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THE BAIiltE DAILY TIMES, BARRE, VT., MONDAY, 3CJLY 29, 1918.
BARRE DAILY TIMES
MONDAY, JULY. 29, X918.
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It is not yet "On to Berlin," but going
in the right direction nevertheless. ,
Mr. Viereck, whose present address is
New York, is becoming quite strongly
linked up with the German sausage.
The great war is on its fifth year, and
the allies enter upon the year with re
newed hope of a victory that shall be
worth while. . .
Lenine and his ilk can turn to their
dear friend, the kaiser, to help them out
of their new predicament. There is no
telling, however, what help they will get.
If there is a shadow of doubt in the
Thomas J. Mooney case in California,
the reprieve granted by Governor Steph
ens to the condemned man ought to com
mend itself to everyone, no matter what
individual opinion they may have formed
about the guilt of this man.
Your dollars are doing much to send
the Germans into retreat north tot the
Harne river. Therefore, hurry up your
dollars, both through war savings stamps
and the final payments on your third
Liberty loan bonds. Also prepare to de
liver a grand broadside when the govern
ment opens the campaign for the fourth
Libesty loan.
The people of the United States must
adjust their household food affairs to the
point where two pounds of sugar a
month per person will go. The edict of
the government to that effect may last
for some time and it is everyone's duty,
of course, to abide by the edict as long
as it remains in force. Every household,
almost, uses sugar which it could get
along without.
The Germans have got around to the
point where they are willing to admit
thefe are 900,000 Americans in France
but they are still far back of the proces
siori, as the actual number is Hearing the
1,500,000 mark. By the time the number
has readied 1,750,000 the Germans prob
ably will be willing to concede as high as
a round million Americans are there or
in some other troubled area.
The decision of Frederick H. Babbitt of
Bellows Falls not to ruji for the nomina
tion for lieutenant governor of Vermont
this year probably eliminates all contest
in the Republican party for that nom
ination, the name of Mason 8. Stone of
Montpelier being the1 only one now be
fore the state or likely to be brought
forward. Mr. Stone's promises of sup
port have been so strong as to make it
seem fairly certain that he will win the
nomination.
The tact of the Germans in placing
American prisoners near objective points
of allied air raids in German towns on
the Rhine and in western Germany is a
tacit confession that the allied raids have
been fruitful in weakening the morale
of the German people as well in Inflict
ing many casualties and material dam
age. No other interpretation can be put
on the resort to such cowardice and -exhibition
of brutality en the part of the
German leaders. i.
The United States alone is building
about 60 per ceht of the ships which are
being destroyed by the German subma
rines. If the other allied countries aren't
able to manufacture the other 20 per
cent to make up the balance they are not
so alert as they are given credit for be
ing. As a matter of fact, they ought to
be rebuilding a percentage far greater
than is necessary to make up the bal
ance between what the United States is
doing and the point of complete restora
tion of the sea service. And this with
out impairment of their work of con
structing war vessels.
Corporal Walter Jordan of Danville
gave a good account of himself before he
fell a victim to a German missile, having
captured a German machine gun single
handed and having brought it back to
the American trenches. His act may not
receive so much public notice as that
performed by the late Quentin Roosevelt,
' but it was every bit as important. Dur
ing his military career with the Amer
ican forces this native of England showed
unusual adaptability io the work and
he went at it with a stout-heartedness
which was splendid. Danville has
right to feel proud of its adopted son
Corporal Walter Jordan.
More and more recognition is being
given to the press of the United States
for the success of the various war work
campaigns which have been conducted
during the past year and three months.
The war council of the American Red
Cross, for instance, makes this state
ment in regard to the help rendered by
the newspapers: "Our subscriptions went
over the top by more than 70 per cent,
and this splendid achievement is due in
no small part to the advertising and
news editorial help of the newspapers.
magazines, farm press and trade papers
throughout the entire United States.
rrwbably no one outside of the news
paper offices knows just how much time
and energy the workers on the news
endeavort lince the United States be-
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the work geems to be along the line of
normal newspaper endeavor and does not,
therefore, make itself prominent; but
those who are engaged in the work real
ize how much their co-workere are doing
to make the various government activ
ities a success. Hence such recognition
as to the above from the war council o
the American Red Cross is appreciated.
STANDING BY ITALY.
