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The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-17
Explosion Kills Five.

Phlladelphis.-Five workmen were
killed, four We're probably fatally in
jured and seven other persons were
badly burned In mn explosion on the
oil tank steamer Chestnut Hill ON the
Delaware river here Fourteen of the
men were iron workers and helpers
employed in repairing the ship. Two
of the injured We're members of the
crew. All of the dead and most of
the injured were residents of this
city. The The cause of the explosion is
not known at this time.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-17
King Runs His own Engine.

Chicago.-Albert, king of Belgium,
while passing through Ohio and Indi-
ana on his way west demonstrated his
proficiency at the throttle when he ran
the engine of his own train. At Wau-
seon, Ohio, the train was stopped for
the king to climb into the engine cab
and take the place at the throttle. He
ran the heavy train for ten miles and
then returned to his car to wash up"
for dinner.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-17
Wilson Recovering Slowly.

Washington.-While President VIII
son is believed by his physicians TO be
on the road to recovery. the process
will he slow and tedious. DR.. Gray
son said he would not comment on a
published letter written by Senator
Moses of New Hampshire to n constit-
ueut. saying thnt the President had a
1tn II lesion. DIR. Grayson explained
,l,n hc would not deny the statement.
- he would not depart from his
i ps sanding on his official bull
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-17
Robbers Get $4,000.

Springville, Utah.-Three unmasked
robbers entered the Mendenhall bank
here. covered the cashier, Guy w.
Mendenhall, who was alone In the
bnnk. with revolvers, and after rob
bing the institution of Liberty Bonds
and currency to the value of approx
mately $1,000, locked Mendenhnll in
the vault and Mt a late hour had not
been apprehcnded
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-17
rranscontinental Filler Killed.

! Rawlins, Wyo.-Lieut f. V. Wales,
pilot of plane No. 63 in the transcon-
t!nental air race, was killed near the
paulson ranch, the fourth fatality in
the great aerial derby. The fllers lost
their way in the blizzard. Flying at
a low altitude, unable to see ahead,
they crashed into Elk mountain, com
pletely wrecking the plane.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-17
Ex-kaiser Wants photographs.

Amerongen, Holland. - Strong eff
forts are being made TO prevent the
publication of photographs of former
Emperor William of Germany. taken
by two Dutch photographers who We're
concealed in load of hay. The one
time monarch is said to have offered
n large sum for the negatives and all
prints made from them
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-17
Race Riots in Chester.

Chester, Pa.-Race riots broke out
here, and one man has been shot and
killed and five others injured, some
of them probably fatally. The dead
and injured are all white. Major Nc
Dowell has asked the sheriff for as
sistance in controlling the situation.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-17
U. S. Save British Crew.

Halifax-The British steamer Sz-
argh Castle has been sunk at sea, ac-
cording to u wireless message received
by the Marine departments agent from
the American steamer Afe. The Afel
reports that she has taken the crew of
the British steamer on board.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-17
SIS. 900. 900 for Air Service.

Washington.-The Senate military
committee has voted unanimously to
recommend an additional appropria-
ton of S15,0oO,000 for army aircraft
construction in order that plans of the
air service to establish routes to Pan
anna, Alaska, and even to Asia may
be carried out.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-17
Cincinnati Wins Series.

Chicago.-After half century of
roofing. Cincinnati baseball fans came
into their own when their Reds
cinched the worlds championship in
the eighth game of the worlds series
And ii was significant that they
burned up the White Sox by score
of 10 to ..
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-17
MAY START CONFLICT
BERLIN FAILS IN ATTEMPT TO
STOP ARMY, is REPORT.
DEFIANCE OF DEMAND BY
POWERS.
Western Newspaper Union News service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
London, Oct 10.-The Germans are
marching on Riga, according to n dis
patch to the Daily Mail from its Hell.
slngfors, Finland. correspondent. Riga
* The principal seaport of Letvia. sit.
uated on the Gulf of Riga, 312 miles
southwest of Petrograd
The report of the advance by the
Germans on Riga closely follows IL dis
patch from Berlin stating that the
troops under the command of Gen.
Won Der Goltz. whose recall from the
Baltic provinces was demanded by the
allies and ordered by the German gov
ernment, have been making their way
back into Germany.
a recent report out of Petrograd
stated that Won Der GoltZ, who at one
lime declared that his army of 100000
would die for the "fatherland," had
Joined forces with Lenne and Trot-
zky.
The move on Riga is not only in
direct defiance of the demands of the
allied powers recently presented to
the government in Berlin, but also in
defiance of the Berlin leaders. who IN
reply to note from Paris reported
TINT Won Der Goltz had been ordered
TO demobilize bis forces and return to
Germany. A crisis hns been feared on
the eastern front for weeks.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-17

