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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-08
PELLAGRA INCREASE
MAY BE EXPECTED
On Account of the Rise in the Cost of
Foodstuffs, According to u. s.
Public Health Service.

/ That there may be an increase in pei
lagra during the coming year on ac-
count of the cost of foodstufs is the
| fear expressed in a statement issued by
the U. S. public health service to-day.
As a result of government researches it
was found that pellagra is produced By
an insufficient, poorly balanced diet and
that it can both be prevented and cured
by the use of food containing elements
in the proportion required by the body.
The application Of this knowledge great
ly reduced pellagra in 1916 as compared
with previous years. This reduction is
believed by experts of the public health
service to have been due to improved
economic conditions which enabled wage
earners to provide themselves with bet
ter and more varied diet and to wider
dissemination of the knowledge OF how
the disease may be prevented. 1t Is
feared however, that pellagra may in.
crease in 1917 by reason of an increase
in food cost out OF proportion to the
prosperity now ejoyed by this country.
The great rise in the cost of forage, par
tieularly cotton seed meal and hulls, is
causing the people in many localities to
sell their cows and thus there is dan
ger that they will deprive themselves of
milk. one of the most valuable pellagra
foods. The high cost of liy-
ing has further served TO bring about q
reduction in many families in the amount |
of meat, eggs, beans and peas consumed,
all OF which are peliagra prophylacties.
In effecting economies Of this nature the
general public should bear in mind the
Importance Of properly balanced diet |
and refrain from excluding, II possible,
such valuable disease preventing foods. /
It is believed that unless this is done
there will be greater incidence OF pei
agra next spring
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-08
SMALL SAID HE
WOULD KILL WIFE
Swears Doctor for Prosecution in Rebuff
tal-Case to Jury By
Tonight.

| 0ssipee, N. H., Jan. ST hit her or
the head with a bootjack. / ought tc
kill her. | viii yet"
! These were the last words of the last
witness Saturday in the trial of Fred
eriek l.. Small, who is charged with kill.
ing his wife, Aleen Small, with an iron
poker, pistol and strangle cord setting
fire to the bungalow by timed mechan-
ism 10 hours after the murder, and ac-
celebrating this fire to blast furnace
fury by a metal-welding chemical.
The words were spoken by DR.. John
Lowell Bacon, q physician, of Sonthboro,
Mass, and were given as coming from
Small and addressed to Mrs. Small
Why Small had made this alleged
statement was not allowed in evidence,
but the three sentences, whipped out in
a silent courtroom by a positive, almost
determined witness, carried their story.
In these three sentences, regardless of
their truth were profanity and denuncia-
tion, short and vivid picture of an
event, and threat of death.
The state raced to its finish with re-
buttal witnesses achieving, as it has
sometimes managed to achieve, what can
best be described as one little word
punch The state had the tools to work
with-not tools of fact, maybe-but
things that appeal to the imagination.
Its picture of Small is audacious. To
combat that the defense put great
many if not all their eggs in one basket
the incident of the lock.
Late in the afternoon, when Smalfs
gray face was getting grayer his side
put on three physicians to show that a
thin red line had been noted on the sides
Of what remained OF. Mrs. SmalPs body.
This was to anchor down a presumption
that Mrs Small was still living when the
FIRE reached her, or had just been killed.
This presumption established, the timed
fred mechanism would 90 by the board,
thernite and all the rest OF the Franken-
stein machinery would be on their way
to the junk pile.
The state, realizing the danger, called
out its medical reserves. Headed by DR.. |
George B. Magrath, its final witnesses de- |
lied having seen red line, Arrayed |
against the Small witnesses was, prin- /
,ipallv, the Boston medical examiner. |
With his incisiyeness and his Prussian /
ind soldier-like brevity. One set of doc I
ors saying one thing, another set of doc /
ors another, familiar impasse in muir
Ter trials
The case will be in the hands of the
ury by tonight. This morning the de-
ence, through William $. Mathews, was
0 open with speech lasting until this
ICONS recess. Atty Gen. futile will
lose for the prosecution. Then will
ONE Judge Kiyels charge. If the yer
let comes quickly, the armchair strate
lists Of Ossipee will have missed their
1taSs
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-08

