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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-03
TALK OF THE TOWN

Joseph Mates left this morning for
Mortified, where he is passing the week
end with relatives
Mrs. Andrew Kelly left this morning
for Waterbury, there to be the guest Of
friends through the week end.
Among the Williamstown visitors in
the city yesterday were A. f. Lucas,
Bernard Reed and Mr.. and Mrs. A. A.
Reed.
Let Mrs. Josiah Ingalls, show you how
she conducts the Dove inn in "a Mans
Voice to be presented by the Odd La
dies, March 9.-adv.
Joseph Ceilings, who is in charge of
the local agency of the Phoenix Sand
Blast Co., returned to-day from bust
ness trip to the northern part of the
state.
R. E. Henderson of Wells River, who
proposes re-opening the Pavilion theatre
sometime this month, was a business
visitor in the city yesterday and to-
day.
Harry Skerritt of Farwell street, who
has been in the employ of w. J. Lough-
heed g. Co., as plumber, left last night
for Springfield, Mass, where he has Sc
cured position.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-03
ORANGE

Arthur Carpenter has moved his fam
ily into James Lords house at Kimball
Corner.
The ladies' aid will serve hot dinner
town meeting day. All cordially invited
to dine with them.
All bear in mind the extension school
and school of home economics to be held
here from March 7 to March 10. This
will be an opportunity to polish up our
old ideas and gain new ones. Don't miss
this.
John Wood has commenced the sea
sons work for A. T. Smith l. Son of
Barre.
w. II. Crockett of Mortified Falls is
visiting in town.
A number from here attended the dra-
matte play at West Topsham Friday
night.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-03
TALK OF THE TOWN

CarrolPs orchestra returned this fore
noon from East Randolph, where they
played at the annual grange ball last
in attendance in spite of the hard trav-
cling
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. ]. Batchelder, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. S. Parks and Mr.. and Mrs. ID.
A. Perry and c. w. Perry were among
the Barre people who were in Plainield
last evening to attend the banquet given
under the auspices of the business men
of the town.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-03

Kenneth Dashner, who was quite i'll
last week, is better at this writing.
Mrs. +. i. Sanborn has been spending
several days in Montpelier, having some
dental work done.
NJ. r. Hamilton was in Washington re-
Gently.
Mrs. o. L. Hutchinson was in Bradford
recently.
Mrs. Lizzie Corcoran was in Washing
ton Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. III. Bohonon attended
the dance in Washington Thursday even
ing.
G. d. Quimby, who has been suffering
from rheumatism for some time, is i'm
proving slowly.
Charles Dow was a Barre visitor re-
Gently.
c. NJ. Colby and C. f. Hutchinson were
in East Barre on business Wednesday.
II. A. Prescott was in Barre Saturday,
and +. L. Burroughs was in East Barre.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-03
Card of Thanks.

| wish to thank nv friends who have
so pleasantly remembered me with post
cards duSing my sickness. have en-
joyed them very much.
Mrs. Harry Fleetwood.
williamstown, VT
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-03
EAST ORANGE
Mrs. Belle Johnson, Recently Returned
from Massachusetts,, Has Smallpox.

Mrs. Belle johnson, who returned re-
Gently from visit in Massachusetts,, is
i'll with smallpox. Her sister-in-law, Mrs.
Minnie Prescott, is caring for her. Her
friends all hope for her speedy recovery
and much hope is also entertained that
there may be no further trouble by 9TH
ers contracting the disease.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-03
BARRE DAILY TIMES
SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1917.
The Weather

