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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-08

Ninal Haven has been shut off from
supplies from regular channels for about
two weeks. The boat which has been
carrying food and fuel to the islanders
has been disabled by ice and navy de-
partment vessels are reported as having
been carrying supplies there since. These
are sent on collier from Rockland, Me.
They are unloaded upon the ice a short
distance from the shore and are carried
ashore by islanders. Navy reports indi-
cate that there are ten days supplies for
all the inhabitants.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-03-09
Thedter Offerings in Fargo
and Moorhedd Coming Week


Monday and Tuesday-wi1iam
Argument. z-r -r-,,---.-
" Friday and saturdayETexas in Gun
Monday Tuesday-Edward Blind AdventuEs
n
Monday, Tuesday in "a
Public
Monday Tuesday--Carmel Myers The Power.
Monday, n
Friday Saturday-Cara Kmbal "Shr
Nj
Monday-IIary Lauder Scotch and OF
LYCEUM
suuday-shirley in "The Tetsle STEP"
Tuesday-Paramount picture, subject to be announced
X
pieiGs@ Gs@a-iurday-waIacs in squaw
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-03-09

Hugh Thompson, one of William
Fox's players. is said to be the great
great grandson Of John Quincy
Adams. sixth president Of the United
States.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-03-09
STRAND, MONDAY T uEs0AY, WEDNESDAY.

cause Of his health. Several Arizona
cities are being considered as suit
able locations. A studio will be
erected when once a place finally is
selected.
Fred Stone is the next well known
stage star to go into the movies.
The Famous Player -Laslxy Corpora
ton announces that he will go to
California to be filmed as soon as
he completes his season in Jack o.
Lantern"
Fred Niblo is soon to be married
to Enid Bennett, the motion picture
star in Paramount Pictures. Miss
Bennett came to this country from
Australia at the suggestion of Mr..
Niblo while he was touring the
world. Mr.. Niblo was the husband
of the late Josephine COhan Of the
famous Cohan family.
o
Ruth st. Denis and Ted Shawn
have contributed to the Paramount
picture wild Youth" by their arr
rangement Of a special sequence Of
dances in which thirty Of the
"Denishawn" artists interpret the
allegorical scenes of the play.
O.
Pauline Frederick is finishing work
on THE Resurrection" (which has
been adapted for the screen for Para
mount from the story of Count
Tolstoy.
Douglas Fairbanks is sitting for
statue Of himself being made by
Prince Troubetzkoy. He is posing in
his western motion picture costume,
and his horse is to be in the statue
with him.
Hugh Thompson, one of William
FOx's players. is said to be the great
great grandson OF John Quincy
Adams. sixth president Of the United
States.
Mary Pickford's newest Aircraft
picture, "Amarilly Of Clothesline
Alley" has just been finished. She
will begin in a few days on the next
to be called "M'liss."
Missing" by Mrs. HumphFy
Ward, Is to be translated for the
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-03-09

Mary Pickford's newest Aircraft
picture, "Amarilly of ClOthesline
Alley" has just been finished. She
viii begin in a few days on the next
to be called ''M'liss."
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-03-09

Missing" by Mrs. HumphTy
Ward, Is to be translated for the
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-03-09
500 DIVIDEND DECLARED,
gRv Associated Press.)

Minneapolis, Mimi, March 3. -,
Directors Of the Minneapolis, st. Paul
e Sault ste. Marie Railway Coz meet
ing Friday in Minneapolis, declared
the regular semt-annual dividend
psyable April is to stockholders OF
record March % at the rate OF B IL
per cent on both common and pre-
ferred stock.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-03-09

screen and produced for Paramount
by J, Stuart Blackton.
o.
Production started recently on
"The Reason Why" which Cara
KimbaIl Young with her own com
pany is planning as her next select
picture. Conway Tearle VIII De III IT,
The Graphic, controlled by William
Randolph Hearst, is to make feature
PLAYS from scenarios adapted from
stories published in Hearst's Maga-
zine. The first, Moral Suicide, Is
due for release March is through the
international Film Service.
In "The Shell Game" in which
Metro will soon show Emmy Wehlen,
the little blonde star will wear gor-
geous gowns showing interesting
phases Of the new fashions.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-03-09


