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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-09-29
SUPPER Ar NORTH CHURCH

Members of Brotherhood Enjoy Fine
RepaSt and Listen to Enter
tanning Talk.
About 100 members of the Broth
erhood of the North Church enjoyed
an excellent supper at the church
dining rooms last Thursday evening.
Old time songs were introduced be-
tween courses all joining in the
singing. After supper Shane Leslie
of London, England, gave an informal
and exceedingly interesting talk on
his personal experiences in the Euro
pean war. He touched upon some of
the horrible and some of the pleasant
aspects of the campaign in Flanders,
the effect of shell fire and charges,
the generalship and soldiery of the
different nationalities, and presented
some rare and unusual views that
were greatly appreciated by the
Brotherhood.
A business meeting followed at
which officers were elected for the en-
suing year: President, DR.. w. G..
Kicker; vice-president, E. A. Silsby;
secretary and treasurer, w. V. Or
cult.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-09-29
CHURCH NOTES

First Baptist church. Notices,
Sunday, subject, 1890 a. m, "The
dwelling of Jesus Christ" 700 p.
M, Fallen Petals" This sermon
will be illustrated by two flowers and
two boys. Music will be rendered by
our fine choir. All are cordially in
vited. Midweek service Wednesday
evening. Reports will be given Of the
convention at Burlington.
Church of the Messiah. Rally Day
next Sunday. Morning sermon, "An
Adequate Religion" Evening address,
"The Battle" a story by Cleveland
Moffett. Clam chowder supper Thurs
day.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-09-29
GROTON.

(Mrs. G. H. Mills, correspondent
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
w. w. Pillsbury at Heaton hospital
recently.
Miss Mabel Moulton, who has
been sick for several weeks was
taken to the Cottage hospital at
Woodsville, N. H., Tuesday. She is
reported as better.
Walter Scruton was at home sick
several days last week. He is work
ing at the Mount Washington House,
Breton Woods, N. H.
J. F. Hatch returned Saturday
from st. Johnsbury where he has
been for treatment.
Rev. R. F. Lowe held the first
quarterly board meeting of the
Methodist church Saturday after
noon
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-09-29
In His Spare Time.

Two negroes were discussing their
young sons, and the first declared he
intended to make his hopeful an
astronomer. "'At's a fine job he con-
cluded. Eyes," drawled the other
"Yoh done toll me dat afore, but
whut's he gwine to do in de day
timer"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-09-29
Think II Over

Our colleague at the adjacent desk
has just cogitated this: If a man has
nothing, he must do something to
have anything. But if a man has
something, he needn't do anything to
have nothing in a very short time
Boston Transcript.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-09-29

SECONDS IN DINNER WARE
only, 80 pc dinner sets Friday $3.50
FOUR-LEAF CLOVER PATTERN
z in dinner plates Friday &c each
Coupe soups Friday 4c each
Cups and saucers Friday sc each
Oatmeal dishes Friday &c each
8 in naples Friday &c each
Common bowls Friday &c each
Creamers FRIDAY each
Sugar bowls Friday 12c each
Covered dishes Friday 19c each
Bread and butter plates Friday 9 for 25c
BAKING DISHES
pc baking sets Friday 60c set
sc covered baking dishes Friday 49c each
JARDINIEREs
29c in fancy jardinieres Friday 16c
LAMPS
sec Bracket Lamps and rehectors, complete
Friday 75c
$3.50 extra fancy parIor lamps, Friday $40S
Other specials at S208, $30S
soc covered cheese dishes Friday Soc
soc, at. glass water pitchers Friday soc
PLAIN THIN TUABLERs
Partridge berry bowls Sale Soc
SUIT CASES
/ lot, "a in cases Friday zoe
$225 Mating Suit Cases Friday $3.50
BOX STATIONERY
All 25c box stationery Friday 10c
25c h. paper Friday 19c
Cando silver polish Friday SC
BABY sULKIEs
Our $3.50 marked Sulkie Friday 1898
Our 1915 marked Sulkie Friday $3.50
20 gal. jars Friday $2.19
15 gal. meat jars Friday $1.75
IL gal meat jars Friday $1.45
gal. meat jars Friday 52c
COAL HODS
Japanned hods with shoves Friday loo
ALUMINIUM WARE
$3.50 cup teapots Friday csc
$3.50 OF. coffee pots Friday soc
$3.50 cup egg poachers Friday CSC
$175 ct. coffee percolator Friday $1.O9
ENAMEL WARE
IA at. gray enamel dish pans Friday 25c
zoe 2 ct. white lined enamel double boilers,
Friday soc
soc LOOT. white lined preserving kettles,
Friday 40c
Gray enamel wash basins Friday Sc
WASHING MATERIALS
45c glass wash boards Friday 35c
$3.50 guaranteed American clothes wringers
Friday $20S
$500 GOV. clothes hampers Friday 81 90
$1.69 clothes hampers Friday 81 80
$3.50 copper bottom wash boilers, Friday 81 %
$500 all copper wash boilers, Friday $3.40
BROOMS
A first class house broom Friday 29c
$500 perfection oil heaters Friday $3.9S
$40 universal bread makers Friday $1.70
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-09-29

