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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-10
DEATH OF ALEX BOWERS.
Born in Scotland, He Had Resided in
Barre Many Years.

The death of Alexander Dowers oc-
CURED at his home, Cable street, this
morning at 4:35 o'clock. He had been in
declining health for the past three years,
and for three weeks his illness had con-
fined him to his bed. He is survived by
his wife and six children as follows: Mrs
James E. O'Grady, Miss Margaret A.
bowers, Cecil j. bowers, who is serving
with the American expeditionary forces
in France, Albert 4. bowers, Loretta X
Bowers and Winnifred II. bowers. There
are two grandchildren, and two sisters
and two brothers reside in Scotland
Mr.. bowers was born in Banchary of
Banchary Ternan, in the county of Kin
cardshine, Scotland, Nov. 0, 1858, the son
OF James and Jane bowers He came to
Barre at the age of 20, being employed
here as granite cutter. Three years
afterward he went back to Scotland and
was married in Aberdeen Feb. a. 1880.
to Isabella Farquhar. Mr. and Mrs.
bowers returned at once to Barre to re-
side. In 1897 Mr.. bowers engaged in the
meat business with Edward Chesser. con-
tinuing for three years, after which he
formed partnership with Andrew s.
Mckay for the manufacture of Barre
granite. He was also associated with
George Greig in granite manufacturing.
Until three years ago, when i'll health
him to retire, he followed his
trade.
The funeral will be held at the house
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. 1t is re-
quested that flowers be omitted.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-10
CONGRESS FACES
EXTENDED SESSION
BECAUSE OF VAR
Legislation Deemed Important By the
Treasury Department Will Call
for Longer Time.

Washington, D. c., May lO.--The need
of legislation, deemed important by the
treasury department to meet the vast
expansion in the nations war program,
put Congress face to face to-day with
the prospect of an extended session.
The administration belief that new
revenue measures must be enacted at
once to meet unexpected increases in
expenses was set forth by Secretary Nc
Adoo in letter to Senator Simmons
of North Carolina, chairman OF the SEN
ate finance committee and treasury de-
partment statement upon which the
amount OF additional taxes and bonds
needed may be based probably viii go to
Congress in the next two or three days.
Leaders to-day indicated mat an ex-
tension of present session to deal with
the question of new revenues depends
upon the impression the tres sury de-
partment's statement made. They ad-
however, that if it demonstrated
that it is essential to act now instead
Of awaiting until December as planned,
hope for adjournment July ! viii be
abandoned and Congress will be here un-
ii fall.
The Unexpectedly heavy estimates for
he coming year include the Sl5,000,000,-
100 army program, about 81 5G0,0o0,000
or the navy with additional estimates
ooked for and $2,500000,000 for the
hipping board.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-10
BECOMES FIRST LIEUTENANT.
James N. Gall Gets Commission in En-
gineers' Reserve Corps.

James n Gall of Franklin street. gen
eral agent for the Barre & Chelsea and
the M. & W. r. railroads, received a tel
egram last night from Adjutant Cen
eral Mccain at Washington, ID. c., ad-
vising him that he had been commits
stoned first lieutenant in the engineers
reserve corps. Immediately Mr.. Gall
wired his acceptance TO the office of the
chief engineer, and is making prepara-
tions to report for duty within a fort
night. Although his assignment has not
been definitely made, he expects to OBJ
tain leave of absence from his duties
in Barre. Since the war broke out il has
been the policy of the Boston & Maine
railroad system to grant leaves Of alb
sence to employees entering the naval
and military service of their country.
General Agent Gall has been identi-
fled with railrosding in Barre for the
past eighteen years. He came here from
London. Ont. where he had served in
the militia for three years, and was en-
ployed from 1905 TO 1908 in the freight
office Of the Central Vermont railroad.
Afteward he went 10 the NJ & W. r.
freight office to be engaged a. freight
agent. In September, 1912, came his
promotion to the Office Of general agent
for both roads, a position for which he
was eminently well qualified. and in
which he has been making an enviable
record a. a capable and courteous pub
lie servant II i probable that he viii
report to ;. N. FELTON,. director general
# military railways, for orders. Mr..
Ssll successfully passed his physical ex-
animation II Boston week ago.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-10
TWENTY BECAME SHRINERS
At the Spring Meeting Held in Mont
pelier,

