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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-12
BEEFSTEAK PRICES FIRMER.
Lighter Receipts and Better Demand al
Brighton Market.

| Brighton. Mass, Dee. l2.-Lighter re-
ceipts and an improved demand stiffencd
prices a trife at the Brighton stockyards
yesterday morning. Eastern trains were
late, and this helped to keep the market
on edge.
| Choice, heavy cattle continue scarce
Droyers report that farmers refuse 10
sell best stock at current prices, and
consequently the bulk of the arrivals is
made up of light and medium stock. For
anything grading above the average, II
cents was the top yesterday, average tops
selling at 9h@l0 cents, good cattle at
$40 cents and light cattle at as cents.
One or two fancy cows sold up to 81
cents, but average tops were not quota
bic at over Z cents. Gamer cows were
easy at 4@4i% cents, with ordinary cows
at sac cents and good cows at cor
cents.
Bologna bulls sold at 4ha5 cents,
with average bulls at 7@71a cents, and
occasionally more for a fancy animal.
Some small lots Of fancy calves |
brought as high as l45e cents, bunch |
lots selling at l3@l4 cents, with fair |
lots at l0@l2 cents, aud grassers and
drinkers at 7@9 cents. The supply of |
calves from New York state has fallen |
on materially ana TINS mas strengthened |
prices for eastern stock
Sheep and lambs were nominsf in price
with not enough arriving to establish
quotations..
Hogs were firmer, though Is cents was
still about the top. Best lots brought
l7h@lS cents and rough lots l7Ml7is
cents.
Mich cows sell slowly, though prices
a. l.. 4
best stock. Prices are unchanged. rang.
ing from S40@$50 for ordinary mixers,
up to Sl0O@Sl25 and upward for fancy
mixers.
The price of dressed hogs has been
lifted to the level of two weeks ago !
The packers now quoting 22A a2234 &
'ents, against 22@22A cents week ago, I
md l21s@l31s cents at this time last I
year.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-12
URIC ACID
An Enemy in Ambush
(By DIR. NJ C. Lucas.

1t was not until the discovery by Sir
Arthur Garrod, in ls4s, that the blood OF
equity patients contained uric acid in an
excessively large amount, that much at
| tention was paid to this subject. Later
scientific men learned that in govt (also
| true in rheumatism, the kidneys do not
work properly to throw off the uric acid
poison; consequently uric acid crystals
are deposited in and about the joints.
where an inflammation is set up i'll the
nearby tissues. When for any reason
the circulation is sluggish, as in the
Joints of the toes, crystals formed from
uric acid are deposited there, and one
suffers from govt or, when deposited in
the tissues. one suffers from muscular
rheumatism or artienlar rheumatism.
My only medicine to counteract the uric
acid and 10 throw it out of the system is
tablets of Anuric double strength),
three times a day.
The pain in the back, lumbago, pain in
the neck, cresky joints, stiffness in mus
cles, have all been proven to be caused
by uric acid poison in the blood and It's
sues. The kidneys soon become diseased,
then there often follows disease in the
muscles of the heart.
Kidney disease carries away a large
percentage of our people, What is to be
doneg What can the ordinary person do
to properly balance bodily heaithY The
answer is easy Eat less meat, eat
coarse. plain food, with plenty of vege |
tables, drink plenty of water between
meals, and take an uric acid solvent be- |
fore meals for while, such as Anuric |
double strength, obtained at almost |
any drug store 1t was first discovered
by DIR. Pierce, of the Surgical Institute
in Buffalo, y. Y. Most every one troubled
with uric acid finds that Anuric dissolves
the uric acid as hot water will dissolve
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-12
German in the Schools.

