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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-02-13

THE HOME FIRE DEPARTMENT.
An article in a current magazine rec
cmmends fire engine IN every home, the
equipment being some Of the smaller
paraphernalia usually Carried in put
ting out small fires. This equip
ment is useful but perhaps not easily
obtainable for all homes. However, IT
is possible for each home TO have
fire department Of its own-.-a squad
of fire fighters, whose greatest work
lies in the removal Of possibilities Tor
the development Of fire. This squad
may, and should, be composed OF every
member of the household from the pa
terfamilias to the young child ca
pable of directing its mind to the con
troll of its body. Each and every one
Of them can do something to prevent
the outbreak Of fire; and each and
every one OF them should be taught to
do so. They should be instructed TO
exercise a personal sense of RESPONSE
bilitv sufficient to remove all known
causes for outbreak Of fire. With this
instruction carried out, they will con
situte very efficient fire department,
the work of which would make far less
necessary the assistance OF the fire
department maintained by the mimi
cipality. 1t is the duty OF some adult
member Of every household to assume
the position Of chief Of these home
fire departments and muster the full
force Of the household in q general
campaign toward the elimination OF
fire hazards. Why not start home
fire department of this sort-tle fire
department which works along the line
of fire prevention rather than OF fire
fighting? If the suggestion were 70 be
carried out to any extent through the
country, the annual fire loss would
be reduced very materially and the
sum total Of human happiness would
be increased in similar proportion.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-02-13
Investing in Smoke.

Vermont during the five-year pc
Rod of 1860 burned up S4.SpT .5s3
worth of property. an average of SsT9-
SIG invested annually in smoke. We
are inclined TO qualify statements re-
garding our output in various lines by
referring to the fact that we are one
OF the smallest states but when we
couple this information with figures
of our fire losses we may pause and
ask ourselves whether we are not heav-
Ter losers per capita than we ought to
be-
In the fve-year period defective
chimneys and flues caused fires in this
state aggregating s493,006 or an aver
age of S9S.60l. Matches and careless
smokers were responsible for the de-
struction of s2s5,s49 worth of prop
erty, sur average of more than $1,000
a week. Stoves. furnaces and boil.
ers were the cause of the burning Of
S237 ST. worth OF property. These are
figures taken. on hand from a compil-
alton made by the national board OF
underwriters Of data concerning fires
from strictly preyentable causes.
During the five years mentioned
there were FIRE losses in the state ag
rregating Sl,lT6.s32 ascribed to "un-
known causes, probably largely pre-
ventable."
The destruction by FIRE Of buildings
in rural sections and small villages
spells fewer days for the life Of such
communities. When two OF three
houses burn in Vermont hamlet We
venture to say that only one i re-
built in substantial manner. Shacks
may be erected 20 temporarily cover
a family but yawning cellar holes be-
side the road in scores Of Vermont
villages strengthen the arguments Of
those who declare that The greater
part Of the farm building property
which goes up in lnoke i not re-
riaced.
Tie Herald i not Offering Anythine
new in the way Of IRE prevention
sians hut simply "a ling attention "a
Inc fart that for rye yeaTs xears un'
der uhieh Vermont bon heavy finan'
cal tar,srn--our per capita hEt loss
vas rrarly Ssoa
This j. too heavy a. lIrestmsnt il
"a Ike Rutland Hlrail
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-02-13

