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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-26
HIGH COST OF LYING
N0W AFFECTS ITALY
Speculation in Food, Clothing and Heat
ing Material Is Held Accountable
for the Increase of Prices.

Rome, Nov Correspondence OF
the Associated Press Italy this win
ter has passed from the position of one
lof the cheapest to one of the dearest war
countries as regards cost of living. Spec
ulation in food and clothing and heating
material is generally held responsible for
the very high prices, in many respects
fifty per cent higher than in France.
Wooden goods that last summer were sold
at $3.50 to 81 yard are now being re-
| invoieed and sold in the same stores at
SIS and $40 a yard. Women's clothes
have been doubled or trebled in price,
according to the within of the storekeep-
er.
IF you don't buy now, you either
won't get chance at all later in the
winter or else you will have to pay more
money" purchasers are informed.
Second hand furniture of the most or
binary quality, particularly beds, mat
tresses, carpets, chairs and tables, sell
for the price of new furniture. Single
wooden mattresses that last spring sold
for $40 each this winter sell for $50.
The price of cotton bed sheet is So.
The cost of housekeeping has doubled
since last winter. Eggs that formerly
sold for three cents each, now sell for
seven and nine cents. Fresh vegetables
are sold almost at meat prices. Butter
is IS cents pound Sugar remains at
"a cents pound, while coffee has gone
to so cents a pound Ham and bacon
have disappeared entirely from the mar.
ket as being too dear for anybody to buy
Oatmeal sells at 30 cents pound.
Despite the fact that all of Italy is be-
ing denuded of forest timber to turn into
frewood, and that wood has been one of
the principal freight products on the
railways all the past summer, coal sells
at so ton. Wood sells at 10 cents
pound. Electric light globes worth Is
cents sell at 20 cents.
Hotel prices have reached S. to IS a
day in the better hotels of the larger cit
les, prices that would have seemed fabu- |
lous in Italy before the war.
Its war time" is the inevitable and |
final answer to all objections regarding
high prices.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-26
TAKES OVER
ALLRAILR0ADS
War Board Checks Danger
of Delay on Army
Supplies
ALL LINES EAST
OF CHICAGO MERGED
Cars and Tracks Pooled and
Roads to Be Operated by
Five Vice. Presidents

Washington, Nov. Evaporation of al
railway lines east of Chicago as one cen
tralized system was decided on Saturday
| by the railroad war board to obtain {
maximum of efficiency in traffic move
ment. Cars and trackage facilities viii
be pooled regardless of ownership or The
railroads individual interest.
This almost revolutionary move was
announced Saturday night after an all
day conference between members of the
war board and government officials al
which many remedies We're offered foi
the freight congestion that has paralyzed
transportation in the East. 1t was
adopted as the best and readiest means
of meeting situation that has threat
ened the production and dispatch abroad
of war materials.
The roads will be operated by COM
mittee of vice presidents of the lines I'M
der the general direction of the war
board, itself comprising five of the coum-
try's railway heads The committee of
vice presidents will be given full au-
thorty to adopt any measures found
necessary to accomplish unified opera
tion.
The operating program calls for the
following:
Diversion of locomotives, employees and
machine tools from western to eastern
railroads.
Utilization of repair shops ON western
lines for repairing eastern equipment.
Pooling of all tracks and equipment in
the East wherever practicable,
Pro rata distribution among eastern
roads to open top cars on basis of ton
mage carrying capacity Of the equipment
in the pool.
Diversion from congested lines of all
freight that can be handled by an open
route.
To make more effective the pooling
arrangement. the war board recommend
I'd that the government take the follow
ing step Immediately:
Survey the present contracts and
methods of purchase and shipment of
'oal that cross hauls may be eliminated
md that coal may move on the shortest
quite from producer TO consumer
Extend the pooling of coal production
md of shipment.
Transfer as far as possible the move
nent of foodstuffs and other export com
nodities to southern ports to relieve con
gestion in north Atlantic ports.
Survey all government requirements
INVOLVING the movement of raw materials
nd manufactured products so that ac- |
on roads and in terminals |
nav be eliminated while products are
waiting shipment of export.
Require wherever possible the building
t war industrial plants in territory
ther than the eastern seaboard.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-26
The Children's Comm Home

