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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-29

Thousands of People Made Homeless in Middle
West, and in Elgin, ILL.,, the Damage Amounts
4 to $4,000, ,OOO-M Military Law Is Declared and
Former Service Men Volunteer to Prevent
LOOting.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-13
The Government Profits by Carelessness

THERE is one source of revenue to
4 the government of which but few
persons are aware-that proceeding
from the large number of stamps that
are wasted by the people.
There are two ways In which the
government profits by the carelessness
and ignorance Of the public. In the
first place many stamps are destroyed.
This means a profit to the Post Office
department of many thousands Of dol
lars year; how much cannot be esti-
mated, for there Is no means of get
ting figures, except by elaborate and
untrustworthy calculation. A person
carries stamps In his pockets until they
are so worn that he does not dare
use them. In point of fact, anything
that looks like good stamp, no mat
ter II 1t is somewhat mutilated, is
passed by the clerks, just as a dllapI-
dated bank note Is good If there Ii
enough Of 1t to show what It is. Wear
and dirt cannot. without almost de-
stroying the stamp, give 1t the look of
one that has been cancelled. Yet few
persons will put a damaged stamp on
letter. Besides. many stamps are
lost or destroyed entirely and the gov
eminent makes a clear gain.
The other source of loss to the in
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-13

ing Dy horse and wagon. Ninety per
cent Of these farmers reported the
greatest advantage Of a truck was the
saving time Every hour saved
meant the release Of labor for other
farm work. 1t extended productive eff
fort.
Each truck displaced on an aver
age 1.2 head Of work stock and saved
an average Of $163 worth of hired
help.
"These. trucks averaged 2,777 miles
a year at cost Of 16.5 to II cents per
mile, making the total annual opera
ton cost from $460 to $40. This In
cludes depreciation on the basis that
the average life of a truck is six and
one-half years, the largest single item
of expenses"
As it costs about $500 a year to keep
horse in the corn belt, the saving
from displaced stock was $24O; from
reduced help $163, cuts the average
expense to $50 or $40. To offset this,
custom hauling amounted to $50 a year
each for all the S31 farms, leaving the
net expense between $40 and $50.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-13
HOW DOCTORS
TREAT COLDS
AND THE FLU
First Step in Treatment Is q Brisk
furgative With Calotabs, the
!. Purified and Refined CalomeI
Tablets that are Nausea
less, Safe and Sure.

Doctors have found by experience
that no medicine for colds and inAu.
enza can be depended upon for full Of.
tectiveness until the liver Is made thor.
oughiy active. That Is why the hrst
step in the treatment 10 the new, nsusea.
less colonel tablets called Caaotabs,
which are free from the sickening and
weakening effects of the old style ealo-
mel. Doctors also point out the fact
that an active liver may 90 q long way
towards preventing influenza and Il one
Of the most important factors In en-
Rbling the patient 20 successfully with.
stand an attack and ward Of pneu.
monia.
One CalOtab on the tongue 1t bed
time with swallow Of water-that, .
Al. No salts, no nausea nor the slight
est Interference with your eating, pleas
nre or work. Next morning your cold
has vanished, your liver is active, your
system is purified, and you are feeling
hne, with q hearty appetite for break.
fast. Druggists sell Calotabs only in
original sealed packages, price thirty.
ave cents. Your money win be cheer
fully refunded If you do not find them
aelightful.-(Adv.l
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-13
Cities Cannot Keep Surplus Population

~ HE census bureau apparently is
1 trying to scare the eternal day
lights out Of us by its oft-repeated
announcement of the discovery that
for the first time in the history of
this nation, more people live in the
cities than In the country. We are
told that, whereas the urban popula-
ton had a majority Of 100000 ten
years ago, 1t now has a minority Of
about 100000.
We presume the census bureau is
trying to tell Us that the United
States has become a manufacturing
nation instead of an agricultural peo-
pie, and are trying to impress us that,
for the first time In our history. we
are face to face with the actual dan
ger that we cannot grow enough food
to support ourselves.
II this alleged situation Is a fact
rather than a theory, we have every
reason for fear, but in common with
most people of the land, we cannot
become greatly exercised over the mat
ter. 1t is unfortunate. that census-tak-
ing should have come just when 1t
did, at the end of the great war. for
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-13
TEACH SERBS ENGLISH

