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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-09
BIG STONE GAP
Especial to The Times-p,spatch

Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
BIG STONE GAP, VA, September 3.
Il. T. Winston spent few days last
week in Washington, buying supplies
for the local Red Cross chapter.
Misses Grace Long. Nellie Hershey
and Ella Cawood left to-day for Abins-
don. where they will attend school at
Stonewall Jackson Institute.
o. L. Fox. Of Harlan, Ky. spent Sun
day here visiting relatives.
Pearl Smith. of East Stone Gap. left
on Sunday for New York. where he will
embark for Porto Rico. Mr.. Smith
has position with the War Depart
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-09

from Cincinnati. where they have spent
tho past year.
Miss Saluda SeweI. OF townsville.
spent several days here last week visit
ing Miss Mary Skeen.
Miss Wlnifred Mullins returned last
week to her home after a months visit
to friends and relatives in Louisville,
Ky, and Indianapolis, Ind
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-09
ALTAVISTA

Especial TO The Times Dispatch]
ALTAVlSTA, VA. September s.
Mir. and Mrs. Z. 3. Barbee spent from
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-09

Apparently every woman In Richmond is
planning for at least one smart Serge Dress
Betty Wales Frocks are particularly smart
looking this season. in straight and close line
effects, in Navy Serge. S12.75 $3.50, $3.50
up to $20.75.
Square neck. surplce waist trimmed with
fancy stitching. silk. braids, etc.
Some have handmade Wolfe collars and
cuffs.
The 1880 Betty Wales Dress is being fea-
tured in all the women's magazines OF the
country.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-09
YOU'LL Want TO Take a Look at
Our New Autumn Suits

When them you'll not only have mind
the fashions but will look forward pleasure
of wearing them
Coats larger this hip LENGTH straight
lines The skirts often plated but very
While there's mannshness" about the models
yet nothing could be beautifully feminine
wool fabrics the collars
neck and the soft clinging skirts
Among the arrivals models
Gabardne Serge Trcotine another
new fabric known "Svertone" The
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-15

cealed wireless was at first thought Il
be the medium of transmission of mes
sages about the United States and about
our present allies, but il now seems GER
tain that there has been either down
right hostility TO the interests of the
United States or childlike simplicity OF
diplomacy which enabled Germany TO
keep in touch with affairs in the world
and perhaps TO receive definite informa'
ton about progress of war preparations
in the United States and about the sail
ing of ships so that they might be
marked for slaughter by submarines
One by one these channels of informa'
tion to Germany are being closed, just as,
little by little, the net is being woven
about the outcast in the family of ma
tons. For this work our allies have the
United States to thank through our en-
rance into the war.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-15
NEWSPAPER JUNK"

The demands on the columns Of the
public press at the present time has not
been equalled in the last score of years,
and the mass of matter which is contrib.
uted is really surprising to editors who
are accustomed TO receive much material.
A large part of the contribution comes
from official government sources, a con-
siderable percentage from state officials,
far more from semioilicial organizations
and an indiscriminate assortment of stuff
| from sharp business concerns which hope
to slip in a certain amount of free ad-
vertising on particularly gullible editors.
OF course, 30 per cent of this last named
contribution is hurled into the waste bas-
ket and those who spend time and post
age in forwarding it TO the newspapers
have their trouble and their expense for
nothing. II all this absolutely wasted
material should be collected it would
make year-round kindling material to
light the kitchen fire; and if those who
try to slip in the free advertising should
save their paper and postage and devote
the time thus lost TO other effort they
might become rich. On the other hand,
the material received from government,
state and emi.official organizations, the
latter such as the Red Cross, is generally |
worthy of consideration because it con
tains information of value to the public |
or because it is put out in a good cause
and vet there is so much of this good |
material that the editors of the average /
daily newspaper are forced TO make a Sc
lection rather than to print the whole.
If those who prepare this matter for the
press should realize the tremendous de-
mand made upon the newspapers for
space they would perhaps take pity and
make their contributions as concise as
possible; at any rate they would do so
If they hoped to get their copy into print
because they ought to appreciate the fact
that in newspaper making the news of
he day has the preference. It is simply
/ case of selecting the best and most
worthy contributions and "junking" the
remainder
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-15
AN UNEXPECTED WORK OF THE
UNITED STATES IN THE WAR.

