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Evening star., 1915-02-06

sible to obtain any more than a supply
for a day or two. The big loaf Of
bread which used to be sold for a cent
or two has dwindled in size until it is
barely three inches around. and the
price is cents. Meat is very e1Qen
sive. and petroleum is cents for half
pint: Dress materials, which Vienna
used to obtain mostly from London, are
scarcely obtainable at any price
The town is full of smallpox. and
long lines of people are seen waiting
outside the public physicians offices for
vaccination. The scarcity of man la.
borers is being met by the use of
women and cripples 70 such work as
street cleaning and housebuilding. A
short time ago there was heavy fall
of snow which blocked the streets;
large force of women was employed to
pile it up and clear a path for wagons
along the principal thoroughfares.
There are many women earning good
wages as carpenters.
'I think the Austrians are generally
very loyal to Germany. They look
upon the kaiser as the greatest leader
of a century, and they are entirely
confident that he will carry the war to
a triumphant conclusion
Evening star., 1915-02-06

week and went to Cleveland. Ohio.
where he saw A. c. Noack and dis
cussed fishing trip in which the two
men indulged last year. Noack, while
on visit to this city. accepted Hur
ley's invitation to accompany him on a
fishing trip to Weverton.
Only smallmouth bass were caught.
and the man from Ohio was anxious to
take string of them to Baltimore and
present them to Lloyd f. Mitchell,
| friend.
And when I presented him with the
fish," said Noack, ''he laughed at the
suggestion that they were small-mouth
bass; thought 1 couldn't catch the
gamesters.'
Karl Achterkirchen came to Noack's
! rescue Karl earned a reputation last
year as a bass fisherman, and Mitchell
said he would willingly accept him as
And the dinner was on Mitchell"
| said Hurley.
While several anglers were on the
river Tuesday trying to catch Missis-
sippi catfish, William Turner, residing
about four miles from Burnt Mills.
Montgomery county. Md, was on Paint
branch, not far from his homeS actually
catching fish.
Large white mullets are worth catch
ing at this season, while the water is
cold, said Turner. when he returned
from his outing with string of more
than four dozen fish. He used small
hook and baited with worms
Harry Ransing and George Birth
fished in Bush eddy several days ago:
They caught four Mississippi catfish.
the largest one weighing fourteen and
one-half pounds.
Charlie Fletcher has tried his luck
several times this winter. He was on
the river before the recent spell of bad
Gather and made several good catches
The largest Mississippi catfish caught
In the Potomac. it is stated, are caught
while the river is high and muddy
Many anglers are not willing to fish
during the cold and wet weather, but
the few who have been on the river.
TINS year have made remarkably good
catches.
Evening star., 1915-02-06
TREES FROM FAR EAST
GROW WELL IN AMERICA
Importations From China Prove
Their Adaptability to North
Atlantic Climate.

Seventy mine different kinds Of fruit
and ornamental trees from China are
growing in the United States. and
most of them are thriving. according
to information given out by the eX-
perts of the Department of Agricul-
ture.
Specialists in this line Of work pre-
dict that these imported trees and
shrubs from the far east will prove
economically important The reason
why they have thrived in the eastern
North Atlantic section of this country,
the hortfcu1turalists in the government
employ believe. is because the climate
Is similar to that in eastern China.
A maple which grows seventy feet
high, whose leaves turn a golden vel
low in autumn, is one of the orna-
mental trees introduced from China Of
which government horticulturalists say
something may be expected A Chinese
elm particularly adapted for dry sec
tions for Withdrawing purposes has
proven satisfactory and is to be more
generally introduced. pine tree and
a Chinese butternut also have grown
We'll here. 1t is hoped that these all
may prove as ornamental and useful
as the maidenhair fern tree, which
has grown SO well along the streets
OF the National Capital.
A peach which bears an edible fruit
containing smooth stone unknown
heretofore) has been brought from
China. and may be used to improve the
commercial peach. \ tree that grows
in roadside thickets in parts of China
bears fine variety of ounce, golden
on one side and reddish on the other.
This also has done well in the United
States.
The adaptability of the Chinese wood
oil tree for cultivation in northern
Florida seems to have been proven. A
tree at Tallahassee. Fla, bore two
bushels of the fruit last season.
Other foreign plants from the West
Indies. Australia, Spain, South Amer
lca, Hawaii and the Philippines are
showing Interesting possibilities
Evening star., 1915-02-06
ACCUSED OF WRECKING BANK.
Thomas Poletz of Brownsville, Pa.
Arrested in Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI. February 6.-Thomas
PoIetz of Brownsville. Pa. was ar
rested and is being held here as a fugi
tive from justice in connection with
the alleged wrecking OF a bank at
Brownsville.
According TO DEPUTY Sheriff C. c.
CARROTS and County Detective John J.
Smith of Brownsville. who are in Gin
cinnati, Poletz manipulated his ac-
counts TO deceive his sister-in-la ".
who Wax his partner IL the bankiEs;
firm known as Il. Po.etz y Co. which
is now in the hands of Il receiver.
Poletz denies apScondiIfS will
s:o.O0o. the amount said by the police
to he involved.
Evening star., 1915-02-06
PLANS SECOND COTTON CARGO
Owner of the Dacia to Load Another
Ship at Galveston.

