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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-07
5000 ARE BELIEVED TO BE DEAD ~-
IN THE GREAT HALIFAX DISASTER

fire which caused the explosion was due
to the fact that the munitions ship car
ried deckload of benzine.
Charles Prest, gasoline engineer on the
steamer Wasper B., which had been in
dry dock, had narrow escape from
death.
"We had so gallons of gasoline in our
tanks when shell from the munitions
ship struck u.s. he said. 1--WE had just
left the dry dock to go to Bedford Basin
to get some plates and were opposite the
Lorne club when we saw the Iona com
ing from the Basin and the Mount Blanc
going up.
Il heard the Belgian steamers whistle
blowing and then | saw the munitions
ship was on fire on the starboard side
We tried to turn back to warn the Off
cials at the dry dock, but before we
reached there a shell struck us. / believe
l was the only one of the five on board
the Wasper B. to escape, as she was
blown up. My son, who worked with the
dry dock, was killed.
Col. Mackenzie Bell, who spent two
years on the firing line in Flanders. said
last night he never had seen anything on
the battle front to equal the scenes of
destruction he witnessed in Halifax yes
terday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-07
FOOD DISTRIBUTION.
Was Considered at Meeting of Barre
Grocers.

The eroeers of Barre met in the Mer-
chants association rooms last evening to
consider matters relating to the better
distribution of foodstuffs and co-opera-
tion with the state food administrator.
Before adiourning, the meeting elected n
committee of three. which,. with similar
committees from other towns in Yer
mont, are to meet with Hon. James Hart
ness. federal food administrator for Ner-
mont, and arrange for general eo-opera-
tion throughout the state. The Barre
committee elected is +. ID. Ladd, w. D.
Smith and Harry c. Fisher.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-07
RECRUITING STATION OPEN.
Acting Sergeant Hudson Is in Barre to
Receive Enlistments.

A recruiting office for the First ver-
mont infantry has been opened in the
Howland hall. with Acting Sergeant w.
f. Hudson in charge. All those who de-
sire to enlist in the regiment are request-
ed to call at the recruiting office at once.
II is expected that Sergeant Hudson will
remain through Sunday, the day when
the state drive for recruiting will be
concentrated in Barre. All those who en-
list In the regiment will be entitled to
the so state pay each month in addition
to the pay from the federal government.
Those eligible to the draft have until De-
eember Is to enlist in some branch of the
service voluntarily.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-07
APPOINTED LIEUTENANT.
DR.. Howard H. Reid Of Barre Goes to U
S. Navy Dental Corps.

DIR. Howard H. Reid has received no.
tice of his appointment to lieutenancy
in the dental reserve corps of the U. 5.
navy. The commission carries with it
the possibility of immediate service and
Lieut.. Reid expects to report for duty
in the near future, although he has not
received his post assignment yet. The
commission was the result of an exami-
nation which DIR. Reid passed soon after
applying for berth in the dental re-
serve corps.
Lieut.. Reid is Spaulding high school
and Norwich university graduate, the son
of DR.. and Mrs. w. ID. Reid of South
Main street. Upon completing course
at Norwich he matriculated at North
western Dental college in Chicago, III.
After graduating from the latter insti-
tuition, he established practice in Barre.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-07
IMMEDIATE
ACTION ASKED
Chairman ne Proposed to
senat< ioption Of the
VS. Resolution III
fM
AUS 8 IA HAS DONE
WARLIKE ACTS
Chairman Flood Asked the
House for Unanimous
Support

Washington, d. O., Dec. Chairman
Stone of the Senate foreign relations
committee to-day presented in the Sem
ate a war resolution against Austria
Hungary and moved its immediate adop-
tion. Besides the reason that Austria
is Germany's active ally and as such has
committed warlike acts against the
United States, Senator Stone said there
was a further reason that American
troops might at any time be facing the
Austrians.
The debate in the House was opened
by Chairman Flood of the foreign affairs
committee, who asked the House to pass
a resolution unanimously.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-07
BORN in EAST CoRINTH.
William Craig, Boston Business Man,
Died at Brookline, Mass.

