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THE BAItRE DAILY TIMES, BAWtE, VT., TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1917. ALIEN DRAFT BILL REPORTED Senate Committee and Wil son Indorse Measure for Treaty Negotiations HOUSE TO BRING IN REVENUE BILL A Working Agreement Was Reached with Senate Com mittee Kitchin Satisfied Washington, July 31. With Tresidont Wilson' Indorsement, the foreign rela tion committee yesterday favorably re ported Senator McCumbcr's resolution opening the way by treaty negotiations for drafting ally subjects in this country into the American army. INCREASED REVENUE. Senate Committee Tackles Problem House Rebellion Rumored. Washington, July. 31. Methods of in creasing revenues from the war tax bill to at least $1,943,000,000 from its pres ent total of $1,670,670,000 were consid ered yesterday by the Senate finance committee. Chairman Simmons hoped to report the revised bill to the Senate by Thursday or Friday so mat oeuate migni begin the first of next week at the lat est. Tentative plans call for raising the ad ditional amount largely from higher taxes on incomes, excess profits and pos sibly tobacco. House leaders intend to attack a number of the Senate commit tee's amendments on the ground that they unjustly burden all but wealthy classes. YOU NEED A COURSE OF GOOD MEDICINE What shall it beT Let us recommend Hood's Sarsaparilla before eating and lVptiron rills after eating. Tui com bination is of such a character that all the ingredients work together in perfect harmony, giving the system pure blood and strong nerve. These two medicines contain no opi ates, no heart-depressants, no habit forming drugs. Why not begin taking them to-day t Adv. IS AGAINST FOOD BOARD GOMPERS LEADS FIGHT AGAINST HILQU ITT FORCES President Wilson Clings to His Plan for a Single Administrator OPPOSES COMMITTEE HARRISON GRAY OTIS DIES IN LOS ANGELESconsMers It a Reflection on the President Makes Views Known President and General Manager of Lot Angeles Times Succumb at Home of Son-ln-Law. Los Angeles, Cal., July 31 Gen. nar- Organlied Labor Out Against the New Workmen'! Council. Xew York, July 31. With the purpotie of combating the influence of the new workmen' council, led by Morri Ilil quitt and other Socialists, the American Alliance for Labor and Democracy be came real yesterday. Offices are to be ON EXPENDITURES 1ene(1 l on,e' Samuel Gomper. prei- dent of the American Federation ofr La bor, heads the alliance. Propaganda now being issued by the Workmen's council, leaders in the new alliance declared, is regarded as very dangerous to the successful prosecution of the war, in which "efficient conduct of the industrial forces of the nation is essential." A fight in organized labor is expected WhiniWnn .Inlv 91 PruUant Wil rison Gray Otis, president and general ion ye((terdav declared -ettin hi. onD0(li manager of the Los Angeles Times, tion to amendment to the food control to follow formation of the alliance. Sev- died yesterday at the home of his on- bill now in conference providing for an eral labor bodiea are identified with the in-law, Harry Chandler. administrative board of three instead of Workmen's council, among them some Ueneral Otis, himself a veteran of , ,Q IO lne c"lon 01 congres- who have fought the election of Uompers lwu nun u. . .g " """- conduct of the war. The president's po- Labor. tary and statesmanship ancestry. His sition waa made clear yesterday to Sen- trranAfatar wns soldier of not in I ator Chamberlain, nm of the conferees the Revolutionary war and the Otion ne The president consider the DOG SENTINELS How an Heiress Proposed to a PoorJVIan By ELINOR MARSH ii.r stock produced James Otis, Revolu tionary orator and patriot, and the Harrison Gray Otis, once noted a a senator from Massachusetts. General Otis was born on a Washing committee on conduct of the war a re flection on himself and insists that there can be no question of the greater value of an individual food administrator over an administrative board of three. Senator Chamberlain left the White ON FRENCH FRONT ton county, Ohio farm, Feb. 10, 1837. HoUM "vinced that unless the con- THOUSANDS EVADED DRAFT; GOVERNMENT IS NOW AFTER THEM Order for Round-Up and Criminal Prose cutions Issued By Attorney General. Washington, July 31. Declaring that thousands of men