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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-03

re room. As she passed into the hal
she struck the cord suspendlng the
time-honored photograph. Frame and
all came to the floor with crash. Two
photographs fell out upon the carpet
AS the under one caught the eye of Ro.
land, he uttered quick ejaculation. II
was Mr.. Leigh!
"Father!" he said simply, extending
his hand and looked appealingly into
the eyes of the other.
you know, then" began Mr..
Leigh.
"Only that you must be the father I
have longed to know. oh, tell me
all
And then the veil of mystery that
had so long hung over the past Of
the devoted family was drawn aside.
Born with the instincts of gambler,
Alan Vincent had risked his own for
tune and that Of his wife in ven
turesome speculation, and had lost.
Beggared, the wife had resentfully
shut him out of her life, and he had
become a wanderer under an assumed
name. But now he had repented Of
his mIsdeeds and had conquered the
temptation.
A reconciliation begot confidence,
and under blue Brazilian skies they all
began life over again.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-03
REFUSE COAL TO FARMERS
When 1t Is Known They Have Al
Available Supply of Wood.

Wherever it is at all practicable the
state fuel administrators are doing all
that IS possible to popularize the substi-
tuition of wood fuel for coal says the
Z. S. Official Bulletin; and this has
been found to afford striking and much
needed relief in many states. Harry
Flood Byrd, state fuel administrator for
Virginia, reports that while the fuel sit
uation in that state is critical there
has been no actual suffering and no
important industries have had to dis
continue operations. After conference
with the state highway commissioners
and the superintendent of the penten-
tiary, it has been decided to utilize the
30 convict camps located throughout Vir-
ginia for the purpose of cutting fuel
wood for public consumption and to re
lieve the goal pressure. The cost will
not exceed 81 cord, and one cord of
wood is equivalent of half ton of coal
Use of Wood Fuel in Indiana.
Indiana. through its state fuel admin
istrator, Evans Woolen, has been max
ing vigorous campaign for the substi-
tuition of wood for coal so vigorous, as
matter of fact. that in many of the coun-
ties the fuel administrator and the coal
dealers are refusing to sell coal to farm
ers when it is known that they have an
available supply of fuel wood.
An interesting fact due to the coal
has been brought 10 the atten-
ton of Federal Fuel Administrator Gar
field by field agents reporting from
The report tells about |
tests successfully conducted at the plant |
Of the Carpenter Steel Co, at Reading, |
Pa. where mixture of anthracite culm |
and bituminous coal was burned
1t was proved by this test that il was /
possible to use 30 per cent. culm mixed /
with so per cent. bituminous, and with /
natural draft, TO get 100 per cent. OF |.
boiler rating and an efficiency of 20 per
,ent Under forced draft they were able
10 use 50 per cent. culm and 60 per cent.
,ituminous coal, getting rs per cent. of
boiler rating and an efficiency of 80 per
'ent /.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-03
ThA Serxian SMineherd.

In any Servian village there is only
one swineherd. and he leads all the
pigs OF the community. In the morn
ing he goes through the streets blow
ing his horn, and the pigs come out of
their own accord and fall In behind
him and follow him to the pasture. At
night he brings them home, and they
disperse to their sites in the same or
derby way as they pass the houses TO
which they belong. They require no
attention and no singing out.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-03
RHEUMAT|CS
@. K.
All Over the County They Are Taking
"Neutrone Prescription 90"

To be strong and free from all stiff
ness in your joints and muscles, Just
think Of it for only SOC or 81 for one
or two weeks treatment.
"Neutrone Prescription 90 is quick.
~ absorbed into the system and in a
week or two brings blessed relief to
tired, weary, inhamed, swollen joints
and muscles
It's easy TO use, too. no fuss and
bother getting ready, no time lost
rubbing in fiery liniments or using
hot plasters. just take four times a
day faithfully and all stiffness, swell
ing and misery will vanish.
Used regularly it makes the lame
and crippled strong and vigorous.
draws out all the stiffness. agony and
Inflammation. It's fine Get bottle
to-day az your druggist. SIC and
sl.00 Mail orders filed on Sl.O0 size.
+. 4. Drown. the druggist. Barre,
Vt, and leading druggists everywhere.
ADV.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-03
WEAK, WEARY WOMEN
Learn the Cause of Daily Woes and
End Them.

