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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-09

It must have been tremendously ex.
citing election to bring out nine voters in
the town of Somerset.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-09


"The Devil Sent the Wicked Wind in Co.
"The present shape of the hoop skirt
is detestable. If the wind blows, the
skirt swings to one side, exposing the
person; even in stepping upon curb.
stone, the same thing happens. The
shape in fashions year or two ago was
much more modest Why not return to
II ?"-Peterson's magazine for January,
1865.
Which is reminder that the Boston
Globe is overdue with its annual qua
train, running something like this:
The devil sends the wicked wind
To blow our skirts knee high;
But God is good and he sends the dust
To blow in the bad mans eye.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-09

Better begin ovcrhauln' the sugarin'
apparatus.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-09

with the election issues settled and
Barre backing away from Sahara for an
other year only the "wets" are concern
ing themselves with the next question of
overwhelming moment:
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-09
GRANITEvILLE.

An Atwood blue serge suit old dye,
all the latest models, $40. Lamorey's.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-09
SILOS

RLY-sHIpMENT PAY-LATER PLAN
A Silo on your farm turns loss into profit
every time. We have a proposition for you.
A. w. ALLEN co.
New England and Orange County Telephones
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-09
Dear Mabel :

May the year develop no little set OF
wilful men among the city councillors.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-09

Dear Mabel:
whenever an especially punk piece of
poetry Is contributed to the Colyum
always try to remember that it might
have been worse had it been written by
the person who inspired it. Get me,
Mabe? Horace Loom.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-09

There is Policy, who knows Vermont
journalism by reason of experience gained
in the offices OF the Wilmington Times
and the Bennington Banner. Kelland re-
sides in Wilmington, If we are rightly in
formed, and LeFebvre is well known in
Dorset and the Manchesters.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-09

Vermont seems to be prolific copy
source for the Saturday Evening Post,
which has lately printed stories by Will
liam Dudley Policy, Clarence b. Kelland,
Edwin LeFebyre and Freeland Tilden.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-09

"Will it be light or dark p
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-09

Rev f. Barnby Leach received word
yesterday of the death OF his father.
n. p. Leach, in Pasadena, Cal. Mr.. Leach.
who was a native of Fairfield, had been
in California about eight years. going
there for his health While in Vermont
he helped form the Robin Hood Powder
company at Swanton and for several
years was the secretary Of the Domin.
ion Cartridge company OF Montreal. He
wives him. She was with him in Pasa-
dena.
In probate court DR.. NJ. f. Mcguire
was appointed special administrator of
the estate of Michael Donahue, late of
Montpelier, Fred r. Palmer of Waitsfield
was appointed administrator of the es-
tate of Melissa A Barnard late of
Waitsfield. and Ida b. Haviland of Barre
administrative of the estate of Mahita.
BILE W. Haviland, late of Barre. The will
of Sarah A. Howes of Moretown has been
proven, also that of Ziba H. McAllister
OF Waitsfield. Walter c. Lamphier has
been appointed guardian of Louise Macy
OF MOretown.
Chancellor Frank L. Fish has signed
a decree in the case of Clarence :. Whit
tier against the Montpelier Ice company
and George w. Parmenter. Mr.. Parmen-
ter was dismissed with costs, as he was
found 90 have no interest in the issue
The case was over the question OF the
right of the ice company to cut ice on the
westerly side OF the river near Whittier
meadow. and the decision IS that the
has no such right Mr. Whit.
er was awarded $50 damages and
Sl25.64 costs for ice wrongfully harvest
ed between April 1910, and Dec. l.lal6
A dam which the company has main
tanned in the river is to be allowed to re /
main. with certain restrictions.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-09

As for Tilden, whose name appeared
under THE Customary Two Weeks" we
will let the Bellows Falls Times speak:
"A continued story is running in the
Saturday Evening Fost 1t is by Free
man Tilden, who was formerly connected
with the local office of the Vermont Farm
Machine Co.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-09

Enter the open season for head hunters
It city hall.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-09

