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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-07
How TO Maintain Soil Fertility
Without Potash

Farmers are finding it practically i'm
possible to secure potash, or any mixed
fertilizer in which potash is found in any
reasonable quantities, because Of the war
in Germany. One Of the cheapest and
best substitutes is made right here in
Vermont, We refer 20 the raw ground
bone put up by C. : Page Of Hyde Park.
This material is guaranteed to be abso-
lutely free from stulteration. and when
used alone or in combination with chemi-
rals like nitrate 81 soda and acid pbos-
pbste. It has a record Of giving splendid
results
Send a postal o. Nr. Page. with the re-
quest therefor and D. viii send you free.
formula for a mixture which has been
approved by the director 81 the Vermont
experiment. station. a. being very De-
sirable general purpose mixture. lie.
vill also give you the cost OF tie iuereii-
ents fun directions for mixing. ate.-Aiy
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-07
SENATOR PAGE
FAVORS ROOSEVELT
Senator from Vermont Out for Colonel
as Republican Nominee for
President.

Washington. April Colonel Roose
velt's warning that Republican delegates
to the Chicago convention had better not
be for him as the candidate unless the
party is ready to uphold the hands OF
Uncle Sam is accepted here among Re.
| publican leaders and one time Progress
! sives as at least semi.otiicial
The conditions" on which Colonel
Roosevelt would accept the Republican
nomination are such that one Republican
leader after scanning the Oyster Bay
proclamation yesterday remarked with
energy that was almost enthusiasm:
That's our platform"
The demand for Colonel Roosevelt has
made a great impression on leaders here
in the last few days The colonel's name
in connection with the nomination is
heard more frequently on the lips Of the
party leaders than any other
Leaders who have been most strongly
in favor of the nomination OF Justice
Hughes have recognized that the great
difficulty in naming him is that what he
stands for cannot be vigorously set forth
before his nomination and resignation
from the bench.
A definite public statement of support
from two Republican senators, and I'M
der the hat statements from a half dozen
Others that Colonel Roosevelt would be
the probable nominee Of the Republican
in Chicago, were made within
three hours Of the receipt here Of the
colonefs receptive statement made on
Wednesday night in Oyster Bay.
Senator Poindexter OF Washington EN-
declared that the colonel
would be nominated and elected
Il can support Roosevelt now, al |
though ] did not in 1912" said Senator I
Page of Vermont, one of the leaders /
who in 1912 kept that state firm for /
Taft. "We want to win" he added
Senators Smoot and Brandegee. promi- /
lent figures in the G. 0. F. 1912 cam.
oaign, refused interviews
"Teddy's candidate all right said
Senator Kenyon, manager Of Senator
ummins' campaign I'm delighted
We'd like to have the contest narrow
Town to Cummins and Roosevelt. The
convention won't be- hot headed or influ
need by hot headed talk
"Tm no hero" angrly exclaimed one
eader Then he hurried to say, Don't
uote me. don't use my name.
Roosevelt always has been strong in +,
ny state" said Senator Norris OF Ne
'raska. But many former friends are {
nemies now. and many friends do not Z
o with him all the way"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-07
WEAK, AlLHG CHILDREN
Made Well and Strong by Simple
Remedy

Here l. another letter that has just
come TO our attention, showing the pow
er Of Ninol TO build up health and
strength for weak. puny. ailing children
VI. A. Smith Of Shanesyille. Ohio. says
My little child was puny, weak aud all.
ing could not rest at night and would
not eat. | learned about Ninol and tried
il. and within a week noticed an i'm
proyement, it slept well, strength and
health were soon built up. We think
Ninol is excellent for weak. puny chill
dren"
Ninol j. a delicious cod liver aud iron
tonic without OIL. containing beef pep
tone. which creates an appetite. tones
mp the digestive organs, enrichcs tn
blood and creates strength, children love
- take H.
We ask al parents Of weak. sickly.
delicate children IN This vicinity 10 try
Ninol with the understanding that We
All return your money 81 il fails e.
benefit your little ones.
Red Cross Pharmacy. Fioyd O. Russell.
Proprietor, Barre, Nt.-Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-07
GRANDMA NEVER LET
HER HAIR GET GRAY
She Kept Her Locks Dark and Glossy
with Sage Tea and Sui
phur

