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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08
HORNSBY LEADS
NATIONAL BATTERS
Has an Average of .45o-Lebourveau
Second with .37s-Joe Jackson
Tops Batters in American
League.

Chicago, May s.-Roger Hornsby, the
st. Louis star, rs showing the way to
the batters of the National league with
an average of AGO, and Lebourveau of
Philadelphia, with 1876, is runner-up,
according to averages, including games
of Wednesday.
Hornsby has been at bat 63 times In
ID games. He drove out 20 hits for a
total of 3s bases. In this connection he
bapged six doubles and one home run.
He has been showing much speed on
base paths, having registered IL runs
Ed. Roush of Cincinnati, who held
the batting honors of the league last
season, gradually is getting his stride.
He boosted his average TO .263, 40
points within a week. Robertson Of
Chicago leads in home runs with three,
Joe Jackson, the Chicago slugger,
continues TO top the batters in the
American league who have participated
in 10 or o games. There are three
batters in the 400" class, headed by
Jackson with .434; Johnston, Cieve.
land. is second, with .40S, and Weaver,
Chicago, third, with .404. Scott of Bos-
ton has 1928.
Babe" Ruth of New York celebrated
his return to the game by cracking out
two home run The home king
has a batting average of POI for Is
games, having made ~ hits in As times
al bat. His hits, besides the two home
runs, include a triple and three dou'
bles.
Ty Cobb, who held the batting cham
pionship last season, is rounding into
form and has boosted his mark from
1872 10 .2I4 within a week.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08
COUNTRY PRESS is
MENACED
Not Half Will Survive Unless There Is
Drastic Change in Paper Stu
alton, Says Cortland
Smith.

Washington. May s,-Charges of a
Corner in print paper were made yes
terday by the Senate committee in
vestigating the paper shortage by Cort-
land Smith of New York, president OF
the American Press association.
Mr.. Smith testified that print paper
manufacturers were in a conspiracy to
regulate both production and prices.
TO break the market, Mr.. Smith said
a substitute for wood pulp must be
found. He urged a congressional APP
preparation of $685. 900 to be used in
experimenting with substitutes and
asked that it be placed in the hands
of persons, who cannot be reached by
the paper makers"
Describing the country press as 'hav-
ing its back to the wall" the witness
declared that unless relief were pro-
vided, il would be "annihilated.
'Not half of the country press will
survive unless there is a drastic change
in the situation" he told the commit
tee.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08
CLEANED THE poTSCNS
FROM HIS SYSTEM
A MASSACHUSETTS MAN GRATEFUL.

Somerville, Mass. A well-liked citizen OF
this city. who has suffered in the past,
writes the following 10 DR.. ]. +. True q 20.
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none of IL cleaned the poison from my tys-
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hereafter considering the effects 1t had on
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needed was a real cleaning which only your
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on request.) !.
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True, is as of old. the best friend TO be
found In your medicine closet.
Symptoms of worms Constipation, swol-
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ach, offensive breath, hard and full belly,
with occasional gripings and pains about The
navel, pale face Of leaden tint, eyes heavy
and dull, twitching eyelids, itching OF ire
nose, itching of the rectum, short dry cough,
grinding Of the teeth, little red points stick
Ing out on the tongue, starting during
sleep, slow fever.
No Harmful Drugs - Recommended by
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True & Co. Auburn. Me.--Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08
DO NOT v LOAN.
Bankers Suggest Extension of Present
Loan to Railroads.

