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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-08
BRITAIN FORCES
CHEAPER BREAD
Government Pays Subsidy to Keep the
Prices Down-Rhondda Elk
plains Plan.

London, Sept s.-Although dependent
upon the United States for wheat, the
people of England are paying less for
their bread and -four than are Americans
Government control and government
aid, enabling bakers to make reason
able profit, are responsible for this, Lord
Rhondda, food controller of the United
Kingdom, said yesterday.
After Sept. II England expects to
spend $500 900. 900 annually to keep bread
and -four prices reasonable.
"The British government has controlled
the entire imported wheat trade since
last October" Lord Rhondda said, 'and
since that time has sold it practically at
cost, representing the price as averaged
over purchases during the last / months
That price is considerably lower than the
present market price.
apart from the normal peace time
differences in prices between England
and America, this probably explains why
it is that bread and -four are sold here
at lower prices than in the United States.
Il understand that wheat has not vet
been purchased on the American govern
ment's account. therefore American bread
is doubtless selling at price correspond
ing with the present wheat quotations.
When the British wheat commission com
meneed operations the price was SIS
bushel To-day il is $500.
I'VE have practically come TO an end
of the benefits derived from large gov
eminent advance purchases in the past,
with the result that the state now steps
in to provide bread at price within the
means Of our poorer classes.
This state aid takes the form of
As q result we will supply our
millers az a price enabling them 10 pro
vide the baker after Sept IL with the
-four from which a four pound loaf can
be made and sold over the counter for
maximum price of Is cents-and the
baker will still make a reasonable prof
il
From other sources in the food control
department il was learned yesterday
hat the government subsidy mentioned
Jy Lord Bhondda TO preserve bread and
Hour prices wiz total S2O0000.010 q year
Other maximum prices fixed ~ effective
after sept. NJ are One pound leaf. five
.ents; two pound loaf. nine cents These
1rioes are an average Reduction of p per
ieut over present rAtes-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-08
SENATE AGAINST
BIG INCOME TAX
Plan of Wealth Conscrip-
tionists Is Again De-
feated
STANDS 70 TO So
IN THE TEST VOTE
Rejects Amendment for 80
Per Cent. Surtax on
Big Incomes

The Senate yesterday defeated wealth
CONSUMPTION by rejecting, 10 to 80, Sen.
ator La Follette's amendment increasing
income tax rates so as to raise S643,OO0,-
900 more than the finance committee :
plan.
The La Toilette amendment provided
for 80 per cent surtax upon incomes
of $l,0dO000 or more, but its heaviest
increases were put upon incomes between
$4,000 and 100000,
Definite action on the whole question
of war taxes on incomes is expected be-
fore the days session ends.
Two amendments besides that of Sen
ator La Toilette are to be disposed of.
They are one by Senator Shafroth to in
crease 300 per cent TO 20 per cent and an
other by Senator johnson to increase
the tax on profits over $50 per cent to
60 per cent, and on those over 300 per
cent to 70 per cent.
I'VE gave the Senate three last chances
to make the men who are piling up huge
sums through the war pay just pro-
portion" said one of the senators who
backed the three amendments. 'On the
Shafroth amendment, fifty-six senators
voted with the steeelj corporation" and
with the ammunition makers; on the
first Johnson amendment, fifty-two sup
ported these interests and on the second
Johnson amendment, ffty-one.
"The lineup by which big business has
come back into power in the United
States is now clearly shown. The coun
try will be adequately told about it.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-08
SPRING WHEAT CROP
SHOWS LARGE INCREASE
Condition on September Estimated at
71.2, Against 4s.6 Last
Year.

