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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-09
HAVE MOVED FORWARD
DEPTH OF II MILES
1t Will Be Impossible for the Germans
to Hold Their Montdidier
Positions.

London, Aug 9.--The Franco. British
advance on the battlefront south Of the
Somme has reached maximum of elev.
en- miles, according to news received here
shortly afternoon to-day. These ad.
vices also report British cavalry, ar
mored cars and tanks in advance Of the
infantry. to have reached within a mile
of the Chaulnes railway station. The
cavalry tanks and armored cars, II is
indicated, have gone ahead to the line
running from Framerville TO Lihons. The
total of prisoners captured is reported
to have reached fourteen thousand.
From Lihons the line runs southwark
to Meharicourt, southeast OF Rosieres.
II will be impossible for the Germans TO
hold their Montdidier positions, it is
believed here II also is believed the ad
vance on the Picardy front makes
Amiens secure against an enemy attack
and has removed the threat against
Paris.
Along the whole front the average ad.
vance OF the infantry is from FIVE TO six
miles
The British have captured Morlancourt
on the northern end of the Somme bat.
tie front, and the infantry line now runs
from that point southwark to a point
southeast of Moreuil. This represents an
infantry advance to the maximum depth
of seven miles in the center along the
Amiens- Chaulnes LaFere railway.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-09
GERMANY PREPARING
FOR A RETREAT
Blowing Up Their Ammunition Dumps
Infantry Unable to Keep Up
with Fleeing Germans.

With the British Army in France, Aug.
o. (Reuter's) The Germans are blow
ing up their ammunition dumps in the
battle area. This is considered an indi-
cation that they are preparing for re-
treat.
The British casualties since the begin
ming of the present drive are but three
ifths of the number of prisoners counted
up TO three o'clock this afternoon.
Cavalry patrols, accompanied by swift
"whippet" tanks, are reported by air.
men far out ahead Of the infantry ad.
vance. The infantry at many places are
apparently checked only by sheer physi-
cal inability TO push any farther,
This afternoon the enemy's transport
lorries have been rolling along the few
good roads left in the Somme valley.
They afforded excellent targets for air.
men, who played havoc with the escap-
ing conveys and speedily Uttered the
roads so that they were impossible.
II is reported that German divisional
general has been captured in the drive
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-09
(By The Associated Press.l

German lines the Pcardy front south of the Somme have
been badly broken by the thrust of the British French
armies wedge has been driven into enemy territory depth
of IL miles along the Aens ChanesLa Fere railway and early
to-day the British only mile away from the ChaulneRoye
railway which southwark from Chaune and forms the chief
artery of supplies for the German troops fighting the Montdder
sector of the front.
London that $4,000 prisoners and guns oo
mention have been taken the first "a hours of the drive
The results of this attack oosed against the Germans the
Amens front Thursday morning have epsed those
obtained by the Germans the first day of Of their terrific
oensive of the spring and So far reports
the of the fighting south Of the Somme the allies
going forward almost without serious opposition On the north
bank of the stream the Germans have held their lines strongly
but have lost Morancou their stronghold there after hard
fighting The French further the south have had their advance
retarded at points but the towns officially reported
have been reached evidence that the momentum of the allied
drive has not nearly spent itself
From dispatches from the battlefield appears that the
allies attacked the Germans with little artillery preparation
method pursued resembling grand scale that adopted by
General Byng before Cambria last November tanks in
great numbers tore through the German first line positions
try followed and then through the gaps the enemy
the cavalry and armored motor swept into the back
surprising German detachment and throwing the whole
organization of the enemy into chaos.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-09
A SURPRISE FOR THE ENEMY.
French Found German Soldiers Engaged
in Harvesting Grain.

