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The Detroit times., 1917-06-26
BY ROBERT J. BENDER

Stat Correspondent united Press
WASHINGTON. June 2s.-rhe
prohibition fight. pending in the
senate. today endangered the whole
legislative program.
The Lever food control bill Is
blocked by the tremendous confu-
sion resulting from injection OF the
sweeping dry addition by the house
Threats and counter threats from
opposing factions nave brought
about a situation, perhaps unprece-
dented In the upper branch. As a
result. reaction today set in to force
against the drastic dry measure as
an adjunct 10 the food bill
Let prohibition go thru on It's
own merits and not under the food
control measure" urged one dry
member today.
Letters and kilograms poured In
from all sections and from all fac
tons. the radical prohibitionists hail
ing the situation as propitious 10
put across a nation wide dry bill and
the more conservative urging
against hitching prohibition 10 the
food measure
Meantime the senate finance com
mittee experts are mulling over ar
guments OF experts dealing With
loss OF revenue II the prohibition
amendment carries
Some emphasize that $3.50 900 900
in taxes 10 the federal government
and $4,000. 600 900 or more TO indi.
vidual states and cities in license
taxes and the like will be lost thru
the prohibition amendment
The Detroit times., 1917-06-26
Man. Hit by Auto. Dies.

Louis Zahm. 20 years old. No II
Hugoave.. Hamtramck. died Monday
in Samaritan hospital. the result Of
injuries suffered Saturday noon.
when he was struck by an automo-
bile on Smith-ave. Clarence Friend.
10 years old. No. 21o Richmond-ave..
the driver OF the car, is at liberty
under $1,000 bond, furnished by his
father
The Detroit times., 1917-06-26

| have been reading a story. lit
tie book, that has made me think
more than any story have read in
long time. II is called Peter ID
betson. and just because II takes
you so far from the realities OF life
into the realm OF conjecture and
Imagination IL has made very
strong appeal to me.
! wonder. little book. II women
TO greater or less degree do not
feel the one great tragedy OF life
Is that human beings are given a
conception OF or rather a power OF
conceiving ideals that no one can
make realities.
Life seems monotonous because
our imagination can picture adven-
lures that are not OF this earth.
The only love we know falls short
OF what we dream II might be.
I cannot understand II. little book
II doesn't seem quite fair that we
should be given this wonderful i'm
aginatIon which can carry some OF
us very far into the realms OF ideal
ity and make believe. while by no
possible mortal effort can we bring
cut these dreams into the rugged
light OF reality.
Peter Ibbetson and Mimsy lived
for 40 years in beautiful world
OF the mind. They met only in the
land OF dreams but each night when
they closed their eyes in sleep they
broke the locks OF the supernatural
and their spirits rushed together.
altho the body OF one was stretched
on lonely cot in a prison cell and
the other was surrounded by all the
luxury and paraphernalia OF the
great lady-the Duchess OF Towers.
Their waking hours were the
hours OF unreality-only when
sleep closed their eyes to mundane
things did they really live.
Sometimes think. little book,
we are all like this--the things we
do not tell anyone. the things we
are almost afraid 10 confess to
ourselves are the things which mean
most 10 us. They compose the life
We long 10 lead while the life we
are living chains us to all the sor-
cid reality and deadly monotony OF
everyday existence.
Would II be possible for any wo-
man 10 live with Dick and go thru
ell my tiny tragedies-most OF them
YOU know. little book. have been
tragedies OF the soul-my times OF
storm and stress when I have been
Ill. my intervals OF Joy. when was
looking for the coming Of sonny
and still cling TO the externals OF
life. TO be more interested IN the
way hand OF bridge Is played than
the story OF Flossie Smith told ne
by Paula Newton.
Perhaps have not had enough TO
do-perhaps had | been poor | would
have had no time for these self
communings, this self-anaiysis.
And yet. little book. can't help
thinking | am a better woman than
the one who just goes on her un-
thinking way because she has been
too actively engased-not In doing
right but In doing the convention
ally obvious-to find time 10 listen
10 the voice of any tempter This
woman does not know. She is inno-
The Detroit times., 1917-06-26
HOUSE PASSES
ROUGE PROJECT
Votes 100000 For Deepening
River Fe New Eefa
Plant

WASHINGTON. June 26.-The
house last night after a half hours
debate passed the s4eo. 900 appropria-
ton required TO deepen the. River
Rouge sufficiently to permit the
docking OF deep draft ships at the
proposed new Ford Smelter and
tractor plant.
There was no serious opposition.
Secretary OF War Baker had given
the plan his approval.
The Detroit times., 1917-06-26
ARGENTINE NEAR
BERLIN BREAK
Sinking of Another Steamer
Aggravates Hostility
To Germany
By CHARLES p. STEWART.