st. Johnsbury expects every man
to do his duty and surely one OF his
duties is to Help keep this organiza-
ton alive.
Yours truly,
c. e. PECK.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-09-29
Mean Thing.

Mrs. Yeast-Don't you think our
daughter begins to look like me, John?
Mr.. Yeast-She does begin to look old,
that's sO.-Yonkers Statesman.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-09-29

Where there are laws he who has
not broken them need not tremhle.-
Al1eri
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-09-29
REVIVAL MEETING

Continued from page one.)
best OF all, it will not last long
either-come on now-every man
who is interested in the st. Johns
bury Commercial club-we have in
contemplation the surest plan for a
continuation of the clubs activities
and one that every man in this town
ought to endorse-so just come out
and endorse the plan. Let's make
this a meeting of genuine interest to
the members of this club.
Let every member bring up some
one thing that he may think of that
will interest the club or community,
no matter how small or how big,
and have it discussed. 1t may be
a boomerang or a blessing, who
knows, but it will keep alive a
healthy interest in the Commercial
club and it's mission.
Music will be furnished by the
Commercial Club orchestra.
The supper will be served by the
Pythian Sisters. Tickets soc each.
Lest you forget.
Place-Pythian Hall.
Time-6:15 p. m, Thursday, Sep
TENDER 80.
Entertainment-A feast for both
the body and mind.-Adv.
Letters to Members
Dear Sir:
Why you should keep your mem
bership in the St. Johnsbury Com
mercial club.
1t promotes a community spirit.
1t gives you a wholesome interest
in your neighbors' activities.
1t broadens you out in every way.
A body of men can do much that
cannot be done by individuals work
ing alone.
1t invites the healthy discussion of
local problems.
1t is right in line with what all pro-,
gressive communities are doing.
1t is your duty as a good citizen
to be interested in this club.
No man liveth to himself alone
and he couldn't IL he wanted to.
Don't be deluded into thinking
that your membership is not neces-
sary-suppose that everybody
thought the same?
The commonwealth., 1915-04-22
MAXWELL is PRESIDENT
NEW LEADER NAMED BY COTTON
MANUFACTURERS ASSOCiA-
TON AT MEMPHIS,
ProteS. Against Operation Of Bill
faVoTS Merchant Marine.-Want
"Cpen Door,"

Memphis, Tenn.-Endorseme was
given proposals to establish an Amer
lean merchant marine by Government
subsidy and protest made against the
operation of the Palmer child labor
law and legislation pending in Con-
gress to require the branding of goods,
II a resolution adopted by the An2eli-
can Cotton Manufa cturers' AssOcia-
ton, which concluded its annual con
ventlOn here. Other resolutions ad-
opted asked that the United States
Government require new statement
OF the right Of equal opportunity" to
trade in the markets Of the world, par
ticularly in China and that the prin-
ciples Of the open door" be reassert-
ed.
Scott Maxwell Of Cordova, Ala, was
elected president Of the association
John A. Law, Spartanburg, S. c., vice
president and Caeser Gone, Greens
bOro, n. c., chairman of the board OF
governors. Other members Of the
! board Of governors elected were J. J
Bradley, Huntsville, Ala; Eugene
Holt, Burlington, n. c.; George 3
Spofford, Augusta, Ga; Paul J. Marrs
Henderson, KY, and Crai5 S. Mitchell
Philadelphia
The commonwealth., 1915-04-22
SERIOUS MOTOR ACCIDENTS.

