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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-05

DUT Filenes the top of your list of things to
L when you come to Boston. Make this store your
headquarters. The welcoming latch string is always out
The Fene Store is the natural of things in Boston,
1t stands the main roads where Washington Street.
strag from the North Station New Hampshire, Vermont
from South Station Cape Cod and westward.
Nearly all street railways in Boston lead to Fiene Oryou
underground doors any subway enter
ing the dryhod and umbrellaess in any weather
If Fienes your salyngpoint nearly everything worth
while in old historic Boston is within easy walking dis
The theaers close by; the State House. looking
Boston Common but two blocks away.
WITHIN the itself
w First of ALL Fene because of the things sold here
and they sold More folks buy their clothes Fenes
probably than in any other store in America.
This specazes things children and 1t
Specially Shops Each kind of DRESS suit hat hosiery
dercohng gloves shoes and has which people
who have specialized their particular apparel The Filene
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-05
This is The Filene Store

the Flene Office in Paris with its clever
fashion Flene stocks large and carefully
Fene
freshness, and
ene Specially Shops arranged along charming indoor
Inside these shops find
quiet o look and think.
big Flnes
ID Eighth Floor delight
birds really and
ideas There restaurant where smoke
Perhaps the Balcony where register appoint
telephone kilograms cabrams wireless
consult timetables order heater railroad steamship tickets
There white barber shop for whaverand another that
and
When tired with inviting chairs Would
desks and ink and and
Office o mail letters.
special kind of but
1.-The OF the friends who frequent it,
friendness hlpfulne, service In the
~ book should like mail will
sendu an address.
WILLIAM FILENE'S SONS COMPANY
WASHINGTON SUMNER STREETS BOSTON
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-29
CAUSES PAINFUL IMPRESSION
AT BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE

LONDON. July 2s.-News OF the eXecu-
ton of Captain Fryatt, of the British
steamer Brussels. caused a painful I'M
preston at the British Foreign Of
flee Under the instructions of Wis
count Grey. the Foreign Secretary,
note was dispatche Immediately to the
American amba ssador at Berlin, to pro
cure complete details Of the affair.
The first intimation of the trial OF
Captain Fryatt was called to the at
tention Of the Foreign Office by press
reports on July IS, to the effect that
he was to be tried as the result Of
finding on him a watch containing an
inscription reciting his efforts to ram
a German submarine.
From inquiries made Of the owners OF
the steamship Wrexham. which Captain
Fryatt commanded when the alleged in
cident took place. the Foreign Office
learned the captain had with him neither
watch nor a letter to the effect that
he had attempted to ram submarine
Continued on Second Page,) .
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-29
PHELPS SENDS FURTHER
REPORT ON INCIDENT

WASHINCiTON, July 2S.-Comma nder
Phelps. of the battleshp Louisiana
sent a further report to the Navy De-
partment to-day regarding the mys-
terious vessel which siSnaied English
cruiser" to him in lower Chesapeake
Bay early last Tuesday morning.
In view of the report OF the British
admiral commanding the cruiser squad
ron off the Atlantic coast. brought to
the State Departments attention by the
British ambassador denying that any
of his ships had entered American ter
ritorial waters, the incident will not
be the subject of inquiry or protest.
Officials are mystified. however, by
Commander Phelps's circumstantial ac-
count of what happened.
Following is Commander Phelpss
supplementary report:
About 2:+5 a. NJ. Tuesday. July IS.
the Louisiana. then standing for an
anchorage in Lynnhavcn Bay. being at
the time to westward of the line Cape
Henry light-tail of the Horseshoe
light vessel a vessel carrying man-of-
war lights, masthead light. running
lights and range lights. with the loom
OF deck standing, lights glowing
through hve or six square ports. with
out any other illumination whatever.
came up on the starboard quarter OF
the Louisiana, distant perhaps not more
than $50 yards, heading for the channel
into Hampton Roads
The Louisiana blinkered interroga-
tory TO her several times aud turned
on man-of-war lights. Finally she am
swered (blinker) English cruiser"
She signaled very rapidly. causing the
Louisiana to have her repeat more than
once until we were sure-o of her signal.
She disappeared in the thickness to-
ward the channel to Hampton Roads
III did not signal to ask her name
and her intentions because her action
had not seemed suspicious to me. in
asmuch as she seemed fairly TO disclose
her presence. seemed fairly standing
for Hampton Roads. and left mo with
the feeling that she was actually going
Continued on Second Pase.)
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-29
VILLA GENERAL
PUBLICLY EXECUTED


