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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-24
GERMANS LOST
TO ITALIANS
Launched Attack at Bligny
and Were Completely
Repulsed
>----RP FIGHTING
WAS ENGAGED IN
The Italians Had Only Re-
Gently Come to the
Marne Front

Paris, June 24.--The Germans launched
new attack against positions held by
the Italians at Bligny at IL o'clock last
night. After hard fighting the Germans
were completely repulsed with severe
losses. leaving prisoners in the hands OF
the allies, according to statement is
sued by the war office to-day.
: The French have repulsed German at
tack in the region of Antheuil (west of
the Oisel, the statement says.
The statement reads:
"The French repulsed a German attack
near Antheuil last night.
Between the Marne and Rheims the
Germans launched new attack at IL
o'clock last night against the Itclian po
sitions on the heights of Bligny. After
sharp fighting the Germans were COM
pletely repulsed with serious losses, pris
oners remaining in the hands of the allies.
"The opposing artilleries have been ac-
tive in the Woeyre and Vosges sectors"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-24
"SCo7yy; GETS
SEyS2E WOUND
Private Alexander Robert
son of Barre Among the
American Casualties
HE FIRST ENLISTED
IN OLD COMPANY G
A War Department Message
Says He Was Wound
ed June 16

A dispatch received in Barre Sunday
from the war department announced
that Private Alexander Robertson Of
the l0lst machine gun battalion was Sc
verely wounded in action Monday, June
l6. News of the young mans disability
came closely on the heels of a message
recording the injuries of another Barre
boy, Private Joseph Bussiere, whose
name appeared in Fridays casualty list
as being among the severely wounded.
Private Alexander Robertson, known
to many people in Barre as "Scotty," is
native of Aberdeen, Scot. For several
years he was employed as an attendant
at the Barre Savings bank, and when
he felt the call to the colors he was an
employe of Barclay Bros. 1t was dur
ing the drive for National Guard re-
cruits in the summer of 1917 that
"Scotty" enlisted in C company. With
other Barre boys he was identified with
the fortunes of the home company un-
til the regiment was dispersed. Trans
ferred to the l0lst machine gun battal-
ion he found himself with friends from
home. While in Barre Private Robert
son lived for time in the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Brown of Forsythe
place George Robertson of Short street
IS brother of the soldier "Scotty" is
very highly esteemed in Barre and there
are many who will wish him speedy
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-24
RETREAT STARTED AT NIGHT
And the Austrians Left Their Cannon
Behind Them.

Italian Army Headquarters, Sunday,
June % (by Associated Press = The
great retreat by the Austrians along the
Pave front began under cover of dark
ness on Saturday night. The retreating
troops left their cannon behind them.
italian detschments are pursuing the
enemy cast Of the Piave. Austrian troops
left TO cover the retreat used their ma
chine guns to set up a barrage fire.
When il was observed that the Austri-
ans had begun a retreat movement. the
Italians began to attack virtually all
along the Piave line. from Montelio on
the north well towards the mouth Of the
riFer. The attack was quickly pressed
and became more insistent. accompanied
BY violent artillery FIRE.
The number Of guns left behind bv the
Austrians a. they retrcated has not been
computed, but il i said to Be- very great
The work Of the American svistors
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-24
WASHINGTON COUNTY LEADS
In Self-Inductions Into Government Me-
chanical Training Service.

Less than one-half of the number of
men who are wanted to 60 to Burlington
July is to enter the mechanical training
school viii get state pay, for they have
not self -inducted to any extent. Only 1853
have signed, according to reports received
up to this morning. Of these, Washing
ton county leads with so. By counties
the number who signed are: Addison,
5; Bennington, 0; Caledonia, 8; Chitten-
den, So; Essex, 2 Franklin, 30; Grand
Isle, Il Lamoille, q Orange, /; Orleans,
2; Rutland No /. 5; Rutland No. 2, o;
Washington, so; Windham, 10; Windsor,
A. total, l6S. Adit. Gen. johnson will now
allot men to the counties, bearing in
mind those counties from which large
self induction has occurred. In response
to the cali for POS men made last Satur-
day, Gen. Johnson will not issue call
for some days, because of the condition
of class ] now. In some counties there
will not be enough without one or the
other of the two, reclassification or new
men responding.
Adjt. Gen. II. T. johnson this morning
received message from Arthur Tenney
of st. Albans that Lieut.. Walter Tenney,
his brother. who was reported as missing
a few weeks ago, is a prisoner in Ger
many, and that he is doing as well as
can be expected. Lieut.. Tenney was the
officer reported missing in a recent en-
when only two men were found
after the German drive, and these two
were dead by their gun.
DR.. James Hamilton of Rutland, who
is secretary of the medical department in
Vermont of the council of national de-
tense, has been assigned to army duty
md offered a captaincy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-24
AUSTRIANS HAD BUT
SINGLE BRIDGE LEFT
After Violent Artillery Bombardment
Which Swept the Other Bridge Away,
the Italian Infantry Began Attack.

