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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-28
PERsHING APPROVES x. OF c.
General Heartily Backs Work Among the
Troops in France

An Atlantic Port, Dec 2s.-Field serv
ice work of the Knights OF Columbus
among the American troops in France
has received the hearty approval of Gen
eral Pershing, and plans are being made
to extend the work now under way on a
much wider scope, Walter n Herman
overseas commissioner of the American
organization, said on his arrival here on
French steamer. Mr.. Herman, who has
been in France since November to make
report for his organization, said that
General Pershing cold him he was glad
to give every support TO the work, not
alone for the benefit il VIII be to the men
Of his command but also to demonstrate
to the Germans that Americas part in
the war has the hearty support of the
Catholics Mr.. Herman added that short
age of mechanics and material for build
ing recreation halls is serious drawback
to the field work of the knights This
would be one of the problems he will
take up with the organization here.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-28
Are Working the Prisoners
Within 10 Miles of
Front Line
RUSSIANS REPORT
BAD TREATMENT
Had to Live on Half a Pound
of Bread and Grass Soup
Each Day

London, Dec. 2s--Another proof of the
German disregard of promises and agree
ments has been furnished in the British
advance toward Cambria, Some time ago
Germany signed solemn agreement
with Great Britain providing that no
prisoners of war would be employed
within 10 miles of the front line But
two Russian prisoners We're found by
the British in German dugouts at An
neux, which was barely four miles from
the lines as they lay at the opening Of
the Cambria attack Moreover, these
Russians had seen a party of 800 to 400
British prisoners at work near Cambria,
about eight miles from the old front
lines.
The Russians told a pitiful story of i'll
treatment and suffering. They had to
subsist, under German regulations, on
half u pound of bread and some grass
soup daily, As punishment for minor
offenses they were strung up to poles
with their feet just touching the ground
Men were bayoneted or shot for re.
fusal or inability to work, until, from
one cause or another, only 260 men re-
manned out of camp of 500 prisoners.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-28
NOW THE INCOME TAX.
Officials From Portsmouth, ~ H., to Help
You with Your Returns.

! Portsmouth, n H., Dee. est will re-
quire small army Of men to take the
income tax returns of persons subject to
the new law
Collector of Internal Revenue Seth w.
Jones to-day announced that over 80 of.
ficers viii start from his headquarters
on Jan | and on Jan every one of
them will be on the job IN the county
assigned him, TO meet the people and
help them make out their income tax re-
turns. The dates when officers will be
found in your locality follow:
Caledonia county, st. Johnsbury, Jan.
10 Jan II.
Lamoille county, Morrisville, Jan. IS
to Feb 2
Orange county, Randolph, Feb to
Feb. O.
Washington county, Barre, Feb. 4 to
Feb. 3; Montpelier, Feb. II to Feb q.
Windsor county, Springfield, Jan. Is to
Feb. 2; White River Junction, Jan 30
to Feb. p Windsor, Feb to Feb l.
1T will be well for every unmarried
person whose net income for 1917 isl
81 900 or over, and every married person
living with wife or husband whose net
income for 1917 is $1,000 or over to call
on the income tax man and learn wheth-
er or not they have any tax to pay.
Collector Jones said to-day. THE person
subject to tax who doesn't make return
in the time prescribed is going to regret
it. The government will get after all in
come tax slaekers.
There's hardly a business man, mer-
chant or professional man who won't |
have to make return Of income. Farm |
ers, as a class, will have to pay the tax. |
The safe thing to do is for every person |
who had total income of 81 900 or |
81 900, as the case may be, and who is |
not sure about what deductions the law
allows him, to play il safe by calling OF
the income tax man.
THE man in the field viii have forms
for yerybody and persons who expect to
all on him need not trouble themselves
70 write TO my Office for forms
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-28
REFORMING CURRENCY.
Philippine Government Proposes to Re
duee Weight of Bullion.

