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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-01-21
German Official Statement.

Berlin. Jan. 2l.-Thc official statement
says that only artillery duel~ are taking
place ~ Belgium. Repeated French at
tack> were rcpul>ed near Arra~.
The Germans recapturcd some lost
trenches near pont A. MouS~on. There j.
heavy fighting in the Nosgcs
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-01-21
Daniel Guggenheim Would Tax Large
Fortunes For Benefit Of Poor

the benefit Of the poor on the death of the
owners. lie said that hc favored a uar-
ernmcnt employment bureau provisions
for aged worker. and profit sharing. not
withstanding the fact these principle.
are socialistic.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-01-21
EX.KHE0IVE OF EGYPT
GOES TO TREAT WOUND
by Associated Press.)
Was Shot in law Recently When Attempt
Was Made to Take His Life-Can Not
Head the Army of Invasion.

Geneva. Italy. Jan. Il. Vienna dis
patches SAY that the cX khc,livc OF Egypt
j. going To Bcrc. Switzerland. for. treat.
mcnt for wound. received in Il recent at-
tempt on his life at ConStantinople lie
was shot in the jaw II will be impossi.
bic for him a. head the army invading
Egypt.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-01-21
UVAL0e BOYS ARRESTED
CHARGE, TRAIN HOLDnP
(By Associated Press.)

tvalde. Texas. Jan. 2l.-Clinton Phil
IL ana Charlie Daniels. Ivaldc bows.
have been arrested charged with the
Southern Pacific train hold up near here
three weeks ago.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-01-21
BRITISH ARREST HIGH
GERMRN OFFICER AT SEA
Bv Associated Press.l

Geneva. Jan. 2l.-lt i reported that a
British war~hip arrested on liner en-
route from Genoa Ia New York Count Won
Keller q high German officer. who was GO
ng 10 the United States on n secret mis-
sion. He was landed al Gibraltar.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-01-21
(By Associated Press.)

New York. y. y. Jan. n Daniel Gug
senheim. the smelling macnate today told
the commission investigating the Rockc
Teller foundation and other institutions
That large fortunes should be taxed Tor
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-01-21
Want Act Made Constitutional.
lBU Associated prexsI.

Dallas. Texas. Jan. 2I.-The Texas En-
ploycr> Liability Association announced
today that il will try 10 have the en-
ployers liability law amended to mc.t the
uncon>titutionality decision by the su-
preme court Of Texas yesterday
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-01-21
Oklahoma City Times is Sold.

Oklahoma citv Okla. Jan. al-John
Fields M Frank Northrup today bought
the oklahoma Cii Times. They announce
its politics will be independent.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-01-21
GARzA ATTEMPTS TC BRING
QUIET TO THE CAPITAL

Mexico City, Jan. 2I-President Cara
last night said that he is trying TO re-
establish tranquility in the capital. II is
reported that Gutierrez has taken to the
woods, most Of his troops having deserted
him.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-01-21
RUSSIAN TROOPS IN
GOOD CONDITION
tBv AsSu lated Press.

Vienna. Jan. 2l.-rhe Archdukc Frrdc-
The Au>trian~ are IN good condition. The
soldiers are impatient to begin a new cam
puIgn against the Russians
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-01-21
B. B. Beard is Dead at Tyler.
by Associated Press.)

Tyler, Texas, Jan. 2l.-B. 3. Beard. -
years old. Tor ten year. county Judge here.
ana Tour wears mayor. y member ~ the
Legislature several years. and Cunicdcr-
ate veteran. died here last night of pneu-
monia.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-01-21
s.ssssss sssessss
NEW WAR RECORDS ON
WHEAT MADE TODAY


Chicago. ILL.,, Jan. 2l.-New war
records for wheat were reached on
the Chicago pit today. May wheat GO
Ing Ia ~l.45 3-s. reaching level ~
three cighth~ ~ crrt higher than
the record of several days ago.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-01-21

lie that depends upon popular will
~wims with fin~ ~ lead and hrw~
down oaks with ru-hr~.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-01-21
DAC|A COTTON
INSURED, BUT
NOT THE SHIP

Washington u. Il. Jan. 2l The fcdcr
al war insurance bureau decided today
Z" insure the cotton aboard the Dacia at
GALVESTON. but refuses tuinSurc the ship
because the British challenge her owner
ship.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-01-21
QUESTION

lie that makes "A question where
there J. no doubt must make an
answer where there y ~ reason.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-01-21
French Official Statement.

