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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-18
Gov. Clements Marble Heart.

Governor Clement of Vermont is not
anticipating a bed of roses as the
spring comes along. Mrs. Lillian H
Marble Olzendam, ehairwoman of the
ratification committee of the Vermont
Equal Suffrage association, has written
the governor third time demanding
an interview that she may tell him
how much the women of his state OBJ
ject to his refusal to call special ses
sion of the legislature to act on the
suffrage amendment.
Mrs. Marble 0lzendam admits she is
not satisfied with the fact that the
governor has omitted to use a state-
provided postage stamp TO inform her
that he has received any of her letters,
though she sent them registered.
The secret lies in the fact that the
women of Vermont have an ambition,
not only to become national voters, but
to have their state the 36th RATHER of
the amendment, as might be the case
ii Delaware and Washington should
move on per prospect and make the
count of states 35 in the near future.
Vermont il marble state, by the
reputation of its quarries Some years
ago there lived at North Hartland, on
the Connecticut river, man named
Ezra Marble. He was fond of telling
that he had five daughters-Matilda
Marble, Martha Marble, Mariah Mar
bic, Mehitable Marble and Mary Mar
ble-and that Mary was 'the most
woman he ever knew
she was always mad"
The governor of Vermont is taking
4 long chance with the Marble family.
Mass Telegram.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-18
Good Place to Halt.

The new secretary Of agriculture,
Edwin T. Meredith, calls attention 10
the fact that the federal appropriations
for highway work in the different
states are good only until July /, 1921
and advocates the appropriation Of
SlO0,0O0.000 a year for the four fiscal
years following that date for federal
aid in road construction This totals
almost half a billion.
II would seem as though It i a good
time for Congress to stop and consider
before making such great appropria-
tion. Can this country afford al this
time such large appropriations for the
benefit Of selected localities We be-
lieve IL cannot and that the tremen-
dous war indebtedness can never be
paid until many Of these local benefits
are stopped When Congress j. ready
to cut Of this class Of appropriations
a great sum Of money can be applied
to the extinguishment Of the war debt
without serious increase in TAXATION.
As We said the other day. there j. q
tremendous overhead expense involved
IN such an Undertaking. The people
will have 70 produce the revenue for
such an expenditure but j. viii not al
scme back 70 them. A very large siioe
- this money would not 60 into roads
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-18
CANADIAN MOUNTED
POLICE GET NEW DUTY
Enforcement of Federal Laws in All
Provinces of Canada Will Be Part
of the Work of These
Intrepid Men.

Ottawa, March ls.-Wearers of the
Scarlet and gold" of the Northwest
mounted police-on Feb. renamed the
Royal Canadian mounted poliee--are
now changed with the enforcement of
federal laws in all provinces of Canada.
II is, for instance, as though the New
York police force had its beat" ex-
tended from the metropolis to San
Francisco. Many of these intrepid of
ficers are sons of aristocratic British
families and are veterans Of the World
war.
The metamorphosis of the great or.
! ganization known as the Northwest
mounted police, organized in 1873,
when the Canadian Northwest was a
sort of mo Mans land" recalls some
of the heroic exploits of its members.
One of the earliest of these was the
nervy action of the late General Sir
Sam Steele. then sergeant. A camp
OF hostile Cree Indians were obstruct-
ing the building of the Canadian Pacific
railway. Sergeant Steele, aecompan-
led by a constable, rode into the midst
of the camp, and while the redskins in
dulged in promiscuous shooting and
NshA NAbpHsf h6AiltlN oihtifu Ntillti re-
aPot TO get out within 10 minutes.
The chief ignoring his order Steele,
CARRIED in a striking red coat, dis
mounted, lesped over Plea Pots squat
ting figure, through the tepee door and
kicked out the center pole, bringing
down the tent on Plea Pot and his
squaws.
The audacity of Steele's act in thus
handling the head of the tribe
oyer-swed the Indians and they at once
started to obey his order.
OF the many international cases |
handled by the mounted police, one of |
the most famous was that of Sitting |
Bull, who. after wiping out General |
Clusters band in 1876. sought TO use |
the Canadian border territory as base
of further operations against the Amer
leans. With a mere handful of men /
the mounted police were able to con
troll the Indians.
The remarkable endurance of mem |
bers of the force have been frequently /
mentioned in the press. The death of |
the Fitzgerald patrol on the Fort Me
Pherson- Dawson trail in l9l0-ll. when
Inspector Fitzgerald with Constables
Kinney, Taylor and ex-Constable Car
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-18

