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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-20
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FARM WORK DISCUSSED.
At Conference Held by County Men at
Montpelier.

conference of those interested in
the farm extension work being done by
the federal government through the
state agricultural college and those rep
resentine the educational system of Yer
mont, along with prominent farmers in
the Washington County association, to
the number of 80 persons, met in the
Washington County Farm bureau Office
Tuesday afternoon when they discussed
the work which the state and federal
branches arc doing This is one of Sc
ries of meetings which are being held
to prevent he duplication of effort and
to secure cooperation in the different
lines of work, settling many questions
relative to the work which the extension
service men and educational department
have been trying to do for the farmers,
demonstrating TO them that it is in CO.
operation with the methods of the farm
ers.
1t was explained how the gardening
projects will be carried out with the
consent of the farmers and that no boy
will be advised relative TO the work re
shall do until the parent has made the
selection of the line he wants the boy
to follow. Ways and means were TAX
en- mp.
Among those attending were Commis-
siouer NJ. b. IIilegas, f. L. Ingalls, and
J. +. Carrigan of the farm extension
service; F. d. Whittier. who is working
Jointly with the state college and the
education department; several of the
teachers in the county; the county |
agents of Washington and Orange coun- |
.ies several of the teachers in Orange /
,ounty, and the school superintendents
n each county.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-20
CEN. L. 4. GRANT.
HOINORED SON or
VERMONT, DEAD
Served Through Civil War with Honor
and Received Medal From Congress
for Distinguished Serviee-He
Was Born in Winhall

Minneapolis, March 20.--General /. A
Grant, former assistant secretary OF war
and acting secretary Of war under Presi.
dent Harrison, died at his homo here
last night al the age OF 80 years
Lewis Addison Grant was born in Win
hall, VT, Jan. IL lS20, being the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. james Grant He went to
school at Townsheud and Chester, VT.
and after studying law was admitted to
practice in Vermont in 1855. He also
was admitted 30 the bar in Boston during
the same year. He located in Bellows
Falls, having previously taught school in
Vermont, New Jersey and Massachusetts.
AT the outbreak of the Civil war he en-
listed IN August. 1861, and became ma
ior in the 5th Vermont infantry. He
was promoted to lieutenant colonel Sept
25. 1861, 10 colonel Sept. 10, 1862, to
brigadier general of volunteers ON April
y, 1864, and be was appointed ma ior
general BY brevet to date from Oct. II.
1864, the date of the battle Of Cedar
Creek. He was honorabIy discharged in
August, 1867 and the following year
was appointed lieutenant colonel OF the
10Th infantry, t. S. A. He was awarded
/ medal by Congress for distinguished
service.
General Grant was assistant secretary |
II war from 1890 to 1898 and served as |
lcting secretary during the latter part I
II that period.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-20
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JAPANESE NOT INTERESTED.
Economic Questions, Not War, are 0ccu-
pying Their Attention.

Toxic, March 20.-Studying the appar.
ent indifference of the Japanese people
both towards home politics and the great
war questions of the day, the Yorodzu
one of the Toxic leading dailies, saws
there is nothing in which the japanese
people, to-day, are really interested, but
in economic questions. Continuing, the
paper adds:
''The patriotism of this people reveals
itself only in the time OF war and par
ticulsrly on the battlefieds 1t is not
so universal and steady as the patriot
ism of western countries, which has been
exhibited in this great war not only
on the battlefield but more particularly
in the determination of the whole peo-
pie occupied in peaceful industry at
home to back up the work of the battle
front. The spirit with which the west
ern peoples have sacrificed their prop
erty and various other personal inter
ests with silent determination is a rev.
elation to the people of this country.
The japanese ought to see, if they have
not seen already, that the boasted pa
triotism of our people is very narrow
and rather superficial compared with the
dogged tenacity and the universalty of
the western patriotism. Furthermore,
we are in the habit of considering pa
triotism as the spirit peculiar to SOL
diers. The upper class and the general
public have no clear idea of what pa
triotism means outside of the battle
field Nothing has been more ignobe
than the way the rich people of this
country have pursued their selfish inter
est in utter disregard of the national
interest -
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-20
The Great Duty.