The big fur shake. or Scotch bon
net that Harry Lauder who comes TO
the Orpheum. matinee and evening,
Monday. wears for one Of his charac-
ter songs, has an interesting history,
IT was presented to him by Private
Alexander Dow. who is one Of the
survivors Of the famous Charge of
the Light Brigade" at Balaklaya.
Private Dow, who is now past 80
years OF age, was one OF the thin
red line" Of fighters. who we're dis
tinguished for their bravery. The
only mark that makes their uniforms
different from the other relocated
soldiers was the small blue buckle
that adorned their bonnets. The bon
net Lauder wears has the buckle still
attached, and is one OF the most
cherished Of his possessions.
When Giovanni Pallazzi came to
America with his blind daughter,
Lucia, he sought chiefly peace of
mind. He had been, in his early days,
associated with young ftrebrands who
cared little how they obtained money
So long as their pockets were always
lined. The news that Giovanni was
doing nicely. travelled back to his
native land, and when he refused to
contribute to the support Of his form-
er companions, it was decreed that
ne should die. The death decree is
sued abroad, was sealed in Luigts
junk shop in the neighborhood where
Giovanni and Lucia had chosen 70
reside. Luigi was in reality the head
of a band Of counterfeiters. When It
was decided that Giovanni was to die,
Luigl cast longing eyes on beautiful
Lucia In her he saw a means of
enriching himsef Lucia was with
her father when he was assassinated,
and the sound Of the assassin,s foot
step remained in her mind. in later
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-03-09

palace structure. Here several inn
portant incidents in the story are
pictured true to life.
A great stately gateway in the wall
surrounding the palace furnishes the
background for one Of the most stir
ring situations in which Mr.. Kerrigan
appears. Trapped by the revolution
lists, to save the woman he loves, the
mans man" puts up a thrilling sin
gle-handed fight against hopeless
odds. This scene is in itself a re-
mafkable revelation Of the possibili-
ties Of realism in screen productions,
1t is so convincing in every detail.
Mollie King, one Of the youngest
stars Of the screen (she is said to be
not quite twenty is now with Ivan
Film and is starred in the new feat
ure, Human Clay" a scenario writ
ten by l.. V. Jefferson and designed
to give Miss King every opportunity
for the expression of her interest
ing personality.
Miss King has had unusual expert
ence for one OF her years, having
started her stage career with Maxine
Elliott in Her Own Way" while still
in her school years. She under
studied Elizabeth Brice in ''The Win
c0AAAD w AANH anu RAGAyCA WIN sam
Bernard in THE Belle of Bond
Street" She also appeared with her
sister Nellie in vaudeville and show
ed herself to be a charming singer
and dancer.
Since entering the movies Miss
King has been with World Film and
has also been seen in Pathe produc-
tions. She declares that she has only
been successful because she has
worked hard and that movie studio
is poor place for temperament.
Carlyle Blackwell has renewed his
contract with the World Film Cor
portAtion and will remain with that
organization for another year.
Blackwell is one OF the veterans Of
the film game. 1t is said that his
salary has been increased quite sur
prisingly under his new contract
o.
Max LAnder win be in America. in
April, working on his own produo-
tions, according to the latest infor- /
nation anent the popular player
Ailments due to wounds received |
during his war service still trouble |
him, and he declares that he will /
locate in some higher altitude be-
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-03-09

years through this means she was
able to identify her fathers assassin.
This story is screened in "The Tell
tale Step" at the Lyceum in Moor
head Sunday.
The distinction OF being the first
author to produce his own books in
motion pictures belongs to Rex
Beach, Americas most famous au-
thor who recently organized the Rex
Beach Pictures company for the pur-
pose OF making multiple-reel pic
lures of his novels.
The first OF these productions, 1.-THE
Barrier, viii be seen at the Garrick
theater Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Rex Beach is deservedly one Of the
most popular authors America has
presented to the world Of romantic
literature, for his books are true to
the most interesting Of all American
types.
The sale of Mr. Beachs books runs
into the hundreds Of thousands, and
their popularity is constantly in
creasing. The Barrier, the most
dramatic and thrilling OF them all,
was one of the "best-sellers" for a
long period, and still heads the list
OF fiction most called for in public
Libraries. 1t is peculiarly adapted to
the motion picture. Its scene is laid
among surroundings of unusual
beauty and grandeur, and the power
full situations Of the story fairly
tumble over each other from the first
incident to the final climax.
"The Lash of Power, n sensational
melodrama full Of thrills and sur
prises, will provide the entertainment
"Bluebird Day" at the Liberty thea
ter Monday and Tuesday when Car
mel Myers will make her first ap-
pearance as a Bluebird star. Miss
Myers has won her way to screen
prominence through native artistry,
aided materially by beauty and per-
sonal charm. Her leading man will
be Kenneth Harlan, and in her sup
port will be a company selected from
Bluebird's stock forces for their in
dividual abilities to play their ind-
vidual roles. Add the merits OF
Bluebird production and photography
and splendid entertainment is sure
to result from presentations OF THE
Lash Of Power.
The filming of J. Warren Kerri-
gan pfoducLlon or "A Mans Man.
which comes to the Strand Monday
and Tuesday was all done at his COM
pany's studio at Hollywood, Cal,
which is one Of the largest on the
West coast For the photoplay OF
the scenes laid in the imaginary
Central American republic OF
Sobrante, special buildings were err
ected after the types commonly seen
in Guatemala.
One set of buildings represent the
President's palace and the govern
fent arsenal, surrounded by a high
concrete wall. Four great rooms
were finished and furnished in the
The sun., 1918-12-21
Al Smiths Dog.