The Herald does not sympathize with
the movement for cutting out the study
OF German in high schools and colleges.
There is more demand for a knowledge
OF German now than there ever was be-
fore. Rutland Herald
1t comes on good authority that in one
Vermont high school not a single pupil
elected German as a language study for
the current year. Yet such a decision
does nothing, absolutely nothing, to de-
feat Germany. If there ever was any
reason why Americans should study the
language of the Teutons, il exists to-day
as potent as ever even if not more so, as
The Herald suggests.
War should not blind us as a people to
some elemental truths There is a wealth
IN German literature that ought not to
be overlooked Ii we do overlook it. we
shall be the losers, not the Germans.
And on the more practical side. let it be
remembered that in self protection as
nation we must be constantly able TO ar
rive at an understanding of all peoples
of the world, and how is the understand
ing TO be reached if we purposelv render
ourselves ignorant of the greatest source
of such an understanding, a working
knowledge of the language?
One can find in German lteratu ius-
for every estimate of the Ger
man people now entertained in this conn |
try. II was Goethe who predicted that |
the Germans, full of strength, would be-
come savages. 1t was Heine who pre-
pared us for the return of the old Ger |
/ mic gods and the overthrow of the be-
lief in Christ by the people. II is from
a knowledge of German that we learn
hat a national consciousness j. stimu-
ated in every way in the German peo-
pie; that while we sing of Sweet Molly
'ome out Tonight and Kiss Me Behind
he Ear, the Germans of all classes sing
heir songs of proves in war and the
III around supremacy of the Teutons.
One can sympathize up to a point with
hose who now frown ON the study of the
iermsn language but one cannot enter
ain much respect for their Judgment
re shall have use for German in the flu
ure. if for nothing else than to tell the
Germans where to head in" or to get
4" as the vernacular has it.-St Adams
Hessenper.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-12
HOOVER AFTER
THE PROFITEERS
Federal Agencies on Trail of Those Who
Speculate in Food.
stuffs

| Washington. Dec. l2-Charges by Food
Administrator Hoover that some dishon-
est wholesale and retail merchants and
food brokers have been criminally re-
sponsible for food shortages and rising
prices were taken under advisement yes
terday by the federal trade commission.
Victor Murdoch will be in charge of
this inquiry.
Speculation in foods was declared yes
terday in statement by Commissioner
Murdoch to have far reaching results in
causing unrest
Unprincipled brokers and dealers are
said to order goods beyond their re-
quirements ON rising market believing
they can make money if prices continue
to go up and can at least prevent loss by
rejecting the shipment.
Il am going to prosecute this inves-
tigation to the limit and bring any vio-
lators to the sternest payment of JUS
tice," said Commissioner Murdoch. "Such
pernicious business practices, which net
blood money, must be stamped out at
the start and kept stamped out
Il am going to give my entire time
to this job if it is necessary to get re-
suits and put some of these unpatriotic
camp followers and war leeches behind
bars where they rightly belong.
I'm this investigation ] would like ev-
cry citizen to consider himself speeifi- |
ally delegated by me to furnish any in |
formation which might be helpful in run
hing down the type Of food profteers we
Ire after"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-12
Senate Military Committee
Decides to Inquire into
Aiming and Equipping
BAKER AND OTHERS
WILL BE CALLED
Committee Lays It's Plans to
Go into Conduct of
War

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE committee
on military affairs yesterday decided to
authorize for itself a sweeping investi.
CATION into the preparation for the war
II will look into the construction OF can
comments, the conditions as to rifles, big
guns and other munitions, the clothing
contracts and other procedure of the Off
cial and unofficial bodies which have been
cooperating with the war department
toward assembling the resources of the
United States. Secretary of War Bak-
err, General Crozier, chief of ordnance,
and many other heads Of bureaus will be
called before the committee to explain
some of the charges made by enlisted
men and their friends and business men
that American preparation has been
handicapped by inefficiency, wrong pol
icy and red tape. Senator Wadsworth
Of New York has been particularly in
terested in matters relating to the bu
reau Of ordnance and Senator Weeks of
Massachusetts is prepared to ask few
pertinent questions relative to military
uniforms.
The investigation, ii was admitted by
Senator Chamberlain yesterday, has been
ordered in consequence of the many com
munications received by senators rela
tive to conditions in the war depart
ment and elsewhere, many of them so
specific that they could not be ignored
The senator said that large additional
appropriations for the army would be
needed, and that the committee desired
to learn the exact facts as to conditions,
as a guide to drawing its bills, some of
which will have to be with other ques- |
ton than of mere money.
Some senators have tried to learn for |
themselves what they could as TO the |
truth of many stories that have come |
to them, but even they, with all their |
influence, have been unable to
satisfy themselves upon many points
most of them relating to the admins
tration OF the war department and the
program of aeroplane construction. These
senator's have frankly declared since
their return to Washington that they
we're tired Of voting blindly for such APP
as were demanded by the
department without knowledge of any
hing that is being done with the money
,fter it has been passed over. The ae-
ion of the committee on military affairs
indicates that at last some of
his knowledge must be impaired to
congress before more huge appropria
ions are made, even though the disclos-
Tres of the officials questioned may not
,e made matter of public record.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-12
RAILS LED BREAK
nv STOCK MARKET
Prospects of Government Ownership and
News from Abroad Sent
Stocks OFF.

