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THE BAIUIE DAILY TIMES, BARKE, ' VT., MONDAY, FElUtuAllY, 3, 1919.
BARRE DAILY TIMES
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1919.
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credited to it or not otherwin' credited In
this paper, and also the local news publUhed
therein.
Nothing but a blind groundhog could
liave failed to see his shadows on Feb. 2.
Now bring on your winter!
Though Glasgow may have been stirred
by a mighty unrest, the city on the lee
and the Don seems to bo moving serenely
along.
It is not true that the French army
moved back six mile from their own
frontier to get a running start at the
ticrmans.
Various departments of the Boston
city government saved $.)77,00O from
their combined appropriation during the
past year. There's a record worth striv
ing for.
One can easily imagine that the meet
ing between President Wilson and former
Ambassador Von BernstorfT at the peace
congress will not be uny too pleasant an
h flair.
The first (regulars) division of the
American expeditionary force in France
was first in more ways than name. The
regular army of the I'nited .States gave
splendid account of itself all through
the war.
More than a million American soldiers
have been demobilized already, and, un
fortunately, all of them have not been
absorbed in industry in the I'nited States
although a marked advance in that move
ment has been made.
Hen. Leonard Wood's promotion to the
command of the central department of
the United States army lias not served
to put the muzzle on him, judging by his
talk about the "next" war. General
Wood is a good deal like his old friend
and associate, Theodore Roosevelt.
In view of the fact that the corrected
report of the insurance on the Milford
Pink Granite company's plant at Milford.
Mass., was scaled down one-half, fin,"
S-20,000 to $10,000, the early figure . .
the loss on the property by fire, which
were $;)00,000, ought to be scaled down
also. The comparative figures between
loss and insurance are entirely dispro
portionate and the loss as originally giv
en seems to have been very high, too.
struction. Therein the people of the for-j
mcr empire are making considerably
faster progress toward stability than the
people of their ally to the northward.)
How much of this solidarity of purpose
is to be attributed to the influence of the
allies is, of course, problematical; but itj
would appear probable that the tangible
evidence of allied interest in the shape of
generous food contributions to the suf-J
fering people of Austria has been an in-j
fluential agency in quieting the minds of.
the Austrian people. They have learned '
that the allies desire to see the establish-
ment of a stable form of government
after the chaos following the decline of,
the monarchy and they have seen, too,!
that the allies are ready to lend a help- J
ing hand in the shape of much needed
supplies. Terhaps that is helping to set
tle the tumult in Austria.
Pershing's denial of the truth of the
stories circulated in France about the
crimes committed by American soldiers is
not accompanied by specific refutation of
the charges but it may be taken for
granted that he has information concern
ing the subject and that his denial is not
based merely on judgment which he may
have formed with respect to the charac
ter of American soldiers en mns-e.
One of the advantages of the position
taken by the United States government
when the government refused to declare
war against Turkey despite the clamor
of a large number of Americans is now
revealed in the discovery that, not hav
ing declared war on Turkey, the United
States will not have to be one of the na
tions to do police duty in Turkey during
the satisfying of the claims of the allies.
The same will hold true of Bulgaria.
The Barre Times suggests Waterbury
ss a possihle place for the meeting of the
Termont Press association. The contem
porary must have a short memory. H
will be some time before the press asso
ciation, its members or any of its friends
:arry very long in Waterbury. Rutland
Herald.
The Northfield and Barre part of the
program is alright, but if we thought for
i minute that any member of the Ver
mont Press association would shame him
self to the extent of resting his weary
bones in that relic of Prussian autocracy
known in certain quarters as the Water
bury inn, wed withdraw from that au
gust organization and run up the red flag
without further parley. Swanton Cour
ier. Evidently the war is not over; and the
appearance of an armistice was but a
sham and a delusion. Anyway, there are
no casualties, for which one should be
duly thankful.
The Springfield Reporter complains be
en use of lack of recognition of Spring
field and notes that one of the chances
for notice, which' passed unnoticed, was
the influenza epidemic in Springfield,
which numlWcd 1,200 patients and caused
71 deaths last October, the specific com
plaint being made that Springfield was
not mentioned by the state board of
health bulletin as being among the towns
and cilics of Vermont having at least a
thousand cases of influenza. If Spring
field had received such undesirable pub
licity as some communities in Vermont
have suffered during the last. few years
because of the outbreak of disease cither
in epidemic form or as sporadic cases
Springfield would not care a bit whether
ill epidemic of last fall passed out with
out official recognition in the state board
of health. There is such a thing as too
much publicity on matters relating to
disease.
The people of Austria seem to be get
ting together on a workable basis toward
the formation of a stable government,
the socialists and the non-socialists hav
ing united on a coalition cabinet and
with a resolve to support that cabinet
through the trying problems of recon-
5I0RE PROOF OF THE 2UTH DIVIS
ION'S PART L WAR.
