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THE BARRE DAILY . TIMES HAHRK, VERMONT, TIIUKSDAY, MARCH 7, . 1918. rUICK, ONE CENT. VOL. XXI NO. 301. GERMANS FAILED TO REACH LINES The British Defeated Raids F Near Epehy and Poel capelle WHILE THE FRENCH WON AT VERDUN AMERICAN FRONT WAS AGAIN RAWED Germans Were Repulsed with Losses, Ac cording to Report Coming from Headquarter. Headquarter, American Troop in inn..., March 7 iltv Aoclated PressI American troops mi 1.1 ill another place on the French front lime Immmi raided by llii' Germans, who were repulsed with ha-soa. Thi i tho first time it ha been permitted to mention thin engagement. Vl ! . I I .1... I.....I.. 1 iip .-wneni-an nave ciiicrcii ni nami- linu in a tTt a ill place in Jxirrainc. Washington. I. I'., March Ainpr li'iiii troops are now holding something ovor eiuht mile of trenches on I he lint OLD REGIME BEING REVISED Landed Classes in Russia Are Being Restored to Tower 11 , ;i1ni.T.,!i.!nff Voni- 'rout. '' r ranee, it learned ye Heavy Artillery r inn iseai u.rilHy although in airime ti.eir fr.,t Rheims and In Lorraine and Alsace aire is only about four and h half mile Thin froiitaui 1 liable to extension at any time to the regular trpiu'h allotment for an army corps. Irregularity of flip French linos i rp ......niilil.t f,r f hair ni.rht mill. of front London, March 7. I he war ottiPC to- Thev ure ij(j (lllt , tINI Hanking lire iluv reported the repulse of hostile raids I n 1 a v Ip obtained along every part of th near Epehy and Poolcapello. trout, Mroiig points containing maci. me . 1 turn nil. ytui ivi unn a-m run. , t..; f,...u -:..., n raids on Hi trenches also follow closely any prot.ee .. . ...,..-. - .1 .,. ,i. and down hill. The American sector is understood to bp a divisional frontage, which means that at leat three divisions of troop are there to give the necessary support in depth for the front lines. J Ins tact has aroused specula tew here as to who will be solpcied bv tieneral Pershing to Verdun front Tuesday iilit were re puted by the French, the war office an nounced to day. There was heavy ar tillory firing near Rheims and in Lor raine and Alsace. BRUTALLY KILLFA) I pfimniH ml I hi frut iwtrriA of liiit Hrmv WOUNDED SKIPPERhUwr tieneral Hunter Liggett is know'n I to hava acted in that capacity, but as German Shot Latter When He Refused vr tl expeditionary commander has to Leave the- Boat That Was to Be Blown Up. I not mndp anv recommendation. It is possible that the French system would be followed in the American armv Isii far as the appointment of corps 00m- London, -March ".How the crew of a mandcrs goes. If the French practice is German submarine brutally killed tho anopieu, me graae 01 neinenaiii. general wounded master of a Belgian fishing my ,)p employed for tick! army com Hinack who retused to leave thp vessel muucicrs. iu fhini.rihMrl in h iires a MH.M'iat ion (lis- I natch from lVnvanee. The submarine I ' " forepoinfr is eontirmation of the attacked the smack with uunfire and the rrench official statement ...arch which j..:..,..w.,i.i..y.i.vin.lr. Iln iirceH "iat a t.erman attarK on trencnes his men, including his own son, to save held bv American forces in lirraine on . 1 - . I.. 9 1. A - t I IheniNPlvps UIC '"ft"1 " -"anil whs repiuteu The submarine commander forced the IISIII'I IIUIII 10 iuh. vin man ..... .r.np I 'I' nlln'TPn.. hinack to place bombs aboard. One of .'LAft Y rn.UU.) 1 r,HO V WOUNDED LIST Alfred J. Gratton of Bennington and Her man Gustafson of Proctor Slightly Wounded in Action. Washington, IX I'., March 7. tieneral Periling yesterday repotted five killed in action, two severely wounded and five slightly wounded. Among the Might ly wounded were Pri vates Alfred J. Gratton of Bennington, Vt., on March 3 and Herman Gustafson of Proctor, Vt., on Feb. 27. PRIVATE GRATTON IS 2a. the Germans drew a revolver and shot the helpless skipper through the head in the presence 01 Ins son. AMERICAN COLONEL CAPTURED PR U SSI AN They Met In an Enemy Trench While an American Party Was Seeking Information. With the American Army in Frame, Wednesday, March t (By Associated Press). An American stair colonel, while with a French raiding party for the pur pose of securing information a few days before his men took up their positions in the new American sector on the Lor- raine front, met a Frussian lieutenant Aad Has Seryice wjth Vermont in an enemy trench and captured him. The colonel with an American captain, National Guard, brought the Prussian back to the lines Bennington, March 7. Alfred J. Grat the Americans are now occupying. Jon. reported slightly wounded in France, . - ., - is a son of George. G. Grutton, a ma- WHITE MOUNTAIN . "inist of this village. He enlisted three r ivrx iinr' 11 1. , . years ago in Co A, 1st' Vermont Xation . LAND liOVlslll UP al Guard. Ho was at the Mexican bor- der and on his return was stationed at Government Acquires Many Acres for Fort Ethan Allen, .fust before going Addition to the National overseas he was at Westf.eld, Mass. He is 11 years of age and married. Forest. N Washington. IX C, March 7.