The entry Of the United States into
the war has already accomplished great
work. which was perhaps rather unex-
pected. for the government at Washing
ton has uncovered means Of communieat-
ing to Germany that have been utilized
20 great extent BY the German govern
ment in order 70 acqusint itself with the
state Of affairs in enemy countries as
well as among hitherto neutral nations
like the United States. The uncovcrinp
of the machinery Of operation IN Arcen-
tina by which Germany got word from
Tho outside world j. promptly followed
hy the announcement II a similar meth.
I'd Of procedure through an official Of IN.
other nation located in Mexico. There
has long been a suspicion in the United
States that Mexico has been starting
point Tor much q the information which
hsa triekied through = Germany. Cor
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-15
CURRENT COMMENT
Our Impending Socialism.

! One of the inevitable results of the
war will be such lurch into state so
calism as we have never before wit
messed, and one that measured in its
economic costs will be no less expensive
than the war itself Let us see how it
| is coming.
In industry after industry, railroads,
coal mines and munition factories, con
troyersies are arising between labor and
capital in which the government is
called upon to act as arbitrator. This
always means increase of wages. The
time viii comeif indeed it has not
already neared in many industries
when these compromise adjustments
will outrun the productive capacity of
the business. This is, for example, al
ready the case with the New England
railroads. What will then be the rene
dy? Only one thing. The government
will take over these industries and pay
the required wages out of general taxa
ton This will be necessary as a war
measure, if for no other reason.
Once in its hands, the government
will run these things as badly as it now
runs everything else. We could not sub
stitute Mayor Curley for Theodore n
Vail in the management of the telephone
service without applying to that bust
ness the system of authorized losfng
which now prevails in municipal opera
tions We could not transfer the trans
portation business to the government
without having pork barrel railroads, on
the same basis that the government
dredges creeks and scatters public build
ings.
But some one will say that the total
effects of this would be so bad as to
occasion a reaction which would send
industry back into private hands. This
is an unsafe reliance. State owned Eu-
ropean telephony holds no comparison
in convenience to the American system |
under private management, but nobody |
in Europe, even in days of peace, seemed |
asking for a change. We have in this |
country a striking contrast in the all |
service of the telephone-even-
ings, Sundays and holidays-with the /
limited accommodation of the postoflice
and its unbelievably slow transmission
Of mail followed by colossal deficits
And yet no one is asking for a private
company to operate, under suitable reg
llation, the American postoffice.
If this war leads to the governments
taking over the railroads, telephones,
,osl mines, munition factories, and the
newspapers not there are no
presidents to indicate that private en-
.erprise, and so the possibility Of eff
iciency, would get them back. Thus
socialism. in one of its most insidious
'orms threatens our civilization-Bo
on Herald
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-15

In order that the Vermont coal com
mittee may secure the most complete in
formation possible it would be an ex-
cellent plan for all coal dealers to com
ply promptly with the request of the
committee for replies to the queries put
forth Under normal conditions it might
be considered matter for secrecy on the
part of the individual coal dealer, but in
the present situation brought about by
war and the shortage of labor it is more
or less of duty to place the information
at the disposal of the state committee
so that the amount of coal needed to
carry Vermont through the winter can
be determined. Fairly complete informa-
ton would give great assistance.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-15
DOES AMERICA KNOW?
Ruth Wright Kaufman, Special Core
spondence of The Vigilantes, Sends
the Following Appeal From
Paris
Does America Know

Does America Know
That there is war going on in Eu-
roper
That the wastage on the British front
alone is 1000 men a day?
That a present of 100000 airships to
the allies will do not good unless the
engines are of the sort that can be used
at the front?
That when America sends men to
France, the men must be fed and clothed
and given guns2
That the maintenance of an army at
the front is the maintenance of city as
big as Chicago suddenly dumped in the
middle of a desert
That England has had to build her own
docks in northern France to receive her
transports?
That it's like offering a live elephant
to a baby to offer to France American
troops without maintenance?
That ut is easy to reckon how much
tonnage is necessary to transport an
army from America TO the European con-
tinent and how much tonnage is required
to feed such an army; that France and
England are scarcely able to feed and
supply their own armies without influ
encing their military and economic situa
tion still more and that the submarine
warfare Is accomplishing all. and more
than all, that was expected of it," mi
chaelis in the Reichstag.D
That every day there are fewer men
living in that thin human wall which
divides Germany from New York;
That there really are such things as
shells and bombs and poisonous gas and
liquid flame. and that when these things
strike You, they hurt?
That either:
It's up 10 America 70 strain every |
nerve Of every individual and finish I
this war properly.
or:
It's up % every workingmau in the 4
United States to hand over 50 much 4
per week ont 81 his wage for the rest .
II his natural existence into Germany's /
pocketbook. and pay for this war prop
eriyf
Must war put it, iron fingers on the
hroat II each small town q the United
'tates before America ruhs it, eyes and
.awns and tries-too late-to jump ont
{ bed! A
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-15
Green Mountain Echoes.

