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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-12
The Efforts of Mediators to
Avert Nation Wide Strike
Seem Unavailing
MAY CALL IN
PRESIDENT
Unless Strike Situation Al
ters-Temper of Men
Will Not Wait

New York, Aug. l2.-After deliberat.
ing the greater part of the night, Com.
missioners William A. Chambers Martin
A. Knapp and C w. w. Hanger, OF the
United States board OF mediation and
Cancellation were yesterday no nearer a
solution of the deadlock in the dispute
between the four railroad brotherhoods
of the country and their employers than
they were Thursday.
The efforts of the mediators to avert
a nationwide strike was virtually at a
halt, due 10 the fact, il was reported
that the railroads refused to grant any
concession other than arbitration, while
the men persist in their firm stand for
the unequivocal granting OF the demands
for an eight hour day and time and
half overtime.
A formal request for q hours delay
in the negotiations was made by the led
eral board to the union men Thursday
when they assembled at their meeting
hall prepared to receive the mediators,
and it was reported that the board, I'M
less there was an unexpected change in
the situation in that time, was prepared
to suggest to President Wilson that he
intervene.
Mr. Hanger, who appeared at the
meeting to ask for the delay, took
pains to point out, however, that no par
tcular significance should be attached to
the sudden change in their plans. 1T
must be remembered" he said, that the
question at issue involves hundreds OF
railroads and thousands OF men and the
mediators cannot arrive at iudicious /
conclusion as to the merits in the case |
until they have thoroughly assimilated
the situation"
Mr. Hanger added that the board ex
pected to continue its deliberations T
throughout the day, and that by night I
fall some decision might be reached as
to the time of the next meeting with one
or the other side in the dispute.
''We do not intend, said w +. Stone.
chief OF the Brotherhood Of Railroad
Engineers, to wait very long, The
temper of the men is such that they
would not have waited a minute il W
had not persuaded them to give the me
diators chance.
Personally l do not care to carry the
strike around in my pocket for any ex
tended period 1t is like stick Of dy
Mantle"
Since its organization in 1913 the
board has sat on AZ controversies be-
tween railroads and their employees In
every instance it has succeeded in Sc
curing an ultimate adjustment OF the
differences One report current tester
day was that the railroad managers
were ready to propose a different form
OF arbitration than that provided for
under the Newlands act, which the
brotherhoods objected to. This was that
instead of six arbtrators, two appoint
ed by each side, and two neutral-the
board consist of four appointed by each
side and four neutral, making a total al
II members or Ia. This would make it
possible also for each of the brother !
hoods to have an arbitrator on the board. | !.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-12
Cursinq In Korea.

A strange way Of cursing Is that of
the Korean. his ordinary swear word
is ''oenuma," or you brute" But the
Korean considers himself especially
abusive when he calls a person his
child or grandchild. When he wants
TO call somebody down the Korean de-
mands holly, Are you not my childT
And the angry retort is: What!
your child? You are my grandchild."
Then the first goes a step further and
cries. You are a grandchild of my
grandchildT' 10 which the rejoinder Is:
You conceited fellow! Have you for
gotten that you are grandchsd of a
grandchild Of my grandchild?" When
their vituperation reaches its climax
the people OF Chosen at last come TO
the point Of exclaiming. You grand
child Of a dog."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-12
Relief for Thousands.

Huntington, W. Va, Aug l2.-Rescue
parties proceeded far into the mountain
districts yesterday carrying relief to
thousands Of homeless people in the Cab
in creek valley which was swept by a
food Wednesday. causing loss Of more
than 60 lives and property damage reach
ing into the millions. J. w Hairless.
v ho was at Eskdale when the cloudburst
swept Cabin creek, is the first eve witness
TO reach Huntington from the flooded dis
triet. According TO his story, az $50
o'clock in the morning Cabin creek start
"a rising AZ the rate Of eight feet an
hour and continued until the creek
reached from mountain to mountain.
Houses foatsd down stream az the rate
Of one a minute he watched almost all
81 EskdaIc swept away. Whole families
rushed for the hillside. he said. but some
never reached safety One could hear
women praying on all SIDES
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-12
JAPAN'S FIRST GLASS.
Used In Railway Cars, the Natives Put
Their Heads Through II.

