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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-27
BRITISH WIN IN PALESTINE.
Enemy Is Offering But Little Resistance
But Weather Is.

London, March 27.-Further progress
by the British in Palestine is reported
in an official statement last night, read
ing:
During March 25 our troops east of
the Jordan made further progress and
approached the village of Es-Salt. The
enemy offered little resistance. The ad-
vance was, howeter, effected under diff
cult conditions, owing TO heavy thunder
storms"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-27

British Army Headquarters IN France
(by Associated Press, March 81 The
Germans last night continued furious
onslaught southwestward from Ham
against the allied defenses in the region
of Roye and Noyon, having slowed down
in the attempt TO cut through the British
line further north, where desperate re-
sistance was offered.
There was hard fighting last night
about Albert. Large enemy forces pushed
forward toward the place, but at last ac-
counts the British were holding them
doggedly.
The conflict around Roye and Noyon
appears of great Importance. From many
Indications, the German higher command
is attempting to split the allied front
there and to start the rolling up process
from either way.
From an average OF the casualties in
the various German units. as given by
prisoners, one arrives Mt the conclusion
that the German emperor has lost 80 per
cent. of these men since the signal Tor
the advance The Germans have now re
claimed virtually all the territory they
held at the beginning of the battle of the
Scmme in 1916.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-27
SMALL FIRE IN STORE.
Z. r. Thibault's Chief Loss at St. Al
bans Was from Smoke and Water.

St Albans, March 27.-Of twenty fire
alarms since January J. the eighth from
box 53 at the corner of Lake and Water
streets. was sounded yesterday after
noon. The fire was in l.. r. Ihibault's
store on Lake street. Mr.. Ihibault had
built 4 fire in the furnace and then
stepped ont to barber shop. When
he returned smoke and flames were Is
suing from the boiler room. The prin-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-27
HAIG'S COURAGE
ISSTILL STOUT
He Cables Pres. Wilson That
His Forces Are Deter
mined to Fight
UNTIL FREEDOM
OF MANKIND SAFE
Tells President of Apprecia-
ton of the Latter's
Message

Washington, ID. G., March 2T-Field
Marshal Haig's reply to President vii.
sons cablegram, received to-day says;
"Your message of generous appreciation
of the steadfastness and valor of our
soldiers in the great battle now raging
has greatly touched Us all. Please ac.
cept our heartfelt, thanks. One and all
believe in the justice of our cause and
are determined to 20 right on without
the cost until the freedom of
Is safe"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-27
BARRE BOYS FINED.
And in Addition, They Are Placed on
Probation.

| Thomas Starr, Amelio Ferrarri and
Mario Sassi appeared in Washington
county court this morning for sentence
| on the charge of larceny from the per
son, they admitting they did on Jan.
0. take from the person of Timothy
Bresnahan a sum OF money and articles
States Attorney y. h, Davis spoke in
| favor of the boys past lives and asked
that fine be imposed with sentence
and that the sentence be suspended. The
crime of which they were guilty is a
heavy one and person may be fined
$500 and sentenced 10 10 years in the
state prison. II was explained that
Bresnahan had been detained because
that was the only way TO hold him as
, a witness aud there was 1892 expenses
for his board The boys were fined sl00
and cost and then given from one to two
years in the state prison. after which
they were placed on probation.
Edward Latuch, who has been in Gus.
tody since he was arraigned on the
charge of forgery, appeared in court
this morning, pleading guilty to the
charge His case was continued until
Thursday for sentence.
A hearing took place to-day upon the
petition brought by Joseph Bartlett OF
Plainfield for authority to secure an ap-
peal from probate court to county court
1t was claimed that the right OF appeal
should be granted so that Mr.. Bartlett
might present evidence TO show that he
had claim amounting to $4,000 in the
estate of the late f.. D. Bartlett, his SON.
This claim was disallowed by Thomas
II. Cave. ir., administrator of the es-
tate, upon the report of the commission
ers. The claim was not then substan-
tiated by evidence A part of the hear
ing took place this morning, while the
rest of it occurred at l:30 o'clock this
afternoon If the right of appeal is
granted then the case will probably be
tried this term.
Verdict for Creditors Trustee.
The jury last evening returned a YER
dict in the case of H. J. Slayton, trus
tee for the creditors in the bankrupt |
estate of j. w. Vaughan, VS.. +. A.
Drown, in favor of the plaintiff to re
cover 81 ,365, which was the amount of |
the 81 200 paid Mr.. Drown, with the in /
terest figured upon the same.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-27
AMERICANS JOIN
NH4RD B4TTLE'
IN ROYE AREA
British Official Statement Last Night
Told That They Were Shoulder to
Shoulder with British
and French.