It is not likely that American fighting
men in any considerable numbers have
arrived on the Italian front, but the ar
rival .of a contingent of them is an ear
nest to the people and the government of
Italy that the United States intends to
stand by them just as much as by the
people and the governments of Great
Britain, France and the other allies. The
force which first reached France last
year was not large and It remained with
out acquisitions for some time, yet now
the American forces in France number
well over a million men. So it may be
expected that as the reservoir of Amer
ican manpower is tapped the material
support which the United States gives
to Italy will be largely increased, or in
creased to such an extent as the troops
can be utilized on the comparatively nar
row front lying between Italy and our
enemies. '
The presence of these American troops
will undoubtedly go far toward strength
ening the morale of the Italian army
and people, as indeed the presence of
British and French troops did during the
height of the great Teutonic rush down
the mountain slopes north of the Piave
last fall. Moreover, forerunners of
American co-operation with Italy have
long been in that country In the form 6f
American Red Cross and other organV
izations and they h done a fine work
in solidifying the defense of the Italians
and acquainting them with the fact that
the western front extends from the
North sea to the Adriatic. Italy will
not be deserted during the remainder of
the war.
CURRENT COMMENT J
A Burlington Home Needs Visiting.
If it is true a bust of the kaiser still
adorns the living room table of a promi
nent Burlington citizen as it did when
the man refused those who visited him
in the course of a government campaign,
it would seem Burlington Itself needs a
lttle stirring up along patriotic lines.
Burlington News.
Accidents of War.
No apology would seem to be needed
for the mistake made bv the captain of
an armed merchantman when he fired
upon a United States submarine off the
American coast on Tuesday last. Under
the circumstances, the navy department
could well afford to commend him for his
vigilance. His one thought was to pro
tect his ship and the lives entrusted to
bis care. The same thing has happened
recently in European waters, and the
British, French and Italian navies, even
where loss of life has occurred, for the
most part treated such mistakes as acci
dents that couM not well be avoided.
Unfortunately, however, as we believe
unfairly, in the case of the -commander
of the U. S. S. Nahma, who fired on sev
eral Italian submarines which failed to
give the proper signal, the navy depart
ment declined last year to follow the rec
ommendation of the court and exercise
clemency. Lieutenant-Commander Ernest
rriednck was reduced 30 numbers m
grade, in the face of an appeal in his
behalf from the Italian minister of ma
rine, who urged the navy department
not to punish the officer for protecting
ins ship against what he supposed to be
and with good reason, an enemy subma
rine. In view of the experience of the mer
chant captain, just announced, the navy
department could well afford to recon
sider decision in the Friedrick case.
That officer should have every number
remitted, not one of which he deserved to
lose, and certainly it would be inconsist
ent to allow his punishment to stand and
to acquit the merchant captain. We are
at war, and in appraising errors of judg
ment a war standard should be employed
Boston Iranscript.
The Submarine Losses.
The British admiralty's announcement
that the Justicia was sunk while being
convoyed, by destroyers and patrol craft,
was probably made to silence criticism in
England of the same bearing as that pub
lished in the news columns of American
papers. It was asserted, on the author
lty of men connected with shipping in
terests, that the ms liner had been lost
because, like other westbound vessels that
have met disaster, she was making the
voyage unattended. The British admiral
ty s announcement disposes of criticism
of this sort, at least so far as the Jus
ticia is concerned. In fact, the Associat
ed Press' account of the sinking indicated
that there had been a battle, and the in
ference was that warships whose duty it
was to protect the liner had been en
gaged.
There will remain a strong impression,
however, that troop ships returning to
America are not protected so well as the
same ships are on the eastward passage.
Une may draw an Inference to that ef
fect from the fact that so many fine
transports within a few months have
been torpedoed and sunk while coming
west. Among them Jiave been the Anda
nia, the President Lincoln, the Covington
and now the Justicia all splendid liners
of large tonnage. Two or three smaller
steamships have been sunk in the same
way.
It is not to be supposed that the Ger
mans would not sink these troopships
when loaded with American soldiers on
their voyage to France, if they could get
at them. The Justicia was good for
about 10,000 soldiers a month in the
transport service, and any U-boat com
mander would have considered it a glo
rious exploit to sink the loaded ship with
all on board". In getting the empty craft
on the westward trip, the U-boats do
the next best thing; and we have to ad
mit that the next best thing is no joke.
On the same day that the loss of the
Justicia was announced, the British gov
ernment published an encouraging report
of allied ship tonnage losses in June. We
can take genuine satisfaction, because
the June losses for the allied nations
were the lowest for any month since
September, 1016, and the losses for the
quarter ended June 30 made the lowest
record since the third quarter of 1916.
