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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-30
TO FORM MILITARY CLASS.
ST. Albans Business and Professional
Men for Preparedness.

-. Albans. oct. 3o.--At a smoke talk
on military preparedness held az the
armofy last evening BY the - Albans
business and Professional Meas associ-
alton, the committee appointed az the
reocnt meeting 20 investigate the ad-
visibility u organizing . ciass in mill
tarY instruction presented q favorable
report The committee consisted of Ad-
jutaut General lee ;. Tiiiotson. John +.
Gushing and Dr. Allan Davidson.
II was voted that iastruction in mill
tsrY matters b. cOntmued in en- ednea-
tional way and that possibly later q
practical rourst Of Instructions viii be
taken ~. rapers ell be circulated -
dsternine how many dssirs - JOIN the
class.
Cnnrfess = nnk 4. Greene 81 ths city
tnd Col Joseph 7. uiekman. oummnud-
ing aliur 81 Port Ethan AIian, Wsre
ruksfs 81 tna meeting
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-30
20 GERMAN SHIPS
SUNK. IN IL DAYS
Liverpool Post Says that British Sub
marines Operating in Baltic Sea
Destroyed Vessels Aggregating
$4,000 Tons.

London, Oct. 30.--According 10 the
Liverpool Post, twenty German ships,
aggregating more than $4,000 tons, were
sunk by British submarines in the Bal
tic sea between Oct. IL and %.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-30
HALLOWEEN SPIRITS HOVER ABOUT
Several Celebrations Were Held Last
Evening, Many People Participating.

A number of Halloween festivities last
evening marked the approach of an au
tumn festival that is growing in signifi
cance year after year, although some OF
the more boisterous features are being
gradually eliminated and in their place
the celebrators are substituting indoor
sociables and parties such as obtained
last night. The eve of All Saints day,
which falls on Nov !, is commonly and
additionally observed as Halloween, but
the witching night occurs at the close Of
a Sunday this year, so it was altogether
natural that the festival should be cele-
brated last night and again thia evening,
possibly.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-20
FINLEY ISSUES CALL
TO ALIENS TEACHERS
Training Course on Immigrant
Methods VIII BE Held
in Albany.

AtnANY, Sept. 1a.-Dr. John Finley,
state Commissioner of Education. gave
out yesterday the programme for a
teachers training course on immigrant
methods which is to be held at the stat"
Education Building on september - and
October /. . and &. "ro assist the i'm
migrant to solve his own problems is
the motto announced by the leaders or
the state campaign against ilitcrarv,
the inability OF foreigners To speak Eng
lish and inadequate civic training.
cities and communities specially CO.
operating his year in the large expert
mental effort in eastern New York are
Albany, Troy, Schenectady, Amsterdam,
Hudson. Cohoes, Watervliet and Mcchan-
~icsyillc. About 100. 600 foreign born per-
sons live iu these Ctties, from one-itth
to ouo-fourth of whom cannot speak
English. As In New York city, Buffalo.
Rochester and some other places these
cities through the public schools have
been trying to meet needs of their large
foreign born population. Eff, r's this
year are planned on "A much larger scale.
The purpose of the course is to con
slider ways and means OF teaching and
assisting the immigrant to learn Eng
lsh and become an efficient American
citizen. Sessions will be held in the
Education Ruilding, Albany.
The COurSe will he conducted ny the
state Department of Education In CO.
operation with the tinted States Bureau
Of Education. immigration and naturali-
cation authorities and the committee for
Immigrants in America. Others who Will
participate will represent various city
departments Of education, county clerks,
court officials, churches, Young Mems
Christian Associations, civic organi2a-
lions and others.
Those directly connected with or in
terestcd Ia this movement as local COM
mitteemeu. mcmbers ~ school boards,
teachers. social workers aud govern
mental and educational officials are cN-
pected to attend. Interested citizens are
invited. Special delegations will bc sent
from at least the eight communities par
ticipatiug IN the cooperative campaign
during the fan and winter.
Some sort Of official recognition of
those who have prepared for uaturali-
cation during the fan and winter months
H. already contemplated FOR next spring.
II is held that training IN English and
c,viys shnuld develop naturally into def
mite preparation for American citizen
shin.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-20
URGES PREPAREDNESS
BEGIN WITH CHILDREN
Bureau Of Welfare Wants Al
Pupils in schools Examined
for Defects.

