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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-16
A Brave Man afraid of
His SHADOW
By F. A. Mitchell

Herr Lieutenant said General Blan
kor, Il wish you to carry a message t.
the commander of the Bulgarian forces
operating on our right. We are within
half a dozen miles of them, and 1t Is
necessary that we come together. There
Is no road leading in that direction, and
! you'll have to go on foot. But the moon
Is nearly full, and your way will be
lighted. Here Is the written message. "
Lieutenant Obermeir took the mes
sage, saluted and left his superior,
starting at once. Tho general had
spoken correctly in saying that the
moon was nearly full, but when Ober-
meir got beyond the rip Of the army's
wing he looked up TO see thnt film
Of mist was spread over IL and the sky
about 1t.
WELL" nc said to himself, II shall
cast no shadow. Tonight ] am not my
self. | feel as I did after that last
wound when the pluck had gone out of
me. In other words, If I should see
my shadow 1t would frighten me-"
The county through which he walk
ed was no mans land 1t was sparse
ly settled with peasants, but war had
driven most of them away What else
was there was probable, but not GER
tain-that is, sniper lying In wait
for any enemy. One passing would
not likely receive challenge he would
be more apt to receive a bullet. The
way, too, was rugged. Nature had not
smoothed the country. which was up
and down grade, rocky, covered with
decayed trees, and, to make 1t worse,
war had filled 1t with shell holes.
The lieutenant had come to COM
paratively level sweep when, looking
down on the ground before him, he saw
what seemed to be his shadow cast by
the moon-such a shadow as the moon
would throw covered with the thin
gauze that partly obscured 1t. Turn
ing, he looked up to where the moon
should be. 1t was not there. Turning
again, he saw 1t overhead and slightly
before him.
Surely" he said, that cannot be
shadow cast by the moon. Shadows
are on direct line with the light that
makes them" He looked down in front
Of him again. There was that dark
shadow or whatever 1t was.
But 1t was not we'll defined. Indeed, it
was like a film of darkness. He turned
his eyes upward to see what was caus-
ng it. There was nothing in the heav- |
ms except that pale mist which dim
ned the moon. and line from the |
noon formed an angle with the shadow. |
The warrior trembled,
Why was it that In battle he could
tand up against shot and shell with
nut culver and here in perfect silence,
With not a creature, so far as he knew,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-16

No wonder the other ball players are
threatening to strike for more pay when
they hear that man named Tyrus Ray
mond Cobb received 100000 in the past
three years. The salary paid is ridicu-
lous when the real value of the work
performed is taken into consideration.
There ought to be general scaling down
of salaries of major league ball players
to conform with the other occupations
on this mundane sphere.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-16

1 to harm him, ne was snexmg rEe a
leaf In the windY
In the distance was light. he
blessed IL and hasteEcd hin pace max
ing straight toward 1t. The nearer lie
came to II his fear grew less. And
when suddenly he heard who comes n
in the German tongue and heard the
click of rifle, instead OF fearing a
picket might shoot him before he could
make himself known he felt brave as
/ lion.
The lieutenant was taken to head
quarters, delivered his message to the
general commanding and was about to
set out on his return when the officer
said to him:
"Why not return with us, lieuteh-
anti We shall move To make june
ton with your force at daylight"
Obermeir would gladly have done ss
the general suggested. But there is a
professional pride among soldiers that
must be maintained. Inc lieutenant
was afraid Of his shadow, but he was
more afraid of an imputation Of COW
ardice, not no much from his comrades
as from himself. He thanked the gen
eral and set off on mis- walk back 20 his
own command.
The atmosphere mad not changed
there was the same mist over the face
of the moon. Obermeir would not look
for his shadow. WHY He said to
himself 1t would be cowardly to do so
Then 1t occurred to him that 1t would
be cowardly not to look for 1t. The
moon was now at his back. With a
dread he could not control he looked
down before him. There was the black
thing, denser il anything, than before.
He shuddered,
But he trudged on, trying TO make
himself think that some peculiar at
mospberic condition caused his shadow
TO be out OF place. Many things cause
refraction of light. One thing he had
often noticed himself. An oar dipped
in water will appear to be broken at
the point where it touches the surface.
His efforts 10 explain away the mys-
terry were futile. And had he satisfac-
torily explained them to himself it
would not have helped the burden that
weighed him down. The journey home
ward seemed longer than his going.
This was doubtless that the farther he
went the stronger the spell under
which he staggered. Yes; he staggered
now, his eyes held by an Invisible pow
er on the black mass before him.
which constantly grew denser and
larger, too, till there was no space
about him that It did not I'll.
At daylight the Germans marched to
meet the Bulgarians. A short distance
from where the Germans started they
came upon the body of Lieutenant
0bermeir lying dead in a shell hole.
They turned him over to see where he
mad been hit. but could find no wound.
"Killed by a balls wind" said the
surgeon. "There are many such cases"
They did not know that Obermeir
lad died Of fright, caused, not by an
.nemy, but by his own imagination.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-16

