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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-11
PINKS UNDER ARREST.
Is Charged with Check Irregularity in
Two Vermont Towns.

Rutland, Jan. ll.-Julius Pinks, for
merly circulation promoter for a Yer
mont newspaper, has been placed under
bail of 500 and bound over to Rutland
county court by City Judge Swinnerton.
He was arrested in Boston on the request
of States Attorney c. V. Poulin of this
city and is charged with passing fraud
ulent check on Thomas w. Ray of Bran
don, swindling him out of S35. The
check was purported to be drawn on a
Minneapolis firm. Mr.. Poulin has
learned that Pinks is alleged to have
passed worthless check last November
on w. II. Billings, proprietor of the
Hardwick inn. The amount involved in
this instance was $50.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-11
GREECE GIVES IN;
BEGINS TO MEET
ALLIES DEMAND
King Constantine Tells His Subjects to
Accept Decisions of His Government
and Support Their Monarch

Athens, Jan. TO- via London, Jan. H.
The government has formally accepted
the ultimatum of the entente powers.
In accordance with an agreement with
the allies, King Constantine to-day be-
gan the delivery to the entente author
tiles of six batteries of mountain guns.
The king gave orders to the troops to
suppress all hostile demonstrations which
was promptly done, and meeting called
to protest against the acceptance of the
allies ultimatum was summarily dis
persed.
Leaders of the reservists, under pres.
sure from the king issued statement
to their followers to be ready to support
their monarch and to accept the decisions
Of his government.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-11
2e KINDS OF oFFENsES.
Were Committed by Persons in Barre
During the Past Year.

Offenses OF all kinds registered on the
blotter at police headquarters in 1916
represented an increase OF 90 over the
total for 1915, according to the summary
of departmental doings compiled by Chief
Samuel Sinclair, Only 20 different kinds
of misdemeanors are mentioned in the
1916 returns, while the variety in the
preceding year was somewhat larger and
gave the figures different complexion.
In 1915 the 35l respondents committed
35 different kinds of offenses. while the
450 arrested by the Barre police last year
violated the laws in only 26 ways, as
stated already. More than $50 dodgers
were accommodated with free berths at
headquarters in 1916, the number being
considerably larger than in the previous
year. The police make no attempt to
account for the increase. Perhaps, they
say, Barre is coming to be more of
mecca for INDECENT travellers who are
glad to have free hunks assigned them at
the station.
Arrests for intoxication in 1916 num-
bered 33l, as against 1877 in the preced-
ing year The license regime is held ac-
for the increase, as a perusal
Of the table of arrests from month to
month shows that intoxication charges
began to be more numerous after May |.
Eight months of the open saloon in 1916
suffer but little by comparison with the
returns after eight months under the
same conditions in 1907, in which year
The total number OF arrests for all Of
lenses was SOL. In that year Barre had
he licensed saloons and then refused to
continue the licenses in 1908
Following intoxication arrests in nu-
nerical arrangement come breach of the
,eaee with "a, violations of the auto
avs, which includes operating without !
licenses, operating carelessly, without |
ights and while intoxicated. with IS. I
earch and seizure with Is, selling liquor !
illegally Ia, furnishing liquor Illegally 6, |
,etit larceny 5, grand larceny 3, and /
,eeping liquor with intent to sell 3. |
There were two arrests for assault with |
ntent to kill. Arrests for intoxication
n February numbered Z, and the total
lumber of arrests in that month was IL.
'hree months later, at the end of May,
here was a month in which 81 arrests
Yere made, 81 of them for intoxication. I
Ifter that there was something of fall /
nc c-off, and in the later months of the 4
ear the total seldom approached 40.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-11
LARGE CROWD AT INSTALLATION.
OF Officers of A. o. H. and the Ladies
Auxiliary Last Evening.

