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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-17
Gave Farewell Address Aft
er the "Rainbows" Had
Passed in Review
GERMANS WATCHED
FROM HEIGHTS
The American Commander
Wished the Men All Luck
in Peaceful Occupations

Coblenz, Sunday March l6 tBy the As
sociated Press General Pershing said
goodbye to the boys of the 42d divi.
sion to-day. In farewell address to
the troops of the Rainbow unit, who are
preparing to start for home the first of
April the American commander in chief
wished them all good luck in the peace
ful occupations into which they will 60
on the OTTER side of the Atlantic.
The inspection and review of the divi-
sion took place in a great field near
Remagenon, on the west bank of the
Rhine General Pershing spoke to more
passed the reviewing stand in massed
formation. From the heights across the
river hundreds Of German civilians as
sembed and watched the review through
field glasses. General Pershing spoke
from the rear end of a wagon with the
soldiers gathered about him.
Before his address the commander in
chief presented one congressional medal
of honor, two distinguished service med
ais and 46 distinguished service crosses
to officers and men of the division.
lht AAtuhl Vi uoubl was plUueu DN
General Pershing on Corporal Sidney
Manning of the lGS7th infantry, for
leading his platoon during an attack on
the Ourcq after is commander had fall
en-. Despite wounds he had received,
Manning led the men forward and gained
and held an important position in the
face Of terrific enemy fire All but sew.
en- members of the platoon were killed
or wounded. Manning himself was
wounded nine times in this attack. When
the United States entered the war, Man
ming was farmer boy near Brewton,
Ala.
The distinguished service medals went
to Brigadier General Julius Macarthur
and Colonel William Hughes, ir.
Sunday morning General Pershing in
spected the troops of the Sd corps near
Vallendar.
After the review of the 42d division
General Pershing went by automobile to
Coblenz, where he had dinner with Ma.
jor General DielIman, commander of the
army of occupation. In several villages
along the way German civilians greeted
him with shouts of "Heich Pershing d
The commanders visit to the area Of
occupation was advertised by the Ger.
mans in their newspaper and otherwise
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-17
His Authority to Increase
Telephone Rate Is
Questioned
STATE OF KANSAS
TO START SUIT
Order of Dec. 13 Will Be
Passed Upon by U. S.
Court

Washington, D. G., March l7.--Author.
ity Of Postmaster General Burleson to
increase telephone rates throughout the
country is to be determined by the su.
preme court, which to-day granted the
state of Kansas permission to institute
original proceedings against the post
master general, questioning the validity
of his order of Dee. l3 last, establishing
new toll rates.
The court ordered that a return be
made in the case at the next term in
October.
Under the order attacked, effective
since Jan. 2l last, the postmaster general
establishes a new classification and
schedule of toll rates under parcel
zone system. The Kansas authorities al
lege that the postmaster general ex-
ceeded his authority in making it and
that it is unlawful, unreasonable, ar.
bitrary, unjust and oppressive" They
asked that the supreme court define the
extent of the authority conferred upon
the postmaster general under the Joint
congressional resolution and the presi-
dential proclamation by which the tele.
phone and telegraph systems were taken
over by the government.
While these proceedings directly af-
feet only the carrying out of The order
in Kansas by the Southwestern Bell Tel
ephone company, the questions involved
every state.
The Kansas contention Is that the
postmaster general is without authority
to fix intrastate rates and that if such
authority was conferred by the resolu-
tion and postmaster general, both are un-
constitutional.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-17
RUMPUS At TEN TSIN
is NOT REPEATED
American Minister Renisch Has Been Or
dered to Gable the Important Facts
In He Is Also Sending Full
Report By Mail.

Washington, D. G., March l7--Minis.
ter Reinsch of Peking advised the state
department to-day that all was quiet at
Iien Tsin, where there was trouble last
week between American soldiers and
Japanese, and that he was sending a full
report of the incident by mail. The de-
partment instructed him to report all
important facts by cable Immediately.
The minister made no mention of the
nature of the difficulty either in to-days
dispatch nor in his message Saturday
reporting that he had sent First Secre-
tary Spencer from Peking to investigate.
Associated Press dispatches from Pc.
king have described a raid by Americans
on the Japanese Consulate, in which the
consul was seriously wounded; that seiz-
ure of two Americans in the French con
cession by Japanese military guards, and
an attack by japanese on Americans at
a moving picture theatre in the French
concession.
The fact that Minister Reinsch
thought it unnecessary to send his re-
port by cable is regarded here as indi-
eating that he did not attach great i'm
pOrtance in the matter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-17
UNCERTAIN OUTLOOK
IN INDUSTRIAL LINE
Was COncensus of Replies to Queries
Sent Out By Federal Reserve Board
Manufactured and Dealers
Have Large Stocks.

