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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07

into detail as to the movements Of the
armies, etc, but YOU may state that
there is the finest spirit of cooperation
manifest between the allies,
1T was great stroke when 1t was
decided to coordinate the armies un.
der one head, and very properly this
head should have been General Foch."
After paying high tribute to the won
derful ability Of General Foch, DIR, Ben.
ton enlarged upon the extremely efficient
generalship of Pershing Of the American
forces, whom the Sammies idolize and
gave splendid appreciation of General
Haig Of the British armies.
Asked to say something about his
work at the front, DR. Benton explained
that he had been engaged in organiza-
ton work for the Y. NJ. c. A. through
out the war district in France. He was
attached to the headquarters staff of
General Samples as chief secretary Of
the eighth regional district. This region
Is IN the war zone and pretty well front.
when ! reached France year ago,
there were 200 Y NJ. G. A. secretaries.
To-day the number is 5000 and more
arriving all the time
The soldiers fully appreciate the
work done by these association workers
and they are close to the army wher.
ever they 60.
What about your plans for the fu.
ture, Mr.. Bentonf"
"0f course the first thing Is 10 get
in touch with the college activities here,
! shall meet tomorrow morning with
the board Of trustees ! have already
had an informal conference with some
Of them. The situation viii be gone
over carefully at that time.
Il am keeping an open mind as TO
what may be my duty in the future.
Manifestly, cannot tell now what may
be necessary If my patriotic duty ap.
pears to be right here / shall surely re.
main, because Of the military demands
Of the hour and the changing conditions
and needs Of the government.
ION the other hand, should | be called
back for continued service across,
should certainly 90 again"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07

The statements by the war department
and army officials in Washington con
corning the departure Of Americans for
the war fronts and concerning the num-
Der of soldiers now on foreign soil are
rather yelled at the present time albeit
General March is outspoken in saying
that the total embarkation has reached
a million, six hundred thousand. He
says soldiers in making the state.
ment; so it is left for the people to
guess whether he means fighting men or
Americans of all departments of service
1t is known, of course, that large pro-
portion of men going abroad are re-
quired for other purposes than for the
firing line; otherwise, the fighting men
could not do their work. Unless one
knows the actual number of fighting
men sent abroad one cannot Judge very
well how soon the American army under
Pershing will be given the word to begin
an offensive. But even if we are not
permitted to know accurately, no harm
can come of the ignorance At the same
time the German general staff is kept
very much in the dark
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07
The white Ships and the Red.

went not forth to battle,
| carried friendly men,
The children played about my decks,
The women sangand then
And then--the sun blushed scarlet,
And heaven hid its face;
The world that God created
Became a shameful place.
NY wrongs cry out for vengeance;
The blow that sent me here
Was aimed in He'll My dying scream
Has reached Jehovah's ear
Not all the seven oceans
Shall wash away the stain;
Upon brow that wears a crown
/ am the brand Of Cain.
When Gods great voice assemblies
The feet on Judgment day,
The ghosts of ruined ships will rise
In sea and strait and bay.
Tho they have lain for ages
Beneath the changeless flood,
They shall be white us silver
But one-shall be like blood.
Nothing less than crate of damson
plums goes to the best metaphor manu-.
facturer Of the week and he is an edi-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07

Some time ago The Times said that
the study Of German Language and lit.
erature) in our schools and colleges gives
an opening for the introduction of in.
sidious German propaganda. As bearing
out that contention, we note that the
Haverhill Mass, school committee has
been ordered to burn some German text
books because the books contained Ger
man propaganda The preaching of Ger.
man ideals through the printed word is
one of the boldest methods Of spreading
kultur over the world and is, of course,
the most easily detected. A far more
clever method is through the spoken
word Of some teacher or professor, who
may or may not be of German blood
but who is thoroughly stepped in German
ideals and who cannot prevent his adj
miration for those ideals from creeping
out as he makes his daily statements to
the young people gathered in his class
room. We may talk as we are of mind
to about American youths being too
strongly balanced to let such talk inhu-
ence them, but it is fact that constant
preaching of that sort is bound to make
its mark on their minds That is why
German should be studied cold -bloodedly
If at all.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07
AND mus They were wedded.

