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The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-20
WHAT GERMANS CLAIM

BERLIN, July 20.-(official)-The Germans in their operations on the Western front since July 18th, have captured over 10000 prisoners.
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VERY CAPTURED

WITH THE AMERICANS, July 20. -vierzy is one of the towns taken during the night by the Americans, six miles South of Soissons.
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SCOTS ARE THERE ALSO

LONDON, July 2o.-(OfficiaD - The Scottish troops yesterday morn ing captured the village of Meteren, and took 300 prisoners. The Aus traians advanced for short dis tance South of Meteren and took 30 prisoners and ten machine guns.
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FRENCH cAPIlXEs

LONDON, July 20.-The French are reported to have captured 16,0oo prisoners, in reports received yes terday, in the Asne offensive.
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LONDON, July 2oh-The Franco Americans have captured to date 16,6o0 Germans.
 The French have advanced from Monte de Paris Southwest of Bel ieau on the Rheims front. They have advanced 1000 yards between Souain and Auberive.
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STEAMER ELYsIA SUNK

ATLANTIC PORT, July 2o.-A German submarine sunk the Anchor Line steamer EIysia, 6,3s7 tons gross, on June 23 in the Mediterranean, while carrying cargo from the Far East for the Allies. The crew was saved.
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HUNS GETTING BUSY

LONDON. July 2o.-Aecordino to advices received last evening the French were advancing again. It is probable that by this time the Ger mans have been readjusting their lines until that they can immediately throw back the French.
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BATTLE ON WHOLE FRONT

WITH THE FRENCH, July 20.- At two o'clock yesterday afternoon the battle was raging along the whole front. The Franco-American counter offensive became more fierce as the Germans brought forward re- serves.
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MEN ARE LANDED

NEW YORK, July 2o-Thirty men and two officers from the San Diego were landed on a point of the woods on Long Island, between three and seven o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-20
MANAGERS OF BASEBALL LEAGUE
 WILL NOT QUIT
They Refuse to Close the Season for the Ameri- can League Team
 for Baker.

CLEVELAND, July 20.-The Amer ican League teams will close their season tomorrow on account or the ruling of Secretary Baker that base ball is a non-essential industry
 Ban Johnson has wired all ciuD owners asking if they are willing to comply with the order at once.
 BOSTON, July 20.-The president of the Boston team in the American League refuses to close the season
 WASHINGTON, July 20. = The manager of the Washingtin team in the American League said inc club would continue the season as long as there were players enough and other teams with which to play.
 Old papers for sale at The Empire oflce, Second and Main streets.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-20
GETS BRITISH TRANSPORT

NEW YORK, July 20.-The Brit ish transport carpathia. 13,503 tons, gross, has been sunk by diver off Ireland. outward bound. No lives are reported lost. She was former Cunard liner.
 The Carpathia was famous for the part she played in the rescue of sur vivcrs of the Titnaic in 1912.
 Three torpedoes were fired at her. The casualties are unknown.
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SURVIVORS BELIEVE
 SOME WERE KILLED

POINT OF WOODS, N. Y., July 20. rived here declare that many mem bers of the engine room crews were probably killed by the explosion which wrecked the ship.
 The survivors are uncertain as to what struck the ship, but all agree that the mine or torpedo struck amid ships, blowing up the boilers.
 One sailor declares that the ship s guns were fired at what appeared to be a periscope.
 The vessel remained afIoat 36 min utes after being struck.
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CHOLERA BREAKS OUT

LONDON, July 20.-Cholera has broken out in oMscow. there being PA knows cases in one day.
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 Washington, July 90Gen Peyton C. March, Chief oStaR nounoe that the drive has practically attained it's first objective but that will continue until forced back surrender The objective the American offensive which grew attack relieve the we'll planned offensive has been the Sson Chateau Thery railroad which been the supply artery of the Germans The Americans either the railroad guns commanding for almost its length.
 The chief penetration miles, and they back average miles along 28-miie front
 followed the of the Allies in other parts offensive against completely stopped and the Germans expected to positions south of the Ma1ne while they do 
 Allies driving the Germans back rapidly from their positions and they have rreaed practically entertainments of the river
 The FrancoAmeran line through Fontedoy Pnant Bergylasec vemonpo north of Lepeier Hueu Chouy Neu Stfron Sonnelans.
 American guns are firing positions Soissons
 The much further toward Soissons but the road opposite Miemonpoe miles south center of German troop trans poraon
 LONDON July 2OGermans crossing the Marne rreaing norhward tonight.
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BRINGING RESERVES

