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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-01
Cape Cod Canal Taken Over.

Those who believe that the official
mind must always move slowly have rea-
son to revise their opinion If it be true
as it appears to be, that the action Of
the railroad administration in taking
over the Cape Cod canal was influenced
by the exploit Of the German U-boat
off Orleans on Sunday. The movement
TO make the canal government property,
Immediately and forever, has been car.
ried on with zeal by persons who would
expend an equal or even greater amount
of zeal to prevent the railroads from be-
coming permanently the property of the
government To be sure, the railroad
administration decision to operate the
canal does not denote permanent acqui-
sition by the government But, as it Is
the announced intention Of Mr. McAdoo's
staff TO deepen the waterway at once,
the expenditure involved in that bet
terment, and in others to which that
will lead, viii no doubt mean that soon
err or later the government will become
the sole owner of the canal.
Private capital built the canal or per-
haps half built it would be nearer the
truth. Private capital will 20 no fur
Their. There is no prospect Of a profitable
return on the sums Of money necessary
to develop the canal for extensive com
mercial use. Indeed, the capitalists who
built the waterway have seen no way Of
getting return on their previous in
vestment except by selling it to the gov
eminent. And they will probably now
be content to get back dollar for dollar
of what they put into it. They can
hardly expect more. Their initiative and
willingness to take risk are worthy of
praise, and time will no doubt show
that they performed patriotic service.
But the canal, as a commercial venture,
has not been success, and the desire
of the owners to have the government
for a buyer has been almost too insist
ent.
The fact that the government turns
to the canal for aid in solving the prob
lem of moving coal, at time when
transportation facilities are overworked,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-01
CRANITEVILLE

Mrs. w. j. Earle received a cablegTam
Tuesday announcing the safe arrival in
Porto Rico of her daughter, Miss Ella
Earle, who is to be employed there as a
teacher by the government.
Mr.. and Mrs, George Suitor and Misses
Edna and Laura Suitor returned last
evening from Leeds, p O., where they
have been spending two weeks with rela-
tiyes and friends.
Barre Town has received flag for the
third Liberty loan. The flag has been
hung at the town clerks Office.
The regiment of which Alexander Nc
Kinnon is member, now stationed at
Paris Island, has been detailed for duty
in the West Indies. Alexander has been
cited for corporal, but being only nine
teen years Of age, was not allowed the
promotion.
Mrs. James Wilson Of Barre is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Henry Coxon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben King are parents
Of daughter, born July 81.
Mrs. Wilfred Gillander of Websterville
is spending few days here with friends,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-01
Out of Archangel.

Until official word comes from Ambas
sador Francis it would be unwise to at
tempt to interpret the full meaning of
the removal of the allied ambassadors
from Archangel to the shelter of friendly
guns on the Kola peninsula.
That the ambassadors were warned TO
leave Vologda because of danger would
seem to indicate friendly feeling on the
part of the bolshevist authorities; but
that friendly feeling may have suddenly
changed when the representatives Of the
allied countries declined to accept the
hospitality of the government at Mos
COW.
They were not accredited to that gov
eminent, which has never been recog-
nized by the allies, and their continued
presence in the country was merely a
symbol of allied confidence that Russia
would have its fill of German peace
and turn again to the allies for support.
There had been unofficial German de-
mands upon the bolshevist government
for the expulsion of Ambassador Fran
els, but nothing yet indicates that the
present episode is a result of those de-
mands. 1t seems somewhat significant,
however, that the day chosen for warn
ing the allied ambassadors out of Volog-
da was that on which the bolshevist gov
eminent announced that it considered
allied intervention at Murmansk to be
an act of war. Both occurrences fol-
lowed closely the report of general mo-
biligation Of the Russian army.
The effect of this newest phase in the
Kaleidoscope of Russian affairs nrohablv
viii soon be seen. 1t is step toward
definition Of the attitude of America and
the other allied governments to the boil
sheyist government at Moscow-Bo Boston
Globe.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-01
CURRENT COMMENT
Weston,a Courage.

