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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-03
President Wilson Raises the
Cost to Meet Miners
Wages
NEW TON PRICE
NOW IN EFFECT
Increase in Fuel Charge Will
Add More Than $30,000,000
to the Annual Coal Bill

Washington, Dec. "A general in.
crease of 35 cents a ton was added to
the price of anthracite coal at the mines
Saturday by President Wilson to meet a
proposed wage increase for anthracite
miners. The new prices were effective
beginning Saturday and will add more
than $30,000,000 TO the public's annual
coal bill
The wage increase was agreed on by
operators and miners representatives at
Washington two weeks ago contingent
on higher coal prices to absorb the raise.
When their negotiations were ended the
operators and miners turned over to the
fuel administration their agreement and
estimates of what il would add to the
cost of production. They asked that
prices be raised at least As cents a ton.
Fuel Administrator Garfield said Sat
urday night he gave the problem the
most careful consideration, hestating to
decide whether it would be worse to add
to the burden of those who buy coal or
permit workmen to leave the mines for
higher pay elsewhere, thus reducing the
coal output. 1t was evident, he said,
hat the producers were ready to fight
The increase if forced to pay the entire
amount themselves.
The situation in the anthracite indus
.ry and the factors influencing his de-
sision that prices should be increased
we're set forth by DIR. Garfield in a let
er to the president recommending that
he increase be put at 80 cents ton.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-03
Speculation and Gambling.

1t has often been asked If man can
speculate In the stock market without
any one losing in the event Of his max
ing a profit.
On the floor of the New York Stock
Exchange l once traced 100 shares of
Steel that passed through the hands
Of nineteen SPECTATORS in single day.
Each one of these nineteen bought and
sold them, and each one made money.
1t is idle TO say that some of these
may have lost what they might have
made, because that involves us in a
double hypothesis. Actually each one
profited, and actualities are what count
in speculation as in every other form
of legitimate business.
This incident illustrates one of seven
reasons why speculation is not gam
bling.-William c. Van Antwerp in
New York Sun.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-03

II was passenger en- one of the
old fashioned sailing steamers going
from London to Australia in 1888"
said traveller "la The Red sea we
ran plump into vessel, and our boat
cut it entirely in two, so neatly that it
might almost have bena done with
huge knife. We went clean through
her. and the men on the vessel struck
stepped from the two halves of that
ship on TO our deck. This injured ve1-
sci went down within lew minut d
after 1t had been struck. The thing
was so strange that wheN the captain
Of the vessel we had STRUCK went back
to London an investigation ' as held.
and 1t was substantially profed that
the officers bad with design got in the
immediate track of our vessel in order
to bring about a collision In the hope
that they could collect insurance mon
ey. The captain and some of the Off
GERS were punished by imprisonment"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-03
OLD KID GLOVES WANTED.
They Are to Be Utilized for Wearing
Apparel for Soldiers,

If YOU have any old kid gloves send
them to the headquarters of the New
England division Of the American Red Cross
755 Boylston street, Boston, where they
will be used to make kid LINED vests for
the men in the advanced trenches in
France. Such vests, or jackets, have
been made by the British Red Cross for
the "Tommies" and have been found to
be of the utmost value, and the very
best protection from exposure.
This movement has been started in the
interest of the American soldiers at the
suggestion of Mrs. August Belmont, who
says:
"The British army is provided with
sweater coats and such like but these are
not enough for the men in the front
trenches during the cold weather So
here in England they started a movement
for the making of leather jackets out
of old gloves-because of the scarcity of
leather. These have turned out to be the
very things the men needed as they are
more pliable than leather.
They advertised for old kid gloves
and there was an immediate response.
The gloves are first cleaned. then cut up
and fitted TO a pattern. 1t is patch work
and machine stitched. They also asked
for old fur which they disinfected and
used in much the same way for jackets
for aviators."
Arrangements have already been made
for the cleaning of all gloves sent TO
the New England headquarters. After
they have been cleaned they will be sent
To the divisional chapter with full ex-
plantations and patterns SO look up some
old kid gloves at once.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-03
ACQUITTALFOR
MRS. DESAULLES
A Verdict Of Not Guilty in
New York Murder
Trial
JURY OUT BUT
HOUR AND As MINUTES
Freed Widow Will Take Her
Small Son to Former
Home in Chill