When you darken your hair with sage
Tea and Sulphur. no one can tell, be
cause it's done so naturally, so evenly
Preparing this mixture though, at home
is mussy and troublesome. For 80 cent,
You can buy at any drug store the ready
to-use preparation, improved by the add.
ton of other ingredients called ''Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Compound. You just
dampen sponge or soft brush with it
and draw this through your hair, taking
one small strand at a time. By morn
ing all gray hair disappears, and after
another application or two, your hair be
comes beautifully dsrkened, glossy and
luxuriant.
Gray, faded hair, though no disgrace,
is sign of old age, and as we all de
sire youthful and attractive appear
ance, get busy at once with Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Compound and look
years younger. This readyto.use prep
aration is delightful toilet requisite
and not a medicine. 1t is not intended
for the cure, mitigation or prevention Of
disease.--Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-07
CLEANSES YOUR HAIR,
MAKES 1T BEAUTIFUL,
THICK, GLOSSY, WAVY
Try This! All Dandruf Disappears and
Hair Stops Coming
Out

Surely try a "Danderine Hair Cleanse"
6 YOU wish to Immediately double the
beauty 81 your hair. just moisten a
cloth with Danderine and draw it care
fully through your hair, taking one small
strand AT a time; this will cleanse the
hair Of dust, dirt or any excessive oil 4
IN a few minutes YOU viii be- amazed.
Your hair viii be- wavy. fluffy and album
ddnt and POSSESS an incompatible soft
ness. lustre and luXuriance
Besides identifying the hair. one ap-
piication OF Danderine dissolvcs every
particle Of dandruff; invigorstes the
sealp. stopping itching and falling hair
DandeTine is to the hair what fresh
showers 81 rain and sunshine are g. veg
e-tation. u goes right to the roots. in
MIGRATING and strengthening them. lts
celebrating. stimulating and life pro.
lueing properties cause the hair % grow
long. strong aud beautiful
You can surely have pretty. soft ius-
traus hair. and lots of Il. if YOU viii
gust get 2 25-cent bottle u Knowltou-
uanderiue from any drug store ~ toilet
loguter and try i a. dIrelted-Adr
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neutrality towards Japan and thereby
make it easier for her to beat America.
In that case, why should we help on
the American armament policy, which is
often represented as being directed
against the event of German victory 2
50 says Roosevelt, at any rate. If Roose-
welt should actually become president
again, which after all is not impossible,
the German Americans would then be
found to have simply played his game
for him.
That the arming OF America means the
strength OF Germany, l seriously doubt.
For this to be so, American policy and
public opinion would have TO yeer round
completely. The direction in which the
latter at present tends has been made
sufficiently obvious in the course of this
war
/ have no belief in a combination be
tween Japan and England against Amer
lea particularly since the revision Of the
AngloJapanese alliance in July, 1911.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-07
IF BACK HURTS USE
SALTS FOR KIDNEYS
Eat Less Meat if Kidneys Feel Like
Lead or Bladder Both
ers

Most folks forget that the kidneys,
like the bowels, get sluggish and cloggcd
and need flushing occasionally, else we
have backache and dull misery in the
kidney region, severe headaches, rheu-
matte twingcs. torpid liver, acid stomach.
sleeplessness and an sorts Of bladder dis
orders
You simply must keep your kidneys
active and clean and the moment YOU
feel an ache or pain in the kidney region.
get about four ounces Of lad salts from
any good drug store here, take a table
spoonful in a glass of water before
breakfast for a few DAYS, and your Kid
news will then act fine. This famous
salts is made from the acid Of grapes and
lemon Juice. combined with lithia. and il
harmless 10 flush elogged kidneys and
stimulate them 10 normal activity. IL
also neut rslizes the acids in the urine. so
it no longer initiates, thus ending blad-
der disorders
lad salts Is harmless; inexpensive
makes = delightful. effervescent. lithis.
water drink. uhich everybody should
take now and then to keep their kidneys
clean. thus avoiding serious cnmpliea-
ions
4 well-knoWn local druggist save Ea
sells l0is Of lad salts % folks who BE-
icve In Overcoming kidney trouble vhile
G Be- only trouble-Ads.
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This treaty has, in fact. been nodded
precisely with the intention of leaving
England free not to help Japan in the
event of struggle between her and
America.
The sentence which occurson page three
Of your letter, All this implies an in
creased expenditure of energy on the
part Of England. and so indirectly a
strengthening of Germany" is. expressed
thus without any qualifying phrases. un.
Ineligible to me- In case of a country
like America, where the administration
changes once every four years, where
so little reliance can be placed in the
consistency of any foreign policy, ques-
tions of foreign policy being decided in
reality purely by motives of internal
politics and especially by vote-catching
consideration, il would. in my estimation,
be a great mistake to assume that a
powerful fleet would be employed only
against England. Such an idea ] would
place on a level with the notion, which
became current when England declared
war on Germany, that the United States
must and would annex Canada immed-
ately
/ cannot see. therefore, that German
political aims would be forwarded ipso
facto by German Americans lending
themselves to the schemes for American
armament This being so, we ought, /
think. to refrain from giving advice 10
The German Americans and should rather ]
leave them to find out for themselves the
,ourse which they think will best serve 4
their own interests a. American citi. 4
,ens. Yours. etc.
Signed Or. Paul Rohrbach.
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SOME STARTLING REVELATIONS.
In Letter Alleged to Have Been Written
to Vermont German Professor.