A short time ago we had the detached
statement of casualties suffered by the
2(!th division, which went to show that
the division from New England had gone
through some of the hardest fighting of
the war. Now we have the comparative
statement of the losses sustained by the
30 combat divisions and we have cor
roborative evidence that the New Eng
land men were engaged in some of the
most fierce battles ever fought. Only
seven divisions sustained more, casualties
than did the 2Gth, and, of the seven, four
were divisions of regulars and three'were
divisions of national guard troops. But,
severe as were the casualties of the-New-England
men, it is not correct to say that
the division was "shot, to pieces," as the
total killed, died of wounds, prfsoners
and missing was only approximately one
tenth of the strength of the American di
vision. It is probably true, however, that
some of the units of the division may
have been more nearly wiped out than
the figures of the division as & whole:
would indicate. That may account for!
some of the glories brought back by a
few soldiers of the division. ' I
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
John Barrett's Address.
'Editor, Times: Hon. John Barrett, di
rector general of the Pan-American un
ion, is to deliver an address before the
Geiicrnl Assembly at K o'clock next
Thursday evening in the hall of (he
House of Representatives. The subject
of the address will be, "The Great Pan
American Opportunity What It Means
to Vermont."
President MacChesney of the Illinois
State Bar association recently said when
!'e introduced Mr. Barrett, "No man in
(Vis country is so well informed concern
ing the . Latin -American republic as i
Mr. Barrett." The Pan-American union
consists of the I'nited States and 20 sis
ter republics of North and South Amer
ica, with John Barrett as director gen
eral. This organization was the outcome
of the thought of the late James G.
Blaine, back in the SO's.
Mr. Barrett is an ex-American minis
ter to Siam, Argentina, Panama and Co
lumbia, and has done much diplomatic,
work in other countries. He was born
in Grafton, Vt and is a .Vermonter of
Vermonters. The writer believes that
his address will be one of the most inter
esting and instructive events of the year
and that Mr. Barrett will in the next
few years become one of the best known
American diplomats. The lobby and gal
leries of the Hall of Representatives will
be open to the public at 8 o'clock ft the
evening of Feb. 0. A Vermonter.
Your Opportunity
Promotion is the reward for fitness; fitness is the result of training; train
ing is obedience to physical and moral law.
If poor Micawber, submerged in debt but always hopeful, could have turned
his irrepressible optimism to some definitely useful purpose, he would have 'made
a great success, but instead he was "always waiting for something to turn up."
There are too many Micawbers to-day, men who lack the ambition to hold
to steady application.
The man who sticks to the job, does his work well, saves his money and lives
a decent life, is sure to succeed; indeed, he has already succeeded, for he has
learned to judge his opportunity and improve it.
, Opportunity will sooner or later knock at your door.
Will you hear the call ?
Open a savings account to-day and say, "I am ready."
The Peoples National Bank of Barre
National Bank Protection for Your Savings.
AT MONTPELIER FEB. 4.
Gen. Azgapetian to Talk on Relief in. the
Near East.
The campaign in Washington county
for relief in the near East was somewhat
delayed in starting, owing to the late ap
pointment of a chairman, and consequent
delay in getting the county organized.
Committees, however, have been at work
and have done "yeoman service" in prac
tically all the towns in the county. Our
minimum share is 1 per cent, and our
maximum l'a per cent of the county
quota for the third Liberty loan.
U-p to Feb. 1 the following towns had
reached or exceeded their quotas:
Calais, Duxbury, Marsh field, Middlesex,
Moretown, Northfleld, Plainlield. Rox
bury (more than double), Waitsfleld,
Waterbury.
In addition to the above, generous con
tributions have been received from other
places, ihv returns in many cases being
incomplete. Several other towns are
likely to be 100 per cent or better.
The county organization is arranging
for a state meeting to be held in city
hall, Montpelier, Tuesday evening, Feb. 4.
At this meeting State Chairman Roland
E. Stevens of White River Junction will
give some account of the work in general
and of Vermont's part in particular. Ma
jor General Azgapetian of the former
Russian army will appear in uniform and
t-pcak of the situation as he knows it
from personal experience, as he has been
engaged in relief work, since his military
duly was completed. General Azgapetian
speaks six languages fluently, but will
confine himself to one, most familiar to
us all, in his address. Those who have
heard him elsewhere are enthusiastic
about him, and a treat is in store for the
people in this vicinity.
THE TKNSEY SERVICE.
There is a curious trollerr line
Thut runs in old Vermont;
It rlaime to run in rain or nhine
And alwaya do it stunt.
