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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-01
CAN'T DO THE WORK

It's too much to try to work
every day against a constant,
dull backache, or sudden darting
pain in the small of the back. Be
rid of it. Try Doan's Kidney
Pills. Your neighbors recon-
mend them.
Mrs. n. W. Nelson. 20 Merchant street
Barre, says: "A severe attack of the
grip left my kidneys in weakened con-
dition. The slightest Homework tired
me, and after was on NV feet for hours.
sharp pains across my back compelled me
TO stop and rest Other complications
came on and had trouble with nv kid
neys. / paid out over one hundred dol
lars for doctors bills and other medicines
but got no relief. became discouraged
until someone advised me to try Doan's
Kidney Pills. They stopped the trouble
in short time and rid me Of the dan
gerous attack" Statement given No
vember 10, 1905.
OVER SIX YEARS LATER. Mrs. Mel
son said; II still use Deans Kidney
Pills now and then and find them as ex-
cellent - when I first recommended
them
6oc az all dealers. Poster MfIburn Co,
Mrs Buffalo. y. ADV.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-01
Cut a Cord of Wood.

State Fuel Administrator Hugh j. NJ
Jones of Montpelier is making a serious
appeal to all Vermonters to save Goa
and prepare for the necessity of usins
wood for fuel.
The method is simple enough-eacl
citizen to cut a cord of wood himself OF
order one cut at his expense.
As the Herald has pointed out, there
is plenty of wood in Vermont woodlots
but the whole problem is one of labor
and, unless some Jail labor can be re-
leased and so employed, it is squarely
up to the citizen to do his bit by per
sonal effort.
There are lot of Vermonters. whose
work keeps them indoors, who would he
much better for the healthful exercise
of pulling one end of crosscut saw or
swinging an axe for an hour or so each
day, and there are plenty of owners of
woodlots who would be glad to furnish
the raw material-at a price.
The difficulty lies in getting the man
with the unworked muscles and the man
with the unworked woodlot together.
Who is the first volunteer to offer a
woodlot TO patriotic indoor workers who
need abnormal reconstruction and whose
arms and backs and shoulders need de-
yelopment and strengthening?
Who's the first easy-chair enthusiast to
tackle his bit of cutting a cord of wood
for the good of his country and the bene-
fit of his health Rutland Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-01
Clean UP Your Collections.

The biggest war loan ever taken IN
has just been tremendously oyersub-
scribed 1t is an object lesson of the un
precedented distribution of ready money
in plentiful supply To the business
man this means collect up closely while
the going is good There is neither
rhyme nor reason for anyone now to
carry big book full of open accounts.
That old fashioned habit of lazily hold
ing over vast sums in accounts receivable,
and borrowing money at the bank to
meet the most pressing bills has got to
be banished from present day methods
along with a whole lot of old fashioned
cobwebs. A complete new order of bust
ness procedure has been born, and must
be promptly recognized and adopted to
prevent future regrets. Get busy with
the first great idea of the new order by
cleaning up collections and keeping
cleaned up. This will provide the means
for prompt payment and the discount
ing of bills. 1t is easy to Join in the ris-
ing current of snappy business activity
right now, because it is being done in
every line Of trade. The oceans of mon
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-01
GOAL NEEDS
OF ALLIES
Italy Requires 100000 Tons
for Its Rail
roads
TO GET A SUPPLY
FROM AMERICA
English Householders Are
Placed on Fuel
Rations

Rome, Zee. Italy needs 100000 tons
of coal to run its railroads, munitior
| factories and war industries. Virtually
no coal is required for domestic purposes
since heating has been suppressed except
| in public buildings. Cooking is done with
gas or charcoal, the latter native prod
uct. The prices of charcoal average $50
a ton retail.
As the government controls the distri-
button of the coal. no commercial prices
are quoted, though the average whole
sale price of cheap grades has been from
SIS to $50 ton. Through arrangement
with the British government, Italy's sup
ply is being kept up, the annual coal and
coke importation being around s,000,0 600
tons.
ltaly's coal supply is 40 short that dur
ing the past summer more than 1000
square miles of forests were cut for use
as frewood and in the preparation of
charcoal. More than 100000 tons of lig-
mite was mined, both wood and Ignite
being used at present industrially, also
on slow trains and switch locomotives.
1t is impossible to use such material for
passenger trains, which have been under
great pressure for months due to mill
tary movements.
An effort is being made to obtain i'm
ports of coal from the United States, and
the entire subject will be covered in a
special report to the American represen-
tatives at the Paris conference,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-01
FUEL ECONOMY IN FRANCE.
Coal Allotted by Card with Limit In
Quantity and Price Fixed

