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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-02
SPLITTING BELGIUM.
Germans Are Continuing Their Program
of Separating the Nation.

The Hague, Netherlands, Aug 2.-Ths
Germans are steadily carrying out Their
scheme of dividing Belgium into two
parts, comprising the Walloon or French.
speaking and the Flemish provinces re.
spcctively. The past month has seen the
splitting up Of the ministry Of the inte-
rior and the ministry of foreign affairs
leaving only two departments not yet af-
fected, those of finance and of justice.
The Walloon ministries are being
transferred to Namur, the German APP
pointed capital of the French half of
Belgium, the Flemish remaining at Brus-
sells
Where the Belgian officials have re-
fused to lend their cooperation and obey
the German instructions, and this has oc-
CURED In the case Of a number of leading
administrators, such dissenters have been
replaced by men more pliable in German
hands, often chosen from among those
who have lent themselves 10 forwarding
the separation idea or have otherwise
commended themselves to the occupying
power.
According to the Taegliche Rundschau,
each of the projected parts of Belgium is
to have it's own budget.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-02
NEW GRIMM
FAIRY TALE
Conquest Plot from His
Paper in Switzer-
land
SOURCE OF MICHAELIS'
INFORMATION
An Obscure Socialist and a
Pro-German Journal-Vi-
emma to Lead in Peace

Geneva, Aug. 2.-The alleged plans of
the entente allies for conquest, as re-
vealed in the statement of the imperial
German chancellor, DIR. Michaelis, were
obtained from the Berne Tagwacht. They
afford amusement TO the Swiss people
because the Tagwacht is an obscure So
cialist and Germanophile journal, edited
by Robert Grimm, who, some time ago
achieved notoriety and was expelled
from Russia for his connection with Ger
many's efforts to effect a separate peace
with Russia. The Swiss newspapers say
that If Dr. Michaelis bases his informa.
ton on such feeble source as virtual
~ unknown journal, his cause already
is lost in neutral countries, especially in
Switzerland
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-02
COAL PRICES INEXCUSABLE,
Wages of 20 Cents Ton, Prices UP s1.65
to S2.15 in Illinois.

Chicago, Aug. 2.--Drastie action by the
state to curb the high prices of coal was
recommended 10 the Illinois state council
of defense by the council committee
which last week met representatives of
the coal mine operators of Illinois.
The report said; "There is no excuse
for the present high prices of coal in Illi'
nois."
Whether the action would be a request
- for a special session of the legislature to
give greater powers to the council or an
order fixing maximum price was not
announced
The report called attention to the fact
that coal which was selling last year for
Sl.35 ton is now being quoted at 50 to
$3.50 ton. Wages have gone up only 20
cents a ton.
''The increase" the report declares
cannot account for a jump of s2.l5 a
ton in the price of coal at the mines be-
tween July, 1916, and July, 1917. Fed.
eral action has been and may be so long
delayed as to be totally ineffective. II
no other way remains the control of
prices in Illinois alone will be urged and
enforced if necessary"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-02
TURKISH SOLDIERS FARE ILL.
Those in Anatolia Are Poorly Equipped
and Badly officered.

Athens, Aug. --latest Havas dis.
patches from Anatolia say that, after
the abdication of King Constantine, vir-
tuslly all of the Greeks who lived near
the coast were sent to the interior.
The Turkish soldiers in Anatolia are
said to be in bad plight. They are mis-
cellaneously armed-with Mausers, Mar
TINS and almost any available kind of
rifes-and are commanded by German
non. commissioned officers whose rule is
such as to provoke an irritation that can
not be disguised nor concealed.
The situation is the worse for the fact
that the fare of the troops is getting
steadily worse Meat which once was
plentiful and cheap is now almost un-
obtainable because the Germans are said
TO have sent away everything they could
lay hands on, even to dead horses.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-02
MANY WOODEN SHIPS.
New officials Confer with Southern Pine
Growers.

Washington, Aug. 2-Conferences here
yesterday between shipping board Off
cials and southern pine growers disclosed
that the new administration in charge OF
the ship program proposes 10 build large
numbers Of wooden ships as well as steel
ones. Rear Admiral Caps, general man
ager Of the emergency feet corporation,
told the lumbermen the government had
new information 10 spur the program
and asked producers TO increase output
in every possible way. The problem Of
obtaining officers and crews for Ameri-
can ships was discussed at another con
ference. Secretary Redheld said Amer
lean yards now have undertaken con-
struction Of more than 700 ships, ex-
elusive Of those the government viii
build. The representatives Of ship
masters and sesmen promised 10 help OBJ
tain men, but opposed permitting for
signers TO command American ships.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-02
Sporting Notes.

