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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-09-19
TO SAN DIEGO NEXT.
President Wilson Was Expected to
Reach There This Morning.

San Diego, Cal, Sept l9.--Arrange
ments, whereby it was hoped the sound
Of President Wilson's voice would reach
crowd far larger than any that has
heard him speak on his present trip, were
in effect here to-day. Electrical appar-
atus for transmitting the presidents s
words to all parts of the stadium here,
which has space for $4,000 people, was
installed several days ago, and after a
final test to-day, was pronounced in per-
feet working order.
The presidents train was to arrive
from Oakland at 1880 p. m.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-09-19
LANDED safely at washington, D. c.

Washington, D. c., Sept. l9.-Flying
against heavy head winds, the Lawson
airplane which left Mineola, n. Y, at
$3.50 to-day, landed safely at Boiling
field, near here, at l2:46Sp. M, After a
threeday stop here the plane will start
for Dayton, Ohio, which is the next stop
ping place on trip expected to end at
San Francisco.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-09-19
GRAND MARCH Won
TWO NORTHFIELD RACES
Captured 2:as Pace on Last Day of Dog
River Valley Fair, and the 2:23
Pace on Wednesday.

Northfeld, Sept. lo.--The Dog River
Valley fair finished yesterday. Grand
March, winner Wednesday in the 2;23
pace, won first, money in yesterdays
2:2S class. The summary:
0.oS CTAgS pACtAn pTrpuE sooo
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-09-19

The w. b. Moore grocery stock sale
will commence Monday, Sept % instead
of Sept 81, as advertised in another
column.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-09-19

Miss Martha Harmon Of the City hos
pital in Newark, N j., returned to her
duties to-day after a two weeks vaca-
tion spent with her sister, Mrs. Harper
Mitchell of 90 Summer street.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-09-19
BULGARIA TO ASSUME
HER RESPONSIBILITIES
FOR HORRORS OF WAR

When Terms of Peace Were
Formally Presented to
Her in Paris To-day, Gen.
Theodoroff, Head of the
Bulgarian Delegation, De-
clared the People of His
Country Were Not Re-
sponsible.'
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-09-19

80 ALASS fAtlENAfs fDkoE S6VU.
Grand March chs, by Clan Forester
lMcLeodl ,,..t..+....,..........
G B, Big (McShane) ....2 Q
Belle Locander. him (O'Claire) s 4 8
Pollyans. bm Lyons ........4 4
Time.-2 :2l u, 2:2iI4, 2 :25.
2;ls CLASS PACING, PURSE 5000
Binkerk, bs (o'Claire1 .............
Cochato Direct, bg tDawson) .2 2 2
Maj. Deem. chg (slackpoleJ ......... 3 8 4
Daisy G., bm NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 8
Time 2:l5A, 2ish. 2:ls.
The results Of Wednesdays races were
as follows
2,40 CLASS PACING, PURSE $500.
Helen Clay, bm, by Cardinal Wilkes
2 c b, bg iMcshanei .............. i222
May b, bm tSlsyton) ..,........ 1884
Brags, bg (McLeodl ,............ 4443
Time 2 .2Sh, 2.23L, 2 :24h. 2:24B
2.2s CLASS PACING, PURSE 5000.
Grand March. chs. By Clan Forester
lMcLeo0t ...t.s.+t .-..ss........ /
Daisy G. bIn tOClair) .......3 q 2
Phil Cochato, gs tMullen) . 9
Queen Eel. chm (slAytonl 4
Time--2 :24i., 2i26h, ;28A
2 ;i3 CLASS PACING. PURSE $500.
Bingo, Big, by Blngara tDawsonJ II. 2211
Roxalina. bm (Mullenl ....... q
Peter Arion. bg Fuller ...-,.... 2 8 3 sro
beco, hg tOClair) ................ 4ro
Time--2 .i9%, 2;2iA, 2:22h. 2;22l4, 2;24A.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-09-19

