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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-17
Montpelier Figures Over 5000.

Up TO this noon little more than So
600 had been reported in the Y. NJ. c. 4.
war work fund in Montpelier L. B.
Brooks. chairman Of the special soliciting
committee. turned in money and pledges
to the amount Of s.. 100 last night
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-17
BRITISH CHASE
CRUISER FLEET
Engagement Took Place off
Helgoland To-
day
BRITISH LIGHT
FORCES ENGAGED
British Admiralty Does Not
Announce Any Deci-
sive Result

London, Nov l7.--British light forces
to-day engaged German light cruisers off
Helgoland, the British admiralty an
nounced. The German warships retired
and the British forces chased them.
The Tomahawk., 1917-11-08
University Eunctjons.

What is the matter with our univer
sites is that all the students are
schoolboys, whereas it is Of the very
essence of university education that
they should be men, writes George
Bernard Shaw. The function of uni
versity is not to teach things that can
now be taught as well or better by
university extension lecturers or by
private tutors or modern correspond
ence classes with gramophones. We
go to them to be socialized; to acquire
the hall mark Of communal training {;
to become citizens Of the world in
stead of inmates of the enlarged rab-
bit hutches we call homes; to learn
manners and become interchangeable
ladies and gentlemen. The social pres
sure which effects these changes
should be that Of persons who have
faced the full responsibilities of adults
as working members Of the general
community, not that of barbarous rab
BILE of half emancipated schoolboys and
unemancipatable pedants.
The Tomahawk., 1917-11-08
Growind a Character.

Character is what you are. Repu.
tation is what folks think you are.
Sometimes they are SO well balanced
that you can't tell one from the 9TH
er, says Grit. But more often the one
is libel on the other. Folks exalt
virtues that do not exist and condemn
follies that are purely subjective and
personal. Much depends on who re-
ports you. Friends are always chari-
table and interpret our lives to best ad-
vantage. Enemies can see no good in
us and report as they see. So repu-
tation may fatter or condemn. Not
so with character. This is something
beyond external observation. It is the
life itself as lived amidst its>motives
and obstacles. Few people can know
its real value, for even you do not al
ways know just what you are capable
of being until the emergency demands
display your worth. What you are in
the face Of severe testing is character.
The Tomahawk., 1917-11-08
CALLS BOYS TO THE C0L0RS
President Wilson Asks All Between
Ages Of Sixteen and Twenty-One
to Join Working Reserve.

Young men of the country between
the ages of sixteen and twenty-one, not
now employed, are called upon by
President Wilson to serve the nation
by joining the United States Boys
Working reserve. In letter made
public by Secretary Wilson of the la
Dor department, the president says 1t
is the patriotic duty of these young
men to use their spare time in produc-
tive work and help support the nation
in the present Crisis. The presidents
letter follows:
"Permit me to express my great ap-
probation of the great work underta-
ken by the United States Boys Work
ing reserve Of the employment service
of the department Of labor. To give to
the young men between the ages of six
teen and twenty-one the privilege Of
spending their spare time in productive
enterprises without interrupting their
studies at school, while their older
brothers are battling in the trenches
and on the seas, must greatly increase
the means of providing for the forces
dL Lu0 IAC Va
thoes whose services are needed here:
It Is high privilege, no less than a
patriotic duty, to help support the ma
ton by devoted and intelligent work in
this great crisis.
LET me express the hope that the
young men of the country not now per-
manently employed may eagerly enter
the Boys Working reserve to fit them
selves by training and study for good
citizenship and productive service. In
this way they can show themselves
worthy of patriotic fathers who have
fought for democracy in the past, sus-
tain their patriotic brothers who are
fighting for it today, and command the
affectionate pride Of the brave mothers
who are silently bearing the burdens
at home"
The Tomahawk., 1917-11-08
EVERYONE PAYING
TO CRUSH ENEMY
New War Tax Squeezes Purse
of Wage Garner, but All
Must Help.
KAISER TO Blame FOR COST
Mad Prussia Must Be Broken Before
Conflict Can End-Good Patriots
Steel Selves for Sacrifice
and Then Victory.

