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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-10-17
Rogers Walk
Over Boot Shop
ITO No. Main St.

across the Atlantic albeit the United
States is not participant in the war,
and the New York Herald, which has
operated a wireless station, has been
threatened with the punishment of clos
ing the station if it fails to comply with
the orders of the navy department to re.
frain from warning ships outside of the
three mile limit of the operations of sub
marines hostile to shipping. The ground
apparently taken by the navy depart
ment is that the warning given to peace
full shipping may also serve as an aid to
warships of the belligerents which are
patrolling for the purpose of cutting off
the operations of the submarine In
other words, in its efforts to save the
lives of on-eombatants on peaceful
ships, the New York contemporary runs
afoul of the laws of neutrality, which
laws seem to be susceptible of varied in
terpretations. 1t is possible that the
wireless warnings sent out to peaceful
ships might be snatched up and used by
warships as an aid in running down an
enemy; and perhaps it is just as well, on
the whole, that such efforts are to be dis
continued On its part, The Herald has
expressed its entire willingness TO com
ply with the restrictions of the navy de-
partment and will attempt to send only
such messages as may be passed by the
censor placed there by the navy depart
ment, thus showing its purpose not to,
involve the United States in any discus
sions OF neutrality. 1t is to be hoped
that similar efforts to avoid breaches OF
neutrality will be followed everywhere
regardless Of which side of the struggle
the restrictions may hamper; and if 9th
er wireless stations are sending informs
tion that may be Of value to the bellig-
erents such practices will be stopped BY
federal edict if not done voluntarily The
results OF sending such information
might be quite trivial. but at the same
time they could lay the government open
10 the charge Of failing 70 enforce neu.
trality.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-10-17
War and Mails.

The United States can derive no sat
| isfaction from the Franco British reply
to protests against interference with neu-
1 trail mails at sea People whose legiti-
mate correspondence is delayed BY the
operation OF French or British censor
ship will find no promise of an end to
their yexation. Helpers of the Teutonic
powers and their auxilaries will see that
neither conveyance of eontraband nor
communication of plots is protected by
the American mails The entente allies
wish to maintain the most friendly rela
tions with our government, but they de-
cline to let the mails pass unexamined
| for the advantage of the enemy. 1t is
rather awkward for our state department
to be reminded that during the civil wal
the United States government intercept
ed and utilized correspondence, in accord
ance with President Lincoln's proclama-
tion that materials and information were
equally contra band We cannot justly
object to the adoption of our own prac-
tice by the allies.
But, though we may have to admit
that examination of our mails has been
made necessary by their abuse, we have
the right to demand that it shall not
be dilatory. The chief complaint has
been of delay through the taking of
ships into port instead of inspecting the
mails at sea. To this the answer of the
allies is that there cannot be inspection
at sea without delay and inconvenience.
Here, then is a question of fact, which
can be decided only by actual count of
time the one way and the other. Both
ways have been tried, and the logs OF
our own mail ships can surely furnish
the requisite particulars OF detention
The allies also rely on facts They
told us long since that they had found
large quantities of contra band, rubber
and other materials, in mail packages
dispatched from Ameria for Germany
Now we are informed that "hostle acts
have failed which had been planned
through the mails" and dangerous plots,
which the enemy does not even spare
neutral countries, have been detected in
the mails and foiled." This being so. it
appears that examination of mails by
the allies in 1916 is no less iustifiabl
than was the examination by the United |
States in ls62-64 Neutral mail would |
cease to be neutral the instant they af !
forded protection to belligerent plans or
supplies. Let our rights as neutrals be
guarded without abatement, but let us
not assert claims which we disallowed |
to others when we were belligerents. The |
interference with mails is vexatious But !
why the interference and the vexation? |
Because there is war, and war conditions !
are necessarily vexatious.-B Her.
aid
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-10-17

