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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-05
GERMANS REACHED
MAXIMUM JUNE l
While the Allies Were at the
Highest in Rifle Strength
on Sept. /; That Is, Those
Who Were at the Front.

Washington, D. c., Feb. 5.--The total
strength of the United States army on
Nov. IL, when the armistice was signed
and when the American war effort was
at its peak, was 3,703,273 officers and
men, including the marine corps on duty
with the army in Europe. A statistical
table made public to-day by the war de-
partment gives this figure.
Included in the table is a comparative
statement of the strength of allied and
German forces on the western front, by
months, beginning April l, 1918, showing
that on July /, for the first time the al
lied rifle strength" exceeded that Of the
Germans.
In rifle strength, which means men
standing in the trenches ready to go
over the top with the bayonet," the allied
total on July was $4,000, compared
with l,4l2,000 for the Germans.
On Nov |, when the enemy's reserves
had been exhausted and his front line
strength reduced by about half, the allies
had rife strength of I,4S5,000, represent
ing odds of upwards of two to one.
From July /, as the Americans con-
tinued to arrive, the allied superiority
showed continued growth over the Ger
mans, who had dropped on Nov. ! to a
strength of S66,000
When the great German drive was
launched in the spring of 1918 the enemy
had a definite superiority of approx
imately 20 per cent the figures for April
/ showing an allied rifle strength of
1.245,000 and German total of l,569,000.
The Germans reached their maximum
June l, with l,639,000, while the allies
reached their maximum on Sept, /, with
] l,6S20O0
The meaning Of the rifle strength upon
which the table is based, is made clear by
the fact that an American division with
p total strength of approximately $1,000
fighting men is rated as 1880 rifles.
The departments table shows that the
rush of American troops to Europe when
the German great drive was launched not
only succeeded in making good all allied
losses from month to month at the front,
but steadily increased the strength of
the allied armies actually engaged. Fig
ures on the hundreds of thousands of
Americans who were in training behind
the lines are not given.
The table prepared by General Per5
shing's staff, showing the comparative
strength of the armies for the eight
months covered follows:
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-05
SHERIFFS COMING TO BARRE.
Fourth Annual Convention VIII Be Held
Feb. II and 13.

The Vermont SherifTs' association will
hold its fourth annual meeting in Barre
on Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. II
and l3, the business session being ar
ranged to be held at Howland hall and
the headquarters of the convention TO be
at Hotel Barre The officers of the asso-
citation are. President, Richard Beattie,
Maidstone; secretary and treasurer, H,
c. Lawson, Montpelier; vice-president, 0.
A. Smith.
The opening session of the convention
will be held at Rowland hall at S;lJ
Wednesday evening, being called to order
by President Beattie and opened for re.
marks by the members. The speakers of
the evening will be State Auditor Ben
iamin Gates and Harvey Goodell, secre-
tary of civil and military affairs The
remainder of that session will be open
for discussion. On Thursday morning,
beginning at o'clock business will oc-
cupy the attention of the sheriifs, Secre-
tarv- Treasurer Lawson starting of by
submitting his annual report. Then will
come the election of officers, including
president, vice president, secretary and
treasurer, and an auditors board of three
members. One of the chief matters to
come up for discussion will be that of
fees and it is expected that something
will be formulated for presentation to
the legislature.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-05
HUN ''POTATO MASHER"
HIT SGT. HUGH BEMIS
Barre Boy Arrives Home Bearing Wounds
of Battle Received When Grenade
Nearly Tore OFF His Right
Side.

