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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-10
If Peace Conference Com
mission on Credentials
Ever Begins Work
DOUBT AROUSED
AGAINST A FEW
Delegates Have Not as Yet
Been Questioned as to
Their Right

Paris, Feb. 10 (by the Associated
Pressl.--If the peace conference com
mission on credentials ever begins to
function, some stirring developments
are expected to follow.
The commission has not met thus far,
even to organize, the conference having
gotten along entirely without the right
of any of the delegates to their seats
being challenged, which is probably with
out precedent in the history of such in
ternational gatherings The famous
Westphalian congress of l647 spent near
ly year invoicing the credentials of its
members The usual course Mt these as
semblages is for the delegates to ex-
change their credentials as soon as they
gather, any of them being privileged to
object to the credentials Of another. II is
stated, however, that the committee on
credentials of the present conference
would conduct any necessary investiga-
tion Of the sufticiency of the papers
brought by each delegate. and that it
would await the arrival of all the dele
gates before undertaking to work.
The delegates have been coming along
in single file ever since the opening Of
the conference, and it has not been
thought proper to begin the cxamina-
tion of the documents. Rumors, how
ever, have been current~the apprehen-
sion of the directing forces of the con
ference that obiectiors would be i'm
mediately lodged againrt the presence of
some persons who have already occupied
seats in the conference and who, it is de-
clared. are not proper representatives
Of their governments or are accredited
by organizations that have no exist
enee as governments,
Leading members of the conference ex-
press confidence that these persons have
a proper status in the body, have sane
toned their presence, and have even
admitted some Of them TO membership
in the principal committees and it is
understood that the conference leaders
do not desire to have an issue raised now
in this connection that might result in
bad feeling and interfere with the smooth
progress OF the peace making work.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-10
SAVED S34,233,282.
BY Unifcation and Economies Incident
to Government Control

Chicago, Feb. l0.-R. II. Ashton. re-
gional director of railroads for the north
west, in his annual report for the year
ended Dec. 81, 1918, made public to-day,
shows total saving of $34233, ,282
az a result of The unifieations and econo-
mics due to government operation.
We found a great many industries
were served by two or more railroads, ="
said the report. In some eases as many
as nineteen different railroads were serv-
ing one plant or district solely for com
petitiye reasons and with a very great
waste. Wherever it has been possible
or practicable to do this has been elimi-
mated and the switching at a single in
dustry confined to one line,
"By the elimination Of unnecessary
passenger trains, 23,2S0,4O0 miles were
saved last year, a reduction in operating
cost of about one dollar per train mile" :"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-10
RETIRING ALDERMEN
ARE NOT CANDIDATES
FOR REELECTION
There Is a Decided Lack Of Interest in
the Municipal Election--City Caucus
to Be Held Thursday
Evening.

The city caucus for nominating candi-
dates for mayor, city clerk, city treas
urer, first and second eonstables, three
directors of French's Barre library, three
auditors, each to serve for one year and
one assessor to serve three years, will be
held in the opera house Thursday even
ing, Feb IS; and ward caususes will be
held in wards one, three, five and six on
the evening Of Friday, Feb. II.
Although the city election is less than
a month away there does not appear to
be any particular interest this year in
municipal affairs. Some say that the
public has become so accustomed to the
yearly increase in taxes that it takes
each jump as a matter of course and
takes its candidates the same way. The
candidates are few and far between this
year up to date.
While Mayor Glysson is understood to
be in receptive mood for reelection if
no other candidate enters the field, all
the other members of the city council
who retire this year declare they are not
candidates for another term.
Alderman A. A. Milne OF ward one an
nounces that he is not a candidate for
reelection, as his duties as president Of
the Granite Manufacturers association
and the demands Of his own business will
not permit him to give the eity's bust
ness the attention it requires There has
been some mention Of Mr.. Milne for
mayor, but he says the same objections
apply to his running for that Office as to
the other.
Alderman A. J. Loranger OF ward three
declares he is out of it. though it is pos
sible that if the ward insisted he run
again he would not refuse s. Fl. Bizzi,
alderman from ward five, states that he
is not a candidate for reelection, though
it is said friends are urging him to run
again.
| In the face of these declarations Of not
being candidates for reelection there is
but one announced candidate-J, X, Tier
ney in ward one In ward five several
names have been mentioned. among them
being John Frontini SiHio Cardi and
Angelo NJ. Celia, as we'll as one Of the
Malnattis.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-10
INVESTIGATE CHARGE
OF SELLING GIRL
Head of an Orphans Home Is Accused of
Trading Her for $50 and a Cow
General Investigation Is
Also Under Way.

