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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-01

thought OF that dark spot in his early
life, but he could not hurt her pure
spirit by revealing the truth.
And now the black shadow had sud-
denly. blightingly come down upon his
life. 1t was the birthday of their
child, little Bertram, aged six. They
were to have a quiet family celebra-
ton and BARLEY had secretly deposit
ed a package containing gifts on the
front porch, had started around the
house to enter by side door, when
he came to a startled halt and stood
rock-rooted. His heart seemed to
cease its throbbings, his brain was
turned to lead, for there, In the coy
parlor seated opposite his wife, was
Robert Wiley!
To the exaggerated mentality OF
BARLEY it seemed as though Destroy
ing demon had invaded the peace and
sanctity Of an earthly paradise. There
was the old specious, willy smirk on the
goblin face, the old cruel, piercing
glare Of the eyes. oh, at last his sin
was to be brought home to him. Only
to torment, to blackmail, to ruin him.
could this specter of the past have thus
invaded his home!
For an instant BARLEY thought OF
flight. Could he ever face his wife IL
the past was revealed to her? He &C
tually turned to leave the spot, when
little Bertram came around the house,
discovering him.
"Oh, mamma ~ he shouted. Hers
is papa, nowr seized his hand and
pulled him into the house.
"A visitor, Barley" spoke Mrs.
Paine, arising and leaving the room,
and BARLEY faced his Nemesis.
To his amazement Wiley grasped his
hand. "Ah, Pains" he spoke chirp-
ingly. You are looking well-and do
ing well, Ell? / came on matter OF
business. Mr.. Howe died last month"
Eyes, heard of it," nodded Paine.
He has left you half his fortune.
You are rich man. advised it. You
see, Paine, it is / who, under his in
structions, have kept trace of your
every movement for ten years. So no
one knew better than your noble tight
to redeem the past. You thought him
an ogre and your evil genius, but We
were human, all the same. / would
like to have you call at my hotel this
evening and close up your interest In
the estate"
Barley Paine stood like one in a
dream after the lawyer had left. He
could not realize it all. A light form
glided TO his side. II was Lucille.
Barley" she whispered, Il knew
of your trouble in the past all the
time. / married you knowing ii. I
trusted you. knowing IT. and loved you
more and more as you nobly redeemed
yourself. The shadow has lifted. oh.
my husband let us never again think
Of aught but the sunshine Cd lie which
has come to us at last"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-01
"MADE IN GERMANY"
BY Alice Williams Brotherton of The
Vigilantes.

What was it Made in Germany? \
hcllng brand of war.
More fierce than that of savage tribes or
heather hordes by far,
Which harnessed earth and sea and air
to Mars blood bolted car!
What more was "Made in Germany? A
brand of fiendish hate
Which marshaled every evil force its
lust for power to safe;
Arson and rape and murder foul upon
its footsteps wait.
What else was Made in Germany? A
host OF lies and spies,
OF typhoid cultures. poison plots, the
1T-boat's ruthless prize,
The guns of krupp, the Zeppelin to rain
death from the skies.
Lost land of simple household joys, OF
poesy. and song;
How can you blot from memory such
records of black wrong?-
The world is sown with dragons teeth;
the harvest must be long,
Cast off the Prussians throttlng yoke
Set press and people free.
Sue mercy from an outraged world. No
peace on earth may be
Till eNpistion for all wrong is made in
Germany.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-01
UNCLE SANS JUNK MAN.
Capt. Fred Felix Is an Extremely Busy
Man on Mexican Border.