By CHARLFS r. STEWART.
stan correspondent Unitee Press
BUENoS AIRES. June 26.-sink.
ing by German submarine OF the
Argentine steamer roro was Off.
cially admitted today 10 have
brought Argentine very close TO
severance OF diplomatic relations
with Germany
Officials declared the Toro sink
ing was OF such a character as 10
make necessary Arm stand by the
Argentine government There is no
cloud on the strictly legitimate ma
ture OF the Toro's Argentine regis
ter, as there has been in one or
The Detroit times., 1917-06-26
City News in Brief

schmemsnTs Military hand, Herman
". schmeman. director. renders the
following program I'm Palmer park
Tuesday afternoon, beginning at
2.S0. and in Clark park this even
ing. beginning at o'clock March.
ION Jersey ehore." Pryor. HUI
moresaue on The Firedy." Bell
stedt: overture. Hungarian Come
dy," Keller Bella grand selection
from Carmen" BiHet. cornet solo.
Melodies from the Chocolate Sol
dieT.' Strauss Entr' Acte Capri
ciousness." Robinson, Star Spangled
Banner.
John W. Wait. OF oxford. obtained
Judgment against William E. Roney
In the circuit court for damages 70
his automobile. received In a col
lision with MIR. Roney's touring car.
The case was appealed from justice
court. whore Mr.. Wait lost. Thomas
A. Conlon represented him
Joseph u Alexander and hts wife.
Mrs sadie v. Alexander. secured a
license Monday In the county build
ing 10 rewed. They were first mar
RED I'm New York. Alexander IL a
photographer and lives at No. 20
Winchester.
The council committee on streets has
decided 60 .sbstitute ereosote
block foe brick in few paving
Jobs because 81 the rail emoargoes,
maklne a. impossible to obtain
enough brick for the WORK planned.
The committee will make such
report TO the council TUESDAY
night.
ON the petition OF Col. Ira W. jayne
the highland Park council Monday
night voted $4,000 appropriation
TO the village branch OF the home
guards for uniforms Mr.. jayne
pointed out that organized proteo-
ton OF the pumping station ana
the two motor plants OF the village
would be needed on tho commence
ment OF drafting.
The "Beio club an organization of
Spanish A merican war veterans
formed several weeks ago. when
the common council refused 10 ele-
vate one OF It's members 10 be sec
rotary OF the civil service commits
sion. has established camps in ~
Michigan cities. The purpose OF the
organization - 20 advance the poll
tical interests OF tho members.
stepping from n street car mt Jener-
son and adevbrook- nNes. late
Monday afternoon. Mrs Ralph
Sets. No. at Montclair- was
Morgan Lewis, No 700 Beniteau-
ave. The woman was knocked 10
the pavement and dragged several
feet She was taken TO Receiving
hospital in a critical condition.
Despite the order of Chief Seymour.
of Highland Park. for roundup
OF all men who cannot give an ac-
count OF themselves the assaila -
OF Laura Sellers. eight years old.
No III Louise ave. have not been
captured. The child was attacked
In vacant house Sunday night al
ter being blindfolded. Her clothes
were slashed and her body cut.
Hanford Reeve Browne. II years old.
died sunday I'm the home OF his
uncle. Charles 5. Brown. at No SCI
Jefferson ave. He was a student In
the Bsrstow school. but hadM been
ailing with heart trouble for two
week an dhad been at home His
mother Is Mrs. Mary 9. Browne. a
sister OF c. q Browne. Funeral
services WITH be held Tuesday after
noon from No. Sal Jefferson-ave.
The body will be cremated and
taken 10 Plymouth. Mich.
The Detroit times., 1917-06-26
DRY FIGHT
B[0CKSWAR
MEASURES
Struggle Endangers
Entire Senate
Program
PROHIBITION
RANKS SPLIT
Some Don't Want the
Measure Attached
To Food Bill

WASHINGTON, June 2e.-The
senate agriculture sub-commlt-
tee today voted TO broaden the
house food control bill to In.
elude regulation OF coal. steel,
oil. petroleum products. farm
implements and other neces.
saries
The Detroit times., 1917-06-26
End. Life over Gas Burner.

