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French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-05-04
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Baptist church was given by MISS
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French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-05-04
Fleet VS.. III. High School,

The Midget teams of Fleet and the
'Hendersonville High school engaged
In a snappy game of ball Wednesday
afternoon of last week. The score
was Ii to 9 in favor of Hendersonyille
IBostick and Mellon played well. The
lineup was as follows:
Hendersonyi1Ie roo+
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-05-04

Mr.. and Mrs. L. T. Lester, ST., and
daughter Miss Amy arrived in the city
Tuesday. They will occupy the Jones
residence on Main street during the
summer where Mrs. Lester will con-
duct a boarding house. MI. Lester is
the father of L. T. Lester, owner of the
Strand theater.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-23
French General, Taking Advantage Of
German Concentration on Dead Man S
Hill, Brought Up Great Amount Of
Artillery and Hammered His Way to
Victory Germans Re- Capture Trench
Near Thiaumont

Paris May 23-Fghng continued with extreme violence on
both banks of the Meus along the Vern front during the whole
night Two German counteraacks French positions hill
failed completely the office announced this afternoon
The French made further within Fort Douaumont and the
Germans hold only small angle in the northeastern
of the fort.
The battle around hill 304 especially In attacking
the French positions the west side of the hill the Germans used
liquid the official statement and penetrated of the
French trenches but dodged at On the east side of
the h the Germans attacked in formation and said to
have suffered losses They succeeded reoccupyng
the trenches north of Thauont farm which had been
captured by the French
The reapure by the French after three months of the greater
part of Fort Douaumont which taken by the Germans the
outset of the Verdun drive received with eon by the
and the public the account of the effect
expected to have neutral opinion.
General Nvee the French commander at Verdn took advan
tage of the fact that the Germans had been recently concentrating
all their attention Dead Mans hill the other side of the river
and assembled large amount of artillery for
Douaumon sector After violent bombarden of the position
the infantry attacked late Sunday afternoon after violent
fighting succeeded in taking all but small part of the fort
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-23
FAILED OF PURPOSE.
Flying Columns of Eighth and Four.
teenth Cavalry Return.

Marathon. Texas, May 23.--The flying
columns of the Eighth and Fourteenth
cavalry, detailed by Major General Fred.
erick Funston to give chase 10 the bandit
raiders of Glenn Springs and Boquillas,
have returned to American soil near Bo-
quillas.
The expedition was in Mexico just ten
days. 1t failed to capture or wipe out
the main body of the Big Bend niaraud-
ers, but it made prisoners of four of
the bandits and left behind two others
wounded. In addition, it res
cued Jesse Deemer, a Boquillas store
keeper. and Monroe Payne, a negro kid
mapped by the Mexicans as they took
their last desperate fling before fleeing
south beyond the international bound
ary.
The return of the expedition was i'm.
perative for strategieal reasons. IL had
penetrated so far into the interior, with
out the semblance of line of communi-
cation. that it was not prepared for pos
sible eventualities. With no hope of re-
which had been declared
it was impossible for it to
continue its foray. Then, too the main
object of its campaign had been accom-
plished in the release of Deemer and
PAYNE.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-23
MORE HOPEFUL FeR BRANDErs.
His Friends Think Committee May Re-
port Favorably.

Washington, d. c., May 20. Friends
Of Louis ID. Brandeis are more hopeful
than they have been for many weeks
that his nomination to the supreme court
would be favorably reported to the Sen
ate by the judiciary committee next
Wednesday when the committee has
agreed to vote.
Some Democratic senator's predicted
that the vote in the committee would
be nine to eight for a report recommend
ing confirmation, counting on the abb
sence of Senator Shields, (D.l who is in
Tennessee. IL was reported that the
Tennessee senator, who has been regard
ed as opposed to favorable action, would
not return by Wednesday. II he is abb
sent, a motion probably will be made to
report favorably. If he returns, the
are that the nomination viii be
reported without recommendation. Eight
Republican senators on the committee
viii vote solidly against Mr.. Brandeis.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-23
RUN OVER BY TWO TRAINS.
Mangled Body Found North of Proctor
Village.

