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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-21
Raising Health Standards.

No doubt the story of one man who
was rejected at the first enlistment ex-
animation and exercised till he finally
got in is true to many other cases. There
are more men that are actually working
to join the army than some people think.
But there is another and . wider APP
plicstion of new standards. Thousands
of men who in ordinary times never
think about their health unless they feel
definite pain have had tlA Importance
of well rounded physical development
brought forcibly to their attention.
Such emphasis on health cannot fail
TO have a general value. IL is the right
kind of emphasis. The soldier needs
the same physique that all OF US ought
to have-not the one-sided over-develop-
ment of the snowy professional athlete.
In time of peace the insurance COM
psnies preach the doctrine Of standards
TO the country and their value il not lin
tied to their policy holders. Army
standards are exerting now . similar
good influence. The man who i rejected
should 20 TO work az once to bring his
TO its best possible state
whether he ever goes into the army or
,ot-Ne~ York Evening sun
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-21
EMBARGO NEARLY READY.
Plans to Relieve Great Britain of Linn
iting Supplies to Neutrals.

Washington, July 2l--Plans by which
the United States will relieve Great Brit
ain of the task of rationing the Europe
an neutral countries have about reached
completion. Within a short time, it was
learned Wednesday, the British system
of issuing letters of assurance for Amer
lean exports to the neutrals will be en-
tirely superseded by the export license
arrangement.
Although the United States has been
issuing export licenses for nearly week,
shipments licensed have no guarantees
against British seizure unless letters of
assurance are obtained also from the
British embassy here. The burden of
keeping supplies from reaching Germany,
therefore, still rests upon the British.
The administration, it was said yes
terday, has finally determined on a strict
rationing policy, and through its agents
abroad will keep close check on trade
between the neutrals and the central
powers.
Great Britain will continue to super
wise shipments from South American
countries.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-21

by men in KHAKI, but paid to the repre-
sentatives whom they designate in civil
life. The allowance must be treated as
soldiers pay, not as grants in aid.
In addition to insuring this, the gov
eminent bears responsibility for seeing
to it that no fraction of the sums due
to soldiers dependents is diverted from
its owners to claim agents, attorneys or
other Intermediates The xNs.H of
payment must be made so simple that
room for misunderstanding cannot arise,
and so direct that there will exist no
twilight zone to permit the depredations
of great or petty money grabbers prey
ing on the weak or inexperienced. There
must not be scandals such as once at
tended pension collection or the disburse-
ment of Indian funds. The government
itself must furnish whatever legal as
sistance is needed, and make its cost a
charge against the treasury. Under a
proper administration of the funds this
charge will be small; whatever the adj
may be, it must not cost
soldiers dependents cent.--New York
Sun.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-21
PRES. WILSON DROPS
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
As Result of Picketing He Will Have
Nothing to Do with the Cause for
Present.

Washington, July 2l.-President Will
son has dropped the whole woman suf
frage movement. That is one outcome
of the picketing of the White House, the
arrest of woman picketers and the par
don by the president of l6 women who
had begun serving 60-day sentences at
the district reformatory at Occoquan.
The women will be permitted to picket
the grounds about the White House as
much as they please, provided they do
not carry banners of a seditious or in
sulting nature. They have committed
only one offense of this kind in the past
and did not repeat it, and nothing from
the headquarters of the National Wom-
ans party indicates that they have any
intention of displaying legends which
would incite to frenzy any miscellaneous
crowd that might gather about the pick
eters, as did the notorious Russian ban
ner.
But the president is through with the
suffrage movement for the time being.
He has returned good for evil by the
granting of the pardon to the 10 and
from now on the next move is up to the
suffragists. The president is immersed
in problems of far greater immediate
Importance to the country than whether
Congress shall pass a national woman's
suffrage amendment and he will give
them no aid in their cause, notwithstand-
ing his known sympathy for the suf-
frage movement as it has been advancing
in the states. The woman prisoners have
been deprived of martyrdom, except as
they have suffered it in healthful and |
not uncomfortable resort down the Poto- |
mac river, and their only chance of fu-
ture suffering lies in their insistent dis
obedience of laws which every citizen in
the community is bound to respect.
Opinions differ as to the wisdom of the
presidents course, but he has cut the
ground from under the devoted task of
offending the peace SO grossly that the
whole community will rise against them
n anger before they can be put in jail
gain.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-21
is. TROOPS
IN FRANCE
Tora1e of American Sol
diers Can't Be Exceeded
Eager to Fight
DISCIPLINE IS GOOD
AND NO COMPLAINING
Confident of Winning When
They Once Get into
Battle

