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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-16
GERMANS FOUGHT srUBBoRNLY.
And British Captured 1900 Prisoners in
Fridays Drive.

London, Sept. l6.-Smashing the Ger
man line on front of six miles north
of the Somme in France, the British
forces have made probably the most no.
table advance since the Anglo French Of
fensive began July /.
Three towns, two woods and the pos
session OF nearly all the high ground
between Combles and the Pozeres Ba.
paume road fell to the British. Not only
did the Germans lose these points, but
the British drive imperils the Combles
and Thiepval positions at either end of
the British front. The gaining Of the
high ground north OF Combles gives the
British command of the approaches to
Bapaume.
The advance on the northern end of
the front was for a distance of two
miles. Courcelette, east Of Thiepval and
north of the Pozieres Bapaume road, and
Martinputch, south of the road, fell into
The hands of General Haig's men. Far
ther south they took Flers and the High
wood, making secure their possession Of
1inchv. The Bouleaux wood north OF
1ombles, also was lost to the Germans
The Germans under Crown Prince Rup-
,recht of Bavaria fought stubbornly TO
lold their ground, London says, and the
lighting was severe all along the line
Bore than $500 prisoners were taken by
he British.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-16
FRESH EVIDENCE FOUND.
Of British Discrimination Against Amer
ican Trade.

| Washington, D. c. Sept. Ex-senator
Chamberlain, author of the amendment
to the revenue bill for the exclusion of
| halibut and salmon from North Pacific
regions, except under certain conditions,
said yesterday he is getting new evi-
dences of the extent of the British dis
elimination against American trade
When the lobby committee meets aft
er the election to begin the investigation
of the charges that representatives, of
foreign countries influenced the United
States government against the Chamber
lain and Phelan amendments, Senator
Chamberlain viii make a statement and
present exhibits. People from all sec
tions of the United States who feel they
have been injured by British attitude
are writing TO Senators Chamberlain,
Jones and others, giving information as
to their experience with the British gov
ernment.
Senator Chamberlain charged that Sir
Joseph Pope of Canada came to Wash
ington to oppose his amendments and the
PhsIan amendment which empowered the
president to deny the use Of mails to
foreign countries which discriminate
against the United States.
II Is reported in Washington that
Great Britain during consideration of the
revenue bill and retalistory amendments
threatened to nulify the agreement Of
November l6 1912, adopting rules anc
Of procedure in conneetion with
the north Atlantic coast fisheries This
had to do with the Newfoundland fish
cries dispute.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-16
2.2os OF SCHOOL AGE.
BareIs Census Shows a Shnnkage From
That Of 1915.

Figures gathered by a special canvas.
ser for the school census Of 1915 have
been compiled at the Office OF the city
clerk aud are on record in early antici-
patton Of the printing OF tho annual city
report, Although the aggregate of chill
dren of school age in Barre Is Indicative
of a considerable shrinkage from the to-
tai of last year, the computation made
by the clerk and his assistants does not
point 10 any alarming decrease in the
birth rate nor is il an earnest of whole
sale removals from the city. The COM
pliers ascribe the shrinkage to the statu-
tory limitation on the age of children
who are permitted to attend the public
schools. In 1918 the law which says
that children under six years Of age shall
not enroll made serious inroads on the
census in every ward and the same law
is held TO account for the continued de-
crease this year.
According to the latest census there
are 2,20s children between the ages OF
q and Is years in the city limits. This
footing represents loss OF 232 since the
1915 census, 322 from the census of 1914,
33S from the 1918 census and 4l5 from
1912. As a matter of fact there has been
a perceptible decrease each year since
l9ll with the exception OF 1914, when
the enrolment was 10 larger than the
registration of the year previous.
Barre's 2,29s children are divided
among the following age classfcations;
Between and 8 years. 377; between 8
and l6 years, l,5ls: between l6 and Is
years, 4O3. Girls, with registration Of
!, 1852, predominate. with the enrolment
of males reaching l,l36. This year tab
ulation was made OF the children OF >
years of age in the city, the total being
l9l, boys 96 and girls a5, Added to the
enrolment of children between and Is, I
the grand total would be 2,4s9, which is
nearly up TO the average in years when
-vear-old children were allowed TO at
tend school.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-16
SUES TO RECOVER sss.
Frank II. Nichols of Wilhamstown Plain
tiff Against G. NJ. Emerson