We have it from the Essex County
Herald, which is published in Brighton,
the home town of Representative Porter
H. Dale, that Mr.. Dale is planning to let
the people of the second congressional
district see him and hear his voice. Ii is
good news to those in the sections of
the district where Mr. Dale is but little
known according to the contemporaries
own admission. Let Mr. Dale stir around
the district little and not wait until
few months before another campaign for
reelection before getting in touch with
the people he represents at Washington
The off, seasons OF Congress ought to
be the time for a representative in Con
gress to find out how the folks back
home" feel. so that he can represent
them accurately. This we say with the
kindliest spirit toward Mr. Dale. as we
said in the original article which has
caused more or less OF a wild Juror
among Mr.. Dsle's able and valiant sup
porters.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-10-17

Being fined $50 with costs of Sls05,
being sued for $4,000 for personal and
property damage and being deprived of
license to operate an automobile in Yer
mont and Massachusetts, taken altogeth-
er, make quite a stiff punishment for
the Brattleboro young man who ran his
machine against a team BY the way,
there seems to be have been more strict
ness on the part of the state of Vermont
in taking away licenses this year than
usual, an attitude which cannot fail to
find approval among the entire people of
the state, whether they be drivers of
automobiles or not. The drivers of mo-
tor vehicles most certainly desire that
the highways be made as safe as pos
eible and as free as may be from ire
sponsible persons at the steering wheel.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-10-17

1t may be wrong guess, but we be-
lieve that the studied efforts of the
French war office to announce that GER
tain successful aviators in the French
army service are American citizens, cou-
pied with which announcements are quite
voluminous statements as to the careers
of those Americans, are intended to show
to Germany that the sympathies of the
United States are largely with the en-
tente allies and to force upon the German
people the conviction that the leanings
of the greatest nation not engaged in
the war are decidedly in favor of France.
The announcements of the doings and of
the careers of the Americans in the
French aviation corps are altogether out
of proportion to the Importance of those
things as compared with the movements
of one French army.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-10-17
Thinks That "Big Business"
Is Rallying to His
Support
DESPITE EFFECT
OF ADAMSON LAW
Campaign Contributions Are
Also Coming in
Better.

Long Branch, n. j., Oct, l7,--State'
ments by f. d. Underwood president OF
the Erie railroad, and ex-Judge Robert s
Lovett, chairman OF the board OF the I'm
ion Pacific railroad, indorsing President
Wilson and taking issue with those who
charge that the president acted on politi-
cal grounds when he forced through Con.
gress the eight hour law for railroads, is
the best news that has struck Shadow
Lawn since the campaign began, Mr.. vii.
sons political leutenants declared yes
terday.
While the big railroad chiefs dis
agree with the president on the eight.
hour law, their support of the so-called
Wilson policies now under Republican
fire is taken by Democratic leaders
here as a strong indication that the
substantial business interests of the
country are finally swinging into line
behind the president.
Shadow Lawn is in very optimis-
tic atmosphere these days
Action by several big business con-
Germs in the country, notably the En-
dicott & johnson shoe factory, in ac-
tually putting into effect an eight hour
day is held by the presidents advisers
to indicate that society approves the
principle OF the eight hour day, as
the president maintains, and that his
means of settling the threatened rail.
road strike are obviously being win.
dicated"
Party leaders here who two weeks
ago were dubious yesterday are walking
on air. They feel the slump has passed
and that Hughes will never be able
to catch up again"
Their views are based on scores Of
kilograms coming in from their lieu
tenants all over the country and con
tributions amounting to something like
$4,000 a day are materially boosting
their optimism
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-10-17

The following excerpt from an edi-
torial in the Boston Transcript sums up
the general idea in New England of the
service done by the organized militia OF
the several states Of the geographical
soldiers have the consciousness that they
have done their duty thoroughly and
well. The poison of politics does not
affect the spirit and the vigor with which
they have responded to the call. They
went out prepared to give their lives for
their country, and their promptness,
their organization and their discipline al
forded a model for the National Guard
of the entire country"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-10-17

