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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-19
HAS A BAD CHILL.
Former Emperor of Germany Calls in
Specialist.

Amerongen, Holland, Wednesday, Dec.
Is (by the Associated Press Former
Emperor William has been confined to
his bed since Sunday with severe chill.
His indisposition has brought about a
renewal of his old heart trouble, neces.
stating the calling in Of a specialist, a
professor from Utrecht, to assist the
local doctor.
The constant worry of the last five
weeks and his virtual imprisonment in
Count Bentinek's castle have changed
William Hohenzollern's appearance con-
siderably. Instead of the ruddy com
plexion he wore, his face has become
ashen, his hair and moustache gray, and
his features deeply lined. Since he has
lain abed with his illness his face has
remained unshayen and the seventy two
hours growth of beard seems to have
added ten years to his age.
The ex-emperor's favorite adjutant,
Captain Sigurd Won Ilsemann, also Is
i'll, and the former empress has become
her husbands almost sole attendant.
No strangers are permitted to enter
the castle grounds under any pretext,
while all arrivals in the village are being
closely watched.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-19
BACK FROM OVERSEAS.
Private Charles r. White Didn't Get Into
Fighting But He Saw Celebration.

First to arrive home among many
Barre boys due from France, now that
the horrible Hun has been fobbled, IS
Private Charles K. White, late of the
10th division, who dropped into town
yesterday and gave his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs David T. White of Newton street
a big surprise by walking into the house
unannounced. Young White is not enc
Of the local boys who got into the Thick
Of the fighting. but he got to France
some time before the armistiee was
signed and saw good deal Of military
life. He is in fine fettle and brings back
with him only one regret. He wishes
that destiny had given him one good
wallop at the Hun.
Private White arrived on the Kroon
land, which docked at Hoboken, n. j.,
last week. On the same boat was Sgt.
James Gibson of Barre, who carries bat
tie scars won at Vesle and in the Ar
gonne. The latter is expected home
daily. Soldiers Of the 10th were ordered
to Camp Deyens, where the division, or
what remained of it, was demobilized
Yesterday and the men discharged from
service. Private White enlisted more
than a year ago while employed IN
Bridgeport, Conn. He went overseas
late in the spring and, as a member Of
Headquarters company of the 10th was
assigned to the escort of Major General
Hodges. He was in Paris Nov. ii and
his is a vivid description of how the
French capital went wild over news that
the armistice had been signed, More
.bar I'M nnO saldiars f1uurnd in tha epIa-
hration. Frequently during his travels,
Private White encountered Barre boys,
among them being Private Edward Du-
prey, whom he left in excellent health.
Another son of Mr.. and Mrs. White,
Sgt. Richard R. White, was, on his way
to Siberia with hospital unit when the
armistice news was flashed. The boat
was four days out and the captain kept
her headed for France. Sgt. White is
supposed to be on his way home.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-19
DOLLARS COME FAST
FOR THE RED CROSS
Barre's Drive to Aid Worthy 0rganiza-
tion Is Meeting with Very
Hearty Response.

