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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-07-07
AL TROOPS NAY
Be WITHDRAWN
President Desires to Avert a
Clash With Mexico.
WILL CAMP AloNG BORDER

Regulars and Militia Will BE Used to
Prevent Border Raids-Ameriean
Forces Are Said to Be Gradually
Moving Towards the North.
Washington, July Appropriations
are believed to be under consideration
for gradual withdrawal of the Ameri.
| can forces from Mexico.
Rather than plunge the two coun-
tries into war the president it is I'M
derstood, is prepared to abandon as
soon as practicable the original OBJ.
ject of the Pershing expedition and
leave to the forces of General Car
rama the duty Of patrolling the terri.
tory south of the Rio Grande.
Only an attack by Carranza forces.
it is understood, would upset the pro-
gram.
This does not mean that there will
be any changes in the disposition of
the national guardsmen.
On the contrary, every indication in
Washington is that the war depart.
ment,' through its reorganization of
the border patrol and other measures,
means to keep the state troops on the
boundary indefinitely.
They will remain on duty to pro.
tect American soil from possible raids
or encroachments, and to support the
regular troops if, as the president
earnestly hopes will not come to pass,
it becomes necessary for United
States troops to charge into Mexico
again.
Retirement Has Begun.
Technically speaking, there has
been no change Of policy and no or.
ders to General Pershing to withdraw.
Actually, however, the retirement has
begun.
On reliable authority 1t may be
stated that the main base of the punt
tive expedition is now located less
than 100 miles south of Columbus.
How long it will be kept there will
be determined by developments. Even.
tually, however, it is the purpose to
evacuate the country completely.
Recent developments are said to
have convinced the president and his
advisers that the American forces can
not be kept in Mexico indefinitely
without clash.
1t is realized, however, that three
obstacles must be overcome before the
troops can be finally withdrawn:
First-To convince the American
public that such course would be the
Wisest.
Second-To avoid making it appear
that the withdrawal was in response
to the threatening attitude of Car
rama.
Third-to make it certain that Car
rama will patrol the territory effec-
lively and to that extent cooperate
with the United States in preventing
a recurrence of the bandit raids.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-07-07
snuN LIQUOR OR RESIGN
Missouri General So Requests His
Personal Staff.

Nevada, Mo-, July 4.-Members OF
the personal staff of Brigadier General
Harvey c. Clark, commanding officer
of the Missouri national guard, have
been requested by their superior to
abstain from the use of alcoholic liq-
uors while on present service.
This was disclosed by General Clark
in a speech thanking citizens of Ne
vada for the gift of handsome horse.
The commander added that any men,
Der of his staff who felt he could not
conscientiously comply with the re-
quest had been asked to resign.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-07-07
South St. Paul Live Stock.

South ST. Paul. July I. Cattle
Receipts, 100; steers. $1,000 1850;
COWS and heifers, s5.009S.00; calves.
S5.5O@11.00; stockers and feeders. $4.-
7567.75. Hogs-Receipts, 900; range.
$9.356960. Sheep-Receipts, 100;
lambs, $5.0069.0O; wethers, $5.OO@7.-
90; ewes. $2506675.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-07-07
RANCnERS BUY YOUNG STOCK
Thousands of Head Placed on erase
Lands Of Western South Dakota.

Pierre. s. D., July 4.-The extent Of
the movement of young cattle to the
country west of the Missouri Is shown
in statements that more than $500
cows were disposed of at Philip this
spring and that more than $500 were
placed in the vicinity of Cottonwood.
The two stations are typical of all 9TH
ers between here and the Black Hills.
Young stock located on the grass
lands of the western part of the state
this spring runs into many thousands.
Most of the shipments this spring
were of the beef class.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-07-07
CHICAGO Live Stock.

Chicago. July -Cattle-Receipts.
200; steers, $7.50G11.25; cows and
heifers, s3.75d9.S5; calves. $S.5odl1.-
IS. Hogs-Receipts. 5000: lisht, So
5O61o0O: mixed, $95o61005; heavy.
S945@1010; rough, sS.45a $3.50; pigs.
$7.75 G9.40. Sheep-Receipts. 5000;
native. s6,9n1790: lambs, 1925 a $50.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-07-07
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, July S.-Wheat-July. 81
03A; Sept, $1.05ss; Dec. s1.0S%
Corn-July. 7SAc; Sept, 1850; Dec,
61Bc. Oats-July, SS%c; Sept, 3Sc;
Dec, 40Ac. Pork-July. s25.42Ls
Sept, $24S5. Butter-Creameries. Is
@271sc. Eggs-2O@22Ac Poultry
Springs, 24@26c; fowls, 161ac.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-07-07
MlLlTlAMEN TO GUARD DAM
New Mexico Troops Sent to Protect
Irrigation Lake.

