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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-20
BARRE WOMAN PRESIDENT.
OF Sons of Veterans Auxilisry-Elected
in Burlington.

Al the division encampment of the
Sons Of Veterans auxiliary. held at Bur
lington April u and 10. the following
officers were elected and installed Pres
ident. Clara 4. Perry, Barre; vieepres-
idcnt. Adenia Davenport. SaXtons River
counsel. Eugeuis Frssier, Springfield.
Mollic Barnard. Brandon, Bertha Hill,
Montpelier. treasurer. Lulu Blanchard.
Montpelier; patriotic instructor. Ariesss
Meighan. lyndonville: chaplain, Guerie
Baker. Rochester; inspector, Jessie Arch
er. Chester: @ and Y. officer, Maud
Fitch, Wilmington; press correspondent.
lola Rollins. Barre national delegate,
Oriessa Meighan. Lyndonville: alternate.
Jennie Warren, Montpelier; delegate al
large. Mollie Barnard, Brandon; alter
nate. Doris Baker. Rochester.
The sons of Veterans auxiliary. No. ;.
u barre. won the - IN gold offered bv
the division president to the auxiliary
.aking IN the largest number of new
from Feb. ] 10 April u. Barre
auxiliary taking IN a.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-20

mands laid out trench work. then pro
ceeded to. Demuin and WIS assigned see.
tor of defensive line which was con
structed and manned by them. then
moved to position in the line near War
fusee- Abancourt and extending TO north
side of Bois de ToiIauw The commands
started for this position March q and
occupied il until April 3. during this
time the commanding officer Of a unit
Of United States engineers being in
command Of the sub-sector occupied bv
his troops. This command was in more
or less continuous action during its STAY
in this position. On April , the com
mand WAS ordered to fall back 10 Alb
beviiie
The casualties during the period.
March p 90 April were. officers. killed
?; wounded ;. men killed 20; wounded
-; - men reported missing. bat il j.
believed BY the British authorities that
they we're not ell captured. and thar
many Of them we're separated from their
command and are nos with other British
This report ~ ea.ualti.--
doe Hpt ounsider one detschmcnt 81 81
-nsn frem uhich ~ usport has heen rc-
oeirc1
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-20
BIC VAR CONFERENCE
nv MONTPELIER NAY 10
Speakers of National and International
Repute Are to Be Secured TO Pre-
sent Widest Perspective
of the War.

Vermont will hold second state war
convention at Montpelier, Friday, May
| 10. Last September, Vermont held at
Rutland the first state war convention of
its kind The British, French, Italian
and Japanese governments were repre-
sented and special representative of
the federal food administrator was pres
ent. Every effort is being made to Sc
cure the ablest speakers in America TO
give us first hand information of condi-
tions in Europe and America and to
make this second convention even better
than the first and the best ever held in
the state.
The convention is designed to provide
opportunity for all active war workers
to meet. exchange views and coordinate
their plans and TO acquire increased in
spiration from men who have a national
and international perspective of the war,
and to discuss local progress and local
needs.
This win the war conference which is
planned by the Vermont committee OF
public safety is one of a series of big
meetings being held in every
state from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
These war conferences start in New Jer-
sey May 6. and are held in Massaehu
setts May I, in Maine the Sth, in New
Hampshire the 9th, in Vermont on Fri
day. May 10, at Montpelier, and in Con-
necticut the llth The council of ma
tional defense has agreed TO furnish
speakers OF national reputation.
The public safety committee of New
England has been a pioneer in organiz-
ing for public defense and war work. |
Headquarters in Washington expect |
great results from this war conference |
plan and Vermont must make the sue
,ess of this convention which has char
scterized her initiative and determination |
IN every war activity.
1t is particularly important that all
var workers in the state, men and wom-
IN alike, attend the conference. All
members of the Vermont committee of
public safety, including district and local
the entire personnel of the
tate food, state fuel farmers war coun
il and food production administrations,
,ublic service reserve, four minute men,
var savings and Liberty loan commit
ees, Red Cross, health officers, editors,
Knights OF Columbus, Salvation Army
nd " NJ. c. A. committees, all federal
nd state officials, county agents, clergy ,
len, teachers and superintendents, and
II persons are urged to attend the Yer /,
lont war convention at Montpelier, May !
0, 1915
Leighton p. Slack, Chairman,
Joseph &. Brown, Secretary
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-20
VAR SCHOOLS PLANNED
At UNIV. OF VERMONT.
Government Will Send SOS Men to Bur
lington Early in May to Train for
Special Service-Signal Corps
to Continue There.