Paris, Dec l-Strict economy in the
use of coal in France is necessary this
winter in order to avoid a shortage. This
is being accomplished by the issuance OF
coal cards by which an amount is allot-
ted to each family with a limit of 264
pounds a month for families up to four
persons.
Prices for household coal have been
fixed by the Chamber of Commerce, while
the prices for that used for central heat
ing are fixed by the projects of the va
rious departments. The latest prices
quoted in Paris for consignments of 1000
Kilograms (2.204 poundsl follow;
Ungraded coal, $50; coke, $50; com
pressed coal dust, S34, and anthracite
coal S4S75.
The price for anthracite is merely
nominal, as none Of that grade can be
obtained
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-01
NUX, IRON, PEPSIN
AND SARSAPARILLA

The combination of two great medi.
cines, Hoods Sarsaparilla and Peptiron
by taking them in conjunction, one be-
fore eating and the other after, brings
into cooperation the above.named sub
stances, best for the blood, nerves and
digestive organs,
This combination is especially recon-
mended in cases that are scrofulous, or
rheumatic, anemic and nervous, or where
the blood is both impure and pale, de-
ficient in iron--one of the most common
disease conditions of the present day.
In cases where a laxative is needed,
Hoods Pills should be taken. They work
in perfect harmony with Hoods Sarsa
parilla and Peptiron, and are mild and
efficient.-Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-01
PACKING HOUSE MEN
THREATEN TO STRIKE
Discharge of 90 Union Workers From
Swift Subsidiary Brings
Crisis.

Chicago, Dec. samuel Gompers
president of the American Federation of
Labor, has been notified that representa-
tives of international unions have or
dered strike vote by 10000 packing
house employees. The vote, which is re-
turnable within 10 days, does not, it is
pointed out, necessarily mean a strike,
but will authorize union officials to call
one should they fail in the negotiations
which they are now conducting with the
packers.
This crisis" said John Fitzpatrick,
president of the Chicago Federation of
Labor, yesterday. developed from the
discharge of 80 union workers from Lib
by, Mcneil & Libby, Swift subsidiary,
and the refusal of the packers to meet
of the union in confer
enee."
The workers demand an increase of 80
per cent in wages and an eight hour day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-01
EVERY MEAL A
POISONOUS INJECTION

Few folks suffering from kidney and bladder
troubles ever think that the meals which they
are taking fastening their death. Every
morsel of food taken gives UP its quantity Of
uric acid. This poison is taken into the
system through diseased condition of the
kidneys and bladder, In the healthy man ma
ture provides outlet for this poison Those
in il-health must take a medicinal help to
drive this death-dealing poison from the sys-
TEN. For. 200 years GOLD MEDAL
Haarlem Oil Capsules have been doing this
work. They effect prompt relief in all dis
arising from kidney and bladder troubles
Don't put off this vital matter OF attending TO
your health until it is time to make your
funeral arrangements. Get box of GOLD
MEDAL HARLEM OIL Capsules to-day Look
for the genuine. Your druggist sells them
They are guaranteed or money refunded. In
sist GOLD MEDAL Brand.-Adv
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-01

Ioru noDlnSous july otn, l5l0.
eve have used Fruit-a.tives in
our house for over three years and have
always found them a good medicine.
Our lille girl, Hattie. was troubled witA
kidney Disease. The Doctor said she
was threatened with Dropsy. Her limbs
and body were all swollen and we began
to think she could not live. Finally, we
decided to try "Fruit-a-tives". She
began TO sAow i,npyoOementat 1ey ne had
gfssn her a. fer tablets. In a short time,
the swelling had al gone down and her
flesh began to look more natural. Now
she is the healkAiest one in The family
and has no signs of the old ailment.
We can not say too much for "Fruit-a-
tives" and would never be without
them.
WILLIAM WARREN,
50c. box, for $3.50, trial size, 25c.
At all dealers or sent postpaid on
receipt ofprice by Fruit-a-tivesL Limited,
Ogdensburg, New York.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-01
COAL RATI0NS IN ENGLAND.
Prices Fixed and Allowances for Houses
of Different Sizes Set

