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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-13
A LULL ON THE
FRENCH SECTOR
Difficulty in Bringing Up Artillery Am
munition Over Battered Roads
Brought Quiet Yesterday.

With the French Army in France, Aug.
| II tBy the Associated Press Difficulty
in bringing up artillery ammunition over
battered roads brought comparative
hull on the French sector to-day. Infan-
try activity was confined to local engage
ments.
The German guns have been more ac-
tive with shells Of all calibres and with
gas. The enemy il now reinforcing his
old line which he held from 1914 to 1917
and it will require heavier armament to
batter a way through. The Germans
have attempted several conter-attacks
but they were without marked vigor and
gained no success Aviators continue to
play an important role in harassing the
enemy behind his front line. They are
obstructing the movements Of conveys
of ammunition and supplies.
1t is believed the stand the Germans
are preparing to make in their old
trenches is likely TO prove only a tenn
porary expedient to gain time in which
to move the immense stores and organ
ize retirement OF artillery and infantry.
There is great activity within the
German lines east Of Roye and Chaulnes.
All the roads are encountered with wagon
trains, indicating the enemy still is NOV
ing out the ammunition and supplies he
had gathered in that region.
The latest prisoners taken say they
belong to the rear guard whose mission
is to delay the advance of the French
and facilitate the retirement Of the main
force with the supplies and big guns.
The German artillery, which had
maintained only harassing fire up TO
yesterday now Is laying down barrages,
which alone are sufficient to slow up
the French advance.
In spite of the intensified Smelling the
French to-day made gains in local opera
tions, occupying favorable positions
north of Poye-S Sur Matz and Chevincourt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-13
EAST BARRE.

Regular meeting of WI
chosen tribe, No. 10, /. o. r.
NJ, Thursday evening, Aug.
10, at 1880. All members
urged to be present. Paul
Snow, chief of records.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-13
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE
ESTATE OF EMMETT l. PEAsLEE

The undersigned having been appointed by
the honorable probate court for the district Of
Randolph. commissioners, TO receive. examine
and adi Just tha claims and demands OF all persons
against the estate of Emmett l. Peaslee late Of
Orange, in said district deceased. and all claims
exhibited in Offset thereto, hereby give notice
that we will meet for the purpose Aforesaid,
at the dwelling house Of Sherman Chsmberlin,
in the town Of Orange, In said district, on the
It'll day of September and LIST day of February
next, from ! o'clock p. m. until o'clock p m.
on each Of said days, and that six months
from the 9Th day Of August A. d. 1915 is the
time limited by said court for said creditors to
present their claims to US for examination and
allowance.
Dated at Orange, this 10th day Of August
A. ID. 1918.
HARLIE /. WHITCOMB
SHERMAN CHAMBERLAIN.
Commissioners.
Augis-20-27
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-13
FOR CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIP.
First Round of National Doubles Played
To-day.

Boston, Aug. l3.--Summaries of morn
ing matches in the first round of the
National Doubles championship tourna.
ment at the Longwood Cricket club,
postponed from yesterday, follows:
First round; K Fisher and s. Dun
mack, Augusta, Me, defeated E. Simons,
Los Angeles, and L. E. Mahan, New
York, by default, j. S. Myrick, Utica, N.
", and Edwin Sheafe, Brookline, de-
feated H. B. Fincke and W. L. Vie, Bos-
ton, 6-3, "a, SO.
Second round w. H. Hayes and R.
H. Burdick, western doubles champions,
defeated w Rosenbaum and T. Bags,
New Work, by default.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-13
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

WANTED-A boy or young man to learn
trade Of electrical wiring prefer one outside
Of draft II interested write TO "Beco," care
Barre Times, Barre. 127tf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-13
All to the Bad.

Il hear that Swidler has written a
new three-act comedy"
Eyes; he read it TO me and two other
of his oldest friends yesterday"
"And what did you think Of itf"
'Well, we all three thought one Of
the acts superfuous."
(Which act was thatp
"Oh, we each chose a different act."--
Pittsburg Chronieale. Telegraph.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-13

The other day went to a bakery shop
in the west end While l was waiting
for my war bread in came a man in
khaki who had just returned from the
front
"Why, Lieut. ," said the bakeress,
"are you back? I've been looking anx-
iously for you every day in the casualty
list. st Louis Star.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-13
ABATEMENT OF TAXES

There will be meeting of the board
Of civil authority for the abatement of
taxes held in the city court room on
Thursday, Aug. Is, 1918, at o'clock
p. m. James Mackay, City Clerk.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-13
Has War in CHARGE.