New York, Dec. l2.--Prospects of gov
eminent control of the railroads excited
wide spread apprehension in the Wall
street district yesterday, standard rails
breaking 3 to points. Recessions later
spread to the rest of the list on rumors
of more acute conditions abroad.
Rails were at lowest prices for the
long sustained period Of liquidation,
some of these stocks falling to lowest
prices ever recorded. At the beginning
of the last hour losses of 2 to points
were recorded in stocks of all descrip-
tions including industrials and special
ties. The further extreme weakness OF
foreign bond issues added to the general
feeling of encouragement.
The market was comparatively duh
until the final hour when selling assumed
wider proportions.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-12
AMERICAN CORN SOLD.
At Five Cents Pound By Mexico City
Council

Mexico City, Dec. l2.-The city council
has announced the sale of corn import
ed from the United States at .2l cen
American money, a pound.
The corn viii be sold under the SUI
pervision of the city council and only
four Kilograms will be sold daily To each
person. In this way no one party will
be- able to acquire q large amount for
speculative purposes.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-12
B. g. O. STRIKE AvERTED.
Federal Board Settles Difficulties Be.
tween Road and Telegraphers.

Washington, Dec. Difficulties
which threatened a strike of 2300 tele-
graphers employed by the Baltimore 8
Ohio railroad and tieup on one of the
country's most important munitions and
coal-carrying roads were settled yester-
day by the federal board of mediation
and reconciliation under the direction OF
Commissioner G. w. w. Hanger.
A basic eight hour day and increased
pay for overtime work were the most
important concessions to the men. CUES
tions of pay for all Sunday work and
q general 20 per cent increase in wages
will be arbitrated.
Yesterdays settlement is regarded bv
the Order of Railway TelesTaphers as
confirming the principle Of an eight hour
day for operators. which had been es.
:ablisbed through demands made on west
ern roads.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-12
MCORMACK TO GIVE THE
RED CROSS 500, 900
Tenor Will Pay His Own Expenses on
Patriotic Concert Tour from At
lantic to Pacific Coast.

Washington, Dec. ia gift of $780,
900 to the Red Cross from John McCor-
mack, the tenor, was announced yester-
day. Paying his own expenses, Mr., Me-
Cormaek will make patriotic concert
tour from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
opening in Washington, Dec. Is, with
a concert which the president and Mrs.
Wilson have announced they will attend
81 viii keep on singing until have
sGrned 100000 which the American Red
Cross may use as it sees fit" said Mr..
Mccormack in making his offer
The work will be a privilege to me ana
! will perform it with an enthusiasm
such as | never have felt before"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-12
IN BOSTON MARKETS.
Butter Prints 4sH@4oc-Choice Eastern
Eggs 6s@69c.

Boston, Dec. l2.-Jobbing quotations:
Butter--Fancy northern creamery, in
tubs Hottie, boxes 4s@4s1sc, fancy
western creamery 46@47c, good to choice
creamery 44K @45c, fair to good 43h@
44c, renovated butter 4l@41hc, ladies
39@39hc.
Cheese-New York twins, fancy 25@
25t2c, fair to good 23@24c, Young Amer
lea 26h@27c.
Eggs-Fancy nearby hennery 72c,
choice eastern 6S@69c, fresh western ex-
tras 65@66c, prime frsts 60a62c, firsts
57@5sc, storage extras 3o@40c, frsts 81
a3sc.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-12
PANAMA DECLARES
VAR on AUSTRIA
More Interning of Teutons-Canal Zone
Cleared of Alien En-
ernies.

Panama, Dec. l2.-Paaama declared
war on Austria Monday. The govern
ment, in cooperation with the canal zone
authorities, is interning Austrians. The
zone has now been cleared of Germans
and Austrians, in accordance with Presi-
dent Wilson's recent order.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-12
DIZZINESS, CONSTIPATION

bad taste in the mouth. dependency
or the blues" and other miserable
ailments call attention to the liver. It
is torpid. Take Hoods Pllls--they
rouse the liver and relieve all liver Ills.
They are the old and favorlte family
cathartic. Purely vegetable. Gentle
and thorough. 25c. All druggists.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-12
FARM CROPS WORTH
S2I,OOO,OOO,O 900
Final Estimate By Department of Agri-
culture of Yields of Principal
Products.