Cloudy tonight and Sunday; probably
local SHOWS; moderate shifting winds.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-03
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

wANTED-A frst-clsss foreman TO take
charge Of small cutting and polishing plant
In Washington. n. c: must be sober, reliable
and = hustler: for further particulars. apply
70 Beck a Beck. Barre, Vt 2esu
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-01-15
cOETHALS PREDICTS CANAL
 SLIDES SURELY OVERCOME

authorities, the report says, for 1t was hoped that its report would re- store confidence in the project, since canal engineers knew that the diff culties could and would be overcome.
 Probably the greatest injury done the canal was through Prof. Benjam- me LeRoy Miller, who occupies the chair of geology at Lehigh Univers- ity." the report continues. Dr. Miller, it says, stopped over at the canal on his way to New York from Costa Rica, and was given faculty to examine the slides. On his arrival in the United States, a pessimistic report on the canal was published, attributed to Dr. Miller, and saying that after a thorough examination the scientist was convinced that as much material was still to be removed from the two big cuts as had already been taken out.
 "The thorough examination oc- cupied fully three or four hours of
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-01-15
Pacific Nsws Service, Wash. Bureau.

Pacific Nsws Service, Wash. Bureau.
 WASHINGTON.-A new topogra phic map of the Coyote Rapids quadrangle" comprising 19.20O acres ia the south central part of the state of Washington has just been issued by the United States Geological sur vey. Most of this tract is a sparsely settled semiarid lava plateau, accord ing to the report.
 The department explained the pur pose of the map, which is an exact replica of the country 1t covers, shows the physical and cultural features of the area and indicates the altitude of every point in It, Is to aid in the re- clamation of the 210 mile square quadrangle. which may be accom- plished by irrigation. Water for this purpose must be obtained from the Columbia. which crosses the tract. The river flows northeastward here as at no other place in it's course.
 For some time an irrigation sys- tenn has been in use in the area
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NE1HERL LANDS COAL SHORTAGE
 RESULTS IN SAVING WASTE
 FORMERLY ThR0WN AWAY

with specific gravity somewhat more than that of water, in which 1t is briskly stirred about This liquid is said to be very cheap and easy to make, and to be generally a refuse product of factories.
 The stirring and revolving of the particles in the liquid bring the light CT, which are the combustible rem nants, to the surface. while the heavier or unusuable sinks. The combustible remnants, therefore, need only to be scooped out, and when dried. it Is
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route.
 Such reports are false and there Is
 10 foundation for them," Gen. Goe- hals declares, yet they seem to have gained credence probably because a tending treaty between the United States and Nicaragua contemplates
 ecuring from the latter all rights for building a canal on it's territory"
 The report adds that it would not )e necessary to go to England for information on the Nicaraguan route were 1t being sought. as the United states government already has. com )lete data.
 The report after a brief statement of the slide situation from the time it began up to the latest movement n August 1916 recalls tie fact that 0 from the National Aca- demy of Science had been requested by President Wilson in 1915 to study the slide situation. The visit of that was welcomed by the Canal
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-01-15
WEATHER BUREAU SERVICE FOR
 BENEFIT PACIFIC SHIPPING

tic Coast and South American ports will be benefited by the extension of the United States weather bureau service In the Carribean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, where the present sta- lions have been found invaluable In gathering informations of hurricanes and storms.
 New stations will be established at Belize, British Honduras: Bluefieids Nicaragua; Swan Island. in the Carri- bean, north of Honduras; Santa Mar ta, Columbia; St. Lucia Island, Puer- ta Planta, Santo Domingo Republic: Island of Navassa,, between Cuba and Haiti; Guantanamo. Cuba, and On one of the Danish West Indies. Sta
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Pacific News Service, Wash. Bureau

Pacific News Service, Wash. Bureau
 WASHINGTON.-The prediction that the earth movements In the Pa mama Canal will be overcome finally and for all time" Is made in the an. nual report of Maj. Gen. George w. Goethals, governor of the Canal Zone. The slides will be overcome, the fam ous engineer continues, 'notwth- standing the calamity howlers and in spite of the predictions of disaster b5 the 'know-italls.'
 In speaking of the slides, Genera Goethals, says he is moved to go into the subject again only because of the many false reports that have beer published. He cites one instance ia which a report from English sources said that the bottom of Culebra Cut had been found to be bog and that canal engineers had acknowledged that the big waterway was a failure and were seeking information in England relative to a Nicaraguan
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-01-15