The spring meeting of Mount Sinai
temple. Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine,
took place in city hall, Montpelier, on
Thursday evening with a large attend
snce of the members, who saw 20 persons
made members of the order and five Join
by affiliation. The work was done by
the Arab patrol. while the Shrine band
entertained with a concert during the
early part of the evening. At the busi-
ness session Of the meeting the Shrine
voted to appropriate $3.50 toward Red
Cross work
The following is the list of candidates
who crossed the hot sands: r. A. Inglis,
Barre; f. A. Mitchell, Hartford; W c.
Clark, Burlington; l. G. Woodward.
Hartford; L. o. Tracy, Barre; John Her
lihy. st. Johnsbury; J. II. Woodruff,
Barre; G. Blair, Newport; Joan Beebe,
Newport; +. r Wells. Newport; Ray +.
FRYE. Burlington; Ned Alexander, Mont
pelier; Roscoe WilmOt. Hartford; Milton
A. Reed, Fort Ethan Allen; G. Z. White.
Henry ID. Chamberlain. Bur
Iington; Perrin Page. st. Johnsbury.
Henry B. Parkhurst. North Troy; Philip
Verooe. Barre. / j. Lyman. Newport;
by affiliation. 2. D. Huuiley. H. d. Small.
2. G. Dohson. H. X Letherman, y. L,
Pierce, Burlington.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-10
BRITISH LOST ONE MOTORBOAT
AND CASUALTIES WERE LIGHT
Success at Zeebrugge on April % Was
Repeated in Attack Last Night on
the Other Important Submarine
Base on the Belgian Coast

Great Brtan naval triumph of April % at Zeebrugge when
this important German submarine base the Belgian coast
apparently blocked by the sinking of onceeaden ships during
raid has been virtually duplicated at Otend another vau
for the Uboats to the east The feat
pshed by the sinking last night of the old cruiser Vndve like
filled with the entrance to Osend harbor
Osend originally attacked for this at the
Zeebrugge but the blocking vessels there
turned slightly off their and the not equal to
that Zeebrugge The operations begun with view
closing these two ports the admiralty have been
Successfully complete"
The Importance of the blocking operations lies in the fact that
successful believed and the Germans
deprived of their Belgian bases they will be forced
for time at least to their home ports start
ing and returning points for their undersea raiders These craft
would therefore far longer difficult and
dangerous attain their cruising grounds with the
consequent times of the chances of their being
hack or destrn wed
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-10
WAS LONG MISSING.
Lieut. Gustav H. KisseIl Went Into Bat
tie Against German Plane.

New York, May l0.-Lieutenant Gus
tsv II. Kissell, reported missing in to-
days casualty list, was an aviator tenn
porarily attached to the British fiving
corps. He disappeared after an engage
ment with a German "albatross machine
on April y, according TO message from
the war department received to-day by
his father, Rudolph II. Kissell. Of the
bank firm Of Kissell. Kinnicutt & Co.
The lapse Of four weeks before the air
mans name appeared in the casualty list
supposedly Is due to the fact that notice
was first sent 10 the British war Office.
thence to General Pershing-
Lieutenant kisseil. p years old, was
g-aduated from Harvard in 1917.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-10
A. TOMASI HURT
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Well Known Barre Man Was Removed to
Barre Hospital-He Was Injured
on Plainfield Road.

