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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-24
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION
Will Be Held in Burlington Oct. If Bur
lington Desires It.

The Republican state committee met
at Montpelier Monday afternoon, fixing
the date of holding the state convention
at 10 o'clock, Oct, l, and the place of
meeting in Burlington, with a substitute
place, if Burlington did not accept the
plans, of holding the meeting in Rutland.
The call Of the convention viii be official
ly made but it will include only three
articles, the report of the resolution COM
mittee, which is really the platform
committee, the electing of state COM
mittee and such other business as should
come before the convention
Frank c. Archibald Of Manchester Cen
ter viii be chairman of the convention,
while the secretaries will be Harry A.
Black of Newport and H. r. Kingsley Of
Rutland.
Sherman r. Moulton of Burlington
will be chairman of the committee on
resolutions while the members of the
committee will be: Addison county, Ira
H. LaFleur, Middlebwy; Bennington, w,
4. Root Bennington; Caledonia, J. H.
Brooks, St. Johnsbury; Essex, II. b.
Amey, Island Pond; Franklin, NJ H.
Alexander, st. Adams; Grand Isle, NJ. 0.
Kinney, Grand Isle; Lamoille, Nj. j.
Maurice, Morrisville; Orange, c. A.
Adams. Thetford; Orleans, r. f.
0Rourke. Derby Rutland, J. 5, Buttles,
Brandon: Washington, j. b. Estee Mont
pelier; Windham, w G. Belknap, Bel
lows Falls; Windsor, F. w Fitzgerald,
Norwich.
The convention will be composed of
the state officers, county candidates for
the Senate and representatives nominal.
ed from the several towns. The state
committee viii hold meeting at s
o'clock the preceding evening at the Ho-
tel Vermont to receive credentials and
they ask that all persons take care of
this matter SO that the enrolment of
the convention may be made early Tues
day morning.
The conference was of short duration,
little being said aside from the necessary
business.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-24
ALL ALLIED OFFENSIVES KEEP
UP PROGRESS; F4AIG ATTACKS
OUTPOSTS OF ST. QUENTIN
CLOSELY
PURSUE BULGARIANS
Continue to Cross the vardar River, and
Are on the Gradsko- -Prilep Road
Much Material Taken.

London, Sept 24The Serbian troops
continue to cross the river Vardar north
east of Monastir and are in contact with
the Bulgarians, says the Serbian official
statement of Monday.
The Bulgarians are burning villages
and stores of material. The Serbians,
however, have captured great quantities
of material Around Prilep the Serbians
are on the Gradsko-P Prilep road, to the
northeast, while to the southeast they
have reached the steep massif of the
Drenska mountain range.
The statement reads;
"0n the 22d Sunday our troops con-
tinued to cross the Vardar where they
are in contact with the enemy.
Toward Prilep Serbian troops have
reached the very steep massif Of the
Drenska mountain range and at several
points are on the Gradsko- -Prilep road.
"The enemy continues to burn villages
and his own stores Despite this, how
ever, great quantities of war material
have fallen into our hands. On the Var
dar railway line (Uskub to Salonikil we
captured several trains"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-24
GERMANS FAILED
TO REGAIN GROUND
Counter-Attacked the British Near Cav
relle, but Were Completely Re-
pulsed--British Advance
in Flanders.

London, Sept. a. British forces are
pressing in on ST. Quentin directly from
the west, to-days report from Field
Marshal Haig shows. He reports fighting
taking place to the British advantage
and announces progress by the attacking
troops in the region east of Vermand.
On the front to the west of Cambria,
in the region north of Moeuvres, the
British positions have been improved.
In the Arras Lens sector, the Germans
tried to drive the British from the new
positions the latter had won southeast
of Gavrelle. The enemy was completely
repulsed, the British retaining their line
intact.
In Flanders, British troops succeeded
in pushing forward and occupying por
tion of the old British front line south
east Of Voormezeele, below Ypres.
The statement reads:
Fighting is taking place to our advan.
tage in the sector east Of Vermand,
where we are reported to be making
progress
"a local attack made by the enemy
yesterday north Of the Little Priel farm
(opposite lie Catelet) was successfully
repulsed, leaving prisoners in our hands
During the night the enemy attacked
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-24
ABANDONED HOUSE BURNED.
Some Mystery About Cause of Fire Neal
Cutler Corner.