A happy elimination of a romance
dating back several years took place
Sunday afternoon when Harriet Leonard
became the wife of Howard Leonard
Bickford at the Leonard homestead that
has been the home of her ancestors for
90 years. A perfect summer day never
dawned for a more beautiful bride than
Harriet as she stood beside the man of
her choice, gowned In her wedding dress
of white satin and georgette crepe hand
embroidered, carrying a shower bouquet
of white roses and wisteria, surrounded
by the near relatives and close friends Of
them both, in the home of which she and
her family are so fond. Simplicity and
exquisite taste graeed the occasion,
working in perfect harmony with the
high ideals cherished by the young lives
thus joined together. Sweet peas and
maiden hair ferns furnished the decora-
tions.--Glover item.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07
WAR WILL CLOSE IN 1919.
Thinks Pres. Benton, Who Is Just Back
from France.


Burlington, Sept Looking hard and
ct as can be, and with a tan which was
acquired on the fields of France, DR..
Guy Potter Benton, president Of the Uni.
versity of Vermont, arriSed In the city
yesterday after an absence Of a full
year.
President Benton lost 81 pounds while
engaged in the strenuous work overseas
with the war work council Of the Young
Mems Christian association organization.
He has lost none Of his vigor, however
and alighted from the train with buoy
ant step and smiling face.
He was greeted by his wife and daugh-
ter and by a large representation Of the
faculty Of the university with their la
dies, who escorted him to his home on
University place
when will the war be over2 was
the question asked Of Dr. benton after
courtesies had been exchanged.
There is a general feeling expressed
in France to-day that next spring may
see the beginning of the end, said he,
and continued. "The French do not set
date, but they are very hopeful and
optimistic. The English are also sure
OF the ultimate result though they don't
care to tell when it will arrive.
at is the general opinion among sol
der and civilian alike over there that
dating from the 18th day Of July this
year, the tide definitely turned and that
we have the Huns on the run.
"Of course, am not permitted to go
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07
N:''':1lI;nl.>a;l
F. H. Rogers &
Company

emies of Germany with a view to elm
mating the aerial bombardment Of obiec-
tiyes in cities, and that, too, in spite of
the fact that Germany has been ruthless
ly bombing British and French cities
without regard to military detectives
during the past four years. German air
men have killed innocent people, little
children, defenseless women and civilian
men tjust as if they were persons ca.
pable of doing harm to Germany; they
have dropped their bombs, hit or miss,
on London, Paris and large number of
other cities in The two nations There
was no demand in Germany during all
that time that Germany should desist
from such inhuman tactics. AS matter
Of fact, every new attack on an allied
city was welcomed with joy and some
times chronieled as great victory. Now
when the worm begins to turn, the Ger
man people who were exulting only a
sHoIJ TIME ago thdt "oiueH ana cniluEeH
were being murdered in the allied cities
by air raiders are uttering vigorous pro-
tests against such warfare, and they
turn to their government with the de.
luded notion that Germany can with
clean hands and unsulied conscience ask
the allies for negotiations TO stop such
warfare. So when they learn that their
government is incapable Of starting such
negotiations it is probable that they will
become disgruntled with a government
which instituted warfare Of that sort.
Grievances against the German govern.
ment are piling up.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07

The stern reality of war is being forced
on the people of New York when it
comes to pass where about half mil.
lion men have been stopped on the street
by officials of the government and asked
to see their registration cards, The dis
covery that several thousand of the
number were draft evaders justifes the
rather drastic measure followed
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07
THE RAGE or me RHINE pEopLE