London, Dec Goal for domestic
purposes here has been rationed and
prices have been fixed. The prices range
from Sl0.37 for the best grade down to
1915 for poorer grades. The prices vary
according to the distance from central
London.
A weeks ration for the six winter
months is for four-room house, 200
pounds and five and six rooms, 800
pounds, for a seven-room house a ton a
month; eight rooms, 1900 pounds; nine
and ten rooms, 2,700; II and II rooms,
5000; l3. IA and Is rooms, two tons,
and over Il rooms, two tons and half.
The summer allowance is half the winter
quantity in each case. Delivery is re-
strirted to two tons, followed by fort
nightly ration.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-01
BERKMAN BRIEFS FILED.
Says the Paramount Question Is Wheth.
er Conscientious Directors Can Jailed.

Washington, Dec. LIN briefs filed
with the supreme court yesterday sup.
porting their appeal from convictions for
conspiring against the draft law, En-
ma Goldman and Alexander Berkman
declare the paramount question before
the court is whether those who claim
conscientious objection to participation
in the war may be made to suffer prison
penalties for their views. Various other
legal contentious are advanced. among
them that the law is species of "des-
potism" and ''tyrannical power"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-01
What the Women of France Are Doing

Maude Radford Warren says in the De-
cember Woman's Home Companion:
I'm sense, every woman in France
is nurse and a mother to the soldiers.
In Paris the Care du Nord is the railroad
station to which the French soldiers come
on their Burroughs, and from which they
pass back to the front. Early in the
war; Madame Courcol, a brilliant and
charming Parisienne who was doing can
teen work in the Care du Nord, realized
that the Care had no place where the
soldiers could really rest. Figure it,
Madamel' she exclaimed, her great brown
eyes flashing; these poor boys enter
Paris at all hours of the day and night,
some of them having to wait several
hours in the meantime with no place to
go. And so | talked and begged. The
railroad authorities gave me large
basement room here in the Care, and my
friends did the rest. Seventy five beds,
Madame, and it is rare, indeed, that one
is vacant, and only too often the men are
sleeping on the table. My enterprise
lives from hand TO mouth, from day to
day.
"And who, standing in that dim room,
looking at the sleeping men, would not
De cldd 10 give lnefe INey lie, those
blue figures. with their pale worn faces,
their great packs beside them, the heroes
who are saving France and us. Such
weary, brave faces, SUCH sudden smiles
when they awake And Madame Cour
col moves among them, dressed in white,
handsome, vigorous, motherly; she puts a
hand on this mans shoulder, pats the
cheek of that one. sweeps them smiling
" wherever she wants them to go-snd
they adore her. When the long, long
train steams out slowly. taking the men
hack to the front. they lean out of the
windows and cheer and wave, brave fell
lows that they are There are none OF
their wives or mothers or sweethearts on
the platform; that would be too bard 20
be borne. There are few American girls /
from the American Fund for French /
Wounded. with goodbye gifts Of com /
fort -bags; and there is Madame Cour- |
col Many and many homesick boy. 1
who can only get to Paris on leave, not 4
TO his own far province. carries away the /
memory Of her as the best thing be can 4
take back TO the front. Many a man 4
watches that white figure on the plat
form until il IL only a little white dot
As long as any soldier can possibly see
her Madame COurcol waves and smiles
When the train Is out Of sight, she
SeePs-'
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-01
WOULD FOLLOW WILSON.
"Uncle Joe" Willing to Vote for War
Against Austria

Washington, Dec Am immediate
declaration of war against Austria, Tur-
key and Bulgaria will be Forthcoming il
the president desires it, said Representa-
tive "Uncle Joe" Cannon yesterday.
He predicted that Congress would
promptly authorize all necessary appro-
priations to carry the war to a success
full close. He declined to comment on
the question of Republican leadership in
the House raised by the illness of Mi
nority Leader Mann.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-01

Norway is facing fat shortage and
the nation will have to be rationed.
As for fuel, the people are put on ra-
tions, except those who can take care
of themselves and afford to pay the prices
for coal and coke imported from Great
Britain.
Everybody asks, why does not the
government entirely stop export if there
by more favorable importing conditions
can be established with the allies ?" But
no official answer is given.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-01
TO ADJUST LABOR PROBLEMS.
L. c. Marshall Will Head Bureau of De
tense Council.