Barre had heart and dollar for the
Red Cross to-day. The climax to the
big drive for Christmas memberships
will not be reached until tonight, when
the eanvassers abroad all day with cards
report at the patriotic headquarters in
the Church street school building, but
the reception given the solicitors on ey-
cry hand was evidence enough of the
community's high regard for the Red
Cross. Every ward had its own can
yassing organization and before night
every street and byway viii have been
covered by the workers. At the assem-
bly, hall, Spaulding school, last evening
those who participated in the houseto-
house effort to-day came together to re-
ceive instructions. Supplies were dis
tributed and several nspirational
speeches fixed the enthusiasm at the
right pitch.
Every person who gave a dollar to-
day, thereby enrolling as member of
the Red Cross until Christmas, 1919, re-
ceiyed Red Cross home service flag, a
Red Cross button and ten Red Cross
Christmas seals. A circular accompany
ing the gift explained that seals are not
being sold this year, as the tuberculo-
sis campaign, previously financed in part
by the sale Of seals, has been merged
with the other work of the national Red
Cross. Toward mid afternoon people seen
on the streets who did not display the
membership badge were much in the mi-
nority.
Apart from the hoiise-to house can
vass, which was conducted in most eff
Client manner, was an aggressive drive in
the mercantile district. These two
phases, with the stoneshed canvass in
itiated two days ago under the direction
Of Chairman +. W. Bancroft Of the in
dustrial committee, are expected to carry
Barre well up to its quota and possibly
beyond. Service banners indicating that
a business or Industrial establishment
has 100 per cent membership record
among its employees are available at
headquarters and several of these honor
flags have been won already. When the
final returns for the stoneshed canvass
are reported Friday night, it Is expected
that many granite manufacturing plants
will have earned the banner.
Vic OF kbb iiupbi bdHt ldGtbia III tnh-
vincing the public that Red Cross mem
bership is still vital to the welfare Of
the organization is the return of home
boys from battleship, camp and canton
ment Without a single exception these
youngsters are driving home the lesson
of service and mercy they have learned
to associate with the Red Cross and 9th
err organizations. Sgt. Edward Carroll
back from Camp Mcclellan, Ga, has this
to say: Il can speak from experience
in applauding the splendid work Of the
Red Cross. With the r. M. G. A., X. Of
G, and other organizations 1t has con
tributed many comforts and necessities
which the soldiers would have missed
had IL not been for these agencies. Il
you are anxious about the care and com
fort of our men at home and overseas
support them to the limit"
Barclay Bros. reported this Afternoon
that their plant was 100 per cent stronl
for the Red Cross, with total list Of 4
names
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-19
But Denies That He Shot
with Intent to Kill
the Intruder
TELLS OF FIGHTING
WITH OSCAR HEATH
Defense Started It's Testi
mony in Manslaughter
Case To-day

Paris, Dec, l0.--Premier Clemenceau
and Colonel Il. NJ. House visited Presi.
dent Wilson this morning at his Paris
residence.
The French premier and the president
were engaged for more than an hour in
an intimate discussion. Colonel House
also conferred with the president during
the morning.
The president has been invited TO visit
London at Christmas time, but he prob
ably will not accept, as he has planned
to dine Christmas day with the American
troops in the field
King Victor Emmanuel Of Italy will
arrive here to-day. The city il hung
with flags and general holiday has
been declared. Rain was falling this
morning, but there was promise of the
weather improving. The newspapers hail
the Ring as "a man Of honor, who has
been real leader of his country, both
on and off the battlefield
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-19
GERMANY is FACING A NEW CRISIS;
EBERT MINISTRY HAS RESIGNED;
SPIRIT OF DISORDER is GROWING
AMERICAN WOMEN DID
FINE WORK IN VAR
Mrs. Vincent Astor Tells How They
Fed Soldiers, Cooked for Them, Danced
with Them, Washed Dishes and
Scrubbed Floors.

New York, Dec. l9.-How American
women in France helped to tighten the
care of American soldiers, feeding them
with sweets, cooking for them, dancing
with them, and also washing dishes and
scrubbing floors, was told to-day by Mrs.
Vincent Astor. After eighteen months
service in canteen and welfare work,
while her husband was serving with the
overseas naval forces, Mrs. Astor has
Just returned from Bordeaux, where she
was in charge of division of Y. M. G.
A. women One of her fellow workers
was Mrs. Henry Russell, formerly Ethel
Borden Hartman, who was married in
France.
American women have filled such an
enormous place in the war that it would
be difficult to imagine now what would
have been done without their help" she
said. 'The thousands of women who
got to the other side gave themselves up
completely to working for the soldiers,
both the sick and the well, and they new
er spared themselves. They worked all
day, and ofen danced long hours in the
evening, sometimes with hundred part
ners.
''The soldiers showed the most com
plete courtesy TO every American won
an, making it intensely pleasant to be
doing things for them. Every few nights
we gave dance There were usually
about twenty American women, and they
would have TO divide their time among
several hundred men. Once we had eight
women and two thousand sailors
In the cafeteria we began by serving
about fifty men day, and soon it was
thousands. They all wanted eggs, dough
nuts, and ice cream. We had can
teen which means strictly tobacco and
candy store, where the men bought at
cost; and three nights week We gave
pictures and entertainments,
when the conveys of wounded first
commenced arriving at Bordeaux the
stretchers bearing the wounded men
would be put out on the station plat
form and We would 90 among them dis
tributing coffee and cigarettes. Later this
work was taken over by the Red Cross
Mrs. Henry Russell and ! were near
st. Mihie when the Americans made
their drive last September, and we ap.
pealed so hard that they sent us up To
the front for emergency work. We went
past the captured German lines up Ia
within two miles of the actual fighting
and helped distribute candy and cigar.
ettes to the 5th and 9Th marines when
they were relieved They came out OF
the battle laughing and happy, and with
no more looks of wear and tear than il
they had been in a football game"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-19
correspondent there.