The American army in France has now
become so grave a menace to Germany,
however, that the German admiralty
must make its supreme effort to check
the transport of troops and supplies, and
it is besinnina to look decidedly as if
the U-boat offensive against our overseas
communications had been directed espe
cially at the big troopships on the return
voyage, in the expectation of catching
thtim inadequately guarded by cruisers
and destroyers. The point has not been
fully cleared up by the British admiral
ty's statement as to the Justicia wheth
er the naval protection afforded westward-bound
ships was continued more
than one day out of port. The U-boat
successes in the past few months, which
have cost us half a dozen large trans
ports, indicate careful study by the Ger
man admiralty of the best hunting
grounds in the eastern Atlantic. The
general conclusion will be that the navies
must somehow increase the Drotection
of troopships on the return passage if
toe recent uerman record of sinkings is
not to be maintained. Springfield Re
publican. Control of tht Cape Canal
While the CUns Of renewed iihmi-ln
fighting were booming again off Cape
Cod this morning, the wires ticked out
the news that the president had formally
assumed operation and control of the
cape canal. This move has for some
time been expected. Even apart from
the lesion taught by the Orleans affair,
the United States railroad administra
tion has long had such a step under se
rious consideration. And this has been
with good reason. During recent months,
when the cape waterway should have
developed a maximum of utility, it has
failed of that service. - The need of new
dredging has been In evidence along its
route and the government, refusing to
step in where a private company was
concerned, has looked to the owners for
this work's performance. The company,
on the other hand, has regarded further
improvements as a natural charge of the
government, not only for the expedition
of war-time shipping but also in view of
the jurisdiction customarily assumed
over waterways by the federal power.
In consequence of this partial deadlock,
the movement of shipping has suffered.
Of the 20,000,000 tons which move each
year along this coast, only a compara
tively small percentage has been using
the canal, with its boon of safety and
economy, while a large proportion has
continued to pass around the open cape
where Sunday's submarine raid sufficed
to make evident the lurking dangers.
I he tnlted fetates railroad administra
tion, upon assuming control, can better
this situation at once. It will not only
have an obvious and undivided author
ity, but also a command of the labor and
machinery required for the new improve
ments. According to information re
ceived here, the government has dredgers
which it can immediately assign to the
Cape Cod canal to undertake the widen
ing and deepening needed. At present
the channel has a maximum depth at
high water of 30 feet, and the deepest
draught of vessel yet carried in it was
one of 19 feet. Captain A. L. Crowley of
the emergency fleet corporation would
see the canal's maximum depth increased
to 35 feet, with a corresponding Increase
in the draught of vessels which it could
carry. Mr. Storrow has pointed out that
some such improvement is needed if coal
ships are to be moved in maximum num
bers along this safe waterway. Although
the canal has a minimum width of 100
feet at the bottom, it appears that this
measurement also might well be extend
ed. The widening is chiefly required as
means of straightening out the Bhip chan
nel, at various points of which there are
now some rather bad curves. All these
betterments we are assured the govern
ment can carry on with expedition and
at no great expense.
Although local agents of the emergen
cy fleet corporation say that the govern
ment already has all the authority it re
quires to order the routing of coastwise
ships along the safest and most rapid
course, still it seems that there must be
tome gain in centralization and co-ordination
of control as a result of actual
federal operation of the canal. Further
more, it is expected mirabile dictu
that toll rates will be lowered, and if
this is done, then it should forthwith in
crease the use of the canal quite appre
ciably. Certainly the entrance of the
government into full authority over a
canal which is among the most impor
tant of its kind in the world, should be
a helpful step in the development of the
army and navy's organization of our
coast defense. In a commercial way it
will substitute single and undivided re
sponsibility for the partial deadlock
which now retards the canal's fortunes.
Quite without contrary argument, it
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RUSSELL'S, THE RED CROSS PHARMACY
When we opened this
store it was our deter
mination to serve the
people of Barre better
than they had ever been
served both in quality
of the shoes and in store ,
service offered.
That our efforts are ap
preciated is proven by
our rapidly growing
business.
Look at the small-size
oxfords and pumps we
are selling for $1.59 and
$2.59.
Rogers
Walk-Over Boot
Shop
Straw Hats
They are all marked
down, some as low as
25c each.
Six weeks yet to wear
'em. Take a lock!
New nobby caps for men
and boys.
A complete line of men's
working1 garments, the
guaranteed kind.
F. H. Rogers &
Company
stands as a move to be welcomed at this
time when all our faciltiics must be util
ized to their utmost. Boston Transcript.
