Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-06-04
PRESSCLIPPINGS
Railroad Negligence Comes High.

Railroad Negligence Comes High.
The verdict of $4,000 awarded
Mrs. Platt, relict of the late Fred 5
Plat, as damages resulting from his
death in the railroad collision al
Dummerston, was an important
award, but the prospective suit OF
Mrs. Prouty who seeks damages II
the sum of 100000 on account of the
death of Ex-Gov. G. H. Prouty, killed
in a crossing accident on the Canadl-
an Pacific railroad, will probably es-
tablish something like a record II
negligence cases in Vermont.-Rut-
land Herald.
Regimental Colors for Vermont.
Vermont gets the colors of the 1920
field artillery, composed largely OF
Vermonters, and may also get the
colors of the 103d machine gun bat
TALON. Every effort will also be
made to secure those of the 101st am
munition train, largely composed OF
Vermonters. Both of the later colors
were largely purchased by the funds
raised by Vermonters in service.
These will make very significant ad-
ditons to the colors already stored IN
the state house testifying to the part
Vermont took in the Civil war-Rut-
land Herald.
Progress of Aviation.
Practical aviation is ten years old.
The Wright brothers, first of men to
fly, made their great initial success In
1908. By 1909, flights of 100 miles
and ascents of 1000 feet were made.
Two months less than two years ago
the first crossing of the English chan
mel by Bleriot set the bells ringing. 1t
was a wonderful feat, worthy all that
was said of it. Now we have the air
plane rising to $4,000 feet for steadi-
er travel currents; nonstop flights of
l, $50 miles; air mail routes, deliver
les of goods, passenger stations. And
doubt no longer, but confident eXpec-
tation, awaits the stated crossing of
the sea in air with passengers, mails,
and goods. Of this, even five years
ago, most men said, "Impossible!"
Now all agree that it is coming
New York World.
Vermont Had Cleanest Body of Men.
Of the men indicted into the army
with the second million, five and four
tenths per cent had venereal disease
dCCOTuluS 10 llSuTeS just COIIlpIISu ny
the surgeon general of the army for
the United States public health ser
vice. This is an increase of "a per
cent over the average of the first mil
lion selective service men. The in
crease is due to the fact that exam
lining officers were able to make more
careful examinations and accurate
reports of the second million men
than Of the first, but even with the
second million only the obvious cases
were recorded. 1t was not practical
to give Wasserman tests. Vermont
had the distinction of sending the
cleanest body of men into the army,
with 1.30 per cent. Florida placed
greatest burden on the army sur
geons by sending in 1858 per cent of
her drafted men with venereal diseas-
es, with accompanying loss in eff
cheney and hospital expenses. Georgia
was close second with 1903 per
cent. Tennessee, whose governor re
Gently vetoed a bill for control of the
diseases, sent 6.26 per cent of her
draftees venereally diseased, six
times the number for Vermont. Gen
orally speaking, the north, middle
west and west had the lowest averag-
es, while the southern states had the
highest.-Army and Navy Journal.