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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
WILL CURB TICKET BROKERS.
New Amusement Taxes viii Go into Ei
feet Next Tuesday.

Washington, D. c., March 2S, New
amusement taxes which go into effect
next Tuesday will fall heavily on theatre
ticket brokers, and will raise cabaret
admissions.
In addition to the ordinary tax of one
cent on each 10 cents charged for theatre
tickets, news stands, hotels or other
brokerage agencies dealing in theatre
tickets are required under the new reve-
nue. law to pay five per cent of the excess
charged by that agency above the usual
box office price, providing this excess is
90 cents or less, and 80 per cent if the
excess is more than so cents above the
box office charge. The excess is figured
on the box Office charge plus ordinary
tax, and the broker pays the tax.
The effect of this tax is expected to be
to limit brokers extra charges in many
cases to so cents. Purchasers of tickets
from brokers will be required to pay the
usual tax of one cent on each 10 cents
charged by the broker.
If tickets are sold at theatres "in ex-
cess of the regular or established price, :"
they are to be taxed so per cent on the
excess. Internal revenue bureau regula-
tions TO be issued soon will define what
shall constitute 'the regular or estab.
lished price"
A tax Of one and one half per cent on
each 10 cents or fraction charged as ad-
mission to eabaTets is levied this year.
instead of one cent as provided in last
years law, and 20 per cent of the bill for
food and drinks is to be considered for
admission if no specific admission charge
is made,
Club dues and initiation fees exceeding
$40 a year are taxable at 10 per cent.
transportation, insurance and stamp
taxes also go into effect next Tuesday.
The new act lays a tax of three per cent
on freight charges, approximately five
per cent on express charges, eight per
cent on passenger and pullman fares, and
eight per cent on oil pipe line charges.
For telephone or telegraph messages on
which charges are between Is and so
cents, the tax viii be five cents, and if
the charge is more than so cents, the
charge will be 10 cents. Ten per cent is
assessed on leased wire tolls
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
MUCH ACHIEVED.
By Subcommittee Thursday, Paris
Newspapers Think.

Paris, March 28 (Havas .-To.day's
Paris newspapers in discussing yester.
days session of the council of four, de-
clared that extremely important prob
lens directly connected with Germany's
future boundaries were discussed by the
council in an excellent spirit of under.
standing The Petit Parisien says it un-
derstands important results were
achieved.
According to The Matin, the territorial
questions involved and the problem of
protecting France adequately, have been
satisfactorily solved, although by means
not foreseen in discussions OF the prob
lem outside the conference.
As to the financial problems, the solu-
tion reported to have been adopted pro-
vides for the payment by Germany of
yearly installments on the indemnity, of
which France would receive a portion
sufficient to tighten the burden of her
budget.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
EARLY PEACE SOUGHT
By Socialists of Great Britain in Appeal
to Government.

London, March 2s.--At a meeting of
the executive body of the National So
cialist party and the socialist members
of Parliament yesterday, resolution
was unanimously adopted urging the
completion of a preliminary peace at the
earliest possible moment, lin view of the
chaos and anarchy developing throughout
Europe as a consequence of the delay in
fixing the terms of peace"
At the same meeting arrangements
were made for carrying on special propa-
ganda throughout the country, especially
in the industrial centers, with view, it
was stated, to exposing the dangers and
falIacies of bolshevism. A series of meet
ings will be held which will be addressed
by leading socialists, including Henry NJ.
Hyndman, the Socialist party leader, and
win ThOrne.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
AMERICANS NIPPED
BOLSHEVIK PLOT
By Scattering the Russian Prisoners
Throughout Germany-Big Rising
Had Been Planned for Thursday

London, March 2S.--Action by Amer
lean troops looking after Russian pris-
oners in Germany is believed to have
nipped in the bud an important bolshe-
vik plot, according to an Exchange Tele-
graph dispatch from Berlin, dated Thurs
day
The Spartacans in Spandau, the mes
sage states, had planned a big rising
for Thursday, intending to arm several
thousand Russians from the Ruhleben
camp. The Americans, however, rushed
the Russians on board trains Wednesday
night and scattered them under the
Americans throughout Germany.
The Spartacans, the dispatch adds, had
intended to spring their revolt as a
means Of backing up the Hungarians in
their bolshevik move.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
INTERMITTENT STRIKES.
Conducted by staff of Central Telegraph
Office in Paris.

