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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-29
NEW BERGDoLL
INQUIRY LIKELY

The publication Of Grover Cleve-
land ,Bergdoll's own story OF has
escape. from Philadelphia and his
flight to Germany yesterday caused
Official Washington, at both ends OF
Pennsylvania avenue to revive the
elaborate plans once laid for a real
investigation of the affair.
The House resolution, authorizing
an, inquiry, will be presented to the
Military Affairs Committee for
consideration next Tuesday.
Although representing himself t.
lie without Official" information on
Bergdoll's whereabouts and the at,
tempt. made in Ebersbach to kidnap
HIM by two Americans, az least
ore of whom . is. member OF the
American forces OF occupation. Sec
rotary of War Baker asserted ths
army efforts to apprehend the draft
dodger would be redouhled.
The only new fact developed. .at
the War Department was that
Frank Trimmer, one of the Amer
cans held in Germany for the at
tempt to kidnap Bergdoll, is SER
eeant in the. American army CT
occupation
II am glad the Bergdoll story was
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-29
Two Tots Drop Three
Stories Without Hurt

Chicago, Jan. 29.-Bertha Mayer
aged Q. and her baby sister, Ela:ne
aged one month, fell three stones
Friday and escaped without scratch
The children were being held from
a window in q burning rooming-house
nv their father. He was overcome pg
smoke and doppea them into the arms
Of the crowd below.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-29
GIVES RELIEF FUND
DEAD WIFE'S RING

New York, jan. 29,-The diamond
engagement ring of his dead wife
has been contributed 70 he Euro
pean Relief Council for the benefit
Of Europe's starving r.Rid-er W
Henry Beatty, q farmer Of Tomo.
hawk, Ca, it was learned yesterday
The donation was received at the Of
flee of Herbert Hoover at Il hroad
way.
In the accompanying letter VT.
Beatty said:
Il can think Of no cause to which
she would rather have it Gedi:nte:;
than relief of tie SUFFERING o. child
ren."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-29
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE
I MT. Rowland Gary, of Boston,
visiting relatives in Potomac.

/ Irving S. Clark has sold to Carl
Budwesky house and lot 5Sl South
Fairfae street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-29

The Old Dominion Glass Company
has arranged to rebuild its warehouse
which was destroyed by fire early
last November. The structure will
be a; one-story affair, IS by 1l5 feet
/ Mrs. W. Harmon Reed, who was
injured on January IS in Ar
iIngton county, when an automobile
in which she was a passeser was
struck by Observation-Disclosures
Railway train, Left. the Alexandra
Hospital yesterday and has returned
home considerably improved. MIR,
and Mrs. Reed desire to thank thei'-
many friends for acts OF kindness
while Mrs. Reed was in the hospital
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-29

Under the auspices of Alexandra
Lodge No. 1853, Benevolent and Pro
tective Order Of Elks q dance will BE-
given next Wednesday night in the
auditorium of its home. Music will
be furnished by a Washington or
chestra. Proceeds will be for the
Elks' charity fund.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-29

The; westminster Bible Class q
the Second Presbyterian Church viii
meet tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock,
with the class lof Trinity Methodist
charrc cfh Glenn I. Justice will be the
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-29

Advertise your wants in the Ga
sette Want Column.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-29

Mrs W. W. Clements IS confined
her home at Mt: Ida, by illness.
The fourth dance of the Saturday
Wight Cotillon Club Will be given to-
light in the Elks' auditorium
The alumnae of st. Mary's Acad-
my will hold a meeting on Monday
t s:l5 p. M, at the Academy.
Mrs. William Franklin Watkins
3nnounces the engagement Of her
aughter, Ruth Franklin Watkins, to
tr. Frank E.. Devers, the wedding
be in February.
Mr. w. B. McCuen, former chief
ERIK of the Virginia shipbuiltlns
corporation, has accepted position
expert accountant with the U. ;,
,ailroad Administration, with head
uarters in Philadelphia, Pa.
The women of Moosekeart Legion
i'm entertain the members of the
oval Order of Moose Monday evefl-
he at their home, Duke and Royal
reefs. All Moose and their FAM
ora cordially invited to attend.
Announcement is made of the mar
hee Of Miss Florence May Exams
hd Charles Everett Kelley, both cf
lis city, which took place at the rec
nv of Grace Episcopal Church. Rev.
dear Carpenter, rector, officiating
Master Raymond Gerber, the young
bn of Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Gerber
Eas given a necktie to rattle for the
eneft of the Near East Relief. and
cured $500 for this object. TIE
was won by Mr.. MCGEE, of shs
ONE Beneficial Company.
|The third of a series of Sunday
ening sermons, on "The Great
,estions of the Bible" will be
(eached tomorrow evening, by the
Istor, DR.. E. B. Jackson, in the
rst Baptist Church. The topic will
"The Question Nationalist ask.
Jesus Christ"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-29

