davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1915-05-06
WEEKLY WAR news
Continued from 4th pagel

Wednesday-From the east again
comes the report of fighting, which,
because of its sanguinary character
and the consequent heavy losses,
gives that section of the great war
zones the chief place in the war
news of the day. The Turkish allies
of the Teutonic contenders are said
to have been the losers. They are
declared by Petrograd to have been
defeated by the Russians in Khori-
Gilman region of the Caucasus, leav-
ing more than $500 dead on the field
and their survivors to be fleeing be-
fore the Muscovites.
The full details of the defeat Of
the Russians by the Austro-G German
forces along the Nida river, from
the Vistula southwark through the
Carpathians, have not yet come to
hand, but Vienna declares that the
Russians los. in the operations 3d.
900 men taken prisoners and %
cannon, 81 machine guns and a
quantity f war material.
On the western battle front the
Germans claim the capture iii Elan
ders of Zevecote, Zonnebeke, West
heck, the forest of Polygonus and
No nebos schen, and to have caught
the retreating allies under a flank
fire from their batteries to the north
east of Ypres
the British admiralty asserts that
the allies have repulsed the attacks
of the Turks everywhere on the Gal
lipoli peninsula, inficting enormous
losses upon thsm, and that the Brit
ish are now advancing into the inter
ior of the peninsula.
The Ladies Aid of the Christian
church met at the home of Mrs.
Walter R. Emmerson Thursday
April 29, and the following officers
were elected for term of six
months: Mrs. J. G Wright, presi-
dent Mrs T. T Roua v;ca.nreei
dent Mrs Lena Emerson, secretary
treasurer. The ladies decided to
serve dinner at the Stock Show to be
held here June 1924. They will
hereafter meet every two weeks to
prepare for their bazaar to be held
at the home Of Mrs. H. Doggett ON
Wednesday, May IL. All are in
vited TO attend
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-06
EDITOR In THE WOODS.
Enjoys Automobile Trip To Forests
of Lower Quebec And Witnessed
Destruction of Auto.

In response to an invitation from
the Hon. Alexander Dunnett to be his
guest for two weeks hunting on the
Limits" of the Scott Fish and Game
Club the Editor recently made trip
the trip of his life in some particu
lars and one that furnished enough
novelty, interest and thrills to be long
and wildly remembered. Mr.. Dun
nett is a member of the club and
took advantage of one of the privi-
leges of the organization to invite a
guest to accompany him to the habi-
tat of the moose, the beaver, deer,
bear, trout, and fur bearing animals
in the greatest abundance of any sec
ton Of the North American continent.
1t is located about 385 miles from
St. Johnsbury in the wilds of lower
Quebec and north of the great Fa1ne
woods. The Limits of the club con-
tain 80 square miles of forest and is
dotted with 81 lakes all filled with
the square tailed trout. The oppor-
tunity to visit such fish and game
country seemed a great privilege but
the Squire proposed to add to the OPP
portunity by making the trip to and
from the place by automobile, which
would give more open air travelling
and a better chance to see the quaint
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-06
SHEFFIELD

MRS. D. S. Roberts, correspondent
Miss Leila Barber was given Kit
chen shower Saturday evening "A
pleasant time was enjoyed.
A reception was given MT anu
Mrs WyIie Willard Saturday eve
ming. 1t was a complete surprise
Cake and coffee we're served and
social hour enjoyed. They were pre-
scented with a rocker as a little token
from their many friends. The family
move to Passumpsic this week. EV-
cry one extends best wishes 10 the
family in their new home.
Mrs. Alice Davis was IN Boston
over Sunday to see chr mother.
Mabel Richards is visiting neT
uncle, L. J. Thomas.
There will be special services al
the Methodist Episcopal church eV-
cry night this week. Mr.. Josclyn
will conduct them.
Invitations are out for the marriage
of Leila ]. Barber and Ray E. Wood
Wednesday, October 6.
Mrs. Harry Williams entertained
friends from Lyndon Sunday.
A. J. Roberts and family visited at
Archie Fitzpatrick's in East b rke
Sunday.
A large number attended the fair
at Wheelock Thursday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-06

