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THE ST. JOHNSBURY CALEDONIAN
ESTABLISHED AUGUST 8, 1S37
ST. JOHNSBURY, VERMONT, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1919
NUMBER 4240
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BOWLING LEAGUE
Team No. 1 unci 5 in the Fairbanks
Athletic Association played at Bar
gain's alleys, Monday night. This is
the score of the match:
Team No. 1
101
BUTTEKMAKEKS' COURSE
"'.o: t School at the U. V. M.
27 to Fib. 1
Jan.
Team No,
Ranney
Wright
Beck
Dimmick
Can-
Logan
Jay
Founder
Clark
Colmau
Total Team No.
Total Team No.
READY
120
10G
172
1(!1
721
5
t.'A)
115
106
103
156
151
156
130
120
129
Many requests for a short course
of instruction have been received
, from buttci makers throughout the
1 Jt. state who tan not leave their cream-
1 r - I l'i itjn xuj u lunui niiif. x ne I'uuy
Department
150 !
120
STIRRING SPEECH
ATARMORY
MONDAY NIGHT
i THE Y. M. C. A. AT CHRISTMAS
07!) 081
650
1, 2081.
5, 20S7.
MONEY
101
120
120
it::
1-io
7-i:j
130 j
3 r; !
oi tne university is
! thcrcf me offering r. special course of rpi,. Qi,.in t T
instruction for such men from .Jan-, x"v UUUS8 aw
uary 27th to February 1st inclusive. ! People Vividly Portrayed
The week will be devoted to intci;-
sive practical traimnj- in the Univer-1 mA,,rv TT
,-ity Creamery supplementally lcc-jlHIS LOW N HAS
tures arid discussions and"' 'lie dir-' PTl'X'TRTRTTTIi'ri C7ftn
Some American Soldiers Have Saved
Their Pay
London, ,Jan. 14 American sol
diers ordered home since the signing
of the armistice are not leaving Kng
land without funds. Most of them
have sonic money, and some of tjioni
have considerable amounts.
One lied Cross officer who has been
hero from London changing tho
money of the soldiers from pounds
to dollars, in order that they may
have the currency of their own money
when the reach America, says:
"I have changed the money of some
thousands of men and not one of
them had less than two months' pay
to take home with him. Some of
them had as much as $1.00, while
here and there was an especially
thrifty fellow with ?125. When it
is remembered that the boys have
been subjected to the temptations of
buying souvenirs for the home folks
in a strange country and that they
have been paying war prices for all
they bought, it can bo seen they have
done very well."
pet inn nl' int-.'iiptnrs irmiv
'cultural College and the f ot '
f3 J' I Commissioner of Agrieulti .
1,"phask v ill be laid upon if
ling;, pastcui ization, conlu
creamery practice, accom
ketiii!,-, and cottage cliei
will have consideration.
The course will be oncn
who has hai
waking cithe
j lie Hi l'
ii Agii
- of the
" F.iv.-
r-mak- i
)l com-
r but .
?' ';ull-
Thirteen Teams Now Can
vassing the Town in the
Drive
The address by General Mesrop
anyone ' Asgapctain at the Armory Monday
i butter- 'evening proved to be one of the
in a crcamery-or farm most inierestinir and vivid deserin-
u my prowoea as many ns mtccn ap- tion.s 0; the wal. that ms bccn
by January
cxperiej'ee
plications arc received
22nd. For further information apply
to Prof. H. K. Ellenbergcr, University
of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont. i
uons oi tne war mat has uccn given
in St. Johnsbury since America en
tered this great struggle for freedom.
This talented Armenian olliecr, who
speaks different languages, held the
The ancient thoroughfare which for lluclic:!C0 lo1' 1,lole than iin hour hV
100 years has encircled Lucca, Unb-, '!'s nlol,l;''t but eloquent description
on top of the city wall and which has I01' the holoic services performed in
been ofieiallv lemmind Tlni.W.,,-,1 R"-ci'-t war by the noble race
President WiK-nn is sn v .winch he rcpreseias, showing their
horses can-be driven abreast in it. ! wonderful achievements against the
' ! cruel and unscrupulous Turk.
Gen. Azgapetain didn't harrow the
Ever Think of It?
