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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-06

Within a month two Vermont daily
newspapers have violated the confidence
Of great news bureau or Of a departs
ment Of the United States government
by publishing articles ahead of the re-
lease date. 1t does not seem possible
that their action was due to untrust-
worthiness and trickery; 50 it must be
that the editors of them are extremely
careless in noting the instructions which
accompany the articles. One of the pa
pcrs, for instance, published on Feb . an
article on Vermont electric light and
power stations when the release date on
the top of the article was plainly given
as Feb 7. The publishing Of the article
ahead of all other papers in Vermont and
in violation of a tacit agreement with
the department of commerce does not,
perhaps, make any great difference in the
long run; but we feel sure that the news.
paper referred to would like to do its
part in maintaining the reputation of
Vermont newspapers as to trustworthi-
ness.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-06

were in the ascendancy by $4,000, due
in part to the tremendous sacrifices which
the Germans had made in their desperate
attempt and due in larger part to the in
flux of American troops. Then the allies
began to strike back and continued to
make their victorious way until the Ger
mans capitulated on Nov. IL.
Thus we see that the pivot of the
great battle was the American participa-
ton. Had it not been for the American
troops the allies would surely not have
been able to strike back even had they
been able to stem the tide of German ad-
vance toward Paris and the channel
ports The figures as well as the facts
point Enthusiastically to the claim that the
United States really saved the world
from the Prussan oppressor,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-06
CURRENT COMMENT

The Barre Times voices a not unnatur-
al idea when it says:
"a complaint comes from Massaehu-
sets that Nermont's roads are too mar
row. The roads are too narrow. The
roads of any state are too narrow UNI
less we except the trunk lines. Yer
mont may be somewhat slower than
Massachusetts in widening its trunk
lines, but the Improvement is coming
about In some places it is possible for
automobiles to pass without brushing
hubs in the process. But Massachusetts
should not expect Vermont to make
boulevards through hundreds OF square
miles of unoccupied land--not for
while at any rate
The fact is that there are scores, per
haps hundreds of miles of highway in
Vermont that are wider than the de-
mands of the traffic require. Every tray
eIer can recall long stretches Of road 30
10 and 50 feet, wide, where no one ever
met more than one vehicle within a mile
during a period in which the mind OF
man runneth not to the country.
The result is. in most cases, that there
are stretches of unused road on both
sides Of the wheel tracks, constituting,
in some places, millions of cubic feet Of
construction that are never utilized. How
much the washed road would mean if
placed alongside other stretches of mar
row highway no one can better appre-
ciate than the motorist who has iammed
his car into the bushes few dozen times
in order to scrape by another ear or
team which has met him Unexpectedly.
Remedies for such conditions might be
found by a scientific survey of Vermont
highway conditions, considering the state
as a whole, and comprehensive plan
for future betterment could hardly be
made useful and beneficial unless such
survey were made.
As the. contemporary well says, Yer
mont cannot build boulevards on which
three and four cars can pass abreast,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-06
HOW THE UNITED STATES SAVED
THE WORLD. ..

HOW THE UNITED STATES SAVED
THE WORLD. ..
Further evidence that the United
States, by strenuous efforts, saved the
allies from defeat is furnished by the
comparative statement of rife strength"
Of the Germans and the allies as present
ed by the war department through com
pilations given by General Pershing. We
learn that on April ], shortly after Ger
many had begun her tremendous struggle
to throttle France by cutting off British
aid, German rife strength" was far in
the ascendancy and growing stronger,
while the allies were practically power
less to raise new levics Of troops from
their own people. The increasing strength
of the Germans was, Of course, due to the
transfer of troops from the collapsed
eastern front to the western front, prob
ably several hundred thousand men be-
ing available through Russia's detection.
To meet this onrush the British and
the French, together with the Italians
and the smaller nations, were in poor
shape in and Of themselves, for they had
only scattered units which could be re-
leased from other fronts and sent to the
western front; and it seems now, as it
seemed then that the British and French
armies, fighting braveIy and desperately,
would have been engulfed by superior
numbers~-probably half a million supc-
riority--had it not been that the United
States speeded up shipment of troops and
had not General Pershing graciously of.
fered his entire available electives to
Marshal Foeh to be brigaded with the
British and the French until such time
as the troops were ripened and enough
more had come to make an American
army
So, the invitation being gladly accept
ed, the Americans were thrown into the
breach and they kept coming to report
to Marshal Foch. During the month of
April the allies began to overhaul the
Germans in rife strength" although the
latter were still increasing the number of
their electives through transfer from
the Russian front; by May the prepon-
deranee Of German rifle strength" was
reduced to $4,000 men and by June the
difference was still further reduced to
$4,000 and, finally, on July /, the bal
ance turned the other way and the allies
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-06

