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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-17
REDMOND OPPOSITION
MAY WRECK CABINET
Bonar Law, Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Makes an Appeal for Irish
Compromise.

London, March l7.--If the members OF
the Irish Nationalist party continue their
opposition to the Lloyd George govern
ment a general election will be forced
and England's activity in the war win be
paralyzed, Chancellor OF the Exchequcr
Bonar Law said in tbs House of Com
mons yesterday.
He appealed eloquently to Irish mem
bers of all parties to join in negotiations
designed to effect settlement of the
Irish question.
Bonar Law denied that the British gov
eminent had issued orders to the Dublin
populace to remain indoors on st. Pat
rick's day. He said the story that there
were riots impending there had been cir
culated by "disaifected persons"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-17

The attention of the public in general,
as well as of listers, is called to the sum
married. instructions given to listers at
the Washington county conference OF
those officials at Montpelier by State
Tax Commissioner Plumley and pub
lished in another column Of to-day's pa
per. The tax laws of the state are more
or less unknown to the average person
of the state and for that reason there is
apt to be considerable grumbling about
the administration of the laws; whereas,
if the taxpayers were to become con
yersant with the laws they might have
less occasion for fault-finding and they
might, too, be more kindly disposed to
their officials who have the duty of adj
ministering the local end of the laws.
Therefore, in the interests of better gov
eminent we ask our readers to pay at
tention to the statement as printed to-
day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-17

The passing of the state board of con
troll bill in the Vermont House yesterday
afternoon by an overwhelming viva voce
vote after the House had been practically
deadlocked over the measure for nearly
"a hours was a marked tribute to the
influence of Speaker Stanley G. Wilson,
who took the floor and advocated the ac-
ceptanee of the measure after it had
been amended so that another elective,
rather than appointive, officer was to be-
come a member of the board. Up to
that point in the debate there appeared
to be considerable doubt about the fate
of the measure and already its opponents
had succeeded in making a start on that
well-known plan of amending a bill to
death" when Speaker Wilson stepped in
and swung the weight OF support largely
in favor OF the bill as it then stood. II
is likely that the administration bill
would have had very stormy time in
the House had it not been for the effec-
tive work OF the member from Chelsea,
and it might even have been killed
through the incubus Of many amend
ments.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-17

A news item contributed by a CORE
spondent in nearby town sets forth
that concern recently located in that
village is unable to find boarding places
for its employees and as a result its bust
ness is suffering. In these days of duels
to the death with the old Fl. c. of l..
why let so small matter prove source
of worry? Why not organize an army
of commuters Rutland News.
A town that is so dead that it won't
furnish boarding places for its industrial
army does not deserve to have any new
industry. If the conditions are such that
removal is possible without great loss,
the industry ought to move to some wide
awake town.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-17

The net result of the legislative inves-
tigation of the state school for feeble
minded children at Brandon seems to be
the complete exoneration OF the officials
from the charge of mismanagement and
the calling to attention that another
building is needed at the Institution. II
is evident from II that we must use bet
ter discrimination in our decisions to
hold Investigations; We must have some
rather substantially grounded charges
before going to the expense OF much time
and money spent in taking much testi-
mony. Because one. OF q few persons
make accusations against a state-owned
institution i not sufficient reason why
the state should jump to the conclusion
that an investigation ought 10 Be held
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-17

When the listers ask you about your
self don't think it is because they are
seeking enlistments for the army, for
they are simply carrying out the details
OF the military census to be taken by
the state of Vermont. The military cen
sus is intended merely to determine what
kinds of service Vermont able bodied
men could fill in the case of national
emergency.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-17
once Done. Always Done.

