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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-27
UNDER SUSPICION.
Laurence Ginnell Refused to Obey Ruling
of Chair.

London, July 27.-Laurence Ginnell,
the Irish member, who has so often
threatened to follow the example of 9th
er Sim Fein members and abstain from
attending Parliament, was suspended by
the speaker of the House of Commons
yesterday for refusing to obey ruling
of the chair.
At the conclusion of the question pc
riod Mr.. Ginnell accused the government
of having sent secret service men to the
House Wednesday to discredit the Sim
Feiners, and amid roars of laughter he
said that if these men had been searched
bombs would have been found in their
pockets. In reading a number of threat
ening and abusing letters which he had
received he declared dramatically;
Il believe my life is in danger in this
country. If my life is taken, my death
will be death for Ireland, and 1 con.
slider it cheap"
The House adjourned while the at
tendants hustled Mr.. Ginnell from the
chamber.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-27
FIVE BILLIONS THIS YEAR
Will Be Spent by the United States
Government.

Washington, d. C., July 21.-Chairmar
Simmons said last night that while tbs
present years appropriations already
total So, ,22e, 600, 900, it is estimated that
only about s5,Ooo,Ooo,ooO of that viii
be spent during the present fiscal year
The committees tax bill has been drawn
on that basis.
The largest single item in the war de-
partment's estimate is s2.46s, $4,000 for
armament of fortifcations. Others in
clude:
PAY, ssh. .s2s,440; transportation, s45o,-
4e0.3aO; clothing and camp equipment,
1857 sod. .O97; subsistence, S32e,e72-2ls; !;
automatic machine rifles, sl7o-277 600;
medical supplies and hospitals, sloo,o2e.-
600: horses. s5l.75l. .46s.
Signal service. s3.0o0,0oo: quarter
masters department sIsS.elT.e25; bar
racks and quarters, Ss2lls0oO; civil
ian training camps. s2ia.noooOO; engi-
neer department. si04 10000; ordnance
stores. supplies. s7O,Oo0.oOO; srmored mo-
tor cars, 2l,75O.eoO. and submarine
mines s7oo.ooO.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-27
INVADED NEGRO QUARTERS.
Whites Precipitated Another Riot al
Chester, Pa.

Chester, Pa, July 27-Two men, a
white man and negro, were killed in
race riots which broke out anew here
last night after day of comparative
quiet. About 20 Others were injured
Scores of persons were arrested and the
authorities announced at 10 o'clock they
had the situation we'll in hand.
The rioting, which started Wednesday
night as the result of the killing Of a
young white man by negroes last Tues
day, reached its climax last night, when
q mob of several hundred whites invaded
the negro section which skirts the Della
ware river. Negroes who ventured to
retard their progress were beaten down
with clubs and houses were searched in
the hope of discovering one of the sus-
poets.
One of last nights victims was Jo-
seph McCann, white, Is years old. who
is said to have been leader of the
mob. When he fell, mortally wounded,
the invading whites were augmented by
hundreds of onlookers Several negroes
were dragged from street cars and beat
en- into insensibility. One was fatally
shot. Scores of shots were fired by the
negroes from the windows of their homes
and several white men and boys were in
jured.
Shortly after McCsnn was killed
squad of National Gusrdsmen was
rushed to the scene. Augmented by the
local forces and large squad of state
police, they drove the rioters from the
colored section with drawn revolvers and
pointed rifles.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-27
LOCAL BOARDS MUST
BE QUERIED FIRST
Provost Marshal's Office in Washington
Will Not Answer Questions on
the Draft Till Local Boards
Are interviewed.

