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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-13
Crop Values.

Texas again leads aIl The states last year
in the value of crops produced, according
to the testimony VI the department of agri-
culture.
Other states shifted their places w the
list. Texas kept H. accustomed one AT the
top.
OF course Texas has the largest area
Of All the states. But there is still 2 large
part MI IT, western country that i~ either
not cultivated az an or cultivated anything
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-13
JACK BRlTTON OUTB0xES
THE FRENCH WELTERWElGHT

NEW YORK. Jan. l3.-Iack Britton of
Chicago. welterweight champion. outboNed
and outfought Albert Badoud of France,
welterweight champion of Europe. IN a ten
round bout here Wednesday night. Britton
earned the honorS in every round except
the third. which was even. Britton weigh
ed l43 pounds and Badcud 14S. In the
opening round Britton sent n right across
the jaw for the only knockdown of the con
test.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-13

but intenSively. SO that it, area does not
give il a lead-pipe cinch IN the place at
the head Of the procession.
III The state viii just develop more manu-
featuring enterprises, and work M more Of
It- raw materials into finished goods. IL will
be entitled 10 a brass button both going
and cOming.-Dallas Time~-Herald.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-13
LEAGUE
GUIDES SIGNED
TEAM MANAGERS FOR 1917 ANNOUNCE
Ed FOR BOTH NATIONAL AND
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
MAJOR LEAGUE MANAGERS
FOR 1917.

National League.
Brooklyn-Wilbert Robinson.
Chicago-Frcd Mitchell.
New lurk-Jobn j. McGraw.
Pittsburg-James j. Callahan.
Philadclphia-I'atrick J. Moran.
IT. Louis-Miller Huggins.
Bostcn-George StaIlings.
Cincinnati-Christy Mathewson.
American League.
Buston-John j. Jack Barry.
'hicago-Clarcnce III. Rowland.
New lork-Willinm \. Donovan.
petroit-tiugh Jennings.
Washington Clark Griffith.
Cleveland-Lec Fohf
Observation-Disclosures Mack.
-. l.ouis-Fielder Jones.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-13

wears with the Boston Nationals and the
Brooklyn Federal league club, was indicted
on two charges. They alleged that on Nov.
20 last he robbed On resident here Of N
$500 diamond ring and SIS in cash and
another resident Of a diamond ring val
ued al >325.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-13
ATHLETE MAY HAVE
TO ABANDON ALL SPORTS

CHICAGO. Jan. -. ~ Frank per~hinc.
captain-elec Of the 1917 University of Chi
cage football team. may be obliged Ia abau-
don athletics. 1t was learned today. AT
the close III the last football season ~ suf
fered a physical collapse, and his phvsi-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-13
MYERS DECLARES MOT GUILTY"
OF ROBBERY CHARGE At FL PAS0

FL PASO. Tex. Jan. 13.-R. T.. Myers,
known in the baseball world a. Hap Myers.
answered "Not guilty when arraigned yes
tcrdav in the district court here on 4 charge
of robbery.
MYERS, who has played baseball Of late
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-13

clans urged a rest in California for at least
three months. lie j. a nephew III Major
General PerShing, commanding the Ameri1
can punitive expedition III Mexico.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-13

\ recently invented folding porch gate
far the protection WI children can NJ fold
ed out Of sight into a pillar when idle.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-13

Butter l. cut into individual portions
a. the top Of a dish invented by a French
man L. pressed down into the bottom.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-25
20, 900 4USTRIANS
TAKEN PRISONERS
General Cadorna is Still Pressing the En-
emy Hard on the Isonzo
Front.

General Cadorna's armyq is still hard
after the Austrians all along the Isonzc
and Carso fronts of the Austro. Italian
theatre, and, aided by the valiant Ital.
ian air men who are dropping bombs in
great numbers on concentrations behind
the enemy line, it has made further prog.
ress and taken additional prisoners and
war stores.
Already in the offensive, not yet a
week old, 500 Austrian officers and 90
900 men have been sent behind the Ital-
ian lines prisoners of war and about 80
guns of various calibre have been cap
tured in addition to numerous others
destroyed by the intensive gun fire of
the Italians.
On several sectors to the west the en-
emy has made sembances of offensive,
probably hoping to distract the attention
of the Italian commander in chief from
the work he now has in hand. But SEEM
ingly, there is little Likelihood that, with
his army working smoothly and the
Austrians unable to withstand the pres
sure, he is to be diverted from pressing
on toward his objective--Triest.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-25
WOULD SET ASIDE REPORT
dashboard Defendants File Motion in
Old Addison County Case.

