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French Report

Paris, December 1o.-Qo:45 D. m.)-The following official communication was is- sued tonight:
 ''The general situation remains un- changed
 Yesterday our aviators succeeded in dropping Is bombs on the station and the aviation hangars at Freiburg I'm Breis- gau. Tn spite of vigorous cannonade they returned without accident"
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H. w. Monk

Jacksonville, December 10.-tSpe- cial )-News was received in Jackson vile on Wednesday of the death of Fl w. Monk at the home of his mother. in Buckheld, Me, on December 4. Mir. Monk will be remembered as being with the Profile cotton mills at this place. having resigned his position on August of this year. Mir. Monk leaves, besides his mother, two sisters and his wife. who was formerly Miss Ida B. Pease of Salem, Mass.
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When Rheumatic Twiinges Come Get COlchicura and
 Take Till Cured

cure for Rheumatism--the one remedy that has restored thousands to health when they had given up hope. We have seen so many cures of rheumatism made by Colchicura, that we guarantee it will cure your case--if you will take six bottles according to directions. Ih 1t fails to do as guaranteed. we refund your money, without question.
 You feel better after one or two doses of Colchicura--from one to three bot ties often makes you we'll We have hundreds of testimo onials to show you. Made by Patton-Pope Drug Co. Bir- mingham.--Adv.
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David Hoke Wallace

David Hoke Wallace. the 7-year-old son of MT. and Mrs. W. W. Wallace, died last night at the residence of his grand parents. 17z7h Second avenue. Funeral services over the remains will be con- ducted from the grandparents' home this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Interment will be in Elmwood cemetery.
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British Win Victory

London, December 10-t10:1o D. m.)-Reu- ter's Boulogne correspondent. who has just returned to Boulogne from Armen- tieres, says that Tuesday the Germans were driven out of Armentieres by the British and hurled back beyond artillery range.
 ArInentieres is nine miles west of Lille.
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STATE WATER POWER
 DELEGATES READY
 TO MEET COMMITTEE
tcontinued from Page one)

but encourages their development under lease, as provided for in the bill. MT. Finny asserted the government would hold a guarantee for continued good be- haviour" by power corporations.
 He quoted officials of the National Conservation association to show that 10 groups of power companies control 65 per cent of the 100000 developed horse power in the country. and added that two com pa nies In California controlled 57 per cent of the developed power in that state.
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Deaths and Funerals
Mrs Roberta Curtiss

Mrs. Roberta Curtis. aged n years. died yesterday afternoon at o'clock at the residence of her daughter. Mrs. Wind ham, 1010 Third avenue. West End. The remains will be sent to Decatur by Shaw & Son tomorrow morning for interment The deceased is survived by two daugh- ters.
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Emperor Better

Amsterdam, Holland December 10-Cvia London, 9:15 D. m)--Emperor William s health has considerably improved. accord ing to official announcement in Berlin to- day. His majestys catarrn Is relaxing and his temperature is normal
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man plan by beginning an offensive in an effort to outhank the Russian left, be- sieging Cracow while the other part of the Austrian army on the north, in con- tact with the extreme German right, Is trying to proceed northeast and take Kielce and Radon. These movements take the form of widespread fan with Warsaw the handle.
 Except on the north from Ciechsnow the movements are not new, the Austro- Germans having tried them before and failed.
 According to Russian authorities the yielding of cities to the enemy does not constitute an important war factor, since the bombardment of big cities like Lodz, with the attendant destruction of life and property. tends to demoralize the army.
 Thus if it is of strategic advantage to evacuate Warsaw the acpture of that city ought not to be considered impor- tant.'
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CRUISER DRESDEN
 REPORTED CORNERED