Columbus. N. NJ, July Troops of
the New Mexico national guard have
been ordered rushed to the Elephant
Butte dam, 1875 miles northeast of Co
lumbus Behind the dam is the sec
ond largest artificial body of water in
the world and it irrigates a valley for
$50 miles to the south.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-07-07

Sir Roger Easement has been found
guilty Of treason in a London court
and sentenced to death.
Sir Roger received the sentence with
the utmost composure and smiled at
friends in the courtroom.
The ending of the historic trial
came shortly before 4 o'clock, when
the jury. which had been out less than
an hour, brought in its verdict against
the Irish knight, accused of bringing
about the recent Irish revolution.
An appeal from the verdict was
taken by Sir Rogers attorneys.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-07-07
F.EN. IF i ICES
fonCC..'N!;; AHEAD
British Progress in Terrific
F.! Drive Is Slower. :,
GENERAL FoCH IN COMMAND

German Artillery, Machine Gun and
Rifle Fire Is Growing Heavier a.
the Battle Increases in Intensity.
Aeropianes Playing an Active Part.
London, July 4.-Commanded By
the dashing General Foch the French
troops, cooperating with the British
in the great offensive in the Somme
river region. have made notable gains
in the direction Of Peronne. one Of the
most important strategical points
along that front.
Successfully, they have captured
Herbecourt, Feuilleres, and Flaucouft
and farther to the south French infan-
try stormed and occupied Assevillers.
They followed this success by car.
rying the second line of German en-.
trenchments as far as the outskirts %
Estrees. Then came the capture Of
Buscourt and Flaucourt.
Something more than three miles
was thus gained, which, added to pre-
vAOuo 60AAoS oNOo |AC HAS4SA SASVHO
clear advance on about six miles ct
the farthest point to within three miles
OF Peronne.
Meanwhile the British, moving more
slowly. but over longer front. have
captured La Boisselle, where the
fighting for the last two days has been
of the fiercest character.
The British also report substantial
progress in some places" and the re-
pulse of many counter attacks by the
Germans.
British troops, however, have been
forced back from some of the posi-
lions which they had taken early Mon.
day morning. It is evident that the
German artillery fire has DC come much
heavier than during the earlier stages
of the battle. The prisoners taken by
the British so far number 1890. while
the French have captured 5000 or
more. Much war material has been
taken by the French.
German Report Very Brief.
Beyond admitting the withdrawal Of
a division from their first line trenches
on the Somme the German o6lcial
statement makes meager reference u
the battle now in progress.
The Verdun operations apparentlI
are slackening.
Aerial activity is Increasing In con.
nection with the battle of the Sommo.
hundreds of machines being engaged
In accommodating, directing the gum
and fighting.
In the three days engagement the
British have lost fifteen machines.
Machine guns played an important
part in the German defense against
the British attack and also in the
British repulse of counter attacks
when organizing positions taken. Both
German and British have them In
amazing numbers.
During the bombardment before An
infantry attack the Germans remain
in dugouts so deep that they can DO
crushed in only by a direct hit with
a fifteen-inch shell.
Instantly the bombardment ceases
they rush out and man any remaining
machine guns, or even bring up ma
chine guns from the dugouts The Brit.
ish carry mobile machine guns for
ward and the moment position Is oc-
cupied they emplace them.
All reports from those engaged In
the fighting agree that barbed wire
entanglements, however strong. have
been invariably we'll cut and there II
universal praise for the new mortar.
the invention of government civil
engineer in Egypt. which the British
have manufactured in large numbers.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-07-07
Minneapolis Grain.

Minneapolis, July S.-Wheat-July
$1O7A; Sept, $l.09A; Dec, $1.10A.
Cash close on track: No. hard, ST.
1917; No. l Northern, $1.0SA @1.10K ;
No. 2 Northern, $1.O4A @1.07A; No.
Northern, 97Ac@$1.04A; No. vel.
low corn. 7s1s@77kc; No. white
oats, 1854 @37Ac; fax, $1.S1.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-07-07
st. Paul Grain.