The results Of Wednesdays races were
as follows.
The sun., 1919-10-17
WHAT CAN THE PEOPLE DO:
The Answer Is, Elect Courageous,
Honest Men to Ofllce.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. In
THE SUN Senator Thomas is quoted as
having said in reference to the present
strike
And yet millions OF American citizens
In New York, Jersey City and Hoboken
sit supinely by and walt for the law to
remedy the situation.
In the name of common sense and the
United States Constitution what would
Senator Thomas have us do? Have we
not paid our taxes, gone to the polls and
sent men to represent us to Albany and
Washington? Surely the administration
OF the Government should be In the
hands of our properly elected represen-
tatives To take direct action ourselves
would be downright anarchy.
1 greatly fear that Senator Thomas
and many others are endeavoring TO
make the public their scapegoat, and
probably they are not far wrong. for the
fault from the Alpha to the Omega is
that we have been electing too many
spineless, inefficient petty politicians to
represent US; men who from head TO
tail have turned over the Labor Depart
ment of the Government to a minority,
mostly foreigners, not lawfully chosen to
represent the people and whose whole
aim is selfishness.
These men work with both hands, the
right goading on the radical element the
LIFT the labor unions. Both are children
OF the same mother and the public is
ready to give credit 10 the left hand
when 1t on the side strokes its right hand
protege on the head, saying: Patience,
my child, your time has not yet come,
but it is getting nearer day by day"
This Is the policy Of the labor unions,
and gullible portion of our people
gives It credit for opposing the Reds,
while our spineless (mis) Representatives
stand by trying to shift the blame onto
the suffering public and afraid of losing
vote by working either on the side of
the Government or on the side of the
mob. PATRICK O'NEILI.
NEW YORK, October l6
The sun., 1919-10-17
As Costs Rise With the Wages OF
Manual Labor He Suffers.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str: To
get back to normal conditions ought to
be the aim Of all good citizens. There
arc number of ways by which this can
be accomplished. Thrift will be a large
factor OF course, but the biggest evil. In
my mind, to be commended against is the
constant seeking on the part OF labor
unions of higher compensation for work.
ers, The higher the wages OF the work.
ers the higher necessarily the cost of
the commodities to the consumer.
This situation is very one sided. On
the one hand We have skilled mechanics
and laborers and on the other various
grades of clerks. The compensation of
the former has advanced out OF all pro-
portion to the remuneration of the lat
ter, and as a result the clerks are Shout
dering more than their just share of
the economic burden.
Another phase to be considered is that
present conditions offer no Incentive for
acquiring an education. After years of
study a young man will reap as his re-
ward very small sum as compared
with what a laborer is getting-a man
with absolutely no knowledge whatso-
ever. Surely this state OF things cannot
be permitted to continue In this en-
lightened land. ARTHUR c. WRIoHr
LYONS FARMS. N. j.. October ls.
The sun., 1919-10-17
A WIDOWS ALLOTMENT.
Official Expert Help Is Promptly Put
Mt Her Service.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: In
your issue of October IL, 1919, under
the heading Another Breakdown" there
appeared a complaint signed by one
Joseph w. Gavan. in which he cites the
case of a widow against the War
Department. This letter is like great
many others written with reference to
the War Risk Insurance Bureau and all
are traceable to the same source-colos-
sal ignorance and failure to seek intelli-
gent assistance.
Had Mr.. Gavan or the widow who
was the sympathetic subject for his
spleenish eplstle taken the trouble to in
vestigate he or she would have ascer-
tanned that the settlement of allotment
claims Is not function of the War De-
partment but function of the War Risk
Insurance Bureau.
The War Risk Insurance Bureau Is a
part of the Treasury Department, pre-
sided over by the Secretary of the Treas
ury, and with no more connection with
the War Department presided over by
the Secretary Of War, than the municipal
government of the city of New York has
with the municipal government of the
city Of Boston. The functions of the
War Department with the War Risk
Insurance Bureau are merely secondary.
everything that pertains to allotments
and insurance being within the jurisdic-
ton Of the War Risk Insurance Bureau
and that bureau solely.
If Mr.. Gavan will send the address
Of the widow to this office or IL she
81, IL. a
where intelligent assistance is at her dis
posal. the settlement of her claim may
be materially expedited. 1t should be
understood that the Bureau of War Risk
Insurance is perfectly justified and with
in its rights to require a certain amount
Of information before a single penny of
the peoples money is expended. The
officer who certifies to the award being
correct, II such awards are wrongly
made is held accountable and deduction
from his salary would be made under
the circumstances If a fraudulent claim
is passed. and that which appears to the
layman as red tape" is natural pre-
caution.
If Mr.. Gavan has or knows of other
cases, and II he will kindly submit them
to this Office, at the address given be-
low. we will do all in our power TO as
sist him. But 4 ask him, before he
again madly rushes into print with his
grievances, that he be sure of his ground
and then go ahead. And remember the
old saying. Fools rush blindly where
angels fear to tread" ]. S. HOLMES,
Major. Adjutant-General. Department
Insurance Officer
GOVERNORS ISLAND. October 16.
The sun., 1919-10-17
The Communist Vote In Buffalo.