The whole farm sort of spreads itself in
one tremendous grin,
The old house somehow looks as bright
as if twas new again;
And Towser's barkin' round the place as
risky as pup,
And Dexter has to work to keep his heels
from kickin' up;
Even the old red COW has got some gin
ger in her MOO
And mothers singin' at her work the
way she used to do;
Ny heads as light as when il had more
thatch upon the dome
And why? Why, it's Thanksgivin' day;
the children's comm home.
They're comm home. They're comm
home. They're comm back to-day
To make the old place like it was afore
they went away
And Dan1l leave his Boston store and
Nedl leave his stocks,
And Johnll stop a-drawn' plans for
buildin' city blocks,
And Mary1l leave her New York house.
with all its high-toned stuff.
And come down here and say it's home
and plenty good enough.
And there1l be boys and girls around
Jest like there used to be.
To make it real Thanksgivin' day for
mother and for me.
day Poke up the fires and
make the ovens hum,
The turkeys. roastin' in the pans. are
sputt rim Have they Gomez
The puddins knockin at the lid and
bubbin Are they here"
The minee pies wave their flags Of steam
the kettle leads a cheer.
The rheumatic is all forgot; dyspepsy's
out of sight;
I'm goin to eat from soup to nuts, and
dance a reel tonight:
And blind mans bluff" is Jest my size, !
and stage coach" suits me prime. /
The children's comm home to-day! Git
out, old Father Timel
The little feet that we shall hear trot up |
and down the stair.
To usll seem the very same that used to 4
patter there;
The little folks arunnin round, and +
latin in their play.
Won't seem Dams boy and Marys girl. /
but simply Dan and Nav
Ind well forgit that winters come with
all its snow and cold.
'orgit the next weeks lOnesomeness.
forgit we're gittin old,
Ind Jest be Young a. when our heads
weren't nigh so white as foam.
hank God for Thanksgivin day, The
children's comm home,
Joseph C. Lincoln.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-26

ed milk tablespoonful butter, salt, pep
per, little onion juice, l tablespoonful
cornstarch, chopped parsley.
| Handbook the eggs and cut them into
halves. Boil the potatoes until tender,
mash them and add them to the scalded
milk with the salt, pepper, onion juice,
and butter; thicken with the cornstarch
moistened in a little cold water. Lay the
eggs on the toast, pour the hot mixture
over them and sprinkle with chopped
parsley. Serve at once.
| Caulhower with Eggs cooked
caulhower, cream sauce, slices of toast,
eggs.
Break the caulfower into very small
pieces and heat il in a cream sauce, made
! by blending smoothly together two ia
blespoonfuls of butter. two tablespoon
fuls of flour, then adding to these one
cupful of milk and stirring until tho
whole reaches boiling point. Let tho
sauce cook two or three minutes and sea-
son to taste. Separate whites from
yolks of eggs. allowing one for each per-
SON Beat the whites to stiff froth.
Turn the creamed caulifower onto each
slice, then drop an egg yolk into the cen
ter Sprinkle with salt and pepper and
bake until eggs are set.
Cheese Tartlets-Pie crust. table
spoonfus of butter, small eggs % cup
full stale crumbs, % cupful grated
cheese, , level teaspoonfuls baking pow
der, " cupful milk, salt and pepper.
Trimmings of pie crust left over from
larger pies can be used for these tart
lets. Roll it out thin, cut out and line
small tins. Beat the butter to cream,
all the eggs slightly beaten, bread crumbs,
cheese, baking powder and seasoning;
mix with the milk and put a spoonful in
each tin. Bake about fifteen minutes in
a hot oven.
Stuffed Beet Saad--6 young beets,
cooked vegetables for filling, French
dressing.
Select beets of uniform size, cook them
until tender. skin, and while hot scoop
out the insides. Set aside until needed.
At serving time fill the. beets with any
deired cold cooked vegetables, such as
corn and Lima beans, string beans flaw
ored with minced onion, parsley, cooked
asparagus, peas. and chopped mint or
whatever may be available Pour the
French dressing over the top; or, if pre-
ferred, mix the vegetables with boiled
salad dressing.
Macarom Balls tablespoonful but
ter, 2 tablespoonfus flour, lh cupful
cold cooked macaroni, | egg, 2-3 cupful
milk. 2 tablespoonfuls sugar few drops
vanilla favoring, egg and bread crumbs
for coating.
Make a thick foundation sauce by
cooking together the butter and -four:
han add milk and stir continuously until
he mixture boils. Cook three minutes,
hen add the sugar, the maearoni coarsely
hoped, favoring and egg. Turn bnto
olate to cool, and later divide into por-
ions and with the hands lightly Toured,
oil into small balls. Dip each of these
nto beaten egg, then into bread or cake
rumbs and fry golden brown in deep
at. Serve with apricot marmalade or
With custard sauce.
Dorothy Dexter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-26
SECRETS ARE
DISCLOSED
Trotzky Publishes Ally Doc
uments to Kerensky
Government
TO FIX BOUNDARIES
OF GERMANY
RuSsia's Title in CONSTANT
nople to Be Freedom
of Trade