St. Paul, July g. Wheat - No. l
Northern, $1O7%@1.12s; No. 2
Northern, $1.04h@1.O7H; Nc. 2 Mon
tana hard, $1.O1h@1.031s; corn, 76h
@771sc; oats. 36A @S6Ac; barley, 81
@73c; rye, 94@95c; fax. $1.S0k.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-07-07
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, July s. Wheat-On track
and to arrive, No. hard. $1.121a; No.
I Northern, $1.11h; No. 2 Northern,
$1O5h@1.OSh. Flax-On track and
to arrive. $3.50.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-12
MANY TOWNS REPRESENTED
At Board of Trade Meeting in Wells
River Last Night.

Wells River, Feb. l2,-The annual
meeting of the Connecticut and Wells
River valleys Board of Trade was held
here last night Fred J. Tewksbury OF
South Ryegate, president of the board,
presided, and about 100 members were
present, representing Barnet, Groton,
Topsham, Bradford, Thetford, Ryegate,
Newbury, Corinth, Fairlee and White
River Junction.
The following officers were elected for
the coming year; President, David s.
Conant, Bradford; secretary and treas
urer, II. w. Eaton, Bradford; executive
Col. II. T. johnson, Bradford,
Gordon Smith, South Ryegate, Nelson
Bailey, Wells River.
After an enthusiastic business meet
ing the board adjourned to Hale's tav-
ern, where, to the strains of music by
Stark's orchestra, banquet was served.
Colonel Reeves, u. s. A., president of
Norwich university, was the after dinner
speaker, and his stirring address on "Pre-
paredness" was very appropriate to the
The board was further entertained
with vocal musical selections by Pliney
D. Bromley of Topsham, and French dia-
ect readings by Prof. Leonard d. Smith
lf Wells River.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-12
VERDICT OF ONE CENT.
Secured By Auto Owner Against Another
in Rutland.

Rutland, Feb IA verdict of one
cent was awarded George w. Donahue
from John w. Farrell after two days
trial in Rutland city court, the suit being
brought TO recover damages TO an auto
mobile sustained in collision with the
Farrell car south of this city.
As near as it could be found out IL
was compromise verdict, for the jur-
ors were at one time so badly split in
their ideas that they were forced to re.
turn to the court room for the purpose
of having parts of the testimony read.
They were out more than two hours.
Machines driven by Bert Donahue,
brother of the plaintiff, and Mr.. Farrell,
the defendant, came together ON the
highway south of the Cramton farm in
the town of Rutland and each claims
the other to blame. Donahue sued Far
rell for $500 damages and Farrell sued
Donahue for 5000 damages, the machines
in each instance being attached.
The case was started Thursday morn
ing at o o'clock and il was completed at
o'clock last night. During the trial of
-he cause the defense brought out the
iact that the Donahue car was never
'egistered after being transferred from
he agent TO the owner, the law calling
or the filing of these papers five days
lfter the transaction. A motion to di-
'ect verdict in favor of the defense
m these grounds was argued and over
uled by Judge +. G. Swinnerton.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-12
NEW THEATRICAL FIRM.
Hoban & Denning Lease Pavilion Theatre
On Pearl Street.

| new theatrical firm IN Barre, Hoban
| & Denning, has leased the Pavilion the
atre on Pearl street of r. T.. Henderson
of Wells River, and will reopen that
popular little show house to the public
Monday evening. The Pavilion was
closed several weeks ago, only to be
re opened yesterday for a two-days'
vaudeville stand under the direction of
Mr.. Henderson. The house will be for.
mally turned over to the. new leases
Monday morning Both members of the
firm are thoroughly conversant with all
details of the show business. John +.
Hoban was nearly IL years manager OF
the Barre opera house and his partner,
j. Henry Denning has had considerable
experience with road shows.
In statement made this morning
Messrs. Hoban and Dennmg said; Next
Monday night the Pavilion theatre will
be re-opened under our management I he
very best feature pictures will be shown;
there will be vaudeville for the public
whenever we are satisfied that the acts
are right and some very attractive mu-
sical tabloids have been booked. Every
inch of floor space and wall, the seats
and the lobbies have been thoroughly
washed and scrubbed. so that patrons
may be assured OF a perfectly sanitary
Matinee shows are to begin at 2;l5
o'clock and evening performances viii he
given at and $3.50 o'clock. Next week
there win be vaudeville and feature film
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-12
NO GERMAN BASE I'm AMERICA.
For Attack on Canada, So Dominion
Government is Informed.