Anthony Tomasi, the well known cat
tie buyer and real estate owner, Is in a
critical condition at the City hospital
where he was removed this afternoon
after receiving what may prove TO be ia
tai injuries in an automobile accident on
the Plainfield road. The accident oc-
CURED in the noon hour at point near
the Fenwick farm, just beyond the fork
in the road which leads from the Mer-
chant street extension. Mr., Tomasi,
after transacting business here in the
city during the forenoon, set out for
Plainfield shortly before II. He drove
Ford truck, TO the rear of which was at
taehed crate, which he used in carrying
cattle when on his buying trips.
1t is believed that defective steering
wheel precipitated the accident. A man
who is employed on the Fenwick farm
noticed Mr.. Tomasi's auto truck ascend.
ing the incline leading to the farm. Sud
denly the car shot toward the side of the
road nearer the river. II struck two
trees which border the highway, and the
driver was thrown bodily through the
Windshield. He struck against one of the
trees and fell, unconscious, to the ground.
The farm hand FASTENED to his assist
dHtc. n near ny WIS uhCu 10
summon Dr. II. X z. Archambault and
an ambulance, and car from the Jones
& Nye livery brought Mrs. Tomasi to her
side.
According to DR.. Archambault there
was no pulse to be detected in the injured |
man when he arrived. On the way to
the hospital respiration was restored aft
er several unsuccessful attempts. DR.. |
Archambaplt stated later that Mr.. To- |
masi's chances for recovery were remote.
1t was too early, he continued, to say |
definitely whether any bones had been |
broken, but it was feared that skull
fracture had resulted. So far as hasty |
external examination would reveal, there !
we're no deep bruises aside from long
;ut across the cheek and chin, doubtless
,aused by contact with the glass in the
Early this afternoon many people Wis
ted the scene of the accident The auto
ruck was not so badly damaged as
night be expected, although the front
md was well nigh demolished.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-10
turned back or destroyed.

London, May l0.-The German subma-
coast, has been blocked as the result of
a new raid by British naval forces, the
admiralty announces. The obsolete cruis-
er Vindictive, filled with concrete, has
been sunk across the entrance to the
harbor. The British lost one motorboat.
Their casualties were light.
The announcement follows:
Operations designed to close the ports
of Ostend and Zeebrugge were success
fully completed last night, when the OBJ
solete cruiser Vindictive was sunk be-
tween the piers and across the entrance
to Ostend harbor.
"Since the attack on Zeebrugge on
April %, the Vindictive had been filled
with concrete and fitted as a blockship
for this purpose.
.sOur light forces have returned to
their base with the loss of one motor
boat. which had been damaged and sunk
by orders of the vice admiral to prevent
it from falling into the hands of the
enemy Our casualties were light"
Apparently the British have carried
out another raid on the German subma-
rine base on the Belgian coast similar
to the one April %, when so much dam
age was done to the harbor and works
at Zeebrugge. In the raid on Zeebrugge
and Ostend on April %, the light cruiser
vindictive landed British storming par
ties on the mole at Zeebrugge, the at
tackers doing considerable damage to
the mole after storming German batter
les
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-10
M ADOO MEETS
OPPOSITION
In His Plans for Immediate
Legislation to Increase
the Revenues
CONGRESS LEADERS
DECIDE ON MATTER
Both Democrats and Repub-
licans Want to Wait Un-
til December Session

Washington, May l0.-Secretary Nc
Adoo's plans for immediate legislation by
Congress TO increase war revenues an
nounced last night, met to-day with i'm
mediate and formidable opposition.
After conference to-day between Rep
resentative kitchin, Majority Leader of
the House and chairman of the ways and
means committee, with Chairman Sim
mons and other members of the Senate
finance committee, it was stated that
revenue revision before next December
is very doubtful"
Both Democrats and Republicans, it
was said, are prepared to insist upon the
Administrations original program of de-
ferring tax revision until the December
session.
Unless Secretary MeAdoo in the state
ment of the country's financial situation
he is preparing for submission to the
Senate and House committee chairmen
conclusively demonstrates that immedi-
ate action is imperatively necessary,
leaders of both branches of Congress are
prepared TO insist on postponement.
"If there is BILL" Representative
Kitchin said after his conference with
senators to-day, "the fellows who are
profiteering right and left on the war
will feel it. The taxes on excess prof
its and incomes will be raised so high
that there will be little or no profteering
left in the hands of those who are now
getting rich off the war"
Representative Kitchin said until Sec
retary McAdoo's statement is received
he would withhold Judgment as to the
necessity for immediate legislation, al
though he said he was in favor of reve
nue. revision at the present session of
Congress and only agreed to postpone
action at the request of the administra
tion.
Doubt was expressed by Mr.. Kitchin
that the huge war appropriation made |
the basis of Secretary McAdoo's opinion |
immediate legislation would |
have any effect on the treasury. He /
believes that actual drafts under the
appropriations could not begin before |
next January.
If we proceed to pass a bill,' Rep
Kitchin said, "it will hardly |
,e completed much before the November
election"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-10
DIED AT AGE OF IS.
Mrs. Demoline Batchelder, a Native o
Orange, Passed Away in Barre.