-The pur- GUSTAFSON A. MARBLE WORKER. chaso of ti.).fS2 acres of land in the . , . White, mountains and southern Appa- Proor Man, Wounded m France, Was lachiaiis for inclusion in the national In National Guard. forests has been authorized. t. ,i .. t tr 1 n . . c Itutlaml, March (.Herman Gustaf- tu nn rPVT r Allox so" was wo,lnde'1 ' France, is VU rrA LtN I LAlitil a marble worker. He was employed by C") rilPlf iX'CtJn iXT'V t',e Vermont Marble company at I'roc JULiUIZtl llM5UIsli)L,K tor for s,.vt.ral years. He was a member of A Company, Vermont National Guard. More Than $12,000,000,000 Has Been He was with the pompany at Eagle Written by United States Govern-. Tex., during the Ntcxh-an trouble X and went to Westheld with the er- ment on Lives of Its Figh- mont regiment, now the 37th Pioneer ln- jg jjen fantry, last spring, and is said to have ium: nuivnu ill ,jm. jn. in .n I i-ura Olil Washington. IX C, March (.More and unmarried. He has no near rein than I)!1l',U00,(I00,U00 worth of insurance hives . in Proctor. His parents live in iihs oi-cii wriiien on me lives 01 Amer- Sweden lean soldiers, sailors and nurses by the war risk insurance bureau. Secretary McAdoo announces an average applica tion for $H,0S5. The maximum permit ted is $10,000, and the minimum $1,000. LANDLORDS GET PROPERTY BACK Germans Are Thought To Have Halted Their Inva sion of the Country London, March 7. The German ad vance eatward into Itusnia ttopped parly Tuesday, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Petrograd, dated Wednesday, but it waa resumed during the night on several sect or in order to allow the Germans to reach and consolidate a new line. It. is reported in Petrograd that the banks have been re-opened, the proper ty of the landlords stored and other con dit ions approaching the old regime have been revived in the towns occupied by the Germans. PETROGRAD CALM TUESDAY. Despite Presence of German Troops WO Milea Away.. Petrograd, Tuesday, March 5. Pot- rogTad was calm and orderly to-day, re gardless of the presence of German troops at .varva, J(H) milea from the capital and evidences on all sides of the removal of war supplies. U. S. ARMY PLAN HAS BEEN APPROVED It Fixes Six Divisions as Strength of an Army Corps and Three or More Corps Will Constitute a Field Army. Washington, D. C, Feb. ".The war department has approved a plan of or ganization, fixing six divisions as the strength of an army corps; three or more corps will constitute a held army. Each corps will occupy a front sector with two divisions, while two replacement lines of two divisions each will back them up. The immediate purpose is to complete the organization of the first field army in France in the shortest possible time to give tieneral Pershing the strength to hold fully and Americanize a teetor of the front. COINS UP TO STANDARD. Little Deviation Noted By the Coin As lay Commission. Philadelphia, March 7.- Sample of species test in thu annual in-pert ion of the t nited Slates mini here liy lha coin assay coin 111 i ion represented the Urgent number of coin ever passed upon by a body of this .rt. 1 he work was com plrted recently. No material departure from the weight and quality standards of coins has ever been detected at the mint in this city. Ten-dollar and twenty. dollar gold pieces must assay within a half grain of the re. 1 11 i red weight and five dollar and two-aud one-half dollar gold coin within a fourth of a rrsin. silver, coins of all denominations are passed if they are within one and one half rrains of the standard. The results of the test just completed here were reported to President Wilson at Washington together with reporta of the output, at the mints in !enver and Kan Kraneiseo. J he latter were inspect ed in thin city by means of sample coins. In conducting an inspection, one pipi-e, pix as it is known technically, is tested for every one thousand gold coin minted and two for every thousand in liver. MONTPELIER GRIM EVIDENCE ONLY SIX CLAIMS IN. For Long-Time Bank Deposits Hearing Continued to April 5. The date for the hearing on claims for bank deposits, .which have run more than !