The following is the alleged transIa.
tion of letter from Dr. Paul Rohr
back in Germany to Prof. A. H. Appel
mann of the University of Vermont fac.
lulty, the letter il is alleged, having been
intercepted by the entente allies and
found in mail pouch from Germany
destined to the United States:
Berlin, Jan. 30, 1916.
Dear Professor--I have to acknowl.
edge with thanks your letter Of Dec. 8, to
which | have the following observations
| to make in reply.
| First: Your suggestion with references
/ to the Ford mission are certainly worthy
/ OF careful attention. SO far as we are
able to do anything in the matter, they
shall, if the circumstances arise, be made
use Of
Secondly, as regards the question you
raise about the German element in Amer
lea siding with Wilson's armament plan,
venture TO make the following obser-
vatons:
Generally speaking, il is difficult for
us to interfere in American internal poll
tics by giving advice to Americans OF
German extradtion. OF course. other
considerations may. however preponder
ate for the time being while the war
lasts.
To come now to the question itself. it
is naturally quite impossible for us to
Judge whether German. Americans would,
by asserting to the armament schemes,
improve their position again in America /
In the opinion of many well-informed /.
politicians it is in the highest degree
doubtful whether anyone in America ,
would thank them for doing so.
Similarly, il is perhaps open to ques
tion whether genuine German interests (
would derive benefit from American ar
In order TO form an opinion
one would have to be able to foresee, "a I
who will be the next president after
Wilson, t2 what lines German policy
viii follow after the conclusion of peace,
and particularly how our relations with
Japan will shape themselves 1t seems 4
10 me quite conceivable that, in the event
ii an American-Japanese war, we should
adopt an attitude of very benevolent
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-07
Washington Is Anxious to
Have Its Inquiry
Answered
GUILT ABOUT
FASTENED
Secretary Has a Conference
with the President on
U-Boat Matter

Washington D. c., April with the
entire submarine situation Ringing upon
Germany's attitude in regard TO the Sus.
sexIand other recent marine disasters, ad-
ministraton officials yesterday awaited
| with intense interest response from the
Berlin foreign office to inquiries made
| by Ambassador Gerard. The accumula-
ton of evidence indicating that German
submarines were responsible for the dis
aster is understood to have convinced
officials that it is up to the Berlin gov
eminent to demonstrate the value of
promises given the United States. The
situat ton was the subject of a conference
at the White House Wednesday night
between President Wilson and Secretary
Lansing
To the many reports from abroad in
dicating that the British channel steam
ship Sussex was torpedoed without warn.
ing Yesterday was added graphic story |
Of the wreck contained in report by /
Rear Admiral Grasset to the French I
general staff, made public at the French
embassy. The report declares that the
Sussex was unarmed, that the attack on
her was premeditated, that the wake of a
torpedo was seen by many OF those on
board and that the submarine must
have remained in the neighborhodd Of
the Sussex in order to torpedo any ship
which might come to the rescue of her
The state department yesterday an
nounced the receipt of a copy OF the
French official report OF the explosion
which damaged the SusseX The renOrt
already made public by the French en-
oassy here, charges that the Sussex was
.orpedoed without warning.
Count won Bernstorff. the German ara
,assador. yesterday called at the state
department. in connection, he said, with r
questions of minor Importance relating
o the prize ship Appam. He conferred
riehy with Counsellor Polk. The sub. i
marine situation, il was declared, was !
lot mentioned. Il
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-07
Look and Feel
Clean, Sweet and
Fresh Every Day
Drink a glass of real hot water
before breakfast TO wash
out poisons.