| Charles Moore recently killed four
weasels.- -Bartonsville item
| A party who has seen frosts on Cold
river for nearly so years informed us of
the first frost Aug. 26.-Coldriver item.
E. S. Marble, veteran, on G. A. r.
day, displayed on his fagpole flag he
used in '6l.--Weston item
| Those who did not attend church last
Sunday missed fine ermon.-Ascutney
vile item.
Uncle John Button thinks he is very
much moved just got his things in
store rooms, when the building was sold
and he must move again. -Felcherville
item.
Spot the valuable hunting dog which
w. III. Austin has owned for 10 years
died from disease and was tenderly laid
to rest by his master-Cambridge
item
Lightning played some very daring
freaks in this place last week, stunning
animals. w. A. Buckley's dog was in a
stupor for three hours. CoIdriver item.
Deacon Sidney Johnson has come out
with gasoline burning car. Says it is
no use. He has got to keep up with the
processlon.-Newbur item.
A card from Ernest Stewart, now at
Westfeld, Mass, to friends here saws he
is busy taking care of the sick and lazy
having some trouble in trying to keep
warm, but expects soon to be sent to a
warmer clime.-Hyde Park item.
The citizens appreciate Mr.. Critten-
den's thoughtfulness on Saturday even
ing when after his photo nlav no in
formed his audience that there would
not be dance, as he had Just learned
that citizen has suddenly passed on.
-Alstead.
Mrs. George Dickson lately returned
from a visit at Lawrence, Mass, accom-
panied by lady friend who will remain |
with her a while; the formers husband |
being in Cleveland, o. where he is hold
ing situation until she joins him Ca
vendish item
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-15

1t is surprising news that the United
States navy has three times as many
warships in commission as there were
six months ago. In order to enlarge the
navy so rapidly, the department must
have gone out into the highways and the
byways of the sea and the seacoast and
called into service every ancient craft
still able to bear armor; but the increase
is also accounted for perhaps by the con
struction of the smaller craft like tor
pedo boat destroyers and submarines.
But whatever the reason for the tremen-
dous increase, Secretary Daniels declara
tion, as just quoted, is one of the best
bits of information that have come out
of Washington in a long time. The
United States must be running Germany
close race for second position in the
worlds naval armament, even if it is not
now in excess of the total ships of that
nation
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-15

Whatever may be the hating attitude
of the Argentine government toward Ger
many, there is little doubt of the feeling
of the people of Argentina regarding the
insult and injury heaped upon their ma
ton by the government, which apparent
ly knows no honor in international rela
tions. The mob attacks on German bust
ness houses and other places occupied by
Germans in Buenos Aires on Wednesday
night. following the revelations of the
duplicity of an accredited German agent
having official position in Argentina,
were undoubtedly extreme expression of
feeling on the part of the populace but
were nevertheless typical of the senti-
ment throughout the country Germany
has at best only nominal neutral in
the Argentine republic, and perhaps not
even that, for the flame of national re-
sentiment in the latter country may vet
force the government into actual break
ing of of relations. The plea that Count
luxburg was acting without warrant.
accompanying his recall, is about the
slightest thing that viii placate the PEG.
pie Of Argentina
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-15

Early reports received from the Yer
mont men who are part of the national
army at the Aver, Mass, cantonment in
dictate that the United States govern
ment is taking good care of the men in
so far as possible under the unusual sit
uation brought about by the operation Of
a new law 1t is inevitable that there
will be some bitches in the systematic
procedure of affairs because of the in
experience of the government in that
kind of work, but we may rest assured
that the war department will promptly
remedy such defects in the arrangements
as may crop out from time to time.
Some of the conditions may seem rather
rigorous to the men but it may be taken
for granted that no conditions will be
purposely imposed which are not neces-
sary to the training of the men in the
soldier life. The first aim of the war
department is to keep the men in good
health and reasonably good spirits and
the next is to make seasoned troops out
of raw recruits Toward the former the
department seems to be making progress.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-15

