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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-28
Constructive Craftsmanship.

! The other day Secretary Redfeld of
the department of commerce volunteered
truly constructive plan. He reported
to the committee in charge of the gov
ernment's shipping scheme that deposit
of seal bones was lying untouched, up in
| the Pribylof islands, and suggested that
the ships that Uncle Sam is soon to run
could go there for load of bones, when
ever business was dull elsewhere on the
map.
Finel And if Secretary Redfleld got
his eye on the great drifts and lateral
moraines of old boots and tin cans in the
outskirts of his native town, down to-
ward Coney Island or Jamaica bay, he
would doubtless see visions of wealth for
n government owned teaming and truck
ing company; when the drivers were not
busy hauling goods from the Brooklyn
docks, or moving pianos, they could run
out for cargo of tin cans and boots,
both of which have a marked value, just
as old bones have. But he should be on
Daniels. cut in ahead of him by sending
the ships of the navy to the Pribyloffs.
The plain person is judged by the
company he keeps; a president is to
some extent judged by the advisers he
keeps. Whatever rank President Wilson
may receive from history, his cabinet
must be classed largely as jokes. Their
in the way of farce-comedy
have been one reason why there were
fewer miles of railroad built in 1915 than
in any year since the Civil war, and
more commercial failures than in any
year of our history; one reason why
there is a thousand millions of money |
and credit idle in this country. instead |
Of being at work; and excellent rea-
son why business men of all parties are
SO heroically restrained in their enthu
siasm, when commenting on the domes
tic achievements of the administration.-
Boston Herald
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-28
New England Speaks.

Manufacturers and shippers represent
ing the heart of New England's business
interests made an impressive showing be-
fore the interstate commerce commission
yesterday on the side of continuing New
Haven railroad control of the Sound
lines. The Panama act, aiming to sep
arate railroad and steamship control, was
intended to preserve public rights. The
opinion of New England, which breads
the possibility of disjointed management
of the Long Island sound shipping serv-
ice, is that the public would be injured
by scattering of the New Ravens
properties in that field of transportation.
New England would continue to live
and thrive if the New Haven disposed
OF its several boat lines. But the dis
turbanee, the shippers fear, would be
costly, and the present standard of serv-
ice would not be restored at once. The
railroad has spent years in the organiza-
ton of its water lines. No new corpora
ton or group of corporations could dupl-
cate the system in day.
President Elliott of the New Haven
touched point that is well understood
by New England when he explained. in
correction of the commission attorneys
that he was not speaking
for the New Haven stockholders as
against the public. Mr.. Elliott takes the |
position that the interests OF the public |
and of the stockholders are identical. |
Prosperity OF railroad property reflects |
public approval; hence public approval
IS an object of the investors. New Eng
land was a long time in learning that |
lesson. There is no forgetting now.
Ii has not been argued that the serv-
&c rendered by the New Ravens boat i
ines would have been beyond the pow
n OF separate management Had the
New Haven not established the present
ystem. other interests would have fall L
N into the opportunity. What the ship.
'ers realize, and what the stockholders
# the road feel. is that the lines are in
xistence as a going concern; that they |
re an asset to the railroad and TO New I
England. and that they cannot be trans. (
erred. now. without a loss far greater !
han any damage that may be inflicted
pom new theory OF transportation I
Roston Journal. II
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-28