NEW YORK. February S-The Ameri-
can steamship Seguranca, recently uur-
chased from the Ward line by Edward
N Breitung. who also purchased the
steamer Dacia, is now in dry dock here
and is being converted to a cotton
carrying ship. According to representa-
tives of Mr.. Breitung the Seguranca
will be taken to Galveston within two
weeks and there loaded with a full
cargo of cotton for delivery at Bremen.
Evening star., 1915-02-06
Court of Claims.

Huston Thompson. assistant attor-
ney general in charge OF the bureau
for the defense OF suits against the
government, considers the Court of
Claims the keeper of Uncle Sans
conscience 1t is also the place
where post mortems of government
business are held. and the true his
tory of the nation could be written
from its archives. The story is by
Ashmun Brown. and it will be found
IN the Special Features Section of
Ehe-<3undoVS S0a1
Evening star., 1915-02-06
Try This IF You
Have Dandruf

There is one sure way that never
tails to remove dandrGff complete
" and that is to dissolve it This
destroys IL entirely. To do this.
Just get about four ounces of
plain, ordinary liquid arvon: apply
II at night when retiring; use
enough to moisten the scalp and
rub II in. gently with the finger
tips
BY morning most. If not all. OF
your daDdruff will be gone, and
three or four more applications
will completely dissolve and en-
tircly destroy every single sign
and trace of ii. no matter how
much dapdrrIff YOU may have.
You VIII find. TOO. that all itch
iuc and digging OF the scalp will
stop IustIntlN and Your hair will
p" iUffy. lHstrous glossy. silky
.ud soft and look and feel a hun
trcd times better
You can get liquid arvon at any
drug store. II is inexpensive. and
= four ounces is all YOU VIII need.
This simple remedy has never
"eeu known 70 fail.
Evening star., 1915-02-06
Policeman Hurt in Fall.

While making an investigation in
rear OF a house on Georgia avenue last
night about II o'clock Policeman An
tonelli of the eighth precinct fell from
a porch and his legs were injured. He
was taken to Freedmen's Hospital
Evening star., 1915-02-06
Steamship Deficit Increases.

BOSTON, February 6.-The deficit of
the Eastern Steampship Corporation in
creased from $124,7s2 in 1913 to s2S4,-
173 in 1914, according to report filed
in the federal court by the receiver.
Calvin Austin.
Evening star., 1915-02-06

suggested by a European investigator,
and subsequently perfected by the bu-
reau of mines in its experiments. 1t
consisted simply in overcoming the eX-
possibility of coal dust by mixing rock
dust with 1t. 1t was found that If 20
per cent of shale dust or so per cent of.
limestone dust were mixed with the
coal dust the mixture could not possi-
bly, be ignited.
Thus. an occasional sprinkling Of the
interior of mine with rock dust will
keep it perfectly safe, where daily wa
tertng would be necessary to get the
same result. Furthermore, the rock
dust is easily visible. and its proportion
may be readily estimated. 1t has also
been found that a sprinkling of white
limestone dust acts as reflector and
makes the mine great deal lighter.
In addition to this method of pre-
vention. system of rock dust barriers
has been invented by which an explo-
sion may be checked. For example,
several tons Of rock dust are placed in
the opening of an entry OF branch Of
tho mine. When the shock wave from
an explosion strikes this, a cloud of in
ert and non-infiammable dust Is thrown
into the air, and the explosion is stop
ped as effectively as by a steel wall. 1t
was found that there was no difficulty
In stopping a violent explosion with
one of these barriers, but a slow moving
wall of flame may creep over a bar
the bureau of mines, however, have de-
signed barriers which will release a
cloud of dust at the slightest explosion:
and these designs are to be published
for the benefit of the industry.
Evening star., 1915-02-06
Yet IT is rnauffest1y impossible To-

