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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-06-07

American prisoners captured by
the Huns have been crucifed! Yes,
crucifed Let that fiendish act
sink deep into the hearts of the
American people. Somewhere in
France, out on the battle line the
American boys are getting the
death grapple on selfish, arrogant,
despotic German militarism, and
their hands hold the issue potent
with the destiny of humanity. Can
the American people..remain passive,
luke warm and Indifferent while our
boys are digging in' on this nation
of despots and making it i'm
possible for such human brutes to
ever again destroy peaceful people
and menace the safety of the world ?
America is awakening to the
fact that we are at war, awaken
ing to the fact that we must win and
shall win. To do this we must keep
giving; we must give everything to
back these boys up who are proving
to be superior to the trained troops
of the Hun; whose honest purpose,
clean lives, and Unborn spirit of
freedom will. carry them lover the
top" to final victory. We will back
them with every resource of this
great country. Just now the govern
ment is asking you to invest in War
Saving Stamps. This is no gift, but
a loan with all the United States as
hacker. Vermont is aked to take
81 100000 dollars Of this loan be-
tween now and June 2Sth. Shall
our boys on the battlefront look to
us in vain? Shall the spirit of Ethan
ALLEN who taught the Green Noun
tain Boys freedom and unity"
and the enemy the fear of the
"Great Jehovah" look down on US
from high heaven and find US want
ting? No! Then let US loan, loan;
give, give, give. The spirit of the
past is calling, the red blood of true
Americanism is calling, and the
boys cover there" are calling.
The Locrl Branch of. the Red Cross
has done great work the past
year, work that cannot be fully
taken in until the grand total as
brought out in the report is carefully
gone over. Island Pond people always
make a commendable record when
they take up such work and the Red
Cross is only one of many calls for
service where they have done more
than their bit. The patriotism
of our people is expressed in the
membership of the Local Branch
which represents one in every three
of the total population of the village.
What has been done along this line
is only part of what we gladly will
do should the war be prolonged,
and the work that will be accom-
plished the coming year will
more that meet the quota that will be
placed for us. This good work has
come about in a large degree from
the splendid organization and those
selected to have charge of the
various departments. Every one of
these officers has given unsparingly
of their time, and their. good judg-
ment shown on many trying occa-
sions has helped swell the total
results and made record that every
citizen is proud to make pub
lie. To Mrs. Lawton, the president
and her co-laborers, in planning and
conducting the work of the Local
Branch, full credit is given for the
past years notable success.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-06-07
STAR THEATRE

MThis Saturday, June Sth.
William A. Brady
presents
Marie Dressler
"Tillie Wakes Up"
World Pictures Brady-Made
in five parts.
sMonday, June 10th.
Samuel S. Hutchinson, Pres.
America Film Co.
presents
Richard Bennett
in
The Glued Youth"
Production
in five acts
}
"Wednesday, June 18th.
Samuel 5. Hutchinson, Pres.
American Film Co
presents
Kolb and Dill
in
Lonesome Town"
A comedy-drama
in five acts
Production
FRIDAY, June 14th.
Albert E. Smith
presents
William Duncan
and
Carol Holloway
in
The Tenderfoot"
A Greater Vitagraph
Blue Ribbon Fea ture
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-11