It alvertinw very lars-e
And ralU iU tervice Tenney a.
And for a trip it m&knt a charge
Of thirty honei-t pnni.
But lt me tell you what I think,
And it ia common tense;
Thut aervire drive a man to drink
And carta him thirty ceMs.
The wonle like the man who fools them.
So Harniim wisely mid.
And that i whv that Tenney cools them
At thirty cents a head.
Two hour waa the time in all
We spent upon a aidinif,
In Kointr to the capital.
And half an hour in riding.
They aaid a car waa off the track
Somewhere arfown the line,
And thouttht they nwn would got it back
And hava It runnintr fine.
But stain roue up and aank to rrnt
And still no ear appeared.
We cracked old joke and aantr our btt
And everyone waa cheered.
Our aport from Eaatem avenue
Was full of noiae and prattle
And asked a drowsy friend he knew
To let him hold his bottle.
The friend appeared to understand
Vet did not acquiesce ;
But stripped his bottle in hat hand
i-'or rcuaona you can fruehs.
The aiiuire dtrlnred he waa ul hirst
And bleated like a lamb ;
Ilu voice through all the Hatter burbt,
"How dry, how dry I am."
Job had no better rifrbt to scold
For all hi aorna and arara.
Than we who shivered in the cold
To ride in Tenney'a care.
The rood ia hard to future b!i?
And full of jolts and jar.
But let the vilest sinner mtaa
A ride in Tenney's ears.
Le jouer de la poule au billiard.
CURRENT COMMENT
Protect the Treasury.
FIiHisc bill. No. 77, an act to provide
central supervision of the collection of
delinquent taxes by the commissioner
of taxes, and to amend section fl.S of the
general laws relating thereto, is under
stood to be the proposal of Tax Commis
sioner Plumlcy to secure more complete
RRY
Sale of Overcoats at reduced prices. Less
than 25 in the lot, so step lively if you wish
to save some real money and get a good
Coat ; $16,50, $20.00 and $25.00.
We have two Youths' Coats, size 15, now
priced at $4.75. These are worth more than
double the price marked.
Special
Men's Union Suits, extra heavy cotton,
ribbed, all sizes, 34 to 50, $1.75 each.
. PAT, Off, ao I
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ta eaxa t fe
F. H. Rogers & Company
collection of delinquent taxes. It has
some merit but contains some provisions
that should not be allowed.
So far as the bill provides for super
vision of the collection of town and mu
nicipal taxei by the state tax commis
sioner it seems desirable. It. will be re
membered that it was recently reported
that the uncollected local taxes in Ver
mont amount to about $20.000 a year.
That is too large an amcuit of revenue
for the towns to lose, and the failure of
the local officers to collect these nionevs i
warrants the imposition of state super
vision and. regulation.
The bill provides (hat the commission
er of taxes shall call meetings of collec
tors of taxes at such times and places
as he shall designate for the purpose of
instruction as to the law governing their
official duties and concerning the collec
tion of delinquent taxes: requires all
collectors to attend all meetings to which
they are summoned by the tax commis
sioner and that the collectors shall be
paid $3 per day, traveling and hotel ex
penses 'from the treasury of their mu
nicipality," This seems unnecessary and
unwise. Collectors of taxes can 1n in
structed in their duties in a much less
expensive manner and the bill provides
for the jjiinislmient for neglecting their
duly. That wciih sufficient.
Under this provision the commission
er of taxes could make a tour of Ver
mont whenever he saw fit at the expen.se
of the slate: If the bill allowing state
officials fifteen cents a mile for traveling
expenses is passed, of course, the trip
would be made by automobile and would
fie a very pleasant afTair. Undoubtedly
the committee on taxation to which the
bill has been referred will see to it that
joy rides at, the expense of the Mat
will not be provided for in this bill.
Braltleboro Reformer,
, Easy for Her.
Wife Mother is coming next week,
(icorge.
Huh Then we'll wait and let her dis
charge the cook. Boston Transcript.
The MMMa $oti&
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
See Tomorrow's Barre Times
Russell's, the Reel C
F1V
ross rnarmacy
HERE'S THE WAY
TO SUCCESS
No man jumps into success at a leap. No great
invention has been a sudden thing. The Wrights
worked on flying machines years liefore they flew.
Henry Ford was a mechanic before he was an
automobile wizard. Ho didn't dream a Ford car:
he worked it out. And it took years.
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In your efforts to succeed, it is better to lay a
foundation as the mason lays bricks, by adding one
brick at a time. Having little by little and making
RKOULAR deposits in this savings bank each week
or each month will lead to permanent success.
Build your financial afl'airs on a fctrong founda
tion by opening a checking or savings account at
this bank. The officers of this institution an
al ways ready to advise with you regarding busi
ness matters.
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