London, March 27.--The war office last
night announced that the Germans toob.
Roye yesterday morning but stated that
the enemy had been checked west OF
Roye and Noyon. The announcement
added; In the Roye area British, French
and American troops are fighting shoul
der to shoulder. French re-inforcements
are rapidly coming up"
The enemy made no further attacks
during the night of the 25th and 26tb
on the front north Of the Somme,p the
communication adds
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-27
pITrsFIELD CHURCH BENEFITS.
Gets $4,000 for Pipe Organ Through VIII
of Mrs. Zilpha (. Axtell

Exeter. \. H. March 27.-The viii Of
the late Mrs Zilpha +. ANteil OF Newton,
proved at the probate count held here
Yesterday. gives 10 the Methodist Epis
copal church at Pittsfeld Vt, $1,000 90
purchase pipe orgaa, as the gift Of the
testatriX and her late husband. DR.. John
7. AXtell 81 Newton. and in memory OF
Or Charles " and sarah 4. Brigham
and Jonathan H. and Lucy ! RanneN
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-27
LIHoNS, RoYE AND NOYoN
Captured, Says German Night Report
and Somme Battle Line Crossed.

Berlin, via London, March 27.-The
night report from general headquarters
announced the capture of Lihons. Roye
and Noyon and declared that German
forces have crossed the old Somme bat
tie line at many points. "since the be
ginning of the battle" says the state
ment, ninety three enemy sirplanes and
six captive balloons have been brought
down"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-27
GREAT EXPLOSION
CAUSED BY CIGARETTE
Jacob L. Altman Confessed To-day That
His Carelessness in Warehouse
Caused si,5oo,ooo Loss.

New York. March ~ Police head.
quarters announced to-day that Jacob f.
Altman had confessed that he acciden-
tally dropped cigarette on infammable
materials, causing the fire and explosion
in the Jarvis warehouse in Jersey City
yesterday, with the loss OF 81 800, 900
He was employed at the warehouse
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-27
GERMANS HAIL
VICTOR Y: DOUBT
WHAT IT MEANS
Won Ludendorff Declares Germany the
Winner But Cannot Foresee the
Results to Be Attained From
It-Praises British Re-
sistance
sistance.

Amsterdam, March 27.-"The great
battle has been fought and victory has
been won but nobody can foresee what
will result from it," said General Won
Iudendorff, chief aide to Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg, in an interview with
the correspondent at the front of Ber-
lin newspaper. He praised the British
for their tenacious resistance, and said
the German infantry had only one night 5
normal rest during the five or six days
of the battle.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-27
Russian Troops Are Said to
BE Again i'm Control
of Big Port
BLOODY BATTLE,
SAYS MOSCOW STORY
Russian Naval Forces Are
Said to Have Co.
operated

Loldon, March 27.--odessa has been
recaptiTed by Soviet aud Ukrainian
troops after bloody battle, in which
the naval forces participated, according
to a Moscow dispatch from semi.otiicial
Russian news agency.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-27
Gen, Pers' G Reports Moth
ing AbA Their Participa-
tio!S the Big Battle
DEs re BRITISH
E 1CIAL STATEMENT
The Latter Said Americans
Were Engaged in Check
ing the Germans

Washington. d. G., March 27--Gencral
Pershing eabled the war department
early to-day that he had nothing 10 re-
port as far as American troops were
concerned in the progress OF the battle
on the western front.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-27
KAISER'S WEAKENED FORCES
MADE BUT LITTLE PROGRESS
WHEN ALLIES LINE STIFFENED
AMERICANS GIVING
VALIANT SUPPORT

Paris, March 27,-A French mil
ltary commentator, writing in ref
erencc to the situation, SAYS con
cerning the Americans; AT vari'
Gus points on the front our allies
are bringing TO the British their
valiant support
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-27
JAPAN TO FURNISH
10000 TONS SHIPPING
United States Government Comes to an
Agreement By Exchange of Steel
Plates.

