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The daily progressive-miner., 1918-06-24
FIRST GASSED U. s.
 SOLDIERS RETURN

BALTIMORE, June 24.-The first detachment of General Pershing's gassed and wounded men, arrived at Ft. McHenry hospital today They are sorry lot
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-06-24

J. H. Nichoalds representing the Armour Company of Seattle arrived from Juneau yesterday and while do ing business in town is stopping at the Revilla.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-06-24
GERMANY IN STATE
 UNREST
Returning Americans from That Country Report
 Acute Crisis

AN ATLANTIC PORT, June A. Germany, war weary and ill.fed is in state of unrest, so acute that talk of revolt is common among both the military and civil populations, accord. ing to Americans just arrived last night on Norwegian liner from Ger. many or from adjacent neutral coun. tries. Officers and men voyagers say they were told that sullenness ia widespread in the German army and predict that it has almost reached a point when troops will refuse to flsht.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-06-24
MCCARTHY IS GOVERNOR

HONOLULU, June 24.-Charles ]. Mccarthy was inaugurated governor
 today.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-06-24

LONDON, June 24.-The American Red Cross officers restaurant at the new headquarters in London of tho American army has been opened in the presence of Vice Admiral William s. Sims, commander of the American naval forces in the war zone and Maj John Riddle, former assistant chief-of. staff of the American army. American women acted as waitresses.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-06-24

Albert Scott a brokerage man from Juneau is recent arrival and is reg istered = the Stedman while in town.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-06-24
! | + | < + . WEATHER REPORT

. Tor "A hours ending 6 p. m. | E yesterday sunshine all day. 1 F Maximum temperature 71s; . Minimum 42o. 1
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-06-24
MOVEMENTS OF BOATS
 SOUTHBOUND.
NORTHBOUND.

NORTHROUND. Princess Spohia 9 D. m. Admiral Farragut tonight. Spokane tomorrow a. m. Northwestern June 27 Prince Rupert Wednesday D. m, City of Seattle due 27th.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-06-24
' . < ' : i : : : 1
THE WORLD WAR A
 YEAR AGO TODAY

! June 23-House passed food . ! control bill with "bone dry" .
 amendment.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-06-24
APROCLAMATION A
WAR PROCLAMATION

Following the proclamation of the President of the United States Thomas Riggs J Governor of Alaska do hereby cam Friday June 28 as
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31
Soil Improvement.

Rock Island county has very
large per cent Of upland timber
soil. This is lacking in calcium
ChcHce in need Of I.mestoHeJ'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31

These county organizations must
then in turn affiliate with the Mi
nois Agricultural association. a
body composed OF the organized
counties Of the state At present
there are 65 Illinois counties EN-
ploying county agents, something
over II 400 Illinois farmers are
members OF these farm bureaus,
This Is not enough. Let us sup
pose that these 65 farm bureaus
are supported by one-haIf o. the
farmers in each county instead OF
only IT'S and that each county Is
a member OF the Illinois Agri-
cultural association. This body
would then, at once. become a pow
erful factor for the protection o.
the farmers interests. Doubling
our farm bureau membership Is
our big job for next year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31
Good Roads.

The board Of directors OF the
Chamber OF Commerce got behind
tho $4,000 900 bond issue and g.
nanced the campaign in the south
half OF the county. They arc now
working on a plan 10 open UP the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31
Pig Club.


There is no farm commodity
that has been so inefhciently mar
keted in the past as the average
farmers wool clip. AS a usual
thing the local buyer offers a fiat
rate for the wool in any commun-
ity and takes it all at that figure
absolutely disregarding grades.
This worked a hardship on the
man who produced good. clean
wool To avoid this big leak in
marketing, the county adviser as
sisted in the pooling and shippirE
of a carload OF wool according 10
the governments instructions. The
returns from this shipment were
very satisfactory, 13.4SS pounds of
wool bringing $8.07l.6C. $1,000
pounds OF this shorn from west
ern lambs1 This average price
was considerably over he loca
bid. Furthermore. each Cons!gnor
ras furnished with an invoice o.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31
CHECKER TITLE Up

ara hoines, neutrality-suspicious.
~, ng made for the annual
- heeker tournament Of the
NJ Checker association in Des
Jan q. p and @.
leyenger OF ChurchYille.
b state champion. is expected
re 10 defend his title.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31


