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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-06
VAST PREHISTORIC SEA.
Covered Large Portion of the United
States


A prehistoric sea, or arm OF the ocean
(which extended from the Gulf OF Mexi.
co far into New York state, together
with the early animal life of this sea
is described in an interesting manner by
the United States geological survey in
reporting to correspondent on rock
sample:
"1he rock was formed very long ago,
many million years ago, in what geolog-
its call the Deyonian period. At that
time large part of the eastern Unit
ed States was occupied by an arm of the
sea which extended northeastward from
the Gulf of Mexico region into New
| York state. The eastern shore of the
sea was not far east Of the present line
of the Blue Ridge and the highlands of
New Jersey and southeastern New York,
and still farther east lay great CONT
nent which extended an unknown dis
lance into the area now occupied by
the north Atlantic. The northern shore
of the sea was somewhere near line
drawn from Albany through Syracuse,
Rochester, and Buffalo. The present
site Of the Catsxill was thus near the
northeast end or head OF this sea or
gulf, with land not far away on the east
and north.
"The sea teemed with life, almost
wholly inyertebrate animals and marine
plants, and the larger part of the life
appears to have inhabited the sea bot
tom. Brachiopods, though rare now,
were very abundant then, and many
other forms of animals crawled about or
grew upon the sea floor. As the streams
washed in sand and mud from the neigh
boring lands the sea gradually filed up
and the shells OF many brachiopods and
other she'll bearing animals were thus
buried in the sand and their forms pre-
served till now. BY slow upward move
ment of the earth's crust the sea was
drained from the region and the beds Of
sand and mud that had been hardened
into sandstone and shsle, and lifted
thousands of feet above the sea level
to form a great new land. The Catskill
mountains have since been carved from
this Uplifted mass OF rock through the
cutting Of valleys BY the streams.
"As a rule none of the original ma
terial Of the shells is preserved, having
been dissolved away long ago. The sand
being closely compacted about the shells
their forms we're preserved, however, az
molds in the sandstone Some Of the
molds have since been filled BY oalcite 4
fcalcium carbonatel which has crystal 1
lied from water that soaked through /
the rock, and thus casts were formed 4
having the same shape ~ tile original /
shells and consisting Of similar material. I
The fact that few. # any, whole shells /
were preserved in this particular rock !
shows that. after the death Of the ami !
mails that they belonged to, the shells |
we've washed about by waves and cur 1
tents and more or less broken up before /
ENG buried in the saudS
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-06
HASN'T GIVEN UP
BASEBALL FOR
FARMING YET
But Ray Collins, the Big Vermont Twill
er, Has Not Signed Contract to
Pitch with Red Sox
Next Season.

Burlington, Jan. Cray Collins may
not pitch for the Boston Red Sox next
season. Mr.. Collins was asked to-day
If he had given up baseball for farming,
"a statement to that effect having been
published in New York paper.
81 haven't decided what / will do, "
said Mr.. Collins, Il haven't signed up
for next year, and may not do so, but
there is nothing sure about it,"
Does the question of possible cut
in salary have anything TO do with your
course in the matterP was asked Not
the slightest" was the reply. Further
than that Mr.. Collins had nothing to
say. He enjoys farming and was inter
viewed over the long distance phone
at his farm house in Colchester.
He had an off season last year. in
but the manager has asked him
TO come back He hasn't Left the game
yet, however.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-06
Embargo Is Extended to All
of the Railroads
Therein
BOSTON & MAINE
LATEST IN MOVEMENT
New Haven Was the First
to Issue Stop
Order