Postage.-Three cents an ounce
or fraction thereof on letters for
other than local delivery; two
cents on all postal cards.
Admissions-Ten per cent tax
on tickets to theaters, cabarets,
and other amusement places.
Dues-Ten per cent tax on
dues of clubs exceeding SIP
year.
Tobacco-Graduate taxes on
cigars, tobacco, cigarettes, cigar
cite papers and snuff.
Express-Five per cent tax on
amounts paid for express trans
portation.
Passengers-Eight per cent Of
the cost of railroad tickets, ex-
cept local.
Berths-Ten per cent of the
cost Of bertbs, staterooms, and
parlOr car seats.
Oil-Five per cent tax on
amounts paid for transportation
of oil by pipe lines.
Messages-Fivc cents tax on
each telegraph, telephone, or ra-
do message costing Is cents or
more.
lnsurance-Eight cents tax on
each $500 or fractional part
thereof of each life insurance
policy; one per cent Of the pre-.
MUM on fire, marine, inland,
and casualty insurance policies.
The Tomahawk., 1917-11-08

all who are in fact loyal to their neigh
bors and to the government In the hour
Of test. They are most OF them ms true
ana loyal Americana as If they had
never known any other fealty or al
lcsinnce. They will be prompt to stand
with US in rebuking and restraining
the few who may be of different mind
and purpose. If there should be dis
loyalty, 1t will be dealt with with a
firm hand of stern repressiOn; but II
1t lifts it's head ut all, 1T will lift 1t
only here and there and without coun-
tenance except from lnwleSs anu
malignant few.
1T is distressing and oppressive duty,
gentlemen of the congress, which I
have performed In thus addressing you.
There are, 1T may be, many months OF
fiery trial and sacrifice ahead of US.
1t II q fearful thing to lead this great,
peaceful people into war, into the most
terrible and disastrous of all wars, CIV
ilizatiOn itself seeming to be In the
balance.
But the right In more precious than
peace, and we shall fight for the things
which we have always carried nearest
our hearts-for democracy, for the
right of those who submit to authority
to have a voice I'm their own govern
ments, for the rights and liberties OF
small nations, for q universal dominion
of right by such a concert. OF free peo-
pIe as shall bring peace and safety TO
all nations and make the world itself
mt last free.
To such a task we can dedicate our
lives and our fortunes, everything that
we are and everything that we have,
with the pride OF those who know that
the day has come when America IL
pri vileged to spend her blood and her
might for the principles that gave her
birth and happiness and the peace
which she has treasured.
God helping her, she can do NO other.
The Tomahawk., 1917-11-08
War MESSAGE OF
WILSON DISTORTED
German People Not Permitted to
Read Full Text of Presi-
dents Address,.
EFFECT ON PUBLIC FEARED
Copy Issued by Committee on Public
Information Shows Important
Passages That Were
Suppressed.

The German government did not
dare to communicate to the Ger
imam people the full text Of Presi-
dent Wilson's war message OF
April 2, 1912. 1t feared the influ-
.ence which the unabridged text
of this message might have upon
the opinion Of the people. There
fore the official message of the
president Of the United States
was presented to Germany in an
abridged and distorted form.
The committee on public infor-
mation Of the United States gov
,ernment has prepared copy Of
this message showing the pas
sages which were suppressed in
the report Of the Wolff Telegraph
bureau when the message of the
president was published to the
whole world. These passages are
che IN in boId-faced type in the
following copy of the message.
The Wolff Telegraph bureau is not
only under censorship control Of
the German government, but has
been consistently employed by the
government for the PRONUNCIATION
3 OF official opinions.
The Tomahawk., 1917-11-08
Just Missed IL,

An old gentleman from the coun.
try. tremulous with fear after hearing
bombs: and gunfire, in an air raid,
emerged from his hotel with his wife,
relates the London Chronicle. In the
street they inquired Of an imperturb-
able police constable if it was ''all
over" The policeman, imagining they
were eager sightseers, said, 'Well, I'm
afraid, sir. it is all over; but they may
return in 'alf an our" Rapid depart
ure of the "sightseers."
The Tomahawk., 1917-11-08
Greatest Thing in the World.

Love has been called the greatest
thing in the world, but the greatest
thing in the world is not a thing at
all: the greatest thing is a person.
Personality is the greatest thing IN
the world. The greatest thing in per-
sonality is not strength of body nor
strength of mind. 1t is strength OF
heart. "Clever people are as common
as blackberries, the rare things TO
find a good one" It is not Daniel
Webster's brain. but Lincoln's heart,
that wins q nations love.-Exchange.
The Tomahawk., 1917-11-08