means Of acqualnting the school
children with the ways and customs of
the German people. The pupils were
given little chance to acquire the
things that go to make up the life and
culture of Anglo-Saxon civilization. .
A very large proportion of Serbia's
school teachers were killed In war, 800
having died during the Bulgarian occu-
patton. Scores Of school buildings
were destroyed, and most Of the school
books printed in the Serbian language
were deliberately confscated and
burned by the Bulgars. EEen Bibles
were carried of. the object ~ he Bull
garians being to dispiace aIl books In
the Serbian language with publications
In their own language.
Notwithstanding these disasters. out
Of 2.100 schools in Serbia nearly 1900
have reopened. So great Is the thirst
for education in Serbia that It Is
common thing for children in the coun-
try districts to leave their homes be-
fore daybreak and walk for several
hours to reach school. not returning
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-13
Planned New
War on Britain

| chancellor Won Bethmann-HolIwega and
Following the adoption of the peace
resolution In July. 1917.
compromise" Means take All"
He says the emperor became enthu.
slastic over the phrase peace OF
compromise" which he assumed was
what the reichstag majority demanded.
Excellent word - Compromise "
William stated. ut means that we
take the money. raw products, cot
ton, oil and ores out OF the pockets
Of our enemies and transfer them 10
our own"
The parliamentary leaders. Herr
Erzberger continues, were astonished
by this unexpected display Of imperial
mentality and felt that they were be-
ing made the victims Of his mockery.
The emperor's further remarks were
In the same channel. he declares.
William asserted that the United
States and Great Britain had entered
into an alliance for the purpose Of
reckoning with Japan after the war.
He was also reliably informed that
Russia would join Japan in warding
OF the Anglo-Saxon blow. He admit
ted that Great Britain would not
emerge from the war defeated, but
said the final accounting would come
when he led his continental armies
against her In ''the second Punic war;"
Promised French Entente.
The amazement of the parliamenta-
rians grew as the kaiser continued.
Herr Erzberger reports. The mon
arch asserted that "a complete under
standing would be reached with
France when the war was over"
Referring to a battle In Galicia
which occurred only a few days pre-
vlous, the kaiser claimed that the
Prussian guard under the command
of his son Fritz had ''hrushed the
democratic dust off the vests Of the
Russians"
wherever the guards appear there
is no longer any democracy left" he
exclaimed.
The Roumanians got their just des-
serts, the war lord told Herr Err
berger when the latter suggested that
the poor Roumanians had probably
lost everything but their shirts.
Herr Erzberger adds that the whole
meeting between the kaiser and the
parliamentary leaders was nor only
grave misfortune, but It proved "the
deepest cut with the spade that ulti-
mately resulted in the overthrow Of
the prevailing regime"
He concludes the chapter with the
statement that the reichstag veterans,
who up to that time were opposed TO
the parliamentary system. that very
night openly avowed that the old sys-
tenn would inevitably plunge Germany
into disaster.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-13
WASHINGTON
SIDELIGHTS =
New Claimant for Honor Given Columbus

Denmark and Norway, Christian l., re-
guessing him to fit out an expedition
and attempt to find a sea passage to
Asia-in reality a northwest passage.
An old document to that effect was
found In the Danish state archives.
The expedition was headed by the
NOrwegian-Germa privateer-Captain
Didrik Pining and piloted by the Nor
wegian pilot Jon Skolp. to whom cred
1t Is given for having reached as far
as Labrador end found part of the
actual entrance to the northwest
passage.
Johannes Scolvus is a name IN
known in Norwegian history. DR.. Lar
sen connects 1t with the Norwegian
surname Skolp, which means a man
from the shores or fishing places of
northern Norway. His deed became
famous In his own times, but on &C
count of various conditions not trace
able now, 1t was forgotten.
The account of his voyage undoubt-
eddy has been of significance to other
expeditions, Norwegians as well as
English and Portuguese. DR.. FridtjOf
hansen, in one of his scientific works
has proved that even 100 years later
English explorers were familiar with
the expedition of Johannes SkOlp,
namely when preparing for Martin
FrObisher's travel to Greenland In
1915.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-13
Ten Million People
Are Scratching