New York, Dec. 3.--It required but one
hour and 40 minutes for a jury in SUI
preme court at Mineola, Saturday night
to reach verdict of not guilty in the
trial of Mrs. Blanca De Saulles for the
murder of her divorced husband, John
L. De Saules, former Yale football star
and clubman. at his home near West
bury, L. T., the night of Aug g. In the
verdict, no reference whatever, was made
to insanity. II had been a plea OF tenn
porary loss OF. accountability which
formed the basis of the defendants case.
Mrs. De Saulles, who had maintained an
air of extreme self-possession through
out the two weeks of the trial, received
the verdict smilingly. She shook hands
with each Of the jurors as they left the
box and to each gave nod OF apprecia-
tion.
As Mrs. De Saulles left the court room
newspaper photographer touched off
fashfiight. The shock of the explosion,
coupled with the young woman's height
ened nervous tension, caused her to stag
ger, but was prevented from falling by DIR.
j. Shetman Wight, her physician. She
was taken into nearby room where
she soon recovered. "I'm so happy" was
her only comment, according TO Mrs.
De Saulles' attorney, Henry A. Uterhart.
The case went to the jury at $3.50 p.
M, Justice David F. Manning immediate
ly announced q recess until $3.50, dur
ing which the jurors were taken to ho-
tel for dinner. They returned at 7:40
o'clock and were Immediately closeted
to begin their deliberations.
Mrs. De Saulles acquittal automatically
establishes her as the only legal custo
dian of her son, John L. Saulles, jr., ac
cording to her attorneys. 1t was for
love of the boy, the defendant contended |
throughout the trial, that she went to
her former husbands home "The Box"
the night of the tragedy. She has stated
hat as soon as she has cleared up all /
light to the possession of the child she
will take him back to Chill, her native
and.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-03
A BROTHER IN FRANCE.
Jimmy, the Boy Scout, Sold Liberty
Bonds to Help Him.
,tBy Anna Steese Richardson of The
Yigilantes

,tBy Anna Steese Richardson of The
Nigilantes.
Jimmy. the boy scout who delivers
afternoon papers to my friend, had Just
sold her another Liberty bond. after she
assured me that she was CARRYING all
that her means would permit
But then no one can withstand jim
my. He has fine, manly way with
him, and he is no ordinary bow. He is
president of his class in the high school.
has a paper route, morning and night,
and works for the best grocer in town
during the Saturday rush hour
So ] said to him:
Jimmy, how can you find time to sell
Liberty bonds, and why do you take such
a great personal interest in the war;"
II have a brother in France!"
To me this explained everything. but
my friend exclaimed in shocked voice:
why, Jimmy B you're an only
soni'
Il got brother in France" he reiter-
ated doggedly. II got him all picked out.
He has brown hair and eyes, and he
wears his hat So" drawing his own tan
felt over his eyes at a rakish angle
"He amt much taller than me. kind of
thin. and quick as a cat. ! don't know
his name, but I'm going to get il soon
I've written a letter-'To a Lonely
American Soldier and sent it cafe Gen
eral Pershing to the expeditionary force
IN France. ] bet Some fellow that hasn't
any folks over there viii answer H."
My friend and exchanged quick
giances.
"Dr. Corbin said TO " Wednesday
night-'Each one Of You bows has
brother fighting for YOU in France. Go
to il. Work for him like the mischief.
Well, I'm working for mine II I sell
Liberty bond. its Tor him II run err I
rands for the Red Cross, its for him
Jimmy folded the Liberty bond pledge. 4
and tucked it into his pocket
Much obliged. Mrs Good 4
evening
A brother in France,
Long after Jimmy left. we sat in 81
Ience. Dusk settled on the room. and K
The wood fire filed 10 with strange shad
,ws. And soon for me the shadows were
Deopled with men and boys Dominica. 4
who used TO Try my tidy soul by scatter I
ng ashes over my stone walk when the
,afhered garbage and ashes, He always !
ame a hit late on Christ mas morning.
~ he might receive in person and ex-
'ress his thanks for the lftle gift Of
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-03
the girl. believe he's working now in

