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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-05-24
Worked Fearful Havoc.

fFven before the French cavalry
swept into the breaches in the British
lines caused by the mysterious de
bacle of the Fifth army the airmen
were on the spot. They made the
G1tman attempts to break through at
the breaches costly beyond belief And
by the time the aviators had deci-
mated the German ranks the French
cavalry had come up as a temporary
barrier and behind them infantry,
tanks and artillery.
Wherever the aviators appeared
there was the greatest confusion in
the enemy ranks. The infantry broke
ranks and left the main roads for
paths through the brush. Horses
broke away from the artillery CATS
sons and rolled in their death agonies
in the mud while the chauffeurs of
motor transport trains were forced to
hide underneath their trucks.
The roads were encum bered by the
blocked ammunition trains. Columns
on the march scattered, as one avia-
tor expressed it, las If strong wind
had first shaken them up and then
blew them fiat to the ground OF into
the bitches along the road" The
hours saved by the air fleets were
Ntaluable to the hard-pressed British
armies which were bearing the brunt
OF the German assaults.
Air Work Told Tale.
The slowing up of the German
hordes in the fourth, fifth and en-
Ing days of the offensive is directly
due TO the work of the aviators.
German batteries and troops found
themselves up in the air" without
food, machine gun bullets and their
fayorite nine point five shells, for: in
the rear allied aviators were spray
ing all munition and supply trains
day and night with millions of bull
let's, bombs, torpedoes, shells and
grenades.
And with their own machines Sweep
from the skies the German batteries
found themselves with no means OF
regulating their fire on the allied po-
sitions. German infantry constantly
found itself pocketed in death traps
British and French cul de sacs from
which death spat from cunning nests
OF machine guns. German communi-
cations with the rear were constantly
cut: the enemy tried in vain to locate
the allied reserves.
Throughout the whole of the first
phase of the offensive the allied SUI
periority in the air was overwheim-
ing.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-05-24
ALLIED AIRMEN
! SWAMPED HUN
Havoc Wrought To Germans
In Battle OF Picardy
Fearful.
louisville Herald)

Paris, April 26.-American avia-
tors In the Royal Flying Corps and
French escadrills who took part in
the battle of Picardy have returned TO
Paris for brief leaves. They declare
that the slaughter inflicted on Ger
man troops and conveys by the allied
air fleets is unbelievable.
Having exhausted their bombs and
belts of machine-gun bullets, many of
the American aviators flew back and
forth between the nearest British and
French batteries, loaded up their ma
chimes with 75, 100 and 16-inch shells
and grenades until the machines were
& heavily loaded that difficulty was
experienced in leaving the ground.
Then, flying at a perilously low al
titude. the aviators rushed back over
the German lines, dropping the shells
tobse first among the massed German
troops. A few minutes after their
cargo of shells were exhausted the
aviators were back at the batteries
and munition depots, loading up
again.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-05-24
Shells Used Freely.

The American aviators declare that
never were shells and grenades en-
ployed as freely by aviators as dur
ing the battle of Picardy.
There is no doubt that the slowing
up of the German offensive was in
great part due to the wonderful work
of the American and allied aviators.
American aviators who were still in
training when Secretary of War
Baker visited them. and who had
dropped nothing more deadly than
practice bombs, were hurried into the
fight and acquitted themselves like
veterans.
The swarms of allied ayiators liter
ally swept the German machines from
the sky. Whenever there was break
in the allied lines the aviators were
rushed in, and by their effective work
prevented German aerial observers
from learning that gaps existed until
Il was too late for any advantage to
be derived from the temporary con-
dition.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-06
DROPPED DEAD IN
TOWN MEETING
A. c. Stone, Former Representative in
Legislature, Was Delivering
Patriotic Address.