Sergeant Hugh P. Bemis, Spc ,cS
high school, 'l3, of the 3l3th - Try,
who landed in Brest July l3 and was
wounded at Avricourt Sept. 26, multi
pie of l3, thinks l3 his lucky number,
for he is back at the home of his parents,
MIR. and Mrs. u. S. Bemis of 100 Hill
street, where he arrived last evening.
having received his discharge at Camp
Meade last Monday, while his division is
doing guard duty in Germany.
Sergeant Bemis was working In Balti-
more when the government registered
men for service and his number was the
first out of the box, 25S This sent him
to Camp Meade in September, 1917. July
l, 1918, he sailed for France, a member
of Company II, 3l3th infantry, 10th di-
vision, national army
He landed at Brest July l3 and four
days after arrival was sent to the lst
army corps school for officers and non
CONS. at Goudrecourt After a month
he was sent to the general training area
at Champlitte and on Sept. 10 left with
his regiment for the front, going into
the trenches at Ayricourt on the Verdun
front, On Sept, 26 they went into battle
as a part of the general French American
advance, started on that day by Marshal
Foch. After four hours fighting, Ser
geant Bemis, who had made the first line
German trenches, was hit by potato
masher" grenade, thrown by German
soldier. He was struck on the right arm
the right shoulder and the right hip, and
was so badly wounded that at one time
in the hospital his recovery was despaired
of. He recovered, however, and after two
months in base hospital and rest camp
Vichy, he started on his journey home
which was finished last night on his ar,
rival in Barre.
Sergeant Bemis' opinion of the boehe is
no better than that of most Yankee sol
diers. He tells of a wounded German
soldier behind the American lines, Il
whom German prisoner loaned his over
eoat-until dusk k-when he took it of
the wounded man and left his eompatriot
to suffer in the cold with hardly any
clothing to cover him.
Sergeant Bemis is proud of his division
which suffered more casualties than al
other national army divisions, except
one, the 77th. It had good officers
though the three majors Of his regiment
and the captain Of his company, wher
they went into battle, all lost their lives
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-05
ARRESTED IN MURDER CASE.
William S. Miller Of West Haven, Conn.
Accused of Shooting w. F. Madden.

Manchester, Conn, Feb, William S.
Miller of West Haven was arraigned
in local town court here to-day, charged
with the murder of William +. Madden,
Waterman of the Cheney Brothers silk
mills, who was shot and killed here last
Thursday night Miller waived exami-
nation and was bound over TO the next
term of the Hartford county superior
court by Judge Alexander Arnott. He
was committed to the Hartford jail with.
out bail and was taken there under
guard. It is alleged by the police that
Miller discharged the revolver that
killed Madden, while Madden was stand
ing on the running board of an auto
mobile containing Miller and several
Others.
Miller was arrested on Monday at his
home in West Haven by the West Ha-
ven police and Superintendent Thomas
F. Egan of the state police. He was
taken to Hartford on Tuesday by Mr.
Egan.
Miller is railroad man and moved to
West Haven from Hoboken, N. j., with
his wife and two children about a year
ago.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-05
HALL CASE WITH JURY
IN SACO, Me-, COURT
Fate of Preacher Charged with Murder
of His Wife, Was in Hands Of jury
at I1:4o O'Clock This
Forenoon.


Saco, Me-, Feb 5--The case of Henry
H. Hall, the preacher, accused Of the
murder of his wife, went to the jury
at ll;40 a. m. to-day.
In the closing argument for the state,
Attorney General Guy H. .Sturgis, de-
nounced the defendant as a liar, a mur-
derer and a lover of women other than
his wife, and asserted that Hall had
made his wifes life a continual torture
mentally and physically, by his acts.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-05
TRANSPORT ARRIVES
FROM M4RSEILLES
Duca D'Aosta Brought 1912 American
Troops, Including Parts of s6th
and ssth Divisions.

New York, Feb. with LIS troops,
the Italian steamship Duca D'Aosta ar
rived here to-day from Marseilles by
way of Gibraltar On board were the
33lst regiment OF field artillery, com
plete, comprising l,342 officials and men
of the seth division; a detachment of
II men of the s6ths 333d regiment of
field artillery; battery f, the headquar-
ters company and medical detachment
of the 330th regiment of field artillery
1898 officers and men-of the ssth di-
vision; and l22 casuals from various
branches of the service.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-05
Then Thomas Brennan of
Holyoke, Mass, Killed
Himself
MRS. BRENNAN NOT
EXPECTED TO LIVE
Man Had Been III for a Year
and Was Despond-
ent

Holyoke, Mass, Feb 5.--Thomas Bren
nan is dead of a self-inhicted bullet
wound, and his wife is in a hospital with
two bullet wounds in the head, inflicted
by her husband this morning. She is not
expected TO recover.
Brennan, who was about 80 years old,
has been i'll for about year and was
Respondent.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-05
WILSON REFUSED
INTERFERE
In Federal Trade Commits
sion's Conduct of Pack
ing Inquiry
AFTER INVESTIGATING
MATTER YEAR AGO
Disclosure Was Made at a
Senate Agriculture
Hearing To-day

Washington, D. c., Feb. 5.--Letters
read to-day at the Senate agricultural
committees hearing on meat industry
legislation disclosed that President Will
son made a personal investigation last
February of protests against the federal
trade commissions conduct of it's packing
inquiry and informed Louis F, Swift that
he was convinced that "there would be
no warrant for his interfering with the
judgment and action of the commission" "
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-05
HELD FOR MANSLAUGHTER.
Bennington Boy Said to Have Been Care
less with Revolver.

