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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-21
GERMAN SENTIMENT SWINGING
STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF SIGNING;
MTJELLER TO FORM NEW CABINET
ATTEMPTED MURDER
NEAR WINOOSKI
Mrs. Catherine M. DeInag Sprague Struck
Several Times By Bullets Fired By
Joseph Campbell, Who Is Said
to Have Been Jealous.

Burlington, June 2l--A house situated
near Fort Ethan Allen was the scene yes
terday morning Of shooting afEray
when Joseph Campbell, who has been
employed as a motorman for the Bur
lington Traction company, entered the
house of Mrs. Rose Taft and fired num-
her of shots at Mrs. Catherine M. Demag
Sprague, woman who had been staying
there for the past six or eight months
and with whom Campbell had been keep
ing company.
About l0:30 o'clock Chief of Police
Barber of Winooski received telephone
call from one Of the houses in that vi
cinity saying that there was a shooting
affair. He, in company with Special
Officer r, Ryerson, went up as soon as
soon as possible and between the Fanny
Allen hospital and the house where the
shooting occurred they met Campbell,
who was ON his way down to Winoosk.
The chief stopped the car and started
to talk to him and asked him what had
occurred, Campbell stated that nothing
had happened and as he appeared as
though he wished to get away, the Off
Ger, after talking with him a few min
utes, took him by the shoulders and told
him that he wanted him. When the Of
fcer took hold of him, Campbell showed
some resistance and struggle started,
when Special Officer Ryerson was told
to search him for gun, which was then
taken away from him.
After the gun, which was a five-shot
Harrington Richardson 32calibre, was
taken away, he was put into the auto
mobile and taken to the house where
the shooting occurred. 1t was found on
entering the house, that Campbell had
entered and gone to the room of Mrs.
Sprague, who had not risen, and after
few words had started in shooting at
the woman. Most of the shots took eff
feet, three entering the right arm, one
the left arm, and one in the back of the
neck.
During the shooting Mrs. Taft tried to
interfere and was shot at, but the bullet
did not hit her and she got out Of dan
ger Mrs. Sprsgue, after being shot, had
started downstairs and out Of doors and
across the road and came back and was
met by the man, who started in to use
the butt OF the gun She was taken to
the Fanny Allen hospital for treatment.
1t was thought that the gun had been
loaded three times, as when it was looked
over it had two empties and one full
chamber. Five empties and four bullets
were found in the house where stray
shots had been fired Campbell was
brought to the Chittenden county Jail,
where he will await his hearing, which
will probably take place next week.
The house where the shooting occurred
has been watched for the past few weeks,
as a complaint had been entered against
| ii and warrant was out against the
Taft house charging the woman Of keep
ing disorderly house. Rose Taft was
placed under arrest and brought TO jail
| yesterday.
AS far as could be learned last even.
ing the wounds of Mrs, Sprague were not
of dangerous character.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-21
WALLACE BATCHELDER
OF BETHEL DEAD
One of Roosevelt's Rough Riders and
Prominent Supporter of Roosevelt in
1912 Campaign-Funeral Will Be at
Bethel on Monday Afternoon.

Bethel. June Wallace Batchelder
for many years leading lawyer in
Windsor county and prominent man in
Vermont affairs, died at the state hos
pital in Waterbury at 7:20 this morning
having been an inmate there for two
years and four months. The cause Of
his death was Of tuhercular nature
The body will be brought to Bethel
and the funeral will be held Monday
afternoon at o'clock.
Mr. Batchelder was born in Andover
June 20, 1875, being the son of Edmund
A. and Lizzie tNutting) Batchelder. He
was graduated from the Chester academy
in 1892 and began the study of law in
the office Of Waterman & Martin in
Brattleboro, later going into the office
of Hunton h Stickney in Bethel He
was admitted to the bar in 1904 and to
practice i'm the United States courts the
following year.
Mr. Batehelder was counsel for the
Roosevelt forces in contests before the
Republican national convention in Chi
cago in 1912 and was chairman for Yer
mont of the Roosevelt presidential cam
paign that same year. going on the stump
in Vermont and New Hampshire.
His service as trooper in the LIST
Y. $. Volunteer cavalry tRooseyelt's
Rough Riders in the Spanish American
war, brought him into friendship with
exPresident Roosevelt He was commits.
stoned by President Mckinley in 1899 as
first lieutenant in u. y Volunteers, and
he was commander OF Go. b, and later
of Co. G of the 46th u. S. Infantry Vol
unteers during the campaign in the Phil
| ippine islands. He was honorably dis
charged from the service in 1901. In
| 1916 he was commissioned major in the
LIST Vermont cavalry, which was at Fort
| Ethan Allen for time, but which was
dismissed from service because there
was no need Of the services of the or.
ganization.
! Mr.. Batchelder was member of the
| Vermont Bar association, the American
Bar association, the American Academy
of Political and Social Science, American
| Institute of Criminal Law and Criminol
ogy, national commission on uniform
state laws, American Peace society,
American Society for Judicial Settlement
of international Disputes and other or,
| CARNATIONS.
| He leaves his mother, his wife and two
sons, Allen and Gordon Batchelder.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-21
TALK OF THE TOWN

