davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-23

last, for the heights that command Com.
bles, the Germans assembled more than
a thousand guns of all calibres for the
defense of their positions. That such a
mass OF artillery failed TO save the three
fortified lines which the Germans tried
to hold is proof of the tremendous gun.
power that blasts the way for the Brit
sh advance. Sir Douglas Haig reports
that in the first ten weeks of the advance
he met and engaged thirty five German
divisions, of which twenty nine have al
ready been defeated and withdrawn ex-
hausted." What is the condition of the
survivors of that beaten force of $50 900
menY
1t has been reported again and again
how German soldiers, giving themselves
up as prisoners when the conquering
wave has swept over them, have stag
gered out of their entertainments dazed,
haggard, trembling, helpless, scarcely
able to stand. These men were not cow
ards. They had fought grimly on to the
utmost point of human endurance. Heart
and muscle and brain had broken down
under more than they could bear. Neither
these men nor the division survivors that
got back to the German lines can ever
be quite the men they were. And as
division after division thus passes
through the fire 10 Molech, the residue
will be probably but feeble fighting stuff,
its ardor and its stamina having been
lost on the stricken field An army de-
moralized by constant defeat and then
a nation suing for peace.-Boston Her
aid.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-23
The Beaten Battalion.

One effect of incessant defeat by ir-
resistible force is Generalization. And
this appears to be in operation on the
German side of the fighting line in
France The spirit of the sssailant OF
Verdun has been broken by the sangui-
nary losses consequent on futile assaults.
II is the French who now have the in
itiative, and the counter attacks are COM
paratively spiritless. Men who have been
in the thick Of the terrible fight are not
eager TO go there again. They have cause
for depression. perhaps for hopelessness
On the Somme front. even more than at
Verdun. the survivors of the crushed d.
vision must carry with them in their
retreat the burden OF shattered nerves.
What else could be the case when they
have escaped only as if by miracle from
the midst Of FIRE Of explosives that re-
duce fortified villages 10 dust, forests to
splinters. and companies to men Of pulp
In the battle between the British ana
German forces On Friday and Saturday
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-23
CURRENT COMMENT
Horse Still in Demand.

| In this automobile age nobody holds
that the horse is coming, but is he going
so rapidly as the increasing output of
automobile vehicles would seem to indi-
cate? Mention has been made of the
! fact that coach horses are in greater
evidence in New York City eecause
of the note of distinction which they
give when driven in Central park and
the uptown avenues. For other uses
horses are few in comparison with au
tomobiles in the big city and elsewhere
and it is the machines which tear up
the roads and not the hoofs and the
wheels, Perhaps the wonder is that so
many work horses survive, though those
who love them claim to be able TO dem
onstrate that when all the costs of
keeping horses are reckoned up in com
parison with the OUTLAWS. of all sorts for
automobile trucks, the showing is in ia
vor of horses.
What about the supply of horses! The
demand for their export which the war
in Europe has brought must have great
y reduced the supply OF horses and
mules in the country, This is shown
by the difficulty which has been expe-
rienced by Uncle Sam in supplying
horses for the use of the troops on the
Mexican border. II is evident that both
in war and peace the horse will continue
to have a fixed place which cannot be
taken from him. There will always re
main certain classes of work which the
horse is better fitted to do than any
machine. Above all, love for horses will
never die out among men. All these
things go 10 explain how the price of
horseflesh has been advancing.
The demand for horses to send to
Europe has been largely met by gather
ing them in western states Perhaps
this helps to account for the fact that
census of horses taken in the state
of New York shows that their number
has increased since the federal census
of 1910. 1t appears that the number OF
horses over three years old is now l.
0l772S, showing an increase OF l0S,000
over the number given by the federal
census. To the sum total of horses now |
in New York state should be added the |
6O.sl7 colts of three years of age and |
under, which brings the total present |
horse population of the Empire state
to I07S 545. These figures go to show |
tnat the horse is still very much with !
us, and his quality is not deteriorating
under competition with the motor We
hicle. The market for superior horses /
is so god that the reward for raising
them ought to give breeders new cour-
age,--Springfeld Republican.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-23
RURAL SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.
There is Need for Greater Improvement
in the Average.