When the back aches anC
throbs,
When housework is torture,
When night brings no rest nor
sleep,
When urinary disorders set in,
Women's lot is a weary one.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for
weak kidneys.
Have proved their worth in
Barre.
This is one Barre woman's
testimony.
Mrs. f.. Cassiva, "a Farewell street,
says: Sometimes my kidneys act UNI
naturally. ! suffer quite bit from
heavy pains across my back, and they
bother me when | bend. Doan's Kidney
Pills, which | have bought at Cummings
g. Lewis drug store at these times al
ways relieve me"
Price 60c, at all dealers Don't simply
ask for kidney rem dy get Doan's
Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs. Cas-
silva had Foster Milburn Co, Mfrs,
Buffalo, n, Y.--Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-03
EAST CALAIS

Remember the dance to be given by the
Junior Red Cross circle at !. O. G. T. hall
Saturday evening, Jan. 5. Dancing from
s until II; 40c per couple.
Miss Hester Provost of New York
visited her grandmother, Mrs. j. B.
Pierce, recently.
Mrs. Howard Daley and son, Gardner,
returned Wednesday to Brattleboro, aft
err spending the past two weeks in town
The farmers meeting has been post
poned until next week Watch for the
date.
Mrs. Lillian Clark and Miss Merle GRAY
have hired rooms at III. R. Daileys for
the winter term of school.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-03
NOTHING ELSE LIKE
1T IN BARRE

There has never been anything in Barre
with the INSTANT action of simple
buckthorn bark, glycerine, etc. as mixed
in Adler -i-ka. ONE SPOONFUL fushes
the ENTIRE bowel tract so completely
it relieves ANY CASE sour stomach, gas
or constipation and prevents appended
tbs. The INSTANT, pleasant action of
Adler-i-ka surprises both doctors and pa
tients. Cummings & Lewis, druggists, 81
North Main street.-Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-03
CURRENT COMMENT
Vermont Always Ready.

Despite their salt water moditiers, Bos-
ton and New York have had a real taste
of zero-minus weather-and they don't
like it. Vermont, on the other hand, has
taken the recent cold wave philosophic'
ally 1t is the sort of thing that never
finds Vermont unprepared. r Rutland
Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-03
Southern Manuroye,

The rhizophora mangle, the southern
mangrove, is most curious in propaga-
ton. The seed sends forth shoot that
really comes through the seed and
grows to a foot long. 1t then falls
away and strikes, root end down, in
the mud and is at once plant.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-03

ping our fighting fleet and our battling
armies" In thus doing its part toward
the winning of the war, Niagara fifty
symbolizes the tremendous sweep and
irresistible flow of the moral forces that
are engaged in this world eonyulsion.-
Boston Herald
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-03
Making II Plain.

when a person Is blind. his hearing
Is more acute sadi the professor, ex-
planning the loss of compensation.
"Oi Sc" said Pat. "Oi often noticed
that If a man has one short leg the
other Is always longer. Life
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-03
PLAINFIELD.

On account of shortage of fuel and the
danger to children who are transported,
the school board have decided to post
pone the opening of all the schools in
town until Jan. IA
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-03
Your Signature Is Valuable

10 your wife and children if You have
left it with us on one Of our Monthly
Income application blanks. Send for
particulars. National Life ms Co. II
VI tMntuaLs :. : Ballard. general
agent, Rislto block, Montpelier, VI.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-03
Month Number. Assets. liabilities
BURLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL

70 sl69,372 $543,0s3
Evening star., 1918-03-31
Same Ships Garry More.

At the end Of last year there were
1000. 900 more quarters Of wheat In this
country than at tho end Of December.
1916. In 1916 the total quantity of
ships built was $4,000 tona In 1917
the tonnage built was l1.16S,474 tons
and 10000 in addition was obtained
abroad. Notwithstanding the loan of
1,5O0 900 gross tons to the allies, Britain
imported precisely the same amount
from September to November last year
as from February to April Whereas
before the war every 100 tons net
shipping brought to this country 106
tons of goods, the average is now
$50 tons.
Britain succeeded last year in reduc-
ing the imports Of timber by 3.000,0 900
tona This has been made good by an
increase of 100000 tons at home and
by an increase in France. The number
of guns available in France increased
last year by 80 per cent. The supply
of aeroplanes in 1917 was two and a
half times as great as in 1916.
Evening star., 1918-03-31
Musk May Soon Disappear.
,cky Mountain News.