() years, has been continued to April 5 in Washington county probate court. Thus far only six claims have been put in, although there i a long list of deposits. Deposits claimed are as follows: J. R. Bartlett, formerly of ltarre, $."i0.2."; James Peid, formerly of IWrre, 10H.0,: M. .T. Tiernev, formerly of Bane, !1.0; X. R. Philbroook, for merly of Barre, .2.72; E. Henderson, formerly of Barre, $44.4.1 ; A. .1. Stephen, formerly of Barre, $-2.Sl. Don't Be Sensitive; It Spells Failure In an article called "How I Cured My self of Being Sensitive'' a writer says in the March American Maiaxinc: "Wagner, you've got the ability,' be nor in private homes to members of the cried, -iml you II never get anyw here ill I lainny or gne-n. FIVE-MILE DRY ZONES. (Are Drawn About Eight Permanent Na val Training Stations. Washington, I). ('., March 7 Five-mile dry zones around eight permanent naval training stations and camps, irrespec tive of whether there is an incorporated city or town within thoe limits, was ordered yesterday bv Secretary Daniel. Other orders nuty be issued ater. but lor the present no change is made in the regulations governing conditions around other camps. Under the authority of the selective service law the secretary forbids the sale or giving away of liquor within rive miles of the naval academy at An napolis; the Great Lakes training sta tion near Chicago: the training stations at Newport, K. 1.. Norfolk. a., and Hampton Roads, the training camp at Mare Island, Cnl., and the marine sta tions at truant ico, Va., and Port Royal, S. C. As in the cao of army camp zones an exception is made of the serving of liq That Cross Rip Lightship Went Down In Storm. Boston. March 7. A torn and water- soaked American flag and the rudder of a ship's boat bearing the words "Cross ip were brought here yesterday and are believed to bo evidence of the sink ing of the Cross Kip lightship which was torn from her moorings on" Nantucket by ice floes late in .January. The articles were picked up by fishermen of the hooner Kineo while they were hauling their nets 1M, miles cast of Georges bank, J-eb. zh. On board the lightship when she was arried away from her moorings were: Mate Henry F. Joy, in command; Ma- unist r. M. Johnson; Cook William Rose and Seaman Almon F. Wixon, E Phillips and A. C. Jov. All but the latter were married and lived on Cape tod. Capt. Richard Phillips, commander of the craft, was ashore at the time of leave. I FOOD LICENSE REVOKED. Complications Develop Over Sale of Col ton Plant. Although Ebon CGitchell, who is now in bankruptcy, bidioff the equity, over and ahove the mortgage of the I olton .Manufacturing company Wednesday afternoon at the auction, vet he will have to prove to the satisfaction of the chancellor, F. M. Birtlor, that he has the finance to pay the obligations he hits as sumed before he cat secure the title to the propery. Before, the receivers, I II. Bi.xby and A. G. Eaton, left the building on Himioski avenuif following the sale they notified Char! Gale, the watch man. to refrain frofei allowing Gitehell about the place. The sale was set for 2 o clock in the afternoon. Auctioneer C F. Smith stated before the bidding com menced that E. M. Marvey, for the re ceivers, wanted to read a statement f the affairs that those who might bid would know what they were bidding upon. Jn other words,' lie explained about the mortgages held by the Capital sav ings Bank and trust company, and r, M. Corrv and the heirs of W. E. Adams. These mortgages are signed individually by W. C. t olton, K. A. Colton, 1 heron Col ton and Harry Colton, instead of by the corporation, lie further stated what the water rights compose and gave those bidding much information. After him, E. H. IVavitt, for the mortgage holders, made a statement that the successful bidder must pay cash for his equity and assume all mortgages. He must deposit the amount of the bid with the Montpel ier National bany by noon Thursday, and if he failed to do that, that the next lower bidder would be allowed to de posit the amount of his bid by noon Fri day. Sir. Smith asked for bids. He talked some minutes and then a voice, which no one recognized until Mr. Smith informed them that it was Ernest Kaiser, made the bid. This startt , the rumor that the Tenney company, by whom Mr. Kaier is employed, was after the prop erty. The bid set for some time and some of the men left for over town, tell ing as they went that the property had gone to the Tenney company; but such was not the case, for Mr. Kaiser asked F. M. Corry a few questions relative to the responsibility of bidding, which re sulted in Mr. Kaiser withdrawing the bid. Mr. Smith then worked overtime to get another bid and finally W. C. Colton GARDEN ARMY BEING FORMED Five Million Children Arc to Be Enlisted In the Force THANK THE RED CROSS. Barre Boys Tell How Much Tbey Ap preciate Articlei Sent. The following letter were received recently from young men to whom the Barre 'branch of tho lied ( sent knitted articles; Waco, Tex.. Feb. 17. 