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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-10
STRENGTH AT PRESENT
NEARLY UP TO $4,000
The Maximum Authorized
War Strength Is
$4,000

Washington, D. c., Feb. l0.--Navy re-
cruiting agents have been instructed to
Immediately enlist $4,000 men. While
the current naval bill authorized peace
strength of $4,000 men, it carried appro-
priations for considerably less than that
number, since the department had esti-
mated that in the normal course of
events not more than 10000 recruits
above the number necessary to replace
men discharged could be found.
Officials have been encouraged by re-
cruiting returns during the winter
months, however, which have brought the
actual strength up to nearly $4,000 men
already
In the event of war, probably the first
act of the president will be to authorize
the enlistment of the maximum war
time strength of $1,000. Probably this
could be quickly accomplished by pro-
vision in the departments regulations
permitting volunteers to enlist for the
duration of the war and not binding
them to full enlistment in times of
peace.
In the war department, steps are under
consideration for hurrying organization
Of the officers reserve corps. Less than
1000 men have been commissioned so
far, although approximately $4,000 would
be required for volunteer army of $780,
600 men. An official statement issued
yesterday calls attention to the classes
of men eligible for commissions and urges
that "there is no reason why eligible
men should hesitate to apply for com
missions on account of being rusty or
even deficient in technical military mat
ters." 1t says personality and probable
efficiency of the individuals are given
greatest weight by examining officers.
The establishment of examining boards
in every city or town where fair num-
Der of applicants come forward is now
being considered.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-10

respect is not dissimilar to that pursued
by France just before the outbreak Of
the war. 1t will be recalled, as an ear
nest of her desire for peace, that France
ordered her troops ten kilometres back
from the frontier. This involved the
withdrawal of protection from a consid-
cradle French population. But the
French government, having larger ends
in view, deemed it wise to make the sac
rifce to make it certain no first blow
came from France. President Wilson
thinks it worth while to have record
for us similarly clean, and the message
of Secretary Lansing to the owners Of
the st. Louis must be interpreted with
this thought in mind.
Senator Lodge, it seems to us, correctly
stated the proper attitude at the present
time. Under these circumstances, he
said, "any criticism of the past or pres.
ent is silenced for me-" 1t is not time
TO be concerned over details. 1t is not
pertinent to show, as doubtless can be
done, that the refusal to provide a con.
voy for the St. Louis is illogical
York Globe.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-10

movin' through the bresh. II might
be bar who had smelIed the honey
an was comm fur his share of II, OF
II might be a coon or woodcock. !
dared not turn my head to see IL could
make out what caused the noise, but
by an by, whatever animal It was, II
got skeered an moved away. | reck-
oned 1t was half an hour AFTER this
when / heard soft footsteps an was
never so happy In my life when heard
the voice of the ole woman sayin' TO
me-
"'Zeb, / was lookin' fur you, an
found you some time ago. You seem
to be In bad fix
at am / replied, an what am I
gwine to do about it?'
'Zeb. have you got over your mean
ness? Is it all gomez
Every burned bit of it.
"'Well, was here befo' an seen
list how you was fixed. brung up
wild me this time big torch. an as
soon as i kin strike a match | will
light II. | have sprinkled it over
with kerosene an am gwine to cum
clus to you an hold it out so that the
bees will git the fumes an drop Oft
dead. Don't you go to movin' round
much or / may set your clothes afire.
You had better shut your mouth pretty
tight, fur / sprinkled on some sulphur
as well as Kerosene
Say. stranger that was a neat niece
of bizness. 1t took a good half hour.
but the last bee was finally reached
an lay dead on the leaves at my feet.
Then gave my wife the highest hug
gin fur var She had done it all,
an nobody could have done better. I
was kissin' her half the time on the
way back to the cabin to git the wash.
tub, an we had 1t even full of honey
when we got through with that ole bee
rec. have kept my promises TO her.
No mo- huntin' on Sundays for me-"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-10
ROAD EARNS FOUR
MILLION SURPLUS
Equivalent to 1864 Per Cent. on the
Common Stock of Boston
& Maine.

