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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-17
Socialists and Anti Socialists
Engage in Numerous
Clashes
MILITARY FORCES
OVERRUN AT FIRST
In Milan, Bologna, Turin
and Genoa, a 24-Hour
Strike Was Begun

Milan, italy, April l7.-Four persons
were killed and several wounded during
disorders here Wednesday incident to
clashes between socialist and antisocial-
ist groups.
The offices of the socialist newspaper
Avanti were wrecked in the fighting.
The workmen of Milan, Bologna, Tur-
in and Genoa, the principal manufactur-
ing cities of northern Italy, began "a
hour strike to-day.
The police and the military were pow
erless for time to prevent collisions be-
tween the socialists and anti-socialists.
The anti-socialists went to the offices
of the Avanti and revolver shot fred
from a window of the building struck
and killed a soldier. The opposition
crowd rushed into the building and
smashed the furniture and machinery.
Military reinforcements restored order.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-17
TRYING AERIAL BREAKERS
Transatlantic Fliers Loathe to "HoE
OFF" at Halifax.

st. Johns, N. b., April l7.-Weather
conditions favorable for flying prevailed
here to-day. Captain Frederick p.
Raynham. British aviator, and Harry G..
Hawker, his Australian rival for trans
Atlantic fight heHers, looked to incom-
ing weather reports for word as TO
whether the aerial breakers over the
ocean would permit them to shop Of
soon.
Raynham was preparing early in the
day to make the most OF the local at
mosphere clearing by trial flight, which
could be held without loss OF advantage,
while Hawker was awaiting trans.Atlan.
tic reports After yesterdays snowfall a
thaw set in to-day, which had softened
the ground, but Raynham said he believed
he could run his machine along road
without damaging the plane. Hawker
conceded that the soggy ground at the
Mount Pearl plateau tended to inter
fere with successful take off.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-17
CAPITALIZED AT 100000,
Windsor Foundry Corporation Takes
Over Plant Of Cooley Wright Co.

Articles OF association have been filed
with the secretary OF state by the Wind
sor Foundry corporation, having an au-
thorized capital of 100000.
The new company has purchased the
Windsor plant of the Cooley Wright
Manufacturing company of Waterbury
and the business will be continued in
the present plant until such time as ar
rangements can be made to build new
plant The plans for the proposed new
plant call for building so by 200 feet
and with all modern equipment.
William T. Cooley, who is in charge Of
the business as general manager, has dis
posed of his holdings in the Waterbury
plant of the Cooley Wright company and
will devote his entire attention to the
Windsor Foundry corporation. Mr.. Cool
ey has had a long and successful career
as practical foundryman.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-17
VAR MERCHANTMEN
ARE BEING SOLD
First Batch OF Ships Bought by Naci-
rema Steamship Co. at $4,000 for
Each of is Vessels.

Washington, ID. c., April l7.-Sale of
the war built merchant fleet was begun
to-day by the shipping board with the
transfer of l5 wooden steamships to
Nacirema Steamship company of New
York at price of S65 900 for each vessel.
This is an average OF Sl45 per dead
weight ton.
This fleet is TO be operated by the
Brooks Steamship company of New
York, in the transatlantic trade Five
of the Is will be operated out of New
York, five out of Havana, and five out of
New Orleans. Deliveries will be com
pleted within short time
Cargoes for all 10 vessels have been
booked in advance and as result the
purchasers have opened negotiations for
the purchase Of Is more vessels Of the
same type and for immediate delivery.
They also propose to take over a trade
feet of the same size in the future
1t is understood that the purchasers
obtained insurance ranging from l1a to
3h per cent, which shipping experts
said indicated the underwriters now re-
garded this type of vessel as a good risk.
The original insurance rate ranged from
8 TO per cent.
The steamers Dalana, Thala, Airlie,
Ashburn and Birchleaf 1000 tons, will
be delivered at New York.
The latest figures of the shipping
board show us wooden ships in service.
Contracts originally were let for 703
vessels OF this type, but PA of the con-
tracts were cancelled after the armistice.
According to the shipping boards sec
ond annual report, contracts for wooden
ships which were let up to Aug 81, 1918,
called for an expenditure of approx
mately sl65 ton. On this basis the
sale to-day indicates loss of $40 ton
from the cost of production during the
war, a total on the $1,000 tons sold of
81 100000. Chairman Hurley has stated
that in the sale or operation during
peace of the fleet built during the war,
substantial writing off would be nee
essary TO allow for the increased cost of
materials and labor while the war was
in progress.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-17
GERMAN SHIP BROUGHT
2.3Io AMERICANS
The Kaiserin Augusta Victoria Is the
First Of the Surrendered German
Vessels to Enter an Amer
ican Port.