Paris, Aug. 9.-The French war minis
try at 1890 o'clock to-day issued the
following statement:
"The brilliant operation which we, in
concert with British troops, executed yes
terday, has been surprise for the en-
emy. As occurred in the offensive of
July Is, the soldiers of General Debeney
have captured enemy soldiers engaged in
the peaceful pursuit Of harvesting the
fields behind the German lines.
Our artillery preparation was short,
lasting less than an hour. The enemy
artillery had made no counter prepare.
tion at the beginning Of the action, mere
" replying feebly.
"The original front of the attack was
only four kilometres, situated south Of
the Amiens. .Roye road, where our infan-
try went over the top at :05 o'clock, but
gradually the offensive developed all
along the right bank of the Avre in the
region of Hargicourt."
Recovering from the first surprise, the
Germans hurridely concentrated troops
in order to stop our progress. 1t was
vain. LaNenuvifIe- Siehe Bernard, Vii.
ers aux Erables, Mezieres, Plessier- -Ro.
sainvillers were successfully captured,
while on our right, British troops also
continued their victorious advance. In
the early morning hours prisoners, guns
and machine guns were streaming to our
rear.
"At the close of the day our advance,
considered in the front Of the attack as
whole averaged more than seven kilo-
meters"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-09
OIL BY WATER ROUTE.
First Barge Reaches Burlington from the
Hudson River by Way Of Canal

Burlington, Aug. 9-The plan Of the
Standard Oil CO. of New York to have
oil transported to this city by the all
water route met with realization yester
day, when the steamer Socony arrived at
the Champlain Transportation company s
coaling wharf with the first barge of oil
ever to poke its nose through the. New
York barge canal and enter the waters
of Lake Champlain
The barge, it is understood, carried
gasoline, 3,400 barrels, or $4,000 gallons.
After coaling, the barge was towed to
the new pier now in process of construc-
tion at the plant at Howard park. Here
the gasoline is to be piped from the new
pier to the tanks in the yard.
The water transportation OF the oil
has been made possible by the opening
of the barge canal. The oil came from
the Standard Oil companys refneries
along the Hudson, The new method of
transporting oil is to be effective the
year around, thus making Burlington
the main distributing point for this To-
cality. The tanks here will be filed be-
fore Che broad lake closes each year and
when full there will be an ample amount
of the fluid on hand to last until navi-
cation is again resumed after the ice
breaks up.
The company owns its own tugs and
barges. Because Of this fact, as well as
because water transportation is much
cheaper than rail, the company is the
gamer.
Yesterdays arrival marks new epoch
in the history of this city.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-09
MANY FIRES BY
LIGHTNING
Barn With Four Pigs and a
Calf Destroyed at Will
Jamestown
II HEAD OF CATTLE
BURNED AT ROYALTON
Buildings at East Topsham
Burned Wednesday
Night

Williamstown, Aug. 9.-Lightning
struck the principal barn of Mrs. 7. C.
Waldo, who lives short distance south
Of the village, this morning about
o'clock and the building was totally de-
stroyed -Four pigs and calf were also
burned, but neighbor, Mr.. LeBarron,
got out the horses and dozen or more
cows were out at pasture for the night.
The local Office of tie Peoples Telephone
company could not be aroused and Mrs.
Waldo ran to this village, partly dressed,
to give the alarm. The fire company
from here was soon on the scene, but
had to get water from the creek at Pools
bridge In the village. There were no men
on the Waldo premises at the time the
barn was struck
The barn was nearly new and was
built by the late T. G. Waldo after he
moved to the farm some Is years ago.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-09

Hardly had the German reverse along
the Somme been reported than dispatches
began to tell of German retirement in
the Flanders sector. LOGON lie Cornet
Malo, Quentin, LIE Petit Paeaut and Le-
sart, little villages on the extreme west
ern tip of the Lys salient, have been
abandoned by the Germans and are now
held by the British. This is looked upon
as the carrying out of German with
drawal from the Lys salient, which has
been forecast in recent dispatches. The
ground held by the Germans in Flanders
Is very low and is dominated by the al
lied artillery and retirement there has
been expected.
In its larger aspects, the success of
the allies south of the Somme consti-
tutes very serious threat to the Ger
man line, especially to the southwark.
The advance has not so far weakened
the German positions northward toward
Arras, but the enemy finds himself in
an embarrassing position around Mont
didier, and from that town southeast
ward at least as far as the Oise river.
A further advance of the allies in Pic
ardy would outhank the whole German
line as far as the Oise and probably
cause an immediate retreat to positions
which can be linked up with the Aisne
line.
Artillery played little part in the sur
prise given the Germans by Marshal
Foch. Tanks were used in large mum
bers and, according to reports, most ef ,
fectively. Cavalry was brought in late
Thursday and succeeded in capturing
several villages and in rounding up scores
of prisoners. Field Marshal Haig has
not reported on the capture of guns and
prisoners, but announcement has been
made officially in London that early
Thursday 7,200 Germans and 100 guns
had been taken by the British and
French. Later unofficial reports bring
the total of prisoners to more than TO-
900, the French alone taking 5000.
Penetration of the enemy positions
has been greatest south of the Somme to
Plesssiers. This is directly east of Amiens
and Framerville, the farthest east
reached by the British up to late Thurs
day, is seven miles from the Peronne-
Rove road. North of the Somme the
British have had to fight hard for their
gains and the same has been true of the
French advance across the Ayre. Once
across the Avre, however, the Erench
moved forward rapidly.
The Peronne- -Roye road with its paral-
lei line of railroad runs north and south,
east of the advancing allied line, which
is bisected by the Amiens-Laon railroad.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-09

