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12,50O,OOO FEET
IN BIG LOG DRIVE

White River junction. March H.
Preparations for what will be the larg-
est log drive ever sent down the White
river are near completion. The drive will
consist of Il, 500, 900 feet, as compared with
the 100000 feet the preceding year and
the largest up to that date. Already the
100000 feet of logs cut in the Stock
bridge and Pittsf1eld district have been
hauled to the river bank and another ten
days will see the completion of the haul
ing of the logs cut In the Rochester and
Warren and other sections. The drive
this year, as last. will be under the direc-
ton of John Trainor. who, the present
season. was the forenoon of force of
l25 men in the Stockbridge section. while
Eugene Leary, likewise for long in the
employ of the American Realty company.
had charge of a like force in the Roches-
ter district. AS usual, the logs of this
years drive will be assembled in the
Sharon booms. where there will be main
tanned commissary house and sleeping
tents. After all logs have entered the
Sharon booms they will be let out for
the direct drive to the Connecticut river
and Bellows Falls and its paper mills.
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TORNADO IN OHIO
KILLS SIX PEOPLE
Scores Injured-Hundreds of
Buildings Razed-Property
Damage, Millions.

Lima, Ohio, March 10.-six persons are
known to be dead. several others are re-
ported killed, scores are injured. many
homes were completely or partially
demolished and hundreds Of barns and
outbuildings were razed by the tornado
which travelled across northwestern Ohio
early last evening. Estimates Of property
damage range from one to Ave million
dollrs.
No serious damage was done In any Of
the larger cities most Of the destruction
having been reported from country dis.
tricts. The tornado began It's mad career
in Van Vert county on the Ohio.lndiana
State line and then travelled in a north
easterly direction. lessening it's intensity
until It died out east of Tiffin. Towns
suffering the most were: Van Vert,
Middle Point, Convoy, Lima, Deshler,
Hamler. Continental Ottawa, Findlay,
Napoleon. Holgate, Miller City and Tiffin.
The storm came In the form Of an old
fashioned Kansas "twister." 1t would
swoop down. wreck several farmhouses,
then jump from half to Ave miles before
doing more damage. The small loss Of
life is attributed to the fact that the
tornado travelled mostly through open
country. skipping towns and villages.
Most Of the damage was done in Van
Vert county where five Of the six known
dead were killed. Three Of the dead were
killed at or near Middle Point Van Vert
county. The tornado swept a path from
100 yards to half a mile wide.
At Findlay. many small buildings were
wrecked and the roofs of several busi-
ness houses were blown Off Roofs Of
two business blocks were lifted at THIN
and many small buildings were RACED.
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81 ARE KILLED IN
SECOND PARIS RAID
70 Injured-Sixty Enemy Air.
planes Attacking Meet with
Stiff Defense.

Paris, March 12.-Thirty- four persons
We're killed and 70 others were injured in
Paris and it's suburbs as a result of last
nights German air raid.
In addition to the bomb victims 66 per-
sons were suffocated through crowding
in a panic into a metropolitan railway en-
trance to take refuge from the raiders.
There were for the most part women and
children.
OF the bomb victims 20 were killed and
80 injured in Paris and five killed and %
injured in the suburbs.
The raiding Gotha brought down in
flames fell on spot three miles from
Chateau Thierry. a German captain who
was on board and was taken prisoner
with the crew belongs to the third squad
ron of the German seventh army.
The fog which had covered the city
Monday morning settled down again in
the early evening. II was thick enough
to cause the general belief that there
was little chance that the Germans would
attempt Oh air raid. This belief. how
ever. was shattered at $40 O'Clock. when
the warning was sounded of the approach
of hostile aircraft. The raid ended shortly
after midnight.
The official report of the raid says:
According to the first news, nearly
GO enemy airplanes succeeded in crossing
our lines. Thanks to the curtain Are
which our artillery maintained through
out the raid with great intensity GER
tain number of the machines failed to
reach their detectives.
"Nevertheless numerous bombs were
dropped on Paris and it's suburbs. Sew
eral buildings were demolished and took
fire."
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John w. Wright Dies.