The Times is running each day a
resume of the potato market from
Presque Isle, Me, Boston and New York,
The attention of those who are interested
in the information therein set forth is
directed TO the report which is usually
printed on the eighth page of the paper,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-15
The Heteropeneous Hand.shaker.

l. w Fletcher saw the Supply com.
psny al the fort load all Of their outfit.
including wagons, 1879 mules, IS horses.
and had the privileged Of going through
the cars. shaking hands with every one
Of them and wishing them godspeed.
johnson item.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-15

Home grown sausages are not the only
connecting link between the backyard
and the breakfast table at the farm of
+. c. Royce in Roxbury, if it is true that
the farmer has coffee stalks growing 30
inches high.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-15

And with the shaker still occupying
the middle track in our thoughts We re-
vert to the correspondent from Alstead.
who writes:
Miss Mildred Clark and friend. Sidney
Stearns, returned to Hinsdaie. y. II. sun
day evening. after visiting Msscoma lake
IN Enfield, y. r., and the Shaker settle
ment, where only u ladies and one man
are left and the buildings are neglected
Ms
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-15

For chauffeur of the Ford pilot car
when the caravansary of immortals gets
under way, we nominate Earl Startup of
Liberty, N. Y, who has been sojourning
in Grahamville these past few days.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-15
MABEL SYRUP'S COLYUM
'''ro have a lively and not a stolid
countenhnee. Truth OF Intercourse.

"The day has come when America is
privileged TO spend her blood for the
principle that gave her birth and happi.
ness and the peace that she has treas
tured. President Wilson
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-15
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Barre will take pleasure in entertain
ing the Vermont State Medical society
next month,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-15

Will the contemporary who recently
lifted" bodily four paragraphs from The
Colyum return same OF give credit, as he
is known
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-15
The Unerring Archer.

Miss Morse is shooting the ideas at the
schoolhouse with good success.-Cristy
district item
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-15
The New Freedom.

Michele Carlos wife left for parts UNI
known recently. They have not succeed
ed in finding her yet.-North Chester
item.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-15
Up the Hill and Down Again.

John Pollard invited a party of friends
to go blackberrying last Sunday. Mr..
Pollard is noted hunter and trapper
and spends much of his time in the
woods and fields, and his friends antici-
pated large results, and accordingly took
with them the largest water pals their
store rooms held. After day spent
searching the hills, they returned home
not much richer than when they started
Mr. Pollard had two quarts as the result
of his days work.-Bartonsvi item.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-15
What to Teach Young vermOnters.


Teach them to read and figure,
And how TO handle a pen;
But, most of all, oh teach them
To be true women and men.
Draw them living picture
OF sterling men of old,
Who stamped our manhood's likeness
In stern, heroic mould
And mothers of Spartan frmness,
Who babe each stalwart son
March forth to death and duty,
And said "Thy will be done!'
And teach the quieter glory,
OF those who made each field,
Through tireless endeavor
A great harvest yield.
Teach them to love these mountains,
Which reach up to the sky
That the strength that is His also"
May visibly seem nigh.
Oh, teach them of the future
In teaching of the past
Inspire them that our glory
Eternally may last.
Teach them to read and figure,
And how to handle a pen;
But most of all, oh teach them
To be true women and men.
Unsigned.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-15

Dear Miss Syrup:
To decide an argument, which is prop
er, lexicographically speaking, to say he
has been took" or he has been token" 7
We hope for an early reply, as the stake
holder is about to be drafted
Yours truly,
al Bingham.
"a wins, Terrible Terry McGovern new
er held the championship belt.-Edl
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-15

The Colyum is always glad to esteem
its little corner a sanctuary for original
verse and space is gladly given the fol-
lowing lines from Bethel contributor.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1917-09-05
IENCY z ,,CAMPANA' w
NIEWOLI.

