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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-21
H Huntin gton of Virginian
Railway Said to Have
Been Slow to Obey
OTHER EXECUTIVES
ARE IN DANGER
McAdoo Plans to Bring the
Railroad Officials to
Time

Washington, May 2l.-C. W. Hunting,
ton of New York has been removed by
Director General McAdoo as president OF
the Virginian railway for disobedience OF
the railroad administration orders for
maintenance and Improvement of his
road. j. II. Young of Norfolk, Va, has
been appointed federal director of the
road
The Virginian is coal carrying road
running from Deep Water, w. Va, to
Norfolk, Va.
Huntington is the first railroad presi.
dent to be removed by Director Gen
eral McAdoo, but it was limited to-day
that similar action might be taken
against other executives, who do not co.
operate well with the federal manage
ment.
The complaint against Mr.. Huntington
was that he failed to comply promptly
with suggestions and orders of the rail-
way administration, insisting on techni-
calities involved, and in the carrying out
of instructions.
The action against Mr.. Huntington re.
moves him as executive chief of the road,
but leaves him as head of the railway
corporation which is to pay his salary
out of corporate funds furnished by the
government as compensation for use of
the road, when out of operating funds.
Mr.. Young, the new manager, is given
full authority To manage the road, even
to the extent of changing the personnel
Df operating officials.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-21
COLLEGE BUILDING
DAMAGED BY FIRE
"0ld Mill" at University of Vermont
Struck by Lightning and the Damage
Will Run Well Into Many Thous-
ands of Dollars.

Burlington, May 2l-~The "old mill,
principal building Of the University oi
Vermont, was struck by lightning last
night and considerable damage done Ia
the south end, containing the Y NJ c. A
and lecture rooms and students rooms
in the upper story
The resulting fire burned down 10 the
second story OF the south end of the
structure.
The historic chapel was not damaged,
although for a time the costly Goodrich
memorial window was in danger. The
corner stone of the south wing Of the
building was laid in 1925. The damage
will be about $25,00O.
There We're about 80 boys from all
parts of Vermont members of the me
chanics' school. in their hunks on the
second and third floors, all attired in pa.
Jamas. These men were hastily mar.
shaled by the corporals and marched in
an orderly way down the stairs and into
the gymnasium and without mishap.
The uniforms for the men have not ar.
rived, so the men were in civilian clothes
and many of them left their clothes at
their hunks, but as soon as the fire was
definitely located they were allowed to
return for them. One Young man got
excited and threw his trousers out OF
The window. They caught on some tele-
phone wires and hung there until morn
ng.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-21
AN OFFICIAL FAREWELL.
Is to Be Given to Barre and Barre Town
Recruits Friday.

An official farewell from the home
folks, with Mayor +. c. Glysson as the
spokesman, ri planned for Friday morn.
ing when the Barre and Barre Town
men in the current draft quota of Wash
ngton county leave the city for the cap
ital to report II is not an elaborat te
program that is in the making, but the
ninety men who comprise the contribu-
tion which Barre and Barre Town will
give are not going to get away without
testimonial that will measurably indi-
cate the pride which the two communi-
ties take unto themselves in making so
large an offering <of their young man
hood to the cause.
A committee has arranged to provide
some thirty or forty cars in which to
transport the men to Montpelier. There
will be gathering at the city park at s
o'clock in the morning, and after short
the recruits will leave for the
capital. Mayor Glysson is to speak, and
it is expected that the Cristoforo CO.
lombo band will play, Friday is Italy
America day, which is to be observed
the country, and as many of
the young men who are leaving Saturday
for Camp Devens are from the Barre
Italian colony, the farewell exercises will
take on added significance. There is
liberal representation of citizens from
the Italian colony on the committee 1t
Is hoped that large number of people
will gather to participate in the fare
we'll The exercises are to begin at
o'clock and the automobiles will leave for
at $3.50.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-21
BRITISH CAPTURED 3OPRISONERS
AND SIX MACHINE GUNS in DRIVE
STRONG OPPOSITION
TO TEUTON ALLIANCE
Is Reported to Have Been Started in
Germany by Chancellor Won Hert-
ling and Foreign Secretary
Won Kuehlmann.