Washington, ID, G.. May S.--Bankers
called before the Senate interstate
committee yesterday did not agree
with the testimony of railroad execu-
tives Thursday that the government
should loan $4,000 900 additional TO
the roads for new rolling stock. They
said, however, that no great part OF
the S6I0,O00 900, which the railroad
presidents estimated TO be necessary
for new equipment to relieve present
congestion, could be raised from the
public.
Jerome G. Hanauer of Kuhn, Bieb L
Co, New York. chairman of the com
mittce OF investment bankers suggest
cd that instead Of making additional
approximations for cars, Congress eX-
tend the period of $500, 600 900 loan
already provided for the roads from
five 10 fifteen years, that SOM money
be used in the betterment OF termi-
mails and perhaps in the increase OF mo-
| tive power; and that the roads be so
managed as to expedite the movement
Of cars and reduce TO a minimum re-
ouirements for new equipment.
Mr.. Hanaucr and F. II. Allen OF Lee,
Higginson & Co. OF New York, followed
him and said the income tax had GRIP
pied the investing power OF wealthy
people.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08
BUILDING CONTRACTS DOUBLED
New England's Record for April Over
Same Month Last Year.

New York, May S.-A decided in
crease in the number Of contracts for
homes in the territory north of the
Ohio and east Of the Missouri rivers,
during April was announced here to-
day by the +. w Dodge company. con-
~struction statistieians. Residential
buildings aggregated 81 per cent Of the
total. whereas during the first three
months of the year it represented only
~ per cent.
The amount to be expended for
homes in this territory as announced
during April was sl03, $4,000. The
total residential construction work re-
ported from January | TO May ! was
S4s2. 344, 900. The total of all kinds
OF building construction in the same
territory for the first four months of
1920. was 50, ,637 900.
Building contracts in April for New
York state and northern New Jersey
were three times the figure for the
same month last year. In New Eng
land, the amount was reported as doub-
led.
Although sl33,764 $50 was spent in
the building of housing aecommoda-
tions In greater New York. OF IS per
cent of the total amount Of contracts
let. home construction here was re-
ported TO have "fallen behind the gen
eral building program" This vas
shown by the fact that in the first four
months Of the present year the con-
tracts let here for housing were SIS, Coz,
400, or only 81 per cent Of the total,
a decline OF Is per cent from last years
construction.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08
The German War Criminals.

In W respects the demand for the
surrender Of the German war criminals
differed distinctly from that for the
extradition Of Wilhelm Won Hohen-
z~oIlern. Il was based on an acclsa-
ton Of specific crimes, and the %ententes
right 10 enforce It's execution results
from the ratification of the treaty Of
Versailles by the German national as
semblv. The legal grounds N which
Queen wilhelmiua based her negative
reply 10 the note Of the allied powers
offered. consequently. no support TO the
German government for its refusal
Nevertheless. the allied powers have
acted with wisdom and dignity in ac-
redinr 20 that refusal. The concession
i coupled with the requirement that
the German government shall carry out
in good faith its declaration Of readi-
ness to bring TO trial the men accused
Of high crimes against the laws 81
war and the established usaees Of civil
iyed nations. The difficulty Is BY no
means Al an end. il vii Be no easy
matter 20 procure a genuine trial %
bigh German officers By their own
countrvmen. and . judgement in &C
. Guidance with the evidence. The Al
Esd powers distinctly reserve the
rfvht 10 enforce the terms q the treaty
III the event % the trials proving -
h. mere n~retenca Bat i Uas evi.
dent that insisteuce or the surrendrr
II hundreds q lesdnE German mill
tav men. 20 he tired BY enemy judges
IN 81 enemy country would have meant
aersus au Who's oemse1ueucrs
threstrned - - ruaous to ERE whos
ur~d. The s,iufion ARRIVES 81 repre-
.ants the rssncst sppreaeh w
pass hla 20 ~ ement a gs
sirr With y-Tnon the Rerrsw
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08
France and Individual Action.