Washington, D. c., July 27.--Thou
sands of questions have led Provost Mar
shal General Crowder to promulgatt
rules to-day under which no questions
concerning the draft law from individ'
uals or from local exemption boards will
be answered by his office. The rules
| specify that individuals should present
their questions to the local board and il
the board cannot answer them it should
forward them to the governor Of the
state In no cases viii opinions on rul-
ings be given on individual cases that
have not been presented to the proper
local board.
Reports of the first selection boards
to fill their quotas for the draft army
are eagerly awaited by Washington of
ticials as to the probable percentage of
reflections to be expected among the TO-
100000 registrants for physical reasons
and for dependents,
All available statistics indicate a
probable rejection of one in every four
for physical disability. In particular To-
calities this will vary greatly, but the
acreage for the whole country is expect
ed to be between 25 AMI 80 per cent.
There is no available data as TO depend
ents, however, or as to how many must
be excused under industria, exemptions.
1t appears probable that peculiar re-
suits will be brought out il some dis
tricts. If the reasoning OF s)ms officials
10 correct, thc lowest exemption rates
will be disc. ,sed in well-to-do eommuni'
ties such as the suburbs Of large cities,
their homes. Sons of such men, it is
suggested, have the better food, better
care and better surroundings than the
factory hands of nearby towns and they
should be in better physical condition.
As a class such young men could hard
ly be regarded as indispensable, officials
saw, in their civil, business or industrial
and dependents probably will
not free as many of them from service
as of most other classes.
In factory towns, on the other hand, |
the rejection rate for physical disability |
probably will be high. The fact that the |
men are confined six days a week at |
their machines undoubtedly will have af-
fected their physical condition. Virtual
Iv every married man of those registered |
in these places is the sole support of his
wife and children and such men cannot I
be taken. Also. if the industry in which
they are engaged is vital to the carrying
IN of the war, industrial exemptions will
-un high.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-27
GUARDSMAN DROWNED.
He and Militia Companion Were Fooling
in a Canoe.

Concord, n. H., July 27.--Raymond La.
mire, %, of Clsremont a member of Co.
c, y. H. y. G., was drowned in the Con-
toocook river near the bosthouse at Con-
tookcook river park early last evening.
Together with Oliver Lacssse, also of
Clsremont and a member of Co. C, the
young man went canoeing after supper.
People who saw the accident saw that
the two men were fooling in the canoe,
and it tipped over. Lamire went down
once and was not seen again. George A.
Taylor and Charles Tilton, both Of La
coma and militismen, were on the bank
when the accident happened, and they
Immediately put out in a boat to at
tempt 10 rescue. Eugene Callahan. who
was bathing near by, rescued Lscasse-
The river is about Is feet deep at
the spot where the accident occurred.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-27
SOLDIERS INJURED
BY MOTORCYCLES
Four Machines Speeded into Marching
Column of Massachusetts, Guards
men and a Score of Men
Were Laid Out.

Wakefield, Mass. July p, - Private
Arthur Cronin of the 5th Massachusetts,
National Guard. and Sumner Parker OF
Wakefield sustained fracture of the
skull, and Is privates were injured last
night when four motorcycles raE into a
company of recruits on night hike from
Bay State rifle range to the mobilization
camp at birmingham. Parker was rid
ing one of the motorcycles.
The men were marching in close for
nation. in IL squads. Near the Stone
ham town line. the motorcycles, ap-
preaching from the rear, ploughed
through ii squads before they could be
stopped. Cronin and Parker were taken
to the Melrose hospital. The other men
were treated by local physicians.
The motorcyclists, including two wom-
en- riding in side cars, with the excep-
tion of Parker, were not seriously in
jured. One of the cars was left on the
roadside and the driver could not be To-
Gated. Two of the riders, Henry w.
erosion of Stoneham and Henry Bennett
of Winchester, were arrested, charged
with exceeding the speed limit.
The recruits went back to the rife
range for the night
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-27
"poRK. BILL PASSES SENATE
By Vote of so to II, Opposition Being
Weakened at Last.