more than 20 per cent, sometimes as high as 75 per cent of furnace refuse consisted of combustibe material, the report stated. The practice has been to pick this out by hand, but the results were not satisfactory.
 The report describes a device now in general use Ia many of the larger Dutch factories by which furnace re- fuse Is ground and put through sieves which separates it into parts of four different sizes. Each part Is put into a separate basin containing a licuid
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-01-15

his time" Gen. Goethals says. "The position that he occupied In one of the leading universities of the United States gave creaence to his statements which were copied broadcast and com- mented upon edtorially to the detri- ment of the canal. His dire predic- tions were naturally unsettling to shipping interests which were guided by them to some extent in routing their commerce elsewhere
 Gen. Goethals says that pr. Miller's statements were erroneous, unwar- ranted and unfair" and that the aca- demy committee had been looked to to help restore the confidence in the canal that Dr. Miller had helped to destroy. Although preliminary re- port had been made by the committee in January 1916. he adds, it's final report has yet to be received.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-01-15

tion now are maintained at Barbados, Trinidad; Curacao, Bermuda and the Brahamas, where the work of the ob- servers will be extended and improv- cd.
 Daily reports will be made to the weather bureau In Washington, and from some points two reports a day will be sent. The bureau here will by reason of the extended service be able to keep the severe storms that form over the south Gulf Stream and Car riboan under closer observation and to inform shipping of approaching hurricanes with greater accuracy and post storm warnings more fre- quently.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-01-15
Pacific News Service, Wash. Bureau.

Pacific News Service, Wash. Bureau.
 WASHINGTON.-Sh of coal for industrial uses in the Netherlands which led to various investigations and suggestions to relieve the situa- tion, has finally resulted in discovery of practicable method of economic ing fuel by getting all the coke and the unconsumed pieces of coal out of Mahin, at Amsterdam. has repor' ed tt the department of commerce.
 Tn many instances 1t was found that
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-01-15
P0STmASTERS ORDERED SAVE BINDING TWINE
 ACCOUNT HIGH COST

WASHINGTON.-T abnormal i1- crease in the price of binding twine, which is used extensively in the pos- tal service, has resulted in tho post all postmasters and mail clerks to economize In the use of cord to tie mail matter into bundles. The state- men. suggssts that . considerable
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-01-15

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 Jewellers.
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saving may be affected if twine on incoming mail is saved and used again.
 The 55.000 postoffices in the United States. the statement adds require each year 6S0.O0O miles of jute twlne. weighing 100000 pounds which 1t Is times
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-01-15
ARID LAVA PLATEAU IS
 SUITABLE FOR WHEAT

Most of the lava piateaus In eastern Washington have been transformed by cultivation into fields of wheat, and in other sections fruit raising has been carried to the extreme, but no great agricultural development has yet been made In the Coyote Rapids quadrangle.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-01-15

northeast of the Coyote and there IS pumping station just above the rapids, the department explains. The power used here In raising the water ls transmitted from a power plant at Priest Rapids, 16 miles up the river and the water Is distributed through the Hanford ditch.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-01-15

cloimed. make good fuel.
 It is stated that in general. 2.000 tons of furnace refuse will yield 38 tons of fuel of good quality. besides much of an inferior quality. The re- fuse left from the sieving process can be used in making fine grade of betcn, it Is averred.
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Pacific News Service, Wash. Bureau.
 NGTON.-Steamers from
 the Pacific Coast which utilize the Panama Canal to trade with Atlan-
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You should keep posted on the war and international and local news of the day by subscribing for the Nome Daily Nugget. $2.oO per month.
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 s200 per month.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-05-31
Inventions of a General
Character Halted by War

It is evident that while war may
stimulate the activity of the maker Of
military devices, it hinderS invention
I'm general during the war period.
In 1860 the number of applications
filed in the patent Office WAS 1853. a
steady, natural growth from the 80
filed in 1910. In 1861. the first year Of
the Civil war, the number fell to Ash.
anG though it grew slowly during the
years of the war, in 1864 it was OIiiy
6.9I2. In 1865, the year the war ended.
the applications jumped to 1864, and
in 1868 this number had nearly dOu-
blcd, remaining in the neighborhoOd
of 10000 year for the next ten years.
In 1897 the applications were 1905.
but in 1898, the year of the war with
Spain, they fell back TO 1882.
The applications grew steadily from
1880 in 1900 to G9,121 in 1911. In
1914 they We're 70,404, and in 1915, the
second year of the war. 70069. Last
year there were 71.033 applications.
with 1927 patents and reissues
granted.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-05-31
Conversion of Cemeteries
Into Bird Ravens Planned