Burlington, April 20.-0ne week after
commencement at the University of Yer
mont, the first week in MAY. 365 men
win come to receive training as automo-
bile mechanics. carpenters. machinists
and blscksmiths in the military service
Two schools Of two months each will be
held covering the period Of Nav Is to
Sept. -.
This contingent with the signal corps
men will make CSC men IN army uniform
ar the university. The mechanics to be
sent here are all drafted men. They
viii be trained under the direction Of
the Vermont college OF engineering. The
college baseball cage viii be turned into
a big garage for the automobile school.
and Centennial field and the back campus
utilized 10 train truck drivers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-20
EIGHT BARRE
MEN DRAWN IN
NEW DRAFT
Washington County Exemption Board
Had to Use % Numbers in Order TO
Get the County's Draft Quota of
10 Men-Men to Assemble
on May /.

Barre and Barre Town contribute eight
of the IL men who will respond to the
most recent call of the government, the
men to mobilize at Montpelier May'l and
leave the following day for Fort Slocum
~. Y. Montpelier, Marshheld, Northficld
Plainfield and Waterbury furnish one
each, In making the draft il was neces-
sary to use 9s numbers, indicating that
many men have self-indueted into some
service. The names of men, their num-
bers and their residences are as follows:
$50 Faust Bignamio, Barre.
25s Nathan A. Copeland, Barre.
273 Charles Isaac Harroun. Plainfeld.
29l William Gray Cumming, Barre Town.
295 Henry Arthur Shambo, Montpelier.
296 Harry William Vassar. Northfeld.
300 Henry Nelson Brown, Barre.
1907 Clifford L. Messer, Waterbury.
300 Louis jacques, Barre.
81 John Bottaro, Barre.
3l6 Jose Antonio Medeiros, Marshfeld.
$40 Donate Coletti, Barre.
32s Giovanni Brunelli, Barre.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-20
BRITISH TOOK
PRISONERS
And Along with Them Nine
Machine Guns and Trench
Mortar in a Local Opera
ton South of the Scarpe
River - Germans Held to
a Complete Standstill for
the Day

London, April 20.-On the Flanders
battlefront the British have elected the
Germans from the advanced positions
gained by them in Thursdays attack in
the region of Givenchy and Festubert,
the war office announced to-day. The
British regained all their objectives, ad.
vaneing their defense and establishing
their position.
Nine machine guns, trench mortar
and prisoners were taken by the British
in a local operation yesterday south of
the Scarpe river. A German counter
attack was repulsed.
In sharp fighting southeast of Robecq
the British drove back German attack
ing parties
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-20
BURN NOT SERIOUS
BUT WILL STOP GOLF
President Wilson's War Casualty" Will
Keep Him OFF the Links for at
Least a Month.

Washington, d. c., April 2O.-The burn
on his left hand received by President
Wilson yesterday when he grasped hot
exhaust pipe as he climbed from the
British tank Brittania after his ride will
prevent his playing golf for at least
month The burn was giving him some
pain to-day but is not believed to be Sc
rious.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-20
FRENCH BROKE
UP NEW RAID
Germans Launched Opera
tion in Region of Han
gard-en-Santerre, South
east of Amiens, and Failed
Completely - The French
Succeeded in Taking Num-
Der of Prisoners

Paris, April 20.--German troops last
night launched raiding operation
against the French lines in the region of
Hangard- -Santerre, southeast of
Amiens. The effort was failure, the
war Office announced to-day. The French
took prisoners.
The artillery has been active along
the southern battle line between Las
signy and Noyon.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-20
TO FORECLoSE ON HOTEL.
Creditors Try to Get Hold of Lake Dun
more Property.

Rutland April 2O-A. bill in chancery
has been instituted in Rutland county
court by Ira w. Shapiro of Boston and
Frank w. Williams of Brandon to fore
close Lake Dunmore hotel property at
Lake Dunmore. The hotel, which has
been in the hands of receivers, is known
to hundreds of tourists.
Mr.. Shapiro claims that mortgage
on the property for $4,000 has been
transferred to him. Mr.. Williams, a
Brandon attorney, is interested in a
81, 900 note.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-20
TO KEEP PRODUCTS
Away FROM ENEMY
American War Trade Board Issued Re-
vised Enemy Trading List Contain
ing 5000 Names.

