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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-06-21
MARSHFIELD

The funeral of +. A. Thomas took
place Saturday at p. m. from his late
home. The house was filled to overflow
ing with sympathizing friends and neigh
| bors The floral tributes were many and
beautiful, including a large set piece in
carnations and roses, representing a
closed book with key, from the bust.
ness men of the town, pillow from the
Masonic order, Of which he was mem
Der. one from the Eastern Star of Cabot,
besides various floral offerings from the
| following friends and relatives: Mr.. and
| Mrs. 0. ID. Cole. Mir and Mrs. S. H. Pack
! er, MIR. and Mrs. O. c. Pitkin, Mr.. and
Mrs. f. H. Prouty, Mr. and Mrs Frank
| Marshall Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Collins, Mr..
and Mrs. Severance, Mr.. and Mrs. Jones,
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Fiield, George
English and daughter, Ira II. Edison and
family, and Miss Carrie Beckley and
mother. The bearers were George Eng
lish and Henry Severance of Montpelier
and Warren Fifeld and 0. c. Pitkin OF
| this place, all brothersin- of the de-
ceased. Rev. j. A. Lawrence OF Chelsea,
former pastor and close friend, otfici-
ated. The interment took place at Cab
OF. The sympathy of the community
goes out to the wife who is left alone.
She wishes TO thank all those who have
so kindly assisted her in her bereave-
ment.
Remember the children's day exercises
next Sunday morning, June %. A cor
dial invitation is extended TO everyone.
Ex-Governor Fletcher of Cavendish
passed through this place recently en-
route for St. Johnsbury.
The Knights of Pythias held their an
nual memorial service last Sunday after
noon in the lodge room. A very inter
esting address on the theme of friend
ship was delivered by J. 5. Grassland OF
Cabot.
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Tabor Of Montpel-
Ter were in town Saturday to attend the
funeral of f. A. Thomas.
Harold. son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. b.
Pike. was home from st. Johnsbury
Tuesday morning to gain the consent OF
his parents to enlist in the National
Guard He leaves Wednesday for Fort
Ethan Allen.
Have you heard about it? What?
Why, the great get together occasion IN
Marshfield Thursday evening, June ~.
Listeni The Barre Board of Trade viii
furnish free entertainment consisting
of lantern slides representing the gran
tie industry and other interesting Tea
lures Of their town. The Barre band
will be present and viii furnish music
and the ladies are coming also. Come
down from the hillsides and up from the
valleys and show yourselves to be good
mixers by giving them a hearty, enthu-
siastic welcome. Their object is 20 be
come better acquainted and by the ming
ling and interchanging Of ideas 70 aid
in the building up Of better Vermont
This is the first meeting Of the kind IN
the state Wake mp citizens snd get busy
and let Marshield set pace for other
towns 10 follow Bring specimens Of
YOUR products and industries and show
what can be done here. The ladies ot
the Village Improvement society viii
serve a banquet in Pythian hall At $50
n. m. secure a ticket and be IN your
seats at the appointed time.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-06-21
SOUTH RANDOLPH

Miss Mabel Parker of Brookfeld is
working at J. c. Green's.
Prof. Lloyd Riford OF Brunswick, n.
j., who has been visiting his brother, f.
P. Riford, started for his home Sunday.
Lena Camp is working in South Roy
alton in the family Of Prof. NJ. A. Sturte-
want
f. ID. Camp, as administrator, has sold
the goods of the Melissa Neff Belk,
nap and Charles NJ. Belknap estates to
John Rogers, Mr.. Rogers taking the
property at the commissioners apprais-
al
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-06-21

detailed as recruiting agent and is at
home for the time being. c. Stanley
Putnam obtained leave of absence till
tonight, when he will retnrn to North
field. Andrew Stark, member of Co. f
residing here, responded to the call Mon
day Averill Rogers went only on Sun
day TO accept position as clerk in
Northampton, Mass, and early the next
morning heard the call to the colors.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-06-21
Don't Let a Cold
GET a Good Start

The way to check a cold is to fight
It from the first. Even the worst
maladies often ore easily conquered
if attacked early enough. Colds may
lead to asthma. bronchial troubles
and pulmonary affections. In the
treatment of these one of the first
needs is to build up body resistance.
Eckman's Alternative often has s.
sisted in such upbuilding. AS treat
ment for the troubles named. 1t has
been used for more than twenty
years. And in many instances it has
effected lasting relief.
As with any other medicine, 10
should be regarded only as a first aid
to right care and hygienic living
and a safe one. For IL contains no
narcotics. opiates or habit-forming
drugs of any sort.
At your druggists.
Eckman Laboratory, Philadelphia.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-06-21
EAST BARRE