able to fix it. On we started again
with every Frenchman trying to tell
us there was trouble under the auto.
At last we reached Victoriav1lle
where there was a garage and we
left the machine there while we went
out to search for breakfast. We
finally found what they called the no.
tel there which was nothing but
saloon and apparently a favorable
breeding pace for flies. When seat
ed at the table the maid began call
ing off the dishes in French. We
stopped her and tried to make her
understand what we wanted. She
was able to say eggs in English and
that was all we were able to make
her understand so we ordered a
breakfast of eggs. As soon as the
auto was prepared we started on,
rough roads until we reached st.
Agathe. We drew up before Hotel
de Temperance" and began to inquire
for gasoline and oil and also an
nounced we would like some dinner.
The proprietor said certainly but his
young daughter seemed to under
stand better and dashed in to consult
her mother. She came out and spoke
to her father in French when he in
formed US in very broken Engllsn
that "The madame would unable TO
prepare a dinner today. We Went
to the store and the proprietor SAID
we could get dinner there and he had
both gasoline and oil, so we were
s11pDlied in due time. He informed
us that by turning sharply to the
right about two miles out of town we
could get to town off the river and
on to a good road to Quebec. we
were watching a threshing machine
when we passed the turn we snoulo
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-06

and interesting French Country" of
eastern Quebec 1t was trip IN
dertaken with the most enthusiastic
expectations, that yielded many pleas
ures and ended in sad and unexpect-
ed disaster.
The Outward Trip.
At 10 minutes of ten on Tuesday
morning, Sept. IA, the last article
was put aboard the Squire's Mitchell
car, the crank turned and We were
off. We went a little slow over up
per Railroad street because it was
somewhat muddy and a young man IN
a big car drove by us as though we
were a truck team. AS soon as We
we're out of the mud the Squire began
to think about the boy ahead and in
structing me to blow the horn for
more road we began to move. UP to
80 miles an hour jerked the speed
ometer, up to 8 5 and 40 on the bet
ter stretches and the distance be-
tween here and Lyndon village was
soon covered. The boy stopped there
but the machine had got the habit OF
moving and We were soon buying
cigars in West Burke. The drive
alongside Lake Willoughby was soon
over and we stopped to make pleas
ant call on C. J. Trefren on the shore
of the lake. Some of Mrs. Trefren's
fine plain doughnuts put us in travel
ing condition again and we BOWED
along at from 80 to 35 miles an hour
over "Stodd" Bates boulevards and
into the village of Derby Line for
dinner.
Dinner over, the tank was hlled
with gasoline, the deposit made Win
the Canadian customs officer and we
we're off again. From Rock Island
to Sherbrooke the Canadian govern
ment is building macadam ROAD
that will make a fine stretch OF road
when finished. But it is not finished.
far from it most of the way, and we
could not begin to make the time we
had in the forenoon. AS soon as we
got to Sherbrooke we had to begin
inouiring the way and proceed with
ont chart or knowledge of the coun-
trv. We made Danville at just about
dark. We understood that nrsC
night that Canada did not have as
good roads as Vermont but did not
guess what was ahead. We arrang-
ed at the hotel for. supper and lodg-
ing and planned to start early IN the
morning and run about 10 miles U
another town for breakfast.
Our Troubles Begin.
We started out in the early dawn
as planned and ran for a few miles
when the speedometer stopped work
ing. We did not mistrust what the
trouble was but few miles further
I got out to inquire if we were on
the right road and saw that the pan
underneath the auto had dropped 10
the ground and was being dragged
by the speedometer cord. we were
unable to fix it and started on we
stopped at a blacksmith snop AZ "
ed nv a Frenchman and we're able TO
point out the trouble but he was I'M
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-06