We take 1t from the Governor. elects
own admissions that Cesar, Mr..
SMITHS Great Dane. is the finest dog
ever bound for the Executive Mansion
at Albany. No lion at the Zoo can
roar like him, and a burglar once
venturing into Oliver street and see
Ing Cesar decides to rob the rest Of
America first.
It is to be hoped that Governor
SMITH will permit Cesar to accom-
pany him to his Office on days when
he expects visits from persons urging
the appointment Of a Commission TO
Investigate the Tenement Houses Of
Uninhablted Lands, or the taking OF
q Census of the Leaves Of the Adiron-
dacks. or the beginning Of Survey
Of the Moral Environment Of Orphan
Canal Mules.
1t may be too much to hope that
the meat upon which Cesar will feed
will be the marrow of the Tigers
spine, but there will be watchful work
for this remarkable dog to do. Some
times he may wish that he were back
In peaceful Oliver street.
The sun., 1918-12-21

half Of those for similar lands In
those central Westernl States"
These statements present an amaz-
Ing leck of logical relation; they are
almost contradictions In terme Land
nearest the greatest market, and Its
products therefore subject to the least
transportation charges, equal in pro-
ductivity to land furthest from the
greatest market, and Its products sub
ject therefore to the greatest trans.
portation charges. Is abandoned" Of
fered for sale at from "a third to q
halr' Of the price of the less profit
able landl
The statements we have considered
are based on data collected and re-
duced to tabulated form by State ma
chlnery operated solely for such pur-
pose. II the work IL accurate. and
we are not questioning that, then a
wise. comprehensive movement Of VI
tai importance Is clearly demanded.
Hundreds Of thousands Of men are
land hungry, we are told; here Is the
land. cheap; here Is the market. easily
accessible. Is 1t not somebody's bush
ness to put producers on this prodpc-
tive land and thus to cure an amazing
and pitlful economic evll1
The sun., 1918-12-21
The Return OF Nicholas.

A Polish officer returning to War
saw from the Crimea says the former
dowager Empress of Russia. now liv-
ing at Livadia. has been receiving
regularly letters from her son. the
former Gear NICHOLAS III. A CORE
spondent who went to Ekaterinburg
to investigate the Bolshevik report
Of the execution of NICHOLAS says
that he found the house where the
Romanoff family had lived, the place
where they were supposed to have
been killed. had even examined the
bullet holes in the wall. but had not
found either their burial place or any
one who could definitely say that they
had been executed. There is mystery
enough In the disappearance Of the
former Russian ruler to give him
place in that strange borderland be-
tween life and death whence men
never return. yet never die.
Not long ago Mrs. PARKER, sister
Of Lord KITCHENER, expressed the be-
lief that her brother was still alive
and would return. A London news
paper commenting upon this said
that It was a curious fact that there
were many persons In England who
held the same belief despite the off,
clnl report Of Lord KITcHENER's death
OF the Scottish roast.
YUAN SHTH-K'AI, who asked only
to rest In the tombs Of his ancestors.
is found now and then, n sad and
silent old man, wandering In some
foreign Chinese quarter. A return
Ing traveller reports that General
GoRDoN rules n negro kingdom in the
heart OF Africa. JOHN OITH" was
o shoemaker in Denver, an iron
worker In Ohio, cattlcm1n on the
! Argentine pampas, before the courts
OF Vienna declared that Archduke
( JoHN SALVADOR was officially dead.
lie would then have been almost q
hundred. longer lived than any other
Austrian Archdukc.
But in what guise Is the Car to
return to US? He must eventually
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one region. In fact, II Is supposed
to have been invented by a scheming
NortherDer. commuter. Tired of
spending a quarter every afternoon to
tell his wife on what train he would
arrive he directed her not to answer
the telephone bell between o and 8
z. NJ. but to note the time at which
II rang and then consult a card he
had hung up In the kitchen aud which
read as follows:
"a ring at $40 means tina, I'll be
homo on the s.2s; have q rhubarb pie
for dinner
"a ring at $40: same As above. sx-
cept make It pumpkin.
"A ring at $40 means have Gus bring
my raincoat to meat the s;ts.
"a ring at 6:56 means that am
bringing a friend home to dinner on the
T:o3. He Is sober"
Is It a wonder that the Post Office
Department wishes to shut Off the
Ingenious devils who have made toll
operators push the plugs patiently but
In vain?
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Is Not This Evil Durable?