THE RAGE OF THE RHINE PEOPLE.
When the German people residing on
the Rhine river learn that the German
government is impotent to turn the en-
tente allies attack away from the cities
on the Rhine they will form a different
conception of the government which, to
them, has been all-powerful in the world.
Judging by the document which has
been drawn up by the peoples Of many
cities on the Rhine, it was the popular
conviction in Germany that the influ-
ence of the German government in world
affairs was 50 great that Germany could
AAan negotiations at once with the en-.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07

The American people welcome Capt.
Archie Roosevelt for the patriotic devo-
ton he has shown to his country and to
the cause of the allies, and they hope for
him speedy recovery to health follow
ing the severe injuries he sustained in
battle Back among his own people, he
should make rapid progress
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07
BocHE DUGoUTs LUXURIOUS.
Were deliberately Furnished with Mate
rails Stolen from French.

Behind the Franco-American Lines,
Sept Z Correspondence of the Associat.
ed Pressl.-Prieeless tapestries, paint
ings, furniture of the Louis XIV. period
grand pianos and rich portieres found by
the Hun in Chateau Thierry were carried
away by him in his retreat and used to
furnish dugouts.
Following the German retreat Amer
lean units Inspecting the enemy dugouts
for concealed boches found the elaborate
ly furnished subterranean apartments.
The care and design Of the furniture va.
ried with the rank of the officer, il was
discovered. At one of the quarters
that of a German general--the sides of
the dugout were lined first with lumber
looted from the town and over the lum-
Der were placed embroidered portieres.
To prevent dust from falling from the
roof, which had been first protected by
corrugated sheet iron, several artistic
tapestries had been attached,
The grand piano was found in the
headquarters Of q regiment. II was
thought by the Americans that here the
regimental staff reveled over their first
successes and the use of German artists
to play the instrument was resorted to.
Finely carved tables and chairs were
found In prefusion in this rendezvous.
Other dugouts were furnished also in
elaborate style, varying in degree with
the rank of the occupant
Beds from Chateau Thierry took up
much of the space in some Of the higher
officers quarters. Down under 20 to 80
feet Of earth could be found handsome
bedroom suites In some cases, due to
the haste which the retreating Huns
were forced to exercise, the beds had not
been used since they had been made in
the morning and were ready for occupan,
cy. Models of comfort, they were mute
evidence that the retreat of the Germans
had been hasty one
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07

Editor w. G. Belknap of the Bellows
Falls Times gives promise of riding into
the Office Of representative Of the town
of Rockingham without much effort, as
his is the only name filed for the nom
nation, Bro. Belknap viii make a good
representative.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07

If Herr Appelmann carried out his pro-
fessed purpose, he is now tenderly car
ing for American prisoners in German
camps; but none of the boys has written
about seeing him.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07

Yes, the hat, as we'll
as the label, is an Amer
lean product.
The American Derby
is always lighter than
the London Derby - no
man wants a heavy hat
on his brow.
We would not dictate
w h a t a man should
wear, but being in posi-
ton to know exactly the
fashion, we're always
ready to make sugges-
tions.
For the young man
and the man who feels
young, we have a very
sympathetic assort-
ment. The conservative
man will also find here
Hats in staple shapes
and shades just to his
liking.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07

S. ]. Marshall Of Guildhall has fled a
petition in bankruptcy in the office Of
Clerk F. s. Platt Of the United States
court He has liabilities Of S5,42242 and
assets Of $3.50, Of which Slos5 is
claimed exempt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07
WILLIAMSTOWN

There will be a meeting of the board
Of civil authority Saturday evening at
o'clock at the town clerks Office for
further revising the checklist. G. II. Nc.
Allister, town clerk.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07

Whoever has but a passing acquain.
lance with contemporary verse must
mourn the death Of Joyce Kilmer, whose
supreme sacrifice adds another star to
that galaxy made SO brilliant by Alan
Seeger and Rupert Brooke, among others.
He was 80 when taps sounded for him
Perhaps his most appealing poem was
inspired by the Lusitania. 1t is here re-
printed
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07