New York, April 1.-THE first ship to
arrive in America of the German ton
mage turned over to the associated pow
ers under the armistice terms entered
this port to-day-the Kaiserin Augusta
Victoria, bringing home 2,3l0 American
troops, The majority of these are of
the 39th division.
Bringing more than l,200 officers and
men of the 10th division, the steamship
Sierra arrived here from Bordeaux. The
Sierra brought altogether l,606 troops,
including three officers and 252 men con
yalescing from wounds or illness.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-17
SOME REFLEX ACTION.
On British Trade by Gripping German
Commerce

London, April lit will be impossi-
bic to cripple Germany without to some
extent cripplng British trade, Charles s,
Adiis, director Of the Bank Of England,
told the Institute of Bankers recently.
"To secure the maximum indemnity for
the minimum Of injury to the trade Of
the country" he said, "it would be neces-
sary to afford Germany free access to
raw material and freedom to arrange
her own mode of paying the indemnity.
This would be for a moderate amount
well within her taxable capacity and on
such terms as to Keep alive in the debt
or the hope of redemption within a rea-
sonabIe time.
"A crippled Germany could not pay a
penal indemnity and to suppose that in
Gripping a nation you thereby gain a
guarantee of continuous peace is chimeri-
cal The only guarantee of peace is that,
having beaten the enemy you should be
ready to fight him again whenever he
likes.
THE idea of Germany being able to
pay, under any circumstances, the
amount of $l20,O00,000 600 at which the
expenditure of The allies was estimated,
should be dismissed as impracticable."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-17
HUNGARIANS NOT EXECUTED.
Karolyi, Archduke Joseph and Others
Reported Slain, Are Still Alive.

Vienna, Wednesday, April l6 BY the
Associated Press Reports of the exc
cutions at Budapest OF Count Michael
Karolyi, Archduke Joseph and others are
untrue. The city continues outwardly
quiet, with progress being made toward
the naturalization of property.
1t is estimated there are only 20 nat.
uralized Americans and American wives
Of Hungarians, in Hungary. An effort
may be made to send food there The
hotels have little meat and few yegeta.
bles, and there is no salt The bread
sold in the city is worse than that on
the market here. Eggs however, are
plentiful.
When Count Karolyi was in Vienna he
called on Professor Philip Brown, sec
retary of the American mission here, and
told him he would be glad to accept a
can of condensed milk He finds social.
ism different problem and was much
downcast when here, partly because he
felt he was badly treated by the allies
and partly because he is hated by the
aristocrats of Hungary, who charge him
with betraying them into the hands OF
robbers or fanatics. He was respondent
also because he was being restricted in
his expenditures. In former times he
was accustomed to spending million
crowns annually
Count Karolyi's frame of mind is
Characteristic OF all persons in Hungary
who have been apprehensive for weeks
as to what would happen next.
Foreigners, especially Americans, are
receiving attractive marriage proposals
from families Of wealthy young women
who expect thus to save something from
the wreck Of their fortunes because for.
eign property will be exempted from ma.
tionalization. Women who marry for
eigners will be enabled to travel freely
over the frontiers, with their families
The new government however, is dis
posed to allow middle class Hungarians
to leave, provided they do not take prop
erty with them.
Many Hungarians who have fled to
Vienna are in abject poverty it is said
Count Alexander Esterhazy, who lost his
son in the war and who was with for
mer Emperor Charles until the latter
went TO Switzerland, is existing by sell.
ing the furniture in his house there. He
has already sold his clothes.
There has been q recent exchange oi
visits by officials of Hungary and Ger
man Austria, Minister of War Boehm
and Herry Pogany of the Hungarian for.
eign office are here from Budapest, with
an army of clerks, ostensibly to liqui.
date the affairs Of the two governments
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-17
DIED AT AGE OF 80.
Frank LeClair Had Been Resident OF
Barre IS Years.