Paris, March 28-Tbe staff of the Cen
trail telegraph office in Paris struck for
one hour between and O'Clock on
Wednesday evening and for a half hour
between II and 1880 O'Clock yesterday
morning, the Petit Parisien states. The
object of the strike was to hasten the
granting of an increased allowance for
the employees to compensate them for the
higher cost of living, and of a weekly
day of rest
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
ALLOWED 10 LEAVE TAIL.
Paul Comby's Health Was Being Under
mined by Confinement.

Paris, March 27 (Havas) Paul Com
by, a lawyer who for the past year has
been under arrest charged with compli-
city in the Caillaux and Bolo Pasha
cases, has been allowed to leave the
prison temporarily because his health
was found to be breaking down under
close confinement,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
MISS HELEN O'KEEFE
LEADS S. H. S. |
Miss Emma Trentini and M qcls
Bradley Are Second and ~, Re-
spectively-commencemek, Parts
Were Announced To-day.

Honors in the senior class and com
mencement parts at Spaulding high
school were announced to-day by Prin-
eipal Lyman G.. Hunt. Miss Helen Eliz-
abeth O'Keefe had the highest average
for the course, 94.56 per cent, and will
have the valedictory. Miss Emma Tren-
TIM was second with $500 per cent and
will present an essay at the graduation
exercises Miss Doris Idella Bradley is
third with percentage of 9363 and will
give an essay at the class day exercises.
The student of the class ranking
fourth is Miss Marjorie Kathryn Love,
and others having better than 90 per cent
are Harry Belmont Houghton, 0reste
Emil Gianni Walter Hotchkiss Burgin
and Miss Janet Thompson Brock
Those chosen to take part in prize
speaking, which viii be held Tuesday
evening, June IL, are Doris G. Burke,
Mary Cerasoli, Doris II. Gerard, Mary
Smith, George i. Douglas, Aubrey A..
Marion, Aldo C. Poletti and Louis
0Leary.
The orator at the commencement ex-
ercises, which win be held Friday even
ing, June 20, will be Prof William Lyon
Phelps Of the department of English lit
erature in Yale university. The other
speakers from the senior class of the
high school will be Miss Trentini and
Miss 0'Keefe, and there win be musical
numbers interspersed.
Glass day exercises viii be held Thurs
day, June 10, and the program will be as
follows: Address of welcome, Frank
Howland Wells; class history, Hilda Al
bertine Martinson; class will, Ugo Jo-
seph Carusi; music; essay, Doris Idella
Bradley class prophecy, Clarence Elmer
Rogers; class ode, Marjorie Kathryn
Love; presentation to school, Walter
Hotchkiss Burgin; address to graduating
class, Oreste Emil Gianni; music.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
PRICES CUT; WAGES REMAIN.
Action Taken by Manufacturers of Nuts
Bolts and Rivets.

Pittsburg, March 2S.--Representatiyes
of 9S per cent of the nut, bolt and rivet
manufacturers of the United States and
Canada agreed upon a cut of from 90 to
20 per cent in war prices of the products
made by their companies, at a meeting
here yesterday.
This is line with the action of the
steel industry concerns" said Charles J.
Graham of Pittsburg, who presided. The
decision of the manufacturers will be
submitted to the industrial board of the
United States department of commerce,
said Mr.. Graham. and if ratified the new
schedule of prices win be made public
In addition to the cut in prices, the
manufacturers agreed that there win be
no reduction of wages OF employees of
their plants.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
ENEMY ALIENS WILL
BE SENT ABROAD
Except About 600 of Harmless Class and
900 Who Will Be Held
Indefinitely.

Washington, d. c., March 2S.--Attor-
ney General Palmer, disclosing to-day
that about 1000 enemy aliens were in
termed during the war, said parols would
be granted to some 600 of the harmless
elias, others would be repatriated, and
200 dangerous persons would be held in,
definitely, including about 200 profes-
sional members of the l. w. W. or an.
archistic organizations, whose cases
would be referred to the department Of
labor with view to their deportation.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
EXCHANGING CREDENTIALS.
Hungarian and German-Austria Hope for
AmicabIe Relations.