Washington, Sept. s.The condition of
the spring wheat crop Sept | was 7l.2,
as compared to 1876 year previous, "A
the l0-year average and 6S.7 on Aug. /,
the agriculture department. crop re-
porting board estimated yesterday.
The total production of spring wheat
was forecasted at 250000,000 bushels,
against 236,000,000, the August estimate;
lJS000000 the production in 1916, and
264 100000 the l9lll5 average
Estimating the winter wheat produc-
ton this year at 4l7,000,000 bushels, the
entire wheat crop was forecasted to be
66S,000,000 bushels, against last years
640,000,000, and the l9ll-l5 average of
S06,000,000 bushels.
Corn's condition on Sept ] was 1871,
compared with 1873 a month previous;
7l.3 year ago and 1852 the l0-year
average.
1t was estimated that the corn crop
would total 3.24s,000,0OO bushels, against
3,l9l 100000, the August forecast; 1888
100000 last years crop, and the bills
average Of 1854 100000 bushels.
The per acre yield of spring wheat and
corn were estimated at 1871 bushels and
26.s bushels, respectively.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-08
NEW HAVEN STOCK
SELLS At NEW LOH
Dropped to PASS Early Yesterday-Mo-
tors and Marines Dropped on News
of Reduced Freight Rates
Rally Follows.

New York, Sept, s--Railroads were de-
pressed early yesterday in the market.
New Haven fell from rs to 245s for a
new low record. There was heavy trad
ing in United States Steel common,
which sold down " to 1861, and Beth
lehem Steel B, which dropped pa to
l04h, Both rallied quickly Washing
ton again furnished an incentive for yio-
lent fluctuations, the morning dispatches
telling of the action of the shipping
board in arranging for control of the
available American mercantile marine
and of the decision to make drastic re-
auctions in ocean rates. Atlantic-Gulf,
in first few minutes, dropped points,
to "a, and Marine preferred sold down
points, to $50, with the common stock
declining 3, to 2Sh, General Motors sold
off points, to 96. These stocks at times
dropped half a point between sales.
The second hour showed support and
stocks rallied on dull market, recover
ing about half the early losses. United
States Steel on its rally sold at 1857
and at mid day reacted to l075s. Gen
eral Motors, after rally to 9734, reacted
to 95H. Other issues generally showed
little change.
Prices continued to gain in the later
dealings, though the volume of trading
was light.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-08
FINDS RICH WIDOW
VAS MURDERED
Coroner Reports on the Death of Mrs.
Maude A. King-Jury Had De-
cided Case Was One of
Suicide.

Chicago, Sept. S.-A post norton ex-
animation of the body Of Mrs. Maude A.
King, widow of James c, King, Chicago
millionaire, whose death resulted from a
bullet wound near Concord, ~ c., Aug.
20, indicated that Mrs. King was muir
dered, in the opinion of Coroner Peter
NJ. Hoffman. The body was removed
from the mausoleum here and the exam
inaton made late Thursday night by or
der of Judge kersten of the criminal
branch of the circuit court. DIR. William
Burmeister, pathologist of Northwestern
university, conducted the examination.
In my opinion, from investigation and
post norton examination, the wound
was not self-inficted," said Coroner Hoff-
man, in contradiction to the opinion of
the eoroner's jury at Concord. The YER
dict of the examining physicians conclud-
ed: "The entrance of the wound was
about two inches forward of the center
of the skull, behind the left ear Ii
showed no signs of burns nor powder
marks, indicating that the revolver was
C considerable distance from the head
when discharged.
THE left ankle showed a dark discol
grafton. The examination revealed it
was broken before death. All other or
gans were negative, in healthy normal
Mrs. Kings death occurred on the even
ing of Aug. %, about two miles from
Concord, after She with CASTOR B, Means,
her counsel and business adviser; A. S.
Bingham and Alfred Means, brother
IF CASTOR, had started for an automobile
tide. The shot was fired when she and
CASTOR Means had left the car and
stopped at a roadside spring TO get a
rink. Ernest Fury, negro chauffeur,
estified at the Concord inquest that he
lad been ordered to take the car some
distance back on the road when the party
descended at the spring.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-08
WHEN TO EXPECT FIRST FROST.
Gardeners May Learn Probable Date of
Killing Temperatures from Rec
ords Supplied by Weather
Bureau Specialists.