Yet It Is InaUffestly impossible To-
mine coal without causing a great deal
Of dust to aocu-
Mix Rock Dust muiate within the
With Coal Dust. 4inn ,ha. t tass
the experimenters was how to render
the dust harmless. Water naturally suS
gested itself first, for when the dust
was thoroughly damDened it would
neither go into suspension nor would
it ignite. But constant watering
throughout the mine would be neces-
sary to absolutely prevent explosions.
and that would hardly be practicable.
The eolnffo0 OF fnA- psoblem SRa4 Axsh
Evening star., 1915-02-06

detail Of the extensive work which the
bureau of mines is
Extensive Work doing to lessen the
.e 1r: n loss of life among
AS miners. By its res
cue work it has practically revolu-
tionized the procedure in case of acci
dents. Eight completely equipped res
cue cars are maintained at various
points in the mining districts by the
bureau. They travel about and give
miners instructions in rescue and first
aid work; while in case of an accident
they are rushed to the scene and give
active assistance A recent addition to
this life-saving equipment is motor
truck carrying rescue apparatus which
has rendered material assistance sew
eral times within the past year in the
Alabama mines.
Formerly great accidents usually re-
suited in intense excitement, and lives
were almost always lost unnecessarily
as the result of courageous miners
blindly entering passages filled with
poisonous gases in an effort to reach
the victims. Now, there are always on
hand men with oxygen tanks on their
backs and breathing helmets upon their
heads, who make preliminary eXplo-
ration of all unventilated parts of the
mine. The men using this apparatus
inexperienced man will always try to
do more than his oxygen supply will
permit. In mines where oxygen dp-
paratus is not yet kept on hand, safety
lamps and canary birds are used to
guard against the poisonous gases. The
birds are especially reliable in giving
warning against dangerous conditions
Practice in rescue work has been car
ried on by the bureau by holding what
are termed field
Gives Instructions maneuvers" at va
in Rescue Work. ros,mn5ns r,ous n0'nas !" sac ,ne
tions Such maneuvers were held dur
ing the past year at Pittsburgh. Pa.
and Rock Springs, Wyo. The field en-
ployes of the bureau gathered at these
places. coalmine operators were in
vited to send their men best trained in
rescue work, and state mine inspectors
were also invited to be present. The
gatherings were very successful. An
abandoned mine was made use of, and
explored continuously for twenty-four
hours, just as though miners had been
entombed there by an explosion. At
the end of each week of training
miners who had been properly in
structed were sent with their breathing
apparatus into parts of the mine where
the air had been made noXious, so that
they faced the actual conditions created
by an explosion.
Thus, wear by year, the lives of coal
miners have been made safer, while the
improvements in rescue and preventive
work have had an immense develop
ment of the industry to keep up with
Now that the industry has more nearly
reached its growth, there is every
prospect that Its dangers will be great
| ly reduced.
Evening star., 1915-02-06

1t rs in the prevention of mine acci- !
dents, however, that the most notable |
Evening star., 1915-02-06

John W. Hurley took holiday this
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-06-07
"The TIDES Turn"