London, May 2l-Strong opposition
to the recently arranged alliance between
Germany and Austria Hungary is voiced
by Chancellor Won Hertling and Foreign
Secretary Won Kuehlmann, according to
reports received in The Hague and trans
mitted by the correspondent of the Daily
Mail The chancellor and foreign secre
tary are reported to have said that they
washed their hands of the entire matter,
as they objected to the methods by which
the military part of the convention was
devised over their heads by the German
higher command.
General Ludendorff is said to be insist
ing that the agreement be passed and
signed at once.
The military sections bind each party
to aid the other with all its forces
against any and every enemy, thus com
pelling Austria to place all her forces at
the disposal of Germany.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-21
BRITISH MAINTAINED NEW POSITIONS
NORTHWEST OF MERVILLE IN FLANDERS
AGAINST A STRONG COUNTER BLOW
FAMINE ALLY
AGAINST TEUTONS
A Correspondent of London Newspaper
Tells Of Case of Cannibalism in Aus
tria, and Poorer People are Suf-
fering Terrible Deprivation.

| London. May 2l-"I feel confident that
the time is at hand when stark, medic
val famine-will join the entente as a
political and military ally against Ger
many and Austria the correspondent Of
the Daily Mail telegraphs from Anne.
masse, in France, near the Swiss border.
The correspondent says he draws this
conclusion from oral statements by an
authentic witness whose observations
extended up to the end of April. The
great masses of the German and Aus
trian peoples. this informant declares,
are more than sick of the war. They
think and talk Of nothing but bread, and
their morale is so low that the govern
ments are fearful of Bolsheviki move
ments.
Among the incidents given in support
of the story of want, is the case of two
prisoners of war employed at the gas
works in Vienna who, he declares, were
murdered by fellow workers, who ate
part of their bodies. The "Arbeiter Zei-
tung' of Vienna demanded an investiga
tion, and the entire issue was confis-
Gated in consequence. The affair was re-
fcrred to in Parliament, but was hushed
up in the Vienna press.
The narrator said he and his family
had lived for weeks almost entirely on
mushrooms gathered in forest outside
the town in which he dwelt.
people often faint in the streets from
hunger" he continued. Even the sol |
diers do not have sufficient food, They |
are not only sick of war, but thoroughly |
apathetic regarding it. 1t is common
sight to see soldiers begging for food.
Everybody is convinced that the expect
I'd food relief from Ukraine is a mirage.
Only another Prussian swindle,' they |
saw The three worst months
Iune, July and August-are yet to come.
LAST year there was almost nothing to
at 10 those months but cucumbers, and
ruit, Typhus and dysentery became
,pidemic The people are shuddering
t the prospects of these three months"
As far as they dare, the dispatches
ontinue, they make little of the talk of
mashing the British and the French and
he submarine campaign, and the only
esults which they see has been to add
o their enemies. K
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-21
IS IN BELLOWS FALLS.
Wells River Girl Is Working for 81 a
Week and Board and Wants to Stay.

Woodsville, N. H., May 2l.- Melvin
Coburn of Wells River, VT, father of
Miss Mabel Coburn, the l5-yeGr- old
Woodsvilie girl who disappeared from
the home of Mrs DIR. Gibson some time
Saturday night, leaving a note to her
parents to the effect that she had
drowned herself and leaving pair of
her shoes on the bank of the Connecticut
river to corroborate her story, received a
telegram last evening from Bellows Falls,
VT, signed by the missing girl, which
read as follows: "Am working for 81 and
board; would like to stay"
The Bellows Falls police noticed the
girl when she alighted from the train
Sunday morning and it is thought there
is no man in the case, as was at first
feared. If the girl has employment it is
possible her father may allow her to re-
main for the time being.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-21
WOUNDED IN FRANCE.
Lieut.. Willard ]. Freeman, Who Has
Wife in Burlington.

Burlington, May 2l-News has been
received in this city of the serious wound
ing in France of First Lieut. Willard j.
Freeman, former University of Yer
mont man, who received his commission
in the regular army last summer at the
first Plattsburg camp. Lieut.. Freeman's 5
wife was Miss Ruth Miller of this city,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. III. II. Miller
of SO Brookes avenue, whom he married
last August 2l, few days before he left
for overseas.
Lieut.. Freeman was an instructor in
an officers training school in France,
and was teaching a company of men how
to throw hand grenades. All went we'll
until the turn of the 18th man came.
He got an imperfect grenade and it ex.
ploded, tearing his hand all to pieces. A
piece Of it struck Lieut.. Freeman in
the right eye He was rushed to base
hospital and for eight days could see
II will be month or six weeks
before the eye can be operated upon, but
it is hoped that the sight of the eye may
be saved. Skin grating will be resor. I'd
to in an effort to save his face from
scars.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-21
NOT OFFERED POSITION.
James A. Farrell Denies a Report from
Washington.