henceforth insure the Observance Of
those principles.
Neutrality In NO longer feasible or
desirable where the peace OF the world
- involved and the freedom of it's peO-
nles. and the menace to that peace and
freedom lies in the existence of auto
cratic xovernments, backed by organ
lied force which IL controlled wholly
nv their will, not by the Will OF their
ueoule, We have seen the last OF neu-
trality In such circumstances. We are
Mt the beginning of an age In which 1t
will be insisted that the same stand
nrds of conduct and of responsibility
for wrong done shall be observed
that are observed among the individual
citizens of civilized states.
We have no quarrel with the German
neop1e. We have no: feeling toward
them but one of sympathy and friend
ship, It was not upon their impulse
that their government acted in enter
ing the war 1t was not with their
previous knowledge or approval. 1t
was a war determined upon as wars
used to be determined upon in the old
unhappy days, when peoples were no
where consulted by. their rulers and
wars were provoked and waged in the
interest Of dynasties or of little groups
of ambitious men who were accustomed
to use their fellow men as pawns and
tools.
self-roverped nations do not NIL their
,eixhbor states with spies or set the
course Of intrigue to bring about some
critical posture Of affairs which Will
give them nm opportunity to. strike and
make conquest. Such designs can be
The Tomahawk., 1917-11-08
Gained Fame While DYING.

Antoine Vatican, one Of Frances
foremost artists, painted his celebrated
decorative panels while dying Of the
white mans scourge. He sprang from
humble and poverty-str surround
ings, and was forced to work on the
brink of starvation for the greater
part of his thirty-seven years. Just
as his fame rose to national proper.
tons his tubercular condition became
worse and he worked desperately dur
ing his last few years to complete as
much work as possible before he died.
The Tomahawk., 1917-11-08


ial German government, and 1t has
therefore not been possible FOR this
government to receive Count Tarnovv-
ski, the ambassador recently accredited
tn this government by the Imperial and
Royal government of Austrta-Hungarys
but that government has not actually
ENGAGED in warfare against citizens of
the IJnited States ON the seas, and 1
take the liberty, for the present Mt
least, Of postpOninE q discussion OF our
relations with the authorities at VI
enna. We enter this war only where
we are clearly forced into 1t because
there are NO other means OF defending
our rights.
II will be all the easier for us to
conduct ourselves as bellEerents In a
hixh spirit Of right and fairness be-
cause we act without animus, not with
enmity toward a people or with the
desire to bring any injury or disad-
vantage upon them, but only In armed
opposition to an irresponsible govern
ment which has thrown aside all con-
alterations OF humanity and Of right
md IL running amuck.
We are, let me say again, the sin
cere friends 81 the German people, and
shall desire nothing 50 much N the
early re-esta blishment Of Intimate rela-
lions Of mutual advantage between us,
however hard 1t may be for them for
the time OelnS 10 UCASSC SAAo& sAAo -
suOken from our hearts. We have
borne with their present government
through all these bitter months be-
cause of that friendship, exercising
patience and forbearance which would
otherwise have been impossible.
We shall happily still have an OPP
portunity to prove that friendship In
mr. daily attitude and actions toward
the millions of men and women of Ger
man birth and native sympathy who
live among us and share our life, and
we shall be proud to prove Il toward
The Tomahawk., 1917-11-08

washing lOu.-O uCle Sdlu Is TilnCl
pleasantly surprised at the way the
nation is standing the war tax gaff.
The grouching, such as there is, has
been growled in a minor key, and most
of it comes from the trouble-makers,
the whining pacifists, those of u sick
~ cast Of loyalty.
Nobody really enjoys paying excess
taxes, such as three cents postage for
letters, extra charge for freight, OK
press and passenger transportation,
telephone and telegraph messages and
amusements. But MI true ~Americans
who realize that the kaiser is to blame
for the trouble, stand ready and will
ing to pay their share of the cost of
exterminating the worlds greatest
menace.
BY the way, do you know that If
you are single and earn more than
ST. 900 yearly, you must pay two per
cent tax on what you make over 600.
And If you are married, you must pay
two per cent on what you make over
$1,000. The tax for all Of 1917 must
be paid by June I, 1918.
All of the new taxes fall upon the
average man. They have nothing to
do with the transcription Of wealth."
They are a part of the program of
taxation to make each man, woman
and child In the United States feel
direct personal part in the war. They
apply to freight, passenger and ex-
press transportation, pipe lines, Pull
man seats and berths. telegraph and
telephone messages, insurance poll
cies, admissions to theaters and
movies" and to club dues. The ef-
feet of most Of them is felt, therefore,
in a slight rise in the high cost of
living.
The taxes are expected to net the
federal government the following rev.
enues:
Freight transportation. 80. .$77, 5OO,OOO
Express transportation. 1O,OOO.OOO
Passenger transportation. 6O,OOO,OOO
Pine lines. 100000
Seats and berths. ...... 1000, 900
Telegraph and telephone
MESSAGES .............. 100000
Insurance policies ........ 100000
Climb dues ..... 100000
Admissions ............. 100000
The war tax on facilities furnished
by public utilities is now levied as
follows:
Three per cent Of the amount paid
for transportation by rail or water or
by any form of mechanical motor pow
er IN competition with carriers by rail
Or water, on freight consigned from
one point in the United States to an
other.
One cent for each twenty cents or
fraction charged by express compa-
MES for transportation from one point
In the United States to another.
Eight per cent of the amount paid
for the transportation of persons by
rail or water or by any form of me-
chanical motor power on a regular
established line In competition with
common carriers, from one point IN
the United States to any point in the
United States, Canada or Mexico
where the ticket is issued in the Unit
ed States. No tax is imposed on COM
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-08
NO CERTAINTY OF
AGREEMENT YET IN SIGHT
CONTINUED FROM PAGE oNE)

