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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-10
ENEMY LOCAL
ATTACKS BEATEN
German Efforts in Villers-Bretonneux
Area Were Squelched By the
British.

London, July lO.-Considerable activ-
fly was developing early to-day by the
German artillery and machine guns in
the region east of Amiens, from the vi
cinity of Villers- Bretonneux to the
Anere, says to-day's war office report.
The Germans delivered local attacks in
the Villers- -Bretonneux area, but these
were repulsed
On the Flanders front the British car.
ried out an operation in the vicinity of
Merris, northeast of Nieppe wood, by
means of which the line was advanced a
short distance and prisoners were taken.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-10
PLOT SUSPICIOUS
Caused Arrest of Two Austrians at Roeb
ling, N. J., To-day.

Trenton, n j., July lO--Suspected of
plotting to dynamite or otherwise de-
stroy the large wire mills of the John A.
Roebling Sons company, near here, Er.
win f. Eronowsky, a druggist and for
merly lieutenant in the Austrian army,
was arrested to-day. With him was ar
rested Ladslaw Romanowsky, who is be-
ing held as a material witness by federal
authorities.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-10
FRENCH DESTROYED
SEVEN FOE PLANES
AND TWO BALLOONS
Artillery Duels Reported North of Mont
didier and South of the Aisne,
Where French Have Re-
Gently Gained.

Paris, July lo.--Artillery duels on the
front north of Montdider and south of
the Aisne, near Chayigny farm, where
French troops recently have made in
roads upon the German lines, were an
nounced by the war office to-day.
The statement adds: "0n July s sew
en- German airplanes were brought down
and two captive balloons set on fire and
destroyed by our air forces"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-10
ITALIANS ARE ADVANCING.
Have Beaten Back the Enemy in the Al
banian Battlefield.

Rome, July l0--The Italian troops
on the offensive in Albania are contin-
uing their advance, the war office an
nounced to-day. The enemy in yester-
days fighting was beaten back on both
sides of the 0sum river
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-10
PART OF CREW LANDED
After Being Taken Off Wrecked Three
Masted Schooner.

Montevideo, Uruguay, July l0.-Part
of the crew of the American three-mast,
ed schooner Adelia T. Carleton, which
grounded Saturday near La Paloma, was
landed to-day by government tug. The
captain of the tug reported several men
were left on the island of Flores, III
from exposure.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-10
A FEW WARRANTS PAID.
That Was Gist of Business Done by
Barre Aldermen.

Another record was hung up by the
aldermanic board last evening, when the
members, after convening for their reg
gular weekly session, adjourned within
FIVE minutes after President Loranger
called his colleagues to order. Usually
it takes riot or a general alarm of fire
to get the city fathers to evacuate be-
fore O'Clock at the earliest. The fol-
lowing warrants were approved for pay
ment: Street payroll $36S.59; engi-
neering payroll, $36.Sl water payroll,
1871; fire payroll, $l5l.O9; assessors
payroll, $72; g. A. Bemis, Sl6, services
as ianitor; G. L. Gregware, Sls202, to
apply on cement sidewalk contract; D.
Nj. Gilbertson, $3.50, services as wiring
inspector. The inspectors monthly re-
port, referring to 20 minor wiring per
mits issued was read and accepted, ad-
iournment following Immediately.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-10
NEW ARCHBISHOP.
Most Reverend Dennis J. Dougherty
Was Enthroned.

Philadelphia, July lO-The Most Rev.
erend Dennis j. Dougherty was to-day
enthroned as archbishop of the See of
Philadelphia and the province of Penn
sylvania. The ceremony took place in
the Roman Catholic cathedral Cardinal
Gibbons officiated.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-10
AUSTRIA DECLINES
TO ACCEPT GERMAN
ARMY COMMANDER
Will Not Permit Won Below to Take the
Command Because Germany Did Not
Send Troops to Italian Front.

Rome, July l0,--Austria has declined
to accept the German general, Otto Won
Below, as commander in-chief Of forces
on the Italian front, because Germany
refused to send Il German divisions with
him, according to the newspaper Epoca,
which bases the statement on adyices
from a Swiss source. Austria, it adds,
temporarily has given up the idea of re-.
venging herself for her recent defeat by
Italy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-10
BULGARIANS DESERVING.
Army Conditions Unbearable and Hope
of Victory vanishes.