Washington, Dec. l2.-Many crops this
year exceed the production of other
years, while the value of the country's
farm products, with total estimated
unofiicially at S2l 900 900 900, far exceeds
any other year in history Final esti
mates of production of the principal farm
crops were announced yesterday by the
department of agriculture. The produc-
ton estimates are:
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-12
Only One "BRoMo oUININE"

To get the genuine, call for full name,
LAXATIVE BROMo QUININE. Look
for signature of +. W. GROVE Cures
Cold in One Day. 30c.-adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-12
To Cure a Cold in One Day

take LAXATIVE BRoMo QUININE
Tablets. Druggists refund money Y it
fails to cure. z. ". GROVES signature
Is on each box. 30c.-sdv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-12
In LOCAL
MARKETS
Dressed Pork Holds Steady
at 20 Cents Per
Pound
BUTTER AND EGGS
REMAIN FIRM
Potatoes Are Easier This
Week at $1.10@$1.2O
Per Bushel

Barre, VT, Dec. II, 1917.
Pork holds steady white potatoes are
easier this week. Butter and eggs hold
firm at last weeks prices. Wholesale
quotations:
Dressed pork-20c
Veals-l7@lsc
Lamb--25c
Fowls 25c.
Chickens 2S@30c.
Fresh eggs-55c,
Butter, creamery-46e.
Butter, dairy-44@45e.
Potatoes-Easier, $I.l0@Sl.20.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-12

One of the schools in Sherburne is not
in session this winter because no teacher
could be secured.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-08-30
AUTO PLUNGED OVER
EMBANKMENT
Charles Sprague is in Hospital
Badly Hurt.

Charles Sprague, of Kitzmiller, is at
the Hoffman Hospital, Keyser, with
severe injuries sustained in having been
pinned under an overturned automobile
Sunday night about $50 O'Clock at the
fork of the Elk Garden and Beryl roads,
few miles from Piedmont. Mr..
Sprague was turning his Dodge car
when be lost control and the machine
backed down over a forty-foot embank-
ment, turning completely over. His
wife and two children had lett the car
before he started to turn and thus es-
capped injury.
Mr.. Sprague was pinned underneath
the overturned tonneau He sustained
three fractured ribs. 1t is thought his
lung may be punctured and that he
may have sustained other internal in
jury. He is severely bruised about the
chest. After having been given aid by
DR.. A. B. Kalbaugh Westernport, ard
DR.. T. L. Wilson, Piedmont. he was
removed to Hoffman Hospital on Balti-
more and Ohio train No. y.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-08-30
MAN OPPOSED TO
DRAFT ARRESTED
Jonas Hetrick, Farmer, Taken in
Charge BY Government.

Jonas Hetrick, former resident Of
Garrett county. but who moved over IN
to Somerset county, Pa, several years
ago, residing near Savage, was taken in
custody by secret service men one day
last week and at Somerset, Pa, he was
gwen hearing, being released on So
900 bail with his son Thomas as bonds
man.
Mr.. Hetrick was in Oakland recently,
having accompanied his two sons here
where they had been to answer the
draft summons sent by the local board.
He was very much worried fearing
that both sons would have to go to the
front at once, and it is alleged that he
told his two sons that he would like to
get an army of nountaineers and march
TO Washington" to dispose of Woodrow
Wilson. Someone hearing the state
ment sent word to Washington, his ar
rest following.
Mr.. Hetrick is a man of perhaps G5
years Of age. He is an excellent citizen
and has reared family of splendid
young men. At Somerset when he was
examined he stated that he did not
mean or intend any disloYalty.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-08-30

people of the United States once
more what they are fighting for;
to still further crystalize public
sentiment to the knowledge that
this is our own war as much as
England, France or Italy; that the
United States nor any other ma
ton on the face of the earth can
feel security, or be safe, while an
irresponsible government with
tenthcentury doctrines that might
makes right, and twentieth cen
fury science to impose those di-
rections, continues to exist.
,. To so phrase and express
the peace beliefs Of America that
there might be no opportunity for
causingdiscussion or disagreement
among the allied nations, with
which the United States is making
common war against the German
menace.
In line with these objects the
President devotes special atten-
ton to the impossibllity Of taking
the word Of the German junker
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-08-30
CAN NOT ACCEPT
WORDOF KAISER
Peace Impossible While Militar-
ism Dominates German People.

