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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-12
WATCH FOR MITES
on NEW POULTRY STOCK
Investigations Show This Pest, as Well
as Lice, Is Carried on Bodies of
Fowls.

Washington, ID. C., Sept. l2.-Chicken
mites, the night pest Of poultry, may
not always leave the fowls before day.
light, as commonly supposed, but may
remain in the feathers in such numbers
as to make poultry possible carriers of
this pest to uninfested places. This fact
was brought out recently by an ento-
mologist of the u, S. department of ag-
riculture in the course OF study of the
life history and habits of the chicken
mite, undertaken to discover principles
on which combatiye measures might be
based. A report Of the study, which in
cludes much other information of inter
est TO poultrymen, has just been pub
THE Chicken Mite Its Life, History and
Habits" by II. p Wood.
To prevent the introduction of this Sc.
rious pest In mite free hocks by means
Of new stock, the specialist suggests
these precautions: New stock not known
to be free OF mites should be isolated
the first few nights and allowed to roost
on new roosts wrapped with pieces of
folded paper. The object of using the pa
per is to furnish convenient place for
mites to hide The paper should be ex-
amined and if mites are found the fowls
should be kept on these roosts five or six
days, or until no more mites come off the
fowls. Removing and destroying the pa
pers and treating the roosts thoroughly
with kerosene or crude oil, will prevent
an infestation.
Methods Of combating this pest, as an.
nounced recently in farmers bulletin sol.
include the spraying of the roosts and
living quarters with crude petroleum or
coal tar products. One of the most effec-
tive sprays is so-called wood preserver.
consisting Of anthracene oil with zine
chloride added. The cost Of this spray is
about 81 a gallon but twice the quantity
may be obtained by reducing with equal
parts of Kerosene.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-12
HELPS KEEP GAME CLEAN.
Umpire Leads a Sorry Life. but Is I'm
portant Cog in Baseball.

Pushed into the background, unnoticed
but performing his duty day after day
the umpire leads sorry life. "But HI
has the satisfaction Of knowing II is HI
and no other who has upheld the integ
rity of baseball, kept il free from suspi
cion all the days OF its existence de
elared one of the oldest arbiters in the
game recently.
Don't show me an umpire" he said
"who never was threatened with vio'
lence at the hands OF bunch of rabid
baseball bugs. lie isn't real umpire
The close ones have TO go against some
body, and man who makes all his close
ones count for the home club is bad
man for the game.
Baseball players will cheat because
that's what they're taught TO do. They
will cut a base il they can. They will do
anything they think they can get away
with. The home fan calls him a smart
man, cute and clever, and the umpire
has to watch these slips. He's got TO
make that man walk the line right. It's
the man out there in blue, reviled by the
fans unnotieed when good things are said
of the game, that is keeping this game
clean.
II walked into the gate of baseball
park one day as woman and child
entered. She saw me and laughed at me
and she actually told the little boy to
laugh at me. She was teaching that
child to call the umpires robbers when he
grows up It's disgusting.
but so long as baseball is the hard,
tight affair that il is now; so long as
the public wants to see the hard-fought
games, it's going to be that way. A
ball player will fight till he drops to win
|, point in baseball game. Only the
umpire is expected to have clear head
He has to have the nerve TO enforce the
rules of the game every time something
happens. No matter what 1t is, he bias
only one course TO take-the right-6ne.
It certainly is he who is keeping the
game free from criticism
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-12
UNWRITTEN LAF
WINS nv BRITAIN
Saves Army Lieutenant Douglas NAL
colin Who Killed Slack