Washington, D. c., April 2o--A re-
vised enemy trading list, containing
more than 5000 names and for the first
time including enemy firms in European
neutral countries, issued by the war
trade board to-day, was established in
conjunction with Great Britain and
France to unity the allies efforts to keep
their products from reaching the enemy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-20
PARADED FOR LIBERTY LOAN.
New YORK National Guard to the Nun
Der Of 1900 Marched in New.York.

New Nork~-aHril 20.-As = stimulus
10 the Liberty lgsn campaign. lSNU
81 the New York National Guard parad-
ID IN TO- different communities through
ouf the state 70 day. Gov. Whrrsau
reviewed the psrsde of ihc frst brigade
up F5fth steuae-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-20
GERMANS CLAIM NOTHING.
They Say There Is Nothing to Report on
the Battlefront.

Berlin, via London, April 20.--"There
is nothing new to report from the bat
tie 'front.'" says the communication is
sued by the war office last night. After
their failure yesterday the French have
not renewed their attacks northeast of
Moreuil
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-20
WANT 2O,OOO.OOO
TO BUY BONDS
And Thus 0vertop Germsny's Popular
Subscription to the War, National
Committee Issues Appeal

Washington, d. c., April 20.--A review
issued to-day by the national Liberty
loan headquarters, with the campaign
half finished, appeals to the people to
make Americas Liberty loans overtop
Germany's popular war credits. Il ex-
presses the hope that 20,0O0,000 individ-
uals will subscribe to the third loan.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-20
BILLION AND QUARTER
Subscriptions for Liberty Loan as An
nounced By Treasury.

Washington, D. C., April 2O.--The sub.
scriptions to the Liberty loan have
reached 81 ,23s, ,09s,050, the treasury an
nounced to-day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-20
NO CASUALTIES.
And Little Damage Done in Paris By
German B0mbardment.

Paris April Yesterday long
rang bonhsrdmeut II Paris resulted IN
M casualties and did little damage. Only
fhree shells uere fred
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-20

Washington county court will recon
yene next Tuesday, morning when the
court cases ON the trial calendar viii be
taken up. The first case set for hearing
is the contested divorce case of Rilla
Blondin VS.. Seymour Blondin, intolerable
severity and refusal TO support. 1t is
alleged Blondin is in contempt OF court
now by not complying with the courts $
order as to the payment Of alimony.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-20
A POurd Of sugar to a Person.

Sugar viii ~ sold IN Barre untH fur
ther n5s ~, = pound - csch persea. pr
pesk- ou sugar card. or two pounds q
blo~n o. powdered t. = Fsrsoa-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17

Finely Mercerized Armure Portieres,
finished with plain or silk braid
edge Choice of rose. brown.
green or blue. These are slight
~ defective in the weave.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17
ST. ST. F Fa:;;ere.. $9.95

Choice of blue, gold, brown or
green. A handsome and arts
tic door hanging for the best
room in the house.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record., 1918-06-13
Farm Help Short in the Rockville
Neighborhood.

The Rockville News says that farm
help is SO scarce in that part OF the
county that {. III. Kensinger of route
has only one son at home and in
ability tc get help already has forced
him to abandon 20 acres OF fine corn
and job Of harvesting 65 acres OF
wheat is looming up ahead. He ap-
pealed to Sheriff Joe Baker for Jail
birds, offering to pay their fines and
sweetenll1g them with wages, ice tea,
etc, in the fields, but nothing doing,
as the people OF Bates county are too
spcrous-Duying automobiles and
the like. to steal, and far too busy TO
start any rough, houses and murder
people. Even all Butler gamblers
have closed up shop and needed the
raspins call to the farm. Gaming
house landlords in Butler, it is init
mated, have been struck with guilty
conscience and are disposed to aid in
4eoscnng up resorts OF questionable
worth to the community by refusing
rent renewals:
The News man must be mistaken
about the last part OF his story, be-
cause Butler landlords that rent their
premises for such purposes. ii there
should be any, have no conscience.
Perhaps he meant Rich Hill. Ne
vada or some other place, but surely
not Butler.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record., 1918-06-13
CROWDER ORDERS NEW
DRAFT LIST PROBE
Believes Many Have Escaped Class I
by Making Ungrounded Claims.