Rutland, May 23.-The badly mangled
body of a man. probably tramp, was
found on the Rutland railroad track
about about a quarter of mile north
of Proctor village at $3.50 o'clock last
night and it is believed that he fell from
a freight train, r-hich went north ahead
of the $40 o'clock passenger train out
of this city, and was run over by both
the freight and the passenger trains.
The body was discovered by men re-
turning home by way of the railroad
track from a moving picture show at
Proctor. They Immediately reported the
matter to Deputy Sheriff ". II. Startup
of Proctor and he, with Health Officer
T. H. Hack, went to the scene of the
accident. The right arm was severed
from the body which was cut in two near
the shoulders.
There was nothing about the mans
person which would reveal his identity
with the exception OF the name "Gold
berg" and the address Granville. n. ""
which was punched in the leather hat
band. His pockets contained a number
of articles usually carried by men who
are living on the country such as soap.
a comb, small mirror and other things.
The body was removed to the under
taking rooms at Proctor and States At
torney c, V. Poulin of this city was not-
fed. The latter believes that there is
no doubt that the death was accidental.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-23
OFFICIAL PRIMARY
VOTE IN VERMONT

The official figures of the presi-
Dental preference vote in the Yer
mont primary of May 10 was an
nounced to-day as follows;
Republican ticket: Charles p.
Hughes $3.50, Theodore Roosevelt
1881, Samuel w. Mccall lsl, Elihu
Root $50, Henry Ford "a, and John
w. Weeks 2s.
Democratic ticket: Woodrow
Wilson 3,7ll, Champ Clark 20.
Progressive ticket, Theodore
Roosevelt, l,4ls.
In addition, there were ISL scat
tering votes.
Secretary of State Guy w. Bal
ley and the other four members
of the board designated to canvass
the vote met to-day at the State
House. The other members are
Judge Willard w. Miles of Bar
ton, appointed by Chief Justice
Loveland Munson OF the supreme
court; Stanley G. Wilson of Chel-
sea, James +. Kennedy of Willis
ton and III. Nelson jackson of Bur-
lington, chairmen of the Republi-
can, Democratic and Progressive
state committees, respectively.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-23
GREAT HOUR is STRUCK"
For Italy is Comment by Italian Public
and Press.

Rome, via Paris. May 23.-'Italy'
great hour has struck" is the theme Of
the comment of the public and the pres
on the news that is being received from
the front
All the reports coming from the fight
ing zone agree that the number Of Aus
trian troops now in action has been
more than doubled and that the Austri-
an artillery. especially heavy, long range
guns, Is daily increasing and unmssking
the imposing offensive prepared BY Aus
tria with the object of reaching The Alps
above Gvenzs. from which the Austri-
ans would be able % dominate the en-
tire Nentian region ard threaten the
aank and rear Of the main Italian army
ooe1Pying the provinces of Jdine and
Beliuno,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-23
BRITISH NEAR KUT.
Region Surrounding is Nearly Free of
Turks.

London, May ga dispatch received
from Lieut.-Gen. Sir Perry Lake, com
mander of the British forces in Mesopo-
tamia, shows that the forces of Lieut.
Gen. Sir George Gorringe, operating on
the south bank of the Tigris. have now
virtually reached Kut t-el-Amara, this re.
gion now being clear of Turks up to the
junction of the Shattel-Hai river with
the Tigris at Kut. On the north bank
of the Tigris to the east of Kutel-Amara,
however, the Turks still occupy Sannay-
va. An official communication issued
last night concerning the operations in
this region says:
General Lake reports on May 20 that
the right, or south, bank of the TigTis
is clear Of the enemy as far as the Shaft
el-Hai. except for small rear guards Gov
ering the bridge over the Hal some 500
yards below its junction with the Tigris.
Our main force on this bank has reached
the line of Magasis- Duiailam.
"On the left or north bank, the enc
nv is reported still occupying the San
nyyat position. The weather is intensely
hot and trying The temperature dur
ing the last few days was over 100 de-
grees in the shade"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-23
Charles Wyone Accused Of
Burning Chas. Smiths
Buildings
ALLEGED THREAT :
TOLD BY WITNI>s> S
To the Effect Tha Nyone
Would :" Get Even"
with Smith