Middlebury, Aug. 25.-The defendants
in the famous Middlebury dashboard"
case, through their attorneys, Alexander
Dunnett of st. Johnsbury and NJ. s.
Webber of Rutland, have filed a motion
to set aside the report of the master of
chancery, Judge c. Fl. Darling of Bur-
lington, which gave to the plaintiffs dam
ages amounting to Sl03,000. The report
was filed a short time ago, after a 10
year consideration of the case. The
plaintiffs are P. B. Cloyes and others,
and the defendants, who have fled the
motion to set aside the report are the
Electric company, Brandon
Italian Marble company, Isaac L. Rogers
and Clarence C. Wells, the estate of A. p.
Tupper, all Of Middlebury, and the VII
lage of Middlebury. A bill containing
nearly 400 grounds of exceptions was
filed with the motion TO set aside the re
port. The case will probably be tried
before the chancellor at the December
term of county court.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-25
BANQUET TO OFFICERS.
st. Johnsbury Bar Association Toasted
Men Going to Service

St, Johnsbury, Aug. 25.-The Csledo-
mia County Bar association gave com
plimentary banquet last night to the ST.
Johnsbury officers about to 90 to their
respective camps, So covers being laid.
The hall was beautifully decorated for
the occasion. Elisha May, president of
the association, acted as toastmaster.
After dinner speeches were made by Ed
ward A. Cook Of Lyndon. Judge William
H. Taylor of Hardwick, Judge j r. Glea-
son of Lyndonville, Judge Leighton P.
Slack, Alexander Dunnett, Marshall
Montgomery, f. G. Potter, representing
the Grand Army post, and Judge Wen
dell P Stafford, who gave an eloquent
address on the war and the way to peace.
Lieutenant Joseph Fairbanks and Cap
tain Leigh Harvey, both members Of the
responded for the guests, the
other four guests of honor being Lieu
tenant Noel Noyes, Lieut.. William Boyn-
ton. Lieut.. Jutton Longmore and Capt
Edward Stafford Members of Chamber
lain post, Grand Army of the Republic,
were also guests of the association.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-25
TWO VOMEN ARE
HELD WITHOUT BAIL
Sarah Kenerson and Eta Hicks Held for
Grand Jury in Alice Bradshaw
Murder Case

St Johnsbury. Aug. 25.A preliminary
hearing was concluded yesterday before
Municipal Judge Frye acting as a court
of inquiry, to determine whether the two
respondents, Sarah Isabel Kenerson and
Eta May Hicks, charged with the muir
der Of little Alice Bradshaw, should be
held to await the action of the grand
jury on Aug. IS. Attorney General Bar
her and States Attorney Campbell ap-
peared for the state and the respondents
were represented by Porter, Writers 4
Harvey and Alexander Dunnett. The
case was submitted to the court upon
the evidence without argument Judge
Frye announced at the conclusion of the
hearing that the state had shown suffi-
cient proof and ordered both respondents
to be committed to jail without bail,
Both the respondents were present at the
hearing but were not called to the wit
ness stand.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-25
u. S. PAYS FOR VAR
S24,OOO,OOO DAILY
Treasury Statement for August Just Is
sued Shows Some Big
Figures.

Washington, Aug. 25.--War expendi'
lures of the United States, including al
lied loans, have mounted during August
to more than $24,Oo0,o00 every "a hours
The figures, minus Sl00,000,000 just
loaned to Russia, are contained in yes.
terday's treasury statement. Two-thirds
of the great sum is represented by ad-
vances to the allies. The United States
has been spending daily during August
for its own needs an average of $685.
652. The allies have been receiving an
average daily allowance of $l6,3750O0,
including cash already paid and the new
Russian credit which will be paid shortly.
The total daily expenditure during Au-
gust thus reaches S24,463,652.
Since war was declared, lao days ago,
the treasury department has paid out a
total of $2,3s7 ,490,0s6, of which $780,.
100000 has been advanced the entente
governments. The average daily dis.
bursement during the period of the war
has been Sl7,0543,5 500. The average daily
to the allies during the l40day
period has been $ll $4,000, the remain
ing S5.043,500 representing the cost of
carrying on the government and war ex-
penditures for the American army and
navy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-25
vERMoNTERS AT wEsTFIELD.
To Be Amalgamated with New Hamp-
shire and R. I. Cavalrymen.