Friedrich Ebert, who was named as
minister of the interior in the cabinet of
Prince Maximilian of Baden on Nov. 3
and became imperial chancellor on Nov.
), took command Of the situation in Ber-
lin following the revolutionary uprising
there. On Nov 3 it was announced that
he had become premier and had chosen
his cabinet naming Hugo Haase, Philip
Scheidemann, Wilhelm Dittman, Herr
Landberg and Richard Barth as the sec
retaries in charge of the departments
created by the revolutionary government.
The central congress of the delegates
from soldiers and workmens councils
met at Berlin on Monday. The first ses-
sion resulted in disorderly scenes, in
which there were many personal encount-
ers. On Tuesday turbulent scenes CON
tinued, George Ledebour, leader Of the
Independent Socialists, making a bitter
attack on Premier Ebert.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-19
Bert Sanders Committed Sui
eide at His 1oom on
No. Ma ,treet
PERHAPS 8 PRESSED
BECAJs WIFE LEFT
He Was s Granite Polisher
and : ,rmerly Lived
in Montpelier

Temporary alteration, believed to have
been induced by the fact that his wife
left him yesterday, is ascribed as the
cause of the suicide of Bert Sanders, a
granite polisher, who died in the night
from gas asphyxiation Harry Holmes,
who occupies two rooms in the fiat leased
by the Sanders family in the G. Tomasi
building, 35I 357 North Main street,
found the body this morning soon after
6 o'clock when he went into Sanders
room to arouse him. Police headquarters
was notified and Officer David Henderson
went to the building to investigate He
called DIR. o. g. Stickney, the local health
officer, who pronounced it case of sui
eide. The body was removed to the un-
dertaking establishment Of A. w Badger
& Co.
Over the telephone this forenoon DR..
C. r. Dalton, secretary Of the state board
of health, was told of the circumstances
surrounding the mans death. From his
office in Burlington the secretary advised
Health Officer Stickney that the case did
not seem to need an autopsy.
The police say that Sanders wife left
him yesterday. Acquaintances of the
man say that he seemed to be low esprit
ed last night He was seen on North
Main street around $3.50 o'clock, but is
believed to have gone to his apartment
soon after that The fiat is on the third
floor of the building and the room oceu
pied by Mr.. Holmes as his sleeping quar-
ters is only few feet from the room
where Sanders slept his last sleep. The
roomer heard nothing unusual during the
night and when he awoke this morning
his first thought was to arouse Sanders
that he might get his breakfast before
work time Before he entered the sleep
ing room Of Sanders, Mr.. Holmes detect
ed the odor of gas, but he did not suspect
anything untoward until he opened the
door.
Gas was flowing freely from two jets.
In the bed was Sanders, lying there as if
asleep Before retiring he had complete
ly removed his outer clothing and folded
it across the back of chair After as
surfing himself that the man was past
first aid, Holmes went to the telephone
and told police headquarters of what had
taken place.
Sanders was born in East Montpelier,
the son of Mr.. and Mrs George Sanders,
the date of his birth being July l6, 1862
He lived in East Montpelier until Il
wears Of age, when he went to Montpel-
Ter. He had spent some time in other
places and his residence in Barre had COW
cred the last eight months. He leaves Q
brother.
The funeral will be held at the G. To-
masi block Saturday afternoon, and in
terment will be in Green Mount cemetery
in Montpelier
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-19
HOG ISLAND UNDER FIRE.
Investigation of the Construction of the
Shipyard.

Washington, D. G., Dec. 19.-lnvestiga-
tion of the construction of the Hog island
shipyard was resumed to-day by the SEN
ate commerce committee, with Charles
Piez, general manager of the Emergency
Fleet corporation, and Charles M.
Schwab, until recently director general,
as the principal witnesses.
Mr.. Piez testified that the total ex-
penditures to date amounted to about
S5S,00O000 and that the American Inter
national Shipbuilding corporation, which
has the contract for building the plant,
has not been paid anything. Most of the
work, he said, was done by sub-con-
tractors.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-19
SILK" o'LoUGHLIN DYING.
Well Known Baseball Umpire Has Dou-
BILE Pneumonia.