Washington. June with the
double purpose OF increasing the num-
Der OF men available for military serv-
ice and insuring fairer administra-
ton oi the sclective service law, Pro-
voSt Marshal General Crowder today
telegraphed governors of all states,
asking immediate reinvestigation of
the draft classification lists every
where.
Class /, already exhausted in some
localities by the repeated calls, con-
tains 2S.7 per cent OF all the regis
trants. according to the national aver
age. but percentages in the $500 local
exemption board districts vary ma
terially, both up and down from the
average figures.
By Stacker marriages" and un-
grounded claim of right to industrial
or agricultural exemption, Gen. Crow
der believes some registrants have
imposed upon the burdened local
boards to escape service, while in
other districts an application of the
regulations has been perhaps stricter
than is intended. The governors and
the appeal agents are asked to inves-
tigate and upon evidence to ask
boards to reclassify meH: Assistance
of the public through supplying in
formation to the boards also is asked.
1t was said today that with the
gradual exhaustion of Class un-
skilled farm laborers whom the
boards have been allowed to place at
its bottom will have to go to canton
ments. There will be no change in
this policy and the only relief, it is
declared, will come from enforce,
ment of the "work-or-fight" order
generally. 4
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record., 1918-06-13
April 6, 1917, to American citizens,
required to register.

April 6, 1917, to American citizens,
required to register.
Each registrant must provide four
unmounted photographs of herself,
not larger than 3x3 inches in size, on
thin paper, with a light background.
The photograph shall be of the shoul-
ders and full face, without hat or
other head covering. Each photo
graph shall be signed across the face
thereof so as not to obscure the fea-
lures, if the registrant is able to
write.
Registrant must present herself be-
fore the registration officer who took
her affidavit, not earlier than 10 days
nor later than IS days from the last
day of the registration period to OBJ
tain registration card.
No German alien women registered
or required to register shall change
her place of residence within another
registration district without per-
NIT Application for such permit
must be made by the woman to the
registration officer of the registration
district in which the alien woman
then resides.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record., 1918-06-13
George r. Walton Dies at Ell Dorado
Springs.

Alter an illness OF several months
duration, George r. Walton, who re-
sided on farm two and. one-hal!
miles west of this place, died from d
complication of diseases, aged s.
years and I,s days. He was born in
Cooper County, but removed to this
section of the state where he has since
resided. On September 20. 1905. he
vas married to Miss Mabel Welch,
who, together with two little daugh-
ters, survive him.
Although not a man of robust
iealth, Mr.. Walton was active and
industrious and i'll all his social per-
-onal relations with the people OF
his community. he lived up to ideals
ot citizenship that won him the con-
lidence and esteem Of all who knew
him; and it is to the lives OF such as
he that examples of conduct and no.
hlity of character are left. that are
not only priceless heritage to the
beloved friends and relatives, but
which at the same time, are an in
>piration to others to lead better and
purer livcs.-El Dorado Springs Sun.
Mr.. Walton was brother OF w. E.
" alton, of this city, who attended the
funeral, which was held at FL Dorado
Springs Friday, May 81.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record., 1918-06-13
British Planning Long Range Gun.

lorlon, lunc S-Steps have been
taken hy The government to construct
a gun capable ri throwing shell d
distance ui 50 miles or over. SO Mr..
Macpfer> on. under secretary for war.
stated III the parliamentary papers
Experiments were carried out by
,he war office So long ago as 1897
with a view tu discovering how lar it
was possible 10 fire shell. With a
nine-rch gun this was found to be
about 80 miles. but the experiments
We're discontinued on the ground that
any such gun would be useless for
military purposes, to say nothing of
the difficulties ri finding any suitable
range on which to.test it,
Seven years ago an account was
given in the Daily Chorilicle OF a long
range gun invented by Mr. w. 5.
Simpson, the principle OF which was
modification of the shape OF the shell
ST. as to overcome the resistance OF
the air. Mr.. Chelovsky. Russian
scientist, is said to have perfected
gun which would carry 8, I-2 miles
by a similar method OF modifying the
shape oi the she'll
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record., 1918-06-13
List of Letters