10 1 is. Hear Mrs. Parkeri No doubt yon will think it ill timed for ine t tbank you and tie !ed Crns at this late day for the sweater, helmet, wristlets, etc. Mrs. Parker. I appreciate these very much In deed. It see in hard to get time to write and must use that a my only excuse lor not having done so Ix-jore Wkiin a 'Vnl.l n.irtlinr' lilta U. tUli r AMILY Uf LALli sure have use . for. comforters Of thi kind and T do not know what we would do without thorn. Did vou know that Tn l,M tnn helmets to aleep in during ine com nigni; 1 no not ncneve iney were designed for night-caps, but they can t be beaten for ouch. Thi i a very changeable climate down here. It goes from 8(1 degree to frcesinir in a very few hour and with The I out any warning. It i then that the TO RAISE FOOD The Army Will Be Charge of 40,000 Teachers CROWD FILLED TWO BIG HALLS Record-Breaking Attend ance at Goose Green Car nival for Red Cross, Washington, P. C, March 7. formation of a United State garden . . lminltlmT ' f(ir 'undue.. army, with a membership of fi.ooo.ooo .nrf MHiiriiiff vnu tlmt T annreeiHted it . - . . . . " i' : : . ' children, having for a purpose the sup- very much and hoping that you will par olvinc of the family of each member ann " ",r nM writing sooner, i am . , , sincerely yours, Alex I). Straiton with vegetables, amall fruit and eggs I ' ' y , - during the aummer and fall, waa an- Dear Friends and Workers for the Red nouiiced to-day hv the department of Cross: I wish to acknowledge the re the interior. The department is organ-K'Pt nf P';kft which I received in zinf children in cities, towns, village. v.ibeth. from the Barre branch and suburban homes, while the depart- 0f (he Red Cross, for which you have ment of agriculture is doing the samel my heartiest thanks, and I wish to in the farming districts. The children """"J tno, w nose names were in- ... , . , IAn.-uA i. -.i closed as having made the articles-which will be in charge of 40,0o0 teacher, with T mH)iv.d Mrs Gri(.ron sweater, Mrs. four or five general uperititcndents in Graham two pair sock and Mrs. Ven- charge of the districts. ner wristlets and mittens, which come I in very handy ana win ao a worm oi DRILLING RATHER HARD. good in the very near niture. W . M. Carson Private Taftlcy Venner of the 47th Reg- Chief Commissary Steward, U. S. iment Writes. ""'J' From Private Taftley Venner of Co. B, 47th regiment of infantry, stationed $688,421.13 BUSINESS; at C amp Greene, ( harlot te, N. C, Charles A nnn $276,298.67 LOSS PAID Insurance Commissioner Brown Issues Statement Showing Amount of Busi ness Done in Vermont Last Year. Charboiineau, the Keith avenue shoemak er, has received an interesting letter. The letter in part is as follows Dear friend Charles: Just a few line; to let you know that I am well and hoping that this letter reaches you the same. I was sitting in camp today looking mv gun over and figuring how arrive "over there." I met Gibson over '"""5' here last Sunday and was very glad to this morning released for publication the see him. He told me that he was in figure showing the amount of business sen you before he left Uarre. lie is done by insurance companies in Vermont the .r8th company. We drill pretty . lnl- .t.- ,. Lard Hoivn hor T tad hl h arm. dnned " ",l " BmJ"s "'" l"r""UIM" " with that stuff that they put in the eeived amounted to I. U while urmv hnvti mi it (how fl railipr sore. I the losses paid amount to 2iO,!S.b4. wish to "thank you for the package of . 1 ,1C summary of business done, by igaretfes and paper which you sent me. It certainly did come in nice and also to have heard from you. If I see any more snakes down here I guess that I can take care of them. I have a big knife which in about 3 feet long byany Class of Business, Accident Health Liability cot. When I received the package from Workmen's com von nil the hovs fathered around and I ...... wanted to know who my friend was in t ti... ,., f ti, Surety uni i . , ii ' ' c tic inn ii , in im. ." 1 i i . . . i the weather, it is fine; we go around ,?,1,cr; with our sleeves rolled up, like in the " 8, ' irood Ttd wmmir time. - That is all for this time. Taftlcy Venner. Premiums Losses Received. - Paid. $l!0,20:.2S $93,284.f3 17,310.27 8,001.19 115,708.47 29,812.00 and MAY START SHELTER HOME. theft Sprinkler Hv wheel Credit Automobile and team property damage ". rhvsician'g d e - fense ' For Taking Care of of Dependent and Neglected Children rir C V Tlnltntt aM-retflrv of the state board of health, spoke at the meeting of I Livestock the board of charities and probation at Montpelier Wednesday afternoon, telling the members tJie health conditions which 2.")3,43.