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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-28

| from the city~SIe past five years
during which he has bten employed a
electric lineman in 10 different states, ar
rived home last evening for an indefnt,
visit.
Funeral services for Joseph Brown
whose death occurred at 800 Elm street
Sunday, were held at o'clock yesterday
afternoon from st. Augustine's church
the curate, Rev. Thomas McCarty, off
eiating The body was taken over the
Central Vermont railroad to Mooers
Falls, N. Y, for burial.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. Shipman and daugh.
ter, Florence, returned last evening from
New York City, where they made a two
weeks stay.
Miss Ruth Bennett. a student at We'll
lesley college, is passing a two weeks
vacation with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. NJ, Bennett OF Barre street
The stubbornness of mules was ex-
emplitied by an incident which occurred
near the Montpelier & Wells River depot
yesterday afternoon to the delight of a
goodsized group Of spectators A pair
of the long cared animals found the load
of grain rather hard to drag along the
muddy street and baked despite the
frantic efforts of the driver to urge them
on. A pair Of horses were hitched ahead
of them but the mules proved their SUI
perior pulling power and refused to be
dragged, An automobile happened along
and by means Of chain hitched to the
pole, the machine started to pull mrAes
and load After the chain had snapped
three times the automobile went on its
Nay and it remained for Fred Gates,
with a powerful pair of grays hitehed to
the STANDARD Oil team, eventually to
drag the team through the street.
William Cory, assistant superintend-
emit of the Barre & Montpelier Traction
& Power company, has returned from
Boston. where he attended the annual
meeting and banquet OF the New Eng
and Street Railways club, held at the
1opley Plaza hotel Mr. Cory was elect
ID yice-president of the club. represent
ng Vermont in the list of officers. The
members of the club listened to talks on
preparedness delivered by Captain Hal |
tead, attached to the staff Of Gen. Leon |
Ird Wood, A. b. Leach of the banking
irm bearing his name. Mayor Curley, |
Governor Mccall and others.
Mrs. IT, l.. Farwell of Min street and /
frs. Kate Lowe Of Barre street left this /
orenoon for Boston and other Massa-
husetts cities for visit.
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BEATTY ACCEPTED BATTLE
FACING 100 GERMAN SHIPS
Teutons Had Advantage Of Position Great Struggle
Began-First Guns Fired When Fleets Were
Fifteen Miles Apart

the Ieppel'ns and submarine beng ucdE
their base. were able to operate u ~,
manner as to be u most important
factor in the battle.
Having succeeded at length iu draw
ing the whole German fleet out OF It's
safe quarters, Vice admiral Beatty.
greatly outnumbeped and running heavy
risks. was evidently determined TO
hang on grimly in order to detan the
enemy in-full strength. 1t was a daring
;Wa<esssvpe- ~ the circumstances. for IN
gun power the BATH. cruiser squadron
was no match for the Germans. hut the
British fleet enabled them To Withstand
the shock OF the thunderous battle mar
vellously well. Had the positions been
reversed, had our grand fleet been op-
posed lay a German battle cruiser
squadron IL is the opinion Of the men
OF the fleet that the squadron would
have been blown TO pieces
With dogged pertinacity worthy of
the highest traditions OF the British
~ spite of all disadvantages and losses.
sure IN the hope that reenfor,Smeuts
We're on the way
"Reeniorcsments came OF tn. scene
fter the fight had lasted FOR about q
couple OF hours Then there hove in
sight the lnvincible. the lndomitable
and the lnfieNible. which had come from
their northern base. Rear Admiral the
Hon. Horace Wood flying his Nag on the
luvinCihle
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They rushed into action. Thc.r aid
came none too soon for III. battered
fleet Of Vice. Admiral Realty. still. how.
ever. the odds We're all in favor of tn"
Germans from the point Of view Of
numbers and position
The light by this time was such that
the British ships were clearly distin-
guished, whereas the German !ie.t. shel.
tered behind its mine field and well into
the shadow OF the shore and mist pro-
vidcd a very ditiiCult target for our
gunners.
Nevertheless, the fight proceeded with
teirble intensity At this stage it was
mainly battle royal OF big guns, and
the conflict was stupenduus The In
ricihle. after lighting with the great
est gallantry and doing considerable
damage to the enemy. met her doom and
sank quickly.
FURTHER and much more formidable
aid was now at hand, however, and
Vice. Admiral Beatty was very soon Ic-
lieved of anxiety when four battleships
of the grand fleet. the Valiant. Barham,
Malaga and Warspite, appeared on the
horizon.
with their participation In the fight
the battle took on an entirely different
complexion, for there was now some-
thing approaching equality In strength.
The Warspte bore the brunt of "A ter
rife attack by no less than five German
batteships or cruisers. She put up a
glorious fight and either sank or seri-
ousiy damaged ut least three Of her as
sailants, In addition to some hot fight
, ing credit IL due to the Valiant for hav-
, ing rammcd and sunk an enemy sub
marine,
Eventually the Germans regarded
discretion as the better part OF valor
and sought safety in retreat To their
bases"
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SEVEN ON SHARK SAVED.

