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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-23

was recalled to the stand for cross ex-
animation and testified that to him Mrs.
Feleh seemed TO act about as usual.
Despite the objections of the defense,
the state persisted in its effort TO get
the sugar house photographs before the
jury. this while the former states attor-
ney, Mr. Williams, was testifying in the
redirect examination. II developed that
the photographs were made ~ Fred
Adams, now dead Much of the testi.
mony centered around alleged blood
spots and brain matter represented in
the pictures and the witness replied in
the negative when Atty. Darling asked
him if he would testify that certain
spots were not made by retouehing the
negative. Asked If he knew that pencil
marks would make light spots on a mega
tive, witness said he had heard some
thing TO that effect, but was not sure.
Thereupon the defense called upon the
state to produce the original negative
as 1t was the contention of the state
that the appearance of the photograph
indicated artificial methods by retouch-
ing. The attorney general rejoined that
the defense had been supplied with a
full set of the photographs, taken from
the same negative, and the court ruled
that the occasion did not merit the in
of the negative. Atty. Oar
ling stuck TO his contention on the
ground that the photographs had been
used by the witness TO refresh his mem
ory.
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WOMAN BROKE
DOWN AND WEPT
Continued from first page)

started on another phase of the autopsy
but the examination ended abruptly a:
the judge declared recess.
For several months DR.. Rowland, a
| former resident OF Corinth, has been liv'
ing in New Madison, O. Many of the
spectators in the court room, therefore
caught a glimpse of the physician for
the first time in many months as he
walked to the witness stand. DR.. Row
land said that Mrs. Fetch called him by
telephone around I o'clock on the sun
day morning when the body was found.
At first he couldn't understand her, he
said, although presently it came TO him
that she was saying something about
her husband being on the floor and that
she was afraid he was having spell
or that something had happened. Wit
ness quoted the woman as saying latter
ly that she didn't know but what he
was dead, The physician then said that
he accompanied John Felch, father of
Joseph Felch, and the health officer,
George Hight, TO the Felch farmhouse
and thence TO the sugar house. Witness
told of seeing the body, at which point
the accused, who was sitting between
two of her attorneys, began 10 weep.
Witness mentioned the names of several
persons gathered at the sugar house, de-
seribed the location of the body, told of
noticing that the gun was under the
body and said that he was attracted by
the peculiar position in which Fetch lay,
that hands seemed to be drawn up under
him and that his lower limbs were drawn
up, as he described it,
After his examination Of the body,
the witness said, he went back TO the
house and because Of the congestion of
teams in the farmyard he asked some
one TO help him hitch his horse Mrs.
Feloh offered to help him and did help
him, he said.
The accused, according to the testi-
mony of the physician asked him then
what he had found at the sugar house.
Thereupon the witness said he replied,
4 found the poor fellow dead" The
witness then quoted Mrs. Felch as saying
hat her husband had been working too
lard. that he was in a run down eondi- |
ion and that he had killed himself. |
Three times. the witness said, he as
.ured Mrs. Felch that it was not case
# suicide, that Felch did not Kill him
elf. At which Mrs. Felch replied, ac-
.ording 10 the witness. in these words,
oh, yes, DR.. Rowland. he did" Toward |
he close Of the direct examination the
,hysicisn said he saw Williams about
he farm that day. DIT Rowland was
ross examined briefly
HI
estifed IN the forenoon that Mrs. Feleh
ID not manifest any signs Of grief on
be sunday i0EsaO0n alter The murder.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-23
CURRENT COMMENT
Germany's Staff BIunderers.