Manila. Dec 81 Reformation of tn,
Philippine currency system is provided
for in currency bill passed by the Phil
ippine House and which seems certain Of
passage by the Senate. II must be sub.
mitted to the president for final approx.
al Il proposes To reduce the weight Of
the bullion in Philippine currency to the
standard Of the United States. thu.
avoiding the danger which menaeed the
islands recently when the value Of the
actual silver in the peso reached 20 per
cent above the nominal value while the
bullion value 81 subsidiary silver coins
was dangerously near the face value.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-28

The crow family. to which the rook
belongs, is placed by ornithoogists al
the head Of the bird world. as being
more highly organized than any other.
Linnaeus gave the post of honor to the
eagles because of their kingly quality
OF rapacity. The eagles were then de-
throned in favor Of the thrushes by
reason OF the higher development Of
their vocal organs, but two great au-
thorities on ornithology, Professor Par.
ker and Professor Newton. agreed in
assigning the highest place to the cor
vidae on account Of their wit and wis.
DOM their development of social hab.
its. their "subrationaiity" aud their
possession OF larger brains in proper
ton TO the weight Of the body than
those OF any other birds
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-28
1900 MEN WANTED
For the United States Naval Reserve in
This District.

Editor, Barre Times The general pub
lie appears to be under the impression
that voluntary enrollments in the naya
reserve force ceased on Dec, Is, and that
after that date, all men of draft age, not
previously enrolled in the naval reserve
force, are ineligible. This belief has
caused the naval authorities of this dis
trict considerable concern, in view of the
fact that the second naval district is in
need of at least 500 additional men for
its naval reserve force. If, therefore. you
would be willing to publish an article in
your columns correcting this general i'm
preston, you would not only be doing a
service to the public, but assisting us in
securing the additional men which we
need for our branch of the service.
The information which this Office has
in regard to the enrolment of men in the
naval reserve force after Dec Is is based
on section Isl, sub paragraph Ia s. $.
r. and on an opinion rendered by the
war department, and is as follows:
|. Section ISL, selective service regula-
tions. does not prevent registrants who
may be placed in class I from enlisting
in the navy or marine corps after Dec.
Is, 1917.
?. A registrant who has been classified
in class ! may enlist in the navy ii his
liability order number is such that he is
not within the current quota OF his local
board under present call.
3. "All officers and enlisted men OF
the naval militia naval reserve" etc, are
in the naval service of the United States
Sec note 3 to rule XII at page 40, selec-
tive service regulations
The provision Of sub-paTagraph tal OF
section Isl. selective service regulations,
means that any registrant may enlist in
the navy or marine corps after Dec. Is,
1917, upon presentation TO a recruiting
officer Of certificate showing that his
order number is so low whether he be
in class | or in deferred class, that he
is not within the current quota of his
local board under a present and existing
call
There is enclosed herewith certificate |
prepared in accordance with the selective |
service regulations for the use of men f,
wishing to enroll in the naval reserve |
force. Should you have space in your |
columns to reproduce this certificate. !
feel confident that il would be of assist
ance to such of your readers as may de-
sire to secure from their local boards a
certificate such as this office can accept
Orson ID. Num-
Lieutenant zig L. :. y. r. F., District
Enrolling Officer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-28
STRONGER men
TAKE The LEAD
They Have Nerves Of Iron and
Real Red Fighting Blood

Vital force is the material from which
leaders in all walks of life are made, il
is well worth getting and holding
The health and nerve of the athlete is
what Nature intended every man and
woman to have.
The blood of an athlete is pure and
red. strong heart pumps and drives it
through his body. No wonder that every
inch of his system is filed with energy
and health, his nerves like iron. spirits
high. hard tasks a pleasure and life one
song OF JOY.
A leading doctor SAYS. Everyone
should feel this way. That if YOU are
not red bloodcd are nervous. all run
down and on your last legs, for you To
build up your blood and nerves with ex-
ercise. fresh air, nourishing food and ma
ture' great prescription, Phosphated
Iron, a real blood and nerve builder
Then YOU win Ne there with vim and
push to easily DO the work that You now
DO on your nerves alone
He also saws. ~Phosphatcd Iron feeds
the blood cells with iron and nerve force.
and that leading specialists are now us
ing ID successfully all over the country.
that it has sprung into almost instant
with the better class Of doe
tors a. one 81 the few remedies they can
depend on % produce results
Special N0tice-To insure physicians
and their patients getting the genuine
Iron, we put up in capsules
only. 80 do not allow dealers to substi-
tute any pills or tablets F. 4 Drown.
the druggist. and leading druggists ev-
anywhere
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-28
GOOD SHOWING BY BANKS
Although There Was Some Loss of De-
posits in Six Months.

