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The Caucasian., 1919-03-07

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-07
SUFFERED MORE THAN BELGIUM.
Queen Marie of Rumania Says About
Her Country.

Paris, Thursday, March tBy the As
sociated Press Queen Marie Of Ruma-
mia declared to-day that, in spite Of the
plight of her country and the sufTerings
of the people in the war, there is no
danger of bolshevism there if food can
be secured. Speaking Of conditions in
Rumania during the war, the queen said
eve suffered even worse than did Bel
gium She had England and France by
her side, and behind them stood Amer
lea, while we had only Russia to depend
upon. When the Russians came to as
sist US, all they did was to eat our food.
They were never Of any real aid. Ger
man plotters saw to that, and when Rus
sia broke we were absolutely isolated.
81 have no fear of bolshevism in Ru-
mania if food is provided Immediately.
We are used to being shabby, and can
90 without clothes and shoes, but must
have food 1t is very difficult to dis
tribute food in my country because of
the wholesale destruction of railways
and the theft of locomotives, cars, and
horses. We have no iron to rebuild
ruined bridges, but are using wood to re-
pair these structures. The imperative
need is locomotives. Our oil fields are
producing oil for engines and for export
but we have no means of moving it.
"The bolsheviki are towards. They
will not stand before an organized force.
We do not fear them, and they have
failed in their efforts to ruin Rumania.
I have gone about in perfect safety in
my war work"
Queen Marie expressed deep apprecia-
ton of the work done by the American
Red Cross. Thousands of Americans tried
to assist Rumania by sending supplies
10 that country by way of Russia, but
the queen said that the most of them
never reached their intended destination
She will confer tomorrow with Herbert
c. Hoover, chairman of the supreme
council, and expressed confidence to-day
that the council will aid Rumania.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-07
AFTER DESIGN FOR MEMORIAL.
Barre Monument Committee to Get In
struetiOn Before Proceeding.

At the meeting of the general COM
mittee for a soldiers and sailors memo
rial in Barre last evening it was pro-
posed that the sum of $4,000 be set
aside for the securing of a design for
the memorial and that an appropriation
of sos, 900 be put into the erection of the
work The design fund will be asked Of
the Barre Quarters & Manufacturers
association, while the erection fund will
probably be sought by means of taxa
ton
The means for raising the money will
depend upon efforts now being made to
secure an amendment to the statutes
providing that the selectmen Tor city
counclj of town Tor city, be empow-
cred to raise money for the erection of a
memorial for the service men Of all wars
instead of merely for the Civil war, as
the law now reads. If the amendment is
passed by the legislature and signed by
the governor, a city meeting will be
called for the purpose of letting the vot
ers pass Judgment on the proposal and
to see whether the sum of 500 900 shall
be raised by taxation, the accumulating
of the fund to continue over not more
than five years. The report of the ways
and means committee covering most of
the above plans, was accepted by the
general committee last night.
The location and design committee
made recommendation that the memorial
be erected in the City park, haYing come
TO that decision unanimously, although
it was admitted that much of the con
sideration of the choice of a site would
depend upon the opinion of the architect.
Chairman W. A. Murray of the location
and design committee announced that he
had communicated with the American
Institute of Architects in Washington,
d. c.. and that he was awaiting a reply
as to a program to be carried out in se-~
curing a design. After this program is
arranged it is proposed to seek bids from
architects clubs in some of the larger
cities of the country, the leading COM
petitors to be recompensed with prizes,
with the winner of the award to get a
certain percentage of the total cost Of
the memorial.
The ways and means committee which
was appointed at a previous meeting was
instructed to approach the Quarters q
Manufacturers association with re-
quest for an appropriation OF $4,000 to
cover the cost of design; and the same
committee was instructed to secure
guarantee, for the purpose OF covering
any incidental expenses that may be in
Cured in the preliminary work Of Sc
curing a design. The next meeting of
the committee win be called by the
chairman.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-07
Rest Broken by a Signal to
Abandon Ship This
Morning
PUT ON LIFE BELT
AND HELPED HIS WIFE
Only to Find That the Signal
Was for a Boat
Drill