carnations * still the minority rule IL
/ the United States. In the majority OF
instances there is no Joint dealing, anc
/ in too many instances employers are II
active opposition to labor organizations
+ This failure to equalize the parties in
| adjustments of inevitable industrial con
tests is the central cause of our Difficult
ties. There is a commendable spirit
throughout the country to correct spe-
eific evils The leaders in industry must
go further, they must help to correct the
state of mind on the part of labor; they
must aim for the release Of normal feel
ings by enabling labor to take its place
as a co-operator in the industrial enter
prise In word, a conscious attempt
must be made to generate new spirit
in industry.
Too many labor disturbances are due
to the absence of disinterested processes
to which resort may be had for peaceful
settlement. Force becomes too ready an
outlet. We need continuous administra
tive machinery by which grievances in
evitable in industry may be easily and
quickly disposed of and not allowed to
reach the pressure of explosion.
There is a widespread lack of knowl
edge on the part of capital as to labors
feelings and needs and on the part of
labor as to problems of management.
This is due primarily to lack of col
lective negotiation as the normal process
of industry. In addition there is but
little realization on the part of industry
that the socalled labor problem demands
not only occasional attention but con-
tinuous and systematic responsibility,
as much so as the technical or financial
aspects of industry.
Certain specific grievances, when long
uneorrected, not only mean definite hard
ships: they serve as symbols of the at
titude of employers and thus affect the
underlying spirit. Hours and wages are,
of course, mostly in issue On the whole, |
wage increases are asked for mostly in
order to meet the increased cost of liv |
ing and such demands should be met in |
he light of their economic causes, Again, |
the demand for the eight hour day is ma
lion wide, for the workers regard it as
expressive of an accepted national pol
cy.
"Repressive dealing with manifesto
ions of labor unrest is the source of
much bitterness, turns radical leaders
nto martyrs and thus increases their
and worst of all, in the minds
# workers tends to implicate the gov
'rnment as partisan in an economic
conflict. The problem is delicate one.
There is no doubt, however, that the
3isbee and Jerome deportations, the
sverett incident, the Little hanging, and
imilar acts of violence against workers
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-11
MAY LET SOLDIERS
OFF FOR FARM WORK
Resolution Also Requires Prompt Word
to Relatives of Men

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE Rogers
Joint resolution directing the secretary
of war. Immediately on admission OF an
enlisted man or officer to an army hos
pital, to telegraph notification to the
nearest relative, giving the patients con
dition and the nature of the malady,
was favorably reported to the House
Saturday by the military committee.
The war department has announced that
such reports now are being made
The committee also favorably report
ed, with the war department approval,
bills authorizing furloughing of enlisted
men. without pay, upon their own APP
plication, SO that they may do farm
work; authorizing condemnation of lands
for nitrate and munition plants, sn
thorizing appointment of officers Of the
Philippine scouts as officers of the Phil
ippine militia draft into United States
service and authorizing details of officers
and men of the national army and Ma
tional Guard TO do duty at military
training schools.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-11

OF a peace agreement between Germany
and Ukraine had brought about the con.
ference.
Ukraine is one of the principal grain
producing portions OF Russia and the
ability OF Germany to get supplies OF
cereals from that section will be an ad-
vantage to the Berlin government in
continuing the war Information has
been received here, however, that the
Ukrainian crop is very poor and that
hardly enough food to feed the popula
ton of the province would be available.
In some quarters there was DISPOSE.
tion to connect the conference with a
persistent report that President Wilson
contemplated going before Congress at
an early date to answer the speeches of
Count Won Herting the imperial Ger
man chancellor, and Count Czernin, the
foreign minister for Austria Hungary,
in which they discussed the statements
of the war aims of the allies made by
President Wilson and Mr.. Lloyd George,
the prime minister of Great Britain.
has come to light to give ba-
sis for this report
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-11