Paris. Jan. 2l-The official statement
today reviews the past two months. claim
ing that with only one exception the allies
have done all the ground gaining which
waS accomplished. II names scores 81
such advances.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-01-21

Fresh young men delight to Get picked.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-06
wArTsFIELD

wr. George M Jones. Who has been
in with bronchitis tle past few weeks
Be- improving.
George Hastings is housed uith an e.
tack 81 grippe
Ned Nruc0mb ueHt Friday u1nn -
Weafan hosptai a. M0utpeier fur treat
rarf NJ Nruromh b. suffering aClts-
fr from whaf seemei IKE q stuTraEf.
Fr.s father. q. H Newcou.h. aud 30 ulfe.
accompanied here.
The Pstsl-ahs end Q. q. q. 3 rare
thsr nruuai supper ThursdaF nirit BEL
a q. O p. haA A pleasing program uI
frusir end reading uas ciFHu ard ai,1ut
IS were present.
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-06

nestle science by the laboratory method
and the boys get manual training IN adj
dition. The work is distinctly practical
When a chickenhouse was wanted, it was
these young boys from the classes IN
manual training who built it. The boys
and girls raised vegetables that took
prizes at the copper country fair last
fall
To help make life interesting for the
Young people, the school conducts dane
INC parties. For the young men, farm
ers club has been formed, where those
above school age may discuss farm prob
lens and seek to better their methods.
The otter Lake agricultural school IS
ga new that large results cannot yet be
looked for; but an expenditure IN the
enterprise for plant and equipment OF
some $4,000 manifests the faith OF Supt.
J. A. Doelle and the board OF education
of Portage township in il. In addition
10 this outlay, $4,000 has been sPent
in constructing an cw and direct high
wav from the district TO Houghton as
a direct result from the school enter
prise.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-06
A MODEL COUNTRY SCHOOL
Is Being Conducted by Finnish Farmers
in a Michigan Town.

in a Michigan Town.
One does not look for modern school
with city equipment, located in the
primeval woods, surrounded with a
sparse and backward rural population
that does not even speak the language
of the country. This you viii find, new
ertheless, if you take the Otter lake road
running south from Houghten, Mich,
and follow it for some Ii miles, accord
ing to a reoprt furnished the bureau OF
education by l.. A. Chase, Houghton
high school, Houghton, Mich. 1t takes
YOU into a settlement of Finnish farm
ers, men once miners but now following
their natural vacation. For % years
these people have lived off the highway
of civilization, far from markets, with
ont telephone or rural free delivery, liv-
ing and dying unto themselves alone
They are in the copper district OF Mlchi-
gan, but are miles off the copper ranges
in a region wholly neglected except by
the lumberman and such agriculture as
these Finnish farmers can practice,
They happen, however, to be within the
limits Of Portage township, which is
about three times the size OF the usual
Michigan township, with an up-to-date
school system based upon the township
unit system popular in the northern
peninsula of Michigan.
Life and industry in Portage town
ship are varied. At the northern end
is Houghton, an important shipping
point by lake and railroad. Back OF
Houghton are the mining locations,
among the oldest in the state, and be-
vond these is the farming district. The
township school system has ID schools,
including a well-equipped city high school
at one end of the scale and the Otter
Lake agricultural school at the other.
The latter school is now in its second
year OF operation and was built TO solve
number OF problems. How 20 get an
immigrant population on TO the land
and keep il there; how 20 add agricul-
ture 10 the industries Of the district
through the agency of the public school F;
these are some Of the problems attacked
by the school management of Portage
township,
The Otter Lake agricultural school
stands at the corner Of a wooded school
pronud 40 acres in extent. IL is an
eight room, two-story structure, not
counting small rooms and basement. IL
is equipped with electric lights, gas, wa
ter under pressure, plumbing, and hot
water heating, precisely as in city
school. Il is alec equipped with APP
paratus for teaching agriculture by lab
oratory methods, domestic science, and
manual training, aud a dairy department
is furnished with cream separator, Bah
cock tester, and large rotary churn.
In a chickenhouse adjacent is flock OF
pure blooded fowls, and near by are
pigs Of similar rating. Other livestock
is 70 be added, including highgrade
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-06

as an efiicacious means of protection for
them, inasmuch as it would serve as a
warning to drivers of other vehicles
who, under the present arrangements
have not the slightest means of know
ing of the presence of such unlighted We
hicles, unless they be drivers of auto
mobiles, in which case the lights of the
latter give a fairly early warning. But
useful as these automobile lights are in
searching out the objects in the high
way. they are not entirely satisfactory
and many times the drivers of motor
cars come upon teams most unexpected
", when, ii the teams had carried a
single light, there would have been lit
tie occasion for failure to discern the
team some distance away, or at least
to note the warning light which indicat-
ed team. As a means of self-protec-
ton, law along this line is bound to
become imperatively necessary in Yer
mont.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-06