Major General Leonard Wood has
been given two months leave of alb
sence by the war department so that
he may carry on his campaign for the
presidential nomination. What Major
General Wood has been enjoying in the
line of leave of absence is not officially
given out: but TO the casual observer
it appears that he has been doing a
powerful lot of campaigning without
getting formal leave from his depart
ment. He has been speaking in various
parts of the country and his press
agents have been working hard in the
furtherance of his plans to secure the
Republican nomination. So it seems
that the granting of leave of alb
sence by the war department now is
more or less perfunctory and perhaps
granted with pleasure by the Demo
tratie administration.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-18

Every time ex-Gov. Allen NJ. Fletch.
err visits the State House at Montpelier
he is followed by a cloud of rumors
that he is going to be candidate for
the United States Senate. In fact,
Fletcher is past master in the art of
making some people guess and specu-
late and cogitate about his political
aspirations There will be time enough
to consider that possibility when
Fletcher actually announces himself
candidate for the senatorship. The
excitement should subside until that
announcement is made.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-18

but into the hands Of large force of
federal employees created to overlook
its expenditure. 1t enlarges the cen
trail government that would be at the
disadvantage of making long distance
expenditures.
There is an issue slowly coming to
the front in this country Ii is: Shall
public welfare projects be voted and
controlled by personal discretion or
shall all personal discretion be surren-
dered to federal bureaus, manned by
political appontees empowered to rule
or wreck, according to their own
whims?
Refusal to vote more millions for
federal road aid would be long step
towards suppressing centralized gov
eminent. 1t would give the people
power to say how much of their money
is TO be expended on roads and relieve
them of the expense of great central
political bureau at Washington.
To Congress we would repeat, "Stop,
Look. Listen. "-Brattleboro Reformer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-18

! Governor Clement of Vermont APP
pears to be a gentleman of views that
he is not afraid to express. He makes
up his mind for himself and acts in
| accordance with his decision. He re.
Gently refused to join the drive of the
governor of Maine against Rhode Is
| land and now he tells the Republican
committee in Vermont that he will
not yield 20 their demands to call a
special session of the Vermont legisla-
ture for the purpose of ratifying the
Susan B. Anthony amendment to the
federal constitution.
Governor Clement very shrewdly re-
marks that the suggestion appears TO
be political and he tells the committee
that the ratification of the amendment
would constitute a great change in the
constitution of Vermont and that he
believes that in such action the state
should follow the sentiments of the
voters as expressed in a referendum.
This is a fair and consistent position
and differs materially from that taken
by the governor of Maine, who took
advantage of a special session of the
legislature called for a distinct and
different purpose to obtain the ratiii
cation Of the legislature to the suffrage
amendment at time when a referen-
DUN on presidential suffrage had been
asked by petition and from which the
sentiments of the voters could have
been secured. And the action of the
Maine legislature was taken directly
opposite TO the will Of the voters as
expressed in the referendum recently
taken when the voters, by an over
whelming majority, declared against
suffrage.
The voters Of Vermont should appre.
ciate the fact that their governor pro
poses TO allow them TO express their
views on this important matter and
that he is not TO be swayed from his
position by the demands of his party |
politicians. The ratification Of the
suffrage amendment still hangs in the ,
balance. The votes of three more |
states are needed by the suffrsgists
and these votes viii be difficult to OBJ
tain. The states that are for suffrage. |
or whose legislatures can be persuaded /
10 defy the will Of the voters, have
already acted. And there remains the /
that the supreme court will
decide that the will Of the voters must
be consulted in those states that have
laws. Governor Milliken
has recently said he has been assured
hat the amendment will be ratified in
time for the coming elections, but
here j. no certainty that it will be-
Bangor Commercial
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-18