Less han ons-third Of the school chill
dren OF New York city receiv" the hene-
ms OF an annual physical examination,
according to a statement just issued by
the bureau Of welfar- of school chill
dren Of the New York Association for
improving the Condition OF the Poor.
Willard u. Straight is chairman of the
bureau and the statement was prepared
by Supt. Edward +. Brown.
"NhateV'r can be the need Of more
guns and battleships for national de-
fence he statement SAYS. there can
he 10 argument as to the need for a
physically sound citizenship. The best
national defence is based first OF all
upon the strength and efficiency Of the
individual citizens, ana it is hardly CON
siStcrt with any theory ~ preparedness
for national dang RS to neglect the
physical needs of moro than &C per cent.
of our future citizens.
according to the Health Department
practice each school child is entitled to
free examination by a school doctor in
order that defects may be discovered
and treated. hut owing to the iuadequacy
OF the staf of doctors assigned Ia this
work. only 80 per cent. Of the children
are given a thorough examination for
physical defects each year. In other
words. g. per cent 90 the 325 600 remain
In school uncXamincd for defects OF
physical deformiti,s. s."
The statement suggests that the best
nm thod OF cqualiZing tho benefits Of the
S3l4,910 spent by the city for this work
would be to examine each child once In
three years, with the added feature OF A
preference given to thu examination Of
new pupils. The system even then. ac-
Curdiug to the statement, would he in
adequate and many school childr n
would have to continue their work at Il
great disadvantage ON account of their
physical haHdicaps,
There is also an economic side of the
question which affects the city pocket
book. lin one year lG7,5NS children
failed Of promotion says the state
ment. BASED on the s"emi-aunual per
capita expenditure of Sl7,29 for educa-
ton il cost the city s2,S9S,434 to reedu-
cate this group, 1t is not fair to assume
that the failure of these children to ad-
vance was due altogether to the physical
defects which should have been removed
None the less, the Improvement mani
Tested by children who have been relieved
of their defects carries the inevitable
conclusion that the number of failures
would be substantially reduced II all the
children could he freed from these physi-
cal h~andiCaps,"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-20
LONGSHORE STRIKES
TO END, SAYS BUTLER
Union Leader to Take Up
Freight Handlers TrOu-
BILE To-day.
NO NEED OF WALkOUTS

President Richard !, Butler Of the
Greater New York District Council OF
the international Association of Long
shoremen said yesterday that he will
confer to-day with the representatives
Of the United Fruit Company to settle
the strike Of 700 freight handlers on
Pier Is, East River, and will also at
tempt to settle all other strikes.
Il am going to try and settle all
freight strikes from now on aud will do
my hes, to avert all threatened walk
outs" said Butler. None Of the strikes
which have taken place SO far have been
sanctioned by the International Assoc
citation.
II am sending out a general appeal
tn the longshure workers OF this city and
vicinity to refrain from strikes until
they "a first appealed to the union
The International Association now stands
ready to arbitrate all differences between
the freight handlers and their employees
and 1t Is pursuing this policy So that its
plans for the organization of 10000
freight handlers I'm this city may be-
facilitated.
we have already gained an agree
meut for two years from the steamship
companies for 1900 Of our members In
his city and IL We can effect a similar
agreement between the railroad com
panies and their 10000 freight handlers
We shall do 50.
Il ann now preparing the resolutions
on this subject which | will submit to the
san Francisco convention which will
500 be held"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-20
CALLS GUGGENHEIM
CAMPS PERILOUS
Observation-Disclosures Tells Of
400 Killed or Wounded
in Idaho.
CHARGES DENIED HERE