An abandoned house on the Bert
Hutchins place, SO called, near Cutler
Corner in Orange, were burned to the
ground last evening. A bolt of lightning,
in the absence of any cause more tan
gible, is held responsible for the blaze,
which was discovered shortly after s
o'clock, although a rather violent thun-
der storm which hung over the Corner
neighborhood in the late afternoon had
disappeared by o'clock. 1t is thought
that the blaze may have smouldered for
time before it gained sufficient head
way to be seen.
The dwelling rambling farmhouse Of
the old type, was reduced to ashes, along
with a shed which was attached to it..
-Four years ago the big barn on the farm
was blown down. A number of people in
the neighborhood were attending an en-
tertainment in Plainfeld, but had there
been mspy at liberty to respond they
would have found themselves powerless
to stay the progress of the flames, as
there were no facilities at hand The
farm, which has been moccupied for sew
eral years, is owned by George Abair Of
East Montpelier The dwelling was
slightly insured.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-24
NEED ANOTHER YEAR
TO WHIP GERMANY
That Is the Concensus of Opinion in Eu-
rope, Though Some Believe Allies
Can Win This Year.

Washington, d. c., Sept. "a Describ
ing his recent visit to the western front.
Senator Thompson of Kansas, Democrat,
told the Senate to-day that while in some
quarters there is a belief that the war
can be ended this year, the general opin-
ion abroad is that another sear will be
required TO bring Germany to her knees.
America, he declared, had put pep into
the war and started the ball rolling to.
wards Berlin
Senator Thompson opposed make
shift, compromise or halfway peace" and
declared il must be final and conclusive
and destroy forever kaiserism and mill.
tarism throughout the world"
German morale was never lower than
at the present time, he said, while the
allied armies are convinced thew are
fighting winning cause and "that VIC
tory is all but within their grasp"
The United States entrance into the
war is primarily responsible for this
change, he added
Not alone in manpower and in artil-
lery do the allies predominate, but they
have a complete superiority in the air.
Despite the criticisms in this country of
the aircraft program, he said, planes now
are arriving in France from this country
about as rapidly as they can be taken
care Of. He branded as false, statements
made in the Senate some time ago, that
in July only one battle plane equipped
with a Liberty motor was in France
THE truth is, he declared. delivery
OF these planes was not expected earlier
than July !, while as matter of fact
the first Liberty motor plane arrived,
was set up complete and christened on
May is last, and they have been arriving
over there at the rate of five or six per
day ever since"
The first five planes equipped with Lib
erty motors had the misfortune, he said
to land behind the German lines. He
pronounced the Liberty motor as the
"best motor in existence" and worth
whatever loss has been caused by delay
in perfecting it.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-24


On the Mediterranean coast of Pales''
tine, British cavalry has occupied the
ports of Haifa and Acre, marking an ad-
vance from just north Of Jaffa Of more
than 60 miles since the present opera
tions began Acre has been famous in
history for the sieges it has undergone,
and Napoleon met with a serious repulse
there in 1893.
The rout of the Turks in the area west
of the Jordan has compelled the Turks
east of the river TO retreat. They are be-
ing pursued closely by allied forces and
the king Of the Hedjas. Es-Salt has been
reached, and the allies are pushing north
rapidly along the Hedjas railway. Gen
eral Allenby reports that the number OF
enemy troops taken captive will largely
exceed $4,000.
German and Bulgarian troops in Mace
donia, their communication lines almost
entirely gone through by the Franco
Serbian advance to the Vardar, are retir-
ing on l00-mile front. The allies have
reached the Vardar northeast of Monas-
tir on front of more than 10 miles, and
Serbian forces have crossed to the east
Of the river in pursuit of the Bulgarians.
On the left of the allied line, Italian and
Serbian forces are closing in on Prilep.
Along the entire front the enemy is
burning villages and war material.
By crossing the Vardar on a wide front
south of Gradsko, 40 miles southeast Of
the important town of Uskub, the Serbi-
ans threaten the rear of the Bulgarians
facing the British and Greeks around
Lake Doiran. The Bulgarians there are
reported to be retreating northeast in
Bulgarian Macedonia, evidently with the
hope of escaping before the Serbians can
cut off their retreat. Around Prilep the
forces of the central powers also are in
a serious position, and they may be cut
off completely if the allies can press
northwestward along the Vardar to Veles
and Uskub.
Fighting on the western front is not on
as large scale as last week. In addi-
tion to the thrust against the German
defenses east of Vermand, where the
British have not yet reached the Hinden-
burg line, Field Marshal Haig is improv-
ing his line at points farther northward
and has repulsed German attack west
of lie Catelet. Northeast Of Arras the
British have broken up German attack
at Gavrelle, while in Flanders the British
have regained part of their old positions
at Voormezeele, south of Ypres. Activity
on the French front of st. Quentin to the
Aisne is confined to artillery duels.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-24
LARGE VOTE EXPECTED.
In Massachusetts, Primaries Because of
Sharp Contests.