There were many Vermont towns
which appeared in a false light as a re-
suit Of asking them to subscribe TO war
savings stamps on the basis of their
population in 1910. The quota Of Yves
ton, for instance, $l2,640, was based on
population of 632, while the present
population is said to be asa, which would
require a purchase of S26 for each per-
son, according to the figuring sent to the
local committee. Not daunted by the
task presented to them the patriotic peo-
pie OF Weston carried on lively cam
paign, ending with public meeting, and
when the final figures were tabulated the
town mad come through for Sab The
residents Of Weston have made record
Of which they have reasons to be proud
The town has shown that the old Revo.
lutionary blood from which a large pro-
portion of its citizens descended still
beats high in patriotic fervor Brattle-
boro Reformer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-01
The Government and the Telephone.

IL Postmaster General Burleson is wise
there win be little interference with the
efficient organization of the American
Telephone & Telegraph company that
Theodore Vail and its directors have
built up. The conduct of no public serv-
ice corporation in this country has been
more far-sighted and honest. The com
pany has lent many efficient men to the
federal government for service during the
war, but there are men left competent to
maintain the efficiency of its service. The
company is broad based in this respect.
The ready cooperation with the govern
ment, and the voluntary meeting of its
ever increasing demands, constitutes a
chapter in the company's history that is
TO the credit of those who recognized
the emergency and put patriotic mind
and heart into dealing with the extraor-
binary situation.
The obstinate unwisdom Of the man at
the head of the Western Union Telegraph
company awaited TO bring the telephone
company into its present relationship
with the government, for the two are
now seen to 60 best In double harness, as
was not recognized by the government
authorities under existing law when Mr.
Vail was recognizing the Western IN
ion service and making it deal with the
public honestly and efficiently as never
before. Hindsight is illuminating in this
as in other matters that war conditions
are bringing to light. The thing for the
government TO do, as matters are now
placed, is to make ample use of the good
sense and trained experience which pro
NOTED reliable service and made the
financial side of the big telephone com,
pany an open book through such clear
reports as the average man and woman
could understand.
That is why the 100000 stakeholder
Of the telephone company, $1,000 of them
In Massachusetts, have contributed tc
bring about the excellent physical and
financial condition which exists as the
company passes under government con,
troll, That their interests are to be fully
protected in the hands of the United
States Is to be assumed as a matter oil
course. Springfield Republican.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-01
A VERMONT NEWSPAPER CHANGE.

All the members of the newspaper pro-
fession in Vermont will regret that Wal
ter +. Hubbard has relinquished his
financial interests in the Brattleboro
Publishing company and that he will
soon sever all connection with the Daily
Reformer and Weekly Phoenix, over
which journals he has held editorial SUI.
pervision for long time the daily ever
since it was founded five years ago and
the weekly since the late o. L. French
laid aside his active duties In all, Mr..
Hubbard has been connected with news
paper work in Brattleboro for third Of
a century, having started work the Mon
day morning following his graduation
from Brattleboro high school and having
been "at the grind" ever since that life
shaping event. That he has accomplished
something is indicated by the two sturdy
newspapers, the Daily Reformer and the
Weekly Phoenix, toward the building up
of which he has contributed greatly, to-
gether with Howard G. Rice and Ephraim
II. Crane, who have been associated with
him In the ownership of the daily news
paper and who now have bought Mr..
Hubbard's interest in the publishing com
pany, One can well imagine that it will
take severe wrenching of ties for Mr..
Hubbard to get away from that work /;
but he has felt the call for service in con
nection with the great world events now
taking place and he will strive to enter
ZONE special overseas service. If the
opportunity for that service does not
come he will turn to other fields of oc-
mpation, presumably newspaper work,
!lthough he does not so state in his fare.
yell announcement in The Reformer of
July 81. His fellow editors in Vermont
will earnestly hope that his desire to
erve overseas may be realized but in
whatever he enters upon he will carry
With him the best wishes Of all Of us.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-01
Agents Help Bakers and Hotel Men.