In all these regions. fresh beef
is worth SIPS a pound and eggs bring
fifteen cents each Even at these prices,
they are obtainable with difficulty by
those who can afford such costly luxur-
les. The entire civilian population ex
cepting the Germans who have immi-
grated since the occupation began, would
suffer but for the efforts of the Ameri-
can relief commission in cooperation
with relief movements in Spain and Hol-
land according to Maurice Barres of the
French academy Even with generous
aid OF America and other neutrals, it
has been necessary TO apport'on the pro-
visions in limited quantities and with
great care. Each family receives daily
a card emitting it TO distribution OF
about eight ounces of provisions per
head inclading six and one-half ounces
of -four. one ounce of rice. one and one
half ounces of lard or bacon. one half
ounce of peas or beans, three-fourths of
an ounce of sugar, onefourth ounce of
salt and one-hslf ounce OF coffee. The !
average French working man consumes
ON the average two pounds of provisions
, day, so that he now obliged to live on |
the fourth of what he is accustomed to. /
The products of the soil have been eX-
largely by acquisitions for the
ierman troops.
Fifty thousand children in the region
If Longwy are nearly all of them with
,ut proper clothing. and the same situa
ion Is said to exist throughout tho oc-
upied regions. il being almost impossible
o find clothing at prices which the i'm
,overished population is able to pay.
'oorly nourished and insuificiently clad.
hesc people are the object OF great
eal OF anxiety on account Of their ex-
osure to disease and epidemics
Supplies sent into the region for the
elief Of the population have not been
nterfercd with by the German author.
les. but have reached their destinations
through the efforts Of the American rep
sseutatives located at Lille. Valencien-
-. Nervins Charleyille, and Longwy
ne distribution i in the hands Of local
lmmittees 81 French volunteers under
be direction Of the Americans. The
rench nation relief committee. impressed
18th the urgent need Of further relief
the form Of clothing - veil - pro-
sions. is issuing an appeal for clothing.
ipplies and money from Frenchmen in
htsting uninvs sed regions. The sup
les contributed locally are fors ardsl
the population through the good oliiccs
the Swiss government
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-28
Animal Disease Cost Country $4,000,
900 Last Year.
Dorothy Dexter.

Farm and Fireside quotes Secretary of
Agriculture Houston's report as saying
that animal diseases ca0sed farmers of
the country to lose $2l7O00,OOO last
year. Hog cholera, Texas fever and ticks.
and tuberculosis are the most serious
scourges.
"The 1914 outbreak of foot and mouth
disease was the most extensive ever
known in this country. The delay in
controlling it at first was due chiefly
20 the mild infection which made the
disease hard to recognize.
"The department OF agriculture dis
claims responsibility for the purity of
hog cholera serum even in the govern
ment-inspected plants. on the grounds
that supervisory inspection cannot be as
efficient as complete control. More efFec-
tive control of serum manufacture is
advised and plans are proposed"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-28
Warren Will Case Is Aired
in the Brandeis In
vestigation
AT WASHINGTON
ON SATURDAY
Edward Warren's Attorney
Appears Before Senate
Judiciary Committee

Washington, Feb. Is. Norman Hap
good, former editor of Golfers Weekly
Saturday at Washington told the Senate
judiciary subcommittee regarding tn,
nomination of Louis ID. Brandcis to the
supreme court that the reason Golfers
had employed Mr.. Brandeis in the Bal
linger Pinchot investigation was because
Golfers wanted to support +. R. CLAWS
whose charges against Mr.. Rallinger il
had published and for whom Brandcis
ostensibly appeared.
1--WE had published Mr., CLAWS charges
and thought he ought to be fully sup
ported by u.s." said Mr. Hapgood eve
felt that if the newspaper appeared in
the litigation it would detract from the
main issue. We wanted to avoid the APP
pearance of desiring to get into the lime
light" No attempt had been made to
deceive anyone about Mr.. Brandes' EN-
Mr.. Hapgood said,
William S. Youngmsn testified at
length about the Warren will case, in
which Mr.. Brandeis was an attorney.
Mr.. Youngman, who was Edward War
ren's attorney, said his clients complaint
was that Mr.. Brandeis had kept him in
ignorance of the value OF his fathers
estate and that he was not informed of
large sums going into the hands OF trus
tees as lessees.
"Mr. Brandeis furnished sort of le-
yal chloroform in the shape of written
opinion which put Sam Warren's brain
md conscience to sleep said Mr.. Young
nan,
Mr. Youngman was asked how he ex
blamed the testimony of Moorfield Stor-
". attorney for Fisk Warren, a brother
i Edward, that he saw nothing in Sam
Iel WaTen's action OF Mr.. Brandeis to
riticize.
"Mr Storey did not get expert ac-
ountants to go through the books and |
ee that Mr. Brandeis' justification of
he yearly report to the heirs was con
radicted by the books responded
'oungman.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-28
D0INGS AT
THE CAPITAL
Congress Plods on with the
Appropriation
Bills i
BILL UP FOR DEBATE
Will Endure in the Senate
for Another
Week