Great Bend, Kan.-Three persons
killed, between fifteen and twenty in
lured, some seriously, and property
damage estimated at between 100000
and 100000 was the toll taken by II
tornado which struck the little town
of Holsington, north of here, and
vicinity.
The dead are Mrs. George Craven
and her two children.
Hoslngton was entirely cut off
from wire communication and the
town was without lights. Local ply
sicians are assisting in caring for the
injured.
According to reports received here.
n path of destruction three blocks
wide, extending from the railroad in
the south part of Hoisington to the
northeast corner of the town, was left
in the wake of the storm.
The tornado struck the town about
I O'Clock, according to reports reach
ing here.
From the railroad tracks north the
main street of the little town was
Uttered with debris for three blocks,
hardly business building in that sec
ton being unchanged. From the
business district the path taken by
the storm led east into the residence
part of the town. 1t was here, re-
ports said, that the three deaths oc-
Cured. The wake of the storm led
east of Hoisington. Telegraph and
telephone communication is badly i'm
paired in the country district visited.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-17
THREE ARE KILLED
TWlSTER WRECKS TOWN IN
KANSAS WITH HEAVY LOSSES.
100000 OR OVER AT Hol-
SiNGTON.
western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Great Bend, Kan, Oct. 9.-Early
this morning the toll of the tornado
which wrecked the town OF Holslng-
ton still was placed at two dead and
scores hurt. Relief parties have been
organized here and rushed TO the
scene of devastation. 1t is estimated
hat the damage, which was first
placed nt between 100000 and $780,
900, will far exceed these figures. At
lempts to establish wire communica-
tion with the stricken town have met
with failure
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-30

A number of pro- ohenzollern propa-
ganda has been instituted in Germany
it would seem, through the publishing in
n prominent German newspaper of an
article which paints in pitiful detail the
dreary outlook ahead of the former en-
peror, That such an article should be
permitted to be published in the present
regime in Germany is rather remarkable
and lends some strength to the suspicion
that things are not just what they might
seem to be east of the Rhine. Not so
very long ago the German press was
muzzled to the highest degree and any
thing which smacked of siding with roy
atty was no more tolerated than a mad
dog in a crowd, Yet this article in the
German newspaper was passed by the
censor and was allowed to be sent broad
cast all through the domain 1t may be
that there is a changing sentiment among
the German people, toward liberation, if
not support, of the man who brought so
much trouble and misery upon Germany.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-30