Attentive and expert examination
should be given to facts set forth in
u letter written by the Director of the
States Bureau of Farm Statistics and
recently printed on this page. Accept
ing the statistics as accurately COM
piled, the facts as verifiable. there Is
important need of explanation Of the
statement that millions of acres of
most excellent pasture have been al
lowed to go to waste" In this State.
Excellent pasture will produce excel.
lent beef and mutton, very profitable
farm products. What explains the
fact, then, that millions of acres of
pasture have been allowed to 20 to
waste?
"New York State" the same au.
thorlty further relates, produces an
average an acre Of corn. oats, wheat.
rye, buckwheat and barley equal to
the quantity produced in the great
grain States OF the central West"
AL OF these products are selling for
exceptionally high prices; New York
is the greatest market in the country
for the food into which those prod.
ucts may be turned, bread, beef, mut-
ton, pork, milk, hutter, cheese. poul,
try, eggs. Yet well improved farm
lands In this Stutel are offered n.
prices averaging from a third 10 q
The sun., 1918-12-21
"STk" O'Loughlin, q Great Base
ball UNI ire.

To few umpires In the national
game Ia It given to inspire affection In
the breasts Of those volunteer authori-
ties on disputed decisions who Ill the
bleachers. There the rooter for the
home team sits; there partlsanship
reaches Its highest level; there the
close decisions are all given to the
ninc that wears the local colors.
But "Silk"-the name records his
high diplomatic quality-O'LoroHIIS
achieved this unusual distinction.
He had personality. He WIS plctur-
esque. His enunclation was known
wherever major league games are
played. HuGHEY JENNINGS has not
q more clearly defined place in the
minds of baseball enthusiasts than
had this wearer Of the judicial blue
serge. No man can successfully initiate
his "tuh" calling the second strike; ;
the extra syllable he added to foul
is not duplica ted by any other umpire.
His gestures were his own; he con
tributed to the games in which he
appeared a touch no other could give.
His resonant voice, his unquestloned
integrity, his capacity to enforce dis
cipline without wrangllng with specta-
tors or players, all marked him as a
man Of unusual gifts. His popularity
with players was unmeasured. He
received their protests, considered
their assertions, was open minded as
to their complaints. Few indeed, and
wilfully mlsbehaving, were the men
he fined or sent to club house.
In a calling whose practitioners en-
dure much. and maintain remarkably
equable temper under Irritating con-
ditions, FRANCIS O'LoUGHLIN was pre-
eminent, and he will be missed on
the diamond and in grand stand.
The sun., 1918-12-21
Cheating the Telephone.

One Of the reasons given by the
Post Office Department for establish
ing the "station to station" rule in
long distance telephone payments Is
the crafty villainy Of mankind. After
January q when the operator tries
to get particular person IN distant
place on the wire the toll will have to
be paid II connection Is made with
the place where the particular person
IL supposed TO be, even II the person
can't be found. 1t Is explained:
Designing persons employ codes to
defraud the Government Of revenue In
that when calls are made. although the
person called Is said not to be there,
words of explanation given of his alb
sence are a code answering all the pur-
poses Of the call, but costing nothing"
For instance, Mr.. JEFFERSON DAVIS
MAGuFFIN Of Heehaw, s. c.. leaves
home and goes to Washington to look
for a Government Job, telling his wife
to call him up at the Fourteen Points
Hotel on Pennsylvania avenue at 6
P. NJ. on October 1. At 5 p. NJ. Of
that date Mr.. MAGUFF1N enters the
hotel and says to the telephone oper-
ator: IF anybody calls me up say
that I'll be back at 0 o'clock" Then
he goes out and takes care not to re-
turn to the hotel until well after 9
o'clock. Mrs MAouFFIN, on calling up
from Heehaw at 9, Is told that Mr.
NJ. will return at o. She then takes
up the code book which MAoUFF1N has
left with her. turns to No. o and reads
the following:
Everything is going fine. There's a
Job here for every good Southern Dam
ocrat and it's only question whether
I'm going to get $4,000 or $4,000 a
year. That depends on how much In
come tax Mr.. KITcHIN will be able TO
squeeze out OF the North. Don't worry
about this telephone arrangement; the
money comes out OF the Governments
pocket and that means the rich pay"
If 10 o'clock had been the word,
Mrs. MAGuFrIS upon looking up No.
10 in the code would have discovered
that her spouse wished to say he ex.
pccted to stay whole week: mail
me my other shirt"
or course this crime against the
| telephone Golfers Is not confined to
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The New st. Helena.