Notice to officers and members of
Court Phil Sheridan, No. S, f. of A.;
This is to notify all members OF the
above lodge to attend summons meet.
ing on June p at 1880 p. m. to elect
officers for the remainder OF the year. j..
p O'Hagan.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-06-21

former resident. is visiting her daugh
ter, Mrs. George G. Nichols.
Tax Collector ". r. Briggs obtained a
discharge from military service because
of defective eyesight NJ. +. Gaskell was
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-06-21

The Middlebury Congregational church
and society has extended = cali 10 Rev
Henry g. Newell 81 >omefviiie, Conn. 10
become its nsstor. He has been IN som
eryiIn for three Years.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-06-21
GRANITEVILLE

Carpenter work wanted. Day work or
contract. Fred Antill.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-02-11
DECLARES WOMEN MAY VOTE
Chicago Attorney Challenges Opinion
Of Attorney General Of Illinois.

Chicago, Feb. 9.-The right of WON.
en- to participate in the presidential
primaries, granted under the suffrage
act, was upheld in an opinion given
the election board by Attorney Colin
G. II. Fyffe. The opinion rendered the
election board is Numerically op-
posed to that of Attorney General p.
J. Lucey, who in an informal opinion,
has ruled that the women cannot vote
for their choice for the presidency.
The conflict in opinions was gen.
orally interpreted to mean that the
case will be carried to the supreme
court before that body adjourns.
What year and what season of the
year was Napoleon Bonaparte's inva-
sion Of Russia?
1t was I'm the fall and winter OF
1928. He entered Moscow at noon
on the 18th Of September. 1912. and
on the 10th the Russians set fire to
the city in several hundred different
places. and ii was reduced to ashes.
The retreat from Moscow began Oct.
%. 1872. Cold weather began Nov. y,
the thermometer some days showing %
degrees below zero.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-02-11

Please tell mo the real meaning OF
he union of the American flag. Why
are the stars placed in that position
and in different positionsf When were
they placed in rows?
The earliest legislation on a national
dag was resolution of congress. June
IA, 1777, that the dag Of the thirteen
United States be thirteen stripes, alter
nate red and white; that the union be
thirteen stars, white in blue field.
representing the new constellation.
In 1894 congress ordered that after
May 1. 1895. the flag should have ff-
teen stripes and fifteen stars. This
was to note the admission OF Vermont
and Kentucky. In 1918 an act was
approved reducing the number OF
stripes to thirteen and increasing the
number OF stars 10 represent at all
times the number of states In the
union. The law did not designate the
manner of placing the stars In the
union.
In the flag the stars have always
been set in parallel lines, the number
of lines and number of stars in line
varying of course. At present there
are six lines of eight stars each.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-02-11
capture Of APPAM
naval EXPLOIT
Experiences of the Emden and
Others Recalled by Feat
of Bare Handful of
Teut0nS.