of draft age evaded registration and have escaped the call to the army, Atty. Gen. Gregory yesterday instructed all United States attorney to begin a round-up-of the slackers nd tart criminal prosecutions. Seven Out of Ten. Bath, Me., July 31. Seven of the first 10 men who appeared before the lo cal exemption board yesterday passed the physical examination. Only three of the seven claimed exemption. Sporting Notes. Schneider, the Cincinnati pitcher, ap pears to be a promising flinger, he hav ing won his last nine straight games. The Chicago White Sox commenced the most important series of the season yesterday at Boston, which may decide who is to bold the supremacy of the American league. The eenes commenced with the Red Sox team two games be hind Chicago and unless Boston can win three out of the four scheduled games, things are going to look pretty serious for Barry a men. Judge, the Washington first Backer, made things lively in Sunday's game be tween Cleveland and Washington, when he secured four hits out of four times at bat, besides having seven putouts and two assists to his credit. Johnson, the Washington etar, not only pitched well in Sunday's game be tween Cleveland and Washington, but also secured three triples in five times at bat. Roger Peckingpaugh increased his bat ting average considerably in Saturday's double-header with Chicago, when he se cured six hits in eight times up, five in a row being made in the second encounter. Walter Ructher, the hard hitting pitch er of the Chicago National league team, has been sold to Cincinnati. Ruether came from the Pacific Coast league. Speaker, Roth and Chapman of the Cleveland club are certainly a great trio of base stealers, they having stolen more than 80 bases. Over five years of General Otis' life wit spent as a volunteer soldier of the Unit ed States. They Take Their Work Along with the Soldiers and Are Doing Most Valuable Service. French front, July 31. Correspondence Dog-sentinels of the French army take AMERICAN LEA GUE , Yesterday' Result. At New York New York 3, St. Louis i. At Boston Boston 3, Chicago 1. At Philadelphia Cleveland 6, Phila delphia 1. At Washington Detroit 16, Washing ton 4. STANDING OF THE CLUBS ferees eliminate those provisions the bill must go back to the Senate and House for further action. The possibility that 1 their regular turn of repose together In 1861 at the ace of 24 he enlisted I tne president might veto the measure if (with their human comrade in the "rest- in the 12th Ohio volunteers; waa proraot- thT we left in wa discussed widely camps' 0f the second line, where they ed through all grades to a captain in in Congress. an) reHpved for a tjme from the nervc. lSt)4 The president, however, it was said, .... Tn' fW , . cnn-nlM-tinn nf l. gave no intimation to Senator Chamber- rarkin thunAeT of the cannon w,1,ch ' ments placed him in the 23d Ohio Vet- 'ln lnl w" airongiy oppoaea 10 tuo eran volunteers, his colonel and captain the provision a to veto the bill. Sen- The Associated Tres correspondent being respectively, Rutherford B. Ilayes or Chamberlain said he thought the to-day aaw a number of these animals and William McKinley. 8enate conferees would insist on both frisking about with their soldier friends Altogether Otis saw 4!) month of ac- the three-member food board and the in the waters of a canal running through tual service in the Civil war, wa twice congressional committee, causing dis- the territory of the Somme whence re- wounded and received seven promotions. I agreement on these two points alone. Icently the Germans were driven. The including two brevets, retiring with the cnairman ierer 01 the House agricul- dogs appearea to enjoy tneir relaxation title of major and lieutenant-colonel, by ture committee also conferred with the just as much as the men, with whom brevet. J president and later conferred with Re- they had just marched from the trenches With the outbreak of the Spanish- publican Leader Mann, who is expected after a spell of duty lasting twelve days. American war. in ISDS. Major Otis at the to renew his fight for the congressional These dogs, mostly of the sheep dog age of 61 years, volunteered his aervices committee despite the fact that many specie, do most valuable service, at to President McKinley and wa made a Republican are opposed to it. night