Boston, Feb. l0.-The Boston & Maine
railroad, which is now intemporary re.
Ownership, earned surplus of S4,7S7 ,974
for the year ending Dee. 81, after all
charges, including leased line rentals, had
been paid, according to a report made
public yesterday. This compare with
$l,779,0O0 for the previous year. 1t is
equivalent to 1864 per cent. on the road
common stock, after preferred dividend
requirements.
Freight revenue during the year to-
tailed S33 ,640,5s6, an increase of $5.2s2,-
70l. Passenger revenue was Sl6,05l, los,
81 ,200,7sl more than in 1915; other trans
portaton revenue aggregated S4,053,s0f
and incidental revenue was 81 ,63T ,047.
Operating expenses of $3s,25l,1l5 left a
net operating revenue of Sl7,l3l, $50.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-10
Testimony by the Manager
of One of Washington's
Brokerage Firms
A PROMISE TO
FURNISH THE NAMES
Chapman Says He Hasn't
Paid for Tips Since 1914
Had No Value

Washington, Feb. l0-New life was
suddenly injected into the leak" in
quiry yesterday by the testimony OF
George B. Chapman, local manager for
Hartman & Co., New York brokers,
that certain members of the House of
Representatives dealt in stocks with him.
Chairman Henry called for the names
of the members and Chapman promised
to furnish them,
Chapman testified that so far as he
knew no members of Congress had sold
stocks short" during the peace note
leak period" He said he had no sena-
tors names on his books, but was unable
to say whether his customers included
secretaries to senators and representa-
tives.
Chapman declared that he had not paid
for tips" on governmental activities
since 1914. He found, he said, that in
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-10

formation he bought usually was of nc
value.
j. L. Livermore, Wall streets widely
known "three-time millionaire Chip.
man said, wired him from New York
on Dec. 20, asking him if he had heard
peace note was to passed, Chapman
replied negatively. Livermore respond
ed with information which Clement, Cur.
It's & Co. OF Chocago previously had sent
j.. II. Hutton & Co, Chapman replied
that he thought the report untrue.
Later in the day Chipmea said he
called up +. A. Connolly, of +. A. Con
molly & Co., and learned that peace
note was to be issued.
Examination OF correspondents who
were told in confidence by Secretary
Lansing on Dec. 20 that note was com
ing then began. After interrogating
Stephen f. Early of The Associated
Press, Carl d. Groat of the United Press
and Charles d, Warner of the Christian
Science Monitor the committee recessed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-10
Part of a General Policy.

The refusal of the administra ton tC
provide in any special way for the pro
lection of the steamship st. Louis, and
to take steps to prevent the wanton
wrecking of interned German ships, are
acts not to be judged by themselves
They are part of general policy which
the administration has seen fit to adopt.
This policy is that this government will
studiousIy refrain from anything that
can be tortured into provocation of Ger
many. If acts of war are to be commit
ted against us, in the way of the murder
of our citizens or otherwise, Germany
must take the initiative.
The policy of our government in this
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-10
CONQUERS RHEUMATISM
In A VERY FEW DAYS

1t Is an established fact that one-half tea
spoonful of Rheuma taken once a day has
driven the pain and agony from thousands OF
racked. crippled and despairing rheumatics
during the last five years.
Powerful and sure; quick acting, yet harm
less; Rheuma gives blessed relief almost at
once. The magic has reached every
hamlet in the land, and there is hardly a
druggist anywhere who cannot tell you of
almost marvellous cures.
II you are tortured with rheumatism or
sciatica, you can get a bottle Of Rheuma
from the Red Cross Pharmacy or any druggist
for not more than 80 cents. with the UNDER
standing that II it does not completely drive
rheumatic poisons from your system-money
back-Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-10

was prevented from doing my work.
II sent for free sample OF Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. 1t gave me relief
so bought more, and used two cakes
of Cuticura Soap and two boxes of Oint-
ment when | was completely healed"
(Signed) Miss Josephine Hovey, Adams
Court, Biddeford, Me-, July 20. 1916.
You may rely on Cuticura to care for
your skin, scalp, hair and hands. Moth
ing better to clear the skin OF pimples
and blotches, the scalp OF dandruff and
the hands of chapping. Besides the
Soap has no superior for all toilet uses.
For Free Trial by Return Mail adj
dress postcard: "Cuticura, Dept. r,
Boston, Sold throughout the world.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-10
CUT|CURA HEALS
BLOTCHES ON ARMS
That Itched and Burned. Hard Crust
Formed Like Scale. Face Broke
Out. Two Cakes Cuticura Soap
and Two Boxes Ointment Healed.