Washington, d. c., June 24-Capture
of 5000 prisoners and enormous stores
of war material by the Italians in their
counter offensive which has driven the
Austrians across the Pisye, is announced
in an official cablegram received o-day
by the Italian embassy from Rome.
offensive operations by our troops
began Sunday" says the despatch. aft
er violent artillery preparations that de-
stroyed all bridges except one, the in
fsntry drove forward with irresistible
impetus The flooded Pisve contains
thousands OF enemy corpses. Divisions
which had passed the Piavc were deci-
mated by cur artillery and infantry.
@Montello was attacked in three col
umns Enemy defenses were broken at
Celia Della Madonna and Nervasa and
recccupied. From Masensda TO Sardona,
the Austrians first resisted our attacks
desperately but finally were forced to
retreat TO the left bank Battle con-
tinues furious in the Sardons sector.
Foytv-fve thousand prisoners and ennr-
nous booty captured BY Italians.
American airmen displayed great
bravery in the first encounters Lieu-
tenant Young, attacked by two Hun
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-24
YOUNG ROOSEVELT
CITED FOR GALL4NTRY
Stuck to His Post of Duty Though
Gassed Even to Blindness During
Battle of Cantigny.

With the American Army in France
June 24.-t BY the Associated Press. -
Major Theodore Roosevelt, jr., has been
cited by the general commanding the
troops to which his unit is attached for
conspicuous gallantry" in action dur
ing the operations connected with. the
capture and subsequent defense of Can
tigny.
The citation says:
During an enemy raid he displayed
high qualities of courage and leadership
in going forward to supervise in person
the action of one of the companies of his
battalion, which had been attacked.
"on the day of our attack upon Can
tigny, although gassed in the lungs and
gassed in the eyes to blindness, Major
Roosevelt refused to be relieved and re-
tanned the command of his battalion un-
der heavy bombsrdment throughout the
engagement"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-24
DRAWING THIS WEEK.
Among the Recent Registrants Probably
Wednesday or Thursday.

Washington, d. c., June 24.-Wednes-
day or Thursday of this week may be
fixed as the date for the drawing Of
numbers for the young men who regis
tered for the army draft on June 5.
Announcement of arrangements for the
drawing awaits reports from half doz-
en- local boards whose records are incom-
plete.
The drawing will be held with formal
ceremony in the capitol. similar to that
which fixed the order of nearly ten mil
lion registrants a year ago. The plan
has not been made public, but il is un-
derstood to be a continuation of the
original scheme.
The low provides that the 1918 regis
trsnts shall be placed at the bottom OF
the classes to which they may be as
signed by the local boards on the basis
Of their questionnaires. A very large
proportion of the nearly 100000 regis
tered are expected to 60 into class one
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-24
DIDN'T WANT TO ATTACK.
Austria Feared Failure of Offensive
Against Italians.

London, June 24.--0ne of the princi
pal objectives Of she visit to Germany Of
the Austro- Hungarian foreign minister
was to obtain consent for an indefinite
postponement of the Austrian offensive.
the correspondent of the Daily Mail at
Annemasse, on the Franco-Swiss bor-
der, says he learns from an unimpeach-
able source.
Baron Burian pointed out that failure
Of the drive in conjunction with the
threatening food problem and race ques-
tion might lead to the gravest internal
disorders, even revolution, but If Austria
were permitted to remain on the defen-
sive the breadless situation might be
tided over.
Berlin it is added, insisted that an
offensive was necessary to re-
lieve the western front and to rehabili
tate Austria with the German public.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-24
MICHIGAN CROPS
HIT BY FROST
Damage of $4,000 Was Done in South
western and Western Part of the
State Sunday Morning.