IL is the main enemy communication
line. With this in allied hands, or even
under short artillery range, the German
positions north to Arras and south and
east almost to Rheims would be in great
danger. Montdidier, the pillar of the
German positions where the battlefront
swings towards the east, is surrounded
on three sides.
Should Montdidier fall or the Peronne-
Roye road be cut, the German situation
bAtween Arras and Rheims would be
most difficult, military observers believe.
The first result probably would be a
withdrawal from Montdidier to Rheims
to the line of the Oise and the Aisne, or
perhaps to part of the old Hindenburg
line. The terrain before the allies is
rolling and rather difficult of defense,
except north Of the Somme
Important results have already been
achieved, although the Peronne -Roye
road has not been reached. Marshal
Foch has shown he retained the initia-
tive and forces to take the offensive.
Also Amiens and the northern railroad
are no longer under easy artillery range.
The present allied line tends to form
two pockets-one to the north and one
to the south-both of which become
more insecure as the advance continues.
Berlin says the British have forced
their way into the German positions be-
tween the Ancre and the Avre but gives
no details. German counter attacks
probably viii be stronger, now that the
enemy knows where he is being men
aced.
Along the Vesle there has been little
change in the situation. The Franco.
American pressure continues and sub
stantial forces are reported to be across
the Vesle ready to continue the advance
northward. The German positions here
depend somewhat, although not entirely,
on the situation in Picardy. 1t is not
yet in danger of being outflanked, but
unless the allies are checked promptly in
the north retirement to the north of
the Aisne would appear to be inevitable.
In northern Russia the allied troops
landed at Archangel are moving south
ward along the Vologda railroad The
bolsheviki, aided by some German units,
have retired to 20 miles south of Arch
angel.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-09
FRENCH ADVANCED
DEPTH OF FOUR MILES
Captured Nearly 5000 Prisoners with
Extremely Light Losses to
Themselves.

On the French Front in France, Aug,
e. (Havas) French troops on front
of four miles northwest Of Montdidier
have advanced to depth Of four miles
and captured nearly three thousand pris-
oners. Important material also was cap
tured. The advance was carried out with
extremely light losses.
The French front runs from the Avre
north to a point just south of the
Amiens- -Roye road, where it joins up
with the British.
The attention OF the Germans was
fixed on the Vesle attack when the new
offensive was opened. There was no re-
ply to the French artillery preparation,
which lasted as minutes.
German soldiers were captured while
harvesting grain in the fields, so COM
plete was the surprise. Morenil and
Morisel were carried by assault. The
difficulties of crossing the Avre were
over come rapidly, the French using
hastily constructed foot bridges. After
taking Breaches, the French captured La
Neuville and the series of hills dominat-
ing the plain beyond.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-09
FOURTEEN THOUSAND
PRISONERS TAKEN
And Guns Too Numerous to Mention,
Says British War Off1ce---Cavalry
Still Pursuing Enemy.