After shutting out the New Bedford
team Monday by the score of 8 to 0
Morey, the Oak Bluffs pitcher, went back
Tuesday and won in thrilling l3.inning
contest by the score of 3 to 2.
Snow, the former Dartmouth athlete
is now located at Fort Monroe, Va
where he has been sent with Brown,
Harte, Soucy and Draper, well known
Harvard athletes, from the Plattsburg
officers school.
The hitting of Meyers, the Brooklyn
catcher, featured Tuesdays game be-
tween Cincinnati and Brooklyn, in which
he was credited with three hits out of
three times at bat, besides securing two
runs.
Pitcher Demaree of the Chicago Ma
tional league team has been traded to
the New York Nationals for Kilduff, an
infelder secured from Omaha last fall
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-02
At ODDS ON CHAN-
CELLOR'S SPEECH
German Papers Take Different Views on
His Idea of Peace--vienna Fremden-
blatt Says Germany Would Fol-
low Austria's Lead.

Copenhagen, Aug, 2.--The semi-official
Vienna Fremdenblatt says it is able to
announce authoritatively that Germany
gladly win act upon peace oyertures
coming by way of Vienna, The Cologne
Gazette, copy of which has been re-
ceiyed here, reproduees the Fremden
blatt's statement.
Skepticism regarding Chancellor Mich
aelis' attitude on annexation is shared
by Theodor Wolff of The Tageblatt, who
declares the chancellor's speech to the
newspaper men left the impression that
abandon the ground taken in the peace
resolution as mistaken stand under the
conditions actually prevailing. Herr
Wolff points to three powerful forces
working against the resolution: namely,
the impotency of the Reichstag to en-
force its will; the possibilities of an
nexation indicated in the phrase "secur-
ity of frontiers" and the constant reiter-
alton by large section of the German
press that the new chancellor has no
thought of peace without annexations.
Count Won Reventlow in his editorial
in Tages Zeitung drops the subject of
peace and calls upon Chancellor Mich
aelis to instiil proper respect for Ger
many among Notwithstanding Hol-
land in particular. The commentator
says he has positive information that at
the moment when Dr. Won Bethmann-
Hollweg had weakly" granted Prussan
franchise reforms Holland was about to
close her frontiers to Germany under the
pressure of Anglo American demands.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-02
GUYNEMER, OUT OF
HOSPITAL, FELLS
FTFTIETH GERMAN
Famous French Ace Of the Air Downs
Two Machines Although Only
Half Cured.

Paris, Aug. 2.--Capt. George Guynem
err, one of Frances leading airmen, has
brought down his 50th German airplane.
The French aviator had been sick in the
hospital in the latter part Of July after
scoring his 46th, 47th and 4sth victims,
but on July IS he returned to duty half
cured with the famous "Stork squad
rilla" and on the same day brought down
one machine north of Ypres, Belgium,
and another, the 5oth, close TO southulst
forest.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-02
MUST SPEED UP, CAPPS
WARNS SHIPBUILDERS
Says That Both the Steel and Wooden
Ships Must Be Built--and
Quickly.

Washington, Aug Both steel and
wooden ships must be built, and built
quickly, Rear Admiral Caps, chairman
of the emergency feet corporation, told
ship builders here yesterday.
MATTERS brought to my attention only
yesterday indicate the vital Importance
of pressing this construction program
We are in this war far more seriously
than a vast majority of people realize"
Capps declared.
The meeting of shipbuilders was called
by Chairman Hurley of the shipping
board following reports that yards were
delaying work to gain more profitable
private schedules.
Every ounce of our strength must go
into the prosecution of this program,
Caps said THE merits of wooden and
steel ships have nothing to do with the
case. Both classes are important in the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-02
COTTON UP $3.50 A BALE
INSIDE OF 10 MINUTES
Government Crop Report, Same as a
Month Ago, Is Considered De-
cidedly Disappointing.

New York, Aug. 2.-The government
crop report, indicating a condition Of
7O.S, or exactly the same as a month ago,
and a yield Of II $4,000 bales, was fol.
lowed by a very excited advance in the
cotton market here. For several DAYS
prices had eased of in expectation that
yesterdays report would show an i'm
proyement Of fully three points as CON-
pared with last months figures. The re-
port consequently came as a general sur
prise. Inside Of 10 minutes there vas
an advance Of approximately $50. with
October delivery selling up from s22.74
to S2s.5o, or leo points, above tuesday
NIGHTS closing price.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-02
GIVING AWAY SLACKERS.
Hundred Letters Day Pour Into De.
partment of Justice.