Lake Hopatcongo. n. J..-An auto
mobile plunged down Gn en- nDankrlent
near here, killing Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Terhunc, Of PasSaic, y, J.
New Y0rl,.-Mme. Margarete Met
zenhaur, Of the Metropolitan Opera
Company was badly cut and bruised
when she was thrown from an autOnO-
bile in collision with another ma
chine in Long Island City. Her hus-
band, Edocardo Ferrari-Fontana, a
tenor CT the Boston Opera Company,
also was cttt~aud bruised.
Kalamazoo, Mich-Mr. and Mrs
Paul Pare were killed here when an
automobile col;ided with q street car
Two others il the automobile were in
jured.
Egg Harbor, n. J.-Eanjamin I
Strait. Philadelphia underwear man
ufacturer, was killed and his business
partner, Meyer Myerson, was injured
when their automobile overturned.
Tyrone, Pa.-Dr. c. Z. Shalfer, o.
VVinGber, Pa, was killed and five per
sons were injured il an automobile
accident near here. All the injure-
will recover.
The commonwealth., 1915-04-22
TaEt Snaaks to LeaiSlstEre.

rrisburg-William Fl. Taft tod
Pennsylvania legislators to conserve
the peoples money and not to spend It
before they know how much the state
has to spend THE growing danger
in this country" Mr.. Taft said, "is
the waste Of the peoples money" The
former president declared the goY-
ernment should not so into business
in competition with private enterprise.
"-rhe peoples money should not be
put into private business where pri-
vate enterprise can do the work bet
ter" Mr.. Taft said.
The commonwealth., 1915-04-22
Fifteen KILLED IN COLLISION
Street Car and Freight Train Collide
in Detroit.

Detroit, Mich.-Fifteen persons were
killed and about 20 injured in collis-
ion between a Detroit city street car
and string of fright cars pushed by
switch engine on the Detroit, To-
ledo {: Ironton Railroad.
Most of the dead lived in Detroit's
foreign quarter. -Four are women.
The street car, crowded with pas
senSers, stopped as it approached the
railroad crossing and the conductor
ran ahead to see if the track was
clear. He signalled the motorman
to wait, but apparently the latter mis-
understood his meaning He applied
the power and the car ran rapidly
down an incline and onto the railroad
tracks.
The freight cars pushed by the
engine struck the street car fairly in
the riddle. The Wrecl1agc was push
ed along 100 feet, several Of the dead
and injured dropping along the street
before the train was stopped. Others
were crushed in tce splintered mass
OF steel and wood and it was several
hours before they could be extricated.
The commonwealth., 1915-04-22
UZSOK STOPS RUSSIANS
AUSTRiANS GREATLY CHEERED
BY NUMBER OF GERMAN Re-
IMPROVEMENTS.
French Are Satisfied Wit, Successes
IN West Between Muse and I.o-
raiiIe Frontier.

