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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-10

Sweden may not have intended tc
break its neutrality in the war by secret.
~ assisting Germany, as the correspond.
ence from Argentina seems now to indi.
cate, but il must be ready to admit that
there was chance for such breach of neu-
trslity through some Of its agents either
st home or in other countries. If Sweden
wishes to maintain position of strict
neutrality OF TO continue in friendly re-
lations with the United States govern
lnent it will keep closer rein on its
diplomatic corps. The recall OF its am
bassador to Argentina will. Of course. be
the first step in the move to proclaim its
neutrality before the whole world.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-10

The "All welI'' from the Harvard hos
pital unit in France is one of the best
bits of news coming out of the storm
center of the world just at the present
time However, the information does not
serve to disprove the report that the
Germans made the hospitals the special
objects for attack. In fact, the word of
the safety of the Harvard unit rather
tends to corroborate the report that Ger
man brutality had again demonstrated
itself in such dastardly manner.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-10
CURRENT COMMENT
Through the Air to the Front.

|. The hope that hosts of allied airplane
might strike Germany through the air
was born of the fact that the German
army barred the way by land That hops
is approaching realization now that th'
United States has entered the war ant
has been committed TO the construction
and training of a huge aerial feet. Work
well begun is half done, and certainly the
United States, with a reorganization and
expansion of the airplane industry which
holds promise of an eventual output OF
100000 machines year, has made a
good beginning.
There remains, however, the task of
! transporting the machines and the men
| to operate them across the seas. There
the U-boat impedes the way, as linden
burg's line presents an obstacle by land !;
not to the same degree, for in large
measure the U-boat menace has been met
by the practice of convoy and of destroy
er patrol yet to an extent which renders
the speedy transport of materials and
men uncertain and dangerous.
So far this task has presented no inn
mediate problem, for the United States
is not yet ready to send airplanes abroad
by the tens of thousands. But that time
is coming. With its ever-nearing ap-
proach, the suggestion of Major r. Per
fetti, heal of the special Italian aero
nautic commission to the United States,
becomes increasingly pertinent, increas-
ingly one to be pursued with vigor and
hope. He proposes that the airplanes
truly strike Germany through the air,
by actually flying from this country to
Europe. He is confident that it can be
done, and is willing TO lend his official
influence to bring about a test of the
plans feasibility
He proposes that a Caproni triplane
equipped with three motors of 700 horse
power each, start from Genoa, fly to some
point in Spain, then to the Azores, and
finally to Halifax. Lieutenant Silvio
Resnati, who has flown a Caproni ma
chine total of 1900 hours, agrees with
his chief that this fight can be made.
The corollary is obvious. The flight may
as well be made in the opposite direc
ton
Not all aircraft could make such
journey. Many would still have to be |
shipped in vessels, as they are now
shipped. But there can be no doubt of |
Americas ability to duplicate the Ca
prom machine, and, assuming that Major
Perfetti's confidence is not misplaced, the
result of enthusiasm rather than of calm
there equally can be no doubt
Of this country's ability to fly thou
sands of airplanes direct to the Euro
oean battle front, there truly to strike
Germany through the air."--New York
FINES
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-10

Some day, after the close of the war
the real reason why the Verdun region
in France should be so much fought for
by the French and the Germans will be-
come known to the world. Verdun has
been the bloodiest ground of the whole
war, and yet the strategical advantage
OF the place is not apparent. Indeed, the
French were at one time ready to aban-
don the defenses there to save themselves
from great loss of men.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-10

Great Britain put the o, X. 10 Presi
dent Wilson's reply to Pope Benedict OF
the subject of peace. The o. n is thu
better because il apparently is giver
without Great Britain having had q
chance for a preliminary survey of the
reply before ii was sent to Rome. The
reply, which, by the way, was very
strong. represents the opinion OF the
United States primarilyI and IL so hap
pens that IL receives the complete appro'
baton of the British government, AS per-
haps of all the allies with which the
United States is aligned, In writing the
reply President Wilson showed keen
discernment of the niceties of the deli
cate situation.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-10
Results of Magnetic Observations by the
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.

