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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-04
GERMANS REPORTED IN FULL FLIGHT
In CANAL DU NORD REGION WHERE
BRITISH MAINTAIN STEADY ADVANCE
BRIDEGROOM TAKEN AWAY.
But He Finally Came Back and Marriage
Was Performed.

Manchester Sept. 4.--Unusual circum.
stances surrounded the postponement
until yesterday of the wedding of Ora.
ham Baird, son of David G. Baird OF
New York, to Miss Mildred Batchelder
daughter of Frank Batchelder of Cam.
bridge, Mass, at Peru, a mountain ham.
let Of Vermont.
Following nervous collapse, which
caused Graham Baird to fall downstairs
and sustain slight concussion of the
brain within an hour of the ceremony
last Saturday, Mr. Alberto, of the firm
of Alberto & Carleton of New York, and
Mrs. Alberto, friends of Baird, took him
away in an auto Sunday morning, with
out consulting and contrary to the ad-
vice of the attending physician
When followed into Rutland by Miss
Batchelder and her father, 1t Is asserted
they would not allow the latter to re-
main in the same car and left them in
the road six miles out of Rutland,
Baird was next heard from in Bur-
lington Sunday evening, when he tele-
phoned friends to come and get him, say
ing he was unable to explain his presence
there and expressing desire to come
back and have the ceremony performed.
He was brought back to Peru, where
he is slowly recovering from his fall and
the excitement, but is unable to recall
his going away.
Mr. and Mrs. Alberto have not been
heard from since Baird left Burlington.
Members of the Baird family, who were
on hand for the wedding, returned to the
city Monday.
Friends Of Blair are at loss to sug.
gest any motive for the apparent at
tempt Of the Albertes to interfere with
the plans for the wedding.
The bride and her family are estimable
people Baird Is employed by large
trust company in New York City.
Graham Baird recovered sufficiently
yesterday so that he and Miss Batchel-
der were quietly married at Peru last
evening.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-04
TALK OF THE TOWN

Mr.. and Mrs Charles Robins and son,
John, of Orange street, who have been
passing several weeks in Maine, have re.
turned home.
Karl NJ. Sawyer of Franklin street has
returned from Highgate Springs, where
be has been the guest Of friends in camp
on Missisquoi bay.
John A. Cross of Mortified and vii.
liam b. Jones Of Williamstown were
among the out Of town granite manu-.
facturers in the city to-day
James B. Carswell of Orange street,
who has been absent on months trip
through the middle west in the interests
of Carswell & Wetmere, granite manu-
facturers, has returned home.
Miss Leona Calef who has been spend
ing the past few days at her home in
Washington, returned last evening to Al
banys n. X, where she is enrolled as a
student at the Albany Business college.
Granite manufacturers and quarters
are feeling the effects of car shortage
and while the situation does not begin TO
compare with the car famine in the win
ter of 1917, shippers have been incon-
venienced by their failure to get cars In
the past fortnight. Relief is in sight,
but while the producers are waiting for
cars some important shipments are be.
ing held up. j. f. Fletcher of Sher-
brooke, P. O., federal car agent, arrived
in the city this morning to 90 over the
situation with local railroad officials
Men who are shipping rough stock and
finished Barre granite feel that the car
service in recent months has been excel.
lent, and now that the supply has fallen
short of the demand there is no disposi-
tion to complain,
Representative James K Pirie Of Will
Jamestown, twice the successful Demo.
cratic candidate for the general assem-
bly,, was in the city to-day, and in an.
swer to a query from local friends he
said that he was an inactive candidate
for the Democratic nomination in vii
Jamestown this year Explaining, he
added that Williamstown Democrats,
having circulated a petition in his be-
half, had obtained more than enough
names to insure him place on the pri-
mary ballot to be used next Tuesday.
Mr.. Pirie has made no active canvass
for the nomination, but has consented to
represent the Democracy in his home
town if it is the win Of the party. Thus
far he is the only Democratic candidate.
although it is understood that several
Republicans are anxious TO be their
party nominee.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-04
GET
COMlMENDATTON
FROM MANGIN
For Having Cleaned Germans Out of
Terny-Sorny and Consolidated the
Position in Important Sector
North of scissors.