ter died on duty, was notable in
stance. The four bodies of the men
who had persisted ON the long trail
were afterward found The men had
struggled ON to the last, killing their
dogs and even eating part of the har-
ness. Fitzgerald, the last to survive,
was found dead with his diary and a
mail bag under his body.
The Bathurst inlet patrol made a
two and one half year journey into the
Arctic circle, covering 5000 miles in
sledges, on snowshoes and afoot to ar
rest two Eskmos for the killing Of
Radford and Street, two white men
slain in 1912. They found the Eskimos
and brought them to court
Many other interesting stories are
told of these guardians of the peace.
AT the present time recruiting for the
force has virtually stopped because of
a lack of barrack accommodations.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-18

The village of Bennington is the
first place in Vermont, we believe, to
vote for the establishment of the sys-
tenn of daylight saving during the sum-
mer, following the action of Congress
in repeating the federal daylight saw
ing law. If the system can be worked
out satisfactorily so that the village
affairs can be co-ordinated with the cur
rent of life elsewhere, the chance will
no doubt work to the advantage of
community like Bennington, which is
quite largely industrial. Barre, Spring
field, Rutland, Windsor and Burlington,
which have many industrial plants
with their hundreds or thousands of
workers, might be induced to adopt a
similar system providing they were
assured of the workability of the
scheme.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-18
A CRUSADE FOR BETTER HEALTH
IN VERMONT

| The Modern Health Crusade idea is
taking hold in various parts of Yer
mont and is, no doubt, resulting in a
great improvement in the health and
appearance of the young people who
are engaging in the movement. We
notice that as many as 81 boys and
girls in the Orange county southwest
district recently received the rank of
knight for their fidelity in observing
the rules of health and hygiene laid
down in the regulations of the Modern
Health Crusade, this distinction being
conferred only on those who have done
excellent work in the crusade. This
Modern Health Crusade is not merely
fad, as we have had occasion to point
out before, but it is the laying of the
foundation of better health and greater
happiness in the upcoming generation.
The crusade strives to instruct the
young people in the good health rules,
along with other things, and, having
impaired the instruction, hopes to have
the habits of cleanliness and attention
to health so securely fastened in the
minds of the boys and girls that there
will be no forsaking of the habits
through the remainder of their lives.
For instance, and to use a homely il
Illustration, if you can induce boys and
girls to form the habit of washing |
their teeth three times day, once |
after each meal, it will be habit |
which will prove of unreasonable |
benefit to the health of the children
and will also have a tendency to save
the teeth to advanced age, perhaps as
long as the persons live. This habit
Of teeth washing is one of the prin-
ciples laid down by the Modern Health
Crusade, and that alone proves the ex-
,ellence of the movement, to say moth
ing of the many other features, all of
which have strong tendency to bet
Ter and more satisfactory living If
III the children of Vermont could be
induced to join this movement and
adhere to the rules we should have
improved state from the
standpoint of public health. No, the I
Modern Health Crusade is not fad;
t is a solid and satisfying fact. More
,ower to it.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-18

On what an unsubstantial basis any
government in Germany rests at the
present time one may judge by the
statement from the American charge
d'affaires in Berlin that if only few
hours could be passed quietly the dan
ger of crisis from radicals would be
averted. A mere show of discomfort
on the part of the more violent portion
of the city's population would throw
the whole nation into chaos and send
the government scattering in dismay
much as the Ebert government officials
fled before the coming of the Kapp ret
inue of usurpers. Germany does not
look to be in a position to make good
the allies demands financially.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-18
Making Vermont Piccaliili.