The little discussion going on in the
Burlington newspapers concerning the
petition sent by members of the faculty
of the University of Vermont to Presi-
dent Wilson, expressing horror of the de-
portation of Belgians into Germany and
asking the president to sever diplomatic
relations with Germany because OF the
act, has an interesting chapter added in
the publication, recently, of the names
appended to the document, the names
having previously been withheld. The
announcement of the signatories rather
discounts the assertion Of one writer in
the public press. who said that he under
stood that those who signed were persons
who didn't amount to much Tor words
OF similar meaning in the faculty OF the
university. As matter Of fact. the
signers Of the document are revealed to
b. some Of those who are considered the
lcading men Of the faculty. beads Of de-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-16

Newspapers which persist in hyphenat'
ing the name of the head of Great Brit
aims war government are on the wrong
track, for she himself has said it." A
proofreader on the New York Herald put
the question to Mr.. George, and this was
the answer he got: I'D. Lloyd George
Thus is the Lloyd George fashion odt-
lawed by the highest authority SPRING
field Republican.
If no less an authority than the owner
of the name himself gives assurance that
he has removed the hyphen, or that there
never was a hyphen, 1--WE" for one are
ready to accept the verdict. Hence, limo
typists, proofreader, general reviewer of
the daily product, one and all, take no.
tice-D. Lloyd George it is.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-16

partments, men of pronounced standing
in the intellectual field and students OF
affairs who would not be likely to be led
astray by any hysteria. So the person
who wrote that the signers were men
who didn't amount to much" as com
pared with those whose names do not ap-
pear, will be compelled to revamp his
statement as far as that phase Of the
matter is concerned
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-16
VERMONT NOT PRODIGAL IN ROAD
BUILDING.

Vermont need not take any particular
satisfaction over the fact that more than
twice as much money was spent for good
roads in Vermont during 1914 as in
Rhode Island because the territory in
Vermont is very much larger than in
Rhode Island and hence the need for the
greater outlay is much more imperative.
You could tuck Rhode Island away in
some corner of Vermont and scarcely no
tice the presence of the newcomer. Yer
mont's comparison in the matter of good
roads expenditure would naturally be
with New Hampshire, state of approx
mately the same size and of similar con-
ditions; and in this comparison we find
that Vermont fell behind New Hamp-
shire by more than half million dollars
in the year 1914. With all our boosted
expenditure for the building of perma
nent roads, Vermont cannot afford to re-
lax its efforts in the least, else il will
fall far behind a neighboring state, with
which it ought to keep pace.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-16

The word "pernicious" has come out OF
bondage since the converting of the Yer
mont legislature, and it is now being
worked night and day to describe this or
that measure which does not appeal to
the fancy of this person or that person.
Some way or other, the word pernicious
is construed to have more carrying force
than the less sinister word, harmful so
they WELD it like Thor's hammer, let
ting the blows fall on the defenseless
heads of any kind of bill or proposition.
If anything isn't wanted, it is pernicious,
and not only pernicious but doubly per
nicious.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-16
Legislative Notes,