The trial of Charles Wyone of More.
town, charged with arson, probably the
last case to be decided by a jury in
Washington county court this term and
the only state case to be tried, was COM
menced at 0 o'clock to-day when court
met after the week end recess. The re.
spondent, who was arraigned May 10 and
entered plea of not guilty, is represent
ed by Fred l.. Laird and A. c. Theriault,
and States Attorney Fred f. Gleason is
conducting the prosecution.
The information filed by the state
charges that the fire which destroyed the
farm buildings of Charles Smith in the
Jones brook district was started by WV
one. the fire occurring the morning of
Oct. 20, 1915 The state, by its second
witness this forenoon, sought to establish
a motive for the alleged act by showing
that i'll feeling existed before the fire be-
tween Smith and the respondent
Charles Smith, jr., was the first wit
ness called by the state. He testified to
residing in Berlin, told of his knowledge
of the fire and described the location of
the farm where the Smith buildings
were located before the fire, where wy
one resided at that time and said the
distance between the Smith farm and
the Barto place, where Wyone lived, was
q hos,f - ,,f ,,at1o g..
CURED about | o'clock in the morning and
when he reached the scene of the blaze
Wyone was there.
The second witness Ira Gray of Plain
field, was formerly employed on tho
Woodbury. farm and was acquainted with
the respondent He told of an occa sion
last fall, before the fire, when Connie
Hayes, Wyone and Smith stopped at his
farm and trouble occurred between Smith
and Wyone. He didn't give any atten-
tion to the conversation but gathered
that some argument ensued. Afterward
ne had seen Wyone in Montpelier and
Wyone had called across the street to
lim and said, "I'll get even with Charles
Smith" Those were the only words
'poken at that time, which was prior to
he time when the fire took place
The jury hearing the case follows: NJ.
VI. Goodell, A. i. White, A. NJ Robinson,
Tohn P. Mack, Carroll Wheeler, Charles
J. Holton, NJ S. Hebert, John Osborn,
'red Darling, L. /. Knapp, w. r. Cooley
nd Vern Slayton. The other jurors were
xeused by Judge Butler, subject to call,
'ut it is not likely that they will be
sked to report at the courthouse again
his term.
Other witnesses on the stand this
iorning were Mr.. and Mrs Charles
mith, their son, Osborn, and his wife.
o far as the case has gone the evidence
ended to show that Smith and Wyone
ad dispute over the ownership OF sew
raj bushels of apples in an orchard, The
.ate will probably conclude its evidence
MS afternoon. The effort of the defense
nus far has been to prove that the
re might have been caused by sponta
eous combustion nasmuch as some hay
as taken into the barn only short
me before the fire was discovered.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-23
CLEANUP DAY" MAY 20.
Everybody in Barre is Expected TO Scrub
Their Premises.

Friday. May 26. win be cleanup day
in Barre, and il is expected that the work
will BE- carried out with great vigor un-
der the direction Of the Womsn's club,
the Board OF Trade and the city council.
Previous efforts along this line have dem
oustrated what Barre can do, and the
present campaign l. modelled after the
previous plan. Housebolders are expect
Cd 70 have their premises cleaned up and
the refuse piled on the curb early Friday
morning when the teams or automobile
trucks viii come around and d. the col
lectinr. TIE city council viii send out
the teams. u was stated to-day; and II
the new street department trurk should
arrive IN time IL viii Be utilized
II j. also stated that Il householders
DO not take this oppaTtunity 30 clean NJ
their premises their cases viii tae locked
into ~ the board Of health. VITA prgse-
oution in tiev for failure
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-23
ITALIAN RESISTANCE
TENACIOUS AT FIRST
Then the Austrians' Attack Began tC
Break Down the Defenses-Berlin
News Agency Tells of Prog
qress.

Berlin, via wireless, May 23.-The fol.
lowing account of recent operations on
the Austro Italian front is given by the
Overseas News agency;
'On May IA the Austro- Hungarian ar
tillery became ACTIVE in many places
along the southern Tyrol front and early
the next morning were able to advance at
several places in the sector. As the re-
suit of excellent artillery work the first
Italian positions were taken with small
loss and 600 prisoners were taken. In
the Terragnola valley the enemy resisted
tenaciously but by evening their resist
ance was broken. Over $500 prisoners
were taken altogether during the day.
"On May rs the attack was renewed
along the whole line and the Austrians
took an important position on the Folga-
ria plateau. On May IL the troops ad-
vanced everywhere, at some points cross
ing the Italian frontier or advancing
close to the border The mountains are
still partly covered by snow"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-23
RESENTED INTERFERENCE.
East Dorset Man Put Bullet Through a
Deputy Sheriff's Coat Tails.

