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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-13
For Christmas

All that we show you are for the
sensible kind. We show only such
things as have service enough in them
TO be worth all you pay to anyone
that may be the thankful receiver.
We make a specially all the year
around of Ladies' Neckwear- always
have two tables and one showcase of
these kinds. just now for the Christ
mas trade we have double the usual
amount and haFe all the new ideas
and at popular prices Of 25c and soc
you won't be able TO find another as
large an assortment,
Ladies Belts in all of the new ideas
such as Elastic Velvet Belts, Black
Silk Galoon Belts, and fancy Tinsel
Belts, all new and put up in boxes at
no more cost to you.
Hair Ornaments, such as new Bar.
rettes and Side Combs.
Pocket Books, Hand Bags, good
Pocket Book for soc and lots of
styles at 25c; and a Leather-Lined
Hand Bag at 500 each.
Ladies' silk Hose will be so good
that the two days previous to Christ
mas will be TOO late to get what you
want. These come in pearl gray, "a
dove shade, navy, tan and black, at
500 per pair, put Up in neat
Christmas box We also have silk
Hose that we win box. Three
pairs in a box at soc per
pair, the legs as far as they show
are all pure silk, for zoe.
We will box in Christmas boxes
any Of our csc or soc Hose, if sold
two or three pairs in a box, at no
extra charge.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-13
TALK OF THE TOWN

Regular meeting Jumpers, boxers and
derrickmen's branch, No. so, Q. w |. u,
will be held in carpenters' hall Dec. II.
Nomination OF officers and other very
important business. Per order George
Thompson, cor. sec.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-13
Ladies' Bath Robes

In the two weeks now before us
TO Christmas, we must needs to do
some important thinking For il is
always hard to get just the thing for
a present that your friends would
want Here are few suggestions
that may help.
Almost any lady would appreciate
a good Blanket Bath Robe. These VIC
have in fine quality. They are
made Of the popular Beacon Blanket,
in different styles. Some have the
wide sailor collar, finished with wide
satin bands and satin ribbon.
These Robes range in price from
the medium weight, good patterns
at SOS to the heavy Blanket Robe
finished with wide satin bands, in
prices up to $3.50.
In the Misses Junior Bath Robes
we have the same qualities, only
made in the junior styles, being
shorter, and are not so full gar
ment. These range in price from
$3.50 to S3.75. These Blankets
are all made in frst-class shape, ami
surely make an ideal Christmas pres.
ent.
Look at our Beacon Blankets with
Cord Sets to match, at So 90 per set.
One Of our Messaline Pettieoats
will make a very good present, and
Is something that is always accepta-
Bile. See our special $3.50 value.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-13
SET OF FURS

No gift more acccpablewe have them suit any purse
Russian Mink Fox Opossum Blended Mink Lynx
Black and Brown Coney Sets at $3.50 $50 $50, T7o
TO- So is 90 and 1880 per set.
Separate MuHs at s1.oS, so, IFS. $50 $50. $50
so and 900.
Now is a good time to make selection
PERRY q CAMP.
Telephone 1884 rs Main Street. Barre Vermont
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-13

IOCCIDENT
| FLOUR
J Try a sack of Occident
Sand make as many bakings
Jas yeu wish. If you are not
:cntircly satisfied that it is
:better than any ether flour
:you ever used return the
:sack and get your money back.
awe will return it without
argument.
I The Russell Miller Mill
ling Co., of Minneapolis,
iwhe operate twelve mills
iwith an output of 10, 600
barrels of -four daily and
imill storage for 100000
bushels of wheat, also eighty
icountry elevators with ca
opacity of 2, 500, 900 bushels
iof wheat d istrib II t c d
throughout the hard wheat
! growing section of North
l Dakota, stand behind us.
! Occidcnt Fleur costs a
llittlc more than OF h c r
ihours. 1t is made for these
! people who care enough
labout bread to neticc the
4 difference in different kinds.
it's enough better than 9TH
Ter flours to be Immediately
! noticeable.
/ We have made arrange
lments to have a representa-
ltive from the Minneapolis
amill with us this week and
1.-THE price is right.
!SMITH { CUMMINGS
! GOOD THINGS TO EAT
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-13
Good Values for Pies