Washington, d. G., March 27.-Nego-
tiations for the transfer of 10000 tons
of japanese shipping to the United
States have been completed on the basis
of two tons of steel plates for one ton
deadweight ship capacity.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-27
NEARLY 1000 GUNS
And More Than 100 Tanks Are Claimed
By Germans.

Berlin, March -, via London The
number OF guns captured by the Germans
in the battle now in progress has in
creased TO 963. army headquarters an
nounced yesterday.
More than 100 tanks were lying in
captured positions, it Is added
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-27

William Mckape 81 webstertille left
last evening for Lawrence. Ms>s- where
Re- has been called hy fhe serious Illness
ID his son. james Mckane. who has been
residing there fer some time. AiF Mc-
Kane. accompanied bF hts ~on. expects
IT, return q tho city Tomorrow
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-27

London March 81 - heavy attack made early last night
against the British line south of the Somme repused
fighting the office As the result of
yesterday afternoon and evening asrde the Somm Brit
troops both banks forced back short distance in the
neghborhood of Bray
Further local fighting has taken place north and northeast of
Albert, but the situation there is unchanged
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-27
kORNILOFF"S 4RNY
IS SURROUNDED
Internal Fighting in Russia Is Said to
Be Favorable for the Boil
sheviki.

London, March o7.-Thc forces of Gen.
eral korniloif have been surrounded by
Bolshevik TROOPS, according to Reuter-
dispatch from Petrograd
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-27
FOUNDED CHEERED
BY LONDON CROWD
Officers and Men From the Front Were
Given Grand Welcome--They
We're Pelted with Flowers.

London, March 81 Four train loads
of wounded officers and men from France
reached London last night. Crowds
cheered and threw flowers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-27
HOTEL AND SCHOOL.
Incorporated to Do Business at Whining
ton

The Beaver BrooS, Inc, has iiaea as
tirles Of corporation in the utfrc of the
SECRETARY II state for the purpose oi
confusing g hotel aud boarding srhoai
iu Wilmington. also to operate auto
mobile and % other business connected
with a., operation ui tNe hotei agit
school Their eap5iai sturk B., Ssn.gt.
subscribed 10 bv " A. Brown, t. s.
Brown and Martin Hreen ut WI
Winetua
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-27
Kaiser IN ST Quentin.

Copenhagen. March a5.-The corrc-
sFondsnt II the Berlin Norwaer3s a. the
French front reports that the German
emperor with his staff Is now al s..
Qucutin.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-27
Paris BOHB4RDHENT
CONTINUED TUESDAY
German oficial Statement Declared That
the Monster Gun Kept Up It's
Work

Berlin. Tuesday. Marrh - An oilieisl
statement from general headquarters to-
dsv saws the Germans continued the
bomhardment ID Paris.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-27
BRITISH GAVE SOME GROUND
IN THE VICINITY OF BRAY
German Military Leaders Apparently
Are Preparing People for Shock on
Learning That Tremendous Sacri-
flee Gained No Definite Result

Paris March 27ast night the German advance held up
everywhere according the official statement of the office
day The enemy by heavy has been obliged
slow up his efforts
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-08-15

We ran down hill TIL we came to
Varennes. The southern section of the
town had been wrecked by shells and
fire. Many chimneys were all that was
left standing of whole rows Of
houses. Soldiers everywhere collected
scraps of metal which were transport
ed to Germany. The church bells were
loaded on wagons and sent away. All
the copper, tin, brass and nickel which
could be found was gathered.
The next morning we went into the
trenches. We had to reach our posi-
ton before daybreak, for with daylight
the French kept all the approaches un-
der fire. There was not much Of
trench in VauquOis. All that could be
seen was single stone pile. Literally.
there was not, in this town, one stone
left upon another. The ruins of this
village had changed hands more
than fifteen times. When we arrived
One-half of Vauquois was in German
hands. The French were in possession
of the highest points from which they
could overlook the country for many
miles.
In default of q trench we sought
cover behind the stones. for it was i'm
possible to dig trenches here, as the ar
tillery leveled everything. The soldiers
concealed themselves behind stone
walls and fired. Artillery of all call
Der covered these ruins. Amid all this
destruction lay an army Of cOrpses,
mostly German.
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kaiser and tried daily to justify the
German fight for the German cause.