The report of the interstate commerce
commission on railway earnings for April
shows net revenues of SOB .s2l SOS. against
net revenues Of S32.222.Tgl for the same
month last wear. The RAILWAYS have
thus ceased to march toward bankruptcy,
~ impairment Of the quality Of their
service. The tide has turned, or is about
to turn
The figures are not quite a. res assuring
however, a. appears On the surface. II
appears that the increase IN net il not
due 20 an increase 10 gross. bat 70 = de-
crease IN operating expenses. A. there
il no reason for thinking that the rail
roads a wear ago were over manned or
that they were spending too much on
maintenance. and. perhaps IN the end "a
T'ensiye. economies. But with gross only
down s2nunHm for the month. whereas
i uss down s7aonfH0 during the pre-.
cediHg nine months 4 is clear that the
balamce. 81 not - rearessed. is soon 20
b..
Tho order ~ the interstate commerce
commission PERMITTING en- increase in
railway rHtea has been rinieafed N is
n8w rlsin tisHt Il did u8t c1nnr fnueh too.
snpu that 81 the rnfinav sfTiienti0n rad
Hrt isrn rrnufef raiiraad conditions. IN
stead 81 Improving Huuid b. gHtt1nr
earse. The cd Hra ~ iagting ~ insiders
81 ever. and Investment IN ~ iirnaa sarrr-
ifies h0lis usf small hpTe ~ bringing
sudasr Fortune. hut some tasis for rail
uaF a-rff is or iHast furn.shsf. and rqr.
sfrrHtfttit ard sHiHFrtif rnenaFed eoru.
fauirs vir = staa - pzy iutsfrst charges
- ESQ sure flfr uusf bsrruu g. nskf
Improvement NfW Enfk r.iois.
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for itself. He then made a strong plei
for the small college where cultured
!. Christian men on the faculty can get IL
personal touch with the students. VIVA
an opportunity for conservation of serv
ice and Christ-like sacrifice. The early
colleges of New England trained mer
mostly for the ministry. To-day young
men are in training for many pursuits II
life.
DR.. Franklin then spoke Of many oi
the great and good men that Wesleyan
had produced showing how their scholar
ship had been used for splendid service
That, he said, shows us the highest kind
of nobility and the highest kind OF serv-
ice and the highest kind of nobility does
not forget God, and the education that
forgets God omits the maio premise.
| The greatest emancipation is gained by
| loyalty to Jesus Christ and when we
really enthrone Christ, truths will adjust
| themselves.
| He then spoke OF the splendid men on
the faculty OF Wesleyan university, many
of them men Of national reputation and
men of Christian ideals who believe that
| in the training of students il is not al
together scholarship that should be sought
but the building up of Christian eharac
ter. 1t is not fops nor educated rascals
that we need, but true men--more men
of the DIR. Thomas Arnold type, not those
like Lord Chesterfield
He then called attention to a fine ar
ticle in the March number of the Atlantic
Monthly on "Whither?" and said there
was much food for thought in that ar.
ticle. He said the Christian college in
some ways takes the place or stands in
the place somewhat OF the parent at the
critical time in the boys life. Wesleyan
is one of the Christian colleges in the
land and he quoted some of the common
dations of men who had had the oppor-
tunity to study the inside workings Of
that institution, making the statement
that Wesleyan is one of the cleanest col
leges we have.
He also said that Wesleyan gagged a
man not from the money standpoint. for
there rich and poor are on the same foot.
ing. IL is character that counts.
The address was replete with much TO |
help and inspire and the large number Of |
young people present must have felt the |
impress of IL.
The pastor of the church, Rev. f. F. /
Newell, in introducing President Shankln
said that the Hedding church in its three
last pastors had men who were graduates
of Wesleyan and be was glad 10 introduce
President Shanklin and hoped that even
II the boys did not see their way clear
to go to Wesleyan yet he did hope the
coming OF such men as the dean OF Tufts
college and DIR. Shanklin of Wesleyan
would stir the boys and girls OF larre TO
20 somewhere for what higher education
could give them. The large chorus choir
of the Holding church furnished excellent
music.
DIR. J. w. Barnett OF the Congregational
,hurch offered prayer. that church post
'oning its service until O'Clock. when
arge congregation gathered at the Con.
yregationsl church TO listen 20 very
lelpful address by Miss Evans. a recent
delegate 20 The Hague peace conference
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-06-07
CURRENT COMMENT
The News From Mexico.

On the heels OF the presidents agree.
ment with his cabinet Tuesday on new
policy toward the contendng factions in
Mexico comes the distressing news of the
killing of six Americans near Tampico
Though the details are not yet clear, nor
is it known that the slaughter holds any
relation to this changed American atti.
tude, the tragedy bears pathetic evidence
at an exceedingly critical moment of a
problem which must sometime be solved.
Night Mexico not be made a Pan
American question: Thus considered the
president could invite representatives of
the Argentina, Brazil and Chill TO Join in
restoring order there. Participation by
our LatinAmercan neighbors would al
lay the hostility which Mexicans would
otherwise feel toward us. They are eN.
tremely sensitive; they recall the des-
pollution of ls4s; they suspect our mo-
tives now. Nothing would unity tns
MeNcans 80 much AZ pressure from the
United States. Huerta himself told the
reporters this on his arrival in New York,
and he told the truth.
Might il not be wise to give evidence
TO the world of our own good faith and
disinterested purposes by inviting the
other nations OF this hemisphere, which
maintain orderly governments, TO coop
crate in setting Mexico on its feeti Our
Monroe doctrine must eventually be Wild
ened. ID cannot permanently stand out
against the world. And the first allies
that We should seek TO secure in its main
tenance are those on this continent.-B os-
ton Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-06-07