Premier Millerand's clear-cut refusal
Of the request of the Ebert govern
ment for permission to send troops
into the Ruhr district sounds a new
note in allied diplomacy. The French
premier has dealt directly with the
Berlin government. He has acted as
| the responsible head of an individual
government, without consulting the
| governments of Frances chief allies.
Millerand's latest note TO Berlin is OF
the kind which France might ave
| communicated to Germany had she
| alone been at war with her northern
neighbor. The limitless debate and
cumbrous delays that have marked the
! attempt of the supreme council to set
tie and dispose of the thousand BAT
fling questions in European politics,
have been replaced by the easily
| reached decisions OF the government OF
the chief continental power. rance
now shows herself to be the sole ex.
ecutor of the terms of the treaty Of
| Versailles. Where her late allies were
uncertain and sluggish, France IS sure
and swift to action. The substitution
OF the individual action OF France Tor
the slow going and defective machinery
of the supreme council is certain OF
| one result at least-the terms OF the
treaty of Versailles will not be evaded,
in willful and reckless fashion, by the
! Berlin government.
Several factors are responsible Tor
the. decision of Premier Millerand TO
DENY to German troops access TO the
| nsutralized Ruhr area. Primarily was
the French belief-borne out by the
! testimony Of competent observers That
the resistance of the armed workmen
in the Ruhr region was not a formid-
| able one, and that it would collapse
| through lack of arms, munitions and
food. And already such a collapse APP
pears to have occurred, even though
| armed resistance may still continue,
| and the workers reject the ultlmatum
of the Ebert government. Moreover
the French authorities were fearful
lest the dispatch of thousands OF gov
| eminent troops would result in a
4 ouickening and ~reawakening of the
/ shirt of German mi'itarism. A dan
gerous precedent would be created,
I nlausible reasons would be advanced
\ for the use Of military force on future
/ occasions. and the foundations lald
mon which could be based a plea for
a later expansion of the German army
a further factor in Premier Millersnd 5
decision is the firm belief of the French
government that an attempt of Pres
dent Ebert to Soerce by fierce the
workmen Of Germany, would fan the
Games Of class warfare, and would
weaken the prestige and the authority
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08
Upton GETS
STEAM YACHT
From Which to Witness
Americas Cup Races
off Sandy Hook
VICTORIA
III FAMOUS ERIN
The Victoria Was Built in
Scotland and Is Owned
by a Chicago Man

New York. May S.-Sir Thomas Lip
ton has chartered the steam yacht Vic
toria as a successor to his famous
yacht Erin to enable him to witness
the Americas cup races off Sandy Hook
next July, it was learned to-day. The
Victoria, owned by Arthur Meeker of
Chicago, was built in Scotland IL years
e She is 1903 feet long and capable
of Ia knots.
The Erin, which was a victim Of a
German submarine in the Mediterra-
mean four years ago this month, served
during the war as a hospital ship for
the Serbian Red Cross and shortly be
fore she was sunk had been converted
by the British admiralty into the aux
iliary cruiser Aegusa. The Erin had
made the ocean trip to New York In
anticipation of the cup races in that
year, which were called off on account
Of the war.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08
SOUTH AMERICANS INTERESTED.
In the Olympic Games Although They
are Not Far Advanced in Athletics.

New York, May s.-With the prob
ability of teams representing som OF
the South American republics being
sent to compete In this years Olympic
games at Antwerp, Belgium, the grow
ing interest in track and field athletics
in South America was considerably
stimulated on April %, "a and 20,
when teams from Chile, Uruguay n
Argentina met at Santiago. Chile, IN
what is known there as the South
American Olympic games. The Ohl-
ians won by a total score of 81 points
against 43 for Uruguay and 20 for Ar
gcntina.
While they were not strictly Olym-
pic games, inasmuch as the first in
ternational contest of this kind was
held last year between Uruguay and
Chile and it is planned to hold the
contests annually, they have been so
designated by the newspapers as they
correspond, in character, to the four
year international Olympiads that are
held in the northern hemisphere or
Europe.
The initial South American interna-
;ional track contest in April, 1919, was
held in Monteyideo II resulted IN a
victory for Chile by a score of "a points
to IL. Argentina declined to enter the
contest, but this year her national
athletic organization decided to send
a team.
While the records made last year
do not approach in most instances
those that have been scored at the
in, ernationaI Olympiads or by North
American club and college athletics, it
m,rst be borne in mind that track ath-
letics in South America are practically
in their infancy. The Latin American
athletes have not yet had the advan-
tare of the scientific raining developed
IN the northern hemisphere. That the
South American athletes are impTov-
ing in their track form is shown, how
ever, by the fact that new records were
established in three events,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08
Is COLLEGES
ARE COMPETING
In the Annual Track and
Field Meet at Spring
field, Mass.
PRESSED BY
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Weather Conditions Were
Favorable for the
Competition