London, July l0.-Desertions from the
Bulgarian army on the Macedonian front
are increasing, the Italy French head
quarters in Macedonia informs the Sa.
loniki correspondent of The Times.
The deserters say conditions in Bul-
garia have become unbearable and that
hopes of an ultimate victory have van.
ished. lnsubordination in the Bulgarian
army has increased.
The submarines in the Mediterranean
are declared to be failure, the report
says.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-10
JEWS ORDERED OUT.
And Stores in Finland Ordered Not to
Serve Them.

Stockholm, July lO.-The Finnish
government has ordered all Jews ex.
PEELED from Finland by Sept 10 and has
ordered all stores to deny food to Jews,
according to reports received at the jew
ish Press bureau here The Finnish
Jews have issued an appeal to the world
for assistance.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-10
KERCHOO! KERCHOO!
THE KAISER HAS
"INFLOO-EN-ZIE''
His Royal Highness, Ruling by "Divine
Right" Doctrine, Falls Victim to a
Real Plebian Disease-WeIl!
Well! WE'LL

Rome; July l0.-Emperor William him
self has fallen victim to the influenza
that has been so prevalent in the German
army, according to the advices from a
Swiss source that have reached the
Epoca.
Several members of the emperor's fam
lily also are suffering from the same NAL
ady, it is reported.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-10
CORP. BUCKLEY GETS
OUT OF GERMANY
American Who Was in the French Avia-
tion Service Was Captured by the
Germans at Verdun.

Paris, July lO.--Corp. Everett Buckley
of Kilburne, ILL.,, an aviator in the French
service who was captured by the Ger
mans at Verdun, has escaped from Ger
many. According to despatch from Zu-
rich to lie Journal he reached Switzer-
land Tuesday morning.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-10
VERMONT MAN NAMED.
William H. Munsell of Springfield Pro-
NOTED to Captain.

Washington, D. c., July lO.-The war
department yesterday announced the ap-
pointment of First Lieutenant Lawrence
Clayton, in the National Guard, in the
service of the United States, as captain
in the officers reserve corps, with as
signment to the 26th division. First Lieu
tenant William H. Munsell, National
Guard, was named a captain in the Ma
tional Guard, and First Lieutenant VIII
n. Thompson, National Guard, as cap
tain in the officers reserve corps. Both
were assigned to the 28th division.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-10

Dispatches from Rome through Paris
on July 7 reported that Germany intend
ru sending three army corps to the aid of
Austria, TO be under General Otto Won
Below as commander chief on the Ital.
ian front Reports from Zurich several
days earlier declared General Won Below
had been appointed commander in.chief,
but there has been no official coniirma.
tion that such a change in command has
been effected or was contemplated.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-10
AVIATOR MISSING.
Lieut.. De Gramont, Commander of the
American Squadron.

Paris, July 10 tHavas agency).-Lieu.
tenant De Gramont, commander of a
squadron of American aviators, disap-
peared recently during patroling expe.
dition, according to The Matin. The lieu.
tenant was son of a member of the
Academy of Science and previously had
been attached to the British armies as
officer interpreter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-10
A SOVIET THREAT.
To Ally with Germany in Case of Anglo
Japanese Intervention in Russia

Amsterdam, July 10. A declaration
shat the Soviet government of Russia
would ally itself with Germany in case
of Anglo Japanese Intervention in Rms.
sia is contained in a Moscow wireless
message printed in the Vienna Neue
Freie Presse, says despatch to the Ber.
lin Lokal Anzeiger.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-10

When Corporal Buckley, who was a
member of the Lafayette flying corps,
first disappeared last September, it was
reported he had been killed Paris friends
denied this, and in November it was as
certained that Buckley was a prisoner
in Germany after having been wounded
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-10
Local Attacks in That Region Were
Followed by Bombardment of Con-
siderable Intensity Over Stretch
of One eighth of Mile
THE ALLIES RECENTLY MADE SOME
, RATHER EXTENSIVE GAINS THERE

bly,, Leon Trotzky, minister of war, said,
according to despatch from Basel this
morning: Russia is on the eve of gem
eral military service conception" Trot-
zky also emphasized the necessity of
Russia having powerful army.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-10
Funeral of Owen Locke in waterbury

Waterbury, July 1O.-The funeral of
Owen Locke, who died at the Hays san
atorium in Burlington Monday night,
will be held Thursday afternoon at |
o'clock at the residence of Mrs. Albert
Spencer of Main street.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-10
ENEMY FELL IN FLAMES
And Lieut.. James A. Meyssner of Brook
lyn, Winner, Becomes Ace.

