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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-09
MAN AND WOM4N
PUT UNDER ARREST
He Is Charged with Murder of 3-Year-
Old BILLY" Dansey at Mays
Landing, N. J.--She with
Being Accessory.

Hammonton. n. J., Dec. .. Charles
S. White, % years of age, son of Couu-
Gilman Edward f. White, and Mrs.
Edith Jones, housekeeper for the coun-
Gilman, were held in the county jail at
Mays landing to-day to await the ac-
tion of the grand jury in connection
with the death of three year.old
BILLY" Dansey, whose body was found
by hunter in a swamp about two
miles from his home here on Nov. 81
White is charged with the murder of
the child, while Mrs. Jones, 80 years
old, is accused of being an accessory
after the fact.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-09
DEER-SLAYINC RECORD
MOUNTS RAPIDLY \
Up to This Noon the State Commits
sioner Had Received Reports of
2,42S Deer Slain.

The reports of deer killed still con
TIME TO come to, the office of the Yer
mont fish and game commissioner, and
the reports may not be all received
until the last of the week. This morn
ing cards showing 542 more deer had
been killed were received at the office
making total of 2,423 reported to
date, which is quite good many more
than the state officials expected. The
total reported last evening was 1881,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-09
TWO WERE INJURED
AND ONE MAY DIE
Charles H. Dow of Warner, N. H., and
His Son, Clayton, Were Riding in
Auto Struck by B. g. M.
Train.

Concord, N. H., Dec o.-Charles II.
Dow, well-known merchant of War
ner, is at tho Margaret Pillsbury hos
pital, this city, with injuries that it is
feared will prove fatal, and his son,
Clayton Dow, is suffering from serious
hurts, as the result Of collision be-
tween their automobile and a train this
morning Tho motor car was struck
at Healey's crossing, in Warner, by a
southbound train on the Boston and
Maine railroad.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-09
SPEAKER GILLETr GETS FORTUNE
Is willed 100000 BY His Father-in-
Law, Late of Worcester, Mass.

Worcester, Mass, Dec. 0.--Speaker
Frederick H. Gillett of the national
House of Representatives is given
100000 in the will of his father in
law, William f. Rice of Worcester, filed
for probate to- day. Mrs. Gillett is Civ
en- 100000 and her two daughters, Miss
Frances Helen Hoar and Miss Louisa
Ruth Hoar are given 100000 each and
an annual income of $4,000 from a trust
fund established under the will. Pub
lie bequests are $4,000 each to All
Saints Episcopal church and the Tenn
porary Home and Day Nursery, $1,000
each to Worcester Society of District
Nursing, Worcester Employment So
ciety and Memorial Home for the
Blind.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-09
CHILD BURNED TO DEATH
In Tenement House Fire at Fall River,
Mass.

Fall River, Mass, Dec. 9In ten
ement house fire at the south end to-
day, Manuel Ferry, jr, five years old,
was burned to death. The parents of
the victim worked in the mill and he
was left in the care of his grandmoth
er. In the latter's temporary absence,
fire from some unknown cause origi-
mated and the child was burned to
death before the department could eff
feet rescue The flames were CON
fined to the upper story.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-09
SCORE OF PEOPLE RESCUED.
Were Taken Out of Burning Building
at Springfield, Mass.

Springfield, Mass, Dec. 9Nearly a
score of persons had to be helped from
the second story of two-story bust
ness block in Worthington street to-
day, during a fire which virtually de-
stroyed the building, with loss that
may reach 100000 One young man
who entered the building in an attempt
to rescue several women was so over
come by smoke that he was taken to
a hospital,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-09
WOODBURY. TRAPPERS
GET TWO BAY LYNX.

Floyd and Heland Blake of
Woodbury. have in the last two
days killed two bay lynx. The
first one they got Sunday, when
they went to gather their traps.
They shot it. One of their traps
was missing, so on Monday they
trailed it and found the mate to
the lynx they had killed Sunday
caught in the trap in some
bushes. This lynx fought well,
but was finally killed. They ex-
pected to go to-day after two
more, the tracks of which they
saw Monday. They recently
caught an animal that looks like
a fisher cat, although they have
been unable to find anyone who
knew what it was.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-09
RUMAMA WILL SIGN
AUSTRIAN PACT
And Will Do the Same in Connection
with Bulgarian Treaty in
Paris.

Paris, Dec Rumania is expected
TO become a party to the peace treat
les with Austria and Bulgaria to-day.
Her plenipotentiariss, it is stated, will
sign the treaty in connection with the
Austrian pact providing for the pro-
lection Of racial minorities and will
attach their signatures TO the Bulga-
rian treaty.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-09
SENT TO ASYLUM.
Albert A. Houghton, Middlebury Col
lege Man, Accused Of Theft.