breeding animals, for the school seeks TO
be the agency whereby better grades OF
live stock are introduced into this com
munity. So it is also with the crops.
-Four acres Of the 40 belonging to the
school have been cleared, and most OF
this has been devoted to the raising OF
cereals and vegetables of variety supe-
rior to that found in the neighborhood
So far as practicable, the work out-ot-
doors is done by the pupils, boys and
girls alike.
The school stands ready to do any
thing that promises the regeneration OF
the community, economically, socially,
and intellectually, and will not allow
precedent or convention to interfere with
the attainment of this object. 1t is to
work not only for the children, but for
all resident within the area of so square
miles. 1t is therefore community cen
ter, and once a month the parents assem-.
bic to discuss problems in which they
are interested and to listen to talks by
Finnish speaking or English ~r~akihg
persons capable of instructing toem. Lo-
cal men, prominent in the copper coun-
try, appear before these meetings and
speak of such matters as rural tele-
phone system, or silos, or the grange.
Formerly only four persons in the dis
trict took agricultural papers, and none
were members of the grange. There
was no telephone line into the district
and no rural free delivery. Now these
have come or are coming in the near
future.
In the equipment of the school, the
Finnish farmer can see some things
which he himself can have If he Will
He sees the four horsepower oil engine
running small dynamo that lights the
whole building electrically and at the
same time pumps water and air into a
large pressure boiler for a modern wa
ter system throughout the building. He
discovers that it takes five gallons OF
Kerosene. costing seven cents gallon,
TO run this equipment for % hours, and
that the machine viii also run the ehurn
and cream separator and do other sun
dry Jobs. eliminating many items OF
manual labor. He becomes interested IN
new crops that are probably more prof.
table TO grow than those he knows; the
rigorous climate, il is believed, can de-
velop extra hardy varieties OF seeds 70
be sold TO farmers farther south with
mutual advantage. The school has be-
gun TO help in marketing conditions. The
Finnish farmer ordinarily sees iittle
cash In one month the school bought
.5Sl pounds Of milk and 1873 pounds OF
Veam made butter therefrom at the
school. sold this in town, and paid the
proceeds 20 the farmers selling the raw
material.
One hundred and fifteen children are
in attendance at the school this winter
Under the laws Of Michigan, they must
continue 20 attend until the age OF 10.
In addition TO the regular course pre-
scribed for primary schools in Michigan
by the state department Of public in
striction, embracing the usual literary
subjects, each pupil spends one hour
day studying either agriculture or do
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-06
Capital Punishment.

The season for capital punishment dis
cussion has again arrived New York
and New Hampshire are debating the
question. New York's new warden at Sing
Sing opposes capital punishment. 30
does a representative association in Mas
sachusetts But on the same day when
its members appealed for a change in
our law in a public hearing at the state
House, the Senate committee of Wash
mgton state reported favorably a bill
to restore capital punishment, because
Homicide had SO greatly increased after
IL had been abolished there. And the
senate OF that state has since passed
the bill by a vote OF approximately 2
20 l.
Our American administration of Grim
inal law has largely failed with refer
ence 10 the grayest OF crimes. In 1914
there were s.25l deaths by personal yio-
lence in the United States, a number
comparable to the death list in a great
battle A few Of these were not techni-
callv murders, ne the "highwaymen kill
ed IA iustidable homicidel numbered
l24. while lSl more victims were ascribed
to INSANITY" But there remained near
Nv 5000 deliberate killings. This has
been about the annual rate for a mum
Der Of years.
What proportion Of the murderers are
cNccutedf London. In a recent year, had
20 murders, and IS executions, or %
Der cent. Our ratio is less than one
Der cent. There were IN this country
Ia mt IN
these 5000 homicidcs, and not all the
executions were for murder Of course
some states DO not infict the death pen.
altv. viz. Maine. Rhode Island. Kansas
Michigan. Minnesota, Wisconsin and
Washington. Thon tso states inlict the
doath penalty for robbery. seven for ar
son. aud D. for criminal assault. Oi
these - executions. 10 were for The
last mentioned crime
Statistic of any kind are not only
dry. but are useless oxceIf for Tire
one pugJose Of comparison. And wher
80 compare onr records of murder witt
that III Other nations, We get q startling
ilra 81 our standing. Per million o.
FORMULATION taking ten-gcar average. q
4 IHig. Denmark bad q murder rate Of
rFr auuums scotland. Of & Germany
.H England ard Wales. Of o. IRE
.anH 81 l0. Australia of %; Austria
.l Italv. 81 CO., Umcuav. IF ~ IN.
't Tinted Stafes Of 30 Think Of that.
WV the astonishing d.sparityf WIS
there nsafiF zen times ns NAM
murders hrre a. lu Great britain On.
7 srrmarvf The arsucr cannot hesfouu'
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were mfr Z5 r.rfifigrs. end oi meu
fr a mrars tn Chicago DO err
fu carried ertsl punishment
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laws ~ r-a.fiaarr the seus lrui Lan
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-06
A REFoRM ~ vERMoNT DELAYED.