Before tho rural schools can come into
possession Of the things due them there
must be an aroused public sentiment as
10 their needs. Previous talks have
served TO show how TO increase the ru-
raj school term by a better average dali
~ attendance on the part OF the rural
pupils. 1t has been pointed out that
the average daily attendance OF all pu-
pills enrolled in the rural schools OF the
United States is only 67.6 per cent
of the enrolment II il were possible
to take into consideration the large
number of rural pupils who are not en-.
rolled but who should be enrolled by a
proper enforcement of a reasonable CON-
pulsory attendance law the average
daily attendance in the rural schools for
the country at large would be less than
60 per cent.
In support OF this declaration the fol-
lowing is quoted from the annual report
Of the state superintendent OF schools OF
Georgia for the school year ended De-
eember 81, 1915. Pleading for reason.
able enforcement OF a reasonable com.
pulsory attendance law, the superintend-
ent declares:
"There are some who are SO mean by
nature that they must be forced be.
fore they will give their children educa-
tional opportunities for school training.
The figures show that 10000 children
OF school age in this state did not at
tend school day last year. Many of
these have never been enrolled during
any previous year Without the strong
arm OF the law they will grow up in
ignorance Just as thousands before them
have done
If we 90 one step further in our rea-
soning and take into consideration the
millions of rural children in short-term
schools OF three or four months in
length, it is evident that the average
daily attendance of millions OF pupils
in the rural schools for the nation at
large is not 80 per cent of what 1t
should be when measured by the attend
ance of pupils in city schools with a
nine month term In other words, the
short term and the poor attendance in
the rural schools are deprving millions
of country boys and girls of over half
their birthright in matters of free school
privileges as compared with city boys
and girls We are glad city children
have the good school privileges that are
theirs. We wish the city schools were
better But with the help of the press
we are determined to expose this I'M
ust. unreasonable, and un-American dis
against country boys and
Urls. Equality before the law and equal
opportunity have not yet
1een provided for the farm boy and
arm girl
But, strange as it may seem, sparsely
,ettled rural communities often fight
gainst the things which are for their
good A striking statement of this
,hase of the rural problem is found
n extension bureau circular, No. 2, of
he University of North Carolina, July,
9l6 In this issue Professor f. c.
,ranson declares::
Everywhere in thinly settled coun- I
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-23

When the Germans were making their
great drive on Verdun, the French coun-
ter attacked Just as the Germans are
now doing on the Somme front, that be.
ing the method of sffording the greatest
resistance to an concerted advance. In
their counter attacks on the advancing
Thalanxes of the Germans before Verdun
the French made some slight recoupment
OF losses now and then, even by the Ger
man admission, although eventually they
were thrown back again when the Ger
mans returned to the attack. In the case
of the Somme fighting, however, the Ger
man counter attacks, although delivered
with considerable strength, do not seem
to accomplish the same result as the
French accomplished before Verdun; they
are making no appreciate recoupment of
the British or the French, even by off
cal claim in Berlin, while all the time it
is a steady advance by the British and
the French This failure in counter-at.
lacking must be accounted for in large
measure by the weakening of the German
power of resistance under the sledge
hammer blows being delivered by Haig
and Joffre because the German aim is
never to relinquish the initiative if by
effort it is possible to retain
il,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-23

try regions we find people here and there
who are suspicious, secretive, apathetic,
and unapproachable, who live in the
eighteenth century and preserve the Ian
guage, manners, and customs of a past
lond dead elsewhere, who prefer their
primitive ancient ways, who are ghet-
toed in the midst Of present day civil
cation, TO borrow a phrase from Presi-
dent Frost. They are the crablike souls
described by Victor Hugo in Les Mis-
cradles, who before advancing light souls
retreat into the fringe of darkness. Peo-
pie like these abound in Clinton and
Franklin counties New York; where
an eighth OF the native white voters
are iliterate, in Aroostock county
tMsine) where nearly a fifth OF the ma
tive white voters can not read their
ballots or write their names; in Wind
ham county Connecticut where sew
enth OF the voters are illiterate. Wind
ham, by the way, lies midway between
the academic effulgence of Yale on the
one hand and OF Harvard on the other.
You can find within the sound of col
lege bells anywhere what we found the
other day in a field survey that took us
into every home in a mid-state county
in North Carolina family of whites,
all illiterates, half the children dead
in infancy, and never doctor in the
house in the whole history of the fam
lily.
All ages of race history and every
level OF civilization can be found in any
county or community, even IN our
III of x,-aaltb nd atfIfIfrp
We need not hunt for eighteenth cen
fury survivals in mountain coves alone"
And yet the only remedy for such
conditions is the education of these
people. Let there be light
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-23
EAST ORANGE.