Il was a bright clear day when
We were captured. We were
siawing along at a fair rate of
speed when suddenly In the dis.
asbrf l saw what appeared to be an
sxszlnGxy tramp steamer. Gradually she
sszrur closer. We did not fear her and
asszHiEIled ahead with no attempt to
zHaaps NOR without making prepare
t,1ssEI 70 combat her. as we certainly
axgscctsd NO attack.
-s;Iadenly the tramp fired shot
iSs1sns % small gun across our bows.
tEaznsdiately hove to. AS | did the
SzasF fcrecastle head, made apparently
m fxnyas OF some other flimsy mate
ssssR. Cell away and revealed battery
III hKsa guns.
1T immediately was apparent that
5zs<ArErce was useless, so we surren-
xxs2 without offering resistance.
Vince aboard the Appam the Ger
sxxzE prize crew under the protection
af ssnS battery of guns of the raider
s2zmsfsssss2y disarmed the AppaM
s1rss sut2 locked them In various cab
Tfra a similar precaution was taken
Yxaat TIE prisoners.
SnSts9' course of this work the TWEEN
~ asgman captives. who were being
asse&rn 70 England, were discovered.
s1sx ware liberated that they might
'srzsaa me crew in taking charge of the
Mharr "a large number of prisoners
4 ra6 ua Ri I>,,
SsAs' Bsrmnns then were placed aboard
tsshr 4ppam.-
THIS fs the story of the capture Of
!sAs 5sitish steamship Appam by
Sxfsnna commerce raider as related by
Sshvss0 Harrison Of the vessel The
;ansSx hhxilling fiction story Of the days
e8&1stes has never equaled this one
---sassu the liner was Overhauled, how
asssw German sailors came clamoring
.wpmn der decks and clashed with the
aGo4azuS
iskfar the capture. with the British
's&E awered and the double eagle at
sar sxesn. the Appam then set out
.seRssEs'ef the most remarkable voyages
sasssksaoxy. which ended when she put
s1daegsrt ut Hampton Roads.
.Sss' saftire Atlantic is hostile woter
's1saNs=sermans, but the Appam eluded
aaaEsn naval vessels, avoided the reg
Nor passenger lanes on which she
Sr&sE have encountered British mer-
sasxa ships without number and Slip
Ixtaa neutral port safe and sound
sBsxns not even known that a Ger.
Smsn ship was at large on the seas.
0srsa, the hands Of the Teutons, the
>A1ssz75wass herself turned into COM
snszwraider and is understood to have
RnBgred two enemy ships while en-
sss0r bere. What became Of them is
sR xrealed.
DAr Appaml now Lies off Old Point
esasnstf uuderr the guns OF Fortress
ssasmsse waiting; for the state depart
nesag 1T Washington to determine her |
sasmnns-whether she Is a man-of-war
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-02-11
Conflict In Hague Rules.

Seemingly conflicting provisions of
The Hague convention. which some in
ternational lawyers hold to apply in
the case Of the Appam, are:
"Article PA prize may only be
brought into a neutral port on account
Of unseaworthiness, stress Of weather
or want Of fuel or provisions. 1t must
leave as soon as the circumstances
which justified its entry are at an end.
If It does not the neutral power must
order 1t to leave at once. Should It
fail to obey, the neutral power must
employ the means at its disposal to re-
lease It with its officers and crew and
to intern the prize crew.
ARTICLE pa neutral power must
similarly release a prize brought into
one Of its ports under circumstances
other than those referred to in arti-
Gle 81"
Article %, on the contrary, says:
"a neutral power may allow prizes
to enter Its ports and roadsteads,
whether under convoy or not, when
they are brought there to be seques-
tered pending the decision Of a prize
court. 1t may have the prize taken to
another Of its ports.
of the prize is conveyed by a war
ship the prize crew may go on board
the conveying ship.
III the prize Is not under convoy the
,rize crew are left at liberty"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-02-11
SALVATION ARMY STATUS?
Michigan Charities Head Asks Advice
of Attorney General.

VI AttoTHcy ScHeTdi.
Lansing. Feb. 9.-State officials are
uncertain regarding the legal status
in Michigan of the Salvation Army.
Cary 7. Murray, secretary of the
board of charities and corrections, has
asked the attorney general for a rul-
ing on the recent incorporation Of the
amy under Michigan laws as cor
poration not for profit. The difficulty
arises over the registration of solicit
tors under the new state law.
The army has branches in about
80 Michigan cities and does much So
Letting of charitable funds. AS soon
as its status is determined, Mr.. Muir
ray plans to pass upon the Volunteers
OF America. which, he believes, Is an
organization based on the same gen.
eral plan.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-02-11

nut at the last moment, after he mao
got steam up. he decided to intern, on
orders from his government. 1t was
said.
On April IL following the Kronprinz
Wilhelm suddenly appeared at Hamp-
ton Roads. having passed quietly
through line of British warships
whose duty 1t was to guard the coast.
Six British cruisers were not far from
Hampton Roads when the German YES
sci appeared.
The ship had been out at sea for
225 days, and the captain said he
would have remained out longer, forag-
Ing supplies from enemy ships. except
for an epidemic Of beri-beri that laid
most of his crew low.
During the long cruise the Kronprinz
had captured fifteen vessels and had
destroyed property valued at $4,000
0OO
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-02-11

CLAN McTavish Lieutenant Berge does
not know.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-02-11