This afternoon and evening at Benia-
min Falls the families Of those connect
ed with the Heddmg Methodist Episcopal
church. together with the children of the
Sunday school. will hold their annual
picnic. There will ,be games and sports
and with the ideal weather fine time
will result
Prof. W. Lyons Phelps of Yale univer-
sity, who delivered the address last even
ing to the graduating class of Spauldinq
high school, returned this morning Ia
New Haven, Conn. During his brief stay
here he was the guest of Henry H. Jack
son of 20 South Main street. who for.
merly studied under Professor Phelps
Barre's interesting points were not over
looked by Professor Phelps and yestlr-
day he devoted part of the day visiting
the quarres and Williamstown gulf and
the latter part Of the day indulged in
his favorite pastime at the Barre Coli
club,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-21
TALK OF THE TOWN

Mr. and Mrs Robert O. Mcdonnell left
this morning for Burlington to spend
the week end
Miss Mildred Spear Of Jefferson street
has gone to st. Albans Bay to remain
for a week or so with her grandpar
ents
Mrs. Frederick kempton of South Main
street is attending the commencement
exercises at Middlebury college this
week
The baccalaureate sermon for Goddard
seminary viii be preached at the Univer-
salist church tomorrow morning at l0:30
by Rev Stanley Spear Of Dexter, Me.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lynn Scofeld Of Provi-
denee, r. l., while on their way to Kineo,
Me, are making visit with Mr.. and
Mrs, Arthur Il. Campbell Of 276 North
Main street.
Samuel G. Mcclellan, for the past week
staying in this city on business connect
ed with the Monument and Cemetery
Review, of which he is editor, returned
to-day to Buffalo, N u
0reste Gianni, having successfully
passed the entrance examinations for
the Annapolis naval school, left to-day
for Burlington to undergo preliminary
physical examination at the naval re-
cruiting Office there.
Harry s. Morse of the Spaulding high
school faculty will be engaged during
the summer months at st. Albans with
contracting firm and this morning he
left for St Albans.
Mrs. Gertrude j. Holder left this morn
ing for Beverly Mass, to visit her
daughter, Mrs Charles S. jenkins. Mrs
Holder will be accompanied home by her
daughter, Mrs. Lawrence T. Howe Of
Claremont, N. H.
George Mowatt, recently appointed BY
the board of aldermen as regular po.
liceman, thereby increasing the force to
six men instead Of five, was sworn in
this morning and began soon afterward
the routine work of the force.
Alexander A. Milne and wife of Hill
street have returned from an automobile
trip to Smugglers Notch They were
accompanied by w X. Manning, a we'll.
known retail monument dealer of Plain
field, N. j., who for several days has
been in the Barre district on business.
After the graduating exercises at the
opera house last night the members OF
the graduating class, together with many
of the faculty, assembled at the Spauld-
ing dance hall for an hour or more OF
dancing and enjoyment. Before the dane
ing, however, LeRay Ryan, teacher OF
science and mathematics for the past six
years, was presented gold watch chain
by Frank H. Wells. who represented the
senior class Mr. Ryan responded in a
brief speech, thanking the young people
with whom he had passed several years
OF his teaching career, for the token Of
esteem. Reardons orchestra furnished
music for the occasion.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-21
There Were $50 on Steamer
Northland, Which Went
Aground
VESSELS BOTTOM
BADLY DAMAGED
Struck on West Island, Off
the Coast of Massa-
chusetts