London, Sept. 4-The clearing of ma
chine gun nests around Terny.Sorny is
being continued BY the Americans de-
spite the stubborn opposition of German
patrols, says the Daily Mails CORES
pondent in dispatch from the head
quarters Of the American army in
France Continuing the dispatch says;
"The Americans finally gained the as
cendancy and consolidated their positions
near Terny-Sorny. General Mangin two
days ago visited the American general
commanding this unit and expressed com.
plete satisfaction over its achievement
pointing out how important the sector
northward from SCISSORS is and how the
Germans had brought fresh troops for
ward to hold the positions. The Amer.
leans were pleased with praise from such
a source and on their part they say that
the French cavalry and tanks greatly
aided their success"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-04
CHEERFUL RECRUITS
co TO CAMP DEVENS
Party from Washington Co. Left Mont
pelier This Morning, Being Given Good
-0f-others to Go to Camp
Upton Tomorrow.

Thirty-two men from Washington
county left this morning for Camp Dew
ems to begin their duties in the United
States army. There were three others in
the list, as originally called, but one Of
them, Gastane Rosso of Barre, has beer
given eight days extension OF time
James McKernan has been transferred tC
a board in Massachusetts, and will &c
from there, and Robert Plastridge left
yesterday for Austin, Tex. There were
none this time from Orange county, but
tomorrow morning there will be l6 from
that county and 40 from this county for
Camp Upton.
Stanley Farnham Of Montpelier was in
charge of the contingent this morning
The members of the Washington county
local board, Mayor F. W. Mitchell and
President G. H. Almon of the Montpelier
Board of Trade were present to bid the
boys farewell. 1t was as cheerful party
as has left here in long time. But few
other than relatives were at the station
Smokes were given the boys by the
Board of Trade.
The list follows: Morton Atkinson
Woodbury.; Andrew j. Barclay, Barre
Perley E. Blake, Duxbury; Adolfo F.
CalcaRni, Plainfeld; Delbert Coburn
North. Geld; William s. Diack, Barre; Stan
ley H. Farnham, Montpelier; Matthew
I. Gain, Barre; Eugene B. Griffin, More
town; Henry j. Herbert, Mortified; AL
bert j. Hinkson, Worcester; Chester J..
Howes, Waterbury; Charles NJ Imlah
Barre; Carl o. Johnson, Barre; Elwin
W. johnson, Marshfeld; Joseph j. La
vanwcy, Waitsfeld; Edward ]. McGin.
mis-, jr., Barre; Merrill McIyer, Barre;
Murdo A. Mcleod, Barre; Dwight A.
Mason, Montpelier; Harry w. Mears,
Marshfeld; Wallace j. Pelkey, East
Montpelier; Porter G. Perrin, Plainfeld ;
Claude w. Phillips, Duxbury; John NJ.
Rathburn, Plainfeld; George L. Rice,
Waterbury; John NJ. Rogers, Barre; Les,
ter E. Sargent, Barre; Leonard Spagnoli,
Barre; Charles c. Spear, ,Northfeld Den.
mis- A. Thayer, Warren; Clark A. Young,
Waterbury.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-04
BRITISH ARE NOW OPERATING
FAR EAST OF THE "SWITCH Line
The French Continue Strong Pressure
Against Southern End of Battle Line
and Have Taken Much Territory
Germans Unable to Stem Tide
(By the Associated Press.)

The British have driven home their push through the
line far the Canal du Nod and their progress
reported checked.
Already the wedge they have driven into the German deenses
in the between the railway of Doua and Cambria is
menacg to the enemy who must stop the British the
canal line here he hopes these basea points the
German defensive system in the west.
Disorganzation in the German ranks reported in unofficial
advces the there be
possibility that the command will not be able to
sruct defensive formations time to hold the British
temporarily along the canal positions.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-04
New Hampshire's Governor
Nominated for United
States Senator
EX-CONG. E. E. REED
NAMED BY DEMOCRATS
There Are 80 Small Towns
Missing from Republi-
can Figures

Manchester, N. H., Sept. 4.-Governor
Henry w. Keyes had margin Of more
than 300 votes for the Republican nomi-
nation for United States senator on the
face of incomplete returns from yester-
days statewide primary. With thirty
small towns missing, his total was sl44,
as compared with 7s42 for former Gov
ernor ROLAND II, Spaulding, while Rose
Grams w. Pillsbury, the third candidate,
had comparatively small vote.
In the Democratic contest former Con.
gressman Eugene e. Reed was conceded
the nomination over Albert w. Noone.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-04
SENDS $500 CHECK.
To Pay for Violation of Food Regulation
at St. Albans.