by Daniel S, Cady.l
A half the relishes / know
Are palate disappointments,
That fail to work cure the same
As medicines and cintments;
But one there is that makes the rest
A.look exceeding silly,
And stands the tensest table test
Tomater piccalilli.
We always used the biggest bowl
To chop the green tomaters;
We cut 'em finer than they did
Acrost at neighbor Slater's;
We'd chop till all our arms would ache
There amt no chance to dilly,
Or daily, once you start to make
A crock of piccalilli.
We sailed EN- like sixty next
And set 'em off for dreening;
Both cullenders got busy quick,
If you collect my meaning;
By morning quarts of salty juice
Had dript, which, willy -nilly,
Got emptied out--we had no use
For brine in piccalilli.
And then we cut the smarty things,
The peppers, Jest Affirming,
And that there whitehorse radish root,
A iest about a. burning;
And long before we had em chopped
Our eyes got kinder filly,
But jest the same, we never stopped
We wanted piccalilli.
A next come in the cooking part.
Which took the stove and kittle;
We het it up TO boiling point,
Or Jest beyond a little;
And then we set il by to cool
A-til twas middling chilly
You've got to go right straight by rule
Or lose your piccalilli
Then back inside the bowl II went
To get them fxings fiery,
And sugar, cloves and mustard seed
A-saved by Aunt Almiry;
And then come on the tasting act,
tell you what, twas thrifty
The way the family lips a-smackt
Ger perfect piccalilli.
The vinegar was last to add
Which made it pickle proper;
We always fetched the fullest cruise
And me- held the stopper;
And then the one that poured it in
Would hand the cruise TO Willie
We each was handy as pin
A-making piccalilli.
Great stuff! that forms 'twixt food |
and taste
An appetizing isthmus;
It's Jest as good as it can be \
Before or after Christmas;
How Others feel, ! may not know,
Perhaps you'll think it's silly,
But as for me, I'D want to go
If 'twan't for piecalilli.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-18

The evidence brought out in the pub
tic service hearing on the collision of
Two Rutland railroad trains which cost
The lives Of 10 people last Sunday
states that the train order on which
The freight train passed Bartonsville
and proceeded toward Bellows Falls.
bnly TO meet the Boston Montreal ex-
press train three miles north OF the
after station. was so illegible that
The trainmen Of the freight we're un-
ible TO deeipher just where they were
10 wait for the passing Of the freight.
Il that Is the case. the situation fur
fishes an argument that no person
ihould be employed who i not able to
make out a leeible order. The safety
Il the public is 81 enough oonsidera-
iou, surely. TO require e. much pro
iciency on the part Of railroad en-
,loves.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-18
Vermont Terrific Annual Fire Waste.

The loss in the state of Vermont
from fire during 1919 reached the stag
gering sum of sl,57s,72l; in Rutland
county there was the greatest loss,
S320,7S4. These figures should give
pause to every thoughtful citizen 1t
has been stated by those most familiar
with the statistics of fire losses that
over 90 per cent of fires are prevent
able This is doubtless a conservative
estimate.
1t is peculiarly unfortunate-with
all labor so scarce and high and build
ing materials almost impossible to get
and produced in inadequate amount
that the fire waste should reach such
stupendous proportions, especially
when, nearly all of it might be saved.
A study of the causes of the l649 fires
in the state during the year is illumin-
ing and it ought to be helpful as point
ing the way for the remedy.
1t is notable that lightning is given
as the cause of 400 cases during the
past year. This is probably very un-
usual. The acts of nature, of course.
are not preventable. But the familiar
causes of fres-the careless use of
while smoking or otherwise,
gasoline, aceumulations of rubbish and
litter, imperfect chimneys, and smoke
the bulk Of the
blazes and in practically all of these
the fires are preventable by exercise of
sare.
Vermonters If they come to their
best will put themselves in the fore
'front.' in a movement TO reduce the
needless loss from preventable confia-
yrations. Every person, young and old,
private citizen or public official, is
Urged 10 redolIble his efforts to make
he showing OF 1920 infinitely more
.reditahle in this resnecf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-18


mild interest in any project which had
for its purpose the linking up OF Mont
real and New York by an inland water
way having Lake Champlain as one OF
its links. The discussion on the pro-
posed project is now merely in the
newspaper stage but it is commanding
considerable attention because of the
many advantages which such water
way would have and because of the
disadvantages of the ocean route be-
tween the two cities which the inland
canal would eliminate. Vermont would
gain very materially if such an inland
waterway were to be constructed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-18

