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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-13
PLAN MILITARY HIGHWAY
FROM HERE TO OLD POINT
HrAnch Is Projected in Connection
With Proposed Bankhcad
Highway.
Communities ARE ORGANIZING
Richmond May Lose Main Line Of
Thoroughfare II Route by Lynch
burg and Charlottesville Is Select
ea--.Cameron Outlines Plans.

That branch military highway will
be constructed. connecting this city
With Old Point, should the route OF
the proposed national military highway
VIA Raleigh. Durham, oxford, Ciarks-
vito. South Hill. Petersburg to Rich
rie6d be adopted. was the opinion Of
Colonel Benjamin Cameron, Highway
Comm issioncr for the state OF North
Carolina. In recent speech before the
directors Of the Chamber of Commerce
OF Newport News. The incalculable
benefit eueh highway would be. both
Is this city and to the peninsula. needs
no emphasis
In complete cooperation with the
proposals OF Colonel Cameron. the peo-
PIE OF Newport News lost no time in
ofganizihg in an effort 10 get tho route
The chamber of Commerce OF that city
it is understood has taken hold Of the
movement, and is pushing 1t TO tho
limit The Rotary Club is also CO.
operating with the Chamber OF Com
rserre. with other cities in Eastern
virginia organizing for the route, it IL
expected that the proposed branch will
eoon be under construction.
RioHnIoND ORGANIZING
TO AID EASTERN ROUTE
RtCdAoad, through the ChamDcr OF
Comnfesace, has expressed itself in alb
sDtrte sym pathy with the movcme nt
ana Is actively organizing to get the
e&Sketu route selected with the pros
psS45 OF tho Branch highway to OLD
Pofrt.
EoieneI Cameron outlined to the
bS3f6 Of directors tho plans Of the
S4nRhead National Highway Associa-
ton to build a military highway from
Log Angeles. Cal. to Washing ton, d.
Q. The association takes it's name from
Eetrator Bankhea of Alabama. Tho
route from the west as far as At
]anta has already been selected by
tA4 pathfnders. end the route from
tk4re to Greensboro. n. c., has prac-
tie4iIy been agreed upon. But from
Grseneboro to Washington the route is
sftll In doubt
From this point two routes have been
Hf6poted, q western route by way OF
DinviiIe- LynchburE and Charlottes-
vile, and m eastern route. via Raj
efSh. Durham, Oxford. Charlottesville,
South Hill. Petersburg and Richmond.
Tnts lstter route. Colonel Gamer
thinks, has every advantage over the
other, but he says the towns and cities
along tho former are organizing, pre-
pxf7ng to wage sharp contest for
their claims. In case The latter route
,s chosen. then tho branch highway
tfora Richmond TO the Peninsula, he
thought, would be built This route
would be via Hampton and Newport
News, and would put the people OF the
capital city In closer touch with the
cities IA the eastern part OF the State.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-13
| am Sincere! Stop Ca|omeI!
Guarantee Dodson's Liver Tone
Listen to me! Ca1omel sickens and you may lose a
days work. If bilious, conshpated or
headachy read my guarantee

Liven up your sluggish liver! Feel
fine and cheerful: mako your work a
pleasure; be vigorous and fun OF ambi-
ton. But take no nasty, dangerous
calomel, because IL makes you sick and
you may lose a days work.
Ca1omel Is mercury or quicksilver,
which causes necrosis OF the bones.
Calomtl crashes into sour bile like
dynamite, breaking II up. That's when
you feel that awful nausea and cramp-
ing.
Listen to me! II you want to enjoy
the incest. gentlest liver and bowe
cleansing you ever experienced. just
take a spoonful OF harmless Dodson's
Liver Tone tonight Your druggist Or
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-13
LEES BIRTHDAY TO BE
OBSERVED SATURDAY
omcers From Camp Lee to he Guerf,
OF University Club on Tint
Date.