With the American Army in France,
July 10 (by the Associated Press -
Lieutenant James A. Meyssner of Brook
lyn won his fifth aerial victory, thereby
becoming an ace, by bringing down, in
company with Lieutenant Hamilton Cool.
idge of Boston, an enemy two seated air.
plane over Chateau Thierry. The Ger.
man machine fell in flames. The victory
has been officially confirmed
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-10
NO GERMAN FLAGS.
Were to Be Seen in Holiday Celebration
at Buenos Aires.

Buenos Aires, Tuesday, July 9.-The
feature of the Argentinian independence
day celebration here to-day was the alb.
sence of German flags, which had been
numerous on other occasions.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-10
POWERFUL ARMY NEEDED
BY Russia, Declared War Minister Trot-
zky at Soviet Assembly.

Paris, July l0.-Speaking at the open
ing to-day of the Russian Soviet assem-
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-01-31
PUTTING MEN THROUGH
PAGES FOR PHILLIPS

CAPTAIN Thoburn Taggart OF the o
N U basketball squad is grooming his
men for their game Friday night with
the Phillips university cagers. The
recent winning Of the basketball squad
over Central and Southwestern Nor
nal teams has caused Methodist Uni
vorsity athletic stock to soar well
above par, with consequent large at
tendance by local basketball fans.
Friday nights game in the o M U
gymnasium promises to be fast and
exciting, with victory assured for the
local college-li confidence counts for
anything. The game will be called
promptly at s o'clocb.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-01-31
BROOKS LOCATES SOFT
CORN IN KANSAS

Norman, Okla, Jan 31-Dr Brooks,
federal food adm ,nistrator has just
returned from conference with food
administration officials at Wichita. He
reports that in eastern Kansas and
Nebraska there are large quantities of
soft corn which the farmers are very
anxious to sell at very moderate
price but most of this corn must be
used within 80 days.
The condition, however, is such
that it cannot safely be purchased ex-
cept by personal inspection and the
danger in its purchase lies in delay
ir transportation, particularly after it
is loaded n the cars The food ad-
ntni jtration at Washington has ar
ranged to make a special offer to Sc
cure the placing Of cars and promise
OF every possible help in this matter
has been given from Wash .ngton.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-01-31
TEACHING TRADES
FOR BOYS IN ARMY
State Will Undertake Mechanical
Training For Conscripted Men;
Government May Place Stu
dents On Payroll

The state Of Oklahoma will es.ab-
lsh workship for the m echani2al
training of boys who are to go 10 the
cantonments in the coming draft The
preparation of conscripted men so
far as possible, for occupations nee1-
ed by the army will be given the
men in classes i and before they
leaves their homes, according 20
resolution passed by the state board
of vocational education.
The extent of this training will. de-
pend upon federal cooperation, the
board having asked military authori-
ties to place these young men uadcr
ray while learning fifty trades which
comprise the army and navy colrsrs.
The aviation corps alone wants TO-
600 trained men.
With federal aid three or four large
centers may be establlJhed in Okla
Iona where competent instructors
will be engaged. The University Of
Oklahoma and the A en- college have
placed their plants to the disposal Of
the vocational education board. The
Rock Island offers Its railroad shops
AZ El Reno Other proffers have been
made.
Director S NJ Barrett expects to
have the schools in operation on or
Immediately after January 90 In the
event federal aid is not forthcoming
az many young men in these CLASSES
will be trained as will volunteer to
attend at the large centers at their
own expense.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-01-31
NEARLY million GERMAN WORKNEN
IN PEACE STRIKE, ISSUE ULT|MATUN
100000 Chinese
Coolies Behind
Lines In France

Three hundred thousand Chinese
coolies in France working behind
the lines must be returned to their
native China dead or alive.
This was the statement today OF
Bishop Wilson S Lewis, who has
Just returned to Washington from
the Dragon empire.
when left China three months
ago they told me there were 5OO'-
OlO coolies in France and more
were going over all the time. nrany
miss onaries went with them at the
governments request because hey
knew Chinese and could interpret
orders. The Canadian missions are
greatly depleted and the American
missions are now being drawn ue-
on. The French government is
under contract to return the coolies
to China dead or alive"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-01-31
MERCHANTS AGREE TO
CLOSE STORES EARLY
Six O'clock Rule Has Been
Adopted and All Store Keep
ers Will Periodically
Adhere To 1t