London, Sept IA British jury yes,
terday afternoon Endorsed the plea that
a soldier is justified in killing slack.
err who remains home and seeks to dis.
honor the soldiers wife. Lieut. Doug
las Malcolm, Royal artillery, was ac.
quilted of blame for the murder of An.
ton Baumberg, alias Count de Borch, -
under such conditions.
Malcolms plea involved the unwritten
law.
The crown closed its case against the
young soldier when Prosecutor Muir de.
clared that there was no evidence that
Baumberg attacked Malcolm and there
fore the crime was irreducibly murder
and not manslsughter. He urged the
jury not to base its verdict on conjec-
ture.
Opening for the defense, Attorney ST.
mon declared:
we do not appeal TO the uwritten
law, but only to justice. Lieut.. Nal
colin acted the only course open to him
to save not only his wifes honor. but
her body and soul from destruction at
the hands of an Infamous scoundrel,"
Crown testimony showed that Nal
colin thrashed the Count when he dis
covered his ATTEMPTS to ALLEVIATE Mrs.
Malcolm, and sought to make him fight
a duel in France Malcolm's own words
TO the police officer to whom he surren
dered were that he went to Baumberg's
rooms to thrash him a second time, but
found him such a cur and coward
that he lost control Of himself in think
ing such dog was Turing my wife TO
dishonor. He shot Baumberg while the
Count" lay in bed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-12
BAND WINS PRAISE
Vermont Musicians Doing Splendidly at
Westfield Camp.

Camp Bartlett, Westfield, Mass, Sept
l2.-The chief topic of conversation here
is the weather 1t is bitterly cold or
Hampton plains. Even the extra hours
of drill do not keep the men warm. They
shivered throughout Monday night, con
tinued to SILVER during the day. The
men were forced To don overcoats
throughout Monday and yesterday. Many
of the troops are not equipped with wool
en- clothing and cotton khaki is not much
at keeping ont chill blasts.
Officers have installed stoves in their
tents, and in the depot brigade the ma
jority of the tents are equipped with the
Sibley field stoves This has enabled
them TO keep more comfortable than the
men comprising the units in the SD bri-
gade Wooden suits have been issued
partially, as has much of the heavier un-
derwear. The equipment Is beginning to
come in faster, and in two or three days
more it is expected the entire camp viii
be equipped with the winter clothing
issues. The overcoats have been given
to the men. Without them they would
have suffered extremely under the low
temperature of the last two or three
days.
Drills were cut short in the l03d in
fantry and Maine heavy artillery Mon
day morning to give the men an opportu-
nifty TO vote on the adoption of the wom-
an suffrage amendment in their state.
Otherwise they were extended through
out the camp for an hour longer than
usual. There was much instruction in
extended order work by companies
Formal ceremonies were limited to guard
mount and battalion parade in the l04th
and guard mount by the LIST
Vermont infantry in the camp of the de-
pot brigade The NSermonters went
through their task in brisk, snappy man
ler and their band proved revelation
10 those who heard it.
1t is without doubt the best musical
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-12
SPORTING NOTES

I President johnson of the American
league has been called to st. Louis by
the request of Phil Ball of the St. Louis
team in regard to the damage suit
against Ball filed by Lavan and Pratt
of the team, whom Ball charges with
laying down" in the recent Chicago
st. Louis series. Each player asks for
$4,000. President johnson states that
the term laying down" used by Ball
meant their indifference to play and said
that no official action would be taken.
Between the games of Mondays dou-
ble-header between Brooklyn and New
York, which was attended by the 18th,
list and ed New York regiments, Clark
Griffith, manager Of the Washington
American league team, presented each
regiment with a complete baseball out
fit
Heavy hitting marked the second game
of Mondays double bill between Boston
and Philadelphia, when the former team
secured IA hits off Lavender of the latter
club. Rheg led the smuggling with a dou
Bile, triple and two singles to his credit
in five times at bat. Smith secured
triple and two singles in five times at
bat Smith secured triple and two sin
giles to his credit out of four trips to the
plate. Manager Moran presented Grip
pied line-ups in both encounters, this be-
ing caused by the illness of Niehoff added
to the injuries of the other players.
The Haverhill high school football
squad has two huskies in the persons of
Ralph Mulioli, who weighs 225 pounds
and is six feet two inches tall at the age
of 10 years, and Ambrose Sinotte aged
Is years, who tips the scales at 23s
pounds and is five feet 10 inches in
height Both these huskies, in spite of
their weight, are fast on their feet. The
team is composed of "a players, II of
whom are of last years team.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-12
NEW ARMoR DEVICE.
Is Interesting the Dutch General staff
and Others.