American Training Camp in France
July 2l Thy Associated Press) when.
aver you write home, whether in. pri.
late letter or to any newspaper, tell
them we are doing finely and that no
army ever had finer spirit or was more
confident of winning.
81 have handled troops for good
many years and under varied conditions,
but never had finer set of men, never a
more enthusiastic lot than now. 1t has
been a revelation TO me To see the SPLEEN
did spirit that has prevailed since we
landed, and it augurs well for the part
America is to play in the war that her
initial troops take hold with vim THAT
is going to prove irresistible
The first quotation is from compar.
atively green trooper, the second from a
seasoned officer Both were made indie
pendently to the Associated Press within
few moments of each other Thursday.
Both illustrate the wonderful esprit de
corps prevailing throughout the first
American contingent-an esprit de corps
which has evoked the enthusiastic APP
prevail of the French. The American SOL
diers, as one mingles with them, do not
appear to underestimate in the slightest
the seriousness and earnestness of the
task before them. But from the newest
rocky to the oldest sergeant they are GO
ing through their daily drill, performing
their daily work with dash, vim and
and willingness that has
come as genuine to the correspondent
who spent the first two years of the war
on the German side, with ample oppor-
tunities to witness the perfunctory quail
ties of the German spirit.
Thus far there has not been one single |
soldier who boastfully undertakes to I'M
derestimate his opponent; but likewise
no one has made his appearance who is
not supremely hopeful and confident in |
The final outcome. The fine spirit pre-
vsiling is evident on every side. The
discipline is excellent, and there is an
absolute lack of complaining. The troops
are adapting themselves TO the novelty
If billeting and living under unprece-
Tented conditions necessarily imposed by
living in strangers houses.
The troops are engaged in work almost
,ntirely strange to them. Yet the Off
ers say they have made entirely unex-
'ected progress, which not only is a good
lugury for the balance of the army, hut
3 due largely to the enthusiasm pervad-
ng each company and regiment
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-21
Mayor Mitchel's Campaign.

Mayor Mitchell of New York will be
reelected if the disinterested and public
spirited citizenship of the city can ac-
complish that result. New York now
elects its mayors for four-year terms.
| OF such officials in the United States
few serve so long without having to 60
to the people for a fresh mandate. In
the case of a city so large as New York
the recent experience with the long term
has indicated it, provided that there is
good stuff in the mayors chair. Mr.
Mitchell is Enthusiastically good stuff
The fusion committee has announced
its ticket for the November election and
it includes very wisely the names of 9TH
er prominent members of the present fu.
sion administration, including Controller
Prendergast. Charles Evans Hughes is a
Republican, Mayor Mitchell is an anti
Tammany, anti-Hearst Democrat; Mr..
Hughes wrote to the fusion committee:
1--WE have had the best administration
under Mayor Mitchell that the city has
known. There should be no question as
to his denomination" That is thrust
at the movement in Republican organiza-
ton circles in Brooklyn to give the regu-
lar Republican nomination fer mayor to
Judge Cropsey of the state supreme
court. The Cropsey appeal is made to
rest largely on the charge that Mitchell
is the rich mans candidate.
The reason why the fusion committee
voted to circulate petition giving all
the fusion candidates a place on the of
fetal ballot election day is to insure |
Mayor Mitchell against defeat in the Re- |
publican primaries. He has no hope of |
being nominated in the Tsmmany Demo /
cratic primaries. He will run for re- 4
election whatever happens. If the Re
publican party should place the mayor
at the head of its ticket there would be
little doubt of his success in November
on the popular strength OF what Mr..
Hughes now calls the best administration
New York has known. II the RepubI-
ans should nominate someone else,
Judge Cropsey, for example, Tsmmany
would probably come back.
In any event Mayor Mitchell viii have
! rather choice collection of enmities
% overcome in order to be reelected.
There are no issues against him; there
ire only grudges. But Mr.. Mitchell has :
j gift all his own Of making enemies
md they may combine in a way to prove
formidable, with the Tsmmany vote as
he irreducible minimum Of opposition.
Te has the ever-implseable Hearst
gsinst him; he has more or less Ger
against him; he has
gsinst him interests associated with
ectarisn charitable institutions under
rivate control; he has against him also
he Socialists Of the extreme sort. who
rill make much use q the war a. an
ssue. IL the war proves to Be unpopular
d the period ending on the first Tues
AZ after the first Monday in November.
lNassl Republican.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-21
KERENSKY IN PERSON
CHARGES ON RIOTERS
Leads an Attack on Petrograd Fortress
of Peter and
Paul

Petrograd, July 10 delayed in London,
July 2l2.-Minister of War Kerensky
personally led his troops in an assault
which resulted in the capture of the for
tress of SITS. Peter and Paul from the
Petrograd rioters yesterday. The gov
eminent forces crossed the bridges and
took the stronghold amid machine gum
fire.
American bank clerks on the balcony
of the building in which the branch of
the National City Bank of New York
is located witnessed the attack, having
perfect grandstand seats.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-21
STATE FAIRS VOL
UNTEER AS FOOD
TRAINING CAMPS
National Fair Association Offers Facili
ties to Government to Promote
Production ard Conservation
OF Food.