Amelia valence. 80 years old.
was found lying in the kitchen OF
her home. No. $50 Brush-st. late
Monday night with her head over
gas stove. the jets Of which were
open. Coroner Rothacher who In
vesiigated the case says that the
woman committed suicide because
OF family troubles.
The Detroit times., 1917-06-26
MILITARY
LAW RULES
ALL SPAIN
political Intrigue" Is
Reason Given For
Action

MADRID. June 26.--Suspension OF
all Constitutional guarantees was an
nounced by the cabinet today. The
ministers explained that widespread
political inirisues necessitated this
step. in effect establishing martial
law thruout the nation.
For several weeks a severe censor
ship has prevented authentic In
formation concerning the reported In
ternal disturbances In spain from
leaking out. The above dispatch In
dicates that the popular unrest. re-
ported to have taken the form Of a
demand for the abolition OF the Ger
man controlled court partys innu-
ence I'm governmental anairs Is ser
ioue
Martial law was proclaimed some
time ago when serious strike
threatened the country but the re-
pressive measures were only par
TALLY successful.
The Detroit times., 1917-06-26

The Misses Alma vechman. Leo
more voelker. Ruth ToepeL Csthe-
rine Doemllns. Phyllis Englehart,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-03
Auction Sale
Real Estate and
Personal Property E!

In the settlement Of the estate of
Leonard Huntley. late of Waterbury
Center. VT, deceased, will sell at public
auction to the highest bidder, on
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-03
Macbeth and Mckinley.

Long before William Mckinley be
came national and international fig
ure made his acquaintance and WOE
his friendship and good will, which
onded only when he passed to eternal
rest We often met at his horae in
Canton. o., and at the house of a mu-
tual friend, NJ. Ruhman. the son-in-law
Of Rabbi Levinsky, the editor OF the
family and school Bible.
When he was elected a member of
congress this intimacy continued, and
many social and pleasant hours We're
passed in my home and in his rooms at
the Ebbit House, where he lived dur
ing his whole congressional career. He
was at all times genial. and no matter
what he had to do, either for his con-
stituents or for his friends, he was
ever the same patient, courteous and
self sacrificing gentleman. In due
course of time he was elected governor
of Ohio. telegraphed him. ''Thane
of Cawdor, king that shall be-" to
which he promptly replied, Thanks,
but not yet."-Simon Wolf in Ameri-
can Hebrew.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-03
TOTAL DEER KILLING o8l.
Essex County Leads the State with 15e
Reported.

Fish and Game Commissioner Linus
Leavens of Cambridge announces that
,9SI deer were killed in Vermont during the
open season of nine days last month, in
contrast to 1880 killed during eighteen
days in the year previous. Essex county
reports the largest number killed, or 1856,
with Windhsm county second with ia
and Washington county third with LOG.
The largest bucks reported were in
Lamoille and Orange counties, the ami
mails weighing $50 pounds each. George
Jones of Hyde Park and Byron Fits of
West Fairlee were the hunters who cap
tured the bucks. The total weight Of
deer carcasses killed during the open sea.
son was 1851 pounds and the average
weight of the animals was l72 pounds
The number of does illegally, or acct
dentally, killed was 25 and the number
of buck fawns illegally, or accidentally
killed was IL, Special efforts were made
to maintain an efficient warden service
patrol through the open season, and as
result lawless hunters have not been
in evidence. The policy has been to pre-
vent violations, rather than to start pros
ecutions. Several wardens report extin-
gushing fires started by careless hunters.
There have been a few accidents due to
csrelessness on the part of the hunters.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-03
First Aid For Painters.

Every member of the Washington pc.
lice force carries when on duty in
crowds pill box full Of tiny glass
tubes Of aromatic spirits of ammonia
according to the Popular Science
Monthly. These are for reviving per.
sons who faint in the street
The tubes are about an inch long and
slightly more than an eighth of an inch
in diameter. Each has a wrapping OF
absorbent cotton and over this a silk
gauze covering.
Slight pressure between the fingers
is sufficient to break the tube. The
ammonia is promptly absorbed by the
cotton about 1t, which also serves to
prevent the sharp particles of glass
from doing any harm. Held beneath
the nose of the person who has tainted,
the fumes of the ammonia soon revive
her. The tubes are stored in all the
patrol boxes about the city and are
carried in patrol wagons and police
ambulances.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-03
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Black horse 8 yrs. old good
worker and driver. weighs LOO IBIS. not
afraid Of autos Joseph Fontaine. Mortified,
VT, II. f. ID. No. 3. 22ltl2s
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-03
ESTATE OF BETsEY MARSH