General Lees birthday will he cele-
nrated In most fitting manner next
saturday evening by tho members OF
the University Club. The commanding
officer OF the EiEhtieth Division at
camp Leo. together with the officers of
his staff. and the members of the
French and British missions attached
TO This division, will attend the en-
tertainment and afford a martial effect
to the ceremonies that will be most ap-
propriate
Tho features Of the program that
promise TO be most entertaining will
be an address by DR.. Douglas S. Free
man on LES Contribution to Modern
Strategy" and Sic talk by Major
Sweeny, Three Hundred and Seven
teenth Regiment, of Camp Lee, who
has seen three years active service
with the French army. OF one of Cen
eral Lees campaigns.
In future the members OF the Univer-
sity Club plan to hold an entertainment
every Saturday night at $3.50. having
the officers from the camp 8 their par
ticular guests.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-13
Vision has been restricted to one train

vision hAs been restricted to one train
day.
TO aid the freight situation between
SuHafo and Niagara Falls. passenger
service has been greatly reduced. Sleep
ins-oar service between New York and
Niasara Falls haa been dropped. The
special night train between Pittsburgh
ana bunalo has been eliminated.
Two trains between Buffalo and
cleveland have been withdrawn.
through competitive service OF the
IhiiadeIphia, between Philadelphia.
chicago and Pittsburgh. has been dis
continued. Ono train in each dircc-
.ioh between Cleveland and Chicago
has been taken OFF.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-13
CALIFORNIA POLICE THINK
THEY HAVE WOMAN SPY
Seditfous Letters, with Refercnee 10
Plans and Kaiser, Figure I'm Her
Arrcnf


Tp7 Associated Prens-l
HANFORD, CAL, January IL
Elizabeth Guistorf was arrested here
to-day and heidi on suspicion OF being
German spy. Two seditious letters.
ono referring to Fort Grant. Oregon.
and the Preside Of San Francisco. and
the other a mysterious set OF plans.
were discovered in her possession.
Ono letter which, tho police alleged.
the woman had torn up. when picced
together read:
Dear Pal: 1 have seen everything
at Fort Grant. Orc. The Preside is
at San Francisco, Calf, and am now
heading south. Have sent plans on a
few days ago. Yours truly.
GERMANY"
letter found in her pocket said:
IT will help tho Kaiser all I can.
I hope that the Germans win tho world
war. Germany over everything"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-13
Explosion In Min, PIT.

HATMEREND. NORTH sTAFFoRo-
SHIRE. ENG. January IAN explo,
SION occurred In mine pit here to-
day. and 1t is feared heavy loss of life
resulted. OF EAT men In the mine at
the time Of tho explosion. forty-seven
have reached the surface.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-13

Sea Ross. colored, was given a hear.
ink yesterday before Commissioner
Fl6tenheimer on tho charge Of trans.
btftff6 ardent spirits III violation Of
TIC Reed snendment The case was
eohtinYHd for further hearing unit,
fsEs "Wednesday. In the meant,me
HSss 70 held In jail IN default Of 4
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-13
L,nrhburs Pnir Wed.

Especial to Tho Times Dispatch.I
LYECHBURG. VA. January Ia
William G. Fisher and Miss Edna
Louise Burnley. both of Lynchburg,
wore married Thursday evening at the
parsonage OF Rivermont Baptist
Church, tho pastor. Rev. Oscar T.. Samx,
officiating.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-13
BApTIsTs PLAN CAMPAIGN
Expect - Raise $1,000, 900 Prom Lay
nAcn In An Parts OF q. 9. for
War Purposes.
tBy Associated Press. 7

IB1 Associated Prcca.1
CHICAGO. January ia ten weeks
national campaign to raise $1,000, 900
among lsytnen OF the Baptist Church
will DO begun April 1. according to a
resolution adopted last night at a con-
ference OF lay1nen from all parts Of the
United States. The fund will be used
for war purposes and for religious
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-13
Pure Blood
Brings Beauty
Fimplcs, Blackheads, Boils and Poor
complexion Vanish by Using
Stuart's Calcium Waters.

TRIAL PACKAGE MAILED FREE
All your dreams OF a beautiful. clear
complcxion can be made 10 come true
~ makes no difference how spotted and
pies, biackheads. eczema or liver-spoIs.
you may reclaim your heritage OF good
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-13

needs that have not been planned for
In the past. Permanent camps are to
be established At all army and navy
environments in America.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-04
VERMONT MECHANICS WANTED.