Orange, Passed Away in Barre.
Mrs. Demoline Batchelder, wife of the
late Alonzo Batchelder, passed away this
morning at the home of her daughter
Mrs. Alice Nye, 9 Kinney street, with
whom she had resided for many years.
The end came at 4 o'clock. Mrs. Batch
elder had been in feeble health for some
time, although her illness did not take
a serious turn until Monday. Besides
her daughter, she leaves two sons. Al
dro Batchelder and Henry Batchelder of
Plainfield. Three daughters died when
quite young, and a third son, Fred
Batchelder, passed away in 1906. There
are seven grandchildren, eight great
children, and several nephews and nieces.
The deceased was born Demoline Pea
body in Orange in 1882, and would have
been SO years old had sh. lived until
Oct. IA. Her marriage to Mr. Batchel-
der took place May 8, 1853 His death
occurred in 1910. Much of Mrs. Batch
elders life was passed in Plainseid. her
residence in Barre having been Gated
since 1913. Mrs Batchelder was mem
ber of the Plainfield Congregational
church.
Funeral services are to be held at the
house Sunday afternoon at | o'clock,
Rev. A. w. Hewitt, pastor N the Plain
field Methodist church, officiating In
terment is to be made in the cemetery at
Plaintield Center
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-10
OSTEND U-BOAT BASE BLOCKED
IN BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE
BY BRITISH NAVAL FORCES
COLLEGE STUDENTS
TO BE TRAINED
Government Will Pick $500 from 12o
titutions-Plattsburg Win Be
One Of the Places.

Washington, May l0.-A one months
course of military training will be given
by the war department this summer to
$500 college students selected from 100
institutions. The camps viii run from
June to July and will be located at
Plattsburg, n. Y, Fort Sheridan, ILL.,, and
the Presidio, San Francisco.
Students will be selected from college
reserve officers training corps. They will
not be given commissions on graduation,
as a great majority will be under mill
tary age.
The aim of the war department is to
create list of eligibles who may be Civ
en- commissions when they reach military
age if their services are needed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-10
GOT SIX ENEMY
PLANES nv A DAY
Sub-Lieut. Rene Fonck of French Avia-
tion Service Did Remarkable
Work Yesterday.

Paris, May lo,--Six German airplanes
were brought down yesterday by Sub
Lieut.. Rene Fonck, the war office an
nounces.
The statement follows:
Yesterday Lieut.. Fonck brought
down six German bipanes in the
course of two patrols He downed
the first two in 10 seconds, the third
in five minutes later and the other
three in the course of the second
patrol"
Lieutenant Fonck's achievement yes
terday has never been equalIed. He is
the greatest French air battle hero since
the death of Captain Guynemer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-10
GERMANS CLAIM
MINOR VICTORIES
In Local Attacks South of Ypres They
Took Fortified Positions on Front
of More Than Mile.

Berlin, Thursday, May 0, via London.
Completely successful local attacks
southwest of Ypres on Wednesday re-
suited in the capture of 675 prisoners.
according to the official statement from
German general headquarters. German
troops, it is added, took by storm strong
ly fortified positions ON front of more
than mile
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-10
CRUISER TINDICTIUE
IN ZEEBRUCGE RAID
Returned from That Expedition in a
Scared Condition and Was at
Once Prepared for the
New Work

Dover, England, May l0.-The deci-
sion to send the vindictive to Ostend
was made a few days after her return
from the Zeebrugge raid, and the task
of filling her with concrete was begun
immediately.
As in the joint raid on Zeebrugge and
Ostend, this latest British naval exploit
was kept a well guarded secret. As an
evidence of this, it is recalled that after
the battle-scarred cruiser returned from
Zeebrugge, an urgent request was made
that she be sent up the Thames TO Lon
don for public view. The authorities
did not encourage the proposal, however.
and the agitation subsided. All the time
the old vessel was being overhauled for
her last voyage.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-10
NEW u. S. BONDS
SELL BELOW PAR
Heavy Dumping of the Securities at the
Opening Sale on Stock Exchange
Caused Bonds to Sag.