Washington, D. c., March 1.-THE
federal reserve board made public to-day
summaries of reports from federal re-
serve agents throughout the country in
answer to a QUESTIONABLE recently sent
out to ascertain the extent of business
and industrial readjustment The report
showed in general large stocks on hand
by manufacturers and dealers and les
sened demand with prices decreasing in
many instances.
A typical example Of the reports from
industrial districts was afforded by the
tabulatiou of replies to questions from
business concerns in the Philadelphia
federal reserve district. These questions
and classified replies were as follows:
Are the quantities of materials, sup
plies and goods as shown by your last
inventory larger than usualY Yes, ia;
no, l29.
Are they principally for war or civil
ian businesses? War work 20, civilian
business 22l.
Have the prices Of your product been
lower recently than the high prices pre-
vailing during the war; Yes, l4s; no,
03.
rs labor more abundant? Yes, 225;
no, 81.
rs labor less restless? Yes, l47; no,
0l.
rs there less unemployment? Yes,
1856; no, 62.
rs labor more efficient? Yes, 90; no,
l42.
HAS there been any lowering Of
wages Yes, II; no. DDS,
Are you paying less for raw mate
rials? Yes, lSl; no, 50.
Is the supply adequate! Yes, 2l2;
no. l6,
DO YOU anticipate making any exteh-
sions or repairs to your plants in the
near future which will necessitate the
purchase OF building materials or equip.
ment? Yes, AZ; no, 203.
Have you a satisfactory amount Of
orders on hand? Yes, 81; no, $50"
Most concerns reported the outlook
uncertain.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-17
FRANCES RHINE CLAIM
is CALLED A CRIME"
He Declared That if Peace
Conference Loads Treaty
Beyond Pres. Wilson's Ia
Points the German Ma
tiOnal Assembly Would
Refuse to Give Its Assent.

Copenhagen, March l7.-If the allies
loaded the peace treaty with conditions
going beyond President Wilson's four
teen points the German national assem-
bly, would have to refuse its assent to
the treaty, Matthias Erzberger, head of
the German armistice commission, de-
clared in an address at Berlin meeting
in favoring the formation of a real
league of nations" according to a dis
patch from the German capital to-day.
The matter then would be left to a ref
erendum of the German nation, he said.
Herr Erzberger diselaimed any obli-
cation upon Germany to give compensa-
tion for acts she committed after her
first peace offer in December, 1916.
He declared the only means of check
ing bolshevism was the abandonment of
the mailed fist policy of the allies"
The German people, he said, had al
most unlimited confidence in President
Wilson, and he hoped that the league Of
nations covenant as promulgated on Feb.
IA, would not be finally adopted, as, he
declared, ii was a compromise of the
ideals of President Wilson with the i'm
perialistic aspirations of some of the al
lies. The American president, Herr Err
berger insisted, was under obligation to
advocate the immediate admission of
Germany to the league.
Herr Erzberger asserted that Ger
many was prepared to accept the vote
of Alsace Lorraine as to its future, but
he referred to the reported aspirations
of France respecting the Rhinelsnd and
TO Poland's claims to- Danzig, as
"crimes," adding:
what is German will remain Ger
man"
As far as the demands for compensa-
tion were concerned, Herr Erzberger de-
clared that Germany would reject any
demand that applied to acts committed
after December, 1915, when Germany
made her first peace offer. There was no
real obligation upon Germany regarding
compensation aside from the case of
Belgium, the speaker argued In that
case, Germany would act honestly, be
said.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-17
vERMoNTER CITED.
Pvt Israel J. Chamberlain of Hunting.
ton Showed Extraordinary HerOism.

