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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-13
KEYES PUT POUDER
nv HER LEMONADE
Said Harriet A. Varney, Accused of Muir.
dering Mrs. Keyes, And She Next
Found Herself in Keyes'
Room

Dedham, Mass, Dec b. Harriet A
Varney, ON trial on the charge of mur.
dering Mrs Pauline A, Keyes at Brook.
line on June 10, told between sobs on the
witness stand to-day the story of her re-
lations with George II. keyes, the hus-
band of the dead woman
The witness, after relating the story
of her early life in Rhode Island mill
towns, told of her introduction to Keves
by her fiance and of a dinner with him a
few days later. She said her lemonade
tasted sour and he put in a powder which
made her sick. She next found herself in
his room and he refused to take her
home
Her story continued with accounts Of
visits to New York hotels and her life as
Keyes' wife in Winthrop, where, she
said, he kicked and beat her so severely
she was in in bed for four DAYS.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-13

goods from the front part of the store
and time will tell whether they retair
their former value. Scarcely anything
has been removed from the store of The
New England Fruit Co., and in its pres
throughout the building will remain un
til the insurance adjustors have com
pleted their work. Tons of meat stuffs
in the basement, the property of Hough.
ton & Robins, was spoiled II appears
probable that the fire had its origin
somewhere near the wall which separates
the grocery store from the fruit store
and one of the first areas to burn was
the meat market, and the north side of
the fruit store, near the stairs.
Speculation is not yet rife over the
of rebuilding the town
house" l.. NJ. Laws of the New England
Fruit Co. is awaiting .the adjustment OF
the insurance companies before he com
pletes his plans for the future Hough-
ton & Robins are pluckily committed to
A resumption of business at the earliest
possible opportunity Mr.. Lamb will
have his printing establishment in run
ming order tomorrow. And the Saliva
lion Army has not abandoned its cam
paign against vice, by any means. even
though fire has wracked the old hall
where many a penitent has professed to
zee the light. The barracks win not be
occupied for time, however, and wheth-
II the building is to be restored rests
With the city and the heirs of Stillman
Wood and Nathan w. Morse. Insurance
m the Houghton & Robins stock will
each $5 800, instead of $4,000, as was re-
ported yesterday, and the firm expects to
'e in new quarters within a short time.
The city's insurance on the upper part of
he building is carried with outside com
'anies, instead of the city insuring fund.
8 was the case until recently.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-13
BARRE RED CROSS TO
OPEN HEADQUARTERS
For the Membership Campaign in Which
1t Is Hoped to Enroll Everyone
in the Red Cross Society.

The American Red Cross is to become
a part of the celebration of the Christmas
season this year. 1t is planned during
the week OF Dec. Tito "A to deliver Il
| every member of the American Red Cross
society, old and new, service flag to be
| displayed in the window of the homes
upon which flag will be pasted small red
crosses indicating the number of mem
bershIps in each home. Buttons and
membership certificates will be provided
all members. The service flags, buttons
and membership certificates are tastily
made and are in keeping with the Christ
mas season.
Sunday, Dec, is, is Red Cross Sunday,
and throughout Washington county spe-
cial mention of the Red Cross and its
great work will be made in all churches.
Organizations are being completed this
week in order to give everyone an oppor-
@unity next week to join the Red Cross
society, In Barre headquarters will be
opened on Dec. IL in the waiting room of
the Tenney company in the Aldrich
building and someone will be in attend
ance during the week to answer ques-
tions and receive membership contribu-
tions.
In Montpelier, headquarters have been
established in rhe Rialto building on
State street. The call from various Sec
tions of the county for additional service
flags, crosses and buttons, indicates that
the work of organization is being rapidly
pushed and that large enrolment is
anticipated
The war fund of sl00.0000 900. which
los Is tnI f,.,.
by the American Red Cross society in
the following statement, just received:
Since the war fund became available
the Red Cross has sent commissions to
France, Italy, Rumania and Salonica;
'.The French commission has a staff OF
s64 persons, 5l1 serving without pay;
I'VE are sending supplies to 3,423
French military hospitals;
I'VE serve 10000 soldiers daily at our
canteens in France;
"We are caring for thousands of
French and Belgian children and refu
gees;
I'VE have established warehouses in |
France with a capacity of 100000 tons; |
I'VE have established sanatorium /
with 1000 beds for tuberculosis patients;
I'VE are carrying on extensive relief
work in Belgium
I'VE operate an ambulance service
which transports 1000 refugees a day;
I'VE are carrying on repair work in
devastated towns;
I'VE are now actively engaged in Red
ross work in Italy:
I'VE have given Sl,000,000 to the fam
lies of sick and wounded French sol
iers;
"We have given sl.000,000 to the Brit
sh Red Cross;
"And we have only Just begun
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-13
FEARS ALL WERE LOST.
Mrs. Walter Morgan Had Many Relatives
in Halifax.

