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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-09-29
THE HUMAN FOOT.
IN Its Primitive State 1t Was Larger
Than 1t is Today.

En Its Primitive State 1t Was Larger
Than 1t is Today.
Artists say thnt no Greek sculptor
would have ever dreamed of putting
a nine inch foot on a five and one
half foot woman. The types for the
classic marble figures were taken from
the most perfect forms of living per-
sons. Unquestionably the human foot,
as represented by the ancient sculptOrs,
was larger than the modern one, and,
In fact, the primitive foot of all peoples
whereof we have any record, either Of
statuary or otherwise, was consider
ably larger than the restricted foot of
modern times.
The masculine foot, forming an ap-
proximate average of four different
countries, was about twelve inches
long. This would require at least a
No. 10 shoe to cover it comfortably.
The average masculine foot today is
easily fitted with a No. 811a shoe and
is, therefore, not above ten and seven
sixteenths inches. Now, by the old
sculptural rule of proportion a man
FIVE feet nine inches in height should
have a foot eleven and One-half inches
long, or One-sixth his height. 1t was OF
no great consequence what size sandal
he wore, but he would have required
a modern shoe of at least a No. 1917
for a minimum fit or No. IL for real
comfort.
For women, allowing for the differ
ence in the relative size of the sexes,
which was about the same then as
now, woman of five feet three inches
in height would have had a foot ten
inches long, requiring a modern shoe
Of the size No. 6 as the most comfOrta-
bic or No 51a as the limit of comfort
-NNaSnInoIna 49,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-09-29
Woman's Club Meeting

The October meeting of the Won
ans club has been postponed from
Monday next until Saturday, Octo-
Der 8, to accommodate the speaker,
Miss Sarah Louise Arnold, of Bos-
ton. Miss Arnold, who was at one
time a teacher in the st. Johnsbury
public schools is now dean of Sim
mons College. Her subject will be,
1.-THE Daughter of the House." The
teachers of the town will be the
guests of the club at this meeting.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-09-29

Miss Hazel Maud Taylor, aged %
years and nine months, daughter of
Auburn and Emma MI. Taylor, died
September 23 at her home, 10 Grove
street, Lowell, Mass, of typhoid
fever. She leaves besides her father
and mother, one brother, Harold M.
Taylor, and one sister, Rita B. Tay-
Tor. The funeral was held Sunday,
September rs at $3.50 D. m. The
flowers were many and beautiful,
showing the esteem in which she was
held. She was grand daughter OF
Mrs. Mary Miles and niece OF Mrs.
Fred Thomas of st. Johnsbury.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-09-29
STRANGERS to Her.

Pardon me, but can you tell me
who won the half miller" inquired the
late arrival.
81 don't know, I'm sure" smiled the
sweet young thing, ''but heard some
one say it was Nip and Tuck at the
finish, so 1 suppose it was either one
Of them."-Buffalo Express.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-09-29
TO MEET HERE
Vermont Optical Society to Hold
Semi-Annual Convention in st.
JOhnSbury.

JOhnSbury.
The semi-annual convention of the
Vermont State Optical society will be
held in ST. Johnsbury, October IA.
The meetings will be held in Pythian
hall. The following program has
been arranged:
$3.50 a. m. Registration and bust
ness.
1880 a. m. C. J. Cleveland,
Transportation"
1900 m. w. J. Bigelow, editor
st. Johnsbury Caledonian, "Adver-
tising."
100 p. m. Dinner.
$3.50 p. m. Optical displays.
$3.50 p. m. H. F. Jordan, Trial
Case"
400 p. m. H. S. Haskins, Light
and Color" illustrated.
700 p. m. Banquet.
After dinner speaking.
Geo. H. Brown, History of the
Advancement of Optometry."
Ladies' orchestra.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-09-29
How He Lost the Cook.

'"Well, where's that cook?" demand
ed his wife Don't tell me that she
wasn't on the train"
"She was on the train," timidly ex-
planned the commuter, 'but 1 got to
playing cards and a Lonelyville man
won her at whist.'-Atlanta Journal.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-09-29
Biblical Hunger Strike.

And there was set before him meat
to eat; but he said l will not eat until
/ have accomplished my word.-Gene-
sis xiv, 49,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-09-29
Chinese Fathers.