Washington, d. c., Sept. s.-Truckers
and gardeners planning for late crops
should be aided in determining their
best bets" on the first frost by refer.
ring to this historical summary Of frost
occurrences in various sections, Just is
sued by the United States weather Blu.
reau.
Killing frost has never occurred earl-
err than September 10 south of the ex-
treme southwestern portion of South
Dakota, extreme southern Minnesota,
central Wisconsin and the interior north
ern portion of lower Michigan. IL has
never occurred earlier than October
south of the extreme north portions of
Oklahoma and Arkansas, southern Ten
nessee, and the mountain districts of
North Carolina and Virginia. 1t has
never occurred earlier than October 20 to
the southwark of the extreme northeast
ern portion of Texas, northern Louisiana,
the central portions of Mississippi, Ala
bama, Georgia, South Carolina, and east
ern Carolina.
The chances are even that killing frost
will not occur before September Is in
most of North Dakota, Montana, and
the extreme northern portion of Mime
sofa. BY the first few days in October
killing frost occurs on the average one
year in two as far south as the southern
portion of Nebraska, southern and east
ern Iowa, southern Wisconsin, most of
the interior portion of lower Michigan,
and throughout the greater part of New
England. By October Is it may be ex-
pected in at least half the years as
far south as the central portions of
Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana,
throughout eastern Kentucky and the
sections of the Virginias
There is one chance in two that killing
'rost will not occur earlier than No
'ember at the latitude of central Okla
IONA, central Arkansas, and the north
I'm portions of Mississippi, Alabama, |
Ieorgia, South Carolina. and eastern |
Worth Carolina.
The chances are even that it will oc
ur by November Is a little south of |
he central portions of Texas and Louisi-
ma and well toward the southern por
ions OF Mississippi, Alabama and well
oward the southern portions of Mis-
issippi, Alabama and Georgia This does /
ot mean that killing frost will occur
n the localities and on the dates specified /
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-08
WAR OFFICE
INQUIRY SOON
Admissions by High Officials
Held to Show the
Need Of 1t
CAN'T EQUIP THE
MEN CALLED
A Deficiency in Ammunition
and Guns, Too, 1t Is
Charged

Washington, Sept Publication o.
excerpts from the testimony of Secre
tary of War Baker and Brig. Gen. Gro
zier, chief of the bureau of ordnance, be
fore the House appropriation committed
in connection with the S4,Sll 100000
deficiency bill, reported out Thursday, j:
expected to strengthen the demand in
Congress for a sweeping investigation OF
the war department.
Replies given by Gen. Crozier to ques.
tions put TO him by members of the
committee contained frank admissions
that the department was not prepared to
equip the men drafted for the national
army as rapidly as they can be trained
for the firing line
Absence of workable plans at the out
break of the war. il was shown, had re-
suited in the collapse of various schemes
for which specific appropriations had
been made in the S3,000,000,0 900 deficiency
bin passed last April in consequence Of
which these appropriations could not be
used and work in turning out the field
guns and machine guns so rapidly need
ed had bee seriously retarded
ed had been seriously retarded.
rotary Baker disclosed that it was the
OF the department to have g.
033, 345 men under arms by June 80,
lels, exclusive of the second increment
Of 100000 men authorized under the con
seriptive act.
Quartermaster General Sharpe testi.
fed that not more than 10000 of the
5ST 600 called out for the first increment
could be properly clothed at this time,
ncating that full clothing equipment for
he remainder would not be ready before
Nov l.
Under questioning by Representative
sherley of Kentucky Gen. Crozier ad
nitted that the department was not
wen able to furnish Pershing's present
orce with all the hand grenades ii would
reed and would have to rely on the
French and British to supply some of
hem.
So limited ia the number of machine
runs available, he testified, that the de
,artment is unable TO supply the am
nunition makers with sample guns for
he testing of machine gun ammunition.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-08
BLOCKADED
Every Household in Barre Should Know
How TO Resist II

Every Household in Barre Should Know
How to Resist II
If your back aches because the
kidneys are blockaded,
You should help the kidneys
with their work.
Doan's Kidney Pills are espe-
cially for weak kidneys.
Recommended by thousands
home testimony proves their
merit.
Adam Deste, stone cutter, No.
Main street, Barre, says: Three
years ago, / had a constant, dull
pain across my back over my
kidneys. 1t was hard for me to
bend over, because the pains
were quite sharp. A few boxes
of Doan's Kidney Pills gave me
great relief"
Price Coo at all dealers. Don't simply
ask for kidney remedy-get Doan's
Kidney Pills--the same that Mr.. Deste
had Foster Milburn Co, Props, Buf.
falo, N. Y.-Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-08
INEW YORK SENATE
REJECTS PERKINS
Votes IS to IS Against Confirming Him
as Chairman of New State Food
Commission.