In Washington county court yesterday
afternoon, the case of Frank II. Nichols
Of Williamstown VS.. G. NJ. Emerson of
Barre was taken up, jury composed of
the following being drawn: W. H. An
gell, Woodbury.; Charles Bullock, Marsh
field; Alva Butler, Duxbury; George
Cooper, Barre City; Reuben H. Downer,
Waitsfeld; Milton Glines, Berlin; Guy
NJ. Hale, East Montpelier; n. H. Hill,
Fayston; ]. p Hutton, Cabot, Walter c.
Mann, Waitsfeld; w. L. Stone Cabot.
The plaintiff seeks to recover the sum
of Ss5, claiming that he and the defend
ant entered into an agreement that the
defendant should rent his farm and dis.
pose Of some of the stock, depositing the
money in the plaintiffs name The agree
ment according to the plaintiffs allega-
tions, was successfully carried out, only
the defendant neglected to deposit the
money derived from the sale of stock
The defendant was on the stand in his
own behalf this forenoon, and the case
will probably be finished and go to the
Jury early this afternoon. Earle r. Da-
sis represents the plaintiff and R. A.
Hoar the defendant.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-16
U. S. TRADE SECRETS SAFE.
With British Censor, Declares David
Lloyd George.

London, Sept l6.-Dayid Lloyd George
British secretary Of war yesterday gave
the Associated Press the following
statement:
"There appears to be deliberate cam
paign, set on foot in the United States
by German agents, to throw doubt on the
good faith of His Maiesty's government
in regard to the use Of information OBJ
tanned through the censorship.
"These German agents, with whose un-
derground methods Of working we are
quite familiar, appear now to have resur'
reeted my statement in the House Of
Commons on August 8, although that
statement was fully explained by Lord
Robert Cecil minister of war trade on
August 8 and most explicit assurances
on the same subject were given by him
in a later interview on August p.
"In spite of this these propagandists
are trying to dress out my statement as
something new, nullifying Lord Robert
Cecile's assurances which followed it, Let
me now say on behalf of the military
what has already been said
on behalf of the foreign office-that when
is passed on by the censor
ship to other departments it is for the
sole purpose of guiding the action of the
government in the conduct of the war
For instance, when we get informa-
ton that an American firm, TO whom the
foreign office has given a permit for
the export of certain German goods from
on the ground that these
goods had been paid for before the war,
is using that permit fraudulently, as
frequently has been the case, we pass
the information on to the foreign office
N order that they may cancel the per
NIT.
Again, when we find that a neutral
irm is using British banking facilities
.or the purpose of trading with our
enemies and is deceiving the British
,anks in question as to the real purpose
If the transaction, we pass that infor
nation on to the proper department in
rider that they may refuse to license |
he transaction. Or, again, if we learn
hat a shipment of contraband, ostensi- |
,ly from one neutral firm to another is |
eally destined for the enemy, we see /
hat the contraband committee gets that I
THAT, frankly stated, is what we do /
BUT we affirm, and challenge anyone to
eny it, that honest business interests
nd trade secrets of an American mer-
hant or manufacturer are as safe in
he hands of the military censors, and 4
+ every other government department
AS they are in the hands of the Amer
can postofiice."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-16
First of Those Proposing a
Sympathetic Movement
in New York
LABOR LEADERS SAY
10000 WILL GO OUT
During Past "a Hours, One
Man Has Been Killed
and 54 Injured

New York, Sept. l6.-Several trade
unions voted to-day to determine their
response to the call for sympathetic
strike TO back up the street car employees.
BY Monday, labor leaders expect 10 learn
the sentiment of longshoremen, team
sters, tidewater boatmen, coal bargemen
and stationary engineers and firemen, to
whom the carmen particularly addressed
their appeal BY Monday, they assert,
10000 men will be called out to protect
the very life of union labor in New York.
One man was killed and 81 persons have
been injured in accidents on the elevated
and surface car lines within the past "a
hours.
Several persons were injured, none of
them seriously in two traction accidents
last night. The most serious was a
rear-end collision between two trains on
the Third avenue elevated line. Passen-
gers were hurled from their seats, and
many suffered severe injuries. Down
town traffic was held up more than an
hour as a result of the accident.
Two trolley cars were in collision in
the Bronx, and four persons, one pa
trolman on strike duty, were injured. 1t
is said the cars were being operated by
strikebreakers.
The public service commission brought
its inquiry into the strike TO close yes
terday. A statement issued with regard
to the situation on the Third Avenue
Railway company's lines said there was
no evidence of bad faith on the part of
the company or any indication that it
was the company's intention to violate
the agreement of Aug 7, which ended the
former surface car strike.
"The strike should be called off at once
and the agreement of Aug. should be
lived up to in letter and spirit" the
statement concluded.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-16
PROBABLY LAST TOUR.
Barre Board of Trade and Ladies Going
to Mortified Sept 20.