Where's your uncle, Tommy3"
"In France"
What is he doing"
81 think he has charge of the war;
Omaha News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-13
BARRE DAILY TIMES
TUESDAY, AUGUST IS, 1918.
The Weather

Partly cloudy and warmer tonight
and Wednesday; gentle south winds.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-03

Copyright 1914 b sss cosazy Great staia Esghs Ress-s
Registered O. s Patent oHrs
Imperial Valley press., 1918-09-21

mails required, as we'll as their ex-
tension, should be paid for out of the
sac of stock. The present issue of
stock is practically exhausted, save
for q small amount that may be in
volved in the old bond issue entangle-
ment.
1t is possible that the attorney for
the company, J. Stewart Ross, may
give at the special meeting, an infor-
NAL report on the status Of the stock
sold years ago under the bond agree
ment, payments on which have never
been completed by the stockholders to
the trustee, and also on the bonds held
by the Imperial Irrigation District and
carried by the District as an asset, al
though in similar case in which
No. 5 was involved several years ago,
the claims were made over to the
mutual company.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-09-21
SUBSCRIBE FOR FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN.

America the threshold of great adventure and
great test. - 49,.
Adventure aboadwhere is poised for plunge INTO
territory ong held sofia plunge through what must oe
the flower of if the Kaiser is not at once to con-
cede defeat
scorcbinp test First American Army re-
from French and British war experts must
nit own skill against the Boche masters
foinp in the Cantigny and Chateau lher-
~ secure in the strength millions of other Americans hurry
mo to the battle mpatenty confidently awaits
~
America at great challenge In the fourh LID
erty Lean, and great a test ,,, :,
loan-Whether eight billion oo
rs If outstrp rrecedenthril imagination and ouses
nc to or most extreme that be put over IN the
short time set ..oL
will reveal nexoraby just now much
~ anest ahome desire crush autocracy into
the mud this winters battleflelds
Ceranv will laugh than the allotted three weeks IS
-oo,rad 4o raise the minimum called for
Cernanv will tremble the of oversubserpon IN
time r 49,
The loan is not when the huge resources oil the
d considered The overub-cr'
~ the Fourth Liberty will less than th OF Ue
of country, estimated soOooooOo'ooo.
Subscribe for of the Fourth Liberty Loan on Sep
tember 2S.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-09-21

n.ent of the Cerro Prieto canal from
1000 second-feet to a capacity of
1,50O second-feet.
On September 26 a meeting will be
held to vote on the question Of in
creasing the capital stock of Water
Company No. 7 from 10000 to co.
900 shares. This change is caused by
the need of issuing stock to cover
lands brought into cultivation north
and west of what has for years been
the boundaries of the company sys-
tenn.
Several thousand acres of Southern
Pacific lands were sold a few months
ago, much of it in the vicinity of the
Third Standard parallel. In addition
the Irrigation District is steadily en-
crcaching upon the wide area direct
ly west of Brawley.
The new canal construction thus re-
quired logically comes under the head
! Of capital investment and directors be-
lieve the enlargement of the main ca
Imperial Valley press., 1918-09-21
GET IN CLOSER TOUCH WITH THE PEOPLE.

The advertising merchant a moulder of public opinion
communication with customers ana
his stothe channel of display aNer
in their home
He his policies plain to all the people he can
discuss with buying probmfrom his own STANDPOINT
and from theirs He realize the difficulties ne is en-
countering period increasing manufacturing
The live merchant keeping touch with his Gus
before lie
take them into and profits he can sho"
them that retailing goods allow nm no larger
ar of profit than less to him.
The difficulties the home confronted IN many
eases with buying of the dollar yet with
Such people turn to the store aos
m n pides in buving wisely disappointed The
store must the solve their problems
such period really serves the people
large prohts" puo
his store upon which will endure through the years
He will build up the unshakabe proportions
Get in close the people Let them realize that your
tore is working hour Through your
advertising mould public opinion favor Of your store
as AN INSTITUTION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-09-21
QUESTIONABLE
RELEASE ORDE RED
BY STATE OFFICE

