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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28
Balk Attempt to Wreck
Troop Train in Kansas

believed to have been an attempt to
wreck troop trains was frustrated
near here today as the result of an
accident. A motor handcar was de-
rallied near the city limits, and the oc-
cupants seriously injured. An exami-
nation of the track showed that spikes
had been wed@ed between the rail ends
Troop trains, scheduled to pass over
this line today. We're detoured
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28
st, Paul's Boy Scouts
Claim Liberty HOnors

st. Paul. Oct 27.-Boy Scouts of ST.
Paul sold ss,452,45O worth of the sec
ond Liberty bonds and claim first
place in the campaign among scout
organizations in a number of cities, i,
was announced tonight. The local
scouts procured l,32a individual sub.
scriptions
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28
Federal Order May Close
Butter Board Operations

Chicago. Oct. 27.--The Elgin butter
board, which sets the basic price for
butter for most OF the country, may be
closed at the request Of the govern
ment, it was said here today by Spe-
cial Assistant Attorney General Rob-
ert W. Childs. c. H. Potter, president
of the board, has expressed willing
ness to close the board if the govern
ment so desires
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28
Getting First Taste.

With the American Army in France.
Oct. 27.-By the Associated Press
Desultory and intermittent shelling
characteristic of the sector continued
during the night and today on the front
where the Americans are entrenched
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28
Belated Fall Tornado
DemOlishes Baltimore

Baltimore. Oct. 27.-A tornado of
terrific force swept over the southern
section of Baltimore during the night,
wrecking about a dozen dwellings and
rendering others more or less unin-
habitable.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28
LOCAL OBSERVATIONS.

The first genuine blizzard of the
winter struck Missoula with q rush
yesterday afternoon about O'Clock
The snow came down in sheets and
blinded pedestrians with vengeance
The one good thing. and there is gen
orally some redeeming feature to
most every gloomy aspect. is that the
snow was soft and refused TO drift
The day. all in all. was nothing to
brag about
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28
Crucia! for Italy.

Crucial for Italy.
Italys mettle is being critically
tested by the tremendous Tcutonic
drive under command of Emperor
Charles OF Austria on the Ison2o front.
with what seems virtually the entire
Austrian army and strong German
forces.
General Cadorna's second army has
suffered a serious shock. Berlin claims
the defeat Of this section of tho ltal-
ian forces and announces the capture
of no less than 10000 mon and 4aO
guns.
These grave losses seem to bear ont
the German claim as to the fate OF
this Italian army. but apparently the
crucial hour has not yet come which
will determine whether the Austro-
German host can be held at the noun
tain passes and prevented from over
| flowing into the fertile plains of We
| nezia.
Semi -official utterances reveal tina
| all possible preparations have beer
| made i'll Rome to meet the great
emergency Each day. however thu
! invading armies are making adaitiona
| headWay. Commanding Italian heights
|
along the border east and northeast
| of Tolmino are beginning to fall. Will,
| Berlin claims that virtually the entire
| Italian lsonzo front has been shaken
The Russians are continuing to mov,
ahead in the Riga region. apparently
/ with some caution.
Hold Against Counter Attacks.
/ British Front in Belgium. Oct. a.
| BY the Associated Press.-Canadians
| this morning We're digging themselves
| in across the neck of the Bellevue
| spur west of Passchendaele, having
held this newly acquired height IN
the face of another fierce counter at.
! tack last night This was the mos
important success of yesterdays of
! fensive. as it gives the British domi.
! mating positions to which the Germans
| had flung tenaGiDuSlS.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28
CHARGE IS DISMISSED.

Fargo. N. d., Oct. e7.-The case of
w. f. Alden of Minneapolis, naval re-
cruiting officer charged with setting
fire to the federal building here was
dismissed today.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28