From the Rocky Mountain News.
1t may not be many years until
milady will be unable to obtain musk
scented perfume. For this choice odor
is rapidly passing from the world.
There is a town in China by the
name of Tachienlu, which is known as
the gateway Of Tibet. Out of Tachien!u
comes practically all the supply of
musk This is obtained from pouch
of the male musk deer. found prtn-
cipaIly in the region near Tachienlu.
The substance known as musk is only
secreted in the pouch of the deer dur
ing certain seasons of the year, and
because of its precious value the deer
have been almost exterminated. They
are small creatures, never more than
three feet long and usually about
twenty-five inches in height.
Perhaps no other substance in the
enduring as musks. Certainly nothing
else which please the sense of smell
can be compared to It. Some idea Of
fits rarity and the difnculty of supply
Ing the market may be gained from
the fact that the total yearly export
from Tachien1u before the war was
only about 5000 pounds. Practically
the whole, of this went to France and
was made into perfume very small
amountFis sufficient to manufacture a
large quantity of perfume.
Muck IL q peculiar substance. Exr
periHenters have. found that by expos
inE#a small quantity Of It to the air
ting musk gradually diminished in size
an 1neliy disappeared. The odor that
tt$eent forth actually caused the musk
St& ag4porAtAss sss
Evening star., 1918-03-31
Learn Value of Women Folk.

But here. as elsewhere, the war has
brought about a change. The italian hus-
band. father. brother. has found out that
his women folk know how to carry on
at home while he is at the front. For
them to return home for a short fur
Tough and find the home as clean as be-
fore. the children well. the old folks con-
tented, despite the fact that the able
bodied men were not there to look after
1t all. was a great revelation.
Evening star., 1918-03-31
House Of Commons Grows.

The redistribution scheme will add
thirty-seyen. moro members to the
house of conlmons after the next gen.
eral election. provided there 10 no dimi-
mutton or withdrawal OF the Irish rep
resentation from Westminster in the
interval The progressive growth Of
the membership of the house can be
seen from the following table:
17oo-England and Wales. .5l3
1707-After union with Scotland. ......... .6S8
1s01-After union with ireland. ......... .eos
1855 Observation-Disclosures. $40
1915 ............ .7O7
Evening star., 1918-03-31
MADE TO KISS FLAG AND
DENOUNCE THE KAISER

COSHOCTON, Ohio, March 3o.-A mob
of between 500 and GOO persons late last
night and early this morning visited
sixteen homes in this city and forced
between twenty-five and thirty alleged
pro-Germans to kiss the Stars and
Stripes and say ITO hell with the
kaiserw
The mob marched through the streets
four abreast with about thirty automo-
biles in the lead. Its work was sys-
tematic.
At the home Of Frank Gregor, on the
third floor of fiat building, Mrs. Gregor
held the mob off for some time with a
revolver. The mob finally secured her
and her husband and took them to the
courthouse steps, where they were forced
to kiss the flag and repeat the oath.
Citizens of Coshocton have been arous-
ed for several weeks over reports that
Germans of the county were holding
many secret meetings in Coshocton and
south of the city.
Members Of the mob, before breaking
up this morning. announced that other
alleged pro-German homes would be VS.
tied Monday night.
Evening star., 1918-03-31
BIG REFORMS COME
As RESULT OF WAR
Great Britain Discovers Un.
usual Resources; Many to
Vote Now.
BY EDWARD PRICE BELL.
(SpeclaI Correspondence Of The Evening
star and the Chicago Daily News.)

(Speclal Correspondents Of The Evenink
star and the Chicago Daily News)
LONDON, England. February 27.-In
1917 Britain put into the armies Of the
empire s20,645 additional mon and
placed in civil employment in this coun-
try $4,000 men and $4,000 women. 1t
brought 100000 additional acres un-
der the plow during the Same period.
increasing cereal production by $4,000
tons and potato production by S,ooo,-
600 tons. Already in the present year
a further 100000 acres has been
brought under the plow in England and
400. 900 in Scotland and Wales
Evening star., 1918-03-31
Bagby Signs Cleveland Contract,

CLEVELAND, Ohio. March S0.--Pitch-
er Jim Bagby of the Cleveland Ameri-
can team. who has been a hold-out,
today signed his contract after reach
ING satisfactory agreement with
PRESIDENT James c. Dunn. Bagby leaves
today for the training camp at New
Orleans. With the exception Of Pitcher
Joe Boehling. another hold-ont, the
Casyeiand team 10 NOW complsta.
Evening star., 1918-03-31

withdraw this summons at Bryan's
request and when John w. Preston,
United States district attorney. admit
ted that Mr. Bryan wrote the hook
British Rule in India" which was in
troduced into the defense evidence
Subsequently Ram Chandra and others
of the defendants decided to re-
subpoena Mr.. Bryan in order to clear
up certain contested points regarding
his stand on Indian politics.
Evening star., 1918-03-31

the trial of a group of Hindus, Ger
man consular agents. American ship
ping men and others on the charge of
fomenting a plot against British rule
in India. The subpoena was tele-
graphed to Chicago. where Mr.. Bryan
was said to be visiting.
Mr.. Bryan was subjoenaed a week
ago, but defense attorneys agreed to
Evening star., 1918-03-31
Many Women Employed.