Marietta, Ga. Feb. l0-Investigatiou
of charges that Mrs. Naomi V. Campbell,
head of an orphans home here, had trad
ed a girl inmate for $50 and a cow was
begun to-day by Solicitor General Dor
sey The charge developed after the ar
rest of the woman in connection with
a general inquiry relating to the treat
ment of children in the institution.
Hazel Rankins little girl who had
been placed in the home, was missing
when relatives went to take her away.
An investigation, the family alleged,
showed that the child had been given to a
woman at Toccoa, who wanted to adopt
her, and who gave Mrs. Campbell the
money and the COW to bind the trade
Mrs Campbell denied all charges as to
the disposition of the orphan and i'll
treatment of others under her care,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-10
ON 48-HOUR SCHEDULE.
Nearly All Textile Mills in Blackstone
Valley Resume Work.

Pawtucket, r. l., Feb, l0.-Nearly all
the textile mills in the Blackstone valley
started on Il 48 hour week schedule to-
day. Several have arranged to work
from nine to ten hours day and close
for the week on Friday afternoon or
night, but labor leaders representing the
Rhode Island textile council have started
an agitation for a uniform working day
of eight and three quarters hours and a
short day on Saturday
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-10
COMMITTED SUICIDE.
Rather Than to Be Captured BY Allied
Forces.

Washington, D, G., Feb. lO.-Dr. Re
shid, implicated in the Turkish govern
ment deportations, who was about to be
arrested by the allied forces in Constan.
tinople. has committed suicide to avoid
capture, according to advices reaching the
state department to-day from Pera.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-10
STRIKE CLOSES SCHOOLS.
Nearly Half Of Denver's Educational
System Suspended

Denver, Col, Feb, l0,--Twenty-fye of
the 65 public schools of Denver were
closed to-day as result of strike Of
The stationary engineess, employed by
the school directors, which went into
effect at o'clock this morning. Failure
of the school board to meet the demands
of the headquarters for increases re
suited in the strike.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-10
BROUGHT A FEW AMERICANS,
The Freight Transport Aralean Reached
New York To-day.

New York, Feb. l0.-The army freight
transport Arakan arrived here to-day
from Bordeaux with l3 casual officers,
six enlisted men Of detachment casual
company number II Of New York, and
two civilians.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-10
BATTLEsHIPs BoMBARpING.
Portuguese Republicans Fired on Portu'
guese Town.

Vigo Spain, Feb. l0.--Two Portuguese
republican warships bombarded Wanna
de Castillo, north of Oporto, early Sat
urday, according to travellers who have
arrived here, A republican tugboat bonn
barded a passenger train on the railroad
between Ancora and AlIife, north of vi
anna dc CASTILLO, and demolished the en-
gine. The passengers fed across the
fields There were no casualties.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-10
vIscoUNT GRAY TOTALLY BLIND.
He Is Learning to Read by the Braille
System.

London Feb. l0.-The eye trouble
with which Viscount Grey, former Brit
ish secretary OF state for foreign af-
airs, has been afflicted for years, has
now eliminated in total blindness, says
the Daily Mail to-day.
Viscount Grey is to read by the BrailIe
system of characters for the blind
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-10
Latter Government Offers
Coal and Iron Conces-
cession in Return
ALLIES MAY BE ABOUT
TO QUIT SIBERIA
Anti -Bolshevik Russians Re-
ported to Be Alarmed
Over Prospect