The Barre Board of Trade are to make
their sixth and probably last get-togeth
er or better acquaintance automobile trip
of the 1916 season to Mortified Nednes
day evening. sept. 20. Barre agrees to
have go Of her citizens. men and women,
at the supper table and Mortified ex
poets to have a still larger number OF
men and women from Northfeld and the
surrounding towns 10 sit at the supper
table with her guests from Barre, and at
laest $500 people at the band concert,
witnessing the throwing on the screen by
the Barre Board Of Trade Of about $50
views showing Barre and her industry.
supper will be served in Armory hall at
: o'clock. CAROLS orchestra OF Barre
win furnish music during the supper
house and for dancing in Armory hall
from 10 to u O'Clock The Barre band
will give an open-aH concert from $50
to 10 O'Clock
Barre and Mortified Join in extending
an invitation to every person in Wash
inrton county and elsewhere 10 attend
his get together meeting at Nortbfeld.
Purchase vour supper tickets al once, a.
ire = 81 tickets Is limited. First come,
irst. served
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-16
AUSTRIAN SEAPLANES
Do EFFECTIVE WORK
Bombs Were Dropped on Isonzo Front
and Numerous Hits Were Made,
According to Vienna State
nlent.

Vienna, via London, Sept l6.-Success-
full operations by Austrian seaplanes at
points on the Isonzo front are reported
in an official statement which says;
One OF orr seaplane squadrons Thurs
day night attacked batteries and mill
tary objects at Nallone Bombs of a to-
tai weight OF one and one-half tons were
dropped and numerous hits were OBJ
tanned, causing extensive fires Despite
heavy shelling from Italian aircraft
guns, all the machines returned safe
ly. On Thursday afternoon a seaplane
squadron successfully bombarded Ital-
ian batteries on the lower Isonzo and
Adria rivers and works near Malfalcone
and returned safely"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-16
FRENCH HURL BACK
COUNTER-ATTACKS
AT TWO PLACES
Continue to Hold Their Gains Both North
and South of the Somme River
and Combles Is Nearly
Surrounded

kParis, Sept. l6.-German counter at
tacks were made on French lines both
north and south of the Somme last night.
They were unsuccessful, the war office
announced to-day. The assaults were de-
livered to the east of Clery on the north
bank of the river and east of Berry on
the south bank below Peronne.
North of the Somme the French forces
yesterday took a system of trenches 500
meters deep from the Germans north of
the LePriez farm, thus with the aid of
the British rendering the enlightenment of
the town of Combles closer, says the war
office communication issued last night
1t is added that near Berny- Ems San
terre, south of the Somme, three German
trenches and 200 prisoners, five of them
officers, were captured. Successful avia-
tion operations were carried out on the
Somme front. The communication says:
North of the Somme we accomplished
an advance north of LePriez farm, where
We took system of trenches to a depth
of 500 meters. This advance in conjunc-
tion with the British operations marks
the beginning of the encircling of Com
bes.
sSouth of the Somme two attacks be-
gun at 4 p. nj. in the sector of DAME
court Berny brought us considerable
gains. East of Deniecourt a trench
strongly held by the enemy and small
wood were captured after quick fight.
Northeast of Berry three trenches
were successfully conquered by us. We
took POO prisoners and 10 machine guns.
The latest advices say that the ground
won this afternoon is covered with Ger
man dead.
'On the remainder of the front the day
was relatively calm except in the sectors
of Thisumont, Fleury and Vaux Chap
tire, where the artillery duel continues
sharply.
"Aviation-Our aviatoFs on the Somme
front distinguished themselves psrticu-
larly in numerous combats above the en-
Avs lines. Lieut.. Guyenemer felled
Ms 10th. Lieut.. Nungesser his 18th, |
Lieut. Heurtaux his sixth and Lieut.. De 1
Rothefort his sixth aircraft. while in a
recent fight il is confirmed that Lieut.. I
De Uullin won his sixth victory. Two
other German machines were attacked at 4
close range and compelled to descend Sc I
riously damaged.
@On the Verdun front one enemy ma
chine was fclled north 81 Douaumont.
IN the Nosges our snti-aircraft artillery
brought one Fokker down near LUIS.
~0ar bombing squadron also were very
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-16
FUNERAL OF AGED MAN.
Services for Joseph G. Mudgett Were
Held Friday Afternoon.