Seemingly bereft of her most immedi-
ate family circle, at single blow, Mrs.
Walter Morgan of the East Barre road
is hoping against hope that later re-
turns from Halifax. y. S. will bring Gid-
ings OF her parents. Mr.. aud Mrs. Auld,
Of her grandmother. of her two sisters
and her two brothers. all of whom lived
on the same street in the stricken city.
A. soon as she learned OF the holocaust,
Mrs. Morgan wired to Halifax for infor-
nation. She received no reply and when
the suspense became uncomfortable, she
sent a message TO the chief of police
His reply furnished the information that
the street where the Aud family lived
was obliterated and that all the res-
idents persisted. II develops that The
street was located on = hiil some distance
from the water front. aud that the shock
of the explosion. after ravaginc streets
nearer the hsrhor. passed over a valley
and wrought havoc on the highlands
In a final effort 60 obtain news If her
relatives. Mr.. Morgan has teicErsphe3
her aunt in Nuncteu \. r.. who has
klnsfolk living 10 and about Halifax
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-13
ITALIAN LINE
SLIGHTLY BENT
But Gen. Won Bellows German Troops.
Cooperating with the Austro- Hunga-
rians, Were Unable to Pierce
Thrc' to Venetian Plains.

Italian Headquarters Wednesday, Dee
j lby Associated Press General Won
Bellows German troops have joined the
Austrisns and Bohemians in series OF
heavy assaults during the past two days
between the Brenta and the Pisve rivers
Just north of Monte Grappa. The fight
ing has been severe. but the main Italian
line has been sustained. with one slight
indentation- The German reserve forces
were engaged for the first time since
they were used in the big Isonzo often
sive. The result Of the two DAYS figh.
ing has not advanced tactically the en-
emyis positions leading toward the We
nciian plains, which j. his real aim.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-13
TAKES APPELMANN,s PLACE.
Frederick Donald Carpenter of Yale Uni
versity Selected.

Burlington, Dee. l3-Frederick Donald
Carpenter, professor OF German at Yale
university, New Haven, Conn, has been
selected from the field of several score
Of applicants as professor of the Ger
man language and literature at the Uni
versity of Vermont to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation OF Professor
Anton II. Appelmann
The new member of the faculty is q
graduate OF. Trinity college, Hartford,
Conn, and took a post graduate course
at Yale university and then spent Eve
years in Germany studying under the
leading professors of that country. lie
is about 2S years of age, is married aud
has one child.
Just when the new professor will ar
rive is not yet ascertaned but he will
probably report around the Christmas
holidays.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-13

There is cross that YOU can bear,
Whatever be your strength and age;
There is sign that you can wear
While wars around YOU rage,
That win a noble purpose show
1t is the glorious cross of Red
A solace in the hour of woe
Beside the stricken bed.
Give not by inch or ounce to it.
Be generous as your favored land,
Be vigilant to do your bit.
Be free with purse and hand.
Thus Merey'H take the lightning's speed
Leave Mars a laggard in the race;
And service in the hours of need
Shall glorify her face.
John w Gordon.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-13
FIERCE MASS ATTACK FAILED.
But Germans Gained 500 Yards of First
Line Trenches.