Klectricily can run flii-nn:
Flcuder wires. And the
saving grace
:h very
ol
feelings of the audience by pictures
of massacre, but in simple and elo-
What the Organization Did for the
Boys Overseas
London, Jan. 13 A recapitulation
of Christ.nus entertainment for the
1 American soldiers and sailors in the
United Kingdom has been prepared
by the American Y. M. C. A. and
furnishes some interesting facts con
cerning what was done to make the
day pleasant for the fighting men.
The report states that more than
10,000 meals were given away by the
American Y. M. C. A. to soldiers of
the American and Allied forces.
About 1,000 meals were given awav in
London alone, Lagle llut being thc
leading place with 2,700 meals.
They also presented the men with
5,000 packages of nuts and fruits and
21,000 smokes were given to the en
listed men. Hundreds of tickets for
the leading theatrical productions in
London were distributed to officers
and men.
The Entertainment Y. M. C. A.
Hospitality Committee provided en
tertainment of various forms fo,r 3,
000 men on Christmas Pay. It .ar
ranged for entertainment in private
homes for between 1,500 and 2,000
men who were guests of English well-wishers.
RUSSIA MAY BE INVITED TO
The Influenza's Toll in Mexico
OPENING OF CONFERENCE
BERLIN STILL I
N A TURMOIL
MISS SMALLEY DECORATED
Y. M. C. A. Secretary Decorated for
Unusual Bravery Under Bom
bardment Paris, Jan. 13 An official letter
from General Petain conlirms the
news that Miss Evelyn Garnaut
Smalley, a Y. M. C. A. secretary di
recting thc Foyer clu Soldat in Bouy,
France, has been decorated with the
Order of the Corps d'Armce for un
usual bravery under bambardment.
Miss Smalley is the daughter of
thc late George W. Smalley, for
many years correspondent for the
New York Tribune. Before sailing
as a worker in the Woman's Overseas
Division of the Y. M. C. A. in Nov
ember, 1!)17, she resided with her
mother at 328 57th Street, New York
iVIi'virri Pifvr J-.in 1 P.h.kvl?
of Spanish influenza among the pooi-i0'1;. Sllc im. experienced social
""' ritionf: Ijimmrin'rv nin-tv-ivnl tltn nnipi.
,11 eiiler the lifi. ihrr,i"h ' , ,;.,, ' ';., ' uii, . ,r,
1,'n'","U:,' u " n a:iiiKlShC" tei-cd in the bloody
-l.lms.qin Ilci-.HH, Iiitnigjdc fn, the liberty of the op-
! pressed peoples of the whole world,
riot So After All. j How tins once populous nation of
A I'H of p:ii'!o for.'.'! tli.it t1:i.v is nearly .r;0 n iliions of peojile, reduced
the final tomorrow about whir-h 1 hoy by tyranny, massacre and fiendish
were so worried. Wilmington .lour-, olip'-es.sioii throuirh decades of Tnrk-
nal.
STOCK
THE C. H. GOSS COMPANY WILL SELL AT
PUBLIC AUCTION THE LARGEST STOCK OF
HIGH-GRADE HARDWARE IN NORTHERN
NEW ENGLAND.
SALE KEGINS
Sat. J
o
AND WILL CONTINUE EVERY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING FOR TEN DAYS. A RARE OP
PORTUNITY TO CHOOSE FROM THIS FINE
STOCK OF GOODS AT YOUR OWN PRICES.
NOTE THE UNLIMITED VARIETY AND UN
USUAL ASSORTMENT OF ARTICLES LISTED
BELOW. REMEMBER THIS. IS NOT THE US
UAL MARK-DOWN SALE, BUT AN AUCTION
WE FURNISH THE MERCHANDISE AND YOU
MAKE THE PRICES.
; i.-.h misrule, comprising only about
'live millions at thc beginning of the
i war, were able to bring together
thousands ol brave soldiers to fight
on thc side of liberty against tyran
ny and oppression was most vividly
set forth.
The r-ri'ut hope of thc Armenians
that their nation, which for many
years has been divided and held
subject by alien empires, might now
be reunited with fuH liberty was the
climax of the address. And General
Azgapetain showed most clearly that
it is to America that this noble and
suffering people look for assistance
and protection.
j ''ho u.vtiiu'tio:?' of' the horhiin s.r.ct
property of the Armenians by thc
Turkish armies has been complete.
America and only America can fur
nish the assistance which is im
mediately needed if these people are
to survive.