The call upon Vermont for 36j me.
chanics to go through a course of in.
struction at the University of Vermont
Burlington, during the coming summer
to prepare them for special service un.
der pay of the United States government
brings out some advantageous features
TO the individuals, chiefly in the benefit
TO accrue in civil life from specialization
in some particular branch of industry.
The men who respond to this call volun.
tarily or who may be drafted TO fill out
the quota will be given intensive instue.
ton in some form of mechanical work
and their knowledge will be put to use
for the government during the period of
the war; and when they are discharged
from the service of the government they
will have the knowledge and skill gained
through this course of preliminary in.
struction and through practical appica
ton in actual service. Their course OF
instruction will be free TO them, OF
course; and the chief expense to the in.
dividual will be to equip himself tenn
porarily, until the government is ready |
to furnish uniforms. 1t is quite an ex
tensive call to make upon Vermont to
ask for 365 men for this branch of war
service, but there is no doubt that there
are 365 good men available for the serv.
ice. 1t should be borne in mind that
men under the draft who are qualified
for general military service may volun,
teer under this call only up to and in
Guiding May s, thus giving them only
four more days in which TO make appli-
cation. After that date the local ex-
emption boards will begin the work of
drawing men to fill out the uncompleted
quotas of the districts Those whose
special aptitude is toward mechanics
should avail themselves of this irst-rate
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-04

made from the original purpose OF Ger
many that the allies viii at once consent
TO the arrangement. No doubt the Span
ish official was in rather close touch with
some OF the higher officials Of Germany
and, consequently, il may be taken for
granted that he voiced some OF the Ger.
man idea when he made the expression
about Germany's possible move for peace,
However, Germany will find that the
war will not stop just as soon as she be.
gins to cry for help, just as soon as the
pains Of war begin to come upon her just
as they have been forced upon France,
Belgium, Serbia, Rumania and other ma.
tions for years, Germany cannot snap
her fingers and say stop" and find the
warfare viii stop, There ia day of
ahead OF Germany.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-04

The British military operations. in
Mesopotamia and Palestine have not
been attracting much attention of late
because of the far greater news on the
front in western Europe, but the two
British armies are moving steadily to.
ward their detectives in those two sec
tions of the eastern domain of Turkey
and are not far from the places where
they can cut off Germanys ambition for
commercial hold on a vast and rich sec
ton of western Asia, to say nothing of
stripping Turkey of most of her terri
torial possessions in that country The
British expeditionsry forces there are
advancing with regularity, driving the
Turkish forces back toward their home
government. Taken in connection with
the stiff resistance offered to Germany
in western Europe, these campaigns lend
much encouragement.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-04
What Is the Liberty Loan2

It's forts and it's ships and it's shin.
ing guns. It's squadrons that sweep the
sea It's all of the circling band OF steel
that shall keep the home shores free.
It's grub and it's warmth for the sailor
lad. far out on the wintry foam for
the brave jack tar, as he fights afar, it's
the good old Money from Home
It's rife and helm and it's bayonet,
it's shovel and shard and shell, for the
soldier boy in the olive drab, out there
on the edge of hell. It's the soaring
wings of the whirring planes that battle
on high alone. For the lad who is dar-
ing "Over There" it's the Good Old
Money from Home"
It's succor and life for the bleeding
world It's the glimmer of peace at
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-04

With the national debt of Germany
reaching thirty billions of dollars, it can.
not be especially alluring for Germans to
invest their money in government paper
in view of the fact, too, that a consider.
able part of Gcrmanys property has
been wiped out by the war, not to men
ton also her entire commerce. 1t will
be many years before Germany gets in
position to undertake commerce on the
same scale as before the war and it will
be still many more years before Germans
find themselves able to do business with
nations which their government has
harmed SO grievously. So the outlook is
not very good for German investors in
government paper.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-04
a deer in clover Saturday nIght.--BrOok,

deer in clover Saturday night--Brookr
line item.
Mr.. Leavitt has been losing ground
for some time.-Langdon, n, H., item.
The Mount Hunger Iarkin Soap club
will meet with Mrs. Ed. Lang Thursday.
East Lyndon item.
The mumps are being entertained by
several in town.-Hill, n. H., item.
Boys are busy-fshing and baseball
season open.-Derby item.
Such a crowd Of people took the train
here Saturday that the conductor asked
If there was a circus at White River
Evarts item.
II. G. Ruiter, our undertaken, has off.
ciated at three funerals the past week
West Charleston item.
The word is passed along that the
state road through the village will not
a coating of oil this summer.
Housekeepers along the line will hope for
frequent showers.-Alstead item.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-04