Bellows Falls. March E.-The body Of
John w. Wright. who died at the home
Of a daughter in Athol. Mass. March 2
from apoplexy. was brought to town to-
day and placed In Oak Hill tomb. He
was born in Grafton. August IA, 1895,
the seventh child of Daniel Wright and
Lucy Parks. In March. 1881. he married
Lura Rhodes. also of Grafton. the cere-
mony being performed in Bellows Falls
at the home OF an uncle. Schuyler Blake,
prominent paper manufacturer. In
1873 Mr.. Wright moved to Bellows Falls
and built home, where he lived for over
10 years. He was a carpenter and built
several OF the best residences Of the vii
lage. The surviving children are: John
8. Wright. for u years chief OF police
Of Holyoke. Mass. and now at the head
of the Holyoke Board Of Health; Mrs. NJ.
Eudora Merriam Of Athoi. Mass. and Miss
Minnie ]. Wright OF Brattleboro. A
brother, s. N. Wright OF Grafton. the
last and youngest Of tho children. also
survives.
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CASUALTY LISTS

Washington, March 12.-To-day's cas-
ualty list issued by the war department
gives the names of Edward Mcclure
Peters. Jr., and seven enlisted men killed
in action, one dead from wounds six dead
from disease. two dead from undetermined
causes, two severely wounded in action
and Captain Edward Stellar and twenty
men slightly wounded.
The privates killed in action were Will
liam p. Darling. William J. Dc Lisle.
Michael Calvin. Edward J. Kelley. Robert
Kotouch. James L. Potts and Charles w.
Suffer.
Private Alexander d. Burns died Of
wounds
Those who died of disease We're:
Cadet Engineer William Belknap.
Wagner Samuel Barnett and Privates
Frank l.. Adkins. Roy William Brackin.
Wilson c. Cochran. Charlie Johnson.
Corporal Leroy Fl. Crosley and Private
James NJ. Lyons died from undetermined
causes.
Private Joe Tylus and Corporal Russell
A. Yarnall were wounded severely.
The men wounded slightly are:
Sergeants Joseph Petrush and William
p Rees Corporal Frederick Massey and
Bugler Milton II. Folk and Privates Her
bert Beaver, Henry 3. Brown. James II.
Burns. Thomas Cardello. Clyde A. GOWN,
James c. Hanson. Robert L. billiard. Earl
Howard, Henry w. Jansen, William o.
Lindsey James A. Maher, George Z.
Mattox. uau--c ,2-Nctor. David NJ. Reid,
Clinton A. Rhoaos and George Sharp.
The deaths of Privates Thomas q.
Bragg, Joe D. Brakefield. Frank T. Cock.
rell Edwin l.. Fitch, George Z. Hovey,
Fred r. McGill and George 6. Sanford,
previously listed as having occurred in
action are now reported as resulting from
accidents.
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s668,421.l3 PAID TO
INSURANCE CO.'S
Commissioner Brown Makes Re.
port of 1917 Business
Losses $276,29S.67.

Montpelier. March 7.--1nsurance
Commissioner J. G. Brown released for
publication this morning the report Of
the amount of business done in insur-
ance In 1917. The summary of the
premiums received by the several COM
panies In that year is $66S.421.13. while
tho amount paid in losses amounts to
s276.20S.67.
The division of the above in classes
of business follows. the first figures be-
Ing the premiums received and the
second losses paid:
Accident. s19O.2o3.2s; s9S.2s463;
health. $17,310.27. s6,90119; liability,
s115,70s.47. s29.s12.oO: workmen's COM
pensation, s253.435.4t. $121.65O.71; fdeI-
ity, s1s,09s.57. s3s9.9s; surety, $21,317.-
"a, $11,S95.s5; plate glass. s7,097.20,
$2.271.90: steam boiler, s1O.539.73, S49S.-
70; burglary and theft. $5.01S.75, s119.-
s.; sprinkler, S2O1.1s. s19s.s0; fly wheel.
$.3S1.19, 0; credit. $943.66; $25.S1; auto
mobile and teams property damage,
$25.0o4.57. $7.0so.OO; physicians defense,
$92.50, 0; livestock, $1,066.51, $4,000 1;
total premiums. $66s.421.13; total
losses paid. $276.29s.67.
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ONE JUDGE ATTENDING
Washington County Court Convenes-
Effort Made to Continue Long Held.
Up Sparrow.Bailey Case.