Boston, Dec. William Craig died at
his home. Is Columbia street, Brookline.
yesterday morning after a short illness.
He had been a selectman in Brookline for
the last three years.
Mr.. Craig was born in East Corinth.
VT, Jan. Is. ls47, and attended school
there After considerable business eN-
perience in various lines he became iden-
titled with the Winn, Kicker Fruit and
Produce Co, soon becomoing a member of
the firm.
He was prominent in Masonic circles.
a member of the Boston City club, at one
time president Of the Boston Fruit and
Produce exchange, and held office in the
Boston Chamber Of Commerce.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-07
ACCEPTS BARRE POSITION.
Rollin Woodworth of Montpelier Chosen
BY Peoples Bank.

Rollin Woodworth, who has been clerk
in the Montpelier Savings Bank and
Trust company for some years, has re-
signed to accept the appointment as tell
er in the Peoples National bank of
Barre. He expects to assume his duties
in that bank in about two weeks. Mr.,
Woodworth is a native of Montpelier and
was graduated from the high school
there, and then entered the employment
of the bank He is affiliated with the
different branches of the Odd Fellows,
and has large circle of friends in Mopf-
pelier.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-07
ENGINEERS CASUALTIES.
Lieut.. Allie L. Cone and IL Enlisted Men
Wounded.

Washington, Dec Second Lieut. AL
lie l.. Cone and IL enlisted men of ths
American army engineers have beer
wounded in action, General Pershing yes
terday reported TO the war department
| General Pershing gave no details ey.
cept that the men were wounded on Nov
80, the day ON which American engineers
working with the British army assisted
General Byng's forces in stemming n
German assault near Cambria Cable
dispatches said some Of the engineers
were killed, but General Pershings re-
port contained no names OF dead
Lieut.. Cone and II of the enlisted men
were seriously and one man slightly
wounded.
Seriously Wounded
Sergt Frank Haley. emergency ad-
dress, j. A. Frank, friend, New York
City.
Sergt. Patrick A. Long, emergency ad-
dress, Joseph Long, brother, Bayonne,
N. J.
Corp. Philip A. Berk, emergency ad-
dress, Mrs. Bertha kinginer, sister,
Brooklyn, N. Y,
Corp. Charles j. Critchley. emergency
.
New York City.
Corp. James Angus, emergency address,
James Angus, father, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Private S. James A. Grogan, emergen-
cy address, Mrs Mary F. Grogan, moth
er, Brooklyn, n Y.
Private Isador S. Eisenbigel, emergen-
cy address, David Aegen, Coatesville. Pa.
Private James Eagen, mother, Mrs
James Eagen, Great Neck, n. Y.
Private W L. Barnes. sister. Mrs.
Agnes NJ. Barnes, Portland, Ore
Private Charles A. Geiger, mother. Mrs.
Elizabeth Geiger, Chicago.
Private George B. Jones, father, Thorn
as II. Jones, Scranton, Pa.
Slightly Wounded.
Private Louis o. Rohland father, Fl. |
H. Rohland, Brooklyn, n. Y.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-07
TO CLOSE MONTH EARLIER.
MiddIebury College to Give Students
More Time for Service.

Middlebury. Dec. Announcement
was made yesterday that Middlebury
college would close a month earlier than
usual next spring in order to give the
students a better opportunity to help
their country during the summer by en-
gsging in agricultural OF other patriotic
service.
The shortening Of the college year will
not involve elIrtsilnent Of the courses,
however. as he vacation periods at
Christmas and Easter will be cut down.
It = planned to hold commencement
Nav 6.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-07
SHOT WHILE STOPPING FIGHT.
Arthur Rice of Simsbury, Conn, Was
Probably Fatally Hurt.

Simsbury, Conn, Dec. while en-
deavoring to end fight between Gilbert
Bsvan, negro and another employe on
the Connecticut Tobacco company plan
tation in Granbury, Supt. Arthur Rice
was shot and probably fatally wounded
by Bevan late yesterday. The assailant
escaped but was captured at Simsbury
as he was about to board train for
New Haven. The injured man was tax
en- to Hartford hospital, where it was
found that he had been shot in the left
and in the abdomen.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-07
slo.724.0s

In addition to the foregoing there were
81 boys in Montpelier who agreed to
earn $40 each for the special high school
fund, or a total of $50, and SO boys in
Barre, with total of 5000. making to-
tai for the special high school fund of
sl,l70, which in addition to the foregoing
gives Sil,S94.08.
A still further addition was the splen-
did contribution from the students of
Montpelier seminary who raised $1,000
for the special college fund, making
grand total for Washington county OF
Sl3,S94.0S.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-07
NINE MEN INJURED.
BY Explosion in Double Hold of Vessel
At San Pedro.