Middlebury, Dec. 0.-Albert A
Houghton, Middlebury college senior
who was arrested about 10 days age
by Chief Of Police George H. ChafTee
and Officer Charles j. Shaw, on a war.
rant charging him with making an en-.
try in the store of Clayton M. Hanks
was brought before Judge Sherman r
Moulton in the Addison county court
yesterday afternoon.
He pleaded not guilty and was sent
to the state institution at Waterbury
for observation as soon as the paper,
could be made out.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-09
BULLETS CONNECTED
WITH THREE BANDITS
When Bank Robbers Were Surprised By
Deputy Sheriffs at Orwell, o.,
This Morning.

Ashtabula, Ohio, Dec. 0-Two ban.
dts were killed and third seriously
wounded at Orwell, 25 miles south of
here, when Sheriff Eldred and five dep
uties surprised them entering the build
ing occupied by the Orwell Banking
company early to-day
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-09
COAL FOR NEW ENGLAND.
Ocean Shipments viii Be Resumed il
a Few Days.

Boston, Dec, Ocean shipments Of
coal, which have been cut off from New
England for three days, will be re-
sumed within day or two The New
England subcommittee on coal has OBJ
tanned from the central committee at
Washington permission for the loading
Of 40 cargoes Of coal for this section
comprising $1,000 tons.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-09
PROLONGED COLD
OVER WHOLE COUNTRY.

Washington, D. c., Dec. "a
prolonged period of cold weather
over the entire country is indi-
Gated, the weather bureau an
nounced to-day, by the abnor
mally high pressure over the re-
gion west of the Mississippi, the
low pressure over the Gulf of
Mexico, the Ohio valley and off
the North Pacific coast. The cold
wave in the West is spreading
eastward and southwark, with
zero temperatures as far south
as the Texas Panhandle, and cold
weather is forecast in the East
and South tonight and to-
morrow.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-09

The northbound morning mail train
was almost two hours late to-day be-
cause Of engine trouble south of Bethel.
Engine l02 would not steam, SO that
when Montpelier junction was reached,
engine AIS Of the freight hauling type,
was placed on the train.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-09

Norfolk, Va, Dec 8. Robbers who
attempted to raid the safes Of the Vir-
ginia Power company here early to-day
were intercepted by the police, who
killed one and arrested three others
Gfter pistol duel.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-09

Continued on fourth page
The sun., 1919-03-09

the gunnery and torpedo work OF the
High Sea Fleet. and how rapid had
been Its advance in the year or two
before the war. A great increase had
been made in the allowance of ammu-
milton for practice. Before the war
this waaDluch h&"or than or own,
and there was no doubt in my mind
that the German allowance would be
we'll expended. Indeed, We had OBJ
tanned information which placed this
beyond question.
Knew Views of German OGicers,
Il was we'll acquainted with many OF
the flag officers and captains in the
German navy, and had some idea OF
their views on naval warfare. Among
those whom l knew best were Admiral
Won Ingenohl, the then commander in
chief of the High Sea Fleet; Vice-Ad-
miral Won Lans, commanding a battle
squadron; Admiral Won Pohl, the chief
of the Naval STAFF, who later succeeded
Admiral Won Ingenohl; Grand Admiral
Won Tirpitz, Admiral Won Holtzendorff,
n former commander of the High Sea
Fleet who succeeded Admiral Won Pohl
as chief of the Naval staff, and Ad-
miral Won Usedom. who did conspicu-
GUS work in tho shore batteries during
the Dardanelles operations. My knowl-
edge OF these officers led me to expect
good work of the High Command. and
also expected that they would be
well supported"
Jellicoe gives a comparison OF num-
bers between the Grand Fleet and the
High Sea Fleet IN the early part OF
the war and shows he had four battle
cruisers to the Germans, Shree. and
forty-two destroyers TO the Germans
lightweight. Here is the table:
"a comparison of numbers between
the Grand Fleet and the High Sea
Fleet in the early part Of the war
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ADM RAJ SIR DAVID BEATTY
WHO SUCCEEDED JELLlcoE