While the American military govern
ment on the Rhine is stretching its eff
forts toward preventing the spread of
German propaganda through the sale of
emblems and postcards, it is, apparently,
not preventing sort of determination
between American soldiers and German
civilians which is the more likely avenue
toward the spread of German propagan-
da Many letters sent home by soldiers
tell of receiving favors at the hands of
the German civilians; and some of the
soldier boys are not averse to saying that
they do not find the average German
civilian such a bad lot after all. 1t is
evident that the German civilian is find
ing a place in the good esteem of some
American soldiers, if not in their afTec-
tions through little kindnesses offered to
q foreigner in land far, far from home.
This sort Of propaganda, if it can be
called propaganda, is doing far more eff
fective work than millions OF emblems
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-06

Speaking on Feb. 5, a weather bureau
shark said: 1--WE are about to pass the
depth Of thermal depression. The aver
age thermometric contraction has ceased
and the period Of thermal expansion is
about to be inaugurated." Which, being
freely translated, probably means that
the winter has begun to loosen its grip
albeit there may be some cold snaps be-
tween now and July l.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-06

Conditions in the interior Of Germany
must be far worse than the conditions in
western Germany, for the stories which
Lieut., Col. Searle Harris brings back are
AS different from the stories which Amer
lean soldiers write as black is from white,
The one paints the German nation as
starving; the other paints western Ger
many as living in comparative comfort
and plenitude.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-06

Was Eli II. Porter of Wilmington ap-
pointed to the public service commission
as a Republican or Democrat Brat
tleboro Reformer.
Perhaps he was appointed as one of
Nermont's substantial business men, pol
tiles aside for the time-beng. Vermont
might gain something if the policy of the
"spoils" system was not carried out so
assiduously as it has been done in times
past.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-06

Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt carries the
sympathy of the American nation as she
goes to France to seek out the grave of
lcr son, Lieut.. Quentin Roosevelt Thou
sands of mothers in the United States
have a peculiar bond of feeling with her,
for they, too, have sons resting in graves
set in foreign soil
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-06

France welcomed our soldiers with a
JOY unspeakable; but France puts up the
bars against our goods, Perhaps the two
actions were reasonable; but the latter
proves that the United States will have
10 look after its own interests quite
closely. 1t is each nation for itself, now
that the fighting has ceased
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-06

which bring American and German sym
bols into juxtaposition and than hun
dreds of millions Of postcards showing a
beautiful German woman making British,
French and American puppets dance at
her bidding.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-06

neither is it necessary so to do, but it
must be clear enough to every student
Of the highway problem that every road,
used as a trunk line or cross-state ar.
terry, ought to be wide enough to per
NIT cars and teams 10 pass safely.
Vermont, with a better system Of
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-06

If they are going to erect a monument
for Tim Murnane because Murnane was
a fast base runner, Barre might be eX-
pected to erect monument for her brave
sons who served through all the nations
wars.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-06

Removal of the seat of the German
government from Berlin to Wemar looks
q good deal like the removal Of the cap
ital of Russia from Petrograd to Moscow
to get away from the crowd.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-06

Another miscalculation in Washington
the major casualty list keeps on com
ing
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-06

The state of Vermont was perhaps too
easy host to George Duncan of Rutland
escaped from the state hospital at Wa.
terbury
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-06

President Wilson could save time by
flying back across the Atlantic, Besides
that, he could smash an 'precedents TO
smithereens.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-06

The United States may never again
have such large army as it had on Nov.
II, 1918.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-06