New York, May 2l.-James A. Farrell
president of the United States Steel
corporation, denied to-day that he had
been rendered the position of director of
operations of the shipping board as re-
ported yesterday from Washington.
II have received no such offer" he
said. Il believe there is no intention on
the part of the shipping board to make
it. The directors of the emergency fleet
corporation know that if the position
was rendered TO me ] would have to de
cline il, for patriotic reasons, If for no
other. Ny whole time and energy are
devoted to the work Of assisting to the
best Of my ability production and deliv-
cry Of steel for the emergency fleet and
Tor other government needs. In my opin-
ion. there Is nothing al the present time
more important 70 the military neCessi-
ties of the government than the produc-
ton and delivery Of steel
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-21
LARGE CROWD EXPECTED
To Hear Mrs. Beatrice Forbes Robertson
Hale in Barre Tonight.

If her Barre audience attains to the
size of the crowds which have greeted
her elsewhere in Vermont this spring
Mrs Beatrice Forbes Robertson Hale he
noted lecturer and actress, will address
standing room only assemblage at the
war rally in the opera house this even
ing. Wherever she has appeared she
has received most enthusiastic audience
and her story of the war is a thrilling
one The war rally is to begin at :
o'clock, but previously the Cristoforo
Colombo band will play a few selections.
and afterward in the opera house tbs
same musicians are to be heard. Peo-
pie who are anxious to hear Mrs. Hale
are advised to seek seats early. No ad-
mission will be charge.
A message received this forenoon hv
the local war rally committee from
James p. Taylor. secretary OF the Great
er Vermont association, reported large
audience at the gathering in ST. John
bury last evening, when Mrs. Hale spoke
The theatre where she appeared was
packed to capacity and 500 people were
TO stand.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-21
LOST HER Two SONS.
Fitzdale Woman Is Mourning Death of
Two in Same Battle.

St Johnsbury. May 2l.-Private Allen
r. Moore of Fitzdale, killed in action
May 10, was the brother of Corporal
Walter G. Moore, killed the same day.
Their mother, Mrs. John Corcoran of
Fitzdale, was notified yesterday of Pri-
vate Moore's death and on Friday of
Corporal Moore's.
This takes her last boy A son, George,
was drowned at South Lunenburg year
ago.
Private Allen was 2l and enlisted with
his brother in Company d Of st. Johns
bury last July. They were transferred
to the Machine Gun company of the l03d
and went across in the fall.
Both men were employed by the Fitzdale
Paper company. They were born in
Monroe, n. II. Memorial services will
be held, in the Monroe church Sunday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-21
BUSINESS AS Usual"
Was Motto at Sim Fein Headquarters in
Dublin.

Dublin, May 21.-"The country is per-
fectly calm" representative of the Sim
Fein at the organizations headquarters
said to-day to the Associated Press. up
to the present time we have received par
ticulars of s4 arrests. We expect there
will be others.
Cuisines as usual is the motto at
our headquarters. Some of the English
newspapers are suggesting that the Sim
Fein has been stunned by the govern
ment's action. That is not correct. The
arrests were expected and substitute
leaders were appointed some time ago to
carry on our affairs whenever the need
should arise"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-21
100000 MEN
FROM NEW DRAFT
Are Expected to Be Secured
by Registration of
June 5
MILLION MEN WILL
PROBABLY REGISTER
Provost Marshal General
Thinks Quarter of Them
Will Be Exempted