Father Lever, priest at Notre Dame
in st. JOhnsbury for several years, has
been appointed an army chaplain, and
left this week for New York to await
his assignment
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07

One exhibit at the Rutland fair, sent
by the state fish hatchery at Roxbury,
was an aquarium containing p varieties
Of fish, all Of which were caught in
Lake Champlam Tuesday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07

torial writer on the st. Adams Messen-
ger. Give him the floor.
"The Turk must hide a smile behind
his baggy pantaloons as he thinks OF the
thousands Of agents in this country
working hand in glove with the central
powers"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07

The name Of only one Vermont man
appeared in Thursdays list Of army APP
pointments, Mark r. Stanley Of White
River Junction, first lieutenant, medical
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07

Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax
Shoes,
OF course the shoeman isn't to be Xix
ened to the apple peddler who blankets
barrel of windfalls with two LAYERS of
rich hand-picked fruit. The apple man
puts price on his deception, but the
dapper young fellow who asks you'll
or mentions casually that summer nights
are lengthening, is only charging off his
polite trickery against your own vanity.
Nine times out Of ten you are the Gus
TONER who is looking for a size 3 that
will fit your size foot. 0stensibly it is
a No. 8 that you get eventually.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07
Spare the Cors. and Pack Your Trouble
In the Old Kit Bag.

in the Old Kit Bag.
Be thankful il you get the Express
and Standard at any old time Our help
is fading away The Office girl had TO 60
to the case, while the poor editor reads
the proof. We are about as good at the
latter as a city youth would be at now
ing grass. However, we are going to
place every mistake upon the correspond
ents, whether they are guilty or not Il
Is our only hope. Anyone in the city
having local win help us greatly by
sending it in. Newport item.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07
MABEL SYRUP'S COLYUM
"To have a lively and not stolid
countenance. Truth Of Intercourse

"The time has come to conquer or sub
nit. For US there is but one choice. We
have made it. President Wilson.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07

When you get home mayhap you ex-
anime the lining of your new fall high
cuts. You look for the size mark, but
instead of a 3 you find combination of
figures that might do for freight car
quarterback's signals or an auto license
plate There Is no size mark?
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07

Yes, but in your hunt for you have
overlooked three figures somewhat apart
from the rest. 1t is the size mark, the
elusive 3, so wickedly camoufaged that
it means nothing TO you.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07
OF Huml when wil the var Endl

When Kaiser Bill went down below
He sat in a fiery chariot,
And the devil gave him seat between
Ananias and Judas 1scariot.
Said the devil, Were full as we can be,
But this III do with will;
III set Ananias and Judas free
To make room for my old pal, Blur
Contributed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07

MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to
the use for republication of all news dispatches
credited to II or not otherwise credited in
this paper, and also the local news published
therein.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07

Ere the shouting and the tumult die,
vet another parsonage is TO make the
final sacrifice and tomorrow, If you are
not too tired, you might speculate prof
itably on the final disposition Of the gold
star for
Old John Barleycorn, nj. 5.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07
WRITE

II you wish TO prepare for a good position in
Washington, Albany or elsewhere. Employment
sure for those who are qualified Girls are in
active demand and receive the same pay as
young men. For catalogue address,
CARNELL & HOLT. Albany, N. Y
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07

Like a small boy and a piece Of choco.
late cake, war first took the edge from
baseball and, as the lack Of interest IN
the worlds series shows, continued by
absorbing it entirely.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07

The three figures are 345 and if they
mean nothing to you they told the clerk
very plainly that the size of the shoes
which you later purchased was 41aC.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07