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ana jAe A'c-aal.a zone, a.
eAipIceH'ht comm. .an aF a..h'
force or Iy' deputies .
spread az t"e polls taFFI
city IN the l1tera NJ H.atf
local option vote al hon
SION or public opinion.
H. took ar..1a a.aa tHs -.
cf increased taxation ans
advocated an increase .r .#.
mis- issue being defeated "a.. l-
TO inc vote D- the people.
Ihe caaWHer iooa a...e1 1l."
tEe complete removal o.. t @
and leather opera ...s dos
If the Rock Island arsenal @
voiced its Dr0t5 il Washington. a.
committee Of the chamber Is r.#.
Forking I'm conjunction vita Day
cnport and Moline upon e. plan
which. IL is believed. H..I cor
The operation OK these cep-r..eH
The Chamber of Commerce took
action on the question Of r## r-
island. II uctiuCua4 Tho board OF
pardons and paroles that these uan.
be removed from the city re once.
A hearing was held at tho ROCK la-
land CLUB NJ |a.c9 .1aIT La-a @. ..a
Board or Parluns NJ II GOWN prom
ised 70 take immediate sleE5 -.
ing forward 10 taa-r faElafa-
recent announcement ~ paf"--t
DOT removal ma. .--s5 t.-- al--..a
al helhH t-ta-Ae--
during tue year tAe eiA.4
rlousiy proposed tae H
through o. CITY plan and TAG
NATION on city plA1al 3 eH
SION Inc money Tor E
through ule CITY plan was fsl
me Patrols -aNl DEG
actual pu-llns tlI21st o. \. t..s
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impossible to arouse sufficient f--
rerest on the question OF better
civic improvements and Erarrr
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of Poctr island covrtu IL has main
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While it lis evident that tine .# u-
Der of Commerce devoted -ra.r
deal Of time 10 the promotion i'd.
war charity and Liberty Iaaz came
paigns, it nevertheless foune anne
20 do many things outside Of cHua-
paigu work which In themselves
are bigger than anything that as H.-
have been done irrespective 81 Chs
war eftuqF11 For fuefaFra TIM
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31
Publicity.

The tTl-City press has from the
start been very generous Of space
for giving publicity to the work Of
the farm bureau The monthly bull
letin. however, is depended upon
largely in getting direct lnforma-
ton 10 the mem bers and written
as it is in a personal way has
been satisfactory means Of keep
ing in touch with the membership.
Probably the greatest publicity tho
farm bureau has received so far
was through two fair exhibits
held this fall. one az JosIin in Aug
uSt, the other at AledQ during
September. The exhibit consisted
Of the 160 acre model farm. en-
larRed photographs of farm life in
the county. horticultural EXHIBIT Of
sprayed fruit, fertilizers. soils. i'm
proved grains, the various kinds
Of barberry, etc. We believe there
is no better way to advertise the
work Of the farm bureau than By
means Of a good live fair exhibit.
The annual picnic hel. in Sep
tenber at the county farm in Rural
township was attended by some
thing over one hundred people and
proved a good method for getting
both ends of the county together
The corn experiment. details Or
which appear in another part o.
thee report, was viewed al the pic
mic. One Of the directors OF the
farm bureau said the lessons
taught by the corn experiment
alone we're Of enough value to pay
the expenses Of the league for one
year.
Soil improvement.
Rock Island county has a very
large per cent Of upland timber |
soil This is lacking in calcium I.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31

The point in this experiment Is
this, that after having I29 DAYS in
which TO grow, there was still ar
average of .2O5 per cent of sof,
corn that would have been badly
damaged by severe freeze o.
frost. Here is pretty strong evi-
dence that We are not paying
enough attention to our seed corn
Early selection is being over
looked. II is too easy to put a box
on the wagon bed at picking time
and when we come to a nice biz
ear to throw it IN, not stopping to
consider that it is probably a late
ear. Early selection consistently
followed will largely eliminate the
soft corn Farmer No. 4 told us
at the picnic that he had been
picking seed corn early for seven
years ard notices to what extent
he has reduced the per cent of soft
corn. The bad qualities of a va
riety OF corn cannot be eliminated
in one year but staying with the
Job will accomplish much
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31