kaiser and tried daily to justify the
German fight for the German cause.
In this respect the government In
Washington certainly went too far un.
til 1t was realized that no concessions
could be made to the Prussian govern.
ment and that concessions made to
Washington were nothing but decei.ful
talk, sustained only by action when L.
served its interests Of Imperialism.
The promises which the German gov.
eminent made to Washington concern.
ing the Lnsitania case, the U-boat war.
fare and so forth. were nothing but de-
ceit on the part of the Berlin govern
ment.
1t was the desire to preserve peace
for the American people which i'm
PEELED President Wilson. again ani
again, not to declare war and II Amer
lea fights today It has only kept faith
with its democratic principles and as
sisted the world In defensive We.
against the autocracy that is constitute
menace for the world, which prepared
for this war over several decades.
With the entrance of America into
the war the backbone of Prussian mil.
tarism will r, broken. The Hinden.
burgs and the Hohenzollerns a.,
doomed. A victory for the allies W;
be victory for democracy and w.
tory Of the greatest majority seeki;
the welfare OF the human race.
1.-THE END.J
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1VutAluutSu.J
Records in the Office of the st; ;.
Council Of Defense show that COMMIT
nifty councils have been organized !,
forty Of the sixty-four parishes In II,
state. The Council Of National Defers;.
has congratulated Governor Please i
on having received such ready respon
from the parishes where the organi Il
tiol of the community councils VI
called for at the war conferences he |
III Shreveport and New Orleans Fl
weeks ago.
1t is the hope of the Governor, Win
is er-O1fcio Chairman of the Stat.
Council of Defense, to have every par
ish in the state organize into comm :
nifty councils before January LIST. III
some Of the parishes the movement f.:
the organization Of community council,
has never been sufficiently urged. hut
this will be undertaken at once. Par
ish councils, with one exception. are al
doing splendid war work. The Co
operation given parish councils by com.
munity councils has aided greatly in
expediting all war work in the state.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-08-15
CHAPTER XIV.

Each day in the Argonne levied its
toll of victims, sometimes many, some
times only a few. It is only natural
that the morale of the soldiers should
not be at its best under these circum-
stances. With the same Indifference
that the men had once gone to their
work to support their wives and chill
drcn they now went into action. This
business of killing had become daily
routine. Whenever we discussed our
situation. the crown prince and the
commander of the Sixteenth army
corps. Lieutenant General Won Mudra,
Jared worst.
The troops in the Argonne forest be-
longed to the Sixteenth corps, the Thir-
ty-third and Thirty-fourth divisions
Neither the crown prince nor Won Mud
ra had ever been seen in the trenches.
One of the members on the crown
princes staff was the old field mar
shall, Count Won Haeseler, former COM
mander of the Sixteenth corps. who,
before the war, was considered hui
man fiend. These three called Glover
Leaf by the soldiers, were far more de-
spised by most of the men than were
the French cannon, which sought our
miserable lives.
The Hohenzollern heir did not find
life hard at his headquarters several
kilometers behind the battle front. 1t
was easy for him to make himself
popular with his order to go ahead at
the cost of thousands of lives. He was
very well liked among the high officers,
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CHAPTER XIV.

downright by Detroit Free Press.
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wirh whom he sat behind stove A.
though the progress was not fast
enough for them.
He honored Won Mudra with the or
der Pour Ia Merite." but of the SOL
diers he never had thought.
They had not seen bed for months.
They were never given chance to re-
move their clothing.
They received only shells and steel
and were almost eaten up by vermin.
They We're covered with lice. There
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The entire forest of Argonne was
.,o,rn to pieces when we arrived.
rrsrvwhere was artillery, which main
..,ne,l fire on the villages behind the
enemy's positions.
One Of the many batteries which we
constantly had to pass on our march
from the camp to the front, was in ac-
aon when we reached it.
asked one of the gunners what his
ohiectiye was and he replied that 1t
was any village within range.
substitute first lieutenant, i'm
.harge of the battery, stood nearby.
rne of my comrades asked him if he
AID not think there might be women
md children in those villages.
.TIlat would make no difference"
me first lieutenant replied. women
md children are French, so what does
i matter? This breed has to be ex-
terminated in order that this nation
ehall not think Of war again for a CEN
t;rvM
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-08-15
CHAPTER XVIII.