The Ancient Order Of Hibernians and
the Ladies' Auxiliary of Barre held a
Joint installation in the x. of c. hall last
evening there being a large number pres
ent. Peter Murphy of Graniteville, the
county president of the Hibernians, in
stalled their officers. assisted by Frank
Rafter Of Graniteville, who acted as ser
gcant alarms. The ceremony of installing
the officers of the Ladies' Auxiliary was
in charge of Mrs. Noreen ood. who is the
county vice president. who acted i'm the
absence Of Miss Lizzie McGovern of
Montpelier, the county president, who
could not be present. Mrs. Good was
assisted by Margaret Hastings, who act
ed as mistress-at- arms.
After the installation. an entertain
ment was enjoyed by ALL consisting of
several instrumental and vocal selections
and games of cards. After the enter
tainment of buffet lunch was served by
the committee, Mrs. Dineen and Mrs.
Wetmore.
The officers Of the A. O. II. we're as
follows: President. d. J. Sullivan; vice
president. Dennis Linehan; recording
secretary. Thomas Dineen; financial sec
retsry. J. Z. McNulty; treasurer. Thorn
as Carroll; sergeant -at-arms, William Di-
neen; sentinel. Mr.. Mulroy; chairman
standing committee. r. r. Gregory.
The following are the Ladies Auxiliary !
,fioers: President. Mrs. Clara Riley; I
rice president. Mrs. Susie Carroll; record |
ng secretary, Mrs. Katherine Wetmore; I
inancisl secretary, Mrs Lizzie Brown: I
treasurer, Mrs. Flora Murphy. mistress
.t-arms. Mrs. Katherine 6rcgan, seufi- /
~. Mrs. Ellen O'Keefe; chairman stand
ng committee, Mrs. Harriet keefe.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-11
STATE GAINS IN TAXES.
Were Set Before the Legislature By the
State Commissioner.

The biennial report OF the commission
er of taxes was distributed to the mem
bers OF the legislature yesterday after
noon. In letter TO the members accom-
panying the report, Commissioner Plum
lev calls attention TO certain schedules
affecting and appertaining 10 the respec-
tive towns. lie calls attention to the
fact that since the present commissioner
of taxes assumed the duties of his office
the valuation of the real estate has in
creased over S30O00O00, or from $751;
227.Ol5.3l in 1912 TO Sl7O,566,4 ,493.33 in
1916.
The net value of personal property
has increased in the same period from
S45,ll3. .472.27 to SIS. .a5l ,97l.2l in 1915.
The valuation of taxable polls has in
creased from Sl9l 600 TO Sl9S 900 in
round numbers.
The grand list Of the state has in
creased from S2,2I4.47s.sI in 1912 to 81
4a3 .S465s in 1916, an increase of S279.-
367.77, representing an increased valua-
tion and listing Of taxable property
to over S27,5OOOO0 in the
last two biennial periods.
In this connection il is Of interest TO
note that for the first biennial period
during which the commissioner Of taxes
supervised the administration Of the gen
eral tax law 09l0-l9l2l the value OF
real estate increased from Sl43-3S6, ,564lO
in 1910 10 sl57 ,227 .ol5.3l in 1912. or over
sl4OO0OO0, showing an increase in the
grand list Of the state Of Sl44,073 for
that period.
The commissioner Of taxes saws that I
The voters OF Vermont have come to real .
he that an Illegal grand list l. too ex-
1ensive a luxury for the state or any
Town TO afford This lesson was learned .
bv some towns to their serious financial 4
sorrow
II is a fundamental principle in Taxa
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-11
ENTENTE DECLINED
TO TAKE THE BAIT
Premier Lloyd George Says They Want
Peace But Not on the Kaiser's
Own Terms.

London, Jan. ii. Premier Lloyd
George, speaking in Guildhall this after
noon, said that Emperor William had
told his people that the entente rejected
the peace offer. "The emperor did So"
he said, ito drag those whom he could no
longer dragoon."
1--WE have rejected no peace terms"
the premier said, and added: 1--WE were
not offered peace terms, but trap baited
with fine words. 1t would suit Germany
to have peace now on her own terms. We
all want peace, but it must be real
one"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-11
HOSPITAL TRUSTEES ELECTION
DR. NJ. L. Chandler Was Elected Presi-
dent Last Evening.