Hoover has rather thoroughly elm
mated himself from consideration as a
Democratic candidate for president
through his action in relation to the
New Hampshire primaries, if he had
not already done so through his ex-
plicit statement that prior to the war
he was a progressive Republican. The
Democratic party cannot see its way
clear to nominate member of another
party although that person may have
a Arm hold on the sympathies of the
people from one end of the country to
the other
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-18

Vermont is notably slow in getting
warmed up to the governorship fight in
the state, just as it is slow in becom-
ing interested in the presidential cam
paign; but there maybe, and undoubt-
cdly is, good deal of quiet thinking
going ON in the state about both sit
uations.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-18
CURRENT COMMENT
Lo! The Poor Editor.

An exchange tells of newspaper
editor who started poor twenty years
ago and retired with fortune of $50
900. This money he acquired through
ceaseless energy, strict economy, con
scientious efforts to give his advertis-
ers and subscribers full value, indomit-
able perseverance, and the will of an
uncle whose estate netted $4o,999.70.
Rutland News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-18

johnny wish my birthday was not
on Feb. -
Johnny everyone thinks be-
cause George Washington never tod
ie. ] oseht not to.-Boston Transcripz.
Tnmmy-Whyf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-18

Won Kapps essay in the government
al role seems to have opened veritable
Pandora's box Of trouble for the much
distressed Germany.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-18
Fathers Wish

White Five unmarried daughters.
sh Don't you wish you had some
sons
Grey No; but ] wish 7 had q few
sons in Law. Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-18
A Query.

II fellow who waits is a waiter,
What, then is a chap who VISITS
And waits and waits for the waiter
To wait on him while he waitsy
Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-18

You can keep cool if you only ex-
ert your will
oh. I've tried that. but il makes me
hot trying 10 exert my will. Boston
Transcript
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-18
had Frenrie-d Look.

From a story- "Frenzie said moth
ing and there was something discon-
certing in the way he said IT, - Boston
Transcript
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-18
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Admiral Sims l3 points of indict-
ment against the navy department are
rather sharply put,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-18

vernon, ~ouId take more than a
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-06-17
THE DEATH RECORD.

John Wileurn, a greatly esteemed
resident of Martinsburg. died at his
nome in that city last Monday morn
ing from Paralysis, aged Is years He
Was native of New Orleans, and
when the Civil War broke out he en-
listed IN the famous regiment that af-
terwardS achieved worldwide rcpu.
taton as the Louisiana Tigers" He
fought through most of the memorable
battles of the great conflict, and was
for three or four months confined in
one OF the Union prisons When the
surrender occurred MIR. Wilhurn was in
Jefferson county, where he remained
and married the late Miss Sarah Boltz.
VINO died ten years ago. In 1874 he
removed 10 Berkeley county and re-
NAMED there until his death. lie
followed farming until 1900 and for
several years was manager for Mr.
William Stewards Protumna Orchards
In 1908 he moved To Martinshurr.
where he had since lived retired life
He Is survived by five sons, four
daughters and fourteen grandchildren.
j. Fred Fuss, a former resident of
Berkeley county, died last Sunday at
his home in Washington City, aged 50
years. He is survived by his wife. two
brothers and three sisters, one of the
sisters ben" Mrs. !. G. Ungcr, OF this
neighhorhood. The body was taken 10
HedGcSvillc for burial.
Rev. W. w. Page, last living mem
Der of the staff of Gen. Robert +. Lee,
OF the Confederate army, and rector of
ST. Paul'S Church, Cornwall. n. Y, died
IN a hospital there last Sunday. lie
was so years old and was at one time
religious editor of the New York
Herald.
John Zachariah Linton. a well Unknown
farmer of Berkeley county, died last
Monday night in the City Hospital in
Martinsburg, following an operation
He was in the 63d year of his age
Surviving him are his wife, two sons
and five daughters.
Rev. Father Sidney S. Hurlburt, for
a number of years rector of ST. Marv's
Catholic Church in Hagcrstown. died
last week in a hospital in Baltimore
where he had been under treatment
His body was sent to Racine, Wiscon.
sin, for burial