Washington, Aug. 2.-Letters pouring
into the department of justice from ev.
cry section of the country at the rate
of one hundred 20 two hundred a day,
are reporting men who failed to register
for the draft.
A special corps Of investigators and
clerks is handling the reports, forwarding
them TO the proper officials throughout
the country, and recording the results.
Thus far il has been found that the in
formation in a large percentage of the
letters has been correct, and as a result
of such voluntary aid to the government,
hundreds of slaekers have been placed on
the registration roll. The letters come
from all classes of persons, some Of them
anonymous and a large percentage being
from women.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-02
HOT WAVE MAY LAST A WEEK.
Washington Sees Little Change for I'm
mediate Relief.

Washington, Aug, 2.-Little immediate
relief from the heat wave, which OPP
pressed nearly the entire country, is
promised by the weather bureau. Indiea.
lions are that the hot spell will continue
for a few days, and perhaps run into
next week In few scattered localities
is heat moderation forecast following
thunderstorms yesterday or to-day The
only sections not covered by the heat
wave are the northwest and the Pacific
slope.
Unusually high temperatures were re-
ported over wide area Tuesday, but
few records Were broken. In Philadel-
phia, Kansas City and Concordia, Kan,
the official reading was l02 degrees. Off
cial temperature of 100 degrees was re,
corded at Atlantic City, 90 degrees at
Washington and 9s degrees at New York,
Boston and Chicago
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-02
KILLING HEAT
CONTINUES
Torrid Conditions Prevail
Over the United
States
MANY DEATHS IN NEW
YORK AND CHICAGO
118 Fatalities Reported Up
to Yesterday-Hot Wave
Extends into Canada

Intense heat continued yesterday owe
most of the country and was at it
highest point in the east. New York Cit!
at s O'Clock was sweltering under a TEN
perature of SO degrees, the highest re
corded at that time anywhere in the
United States. Deaths numbering lls
were reported from the five cities, New
York, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia and
Pittsburg. Prostrations numbered near
ly 1000. People were fleeing TO seashore
and mountains by the thousands,
The hot wave extends into Canada and
at Montreal at 8 o'clock the thermometer
registered so degrees against maximum
temperature of rs Tuesday
The highest temperature in the United
States was reported from Red Bluff, Cal,
with l04 degrees.
From central Illinois on the west to
New England on the east, the area of
highest temperatures extended yesterday,
while in other parts of the country the
Thermometer was far above seasonal av-
erage.
There has been some cooling by local
thunderstorms in Iowa, Wisconsin, Mis-
souri, and part of Kansas. Showers are
probable to-day in lower Michigan, In
diana, Ohio and along the Great Lakes.
Elsewhere in the east the high tempera
lures will continue, but there may be
some cooling in the northern portions of
Middle Atlantic states tonight or Fri
day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-02
Sheppard Resolution Passes
u. S. Senate by Vote
of 65 to 20
NOW GOES TO
NATIONAL HOUSE
Measure Provides for Con-
stitutional Nation Wide
Prohibition

Washington, Aug. BY vote Of O.
to 20 the Senate yesterday Afternoon
adopted the Sheppard resolution to sub
init constitutional amendment for ma
tionwide prohibition to the Senate.
When the Senate resumed debate yes
terday the outcome was in doubt. The
Senate had agreed to begin voting ON all
amendments and the resolution itself at
o'clock. Pending was motion calling
for the submission of the proposed con-
stitutional amendment to the states for
ratification by July /, 1923. Unless thus
approved the amendment would become
null and void. If the prohibition amend
ment is passed by two-thirds vote of
the House, it will then have to be rati-
fled by hree-fpurths of all the states.
Senator Calder, the first speaker, an
nounced that he would vote against the
resolution, declaring that in his opinion
it was a question to be determined by
the states. Senator Penrose said he
would vote against the resolution Ere
CARELESS of its merits or demerits." He
pronounced the proposed amendment as
radical and revolutionary" and de-
clared that the question was one which
should be primarily of state concern"
Senator Kenyon of Iowa, supporting
the resolution, said: why do we pros
hibit the b2ys in the army and navy
from having booze and insist that those
who remain at home shall have itY When
they are willing to die for us should We
not be willing to go dry for themi Are
we willing to sacrifice everything in the
country to win the war except beerf"
Senators Myers and Cummins both
'poke in support of the resolution. SEN
ltor Curtis said he favored the Harding
Senator Weeks of Massachusetts, spoke
against the resolution.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-02
LAFOLLETTE AND
GRONNA FORMALLY
JOIN .PACIFISTS
Former Would Elect Men to Repeal Job
noxious" Laws--Latter Says Con-
stitution Remains.