Sometime or other a discerning dealer
in footgear found that it didn't pay to
let his customers know too much about
the size Of the shoes they wore For in
stance, ii was a hard and more often d
thankless task to tell them that No. 3
in one style of last win not fit the foot
that lately wore a No. in a radically
different pattern. So he decided that
this phase of human vanity--he had al
most called ii density--deseryed a spe.
eial code Here 1t is;
The widths, running from AA to r,
are numbered @ to 5. The lengths are
given openly, as s, 8, 7, etc, the full size
being designated by zero following the
figure telling the length In the half.
size 8 follows the length designation.
1t was the code that fooled you. The
first figure, 3, tells the width, which is G
when IA is c, A is !, B is and so on.
The second figure which was 4, gives the
length, and the final figure indicates the
half.size. Yet the dealer, far from at
tempting to realize commercially from
the code, uses it only to combat a very
human weakness which he often sees in
men and women alike.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-17

Out in st. Paul they regard Tom
Gibbons as a greater flghter than ms
talented brother Mike. They tnlnk
that If the two were not brothSrS thal
dentaIiy the st. Paul enthusiasts new
er will believe that Billy Miske can
whip Tom Gibbons until Billy does. u
seems that few years ago Tom OUT
pointed MiSke twice. and the IolkS III
the Minnesota town, from which they
both come, think that Gibbons can
This belief of st. Paul in the PROV
ess of Tom Gibbons is remtniscentAoI OF
San Francisco's attitude toward Jimmy
and Willus Britt. Jimmy was one q
our great lightWeights, and at one
time claimed the championship. Will
Ius is best remembered as Jimmy
manager, as we'll as the handler of the.
late Stanley Ketchel, Yet in his
younger days Willus Britt was great
of native sons will tell you today that
The could have beaten his brother
Jimmy the best day Jimmy ever knew.
A similar condition existed in Cleye-
land in the early days Of Johnny kll-
bane's struggle for the title Another
featherweight by the name of Tommy
Kilbane resided in Cleveland. he
wasn't 81 brother, nor even a relation
OF Johnny's, and despite the fact that
Johnny handed him a couple of severe
on the boy who was destined TO be-
come the ruler of the l22-pounders.
Eddie Collins wants to play lin goo
consecutive games aE q major AeagueF.
They'll expeI him from the union aG
he doesn't Vgateh ont.
Cincinnati boasts OF a pitcher who
won 19 straight games last year. His
name is fSnipe' conley, and he is
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-17
MOOrheQd NeqOS
Title TO Lots
Basis of Suit

Judge Albert Johnson, who is pre-
siding at the May term of the Clay
county district court in Moorhead, is
hearing the case Of Eva Williams VS..
Margaret Wright today. This case is
a family affair and the plaiintiff, see seeks IS
the city of Moorhead that she claims
were decided to .her, father. now de-
The next case on the call is that of
William Garrett against GeorgetotWgn
This is an injunction pro
9eeeding that grew out Of h4w3gge tge
flooding of plaintiffs farm. 1t is al
legged that the township officers failed
to provide an outlet for the water to
The trial of the appeal cases from
the order of the Clay county board In
assessing the cost of the repair of
ditch No. 1S was completed on Thurs
day and will be submitted on briefs
by the attorneys.
A recess of court will be taken Sat
urday afternoon until Wednesday,
May %,
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-17
LEE MAGE A SURPRISE.

Matty must have handed
bottle OF heroin to the eminent
Lee Magee when the latter join
ed the Cincinnati Reds. Magee
set the Yankees back $22,500
when Colonel Rupert bought
him from the Feds in 1916. He
was a bloomer from the begin
ming to the end Of his engage
ment at the Polo grounds. Last
summer Magee was traded to the
Browns for Marsans, but he
didn't improve. Fielder Jones
therefore was glad to get rid of
him. But as a member Of
Matty's Reds Magee has startled
his critics by hitting the ball on
the trade mark. He also has
played second base with aston
ishing results, although he never
was considered q first class in~
fielder. = Matty probably has
learned how to handle this mys-
terious young man. who has
packed away nearly $4,000 in
salary since he jumped the Car
dinals in 1914.