Apples for cooking, per peck, 25c
Fancy Greening Apples, per peck, 40c
Fancy No. Greening Apples, per bbl, So rs
Home Dried Apples, cored and sliced, h., 12c
Pie Fruit, Apricot, Peach and Raspberry.
for 25e
Clutches Mincc Meat in packages, 5 for 25c
Grandmother and None Such Mince
Meat, per package, i0c
Fancy Maine Blucberries in cans, i5c
Curtice Bros. Extra Dry Squash, cans, 25s
Curtice Bros. Golden Pumpkin, cans. Csc
Pie Peaches, cans for 25c
Grated Pineapple, 2 cans for 25c
Mince Meat in bulk two pounds, 25c
F. .. LADD COMP ANY
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-11-13
INVENTOR'S$25O,OOO
WASEAOILY EARNED
Army Board Exposes Some
Remarkable Expenditures.

How A. II. Emery. the inventor Of a
almost $4,000 from the government with
out doing more than construct a houn-
dalton for the carriage is related in the
annual report of the Board OF Ordnance
and Fortihcations of the War Depart
ment, which was made public yesterday.
Mr.. Emery was even relieved of the
obligation of giving bond to return the
money paid him by the government in
case his carriage was unsuccessful. The
history OF this remarkable transaction
is given at length.
The board takes occasion to assert that
all the work on the Emery design has
been under direct legislative enactment,
and II reviews at length the laws which
have been passed. The first was a spe-
cIal act passed in 1893 appropriating $780,
900. in which year Mr.. Emery was award
ed a contract. Actual work Of construc-
ton was not begun until 1896, when an
additional appropriation of $4,000 was
made for. a loading apparatus for the
carriage and the inventor was relieved
OF the obligation OF giving bond for the
return Of any money paid him should
the carriage not be successful.
The board emphasized the fact that
after eighteen years the government has
nothing to show for the expenditure of
So per cent Of the appropriations except
the foundations for the carriage, which
were put in three years ago in order to
enable Mr. Emery to obtain an addition
al 5000, as, provided by the act of 1908,
practically the first which required him
to do anything in return for money paid
him
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-11-13
PUBLIC PULSE.

Regrets He Is Not n Millionaire.
Senator Owen has sent to the Okla
homa City Times the. following explana-
ton to.an editorial that appeared in the
Enid Eagle. asserting that the Senator
received several million dollars from the
Mississippi Choctaws and that he had
''wheedled" them into contracting to pay
80 per cent as a fee out OF the lands
which the Indians would have received in
any event:
81 have never received a dollar for
any services rendered the Mississippi
Choctaws, and never advised any fee of
50 per cent worked FOR them as at
torney from 1895 to 1906, under the en-
pIoyment of Charles F. Winton, who
made the contracts with them in 1886
when they had no hopes whatever of re-
ceiving any estate in the Indian country.
expended in their interest in conducting
this fight thousands of dollars Of my own
funds, without any reimbursement.
procured for them property worth at
least 100000, and never at any time
sought any greater compensation than
the Court of Claims was willing TO allow
under an act Of Congress, limiting the fee
to 'quantum meruit,' or the value of serv-
ices proven to have been actually rem
dered. Your statement that am a mil
lionaire I regret to say is untrue. 1t is
only asserted to arouse unjust prejudice
against me-"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-11-13
P. NJ. G. GIVES TIME
TO PUBLISHERS
Full Year in Which They
May Obtain Renewals.

In keeping with his policy Of rendering
less stringent some Of the regulations
affecting second-class mail, Postmaster
General Hitchcock yesterday issued an
order granting a full year as the period
in which copies Of second-class publica-
tons on which subscriptions have expired
will be accepted at the second-class
postage rates.
The regulation thus rescinded fixed va
rtous periods ranging from three months
to a year. according to the frequency
with which the publication was issued.
Nr. Hitchcock failed to see any good
reason why there should be this dis
elimination between publishers in the
privilege Of mailing copies to persons
whose subscriptions had expired. Owing
TO the varying periods prescribed, the old
regulation was difficult of enforcement
and resulted in much annoyance to the
department and to publishers.
In commenting on his order the Post
master General said:
Since the purpose OF the regulation is
to afford publishers an opportunity to
secure a renewal OF subscriptions without
authorizing an extension Of circulation,
there seems to be no sufficient reason
why the period Of time allowed to OBJ
tain such renewals should not be uni
form for all publications regardless OF
their frequency of issue. In order to
make the rule as liberal as possible II
has been decided to allow all publications
full year for this purpose"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-11-13
The New University Club.