Washington, July 27.--Carrying al
appropriation of S27,954, 900, tie annua
rivers and harbors bill was passed by
the Senate late yesterday, so to IL.
Although many senators had attacked
the measure as pork barrel' legislation
of a kind inexcusable in war time, the
only negatives on the final rollcall were
cast by Senators Borah, Brady, Kenyon
LaFollette, Smith Of Michigan and
Smoot, Republicans, and Ashurst, Gore
King, Pomerene and Shafroth, Demo.
Gratis.
The measure which passed the House
June 81 now goes to conference. As
passed by the Senate, it authorizes the
government TO enter into negotiations
for acquisition of Cape Cod and the
Chesapeake and Delaware canals either
by direct purchase or by condemnation
proceedings, and provides for the estab-
lishment of a federal waterways COM
mission consisting OF seven members ap-
pointed by the president. The Cape Cod
canal and waterways commission pro-
visions were not in the House bill
The bill was passed after four days Of
debate, most of the time being occupied
by opponents of the measure Senator
Kenyon led the attack, but his motion
to substitute lump appropriation of
$4,000, 900 was rejected. 45 to IL. Sem
ator King branded the system of max
ing waterways appropriations as ''ini-
quitous beyond expression and Senator
Borah pleaded for conservation of finan-
cial resources for use in conducting this
war.
Numerous amendments introduced
principally by the bills opponents in an
effort to limit its provisions were rejected
Senator Curtis amendment providing
that no money should be expended for
river and harbor improvements except
where absolutely necessary during the
war was defeated, 81 to %. Another by
Senator Kenyon providing that no APP
could be expended unless
the president should designate that it
was public necessity was voted down,
SO to 26.
Without record vote the Senate re-
iected Senator Shafroth's amendment
providing that no appropriation should
be available except in the event that
states, counties, cities and corporations
affected by the project should pay one
third of the amount appropriated
The waterways commission amend
ment was committee proposal. II pro-
vides that at least one member shall be |
IN army engineer and one an expert hy
lraulic engineer. The commission would |
make a study of the development and
control of waterways and water re-
sources. Each member win receive a
salary Of ST 500 per year.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-27
CORRECT FALSE IMPRESSION.
That Poliomyeltis is Prevalent All Owe
Vermont.

Burlington, July 27.-The Burlington
Merchants association has printed and
mailed to hotels all over New England
and other states a card on which the
false rumors circulated throughout the
country that the entire state of Yer
mont is suffering from an infantile par
slysis epidemic, causing many motorists
and visitors to look elsewhere TO enjoy
their summer outing, are denied. The
card contains the statement that the
secretary of the state board of health
says that the board has the epidemic
practically under control and confined TO
Washington county and to sjoining
towns.
This is due to counteract the mali
cious mischief which these rumors have
created and which have been injuring the
transportation people and ho-
tel men Of the state.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-27
Z. OF c. WAR FUND
Is Making Good Progress in Vermont
Catholic Churches.

Burlington, July 27.-The pastoral let
ter which Bishop Joseph j. Rice has sent
to the heads of the various Cathci.c par
ishes in Vermont urging support of the
$4,000 campaign which the Knights of
Columbus of the state are wsging, has
brought good results
Rutland, Proctor, St Albans, Brattle-
boro. Barre. Montpelier and others Of the
chief communities are still in the midst
Of the local campaign and have not re-
ported. BurlingtOns contributions
amount TO more than $1,000. SheIburne
has given Sl5S. St Johnsbury and Md
dlebury are reported to have mace large
collections. This $4,000 is 70 pay for
the recreation building a. Fort Ethan
Allen and its nai1tenance.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-27
VERY SMALL VOTE
N FAVOR or PEACE
British House of Commons Stood i4s to
10 on James Ramsey MacDonald's
Resolution and the Members
Laughed.