After every war the itch spreads all over
he United States. Half the people in the
United States have the itch. They are
infected In proportion to the number OF
itch mites they have in their skin. II you
have one or more places that itches at
night. or day 1t is time you were getting
rid of this terrible mite. The itch mite
burrows itself under the skin and is hard
to kill. Dye to the fact that so many
people in Ark, Mise and Tenn. are infect
ed, we have put in extra time in the labo-
ratory trying to discover a specific.
Glad we can announce that the discov-
sry has been made. II you follow the d.
rections few applications will cure you.
Send one dollar money order and we win
send you a box of Beauty Itch Ointment.
We guarantee a cure. Beauty Chemical
Co., p. o. Box No. III, Memphis, Tenn.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-13
Million Trained Men Back of Uncle Sam

nois, Michigan and Wisconsin. with
headquarters at Fort Sheridan item.
porarily at Chicago until space a
available at Fort Sheridan). Indiana
and Ohio are in the fifth area and
Iowa in the seventh.
The army corps areas are to be
divided into three ''army areas" The
First army will consist of the First
Second and Third corps areas: the
Second army, the Fourth, Fifth and
Sixth corps areas, and the Third army.
Seventh, Eighth and Ninth army corps
areas. ~
The commanders who will have au-
thority in the corps areas win be
these major generals: First David G.
Shanks; Second. Robert L. Billiard !:
Third, Adelbert CronkhIte; Fourth. +.
@. Morrison; Fifth, George f. Read
Sixth, Leonard Wood; Seventh. Omar
Bundy; Eighth, Joseph 7. Dickman:
Ninth, Hunter Liggett.
1t Is understood In military circles
that General PershIng would have the
duty of mobilization In case Of any
military necessity.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-13
Strange Story of Transfer of Bull
lion Made by Two War
ships at Sea.
HURRIED TO OTTAWA mint
Secretly Shipped Across Dominion In
Heavily Guarded Special Train
Hitherto Unpublished Romantic
Story of the War.

Victoria, B. C.-Stories Of a secret
transfer Of millions of dollars of Rus.
sian gold from one ship to another in
half a gale at sea off the Canadian
Pacific coast and of a rush trip with
the mOney across Canada in heavily
guarded special train, disguised as u
silk express were published in the Vic
toria Colonist recently as part Of the
hitherto untold history of the World
war.
Two recent newspaper dispatches,
seemingly unrelated, the ColOnist said,
recalled the hitherto unpublished and
romantic story" Of the gold shipment.
One dispatch from Europe said a Mr..
Novitsky. former assistant to the min
lister Of finance of the all-Russian gov
eminent, had limited at the huge
amounts of gold shipped through Van
couver, B. c., during the war, includ-
Ing f6O,OOO,O00 from Vladlvostok.
\ Warshlps Figure in Story.
The other dispatch said the Cana
dian cruiser Rainbow had been sold to
a Seattle firm. The connection, the
ColOnist said, was In the fact the Rain
bow transferred a big shipment of the
gold at sea from a japanese warship
and brought 1t into Vancouver.
Russia's gold. the story continued.
came in several shipments, the first of
which amounted to about S45,OOO,O 900.
1t was in the form of bullion in boxes
about fifteen inches long, and was
loaded at VladivOstok early in 1915 for
transfer to the Ottawa (Canada) mint.
A big japanese warship with Novitzky
In charge Of the bullion, carried the
money across the Pacific.
Rainbow Gets Treasure.
The treasure ship never touched a
Canadian port, however, for far out at
sea the Rainbow. in a near-gale, met
the warship and the precious freight
was transferred between the heaves of
the rollers. The warship turned back
and the little cruiser steamed into Van
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-13
opened when the train was at p

opened when the train was at 80
still, and no guard was perm. So
show himself from the train WI. IL
while passing through towns. At ~
the train ran in darkness, and at hcl
divisional point, when engines Ter
changed, detectives guarded the Plat
form until the journey was resu ned
AS an additional precaution the tralT
was operated at irregular speeds OF
different legs of the trip. A
Sleighs backed up to the train aAOt
tawa and the gold was unlOaded, Ant
taken to the mint under direct Of
NOvitsky.
The train was the first of several
W. 'ch passed through Vancouver dur
Ing the war. In August, 1915, another
train carried $5O.O0O.OOO across Can.
ada. and in January, 1917. $177.OOO,OOO
made the tRkp.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-13
Russian Gold.
Sent to Canada