Every varsity man in the city will
rejoice because the construction of the
new University Club seems now an
assured fact. As stated in The Wash
ington Herald yesterday morning, the
title to the splendid site at the corner
of Fifteenth and 1 streets has passed
to the club management, and in the
near future the new building will be
an accomplished fact.
Of all the clubs in any city, the
University Club appeals to the largest
following, and one bound together by
a tie which is unique. The friendships
formed in college are often the most
enduring, and even casual Acquaintance
ship is maintained long after the cap
and gown have been bestowed. In the
University Club in this city are rep
resentatives of every educational in
stitution in the United States. Presis
dent Taft, a Yale alumnus, has long
been an honored member, while the CO.
terie of scientific, literary, and profess
sional men who assemble under its hos
pitables roof is representative of the
highest intelligence For many years
the necessity of more commodious
quarters has been sadly felt, but the
governors of the club have wisely re-
Trained from embarting upon more
pretentious undertaking until it was
certain that the project could be car
ried to success.
The new University Club building
will be a most desirable addition to the
many imposing structures in the Ma
tional Capital
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-11-13
Exploding an Old FaIlacv.

Il is an old saying that the hair may
turn white in a single night Accord
ing to tradition, Marie Antoinette's
dark tresses turned to snowy color or
the night before her execution, and
the hair of Henvy " was changed
from dark to white because of the ter
rors of St Bartholomew fatal hours
So universal is the belief and so largely
has it played its part in dramas and
in fiction that up to the present time
no one has had the courage to dispute
it, much less attempt to prove that it is
false
+. It has remained for Herr Stieda, a
German scientist, to investigate the
stories which have hitherto been cur
rent and to put them under the white
light of investigation. He asserts that
the traditions have no foundation in
fact, and that the sudden turning of the
hair IS a physiological impossibiIity.
He has carefully examined all the al
legged authenticated accounts and finds
that they are lacking in proof. He
shows, for instance that the hair of
Marie Antoinette was gray for months
before her execution, and he alleges
that all the stories have as little founda-
ton. In cases which he cannot deny
be puts the burden Of proof upon those
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-11-13
Alleged Violations of Law.

Under a law enacted by Congress the
Interstate Commerce Commission has
promulgated a number of regulations
concerning the operation of street cars
in the District Violations of these
regulations have been reported to the
Police Court, as directed by the stat
ute book, but prosecutions have been
greatly delayed despite the fact that
the Interstate Commerce Commission
has protested against inaction.
Explanation of this situation is made
by Assistant District Attorney Given
in The Washington Herald this morn
ing in a statement which asserts that
his Office is already overworked, and
that it will require an additional at
tcrney appointed by the Department of
Justice TO undertake the prosecutions.
1t is to be hoped that this matter will
be given the careful attention it de-
serves. The law was enacted for the
purpose of improving street railway
conditions, and the Interstate Com
merce Commission, instead of allowing
the statute to remain a dead letter,
undertook to secure its enforcement
Congress gave to the commission au-
thority to enact regulations and pro-
vided penalties for disobedience of its
orders. When prosecutions are either
delayed or Enacted upon, the law fails
in its force and effect.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-11-13
DUE TO ARAB TREACHERY.
An Italian Newspaper Explains the
Occurrences in TrIpoli.