March this way to yet
the right clothing for
March.
Clothing that will dis
arm criticism, protect
you from the c billy
blasts, and give you COM
fort. satisfaction a n d
style.
Suits of medium weight
in new spring patterns.
Prices from SIS up.
Special Overcoats just
right for this climate.
Prices SIS, sl8, $50, SIS.
Raincoats S., $40, SIS,
$40.
Everything for mems
and boys wear.
New Shirts, Neckwear,
Gloves and the finest
line of Hats and Caps
we We ever shown.
F. Fl. Rogers &
Company
Clothing and Furnishings
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-09

Nature had cut him out for bally .ho
man, but one day when Fate caught him
crouching behind trellis of red whis.
kers she penalized his aversion for the
BARRIERS union by setting him up in bust
ness on a hill farm in central Vermont
For a guess, Calais claims him as its own,
but his talk was OF mundane affairs He
admitted that he was a better orator
than William J. Bryan and quietly let it
be known that Tod Sloan has next to
nothing on him when it came to driving
the pertest piece of -year.old horse
flesh in the county, by gravy! He and
the missus had come to Barre--he called
it Berry-for trading purposes only, but
the glitter of the varnish parIors had
fastened a first lien on his fancy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-09
MONTPELIER
Lakeside Orchard, Inc, and Smith Garage
Co. New Companies in State.

Co. New Companies in State
Two new companies have filed articles
OF association, the Lakeside Orchard Inc,
which will do a general orchard business
in towns near Burlington, and the Smith
Garage company of Fair Haven The
capital stock OF the former is S25 1000
and the subscribers c d. Ordway, II. l..
Winter and A. A. Tiffany The capital
stock of the garage company is 5000
and the subscribers Gordon L. Thurston
of Pawlet, Burmese S. Hayes, Walter |.
Smith, Philip NJ. NJ. Phelps and Leo
Pratt of Fair Haven.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-09
MABEL SYRUP'S COLYUM

ITO have a lively and not stolid
countensnee"
Truth Of Intercourse.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-09

Fist and feet and now and then a
spiteful tug with teeth at one another's
jacket Down there in the slush of De-
pot square scant attention was being
paid to the Marquis OF Queensbury rules.
Victory rested first with one and then
the other of the short trousered combat
ants and it was a strictly neutral crowd
that watched the embattled youngsters.
No one could accuse his neighbor OF hos
tility to the president by "passionately
taking sides" and the fight might have
gone on indefinitely had it not been for
a chance remark dropped by one of the
junior railbirds. cav, Aiekie, why don't
you cut the fighting and send i'm a note"
It's full significance was lost on the bel
ligerents, but an older spectator saw the
force of the suggestion and his inter.
vention was prompt and effective.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-09
Built Like a Bridge

New England Style 4-Wheeled Dump Cart,
a most popular wagon short coupled, low
down thousands in use. It's a cart you can
depend on. It's Studebaker.
Come and See
A. w. ALLEN co.
New England and Orange County Telephones
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-09
Voices Of the Village.

Gin every country paper we should
have the local gossip Of its little world"
William Allen White.)
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-09

Having quaffed we'll but not too wise
ly, now, in the gathering shadows of the
late winter afternoon, he talked rapidly
in husky and aromatic breath. Its a
heluya long time between drinks up
where / live" he offered. But no one
gainsaid reply, for those who overheard
his suceint commentary on arid condi
tions on the r. H. ID. were mostly hurry
ing pedestrians. who noted only in pass
ing the oratorieal attainments of the un-
couth farmer on the corner.
"There are wimmen and-wimmen," he
broke off helplessly, but no dog gone
women ever held the whip row over me-"
Perhaps he would have gone on for an
other half hour in his denunciation of
the weaker sex, but he Was nearer dis
aster than he knew.
IL was a woman of masculine attain
ments who braeed the visitor in our
midst, grasped him smartly by the lapel
and inquired if "Mr Amasa ]. Perkins
(which wasn't and isn't his nance was
about done making fool o. hisself and
ready TO go hack home" Apparently Mr..
Perkins of the silver tongue and the
philosophical bent didn't have much to
say in the matter and apparently, too,
Mrs. Amasa j. Perkins wasn't expecting
much of a reply from her befuddled
spouse for her grasp on the lapel grew
suddenly into a grip on the collar and
ere he knew il hubby was moving quiet
~, but surely in the direction of where
the Perkins horse, "tbe pertest two-yesr-
DID, was making ready for his matu-
final drive on Calais.
A little knot of oilers gathered on the
corner giggled sudibly as the breeze bore
back the last line of the colloquy:
There are wimmep and
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-09
"The Devil Sent the Wicked Wind in &c.