Life is not merely to live, but to live
well, eat well, digest well, work well
sleep well, look well What a glorious
condition it is if one will only adopt the
morning inside bath
Folks who are accustomed to feel dull
and heavy when they arise, splitting
headache, stuffy from cold foul tongue
nasty breath, acid stomach, can. instead
feel as fresh as a daisy by opening the
sluices of the system each morning and
flushing out the whole of the internal
poisonous stagnant matter
Everyone, whether ailing, sick or we'll,
should, each morning, before breakfast.
drink a glass of real hot water with a
teaspoonful OF limestone phosphate in it
to wash from the stomach liver. kidneys
and bowels the previous days indigest-
ibe waste sour bile and poisonous tox
ms; thus cleansing, sweetening and puri-
fying the entire alimentary canal before
putting more food into the stomach. The
action Of not water and limestone phos-
phate on an empty stomach is wonder
fully inyigorating. II cleans out all the
sour lamentations, gases waste and
acidity and gives one splendid appetite
for breakfast. While You are ENJOYING
your breakfast the water and phosphate
is quietly extracting a large volume Of
water from the blood and getting ready
for a thorough flushing OF all the inside
organs.
The millions Of people who are both
cred with constipation, bilious spells.
stomach trouble, rheumatism; Others
who have sallow skins. blood disorders
and sickly compilations are urged to get
a quarter pound Of limestone phosphate
from the drug store which viii cost very
little. but is sufficient 10 make anyone
pronounced crank on the subject OF in
ternal sanitation.-Adv
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-07
CAR STRIKE IN
WASHINGTON
Following Wholesale Discharge Of EN-
ployes Who Joined
New Union.

Washington. ID. C.. April Following
wholesale dischargiug OF employees who
bad Joined a newly formed union. the
m0tormeu and conductors on the Wash
iuetou and Virginia railway. operating
the suburban car service between Wash
ington and Alexandria and to Fairfax
and Falls Church, the union ordered a
strike early Yesterday. While the com
pany maintained short schedule by
Tire use Of sHopmen and employees who
had not joined the union. trsilice was bad
lv crippled and hundreds Of employees in
the government printing Office. the bu-
reau Of engraving and other places were
compelled 20 walk 20 work. There was
no disorder.
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Poll Shows President Wilson
Less Popular with It's
Subscribers
WOULD INDICATE VIC
TORY BY REPUBLICANS
Preponderance of Hughes
Is Tremendous-Double
That of Roosevelt

New York, April THE Nation yes
terday made public the results of presi
Dental straw vote taken among its sub
scribers. In a statement The Nation
says:
In response to our inquiry concerning
presidential preferences, 3,546 have sent
replies. OF these, 1882 have stated their
choice for the coming election, the re-
naming 81 being undecided, OF the 3,4s2
votes, Wilson has l,557, Hughes $50,
Roosevelt $40, Root 355, Taft 60; while
the remaining Id votes are divided
among large number of other names,
no one Of which gets more than Is. OF
this scattering vote, however, it is to be
noted that nearly the whole goes to Re
publican candidates. the Democrats
Bryan .. Underwood ) get only IA,
the Socialists only of them, leaving 1873
TO the Republicans. Accordingly, the re.
turns as to preferences for 1916 may be
stated in the first place, as follows
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-07
"CASCARETS" FOR
HEADACHE, COLDS,
LIVER, BOWELS
Enjoy Life! Don't Stay Bilious, Sick,
Headachy and Consti-
pated
Get Rid OF Bad Breath, Sour Stomach
Coated Tongue, Indi-
gestion
Get a ln.ccnt boy now.

They're fnel Cascarets liycn your liv.
er, clean your thirty feet of bowels and
sweeten your stomach. You eat one or
two, like candy, before going to bed and
in the morning your head is clear, tongue
is clean, stomach sweet, breath right
and cold gone Get box from your drug
gst and enjoy the incest, gentlest liver
and bowel cleansing you ever experienced.
Cascarets stop sick headache, biliousness,
Indigestion, bad breath and constipat ton.
Mothers should give a whole Cascaret
to cross, bilious, sick, feverish children
any time. They are harmless and never
gripe or sicken.-Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-07
HOLLAND HOLDS ALL FOODS.
Ships Ready 10 Leave Ordered to Dis
charge All CaTEoss Of supplies.