An Annuity is an accomplished fact. a
finished. financial problem. soothing more
TO DO about i except 70 collect your in
come. a. true - you live. a. long as you
live National Life lms. CO.. Of Vt
MutuaIl $ s Ballard. general agent.
Rialto building. Montpelier, VI
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-17

The taxpayers of Westminster West
might have saved two thirds of the build
ings burned there early this week had
they dubbed together and bought small
piece of fre-fghting apparatus But
Westminster West was good deal like
too many other Vermont towns, abso-
lutely careless in the matter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-17

Thirty days in Jail and fine of 800
was just about the right punishment for
the man who deliberately burned the
American flag, even though that man
wears Reverend" before his name.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-17

cided to offer prizes for the best solutions
of the following enigmas.
To the child who names seven literary
men whose names are to be found in the
glossary of Vermont towns the Colyum
win award free trip to Ausable Chasm
in the summer of 1917. Any student Of
school age who shall discover in the same
glossary the names of five famous gen
erals is TO receive a life certificate in
Sunset lodge, No. 1872, Coming Men Of
America.
Cash prizes to the vigilant children
who shall spot therein no less than nine
dukes, three statesmen, two presidents,
one archbishop, an explorer and famous
wag. Contest closes April j,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-17

That $ll200O,000 contract for warships
ought to find the United States prepared
by 1925. In the meantime we can mere
ly hope.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-17
MABEL SYRUP'S COLYUM
TO have n lively and not n stolid
countenanee."
Truth Of Intercourse.

Did you ever pause to ponder over the
deyiations of proper names that the eye
encounters as it travels over a map of
VermontY Except in rather isolated in.
stances where we are indebted to the In
dams for the nomenclatural beauty of
rivers, mountains and towns, there Is
little enough that is attractive. But a
glossary OF Vermont's 246 organized
towns and cities, nevertheless, affords a
fine field for speculation.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-17

The kaiser does not seem to be chort-
ling with glee over the revolution in Rus
STA. A desire for self-preservation is
perhaps the reason.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-17

The entente allies seem to have got
the jump" on the central powers on every
front this spring.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-17

Does the act of the Rochester, n H.,
fair association in joining the Green
Mountain circuit presage the ultimate
annexation of that state by Vermont?
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-17

by many as lniment in case of sora
throat. The scent fluid is used as a con
stituent of animal bait and is used III
medicine TO some extent.
"D, L."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-17
F. H. Rogers &
Company

it must be taken into consideration that
the charges of those persons might be
BIASED or that they were founded on
hearsay largely.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-17

Is there beach in Brighton? A rose
of Sharon! A peerage in BurkeG Are
there dukes in Brunswick, Cavendish and
Cambridge Or lord in Derby! Are
there pigs in Berkshire, pillars in Cor
NTH? Any russo in Charlotte? Widows
in sleepy Chester"G Can one Eden
boast to-day a serpent, an Adam and an
Eve? Is there, after ALL a land o Gosh
en-? Does Halifax retain the gibbet law?
One hesitates to contemplate the awful
possibilities of gin in Holland. And rum
in Pamaica.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-17

That the children may emulate their
elders in cultivating mad desire to alb
sorb every scintilla of information TO be
found only in the Colyum, we have de-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-17

Gov. Graham is getting about all he
asked for of the legislature
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-17

Nicholas H.-torpedoed, but not with
out warning. The kaiser next.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-17

Is there Jekyll in Hyde Park? Are
there any hawks in Jayy On the out
skirts of Jericho are there priest Levite
and Samaritan? No doubt there is a
rock in Plymouth and mayhap dragon
in St George. Westminster may not
be without its abbey and Nottingham
without its Dick. And then
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-17

weeks the skunk kittens open their eyes
and at the end Of eight weeks they are
weaned.
I'm the summer the food of the wild
skunk is almost entirely insects. When
the weather grows colder, their diet con.
sists largely of field mice, rats and other
rodents. To some extent they eat birds
eggs and small game and occasionally
visit the henhouse when hungry; usually,
however, only what is needed for food is
taken and the brood is not wantonly
slaughtered.
"Skunks may be approached with
much more safety than is generally sup
posed and they will often themselves APP
proaeh people when quiet or in camp,
without the slightest danger to the per-
sons. They are very inquisitive, seldom
suspicious, and they must be consider.
ably alarmed if they are startled. The
weapon with which nature endowed the
skunk is used only for self .protection
and it uses its scent sacs principally for
the purpose of making good its escape,
as the fluid is calculated to blind the
pursuer for the time being.
Entirely apart from the value of its
fur, the skunk is useful animal The
fat is an article of commerce, being used
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-17