Albany, n Y, Sept. s-tiovernor
Whitman's nomination of George w Per
kins of New York as president of the
new state food commission was defeated
by the Senate yesterday. The vote, 25
to Is, was taken in defeating motion
of the Whitman leaders to disagree with
the finance committees adverse report on
the financier's nomination.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-08

every years, but that in the long run it
occurs, as indicated, in half the years.
There prevails in some sections a pop
ular belief that in the season when frost
may be expected its occurrence is large
ly influenced by the phase of the moon,
or other periodical phenomena. Careful
tabulation of frost data and its compari-
son with moon phases fails to disclose
any such relation. All persons interested
are therefore cautioned to watch, not
the moon, but the forecasts issued by
the weather bureau.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-08
GERMANY WOULD SAVE
Il. S. FROM PRESIDENT
Demand Made in Editorial in Lokal An
zeiger That Autocratic Dictator
ship Shall Cease.

Berlin (via London, Sept s,-A de.
mand that the American people secure
constitutional guarantees so that in the
future their president will be unable to
rule as an autocratic dictator" was voiced
in the Lokal Anzeiger yesterday The
newspaper asserted this was in reality
the insistent request voiced both by Pope
Benedict and the Reichstag,
The Lokal Anzeiger's editorial was inn
PEELED by receipt of dispatches from
America quoting the state department as
declaring the United States would not
necessarily require destruction of the
Hohenzollern dynasty as a prerequisite
of peace.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-08
COAL MEN SEE GARFIELD.
Confer with Him About a Greater Sup
ply for New ENGLAND.

Washington, Sept. s.--A delegation of
representative coal men Of New Eng
land had conference yesterday after
noon with Coal Administrator Garfield.
The delegation was headed BY James J.
Storow and Howard Elliott. who have
been working for weeks on plans 20 pre-
vent a serious coal shortage in New Eng
land this winter. The conference was
behind closed doors Il Is understood
that . plan for greater efficiency in the
use q eoastwise shipping has been
worked cut.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-08
WOMEN SUFFER
MOST OF ALL

from those conditions Of the blood and
nerves in which the combination treat
ment, Hoods Sarsaparilla before eating
and Peptiron Pills after eating, gives so
much satisfaction at so little cost as
compared with other medicines or ply.
sicians' fees
These two great medicines are espe.
cially effective in cases of physical weak
ness, nervous irritability, rundown con
dtions in which there is iron deficiency
Price of each, 81.
Ask your druggist for them.-Adv
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-08
STANDING OF THE CLUBS

She-You brute! Where my head was
when | consented to marry you can't
imagine.
He-on my shoulder, my dear.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-08
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results.

At Boston First gamel Boston 5,
Brooklyn o; (second game Boston s.,
Brooklyn 2.
At New York First gamel Philadel-
phia 4, New York |; tsecond gamel New
York 2, Philadelphia /.
At Pittsburg Chicago 2, Pittsburg |.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-08
SERB ORDERED TO SERVE
IN THE AUSTRIAN ARMY
Subject in Switzerland Must Present
Himself for Incorporation-Swiss
to Investigate.

Geneva, Sept. s.-The Austrian consul
general here has ordered a Serbian sub
jet to present himself at the consulate
for incorporation in the Austrian army.
threatening penalties in case Of failure
TO appear. The local newspapers demand
that the Swiss government investigate
the case.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-08
The Simplicity of 1t.

Mr. Profteer-"Your clothes are cost
ing me an enormous amount lately,
Mary"
Mrs. Profteer-"Well, raise the price
of something, George-that1l soon cover
it!"--London Opinion.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-08
GoMPERS HEADS ALLIANCE.
Labor Union Leader Elected at Loyalist
Conference.

Minneapolis, Sept Samuel Com.
pers, president of the American FEEDER
alton of Labor, was elected president of
the American Alliance of Labor and De-
mocracy Yesterday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-08
STANDING OF THE CLUBS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results.