Bakers, hotel men, grocers, and mana.
gers Of institutions are coming to home
demonstration agents for help with Their
conservation problems. The communi
ty kitchens and liberty bread shops are
we'll patroniEed by these business men
who need expert advice to conform tc
the governments food regulations. Al
one Of the bread shops in Springfield
Mass, assistance has been given to ma.
irons from both Smith college anc
Mount Holyoke. In Oswego, N. Y, the
county home demonstration agent ha:
gone into the kitchen of one Of the no
tells where she has given her persona
help to the cooks in teaching them how
best TO follow the latest conservation
recipes.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-01

The irony of the American participa,
ton from the German standpoint is the
presence Of so many Americans of Ger.
man names in the United States army
This fact has been commented on by
German reviews of the battle situation
showing that the war leaders of Ger.
many are much disgruntled over the fail,
ure of their propaganda in the United
States.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-01
EAST BARRE
Mr.. and Mrs. Arson Coleman Married
for 40 Years.

About 20 persons gathered at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Arson Coleman last
Tuesday evening, it being their fortieth
wedding anniversary. Old-time friends
were present from Montpelier, st. Johns
bury, Barre, East Orange and Waits
River. During the evening music was
rendered by the mems chorus, mixed
chorus, and two solos by Miss Georgia
Palmer, recitation by Lillian Avery
and an original poem by Mrs. Clarendon
Tucker Refreshments of punch, cake
and waters were served. Mr., and Mrs
Coleman have resided here the past
twenty years. They have two sons, Lee
roy, in the U. S. army, and Vernon, a
travelling salesman for the Quimby Con
fectionery Co. of Boston. A purse Of
money was presented them as remind
er of the day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-01

Mexico is keeping strangely quiet Per.
haps the ebullient people of that coun-
try have learned their lesson that the
Americans can and will fight when it
comes to the point. When the Amer.
leans get through with the big perform
ance in Europe an encounter with Mex
leans would be only side issue, or it
might be safe to say that the United
States could take on Mexico right now
without straining too much.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-01
Lafayette. We Are Here"--PershinE,
Julv 1919

Lafayette. We Are Here"--PershinE,
July 1. 1918.
Yes, we are here dear Lafayette.
To-day a million strong
Tomorrow other millions yet
To right your country's wrong.
You came 20 us when days were dark,
And clouds oercast our morn
But through the darkness sailed your bark
In which our hope were borne,
No srgosy will cross the seas
With cargo such as yours
The ocean bear no sails like these
That brought you to our shores.
Yes, we are here, dear Lafayette,
To fight against the Huns,
And pay in full an ancient debt,
With millions Of our sons.
John W. Gordon.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-01

Every hotel fire in small Vermont
community is calamity to the commu-
nifty and to the state, for the chances are
that the property will not be rebuilt for
years to come. Therefore, watch your
hotels and see that their equipment is
kept as near fre-proof as possible.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-01

1t is odd enough for the United States
to keep on retiring her regular army Off
GERS at the age of GA when both linden
burg and Foch were beyond that age
when they We're giving their most effec-
tive service to their respective countries.
The age of GA is still young when the
party concerned is a member of the high
command.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-01

The simple statement by British For
eign Secretary Balfour that no entente
nation has received any proffers of peace
from the central powers puts quietus
on the bluffs which are constantly com
ing out of the central powers Nothing
viii be recognized by the entente allies
until it bears the mark of sincerity and
authority.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-01

Messrs. Rice and Crane are both expe-
rieneed men and well acquainted with
the situation in Brattleboro, SO that the
two papers are left in good hands.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-01

Ex-Czar Nicholas final hours were a
stern revelation of the memorable hatred
and distrust of autocracy. The reading
of those events must have made William
of Germany shrink with poorly con.
cealed fear.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-01

The precious crown prince of Germany
Is still alive to smoke cigarettes and sac
rifce the lives of his prospective sub
jects.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-01

Politics has temporarily taken a back
seat in Vermont,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-01
ARMOUR WROTE FOR RuMELY.
Former Military Expert of Boston Jour
raj Recommended hY Viareck.

