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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-09
HITCHCOCK HEADS
FOREIGN RELATIONS
Nebraskan Promoted to Place on Impor.
tant Senate Committee Held by
Late Senator Stone.

Washington ID. c., May O. - Senator
Hitchcock of Nebraska was made chair
man to-day Of the Senate foreign rela
tions committee. Mr.. Hitchcock, who was
senior Democratic member of the com
mittee, succeeds the late Senator Stone
in a Encouragement of Democratic com
mittee assignments caused by recent
deaths of several senator's.
The steering committee decided to in
crease the Senate military committee by
two members because of its Importance
during the war, and named Senator
Smith of Georgia as member Sena-
tor Knox of Philadelphia probably will
become the new Republican member.
Among other committee change was
the election of Senator Lewis of Illinois
to a vacancy on the finance committee.
Senator Hitchcock upon election as
head of the foreign relations committee,
retired as chairman OF the Philippines
committee. His place will not be filled
until later. Senator Salisbury of Della
ware may be named.
Senator Robinson of Arkansas was
named on the foreign relations commit
tee to fill the vacancy caused by Sena-
tor Stones death.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-09
STUBBORN FIGHTING ON THE FLANDERS FRONT
TURNS SLIGHTLY IN FAVOR OF THE ALLIES;
BRITISH ARE C0UNTERING SUCCESSFULLY
III ARE NOW DEAD
FROM THE EXPLOSION
OF TRENCH MORTAR
Investigation Has Been Started to Deter
mine Cause of Tragedy at Fort
Worth.

Fort Worth, Tex, May 9.--The llth
victim of yesterdays trench mortar ex-
plosion died this morning. He was Pri-
vate Alfred j. Woodle of Abilene. Tex,
of Headquarters company l42d infantry.
Private 5. L. Davidson of Fort Worth
also died to-day. Whether the shell was
diversified, whether the gun was jammed
with another she'll or whether there was
faulty construction will be developed.
The English instructors at the camp are
mystified by the explosion.
About hundred shells had been fired
from the gun when the explosion oc.
Cured.
Gen. H. st. John Greble commanding
officer at Camp Bowie. was standing less
than 10 yards from the scene of the ex-
plosion with his two aides, Captain
Houghton and Lieutenant Russell. They
were uninjured. Lieutenant Colonel Met.
calfe, division surgeon, and an enlisted
man, also stood near by. The enlisted
man was instantly killed, but Metcalfe
was unhurt.
The bodies of some of the victims were
literally blown to pieces
The l4lst and l42d infantry regiments
were at the trench system near Benbrook
and their firing practice was being
from distance by a large
crowd of civilians.
The two gun crews, made up of men
from the Headquarters companies of the
two regiments, were operating new NOR
tars, which were on a hill overlooking
he trench system.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-09
IRISH HOPE GEORGE LOSES.
They Think Next Premier Would Refuse
to Enforce Conscription.

London, May 9.-Irish Nationalist
newspapers, says a dispatch to the Times
from Dublin, are taking the most lively
interest in parliamentary crisis, the Ma
tionalists obviously praying for a trans
fer of the government to hands which
would refuse to enforce conscrpition in
Ireland. To-day every soldier is need
ed on the western front, yet the govern
ment is proposing a course which will
involve the withdrawal of hundreds of
thousands of soldiers to engage in civil
war which will outrage the conscience of
the civilized world.
Moreover Irishmen are scattered over
the wide world-in America, and the
dominions of Great Britain itself; be-
sides large numbers ON the western front.
The tragedy cannot be local or confined
to Ireland. 1t may easily be the be-
ginning of a world tragedy in which our
last hopes Of fairer future will be ex-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-09
BAKERS STATEMENT
STARTS MUCH TALK
There Is a Great Deal of Speculation in
Congress Over Number of American
Soldiers in France.

Washington, d. c., May 9.-Secretary
Bakers statement announcing that his
prediction that more than 100000 Amer
lean troops would be in France by early
this year had even been surpassed, was
widely discussed in Congress to-day,
where some he'd been inclined TO doubt
the feasibility of the seeretsry's state
ment before the Senate military com-
mittee in January.
How many more than 100000 have
been sent abroad may not be disclosed
for military reasons. and in making his
statement. Secretary Baker specifically
requested that it be carried TO the public
in exactly the terms in which he gave it.
Under these circumstances II permits Of
no amplihcstion.
Neither is il possible TO state how
many troops actually have been trans
ported during the first four months Of
ne calendar year 1918. ss this would dis
close to the enemy the rate At which
troops are moving.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-09
COURT ORDERED
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED
Because Attorneys Did Not Appear on
Either Side and Supreme Court Fol-
lowed Recently Established Rule
Washington County Case Next.

Some months ago the supreme court
revised its rules and this morning one OF
them was placed in effect for the first
time, with the result that the first case
in Windsor county was affirmed and the
clerk was instructed to enter upon his
docket Judgment affirmed" This is the
divorce case of Charles d. Weeden VS..
Eliza A. Weeden in which neither of the
sides was represented in court. The rule
recently made is that when cases are
reached the court may dispose of the
case if attorneys do not look after them,
The case came to the supreme court some
years ago upon exceptions, the divorce
having been granted in the lower court.
The entries made this morning brought
the docket to Washington county and
the case of Peter LaClair VS.. the Mont
pelier & Wells River railroad was argued.
In this case the plaintiff obtained sub
stantial verdict in the lower court last
fall for injuries received when train of
the defendant was pushed into Mr.. La
Clair's blacksmith shop.
The Rutland county cases were cleaned
up last evening, the most of which were
although the entry of judg
ment affirmed was made in the case of
c. J. Connell VS.. Marguerite B. Connell,
petition for annulment of marriage. The
'ase of Jones, administrator, VS.. Mary A.
ct al, was submitted on briefs,
while that of Emma Raymond VS.. Caro-
inc Sheldon's estate was argued late in
he afternoon. This is an appeal from
he commissioners in probate court.
In Windham county this morning the
,ase of Larrow VS.. Cobb and Martell. the
'ase was submitted on briefs. In Wind
ior county the motion to dismiss the
lppeal Of the defendants in the cases Of
Horace c. Pease and Of Charles Tompkin-
on VS.. Edward Edgerton and George
1hedel were submitted on briefs. The /
dismissal is asked because the appeal
vas not taken from the final disposition
f the case in the lower court.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-09
OFFICERS ELECTED
BY S. S. ASSOCIATION
Rev. Edgar Grassland of Barre Chosen
President of Washington County
Association at Montpelier.

The following officers were elected at
the meeting of the Washington County
Sunday School association held Wednes
day and Wednesday evening at Mont.
pelier: President, Rev Edgar Grassland,
Barre; vice presidents, Mrs. c. S. An
drews, Barre, Mrs. w. G. Cotton, Mont
pelier, Mrs. M. w. Hale. Cabot, Mrs.
w. A. Remele, Waitsfeld, Rev j. S. Sar-
gent, Mortified, Mrs. Helen p. Lathrop,
Waterbury, Mrs. George H. Rumney,
Montpelier; secretary, Mrs. w. f. Milne,
Barre; treasurer George Maker, Barre;
superintendent of elementary work, Mrs
o. G. Stickney, Barre; superintendent of
home department, Miss Luna Cummings,
Montpelier; superintendent of secondary
work, Rev. V. l.. Smith, Waterbury; SUI
erintendent of teacher training, Rev. b.
G. Lipsky, Barre; superintendent of tenn
peranee work, Mrs. Bertha Kellogg,
Plainfeld; superintendent of missions,
Miss Olive Anderson, Montpelier: super
intendent of adult work, Rev s. F. Blom-
field Montpelier; state director, DR. o.
G. Stickney, Barre.
In the contest for memorization of BIZ
bic passages there were seven contesting
in the first grade and eight in the second
These represented several towns. each
district having previously held contests
Ruth Wiley of Barre won the girls first
prize between the ages of nine and l3
and William Wallace of Waterbury the
boys in the same ages. Howard Geake
of Barre won the first boys prize from
IA years up and Luvia Irene Page Of
Plainfield the girls prize for the same
ages. These four young people will go
to Morrisville in the fall and at the state
contest for the state prize |
The Judges were Miss Mildred Raymond !
Of Montpelier. Miss Agnes Stafford of
Barre and G.. h. Seager of Barre.
Wednesday evening Rev. William |
shaw. presiding elder of the northern |
district in the Vermont conference, spoke /
TO the assemblage on Character Build /
ing in the Sunday School
other speakers during the afternoon \
xere Rev. W. G. Mead Of Montpelier. on 4
The Charm Of the Book; Rev. c. A. /
Boyd. state secretary, and Miss NJ. {. /
Warren made their reports, the latter Of 1
fhe elementary work. Rev {. Piper
poke upon Keeping Up the Juniors"
md Mr. shaw upon the Center Il the
Task in the afternoon. al Of which we're i
% increase the enthusiasm in the work.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-09
SERIOUS FIRE
AT NEW HAVEN
Acres of Railroad Shops Are
in Danger of De-
struction
STARTED TO-DAY NEAR
YESTERDAYS BLAZE
Heart of the Fire Is in the
Building Housing
Torpedoes

New Haven, Conn, May a fire OF
serious aspect broke out this noon in a
round house adjacent to the shops of the
New York. New Haven and Hartford
Railway company, southwest of the sta
tion destroyed yesterday. Destruction
Of the shops, covering many acres seems
likely, although opportunities for fight
ing the blaze are excellent.
The heart Of the fire is in store
house in which, among other things, the
railroad stored its track torpedoes. Fire
men were engaged for some time in get
ting out boxes of these explosives. The
fire may take number of buildings.
Traffic Not Interrupted.
No interruption in traffic will follow
the destruction of the old station, it was
stated to-day at the company's offices.
Adjustment has already been made OF
conditions, and the freight clerks and
other departments. which were ousted, are
being placed elsewhere. The old station
had not been used for train movements
for some weeks, the eastbound trains
having been transferred from it in March.
The temporary station to the north had
been used for west bound train move
ments for more than year.
As to the source of yesterdays blaze
there is only conjecture. Inquiry shows
that when the upper part was wreathed
in smoke there was none in the lower
rooms. AS clerks scurrying along the
second floor saw no fire the suppostion
IS that badly insulated wires started
fre between the floors and spread from
ope end to the other. This would ac-
,ount for the blaze breaking out at
about the same moment at both ends of
he station. The railroad company lost
Quantities Of records and some material, |
1ut the money loss is not deemed very |
leavy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-09
ASQUITH ASKS
INVESTIGATION
Moves for Appointment of a
Select Committee on
Maurice Charges
BRITISH CRISIS
COMES TO HEAD
House of Commons Took Up
the Matter This Aft
ernoon

London, May a.--Moving motion in
the House of Commons this afternoon for
the appointment of select committee to
investigate the charges made by General
Maurice, former director of military
operations at the war Office, ex-Premier
Asquith said he thought it was not the
business of Parliament TO constantly in
quire into the conduct of successive
phases of the war The House of Com.
mons, he added, had more than enough
of such inquiries already
.Asquith denied that his motion was
designed TO obtain a vote of censure of
the government, saying il was absurd
to describe IL as such. Should he find il
his duty TO censure the government, he
said, he hoped that he would have the
courage to do so in direct and unequivo-
cal form.
Although the indications arc that the
government will weather to-day's storm,
il is interesting to note that for the
first time in the history of the Lloyd
George administration, inspired intima-
tions appear in that portion of the press
which supports former Premier Asquith,
ing defeated, there exists IAN alterna-
tive government ready TO step into the
breach"
II is confidently declared in the same
quarters that even should the ministry
survive to-day its days are numbered
On the government side, il is assert
ed the premier has q complete answer
to the accusations of General Maurice
and that the debate will not turn on
technical procedure, but will be what |
is described as an open discussion of the |
merits of the case, with certain impor- |
tant disclosures, relating to the exten- |
sion of the British front in France BY |
the fifth army.
1t is understood that both Premier |
Lloyd George and Chancellor Bonar Law /
will make comprehensive statements, re.
plying seriatim to all of General Mau- /
ices points, leaving it to Mr.. Asquith
4 he considers their explanations un-
satisfactory, to push his motion TO di-
yision.
Meetings of the unionists and liberal
var committees were held last night and
t is understood both decided to support
he government The labor party de-
ided to await the trend OF the debate
Among the minor points that have
risen is the authorized statement that
ieneral Maurices letter was not shown,
revious to its publication, to any SOL
ier or politician. The government
ress contends that this rules out the
Legations of collusion between General
faurice and Mr.. Asquth.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-09
GERMANS FOUND
GUILTY OF TREASON
Twelve Dresden Socialists Sentenced to
Terms Varying from IS Months
70 Eight Years.

Amsterdam, May a.-Twelve Dresden
members Of the Independent Socialist
party Of Germany have been convicted Of
high treason by the imperial court at
Leipsic. a dispatch from that city to the
Norwaerts Of Berlin reports. They dis
tributed pamphlets last wear advocating
the overthrow Of the German empire.
and helped to bring about the strikes Of
last sumner. advocating them ss
means of obtaining peace They were
sentenced q penal serxitude for terms
varying from Is months to eight years.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-09
TWO GERMAN DIVISIONS LOST
HEAVILY ATTACKING THAT LINE
British Made Further Progress Last
Night on the Picardy Front, Advanc-
ing Their Line Between the SOmme
and Ancre Rivers East of Amiens

Heavy fighting although comparatively narrow front is
continuing Flanders where the Germans began a an
other attempt wedge into the entente line thank
the hill positions southwest of Ypres.
attempt failed and only temporary secured
by the enemy gaining foothod the allied front line at points
between Voormezeee and La Clytte
night the British and French drove back sharply at the
Germans and ousted them small bits of territory they had
Heavy casualties inflicted the two German divisions
which were engaged in this operation.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-09
ENGLAND TO CUT
HER MEAT RATION
Regulations Will Be Put Into Effect
Soon, Limiting Number of Butchers
Meat Cards.

Washington, d. c. May 9.-England is
about to curtail still further the CON
sumption of meat A cablegram to the
food administration to-day said that be-
ginning within few days, regulations
would be instituted limiting the number
of butchers meat cards week for each
person to two instead of three as at pres
ent.
A third coupon may be used but only
for bacon, fowl and other meat not
elsssed as butchers meat
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-09
Private Edmond A. Beau
champ Received Slight
Injuries
EIGHT OFFICEFE
AMONG ca ALTIES
Lieut.. Harold g Morgan of
Vancou' > Barrack
Kiltsy.n Action

Washington, May 9.-The casualty list
to-day contained 76 names, divided as
| follows: Killed in action, To-; died Of
wounds, 3; died of accident, 2; died of
disease, g; wounded severely, l3; wound
ed slightly, al prisoner, !.
Officers named were: Lieutenant Har-
old Sydney Morgan, Vancouver Barracks,
Wash, killed in action. Cadet Ivan d.
Livingston, Pullman, Wash, died of ac
cident; Lieutenants p. Dambrauckss,
Philadelphia, Kostka Mudd, La Plata,
Md; Thomas Fl. Reagan, Canton, ILL.,;
James j. Sheeran, Chicago; Paul r.
Stewart, Warren, Pa; slightly wounded,
and Captain Andrew S. Robinson, CO.
lumbus, Ohio, previously reported miss
ing. now reported prisoner.
The list Includes
Killed in action: Lieutenant Harold
Sydney Morgan, Vancouver Barracks,
Wash; Manoah j. Kirby, West Baden,
Ind; Privates Harry ]. Allen, Aurora,
ILL.,; Ernest c. Bell. Middlefield, Conn;
Robert A. Brewer, Finley, Tenn; VIII
liam B. Dalton, Holbrook, Mass; Forest
H. Harrison, Dearing, Ga; Melvin T.
johnson, Hawley MINI; Charles R. Liv-
ermore, Dorchester, Mass; Michael Viot-
ii, Monterey, Cal.
Died of diseases Sergeant Herbert e.
Sheldon, $50 Broad street, Providence,
r. l.; Privates Henry II. Hoyt, Chelsea,
Mass; Lee MCGOWAN, Conroe, Tex; Ar
thur Eugene Newman, st. Louis. Mo-;
Horace B. Quivey, Encampment, Wyo.;
Peter C. Smith, Colby, Wis.
Died of accident: Cadet Ivan d. Liv-
ingston, Pullman, Wash; Private John
S. Henry. Bristol, Conn.
Died of wounds received in action:
Corporal Albert L. Tate, Cummings,
Kan; Privates Earl W. Mountain, Ada,
KAN; Clinton c. Wada, Fort Wayne,
Ind.
The list of slightly wounded contains
the name of Private Edmond A. Beau
shamp of 20 Royce street, Rutland, VI.
Wounded severely: Corporals Elwood
r. Bauman, central fire station. Easton,
Pa; George d. Kirchofer, Kidder Mo-;
Roy L. Tower, Is Admiral street, New
Haven, Conn; Juan l. Trujillo, Logan,
N NJ Privates Herbert w. Chappell,
Syracuse, n y; Arthur f. Hargraves,
Merrimac, Mass; James Hora, Clutter,
"a. Einar sundbek, Racine, Wis; Guy
xretzer. Independence, Kan; Frank J.
MarlIna. Cleveland, Ohio; Edward Pan
ouris, Harrisburg, ILL.,; Thomas Syawak,
Hartford, Conn; Arthur L. Van Bibber,
Fellston, Ohio.
Prisoner: Captain Andrew S. Robin
on, Columbus, Ohio previously report
d missingl
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-09
MECHANICS RANKS
ARE FILLED OUT
Washington County's Full Quota of the
the States 365 Men Have Been Sc
lected, So Draft Will Not
Be Required.

Ranks full and substitutes available
was the report given out by Chairman
George ~ Tilden of the county local
board this forenoon in announcing that
Washington county's quota of A. in the
365 men who are to make up the me-
chanical contingent at the University of
Vermont had been filled by self-induc
tion. The time set for self induction Of
expired Wednesday afternoon at s
o'clock, but long before the hour arrived
the county board had conferred with
more than enough men to make up the
apportionment. Men with an aptitude
The 365 men are to report for duty at
the state university May l6.
The following inductions yesterday
completed the quota: Raymond O. Wish
art of Barre, Dan H. Corse of Waterbury,
Alfred Casanori of Montpelier, George
Walker of Grant avenue, Barre, and
Wayne Burnham of East Calais.
The remaining members of the county
are: Bert w Smith, William
Alfred Mcleod. Max Wiley, Louis Frat
tint and Patrick Fl. Massie of Barre,
William Kelleher of Montpelier. Charles
W Illalbs, LOUIS Dhssprosso, hhIoiu L.
Hawes, Edward o. Mckay, John Robert |
son, Lee O. Tracy, Arthur Nicora. Ralph |
Dubuc. Dante Peduzzi, Peter R. Morgan,
Eugene Msnera, Ereole Pueci and An |
tonic Frabizio of Barre, Fred c. Donald, |
Norman Mcleod and Wilfred Camire of |
Barre Town, Philip Hill, Albert w.
Moore, Francis Labershire and James
Ewing of East Montpelier, Henry Drum
gould, Henry Murray of Barre. Robert
Even of Barre Town, Warren Lowe,
Francis kelleher, Ryland Taisey, Allen
Lynch, Isidore Citrini and Achille Bel
ucci of Montpelier, T. j. Flannery of
Everett S. Chase of West
Berlin (held as substitute).
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-09
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-09
WILSON ADMITS
HE VAS IN ERROR
In Advising Credits to States in the
Draft for Volunteers Furnished
He Writes to Chairman Dent.

Washington, May On letter to
Chairman Dent of the House military
committee, President Wilson to-day said
he was in error when recently he advised
the committee he thought it would be
proper to give states credit in the draft
for volunteers furnished. The president
wrote to-day he had not snalyzed the
situation fully at the time.
Yesterday the president wrote Chair
man Dent disappearing the volunteer
credit plan and the chairman announced
he would ask the House to kill the pro-
posed legislation.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-09
DANBURY HATTERs' CASE.
Was Postponed Till Tomorrow, After a
Brief Hearing.

Washington, Nav Difficulties Of
long standing between the hat msnufse-
turers at Dsnbury, Conn, aud their en-
ployes were taken up TODAY by the ma
tional war labor board. The Danbury
Hstters recently appealed to President
Wilson for relief from conditions which
they declared were intolerable.
After a brief conference with TIE hat
tiers and their employers, the board post
poned until tomorrow further consiiera-
tion Of the case and began a hearing
81 labor troubles IN the AabaEla steel
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-09
WASHINGTON COUNTY
TO FURNISH 27 PER CENT
OF VERMONTS QUOTA
Apportionment Of Recent Draft Call
Fixes the County's Quota as l6i and
Barre Will Probably Furnish
Most of Them.

Adjt Gen. ii. 7. Johnson this morning
sent to the local boards their apportion-
ments Of men to respond TO the colors
May 25 to I'LL Vermont's quota of 500
men. In this call Washington county
gets hit hard, and probably Barre will
have large share of these men. The
large number from Washington county,
l6l, is caused by the fact that il has
very few credits due to enistments,
meaning persons who have gone into the
regular army, reserve corps and the like,
but do not include credits in which the
local board and war department differ
as to the men recently sent TO Camp
Windham and Windsor counties are
not touched by this call, while Chitten-
den county gets the largest number next
to Washington county.
The uuotas are:
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-09
TENTH VICTIM
OF EXPLOSION At
CAMP BOWIE
Officers Are Investigating the Blowing
Up of Trench Mortar to Determine
If Shell Was diversified or Wheth-
er 1t Was Imperfect.

Fort Worth, Tex, May 9--0fficers
from division headquarters at Camp
Bowie began an investigation this morn
ing of the explosion of trench mortar
yesterday afternoon which killed lieu
tenant and nine enlisted men, Six others
were wounded. The tenth victim, Pri-
vate S. l.. Davidson of Fort Worth, died
to-day Whether the shell was diversified,
whether the gun was jammed with an
other shell or whether there was faulty
construction will be developed. The
English instructors at the camp are mys-
tilted by the explosion.
About hundred shells had been fired
from the gun when the explosion oc
CURED.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-09
"a BUILDINGS
WERE DESTROYED
At WESTPORT, NE.
Loss of 100000 Was Sustained in Island
Town and Fire Swept Over Area of
Dozen Square Miles.

Wiscasset Me, May 9--After an all
night fight by citizens, a fire which swept
over the southern end of Westport, an
island town in Sheepscot river, was
brought under control to-day. The loss
was estimated at 100000.
Most of the "a buildings destroyed
were summer cottages owned by resi-
dents of other states. The fire, which
was checked before it spread to the
thickly populated section of the island,
more than 100 homes, swept
over an area of IL square miles.
Serious damage to pine and spruce
timber was reported.