The department of commerce has
published as serial No. 81, special publi-
cations No. AZ, pamphlet of 81 quarto
pages, entitled Results of Magnetic OBJ
servstions Made by the United States
Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1916"
Five magnetic observatories are main
tanned by the Survey, as Cheltenham,
Nd; Sitka, Alaska near Honolulu, Ha-
vail; on Vieques Island, p. r., and near
Tucson, Arizona. Their records furnish
the means for reducing to mean of day
the values of declination obtained from
the field observations. The tables contain
the mean values of the magnetic ele-
ments at each of the obseryatories for
the calendar year, 1916.
Observations on land were made in the
field at 352 stations in SO states and ter
ritories Numerous old stations were re-
occupied in order to determine the secu-
lar change of the magnetic elements,
and many auxiliary stations were occu-
pied where previous observations had in
Dictated the presence of local disturb
ance.
Only such observations were made on
board ship as were required for the devil
alton of the ships compasses for pur-
poses Of navigation.
The results Of the observations on
land are given in tabular form arranged
By states and territories alphabetically,
for deelination, dip and horizontal in
tensity. with the geographic position and
a separate description Is given Of each
station occupied.
A comparable table is given Of the dec
liRstion results at stations formerly oc-
cupied with the results obtained in 1916. /
This information supplied is Of spe- +
cial value and interest to surveyors and 4
engaged in reproducing on the 4
ground the lines Of old surveys run with 4
the magnetic compass.
The publication nav be obtained at
4 nominal price 40 cents from the SUI
perintendent Of documents. government (
printing Office, Washington. u. G.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-10
LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR
Thanksl
Tunbridge, VT, Sept

Tllnbridge, VT, Sept. s, 1917.
Barre Daily Times:
| enclose $500 as per bill for one
years subscription TO Times In June
my son had the Boston Daily Post sent
him for present, and my husband said,
Nov stop our Times when it expires, for
we can't afford two dailies"; but | didn't,
for l mistrusted / should not like The
Post, and | don't, for we do not get the
state news nor the locals; so here is the
$500 for another year, and Long live
The Times"
Mrs II. o. Flint
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-10
PERIL OF COAST EROSION.
The cesssless Warfare Wssed by the
Sea Against the Land.

The Cesseless Warfare Waged by the
Sea Against the Land.
| All over the world, In America as
well as In the eastern hemisphere, is
the sea waging a ceaseless warfare
against the land. So serious Is the
danger of coast erosions round the Brit
ish isles that people are asking wheth-
er England Is not slowly but surely dis
appearing.
Lowestoft has been sorely hit by the
mercikss waves which are steadily ad-
vancing. Within the last few years the
east coast town has spent considerably
more than 100000 In combating the
sea, which means new promenade,
groynes, breakwaters, piles and huge
cement structures. Only few years
since tremendous damage was caused
to these then new structures by
series of gales which wrecked part Of
the promenade, tore down the piles
and breakwaters and made a scrap
heap OF the cemented perts.
Cromer, too, has suffered terribly
from the seas advancement. Not so
long ago 1t cost this delightful east
coast town more than $4,000 to make
good the damage.
During less than fifty years It Is
roughly computed that England must
have lost more than $4,000 acres of
land by sea incursions. The battle
against nature still goes on. But 1t
must be remembered that, while in
some places the waters are advancing,
In other spots the sea is retiring. But
the balance Is said to be not altogether
in favor of the latter. and new meth
DDS may have to be devised to meet
and fight the peril-London Mail
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-10

Donald b. Macmillan, the American ex'
plorer who has been spending consider
able time in the Arctic region, comes
back home without being accompanied
by undue flourish of banners and fanfare
of trumpets, much in contrast to the re-
turn of some of our more talked about
explorers in recent years. As far as re-
vealed at the present time Macmillan is
not making any extravagant claims Of
discoveries but is chiefly contenting him
self with the fixing of some definite facts
in connection with the frozen region of
the north pole. His statements are quite
sure to reopen the discussion of the real
discoverer of the north pole, or whether
the north pole has actually been located;
but the statements are bound to carry
much weight because made with due cal
culation and without egotism.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-10