The Rev. II \. Atkinson. "A social SER
vice Investigator for the Congregational
Home Mission Society. returned to New
York yesterday after five weeks spent in
the mining region of Idaho. lie said at
the offices of the sUci ty. 2S7 Fourth ave-
nue., hat he found conditions in the dis
trict controlled by the Guggenheim In
%terests in great need Of improvement.
According to an int rview given to the
Church News Association of ~ East
Twenty-ttfth street. he fouud that
churches counted for little In the Gug-
genhcim mining camps. lie said that
the miners worked seven days a " elk
and hat they had their wages held back
fifteen days, with the result that the
men often had to borrow money from
the mining %company's bank, where they
paid Interest at the rate of 10 per cent.
a month.
MIR. Atkinson said that in one district
where there are $500 miners nearly 400
were Killed or injured last year. tie
thought this was the worst record of in-
Jury to industrial workers ever shown
IN America. IL was made worse, he said,
III view OF Ile ldCk vi ItultSS' NNH III
compensation law and no way open to
the families of the injured aud killed
employees to fnd help in their trouble.
Mr.. Atkinson said that he would make
a report to his society urging that II
use It's influence to get Il one ndy rest
In seven for all workmen IN that district
and AN adequate compensation law. The
local churches, he said, are powerloss To
enect these general reforms and Chris
tians everywhere m " join In the work.
\ director OF the Guggenheim COM
unies here aid last night that the
Federal Mining and smelling Company
was the only company with mines IA
Idaho in which IN" G~uggenheims had
an interest. They do not manage the
mpau however. he said. He WIS not
disposed t. believe the Rev. Mr.. Ath.n-
sons statements.
Frank Il RAIN, 4 director OF the
Federal Mining and Smelling company,
which has Offices at 81 broadway, said
last night tina ne didn't know whether
miners worked seven days a week IN
the Idaho mines, lie was sure, u" 80 Il,
that the men did not have their pay
held back fifteen days. They Were paid
twice a month
as for that number Of killed AMI
Injured within a year he said, 81 think
those figures are too hg for NE waol"
State
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-20
TRADE PROBLEMS COMING
WHEN UROPE Var ENDS
National City Banks "Americus' Sees Difficulties Due
to Advanced Wages and High Cost of Raw Mate
rial Resulting From Munitions Orders.

Far sighted manufacturers are already
Of the war will bring them face to face
with the necessity of reorganizing Amer
lean industry to meet European compe-
tition. says an article in the Americas,
published by the National city Bank.
This reorganization will be hampered by
the steady upward trend OF the cost of
labor and raw material. due to the arti-
fetal stimulus of war orders.
These are the two chief factors that
enter into the situation. The increased
cost of materials has been felt in lines
not directly connected with the manu-
facture OF munitions and the tremen-
dously Increased wages of men and
women engaged in the making OF NUM-
tions has drawn from their ordinary oc-
equations many thousands of workers.
Some manufacturers have had to meet
the offers of munitions makers in order
to keep their organizations intact and
those who could not have faced the prob
lem Of decreased industrial efficiency.
With the seasonal increase in mercan-
tile and industrial activity manufactu-
rers feel that there may he a more gem
eral tendency to increase wages above
the normal level, which will make it diff
iicult to keep the cost of production
down TO n point whore it will be possible
to compete with Europe. one manufac-
turcr is quoted as saying:
IF wages go up IL will be next to inn
possible to get them down again at the
end of the war
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-20
DYESTUFF EXHIBITS
ON VIEW THIS WEEK
National Exposition of Chem
zeal Industries at Grand
Central Palace.

In connection with the National En-
posltlou Of C1emical Industries a, the
,,.ua cor,r., p,i. ,ht. 49,.
ing ol the lechhlchl sectloh OF the Ahltrl-
can Paper and Pulp Association will be
hold in tho Palaces lecture room on
rs.
i""''
one or the most important FEATURES
of the meeting will be the discussion by
/ - Stora nresldent % tho N,,io,al
'\h'''ie AN" '"e'''a' Company Oh 'he
prospects for relieving the scarcity OF
UyoStufrS necessary for use In the paper
i,drs,rv
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-20
NEWARK DOCTOR DROWNED.
Motor Boat ONcrturps-TvO Conn
pnniOns Rescued.

SANDY HOOK. y, j., Sept. l9-Dr
George +. NJ. Lamont ~ 22i Bdlertir'
Parkway. Newark, was drowned off tn,
Hook to-day when a motor boat was cap
sized i'm a heavy sea and three person,
Worr thrown in the water.
The other twu were lssCued by If.
savers from the shark River life saving
station. They were stephen Miller 81
Orange, and Charles Grant, q negro, e
Newark.
The boat was heading for Ncwl. y
from the Shark River viii a small boa'
In tow suddenly they ran into u heay,
sea, and seeing the danger started fur
shore, but the boat overturned before
they had made much Roadway. Miller
ana Grant came up near the boat an
held on, hut Ir Lamont was carried
away by the strong tide His body was
recovered
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-20