Copenhagen, aMrch 2S.- Emissaries of
the Hungarian revolutionary governing
council handed their credentials to the
president of the German<Austrian ma
tional assembly at Vienna yesterday, ac-
cording to a Budapest dispatch received
here. Hopes for the continuance of
amicable relations between Hungary and
German-Austria were mutually ex-
pressed, it is said
The Hungarian delegates also visited
the chancellor and the ministers of war
and finance at Vienna.
The dispatch states that the revolu-
tionary government has ordered entente
flags hoisted on the hotel, where the en-
tente missions have been stopping, and
that posters win soon be issued warning
the people to respect all foreigners in
Budapest.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
GERMAN ILL TREATMENT
KILLED 5000 BELCIANS
And 1000 Children Were Made Orphans
and 12s,ooo Men Were Deported,
According to Official Report.

Brussels, March 2S.-Six thousand
Belgian civilians died during the war as
the result of German i'll treatment, ac-
cording to an ofici report made in the
Chamber of Deputies Thursday during a
debate on the reparation due civilian
victims of the war. Seven thousand
children were made orphans and l25,00O
men were deported from Belgium by the
Germans
The indemnity which can be claimed
from Germany by Belgium on this ac-
count is estimated at 9O0,OO0,000 francs.
The minister of economic affairs declared
that all damages will be fully indemni-
fed by the Germans.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
Deferred Payments May Be
Extended Over Six
Months
MAY MAKE PAYMENT
UP TO NOVEMBER /
These Are the Most Liberal
Terms Offered by the
u. S. Government

Washington, D. c., March 2s.-Terms
of payment in the new Victory Liberty
loan announced to-day are the most lib
ersl ever offered by the government. De
ferred payments may be extended over
period of six months, from May 10 to
Nov. IL.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
AMERICAN VOLUNTEERS
GOING INTO RUSSIA
Expedition Will Be Sent to Open Up the
Roads from American Front Back
to the Sea.

London, March 2S-Brigadier General
Wilds P. Richardson, U. S. A., who has
been given command of the American
expedition in northern Russia, will leave
London in a few days with a fair-sized
detachment Of engineers, sanitary work
ers and replacement officers, for Archan-
gel. The engineers predominate in the
detachment They will be used to repair
and improve the roads from the Ameri-
can front back to the sea,
All the members of the detachment
volunteered from the American expedi-
tionary force in France.
Reports to army headquarters to-day
were that vessels could get into Arch
angel with the aid of strong ice break
ers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
R0YALIST PLOT NrPPED.
Bolshevists Said to Have Killed u Al
legged Conspirators.

Stockholm, March 2s.-An alleged roy
alist conspiracy has been discovered at
Penza, northwest Of Saratoy, in eastern
European Russia, according to the Rus
sian newspaper Krasnaya Gazette, and
2l persons have been shot by the boil
sheviki in connection with the plot. The
alleged leader was Sukotine. former
marshal Of the Russian nobility, who
was local commissary under the boil
shevid regime Sukotine was executed.
The conspiracy, according to the news
paper, planned to palm off nephew of
the bishop of Ufa as the Grand Duke
Dmitri Pavlovitch, carrying him to Mos
COW, and make a dramatic appeal to the
people from the Kremlin.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
CASE GOES TO JURY.
Sparrow, Adm, VS.. Vermont Savings
Bank of BrattleborO

In Washington county court the jury
was given the case this afternoon of
Hiram Sparrow, administrator Of the
Harriet Bailey estate, VS.. the Vermont
Savings bank of Brattleboro. This will
complete the weeks work.
On Monday afternoon the case Of Hal
lett & Davis VS.. r. G. Robinson will be
commenced. This is over the sale Of a
piano. 1t is claimed by the plaintiff that
they notified MIR. Robinson Of a lien that
was on the piano, while Mr., Robinson
claims he had no such notice. 1t was an
unrecorded lien.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
VANDALISM REPEATED.
Homes of Lawrence Operatives Attacked
Last Night.

Lawrence, Mass, March 2S-Homes of
workers in the textile mills were again
attacked last night, Notwithstanding
precautions taken by the police to pre-
vent a renewal of disturbances of this
character reported last week. Windows
Of house in South Lawrence and of an
other in North Lawrence were broken
with volleys Of stones,
Officers Of the state police who have
been called here to investigate num-
ber of suspected incendiarisms were no.
titled to-day of the discovery of an ap-
parent attempt to start a fire last night
at the rear of a tenement block.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
Water Rising in Montpelier.