The first step toward creating the
board of control, the most important
part of Governor Graham's program for
the consolidation of state offices, was TAX
en- with the introduction of bill by SEN
ator Steele OF Washington county Great.
ing the Office of director of state institu.
tions. The director would, as Governor
Graham has outlined his plan, be mem
Der of the board OF control. The bill i'm.
poses upon the directors the powers, du-
ties and liabilities of the board of penal
institutions, of the board of trustees of
the Vermont state hospital and of the
board of trustees of the school for feeble
minded children. The director, by the
bill, is empowered to employ such assist.
ants as the governor deems necessary
If the bill creating the board of control
is passed, the board will assume the
power to control the employment of as
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-16

Another spasm of enforcement of the
law against splitting on the sidewalks, in
street cars and in other public places is
now on in New York City, no less than
400 persons having been arrested in a
single day. If there should be strict en-.
foreement in Barre, we dare say there
would be as many as 400 arrests on the
first day of the spasm of enforcement,
although, happily, the lesson of health
fulness and cleanliness is being gradually
learned by the people of this community.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-16

The spirit of adventure, connected no
doubt with desire to be of assistance in
alternating suffering, is sending large
number of Harvard university students
and graduates to France to drive ambu-
lance motor trucks. In fact, the ambu-
lance service of the French army is get.
ting to be a regular school of instruction
for young Americans in the rudiments of
the game of war, for the care of the
wounded is really one of the rudimentary
features of modern warfare. The infor-
nation gained by these young men might
come in handily at some period of their
active careers when their own country
should have dire need of their services.
At the same time, the men are gaining
some hard knocks which will fit them for
something besides parlor games when the
great war ends.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-16

The scope of the Mann white slave law
has been considerably broadened by the
decision of the United States supreme
court - broadened beyond the limit
thought by many to have been intended
when the law was first framed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-16
The World May Owe

mankind a living, but the wise man who
provides life insurance for his family
makes sure that they viii not be trou'
bled in collecting the debt. 6sth year
National Life ms. Co. of vt. tMutual.l
S. S. Ballard, general agent, Rialto build
ing, Montpelier, VT.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-16

Although seeking a centralized govern
ment, Brattleboro is still gun-shy of a
municipal form of government. And
Brattleboro is larger than at least three
Vermont cities
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-16

The United States would like to sell
the belligerents one modern cruiser, To-
Gated at present on the Pacific coast-
and securely located, it might be added,
The Milwaukee is the ships name.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-16

To-day our special adj
vertisement is for the
boys-overcoats, mackl-
naWs, sweaters.
The overcoats are dou-
ble-breasted, patch poe
kets, cut full and roomy,
some with velvet collars,
cheerful grays and dark
mixtures.
Mackinaws - all the
new models in striking
patterns--and excellent
fabrics, S. to $40.
Sweaters-in several
different styles - and
colors, SIPS to S..
Everything for boys
wear, as we'll as for
mems.
Beginning t O. a y,
Monday, % boys and
youths overcoats auto
matically reduced 25c
each day until the price
reaches So each.
Watch our window.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-16

Harry Thaw has no kindly Sheriff
Drew to look after him and let him go
fishing.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-16

Though not travelling by Zeppelin,
Lawson is yet capable of throwing some
bombs.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-16

81 have the courage" declared Kaiser
Wilhelm. Having the courage, William
have you the other requisites
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-16

Vermont got by another weekend with
only two suicides.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-16

Representative Durham OF Brattleboro
has presented TO Gov. Graham resolu-
ton of approval of his legislative pro-
Brattleboro board of trade. The resolu-
tion reads: "That as directors of the
Brattleboro board of trade we extend
through Representative Durham a vote
| of approval of Gov. Grahams proposed
legislative program as expressed in his
message
Two members of the House. who were
unable to be present when the session
convened ten days ago appeared at the
bar of the House and were sworn in
yesterday. They were Mr.. Potter of
Clarendon and Mr.. Briggs of Granville.
Rev. NJ. w. Farman, the Senate chap
lain, conducted the devotional exercises
yesterday afternoon in the House.
Nine more bills made their appearance
in the House yesterday afternoon and
among them were several of much inter
est. In the Senate last evening only
one appeared.
Protection of sheep from dogs is the
aim of a measure presented by Mr..
Hayes of Orange. The bill would permit
the killing of dogs between sunset and
sunrise on land owned or used for sheep
raising when the dogs are at large and
unattended.
Election of license commissioners at /
the annual town meeting. thus taking /
away the appointive power Of the side 4
Judges. is the import Of a measure intro 4
iuccd BY Mr.. Fenton Of Rutland City. 1
some one was heard to ask what then 1
would remain for the side. judges to do.
The election Of the sergeant at arms
to succeed the present incumbent. =. j. u
Parsons. Is one 81 the main items OF in lI
crest scheduled for this weeks session.
Election viii Be held Thursday after
sfsnn
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-16
EAST BARRE.