Washington, ID. c., May 2l.-Estimates
to-day by Major General Crowder, pro-
vost marshal general, Indicate that prob
ably three-q quarters of million men will
be obtained for the army by the regis
tration on June s of all youths who have
attained Il years of age since June 5 last.
Fully million youths, according to
General Crowder's estimate, will be reg
istered. At least one-fourth of them, he
thinks, will be exempted on various
grounds.
A statement by Secretary Baker, Civ
ing the estimate and outlining plans for
the draft, given out to-day, read;
Probably three quarters of q million
viii be added to the American army in
the making, by the registration on June
5 next Of boys who have reached the
age of 2l since June 5, and who will be
81 on June s, 1918. This estimate was
made to-day by Provost Marshal Gen
eral L. II. Crowder, who will direct the
registration.
General Crowder's estimate was bas sed
on the fact that almost l0,0O0,OOo regis
tered last year. This number included
all between 2l and 81 Statistics col
lected by General Crowder's Office show
AHdl iilttt hpIt tHaH ~ pei IthA Va
these men were 81 years old On that
basis ii is estimated by draft officials
working under General Crowder that TINS |
years registration will exceed 100000
'0f this number, General Crowder es
Inmates that three-quarters, or about |
10000, vii be available for military |
service. This makes proper allowances
for physical defects, exemptions because
of dependents, and other barriers to mill
tary service.
Under President Wilson's proclama-
tfon all male persons, citizens, or aliens,
must register. The only persons ex
,epted are officers and enlisted men OF
he regular army, navy and marine corps
md the National Guard and naval mill
ia, while in federal service, and officers
If the officers reserve corps and enlis d
men in the enlisted reserve corps, whve
n active service.
General Crowder plans to have the To-
al boards keep their offices open for reg
stration purposes between Z a. m. and
D. m. on June ). Between those hours !
II young men who were born between !
une S, 1896 and June o, 1917, must reg ,
ster These men are subject TO the pro. ,
isions Of the selective service act un- !
Ter which the first registration was
eld" II
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-21
YALE STUDENTS
IN BIG UPRO4R
Ten of Them Were Placed Under Arrest
Early This Morning After Defiance
Had Been Shown to the Police.

New Haven, Conn, May 2l-Town and
gown clashed early to-day after Yale
undergraduates, most of them in mill
tary or naval uniform, had swept through
the business streets in a demonstration
as turbulent as any in many years. Ten
students were under arrest after def.
ance had been given TO the police, who
were with Mayor Fitzgerald, trying TO
quiet the disturbance at the Yale post
office.
The incident which led to the uproar
was not well defined at the time the ar
rests were made, but the best explana-
tion seems to be that two freshmen ex-
PEELED senior from a moving picture
house.
Mayor Fitzgerald, who was in the city
hall offices, heard the disturbance. and
with several citizens, followed the crowd
to Yale postoffice. He gave the police
officials orders to clear the street The
students called for speech, and the
mayor began TO respond, chiding the men
in their behavior. Someone called out
"louder, we can't hear you" This led
to comment from the crowd, during
which, il is charged, James L. Mitchell,
a freshman from Wellesley, Mass,
sneered and lnsulted the mayor, who or
dered his arrest. The crowd began to
jostIe the officers and several were seized
and told they were under arrest. As the
officers started for the central station
the Yale men were unruly and Others
were arrested. The ten booked gave
these names: O. f. Davis, Dayton, O.:
Thomas Denny, New York City; J. H. |
French, New York City: Julian B. Rice, |
d. c.; J. +. Mitchell, Wells
ey, Mass. W +. Jones, Allen Hubbard |
r., Newton Center, Mass; G. W Diecks, |
West Orange, n. j.; Sheriff. Kent, New |
Haven, Conn; Dan A. Cobb, Peoria, III. |
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-21
Ii MEN CAUGHT
nv MINE WORKINGS
Seven Members of Rescue Party Were
Overcome by Gas While Working
to Reach Their Fellow
Workmen

Charleston, w. Va, May 2l.-Seven
members of rescue party were over
come by gas in the mine of the Mill
Creek Camel Coal Mining company at
Villa, W. Va, this morning, while trying
to reach IA miners who were trapped in
the workings late yesterday when the
main entry caught fire. They were saved
by other working parties, and physicians
said none would die
rescue car of the United States bu-
reau of mines is being hurried to Villa
from Monogah, w. Va, and is expected
to reach the burning mine this afternoon.
Meantime, large numbers of miners are
working hard to extinguish the flames
and reach their imprisoned comrades.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-21
MANY CLAIMANTS
FOR RED CROSS HONORS
Several Places Report That They Have
0versubscribed Their Quotas in the
Present Drive.