arr. and Mrs. James; W. Bales an
noance the marriage Of their niece,
Miss. Bertha Christina shuler, to
Edward F. Rohm, of Washington.
The ceremony was performed by the
pes. James NJ. Wallace, in. Baltimore,
Md, on January %, 1921.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-29

Mrs. George Uhler and Miss Mel
he selden Uhler left yesterday evea-
ing for Bangor, Maine, where Miss
Uhler will be married this evening
Ito Captain Marvel H. Parsons, c. A.
c., who is now on recruiting duty a,
that place and cannot. get leave of
absence at present. -. ~
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-29

The fourth dance of the Saturday
Tight Cotinon Club VIII be given to-
light in the Elks' auditorium. 4
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-29
The alumnae of st. Mary's !.Acad-
my will hold a meeting on Monday
l. 8:l5 p. m, at the Academy.

Mrs. William Franklin Watkins
Ennounces the engagement OF her
|sughter, Ruth Franklin Watkins, to
Dir. Frank E. Devers, the wedding
b be in February.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-29
|CITY NEWS N BRIEF
-. n !

Mrs. W. w. Clements is confined
5 her home at Mt: Ida, by illness.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-29

Eunice Lorraine Boswell. eighteen
months old, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ H. Boswell, died today at the
home of her parents, 514 Ononoe2
street. Her funeral will take place
at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon from
hsr parents home,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-29

The Dreadnaught basketball team
will visit the Ingram Memorial team
for a game on their floor tonight at
their hall, 10th and Massachusetts
Avenue Northeast, Washington, leay-
ing On the GAO o'clock electric train.
The game begins at s:15 o'clock.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-12-23
LETTERS TOTHE EDITOR
Actions at Opera House.

Editor, Times: Those who attended
the performance Of "Somc Girl" at the
opera house Monday night were tempt
ed several times during the evening to
call upon the board of health to irter-
vene u little side-show, which migst
we'll have been named "The BOOM
erang.r A crowd Of those freaks, which
nature persists in producing In occas
sional lapses and called, by the geneT-
Gus, youths, occupied seats toward the
front Of the theatre. All during the
play coarse misplaced laughter, near
humorous remarks and vulgar racket
in general belchcd from the gang in a
steady stream. However, instead of
embarrassing the actors or disturbing
the audience, the hoodlums only added
to the entertainment. Brilliant, ex-
temporaneots, cutting, sarcastic nu-
NOR from the stage and muffled jibes
from the audience bounded of the
tough hides Of the crew like water of
ducks back and az the time passed
the fun became better and better.
However, when the curtain had fallen
on the last act and the people were
making their way home one angle Of
the affair which bafTled all was haw
the state officials could allow so many
disciples of Solomon at large with so
much accommodation available for the
breed at Waterbury.
Theatre Goer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-12-23
A Bigger West Point Defended.

Editor, Barre Times You have, In
your edition Of Dec q an editorial en-.
titled, ''World Peace Talk; Bigger
West Point condemning the recon-
mendation Of General Macarthur fer
an increase in the size of the corps OF
cadets from 1,l34 to $500.
As member ef that body, / feel ii
my duty to correct any false impress
sion which your editorial may have
promoted.
There are three points in which your
editorial was at fault and which | shall
endeayor to clear up.
First, if the possibility Of war were
eliminated, and no one desires it more
than we, a standing army would still
be necessary. Evary nation requires a
military force for purposes Of policing.
Our army serves TO police, not only in
the United States, but even more in
her possessions, Alaska, the Philip
pines. Hawaii, etc. Troops are Away,
necessary to quell mobs, labor trou.
bles, etc
Second. il is necessary that we face
the disapreeablc truth that wars are
not over. A glance at the wars now in
progress is enough to prove this. 1t
would be absolutely criminal for the
United States to be unprepared to
handle the wars OF the future. We de-
pend on CONSUMPTION of civilians. But
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-12-23