The returns from the primaries In
Buffalo, where Communist candidates
appeared on the ballot, running on a
platform calling for soviet govern
ment. are pleasantly surprising. The
Communist candidates polled only 400
Of the $4,000 votes cast.
The bolshevikl in America must be
discouraged by the news. Buffalo is
n city with great foreign population.
In 1910 the census men found that
55,597 of Buffalo's people were ma
tives of the German and Austro-H Hun
garian empires. There were 11,349
persons of Russian birth; 1890 of
italian birth. The foreign born of
the town eQualled in number the ma
tlves of native parentage. Three hun
dred thousand persons in a popula-
ton of only 424,OO0 were either Of
foreign birth or the children of par
ents one or both of whom came from
some foreign land.
That the bolsheviki could drum up
less than / per cent. of the vote in
city like that is good sign. Students
of the figures will do well to remem-
Der that most of the Buffalonians re-
corded in the census as being of Rus
sian" birth are really Poles. With
them 1t Is America first. PADEREwsKI
second, and bolshevism nowhere.
The sun., 1919-10-17

launch boats. For some time after
the loss of the vessel was reported
nope for her was entertained. In
1917 she was two weeks overdue,
owing to a heavy storm, but reached
port in safety.
Inc case of the Cyclops, which
sailed from Barbados March 4. 1918,
and has never been heard from since,
is like that of the valbanera only in
the fact that no member of the crew
and none Of the passengers survived,
and no body identified as coming from
either ship has been found. When
the Cyclops disappeared no such
storm as the Gulf hurricane Of Sep
TENDER was reported.
The sun., 1919-10-17
WENDELL LIBRARY
SALE CONTINUES
Total for Session So Far Is
$IO,5S6.

George D. Smith was a consistent
buyer at yesterdays sales from the
Evert Jansen Wendell literary and ar
tistic collections at the American Art
Association Galleries.
Mr. Smith obtained No. 1887, 9TH
Overthrow of Stage Plays" by Reynolds
and eager, for SIS; No. 1912, Paynes
'Lispings of the Muse" for $3.50; No.
1876, Ranoldes "Th' Overthrow of Stage
Plays" for $50; No. 1858, Reynolds and
Gager's "Th' Overthrow OF Stage Plays"
second edition, for $62.5O; No 1888,
THE Itinerant," by S. w. Ryley, for
$50; No. 995, Heywoods Actors Vim
dication," for $50; No. 1909. John Hodg-
klnson's Narrative" for SCI; No. 1872,
Theophilus Keenes Memoirs, for S112.5O,
and No. 1347, Managerial Disputes"
set of tracts, for SG7.52
Other sales were; No. 1910, John
Hodgkinson's Narrative" to l.. c. Har-
per for s4s; No. 1913, Theophilus
Keene's Memoirs, to II. Barlow for S45 /:
No. 1888, Kenrick's British Stage. to l..
c. Harper for $3.50; No. 1247, Lanes
Theatrical Sketches, to H. Carroll for
s47.50, and No I24S, Langbaenes Mo-
mus Triumphans, 70 William Hill for $4S.
The total for the sale now amounts
to $10.5S6.50. The auction continues to-
day.
The sun., 1919-10-17
Give Us the Army Secretary Baker
Asks OF Congress.

Secretary BAKER has asked Con-
gress for an army Of more than 5OO,-
600, and he should get 1t.
THE Sun appreciates keenly the
urgent need of national retrenchment.
1t realizes the direct and indirect cost
of standing army of half q million
men. But while business judgment
can regret that the required money
for military service on so huge
scale cannot be saved, patriotic vigil
ance cannot overlook the hard fact
that nation must always be on guard
against possibilities more costly.
While economic sense can deplore that
90 great a productive force as 5OO,O 600
able bodied, young. vigorous workers
must be withheld from production,
common sense cannot ignore the ugly
elternative-the chance for national
debasement and ruin.
The best and the lasting interest Of
our country demands in the immediate
future trained army and a trained
army of the magnitude planned by
Secretary BAKER. 1t Is demanded not
merely as protection against wanton
attacks from overseas; 1t is demanded
not merely as insurance against spas
modic rushes by bandits and cut
Threats across our Southern border.
Secretary BAKERS army Is demanded
to provide that within our own boun-
carries there will always be GER
tainty of enough main strength, when
ever 1t may be required, to put the
fear of COP into the hearts Of internal
enemies who not only incite weak
brains to sporadic and local disorder
but plot organized and malignant as
saults upon the very foundations Of
our Government.
Let Congress give the nation the
standing army asked for by Secretary
BAKER. We may never have to use It.
Con grant we never shall. But, in the
present irrational temper of so much
of the world and the un-American IL
cense of some of our own elements,
the nation cannot afford TO leave itself
in a defenceless position where it
could not command for any purpose,
however necessary, the strong arm
of military power.
The sun., 1919-10-17

THE WEATHER.

