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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-04

almost Instant relief IS at hand ana
with this delightful, creamy lini-
ment, pain OF every kind is sure to go.
Physicians have recommended and
druggists advised that the always de.
pendable Minard's Liniment be kept
In every home ready for instant use.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-04

OF cure. RUBBING Is al
effective method Of cas-
ing pain. Many suffer
from lumbago. stiffness
lameness, backache, sci
utica and all rheumatic
pains when by rubbing
with Minard's Liniment
-YA s-.Xo-k .aIsaf 10
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-04
Revision of Statutes.

"The report of the commissioner APP
pointed to revise the statute laws of the
The Washington times., 1917-08-16
WASHINGTON
TheLogic of the Universal Transfer
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

Day after day the people of Washington pay ten cents
for journey for which every progressive city the
United States they would be required pay only five cents
New York city has thrvedit has earned its reputation
typical American city because of its ability partially
to handcaps of time and distance Settling the
street traffic problem has had to do with the develop
ment of New York great metropolis than any other
single factor And you think subways and elevated lines
exceptional concentrate for moment on Ceve
land Tom Johnson memorable fight for cheap and efficient
street service important the growth of that city
not merely because enabled the people to get around
quickly 1t important because the fight developed and
strengthened the body polite itself besrred the people
to their power their control over their affairs
For the very word ''public utility eonnoes public
interest The right of way through the streets of the city
be owned by individual corporation 1t is the col
ecve property Of the people Of the city and when
poration company that has secured franchise privilege
ceases to comply with the obligations thereof it is the right
of the people through their municipal to have
that franchise revoked.
the people of Washington could vote, there would be
no such inolerabe condition the street Washing
ton must endure today No official elected to Office by the
suffrage of the people would dare to permit such public
utilities to extor two fares and provide abomnable service
on one system.
If the business of Washington who eager to de-
veop the city, who anxious to real estate boom and
many of the ransents here make
permanent homes in Washington they aid the Of
Greater Washington III better way than by organizing
demand for the universal Eanser and decent street
service in the District of Columbia
The Washington times., 1917-08-16
A Little More Efficiency in the
Home VIII Do q
Big "Bit."

The great work of food conserva-
tion, Of sewing and knitting and
nursing, Of stepping in to fill the
places Of the men who have gone
is not all that is required Of us. We
have certain ethical duties which
are OF equal Importance. We must
learn where it is wisest for US to
economize, and where to spend; for
we owe IT to the men at the front
that they should feel that not only
the homes and the business they
have left In our charge shall be
conducted as well as possible, but
that the general business of the
country shall be maintained in an
even and normal way.
have heard women complain
now and then that it profited them
nothing to be good cooks and house.
wives, that IL was one OF the most
unapprecIated forms OF service.
The hour OF the good housekeeper
and the good cook has arrived.
The women who know anything OF
canning and preserving are certain
ly utilizing that knowledge 20 the
fullest extent.
The Washington times., 1917-08-16
o, That Com Bread, Made
Just Right, by a South
ern Cookl

heard the other day OF forty
colored women sent out by one of
the Southern States to demonstrate
the proper making or corn breads.
Would that l could follow in their
wakes, and gather the crumbs that
fall from the table. 1t has been
such a weary time since 1 tasted
anything but a poor imitation OF
that delicious food. There is no
such thing as a happy medium in
corn bread. nothing hit or miss
about IL. II is either ambrosIa or
ii Is punk: and it's all in the max
ing.
A little fruit. some hot corn
bread (the real thing) and coffee
(Eood coffee), All, Fate cannot
harm me; have breakfssted today.
II these forty women can impress
upon this American people. so indif-
ferent to the value or good. simple
food. something Of the great art
OF cooking. something of the proper
preparation OF our delicious grains
end vegetables, they should have
laurel wreaths upon their brows
and decorations pinned on their
breasts.
The Washington times., 1917-08-16