At the annual meeting Of the board
Of trustees Of the Barre City hospital
last evening. DR.. NJ L. Chandler was
elected president, DR. ". Z. Lazell vice
president. James Mackay clerk. w. A.
Drew treasurer. George y. Tilden audi
tor, r. G. Howland. William Barclay and
GUY r. Varnum finance committee. and
Dr. VI. L. Chandler. A. C. Moore and +.
L. Langley executive committee.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-11
NO BONES BROKEN.
St. JOhnsbury Center Boy Landed on His
Head in Fall

st. Johnsbury, Jan. ll.-Gordon Brown.
l4-year-old son Of Luther Brown of 81.
Johnsbury Center, was injured yesterday
afternoon while playing with other bows
in the Methodist church horse sheds. The
boy fell from rafter. landing on his
head. He was brought to Brightlook
hospital for an X-rsy examination. Last
night he had recovered consciousness. No
bones were broken.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-11
PHYSICIAN FOUND DEAD.
DR.. John MePeek Had Lived Alone in St.
AIbans for Several Years.

st. AIbans. Jan. ll.-Dr. John McPeck
was found dead at his home. where he
lived alone, az I Newton road late YES
terday afternoon by Chief Of Police Luke
p. Martin. He had evidently been in
for several dsys. Neighbors noticed that
there was no one stirring about the
house and notified the authorities. Dr.
AIcPeck's brother died about I've years
agO and since then he has lived alone.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-11
ADVERSE REPORT
ON LEAK RESOLUTION
Democratic Majority in the House Rules
Committee So Decided


Washington, d. c., Jan. 1.-THE Dem.
ocratic majority of the rules committee
to-day voted to report the Wood leak
resolution adversely.
The action of the committee operates
to end the inquiry. The Republicans
were willing TO proceed with any kind
of inquiry that might be devised but
were solidly opposed by the Democratic
who concluded that there was
no ground in Lawson's charges, upon
which TO base an investigation.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-11
ADMIRALTY SHIP
CORNWALLIS SUNK
Also Sesplane Carrier Benmyehree, Ac-
cording to Announcement Made
in London.

London, Jan. 1.-The British admiral
ty ship CORVALLIS has been sunk by
8 submarine. The seaplane carrier Benny
chree has also been sunk.
The official announcement SAYS: H NJ.
8 CORVALLIS, Captain A p. Davidson,
Was sunk BY an enemy submarine the
eth in the Mediterranean The captain
snd al the officers were saved, but ls
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-11
BRITISH EXPELLED
AFTER VICTORY
Penetrated German Defenses at One
Point North of Ypres But Were Then
Defeated With Heavy Losses.

! Berlin by wireless, Jan. ll.--British
troops made an attack yesterday on Ger
man positions horth of Ypres, and the
war Office announces that they succeed
ed in penetrating the German defenses
at one point but were expelled by
counter-attack, suffering heavy losses.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-11
BRITISH CAPTURED
6LINES TRENCHES
NEAR RAFA, EGYPT
1900 Turks Taken Prisoners and Turk
ish Relief Force Was Destroyed,
Says the British Official
Statement.

London, Jan. ll.-Six lines of entrench-
inents covering the town of Rata on Sinai
peninsula have been captured by the Brit.
ish, it is announced officially. The state
ment says that 600 Turks were cap
tured, and Turkish relief force was
destroyed.
Rata is 30 miles northeast of FL Arish,
Egypt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-11

men are missing and are believed to have
been killed by the explosion.
Continuing, the announcement says:
"The seaplane carrier Ben My -Chree,
commander c. r. Samson, was sunk by
gunflre in Kastelorizo harbor, Asia Min
or, to-day. The casualties were one
officer and four men,.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-11
RUSSIANS TOOK VILLAGE
After Stubborn Defence fby Germans
Many Machine Guns Taken.

Petrograd, via London, Jan. ll.-Rus-
sian troops yesterday captured village
in the Riga sector of the northern Rus.
sian front, which had been stubbornly
defended by the German troops, with
great number of machine guns, says the
official statement. Fighting in the re.
gion south of Lake Babit continues.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-11
BIG MINE EXPLODED
Innicting Heavy Damage on the Ger
mans.

Paris, Jan. ll.-In the Argonne dis
trirt French troops have exploded
mine, causing heavy damage, according
to the official announcement. On the
right bank of the Meuse German attack
was repulsed with heavy German losses.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-11
President Receives Message.