New York, Aug 2.-Senator Robert M
LaFollette of Wisconsin and Senator A.
]. Gronna of North Dakota Tuesday
formally aligned themselves with the
pacifist movement, according to tele-
grams from them given out here Tuesday
night by the peoples council, which is
conducting nationwide propaganda.
Senator LaFollette was quoted as having
wired the council mot to be inundated
by the threats of war traders" but to be-
gin at once TO work for the election of
members of Congress who would stand
for the repeal of obnoxious laws" Sem
ator Gronna, the council announced, had
wired that the Constitution has not been
repealed or suspended"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-02
GIRLS STATEMENT
WILL HELP BARRE

Here is the girls own story: For
years had dyspepsia, sour stomach aud
constipation / drank hot water and
olive oil by the gallon. Nothing helped
until | tried buckthorn bark, glycerine,
etc, as mixed in Adler-i-ka. ONE
SPOONFUL helped me INSTANTLY.
Because Adler-i-ka Pushes the ENTIRE
alimentary tract it relieves ANY CASE
constipation, sour stomach or gas and
prevents appendicitis. 1t has QUICK
EST action of anything we ever sold.
Cummings & Lewis, druggists, 81 North
Main Street.-adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-02
PRESIDENT WINS ON
FOOD CONTROL BILL
Deadlock Broken By Conferees Voting to
Withdraw Senate Amendment
for War Expenditure
Committee,

Washington, Aug. 2.-The deadlock of
the conferees on the administration food
control bill was broken yesterday and
complete agreement reached when the
Senate conferees yielded and consented to
strike out the amendment proposing a
congressional committee to supervise war
expenditure which President Wilson has
opposed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-02
BREAD CARDS WILL
BE ISSUED nv FRANCE
ON SATURDAY
Adults Will Be Given 500 Grammes
Daily, and Children Under Seven
Years 800 Grammes.

Paris, Aug. BREAD cards win be in.
troduced into France on Saturday. The
Journal Officiel, it was announced yes
terday, viii on that day publish a decree
whereby each adult and family head is
to receive card emitting grown persons
to 500 grammes 10 ouncesl of bread
daily. Children under seven years will
be allowed 300 grammes no ouncesl
This ration may be augmented by 200
grammes tsix and one-half ounces) If a
holder of card furnishes sufficient rea-
sons.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-02
HOODS SARSAPARILLA
AND PEPTIRON PILLS

Conditions that are both scrofulous
and anemic are very common. Many
persons whose faces are broken out.
cheeks are pale, and nerves are weak,
suffer from them.
There is an effective, economical rem
edy in the combination of Hoods Sar-
saparilla and Peptiron Pills, one taken
before eating, the other after.
In these medicines taken in this way
the best substances for the blood and
nerves are brought together.-adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-02
SPAIN INTERNS SUB
MARINE: MAKES VAR
APPROPRIATION
Damaged German u. B. % Escorted to
Ferrol By Spanish Tor
pedo Boat.

Madrid, Aug. 2.--The cabinet has ap-
proved credits of $5,eoo,o0o for the war
department and for the improvement in
army corps services.
The German submarine Z. b. %, which
entered the roadstead of Corunna Mon
day in a seriously damaged condition,
has reached Ferrol, II miles northeast of
Corunna, escorted by the Spanish torpe-
do boat Audaz. 1t will be interned there.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-02
KEEP GERMANS OFF BOATS.
New York Police and United States Mar.
shaI Bar Alien Enemies.

New York, Aug. 2.-The police depart.
ment, working in connection with the
Office of United States Marshal McCar-
Thy, yesterday took steps 20 keep all
Germans and alien enemies Of al boats
and piers in the southern district Of New
York, which extends from the battery in
this city to Albany
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-02
STANDING OF THE CLUBS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results.

At Boston-Chicago 4, Boston o.
At New York-St. Louis-New York,
rain.
At NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 9, Phila.
delphis 5.
At Washington-Washington S, De.
troit 4 fl3 inningsl.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-02
LIBERTY LOAN PUBLICIST.
Oscar A. Price Appointed Director by
McAdoo.

Washington, Aug. Oscar A. Price of
West Virginia, auditor for the interior
department, has been appointed publicity
director of the Liberty loan by Secretary
MeAdoo.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-02
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results.