State OF Vermont. District of Washington. S.
The Honorable Probate Court for the Dis.
trict of Washington:
To all persons interested in the estate OF
Betsey Marsh. late of Calais, in said district,
deceased, GREETING:
A.. probate court, holden at Montpelier,
within and for said district, on the oath day
of November. 1917. an instrument purporting
to be the last will and testament of Betsey
Marsh, late of Calais. in said district de
ceased, was presented to the court aforesaid,
for probate
And it is ordered by said court that the
day of December, 1917. at the probate office
18th day Of December, 1917, at the probate Office
in said Montpelier, be assigned for proving said
instrument. and that notice thereof be given
to all persons concerned. by publishing this
order three weeks successfully in the Barre
Daily Times, q newspaper circulating in that
vicinity. in said district. previous to the
time appointed.
THEREF ORE. you are hereby notified to
appear before said court, at the time and
place aforesaid, and contest the probate of
said will, II you have cause.
Given under my hand at Montpelier. In said
district. this cath day of November, 1917.
FRANK j. MARTIN Judge.
No26Dec3-l0
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-03
WARTIME SIGNALS.
A Clever Device That Was Used by
tho Ancient Romans.

A Clever Device That Was Used BY
tho Ancient Romans.
In view of the varied and scientific
signal methods used In modern war
fare description OF the ancient sig
mailing methods found int the writings
of Poiybius will prove of interest.
This writer had observed the opera
lions of the Roman generals before the
fall Of Carthage in l46 Il. @. and says
they provided their signal stations with
earthenware vessels, exactly equal in
all respects and fitted With cocks which
allowed the water to escape at the
same rate. They were carefully test
ed to make sure of the last require
ment. Corks of smaller diameter than
the vessel were 6oated in them, bear
ing rods. upon which were marked at
a distance of three fingers apart the
simplest and most urgent military mes
sages. They were used as follows:
The sending station raised torch.
The receiving station, seeing it. did
likewise. This was signal for both
tations to open the corks of their wa
ter Jars. When the rod at the sending
station had sunk so that the desired
message appeared at the edge OF the
jar another torch was raised, and the
receiving station shut off its cork and
read the message on the rod, marked
identically with that at the sending
station. Detroit Free Press.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-03
Origin Of a Postal Custom.

The steamship Oregon was lost off
Fire island on March IA, 1885, she
was rammed by a coastwise schooner,
remaining afloat for half an hour. a
time which made it possible to save
every person aboard. When her mail
was fished up and delivered the pieces
were stamped with statement that
they had been in the wreck. the first
instance Of practice which is now
employed by direction OF the interna-
tional postal union. The credit for this
simple device is believed to be due to
Edward NJ. Morgan, at that time in a
subordinate position In the New York
postoffice. who foresaw that few
minutes work with a rubber stamp
would forestall an infinitude of com.
plaint.-New York Sun.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-03
DON'T NEGLECT A FEVER.
Keep . Clinical Thsrrometer In the
Home and Use IL.

Keep . Clinical Thermometer In the
Home and Use It.
Every home should have thermome-
ter in the household medicine closet
No family, especially where there are
children, should be without a thermom.
eter, The thermometer gives the cor
rect temperature of the body whenever
1t Is necessary to find out what II
may be.
The beginning of an illness is shown
by the thermometer When one is well
the normal temperature is $50 degrees.
ANY rise in the temperature, especially
II it reaches 100 or l01 degrees, shows
there is fever, aud physician should
be called in to treat the condition and
find out the cause Of the fever.
Children and adults having a temper
ature of over 100 degrees should re-
main indoors and In bed. 1t is always
dangerous to go about the house or out
of the house when there is any eleva-
ton OF the body temperature.
When one suffers from cold there
may be temperature of 101 or even
102. and if one goes about the house or
out Of doors it Is no uncommon thing
for him later on TO find himself in bed
suffering from bronchitis or pneumo-
mia, and death frequently results. and
all from neglecting to remain indoors
when having bad cold.
Buy a clinical thermometer and use
1t. 1t may save you from severe Ill
ness by showing you that you require
the services Of physician, Philadel-
phia Record.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-03
WHY IS A CATS TAIL?
Does II Serve q Useful Purpose, or 10
Il Merely Ornamental?