| the girl. believe he's working now in
his cousins automobile factory, learn
Ing the business from the ground up.
I'm mighty glad you've met him.
1t was two weeks later. He sat on
the window-seat looking down at
Gramercy park. "Alice," he said sud-
denly, with touch Of desperation in
his tone, 'Pve got to tell you some
thing. Something I'm mighty ashamed
Of. now that I've met you and known
the real thing. Maybe I'm wrong, but
it seems to me you ought to know be-
fore ask you to be my wife,
Alice bent a little lower over her en-
low chair beside him.
'T've heard all about Peggy" she
said, quietly. ''Tom told me. I like
you much better as worker. Dick,
than as you must have been before
she switched your life into the manlier
way of independence Was that all2"
She glanced up at him with little
mischievous smile of inquiry, and Dick
left the window seat
The following morning Mr.. Paxton
glanced up from his desk. Dicks tone
was very decisive.
1--WE wish few alterations made in
the apartment, Miss Barton and my
self. We will be married on the 10th,
and Il win have to be in shape by the
time we get back from our honey
MOON"
Copyright. 1917, by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate)
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-03
Topics of the
Home and
Household.

An apple in the cake box keeps the
cake fresh and moist.
K When garment is stained or streaked
from being partially dipped in cleansing
fluid, it should be allowed to dry and
then held over the steam from kettle
until the ring disappears.
Do you throw away 'ham gravy" or
bacon fat, Madam Housewife, because it
lis too greasy for ordinary user Here is
way suggested by the United States
department of agriculture to make 1t
blend into soups or gravies instead of
floating as a greasy layer on top. Stir
into each two tablespoons of melted
grease one-half tablespoon of -four. The
mixture will blend easily into milk soups,
stock soups, sauces or gravies and give
an appetizing flavor.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-03
War Bread.

Although the regulations pertain only
to public bakeries, the following direc
tions for Hooverized bread in war time
will be interesting to all breadmakers:
Loaves to be baked in only foul
weights-ane, one and one half, two and
four pounds.
All fancy breads to be eliminated.
Loaves to be creased in middle, to per-
NIT sale in halves,
Only three pounds of sugar allowed
to each barrel of -four, instead of six as
at present.
Two pounds of vegetable oil shorten
ing must be used to each barrel, instead
of six pounds of lard or oil.
Only SKINNED milk to be used.
One may imagine the scorn of the au-
thors and builders of that splendid food
homemade bread-if asked to follow
such a schedule. Accustomed to their
pint of whole milk, liberal 'gob" of lard
and cup of sugar to each baking, what
will they say to skim milk, margarine
and mere trace" of sugar?
And yet this war time bread is planned
on lines which Herald readers will recog-
nize as having been suggested in these
columns. 1t is not likely to be very
much relished, but it will be nutritious,
it can be eaten by everyone and it will
undoubtedly save fats, sugar and milk
if made along Hoover lines.
Probably every man but the hopeless
dyspeptic likes homemade bread, made
like mother used to make it, but we
must begin to like the Hooyerized va
riety if we are to aid our hungry allies
and supply our fighting men in France.
Those of us who are inclined to fight
against the change and to demand our
sweet, fat bread of old may as well re-
member that unless we save few mil
lion barrels of flour, fat and sugar this
winter, spring will find us reduced to
mixed flours and the pure white loaf as
much of novelty and luxury as angel
cake is to-day.
Let us adopt the Hoover formula for
bread lest worse thing happen-Rut |
land Herald. Dorothy Dexter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-03
OPEN FOR 1000 RECRUITS.
Naval Reserve Force of the Second Naval
District.