London, Aug. 9.--Fourteen thousand
prisoners and guns too numerous to men
tion have been taken in the British drive
on the front south of the Somme, says
to-day's war Office report The cavalry
still is pursuing the enemy. The allied
progress is continuing. The French have
taken Fresnoy Chaussee, while the
British have reached point east Of lie
Quesnel and Caix.
The Germans are eyacuating their po.
sitions in the Lys valley, on the Flanders
front. On the Lys front the British now
hold LOGON, lie Cornet Malo, Quentin,
LIE Petit Pacaut and Lesart. Above Lys
region, on the front north of KENNEL,
the British carried out local operation
last night in which their line was ad-
vanced somewhat on a front of more
than 1000 yards.
The Germans put up a vigorous resist
ance north of the Somme, the statement
shows, and there was heavy fighting be-
tween Chipilly and Morlancourt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-09
SLIPPED INTO QUARRY
HOLE AND VAS DROWNED
Freeman Clough, Seven -Year-old Lad of
Graniteville, Was Berrying When
the Accident Occurred.

Death by drowning in an abandoned
quarry hole between Graniteville and
Websterville was the fate of Freeman
Clough, aged seven, who went berrying
with other children of his ouu age yes
terday and accidentally slipped into the
water. His comrades, after they realized
what had happened to the Clough boy,
spread the alarm, but in their excitement
they were unable to point out which of
several quarry holes chained the lad as
its victim. The body has not been reeoy-
cred, although search instituted imme
diately after relatives of the lad and
neighbors had gathered at the Quarry
side is being prosecuted vigorously.
The boy was the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Abraham Clough, former residents of
Washington, who live in upper Granite
vile. Around IL o'clock little Freeman
and his companions started to hunt for
berries. Their way led toward the old
Henry Ellis quarry, SO called, and it is
believed that the child was drowned in
the immediate vicinity. According to the
affrighted youngsters who notified Mrs
Clough in mid afternoon that something
had happened, the Clough boy, after fill-
ing his pail, leaned out over the quarry
hole to look into the water. His foot
slipped and before he could save himself
he had fallen into the pool. Apparently
his companions are too young to realize
the tragic results of his fall, and in re
counting the circumstances they were un-
able to tell exactly where the accident
occurred.
I As soon as possible Mrs. Clough mott
fed her husband, and with neighbors he
instituted a search. Several quarry holes
were sounded, but circumstances related
by the children favor the Ellis quarry,
where the water is from 10 to 20 feet
deep.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-09
mo- oRGANTzE PHYSICIANS.
All State Doctors to Be Enrolled for War
Service.

Burlington, Aug. e.--An active drive is
under way to enlist every physician in
Vermont in the volunteer medical service
corps Of the United States, an emergen-
cy organization to utilize the services of
those for some reason not available for
active service.
The work is being done by the medical
section of the Vermont state committee
of national defense, of which DR. Henry
G. Tinkhsm is chairman and G. Fl. Beech
er, also of this city, secretary, Members
viii wear suitable insignia.
Application blanks for membership
have been received or are on the way to
every physician in the state and should
be returned at once to Secretary Beecher,
AZ North Winooski avenue, Burlington,
1t Is interesting to note that on July
Vermont stood seventeenth among the
states in proportion of medical men in
the service.
Since considerable addition has been
made to Vermont's contribution to the
new medical reserve corps.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-09
Y. ". c. A. CAMPAIGN PLANS.
Meeting to Be Held at Portland, Aug 10,
to Map Out Work.

New York, Aug. 9.--The campaign by
the Young Women's Christian associa-
tion to raise funds for war work win be
mapped out at meeting of the organi-
zation's war work council at Portland,
Me-, on Aug. 10, it was announced here
to-day. Mrs Endicott Peabody of Grot.
on, Mass, and Mrs. E. NJ. Townsend of
Oyster Bay, N. Y, win outline the pro-
gram of the hostess fousework for men
in army and navy camps. Mrs. James S.
Cushman of Newport, R. l., president of
the war work council, will preside. A
special appeal to society women from all
parts of the country who are summering
at Maine resorts will be made, soliciting
their cooperation.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-09
HARDw1cK MAN IN LIST.
Harley A. Smith, Reported Killed in Ac-
tion, but Io Years Old.