Here is a great opportunity to put
what she has learned into practice
right at home.
All Of us are anxious to do our
"bit." and II is only natural that
there should arise a lot OF miscon-
ception as to what that bit" should
be. 1t may be neither spectacular
nor picturesque, but II is neverthe-
less quite true, that every woman
who strives to bring a little more
The Washington times., 1917-08-16

nurse Is a won
derfuliy pictur-
esque hgure. To see
her on the screen
or the stage is TO
be moved to tears.
She recalls the i'm
mortal figure OF
Florence Nightin-
gale.
"And every day
her dain y
h AN ds m a X e
life's soiled tenn
pie clean,
And there's a wake
OF glory where
her spirit pure
hath been.
At m mig h I
thro ugh I h e
shadowland her
living face doth
CLEAN;
The dying kiss
her shadow, and
the dead smile
in their dream"
But Sister Su-
sic" failed to rec
ognize either hu-
manly or historic
ally what that
great soul, with
her genius for or
AMI Ia Il on E n
countered an d
overcame. Sister
Susie" is perfectly
sincere. but she
hasn't the faintest
The Washington times., 1917-08-16
LAST WORD TO BUYERS

To shoppers and all buyers in Wash
ington, The Sunday Times says THE
LAST WORD.
The last thing read on Sunday even
ing, the first thing remembered Monday
morning by the careful housewife, the
thouehtful buyer, is WASHINGTON
SUNDAY TIMES ADVERTISEMENTS.
Merchants and other advertisers find
the LAST chance and the BEST chance to
impress the public buying mind on Sun
day, in The Sunday Evening Times-the
home paper.
The Washington times., 1917-08-16

idea what war nursing means. To en-
dure without breaking or failing the
constant. steady, hard work Of nurs-
ing requires great physical strength
and a calm. well-disciplined nature.
But daily. hourly. to minister to the
wounded means much more. II means
that the aspirant for war nursing
must have nerves so firm and healthy
that they can bear without swapping
the long recoil, the weary strain :"
The Washington times., 1917-08-16

that she must &C
quire the cool, de-
tached outlook OF
the surgeon whose
hand would fail
him unless both
his sympathles
and Imagination
were under per
feet control; and
this control Is
not mastered in
a day.
II is undoubt-
edly a great ex-
perience for a
nurse devoted to
her profession to
20 to France.
But. on the other
hand. those units
which have gone
have left a dis
tlnct gap l have
heard It stated
that in many Of
the h os spitals 5
throughout the
c ou try our
own sick are suf-
fering from lack
Of attention. This
seems odd. where
every e you n &
woman ] have
met in the last
hve months has
told me that she
was in training
to be a Red
CFOAs n u e.
The Washington times., 1917-08-16
By Garrett

"PIsase explain thunder and
lightning. In thuHdeTstorHI do
zoe hear too separate and distinct
sounds, or only oHeF-H. K,
NetOdrk.
T ICHTNING is q gigantic
electric spark, or discharge,
~ whose essential identity
with the sparks produced
by an electric machine was first
proved by our great representa-
tive American, Benjamin Frank
lin. The source of atmospheric
electricity is ultimately in the sun
beams. In the power and reach
Of its stroke lies the main differ
ence between fash Of lightning
and a spark made in q laboratory.
A very powerful induction coil
NAV produce q spark over forty
inches in length. With q hydro
electric machine sparks have been
made as much a. hve or SIX feet
long.
To a kite, sparks nine feet long
have been drawn from the clouds.
This last may be called q speci-
men of tanned lightning. But
when we turn to free lightning
playing untrammeled in its ele-
ment the power displayed and the
distances covered become pro
diRious and truly terrifying. We
find ourselves no longer dealing
with inches or feet, but with
miles! Petit, at Toulouse, meas
ured some lightning flashes that
were ten and 3 half miles in
length! Arago measured others
whose length varied from seven TO
eight miles. And, generally, it
NAV be said that a lightning stroke
is several miles long.
Merely to reach the earth, per-
pendicularly, from the average
height of a thunder cloud it must
traverse a half mile of air. Light
ming has been seen playing from
clouds as high as five miles above
Paris. When it flashes, as it usu-
ally does, from cloud to cloud, it
NAV span almost incredible dis
tances. Pet the average duration
of a lightning stroke is only one
hundred-thousandth of a second.
The Washington times., 1917-08-16
Why Some Flashes Seem to
Last Longer Than
Others.