An Italian Newspaper Explains the
Occurrences in TrIpoIi.
From II CittadIno.
The facts in the Italo-Turkish war are
so far very clear and simple The italian
army has taken Tripon against the will
of the Sultan and in the face OF the
Turkish army occupying that province;
the commander-in-chief received immedi-
ately the heads of the various Arab tribes
In and around the city, who accepted
Italian sovereignty and swore allegiance
to the King OF Italy; the Italian army
prepared to advance toward the interior
Of the country, and, while fighting the
Turkish army, was treacherously assailed
In the rear by some of these tribes Of
Arabs, dosing manys officers and soldiers,
leaving besides in the hands of ths TNrk-
jsh and Arabs a number of wounded md
prisoners, who were Immediately mutt
lated by Arab women in the most In
human fashion.
The italian commander ordered at once
that all Arabs found with arms or who
could be convicted OF having used arms
against the Italians should be shot. One
oasis had to be taken by force, and Italian
soldiers had to enter the houses OF the
Arabs, fighting their way In: In this kind
of warfare 1t is very natural that num-
D6E Vi NOIlCu bAOdA0 LhAA win Nho AAASAAs
however regrettable this may be; 1t Is
also natural that whenever Arab traitors,
according to their custom, bound women
and children together ana compelled the
weaker ones to shield them from de-
served punishment. some women and
children should fall with their fathers
and husbands. however regrettable this
may be.
Gen. Caneya is such a man and the
Italian oficers in general are such men
that do not naturally delight in blood
shed, and the very kind and generous
way In which Italians treated the Arabs
up to the discovery Of their treachery
Is the best argument to demonstrate
that the disposition Of the Italian army
was not that of killing harmless women
ana children.
Gen. Caneya Is a soldier OF very de-
terrnined character; his duty Is to win
and to win war; and war, as Sherman
said, Is not an academy or a debate,
but hell; decisions must be taken rapidly
and immediately acted upon. The deci-
sion OF Gen. Caneva was taken at mo-
ment vhen the treachery OF the Arabs
menaced the whole Italian army.
From the point of view OF humanity
as well as from that Of good sense 1t is
better to shoot 1900 than 20 cause the
ruin and death OF 40.0o0. Gen. Caneva
was undoubtedly the arst to regret to be
obliged 70 take the measure that he took,
but It had to b taken.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-11-13
Speaker Clark and Annexation.

Speaker Clark's recent assertion that
nine-tenths of the people of the United
States would vote for the annexation
of Canada is still echoing throughout
the country and has attracted attention
in Great Britain, where it was made
the occasion of official interrogation
The answer was that Mr.. Clark is not
to be taken seriously.
Mr.. Clark may be as thoroughly in
favor of annexation as he was when
he made his famous remark upon the
floor of the House-the remark which
was used so effectively against the
adoption of the reciprocity agreement
in Canada-but it is also true that there
is not now and is not likely to be in the
near future any serious effort to induce
Canada to become a part of the United
States. The recent election in Canada
demonstrated the intense nationality of
the people, and there is not the slightest
probability that they will ever agree to
come under the Stars and Stripes. They
may, of course, separate in time from
the parent country, but in that event
they will become an independent nation.
1t takes two to make a bargain, and
even if the United States desired to
acquire Canada it could not do so
except through force of arms.
accepting Mr. Clarks utterances lat
their true value, which is that they are
simply the expression of an individual
and do not, in any sense, reflect either
the popular or the official sentiment of
the United States.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-11-13
WANT GEN. BURT
As A DELEGATE
Local Republicans Warmly
Indorse the Veteran.

Gen.SAndrew 8. Burt. o. s. A, retired,
was Endorsed for election as one Of the
District delegates to the Republican ma
tional convention, at meeting of local
Republicans held yesterday afternoon at
SIS New York avenue northwest. The
prediction was made that If Gen Burt
consents to enter the field, as It is b.
ieyed he viii, his election will be as
sured.
On motion OF Charles T. Dulin thosa
present organized Gen. Andrew s. Burt
Republican Club, No. L" It was decided
to form a chain Of Burt clubs through
the District each to have a number, and
bear the name Of the retired general
Offers of the club were elected to
serve until the close of the political
campaign next November, as it is pro-
posed that the organizations shall take
an active part in the approaching Presi-
Dental contest. The officers are: Charles
T. Dulin, president; J. E. Hollidge, treas
urer; VIII Luders, secretary; Samuel E.
jackson, sergeant-at-arms. The next
meeting Of the club will be held at the
call Of the president
The announcement was made that the
work of forming Burt clubs will begin
actively this week. The headquarters
of these clubs will be maintained at the
Frederick, Ninth street and New York
avenue.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-11-13
M'VEAGH'S SPEECH
is SIGNIFICANT
Explains Recent Action OF
National City Bank.