Eastern New York and New England
showers. followed by clearing and
much cooler to-day tomorrow fair and
cool fresh west and northwest winds
. Nsw Jersey-Showers, followed by clear
ing ana much cooler to-day; tomorrow
t rsar, ana cool; fresh westerly and north
western New York-Fair and cooler to-
Jay; tomorrow fair: fresh northwest
WASHINGTON. Oct. ia belt OF low
pressure that Wednesday night extended
from the Great Lakes southwark to the
MeNican border has advanced east 20 the
Atlantic States. attended by rains III the
mlodIe Atlantic and New England States,
tne CUR states, the great Central Valley and
me region of the Great Lakes. 1t Ia being
Followed by considerably cooler weather
great Lakes. the Ohio and Mississippi
valleys and the west Gulf States. Tenn
peratures remained high through Thurs
Gay In the Atlantic and east Gulf States
ana the temperature Is rising again in
tho Northwest. The outlook 10 for show
ers. followed by clearing and much cooler
weather Friday and cool weather Saturday
In the middle Atlantic and New England
states. for local showers and cooler Fri
gay and Saturday in the south Atlantic
states. for clearing and colder weather
frloey and fair weather Saturday In the
east Gulf states. Tennessee, the Ohio VAL
icy and the lower lake region and for
talr, cool weather Friday and fair and
somewhat warmer Saturday in the upper
lake region.
Observations at United States Weather Blu
resu stations taken at p. NJ. yesterday, sew
enty-nfth meridian time
The sun., 1919-10-17
The valbanera and the CycIops.

The story of the loss of the Span
fish steamship Valbanera, whose shat
tered hull has been reported by Rear
Admiral DECKER, U. S. ", as lying off
Rebecca Shoals light, forty miles
from Key West. in one particular re.
calls the mysterious disappearance
of the United States collier Cyclops.
Not a soul from either ship is known
to have survived, and not a body has
been identified as coming from either
of them.
The Valbanera was built In Glas-
cow in 1906. She was 399 feet long
and her tonnage was 5,099. She was
owned by Pinillos, Izquierdo & Co.
of Cadiz. She sailed from Barcelona
for Havana, Galveston and New Or
, leans In command of Captain RAMON
MARTIN, with lightweight in her crew
and 400 passengers, mostly from NAL
aga. bound abroad to work. She was
off Havana September 9. and was
caught In the terrific hurricane which
was then sweeping the Gulf OF Mex
leo and the waters and coast ada
cent to 1t. She was observed from
Havana harbor, but was lost to sight
when she put about to ride out the
storm.
Four days after this the Havana
agents of the Valbanera were in
formed by the Key West wireless ste
ton that weak radio calls purportlng
10 come from her, and interpreted as
efforts to get in communication with
Havana, had been recorded. These
gave no clue to her wherea bouts.
Rear Admiral DECKER, commanding
The seventh naval district, reported
to the Navy Department on Septem-
Der Fl that examination OF a wreck
on Rebecca Shoals light had estab-
hshed beyond doubt that the hull was
that Of the Valbanera. Divers found
ne indication that use of her small
boats had been attempted. Appar-
emily none Of the crew or passengers
had escaped.
The Cuban Government has ap-
piled TO our Government for permits
sion TO salvage the cargo of the
wrecked vessel. In Havana the the
DRY Is held that the Valbanera was
broken In two when she struck the
. reef. and that there was NO time b
The sun., 1919-10-17

1t Is known, for members OF the
newly enfranch!sed sex have asserted
the fact. that many women qualified
to vote in this city have refrained from
registering because when applying
they are required 70 swear to their
ages. 1t is interesting, and perhaps
not idle, to speculate upon the result IL
this should occur: A woman in all re-
spects qualified to become a voter re-
plies when asked her age by the regis
tration clerk. II swear that I am more
than twenty-one years of age" The
clerk insists upon being told her exact
age; she refuses to give it. he refuses
to register her. Her lawyer on her
behalf. applies to a court of competent
Jurisdiction for the proper judicial writ
directed to the clerk ordering him to
register the applicant upon her taking
oath that she is OF the age the Con-
sttution requires a voter to be and in
all other respects qualified to exercise
the rights OF voter. A woman seek
ing employment whereby to earn
wages needed for her necessary living
expenses finds that the employer ap-
piled to has fixed an age limit which
would exclude her from employment,
hbs like a lady. is employed and we'll
performs the work to which she is as
signed. Must she, to conceal her age
from her employer and keep her job,
translate her Alb into perjury to satisfy
the letter of law or rule or regula-
ton governing the questions of a
registration clerk2
The sun., 1919-10-17
THE COWBOY OF ECUADOR.
Wonderful Rider Whose Chief Con-
Germ Is Not TO Lose His Hat.
Jose A. oampos in er.Amertco.