" merely OrnamentaI9
The question having arisen, why
does the cat have tail?" the scientists
seem willing to answer 1t with another
question, "How would the cat look
without a tail?" No one can gainsay
the fact that the tail is valuable orna-
ment The cat without one is a sorry
sight. But there are those who main
tain that the tail serves the cat as a
sort of gyroscope, balancing the body
In leaping. says the Popular Science
Monthly
This cannot be wholly true. for Manx
cats get along very well without tails,
and rabbits have no use for them at
all. Yet both the Manx cats and rab-
bits do lot Of leaping. After all, 1t
looks as II the tail is only an ornament
unless II is kind of safety valve for
expression in exciting times.
OF course there are instances where
the tail serves some purpose other than
that Of art. The monkey finds his use
full as sort Of fifth leg; the horse uses
bis as u fly swatter, as does the lion;
the crocodile uses his for swim ming, as
do the seal and the turtle and other
aquatic creatures, and the rattlesnake
uses his for warning enemies.
According to W. q. Matthews Of the
American Museum Of Natural History,
the tail was a necessary organ for the
aquatic and amphibsous ancestors from
which the higher animals are descend
ed. When they took to terrestrial life
and to walking on all fours the tail be-
came more or less superfluous.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-03
FARM OF l6 ACRES

of land. with house, barn and blacksmith
shop; 10 tons of No. stock hay, u
acre of field corn, | acre of sweet corn
/ the corn is not picked on either of these
pieces: also. Is swsrms of bees.
FARM TOOLS AND MISCELLANE-
GUS ARTICLES horse lumber wag-
ons, buggy wagons. express wagon,
cart body, hay rack, hand cart, wheel
barows, set of cart wheels. | set of ,
horse traverse sleds. set Of '-horse tray
erse sleds, bob sled, , sleighs, pung
sleigh. 2 hand seds, work harnesses, 3
driving harnesses, genuine buffalo robe,
l wolf robe, ? lap robes, moving ma
chine, horse rake, hay tedder, cultivator,
3 sets pulley blocks, platform scales, tub
machinery, ! new staye saw, cider mill
galvanized tank, O ladders, water tub, ,
straw cutters, sap pan. sugar pan, 10
cider barrels, emery wheel and frame. ?
shot guns and Shells wagon jack, 4 milk
cans and pals. brass kettles, meas
ures, corn shelter. , grindstones, jack
screw, post maui, chains, iron bar, tree
spades, shovels, forks. etc
A FULL LINE OF BLACKSMITH'S
TOOLS such as tire bender tire upset
ter, drilling machine and drills. vises.
anvil, level, and all tools that go with
blacksmith and wheelwright business
ALSO SOME HOUSEHOLD GOODS,
parlor organ, gold watch. |
silver watch, and many other articles
too numerous TO mention. This property
will all be sold as advertised in order to
settle the estate. Lunch at noon. Terms
at time of sale.
DOW ]. ADAMS, Admir-,
Waterbury Center, VT. |
c. F. SMITH, Auctioneer, Barre, VT.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-03

Mr.. Smith tmaking a purchase fol
Mrs. Smith, who has instructed him to
get her pair OF three and halt
shoes)-Let me see a pair OF ladies'
SIS, wide.
Shopman fwho knows the Smithsl--
Why, Mr.. Smith. your wife always or.
ders 3la!
Mr.. Smith-My man. | am not going
to suffer the tortures of the internal
regions every morning watching that
woman trying to get bushel of feet
into peck of shoes. | am going to
take her pair that will fit her.--Lon-
don Answers
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-03
Got His AnsNnnr

A facetious gallant at Ocean Grove
took little girl on his knee and said:
II don't love you, Nellie"
All the ladies on the veranda laugh
ed. but little Nellie frowned and said:
You've got to love me: you've got
to-"
Got tot How soT' laughed the man
Because" said Nellie stoutly.
you've got TO love them that hate
you. and hate you, goodness knows
Washington Star.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-03
NO. 302-E-165 ACRES
All Equipped

"a acres of tir1age 80 of which is level and tn,
balance is rolling. but easily worked and very
productive: balance pasture and woodland
well fenced; good fruit orchard: about 4ot
sut;or trees, all equipped hard end soft wood
enough for place and some to sell plenty
good barn room; practically new s-room
house; never-failing spring water running tc
house and barn telepohne X. F. D.. only
miles to good r. K. town with this farm you
get good cows, young cattle extra good
pair horses brood SOW, shoat, 10 hens and 70
chickens. more than enough crops to carry
stock through the winter. "A lot of very good
farming tools, including gasoline engine grain
separator. blower rig. so eds. stove wood.
also y interest in heavily timbered l0-acre
lot that joins the farm. all for "a. 500; owner
will reserve the half interest in wood lot if
buyer does not want it: we consider this a
very good buy at this price. Won't you let
us show IL to youf