and probably Japan, are members OF the
league which will assemble and operate
the "mopping.up" machinery that must
be kept going long after the peace ia
signed. They are the nations that will
fix and enforce the terms of that peace
and they will not be diverted therefrom
by paciiist theories or enemy machina-
tions concerning the creation of social
lied super-state for the government of
our own and the other nations of the
world.
Some of the smaller belligerent ma
tions show dissatisfaction with the
leagues decision regarding their repre-
sentation, as well as with the determine
ton of Clemeneeau to satisfy the de-
mand Of public opinion for the speediest
possible settlement. II is natural that
they should be slow to recognize the dis
parity of interests involved and reldc-
tant to content themselves with the mi
nority representation the league has al
lowed them. We must rely upon the
distribution of the fruits Of victory
which the big five" viii make to allevi-
ate the discomfort among the other bel
ligerents. The quicker peace comes the
richer will be the fruits thereof, and in
that harvest Belgium and Serbia and the
other small nations will have a generous
share. They, even more than the great
powers, would be put in jeopardy by the
delay that would result from a protraet-
ed discussion and agreement by the
whole conference upon the future organ
ization of the world as a condition pre-
cedent to the disposition Of the business
in hand. That business is the no less Sc
rious and vital matter of preparing and
pronouucing the sentence upon the ma
tion adiudged guilty OF the crime of the
ages All this Clemenceau has seen, and
50 seeing has had the courage to act &C
cordingly. As the presiding officer of the
conference it il he who Is blazing the
way, shunting aside to special commit
tees questions that divide, and keeping
before the league of the victors the main
matters upon which early agreement is
essential. In following his lead Presi-
dent Wilson and Premier Lloyd George
show sagacity. They know that France
incarnates the issue upon which the
United States, Great Britain, Italy and
Japan Joined her in the struggle. They
are coming to realize the potency that
the voice of France must have in the
making of a righteous peace.
When the terms Of the sentence are
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-30

agreed upon and pronounced the expert.
ence in cooperative effort which carried
the five nations through the war to vic
tory may well from the cornerstone of a
compact which will cover their relations
throughout the time that it will take 10
harvest the full fruits of their victory.
Repatriation must not only be demanded
it must be taken; indemnities must not
only be imposed, they must be collect.
ed; treaties must not only be negoti-
ated they must be enforced; the Hague
tribunal must not only be rehabilitated.
but its machinery reassembled on q firm.
err foundation and its processes once more
set IN motion; the Hague, which was our
first league Of nations, must, either un.
der its own or another name, be safe.
guarded after It is set up and other ma.
ti0ns included in its membership as their
governments and their peoples show
themselves fit for association with the
civilized.
But the beginning Of these things is
the league of the vietors-the big five"
over the sessions of whose representa-
tiyes at Paris "tbe grand young man" Of
France is presiding with such force and
finesse that his associates gladly follow
his lead. Meanwhile, the world will
breathe easier for the assurance, sent out
from Paris by the correspondents, that
the schemes for socialized super
state" have all been set at naught. and
that the conference Of the big FIVE into
q tribunal competent to hand down and
to execute the sentence for which A civil
lied and outraged world is waiting none
too DECENTRALIZATION Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-30
Emerrence Of Ale Old Germanv.

Count Bernstorff has joined the demo
cratic party, and at Berlin he meets the
press correspondents as the representa-
tive of the foreign office, assuring them
that there is now a strong government in
Germany. The Ebert government evades
the question as to what is going to be
done with the ex.kaiser, declaring that
the question of his fate is not urgent
and in the meantime there is a story
which, ii not yet true, is prophetic, that
as soon as the Weimar convention has
settled the constitution and organization
Of the new Germany, William II will re-
turn to the country. What his return
would mean, it is not difficult to conjec-
ture.
The machinery Of propaganda has be
gun to function once more. Its present
work is being done mostly in the direc-
tion of Poland and Russia, and in Amer
ca; its immediate object is to prevent
the successful formation of the Polish
state. A free Poland, comprising all the
territory inhabited by Poles, would con-
stitute a barrier to German occupation
or exploitation of Russia. Consequently
the propaganda, never really ceasing its
operations, directs its efforts against Po-
land, stirring up class divisions, taking
advantage of race and religious animosi-
ties and jealousies, and in every way and
everywhere seeking to destroy the new
state. But let free Poland be paralyzed
and the weak Russians opened up to
German economic penetration and politi-
cal aggression, and German-Austr add.
ed to imperial democratic Germany, and
in great part the victory of the entente
allies would have been won in vain. OPP
position to free Poland to-day, wherever
it is found, is assistance to German i'm
perialism.
This German influence, with its ten
dency to bring the old domination out
on top at least in eastern and Baltic
Europe, is thing for Americans to
watch. both in Europe and in America, If
they desire that the work which they
have been doing on the battlefelds Of
France shall be fTective.--Boston Tran
script.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-30
CURRENT COMMENT
Springfield Feels Isolated.