Supplements to the questlonnalres
will be received shortly IN El Centre
by local boards IL sufficient number
so that the mailing process may pegin
today with a rush. 1t is not likely
that ouestionnaires from those boards
which held up mailing until the sup
plements arrived viii reach the reg
istrants before the first of next week
and some will not reach them until
the latter part of the week. tele-
gram has been received from the ad-
iutant general instructing local boards
TO proceed with mailing and send the
supplements later.
The supplement, or explanatory
note, contains no questions to be an
swered by the registrant; it has lit
tie to do with local boards, except in
broadening the scope of deferred clas-
sification for persons "in industries:
occupations or emplOymcnts, lnc.ud-
ing agriculture" Formerly such de-
ferred classifications referred to 'per-
sons engaged in industry, including
agriculture" These questions have to
do with the district board, except that
the local boards have right Of recon-
mention on claims for deferred classi-
fication.
Explanation of the changes fol
lows:
"The effect of the amendment Of
August 81, 1918, is to permit claim:
to be made hy or in respect of neces.
sary persons engaged in occupations
or employments found to be 'neces.
sary' to the maintenance Of the mill
tary establishment, or the effective
operation of the military forces, or the
maintenance Of national interest du
ring the emergency"
The decision as to what persons an(
What occupations or employers are
Imperial Valley press., 1918-09-21

necessary" rests with the district
board, which has jurisdiction with re-
lation to occupations as specifically
mentioned.
The broader ruling Interpretation
of the Selective Service Act, as
amended, follows out policy already
used by many local boards as to rec
concentrations, in that claim for de-
ferred classifications includes those
for laborer, worker or employee "es-
pecially fitted for the work in which
he is engaged"
Imperial Valley press., 1918-09-21
TWO DISTRICTS
SEEK INCREASES
IN WATERSUPPLY

Directors of Water Companies Nos.
5 and II held a joint meeting at I'M
perial yesterday afternoon to consid-
er the situation with reference to OBJ
tanning a larger supply of water du-
ring the next season.
Today the directors started on an
inspection tour of the levee system
in Mexico, following on the footsteps
of the board of the District, which
visited the system on Friday.
Increased acreage on the Westslde
demands a larger canal capacity and
the two companies seek an enlarge
Imperial Valley press., 1918-09-21
The Churches
St. Paul's Episcopal

Tomorrow, the seventeenth SUNDAY
after Trinity, the graded Sunday
school of St. Paul's Episcopal church,
Fifth and Orange streets. will meet IN
the parish hall at 10 o'clock. The
church service at II O'Clock viii con-
sist of morning prayer and sermon,
the preacher being the rector, the
Rev. c. Rankin Barnes. Sunday the
29th. one week from tomorrow, will be
the present rectors' last Sunday at
st. Paul's. The farewell service Will
be held at II o'clock on that day.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-09-21
First Baptist.

The pastor, Walter S. Reed, will
preach at the morning worship hour,
taking for his subject First Things
First" In the evening the members
and friends Of the First Baptist
church will join with the Presbyterian
church in their farewell service to
their beloved pastor, Rev. Thomas +.
Stevenson, who will preach his fare
well sermon to the people of FL Cen
tro. Sunday school meets at 9:45 a.
m. There is a class for you. Come
and enjoy the Sunday school hour.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-09-21
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICE

First Church of Christ, Scientist,
holds all services in the Tulane thea
tire, 9th ST., bet. Main and State SITS.
Sunday School at $3.50 a. m.
Sunday morning service at II
o'clock. -.
Subject tomorrow, Matter"
Wednesday evening testimonial
meeting at =.
The reading room is located tenn
porarily at 483 State ST., Casa Rey
Hotel, and is open daily except Sun
days and legal holidays from 2:4O to
d:30 p. m.
All are welcome to the services and
the reading room.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-09-21

TO ADVERTISE for lost article
$ TO assume that the finder is hon
st--which is usually true.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-24

CEDAR RAPIDS START
St. Louis Equipment VIII Leave the
Twin cities Five Hours Earlier
and viii Have Plenty
of Leewsy.