IoNpoN. June 3,-Seven survivors OF
the British destroyer Shark were landed
at Hull yesterday by Danish steam
ship. They said that they thought no
others Of the crew OF nincty-two men
were saved
The men, who said the Shark acted
as IA dccoy boat to draw out the Ger
man feet, wcrr in the water for nearly
seven hours before they were picked up.
One OF the men died after being landed.
and two badly wounded have been taken
10 q hospital.
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Berlin Wireless Message Says Sinking of the
Westfalen Is Admitted by Admiralty
-Hindenburg Also Said to
Have Gone Down.
WARSPITE AND MARLBOROUGH
DAMAGED BUT ARE SAFE IN PORT
British Admiralty Officials Deny That Entire Battle
Fleet Was in Action, Saying Its Appearance
Scene Forced Germans to Flee to Port
special cable Despatch to TnE 81

3-N Nurtu >
to a
Admiralty admits
up and
The British deadnousht warspte
haveto
and British
denying
atch to-day
of the
il is onic
to hab The
Acaster $ Ths
o
The of estroyer
AS ted in
and the
merchant by a
submarine
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FEW ON ELBING SAVED.
Only One British Naval Surgeon
Among Survivors at Ymuiden.
Special Cdble Despatch 10 Tn

NV''TH1 UO1t VFSpUVtN 10 TNE NIN-
THE HAGUE. via London. June 3.--The
official report OF the Naval Department
states that three German officers, three
On-commssoned officers and fifteen
men of the Elbing and one British naval
surgeon were brought to Ymuiden on
board the putch trawler Bertha They
were liberated according to the Red
Cross convention because the Bertha
after rescuing the men was in no com
munication with any warships
1t has not been decided as yet what
steps to take in regard to the ship
wrecked sailors Of the German warship
Frauenlob who were landed on the
Hook OF Holland,
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"rst admitted the loss of Tin. Poinmorn
ana now the loss OF the Wcstfalen.
both dreadnoughts
lhey admit the loss of one batl.s
cru!str-w We say they lost twu-snJ
a1s0 four hight cruisers. while we h.-
IleNe that ;hc.r admitted loss OF SIX
destroyers is below the actual ,ftup.
her We did not lose "A siuul, hattie
snip The Warspte. which they clan,
was SUNK. IS safely in port. as .lso Il.
the Marlborough. which. however WAS
MT by .orpedo
50 measuring up. there T., q d.-
'"ot advantage on our sid. tnd # The
SAM ratio of attritiou vor,. .r,ntiu,,,.,
England would emerge v.rtor.ous ana
WIN an ample surplus to spare. VIM.
our losses in personnel wer. heavy
We stu have al the men W. wan,
mere Is no shortage in that r,spsct
w never expected to drive the Ger
mans PACK without los. nat 10 drive
t"'ih ud'k was tho main achievement
'Nuihir'l JelI'co" with his fleet crusrd
ABOUT the entire battle area ali the ro,.
lowing day. searching for the enemy.
but they did not rctpprar
another satisfactory feature g thnt
"hen our fleet returned To- port Adj
MIRA Jellicoe wired within a few hours
SAYING that every unit save th. Mari
I borough had been refu-llcd ana WAS
ready 10 proceed instantly to set.
IOrpedOcs ineffective
Ia, ships We lost blew up As tie
r"sul, of guniro. Torpedocs proved
ineffective save N the case of thr
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The Admiralty announced to-day that
at least thirty-four British capital ships
we're engaged in the action and that
the British torpedo fotlla suffered
heavily
The German losses are small when
compared to those of the British and
the empire is congratulaung the Meet
on tho brIlliancy with which both per-
sonnel and material stood the test. The
German destroyers and torpedo boats
showed greater effectiveness than the
British vessels of these classes To TINS
fact is attributed to a considerable ex-
ION, the German victory over over
whelmng odds.
Vice-Admiral Scheer, who succeeded
Admiral Won Pohl in command or the
German high seas fleet. was IN personal
command While waiting for more COM