Boston, Jan. 6.-New England is now
efTectually cut off from the rest Of the
world by embargo orders. The three
principal railroads struggled with the
onrushing flood of freight as long as
they were able, hoping to keep their
routes open and free, but as stagnation
set in on the outside lines freight sought
new outlets, congested the New York
yards and then threatened to tie up
the other entrances into New England.
Boston and Maine was the last Of the
three roads to yield and yesterday that
company threw up its hands at the pile
of freight headed its way. The Boston
and Albany issued its embargo order
Tuesday and the New York, New Haven
& Hartford railroad has had an embargo
order in effect ince Dec. L modified on
Dec. n. So far as they apply to class
es of freight the embargo orders Of the
three roads are substantially the same.
All of them allow the movement of coal,
perishable goods, livestock and foodstuff
for human consumption. The latest or
der that issued by the Boston and
Maine yesterday, read as follows; "A
"On account of heavy movement Of
freight EN- route to New England, em-
barge is placed ON all freight via june
ton points with the New York Central
except livestock, perishable
food stutfs for human consumption, and
coal. All freight billed prior to and in
Guiding Jan. o, 1916, will be accepted.
The Boston and Maine states in ex
planning that while thus far it has been
able to take freight from the Delaware
& Hudson at Mechanicsyille, and from
the New York Central at Rotterdam |
without serious delay, yet |
those connections advise that by reason
IF the New Haven railroad embargo Of |
Dec. 7, diverted freight il being offered /
IN such large volume that an embargo |
Is necessary If congestion is to be avoid /
"a. The Delaware d Hudson placed such /
IN embargo last week. BY reason Of the
Boston & Albany embargo placed Tues
lay the demands on the Boston and /
Maine will increase TO such an extent
hat no alternative is left but to place
| similar embargo until the accumula
ion now ON hand ON its connections il
educed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-06
He saved the Patent Office.

When in the war of 1912 the British
who had taken Washington. trained
their guns upon the patent office DR.
Thornton, throwing himself directly be
fore the guns. cried:
Are you Englishmen or Goths and
vandals? This is the patent office-a
depository of the ingenuity and inSen-
tons of the American nation in which
the whole civilized world is interested.
Would you destroy 1t? Then let the
charge pass through my body"
And the building was spared. Twen-
ty-four years afterward. however it
was destroyed by fire. together with
everything in it.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-06
British Military Service Bill
introduced in the
Commons
BACHELORS AND
WIDOWERS INCLUDED
Is Not Consumption, Says
Premier Asquith of
the Bill

London, Jan. 6--Under the terms OF
the compulsory military service bill in
troduced in the House of Commons yes.
terday all males between the ages OF Is
and Al, who are bachelors or widowers
without children dependent on them, are
liable for military service. Ireland is
excluded from the terms of the measure.
The largest assemblage of members
since the war began faced the premier.
Many members had obtained leave to
return from the front SO that they might
be able to vote on the compulsion bill
The Earl of Derby, who conducted the
recruiting campaign, was in the peers
gallery.
Mr.. Asquith said no case had been
made out for general compulsion, and
that the bill he was introducing could be
supported by those opposed to conscrip-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-06
The Puget Sound Station Is
Thoroughly Depend
able .
SO SAYS STANFORD TO
NAVAL COMMITTEE
New York Situation Rather
Serious-Difficulties
in Entering

Washington, Jan. 6.--There is only
one thoroughly deep water naval station
in the United States according to Rear
Admiral Stanford, head Of the bureau Of
yards and docks, who testified yesterday
before the House naval committee, and
that station is the Puget Sound navy
yard. The situation at the New York
navy yard is "rather serious" Admiral
Stanford testified At Norfolk, while
annual dredgings are not needed, the
river and channel in front Of the yard
should be widened.
The biggest battleships, Admiral Stan
ford said. found no difficulty in entering
the Puget Sound yard. Difficulties were
encountered at times in entering the
Philadelphia and Charleston yards, he
said. He promised to give more details
at to-day's hearing.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-06
SPEED or PR0JEcTILEs.
How the Velocity of Cannon Balls and
Bullets Is Measured.

Bullets Is Measured.
How fast does bullet travel? TIE
highest velocity ever given to cannon
BAN Is 1926 feet per second. This is
equal to mile In little more than
three seconds, or nearly twenty miles
a minute.
A rifle bullet does not travel SO fast
as canpon ball, the average rate be
ing 1875 feet per second. This mat
ter of speed Is tested in very inter-
esting way.
A long wooden shed is used, in which
a distance of exactly 100 feet has been
carefully marked off. At each end of
this space is stand something like
target with large circular opening
where the bullseye should be. Across
each opening is stretched small cleo
tric wire. connected with delicate
instrument In another room.
The rife from which the firing is
done is so aimed that the bullet which
files from it cuts both wires. Obvious
ly the difference in time between the
cutting of the two wires marks the
speed OF the bullet through that 100
feet.
When the first wire is cut an electric
current is broken and rod falls, NOV
ing pointer on q slide in its descent.
The breaking OF the second wire acts
in the same manner on another set of
rods. slides and pointers.
The difference in the marks made by
the pointers on the slides makes it pos
sible TO estimate the difference in their
time of falling. and from these calcu-
lations accurate figures as to speed are
obtained.-London Answers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-06
DO YOU SUFFER
FROM BACKACHE?