In Montpelier at l o'clock this after
noon the water was still rising. Worces
ter branch was overfowing its banks,
setting back into the Easements of the
stores, and there was prospect of con
siderable damage being done. In the
Perry garage three autos were standing
in deep water, while Abram Galinsky's
horse was marooned in the barn.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
NEITHER SLAIN NOR ARRESTED.
Count Karolyi, Former Hungarian Pre-.
mier, Enjoying Liberty.

London, Thursday, March 27.--Count
Michael Karolyi, former Hungarian pre-
mier, is enjoying complete liberty in Bud
apest, as are other members of the gov
ernment who were compelled to resign
when the soviet uprising took place, ac-
cording to a Hungarian government
wireless dispatch received here.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
oUsTNG THE IMPERIAL1sTs.
New Prussian Government Is Said to Be
Attacking the Problem.

Berlin, Thursday, March 27 lBy As
sociated Press That the new Prus-
sian government is vigorously attacking
the problem of ousting the members of
the imperial regime from important
posts in the provincial administration
was indicated to-day by the appointment
of Herr Phillips of Breslau as first pres
ident of Silesia and Herr Poler of Kiel
as head of the administration of Schles-
wig Holstein. Both men are majority
socialists.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
ACCIDENTAL DEATH
Was Verdict of Coroner in the Case of
Richard C. Osborne.

Bridgeport, Conn, March 2S. -- Acct
dental death was the verdict of Coroner
j. J. Phelan, given out to-day in the case
of Richard c, Osborne, who was killed
when his automobile was wrecked ON the
Boston post road near here on March 20.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
FOOD COMING TOO SLOWLY.
Swiss Newspapers Are Complaining
About Schedule.

Berne, March 2s.-Swiss newspapers
complain that $4,000 tons of American
grain and foodstufFs consigned to Switz.
erland have been lying at Cette the
French Mediterranean port of entry for
Switzerland, and that only one train
carrying supplies for this country leaves
Cette daily, 1t is said that only 500
tons can be carried on this train, SO that
the delivery Of the grain will extend over
four months. 1t is suggested that fur
ther shipments be sent to Marseilles or
Genoa or some other Italian port.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
MAY SHIP TO NORWAY
And Tobacco May Be Sent to Sweden,
War Trade Board Announces.

Washington, d. c., March rs. - The
war trade board announced to-day that
applications for export licenses viii now
be considered by the board for the ex-
portation of tobacco to Norway.
Tobacco has been removed from the
rationed list for Sweden, and licenses
will now be issued.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
URGED HUNGARIANS TO WAR.
Premier Leuine Wants Them to Attack
Vienna.

London, March 2s.-Premier Lenne
has sent a wireless message to the Hun
garian government urging it to send an
army against Vienna, according to a
Budapest dispatch received in Berlin and
forwarded by the Exchange Telegraph
company. Lenine promised to advance
l0O,0OO,O0O kronin to finance the pro
iect
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
ELKS AT NEW ORLEANS.
Practically Every State in the Union
Was Represented.

New Orleans, La, March 2S.-Mem-
bers of stbe Benevolent and Protective
order of Elks from practically every
state in the union were here to-day to
attend the "three big days in Elkdom." "
The celebration was formally opened
with reception to grand lodge officers,
headed by Grand Exalted Ruler Bruce A.
Campbell of East st. Louis.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
Governor Appoints Chiropractic Board.

Governor Clement has appointed the
following members of the state board of
chiropraetic registration and examina-
tion: w. Allen Gage, st. Johnsbury, for
one year A. w. Fansworth, Rutland, for
two years; Frank E. Bemis, st, Adams,
for three years.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
RUSSIAN SOVIETS
WANT RECOGNITION
1t Is Reported That They Have Asked
the United States to Grant Them the
Privilege President Wilson's In
tentions Are Not Known.