The funeral of Joseph Grant Midget,
who passed away Wednesday forenoon in
his DIST year, was held at the home of
W. F. Bradford of Park street Friday
afternoon at 2:3o o'clock. Rev. W. J. NJ.
Beatte, rector OF the Church of the Good
Shepherd, was the officiating clergyman
and the bearers were: W. r. Bradford,
c. W. Averill, c. w. Melcher and Gilbert
Small. The occasion called together a
number of the Older residents of Barre
who were intimately acquainted with Mr..
Mudgett in the days when he was active
here in business circles. There were sew
eral fine floral tributes. Interment was
made in the Mudgett family lot in Hope
cemetery beside the body of Mrs. Mud
gett. whose death occurred eight years
ago.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-16
INSPECTED STATION REPAIRS.
Grand Trunk and Central Vermont OFF,
cials Spent Short Time in Barre.

Grand Trunk and Central Vermont
railroad ofiicialdom was represented
among the passengers on a special train
which arrived at the Barre station this
forenoon around o'clock. one OF the
main line locomotives and an accommo-
dation coach made up the train. f. j.
Chamberlin of Montreal president of the
Grand Trunk, L. {. Smith OF st. Albans,
president of the Central Vermont road,
III. Z. Dalrymple of Montreal, vice -presi-
dent of the Grand Trunk, and s. f. Dew
ey, also of Montreal, traffic manager for
the Grand Trunk system, were aboard
the train, which is making a tour of in
spection over the Central Vermont di
visions. 1t was stated that the officials
were here merely for one of their semi
occasional visits. The report that they
came TO Barre to consider the protest of
the Barre Board of Trade, registered
sometime ago, over the failure of the
Central Vermont people to provide con
nections with the afternoon train leav-
ing the capital at o'clock, was not cor
roborated.
None of the Board Of Trade officials
were aware of the visit until after the
officials had departed, although they have
been patiently awaiting action on the
protest for some time At the station
the special train stopped long enough
to discharge its passengers and was
ready to back out Of the yard after the
officials had given the station a brief
"onee over Newly painted walls. and
ceiling in the station lobbies and i'm
proved lighting facilities asked for by
the Board OF Trade sometime since came
under the official scrutiny. Near $3.50
o'clock the special train left for points
south
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-16

active Thursday night. 4 group Of 10
machines dropped II bombs and l2s in
eendiary bombs on the station at railway
at Tergnier and Chatenay and on the
station and barracks at Guisord. Nu'
merous hits were made. A huge fire was
observed az Tergnier and the commence
ment of blaze at Guiseard
Another squadron dropped 40 shells
on the barracks at Stenay, where several
fires were observed and ~ bombs on
works at Rombach. One OF our pilots
pushed as far as Dillingen, in the valley
of the Saar and dropped eight bombs on
a large factory where fire is reported
TO have been observed. The same night
the Rombach blast furnaces received 10
bombs and four more bombs fell on tho
railway between Metz and Pont-A- Nous
son, which was seriously damaged
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-16
1900 GERMANS
MADE PRISONERS
French Have Successfully
Resisted Several Attempts
, of Germans in Counter
Attacks, Says the French
Official Statement Issued
To-day