Good old New England is sometimes
referred to as the effete East but it is
to be noticed that when the duty is put
up to New England the duty is generally
done For instance, note the third Lib.
erty loan quota, which has been greatly
oyertopped already and is likely to be far
out OF sight in the background by the
time the final returns of the canvass are
tabulated. New England is right there
every time.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-04

Secretary of the Navy Daniels public
assertion that the United States govern
ment will go to the extreme OF drafting
men up to the age of so ii necessary to
win the war expresses the spirit of the
United States at the present time. The
nation is ready to go to great extremes
that Germany may be decisively whipped
and the menace removed from the world
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-04
Green Mountain Echoes.

Whooping cough placards are on the
increase Underhill Center item
Mrs. E. b. and C. II. Greer are this
week taking in the sights at the Hub
Newbury item.
Mrs. Clarence Atwood entertained the
Soap club Saturday afternoon
Windsor item
Our neighbors arc out with autos and
we truly feel old winter is gone.-Cold
River item
G. M Albee and Henry Bush each shot
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-04

No doubt Germany cherishes the de-
fusion that she can stop the war at the
moment she gives the signal, win or lose.
A Spanish statesman returning from
visit in Germany expresses the eonvic-
tion that if the purpose of the war lords
in the present offensive is not reached By
May Is there will be a change in officials
in Germany and a new move will be
made for peace, such concessions being
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-04

The war is fast wiping out hard and
fast lines Of creed nationality and race.
Roman Catholic priests and Y. NJ, {. a.
secretaries are working shoulder To
shoulder among the boys at the front.
unitarisns, Universalists and Methodists
are lifting at the same load Jews and
Gentiles sit in the same mess. Yet there
are few pre-. eminently hide bound, mar
row gagged and peanut soued bgots
who try to take away the soldiers cigar
cite or half-pint Of wine, as may be, on
the ground that his immortal soul is in
danger The Tommies and Sammes
have a right to ask that such sanctfied
imbecile be suppressed r. Rutland Herald.
Not long ago when The Col called
them parlor reformers, there were gentle
souls who thought that the very pinnacle
Of invective had been reached About
now The Herald may expect long and
reconcile treatise on the superiority of
the cigarette over the Hun as ravager
Of American expeditionary forces.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-04

There is a wide difference between the
Vermont Liberty loan figures of State
Chairman Darling and the New England
committee in Boston, but we are banking
on Chairman Darlings figures in the be-
lief that the returns made to Boston are
rather tardy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-04

While there is perhaps no reason to
distrust the motives of the considerable
bodies of troop of enemy countries which
are said to be deserving to the Italian
standard, the Italian army heads will
probably use discretion about placing the
newcomers in responsible positions on
the front line that is opposing the leu
tonic forces, The front line should be
held by Italian troops, together with the
Franco British renforcements that ar
rived so OPPORTUNITY last fall. Italy will
rest far safer under that arrangement
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-04

Shipping is so thick on the American
coast at the present time, with the in
coming and outgoing boats of the trans
Atlantic service, with the warships of
our own country and OF foreign nations,
with coastwise steamers coming and 60
ing and with multitude of purely local
craft of the various ports it is somewhat
remarkable that there are not more col
lisions, like that between the coastwise
steamer City of Athens and French
cruiser recently. At normal times some
Of the ports are quite badly congested
with steamships, and the conditions must
be intensified many fold now that war
has increased the demands to such an ex.
tent.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-04
Special

dawn. It's the strength OF a mighty
arm to strike. It's the CLEAN of a great
sword, drawn, but more than all it's the
pledge Of love to the lads whom we call
Our Own" to the boys on land, afoat,
on Nights the good old Money from
Home"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-04
The Public Disillusioned.