couVer, arriving at the Canadian Pa.
chic dock at three o'clock on a dark
and wet morning.
Awaiting her were officials Of tho
Dominion Express company, who had
come out from Montreal in their nri.
Vate car. A picked crew put the
money on a special train of five ex-
press cars which had been switched
INTO the Canadian Pacific dock. Each
car was loaded with 100000 in gold
Greatest Caution Used.
Every door was guarded and barred
and the transcOntinental trip started.
A telephone system connected the
whole train, and whenever a sentinel
wished to move from one car TO nm
other he did so on release from the
ohcial car. The doors were never
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-13
WHITE GAPS IN SOUTH

were thick with cotton pickers ant
the housewives have all the help II
the way of cooks and wash womer
they desire.
Farmers now see way out of the
ruin which faced them by the de
terioration of cotton turning blue IN
the fields for a lack of pickers. The
White Caps appeared in Lake City
for second time. First they called
on some farmers who had been pay.
ing as much as $1.5O a hundred
pounds for picking cotton and sug.
gested TO them that this was too
much. The price fell to 81 in a
twinkling.
The cavalcade then proceeded TO
the negro section and threw out sew
eral hints to the effect that more
work and less loafing around would be
required. Hence the new hordes of
pickers and multitude of cooks and
washers today.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-13
Force Thousands of Negroes to
Work in Fields.
Cotton Crop Saved by Action Of Night
Riders Wearing the Garb OF
the kuklux Khan.

Greenville, s. C.-WhIle the old
Kuklux Khan Of reconstruction days
is being revived In some parts of
the South in fraternal spirit for law
and order, the hooded night raiders
In long, flowing white gowns have sctu-
ally made their appearance in South
Carolina as means of forcing certain
planters to pay less for cotton pick
ing and also forcing thousands of ne
groes to work.
White Caps, several hundred
strong, with horses and riders clad in
the Kuklux Klan garb. have ridden
into several towns In the state, prin-
cipally in. Florence county, and as a
result the cotton fields the next day
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-13

1t found conditions far from normal
in the United States, and it registered
this abnormality. The necessities Of
war drew the country population to
the cities by the millions, and the
necessities of peace have not yet re-
adjusted this situation. There are to-
day more people living In towns and
cities than in the rural districts, a ma
tional situation which is not healthy.
But this excess has not long been in
the cities and it will not long be there.
When industry gets back to its nor
NAL basis there will be several million
Americans who will return to the acres
or starve to death in tie cities.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-13

DLANS by which the War depart
l ment can call to the colors 1000
900 trained men overnight were made
public by the general army staff.
The country has been divided into
nine army corps areas instead of the
old territorial divisions by depart
ments. In each area will be a corps
Of three divisions-one regular army.
enc National Guard and another of en-
listed personnel. Secretary Baker said
the idea Is that the army be organized
IN q tactical. rather than on a de-
partment basis"
The sixth corps area embraces MI
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-13

dividual by which the government
profits to the number of stamps that
are wasted In excess of postage. People
who have not a five cent stamp put
three two cent stamps on foreigI. let.
tiers, thus making the Post Office de-
partment present Of one cent.
On the other hand much matter is
underpaid. Here the government
loses nothing. for the shortage is col
lected from the receiver, who must
pay the due stamp. Knowing this.
and being anxious not to seem mig
gardly to the friend who must make
up any deficiency in postage, a person
in doubt often puts on too many
stamps-and Uncle Sam gets the dif-
ference.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-13

THE important part machinery Is play
ing as an Offset to the drift Of farm
labor to the cities is illustrated in a
report on motor trucks in the corn
belt just issued by the Office of farm
economics of the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.
The survey embraced S31 farmer
truck owners In nine states-Illinois,
Indiana. Missouri. Iowa, Kansas, Ne
braska, Wisconsin, Minnesota and
South Dakota-and the high spots dis
closed by the inquiry are:
use of trucks saved about two
thirds of the time required for haul
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-13
Kaiser Talked of Second Clash
While First Was Raging,
Says Erzberger.
SOUGHT WORLD SUPREMACY
Parliamentary Leaders Stunned BY
Unexpected Display Of Imperial
MentaIity-Was Hardest
Blow &c Old System.