As we go about our daily tasks in
peace and safety men are dying every
minute on the battleiields of Europe to
save civilization our own gallant sol
diers are shedding their blood in France
and our sailors engulfed in the waters of
the Atlantic as they 90 in defense of
Americas rights and honor
Upon our performance of the work
committed to Us depend the lives Of
thousands Of mon and women. the fate Of
many nations. the preservation of civil
ization and humanity itself; and the
more efficient and prompt we people ,of
America are in doing our part. the more
quickly will this war come To an end
and the greater the number Of our
soldiers aud sailors who viii be saved
from death and suffering and the greater
number Of the people of other nations
released from bondage and saved from
death
TO work. ta save. to ecouomizc. to give
financial support to the government is a
duty of TIRE nation and 60 the world and
"a i especially a duty o. cur hrhiiug
men "a ho eu land ard sea arc Offering
their lives fer their country ard their
couutrY men-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-20
CAPTURE OF PETROGRAD
ONLY MATTER OF HOURS
MAINTAIN MILK
SUPPLY FOR CHILDREN
Curtailment OF 1t Would Be One Of the
Worst Disastrous Effects to Come
Out of the War.

Washington, ID. c., March 20.-one o
the most disastrous effects which cai
come from the world war and one whicl
threatens the future life of the nation
is the curtailment of the milk supply for
children, says a bulletin Just issued by
| the children's bureau Of the United
States department of labor MIX is de.
| scribed as the indispensable food for
children and whenever the milk supply
is limited the life and health of the
people is imperilcd.
The probable effect of the war ON the
health and welfare of our children is
best learned from the experience OF the
European countries. II is to avert such
conditions a. now exist in Europe that
the childrens bureau of the labor de-
partment is pointing out the necessity Of
increasing and conserving our milk sup
ply
In order to supply food to the allies
this country must prepare to feed an
ever increasing number. This can be
done in two ways-by increased pro.
duction or by deceased use of food. Food
may be saved by eating less, by substi-
tuition, or by elimination of waste. None
OF these methods viii impair the health
of the adult. But the child cannot have
its food curtaied. Neither is it wise
to attempt, except in the case of cereals,
substitution of foods, asserts the chill
dren's bureau.
Before the war the United States i'm.
ported large quantities of milk products
from the northern European countries.
IL a,ssfao nt,r ,lIioo and J'n,,
land and Belgium, depended to large
Now this supply is complete
ly shut off. The United States is com.
PEELED not only 10 give up its imports |
but must be large exporter of these |
to the allies.
According to the bulletin of the bu- |
rean, the existing situation demands 1
that the number of milch cows must |
be increased in this country or the en-
ire world viii face the calamity of milk
shortage. The growing demand on the
country for milk production has not been
net by a corresponding increase in dairy
lerds. The per capita milk production
n the United States is now only about
me quart, including that used for all
purposes. It has not increased since
800 and, unless immediate steps are
AIKEN to augment and conserve the dairy
industry, it will fall rapidly.
In Europe the mich COW has been
acrihced on account Of the scarcity Of
neat and the inability to get fodder l
similar conditions, ii is asserted, now I
hreaten the dairy industry in this coun- :
ry and, unless radical measures are tax '
u TO prevent it, the same situation will I
btain. II is an astounding fact, the de- {
artment's bulletin shows, that the price j
t feed has increased recently from 100 &
0 POO per cent while the price of milk II
as advanced not more than 20 per cent. $
s a war measure immediate action is y
operative to save and further the coun- I
-ys dairy industry.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-20
To Save Gasoline.

An automobile expert. writing in the
March Woman's Home Companion, says
of the use of gasoline:
''We are learning that there is no act
of our daily lives which cannot have a
patriotic angle: the way We run our au-
tomobiles, for instance.
Here. luckily, patriotism and pocket
book protection 90 hand in hand. 1t is
patriotic to save gasoline, and it is prac-
tical economy. too.
1T is safe to saw that nine out of ten
automobiles use more gasoline per mile
than j. necessary.
These are the wavs il J. wasted:
Running the engine idle:
Having the carburetor adjusted for
too rich a mixture;
Brakes improperly adjusted so that
they drag:
Bearings. and more particularly
springs, insufiiciently luhricsted:
Tires insufiicieutly pumped up:
Engine not cleaned of carbon often
enough;
Engine not kept clean of carbon with
weekly doses of Kerosene;
Running under power when gravity
aud momentum will run the ear:
False economy in lubricsting oil;
Cooling system ont of order.
No ono Of these causes wastes much
gasoline But all together they NAV
make difference a great ss y per cent
in gasoline mileage. n one fourth the
cars IN America saved - per cent of
gasoline. enough vouid ~ conserved to-
supply ~ vc shsil nerd te send abroad
during the war
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-20
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RESTITUTION ORDERED
BY the Old and Famous Families of
Corsini and Barberini.