New York, Aug. An interesting
phase of the exposure of the German
propaganda in this country is the bring
ing into the case of Anthony Arnoux,
erstwhile military expert" of the Bos-
ton Journal.
Tuesday afternoon Deputy State At
torney General Becker examined Arnoux,
who was placed on The Evening Mail
staff as a military critic by DR.. Rumely
He was recommended to the former pub.
Usher of The Mail by George Sylvester
Viereek, and, so far as could be learned
had lad no military experience
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-01

Those picked Prussian Guards are in
deed picked picked to pieces by the
Americans.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-01

When thieves fall out--the central
powers quarreling over the division of
the expected spoils.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-01

The steadiness of the American troops
under fire has been one of the best indi.
cations of their aptitude for warfare.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-01

The Germans may retreat but they
never show retiring disposition.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-01

The draft is blowing over Great Brit
ain and the United States as if there
were no international boundaries
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-01

One Of these days whale meat may be
one of the luxuries of the table
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-01
No Overlooking of Vessels.

Outside of eating and sleeping accom-
modations there is plenty Of room aboard
all the transports for the soldiers who
are carried and there is no overlooking
of the vessels. There are also sufficient
lifeboats and RATS to take care of every
man aboard in case of disaster. The ra.
pidity with which men under strict mil
itary and naval discipline can be disem.
barked from al sinking ship was illus.
trated in the case of the cruiser San
Diego, from which over 100 men were
safely removed in Is minutes When the
Titanic sank il would not have been pos.
sible to save all of her crew and passen.
gers, even had there been sufficient life.
boats because practically all were un.
trained civilians. But If she had carried
soldiers or navy men there is little doubt
that the loss of life would have been
very small, ewing to the CELEBRITY with
which orders could have been given and
obeyed
Altogether, the submarine and trans.
port situation is quite gratifying to army
and navy officers, who look for still fur.
Their improvement - From Washington
letter in Brooklyn Eagle.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-01
CARRYING TROOPS ACROSS.
Doubling Up in Sleeping and Eating, but
No Overlooking of Ships,

Outgoing ships carrying soldiers and
supplies for the battle front are more
heavily protected thar those which make
the return journey, because there is
greater need for t. But at no time are
transports left without any protection
while in the submarine zone. The Cow
ngton was under such protection when a
torpedo struck her, and she simply illus
trated the fact that the convoy system,
while excellent, is not perfect, and prob
ably never can be made SO. So long as
the war lasts, few ships win continue
to be lost from submarine attack. But
never again, in the opinion of the most
conservative naval officers, will Germany
be able to reconstruct her submarine war
fare into real menace.
The success of the war department,
working in cooperation with the navy,
in transporting such large number of
troops overseas in such a short space OF
time, has been due not only to the pro.
gressive elimination of the submarine
but also due TO the more scientific en-
ployment of the vessels used in carrying
troops and supplies. Each ship carries
far more men than she was built TO
carry, and this is made possible by the
soldiers sleeping and eating at different
hours One bunk will provide a sleeping
place for two men, occupying 4 at diff
ferent times, and each man will get his
full quota Of sleep.
One seat at mess will take care of two
soldiers, who viii eat their meas at diff
ferent hours. The statement has been
made that on some ships the berths are
never empty and that there are as many
as three shifts of sleepers This has
probably been true only in few in
stances. But the double shift is very
largely used and is a system which adds
much to the effective capacity Of yes
The Washington herald., 1918-01-25
We're IA Hun Spies Shot by is?
Government Officials Say mo"

New York, Jan. A-Fouteen spies have been shot
in the United States since declared Germany accord
ing C. s. Thompson Of the American Defense Soeie
i've committee Mr.. Thompson spoke before the American De-
fense Society today After the meeting he made aement in
which he said:
I'VE informed that up date fourteen spies have been
shot by direction Of the military authorities Of the United States
the beginning Of the At least Of the spies
from Detroit We believe this the sort Of information the
public should have"
Government officials denied last night that there had been
fourteen executions Of spies this country, stated by c. s.
Thompson Of the American Defense Society.
John Lord 0Bnsn, special attorney Of the Department of
Justice, said:
There have been such executions the result Of any
of the trials by the Department of Justice"
Secretary Daniels asked there had been any such penal
ties inflicted in the navy, said:
mo, no, no."
Maj. Gen. Frank Mcintyre, army censor, said:
Il have not heard of any such executions, and think
certainly would be the most likely to hear of them"
The Washington herald., 1918-01-25
AUSTRIA HELD
UNDER LEASH
OF WAR LORD
Dual Monarchy Still Sup.
ports Central Power
in World War.