The naval reserve force of the second
naval district at Newport, r. l., is once
more open-this time for 1000 recruits.
| This announcement viii mean much tc
! hundreds of young men whom eircum-
stances or hesitation have hitherto pre-
vented from signing up for military
duty.
The naval reserve has rightly been one
of the most popular branches in the
war The officers training camps, avia !.
ton, and the reserve have proved to be
the three most promptly filled services.
The advantage of the first was the OPP
portunity for a commission, OF the sec
ond the chance for daring and individual
work, and of the reserve, combination
of practically the best features of both.
Many men i'm the reserve who have
shown themselves to be possessed of the
necessary qualifications for citizenship
have studied for the regular examina
tions, passed, and received commissions
as ensigns and warrant officers.
Perhaps the greatest allurement that
the reserve force has for young men
lies in the fact of its varied kinds of
service.
A radio school in the district is ready
to prepare men for positions as wireless
telegraphers in our navy.
Other men have successfully applied
for transfer to the naval reserve fly
ing corps.
Every week examinations are held for
those who desire to improve their rat
ings. These ratings cover practically ev-
cry field and man with any boat, shop,
carpenter, or nautical expe
rience can, in all likelihood, qualify.
Applicants are accepted only for gen
eral service, and if they enlist and re-
main in the seaman branches they are
likely to have an opportunity to see
service in one of the ll0footers, those
small, fast boats that are doing scout |
luty in both these and foreign waters.
On transports, or the convoy vessels OF |
our navy.
The central enrolling office is located |
IN the war college in Newport, r. l. /
Letters of inquiry in regard to the naval
'eserye should be addressed to the en-
,oIling officer. war college, Newport, r.
l., and the same viii be promptly an
,wered and the information forwarded.
Applications for service in the second
district may be made also at the re-
erve enrolling office, building b. Brook
yn navy yard, and the navy recruiting
tations in Newark, n. j., Pittsburg, Pa,
MINI, and st. Louis, Mo,
nd further information regarding the
ervice may be had from any regular
Iavy recruiting station.
To Newport men have come from ev
ry state The high reputation of the
istrict. the large number of college men
nlisted in it, the wide diversity of OPP
ortunity offered, the zest and attrac-
iveness of small boat service have COM
lined to make the station a powerful
magnet.
IL is expected that the 1000 men re-
uired will seize this chance in very .
hort time. Unless men hurry to enroll ,
ow, they will doubtless find that once
lore the doors of one of Uncle Sans .
lost appealing services have been ir-
svocably closed
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-03
Death Warning.

Oliver Wendell Holmes recorded his
protest against the custom OF telling a
person who does not actually ask to
know that he cannot recover. As that
loving observer of mankind asserted, so
must every one who knows whereof he
speaks assert that people almost al
WAYS come TO understand that recov-
cry is impossible. 1t is rarely need
ful TO tell any one that this is the case.
When nature gives the warning death
appears to he as little feared as sleep.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-03

shows that I stand 1t real well. took
the Compound when my ten year old
daughter came and it helped me lot.
I keep it in the house all the time and
recommend it. Mrs. DEWITT SINCE
BAUGH, West Dandy, N. Y.
Sleeplessness, nervousness, irritable
ity, backache, headaches, dragging sen-
sations, all point to female derange-
ments which may be overcome by Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
This famous remedy, the medicinal
Ingredients of which are derived from
choice roots and herbs, has for forty
years proved to be most valuable tonic
and invigorator of the female organism.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-03

Lydia E. Pinkham's
V eg e table Com
pound for nerves
and for female trou-
bles and it straight
ened me out in good
shape. Iwork nearly
all the time, as. we
live on a farm and l
have four girls. / do
all my sewing and
W ork with
their heln- az IL
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-03
MsdieaI etiquette.

Medical etiquette. instead OF being
kept up. as people 50 often imagine. in
the interests Of the doctors. is main
talned in the interests % the public.
II is the public. not the doctors. who
would suffer most were Il done away
vith.-London Spectator.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-03
Giv;no Ita Name.

The doctor treated me for a week
for a cold" complained the victim bit
terly. "and now be sends me a bin for
$50. Highway robbery, that's what
Il is
I'D cali 1t pillage. suggested his
idiotic friend. with an explosive giggle.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-03

I'm always first at the office and
have been for long time"
Anybody noticed it YETI
"Only the janitor. He says that
won't get me anything. Exchange
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-03
Permission.

Fond Mother-My son. did your ia
Their forbid you learning to smoke?
Young America-No, ma. When | ask
ed him if might smoke he said. "Not
much
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-03
perplexinq.