the law Is unavoidable, incapable OF
application; it was regulation of COM
merce within the authority of Congress,
but a temporary experiment, and "un-
reasonably and arbitrarily" interferes
with constitutional liberty Of contract,
as well as depriving the railroads OF
property in violation Of the "due pro-
cess OF law" clause Of the constitution.
While the Missouri Oklahoma & Gulf
has but few employees subject to the
act, being small line and in hands OF
receivers, counsel admitted that the test
case is not typical of many other large
trunk lines, having thousands of en-
ployes under contract. Utmost free
dom to present evidence regarding oper-
alton of the law upon all railroads, un-
der all conditions, was agreed upon in
the present case, so that the supreme
court should have complete data affect
ing all railroads.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-08
1914 SHIPS
BUILT IN 1916
American Shipyards Nearly
Equal All Records for
Construction
TONNAGE is
GIVEN AS 560,847
Amount Is Exceeded No.
where Except in England
Il, 164 Merchant Vessels

Washington, Jan. s.--American ship
yards in 1916 put out a tonnage exceeded
but twice before. A bureau of naviga-
ton statement shows the construction of
l,l64 merchant vessels, with tonnage
of 520,S47, and so vessels, of 10000 tons,
for foreign flags. The tonnage produced
in 1908 was 6l4,000, and in 1855, when
the American merchant marine was the
largest in the world, American yards
turned out $4,000 tons of wooden ships,
Reports show that the United States
is ding all the world except Great
Br,..n in shipbuilding and that Amer
lean yards are close behind the British.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-08
Lessons From the Gruesome.

Many sensitive readers regret that
the newspapers contain so many "hor'
rible things" particularly those happen
ing TO innocent children. Recent days
| have recorded the suicide of a boy OF
tender age, because his father had as
| signed him the task of administering
I poison to favorite puppy.
| Another report has told of the killing
of three year-old child by blood poi
soning following an attack by rats in
| a place which the rodents had not be-
| fore frequented.
A child was Killed in Manchester, N.
| H., by snowslide from the roof of q
sehoolhouse. Other children suffered Sc
rious injuries at the same time. Sand
piles often suffocate.
The killing of children by automo-
biles and motorcycles, their deaths in
drowning accidents in summer are too
routine in their character to invite in
dividual recital.
New dangers are constantly rising
Many people learned for the first time
in the accidents reported last winter how
easy it was for a person to kill himself
by running the motor of an automo-
Dile III an tHclostu space nat nau not
been an accident to trouble the fathers.
1t was one of the new perils of the
world, just as electricity has brought it's
new fire dangers.
In the old days Of New England the
law required masters to instruct their
apprentices in the capital crimes" SO
the young men could avoid the offences
that were punishable by death. To-day
parents and teachers and elders ought
to keep before the less seasoned elements
of the community these new sources OF
danger. We can never overemphasize
the folly of walking on railroad tracks,
the risks of the highways, of thin ice
and of overturning boats, to say moth
ing of the unusual things-like the
swooping down by an Alpine eagle to
carry off the baby, or the coming OF
man-eating sharks to our own coast.
Forewarned is forearmed The fore
warning is the duty of the newspaper.
Forearming must be left to the individ-
ual reader, particularly in his capacity |
as parent or Standardization Herald. |
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-08
Americans Without a Country.

In response to the pacifst criticism
of the recent announcement by the
state military training commission that
plan is being formulated for the mil.
itary instruction of the boys of New
York state, Governor Whitman spoke
out thus in his inaugural address:
81 believe. and | have demonstrated
my belief, in military training for all
the boys of New York. ! believe that
it should be compulsory. 1t think that
our growing youth should be disciplined
and trained, to the end that the manhood
Of our people may be relied upon in any
emergency TO vindicate our honor, de-
fend our rights and protect our land"
1t has come to be quite the fashion
among thinkers of certain sort to af-
feet the man without country" pose
it can be described as nothing else.
Their position, plainly stated, is that
the individual is too big to be a cit
izen of the United States, that he owes
allegiance only to humanity beyond
and broader than Americanism. The
great fault of this mental sstigrnatism
il that it fails to perceive the real
truth, that humanity can best be served
by cherishing and advancing American
ideals. Either this is true or the United
States of America is the greatest farce
of the centuries.
There is the grave possibility to be
considered that the "man- without-a-
idea, which is being so busiIy
preached by agitators who, we must be-
ieye out OF charity, cannot know what
they do, may inculcate in young Ameri
ans spirit of disloyalty which viii
work to their own ruin and
hat of their country. 1t is well enough
10 hope for world in which there
nay be no war and in which every
nan may get his exact deserts, but is
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-08
SUCCEEDS PASTOR RUSSELL.
]. F. Rutherford Elected President of
Watch Tower Society.