Frank LeClair died at Z o'clock this
morning al the home of his daughter,
Mrs. d. i. White, of Newton street aft
er long illness The deceased was SO
years of age and had been resident of
Barre for the past l5 years. He leaves
to mourn his loss three daughters, Mrs.
d. L. White of Barre, Mrs. NJ r. Kear-
ney of New Haven, Conn, and Mrs. G.
w. Girard of Bristol, Conn, and three
sons, William and George of this city
and Jed H. Leclair of st. Afbans He
also leaves two brothers, Peter and
Mitchell LeClair of Winooski and two sis.
tiers, Mrs. Mary Lenelle of Burlington
and Mrs. Paul Mongeon of Wniooski.
Funeral services viii be'held from St
Monica's church Saturday morning at
7:45 and the body will be taken to Essex
Junction for burial in the family lot.
Friends are requested to omit flowers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-17
BARRE & cHELsEA'S ANNUAL.
Woodward Hudson of Concord, Mass.
Was Elected President.

The stockholders of the Barre & Chel
sea railroad held business meeting and
election of officers for the ensuing year
at their office over the Montpelier &
Wells River depot this noon. A standard
form of contract with the director gen
eral Of railroads was approved during
the meeting. Woodward Hudson OF
Concord, Mass, was elected president ;
Arthur b. Nichols of Melrose, Mass
vice president; j. G. Farwell of Mont
peler, secretary and treasurer. Other
men appointed as directors were: w B
G. Stickney of Rutland, George b. Young
of Montpelier and Fl, w. Varnum OF
JeifersonvilIe.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-17
TURKEY SITUATION
CAUSES ANXIETY
Internal Disorder Is Rife and 1t Is
Feared That There Will Shortly
Be Outbreaks and Massacres
of ArmenianS.

London, April lit is learned here
that the situation in Turkey is causing
grave anxiety. Internal disorder is rife,
according to reports from Rear Admiral
Webb, r. n, at Constantinople. 1t is
feared there viii shortly be outbreaks
and massacres Of the Armenian popula-
tion on large scale.
The situation at Smyrna, where the
Turks and Greeks are ready to spring at
each others throats, is typical of the
situation throughout Turkey. Bands of
brigands are dominating the country,
even within few miles of Constantine
pie and committing atrocious murders
The committee of union and progress,
the Young Turks organization, which
was driven from power in Constantine
pie as result of the allied victory, is re-
ported to be secretly conducting an en-
ergetic recognizing movement.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-17
NO srRIKE-BREAKERs YET
And Force of Operatives at Springfield,
Mass, Numbers Thirty.

Springfield, Mass April 1.-THE In.
ternational Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers, numbering about 225 in the
district including this city and affecting
IS local telephone exchanges, went on
strike this morning in accordance with
orders received yesterday Manager II,
L. Sanborn of the Springfield exchange
said that the local accounting depart
ment force, consisting OF Is girls, also
went on strike to-day.
Mr.. Ssnborn said that practically the
same NUMBER of operators was on duty
as yesterday, when it was reported that
80 were at work. The force is not wholly
the same, lie said because some OF those
at work yesterday did not report to-day,
while others have been added. Mr. San
born said no strikcbreakers had been
brought here, and that only those who
had answered the companys advertise
ments for operators have been put on,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-17
FOUGHT RIOTERS FROM AIRpLANE
Mob in Lahore Was Bombed and Sub
jected to Machine Gun Fire.

Simila, India, Tuesday, April l5.--Air-
planes were used to-day in coping with
the disorders that have broken out in
the Puniaub. A mob attacked a pas
eenger train in this district and wrecked
the railroad station at Gugoranwala
Airplanes were sent from Lahore and
the mob was bombed and subjected to
machine gun fire from the air
Considerable unrest still existed in
Delhi and Lahore The commissioner of
the district has appealed to the leading
men to use their influence for the re-
opening of the shops. Otherwise, he an
nounced, the authorities would take ac-
tion.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-17
CHICKEN THIEVES
GIVEN Is MONTHS
Earl Davis and Arthur Wilbur Pleaded
Guilty in Montpelier City Court to
Grand Larceny and Were
Sentenced to State
De-.