When your kidneys are weak and tor
pid they do not properly perform then
functions; your back aches and you dc
not feel like doing much Of anything
You are likely to be respondent and t.
borrow trouble, just as II you hadn't
enough already. Don't be a victim any
longer
The old reliable medicine, Hoods Sar-
saparilla, gives strength and tone to the
kidneys and builds up the whole system
Hoods Sarsaparilla is peculiar combi-
nation Of roots, banks and herbs. NO
other medicine acts like it, because no
other medicine has the same formula or
ingredients. Accept no substitute, but in
sist on having Hoods, and get It to.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-06

ton. lie opened his address with al
analysis of the figures in the Derby re
port. He emphasized the fact that dur
ing the Derby campaign nearly 3,O0O,Oot
men had offered their services. Ever
deducting those rejected on the grounc
of physical disability, the total was still
in excess of 2,500,000 "These are won
derful, encouraging figures the premier
continued "They ought to convince
both our allies and our enemies that the
people of this country have their hearts
in the war"
| Mr.. Asquith said he was totally I'M
able. after making the largest possible
hypothetical deduction to consider the
number of unrecruited single men as
anything but a substantial, and even
considerable amount. He added that
Sir John Simon, whose resignation as
home secretary was announced Tuesday,
thought the figures might be reduced to
an inestimable quantity If he had
shared this view, Mr. Asquith said, the
present contingency would not have aris-
en-, but he could not think that. The
primary obligation was to keep faith at
all costs with the married men,
Mr.. Asquith said exemptions from
service could be claimed under the terms
of the bill on the same grounds as in the
case of men attested under the Derby
plan. The grounds OF exemption include
conscientious objection to performing
military service.
Other grounds for exemption from
service, the premier said, included i'll
health, physical infrmity, the necessity
to support dependent persons and the
fact of being engaged on work of ma
tional Importance.
The bill, Mr.. Asquith continued, was
limited Specifically to redemption of the
promise he had made publicly to mar
ried men This pledge had been given
at time. when overwhelming evidence
had been submitted to him that married
men who were willing and anxious to
serve We're holding back in large mum
bers. They needed t. be treasured that,
having regard for their circumstances
and the business they were carrying on, |
they could count upon their term of
service being postponed until the young |
er and single men had been called up. |
IF assurance had not been given at that |
time the whole recruiting campaign |
would break down.
Where, then, should we be nowf" he
asked.
The premier added that if he were to
be confronted with the same situation
1t the present time he would take pre-
,isely the same course. He said he had
'eceived no protest against his pledge.
Although he had been strong sup
porter Of the system Of voluntary serv-
&c, Mr.. Asquith declared he was con-
tinced Of the necessity of the compul-
ion BILL which he believed would meet
With general approval when its pro-
risions were understood
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-06
JUSTICE LAMAR'S FUNERAL.
Simple Ceremonies at Augusta, Ca
Hundreds Fill the Church.

Augusta, Ca, Jan. 6.The funeral of
Associate Justice Joseph Rucker Lamar
Of the supreme court was held here yes
terday at the First Christian church, OF
which he had been a member for years.
Hundreds Of persons filled the edifice. At
the grave simple ceremony was con-
Quoted consisting Of a prayer and the
recitation OF Tennyson's Crossing the
Bar"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-06
ENGLAND TIES
UP AMERICAN
MAILS II HOURS
First-Class Matter Arriving Sunday Not
Delivered Because of Censor's
Interference.

London, Jan. Elm consequence Of the
inauguration Of censorship Of mails ar
irving in England from the United
States, the letters brought in last Sum
day on the steamships st. Paul and
Noordham have not yet been distributed
although the government states first
class mail is not to be delayed longer
than "a hours after its arrival
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-06
ITALIANS GAIN ALL.
ALONG THE FRONT
Gains Recorded by the War Office Both
in TyroI and the
Isonzo

Rome tvia London, Jan. 6.--An Off
eial statement given out Tuesday night
by the Italian war office says.
'Rivazone: After careful preparation,
our troops occupied new positions higher
up along the ridges which ascend from
Biacesa to Rochetta. After short
spirited struggle we seized also two
trenches, on the slopes Of Monte Spe-
rome.
"Carso zone: At Monfaloone one of our
detachments advancing rapidly from its
trenches occupied new and more adj
.vaneed position, which was consolidat-
ed"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-06
RUB RHEUMATIC,
ACHING JOINTS
AND STOP PAIN
Instant Relief with Small Trial Bottle
of Old "St, Jacobs
Oil"
Rheumatism is @pain" only.