Springfield. Mass, Aug. 25.-The first
detachment of Vermonters to leave Fort
Ethan Allen arrived at Camp Bartlett
Westfield, Mass, Thursday. II consisted
of 2T9 men and three officers. The men
were escorted TO the campground by the
band of the old Eighth Massachusetts,.
They were cheered as they passed down
the regimental street of the One Hun.
dred and Third infantry and took their
station in the rear of the machine gun
battalion. The majority Of the Yer
monters came from the companies of Bel.
lows Falls and st. Albans.
The Vermonters arrived too late to Sc
cure tentage. A few of the men were
taken into the tents occupied by the
former Rhode Island and New Hamp-
shire cavalrymen, with whom they will
be amalgamated. The troops from the
Green Mountain state did not learn
their company assignments until Thurs
day night at retreat, so they could not
pitch their shelter tents which they
carried. Like New Hampshire, the ver-
monters arrived in heavy marching or
der, being notified by telegraph just
prior to their departure from Fort Ethan
Allen not to take their tentage or other
equipment.
The downpour of rain In the after
noon which drove everybody to their
tents did not help these late arrivals.
they pitched camp on side hill on wet
grounds, but they were cheerful and
here was no grumbling.
Every effort was made to make the
ate arrivals feel at home, and the
'crdict among the Vermonters was the
anne as that expressed the previous
lay by the majority of the New Harnp-
hire officers and men who arrived then.
wonderment as to how they happened
o be the fortunate ones picked to go
instead of being among the officers and
nen left behind
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-25
Three Fortified Works Near
Bethincourt Captured
Last Night
PRISONERS TAKEN
NOW NUMBER 6,101
Aviation Corps Prominent
Part in the Offensive Of
Great Help to Success

Paris, Aug. 25.-The French scored a
new victory on the Verdun front last
night north of hill 304. Three fortified
works near Bethineourt were captured
The number of prisoners has been in
creased to 6,lol, it is officially announced.
The brilliant work of the French aero
nauts has been factor of decisive i'm
portance in the battle of Verdun, accord
ing to Georges Parade, an aviation au-
thority, who witnessed the French attack
this week as a representative of The
Journal. The aviators few so low, ac.
companying the advance of infantry, that
three machines were cut in two by French
shells. Although telephone lines had been
cut and messengers stopped by gas bar
RACES, the infantry never lost touch with
the post commandant, as the aviators
regulated their advance and the barrage
fire of the artillery.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-25
BRATTLEBORO GIRL
GETS DECORATION
French Government Confers Palm Aca-
denique on Miss Marion Rice
and Two Other Nurses.

Brattleboro, Aug. 25.-A letter just
received from Miss Marion Rice of this
town, who has been nursing in France
since February, 1915, conveys the infor-
nation that she and two other nurses
in the hospital at Evreux. where she
is stationed, were recently decorated by
the French government with the Palm
Acaden1ique. This decoration in normal
times is given to persons who gain ma
tional distinction in fine arts and is not
distinctly military in character. Dr~
Fitch, head of the hospital to which Miss
Rice is attached, recently was decorated
with the medal OF Legion of Honor, be.
ing one Of the comparatively few Ameri-
can doctors to gain that distinction.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-25
Thirty-Four Negro Soldiers
Are Held in Hous-
ton Jail
TOTAL OF SIXTEEN
PERSONS WERE SLAIN
Six Hundred Soldiers at
Camp Logan Were
Disarmed

Houston, Tex, Aug. 25.-With the ar
rival to-day of Major General George
Bell, jr., investigation of the shooting by
negro soldiers of the 2ith infantry, which
Thursday night caused the death of II
PERSONS is expected to begin. The de-
parture of battalion for Columbus, n.
NJ, early to-day, has appreciably les
sened the tension here. Disarmed and
quiet, the men worked steadily nearly
all night in preparation for the trip. To
avert possible interference at the last
moment the vigilance of the white
guards around the camp and soldiers and
civilians who patrolled the streets were
strained to the utmost. Regulars from
Forts Sam Houston and Crockett were
ON duty. Reports to General Bell agreed
that Sergeant Vida Henry, who lost his
life in the disturbance, was the ring lead
er. All statements conform in the dec
laration there was no drinking and that
the trouble began over the report that
Corporal Baltimore had been shot by
policeman. Thirty.four negroes charged
with murder are in the county jail. All
but three of ehe men who took part in
the shooting have been accounted for.
Houston, Tex, Aug. 25.--Blanket
charges of murder were filed last night
by District Attorney John Crocker
against "a negro soldiers of the cath in |
fantry, held in the county Jail as re-
suit of the rioting Thursday night, which |
ended with the death of II persons, four
of them city police officers
This was the first move indicative of |
an attempt by the state to retain Gus.
tody of the soldiers rather than turn
them over to the army for punishment.
At Camp Logan the 900 soldiers Of the
of the cath negro infantry were
iisarmed last night.
Flanked by a FUN battalion of the 10th
infantry under Colonel Millard +, Waltz
and three companies OF the coast artil-
cry from Fort Crockett, the negro sol
iiers were marched four abreast to the
parade grounds, where their arms were
stacked. Army trucks then loaded the
'ifies and ammunition and conveyed them
% the camp storehouse, where they were
'laeed under heavy guard.
Military officials, state and federal, re.
used last night to discuss the serious
less of the offense and the punishment
n store for the negro soldiers. They in
Iicated that any statement Of this ma ,
ure must come from Major General
reorge Bell, ir, when he arrives to day
r from southern department headquar-
ers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-25
TALK OFTHE TOWN