VIadivostok, Saturday, Feb, 8 (by the
Canadian Press Reports from Omsk
state that the Russian government there
has accepted an offer from Japan of men,
money and arms to settle the bolshevik
difficulty.
This step, it is stated. is due to re-
ports that the allies are to withdraw
their forces from Siberia and also to
a fear that the conference at the Princes
Island will result in recognition Of the
bolsheyiki
In return for the aid she is to give,
the report states. Japan will secure an
iron and coal concession in the Priamur
district.
A Vladivostok report under date of
Jan. o. received by the Canadian Press,
said that all parties in Siberia were
alarmed over rumors that the allied
forces in Siberia would withdraw in the
spring or summer. There has been no
official statement on this subject from
any governments concerned.
The Omsk government is headed by
Admiral kolchak and holds sway over
great part Of Siberia and the eastern
part of European Russia 1t has car
ried ON an active campaign against the
boIsheviki. Representatives OF the 0msk
government have declared against at.
tending the conference at the Princes Is
land,
japanese forces are included in the al.
lied expedition in Siberia, which is un-
der the supreme command Of a Japanese
general The Priamur district probably
is the southern part of the Amur prov
ince, where there are large coal and
iron mines. =
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-10
RoYALIsr LEADER WOUNDED.
And Portuguese Republican Forces Won
Victory.

Lisbon, Feb. l0.~-Reports from Aveiro
announce that Captain Henrique DE
paiya Couceiro, the royalist leader, has
been wounded, probably in fighting at
Lamego or Vizeu, which have been taken
by republican forces.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-10
ORDERED TO REMOVE
u. S. ARMY UNIFORMS
Some Of Those Who Were Picketing
Butte Mines, Where Men Are Strik-
ing Against Reduction
of Wages,

Butte, Mont, Feb l0.-Strikers in the
mines Of Butte, who object to the recent
reduction of 81 day in wages and who
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-10
MONTPELIER MAN
UNDER ARREST
John MOriarty Is Accused of Obtaining
Money Under False
Pretenses.

Burlington, Feb. l0.-~John Moriarty
Of Montpelier was arrested yesterday
noon in Springfield, Mass, for obtain
ing money under false pretenses. Mori-
arity, who has been recently discharged
from the army, has been doing a thriy-
ing business during the past few days,
according to reports, by representing
himself over the telephone as a friend
of almost everyone and borrowing mon
ev on the strength of that. His bust
ness got on such a scale that the West
ern Union company took an interest I'M
his activities and was one means Of
causing his arrest.
Moriarty made good in the army and
was advanced to the rank of sergeant
major but since his discharge seems to
have gone the wrong way. About the
first Of the month, John 7. Stearns of
this city received long distance tele-
phone call from Troy y. Y, from Mori-
arty, who represented himself as being
another person. The long distance con
veyed the message that he had lost his
pocketbook and wanted to have Mr.,
StearEs wire him $40. This Mr. Stearns
did,
Closely following the Troy deal Mori-
arty arrived in Springfield, Mass, and
there resumed his activities. He bor-
rowed or obtained money from George
Smith OF Montpelier and later endeav-
ored to represent himself to others as r.
H. Standish of Montpelier. His ven
ture in this direction was unsuccessful
for the reason that it was well known in
Montpelier that Mr. Standish was i'll iii
the hospital there.
The Western Union people became
tired of the continual source of trouble
and brought about his arrest in Spring
field by obtaining the permission Of Mr..
Stearns to use his name in making a
formal complaint to the chief of police
OF that place They had their man
watching Moriarty and the arrest was
accomplished few minutes after the
complaint was lodged.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-10
81 Nv. w. AGITATORS
UNDER HEAVY GUARD
ON WAY TO NEW YORK

Aliens Collected Chiefly on the Pacific Coast Viii
Be Deported at Once by the United States I'm
migration Authorities on Evidence Gathered
During Year.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-04-10
DON'T DRUG KIDNEYS
RUB BACKACHE AWAY.
Instant relief! Rub pain, soreness and
stiffness from your back with
"St. Jacobs Liniment."

Kidneys cause backache? No!
They have no nerves, therefore can
not cause pain. Listen! Your back
ache is caused by lumbago, sciatica
or strain, and the quickest relief is
soothing, penetrating est. Jacobs Lini-
ment." Rub it right on the ache or
tender spot, and instantly the pain,
soreness, stiffness and lameness dis
appears. Don't stay crippled! Get a
small trial bottle of "St. Jacobs Lini-
ment" from your druggist and timber
up. A moment after it is applied you'll
wonder what became Of the backache,
sciatica or lumbago pain. est. Jacobs
Liniment" stops any pain at once. 1t is
harmless and doesn't burn or discolor
the skin.
It's the only application to rub on
weak, lame or painful back, or for
lumbago, sciatica, neuralgia, rheuma-
tism, sprains or a strain.-Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-04-10
DROWN SO SERBS
IN CHURCH WELL