New Bedford, Mass, J.sS t. The
steamer Northland from ~ York for
Boston with $50 passeJc 6nd freight
went aground in a =. ,early to-day
while making for tkS yards bay en-
trance of the Cape fscanal
A radio message fre.h her commander,
Captain Snow, said the vessel was rest
ing easily on West Island ledge, 10
miles from this city, and that the pas
sengers were in no danger The captain
asked that boats be sent Immediately to
take off passengers, but on account Of
the thick fog, which made navigation in
the bay very difficult, the tugs sent from
here were unable to reach the Northland
at once.
Later the fog lifted little and the
transfer of the passengers by tugs to
this city was accomplished without acci
dent. 1t was arranged to forward them
to Boston by special train after the bag
gage had been removed.
Ii was believed that the Northland
could be loated without great difficulty,
as the sea was calm. Her outer hull was
damaged but the inner hull was reported
| intact.
The Northland is owned by the East
ern Steamship company, and plies regu
larly between New York and Boston.
The sport where she struck is near the
scene of the wreck of the steamer San
katy three years ago. 1t is several miles
inside the course usually followed in
heading for the Cape Cod canal.
Boston, June 2l.-The following radio
message was received at naval communi-
cations Office at 4:26 a. m. to-day:
From Steamship Northland- Steamer
ashore West island, Buzzards bay, at
2:50 a. m. Send immediate assistance
and boat to remove passengers from New
Bedford. No danger to passengers. Dou-
Bile bottom. Numbers 2 and holds full
of water. No immediate prospect OF
| floating ship. Thick fog here now. Rest.
ing easy on West Island ledge, Star
bury No. |. (Signed) Captain Snow
| A later message received at the
Office of the Eastern Steamship company
said that all the $50 passengers on the
Northland had been taken off safely and
rowed to New Bedford The transfer
was made by tugs and small boats. A
special train win bring the passengers to
this city.
The message to the steamship com
pany said the damage was confined to the
outer hull of the Northland, which has a
double bottom, and that the inner hull
was not pierced by the ledge on which
she struck The ledge is near West is
land 10 miles from New Bedford.
Salvage operations were ordered at
once. and it was said that an effort
would be made TO haul the steamer into
deep water to-day and bring her to this
city. The fog, which was heavy during
the early morning, was lifting somewhat
later
The Northland carried only small
amount Of freight, according to officials
here.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-21
A COMMUNITY PICNIC.
Held by Green Mountain Creamery at
West Topsham.

West Topsham, June 2l.-The Green
Mountain creamery at West Topsham
held community picnic yesterday after
noon for the benefit of the patrons OF
the creamery and others in the commu-
nifty interested in dsirying. More than
800 people gathered at the picnic table,
heavily loaded with good things to seat,
in the grove near the creamery,
In the afternoon the following speak.
ers took part on the program: V. r.
Jones of the state department of agri-
culture; A. L. Dexter. formerly Of West
Topsham, now Of Lowell, Mass, and in
terested in the West Topsham creamery !;
O, NJ Camburn Of the extension service,
University of Vermont; +. H. Loveland
county agent, Miss Charlotte Pierpont,
state home demonstration leader. and
Miss Mildred Dutton, home demonstra-
tion agent. Rev. Mr. Anderson of Brad
ford read a selection and popular and
patriotic songs were sung, the boys and
girls enjoying game of baseball. Fol.
lowing the afternoon program, 80 sam
pies Of cream were scored by Mr.. Jones.
About 200 people attended the even
ing meeting, which was held in the
grange nall at waits River. ". nj, Root,
manager Of the Connecticut Valley ex-
change, pointed out the value of the or
ganization to the farmers Of the com
munity Miss Dutton gave an interest
ing and instructive talk on the food val
ne Of milk and manufactured dairy prod
ucts. o. NJ. Camburn gave an illustrated
talk on the Importance Of purebred live
stock. The meeting closed with an illus
trated talk by " r. Jones on Methods
Of Handling Dairy Products and Inn
proving the Quality"
The winners in the cream scoring CON
test were announced and are as follows :
Henry Dunkling won first prize of SIS
with score Of 9S.5; White brothers
won second prize, $3, with a score OF
81, and G. NJ. Colby won third, So, with
score Of 96.5. These prizes were award
ed by Mr.. Dexter to encourage a higher
quality Of cream.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-21
FLY FROM RUTLAND TO
BARRE FOR FOURTH"
Lieut.. J. ]. Lynch, U. S. Army Aviator,
Will Arrive the Day Before the Big
Celebration for Welcoming Home
the Soldiers and Sailors.

