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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-23

A general conference between
oouncilmen and tho Puget Sound
Traction Light and Power &C.. for
the purpose OF discussing the many
questions at Issue. will soon be
held. This plan was decided upon
at meeting of the utilities com.
nittee Thursday.
Among the problems that mus,
he settled are: The extension %
the one-man car service. the mat.
ter OF the rentals on the canal
bridges. the running OF the munich
pal cars down the traction com.
pany's Third ave. tracks: the city's
suit to compel payment OF the trac-
ton company's gross income tax.
and tho company's seeking TO do
away with the franchise Obligation
OF paving its right-of-way.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-23

entirely disappeared and never
had better health. weigh 1876
pounds and am as strong as man.
I think money is well spent which
purchases Lydia y. Pinkham's Veg.
etable Compound" - Mrs. JOS.
O'BRYAN. 1855 Newport Ave. Chi.
cafo, ILL.,
The success of Lydia Il. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound. made
from roots and herbs, Is unparallel.
ed. II may be used with perfect con
fidence by women who suffer from
displacements, inflammation. nj.
ceration. Irregularities. periodic
pains. backacha bearing-down feel
ing, flatulency. indigestion. dizzi-
ness. and nervous prostration.
Lydia T.. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is the standard remedy for
female Ills.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-23
HAIR COMING OUT?

Dandruff causes feverish irrita.
ton OF the scalp, the hair roots
shrink, loosen and then the hair
comes out fast. To stop falling
hair at once and rid the scalp Of
every particle OF dandruif. get a
25-cent bottle OF Danderiue at any
drug store. pour a little in your
hand and rub II into the scalp. Aft
or a few applications. the hair
stops coming out and you can't find
any dandruff
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-23

How would you like TO be thrown
into a pool full OF man-ea,ing croc-
odlles? That Is what happens TO
Annette kellermann. in The
Daughter OF the Gods" now telng
shown at the Moore theatre.
Tho natives assured us" says
Annette. that the orocodiles Ncre
harmless. even II their gaping laws
ard shining rows OF sharp teeth
Gid have an uncomfortable look.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-23
KAISER'S NEAR
A BREAKDOWN

THE HAGUE. March "a. Kaiser
Wilhelm Ia on the verge OF nery.
ous breakdown and has departed for
Homburg. health resort. according
10 private messages received here
today. He will receive Chancellor
Won Bethmann.Hollweg there. In.
stead Of German grand headquar.
teTH.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-23
SUICIDE CHANGES
BRIDE TO WIDOW

PORTLAND. March 23--Mrs
Perley u. Lent. bride OF four
months. found the body OF her hus-
band. shot thru the head. when she
went home last night. The police
say that Lent. brooding over Ill
health. took his own life. Lent
spent the afternoon entertaining a
party OF men friends. He was a
prominent real estate and insurance
man.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-23

who have wrapped your toes In ban
dages to look Ike bundles, who have
used salvcs that turned your toes
raw and sore. and used plasters that
would shift from their place and
never get" the corn. and who have
dug and picked at your corns with
knives and scissors. and perhaps
made them bleed--iust quit these old
and painful ways and try "Gets-It"
Just once. You put or drops on,
and Il dries at once. There's moth
ing to stick. You can put your shoe
and stocking right on again The
pain ~ all gone. Then the corn dies n
painless. shriveling death. II loosens
from your toe. and off Il comes
"Gets-tt" is the biggest selling corn
remedy IN the world today. There's
none other as good.
"Gets-It" IL sold by druggists
every where, 25c a bottle. or sent on
receipt OF price by r. Lawrence &
60. Chicago, III
Sold IN Seattle at the owl Drug co.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-23
Use "Gets-It," Lift
Corn Right Off

Just like taking the I'D off
that's how easy you can iift n corn
off your toe after IL has been treated
With the wonderful discovery. Gets
IT, Hunt the wide world over and
youll find nothing SO magic. simple
and easy as "Gets-It." You folks
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-23

Then somebody hit upon a brilliant
idea. Feed the crocodiles 10 much
just before the act that they would
rave no appetite for mo.
so for an hour before the scene
vas staged those erocodlieH ted a
regular banquet. 80 that when I
was Topped into their midst. they
gaped drowslly at mo for all the
world like a company Of sleepy
tanqueters regarding the last
speaker of theh evening"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-23
SLAVS BEAT TURKS