Keokuk will get Chicago mail on
J time ,hsginning next month, tne
q. - J. ' SeSsS sseei in VIII. I
Island train service are carried cut,
| 1t was announced today from the
Keokuk Industrial association. The
new schedule will do away with the
delays which have been experienced
north of Cedar Rapids. and should
Bring ~ - into Burlington
on time, and into Keokuk at 1905
o'clock, providing the Chicago mas
is on time at Burlington, and it Is
seldom that it slips off the schedule
time.
AS train No. IL is made up now.
it leaves Minneapolis at 1880 o'clock
In the evening with through equip
ment for ST. Louis. Cold weather.
congestion of tracks and freezing Of
trains and equipment between Mime
apolis and Cedar Rapids have all
served to keep No. IL all the way
from half an hour to two or three
hours behind schedule.
The proposed new schedule which
will take effect when the other Rock
Island changes are made, will prac-
tically assure uninterrupted service
between Minneapolis and Cedar
Rapids. The st. Louis through equip
ment will leave Minneapolis at 2:15
o'clock in the afternoon, and will
arrive at Cedar Rapids at midnight.
A train will be made up at Cedar
Rapids leaving there at o'clock,
arriving at Burlington at 7:17 o'clock
and leaving there at TAO o'clock.
All of the delays above Cedar Rapids
will be avoided by this change.
Both Mr.. Abbott and Mr.. Farmer
told the Industrial association Off
Gals yesterday that they believed
this new schedule for Number IL
would solve all of the Transports
ton delays now experienced and
would hstng Chicago mail on time
into Keokuk Anything that will do
that will be acceptable to the Keo-
kuk business houses and to local
people, who are now forced to wait
! for their mail, sometimes until after
f, noon.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-24
CITY NEWS.

All those holding tickets for the
~. C. T. masquerade ball JAM % can
secure their costumes at Star Clean
ers. GA Main. The costumer arrived
this morning.
The many friends OF Miss Mary
Louise Hueston, $40 North Fifth street,
will be sorry to hear that she is i'll
with scarlet fever.
-Puckeche.ack lodge No. 43 meets
every Friday evening at 500 o'clock.
VIM. Van Steenwyk, N. c.; George
W. Immegart, permanent secretary.
Initiation.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. ]. McGrath re-
ceived word today that their son, Ray
mond has been promoted from lieu
tenancy in the ordnance officers re-
serve corps to a captaincy in the ord
nance department of the national
army. Captain McGrath's station has
recently been changed from New York
City to Washington, d. c.
The HARRISON Costume Co, rep
resentative will be at GA Main street
today and tomorrow. Secure your
costumes for the U. c. T. masquerade
hall
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-24
TAG DAY PLANS
TO SCHOOL HEADS
Fuel Administration Nasel Turns the
Plans for Shovel Tag Day over
to President WoolIey and
Superintendent AIdrich.
TO EMPHASIZE SAVING
Shortage Of Fifty Million Tons Must
Be Made UP Little by Little
From Coal
Bins.

Next Wednesday, January 80, will
be Tag Your Shovel Day In Keokuk
as well as in other cities throughout
the United States. The local fuel adj
ministration, John Nagel, chairman,
has appointed w. B. Woolley, president
of the school board, and William Al
drich, superintendent Of schools, as
the committee in charge OF this observ-
ance. The federal administrator
idea Is to have the fuel tag day oper-
ated through the school children OF
the country, and Mr.. Nagel announc-
ed today that he would turn the mat
ter over to the local school oficials.
A bunch of posters showing the
family's fuel scoop all dolled up with
a neat red tag has been forwarded
here, and is turned over to the com
mittee on local arrangements. They
are expected to take the matter up
with the school children, and to have
a supply of tags printed and distrib.
uted. On next Wednesday the school
children will tag the shovel in their
home with one OF these tags.
The United States is fifty million
tons OF coal short This coal cannot
be instantly produced and made avail
able, but must be saved. pound by
pound. In the households Of the coun-
try This IL the reason for the tusl
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-24
BAKING BREAD
FOR SOLDIERS
Truman Scherer Is Transferred to
Three Hundred Twenty-eighth
Field Bakery from
Company L.

Corporal T. A. Scherer who en-
listed with Company l. at Keokuk
last March, and who went to Camp
Cody, at Deming. with the local
troops, has been transferred from
Company L and assigned to the 32Sth
field bakery. He writes to his
mother:
1t will surprise You, mother. to
learn that | am no longer with Co.
l., but have been assigned to 328th
field bakery. / am now making bread
for the boys and / surely enjoy it..
Reminds me of old times at Schou-
tens We put it up in hurry, be-
lieve me.
1t is very warm down here dur
ing the day, but the nights make
you hunt the covers.
Can't tell you exactly, mother, how
long will be here, but in all prob
ability will sail for France about the
18th of February and we will be
mighty glad to go as that trip means
SO much to all of us.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-24
fight for the right and for liberty.
Thanks and glory to the United
States
THRIFT DAY
FOR KEOKUk