Those who for obvious prudential rea.
sons have thought it wise to scare Great
Britain, France, and the United States
by exaggeration of the submarine dan.
ger do not appear to have succeeded in
| deeeiving Germany The deadening con
viction seems soaking into the German
mind that the great campaign is anoth-
er failure-tbat it has not succeeded in
seriously interrupting the sea communi-
cations of Great Britain and France, and
that its net practical military effect has
been to bring the United States with her
millions of men and billions of wealth
into the war.
Whatever ability the German military
chiefs may have as tactical war makers,
they are great blunderers in the bigger
things. 1t is now manifest that if Bel
GUM had not been invaded Great Britain
would probably have kept out of the
war. Italy surely would not have en-
tered. ii Germany had stood on the de-
fensive on the western front, France,
after one or two essays against the Ger
man line, would have been satisfied with
a perfunctory participation, and Russia
would have been crushed by Germany
and Austria Hungary.
Forcing Great Britain to act quickly,
Germany herself established the block
ade of which she has so loudly COM
planned; she inhamed neutral opinion
and fred France and Great Britain to
white heat by conduct of which no coun
try in modern times has been guilty. The
theory of Berlin that Germany's enc
mics could be frightened into subsection
by baby killing is scarcely worthy of the
reasoning of the stink-pot commanders
of China. The German staff put the
heart of every Briton and Frenchman in
the war. Then it forced the United
States to come in on the strength of
mistaken judgment that the submarines,
of whose limitations it should have been
aware after two years of experiment,
could establish an effective blockade.
The allies have blundered, as we now
can see with clear hindsight, but they |
can plead the inherent weaknesses of
But the German staff was in
single command, and its gigantic mis-
takes have brought Germany to the en-
try of the valley of defeat. Germany |
could have won the war, could have made /
it a triumphal parade. except for the !
bone medicines of her military mas
ters.-New York Globe.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-23

regulars, was military attache In Japan
during which time he was with kurokf'
army in Manchuria, has seen SERVED
against the Indians in the West, was In
the Spanish war in 1898 and was field
commander of the United States forces
which went into Mexico in 1916 in the
search after the Mexican bandit, Villa,
During that service he has given evidence
of ability. However, there is nothing in
that career to mark him a superman
among military geniuses, merely rec
ord of efficient service which gave him
merited promotion from time to time. 1t
is record of which he himself may be
proud and toward which American people
may point with pride; but there is no
basis for the expanding belief that Per-
shing is a superman in military affairs.
French and British, as well as Americans,
are getting into the wrong way of think
ing. They are expecting too much of
man who is taken from the operation of
fighting American Indians or trailing a
Mexican bandit and placed against some
of the most skilled and experienced mil
itary men of the period, men who are to
be found in the German army. Anything
which Pershing may do will be gagged by
the measure of the high opinion which
has been gratuitously attached to him
by the hero -worshipers of his home and
and of our allies. We hope for good
things from Pershing, yet we are not one
of those to assert that Pershing is to be
expected to win the war or to map out a
plan of campaign which Haig or Petain
with all their genius and experience could
not foresee. We simply expect Pershing
TO fit into his niche in the allies cause,
doing his part in clear-cut cooperation
with the British and the French com
manders. Let's quit this hero worshiping |
before Pershing has had chance to dol
his bit in the great conflict.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-23
pOdging the Profits Tax.

The federal government may properly
be expected to lay a heavy hand upon
the munition manufacturers who have
been detected in the attempt to evade
the tax on their war profits; and upon
any others who may be found guilty Of
similar attempts. Il is a fundamental
fact that extraordinary taxes are i'm
posed on everybody and everything for
the prosecution Of this war, and il Is en-
inently fair and just that those who are
making vast amounts OF money out Of
the conflict should BE- required TO pay a
corresponding share Of the extraordinary
tax. The munition manufacturers are
naturally conspicuous in this class, and
the paltry l2ia per cent tax on their
war profits paies into insignificance by
comparison with the %. 20 and even 50
per cent taxes imposed BY foreign gov
ernments on the war profits Of their mu-
milton makers Nevertheless. the United
states treasury officials had figured that
il would brin. IN al lesst s26.oou.oc0 :
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-23

Do 1t now-subscribe to the Red Cross
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-23
MINERS CONSUMPTION
Caused By Prolonged Inhalation of Hard
Rock Dust.