over $500 women now are employed
on the railways in'the United Kingdom.
One railway alone has 5000 women.
Before the war there were only sos
railway women. About one-Quarter Of
the whole staff of the London railways
consists OF women.
The largest number Of women-near-
ly 20.0O0-are in the telegraph, tele-
phone and clerical departments. Other
favorfte occupations are those Of por-
ters and checkers, there being about
10000 women so employed.
Evening star., 1918-03-31
"Herod Is Here" Say Belgians.

Among the Belgians there 10 a say
ing: "Herod has come again to live on
eartn' again he Is in Belgium. and has
given the order to kill the innocent."
When women and children are drag
ged from their homes to be forced to
work for the enemy they say, ut lie
derod who commands It," Hunger and
Belgian poor.
Evening star., 1918-03-31
Bill to Remove Restrictions.

The italian man. thus roughly shaken
out of his half-oriental attitude toward
his woman, has had the fairness to admit
that the position of the other sex needs a
great deal of alteration. So, gradually.
very gradually, the Italian woman is COM
ing into her own. The process is slow,
and many traditions and prejudices have
yet to be overcome. But Sacchi. minister
of justice. under the last government,
certainly voiced the wishes of many men
when he brought In a bill for the abolition
Of various restrictions weighing upon
women. Till that bill is made law no
woman may have tutelar right over her
own children. even after the fathers
death. The right is vested in family
council" who decide about her children's
education. etc. She is a member of the
council, but has only one vote.
Evening star., 1918-03-31
W. J. BRYAN sUBPoENAED
In Trial Of Alleged Plotters Against
British Rule in India.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 30.-WiI-
liam ]. Bryan. former Secretary of
State. was subpoenaed for a second
time by the defense here yesterday in
Evening star., 1918-03-31
Workers snubbed at First.

& At first they were Snubbed, told they
had better go back to their children
listers told newspaper people that they
did not want women. FacetiouS car
features appeared in the press, show
ing woman workers in foolish situa-
tions, running away from mice, drag
ging an unwilling cupid into their Of
fees, and so forth. But, as class after
class was called up. women were told
they might, under certain circum-
stances. supplement men. Finally a
national appeal has been issued to men
teen and sixty to offer their services
for "civil mobilization"
Since the beginning of the war wom-
en- of the upper classes have been do
soldiers. This has brought about a
subtle and far-reaching change. Young
girls walk alone-a thing unheard of
FIVE years ago. mother of anywhere
above the poorest classes would no
more have allowed her daughters to &c
to church or to school alone than she
would have let them fly to America in
an aeroplane. But now mothers and
dueunas are too busy to play chap
eronss There are stlll many families
!. where this innovation is looked upon
NAh horror.
NEhen the menfolk come back from
the front on leave or furlough there
is good deal of criticism; but some
give In. as TO the OtherS, no sooner
have they started back for the
trenches than the restrictions they en-
forced during their stay are relaxed
You hear an elderly woman of title
tell her friends that her daughters go
out alone because "all the young men
are at the front. so there is no fear .
As a matter of fact, there are still
young men at home, to say nothing OF
fascinating officers on leave. But men
are getting used to seeing nice" girls
about alone, and take no more notice
than il they had a duenna with them.
Noble Peasant Women.
But to the Italian peasant woman
Italy owes the deepest debt Of graft
tude. They have shown themselves to
be the true and worthy mothers and
wives of the country's peasant army
They are performing miracles of hard
labor and abnegation. While the coun-
try districts have been combed to such
an extent that you will not meet an
, able-bodied man in the fields except
for the short time allowed Tor soldiers
furlougbed home for the 4dest part
Of the field Iabor-in spri for sowing
and late autumn for pIowing-theil
women are doing the toughest labor
sowing corn, potatoe 4 beans, hoeing
pruning and sulphuring the vines. guild
ing cart and plaw. reaping the hay
and, what the menfolk did not have tc
do. looking after their families as
well.
Evening star., 1918-03-31
GR|EN AS
GERMANS TAKE BELLS
Last of the Famous Carillons of
Flanders; AL Brass Also
Seized.
BY W. J. l.. KIEHL.