Great blotches broke out on my arms
that would itch and burn so that when
| scratched them they spread till my
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-10
SHIP MOVEMENTS.
British Ask United States to Prevent
Publication of Movements,

Washington, Feb. l0--The British gov.
eminent has asked the United States
to take steps to prevent publication of
all ship movements. 1t is pointed out
that publication of Vessel movements
from American ports is of very material
assistance to German submarine COM
manders.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-10
SEvENTY-oNE SHIPS LOST.
Total of Submarine Warfare from Feb.
Up TO To-day.

London, Feb. l0--The toll of ships
sunk in the dangerous zone around the
British isles since Germany declared her
unrestricted submarine war was brought
up to II when news was received of the
destruction of the Norwegian Storskog.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-10
A woman never looks
better than her Hair

Thousands of woman owe their
youthful appearance to NEWBRO'S
HERPICIDE. No matter what may
be her age, woman with a nice
head of hair, hair that is soft,
glossy and fluffy, always looks
younger than she is.
HERPICIDE makes the hair beau
tiful with that sheen and simmer
which is so attractive and always
indicates healthy, natural growth.
1t keeps the scalp free from dand-
ruff and the hair from falling out.
There are remedies said to be
'.just as good" but HERPICIDE is
the genuine original dandruff germ
destroyer "
Newbro's herpicide in soc and Sf.0o
sizes is sold at all drug stores and
toilet goods counters. Guaranteed by
The fierpicide Co.
Recommended aad applications
made by the best BARRIERS and hair
dresseY.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-10
WE ARE FACING 1T.
On Brink of War Now, Says Former
President Taft.

New York, Feb. l0-"We are facing
war nowl We are on the brink of lit"
This solemn declaration was made mere
yesterday by William III. Taft, former
president of the United States, in a
speech before the Joint convention of the
Pennsylvania and Atlantic Seaboard
Hardware associations.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-10

arms were covered. Then
a hard crust formed just
like a scale. My face too
broke out the same way
and the eruption caused
Disagreement. Host a good
deal of sleep. My arms
were inhamed so / could
not roll up nv sleeves and |
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-31
rs Years Ago
What Missoula Was Doing
on This Date in 1892.
From the Morning Missoulian, August

From the Morning Muscular, August
81, 1892.
TIL" work on the new Northern Pa
cific hospital is progressing rapidly.
The Butte baseball team is getting
ready for Missoula. They have signed
Dan Minnehan. the Seattle right field
er, and Joe Wcrrck, Portland's second
ba scman.
T.. l.. Hackett got in yesterday morn
ing from the Libby creek country.
where he had gone to look over some
mining property. He reports that the
Silver Cable mine. in which himself,
John l.. HART. w. Criderman, n. r,
DonleN, G. \. Wolf and j. II. r. Ry-
man are interested, is looking up and
Is found to be big mine
Mrs. J. NJ. Price and Mrs. Frank In
gals, who hay" been with the Marshal
camping party. have returned from tho
camp but expect to go back today or
tomorrow to stay till the party comes
h"mc, which viii probably be next
Sunday.
Mrs. w. +. Buckley and child left
Tor Mrs. Bucklcy'S home at Seattle
MISS stephens will probably remain
here all winter.
Key. and Mrs. J. X. Parnel came
down from StevcnsviIlc Yesterday
morning on their way to Oregon.
wh"r" Mr. P:trnrlI has been trans
ferrcd.
j. NJ. Hamilton. superintendent Of
IN" MiSsoula public schools. returned
last evening from a visit to Butte and
Anaconda.
Doc TN, the Hamilton wet goods
merchant. was in town yesterday,
}. ID. Lewis and r. J. Hartman go to
ilors" Plains for a few days on BUSH
ness and pleasure combined. and will
slaughter the fCathered tribe while
away.
Jack Quinlin. a prominent mining
man OF Granite, and Frank Harris OF
l'hilipshurg. ar" visitors in MissOulo.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-31
Every War Can Be Traced
by Its Songs.