New York, Jan. s.--,Joseph F. Ruther-
ford of New York City was Saturday
elected president of the Watch Tower
Bible and Tract society, succeeding the
late Rev. Charles T. Russell, who was
widely known as Pastor Russell. MIR.
Rutherford formerly was a lawyer. As
head of the Watch Tower Bible and
Tract society he win exercise patri-
archal control over several hundred CO.
workers in this and other countries
where Pastor Russell spread his doctrine
of christianity without hell
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-08
PROF. TAUSSIG is NAMED.
Harvard Professor Accepts Place on Tar
iff Commission.

Washington, Jan s.-Prof. Frank w
Taussig of Harvard Saturday accepted
place on the tariff commission, and
proba bly, will be made chairman. The
other four members viii be announced
later. Prof. Taussig is a teacher of polit-
zeal economy and has written extensive
~ on the tariff. 1t is understood the
administration had difficulty in persuad-
ing him to accept. With Secretaries Nc
Adoo and Houston he conferred with
President Wilson Saturday afternoon
and was told that the work to be done
by the commission was considered of
great Importance because of tariff read
justments that may be necessary after
the war.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-08
GERMANY'S TERMS OF PEACE.
Swiss Paper Hears a Second Note Will
Be Sent to the Entente Allies.

London, Jan. S.--A second note to the
entente, which. according to the Lau.
same tSwitz.) Gazette, the central pow
ers are reported to be preparing, enumer-
ates their conditions of peace, the news
paper says, as follows:
First, the evacuation of Belgium in ex-
change ior the Belgium Congo.
Second the evacuation of northern
France in exchange for the German coll
onies occupied by the allies.
Third, the creation of the kingdom of
Poland within the limits of the grand
duchy of Warsaw, with the exception of
the province of Suwalki.
Fourth, the creation of the kingdom of
Lithusnia, comprising the provinces of
wilma. Kovno, Grodno. Suwalki and Cour-
land, with the retention of local auton-
omy.
Fifth, the eession to Russia of eastern
Galicia as far as the river San.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-08
WHEN TONGUE IS COATED

your liver is torpid and is affecting
your stomach and bowels. To rouse
your liver, take the little, purely vege-
table and in-all-ways satisfactory
Hoods Pills. They relieve biliousness,
constipation, all liver ills. DO not irri-
tate nor grippe. Price 25c., of druggists
or c, /. Hood Co.. Lowell. Mass.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-08
ALDER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
Assassin of Austrian Premier Tries to
Hang Himself

London, Jan. s.-Friederich Alder, who
assassinated Premier Stuergkh of Aus
tria, has attempted to hang himself in
his cell, according to a Reuter- dispatch
from Amsterdam quoting the Kreuz lei
tung of Vienna. DIR. Adler was cut down
in time to save his life, but the incident
may possibly delay the trial
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-08

is well also to bear in mind that if
American liberty be not preserved the
approximation of an ideal condition for
mankind will not be rendered easier
New York Evening Sun.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-08
COLD AND STORMY.
Frequent Rains and Shows Are Predicted
During the Week.

Washington. Jan S.-Westher predic.
tions for the week issued by the weather
bureau are:
North Atlantic States Generally over
cast, with frequent SHOWS and rains I;
temperatures below seasonal normal.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-08
To Prevent the Grin

Colds cause grip-Laxstive Bromo Qui.
nine removes cause. There is only one
~Bromo Quinine- F. w. GROVES sig
nature on box. 25e.-Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-08
They're Finel Don't Stay Bilious, Sick,
Headachy or Consti-
pated

Enjoy lifel Keep clean inside with
Casearets. Take one or two at night and
enjoy the incest, gentlest liver and bowel
cleansing you ever experienced. Wake up
feeling grand. Your head win be clear,
your tongue clean, breath right. stomach
sweet and your liver and thirty feet of
bowels active. Get box at any drug
store and straighten up. Stop the head
aches, bilious spells. bad colds and bad
days-brighten mp, cheer up, clean upl
Mothers should give a whole Cascsret TO
children when cross, bilious, feverish or
If tongue is coated-they are harmless
never gripe OF sieken.-Adv.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-12-14

