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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-10
NORWICH WOMAN PRESIDENT,
Of Windsor County w. c. T. U. Conven-
vention Held in Bethel.

Bethel, May TO- The Windsor county
convention Of the Woman's Christian
Temperance union elected these officers
for the coming year at its session yes.
terday afternoon: President, Mrs Della
NJ. Sargent, Norwich; lst vice president,
Mrs. Laura f. kezer, Rochester; I'd vice
president. Mrs. A. N. Washburn, Bethel;
secretary, Mrs. Mabel i. Densmore, Nor
wieh; treasurer, Mrs. Carrie S. John
son, Woodstock; auditor, Miss Effie
Smith Woodstock; superintendent,
Americanization and Christian citizen.
ship, Mrs. Alice Hodgdon, Sharon;
evangelistie and Sunday school, Mrs.
Florence Bradley, East Barnard; flower
mission, Mrs. Jennie Marsh, Rochester:
franchise, Mrs. Mary Grace Garfield,
Woodstock; Loyal Temperance Legion,
Mrs. Inez Perkins, Norwich; medical
temperance, anti narcotics, Mrs. Ad.
die Harlowe, Norwich; moral educs-
tion mothers meetings, Mrs. Mabel
Densmore, Norwich; medical contest,
Mrs. Herbert Dixon, Norwich; press,
Mrs. Laura +, Kezer, Rochester; rescue
work, Miss Josephine Miller, East Bar
nard; scientific temperance instruction,
Mrs. Mary Meekin, Norwich; fairs and
open.ai meetings, Mrs. E. Dorcas Palm
er, Woodstock.
A pleasant feature of the afternoon
session was the children's hour, in charge
of Mrs. A. N. Washburn, assisted by
several of the public school teachers, in
eIuding Mrs. Fred G. Putnam, teacher
of singing About 100 children were
present. Eight girls performed drill.
Mrs. NJ. L. Pearson of Orleans, state
president, and Miss Elsie Pease of Swan
ton, state secretary, addressed the chill
dren.
In the evening, Mrs. r. NJ. Chase sung
and Miss Pease spoke on the theme,
complete the Task"
During the two days of the conven-
ton, the ministers and people Of several
churches have co-operated in entertain
ing the delegates.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-10
TALK OF THE TOWN

w. Fl. Perry Of the Drew Daniels Gran
ite company of Waterbury, was in the
city yesterday on business among the
granite manufacturing plants.
A very successful sale was conducted
by d. A. Perry at the Dawley estate in
Waterbury yesterday afternoon and the
farm was sold TO Warren Eastman of
that place for S4,l00,
w. e. Huggard of Brookfield arrived
in the city this morning to pass the
week end with friends here His son,
William, is expected to arrive from Mid
dlebury college this afternoon to join his
father in the weekend visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A Brown of JET
ferson street started to-day by automo-
bile for Oxford, N, Y. Mrs Brown had
lust returned from two weeks visit
with her mother, who had been quite i'll,
and upon her arrival at home, telegram
which had preceded her, stated that her
father had become seriously ill and was
sinking fast.
Residents along Washington and North
Main streets this morning failed to hear
their customary alarm, the Washington
street car, which many depend upon to
arouse them on its first trip to the end
of the line. An inquiry into the matter
divulged the fact that it had left the
rails on its way from the car barn this
morning near the Marvin farm. A de-
fective rail allowed the car to leave the
tracks and continue its way on the ties
for about so feet. One rather prominent
tie caused Conductor George Guernsey
to bounce out the door into the meadow,
where he landed unhurt upon his shoul
der. Henry Drumgould, the motorman,
chung to the wheel in spite of the fact
that Marvin's red barn looked very large
and close However, the car discontinued
its bouncing trip before connecting with
the barn and only slight damage was
sustained by the trolley car. This hap.
pened about $3.50 and tied up the other
cars until it could be replaced upon the
track. People travelling along the line
were compelled to abandon the car for
passing automobiles and other vehicles in
order to reach Barre and their work on
time. About an hour after the accident
the car was righted and on its way to
Washington street.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-10
WILSON NOT AGREED
TO FIUME SOLUTION
Has Not Accepted Proposal to Give That
City In Italy in Iea3 -- He Pro-
poses to Address Congress
on the Matter.