Mrs. William George went to Water.
bury this morning to pass the week
end in the home of her sister.
Church of the Good Shepherd-Morn
ing prayer and sermon at 1880. No
evening service. Rev. w. J. M. Beattie.
Paul Waterman of Washington street
left this morning for Boston, where
he will visit for a few DAYS with friends.
A jump in the price of gallery seats
is one of the crosses which movie lovers
will have to bear when the shifting pic
lures are unreeled again Monday No
advance has been announced for the five
cent pictures.
Thomas Baker of Waterbury, who was
locked up yesterday on an intoxication
charge, appeared before Magistrate H.
w. Scott in city court this morning and
acknowledged a first offense. Failing to
pay the nominal fine imposed, the re-
spondent was remanded TO the county
Jail for the alternative sentence.
Miss Edith NJ. Gordon, who has been
a vacation in the home of her
altAdHdti VI
street, left this morning for Framing
ham, Mass, where she has position as
assistant superintendent Of the Framing
ham hospital and will also have charge
of the operating room. Miss Gordon,
who was graduated from the nurses
training school at the Walthsm. Mass,
hospital July Is, assumes ber new duties
about Sept. /.
Attractively arranged booklets incor-
porsting the program for the Slst an
nual convention of the Association Of
Cemetery Superintendents. which is to
be held in Barre Aug 2s-3l. were taken
from the press to-day. The work was
ione BY J. J. Lamb & Co, and the book
ct has been pronounced an artistic piece
Il craftsmanship. Domestic and foreign
idvertisers have contributed literally TO
ts pages, but its most attractive fes-
ure j. a series of half tones taken from
news about Barre. Emphasis in the
hoice Of views was laid on cemetery
cenes. and some excellent pictures Of
Hope and Elmwood csmsteries are shown.
he program will Be a valuable souve
.ir Of the 1917 convention.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-25
TALK OFTHE TOWN

Services as usual at the Baptist churcl
to morrow.
| Atty. Hale X. Darling of Chelsea wa
among the business visitors in the cit,
| to-day.
Jerome Veronese, Perley Gotler anc
George Davidson left this forenoon fo
The Weirs, N. H., where they are II
pass a vacation of two weeks.
| Mrs. L. NJ. Williams of Rion, s. c., .
former resident of Barre, is passing sew
eral days in the city as the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. A. G. Fay of Academy street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Enrico Edini of Plain,
| field, who have been visiting with friends
in town during the past few weeks, leave
tonight for San Francisco Cal, where
they will reside.
Malcolm Mcdonald of Graniteville will
leave the city tomorrow for Limerick
Sask., where he will visit his daughter.
Mr.. Mcdonald expects to be absent from
Vermont until after the harvest,
w. +. Adams, who has been passing a
vacation with his parents on the Mont
pelier road, returned last night to
Worcester, Mass, where he is employed
as show-card writer and window deco
rator.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Houston, Mrs.
Eva Huse, Arthur Huse and Miss Lena
Valley left to-day on an auto trip
through the White mountains to Old
Orchard, Me-, camping in tents on the
way.
Mr.. and Mrs. James R. Elrick of
Laurel street left the city to-day for
Pittsburg, Pa, where they are to make
their home, the former having been en-
gagged to serve as the foreman in a re-
tail monument shop. Mr.. Elrick was EN-
ployed until recently as foreman at the
plant of Barclay Bros.
Alexander kesson of Laurel street be-
gan a vacation of two weeks from his
duties in the Union Clothing store to-
day. Tomorrow he will accompany a
party of young men consisting of Peter
Patrick Massie, George
Smith and James Ingram to Woodbury.
pond for a weeks outing.
Funeral services for Amelia Agati, the
eight year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Salvatore Agati, whose death Wednes.
day afternoon followed brief illness,
were held at the home of the parents, s
Shurtletf place, Friday afternoon at 2
o'clock. A number of young friends of
the deceased were in attendance, and
those of them who acted as bearers are:
Romasco, Lueio Fabrizio, An
tonic Fsbrizio and Domenico DiBona |
There were many floral tributes. Inter
ment was made in Hope cemetery.
A Ford touring car bearing a New
York license number collided with an ice
art owned by W. H. Ward and driven /
BY Bert Humphrey near the Merchant
street intersection on North Main street |
his morning. Mr.. Humphrey had head /
d his horses toward the blacksmith 4
hop south Of the Morse block when the
coming up from the north,
ollided with the cart between the front
Wheel and the span - Il was sstride the
rolley track. After the crash it was
discovered that the wind shield and
amp had been shattered and a mudguard /
ahmed One Of the horses received
light abrasion 90 the leg in the shuf- L
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-25
FRENCH GUST GERMANS
FROM HILL 3O4
Stronghold is Last Remaining Important
Position of Germans at
Historic Verdun.