Used In Railway Cars, the Natives Put
Their Heads Through II.
That observation car would have
done credit 10 any railroad in the
world A Japanese fellow passenger,
an official in the japanese ministry of
communications. was amused at our
expressions Of delight.
''Of course this is all very recent" he
explained. "Forty-hve years ago there
was not a single car nor single mile
of track in the whole of Japan. Why
be laughed, II can remember the FIRST
jerky little trains that were run on the
first line TO be opened-the one be-
tween Tokyo and Yokohama. Glass
was a new thing TO the japanese, and
there were a great many windows
broken and heads bumped during those
first few weeks. Passengers persisted
In trying to put out their heads with
out first raising the windows. Finally
the glass smashing became so expen-
sive and there were so many CON-
plants over bruised and cut heads
that the company was forced TO paint
a white bar on every window to teach
passengers the nature of glass"
Which story we could appreciate, for
we had already noticed in the corner Of
a railroad yard a little old car with
white bars painted across the win
dows. Some Of these cars, our COM
panions told US, ore still used as third
class conyeyances on newly opened
branch lines, for there are still parts
Of Japan where the people do not quite
glass.-Christian Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-12
EASILY DECIDED
This Question Should BE Answered
Easily by Barre People

Easily by Barre People
Which is wiser-to have con-
fidence in the opinions of your
fellow-citizens, of people you
know, or depend on statements
made by utter strangers residing
in faraway places Read the fol-
lowing:
II. J. Ennis, barber, II South Main
street, Barre, says; WHEN I began to
have trouble with my kidneys. got
Deans Kidney Pills right away, as 9th.
ers Of my family had had great benefit
from them. had sharp pains across
the small Of my back Doan's Kidney
Pills drove the pain away, and / have
had no trouble since"
Price, SOC at all dealers Don't sim
ply ask for kidney remedy-get Doan's
Kidney Pills-thc same that Mr.. Ennis
had, Fostcr.Milburn Co., Props Buf.
ialo \. ADV.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-12
CLEANSE THE BLOOD
AND AVOID DISEASE

When your blood is impure, weak, thin
deblitated. your system becomes sus'
eeptiblc 10 any or all diseases
Put your blood in good condition.
Hoods sarsaparilla acts directly and
peculiarly on the blood-it puriiies, en-.
riches and reyitalizcs Il and builds up the
whole system.
Hoods Sarsaparilla has stood the test
Of 40 years. Get il to-day. II is sure
to help you-Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-12
WILSON GETS UP AT S A. NJ.
Finishes Work by Noon; Spends After
noon with His Wife.

Washington, Aug. l2.-The alarm clock
in the White House now rings at ) a. m,
and the man it rings for is the presi-
dent
Since the arrival Of the hot eoson,
Pres Wilson has been arising at ,. He
can work better in the morning than aft
er the summer sun has got in its worst
work, he says. He tries to have the most
OF his work done shortly after midday.
With his early start the president usually
succeeds and has the afternoon for rid
ing OF playing golf with Mrs. Wilson.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-12
STILL AT LARGE
Police Seek Man Who Shot Wife in
Westport, N. H.

Keene n H., Aug. l2,-The police OF
the county to-day are making an effort
to locate Eugene Weeks, who Thursday
night fired three shots from revolver
into his wife's body, probably fatally
wounding her, then shot at his seven
year old son, Charles, slightly wounding
him, and fled into the woods.
The police passed large part Of
Thursday night searching the banks of
the Ashuelot river, and late at night
came across his coat. 1t is believed he
entered the woods from that spot, and
they will be searched. No reason for the
shooting has been learned. Weeks was
employed in the mills of Westport vii
lage, where the shooting occurred.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-12
TO TEST BOX STRENGTH.
Machine Has Been Perfected For All
Types of Boxes.