Boston, Sept. 24.-Contests in the Re
publican and Democratic parties aroused
interest to-day in the Massachusetts, pri-
maries and large vote was expected,
notwithstanding the fact that many vot-
ers are absent from the state, in the
service.
The principal contest was for the Dem
ocratic nomination for governor Three
candidates were in the field, Edward
Barry, former lieutenant governor, Will
liam A. Geton, a banker, and Richard
H. Long, a shoe manufacturer. On the
Republican side the contest for the lieu
tenant governorship nomination was ex-
pected to be close. The candidates were
Charming Cox, speaker OF the House of
Representatives, and Guy Andrews Ham,
former member of the governors council.
For the first time the Socialist party
was officially recognized in the primary
and had a nominee for governor upon the
ballot.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-24
RECEPTION THIS EVENING
Will Open the State Knights of Pythias
Convention in Barre.

Vermont Pythians and their auxiliary
organization, the Pythian Sisters, were
assembling in Barre to-day for their an
nual convention, and members of Vim
citia lodge, No. 10, of this city, are acting
as hosts. The Pythian Sisters, should
enough of them brave the inclement
weather to make up quorum, expect to
hold brief session late this afternoon.
Their gatherings, which are to terminate
tomorrow afternoon, viii be held in the
X. of p, hall in the Blanchard building,
while the business session Of the Pyth-
ians is to be held in Howland hall to-
morrow morning at o o'clock.
To-day those who have in charge the
local end of arrangements for the conven-
tion, as well as the advance guard of
delegates and officers, feared that the
prolonged wet weather would prevent
many delegates from making the trip to
Barre. A very large majority planned to
motor TO this city, and under present
circumstances the travelling is not only
not Of the best out quite the worst that
has been experienced since the frost left
the highways last spring.
This evening in Rowland hall there
will be reception and dance, given by
Vincitia lodge in nonor of the officers and
other members of the grand lodge and
the Pythian Sisters. Tomorrow there
will be business sessions of both branches
and tomorrow evening Suadah temple,
No. l40, D. O. K X, is to bring the con
yention season TO a close with a cere-
monial in Clan Gordon hall. Candidates
for the dusty march across the sands of
Sahara are expected from number of
Vermont towns, New Hampshire and
Canada
Accredited delegates to both meetings
learned upon arriving to-day that head
quarters for registration is located at
Hotel Barre.
There are 33 lodges of Pythians, repre-
senting a membership of 2,5Os. Seven
teen temples make up the woman's aux
iliary of the organization.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-24
CONSIDERED NEW BILL.
Barre Granite Cutters Have Taken No
Decisive Action.

Granite cutters in numbers gathered in
Clan Gordon hall last evening, the occa-
sion being special meeting called to
consider negotiations which cutters and
manufacturers committees are conduct
ing for the purpose of adjusting the wage
schedules to the increasing cost Of living.
No definite action has grown out of the
joint conferences as yet, although at the
meeting last evening the cutters com
mittee reported that the manufacturers
committee had decided to report before
the manufacturers association a propos
al to grant a Is per cent increase, to
become operative Jan. ], 1919.
An officer of the union said to-day that
any and all negotiations look only to-
ward supplementary bill The last
general increase, which became effective
last spring, was described as a supple
ment to the bill signed by the joint com
mittees in 1918, and in the event that
present conferences have satisfactory
conclusion, the supplementary agreement
will continue in force only for the dura
tion of the war or during the life Of the
bill, which expires in 1920.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-24
BRITISH CAVALRY
TAKE TWO TOWNS
IN PALESTINE
Troops Are Pursuing the Fleeing Turks
East of the Jordan River and Have
Reached Es-Salt, IS Miles
Northeast of Amman.