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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-16
IMPROVED AIRCRAFT IS
BEING STUDIED BY BOARD

The National Advisory Committee
for Aeronautics has issued the follow
ing:
The advisory committee is now Civ
ing attention to the problems connect,
ed with the development of improved
designs of aircraft. including exam
ination of new inventions, and va
fious lines of research work pertain
ing to the scientific and other prob
lens incident to the development OF
aeronautics. and the question of in.
5urance for aviators. It's function is
quite different from that of the Air
craft Production Board, ana it is an
entirely independent organization, re-
porting directly to congress through
the president. The authority for all
proposals, specifications and contracts
for aircraft to be furnished to the gov
ernment rests with the war depart
ment in the case of aircraft for the
army. and with the navy department
in the case Of aircraft for the navy.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-16
4. 4. KELLEY WILL
GET MARSHALsH|P
ES HIS NAME TO ATTORNEY
GENERAL.

A Washington dispatch says that
Senator Hardwick said today he
would send to the department of JUS
tice Immediately the recommendation
that r. A. Kelley. of Washington
county, be appointed United States
marshal for the southern district OF
Georgia. Senator .HardWick said he
had definitely decided TO ask Mr.
Kelley's appointment This decision
was reached by the senator some
time ago, but he awaited a request
from the department of justice before
recommending any person.
The attorney general asked Sena-
tor Hardwick this week to send a
recommendation and the name of
Mr.. Kelley was forwarded at once by
the senator. 1t is understood the at
tornev general will recommend the
appointment of anyone designated by
Senator Hardwick Although there
is no indications of the views OF the
president, it is assumed he will fol
low the recommendation and send
the name to the senate
He will succeed Mr.. Joseph S. Da-
Wis, the present incumbent
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-16
ADDITIONAL. OFFICIAL IS
ADDED TO A.. 3. AND A.
OFFICE IN BRUNSWICK

II. G. Bowling. for ten years con
nected with the Atlanta, Birmingham
and Atlantic railroad at various
places on this line, but more recent
ly of the WaEcross office arrived in
the city some days ago and was
checked in as assistant agent of the
line at Brunswick yesterday, and has
assumed his duties.
During Mr. Dowling's connection
with the A.. B. and A, he has held
the position of agent at several i'm.
portant places on this line of road.
He comes from Waycross. where he
has been For the past three years a
valued emplOye of the clerical depart
ment He is railroad man of much
experience and will relieve Agent
Bitch of a great deal OF work and
responsibility. Mr. Bitch, as is well
known here, spends a great deal of
his time at the terminals Of the line
in this city, and he will be relieved
of this double work by the creation
Of new place and the appointment
of an experienced man to take charge
Of it.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-16
0ISE FLOOD BARRIER or
DEFENSE FOR GERMANS

Paris, June 15.-The Germans have
not had so much success as the Bel:
eians farther north in using floods
as a barrier Of defense along the line
of the Disc The river when ii pass,
ea northward OF the devastated town
Of Chauney. now in the hands Of the
French takes serious course
through marshy low-lying lands and
the Germans, after their forced re-
treat, enweavored, by damming at va
rious places, to place wide stretch
Of water between themselves and the
pursuing French troops.
Extending north from the forest
of ST Gobain almost to st. Quentin
hey succeeded for q time in covering
the intervening country with water,
but the nature OF the soil and the
dry weather of the spring disappoint,
ed their hopes OF creating perma-
nent moat in front of their new posi-
tions and q tour of the French front
lines in this vicinity today showed
that scarcely a trace Of the inunda-
tions remained
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-16
ENTERED WAR TO
SAVE TIE ALLIES
NORTH GERMAN GAZETTE SAYS
QUESTION OF WAR MOT Be
ING CONSIDERED.