PETROGRAD. March 23.--Aftor
i6 hours OF desperate fighting. Rus.
sian forces dislodged Turks occu-
plying Aliabad. near Kcrzina. and
forced them 10 retreat. today's off.
cial statement declared
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-23

trouble 80 ] was
unable to walk
or do any of my
own work. |
read about Lydia
r. + In X h a M =
Vegetable Com
pound In the
newspapers and
determined to
try IT, 1t brought
almost immedi.
ate relief. My
weakness n 4
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-23

Last wooden sleeping car. are
bound for the junkpile But IT'S
Just as hard to steep in the steel
ones.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-23
WOMAN SICK
TWO YEARS
Could Do No Work. Now
Strong as a Man

Chicago. lll.-"For about two
Tears suffered from female
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-23

A poet. a tramp. a Newspaper
man ard an I. w. w. cit each
day at the press table In Judge
Ronald's courtroom, where a
areat class struggle 10 being
fought around the ssooky figure
Of Tom Tracy. !. w. w.
They are Charles Ashiei9h.
He 10 In charge OF publicity
for the Everett Prisoners De-
Tense league. and he 10 q radical
OF the radicals; 80 revolutionary
that he even dsres TO defy the
tradition that revoiutioniss
shall be a sinister and rnysseri-
ous-looking person. He 10 young.
ANAL. mild-manneres. ana
speaks literary English with
fine British accent
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-23

Crop shortage In Argentina. Bet.
or try yacaDt lot gardens.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-23
iRedelSheiner'S
First Avenue and Columbia

~ sheuId Stone be expected
4. The kaiser hasn't asked
to.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-23

lie was boSn In London. As n
boy he was for time an assistant
secretary in the Fabian society OF
socialists and frce-thinkers. and saw
and heard Bernard Shaw. II. g.
Wells and other famous members.
A little later he tramped thru Eng
land with the army of the unem-
pIoysd. haFanguing the crowds and
stirring the miners OF South Wales
TO organization.
Ordinary life was tame. naturally.
after that. and Ashlclgh went to
South America.
In Buenos Aires he was for 1t
tlo while in the accounting depart
ment OF n railway. then he took n
contract 10 string telegraph wires
along the rigAi-of.way lie had new
or strung a wire In his life. or seen
Il done. but be hired foreman who
did know how. assembled n gang OF
Guarani Indians. and started out.
Ashleieh Was the Goat
II was a colorful experience.
"The Indians aren't really a bad
sort at all. you know" Ashleigh ex-
plains. but they do drink. One
utght tho cook shot his brother In
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-20
PUT UNDER HEAVY BAIL.
Henry Diamond Is Charged with Import
ing Narcotics.

Burlington, April 20.--That the federal
officials are reasonably sure that in
Henry Diamond they have one of the
operators of the syndicate which is
known to be importing narcotics into
the United States from Canada in a sys-
tematic manner, contrary to the federal
laws regarding such importations, was
made plain in the United States court
room in the federal building of this city
yesterday, when Diamond was given a
preliminary hearing before Judge Har-
land b. Howe to see whether or not the
case against him would warrant his be-
ing held for the next grand jury term.
The evidence was of such a nature that
Diamond will be held for indictment pro-
ceedings, bail being fixed at 5000. The
bail. however. is only temporary and may
be raised later, Dist. Atty. Vernon A.
Bullard having asked the court TO fix the
bail at $4,000.
Haskell F. Butler, who is under arrest
charged with being an aceompliee in the
same case. his bail having been fixed at
50 700. was the principal witness against
Diamond.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-20
REFUSED SEAT IN CONGRESS.
Miss Anne Martin Wished to Devote Her
self to Suffrage Cause.