FOR SALE-Good forty acres of
land on street car line Q miles north Of
Morrice all improved. fine soil, can't be
beat. Inquire of j. F. STO NE, Perry,
r. d No. 1.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-02-11
MOST brilliant
MADE By GERMANS
Small Vessel, Fully Armed, Fly
ing Swedish Flag, Slipped
by British on Her Voy-
age of Destruction.
Brief Resistance Made.
Observation-Disclosures
Ibject to internmenr or u

| According to the story told with
great reserve by Lieutenant Berge tc
| Collector Hamilton when he formally
reported his presence in American ter
ritoria waters. the Moewe. supposed
( to be the mysterious German com
merce raider, captured the Appam
bound from Dakar. British West Afri
ca, for Liverpool, after brief show
or resistance on Jan. 10. sixty miles
north of the Madeira islands.
One report current had 1t that the
| Moewe, fully armed had slipped out OF
the Kiel canal, the base of the German
| feet. and run the gantlet Of the Brit.
ish blockade. Another report said heI
armament included ten inch guns.
| Naval authorities hint that the mys.
terry Of the Moewe may be explained
! by her having been supplied with guns
from the missing Karlsruhe.
On Jan. II she engaged in battle an
| armed Australian trader. the Clan Nc
lavish, which she sank after an ex-
citing combat, with loss Of fifteen
men killed on the Clan McTavish.
The Appam, which was ten miles
away at the time In charge Of a prize
crew, steamed hurriedly back to the
scene and rescued four members of the
crew of the sinking Clan McTavish
struggling in the water.
Later, under orders from the COM
mander Of the raider. Lieutenant Berge
headed his prize for the American port
end parted company with the Moewe
When the race for Hampton Roads
started a member Of the prize crew
was stationed at the wireless for the
purpose Of receiving all messages, but
to send none. By this method the
whereabouts of the British cruisers pa.
trolling the regular ocean lanes were
always known to Lieutenant Berge.
who steered far out Of reach Of them.
452 Ruled by 90 Germans.
On board the Appam all told are ASP
persons-the prize crew of %. 20 Ger.
man civilians, who were on their way
to England for interment: 1873 seamen
captured with the British ships, 110
passengers on the Appam and the Ap-
PANS crew Of 155. All were controlled
by the % Germans.
She had one mounted rifle aboard
when captured, but this was removed
by the Moewe, and there were no guns
aboard when she reached port except
small arms carried by the prize crew.
AS If she anticipated trouble. the
Moewe stuck close by the Appam for
forty-eight hours. Thus 1t was that
the captors and captured saw the fight
between the Moewe and the Clan Nc
lavish.
During the battle fifteen men were
killed. How many of these were Ger
mans and how many were aboard the
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-02-11

What does il cost to fire off a four.
teen inch gun?
The projectiles fred from these guns
weigh 1.400 pounds each and are ex-
pensive. 1t costs the government SIT
every time one of them is used.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-02-11

Which is the weather. country in
money matters, England or France?
Inc latest estimate of the wealth of
nations gives Great Britain and Ire.
land SSO,O000GO.OOO and France s65..
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-02-11

Kindly advise IL the French govern.
rent financed the movement for get.
ting Napoleon ont of France; also give
a short description OF how it came
about that Napoleon was forced to
leave France.
Ii was the British government that
financed the matter OH both occasions
when he was sent out of France. first
after defeat by the allies at Paris to
the island Of Elba in 1914 and again
to St Helena in 1915. After the battle
of Waterloo. June Is. 1913. he sur.
rendered himself to the British nd.
miral at Rochefort. July 10. was taken
to England on British naval vessel
and from there sent to st. Helena. If
he had not given himself up to the
British he probably would have been
captured by the royalists. who were
then in the ascendant. His intention
In going TO ROchefort was, II possible,
to take passage to the United States;
but, that failing. he gave himself up
to the British.
What does il cost to fire off four.
teen inch gun?
The projecties fred from these guns
weigh 1.400 pounds each and are ex-
pensive. 1t costs the government SIT
every time one Of them Is used.
What is the military establishment of
Servia?
Under the Servian defense law army
service Is for twenty-four years-ten
years In the first category. or active
army; seven years In the second cate
CORY, or reserve army. and seven years
in the third category. or garrison army.
The active army is the regular army,
In which color service lasts for two
years. followed by eight years in the
reserve of the active army. This army
has cadres skeleton bodies) with
reasonably strong peace establishment
like other regular armies.
The reserve army has virtually no
peace establishment. although its
cadres are organized. The garrison
army likewise has no peace establish
ment. and 1t Is formed only In time Of
war.
Adding in certain reserve units not
directly available as portion Of the
field army. the active and reserve
armies on war footing consist alto
gether Of 1865 battalions. At squadrons
and 122 horse. field. mountain and
howitzer batteries. making up. with
engineers. garrison artillery and de-
,artmental troops. total Of about
100000 men.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-02-11
China's Great River.