This bit OF literature hasn't any plot
to speak Of, but it's got me guessing"
Detective story, eh?"
Nope; time tabie."-Louisviile Cou.
rier-Journal.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-03

He hath a poor spirit who is not
planted above petty wrongs.-Feltham.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-03

He that plants thorns will not gather
roses. -PrQverb.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-03
A TREATMENT
FOR NERVES
Woman Tells How Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound Helped Her.

West Dandy, N. Y.-"I have had
nervous trouble all my life until took
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-03
ANY Sickness Leaves Weakness
Even simple cold strips and reduces your resistve
powers to allow other sickness Only ood-not alcohol
drugs the rich blood which distributes strength
the body, and the concentrated medicinal food in
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makes the blood rich and stimulates its circulation while its
40 tonic virtue envens the appetite and aids nutrition to
k4 reesablh your strength quickly and permanently If you
h rundown anemic by all get SCOTS
Emulsion 1t builds because it foodnot stmulant
scota bowneBo N f7-a
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-05-04
MILK has GREAT VALUE AS FooD-BErTER THAN MEAT.

K white pure sanitary commissioner IN recent
letter the food value OF milk ana
recommending
icularly at this time He his open letter.
limiting the use
certain foods but sometimes actually increasing the use
of foods relatively low cost MIX be-
the latter class we'll it's food
family using much as should me
average person only little more han OF
mil available
they understood
that food they would Increase their daily al
body wastes and
fluids and second to supply
bodybuilding
materials fp and lime and phosphorns)
the body functions
foods needed 20 supply
energy quart Of milk
of sion
"a SO Of fowl
milk IL OF sron steak ~ ounces o
round steak; : eggs of fowl
shown below which the reau
value OF Of protein IL given:
TO protein At equal cost
sirlOn steak must not b more than iss
- ppuad. and sggs aot mare than i1se Per dozen
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-05-04
Other proportions are as follows:


milk, 34se steak and 377c
.
\
cheap sriOin
at dozen
proportions follow milk 1isc steak and lose 20
therefore milk Is
Of vi and
consider
he o
difficult
contain but all psychologists that mik extremely valua
Ia good allowance q growing child
dgestsr
cooking other preparation for table
70
reported The cold
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-28
RUSSIAN ORDER
FOR OFFENSIVE
MEETS APPROVAL

PETROGRAD. (via London. May
27.-Virtually all the divergent polit-
ical factions. all class organizations.
councils and even the socialist lead
crs. with the exception of the Extreme
Letters today re-echo the appeal OF
Minister of War kerensky to the
troops and applaud the new order of
the day, advance" II remains to be
seen how the army itself will receive
this final exhortation to patriotism and
D.. the defense OF Russia's newly won
freedom
Constant efforts have been made
during the past two months by repre-
sentatives, not only Of the government
but of the soldiers, to bring home to
the army that the abandonment OF
active warfare would not only mean
treachery to the allies but the newt.
able loss of all that has been gained
4 In the revolution. 1t is confidently be-
lieved that this last call, Supported az
II is by almost every element Of
society, will move the army to real.
ixation Of the situation. All the com.
manders have added their appeals to
the order of Minister Kerensky. They
all emphasize the necessity of not only
defending the country against the
enemy but of an immediate advance
to relieve the pressure upon the allies,
which Germany has been able to exert
by transferring the bulk of her troops
from the eastern to the western front.
Attack the Enemy"
General Alexieff says tersely: For.
ward! Advance to attack the enemy"
General Brussiloff says: 1T IS
necessary to conserve and consolidate
freedom. The soldiers must overthrow
and defeat the enemy Shame and dis
honor to those who have weak
spirit"
General Dragomiroff is less laconic:
IAN advance upon the enemy" he says
us an immediate necessity. The
enemy Is taking advantage of our
passivity to leave this front open and
send forces westward. The French
and British are honestly doing their
duty as our allies. They are saving
our new freedom, which otherwise we
would lose But soon their advance
must wear itself out and there will be
no one to help u.s."
The newspapers contain similar ap-
peals from the heads of the govern
ment. Premier Lvoff writes: Honor
demands our activity. We are drown
ed in speech and word. The muscles
OF our organization are being attro-
phed Further passivity will mean
ruin" Skobeleff. the new socialist
minister of labor, joins the chorus with
The declaration: Our present task is
to advance