LcEtcn.-TWo gateways into Hun
gary still remain barred, despite the
tremendous Russian Eamnlerirg and
as the Deskid Pass is the less import
ant Of the two strategically, a further
advance into Hungary hangs On the
possession OF Uzok Pass. where the
.2fl-~.ol>s- &-'e meeting win stubborn
opposition. Several days ago the Rus
SANS captured a position which gave
tnem command Of road leading to
tee rear Of Uzsok Pass, but since
tlen the Teutonic Allies have checked
the movement. TIE Importance of
the Carpathian operations is inGicat-
Ell by the half-heartad actions along
the rest Of the long eastern front.
Iae people Of the Dual Monarchy
arc said to be greatly cheered by the
number Of German reinforcements
passing through Budapest on tie way
. tie Carpathian front to take part
II the operations, witch are now be-
sieved to BE II charge of the German
General Staff
The whole situation in the East
pivots on Uzok Pass where the Aus
tro-Gorman forces are il such great
strength tkat the efforts of the Rus
SLAMS to reach the Hungarian Plains
are Likely to be prolonged.
In TIE west the French apparently
are satisfied with their recent sue
cesses between the Meuse and the
Lorraine frontier and claim only to
have come in contact with the Ger
man entanglements in this region.
Official German reports assert that
determined attacks by the French re-
ports assert that determined attacks
| By tie French have been repulsed
| along ttis section.
Probably no session Of the British
| Parliament since tic opening Of the
| war has been awaited with keener
intereat than the sitting which Will
| begin coon.
The commonwealth., 1915-04-22
HOSTILE AIRCRAFT
ANN0Ys ENGLAND
GERMANS MAKE THREE ZEPPE.
EIGHT HOURS.
NO LOSE OF LIFE OR DAMAGE
At Least SO Bombs are Sent Down.
Raiders Keep Away From All
Large Cities.

London.-England experienced it's
third hostile air raid within 48 hours,
bat the last, like the others resulted
age to property.
Taking advantage of fine weather
which enabled Zeppelins to visit the
vicinity Of the Tyne and the coasts of
Suffolk and Essex early, a German
aeroplane flew over the county of
Kent, dropping bombs. In all, four
missiles were dropped in the vicinity
of the towns of Faversham and Sit
tingbourne, the latter just across the
Bugle from the Isle OF Sheppey, which
is the birthplace Of the British Royal
Naval Flying Corps.
All the bombs fell in fields.
From Sittingbourne the aeroplane
flew over the Isle of Sheppey and it
is thought probable the raider mis-
took the towns attacked for Sheer
ness, the British naval base, which
is on the other side Of the island On
his way the airman passed over Can
ter5ury and other towns in Kent but
did not drop any explosives upon or
near them.
Zerp elins, for it is believed two
visited East Anglia during the early
hours dropped some 25 incendiary and
explosive bombs on Lowestoft, South
void, Maldon, Crouch,
Heyibridge and Tillingham, but like
the raid Of the previous night on the
TyEcmouth district, there was only
slight damage, although many persons
had narrow escapes. In Lowestoft a
bomb dropped in a garden, shattered
a row Of small houses and persons
sleeping in them were cut by broken
glass.
During the three raids at least SO
bombs were sent down by the Ger
! n.a1s. Tie raiders kept away IRON
the larger towns. There they might
have been discovered by searchlights
and come under fire from the land
The commonwealth., 1915-04-22
['ofiCe!

It has | cen reported that | had
quit the Insurance business. This
report is unAind and untrae. Some
lny exLira a-iens hAv. been used
Ia policies slipped ia by some Of
NY competitors. This is not gener-
ally Gus o;nary in the insurance
'4.i.l. 1t is generally known by
i~e insurance agents that the agen-
{: belongs t. the company and the
exp raG;on5 alnd business belong to
tas. agent who produces it. A COM
cany has the right 10 withdraw
IRON an agency, an agent also has
tigs.. 10 withdraw from a company,
ALL policies will be renewed at ex-
;.irat;on unless otherwise instructed.
write all kinds of insurance. reL-
resenting the strongest and most
liberal companies in the World. This
agency IN write the whole town.
pay all losses ard won't miss its
money. WILL II. JOSEY,
General Insurance Agent.
The commonwealth., 1915-04-22
SlYS MEXICO CAN
NOTBE CONQUERED
SIXTEEN MILLION WILL HAVE
TO BE KILLED BEFORE mExl-
CO COULD Be INVADED.
VIEW OF GENERAL HuERTA
RE Declares ts7c Heads Of WASHINGTON
Gdn: :!1ietration Have Rot Been
Fair to Mexico.