Miss Anne Martin, who came from the
Washington headquarters of the Nation
al Woman's party to speak at the suf-
frage conference in the Montpelier city
ball at 3 o'clock on April 81, might be
sitting in Congress beside Miss Rankin.
She refused to run for Congress last fall
in her native state, Nevada, because she
felt the time not yet ripe for anything
but country wide drive for the federal
suffrage amendment.
The dramatic story of Miss Martins
1914 campaign reads like story of 40.
She had been an important suffrage
worker from the time OF her graduation
from Leland Stanford university, and
during her professorship at the Universi-
ty of Nevada. In 1918, preceding the
campaign, she set out to reach the voters
of Nevada. Where there were railroads,
she went by train; where there were
roads, she went by motor and stage; and
where there were only trails, she went
on foot and horseback. She spoke by
day to he women, and talked at night to
little halls crowded with enthusiastic
miners, and in 1914 Nevada became
free state.
At the conference Saturday, Miss Mar
tin will speak on the status of the Eng
glish woman suffrage bill in war time.
She has lived in England at various
times and worked intimately with va
rious English leaders, including Mrs.
Pankhurst and Mrs. Pethwick Lawrence.
She will explain why the National Won.
ans party, which recently absorbed the
Union for Woman suf-
frage, deems IL of first Importance that
pickets at the White House and capitol
keep before the mind of the administra-
tion that we are entering a war for de-
Inocracy, confident of the utmost sacri.
fee and loyalty from women, without
irst establishing democracy at home.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-20

and artilerymen that the British have
found it necessary to separate the pris
oners belonging to the two services, tc
prevent fighting within the cages.
The newly called up troops thrown
into the western line admit that the ar
tillery fire bewildered them. This is also
true of the German troops recently trans
ferred from the eastern to the western
fronts. Prisoners from the latter forces
say that they had no idea what it was
actually like until recently, and all be-
came much depressed when they saw the
trenches they were supposed to occupy
all smashed and torn by the British shell
fire.
Prisoners taken in the past three days
tell of the spread Of discomfort in the
German army because of the reduced ra-
tions since April l5. Each man former
ly received half loaf of bread daily.
Now he has only one third of a loaf.
This reduction coming after the Somme
retreat, the defeat at Arras and the be-
ginning of the great French offensive has
caused much grumhling among the
troops.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-20
SELECTIvE DRAFT DEFINED.
Pres. Wilson Tells Why He Favors Such
System.

i Washington, d. c., April 20.-As one
step toward meeting opposition in Con-
gress to the administration army plans,
President Wilson yesterday sent let
ter to Representative Helvering of Kan
sas, explaining what is meant by selec-
tive draft, and expressing earnest hope
that the bill drafted by the war depart
ment would be passed.
| The letter said:
| Il welcome the inquiry of your letter
of April 10, because | have realized the
truth OF what you say from my own
observation, namely. that what is meant
to be understood by the selective draft
is not generally understood throughout
the country,
THE process of the draft is, think,
very clearly set forth in the bill drafted
by the war department and which ] so
earnestly hope the Congress viii adopt.
but it is worth while to state the idea
which underlies the bill a little more
fully
Il took occasion the other day in an
address to the people of the country to
point out the many forms of patriotic
service that were open TO them and to
emphasize the fact that the military
part of the service was by no means the
only part, and perhaps, all things con
sidered, not the most vital part. Our
subject is mobilization of all the produc
tive and active forces of the union and
their development to the highest point
of operation and efficiency, and the
idea OF the selective draft is that those
should be chosen for service in the army
who can be most readily spared from
the prosecution of the other activities
which the country must engage in and TO
which it must devote great deal of
its best energy and capacity.
"The volunteer system does not do
this. When men choose themselves they
sometimes choose without due regard to
their other responsibilities. Men may
come from the farms, or from the mines,
or from the factories, or centers of bust
ness who ought not to come, but ought
to stand back of the armies in the field
and see that they have everything they
need and that the people of the country
are sustained in the meantime.
The principle of the seleetive draft, in
short, has at its heart this idea, that
there is universal obligation to serve
and that public authority should choose
those upon whom the obligation of mill
tary service shall rest, and also in a
sense choose those who shall do the rest
IF the nations work. The bill, if adopt
ID. will do more, / believe, than any
lther single instrumentality TO create
he impression of universal service in
he army and out of it, and if properly
will be great source of
"Those who feel that we are turning
way altogether from the voluntary
principle seem to forget that some 600,-
100 men will be needed to fill the ranks
i the regular army and the National
iuard and that very great field Of in
ividual enthusiasm lies there wide
pen.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-20
GERMANS WORST DEFEAT
Was the Loss of vimy Ridge, Says Cap
tured German Officer.