Washington, Dec. IL. c. Marshall of
the University of Chicago was appointed
yesterday chief of new industrial sec
ton in the council of national defense to
adjust labor supply to war needs.
"Diution" of labor, including intro
duction of women into munitions fac
tories. will be one of the problems inves-
tigated by Mr.. Marshall.
The present and future demands for
labor in war industries, priority labor
problems and arrangements for supply
ing war workers also will come under
the new bureaus activities.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-01
Who Will Claim Them?

Letters remaining uncaled for at the
Barre postoffice for the week ending Nov
80 were:
Men-Charles Ayers, j. Calleja, j.
Mowbray, Alphonse Magnam, r. MORN,
V. Sereduk Luigi Tomasini
Women--Mrs Trudell Briggs t2l Mrs.
Edward Burgen, Mrs John Charley, Miss
Annie Rivoir, Mrs. Vap Ruegun.
81 North street.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-01
YEAR nv JAIL, FINED
$500 FOR OPPOSING
ENLISTMENT
Sentence Imposed on E. B. Ford and His
Wife in Rice County,
Mimi

st. Paul, Mimi, Dec. lie. B. Ford
and his wife, Elizabeth, found guilty yes
terday of publishing articles in the Fari-
bault Referendum which would tend to
discourage enlistments, were sentenced in
the Rice county court to pay fines OF $500
each and to serve a year each in jail.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-01

ey must be utilized by the business men
and kept turning over and over; it must
not be allowed to stagnate in the old
credit system that was never any good
Whenever you collect a bill or settle
your accounts with payments in full you
are helping TO turn over legitimately the
oversupply of money, which is at the
moment this eountry's most difficult
financial problem.-Ameriean Stone
Trade.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-01
EXPLOSION KILLS FOUR MEN.
One of the Buildings of British Chemical
Co. at Trenton. Ont. DESTROYED.

Trenton, Ont, Dec. -Four workmen
were killed and two injured in an explo-
sion in one of the buildings of the Brit
ish Chemical company here early yester-
day. The building was destroyed in a
fire which followed
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-01
BIG DEMAND,
FOR TEACHERS
Not in Years Has Vermont
Had So Many
Calls
NAMES OF THOSE
ELIGIBLE WANTED
New State Dentist Is Re-
ported to Be Doing Good
Work in Dorset.

Not in wears has Vermont been 50
short of teachers as it is at the present
time and Commissioner OF Education M
B. Hillegas has sent letters to all OF the
union superintendent urging that II they
know of any person who is qualified tc
teach the information be hurried to Mr.
Hllegas' office. This request is also
applicable to the public in general for there
is ample opportunity for persons who
have taught or can qualify to teach. The
reason for the shortage of teachers IS
that for various reasons many have ieft
the teaching staff of Vermont schools to
90 to other states while many of the
male instructors have gone into military
or other federal service. For instance, a
few DAYS SINCE the head of a high school
near Burlington went elsewhere and the
position had to be filled from the Bur
lngton school, causing vacancy there.
DR.. i. +. johnson, who was recently
appointed dentist for work in the ru-
raj schools of the state under the SUI
pervision of Commissioner OF Education
Hillegas, is meeting with success IN Dor
set. where he started the work Nov. 10,
and is nearing the completion IN that
town. He finds the parents, as well as
the children, enthusiastic about the care
of their teeth. His report to Mr.. Hille'
gas shows that us filings have been
made; rs pieces of prophylaxis work have
been done; five lectures have been made,
and teeth drills have been organized.
Supt. N. N. Love, who has charge OF
the work in that school union, in his re-
H. ntal hat nr
johnson was making a hit, that he APP
pears to know how to approach the sub
iect with the best result, is good mixer
and is liked by the children.
DR.. G. F. Dalton, secretary of the state
board of health, and DR.. Williams. pres
ident of the Vermont Dental associa- |
ton, visited DR.. johnson in Dorset a few
days since and DIR. Dalton's report is an
interesting letter in which he states that |
he found but one family that objected to |
DIR. Johnsons work and that was due to
ignorance of the effort which the state
is making and probably will be overcome
before long.
Dorset being the first town, it has been
watched with no small amount of inter.
est by those who have urged the in
struction to children and parents regard
ing the necessity of good teeth for chill
dren.
State Agriculture Instructor Arrives.
Prof. H. H. Gibson the new professor
of agriculture arrived in Montpelier
Thursday and is stopping at the Pavilion
until he can locate a residence. Mrs.
Gibson and two daughters came with him.
Mr.. Gibson has charge of the agriculture
training in the schools of Vermont under
the appropriation of the Smith Hughes
fund from the federal government
New Plans for Dormitory.
The architect has drafted the new /!
plans on the new dormitory of the school
at Randolph Center and the committee
from the educational department will 90
over them so that the bids win be called
for again. The first ones were rejected
because they overran the appropriation,
$4,000
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-01
Learn To Prevent
AsWeuAsHeal
Skin Troubles
With Cuticura