Bennington, May 23-Resenting the
presence of Deputy Sheriff James d. Pur-
dy and his hired man, Walter Field. who
had started TO cultivate the Culver farm
in East Dorset. Merritt Culver, a mute,
used a Springfield rife. killing one horse
and sending a bullet through the deputy
sherifi's coat tails Yesterday. Culver, to-
gether with his parents, who are also
mutes. is under charge Of court guard
ians. and officials say that Merritt held
the idea that If be could prevent his farm
from being worked be could obtain sup
port from the court
The guardians wanted to put the farm
under. cultivation and. mindful Of the
threats Of the Culvers. sent Deputy Sher-
if Purdv and his hired man 10 do the
work. The latter drove onto the farm
with a load Of manure, and - he was
passinv the house a bullet. fired from the
house. passed between the horse and the
wagon. Deputy sheriff Purdy approached
the house and got a bullet through his
-oat. Then another bullet went through
the bead 81 a $3.50 horse driven By Field
the animal being instantly killed
Meanwhile Deputy sheriff Charles Nor
-ross. who had been summoned. arrived
30 the farm and suoeeeied in pfrsuading
Culver 80 surrender He was placed in
Ptrdy's automobile ard taken % the
s1uniy jail in this place.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-23
BARRE YOUNG MAN
DIED AT THE FRONT
WHILE ON DUTY
Alexander Mcdonald Younie Was One of
Dozen Members of Bonaccord Foot
ball Club to Enlist with British.

The first of the Bonaccord football
club to fall in the line of duty was Alex
ander Mcdonald Younie, until the au-
tumn of 1915 resident OF Barre, accord
ing to information which reached the city
to-day. The young soldier, for several
years Barre granitecutter left the city
last August, going to Canada, where he
enlisted at once. He had been in active
service somewhere in France since last
December. Youne's father, George Youn-
lie, was well known in Barre twenty years
ago. The dead soldier leaves his widowed
mother, two brothers and two sisters to
mourn his passing. AT the last annual
get-together of the Bonaccord club in
Barre a few weeks ago, Private lounie
was one Of IL club members, whose 10y
atty to the mother country in the time
OF her peril was the subject of stirring
tribute at the after dinner exercises.
An Aberdeen dispatch notes the death
of Private Younie as follows: 'Infor
nation has been received by Mrs. Younie,
27 Orchard street, Aberdeen, of the death
of her son, Private Alexander Mcdonald
Younie, of the Canadian expeditionary.
Private Younie was % years of age and
had not been long in Canada when the
war broke out and he volunteered for
active service"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-23
BARRE TO SUPPORT JONES
For Delegate to the Republican National
Convention.

Barre's delegation TO the Republican
state convention in Montpelier May rs
which will elect eight delegates to the
national convention of the party in Chi
cago next month, met in the school com
missioners' room at the city hall last
evening 10 map out a plan of action at
the state convention, chiefly with rela-
tion to support of more nearly local can
didates for national convention delegates.
1t was decided unanimously to support
Hugh j. NJ. Jones of Montpelier, mem
Der of Jones Bros. Co. of Barre, for ma
tional delegate on the understanding that
he will support Charles +. Hughes for
president in accordance with the majority
sentiment of Vermont Republicans as ex-
pressed by the primary.
Five OF the seven members of the Barre
delegation were present at the meeting
last evening, two being unavoidably de-
tanned but their positions on the situa-
tion being ascertained 1t was the senti-
ment of the delegation, on the reading of
Mr.. Jones' statement of his expectation
to vote for Hughes if elected delegate,
that Barre Republicans will support Mr.
Jones. No action was taken as to sup
port of other men for national conven-
tion delegates but it is probable that the
Barre delegation will take some action
on the eve of the state convention. The
caucus left the whole matter to the dis
cretion of the delegation.
lnasmuch as it may not be possible for
Alexander Gordon, the first man elected
by the caucus, to attend the state con
vention, H. G. Woodruff, the second man
elected, was chosen as chairman of the |
delegation.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-23
si5,oio BID ACCEPTED.
John Nelson Construction Co. to Build
School for Feeble Minded.