Washington, Feb. 2S.-Saturday II
rarely crisis time at Washington. II
has come under the Wilson administra
ton to be one of the calmest OF working
days, and thus it was Saturday. The
president, as usual on Saturday, rested
much. Congress, in both branches, plod.
ded along without show<of excitement.
But the cooling of process is rapidly
taking effect there. Even the more ram
pant pro Germans in the membership are
slowing down with reference to resolu-
tions about defensively armed merchant
men.
One cannot quite believe the situation
has at any time been as acute as some
have pictured it. No thoroughly reliable
canvass has been made of the House and
some were put down in estimates as for
congressional action who, after a little
debate and reflection would certainly
have been on the presidents side. But
there is now marked disposition TO
take stand under the colors. For ex-
ample, Representative Adamson, ro-
bust figure as hard headed and sensible
as any that come to Congress, stood
forth Saturday with pro-Wilson state
ment. He said all the Georgia delegation
in the House were with him.
This sort of thing is gaining momen-
tum and, barring untoward development,
the attitude of Senate and House will be
much more stable within a very few
days. There are high hopes that the
president will carry negotiations forward
successfully and that there will be small
excuse for the troublemakers to encour
age another outburst, Germany's will |
lingness to discuss the matter of kind of |
armament which the state department |
regards as defensive is regarded a favor
able sign.
The Senate "water-powered" again on
Saturday. 1t seems that this bill, now
under debate for quite month will en-.
dure before the Senate at least another
week. Senator Husting of Wisconsin has
a substitute bill ready, and his colleague,
Senator LaFollette, is coming TO Wash
ington to help fight for it. The conserya
tionists are crying out against the
Shields bill, which has been under con
and some notifications of the
'recapture clause" so called, must prob
ably be made, as well as certain other
The House is displaying great industry
with appropriation bills, and whanged
away Saturday with the postoffice sup
ply bill. The season for hard legislative
work on the floor of both houses is now
we'll at hand
The winter. dinner Of the Gridiron club,
of Washington newspaper cor
was held here on Saturday |
,vening, with many distinguished guests. (
President Wilson and several members of i
lis cabinet attended Among the New
England guests were Howard Elliott.
PRESIDENT of the New Haven railroad,
edward A. Thurston of Boston and Solo
non B. Griffin of Springfield Several i
newspaper editors were present from dis i
ant cities. f
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-28

To let you into part of the plot at
the beginning, so that it may not be 50
great puzzle to your BRAIN it may be
stated that there was a widow named
Ridgeway living at Colville, a town of
1000 inhabitants
! There was living, also, at Beach Hill
lawyer named Hammond. Beach
Hill and Colville were forty miles
apart, but the lawyer and the widow
had somehow become acquainted, and
perhaps they would have fallen in love
had either been able to support the
other. Five miles from Beach Hill
was a place called WidowviIle. There
was good reason for it. Five wild
overs, all farmers, had built their
houses there. Each widower had
lot Of children, numbering from five
to eight,
Between Beach Hill and Widow
vile was farm of eighty acres called
the Lester farm. In seven years 1t
had had five tenants. The soil was so
poor that they all starved out This
farm the Widow Ridgeway leased.
OF course the five widowers Of Wild.
owville heard of the widows arrival
and what she proposed TO do. and they
pricked up their ears and said that
something would be doing. Enos
Cook, who had the biggest number of
children. was the first one to drive
over and introduce himself.
Jason Turner was the next caller,
and he went over the same ground and
came away feeling just as good. So
IL was with Luke Harper, Moses Swift
and Philetus Johnson. All looked upon
the Widow Ridgeway as a prize to be
won, and each one determined In his .
own mind TO win her, though he didn't
say anything to the others about it.
Two weeks had passed when they
all called again, and this time their
talk with the widow was more free.
1t was at the third call that the plot
developed. If the farmers could spare
/ little time from their own work they
night plow little and plant little
or her and thus help her along OF
curse they would. They would be
'nly too glad to do it. What crop did
he widow think would pay her best?
'he promptly answered that potatoes
would probably be the best selling
rop. How many acres? Why, she
lad figured out that about sixty acres
would be the right thing
Sixty acres of potatoes! Why, the
verage farmer thinks he has big
lnnting II he puts in ten. The wild
wers elevated their eyebrows in some
hing like horror, but after a confer
nee lasting an hour it was agreed to G
ONE to the widows figures. When it a
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-28
Resinol Soap
BIRTH REGISTRATION.
Matter Should Be Attended to at
Once.