San Pedro. Cal, Dec. Nine work
men were injured in an explosion of gas
in the double hold of vessel under
construction at the Los Angeles Ship
building and Drydock eompany's plant
here yesterday. The explosion was
caused by the attachment of a gas sup
ply hose to the air pipe of a riveting ma
chine. Gas, sent instead OF air, was ig-
nited by a hot rivet.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-07
RoBBERIEs AT ST. JoHNsBuRY.
Two Stores Broken Into and Some Arti-
cles Taken.

st. Johnsbury. Dec. The tobacco
store Of Harold Brown and Gibson's meat
market were broken into early yester-
day morning. entrance being made by
smashing a window. In the tobacco store
the cash register was rifled, about 60
being taken The thieves also stole ci-
CARS and cigarettes. From the market
IS pounds Of lard was taken. No arrests
have been made
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-07
AID FROM CAMP DEvENS.
Complete Field Hospital Unit Could Be
Sent

Aver. Mass, Dec 7-Prepsrstions were
made at Camp Devens to-day TO send
complete equipped field hospital unit.
including army surgeons and Red Cross
nurses from the base hospital. to Hall
fax II its services were required. The
officials said a company could start al
most at q moments notice.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-07
LOST $1,000
And Some Valuable Papers While on
Board Ship.

An Atlantic Port, Dec. l7.-Theft of a
dispatch box containing valuable papers
and $4,000 in gold and bills from Capt.
d. b. Boshell, a British army officer, was
reported on his arrival here yesterday
from South America The box was stoi.
en- from his stateroom few hours be-
fore the ship reached port, he said. Capt.
Boshell had been in South America re-
cuperating from wounds received year
ago and was on his way to Europe to
join his regiment.
Secret service agents carefully exam
ined the baggage of all the passengers on
board but could find no trace of the dis
patch box
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-07
AUToIsT FINED 500.
For Driving Machine When He Was In
toxicated.

Winooski, Dec. 7.-Everetson Smith
of Swanton, who drove his Cadillac auto
mobile into telephone pole Wednesday
was fined 500, with costs, in municipal
court yesterday for operating the car
while he was intoxicated. He paid.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-07
PASSENGERS SAFE
As Well as the Crew of Steamer Nieuw
Amsterdam.

New York, Dec. Word that the pas
sengers and crew of the Holland. Ameri-
can line steamer Nieuw Amsterdam are
safe in Halifax was received at the local
offices of the line to-day
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-07
TEUTON ATTEMPTS
ON MEUSE FAILED
Infantry Was Thrown In After Heavy
Bombardment Last Night, But the
French Fire Stopped Them.

Paris, Dec Two attempts were
made by the Germans to attack the
French lines east of the Meuse in the
Verdun region last night after heavy
bombardment. The attacking forces, the
war office announced, were driven off by
French fire,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-07
DoBBS-LAwS0N.
East Barre Parties Were Married In
Barre Last Evening.

Miss Maggie lawson, daughter of Mrs.
Alex Lawson of East Barre, and Doug
las Dobbs of the same place were united
in marriage last evening by Rev. James
Ramage at his home, 6 Camp street. Mr..
Dobbs is a quarryman and they will re-
side in East Barre.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-07
15,cco ITALIANS CAPTURED
And Teutons Have Seized Monte Size,
mol.

Berlin, via London, Dec -Four
thousand more Italians have been cap
tured in the new Austro. German often
sire on the northern front. This brings
the total up to $4,000, according to an
official communication. Monte Sizemol
was captured by storm.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-07
NO FIGHTING ON RUSSIAN
FRONT FOR TEN DAYS
Suspension of Hostilities Agreed Upon
Between Germans and
Russians.

Berlin, via London, Dec. Suspension
of hostilities over the whole Russian
front for ten days beginning at noon to-
day, has been arranged, the war Office an
nouneed yesterday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-07
THE RED TRIANGLE FUND.
Washington County Subscribed $1s,-
8o4,08, Montpelier Leading.

Washington county subscribed Sl3,-
s94.0S for the Y. M. G. A. war fund, the
campaign for which was recently CON
Quoted The subscriptions were as fol-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-07

Pilot Frank MacLie Of the Mont Blanc
declared last night that the collision re-
suited from a confusion Of whistles
sounded BY the Iona He believes the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-07
HALIFAX FIRES
STILL RAGING
While Work of Rescuing Wounded and
Recovering Bodies Goes On-Trains
Are Bearing Doctors, Nurses
and Medical Supplies.