To THE EnrroR OF THE SuN--Sir: Much
is said and written nowadays about what
disposition 10 make OF the ex-Kaiser.
OFFER the following suggestion from Bos-
wells life OF Johnson: Let him go
abroad to a distant country; let him
go to some place where he is not known.
Don't let him go to the devil. where
he 10 known" (The italics are in the
Originally r S.
NEW York. December 20.
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SPURL0S VERSENKTs
Protests Against the Destruction OF
Valuable Booty Of War.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN--sir: The
press dispatches this morning from
Paris announce that 'the American
delegates have resolved to advocate the
sinking OF the surrendered enemy war
ships and -eslst any proposition to dis
tribute them on the basis of naval
losses"
EXCELLENT spurlos versenkti But
why stop there?
Should not the american delegates"
there q IN fact but one delegate
likewise advocate the destruction OF the
airpianeS. rolling stock OF railways,
guns and munitions surrendered by the
Germans under the armistice?
Titan we can take out the LeviAthan
Ithe former vaterland) and all the
other former German passenger and
merchant ships which We appropriated
when we entered the war, and sink them
too.
Likewise all machinery, coal, building
material and supplies which Germany
may be compelled to turn over for
ostensible restoration of the wanton
ruin wrought in Belgium and France.
should be burned or wrecked as soon
as received.
Tho money received from the Germans
~ inderonities for the economic loss
which they have brought upon the
world should be taken to the middle
Atlantic and sunk In the depths of the
ocean.
Let this thing be CARVED through t.
Its logical conclusion. The United
States and the Allies have not lost
enough. Any form OF wealth or prop
erty which can be obtained from Ger
many should not be used to make gooo
the petty losses they nave sustained
Let II all be destroyed. 1t is simple
matter to tax the people 10 make up
for the property thus done away with
Any wealth that they have left must
be taken from them in some way.
How else can the work of the Peace
Conference meet tho approval of the
Rolshevlki. the l. w. WIS and all Reds
the world over? JUsTus.
GtHNs FALLS, December 10.
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The Story OF the LeyIathan.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-sfr: As
one who, like the informant of your
reporter, has been on this ship since
her first run from New York in De-
cember, 1917. although I am but at
tached to the commissary force, 1 want
to say how we all appreciate your de-
scrint.on of the chaplain's daily sunset
prayer at sea. My station at the time
OF this sunset prayer was always on top
OF the superstructure on A deck, where
the chaplain might be seen and heard
to much advantage. We also want to
thank you for your short though nne
description OF the big scrap we had on
last Christmas Day. 1917. and Lincoln's
Birthday, 1918. with the U-boats that
always tried to slam US on one Of our
holidays
/ hope you will print this as showing
how much the crew OF TIE Leviathan
appreciate your account OF her doings
HERCULES NOBLE
New YORK, December 20.
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warships Could Pay War Debts.

To THE Editor OF THE SuN-Sir: To
sink the surrendered German wa-shlps
would be wicked destruction of
property. The cost of those ships runs
into hundreds OF millions of dollars.
Why not dismantle them as warships,
and sell them to the highest bidders for
commercial use only. the proceeds to
go toward paying Germany's indemnity
charges1 Confessedly Germany Is not
able to meet one-half the indemnity
debt she owes. and the funds realized
from the sale of the warships will be
just so much salvage to the Allies.
The deliberate destruction OF such a
vast amount OF property. representing
the highest skill in human Iabo- and
God given materials. would be a
spectacle the wantonness and cruelty
of which would shame the twentieth
century for all time.
+. L. HITCHCOCK.
SCRANTON, Pa. December 20.