Washington, D. c., May l0.--Reports
from Paris that President Wilson had
committed himself to proposal to set
tie the Fiume dispute by giving that
port to Italy after 1923, were said in
dispatches to the White House to-day to
be absolute fiction"
1t appeared from to-day's advices that
the president had not deviated in the
slightest from his original stand in OPP
position to Italy's claim to this Adriatic
port.
Other dispatches from Paris said the
president would personally address Con-
gress and discuss the whole subject
matter" in the Paris negotiations i'm
mediately after his return to the Unit
ed States It is understood that the
president is being urged by his advisers
to make speaking tour over the coun-
try after he addresses Congress.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-10
WILL NOT JOIN GERMANY.
Austria Thinks 1t Would Be Madness"
After Reading German Treaty.

Vienna, Thursday, May tBy the As
sociated Press The death knell Of old
Austria was sounded in Parliament this
afternoon when Chancellor Renner, in
accepting the nomination as peace dele
gate to 20 to st. German, said he rein-
quished all hopes for fusion with Ger
MANY His speech was made while the
impression caused by the allies terms
to Germany was still strong. The feel
ing in the chamber was, according to
one speaker, that sit would be madness
to unite with nation subject to such
measures
"The Austrian people must suffer for
the misdeeds Of their rulers" the chan
cellor said. I'VE never wanted the war
and we were not guilty of bringing it
about. | viii do my best TO secure bet
ter terms for ourselves"
The address was delivered within a
stones throw of the foreign office in
Ball Platz, where the first machinery of
the war was set in motion nearly five
years ago. and moved many of the chan
cellor's hearers to tears. A few social.
lists demanded that no delegates be sent,
but there was no attempt at revolt or
bolshevism.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-10
SLOW DEVELOPMENT,
SAYS PRES. WILSON
People Long Oppressed Cannot at Once
Rush Into the Full Realm of Lib
erty-0ld International Law
Is PLAYED Out.

Paris, Friday, May 9.--Tn brief
speech at dinner tonight President Will
son touched on the future role of inter
national law in the development Of the
new order of things.
"One of the things that has disturbed
me in recent months" he said. SIS the
unqualified hope men have entertained
everywhere of immediate emancipation
from the things that have hampered and
oppressed them. You cannot, in human
experience, rush into the light. You have
to go through the twilight into the
broadening day before noon comes and
the full sun is on the landscape. We
must see to 1t that those who hope are not
disappointed by showing them the pro-
cesses by which the hope must be real
lied the processes of law, the processes
of slow acknowledgement from the many
things that have bound us in the past.
The intelligent development of interna-
tional law will be one of the things most
consequent to men in the future. II we
now can give to international law the
kind of vitality it can have only il it
is the real expression of our moral iudg-
ment, we shall have completed in some
sense the work which this war was in
tended to emphasize.
The president concluded:
"In sense the old international law
is played out. The future of mankind
depends more upon the relations of ma
tions to one another than upon the sep.
srate and selfish development of the ma
tional system law"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-10
NC-3 FORCED TO RETURN
TO HALIFAX SOON AFTER
START FOR TREPASSEY
FAILED TO CATCH
SINN FEN MEMBERS
When Troops Surrounded the Mansion
House in Dublin--Effort Not Aimed
at Suppression of Parliament.

Dublin, Friday, May 9.--The military
occupation of the Mansion house here,
which was effected by soldiers and po-
lice shortly before 80 o'clock this aft
ernoon, was not aimed at the suppress
sion of the Irish Parliament, whose SEES
sions are held there, but was intended
to effect the arrest of Robert Barton and
j. j. Walsh, Sim Fein members of the
Parliament, and others, who had recent
ly escaped from Mount Joy prison and
were believed to be in the building.
Dawson street, on which the Mansion
house stands, and all the adjoining
streets were cleared of people and tram
way traffic was suspended.
Parliament, which had met earlier in
the day, had adjourned but the building
was to be used in the evening for re
ception by the lord mayor to Frank P.
Walsh, Michael f. Ryan and former
Governor Edward Dunno Of Illinois, the
visiting representatives of Irish societies
of America. The troops remained in the
structure nearly two hours, by which
time the lord mayors guests for the re-
eeption were arriving. These guests, in
cluding the American delegates, were
held up outside the Gordon of troops with
machine guns which had been thrown
about the building.
Eventually the troops were withdrawn
without having captured the men who
were sought. The reception then pro.
ceeded.
Large crowds outside cheered the Sim
Fein leaders as they arrived.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-10
FAVORABLE COMPARISON
OF American System With That of the
French and English.