Buenos Aires, Argentina, December TO- The German cruiser Dresden. the only warship of Admiral Count Won Specs squadron to escape after the battle with the British squadron under command of Admiral Sir Frederick Sturdee, has been cornered in the Straits of Magellan, ac- cording to advices obtained through well informed circles today.
 The naval division commanded by Ad- miral Sturdee Is understood to include nine warEhips, notably the British battle cruisers Lion and Indefatigable.
 The cruisers Ldon and Indefatigable dis place 26,35o tons and 1s.750 tons, respec- lively.
 The Lion was built in 1st0, is $50 feet long. S61h feet beam and has draft of 30 feet. She carries eight 12-inch guns and Is four-inch guns and is equipped with three 21-inch torpedo tubes. Her complement consists of 1000 men and she is capable of travelling 2s knots an hour.
 The Indefatigable Is 570 feet long. 791a feet beam and 27% feet deep. She was constructed at Davenport in 1911 and has a speed of 26 knots. The Indefatigable' s armament consists of eight 12-inch guns, i16 four-inch guns and three 21-inch tor pedo tubes. She has a complement of 800 officers and men.
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Mrs. Eva Vincent Dead

New York, December 10.-Mrs. Eva Vincent, formerly a widely known act ress. died here tonight. She was 65 years old and had been on the stage for 30 years.
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Austrian Report

Vienna, December 10-(Via London, 10 :09 D. m.)--The following official report was made public today:
 "In Poland yesterday everything was calm along the entire front.
 Night attacks by the Russians in tho
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Allies Enter Rouliers

Amsterdam. December 10.-(via London. 10.35 D. m.)-The allies have entered Rou- Hers CRousselaere) fin West Flanders about 12 miles northeast of Ypres. ac- cording to the Sluis correspondent of the Handlesblad,
 A dispatch to London newspaper from the Belgian frontier Wednesday said that the German divisional headquarters was removed from Roulers, when shells began to fall in the town after the British had recaptured Passhendaele a short dis tance to the west
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RUSSIAN NUMBERS HANDICAP EFFORTS
 OF GERMAN TROOPS
Attacks of Kaiser's Forces Met by Overwhelming Numerical Op-
 position

Petrograd. December 10.-(Via London e.15 D. m.)-A Russian military expert an- slyzes and interprets the German attempt on Warsaw as follows:
 Although the German forces are more numerous than in their former advance and they are planning attacks from sew ersI separate directions simultaneously, their task is greater than before on ac- count of the vastness of the Russian army msssed to meet them.
 General Francois of the Eighth Ger man army corps from Osterode and Sol dau is proceeding from East Prussia southward through Mlawa, Ciechanow and Urzasnysz, on the right side of the Vistula. in an attempt to push toward Roshan with the evident intention of giv- ing the powerful fortress of Nowo Geor- gievsk a wide berth. The Germans thus hope to outfank the Russian right wing and strike Warsaw from the northeast.
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JOHNS Undertaking Co. Phone 1oes.
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Continues Offensive

General Mackenzen's German army from Thorn meanwhile continues an of- fensive on the left side of the Vistula through Lowicz, engaging the Russian center and aiming to hit Warsaw from the west. Another part of Field Marshal Hindenburg's army from Sieradz recently engaged Lodz and Piotrkow, making every effort to march through Skiernie- vice and threaten Warsaw from the southwest.
 The Austrians from the west and southwest of Cracow complete the Ger
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-18

Central stock. This gave the opportu'
nifty that Maine had lost years ago, and
the Maine stockholders, the minority
stockholders, have formed voluntary
association which has just bought the
l59,60l shares held by the Boston 4
Maine. This is nearly two-thirds of the
total capital stock OF the Maine Gen.
trail The three trustees of this volun-
tary association are all Portland men
and it is provided that at least two OF
the three trustees shall always be Maine
citizens.
The result of these developments Is
that the Maine Central becomes at last
a local institution, and local pride will
go far to bring about cooperation be-
tween the people and the management
that will be of mutual advantage. II
the results of home rule in Maine rail.
reading are not satisfactory to the
stockholders, or to the patrons Of the
road or to the state itself, it will not
hereafter be necessary to go to Boston
or to Washington for remedy.--Boston
Herald,
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The Maine Road.