Bennington, Feb. Edwin A. Thomp-
son, l6, son ~of George Thompson, an
employe of the Bennington Scale works,
and former resident OF st. Johnsbury,
is held under bonds of $1,000 for the
grand jury charged with manslaughter
The boy is admittedly responsible for
the death of Paul Corey, %, an employe
of the Black Cat Textile company here,
who was fatally shot on Jan. % with
a 3S-calibre revolver in the hands of
Thompson.
The shooting was accidental and took
place while three young men were en-
gagged in initiating moving picture actors.
Thompson returned from overseas in No
vember after service of several months
in the Victoria Rifles, one of the Cana
dian regiments.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-05
URGED IMMIGRATION BAN.
Secretary Morrison of American FEEDER
alton of Labor Asked It,

Washington, D. c., Feb. 5.--Urgiug the
House rules committee to give the right
of way for passage of legislation pro-
hibiting immigration for four years,
Frank Morrison, secretary of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, said that 5OO,-
900 men in the United States were with
out employment.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-05
NAVIGATING IN ST. LAWRENCE.
Steamer Made Quebec-Halifax Trip
Without Damage.

Montreal, Feb. 5.--A voyage which es-
tabishes a record in the history of navi-
cation on the st. Lawrence, usually ice
bound at this time Of year, has just
been completed by the steamship Canadi-
an Voyager, which has reached Halifax
from Quebec This vessel, built here, left
Quebec on Jan. 81 under her own steam
conveyed by the government ice breaker
Montcalm, and arrived at Halifax Mon.
day morning, undamaged.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-05
NATIVE OF CABOT.
E. w. Paige Active in New York Produce
Exchange Until Retirement

New York, Feb. 5.--Eugene Walter
Paige. retired member Of the New
York Produce exchange, died of Bright's
disease yesterday at his home in Pitts
field Mass. Mr.. Paige was born in Cabot,
VT, the son of farmer, 66 years ago.
In this city for many years he handled
all the product of the Pillsbury -four
mills of Milwaukee, and was one of the
first to help in developing great grain
DOrt at Buffalo.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-05
SOLDIERS ENLIST IN NAVY.
More Than II Per Cent Who Enrolled at
New York Bureau.

New York, Feb. 5,---More than II per
cent Of the men who enlisted in the navy
here last week were discharged soldiers
according to an announcement to-day by
the navy recruiting bureau. The state
ment attributed this condition to the
splendid work" of the United States
employments service, which is eo-operat-
ing with the bureau, and to the fact that
many army men, having lived "elose to
the real heart of the navy on their voy-
ages overseas were attracted to the
service.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-05
pAwTUcKET PLANT CLOSED.
When All the Operatives Failed to Work
FUN Time Last Night,

Pawtucket, r. l., Feb. 5.-Tbe $50 EN-.
ployes of the Hope Webbing company,
who left the mill here yesterday after
completing eight hours work, were in
formed when they reported to-day that
the plant had been closed until Monday.
About 500 operatives remained at work
last night until the regular closing time.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-05
LOCKOUT AT BRUNSWICK, ME.
The 700 Cotton Mill Operatives Quit Too
Early Yesterday to Suit Owners.

Brunswick, Me-, Feb. 5.-The 700 op.
eratiyes at the cotton mills Of the Cab
oft Manufacturing company here re-
ported for work to-day only to find
the gates closed in consequence of their
action in stopping work two hours ear
lier than usual yesterday to enforce
their demands for a 4S-hOur week.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-05

On Nov. II, the American army in Eu-
rope was composed of s0,s42 officers and
.86s,474 men, while l,l62 officers and
2l,072 men were at sea en- route for Eu-
rope. The marine contingent in the ex-
peditionary force on that date was 1909
officers and 81 1888 men, making the total
Europe army strength either in France
or en- route there, 2,O03,935 officers and
men.
In the United States on that date were
1864, 400 army personnel and in the in
sular possessions, the canal zone, Alaska,
ETC. 55,735.
The total strength. Of the Siberian ex-
pedition on that date was 29S oificers and
S,S06 men.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-05
PLUNDERING FOOD SHOPS.
Austrians in Linz District Have Become
Maddened by Hunger.