BY W. }. l.. KIEHL.
fSuecial Correspondence of The Evening
star and the Chicago Daily News.)
THE HAGUE, Holland. February IS.
The last of the famous bells from
churches, belfries and monasteries in
Belgium have now been taken down to
be sent to Germany to be melted down
for munitions. What this means to the
Belgians, who so loved their bells and
were SO fond Of their music, can
scarcely be told in words. AS the bells
lay on the railroad platforms little
groups of Belgians gathered to bid
them last farewell.
At first one man. then another. took
up a brick or hammer and struck 1t
against the bells until their metallic
voices blended in strange melody
And as the sound swelled the doors
of neighboring houses opened: then in
mates stole forth exclaiming, Our bells
our bells-once more we hear our
bells." Not for long. however. was the
joy tinged with sadness vouchsafed to
the people, for the German patrol that
guarded the bells soon drove the people
back to their homes. Many OF the bells
had been cast in the middle ages by
famous bell makers.
Belgian Robbed of Everything.
Refugees from Belgium, about eighty
eight in all, mostly women and chill
dren, recently came to the Dutch hor-
der. They told touching stories of the
suffering in their downtrodden coun-
try. especially in the new "Etappen &C.
biet" behind the German front, where
the requisitions are depriving the peo-
pie of their few last possessions.
most touching story is that Of the
old mother who brought her only
treasure of brass to the commandant,
for if the Belgians keep back any OBJ
| 3ect they are threatened with heavy
penalties-so they bring even the jars
and kettles they cannot well do with
| out in their kitchens. and even objects
| of religious significance. So the old
mother brought her crucihx-it was all
she had-and as she held 1t out to the
officers she cried with streaming eyes:
See! l have brought you my all. It
| is our Lord crucifed! But this tell you
you Germans are worse than they
| who killed our Savior. For they did not
demand that Mary should furnish the
| nails wherewith to cruelty her son
but you-you make us Belgian moth
ers bring You tho wherewithal to tor
ture and kill our own flesh and bloodv
Evening star., 1918-03-31
CHANGING STATUS
Of ITALIAN WOMEN
Many Now Enjoying a Freedom
Never Dreamed of Before
the World War.
EMANCIPATION EXPECTED
ny BEATRICE BASKERVILLE.
Special Correspondence OfThe Star and
New York World.


Special Correspondence ofcThe Star ana
New York World.
ROME, March I'm Italy in pre-war
days the position Of women seemed half
oriental to American eyes. Their se-
clusion, their restrictions, the Jealous
way in which they were kept from pub
lie places shocked the modern girls from
New York and made them jump to the
conclusion that the Italian maid, wife
and mother had a very rough time OF It.
You still hear stories of a despotic hus-
band who puts -four on the floor in front
Of all the windows lest the wife Of his
bosom go to look on the outside world:
of the husband who locks the women
folk in when he goes to work; OF the
father who forbids his daughters to
wear anything but black in the street
But these customs linger only in out
of-the-way corners of the south of Sicily
and of Sardinia. Even now in that en-
chanting island a girl never sees her
husband till the marriage is arranged.
Even today in Sicily you can find hum
dreds of middle class families where no
men enter who are not of the family.
where the menfolk visit the cafes and
theaters alone, too jealous to bring their
women Climate. interracial influence
and the revered custom of marrying girls
as early as possible have brought about
this seclusion. The fact remains. how
ever that a clever and energetic woman
in Sicily and Sardinia is as influential in
her family as Mrs. Smith of New York
or Mrs. Brown of Boston. The restric.
tions hamper the average woman and
not the exceptional one. But, as the
average woman is the most widely diff
fused the position of women In Italy Is
very different from that Of their Ameri-
can sisters.
Evening star., 1918-03-31
Many New Voters Now.

"Britain's new democracy" is now
ready to vote. Some idea Of the scope
Of tho reform act Just passed may be
obtained from the following comparf-
son with the changes made by the acts
Of 1892. 1867 and 1854:
1S32-500. 900 new voters (mfddle
class). Total on register. 100000 Il
in "a of popuIation).
1851 100000 new voters (working
class in the towns). Total on register.
2.500.000 Il in 12 of population).
1SS4-2.0O8.000 new voters (agricuI-
tural laborers). Total on register. 81
100000 q in Z of the population).
191S-S. 100000 new voters (6.000. 900
women. of whom 100000 are married.
and 100000 men). Total on register.
16,00O,000 Il in Of population).