LAREDO, TEN. July 2S-Santiago
Ra!nierc2, n former Governor of tho
IMexican state Of Coahuila. and later
a Villa general was publicly executed
on the plaza at Saltillo. Mex. Monday
afternoon, according TO news reaching
Nueyo Laredo tonight from an authen
tic source. Ramerez. 1t was stated. had
left Mexico with the dwindltng OF
Villas power. and had returned re-
Gently to offer his services to Genera!
carranza when war between tho United
states and Mexico seemed imminent
Ten thousand persons, according to
the report. witnessed the execution.
Ramierez met death bravely. refusing
10 be blindfolded when stood before the
fripg squad.
Efforts were made by influential
Mexicans at Saltilho to save Ramierez's
ME, a 3.O00-word petition having been
sent, 1t is said, directly to General Car
ranza, but the latter declined to inter-
yene with the military authorities,
Ramierez was member of promi~
mont saltillo family. 81
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-29
ORDER Is SUSPENDED
UNTIL 1T HTHER NOTICE

WASHINGTON. July 2S.-PostmLster-
General Burieson to-day suspendei 1
until further notice his recent or,ler
authorizing bostmasters to collect
checks on banks in small communities
where there are no members of the
Federal reserve system The suspen-
sion was ordered at the suggestion Of
the Federal Reserve Board
The board does not consider that
STATE banks would be seriously affected
by the arrangement. and believes IL
would save millions of dollars annually
to merchants throughout the country
who now are compelled to pay ex-
'hange on checks drawn on such banks.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-29

Driving forward at two points less
than sixty miles apart, Russian forces
have captured Brody, in Calicia. and
have broken the Austro German first
lines vest of Lutsk. In Nolhynia, ac-
cording to the latest official Russian
communicc ton.
The success in Nolhynia, while also
menace to Lemberg should General
Won Linsingen he able TO withstand the
Russian attacks which Petrograd re-
ports are continuing. threatens the
stronghold OF Vladimir -Volynski. and
makes more insecure the AuStro-Ger-
man hold on Eovel
British troops north of the Somme. in
France. have succeeded in occupying
the whole of Longueval against a stub
born defense by the Germans. Their
march toward Bapaume also has been
aided by the reoccupntion of the Dell
willie wood.
On the front held by the French
no fighting in the Somme region is re-
ported by Paris. In the Vosges, how
ever. the Germans have attempted to
break the French line. In one attack
south of Sainte Marie Pass the Ger
mans gained a foothoid i'll French posi-
tons, but were driven out, Paris says.
y second attack was broken up.
The French have made some prog
ress to the west of Thiaumont work
on the right bank of the Meuse.
In naval battle between several
German submarin~: and three British,
patrol boats off the coast Of Scotland.
Berlin reports the sinking of one of the
British vessels 1t adds that the other
patrol boats are supposed to have been
sunk. London says that in raid by
German submarine on a fleet OF
British fishing vessels. eight of the
vessels were sunk
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-29
TAKE ALL PRECAUTIONS
TO KEEP OUT PARALYSIS
Health Officers Move Little Myra
Belle Montgomery to Iso-
lation Ward.
NEIGHBoRHooD is INSPECTED
House-to-House Visits Being Made
and instructions Given in Holding
Down Number OF Flies and Other
Suspected Diseased arriers.