On Board the L. S. S. George Wash
ington, March (By Wireless to the
Associated ress).--President Wilson's
rest this morning was cut short by the
sounding of a general alarm summoning
all hands to the boats TO abandon ship.
The signal for the boat drill came at
0 o'clock, and the president arose and
escorted Mrs. Wilson to their boat. He
adjusted her life belt and his own and
stood quietly by until the drill was com
pleted-
President Wilson was greatly interest
ed in the result of the election in the
22d Pennsylvania congressional district,
the returns having been received by wire
less from Secretary of the Navy Dan
iels and j. p Tumulty, the presidents s
private secretary.
The president to-day sent wireless
message to William J. Bryan, who has
been i'll.
The weather cleared to-day and the
sea was smooth.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-07
NOT PAID SINCE AUGUST.
Sergt Thomas B. R. Sibley Writes from
Bourbilly, France.

c. p. Sibley of Barre has received the
following letter from Sergt. Thomas b.
r. Sbley, with the 3lOth infantry, in
France:
Il suppose you know that I am not
with the 57th Pioneers now. They were
busted up a few weeks after we got to
France and there are not any OF the
Barre boys with me except Jesse, He is
in the same company as | am, but it
was only luck that we are together. The
other boys went to some other place and
we have never seen them since, and I
haven't met any Of them or anybody
that / knew only as | got letter from
Babe Sawyer but it went to the United
States first and then il came back to
France and got it by luck, and this let
ter of yours is the first letter | have
received for over two months. The last
letter | got was in October / think it
was Oct, 9, or somewhere around that
time, so you can see our mail is awfully
mixed up some way, | guess it was be-
cause we moved so often.
Eve have been here month. Before
we came to this place we only stayed
four or five days in a place, so nobody
ever knew where we were, but now we
can give the town where we are. The
place ! am now in is Bourbilly. It is
about five miles from Semur. You can
look it up on the map. II is in the south
eastern part of France, up near Switzer-
land. / guess you can find it all right.
1t will give you some idea where we are.
you were asking how the weather is.
Well, it is fine, but quite lot of rain.
Christmas we had a little snow, but out
side Of that, little snow. 1t has been
warm here and is still warm, Just like
spring in Vermont.
II suppose they are looking for us
home before long, but there is lots OF
time to get back, but the quicker the
better for me now the war is over. When
you hear of the 18th division coming
back to the L. s., I will be with them.
We expect to move any day now. At
least they talk of going back to L. s..
lot, but / guess ii is all talk.
81 forgot to tell you / am as well as
usual, and so is Jesse. He is cleaning
his gun now. We are doing everything
that man can think of for pastime,
but the days are good and short, so that
is a good thing We are most always
in bed by 7 o'clock, for this town we are
in is so small that there isn't even
store or pOstofiice in it, but there is a
wine shop, but never stop there, for We
haven't been paid since last August
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-07
ALLIES STOPPED NEGOTIATIONS;
GERMANY REFUSED TO GRANT
DEMAND FOR MERCHANT SHIPS
POLES NEGOTIATE
WITH GERMANS
Latter Are Displaying a Changed De-
meanor Than That When They
Participated in Brest-Litovsk
Conference.

Paris, Thursday, March GA Havas
dispatch from Posen, dated Wednesday,
tells of the meeting of allied and Ger
man missions at the village of Kreutz,
where negotiations for a new armistice
between Germany and Poland will be
carried on. The allied mission arrived
at Kreutz Wednesday morning and the
train bearing the German delegates,
headed by Baron Won Rochenberg, who
was accompanied by DR.. Drews, the
Prussian minister of the interior and
General Dommes, arrived soon after j.
B. +. Noulens, former French ambassa-
dor to Russia, and General DUPONT in
troduced the delegates on the railway
platform The courteous demeanor of
the Germans was noted as being distinct
ly different from that shown at Brest-
Litovsk last year, when they were so
truculent toward Leon Trotzky, the then
bolsheviki minister of war, and his
friends. This time the Germans wore
no uniforms.
The delegates entered a saloon car and
seated themselves at a table in full view
of the station, where few soldiers in
threadbare uniforms were lounging
about. After the Germans had declared
that their government retained full au-
thority of the German troops along the
Polish frontier, the armistice terms bear
ing on the Polish boundary were exam
ined A line Of demarkation will be
fixed by subcommittee, which will be
given power to maintain a neutral zone
between German and Polish forces there.
The allied commission demanded for
NAL guarantees for the landing Of Pol
ish troops at Danzig and their passage
as far as the Polish frontier The Ger
man delegates telegaphed the details 10
this demand to Berlin. The liberation Of
hostages and the protection Of Germans
in Posen and Poles in Germany on a
reciprocal basis was then taken up. The
Germans declared they were ready to
continue the deliberations at Poseu and
the allied delegates assented, undertak
ing to answer for the good behavior Of
the population during the period of nego-
tiations.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-07
EvERYB0Y IS INVITED.
To Participate in Barre's Welcome to
Major General Edwards.