Jose A. Cdmpos in fnfer-Amertco.
1t Is a custom to celebrate the popu-
lar festival of San Pedro and San Pablo
in the Sabana Grande with an eques-
trian frenzy. 1 say equestrian frenzy,
for II is now well known that this Is the
hippo festival par excellence every one
who wishes to celebrate 1t and to con-
tribute to the honor and glory of the
holy apostles must go on horseback, or.
lacking a horse, he must mount the first
ass he chances upon and set out at a
gallop like the Cossacks of the plains.
The only ones who came Off whole are
our montuvtos, who. to tell the truth,
are not outdone by the Venezuelan
Honeros or the Argentine oarohos.
These montuvios are the heroes of the
festival of San Pedro and San Pablo,
the only ones who survive all the num-
bers on the programme.
Give a montuvio a half broken mule I:
he is in his element and you will see
him TRANSPORTED He puts on him one
of the great, broad pommelled saddles
Of national manufacture, with long
feathers from which hang enormous
metal stirrups; sets brutal bits in his
the neck of the animal is given a curve
OF sixty degrees; attaches the indispens-
able cotton saddlebags of the coast OF
vivid tint and finished with tassels and
a fringe coils at the head Of the saddle
twenty or twenty-five fathoms of rope
and then mounts, displaying wide pam
falcons of cloth, girded at the waist with
a long belt. from which hangs n pom
derous mdchete, a starched shirt with
out collar, a poncho as ample as a
choir cloak, a wide brimmed mdndbito
hat called a Singing oven" by the COM
mon people, and finally the inevitable
snoring" spurs, bound tight. "as hard
as knot" to the bare feet. -
There you have the type.
Add, to complete the figure. a bejuco
de montana, two yards long, by way of
hunting crop In his right hand a
DauleaH cigar between his teeth and a
bottle of dotardiente in his stomach.
These are the equipment of the man
and his beast that from the moment
they set out together form a single crea-
ture.
The mule may caper and cut up to his
hearts content: run away, kick, roll
over on the ground. One of our coun-
trymen hardly notices these details.
What you see is that he always stays
on top.
The only time he becomes disturbed
is when his hat falls off. The ,nonturto
has an infinite affection for his hat, how
ever old or worthless it may be. He
would expose his life a thousand times
rather than run the risk OF losing his
hat
II It falls in the water he plunges into
the most dangerous current to recover
1t: II he is pursued by Justice and, dur
ing the fight his hat escapes him. he
turns squarely around, goes back, Sc
cures 1t and let's himself be
captured. Finally, when he gets drunk
and goes to sleep outdoors a relation or
friend who thinks something of him
takes charge OF his hat and keeps it for
him lest he lose It,
II he drops his cigar or his match he
picks It off the ground without dis
mounting performing prodigies of
horsemanship, to all appearances with
the greatest ease-as II they were at his
side on a table.
The sun., 1919-10-17

Familiarity with the veYatious job
Of handling large crowds diverted by
strikes from their accustomed travel
routes has not bred contempt for good
performance in the minds of the New
Jersey police. In the latest ferry tie
up they kept the throngs Of strangers
who were forced to the tubes moving
in safety and without avoidable dis
comfort. The good nature of the men
who had to answer innumerable ques
tons. break up gossiping groups in
the traffic lanes. urge reluctant wait
ing passengers to move further down
the platform. restrain the individuals
who showed bad manners and bad
Judgment by rushing to and from car
doors was inexhaustible. Their fund
Of information about New York and
its suburbs would shame a directory
and travel guide compiler. They have
once more earned the gratitude OF
thousands Of travellers whose ways
they made as easy as the circum-
stances permitted, and much easier
than they might have been.
The sun., 1919-10-17

claim to represent these movements
and tendencies has proposed to build
up anything. They are all bent upon
destruction in the wild hope that
after their Joy in tearing down has
had full satisfaction somewhere and
somehow personal advantage may ac-
crue. In the process they would not
hesitate to destroy America"
Here is sound doctrine, sound Amer.
lean doctrine, formulated with philo-
sophie precision and presented with
clarity by master mind
We need not apologize for the length
Of the extracts from DR.. Buffers ad.
dress which we are presenting on
this page of THE SUN.