Out of the tangle of the New Eng
land railroad situation has come one
result that gives special satisfaction to
Maine people, for both business and sem
timental reasons. The Maine Central,
which includes practically everything in
the railroad line beyond Portland, comes
under the ownership and control of
Maine men, Maine corporation in fact
as well as in name. Many years ago,
in the beginning of the railroad history
of Maine, few men with courage and
confidence in the future of the state
tried to keep the control of the Maine
Central in Maine hands. They were too
few and of too slender resources, how
ever, and soon the small but independ-
ent Maine Central was in the control of
the Boston & Maine. This condition
continued while the Maine Central grew
hundreds of miles longer and increased
its business many fold. Then the New
Haven system absorbed the Boston &
Maine as the latter had gathered in the
Maine road.
But the government took hand at
length. 1t forced the New Haven to give
up control of the Boston & Maine and
the uuserambling process continued when
the fear of impending bankruptcy forced
the Boston & Maine to sell its Maine
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-18
A Boss-Riaden Party.

Tn somewhat heated colloqny at
the meeting of the Progressive state
committee on Saturday, Mr.. Wendall
Phillips Thore faced Mr.. Matthew Hale
with the assertion that the Progressive
party had become more deplorably boss
ridden in two years than the Republican
party had in so. In other words, those
earnest men who left the Republican
party in order to get away from the
bosses have jumped--if Mr.. There's esti-
mate be correct--from the frying pan
into the fire.
We do not look for much reform on
this score within the Progressive ranks,
because it will not be worth anybody's
while to work for it. The dwindling of
the party strength has now become SO
rapid, as shown in the New Jersey and
Massachusetts returns last Tuesday,
that persons who object to an excess OF
one-man power are sure to drift out into
one of the broader and more literally
conducted parties, like the Republican
or the Democratic, leaving in the Pro-
gressiye ranks only those who are so
constituted that they like to follow, and
are quite Indifferent to the methods by
which they leader issues his marching
orders.-Boston Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-18
VIEWS ON BARRE'S LATEST
EFFORT.

1t is interesting TO note the sentiment
about the state regarding Barre's eff.
forts as such sentiment is reflected by
the newspapers. For instance, take the
hotel proposition which is now before
the people of Barre; this is what the
Brattleboro Reformer has to say about
it:
Barre is now planning a campaign for
new hotel. Here's hoping the Granite
city has as good luck as it did with its
hospital proposition"
The Rutland News, too, is watching
the progress of the project, as is indicat-
ed by the following paragraph:
BARRE business men propose to organ
ize a stock company with capital of $780,
600 and build a new and creditable hotel.
They'll do it if they set forth. The sue
cess of their recent $4,000 hospital pro-
ject amply shows that"
In commenting on the development OF
the hotel spirit throughout Vermont, the
Burlington Free Press has the following
to say about Barre:
"Barre has just organized new hotel
company for the purpose of building a
fine hostelry on the site of the City no.
tel recently burned. 1t is proposed TO
erect a four-story structure with 60
rooms, thoroughly modern in every way,
TO cost $4,000. The city is asked to
exempt the property from taxation for
five years, while the site, valued at So
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-18
CURRENT COMMENT
Mr.. Gordon a Loyal vermonter.

In another column will be found the
announcement of the candidacy of J. w.
Gordon for member of Congress from
the second district. Mr.. Gordon comes
squarely before the voters and states his
position openly and fully on the ques-
tons of the day. Some of the principles
written into the Progressive party plat
form We're chsmpioned by Mr.. Gordon
long before the Progressive party was
thought of. Mr.. Gordon is strong and
convincing in argument, loyal to Ver-
mont and Vermonters, typical son of
these old Green Mountains and as stur-
dy and steadfast as her mountain peaks.
He is son the state could well honor,
for in so doing it would bring honor to
itself.-Groton Times, March 10, 1914.
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Gardening Made Easy.