more especially, in company with bricadier-ireneral of volunteer. He was Numeroti other ehansres have been I tne lookouts who have the task ol assigned to duty, first at Camp Merritt, agreed to in the bill with most of the keeping an unfailing guard on the front California, and then to the Philippines, principal Senate amendment accepted. lines. The dogs have become quite ac- where, at different times, be command- The conferee agreed that in addition customed to the roar and bursting of ed various divisions of the Eighth army to foods, feeds and fuels, the government "hells, which when the animals were corps in the campaign for pacification of shall control "fuel oil and natural gas, flr1 eni to the fighting line caused the native revolt. He led a brigade in fertilizer and fertilizer ingredients, tools, them to run on with their tails droop- person in the assault on Caloocan and utensils, implements and equipment re- '"(?; participated in the capture of the Fili- quired for the actual production thereof," Nw w'"n the human sentinels are pino capital. He resigned his command all denominated as necessaries. The con- Pted right in face of the enemy the in April, 1809, returning to the United trol section of the House bill, much doK t8ke UP their position quite natur- States. Upon discharge, he was brevet- broader than the Senate's, was adopted. alIv beside them, and keep a sharp ted major-general for "meritorious con- authorizing federal regulation affecting wfttc, out over "no miln'" lnd." Their duct in action." .nenilatinn. distribution and movement er Perk up-at the slightest rustle in Following the Civil war, Otis returned 0f the designated necessaries th darkness in front, but the dogs do to the trade of printer, for which he had jhe prohibition section agreed to pro- not h"k or Srowl- Instead they call the abandoned school at an early age, ac- uiu: manufacture or importation of dis- attention of the soldier sentry by wag- quiring, finally in 1882, a fourth inter- Uill.H heveracre. rfnrinff the wsr snd an- RJnR their tails and moving about nerv- eBt in the Los Angeles Time. Previous- Wie. the president to limit the alco- o'y- On many occasion they have giv ly ne nao. servea ior iour years as iore- noic beverages when necessary. This eu "ul,,c " lu,B WJ "J P' man of the government printing office at . tnr the House hone-drr movin8 hout stealthily in front and Washington. Lection and for the Senate inhibition of hftve P"v the approach of raiding WUite eany m nis career a editor ana disti,ed beverage manufacture. The PrlI 01 lonS TC,ore lnelr publisher of the Time., for he peedily gm0ot amendment, directing federal pur- hman companions had any idea that swrurea iuu roniroi, vn. own iuw ca- chase of aj digtilled Spirit in bond was "" n . flict with organized labor and thereaft- f , t t I In fact, a considerable part of the er until the day of his death he waged I French success in beating off German an unrelenting warfare for what he raids has been due to the dog-sentinels' termed industrial freedom. On Oct. 10, n cpv Cf"9PFn'TS HFTD' acute vision and hearing. One battalion 1910, his building and printing plant 0r 1 of the famous Alpine Chasseurs which were dynamited and 20 workmen killed. POSED AS ALLIED FLIERS possesses a number of these animals has. General Otis acquired a large fortune,! " owing to their alertness, been enabled to his interests aside from publisher being pa(r Arrested by Government Agents In prepare timely defense on six occasions extensive, in polities, his paper ever re- virajnU !hortlv Before Noon tnis mntn against i.erman night at- fieetcd the attitude of it editor aggres- A . sively, uncompromisingly, Republican, icsieiuay. preni., wre they found the rifle Otis' connection with that party dating Roanoke, Va., July 31. Two men, aup- men awiting for them and they were back to 1800, when he was ent from posed German spies, representing them- driven back with heavy losses, while Kentucky as a delegate to the convention selves as members of the Royal British the Chasseurs themselves never lost a at Chicago, which nominated Lincoln for flying corps en route from Canada to man killed. the presidency. Florida on a "secret mission," were ar- All the soldiers at the front have Aside from those mentioned, General I rested here by government agents