The report of the Vermont savings
| banks for the six months ending Nov. 70
1917 shows a loss in deposits of S3,4l2,
$3.50 This is very good showing un
der the circumstances, says Bank Com
missioner +, G, Williams. "rhe people
! of Vermont purchased $lS,000,000 OF the
first and second Liberty bonds, and the
above figures indicate that they are not
withdrawing from savings deposits to
pay for Liberty bonds to such an extent
as was thought probable, but are buying
such bonds with unusual savings from
incomes salaries and wages"
A total of S3,24S, 303.56 of mortgages in
the West and South held by the banks
has been paid since June 30 last, and the
banks have purchased and now hold over
SO ,000,0 900 of Liberty bonds. THE fact
that so large an amount of western and
southern farm mortgages have been paid
during the past six months Is one more
proof of the wisdom OF the state banking
law in allowing surplus deposits of banks
to be so invested. These mortgage loans
have always been paid promptly when
due, and the steady flow of money into
the banks by the payment of such loans
has placed the Vermont banks in very
enyiable position and enabled them to
meet Withdrawals made to pay for Lib
erty bonds and supply the needs of Yer
mont borrowers without the slightest
embarrassment.
while the situation is a happy one
for Vermont it is trying one for the
companies who have sold farm mortgages
to the banks for many years and who
must look for new customers in order TO
meet the needs of their borrowing clients.
Very likely normal conditions as to in
vestments will not obtain during the war,
vet hope that there will be such an in
crease in savings by the people of the
state during the coming year as will en-
able the banks to return partially at
least to normal investment conditions.
Recent Investigations lead me to re-
peat what | have said before, that the !
character and quality of the investments |
of Vermont banks is not excelled by |
those of the banks of any state in the |
and are equalled by few, if any. |
"A statewide campaign has been start |
ID with Hon. f. A. Rowland as state
to induce the people of the
state to purchase thrift stamps and war
awnings certificates. I believe the banks
houId cooperate with Mr.. Rowland in
his campaign, and that the amount sold
n the state should be considered in al
citing future bond issues, and | believe
he banks OF the state should make an
,rganized effort to handle the sale of
he next Liberty loan issue so as to in
luce people to purchase large part Of it
With savings from next years incomes,
alares and wages, and that the banks
hould make the purchase of, and pay
lent for Liberty bonds by the people as
asy as possible
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-28
US. FINANCED
BIG SHIP PLANT
Admiral Bowles Tells of a
$l65,OOO,OOO Con-
tract
THE COMPANY
FURNISHED SITE
S21, 100000 Yard Was Built
Under Government
Subsidy

Washington Dec. 2S.--Rear Admiral
Bowles, assistant general manager of the
Emergency Fleet corporation, appeared
again before the Senate shipping inves'
tigating committee yesterday. He tes'
titled that the International Shipbuilding
company of New York, backed by the
Stone & Webster interests of Boston, the
New York Shipbuilding company and
the National City bank, received $780,
100000 contract without putting up cap
ital of its own.
The government established the com
panys yard on the Delaware river, Phil
adelphia, at a cost of S2l 100000, paid
practically all the salaries of superin-
tendents, foremen and employees, and fur
nished the materials and payrolls. The
company furnished the site for the yard
Bowles defended this form of ''agen-
Cyl contract on the ground that only
through this virtual subsidy could the
large standardized fabricated steel ship
output be obtained.
This contract was let Sept. Is last,
and called for delivery of the l20 ships
beginning year hence. A five per cent
fee on each ship is allowed the com
pany. with premiums for both company
and employees for speed and economies,
Admiral Bowles denied that officials of
the International company were con-
nected with steel interests.
The committee also asked about the
Sloan Shipbuilding corporation of Sc
attic, concerning whose contracts Sena
tor Jones said there had been rumors, |
The witness said he was unfamiliar as
to how this company had obtained its
contracts, as it was zone of the trou
bles" he had inherited from his pre-
decessors. He promised TO furnish the |
committee with desired information.
Admiral Bowles prefaced his testi-
mony by saying that since he had APP
peared before the committee before three |
more new ships have been launched, one
at Seattle, $500 tons; one at Camden,
1900 tons, and one at New York, 1900
tons. Two other requisitioned ships also
had been completed, he said.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-28
AMERICAN CONSULATE
At ODESSA ATTACKED
A Bomb Thrown at the Building in the
Absence Of United States
Official.