Ottawa, Ont, Feb. l2.-The American
government has assured Canada, that
the United States viii not be used as a
base by German conspirators for attack
ing Canada, according to statement
made in the Dominion Parliament last
night by j. ID. Hazen, minister of naval
affairs.
Il am very glad said Mr.. Hazen, ito
assure the House that every possible
precaution is being taken to see that
points along the frontier which might
be regarded as strategic and where there
is a possibility of damage being done,
are protected There is a secret service
organized for that purpose
This announcement was made after
Mr.. Pardee, the liberal whip, had direct
ed the attention of the government to
the indictment of German consular OIL
cials at San Francisco.
Il am not an alarmist,' said Mr.. Par
dec, "but Canadians can not help feeling
that really grave situation exists and
that there is substantial danger removed
from us by mere geographical line"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-12
MARBLE WORKERS STRIKE.
About 12s Employees of Vermont Marble
Co. at Dandy Quit Work.

Dandy, Feb. l2.-The first labor trou-
bic for many years in this section de-
veloped Thursday when about l25 en-
ployes of the Vermont Marble company
quit work, causing the shut down of
three quarries The men. it is claimed,
want a nine-hour day with % cents in
crease in wages. There were less than
dozen employees remaining on duty
yesterday. Many of the men have talked
of leaving town unless their demands
are granted.
President Frank c. Partridge of the
Vermont Marble company was asked
over the telephone yesterday if the com
pany had any statement 20 make, and
he said the concern had nothing to say.
He said that affairs at the companys
Dandy quarries were not causing the con-
cern any anxiety.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-12
TALK OF THE TOWN

Checklists for the six wards in the city
have been posted in the corridor at city
hall in anticipation of the board of civil
authority meetings that are to precede
the annual March election. Thus far ia
changes have been made in the list many
of them having been occasioned by death
or removals, although there are the usual
number of changes made on account of
removals from one, ward TO another.
Voters will do well to scan the checklists.
Meetings of the board of civil authority
have been arranged for the evening of
Feb "a and the evenings of March ! and
9. The meetings are to be held each night
at o'clock in the court room at city
hall
Nearly 40 young people participated
last night in the annual winter outing
of the Park club, an organization devot-
ed to the furtherance Of sociability. In
r. Lynn Clark's auto truck the club
members and their invited guests went
to East Montpelier, where an oyster sup
per was served in the village hall at s
o'clock. Thereafter there was a unique
program Of dancing, music being fur
nished by a club orchestra made up of
Miss Mary VIII and Alphonse Venetti
and W. Milne. violinist. The
party was chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs
Milne and the return to Barre
was made shortly before midnight. The
in charge of the outing con
sisted OF James cambridge Louis To
nasi, A. yenetti, s. Watkins and George
I.ivendale.
Angelo Rossinelli. for % years a prom
nent Barre granite cutter and well
Known in the Italian community Of the
,ity. died at his home in Colgate. prov /
nee Of Como. Italy. recently. according /
@ q letter received here BY a friend. I
lfr. Rossineli was ss years old and un-
married. Twenty-Five years ago he came 1
o Barre from Italy and began work a.
granite cutter. having learned his 4
rade in the homeland. For many he
rae employed BY Canton Bros During
is residence here he made THE acquain- L
ance Of many Italian people and bg
hem was held in high esteem. He re-
srned 10 Italy tvO years ago.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-12
SWINDLER
SUSPECTED OF PLOT
"Dr.' ], Grant Lyman Has Been Engaged
in German Propaganda Work, Ae-
cording to Postoffice Inspectors.

New York, Feb. l2.-"Dr." j. Grant
Lyman, who is being sought by the fed
eral authorities here on charge OF
swindling investors in mining stocks out
of 100000 or 100000, by Illegal use
of the mails under the name of John IL.
Putnam, has been engaged in German
propaganda, according to statement
made last night by postotlice inspectors.
II is charged that he has been supplying
men prominent in governmental circles
in Berlin with information obtained
from the wife of English army officer
said to be a member of the British gen
eral staff serving in France.
Lyman, the authorities say, met the
British officers wife in London, where he
went after being convicted in Los An
geles in 1914 for mail swindles and jump
ing his bail. IL is asserted that she
came with him TO this country but re-
turned some time ago.
Lyman, it also developed last night,
was once a member of the New York
stock exchange He was forced to sell
his seat, it was said, because he engaged
N the promotion of questionable enter
,rises, including zine mines, and the gov
,rnors of the exchange feared his oper-
ltions would cause scandal.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-12
BARRE TOWN SOCIALISTS.
Nominated Ticket at Caucus Held Last
Evening.