Montpelier. March N.-For the first time
In many years Washington county court
convened with but one Judge in attend
ance. That was Judge Frank L. Fish,
who came here to take Judge e. L. Water
mans place. Assistant Judge G. H.
Dale did not arrive until the afternoon
train. while Assistant Judge G. H. Dana
spent the day in adjustment Of insur-
ance on fire loss in Woodbury.. The
jury will not arrive until Wednesday
morning. The morning was occupied
with the reading of the trial and court
calenders. which resulted in the DISPOSE
tion OF many cases. In the afternoon the
argument Of the motion for q continuance
in the case OF Hiram L. Sparrow vs..
the administrator Of the estate Of Har-
riet Bailey. the Vermont Savings bank
of Brattleboro. was heard. occupying over
an hour. r. c. Bacon set forth that
the reason why the defendants were not
ready for trial was that II. c. Shurtleff
made a statement that his side would
try the case before Judge Waterman and
that last Saturday when It was learned
another judge was to preside over part
of the term that Mr.. Shurtleff was tNen
ready for trial; and further. that the hill
was not the provision Of an order by
Judge L. P. Slack and had not been fully
compiled with. Mr.. Shurtlen admitted he
did make the statement relative to Judge
Waterman because that Judge was an
attorney In a previous case for the de-
PENDANTS in this case, but that the change
in presiding judges and the short time
did not affect the defendants at all be-
cause they had knowledge of the subject
matter Of the case for Is years, and
claimed this motion for a continuance
was simply another effort to prolong this
Mrs. Bailey had died. The suit is for
$4,000 damages to the plaintiff and the
trial commences Wednesday afternoon.
An effort to have the case Of Charles
Barclay VS.. the Wetmore & Morse Granite
company tried this term Is being made.
This is the second trial. In the frst, the
jury awarded verdict about 5000 and
the supreme court sent the case back for
another trial. Two witnesses were used
in the other trial. More will be used
this time. Tho motion for a continuance
was overruled.
In the case Of Roy sibley vs.. John Bin
stock. judgment by default was entered
with an early execution Of judgment.
This Is case In which the defendant
bought six cows Of the plaintiff for $3.50.
but gave a check for @a60 instead and
suit was brought TO recover the balance.
The case Of Northaeld Trust company
VS.. F. o. Pierce has been settled. In the
case Of Vina Halsail VI. Mari &
Gordon. an affirmed Judgment was certi-
fled back to the commissioner Of indus
tries.
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Italian Must Serve Sentence.

Montpelier. March Estate Probation
officer W. II. Jeffrey returned this morn
ing from White River Junction. Ludlow
and Woodstock. where he has been look
ing after probation matters and the care
OF children Monday afternoon after a
conference with the States attorney of
Windsor county he caused an Italian in
Hartford, whose children are not properly
taken care Of be committed to a penal
institution to start the serving of "A sus-
pended sentence which was given him
some months ago.
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PASSES
DEFICIENCY BILL
Carries Appropriation of $780,.
O00,O00-Measure Now Goes
to Conference.

Washington. March 12.-With it's
legislative riders authorizing sale of
all enemy property in the United States
and purchase by the government .of
the German owned wharves at Ho.
boken, N. j.. the urgent deficiency
appropriation bill. carrying $500. 000,-
900. was passed late to-day by the
Senate without a record vote. 1t al
ready has passed the House and now
goes to conference.
OF the appropriations. which are
largely for the army and navy.
$73.O00,000 was added by the Senate
This addition with the amendments
for disposition Of the enemy property,
are yet to be accepted by the House.
The Senate eliminated a committee
amendment suspending tariff duties on
army material.
Reimbursement to men and nurses
in the military service for private
property lost is provided for in another
amendment, attached to the measure
to expedite relief for men losing their
effects in the torpedoing of the
steamer Tuscania.
Principal appropriations in the bill as in
creased by the Senate include:
Army-Supplies, $2s. 1855, 900; transporta-
ton, Sl25. 900. 900: storage and shipping ia
cilities, $150.000.00; barracks and quarters,
$67, 100000: military posts. water and sewer
system. $40, 1870 900; hospitals. SCI 30 600; en-
gineer field operations. $4,000, 900; ord
nance stores $257 OOOOO: ordnance manu-
facture and purchase $S40OO.0OO artillery,
$4,000, 900; temporary Office building, $5,-
T5.OO0; additional employees. $447OOOO.
Navy-Ordnance. 100000 900; Washington
gun factory $5,4ss.oOo; yards and DOCKS
81, 600; hospitals construction, 81. 900;
training camps, sl2.0OO,0oO; ordnance sta
tions. S2.50O.OOO.
Other important appropriations include
fuel and food administrations 81. $50. 900;
war trade board $l,01s.0O0; state depart
mnet emergencies, $780, 900; bureau OF risk
insurance $l.5S7 600. and enforcement Of
the espionage act, $4,000
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GRAND ISLE FERRY CO.
South Hero Concern IL IncorporateA-
Has e26.OOO Capitas and II
Subscribers.