The Boston office Of the A. & P. Tea
company has sent to the office Of the
food administrator at Montpelier check
for $500, which Is its contribution to the
Red Cross as result of the recent case
against the store in st. Albans. The
check will be given to the Red Cross
in Franklin county following out the
decision of the food administration to
give the penalties to the Red Cross in
the locality in which the offense is com
mitted. The tea company has made it's
peace with the food Office and made it
plain to the administration that 1t is
the company's intent to comply with all
food regulations and that it has adj.
vised its managers in Vermont that they
must conform to all regulations and that
trouble henceforth will be considered as
offenses against the agent Of the com.
pany instead of the company.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-04

Miss Alice Downing Of Cliff street en-
tertained 90 Of her young friends last
evening in honor of Miss Ruth Turner Of
Council Bluffs, la. The evening was
pleasantly spent in playing games and
dancing.
w o. Belknap of Pittsburg, Pa, rep
resenting the retail monument firm Of
Campbell & Horrigan of the Smoky city,
is passing several days in the Barre
granite belt while placing orders for bis
firm. Mr.. Belknap is former resident
of Barre, having been engaged here for
several years as buyer for well
known retail concern,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-04
LENINE'S CONDITION
BECOMES CRITICAL
Surgeons Have Removed a Bullet from
His Body-crisis Is Expected
in Three Days.

London, Sept. 4.-The condition Of Nj.
kolai Lenine, the bolshevik premier,
against whose life an attempt was made
last Friday, has become highly critical,
according to a dispatch from Moscow to
the Central News, The crisis is expected
within three days. Surgeons have re-
moved bullet from Lenine's body.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-04
PROXY REGISTRATION
nv CASE OF SICKNESS
Cases in Which the Report of Illness Is
Known to Be Bona Eide May Be
Treated in That Way.

Washington, D. O., Sept. A. Provisions
for the registering Of men within the age
limits of the new draft who may be i'll
on Sept. IL were announced to-day by
Provost Marshal General Crowder. ANY
man who is unable TO appear for regis.
tration may send someone else to the
draft board and where the board is sat
isfed the case is bona fde, the repre-
sentative will be deputized to make out
the card and the registrars report. The
word sick" will be written on the card,
which, on being delivered to the regis
trant, must be mailed or taken to the
local board having Jurisdiction.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-04
RED SOX.CUBS GAME
CALLED OFF-RAIN
There Was Not Much OF a Crowd Out
and Postponement Did Not
Cause Surprise.

Chicago, Sept. 4--The first Of the
worlds series baseball games between
Chicago, champions Of the National
league, and the Boston Red Sox, pennant
winners in the American league, was
called off because of rain.
Better weather is predicted tomorrow
and the diamond is being protected by
heavy canvas. The postponement gives
the Boston team a days rest after their
hurried trip from the east.
There were comparatively few persons
at the ticket windows early and the
postponement did not come as surprise.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-04
FORMER BARRE MAN KILLED.
Andrew Allen Returned to Scotland Just
Before the War.

Word has been received in Barre that
Andrew Allen, formerly a resident Of
Barre, who returned to Scotland shortly
before the outbreak Of the war and who
enlisted in the British army, has recent
ly been killed in action in France. For a
long time after joining the army he was
employed as an instructor and he had
been in France only six weeks when he
was killed While living in Barre Mr..
Allen resided on Pleasant street and he
was employed by Young Bros,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-04
A PATRIOTIC FAMILY.
Four Sons and a Grandson in Service
Two More Grandsons to Register.

Mr.. and Mrs. James Lawliss of l3 Vine
street, Montpelier, have four sons in the
service Leonard in the 302d field artil.
lery, overseas; Harold, at Camp Dix
Victor, on the U. S. S. Minneapolis
Earl, in the aero service at Pensacola
Fla, Ralph Lawliss of Kirk street
Barre, who left for overseas year ago
this month and also saw service on the
border, is a grandson, Two other grand
sons are Clyde Lawliss, who registered
June 5, and Frank Lswliss, who will reg.
lister Sept. H.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-04
LENS is NOT HELD
BY THE BRITISH
Despite Earlier Reports, They Are Mere
ly Occupying the Western Portion
of This Important Coal
Mining Town.