After hearing this educational his-
lory of the military services and sac-i
rilires of the Armenians in holdinc
me lurks and thus allowim? tbi nl. I
lied nations time to organize their
forces to repel! the enemv. wo should
feel that it is not charitable offerings
we are now asked for but rather that
we now have the opportunity to pay
a part of the debt which we owe to
the brave and suffering people of the
in car r-ast.
Several generous subscrintions
Were made at the close of the ryi-rK
ing and these, added to the efforts of
cno local solicitors, ammintrrl
about $700, as a beginning of the re
lief fund.
The thirteen teams of local ran
Ivassers arc now organized and world
ling and the full (uota of ?.'!000 should
be raised before the end of the week.
charcoal burners who live in the
mountains surrounding the capital
ire said to be responsible for thc un
precedented price which that com
modity is bringing. In the last month
charcoal, which is generally used for
cooking purposes, has increased about
"00 per cent in cost. Thc municipal
ity has made arrangements to buy
this product in quantities and retail it
at reduced figures. One paper in thc
capital states that almost 00 per cent
of the Indians who supplied Mexico
City with thc fuel were victims of tho
scourge.
Blinded Soldiers Educated
Cross
by Red
Baltimore, Jan. 13 Seventy-one of
the 200 men of thc American fighting
forces who were blinded in the war
now are being sheltered, treated or
educated in the lied Cross Institute
for the Blind at Baltimore. The in
stitution has been designated as a
tinted states general hospital and is
called f.vergreen." Colonel James
Bordley, director of the institute said
that all tho Americans blinded in tho
war woultf b In-ought' ,heid. for a
course of training as this whs thc
only training school for the blind
maintained by tne government. He
described the morale of the blinded
men as wonderful.
. The men are first treated in the
hospital, says Colonel Bordley in a
statement, after which they are
taught to use a typewriter and lead
and write Braille raised type for
the blind. Then Ihev receive snrrinl
training to develop the sense of
touch.
worker and librarian, and had been
actively engaged in medical social
service, practical nursing and prison
work.
A translated extract from General
Pctain's letter regarding Bliss Smal
ley reads:
"A woman of spirit, of untiring de
votion, she has exhibited the great
est courage during tho two periods
of bombardment to which the can
tonment was subjected in June and
July, l'JIS. She conducted herself
with rare coolness in caring for the
wounded as well as the old people and
children of thc civilian population,
refugees in the different shelters of
the locality. She gained the admira
tion of all those who saw her thus
risk her life without the least concern
for danger."
To Grand (Juai tier General.
10 November, 101 ;
(Signed) Le General Commandant
cn Chef
PETAIN.
' " ,
Marshal Foch Will Meet the German Commissioners on
the Extension of the Armistice The Germans Must
Exchange Their Commercial Fleet for Food and Also
Restore All Stolen Property to France.
PRESIDENT WILSON M AY MAKE A ' '
SPEAKING TOUS OF THE UNITED STATE
German Helmets Will Be Used as Prizes in Fifth Libe;
Loan Little Bolshevikism Yet in Evidence in Ur1
ed States Luxembourg a Republic Only Six Hou
TRIP HAMMER SIGNALS
DISTRICT NURSE
Ths St. Johnsbury Woman's Club
Have Engaged Miss Kubovec
CROCKERY
VASES
ALUMINUM W ARE
MIXING BOWLS
IS
L STOVES
aps
NNER PAILS
tOOMS
VNICURESETS
TINWARE
LANTERNS
SAWS
SHOVELS
PAINTS
VARNISHES
BASKETS
KNIVES
COFFEE
PERCULATORS
COFFEE POTS
TEA POTS
MUSEUM NOTES.
, The Saturday morning Story Hour
for the children is proving very pop
ular among children of all ages.
i About 70 assembled last Saturday for
the illustrated talk on "Attracting
! Winter Birds." Next Saturday, Jan.
il8, the topic is "Little Boys and Girls
or japan." All ot the children arc
invited.
j A spc ial series of weekly talks on
South Ameiican birds, animals and
products, illustrated by Museum ex
hibits, are being given to tho sixth
grades of the public schools in con
nection with their study of thc gco
giaphv of that continent.
' Thc Mil-rum library now has thc
: following new books which may be
consulted at the library or borrowed
for home rending: "African Came
I Trails" by TliccrJnre Rnsevelt; "Afri
;cu of Tor'ay," .1. K. Goodrich;
"Along Knur-footed Trails," Ruth A.