Paris, March 2S.--A rumor was cur
rent last night that the United States
had received note from Premier Lenine
and War Minister Trotzky of the Rus
sian soviet government, asking reeogni-
tiOn for that government says Marcel
Hutin in the Echo de Paris to-day. NJ
Hutn adds that he cannot say that
President Wilson is disinclined to give
the request favorable consideration"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
CRUISER ST. LOUIS ARRIVES.
Brought Al Officers and 1918 Men of 37th
Division.

New York, March 2s.--The cruiser st.
Louis arrived here to-day from Brest
with Al officers and 1873 men of the
l4Sth infantry of the 37th division.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
DIED AT WEST BERLIN.
Thomas Carver, Aged 81, and Long a
Resident of United States,

Resident Of United States,
Thomas Carver, aged 81, died yester
day at his home in West Berlin of pneu
monia, complicated with his advanced
age. He was born in Ireland, but had
lived in the United States since he was
10 years old. He is survived by three
sons John w, Thomas w. and Francis
j., and daughter, Mrs, Mary Z. Camp
bell, all of West Berlin and Northfield,
also by sister, Mrs. Catherine Harmon
Of Barre, half-sister, Miss Ellen Lime
han Of Montpelier, and brother, Pat
rick. of Lynn, Mass The funeral prob
ably will be held Sunday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
URGES BARGE TERMINAL VETO.
Charles R. Crosby Sends Message to
Governor Clement.

Brattleboro, March 2s.-Charles r,
Crosby, head Of the wholesale -four and
grain firm of Crosby & Co., one of the
largest shippers of -four and grain in
New England, to-day wired Governor
Clement, urging him to veto the barge
terminal bill, His telegram was as fol-
lows: "Thc barge terminal bill should be
vetoed. One familiar with transporta-
tion of shipments from the west and
southwest into New England knows how
absurd any move of this kind is. People
at this end of the state are looking to
YOU to withhold your signature from
this bill. The more it is investigated the
more absurd it is"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
TROLLEY CARS CoLLIDED.
One Man Believed to Be Fatally Hurt at
Amsterdam, N. Y.

Amsterdam, N. Y, March 2s--About
80 employees of the General Electric com
pany's plant in Schenectady were in
jured this morning in a rearend collision
of two interurban cars nine miles east of
this city, The trolley of the first ear
broke, causing it to stop and the sec
ond car crashed into it. August Bramer
is believed to be fatally hurt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
MARTY SHAY AS COACH.
Goes to Show the Harvard Freshment
How to PLAY.

Cambridge, Mass, March 2S-The ap-
pointment of Martin j. Shay, former
shortstop of the Chicago Nations, as
coach of the Harvard freshman baseball
team was announced to-day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28

Food sale, Baptist church, Saturday
afternoon at 2:30. Come here for your
pies, cakes, cookies, doughnuts, canned
fruit, white bread brown bread, beans,
etc.-adY.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
FINNS FEEL GRATITUDE.
At Generous Food Donation Made By
United States.

Stockholm, March 2S.-The Helsing
fors newspapers say that Food Admin
istrator Hoover's generous donation to
the relief of the Firms has been received
everywhere in Finland with gratitude,
strengthening the feeling of sympathy
with America.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28

Announcement was made in Washing
ingtOn late in December that on recon-
mendation of Hebert c. Hoover, the ship
ment of $4,000 tons Of food to Finland
had been authorized.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
ADDITIONAL HELPERS
TO SECURE PEACE
Foreign Ministers and Sec
retaries of Great Britain,
United States, France and
Italy Will Work Simulta-
neousIy With the Premi-
ers and President Wilson.

Paris, March 28.-The membership of
the states in the executive council of
the league of nations, Reuters Limited
says it understands, will be increased
from two to three, the third member
probably being labor representative.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
SENT TO ASYLUM.
Austrian Countess" Who Sent Threat
ening Letter to President Wilson.

Chicago, March 2S.-Awclia Bethen,
claiming to be a countess Of Austria
Hungary, was taken to the Chicago hos
pitai for the insane to-day having been
adiudgcd of msound mind by the eoup
ty court, She was arrested by federal
agents week ago as the result Of a
threatening letter mailed to President
Wilson
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28

Paris, March ga council of the for
eign ministers and foreign secretaries of
Great Britain, the United States, France
and Italy has been created to work sim
ultaneously with the premiers and Presi-
dent Wilson, but on different branches of
the great technical questions involved in
the peace settlement.