London, Sept. l6.--As the result OF
their offensive north of the Somme, be-
gun yesterday morning along six-mile
front north of Combles to beyond the
Pazieres- -Bapaume road, the British hold
in their entirety the villages OF Courcel-
cite, Martinpuich and Flers, the war Of
flee announced this afternoon.
Last nights statement told of the
great gain and of the capture of 2,300
prisoners. The statement is as follows:
= "To-day's fighting, which has been Sc
we're, resulted in our capture OF virtually
all the high ground between Combles and
the Pozieres-B -Bapaume road.
"ATost of the Bouleaux wood Flers,
High wood, Martinpuich and Courcelette
have fallen into our hands The enemy
fought stubbornly to retain his ground
"Over $500 prisoners already have
been passed back, including IS officers,
six of them being battalion commanders.
"Our air service to-day maintained
constant successful cooperation with our
artillery and infantry. Frequent accur-
ate reports have been furnished of the
course of the battle Hostile artillery
and infantry have been effectually
gauged by our aeroplanes with machine
gun fire. Many bombing attacks were
carried out against hostile aerodromes
and railway stations in the course of
which troop trains were hit and trans
Fort and railway sidings were attacked
with machine gun fire.
HApntbar Iar,,oop trifo ha Ham
brought down. The total number of hos
tile aeroplanes destroyed to-day was l3
Nine others were driven down in a dam
aged condition. Four of our machines
are missing"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-16
DROPPED DEAD IN HOTEL.
Charles w. Bowen of Providence Was in
st. Johnsbury.

st. Johnsbury, Sept. lG,-Charles w.
Bowen of Providence, Il. l., age 81,
dropped dead of heart failure In the Office
of the st. Johnsbury house last even
ing.
Mr.. Bowen and his son, Edward, came
here Tuesday following an automobile
trip through northern New England. The
SON underwent slight operation at
Brightlook hospital yesterday morning
and they had planned on returning TO
Providence ms soon as the boy was
in day or two. Mr.. Bowen
was formerly employed at the Profile
house in the White mountains and was
sketching a plan OF that building for the
benefit of several men in the hotel Office
when he suddenly died. Mr.. Bowen, who
was dealer in electrical appliances,
leaves three sons, Edward and Richard of
and Charles, who is with the
Rhode Island cavalry on the border, and
a daughter, Miss Rebecca Bowen, OF
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-16
WILL ASSIST HUGHES.
National Woman's Campaign Committee
to Participate in Campaign.

New York, Sept l6.-William R. Will
cox, chairman of the Republican commit
tee, last night announced the appoint
ment of national woman's campaign
committee to assist in the Hughes cam
paign. The committee, it was said, will
work with the various state committees
and also with the woman's committee
of the Hughes alliance.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-16
HAD NARROW ESCAPE.
Men Jumped from Motor Railroad Car
lust in Time.

Poultney, Sept. l6.--As S. II. Rich
ards, section boss for the quarry branch
from Bethel, with his crew, five in all,
were going on his motor railroad car
yesterday morning through the village,
he saw an engine only little distance
ahead coming towards him at full speed.
it was raining hard and most of the crew
were under their canvass cover. The
men barely escaped and the car was
picked up by the engine and carried
from the railroad switch, some IA rods
away. The car was broken in such a
way that there is little left except junk.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-16

Berlin, via London, Sept. l6.-The Teu.
tonic allies in Dobruda gained a decis-
i've victory over Russian and Rumanian
forces, says telegram from Emperor
William TO the empress. The telegram
as officially given out says; Field Mar
shal Won Mackensen just informs me
that the Bulgarian Turkish German
troops in Dobrudia have gained de-
cisiye victory over the Russo Rumanian
forces.'
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-16
MONTPELIER
F. w. and J. A. Dakin Co. Files Articles
of Association.

The f. W. and ]. A. Dakin Co., Inc.
filed articles of association to-day with
the secretary of state, having capital
stock of 100000, with 1000 shares.
The incorporators of the concern, which
is organized to do contracting bust
ness. are F. W. and John A. Dakin and
b. C. Howard, all of Sherbrooke, P. Q.
The Dakins are members of the firm of
Dakin- -Loomis, Ltd, which is construct
ing the new Playhouse on State street.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-16

Prince Frederick William of Hesse
was a nephew of Emperor William. He
was born in 1898, the oldest son of Prince
Frederick Charles of Hesse and Princess
Margaret, sister OF the German emper
or. He was reported wounded in the
fighting in France in September, 1914.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-16
PRINCE OF HESSE KILLED.
Nephew of Emperor William Was Fight
ing in the Balkans.

Berlin, Sept l6, via London.-Prince
Frederick William of Hesse has been
killed at Cara Orman, it was officially
announced by the war Office yesterday
in it's report on operations on the Balkan
front.