A Chinese father has the supreme
right of life and death over his chill
dren and is not amenabIe to any law
in this respect.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-09-29

Quality Of Your Thoughts.
The happiness of your life depends
upon the quality of your thoughts;
therefore guard accordingly.-Marcu
Aurelius.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-09-29

Russians the Saaer Race.
In Russia only eleven in ten thou
sand people are mad; in England the
rate is 80 in ten thousand
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-09-29
Time to Call a Halt.

When the busy man gets to the
point where he can't sit down for an
hour and do nothing. it's time for
him to take vacation.-New Orleans
Picayune .
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-09-29

Photo by American Press Association
BRIGADIFR GENERAL GEORGE W. GoE
THALS
The canal was completed and is now
In full operation. so there was no fur
Their need for his services.
Il have not resigned from the army,
he continued. land if the war depart
ment can give me active duty l should
prefer to remain. but if not shall ask
to be retired
General Goethals has been invited
as "a guest of honor to attend the Pan
anna day ceremonies at the internation-
al exposition in San Francisco. he
has been comforting with the war de
partment concerning estimates for ap-
priations to complete the waterway.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-09-29

The lovers of music assembled at Alpha
hall last evening to attend the lecture recital
on Women Composers, given by Edith Cary
Page Quincy 3 talented soprano Mrs Page
in a very pleasing way appeared the
stage in a most cha ming gown. and lee
tured on the composers OF the longs she " as
to sing. giving brief history of each. The
proeram was beaut fully rendered the
dience showing their appreciation by FIRE
Quent app1ause.-Quincy Evening Telegram.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-09-29
COCKTAILS TO RESIGN OFFICE.
Announces His Intention of Retiring as
Governor of the Canal Zone.

Brigadier General George w. Goe
thals, who is on visit home from Pan
anna. has announced his intention of
resigning as governor of the canal
zone When asked for his reason fol-
resigning the general said that he had
been in Panama seven years, which.
he thought. was quite long enough
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-09-29

Although the world is full of suffer-
ing. it full of the overcoming of it
Keller
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1915-12-26
Der { t il BIN / Wiuni

- Oct Ii ! IN II piuni. It
unb alubierle1rer, prDfefDr SbeD0or
2eidettbti, 1T i'm Nlter BON IS Sub
rem in Dresden seitorben, pobin Il.
lid gum 8eiuh ieines 5pbnes begez
ben bate. profe1pr 2e1@etiBti mar
tor tur5em gdnsli4 erblinbet. 81.
lebte in Wien unb lpar ulS 2e6rers
Der Muiit alberproentlid gei4dBt.
gu feinen SablreiAen S9iilern geb0rs
ten numentli9 btele Mmerifaner.
SIM 2a3orett bpn ubi
ne 1T Der am 6. Mobember bpr, einem
59rapnel pertpunbete General Mon=
tanori geitprben. Montunari nor als
Oberit Dem @roben @eneralitab allges
teilt seipeien, bate aber a,lf fem @ez
llld ole Grlaubnis erbalten, an Der
5ront gu tGmpfen. Der RDnig be1u9z
tie oen 8%erpunbeten an ieinem Rrouz
lenlaaer. Die 8eerbigung bss @erz
ltorbenen fano unter erpben Jeier,
lt4teiten in llbine itatt.
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1915-12-26
aartuffel-s