just lately they had been finding in
the foothills of the mountains over
which the road went, graves in which
thirty, forty and fifty of these citizens
had been buried, after having been tor
tured and killed.
Large Factory There.
In Leskovatz before the war stood
one of the few large factories in Ser
bia.
1t had been making wooden cloth for
army uniforms and also linen cloth.
The buildings had been filed with
expensive machinery imported from
Austria and Germany.
When the Bulgarians came they put
up the machinery at auction to enter
prising citizens of Bulgaria, and many
of the machines carry tags or are
chalk-marked with the names of the
successful bidders.
They had not been able to transport
all the machines before the Serbians
came back, though a great many had
been moved, but all those which could
not be removed had been cleverly DAM
aged, almost beyond possibility Of re-
pair.
All the engines, all the various ma
chimes for the manifold operations re-
quired in the manufacture of cloths
had been damaged at some vital spot.
All the leather belts and even the
leather attached to rollers had been
cut away. The boilers had been made
useless.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-04-10
SELL SURPLUS
TO EUROPEANS

"France and the other allies Will
need horses, and our horses Will be
sold for the most we can get. We
will sell only those commodities
which our army does not need.
eve are unable to make an exact
compilation now Of what can be dis
posed of, for that is dependent upon
the size of our new standing army OF
occupation. We are going ahead with
the organization and discussion OF the
preliminaries and so are familiarlzing
ourselves with the problem. We will
visit the bases and get grasp of the
matter.
"Our purpose is to drive the best
bargain and conserve the values for
American materials on this side. If
we see that the material can be
shipped home to greater advantage
than sold here, we will keep it. 1t
is a business proposition for our gov
ernment."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-04-10
APT DESCRIPTION OF PASTOR
ChiId's Characterization Well Drawn,
Though Possibly Not FIattering
to the Good Man.

Little Caroline and her grandmother
went to church one Sunday morning
recently. 1t had been some time since
the small lady had attended and things
and faces were new and strange.
After returning home she sat in a
quiet study.
"What are you thinking of, dear"
grandma asked.
"Who was that fluffy man?" was the
reply.
''What man, pet? I do not know
which one you mean"
"That man, ] mean," Caroline said
with an indignant frown.
II can't tell, dear. which one that
is"
'Well," said little Caroline, evident
ly fully Disguised, 81 mean the fluffy
man that talks while we keep STILL"
The pastor happened to be a rather
short, stout man with a good supply
of hair and this was her unusual way
Of describing him.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-04-10
United States Material in
France Will Be Dis
posed of.
GET BEST PRICE POSSIBLE
Commission Will Sell Warehouses,
Docks, Hospitals, Engines and All
SuperfIuous Army Supplies
France Wants Our Horses.

Paris.-All superfluous material of
the American expeditionary forces,
now stored in vast warehouses
throughout France, will be bargained
off to Europeans, provided it is
found cheaper to dispose of it here
than to transport it to the United
States. This announcement was made
by the United States liquidation COM
mission, which is holding conferences
to determine what disposition should
be made Of the equipment.
The commission is composed of Sen
ator Hollis of New Hampshire, Homer
III. Johnson of Cleveland, O.; Gen.
Charles G. Dawes, and Judge Edwin
b. Parker of Houston, Tex. Judge
Parker has not arrived here yet.
Europe Needs Equipment.
''We will get the best prices we pos
sibly can for all materials" said Sen
ator Hollis to the Associated Press.
"There is much equipment of the
United States army which Europe
needs and which we shall be glad if
they buy. Our railroad equipment, in
rails, locomotives and cars, is i'm.
mense. France, Belgium, Roumania
and other belligerents and some neu-
trails are in the market for this mate
rial.
Belgium already has asked for
large numbers of our uniforms and
automobiles, of which there are thou
sands still to be disposed of in the
most satisfactory way to give the
United States the benefit of a good
transaction. There are many difficult
problems, such as imposts, but these
are matters for France.
"Some of our hospital material
also will be wanted by the French.
Hospital trains and hospital equip
ment can be used anywhere. OF course
hospitals which are fastened to the
ground can hardly be taken away, and
we will have to dispose of these to
the best advantage.
Warehouses, docks and things gen.
orally stationary and permanent will
be subject to the best arrangement
that can be made.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-04-10

has provided hospital at Tumen,
with a capacity of 500 patients, and
dental clinics at Cheliabinsk and Ekat-
erinburg. There is now being opened
at Petropavlovsk an American typhus
hospital for Russians, with a capacity
of 400 beds.
At Taiga, Novo-Nikolaevsk and other
places more than two thousand per-
sons are under Red Cross care. Milk
stations are provided for school chill
dren. When there are no men in fami-
lies monthly donations are made IL
needy cases.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-04-10