How much better to prevent
skin suffering by using Cuticura
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-01
State Agriculture Instructor Arrives.
New Plans for Dormitorv.

The architect has drafted the new
plans on the new dormitory of the school
at Randolph Center and the committee
from the educational department will go
over them so that the bids win be called
for again. The first ones were rejected
because they overran the appropriation,
$4,000
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-10-12
French RepuIse Attacks.
PLAN TO INSPECT
CROPS TO SETTLE
SALE DISPUTES

In an effort to settle dispute be-
tween buyer and seller of farm prod
ucts the office of farm markets at
Pullman has put into effect a system
whereby the department can Judge
the merit Of contentious of the part
les, according to an announcement
by Asher Hobson, director.
AS the thing stood before the Of
flee was supposed to settle disputes
between the parties and in many ca,
SEES complaint did not reach them un-
til the goods had been disposed of
or were past any chance Of determ,
lining in what condition they reach.
ed the buyer.
Under the new plan cooperative
horticultural inspectors will inspect
any farm products at any market in
the state upon request of buyer or
seller, making no charge for the ser
vice unless it is necessary to incur
travelling expenses.
The inspector will issue cert
ificate of quality to both the buyer
and seller and, If dispute then
arises the office can deal intel
ligently with the subject.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-10-12
MARKET REPORT
Chicago.


Corn-No. 2 yellow, $1.S7 a 1877; No.
8 yellow, $1.971a; No. yellow, NOM
inal.
Oats-No. 3 white, 6O1a a 61s4c;
standard, 61@ 621hc.
Rye-No 2, $1.S7.
Barley-$1.20@1.4
Timothy-$6.50@7.5
Clover-$17@22
Hogs-Firm at yesterdays average
to SC higher. Bulk, $1S.55 a 1915;
light, s1s.1O@196O; mixed and heavy.
= s1S.15@19.60; rough, $1S.15@ 1885;
pigs, $14@17.90.
Cattle-Weak. Native beef cattle,
s7.2O@7.65; western steers, $6.40@15;
stockers and feeders, $6.25 q 11.50;
$S.50@16.
Sheep - Strong. Wethers, $1,000
10; lambs, $13.50@1S.60.
Butter-Unchanged.
Eggs-Lower. Firsts, 36@3613c;
ordinary firsts, 35c 1ac; at mark,
cases included, 35@37Rc.
New York.
Raw sugar steady; centrifugal,
5000; molasses, 6.02c; refined steady;
fine granulated, $685. $500.
Spot coffee dull; Rio Is, size; San
tos As, 9Ac. The cost and freight
situation was reported unchanged,
with fair to good roasting Santos As
offered at SC, London credits.
Portland.
Cattle-Steady. Best beef steers, 50
@9.75; good beef steers, $7.50@8.75;
best beef cows, $6.75@7.50; ordinary
to good cows, $4@675; best heifers,
sos; bulls, $4@6.55; calves, $40
$50; stocker and feeder steers, $40
IT'S.
Hogs-Lower. Prime light, $17.65
@17.75; prime heavy, $3.50 @17.65;
pigs, $15.5O@17; bulk, $17.50@1775.
Sheep = Steady. Western lambs,
$135O@14; valley lambs, $12.75@
1850; yearlings, $11.25@11.5O; weth-
ers, $11@115O; ewes, $S@9.50.
Butter - Prints, extras, 4S@49c;
cubes, extra, 47c; prime firsts, 451ac;
dairy, 3512c.
November oats, $50 bid; feed bar
ley, $50 bid; brew barley, $3.50.