of the German kaiser has been an
swercd by the free people Of America
IN unmistakahle terms"
Over Five Billions.
The Liberty loan apparently has
passed the 81, 900, ,O00, 600 mark
4 last day drive Of titanic propor~
tions throughout the nation rounded
up more than 81 600, ,0o0,00d and was
believed to have carried the total scy
eral hundred million dollars beyond
the maximum sum treasury officials
had hoped for,
Federal reserve banks were strug-
last minute subscriptions TO form some
idea OF tn. grand total. Indications
are that they will not eamplete theia
tabnla liunS for several days.
At least 10000 persons throughout
the country wrote their names on ap-
rlication blanks. The number may po
us high as lo.o00.oo0.
Each Of the l. districts appeared ta
hava passed its minimum and indiea-
tions We're hat most of them had cx~
| seeded the ma Smnm as we'll
The treaSnrN's early tahulatinn Of
returns. based upon estimates received
from II. reserve banks showed a total
Of yI,55a. 900, 900. This was admitted
To he an under statement of the result
AT the hour the tahulatiou was made
subscribers were standing in line Ia
thousands of cities and towns through
ont the country and most Of the $1,000
banks We're sWamped with nnreported
subscriptions.
Figures by Districts.
Teh treasury's compilation by dis
tric.s follows.
Boston, $500, 900, 600
New York. 81 500 900 900
i'hiladelphia, si2a a,0O0,O0
Cleveland. $3.50. 0.0o0
Richmond slS0,00O ,Ooo
Atlanta, Sl0D D0Oo,Oo0.
Chicago. s5500a0 0no
ST. Louis. S200.0o ,0Do
Minneapolis, SlaO0D.0o0
Kansas City. $4,000. 900
Dallas, $S5, 900, boo
San Francisco. S275, 900 Ooo
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28
MILLIONS ADDED
TO WINTER FUEL
BILL or NATION
Wilson Grants As Cents a Ton
Increase to Operators
of Mines.
WILL ABSORB HIGHER
!" WAGES PAID MINERS
Consumers Will Be Taxed to
Meet Raise About $780,
100000 Year.

Washington, Oct. 21.-President Will
son tonight granted an increase of 45
coal at vutrially ta etaoi onununnun
coal at virtually all mines in the coun-
try, effective at o'clock Monday
morning. The new price will absorb
wage raises recently agreed upon be-
tween operators ana miners in the
central competitive and other fields
The presidents order provides that
the increase shall not apply in caAe of
existing contracts providing for an in
crease in price to cover any raise in
miners wages. Neither will it apply
in districts where miners and operators
fail u agree upon a miners penalty
provision satisfactory to the fuel ad
ministration.
viii Cost Consumers Millions.
Millions OF dollars of increased cost
to consumers liz involved in the order
which was based upon recommenda-
tions made to the president, by Fuel
Administrators Garfield after care
ful survey of conditions in all dis
tricts. The order refers specifically
only OF the wage gareement entered
into at the conference in Washington,
October 6, between operators and min
ers in the central competitive field of
Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and Pennsylva-
mia, but wages throughout the country
are largely based On those paid in the
central district.
Raise Not Disproportionate.
In his letter To the president recon-
mending the price increases. DIR. Gar
field said that the wage raises aggre-
eating so per cent to miners and IS
per cent to the best laborers over the
wages of April l, 1914, We're not dis
proportionate to the advance in the
cost of living.
His understanding, he explained. was
that in fixing prices for mine coal, il
was intended to allow a fair profit
and that under the new wage scale ex-
listing prices would not admit of such
q profit.
Government reports show that 363,
100000 tons of bituminous coal were
mined in the first eight months of 1917
or an average OF 45,437.500 tons month
ly. At this rate the new price in
crease will cost consumers about $24O,
100000 a year, or $4,000, 900 month
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28
BUTTE WAY OVER MARK.

Butte. Oct. 21.-Siiver Bow county
subscribed $1,T50,0o0 in excess of its
allotment of the second Liberty loan.
The minimum was $e,400,00o.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28
Missoula is S277,7OO Over It's
Allotted Quota Of
S575,OOO.
SS52. 700 SUBSCRIBED
AS THE LOCAL SHARE
Bells and Whistles Sound to
Give News Of Victory
for War Bonds.
The Liberty loan
drive in MisSo,lla

The Liberty loan
drive in MisSoull
co Il n I Y W as
brought to n close
at 6 o'clock yes
terday evening,
and whistles and
bells proclaimed
the glad tidings
that the county
II a Il ov rsu b.
scrihed it's bond
quota by $a77,70o.
The final figures
of the campaign
show that SSha.
700 worth Of Lib
erty bonds We're
purchased by the
people and cor
ppratippe AT Mis-
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28
''The Challenge Of the Kaiser
Has Been Answered."
Says McAdoO.
LAST DAY OF DRIVE
BRINGS IN BILLION
So Vast Is Final Rush That
Complete Talu!ation Will
Take Days.