-..4t 18.008.57 21.317.S4 7,007.20 I0.53D.73 5f0187. 201.18 1J8EI0 IM5.6 25,00 1.D7 !2.50 .1,0(10.51 121.650.71 -380.08 11,805.85 2,271.00 408.73 110.65 109.80 ""'-23.si 7,080.00 3.000.00 LARGE SUM CEr JN TO BE P a XIZED So Large a Jr j That Part of Progrpwould Not . B.r jiven Totals .$088.421. 13 $270,298.07 this world until vou quit tearing vour self to pieces' I've WHtched you for the past three years; twice Fe had it in toy mind to pu-h you up a notch in the ollii-e, and every time I've passed you and picked wimcone else, Ixs-ause I know i oil aren't tjt to handle other men. No man is fit to handle other men until he has learned to control lum-cll. Yon can't, you're too blamed sen-it iw. "'Little setbacks break your heart. A letter of complaint come in from some customer and yon take it as a peronal -ritici.-m, and lo-e a day's ork broil ing ocr it. Vou sec me in conferem-e with some of the other men, and vmi tab yourself wonder in w by you w crni'l invileil. and imagine ihat I hae turned acin-t joii. llll bear atn-uf oomenne who i making ni're money dsn vou, and immditely all far hVLW -k rrcener. You're ur prr-nt job. and it might put w t.t a.ni- anno aii.-e t le yiot. Hut J noil liecr hold a big )il until ytnt nn firg"t your own petty M-lf and loam Unit, when th- w. tsk- a ni l et ton. Hank"! if i d'wi't tlot.k M-nie-t.m it WtiH t be ltier if joi; were to pri iHit ..l trv vm.r band tti b-1 els." Ill a statement explaining the order Secretary Ihmicls said it had become neces-ary to protect the young sailor who vere in training. Fie referred at length t condition at Newport and at Vallcjo. ( at.. nnr the Mure Nland ta ti'in which be --aid the local nuthoritics had la-en vainly tirgnl to corre-t. BIG LIME CORPORATION Boston Concern Said to Have Sold Sugar for n Cents. Boston, March 7. Revocation of the food license of the Boston Sugar and Jobbing company by the national food administration resulted from an inves tigation by the state food authorities, it was announced last night. This is the first food license to be re voked in Massachusetts since the regu lations became effective. The revocation order liecoines: operative to-night at mid night. An agent of the federal food ad ministration, it is announced, has born appointed to handle the affairs of the firm. HIRSCH PLEADED GUILTY And Gets Three Months' Term for Fail ure to Register. Iieputy I'nited States Marshal G. F. Ij-ckey returned to Montpelier last even ing from Burlington, where he took Ar thur Hamilton llirch the preceding day. Hirsch appeared liel'ore the court on Wednesday, pleading guilty to the charge of failing to register last June under the draft regulation and was given a sen tence of three months in the county jail and ordered committed to Washington county jail to scrip the sentence. TO ACQUIRE GERMAN WHARVES. And Sell Any Enemy Property in .Unit ed States. Washington. II. C. March 7. The Sen ate appropriations committee today ap proved amendments to the urgent de-ti.-icn.y bill, giving the preident author ity to acquire a legal title to lierman whrc and properly at Hohokcn and empowering the alien property ti-t.xlian mifht. belt) them in their work. Some out if l. tte was immeaiareiy raisea 10 complicated cases ot probation were con by Mr. Gitchel, whose conversation w ith ajdercd and warrants to return the per- EVERYTHING IS 0. K. F. M. Corry furnished a little amuse ment. Conferences were held. Effort to get a raise in bids failed and finally Mr. Smith was told by the attorneys to close the deal if the bid was not raised, the right to adjourn the auction having been waived by the receiver, wrho conducted the sale. Mr. Gitehell was awarded the equity for $2. He tried to get a receipt of Mr. Smith and then of Mr. Hixby, but the latter told him bo was not the bank, to which place Gitehell hurried and deposited the before the bank was closed. However, the title will not be good until tiic court has given its sanction of the sale, and a hearing on that matter will take place in a few days. Mortgages, which total $.".).00, arc carried on the property. These are se cured; there are also other mortgage which are not secured by this property, while $22,500 of the mortgage notes are overdue and would have to be taken uf as soon a? the chancellor sustained the sale: In the afternoon Writes Private Ernest E. Anderson from France. Some of the trench ditties which have sons tinder consideration to the cespec- i live state institutions will be. issued. The next meeting of the board will occur at Vcrsennes whea C. J. Wilson of the in- heloed to lighten the care of the Sam dustrial school and J. E. Weeks, director n,;es somewhere over there are enclosed of state institutions, have been a sued to j a (.ttor wj,ich Edward Anderson of address the meeting. , - I 134 Elm street has received from his The following statement was issued by brother, Private Ernest E. Anderson of i ' 1T II 1 ..