told the men in his announcements
that they must take that by Satur-
day night, or consider themselves
permanently canned"
To enforce the lockout" rather
than to keep down strike rioting.
according TO the men, has been the
purpose in Chief Kerr and Sheriff
Bailey in swearing in an army of
special policemen and extra deputies.
and therefore, they say. they regard
themselves justified in considering
themselves locked out henceforth,
instead OF being on a strike. This,
the lawyers say, lin the light of nu-
merous legal decisions, throws the
responsibility for future violence. not
upon the so-called strikers. but upon
the car company"
No violence was reported either
Tuesday night or Wednesday morn
ing, although Chief Kuespert and
Deputy Sheriff Barkley kept a force
of special officers on duty at all
hours.
b. +. Coleman. 1915 s. Columbia
St, stated Tuesday night that he was
a witness of the collision on S. Mich
igan st. Sunday night, and that no
tagging was done on the railroad
crossing as reported. He said he will
seek action in the matter
Cases against one of the strike
breaking crews who failed TO obey
the state law regarding the tagging
of railway crossings was continued
until Wednesday in city court. These
men were the first two arrested for
this offense and il was thought best
by the court TO postpone the cases
and try all of them at once. The
remainder of cases for this offense
are set for Wednesday. Both of the
men are held under bonds of $50.
Automobiles who desire to take
advantage of the proposition offered
by the mayor have been asked TO
communicate with the committee at
the Central labor union hall, by call
ing Home phone 57S6. Eighteen or
20 striking street car men have vol
unteered to drive the cars Wednes-
day if the owners do not care to do
IL themselves.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-08
PERSONALS

Miss Marie Jackson of Chicago,
who had been the guest or her sister,
Mrs. Homer f. Fassnacht, 6O7 Park
av.. returned home Monday after
noon.
Miss Eva Varier, sos S. Lafayette
blvd, and Miss Blanche Dunn, 2OS
:. Lafayette blvd. will leave Thurs
day for a two weeks visit with the
latter's nephew.
Mrs. NJ McCauley of Boston.
Mass. Will return home this week
after being the guest of her son-in
law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Noel
5. Dunbar, $50 S. Main st.
Mrs John Chess Ellsworth, SO
w. Washington av., returned home
with her daughter Phyllis. after 4
visit in Lowell. Mass. She was ac-
companied by her mother. Mrs. j. l..
Chalifoux.
Miss Mary Casey, who was operat-
ed upon At the Mishawaka hospital
for appendicitis was removed TO her
home in Harris township Sunday.
p r. Tenney and Miss Esther
Carpenter spent Sunday at Lapaz.
Carl Cook. 1243 Van Buren, St,
has returned from a short visit in
Three Oaks. Mich.
Miss Dorothy Wright, III Mariet-
Ia St, spent the week end in Bristol.
Ind.
Miss Florence Dilley, us George
av.. spent Sunday in Berrien Springs.
Mich.
Mrs. a Wright, I'll Marietta St.
spent Sunday in Elkhart, Ind.
Miss AdrienHe Hilton OF Swamp
scott, Mass, arrived today 10 be the
guest Of Miss Laura Harris. 32S w.
Jefferson, blvd.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-08
HOW THE IMMIGRANT LEARNS
AMERICAN"