WASHINGTON, Aug. rs
President Wilson today rejected
the peace proposals of Pope Bene-
dict at this time.
In note sent to the Pope, he
declared that the United States
must continue to fight until it is
satisfied that a peace treaty would
be more than another scrap Of
paper to be torn by Germany s
rulers at will. While the Presi-
dents note is a rejection Of peace
at this time it leaves the road wide
open for further discussion and
proposition.
We cannot take the word of the
present rulers of Germany as a
guarantee of ANYTHING that is to
endure" he says. And later he
adds We must await some new
evidence of the purposes Of the
great people of the central en-
pires. God grant that it may be
given soon and in a way to restore
the confidence Of all peoples every
where in the face Of nations and
the possibility of covenated
peace. "
President Wilson declares fatty
against all autocratic war after the
present war; against annexation OF
indemnities other than restitution,
such as payment Of Belgium and
the restoration Of Alsace-Lorraine
to France.
The salient points in the Presi-
dents note are:
/. To make it clear to the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-08-30
NEW COAL co. ORGANIZED.
Garrett County Operation Will
Begin Shortly.

Yesterday the Clarion Coal Company
of Garrett county was organized and a
charter applied for under. the laws of
the State of Maryland.
The new company will have a capital
stock of $4,000 and will operate near
Vlndex. this county, where a tract of
forty acres of excellent coal has been
secured under lease for a term of years.
The incorporators are Sheridan Stot-
tlemeyer. Lester M. Adams, Russell A.
Price, Ruthford Stottlemeyer and
Esther B. Price. The officers are as
follows: President, Sheridan Stottle-
meyer; vice-president, Lester M.
Adams; secretary and treasurer, Rus
sell A. Price. Mr.. Gilmor S. Hamlll, of
Oakland, drew the incorporation papers.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-08-30
Box Picnic At HOyes.

Saturday, September 8th, under the
auspices of the Agricultural and Can
ming Clubs of Garrett county Boxes
will be sold to the highest bidder.
Everyone bring box. Refreshments
will be sold. Speakers from the Mary
land State College of Agriculture will
be present. A special canning demons
tration will take place. Band music.
Every body welcome.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-08-30
All-Day Basket Picnic.

An all-day basket meeting will be
held in Seedlings Grove, near Swanton,
on Sunday. September 9th under the
auspices of the Improved Order of Red
Men, when at 1890 in the morning a
sermon will be delivered. The occasion
will be of especial interest to all Red
Men as well as to those unacquainted
with the organization. Good music
will be one of the features of the gath
ering. Everybody will End q cordial
welcome.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-08-30
eminent

eminent,
No economic or trade war after
the war against any people.
Settlement Of disputes by arbi-
tration instead of force.
Prosperity through peace.
limitations persisted in official
circles this afternoon that Presi-
dent Wilson'S note was based
largely on convincing information
that Germany is rapidly reaching
a new alignment internally and
that peace may come sooner than
anyone thinks.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-08-30
KILLED IN OHIO
Charles Troy, Formerly of Oak
land, Met Death Yesterday.

Charles Troy, a former resident of
Oakland, was killed Yesterday in mine
accident at point in Ohio near Wheel
ing, West Va. Mr.. Troy married Miss
Alice Cleveland, of Oakland, several
years ago and has been a resident of
Ohio since that time. Recently a son
was killed. No particulars aside from
the fact that he met with an accidental
death has been received in Oakland at
the time this paper goes to press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-08-30
full SUPPLY OF
GAS TOMORROW
Local Officials Receive Such No
tice from Headquarters.

The local officials of the Northern
Natural Gas Company have been noti-
fled from the general offices in Cumber-
land that after this evening the normal
-pply of gas will be turned into the
mains leading to Oakland from the
service lines at a point near German, to
which point repairs have been com
pleted.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-08-30

Miss Mary B. Porter after taking the
summer course at Cornell spent short
vacation with her sister Mrs. Paul B.
Naylor, left Sunday morning for Verona
where she has accepted position in
the Verona High School as instructor
in English and French.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-08-30

We desire, through the columns of
your paper to return our heartfelt
thanks to the many friends who aided
US during our recent great bereavement
when death claimed our loved son, Car
roll Paugh.
|. A. PAUGH AND WIFE.
The above notice was handed in for
publication some weeks ago but was
mislaid-Ed.)
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-08-30
Butter Eat Prices.

At the Garrett county Creamery this
week we will pay Al cents per ID. for
Butter Fat.-Advertisement. 81