Washington, d. G., Nav Analysis
OF French and British official reports on
the army records during the war is con
sidered by officers here as showing that
the system built up in the American ex-
peditionary forces and the war depart
ment compared favorably with the
achievements OF the other two powers.
The average time required to notify rel
atiyes in the United States that a sol
dier had been killed or seriously wound
ed was 20 days, despite the 3,000.mile
distance from France and congested ca
bles The French required from two TO
four weeks. with their army fighting on
French soil, and did not attain that
methods. The British, with only the
channel separating from the fighting
zone, required FIVE weeks time, which
average was not reached until 1917, after
three years of experience,
The American system was working
smoothly on the 29-day average seven
months after war was declared
The same difficulties in handling cas-
ualties beset the military authorities in
every army. In one instance che station
of regimental personnel adiutant was
demolished by shell, with the complete
loss of $500 casualty records, of which
there were no duplicates. At the hospi-
tails, wounded men frequently gave the
name of former unit, overlooking re-
cent transfer to some other organza-
tion. Often the identity of the wounded
had to be taken frcm documents they
carried which were not up to date and
did not give correctly the organizations
to which they were then attached.
Reports in the war department show
that at the time of the armistice the
American forces had $4,000 men rated as
missing in action, exclusive of known
prisoners of war. The British list 1871 900
and the French 100000. BY Feb |, 1919,
the American missing list had been re-
duced to SOIL, and by March | to $500,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-10
Complete Amount Wanted
in Victory Loan Was
Secured To-day
FOUR BANKS TOOK
LIBERAL AMOUNTS
Announcement Is Also Made
That Barre Town Went
Over the Mark

just before the Barre banks closed this
noon for the week -end holiday, the an
nouncement was made. that Barre had
again subscribed its quota in the fifth
loan Aoated by the government since
the war started. Thus in the five loans
Barre has met the call of the govern
ment and done its part, somewhat more.
The margin Of oversubscription was
small in this instance, largely because
Of the fact, perhaps, that no house to
house canvass was conducted and the
direct, personal appeal was not made
II is expected that the amount sub
scribed will run few thousand dollars
above the quota Of $300O00 The banks
of the city made liberal subscriptions to
the loan and, in fact, made the over
subscription possible.
It is announced that Barre Town has
also subscribed its quota in the Victory
loan.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-10
FIVE BLOCKS BURNED
W BRANDON; LOSS SIS, 900
Help Was Sent from Rutland and Mid
dlebury and Flames Were Checked
at the Brandon Inn.

Brandon, May TO- - For the second
time within two years, Brandon was yis-
tied yesterday with disastrous fire.
Five blocks in the business section on
Park street were wiped out, and all
though it is said to be difficult to esti-
mate the loss accurately, it is believed
it will be between $4,000 and $4,000
The last big fire was in February, 1918.
How the fire started is not known, but
it originated either in the basement Of
G. II. Robinson's hardware store or the
Park theatre. When discovered, it was
burning fiercely and was beyond control
The flames soon spread both ways, set.
ting fire to the Collins g. Needham and
Prime blocks. The Dunmore hose com
pany fought hard to get control 10
streams being used, but as nearly all Of
the buildings were of wooden structure
1t was impossible to check it until it
had burned its way to the Brandon inn,
where it was stopped.
All of the blocks were badly Quilted
and damaged by the fire and water.
They were occupied as follows: Collins
block-first floor, II. A. Collins, station
cry store; Collins g. Needham. grocers;
second floor, Mrs. Eta Moody, photo
graph studio; the Severy block first
and second floors by G. Fl. Robinson,
hardware; Prime block first floor, the
Park theatre, owned by Charles Ten
nien; second floor, Roy w. Flood. who
resided in the rooms over the theatre;
Walker block-tirst floor, the Neshobe
Syndicate, Inc, shoe store; second floor,
w. A. Atwell, attorney; Ross estate
w. D. Nutting, dry goods. Mr.. Nutting
had one Of the finest stores in this part
of the state and occupied both the first
and second floors.
So far as possible goods were removed
from the stores. but were all damaged
more or less by smoke and water. Help
was asked from Rutland and Middle
bury, and both places responded and did
very valuable work in helping stop the
fire, the men from the Newton &
Thompson Manufacturing company at
Forestdale with their hose did valuable
work. The Rutland fire department came
on special train with hose and the
chief of the fire department.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-10
CRITICIZE LENIENCY
SHOWN GERMANY
French Commentators on the Financial
Clauses Of the Treaty Think Ger
many Should Be Held Respon-
sible for Whole Cost
ofwar.