Writing of his first experiences in
America, in Harper's for May, NJ. z.
Ravage, a young Roumanian immi-
grant, tells of his difficulties in mas
tering our language.
AT first | was inclined to be meek
and let myself be taught by my eld-
ers and betters. 1 even let them
laugh at me when | spoke in my
native tongue In America, il ap-
peared, il was against the rules of
good breeding to call things by their
right names. Certain articles must
always be referred tC in English, ir-
respective of whether one was talk
ing Yiddish or Roumanian. But as
soon as / saw through their flimsy
pretensions-wh did not require
very long, nor any special talents
revolted Indeed, l turned the tables
on my critics and started to do some
laughing myself There was no
scarcity Of occasion. My friends were
finding English cOmtemptibly easy
That notion of theirs. that it was a
mixture of Yiddish and Roumanian,
although partly justified, was yield
ing some astonishing results. Little
Roumania was in the throes Of
evolving new tongue crazy
quilt whose prevailing patches were,
sure enough, Yiddish and ROuman-
ian. with here and there a sprinklinS
of denatured English. They felt no
conjunction against pulling up an
ancient idiom by the roots and trans
planting it bodily into the new soil.
One heard such phrases as i am go
ing on "A marriage, I should live so,
a milky diner They called a GU
cumber a pickle. and an eggplant
blue tomato because in ROumania
a pickle was a sour cucumber and
tomatoes and elephants were distin-
guished from one another merely by
their color All balconies we're des-
ignated as fire escapes because the
nearest thing to a fire escape known
at home was a second-foor balcony.
Il found the language OF America
much harder than that. One of the
first purchases made out Of my
peddler's earnings was a copy of
HarkaVy's Dictionary AS il was my
purpose to learn the whole English
language and nothing less, 1 meant
10 stare at the letter a and proceed
alphabetically right through 10 the
end That appeared 10 me the surest
way Of not missing anything. But
when ] beheld that bulky volume.
and found on the title-page some
thing about 200 words. my en-
thUsiasm got a little chilled. | had
never realized that Americans were
so loquacious. Why, even If ! were 20
learn 100 words every day, / could
hardly hope 10 master enough vO-
cabulary for an intelligent converse
ton in less than three years. TO say
nothing OF studying medicine. More
over. experience had already taught
me that words, even when perfectly
memOrized and pronounced had an
eNasperating way OF turning into
nonsense as soon as they were put 20
the practical test There must be
some magic glue outside the dictiOn-
airy that held them together So /
added Bible 20 my library and
studied the English version side hy
side with the Hebrew original
read the signs OF the streets and the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-08
PERSONALS.

Rev Bojarski of Peru, ILL.,. is the
guest of Rev. Anthony Zubowicz,
pastor of st. Hedwige church.
Frank Jarznicki left for his home
/ in Toledo.
Michael Wirzlowsh of Hammond
is here on a business visit.
Joseph Larczynski arrived here
from Hammond for a visit with
friends.
Michael Turkowski returned 10
Detroit after a short visit here
Andrew Kwierski. w Sample St.
has gone to Indiana Harbor to
spend a week with friends.
Mrs. Clemens Smogor, 113 S.
Laurel St, has gone to Chicago on a
business visit.
George Wcierznich, who has been
here visiting with friends left Tues
day for South Chicago.
Walter Czyznicki arrived here
Monday from Michigan for a visit
with friends.
Miss Clara Bacznierski returned
TO Hammond following a few days
visit with friends here.
Frank WierzniakOwski. S. Chaplin
St. has gone TO spend a week with
relatives.
William Dombrowiak returned to
Flint following a business visit here.
Peter Swarznicki Of MiChigan City
is here with friends
Frank Sikorski, who has been
here visiting with friends left Tues
day for Gary.
Martin Pawlinski returned 10 Chi
cago after a brief visit here.
Anthopv M:chalows<i of India
napolis is mere visiting with friends
Frank :. Lpski, w. Division St,
has gone to Elkhart for a few days
visit with friends.
Carl Herczynski returned TO Chi
cagO after a business visit here.
George ISadkowski of South Chi
cago is spending a few days with
relatives here.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-08
Try This If You
Have Dandruh

There is one sure way that never
fails 10 remove dandrun completely
and that is 60 dissolve IT, This de-
stroys IL entirely. To do this, just
get about four ounces Of plain. ordi-
nary liquid arNOn. apply it al night
when retiring. use enough 10 mois
ten the scalp and rub IL In gently
with the finger tips
BY morning. most III not all. Of
three or four more applications viii
completely dissolve and entirely de-
stroy every single sign and trace Of
IL. no matter how much dandrun
you may have
You viii find. too, that all itching
and digging Of the scalp viii stop
instantly. and your hair viii be
fluffy lustrous. glossy. silky and
soft. and look and feel a hundred
times better.
You can get liquid arvOn az any
drug store. IL is inexpensive. and
-four ounces is all you viii need. This
simple remedy has never been
known 20 fail Adv.