Rome, March 20 Correspondence of
the Associated Press War memories
Of the middle ages have been renewed
among the princely houses of Italy by
the recent decision of the Roman civil
courts condemning the old and famous
families of Corsini and Barberni to re.
store to the young daughter OF the prince
of Sciarra property rights involving a
large money income, vested in the an
cient order of the Knights of Malta.
Except among noble or Catholic fam
lilies the very existence of the militant
religious order of the knights of Malta
had been forgotten here vet the decision
Of the court has shown that large prop
critics still are in the possession of this
order, founded many centuries ago at
Jerusalem and which successivelv con
trollcd the islands of Rhodes and Malta
until driven out by Napoleon
The law suit was brought bv Prince
Malfeo Sciarra in the interest of his
daughter. Formerly himself one of the
richest princes of Rome. he had become
so impoverished that he undertook sew
eral years ago the selling of automobile
insurance in order to earn living. In
his misfortune he remembered that his
family had once been prominent in the
knights of Malta.
Then he discovered that owing TO the
great wealth of his own father and
grandfather they had probably neglected
a handsome income of 5000 OF $4,000
q wear due as heirs of a Knights OF Malta
title. an income which for the past hun I
drcd years had been enjoycd by his rela |
tises OF the princely houses OF Corsini 1
and Bsrberini. Prince Sciarra decided to \
sue for the accrued income.
After two years the court has now de- 1
rided tina; the princes OF Barberini and /
Corsini shall make Joint restitution from
the year 1919 until 1858. then that the
Prince Corsini shall make full restitution /
from ls53 until lSS0. and the Barberinis 4
from 1850 until the present time.
Prince Sciarra and his wife and dauah
.cr have once more taken their place /
lmong the proud aud exclusive families
" cd Rome Ii
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-20
American and English Income Taxes.

In comparison with the tax levied in
England on incomes. our own income
taxes are moderate, indeed.
In England the tax ON incomes of ST.
000 is -four and one-half per cent; in
American nothing.
In England the tax ON incomes of ST.
500 Is six and three -fourths per cent; in
America nothing for married men or
heads of families, aud two per cent. on
$500 for an unmarried man.
In England the tax on an income Of
- 900 Is seven and sesen-eighths per
cent: in American nothing for a mar
ried man OF head OF a family. and two
per cent ON $1,000 for unmarried men.
The English income tax rate also in
creases more rapidly with the growth Of
the income than ours. a 5000 income
being taxed ~ per cent. Ss.0po rs per
cent, sl0.On0 20 per cent. and Sl5.gl0 >
per cent. while our corresponding taxes
Tor married men are respectively two
thirds Of one per cent. cne and enc halt
per cent three and oue-haif per cent.
and Eve per cent, and only slightly more
for the mmmarriei- dine 80 the smaller
amount exempted. The rate being the
same.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-20
Asa Tyrell Claims Moses Goslant Was
to Blame for Collision.