Hardwick, Aug. 0. = Harley A. Smith,
reported in to-day's casualty list as killed
in action, enlisted from Hsrdwick more
than year ago, going TO Fort Ethan
Allen. From there he went to Westfeld,
Mass, where he was transferred and
shipped overseas. He has no parents liv-
ing, but had made his home with Mrs.
Lizzie Fay of Mackville in this town. He
has two brothers, but neither of them re-
sides in Hardwick.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-09
BAKER URGES
DRAFT BILL
Secretary Wants It's Prompt
Enactment and Sept. 5 as
Registration Day
HE TOLD SENATE
MILITARY COMMITTEE
Without Extension We Will
Have to Invade the De-
ferred Glasses

Washington, Aug. 9.-Prompt enact
ment of the draft extension bill so that
Sept. 8 may be fixed as registration day,
as suggested by Provost Marshal General
Crowder, was urged to-day by Secretary
Of War Baker. Without the extension,
he told the Senate military committee,
it would be necessary to invade the de-
ferred classes.
Voluntary enlistment in the army OF
navy was suspended completely to-day
to prevent disruption of industry pend.
ing disposition of the bill proposing to
extend draft ages to include all men be.
tween lS and As years. Orders were il
sued by Secretaries Baker and Daniels
directing that no voluntary enlistments
be accepted after to-day until further
orders.
Secretary Daniels discussed with cor.
respondents to-day the order stopping
enlistments. With 100000 now at re-
cruiting stations and training camps and
another 25,000 at home awaiting call, he
said the navy has an abundance Of ma
terial Men enrolled up to yesterday
will be accepted, he explained and these
with the $4,000 waiting at home will be
called to the service when there is room
for them in the training camps and sta
tions
All recruiting stations may not be
closed, Mr. Daniels added, but their num-
Der probably win be greatly reduced and
most of the men sent back TO active
duty.
Since the man power bill was proposed
to Congress there has been heavy rush
to naval and marine corps recruiting
stations OF men who do not wish TO be
drafted. In many cases 1t is under
stood men of families and with large and
important business interests have sought
to enlist on the theory that eventually
they would be drafted into the army,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-09
TRAIN OBLIGED TO RETURN.
Wells River Local Out of Montpelier
Only Went to Plainfeld.

The NJ. & W. R. train out of Montpel-
ier this morning was able to proceed only
as far as PIainfeld when it had to re-
turn, reaching Montpelier at 1920 The
mixed train from Wells River, bringing
the daily papers was not expected to
reach Montpelier before 3 o'clock. A
freight engine went off a siding at East
Montpelier this morning, but not so as
to interfere with traffic on the main line.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-09
LENIiVE DECLARES
THAT VAR EXISTS
Between the Russian Government and
the Entente Allies-Statement Not
Declaration of War.

Washington, d. c., Aug, 9.-American
Consul Poole at Moscow has informed the
state department that Nikolai Jenine,
the bolsheviki premier, recently declared
before gathering of Soviets in Moscow,
that a state Of war existed between the
Russian government and the entente al
lies
In response to questions from the al
lied cousuls. Tchitcherin, commissary of
foreign affairs, said the premiera state
ment need not be considered declara.
tion of war, but that it rather was
declaration of state of defense on the
part of Russia, similar to the situation
that existed at one time with Germany.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-09
VOLUNTEER ENLIsTMENTs CLOSED
Both Army and Navy Recruiting Stations
at Montpelier Receive New Order.

Volunteer enlistment for service in any
branch of the United States army or
navy was closed at the recruiting sta
tions in Montpelier to-day, pursuant to
orders from the adjutant general of the
army and the central naval recruiting
station at Montpelier. Men already ac-
cepted for enlistment in the army are to
be forwarded for completion of their en-
listment without delay. Men passed by
the navy station physician up to and in
GLIDING Thursday, Aug. S, must present
themselves for forwarding to the central
station not later than Tuesday, Aug, l3.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-09
Declines to Sell Ball Team.

Hartford, Conn, Aug. 9,-James H
Clarkin, owner Of the Hartford Eastern
league baseball team, announced to-day
that he had declined an offer contained
in telegram from President ]. Fl. Far
rell of the international league to oper.
ate one of the franchises of the latter
organization in this city until Labor day
One transfer was made in the Interna.
tional circuit during the week, the Sy-
racuse, N. ", club moving to Hamil.
ton, Ont.