it is necessary that trained officers be
employed to whip these civilians into
a military organization. And 1t was
clearly demonstrated in the World war
that a graduate of West Point who
has spent years for this very purpose,
is the only man capable of obtaining
satisfactory results. Therefore, it il
wise that the corps Of cadets be con-
tinued.
Third, consider conditions in the
army to-day. Our army is now reduced
to under 100000 men, the smallest per-
sonnet in generations. To command
these men about $4,000 officers are uec-
essary. OF these West Point supplies
about 300 per year, which is just about
one third Of the officers required an
nually to replace those removed by
death, resignation, discharge or retire
ment. The other two-thirds are taken
from enlisted men, promoted from the
ranks, men inferior in intelligence. ed
ucation, character and social standing
to the product of the military aca.l-
envy. II the corps is increased to $500
II will still be too small to furnish the
quota of officers necessary to command
our present peace time army. There.
fore, 1t is wise that the corps of ca
diets be increased Will you please
print this in The Times?
Yours,
Cadet Floyd A. Mitchell.
u. 8. Corps of Cadets, West Point,
N. X, Dec. Il, 1921.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-12-23
NEW ENGLAND
ACRES FITTED FOR
TREE RAISING
Fully Three-Fourths Of Area Is Not
Suited for Anything Else, Says
State Forester Hastings.

| State Forester w. G. Hastings hal
issued the following statement on for
est conditions in New England;
New England is forest region
Notwithstanding her industrial anc
agricultural enterprises, her popula
ton, her wealth and culture and hei
| four centuries Of development, New
England by the edict Of her physical
geography still remains u wild land re-
gion and will continue to be a region
where wild lands predominate until d
| political, economic and social order has
been created in which agriculture is
profitable without the use Of farm ma
chinery. New England passed her hey
dey as a rural community sixty years
ago and since then the edge of the
woods has drawn nearer and nearer
to New York.
"Of the slightly less than 40000,000
acres comprising the land surface of
New England, fully three fourths is
unsuited to a higher use than timber
production and Of this three -fourths
about 30 per cent is capable of pro-
ducing forest growth. The remainder Is
the natural barrens. Expressed in acres
there is about three and one half mil
lion acres of barrens, including swamp
and water; ten and one half million
acres of pasturage or land devoted to
higher use, and twenty eight million
acres OF wild land capable of support
ing timber growth. We have not 2S
million aches Of productive forest.
however. Estimates made BY the sew
eral feresters Of New England, If | can
hafmonize their statements correctly,
show that this area Of 2S,000,000 acres
may be divided into three equal or
nearly equal parts, namely, first:
Lands supporting satisfactory stand
of timber containing trees of mer-
charitable size in dominating percent
ages of volume. Second: Forest lands
supporting satisfactory stand of
young timber. Third Forest lands sup
porting an unsatisfactory stand of
timber, either young or old, or no tim
Der at all.
THE first class, containing nine mil
lion acres of mature or nearly mature
pnlpwood and saw timber, includes
within itself the infinitesimai amount
OF virgin forest left standing in the
region and includes also all other
stands of timber of merchantahle
size. Except for these virgin stands !
of million acres or so every
stand of saw timber in New England
has been more or less heavily culled /
for the better classes of material !
These culled stands are therefore made I
up of inferior species1and poor speci
mems of good species. AT best the tim
Der Is cnllcd stuff cruising from five to |
Fix thousand feet per acre. These nine
million acres of culled over mature or
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-12-23