Tn" present war. by reason of the
great number of nations caught in it's
turmoil. has the widest array of battle
songs of any war ever recorded in
history, but there has never been an
international struggle or a civil con-
met that has not had it's progress
recorded in song.
Yankee Doodle" for instance. was
originally sung in derision by the
British troops at the time Of the revo-
luton. 1t was not long, however, be-
lore the Amcricans'decla that they
had made the British dance to YAM
k"e DOODLE" and from that time on
the troops under George Washington
considered the song theirs. The Mexi-
can war brought many songs in it's
train, one of which still Is used as a
farewell of soldiers leaving for the
front. and the young people of today
are as familiar as those Of yesterday
with The Girl I Left Behind Me"
The history Of the. tStar Spangled
Banner and. indeed. its very words,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-31

In criticising United States Dis .
trict Attorney Bert Wheeler for
not falling more Wobblies ana
soap-boN agitators. some news.
papers would almost make their
readers believe that Wheeler is
elected and is looking for votes.
This is a mistaken idea--Hclcna
independent.
our readers know. of course. that
Wheeler was not elected to his office,
He was appointed on the recommends
ton of somebody whose name we
would like to learn. Not all know
that Wheeler's vanity leads him to
the incredible belief that he can be
elected governor of Montana That is
why he chooses TO pander to the |. w.
w. on the theory that they will be
strong enough to carry the next state
election. We are interested in his
case only for the general purpose of
tagging all office holders of all classes
who fail to stand up to the fun re-
quirements of their duties as servants
of the people and citizens of the
United States.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-31
A REAL AMERICAN.

The citizens of Missoula are to be
congratulated and may +, joice over
former Ambassador Gcrards accept
ancc of an invitation to address them
at an early date. We may well antici-
pate tina, this will be an event of more
importance and direct benefit to the
people Of this community than any
thing that has happened since the war
started. This is because We will hear
evidence of German duplicity and
cruelty from one who of ali men is
best authorized and best qualified to
TESTIFY. This will come to us in direct
form. "" hope that no citizen will
be too busy to hear it. There have
been earnest efforts in AIissoula and
among these We count The Missoul-
lHns, to arouS" our people to a rcaliZ-
ing sens" Of the possible consequences
Of this war, We have found this
" much more difficult task than
We expected, because OF conditions
| when have never existed in a
previous war in which this cuun =
Try was engaged. 1t seems II,
times, as though 1t would be necessary
for the German army to pour into the
five valleys of western Montana be-
! L.,
I danger.
Mr., Gerard will do vastly more than
has been done IL hrIng this war in its
| proper light h"tOr" oui people, and We
i count il a most fortunate rircum-
s,anc" that ne has como to Montana
to get Il much needed rest from his
strenuous work in this country.
PERHAPS in all tho history of Ameri
! can diplomacy, no representative OF
! this government abroad has been
placed among greater difficulties and
! certainly no one has DISCHARGED his
duties with greater credit TO his gov
eminent and his people than our last
! amba ssador to Germany
| Mr.. Gerard has shown n robus,
I Amoricanism of which we arc proud
/ He stood with his back straigh, ant
his head high in the face of the
threats Of the kaiser His conduc,
was that Of a true American main.
tanning the dignity Of his government
Truly We may say Of him rs was sale
! OF another great American, I'VE Xix.
him for the enemies he has made"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-31
Am orleans Unde r Fire
By Albert Payson Terhune
Copyright by Publishing Co. tThe New York
No. 3-The Sea Fight at Fayal.

This
British 1t
OF was its Almost land our
forces meeting defeat The
tai city Washington
And
known as r,as These praes gained little Of the
to vessels " the and
Such mivateer
tanned by Samuel Chester Reid She
Ia forty pounde Long Tom"
While the British saeSing Washington
rfed in New York habo slipped
ayal in
aoo was thus neutral and
Here the SAT roma attack.
So CAPTAIN Reid probably felt
'"n ARRIVAL the british brig OF carnaion sailed into the habor
eovEH Or Directly aherwrd two more British warcrafhe
rsa Ron and the ship"o -he-ne Planaganet-
in presently signs of active preparation
American consul at Faya that Commodore Lloyd
The Portuguese officials
would o
from the up that
evening
battery At the Carnaon sought block
time she sent -four large launches fun Of armed overhaul
men FROM every side they dashed at the Armstrong These
carrie, $50 and the heaviest artillery their weight could
lea ' o'sanne prey to the enemy But they were there to fight
Armstrong
,.,. ... launches American
vACOR OVERcoMES nsladc
NUMBERS about Armstrong;
deck in
duel stretched the leader boarding
heaved balls
after a"n'nnt
The English
Of the slaughter were believed be far The
At dawn the Canaon
an" s" his nsns away; and hrsSs The whole
could Then he scutd his ship set with
barricaded
the to
sailed
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-31