Paris, Friday, May 9.-The financial
clauses Of the treaty between the allied
and associated nations and Germany CON
tinue to be the most discussed sections
of the document and are almost univer-
sally condemned by the commentators
for not making Germany responsible for
the repayment of the entire cost of the
war, and for leaving France with bur-
den placed at l70,000000,0 1000 francs.
What will the situation of France be
when it is realized that her victory con
demns her to bankruptcy" asks La
Nouvells. The democratic socialist or.
gan Humanite condemns the treaty un-
reseryedly, saying it is a bourgeois cap
italistic peace which no socialist deputy
can ratify, and history will consider it
a criminal breach of q sworn word and
an outrage on morals and right"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-10
A Cory Order.

A young woman who was not familiar
with the language of railroad men, hap
pened to be walking near depot where
freight train was being made up. As
the train was being backed up, one of
the brakemen shouted; Jump on her
when she comes by, run her down beyond
the elevator and cut her in two and
bring the head end up to the depot"
Screaming ''murder" the young wom-
an turned and fed from the spot for
dear life, Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-10
APPEAL FOR CHINA
May Be Sent to the United States Sen
ate Against Ratification.

Paris, May o--At meeting held this
afternoon under the auspices of the
Chinese society for international peace" !"
and attended by the Chinese ambassador
and members of the Chinese delegation
to the peace conference, motion was
adopted for the sending of cable mes
sage to the United States Senate praying
it not to ratify the decision Of the peace
conference regarding the disposition of
Shantung and Kiao-Chau.
A letter was read from President viii
son in which he expressed his regret that
his engagements prevented him from
accepting an invitation TO be present.
The speakers included Charles r.
Crane of Chicago, who expressed sym
pathy with China's demand. Among the
Chinese speakers were Miss Tcheng,
wefl-known feminist, and Mr.. Cheng
proprietor of the Peking Gazette. They
severely criticized the decision of the
council of three
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-10
NEARLY BILLION ANNUALLY
Is Being Loaned Through Federal Farm
Loan System.

Washington. d. G., May lo.-The fed
eral farm loan system is now doing
about Is per cent of all agricultural land
loan business in the United States. A
report from farm loan board to-day at
the conclusion of the second year of op-
Grafton shows that loans closed in the
last II months amounted to $l20,23s,0OO.
The aggregate of farm loans made by
all agencies, public and private, is esti-
mated at about $S00,000,000 annually.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-10
polio" LABORATORY TO OPEN.
Research Work Will Be Started Soon at
Burlington.

Burlington, May l0.--Within few
days the research laboratory for infan-
tile paralysis at the University Of Yer
mont, closed since last fall because of the
difficulty of finding anyone fitted to
carry on the work, will be re-opened
and the research work will continue un-
der the direction Of DR. w. i. Aycock,
who is now in the post graduate hospital
in New York City.
The state board of health has also Sc
cured the services of Miss Bertha e.
Weisbrod of Lutherville, Md, to take up
the work of after-care in infantile paral-
sysis cases. She is already in this city
and will begin work at once. She has
just returned from France, where she
served as Red Cross nurse,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-10
RETURN
TO WORK MONDAY
Difficulties at Two Shops Have Been Ad-
justed ON 8-Hour Day Basis and
Raise in Wages.

After being out for 10 days, the strike
Of the machinists employed at the Trow
\ Holden plant and at Smith, Whitcomb
q Cooks was settled last evening by
agreement of employers and employees to
new bill. Under the new agreement
the men are granted an eight-hour day
and an advance in wages over the pre-
vious scale. The new agreement is to
run for one year from May and the
men will resume work Monday morning.
Between 30 and 40 men are affected by
the settlement.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-10
SEIZED MANSION HOUSE.
Where Dublin Lord Mayor Had Planned
Reception for Americans.