Charles Simpson was in Barre on bus
mess Wednesday.
Mrs. Kate Brooks of Syracuse, \. Y,
who has been at her summer home here
for several weeks, returned to her home
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Blake of South
Washington visited at Ora Hutchinson 5
last Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perley Hood and son of
Waits River were business visitors III
this place Tuesday.
E. L. Sanborn was Bradford visitor
Wednesday.
Earle Prescott was in Waits River
Thursday on business.
c. G. Simpson, Otto Simpson, Orange
Minard and L. Parker were business
visitors in Bradford Thursday, making
the trip in Mr.. Simpsons auto.
Arthur Prescott was a business visitor
in East Barre Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ora Hutchinson were
Barre visitors Friday.
Charles Down and Mrs. Green, his
housekeeper, were Barre visitors Thurs
day.
A. f. Prescott picked a few field straw
berries that were nice and ripe Sept.
%, on his farm.
Our fall opening sale begins at once.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-23

The Wilmington Times is one of the
first of the Vermont newspapers to face
the situation of rapidly increasing cost
of news print paper and it has reduced
its pages by one half, although at the
same time decreasing the size of the type
slugs so that the readers of the paper
are given just as much home news as
formerly. A large number of the small
er newspapers of the United States must
practice the same economy in order to
make both ends meet under the greatly
increased prices of the materials entering
into the publishing OF newspaper, or
they must increase the revenue while
maintaining their normal number of
pages. Some of the newspapers are so
fixed that they cannot reduce the size of
their publication without crowding the
news columns too much. For them the
only recourse is to get little more rev
enue.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-23

If Greece goes to war with Germany
and Bulgaria she will have far more rea
son for the action than actuated some Of
the other countries now shedding the
blood of thousands upon thousands OF
men; but even so, had the German and
Bulgarian otfense been committed in time
of world peace, an open break might have
been averted The world is now such a
tinderbox, however that the smallest
spark touches off a great fame of inter
national hatred.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-23

The Los Angeles reporter who wrote
out hold for release" story of his own
suicide embellished the tale with many
of the gruesome features but erred in
stating that the suicide used revolver
instead of poison, as the Investigators
learned when they discovered his body in
the newspaper officer where the man
worked. Nevertheless the main facts in
the case were strikingy accurate, show
ing that the reporter was true to the
ideals of the profession even in his own
demise and even in the wanderings of a
disordered, or distraught mind.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-23
SUNDAY SERVICES
AT THE CHURCHES
TINES AND PLACES OF WORSHIP
AND SUBJECTS OF SERMONS