Sometimes, however, the dis
charge is oscillatory, and then the
total duration Of visibility is in
creased. The luminous impression
on the eye is also prolonged be-
yond the actual duration Of the
fash by the phenomenon called
persistence of vision-a phenome-
non that makes the moving pic
ture a possibility.
Thunder has essentially the
same origin as the roar Of a can
non. It is due to the disturb
ance of the air by the violent
passage of the lightning. The
flash, by heating the air, causes a
sudden expansion, with compress
sion all around, followed by an
The Washington times., 1917-08-16
Could w. R. Hearst Be Elected
MayOr of New York City?
Continued from First Col

of the corporations whose plans he has checkmaed
could defeat him.
We repeat however that it would be criminal for man
with Hears for useful work throughout the country
to concentrate particular city administration
We are glad say that he is at present in California
looking after his newspapers there and has apparently
intention of running for mayor Of New York than
for elevator boy in one Of his own buildings
The Washington times., 1917-08-16
The Unframed Woman Must
Be Eliminated IN War
Work.

heard one OF the members OF
the woman's National Committee
say the other day that In the great
work OF organizing the women the
nrst necessity, the one thing to be
absolutely insisted upon. was the
elimination OF the unframed WON
an.
Thousands OF them, from the
most patriotic motives. are enthu-
siastically offering their services,
ready and willing to do what is
required OF them. merely to learn
that they only clog the machin-
cry, that enthusiasm, although de-
Iightful, is a poor substitute for
training. But this refusal is not
inal. They are urged to take up
at once some branch OF work for
which they are peculiarly ntted,
and to devote themselves to becom-
ing experts in that line.
The enthusiasm and the desire to
help which Sister Susie" is show
ing are splendid: but II is a vast
power running TO waste, unless IL
Is properly directed and conserved,
for we are going 10 need all the
organized and disciplined woman
power OF this country.
Take the matter of nursing. In
the hrst zeal for service every
woman wanted TO don a Red Cross
uniform and 20 to the front. She
was strong and healthy. She was
sure she should like to nurse,
and she longed to be OF some use
IN the world. Besides, q wa
The Washington times., 1917-08-16
Washington Times Circulation
More Than 10000
More Good News for Other Washington Newspapers We
Know They Will Welcome 1t With Huzzas, for This
Is the Editors City of Brotherly Love-

little less than month after had bought this fine
newspaper and with the idea of pleasing friendly COM
pettor announced that the paid circulation had in
creased from about thirty thousand to than fifty thou
sand within the month
We know our competitor friends of the Post, Herald
and Star will be glad hear that the net circulation Of THE
TIMES yesterday than 60000
The Washington times., 1917-08-16

intelligent efficiency to her daily
task. every woman who studies how
best to give her family healthful,
nourishing food and at the same
time avoid using what is necessary
for our allies is certainly doing her
pit"
The Washington times., 1917-08-16
What Happens When 1t
Lightens and Thunders
s SerViSS g..


equally sudden and violent rush Of
the air back into the partial
vacuum formed by the expansion.
This shocking Of the air produces
powerful waves Of sound. Alf the
spark be straight and short" says
Sylvanus p Thompson, sthe OBJ
server will hear but one short,
sharp clap. II its path be q long
one, and not straight, he win hear
the successive sounds one after
another, with a characteristics rat
tie, and the echoes from other
clouds viii come rolling IN long
aftsrward."
This difference in the time Of
arrival of the sounds from a long,
crooked lightning fash is ae-
counted for by the fact that the
duration Of the lightning, and the
speed Of the light waves bringing
its impression to the eye, are
practically instantaneous, while
sound waves travel through the air
only about 1,100 feet IN q second
It is a popular saying that light
ming never strikes twice in the
same place, but, in fact, several
successive flashes may follow one
another along the same path, and
Prof. Thompson has explained this
by suggesting that the first fash
ionizes the air, thus producing .
better conducting tract for its
successor.
This, however, applies only TO
flashes occurring rapidly one after
another, for the ionized track can
not long endure. But local eondi-
tions sometimes exist which cause
certain places, or objects, to be
peculiarly liable to be struck BY
lightning whenever q thunder
storm passes.
Tai, Isolated Trees More Liable
to Be Struck By
Lightning.
Tall, isolated trees are generally
regarded as particularly apt to
be struck by lightning, but some
thing depends upon the condition
of their surroundings, and it has
been, thought, though not, perhaps,
absolutely proved, that different
species of trees vary in their at
traction for lightning.
A practical question is as to the
relative danger of various exposed
points during a thunderstorm.
There appears to be some doubt
whether, as has usually been sup
posed, it is safer to be in an open
field than under a tree, the later
statistics showing a slightly larger
percentage of fatal strokes in the
open than under trees. In forest
the danger is less than under .
single tree. It is gar less in
cities than in the country. The
neighborhood of water should be
avoided. When rain is falling the
electricity from the clouds is
drawn down harmlessly. Lightning
rods, when properly constructed,
also draw off the electric charges.
1t is another great feather in
Franklin's cap that he first
suggested the use of lightning rods
and explained how they would act.
The Washington times., 1917-08-16