nearly mature stands occupy % per
cent of the area of New England or
three per cent of our absolute forest
soil capable Of producing forest growth
and support all of the pulpwood and
estimated at so billion feet. In calling
the timber on these nine million acres
a satisfactory stand there is no desire
to convey the idea that the stand Is
| In any respect all that may be desired
and least of all is it satisfactory from
the point Of view of volume. Such a
| classification simply means that there
| is volume enough present to insure
that lumbermen will return for another
cut. ;.
1.-THE second of the three nine million
acre classes of forest land into which
our forests of New England may be
divided contains, as expressed above, a
satisfactory stand Of young growth
not yet sufficiently aged to bel consid-
cred merchantable for either saw tim
Der or pulpwood This second class is
the severely cut over landsN which, in
spite of fires and other miDuse is re-
stocking to desirable species in vary
ing degrees of perfection. The area con-
tains large quantities of cordwood
stumpage as well as reproduction of
both hardwood and softwood species.
In speaking of the condition Of this
class as satisfactory there is no desire,
as expressed above, to convey the i'm
preston that the stand as whole is
entirely satisfactory,
"The third class, the nine million
acres of land supporting neither tim
Der nor reproduction, or supporting
worthless stands of either or both, this
third class of forest land is the man
made desolate wastes, and include the
burned over hillsides, the rough, re-
mote abandoned farms, and forest
lands too recently or too severely cut
over to determine what the future
stand Is to be, if any. These, together
with the natural barrens, are the lands
which have arrested the attention Of
the casual observer and which bear
physical evidence of the serious condi- |
ton our forests are in.
New England contains e-eighth |
of her original stand of timber; her |
forest area has shrunk |
to one fourth of its original acreage; |
her forests are called upon to supply |
"a billion feet of timber yearly in the |
form of lumber, pulpwood, ties, posts
and cordwood, according to the Gap |
per report" while the same report |
places the yearly increment at l.3 bill. |
lion feet A generation ago she was a
heavy exporter of timber. to-day she
II an importer Of one-third Of all tim
Der consumed in her industries and
building trades she is paying more to
The already over-taxed railroads in,
freight rates than it will cost 70 main
ain her forests in producing state
,qual to the needs OF the region. The
iorest wealth Of New England Mas
ihriyeled almost TO the vanishing point
ind continues to shriyel Our forests
ire at present in a depIorable condi-
ion but the situation, serious as 1t
nay be, il not hopeless to those Of as
Who are optimistically inclined There
till is time to repair the havoc that
las been wrought in our forests. A reg
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-12-23

Mothers, Wives, Sweethearts, Brothers and
Friends of all automobile owners:
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-12-23
CONGRESSIONAL ECONOMY.
Sheer Stupidity in curtailing Depart
nlent Of Agriculture's Functions


a brief notice from the department
il agriculture announces the suspen-
lion of some CT its important period
.als. This is because a provision OF
he act of March 4, 1921, required
he suspension of all publications ex-
~pt those approved by Congress by
he first of December. Unless Con-
rress learns to differentiate between
waste and productive enterprise, its
dca Of economy will be costly TO the
whole country.
A striking illustration is before the
country right at this time. 1t is the
cotton crop estimate. An error OF
100000 acres translated into produc-
ion means 100000 bales. The law
equires an estimate of acreage to be
published in July, and to do this ac-
.urately field statisticians must travel
over every county of every cotton
state. But the 1919 brand of economy
ut their travel allowance to swivel
hair level, and made a 20 per cent
.eduction in the clerical force Of the
bureau Of crop estimates. Behold the
.esult!
Now, publications that disseminate
important informant ton are to be dis
continued, or limited to such as Con-
gress sees fit to authorize. Does Con-
gress know more of the agricultural
aeeds of the country than the experts
who head the industry II it does, why
should there be department of agri-
,ulture?
Out of every SO appropriated to this
department it must pay 50 for serv-
ices administering laws of Congress-
purely governmental slnctions; while
the other one goes to the develop
ment OF agriculture. The money vast
ed by the shipping board would pay
for this work for 100 years. And how
different the results!
From the arid regions of the south
west comes crop of long staple cot
tor worth S20.000,000 year. This de-
fartment bred that cotton at a total
cost of $4,000. 1t spent s250000 IN
getting a species OF heat that would
thrive in the semiarid regions, and
thai crop is now worth S50,0000O0
wear. At small expense it gave the
navel orange to California, which now
ships over 100000 boxes year.
What business concern pays such div
dend returns on its investments
Rust has taken as high as 100000.
400 bushels of wheat in year, the
roll weevil destroys s2O0,000,0 900 an.
lually, Texas fever and hog cholera for.
nerly cost sS90,000,0O0; and all meth
IDS of control emanste from this de.
'artment. II is at the head of bust. !
less whose annual output is worth |
learly $20000,0000O0. But peanut Fl.
lance must NEEDLE with its manage /
nent.--Wall Street Journal.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-12-23
Take An Abandoned Farm.