/ A machine for testing the strength Of
boxes has been devised by engineers Of
I the forest service and is in use at the
forest products laboratory at Madison
Wis The machine is the result OF ex-
periments made to determine fair test
| for all types of boxes. A series of tests
in cooperation with the American So
ciety for Testing Materials and the
| National Association of Box Manufactur,
ers has been carried on during the past
year to determine the strength of boxes
of various woods and OF different con
struction Over four and a half billion
feet of lumber is used for hox making
every year, and on this account the tests
are considered important. Moreover, big
losses are caused by the breakage OF
boxes in transit, and all parties concerned
are said to be anxious to determine the
best kind of box.
The machine consists of hexagonal
drum with three and one-half foot sides,
which is lined with thin steel sheets
Pieces OF scantling bolted to the bot
tom form what are known as hazards.
In making the tests boxes filled with
cans containing water are placed in the
drum, which is then rotated, For con-
yenience in observing the results of the
tests the sides and ends of the box are
numbered with large figures, and in adj
dition other numbers are placed at spe
eifc points on each side. The hazards"
cause the boxes to be carried part way
around and then dropped back to the
lower level of the drum Each fall of
this sort is a pretty fair imitation of
the probable treatment it would re-
ceive in shipment The boxes arc
watched carefully, and notes are taken
on the manner in which they give way
and the number of falls required TO
break them in pieces.
In this way, say officials who have CON
Quoted the tests, it is possible to deter.
mine what kinds of woods are best suit.
ed for boxes. The tests showed a decld
ed need for a standard classification of
box woods, and three groups have been
made. based on the data which was OBJ |
tanned.
The tests also show the best methods /
IF box construction. The experts say 1
hat one of the most striking things I
brought out was the inadequacy Of the /
methods OF mailing up boxes. i
The number Of nails used and the way I
hey are put in are important One nail
more to the side Of box viii give il
treat deal more strength than might be
thought. The nails should not be driv-
n too deep into the wood. In many
ases, il is said, proper mailing viii al
ow a reduction Of the amount of lumber
ised with any decreases in the value Of
he box. Boxes with cheated ends are
ound to be much stronger than those
without cleats- L
As q result OF the tests made at the
crest products laboratory. tentative sps- 4
ifcstions for boxes used in shipment Of (
AIMED goods have been drawn up and
ubmitted % the various parties inter &
sted, for discussion.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-12
WILSON PLANS LONG TOUR
Will Cross Continent and Speak in Cities
on Hughes List.

Washington, Aug. 70 Between Sept
Is and Oct. Pres. Wilson plans to start
a transcontinental campaign tour, includ
ing probably many Of the cities on the
Hughes itinerary
He will go as far as San Francisco, it
was learned Yesterday after Senator Pie
Ian had called at the White House to ar
range several California speaking en-
gagements.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-12
Sequestered Properties to
Be Returned to Pre-
vious Holders
TAKEN FROM
GOVT. SUPPORTERS
Carranza Stops Mexico City
Strike with Threats
Of Death

Paris, Aug, denomination was Civ.
en- yesterday by Juan Azcona, financial
agent in Paris OF the CarTanza regime,
of Mexico City dispatch in the Figaro
to the effect that the Mexican govern.
ment has decided TO return sequestratcd
properties taken from supporters OF pre-
vious governments, subject to any re-
sponsibilities which may have been IN.
CURED. The dispatch says this will tend
TO unite the various elements in Mexi.
60 for the restoration Of normal eondi.
tions.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-12
WHEAT KEEPS TO HIGH LEVEL
Little Change in Price at Opening of Chi
cago Market.

Chicago, Aug. l2,-High levels in wheat
prices continued yesterday when the Chi
cago market opened. September wheat,
which closed Thursday night at SI.A49s a
bushel, declined oneeighth OF a cent at
the start, but rose above that level in
few moments. December and MAY wheat
displayed a similar tendency.
There was no further advance in -four
prices here yesterday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-12
Broken Down at 30, Going Strong at SO.

In the August American Magazine
Thomas Kane, Chicago business man,
tells how he regained his health after a
nervous breakdown when he was forty.
eight He saws:
"Just three things are absolute ne
cessities for the smooth-running and
longevity Of these human machines of
ours: They are pure air, pure water,
and plain food Food alone has a price.
Both air and water are Gods free
gifts. And vet not one person IN ten
thousand breathes enough pure air; not
one IN a thousand drinks enough pure
water. and nearly all Of us eat too
much"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-12
MORE HOPEFUL.
Epidemic of Infantile Paralysis on the
Decline.

New York, Aug. l2.--The epidemic OF
infantile paralysis showed another slight
decline yesterday and health experts who
are fighting the scourge here were more
hopeful that the cool spell which struck
the city yesterday would materially
check the spread Of the plague The daily
bulletin OF the health department shows
that during the "a hour period which
ended at 10 a. m, thirty one children
died of the disease and les new eases
were reported in the five boroughs of
New York City. Thursday thirty eight
children died of the plague and lis were
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-12
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results.