Earl Davis and Arthur Wilbur, the
men arrested Tuesday night after good
bit of detective work on the part Of the
sheriff department, Barre police officers
and the states attorney, pleaded guilty
in Montpelier city court late this fore
noon to charges Of grand larceny. The
specific charge against each respondent
was that they had stolen Is chickens
from the Chandler farm in Middlesex,
but it is alleged that the men'admitted
other thefts of chickens from various
farms in the county Judge f. NJ Har-
vey sentenced the men TO not less than
eight months nor more than two years
in the state prison at Windsor.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-17
The Patricia Had Hardly
Poked Her Nose Through
the Fog Before She Was
Surrounded by a Fleet of
Small Boats Carrying Rel
atives and the Welcoming
Parties.

Boston, April l7.-More units of the
Yankee division reached here to-day.
They arrived on the naval transport Pa
tricia in driving rainstorm. The Pa
tricia had hardly poked her nose through
the fog at the entrance of the harbor at
noon before she was surrounded by a
fleet of small boats bearing relatives and
friends and members of official greeting
committees.
The units aboard the Patricia included
the l02d and l03d machine gun battal.
ions, composed largely of former mem
bers of the old lst Vermont infantry
regiment; the l0lst field signal battalion,
a Boston organization, and several small
er detachments. Also on board were cas-
ual companies from Massachusetts, and
the regular army besides special casual
company composed of men from various
branches of the service, making a total
of 2,Sl2 officers and men.
Governor Percival w. Clement Of Yer
mont led party Of Is from his state
who went down the harbor on one Of the
steamers to meet the Green Mountain
lads. Included in the delegation were
Adjutant General Herbert T. johnson,
Mayor brennan and Postmaster William
II. Finn of st. Albans and other state
and city officials
Members of the Massachusetts and
Boston welcoming committees were there
to greet the men from this state.
A particularly warm welcome was ex-
tended by the Vermont delegation to
members of Company D of the l03d ma
chine gun battalion, for so per cent of
the Vermont men cited for bravery dur
ing the war were members of this com
pany, made up largely of volunteers of
st. AlBans. The l03d had its hardest
fighting in the Xivray sector in June,
1918.
Colonel William J. KeYlle of Boston,
commander Of the l0lst ammunition
train, was in charge of the troops re-
turning on the Patricia, although his
own organization was not on board.
1t was arranged that the Patricia
should make only brief stop in the out
er harbor and then proceed to Common
wealth pier SO that if possible, all Of the
troops might be debarked and sent To
Camp Devens tonight, The Winifredian,
with others of the 26th division was
following the Patricia and if not DELAYED
by weather conditions was expected to
reach here tonight or early tomorrow.
The arrival of the Patricia was unlocked
for, army officials having expected the
Winifredian to get to port first Both
sailed from Brest on April g.
Winifredian Coming Friday.
Naval officials announced later that
the Winifredian would reach the harbor
about a. IN. tomorrow Other trans
ports on their way to Boston with the
date of their expected arrival were an
nounced at naval headquarters as fol-
lows
Vedic, April 2l; New Jersey, April %;
Santa Rosa, April %; Cohasset, April
26; America, May l. The West Durfee
originally ordered to New York, where
she was due April 10, also is coming to
this port.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-17
SWITZERLAND MAY
RECOGNIZE GERMANY
On Ground That 1t Was Elected Legal
ly by the National Assembly,
Which Was Chosen by
Votes of the
People.

Berne, April II (Havas The Swiss
federal council, it is reported has decided
to recognize the new German government
on the ground that it was elected legal
ly by the national assembly, which was
chosen by the votes of the people .
The report has caused sensation in
political circles here
A Copenhagen dispatch on March 25
quoted Berlin message as saying that
President Ador of Switzerland had re-
piled cordially to letter from President
Ebert announcing his accession. 1t was
added that Switzerland was thus the
first foreign state TO formally aeknowl-
edge" the new German government
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-17
PART OUT AT ST. JoHNSBURY.
Linemen and Outside Trouble Men Quit
Work This Morning.

St Johnsbury, April l7.--Linemen and
outside trouble men in the st. Johnsbury
and Newport telephone exchanges went
out at o'clock this morning. There are
eight connected with the local exchange
and IL in Newport.
This strike will hold up installation
and the prompt clearance of trouble;
but otherwise the service in the two ex
changes is uninterrupted. There are no
union members among the operators
Reports that an attempt was being made
to unionize the operators is denied by
Manager c. L. Merrill.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-17
Bolshevism Giving Way to a
New Bourgeoisie"
Element
PREMIER is SEEKING
TO GET COMPROMISE
Meanwhile the Mortality
Rate in Petrograd
Is Alarming

Copenhagen, April Bolshevism in
Russia is giving way to a new bour-
geoisie," according to the director of the
Moscow Red Cross committee, who has
arrived here. Premier Lenine and War
Minister Trotzky are trying to reach an
understanding with the moderate ele-
ments in Russia.
The situation in Petrograd, the direc-
tor reports, has been growing worse and
numerous anti bolsheviki outbreaks have
occurred there. In February there were
$4,000 deaths in Petrogad compared
to 10000 in January.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-17
SWISS REFERENDUM.
On the Decision to Enter the League Of
Nations.