It behooves the iceman to take what
ice he can get--providing the ice is pure,
The season is getting we'll along,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-06

roads, ought to be something of Mecca
for tourists during the next few years,
and measures might as well be taken to
anticipate the trafic.--Rutland Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-06

A few trimmed hats for 81 and $3.50,
Mrs. c. r. Wood.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-06-27

plainly put forth, the assembled opti-
mists readily arrived to the conclu-
sion that "The days Of miracles have
not passed" but merely lie shoulder
ing and waiting for the winds of fate
to flame its activity for the acid test.
And with the "Toiler" the days of
miracles are in a great measure COM
ing to pass. While as evidence the
defenders Of "Toil" have put forth
broad issues and principles so classI-
fed by those who opposed, as CAB
soluteIy Foolish and Unthinkable"
however the promulgators were per-
petually persistive, and the "SimpIy
Unthinkable" have reaped the harvest
of conscientious perseverance. And
while from this source a world of
humane good has been accomplished
there still remains a surplus of loyal
energy to be expended in the further
ance Of the clamorous and justifable
discomfort.
The hand writing on the wall points
increasingly to the fact that the great
war of wars has forced conditions
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-06-27
STAGE EMPLOYEES

Local No. II, Theatrical Stage
Employees and Moving Picture Opera
tors is the possessor of samples of
fifteen varieties of ore recently sent
by f. o. Marvin, one of the members
who now own platinum mine near
Kingman, Arizona. Bro. Marvin has
alN ays been a strong union maa ana
has been a member of No. II since
1895. The following road record
shows he has been busy for the Iast
25 years: 1894-99 Ben Hur Co., 1900
Murray Comedy Co., 1901 Morton
Kr4ss Co., 1902 Murray Comedy Co..
1903 Murray and Mack, 1904 Pickings
from Puck, 1905 Murray and Mack,
1906 Florodora, 1907 Little Johnnie
Jones, 1908 Murray and Mack, 1909
Little Johnnie Jones, 1910 Three
Towns, 1911-12 Gaumont Moving
Picture Studio, 1913 Feature Movies
in New Jersey, 1914 Biograph
Picture Studio, 1915 Katie Gordon n
Vaudeville, 1867 Universal Studio
in California, 1888 Mining III
Arizona. Thompson.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-06-27
RAILROAD SHOP EMPLOYEES

The last stated communication of
Shop Union No. 438 was of splendid
announcement. Although the heat
waves were also present in fullest
blossom, the members assembled in
excellent numbers and searching
enthusiasm This spirit of seeking
for the gold Of knowledge and inter
probation was due to the advertise
ment that Pres. Jas. p. Wolfe of the
Federated shop crafts would address
the council.
The session was called to order by
Pres. Fred w. Reed in his old time
peppery form, and it was harmoni-
ously resolved to rush all involving
issues to rapid completion. OF the
more important adoptions, Pres.
Reed was elected the Locals repre-
sentative to the B. & O. Federated
Crafts Convention in Baltimore.
In all due haste the routine was
cleared for Pres. Wolfe's address,
and in this connection none were
doomed to the bitter cup of disap-
pointment, as true to his given pledge
Pres. Wolfe appeared armed for his
mission and in a most earnest and
convincing manner he explained and
Illuminated his charges in lasting
and satisfactory measures, and a un-
animous vote of appreciation was
rendered him for his depthful inter
est towards the advancement of Local
No. 438.
From the many interpretations so
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-06-27
The Greatest Ever
WELCOME HOME CELEBRATION
FOR OUR BOYS
Fourth of July JOllificatiOn Will Be
Biggest Stunt Ever Pulled
Off in Newark