Fort Bliss, Tex, April He does not
go down the alley perched on an old wag
on with dished wheels calling Rags
ANY Rags" But he is the most extern
sive Junk dealer on the Mexican border
He wears an olive drab uniform, two
stars on his shoulders and serious look
for business is always rushing with Cap
tain Fred Felix, Uncle Sans junk man
in the cavalry division here.
As head of the salvage and reclama
ton department of the general quarter
master depot here Captain Felix and his
force of enlisted men are repairing and
salvaging supplies which have been dis
csrded by the United States army in the
border district. Three warehouses, a
part of the fort machine shops and a
big ward downtown are used for this
work.
Tents which have been torn by the
winds of March are repaired by men who
have been sailors or who have experience
in repairing canvas. Canvas cot covers
which have been torn are cut up into
small pieces and made into clothing bags
These cot covers were formerly discard
cd A tailor shop has been established
where worn and torn uniforms are re-
paired, buttons sewed on, the uniforms
steam cleaned and pressed and returned
to the owners. This is the only depart
ment where women workers have been
called in to assist the salvage corps.
Army shoes which have been worn by
many marches over the desert sands
near the fort are half soIed by machin-
cry, ripped places stitched, new laces in
serted and the shoes sent back for fur
Their wear. Not a scrap of leather is per
mitted to be wasted by the reclamation
and salvage department. Shoes too bad
~ worn to be repaired and cavalry boots
are ripped to pieces and the leather used
for repairing other boots and shoes. The
scraps are then sent to market for use
in the manufacture of composition belt
ing.
Recently 10 meat grinders for prepar-
ing meat for cooking were condemned
and sent to the reclamation department
to be sold for junk Instead the parts
were separated, reassembled and five good
grinders obtained, while the remaining
parts were stored for repairing other
grinders. Broken parts were sold for
junk.
Wagons. automobiles, tank wagons,
soup kitchens and every other kind of
field equipment is received by this de-
partment Wagon makers replace worn
parts of transport and ammunition wag.
ons with new ones. All automobile parts
are classified and crew of garage men
repair the cars as they come to the shops
Even tracks for caterpillar trucks are
kept for repairing these big trucks which
haul supplies over the desert.
Broken spurs, ragged guidons and
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-01
From the Past
BY wINIFRED LEE

! Copyright. 1919. Western Newspaper Union
BARLEY Paine cherished the secret
of dark spot in his life. 1t was not
ever present, for as the years went by
its shadow lessened and, he hoped,
would eventually vanish into the OBJ
security of permanent forgetfulness.
1t was ten years agone when. a
youth of eighteen employed as cashier
| by John Howe, a distant relative, that
he had been speciously persuaded by
two fellow clerks to borrow two thou
sand dollars from the funds Of the
house. They had shown him that they
had "a tip" where that amount invest
ed in a certain stock would quadruple
in twenty-four hours. BARLEY provid-
ed the money. The entire investment
was lost, the two scamps fed and the
next morning, a wretched but sincere
penitent, BARLEY went to his relative
and confessed all.
Leave my service. 60 and settle this
matter with my lawyer and let me
never see your face againw pro-
nounced John Howe sternly.
Robert Wiley, that lawyer To his
dying day BARLEY would never forget
him. He was sinister being. with
chin like hook and a nose like
beak.
"You will first sign a written confes-
sion OF your crime" the eifsh barris-
ter had said
But have already told Mr.. Howe
of my misstep." said BARLEY humbly.
1T won't do; signed confession, or
20 away and let the law take its
course"
BARLEY shivered, but as.ented. "As
to the money" he said, IF you will
allow me will stay right here, get
new position and work till / have
earned enough to pay the score"
VERY good" nodded the lawyer.
At the end OF four years Bartley's
spirits We're high when he placed the
last of the misspplied money before
Mr.. Wiley.
And the INTEREST,"" intimated the
latter.
You will find it included" said
BARLEY, almost resenfully. TO this
human leech. Now. then, won't you
kindly hand me back the confession?"
Il am instructed by Mr.. Howe to re-
tain that" said the lawyer. HE VIII
hold 1t over you SIS Damoclean
sword to guarantee your future good
conduct"
why, this is positively inhuman!
cried BARLEY.
instructions" responded the law
yer. "See that you go straight"
Then BARLEY went to another city
and tried TO forget the power he had
left in those seemingly evil hands. He
prospered quite fairly in new posi-
ton. He met Lucille Driscoil-court-
ship. marriage. happiness. She idol
lied him as a model lover and hus-
band. She believed him the most wor-
thy of men. He WINGED when he
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-01
Mothers! Don't Give Children
Nauseous Medicine for Colds

with each breath, to the air passages
and lungs. In addition, the prepare
ton is absorbed through and stimu-
lates the skin, taking out that tight
ness and soreness in the chest.
Today his treatment, known as
Vick's VapoRub, Is lversally used
throughout the south in preference 10
internal dosing. BY arrangement with
the manufacturers tho local druggists
arc ofierin- 25c jars on 30 days trial.
the purchase price to be refunded IL
yor are not delighted with the results.
Iou have to try VapoRub to .'ealize
its remarkable effect, not only for deep
chest colds, sore throat, bronchitis or
incipient pneumonia, but for head
colds, asthmatic or catarrhal troubles.
Group is usually relieved within fif-
teen minutes and an application at
bedtime prevents night attack.
VapoRub is particularly recon-
:nended to mother with small chill
lren a. 1t is externally 1pplied and
can therefore C -. freely and often
with perfect 5afety on the smallest
member of the family.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-01
MEN BROKE
INTO CHEERS
When Announcement Was
Made Yankees Would Be
Used in Great Conflict
OUR MEN ARE
ENTHUSIASTIC
Pershing's Army Is in High
Spirits Upon Hearing 1t
Will Go into Battle