Cook; "Little Light, A Ptorv of Old
Mexico" 1 1 .-.r younger readers) by
KuUi Gaines.
Winter-birds arc more numerous
i Oii-; year than last. Many snow bunt
ings are seen in the open fields, while
pine nnd evening grosbeaks arc com
n in the village.
At Rickcr's Market
The St. Johnsbury Woman's club
has engaged Miss Anna I. Kubovec
to do thc district nurse work for the
dub.
In order to prevent misunderstand
ing in calling the district nurse, , the
following rules have been adopted:
Thc first rule is that the nurse's
hours are from 8 a. m. to 5 n. m.
j Only emergency calls will be respond
ed to and these will have to be given
by a doctor. The second rule is, the
nurse is for those who wish short calls
and the patient is expected to make
some payment when able to
do so. Thc third rule, the
nurse is expectca to give information
and such other matters in regard to
thc care and nursing. Her telephone
iiuinuer is ii.j-m, or ivuss
Wakefield, telephone 104-W.
Kate
German Spy Was Former Telegrapl;
I i ( Operator
Philadelphia, Jan. 1&--An interest
ing story of enemy spy work is told
by Frank H. Gaskill, assistant chief
of the Protective Lei.gue, which ren
dered service during the war.
The organization, Mr. Gaskill re
lates, was responsible for the inter
ment of a man caught spelling out
dangerous messages with a tripham
mer he was operating in a big in
dustrial plant on the Delaware river.
The messages wore first detected by
a telegraph operator in Palmyra,
N. J. He caught thc hammer spell
ing out:
"Troop ship moving tomorrow
morning.
The telegrapher notified the govern
ment authorities who caught the trip
hammer operator signalling:
"Raid on fishing fleet complete
surprise."
This was several hours before the
news despatches brought word of thc
sinking 4of a fishing fleet by German
submarines olf New England. Thc
trip-hammer expert was found to ba
a former telegraph operator. Mr
Gaskill said tho mystery of where thc
operator got his news or to whom he
was signalling was never solved.
OUR NEW INDUSTRY
H. C. L. IN MEXICO
The Department of Industry and
Commerce reports that the cost of
living in Mexico has doubled since
1010. The figures quoted comprise
prices paid on foodstuffs that enter
into the ordinary workman's fare.
Among the increases noted are: beans,
12 to 45 cents; lard 00 cents to $2.25;
beef 42 to 00 cents; rice 15 to .",1
cents; rent, $5 to $7; clothes $5 lo ?7.
A THOUSAND OTHER ITEMS
The & I
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These arc tho receipts and prices
at Kicker's market for the week end
ing jan. ji:
Poultry. ,400 lbs. at 25 cents;
Lambs, 50 at 8 to 12 cents: Hoirs.
1280, at 14 to 15 cents; Cattle, 510, at
4 to 12 cents; Calves, 075, at 5 to 14
cents; Milch Cows 20 at $G0 to $150.
WEATHER
Cloudy and coIder
Amsterdam, Jan. 11 In a news
paper of Duisburg, Germany, appear
ed this advertisement inserted by the
Duisberg Soldiers' Council: "Com
rades: Some of you have plundered
hespital wards. We will overlook
that. But are your comrades from
thc hospital now to go out walking
in shirts and stockings and that in the
middle of November? Please, there
fore, be good enough to return tho
Skinner Lumber Company Beginning
Operations in St. Johnsbury
A force of six men are busy at thc
old plants of thc Pillsbuiy-Baldvvin
Company and thc National Flooring
Company getting ready for thc new
mill of thc Skinner Lumber Company.
Thc lumber has already arrived for
the partitions and tho machinery is
expected in a few days. The men are
busy now starting up thc steam plant
and getting the place ready for the
machinery. Thc upper building will be
operated by steam and thc lower one
by electricity. It will be. about six
weeks before the Skinner Lumber
Company will bo ready for business
and by that time they iiopo to have 40
or 50 hands engaged in dressing
lumber and in the manufacture of box
shook..
A Paris despatch says that Russia may be represe
ed with the nations that were engaged against Germa
at the first formal opening of the peace conferen
Whether the representatives will be prominent Rusia
irrespective of paty, or others will be decided at a me
ing preliminary to the Congress. Marshal Foch is n
on his way to Treves to lay down the terms for the ext
sion of the armistice. The extension provides for tu
ing over of the German commercial fleet in exchange :
food, for restitution of material taken from France,
for full compliance with thc terms of the original arrr
tice.