The Hague, Netherlands, Sept. IL
The Dutch general staff as we'll as one or
two foreign military attaches, are evinc-
! ing considerable interest in a new ar
NOR material devised by an inventor
here.
| Broadly stated. the principle on which
it is based is that of distributing the
pressure of projectiles and explosives as
rapidly as possible with the aid Of a
particular material specially fitted for
that task The armor consists of sys-
tenn of double plates with more or less
space between them according to the ma
ture OF the projectiles it is intended to
serve against. Such space is filed with
a material which is very similar to sand,
but is of extremely fine specific gravi-
ty, easily absorbs heat and has a high
melting point, SO that the. separate
grains do not change their form even
at high temperatures. 1t is likewise in a
great measure resistant to the operation
of acids.
Specifically regarded, the device
shows considerable similarity to the ex-
listing armor plate system, whereby
filling of sand is introduced between
two solid plates with the object of
smothering the projectile in its course
and thus rendering it innocuous; but
demonstrations are said to have clearly
shown a difference, The inventor ex
poets great deal of his new protective
armor as a defense against aerial bomb
attacks, believing that it will prove ca
pable of resisting the biggest projectilcs.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-12
SAYS THEY'LL GO
RIGHT THROUGH
American Officer Thinks Our
Men Will Smash
Line
1T WILL BE NO
CHILD'S PLAY
But Confidence Is Expressed
That the Yankee Sol
diers Can Do 1t

An Atlantic Port, Sept l2-Sever
United States army officers, promoted
20 majors or lieutenant colonies, returned
here yesterday on n French steamship
from the American training camp IN
France, to take commands IN The ma
tional army and teach the new men III
modern methods IT warfrc
I'VE will 90 right through that Ger
man line" said a lieutenant colonel in
answer to a question as to the rondi-
ton Of the troops in the American ex.
peditionary force.
The morale of the American troops
was wonderful" the officer declared
and every man, from the youngest re.
cruit up to the veterans who had seen
service in the Philippines and Mexico,
was anxious for the day to arrive when
they could take their places on the front.
ut will be no child's play, though
he continued II was for a time with a
French regiment through which more
than $4,000 men have passed since the
war began II is simply business of
the army working in unity, and mis-
take means disaster.
1--WE will break that German line.
however, just as soon as we get a
sufficient number of men, and once we
are started we viii go right through
it,"
The lieutenant colonel, who declined
to allow his name to be used. said that
he has been under actual fire on the
French and British front for more than
six weeks, and that he had even made
ventures out into NO Mans Land" un-
Ter cover of darkness in company with
French officers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-12
THE MEN AT AVER.
New Englanders in Training for the
National Army.

Aver, Mass, Sept l2.-With the un.
expected approach of cold weather, and
the prediction of frost last night, or
ders were issued yesterday TO expedite
the work of installing the heating plant
at Camp Devens so that the 1000 New
England members of the drafted army
might be afforded every protection
against weather conditions that are be-
ginning to feel almost like winter. An
abundant supply of blankets was pro.
yided Monday night. There was much
interest in camp over the announcement
that Gov Mccall would review the Mas
sachusetts troops and deliver an adj
dress yesterday afternoon. The COVER
nor spoke at 4:30 o'clock and all camp
activities was suspended for the occa
sion.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-12
SWEDEN ADMITS
ACTING AS AGENT
Transmitted Some Messages
from Argentina to
Germany
HAS TAKEN MEANS TO
PREVENT REPETITION
Sweden Defers Answer to
Charges Made by Sec
rotary Lansing