Montpelier, March l2.--The Grand
lsle Ferry company. inv. OF South
Hero. has hled articles Of corporation
under the general laws In the secre-
tary OF States Office for the purpose OF
conducting ferry from any point in
vermont on Lake Champlain to any
point In New York. and to construct a
breakwater to protect their interests
so long as II does not interfere with
NAVIGATION or go into the lake beyond
the boundary line between the two
States.
The capital stock OF this company IL
Ssb'ooo. Tho subscribers are: Horace
Corbin OF Grand Isle, Juan Robinson Of
south Hero. r. Il. and w. Minkler Of
Grand Isle. Merritt Spear OF Piatts-
burgh. N. T., George Tracy Of South
Hero. Edison Gordon Of Grand Isle. o.
ID. Fiheld and e. r. Phelps OF South
Hero. and John Warner and Warren
Parks OF Grand Isle.
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CARBOl|C ACID IN BEER
ERNEST u. Ovitt Of Fairfield Died Sud-
denly February cs-secrct Inquest
to lie Held Mt once.

st. Adams. March 11.--State's Attorney
w. II. McFeeters has received report
from the State laboratory at Burlington
that the autopsy on the body Of Ernest o.
Ovitt of Fairfield. who died suddenly
February %. showed that death was due to
carbolc acid poisoning. The autopsy was
performed by Doctors B. II. Stone and c.
+. whitney of the state laboratory. The
States attorney will probably begin a
secret inquest at once.
The report on the analysis Of the solution
In the bottle of beer from which Ovitt
drank few hours before his death is that
II was about five per cent. carbolic.
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EMERGENCY CALL
FOR 10000 MEN
IN Filling Vermont's Quota Men
Engaged in Agriculture Will
Be Put in Deferred Class.

Montpelier, March 11.--Governor Graz
ham tonight received from the war de-
partment notice that an emergency call
cess will be applied on quotas when pend
ing legislation is completed.
Local boards are ordered to pass over
men actively. completely, and assiduously
engaged in planting or cultivation of a
crop in filling this quota. deferring calls Of
such men for the present
This step is taken solely because of the
need Of the nation and boards are advised
that any person trifling with deferment
thus given him shall forthwith be called
into services. All citizens are asked to CO.
operate where abuse Of deferment Is
IA known,
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MOST REMARKABLE.

And have you any remarkable peo-
pie In this village?' asked the visitor
"Oh, yes. sir. We have a blacksm
that can tell the time by looking at a
horses's foot" "Oh. nonsense" said
the visitor. II won't believe that you
know" We'll, sir IL you won't be-
lieve me-" returned the native. come
and see for yourself" So the city man
was conducted to the blacksmith's
forge and found that worthy busy
shoeing horse. Il am told" said
the visitor, that YOU can tell the time
OF day by looking at horses foot. Can
you MOVE" For reply the blacksmith
bent down. lifted one of the hoofs Of
the horse he was shoeing and said.
yes, 1t Is now exactly twenty three
minutes to T." The visitor took out
his watch. wonderful" he cried.
you are quite right Now. I'll give
you five shillings II you tell me how
It Is DONE" The blacksmith accepted
the five shillings. Now. sir" he said.
III you bend down Just here you will
see the church clock through that
opening in the Observation-Disclosures
Star
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BILL PROVIDES THAT
CATS MUST WEAR BELLS

Albany. N. Y, March ia bill to pro-
vide that all cats running at large shall
wear bell ''of such size and character
as will give forth a clearly audible sound
when the cat wearing the same Is in mo-
tion." was introduced IN the Senate to-
night by Senator Theodore Douglas Robin
son. who last year introduced a cat IL
censing bill which failed of passage The
measure would permit any person
humanely to destroy a cat found running
about without such bell. The bill was
referred by Senator Argetsinger. who was
presiding, to the labor and industries COM
mittcc.
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War Chest Fund Grows.

Brattlcboro. March l2-This is the Sec
ond day of "A weeks drive by the Brattle-
boro War Chest association to raise a
minimum of 81. 900 in monthly pledges to
take the place of all other war relief drives
in this town the coming year and to be
apportioned to other objects by dis
bursting committee. No official figures have
been given out since this forenoon when
the amount stood at s9,474 but 1t Is estt-
mated that $1,000 or more has been
pledged, About seventy-fve persons are
engaged in the campaign and II anything
In excess of $4,000 is raised the excess
Will be applied on next years fund.
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GERMAN SEA RAIDERS
CAPTAIN IS CAPTURED
Count Felix Won Luckner OF the SeadIcr
Ia Now Interned in New Zealand.