the order or was reluctant 10 leave,
though the fleet went back soon after.
Besides this solicitude for the safety
OF his fleet, a solicitude he did not
shake off even in the heat OF the battle
of Jutland, there Is a disarming caudor
in his confession Of it's deficiencies.
How the world was fooled all the
while. And how the British taxpayer
must grin sheepishly as he reads
Jellicoe's account of the weakness of
that fleet he proudly called the senior
service! The cruisers lacked speed,
the armor was inferior TO that OF the
Germans, the searChlights were bad
the firing gear or direction firing gear
or the range finders were inferior TO
those of the enemy-Jellicoe had few
destroyers. the Germans had twice as
many--the German shells were SUI
perior because Of a highly efficient
armor piercer with a fuse that caused
the shell to burst inside the ship in
stead OF on PERCUSSION, as the British
shell. Good heavens. had the British
no naval attaches in Germany before
the war who could have warned them
Of these things? The docks. too, were
bad The Kaiser had once told the Ad-
The sun., 1919-03-09

try in the future decides to rely for
safety against raids or invasions on
the fleet alone It Is essential that we
should possess considerably greater
margin Of superiority over possible
enemy in all classes OF vessel than we
did in August, 1914"
Nor is that all. Scapa Flow itself
was no haven OF safety for the feet.
Its defenceless condition against dc
stroyer attack and submarine attack
is elaborated. The anchorage known
Us Scapa Flow has three main en-
frances navigable by all ships and in
addition many narrow, shallow doors
on its east side. Before tho war i
had been a question of providing gun
defenCes for this naval base, but for
financial - sons no steps were taken
Scapa Flow in the OrlQS"s lies $50
miles from the German naval bases
and was therefore within the radius
of attack by destroyer fiotillas as well
as submarines. True, there were diff
ficulties of navigation attendant upon
entry into the harbor, due, among
other things, to strong and varying
currents; but the Germans were well
acquainted with the Orkneys and the
Shetlands and had made it a practice
to send ships TO visit these islands
frequently before the war. When the
grand fleet went TO Scaps Flow its
only land defences were some II
FOUNDER guns mounted az tho en-
frances; but there were no search
lights and the guns were useless al
night. 80 much for tho bases at
Scapa Flow" says Admiral Jellicoe.
No fleet in tho history OF the world
not even Nelson's, was the object OF
moro thought and caro- than Jellicoe
gave the Grand Fleet in the years 1919
and 1915, and before coming to the
battle OF Jutland II Is only fair to
point out and emphasize one grand
difference between tho grand feet and
Nelson's fleet. 1t was this difference
that lay so heavily on the prudent
mind OF Jcllicoe during the battle OF
Jutland.
The Grand Fleet contained the whole
Of Englands capital ships. There was
very little in the way OF reserve be
hind il \ hundred years ago when
Nelson led such was not the case
Continued on Tenth rage
The sun., 1919-03-09

navy in the great war will never be
fully known, may never be fully appre-
ciated. Yet when the hammer of Thor
beat upon the gates OF Europe in
August, 1914, the navy was tie one
allied arm that was ready to give back
blow for blow.
In the early days of August a
strange sight met the eyes OF those
whom chance had placed in a position
to see-men in Irish trawlers, fisher
men in smacks off Devon and off
Gr.msby-coast watchers on the chalk
headlands-holiday makers on SUSSEX
coast and on Norfolk breads. These
men saw the wonders OF empire, and
the gray smoke curling on the gray
horizons, and the gray. sinewy ships
that slipped through daylight into dusk
and were seen no more. For moments
only the ships were visible before they
disappeared into the wastes of the
North Sea. Not a shot was fired and
no historic pennant was flown. Like a
phantom Of clouds they passed on their
way, but with them rested the keeping
OF the world" wrote Shane Leslie, no
biassed observer.
been struck before the, war began
when Winston Churchill modified the
feet, wherein, as the Articles of War
put it. under the good providence of
God, the wealth, safety and strength OF
kingdom chiefly depend
Grand Fleet Puts 10 Sea.
At 4 A. NJ. on August 4 Sir John
Jellicoe. as he then was, but now Ad-
miral Viscount Jellicoe OF Scapa, G. c.
| B.. o. NJ, G.. c. V. O., received ADM
rally orders to open a secret envelope
that had been handed to him in the
! train as he was leaving London by an
officer from the Admiralty. containing
| his appointment as commander in
chief of the Grand Fleet; and at $50
I 4. NJ. the Grand Fleet proceeded to sea
| in compliance with Admiralty orders
| to seek out and destroy the enemy.
There is something that disarms
criticism at once in the love Admiral
Jellicoe shows in every page Tor the
units OF his Grand Fleet. 1t is almost a
maternal feeling that moves him. He
knows ever ship by name and loves
| every member of its crew. In and out
| Ol oCdpd flO" ne HuIIltS MS giant sea
| brood at the first hint OF danger, and
! hints OF danger were recurrent, Ger
man submarines were seen or felt
many a time within that loch of water
where he waited for The Day.
Even Scapa Flow was not found Sc
cure and the Grand Fleet was taken to
the landlocked Gulf OF swiftly in the
north OF Ireland. where it remained
safe for many a long month. 1t was
during that time that the Audacious
was sunk, not within the gulf, but
cruising outside it TO the west.
We all remember the Audacious
story and its silent denial. 1t was
Jellicoe who imposed that silence on
the Admiralty. though Churchill
shouldered the blame. His margin OF
superiority was so small, the Admiral
says. that he could not afford to let
the Germans know that his Grand Fleet
had lost the Audacious.
And then tho Admiralty felt that
after all saving the grand fleet was no;
the thing-the thing was to save Eng.
land and keep the North Sea safe
md the Grand Fleet was ordered back
10 Sea- pa; but Jellicoe countermanded
The sun., 1919-03-09