Washington, Dec 2s.-The American
consulate general at Odessa was the OBJ
iect of a bomb attack early in the morn.
ing OF Dec. Is, according to state de-
partment message received yesterday.
The consul general said unknown par
ties hurled bomb at the building dur
ing his absence and that considerable
damage was done
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-28
LONG TERMS IN JAIL
FOR ITALIAN RIOTERS
Eleven Charged with Intent to Kill in
Clash with Milwaukee
Police

Milwaukee, Wis, Dee % Eleven 1tal-
iaus, including one woman, convicted last
Thursday on a charge of assault with
intent to kill, in connection with riot
in which several police officers were
killed on Sept. O. were sentenced to TWEEN
ty-fve years in the state prison yester-
day by Municipal Judge A. c. Backus.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-28
GERMAN RECRUITS
PUT UNDER GUARD
Are Led as Criminals are Led to the
Executioner, Wrote One German
Soldier Just Before He Fell
in Battle.

| French Front, Dec. 2S.---German sol
ders from some of the towns of Prussia
are sent to the front under guard las
criminals are led to the executioner,"
says letter found On dead German
soldier, who was killed in recent bat
tie on the French front. The writer had
given a vivid description of the scene at
the departure of detachment of rein
forcements from Saarlouis, town in
Rhenish Prussia. The recruits were in.
tended to fill the gaps in a battalion
which had suffered heavy losses. The
writer says:
"The battalion is ordered to furnish
q reinforcing detachment of 80 men. To
escort them to the Saarlouis station 800
men have been ordered out, some of them
with arms TO march alongside the men
going off and Others to act as pickets on
the way to the station. The men were
all ready in the afternoon and had to
wait some time for another squad Of
comrades from the LIST company of con
valescents, who eventually arrived
what scene! Ahead marched a squad
of guards and TO right aud left of each
ilt Two HIIueu EudTus, WHlit aHOtncI
squad of guards brought up the rear to
guard these German soldiers--our brave
soldiers in field-gray who, according 90
the magnificently phrased stories OF the
newspapers, dash forward full OF Joy and
sustained by love of fatherland to de
stroy our enemies.
'The detachment moved off with a |
band playing march The guards were
SO numerous that there WAS one for ev-
cry two men of the departing detach- |
ment. Il il not a scandal that our chill |
dren in field-gr should be led TO war
to fight and shed their blood in the |
same way as criminals are led to the ex-
ecutoner or, still worse, like cattle to
The straightforward 1t was not sufficient
that for hours beforehand in fact from
The moment of the announcement of the
departure Of the detachment sol
iiers who did not belong to it were pre-
rented from going into the town by SEN
inels posted every five yards. No, it II
vas considered necessary TO submit the
men 10 the shame of marching to the
lepot under guard.
do not the magnificent mendacious
articles in our papers represent in false
light our brave boys in field gray going
o fight and destroy the enemy for the
owe Of the fatherland while such things
s these are happening! Verify, it is a
sacrificed"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-28
LOYAL SOLDIERS
And Railroad Men Will Behave as Such
Says Hustis

Boston. Dec 2s-"R Railroad men are
loyal soldiers" said James r. Hustis,
president and receiver Of the Boston d
Maine railroad, yesterday, in comment
ing upon the presidents announcement
that the railroads Of the country would
be placed under government control
They viii continue" he said. -to give
the president their loyal. support in
whatever plans he considers essential for
the winning Of the war
The present laws and the existing
governmental machinery are not adapted
for wartime operation The plan Is. Of
course. far reaching in its effect. and no
one can foretell the outcome
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-28
WoMAN'S NAVAL AUXILIARY
Has Been Formed in Great Britain for the
Naval Service.

London, Dec III The British navy an
nounces the organization OF a formal
branch of naval service for women. under
the title of the "Women's ROYAL Naval
Service" The membership includes the
women employed on duties connected
with the navy, chiefly in dockyards and
at naval bases Members will wear
distinctive uniform OF navy blue with
brass buttons.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-28
SI25, 900 FIRE ON
BOSTON WATERFRONT
Scores of Girls Flee to Safety as Flames
Sweep Sears Street Build
ing.