Washington, D. C., March l7.-Private
first class Israel J. Chamberlain of
Huntington, VT, has been awarded a dis
tinguished service cross by Gen. Pershiug
for extraordinary heroism in action in
Bois Bossios, France, Oct. Q, 1918.
The citation is as follows: "Pvt. Cham
berlain went through an open country
under heavy machine-gun fire to ascer-
tain whether friendly troops were ahead
of his regiment, after unknown soldiers
had been obseryed he was urged by the
French troops on the flank not to make
the return trip, as certain death seemed
sure to be the outcome; but without
hesitation, returned with information
which resulted in the wounding of one of
the enemy, the killing of two, and the
capture Of 81, including one officer. Home
address, Mrs. Edith /. Chamberlain, wife,
Huntington, Vt"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-17
vAEDALS IN BURLINGTON SCHOOL.
Stirred Things Up Generally When They
Failed to Secure Loot.

Burlington, March l7.-By means of
the fire escape, someone entered the
cathedral school building here Saturday
evening, probably thinking that there
was a large sum Of money in the build
ing. After a search which revealed none,
they then proceeded to do considerable
damage to the place.
The fire escape is on the rear side of
the building. The vandals proceeded to
the second floor Of the building and
gained entrance by breaking q window
They then proceeded to search the
building for anything of value that they
might lug oil. They ransacked practi-
cally every desk in the building and took
many articles Of value.
The vandals tore pictures of the wall,
tipped all the ink wells over and tore
a large number OF books. It was not
discovered until yesterday morning
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-17
GERMAN PEOPLE
MUCH DISAPPOINTED
Over the Food Allotment, as They Figure
That the Individual Amount Will
Be Quite Small.

Berlin, March l6 (By the Associated
Press Indications are that the aver
age German is not enthusiastic over the
amount of food he is likely to get under
the provisioning agreement with the al
lies. After his first feeling of enthusi-
asm over the signing Of the long g-desired
arrangement he Immediately began to
figure out his share of the provisions
under the terms of the agreement, an
extended summary of which was pub.
lished officially this morning, and such
comment as is made reflects an unde-
niable feeling of disappointment at the
quantity provided.
This was particularly the case because
the newspapers, in reducing. the totals
to figures in pounds per capita, take as
the basis OF their estimates the popula-
tion before the war and work out the
result at 10 pounds monthly per person,
instead of the approximate Is pounds
which results from computation upon
the basis of population of $4,000 900.
excluding the sef-providers on the
farms, as the food ministry eontemplates
doing. This means that the allotment
would be half pound of flour and a
tenth of pound of fats per day to sup
plement the waning German food stocks.
In commenting on the agreement, Vor.
wearts predicts that the independent So
cialists and the Spartacans will make
capital out of the fact that there is
proviso in the agreement that no food
shall be allotted to those who are un-
employed through their own fault. The
newspaper says the workmen will be told
that the government induced the entente
to insert this proyiso to prevent them
from using the strike as a political weap-
on. The newspaper declares that the
proviso really was contained in the draft
agreement submitted by the interallied
delegates to the Brussels conference who
undoubtedly insisted upon it, Vorwearts
thinks, in order to make Germany
finance as large a proportion of the sup
plies as possible by means of experts, so
that Germany's gold resources might be
reserved for indemnity payments. The
newspaper characterizes the agreement
as anything but a success"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-17
TO LOOK OVER CoURTMARTIAL.
Committee of American Bar Association
to Investigate.

New York, March l7.-Secretary Of
War Baker has been advised of the ap-
pointment of a committee Of five mem
bers Of the American Bar association
to investigate the status of the present
military law relating to courtmartials
This was announced by the association
here to-day with the statement that "the
committee expects to commence its work
at a very early date"
The committee was appointed by
George T, Page, president of the asso-
citation, in accordance with resolutions
adopted by its executive committee to
which it will report the results of its in
vestigation together with recommenda-
tions. 1t is headed by S. S. Gregory Of
Chicago. The other members are Judge
w. P. Bynum of Greensboro, n. C.,
Judge Andrew Jackson Bruce of Bis
marck, n. D., Colonel John Hinkley of
Baltimore, and Martin Conboy of New
York.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-17
WOUNDED SOLDIER HoNoRED.
Pvt. Archibald Allan of Canadian Army
in Hands of Barre Friends.