be signalized as one that may yet prove
TO have been the coming into being oil
the greatest power for the control oil
nations and the promotion OF peace
that has yet been devised.
III that be regarded as strong
statement Of the possible future Of the
tribunal that met almost unobseryed
AT The Hague. and adjourned without
a case on its docket, we have only TO
look at the experience Of our own
supreme court. That body also organ
lied itself without business in 1889, and
remained without business for two
wears. So little power and dignity ap-
peared to attach to seats on its bench
that four chief justices were appointed
and declined or resigned-John JAY
resigned twice-in the eleven years be-
fore the great John Marshal was APP
pointed by John Adams three days be-
fore his term ended. In the same eleven
wears no fewer than five associate
justices also resigned.
Yet that court, unpromising as were
its beginnings. unattractive as were
seats onits bench as positions OF honor
has become the most august tribunal IN
the world. Ii is the sole restraining
force that protects this democracy OF
more than hundred million people
from hasty infractions of their own
fundamental law. No other court IN the
world. to this hour, posses author
itv of so high an order
VIII the new court attain such dis
tinction and eminence az that or even
higher II has great possibilities; II
viii meet with serious difficulties Its
success depends largely, but by no
means wholly upon the composition
Of the court itself Its failure is GER
TAM unless the bench is occupied by
men of the highest ability, probity and
firmness of character. But even so they
have TO deal. not with a written con
stitution, not with recognized body OF
duly enacted laws, moth with suitors
having allegiance 20 q common govern.
ment and bound by those laws. II viii
he their duty to interpret that vague
code. without binding force, known as
international Law, in administering jus
tice between sovereign states. each a
law unto itself. Moreover. they have
not. what our supreme court has, a
backing Of authority that makes com
pliance with its DEGREES imperative.
Neverthelcss,- the chances favor the
world court. and the good wishes of all
good people viii be forthcoming for
every wise act and decision. II may
lie we believe il will he, = powerful
adjunct to the other measures in the
interest Of peace in this year when We
are sweeping away the casses Of inter
national discussion. There j. to be =
welcome opportunity to make clear
and definite the law Of nations. and to
begin the development 81 a body Of
world common law that will bind the
nations TO justice among themselves.
surely and securely Boston Herald
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-02-13
CURRENT COMMENT
Keeping the Roads Open.

The road between Sheffield and
Lyndonville is being kept open for
automobile traffic this winter, the cost
being borne by privatae funds, such
funds coming mainly from creamery
company which operates trucks be-
tween the places named. Agitation
for this work to be done on other
highways is being started and the
question il undoubtedly one which will
grow in Importance. just what the
person who has heavy hauling to do on
these roads with sleds win do after the
first thaws is not plain.-Barton
Monitor.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-02-13
Reapportionment.

Congressman Porter H. Dale Of the
second Vermont district has made this
reapportiohment fight his own and is
said to have gotten himself very cor
daily disliked by the Gillett crowd.
just what the latter viii do about it
is uncertain, but the voters Of
the second district ought to renpmi-
nate Dale and send him back with their
approval and further mandate TO
keep up the good work.
In the first district, too, whoever
becomes a candidate to succeed Frank
L. Greene should be pretty definitely
placed on RECORD in favor Of some such
plan of reapportionment as the siegel
measure. Vermont should not be re-
duced TO a single congressman; tie
idea is humiliating.- Rutland Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-02-13

The days of the tramp printer" are
passing. Time was when an itinerant
sticker OF type would show up about
once week, get job if the supply
Of wofkmen was short, work a few
weeks and then go along to the next
place. These tramp printers" seemed
to glory in the number of shops and
the different cities in which they had
worked; and one Of the fondest joys
Of the old-timers in the itinersnt game
was to get someone TO listen while he
anfolded the story of his life as re-
lated TO the number OF shops he had
worked in. But of late there has been
material lessening Of the stream OF
tramp printers They have either
gone of the road or they have gone
into other employment. In contrast
to men Of the wanderlust We read now
and then of a printer Of the old school
who i noteworthy for his long service
in one place. Such a printer was Al
byn T. Atwood of Brattleboro. whose
service in one print shop was cut Of
only BY death after - years ef EN-
ployment.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-02-13

Thomas A. Edison at rs years says
he has fifteen more years for service
to humanity. In extending congratu-
lations to this vigorous specimen OF
American manhood and inventor ex-.
traordinary, the American public will
express the hope that Mr.. Edison win
be spared for that number of years,
for his optimistic presence if not for
the inventions he may turn out. The
presence of such men in business life
and semi-public life is a great aid in
combating the sluggishness, which
might come over people When they
see Edison at rs toiling night and day
for the advancement of the worlds
knowledge and for the increase of the
worlds happiness, the naturally slug
gish people win receive new spur to
activity. at least, till they have at
tanned the age OF 70 years. Not all
are blessed with the measure of health
which is the good fortune of Mr.. Ed
son TO enable them to continue their
life work long after the three score
and ten but they probably are capable
of contributing something to the sum
total of the worlds advance.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-02-13

one of the succeeding meetings Of the
board. As to the caucuses, the mass
assembly for picking out candidates
for mayor and other municipal offices
will be held at the opera house Thurs
day evening, and the caucuses in four
wards viii be held on Friday evening.
Therefore, we wish to emphasize that
the present week win be rather inn
portant in the municipal life Of the
community. Each and every citizen
ought to rise to the responsibilities
devolving upon them.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-02-13
Protection for Senators.

Il was grieved to read the speech you
delivered yesterday, Senator.
''Garbled, sir, garbled in the press
reports
! ssBut the reporter claims he took II
down in shorthand.
"The dickens he did. Is there no
protection for man in public life -
Birmingham Age-fIerald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-02-13

This i an important week in the
municipal life Of Barre. II = the week
IN which the citizens pick out their
candidates for various municipal Of
foes. 1t i also the seek ~ which
the hfst meeting u the board Of civil
authosity VII be hsld Tor the purpose
q reeeisinr usnss 81 eligible voters.
Al persons uh0 arr tligisie % vote
and uhass nsues sre nof &c shs check
III rherid rspart - ~ hear3 - civil
1uiHrisy "WEDNESDAY sVeainE, cr at
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-02-13
One Hand Free.

Brown--Was it your sensational
daughter that played the piano solo
last night with one hand tied behind
her backg
Jones' Yes, How did you like Il !
Brown Would have liked it better
il both hands had been tied behind
her back New York Sun.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-02-13

Reports from Hanover, N H., point
to the presence of hundreds Of warm
and pretty girls at the annual win
ter sports carnival last week. The
cold and expensive girls seem to
have been elected to stay at home; or
If they came they were temporarily
clad for the outdoor exhibitions they
went there to attend. All in all, it was a
great victory for Dartmouth boys
finesse.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-02-13

Why is it that they always speak Of
The cream Of the athletes when
they talk about sprinters? Ev-
eryone knows that cream is.a good
deal more sluggish than milk when it
comes to running.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-02-13

In opposition TO the proposal 70 have
another month in the calendar year,
the st. Johhsbury CALIFORNIAN rises to
remark that a thirteenth consignment
OF bills would be very unlueky. You're
right, neighbor; an even dozen Is full
a plenty.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-02-13

Winooski boasts the shortest man
in the state. After looking over their
affairs, some there are who viii be in
cIined to contest the title with the WI
nooski man.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-02-13

It is a comparatively modest sum,
which Tufts college is going after.
Nowadays, colleges are receiving sums
oil 100000 or somewhat similar size
in single requests or Contributions, leav-
ing the sums Of larger size to be gath
cred in by drives, so-called. There
fore, the purpose of Tufts college to
raise 100000 by drive in order to
complete the Tufts Foundation ought
to be fairly easy Of attainment al
belt the conditions may not be as fa-
yorable now as they will be later on.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-02-13

The height Of selishness seems to
have been reached in the case Of the
Chicago man who willed 100000 to his
former fiancee ON condition that she
forever remain single and that she go
10 live with the testator's mother. II
the person named in the viii is OF any
spirit she will be likely to spurn the
bequest.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-02-13
His Great Luck.

English paper The murderer was
evidently in quest Of money, but luck
jly Mr.. Breen had deposited al his
funds in the bank the day before, 20
that he lost nothing but his life.--Bos'
ton Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-02-13
Wished They All Did.

Daughter Half the keys on this
piano make no sound.
Father trying to read Play on
that half, daughter.-Boston Tran
script.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-02-13

The fra meeting q tts woFa ooari
uhirh foak riaor ~ Jan. -. es1Ehf uot
- raas unnsofieri a. merely a miaar ss-
rrf il TIE neu-s afthetay- L = rafher Z p
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-02-13
With the Accent on the First Syllable.