According to late bulletin of the Yer
mont state board of health, during the
October epidemic of the influenza Mont
pelier had 5000 cases. st. Johnsbury
1884, Barre 2,645, st. Adams $3.50. The
only other town in Vermont reporting
over 1000 cases was Burlington, which
had l,234 Thus is Springfield, with
nearly 200 cases and II deaths from the
October epidemic completely overlooked.
1t is strange to how slight a degree this
town is part and parcel Of Vermont, al.
though it is one of the largest and Ger
tainly the busiest of communities in the
state. The whole machine world knows
Vermont principally because Springfield
is in it, but Vermont itself is hardly cog
infant of the fact that it has an indus
trial center of so much Importance with
in its boundaries There are men of wide
reputation here of whom the rank and
file of the state never even heard. Yer
lily, a prophet is not without honor save
in his own country. However, this at
titude of the state toward Springfield
may in no small measure be due to
Springfeld's attitude towards the state.
The town is perhaps a trihe self -centered.
1t has large interests which demand the
time and attention of its ablest men and
which they are unwilling to neglect for
public affairs, that appear to them Of
comparatively less moment Consequent.
ly, Springfield is seldom represented at
state conventions, seldom holds a state
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-30
The League of the Victors.

All Americans whose patriotism is old
fashioned enough to include an unabat-
ing respect for the practical idealsm
that marked the craftsmanship of George
Washington will, we feel certain, rejoice
in the evidence at hand that the league
of nations that won the war is already
in existence and on the job. Suggestions
for other leagues have been referred to a
special committee for investigation and
later report They will not be allowed
to delay or diminish the sentence soon
TO be pronounced upon the guilty and de-
feated foe by the five nations now in
control of the conference. The United
States, Great Britain, France and Italy,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-30

The alien restriction bill is making
progress in Congress and bids fair to be-
come law of the land at time when
its agency will be very much in demand.
II is almost certain that as soon as the
steamships are available after trans
porting soldiers and soldiers supplies
there will be concerted rush to the
United States from every quarter of the
globe, thus accentuating the problem of
reconstruction which the United States
already faces. In the meantime the
other nations would be relieved in large
measure of their own responsibilities in
meeting readiustments. The United
States is not called upon to be the fairy
god mother for every other nation on
earth.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-30
Soldiers and Unemployment.

Reports of the increase of unemploy,
ment in the country are undoubtedly
based on fact. Local conditions here
about are certainly worse than the Unit
ed States department of labor's bulletin
discloses. The recent order of the sec
rotary of war to the effect that no sol
der should be obliged to accept discharge
from the army until he had secured work
in civil life reflects the governments de-
sire to ameliorate conditions of idleness.
DIR. George w. Kirchwey, New York
state director Of the United States en-
ployment service, feels that demobiliza-
ton has proceeded too rapidly. 1t does
not appear from results thus far that
England has been any more successful
in rehabilitation, with her different
method of discharging soldiers according
to their trades and the industrial de-
mand for them The soldiers over there
are very eager to get out of the army
on any conditions and the same feeling
among them here may nullify much of
the good in Secretary Bakers order.
DIR. kirchwey offers a most interesting
observation in pointing out that many
discharged soldiers are not eager to re-
turn to their old jobs and that they are
walking the streets TO find work Of a
more dignifed character That must be
true of some soldiers, nearly all of whom
are young. They are now beginning life
anew and if the old occupation was dis
liked or if they have new ambitions
aroused in them, the desire for change
will assert itself.
This discomfort, in itself wholesome,
may be the root of social disorders on
large scale unless the problem is care
fully and successfully treated.--Spring
field Republican.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-30

\ complaint comes from Massachusetts
that Vermont's roads are too narrow
The roads are too narrow. The roads of
any state are too narrow unless we ex-
cept the trunk lines. Vermont may be
somewhat slower than Massachusetts, in
widening its trunk lines but the improve,
ment is coming about. In some places it
is possible for automobiles to pass with,
out brushing hubs in the process. But
Massachusetts, should not expect Yer
mont to make boulevards through hun
dreds of square miles of unoccupied land
not for while at any rate.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-30