The baseball season which has just
been conducted by the team representing
Spaulding high school was fully as sue
cessful in point of victories gained as
could have been expected, but the sup
port which the team was given by the
public and the students of the school was
not at all commensurate with the fine work
which the boys have done ever since the
early games of the schedule. The team
has been giving really superior exhibit
ton of the national game as baseball is
played by high school teams hereabout.,
and the games have been conducted in a
gentlemanly manner so that there was
no reason for such poor attendance as has
marked most of the home contests. The
accommodations for spectators at the
Lincoln campus are not of the best, but
even that drawback should not have tend
ed to deprive the boys of the financial
support they deserved. Another season
should find the public and school more.
ready to r~nder assistance that is needed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-06-07

Doubtless the Barre granite industry !,
pleased with the advertising vhieh IL -.
cures through IL friends in Quincy. bui
the progressive men engaged in the indus.
trF would BE- pleased 10 have newspapei
cuts of Barre quarries properly lsbeied AZ
such instead Of heiug placed before The
public - Quincy qusuies. For instance
IN the Boston SUNDAY Globe ~ vester
dsy's date. Juns q there vas an entlu.i.
sstis writsup IF ths Qainry granite in-
dustry and i was accompanied ~ re-
produced Photograph vhieh vas lsFeies
4 Quincy granite quarry ~ to-day.
A. = matter - fat tle riaturt was x
Photograph of tbe urFsg euarrr ~ 3. n
smith 4 Co. ths ueH knpsn Barre rrr.
sns was tsken dorm fear ga. 81 the
center ~ TIE rrturs stHnas ftr lats C1ar-
snef Wheatou. uho uss surannfandsnt
81 ~ gusrrF and b. ,ne sias is 81 r.
kottor the wtH kSfoWr ttsd man. uha
rsusea ffs riesu-s 81 - tskrr ellie -
vas trrfur on s1-uf nea tur1s - 81.
0uzTv. $50 saufs5 ia fif rasuss orr
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-06-07
F. H. Rogers & Co
We Clean, Press and Repair Clothing

five quarry workers, some of whom were
picked out by their friends as the cut
appeared in the contemporary yesterday
How the picture may have drifted into
The Globes Office and have become mis-
labeled is not known. II is known that
an enlarged picture in frame was exhibit.
ed at the ST. Louis exposition and is now
in the State House at Montpelier. II
may have been one of the numerous
smaller pictures OF the scene that was
utilized to show up the Quincy quarries
of to-day. However, if Quincy is willing
to let picture a dozen years old stand
for representation of "a Quincy gran
lite quarry of to-day" perhaps Barre
should not object.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-06-07
SPOKE ON OPPORTUNITY"
Principal Lockwood Addressed Seniors at
Bethel Last Evening.

Bethel. June THE baccalaureate ex.
ercises az the Congregational church last
evening we're very impressive and well
attended. Members Of the class Of 1915
served ss ushcrs. Several ministers as.
sisted IN the services. The choir was At
IL best. the choruses being well rendered
The solo parts were done BY Mrs. r. NJ.
Chase and n. A. Hinkley. Principal y. =
lockwood spoke very earnestly on ''Op-
portunity,F which BE- said comes daily -
everyone. The sucoess Of life depends
upon ones treatment Of IL. Opportunity
foi service Was chiefly emphasized. Hap.
piness i the chief thing sought. bot %
obtain happiness b. making others un-
harry i wrong and is not tho wa 70
true happiness. This is Principal Tock
woods fnsl haccslaurests address. ss ~
goes next fall 20 study a. Harvard iaw
school
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-06-07

weeks festivities. About forty stu
dents will appear in symbolic pantomime
on the academy campus. This promises
to be one of the most pleasing events
of the week The graduating exercises
viii be held at the South church Thurs
day forenoon, to be followed by the
alumni luncheon and reunion in the aAad-
envy auditorium at noon. The com
mencement program will close Thursday
evening with senior class "prom." in
the academy auditorium.
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