South Barre Chapel-Preaching service
at p. m. by Rev. Alven NJ. Smith, fol
! lowed at o'clock by the Sunday school
Congregational Church.. w. Barnett
pastor. The pastor is out OF the city and
Rev. j. Frank Locke will preach at 1880
and p. IN.
| First Presbyterian Church, Graniteville
Preaching in the morning az 1880
o'clock Sunday school at Has. All
are cordially invited to attend
East Barre Congregational Church
James Ramage. pastor Preaching serv-
ice at 1890 a. m. Sunday school at
Has. Christian Endeayor service at I
P. m.
st. John the Baptist Episcopal Church,
notwithstanding prayer and ser.
mon at 3 o'clock Sunday school at ?
p. m. Service Wednesday evening at
7:l5, followed by rehearsal of the choir.
Christian Science Church-Service at
1916 a. m Wednesday evening meeting
at 7:30 To these services all are well
come. The reading room Is open Tues
day and Friday from to p. m. 7
Summer street.
Church of the Good Shepherd-W, j.
NJ Beattie, rector. Holy communion at
a. m. Morning prayer and sermon at
1890. Evening prayer and sermon at 7
o'clock Sunday school and rector's BIZ
BILE class for adults at IL 80
Brook Street Italian Church-Bible
school at 3 p. m, Conferenza istruttiva
morale sui tema; "Saulo sui cammino di
Demasco." allie I p. m. Scuola serale d
Inglese ed Italano nei giorni di setti-
mana dale 6 allie S p. m. Per intorma-
zioni rivolgetevi al DR.. j. F. Piani.
First Presbyterian Church-Edgar
Grassland pastor Morning service at
1890; subject, The Boy Asking CUES
tions." Sunday school at noon. p. m,
preaching service; subject OF sermon,
"The Patience OF Jesus Friday at
1880 p m, preparatory service for com
munon; subject, "The Third Cry from
the Cross"
First Baptist Church--Bert J, Lehigh,
pastor. Residence, 27 Franklin street.
Preaching on Sunday by the pastor at
1890 a. m and p. IN. Morning theme,
"As Thy Days, SO Thy Strength; even
ing theme. Bondage and Deliverance,"
Bible school at 10 o'clock. Y p. S. c. f. !
meeting at o'clock Prayer and praise
service Thursday evening at 1880. Every |
one welcome at our service.
Orange Congregational Church-Morn1 "A
ing service at II o'clock sermon by the !
subject, "Christian Satisfaction
Sunday school at IL o'clock; topic, The
Review" II. Cor. Al, ga. /
Sunday school at Cutler Corner school
house at o'clock. Y. P. S. c. f. meet
ing at o'clock; subject, christianity |
Compared with Other Religions !. Cor.
l0:l.2l. All are welcomed TO these
services.
Universalist Church-John B. Reardon, Il
minister Public worship and sermon at 4
10 80: subject, Must the Church Crap
pie with the Present Civic and Social
?" Bible study at Has; sub
ect, "Paul's Speech Only Increases the
of the Mob" Regular quar-
erly church meeting in the parlor OF the
-estry Thursday evening at 1870. At
he Sunday morning service Prof w. a.
Wheaton, will play "Cavatina,' Raft
nd "Postlude" from "The Tower of Ba-
,el' tRubinstein). The quartet will
ing "Te Deum" tKotzschmarl and
Lord, 0! Gently Lead U.s. Der
yaldl. Offertorv solo. seek Ie the
ord" fLynesl, L. H. Baine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-23
In the Good Old Times.

A charitable lady was reading the Old
Testament to an aged woman who lived
at the home for old people, and CHANGED
upon the passage concerning Solomon's
household.
Had Solomon really 700 wives!" in
quired the old woman, after reflection.
"Oh, yes, Nary IL is so stated in the
Bible"
'Lor, mum!" was the comment. "What
privileges them early Christians had"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-23

icy to transfer the industry to some
other place. One might almost believe
that such a point had already been
reached, as the concern has enjoyed a
great deal Of prosperity during the past
decade or so and it has over 1000 en-
ployes on its books at the present time.
1t is by no means an infant industry !,
nor is its location in Rutland yet in the
experimental stage.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-23

The contamination of the deal where
BY the control of the Howe Scale Works
at Rutland passes into the hands Of the
DUPONT powder capitalists places Yer
mont on the anxious seat as to whether
the big concern viii remain in Rutland
or be merged with one Of the numerous
factories controlled by the new owners in
some other part Of the country. Yer
mont people express the hope, along with
ex-Gov. Mead. who disposes Of $50 per
cent OF the stock thst the business viii
have become 50 firmly established in 10
years that it would Be poor business pol
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-23
The Right Answer.

famous scientist who was also a
yachtsman, asked one Of his guests on a
cruise young lady whom he greatly
admired whether she understood his
simplifcd code Of flag signals. She said
she did
III sent YOU signal from my yacht, I"
be asked could you read it and answer
its"
Well. I would try" she responded
on the next cruise. one month later,
ne signal was sent The question was
-Wil YOU marry me. And the answer
was Yes
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-23
No Line Limit. But

The Sunday services at famous col
lege for men are often conducted by
prominent elergymen Of many denomins
lions and from MANY cities. When these
visiting preachers occasionally ask the
president how long they shall speak he
invariably replies There Is no limit sir.
upon the time YOU may preach; but there
i a tradition here that no souls are saved
after the first % minutes"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-23
Perfectly Natural.