Boston, Dec. l9.--Francis (1Silk'')
0Iouglhin, American league umpire, is
i'll with double pneumonia
at his home here.
The last rites of the church have been
Since the close Of the baseball season,
he has been connected with the depart
ment Of justice and recently was as
signed to the Boston district
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-19
HAD INSTRUCTIVE CONFERENCE.
wineosh Valley Superintendents' Asso-
ciaton In Barre.

The Winooski Valley Superintendents'
association held a meeting with Supt G.
H. White of the Barre schools yesterday,
and one of the features of the meeting
was an address by State Commissioner of
Education NJ B. Hillegas, who told the
members about the bill now before the
IL. S. Senate for department of educa-
tion in the cabinet and carrying an an
nual appropriation of $l00,000,000 to be
distributed among the states according
to the number of teachers employed, pro-
viding that the states meet the federal
appropriation dollar for dollar.
The conference proved very interesting
and instructive. It was held at the
Spanhing building and was attended by
Supts. II. w. Reed of Richmond, the
president of the association, Martin Chat
fee of Waterbury, s. Q. Hutchinson OF
Montpelier and G. j. Seager of Barre
Town, in addition to those already men
toned
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-19
rs WRITING HOME.
So Relatives of Private Moses Cerasoli
Thinks He Is Getting Well.

Private Moses Cerasoli, mentioned in
to-day's casualty list as being among the
slightly wounded, is eonvalescent, ac-
cording to war department bulletin re-
ceiyed by his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Moses Cerasoli, sr., of II Quarry street.
The nature of the young mans injuries
is not known, although he has been writ
ing regularly and his relatives assume
that his condition has not been serious
Private Cerasoli is a veteran of the old
LIST Vermont infantry and has been over
seas for more than year. He saw much
active service in A company of the l02d
machine gun battalion.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-19
STRIKE OF $4,000
At SCHENECTADY, ". Y.
Movement Was Instituted By New Or
ganization and Is Sympathetic with
Strike at Erie, Pa.

Schenectady, n Y, Dec. l9.-Organ-
izcd workers Of the General Electric com
pany's big plant here began an orderly
walkout promptly at 10 a. m. to-day,
Their leaders estimated that approx.
mately $4,000 Of the $4,000 men and
women employed IN the plant were af.
fected
The walkout was ordered by leaders Of
the Electrical Manufacturing Industry
Labor federation, comparatively new
organization whose membership com
prises General Electric workers in Sche-
nectady, Lynn and Pittsfeld, Mass, Erie,
Pa, and Fort Wayne, Ind. 1t was a
sympathetic walkout oceasioned by a
strike of federation members at Erie.
Virtually all Of the General Electric
plants have been engaged for many
months on war contracts.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-19
STILL WORKING AT LYNN.
An Effort Is Being Made to Adjust thu
Difficulties.

Lynn, Mass, Dec. Work in the
Lynn factories of the General Electric
company continued to-day notwithstand-
ing the announcement from the Schenec-
tady and Pittsfeld plants that general
strike had been authorized by union rep
resentatives as protest against the dis
charge of thirty men in Erie, Pa.
Leaders of the eleven thousand EN-
ployes here said they were trying to
bring about a settlement of the contro-
yersy, and thought il unlikely that
any sympathetic walkout would be un.
dertaken unless further instructions were
received from Schenectady.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-19
J. B. EASTMAN NAMED
BY PRESIDENT WILSON
To Succeed George w. Anderson as a
Member of Interstate Commerce
Commission.

Washington, D. c., Dec l9.--Joseph b.
Eastman of Massachusetts, has been chos-
en- by President Wilson to succeed George
w. Anderson as member of the inter
state commerce commission.
Instructions to send in the nomination
reached the White House to-day by wire
less. Mr.. Anderson recently was ap-
pointed federal court Judge at Boston.
Mr. Eastman is a member of the Mas
sachusetts public service commission.
Although Republican in politics, he was
appointed by former Governor Walsh,
Democrat.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-19
BECKER ON STAND.
To Tell of Financial Side of German
Propaganda.