At Boston First game Pittsburg .,
Boston l; Second game Pittsburg /,
Boston g.
At Brooklyn First game Brooklyn
,, Chicago | lsecond game Brooklyn 4,
Chicago l.
At New York First game New York
5. st. Louis 8; (second game New York
., St Louis Cgame called in the 7th,
to allow the st. Louis team to catch a
train.
At Philadelphia Cincinnati 3, Phila-
delphia ..
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-12
Her Real Complaint.

what makes Maud look so awfuiiy
dismalgT
"She saws her shoes are too light
her head aches. her supper disagreet
with her and she's got the blues
in other words. nobody has asked
her 70 dapce.--Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-12

Columbia, s. c., Aug l2.-Nliss Kate
Hampton. % years Of age. last Of the
children Of Col Wade Hampton OF the
war Of 1872, and sister Of the late Lieut.
Gen Wade Hampton Of the Confederate
army died here Thursday night.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-12
MUNITION TAX FIXED.
Burden Lessened on Manufacturers by
Flat Rate.

Washington, Aug. l2-Lessening the
tax burden to be borne by munitions
makers, Democratic members of the Sen
ate finance committee yesterday fixed a
fat rate of ten per cent on the net prod
ucts of all firms making munitions or
their component parts.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-12
RiohtIv Named

Customer-Confound 1t. waiter, Herr
Is q big chip Of wood in this pudding
Easy Going Waiter-Wen. that's al
right SIR. You ordered cabinet pud
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-12
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results.

At ST. Louis First gamel Cleveland
4, st. Louis s; (second game) Cleveland
/, ST. Louis 3.
At Chicago-Detroit 2, Chicago
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-12

Edith-Haven't YOU and Jack been en-
gagged long enough 70 get marriedf
Ethel-TOo long He hasn't got q cent
Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-12
DAVID KAHN, BANKER,
is DEAD IN PARIS
Was the Head Of International Banking
Firm OF Lazard
Freres.

Paris Aug r. David Kahn, head OF
the international banking firm OF Lazard
Freres, is dead.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-12
FEDERAL INQUIRY If
BREAD PRICES GO UP
Chairman Hurley of Trade Commission
halt, due to the fact it was reported,
Investigation.

Washington, Aug. 10 Statements
made at the recent convention in Salt
Lake City Of the National Association
OF Master Bakers that the price OF bread
to the consumer would be increased in
the near future have attracted the at.
tention OF the federal trade commission.
Edward NJ. Hurley, chairman, has been
authorized TO make an informal investi-
cation Of the situation in Chicago, head.
quarters Of the association. He went to
Chicago Thursday.
1t was said at the Offices Of the com
mission yesterday that should the in
crease materialize, formal nvcstiga.
tion to determine the cause might re.
suit.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-12
Salaries and Wages.

The salaries and wages amounted to
S5,367 ,249,000 in 1914 and to S4,365,6l3,-
600 in 1909. the increase being 81 ,00l,-
$4,000 or 22.9 per cent.
The number of salaried employees was
a64 ,2l7 in 1914, as compared with zoo, 267
in 1909. making an increase of l73,950, or
% per cent.
The average number of wage earners
was 7036 .337 in 1914 and 6,6l5,o46 in
1909, the increase being 42l POI, or GA
per cent.
The maximum number of wage earners
f7,242,75 for 1914 were employed dur
ing March, while the maximum number
: COG $3.50 for 1909 were employed dur
ing November The minimum number of
wage earners (6,640,2s4l reported for
1914 were employed during December and
the minimum number t6.2l0063l for 1909
were employed during January.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-12
Value Added by Manufacture

The value added by manufacture repre-
sents the difference between the cost of
materials used and the value of the prod
ucts manufactured from them. The value
added by manufacture was S9,s7s, 234 900
in 1914 and $3.50 26l 900 in 1000, the
increase being 81 s,o73,oOo, or 1873 per
cent The value added by manufacture
formed 4o7 per cent of the total value of
products in 1914, and ALB per cent in
600
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-12
Value of Products.

The value of products was So, 246 $685.
600 in 1914 and S20672 ,o52, 900 in 1909,
the increase being $3,5742 7l ,0o0 or l7.3
per cent. The average per establishment
was approximately $ss 900 in 1914 and
$1,000 in 1909.
The value of products represents their
selling value or price at the plants as
actually turned out by the factories dur
ing the census year and does not neces-
sarily have any relation to the amount
OF sales for that year The values under
this head also include amounts received
for work done on materials furnished by
others
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-09-22
FORGING AHEAD.