A curtain riser for the big air features
of Barre's homecoming celebration in
Washington and Orange counties will be
cross-state flight from Rutland to
Barre, according to plans completed to-
day by the local committee. Lieut.. j. j..
Lynch, the U, s. army aviator who is to
make the various flights, will fly from
Rutland to Barre Thursday, July 3, Due
notice is to be given Of his starting time
and unless curiosity has been sunk with
out trace in the makeup of the we'll
known human race, there will be large
audience eagerly awaiting his arrival in
Barre on the day before the Fourth.
Added interest in the approaching
cross-state flight Of an army aviator and
his succeeding flights in Barre and vicin-
ity will be found in the fact that a local
boy, Sergt. Alex d. Straiton, who won
his spurs at Love field, near Dallas, Tex,
in l0lS-l9, will accompany Lieut. Lynch
on his air voyages in this locality. An.
nouncement was made to-day, in addi-
ton, that Lieut.. Lynch will take UP
passengers on some of his flights July 4.
But Sergt. Straiton, who scared the air
lanes many times while at Love, field,
will assist the aviator in the prelim-
inaries
In less time than it often takes to
telephone between the Marble and the
Granite cities, Lieut.. Lynch, after hop
ping off in Rutland on the morning of
the Sd, will head over the range for
Barre. Here the local committee, with
the assistance of Sergt. Straiton, will
have erected hangar at the south end
park. Immediately upon his arrival,
Lieutenant Lynch will be joined by
Sergt. Straiton in air tour of Barre
and towns about. The flying men will
be in sight throughout the excursion,
and if the day be bright, as theS old
almanacs say, good many folks are GO
ing to get the roofs of their mouths sun
burned.
Lieut.. Lynch's bagful of stunts will be
reserved for the day of the celebration,
when, in addition to taking up lay pas
sengers for a bit of plain "free hand
| flying, his ship, Curtiss JN4, will in
dulge in loops, vertical banks, spirals
nose dives and tail spins. On these
fight vagaries he win be accompanied
by Sergt Straiton A more detailed an
nouncement of the stunt program will
be given later. In the event of very
inclement weather, the flights viii take
place on the day following, Saturday,
July 5.
| Various publicity outfits, composing a
flying squadron which left the city yes
terday, returned last evening well pleased
with the cordial reception given them in
surrounding towns. Town and country
to all appearances. are going to unite in
giving the returned service men hearty
welcome July 4, and already there are
glowing indications that Barre will have
many visitors on the holiday
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-21
ANCIENT THINGS
ON EXHIBITION
At Combined Flower and Antique Show
Now on at the Church St. School
Building Under Auspices of
Civic Department Of
Woman's Club.

Again this afternoon and tonight the
flower show, under the auspices of the
civic department Of the Barre Woman's
club, viii continue to attract many to
the Church street school building, where
the display OF peonies and other flowers
and also of antique articles has been
placed.
To anyone in the least interested in
possessions Of a former generation, the
antique articles form real attraction.
It would be impossible to name all the
things on exhibition there, but among
the more important are the following:
An ancient shirt front, erayat, shell
comb, doll and parasol also a birch bark
box made by the Indians, and a tray
said to have been used to serve wines
and liquors to the Hessian officers in
Massachusetts. This tray came to Yer
mont when the owners moved here on an
OK sled and was loaned for the exhibit
by Mrs. |. w Bates. There were also q
pewter teapot and spoons, a shoulder
cape shawl, an ancient pair of specta-
cles, with sliding bows, children's arti-
cles. including tiny pair of leather
boots, loaned by Mrs Myrtle Bugbee; q
quilt loaned by Mrs, Morancy Keith /;
china over $50 years old, loaned by H. G.
Leonard, and some over 100 years old by
Mrs. B, p. Wiley and Mrs. George Me.
Farland. also a bill holder and sampler,
and silk shawl over 100 years old ex-
hibited by Mrs, Mcfarland
A pair of hose, the yarn of which was
homespun, and knit by Mrs, Mary Paine
in 1865, were among the exhibits. Old
books were loaned by Mrs. r. A. Hoar,
Miss Ellen Hoar and George S. Nye.
Beautiful pieces Of hand embroidery, coll
lars and handkerchiefs were loaned by
Mrs Perley Carr, worked by her grand
mother, Mrs Childs, over go years ago.
There was also shawl made by Miss
Amice Waugh when she was 50 years old
and candle molds and coat Of arms
were exhibited by Miss Mary Carleton,
Dir. Joe Jacksons fine collection of coins
had prominent place, and Mrs. Elmer
Taft loaned braided rug and some
homespun linen.
MIS. W. y. SldpP udu q idig " VAhlble
of articles, among them q teaset brought
from Massachusetts when the settlers Of
Vermont were coming here, from which
Mrs. Clapp served tea yesterday and will
again to-day, the dishes resting on a
snowy cloth Of homespun linen used in
1854 In her exhibit also were q cashmere
shawl and seven different kinds Of home
spun linen, two handmade plates whit.
tied with jackknife out Of wood, one
made in 1850 and the other previous to
l760, fax, shuttle and thread, pumpkin
hood lis years old, pair of children's
mitts and many other things in wearing
apparel of former generation.
A very beautiful exhibit was a white
silk shawl loaned by Mrs. |. NJ Leach Of
Montpelier. This was hand embroidered
in white in flowers, butterflies, birds and
vines, and was made in the Pacific is
lands and brought across the continent
BY man on horseback when there was
Continued on fifth page
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-21
PROVINCES THREATEN
TO QUIT GERMANY
Claim That They Have Been Deserted
and Portions of Their Territory
Have Been Snapped and
Bartered Away.