have had very harmful effect upon Ia
Dor both in the United States and in
some OF the allied countries. Such Incl
dents are attempts to deal with symp-
toms rather than causes The ]. w. W
has exercised its strongest hold in those
Industries and communities where EN-
ployers have most resisted the trade I'M
ion movement and where some form of
protest against unjust treatment was in
evitable.
THE arrangement of our labor supply
! Is one of the great evils in industry. The
shockingly large amount of labor turn
over and the phenomenon of migratory
| labor means an enormous waste and in
wolves an even greater social cost. These
ara evils which flow from grievances such
as those we have set forth; they are ae-
centuated by uneontrolled instability OF
employment. Finally. we have failed in
the full use and wise direction of our
labor supply. falsely called labor short
age because we have failed to establish
a vigorous and competent system of la
Dor distribution. However, means and
added resources have been recently pro
vided for better graphing with this
problem.
at is, then, to uncorrected specific evils
and the absence of healthy spirit be
tween capital and labor due partly to
these evils and partly to an unsound in
dustrial structure, that we must attrib-
ute industrial difficulties which we have
experienced during the war Sinister in
fluences and extremist doctrine may have
availed themselves of these conditions;
they certainly have not created them.
Sin fact, the overwhelming mass of the
laboring population is in no sense dis
loyal Before the war labor was, OF
course, filled with pacific hopes shared by
nearly the entire country. But, like
other portions of the citizenship. labor
has adjusted itself to the new facts re-
veaed by the European war. It's suffer
ing and its faith are the suffering and
the faith of the nation. With the OK
ception of the sacrifices of the men in
the armed service. the greatest sacrifices
have come from those at the lower rung
of the industrial ladder. Wage increases
respond last to the needs of this class of
labor, and their meager returns are hard.
~ adequate, in view of the increased cost
of living, TO maintain even their meager
standard of life. II is upon them the
war pressure has borne most severely.
Labor at heart is as devoted to the pur
poses of the government in the prosecu
ton of this war as any other part of
society. If labOr's enthusiasm is less vo-
ral and its feelings here and there tepid,
we will find the explanation in some of
CONTINUED on sixth page)
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-11
WILSON, LANSING,
HOUSE, HOOVER MEET
Conference at White House Late Satur-
day Afternoon Starts Lively
Speculation.

Washington, Feb. IA White House
conference late Saturday afternoon be
tween President Wilson, Secretary Ian
sing. Col L. NJ. House, the presidents
unofficial adviser, and Herbert Hoover.
the federal food administrator. caused
much speculation as to its purpose.
That it had to do with foreign affairs
was indicated by the presence of the seq
rotary of state and Col. House, who had
represented the president in the inter
allied war conference in Paris, and that
the matter Of food supply possibly for
the allied countries and armies was I'M
der consideration was surmised from the
attendance OF Mr.. Hoover
None of those who conferred with the
president would make any statement as
to the purpose of the meeting A denial
was given to a report that the signing
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-11
Exhibited at Examination of
Soberings, Taken on the
Nieuw Amsterdam
LETTER WAS WRITTEN
IN 2 HANDWRITINGS
New Code for Giving Ger
many information About
Sailings of Transports

New York, Feb, ia code letter Civ
ing symbols and orders for the German
spy system in the United States in
transmitting to Germany information
about the sailings of American trans
ports was exhibited by officers of the
naval intelligence service in the exami-
nation of RENT Soberings, German
subject, before United States Commits
sioner John A. Matthews in Newark Sat.
urday.
Soberngs was second steward on the
Dutch liner Nieuw Amsterdam, that had
German permission for unrestricted pas
sage through the barred zone presuma
bly, because the German spy system had
succeeded in listing passengers and sail
ors who were TO transmit orders to the
spy system here, and he had the code
letter in his possession when he was ar
rested on the ship shortly after she
locked on Wednesday.
Officers of the naval intelligence serv-
ice refused TO discuss the letter in detail
but extracts We're given out by federal
officials, who said that the context
showed clearly that an effort was being
made to transmit orders and parts of
new code to the German spy system here.
The letter was written III two types of
handwriting and perhaps by two persons
the officers said, One was written in
English in foolish code" and had ques-
tions for information upon avenues Of
to Germany information on
the sailing of American troops on trans
ports.
1t was said that the other type of
handwriting was interspersed in small
scraps and symbols throughout the let.
ter between the lines and running into
other words and sentences, and the Off
GERS thought that this was code to be
used in sending information to Germany.
One of the ciphered scraps was; Sent
southern cables, Where do we go from
here7 Answer"
fused to say whether they thought this
meant that the German spy system was
using the South American cables leading
10 the Cape Verde islands and to Africa |
and Europe within the cruising radius of
he type of submarine sailed by the Ger
nan commander. kophamel when he
made bis trip to the vicinity of the Cape |
Verde islands and won his iron cross IN |
he report that he had sunk an Ameri |
AN destroyer, presumed to have been the |
Jacob Jones. They made no comment on |
he suggestion that the Germans might |
De able to get information over the
,ables despite the watch set by the al
les
Another scrap of the letter reads
Sent three cables. Where to now ~ Nor
would the officers say whether this meant
hat the German espionage system ON
he other side was out of communication
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-11
The Cause of Gout,
Bright's Disease,
Rheumatism
(BY VALENTINE NJ. PIERCE, NJ. d.