PARIS, July 20.-The Germans have been forced to bring 100000 reserves to aid the Crown Prince.
 The Allies positions Southwest of Soissons are now fortified.
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Old papers for sale at The Empire office. Second and Main streets.
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Old papers for sale at The Empire ofice, Second and Main streets.
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Today's News Today-in Empire
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AMERICAN CRUISER SUNK BY U-BOAT
ALLIED DRIVE ATTA|NS FIRST
 OBJECTIVE AND PASSING ONTO
 GREATER THINGS THAN EVER

LONDON, July 20The Associated Press afternoon summary that indications that the fighting spreading ward Chateau Thiery and south of the Mae Fighting becoming furious all along the AneMae ne apparently greatest battle of the conflict is impending
 The Allies pronounced gains toward the souher of the line
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sLooP A VICTIM

LONDON, July 20.-The British
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-19
MEMBgR OF the ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
10 the use for republication OF all news os-
spatehe. credited To IL or not otherwise cred
tied In this paper. and also the local news
published therein.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-19

1t is hard to believe the statement just
made, seemingly on authority from the
other side of the ocean, that the French
army is far superior in number to the
British army. France is the country
which was declared year ago TO be
"bled white and, moreover, it was at the
outset of the war only as large as the
British Isles, exclusive of Ireland, to say
nothing of the great British possessions
in other parts of the world. One might
have expected that the British army
would at this time be much superior to
the French forces, in view OF the tremen-
dous sacrifices the French have made and
in view, too, of the fact that France had
fewer people to call upon at the outset
of the war. 1t would be strange indeed
if Great Britain had not been able to
scrape together more lighting men than
France.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-19
NORTH FAYSTON

A large number enjoyed the sugar
party and entertainment last Friday
night given by the ladies of the RED
Cross. On account of the heavy snow
storm some did not dare to venture ont
The ladies received about $50 from sales
of various kinds
Miss May Battles of Moretown has
been visiting Miss L. b. Henry the past
week.
Miss Blanche Nelson from Concord, n,
H., is visiting her brother, c. G. Nelson.
c. J. Nelson was a visitor in town
over the week end. He works in Wat
erbury.
A. H. Boyce was in Montpelier the
first of the week to attend the road
commissioners meeting
Miss Lena Belle Henry and her friend,
Miss May Battles of Moretown, have
gone to Montpelier and Barre on a visit
ing trip.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-19
HELPING MEN TO BETTER THINGS.

HELPING MEN TO BETTER THINGS
The experiment being tried by the city
of Denver, Col, in providing courses OF
Instruction for men who are liable for
military service already has proven very
beneficial and is likely to grow in power.
fu influence for betterment of the Young
men of that community, The chief bene.
fit, one might say, would be to stop the
drifting, drifting by laekadaisical young
men and the setting of them on career
OF usefulness by giving them some def
mite technical training and inspiring
them with ambition to become somebody
besides cigarette suckers and loiterers
about the poolrooms Report from Den
yer states that the poolrooms are much
less frequented since the institution of
the municipal school for the education of
the young men, and the report adds that
many men have become fired with new
ambition and are holding far more inn
portant positions than they held prior to
beginning the course Of study in the
school. Probably the ends would be
much the same in Vermont should the
experiments recently tried along the line
of vocational education for men of the
draft age assume definite shape 1t is,
therefore, somewhat unfortunate that
the initial steps toward establishing
such schools in some of the larger places
have not met with more hearty response
from the public.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-19

Norwich university men, as well a:
many others in Vermont, viii be pleased
TO learn that Ira l.. Reeves has been pro
NOTED from lieutenant colonel to colonel
in the United States army Colonel
Reeves is stationed at Washington, d. c.
where he has been for some time in the
adjutant generals office. A large num-
Der of people in Vermont are hoping that
he will return at the end of the war and
resume his duties as president of Nor
witch university.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-19