At Washington-(F First gamer Wash
ington 8, New York o; (second gamel
New York T. Washington l.
At Philadelphia Boston Q, Philadel-
phia 0.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-21
READING HANDLES
MANY MILK CANS
Large Shipment to Hershey and
Other Points; Traffic Is
on Increase

Milk business on the Reading Rail-
way shows a steady increase. The
new express train plying between this
Reading and Shamokin gathers 600
cans every weekday morning between
Tuckerton and Port Clinton. Great
quantities are brought to the stations
at Dauberville, Leesport, Mohrsville,
Shoemakersville, Bern and Hamburg.
The loading of this product, all of
which goes to the coal regions, re-
quires considerable hustling on the
part of the trainmen.
Other Busy Branches
Large quantities come direct to
Reading from points aIong Lne Ei,s,
Penn and Schuylkill and Lehigh
branch. Every morning the milkmen
of the city meet the incoming trains
and remove the milk.
Much milk is also shipped to Her
shey. This is gathered up along the
East Penn, Lebanon Valley and Read
ing and Columbia branch. The farm
ers along the Wilmington and North
ern are also big shippers. The product
gathered along that line, however, is
destined for Philadelphia. Some of it
is brought to Reading and the remain
der taken to Chadds Ford or Whining
ton,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-21
CANNOT WORK OR PLAY

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that it impairs the efficiency of your
work as well as your power to enjoy
the pleasures of life it is time that you
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The condition that doctors describe
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at all is outside of the experience of
most physicians until the blood has
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of bloodlessness has been reached you
simply complain of failing energy, loss
of appetite, constipation, lack of am
bition and animation. Ii you are we'll
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will tell you there is nothing much the
matter with you. He means that there
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But the blood is thin and the whole
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DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peo.
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City cents box.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-21
ALL THE NEWS OF THE RAILROADS
Railroad Notes

J. P. Charles. air brake repairman at
the Enola car shops of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company. is off duty on ac-
count of an accident While on his way
to work Tuesday morning he fell and
sprained his ankle.
II. Fl. Sheaffer, wreck master at Enola
is off duty attending the funeral of his
brother-in-law Joseph H. Brownwell.
The pay car will be at Enola to-mor-
row.
j. A. Clelan, of the Pennsylvania
wreck force at Enola, is off duty on ac-
count of sickness.
W. G. Gibson and wife will visit
Mt. Carmel and Halifax. Mr.. Gibson is
employed in the Stores department at
Enola.
]. w. Anderson. employed as a host
Ter at night at Enginehouse No. 2, has
reported for duty. after being off on
account of sickness.
r. NJ Adams blacksmith at Enola.
has been appointed temporary chief of
police at night at the shops.
j. B. Allen ana MIS-. Alien Will VISIT
Millerstown to-day. Mr.. Allen is an em-
ploye of the Enola Stores department
and formerly lived at Millerstown.
Robert B. Stambaugh, a fireman
employed on the Reading Railway,
was badly burned yesterday when a
coffee pot on his engine exploded. He
resides at Reading.
The Reading Railway Company is
in the market for forty 60-foot pas
senger coaches, and ten 40-foot pas
senger and baggage combination cars.
They will be all steel and used for SUI
burban service out of Philadelphia.
A number of old locomotives have
been ordered out of service by the
Reading Railway Company. New en-
gines are arriving each week, and mo-
tive power facilities are increasing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-21
HELP COMING FOR
PENNSY BOSSES
Firemen Gathering Up Idle Men
From Shipping Docks; r.
Many Sent to Enola

Officials of the Pennsylvania rail-
road believe they have solved the help
problem. Hustling agents have been
sent east, west, norht and south. Their
instructions are to advertise for help
in daily newspapers, and to send men
to this city and Enola as rapidly as
possible.
Representatives of the Pennsylva-
MIA railroad for the past week have
been in New York city and other sea-
port cities getting men who have been
thrown out of work because of the
tie-up of ocean traffic.
Men Await Orders
At Philadelphia it is said there are
between 200 and 400 men waiting or
ders for transportation. New York
will contribute large forces. Foreman
II. G. Hassler of Enola shops, who has
been looking up help at Washington,
d. c., sent forty-one men to Enola in
two days. Good wages are being Of
fered the men. They will be assign
ed to improvement work, track and
construction gangs.