(T ..... 4 I. . -. ....... I . a necroaiy . ii. ,,,r u, iuo m,i. the 20th engineers American expedition- "The question of establishing a shelter arv fore1(, private Anderson also sends or receiving home for dependent and nog- a 'rhotoBraph of hjmgelf in regimentals, lected children was taken up and dis- alld writes as follows: "Well, evervthing cussed. Neither the establishment nor u Q K , ev)rvbo(v I)Hnpv, wither I.a I...... ( ,.-. nl flia lina 11 .1 a fnllir An. . . . - . ' "; .-n . joontinues fine, and here it is just like cided on. Several propositions are under .. ,.e xr.,.. ;.. t-:.j consideration. Its location in Washing ton county, if established, is possible."' EXPLAIN RED CROSS PLANS. the first part of May in the United States. Everybody out without over coats. I hope it keeps this way. Am away from my company again, having received a nice, clean job which 1 hope shall like. I think 1 can make good on it, and it is liable to last for some time. It is a good place to stay'and the chow- Divisional Superintendent James Jaekson of Boston to Be Present There will be an executive meeting of I is even better than our company chow the Vermont branch of the lied t toss I Am sending you a picture of myself ro ... ... iat Montpelier on Wednesday, March 13, 1 vou can see how f am looking. Also preceding Uie.ale, l'.iw,pn James Jackson, .superintendent of ( will send vou an edition of 'Stars and K. Gleaon, attorney for the mortgagees, filed a petition for leave to site the r - ceivers into a settlement with the mort gagees that in case there was not enough realized to pay the mortgages mat the balance be paid from the money in the bands of the receiver, and that if the sum in their hands is insufficient to meet the mortgage the mortgagees be given authority to proceed against the Coltons. The balance on hand amounts to nearly f.W,tKMi. And a Fishing Club Incorporated in Vermont. Ihe Hornet Fi-;i nil of I a!, w it li ' ""' enemy property in the I nitcd a cspilsl st' k Vi.'ssi. ba tiled arti.-ej State, of potal ion in the mliee .. iVr wrc-J " tary . i state for lee piirp.- t f condo.t A NOVEL REASON, inir a 1 1 ii b in the l.e trn. The -lib rrilwr are N. Frank HHe and r rce-t , Advanced by BetsVviki Why German II mi ..f lWirct. and F rcil S. Ilxllpv r . t- ci ti r.. t. fairlv ,,.ef,.l r.- tnj. f lrM v V ' a.uom. li e li--i.l l.i:ne I.lu4 r,m I Iflrograd. Un h The orniral r - J .i.inn-cit-. pinv. w . of fli-l'i-atc. with a .-apit.il ! cti' ii e .ni unite,, of thp ,.t,ii.j.' ,n, of .' sl.'si. ha t'll arti. li-. in rkaws' otnin-il, w h-lp rrsvniing t ( the -ante ot!i-e l- (t-i gci-ral j Germa -a.-r terms lh. of fx-l ; 1 1 in tiatxtiin lime prcpr-d at II ighes'e i o! hand t"" tia- -all-. ? Kr- ii, )ct'r. The snS. r.'.r are J. .r-ory SmitS.j t t h Mim ..j.rv.. for rati art- i: S. i...iT ,1 K. '. f-ai ai a l. .HpiiI i ors. H.-a M r i ..-!-. .f Alo.ni and J W. I;. -im.-nl f- n aff.dl tW ."-ial terutKMi cf Ncwiust. "atu-olulc'y Bsarv rrjnte." Ten more cars of coal arrived Wednes day, of which six went to Barre, while four were pet oil at Montpelier, one for W. Andrews and three for H. M. O'lVll. The fourth voung man from Washing ton county ha signed to self induct into the carienters' branch of the aviation servii-e of the isnal corp. responding to the call received lat Saturday. lie is Crawford Maxwell ot aterlmry ; so that now three have come trom da one h'lc there ha Iwcu one signed up from class two. and it looks as though the fifth one would probably appear bctore the end of the lniiie- day. Friday. letter were receded this week from Henrv Ford, who i with the Ms-sadm setts coni invent in Fram-e. that he i in a hospital for I rouble wiih hi feet and I hat he i doing well. John Toma.i of Montpelier i in 'he same bo-pital wilh him. It i thought here that both be seen trench sen ice and a;e -ulTering from trouble wilh I heir f.-et w hi.h ile-irl.