It is doubly hard for relatives and
friends of soldiers to get word now, more
han two months after the armistiee was
signed, that their soldiers were killed in
action back in late September and Octb-
Der; but it is probable that the war de-
partment is nearly at the end Of its list
Of such major casualties although the
supplementary lists of those who were
wounded and who, having recovered, are
perhaps already home, win continue to
come for a time. The names of men
killed in action which are being received
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-30

With military men of the United
States demanding that the government
maintain an army of half a million men
for an indefinite period and with Great
Britain preparing to keep a million Of
men under arms for an indefinite period
too, and with France forming plans for
occupying the Western bank of the Rhine
river forever, it does not look as if every
body felt full confidence in the possibility
Of the league of nations becoming a prac.
teal factor in the upholding of the peace
Of the world.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-30
Showing Up His Family.

A grammar school teacher having
asked for a short essay employing GER
tain words ending with ''tion," a pupil
handed in this astonishing production;
Fathers hair is a recollection; moth
er's is an acquisition; sisters is an ag-
gregation; brothers is a conhagration,
and baby's is a mere premonition,- Dos,
ton Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-30
CRANITFVILLE

Dance, LaSassos hall, Friday night BY
Girls Gaiety club Gilbertson's orches.
ira, Admission, 75c; ladies, free.-adv
Remember the play, "Rebellious Jane, ~
to be given by the Bachelor Girls at vii.
Jamestown Tuesday, Feb. 4. Special
features between the acts. Also dance
after the play. Seats on sale at Meal
listers store. adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-30

We are not in favor of retaining the
arid, swamp and other waste lands for
the benefit of the returning soldiers. If
the soldiers want land, give them the best
there is, not tuck in the swamps and
sand hills.-St Johnsbury Republican.
Which is, of course, equivalent to say
ing, let them come and settle on nice lit
tie farms in Vermont, where the air is
pure, the water sparkling with life and
the land reasonably fertile. The con.
temporary is right; the soldiers should
not be tucked away in some waste places
but they should be induced to settle on
the best land there is available. There is
much land in Vermont which is waiting
to be occupied and titled.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-30
vERMoNT's RATIFICATION VOTE.

VERMONT'S RATIFICATION VOTE.
The action of the Vermont legislature
in ratifying the prohibition amendment
to the United States constitution is, in
deed post mortem" action, as one
member Of the House so aptly stated
during the debate on the measure during
the present week. 1t made no difference
what Vermont did at this late date, prac.
tically all the other states of the union
having given their official assent to the
proposed action and the state department
having issued q proclamation, announcing
formal ratification by the legislatures of
three-fourths of the states, as required.
If Vermont had taken up this matter
when action counted for anything, Yer
mont might have lent some moral sup
port to the movement; but, as it is now,
Vermont commits itself to a policy after
it has had that policy pointed out and
the way completely blazed. Vermont is
simply a me too state tagging along
on the tail end OF the procession of states
and not showing any particular initia-
tive Of its own. It is no credit to Yer
mont to accept a situation when that
situation is forced upon the state; so the
legislatures action of Wednesday in rat
flying was practically of no importance.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-30

Those 100000 French girls who are
said to be planning to marry American
soldiers will not find any counts among
the number but they will find many men
who count for something Probably a
large percentage of the 100000 French
girls are to be congratulated on their
good judgment.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-30

now by the war department undoubtedly
represent the clearing up Of confused rec
ords on the other side Of the ocean as
comparisons and revisions are made. No
more long lists Of major casualties may
be expected to be received.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-30

The destruction by fire of those 30 au-
tomobiles in a North Bennington garage
viii not make any appreciable dent in
the automobile supply, but the incident
goes to show how the nation disposes of
no small share of its annual output of
motor vehicles Very many of the ma
chimes 90 into the national ash-heap.