From a staff correspondent of the As
sociated Press, British Headquarters in
France, April 20, via London.-A German
officer captured Tuesday frankly stated
that the Germans regard the loss of Vimy
ridge as the biggest defeat they have suf-
fered since the war began. This officer
knows the ridge thoroughly, having been
stationed on il all last summer, and said
he could not understand how any troops
could fail to hold il. In his opinion the
garrison must have been demoralized be-
fore the British attack began.
The latter statement is thought 70 be
true. for other captured Germans have
testified to demoralizati0n in their ranks
after serersl days Of the British inten-
sive artillery fire. The Germans continue
highly nervous along the front, the
slightest increase in the British fire call
ing up distress signals.
The German infantry are getting bet
Ger artillery supports since the battle Of
Arras as a result Of the bitterly worded
reports made regarding the lack Of this
supPort previously The feeling y so in
tense between the German infsntrymen
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-20
US. FLAG FLOATS
ON PARLIAMENT
First Time Foreign Emblem
Ever Had Such a
Distinction
GREAT CELEBRATION
OF AMERICA IN WAR
st. Paul's Cathedral Crowd
ed, King and Queen
Being Present

London, April 20.--British people anC
Americans in this country celebrated
Americas partnership in the world wal
by religious service in st. Paul's cathe
dral attended by the official heads of the
nation and great congregation which
included hundreds of Americans and
many prominent British men and women
There was great display of American
flags in London and all other British
towns and popular demonstration by
crowds surrounding the cathedral. The
Stars and Stripes flowed from the high
est tower of Parliament buildings at
Westminster, the first time that for
eign flag was ever displayed on that emf
nence, and few above all the government
buildings in the British capital.
The cathedral seats nearly 1000 and it
was filled to the furthermost recesses
when King George and Queen Mary en-
tered, followed by the mayors of the 20
boroughs of London in scarlet robes.
Other members of the royal family were
also present.
The American embassy and consular
STATS occupied front seats with the rep
resentatives of the Pilgrims American
society, the American Luncheon club and
the American Chamber of Commerce. In
the diplomatic section were officers in the
uniforms of France, Russia, Italy, Bel
gium, Serbia, Montenegro, Rumania and
Japan.
The clergy of st. Paul's conducted the
services, assisted by the archbishop of
and the bishop of London.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-20
WRECK AT WATERBURY.
Several Cars on Freight Train Were
Smashed,

Waterbury. April 20.-A derailment
resulting in the smashing OF several cars
of merchandise occurred near the dry
bridge at Stowe street last evening about
l0:30 o'clock. The freight was proceed
ing through this village at fast rate of
speed and when about 90 rods from here
one car was derailed by faulty brake.
When it reached the Drew Daniels shed
it tore across tracks and smashed into
five or six cars on siding, damaging
them considerably, besides breaking open
eight or 10 cars of the train. One siding
was left in good condition so that traffic
was not interfered with. One car stands
at nearly right angles with the track.
Nearly 500 feet of the main line track
was torn up and a wreeking crew has
been working steadily repairing and
clearing the wrecksge away
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-20
DEATH OF GEORGE DAVIDSON.
Barre Man Had Been Ill for a Long
Time.

George Davidson passed away at his
home in the Bolster block this morning
at o'clock, the end following a pro.
tracted illness. His condition in the past
few days had been somewhat improved
and last evening he conyersed with men,
bers of the family and seemed to be
much brighter than for some time. To-
ward morning he failed rapidly and the
end came suddenly.
He leaves his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Davidson, two sisters, Mrs. John
Emslie and Miss Nellie Davidson, and
two brothers, Thomas Davidson, who re-
Gently returned from an extended sojourn
in the South, and Edward Davidson. All
of his near relatives reside in Barre. The
deceased was a native of Aberdeenshire,
Scotland, and came here as youth 25
years ago. Here he learned the granite
cutters trade and before his last illness
was employed by the Lille Granite Co.
The funeral arrangements have not been
made.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-20
WARNS AGAINST HYSTERIA.
And Against Ill-Advised Economy in the
United States.