London, July 27.-The House of Com
mons, after employing the whole evening
session in discussion of peace resolu
tion moved by James Ramsey MacDon.
laid, Socialist and labor member, defeated
it by vote of las to 10. The announce.
ment of the figures was received with
some cheers and much laughter.
| The smallness of the numbers in the
House when division was taken is an in
dication of the little interest shown by
Parliament in any hope of useful peace
movement at the present iuncture, and
the conviction was voiced in an impor-
tant statement by Herbert Fl. Asquith,
the former premier, that nothing was to
be hoped from the present temper of
the German Reichstag and people.
Mr.. Macdonald, as shown by the vote,
found very few supporters, George James
Wardle, in behalf of the labor party, de-
clined to have anything to do with this
paciist resolution.
The speech of Andrew Bonar Law, the
government leader in the House, dealt
largely with the Russian crisis. He said
that all the nations engaged were stag.
gering under the blow, but that the re-
sources of the allies were sufficient to
make it absolutely certain that unless
their hearts failed them, they must Sc
cure the results for which they entered
the war The struggle had reached a
point where il was question of staying
power, and in this matter he had abso-
lutte confidence in the allies. He was
equally certain that if anything could
delay peace 1t would be any sign of fall
tering.
Philip Snowden, Socialist, said the de
bate disclosed that the British govern
ment, more than any other belligerent,
was standing in the way of an early set
tlement. He protested against more
bloodshed to restore Alsace Lorraine to
France.
The resolution declared that the Ger
man Reichstag resolution favoring |
peace by an understanding expressed the
principles for which Great Britain stood |
throughout, and called on the govern
ment, in conjunction with the allies to
restate their peace terms accordingly. |
Further, the resolution declared that the
allies should accept the Russian proposal
hat the forthcoming allied conference on
he war aims should comprise represen.
atives of the people and not solely
pokesmen of the government.
Charles p Trevelyan, who seconded
he resolution, agreed in condemning
he uncertainty in the speech of the Ger
nan chancellor, DIR. Michaelis, and said
hat they were all agreed that peace
waited the restoration of Belgium and
france, without any economic or other
He also doubted whether
here could be peace until all the gov
clearly and expressly repudi
ted the idea of conquest or annexation.
While it might be the duty of the gov
to reply to the German chan
ellor, ii was the duty of the House of
COMMONS to reply to the Reichstsg res
luton. DIR. Michaelis' speech was made |
n that resolution, and the fact that ,
e did not speak against it or try to /
ersuade the Reiehstag from passing it $
ught not to be overlooked. =
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-27
NORWEGIAN MISSION HERE.
Comes to Discuss the Food Situation
with United States.

An Atlantic port, July 27.-An officia
food commission made up of seven prom
inent Norwegians and headed by DIR
Fridtjoff Nansen, the Arctic explorer, re
Gently named by their government to
arrange with the United States a work.
ing agreement for the importation OF
needed foodstuffs, arrived here yesterday
on Danish steamship from Copenhagen
The commission hopes to arrange an
agreement with this country, similar to
the one now in effect between Norway
and Great Britain for the exchange of
commodities and the use of tonnage.
Mr.. Nansen in an interview was EN-
phatic in his assertion that Norway
is not providing Germany or the central
powers with grain or fats. About the
only commodity that is sold to Germany,
he asserts, is fish, and that in a quantity
much less than what is sold to the en-
tente powers.
THE situation in Norway with re-
spect to grain and fats threatens to be-
come Serious" DIR. Nansen said. I'VE
are required to import approximately
two thirds of our normal consumption of
grain and more than one half of our
fats.
1--WE have been depending on the Unit
ed States to supply us with the greater
part of these commodities, and if an EN-
barge against us should be put into ef-
feet 1t would be attended by serious re-
suits among our people.
Reports that Germany has received
grain from Norway are exaggerated, and
we use every preeaution to prevent it.
We are prepared to assure your country
hat there is no risk whatever in grain |
exported to us reaching the central pow.
RS"
DIR. Nansen confirmed previous reports
hat Norway has lost through the sub
marine warfare approximately 30 per
ent of its merchant feet--or about $780,
90 tons. He added that all of Norway's /
merchant vessels were now engaged In
rading between the home country and
he United States or between the United
tates and countries of the entente.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-27
5000 SWTTCHNEN
EXPECT TO STRIKE
Action Will Tie Up Much of the Govern
ment's Transportation--Men Are
Said to Want Closed Shops.