proportions. She always wore a
purple calico dress, with white
apron as big as a table cloth, and
a high bandana turban. She was
a stern. dictatorial person, and
was not her favorite by any
means
Peal ladies aIn't stirrin' erbout
all de time an askin' question,
was her constant reouke. Real
ladies sets still, an behaves deir-
selves"
She would turn over IN her grave
today, am sure, II she could but
know Of the rapid passing OF
..sister Susie" For SISTER Susie
is the name that has been adopted
TO describe that part Of the femi-
nine population which has sat stiil
and behaved Itself" and been a
real lady according TO the Aunt
PatsyIan definition. ana which now
presents itself to those who are or
ganizing the woman-power Of this
country for the most effective
service during the war, as the
problem OF the unframed woman.
Poor Sister Susie" She Is LEFT
blooming alone. All her lovely
COMPANIONS have not faded. but
they have gone-gone TO work.
The Washington times., 1917-08-16

of with cash indemnity least
big Germany France after 1870 five Thousand
francs-plus interest.
Belgium be ndemnihed far
Hohenzoe assault Serbia should be
paid and Jerusalem should be taken from the Turks
and put in charge Of her rightfnl owners.l -s.t-a
The Washington times., 1917-08-16

"PIsase explain thunder and.
ioktning. In q thuHderstorm do
IUe hear too separate and dtsttlset
sounds, or only oHe"-H. r.,
Net0drk.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-08-16
.ANTI-WAR AGENTS TRY
TO Stir UP TROUBLE
Tell Women All Stuff They
Can or Dry VIII Be Con-
scripted Soon

Washington, Aug. 16.-With Ameri-
ca's great food control program now of
fieially launched, evidence of anti-war
agents to block its progress were re-
vealed to the food administration today.
Official reports show that house
wives, particularly in remote sections
of the country are being told all fruits
and vegetables canned will be confis-
Gated for war purposes. The agents even
say the women themselves will soon be
conscripted. Hoover's IS home conserva-
tion" pledge cards as being defined as
Registration cards" by which the gov
ernment can get the names of women
for draft.
First reports of these activities came
from Arizona. United States marshals
are ordered to round up those cireulat-
ing malicious reports.
President Wilson IS proclamation or
dering the licensing of elevators and
mills on or before September l, clears
the way for Hoover IS big drive to lower
and stabilize the bread price.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-08-16
Sheepherder Makes Claim
for Exemption from Army

The Dalles, Or, Aug. 16.-The exemp-
tion claims of four Wasco county men
were rejected by the local exemption
board yesterday and they viii be COM
PEELED to serve in the new national army
unless the district board in Portland
overrules the decision. The four men
are: Robert Mahala, of Antelope; Ray
mond j.. Taylor, of Dufur; James A.
Riggs, of The Dalles, and Miles 9. Lea
DO, of Boyd. AS result of the action
Of the Wasco county officials yesterday,
seven men are now listed for war here
out of total Of 23 men which the
county must furnish.
Robert Mahala, whose claims for ex-
cmption were rejected, claimed to have
wife and caild in North Carolina. He
is employed as a sheepherder, and has
sent very little money to his family in
North Carolina during the few years
he has been in Wasco county. In the
opinion of the local officials, he will
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-08-16
Fruit and Berry Growers
Haze Lighter Crop But Get
Mor re Money For Them