He- Among all soldiers the sharp
shooters are the best natured
She Shoot.
He Because they actually cultivate
amiability. -Wayside Tales.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-02-13
.JINCLES AND JESTS
Maiigned.

aYour husband, madam, IL suffering
from voluntary inertia. /,
.'poor dear Robert! And ! accused
him all along Of being just PLAIN lazy.
Boston Transcript.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-22
Eileen Young Liv e s Among Indian Tribes in Hills of California:

San Francisco, July 22-It's far cry from a fashionable ball room to a lonely mountain homestead, but pret- ty Eileen Young, just twenty-two, has bridsed the gap.
 Just recently Miss Young won first costume prize for Mono County, her adopted county, at a fashionable civic ball given here. She wore a caVe woman'S costume fashioned from furs of animals she had trapped he"- eeIf in the wilds of the mountains.
 Nov she is back in Mono County completing the last of twenty-one months residence on $40 acres of wild land which stretches from the High Sierras to the Mojave desert which she took up three years ago at the age of nineteen as a 'hone- steader."
 Her principal neighbors are Piute indians and one Of her best friends is the venerable -Four Fingered Jack" chieftain of the Flutes, who has been her protector from the mo- ment of her arrival three years ago. He gave her the name of Lonely Deer" Word went out that aneone who so much as lifted a finger against the little pale face" pioneer who had come to the Lake Mono district would answer to -Four Fingered Jack" for
 Lonely Deer is the niece of George
 (Continued on Page Twelve)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-22
Meriiden Man
 Held Under 5000

Meriden, July 22-George H. Tryon, 30, of this city, held in the police court here today in S1,000 bonds pending an inquiry of Coroner Eli Mix into the death of Police Sergeant John J. Custy of this city, who was thrown from an automobile driven by Tryon near Hanover Lake. South Meriden, early Thursday morn ing and crushed under the machine which went down a bank.
 Custy died at the hospital late yes- terday Coroner Mix came here to- day and held an inquest in which he examined Tryon and Thomas Cum heady, a saloonkeeper of Wallingford, who was also a passenger in the car.
 Another witness examined by the coroner was Mrs. Irene Duman, proprietress of the Blossom Heath Inn at Hanover Lake, where the three men are said to have stopped during their trip to Wallingford after re- turning from the State Police conven- .io-l in Hartford Thursday night.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-22
.ules' Claim
 Is Refused

The directors of the Connecticut Commercial Travellers Mutual Acci- dent Association, basing their decis- lon upon a clause in the bylaws, have notified Attorney Theodore F. Steiber, administrator of the estates of MT. and Mrs. Christopher B. Yu1e, that they have refused to honor the claim made against them on a policy of s5,000 held by Yule. Yule was kill ca in France on April :. in coIis- ion between assenger-carrying air. planes.
 The clause in question states in part: "No claim can be paid @ member who voluntarily or un- necessarily exposes himself to danger or obvious risk of injury or death." Attorney Steiber said today that he would undoubtedly bring suit to question the validity of the clause,
 Attorney Steiber was notified re- gently that the association would re- <use to make payment on the policy. He immediately wrote to the associa- ton asking for the reason for the re- fusa1 to pay the claim. The. insur- arce association directors cited the particular clause in the bylaws as be- Ing applicable to the case.
 clement in the Probate court here is expected to aggregate S5O,000.
 Lacey R. Blackman, local real eS- -are operator. is one of the directors of the insurance association.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-22
ToBegin Work OnPavingO Of
 Trolley racks