The transmission of the human
voice from Arlington, Virginia, to the
Hawaiian Islands by wireless tele-
phony last week is the latest triumph
in the development of the telephone.
The distance is over 1000 miles but
it probably does not indicate the limit
for the transmission of the voice. As
soon as this invention is perfectly in
stalled there will be no corner of the
earth beyond the reach of one of the
great business centers. Theodore N.
Vail, the man who took the telephone
business in its helpless infancy and
brought it to its present state of eff
ficiency, was the man whose voice
was carried over the great stretch of
atmosphere last week and it must
have been a tremendous pleasure to
a man who has passed through such
trials with the business to enjoy this
latest triumph of science and invent
i've art. Mr.. Vail may be the first
human being whose voice will be
heard around the world"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-06

near by and try to get horse. Well
did not get it or much idea of what
the folks thought, except with my
clothes plastered with mud and shoes
entirely cased in clay they evidently
did not want me to step on their
clean floor When / got back to the
auto we resumed cranking and start
ed it. But at the end of 40 rods it
was stopped in another mud puddle.
Then / began looking for a telephone
to see if we could get some automo-
bile man to come out and help us.
/ found a house where the tele-
phone wires ran in and found the
people. The battery for the phone
was in the building they were in and
the phone in the front residence.
pointed to the batteries and they
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-06

the Frenchman started at high speed
back to the auto. When we reached
the village / looked down the road
and no auto was to be seen. The
fellow found out that Mr.. Dunnett
had gone through the village with
the auto and there / was with gaso-
line, no auto and only Frenchmen
who could not understand what 1
wanted. 1 left the gasoline and
starting on foot began tracking the
auto along the road. After much
effort at inquiry | found the Squire
in the village where / had got the
gasoline just finishing filling his tank
from another mans supply. He had
found some English speaking men
in charge of a large mill there and
got deal of information. Our di-
rection was to go through a certain
number of villages turn to the left
and follow the telephone. We turn
ed left once too much and found our
selves in a river bottom with mud SO
deep that the auto almost f1oated.
But we kept on and found ourselves
in a village on the shore of river
where we stayed over night.
Twenty-Six Miles In A Day.
A boarder at the hotel spoke
NuOuSu GuSllSu W Slf0 uS ulASCl1OAo
for getting back on our route and we
started again before breakfast. The
auto started with great difficulty in
the morning but the Squire finally
got spark and we rode out. When
about a mile from town the auto
stopped in a clay mud puddle. The
Squire cranked until about exhaust
ed and then l took lesson in crank
ing We alternated in cranking for
about an hour when We started and
ran up to a little village and got
breakfast. The machine responded
quite literally after breakfast and
we ran on through the town of st.
Alexander. About two miles out 1t
stopped again. We did our best at
cranking and finally gave it up and
started back for town to see IL we
could find an automobile man. We
soon spied an auto coming and got
back to our machine, stopped the
man and asked him if he would hitch
to our machine and start it. He did
so and the Squire caught the engine
and things looked good once more.
We let the other fellow go and fol-
lowed him for few minutes when
the machine stopped again. After
another long course in cranking L
suggested that l go down to house
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-06

must have thought wanted them
for they looked much displeased.
pointed to the other house, in fact
pointed up and down and To every
point in the compass and could do
nothing but point in reply to their
excited French talk. At last the
woman seemed to come TO the con-
clusion that 1 could keep on pointing
IL it did me any good and turned
away in disgust. Then an old man
in the room set in with the woman Of
the house and soon two of them start
ed with me to the other house. AS
soon as / was inside hunted out the
telephone and soon had a garage in
River du Loup and a man engaged to
come out after us.
CONTINUED on page five.)
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-06

The Editor was very favorably i'm
pressed recently by the courtesy of
the French school boy of the Province
of Quebec. AS related elsewhere he
found himself alone one day in the
street of a small rFench village, dirty
and generally dishevelled as the re-
suit of automobile trouble. 1t was at
the time that the boys of the village
were returning home from school
and every group of boys he met re-
spectfully raised their hats to the
stranger. We could not help think
ing of the guying we probably should
have got had we appeared in such an
undignified condition among a group
of Yankee school boys, and felt very
keen respect for the young French
lads.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-06