At Chieago-Boston- Chicago, rain.
At Cincinnsti-Brooklyn 6, Cincinnati
2.
At Pittsburg-New York 3, Pittsburg
l.
At st. Louis-Philadelphia 2, ST. Loui.
| 10 innings.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-02
KILLS 80 CLEVELAND BABIES.
Heat Beyond All Records at Noon and
Temperature 1o1 Degrees.

'11Pot"e1'S 1oT - ebIN00'
Cleveland, o., Aug. All previous rec
ords for infant mortality were broken
yesterday by the death from heat pros.
tration of fifteen babies up to noon, max
ing thirty for the last two days The
government kiosk registered l0l degrees
at o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-24
MUST SOLVE COAL
PROBLEM BEFORE
is, CAN WIN WAR

PITTSRURGH. Oct. o3-Eliminate
the labor agitatorS from the coal fleids.
prohibit by presidential decree the sell
ing OF liquor within five miles or any
coal mine. give coal shipments prefer
ence on the railroads over all other
kinds Of freight. with the exception OF
food and government supplies. ana let
every oprrator corporate with 1ederal
Fuel administrator H. A. Garfield. 2nd
thu, shortage Of coal will be ended. de-
clarc,l more than 1000 coal operators
r.nrescnlInS practically every field OF
consequence in the country in addresses
and in resolutions adopted at meet
ing here today under III" auspices OF
rhc National Coal association.
Fuel Administrator Garfield in an ad-
dress before the operators pleaded for
leaders of the industry to lay aside all
differences and get behind PRESIDENT
Wilson in the fight against Germany.
He made no reference to any possible
increases in coal prices by the govern
men, or to tn" demands OF the miners in
the. Pennsylvania. Ohio and Illinois
firldS for increased wages.
l'nl-ss the coal problem is solved and
solved speedily. the operators agreed.
thu United States will be- greatly ham,
psrsd in the war
Will. no action was taken on tho
labor question. 1t was considered by the
meeting and treated in II number Of ad-
dresses. Conscriptiou Of labor if tho
{Ccnttnued on Page Twelve.)
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-24
'DNE THOUSAND WEST VIRGINIA
DRAFTED MEN TRANSFERRED
n HATT|E5BURG CANT0NMENT.
Men Sent From Camp Lee Will Be Used In Strengthening
the National Guard Units at Camp Shelby-West
Virginians at Petersburg Go "lnto Trenches"

CAMP LEE PETERSBURG, Var Oct. 23-One thousand West
Virginia training here will be transferred in the m
Camp Shelby Hattiesburg Mississippi where they
fill up the ranks Of the West Virginia National Guard
hcre Orders have been received here from
division headquarters announced that the to be sent
attesburg will be taken from the Eighth and Tenth training ba
taiOnS.
The troops camp will be in the renchesnot on the
France but in thcky wooded section of Peters
Virginia. engineers busy constructing trenche
under direction Belgian and French officers Just as the
trenches are ready the soldiers will move staging sham
night The men live the trenches that when they
finally reach the fighting front the ground life will not be new to
them. -, @
The West Virginia Hattiesburg include Com
non 30 and expected to leave early next week SIX
ten men of each company will remain here to assist in training new
yas These companies re from Wheeling and the counties OF
Ohio Brooke Hancock shall and others in the northwestern Sec
ton of the State .
Battery F. 34th Field Artillery (West Vrgina was quaran-
fined dav because typhoid fever in the barracks
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-24
MISREPRESENTATION Of THE LIBERTY LOAN
W0ULO DISGRACE THE AMERICAN NATION


The least service OF patriotism
that any man or woman VINO
STAYS al home can perform Is to
lend their money ia his or her
own government on impregnaole
security at four per cent interest.
They risk nothing, while the
soldier risks all.
have visited some Of the great
camps in the west where thou
sands Of splendid American
young men are training for the
army. They are setting an ex-
ample which the civilian popoula-
ton would do well to emulate. Our
brave soldiers are not only Civ.
Ing up their families, all their
material interests. and putting
their lives in the balance. but they
are actually subscribing from
meager pay to the bonds Of their
own government in larger
amount per capita than the civil
lian population.
The failure Of one Liberty loan
would destroy the government
credit. undermine confidence, I'M
peril prosperity and disgrace US
in the eyes Of the world. The
patriotic people Of the forty-eight
states of the union must make
such a disaster impossible.
When the sun sets on the even
inC Of Liberty day ten million
Americans should have registered
their subscriptions TO the second
Liberty loan.