London, Sept 24.-British cavalry,
pushing up the Mediterranean coast Of
Palestine, have occupied Haifa and Acre,
it is officially announced to-day.
East of the Jordan, the Turks are
withdrawing towards Amman, on the
Hedjas railway. Australian, New Zea-
land, Jewish and other troops are pur.
suing the enemy and have reached Es-
Salt, fifteen miles northwest of Amman
The total number of Turks taken pris-
oners will exceed largely the $4,000 al
ready reported, the official statement an.
nounces.
The town of Ma'am, southeast of the
Dead sea, on the Hedjas railway, has
been occupied by allied forces. Other
Arabs are attacking parties of Turks
retiring towards Amman along this rail
way.
The statement reads:
East of the Jordan the enemy is with.
drawing towards Amman on the He'd
jas railway pursued by Australians,
New Zealanders and Jewish troops which
have reached Es-Salt, capturing guns
and prisoners.
''In the north, cavalry have occupied
Haifa and Acre after slight opposition
"The number of prisoners is increasing
and the total viii exceed largely the
25,000 already mentioned.
arab forces of King Hussein have oc-
cupied Ma'an and are harassing bodies
of the enemy retreating northwards to-
wards Amman along the Hedjas rail
way"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-24
WILL GO TO ST. JoHNsBURY
To Hold Conference on Methodist Sun
day School Plans.

Methodist Sunday schools of the coun-
try are feeling the effects of the war in
a very unexpected quarter. DR.. Edgar
Blake Of Chicago reports that all the
spring conferences this year show a de-
crease in Sunday school membership. He
estimates the losses for the year will be
more than a hundred thousand. This is
the more striking in view Of the remark.
able growth registered in Methodist Sun
day schools during the past 10 years,
which has averaged 100000 year, or a
total of 100000
To meet this crisis in Sunday school
work the board of Sunday schools has
arranged a series of district training
conferences to cover most of the eastern
part of the United States. One of these
training conferences will be held in YER
mont at st. Johnsbury next Tuesday
and Wednesday, Oct. and ?.
Plans are already under way for rails
ing great centenary fund in the Meth
odist Episcopal church Of SS0.0O0,000, to
be used for meeting the ,erisis growing
out of the present world situation The
raising OF this centenary fund is a part
of the program of the church in eelebrat
ing the one hundredth anniversary of
missionary work It is believed by
church leaders that the most appropriate
way to celebrate a century of soul stir
ring missionary achievement is to plan
and execute a great forward movement.
The centenary surveys and plans for
advance will be presented in the training
conference program in addition to the
consideration Of specific Sunday school
problems Eminent church leaders from
New York and Chicago and other places
will be heard
1t is expected that Barre viii have a
sizeable delegation in attendance at the
training conference.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-24
TO STABILIZE
WORK In WAR
Great Plan Will Affect Mil
lions of Workers in
United States
INCREASE WAGES
OF LOW-PAID GROUPS
Manufacturers Representa-
tives to Confer with War
Department Officials

Washington, D. c., Sept. 24-z-As step
toward stabilizing wage conditions dur
ing the war, conference of manufactur.
ers' representatives win be held here to-
morrow with war department officials ia
discuss methods of enforcing labor agree
ments to be made between the govern
ment and the workmen, and the govern.
ment and employers.
Labor representatives viii be called on
to cooperate in the plan, which will in.
volve an attempt to increase wages Of
some low-paid groups to the standard
community or industry wage scale Mil
lions of workmen, both in war industries
and others, will be affected.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-24
PVT. RAY L. DELoNG DEAD.
Went from Waterbury to Camp Devens
Less Than Month Ago.

Waterbury, Sept. "a Ray Earl De,
Long, who went from Waterbury on Aug.
30 to Camp Devens to train for military
service, died there yesterday, according
to telegram received here last night.
It was known that he had been i'll with
influenza and it is supposed that death
was caused by some development from
that ailment. The telegram was from
his sister.
Private DeLong was 25 years of age
and had been working for John MaGee
on DR.. Grout's farm. His parents are
dead, but he has two sisters and two
brothers residing in New York state. 1t
is likely that the body will be taken to
Troy, N. Y.
Private DeLong was engaged to be
married to Miss Hazel Howes, daughter
Of Mr. and Mrs Nathan Howes, They
came from Peru, N. Y, where the young
people had known each other for some
time.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-24
BIG CANAL PLANS.
Are to Be Discussed at Conference in
Boston.