Halifax, n S., Dec Fires were still
burning to-day in sections of the city
which were devastated by the explosion
yesterday. A heavy snowstorm set ir
early this morning, seriously impeding
the work of rescung the injured and OF
recovering the bodies. The snow, how.
ever, came as an aid to the firemen in
quenching the flames, The explosion fol.
lowed a collision between the French
muntion ship Mont Blanc and the Bel
gian relief ship Iona.
Up to noon to-day there had been no
change in the police estimate of 1000
dead About the same number are in
iured, two-thirds of whom are suffering
from cuts from flying glass.
1t was established to-day that it was
% minutes after the collision that the
explosion occurred A report that the
military hospital at Rock Head, close to
the narrows, had been destroyed proved
to be untrue.
Trains bringing doctors, nurses and
medical supplies arrived to-day from
Moncton, Truro and Windsor. Other
specials have been sent with the injured
TO Windsor and other places where there
are large hospitals.
days All the schools and colleges have
been closed until after New Years
The zone of destruction in Halifax it.
self extends from the North street rail-
way station as far north as Africville to
Bedford Basin and covers an area of
about two square miles in the section
known as Richmond The buildings
which were not demolished by the force
of the terrific explosion were destroyed
by the fire which followed.
Scores of persons were injured by the
collapse of the railway station, Arena
rink, military gymnasium, sugar refinery
and elevator
The damage along the waterfront can
not be estimated. Many of the men
composing the crews of the ships in the
hsrbor were killed and injured. On one
steamer, the Pictou, il is reported that
30 of the crew of ~ were killed. Bodies
of many seamen have been picked up in
the harbor. Rescue parties working
among the ruins of buildings are re-
moving the bodies Of the dead.
The Cause of the Disaster.
The collision which resulted in prob
ably the worst disaster in the history of /
the dominion occurred near pier eight in /
the naTrows leading from the harbor TO !
Bedford Basin. The munitions ship was
bound from New York for Bedford Basin
when the relief ship Iona, bound for sea.
crashed into her.
The Mont Blanc was pierced on the
port side almost 10 tire enrineroom. The
sshsr shin. which Eas only slightly dam
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-07
Slightly Wounded

Private Louis o. Rohland, father, Fl
II. Rohland, Brooklyn, n. Y.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-10
The World Do Move.

The world was Startler when James
Henry, in Albany in 1885, made q
bell tingle at the other end of a mile
of wire by means of an electric cur
rent. That was the first signal ever
IN America by the wonderful mechan-
ism which has developed into the
telegraph. The experiment in Al
bany academy was greeted by scien-
lists as step IN an age of discover
les to come.
The latest achievements in that
series of discoveries are thus de-
scribed in a news dispatch from San
Diego, California:
The new naval radio station at
Chollas Heights, near here, which
was formerly opened here Friday,
gave a demonstration of power to-
day when the operators on duty
talked with the Arlington station;
the Darien, Panama; Nome, Alaska,
and Honolulu, overheard French
operators at work on the Island of
Papette, South Pacific, and conclud-
ed by exchanging the time of day
with operators at a radio station
near Melbourne, Australia.
The triumph of 1917 is infinitely
more appealing to the imagination,
says the New York Mail, than the la
borious experimenting of 1885. Yet
the gossip across the ocean from
Chollas Heights is the logical out
come of the tinkling of the electric
bell in the Albany Academy. And
behind the success achieved by the
American, James Henry, lie years of
experimentation by men of many
stand the figures of the Englishmen,
Bishop Watson, with his Legion jars
in 1774, and of the German Seem
mering, who in 1909, contrived an
apparatus for the transmission of
signals by letters.
The work of these men and of
host of others, Swiss, French, Rus
slams and Americans, was put into
the apparatus a t Chollas Heights
which enabled the American opera
tors to exchange the time of the
day" with their fellows near Mel
bourne, Australia, 1000 miles away
Truly, the domain of science is a
republic and the etnire world is en-
braced IN its fontiers.-Topeka State
Journal
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-10
The Dog Had a snap.