Grand Rapids, Mich, June 24.-Dam-
age estimated at $500,OoO was done crops
in southwestern and western Michigan
by heavy frost which swept this region
south to Fort Wayne, Ind, Sunday morn
ing Fields in the lowland sections were
completely destroyed in many sections
for the first time in a score of years at
this stage of the growing season
Greatest damage was done to corn,
oats, beans, melons and grapes The
celery crop in several sections was killed.
Two thousand acres of mint in kalama-
zoo is reported to be a complete loss.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-24

From the Montello plateau southwark
TO the Adriatic comes the same story Of
the Austrian retreat. The Piave river
formerly emptied into the sea quite near
Venice, but in recent years its course has
changed to its present location. In the
first rush of the Austrians, the enemy
succeeded in crossing the old river bed,
which is now a canal From their posi-
tions there the foe has been driven and
the Italians are relentlessly pressing the
pursuit.
There is every indication the Austrian
'shunger offensive" has been forlorn
hope for several days. The effect of the
defeat on the internal conditions of Aus
tria Hungary, when once the news is
made public, can only be conjectured, but
it may be that the Italians have dealt
the enemy harder blow than that mere
ly involved in the military feat of push
ing him back across the Piave.
There have been no further reports
foreshadowing new attack in the noun
Ja1u sectOTs OI Lie lJdiidu lIpub.
by their signal victory in the lower
reaches of their battlefront, however, the
Italians and the allied troops fighting in
that theatre of the war may be expected
to meet any new move with the stubborn
resistance which so far has nullifed the
efforts of the Austrian emperor to carry
the war into the plains of Italy and still
the murmurs of his soldiers with the loot
from captured cities.
Coincident with the Italian victory on
the Piave comes the news of the Italian
units on the Marne Rheims sector repuls
ing second heavy German attack on the
heights of Bligny, just to the west of the
city of Rheims. The German failure was
complete, as was the original blow on
Saturday night. A German attack on
the French at Antheuil west of the Oise
was beaten off on Sunday night.
British troops have taken prisoners
and inflicted casualties in local opera
tions.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-24
TALK OF THE TOWN

Fl. W Warren and his son, Budd War
rem, have returned to their home in
| Stowe, after passing few days in Barre.
| The young man expects to enlist in the
mechanics contingent leaving next
| month for Burlington.
Miss Viva Martinson. who has been
visiting at the home of Mrs. Ida Martin
son of Perrin street during the past few
DAYS, returned last evening to her home
in Brooklyn, n. Y. Miss Martinson was
formerly a resident of this city.
Barre's contingent at the training
camp at the University of Vermont at
Burlington for mechanics made their Gus
tomary visit at their respective homes in
the city over the week end. making
the trip to this city and the return trip
to Burlington by automobile. Although
no definite orders have as yet been re-
ceived, it is the expectation of the young
men at the camp that a change in their
positions will be made at an early date.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Grant, who were
recently married in Worcester, Mass,
were pleasantly surprised at the home
of the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Booth of Fairview street, Satur-
day evening by number of friends, q
very pleasant evening being spent. The
bride received some beautiful gifts. Re
freshments were served and dancing was |
enjoyed until late hour. The couple |
leave for their home in Worcester Tues |
day, the bridegroom having to report for |
duty at the Wentworth institute in Bos-
ton July /.
The Sunday school Of st. Monica's
church closed yesterday with full at
tendance. Four hundred children were
present TO receive their grade cards for
The coming year. Rev. FIR. Mckenna
spoke few encouraging words TO the
little ones on leaving for their vacation.
he told them also how pleased he was
10 hear on every side praise for the
splendid patriotic showing of the Sunday
before. Then he awarded diplomas to
he following young ladies, who finished
he course with honors: Evelyn Ce
ella Bruya, Eva Marie Besulieu, Kath
,rine Clare Brown, Kathleen Mary Ham
j, Doris Cecilia Marion, Mildred Mar
1sret Lander. Margaret Mary Tomasi,
Margaret Ann OKeefe.
Changes in train service over two ,
Dads entering Barre became effective
o-day. On the Central Vermont rail-
oad. including the Barre and Williams
own branches, changes noted in Ss;ur- L
avs Times were in order, and for the h
eason that they vary slightly from the D
pring timetable the public was incon- 1
enienced but slightly and its sdJnst- s
rent to the change viii not take long n
" reason OF an order which puts Barre v
! a classification below that Of the pro- n
erbial pair Of bars so much favored 8
Y the road in ordering its hslts. the
sssenrer service on the NJ. & W. r.
ne was negligible Il was a good deal +,
ke the history Of horned owls in Samoa Il
here isn't any. Both the Central Yer v
ont road and the traction company are Z,
aiming 70 take care Of the interurban II
afic. n
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-24
HIT COMING TOWER
OF ATTACKING U.BO4T
Chief Gunner's Mate Harry r. Chambers
Gets Official Commendation, but State
ment Does not Say Whether the
Submarine Was Sunk