Conversion of cemeteries into bird
sanctuarieS through the influence of
ministers is plan put on foot by the
National Association of Audubon So
cieties.
Up-tO-date landscape architecture is
said to have driven the birds away
from these haunts. The removal of IN
lerbrush has deprived the feathered
sangsters of food supplied by the ber-
ries, as well as nesting places. Modern
tree surgery has removed dead limbs
and filled with cement holes formerly
used as homes by some varieties of
the little songsters.
The plan, which was started by the
Audubon societies, is said to involve
planting of bushes which. will supply
berry food, the growing or rye. wheat
and SunflOWers in spots where the
beauty Of the landscape will not be
marred, birdhOuseS in trees, the pro-
viding of drinking fountains and other
inexpensive helps to the birds. Cat
proof fences are recommended eSpe-
cially where the cemeteries are in or
near cities.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-05-31
Rubber Sponge for Tires.

1t is proposed to manufacture pnnc-
ture-proof automobile tires from rub
Der sponge, and experiments with this
end in view are being carried forward.
Rubber sponge has some remarkable
properties which make it promising
material. 1t contains great quantities.
of air, but the air is in the form of
very minute bubbles. each bubble in
closed in thin sac of rubber. Rubber
snonge is made by the addition of GER
rain chemicals which give off large
quantities of gas, which is Imprisoned
bv the soft rubber during the vulcaniz-
ing process. 1t distributes the shocks
of the road much as an air-filled tire
does by virtue of the imprisoned gas
in its structure. and has the added
virtue that Il puncture will only affect
the airsacs actually ruptured.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-05-31
MANY TICKETS FOR
BOY SCOUTS SOLD
Benefit Performance Thursday
Evening to be Big Success-TrOops
Urged to Celebrate MemOrialDay

The returns made by the Boy Scouts
on the sale of the tickets for the bene-
fit show to be given at the Orrheum
Thursday night indicate that the affair
will be a great success, Scoutmaster
Wilson Balm announced last night.
Some of the boys have sold more than
20 tickets for the show.
The reel which has been secured
by the management of the theater for
the special show will picture the
Making of Uncle Sans Soldiers" 1t
is one of the latest productions and
has been selected to arouse the inter-
est of the American youth in the army
and navy Of the United States.
Owing to the fact that the uniforms
have not as yet arrived, the Boy
Scouts will not take part in the Me
mortal Day parade in body, Mr..
Balm said last night. He has sent
out an order, however, urging the
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-05-31
STEELE, MO. BOY
TELLS DETAILS
OF MANS MURDER
Ray Combs and Mrs. Bertha
Allen Held for Death of
Latter's Husband.
KILLED MAN TO LIVE
WITH WOMAN He LOVED
Wife and Lover Framed Plot to
Wipe Out Husbands Life
Both Held for Trial.