The advantages that are offered by
the postofIice and by special rates of
the express companies have simplifed
rose-culture beyond the dreams Of for
mer years. Florists are fully prepared
TO fill orders, from all parts, for roses
of every size. One and two year old
plants grown in pots, with active roots,
are ready to start growth as soon as
bedded or re-potted. They lose no time.
have had them out of the postoffice
in bloom within month, continuing
with undated vigor until freezing
weather. Then ] have had dormant
plants of large sizes sent per general
specials" express, in full bloom in eight
weeks, continuing the entire following
season. This method of planting large,
dormant se-plants is made possible by
cold storage, which florists have reduced
to science SO practical that amateur
rose growers derive full benefit, with no
complexities and no failures in bedding
out the roses in April. Life
The Countryside Magazine for April.
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1t is reported that John G. Sargent
of Ludlow will not be candidate for
Frank Plumley's seat in the more nu-
merpus branch of the United States Com
gress, the former attorney general for
Vermont stating frankly that he cannot
afford it. Whether he means he cannot
afford the expense of the candidacy or
the sacrifice of the income from his legal
profession in case he should be elected
to the office is matter he leaves in
doubt; but it is certain that the cost of
conducting a campaign even with the
strictest adherence to the letter and the
spirit of the law as regards the use of
money is a heavyAdrain and it is more
certain that once elected to Congress
lawyer of Mr.. Sargent's experience has
to be satisfied with a smaller income
than he enjoyed through his practice, be-
cause the salary of representative in
the House is below the retainer fee that
a lawyer is apt to receive in connection
with wide practice. So which ever way
Mr.. Sargent may have intended his state
ment that he couldn't afford it, the truth
of the assertion very likely is true, as it
would be in the case of any lawyer OF
like standing. We suspect that in the
case of John W.. Gordon, who is can
didate for Mr.. Plumley's seat in Com
gress, The same applies as in the case of
Mr. Sargent, but that Mr.. Gordon feels
he would like the opportunity for service
which the position brings and is, there
fore, willing to forego the income which
he now enjoys in return for that oppor.
tunity.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-18
BETHEL.
Congregational Church Calls Rev. Robert
w. Mcclure as Pastor.

| At special meeting OF the Congrega-
tional church last evening, the resigna-
ton of Rev. John p. Hoyt, on account of
ill health, was read and accepted. 1t
takes effect May 25 A call was unani-
mously voted to Rev. Robert w. Me-
/ Clure, of Shamokin, Pa, who will COM
plete his course at Bangor theological
seminary in June. He lately supplied
the pulpit two Sundays in very able
manner. 1t is thought he viii accept
the call. Mr.. Hollis passionate, extend
| ing over few months, has been sue
ccssful one, and his i'll health Is much
regretted. A period of complete rest
from studious pursuits is prescribed for
him as the surest means OF recovering
his usual health.
Dr. r. NJ. Chase has photograph of
nine persons including himself, Mrs.
Chase and the present Rear Admiral
Henry Mayo, who was at that time an
undergraduate at Annapolis. The pho
tograph was taken at thesBerry house
on River street, while young Mayo was
a guest of Bethel friends.
c. G.. Clifford has made arrangements
to bulletin the scores made each day in
the three principal baseball Leagues at
his drug store.
The most probable battery of the
Whitcomb high school baseball team is
George LavelIe and Claude Williamson.
Young Lavelle is a promising pitcher
and though under l6 is expected TO take
care of his part of the games in the
North Windsor county league
John Nobel has been teaching in the
high school this week in place OF Miss
May Campbell, who was called away by
the illness of relative.
Proctor Swallow OF Poultney visited
William II. Edwards Wednesday and
Thursday, going from here for visit
at Orange, Mass. They were both mem
bers Of Co. |, 7th Vermont regiment dur
ing the Civil war.
Mrs. Lucy Benedict finished work yes
terday as nurse of Mrs, G. w. Merrill,
who has recovered, and went to care for
Mrs. John Wild in Royalton,
Rural Mail Carriers Beckwith and Bar
rows made their entire routes in sleighs
last Thursday, probably a record on
their routes for April l6.
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The Vermont Congressional Situation

The Burlington Free Press comment
ing on the congressional contest in the
second district s:--'rUnited States
District Attorney Alexander Dunnett of
st. Johnsbury is announced by the pa
pers on the east side as one of the prob
able candidates for Congress to sue.
coed Congressman Plumley, who has
stated his determine ton not to be can.
didate for reelection, as is State Audi
tor Horace T. Graham, in addition to
the list of possibilities already named.
Evidently there is to be no lack of good
timber in the second district, especially
as other aspirants are said to be groom
ing for the race. As believers in home
rule we are debarred from offensive
craftsmanship in the second district, but
we venture the assertion that the other
candidates will know the gentlemen
named have been in the running, if the
contest is undertaken" With Porter
Dale and John w. Gordon active con-
testants for the nomination it certainly
looks like lively summer on this side
of the state. Things are different in
the first district, however. 1t seems to
be recognized there that Congressman
Greene has done good enough work since
he went to Washington to entitle him
to denomination without contest in
the Republican party. This is good news
to Mr.. Greene's friends all over Ver-
mont.-St. Johnsbury CALIFORNIAN.
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THE AssAssINs BULLET AGAIN.