With the American Army in France
April II am delighted at Gen. Perish
ing's prompt and effective action in plac
ing all the American troops and facilities
at the disposal of the allies in the pres
ent situation" said Sec. of War Baker in
statement given out at headquarters
Saturday.
1T will meet with hearty approval in
the United States, where the people de-
sire their expeditionary forces to be OF
the utmost service to the common cause,
the secretary continued.
II have visited all the American troops
in France, some OF them recently, and
had an opportunity to observe the enthu-
sasm with which officers and men re-
ceived the announcement that they
would be used in the present conflict.
One regiment TO which the announcement
was made spontaneously broke into
cheers"
Secretary Baker, for obvious reasons,
declined to discuss just what part the
American expeditionary forces may play
or are playing. This will become known
in due time.
The news that the force was to partlc-
ipate at all was met with cheers and
shouts of delight from one end of the
American zone to the other, even at the
front.
The officers and men had about come
to the conclusion that they were to be
forced to sit back and watch the progress
OF events, and they We're 2lum
To-day they are smiling and demon
stratively eongratulating each other.
There was much slapping of each other
on the back, while some of the troops
threw up their hats and danced when the
news reached them.
There is still no news from the fight
ing engineers.
Secretary Baker. having conferred with
the allied commanding officers and states
men, desires to return to the United
States as soon as possible and make
available the information he has secured
from his observations and conferences.
He has completed the inspection Of men
and material, which he found very in
spring task.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-01
TAKES NAME OF SCARPA.
Adirrnal Jellicoe Chooses Name of Great
Naval Base.

London. April Admiral Sir John
JelIicoe has taken the title of Viscount
Jellicoe of Scarpa.
The name Scarpa is derived from Scar
pa Flow, which has been the principal
home base of tho British grand fleet
since The beginning of the war. Scsrpa
Flow is a great land-locked harbor in
the midst of the Orkney islands, north
of Scotland. and "a hours train jour
ney from London. The surrounding land
is brown, bare, desolate and treeless.
There are ninety islands in the Orkney
group. of which 81 are uninhabited.
Such was the place to which Jellieoe
brought his squadron at the end of July,
1914. and the place to which he re
turned with them time and again to rest
after fruitless chases in the North sea.
Scarpa was the kiug-pin in the STRATEGY.
cal disposition of the allied naval forces
during the entire time that Jelicoc com
manded them.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-01
What "Comrade" Means in War.

A writer in the April American Mag
azine says:
II saw one man coming whose trousers
had been torn clean away. He was so
csked with mud and blood that his fea-
lures were almost unrecognizable. He
did not walk. He staggered from side TO
side Sometimes he almost fell But ON
his back he carried his comrade, his pal,
who couldn't wslRNhimself
Il looked at them, and the tears came
to my eyes-as they would come to the
eyes of any man if he could watch these
walking wounded. But those two, No
tears from them! They looked at me
and smiled.
1T isn't only for their comrades that
they are willing to suffer. Over and over
again | have seen an English Tommy,
badly wounded himself, take the cup OF
hot soup, or coffee, or the tobacco our
Y. NJ. c. A. men were handing out, and
give it to a wounded German"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-01
Resiinol
Ointment and Resinol Soap stop itching
and clear away eczema and similar
humors, SO quickly and easilyf
DO 1T FOR BABY.
BY Ruth Danenhower Wilson of The
Vigilantes.