Rheumatism is @pain" only.
Not one case in fifty requires internal
treatment. Stop drugging Rub sootn-
ing, penetrating st. Jacobs Oil" right
into your sore, stiff, aching joints, and
relief comes instantly. est Jacobs Oil''
is harmless rheumatism liniment, which
never disappoints and cannot burn the
skin.
Timber up Quit complaining! Get a
small trial bottle of old honest "St. ia
cob's Oil" at any drug store, and in just
a moment you'll be free from rheumatic
pain, soreness and stiffness. Don't suf-
fer Relief awaits you. est. Jacobs
Oil" is just as good for sciatica, neural
gia, lumbago, backache, sprains.--Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-06

TO REMOVE DANDRUFF

Get 25-cent bottle of Danderine at
any drug store, pour little into your
hand and rub well into the scalp with
the finger tips. BY morning most, if not
all, of this awful scurf win have disap-
peared. Two or three applications will
destroy every BIT of dandruff; stop scalp
itching and falling hair.-Ady.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-06
ON NOV. II.
Dartmouth Eleven Will Meet Penn in
Philadelphia.

Philadelphia Jan. 0. To avoid con
fiict with the Princeton football
game scheduled for Nov IS at Prince
ton, the DARTMOUTH Pennsylvania game
will be played in this city on Nov. II,
while the game with Michigan at Ann
Arbor, originally scheduled for that date
win be played in Ann Arbor on the 18th.
This transfer Of dates was approved
Tuesday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-06
ANOTHER AMERICAN
LOST ON THE PERSIA
Rev Homer R. Salisbury Not Among
the Survivors, London Embassy
Hears,

London, Jan. 6.--The American em-
bassy here has received report saying
that Rev. Homer r. Salisbury, an Ameri-
can, was passenger on the Peninsula 4
Oriental liner Persia, which was sunk in
the Mediterranean, but that he was not
included among the survivors.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-06
"a Ship Should Not Ride

on a single anchor, nor life on single
hope" (Epictetus.) A business man
should not trust all to the success of his
business nor assume he is sure to live q
full business life. Make Life Inurance
full business life. Make Life Insurance
family protection. National Life ms.
Co, of VT. (Mutuall S. S. Ballard,
agent, Rialto block, Montpelier,
vt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-06
COMMERCIAL SEC
RETARIES ASKED
TO WASHINGTON
Secretary Redfeld Will Entertain Them
in Washington in Febru-

Washington, Jan. e--Secretary Red
field yesterday invited commercial sec
retaries Of Chambers of Commerce in all
come to Washington Feb, 4 for two
days meeting His aim IL to give them
better idea Of what the department
il doing to further American commerce
The conference will be informal and
only secretaries of more than 10000
population win take part.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-06
couldn,t Force. II.

Saturday night some miscreant lug
ged of a whole cord Of my wood. and
somehow | can't forget about II" de
clared Silas
Have you tried to forget it?'' in
quired his friend.
"Yes. Sunday morning | went 10
church. hoping could get it OF my
mind. and before had been there i've
minutes the choir started In singing
The Lost Chord. so got Out"-Judge
The Quinine That Does Not Affect Head
Because Of its tonic and laxative effect
Laxative Bromo Quinine can be taken by
anyone without causing nervousness nor
ringing IN the head. There Is only one
.sBromo Quiniue.H =. W. GROVES sig
nature j. on box 25e.-Adv.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-12
U. 5. WRITER CALLED
 ... TO FRENCH C0L0Rs
Novelist in France, Sum- 4. n,oned to Service With <.
 Army.

: San Francisco, Jan. 11.-James M. Hopper, the California novelist, now in Paris as magazine correspond ent, has been ordered to report for duty in the French army on the the ory that he is citizen of France, &C., cording to information received here, it became known today in a cable gram to his father-in-law, Joseph A. Leonard of this city, in which Hopper appeals for aid in proving his Ameri- can citizenship. Hopper, who is a graduate of the University of Cali fornia, is the son of an Englishman and French woman who were mar ried in Paris. Hopper was born in .the French capital. He came to America with his mother after the death of his father.
 The novelist was married in Berke- ley, Cal. His wife and their five-year- old son, James, are in Paris with him.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-12
rg SHERIFF,S SALE.