have taken and soon found ourselves
in a dense swamp with a road that
would hardly do for lumber road
stretching away for miles ahead OF
us. We could not turn around and
so went ahead confident we would
come out somewhere and we did.
Then we kept inquiring and reached
Point Lewis opposite Quebec about
D. m. We looked about town for
supplies and a garage as the pan was
getting loose again and hnally found
we would have to go over to QueDec
to get the auto fixed. We took the
ferry but it was almost SIX when we
got into the garage and they would
NOT fix the auto until morning. So
we went to Chateau FronLenac LOT
the night.
Down the st. Lawrence.
We took the ferry across the st.
Lawrence and started down the river
on the south side. 1t was nne
morning, the roads were good and
with the wind massaglng our hedus
and faces we bowled along at good
speed and soon forgot the troubles of
the day before. Everything went
fine until we reached Montigmy,
about 40 miles down the river. Here
the streets were all torn up for I'M
provements and we were unable TO
keep a straight course through tne
town. Thinking that close to the
river was the best road we turned
down and soon found ourselves III
deem mud and lumber yard. we
worked our way out and discovered
the right road. We stopped at cape
ST Ignace for dinner and started on
again. Everything went we un 9l
we were about a mile outside of st.
Pacomb when the auto stopped. we
looked it over and the Squire decided
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-06
The South in the Saddle.

The decision of Representative
Fitzgerald of New York to retire from
Congress and seek a place on the New
northern congressman from the
Craftsmanship of an important com
mfttee in the House of Representa-
tives, and place all important commit
tee chairmanships IN the control of
men from the Southern states. Fitz-
gerald is now chairman of the com
mittee on appropriations, and in that
capacity has rendered efficient service
for the protection of the interests of
the government. Upon his retirement,
Congressman Sherley of Kentucky,
will become chairman, and then the
twenty -seven leading committees OF
the house will be headed by men who
live east of the Missouri river and
south of the Mason and Dixon line.
Four OF the committees will be head
ed by men from Virginia, three from
Missouri, three from Kentucky, three
from Tennessee, three from North
Carolina, two each from Georgia
FLORIDA, and Texas, and one each
from South Carolina, Alabama, Okla
homa. Maryland and Arkansas.
A very similar condition will exist
in the senate. Every important COM
mittee will be headed by southern
man, except that Senator Newlands
of Nevada will be chairman OF the
committee on interstate commerce;
Senator O'Gorman of New York Will
be chairman of the committee ON In
ter-ocean canals, and Senator Cham
berlain of Oregon will be chairman
of the committee on military affairs
Ut is a rather remarkable coincidence
that both Newlands and chamberlain
are natives of Mississippi. This aD-
solute domination of the south IN
both houses of congress is made pos
sible by the votes of northern states
which placed and continue the demo-
cratic party in power. The south dom
mates the democratic party, and so
long as that party has control OF the
government, the south will direct the
legislative, administrative and eco
nomic policies of the United States.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-06
NEWARK
(Porter Wallace, correspondent

(Porter Wallace, correspondent
The Missions Circle will meet with
Mrs. Chester Bean for dinner We'd
nesday, October 13.
Miss Nellie King of Danville is
visiting her uncle, D. W. King.
Mrs. Nettie Mccoy and Mr.. and
Mrs. William Wallace of West Burke
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Por-
ter Wallace.
Edwin Goodwin of Oakland, Cal,
has been visiting his father, Ivory
Goodwin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arch Damon and
three children of Island Pond are
visiting his mother, Mrs. Dora Da-
mon.
The next regular Grange meeting
October Is Will be NeighbOrS'
night and Sutton grange has been
invited.
The Sunday school will hold a post
card box party at the church Friday
evening, October 8. Ladies bring
boxes and post card.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-06

that the gasoline had got so low it
would not run into the engine. So
| started for the village to see II
could find some gasoline. L found
one man who could talk enough
English to make me understand that
some men owned autos in a village
about two miles further on and per-
haps I could get some there. l en-
gagged a man there with a team and
started for the other village and after
considerable hunting found a man
with gasoline / got five gallons and
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-06

A. f. Stone closes his newspaper
work ON the fifteenth of this month.
The newspaper fraternity will miss
his pleasant paragraphs but tne
naonle of St. Johnsbury will cordially
welcome him back to his old nome
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-06