According to the consensus of opinion
of most medical men and scientists, such
as Garrod, Mnkowski, Hans, Nogt and
Reach, the cause of govt is due to an ae-
emulation of uric acid in the blood. The
same effect happens in rheumatism, and
preceding the stage known as Bright 5
disease an auto-intoxication process has
been going on, the liver and kidneys
could not do the work and the individual
suffers the consequences. High living. the
eating of meat more than once day.
over eating, frequent chilling of the body
all may contribute to the poisoning.
In such cases the very best treatment
is TO prevent or remove the cause. Diet
and exercise If possible; drink plentifully
of water-a pint of hot water with
piece of lemon squeezed into il morning
and night, and take before meals a tablet
of Anuric double strength. This Anuric
can be obtained at almost all drug stores
and il drives the uric acid out of the
system by stimulating the kidneys to
better action. Thus many cases of govt,
of rheumatism or Bright'5 disease may
be prevented or cured by taking this
simple remedy in time, and in the pain
full and serious cases OF rheumatism and
gout it invariably relieves and often
cures the worst cases.
When your kidneys feel like Jumps of
lead. when your back hurts or the urine
is cloudy, full Of sediment, or you are
obliged to seek relief two or three times
during the night, when you suffer with
sick headache or dizzy. nervous spells,
acid stomach, or YOU have rheumatism
when the weather Is bad. ask your drug
gist for Anuric. have found in practice
that Anurie Is more potent than hthia /
and in most cases il viii dissolve the /
lric acid as hot water does sugar.-Adv. /
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-11
YOUR GIRL MAY
BE IN DANGER
Anemia, or Lack of Blood, Often Makes
Considerable Progress Before
1t Is Recognized.
This Massachusetts Woman Tells How
She Found Relief from Sc
rious Situation.

One of the most common and danger
Gus diseases from which growing girl;
suffer is anema or lack of blood
! 1t is common because the blood SO oft
en- becomes impoverished during devotion
ment. when girls are 10 frequently al
lowed to overstudy, overwork and suffer
/ from lack of exercise. 1t is dangerous
because of the stealthiness OF it's ap.
proach, often being well developed before
| its presence is recognized, and because
of its tendency to grow so steadily worse
If not promptly checked, that il may run
into consumption. Mrs. c. Il. Redman OF
No 40 Salem street, Bradford, Mass
SAYS:
when ! was in my teens, | caught a
severe cold. II settled all over me and
that was the starting point of my illness.
My mother took me to a number of doc
tors but they did me no good at ALL Ev-
eryone thought that ] was going into
consumption. Each week became worse
until | was so completely run down that
] had to give up my work. My blood was
turning TO water and | was pale and
thin My ears were transparent | had
no appetite and my stomach could not
would upset it, An aunt. who came to
visit us, took me home with her, thinking
the change would do me good. did not
improve in health and was often confined
to my bed, at one time for six weeks.
Zone day neighbor advised my aunt
to give me Dr. Williams Pink Pills, as
she knew that they were good for the
blood. The pills helped me at once, and
in months time | was back home, at
work, Everyone looked at me in amaze
ment to see such change. My mother
has often told me that she believes that
DIR. Williams Pink Pills saved my life.
Since then / have taken the pills in the
spring whenever | have felt run down.
DR. Williams Pink Pills have done won.
ders for me, and / feel that it is my
duty to give this statement"
When a girls color fades, when her
cheeks and lips grow pale and she gets
short of breath easily and her heart pal
pilates after slight exertion or under the
least excitement. il means that she is
from thin blood.
Headache and backache often accom-
pany this condition, and nervousness is
present.
The remedy. of course, is To build mp
he blood. and for this purpose DR.. vii /
Jams Pink Pills are recommended They
IRE the remedy best suited 20 restore
he blood. bring brightness to the eyes !
md put color in the cheeks and lips.
Two books. Building Up the Blood,
md What to Eat and How 10 Eat,
1--WE Just the information that every |
mother Of a growing girl needs. They /
ire free. Write for them to-day 10 the |
u. Williams Medicine CO.. Schenectady, 4
:. \. Your own druggist sells DIR. WI.
Jams Pink Pills. or they viii be mailed !
'0stpaid on receipt Of price, ~ cents per
,ox. six boxes for S2.50.--Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-11