n
,, ~ N"'e' heai'h
I'-,st Icy 10 prevent the spread in
,,,,,,' '''D's" ~ '''"h'''e pafa'Es's. which
49, ~"
gomerv who yy.v ,t.,,t i.,
mother =, the homo of =: :a...
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pronounced = yic,i, n, ~. a,.o.
This is the only cose discoynr.d 81 o.
and physicians and bea,,b oe,c.-s ha,.
little fear OF an endemic
The Health Derartmon, s,id Dr
Levy Yesterday ",yiu mn, a, ,nsnoc,o-
OH The blocks immediately surrou,di,C
this hous,. Tor the sn.cial ,urno.e ~
seeiu. thar these nra,oiscs ,ro ~ ,h,
b.s, uDsstuI. .oudi,,on Tha S,ro.,
Cieaulug Department viii he reoues,oJ
70 make a daily collection of parhac.
from t.1ese blocks
III is probable also ,ha. Tho u.,l,b
Department VIII adopt some nlau m
Insure the immediate detection of III.
ness Of any Kind. however s,icb,
among children in this imm.di,,s
ncighborhood. so that should this case
have infected any other child before
nized. any new case will be noted i'm.
mediatcly and such precautions ,,ka,
as will prevent any further spread
WILL WAKE uo,s. ,ro o
yIs,rv ~ ,,,r.,
..-r,
VINO VIII make
"'!i IN
WIN
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as ~ 'n!e means OF
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,o,vo ~. nr.mis.> Dr lev ,n,rrs
,n.y w;u he nont under surys,,Ianra
,or ,nom, ,,o weeks
e, h.vo ,,,la rsar" s.id ,,o C,,a,
Ioa,,h onoar "of .,, .nroaa 80 -
for,n. ,r,l,s,. fro,, ,his casa Mo.
,.hua ,horch &c mic &c ~ ,,,,
e. ,ha ojt,. .nd IN e,ide,,ic ,ro,,,a ,,o
co seriou. IN ;,s consaouences wa
,oLin ax,roordir.ry nracau,io,s
,r,.xDIIcy ,ro ,U,,p
succEsTs spRE.D nv FLIES
81, has bean noted in epidemics ne
infantile PARALYSIS elsewhere that the
disease has a tendency TO iump from
house to house. This strongly suggests
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-29
OF TO THEIR EXACTIONS
WILL HURT NO COMMUNITY

Banks that exist only to get some
thing to which they have no defensible
title are not banks. they are money
sharks; and to put stop to their
eNactions will not hurt any community
IL there are 5000 such banks as Mr.
kitchin asserts. II may be replied that
there are considerably over S.U00. 900
people of the United States who do
business by checks, and who should not
have their deposit accounts preyed
upon. 1t is said that o. per cent of
the business of the United States is
transacted through our system OF
checks and drafts. rather than by use
OF currency. II is this great volume
OF business that Mr.. Kitchin seems
willing to have taxed by extortion
through check exchange.
st doesn't help the matter to say
that banks doing this business are
tax on business. whether Nlevied by n
State or national bank; Rnd. accepting
Mr.. kitchin's own figures, this tax has
applied With such severity as to have
furnished so per cent of the net income
OF 5000 banks! a bank which admits
that so per cent of its net income IS
derived from taxing checks on the con-
Structlve interest theory has no eX-
cusc for its existence. II should be
put out of business. and the quicker
the better. Public sentiment has com
PEELED an abandonment of the system
in larger business communities of the
country, and the Federal reserve act
was intended 10 force it out of exist
ence everywhere"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-29
OF BRITISH SHIP
EXECUTED BY GERMANS
Death Sentence. Passed Because of
Alleged Action in Attempting to
Ram Kaiser's Submarine.
TRIED BEFORE CoURT-1AHTIAL
Shooting Generally Compared With
Carcll Case, and Painful impress
sion Is Caused at English Foreign
Oiice-C. S. keenly Interested.

BERLIN, July IS tby wireless>.-
tain Charles Fryatt. OF the Great
Eastern Railway steamship Brussels,
which vessel was captured by German
destroyers last month and taken into
AeebrugSe. has been executed by
shooting. after trial before a German
naval court-martial. The dea,h SEN
tence was passed upon Captain Fryat.
because of his alleged action in at
tempting previously 10 ram a German
submarine.
Testimony was presented AT the
court-martial 10 show that while Cap,
tain Fryatt did not belong to the
armed forces he had attempted on
March 2S. 1915. to ram the German
submarine U-S3 near the Mas Light
ship.
Captain Fryatt and the first officer
and the first engineer OF the Brussels
received from the British Admiralty
gold watches for brave conduct" ana
were mentioned in the House OF Com
mons.
The submarine U-sa. according to
the official account OF the trial. han
siGnaled to the British steamer to
show her flag and TO stop, but Captain
Fryatt did not heed. and ii is alleged
turned at high speed toward the sub
marine, which escaped only by diving
Immediately several yards below tn.
surface.
Captain Fryatt, the official statement
says. admitted that he had followed
the instructions of the British Ad-
miralty. Sentence was confirmed and
the captain was executed and shot for
franc tireur crime against armed
German forces"
The trial was held at Hruges, Bel
gium. yesterday.
When captured by German torpedo
boats on June "a Captain Fryatt was
plotting the steamship Brussels, from
Rotterdam to Tilbury. Several Ger
man warShips dashed out of the naval
base at Zeebrugge. and escorted the
Brussels back to the Belgian harbor
On board the Brussels was an unusual
ly large number of Belgian women
and children refugees. and she carried
an all-BritiSh crew OF forty-four men.
Dutch newspapers said IL was gen
orally believed that the capture of the
Brussels was brought about by pas
senger who said he was an American,
but who was believed to he a German.
This man remained on deck throughout
the voyage. and was said to have made
signals with lights. with the result that
the German warshipS steamed up and
halted the vessel
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-29
BHODY. RA.LHHiD JUNCTION
MON BY CZAR'S FORCES