Berlin, Germany-Former German
Emperor William confidently expected
to emerge victorious from the world
war and then marshal his continental
armies against Great Britain in what
he termed ''the second Punic war"
says Matthias Erzberger In his volume
Of war recollections just published at
Stuttgart. The emperor evidently
used the term "Punic war" In the
sense Of a conflict for world suprem-
acy between two great nations.
Herr Erzberger, who was formerly
minister of finance but who has tenn
porarIly retired from public political
activities, set forth In detail the meet
ing between the emperor. William, and
the reichstag leaders after the fall Of
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-13
Now Made Compulsory Subject in
Normal Schools.
Dominating Language, Apart From
Native Tongue, Hitherto Has
Been German.

Belgrade, Serbia.-English Is being
introduced throughout the schools of
Serbia.
1t is now made compulsory subject
IN the normal schools. The first courses
In English, which were lnaugurated in
Belgrade year ago under an Ameri-
can teacher, DR.. James Wild Of Chi
cago, have yielded such. excellent re-
suits that the government has decided
to make the language part Of the
curriculum Of all schools.
Heretofore the dominating language
Of the Serbians. apart from their ma
tive tongue, has been German. The
Germans were quick 10 see the advan-
tage Of introducing their language a.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-13

home until late In the evening. The
school buildings, owing TO the ravages
OF war, often are without window
panes. heat, desks, books and even
writing material.
So great is the shortage of teachers
and the influx of pupils that the for
mer have to work from dawn until
night, taking their classes In "relays. :"
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-13
Ostrich Chick Whips
House Cat and Dog

Vancouver, B. C.-Jonathan.
the first ostrich chick Matched In
Canada, is progressing under the
care Of Zoo Manager F. Green In
Stanley park. 1t was at first
believed that the valuable bird
could not live and 1t was taken
from its parents and placed In
the Green home. Appearance Of
weakness proved deceptive, for
Jonathan quickly licked the
house cat and secured a decision
over the family spaniel.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-13

Va ASdlNGION.-How many per-
w sons discovered America before
Christopher Columbus?
The latest addition to the line Of
claimants is Jon Skolp, a Norwegian
explorer.
Sofus Larsen, a Danish scientist
who has recently made a report found
ed on researches of archives of the
middle ages, has completed work
which he says proves that SkOlp, the
Norwegian, 'rediscovered America" In
1416, sixteen years ahead of Column
bus and twenty years before John Cab
OF reached the strait of Hudson.
Larsen uses the term "rediscov-
ered," considering that the original
discoverer was Lief Ericsson, the Morse
man, in the year 1000.
Larsen's researches developed, he
says, that about 1475 the king of Por-
tugal sent a message to the king Of
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-13
Cows Jau is Fatal.

WInsted, Gonna herd Of cows
owned by Fred Helmer Of Plat Hill
got jagged on cider apples and one
died from the effects Of the debauch.
HeImer played the role of nurse this
morning, fastening burla2 bags soaked
In hot water about the heads of the
cows.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-13
Fly Caused His Death.

Rochester, Ind.-The fly which
caused John Phillips death never
touched him. Phillips was milking
when the fly bothered the COW. She
kicked and he died of tetanus.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-13
Wedding Party Falls in
Cellar; Floor CoIIapses

Corning, N. Y.-Forty persons
were dropped into the cellar of
the home of George Coats when
the floor gave way in the midst
OF merry-making following the
marriage of Mr.. Coats daughter.
Exploding lamps set fire to the
debris.
The grandmother Of the bride
was injured internally. and the
bride and several guests were
bruised and burned.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-13
16799
DIED

IN New York City alone from kid.
ney trouble last year. Don't allow
yourself to become a victim by
neglecting pains and aches. Guard
against this trouble by taking
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-13
GOLD MEDAL.
k!Rl!l!L! lE0n

Ihs worlds standard remedy for kidney,
liver, bladder and uric acid troubles.
Hollands national remedy sincs 1896.
Al druggists, three sizes. Guaranteed.
LSsk Ser The nazs Geld Medal On svarx -
and AesoDk M fmieakinm s,