! with agents in this country and were
seeking to establish new channels fol
the transmission of information on ouI
war activities.
No other scraps of the letter were Civ
en- out, but the officers remarked that
the two sentences gave a good dea OF
the intentions of the writer's.
Soberings gave various accounts of the
orders he had had for the delivery of the
letter in America, but he told the com
missioner Saturday that the sealed en-
velope with no writing whatever on the
outside had been given TO him by his
married sister in Rotterdam with the re-
quest that ii be delivered TO a man who
would seek him out when the ship
reached her pier.
The salutation of the letter contained
the name of Middleton Cobb OF Boe-
ton, Soberings said his sister told him
the note was love missiye from a
friend OF hers a Frau Rapmund. who
was divorced from d German known
as Herr Won de Boer and was intended
for her fiance in the United States.
The German steward said he had no
knowledge of the contents of the letter
and thought that it was love note. He
asserted that he became frightened when
he saw the posted notice on the Neuw
Amsterdam that the government would
not allow passengers or crew to bring
mail ashore and he tried to hide the let
ter, The ship was coming up the bay
when he tried to dispose of the letter
by pushing it behind loose moulding in
the smoking room on the ship, A chief
yeoman in the naval intelligence service
saw him try 10 do this and seized the
letter and arrested Soberings. He told
of other attempts TO hide the letter on
the way across
Soberings said that although he was
born in Germany he had not been in
the fatherland for Is years. He said his
home was in Amsterdam. He said he
had relatives in the German military
service and retained his allegiance to
the German government. Commissioner
Matthews held him on the charge of an
attempt 10 smuggle mail into the United
States and conspiracy to violate the es
Dionage act. Bail was fixed at $25 900 |
md he was held by the federal author
ties. The letter was retained by the |
laval intelligence service, with a small |
black handbag containing a small strip !
II rubber, presumably sample and a |
mall piece OF white cloth similar TO the |
material used in making wings of air
flames.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-11
OLD FOLKS NEED
"CASCARETS" FOR
LIVER, BOWELS
Salts, Calomel, Pills Act on Bowels Like
Pepper Acts in Nos
trils
Enjoy Life Don't Stay Bilious. Sick,
Headaehy and Con-
pated
Get a l0.cent box now

Get l0.cent box now
Most old people must give TO the bow
els some regular help, else they suffer
from constipation. The condition is per
fectly natural IL is Just as natural as IL
is for old people to walk slowly. For age
is never so active as youth. The muscles
are less elastic. And the bowels are mus
cles
So all old people need Cascarets. One
might as well refuse to aid weak eyes
with glasses as to neglect this gentle
aid TO weak bowels. The bowels must be
kept active This is important at all
ages, but never so much as at fifty.
Age is not time for harsh physics.
Youth may occasionally whip the bowels
into activity. But a lash can't be used
every day. What the bowels of the old
need is gentle and natural tonic. One
that can be constantly used without
harm. The only such tonic is Cascarets,
and they cost only 10 cents per box at
any drug store. They work while you
sleep.-Adv.