London, Feb. 5--Thousands of persons
in the district of Linz, the capital of up
per Austria, have been pundering the
food shops and committing other depre-
dations, according to reports from Linz
transmitted by the Exchange Telegraph
company at Vienna. The people, the re-
ports stated, had become maddened by
hunger.
The advices added that the disorders
had not yet been suppressed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-05
DIVIDEND REDUCED
BY the American Smelling & Refining
Company.

New York, Feb. 5,--The American
Smelling & Refining company to-day re-
duced its dividend on the common stock
from to a per cent basis, declaring
quarterly dividend of | per cent pay
able March Is. The stock has been pay
ing l1s per cent quarterly since Dec. Is,
1916,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-05
SCHOONER WAS ABANDONED.
The William Duff's Grew Were Rescued
by American Steamer.

New York, Feb. 5-The crew of sew
en- men of the Nova Scotia schooner Will
liam Duff, abandoned sixty miles east
of Nassau on Feb. l, was brought here
to-day by the Red D line steamer Phil
adelphia, which rescued the men. They
said they were caught in heavy gale
Jan. 27, and soon the ship sprang leak.
The schooner was kept aioat by use of
pumps until the Philadelphia was sight
ed.
The William Duff, All tons gross, was
carrying salt from Turks island to Lun-
enburg, N. S., where the vessel was
owned.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-05
NOT TO BE RELEASED.
Sim Feiners Who Are Now Held in
England.

London, Feb 5.-Reports from various
sources that the members of the Sinn
Fein who had been interned in England
were to be released, were refuted to-day
by a statement issued from the office of
the secretary for Ireland, declaring that
the Sim Fein prisoners were not to be
released under the present circum-
stances"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-05

Senior Cableton became minister Of
finance in the cabinet formed by Count
Romanones on Dec. 6, 1918. lie had for
merly been minister of public works and
for several years was Spanish ambassa-
dor to the Vatican.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-05
PLANCH0N is DEAD.
Was Minister of Finance in the Spanish
Cabinet.

Madrid, Feb 5.--Fernin CabIeton Plan
chon, minister Of finance in the Spanish
cabinet, is dead.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-05

Continued on eighth page
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-01-07

ing, must be put forth by jackson
county's entire legislative delegation.
Nobody here doubts your ability to
cope successfully with the problem II
you stand as a unit on all measures
looking to the advantage of this
county. Three OF you were members
of the last legislature and, had all of
you acted without personal jealousy,
would have proven absolutely the
strongest delegation OF the body, not
excepting Multnomah; tho four times
as great numerically It was of in
ferior combined ability. However,
you were so much afraid that one
member might put a proposition thru
and get all the credit for II that re-
suits were greatly hampered.
This time you must bring home
the bacon to satisfy your constitn-
ents. They don't care which of you
fathers the bill. Future personal
ambitions don't count.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-01-07

circulation Ashland and Its uade '
tory than jackson county combined
Entered at the Ashland Oregon secOndass mail matter
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-01-07

II would be n fine memorial to the
returning soldier boys If Ashland, in
stead Of paying the Siskiyou company
ten thousand dollars year for ad-
ditional electric energy, would take
that amount out of the electric fund
annually and apply il TO interest and
sinking fund on enough bonds to
thribble the capacity of our electric
plant and to conserve amply water
for our future needs. The boys will
need TO be provided with work when
they come home. That enterprise
would supply it besides allowing the
money paid for labor to be kept at
home. Besides the splendid memorial
provided by the Victory Week enter
prise, be II granite shaft, band stand,
mineral bath house, or some other, If
We understand the situation, this adj
ditional memorial could he raised
without costing the city one penny
aside from that already being paid to
the Siskiyou company. That looks
practical. 1t looks wise. II would
be an unappreciative community that
would not provide employment for
its returning soldier boys, if ii can be
done without additional expense.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-01-07
TO THE JACKSON COUNTY
LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION

There once were four cats in Kill
klnny;
Each thought there were three cats
too minny;
They fought and they fit,
They scratched and they bit
Until, instead of four cats. there
weren't inny.
Gentlemen, you are now embark
ing on a purely representative mis-
sion. The average Jackson county
elector does not care continental
about your personal political ambi-
tions beyond your ability and dispo.
sition to serve well at this time and
place. Whatever your personal hope,
the people who elected you may not
put as high estimate on your Con-
gressional, Senatorial or Presiden-
tial aims as some of us might wish.
Especially they will likely not brook
shattering of possible local benefits,
thru adverse legislative action, grow
ing out of personal spite engendered
by your individual political ambi-
tions.
jackson county has expended half
a million dollars more on paved high
ways than other counties of the state.
By right and reason and by virtue of
the highway measure passed two
years ago she is entitled to be reim-
bursed out of state highway funds
for a large part of the money spent
by her on the Pacific highway thru
the county. The proposition will
likely meet with strong opposition
from those delegates representing
counties that made no such advance
improvement and who hope for the
greatest future benefit from expendi-
ture of funds provided in the high
way bill. To overcome that. united
effort, free from jeolousy or backbit-
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-01-07
SAILORS WELCOME LIGHTS
AFTER HOSTILITIES CEASE

Comforts soldiers at the front
looked forward to were baths. clean
sleeping accommodations, plenty to
eat and a chance to forget some OF
the appalling events passed thru, but
in the Navy the prime feature Of the
armistice. other than the actual fac.
combats were at an end, was the
prospect of running across the At
lantic without having to "douse the
lights"
At least that Is the idea of Lieut..
X. Townsend, who left the chief
engineers berth aboard the Portland
California liner Beaver to Join the
fighting forces afloat. In letter
from st. Nazaire, about 40 miles
from Nantes, he writes that his ship
reached the other side November II
and up to December had not dis
charged her cargo, while 1t was ex-
pected she would be held another 10
days. The trip home" he figured,
would require IS to 80 days, depend
ing on Winter weather in the North
Atlantic,
"Our trip back to little old New
York will be more comfortable, as
heretofore We have been running the
ship in total darkness, save for the
engineroom, he says, so going
home will seem like a luxury with all
electric lamps going again"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-01-07
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
PLANNING For SOLDIERS

Much has been said, both In Con-
gress and out, about a "back-to-the-
land" movement for our returning
soldiers, and the plan might be
worked out easily enough-proyided
of course our soldier boys favor the
idea--were ii not for the fact that
the country has no land of any real
value to offer them. 1t is all very
well to talk in a general way about
the fifteen million acres of desert
lands which the Department of Int.
rior claims can be irrigated or the
seventy million acres of swamp and
overflowed lands which that Depart
ment claims can be drained and made
profitable. There may also be, as
stated by the Secretary OF the Inte-
rlor, millions of acres of cut-over
land, which can be cleared of stumps,
brush, etc, and made suitable for
agriculture, but these projects are
all matters for the dim and distant
future, whereas the dsbandment of
our army and the making of suitable
provisions for the employment of our
returning soldiers is one which must
be dealt with Immediately and con-
sequeptly, while the country may be
justified in incurring the tremendous
expense necessary to make our two
hundred millions acres or more of
desert, swamp and cut-over lands
suitable for agriculture, the sugges-
tion of utilizing any of this area
(Which at present is, and for years
TO come will necessarily be utterly
uninhabtable and useless) for the
purpose of enticing the men who
make up our present huge armies
back to the land, seems to be hardly
worthy of second thought
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-01-07

In view OF the fact that the Siski-
you company cannot guarantee the
contract rate per unit for the ten
year term proposed by it, but must
leave the rate at last TO arbitration
OF the State Corporation Commits
sion, II would be fair to eliminate the
minimum clause from the contract
and allow the city to pay only for
current consumed, il, indeed, the con-
tract should be renewed at all. 1t
appears that the present contract
should stand. by common consent. un-
Ill further investigation of the pro-
posed municipal Improvement de-
termines whether the city should buy
its current or increase the capacity
of its plant. When we consider that.
at all events, the city water supply
will soon have to he increased, the
matter becomes doubly important.