Production a-d Conservation
Of Food.
Representatives of the American Asso-
citation of Fairs and Expeditions, in con.
vention at Washington have rendered to
the government through the secretary
OF agriculture the sersl,es anu appuan,.
of the state fairs as food. training camp
to promote food production, food conser
walton, effective marketing, live-stocl
production, and more efficient agriculture
A. l.. Sponsler, Hutchinson, Kan. as pres
ident of the association, at a meeting
at the department of agriculture, point
ed out that these fairs annually have an
attendance of fifteen to twenty million
people, and stated that the association
was ready to set aside as many of the
fair activities as possible to bring the
governments program of food conserya
ton and production to the attention of
this audience, and to demonstrate meth
DDS of cooperating effectively in nation.
al measures.
Representatives of the department,
with the approval of the secretary OF
agriculture, pointed out to the sssocia-
ton several important directions in
which the fairs can be made more direct
" to serve the nation in the present
emergency.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-21
FREED WOMEN
DEFY WILSON
Sixteen Pardoned Suffrag-
lists Will Resume
Picketing
ARE FIRM IN
DETERMINATION
Bitterly Denounce Expert
ences in Jail-Malone
Makes Charges

Washington, July 2l.-Still defiant
after As hours in Jail, the 10 pardonet
suffrage leaders prepared yesterday tc
renew their picketing of the White
House.
The action of the president in granting
them their liberty is to have no effect on
their determination to keep the suffrage
question constantly before him. Picket
ing of the White House will continue at
least once week and probably on holt
days, it was announced.
Back at their headquarters in the cap
ital the women were bitter in their de-
nunciations of the conditions they were
forced to endure in the Jail. at Occoquan,
Va. Dudley Field Malone, voluntary
counsel for the women, was so indignant
at the stories that the women told him
that he announced his intention of pre-
ferring charges against Supt. Whitaker
of the Occoquan jail.
Differences of opinion on President
Wilson's action in pardoning the White
House pickets were evident among suf-
frage leaders in this city yesterday. The
National American Woman Suffrage as
ISOLATION, which has condemned the pick
citing, approved the pardon. The Ma
tional Woman's party, of which the pick
cts were members, indicated continued
opposition to the president.
Leaders of the suffrage movement who
are opposed to militant methods did not
take seriously the suggestion that the
picketing might cause the president to
favor the federal amendment. Mrs. Car
rie Chapman Gait, speaking for the con-
servatives, said President Wilson mad
shown his usual astute comprehension
Of the psychology of the situation"
The militants said that the Jail SEN
fences imposed upon the l6 women had
the effect of causing large financial do
nations to the cause. With five other
women Mrs. William L. Colt prepared to
start for Washington to take part in
he White House picketing.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-21
Provide Now to Maintain Soldiers De-
pendents.

Up to the present time the problem
of providing for soldiers dependents has
not pressed for federal solution. The
regular army men have been following
their profession in its ordinary routine.
The National Guard has been in the
service of the states. But now the guard
has become an arm of the United States
government, and within short time sew
eral hundred thousand civilians will be
withdrawn from their customary pur-
suits and ordered to duty with the col
ors. The protection and support of
thousands of persons will Immediately
become the concern of the national gov
eminent.
The country knows that they cannot
safely be consigned to the guardianship
of private charity, or left to the unco-
ordinated efforts of local authorities. The
armies in which they will serve are Unit
ed States armies; the task of readjust-
ing their incomes to new conditions is
a labor the United States must under
take II alone has the resources Of
wealth that are necessary to do the work
creditsbly. II alone can create the ma
tion-wide organization that economy
and efficiency require.
The first step necessary Is the estab-
lishment of . federal pay schedule and
a bureau OF distribution in which no YES
tige Of charitable consideration shall be
iiscernible. The suggestion that the reeiP-
tents Of separation allowances are en-
rolled as paupsrs or deserving poor can
not b tolerated for a moment No
trace Of humiliation can be allowed 20
attach to acceptance q the wages earned
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-21
To Rest the Eyes.