London. Dec. IA fierce mass attaei
was made by the Germans yesterda,
against the elbow in the bend of tn
British line between Bullecourt an
Queant (about 10 miles west of Cam
brazil SAYS the Reuter- correspondent a
British headquarters in France. Their
intention was to overWhelm their op
ponents by sheer weight of numbers. Ow
ing to the staunchness of the British op
position the attack only enabled the
Germans to get a footing in about 800
yards of the British front line when the
attack was arrested.
Thus the attack was reduced to the
limits OF very small local success at
The most. The correspondent adds that
il is difficult to get details, but the fight
ing lasted from dawn until o'clock in the
afternoon and the continuance of firing
after that suggested a British counter
attack.
In his description of the battle the cor
respondent says:
What apparently was intended as a
determined German attack upon the Sec
delivered shortly after dawn, and, owing
to the staunchness Of our troops, was
reduced to the limits of very small
local success at the most. The spot the
enemy chose was the elbGw in the bend
of the line between Bullecourt and Que
ant
'Fhe Germans opened an intense hom-
bardment as the first streak of frosty
H. IL,
tilery promptly replied with barrage
put down between the opposing trenches
in order to catch any infantry advance.
"Assaulting waves of Bavarian troops
pame over in close formation 1t vas
The manifest intention to throw great
pressure on the front of the attack and
overthrow the defenders If possible by
sheer weight of numbers"
The text of Field Marshall Haig's
statement issued by the war office is
AS follows:
This morning the enemy delivered a
strong local attack on the front about
mile east of 3ullecourt. On the right |
of the position attacked the enemy sue
eeeded in entering a short length of /
front trench which formed salient /
In our line and had been demoralized |
by the bombardment preceding the at |
tack.
AT all other points the attack was
repulsed with heavy loss to the enemy.
many OF whose dead are lying in our
wire. y number of prisoners were cap
tured
The enemy's artillery has been ac-
tive during the day in the area of his
attack and has show some ACTIVITY south
Of Lens and in the neighborhoed of Ar /
mentieres and Messnes."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-13
.SLAV BATTLE
is IN DOUBT
Two Widely Differing Re-
ports Received in
London
COSSACK DEFEAT
is TOLD BY ONE
Other Says That Gen. Korni-
loft Routed His Oppo-
nents, the Bolsheviki

London, Dec. l3--General kornilofr is
reported to have been defeated and
wounded in battle near Bielgorod SOC
miles south of Moscow, according to a
Petrograd dispatch to the Daily Mail
His capture Is expected.
1T is probable" the dispatch adds,
that the extremists will capture Rostov.
All signs" it is said. ARE that the Cos
sacks rising will fail and that they viii
Join the Bolsheviki."
The dispatch says that General Kale
dimes attempted to send troops to the
aid of Korniloff, but the project failed
because of the refusal of the railway
employees to carry reinforcements.
The outcome OF the battle was thrown
into uncertainty, however, by dispatch
received later from a representative OF
The Post He denies the reported Boil
sheviki victory, saying that General kor-
niloff has routed his opponents and will
soon join General kaledines at Novo
Tcherask. The Post correspondent, who
received his information from an un
named source, sends detailed descrip-
tion of the battle,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-13
A DOUBLE CELEBRATION.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elisha May Observe 45th
Anniversary on His 18th Birthday.

| st. Johnsbury, Dec. l3.-Mr. and Mrs
Elisha May entertained at dinner
party last evening in honor of Mr.. May.
18TH birthday and the 45th anniversary
Of their marriage.
They were married at Braintree, Mass,
by Rev. Richard Storrs. Mr.. May was
born in Concord. VT, son of Preston and
Sophia Grout May He attended St
Johnsbury academy. After the Civil war,
during which he served for eight months
as first lieutenant in the 26th New York
cavalry, he began the study of law with
Jonathan Ross at SC, Johnsbury. In 1887
he was admitted to the bar and has prac.
tieed longer than any member of the
county bar
Mr. May has served as village trustee
and member of the school board also as
states attorney. He was for two years
a director Of the state prison and was
National bank examiner from 1898 to
1908
He is a member of the state board Of
charities, trustee Of the Soldiers home
at Bennington and is trustee of st.
johnsbury and Peacham academies He
is senior warden of St. Andrews .ipis-
copal church. He has been a Mason for
54 years, is a member of Passumpsic
lodge, +. & A. NJ, of Haswell Royal Arch
chaper, of Palestine Commandery, X. r.,
Chamberlin post, G. A. r., and Vermont
chapter of the Loyal Legion.
Mrs. May was Eunice Anne Arnold,
daughter of Sumner and Rosette East
man Arnold. She was born at Braintree
Der. q, 1853. She attended the Girls
1iah school in Bogton She waa ono ~
he founders of the ST. Johnsbury. Won
ms club, and is second president; alsoI
irst president of the Vermont Federation
If Women's Clubs. She was for 25 years
/ member of the school board.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-13
EIGHTEEN ENLISTED IN NAVY.
Another Big Day for the Burlington Re
eruiting Office.