LONDON. Ju!y 2S.-Brody, a great
railroad junction in Galicia. ifty-eight
miles northeast of Lemberg, which 1t
was expected the Austrian troops
would retain at all costs, has been cap
tured by the Cars forces in a new
and unexpected stroke administered by
the Russians. The taking of this inn
portant town. it is believed. may lead
to the capture of Lemberg itself. News
of the fall of Brody is coincident with
rep.rts that the Somme battle is con-
tinuinE successfully for British forces
under Sir Douglas Haig.
The Russians, according TO report
from Petrosrad. also have broken the
whole .hustro German front west OF
l.utsk. In this success they are re-
ported to have captured two generals.
5000 prisoners and forty-six guns.
The fall OF Brody is serious threat
10 Lemberg, and the rapid and sue
cessfui advance of General Sakharoff's
forces menace the whole Austro-Ger-
man line of communication from the
north to the south.
FOR PRESENT KOVEL YIELDS
IN IMPORTANCE TO LEM3ERG
For the presen; Kovel yields in i'm
purtance TO Lemberg. The position on
this portion OF the Russian front seems
To he that General Kaledines, having
driven General Won Linsingen's left
wing behind the Stokhod River. has
suspended his advance toward Kovel
and is holding up the great Teutonic
forces there. while General Sakharoff
is pressing on toward Lemberg, which
is defended by the forces of General
Boehm- Ermolli
Petrograd correspondents attribute
the successes over the Austro German
forces almost entirely to the over
whelminSly superiority Of the Russian
artillery and Russia's apparently end
less supplies OF ammunition.
To-night's official report OF the Brit
ish War Office shows that tho British
are continuing their successful prog
in their hands. we'll the Deville
wood. from which they drove the Fifth
Brandenburg Division.
The nnal capture OF Deltille wood Ia
very gratifying 10 the British people.
II Was first taken July II. but was
afterward abandoned. For many days
the wood and the village OF Longueval
have been the scene OF some OF the
heaviest hshting OF the whole cam.
paisn. The possession OF this wood
and Lonsueval is expected to facilitate
greatly the fur:ier progress OF the
Franco British forces. 4
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-29

GERMAN TRENCHES CLEARED
WITH HAND GRENADEs
PARIS. july 2s--Russians recon
noitering at Auberlve. In the Cham.
payne. says the French Official stats-
n,ent issued this afternoon, psns.sateA
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-29
|BRODY CAPTURED
BY RUSSIANS;
GAIN IN VOLHYN|A
Important Successes at Two
Points Less Than Sixty
Miles Apart.
MAKES MORE INSECURE
GERMAN HOLD ON KOVEL
British Troops North of the
Somme Occupy Whole of
Longueval.
RETAKE ALL OF DELvILLE WOOD
French Report Some Progress to
West of Thiaumont
Work.
RETAKE ALL OF DELvILLE WOOD
German Airships Raid
East Coast Of England

LONDON. July 2a.-German mir
ships rnldcd the enst const of Eng
land early this morning. according
to nm official statement Just issued.
"rhe number of raiders" says the
statement, ..hns not yet been cStub-
iishcd. The reports as to the rniders
crossinE the coast como from York.
shire and Lincolnshire. Bombs were
dropped, but details nre lncking."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-29
GLASS TAKES DIRECT
ISSUE WITH K|TCH|N
Comments Sharply on Published
Statement of Democratic
House Leader.
CHECK COLLECTION CHARGES
Denounces Old System of Extortion,
Declaring That Federal Act Seeks
to Abolish This 'Scanlalous Method
of Financial Lechcry.