| Washington, Nov 26.--The texts OF
certain confidential communications be-
tween the Russian foreign office and Tor
eign governments were published at Pc
trograd Friday by Bolyheviki 1ud social
revolutionist newspapers at the instlga-
ton of Leon Trot1ky, the Bolsheviki
| foreign minister. Trotzky says that doc
uments are those of the 'czaristic, bour-
geois and coalition governments" and
| from them ''the Russian nation and all
nations in the world must learn the
truth of the plan secretly made by finan-
ciers and traders through their parlia-
mentary and diplomatic agents"
German and Austrian politicians, Trot-
zky declares, may try to make capital
out of these documents, but he warns
them that when the German proletariat
by means of revolution secures access
to their ehancelleries they will find there
documents which will show up in no bet
ter light than those now published.
One of the documents published is
a letter dated Sept 20, last, from NJ
Terestchenko, then Russian foreign min
lister, to the Russian ambassador at
Washington. The letter instructed the
ambassador to express to Secretary Lam
sing his appreciation of the fact that the
American ambassador at Petrograd, Da
vid r. Francis, refrained from joining
in the representations by the British,
French and Italian ambassadors that
some measures must be taken TO in
crease the fighting capacity of the Rus
sian armies. The letter added, inasmuch
action had depressing effect, inasmuch
as the allies knew the energy the Rus
sian government was exerting toward
carrying on the war.
One of the letters published was from
the Russian ambassador at Stockholm
Tn it Hialmar Branting, the Socialist
leader, was represented as having said in
a confidential conversation regarding the
international Socialist confer
ence that if NJ kerensky, then premier.
did not reject the idea of conference
but entered objections on the grounds |
that it was inopportune, the Dutch Scan
iinayian committee would have TO con
form
Important points in the documents
are:
Russia's desire for the Dardanelles, /
Jonstantinople, and other Turkish pos /
sessions set forth, with the demand Of |
france ana England that Constantlnople !
De free from trade other than Russia s.
Parts of Persia to be under British in
1uence
Agreement among Russia France and
England that Russia shall define Ger.
nanys eastern boundary and France
md England the western, Polish quess
ion to be matter of international dis.
'ussion. Exclusion of Germany from
Ihinese markets TO be subject of eco
ionic conference.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-26
FAMOUS GEoL0GIST DEAD.
Prof. Edward Hull Explored" Bottom Of
Atlantic Ocean.

London, Nov 2G.-The death is an
nounced here of Professor Edward Hull
the foremost geologist in the British
Isles. He was born in 1929 in Ireland
In 1888 he was the leader of a scientific
expedition to Arabia and Palestine, and
his chief assistant and geometrist was
Lord Kitchener. then captain. Pro-
fessor Hull has recently devoted his tiue
to the work Of the war coal commission.
His last scientific work was in connec.
ton with the bed Of the Atlantic, by
which he discovered that the ~continen-
tai platform" on which western Europe
and the British Isles are planted is eroi-
ed by old river valleys continuous with
those Of the Loire, Douro and Tagus, and
descending to a depth Of several thousand
feet below the present surface
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-26
Have You a Cook?

"A woman has no right to keep cook
or a maid who could render better service
in the factory or shop" declares Ida Tar
bell in an article entitled What Shall
We Do for Maids" in the current issue
of Good Housekeeping. ION the other
hand" the writer continues, "she should
not allow a woman to go into factory
or shop who would be better off at
home"
When is cook better off at home I:
The author says: when the home of
fers as satisfactory conditions, hours
and social advantages as the factory and
shop do" And she adds:
These institutions have been getting
the pick of the working women, the pick
of those who would prefer homework, but
will not take it at the price OF an unlim-
tied working day, no Sunday or holidays.
and the social disadvantages that 90 with
housework. 1t is curious enough that
women who keep help have been so slow
in recognizing that here was the root of
their difficulty. But they must see it.
They must realize that the time has come
for them to run their household business
as man runs his business.
At the close of the article, Miss Tarbell
ihdht> thc IbituNAiS Suggestion loi SUN
ing the evergreen servant problem:
There ought to develop in every com
munity, as war goes on, committee OF
the local labor problem seeing to it that
women whose business should be to study
the women and girls upon whom unex
pected responsibility is thrown are prop
erly absorbed in work which is fitted for
them and that when this work is house
work, it can be done under conditions
and according to hours which will iniuIe
neither the health nor the self-respect
of the worker"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-26
Topics of the
Home and
Household.