Are your winter crocuses in bloom2
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-09
wILIAMsTowN.

There are wimmen and
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-09

A little knot Of oilers gathered on the
corner giggled sudibly as the breeze bore
back the last line Of the colloquy:
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-12-01
Won HERTLNG HkBLA DELAPAz
Sc regoclJa con los
%triunfos en- Italia
Dijo que los pOderes ceH=
traleS estaban en- iguales
terminus que anteS

LONDRES. Noviembre 30.-Ale-
mania esta dispuesta q entrar en- dis
cusiones de paz con Russia, S! dieho
pals envia Representatives. con amplius
poderes q Berlin, segGn dec'ar6 aver
e. nuevo Canciller Imperial aleman,
Condo Won Hertlirg, ante el Reichs-
tag. Expres6 tambien ell jefe del go
bierno teuton, su deseo de que los &C
tuales esflerzos de los bolshevikis pu-
dieran traer Ia paz. .
El CancilIer hizo ademas una re-
vista de Ia situaci6n militar y dijo
que los ejercitos de las potencIas cen
trales habia ~obtenido, de una manera
general, eNitos en- todos los frentes
dc batal'a, y que Ia campana subnla'
rina seguia tambien alcanzando gran
des vcntajas, sin que los aliad0s pit
dieran impedirlo o hacer progresses
contra ella.
Agreg6 cl Canciller, que las poten-
cias c~entrales todavia Sc haliaban
firmes en- sus ~respuestas O Ia roJa de
paz de; Papa Benedicto. Y que por
ninguA motive podria considerarse a
los imperios centra'es como respon.
sables por Ia prolongac!6n de Ia que
IRA.
Hizo taub!en Tn elogio de las tro-
pas ~teutonas, por la vicsoriosa cam
pana desarro.lada en- Ell frente de Ita.
liza, y agreg6 que ella debia ser vista
como Tn aviso, por los demaS paises
Fl Cancil'er no hizo menci6n dc
los terminus dc paz de Alemat.ia. es,
pecificamente, ash como tampoco d.
Il resolution del Reichstag. en- favo,
de una paz sill aNexiones nj indemina
clones.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-12-01
CALENDAHIO TPINER DE Ia
SAtEfD

Mas hcrmoso que los anteyiores, es
ahora el nuevo Calendario Triner de
apred, para 1918. Una arrogante
aIegoria de Ia Diosa de la Salud, con
i~ngredientes vegetables de los rene
dos de Triner en- su regazo, forma cl
centric, y cinco ~interesantes pInturas
hist6ricas ilustran Ia evolucion de los
remedies, y dos vistas mas, poncn de
manifesto ell moderno equipo del
L~aboratoric Quimico de Triner. Man
dc l0c. para cubrir los gastos de CO.
rreo. Jos. Triner, Manufactured del
Elixir Americana de Vino .Anlargo de
Triner Y otros remedies, 1333-1343
S. Ashland Ave. Chicago, III.
(Adv.}
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-12-01
cAYo FL GOBIERn0 Dc LTHInE
reempIazado por
uno de coalici6n
En- Ell naeVo gobierEe estan
Representatives tambi9H
los boIsheYiki