X There arc few indeed whoeseape hav.
ing at least one cold during tho winter
months, and they are fortunate whe
have but ono and get through with II
quickly and without any serious con.
sequences. Take Chambe1lain Cough
Remedy and observe The directions
with taeh bottle, and yoa st4 likely to
be one IF .tht torsaA1tt saes. The
worth and merit 81 this ,stnedy Has
been fu1l1 pr6yth. Tasrs ate -li1i6nl1y,
familts @hb have Al~{5t Used ii ia
years whsn troubled viii / court. "a,
cold, and with TIE vsrJ b1at results.
It onlt cost s qu4rtet. !.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-12-14
ron GROUP.

"GAamberlain's Cough Remedy il
spleadid for Group, - writes Mrs.. Ed
ward Hassett, Frankfort, Il. r. "Ny
children have been quickly relieved
ef attacks Of this drea1ful complaint
y it uss." THIS tstssdt contains ~
opium q stA4t 44fsetil, AID nay b,
tiven 3 saild u stAAasAtly g Is n
adult
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-12-14

'.Befoft / tIs44 Ohs1hbssl;an = Tab.
let's doet6rsd ! lfsht deal for ston.
hch trouble and felt Aervon. and tired
all the tiht. These tkblsts helped me
from the first, ana Inside Of . week :
time had improved ID every way, ,,
writes Hrs. L, i. bIiht.rd, Patterson
City Ma.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-12-14

Mr.. I'd. staten 1aft this morning
Tor NotAtst u spend ths day u busi.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-01-19
Physiological Effects Of Labor Must
Determine Length Of Working Period
By DR.. FREDERICK S. LEE
Professor Of Physiology. Columbia University

The argument that industry thrive
day and that curamen of it would be destructive be
effectively by the fact that shortening the working period eight
hours almost invariably increases the quantity
of output
The eighhour problem is primarily problem of physiology;
the physiological effects of kind of labor
to be changed This fundamental should
of the and conditions Since the
middle of the nineteenth century the gour day goal
OF labor has gradually been gained and doubtless
widespread The duration of daily labor should
by the physiological effects of the work. onday by its economic
and social features Labor produces fatigue
exhaustion
In fatigue the physiological
this to increased susceptibility disease neuashena
immortality ntemperan Excessive industrial work is
often responsible for these results
Laborsang machinery has diminished intensity but increased
the rapd of the brs general tendency of modern
labor is toward the qucnes onsanc with which
sense brain, spinal must act
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-01-19
Capital Punishment Relic of the Dark
Ages Still Surviving in Many State.
By RIGHT REV. SAMUEL FAuOWS
Bishop Of the Reformed Episcopal Church

relic of the dark ages that cng to the statute books of MANY
OF our states is the nhicton of capital punishment.
There are no longer egaized murder If
here were the great state of Wisconsin,
atty years would show
than does illinois, whose territory borders upon Yet statistics reveal
that homicides capita many in Illinois as in Wis
cnsn Statistics also show that having the
number of homcde has abolished cantal
lshmen The latest available federal that all the states
where capital punishment has been abolished percentage
per capita of homicdes than the
popular notion has always among specifically minded
law-abng people that capital deterrent to crime
Behind the skirts Of this notion hidden when
froned with humans demand destruction of the ane
permitting this of the
protect But the lawmakers really entertained the
same notion they believed the superstition why did they do
away with public executions? Surely if there
claim that the criminal mind certain
acts by the Of the death penalty revolving connected
with hanngs and electrocutions would emphasize the
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-01-19
DIDN'T RELY ON GUESSWORK
YounQster Found Out for Himself Just
What Was the Hidden Force in
Teachers Bicycle.