For certainty there is an inca in
PERT.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-17

Have you ever wondered whether there
is Demosthenes in Athens, an oriole in
Baltimore. an Apollo in Belvideref Or
a Jacobs ladder in Bethel?
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-17

If you know what we mean, follow us
that We may not be alone.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-17

"Skunks are largely nocturnal in their
activities, appearing often as soon as
darkness approaches and usually continu-
ing abroad until dawn. They are not
climbers unless their object is to attempt
escape when confined. Skunks usually
adopt some ready made shelter for their
nests or dens, but prefer to occupy the
burrow of a rabbit or a woodchuck,
which they can readily adapt to their
needs. They are rather too lazy to bur
row for themselves.
They are semi.domestic BY nature
and like to live near the habitation Of
man, penetrating beneath hay stacks and
barn floors frequently and there spend
the winter months in state OF semi
liberation. Being well equipped with
fat in the fall, they can endure the win
ter with very little food. Usually they
come forth in mild periods, especially
during thaws. Skunl<s mate about the
first of March and after a period of about
90 days bring forth litters OF from four
to IL hairless young. At the age of four
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-17
Mephitis Mephitis.

AT some pains we have secured from
David Mclean of Williamstown an in
teresting essay on the habits of the
skunk. The writer's experience as a
skunk breeder lends weight TO some of
the observations that follow and anyone
who doubts for a moment that there is
much to learn from an animal of such
odious repute will do well to take an
afternoon "off" next summer and visit
the skunk colony which Mr.. Mclean has
organized on his farm.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-13
"BEEFLESS TUESDAYS
Cheaper MEAT PRICES

Prices of beef. though still very
high as compared to the good old
days. have been reduced In most re-
tail markets as the result of recent
wholesale drop, OF from one and
half to two cents pound. "Beef1ess
Tuesdays" and orders by the national
food administration including meat
packers among those who are to be
licensed, are mentioned as contribut-
ing causes for the drop. Mary retail
butchers in residential districts
haven't marked down their wares as
yet, but 1t is believed they win re-
spond as soon as customers begin to
complain. "a
The very best beef is still holding
firm. but the next bestEthe kind that
most everybody gets-has declined
from 3 to 10 cents pound at retail
Good veal remains practically nn-
changed in prices, although there H.
a lot of cheap veal.
Retail poultry prices are not A
high as they were around the Jewish
holidays.
Retail pork prices have remained
unchanged for the past two weeks.
Hams and ibacons. however have
advanced of late.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-13
BRITISH LABOR
EXPERTS ADVISE
manufacturers
Four Officials Of Ministry Of
Munitions to Tour u. S.
Cities

was,,ng+on -J,essors drawn
49,, 60. pr,.a,n,. s-nar,sncs n
livnl i's'41' - 81 y. =
ronall,v ~ Anerican labor leaders and
employers oy TOUT onleiais - .re
l5ratisn ministry on Inunitioiis WY W. -
part early next WeeA " = oour =
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-13
100000 WILL
PAY INCOME TAX
UNDER new LAW
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Estimates Effect of Levy
on People.

