is where we
often find concealed long chain of
rascals. Only public knowledge of their
deeds and methods and drastic action
on the part Of the better element OF
loose from their graft.
Even among the larger high schools
where the official management is not
thoroughly on guard. there is often a
system OF graft and a winkinE at dirty
athletics for the sake Of winning.
Parents. let us have none of this
trickery. Let US request our boys to
play the game OF ball honestly as they
arc expected to do any other school
sppointment. Let us insist that only
morally clean hiEh.minded educators
athletic manager. For, then only will
the delightful practice Of athletics rise
to its true place as one Of the greatest
educational forces OF modern times,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-16

Georgia Tech Triumphs
Over Georgetown, 40

ALTA MIA, GA, Nov. i5--t:eorEin
Tech bent Georgetown University
herc today by the decisive score OF
q to o. Three of the vIctor's touch
DOWN. resulted from smashing,
plunSinE gnins through the line, and
the finni one by spectacular nine
ty-hte-ynrd run from the kfck-Off
by Scarborough, II substitute back.
II was cold aud clear with but little
wind. ind fully $4,000 football en-
thusinHts saw the cOnquer0rs OF the
Navy outpinyed almost from start
to finish.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-16

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 1.-THE Nobel
prize for pAysics for 1918 has been
Berlin University. The physics prize
for 1919 has been given to Professor
Stark, Of Creifswald University. The
chemistry prize for 1918 goes to Pro-
lessor Pritz Haber. Of Berlin Univer-
sity. The chemistry prize for 1919 will
be held over until next year.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-16
Bells on Turkeys Will
Toll Their Death Knell
TBy Universal Srrvioe.l

MARiSNILLE. Cali, Nov. 10
With the double object In view of
frightening OFT the defeated coyote
and the envy loon ton OF their nocks
In the heavy underground, tho tur-
key rntserr OF the Willow Glen kec-
tioE OF iaba County have attached
bells to their birds.
Gobbiers are honored with a bell
heavier than tho hen turkey In
recognition of their IcadrrHhIp.
Many OF the bells will toll the
death knelI of tho turkey. In a very
short time ms a prelude to their ap-
pesrance on Thanksgiving tables.
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Woo, stock, on Hand.

W SHIN TON. Nov. l5.-Wool
States for more than year at the
present rate Of consumption were on
hand at the close of the quarter end
cd September 80. said an announcement
today by tie Department Of Agricul-
ture. Total stocks aggregated 729,-
$4,000 pounds, more than so per cent
more than was on hand the same date
q wear ago
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ACADEMY ELEVEN WINS
Randolph Macon Prep Team Defeats
Virginia Episcopal
School, to @.

Especial 20 The Times Dispatch.l
,LYNCHBuRG, VA, Nov. 15.-The
Randolph Macon Academy (Bedford)
Episcopal School, to o. on the grounds
of the latter. The game was a stub
born one throughout
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-16
return to ovn L.nd..

Belgian refugees who fed to this coun-
try during the year. the ministry OF
health estimate that there are less
returned to their own land or France.
To care for Belgian refugees has cost
England by private means and gov
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-16
LATE NEWS BULLETINS

ST. LOUIS. MO. Nov l5.-Plans for
a nation wide victory celebration"
when constitutional prohibition goes
into effect next January were author
izcd here today at the forty-ffth an
nual convention of the National Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union.
Onicial authority for the carrying out
OF the plans was given in tho adop-
ilon OF the report OF the committee
on law reform.