Propitious weather is all that is
required to make the coming Fourth
of July county celebration in honor
of our returning soldier and sailor
boys the greatest event of the kind
ever held in Newark. The various
committees in charge are working
day and night for its success, and
present indications give assurance
that their fondest hopes will be
realized.
The committee on amusementS has
promised some startling new stunts
which will keep things moving all day
The committee having charge of
the decorations especially requests
that the business houses and resi-
dences be properly trimmed in honor
of the occasion. The beautiful arch
now being built on West Main street
is "made in Newark" product, de-
signed, built and decorated by home
talent, and although it will cost less
than $500 it compares most favorably
with designs for arches submitted by
foreign firms, some Of which ran as
high as $4,000.
Four big bands will furnish music
for the day, and from early dawn till
late at night patriotic music will fill
the ambient air.
The big parade will form at 80
p. m. sharp. This will be followed
by band concerts in the park. At
$50 dinner will be served at the
Pythian castle to our honored guests,
the boys who wore the khaki and the
blue. After that more music in the
park and at $3.50 the greatest, grand
est and most marvellous Mardi Gras
ever held in Central Ohio will be
staged on CLASSY surface Of Hudson
avenues new pavement.
Invitations have been mailed to all
boys in the service whose addresses
could be obtained. If any fail to re-
ceive a bid, they are invited and eX
pected to attend the banquet, as ne
doubt some names have not been re-
ported to the committee.
Many novel and beautiful floats
will appear in the parade, and flower
booths will be in evidence along the
line of march. Flowers are needed
and contributions will be most well
come and highly appreciated.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-06-27
TRADES AND LABOR ASSEMBLY

Regular meeting of the Newark
Trades and Labor Assembly was
called to order promptly at nine
o'clock last Sunday morning by Pres
ident w. H. Cocanour and was opened
in regular form.
The minutes of the previous meet
ing were approved as read.
The report of the Grievance Com
mittee pertaining to the grievance
as presented by Slate and Tile Roof
ers Union No. 81 was received and as
it was purely a jurisdictional quea-
ton which should be settled by the
international unions, their report
was concurred in.
Communications from Gov. Cox,
Thos. ]. Donnelly, The McGregor
Paper Co. and from Matthew Woll,
assistant to Mr. Gompers as chair
man Committee on Labor, Council of
National Defense, were received and
filed.
At this time we were addressed by
City Solicitor Ashcraft, COuncilmen
Baker and Knauber, explaining the
new rate ordinance with the Central
Power Co. and also the water works
question. At the conclusion of their
remarks a vote of thanks was tender
ed them for their explanations. AS
the explanations of the above gentle
men were satisfactory it was decided
not to do anything further on this
matter.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing term:
President-Wm. H. Cocanour.
1st Vice President-E. H. Franklin
I'd Vice President-Jesse Shlmmel
Financial Secretary-J. Oscar Jucf
Recording Sec'y-Gottlieb Zinn.
Treasurer-Thos. O. Sattler.
Guard-F. H. Burnfeld.
Chaplain-Kenneth G. Jones.
Janitor-Nick Emmert.
Trustees-Julius Juch, Robert Viii
liams and w. A. Archer.
Thirty-fve members registered a.
being present and it was pleasant TO
the officers to see most of the cha1r
occupied. The writer hopes that evel
greater attendance will prevail a
our next regular meeting.
Their being no further busines
the Assembly adjourned to NEE
again on Sunday, July 13, at MIN
o'clock prompt.
Gottlieb Zinn, Sec'y.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-06-27

Read the advertisements in the
Leader-they contain information for
everything you need.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-06-27
JOTTINGS FROM 522

Regular meeting called to order by
Pres. Workman. Several of the Of
ficers failed to appear and substitutes
were appointed.
Under the head of committee re-
ports the representative to the Trades
and Labor Assembly reported on the
Fourth of July ovation in honor of our
returned soldiers and the Local voted
to attend the same in a body.
The regular routine business was
then finished and the local adjourned
to meet again July /.
Notes
Don't forget, brothers, July will
soon be here and a number of our
subscriptions will expire and we
don't want to miss the Leader. So
be prepared to come across next
meeting.
Archie Goodwin is becoming an
expert at electric welding.
Our genial foreman, w. R. Brown
ing has been talking about taking his
vacation in the near future. We wish
him pleasant journey and a happy
return.
The Pryor twins are practicing a
duet which they are going to sing on
the south steps of the court house
the night Of the welcome home.
Harold Johnson has about made
lup his mind to become a movie actor
The order has been placed with
Mr.. Robert Brooker, Of the tool room
for a set of superheater dies to fiji
the Toledo die stock (and they will
be made in Newark at the B. & O
shOps.)
Mr.. w. R. Browning, foreman OF
the pipe shop, met with a severe ac.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-06-27