Amsterdam, Jan. 24.-A sensa-
tional Petrograd dispatch today re-
porting an open revolution in Aus
tria and the setting up of a provis-
ional government proved wholly un-
founded later in the day.
Under the surface, however, the
nationwide unrest seethes on. Dis
patches agree it may explode any
nome elt. It will merely mark the
opening of long, bloody civil war
fare, with the bulk of the army and
police pitched against the revolt
ing masses.
What happened during the last "a
hours in the great drama in which
Austria, Russia and Germany play
the leading roles, is this:
In the very moment when Aus
tria. through Bolshevikism had
gained the whiphand over Ger
many, the power of the Russian
radicals took a steep tumble. Ger
many's espionage system in Russia
saved her from surrender to her
chief ally just when the latter
loomed large as prospective dicta-
tor and arbiter.
The wires from Vienna to Ber-
lin were still buzzing with sharp
demands from Count Won Czernin
for a backdown by the German an
nexationists and with "admoni-
tions' from Emperor Charles that
Belgium must be restored, when
the direct telegraph from Petro-
grad informed Wilhelmstrasse that
Russia was fast losing faith in the
Bolsheviki; that the counter revo-
lutionary movement was growing
hourly.
Berlin proceeded to speed the Le-
nine regimes decline. Every pre-
tence of non-annexation was
promptly dropped by the German
delegates at Brest-Litovsk and the
threat of the sword was uttered in
place Of oily phrase of Just and
honorable peace"
Russia was told that the time for
quibbling is passed; that no further
postponements will be suffered.
As matters now stand, the Aus
trian rulers are reduced once more
to their own resources, confined to
promises, in quieting the masses
clamoring for bread and peace while
the Bolshevik. hard pressed by the
counter revolt in which Kerensky
and Savinkoff are the leading
spirits, face an all-Russian soviet
assembly which will ask an ac-
counting Of them as to why the
promise to bring peace has not been
redeemed.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-25
MAILS LATE? SURE!
NO POSTOFFICE HEAD
For Ten Months There Was No
Postmaster General.

After ten months without a post
master general, the United States Sc
cured one yesterday in the person OF
Albert S. Burleson, Of Texas. Mr..
Burleson was appointed postmaster
general in President Wilson's first
term and everybody thought he had
been ever since.
But two or three weeks ago. Sena-
point that Mr.. Burleson had not been
tor Hardwick, of Georgia, made the
confirmed by the Sepate at the be-
ginning of the Presidents new term.
He said under law. the first Burleson
appointment expired a month follow
ing the second Presidential inaugura-
ton.
So yesterday the Senate solemnly
confirmed the appointment. President
Wilson wrote a letter saying he did
not know of the legal barrier until
the Attorney General called his atten-
ton to 1t
The Washington herald., 1918-01-25
HENDERSON SWAPS
WORKERS FOR WAR
Majority Of Million in Labor Ballot
Shows Kaiser Way Ou.

Nottingham. Eng, Jan. A.-By a
majority Of more than 100000 votes
British labor today defeated a res
olution which, had it been adopted.
would mean the downfall of the
Lloyd George government.
1t demanded the withdrawal of the
labor members from the coalition
government.
The eloQuence Of Arthur Henderson,
who himself withdrew from the war
council some months ago when he
was at odds with the premier over
the Stockholm conference plan saved
the day for the government. The
vote was 1,SS6,000 to 722,OOO The main
argument in Henderson's speech was
that such action would delay peace,
since it would break up the British
governments strength.