short- learned to have very strong confidence Otis held numerous governmental posi- j before noon yesterday. the instinct of their dog companions. RUM ON TRIAL IN SENATE. who participate in all their perils and often save them from death or capture. Upper House Will Vote on Constitutional J-nor" were maae l one llme U8 inn ut'n ns vutllwBluuiin ui tne riciini night patrol which creep out between the Washington, July 31. Liquor, beer lines to try to see what is going on in and wine came up for trial before the the enemy' trenches. The experiment, ture until her death in 1904. Of five Senate at 2 o'clock yesterday. however, was not entirely successful, as children born to them, two daughters I For the first time in the history of the sometimes two . French patrols would survive. country the Senate ia to pass upon an meet and the dogs accompanying one amendment to the constitution, which Prty would attack the men composing tions at different periods of his life. He was prominent in the Grand Army of the Republic and numerous other patriotic orders and a member of the American Academy of Science. The bride of General Oti young man hood, Mis Eliia Wetherby, wa hi con stant associate in journalism and lit era "Dick," aald Helen Griawold to her friend and the family attorney, Rich ard Tarleton, whose office she bad vis. lted for consultation, "mother ia very low. She la worrying about leaving me unprotected. The doctors nay that ber Ufa hang by a thread. If ber mind could be got off tbU monomania about nie she might recover. A it ia there is little hope for ber." "Why don't you marry T" "What! Marry all of a sudden; no one picked out by me; I picked out by no one!" "How do yon know no one has pick ed you out?" "If any one has he has been very shy about showing it." "I know a man who will marry you at once. He has loved you a long while." ' "Why baan't he told me?" "There-are many reasons to prevent a man's declaring bis lore. In the first place, few men are willing to do so unless they have met wl'.b some en couragement. In the second, a suitor may not consider himself able to sup port a wife in the manner" "I have enough income to marry a beggar." "But the beggar might not wish to be supported by a wife." "True. Well, you are the family so licitor. It ia your business to find me a husband." "What has selecting a mate to do with law 7" "My case isn't selecting a mate; it's j marriage, and marriage has a great ' deal to do with law." "Right you are. Very well; I'll act for you. I understand you want s hus band for the purpose of saving your mother's life. As soon as this object has been attained he is to be discard ed." "I didu't say that If that were all I could tell mother that I was rnsrried without being married." "But you wouldn't like to lie about it" "Certainly not Besides" "Besides what?" "Are you going to take charge of this matter for me, or shall I get an other lawyer?" "I will find you a husband, but I can't answer for your accepting him." "You can't be sure of that till yon have offered him. If I can save moth er I may decide to take a gorilla." I don't believe the man I bave in mind wonld consent to wed you on that understanding." I may gTeatly prefer him to a goril la when I see blm. I tell you what you do. Give me a look at blm with out his knowing it." That's a good idea. Well, come here tomorrow morning" That's too late. If I am to save mother I must do it at once." "Well, then, come here this after noon at 5 o'clock. I will have my par ty here and a clergyman within calL If you accept blm the wedding may take place at once." At 6 o'clock Miss Orlswold appeared at Mr. Tarleton's office. The door of Regal Low Shoes at Reasonable Prices Regals are always reasonable in price then wearing quali ties would make them so even if they cost as much as other shoes in their class. tj But we bought our Regals before the recent advance in shoe prices and give you the benefit of extra values. Regals have the quality of never disappointing. They give 100 per cent, style, wear and fit. Get acquainted with Regals; we are ready to introduce you. oore & Owens Barre's Leading Clothiers 122 North Main St. M in his worthiness to possess you as to your" "Did you not tell me that you would bave him here at 5 o'clock?" "I did." "And you would arrange that I should bave a look at