plete details OF the course or the pattie
il Is understood here that the engage
ment occurred about 100 miles OF tne
Danish coast and about l2o miles south-
,yest of the southern end OF Norwal
Tho main battle began about 4 o'clock
in the afternoon and continued until
darkness set in. about o'clock, that
night. The night fighting was In the
nature OF separate engagements wnich
continued throughout the nlSht. sine"
the weather was hazy 1t is assumed that
the range did not exceed eight miles
or so.
Rig Vessels Lost.
or the larger vessels lost by the Brit
ish IL is understood that the queen mary
and the Indefatigable were sunk IN the
main engagement fought in daylight, IL
10 not vet known publicly when the su-
pcrdreadnought Warsp!te ana the otner
British vessels were sunk
1t was announced to-day that the Ger
man battleship Pommern. which was
lost. was commanded by Capt. Boelken'
The Overseas News Agency issued the
following statement to-day regarding
the engagement
experimenting the offic al report OF
the Admiralty It is stated by com
netent authority that in the North Sea
battle the Germans mao IN action ', .ns
hirh sea feet, with dreadnoughts ana
older battleships. battle cruisers and also
I,yht sea forces including torpedo boat
and submarine hotillas. The Germans
faced the greater part OF the modern
British navy.
."The German accommodating forces
were commanded by Rear Admiral Hip
n.r These forces first entered into
combat with the enemy's battle cruisers
and light cruisers at about J., NJ
Later the main forces on both sides
,ook part In the fight. During the days
battle German torpedo boats several
times entered into action successfully,
one OF them three times Tho fight
kent on until . o'clock in the evening.
"During the night both sides made
y,o,ent attacks with torpedo boats and
cruisers in which there were further
nrit,sh losses The leading German ship
annihi,ated six modern British de-
stroyers.
IAN German reports emphasize the
bravery shown by the British during the
avht which In sted almost without inter-
ruption Tor twelve hours
III. N. $. F'rauenlob must be dea.
CSrtinued on Second Po5s.
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LoNpoN. June The Press Asso-
cations correspondent At Edinburgh
sends the first connected story Of the
North Sea fight available.
In the early hours of the morning.
The correspondent says, "the British bat
tie cruiser squadron left its base under
command of Vice. admiral Beatty in
vrarch NJ the cuen,v
About l. NJ. when the British
squadron was about loo miles of the
west coast Of denmark. our advanced
guards sighted the enemy, and ii soon
vas apparent that he was out Ia great
force. there being IN all about 100 ships.
including N least twenty hattleships
and battle cruisers. In front OF them
w.r. numerous sguadruns OF light cruis-
crs and des,royers and the Who'll. armada
was stcaming rapidly in a northwestcrlS
direction
The fact has been emphasized mat
conditions Wcre entirely in favor Of the
Germans. who 10y TINS time had doubtless
become aware that only a fraction Of the
British battle fleet was opposed 10 them
Apart from the fact that the Germans
were probably three times as strong as
Vice Admiral Beattys squadron, they
had the advantage Of the light IN SO Tar
as they adopted favorite trick oi
hugging the coast and AT the same time
assuring a safe retreat
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"The outstanding feature of the bat
tie" said high official OF the Ad-
miralty to the correspondent OF THE
A'N, twas the demonstration OF the
ability of a part Of the British fleet to
meet the entire German fleet in it's
own waters and drive It back into port
While our losses were severe. the Ger
man losses were heavier than their
official communicates state. Against
our three battle cruisers. three cruisers
and eight dcstroyers the Germans at
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Umarmed British steamship sunk