There are many devotees of the en-
broidery needle whose eyes and back
grow weary, after working more than
just so long Yet at times when it is
imperative or desirable that little more
be accomplished, in order to finish the
piece in hand at the time required, there
is a very definite relief to be found in
certain change of position. When the
sight and back muscles begin to tire try
taking a good plump pillow-one with
a smooth cover-into the lap, and allow
the elbows to rest on it slightly. The
altered position will be found to relieve
the muscles Of the body, and the change
of focus will rest the eyes at the same
time.
This latter "kink" is not sufficiently
well known among those having rather
sensitive eyesight To-day it is recon-
mended by specialists that those who
have TO do "near" work should exercise
the eyes between times by looking in
tently at objects as far away as posi-
bic, and certain young draughtsman as
serts that moving pictures actually rest
his eyes after a days work cover the
board" on account of the different TO-
cusing that becomes necesssry-snd au-
World.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-21

gar in alternate layers in large pre-
serving kettle and strew over the top
the candied peel. Cover the kettle, al
low it to stand until the next mornings
then boil slowly for one hour. A sharp
knife or scissors may be Used to cut
the figs into strips.
Dorothy Dexter
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-21

Berlin, y. II, July 2l.-Captain B. II.
Human Of CO. L of this city has been
detailed to the Canadian army camp at
Toronto for inspection and observation.
He viii study the Canadian methods Of
trench warfare for the benefit Of the
New Hampshire regiment when il goes
% camp.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-21

itching and burning were so intense that
some one held him large part of the
time.
1--WE decided to try Cuticura Soap and
Ointment. He soon began to improve
and after few months he was COM
pleteIy healed" (Signed) Mrs. Wilson
B. Foster, Weston, VT.
1t is easy to prevent skin and scalp
troubles by using Cuticurs Soap for all
toilet purposes, assisted by touches of
Cuticura Ointment to first signs of pin-
Piles, rsshes, dandnuff or irritation. Do
not confound them with coarsely medi-
Gated soaps and ointments.
For Free Sample Each ny Return
Mail address postcard: 'Cuticura,
Dept. r, Boston," Sold everywhere.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-21
MAxIMALIsTs SURRENDER.
One Faction of Extremists in Petrograd
HOSTS White Flag.

Petrograd, July 2l.-The villa of Mad
emoiselle Ksheshinska, long the head.
quarters of the Msximalists, who defied
the authorities to dislodee them, capt..
ulated after a slight brush Thursday
morning.
The occupants took refuge in the near
est Peter and Paul fortress. When the
fortress was later surrounded by troops
the Msximalists ran up white flag and
surrendered.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-21
Topics of the
Home and
Household.
The liquid saved from bottle of olives

The liquid saved from bottle of olives
viii add desirable flavor TO soups.
For wagon grease or tar spots, rub
well with kerosene while the grease is
fresh, then wash out in cold, soft wat
er, using no soap.
When making cake, save little OF
your cake mixture and fill IL with rails
ins and currants or nuts. Then bake in
patty pans for the children.
Cold baked potatoes, ii dipped for a
few moments in boiling water and re-
heated in moderate oven, will be quite
IS mealy as when first baked.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-21
A GENERAL ATTACK.
But French Maintained Their Positions
Against Germans.

Paris, July 2l.--The Germans made a
general attack Thursday night on the
whole sector of the Aisne front between
Craonne and vauclerc, using large bodies
of troops.
The war Office announces that the
French withstood their furious assaults
and maintained their positions every
where. The ground before the French
positions was strewn with German dead.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-21


"I had Cata,7A for Mirty-nine years.
and I doctored with great many
doctors and took all the patent medi-
cines that i heard Of. Atlast, I INVENT to
Canada and saw "Fruit-a-tives "adver.
tised. Icommenced taking themin 1914,
and kept right on for year and my
Catarrh was entirely ,elieved. Thank
God for the relief as it is an awful
disease to have. The Fruit-a-tives
have helped me in other ways, also.
Now, If you want to publish this, you
may do SO for it is nothing but the
truth, and the whole truth.
MATTE RHAPSTOCK.
Sold by all dealers at Soc. box, for
$3.50, trial size 25c.-or sent postpaid
on receipt of price by Fruit-a-tives
Limited, Ogdensburg, New-York.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-21

in the form of blisters
and we were given a
wash to apply, and an
ointment but they did
not seem to do any
good. These blisters
soon dried and scaled
over and then he broke
out with a red burning
and itching rash The
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-21
TRIES TO
KILL KERENSKY
Shot Fired in Town of Polotsk Misses
Russian War Min

Petrograd, July 2l.-An attempt to as
sassinate War Minister Kerensky was
made yesterday at the town of Polotsk.
A shot fred at the minister missed him.