Fruit and berry growers in .--s part
of the valley have no complaint, taking
everything into consideration. About
the only ones that suffered to any eX-
tent from the dry weather were the
loganberries and raspberries. Estimates
from various growers are to the effect
that the crop in general was about
twenty five per cent shorter than last
year, which was a record breaker to
some extent.
Even with this shortage both the
cannery of Hunt Bros. Co and the Ore
ron Canning company put up much
larger pack than one year ago, and
this means that much larger sum was
paid out to growers than year ago.
Strawberries brought $50 a ton, a
higher price than one year ago and the
general estimate is that the crop was
larger than in 1916. Anyhow, more
money was left with the growers from
strawberries than in 1916.
Gooseberries flourished this year and
the price was 211a cents pound. While
this is not as yet one of the big crops,
the pack in the two canneries is grow
ing larger every year and many grow
ers are learning that gooseberries will
pay big and failures of crops are al
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-08-16

to prepare solution of the economic
question so important for the future
and for the material well being of all
belligerent states.
Therefore, in presenting to you, who
direct at this hour the destinies of the
belligerent nations, we are animated to
see them accepted and to see them ac-
cepted and to see thus the conclusion
at an early date of the terrible strug-
gle which more and more appears use
less massacre.
"The- whole world recognizes that the
honor of the armies of both sides is
safe. incline your ears, therefore, to our
prayer. Accept the fraternal invitation
we send you in the name of the Divine
Redeemer, the Prince of Peace, reflect
on your very grave responsibilities be.
fore God and before man.
NOn your decision depends the repose
and the joy of innumerable families, the
life of thousands of young people; in
word, the happiness of a people fol
whom it is your absolute duty to OBJ
tain their welfare.
May the Lord inspire your decision
in conformity to His very holy will
May God grant that while meriting the
applause of your contemporaries you
will also obtain in the future genera
tion a splendid name of pacificators.
AS for us closely united in prayer
and in penitence with all those faithful
souls which sigh for peace, we implore
for you the light and counsel of the
Divine Spirit.
(Signed) "BENEDIGT.
cat the Vatican, August l.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-08-16
lost unheard of.
Splendid Cherry Season

most unnearu or
Splendid Cherry Season
Cherry growers were among the for
tunate ones. The season was ideal, as
expressed by prominent grower ans
what was still better, the price advanc-
ed to six cents a pound. A much larg-
er sum was paid out this year by the
canneries than one year ago.
Both the Oregon Packing company
and the Hunt Bros. Co. cannery will
start canning beans within a few days
A rain would be of great benefit to the
string beans. The price will average
near $45 a ton. The men who have been
in the fields figure on smaller crop
than last year but this will be aver
aged to the farmer as the price will
be higher than ever before.
A big blackberry crop is now on the
vines and all that is needed is a rain
to make it a record breaker. The pack
ing of the evergreen blackberry will
begin within a week or so.
Pr1ne Outlook Good
Pear picking and also packing will
begin in about ten days or two weeks
The packing season of pears is about
three weeks. Higher prices will be paid
this year and the general consensus OF
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-08-16

opinion is that the crop will compare
favorably with one year ago and more
money viii be left in the country on
account of advanced prices. One low
estimate of crop was that it would be
IS per cent of that of 1916.
Notwithstanding the dry weather, re-
ports are to the effect that prune con
ditions are still favorable. Both of the
eanneries viii put up a much larger
pack than one year ago.
Hence taking the berry and fruit
crop as a whole, while the dry weather
cut the loganberries, yet in other lines
the advanced prices has brought as
much or more money into the country
than one year ago.
During the season at times the Hunt
eannery has employed 250 and a large
force will be put on again as soon as
the pear season opens. During the
heavy run, this cannery alone used 15.-
600 pounds Of sugar daily.
Higher prices viii prevail on all
canned goods the coming year. In gem
eral there has been an advanced price
paid for materials and this besides
higher sugar prices and a 80 per cent
advance in tin, all compel higher
price level.