Beginning Monday, February 4, ali
grocery stores and meat markets In
the city will open for business in the
morning at o'clock and close prompt
ly at G each evening with the excep-
tion Of Saturday evening, when the
stores above named will open at Z
and close at 8.
All clothing stores and dry goods
stores, department stores, hardware
and furniture stores will open each
morning at o'clock and with the ex-
ceptino of Saturday night will close
promptly at G O'Clock. On Saturday
nights the stores will remain open un-
til o'clock, but will close promptly
at that hour.
The above agreement was entered
into at an enthusiastic meeting held
at the city hall. Every merchant in
the city has agreed to the rule.
The new rule adopted follows a
suggestion made by President Wilson
and conservation officers, that IL the
store keepers throughout the nation
will adopt such rule 1t will give
clerks a better chance to put In and
cultivate a garden spot at home, there
by lnsuring a greater supply Of food
stuff. Clerks who are kept at work
until late hours can not do this. and
as all merchants in Guthrie are pa
triotic this new closing hour rule will
not be violated.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-01-31
Low GAS RETARDS
PRINTING

Owing to low gas pressure The
Leader is experiencing trouble In
getting the regular daily editions
to press. In the Leader composing
'ooms gas is burned On the battery
of Merganthaler linotype machines
the gas pressure is practically nil,
therefore the usual output Of the
machines is stinted. Likewise.
cold composing and press rooms
greatly hinder printing. Readers
OF the Leader are asked to De pa
tient IL delivery is irregular dur
ing the blizzardly spell. Six-page
paper will be the order for few
days until normal conditions OBJ
tain.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-01-31
American Again Engage
Huns In Battle.

London Jan 3l-The second time
since the American troops entered the
front lines in France their position
has been raided by the Germans.
After violent artillery barrage and
during heavy fog the enemy attack
ed an American position on an an
named sector OF the French from
" ednesday morning. Two Americans
were killed, four wounded and one Is
missing 1t Ia believed that the miss.
ing soldier is German prisoner.
On the sector which was raided havo
occurred the casualties sent out from
Wash gton during the past few days.
American cannon and machine guns
have replied to the Germans and 1t
Is believed their casualties equal or
exceed those among General PERISH
irg's troops. In the first raid on Nov
the American losses we're three
killed and five wounded and liz madc
prisoners by the enemy.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-01-31
GUTHRIE FREIGHT HOUSES
CLOSE AT 4:30 =. NJ

Effective Feb /, complying with an
orCer from the special committee on
national defense the freight houses in
Guthrie will close at 4:30 m, each
week day excepting Saturday whe..
the closing hour will be p m.
This order Is made effective at all
johbing centers IN Oklahoma so that
there may be no undue advantage
gwen any particular iobbing point.
Signed, H T Anderson, A T & S f;
D A Rainsburg, c r & p; Chas
Taylor, M. X & T.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-01-31
|COUNTY AND CITY
OFFICES ARE CLOSED
Schools Dismissed; Many Stores
Close; Wood and Coal
Scarce; Coal Oil Stoves
Popular

All county and city offices and
many of the stores closed before noon
today on account of the gas shortage.
All schools were dljmissed. There
Is but little coal in the city and deal
ers refuse to sell to anyone who has
gas connections. There are too many
people in the city who depend upon
coal and wood for heat, to divide the
limited amount of coal on hand to
all, said one dealer.
Early in the day the supply OF coal
oil stoves were exhausted. Said one
dealer: Il could have sold fifty
stoves II had them; there is no
wood In town and very little coal"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-01-31
BILLINGS FUNERAL SERVICES
:. TO BE HELD FRIDAY

Funeral services will be held at
Patterson & Paymal's undertaking es-
adjustment Friday afternoon at 2:30
for the late Joseph Billings. The SER
vices will be conducted by Rev A B
Nicholas, chaplain, assisted by the To-
cal G A r Of which he was an hon.
ored member and the w r C. The
remains will be taken to Arkansas
City for interment.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-01-31
GUARANTY FUND
WARRANTS NONTAXABLE