WALLINGFORD, March 6.--Addi-
son g. Stone, lawyer and farmer Of
this town, dropped dead III the town
hall yesterday morning about 1890
o clock while delivering patriotic
speech at town meeting. He would
have been 90 years of age on March
Is.
Mr.. Stone was educated in the pub
lie schools and law department of
Georgetown college, Washington, D. c,
He was admitted to the bar of the SUI
prcme court of the District of Columbia
in 1875. After practicing in Walling-
ford a short time he had an office in
Richmond. Mich, until 1884 when he
returned to this village.
Mr.. Stone was one of the best known
Republicans of Rutland county and rep
resented Wallingford in the legislature
i'll 1894 and 1910. He was a 32d de
gree Mason, and a past grand dictator
of Vermont Knights of Honor. In 1877
he married Lucretia NJ. Kent of this
town.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-06

George G. Hubert, general secretary Of
the \. NJ G.. A. III Hartford, Conn, wrote
to the Eastern Lyceum bureau Dee. 70 as
follows:
Mr.. Harry C. Collins addressed our
Sunday afternoon meeting in the theatre
on Dec. Is, giving his story of his lie in
the trenches. To say that he made a pro-
found impression on the audience is under
stating the facts Seldom have | seen an
audience 50 deeply impressed or so COM
pletely swept of their feet by the story
OF any man. He possesses a keen dramatic
instinct and capacity for making his ex-
periences live in the imagination OF his
hearers. As compared with other lee
turers on a similar subject, whom | have
heard, he is in class by himself"
On Jan. - Of this year Secretary II +
Dodge of the Fall River Y. VI. {. a
wrote the lyceum bureau thus:
Mr., Harry C. Collins has the mos,
gripping war story we have ever heard
The l,S0o men who packed the theatre
(scores were turned away on Sunday
Jan. Is, sat spellbound through his lift,
minute portrayal OF War As 1t Is Tn,
great majority OF war stories are stalt
when they are six months old, but Collins
story Will go over y years ate. the wa
is finished"
Many other similar testimonials NIGH
! be printed, but these two are sufficient t
show that Mr. Collins is a magneti
speaker. He is a Harvard graduate, an,
tells dramatically his experiences !,
France, during which he was twic
wounded and once gassed
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-06
SOLDIERS HONORED.
List of Those Who Were Decorated
by Premier Clemenceau.

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, March f. by The Associated
Press.-It is now permissible to give
the names of the officers and men dec
grated yesterday by Premier Clemen-
ceau. They are
Lieut.. Joseph Candy of Brooklyn,
n Y.
Lieut.. William Coleman of Charles
ton, S. C.
Sergeant Patrick Walsh.
Sergeant William Norton.
Private Buddy Pittman of Brook.
lyn, n. Y
Private Alvin Smiley of St. Louis.
The sergeants have been in the army
for many years. Sergeant Walsh for
merly lived in Detroit and Sergeant
| Norton III Arkansas Both the pri-
Yates distinguished themselves by run
ming through the barrage laid dowr
| by the Germans during the raid and
| delivering messages.
Two artillery othcers-Capt. Holt
zendortf, whose home is III Georgia
and Lieut.. Green-win receive thu
French war cross. They were wounded
by she'll fire.
Lieuts. Candy and Coleman wen
out into No Man S land in daylight anC
each took a German prisoner. Ser
geant Norton killed a German Geuten
| ant and two soldiers. He was chal
lenged by the lieutenant to leave hi
dugout and led out his men fighting
Sergeant Walsh took command of
detachment in front of the wire whe
his captain was killed and continue
the fight.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-06
DEMOCRATS CARRY
NEW YORK DISTRICTS
As Result Of Election Yesterday Par
ty Regains Control Of House Of
Representatives.