A certain country school teacher, In
endeavoring to explain to his class
what compressed air was, brought his
bicycle into the room and leaned it up
against the wall.
"Now," he remarked, under the out
er covering of that back wheel there
s hidden force. What Is it?'
'Injy rubber" said one smart youth.
mo. Try again."
The boy tried again, as did nearly
very member of the class, but without
success.
At length one of the youngsters, who
had been making close inspection Of
the machine, turned on the teacher
with a beaming face.
Il have it." he exclaimed. cts wind
jest wind %
After commencing the youngster,
the teacher asked how he discovered
the hidden force"
why" was the astounding reply,
I've just stuck my knife in it to
see !"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-01-19
SINNERS 4 /; 4 l
the HIGHEST QUALITY
MACARONT
IS ~ Recipe Roo4 free
SKINNER MFG. CO.. OMAHA, u.SA
iAaGESY AAcAa0hi EACIoRY N AMERICA
Is ~ Reope Book free
MEX mf1. w.. OWAhA, U.1A
LARGEST htAcAAOM factory IN Ai4EaiCA
Americas Rat Population.

The board bill for American rats is
about $lS2, 100000 annually. DR.. Rich
ard II. Creel, who has earned big lau-
rels as an expert in figures, estimates
the rate population as equal to the hui
man population. But unless proper
preventive measures are tuken speed
lily, the rats in the country will make
a charge on our resources far in excess
of the present figure. AS rapid breed
ers, rats leave the guinea pigs far in
the rear. From ten to eighteen rats
arrive In litter. Litters are bimonth-
ly events in rat nests, and the young
rats begin to multiply when they are
from three to six months old Rats
have become real national menace.
Boston Globe.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-01-19
COULD TAKE 1T ON COMPANY
ing Out Of Flask That Belonged
to Canny Scotsman.

Sir John Jellicoe, the latest recipient
+ the greatly coveted British Order Of
Merit, told good story recently of
train journey he took one bitterly cold
night on local line In Scotland.
dis only fellow traveller in the same
compartment was a Scotsman, and he
had just drawn his flask from his
pocket when the train stopped at
little country station and the door
opened.
Tickets, please" said the shivering
collector, with longing look at the
flask
100, aye" observed the Scotsman
as he fumbled in his pockets. "WuD
We take nip?"
The ticket collector looked up and
down, and as the coast was clear he
remarked that he didn't mind if he
did.
The traveller handed him the ticket.
Take it DOT O. that, then" was all he
said, and he transferred his attention
to the flask.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-01-19

The setting hen may be peevish, bur
shes on-nest.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-01-19
Mobilization Of Country's Gold Supply
Needed to Meet Post-Bellum Conditions
By JAMES B. FORCAN
Chairman Board Of Duecto First National Bank Of Chicago

The answer TO the question how after the war een
" great extent upon how long the continues If another
months 1t would be thing and years would
be another and
The clear course ahead Of the bankers though mobilization of
our go II mas been the bridge the and will be the bridge
future no matter If Of foreign governments does demon
eze god Tor the payment Of its debts which extremely unlikely
from the present viewpoint The country more gold than any
We must rely upon it.
The federal law offers mobilization that we can
have gold when and where it will needed most am
the that the banks will be
big responsibility upon their shoulders they refuse to on the system
and deposit their reserves
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-01-19

debtor class and must continue be large debtors for years
long dominant in world dispense
such to protect the prosperity country Our total interest
bearing debt only 100000 and have
amazing industrial development and unequed
strength.
We at and the genius and Of people have full
high point efficiency and productivity We have not suffered thu
slaughter of millions Of skilled workers
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-01-19
United States, With Third of Worlds
Gold, the Strongest Financial Power
By WILLIAM c. McADOO
Secretary Of the Treasury

The United States is today the strongest financial
power IN the world This is shown conclusvely by the
fact that we actually possess than So 900
of gold, which is about onethrd of the entire gold
stock of the world If the war continues another year
we may have one-half the entire gold stock of the
world if it lasts longer, there is telling how much
of the gold of the world may own We are no longer
debtor but creditor nation. We now hold and can
continue to hold, the dominant position in world
finance The other strong nations have entered the
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-01-19

Anuric cures Backache, Lumbago,
Rheumatism. Send l0c. DIR. " M. Pierce,
Buffalo. N. Y, for large trial package
Adv.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-01-19

Today is the only time we are sure
If.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-01-19

DR.. Clifford Safer of Cincinnati who
announces that he has Isolated the cam
Ger germ. He is shown In his labor
atory experimenting Oh a rabbit. His
work occupied many years