In view Of the far more stirring and
patriotic things that are now facing the
people Of the United States. the major
baseball leagues are being compelled 70
rome down 70 the end Of their schedules
with far less eclat than normally To be
sure, there i 3 mild interest in the out
come Of the two struggles. but il i moth
ing ike the feyerish concern which fol-
louers - the srsgts have been aocus-
.---.-s e. ssafeF upon ths outcoms. Eveu
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-10

The compulsory study of the German
language in any public school in the
United States ought to be abolished at
once, just as is being done in Hoboken,
n. J. If all the nationalities now gath
cred in the United States are to be ANAL
gamated, the children must be taught the
English language primarily, but they
should have an opportunity to study
foreign languages as side line.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-10

Official announcement of the discovery
of germs of lockjaw in samples of court
plaster recently submitted to examine
tion is likely to make the public careful
in their purchases of this commodity
even though it does not fasten strong
evidence of any plot to disable or kill
the American people. To buy from re-
liable manufacturing concerns is the sur
est course to safety.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-10

The resignation of Dudley Field Malone
as collector of the port of New York as
n protest against the attitude of the gov
eminent toward womans suffrage was
well meant, no doubt. but will be able to
reach only short distance toward the
mark aimed at. Mr.. Malone took him.
self and his position too seriously.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-10

To sink ship without trace" would
mean to exterminate every person on
board the ship, even those who failed to
go down with the vessel. The recommen-
dation of such policy by a German
diplomat shows the peculiar brand of
German diplomatic training.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-10

One Vermont man was accepted for the
regular army on Friday, Sept Z, the day
when the enistments throughout the
country took decided slump. In com
parson with many previous days, Yer
mont's record on Sept was decidedly
good
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-10

The kaiser heralds the occupation of
the Russian port of Riga by German
troops as a great victory II is victory
Just about as hollow as the destruction
of the steamship Lusitania.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-10

The longer the opening of school is de-
layed the stronger will be the desire of
the children to attend. At least, that
should be the theory OF the situation in
Barre just now.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-10

When following the progress OF the
United States army abroad bear in mind
the 10th division, for it will be the di-
vision from the New England states in
the national army.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-10

the prospect of a series TO decide the
championship of the world" does not
appeal so strongly TO as many people as
usual. The sooner il is over with the
better, represents the general feeling
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-10

Aver, Mass, is becoming one of the
biggest places in New England and right
ly so. 1t is not so big in actual size as
il is in its relative Importance.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-10

Judging by the size of the libel suits
he has brought, Mayor Thompson OF
Chicago must consider himself worth his
weight in pure gold.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-10
Band Concert at Montpelier.

The Montpelier Military band will
give concert at Montpelier Tuesday
evening. Program:
"Star Spangled Banner"
Mareh-"Colossus of Columbia"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-10
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The government has put the "still' in
the distilleres.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-10
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Rice Diet For Skin Diseases.

o Rice Diet For Skin Diseases.
o Eczema and psoriasis have been
o cured by an exclusive diet of
o rice. bread. butter and water
o three times daily and nothing
o else. ]. Duncan Buckley In the
Medical Record said that this
o diet should be carried out with
o exactness in all its details In or
der to obtain results The nature
o and severity of the cases must
o be taken into consideration in
o determining the length OF time
o the diet must be continued Ger
o tain cases recover In a specified
o time. and others require a much
longer time.
The rice must be well boiled in
o water. not soggy. and must be
o eaten hot Wit fork. not n
o spoon. TO secure the action OF the
o saliva during thorough mastica-
o ton. Water should be taken free
o ~. but not when food is in the {
o mouth. and a pint ~ hot water {
o should be taken before the morn c
o Ing and evening meals In acute c
o eczema a marked improvement c
o is noted within Eve DAYS. while 9
o psoriasis requires long periods. Q
o MIX must not be taken with the Q
o rice. nor must the patient take Q
Q coffee or chocolate. o
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-10