Thrift is the foundation Of govern.
ment and the beginning of good citi-
zenship. In a national crisis such as
now exists, 1t is more than either. II
is national necessity and the impera-
tive command of humanity. The youth
of America fighting for our safety de-
mand it. The wailihg cry of starving
millions implore it, and loyalty to your
family and your country requires it.
There is only one voice in all the
world that does not join in this de.
mand and that voice is the hiss of trea.
son.
The president has set apart the Ord
day of February az National Thrift
Day, and the governor of Iowa, by
proclamation, has designated the ten
days between January oath and Feb
ruary Bird, both inclusive. as a period
in which an intensive campaign shall
be conducted for the sale Of War Say.
ings and Thrift Stamps.
Therefore. in com pliance with those
requests, l, Ed S. Lotion. mayor of the
city OF heokuk. Iowa, do hereby pro-
claim the period between the oath day
OF January and the Bird day of FebTu-
airy, both inclusive, as a time for en-
couragfng and educating our men.
women and children in thrift and saw
fngs, so our fighting men may have
adequate supplies and the nation be
enabled to carry this war to victory.
And earnestly enjoin upon everv per.
son, during this time, to begin saving
by the liberal purchase of War Saw
ings and Thrift Stamps, thereby max.
ing an excellent investment for him.
self and doing his duty to his country
and humanity
ED s. LOTION, Mayor.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-24
Skins Come Hiqh.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Jan. 24.-Bidding
at the annual fur sale continued lively
with ermine and red FIX skins com
manding the highest prices. Latest
figures on the auction indicated sales
thus far have totalled approximately
100000.
Sixty thousand ermine brought 500
600 and 1000 red fox of which 900
were Australian, brought 5000, 900.
Among the large lots auctioned were
$4,000 Australian opossum, 10000 wolf
l4,5NO ring-tail opossum, 1880 lynx
and 10000 wallaby Wolverine skins
sold go per cent higher than in Oc-
tooer. collection of $1,000 mole
skins brought s105,00o and $4,000 mink
pelts sold for s456,o 900.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-24

Red Tag "REMoDEL SALE" LowItz.
New serge dresses. So to $1S. New
silk dresses, $40 to $25. Gall party
gowns and coats, choice $10). New
spring waists 81 to SIS. New spring
hats, s29S to $5.98. New winter coats
u price. January white sale save
1-3. Watch the crowds.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-24

is SENTENCED
Quincy Boy Gets Two Years in Peri-
Tertiary on Plea of
Guilty to Theft
Charge.

KANSAS CITY, Jan. 24-Ray
Pfanschmidt, 25 years old, was SEN
fenced TO two years in the peniten-
tiary yesterday after he had pleaded
guilty before Judge Ralph S. Latshaw
in the criminal court to stealing tires
from the Ford Livery and Taxi com
pany at 1911 MCGEE street, where he
was an employee.
Pfanschmidt says he was twice
tried for the murder OF his father,
mother, sister and chum, in Illinois
in 1912, once sentenced to death and
freed from an appeal He inherited
the estate of his slain parents. In 1916
he was arrested in Wichita charged
with the theft of two motor cars.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-24
School for Disabled Soldiers.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
WASHINGTON. Jan. 24-Surgeon
General Gorgas is to name members
of corps to educate disabled sol
diers in work which will support
themselves. The corps will consist OF
women.
Miss. Marguerite Sanderson, presi-
dent of the Boston School of Physi-
cal Education. has been appointed
supervisor. Plans call for the estab-
lishment of training centers to pre-
pare women to become members of
the corps.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-24

The educational committee Of the
Y. w. C. A. will meet Friday evening
at 1880 o'clock. The members OF
this committee are Mrs. T. R Board.
Mrs. j. j. Chapman, Miss Kate Tracy,
Miss Carrie Hansen and Mrs. O. W..
Weyer.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-24
tag day plan. It will emphasize the
need for saving fuel.
One Years Profits.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
CHICAGO, Jan. 24.-Armour and
Company's net profits for the fiscal
year ending October 81, 1917, were
S21, 293,562, compared with $20,10O;-
600 the previous year. according to
it's annual statement made public to
day. European and South American
business was not included in the
1917 statement.
The announced profits are equal to
21.28 percent on the capital stock.
The gross sales for the fiscal year
totalled $575, 100000.