Washington, d. c., June "a. - Chief
Gunner's Mate Harry r. Chambers of
Atlanta, Ga, commander of the naval
armed guard on an American steamer,
was to-day commended by Secretary Dan
iels for efficient conduct displayed during
an engagement between his vessel and an
enemy submarine on May IL. After the
submarine had unsuccessfully fred four
torpedoes, Chambers gun crew opened up
and fired four shots at the undersea
craft, the fourth shot striking the con
ming tower as the U-boat submerged. 1t
was not stated whether the submarine
was sunk, but the navy departments ae-
count of the engagement said: BLACK
smoke rose over the U-boat from the ex-
plosion of the she'll"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-24
BRITISH SUCCEED
nv SMALL ATTACK
After Killing Many Germans They With
drew with so Prisoners and Some
Machine Guns,

London, June 24.-The British made a
successful minor attack on German po-
sitions south of Meteren lin the I've
sectorl last night. Many Germans were
killed and so prisoners and some machine
guns were taken by the British, accord.
ing to a statement issued by the war
Office to-day.
The statement reads:
"A successful minor enterprise in
which Germans were killed, 30 prisoners
captured and some machine guns taken,
was carried out by our troops last night
south of Meteren.
Casualties were inflicted on the enc
my and a few prisoners were captured
by us during the night in raids and pa.
trol encounters on other parts of the
front"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-24
ASK u. S. TO MAKE GOOD.
On Promise to Panama to See That Con-
stitution Is Upheld.

Washington, d. C., June 24.-Politi-
cal opponents Of President Urriali OF
Panama protested to the state depart
ment to-day against the presidents ae-
tion in dcferring for six months the elee.
tion set for next month. They charged
that the action was unconstitutional and
cited the treaty by which the United
States agreed to uphold the Panama con-
stitution.
In decreeing the postponement, Presi-
dent Urrisli announced ii was to give
Colon and Panama an opportunity to
change conditions, which have caused the
American military authorities in the
canal zone to virtually boycott the two
cities.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-24
ITALIAN CAVALRY
CROSSING PAVE
To Clear the Country East of the River
italian Engineers are Building
Bridgeheads.

London, June 24.-After reeapturing
the Montello from the Austrians, ac-
cording to news received in London this
afternoon, the Italians began making
bridgeheads at Falze and Nervasa. The
Italians met with little resistance.
The retreating Austrians crossed the
Piave by the only bridge remaining to
them north of Zenson. Other enemy
were forced to wade across the stream
Between Monte1lo and Zenson the
Italians are on the river for the entire
distance and are sending over cavalry
between the Conegliano and Oderzo rail
roads, to clear the country.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-24
TWO STATES GET CALL.
Wisconsin for 500 Whites and Ohio for
$50 Colored Men.

Washington, d. C., June 24.-Provost
Marshal General Crowder to-day direct.
ed Wisconsin 20 furnish 500 white gram
mar school graduates. and Ohio $50 co.
ored grammar school graduates qualified
for general military service for special
training az army school The date j.
July Is. The call probably will Be held
open for volunteers until about July 1.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-24
LARGEST WOODEN SHIPS
Are Soon to Be Turned Out By U. S.
Government.

Washington, d, c., June 24.The larg-
est wooden ship ever built is soon to be
turned out in quantity by the shipping
board. 1t will be new model 5000 tons
standard type, adapted from the 400
ton boats now being built, which was
originally built at Orange, Tex. Changes
in the design have been made by naval
architects to avoid troubles encountered
in previous tests and especially the use
of timber so large that they cannot be
obtained anywhere except in the giant
forests of the Pacific coast
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-24
PREMIER HUGHES COMING.
Will Seek for Monroe Doctrine in the
Pacific.