cident. A heavy piece of angle iron
fell from the cab roof and struck him
on the forehead and it took several
stitches to close the wound. Now
some one at work on that cab ne
elected safety first, and Mr.. Brown
ing will be off duty for several days
owing to this neglect. It's our duty
to be sure everything is safe, not
wait till the safety committee calls
our attention to the fact that an ac
cident like this has happened owing
to our carelessness.
Remember the welcome home, July
the 4th and be in line to show our
soldier boys we are still on the job
with them.
Don't forget the Leader it's only
one dollar per year.
Serial Watts is acting as foreman
during the absence of Mr.. Browning.
Archie Goodwin is on the sick list
Bill Skinner, the eX-tinner, is
somewhat thinner since he got back
to pipe fitting.
Chas. Bowman, the business agent
for 522, is attending the convention
of Federated Railroad Crafts at
Baltimore, Md
Sam Hottinger is away on his vaca-
ton.
Leo Mallonee, our expert jacket
man, laid out and cut templets for a
pair of hooks to be made at the New
ark blacksmith shop, and when COM
pleted they will be sent to Benwood,
W. Va, to be used on the wreck
derrick.
Fred Skinner, the veteran copper
smith, claims he has the best looking
garden in Newark.
Had it not been for the quick pres
ence of mind and the agility of Bruce
Mallonee what might have been u
severe accident was narrowly averted.
While closing the pipeshop windows,
which are opened by a pulley and
rope, three panes of glass measuring
9X12 fell out. Bruce managed to
stop the first one with his head but
sprang aside before the other two
reached him.
Chester Vance, the apprentice boy
who works at the roundhouse, has
, subscribed for the Leader.
Where They Are
These men are all B. & o. grad
yates:
George Billings, foreman Denver
& Rio Grande, San Franciso, Cal.
Homer Boggs, foreman Cash Re
gister Co., Dayton, Ohio.
Frank Stock, foreman A. T. & S.
Fee, Lincoln, Neb.
Edward Fitzpatrick, foreman Hy-
draulic Machine Co., Denver, Colo.
VIM. H. Harrison, supt. of Hollow
Brake Beam Co., Patterson, N. j.
Dennis Berry, foreman Cramps
Ship Yards.
Ralph Mullenix, supt. of Rock Is
land shops, Silver, III.
Chas. Vietmyer, foreman Pan
handle shops, Columbus, Ohio.
w. j. Anderson, foreman T. P.
shops, McDonoughville, La.
James P. Callahan, master car
builder, Gary, Ind
Jos. Monroe, master mechanic, C.
& NJ. shops, Cambridge, Ohio.
Y. Swern, Master Mechanic for the
Lumpu Machinery Co., Clayton Ny
ers is supt. for the same concern at
Denver, Col.
Howard Tobin, chief engineer, Mer-
chant Marine.
Fred Kochendorfer, supt. of Gen1
Electric Works, Chicago, III.
c. F. Alfordson.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-06-27

and achievements that are undeni-
ably astounding. The wage-earner
was pre-eminently involved in the
crash of common causes, and the
struggle thru the binding storms OF
opposition have caused even the most
quiet observers to tremble and wall
in doubt while the battle ragged
fiercely.
However, the most devotees of the
WOrkingmens' cause have done their
mission well, and from out the mael-
strom of humanitarian issues ever
stimulated by the reminiscent pro-
minence Of the bondage of goneby
days, the men of toll are steadily
passing into the new era, reaching
up gently and honorably to a plane
Of justifable success and effective
ness in the great universal plea of re-
muneratiOn for the toilers' hire.
G. B. Brown.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-06-27
News from Our Locals

Secretaries and business represen-
tatives Of the various labor organ
izations are requested to furnish
weekly The Leader with the news
from their respective organizations.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-06-27
MEMORY.

Now is the time to erect a marker
or monument. See display 1856 East
Main st. Newark Monument Co.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-06-27

Thrift is the yeast that swells
pennies to dollars. Prove it with War
Savings Stamps.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-06-27
Grand Theatre
TONIGHT

Alma Rubens and Lamar Johnson in
"DIANA OF THE GREEN VAN"
Billy West COmedy-The Stranger