Has the birth of your baby been reg
istered? If not, you should see TO it
that this duty is performed without de-
| lay. 1t may some time be of the great
est Importance to your child that there
be in existence an accurate legal record
of his birth, date, place and parentage.
Such a record serves to establish his age
beyond question, and through this his
right to the legal period of schooling and
| freedom from labor 1t may also serve
to establish for him various property or
other legal rights which may be in dis
pute. There are numerous instances
where the lack of this sort of record has
been the cause of serious losses of inheri-
tance and of educational and other
rights.
In New York City in 1913 the birth
records helped TO enforce the personal or
property rights of more than $4,000 per
sons.
1t is, in most states, required by law
that the doctor, midwife or other at
tendant at birth shall report the birth
to the registrar of births, but as this duty
is not infrequently neglected, parents
should investigate to see whether it has
been done properly in the case of their
children.
The complete registering of all births
is indispensable, not only to the individ
ual, but to the state and the nation.
The federal government can and does
tell us exactly how great is the acces-
sion to our population each year by inn |
or intake from foreign lands. |
At each port of landing immigration in
spectors record each arrival and tell us
his or her nationality, age, sex, destina
ton and how much money each one
brings. But the federal government can
not 90 into the states and cities and es
tablish registration offices and tell us
how many children enter each state by
birth This work must be done by each
state separately. We have no national
to account for the ebb and
low of human life as an asset and liza
Dility OF our civic organism. We have
10 national records to give our ssnitari-
ms and students basis for their pre-
7entiye studies. Congress by resolution
las urged the states to enact and en-
'orce suitable registration legislation
The state governments must now act
Most of the states now have adequate
avs; their enforcement, however, de
,ends to a large extent upon popular
upport. This support is assured if in
ividual parents will insist upon the reg !
stration of each birth. Ii
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-28

came time for blowing the five brought
| their teams and plows and worked
! happily together. When they couldn't
come themselves they sent their hired
men. Sixty acres Is O big field, but it
was eventually plowed and dragged.
1t was then that the widow made an
announcement. She gathered together
the FIVE tired men at the back door and
said:
my friends, do not think | lack
modesty when / tell you that l know
you are all in love with me and intend
to propose marriage. l like you all.
You are good and true men. cannot
as yet say that prefer one to another,
but | am going to carry out a plan.
The one that does the most for me in
this matter of the potato crop l shall
look upon as being the most worthy to
become my husband
Satisfaction cleaned in the eyes of
every widower.
To plant sixty acres OF ground takes
a heap of seed potatoes The widow
didn't have a peck. The five farmers
Clipped In and bought them for her
They planted them for her. When IL
was time they plowed them out ano
hoed them for her Again, when II
was time they dug them for her
When the tubers We're ripe for digging
the potato trust sent a man to offer &c
cents a bushel. which was the usua,
price Two weeks later, after it had
hnaV, aCnhT-f0fnad thuf ownthar
tato would be offered for sale in that
part of the state, 1t raised it's offer te
70 cents, and the widow took it,
When the last potato had been load
ed up and drawn away the widow
Ridgeway gave banquet to the five
farmers, and it was known that hei
choice was to be announced. The
farmers noticed that eight plates were
placed on the table. That meant tive
more persons were TO sit down. They
arrived. 1t was Lawyer Hammond and
the Baptist preacher from the village
What business had brought them? in
CURED each farmer of himself, but nd
banquet was finished, and the lawyer
rose up and said
Gentlemen, this has been a great
ace between who should have the
Widows heart and hand You have all
lone nobly. Each one of you has
hown himself to be good and true
nan. In Fact, you all have been so
worthy of this good woman's love that
he cannot decide which one of you to
ccept. She cannot marry the whole
I've of you. as you must know. and
ather than give herself to one and
make the four others miserable for
fe she has decided to marry the sixth
IAN. which is me-" The marriage took
lace. but there were five men who
i'd not smile nor offer a congratula.
on. Their faces were very solemn as
hey slid out of the house and started
or their homes, and on their way
lither each one remarked to himself:
Gal durn my cats and dogs! If any
ne had told me that | was such an
lsy mark I'd have licked him all over
ten acre lotr'
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-28
WHAT'S the Matter with the Office Boy