Wa Shington, oct.
- Secretary Me
Adoo announced
late tonight chat
the second l.iber-
ty loan was an
overw Il Q III | u Z
success,
1T is 4 great
honor. said the
secretary. to he
able to announce
that the second
Liberty loan has
been greatly over
subscribed. /, will
be several days
before the final
figures can hG
given.
THE challenge
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28
Won Mackcnsen Personally
Takes Charge Of AustrO-
German Armies.
is CRITICAL PERIOD
ON SOUTHERN FRONT
Tcutons Have Already Cap
tured $4,000 Prisoners
and 45O Guns

Army Headquarters in Northern
Italy, Friday, Oct. 26.--Ry the Assoei-
ated Press.-Nirtually the entire Al-
strian army, reinforced by heavy Ger-
man contingents, conducted by the re-
douhtable Field Marshal Won Macken-
sen, is now facing the Italian army in
the greatest offensive since the begin
ming of the war with the evident pur-
pose Of invading the F'riuli region. the
casiernmosi province Of Nenczia.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28

A London dispatch, October "a, said
DIR. Michaelis had placed his port folio
as chancellor In the hands of Emperor
William.
An Amsterdam dispatch October q
said the German emperor did not re-
gard the resignation of DIR. Michaelis
as necessary.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28
News of Sannees Under Fire Thrills Our Nation
The Weather

Mon n a-ciearing Sunday;
colder southeast; Monday fair
with rising Temperature.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28
LATEST REPORTS DECLARE
M|CHAEus HAS RESIGNED

London, Oct. 2S.-A Reuters limited
dispatch from Amsterdam says that
the Berlin evening papers report that
Imperial Chancellor Michaelis has re-
signed.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28

soula county. The total will be swelled
by belated reports from out -of-town
districts, il is said. Fifty dollar sub
Scriptions made ny lahorers as well as
the many thousand dollar purchases
made by wealthy corporations helped
swell the grand total that has now
!! pn' Montana on the war-map as n
! first line contributor Of men and cap
| ilnl
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28

Of the German kaiser has been an
swered by the free people Of America
in unmistakahle terms,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-31
TALK OF THE TOWN

just few more bathrobe blankets;
your choice $3.50, at Fits.
New spring quarterly of Pictorial Re-
view patterns now on sale at Fits.
Regular monthly meeting of the A. O.
H. Thursday evening, Feb. !, at 7 o'clock.
lester p Clough of Nelson street left
this morning for Oxford, n. H., where
he is passing few days with his par
ents.
The Presbyterian choir will rehearse
at the church Thursday, instead of Fri
day, night at 1880. A large attendance
desired.
Although Montpelier GUESTS led in last
nights meeting at the capital with the
comfortable margin of 9S points, the
team representing the Buzzell billiard
parlors in the intercity match with the
Imperial academy continues to lead in
the tournament by Is points. The scor-
ing last night was as follows, Imperial
players being named first: Medore 100,
Congo 93 Medore 100, Poole 80; Smith
60, Batchelder 100; Lowe l00 Wilmot
rs; Tobias 100, Campbell IS. The next
meeting in the series will be held at the
Buzzell establishment in Pearl street
some evening next week.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-31

ton and Winooski clergymen endorsing
the bill. Mrs. Anna L. Davis, social
worker, told of several unfortunate cases
which had occurred under the present
law.
Mrs. Henry r. Brown, president of the
Brattleboro Woman's club, Mrs. Fl. G.
Barber OF Brattleboro, wife of the attor.
ney general, Mrs. III. S. Clark of Bellows
Falls, Mrs. Louise B. Smiley of Mont
pelier, Rev. j. G. Stevenson of Lyndon
vile, Rev. E. @. s. Osborns of Brattle-
boro and Walter Gilbert, city editor of
the Brattleboro Reformer, spoke in favor
of the measure.
The Nine-Hour Day.
The House committee on commerce
and labor gave a hearing ON the bill in
PRODUCED by Mr.. Moore of Ludlow to es-
tablish a nine-hour day in mills, factor
ies and manufacturing establishments.
Mr.. Moore declared that the bill actual
ly meant nothing, would change nothing
and all that he expected of the measure
was to give moral encouragement to the
labor movement for shorter hours.
Mr.. Gridley of Windsor, large en-
ployer of labor, doubted the advisability
of putting a law on the statute books,
which, on the admission of the man who
introduced it, actually meant nothing.
Labor presents its demands, said MIR.
Gridley, and such things are better ar
ranged by direct negotiation between en-
ploye and employer.
Mr.. Moore replied to his observation
by saying, 81 don't want labor in Yer
mont to organize and make demands. /
want to meet labor half way and thus
abolish the drawing of lines of war be-
tween capital and labor We have told
N our platform how we loved labor and
when we come to Montpelier we love
hem not" Mr.. Moore concluded by say.
ng that he did not think legal case
would ever arise under his proposed act
Is it really amounted to nothing in the
way of legislation, being merely moral in
is effect.
Governor Graham has approved the
GLOWING bills:
An act to pay the town of ThetforG
he sum therein named.
o3 of the public statutes, and section
55 of the public statutes as amended
" section AZ of No. of the acts of 1918
elating to the engrossment of legisla-
i've acts and resolutions.
An act relating to the use of muller
ut-outs on automobiles and motor ve-
icles
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-31