One of the most sensational murder
cases recorded in the police records Of
any city in the State, will be held at
the coming term Of the Circuit Court
at Charlottesville, when Mrs. Bertha
Allen and her 1S-year old lover, Vir-
gil Combs, will be tried for the death
of Tom Allen, the husband of the
woman defendant. who was shot and
killed at Steele, May Il. The case has
aroused a Statewide interest because
of the prominence of the defendants
and the unique circumstances under
which the deed was committed.
, III the preliminary trial last Thurs
day following which both Mrs. Allen
and Young Combs were bound over to
! the grand jury, the youth repeated the
confession he made shortly after his
arrest by the sheriff and described
infinitely the details from the time he
began his courtship with Mrs Allen
until the night he completed the plot,
which he and the victims wife, accord
; ing to the youths confession, had
! framed. The Charlottesville Democrat
gives the following account of the
murder and the preliminary hearing
Of the two charged with the Staying
Of Tom Allen:
/ It appears from the confession that
he made that he became enamored OF
! Mrs. Allen several months ago and
that his affection was returned. She
counscled, according to his statement,
that her husband be removed in order
+ that they might be able TO live to-
rether and attain the happiness they
coveted. She even laid out the course
| he should pursue in making away with
| her husband and set the time when
the deed should be done and he acted
as her Willing tool in the matter.
+ The testimony Combs rendered at
, the preliminary examination differed
/ in no important particular from his &C
count Of the affair given the sheriff,
expectation of tightening his punish
improper relationship with Mrs. Allen
which he had denied before. He had
left his fathers home on account of q
misunderstanding with him about two
weeks previous to the killing and had
been sleeping in the Methodist Church
since that time. He had had his
younger brother bring his revolver to
the church for the purpose, he stated
Of seIf-protection and had not up q
that time thought Of using it to take
the life of the man whom he has since
his death referred to as his best friend.
He was in Charlottesville the day be-
fore the crime and bought cartridges
for the revolver, a 3S-caliber Smith
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-05-31
u. S. REGIMENT Will
GOTO FRANCE JUNEl
George Schlaeeel of Cape In
forms Friends of Mobilization
Orders in Ell PasO.

That large contingent of infantry
will depart for France about the first
day of next month is the information
George A. Schlaegel, young soldier
from the Cape, has impaired to his
friends in this city. he has been sta
toned at Ell Paso, Tex, for the past
Is months as a member Of Company |,
Sixteenth Infantry.
In letter written to a friend, the
young soldier says his regiment had
received orders to be in readiness to
depart about next Friday or Saturday.
According to his letter special train
has been provided for the transporta-
ton of the troops from Texas to the
port from which they will sail. The
date of the departure from the port is
being kept secret. The train will travel
to the coast without delay.
Young Schlaegel is a nephew of
William Schlaegel, who lives on the
corner of Ellis and jefferson street.
He spent nearly a month in the Cape
visiting his friends two months ago,
but was ordered to report before his
furlough expired, after the declara-
ton Of war by the United States
against Germany.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-05-31
BOY GETS FAST IN BIG GUN
Tries to Crawl Through Cannon at
Bethlehem Steel Works, But Has
to Be Pulled Out.

South Bethlehem, Pa.-The Bethle-
hem Steel works has just forged the
first 16-inch gun for the United States
navy-the second made in this coun-
try. The first One-also cast here
guards the Atlantic entrance to the
Panama canal, and can fire shot al
most 16 miles.
A slender apprentice wanted to have
the honor of having crawled through
the 16-inch naval gun. 1t wasn't an
easy job to work himself along. and
halfway through he got stuck and
yelled for help.
Some of the men wanted TO pull him
out backward; but one of the mechan-
les sympathized with the boy end
pushed in a rope from the front. He
managed to get it around his shoulders
and eventually landed head-tOremost.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-05-31

the tomb, which was secured with a
heavy slab.
The disintering of the body was done
by Al Brinkopf and Henry kimmich
of the Brinkopf Undertaking Co. This
firm has the contract for the placing
of the bodies in the tombs of the maui
solemn and expects to exhume several
more bodies buried in the Lorimler
Cemetery to transfer them to the
tombs that have been reserved in the
mausoleum.
The mausoleum building was started
year ago after corporation known
as the Missouri-Illinois Mausoleum
Many families subscribed for tombs
in the building which will serve as a
receptacle for the bodies of the men,
bers of these families.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-05-31
LARGEST Power Dam.

What is to be the largest power dam
IN the country is now under construc-
ton in Nevada county, Cal. Stretch
ing across narrow gorge called Emf
grant gap. this dam will block up SUI
ficient water 70 create an ARTIFICIAL
lake nearly thirty square miles 10
urea. What was once MINIATURE
iozv stream will thus be converted into
\ mighty lake.-popular Science
Monthly.