LONDRES. Noviembre 30.-El 60
bierno de Nicolas Lenine, el lidar Dol
shavih russo, ha caiGo, segdn dice un
des2acho que con fecha del mierco-
les Sc recibij hoy en- esta capital,
procedente de Petrogrado. Ell gobier-
no que dIcho l.der bolsheviki encabe-
ara, Ia sido reemplazado por uno
&c Goa ici6n, de socialistas a~vanzajos,
en- ei que tambien estan representa-
dos los bolshevikis.
Una communication rusa reciblda por
la via inalambrica, anuncia una union
entire el Comite ~EJecItivo Central
del Congreso de Delegates de Oors-
-os, Soldados ' Campesinos De toda
il Russia, con el Comit@ Executive
electo por ell Congreso de C~amPesinos
&e to4a la Russia, qCe anteriornente
g IA laban Givididos, En- una junta
de estos Cuerpos Y del ConSejo de
Delegates De los Obreros Y Soldados
de Petrogrado, Sc lego p In convenio
un$nime acerca de las leyes relativas
Z las tierras Y : ia question dc paz,
asi emo q Il relativa de la ent-cga
del control de Is autovid2d en ia
nos de !os ObTeros.
Los enviados rusos que fueron /
uat2r con los alemares han tee
rafiados a los Ijderes B~olsherikis,
segja dice NJ des2acno que Proca-
Geu5o te P~etrogrado recini0 Ia A
gercia De Tniormac.6n Reuter-, :ntor-
@aando que los pleEipctenc'acios ruso-
2Iemaaas Sc encont-ardn q jcnl;ugo
! e lola, en- el c~r5&anI.ento del rio
D~r:r5l-E3na. a Oeste de Il VIA 3e
h-Elar;Shav, entire las lineas militia
rs opuestas. y De ALI sc dirigiria :
los cuarteles generates a,emaaes eE
Brest Litovsk-
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-12-01
Los zapadoEcs han
cooperate CON g
CGaj. Byog
caniIla deyas
tad0s p0r las metraIIaS

CCARTELES GENERATES IN.
GLESES EN- FRANCLA, Novjenbre
30.-irgenieron ) ~z2padores aneri-
caaos, :as FT.mcraS tropas &c los Es-
tado5 Cuidos cue han sido emp,cadas
en- operaciones mi.!tares Del t5ente
irG!5s, t]orcaron una prominen:e par
-ic.pac.6E ell Il maniobra que Juvo
por resu tado la ruptura de II Inca
lie E.nGsnDu-g, Ia semana pasada.
POr raZ.Gcs Eailitares TO Sc kabia da-
60 cUen.2 &c csta cooperation &c las
trop2s americans : de su presencia
en- ci frenJc ingies, antas de ahora.
la labor cncomendada principal
mcntc ( los iugeGieros y zapadores a
mericanos. fu5 IA &c construction de
los caminos en- el mismo distr!to dc
batal.a deyastado p0r Ia metralla enc
miga. En- esa ,abor Sc hallan tcaba-
iarGo esaJ tropas americans desie
mace cuatro moses, : dos dc sus
hom5res ole Gucron heridos, soo los
mismOs de cue Sc do cuenta en- eI
erirer informe cEic.ai de Washing
ton, acerca de las bajas americanas.
Esas miSnas tropas han cstado
contruyendo lincas de communication
ahora. en- IA misma region en- tonde
Sc desarGol.ara Il ofensiva ing.esa
de II semana pasada. : Ia r2p:dez :
e~ficac,a con que han l.evado a cabo
ST. laoor, ha merecido el mas alto
c ogio De los jefes y aUtoridades in
g:esas. Los ameTicanos han estado
t-a6ajaHdo las veinticuatro horas del
(Pasa 4 n "a. F&g. Col. 4a.)
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-12-01
LIegan a Francia
miLicianos de
este pals
IaaSdl gran eaiuSldSMo
entire los fraRCeSeS

CON Ell EJERCIC0 AMERICA
NO EN- THANCIA. Noviemb.e So,
N contingente de milicianos lie las
Gcariias N~acionaieS de cast toios los
Estados de a Union. ha l.agado 4
EraGcia. segjn Sc permiti6 anunciar
hoy, Y Sc hal:an ahora entire las tro.
pas qHe estan recibiendo 81 instsuc-
c,6n.
No obstante que 10 Sc ha permit
% hacer n;ag@na revelation 2cerca
lie ia ideGtiGad de las unidades que
mar llc-aGo, Sc IN auto-izado cl in
fcrme de que todas las tropas cue
sa'ie~on de los Estados Unidos han
l,egado sin novedad Y que algunas
Ge LAS sc h. AN va en- e! campo de
Instruction Ell "A retaguardia del
i-ante De batalia.
BESIDE hace varjaS semanas. los nj
~i:cianos nan eStado llegando a "a 20
III americana de Fraucia Y dis5>ibui-
dos eC csc sector, pero p~rocUrando
poHsr 10 mas iunto possible a las uni
dades del mismo Estado. Los milicia-
2oS han encontrado que los so daGos
pertenecientes al ejercito regular, han
hecho muy graRdes progresses al
c21'z2tc una preparation my eff
c:ente. Nuchos de los guarGilz Ia
c'onaieS h@n sido aIojados en- las ca
Sas de los habitantes de los pue5los.
comprendidos dentro de Ia IONA d
mericana. ' otros muchoS acua~tc.a-
dos en- las BARRACKS de MADEIRA cue
(PaSa 4 Ia IA. PSg. Col. 5a,N
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-12-01