Washington, D. C., May 2l.-Claims
from various sections to the honor of be-
ing the first to subscribe their allotments
to the second fund of the American Red
Cross were on file here to-day awaiting
decisions Of the national headquarters in
the matter of awards. Word was csbled
from Honolulu that Hawaii had over
subscribed its quota of S250000, while
reports OF having gone over the top had
been received from Peabody, Mass, Pom
totoc county, Okla, and Yolo county, Cal.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-21
GERMANS FALSIFYING LOSSES.
Their Airplanes Shot Down in Their Own
Lines Are Not Counted.

With the American Army in France,
Monday, May 20 (by the Associated
Pressl - According to information oh
tanned from captured German officer,
the published monthly figures of Ger
man aerial losses are intended for the
people at home and for the neutrals, and
are not accepted by German aviators.
As an illustration of the German meth
DDS, it is learned that machine shot
down within the German lines OF which
even only parts are left, is not contained
in the lists.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-21
FIFTEEN AIRPLANES BURNED.
And Much Timber Also Wiped Out By
Fire.

San Francisco. MAY 2l-Fifteen air
planes in various stages Of construction
and a considerable quantity q dried
spruce and Irish linen were reported De
stroyed here to-day. in a fire which
swept the plant Of the Fowler Airplane
corporation.
The Gre started in a furniture fac
tory and swept block, destroying e
eral houses The Fowler conoern was
working on government contracts and
the stock on hand vas estimated 10 be
worth from S250.OO0 70 sl.oO0.ooo
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-21
EARTHQUAKE STARTED
FIRE nv chill TOWN
Many Buildings Were First Shaken
Down, Some Loss of Life Reported
at Laserena

Santiago, Chill, May 2l.-The earth
quake yesterday at the capital of the
province of Coquimbo, damaged large
number of buildings. Fire started in the
center of the town. causing further loss.
The shock was felt to less extent in
neighboring villages.
Valparaiso, Chill May 2l.-It is re
ported here that there was loss of life
in the earthquake at Laserena yester
day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-21
RED CROSS RETURNS.
New York Had Nearly Reached Five
Millions To-day

Washington, May 2l-Word from
New York City said that subscriptions
in the Red Cross drive there had totalled
81 .ssT.6l0 and from Chicago a report
showed that nearly $4,000 had been
subscribed by less than half dozen
firms and individuals on the first dsy.
Michigan has subscribed its full quota
of S3.OO0,00Ol Newark, \. J.. collected
before l O'Clock yesterday sl55.462.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-21
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-21
CLUTCHED REVOLVER
AND PHONE RECEIVER
Miss Nellie Lipsett, 10. of Boston, Had
Died of Bullet Wound in Her Head
Police Are Convinced 1t Is
Case of Suicide.

Boston. May 2l-With one hand hold
ing a telephone receiver and the other
clutching 80 -calibre revolver, Miss Mel.
lie Lipsett, age 49, was found dead in
bed last night from bullet wound in
her head Miss Lipsett's sister, Ruth,
made the discovery when she returned
from work. Telephone records show that
call from the Lipsett apartment came
in several hours before Miss Lipsett's
body was found. The name Of the per
son whom she called is sought by the po-
lice in their efforts to find motive for
the girls death. The police and the
medical examiner said they were con-
WINGED that Miss Lipsett committed sui
eide
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-21
FAIRBANKS CRITICALLY ILL.
But He Continued to Hold His Own"
This Morning.

Indianapolis, Ind. Nav 2l.-Chsrles
w. Fairbanks, who is critically in here.
continued to hold his own according
TO an announcement made at his home
early to-day. Il vas said his physician
still had hopes for the recovery of the
former vice president Of the United
States.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-21
WILSON MAY DECIDE.
Whether Congress Will Remain in Ses.
sion.

Washington, May 2l.-Indications 20.
day were that President Wilson may be
called upon to decide whether Congress
will remain in session after July to
pass new war revenue legislation as sug-
gested by Secretary McAdoo.
Congressional leaders, who conferred
with the secretary yesterday, were not
convinced of the immediate necessity for
the action and were disincined to ad-
here to their original plan of adjourn
ing in July.
Secretary McAdoo at the same time
was said to have been considerably inn
pressed by the assertions Of leaders that
il would be extremely difficult to hold
Congress