making war materials have sough and
obtained the cooperation OF the others.
There is no friction between the manu-
facturers. In fact, some OF the men who
are giving most assistance are munitions
makers. And, rs regards the wage prob
lem, "a very wise attitude has generally
been ssumed by employers, 80 nat ma
tional labor leaders are able to Join with
them In the most important matters of
policy.
The United States manufacturer is
not going to he permitted to forget that
national industry cannot get away from
economical standards OF production
without running serious chances. The
subject is being discussed everywhere
a man who occupies a particularly in.
fuential position in The councils Of a
closely working group OF large manu-.
faCturers says
~"lndustry In this country Is going tc
be ready for sharp competition at the
end of the war. We must get ready.
Ii seemed certain when the war began
that 1t would end with Europe badly
crippled and unable to offer competition
for years. Europe has surprised us al.
ready. 1t now looks as IL the nations
might come back very quickly and with
great strength. Germany may mobilize
for "A trade war in IA surprisingly shor,
time. II II is thought best to do So she
will certainly put her industries imme.
diately upo a military basis of or
ganization, permitting no emigration OF
workmen, making 1t treason to hinder In
any way the national conduct OF manu-
facture and sale. European labor
forces may be somewhat reduced. bu;
they will go back to the factories vigor.
Gus and well disciplined. They will put
up a fight from the beginning
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-20
GOING BLIND, KILLS HIMSELF.
Hotel Keepers Troubles Added TO
by Death of Wife.

WEsTBUEY, y. j.. Sept. 19-FcarluG
that he was going blind and Respondent
over the loss Of his wife about a year
ago ALEU- Morrison. - years Of age.
a hotel keeper of this place, ended his
life early to-day by shooting himself
in the forehead.
Morrison up to about three years ago.
when he opened up the hotel on Union
avenue, was superintendent of the large
estate of r.. u, Morgan and prcylous
to that had held a similar position ON
the estate Of "N-Ambassador Robert
Bacon.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-20
CHANGES HIS GERMAN NAME.
d Briginn Nr. Schnucrmnun ia
Ia lie sherman.

Hereafter Conrad Schaucgnluu ut
25l West l3oth street and his tNr
children, Walter ANA Augusta, vii uo
known a. sherman instead Of S@chnu..-
mann. Wa aud business have htuu.lt
about the change.
In their petition the father .,nI Som
state they manufacture ltces and deaf
mostly with Bclgians. Since tine war
has been waged and German have take.
possession Of Belgian territory m,
Schalermanns say their German name
has handicapped them greatly. Tho
Relgians viii have no business collation.,
with any one who is y Uicrnltu or hls A
ndnle of German extraction.
Vt present Mr.. Schlucrmaun tlo
ialhrr Is In London, lie says he md
II increasingly more difficult to dn huv,.
moss ''"re while he bears tho name of
: hau'"nunnn, aS the English are 40
oppnS'd ~ an things German and do no.
tak" INTO consideration his naturaliza-
ton rs an hm--ican citizen.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-20
SPY CAUSED HOLOCAUST.
Employed Rusc 10 Biow Up Rus-
sian Munitions Factory.
special cabis De,patcA to Tnr sr>

IoNpoN. Sept. l9-Thc p,uhageu
correspondent OF the DdiIy N.icS telc-
graphs
The explosion in the Okhta mun'-
lions factory at Petrograd. which Killed
an IMMENSE number of workers. was
caused by buc OF the head workers.
who was 4 German. He left his house.
which was IN tn" plant, telling his
housckecper tina II he had not returned
within "A g.v"n time it would Indicate
that he had been shown out Of Russia
AS most other Germans had been. In
that EVEN he told her to call a fellow
worker BY pressing a certain button.
The man do not return and the
woman followed instructions and
pressed the button. The explosion fol-
lowed"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-20
WOUNDED. HE CATCHES THIEF.
Mail Carrier. with Arm In shrcds,
Rests Gun on wall.

South NoRwALK, Conn, sept. IL
With his right arm In shreds from the
elbow. James Middlebrook, a Wilton
mail carrier. this afternoon held at bay
Richard Taylor. a horse THIEF and house
breaker. until comrades of the Wilton
c~Onstabulary arrested their man.
Middlebrook had been pressed into
service when posse traced Taylor
into thick woodlands. He was armed
with n double barrel shotgun with which
he was not familiar. In some way one
barre was discharged and blew of
Middlebrook's right arm. At the same
instant almost he spied Tayor, and put
ting the gun on a stone wall as "A rest
ordered the desperate to surrendor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-20
KEPPLER IN SINGER ROW
win Lead Nnchinists IL WniLout
Comes To-day.