I prevailed upon the authorities to
grant me an eight-day furlough to visit
my home and took advantage Of this
to cross the Dutch border. left my
home under a pretence Of intending to
visit relatives. wearing civilian cloth
ing. I bought railroad ticket to Kali
denkirchen, medium-sized town near
the Dutch border. During my trip to
Kaldenkirchen had plenty Of time to
review all that had happened.
How different everything was after
the first year of the war! My home
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-08-15
CHAPTER XVI.

The next day we received orders to
march to an unknown destination. We
soon arrived at the depot of Apremont
where we were obliged to wait. The
depot had been destroyed. The next
station was Chatel. Both of these
places are about five kilometers behind
the front.
The prisoners were assembled In
ApremOnt. Several of them had come
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pect of having to go TO that spot.
Scarcely had we crossed the heights
when some shells burst behind US. The
French artillery even singled out indi-
viduals. While Vauquois was in their
possession they could coordinate the
entire neighborhood. We understood
now why this ash heap had been con-
tested for SO bitterly.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-08-15
ScOrcherS Like
Yesterday Was

The old negro who prayed. Lord,
send me one Of dem 'lectric fans
showed plenty Of faith.
But an electric fan has to be sup
piled with electricity. And electricity
in the old negros cabin WAS out of the
question.
But 1t Is not out of the question for
you-On the farm. Delco-Light brings
electricity to you at small cost--and
electric fans are only one of the com
forts that come with 1t.
On hot days-;ind hotter nights--an
electric fan that you can take to any
room-no wonder the old negro tried
to get one in the only way he knew.
Let us give you n DELcO-LIGlIT dem
onstration at your home.
l.. C. DAVIS, Dealer
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-17
NEW YORK STOCKS
Restricted Money Situation
Overshadows Peace Over
lures; Tobacco Lowest in
Months; Bonds Hold.

New York. Sept. 16-In the face OF the
renewed peace efforts by the central pow
ers, the stock market opened steady to-
day, supported by the readjustment of
values as begun on Saturday. after last
weeks liquidation. The effects of Aus
tria's political move were entirely mega
tive. United States Steel was unchanged
to quarter of a point off, and other
representative issues and the investment
shares were slightly higher. A subsequent
sharp break in American Sumatra Tobac-
co. which declined 81 points, and loss
Of "a points in United States Alcohol,
caused the market to yield a fraction in
sympathy.
Concentrated buying Of the oil group
and Marine preferred, which extended
their gains materially. created q more
hopeful speculative sentiment, but the
trading was cautious
Covering orders checked the decline OF
the latter part OF the first hour the
market displaying more vitality than Of
late, on the long side, as shown by ad-
vances of / to points In oils, motors
marines, rails and Crucible Steel. Texas
Company rose IN points, attributed to It's
favorable annual report disclosing a large
increase in the earnings and General
Motors also made n gain of several points
After II o'clock it became apparent that
banks were calling loans to remedy the
recent unfavorable money situation and
there was renewed selling for both &C.
counts, United States and Bethlehem
Steels being freely offered after declines
of more than a point each.
Number of sales and range Of prices Of
the leading stocks: Closing
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-17
Bumper Crop Greets War
Farmer With Biq Field

Charles Altschuler, Madison,
Neb., was in the city Monday, with
a fine display OF white and yellow
corn, which he had picked at ram
dom from what is considered the
largest field of corn in the north
ern part of Nebraska.
Mr.. Altschuler retired from the
farm 40 years previous to the en-
trance of the United States into
war. AS soon as he realized Uncle
Sam would need the energies of
every able-bodied man in the coun-
try in food production, he and his
son went back to farming, and they
have not only reaped a harvest of
grain, but also harvest of money
in so doing.
He has 255 acres of corn, the
sample ears of which are over II
inches in length. He picked "a ears
from 10 stalks and there are indi-
cations that his corn will go 90
bushels to the acre. He uses a
tractor in his farming operations.