The Socialist voters of Barre Town
held largely attended caucus in Lasas-
SOS hall in Websterville last evening.
when the following names were placed in
nomination, TO be voted on al the an
nual March meeting: Moderator. Alex
Bowerman; town clerk and treasurer, J.
A. Cummings; selectman, Alex Cameron:
first constable. Dan McAuley; lister,
Hugh Mcdonald; auditors. John Wilson.
John McWilliams. Harley Edwards; town
grand jurors. Andrew Mann, Henry
Webb. Antonn Winner; road commission
er. James lawson; school commission
er, Mrs. y. 4. Cummings; oyerseer OF
poor, Lance Watson.
II was voted to have the following ar
ticles inserted in the town meeting warn
ing;
To see II the town will vote to pay
fuI tuition for high school pupils
To sec ii the town viii vote 70 instruct
is school committee 70 maintain night
schools the coming year.
To see II the town win vote 70 nav
its school teachers and all wage laborers
weekly.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-12
BRITISH DENY
LOSS OF CRUISER
Say 1t Was Mine Sweeper Which the
Germans Sunk-Claim Was Made
By Official Statement at
payitn

London, Feb. IA Berlin official
statement received here yesterday claims
that a British cruiser has been sunk by
German torepdo boat craft and another
British cruiser torpedoed. The British
tofficial press bureau denies this. and in
Nicates that it was one of four mine
sweepers that was sunk
The text of the German statement fol-
lows:
"0n the night of the 10th and llth,
during an advance of our torpedo boats,
our boats met on the Doggerbank some
100 sea miles of the English coast, sew
eral English cruisers which at once fed
Our boats pursued them and sank the
new cruiser Arabs, and obtained a hit
with torpedo on second cruiser. Our
torpedo boats rescued the commander OF
the Arabs with two other officers and
2l men. Our forces suffered damage but
no losses.'
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-12
TREMENDOUS EXPLOSION.
Wrecked Building at Bethlehem Steel
Works in Newcastle, Del.

Newcastle, Del, Feb l2.--Six hundred
pounds Of powder exploded in dryhouse
at the proiectile plant of the Bethlehem
Steel company near here last night, in
iurings two workmen and completely
wrecking the building. The cause Of the
explosion has not been determined. There
was no one in the dryhouse at the time,
the injured men being employed in an
adjoining building. Several nearby struc-
lures were damaged slightly.
The force of the blast was terrific and
was felt for miles around. The financial
loss is trivial.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-12
Captain of a Fishing Vessel
Lost Life Off Port
land Harbor
VESSEL WAS SUNK
BY THE EXPLOSION
Three Seamen, Burned IS
ly, Escaped in Dory G >
to Be Frostbitt =
=

Portland, Me-, Feb. l2.--Captain Loaf
Wallace of this city was killed and three
members of his crew on the motor fish
ing sloop, Nellie +. Wotten, were burned
and later badly frost-bitten as the re-
suit of gasolene explosion which sank
the sloop ten miles off the harbor Thurs
day afternoon. The explosion is believed
to have been due to the back firing of
the engine.
Captain Wallace was blown overheard
by the force of the explosion, but the
Others were able to get into a dory in
which they drifted about for eighteen
hours in temperature below zero before
they were finally picked up by another
fisherman which brought them into port
to-day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-12
LONG A GRANITEvILLE RESIDENT.
Mrs. Marceline Bilodeau Died Yesterday
of Apoplexy.

Mrs. Marceline Bilodeau, aged 73 years,
died Friday morning at 3 o'clock at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. James La
point, in Graniteville, but in the town
of Washington. She had been i'll about
two weeks, following an attack of apo
plexy.
Mrs. Bilodeau was born in Quebec, but
for the past "a years had lived in Gran
iteville. Her husband, Francis Bilodeau,
died 26 years ago. Besides the daughter
with whom he lived, she is survived by
six sons. Morris and William of Granite
vile, Israel of Thetford Mines. Canada,
Alphonse of Manchester, n. H., Theodore
and Fred of Williamstown.
The funeral will be held in the Cath
Ollie church in Graniteville Monday
morning at 0 o'clock, Rev. FIR. Turcot
officiating Burial win be in the Catholic
cemetery in this city.