The late President james A. Car
field was fortunate in his Sens. We
know much about James 4, Garfield.
who was in President RoostNcil'S cab
binet. but the country at large is not
so well acquainted with his brother.
Harry A. Garfield. president Of Will
Jams college. who has recently been
appointed coal controller 10y President
Wilson. He is a big man superbly
equipped for n big job. Tho alumni
Of Williams knows that of course, but
the public is sure to know it later.
We have said that there is the max
ing of a president in the man who
shows a capacity to measure up to one
of the great posts that have been
made necessary by the war. We will
watch DIR. Garfield's career with great
interest for he has already shown
many of the qualities of high ad-
ministrator.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-31
BUSINESS EFFICIENCY
BY H. ]. Barrett.
Tho Relation Of Volume to Profits.

Tho Relation Of Volume to Profits.
The average small retailer is. so
busy with detail work that he seldom
has time to sit down and figure just
where he stands" remarked a man
who has devoted a good deal of time
to the science of retailing.
LAS consequence, many of them
labor under strange decisions. They
are inclined to think that their money
a long profit and lost on those which
show them short one. AS a matter
of fact, the reverse is often the case.
Suppose. for example, a grocer OPP
crates at cost OF Is per cent of his
gross )sales. Suppose he sells 800
worth of canned goods in week at
gross profit Of 25 per cent, figured
on sales. His net profit for the week
on this item comes, therefore, to $40.
Now. suppose he sells $50 worth of
spices at a gross profit OF IS per cent
on sales. His net profit for the week
on this item comes to 81. In other
words, he has made Sc more on his
canned goods at IS per cent profit
than he has on his spice at IS per cent
profit.
Sugar Is, Of course. the commodity
which shows the grocer the smallest
gross profit. Generally he sells it at
n profit of but 10 per cent on sales.
and often cuts to even less. He looks
upon his sugar as a losing item. For,
If my expenses average Is per cent
and sell at n profit of but 10 per
cent he argues. plainly am losing
five cents. on every dollars worth of
sugar SELL Not necessarily. Merely
because his average selling expense is
Is per cent, it does not inevitably fol-
low that IL per cent must be charged
against his sugar sales. As q matter
of fact, ii sufficient volume Is done at
10 per cent it is quite possible that
his sugar business shows him a profit.
"Often a grocer refuses to carry
some widely advertised brand because
the margin Of profit is less than that
offered by some obscure article. He
thinks that this Is good business
move. But this is generally a. mis-
taken policy. For if the grocer would
hut multiply his net margin by his
volume on the particular item in qucs-
ton ne would discover that the adver-
tised article at smaller gross profit
would earn much more money for him
scVre competitor which showed a big
ger percentage. For the grOcer-Or,
for that matter, any other merchant
to fully realize this is a step toward
efficiency in retailing
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-31
The heart of Montana beats with

The heart of Montana beats with a
Walsh. The loss to him of his life
companion cannot be measured. Since
the days of early struggle she has
been at his side. climbing with him
the heights TO the pinnacle OF success.
Those who have known. respected and
admired Mrs. Walsh during all these
long years of hey life in Montana will
miss her sadly. but none so much as
her distinguished husband to whom
she was an cvcr-ready and cv"r-loving
friend and helper
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-31

thoughts are ever with them. AT the
Red Cross headquarters is an adequate
supply Of comfort bags, but unfor-
tunately the society's funds will not
permit the filling. 1t Is up to our
people to do the rest and there should
he no hesitation on their part Call
at the headquarters. get n bag and
fill 1t according to the suggestions Of
the patriotic women in charge. Get
several bags, il you like. for the cost
of filling them will be small. Let
there be no niggardly spirit in this
matter. but response that will show
the boys that Missoula's heart Is in
the right place.