Barre is not going to break with its
best traditions next Tuesday, when Ma
Tor General Clarence r, Edwards, mill
tary commander of the department Of
the northeast and famous leader of
the 26th, or New England division, is to
be the honored guest of the city. Com
mittee activities are looking toward a
patriotic demonstration long to be re-
membered, but to make a success of the
occasion, not only people here in the city,
but the inhabitants of surrounding towns
must lend their cooperation.
1t should be borne in mind that there
are no strings attached to the invita-
ton which the committee has extended
to the veterans of the '28th. to all other
soldiers and sailors, and to the public at
large. With the exception of the ban
quet to be held in Hotel Barre at 3
o'clock, everything is free. Contrary to
a misapprehension which has been found
to exist in some quarters, the afternoon
reception in Rowland hall as well as the
mass meeting in the opera house at 1880
D. m. is open to the public Therefore,
everyone will have an opportunity to
meet the man who led so many Wash
ington and Orange county boys over
seas and through the stormy warfare on
the western front in 1918.
Citizens of all surrounding towns, in
cluding Plainfield, North Montpelier,
East Montpelier, Orange, Barre Town,
Williamstown, Washington, Brooktield
and Berlin are urged to organize expedi-
tions that will reach Barre next Tues
day in time to greet the general when
he arrives at p. m. In particular, vet
erans of the 26th in those towns and
all other soldiers and sailors, also the
parents of boys in the 26th, are asked to
be here and to participate in the after
noon reception in Howland hall.
Public indifference and difidence are
the only factors which will initiate
against the cordial and enthusiastic re-
ception which General Edwards deserves.
Veterans of the Goth will confer a favor
on the organizers of the reception if
they will but send their names to the
General Edwards committee, Barre,
thereby signifying that they will be
present to join in greeting their old com
mander. Parents Of the boys in the New
England division, too, are especially
urged to be present at the reception, as
General Edwards is particularly anxious
to meet the fathers and mothers of his
boys"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-07
OPIUM IN GREASE BOX.
Customs Men Found $4,000 Worth
Slowed Away in Engine.

Newport, March -Four men charged
with smuggling opium were taken from
the train arriving here at $3.50 o'clock
Wednesday night after a bag containing
$4,000 worth of smoking opium had been
found in a grease box on the engine. A
man by the name of Warren, another
whose name could not BID learned, Fire
man Ponton and the baggageman were
taken from the train and placed in the
Orleans county jail.
When the train reached North Troy,
the trainmen notified Deputy Collector
Alfred H. Butterfeld that they were
suspicious of two men on board and Off.
GERS searched the train inside and out,
the opium being found on the engine.
Inspectors Harvey and Dowd of Bos-
ton, who have been here for several DAYS
working on the opium smuggling cases,
assisted in the arrests, which were made
when the train reached this city.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-07

Ey 1lSONERS
REACH HOME
Twenty-Five Men Captured
by Famous Raider
MoeWe
EXPERIENCE
IN GERMAN PRISON
54th Heavy Artillery Given
a Noisy Welcome in
Boston To-day

Boston, March THE White Star
Liner Vedic returned to their home
shores here to-day 1900 soldiers, most
of them members of me saith heavy ar
tillery The harbor welcome of yester-
day was supplemented by greeting at
close quarters as the big gun fighters
landed at Commonwealth pier this
morning.
The soldiers entrained for Camp Dew
ems, from which point they will be dis
charged or distributed to various demo
bilization camps.
With the men in khaki as fellow pas
sengers came % men in civilian cloth
ing They were former prisoners at
German camps, where they were taken
in 1917 from the famous raider Moewe,
which had captured and sunk their yes
sci, the steamer Esmeraldas. These men
said they we've required to work IL hours
daily while in prison, on scanty food al
lOwances, and added that but for food
received through the Red Cross, they
must have broken down.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-07
FOOD FOR HUNGRY DANzIG.
First Food Ship Arrives After Raising
of the Baltic Blockade.