Burlington, Dee l3- Eighteen men en-
listed in the naval service yesterday aft
ernoon, as follows;
Arthur Levi Lewis Of Whiting, Alfred
Emerson Parks Of Belmont. Mass
George Stanley Williams of Stowe.
George Herbert Richardson Of North
Montpelier. Orvillc Alfred Fordham Of
Montpelier. Merton Floyd MacNair of
Fort Covington. y Y. Robert Emmeste
TAFT Of Mineville. y Y. Ashbury Theo-
durc Merrill Of WoOdsville. y H.. sam
Brown 0f Standish. y. v. :. ". Raw
son Of Whiting. Harold Brown Webster
OF Whiting. Raymond Lewis Little Of
Fair Haven. l. W. lawson Of Whiting
Edgar D. Fordham Of Montpelier. Au-
bury Amos Meader of Morrisyille. y. \.
Victor T. Symons Of Bakersfield. Floy
r. Barris II Plattsburg. \. Y, and Z. {.
MorEan Of East Midilebmy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-13
ASYLUM CROWDED.
Probate Judges Ordered Not to Make
Commitments Till Further Notice.

John F. Weeks. director OF state insti-
tations, was in conference with Governor
Graham at Montpelier to-day relative to
the crowded conditions at the state in
sane asylum at Waterbury. There are
now 744 patients in the institution and
the accommodations are taxed to their
capacity. The conference is TO determine
what, if anything. can be done to relieve
the situation. The probate judges have
been notified not to order further com
mitments to the asylum until further
notice. There has been no rapid growth
in the number of patients but rather the
increase has been gradual
There are several inmates Of the state
school for feeble-minded at Brandon who
ought TO be transferred TO the Water
bury institution but there is 10 law COW
eriHg such commitment. To-day's con
ference had that matter also.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-13
WILSON LENIENT
WITH 4USTRI4NS
They Need Not Register and Will Not Be
Barred from the roo-Yd. Zone About
Docks, Warehouses, Etc.

i Washington, d. c., Dec. l3.-Austro
Hungarian subjects in the United States
most of the million or more Of whom are
laborers and are loyal to the allied war
cause, will suffer no further restrictions as
result of war between the lands of
/ their birth and adoption
In proclamation yesterday declaring
| a state of war with Austria Hungary in
accordance with the act of Congress,
President Wilson specified that unnat
nralized Austro Hungarians, unlike the
Germans in this country, should be free
to live and travel anywhere, except that
they may not enter or leave the United
States without permission, and those
suspected of enemy activity may be in
termed. They need not register with po
lice or postoffiee officials, as Germans
will be required to do shortly, and are
not barred from the hundred yard zone
about piers, docks and warehouses closed
to Germans, and are not required to leave
the District of Columbia.
The presidents motive in drawing dis
tinctions between Germans and Austri-
ans was described as two-fold First. it
was realized that the sympathy of Hun
earians, Rumanians, Poles. Serbans,
Czechs Slovaks and other immigrants
from the Austro- Hungarian empire. gen
orally is not with the mother country in
the war, and they have not been guilty
of the multiform campaign of violence
praeticed under the German war sys-
tenn. Secondly, such a large proportion
of laborers in munition and steel plants
and coal mines consist of Austrian sub
jeets that it was found practically inn
possible to administer against them the
rigid regulations imposed on the Ger
mans, who are not half as numerous and
more inidyidualistic.
The department of justice even aban-
doned its former plans to register Aus !
trians along with Germans because of |
the immensity of the task and the adj |
determination to mini |
mize embarrassment to Austrians. thou
sands of whom have demonstrated their |
loyalty to this country by enlisting in
the army and navy.
As an indication of the presidents diff
ference in feeling toward subjects of the
dual monarchy it was pointed out that no
where in the proclamation did he use the
phrase "alien enemies as was done in
previous proclamations referring to Ger.
mans. Repeatedly he referred only to
natives, citizens, denizens. or subjects"
Of Austria Hungary
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-13
MANY REJECTED.
Among the Applicants for Naval Enlist
ment.