(PaSa 4 Ia IA. P&E. Col. 5a.I
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-12-01

Comprando INC de nuestros nloli-
nos puede ahOrrarSe Ell casio de la
harina. Sonos Agentes para vender-
los por correo.
MoI.nn Ridalgo. con engrane . -. $3.50
Molino Mcctezuma, con volaates $685.
Moline Moctezuma, con cigiiena S5.35
Aiaguina de Coser. a utano So. SI1.9S
Maquina de coser, 4 mano, con
cubicrta 49,. 1900. .... S13.9S
Cardas para lana O algodon . S 100
Picaderas ............ I5c. y 25c.
Felas de cera ....... 10, p Y SOC.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-12-01

PARIS, Noviembre 3O.-La gran
conferencia de todos los paises ALA.
dos-la primera que de tai caracter
tiene llgar desds al principle de Ia
g~uerrs-ha iniciado sus im~portantas
!abores.
Dieciseis naciones aliadaS, contra
los ln2ge-ios .ceatra-es, y 4us repre-
seatan las nueve dacimas parties del
mlndo, son las que. por medic dc sus
mas a.tos representatives, Sc han rs-
vnido aqGi para obrar, como t sola
vclvntad. como IN solo osfuarzo, en-
"A p~-osec9c.6n de IS guerra contra
Alemania = S. al:ajos.
Es este "a E-imera confereacia en-
que de INA manera formal, toman
parte los Estados Unidos, por medic
de una representation de6idGmente
autori4@Ga. Ia representation este
Qresrd;Ga por ell coronel Housa, ami
60 inr.gao y ~corsejero del Prasidents
wilson. = eS uno DE- s3s principles
mienbrc, e mayer general Johu J.
Pershing.
Clemenceau de IA bisnveuida-
Ia c~onrerencia Tue siberia pr 81
Primer Mi@istro frances. d. C!erncn-
ccau qu.en do Ia olenveaida a los
yenreseatartes de Jodos los paises 4
.iaios = pronuNcj0 TN vigoroso dis
curse quc cause eXee-cuce impression
entire los Delegates.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-12-01

Cuaudo pscesite libros en- espaEol
d~irijase a lgnacio Z. Lozano.-11S
\. Sta. Rosa Ave. San AntUnin, Tex.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-12-01
Sc REUNIERON LOS
REPRESENTATIVES. De
Is PASSES ALIADOS
e PRIMER ML3iSTRO FRANCES, CLEMEN-
CEAU, LES Do Ia BlENYENIDA
FueTor s6ss2bgaGes cigaGo Conites que des'
de slego 8ssEciaron sus 1rabaios