blm without bis seeing me?" "I said that too." "Well, then wbat more remains?" "Helen r "Dick!" He stepped forward and took her in bis arms. She sank into them as one tired out by an effort which bad been repulsive to ber. Presently she disen gaged herself and 6ald: "I promised the dootor that I would break the news to mother this even ing." "But the clergyman. Since the per son whom I intended" "Ptm't tell lies," she said, covering bis mouth with her hand. "I can get one." "Never mind. I have summoned one myself our family pastor. He is to be at the house at 6. The doctor sug gests that we be married at mother's bedside. He thinks that our doing so will act as a stimulant which may tide ber over." At 6 o'clock the announcement was made to Mrs. Griswold that her daugh ter was to marry at once the man whom the mother had always favored Washington Monument The cornerstone of the Washington monument was laid on Its fine site, which overlooks Washington, George town, Arlington and Mount Vernon, by President Polk July 4, 1848. Its mar ble shaft rises in all the dignity of un adorned simplicity to the height of 555 feet. The base of the shaft is fifty-five feet square, and it gradually tapers until at the 500 foot point it has dimin ished to less than thirty-five feet This monument Is said to contain 18,000 blocks of marble, each two feet thick. They were lifted on an elevator run by steam, suspended in an inner frame work of iron, which was built up at in tervals, thirty or forty feet at a time, in advance of the surrounding masonry. The aluminum capstone, nine inches high, waa set In position Dec 6, 18S4, thirty-six years and a half after the cornerstone was laid. his private room stood ajar, and the lady took a peep, for be it remember ed she was to have a look at the per son she was to marry unbeknown to him. A man sat in an armchair look ing out the window. She could not see his face nor much of his back. Whether she knew who was there is one of those things that don't enter into the telling of the story. She walk ed into the room, and the man sitting at the window, hearing her step, arose and faced ber. 'The man of whom I spoke to you tbla morning" "Is perfectly satisfactory.'' He started, looked happy, then con- fuaed, then doubtful, then continued: "This person ha such doubts about I for a son-in-law, but who bad been holding off because Helen was an heir ess, while he was a struggling young lawyer. The wedding took place be side the invalid's bed, and the effect was wbat the doctors bad anticipated. Mrs. Griswold began at once to im prove and within a week was con valescent Poor Richard. "In December of the year 1732, " says Blgelow's "Life of Frauklin," "Frank, lin commenced the publication of wbat he styled 'Poor Richard's Almanac,' price flvepence. It attained an aston ishing popularity and at once. Ihree editions were sold within the nionti of its appearance. The average sale for twenty-five years was 10.000 a year." Oddly Expressed. In one of his letters William Brook field tells how as school Inspector b had to give an examination on physical science, "tbat was I to do? I knew nothing about hydrogen or oxygen or any other 'gen.' So I set them a paper which I called 'applied sciejice.' One of my questions was, 'What would you do to cure a cold ia the bead?' A young lady answered, I should put my feet into hot water till you were in a profuse perspiration.' " Relief. "What's your opinion about rotes for women?" "It's a great proposition," replied Mr. Meekton. "It has smashed all the argu ments Henrietta used to give me about the precious hours I spent talking poll tics." Washington Star. Very Formal. "Are you on very friendly terms wltk your neighbor in the apartments?" "Well, no. Che's rather formal al ways sends her card when she wishes to borrow flour, and if she wants both flour and sugar she sends two cards." Washington Herald. BRITISH BAR UNIFORMS der of the Commander-in- Won Lost Pet. Chicago fll 3fl .629 Boston SR 35 .24 Detroit .51 4. .5.".! Cleveland S2 47 -525 Xew York 48 45 J16 Washington 40 53 .421 Philadelphia 34 M St. Louia 36 61 J71 3. XA TIOXAL LEA CUE Yesterday Eesults. At Chicago Chicago 3, Btnn I. At Cincinnati Brooklyn 7, Cincinnati At Fittsburg ritUburg 4, Xew York At St Louis rhilade'f hia 3, St. Louis STANDING OF THE CLUBS Won Lot Pet. Xew York 55 30 .