Washington, d. c., Dec l9.--Alfred
Becker, deputy attorney general of New
York, appeared to-day before the Senate
judiciary subcommittee investigating
beer and German propaganda. Hearing
OF his testimony was expected to occu-
py all of to-day's session and por-
tion Of tomorrow
Attorney General Becker Investigated
expenditures Of German agents in this
country and he has access to the rec
ords Of all the banks through which the
propagandists transferred their financial
affairs from 1914 to 1917
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-19
DIED ON SAME DAY AS MOTHER.
Bandmaster Ralph Norton Dawes Was
Victim of Troop Train Wreck.

John G. Norton of Montpelier has re-
eeived word of the death Of his nephew,
Ralph Norton Dawes, who was killed in
the wreck of troop train in Farnce on
Dec. 5, the same day on which the young
mans mother died in Boston of pneumo-
mia. Mr.. Dawes was bandmaster of the
l04th infantry and has been in France
for some time, having received the croix
de guerre He was 30 years of age and
was native of Springfield, Mass.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-19
MORE TROOPS COMING.
Identification Made Of the Soldiers Nov
on the Ocean.

Washington, d. c., Dec. Returning
home on the transport George Washing
ton, which sailed from France Dec. Is,
the war department announced to-day,
are both field artillery; batteries A, b,
d and Il and headquarters company of
the l37th field artillery; 80 officers Of
the l3sth field artillery and number of
easuals.
Casuals also are returning on the
steamers Saxonia, which sailed Dec IA;
Moccasin, which sailed Dec. Is, and Here
dia, Cartoga, Sixaola and Bellatrix, Dec.
l6. On all seven ships there are about
4 900 officers and men.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-19
BoHAzzI & BoNAzZI EXPLAIN
Say Their Funds in the First National
Bank of Montpelier Not Attached.

Bonazzi s Bonazzi of Montpelier state,
in relation to the suit brought against
them by the Gopher Granite Co, that
their funds in the First National bank of
Montpelier have not been attached and
they add that the work ordered by the
Gopher company was not shipped because
they were notified by delegation from
the stonecutters' union that the Gopher
firm was on the cutters unfair list They
state that they informed the Gopher firm
the work would be shipped when things
had been fixed up with the union, and the
next they knew they were sued
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-19
WAR WORKERS co ABROAD.
Sixty-Seven Left Boston To-Day to Be-
gin Service.

Boston, Dec, l9.--Sixty seven war
workers, who expect to be assigned to
duty with the American army, sailed to-
day for Liverpool aboard the White Star
liner Canopic, The party included one
woman and SO men enrolled b ythe
Knights Of Columbus and 81 Y. M. c. A.
workers who arrived last night from
New York.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-19
MAY MARCH TOWARD GERMANY.
Bolshevikists in Russia Said to Be Rails
ing an Army.

London, Dec. 10 British wireless serv-
ice - Reports that the Russian bolshe-
visits have raised an army of three mil
lion men are discredited by special cor
respondence to the Daily Chronicle. 1t
is said that the most reliable informa-
tion puts the number of bolshevist
troops at about 10000, scattered over
most of the former Russian empire. It
is pointed out, however, that an effort
probably will be made to increase this
force for the purpose of marching west
ward toward Germany, where the bolshe-
visits have carried on an extensive propa-
ganda campaign for the last year.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-19
ESTHONI4 PLACED
UNDER THE ALLIES
Premier of the New Republic Did So Be
cause of the Menace of
Bolshevik Troops. .

London, Dec. IS.-The Esthonian pro-
yisional government controlling the ter
ritory covered by the former Russian
Baltic province Of Esthonia has placed
the republic under the common protec-
tion of the entente powers pending the
decision of the peace conference"
The Esthonisn premier announced this
action in a telegram which reached Lon
don tonight, in which he called attention
to the difficulty the Esthonian troops
were experiencing in withstanding the
bolsheyiki, who are attacking the terri
tory of the republic from the east.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-19
WILL EXHUME BODY.
Of Miss Grieda Weichman, Alleged Vic
tim of Piper.

Muskegon, Mich, Dec l9-The body
Of Miss Frieda Weichman of Chicago,
because Of whose death Milo H. Piper,
local insurance man, is held ON a mur,
der charge, will be removed from Oak
wood cemetery here and an autopsy per
formed. This was announced to-day by
Harry jackson, assistant prosecuting at-
torney.
Medical experts will try, Jackson said,
to establish positively the cause of death.
The body of the girl, whom Piper is ac-
cused Of staying after an automobile
honeymoon, was first discovered in a
lonely grave beside the railway track
between here and Grand Rapids.