Washington, D. c., Jan. 1.-THE en-
tente's reply to the presidents peace note
began arriving at the state department
this morning and as fast as it was de-
coded it was laid before the president.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-11
Rir Reristration Of aolder Boys.'

Burlington. Jan. ll.-Five hundred
have already registered for the older
Bows conference. which opens here to-
morrow night, and another hundred i
expected.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-11

Mr.. Rina Pellagrini was taken 10 the
City hospital last evening. This fore
neon she underwent a serious operation.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-11
Cow Testers Elect Officers.

J. i. Hazen OF Norwich was elected
president and Miss Alice Bronson of East
Hardwiek secretary and treasurer OF the
State Cow.Testing association at brief
session in the afternoon. Six new or
CARNATIONS have joined the state society,
making a total of 46, several of which
are inactive
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-27
All's w ell That
~ Ends Well Az

strange, for, after all, three davs do
not go to make up a long space of
time. But to those who know, three
days with little stranger in the
house and no name III Nrtioncd is in
eternity.
Usually something is said about n
name before a baby is three hours
old, unless it has been already named
and in this case as in any other there
was a reason for the delay. Al had
been secretly dreaming of a baby
girl with his mothers name, Lydia.
He had cherished this thought for
come that lie had never mentioned it
to Joyce. Not that he thought joyce
might not agree to the idea but he
had not wanted to put his oNa dream
into words before the baby came.
And Joyce herself. now that the
Eaby girl was an actual thing of
flesh and blood, wanted t. n4me il
3arba;1 for her great aunt Barbara.
Aunt Blrtsra would be so pleased,
and tnen Parhara could be shortened
to Fab or Rarby and what could be
sweeter fer girl growing up?
And So the 7ays passed and on the
sixth day, when Joyce was up and
AZ ound the re ON, Al came in-o the
rnom at twilight for a cozy chat.
The baby lay in it's little pink nest
fast asleep, and Joyce in a soft neg
ligee sat in the low rockingham near
the window. AL thought she looked
like saint with the light from the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-27
BY JANE MCLEAN


1t seemed absurd to name the baby
anything, it was so small and pink
and helpless. 1t looked too vague
&c be named. One thought of it only
in terms of baby flesh without any
thing so definite as personality, but
Joyce as she lay in bed and cuddled
it a little bit. and rested, thought a
gread deal about it's name.
Joyce thought of names quite
often. She had thought of name
before the baby came, but she and Al
had talked it over and had
TT would be a pity to name the
baby and then be disappointed. If
we picked out lovely girls name
and it happened to be boy we
should be so disappointed"
"Of course it's a boy" AL had be-
gun. laughing embarrassedly and de-
lightedly.
20 of course" Joyce had returned.
Which meant that If it were a boy
the baby should be called Junior
But it had been "a girl! A lovely
rosebud of a girl, a little tender
morsel of humanity that made it's
father quiver and tremble when it's
tiny fist closed about his big finger.
And nothing had been said about a
name although the baby was three
days old. Now to the uninitiated,
this fact would not seem at all
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-27

up for serious investigation would
seem to point to almost certain re-
suits.
Above all, there is the mighty
impetus given to speculation by the
war, with its thousands of bereft
homes and it's millions of mourning
women seeking to see beyond the
veil
All this cannot be in vain, for the
mind of man has never yet applied
itself to any problem without reach
ing Il solution. 1t has conquered the
earth, the seas and the air. And
there are many indications that this
greatest of the Questions is also In
the way Of Icing answered.
AS Ella Wheeler Wilcox says in
a recent poem in the Cosmopolitan:
Il tell you, the shadows are grow
ing thinner
Between this world and the world
of the dead;
And only the fool cries, 'FoolH or
Sinner'
To one who looks into the life
ahead.
1 tell you, the curtain is being
lifted
The silence broken, the darkness
And knowledge is taking the place
of faith
On that vast subject, Death"
Whether one likes to believe it
or not, the crude rappings and other
mediumistic manifestations with
which we are all familiar have
aroused curiosity and swelled the
steadily mounting tide of inquiry
and investigation which must even
tually lead somewhere.
Where none of us can assert
definitely upon the present incom-
plete evidence. There are many
startling things in Sir Oliver Lodges S
last book, many things from other
sources which tend to prove the
contention of the spiritualists, that
those we call dead are living as real
and wal :, life ar they lid % this
side of the so-called veil and are
seeking as eagerly to communicate
with us as we are with them.
on the other hand there is un-
doubted weight to be given to many
of the arguments for reincarnation
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-27