Provides form of certificate of acknowl.
edgment, which may or may not be
used.) To judiciary.
| BY Senator Villas of Chittenden, an act
granting to Elisha M. Goodsei ferry
across Lake Champlain between Grand
Isle and Cumberland Head. Grants ex-
elusive right to Goodsell for term of ID
years from May, 1919 To highways
and bridges.
BY Senator Villas of Chittenden, an act
relating to the sealing an attestation of
deeds and other written instruments, to
/ repeal Sec. 20 and Fl of the public stat
utes. (All deeds and instruments in
writing executed by a person or private
corporation not having a corporate seal,
and now required TO be under seal, shall
be deemed in all respects to be sealed
instruments, and shall be received in evil
dence as such, provided the word seal"
or the letters 81. S." are added in the
place where the seal should be affived. y
To judiciary.
BY Senator Hawley of Chittenden, an
act to amend Sec. 2 of Noh PIG of the
acts of 1910, relating to the annual meet
ing of the board of registration of
nurses. Board to hold annual meeting
for election of officers on the Wednesday
before the second Tuesday in May in
stead of March, To public health.
The Vermont Gretna Green.
Representative Edward w. Aiken of
Putney opposed the Durham marriage
bill, which is designed to eliminate Yer
mont as Gretna Green, when the bill
came UP for hearing before the House
judiciary committee. The bill provides
that five days must elapse between the
issuing of the marriage license to the
solemnizing of the marriage. Represen-
tative Aiken declared that if referen-
DUN were to be taken ON the bill, the
voters would be as strongly opposed to
the measure as they were for the state
wide prohibition measure He said that
the only reason for the passage of the
bill was to relieve the nervous strain of
town gossips who sometimes overlooked
A marriage under the present law. Even |
If he were to be the only man in the |
House to oppose the measure, he should
DO so with all his might. Speaking on
bhe other side of the question, Mrs. Z. r. |
Smith of Brattleboro thought that 80 ,
lays of fasting and humiliation would |
De even better than five days in order
the better TO fit one for entering the |
married state. She said that the women
If the state would never be content until /
he matter was settled right. Rev. c. j.
staples of Burlington reviewed the his
tory of similar bills which had been pro-
'osed in former legislatures and said
hat this was not hasty measure and
cad a letter from a number of Burling-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-31
DROP INVESTIGATION.
Of Death of Benson Girl Following the
Report from Los Angeles.

Rutland, Jan. 3l.-The investigation
of the cause of death of Betty Benson
of Fair Haven at Los Angeles, Cal, on
Jan. 8, was abandoned yesterday by
States Attorney c. V, Poulin on receipt
of telegram from Chief of Police John
L. Butler of Los Angeles stating that
the girl died from natural causes and
that the supposed bullet wounds on her
body were ulcers due to disease from
which she was suffering. The police
chief says that the girl served partial
sentence in California Jail for having
opium in her possession unlawfully and
was paroled because she was a menace
to other prisoners. The police chief at
tributed bruises on the body to jostling
in transportation across the continent.
The girl probably died on the operating
table in a hospital
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-31
A POSER FOR THE JUDGE.
The Way the Accused Put tho Case Up
to the Court.

The Way the Accused Put tho Case uF
to the Court.
Writing of Polish temperament and
talent, Sidney Whitman In Things
Remember" has an amusing story of a
bright Polish Jew who traded In
chemicals. He was brought before the
law courts for selling poison without
fulfilling the legal enactments bearing
On such transactions.
The magistrate proceeded to read
out the charge when the Jew sudden
ly interrupted him with the question::
Excuse me, Mr.. President Do you
understand anything about chemi-
calsT
"Mr. s., the expert, is here in that
capacity" replied the judge.
"And you, Mr. S." queried the Jew,
''do you understand anything about
lawY'
You have just heard from bis
worship that / am an expert I'm chem
icals. IL you want to know anything
about law please address yourself to
the judge"
Il ask you, Mr. President, just to
consider the case for one moment.
You are the judge of the court and adj
init that you do not understand any
thing about chemicals, and the expert
tells us that he does not know any
thing about law. And /, poor Jew,
am expected to be familiar both with
the law and with chemicals. Now,
Mr.. President. ! ask you how you can
possibly convict me?'
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-31
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE
ESTATE OF CLINTON L. BUGBEl