Those American soldiers in France are
doing lot of exploring in No Mans
land One of these days they may be
extending their exploring operations on
the Rhine and still further into Germany,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-19

The third Liberty loan doesn't make
the kaiser look any more pleasant. Let's
turn his face into picture OF black rage.
Subscribe!
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-19
Hardwick Barre Stage.

will start NJ. T. Michaud's auto stage
Monday, April -. Leave Hotel Barre
$3.50 p. m. Route via Montpelier, Wood
bury. Two cars will run to furnish
plenty of accommodation.
Clayton Poronto.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-19
PLANFIELD

Ten per cent discount on all goods sold
on strictly cash basis, beginning April s
and continuing for a limited period 20
per cent discount on coffee. L. L. Max.
field.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-19

A dry Plsttsburg would be almost an
anomaly, yet II is to be so nominally at
least.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-24

business Necessity Jrrt~i Nv
the National Credit Meas Assn
ard III. iitchsnona Retail Mer-
chants Assn RI
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-24
DEATH MONUMENT
GRIM REMINDER OF
CENTURIES OF WAR

Paris. Nov a3.-The fortress OF
Montmedy, on the Sedan railway.
which is the immediate object OF the
American First Army I'm its drive as
trfde the Meusc. and which the YAM
KEGS are fast approaching. is preha ps
the most gruesome place for which
armies have sough, in the present
war.
II contains monument to death, -
built OF 1000 human skeleton heads.
Close by the fortress lies the vii
iagc Of Marrflie. ard In II. upon a
hill. Is an ancient cemetery. called St
HilaIre. The church itself contains
many curiously ornated tombs dating
from the Thirty Years War
In one corner OF the cemetery is n
vault. 1t has three compartments, the
wallis OF which are three metres deep.
These are not stone walls. but are con-
structed wholly Of skeieton heads. The
'bridgework' holding these heads to-
sether Consists OF human bones
The oldest OF the skeletons. accord
ing TO investigation. date about 1000
years back. the youngest are some
four centuries old. Inquiries among
the Inhabitants have ELECTED only in
credible tales. a preacher in the near
By village OF Soupv. however. 81 schol-
ar OF history who has spent the great
or part OF his life in studying the his
tory Of the vicinity, gave the follow
ing account to French war cores
pondcut:
THE region Of MarvilIe. being part
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-24
PHILADELPHIA SALOONS
Open; CRIME INCREASES
In First Eight Days, Arrests More
Than Double Average During
Time When Epidemic Kept
Bars Closed

tfe tsa;S appealed to the anpreHla ,on1r
The Phllaietphia Serih American
81 November = is authority for the
81 tss #ssefas that ia Philadelphia during
the eight days since the saloons Of
that city were reopened. drunkenness,
disorder and petty crimes have In
creased so rapidly that the number OF
arrests for, all causes during that per-
Tod was TWO and one~half times great
or than the arrests made during the
twenety- five days when the saloons
were closed by the health authorities.
The North American gets its figures
from the daily reports from the police
districts.
The United States district attorney
has started an inquiry to determine
the direct effects of booze in Great
ing vice OF all kinds and the results
will be placed before authorities in
Washington Police and agents OF
the department OF justice have been
directed to gather every conceivable
kind OF narrative data relating to
the recent closing OF saloons as 1t
affected crime and vice.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-24
FOREIGN sHotrs HELPED
FOOD OBSERVATION WORK