The vote OF the legislature on Friday,
which killed the bill requiring the equip
ping OF road vehicles with lights at
night, merely postpones, we believe, =
reform which is bound TO be demand, 4
by the people when the road vehicles
become more numerous on the highways
Of the country districts where there is
no artificial method OF lighting. That
the vehicles are bound 10 grow in nuiS-
Der is plainly indicated by the increase
each year in the number OF motor We
hicles which are being registered IN the
state and also by the growing number
OF motor cars from outside which bring
summer tourists inside the borders Of
the state. Il i. equally certain, too.
that the horsc-drawn vehicles are not
decreasing 10 any appreciable extent in
any section OF Neromnt II must even
tuatc. Therefore that the danger Of night
travel win BE- considerably increased,
particularly Tor those who are using the
horse-drawn vehicles; and the users Of
that mode Of travel are uhiectiug them
selves 60 a greater degree Of danger by
their failure % place lights On their
carriages Or wagons. one light attached
10 vehicle of that sort would serve
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-06

The British merchantsbip that rammed
and sank a German submarine deserves
to have her broken prov set up in West
Minister Abbey or the Tower of London,
not necessarily for the accomplishment
of the act but for the holiness of the
move. The act of the ship was along
the lines of instruction laid down by the
British admiralty, which instruction was
considered somewhat idle by those not
acquainted with the vulnerablity Of sub
marines.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-06

Texas is likely to have trouble over
the proposition to divide that state imo
two separate and distinct states Of the
union, as such measure has been in
troduced into each branch of the state
legislature and is now being debated.
Inasmuch as,Texas in geographical area
is about 30 times as large as Vermont
and has only ten times greater popula-
ton, it must be a rather unwieldy adj
ministrative bulk to handle. However,
Texas has the right TO divide itself into
five states whenever it so decides, so
there is remedy at hand although the
use of the remedy may come hard.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-06
What Ignorancel

The new pupil teacher had arrived at
the school, and the budding geniuses
and Others were doing their best to form
an accurate estimate OF her abilities,
temper and general character.
The first lesson was to be one in nat
ural history, and the teacher had chosen
the interesting but complex subject Of
the cat.
Nov. children" she said, tell me-
what sort OF clothes pussy wears" No
reply.
come, comet" said the new teacher
determined 20 extract the right answer
by naming everything that pussy didn't
wear. Does she wear feathers
A panied expression crossed the face
Of little boy in the front row.
please, miss he asked pityingly,
"ain't YOU never seen a cat T'-Stray
Stories.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-06
CURRENT COMMENT
Voting Big SQUARE Miles.

"Lamoille county spunky though she
is-casts less votes than any one of the
following places; Burlington, Rutland,
Barre or Bennington. Barre Times.
And Lamoille county has many times
the legislative strength that any one Of
the places that outnumbers her in popu-
lation-the Vermont system of having
square miles and not people determine
her laws.-Rutland News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-06

We are informed that the delay in APP
pointing the police force OF Montpelier
was not due to neglect, as one might
have inferred from the published reports,
but was premeditated. Mayor Boutwell,
means to have as great efficiency as pos.
sible in all departments Of his city gov
ernment this year, and the failure to
appoint for a day was only one move IN
the plan to secure it.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-06

Gust as we got used to Przemysl,
here comes Przasnysz, Randolph Her
aid and News.
And when you get that digested try
Myszyniee as an after-dinner mouth
full
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-06

Washington, D. c., could have held an
Inauguration on March A, 1915 and not
felt the nipping cold Of winter. Two
years from now it may be, and probably
will be, different.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-06

1t is not probable that the Germans
will let the showing of a wedge into Tur-
key 90 on without some attempt to
draw off the hammer. SO look for some
counter move.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-06

Examination of the returns from town
meetings in Vermont reeyals the high
cost of administration in the growing
tax rates.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-06

We should presume that man named
Irwin S. Cobb isn't planning a pleasure
trip to Europe the coming summer
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-06

This esd Congress was great il meas
ured by the pages of the Congressional
Record.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-06

Ask to see those crepe de chine waists
at Perry's.