Springfield. Mass, May S.-Athletes
representing Is colleges participated at
Pratt field day to-day in the annual
championship track and field meet of
the Eastern intercollegiate Athletic as
sociation. For the preliminary compe-
titions this morning weather conditions
were good, and indications pointed to
favorable conditions for the semi-tinal
and final events this afternoon.
Colgate was expected to be pressed
hard by the New Hampshire college
team headed by Gordon T. Nightingale,
who out-ran L. Montague, the Eng
fish star, at the Pennsylvania relay
carnival last week. Other leading col
leges are Stevens, Trinity, Holy Cross,
Boston, Tufts, Worcester Polytechnic,
Connecticut State, Rhode Island State,
Middlebury and Hobart.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08

of the Berlin government already in
peril from the twin dangers OF Junker-
ism and bolshevism.
The manner in which France is set
Ting the problem of the Ruhr insurrec-
ton is. therefore, infinitely more sig
nifcant than the fact that the Ruhr
workers should persist in defying the
authority of President Ebert. So far
at least as the execution Of the terms
of the treaty of Versailles is concerned,
the day of joint action by the allies
has past. The execution of those terms
will. in the years to come, be the work
of the French people, acting through a
fearless government and an army the
best organized and trained in Europe.
Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08
SCHOLAR TURNS MONK.
Japanese Declared He Was Dissatisfied
With State of Social Affairs.

Toxic, May 6.-Kanae lkeda, direc-
tor of the Middle School of kure, sud.
denly disappeared a few weeks ago
leaving a letter stating that he was
dissatisfied with the recent state OF
social affairs and determined to lead q
hermit's life. Now he has been dis.
covered in a famous Buddhist monas.
terry. leading the life of a monk.
This is an incident showing the
spread OF the social unrest in Japan
The old national mentality has greatly
been modified since the war, and tbs
authorities find ii hard to recruit suifi.
cient officers for both the navy and
army. as well as officials for the diplo.
matte and consular services. CONNER
cial careers now appeal more to young
japanese.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08
YALE AIRMEN o
Scored in Opening Event of Intercol'
legiate Aerial Field Day.

MiueoIa, N. Y, May S.-Yale won
the 25.mile race, the opening event Of
the first intercollegiate aerial field day,
staged here yesterday. Henry Thoren,
pilot in the Eli plane, covered the dis
tanee in l6 miles.
Pennsylvania, with J. NJ. Learseh,
pilot, captured second place in the %
mile event, with a time of IL minutes,
10 seconds. Pittsburgh was third, Lew
is Dussar having IA time of II minutes
and one-half,
H. b. Pentland, Cornell. was fourth;
y. G.. Weaver, Columbia, fifth, and
Robert X. Perry, Williams, sixth.
The point 0 at the end of the
first event stood Yale 5, Pennsylvania
3, Pittsburgh !.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08
A Friend Worth Knowing

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of which develop INTO friendship, but
not all prove themselves true friends
1t is Just as essential that we have a
reliable friend in the form of a medi.
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08
N AND HOOPER
ON LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Both Make Statements to Public on Is
sue--Mr. Hoover Pleased at Sen
ators Change of Heart.