Geneva, April H-The Swiss govern.
ment has issued an official note saying
that, owing to the extreme importance
of the latter, the Swiss people will be
called TO decide by q referendum wheth-
cr the confederation viii join the league
Of nations. A message on the subject will
he presented before the federal assembly
during the June session.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-17
KooNs HASN'T STARTED.
But Is in Washington Awaiting Further
Advices.

Washington, D G., April IL. The New
England telephone operators strike was
under discussion again to-day by officials
Of the postoffiee department and the wire
control board. They We're awaiting ad-
ditional advices from Boston
Assistant Postmaster General koons,
chairman of the wire board, was still in
Washington. 1t was said that he had
not definitely decided to go to Boston,
but had the trip under consideration, de-
pendent upon further developments
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-17
VERMONT HEROES ON
PATRICIA RECEIVED
A ROUSZNG WELCOME
GERMANY TO CLAIM
INDEMNITY OF ALLIES

Paris, April II tHavas) Ger
many intends to claim an indem- /.
nifty from the allies, according to
the Frankfort Gazette. 1t says
the German negotiators at YER
sailles will ask payment for dam
ages sustained from aerial attacks,
from the occupation Of Germany
by the allied troops and for the
delay in concluding peace, causing
a prolongation of the bolshevik
and Spartacan troubles.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-17

Ufa, one of the principal cities in the
0renburg district, near the Siberian bor-
der, was taken by the bolsheviki early
this spring, but late in March was re-
captured by forces of the Omsk all Rus
sian government. which have continued
to press back the bolshevki in this re-
gion. Dispatches from 0msk dated April
5 and received on Tuesday, announced
the massacre by the bolsheviki of more
than 1000 civilians in and near the town
of Osa, to the north of Ufa, in this dis
trict.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-17

Miss Selma Gustavson, a waitress at
the Hotel Berwick in Rutland, was badly
burned Monday evening as she was tax
ing coffee urn from the dining room to
the kitchen. Steam in the urn threw
the cover off and the hot liquid scaded
the greater part of one side of the young
womans body As the coffee and steam
covered her, she tainted She will re-
cover from the burn.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-17
FORMER CROWN PRINCESS
ALLEGES BRUTALITY
Has Taken Steps to Get a Divorce-Her
Mother Asserts That Cecile Tried
to Flee from Her Husband.

Zurich, April l7.-The former German
Crown Princess Cecile has taken steps
to divorce her husband, Frederick Will
liam, according to statement given to
Swiss newspapers by the former Grand
Duchess Anastasie of Mecklemburg-
Schwerin, mother of the former crown
princess. The statement says that it
long has been the desire of Cecile to di-
vorce her husband but that the pressure
of the Hohenzollern family up 70 this
time had prevented her from carrying it
out.
The statement of the grand duchess
charges Frederick William with cruelty
to his wife, saying
"On one occasion some time ago the
situation became so unbearable that my
daughter actually fled from her home.
She almost succeeded in reaching Swift.
zerland Orders were sent from Berlin
to intercept her and she was captured at
the German frontier like common Grim
inal and taken to Berlin under arrest.
My daughter will be able to place be-
fore the German court overwhelming evi-
dence against her husband and will~be
able to prove against him many in
stances of the grossest cruelty. His in
fidelities were numerous and there is
abundant proof of them, His brutality
was atrocious. On more than one occa-
sion my daughter was treated with ac-
tual violence She was bruised and her
face was disfgurcd by her husbands S
blows"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-17
1900 MURDERED
BY BOLSHEVIKI
Included in the Number Slain at Ufa
Were 400 Women, According to
Telegram Received in Official
Quarters in 0msk

London, April H.. Eighteen hundred
persons, including 400 women, were muir
dered by the bolsheyiki at Ufa, accord
ing to telegram from omsk, received
in official quarters here.