Paris, Aug. 25.--Hill 3o4, the last re.
naming important stronghold of the
Germans fronting Verdun, fell into
French hands at dawn yesterday. The
French infantry who had almost encir-
cled the German positions in a brilliant
dash and carried them by storm, eaptur-
ing the remainder of the Germans en-
trenched there.
Not content with this splendid achieve
ment, the French advanced a further
1000 yards and made possession of the
hill doubly secure. Hill 304, together
with lie Mort Homme, commands all the
raVines and approaches as far as Doua
mont. The loss of these positions de
prives the Germans of all observatories
from which they could watch the French
movements,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-25
The District Board of Ap-
peals Announces the
Men Selected
FROM ORANGE
COUNTY LISTS
Others Are to Be Announced
Later-Washington County
List First of the Week

The district board of appeals las
evening announced that 30 men had beel
certified from Orange county and SO mel
had been certified from Windsor, thes,
being partial lists of men selected TO
military service, regardless of whethe
or not they had appealed from the deci
sion of the local exemption board aftel
claiming exemption. The board will an
nounce partial list of the Washington
county drafted men the first of next
week, it is expected.
Following is the vt from Orange
county:
Serial
No. Name and address.
337 Ray B. Godfrey, Fairlee.
945 Mannley Carpenter, Vershire
$50 Charles. r. Adams, Randolph
6l6 Golden VIM. Prentice, Randolph
775 Philip Harry Hoyt, Sharon.
GOA James Ratkovitch, Randolph Ctr.
514 Daniel Eli Miner, Barre.
433 George Belize, Lewiston, Me.
l40 Francis W. yinton, Roxbury.
432 William S. Bailey, South Ryegate.
Is Robert w. Renfrew, Bradford.
T39 James Linton, Strafford.
1903 Walter j. Chynoweth, Williams.
town.
1909 Henry st. Pierre, Williamstown.
7s6 Harold E. Nutbrown, Thetford Ctr
3T9 Royal B. Downing, Wells River.
675 Ralph ], Sawyer, Randolph.
ll4s Howard j. Griffith, Williamstown.
ao5 Percy H. Weleh. Tunbridge.
a33 Amos S. Giles, Tunbridge.
$50 Alfred Morris, East Barre.
500 Frank Il. Bonnet, North Thetford.
525 Charles n, Ladd, Barre.
7o2 Lee Wilson Bacon, South Fairlee,
54 Edward z. Grant, ir., Bradford
$40 Ralph w. Burgin, Groton.
63s Jesse r. Mahan, East Randolph
26a Carl Wesley Fits, Corinth.
3eI Richard n. Cobb, Newbury.
970 Frank r. Gouiette. Washington.
637 John William Goss, East Randolph
223 Thomas ]. Collins, Chelsea.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-25
rs SHORT HANDED.
Plattsburg Camp Hasn't Enough Regular
Officers.

Plattsburg, N. Y, Aug. 25.-Fourteen
hundred men from New York, Massachu-
setts and Vermont, the last contingent
for the second officers training camps,
are due to arrive here to-day. This
number will bring the total camp mem
bership to three thousand. Requisitions
placed by the camp commander with the
depot quartermsster six weeks ago for
campaign hats and leggings have not yet
been filed. The arrivals to-day viii
have to do without these parts of their
uniform temporarily.
One of the difficulties of the new camp
will be shortage of regular army Off
GERS as instructors and company com
manders. Only twelve regular army of
feers have been assigned to the camp.
It will therefore be necessary to put six
of the companies under command of re-
serve officers who were graduated at the
last camp.