Here is a case where the man
thought the dog had altogether the
best of the bargain. Speaking to
his dog he said: 'eMein dog, you hat
q schnap- You vas only a dog und
vas man, but I wish I vas you.
Efery way you has the best of it.
Ven you want TO go nit the bed IN,
you shust turns dree dimes round
ind lay down. Ven. go NIT der bed
In I hat TO lock oop der place and
Wind COP der clock und undress mein-
self, und mein wife wakes oop und
scolds me ind der baby wakes oop
und CRIES, und I hof TO walk nit him
der floor Oop und down, und den
byme by ven j shust get to sleep It
vas dime to wake cop. Ven you wake
oop you shust stretch yourself eou-
pie dimes, ind you Is cop. I hat to
dress msinsslf ind light der Are, put
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-10
PROTECTION THE BEST WAY.

Far Better Than the Plan of Issu-
ing Bonds in a Time of Peace.
There is a talk of a bond issue to
meet a deficit in the United States
Treasury. Over twenty years ago
Grover Cleveland while President
brought the Democratic party into
disrepute by bond issue in time of
peace. The odium of that event has
only recently been forgotten by the
people. VIII Mr.. Wilson give the op-
position a club for the future by re-
peatIng a dose that sickened the ma
ton once before?
The bond issue of Mr.. Cleveland's
time, that bond issue upon which
John Pierpont Morgan made mil
lions at the expense of the American
people, was the result of the Free
Trade The duty had been removed
from wool and hides and other raw
materials and a vast revenue which
had been pouring into our treasury
was lost. Exactly the same condi-
ton prevails now. We are told thai
If these raw materials were put on
the free list we would get our shoes
and clothes cheaper. The Under
wood Tariff law left them unprotect-
ed. But what has been the result?
We lose the revenue and we are pay
ing higher prices for everything.
Why will not the party see the wis
dom of leaving the bond issue alone
and in lieu of it place a duty. on wool
and hides and such commodities?
| The government has found itself
without funds every time in history
that it has tried Free-Trade, and It
| has never found it necessary to issue
! bonds in time of peace while a Pro
| tective Tariff was in effect. In view
/ of these facts it does look like great
! statesmen would not follow an old
| and a dangerous trail-a trail that
! has led to trouble on every occasion
! in history.
Mr.. Wilson has shown himself on
several occasions not to be tied to an
| old faith, if it has proved to be q bad
faith. He has smashed precedents
and knocked all the props from I'M
! der certain doctrines of the Demo
cratic party. He is a man of ex-
pediency and has shown that he can
1 take the bits in his mouth and run
away into new paths. That being
the case, why doesn't he choke down
those F'ree-Trade or ruin men in Con
gress and restore his duty on raw
materials and grant little more du-
! ty on some manufactured articles
| That is a better way to replenish 2
! treasury that is threatened with a
bad case of the empties than a bond
! issue. The one has always proven
! popular, while the other has always
! proven the reverse.-American Eco
nomist.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-10
Normal Fine Art pepartmsnt.

The fine art department of the
Normal is supervising an art exhibit
to be held at the Normal Gymnasium
the first three days of next week.
Monday afternoon and all day Tues
day and Wednesday, February II,
Is and 18th.
This exhibition is a collection OF
the best prints Of both old and mod
ern masterpieces; selected from an
educational and artistic standpoint.
With this exhibit comes a lecturer,
Mrs Jean Sherwood OF Chicago, who
IS an experienced lecturer on art
She has visited all of the European
galleries and her press reports are
the best. She VIII give Informal
talks on art and painting to clubs.
classes and individuals IN the room
where the pictures are hung This
makes 1t possible for every one to be
greatly benefited
In connection with the exhibit on
Tuesday evening. Mrs Sherwood,
viii lecture IN the Normal Auditor
iun, her lecture being illustrated
with sterioptican pictures She viii
tell OF her travels In the various art
galleries.
The students of the art depart
ment OF the Normal viii also have an
exhibit Of their work, this being IN
the same room with the other exhi-
bit. This work includes hand craft
which Is arousihg 3 great deal Of
interest among the students-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-10

his verbs, pronouns and the latest
styles as well as his city cousin, but
he does know how to take response
bilities and control them.
know that boys hate to do chores
but chores are a boys salvation. I
appreciate a boy who tries TO get
himself out of difficulties. Human
nature is so constructed that neither
man. nor boy can develop good COM
mon sense and clear judgment,
think quickly and act Immediately
when placed in tight places, unless
they have been trained to act for
themselves.
It seems to me we should study
the boy more, should give him a
chance. Teach him to be useful
self-reliant, to stand alone and that
all success is wrapped up in him.
Hats off to the boy" He is the flu
ture leader. He is big with possibil-
tiles He will help to change bound
airy lines, make presidents and fur
Their revolutionize the world