A recent investigation of the causes
and prevalence of miners consumption
among the metal miners in southwestern
Missouri forms the subject OF public
health bulletin No. So, issued by the u
S. public health service.
Miners consumption consists essential
ly of mechanical injury to the lungs
due to the prolonged inhalation of hard
rock dust. 1t has been recognized as be-
ing prevalent in some American mining
districts, particularly in the Joplin zinc
and lead districts, 1t was to determine
it's actual prevalence, and its relation
ship to pulmonary tuberculosis that the
investigation was undertaken.
In the Joplin district certain mines are
known as "sheet- ground" mines, in which
the ore is found imbedded in an exceed
ingly hard flint. In drilling and other
mining operations this flint rock is fine
ly pulverized. The minute rock dust par
ticles enter the lungs. in the process Of
natural breathing, and by their irritat-
ing action cause the formation of fibrous,
or scar-like. tissue, The effect of this is
to lessen the lungs ability TO expand
and contract, with the result that the
victim first notices that be is becoming
short-winded, With continued exposure
to this silica containing dust, the diff
Guilty of breathing increases, until the
miner is no longer able to perform ac-
tive physical labor, 1t was found also
that men with dust injured lungs were
liable to develop tuberculosis,
the dust irritation lessening the ordi-
nary resisting powers of the lungs. While
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-23
PLow LATE FOR BILLBUGs.
In Lowlands of Southern Sections Com
Is Liable to Injury by These Insects.

Corn planted in river and creek bot
toms or other low places, especially in
southern parts Of the country, is liable
to injury by billbugs, snout beetles, OF
elephant bugs as they are variously
termed. These hard-shell beetles live
normally in sedges, rushes or the large
wild grasses that grow in moist, low
ground. from which they may invade
corn fields Damage is done TO corn by
the grubs or young Of the beetles, which
live inside OF the stems or the roots OF
the plants and eat out the central portion
of the stalk, causing stunting and serious
injury. The adult beetles also injure the
crop by puncturing the growing point or
bud OF a plant.
Land infested with billbugs should al
WAYS be plowed in late summer OF early
fall. This measure. entomologists in the
United States department Of agriculture
say, destroys the winter quarters Of the
bugs Corn should not be followed by
corn in the Atlantic coastal plain region
Of the South. but should Be slternated
with cotton, on which the billbugs can
no. i've. 10 il necessary 20 destroy all
sedges, rrshes. chufa. or large swamp
grasses growing on land intended 10 be
planted to corn. because these plants are
the natural food Of billbugs and when
present prevent their determination.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-23

There is one more chance to boost tn,
Red Cross subscription to the amount de
sired. There are several thousands Of
Barre people who have not yet subscribed
to the splendid cause of caring for ou
soldiers who go across the ocean to fight
for liberty and our own national we'll
being. They should come forward in
the last few hours of the drive and lay
down their offerings. Up till Monday
night subscriptions will be received.
Barre wants to make good showing in
the campaign, and you want to help a
good effort. No good reason can be adj
yanced, then, why You should not con
tribute. Let there be one grand rush of
contributions from now on.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-23
THE WORK AHEAD.

The process of reclamation OF Belgian
soil from the control of the invader ha;
started. 1t will be slow process, be
cause of the fact that the Germans arc
as powerfully entrenched there as they
were in France before the great drives
commenced and because of the fact that
the relinquishing of Belgian territory on
the English channel and lower North sea
coast will mean that Germany will there
by lose its chance to harass England
The lower Belgian coast makes an ex-
cellent base from which to conduct air
raids and sea raids; and Germany will
not give up that vantage point without
great effort If the German line should
be sv pit back from the lower Belgian
coast, the Germans would have to oper-
ate from more distant points. Therefore,
the task which Gen. Haig has set himself
to do promises TO demand a tremendous
effort. Undoubtedly he will mass a con
siderable portion of his army in that sec
ton Just as soon as the American forces
arrive to be placed, probably, in the cen
ter of the great line between the
British and the French Naturally
enough, the British forces will be
massed in that section of the front
where the greatest danger to their home
land lies, while at the same time the
French viii be wisely placed at those parts
of the line where the Germans are press
ing most nearly against the capital Of
France. That system win necessitate that
the Americans occupy section Of the
front between their two great allies. with
the depleted Belgian army sandwiched in
conveniently. II may be left for the
Americans to make the hole in the Ger
man line which will be the beginning Of
the end of the war. At any rate it viii
be the particular province Of the Amer
leans TO hold large section in order 10
release British and French troops for
work toward which they have especial
predictions.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-23