Boston, Sept. "a Consideration of
plans for the construction of a canal
running parallel to the Atlantic seaboard
is expected to mark the eleventh annual
convention Of the Atlantic Deeper Wa
terways association, which opened here
to-day.
Coincident with the opening of the
convention, Chairman Z. n Hurley Of
the shipping board, accompanied by ma.
val and military experts and officials Of
the railroad administration, arrived here
for an inspection Of the harbor, with a
view of making this port shipping cen
ter.
Many Of the delegates to the conven-
tion came to Boston by way Of Fall
River. Others came through the Cape
Cod canal.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-24
BULGARIANS DESERT,
OTHERS EXECUTED
1t Is Reported That 500 Men from One
Regiment Were Executed at Com
mand of German officers.

Paris, Sept, "a (Havas) Many Bull
garian troops are deserting, according to
advices from the Macedonian front, It is
reported that $50 men from one regiment
have been executed at the command of
German officers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-24
COLLISION AT MILFORD, CONN.
Trolley Cars Crashed and Two Employe,
Were HurI.

Milford, Conn, Sept. 24.-In rear.
end collision of trolley cars at Oyster
River station this morning Charles Tay-
lor, motorman of the colliding car, was
seriously hurt, and his conductor, Robert
Mansfield, had fractured leg and minor
cuts.
The 5:l5 a. m, trolley from West Ha-
ven bound for Bridgeport, became stalled
at Oyster River by dislodgement of the
trolley pole While Motorman Knowlton
was trying to replace the pole, a car
following struck it, Motorman Taylor
not seeing the darkened car ahead. OF
the several passengers none were hurt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-24
DENTIST PATRIOTIC WORK.
Total of S,s52 Operations Performed
Since War Started

Figures of one of the patriotic services
in the war, of which but little has been
said probably due to the fact that but
little is known, have arrived at the ad
jutant generals office as compiled by the
war department. This is the amount Of
free work that the dentists Of the state
have done. They have performed total
of 1862 operations since the war COM
menced, 36S of which were last month.
There are PAS dentists in the state
In the last month 90 men were exam
ined IS Of whom were worked for; there
were 62 extractions of teeth and 43 pro-
phylaxes, one crown and bridge piece of
work. The grand total of the amount
of free work done in the country is $40
GAL. The dentists are supposed to give
an hours free work but in nearly every
case do a great deal more than that
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-24
NEW ENGLAND MEN NAMED.
In To-day's Casualty List--Most Were
from Massachusetts,.

ottawa, Sept. 24-To-day's Canadian
casualty list contains the names Of the
following New England men:
Killed in action: 7. Hanolet, Lowell,
Mass; II. Jones, Fall River, Mass.
Died of wound: A. Oliver, Springfield,
Mass.
Missing: A. j, Lavoie, Sanford Me.
Ill: A, ]. Hollins, Charleston, Mass.
Wounded: L. Chagnon, Nashua, N.
H.; o. Gendron, Lawrence, Mass; J. L.
Comeau, Cherry Valley, Mass; P. M.
Eller, North Grpsvneor, Conn.
Gassed; G. Conley, Lisbon Falls, Me. +;
L. Paradis, Lowell, Mass.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-24
NATIVE OF MARSHFIELD.
Martin D. Bemis Died at Home of His
Son in Barre.


Martin D. Bemis, former resident and
native of Marshtield, who had lived for
the past Is years in the home OF his son.
G. a. Bemis of Long street, died to-day.
Besides his wife and son, he leaves his
granddaughter, Mrs. G. A. Mosher Of
Cambridge, Mass, and a grandson, Earl
A. Bemis of Buffalo, N. Y. There are
also number of great grandchildren
surviving Mr.. Bemis was born Feb. 10,
1888, the son of Abijah and Harriet
(Pitkinl Bemis. His marriage to Miss
Janet Phelps took place in Marshfed in
November, 1855, Mr. and Mrs. Bems
observed their Goth wedding anniversary
three years ago. The deceased was a
member of the Pythian lodge in Marsh
field and belonged to the Masonic lodge
in the town OF Cabot He was highly
esteemed by his friends and during the
many years of his residence in Marsh
field, where he was engaged as mechan-
ic, he was widely acquainted.
Funeral services will be held at SO
Long street Thursday forenoon at l0:30
o'clock, Rev. J. b. Reardon, pastor of the
Universaist church, officiating The
body will be taken to Marshield for in-
terment in the family lot in the village
cemetery. 1t is requested that flowers
be omitted.