An effort has been made to en-
courage a more extensive uEe Of
Iowa 1913 oats because Of their good
Welding quality and splendid rec
ord as a nurse crop. Seeding high
priced clover with the big leafv
late oats is too much of a gamble
One member said he would con
ttnue TO use Iowa 103 oats even if
they fall several bushel to the
acre below the late oats in yield
His contention was that the assur-
ance Of a clover catch would pay
the difference. The claim originally
made relative 10 these oats stand
ing up does not Eeem IN our exper-
fence to be justified, as they have
lodged badly both years we have
grown them However. the lodg-
ing does not seem TO iniurs the
young clover
Wheat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31

The government call for more
heat was heartily responded to in
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-19
A MINOR SUCCESS
SCORED BY BRITISH
They Made More Progress Near Merville,
at the Apex of the Lys Salient,
Capturing 30 Prisoners and
Few Machine Guns.

London, Aug, l9.-Near Meryille at
the apex Of the Lys salient, the British
have made more progress, says the off
cial statement from Field Marshal Haig
to-day Fifty prisoners and few ma.
chine guns were captured.
A German counter attack between
Outtersteen and Meteren was broken up
by the British artillery, the statement
says.
The text reads;
eve secured a few prisoners last night
in the Ayette sector and also south of
the Scarpe, where our patrols entered the
enemy's trenches and penetrated some
distance into his position.
North of the Scarpe hostile raiding
party was repulsed with losses.
During the night our troops made
progress in the Merville sector in spite
of the opposition of hostile machine
guns
early in the night the enemy
launched counter attack against our
new positions between Outtersteen and
Meteren. The attack was completely
broken up by our artillery and machine
gun fire,
"The total number of prisoners cap
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-19
WAS NEARLY RECOVERED.
Sergt. Albert A. Marr Had Bullet Hole in
Arm.

Relatives of Sergt Albert A. Mari
who was reported severely wounded in
action July Is, have received several let
ters from him in which he states that
his wound was caused by bullet pass
ing through the feshy part of his right
arm. He was taken to base hospital
at Nantes and on the 25th was pro-
nounced 0. K. and expected to leave
the hospital very soon. He speaks high
ly of the treatment which he received
while at the hospital and stated that
the nurse of his ward was cousin OF
Miss Cora Roberts, former elassmate
of his at Spaulding
While in the hospital he was privileged
to hear concert given by two violinists
and singer, also to attend band con
cert and several moving picture shows
which were conducted by the Red Cross.
On the 2lst he attended church, the
chaplain Of which was from Rhode Is
land and very interesting man.
Among former Barre boys whom Ser
qeant Mari mentioned was Stanley Aver
iii. Ayerill is with a Massachusetts, com
pany and was stationed in town
through which they were passing while
on route march.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-19
AUTO MOUNTED WALK
AND INJURED GIRL
Kathleen Carroll, Aged 2, Had Collar
Bone Broken, On North Main Street
Saturday Afternoon.

Two children were injured, one serious.
ly, and others were in imminent danger
Saturday afternoon when Peerless
touring car, driven by Miss Miriam Sta
pies of Montpelier skated across the
curbing of the sidewalk in front of the
III. B. Sanguinetti store on North Main
street. With the girl at the wheel was
her father, A. B. Staples, granite manu-
| facturer. Kathleen Carroll, seven year
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Carroll of North Main street, received a
| fractured collar bone, badly bruised
left ear and other injuries. Her sister,
Alice Carroll, who is an older girl, with
whom she was walking, was uninjured; !;
but Annie Barclay Of 26 Brook street re-
ceived bad bruise on her right elbow
when she was hit by the car and thrown
to the sidewalk.
Hundreds Of people passing along the
street in busy hour OF the day wit
messed the accident. The Carroll girl
was rendered unconscious and when the
car stopped after leaving the curhing one
of the front wheels lay across her body.
Mr.. Staples, who had taken the wheel by
that time, stopped the car Immediately
and the child was hurried to her home,
where Drs. J. II. Woodruff and M. l..
Chandler were called. Ii was immediate
ly aseertained that the collar bone had
been fractured and for time it was
feared that a number of ribs were frac-
tured in such manner as to encourage
the development of internal injuries. The
child's left ear was badly torn and there
was deep cut on her left elbow. The
Barclay girl was able to go home with
out assistance.
The automobile which figured in the
accident was proceeding slowly down
North Main street, according to those
who noticed the car. Miss Staples, who
is not practiced driver, was keeping
the car well to the right side of the high
way when she noticed a team coming out
OF Seminary street. She said sfterward
that it looked as though collision would
ensue, and to avoid trouble she thought
to turn into Seminary street and leave
half the crossing to the team. As she
turned, however, she noticed a number of
pedestrians passing along the crossing.
To avoid running into them she once
more reversed the wheel and this time
the ear shot up over the sidewalk and
skirted the curbing for several feet be-
fore Mr.. Staples, who came TO his daugh-
ters assistance, had time to guide it
back into the street
Grand Juror William Wishart, who in
vestigated the cause Of the accident, said
Saturday evening that there was nothing
to indicate that the car was going rapid
", although he thought that undoubted-
| " the girl driver became much confused
when teams and people at the crossing
began to complicate matters Mr., Sta
pies and his daughter remained at the
Carroll home until they learned that the
child would recover and before leaving
for home they assured her parents that
they were desirous of assisting in any
way possible
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-19