Following the testimony of Asa Tyrel
in the suit brought by him against
I Moses Goslant to recover damages which
| developed out of an automobile smash-up
| between Painfield and Marshfield on
| July 2s, 1917, Lowell Drown was placed
/ on the stand. Dewey Stone and Mr..
/ Lascor We're also on the stand during
| the afternoon, telling of the accident.
In the main. they agreed that the Tyrcll
car was on its own side of the road, well
nigh the grass: that the road was wide
enough at the point where the accident
occurred SO that three cars could have
passed and that the Goslant car, when
seen approaching the Tyrell car, was
in the middle of the road.
The defense made considerable of the
claim that the boys were singing. which
indicated that evidence was to be used
to show that it was a JOY ride Wit
nesscs for the plaintiff testified that
their ear was going from Is to Is miles
an hour, and that the Goslant car was
going about the same speed, perhaps a
little faster. Mr. lascor testified TO
being injured when the Tyrell ear tipped
on its side.
Mrs. Tyrell wife Of the plaintiff, was
on the stand for a short time following
the afternoon recess. She testified to her
husband coming home following the ac
cident. that he had long scratch on one
shoulder. was in bed for week and
did not 20 back to work in the stoneshed
for three weeks and had suffered from
the injury since that time.
DIR. William Mcfarland, who attended |
the plaintiff. testified to the long scratch |
on one shoulder about 10 inches long, a |
cut on his nose. and injuries to the It's. |
sues on the ribs and ribs themselves
This morning the plaintiff rested. MIR. /
Ellis was used as witness to testify to I
the width of the road where the acci |
dent took place. The first witness for !
the defense was Town Clerk Gilman of /
an engineering graduate of /
Norwich university. who testified by us
ug map which he had made of the
showing that it was l61e feet
vide instead of 10. as Mr.. Ellis testified.
He also gave other testimony as to the
condition of the road.
He was followed by the defendant. who
.estifcd that the Tyrell ear was on his,
;oslant's, side of the road and exhibited
photograph of his ear which was taken
before the ear was moved the next morn
ng showing that his ear was on his own
ide of the road and that one wheel was
orn of by force of the contact. He
laimed the plaintiff was driving his ear
{ high speed.
Albert johnson Of Marshiield testified
hat he was in the automobile when the
ccident took place. The car he was IN
vas going only about five miles an hour ,
nd the Tyrell car was going very fast.
Ie testified TO wheel being torn off and
Re rim thrown across the road by force
{ the accident. contradicting the testi-
lonv of witness for the plaintiff r
Two more cases have gone OIL the jury :
tlendar. namely c. J.. Noston " r. T.. :
IaNham, general assUmpsit. and Lurebia !.
gorge ". Estate of Asa Duttou. which :
ave been transferred to the court csslcn- i
sr.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-20
Montpelier Men Respond to Call from
Navy Department.

In response to the call by the navy
department for spy glasses or similar
instruments, +, \. Parrott and Harry
P. Richardson Of Montpelier to-day
turned over to Charles Mitchell OF the
local navy recruiting Office two glasses.
They will be forwarded to the navy de-
partment
Mr. Mitchell has received a call hat
all mcu who We're rejected for minor
reasons like small defects in eyesigiit,
hearing and teeth will be asked to APP
pear at the Office to go into the naval
reserve if they still want to enlist IN
the navv}branch of service. Those enlist
ing early will 90 in as seamen, second
class. They may also 90 into the hospi-
tai apprenticeship.
James Holt of Montpelier and Ray
mond Park OF plaiufeld have been re-
iected for defects while L. D., Dewey of
Montpelier ha. been accepted at the local
office.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-20
Charles Oil 7 and Forest
r. ChsS S Not Re-
s ointed
ANGELO CALDERARA
AND j. SMART NAMED
VIM, Wishart Again Named
as State-Paid Grand
Juror

More appointments followed the regu-
lar meeting of the city council last even.
ing, when President Lorsnger called
special session of the aldermanic board
to consider recommendation commune
Gated by the mayor Unanimity again
prevailed and several offices, most of
them minor bertbs, were filled without II
dissenting vote. William Wishart aud
l.. c. Beck were appointed grand jurors,
and later n resolution designating Attor-
ney Wishart as the state paid grand
juror was adopted unanimously, Two
changes were made in the board of
health. Charles oliver and Forest Il.
Chaples are no longer members of the
board, as the appointments of James
Smart and Angelo Caldersra were rsti-
fed with every member voting in the
affirmative.
Other appointments ratified were City
weighers. c. W, Clifford, Henry Flint and
Frank Chase; superintendent of the fire
alarm system. R. D. Carpenter; first as
sistant engineer of the fire department,
L. NJ. Tobin; second assistant, Il. d. Car
penter; third assistant, A. G.. Cordiner;
fence viewers, c. c. Naney and Jarvis C.
Harris
Assessor \. NJ Rossi. whose request
for authorization TO engage in work pre-
liminary to the duties prescribed by stat
ute was tabled last week, appeared per
sonally to give an explanation. 4 week
ago the assessors asked permission to
buy supplies and begin work March 20,
but a question arose as TO whether there
was anything to work on and no action
was taken. In explaining the situation,
Mr. Rossi said that for y or Ia years
.he assessors had made beginning each
year around March 20. He stated that
he first job is TO 20 through the building
permits issued last year. and then to in
each case that seemed TO de-
erve attention. On the motion of Alder
nan Milne the request was granted
The February report of DR. j. w.
stewart, secretary cf the board of health,
eferred to ~ births, of which l6 were
male children. There were - cases Of
ierman, or liberty measles, two of scar
et fever and two of smallpox. Eight
eaths were due TO the following causes:
one. chronic micosis one,
tuberculosis two. tubercular larngytis
ne, premature birth, senile decay and
till birth one each. For the same month
he chief of police reported II arrests, of
-hich l2 were for intoSication and. one
or breach of the peace. The wiring in
pector, reporting on February business,
.atcd that five permits for wiring were
ranted Operseer William McDonald's
larity department statement referred
a balance of $500 Feb -. An income
Sl72567 included a 81 800 appropria
on from the city, and the total amount
,pended was Sl.36303
The n, u. Phelps Co.. upon application,
as granted a plumbers license. The
flowing warrants were approved for
yment; Street department payroll,
S0.3l; engineering department payroll,
LIE water department payroll 5000;
lice and health payroll, SlSl.4l; fire
partment payroll, $l36.4S; 6, a. Beniis,
q, services as janitor.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-20
GOD LooRETH AT THE HEART.
How Many Men Would Like to Have
Their Hearts Made Bare?