Chicago, July 27.-Six thousand raj.
road switchmen employed in the Chi
cago terminals are expected to strike at
8 o'clock tomorrow morning, according
to an announcement from the general
managers conference committee The
strike, which will probably tie up much
of the governments transportation. re-
suited from the demands for closed
shops, according to officials of the rail.
roads.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-27
MORE FAVORABLE
FOR THE ENTENTE

Despite unfavorable news from
the Russian war theatre, there are
occasional signs of improvement.
A last evenings Petrograd news
paper found chance to report
somewhat better situation at the
front. probably as a result of dras'
tic measures authorized by the
government to restore discipline.
Similar stringent measures in Pet
rograd also appear TO have proven
effective in dealing with disordcrly
elements.
Meanwhile, the entente front
elsewhere is giving renewed evi.
dences of solidity, not only in
military, but in a political way
The allied conference at Paris adj
journed with a renewed declara.
tion of united purpose.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-27
KILLED MISS CRUCER
WITH A STICK
Cooohi Says He Slew Her Because She
Continued to Cry Out
for Help.

Bologna. July 2T.-The official tran.
script Of the interrogation of Alfredo
Cocehi IN the Ruth Crueer murder case
has just been made public. Cocchi
swears he was not helped by the New
York police and SAYS he confessed only
TO Father Morretto. manager Of St. Ra-
fael Society for Italian Immigrants.
He declared he killed Miss Crllger with
= stick because she refused to cease call
ing for help He did not assault the girl
before Or after be struck her aud says
he would not have killed her had she
promised rot 10 tell Of sss attack
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-27
SOLDIER NO. 1
IN DRAFT ARMY

Washington, D. G., July 27.-
Harry Chapman Gilbert, aged 2l,
the son of a White House police
guard, is the first man in the
country to be accepted for service
in the new national army. He
has passed the physical test and
waived claims for exemption. Gill
bert last summer joined Cana.
dian regiment and was aboard
transport, ready TO sail, when his
parents intervened and had the
state department secure his re-
lease on the ground that he was
not of age.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-27
ALLIES STICK
TO WAR PLAN
Conference at Paris Voted
Unanimously to Keep
on Fighting
TILL CONSUMMATION
OF FIRST PURPOSE
That Purpose Is to Make
Criminal Aggression
Impossible

Paris, July 27.-The allied powers yes.
terday concluded thei:, conference after
announcing adhesion to continue the war
until the object for which they are fight
ing is attained. The declaration, which
was made unanimously before separat-
ing, stated this object to be to render
impossible a return of the criminal ag-
gression such as that wherefore the cen.
tral empires bear the responsibility.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-27
NEWPORT BOY DROWNED.
He Went in Swimming Too Soon After
Meal.

Newport. July 81 The l5-yesr-old
son of j. C. Smith was drowned At about
$50 p. m last night while bathing near
the railroad bridge. The boy and two
others went into the water immediately
after eating and suffered cramps
The body was in the water only 2n
minutes, but life could not Be- restored.
The boys father was notified immediate
", also Mrs Smith, who is in Boston
visiting friends
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-27
RUSSIAN CAVALRY
HALTED PURSUERS
Threw Back the Austro- Germans on One
Sector in Eastern Galicia--Rumani-
ans Continue Their Sue
cessful Attack.

Petrograd, July 27.-Russian cavalry
threw back the pressing Austro-German
infantry Wednesday in the region south
west of Monastryska, in eastern Galicia,
says the official statement.
The Rumanians have advanced towards
the upper reaches of the Suchitza river
and are consolidating their gains. They
took many prisoners and captured six
guns.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-27
RUSSIAN REVERSES
HELP GOVERNMENT
By Showing the Impossibility of the
Control of the Army by Soldiers
Committees, Cables Ambas-
ra1ay Eropn;r
sador Francis.

Washington, d. G., July 27.--Russiar
military reverses have enormously
strengthened the hands of the govern.
ment in Petrograd, according to a de.
spatch from Ambassador Francis to-day
to the state department. They have
shown the impossibility of the control
OF the army by soldiers committees and
have led to universal demand for
stronger discipline.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-27
POLIO AT LAWRENCE, MASS.
Two Cases Have Been Reported to Board
Of Health.

Lawrence, Mass. July 27.-Two cases
Of iufsntile paralysis have been report
ed to the board Of health, the patients,
4-yesr-old Margaret Fitzgibbons, and her
brother, James, aged ?, Of 23s Methuen
street. being quarsntined at the Gen
ersl hospital These are the first cases
brought 10 the attention Of the health
authorities her. this summer.