There is even more uncertainty and
backing and filling about the departure
of the remainder OF the New Hampshire
troops to the Mexican border than there
was about sending the recruits from Yer
mont to the same destinations but up to
the present time the New Hampshire
troops haven't been started on the jour
ney and then been hauled back uncere-
moniously. 1t was some weeks ago that
New Hampshire's remaining troops were
ordered south but they are still waiting
for the railroad conveyances to take
them. There seems to be lack of CO.
ordination somewhere.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-10-17
RHEUMATISM AFTER
HIS DAYS OUTING
Hunting Trip on Wet Day Brings Pain
full Results

Once upon a time Charles Mullen OF
Philadelphia went cunning. 1t was a
dismal rainy day, and long exposure to
cold and wet brought on a severe attack
of rheumatism. He was confined to his
home.
\ friend recommended Sloan's Lini-
ment. citing his own case as evidence of
its effectiveness. Mullen bought bottle
and applied 1t TO his acfjng limbs. Soon
Improvement was noticed and he was
able TO return to business.
Mr.. Mullen writes "Since that expe-
rience | have never been without Sloan's
Liniment in the medicine chest" You will
ind It soothes bruises, sprains, toothache
and relieves lame back, neuralgia, in fact
all external pains. At all druggists.
25c, SOC and Sl.On bottle.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-10-17
s33o,ooo,o 900 FOR NAVY.
Appropriation of 1916 Congress May
Break Record.

Washington Oct L. Naval appro-
priations are likely to break records
again at the coming session Of Congress,
This became known yesterday in con
nection with the announcement that the
House naval committee foreseeing a vast
amount of work ahead, will meet Nov 20
to begin consideration OF the naval bill.
In naval circles it was predicted yester
day that the appropriations, unless the
little navy" members slaughter the bill,
will reach $3.50 600 600 or more The
navy department now is working on the
estimates The bill of last session ear
ried S3l3,O00,0 900.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-10-17

There is more or less plausibility
about the reason given for an automobile
skidding into a team on a Montpelier
street.-the fact that the wet leaves car
peting the road made the highway very
slippery. That being the case, motorists
should use even more caution in round
ing curves and in passing vehicles.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-10-17

After reading of the moving about OF
Vermont farmers, one is inclined to be-
leve the statement that the average res
idence on farm in the United States is
five years. The result cannot, therefore,
be anything else than a partial success
of farming Complete success could not
be acquired in so short time as five
years.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-10-17

Three weeks from to-day Vermont will
help to elect president of the United
States, and despite the nearness of the
great event Nermonters are unperturbed
The state of calmness is dIe to the fact
that Vermont is considered by both sides
TO be immovable
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-10-17
WASHINGTON COUNTY FARM
BUREAU ASSOCIATION.
Report for Week Ending Oct. IA,

| .
| Calls az Office .......,t..t.......
Telephone calls ................ II
Letters written ,,,.,...,......,.. II
Circular letters mailed ........... 37C
Miles Travelled Observation-Disclosures. 470
The Waitsfeld Cow Testing associa.
tion has demanded the attention of the
county agent for the balance of the week
past. This association has been in opera
tion for five years and is one of those
that the government at Washington was
instrumental in starting at that time
The association has been reorganized to
go into its sixth year. A few of the
former members have withdrawn for
sufficient reasons, but others stood ready
To take their places. An institution OF
this kind is living example of its
value TO the farmers concerned. In the
first place no progressive farmer who Is
trying to carry on a dairy herd and
build it up with the best he can produce
can afford togoa it blindly without know
ing his cows individually by the stand.
ard of the Babcoek test. This applies to
the farmer who is selling milk as well
as to the butter fat producer because in
II SNORT Ilmt, IL very SNORT time, Ill mllk
will be sold on butter fat basis. More
and more the buyer demands to know
what is the past production OF the COW
he is going to buy or OF the dams of the
heifers that are for sale. Cow testing
associations have taught them the value
of this knowledge and il is coming to be
relied upon as it is known to be un-
preiudiced. To the farmer who viii
study the records of his COWS as made by
the COW tester they will prove a valuable
school in themselves, as they will teach
the fundamentals of feeding practice,
wherein hinges the profit Of the dairy.
There are enough dairies in Washing
ton county to support several OF these
associations. Let us get busy and get
them into line. The work costs approx
mately one dollar per COW per year. II
is cheaper than the farmer can do it
himself and the saving in the grain bill
for the year will pay it several times
over. Remember this is sure thing.
You cannot lose by becoming connected
with one of these associations.
This week will be spent in Springfield,
Mass. attending the national dairy show.
Next weeks report will give some OF the
points picked up there.
F. H. Abbott,
County Agent.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-10-17