Count Felix Won Luckner Of the Seadlcr
Ia Now Interned in New Zealand.
Auckland. New Zealand, March - (By
the Associated Press -Count Felix Won
Luckner. formerly commander Of the
daring German sea-raider, Seeadler, who
for seven months roamed the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans sinking, according to
his own claim, Is entente merchantmen,
has been recaptured and reinterned at
wellington after an audacious escape
from an internment camp here. In their
flight. the count and II other German
prisoners Communicated a launch, cap
tured the sailing scow Moa and forced the
scow's captain, William Bourke, and his
crew of five men to sail her to the Ker-
madec group Of islands GOO miles north
Of New Zealand. There they helped
themselves to stores placed there for the
use of shipwrecked crews, put to sea
again, but were overhauled by an armed
New Zealand steamer sent in pursuit Of
them and were obliged to surrender
Won Luckner and some Of the members
OF the crew OF the Seeadler had been
informed in the Motuihi Island intern.
ment camp at Auckland harbor. Two Of
the German sailors got possession Of the
launch. Pearl. early in December. and
took on board Won Luckner and the other
Germans. They had been making plans
Tor the escape for three weeks and had
provided themselves with rough chart
and crude but workable sextant. They
also had improvised bombs and Won
Luckner had 5000 in English money and
n hand-painted German flag.
Having escaped from Auckland barhor
the Germans ran the launch to Mercury.
nay where they held-up the Moa. The
launch was flying the New Zealand fac
ana when man In uniform waved bis
hand. Captain Bourke had the scow stop-
ped without the slightest suspicion that
his vessel was about to be captured by
German fugitives.
Brandishing bombs. the Germans board :
al the scow surprising Bourke and his
crew. took pe7s.-S:sn G. the Moa, hauled
nown her hss and ran UP the German
bag.
The Germans evicted the New Zealand
sre from thier quarters and compelled
them to aid in navigating the Moa to the
kermadec Islands and In the subsequent
cruise until they were captured.
SnSntAin Bourke describes Count Won
Luckner as "a good sport" When the
Moa was seized by the Germans. Captain
Bourke remarked that II was "darned
hard luck" and foour days later. when
the count was again made n prisoner, he
turned to Bourke and smilingly observed,
hard luck. eh?''
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MAY GET BURROUGHS
II President signs nil Camp De'e""
Men VIII he Able 10 Come D"cN
for SugarIng.

Montpelier, March ia message
was received from Gov. II. r. Graham
this afternoon that the bill before Con-
grcss relative to furloughs being GRAVY.
ed for the purpose Of allowing the sol
diers to go to their homes for agr,cu,-
tural purposes had passed DOM
branches and that It was this afterhoo"
placed in the Presidents hands TOT s's
nature. In view of the fact that II 10
an administration measure It is expect
ed soon to become law. II signed oy
President Wilson 1t will give authority
for the furloughs for Vermont men AT
Camp Dcvcns to go to ,neir MONIES 10
help In sugaring. Governor Graham'
with other governors. have been WORK.
ing upon this project
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CLAIMS HUBBY SKIPPED
OUT ON WEDDING DAY
Brnttleboro Woman Wants Divorce
Married Last August.

Brattleboro, March s.-Alleging that her
husband left her on her wedding day, Mrs.
Lena MCGEE Whalen of this town filed
to-day a petition in the office of the
clerk of the county court for divorce
from Martin NJ. Whalen who. Mrs. Whalen
says, was in Waterbury. Conn. his home
city when she last heard from him. She
seeks decree on the grounds of deser-
ton, neglect and refusal to support.
The couple was married here August 20.
1917. by Carl S. Hopkins, Justice of the
peace. Mrs. Whalen states in the petit
ton that Whalen left her shortly after
the marriage ceremony. promising to send
money to her. with which to come to
Waterbury. She says she heard from
him once or twice in the four weeks fol-
lowing their marriage. but since then she
has heard nothing from him and does
not know where he is
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ECCLES TO MANAGE
OLD ORCHARD HOUSE

st. Adams, March 7.-walter Eccles
for three years manager of The Tavern
in this city. has taken the management
of the Old Orchard House at Old orchard,
Me. for the following summer. negotia-
tons having just been completed with
Mrs. Henry w. Staples. the owner OF the
property, who has been in the city the
last few days. The Old Orchard House
Is one of the largest and best known
summer resorts on the East coast. accom-
modating about 400 guests. The Tavern.
under the management of Mr.. Eccles.
ably assisted by Mrs. Eccles. has become
one of the most popular hotels in the
State with the travelling public.