Last evening at the congregational
church good sized congregation listened
10 another strong sermon preached by
Evangelist X. $. Smith Taking for the
basis Of his remarks he incident OF
Christ raising Lazarus from the dead. he
drew from IL very many practical les
sons. The incident brought before l.,
Gods picture of the human heart The
heart OF the natural man is deceiilul
above all things and desperately wicked.
we Judge men by outward appearances
but Tod looketh at the heart. How many
OF us would like To have our heart made
barcf The great trouble with men to.
day Is not head trouble. but a heart
trouble.
The evangelist said that it doesn't
take brains to be an inhdcl. Man is away
from God by nature and there Is only
Que power that can bring him back and
that is the Holy Spirit. Dead in tres.
passes and sins is no meaningless ex-
preston. The longer men trfe with God
and refuse His great offer of mercy, the
harder their hearts become. Few are
saved after 30 years OF age. The ma.
iority of Christians in the world to-day
become Christians in their youth. The
leading people of any community are
those who recognize God as Father aud
Jesus Christ as Saviour.
Jesus spoke and called Lazarus to life
and by His words comfort was brought
TO the sorrowing ones. To-day the same
thing happens. BY the word of the Lord,
comfort and JOY come to the bereaved
and victory comes to the tempted and
tried The incident also teaches that
Jesus uses the human to do His work |
in the world.
He made il very plain that the day !
Of miracles was not past, for he consid. |
cred it a greater miracle to bring life |
10 dead soul than to bring dead |
Lazarus to life.
He dwelt at length upon some of the
stones of obstruction which are in the |
ives of some Christians, which prevent
iod working through them, He made
/ strong appeal in closing to all TO re
move any obstruction in the life which
God doing His work Meeting
o.nght at 7:30.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-20
1t Exploded Only 40 Yards
Away as He Was Leav-
ing American Trenches
BAKER INSPECTED
ADVANCED POST
American Artillery Silenced
German Fire on Toul
Front

With the American Army in France
Tuesday, March lo.tBy the Associated
Press While Secretary Baker and
party were returning to-day from thc
American front line trenches a German
she'll burst within 80 yards of the auto
mobile. The occupants wire miujured
and the car was undamaged.
Baker remained an hour aud half in
the front line trench on certain sector
under brisk enemy shell fire. He visit.
ed an advanced lis1ening post
Pershing has approved the awarding
of the FIRST new American military
crosses for extraordinary heroism to
Lieutenant John O. Green, Sergeant Viii
liam Norton and Sergeant Patrick
Walsh.
The American artillery on the Toul
front has heavily attacked the Germans
with gas shells during the past day or
two. -Four different attacks were
launched and from the manner in which
that they had the desired effect
Last night an enemy observation tow
er and positions on Mont See were heay.
lily shelled and heavy fire was directed
against the enemy lines this morning.
At noon today the enemy opened a
lively artillery fire on one of the Amer.
lean positions from the cemetery at
Nichecourt After the American guns
lad fred 80 shells the Germans ran from
he position and took their guns with
hem
A German airplane last night and this
morning flew ovtr the American sector
northwest of TouI aud dropped rubber
'alls filled with liquetied mustard gas
This is the first time, as far as known,
hat an airplane has been thus employed.
he effect of the gas is not serious.