| Washington, ID. c., April Warning
| to the nation against real danger in
| hysterical and ill-advised economy and
interference with normal pursuits of the
people is given by Howard E. Coffin Of
the advisory commission of the Council
of National Defense, in statement made
public last night as the first enterprise
of the governments new committee on
public information.
just returned from trip through sew
eral middle western states. Mr.. Coffin
deplores the fact that conditions of un-
employment and closed factories should
arise as result of indiseriminate efforts,
public and private, toward wartime econ
omies.
After nearly three years of refusal to
take the European war and its lesson Sc
riously," Mr.. Coffin says, I'VE suddenly
launched forth in a most feyerish aetiv-
ity to save the country over night. Pa
triotic organizations, almost without
number, are milling around noisily and
while intentions are good the results are
often far from practical.
Because of an impending and possible
shortage of foodstuffs we have hysterical
demands for economy in every line of
human endeavor. Waste is bad but an
indiscriminating economy is worse.
"Some states and municipalities are
stopping road building and other public
work. General business is being slowed
down because of the emotional response
of the trading public to these misguided
campaigns for economy; savings are be-
ing withdrawn from the banks; reports
show that some people have begun to
hoard food supplies and thousands of
workers are being thrown needlessly out
of employment. All this is wrong.
unemployed and closed factories,
brought about through fitful and ILL
advised campaigns for public and private
economy viii prove a veritable founda-
tion of quicksand for the serious work
we have at hand.
at is true that the president has said
that this is a time to correct our habits
of wsstefulness. Certainly But the
keynote of his message to the people was
this paragraph:
1T is evident to every thinking man
that our industries. on the farm, in the
in the mines, in the factories,
must be made more prolific and more
we need prosperity in wartime even
more than when we are at peace. Busi- !
ness depressions are always bad but |
icubly so when we have fight on our
hands. The declaration of war can have /
no real evil effect on business. What
bad effects are apparent are purely So
Biological and largely of our own foolish
making, for our markets are the same
IN April that they were in March. We
seed more business. not less. There is
real danger in hysteris. Indiscriminate !
sconomy will Be ruinous. Now is the
ime TO open the throttle
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-20
WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH.
Mrs. John Elder of Colchester Was Tend
ing Bonfire.

Colchester, April 2o.--Mrs. Kate tMc-
CALI Elder, wife Of John Elder, died yes
terday of burns received when her cloth
ing caught fire while she was engaged in
burning paper in the yard. She was bad
ly burned about the lower part of her
body. II is supposed that piece of pa
per was blown against her clothes. Dan
lei Griffith, driving past, found her and
put out the flames, but Mrs. Elders death
occurred in half an hour.
Mr. Griffith after extinguishing the
flames ran for Mr.. Elder, who was not
at home at the time. Mrs. Elder died
shortly after he reached her and before
the arrival of physician. She was IS
years of age and was born in this place.
Besides her husband, she leaves one
brother, Terrence Mccall of Stowe, and a
niece, Mrs. Lucy Rogers of Brattleboro.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-20
TALKED OVER THE ROADS.
Nearly 100 Officials of Washington coun-
ty Towns Met.

Nearly 100 road commissioners and Sc
lectmen of cities and towns in Washing
ton county met in the memorial room of
the Montpelier city han to-day for their
annual conference on roads and road
work. State Highway Commissioner
Stoddard Bates and County Supervisor
r. w. Currier Of Barre addressed the
conference this forenoon, after which the
party went to the Pythian hall. where
dinner was served. Mayor Mitchell and
James b. Estee addressed remarks and
then the officials Of the cities and towns
went back into conference.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-20
sNIpERs' FIRE RETURNED
And One Mexican Was Seen to Fail
After the Volley.

FL Paso, Tex, April 20.-Snipers who
fired at an American sentry stationed at
the viaduct in the suburbs of this city
were fired upon in return by squad of
United States soldiers late yesterday.
One Mexican was seen to fall after the
yolley had been fired across the border.
The sentry was patrolling his beat
when two shots were fired from entrench-
ments on the Mexican side, according to
the official report received at military
headquarters. The sentry returned the
fire and called the members OF his squad.
They fired more than 20 shots across the
line
When Mexican Consul Bravo reported
the affair TO Brig. Gen. George Bell. jr,
Gen. Bell informed the consul that the
American sentry had been fired upon and
had obeyed orders in returning the fire.