Stockholm, Sept. 1.-THE government
has not received any official account o.
the transmission of the kilograms men
toned by the United States, and is
therefore, unable TO assume any position
in the matter" says formal statement
issued yesterday by the foreign office.
in the summer Of 1918 the British
government informally expressed the
wish that the transmission of kilograms
between Germany and North America
must cease. The Swedish foreign minis
I ter acceded.
"The Swedish ministry held that this
was not bar TO continued transmission
of other kilograms TO and from neutrals,
hence Sweden continued as the nterme-
diary between Germany and Argentina. /"
Regardless of German representa-
tions," the foreign office eontcnded,
Sweden has taken measures to prevent
a repetition of the Argentine incident.
"The government must first confirm
whether the contents of the kilograms
are as reported, and then get Germany's
explanation, if IL is found that misuse
occurred
The foreign office declared that no APP
plication had vet been received from
America or England for cessation OF the
transmission of kilograms between
Buenos Aires and Germany.
Argentina Takes No Action.
Buenos Aires, Sept. l2.--The Argentine
government was still debating yesterday
what it would do in view of America
disclosures of the German. Swedish trans
mission scheme.
Officially, the explanation for delay
was that the foreign office had only re-
ceived one message from Ambassador
Naon at Washington This referred to
two previous cables which had so far
failed to arrive. Until these missing
messages were received, the government
indicated, its policy would not be formu
lated
Many Argentinians believed, however, |
that all Of Naon's dispatches had arrived |
and that the government was simply de- |
laying action while watching the trend |
of public opinion and pending reports |
from the Argentine ministers at Stock
holm and Berlin.
No one in Buenos Aires felt there was
the slightest question but that the Ger
man and Swedish diplomats revealed in
the matter would receive their passports.
Some reports had ii that these were
already made out and would be delivered
yesterday
Severance of relations with either ma
ton, however, was regarded as extreme
v doubtful. La Naeion, whose chief edi.
.orial writer is a former foreign minister
.enowned as an authority on interna
.ional law and diplomatic usage, was
.lone of all the Buenos Aires newspapers
n urging vigorous action
La Razon, for instance, dismissed the
Incident yesterday with the remark that
he discovery by the United States Of
4uxberg's correspondence proves that
does not possess monopoly
# the espionage game"
Considerable attention was centered
yesterday on the fact that neither the
ierman nor the Swedish representatives
irectly implicated in the disclosures
ave yet offered explanation of the mat
er.
Commenting on this fact, FL Diario re-
larked
This is the best proof of guilt which
is possible to obtain"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-12
DISMISSING VISITORS.
Summer Resort Town Unable to Take
Care of Them.

Stockholm, Sept. 1.-THE spectacle,
probably unique, of popular and much
freauented summer resort and bathing
town inviting its summer guests to leave
and not return has just been presented
at Sodertalje. The city authorities took
action after a meeting at which the scar
city of food was discussed. This, in their
opinion, made it undesirable that inroads
should be made by summer visitors on
the stocks available. About 5000 visit
ors are affected by the invitation to
leave.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-12
mrs. HENDERSON,
FOUND GUILTY
Verdict of Jury Was Murder
in the Second De-
gree
JURY CONSIDERED
CASE TWO HOURS
Judge Fish Charged Jury
Yesterday Afternoon
Verdict Before 5

St. Johnsbury, Sept. l2,--Mrs Saral
Kenerson was found guilty of murder IN
the second degree in the death of eight
year-old Alice Bradshaw yesterday aft
ernoon. The jury was out two hours
Mrs. Kenerson heard the verdict with
a smile.
Mrs. Eta May Hicks is to be tried on
the same charge.
The closing arguments in the Brad.
shaw murder case were made yester-
day, and after Judge Fish's charge TO
the jury right after the noon recess the
fate Of Mrs. Sarah Kenerson was in the
hands of the jury.
Lawyers David J. Porter for the de.
Tense argued that the state had shown
no motive for the crime He declared
that the alleged confession of the le.
spondent was extorted from her by Il
bright, crafty and INSCRIPTIONS detec
tive. coupled with improper methods by
the high sheriff, and that the state had
tried her for every crime except the
crime for which she is charged
In the closing hour Attorney Gneral
Barber of Brattleboro made a calm mad
impassioned plea. Often in a low yoirc,
in which he began with the childs disap-
pearance on the night of July ) he
traced out numerous quotations from
the evidence the part that the respondent
played in the whole series of events that
eliminated with the finding of the body.
He was several times interrupted by
the opposing counsel who took excep-
lions to some of his statements.
The attorney general said the state
had no apology to make for its treat
ment of the respondent from the time
of her arrest TO the present time.
He was satisfied that the jury would
believe the officials of Caledonia coun-
ty were men whom all could place conf
dence in, and that the detective heard
her story in a proper manner. All the
evidence pointed conclusively, he said, |
TO the fact that this helpless cripple |
was murdered and that the respondent |
and Mrs. Hicks were the ones that com
mitted the crime.
The attempt of Lawyer Porter to in
troduce into his argument the discus
sion of the famous Boorn murder case
in 1920 in this state was overruled by !
the court on the ground that this would
open line of argument which if it was
brought up might lead to general con-
sideration of the Boorn case by the
court in its charge to the jury.
Judge Fish charged the jury at the
opening session of court yesterday aft
ernoon speaking thirty minutes. After
giving the fundamental principles of the
law involved in murder trial, he said
it would be the duty of the jury to
weigh the evidence.
The court said in regard to the confes
sion the jury must have in mind all
the circumstances under which they
were made and they must also deter
mine whether John Kerwin's story was [
true or false.
The court said in conclusion, the jury |
should bring in one of these verdicts,
guilty of murder in the first degree,
guilty of murder in the second degree, {
guilty of manslaughter or not guilty. q
The jury went out to consider the case !
at $3.50 p. m. q
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-12
A WONDERFUL ATHLETE.
Though 0ne-Legged, He Has Done Fine
Performances.