The Omsk hospital is merely one OF
series of philanthropic medical insti-
tutions which have been organized in
Siberia, mainly through the efforts OF
DIR. r. B. Teusler of Tokyo, the chair
man of the Red Cross commission to
Siberia. He has been travelling about
to points in the interior obtaining
bases and buildings for the hospitals.
Russians thus have been made to real
ize that the American Red Cross is
to be of genuine and effective assist
ance.
Red Cross work in interior Siberia
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-04-10
FrightfuI Tale of Bulgarian Fe-
rocity Comes to Light
From Serbia.
MANY TORTURED And KILLED
Citizens of Leskovatz Are Bound Hand
and Foot and Cast to Their Death
VALUABLE Machinery is
Damaged.

LeskovatZ, Serbia. - In LeSkOvatZ
there is a church.
Under the church a well.
In the well the bodies of fifty citi-
zens of Leskovatz were found
drowned.
Their arms and legs had been tied
and they had been thrown into the
water by the Bulgarians when they
swept over Serbia, a citizen of the
town of Leskovatz told me.
He also said that a good many Of
the leading citizens of Leskovatz,
priests, school teachers and such, had
been deported-as those left behind
understood-into Bulgaria. But that
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-04-10
THEY'RE All Intrepid.

"Just a moment before you start to
writing your interview with Flappers,
the aviator" said the city editor.
eyes, sir" replied the youthful re-
porter.
"See if you can't describe him with
out using intrepid The word has
been a trifle overwOrked in connection
with airmen. "-Bi,mingham Age-Her-
aid.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-04-10
Allied NaVies' War
Loss 100000 Tons

London.-The allied naval
losses in the war aggregated
100000 tons, according to an es-
innate sent by Reuters Paris
correspondent. OF this loss the
British portion was $4,000 tons.
The central powers lost 49,
600 tons, but the German total,
which was $4,000 tons, does
not cover the huge tonnage sur
rendered under the armistice
terms.
Commenting upon these esti-
mates, the Westminster Gazette
says: "When we learn that in
big ships alone we sacrificed
thirteen battleships, three battle
cruisers and twenty-five cruis-
ers, we get some notion of the
tremendous character of the eff
fort that was necessary to ena-
BILE the navy to emerge from the
war vastly more powerful than
it was at the end of 1914"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-04-10

Unpleasant stories are coming from
Vladivostok to the effect that the anti
bolshevik Russians there are bitterly
attacking the middle of-the-road policy
that is being followed by the American
expedition, and are accusing the
Yankees of being the friends Of the
bolsheviki. The antagonism is fos-
tered by several newspapers which are
said to have been subsidized by some
Japanese agencies. The Americans in
Siberia are scheduled for return in the
spring. Just why the Yankee troops
should fight the bolsheviki in north
Russia and not in Siberia is not dis
cernible at this distance.
Directly connected with the strained
relations in Siberia is the row in Tien
Tsin, where Japanese troops and police
made what is declared to have been
an unprovOked attack on American
officials and soldiers. Washington
may demand an apology and repara-
ton from Tokyo.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-04-10

1t is an open question whether the
machines can be repaired, and if re-
pair were possible, as to whether it
would not cost more than to take q
fresh start.
The owner, one Of the few capital
lists of Serbia, seemed to take an al
most melancholy satisfaction in hav-
ing US see how his life work had been
destroyed. He seemed too old, too
broken and too discouraged to take
a fresh start.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-04-10
How the States Responded
Total Sales of War Savings Stamps
and Thrift Stamps Up to
End of Last Year.

Washington.-Total sales of War
Savings stamps and Thrift stamps
through post offices and federal reserve
banks from the beginning of the cam
paign to December 81 of last year,
compiled from reports received by the
treasury department, are as follows: