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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13
(BY The Associated Press. J

NANTUCKET, Mass, Aug. 13.-The auxiliary
schooner Earl and Nete added to the list of fishing
vessels sunk by German submarine off Georges bank Sat-
urday The six members of the crew. who picked up
100 miles east of Nantucket and brought here with four
survivors of the schooner Lena May reported that their
vessel had been sunk by gunre Saturday, after being
looted by rading squad from the Uboat Efforts to find
other fishermen adrft in dories were held up by fogs
Ten fishing vessels now known to have been sunk
besides the British steamer Penstone and the Swedish
steamer Sydland Capt Lynch and two members of the
the Lena May have not been accounted for by their
shpmates who reached here. The Earl and Nettes men
reported that they subjected to many ndignes by
the U-boas crew. Their personal effects we'll pro-
visions and clothing were taken
An American flag torn from the masthead of the little
schooner Lena May taken aboard the enemy craft
by German officer, who wrapped it around his neck and
gave grotesque exhibition of dancing while his men,
each armed with a revolver looked and cheered This
the story told today by the survivors of the vessel
who were forced to witness the performance.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13
EXPLORATION RECORD.
Stef fanssen's Lieutenant Goes 175 Miles
North of Alaska.

OTTAWA, Aug. l3.-A telegram re-
ceived here yesterday from Vilhjalmar
Stefanssen, the explorer, announces that
one of his lieutenants, named Storkerson,
at the head of an exploration party, has
penetrated to point LIS miles north of
Alaska. This report, if correct, Ste
fanssen says, indicates that the party
has gone IS miles beyond the point
reached by previous explorers. 1t would
also Indicate, the telegram adds, that
keena island is located at the point given
by previous maps. The party left on
its trip last March and word was sent
back to Stefanssen from Herschel island.
In addition to giving word of his progress
Storkerson announced that he had turned
back and could be picked up at Kellett,
the last of this month.
Stefanssen has been detained at Fort
Yukon, Alaska, for some time owing to
| illness.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13
TODAYS'WAR SUMMARY
ASSOCIATED Press Summary

Allied forces this morning began a
general attack against the German lines
running from Chaulnes south to the
Disc river, a front of about 25 miles.
Dispatches filed at London shortly after
noon reported important gains at vari-
Gus points, especially on the vital Sec
tor south of Lassigny near the Disc. The
Lassigny- -Massiges ridge, the steep
slopes of which have been strongly de-
Tended by the Germans, is reported to
be within the grasp of the French.
Farther south the French have advanced
to the village of 'Econvillon, virtual
ly on the crest of the hill overlooking
long reaches of the Disc. AS an i'm
mediate result of the gains made in
that sector the Germans are abandoning
their trenches in the bed of the Oise
east Of Ridecourt. If the allies succeed
in carrying the heights south of Las
signy they will force the enemy to re
tire from the Roye district, as they will
have the Roye-Noyon road under theil
fire and will dominate the whole region
with their artillery. From Chaulnes
northward to the Ancre river the allies
appear to have been held by the des
perate German offensive.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13
ADMINISTRATOR
CENSURES GROCERS
Official Action Threatened if Abuse of
Sugar Card System is
Not Stopped.

Severe censure of the abuse of the
sugar card system is contained in letter
sent today to Brattleboro grocers by
Food Administrator j. j. Vanderveer.
The letter follows:
THE issue of sugar cards has been
much abused and they have been distrib-
uted to any individual who asked for
them In many eases the cards have
been issued without the sale of sugar
going with the card, in other words, the
cards have been used for advertising pur-
poses, Servants in families and other
single employees have been issued sugar
cards for their own use. All these prac-
tices must stop. The grocers We're al
lowed to issue the sugar cards as the
food administrator presumed they would
use judgment; that they were in a posi-
tion to know who were entitled to cards.
am glad to say that the majority of
the trade have used proper discretion in
issuing the cards.
Don't forget that persons must be
keeping house, doing their own cooking
not taking their meals elsewhere, in or
der to receive their full allotment OF
sugar. If you do not personally know
that person is keeping house, you are
defeating the efforts of the food admins
tration by issuing card to him. Every
owner of a card who is not keeping house
is traitor to his country, and the gro
Ger who issues such a card is assisting
the enemy and endangering his own sup
ply of sugar for the period of the war
Look over your list Of cards carefully
and see how many have been unlawfully
issued. 1t may be better for you to can
eel them than to have official action
taken"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13
CHECK LIST UP
FOR PRIMARY VOTE
Names of Women Do Not Appear or
List to be Used Sept. 10-Can't
Vote Then.

The check list for use at the primary
election on Sept. 10 has been posted in
the corridor of the town hall by the Sc
lectmen. 1t contains the names of ,92G
poll taxpayers, but does not include the
women whose names appeared on the tax
list for the March meeting
Under the constitution women cannot
vote in state elections, the privilege be-
ing allowed them only in freeman's
meeting
However, if the women wish to vote at
the meeting next March it viii be neces-
sary for them to pay their taxes, the
same as last year. The question OF
whether a woman owns property or not
will have no bearing on her status as a
voter at the primaries.
| Taking the names of the women from
the check list will deplete the list be-
tween 400 and 500 names.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13
BRAZILIAN FRUIT
STEAMER RAN ASHORE
Reported to Be in Dangerous Position
on New England Coast-Laden
with Sugar.

AN ATLANTIC PORT, Aug. ia
Brazilian fruit steamer ran ashore on
the New England coast during heavy
fog today. The tide was receding at
the time and the shore observers be-
heved the vessel to be in a dangerous
position. One report was that the steam
er was avoiding a German submarine.
Another report was that the steamer,
which was laden with sugar, had lost
her way in a fog. Coast guards who
went aboard declined to say how the
captain explained being 50 far off his
course. The vessel, they said, was rest
ing on sandy bottom, about 1900
feet from shore. The steamer, formerly
of German registry, was taken over
by the Brazilian government when that
country entered the war.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13

The fishermen had been ordered
aboard the U-Boat, where 10 of them
stood against the coming tower to be
photographed. As they were being
lined up for the picture they We're
ieered by the U-boat crew and knocked
about when they failed to move as rap
idly as the commander ordered.
The mate of the Lena May declared
that the Germans were drunk. He said
they cheered the flag finally as the flag
was flung down and stamped upon4 All
of the men from the Lena May said
they received ungracious treatment at
the hands of the Germans.
In the desire TO obtain food and
clothing the submarine commander set
out in a dory and to save his own men
from the work of rowing he forced
Captain Lynch of the Lena May and
other fishermen to man the boat.
NEW YORK, Aug. 13.-German sub
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13
LAUNCH
AN ATTACK TODAY
Offensive Extends Along the
Southern Part of Picardy
Battlefront
LOCAL FIGHTING
AROUND FISMETTE
Franco American Armies Holding Line
at This Point-British Gain Ground
North of Roye and on North Bank of

LONDON, August l3.-The French
launched an attack this morning on the
southern part of the Picardy battlefront,
and, according to reports shortly after
noon, were making progress in the valley
of the Disc The Germans are evacuat-
ing their trenches in the bend of the riv-
er west of the Bailly and the French are
occupying them.
To the northwest the French are al
most entirely on the crest of the Las
signy- -Alassin, where heavy fighting is in
progress Only at one corner of the Mas
sin do the Germans appear for the moment
to be in possession This corner is one
of the highest humps on the hill, rising
few feet above the positions now in
possession of the French. The French are
attacking this hump strongly and there
seems every prospect of the struggle again
ending in their favor. When the French
get their guns to the top here, the enc
my's line of communication with Roye
will come under fire.
The wooded area around Des Loges,
south of Roye, was captured by the French
last night, but German counter attack
drove them back. The village of l. Econ
villon has been captured by the French
and further ground has been gained by
them north of the st. Claude farm
Heavy local fighting is reported in prog
ress at Fismette on the north bank OF
the Nesle, where the Franco-American
forces are holding the line The allies
here were attacked by the enemy and
forced to retire to the south bank of the
river. An immediate counter attack was
launched and according to the latest re
ports, the old positions of the allies or
the north bank of the river have beer
lrestored -
British troops have gained additiona
ground north of Roye and on the nortl
bank of the Somme, says the official state
ment from Field Marshal Haig today. TIL,
Germans last night attacked the British
positions in the Merris sector, Flanders
, They were repulsed. The Germans de
. livered local attack near Foudueseourt
on the line between Roye and Chaulnes
1t was repulsed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13

WASHINGTON, Aug. l3.-Gas from
oil discharged on the water by the Ger
man submarines operating off the middle
Atlantic coast Overcame six men in the
coast guard station and lighthouse on
Smiths Island. n. c.. Saturday evening,
the navy department was advised yester-
day by the eommandant of the 9th naval
district.
If the gas attack were deliberate, as
most officials believed, it constituted a
new and ingenious form of "frightful-
ness" and so far as has been reported
was the first direct effort of the Ger
man raiders to harm persons or property
on American shores.
The gas was said by the commandant
of the coast guard station to have much
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13

marines took toll of American ship
ping in waters adjacent to this port
again yesterday, when the Norwegian
steamship Sonnemstad was sunk off Fire
Island The 3,S75-ton freighter was sent
to the bottom not far from the locality
where the cruiser San Diego was blown
up on July 10. The Sonnemstad S crew
of 81 was brought here today. The
steamer was under charter to the Unit
ed States shipping board and was on
the way from Bergen, Norway, to New
York. Capt. Hansen, master of the
ship, said she was sunk at o clock yes
terday morning. The crew took to the
boats and later were picked up by a
passing vessel.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13
DRAFT AGE IS TO 45
Senate Committee Reports Administra
tion Man-Power Bill Favorably
This Afternoon.

WASHINGTON, Aug. l3.-The senate
military committee today voted to report
favorably at once the administration man
power bill extending draft ages to IS to
40 years, with an amendment by Senator
Reed of Missouri to have the government
provide two years education free for all
drafted boys under 81 years old, to be
given after the war.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13
NO VERMONT NAMES.
Casualty List Smaller Than at Any
Time in Several Weeks.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-The
army casualty list issued today
shows: Killed in action, IA; died of
wounds, three; died of accident and
other causes, one; wounded severely.
50; wounded, degree undetermined,
10; missing in action, one; total, 90.
There are no New Hampshire or Yer
mont names on the list.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13
TO OCCUPY PETRoGRAD.
Troops for This Purpose Are Being
Brought Forward by Germans.

LONDON, Aug. 13.-The Ex-
change Telegraph correspondent at
Copenhagen reports that a despatch
to a Copenhagen newspaper from
Helsingfors declares tile Germans
intend to occupy Petrograd. Troops
for this purpose are already being
brought toward the objective, it is
added.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13
DESTROYER LOST.
British Ship Victim of Submarine in
the Mediterranean.

LONDON, Aug. 13.-A British destroy
er was sunk by an enemy submarine in
the Mediterranean on Aug 6. Seven OF
the destroyer's complement were de-
stroyed The admiralty made this an
nouneement today
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13
THE WEATHER.
Partly Cloudy and Warmer Tonight and
Wednesday, South Winds.

WASHINGTON, Aug. Weather
forecast: Partly cloudy and warmer
tonight and Wednesday. Gentle south
winds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13
NORWEGIAN STEAMSHIP GOES DOWN
NEAR WHERE SAN DIEGO WAS LOST

Freghter Was i'm Waters Adjacent to Entrance to New
York Harbor-Crew Took to Small Boats and Were
Rescued-Fishermen Subjected to Indignities by Ger
mans and United States Flag Stamped Upon
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13

PARIS, Aug. l3-Last night was with
out important developments on the main
battlefront according to today's war office
announcement
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13
Red Mems Hall

Tonight, 8 oelock-Regular meeting OF
st Michael's Court, No. 574. c. o. +.
T. A. Austin, Rec Sec.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13

How important the Marine was to the
Germans when they had crossed it, and
how unimportant they see it at dis
tance of about 20 milesi
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13
FRANK E. HOWE is
SERIOUSLY ILL
Physicians Forbid Seeing Any Visitors
in the Heaton Hospital in
Montpelier.
Especial to The Reformer.)

NIOlN II I1III1It, 1ANS5. IUs
Frank E. Howe of Bennington is not
permitted by his physicians to see Wis
itors at the Heaton hospital, where he
has been 10 days, i'll with grip and
bronchitis. When his condition did not
improve as rapidly as desired all Wis
itors were barred in the hope of bring
ing his condition back to normal in the
next few days.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13
SUBMARINES SINK MORE
SHIPS OFF OUR COAST

Auxiliary Schooner Earl and Nete Added to the List of
Fishing Vessels Destroyed Near Georges Bank
Crew Picked Up 100 Miles from Nantucket and Were
Brought to That Port Today
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13
Odd Fellows Temple

Tuesday, August l3, 80 p. m-Regu-
lar meeting of Dennis Rebekah lodge
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13

the same effect as the mustard gas used
by the Germans on the western front
The men were laid out for more than
half an hour, but apparently suffered no
serious after effects.
The despatch relating the gas attacks
was one of a series concerning German
submarine warfare off the Atlantic coast
received during the day by the navy de-
partment. One told of an attack on a
submarine, 100 miles east of the Virginia
coast, by an American destroyer, which
discharged IL depth charges where the
raider was seen to submerge The result
of the attack was not determined, b..
after oil had appeared on the surface of
the water, two bombs were dropped on
the spot and the submarine was not seen
again.
| Still another despatch said that four
survivors of the fishing schooner Katie
Palmer landed at New. Bedford. reported
that they had been taken aboard the
submarine the commander of which
boasted that he was equipped to remain
in American waters for six months if he
desired. The submarine was described
by the men as being about 300 feet long
with coming tower 10 feet high, and
mounting one gun. The raider carried a
crew of 60 men, according to the surviv-
ors, who were held aboard the submarine
for a time and later set adrift in dory
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13

I'm the trenches no longer fits the
situation The fighting is in the open.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13
Masonic Temple

Tonight, Tuesday, regular coinmunca.
tion of Columbian lodge, No. 36, f. & \
NJ
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13

BOSTON, Aug. 13.-Fourteen men
from three fishing schooners sunk Sat
urday by a. German submarine were
brought here today by fishing trawl-
er, which picked them up in six dories
after they had been adrift more than
"a hours. They were Capt. Robert
johnson and two men of the schooner
Progress; Captain Albert Sanchez and
seven of the crew of the schooner Will
liam H. Searbuck, and Capt. Frank
Lynch and two men of the Lena May
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13

NEW YORK, Aug. 13.-German sub
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TULSA ADVERTISED
ALL THROUGH SOUTH
writer I'm official Magazine Praises
Wonder city In Telling Veterans
About Rcunion Plans
WELCOME is VERY SINCERE
Clsd Hand Extended Old Soldiers
and Those Who Accompany Them
10 Oklahoma Financial Center.

In tho current issue ot tho Coh-
foHrfate Veteran. published in Nash
vIlo Tenn, circulating extensively
throughout the south, being the or
rrlal magazine for all Confederate
branches. the Veterans. tho SuUs ~
Veterans. tho Daughters of Confri-
orucy much space Is given 20 tho
city OF Tulsa
Views OF our buildings and sta
tics OF our growth ana wealth u..
given iu complete deail
Tho leading article Wah contributed
by George 4. lamy and follows IN
FUN.
WHERE YOU WILL BIC ENTER
TANNED SEPTEMBER "a
TO 2S
U7y GEORGE f. T4AMYD
Tho man who comes 10 Tulsa this
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-21
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Piece Suits Must Go

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announcing this sale going be frank and state that
stocks still too large despite the tremendous selling dur
ing fourth off sale which ended saturday night
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laced be mutually helpful Here's the pont-day arrivals
Of early shipments Of fall goods demanding the right oiway
space order this imperative demand Rcnbcrg
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-21

making decidedly TO tho interest Of the people Of Tulsa 10
buy their wearing apparel now giving this much space
Moreover these prices based the Of goods bought
before materials had advanced price buyng
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-30

The funeral of William Ham, who died
Monday in Parsons, Kan will be held
Thursday afternoon at ? O'Clock from
Hamiltons undertaking parlors. The fu-
neral services will be in charge of Exodus
Lodge No. 2034 United Order of Odd Eel
lows. Burial in Mount Auburn cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-30
in A BAD STATE
Austrian Note Taken as Cri-
teriOn of the Situation.
Paris Writers, However, Add q
Note of Caution.

Paris, Oct 3O.-The second note of
Count Julius Andrassy, the new Aus
tro- Hungarian foreign minister, to
President Wilson is accepted as evil
dence that Austria is in a desperate
plight and has exhausted her powers
of resistance.
"The Danubian monarchy seeks an
issue all the more promptly because
it knows of the anger aroused across
the Rhine by its detection and the de-
sire of vengeance which inspires the
Berlin cabinet says the Petit
Parisien and other newspapers.
Other writers strike a note of eau
ton.
1T is essential that entente troops
have every latitude in occupying
regions the Inhabitants of which eX-
pect from us the fulfillment of solemn
promises. 1t is also essential that in
the event of Germany not accepting
our conditions for an armistice the
territory of the monarch shall not
constitute an obstacle to our military
operations" says the Matin.
Lieut.. Col. De Thomasson, in the
Petit Journal says:
Proposals for an armistice pre-
sented separately by Germany and
Austro- Hungary place the allied gov
ernments in the presence of a deli
cate problem. We must decide to
which of the two powers We shall first
state our conditions. The solution
which is adopted will evidently not
modify the issue of the war but may
have the effect of frightening hostili-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-30

flag he says. He asserts she has
repeatedly told him to get out" and
leave the premises, that she had plenty
of friends to help her make a living.
Moreover, the plaintiff charges that he
has often had to prepare his own
meals and wash the dishes and the
children would lie in bed until and
10 o'clock in the morning when the
children were not going to school. He
says she has encouraged the children
to make noises around the house to
disturb him: that she has struck him.
thrown sticks at him and told the chill
dren that she would knock his brains
out with a rock.
County Helped Wife.
Lippincott says that since their mar
riage he had learned that the county
commissioners were paying Sc a month
rent to 4 building and loan associa-
ton for his wife; that they were pay
ing her in cash a further sum of IS
a month; that the poor commissioner
was furnishing her fuel in the winter
and that she was never satisfied with
what the county was doing for her.
The petition was filed thru r. - D.
humphrey, attorney for the plaintiff.