Burlington, May 23.-The home for the
minded, to be built at Brandon by
the state of Vermont. will be erected by
the John Nelson Construction company
Of Montpelier, whose bid was the lowest
entered. The board of trustees met with
Governor Gates and DIR. Frederick Rus
sell, superintendent of the home, at the
office of the architect. A. l.. Lawrence,
yesterday afternoon for the purpose of
opening the bids and awarding the con-
tract. The Nelson company has been
awarded the contract for general CON
struction only The bids for heating.
plumbing and wiring the building, which
were also opened yesterday, were left
over TO the next meeting of the trustees,
and the contract for this work will be
awarded at the meeting of the trustees
to be held with the architect on June L.
All of the members of the board OF trlis-
tees were present yesterday. They are
DIR. P. +. McSwecney of this city, DIR.
w. j. Aldrich of st. Johnsbury, Col J.
+. Piddock of Saxtons River and DIR.
/. S. Coburn of Milton, with Governor
Gates chairman ex oficio.
The bid of the John Nelson Construc
ton company, the successful bidders, was |
the lowest, the amount named being Sl5,- |
9l9. There were three other bids en-
tered. the next lowest bidders being the
keislich Construction company of this
,ity whose bid was little over $4,000. |
George Saltus of this city entered bid
lf $4,000 and the company entering the
highest bid was the Cummings Construc-
ion company of Ware, Mass, whose bid
vas little more than $4,000. John l..
3ergeron & Son and the Vermont Con-
itruction company were also expected to
inter bids. which were not received up
o the time of opening yesterday after
,pou
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-23
DIR. GREIL ARRESTED.
Only American Survivor of Ancona Dis
aster Under Charge.

New York, May 23.--Dr. Cecile Greil
40 years old, only American born sur
vivor of the Ancona disaster, is under ar
rest, ON charge of performing an IL
legal operation. The detectives say she
was one of the speakers at the recent
birth control meeting in Carnegie hall
which welcomed the release of Emma
Goldman from prison.
The arrest is made on the statement
of a l9-year girl, Violet French, who
relates that she is the victim of an IL
legal operation performed by DIR. Grell.
The young woman is critically i'll.
DIR. Greil at the age Of 10 was a cash
girl in a Grand street department store.
When she was 10 she married, and a few
years afterward went to Italy to work
in the Children's hospital in Florence and
the Marine hospital in Naples. When
she was 90 she returned to the United
States, saved $500 in ten years, and
paid for a medical education. For short
time she was medical director of the
Manhattan Trade school for Girls, but
At the outbreak of the war Dr. Greil
TO Italy and entered Red Cross
work at Bari She was aboard the Ital-
AN line Ancona when that vessel was
torpedoed by an Austrian submarine in
November Z, 1915, off the coast of Tunis.
She was the only American survivor, and
when she reached this city on December
20, 1915, aboard the French liner Rocham
1eau, she told a graphic story OF the
sinking of the Ancona.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-23
Interference with American
Mail Protested by
Pres. Wilson
NOTE TO ENGLAND
HAS BEEN DRAFTED
Original Complaint Has Not
Been Needed, Says
Wilson

Washington, d. c., May 23.-President
Wilson sent to the state department to-
day complete draft Of the new note to
Great Britain protesting against inter.
ference with American mails. 1t was not
laid before the cabinet but the general
terms were explained. The note will be
cabled to London Immediately, and it is
understood that duplicate will 60 to
the French government,
Secretary Lansing and legal experts at
the state department made the original
draft of the note, and the president re-
vised it's phraseology. II is made up
largely of legal arguments 10 meet the
contentious of Great Bntain in O memo
randum, concurred in by France, present
ed to the state department several weeks
ago. The United States takes the posi-
tion that practices complained of in its
first complaint on the subject have been
continued and that the American govern
ment must now insist more emphatical-
ly that they cease.
State department officials consider that
the chief weakness Of the position of
Great Britain is her policy OF taking neu-
tral mail vessels into British jurisdiction
and submitting them to local censor
ship regulations. 1t is understood that
it Is on this point that the renewed pro-
test is chiefly based The British mem
orandum avoided this phase of the ques
ton. Rapid transmission ssas promised
TO true correspondence but the right
to seize contraband sent in the mails
was maintained.
The Hague convention Of 1907, the
United States contends, guarantees the
of postal correspondence and
she new note again points to the incon-
Fenience and actual money loss resulting |
rom the continuance of the British pol |
cy of taking neutral mail vessels into |
British ports, and there examining and
letainng the mails. A mass of evidence |
las been collected showing the effects on
American business OF the British policy.