Last fall I dug up some favorite rose
geranium plants to enjoy them in the
house during the winter For month
they throye in the living room. Then
came such intensely cold weather that
the windows had to be kept shut.
The rose geraniums dro>ped, gradually
their perky green leaves became limp
grew yellow at the ends and fell. Instead
of fragrant foliage | had only whitening
stalks.
Babies can't thrive without fresh air
any more than plants.
We have all seen airless babies, They
grow pale and have TO be coaxed to eat.
They have indigestion with occasional
vomiting. They stop gaining in weight.
They perspire oermuch. On the rare oc-
casions that they are taken out of doors
they take cold easily.
Keep the air around the baby fresh
and pure Give baby's room frequent air
ings. Keep the windows open at night,
making sure baby is warmly and secure
" covered Don't exhaust the atmos-
phere around the baby by burning gas
or oil stove. Don't H. the air with odors
by cooking food or drying cloths near the
baby
Above all, see that the baby spends
many hours out of doors except during
severe storms, high winds, extreme cold,
or where there is melting snow all
around
When such conditions prevent outings,
dress the baby with cap and coat as if il
were going out, wrap it up warmly and
let it nap in bed or carriage by wide
open window. In this way there. need
never be a day that the baby doesn't
have several hours OF outdoor air.
Fresh air helps make cheeks rosy, eyes
bright, appetite hearty, sleep restful,
and disposition good
tAny mother who does not know
"what to do" for her baby has only to
write to the children's bureau of the de.
partment of labor at Washington. and
helpful pamphlets written by special
lists, will come to her at once.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-01
PULL THE SAME STROKE.
By George w. Sutton of the vigilantes

When anybody tells you;
That the war is practically over;
That the vast majority of American
people are not for the war heart and
soul
| That our greatest enemies are the
| japanese and we may expect hostilltles
with them within few months OF
| years;
That England is the real instigator OF
the present war,
| And other circular matter of similar
srend, he is proGerman spreading Ger
| uan propaganda and should be put down
Immediately in your mind as an enemy
| Already a tremendous number OF
Americans are beginning to lose faith
and interest in our efforts, in the belief
that the end of the war is really in sight
This is simply the result of the united
work of thousands of disloyal Boche and
pro Boehe people in this country who
masquerade as friends and who are ready
and anxious to sacrifice the land which
shelters them.
We hold these things to be self-evi-
dent
That we are fighting the most loath-
some and contemplate foe that any
body white, black or yellow--has ever
fought.
That he is not afraid OF the million
and a half men we shall send against
him this year but that he is afraid OF
the addition of the five or more millions
we are going to send to strengthen the
forces of those who already have the
upper hand of him.
That he knows he is beaten and Is
desperately trying to swindle the world
into a peace which will leave him with
some Of the things he has stolen and
without paying any of the price he owes
for the abominabe, cowardly things he
has done.
That this peace will be used TO prepare
for another outbreak of kultur when
the world has been lulled into sense of
security and he has completed new
alignment of nations with which he
thinks he can carry out his unholy plans
That he is in fair way to accomplish
these results unless the people-and es-
pecialy the laboring people OF The
countries allied against him take a grip
on themselves and settle down to the
long task of beating him SO that he can
never again dare to raise his hand
against his betters.
All our lives we have been encouraged
to think only as individuals. That is
one accompaniment of democracy. 1t IL
time all loyal Americans began TO pull
the same stroke, to put over this thing
which must be put over.
Hoist the pro Boche with his own pc
tard
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-01

pound?' So l did, and through it, |
found relief from my suffering and l
really believe it saved my life. 1t does
not seem as though l can say enough
in praise of this wonderful medicine for
the health it has brought me. Miss
CORA LEE HALL, West Plains, Mo.
Perhaps it may seem an extrava-
CANT statement to say that this great
remedy saved life; but women like
Mrs. Hall, to whom it has brought
health, appreciate the danger and
suffering they have escaped too well
to doubt it! All who suffer should
try it. Why risk life and health
without it?
For special advice write Lydia E.
Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-01

flags, eyelets from canvas leggings,
saddles, tie ropes and even bull whips
used by the army mule drivers are sal
vaged in Uncle Sans big second hand
junk shop here and the government is
saving thousands of dollars by repairing
army property which otherwise would
have to be replaced with new
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-01
QUEBEC RIOT
QUIETS DOWN
On Promise of an Under
standing with the Mill
tary Authorities
MOB BROKE INTO A
HARDWARE STORE
Then Armand Lavergne Adj
dressed Anti onscrip-
ton Rioters

Quebec, April 1.-The wild scene Of
disorder and destruction since Thursday
suddenly ceased late last night when
Armand Lavergne, Nationalist, ad-
dressing mob that had broken into a
hardware store, asked the rioters TO de
sist for two days, stating that he had
reached an agreement with the military
authorities.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-01