Boston, Dee. 2s.-The paper supply
plant of W. w Bevan 4 CO., on Sears
street, in the water front section, was
destroyed by fire yesterday Girls EN-.
ployed in the building. six story brick
structure, escaped without injury. In
view of the danger to nearby property,
all the available fire fighting apparatus
was called out
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-28
Mae president,s Defnition Of eermanism

Innumerable articles and many books
have been written to define "Germanism
and show to the world what il means
In his message To Congress Dec. I
President Wilson defines il as follows:
"This intolerable thing of which the
masters Of Germany have shown US the
ugly face. this menace OF combined in
trigue and force which we now see so
clearly as the German power, a thing
without conscience or honor or capacity
for covensuted peace
This thing must be crushed, and if not
truly brought TO an end. at least shut
out from the friendly intercourse Of the
nations. says the president, and il is only
when this thing and is power are indeed
defeated that the time can come when we
can discuss peace with the German peo-
pie.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-28
DIZZINESS, CONSTIPATION

bad taste In the mouth. dependency
or "the blues" and other miserable
ailments call attention to the liver. 1t
IS torpid. Take Hoods Pills-they
rouse the liver and relieve all liver Ills.
They are the old and favorite family
cathartlc. Purely vegetable. Gentle
and thorough. 25c. All druggists.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-28
The ouinins that Does Not Affect Head.

Because Of It's tonic and laxative ef-
feet, Laxative Bromo Quinine can be
taken By anyone without causing ner-
vousness or ringing in the bead. There
l. only one -Bromo Quinine. +. W.
GROVES signature l. on box. 3oc.-adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-28
Didn't Sound IL.

What was that your daughter was
singing at the pianoy'
oh that was Sweet and Low,
believe"
We'll. | certainly would never have
taken it for anything like that."-St.
Louis Post Dispatch.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-28
Go Follows - So

LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets
taken in time viii prevent grip. +. ".
GROVES signature on boa. Joc.-Adr
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-28
Well Posted.

Il hear you are thinking of buying a
farm"
That's my intention" said the city
man, with complacent air.
well. don't forget the Importance of
silos"
Trust me for that, sir By the way
--er-do those things consume much
Observation-Disclosures Age-Herald.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-09-10
LANE TELLS COMMITTEE
 COST EXCEEDS ESTIMATE
Associated Press )

c. O > 0 o Worlo O Franklin K house today He declared work q I d
 he declared "EnEcr "a o he or O million dollars The II i railroad vii be lc orkis O ccr
 
 ec o Is named a on a, a 1t u I I ieA o and other may t s to with dfronf eric the CO., This a al gapb cenF and Nerana
 The made the work or as c is
The Alaska citizen., 1917-09-10
PAYROLL FOR AUGUST WAS
 BIGGEST YET

NENANA, Sept. z.-Fig ures given out from Engin- eering commission headquar ters here today by C.. Fentol Cramer, special disbursin2 agent of the commission show that the August payroll o1 the commission was the lar9- est yet, Including the pay roll of the Panama Valley railroad and for the work be- ing done at Happy, the aggre- gate sum of the money paid out by the commission was SlO7,792.T7. The net amount paid to contractors in addi- ton to the foregoing sum was S+l, ,3+O.+l, making an aggre- gate total of Sl+9, l591S.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-09-10
COLLECTOR MALONE QUITS
 BECAUSE OF SYMPATHY FOR
 CAUSE OF W0MANS SUFFRAGE
{ Associated Press ]

WASHINGTON, D. C. ScpI. . Dudley T1cI N0 nne collector o1 the port ot New York; today ten ,lcred his resignation 0 President Wilson.
 Along with the formal rcsgnation, the customs official presented d communication the President protesting against his failure advocate the passage o federal sui rage amendment the constitution and because tine rcel dent permitted the Imprisonment of the thirteen Nutraglsto who arrested few day ago while pickctng the tc House
 Collector Malone is of the highest men i'll the cl~- toms service and has eyabe record oi efficiency and executive ability He has all times been ardent adNo universal womans frage and, though ill the lci era scrvce he has induged i'll politics the extent ol urging the passage of federal amendment to the con> tution providing for Womans suffrage
 The collectors decision resign is believed to be the result of the Imprisonment thirteen pckcts few days ago sixty days each in jail.
 President Wilson tonight had taken action the resignation and made comment the