Berlin, Wednesday, March 3 (Ry the
Associated Press).-A Danzig dispatch
reports the arrival there of the first
food ship since the raising of the Bal
tic blockade. 1t carries a cargo of vege-
tables from Holland, consigned to Dan
zig by Dutch merchants.
The dispatch states that the American
food commission at Danzig has recon-
mended to the entente powers that per-
mission be granted for the Importation
of Danish and Norwegian herring on ac-
count of the precarious food situation
in Germany, The American commits
sion is reported to have allowed the
city of Danzig 500 tons of lard and bacon
in acknowledgment of the services rem
dered by German authorities in the
transmission of food consignments to
Poland
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-07
LIBERTY LOAN MEDALS
FROM GERMAN GUNS
Treasury Department Announced To-day
That Medals Will Be Given Those
Who Do Conspicuous Work"
in Behalf Of Next Loan.

Washington, D. c., March Medals
made from captured German guns will be
awarded by the treasury department to
all Liberty loan workers who participate
actively in the coming Victory Liberty
loan campaign. The treasury announced
to-day that the medals would be dis
tributed TO all members Of local liberty
loan committees who do conspicuous
work in behalf Of the next loan, such as
serving on volunteer soliciting commit
tees.
The medal was described as about the
size Of half dollar. On one side will
be a reproduction of the treasury build
ing and the word Victory Liberty
Loan; the other face will bear a certi-
fcate of participation in loan campaign
with blank space for engraving the
name Of the recipient. Treasury officials
said the medals were now being made
from German cannon, captured by the
Americans at Chateau Thierry,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-07
SUICIDAL ACT EFFECTIVE.
Henry Ladue of Burlington Died from
Bullet Wound.

Burlington, March Henry Ladue,
about so years old, who shot himself
through the right temple with revol-
yer at his room in a Battery street hotel
about | o'clock yesterday morning, died
yesterday afternoon at the Mary Fletch-
er hospital to which he was taken La
due, who had been in poor health for
some time, had been a resident of the
city for several years. He leaves five
sisters and one brother No reason for
the shooting, except poor health and
dependency, is known.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-07
FOR AsSAULTING OFFICERS.
Lawrence, Mass, Striker Then Appealed
His Case.

Lawrence, Mass, March Sebastiano
Salafa, a striking textile worker, was
sentenced to serve year in the house
of correction by the district court to.
day for assaulting a police officer last
week. He was fined $40 for assault on
another officer. The assaults occurred
in the course of disturbance which fol-
lowed mass meeting of strikers. The
prisoner appealed and was held in 81 200
bonds
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-07
OLD STYLE COTTON DEALS.
Will Be Permissible Up to May 1 of This
Year.

Washington, D. c., March NO OBJ
iections will be made by the bureau of
markets to bona fide cotton sales or
purchases under old style contracts for
the sole purpose of liquidating actually
existing long OF short interests, provided
such liquidation is accomplished not later
than May /, 1919, after which date all
transactions must be new style con-
tracts, as provided in the law approved
March 4.
Firms having such outstanding inter.
ests on March will be required to re-
port their positions at once and to make
daily reports of the number of bales
sold or bought until their outstanding
old stYle contracts are filed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-07
BARRE TO VOTE ON
WAGES TO.MORROW
Granite Cutters to Meet in Opera House
at O'clock to Consider Settle L
ment Offer.

Barre branch, G. c. l. A., has called
meeting in the opera house at o'clock
tomorrow afternoon to take action on
the three-year settlement offer as agreed
to by the committee representing tho
granite manufacturers of the country
and the executive council of the G. G. l.
A. in Boston last week. 1t is expected
there will be large attendance Of mem
bers.
The tool sharpeners' branch win meet
at the same hour in poishers' hall.
The proposition to be voted on is:
$3.50 day to Aug J., 1919; So a day
from Aug. /, 1919, to April |, 1920; $6.40
a day from April l, 1920, to April /,
1921, and $3.50 a day from April /, 1921,
to April l, 1922
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-07
100000 TONS OF FOOD
WANTED TILL NEW HARVEST
German Wireless Message Said That NegOtia-
tons Have Been Broken Off Only Temporarily,
the Delegates Not Having Authority to Pro-
ceed With Deliberations.