dred prisoners, including two battalion
commanders, we're taken in the opera
tions
The text reads:
During the night there were violent
artillery action north and south of the
Avre.
''The number of prisoners counted in
the region west Of Roye yesterday ex-
eeeds 400.
'Last evening at 8 o'clock French
troops attacked to rectify their front
between the Disc and the Aisne. The
attack was over a front of about ff-
teen kilometers from south of Garlic
pont to Fontenoy. We have realized an
advance over the whole line to an aver
age of two kilometers approximately.
"We have occupied the plateau west
of Nampcel, reached the south edge of
the ravine at Andignicourt and captured
Nouvron- -Vingre. Seventeen hundred
prisoners, including two battalion com
manders were captured.
"The night VISA calm on the rest of
the front"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-19
BETHEL MAN KILLED
BY A FALL DOWNST AIRS
James r o'Connor, Aged 4s, Sustained
Fracture Of Skull and In
ternal Injuries Yesterday.

Bethel Aug l9.--James f. 0'Connor
as, unmarried, of Boston, an employe OF
the Bethel Chrome Tanning Co., died
about o o'clock yesterday morning as
the result of falling downstairs about 4
o'clock that morning at Miss Mae Inez
Savage's clearinghouse. In the darkness
he made a misstep and it is supposed
that when he fell headlong his head
struck hardwood step, causing the
fracture of the skull and the internal
bleeding, to which DR.. G. V. Greene at
tributed his death.
Several people heard him fall The
first to reach him was Walter Morrison,
a fellow workman, who found him al
ready starting up the stairs, able to con-
verse, and on Mr. 0'Connor's assurance
that he would be all right, everyone
settled down for a Sunday morning nap.
About 8 o'clock Miss Savage awoke and,
going to his room, found him breathing
heavily, with considerable evidence of
hemorrhage through the ear. She called
a physician, who found him dead on his
arrival. 1t was the physicians opinion
that nothing could have been done for
him if he had been called at first. A
young friend of the dead man, George
Mcleod, who shared the bed with him,
slept soundly throughout the incident
and knew nothing Of what had hap
pened
Undertaken Cady prepared the body
for burial, but it was held pending in
structions from sisters said to be living
in Gardiner, Me, whose names are not
known here The deceased was a good
workman, well liked by his fellow-work
men and fellow boarders.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-19
GOVERNOR GRAHAM
HAS NOTHING TO SAY
No Reply to Resolution of Republican
State Committee Before To-
morrow.