New Yorll.-Asserting that he had
nothing to do with the death Of Tran
cisco Madero, General Victoriano
Huerta, former Provisional President
issued lengthy signed statement re-
lating to the question.
General Huerta declared he knew
who was responsible for Maderos
death, but that he was keeping it as
"a professional secret
General HueTta's statement review
ed the history Of the Madero revoiu-
ton, his own accession to the Provi-
sIonal Presidency and concluded with
the assertion that my country can
not be conquered"
Sixteen millions Of men, women and
children would have to be killed be-
fore Mexico would submit to an in
Vader, Huerta asserted.
The heads Of the Washington Ad-
ninistration, Huerta declared, had
not been fair to Mexico, had been
mislcd by false statements and if they
mad been IN Mexico for thirty days
they would have changed their the
oretical, erroneous ideas" Had it not
ton CT arms from this country Gen
oTal I5uerta indicated that his army
would have prevailed over those Op
posed to If.
- The former Provisional President
reiterated tie assertion made when he
LETT Mexico last year that he lad re
signed from his position only because
he hoped to bring peace to his coun-
try. He pointed out that in the eight
months elapsed since that date the sit
uation in Mexico had become too sad
for nae to analyze deeply"
Anarchy is too soft a word to call
it," be said. Mexico eventually would
e. Sci i.ut By g Efexican, lie said
| Who that would be lie did not know
Huerta declined to give al inkling
rs to his future movements. IIe de
/ MED that fe would go to San Antonio,
Texas, or any other point near the
Mexican border Discussing the death
Of Madero, he said:
THAT is a professional secret. Law
years have secrets, dcctcrs have
secrets am soldier-wDy should
not a soldier have secrets? It is not
thorough friendship for any one that
I am Withholding the information.
The time will soon come when my
name will be vindicatcd and, as Cen
eraI Lee said Of General Jackson, the
world viii say of ne, l stood like a
st0newail submitting to TIE ignGmlty
and the insults heaped upon me-
The commonwealth., 1915-04-22
CERTAIN No COTTON
REACHES GERMANY
is KEPT FROM GERMANY AND
AUSTRIA SAYS ATTORNEY
GENERAL.
BLOCKADE is UNNECESSARY
Attorney General Simon Replies to
the Conference of Chemist at,d
EnuincerS

London.-That cotton is kept from
Germany and Austria just as effect
lively as if it were declared absolute
contraband, is the tenor Of reply ad-
dressed by Attorney General Simon
to conference OF chemists and engi-
neers who asked whether the Govern
ment's action was sufficient to make
it certain that no cotton reaches
those countries.
"The Attorney General ventures to
suggest that those for whom you
write may be under some misappre-
hensicn either as to the law CT con
traband or as to the steps which in
fact are being taken under the order
in council Of March Ii. The steps
being taken under authority of that
order in council have been extremely
effective in stopping cotton from
reaching Germany and the declara-
ton Of cotton as coGtraband would
not alter the result in the very least
SO far as preventing cotton reaching
Germany is concerned.
IF an article is declared absolute
contraband, it can be stopped from
going 10 0oI1lldn port ana can DG
stopped even from going to an adjoin-
ing neutral port, if it is in course of
transit through that neutral port to
an enemy country. These are exactly
the circumstances in which. under
the order in council any article can
be stopped whether it is C0ntraband
or not, and Of course, this order in
council is being PIT into force in all
| proper cases.
"To imagine that since March II
anything can be gained SO far as
| stopping the entrance Of cotton into
| Germany is concerned by calling 1t
contraband is, in effect to suppose
that a blockade is rendered more ef-
fective if you add that specified con-
tra band articles will not be allowed
to break that blockade A blockade
stops all articles whether they are
contraband or not, therefore any ad-
ditional rulings would not have any
practical consequences. What is true
OF Germany Of course, is equally true
| of Austria.
your nemOrialists no doubt will
readily believe that there may be
good reasons Of quite q different kind
for not making cotton contraband in
view Of the precendent which would
thereby be created, but as q practical
page Of cotton secured by calling ii
contraband is equally secured by the
order in council"
The commonwealth., 1915-04-22
Nav Soon Get EEcsiuT.