In some parts Of the country.
.Amerieanization seems to be going
hand in hand with food conservation.
An Italian padre was one ef the most
active helpers in the work recently
done in Springfield, Mass HIS interest
was aroused by the skin shown by the
hanae demonstration agent IN canning
mushrooms one day the priest, whose
name ~ Father Della porta. appeared
at the demonstration station with "A
hHahel Of mushrooms " hich he desired
he agent to can fer him. a second
Emshel he carried home to his italian
house,Seeper. with instructions that
they should be puf M according 10 her
ordinary method. As IL happened, the
horSek cepcrs mushrooms were all
spoiled. white the demonstrators all
kept perfectly. This Was enough e
make Father Della porta Jealous sup
porter Of the food administration and
the demonstration agent,
'nabued wtth desire TO help her
h. FIRST organized the Eirls of the par
Ssh into n canning club which met
regularly Ia study food substitution
Through the girls. the interest Of the
mothers was aroused He then arr
ranged for the translation and print
ing in Italian OF all the dietetic in
formation given out by the club leader
late he instituted a victory bread
shop. which became headquarters for
the dissemination IT Information af
ewatl as fer the sale 9ae 'v8rtorx IRE aGfa,
This IN one of the waya in which
the American spirit Is being Infused
=lata cur fereign-born= Citizens At the
same time that they ara helping In war
work. Experiences similar to that al
the Springfield agent were met by
scores OF other den: onstrators through
cut the country.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-24
IWH|SkEY PRICES
SLUMP HEAVILY
Dealers long on Anxious Seat Begin
to See Their Worst Fears Realized
as Taxation Looms Ahead.

For eighteen months the whiskey
law has been SO uncertain as to cause
the producers extreme uneasiness. A
Louisville tKy) dispatch OF Novem-
Der 2 says that at the present time
the price of bonded whiskey is SIS
to SIZE a gallon. The present tax on
whiskey is 1920 a proof gallon, but
dealers are expecting the new $4,000
900. G00 revenue bill to provide tax
of at least double this amount. There
are between thirty and forty million
gallons OF whiskey available for sale
today on which the tax has been paid.
Dealers are anticipating that whis-
key will go even below the SOS mark
because OF the imminence OF higher
taxes, which may cause a marked de-
crease in consumption. although there
are dealers who believe that the like
lihood of prohibition will stimulate
the demand and bring higher prices.
Dealers have been on the anxious
seat for a long time. A year and a
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-24
FEDERl ORDERS CLOSE.
l18 CHICAGO SALOONS.
-Nctgfbopnood or Government Ware
house Is Cleared Of Barroons,
without Any Apologies to
the Owners.

Ne Ie,ier,,i stttrniT@fit 81 St%5m
Der closed lis saloons in Chicago.
these saloons were located within a
half- radius OF Camp Wheaton at
mckinley park. Archer and South
Western avenues. The closing order
was received by Hinton Clabaugh,
Shief OF the department of investiga-
.ion of the department OF justice OF
Washington who said 1t was issued
under the selective service act M
reason was given or the action. Po-
nee officials expressed the opinion
howere, that the saloons were or
dered closed because Of the thousands
OF men and women who are employed
at the quartermaster warehouse. To-
Gated in the neighborhood. and which
rs said to be the army's largest ware
house
The saloons closed have done n
land Office business since the ware
mouse was placed in operation.
Four days later District Attorney
Cline granted Il ten-day respite to the
saloonists. This was the result of an
appeal made by Congressman Rainey
, who insisted that immediate closing
would bankrupt the saloonists.
The closing order evidently was a
sudden blow. as the press dispatches
dHHounCe that federal agents accom-
panied by men from police headquar-
ters invaded each saloon, directed the
proprietor to Immediately cease bust
ness and ordered the patrons out.
Governments orders" WAS their only
explanation-The saloonists could do
nothing but obey, not daring To chal-
lenge the authority of the federal gov
rrnment Many of them were thrown
into panic, Captains of The police
districts we've besieged with telephone
queries. It rs announced that no eff
forts will lbe made by the city officials
10 intercedc in behalf Of these
saloonists
The peremptory order puts tho
other saloonisis of Chicago upon the
anxious seat and it is now feared by
them that similar orders will be- issued
around other camps and it has been
estimated that practically all Of the
city's ), 500 -ealoons could be put out
Of business r. the government ever
applied the zone law 10 the camps In
and around Chicago. Acting Chief
Aicock, of the police department, said
that there had been no complain IS
against the saloons just closed by the
order of having sold liquor 10 enlisted
men and government workmen.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-24
How A British Regiment Dies