The YangtZe king, or YangtZe river,
Is as long as the Mississippi and Is far
more important as highway of COM
merce. From the great port Of Shang-
hal as far inland as the important city
of Hankow, II distance OF 600 miles, the
Yangtze is navigable for ocean going
vessels. For the greater portion OF this
distance the river Is very broad, and
for some of the journey passenger In
O boat in midstream would be unable
to see either shore distinctly. From
Hankow to Ichang, 2S0 miles farther.
the Yangtze Is navigable for small riv-
er steamers, and from Ichang up to
Pingshanhsien, nearly 1000 miles, 1t Is
In great part navigable. Some OF the
passenger steamers plying between
Shanghai and Hankow are exceedingly
modern and comfortable. Thousands
of sailing craft are seen on the river
daily on a trip between these two
points and numbers of huge RATS
which require each a whole village to
bring them and their contents to the
distant market. The Yangtze has many
important tributaries. One Of these,
the Hanho, which flows into the Yang
tie at Hankow, Is Itself navigable for
600 miles.
Will you kindly inform mo through
your department il il is true that
Washington never won battle2 His
many generals did, and, Of course, no
reaped the benefit. and he conducted
masterIy retreats and arranged victori-
Gus campaigns.
The victories Of Princeton and Tren-
ton must be credited TO General Wash
ington. He led the American forces Of
Yorktown. but was assisted by French
troops and the French fleet so that
the battle cannot be laid wholly to his
credit. 1t must be remembered that
the Revolution was not war Of largo
battles, but of careful strs"ao7.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-02-11
The Emden Recalled.

The arrival Of the captured Appam
recalls the dramatic thrills which as
founded the wcrld when forty men
and several officers of the German
cruiser Emden arrived on the Red sea
coast of Arabia and made their way
overland by way of Damascus 70 re
port at Berlin for decoration with the
iron cross and for further orders.
The Emden was sunk Nov. o. 1914.
at Cocos island. in the Indian ocean.
by the British cruiser Sydney after she
had destroyed twenty-three vessels of
the allies, valued, with their cargoes,
at $20,0O0,000, and had raided the har-
Dor Of Penang, sinking the Russian
cruiser Jemtchug and French de-
strOyer after entering the harbor dis
guised by the erection of false fourth
funnel
British, French and japanese cruis-
ers had secured the seas for three
months seeking to stop the Emden's
work of destruction when the Sydney
sighted her off Cocos island and offer
ed battle. A landing party of forty
men, under Lieutenant Muecke. was
ashore from the Emden. destroying a
cable and wireless station. They saw
the Emden. commanded by Captain
Won Muller. steam out to meet the
Sydney and saw both ships. fighting
disappear over the horizon and reap
pear, disappearing around a bend Of
the island.
Other Naval Feats by Germans.
The daring Of the Appam's small
prize crew ranks up well with the
feats Of the German cruiser Karlsruhe.
the flight of the gold laden Kronprin-
zessin Cecile and the exploits of the
Prinz Eitel Friedrich and Kronprinz
Wilhelm.
The Appam is the third of these YES
sells to slip quietly into Hampton
Roads, the Kronprinz Wilhelm and the
Prinz Eitel being there now.
The Prinz Eitel Friedrich dropped
anchor in Hampton Roads on March
IL, 1915, seven months after she had
left Tsingtao. She was a rusty look
ing hulk when she arrived, her engines
were in bad repair, and Captain THE
richsen, in charge, said he would not
have entered the American port II he
had not needed supplies and repairs.
The British warships cruising in these
waters would have meant little to him
If his ship. had been in proper shape. he
said.
He got the supplies and repairs.
Then under the law he would either
have to be interned or dash to sea.
Four British cruisers were lowering
outside, waiting for him to make the
dash he had announced he would try
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-02-11
Passengers and Crew Docile.


The Appam picked up four members
of the crew of the Clan McTavish. all
badly wounded. These men now re-
quire hospital attention.
There was no opposition by the APP
PANS crew. which consented to obey
the orders Of the Moewe's prize crew
without attempting mutiny. The pas
engers also were docile from the time
the Moewe's crew came aboard. They
numbered among them Sir Edward
Merrewether. governor of Sierre Leone.
and his wife and Fred James. secre
tary of the administration Of Nigeria.
The British flag was flown through
out the voyage across the Atlantic. but
the German ensign was hoisted after
the Appam had passed In through the
capes in order to give her status.