The annual scare about possible coal
shortage is stalking abroad through the
land, but some way or other people man
age to get through the winter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-10-17
Doughnuts
Coffee
Milk

Supper from o'clock until s o'clock
at l5c. Following the supper a recep-
ton will be given the pastor and his wife
and free entertainment will be given.
There will also be a sale of vegetables,
the proceeds for the church benefit fund.
Contributions fer this sale will be thank
fully received -adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-10-17
THE CENSOR IN THE UNITED
STATES

The heavy hand OF the federal censor
Is already beginning 70 be felt in the
United States in relation 10 the war
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-10-17

WI IIV WIN -tIIus
The ladies Of the NJ f. church will
hold harvest dinner and hash supper in
the vestry of their church next Thurs
day, Oct 10. Dinner will be served from
II 80 to 80 o'clock. School children
invited to dinner at Zoe per plate; adults.
l5c. Menu
Baked beans Boiled victuals
White bread Brown bread
Pumpkin pie Apple pie
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-10-17

Cash paid for old gold and silver. Re
Burr.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-10-17
MARSHFIELD.

Miss Louise Spencer of Montpelier
seminary was the guest of Nellie Pike
over the week -end.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-10-17
We open the fall show
ipo. -, o,c

We open the fall show
ing in furnishings.
In addition to our Sc
lection made early in the
season before the good
things were picked out,
our New York resident
buyer has just sent us a
few of the latest pat
terms, so you get the adj
vantage of buying in a
New York exclusive
store, less New York
prices.
Gloves in tan, gray
and yellow, 81 to $3.50.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-09

show vividiy our care for tho less ro
Dust members OF tho race. Our school
FOR backward children. our asylum.
material that would haVS, been throw,
away as worthless u few centuries. q
even few decades. ago, and eycntu,I
~ turn the feeble. the backward IN,
subnormal child into "A good citizc,,
Yet this Is the only instance, with M,
exception OF school savings banks, tina
can find in which thrift in apy a.
Its aspects has even touched our cJ,
cational system Of the twentieth cen,
fury.
ASKS THAT THRIFT
he TAUGHT IN SCHOOL
do not believe | am speaking mead
eihically. l am speaking practicaII,
ana dealing with fucts as they exis
Ill TINS milton to-day. Is tho fact M,
we are neglccting to train our hos,
ana girls In one OF the most import,,
functions OF good citizenship ideal talk
say, No. AS n parent and AS "a.
american. | am here to plead with yn,
'cachcrs or America not to let thi
opportunity go by. And I am ham,
10 say that I do not believe you vii
let IL 90 by. believe you renltz
kcenly and thoroughly the value o
the greater thrift and the necessity q.
teaching thrift in it's broudcst sen.
IN our schools and adding charart.
hnisdihS. IL YOU please. TO our curriru
luhi. ANA II We who are here to-d.,,
bend our efforts to this end. and !
we make MP our minds that II shat
be accomplished. II will he accomrl,.b
cd. and postcrity will thank you"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-09