A despatch from Washington says that 80,000 G
man helmets, captured by Pershing's troops, and so
Pt. Wilson, Liberty loan publicity director, as prizes :
R. Wilson, iberty loan publicity director, as prizes :
achievements in the next campaign.
A despatch from Washington says that the Bolsl
viki agitation in the United States shows no promise
reaching open disordeiV according Ho the 'depritment
Justice officials, who are observing the movement,
far as it is centering in New England, it has been ec
omical rather than political in its nature.
A despatch from London says that members both
the Government and Spartacans in Berlin have be
court-martialed and executed, according to a Berlin wii
less picked up here. The despatch confirms the repc
that the son of Karl Liebnecht has been arrested a:
jtosa, Liebknecht's chief Lieutenant, has fled from Am
ongen.
An Associated Press despatch from Paris says th
Pres. Wilson is considering a speaking tour of the Unit
States when he returns. It is said the trip will take h:
to many of the principal cities. It may possibly reach
the Pacific coast tho plans are not yet matured. Wi
Congress out of the way in March he would have oppr.
tunity for the tour before returning to Europe should
follow his original plans and if his return should be n
essary.
A despatch from Copenhagen says Karl Liebknecl
the Spartican leader, has fled from Berlin to Lieps:
Police Chief Echorn has fled to Denmark, and a lar
mass of documents have been seized at his residence.
A London despatch says that the Republic of Luxei
burg, which was proclaimed Thursday, lasted only
hours, according to a report from Brussels. The Fren
military authorities restored order.
QUEEN MARY IN MOVIES
Americans in German Officers' Club
things to
The
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Geor 1
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Fr ;
G' ,-.
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own hall."
icil of Athens
adorn of the city
. Premier Lloyd
Britain, Premier
Marshal Foch of
mier Vcnizelos of
the principal streets
je given the names of
With thc American Army of Occu
nation. in Germany, Jan. 13 One of
thc finest clliccrs' clubs in Germany
has been taken ovei? by the Ameri
cans in Coblenz and is to be used for
the same purpose that thc building
served the German army. The club
building stands on the edge of thc
Moselle river just a few hundred
yards from where, thc Moselle emp
ties, into thc Rhine. When the Ameri
can officers took over thc club they
found all the upholstered furniture
in perfect . condition and the build
ing ready for immediate occupancy
from the kitchen to the top floor bed
rooms. .
Vill be Seen in "Women Who Win"
in England and America
London, Jan. 11 London is eager-
! ly waiting to sec a picture play called
"Women Who Win," for Queen Mary
is making her debut therein as a mov
ie actress. The film is being pre
pared under thc auspices of thc Brit
ish Women's' Service!, of which Lady
Fiances Balfour is president. It will
be shown simultaneously in England
and thc United States.
The Queen's part in thc play is to
talk to the heroine, who is supposed
to be engaged on airplane work. She
had made herself familiar with thc
scenario and knew her role well.
Thc scene was set at an aircraft ex
hibition in Agricultural Hall. The op
erators began to turn the cranks of
their cameras, and the Queen moved
slowly toward thc spot where the
heroine was sealed. She talked to her
for several moments, and then, still
according to the scenario, "shook her
warmly by the hand." But, to the
dismay of the producers, ,the Queen
the n walked- out of the picture before
the scene was finished. One of her
ladies in waiting epxlaincd the situa-j
tion, and with tt smile the Queen
compi : . ' V ,ne.
THE CASUAETY LIST
Eight
Vermonters Among
Casualties
Washington, Jan. 14 The folio
ing casualties arc reported by t
commanding general of the Americ
Expeditionary Forces:
Killed in action
Died from accident and other
causes
Died from aeroplane accident
Died of disease
Wounded severely '
Wounded slightly
Total
Killed in Action
Pvt. Arthur M. Merchant, Burlinf
ton.
Corp. Vernon C. Buxton, Burling
ton.
Pvt. Howell J. Lcfrance, Rutland.
Died of Disease
Pvt. John J. McCrady, Hardwicjc,
Pvt. Carlo Bianchi, Montpeller. '
Wounded Severely
Pvt. Charles W. Lee, Burlington.
Pvt. Harry H. Colton, Burlington
Wounded Slightly
Lieut. Walton J. Goodwin, Bur
lington.
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