IoNDoN, June 3.--The unarmed Brit :
ish steamship ElmgroNe has been sunk
according to l.loyd's
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Mines Hinder Action.

THE attackers had also tn contend
with the danger from submarines and
Xeppelins but the mine field prevented
fun freedom of action on the part Of
the British squadron, which had per-
force to fight In . narrow AREA. while
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The Emgroye was of 3.0iS tons and
was $40 feet lone.
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Navy Not Crippled.

The British losses in men are .
matter If great grief. although officers
say the navy has not been crippled.
From the battle cruiser Queen Mary.
with "A complement ~ about ! 900 off
GERS and men, only eight are known to
have been saved None are known to
have been saved from either the lnde-
fatigahle or the armored cruiser Black
Prince. The Captain, one Lieutenant
and three men are reported to have
been saved from the lnvinrible. on
which Rear Admiral Horace Hood met
his death Every man on the Defence.
including Rear Admiral Arbuthnot, Is
reported lost. Altogether the British
losses in officers and men are es,i-
mated at 5000.
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y wireless despatch received from
Berlin this afternoon said that the Ger
man Admiralty admitted the loss Of
the DIRE ldnought Westtalen, an $500
ton battleship armed with twelve II
inch guns 80 official veritiCation OF
this has been received from either the
British or the German .>dmiralties.
Another report which obtained cur
renCy to-day was that a new German
superdreadnought the Hindenhurg,
armed with II inch guns. had been
sunk.
II was stated to-day in conueCtio ion
with the German communicate that
the Warspite was damaged by shell
fire, hut escaped torpedoes and re-
turned to port. and that the MarlbOr-
ouel. which was struck by one tor
pedo is safe in port.
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MET WHOLE BRITISH
FLEET, SAY GERMANS
Berlin Admiralty Lays stress
on Numerical Superiority
Of the Enemy.
ENTHUSIASM Is GROWING
Germans Declare Control Of
Seas by England Has
Been Broken.
ENTHUSIASM Is CROWN,
spcc,o' Cdbie Despatch 10 TuE srv.


BERLIN. via London. June 3.-The
full German high seas feet met the
greater part OF the modern British navy
In the North Sea battle and. in this first
great naval engagement OF the present
war. not only secured results in com
parative losses highly satisfactory to
the German nation but at the conclu-
sion of the engagement held the field of
battle.
This result was obtained against a
British fleet estimated at approximately
double the strength in ships and guns
OF the German fleet engaged.
with these facts before them the
German people believe to-day that Brit
ish sea power is broken and that the
German navy has recorded victory as
brilliant as any found in. the pages OF
naval history.
The damage suffered by the German
warships which remained ahoat has not
yet been made public. but IL Is stated
that all the German vessels engaged
except those announced in the. German
y stdtt1tNHt i'Si "
turned to Wih.,mshaven safely. A
fuller report regarding damage suffered
by the fleet is expected soon.
The Elbing blown ~.
An official statement issued to-day b!
the chief Of the Admiralty stan SAYS:
In order to prevent fabulous reports
IL is again stated that In the battle OF
Skagerrak on May 81 the German high
sea forces were In battle with the en-
tire modern English fleet,
To the already published statements
/ II must be added that. according 10 the
official British report the patt'e
cruiser lnvincible and the armored
/ cruiser Warrior were also destroyed.
We were obliged to blow up the
! small cruiser Elbing. which on the
| night Of May 3l-Jrne !. owing TO
! collision with other German war YES
sells. was heavily damaged. ana IL was
! impossible to take her to port.
The crew was rescued 10y torpedo
boats, with the exception of the COM
! mander. two other officers and eigh-
teen men. who remained aboard In Or
der to blow up the vessel
According TO Dutch reports they
were later brought to fmuiden on a
tug and landed there.
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"rh. British ships which took the
hrunt of this fighting ar" now famous AL
over the world. FIRST was the llon
IN. Nagship of Nice-Adniral Realty
which the Germans allegc was sunk IN
the battle of the pogger Bank fifteen
months ago but which gave n maguin-
cent account of itself in this much
greater battle Then came the Queen
Mary. the battle SCARED Tiger, the
Princess Royal and the interchangeable,
the last famous for the splendid part
eh. took in wiping out the German
Pacific feet in the battle off the Falk-
land Islands.
''Erom fifteecn miles the range OF battle
rapidly came down 10 ten miles and then
to five, and by this time perfect inferno
was raging as opposing battieships
IA ned broadsides upon one another At
first the British gunners were plainly
superior. and not long after the battle
had started in earnest one of the big
German cruisers was seen to receive a
direct hit and a moment later was en-
velopcd in flames and sank almost I'M
mediately afterward,
"Ip TO this tim. most Of the fighting
had been done by the German battle
cruisers. but vessels of the enemy's
Kaiser class of battleship Joined in the
fray. and their smashing power gave
the Germans AN enormous superiority
both in ships and in gun power. II
probably will prove when the story of
the battle Is fully known that one OF
the deadliest enemies Of the British bat
tie cruisers was the German mine field
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ExpIains MenErr Reports.