washington, Oct. 13-Between five,
and six million men and women will
be reached by the reduction of the
income tax exemptions provided in
the war revenue bill. This is the Of
ncial estimate of the Bureau of Inter-
nal Revenue, charged with enforcing
the provisions of the new law.
During 1915, when the incomes of
married men were not taxed unless
they exceeded 81 900 year and the
incomes of single men were not tax
able unless they exceeded $4,000
year, only $4,000 persons in the
whole country had to make returns.
In the new law both of these exemp-
ton figures are reduced $4,000, with
md nimum of 100000 people, and
probably will take in close to 6.OOO.-
900.
The Bureau OF Internal Revenue
has decided on it's method of collect
ing the taxes on sales of jeweIry,
pianos, graphophones automobiles
and some other articles regarded in
the bill as Injuries. Returns on the
sales must be made to the bureau or
to the neatest internal revenue COL
lector each 80 days. Payment of the
tax may be made then, or short
period OF grace, to be decided on
later, will be allowed, but bond for
the tax due must be deposited to
cover the period OF grace.
The same rule will apply to the
floor stock tax. applying to any one
holding for sale any of the long list
of articles included in the law as lux
urtes. This will not apply, as the
law is being Interpreted, to manu-
facturers. producers. importers or
wholesalers who come under the sales
tax The excise tax on sales is in
most cases per cent. of selling price.
Half Of the excise sales is prescribed
as the floor stock tax.
Officials here have been consider
ably, concerned regarding how to fig.
ure out the war excess profits tax as
applied to railroads. This situation
was considerably simplified yesterday
with the knowledge that few of the
railroads of the United States have
been earning as much as per cent
on their investments, hence the excess
profits will not apply.
In cases where It does apply the
figures furnished by the railroads as
to their capital expenses, gross profit
| and net income will be accepted un-
ess there is good reason to. believe
that some particular railroad Is try
ing to. cover up its true financial
status. In that case the Bureau of
Internal Revenue will make its own
investigation. U
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-13
OBEDIENCE TO
GOVERNMENT is
HOMAGE TO COD
Says Cardinal Gibbons in
Accepting Office in League
for Unity.

Washington, D. c., Oct. 13.-Every-
body in America should be solidly be-
hind the administration in the con-
duct of the war against Germany. for
the greatest good to themselves and
their country Cardinal Gihnons told
President Wilson yesterday in a letter
accepting the office of honorary chair
man Of the League for National Unity.
He declared that it is the duty Of all
loyal citizens to stand by the PreSi-
dent at this time ito bring success to
our arms, and to achieve those ideals
of justice and humanity winch com
PEELED our entrance into the war"
Mr.. Wilson, in reply, expressed his
deep appreciation of Cardinal Glib
bons' acceptance Of the craftsmanship
of the league, which was formed sew
|eraI days ago by some of the most
influential men in the country whose
aim 1t Is to solidify the people of the
country in the war anc 10 prevent a
peace which would not bring a COM
plete destruction of Prussianisn.
Guided as we are by the sublime
teaching OF Christianity. we have no
other course open to us but that Of
obedience and devotion to our coun-
try" the Cardinal wrote. ssOur Di-
vine Lord tells us Render to Caesar
the things that are Caesars, and to
God the things that are Gods and
St Paul, following the steps of his
Master. says, Let every soul be SUBJ
ject to the higher powers, for there is
no authority but from God, and those
that are, are ordained by God. There
fore. he who resisteth the power. re-
sisteth the ordinance of God, and thew
who resist purchase to themselves
condemnation,
We wish our people to see. and we
are striving to help them to realize.
that they owe answering loyalty to
the rulers whom they have elected ia
ONCE and that in doing so thew are
not acting in a s1avish manner. for
Iopeoience is not an act of seryflitv
we pay to man. but an act Of homage
we pay to God
we are WORKING to the end that
our countrymen may see the folly and
grave disobedience of unjust and. in
tempered criticism Of national poIi-
cles. We are bending our efforts to
point out to our fellow-men that thev
IN all probability see the present sit.
nation from only one angle. whereas
the government sees it from every
viewpoint and is therefore alone in
the position to Judge of the exnef1i
ency of national affairs.
In word. we have been exertfno
our every effort and will continue Is
do so to persuade all Americans tba,
they can do the greatest good to then,.
lseives and their country by a cheerf,,
and generous performance Of thaf,
duty as It is pointed out to them b,
lawfully iconstftuted authority.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-13

Boston. Oct. Surgeons at the
city hospital said today that there
was little possibility OF the recovery
OF Capt. Daniel Il. Kane of the quar-
termaster reserve corps, who shot
himself yesterday. Capt. Kane is a
son of the late Admiral Theodore
Kane. His son, John ". H. Kane. is
naval ensign now on sea duty and
his brother. Col T, Porter Kane of the
marine corps, is in Washington.
Col George NICK. Williamson. in
charge of the depot. said that Capt.
Kane had become worn out from
overWork and that leave f absences
had failed to relieve his nervous con-
dition.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-13