Weimar, Friday, June 20 tBy the AS
sociated Press General Groener, for
mer Prussian war minister and successor
to Field Marshal Won Hindenburg as
chief Of the German general staff, ar
rived here from eastern Germany yester-
day and conferred with the members Of
the cabinet about the Polish situation
and the entire eastern front.
He reported that West Prussia, East
Prussia and Silesia have determined to
form an independent state free from
Prussia and Germany, if any portions
of those states are allowed to 90 to
Poland He said the inhabitants Of the
three states are bitter at Germany,
claiming that she had deserted them
and swapped and bartered away portions
of those states for the sake Of others. .
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-21
NEWPORT S4WMILL
BURNED; LOSS $4,000
The International Mill Employed About
IS Men--Cause of Fire Is Thought
to Have Been Spontaneous
Combustion.

Newport, June q The International
sawmill, owned by Prouty 4 Miller,
caught fire at $50 last evening and was
destroyed in two hours. The loss is es-
timated at $4,000. It employed about
Is men,
Due to the fact that the mill was sit
uated on the shores of Lake Memphre-
magog, the danger of embers flying to
the nearby dwellings was obviated, Al
though the origin Of the FIRE is unknown,
it is believed to have been spontaneous
combustion.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-21
tGERMANY is SEEKING
ADMISSION TO LEAGUE
Erzberger Is Said to Have Asked If AL
4 lies Will Agree to Immediate Admis-
/ sion to the League of Nations.

Berlin, Friday, June 30 (By the Asso-
ciated Press Matthias Erzberger (men-
toned as probable head Of the new Ger
man peace delegation) is reported to
have sent note to Premier Clemenceau
as president o. the peace conference, ask
ing whether the allies will agree to the
immediate admission Of Germany to the
league of nations.
Herr Erzberger also desires to know if
the powers will consent to the limitation
Of Germany's indemnity to l00,000,000,-
900 gold marks and renounce their effort
10 have former Emperor William sur
rendered.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-21
GERMAN PROVINCIAL PRESS
STRONGLY URGES ACTION
Hostility to Won Brockdorff Rantzau and Won
Bernstorff Is Likely to Exclude Them from the
New Government Which Is About to Be Formed
to Succeed the Scheidemann Cabinet.

Paris June 2President Ebert has requested Herman Muel
ler majority Socialist leader to form German cabinet
cordng advcs received by the American delegation
Matthias Erzbergr will probably head the German dele
cation, the advices indicate
The opposition attitude of the Democrats and German Nation
ats the question of the treaty will probably exclude Count
Won Brockdor Ranau and Count Won Bernsto from the
ernment.
The German provincial press strongly urging the speedy
signing of the treaty.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-21
ST ALBANS NAN GETS
d. S. c. FOR HEROISM
Lieut.. Donald S. Mckay Awarded Medal
BY General ershing-Announce
ment Was Made at Washing
tom To-dav
ton To-day.

Washington, D. G., June 2l.-General
Pershing has made the following awards
of the distinguished service cross:
Lieutenant Donald s. Mckay, st. Al
bans, VI
Sergeant William G. 1ngodd Altoona,
Pa
Corporal William A. Baylard, Water
bury, Conn.
Private George ". Thompson, Spring.
dale. Pa.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-21

Berlin adviees to the American delega-
tion summarizing the situation in Ger
many up TO midnight show the sentiment
throughout virtually all Germany to be
in favor of signing the peace terms The
adyices cover Leipzig, Dresden, Chem
nitz and other representative regions.
Geographically analyzed, the advices
indicated that the southern German
states are all favorable to the accept
ance of the treaty, while the Prussian
regions are maintaining some opposition.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-21
GUEST OF U. S. GOVERNMENT.
Brazil's President Elect Went to Wash
ington To-day from New York.

New York, June 2l.--Dr. Eptaca
Pessoa, president elect Of Brazil, who ar
rived here yesterday aboard The steam
er Imperator, left for Washington on
special train this morning He viii be
the guest of the American government in
Washington for several days.