London, Sept. Information from
the front to-day is that the coal mining
city Of Lens still is mainly in German
possession British patrols, however, are
reported to be in the western portion of
the town
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-04
VISITING ROOSEVELT.
Col. Roosevelt Goes to Newport News
Va, Hospital.

Newport News, Va, Sept. 4.-Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt is visiting his son
Captain Archibald Roosevelt, here. Capt
Roosevelt was invalided home recently
and ordered to the convalescent hospital
at Camp Stuart. located here,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-04

There were widespread reports yester-
day that Lens had been evacuated by
the Germans and occupied by the British.
These reports emanated from an author
itative source in London and were gem
orally accepted as correct until the re-
ceipt of last nights official British Gem
munication, which failed to confirm
them.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-04-10

governor because he was laid up
with a cold, contracted by getting his
feet wet on his way to work in Wool
witch arsenal. If a man should manage
to doze off, likely as not he would wake
with q start as the clammy, cold feet
of a rat passed over his face, or the
next relief stepped on his stomach
while stumbling on their way to relieve
the sentries in the trench.
Just try to sleep with belt full Of
ammunition around you, your rifle bolt
biting into your ribs, intrenching tool
handle sticking into the small of your
back, with tin hat for a pillow and
feeling very damp and cold, with
"cootieS" boring for oil in your arm
pits, the air foul from the stencil Of
grimy human bodies and smoke from
juicy pipe being whitfield into your nos
trils, then you will not wonder why
Tommy occasionally takes a turn in
the trench for rest.
While in a front-line trench orders
forbid Tommy from removing his
boots, puttees, clothing or equipment.
lQ6 --COOIlSS ldhe dQtdAldSS VI ILLS
order and mobilize their forces, and
Tommy swears vengeance on them and
mutters to himself. "Just wait until !
hit rest billets and am able to get my
own back"
Just before daylight the men turn
to" and tumble out of the dugouts, man
the fire step until it gets light, or the
welcome order 'stand down" is given.
Sometimes before 'stand down" is or
dered, the command "five rounds rap
id" is passed along the trench. This
means that each man must rest his
rifle on the top and fire as rapidly as
possible five shots aimed toward the
German trenches, and then duck with
the emphasis on the "duck'). There is
a great rivalry between the opposing
forces to get their rapid fire all off
first, because the early bird, in this in
stance, catches the worm-sort of gets
the Jump on the other fellow, catching
him unawareS.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-04-10

To get to the cemetery, we had to
pass through the little shell-destroyed
village, where troops were hurrying
| to and fro.
AS the funeral procession passed
these troops came to the attention
and smartly saluted the dead.
Poor Pete was receiving the only sa-
where in France"
Now and again shell from the Ger
man lines would go whistling over the
village to burst in our artillery lines
in the rear.
When we reached the cemetery we
halted in front of an open grave, and
laid the stretcher beside it. Forming
hollow square around the opening of
the grave, the chaplain read the burial
service
German machine-gun bullets were
cracking" in the air above us, but
Pete didn't mind, and neither did we.
When the body was lowered into the
grave the flag having been removed,
we clicked our heels together and
came to the salute.
I left before the grave was filed in.
l could not bear to see the dirt thrown
on the blanket-covered face of my COM
rade. On the western front there are
no collins, and you are lucky to get a
blanket to protect you from the wet
and the worms. Several of the sec
ton stayed and decorated the grave
with white stones.
That night, in the light of lonely
candle in the machine gunner's dugout
of the front-line trench 1 wrote two
letters. One to Pete's mother, the
other to his sweetheart. While doing
this / cursed the Prussian war god
with all my heart, and / think that st.
Peter noted same.
The machine gunners in the dugout
were laughing and joking. To them
Pete was unknown. Pretty soon, in the
warmth of their merriment, my blues
disappeared. One soon forgets on the
western front.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-04-10

A machine-gun officer entered the
dugout and gave me hard look. /
sneaked past him. sliding and slipping,
and reached my section of the 'front.'
line trench, where / was greeted by
the sergeant, who asked me, "Where
In - ave you been?"
l made no answer. but sat on the
muddy fire step, shivering with the
cold and with the rain beating in my
FACE. About half an hour later
teamed up with another fellow and
went on guard with my head sticking
over the top. At ten o'clock / was
relieved and resumed my sitting posi-
ton on the fire step. The rain sud-
denly stopped and we all breathed a
sign of relief. We prayed for the morn
ing and the rum issue.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-04-10
CHAPTER x.
"The DAVIS Work ~