She Teaches Sailors How to Cook.
The August American Magazine con
tains the story of a woman who gave up
a $10,000 job to teach the sailors how to
cook.
"Classes, averaging about a hundred
men, ar kept from seven to nine weeks
and thoroughly drilled in both the theory
and practice of cookery. The students
live in tents summer and winter, and are
put through 15 minutes of brisk calis
thenics every morning before breakfast.
Each man must do everything for him
self, even to washing his own white duck
suit. As a result of the self-made meals
and training, not one case of illness has
been reported, except that one man was
stricken with a cold after severe expos
ure. Mrs. Wilson urges the students to
mingle play with work, and they have de
veloped lively class spirit, school yells,
and a jaw band of Id pieces.
" "The cook is more important than the
captain,' is her variation of the phrase,
'An army crawls on its stomach.' 'Every
man in this school can compare favor
ably with the best hotel chef in the city,'
she adds, and Mrs. Wilson knows about
institutional chefs."
A friend of ours recently remarked with an evident tinge of suspicion, "Why is it
that you bankers are so anxious to have everybody buy Liberty Bonds, War Savings
Stamps, etc? What do you get out of it, anyway? Here you .are, urging people to put
their money into these things, paying out money to advertise 'em, working overtime,
and doing all this, for what? Why, you fellers are philanthropists, not bankers."
Nothing was said in reply, but the answer came shortly, for as he observed the
modest pride of the man in overalls paying his dollar in the Liberty Loan Club, and
the chubby little hands holding out a shiny quarter for thrift stamps, the thought
came to him that the cold, calculating, profit-making banker was really doing his bit
after allfor were not these good people getting the same courtesy and attention which
he had received with his $5,000 balance?
The answer was satisfactory and, to his mind, the transformation of the banker
complete.
, Our organization is at the service of our government all the time.
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The Only National Bank in Barre
Faithful Italy.
Germany's attempt to corrupt Italy
with gifts at Austria's expense have been
continuous. At the outset of the war,
Berlin wm astonished at Italy' repudia
tion of the triple alliance. Berlin had
not imagined that Italy would refuse to J
do her bidding. But when Berlin, rubbing !
her eyes, had learned that it was really j
true, and had realized what an attack !
nnnn h Mitral nmnires from the south I
meant, she went to work in the usual
method of Prussian diplomatic bribery to
buy Italy off always, of course, at Aus
tria's cost. Italy refused to be bribed;
but certain Italians, demagogic exploiters
nrhii4 aantimnnt.. were bribed, and
Caporetto was the result. After Caporet-
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men, and failed once more. Later still,
mtiA iiiot hefnra tha Austrian drive
against which the soldiers of Italy, of
Britain ana trance are struggling, me
same old attempt was repeated. We do
not know what propositions were made.
Very likely the Trentlno was once more
dangled before Rome's eyes, and some
form of partial group-autonomy for the
Italian populations of Trieste and the
Adriatic shore. The details of the prop
osition, are not important. What is real
ly Important is the fact that the Italian
government spurned the advances of Ber
lin and of Vienna, and that Italy stands
grandly true to the ideal of freedom
which she deliberately chose.
Italy has been a sorely hard-pressed
nation ever since the success of the Capo
retto drive. The strategic advantage in
the field is held by the Austrian, regard
less of their "exterior lines," for they
stand on tha Alps and look down upon
Italy, while their guns and their air-craft
directly threaten some of her most beau
tiful cities. Italy must derive from for
eign countries the very coal and iron
with which she fights the war. She is
nivt in MimirrttA And threatened with a
fiscal burden too great for her people to
bear. A certain part of the population is
susceptible to tlx argument that the
country's future may be better served by
accepting the alleged advantages which
the central empires offer than by contin
uing the war shoulder to shoulder with
the entente allies. But Italy meets the
pressure of all these influences by recall
ing the Roman tradition and summoning
up the Roman resolution. She fights on,
and will prevail.
Italy's fidelity to the great cause is an
inspiring thing to us. America should be
proud and glad to afford whatever assist
ance she can giv. Naturally we cannot
know just how American military co-operation
with Italy will be applied, but
let us trust that the inspiration of the
direct participation of our soldiers, in no
mere sentimental way but with a praci
eal and appreciable weight of men, will be
afforded loyally and soon. Let the satis
faction of having participated in repell
ing the Goth and the Hun from greatly
loved Italy be one of the joys which we
shall feel when the war is over. -Boston
Transcript.
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