New York May l0.-The new Liberty
bonds, the third issue, bearing Az per
cent interest and listed for the first time
on the stock exchange to-day, sold al
most a point below par at the opening
Within the first 20 minutes of trading
two blocks of the bonds, one of 1907 900
par value and the other of 100000, were
sold at 1910
Large offerings of bonds at the end of
the first hour sent the selling price down
l.20 points below par. A block of $780,
600 sold at 30 and few moments later
another $4,000 went at $3.50.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-10
BOND CONVERSION JULY 1.
Sec. MeAdoo Makes Request to Wait Un-
til Then.

Washington. ID. C., May lO.--In an
nouncing to-day arrangements for con-
verting first and second Liberty loan
bonds into bonds Of the third loan bear
ing AZ per cent interest. Secretary Ne
Adco explained that the oOnver rsiou bonds
would not be ready for delivery until
July J, and requested bond holders not
to ask conversion before that date. al
though legally bonds may be converted
any time from to-day 10 next Novem-
Der 2.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-10
TORNADO TOOK
TERRIBLE TOLL
IN MIDDLE WEST
At Least II Persons Were Killed and $50
Were Injured in Iowa and Illinois
Hundreds of Buildings Were
Torn Down.

Chicago, May l0.-At least II persons
were killed and more than $50 more or
less seriously injured by the tornado
which swept over central and northeast
ern Iowa and central Illinois late yester-
day. according to advices received here
early to-day. The known dead are at
the following places: New Hampton, Ia,
4; Nashua, Ia, 2; TOulon, ILL.,, ?; Frank
lin. ILL.,, 3.
Hundreds of houses and farm buildings
were blown down and livestock was
killed in many localities. The full force
of the tornado appeared to have struck
at Mayyille, Ia
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-10
HONOR TO HINDENBURG.
Is to Get His Name on Gate to Old Cas-.
tie

Amsterdam, May l0.-Emperor Viii
liam in eongratulating Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg upon the Rumanisn
peace treaty, according TO Berlin news
papers Of Thursday, notified the military
leader that the big entrance gate TO the
old castle Of the Knights Of the Teu-
tonic Order OF Marienburg. Prussia,
would have his name and arms inscribed
on il. The emperor also expressed the
desire 20 name other parts u the castle
after the German generals
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-10
TO BUY COMMERCIAL TRUCKS
U. S. Government Will Use Them in
Preference 10 Smaller Types.

Washington, May l0.-Purchase Of
commercial types of truck for army use
instead Of the development of two small
er types of the liberty trucks has been
ordered by the war department. 1t is
understood manufacture Of large three
ton liberty trucks viii continue.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-10
BRITISH RECLAIMED
GROUND At ALBERT
Took Back the Small Portion of Front
Line Trench Which the Germans
Captured Yesterday.

London, May l0.-The British have re-
captured small portion of front
trench northwest of Albert which the
enemy gained yesterday, it is announced
officially.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-10
Legal Advice for Soldier Dependents.

;. Hollister Jackson of Barre and z.
N, Harvey Of Montpelier have been ap-
pointed under the home service depart
ment OF the Red Cross to give legal ad-
wee TO dependents Of soldiers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-10
KILLED
IN CARS PLUNGE
At Least Seven Lost Their Lives in Acct
dent Near Camp Jackson, S. c.,
When Coach Went Off
TxasfJn

Columbia, S. c., May l0.--Five soldiers
were killed, two were SO badly injured
that they died en- route to the base hos
pital, four were seriously injured and Is
less seriously hurt when wooden pas
senger coach loaded with soldiers of the
32lst infantry and the 3l7th machine
gun company jumped trestle at Camp
Jackson to-day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-10
Two Brothers Failed to Pass.

Vito Cerone Of Barre and Jose Cerone
Of Mortified, brothers. were rejected
yesterday when they applied for en-
lisfment in the navy. They were not
physically qualified.