was fast learning that there Is a
regular routine about the work of the
trenches, although it is badly upset at
times by the Germans.
The real work in the fire trench
commences at shutdown. Tommy Is
like burglar, he works at night.
Just as it begins to get dark the
word "stand to" is passed from trav-
erse to traverse, and the men get busy.
The first relief, consisting of two men
to a traverse, mount the fire step, one
man looking over the top, while the
other sits at his feet, ready to carry
messages or to inform the platoon Off
Ger of any report made by the sentry
as to his observations in No Mans
Land. The sentry is not allowed to
relax his watch for a second. If he is
questioned from the trench or asked
his orders, he replies without turning
around or taking his eyes from the eX-
panSe of dirt in front of him. The re-
mainder of the occupants of his trav-
erSe either sit on the fire step, with
bayonets fixed, ready for any emer-
gency, or if lucky, and dugOut hap
pens to be in the near vicinity of the
traverse, and if the night is quiet, they
are permitted to go to same and try
and snatch few winks of sleep. Little
sleeping is done; generally the men sit
around smoking Tags and seeing who
can tell the biggest lie. Some of them,
perhaps with their feet in water, would
write home sympathizing with the
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-04-10
CHAPTER TX.
Suicide Annex.

/ was in my first dugout and looked
around curiously. Over the door of
same was a little sign reading "Sui-
eide Annex" One of the boys told
me that this particular front trench
was called "Suicide Ditch" Later on
learned that machine gunners and
bombers are known as the Suicide
Club"
That dugout was muddy. The men
slept in mud, washed in mud, ate mud,
and dreamed mud. I had never before
realized that so much discomfort and
misery could be contained in those
three little letters, M q ID. ,lhe door
of the dugout was an inch deep in
water. Outside it was raining cats and
dogs, and thin rivulets were trucking
down the steps. From the air shaft
Immediately above me came a drip,
drip. drip. Suicide Annex was hole
eight feet wide, ten feet long and SIX
feet high. It was about twenty feet
below the fire trench; at least there
were twenty steps leading down to 1t.
These steps were cut into the earth,
hut at that time were muddy and slip
pery. A man had to be very careful
or else he would "Shoot the chuteS."
The air was foul, and you could cut
the smoke from Tommy's flags with
knife. 1t was cold. The walls and
roof were supported with heavy square
cut timbers, while the entrance was
strengthened with sandbags. Nails had
heen driven into these timberS. On
each nail hung miscellaneous assert
ment of equipment. The lighting ar
rangements were superb-one candle
in a reflector made from an ammuni-
ton tin. My teeth were chattering
from the cold, and the drip from the
airshaft did not help matters much.
While / was sitting bemoaning my
fate and wishing for the fireside at
home. the fellow next to me, who was
writing a letter, looked up and 1nno-
Gently asked, "Say, Yank, how do you
spell .confiagration'
I looked at him in contempt and an
swered that l did not know.
From the darkness in one OF the cor
ners came thin, piping voice singing
one of the popular trench ditties en-
titled:
Pack up your Troubles N your Oio XII
Bag. and Smile, Smile, Smile
Every now and then the singer
would stop to cough, cough, cough. but
it was a good illustration OF Tommys
under such conditions.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-04-10

enormous machines are rather excep-
tional, however. Bombing machines
are usually conveyed by fast fighting
planes, and do not have to defend
themselves from attack in the air.
Often bombing raids are made at
night, and the Italian machines are
provided with 'searchlight bombs to
enable them to locate important spots
on the ground beneath. These are
brilliant magnesium torches suspend
ed from parachutes, so that they fall
slowly and give broad illumination,
while the airplane itself is shielded
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-04-10
Giants of the Sky.

"The largest war planes are the
bomb-dropping machines. They must
be capable of carrying heavy loads of
explosives. They are usually slow
machines. speed being sacrificed to
carrying capacity. The Italians have
specialized in big bomb machines. The
huge Caproni airplanes carry three
men and three guns, besides 2,750
pounds of explosives. That makes a
useful load of 1000 pounds. The ma
chine Is driven by three engines with
a total of 900 horse power. Such
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-04-10

Fortune Teller see some dark OBJ
stacles on your hand.
Householder-But, say, can you see
any dark objects in my coal binf
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-04-10
Its Use.

Its Use.
Il see where some of the nations
over there have food substitute they
call vision"
Il suppose it is something to feed
the Imagination"