-ped while they wire in thai st h-p. Mr. lot"-1?' rncmlwr of Co. II. l.e left here, while Mr. Ford wa a member of a B!on company of the tsh the divisional oflice in Boston, will ex-1 Stripes,' a newspaper isued for and by the American expeditionary forces. It is the best paper we have seen for some time." OPEN EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS. rn-.jn-lo t rc-oo. wImi i arre.iel Wednc-dy m rmi'a bv 1isf Connolly. a ri. acd i" th p firn.n. ham--been ab'e Ii fmoi-S ll.issi lat.i lic aa tk-" in .n-t-Hy it:snVx iijon lic r.rp'.Mf t iindr lK fslrj! lavs (t..?;au l t n c hti jaC plain the plans for the year. TA LK OF THE TO WN f Mrs. A. M. Stafford of Long street re turned home vesterdav after spending two week, in Burlington with her son, I Reuben S. Smith of Boston Speaks and . ' , ; , ,r , , , Otho L. Hatch Sings. Iowell Orown of Wellington street left, the city this forenoon for Jlostorf, I Beuben S. Smith of Boston and Otho where be is to jpin his father. E. A. I L. Hatch of Rockland, Me., arrived in the Drown, in attendance at the auto show. I city yesterday and last evening liegan a A cursory canvass among the granite I union evangelistic campaign in the ton manufacturers of Barre furnishes con-I gregational church, which will continue vincing proof of the fact that shipping until March 24. Owing to counter at facilities are causing local producers tractions in the city, the attendance was more worry to the square inch than any not large, but a fair-sired audience was other contingency that has arisen since I present to greet the evangelist.. Mr. the war lwgnn. A year ago, plus a j Smith is a preacher of ability and his month, found the manufacturers up I sermon lat evening was strong, torcetul against a freight embargo that threat-I and most convincing, and was listened to encd a tip-up such a had npver result- throughout with the closest attention ed from anything les serious than a j Mr. Hatch is a splendid nuiical dirpctor strikp. The embargo was weathered, but I and p.soes an unusually line voice for in the present .crisi the fact that 21,-I solo singing. He ue an auto harp to iMHt.ooO pound of finished granite here in Barre are awaiting shipment docs not tend to encourage optimum among the manufacturers. Bcdui-cd to it leat common denominator, thp delayed ship ment, in the aggregate, amounts to 5tl carload. The Barre t.ianite Manufac turers' ivatioii. through it tran portation romniittee. has conferred with oftViala of the tirand Trunk and Boston A Maine svem in an effort to find an outlet for the ron-iimetit but thu far nothing definite in the way of relief has been ared. Te the Tubbc. I ih to extend my sincrre than'-a to ra.li sod very r n who uppor'v me ) e cloiiN'n -f lat I iieda . and I de- -t . t i - I. i .. .. . ft-rr .i uk inai im'iuirinjiinii.' o. . v iN-wrr to oomiu. the iltifi ft fe accompany himself in his songs. Sen ice again to night at :.i and evpryone is cordially invited. All who can sing are aket to be on hand and join the chorus choir. FUNERAL OF MRS. KLAVORA. Was Held at St. Monica's Church en Wednesday Afternoon. The funeral of Mrs. Agne S. Klavo'a, a well known woman of ltarre. who p.-ol away Tuesday morning after a comparat i civ lirief liines of pneumonia, wa held in St. Monn-a'a chur-h W e lne dar attern.om at 2 o'clock. Rev. V. M. M--tnna. the rriH net. umViating. 11, ml. ay-te-l a bearers a-r: Alder- j man An'onio M B-;. Cluirl- Pmp Tl. nc'" t aiahPTi an.l l aul t aiaacri. I he a -i . . . i i- . .. ..i . .. . ... it . . i i n.at,i. . t.H'.e - . a i iii v u, -i. ir .--i - - - ... ... , -?r's tl' I ni;--rt of it i anJuU'V. i--t ai-l .M'rttwr.t in the sp'iej "li be Lui C G'jja-.-n. " u.ade l H-ij tajclpt j. I'nder the most favornble auspice imaginable the Gooso Green committee ushered in its winter carnival and cattlo show last evening at Howland hall with a record breaking crowd that lent, itself readily to tho arta and wiles of the money -making Green citizen. Through the medium of various entertainment, dancing, contest, etc., the Bed Cross, Jor which the carnival is being conducted. got the first of several big boosts that ar headed it way. It all liegan in the afternoon when a-crowd that has not been equalled since Italian flag day last May thronged North Main street to see Doc Barr and Fred Slay ton. race two dead heats over the sportiest course that speedsters ever traveled. The two turf men raced to a stand-off. and the rapidly gathering crowd, surging over the lines, prevented further exhibitions of speed. Attention then diverted to an open arena just north of City park, where Auctioneer C. r. Smith Ulsposeu oi horses, cattle, .swine and poultry. The countryside population was largely rep resented at the sale and high prices pro- vailed. Previously the Goose