In the March Woman's Home Compan-
ion descendant OF old Gorgsn Graham
tells the office boy what is the matter
with him. Among other things he says:
"There are a lot Of young fellows in
the world who sit smiling at their desks,
expecting that someday the president
win pass by and take fancy to them
and promote them over the heads of their
companions Things aren't done that
way outside of story books. The boy
who gets promoted is the one who breaks
into the presidents office some day and
says, Sir, I've been down here nights
lately, and I've worked out this plan by
which we can save $4,000 in the Office
next year That sort of talk arouses a
business mans interest in a boy. II
you want some man to take an interest
in your boy and push him ahead, make
him understand first of all that he has
got to learn to talk in language like
that"
1.-Two women can advise a man, but |
not at the same time says Rev. DIR. !
Charles T. jefferson in the March,
Woman's Home Companion.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-28

three children and could not raise any of
them, but since have taken the Com
pound | have a bright baby boy. l
advise every suffering woman to try it
and get relief. Ithas done wonders for
me" Mrs. CATHARINE COOLING, 1873
Z. King Street, York, Pa.
When a medicine has been successful
in bringing health to so many, no
woman has a right to say without try
ing it, 81 do not believe it will help
me-" There must be more than a hun
dred thousand women in this country
who, like Mrs. Goodling, have proven
what wonders Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound can do for weak and
ailing women. Try it and see for
yourself.
If there are any complications
YOU don't understand, write
Lydia r.. Pinkham Medicine Co.
(confidentiaD, Lynn, Mass.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-28
ABOUT 100000 BABIES
Die BEFORE ONE YEAR

The Census Bureau estimates that
800, 900 babies died in this country last
year before the age of one year, and it
is stated that one-half Of these deaths
we're needless if all mothers we're
strong and infants were breastfed.
Expectant mothers should strivetoin-
crease their strength with the strength
building fats in SCOTS Emulsion which
improves the blood, suppresses ner-
vouSness, aids the quality of milk, 9pd
feeds the very life cells.
Physicians prescribe SCOTS Emul-
sion; it is doubly important dn.ng
nursing. No alcohol. EverydruggiSt
has IL. Insist on Scott's-the white
food medicine. No advanced prices.
sccu a Bo~ns. Bioozar5d. y J. is-z
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-28
Topics of the
Home and
Household.

When flannels have become hard and
shrunken they may be restored to their
former softness by soaking them in gaso-
line.
A cut lemon rubbed over the face or
tanned portion of the skin will whiten it
if used a few times. Equal parts of
glycerine and lemon are an excellent
remedy for chapped hands.
Very often brainworkers, girls who
work in offices, find their hair gets very
thin and poor also it loses its color. An
ordinary tonic is bought and does no
good. What the hair wants is nourish-
ment. The best plan is to get some ordi
nary castor oil, pertaining it with a few
drops of oil of lavender Every night
heat up dessertspoonful of this and
when fairly warm dip the tips OF the
fingers in and thoroughly massage the
scalp, rubbing vigorously.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-28
Skating Toys.

Tn the February Womsn's Home Com
panion Grace Margaret Gould has some
thing to say about the new styles fash
ion requires for the new skating craze
That skating demands definite mode of
dress is sure.
''When fashion recognizes a fad she
never goes half way The time is past
when the skating outfit was anything to
keep warm The Russian coat of black
velvet has huge pockets hidden under
the seams of the widening front panel
The skirt, which stops II inches from
the ground. is of cloth. bewildering
whfrl of black and white stripes"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-28
2,25O,000 FRENCH
UNDER GERMAN RULE
In Various Departments Held by the
Kaiser by Virtue of His Early
Entertainment on French
= Territory.
a Territory.

Paris, Feb 26.Two and a quarter
million French inhabitants still remain
in the territory Of the north and east oc.
cupied by the Germans. They are di-
vided among the different departments as
follows:
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-28

found IL 10 be all you
say it is. ! was so
sick that l conld not
stand at my sink to
wash dishes and |
could not sit without
a pillow under me.
i ha d tn e doctor
every few days but
since | have taken
the Com pound /
don't have to send
for him. | have had