the mystery, and that each will re-
ceiVe what he eXpects-the orthodox
believer his resurrection of the body
and his heavenly citv according to
tn vision of st. John; the Hindu his
NirNana, the Indian his Happy
Hunting Grounds.
Every religion and every sect
must hold some part of the truth.
And the best that any of us can do
is to keep that open mind that the
subject is one eminently worthy of
investigation and accept whatever
may be established when it is prov
ed according to the ordinary rules
of evidence.
My own belief is that when the
fnal revelation does come, we shall
find the Great Adventure" TO be no
more Of an adventure than the step
ming from one room TO another 1ne
charm of Nature is that she is invar-
iably natural.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-27

window making a halo of her hair
and after they had talked a little
while, Joyce said softly, timorously
little:
"Al, dear, have you thought about
a name for baby?"
Al started and looked at Joyce, and
then. manlike, evaded the question:
Have you, sweetheart"
Joyce nodded.
Il thought it would be lovely to
call it Barbara for Aunt Barbara"
She looked at AL closely and saw
the look that spread quickly over his
face.
"Al Wetherill, just know that you
have a name picked out yourself"
Al met her worried eyes with his
own boyish ones filled with conster-
nation. Joyce must not be excit ed.
What was it. dear?" she insisted.
why. l thought of Lydia for my
mother" he confessed
| Now Joyce had never liked the
name Lydia. Lydia itself was not
81 bad. but she. had dreams of hear
ing her baby called Liddie, and Lid,
and the thought of this caused her
expression to change instantly. Al
saw the change and was quick to
/ speak.
But not if you don't like it. dear"
/ "Thnk how it would be nick
named" Joyce said quickly.
Al looked thoughtful, and Joyce,
too, went into a brown study. Sud
! denly AL turned to her, his face
alight with a sudden inspiration.
/ Il have it! Wen call the baby for
you, and then both of us will be
| pleased"
! Joyce still looked thoughtful. She
was not in love with her own name
and. although it pleased her to have
| Al suggest such a thing, she was
| hardly in favor of Joyce for the baby
| But suddenly her own small face
| lighted up.
Il have it. deari WeTl call hel
JOY" she said enthusiastically.
Great" he responded, land il
| stands for you"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-27

and those philosophers which hold
that this earth experience of ours
is but an interval clock-tick as II
were- ir an existence which IS
eternal and unending, ever progress
sihg toward some goal which as yet
we cannot evenly dimly divine.
So great a scientist as Mr.. Edt-
sop, reasoning solely from material
evidences, can see no chance for a
futu.e life whatever; to his mind
existence ends with ulssoiution; WINE
the IGealists deny any life or sub
stance to matter, and regard death
in common with all other ills as
mere illusion.
Maurice Maeterlinck has gone
deeply into the subject, but his con
clusions are possibly a little toe
shadowy, a little too poetic for the
practical mind to follow. The near
est approach to them perhaps is
found in the hackneyed saying: I'VE
live in the hearts we leave behind y
And James Flicker, the young
English poet who died two years
ago. has his own views on the sub
ject which he expressed eXquisitely
And lie stood still moment, mists
came swinging
Blindly before us; suddenly we
passed
The boundaries of JOY: our hearts
were ringing
TcLe to the trembling world: we
gtoCo at last
Beyond the golden gate,
Masters of time and fate,
And knewkthe tune that sun and
stars were singing.
For like two travellers on n hill
who stay
Viewing the smoke that dims the
busy plain,
So. far away lsweet words are Far
away,)
We saw our life and all it's crooked
lare,
Dim cities and dark walls,
Fell as n world that falls
And left us radiant in the Wind
of Day"
1t may be that all roads lead to
Rome. 1t may be that the miracle
of faith is the key which will solve