(U7 Ft. Louis 51 42 J! Cincinnati 54 4 Ji40 Philadelphia 45 T Cbicaco 47 4 .4?5 Brookiya 43 44 .43 B"tm 37 51 420 rittsbnrj 31 61 i37 would prohibit the sale, gift or manufac- the other. If the same men always went ture of intoxicanta in any form. out on patrol duty it would be different, AND GUNS IN IRELAND 1 If the amendment is passed by a two- the dogs would learn to recognize third vote of the House and Senate it them even in the dark, but this is not Volunteer Affected at Once By ths Or- must then be ratified by three-fourtha of PsibIe; the state in the union. By agreement uoK pmcea on me regiraemi k. cno :ii nn amanmant Iroster in the name wv as the soldiers . . I L II U UCIIftlQ ALA YVW .'. VHV M. t M VU.V. 1, V I - " - - - Cnier. Wednesday at 4 o'clock. "n1 theY l8 draw regular rations. In Dublin, July 31. Lieut. Gen. Bryan th front trenches they share with the Thomas Mahon, commander-in-chief of soldier all the discomfort of under- the British force in Ireland, haa issued SCOFIELD OF STANDARD round ,ife- and wh'n the men re re" an order under the defense of the realm n,T sV)in iw CIinT nr n y go w'tn tnem 10 njoy tne act forbidding the wearing of uniform. UIL UU A" ollUi ULAU comforts of cantonments. Then they re i-iramy nouses in nennei", are wasnea of a military character except by state forces and the carrying of weapons ex cept for lawful employment or pastime. The order will immediately affect volun teer bodies formed in recent year. MITCHEL OUT FOR MAYOR. Standard Oil company, was found dead venterdsT with a bullet wound in bis New York Executive Will Become Can- k.,d ,n1" revolver by hi side. He bad Bullet Wound in Hi Head and Revolver and brushed and regularly fed, and they By Hia Side Had Been Sick r n times petted by the men, who o.. T(m regard them as true comrades IThe utilization of dogs for war work is extending daily, and those animals found unsuitable for active service at the didate to Succeed Himself. Xew York, July 31. Mayor Mitchel will become a candidate to succeed him self as the city ' chief executive for the next four Year. In a letter vesterdsv I from Cpper Saranac Lake, X. Y., to Wil liam Hamlin Childs, chairman of the ex ecutive committee of the fusion commit tee, he accepted the designation for may or in the September primaries. been ill some time. Free Poitaj. Washington, July 31. Free postage for all soldiers, sailor and marines during the war is proposed in a bill in troduced yesterday by Representative Lonergan of Connecticut. TO ISSUE POTATO ROTES. Wonld She or Not? Clarence Would you terrain if I kised you? dirt Do Ton flatter Tmimrlf that I VejeUbl Reserve to Beat Speculator wtmU be speechless with Joy? Irish Proposed. I World. Washington, July 31. In a little while the potato reserve will be a familiar as Time May Come the gold reserve. The food administra-1 wbea your dependent wiH be forced to front are proving of practical use in the guarding of munition work and other depot in the rear. tion ha arranged for issuance of nego tiable piper to grower and kw-al dealer who deposit potatoes ia warehouse and the federal reserve ber.k are goinf to &count the "potato Bote." accept charity. Make charity unneces sary by securing them with life insur ance. National Life Ins. Co., of Vt (Mu tual! S. S. Ballard, general aft, Rial to block, llootpelier, Vt INBOUND LINER RAMS TRANSPORT AT ANCHOR Ship Then Head Toward Beach in a Sinking Condition at an At lantic Port An Atlantic port, July 31. An Amer ican transport at anchor awaiting sailing orders was rammed by aa inbound Amer ican steamthip here yesterday. The ship beaded toward the beach ia a ainking condition. Workinr, for the Kaiaer. "How's your grdn getting along!" Tm having a hard fpht of it, I planted a lot of vegetable we-J. but my Bihbors chtt kens, and confound it, I believe vry cm of tboe ben work Ug for tke kaiser." Irish World. Tare Sussidlries No higher quality anywhere. Every motorist should own a complete assort ment for emergency. The bpst known Fisk Sundries are Fisk Emergency Patches, Pure Fine Para Cement in tubes and cans, and Fisk Repair Materials all backed by the Fisk Suar' antee of quality . See This New Patch? It will get you home. It has the strength where you want it thick in the center. 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