Berlin. June IA Under caption
Submarine Warfara and War Costs" ."
the Nc.1h German Gazette has the
following 70 say:
In none OF the warriue countries
has The question of war cost attract.
cd That degree of attcafion one was
previously led To rcliasg il would
one is almost inclined 10 assert that
the higher the war costs mount TO
the less attention they arouse and
Lloyd Georges word concerrins the
last silver bullets probably will Gevnr
yon-o true.
"Ihe entrance Of the United Stale
into the war is accounted fer in no
small dosrec by the circuns .rcea
that they became The creditor of on.
enemies, whose Bankruptcy they say,
approaching and desired to avert
far rs possible In connection %ira
the participation in the war Of the
United States ana their lar-rcach;py
shjphrilding plaus, it is especially ,.e.
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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-16
PERSHING IS TIL
VISIT THE FRONT
GRATIFlED THAT He is ABLE TO
TAKE UP THE WORK
IMMEDIATELY.

Paris, June 15.-Although General
PeTshing's first day in Paris was nat
urally filled to overflowing with so
cial affairs, he managed rovertheless
to utilize odd moments for business.
1t is understood that he soon will
leave for an extended trip to the
front.
After attendance al the chamber
Of deputies, the general and his staff
motored to an aviation field The
French airmen outdid themselves in
spirals. loop the loops and other
tricks that frankly astonished the
Americans, who admitted they never
had seen such feats Of aviation.
In an interview with newspaper
mon, General Pershing spoke almost
joyfully of being able to take ND his
work immediately. 1t was character
istic Of him that in his talk he never
used the first personal pronoun, hut
always referred TO ''us'
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-16
Their Big Gmns Which Had Been
Used Ab3ut Messines
Withdrawn.


London june 49, The British
struck another blow last night on The
from near Mes ines, 1ae var office
announces. They game: ali jheir oh
iecGres. advancing south and east Of
3Ieasines and astride tna Confines
canal
the British now occupy the former
front trenches Of the Germans from
the river. Tvs to the river Waruaye.
As d result OF last nights operations
and the constant pressure exerted,
Ike British have advanced tfair lines
from SOC to 10e0 yarcs ona front
Of seven miles.
The British campaign in Belgium
gives signs CT developing into one OF
the most Important Of the war The
Germans apparently are unable to
resist the pressure being constantly
applied % them and are being forced
back at comparatively rapid rate
Today brings the announcement of
another considerable advance by the
British in this area. They attacked
last night in the region south and
east Of Messines and On both sides OF
the Ipres-Comines canal, gaining all
their obieotives and capturing one
big gun and seven machine guns to-
gether with $50 prisoners.
Extends Seven Miles.
The front line in the British often
siye movement extends for distance
Of about seven miles from the vii
lago Of Klein Zillebekc. south, to the
river Warnave Last nights attack,
the elimination of constant pressure.
yielded General Plumer's troops, the
German front trenches between the
Warnave and TIE Lys, besides addi-
tionaI ground more to the north in
the sector between Ypres and Com
ines, tac CRITICAL. statement indicates.
Signs of probable further retreat
Of the Germans are not wanting.
Correspondents have reported the
MlIndf4Wal or thc German Dig guns
in the area east and southeast of
Messinea 10 the exchange limit of
their range. The British artillery
commanding the situation ta be al
most wholly responsible for this
and theo ther yielding tendencies of
the Germans. The German big guns
secured their advantage When Mes
sines ridge, the only commanding
oninence in the region, was stormed
at the opening of the offensive.
General Haigs dispatches have in
dicated that important developments
might be expected to grow out CT he
offensive in Belgium and his predic-
ton appears to be in the way Of be-
ing made good.