London, Nov. 23.--The following
tribute which. for some unknown rea-
son escaped general public attention,
tells its own story OF heroism:
On May 81, 1918 the second battal-
ion of the Devonshire Regiment re-
PEELED successive enemy assaults with
gallantry and determination, and
maintained an unbroken front till a
late hour. The stanchness ofthis bat
talon permitted defences to be organ
lied and their occupation by reinforce
ments to be completed. Inspired by the
sang-froid Of their gallant comman-
der. a few survivors. though isolated
without hope Of assistance fought to
the last with unhesitating obedience
TO orders. Thus the whole battalion.
colonel. twentyeisht officers and
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-24

half ago many or them would have
been bankrupt had they been forced
TO liquidate their holdings. Then
prices rose and on paper some of the
holders were milIionaires The order
stopping production for beverage
purposes sent prices upwards until
the newest whiskey approached $3.20
in bond. Owners counted gains in
big -aguree,--sand many held on for
higher prices. The cautious ones un-
loaded at the peak, however. Then
came the probability OF prohibition
for the duration Of the war and that
increased taxes must be paidsN This
brought prices down to the low level
of today
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-24

OF the open gate invasion to the Mo-
sclle and Rhine regions, has been for
many centuries the scene of violent
battles. julius Caesar built a number
Of fortficattons here. the ruins OF
which can still be seen. Even in the
days just before The war workmen
building houses or railways frequently
dug up skeletons. coIns, and material
dating from the Roman period.
After ;he Romans, Germanie tribes
oyerran this region. Then came the
wars OF the Merovingian and Carolin-
sian periods
Later battles were fought over this
ground In the Thirty Years War and
II The Fra h'russiap War Of 1870
As \ consequence Of all these wars
this vicinity has been visited by many
terrible epidemics In the middle ages
thefe was u great leper hospital here.
Thus, ii may be explained. that peo-
pie evolve, the idea. perhaps AT first
acruared tv religious motives. and H.
ter. In order TO attract tourists. TO dig
up thousands OF kcleton heads for
miles around. and they were joined
together in the vault like "A great mon
urnent Ia death.
1T is estimated that the vault con-
sists OF 10. a000 heads, The documents
concerning Marysille's history date
back only goo hundred years. They
show that this gruesomc vault was
known three centuries ago. Documents
81 Previous ages which might throw
a light upon the circumstances in
which the death monument was
founded presumably was lost in for
mer wars"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-24
MODEL Quaker Colony village.

London. Nov. 23--Arrangements
are in hand for important develop
inents of .Iordans. the Friends centre
in Buckinghamshire. An estate OF
about 100 acres has been bought, and
it is proposed. as soon as circum-
stances allow, to lay Il out as model
village to be known as "Jordans VII
iage. The promoters OF the scheme
who INCLUDE Fred Rowntree and
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-24

Douglas Rowntree, Do NOT II y III n
sch any portion Of the sstatr. b,st
let plots. on which will BE- built COT
tages with ample accommodations for
market gardening, Bookkeeping. poul-
try keeping and village industries. a
number of tenants have professionally
taken plots. and i is intended 70 be
planting OF fruit trees this autumn.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-24

five hundred and fifty tws ron-com-
missioned officers ara men +, 'ponded
with one accord a.sid Offered their
lives in ungfudgine sacrific 70 the
sacred cause OF thu allies. briged
from order OF the day. Au ust 90.
1918. by General BertheIot, command
ing Fifth French army; afterwards
republished in general orders for
the Information Of all -rari,S' by Sir
Douglas Hafg
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-24
FRENCH SOCIAL WORKER TO

AID IN WAR WORK--Mme G..
Avril de Sainte- Croix, who has done
much to stamp out the white slave
traffic in Paris and who, in 1909 es-
tablished n home in the French CAPT.
tai for unmarried mothers, is now in
this country. Nine. Avril is In deli
cate health. The result of being shock
ed by an explosion of a German shell
whine she was in the Tuileries garden
recently.
Co Underwood & Underwood,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-15
THE GREATEST MISTAKE THE GERMAN EN-
PERoR EVER COMMITTED WAS WHEN HE MADE
FALSE PROMISE TO PRESIDENT WILSON

The day he broke his word that his submarines would
longer sink the vessels of neutral nations in defiance
humanity and all the laws of warfare he sealed his fate
the head of the German nation.
From that day the whose voice is the most
powerful in all the world determined that there was mo
good in him. and that in the hour when he could with the
fContinued n Column)