London March THE negotiations at Spa relating to the
shipping question have been temporarily broken off, according
German wireless message received here to-day.
The allies the message says demanded that all the remaining
merchant ships be handed ucondonay without
being willing to undertake obligation of supplying Germany
with foodstus The German delegates is added received in
srucons from their that the question of shipping
finance and food supply must be dealt with only whole
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-07
MORE TROOPS DESERT.
Go Over to the Spartacans-Compromise
May End Strike in Berlin.

London, March IA German wireless
dispatch received here states that in ad-
diton to the volunteer marine division
and a portion of the republican militia,
parts Of the I'd guards regiment and the
guards fusileer regiment went over to
the Spartacans on Wednesday.
Owing to the strike of printers and
compositors, the Wolff bureau is said to
be unable to circulate its printed bulle-
tins.
A Berlin dispatch to the Mail, sent
from there Wednesday midnight, assert
ed that it was reported in government
circles that as a result of a compromise
reached at Weimar, the strike might end
to-day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-07
SCHEIDEMANN TRIES
TO LEAVE CABINET
President Ebert Declined to Accept the
Resignation of the Chancellor and
Requested Official to Remain.

Amsterdam, March 7. - Chancellor
Scheidemann has handed his resignation
to President Ebert, to enable the presi.
dent to have q free hand to deal with
the present situation, according to The
Zeitung Am Mittag of Berlin. Ebert de-
clined to accept the resignation and re-
quested Scheidemam and the cabinet to
remain in Office
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-07
GOVT. TO HAVE EXHIBIT.
At State Fair in White River Junction
Next September.

White River junction, March Sec
retary Fred l.. Davis of the Vermont
State Fair association is in receipt of in
formation from the national department
of agriculture, Washington, D. c., that it
is the purpose of the department to make
an exhibit at the coming state fair in
White River Junction, Sept. 9-l2. The
department asks for no less than 10000
square feet for its proposed exhibit and
such an area will make big show in it.
self Secretary Davis and all officials
are pleased because of the coming ex-
hibit, which will include many features
Of American farm life.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-07
AMERICANS COT
1888 FOREIGN MEDALS
Most of Them Were French War Crosses
There Were Only Sts British
Decorations Awarded

Paris March 6.--Foreign medals to
the number of 1888 had been awarded to
members of the American expeditionary
force up to Feb. 26, according toaa com
pilation made by the Stars and Stripes.
Of this number S,006 were French war
crosses, 81 medals of the legion of honor,
l24 the military medal and 0S the hon
neur des epidemies. The British decora-
tions totalled 5lS, including l54 military
crosses and PSI military medals. Bel
gium decorated 81 members of the ex-
peditionary force, and Italy five.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-07
AERO SQUADRON HOME.
Large Number Arrived on the Steamship
Mexican To-day.

New York, March with 2,5O4
troops, Of whom all except 262 are mem
bers of aero squadron, the steamship
Mexican arrived here to-day from St.
Nazaire. A detachment of the 7lst regi-
ment, coast artillery corps, and few
casuals were aboard. The aero squad
rons were numbers %, 35, l49, ISL, 1853.
l5s, l75, l76, 1874, 264, 269, 374, 400 and
500.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-07
LOST LEG IN WAR.
First Glass Private Wilton Smith Was
Injured in Second Marne Battle.

First Glass Private Wilton Smith has
arrived in this city from the army hos
pital at Colonia, n j., and is spending
a l5-day furlough at the home of his
foster parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Ken
erson of 20 Church street While in the
service on the second day Of the battle of
the Marne Private Smith had his right
leg so badly riddled with machine gun
bullets that it necessitated the amputa-
tion of it at the thigh. The injury was
received on July 10, 1918. He now has
an artificial limb with which he gets
around fairly well and without the aid
of cane. Before he receives his dis
charge, Private Smith expects to be pro-
vided with better artificial limb than
he already has.