OF
The undersigned. having been appointed by
the honorable probate court for the district
examine, and adjust the claims and demands
of all persons against the estate Of Clinton l..
Bugbee, late Of the city Of Barre. in sad dis
trict deceased, and all claims exhibited in Offset
thereto, hereby give notice that viii meet
for the purpose aforesaid. at the office of
Earle r. Davis in the city of Barre. in said dis
trict, on the 18th day of February and 25th day
of July next from 10 o'clock a. m. until
o'clock o. M. on each Of said days and that
six months from the 26th day of January,
A. d. 1917, is the time limited by said court for
said creditors to present their claims TO us for
examination and allowance.
Dated at the city of Barre, this 3lst day of
January, A. ID, 1917.
EARLE r. DAVIS,
FRANK L. SMALL,
Commissioners.
Jan3lFeb7-i4
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-31
Card of Thanks.

Mrs. Sarah Gourley wishes TO thank
all the friends who remembered her on
her s0th birthday anniversary last Fri
day with gifts OF postcards. flowers,
fruit, money and in various ways. They
we're much appreciated, and brought
pleasure TO the day which viii always be
remembered.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-31
ORIENTAL COURTESY.
An Ameer's Nice Choice of Words In
Speaking of q Fall.

A good horseman may be thrown
from his horse, under some clrcum-
stances, with little or no reflection
upon his skill. The accident may have
been excusable, even inevitable, when
MI the details are known; but as cas-
ually related the excuses frequently
disappear, and the fall, with its ig-
pominious suggestion of incompetency,
alone remains. Lady st. Heller, In
telling Of the deep admiration and re-
gard entertained by the Ameer of AZ
ghanistan for Lord Kitchener, gives
little anecdote of the orientaFs instant
perception and avoidance of the pos
sibility Of any humiliating implication
for his friend.
Lord Kitchener had suffered severe
accident that IL suited in leg so bad
~ broken as to necessitate several
weeks complete rest at the time, and
later. two months furlough in Eng
land, and resetting Of the bone. One
of Kitchener's staff gave the news of
his misfortune to the ameer during a
great tiger hunt at Gwalior.
II told him." the officer wrote Lady
st. Heller, that the chief had a nasty
fall at Poona, his horse tumbling down
an embankment. He Immediately ask
ed for piece of paper and wrote a
telegram of sympathy in Persian. He
handed it to Sir Henry Mcmahon and
asked him to send 1t off Immediately.
Sir Henry wrote 1t down in English,
but when he came to the words to
hear of your fall from your horse the
ameer instantly corrected him, saying:
"'No, no! Not from your horse
with your horse; in Afghanlstan-big
difrerencev"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-31

Mr. and Mrs. r. l.. Flanders of Orange
were among the business visitors in the
city yesterday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-31
BARRE DAILY TIMES
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 81, 1917.
The Weather

Snow tonight and Thursday; colder
Thursdays increasing east winds.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-31

There will be a join (
entertainment committee
meeting tomorrow even
ing, Feb. l. at 6:l5 in
Clan Gordon hall.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-31
EAST BARRE.

Regular meeting WI
chosen tribe. No. 10, /. o.
R. NJ on Thursday even
ing. Feb. I, az 1880. Work,
adoption degree.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-31

., get tickets from the following commit
tee: ID. Mcdonald, X. Attridge, p. BIZ
snchi, G. oltolini. NJ J. Williams, II. Liv-
endale or l. SASH before Feb. 3.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-31
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY


WANTED AT OMEGA bed setter Barclay
Bros. r 27lt
WANTED--At once, girl for general
homework in family of 8 call at Is Harold
street, or write to box 244, Barre. 27lt3
TOOL BOY WANTED AT oNCE-Marrion
e. O'Leary. .. 27lt1
FOR SALE-3-horse power motor; unloader
for air compressor wanted, or 21a-inoh also
i polisher to run electric polisher; w. A. Lane.
271t3'
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-31

Members of
Barre aerie. No.
1873. r. O. E.,
wishing to at
tend the 10th
annual banquet
and dance Feb.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-31

m. Adoption. The entertainment COM
mittee please meet at 6;l5 p. m.