When covering the ironing board use
brass headed tacks. They remove east
ly, do not rust fast and the smooth
heads do not tear dainty clothing
Your gloves will last longer if you
will place a small piece of cotton in the
end of each finger and thumb to pre-.
vent your nails from rubbing holes in
them.
Don't throw away unworn parts of oil
cloth or linoleum. Make mats for flower
pots out of them by cutting in any de-
sired shape and size and painting and
vanishing color uniform with the color
of the flower or plant
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-26
Owl Good ENOUGH.

A servant was once dispatched to
purchase a chicken, and passing a
natJaalist's on her way, she went in
and inquired the price of the broad
faced chicken in the window.
"Oh," said the proprietor, smiling
THAT'S not chicken; that's an owl"
We'll said the maid It'll do all
right; It's only for the lodger."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-26

years old. At eight
cen | was married
and my trouble was
no better so / con-
suited a physician
who said that there
w as not much l
could do and l could
not have children.
! read of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and
decided to try it,
and it has proved
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-26
GIVEN CAMP GREENE COMMAND.
Major General Dickman Placed at Head
Of Camp.

Battle Creek. Mich. Nov. Major
General Joseph F. Dickman. commander
Of Camp Custer csutonment, has been
transferred to Camp Greene. y. G.. il
was officially announced saturday Brig
adler General c. l.. Miller has been select
ed to temporarily succeed General Dick
man.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-26
LONGING
FOR A CHILD
Young Wife Almost in De-
spair. Now has Beautiful
Baby Girl.

There is nothing more charming than
happy and healthy mother of children,
and indeed childbirth under the right
conditions need be no hazard to health
or beauty. Lydia Z. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound has brought joy to
many childless women by restoring them
to normal health. Here is notable case.
Omaha, Neb.--'I suffered from fe-
male troubles when | was seventeen
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-26
She Thought He Had Forgotten.

Mischa Elman, the violinist. was play
ing at a reception at q Russian princes.
and he says, "fOr an urehin Of seven. as
j was at that time. 7 hstter myself /
ratified of Beethoven's .kreutzer Sonata
finely. This sonata. YOU know, has in it
several long and impressive rests In
one Of these rests q motherly old lady
leaned forward, Pstted my shoulder and
ssid: Play something YOU know. dear 4"
Ladies Home Journal.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-26

worth its weight in gold to me for am
not only well but have baby girl, SO
when hear of any woman suffering as
! was / tell her Of Lydia E. Pinkham 8
Vegetable Compound Mrs. w.
HUGHES, 10 Majestic Apis. Omaha, Neb.
In many other homes, once childless,
there are now children because of the
fact that Lydia <. Pinkham' s Vegetable
Compound makes women normal,
healthy and strong,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-26
Meatless Dishes.

recent number OF the Pictorial Re.
view gives the following recipes for meat
less dishes:
Potato Egg Toast slices bread
toasted, eggs, , potatoes, cupful scald-
The daily Alaskan., 1917-06-29
US. PATENTED ALASKAN HOME.
 STEAD AND FARM FOR SALE

I rfs ts one of Alaska's best farm ins propositions ever offered for sale. In the most desirable clim- ate and agriculture section of the entire North. ConTenience to ex- cellont roads, near tide water, whayves and post office We'll e. quiDped. A number of acres in cul- tivat!cD. Vegetables, grain and fru'; grown to perfection. Potatoes carrots, parsnips, turuips and Tuta- bagrs left in ground all winter and taken out in the spring as solid and perfect as those taken out the year growh.
 Strawberries, raspbeTT1es, goose berr..s and entrants connot be sur Uasse anywhere in the world. O. ther varieties of fruit can be grown An idea, money making proposition fer anyone who knows farming and st k raising. Reasons for selling, otter urgent and important busi- ness requires attention. Terms: Half cash and balance In one and two years time. Write or see T. R. Sevel., Haines, Alaska.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-06-29
FEEL LIKE
 GIVING UP?
Many Alaska People On the Verge
 of Collapse