THE above list gives the vessels
available.
In comparisons of GERMANY Sc
lectod and our average moment the
facts should he remem-
bered and were necessarily taken
into account by me at the time:
(a) We usually had at least two
oattleships, one or two light cruis-
ers. six destroyers. one or two
cruisers and perhaps one battle
cruiser under refit, In addition TO
any other vessels that might be
temporarily disabled.
CD Germany would see to It that
none OF her ships was refittinE
when planning an operation and
she could REINFORCE her Meet by
several lre> cruisers and two --s
more hotiIlas OF destroyers from
tho Baltic.
(c) The predreadnoughtS were not
very important factor on either
side owing to inferiority OF speed
and in the case OF our ships the
comparatively short range OF their
guns due 10 inc snlall amount
incs admitted
ldl The German Zeppelins, as
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just or misleading? Not in the least
On reference 10 the book il is not even
complete. You will find that Jellicoe
further tells you that his mine sweep
ers were inadequate--that the British
submarines had poor wireless, or no
wireless at all.ata at the British had
very few mines-that the British navy
had not enough stokers, and that there
was endless serious trouble with con-
denser tubes. To crown it all there is
a glowing eulogy of the German fleet,
It's gunnery and torpedo work.
my knowledge of the German navy.
which was considerable. left me under
no decisions as to its character. I
had made il my business TO keep my
self fully acquainted with German
progress. had first been brought into
close touch with the modern German
navy during service In China from
1899 TO 1902, which included the Boxer
campaign. when I saw a great deal Of
its officers and men. had then
formed a high esteem Of its efficiency.
and subsequent touch on many occa-
sions with the German fleet had con-
WINGED me that in mHtertel the Ger
mans were ahead of us, and that the
personnel. though lacking the initia-
tive and resource and seamanlike
character OF the British, was highly
disciplined, well educated and trained.
/ also knew that the German fleet
was in no way short Of officers; this
was the case with us owing TO the
constant political pressure in the years
before the war. And I expected that
this shortage of officers would be a
great handicap to us, as the war pro-
crossed. The branch of the German
navy from which expected very good
work was the destroyer service. 7 had
seen German destroyers mannuvring
FINALLY | knew, perhaps better than
most Of our officers, how efficient was
The sun., 1919-03-09

miral at Kiel that the British docks
were a failure, and the Admiral had
admitted it. but blamed the taxpayers
for not seeing the necessity for better
docks.
.JcIIicoe Has n Trick of Hts Own.
And so Jellicoe, though ne had his
blanket orders from the Admiralty to
seek out the enemy and destroy him.
knew a trick better than that--he
would keep away from the enemy be-
cause he lacked destroyers. lie tells
us so--he did not dare attack because
he had only forty-two destroyers to
the Germans lightweight. The Ger
mans did not dare attack him because
they were afraid they might lose COM
mand OF the Baltic. They tried attri-
ton by means OF U-boats; but for
tunately that little margin of superb
GRITTY always remained with Jellicoe.
And while the inactivity OF the Ger
Z mans-their Capuan ease at. Kiel-lit
England hard. in the end It broke their
own morale.
Is this summary OF many pages or
chapters in Admiral Jellicoe's book
The Grand Fleet, 1914 to 1916" I'M
The sun., 1919-03-09
Feared Major Ac-
ton Because of
Superiority ofGer-
man Navy in De-
stroyers and Other
Essentials

lis best opportunity from the naval
point OF view in the early months OF
the war, as he was then much nearer
equality of strength with the Grand
Fleet than at any later period. A
carefully laid trap, which included
mine fields and submarines, with the
High Sea Fleet as a bait. might have
been very effective at any period OF
The war in inflcting considerable
losses on US. After April. 1915, the
situation got steadily worse for the
enemy.
The lesson OF vital importance TO
be drawn from this review of relative
naval strength is that If this coun-
The sun., 1919-03-09
Admiral WhoCom-
manded British
Fleet in Greatest
Naval Battle Since
Trafalgar Defends
His Strategy
By JAMES c. GREY.