Dublin, Friday, May 9.-The Mansion
house, where Laurence O'Neill, the lord
mayor, had planned to hold reception
tonight in honor of Frank P. Walsh,
Michael r. Ryan and former Governor
Edward Dunno of Illinois, representa-
tives of the Irish societies of America,
was seized by soldiers and police at 5:25
o'clock this afternoon. The building was
at that time empty, the Sim Fein par
lament, which met there earlier in the
day, having adjourned. The street was
cleared and guard of soldiers, with ma
chine guns, took up its position opposite
the edifice.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-10
CoURTMARTIAL SOON.
For the Soldiers Mixed Up in ARRAY
Near Fort Ethan Allen.

Burlington, May l0-Aceording to in.
formation furnished by the military au.
thorities at Fort Ethan Allen yesterday
afternoon, the courtmartial, in which the
soldiers implicated in the shooting af-
fray at the post last Sunday morning
will be tried, is to be held at Boston in
the near future. One soldiers ear was
shot off. and another soldier was hit in
the head with the butt of revolver.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-10
MRS. WALLACE LAFAYETTE.
Died Last Night at Her Home on the
West Hill--Aged 4o.

The death of Mrs. Wallace Lafayette
occurred last night at 9;30 at her home
on west hill, after long illness with
dropsy. She was 40 years old. II was
only about a year ago that she came to
Barre to make her home, coming here
from Montreal and going at once to the
west bin home, where she had since
lived Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by one son, Wallace Lafayette, jr.,
who is in France with the A. +. T.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-10

Washington, d. c., May l0.--The sue.
cess of the last popular American war
loan was in the balance to-day. Up to
late hour tonight banks will accept
subscriptions and then they will take
days to report their sales. The degree
of success viii not be known definitely
until some time after May 20, when each
bank is required to render an accounting
with the federal reserve bank Of the dis.
triet.
The nation started its final days drive
with s3,3l4,sT0,000 already pledged and
elinched with initial payments OF sub
seribers At an early hour kilograms
began to reach national loan headquar-
ters in the treasury telling of new mil
lions
All subscription of $4,000 or less will
be taken in full even if the loan total is
oversnbscribed. In this case, however,
subscriptions Of more than that amount
are liable to be pared down to keep the
accepted sum to approximately s4,5o0,-
100000.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-10
AUSTRIAN DELEGATES
TO ARRITE WEDNESDAY
Previous Reports Had Stated That They
Would Probably Reach Paris
on Monday.

Paris, May l0-The Austrian peace
delegates win leave Vienna on Monday
and reach Paris probably on Wednesday,
the French foreign Office was advised to-
day. previous advices had indicated
that the Austrian delegation was expect
ed to reach Paris Monday,)
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-10
Nc-4 READY AGAIN.
1t Will Resume Flight from Chatham
Mass.

Chatham, Mass, May 10.-The naval
seaplane NC-4 was expected to resume
her fight to Halifax before noon to-day
if weather conditions continued favor
able. The damaged motors which forced
the machine to put in here on her way
from Rockaway Beach to Halifax with
the NC-l and NC3 had been replaced.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-10
ALLIES PREPARING
FOR POSSIBLE REFUSAL
That Was One of the Matters Under
stood to Be Under Discussion at
Council Of -Four To-day.

Paris, May l0.It il understood that
among the subjects discussed by the
council Of four at its meeting to-day
was the eventuality of Germany refus,
ing to sign the peace treaty and what
steps should be taken in that event.
It is said that no intimation that Ger
many intended taking such course has
reached the allies. but they are taking
nothing for granted, and the discussion
OF the subject by the representatives Of
the powers to-day was by way Of prep
aration for such an eventuality, however
remote.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-10
TWELVE COLLEGES PARTICIPATED
In the Eastern Collegiate Meet at Spring
field, Mass.

Springfield, Mass, May TO- The pre-
Iiminaries in the first meet of the East
ern Collegiate Athletic association were
run off on Pratt field at Springfield col
lege this morning. A light rain was fall
ing, but apparently did not slow the
track materially. Representatives Of IL
colleges are participating.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-10
FINAL DAY STARTED
WITH S3,3I4,870,O00 nv
Success of the Campaign Hung in the
Balance To-day But the Stream of
Subscriptions Was Coming
in Well.

Washington, d. G., May lo.-official
subscriptions TO the Victory Liberty
loan shortly before noon to-day approx
imated s3.5OO,0oo,soo, statement by
the treasury said. Reports Of unreport
ed subscriptions indicated that the coun-
try's total was greatly above the official
showing.