Green band and some of the community' better known dignitaries figured in a parade. All alike were given a big hand. The big crowd wbuni assembled m tno hall as soon as the doors swung open in the evening resembled nothing so much as the holiday mob which frequents coun ty fairs. Every accommodation waa taxed, the patronage exveedinft even the most sanguine expectations of the com-. mittee. Sideshows dul a thriving busi ness, but the size of the crowd defeated one of the purposes of the gathering, for the committee had prepared an interest ing program. The latter had to be post poned for the reason that standing room was at a premium and the performers, unless they had been equipped . with wines, had no ulace to perform. The same shortage of space precluded the possibility of staging the big Virginia reel, slated for 9 o'clock, but an outlet for the good-nat&rcd crowd which filled tho Howland hall xvas provided across the street in the Clan Gordon hall, where dancing was enjoyed by hundreds. Car roll s orchestra moved it traps across the hichwav -and continued the, good service contributed earlier in the even ing. - Sideshow were hist so many mecea for a crowd hunirrv for excitement, and the sum-total of their returns for tho first night will bulk large wheu the Barre Red Cross finally, cuts its melon. Dr. Golda II. Douglass, in a Simon Legree attire that inspired" awe. was assisted by Joseph Comolli and Harry Bazan of Goddurd seminary, in staging the "For Men Only" show" in which three Ama zons from the Platte river figured con spicuously. John "Cuddy" Duncan was in charge of the palm ist garden, and another surnamed Duncan James M., did the honors in the seven wonders of the war. Armando Comolli and Dante I'eduzzi had a good deal to do with the thinnest thing in. underwear,- and each had a porous-knit, story that fairly com pelled folks to buy admission tickets, .lames N. Gall captained the freaks, and James K. Coutts, a.ssistcd by Alex An derson, took charge of the fish pond. Dr. Joe W. Jackson ministered to thoso who ran afoul of the electric puddle. Edw-in Keast did the -honors in the fuss and feathers section at the south end, of the hall. Amone others notoriously mon ey-mad in the same corner were Cady O. Averill and t . 1' .Miliar. All may be changed to-nifcht, for a . different assortment of stunts is in the making. Clan Gordon hall will be re served for dancing and if there is an outside chance some of the program numbers planned for last night and to night will lie given. Refreshments and faneywork inventories, -sadly, depleted by an armv of buyers, will be replenished. In short, the Vt . C. and t . S. of the Gooso Green will reach its climax. To-day tho promoters of the Red Cross benefit were unable to announce any figures even re motely related to the revenue thus far obtained. It is mounting rapidly into the hundreds and when. the last call is sounded no one need be surprised if the "make it a million"' slogan of the com mittee has the ring of the real metal. For further particulars of recent doings, see to-day's correspondence from Goose Green. .Donations continue to pile up. Bout well, Milne A Varmim bend the list .with a cash gift of.7". .Other .additions fol low: Bushel potatoes. George W. Per rin; georgette waist, Mrs. Shepavd Co.; ..', Mrs. William Marr; bens, J. H. Kelly, Ernest Haydcn; goose and hen. Frank Bailey; and bushel potatoes. lh L, D. Martin; Japanese napkins, Mrs. G. X. Tildcn: fancy basket. .Mrs. .1. v . tior don; white rabbit, Betty lnc: Campiiie fowls, diaries Gordon: oil painting, John Shaddv: two picture. Howard Arbm-kle; box i-igars. ii. Tomssi; .,'". J. C. IVBruno; V., "Mother ": l. Donald .iolt : M, C. S. Row ell: calf. Mr. Moramy Keith, Wpb stprville; night sown. Mrs. Flora Fos ter: handkerchief. Mrs. Kelsry : lin k and hen. Judge H W. Scott; bii-hcl pota toes. A. t". Bigolow of BrookticM; ceiiter-pie-e. Mrs. John l:..berton: qti'lt. Mre. Joseph Murray of Ea-I Montpelier. Here is what one might expect from o loval an oryaniat ion as the Smlh Barre' grange, anil the cx!e:tat ion has been realised: Hen, liny Howard. Wal ler t arr. ail Hu.e. Mr. W. T. la.-ki-on. Ixo Iter t rand. h,-ns and rotcr, harle ;.rdon: ben. Tln-ir'a Snotior; two hen. Morro-on farm: ben. .I..hn H-illenbaih. Elmir I'.an.-fott. Irvin lisle. Worthrnj But I on. iv-lbrrt utW (2. Ir F. H. Hn.-rolt. l-na Cobin-on. L. 1. t arr, Mr- ti-ri-e Kent 2'. -re. U orce-ter. roo-irr, t hrV r.-rw. Walter laat. r.lT. hrn-. Mr. M. I- I'si', Alex Milne. Willi linrv. I. I. l-a.ld. .t.rtr l..iiat-!ie- John Ki !' ro,!cr. tni.i l.-.-. -l.-l n Iv.lr. iil.ni !-ej.aid, (CoatuaucJ on c 'hta J,;e) a