Work on paving between the trolley tracks on North Main street from North avenue to Wentworth street will begin late next week, it was stated today by City Engineer McEl- roy. It is figured by the city engIneer trolley tracks on Fairfield avenue will he completed next week.
 The Connecticut company will take several gangs of men rom work they are now doing at Woodmont and Mill ford and place them on the North nounced today. New ties have to be laid from North avenue to the end of the line and considerable grading will have to be done.
 The trolley company will have to pay approximately 30 per cent. of the cost of paving. The paving now be- ing laid between the car tracks is cement. This is laid because it stands up better than asphalt. City Engineer McElroy stated that he be- ieved the cost of the North Main street job would come to the same cost as the State street job The cost of the cement paving on State street came to S2 a square yard.
 Bids on the paving of Broad street will be advertised Monday. The Public Works Department plans to lay a sheet of asphalt pavement on Broad street, Director of Public Works George CoughHn announced today. This job will be given to a private contractor.
 Work on setting back telephone and trolley poles began today by crews from both of those companies. White Considerable work on the trolley tracks will have to be done as pres ent plans call for higher elevation Gf the tracks than at present
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-22
Marks
 Battle Trail
 In New York

New York, July PA pistol bat He between a policeman and four men he caught trying to enter q Brooklyn warehouse early today con inued for ten minutes. The quartet escaped, leaving bloodstains along the route, and the policeman, Arthur Loewe, with two bullets in his abdo- men and two in his arms, collapsed while pursuing them.
 Mrs. Marie Kennedy, living in a fiat overlooking the yard behind the ware. house. noticed the men, took her six months old baby in her arms and rushed to the street to tell the po- iceman. Her brother and anothez man slipped into the yard with Loewe who gave his nightstick to one Of them and then ordered the suspected thieves to hold up their hands. One began firing. The man with the nightstick used it, but ineffecti~elv.
 Loewe was taken to a hospital where the bullets. were extracted.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-22
Set 0f Wedding Bells For Security BuiZding
 As NeWlyzUeds Multiply

There is talk these days of placing set of wedding bells in the Secur- lty building. The justices are all ready there and there is absolutely no doubt as to whether the prosp tive brides and grooms are ready.
 Within the past month there have been no less than five persons mar ried who are doing business in the building. First of all, Dr. Louis R. King heard the chimes calling, and joined the happy benedict group Not to be outdone, James kiernan, deputy sheriff. with offices in the same building. deCtIed that he had been single long enough and obeyed the impulse He left the ranks or the bachelors
 This was becoming serious, but it was to become even more so. Fred Morgan, attorney at law, could not see hiI,A5ef defeated by a mere den- tist and just sheriff. so he determ- ined that there would be no more single blessedness for him. Accord
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-22
Sproul May Summon U. s.
 Division

Pittsburgh. July 22.-Pennsylva- nia's guardsmen today were scattered over a wide area in the western part of the state with most of the troops and headquarters at Washington, Pa, as their base. Other units were stretched cut over a long line east and north of here. They are all set for any sort of disturbance but at present there is no indication of trouble.
 Gov. Sprohl has announced his de termination to call out every man in the 2sth division if the occasion re- quires-
 Indications this morning were that first attempt to open the bituminous mines next week would be made at Washington, Cambria and Indiana counties. Official announcement of such a plan was not forthcoming. however, from the Pittsburgh Coal Producers Association.
 A new scale was posted today at the mines of the Pittsburgh Coal Pro ducers Association which also an nounced abolition of the check off system. This posting of the scale was more or less of a legal formality. 1t was announced by International News Service early in the week. It was an nounced at railroad offices every ef- fort would be made to keep cars go- ing to the mines.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-22

mgly, he went the way of all good men.
 Nor was this all. Here were a den tist, a sheriff and a lawyer gone, Faithful to his profession and anxious to keep it in the lead, Attorney Harry Silverstone was married at the altar
 Thus far, none of the weaker sex had broken the ice and the men were leading in the Security building matrimonial league. Therefore in order to gain happiness and distinc- tion at the same time, Miss Carrie Reich, employed by the New England Securities company, was joined in marriage last week.
 Employees at the building are wor- dering, some fearing and some pray . ing, while the married members are doing some heavy looking on and are peculating. Anyone with betting in stincts may get all the odds he wishes as to who will be next. A suggestion was made today that set of wedding bells be installed at the building and then thera will be no time lost.