Amsterdam, Oct. 13.-Vice Admiral
Won Capelle, the German minister OF
marine, has resigned, according TO the
Zeitung.
washington, Oct. 1S.-News of the
RESIGNATION of Vice. Admiral con Ca
pelle as German minister of marine
was gladly received in washington Last
night. because it was interpreted as
another milestone in the failure OF
the German submarine campaign OF
unrestricted warfare on merchantmen
1t had been expected for some time
that Won Cape1le would lose his OF
f1ciaI head on account of the failure
OF the submarine navy to make .gooo
Its boast of ability to starve England
and bring her to her knees before the
end of the summer. More than seven
months have elapsed since Germany
threw to the winds her pledges In the
Sussex and Lusitania cases to engage
inA the U-boat campaign of ruthless
ness. of which Won Capelle was an ar
dent advocate, and which has been
conducted under his direction
while the withdrawal Of Won Capel1e
POLITICAL quarrel with the socialists and
political uarrel with the socialists and
others in the reichstag on account OF
his official revelation of the German
naval mutiny. it is not thought here
that this was the underlying cause Of
his withdrawal, which is regarded as
marking the failure of Germany's ma
val campaign last summer. Not only
has the U-boat campaign reached a
point where American war risk insur-
ance could be reduced on account Of
the lesser number of sinkings, and
where there is no chance for the star
walton of England, but in other direc-
tons the German navy has been with
out accomplishment during the sum-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-13

ton among the German sea forces.
That Won Capelle himself probably
realized that his administrator of the
navy was failure Is the CONSTRUCTION
which some observers of the situation
there place upon the boldness OF his
remarks concerning the mutiny that
raised such storm among the So
cialists. The charge that menbers
of the Reichstag were Implicated in 4
revolutionary plot in the nayy-which
was virtually the equivalent OF Saying
that there were traitors in the Reich
stag-may have been made because he
was prepared to resign and cared
nothing for the consequences Of his
words Deltman. -Haase and Vof-.
their, accused of completely in the plot
are credited with having been de-
handing the conclusion of an early
peace on the basis of the program pro-
claimed by certain Russian Social
lists. ~
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-13
ALMANAC FOR TODAY
ALMANAC FOR SUNDAY
Bed Bugs Keep Rooms
From Renting

Many desirable rooms don't
rent for the simple reason
that they are known to be
infested with Bed Bugs.
Spend IS cents and clean
your home, and your rooms
will rent. Tell the public
your house has been cleaned
with Cyrus Presto Killer
and the applicant for rooms
will be satisfied. There is
nothing better made, moth
ing SO clean to use and moth
ing so clean to use and moth
ing so harmless to human
beings-it does not burn.
Try q can %. cents, it is
worth money to you.
THE CYRUS PHARMACY
Fairfield Avenue and
oourt1and Street
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-13

The German high seas feet, since
the battle of Jutland, has failed to en-
gage the British navy in battle for
supremacy of the seas. What is even
more important to Germany, the o.
moats, in addition to their failure to
shut down supplies for England to the
point where it would mean starvation.
have also failed to- interrupt the steady
flow of conveyed American soldiers
and munitions to France.
Not one American soldier has been
lost in the great task of affording safe
sea transportation to the expedition,
and no conveyed American supply shin
has yet been lost.
The transportation, of course is eff
fected. with the greatest caution, and
the ships are heavily conveyed. But
the fact that the American govern
ment has been able to send a consid-
cradle number Of men to France with
out loss is a severe blow to the vaunt-
ed prestige of the submarine
There were some who were inclined
to accept with a grain of salt the news
that had come from Berlin regarding
Won Capelle's announcement of the
naval mutiny. Officials were desir-
Gus of obtaining more definite details
as to the mutiny and it's extent before
passing complete judgment on the
episode. 1t was recalled that at vari-
GUS times in the past the Berlin gov
eminent had made such matters pub
lie, purposely exaggerating them for
the purpose of 1ulling enemy countries
into a sense of. fancied security. But
when word came last night Of the res
ignation of Won Capeile, opinion swung
around to the side of those who have
taken the stand that the revelations
did not begin to tell all the truth re-
garding the existence of a grave situa-