Ell primer miniStro-un venerable
anciano-dijo, entire otros conceptos,
con VOC temblorosa por Ia emoci5n,
perO con a energia de IN sombre en-
pleno vigor de su ~juventud: I'm esta
magma Y terrible guerra. e. mundo
ha sabido del sentimiento de 10 su-
prema solidaridad de los pueblos, re-
uniandonos en- esta bora, para ganar.
en- los carpos de batal'a, los dcrechos
de una paz humanitaria. Todos esta-
mos de acuerdo On hacer c~ualquier
sacrifice por grande que sea, ri re-
querirso ell supreme commando al:ado.
Fl alto Y noble espfritu de que We
nimos animados, debe transfornlarse
en- hechos practices, rapidos y de-
cisivos. Nuestro lena debe ser Ira
baio, Vamos, pues, a trabajarr'.
Sc nombraron eineo comites.
Irmediatamente despu6s de terTni-
nado cl discurso del primer ministro
de Francia, la c6nferencia inter-a-
! linda procedio al nombramiento do las
c0misiones siguientes: Comision dc
Hac enda; de Importaciones Y Trans
?ortes; de Armamento, municiones,
Y ~aviaci6r; de A'inlentos: de A.bas-
tc~e:nientos y de Bioqueo.
D.chas comisiones iniciaron desde
hoy sus trabajos, V rend;ran los IN
formes ~respectivos al reanudarse las
co~nferenc!aS, 10 que sera probable
meute ei sibado en- la noche. En- los
Informes de las referidas comisiones
So basaran los trabajos de los delega-
dos de los dieciseis paises aliado5, que
For priElera vez Sc reunen en- csta ca
p;tal, para tomar una acci0n conjun-
IA, Ell 10 que ~respecta a "a condrc-
con De Ia guerra, Y para fijar las
2sp!raciones de cada uuo dc los paiscs
que Iuchan contra los imperios cen
trales.
81 gobierno frances propercionara los
informes.
Los CONTROVERSIES decidieron que,
fueGa del ~gobierEo frances, e! encar-
gado &c dar I conocc todas las dacIa-
rac;oneS relatives a los trabajos de
10 confcrcrc:a intcraliada.
Las proposiciones que hicieron los
representatives del gobierpo frances
en- Ia primera conferencia iucron
unanimemente aprobadas, sin Que hu-
biera para clio ell memo debate.
". Pichon, el nuevo ministro iran
ces, del:neo. en- la session inaugural,
las cuestiones que seran sometidas
a ia consideration &c los Delegates,
de'ineando los metodos que puedan
segI!rse para Ia discussion de tales
cuestlones.
~ SoatAo oAd f'St duCid ShlEcila-
Ell edificio del Ministerio dc Rels-
clones Extranjeras, donde Sc han re-
undo los Representatives. de todos los
passes aliados, esta protegido por una
guardia militar. Cada persona que
Sc acerca a dicho edificio, es cbjeto
de un minucioso examen. Las pre-
caucioneS que Sc han tornado tiencn
por objeto 81 evitar que Sc acerquen
Il mencioHado edificio individuos
que pudieran ~intentar cometer algun
atentado en- la persona de los i.ustres
representatives dc los paiSes aiiados.
\ ningIna persona Sc lie permitc
que entire al cdificio de- Ministcrio
&c Relaciones EXtranjeras, a mcuos
dc cue pruebe ser Attache del t1inis-
terio o de alguna de las miSiores dc
los dieciseis paises aIiados.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-03-01
wAsAlNeroN,s BIRTHDAY.

The recent celebration of Wash
ington's birthday on February %, has
developed the fact that "The father of
his country was not born on the I'D
of February after all, but on the 18th
day of the month" However, it
seems that we celebrate the right day
the discrepancy coming in over a
change in the calendar. England
adopted the new style calendar in
1852, about twenty years after George
had been born, and some twelve years
after he had chopped down the cherry
tree. The revision of the old style
calendar found a period of eleven
days which had to be taken care of
in some manner and in the year men
toned Sept 8 to 1S were left out. 1t
is true that Washington was born on
the 18th of February under the old
style calendar, but under the new
style the eleventh is now called the
twenty-second, SO there is no dis
crepancy in the celebration of his
birthday.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-03-01
WHERE "GAS" is HIGH.

Some three weeks ago the military
authorities of France requisitioned all
the gasoline on account of the traffic
delays resulting from zero weather.
Since then none has been offered for
sale at retail and it is impossible for
private automobile users to purchase
gasoline at any price. Saturday the
petrol committee of the ministry OF
public works fixed the wholesale price
of gasoline, exclusive of the city tax,
at 20 sous g cents) per liter (about a
quartz. This will make the retail price
in Paris including the city tax, equiv
alent to $1.20 or $125 gallon. The
price of kerosene remains unchanged
This measure undoubtedly is intend
ed to reduce gasoline consumption by
individuals as much as possible so as
not TO interfere with the constantly
increasing needs of the army and
navy. 1t should be added Chat there
is no wheel or rolling tax upon auto
mobiles in France, the revenue being
obtained from the gasoline tax, so
that a car owner pays according to
horsepower and mileage.