understanding these things ourselves.
arc we doing our duty to our chill
drcn and TO postcrity, IL we tuil to do
| that for which | am pleading to-nigth?
You understand better than can
tell YOU the influence of the public
schools and of the parochai and pri-
waite schools. You understand that the
nation of tomorrow will be no greater
than the truth you are teaching your
pupils to-day. You understand that
the boys or girls who GO out from
your schoolroom into actual life with
only II haphaZard idea of rruxulitv
will without doubt never become
frugal men or frugal women They
WILL in all likelihood, live haphazard
iiVes. saving and spending alike. un-
wisely. l'ut If they had been taught
lessons in thrift: If there had been as
huch attention paid to teaching them
personal economies as WAS given Them
M geography or amy other one study
their equipment for practical life
would nave been much better. think
We ar" Just beginning to understand
these things. and tho fact that your
body now has II committee which il
investigating the question of teaching
thrift IN our schools shows that we
have become awakened to "a rcalizn-
ton of these necessities
I'VE cannot. in the schools or else
"hcf', tclcn a. boy how Ia make
money. Making money is a knacl<
hut If the boy is not endowed "a money
maker. W" can teach him To live il
sensible" life, to spend his earnings
wisely. To the best advantage To him
self, his family and society. We can
teach him, through the practices OF
THRIFT. good citizenship. ON the other
hand, the boy who Is II natural money!
maker VIII, in spite OF everything. ac-
puirc wealth when he natures and in
his school daya we can so mold Iii. char
actcr that when he becomes "a pros
porous citizen he will employ his ac-
cunluidtionS as a sacred trust. using
them To thc greatest SUud OF himself
and his fcllowman. We can teach
him. by the examples of the lives OF
worthy and successful men, that IL is
more praiscworthy to succeed i'm good
citizenship than to lie a Eiorificd
butcher on a battle Held
"From pillow boys 10 captains OF in
duStry how many great Americans
have trod that path. How many Of our
citizens begin life with the handicap
"f poverty and gain the heights: Let
thc children learn that success does not
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-09

mean alone the winning OF great polit-
icai or industrial battles. or tho slaugh-
ter or human beings. but that tho mon
who build factories. banks. rni,rond.
hospitals. art galleries, colleges and
ch"rehes 40 80 because they have
ie"rhea now to save and how to spend
wisely ana have mastered the science
OF living
n few weeks ago l received n letter
from western Governor, who told mo
mat wealthy citizen OF his State hnd
written him regarding tho ndvisnhil
NY or cndowinS q chair for the teach
Ing OF thrift in an institution of higher
learning. l believe the time will come
IN America, my friends. when the
greater thrift will he taught in our
colleges universities and academies I
believe this just az firmly as believe
the time Is near ut hand when thrift
VIII DO taught in tho primary classes.
tho grammar schools aud the high
schools-nnd believe, above all things,
thrift should be taught in our normal
schools. so that our teachers will DO
especially we'll equipped to instruct
their pupils IN personal economies
In one way only has the doctrine
OF the greater thrift influenced our
curricua. refer to thrift In human
material In pust ages feeble or de-
waStagc. to be thrown on the scrap
heap. Two thousand years ago the
Spartans deliberately put to death chill
drcn which seemed To be below the
physical grade demanded by the code
OF that fcrccly militaristic nution-
abandoned them to the tender mercy
OF the storms and wild beasts in some
rocky glen of the mountains To-day
we conserve this human material The
declining hsurcs OF infant mortality
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-09
McCuire's University
School
1865 OPP. William Byrd Park. iaIG
iin? second Session Opens sept 18TH

iifta -Scrond Session Opens sept. 18th.
rcccn, report ii the dcau of the
University Ui N!rrinin. covering three.
Se"rs, declares that the students In that
institution prepared In that's school have
been successful in - per cent -! their
examinations.
The certificate "i the PRINCIPAL win
admit boys prepared in this school IN
the University OF Virginia, Gmiy"r,i,v or
PENNSYLVANIA. Stevens Institute Of Tech
hoi"Hy. at floh"kcn y. J.. 10 the T. :
hiiiury Academy. West Point y y
Ah! TO all Southern colleges and rniver-
stiles without examination
Inexpensive hot lunches viii L.. served
Tor boys whose parents desire II.
LOWER SCHOOL. ron LITTLE Rows
Catalogue ana other descriptive matte,
10y mail or a. book stores
JOHN T.. MCGUIRE
Principal.