New York. May S.-Senator Hiram
Johnson and Herbert Hoover have rs
sued statements, making clearer their
positions on the league of nations, re-
garded in some quarters as a leading
issue in the coming presidential cam
paign.
Senator johnson, speaking of the re-
tent California primary, had this to say
in Washington:
Il am very glad Mr., Hoover accepts
SO philosophically the result in Cali
fornia. Mr.. Hoover says his friends
introduced no personal issue but reg
istered their protest at my extreme
opposition to any league to prevent
war and reduce armament Neither
statement is correct. His friends in
troduced into the campaign every con
ceivable issue, including personal abuse,
and / have never expressed opposition
to any league to prevent war and re-
duce ornaments. My opposition mas
been Mr.. Hoover's English league,
which did neither Of these things"
Mr.. Hoover yesterday authorized the
following statement:
Senator johnson is quoted as stat
ing that he has never expressed oppo-
sition to any league to prevent war and
reduce ornaments. This indication OF
a change of heart is a matter of great
satisfaction. He states that he does
not want an English league. None OF
us do. But does the senator mean that
the covenant with the Lodge reserva-
tions is an English league? This is
the covenant and these are the reser-
vations which / have supported since
they were first voted by the majority Of
the Senate last November. Will the
senator speak so that the people may
know where he stands and what he
stands for in this matterf"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08
GIANT GAME OF CHESS.
With People Serving as Pieces Will Be
Played May %.

New York, May s-A chess game in
which people will serve as pieces will
be played here on May - by Frank
Marshall, chess champion of the Unit
ed States, and Charles Jaffe, a New
York expert, it was announced to-day.
A giant board viii be laid out on
the stage of the Manhattan opera
house. The pawns viii be naval boy
scouts in white and blue uniforms.
Kings, rocks. bishops and knights Win
be played by actors made UP for the
parts, while two stage beauties will APP
pear as queens. The players win move
their pieces by commands issued from
pedestals overlooking the field"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08
GOOD RACING PROMISED.
Twenty-Five Horses Entered in Ken
lucky Derby.

Louisville, Ky, May s.-Twenty-two
Thoroughbred three-year-old horses
were entered for the 46th renewal Of
the Kentucky Derby at Churchill
Downs this afternoon, and it was the
unanimous opinion of the turf follow
ers that the $4,000 added money
classic would be the greatest and most
open race ever run. The best the east
and west and the south could offer
were included in the entries, all pre-
pared by master trainers, for the Cruel
ling mile and a quarter struggle which
a crowd estimated at more than 10000
persons has arranged to witness.
Five stables will be represented by
coupled entries, including those of Il.
P. Whitney, G. w. Joft, w. R. Coe, Raj
Parr and w. M. Jeffords.
To the Harry Payne Whitney On.
tries, including Damask, Wildair and
Upset, apparently fell the lot before
the race of being public favorites. I'm
official odds on this trio were reported
at 4 to /. The George W. Loft entries,
Donnacona and On Watch, were report
ed as second choice with the public,
while the odds on some other horses
ranged as high as 100 to /.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08
FEW PAID $4,000 ANNUALLY.
Great Majority Of Wage Farmers in
Massachusetts Get Less.

Boston. Nav 7.-Of 1.ls3,0 600 men
working for wages IN this state, only
$4,000 have an annual income 81 So
600 OF more. This was the testimony
Of Irving L. Shaw. director of the
state income tax department. az =
hearing on the arbitration Of demands
for increased Wages BY employees of
the Boston Elevated Railway company
The carmen seek annual wages 81 ar
proximateiy $500 and Director shaw
was called hy counsel for the company
in support Of it, claim that the public
should not Be called upon 70 pay troll
lev workers higher wages than the
greater number q men IN che state
enjoy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08
GOT DEMAND AFTER FIGHT
Irish Laborers Forced Their Way Into
Council Chamber.

Mullingar. Leinster, Ireland, May s.
Two hundred laborers forced an en-
try into the council chamber yester-
dav. while a discussion was in prog
ress on the question Of road repairing
contracts, and demanded that direct
instead Of contract, labor be used After
a free fight the council complied with
the laborcrs demands.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08
BAD BREATH
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