President Wilson has designated the
week of June % to June 80 as recruiting
week for the regular army, 10000 men,
unmarried and between the ages of Is
and 40 being needed to fill the ranks of
the present national force. This is one of
the few official admissions that the reg
,ilar army is nearing its full complement
of men. A gathering in of 10000 men in
a country of l000000Oo population would
not seem to be great task were it not
for the fact that many eligible men are
now holding back in anticipation of the
operation of the draft. But the presi
dents call has been issued, much as Pres.
ident Lincoln issued his memorable first
call back in 1861; and the response
should be equally as prompt as the re-
Spouse which greeted Lincoln.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-23

Probably through inadvertence, the
Burlington Free Press on June q printed
a story on poliomyelitis in central Yer
mont in which it was stated that there
We're two cases of the disease in Barre
and that 'public gatherings have been
forbidden" in Barre. That was an error,
due perhaps to the fact that there is a
Barre and Barre Town, and the writer
of the story did not understand there are
two municipal corporations of the same
name, with Town" attached to one of
them. As matter of fact. there are
two cases of poliomyelitis in Barre Town,
one in Websterville village and the other
some distance ont of South Barre village.
There no cases in Barre at the present
time, so it is scarcely accurate to say
that public gatherings have been forbid
den in Barre. We trust that the con
temporary will take due cognizance of
this explanation.
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and proof of attempted evasion TO the
extent of $l2,000,000 has been found al
ready.
Needless to say the deficit was inn
medately apparent in the returns sent
to Washington, and special internal rev
enue agents were not slow in exposing
the offenders, The penalty for false re.
turns is fine or Imprisonment, or both.
Here is an excellent opportunity for a
wholesome example, number of whole
some examples, in fact, for the percent
age of munition manufacturers making
| false returns, is said to be high--which
shall impress instructive tax dodgers
with the dignity of the United States
government and the duty Of every Amer
lean citizen toward it. Some of those
who have been caught red-handed appear
to be impressed already. More than a
few requests have been received in Wash
ington that returns be sent back for
revision; and in one instance manu-
facturer, after he had been questioned
because he made no return and had re-
piled that he had made no profits,
thought better of it and sent the depart
ment a check for $4,000.
The $l2,000000 in concealed war prof
its on munitions win be paid-of this
there need be no doubt. II, the offend
ing manufacturers escape imprisonment,
it will be because the country needs
their services in the management of their
plants. If they escape the payment of
heavy fines for false returns. it will be
because they are lucky and the federal
government Is more lenient that it should
be. At time when the sacrifice at
tendant upon war is rightly demanded
and exacted of all, there is, and should
be, no disposition to let those who are
gathering rich profits from the war es-
cape their share of its burdens. This
fact should be Enthusiastically estab
lished--Mancheste Union
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-23

If it is any satisfaction to Barre tax.
payers, they may be interested to know
that Rutland, too, raised its tax rate 20
cents on dollar this year, although the
total is now only So ON the dollar of the
grand list.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-23

If the misguided women who are dis
playing the traitorous banners at the
gates of the White House will not listen
to reason, it is time that the government
step in and forcibly restrain them. The
United States is at war, and it is no time
for pussyfooting.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-23
GIVE PERsH1NG 4 CHANCE

Maior-GeHeral John J Pershing. com
nander-to-be Of the American forces on
the French front is rated A. a good of
Ger according to the American standard
He is West Pointer, was an officer in
tbs volunteers, then an officer IN the
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-07-19