A very delightful surprise party was
given in Clan Gordon hall Saturday
evening to Pvt Archibald Allan, who
recently returned from France where he
had been serving in the Canadian army
The party started at o'clock sharp
with dancing, which was continued pref
ty much throughout the evening via
short intermssions in between, at v>1NT
times songs were rendered by M
Haffie and Sunny" Anderson. Tn, mu-
sic was furnished by Cooper and Smiths
orchestra. At about 9:30 a very appro-
pirate presentation speech was made by
William Barclay, who presented the guest
an elegant gold watch. Pvt. Allan re-
sponded in a very fitting manner.
Dancing was resumed until 10 o'clock
at which time refreshments were served,
After the light luncheon, tripping the
light fantastic" was again called into
prominence and the remainder of the
evening was taken up with it. The fact
of the party being a great success was
vouched for by the large attendance,
there being about 200 persons present.
The party broke up at late hour with
all feeling in the best of spirits and high
ly delighted with the evening that they
had spent. The committee to whom
mitch is due for the manner in which
they planned the affair and carried their
plans out, consisted of the following:
Andrew Walker chairman; Frank Will
son, secretary; William Gray, George
Robertson, James Coutts, William Dun
can, Kenneth Milne and Alex Cormack
They were assisted by the following la
dies; Mrs. Andrew Walker Mrs. Charles
Greig, Mrs. William Duncan, Mrs. Ken
meth Milne, Mrs. Frank Wilson, Mrs
William Gray and Mrs. George Robert
son.
Pvt. Archibald Allan, to whom the
party was given, resides on Ayers street,
and has lived in Barre about nine years,
and is well known here. On Feb. 2, 1918,
the day following the Canadian recruit
ing rally in this city, Mir Allan enlisted
About one month later he was on the
ocean bound for overseas. After about
six months of training in France, he was
sent TO the Cambria front. He went over
the top Sept. "a and 2S and also on Oct.
!. According to an old saying, three
times is out, and it surely was the case
in this instance. At the latter engage
ment, Pvt. Allan was wounded in the
head, back and legs, but the wound in
the back was the most serious. He was
in a hospital in France for two weeks
and was then sent to Carlisle, Eng,
where he stayed until he was sent home.
He arrived in Halifax March /, He has
been home on a furlough for short time
and left to-day to return to Montreal to
receive his discharge.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-17
ACTIVE ALMOST TO LAST.
Thomas Sheridan, Aged "a, Died on Will
Jamestown South Hill.

Thomas Sheridan. aged "a years, died
Sunday afternoon at o'clock at his
home on Williamstown south hill. Mr.,
Sheridan was born in Lowell, Mass but
for 70 years had lived in the neighbor-
hood where he died A carpenter by
trade he was very active almost to the
last. although q heart difficulty had
been growing upon him in the past few
months. Although then 73 years of age,
Mr.. Sheridan spent the winter Of 1917
is working in a machine shop in Massa-
chusetts and had intended doing the
same this winter, but his health was not
sufficiently robust to attempt it. In this
line of work he was very happy and he
got much enjoyment from his labor He
was man who will be greatly missed,
as he was liked by all.
He is survived by his wife, two daugh-
ters and two sons. as follows: Mrs.
Goldie Baldwin Of Bridgeport, Conn, Ray
Sheridan of Bridgeport, Conn, John
Sheridan of Meriden Conn, and Mrs,
Joseph Brook of McIndoes Falls; also by
two sisters. Mrs J. II. Blackall of Mont
pelier and Mrs George Wood of Barre.
Funeral arrangements have not been
completed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-17
MAKES ANOTHER VISIT.
Deputy Collector Comes to Assist the
Income Taxpayers.

F. NJ Dearing deputy collector, will
be at the following places on dates men
toned for the purpose of assisting tax
payers on income tax in fling their re-
turns under the federal laws. The new
income tax law affects 1918 incomes and
is different from the 1917 act in many
respects, so that many will find it ad.
vantageous to interview one of the dep
uty collectors working in their particu.
lar section.
The itinerary of the above named dep
uty collector will be as follows:
Barre, city hall, March II, IS and 10.
Newbury, town clerk. March 90
Bradford, bank, March p.
Randolph inn, March p,
We are not directed to assess the PEN
atty as yet and any person needing as
sistauce or advice should take advantage
of this fact on above dates.
r. NJ. Dearing, Deputy Collector.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-17
GERMANY WILL REJECT
DEMAND FOR DAMAGES
NACTS AFTER DEC. 1916
FORMER KAISER HAS
SAWED 1000 TREES

Amerongen, Holland, Saturday,
March Is (By the Associated
Press Former Emperor William
to-day completed saving into logs
his thousandth tree since he took
refuge at Count Won Bentinck's
castle here last fall. From the
thousandth tree a few logs were
converted into souvenirs of the
achievement and marked in red
ink with the inscription "W 2"
These were presented to members
Of the Bentinck family and to
those who have assisted the eX-
emperor in his work during the
past 10 weeks.
Expert sawyers of the neighbor-
hood compute the value of the
wages which Herr Hohenzollern
would have earned if he had been
paid the trade union rate at about
$50 for the whole period, or an
average of so cents per working
day, which usually consists OF
three hours.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-17
FUNERAL OF W. F. CUTLER.
Was Held from His Late Home in South
Barre-Burial at Hope Cemetery.