"The criticism made of our meacra
reports yesterday created depression
which enabled the Germans 10 pro-
claim to the neutral world a Sreat
victory. II must bc remembered that
Admiral Jellicoc WAS obliged to return
400 niles to port at which he arrived
late on the morning Of June :" We ls-
sued what We received. which was
Just brief announcement. Early -.
the morning of Iun' We received 0"-
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German Loss GrOwa.
Although the Admiralty declines to
make specific announcements of the
destruction of German ships until def
mite verification has been obtained. it
appears from the information now
available that the German loss was
considerably higher than was az first
announced
Furthermore IL j. established that
the main British fleet was not engaged
and defeated. as would appear from
the German reports received here. but
that when the battle fleet arrived IN
response To Vice. Admiral Beatty call
The German fleet retired To It's base
leaving the North Sea as firmly as
ever in the control of the British navy.
On the other hand. German reports
received to-day announce that the full
German high seas fleet was engaged
The Admiralty is without contirma-
ton OF the report that eight German
vessels which took part in The battle
were cut off by the British ships and
were compelled to seek refuge IN DAN
!sh waters According to tins report.
,he Danish authorities hav. given the
Germans twcnty-four hours in which to
make necessary repairs and leave
DANISH territorial waters, with the al
tentative of being intcrned. and Brit
ish ships are waiting for them should
they decide to leave their refuge
Announcement WAS made at the Ad-
m,raity following the statement re-
garding the Warspite that no further
official news would he given out to-
night.
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Nisihtlits Reduced.

Then the atmospheric conditions took
A change which s,,ll further helped the
Germans. \ thin driz2lo reduced the
Visibility and he British gun layers
We're thus greatly Handicapped whie
with the western sun behind them the
british ships were easily picked out on
the horizon, whereas the Germans were
able to conceal their strength. covered
as they were by the coast OF Jut.dnd.
Notwithstanding all these adverse
conditions, Nice-Admiral Beatty. true TO
the traditions of the British navy, never
hestated for a moment in throwing
down the gauntlet to the German com
mander in chief.
"It was soon made manifest that the
,:oru,us meant business The small
craft were soon brushed aside and with
the biz gun ships about fifteen niles
apart the hrs, exchange of Shots took
place. Judging by the columns of water
which rose around the British advanced
vessels there could be no doubt that the
nick of the German battleships were
hurting brOa adsides. and while the Famous
new Hindenburg has not been officially
mentioned there is reason 10 believe that
she was heavily engaged
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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-04-07
Additional Local

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We have any amount of very
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The Card CLUB met last Friday
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