Gov. II. + Graham will have nothing
to say until tomorrow, at least, about
the action of the Republican state com
mittee at Burlington Friday evening,
asking the governors resignation. J. r.
Searles of ST. Johnshury, O. s. Skinner
Of Orleans and H. r. Fairchild Of Fair.
field, the committee from the Republican
state committee waited on the governor
Saturday afternoon and presented him
the resolution relative to the commit
tees action. Governor Graham gave the
committee no enlightenment as to what
course he may take in the matter.
The statement was made Saturday
afternoon by Frank c. Williams, bank
commissioner, denying that he ever re-
ceived an invitation from the state com
mittee, directly or indirectly, and that
If he had received an invitation he would
have attended the meeting at Burlington.
This leads TO belief that possibly Gov
ernor Graham did not get an invitation
TO attend, but the governor is making no
statement relative TO this matter
A new feature has developed, accord
ing to the statements of one man. which
brings the Graham affair into Democratic
politics. II Is understood that promi.
.nent Democrat hss gone TO Washington,
d. G., TO protest the repsnt appointment
of so many Republicans on the civilian
commissions in Vermont. It is urged
that some of these appointments belong
to the Democrats So far as can be
learned by those that know something
Of the affair, Governor Graham has had
little to do with the appointments most
desired These are more particularly the
executive secretaries Of the fuel and food
administration and the recent appoint
ment of r. w. Simonds as federal direc-
tor of the U. S. employment service, Mr..
simonds appointment, however, came
direct from Washington without recon-
mendations from anyone and Governor
Graham did not know of it. This ap-
pointment is probably due to the fact
that Mr. Simonds is state director Of the
public reserve
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-19
EIGHTEEN STATES
GET NEW CALL
Are Ordered to Furnish s,7oo White
Draft Registrants for General Mill
tary Service-Men viii Be
Sent to Training Schools.

Washington, d. G., Aug. 10. Eighteen
states were called on by the provost
marshal general to-day to furnish 500
white draft registrants Of grammar
school education for general military
service. The men will entrain Sept. 6.
Voluntary enlistments will be accepted
until Aug. &C.
All Of these men will be sent to
schools or training centers, for instruc-
tion in special lines of service for which
they are wanted In addition, Ohio and
the District of Columbia We're directed
to furnish fifteen white registrants each'
to report on Aug. 26, respectively at
Wilbur Wright Field, Dayton, o., and
to the ssth aero squadron, Washington.
State quotas and points to which the
men were ordered include; Massachu.
setts. 255, Wentworth institute, Boston,
1903 Franklin Union institute, Boston
Pennsylvania, 206, Newark, Della, 206,
Cambridge Springs, Pa, 257 Spring Gar
den institute, Philadelphia.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-19
CHAUFFEUR RECEIVED
BRAIN CONCLUSION
Prouty Was Governor of
Vermont from 1908 to 1910
He Had Extensive Lum-
ber Interests in Vermont,
Maine and Canada

Newport, Aug lo.--George n. Prouty,
ex governor of Vermont and one of the
best known men of the state, was in
stantly killed when his automobile was
struck by train near Waterville, P. O..
at $3.50 this morning while he was on his
way TO his lumber camp at Jackman, Me.
j. W. Blay, his chauffeur, was seriously
injured
Ex-Governor Prouty was So years Of
age, having been born in this town March
i, 1862. He was the son of John A. and
Hannah B. lamb Prouty. He was
educated in the Newport public schools,
at st. Johnsbury academy and in Bryant
& Stratton Business college in Boston.
lumber business, being employed by his
father, who, with o. c. Miller, was pro-
prietor of a large business in northern
Vermont. The young man developed into
one of the most prominent business men
of the state, his plant being one of the
most extensive in northern New England,
owning large properties in Canada and
Maine besides the mills in this town.
Mr. Prouty's political career began
when he entered the Vermont legislature
as Newport's representative in 1896. He
was senator from Orleans county in 1904
and was president pro tenn of that body.
He was elected lieutenant governor in
1906 and two years later was chosen as
governor. His administration was recog-
nized as one of the most successful in
rprent wears Followiup his retirement
to private life he had engaged extensive
" in the lumber business and was also a
director of the Boston & Maine railroad.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-19
Submarine Sank Norwegian
Bark Nordhav 125
Miles Out
HER CREW RESCUED
BY u. S. WARSHIP
The Vessel Sailed on June
Is from Buenos
Aires

Washington. d. c., Aug. 49, The Nor.
wegian bark Norhav was sunk by Ger
man submarine l25 miles off the Virginia
capes Saturday. Her crew escaped in
small boats and have been brought into
an Atlantic port by an American war
ship.
Adyices to the navy department to.
day announcing the sinking did not say
whether the bark was torpedoed or
shelled. She was a vessel Of 2,623 net
tons and sailed on June l. from Buenos
Aires. Captain Berntsen was master Of
the bark.
The Nordhav was sent down at noon
Saturday about l2d miles southeast of
Cape Henry. There were 20 in her crew,
all Of whom escaped in two boats, which
were picked up by the naval vessel.