THE ASSASSIN'S BULLET AGAIN.
The attempted assassination of Mayor
Mitchell of New York loses none of its
Nervousness through failure. The enor-
nifty of the offense itself is not lessened
in single degree by the miscarriage Of
the plan. The intent was there, devel-
oped in the mind OF an individual with
criminal leanings. The action was there
the uplifting of the hand carrying the
deadly weapon, the pressing of the trigger
in an effort to snuff out the life of the
man whom the shooter thought to be his
oppressor. There were all the earmarks
of another great tragedy. TO fate and a
poor aim was left the work OF shielding
the intended victim of the assassination
scheme from harm. Mayor Mitchell was
human target in the person of Frank
Lyon Polk, corporation counsel for the
municipality, and another crime thus
fastens itself on the shooter. For him
there is only one tit place, even though
the wound which Mr.. Polk received
should prove only disabling for time.
1t is a place where the workings of his
mind cannot find opportunity for flu
ture operations in violation of the laws
of organized society. That organized So
ciety rejoices that Mayor Mitchell was
spared and hopes fervently that the in
jury to Mr.. Polk may not prove fatal.
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Mr.. Lodges Courage.

Apart from the intellectual strength
of the address of our senior senator on
the Panama tolls question, the undoubt-
ed courage required to make 1t deserves
special commentator. 1t is in defence
| OF Democratic president. All the polit-
zeal capital TO be made would come in
the other direction. In the house Mr..
Mann, the Republican floor leader, and
Mr.. Murdoch, the Progressive champion,
have both seized the occasion to make
party issue of it. Mr.. Mann vainglori-
ously pointed 10 the success Of Gallivan
in Boston on Tuesday, and OF the Re.
publican candidate in New Jersey as
distinct rebukes to the presidents toll
policy.
MIR. Lodges position is further made
difficult BY his known friendliness TO
American shipping and the interests of
Massachusetts in the coaEtwise traffic.
Most OF the Republicans who are sup
porting Wilson's policy are wholly in
different to this concern. In the House,
Republicans from the interior, who regu-
larly oppose any effort to stimulate
American shipping, naturally allied
themselves with the Administrations
cause, but Tor reasons other than that
of national honor. The anti-subsidy eie-
ment is out in force on the presidents
side. Mr.. Lodge does not belong to
this group. He is a subsidy man. He
believes in our merchant marine. 1t is
accordingly harder for him than it is
for them to espouse the cause OF a
Democratic president.
Mr.. Lodge, moreover, comes from a
state--from which he will probably be
a candidate for e-election-where the
percentage of voters cherishing an an
Gent grudge against Great Britain is
probably as great as anywhere in the
Union. Had he been demagogue, or
even an out and out politician adyan-
tage would have dictated his taking the
other side. He could have found
abundant justification for doing so. He
has steadily maintained that he thought
the treaty open to two interpretations,
since the phrase Fall nations" was else
where used in that instrument in a
meaning, which palpably excluded the
United States.
In these circumstances, whatever one
may think of the question at issue, one
cannot fail TO raise his hat to Henry
Cabot Lodge as q Massachusetts senator
who has the courage of his convictions,
and who dares to disregard partisan and
personal advantage in Difference to what
he regards as the course of national
honor And this is what Massachusetts
expects of her senators And she has
rarely been disappointed. Boston
Herald
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F. H. Rogers & Co.

500, is to be given by the Board OF
Trade. This is evidence of public spirit
which is as reassuring as it is commend
able. Barre has evidently caught the
spirit of the Greater Vermont"
These comments reveal considerable
faith in the ability of Barre to put
through this latest proposition, and the
encouragement which they lend will act
as a spur to the people of this commu-
nifty.