NEW YORK, March 6-Control of the
house of representatives was regained by
the Democrats today when they elected
their candidates from four districts IN
Greater New York at special elections
called to choose successors to four mem
bers of that party who had resigned their
seats in congress.
New York women had their first chance
to vote since they won the right at the
polls last November 1t was significant
that they cast 81, 1853 votes out of total
Of IS, 1872 in the four districts They voted
early, seemed to have made up their minds
what they were going to do before they
received their ballots and they asked few
foolish" questions.
| The successful candidates were: Seventh
! district, Kings County, John j. Delaney
to succeed John. j Fitzgerald; Sth dis
trict, Kings County, William +. Cleary to
succeed Daniel j Griffin; Dist district,
| New York County, Jerome +. Donovan,
to succeed Murray Hubert; I'D district
! New York and Bronx Counties, Anthony
| j. Griffin, to succeed Henry Bruckner.
In all the districts the Democratic nom
| inees were elected over their Republican
| opponents by comfortable margins. The
| most surprising feature was the fact that
| in the 22d district, which included part
OF the borough of the Bronx, the vote
cast for the Socialist candidate exceeded
by approximately ZOO that given the Re
publican nominee. The Socialist vote IT
the other districts was negligible.
In none of the districts was there any
especial issue involved except that O
party politics. Chief interest centeret
in the baby carriage vote" The re
suits Indicated that majority Of the won
en- who took the trouble to register 81
they could cast their ballots were guide,
largely by the politics OF their husband
l or male relatives All the districts ar
2 normally Democratic
Election officials who had predicted tina
the advent OF women az voters woul
+ slow up the election machinery professe
e to have been pleasantly surprised Man
n OF them declared the women acted NOR
} intelhgently and voted more expeditiousl
= than the men. Many Of the new citizen
n were accompanied TO the polling places b
/ their husbands and not a few of the1
Y trundled baby carriages A few wome
&c were challenged because they were tn
< wives OF unnaturalized aliens and ha
is registered without knowledge Of the la
G. which provides that woman must a
e sumo the nationality of her husband, a
though she may have been born in III
: United States.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-06
COST OF FOUL BALLS LARGE
Number Of Spheres confiscated by
5leacherites or Find Their Way
over Fence Is Biz.

The high cost Of fouls is going to
worry the magnates more than ever
this year.
We don't mean spring chickens, or
any of the feathery tribe but foul
balls, that are conhscated by fans in
the bloaChcrs or find their way into
the eager clutches Of future greats"
camped outside Of the bail parks.
Baseballs this year are quoted at
$3.50 apiece, - cents more than they
cost In 1917. The average bali club
uses hundreds of dozens Of balls each
season, and at Si.50 per each, the cost
Is going 10 mount high. For every ball
that Is lost the magnate will be out
two bits more than he was before.
In the National league last year the
eight clubs used 1.53S dozen basoballS.
That means 1886 "apples" In all. If
they use that many balls this year they
viii have to plank down S27,GSi for
them.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-06
MAY LAUNCH "KNITTlEG DAY"
Chicago Club Endeavoring to Restore
Custom Of Admitting Women
Free to Games.

KNITTING day" once a week may be
established nj the National league
parks this season, II plans under way
are carried to completion. The Chi
cago club formerly admitted women
free one day a week, but a year ago
the National league passed a rule abol-
fishing ladies day" officials Of the
team now propose TO ask a renewal Of
the custom at the next meeting Of the
league, but instead Of calling II Ia
dies day II will be known as "knitting
day" g..
II Is said that five Of the eight
clubs of the National league favor a
free day for women, which has pre-
vailed at the par, of the Chicago
American league club FOR several years
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-06
PERSONAL.

George Bigelow of Clark street is con
fined to his home by illness
X. +. Mosher is in Boston this week at
tending the automobile show
DR.. Harry P. Greene went to Boston
this morning to attend the automobile.
show
Mrs. Charles R. Dunklee went this
morning to Bellows Falls to visit few
days.
Miss Mary l. Wilbur has taken a posi-
ton in the Holstein Friesian association
Offices
Mrs. Charles S. Pratt of East Putnev
Is spending the day in Brattleboro with
friends
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank L. Burnett are
spending the day with relatives in West
Dummerston.
Miss Roselee Rochon of Springfield.
| Mass, is guest of her sister, Mrs.
Robert f. Higley.
Mrs. c. ". Ray of Chester is spending
a few days in town and is registered at
the Brooks House.
| Mrs. H. +. Bascom returned Monday
night from an absence of two weeks in
| New York and Boston
Herbert c. Shaw, wire chief, was in Bel
lows Falls yesterday on business for the
local telephone exchange
H. A. Wood, who is employed by the
Roberts Automobile Co., will go tomor-
row to Boston to attend the automobile
show.
Miss Flora kavanaugh is having a
weeks vacation. Miss Minnie Bowie is in
charge of her shampoo parlors during her
absence.
Miss Gladys Ames, stenographer in the
board of trade rooms, is i'll. Miss Marion
Timer, a high school student, is taking
her place.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Durham and daugh
ter, Miss Evelyn Durham, who spent tw,
weeks in Washington, ID. c., are now il
Hampton, Va.
Mrs. Emily Nash and family ar,
moving this week from Putney road t,
one of the apartments in the new Man
ley building.
: Miss Emma Navarro is out again, afte
an illness of several weeks. She has no
yet returned to her work in the Boston
Fruit market.
r. S. Kent of Guilford went this morn
ing " EOll olOcuil, N. l., 10 WISH III
son, Robert L. Kent, who has recently en-
! listed in the aviation corps.
Chester Sargent of South Main street
who has been i'll two weeks threatene
with pneumonia, is slightly improved an
is able to sit up little each day.
Second Lieut. Robert c. Knowlton cam
today from Fort Leavenworth Kansa
where he had been attending specit
officers training school, and is visitin
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs E. L. knowlto
of Central street.
II Ernest G. Brown, formerly of Brattl,
| boro, for several years local agent of tt
| American express company in Nortl
ampton, Mass, is now agent for the san
company in Lowell, Mass. having bee
transferred on Monday of this week
L Mrs. Chester Beebe of South Londol
derry is visiting in the home of h
brother, Attorney o. B. Hughes. Mi
Elizabeth Lyon, who had been teachir
school in Winhall Hollow the past yea
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Hughes over Il
weekend, returning yesterday to h
home in Worcester.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-06
WAR SPEAKER IN
CLASS BY HIMSELF
Harry Collins, Wounded in France, to Be
Heard in Auditorium Tomorrow
Night Without Charge.