This tree seems to be loaded with
apples" observed the city visitor to the
little daughter OF his friend as they
walked around her fathers farm.
yes. sir" she replied. Father says
this is a good year for apples"
u am glad to hear that. said the
visitor. Are all your trees as full Of
apples as this one''
NO. sir" explained the little girl,
only the apple trees.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-23
A Mean Advantage.

hear that Laura's engagement to the
young minister is off"
why, yes, she told me. He was
horribly jealous and so unfair"
In what way was he unfair"
Every time she would make an en-
gagement to 90 motoring with some
other man he would pray for rain
Liverpool Post.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-23

few days before the announcement
OF the purpose to hold the Republican
state convention in Burlington, two of
the leading hotels in Burlington an
nounced raise in day rates. The high
cost of conventions is still soaring.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-23

ut seems nice to have the legislature
in session again, doesn't it, and TO have
it go right back home when its work is
done?" asseverates the Waterbury
Conn American, Which shows that
Connecticut is much the same as Yer
mont when it considers the legislative
wanderings.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-23
JINGLES AND JESTS
What the Patient Had.

A medical student asked famous sur
geon:
What did you operate on that man
forf"
1.-TWO hundred dollars, replied the sur
geon.
Eyes, know that" said the student.
81 mean what did the nan have?"
1.-TWO hundred dollars replied the sur
peon.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-23

Friend-What Is the idea Of putting
out a l9ls car two wears in advance
Auto Dealer-So IL il breaks down and
you take it to garage to have some
little thing done to il they viii have il
done in time to still Be a current years
modei-Life.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-23
Guess What Hammered

As he met her in the darkened hall
He whispered: Il bring you some
roses"
What think YOU Of this answer irrele-
wants
She said: How cold your nose Isl" =
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-23

L. S. steel at 100 may be said to have
reached the ninth story. And the struc-
ture is still rising.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-23

Our fall opening sale begins at once.
The Vaughan Store.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-23

South Barre Chapel-Preaching service
at p. m. by Rev. Alven NJ. Smith, fol-
lowed at o'clock by the Sunday school.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-06-30
MEDIATION PLAN
HAS COLLAPSED
BOLIVIAN MINISTER TOLD THAT
BLAME RESTS sQUARELY
ON CARRANzA.
Time Seems lnopportune for Media
ton Subject, and South American
Representatives viii Await
Developments.

Washington.-Effor toward Latin
American mediation in the Mexican
crisis, favored by Carranza officials,
collapsed Monday without having
reached the stage of a formal pro-
posal to the United States.
1t was made plain by Secretary
Lansing to Ignacio Calderon. minister
of Bolivia, who called with the in
tention of asking whether the United
States would entertain an offer OF
the services of It's southern neighbors
to aid in avoiding war. that the Wash
ington government sees nothing in the
situation that would warrant arbitra-
ton proceedings.
Mr.. Lansing talked with the minis
ter for half an hour and is under
stood to have told him that the blame
for the grave outlook rested squarely
upon General Carranza. The attitude
of the United States was so fully out
lined that Mr.. Calderon did not men
ton directly the original purpose of
his visit.
When the minister left the state
department he said the time seemed
inopportune" and that for the pres
ent the diplomatic representatives Of
six South and Central American coun-
tries who had approached the Mexican
embassy on the subject of mediation
and received assurance that the Car
rama government was favorable to
the principle, would not tender their
good offices to the United States.
He indicated that the attempt to ar
range mediation might be renewed If
General Carranza's reply 10 Secretary
Lansing's last note furnished any basis
on which the proposal could be found
ed The United States now is wait
ing for Carranza's final word in re-
ply to the note sent demanding re-
lease of the prisoners taken at Carri-
zal and formal diplomatic announce
ment of intentions.