Special significance is attached here to
one portion OF the speech delivered by
Secretary OF the Treasury MacVeagh in
Chicago Saturday night. In the course
OF his speech the Secretary said:
Il believe that the holding OF shares
In another bank by q bank that is a
member OF the National Reserve Asso-
citation should be prohibited. American
conditions are permanently opposed to
any semblance of branch banking, and
to any concentration OF bank ownership
and control"
This statement by Secretary Macveagh
explains why the National City Com
pany, the holding company of the Ma
tional City Bank, has been dIsposing of
its bank stock. Secretary MacVeagh,
when the question Of the legality of
the National City Bank owning stocks
in other banks through its holding COM
pany came up, commended that there was
no violation OF the national banking act.
Attorney General wickersham took an
opposite view and the case was finally
laid before President Taft, where 1t is
still pending.
Secretary MacVeagh's speech Saturday
night is accepted here as evidence that
he is now opposed to the holding COM
pany scheme as a matter o. policy, even
II its legality could be sustained.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-11-13
TABLET UNVEILED
INPIONEER'S HONOR
Sturdy Descendant of Joseph
Belt Pulls Cord.

Bareheaded and drenched as he stood
alone IN a torrential downpour Of rain on
the swampy greensward OF All Saints
Episcopal Church at Chevy Chase Circle
yesterday afternoon, Thomas Truxtun
Houston, jr., a lad Of but a few years,
unveiled the bronze tablet and bowlder
erected to the memory Of his great-great-
great-great-grandfath Col. Joseph Belt.
Bearing aloft two wreaths and two
starred emblems, dripping with rain
drops, the boy entered All Saints Church,
where were gathered the few score of
persons who had braved the elements to
participate in the ceremonial OF formally
dedicating the memorial. Rev. DR.. Ro-
land Cotton Smith, chaplain Of the Dis
trict Society Of Colonial Wars, which
erected the memorial said:
ION behalf of the Society of the Co
lonial Wars in the District Of Columbia,
! do dedicate this bowlder, erected by the
said society to the memory OF Joseph
Belt" concluding with a prayer and a
blessing which dismissed the assemblage.
The services began at o'clock with
a professional hymn by the supplied
choir. Caleb c. Magruder, historian OF
the Society of Colonial Wars, delivered
an address instead of the customary
dedicatory sermon. He said in part:
Among the sturdy characters whose
life work was a fartor in the colonial
history OF the present District OF CO.
lumbia was Col Joseph Belt, born
in Anne Arundel County, Md, in
1850. He was the patentee of Chevy
Chase. The warrant was dated jan
uary IL, 1921, and was for 500 acres. 1t
was later enlarged to 1000 acres. The
Belt manor house was erected in 1928
of imported brick and handmade nails
about 500 yards southeast of Chevy
Chase Circle. It was RACED in 1907 for
modern improvements.
THE name of Joseph Belt may be
found in A list OF the names Of sub
scribers for settling and founding the
chapel at Rock Creek to be the parish
church He also was one of the seven
trustees of free academies established
by the house of burgesses in lib.
Through inheritance, grant and purchase
Col Belt became owner OF Chevy
Chase, Friends Choice, Belts Discovery,
Belts Hunting Quarter, Good Luck, Ad-
dItion to Good Luck, Seneca Hills, ORR
noko, Arthur's Seat, Thompson's Lot,
Belts Pasture, Friendship, and Chelsea"
He was a planter and surveyor. His
death occurred in 1851"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-11-13
Clean Money.

United States Treasurer McClung
as recommended in his annual report
lat Congress provide additional IA
lities for exchanging old and defaced
nited States paper currency for new.
.sserting that there is a widespread
terest which advocates a cleaner and
ore sanitary currency he says that
le sentiment is a laudable one and
lould be attainable because the ex-
nse is but a trife as compared with
e benehcent results.
The humorous paragraphers through
It the country may be expected to in
antly remark that even dirty money
better than none; but these alleged
itticisms will not detract from the
sensible character of Mr.. Meetings.
suggestion. In Washington, where the
banks instantly send to the Treasury
all bills which begin to show signs of
dirt and wear, the nuisance is not as
great as in cities more remotely located
from the Capital. Even in Washing
ton, however, some of the bills are Of
fensively unclean.
1t has been demonstrated that bac-
terra attach themselves readily to paper
money, and there is no doubt that dis
ease is thus disseminated. Mr. Nc
Clung's crusade for a clean currency
ought to find prompt and sympathetic
response.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-11-13

who make the assertions, and awaits
with emphatic skepticism the data
which they may produce.
Thus does the ruthless hand of sci
Snce destroy one of the common be-
liefs of mankind. If any one positively
knows of the occurrence of the .phe-
nomenon which Herr Stieda says can
not exist, an opportunity is afforded to
demonstrate that even a scientist can
be mistaken.