Harry Collins, the first American cltl-
zen to enlist in the present titanic
struggle in Europe, who viii give an ad-
dress in the Auditorium tomorrow eve
ming under the auspices of the Brattleboro
board of trade, has made decidedly favor
able impression wherever he has spoken
He also has been greeted by large audi.
ences, and it is anticipated that the Audi
forum will be we'll filled on this occa
sion. The lecture will be free and every
body is invited and asked to be in then
seats at 8 o'clock
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-06
RIGHT HAND HITTER WANTED
Manager Quinn of Browns Finds Ali
His Outfield Talent Bat From
the Left Side.

Business Manager Bobby Quinn of
the St. Louis Browns, having taken
stock of his outfield talent, finds that
all he has bats from the left side of
the plate, whereupon he announces
that he is in the market to buy or
trade for a right-handed hitter who
can also catch flies.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-06
MUST REPORT IN CONDITION
On Account Of Short Training Period
Pitchers Are Expected 20 Work
cut Ct Home.

Because Of the National league re-
striction on the length Of the training
period there VIII DE no sending Of
pitchers ahead Of the main team this
spring. Most Of the National league
clubs have notified their pitchers that
they will he expected TO report in "con-
dltion," which means they are ex-
pectcd 10 start their workouts at
home a couple OF weeks in advance of
the training period.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-06
KooB SEEKS AVIATION BERTH
southpaw Hurler Of 81. Louis Ameri-
can League Team Makes AppI-
cation for Flying Job.

Ernest Kooh, southpaw pitcher of
the st. Louis Browns for the last two
seasons, has fled his application for
entrance into Tho United States avia-
tion service. Koob was offered a con-
tract by the Browns, and has accept
cd II. He Is registered in class l in
the selective draft.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-06
PRICE OF BASEBALL. WILL
GO SKY HIGH THIS YEAR

Don't be surprised if they
ask 81 for every baseball you
buy at the stores before the
summer is gone. Yarn is scarce.
Wooden yarn that goes into
the making of the genuine big
league baseball has increased in
price 800 per cent, and shows no
sign of stopping, according to a
big manufactures. League balls
nc $50 are possible only be-
cause the makers have stored
yarn ahead of the latest rise.
but it is said that they haven't
anywhere near the amount
needed to last.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-06
John KELlEHER AN AVIATOR
Brooklyn Recruit lnfielder From Den
vcr Has Been Accepted for
Service in Army.

John Kelleher, the recruit infielder,
Erooklyn drew from Denver, has mott
!oi President Ebbets that he has been
tceppted for service in the army avia-
ion section. He makes five stars in
Grooklyn's service flag. !r=axLsr.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-06
Laundry s All Stars.
"Dcctorinu" He!iotrope.