i Enough abandoned farms have accu.
mulated in New Hampshire to induce
the state grange to organize a bureau
to bring farmers from the west to &C.
cupy them. Nearly every one of these
abandoned farms has--we have been
led to believe by the stories of those
who have taken up the practice of
abandoned farminga fine old ram
bling farm house upon it with garrets
full Of spinning wheels and andirons
and early copies Of the Atlantic
Monthly, SO that it Is the abiding
place of treasure trove as well as q
dwelling house.
We gather these impressions from
writers like Irwin Cobb tand others)
who is, we believe, or once. was, one of
the argonauts who went forth from the
city into the byways of New England
looking for lodge in the vast wider
ness Of abandoned farms, and we have
Walter Frichdoned Eaton's word for ii
that the truest happiness il found in
turning old Yankee turnip beds into
parterres of larkspnrs and foxgloves.
See the 'Idyl of Twin Fires
None Of the amateur abandoned
farmers seem to say much about the
corn crops to be reared on these an
cient acres; and corn is what the west
ern farmers that the New Hampshire
grange wants, know most about But
since corn is only twenty six cents
bushel perhaps some Of them are will
ing to come and take lessons in the
new-fangled kind of farming that has
been developed by young men Of novel
ideas from the cities. From" Echoes Of
the Streets" in the st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-12-23
SHOE WAGES
CUT A LITTLE
Local Arbitration Board
at Haverhill Announces
Scale
CUTTERS WILL GET
S44 FOR 45-HR. WEEK
Which rs a Reduction Of
One Dollar Over
Old Scale

Haverhill, Mass, Dec. 23.-The read
ustmcnt Of shoe wages in this city
VAS advanced to-day by decision OF the
,ocal arbitration board on price lists
Tor cutters, which established wages
ior d 45-hour week at S44, a reduction
# 81 over the recent rate. The week
u rate for cloth cutters was reduced
from s45 to s42.5o and that of trim
ming cutters from s35 to $3.50. The
price lists for piece work had already
been adjusted.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-12-23
But Oh. what Th.r Think,

I dined at my aascre's home yes
terday.-
i suppose they regard you az one
Of the family BY now. don't theyf-
Not exactly. They haven't reached
the point where they haWl me out II I
make a spot On the tabiecioih.-Bcs-
ton Transcript
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-12-23
A Home Protective Union.

Wife-John, if Mrs. Nextdore gets a
aew suit this fall l must have one
also.
Hub-Well, my dear, don't worry
about that, Naylor. and | formed a
protective union to-day and neither Of
YOU IL to have one.-New Haven Reg.
lster.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-12-23

Air.-7Onc dazEn g,othcsrirs with
every purchase 81 Blanks rlrtsrs.~ A
safe enough inrestnent n ths rartcrs
fell O. bold. ere can use the cicihcs-
pins.--H cr.rn 1renscripA
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-12-23

ulation period Of so years, the care
full expenditure Of 10 cents per acre,
the services of a hundred well-trained
foresters and 1000 rangers will bring
our forests back to normal"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-09-16
10000 "VETS" NEGLECTED
"Clean-Up" Squads, Under Direction
of Federal Bureau, Report
on Investigations.

Washington, Sept. Corporations
of cleanup" squads under direction
of the federal veterans bureau, indi-
cate that there are thousands of dis
abled former service men in need of
governmental assistance, said state
ment issued by the bureau.
More than 10000 cases to date have
been completed by the squads and
sent to the bureau. the statement said,
adding that when the squads begin
operating in all of the IA districts
into which the country has been d.
yided cases will be reported to the
bureau at the rate of 1000 a day.
Squads operating in Des Moines.
Ia. in one day reported the cases of
200 veterans needing attention, and
fin Davenport, Ia, 212 cases were re-
ported.