London. April Holland has forbid.
den the expectation 81 ioodstufFs until
further notice. according tn behaved di--
patches from The Hague.
ships preparing g. leave port with
food supplies have hcen ordered 10 dis
charge their oarzoes.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-07
JANE adams ILL
OF TUBERCULOSIS
Noted Chicago Social Worker Sends Sub
stitute to Ford Peace Tn
bunal

New York. April Miss Jane Ad-
dams. noted Chicago social worker. is
suffering from tuberculosis 81 the kid
ney and is IN prctarious state 81 health,
though her condition shows some inn
proycmcnt 10 present. Miss Emily
Greene Ralch made tins announcement
before he sailed Yesterday 60 1T az an
alternate for Miss Adams 81 the Ford
peace tribunal 10 Stockholm
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-07
SHIPPING BILL
PLAN FOR RATE
BOARD TO GO
Provisions Will Probably Be Changed as
Result of Conference Between Will
son, Redfield and Others.

Washington, d. c., April Provisions
lin the administration shipping bill to
give shipping board control of rates of
ocean-carred traffic probably will be
changed, as the result of a conference
yesterday between President Wilson,
Secretary Redfeld, Solicitor Thurman of
the commerce department, Chairman Al
exander and several members of the
House marine committee.
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DIZZINESS, CONSTIPATION

bad taste In the mouth, dependency
or the blues" and other miserable
ailments call attention to the liver. It
As torpid. Take Hoods Pills-they
rouse the liver and relieve all liver us,
They are the old and fayorite family
cathartic. Purely vegetable. Gentls
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-07
BRITISH CAPTURE
MESOPOTAMIA TOWN
Drive Turks from Felahie and Consoli
date Position-Repulse Coun-
ter-Attacks
ter-Attacks.

London, April THE town Of Felahie,
in Mesopotamia, has been captured by
the. British, it was announced officially
yesterday. All the positions gained have
been consolidated and counter attacks by
the Turks repulsed
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-07

Thus in the Wilson vote there is a
falling ot OF - per cent. and in the
Roosevelt .'ote of % per cent; while the
number OF those intending to vote for
some Republican candidate tother than
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Roosevelt) is rs per cent greater than
the number of those who cast their votes
for Taft in 1912.
The final results OF poll is as follows:
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HENRY FORD A WINNER.

InuICatlUHs That ne has DtItdltu oeHd-
tor Smith BY More Than 5000 Votes.
Detroit. April 7.-Detroit newspapers
which compiled returns of the presiden-
tial preference primary held in Michigan
Monday were agreed yesterday that
Henry Ford defeated United States Sena
tor William Alden Smith for the Repub.
lican nomination by majority of from
$500 to 1900. An extremely light vote.
probably not more than 100000, was
cast.
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vi these two tables, only the first IS
OF interest as regards nomination pref
erences. Its striking feature is the over,
whelmiug preponderance of the Hughes
vote. Thi is considerably greater than
the combined vote of all the other Re
publicans, including Roosevelt; it is not
far short Of double the combined vote Of
all of them exclusive of Roosevelt; and
it is nearly three times as great as that
of his nearest straight Republican com
petitor Moreover. this showing has ex-
ceptional interest because it confirms not
only general impressions as to the state
of mind of the country, but the results
of some rather remarkable polls taken
among bodies OF citizens quite different
from those that form The Nations con
stituency.
Such significance As the second table
has relates not to the nomination but to
the election. We note that this table
gives the following percentages
Wilson As. Republican A.. Roosevelt II
In 1912, the popular vote of the coun-
try for the three leading candidates was
divided according to the following per.
centages:
Wilson AZ Taft Ok Roosevelt IN
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And secondly, throwing the IA Bryan
and Underwood votes to Wilson, Jumping
the Republican votes other than those
for Roosevelt. and leaving out the So
cialist votes. we have this table:
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Wilson Is. Taft %, Roosevelt 30.
Wilson Drops; Republicans Gain

OF far greater significance are the re-
suits obtained from a comparison of the
preferences of Nation readers in 1910
with their votes in 1912 Out OF the
1886 replies, 1913 contain no statement
Of how the writer voted in 1912; with
few exceptions, these doubtless actually
did not vote. some being women. others
not Of voting age or residents of the Dis
trict Of Columbia, while still others sim
ply refrained from voting Excluding
these 1913. and also five who voted for
Debs or Chafn. we have 27OS who voted
for one of the three principal candidates
in 1912. Their vote in 1912 was as fol