Guaranty fund warrants were held
non able today by the supreme
court. The legislature OF 1918 in pass
ing a law declaring these warrants
n-assessable acted within It's con
stitutional authority, the court held.
Guaranty fund warrants are held by
the court as "instrumentalites Of gov
ernment," and the state las a right to
exempt them from taxation. Many
banks have inyesed in these warrants.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-01-31
FATHER DIES FROM
BULLET FIRED BY SON
Thirteen Year Old Lad Uses a
Rifle With Deadly Effect
In Defense of His
Mother

st Joseph, Mo, Jan 31-Defending
his mother from attack, Christian E
Ellinger, 13 year old son Of William
Ellinger last night shot and fatally
wounded his father.
Mrs Ellinger has been separated
from husband, but last night entered
his store accompanied by her son. An
alteration followed and the man is
alleged to have struck his wife. The
boy picked up rifle from the stores
stock and shot him through the head.
He and his mother have been ar
rested.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-01-31
COUNTY SPELLING CONTEST
TO Be HELD SATURDAY
More Than Hundred Students
From Over County Expected
To Participate; At High
School Building

The annual county spelling contest,
always an event of great interest
among rural students, VIII be held
this time at the Guthrie high school
building on Saturday, Feb /, at eleven
o'clock.
Each school in the county is en-
titled to send one contestant. There
will probably be more than 100 pupils
elter the contest. Those pupils who
are eligible to enter contest must be
do 'ng satisfactory work in the grades
o. the rural or village schools Of
Logan county. No pupil who has
passed the eighth grade examination
can particir ate in the contest
A committee to be selected by the
teachers in attendance will act as
Judges and will settle all questions
that may arise and their decision shall
be final.
In the first trial in spelling there
shall be writrten 100 words, to be
selected from common sense speller.
beginning with par II. The pupil re-
ceiving the highe,t grade will be de-
clared the county champion speller for
1918 and is therefore eligible to enter
the state spelling contest to be held
a; Oklahoma City sometime in March.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-01-31
EIGHTEEN ENEMY AIR-
PLANES ARE BROUGHT
DOWN BY INTREPID
ROMANS, WHO HOLD
SUPREMACY OF
THE AIR
GERMANS SINK So
U. S. VESSELS IN YEAR
LOSSES TOTAL 171,06t GROSS
TONS; TOLL OF U-BOATS,
MINES, AND RAIDERS;
AMERICANS SEIZE
MUCH REPRISAL
TONNAGE
BULLETIN.

Rome, Jan 31--italian troops have
again made great strides on northern
mountain front and have broke Into
the enemy lines for a distance Of sew
eral miles. SO far 5000 Austrans
have been captured, 10000 have been
killed and wounded and eighteen ene-
my plains have been brought down.
The italians have held the mastery
of the air everywhere. More than
1000 large and small cannon have
been taken. The morale Of the ltal-
ian army Is excellent, while that Of
tile enemy Is said to be very bad.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-01-31
Hamburg In Power of the Strikers.

Hamburg In Power Of the Strikers.
London Jan 31-The cessation OF
work in Hamburg is now virtually
complete, according to a Daily Tele-
graph dispatch from Amsterdam The
strike has extended from the Vulcan
Shirbuild ng works in Hamburg 20
the works of the Blohm and Vose,
another large sh,pbullding concern.
7 he strikers demand an immediate
peace on the basis of no anneXatons
and no indemnities.
Munlton Factories To
Ee Tied Up.
Accoring to some reports, the strike
involves number of munition fac
tories and some submarine wharve3
but up to this time the railway and
transportation services have not been
involved 1t is not clear whether it
Is a strike or demonstration for only
few days or an actual cessation Of
work. The Vorwaerts in scathng
article asks whether the Germans
ought to laugh or cry while hundreds
ot thousands of workers have left the
factories, the Prussian diet should be
discussing such un important matters
as whether the crown prince and 9TH
er princes should be life members Of
the upper house.
The Gerrlan union Of labor an Ex-
change 7 .sgra-h dispatch from Am
sterdam says, has issued an anti
strike leaflet, declaring that England
ard America only await the moment
when Germany is weakened by inter-
nal strife to fall upon Germany and
ruin her trade and smash German
competition. The special says.
I'VE want no hunger peace There
fore, down with mass strikes. Our
future Is at stake"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-01-31
INCREASE SHOWN ~
BRITISH SHIPPING LOSSES

London, Jan 91-An increase in
R7it' 'sh shipping losses is shown in
the official summary issued last night
which reports the destruction of ni"e
YES iels of more than 1000 tons and
six of lesser tonnage.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-01-31
LOCAL BUSINESS STOPS FOR DAY

A verbal proclamation by Mayor
Hartman Thursday morning closed all
stores, city and county offices and
schools, account Of low gas pressure.
The picture shows remained open
with a struggle All gas was diverted
to the homes