4 bad back makes you miserable all the time
 Lame every morning; sore all day
 It hurts to stOop-it hurts to Straighten.
 What with headache, dizzy spelFs, urinary weakness,
 No wonder people are discouraS- ed.
 Who do not know the kidneys may be the cause of t all.
 Give the weakened kidneys need full help.
 Use a tested and proven kidney remedy.
 None endoltsd like Doan's Kidney Pills.
 Mrs. Louis T. Jarvis, 922 E St., Sacramento, Cal, says: Sharp pain darted through my Joins and betwee my shoulders. My back was weak and lame and it was an awful task for me to sweep or do any work a. bout the house. I felt tired and exhausted. Headaches and dizzy spells added to my distress and the action of my kidney annoyed me da and night. The kidney secretions were unnatural. Doan's Kidney Ptl strengthened my kidneys and re- lieved the aches and pains"
 Price soc, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy - get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs. Jarvis had. Foster-Mil- burn Co.,, Props, Buffalo, N. Y. -AdYertisement
The daily Alaskan., 1917-06-29
No Friond.

A Kansas City lady who employed a oIored cook became dissatisfied be-
The daily Alaskan., 1917-06-29
PERSONALS

S. Kettle of Ottawa, dominion auditor of Yukon, who arrived here Wednesday, has left for Whitehorse to beVln his summers work.
 Mrs. Rosenberg, Wife of G. A. Rosenberg of the White Pass rail ros d, returned last night on the AL ameda from a visit outside.
 Mrs. James Kennedy and young daughter, Frances, who have been visiting the past week in TreadWell, are sxDected home tomorrow on the spoakne.
 Jack McBrien has returned from Wh tehorse where he had been since March on boat construction for the White Pass and Yukon NaViga- tioE company.
 Miss E. Bashford of Eastern Can ada, who is on, her way to Dawson to visit Mrs. Stringer, wife of Bish- op Strnger, arrived here this morn ing on the Prince George.
 Mrs. Lauderdale, wife Of James Lauderdale of Carcross, engineer of the lake steamer Tutshi, left last night on the Princess Alice for Victor!a, where she will visit rel atYes.
 Mss Esther Hanson, daughter of D. H. Hanson who, with w. T. Hill gert is holding Adventist meetings here, left on the Princess Alice for Montana, where she will visit rela- tfYes this summer.
 Mr. Henry, one of the teachers iu the Dawson schools, and Mrs. Henry, Miss Cameron, Miss Beck cit ard Miss Robinson, also Dawson teachers, and Miss Campbell, a nlsrse in a Dawson hospital, left on the Alice last night.
 MT. and Mrs. McDougall of White horse returned this morning on the Prince George from their hon eymoon in the States. MT. McDou- gall is a well known mine operat- or of the Whitehorse district. Mrs. McDougall was formerly Miss Mamie Pfper of Whitehorse.
 Mir. and Mrs. Ellis Lovejoy of Ak ron, Ohio, are in Skagway for their fourth summers visit. They ar rived last night on the Alameda. Nr. and Mrs. Lovejoy first came to Skagway in the 1914 season and since then they have been among the regular members of the Skagway summer colony. .,zIz-i aai
 Mrs. A. c. Stewart, her young son Lyle Mckenzie Stewart, and her sis ter-in-law, Miss Ina stewart, sLlled last night on the Princess Alice for Vancouver after 2 pleasant visit of two weeks at the home of MT. and Mrs. James L. Stewart, par ents-in-law of Mrs. Stewart ana parents of Miss Stewart.
 L. L. Krause, returning from trip outside, and R. C. Krause, who will .eaYe for the outside tOmOr- row evening on the Prince George both sons of Max Krause, Dawson merchant, met &n Skagway last night, The former Mir. krauSe wennt out last September and since hat time visited in New York and other cities of the states. He ar rived here on the Alameda.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-06-29

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The daily Alaskan., 1917-06-29

cause of the ire quent visits of a portly African of the opposite sex.
 "When l en- gagged you, Di- nah," she said, you told me you ha d no m a n friend ds. Now whenever l come into the kitchen l find that man
The daily Alaskan., 1917-06-29
GOSPEL TENT MEETING

Mans Attempt to Change the Law of God will be the subject at the Gospel tent this evening. All are invited to attend this ser vice at 7:45 o'clock.
 w. T. Hilgert,
 Minister.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-06-29

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