TT was Farragut who said Damn
the torpedoes!" and won the bat
- tie OF Mobile, Jeilicoe prudently
feared the torpedoes in the battle OF
Jutland. and has written a book to
prove II. an apologize in 500 pages
with maps and charts and lines in blue
ink and red ink to show why the Ger
man feet lived on to be surrendered
finally on memorable day 10 the man
who made the battle of Jutland posi-
BILE.
fateful afternoon of June 2. 1916. which
brought over the sea the news that
the German fleet had come out to meet
the pride of England's navy in battle
will recall the doubt, the incredulity
% the moment. 1t was the German
wireless sent the first tidings and told
OF victory. The German High Seas
Fleet had met the enemy and remained
in possession of the watery field"
There were rejoicings in Berlin and
not in Berlin only. Then came the
feeble British announcement, official,
TOO, that almost changed the doubt, the
uncertainty, TO hush OF fear:
1.-THE German battle feet, aided by
low visibility, avoided a prolonged
action with our main forces. AS
soon as these appeared on the scene
the enemy returned to port, though
not without receiving severe dam
age from our battleships.''
What was behind this announcement?
.ee asked. It said so little, it avoided
~ much. Our newspapers told the
etory as best they could in headlines:
British Navy Suffers Greatest Defeat
In History-Germany Great Naval
Nictory-Gloom In British Capital
Berlin Rejoices Over News-Painful
Lack OF Details" We lived through
the hours painfully, and then the
British Admiralty learned that 1t had
ilskod said tSSsI.'le. The public had
the right to know the facts, and bit by
bit the facts began TO come out and
the headlines to read: "Germanys
Losses Grow-Germans Exaggerated
Vlctory-Sea Battle a Gain for Brit
h."
Low Visibility Lifta.
Nevertheless the world was puzzled
Claim was met by counter claim, and
nfter forty-eight hours waiting the
low visibility in the news began to lift
and II was clear that the sea all the
while had remained in the possession
of the British, but that they had paid
a heavy price for success. THE losses
were severe on both Sides said the
Admiralty at last. But when the MAR
body OF the British fleet came In con.
tact with the German High Seas Fleet
very brief period sufficed for tht
latter, which had been severely pun
ished. TO seek refuge in their protected
waters The language OF a blue boob
10 tell what all the world wanted r.
know. Was 1t victory? The Germanl
had been severely punisn,|. Theil
rect never came out again, but 1t:
menace remained.
A battle OF words began at once II
the British press, and those who KEEP
silent felt perhaps all the more oeepl!
that some one had blundered. Jutlanc
was no name 20 blazon beside those o
the Nile and Trafalgar.
What the world owes to the British
The sun., 1919-03-09

and
seriously damaged rentt
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Continued on Tenth Pa9.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-03
liceman Harmon
Mortally Wounded
Ulman Attached to Second
District is Shot by Negro In
Discharge of His Duty.

Pnxrolman G. N, Harmon, nj the sec
I'D precinct. was shot and rreoaniS
I1n4nlly wounded last night ct lz-"o
o'clock by an unidentified negro where
13rook avenue crosses the railroad
CRACKS.
ss Harmon. who lives at 500 nnrth
lNWenty sixth street, had just arrested
'4kA negro for being drunk. in company
Nth another man who had quart on
sv'hiekey, He marched them TO the
alarm box and was preparing TO can
the patrol when the drunken negro
rho was described as weighing ABOUT
s14S pounds placed revolver al the
S&1ieAmans head and marched MN
iabout a block down an alley.
Harmon turned suddenly and graph
"a with the negro In an effort TO dis
arm him, when the man pulled away
from him and fred a shot through the
p4l3ceman's right side, the bullet pass
ing through hrs liver
~ The negroes ran Immediately AFTER
the shooting, and the railroad watch-
man. attracted by the wounded mans
cries, called the patrol and had MN
Yunhed to the Virginia hospital. where
~ was thought to be fatally wounded
Harmon II a new member OF the force
~ married and Is only twenty-four
years of age. A search was immediate
~ Instituted for the culprit. but he had
not been located at late hour TINS
morning.