The delicate heliotrope Is scarce and
Improbable to the perfumer. He de-
tects in its odor, however, the aroma
of vanilla combined with the sharper
scent of bitter almonds. Therefore, he
adds to tincture of vanilla a small
quantity of the otto OF bitter almonds
and rose and orange flower essence,
and thus easily makes extract of hello.
trope.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-06
whilina MAY ac Drafted

George Whitfield may be lost 10 the
Phlllies when the next draft call is IS
sued. Whitfield viii be among the first
10 be drawn, as his number was al
most reached In the GTst call.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-06
ADJUSTMENTS.
Motion P1cturs AttracttbiAtsk.1 Il

The attraction today at the Princess
theatre will be The Millionaire Va
grant, with Charles Ray. For tomorrow
Vivian Martin III The Trouble Buster
IS booked.
Taylor Holmes in Efficiency Edgar IS
Courtship, Perfection feature, and A
Day and Night, one of the Charles
Hoyt comedies, are the attractions at
the Empire today. Tomorrow Gladys
Leslie in 1t Happened to Adele, a Gold
Rooster play, and Pearl White in The
Fatal Ring will be the attractions.
Insomnia is due to the microbe of un
rest In other words, the early birC
| catches the germ.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-06
SOLDIERS GET BANK LOSSES.
Baltimore People Reimburse Those Who
Suffered in Failure.

BALTIMORE, March 6.-Every sol
der who had money on deposit at the
Odenton bank, which closed three
weeks ago, was asked to 90 to the
judge advocates headquarters at Camp
Meade TO get his money, through j.
Dukes Downs, state bank commissioner.
On Friday last the Baltimore Sun
and the Baltimore Evening Sun start
ed fund to make up the $4,000 tied
up by subscribing $4,000. The APP
peal was answered Immediately and By
Saturday evening the fund had been
oversubscribed by $4,000.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-06
ALL STARS BEAT PICKED TEAM.
Laundry's Men Win from Odd Fellows
1912 to 1854,

Laundry S All Stars defeated a picked
team of Odd Fellows on the Laundry al
levs last evening by substantial lead,
the totals being 1912 and 1854. The
honors went to Cakes of the winners,
his totals being 100 and 2S5. The scores:
Taupdry's All Stars
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-06
A Diplomat.

The man who gives In when he is
wrong" said the street orator, lis a wise
man, but he who gives in when he is right
is -
Married. said meek vioce in the
crowd
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-06

Il have notified Sergt. Hank Gowdy
Of the Boston Braves, the first ball
player to enlist, that the National
League will take good care of his de-
pendents in the event of his inability
or placement" President John X.
Tener OF the National league said at
Boston as chairman of the Eiks' COM
lnittee, which is to build hospital in
Boston for crippled soldiers.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-17
CONGRESS ASKED TO
RAISE INCOME TAXES
Laborers and Farmers Would
Hit Excess Profits.

Washington. Jan. 16.-Labor and
farmers organizations want congress
TO provide for a decided increase in the
income and excess profits taxes during
the war, Chairman Simmons Of the
senate finance committee and Chair
man Kitchen OF the house ways and
means committee. were told today 10y
a delegation headed by Benjamin q
Marsh. secretary If the Association fot
an Equitable Federal Income Tax Law
Henry Zimmerman OF the Nom Parti-
san league and Mrs. L. II. Brooks, So
cial settlement worker of Los Angeles
The delegates proposed that congress
provide flat rate OF so per cent on
excess profits and that. the income tax
sections OF the war revenue law be
amended SO that 80 per cent Of in
comes of $l.000,0oU or more than one
half of incomes from $4,000 to 81 .00O,-
600 shall be paid to the government.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-17
SITUATIONS WANTEo-FEMALE.

SITUATIONS WANTEo-eeMALE.
YOUNG MAN EMPLOYED IN CITY
would like to affiliate himself with
some organization DESTROYS OF pro-
ducing either a seires OF plays or
one great, grand and glorious con-
glomeration for the benefit OF some
army unit. Have had actual expc-
rience in producing. With your
hearty cooperation something won
derful can be accomplished. Ad-
dress II. A. NJ, Missoulian.
YOUNG LADY WITH EXPERIENCE
wishes any kind OF office employ
ment. J, b.. Missoulian.
GOOD COOK. CITY OR RANCH. IN
quire 400 w. Cedar. Mrs. I-avoie.
YOUNG WOMAN WANTS TO CARE
for children. Phone 1891.
SEWING BY THE DAY. PAXTON
Hotel. Room IL.
MATERNITY NURSE. PHONE 1891.
DAY WORax. cAhl Ss5 BLACK.