Remaining uncalled for in the post OF
flee at Butler, Mo-, for the week end.
ing June II, 1918:
Mr.. Hugh Currie, Mr.. Chas. Nc
Nally, l.. Pratt, G. l. Rudy, United
States Fidelity and Guaranty Co..
Rev. l.. G. Wright, Mrs. Rosa Des-
hazer, Miss Alice Glasco, Mrs. Anna
Huskey, Mrs. Edd Howell, Mrs. Bes-
sic Henderson, Mrs. L. H. Holcomb
Mrs. Sarah Mickey, Mona Watson,
Miss Nellie Walker
These letters will be sent to the
dead letter office June IS, 1913, ii not
delivered before. In calling for the
above, please say "Advertised," Civ
ing date of list.
J. Z. Williams, Postmaster.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record., 1918-06-13
Sheriff's Sale in Partition.
Mary Lewis, Plaintiff

vi al LEWIS, l ldIItlll
VS..
Susan Martin ct al, Defendants
In the Circuit Court of Bates Coun-
ty. Missouri.
By virtue and authority of decree
and order of sale in partition made
by the said Court, in the above en-
titled cause, and of a certified copy
thereof, dated 18th day of May, 1918,
l will on Wednesday, the 10th day of
June, 1918, between the hours of nine
o'clock in the forenoon, and five
o'clock in the afternoon of that day,
at the East front door of the Court
House, in the City of Butler in Bates
County, Missouri, sell at public ven-
due, to the highest bidder, the follow
ing described real estate, viz:
The Southeast quarter (I-4O of
section twenty-three (23) in
township thirty-nine (3o) of
range thirty-three- (33) contain
ing one hundred sixty (r6o) acres
more or less. in the county of
Bates and State of Missouri.
Terms of sale as follows, viz: Cash
in hand.
J.W. BAKER,
s3-td Sheriff.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record., 1918-06-13
SEVEN INDICTED FOR
TREASON
New York Editor Among Those
Accused.

New York. June Five American
citizens and two subjects of the Ger
man Empire. one of them woman,
are named as iellow-conspirators in
two indictments. returned by feder
al grand jury here today. Investi-
gators declared their operations the
most sensational undertaken by Ger
man intelligence agents since the war
began.
The indictments charge conspiracy
to commit treason and conspiracy to
commit espionage. The intrigue is
said to have included assembling and
transmission OF information relative
to Americas prosecution of the war;
the destruction OF American piers
docks. and troop transports with fire
bombs: destruction of quick silver
mines in this country to hamper the
manufacture OF munitions; assisting
Germany in landing an armed expedi-
tion in Ireland; fermentation of a re-
volt against British rule in Ireland;
raising OF funds in this country with
which to finance these operations, and
destruction OF munitions factories and
mines in Great Britain.
The wording of the indictments,
comprising thirty pages, intimates
that the conspiracy may be OF even
broader scope. This is suggested by
a paragraph in the treason indictment
which alleges that in July last year
one OF the defendants sent cable
gram to Often. Switzerland.
The principals named in the alleged
plots are:
.le-tmish \. OLeary. prominent
American Sim 'einer, fugitive from
Justice, ON charges OF espionage act
violation Tor distribution OF alleged
anti-drait literature in the magazine
Bull, OF which he was formerly edit
or.
Madame" Maria X. De Victorica,
alias Baroness Won kretschman, a
blond-ha;red German woman of strik-
ing appearance, about 10 years old
Carl Rouiger, who claims Swiss
citizenship. but who is alleged to have
come TO this country from Germany
under fraudulent passport.
Willard L. Robinson OF New York.
80 years old. under suspended SEN
tence t~r Seditious soap box" ora
tory here in behalf OF Sim l'cin in
tertStS.
John T, Ryan. Buffalo, y. y, at
torney. prominent politically, alleged
to have been active in spreading Sim
Fem propaganda i'll this country.
Albert rayl tricke Mount Nern
on. \. v. toy manufacturer. whose
affairs ere being administered by
.\licN Property Custodian Palmer
Emil Ripper. prominently identi
lied with SIM Fem activities in New
York City.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record., 1918-06-13
This May be the Answer.
The Amoret Leader says that Il

The Amoret Leader says that the
nation is not short of man power. 1t
is only the poor distribution OF that
power. There are too many able
bodied men employed in clerical and
sole unproductivc jobs and suggests
that the men go to work at the mems
work and turn the easy work over to
the women.
Perhaps that might solve the man
power problem.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record., 1918-06-13
w. 0. ATKESON
Attorney at Law and Notary

business will receive prompt atter-
ton. Practices before the Depart
ment at Washington and in all State
courts. 7-tf