Bay county swung into the prosperity
column Tuesday when by majority of
more than four to one, the 1915 900 bond
issue was carried, to build roads-the spe-
cial feature being the ffteen-foot cement
pike around St. Andrews Bay from Lynn
Haven to Parker
Walton county is next on the program:
Walton already has what is reputed to be
the finest roads in West Florida, but there
is always room for Improvement, and Wal
ton is talking 100000 addition.
Then, of course, there is the Gadsden-
Jackson proposition to issue bonds to help
pay for bridging the Apalachico1a, so per
cent of which cost will be met by the Fed
cral Road Fund
We OF Escamb1a county in general and
Pensacola in particular have not been idle
in the meantime, but to speak very frankly,
Bay county has put it all over us this year.
There is little use for the Rotary Club The
Journal or ANYBODY else to talk about an
advertising campaign for Pensacola unless
we have something to show the tourists
when they get here. The years one great
achievement, is due not to county zeal. but
to private enterprise: reference is made of
course to the Gulf Beach Highway.
It took alas, some public-spirited bust
ness men of Pensacola to deny themselves
personal qualifications in order that they
could use the money to build a road-a
much needed dirt road; but the boosters
| of Bay county, with a united people back
Of them, and comforted furthermore by the
encouragement of their public officials, are
| opening up their water front assets with a
| cement pike
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-09-22
THE SCRATCH PAD
BY THOMAS EWING DABNEY.

If there is any truth in the news
paper report that the capture of Villa
is very near, we will soon be able to
find out in which of those places he
was really buried.
The new coins will be ready for
distribution soon, and will be ex-
changed for old coins of the same de-
nomination. We knew there would
be some drawback TO it.
Not F1oridians-Flo
Cyclone Mitchell says ne is neither
fanatic nor jelly fish, and now
that he has started we await fur
Their enumeration of the things he
isn't.
These high skirts have caused a
feverish search for the old-fashioned
girl who used to carry her money in
her stocking.
If Greece does slip over the cele-
brated brink, some old-fashioned par
agrapher will rise to inquire in stem
torian type who put the "Hell in the
Hellenes."
We don't see any use in such pure
ly technical decisions as that of the
New York judge who says man has
a right to spank his wife.
Since the Pennsylvania established
that wonderful world record at gun
merry, there has been a very extensive
silence among the republicans who
| formerly used to chortle SO gleefully
about the inefficieney of our navy.
| Maybe, alter all, Hughes isn't rap
| ping Wilson when he criticises the
eight-hour law. More than half the
republican members of congress vot-
ed for it, and the undiluted one
knows that seolding, like charity, be-
gins at home.
cat this distance of time" remarks
the London Observer, placidly, "prob-
ably few people will realize the full
significance of the telegram received
by the king from the Dowager Ma
harani Of Gwalior, announcing the
birth of an heir to the Maharaja.'
But anybody who has walked baby
at night knows that this Maharaja
person will curse the person who in
vented teething, and will have to
pawn the crown jewels to get sooth-
ing syrup, and be called a brute be-
sides by his mother-in-law Cavalier
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-09-22
Uox Pobuh.
GETTING HIS GOAT

Pensacola, Fla, Sept. 81. 1916.
Editor of The Journal:
Please allow me space in your good
paper to say a few words in regard
to the shot that got the neighbours
goat, as you have already given three
write ups on the incident.
This butt head had hard head that
led him to his untimely death, and in
the opinion of the writer became so.
jubilant over the Injuries of life in
his newly explored fields of green,
that he committed suicide. However
we have no coroners decision in this
opinion and therefore cannot be quite
sure whether it was suicide or an over
dose of the square head physic ap-
piled to the Butt heads, hard head in
the wrong stage of the Zodiac. Now
the poor butt head has passed over the
Great Divide and has left no inter
prefer to give his future whereabouts
or final designation, SO we in respect
for this dear departed hard head butt
head-dare not entangle his good
name with the other heads, that are
parties to this case.
I will admit that am the keeper of
probable illegal fence, but I am not
the keeper of my neighbors hard head
ed, butt headed billy goat.
uADDTD pv.+ Tsr,
Harper.