London, June 24.-William NJ. Hughes,
the Australian premier, upon the conclu-
sion of the imperial conference in Lon
don, viii 60 to the United States to place
before President Wilson full and frank
statement of Austrslis's policy regard
ing Monroe doctrine for the Pacific, sc-
cording to the Liverpool Post. He will
ask, says the newspaper, for the support
and cooperation of the United States in
maintaining such policy.
Premier Hughes viii explain, says the
Post, that the position of Australia is
one such as Is essential to its territorial
integrity, and that it should control
these lands of the southern and west
ern Pacific, or that they should be
friendly civilized nations.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-24
AMERICANS AGAIN
MADE ADVANCE
ON M4RNE FRONT
General Pershing's Report Says Their
Positions Were Improved-An
Enemy Attack Repulsed.

Washington, D. c., June 24.-Further
Improvement of American positions
northwest of Chateau Thierry is noted in
General Pershing's communique for yes
terday, received to-day at the war de-
partment. Artillery activity and the re-
pulse of an enemy raid in the vosges also
are reported.
The communique follows:
Section An spite of opposition we
again improved our positions northwest
of Chateau Thierry. In this region the
artillery of both sides continues active.
In the Vosges, where patrolling has been
very active, a raid attempted by the
enemy was repulsed
Section B-There is nothing to report
in this section"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-24
GRESHAM MEMORIAL.
Is Planned for One of First Americans
to Fall in France.

Evansville, Ind. June 24.-A national
fund to erect national memorial
building in honor Of James Bethel Gres-
ham, one Of the first three American sol
diers to fall in France, was inauguratsd
here to-day. II is planned to name a
national executive committee of the
most prominent men from every state
and the memorial building would serve
also to house relics Of the war.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-24
ITALIANS CAPTURED $4,000 MEN;
AUSTRIANS FLED OVER THE PIAVE

who appeared on the front last week for
the first time contributed notably to the
disorganization of the Austrian forces
which had crossed the Piave. according
TO Rafraele Garine, correspondent OF the
Milan Secolo.
The Italian attack began at dawn
on Sunday. With the Montello on the
left flank, the attack was carried out
all along the line through Candelu TO
San Dona di Piave.
The Italians have taken large mum.
bers of prisoners, great quantities OF
muntion and other booty since the Aus
trian retreat began.
The Italians are advancing from their
bridgehead at Capo Silo.
The Austrian retreat, which began in
an orderly manner, soon became wildly
and confused Many thous-
ands of Austro- Hungarians surrendered
at the first opportunity.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-24
ATTACKING AUSTRIANS
ON PIATE RIVER
Italians Have Sent Numerous Bombing
Detachments Across the River
and Artillery Is Hammering
the Enemy.

Rome, Sunday, June 23.-(By Associ-
ated Press).-Italian troops have
crossed the old channel of the Pave riv-
er west of the main stream and recap
tured several of their old positions there,
according to a semi-officisl announce
ment tonight. From Capo Sile, other
detachment are advancing toward the
main stream of the river.
The Italians have thrown numerous
bombing detachments across the main
stream, where the artillery and air
craft are hammering the enemy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-24
WATERBURY LED STATE
IN WAR STAMP DRIVE

State Director Fred A. Rowland
of the war savings stamp cam
paign in Vermont announces that
Waterbury is probably the first
town in Vermont TO "go over the
top" in the pledge campaign to
buy government war savings
stamps, drive for which is on
this week. Waterbury's quota is
$65, 900 and that amount has al
ready been exceeded.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-24
JURY DISMISSED.
Because One of Them Has Been Under
Indictment

New York, June 24.-Because it was
learned one of the jurors who has been
hearing testimony in the trial of John
j. OLeary has been under indictment for
some time in federal court, Judge A. y.
Hand to-day dismissed the jury and or.
dered a new trial of the charges against
oIeary, accused of having aided his
brother, Jeremiah O. in an attempt to
evade Justice. ..-ss
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-24
INVESTIGATIONS FOR
BIC WRECK STARTED
Thus Far the Casualty List Numbers
IS Dead and $50 Injured-Sixty
Bodies Have Been Recovered.

Hammond, Ind, June 24.-Investiga-
tions have been ordered into the cause of
the wreck last Saturday on the Miehi-
gan Central railroad near Gary, in which
eighty-five employees of the Hagenbeck
Wallace circus were killed, and l50 in
jured.
Sixty.two bodies have been recovered
and % circus employees are missing and
are supposed to have been destroyed by
the fire which consumed the wooden cars.