Fif'y-si1 inch rePellsu, At Abbo,,.,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-03-26
NO DATE SET
FOR ANNUAL
REUNION
Local Veterans Will Name Day al Next
Meeting and Will FOregO Usual
Love Feast

No date has yet been set for the an
nual state reunion of the United Con-
federate Veterans in Chickasha this
summer, the matter having been left
pending till the fourth Saturday in
April when the next meeting will be
held.
A number of Daughters of the Con-
federacy attended the meeting of Joe
Shelby camp at the city hall Saturday
afternoon when this decision was
made.
1t was also decided to disnense with
the regular annual love-feast this year.
This occasion is usually celebrated in
April but will be omitted this year on
account of work incident to arranging
for the state reunion.
The Daughters who were present
served delicious refreshments to the
camp veterans after the meeting.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-03-26
GREAT OPERA SINGER
is PEACH SAY LADIES

When Miss Frances Davis went into
ecstacies over the personal as well as
the artistic charm Of Miss May Peter
son, the prima donna who is to sing
at the college tomorrow night, some of
the o. G. W. instructors were inclined
to give these outbursts of admiration
reasonable consideration but were also
inclined to suspect that the duties OF
press agent entered somewhat into
the situation.
But when the songstress was met
face to face last night by a number of
the members of the faculty the young
ladies were perfectly content to concu-
in Miss Davis appreciation OF Miss Pc
terson and voted her "just perfectly
lovely"
Miss Peterson and her accompanist,
Miss Bates, were met at the train on
their arrival here from Dallas last
night on their way to Shawnee, by a
reception committee from the college
Miss Davis entertained the visitors at
little dinner party at the Geronimo.
The reception committee consisted Of
Misses Ormerod, Drake and Banks and
William Banks
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-03-26
FREE-FoR-ALL FIGHTS

Two free-for-all fights occurred with
in a stones throw of the court house
this morning while the preliminary
trial of Ben Tucker and Buck Powell
was in progress.
In one Of these Willard Yoder and
Ollie Yoder whose preliminary trial
on the charge of hog stealing was to
come up before Judge Moore today,
and another Yoder brother on the one
side, and Jake Fisher and John Wise
on the other side engaged in a lively
set-to but all were arrested before Sc.
rious results ensued. They will be
tried this afternoon for disturbing the
peace.
A number OF boys engaged in a furi
Gus combat at the Palace barns about
the same time in which coal. horse col
lars and other weapons were used. Nc
arrests,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-03-26
TUCKER ONLY sTRAYED

A report was current this afternoon
that John Tucker, who is in the county
Jail in default Of $4,000 bonds in three
whiskey cases had broken jail In an
attempt to escape.
Tucker had been in consultation with
his attorney and a former bondsman
and later asked Undersheriff Fuckers
permission to go down town to bank
to attend to some business. This the
officer refused to allow him to do.
Tucker began u "roar" but to no avail
and at last started away and had pro
ceeded q quarter Of block when Ruck-
er took him in tow and returned him
to the Jail
fuckers bond case was to have been
reopened in Judge Davenport's court
tomorrow morning when additional tes-
timony will be introduced by attorneys
for Dave Hill in the latter's effort to
have the forfeiture Of fuckers $1,000
b id set aside. While the case was
taken under advisement by Judge Da-
venport It was understood that either
side could Introduce more testimony
pending the rendering Of a decision at
an indefinite date.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-03-26
CHICKASHA DELEGATION WILL
HEAR TAFT SPEAK THURSDAY

Chickasha will send delegation to
Oklahoma City to attend the state con
vention of the League to Enforce
Peace, which will be addressed by for
mer President William Howard Taft
on Thursday.
The League to Enfore Peace does not
seek to end the present war; 1t pro
poses the formation Of league OF ma
ions after its close to maintain peace
by their united economic and militay
power.
This opportunity is given the people
If the cities in oklahoma to discuss
md consider program for league
Of nations to which the United States
shall be a signatory and to be formed
after the present war is over, that will
guarantee and enforce the future peace
Of the world.
The governor Of Oklahoma, mayors
Of incorporated cities and towns, the
president and secretary Of permanent
II organized civic, commercial, trade,
'akor and farmers organizations, are
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-03-26
FRISCO TRAIN DERAILED
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE

Westbound Frisco train No i07, due
70 arrive here at 1850 was derailed
two miles west Of Amber last night.
The engine and the rear coach alone
remained on the track The other
coaches were derailed but fortunately
remained upright which was all that
prevented O tragedy, as the track at
this place is built on a twenty-foot
raise One negro claims to have sus-
tanned an injured back, due to falling
across a seat at the time Of the acci-
dent.
The car which remained on the
track was an official car conveying
r. G. Lilley Of sapuplpa, division eu
perintendent. and w p Better assist
ant superintendent of Oklahoma City,
who were making a tour Of the road.
Traffic was 0. KID by 1915 this morn
ing.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-03-26
OZARK TRAIL FROM
HERE TO LAWTON

The question of the Ozark Trail
southwest from Chickasha to Cement
is also commanding the attention OF
Lawton boosters. "A letter received
from R. b. Moorford, secretary Of the
Lawton Business Mems club, says in
part
I'VE are extremely interested in a
road through to Cement, Cyril and
Fletcher We will put our road from
Fletcher or our county line across Co
manche county up to 100 per cent
standard
eve have an organization In this
county composed of the good road boos-
ters, Business Mems club and the
county commissioners. We raised a
fund and have eighteen teams working
on our fifty-four miles of road. We
are building them according to specifi-
cation, width, drainage, grade con
crete culverts and everything UP to
specification outside OF the hard sur
face. This we expect to do later. We
went through some pretty knotty situa-
tions but can see daylight now
There is a territory between Chick
asha and Fletcher that has always
bothered me a great deal | under
stand, however, that they are doing
great work there now. 1t rather seems
to me that it is up to Lawton and
Chickasha to do our part in creating
enthusiasm among these other places
and would like to be advised as to
what is being done on the two prospec-
tive roads west OF Chickasha as out
lined at the meeting held in Chickasha.
We are trusting at all times that you
are cooperating with us in getting this
road connection have not particle
of worry If they strike our county line.
We have, today practically boulevard
from our county line north of Fletcher
to the Texas river, through Comanche,
Jackson and Harmon counties. Most
of this road today you can travel in
perfect ease at forty to forty-five miles
per hour. We have some bad road be-
tween here and Fletcher but will put
this in shape so that all we have to
worry about is the connection with
Chickasha.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-03-26
FARM BUREAU VISITORS

The following were recent Farm Bu-
erau visitors: Fred Krautz, Chas.
Cloud, w. E. Smith, c. H. Jeftries,
Alex. Dud Rowland. south of Norge.
Bud Brown, Amber, N. L. Bruner, J. M.
Sanders, Pocasset, and E. NJ. Koehler.
0. c. Cooper, county agent, and Mrs.
Coryell. woman agent, left for Alex to
attend a meeting of the boys and girls
clubs, They returned this afternoon.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-03-26

appointed delegates, to this conven.
tion and are urged to appoint duly ac-
credited delegates to this convention
and are requested to forward the
names promptly 90 II. G. Oliver, Amer.
ican National bank, Oklahoma City, for
registration and reservation Of seats.
@ representative from each daily
a'il weekly newspaper in Oklahoma
will also be registered as delegate.
Mayor ccffman today appointed the
following delegation to attend Thurs.
day:
I'D Johns William II aDwyer Ben
Johnson, Myron Humphrey, NJ. r.
Courtney O. B. Brashear, G. c. McCar.
thy George II. Evans, J. w. Kayser,
L. c. Hutson, W. II. Donahue, DR.. L.
p Emanuel, Frank M. Bailey, william
w. Clark, Jonas Cook, r. Hamilton.
Tom Dwyer, Judge A. L. Herr. j. Il.
Carmichael Judge f. u. Riddle, Reford
Bond Judge VIII Linn, r. II. wilson,
G. W. Austin, G. w Barefoot, Rev. BY
ron Hester and O. Coffman.