Washington, 5 wrzeSnla. Ame
rykanski Czerwony krzyz otrzy
mai z Gcncwy kablogram do
niesicnicm, &c kapitan Albert o.
liver amcrykahskicgo parowca
raftowcgo ,,Campana' zatoplone
60 przez niemiecka l6dz podwod
na dnia ego sierpnia, znajduJc sIs
w niewoli niemieckiej W jednym :
obozow dla jchc0w w Brander-
Lurgii. Wraz Oliverem zabrall
Niemcy pieciu Amerykanow Oh
siugi arnat ma zatopionym stat
ku i cztcrech Z mich przebywd
take w tym samym obozie, nato
nliast mic ME wiadomo o losie pig
togo. Williama Alberta Millera.
Miller pochodzi Chicago,
gdzie rodzina jego micszka pnr.
1915 Burley ave. Nazwis'ka cztc-
rcch, ktorych wiadomo ze znaJ
dujq sic W niewoli, sa naStepuj2
cc: James Delaney, Ray Roop,
Charles l.. Kline. Fred Stephen
Jacob. Dotychczas zachodzila O.
bawa. zc wszyscy oni wraz l. Et
pitanem OlivCrcm zginel, byiy
bowicm donicSicnia, zc ten sam
wlaSnic nur, kt6ry zatopii ,.Can,
pana", zostaf togo samcSo dina
p6Inicj zatopiony przcz pcWlcr
wojcnny okrct irancuski.
Nowy York, S wrzesnia. ia
rad angiclSkjcj linii okrctowcj
Furncss, Witty mad Go. Ltd. o.
trzymal wiadomoSt. zc nalczqcy
do nioj parowicc vRoanokc' zos
tai zatopiony przcz nlcmIcckq
l6dz podwodnq. Okret ten miaI
3,;j5 ton pojemnoSci kursowa!
miedzy Stanami Zjcdnoczonymi a
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1917-09-05

wojenny port austryackl, ma kto-
~ rzucono 9 ton eXplozywow, IL
szkadzajac arsenal, zabudowanla
oraz statki W porcie stojace: MI
mo ognia bateryi austryackich
wszystKie acrop1any wloSkie cafo
wrociiy.
Geneva, 5. wrzesnia. - Rapor-
tn austryackicgo niema. Sa do
nicsienia. IL Niemcy Spiesza ma
pomoc AuStryi - dla obrony
TryeStu: wojska bawarskie majq
bye cxpcdyowane ma wloSki front
fabryki armat Skody pracujq
dzicn noe dla doStarczcnia dial
ma obrone wzgorz Hcrmada, sio-
wnej obrony Trycstu. w Tryes-
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1917-09-05
WRAzENIE w ROSYI.

Piotrogrod, 5. wrzeSnia. -
Wrazcnic W calcj Rosy jest cicz-
kie bolcsnc L powodu zaiecia
Rygi, a jcdyna w tenn nieszczes-
ciu pociccha, jest stwicrdzcnie W
raportach, &c wojska rosyjskic
stawaly mcznic, walczyly bardzo
dzielnic, a choc musialy colnaC
sic pod prcSyq przcmocy woJsk l
ognia bateryi nieprzyjacielSkich,
lecz duch ich dobry i linia zacho-
wana W porzadku, ME zlamana.
Jcdnc pisma wyrazaja przckona-
ME, IL zajecic Rygi nicma Stratc-
giczncgo znaczcnia i mic szachu-
ic Piotrogrodu: Hiudcnburg mic
ma juz i wojsk dose ia wykona-
ME takicgo kroku, ktory W do
datku jedynic cfckt znikomy i
przemijajqcy posiadacby mos};
rowniez mic sadza, by Dzwihsk
byl zagrozony i Gala linia Dzwiny
ma poiudniowy-wschod Cd Fry
drykowa (Fricdrichsztadt) -
zwiaszcza. IL ministeryum woiny
czyni wszelkic wysiIki, by lie
sic da wstrzymac jak najrychlcj
nap6r wroga. Raczcj miasto litew
skic Mihsk wydajc sic bye wiecej
zagrozoncm. Co do samcj Rygi to
zrcszta zajecia jcj spodzicwano
sic juz Cd dose dawna cd trzcch
tygodni usunieto I miasta wszy,
stko, co SIG dalo. oraz uiatwionc
wyjazd ludnoSci rosyjSkicj / pol
skicj - zostai tylko, kto chcia'
zostat. Zajecic miasta naogoi nis
zrobilo wrazcnia dcmoralizacyj-
nego, owszcm zdaje sic podnioslc
zapai do walk.