The funeral of w F. Cutler, who died
Tuesday after an illness with pneumonia
was held from his late home in South
Barre Friday afternoon, there being a
large number Of friends in attendance.
Rev. B. G. Lipsky of The Hedding NJ. L,
church in Barre was the officiating clergy
man, and he spoke words of comfort to
the relatives and friends A profusion of
beautiful flowers testified to the es-
teen in which Mr.. Cutler was held.
The bearers were Guy Howard Harry
Gamble, Alex, Milne, Arthur LeBarron,
Don V. Camp and Walter Goodell. In
terment was in Hope cemetery in this
city.
Although every effort was made to
get in touch with a son, Frank t. Cut.
Ter, who is in government service, it was
not possible to reach him and inform
him of his fathers death. 1t is sup
posed, therefore. that the young man had
sailed for France. Another son Russell
w. Cutler, who was critically i'll at the
time his father died, is now able to be
about the house.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-17
OLLIE CHILL PROMOTED.
He Becomes an Umpire in the American
League.

Chicago, March II. - President Ban
johnson of the American league to-day
completed his staff of umpires for the
coming season. Ollie Chill, for the last
two years an umpire in the American
association, was signed to fill the va,
cancy caused by the death of silk"
OLoughlin. Chill was in the American
league in 1916
The other members of the staff are:
T. P. Connolly, w G. Evans, William
Dineen, George Hildebrand, c. b. Owens,
r. S. Nallin, and George Moriarty. All
were in the league last season. The com
ing season will be Connolly's 26th year
as a professional umpire and his 10Th
year with the American league
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-17
NO INTERNATIONAL CONTROL.
OF Main Line Railways in Europe Is
Proposed.

Paris, Sunday, March l6 (Hayas).-
The commission on international railway
has decided to revise the
convention signed at Berne in 1890,
which previous to the war governed in
ternational railway traffic, according to
the Echo de Paris The commission has
rejected a plan which would establish
an international administration of main
line railways under the control of the
league of nations.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-17
IN SERIOUS CONDITION.
Louis Huard of Burlington Drawn Into
Rolls of Press.

Burlington, March I7.-Whie working
on the press at the Mercantile Press
rooms here Friday afternoon, Louis
Huard was drawn into the rolls and was
injured severely. Major H. Nelson Jack
son, just back from overseas, happened
to be nearby and administered first aid
to the boy with the aid of his first aid
kit The boy is at Mary Fletcher hos
pital at the present time in a serious con
ditiOn.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-17
SECOND DEATH FROM BURNS
When Paint Caught Fire in Springfield,
Mass, Plant.

Springfield, Mass, March IA second
death resulted to-day from the blaze of
an air duct of the United Electric Light
company, which cost the life of Casino
Figliomini yesterday. Nicholas Alvero,
aged %, died in a hospital this morning
of burns. Two others who were burned
will recover.
The men were painting the interior
of an S0-foot duct when a can of paint
took fire and communicated to the paint
on the walls of the tube, which became
mass of flames
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-17
STEAMER SANK TUG
IN NEW YORK H4RBOR
Tug Struck Amidships While the Steam
er Lexington Was Cropping Its Way
to Pier in Dense Fog-Crew
of Tug Rescued.

New York, March l7-While cropping
its way through dense fog to its pier
here with full complement of passen-
gers, the Colonial line steamship Lexing-
ton from Providence, r, l., collided to-
day with the Arbuckle Sugar Refining
company tug Jameson, sinking it in
stantly. The tug was struck amidships.
It's crew was rescued by the Lexington.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-17
RETURNED TO THEIR DESKS.
Striking Railroad Clerks at Atlanta Have
Been Out Since Friday.

Atlanta, Ga, March l7.--About 1900
railroad clerks, employed on all roads
entering Atlanta, except the Nashville,
Chattanooga q St Louis, returned to
their desks this morning after having
been on strike since Friday and tying
up freight traffic in Atlanta and ada.
cent territory.