Washington.-State department Off
cials were prepared to take up with
the German government the last step
NECESSARY to supply American textile
mills with two cargCes OF German
dyestuffs bought before March l. The
way was cleared by the announce
ment that Great Britain had agreed
to permit these cargoes under certain
conditions to come through from Rot
terdam. The position previously taken
by the German government has been
thar it would permit dye shipments
in exchange for cotton or copper.
The commonwealth., 1915-04-22
Army Wants Prohibition,

Washington.-A delegation from the
anti-saloon league called on Secretary
Garrison, causing comment which in
creased when he declined to make
public the reason for the call. The
Secretary afterwards explained how
ever, that the delegation had not even
il It's own judgment sufficiently estab-
ished the facts it wished to present.
Rumor- had it that there was an effort
to introduce in the army regulations
similar to those which Secretary Dan
ielj has applied to the Navy.
The commonwealth., 1915-04-22

Department of Justice Will Aid viii
iacs and McAdoo.

Department Of Justice Will Aid VIII
liancs and kloAdoo.
washington. = Developments indi-
Gated tat tic Government intends
t0 do its utmost tC back up Secretary
McAdoo Of the Treasury, and Comp
troller OF the CuITa1cy Williams in
tee legal fight nrecipitated by the
Riggs National Ba.lI, complainant in
equity proceedings to enjoin these Of
acials FROM alleged attempts to drive
that institution out Of business
through systematic and long-continu-
ed persecution.
Attorney General Gregory announc-
ed that the Department OF Justice
had employed Louis .. Brandeis Of
Boston. to defend Hcssrs. Williams
and McAdoo in the Injunction pro-
ceaGings. He declared his depart
nent and the treasury were cooper
ating in these proceedings. 1t he
came known also that Jesse G. Ad-
kins, former Assistant Attorney Fen
eral also had been retained in the
case.
The commonwealth., 1915-04-22
Kaiser Visits in italy.

Geneva, via Paris. - Information
reaching Geneva tends to confirm the
reports that Emperor William visited
Emperor Francis Joseph last month.
According to this information I'm
peror William determined to see En-
peror Francis Joseph after receiving
from Prince Won Buelow, German am
bassador to Italy, a message that ne
gotiations concernin. territorial con
cessions by Austria as the price OF
Italy's neutrality had failed.
The commonwealth., 1915-04-22
Goraas Can't Go.

Washington - Secretary Garrison
made it plain he would oppose Major
General Gorgas' going to Serbia for
the Rockefeller Foundation to fight the
typhus scourge unless the surgeon
general resigns his commission in the
army.
; Mr.. Garrison takes the position
that should General Gorgas go to Ser
bia as a retired officer in which ca
pacity he still would be under the
Jurisdiction of the war department a
situation would be created which easi-
ly might lead to trouble.
The commonwealth., 1915-04-22
GOVERNMENT WILL ANSWER.
Date for Hearing in the Riggs Bank
Case Set for May 12

Washing ngton.-With almost a month
in which to prepare for the next ap-
pearance III court, counsel for the gov
ernment in the injun ction proceedings
against treasury officials brought by
the Riggs National Bank laid plans to
make full answer to all charges set
forth in the complaint
Justice Mccoy in the District of Co
lumbia Supreme Court set May II as
the date when the government must
answer charges that Secretary Nc
Adco and Comptroller of the Currency
Williams have conspired to wreck the
bank Counsel for the government
asked for postponement and counsel
for the bank said they were ready to
proceed at any time
The commonwealth., 1915-04-22
New Officers Are Elected,

Atlanta, Ga.-J. C. Relding of Au-
gusta, ca, was elected president OF
the Southern Supply & Machinery
Dealers Association at the closing
session Of it's annual convention here.
Other officers elected included:
First vice president, Ernest Howell,
Charleston, W. Va; second vice presi-
dent, George II. Manning, Knoxville,
Tenn; secretary and treasurer, Alvin
NJ. Smith, Richmond, Va; W. H
Banks, Huntington, w. Va, and w.
A. Ray, Pensacola, Fla, were elected
to the executive committee.