the family visited with relatives while
CLAUS spent time at Minnesota lakes
Miss Elizabeth Richards clerked at
the Pollock store during Mr.. Sever
sons absence.
Claude, Ernest and Oscar Sumnar
returned from Glasgow, Mont, Sunday
after spending a week looking over
the country.
Miss Florence Squire came Wednes
day morning from Spiritwood and is
spending the week Wis ting at the J.
Gordon home.
1sador North went to McGarth and
Long Prairie, Mimi, Friday evening
to spend a few days with old friends
there. He returned Monday.
The Young Peoples Society of the
Fingal Lutheran church will meet Fri
day, July 10. Everybody is cordially
invited to come.
A. o. Guinness returned to his home
at Ogema, Sask., Thursday, having
spent few days at the home of his
sister, Mrs. J. J. Erickson.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. o. Bye and Mr..
and Mrs. A. H. Moede returned from
Lake Ida, Mimi, Monday, where they
spent a few days fishing
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. J. J. Erickson Tuesday. Mrs.
Erickson, the daughter and Father
John are getting along nicely.
Miss Marian Frazier came from Val
ley City Saturday, where she is at
tending summer school and spent Sun
day at the home of her sister, Mrs. F..
J. Kencke.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-07-19

P. Nahum left Tuesday by auto for
Montana, where they expect to spend
a couple of weeks visiting relatives
and friends and looking over the coun-
try.
Miss Mabel Tugus of Oriska, came
down Tuesday and is spending the
week visiting at the Alex Nayes home.
Chester Nayes is hauling mail in c
C. Lillethun's place now while Mrs.
Lillethun has his vacation.
Miss Alma Whalian went to Beaver
City, Neb., last Friday to visit her
sister, Mrs. J. G.. Blackman.
George Dahl came from Van Hook
Saturday and is spending the week
with relatives and friends in this vi
cinity.
Arthur Bonhus, Misses Gertrude
Bonhus, Nellie Johnson and Irene
Stanson of Valley City were guests at
the E. J. Whalian home last Thursday
evening.
Misses Nellie Hanson and Frances.
ka Simons came over from Nome Sat-
urday evening and visited at the Alex
Hayes home.
CLAUS Severson and family returned
Wednesday from DeLamere, where
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-07-19
Col. White Baseball
Fan in Pioneer Days

The raising of the Second North Da-
kota regiment is disclosing many in
teresting things about the state, also
right here in Valley City pioneers OF
Barnes county may remember a GER
tain baseball game way back in the
fall Of 1892.
When Colonel Frank White was
rummaging through some old papers
the other day preparatory to leaving
with the Second Regiment he ran
across this receipt:
October %, 1892.
Received of Frank White $500
twenty-five dollars) for services rem
dered the baseball team at James
town, N. D., at the fair, playing ball.
Alex. K. Potter,
Leslie O. HILL
Nothing is said about the score in
this certain game, but we understand
considerable interest was manifested
in the contest and that the genial COL
onel was quite a fan.
The receipt was written on the sta
tionery of the Kindred hotel, Mrs.
Lois Getchell, proprietoress.
AuOIueI paper OF historical interest,"
is a letter written to Mr.. White by
Hiram Walker, ST., which reads as
follows:
please do all surveying that is
necessary to carry out my contract
with the State Normal school board
Survey streets and land taken by the
board under contract" This letter is
dated March Is, 1892, being over q
years old. 1t has been filed with the
records of the State Normal school as
matter of historical interest.
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Sanborn Enterprise, July 12..-Fred
Rohde was a Valley City visitor Tues
day.
Miss Rose Lawry spent the Fourth
in Litchville.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. S. Stinson Forded
to Sanborn Sunday.
George Dotting is busy making hay
while the sun shines.
Ed. Lawry was at Valley City Fri
day in his new Oakland.
John Anderson and Margaret Clancy
were Valley City visitors Monday.
Ed. Lawdy and Miss Emma Christen-
son motored to the Valley Monday.
Crops are improving since the rain
and all hope for part of a crop at
least.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Rohde and son
Henry spent the Fourth in Valley City.
Miss Rose Lawry and Mrs. Sam
Aandahl were shopping in the Valley
Monday
Peter Clancy and son, Joe, were
seen going east. Think they landed
in the Valley.
We are informed that Will Smith
will dig a we'll and move his buildings
one half mile north of the Hannemann
place.
Will Potter entered his fine horse in
the race at Valley City last Saturday,
but, as we are informed, he fell a
little short of winning one of the
prizes.
Those attending the Fourth celebra-
ton at Clark City from this neigh
bOrhOOd were Mr.. and Mrs. Fred