Fifteen years ago :. North Carolina
Druggist discovered : process of CON-
5ininC thc Nld-fashioned remedies,
Camphor, Turpentinc and Menthol,
witt ,ertair volatile oil, n 1alve
form, o that when applied over le
throat and chest til body Yea. iould
release these ingredients in the 'orm
Of vapors. These vapors, bre1thed "A
II night long, carry the medication,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-01

RUE cramps every
month so l was I'M
able to do anything.
! had tried every
doc tor in w est
Plains, also every
remedy could think
of, without relief.
One day when l was
suffering greatly a
friend was at my
house an d aid,
Why don't you try
Lydia E. Pinkham s
VI Ill rA.,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-01
Local Druggists Are Offering an
Outside Treatment on
80 Day Trial

chlIdren'c 5tomschc Are Delicate
.asil, Upse. by Constant Internal
Dosing. The Best Way To Prevent
Coldc Il 10 Allow he Children Reg
ular Out. Door Cxcrclse-keep len
ty C. Fresh Air in The Bedroom at
Night, md, a. the FRS jisn 90
Trouble, .lppIy The 3outhern tx
ternaI vapor Treatment.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-01
PASSED MEDICAL EXAM.
Maj .-Gen. ]. Franklin Bell Held Physi-
cally Fit.

Washington. April L. Maj Zen. j.
Franklin Bell has passed his medical ca
animation for active service, IT is an
nounced at the war department He has
been commander of the 18th national
army division at Camp Upton and re-
Gently returned from France.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-01
WOMAN SAVED
MUCH SUFFERING
Bytaking Friends Adviceand
Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound.

West Plains, Mo. -"I was all run
down in health, had indigestion and ter
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-01
Quite Naturally

That girl YOU see just passing US
has a lot Of fellows crazy about her.
why. she's very unsttractive Who
is she7"
~one OF the nurses in an insane hos
pitaI ward
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-12-10
REIMBURSEMENT or
BASEBALL PLANNED

NEW YORK, Dec. 10-The annual
meeting of the National League, to be
held in this city next Tuesday, VIII be
the first step in the direction OF base
ball reconstruction made necessary Dy
the war. While a number OF moment
GUS problems confront the senior
league magnates at this time there Is
no evidence that concerted program
of action has been evolved. Among
the outstanding questions which must
be considered by the club owners is
the election Of a league president;
the future status of players released
outright last autumn; National COM
missicn arrangements; playing plans
for 1919: limitation of club rosters and
many other items of routine business.
The election of a president to sue
ceed ychn X. Tener, who resigned last
summer, is expected to be one OF the
first features to be considered by the
magpates. So far as is known at this
tirle there Is no favorite candidate.
The names Of four men have been
mentioned in connection with the po-
sitira hut no one appears to nave
majority of the eight votes back OF
his raTe. The quartet is composed
Of Joh,i A. Heydler, present secretary
trcasurer Of the league; Lieutenant
David L. Tultz, former president OF
the Pasehall Players Fraternity; Fran.
els x NcQuade, a city magistrate or
New York. and Robert Brown OF Louis
Vile. Ky.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-12-10
" Alumni" of Artillery
School Form Association
(By Associated Press)

LOUISVILLE, KY, Dec. 10.-Gradu.
ates Of the Central Field Artillery Off
GERS Training School at Camp Zach
ary Taylor Nave formed an alumni as
sociation with a membership of 10000
for the purpose of continuing associa-
tions formed at the camp. Only can
didates and officers who have been on
duty at the school will be eligible
Col Arthur H. Carter, commandant
of the school, was chosen president
and these vice-presidents were elect
ed: Col, A. NJ Goodyear, Buffalo
Major Silas B. Williams, Memphis;
Lieut. Col. ]. Dibblee, San Francisco;
Candidate Theodore Douglas Robin.
son, former member of the New York
State Senate; Judge A. H. Morrill,,
Cincinnati, and A. G. Pigot, Sacra-
mento. Cal.
W. w. Hopping, New York, counsel
to Alien Property Custodian Palmer
is secretary and Stuyvesant Fish, OF
New York, is treasurer. The eXecu.
tive committee is composed of Lyman
Bass, Buffalo; Daniel McDouglad, At
lanta; William Mckee, Memphis; Will
liam B. Davidson, New York. Joseph
r. Swami, New York; and John Kirby,
Boston.