LYNCHBURG, VA, July 9S.-Rcpre-
sentative Carter Glass, chairman OF
the Banking and Currency Committee
of the House. to-day commented sharp
ly on the published statement of Con-
gresham I[itchn, the Democratic
House leader, concerning exchange and
eck-co!lection charges by certain
banks throughout the country. IL have
no knowledge" said Mr. Glass, "of any
order issued by the Postmaster
General which affects check clearances
and. hence, | will not comment on
something | know nothing about. hut
If Congressman kitchn intends to
make plea for the old system of ex-
tortion practiced by certain banks un-
der the Guise of check collection
The Federal reserve act seeks to
abolish that scandal lous system of
financial lcchery. and il is amazing
to find the Democratic leader of the
House of Representatives. who voted
for the act. apparently seeking to
justify an arbitrary tax on the COM
merce and industry of the United
States which simply amounts to taking
the property of American business men
without compensation
ITO assert, as Mr.. Kitchin is quoted
as having done, that four-hfths ot
the State banks derive 80 per cent OF
their net income from check l!cctiun
charges, is to furnish startling illus
tration of the necessity OF putting an
end TO such eXtortion. Think OF it.
Thousands of banks existing for no
better purpose than to discount. and TO
that extent to burden the checks given
by the merchants, farmers and busi-
ness men on deposits kept by them with
these banks. The very statement Of
the proposition carries its own con-
demnation
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-29
COLLIER SIGHTED
WARSH|P IN CAPES
Commander of the Neptune Cor
roborates Statement of Of
fcers of the Louisiana.
REPORTS TO WASHINGTON
Later Saw Craft Moving Outward
to Sea-Incident Not to Be
Subject Of Inquiry.

NORFOLK, VA. july 2s-Lieu-
tenant Commander Shane. of the United
States collier Neptune. has forwarded
an official report TO Washington corrob-
Grating the statement of officers of the
United States warship Louisiana that
an unidentified warship was within the
Virginia capes last Tuesday morning.
and further declaring that he saw II
moving outward to sea. Officers of the
Louisiana had only reported that they
saw cruiser leave the capes The
report of Commander Shane contains
the first official declaration that a
warship was seen leaving
II am confident that saw the same
vessel that the Louisiana reported
Commander Shane said to-day. And,
while | cannot say that II was a British
cruiser, I do know that 1t was war
ship.
Il saw her leaving the capes about 3
ter she had exchanged signals with
the Louisiana. witnessed those
signals. but ] do not know what they
were. as my signalmen could not read
them.
Nothing can convince me that a
strange warship was not in Hampton
Roads on that morning"
DECLINES TO DISCUSS
DETAILS OF REPORT
cuss the details of his report. AS he
believes that information should be in
the hands of the Navy Department Of
iicials before becoming public Others.
however. gave some of the details of
the Neptunes reported sighting of the
mystery ship as follows:
The Neptune came into the capes
about four miles behind the Louisiana.
instead OF some 500 yards. as previously
declared by men on other ships Shc'
was JUS. inside the capes when she first
saw signaling between the Louisiana
and another ship carrying man-of-war
lights. After the exchange the un-
identified ship passed further ny the
channel toward Hampton Roads.
Almost half an hour later persons
aboard the Neptune ne%t the
mystery ship. She was heading out
Nait' 'dti il.S ttle leS uidl running
lights. and in addition two white lights
aft. signifyinE that she was IL man-of-
war. The Neptune signaled her. and
she did not reply but put out her white
lights.
Continuing her outward journey, She
passed within 200 yards of the Neptune.
made toward the Cape Henry Light
house side of the capcs and dis
appeared in the darkness.
no POSSIBILITY oF HIS SHIP
BEING TAKEN FOR WARSHIP
Commander Shane declared to-day
tina, there was no possibility OF the
Louisiana having mista ken either his
ship or the Brazilian steamer Tibagy
for warship. bah OF which sugges-
tions have been made the subject of
official inquiry. His ship did not
signal the Louisiana. he declared, and
he is positive that it was not the
TibaGy. which he has seen since the
incident Of the mystery ship arose,
which he saw signaling the Louisiana
To-day passed without incident for
the neutrality patrol outside the three
mile limit. Only the cruiser North
Carolina now is remaining on guard
outside at night The torpedo boat de-
stroyers are spending the nights near
Lynnhaven Inlet, two miles inside the
capes.