The impending strike of 5000 workers
in the Singer machine shops AT Elizabeth
to-day will be conducted under the au-
spices Of the International Association
Of Machinists. IL Is expected. IN case it
cannot be ayerted by arbitration.
Nice-Prcsident J. j. keppler OF the
machinlsts said yesterday
The eight hour strike movement
which is now going OF throughout the
country Is not confined to the m~achinists
alone. The machiuists have taken the
initiative and all branches OF tn, metal
trades in many instances are taking part
In the general series Of strikes which
are now Of daily occurrence in the larg-
est machine shops Of the country
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-20
More BayOnnc Plants Gram
Eight Hour Day.

Three more Bayonnc plants have fol-
lowed the example OF the standard and
TideNater oil companies In granting
their employees an eight our workddy.
They are the racInc Coast EoraN Com
pany, Bergen Port sulphur Company
and Safety Insulated Wire and Gable
COMPANY.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-20

Panama Canal, was held up eight days
az the Pacific end Of the canal 10y a
Slide IN the tut.
While nearing Balboa, I'm the Pacific,
the American nautical talent aboard Tn"
Finland had a chance to show the pas
sengers the value of boat drill. ~
Hilderbraud, seaman, fell overheard.
Within fourteen minutes after he struck
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-20
FINLAND IN s DAYS LATE.
steamship with 30. on Hoard pc.
Iaycd by Canal slide.

The steamship Finland. ig Yesterday
from san Francisco and Los Angeles
with J37 passengers by way e the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-20

To meet these conditions manufactu-
rers and labor men have been cooperating
with a view to preparing for the read
justment which both sides feel must
come later.
Even the makers OF munitions have
recognized the problem that will con-
front the country AZ the end of the war
and the general policy has been to put
the increase over ordinary wages in the
form OF bonus and special payments. TO
make the employee feel that he is shar-
ing In the extraordinary profits Of war
without any alteration an the basic
standard OF wages. Another factor en-
ters into the situation, however, and the
article goes on To say
The disorganization arising out of
the attractiveness of catering to war de-
mands is not confined to manufacturing
and the labor forces. \ leading trade
publication sounds the warning that too
many concerns ave been so absorbed in
war orders as to neglect old customers
and thus lose business that they will
need before long The United States
MANUFACTURER has been criticised because
he will not cultivate foreign sales while
domestic demand Is good. Now he is
chided because he ~forgets his established
domestic business in the excitement over
the big profits of "A temporary industry.
This situation is being faced in "A re-
markably constructive spirit by 50 many
strong men who are acting in unanimity
as 10 warrant confidence that when the
time comes that We must meet close COM
petition again in the worlds markets
Cncludirg our home markets. the ma
tional Industries will he in strong for
nation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-20

This man Is confident that United
states Industry will be ready for the
competition. lie is In the centre of the
preparation for 1t. says that the situa-
tiOn is being handled with rare intelli-
gtncc and that manufacturers are
awakening TO the needs of the hour.
Although he is busy with munitions and
has not been active in the campaign for
expansion OF export trade, he says tina
the connections W. are now making in
foreign markets will be OF great help,
because some of them are sure to per
sist.
There is nothing gained by alarmist
predictions, but we should be prepared.
\ conservative cN-Presid,nt OF the
United States is said to believe tha il
will take Europe six months to disarm
after the first protocols Of peace. One
man Of important experience believes
that Europe will take the position OF a
developing continent right after the
war, deNoting years to reconstruction,
borrowing of US TO do So. Another sees
immediate worldwide liquidation OF
whatever Europe has to sell at sacrifice
prices. On the one hand wages and the
cost of living are higher in England on
the other France is giving special voca-
tioual training t. crippled men. Ger
many's campaign OF commercial mobi-
lizatiuu after the war Is not yet an
nLuuced.
The profits OF our war orders are be
Ing widely distributed and II rightly
used can help strengthen national indus-
Try for the worldwide commercial strug-
gle that is coming. Not, however. II the
benefits bc perverted into rampant gem
eral extravaganza or speculation and We
forget the grave danger OF a lapse from
standards of economy and efficiency. II
manufacturing costs and prices rise we
Will offend the temporary foreign buyers
Of whom We might make permanent GUS
toners and will find ourselves in a
costly state OF unprepareduess when
Europe comes back. The efforts our
leading men In Industry are making
show the gravity OF the situation. VIII
the rank and file Of manufacturers and
will workingmen see II in time