We note that the post office de-
partment has decided to restrict the
public to only one method of getting
its mail after the first of November.
Then a person can decide whether he
will hire a box at the Office and get
the mail himself, have it delivered by
a carrier or get 1T at the
general delivery window. The
excuse given for such an order is the
indiscriminate calling for mail that Is
in the carriers boxes. We can readily
understand that hunting letters out
of a carriers box is inconvenient but
there are times when an important
letter can be secured from twelve to
twenty-four hours earlier by calling
for it at the office before it goes with
the carrier and it seems rather I'M
reasonable for the government to re-
fuse to make this earlier delivery.
The inefficiency of the post office de-
partment has very materially increas-
ed during the past three years and
the public may awaken and demand
some real service from it. Perhaps
the present administration may de-
eide to charge admission to the post
office and thus lessen the deficiency
in the government finances.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-06

The successful attack of the Allies
of the west on the German lines has
brought general satisfaction through
out this country because it Indicates
that the Allies are at last ready to
srike telling blows against their enc
mics. 1t also indicates a possible end
ing of the war before many months
pass. Germany is not subdued yet
and may infiict some severe defeats
on the Allies before she sues for
peace. but such slaughter as the
French troops have effected in the
past ten days must seriously reduce
her fighting efficiency. There can De
no more reserves to be called upon
and the superior number of the Al
lies must make themselves felt now
with the Germans This is the dill
ference between the victories OF the
Germans in Russia and the Allies on
the western front: In the former
case they captured lots Of scenery but
few soldiers, in the latter they have
taken OF killed more soldiers than
scenery.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-06

St. Johnsbury people will be pleas
ed to know the Fairbanks plant has
perfected a new railroad scale tnat
promises to create a general demand
and that many of these new scales
will be constructed in the st. Johns
bury plant. The town with the com
many can begin to look up and Work
toward better things.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-06
GOODNIGHT CORNS,
COOD-BOY "CETS-IT''
New-PIan Corn Remedy That Never
Fails. The Simple, Common
Sense Way.

You poor corn-limper, with corn
wrinkles and heart pains! Sit down
tonight and put a few drops of Gets
IT." the simplest corn remedy in the
world, on your co~~~ You can apply
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-06

AdvertIserm-AIl copy for advertise
ments must be in by noon on Tuesday
10 insure its insertion in the issue OF
"wednesday. Our subscription books
are open to your inspection.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-06

subscribers-If you wish the paper
stopped please send a written notice
when your subscription expires. Other
wise, we will continue your subscrip-
tion at $3.50 per year.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-06

Local notices. wants, for sale. etc;
notices 10 cents a line. three tnser-
lions. Probate notices $500 each Tor
don and similar notices $3.50 each for
three Insertions. Card OF thanks. 20
cents. Obituary poetry. 10 cents
line
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-06

Entered at the st. Johnsbury post
once as second-class mail matter.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-06

famous by the American Liver
Tablets, the perfect laxative.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-06

TERMS OF THE CALIFORNIAN
One year to any address. $1-5e
Six months .-........'.. $1,000 "a
CierEymen in Caledonia County, $1.OO
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-06

it in just a few seconds, without fuss
or trouble. What's the use applying
salves that make toes raw and sore,
that make corns swell, bandages that
make it misery to walk, tape that
sticks, greasy ointment, and other con-
traptions. Get rid of corns the easy
Way quick. simple. sure, new way.
That's common sense. Try Gets-1t
also for warts and bunions. "Gets-It
can't hurt,-the corn loosens, and comes
right off,-clean of.
''Gets-It" is sold at all druggists. z5c
a bottle, or sent direct by z. Lawrence
& Co, Chicago. Sold in St JohnsDury,
and recommended as the worlds best
corn remedy by c. c. Bingham, Chas.
Searles G. Co., and Flint Bros.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-06

Editor and Publisher
70 Eastern Avenue. st. Johnsbury' VI
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-06
ut. Bloomsbury Galedoniait

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8, 1915.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-06

PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
TINE CALIFORNIAN COMPANY.