Notice is hereby given that by vir.rc O. ':n execution to me directed by the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Je fferson County, Arkansas, I vii! offer for sale at the courthouse door in the city Of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, on
 TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1915.
 between the hours prescribed by law for judicial sales, to the highest bidder on a credit of three months, with interest at the rate or six per cent per annum until paid, the purchaser being required to give bond for the purchase money, what ever right, title and interest G. L. Spe llman may have ill and to the following described personal prop city to-wit:
 Six (6) black horse mules from six ton ten years old, being same mules purchased from Berlin Bros. in the year 1914 by said G. L. Spellman.
 Said sale will be made to satisfy a judgment in favor of The Buckeye Cctton Oil company against G. L. Spellman for the sum of Five hundred nineteen and 14-100 dollars ($519.1D, together with interests and costs. f Given under my hand this the 11th day of January, 1916.
 R. H. WILLIAMS, 1-12-19. Sheriff
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-12
NEGROES CASE TO THE
 U. 5. SUPREME COURT
Desha Black, Convicted of Bootleg. : ging, Contends Negroes Were
 Excluded from Grand Jury.

Little Rock, Jan. 1.-The case of Will Tillman, a, Desha county negro convicted of having run blind tiger and sentenced to thirty days in jail, is to be taken to the supreme court of the United States by K. O. Pindall, his attorney. The Arkansas supreme court Monday, in an opinion by Chief Justice McCulloch, denied a rehearing in the case, and the transcripts are being prepared for an appeal to the highest tribunal
 The federal question that has been raised is the refusal of the state courts to permit the accused to in- troduce testimony to prove that ne- groes were purposely excluded from the grand jury which indicted him, because of their race. It is claimed that the man upon whose testimony Tillman was convicted has been in jail for four months pending action of the grand jury on charge of per- jury.
 Before the trial counsel for Till man presented motion to quash the indictment on the ground that The is a colored man of the African race and a citizen of the United States and of the state of Arkansas" and that his rights we're not properly safe-guarded when the jury commits sioners in selecting the grand jury that indicted him excluded negroes from service on account of their race. The motion was over-ruled. It was claimed that the same grand jury, in the case of white man, with precisely the same testimony offered, refused to indict the white man.
 Chief Justice McCulloch rules that when a negro is accused of crime, if he has the right to object at all that negroes are excluded from the grand jury on account of their race, he should do so at the formation of the grand jury and not thereafter y In the present case, the court holds that the accused did not properly raise the question of the exclusion of negroes. Appellant, however, con- tends that the question was properly raised by inference in the papers: in the case. 4.t.-.g
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-12
MENACE PUBLISHERS ON TRIAL U. 5. COURT
Four Are Charged in Indictments with
 Sending Improper and Obscene
 { Matter Through Malls. a

Joplin, Mo-, Jan. 11.-Charged with sending obscene literature through the mails, four men alleged to have been connected with the Menace Pub
 fishing company of Aurora, Mo-, faced trial in federal court here today. The. defendants are Wilbur Phelps, Bruce M. Phelps, Theodore c. Walker and Marvin Brown. Each was indicted on eight counts.
 In addition to being charged with
 circulating in the mails improper ar ticles printed in the Menace, a week
 ly publication, the defendants are charged with having aided in the dis tribution of book alleged to have contained obscene passages.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-12
EsUMERS' ICE AND 60AL CoMpANY ElEGIIsI'
 'gesssr
T w. BrlngEnan Elected "a Di1ec- Etor-AM Other Officials and X {. k Directors Retained. ,

led w. Bringman was yesterday Ifed a director of the Consumers, E& Coal company, at the annual kAing of the stockho ldeks of < the Spany. All the other directors e reelected, the board n0wS beiny
 posed of the following: ;, ,. P. Byrd, w. D. Hearn, w. B. 3enfield. J. P. Alexander, H. P. Rock, D. B. Niven. F. M. Roane. Il. Agman, and Fred w. Bringman. ghe officers elected yesterday are Scllows:
 D. Hearn. president; ". R. bnfaeld, vice prestdent; and H,
 6man, secretary, treasurer ana
 ger. MT. Rringman was To- fed to his office.
 ports of the officers. covering
 past year, showed that business E the company was satisfactery'