Ten applications were received at th'
Montpelier navy recruiting office or
Wednesday. which makes a total OF =.
received since the first OF the month. Oi
the total number II have entered ;hC
actual service. while nine have been re.
iected BY the physician az Burlington
and there are several pending.
Those applying Wednesday were: W
W. Lafayette Of Montpelier. rejected /;
!. f. Lambert Of Barre. accepted; J. Z.
TAYLOR Of Chelsea. rejected; W. J. He
nev Of Montpelier. accepted; p. +. Stew
ems Of Northfeld. rejected; 7. Z. Lane Of
Montpelier. rejected; \. A. Warren Of
Montpelier. neierted; II. =. smith %
Randolph. reiected; II. A. Hathaway Of
Montpelier and C. r. Willard ~ Monl
peIier. rejected. George Richardson, who
went to Burlington "Wednesday wa re-
iected last spring. but had removed bic
disability while Mr. Heney, who ap-
piled last summer. but vas refused be-
cause sf the infantiie paralysis. was
accepted
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-13
MOSTLY DUE TO LIGHTNING.
Losses Sustained By Grange Fire Insur.
ance Company.

Burlington, Dec. l3.-Reports of com
mittees on insurance, credentials. cte
took up large share of the time at the
morning session at the annual meeting
of the Vermont state grange The re-
port of the Patrons Cooperative Fire
Insurance company showed that the To-
tai loss for the year ending Sept l was
S2.5s9.lS. All but S25.lS was loss by
lightning and all the losses except $50lS
were in July and August.
Elbert $. Brigham of ST. Albans. state
commissioner of agriculture and a men,
Der of the federal milk commission. re-
turned from Boston yesterday and made
an address at the afternoon session. He
urged the appointment of a grange COM
mittee on the question of milk prices
and cost of production.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-13
CUBA is FOR WAR.
House of Representatives Takes Action
Against Austria

Havana. Dec. l3.-The House Of Rep
resentatiyes last night passed a resolu-
iion declaring a state Of war TO exist he
tween Austria Hungary and the republic
Of Cuba
The action was takcu' following the
reading of = message from President
MpBocsl recommending such q declsTa-
tion.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-13
SECOND RELIEF
SHIP 4RRUES
The Northland Brought Large Quantity
OF Glass, Roofing Paper and Sup
plies to Make Halifax More
Habitable.

Halifax, y s, Dec. l3-The relief ship
Northland, the second vessel sent from
Boston with supplies and clothing for the
destitute here, arrived to-day The
Northland brought large quantity Of
glass, roofing paper and supplies needed to
make the remaining homes more com
Portable and to provide better temporary
quarters for the homeless The weather
was intensely cold to-day and am early
snowstorm gave indication OF continuing
throughout the day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-13
GOV. COX GIVEN
FIRM REFUSAL
Must Not Interfere with Operations Of
Ohio State Fuel Admin
istration

Washington. D. C.. Dec l3.-Fuel Ad-
ministrator Garfield to-day informed
Governor Cox Of Ohio that he would not
b. permitted TO interfere with the dis
tribution OF coal in Ohio under the d.
rection OF the state fuel administrator.
In a telegram 10 the governor. Mr.. Gar
field said; 4 must respectfully bnt
firmly request that von do not interfere
with the orderly distribution Of coal IN
Ohio under orders issued by my author
itv-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-13
sHIP LOSSES sTILL HIGH.
British Lost IL Large Vessels and Seven
Smaller Ones.

London. Dec. IA slight increase in
the losses Il British merchantmen L.
mine or submarine in the past week :
voied ~ TIE admiralty statement last
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-13
British Were Forced to Give Ground
On Short Front in the Bullecourt-
Queant Section, the Germans Hurl-
ins Great Masses of Troops and Los
ing Heavily
Paris Dec 13Acve artillery fighting progress along the
whole front officially announced to-day

The French al nouneement given out
last night was as follows:
"There was pronounced activity on the
part of both artilleries in the sectors OF
Chavignon and Courtecon, in Champagne
in the region of the Monts and on the
right bank of the Meuse. An enemy sur
prise attack near Courcy was without re-
suit
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-13

night. Fourteen vessels of more than /, :
600 tons were sunk, as well as seven I'M
der that tonnage.
The losses to British shipping by rhine
or submarine the previous week com.
prised l6 merchantmen of 1900 tons or
over and one under that tonnage.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-13
AN APPEAL FOR THE RED CROSS.

nd we have only just begun.