Stockholm, Sept. NV. Backman, a
young student from Umea, did Las me
ters IA triAe more than feet Q inchesl
in the high jump at a students meet at
Orbyhus, The performance is remark
able one in view of the fact that the
jumper has only one leg, the other hav-
ing been taken off at the knee. He plays
football well, has won distinction as a
swimmer, and holds gold medal for
Workmanship.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-12
STANDING OF THE CLUBS
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results.

At New York First game New York
3, Brooklyn , 10 innings; second
gamel New York ?, Brooklyn l.
At ST. Louis-lFirst game Pittsburg
3, St Louis o; tsecond game st. Louis
S, Pittsburg 2
At Boston-lFirst game Boston 3,
Philadelphia I; lsecond game Philsdel-
phia 5. Boston 1
At Chicago-lFirst game Chicago 6,
Cincinnati 5; tsecond game Chicago 5,
Cincinnati l.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-12

organization on the field and Massachu-
setts, New Hampshire and Connecticut
officers who heard the musicians gave
them full praise for their efforts. Sew
eral of the other bands have one or two
vacancies in their personnel and would
be glad to enlist capable musicians;
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-12
RETAIL COAL PRICES SOON.
Will Be Announced for All Cities and
Communities Before Oct. I.

Washington Sept. y. - Retail coal
prices viii be announced for every city
and community in the country, says DR.
II. A. Garfield. the fuel administrator
before the end Of the month. They will
b. fixed on the recommendation of local
committees 10 b. named by state fuel
administrators
1T j. obvious Dr Garfield said. that
the prices viii vary considerably be-
tween localities and between city and
country districts Care viii be taken to
include al items which ought 70 Be in
cluded. for these is no disposition 20 rob
the local deaief-uf bis fair measure q
profit i nav BE- necessary % make
the prices tentative, a. in the case Of
Prices fixed 81 the minss.-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-12
FOLEY REFUSES TO BE DEAD.
Wife Identified His Body in January, but
Roxhury Man Turns Up Alive

Boston, Sept. ll.-After an absence of
nearly a year Mark Foley, a laborer, re-
turned TO his home here yesterday, to
find his death in a fire at Utica, n. Y,
in January had been officially recorded
by the bureau of vital statistics and
that his funeral had been held Mem
bers of his family were startled when
he arrived at his home in the Roxbury
district
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-12
WHEN LIVER IS TORPID

or sluggish all the other vital organs
OF your body are afrected--you have
stomach and bowel troubles, your head
aches, your skin loses its cleer mess
and you have "the blues" Take Hoods
Pills.-gentle and thorough. DO not
Initiate nor gripe. Price csc. OF all drug
gists or T.. j. Hood Co.. Lowell MSS.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-12

BY winning the first game Of Mondays
double header between Philadelphia and
Boston, Alexander, the Phillie pitcher,
annexed to his credit his 18th victory Of
the season.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-12
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results.

At Philadelphia First camel New
York j, Philadelphia 0; tsecond game
New York A. Philadelphia l.
At Detroit-Clevelan |, Detroit o.
At Observation-Disclosures 4, BIOS.
ton 3.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-12
The Greatest
Medical Authorities
in the World have

made public statements in
which they endorse the value
of such ingredients as are
contained in Father Johns
Medicine.
These great physicians say In
substance, that these ingredients
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diseases and those maladies which
are connected with or have their
origin in facilitating and wasting
diseases and In colds"
To detail here the statements OF these vari-
GUS authorities would require too much
space, but you desire to see these state
ments in more complete form, write to
Father Johns Medicine. Lowell, Mass, and
we will be glad to give the names OF the
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