Mrs. Jude johnson wishes to deny the
report that her husband has the small
pox. "Whiskey rash is what the old dew
il has, she said over the telephone when
interviewed to.day.-Atchison Globe.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-04

The Shah Of Persia has bought $780,,
o0e Of L. S, Liberty bonds. And yet We
arc compelled 10 urge some Americans to
invest in the same security.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-04

BY request we print the following
prose poem, extracts of which have APP
peared in various places from time to
time The late r. T.. Mcmillan, gifted
young newspaper man, wrote the verses
for the second loan.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-04

Little Jack Horner
Sat in the corner,
Bright CLEANED his boyish eye,
For tight in both clamps
He gripped war savings stamps,
And his Liberty bond was close by.
NJ s.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-04

The Free Press hastens to line up in
The Coils newspaper bromide tourney by
hoping that the Vermont Milk Chocolate
companys plant may arise phnnix. like
from its ashes.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-04
Why the Reporter Is Reported Missing.

Mrs. Daniel Burt, who was i'll, sent
for Mrs Louisa Beers TO help her After
few days Mrs Beers suffered a shock
-Enosburg Falls item.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-04

Smith has pretty baby girl,
The stork came with a flutter;
Smith named her 0leomargarine--
He hadn't any but her. Anon
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-04
MABEL SYRUP'S COLYUM
ITO have lisely and not a stolid
countenanee. Truth of Intercourse.

"The time has come to conquer or sub
init. For us there is but one choice. We
have made it.n-President Wilson
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-04
Well Known Bird Under Surveillance.

The stork spent some time in town
Sunday, leaving a son with W d. Crane,
and daughter with Mr. and Mrs J. Z.
Russell in the afternoon Alstead, \ H.,
item.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-04

Six Judges acting for the Book Review
of the Sunday Times, have awarded the
prize to the following poem, written in
answer to the ever recrudescing question,
what Is Poetry7" 1t is a suggestive
answer. even though it does not apply to
much that passes for poetry
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-04
CRANITETILLE

Regular meeting OF Mystic circle, No
S95, will be he'd Monday, May g. All
members please attend Per order fin.
Sec
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-04

two men known to the police of
Barre and Montpelier who did not give
satisfactory answers were turned over to
the sheriff's department" From local
murder story.
Every man with a beetle brow who
wears no waistcoat and toes in must
look sharply to his abb in time like
this.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-04
MEMnfR or rnE AssocIArEp rREss

The Associated Pross IL eclusiyely entitled 10
the use for republication of all news dispatches
credited 10 Il or not otherwise credited IN this
paper. and also the local news published
therein.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-04
II So, Why?

The Rev. J. E. Spencer has chosen for
his theme Sunday morning, not as a
question. but as something to startle,
"What Is Man !"-Urslton, n. Y, item.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-04

The magic light That springs
From the deep soul Of things
When. called by their true names,
Their essence is set free
The word, illuminate,
Showing the souls estate
Barring the hearts Of mem
Poetry!
While the war lasts the city fathers
over in Franklin. n. H., are suspending
the ordinances which prohibits the keep
ing of pigs within the municipal limits.
How much would the same dispensation
mean to pig fanciers hereabouts?
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-04

hxs nssay desirable positions in store for those (
who secure course o. practical training in Tie
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-04

Tf1s =asrz kv1er-c -c4s-s.e Fcr rrt-iurue
ns4EaSs EAR.sELL : HOTT. AlhsrT. H. 4.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-05
Lemon Juice
For Freck|es
clrIsi Make beauty lotion at
home Tor q few cents. Try I'll

Squeeze the Juice Of two lemons into
a bottle containing three ounces Of
orchard white, shake well, and you
have a quarter pint Of the best freckie,
sunburn and tan lotion, and complex
ion w%hitener. ut very, very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and
any drug store or toilet counter will
supply three ounces of orchard white
20 a few cents. Massage this sweetiy
fragrant lotion into the face, neck,
arms and hands and see how freckles,
;unburn and tan disappear and how
rlear. soft and white the skin becomes.
Yes! It Is harmless.-Adv.