Die 8ebeutuns Der aartoffel fir
Die per19ieoenen Adnoer ldbt pie fol-
genbe aui @runb Der @%rgeDni11e Der
leBten finf grntejabre berednete Sta<
ti1tit ertennen. @1erna4 belief ft9
Der @elamtertrag Der Melternte an
8urtDffeln auf Dnr@14ntttlt4 141,z
636,5OO SDnnen. Meltaus Der be-
beuteno1te Rartoffelproou5ent Der Grz
be 1T Das Deutf9e Rei@, oas nit eizs
ner Drr4fanittsernte bon 42,2S6,
600 Sonnen faft Elm Drittel Der
Welteroeuguns genauer 30,6 pros<
gent - lieferte. 9ie aartoffeler3slt=
gung Deutf9lanbs bat fi@sin neuerer
3eit auberor0entlt1 erbDbt. Wdb@s
renb bor, 20 BIS IS Sabren auf ben
&opf ber Deutfden Bep0lterun9 erit
lily 3entner aartoffeln entfielen,
betragt Der Mnteil beute troB Der itarz
fen OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES I9on IS
bis 16 3entner, Din 5petter @telle
tommt MuBlanb nit 31,l43,l0O Sonz
men; Damn tplge1 Selterre!9 zungarn
nit 18,44O,3 300 9onnen, Trantrei4
nit 13,529,6OO 5onnen. Der. Sc
iamtumfang Der europdi56en Rartpfz
felernte erret4t 127, Eonne1t
ooer S0,3 pro5ent Ser Meltproout<
tion. @as bic iibrigen Grbtetle be-
trifft, 10 bat Der Rartoffelbau nur
in Nor0amerita sr0Bere Q%lusbebnuns
erlanst; bieies peiit einen mittleren !
@rnteertrag pon 10,906,9OO Spnnen
dlf, ipobon 8,748,700 SDnren ouf
oie @ereinigten Staaten e.tfalen.
Dugesen lperben in Giibamerita, Der
Seimat Der Rartoffelpflan5e i'm
Sabre MIR $4,000 Sonnen gcerntet.
Die &artoffelpro0uttion Miiens err
reiht 1,387,30O Sonnen. Mu1trolten
eroeugt 573,40O Sonnen. Sang uns
bsoeutenb 1T bic aartoffeltultur in
4frita, befm. Sabresernte iih nur
auf 100000 Sonnen belGlft.
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1915-12-26
81, Bauer

g9t engli14 lit Elm Begebnis, bas
Der betan;ite engliide @erleser Sobn.
Murrap in einem bieier Sage Jebal<
tenen @ortrag iiber Bidder unb oere1
8erfofer eradblte. Murraps Batter
bate Meben bon &pbert peel berausz
gegeben, Sic peel {elbit na9 Sen 3eiz
tungsberi4ten Dur4 cine grobe Mnz.
i5abl BON Menberungen unb .3uidben
10 5ure9t sema9t bate, 0ab DON
Dem uripriingli9en Mortlaut Deniea
ibrig blteb. @laoltpne erbat lid DIN
MurraD Spbn @init4t in Sic DrIdz
porlasen, unO ais er lie fab, rtef ct
aus: rWas, Dos tonnte Beel tun?
Dos tpunbert MIDI aber! Mie tonrte
er bas nur nit letnem @eni11en ber=
einigen. go mas brd4te i'd 0od ME
.unb nimmer fertig!" 8alb oarauf
bate .Murrap Spbn Mnlab, Die 6in<
terla7eni4aft bes @aters tpieber einz
nal an5uieben, uno fanb BARN Ole
Drudporlase elmer Meoe SLAB tones
iber Dos SubenseieB in genau bfrs
I,1elben @erfaf1ung: Ser @4neui@rift<
Itsri9t auf grobe 8ogen aufgetlebt
unD baneben cine M}enge bon 8erarl<
Iberungen uno Gtni4altungen, 10 baB,
cine sun5 anbere SADIE beraustam,
als auer{t 0aseftan6en bate. Murrap
eradblte oie tleine @ei9idte als Elm
erg0Bli9es Grlebnis letnes 8erufss.
Inns lit lie mebr: Der fromme ensi1z
ihe @tuatsmann @laoItone fin0et an
peel getpi1enlos, mas er ielbt ob1e
Beoenten tut. .@s lit nidt nur gepiz
lenlos, es 1T cine 9unnentat, lpenn
Deutf4lanb militdrifden Dur95ug
bur9 8elgien berlangt; tpenn oter
England feline Sruppen auf griedis
f9em 8oben lanbet, 10 TT oas gan3
in Der Sronung.
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1915-12-26

STfi5iertofier in SET redEten !6ant.
Dor leiner etitounten Birtin, lib
bon tbr Sl perahihieoen.
sd NUT sur 1yront 5uriid!!" Tagte
ct fur5, ols er gtng.
&opfidittelno ihIiiritc Sic beiabrte
5rau in Die aiicbs 5uriid urlb lab
luehnliitig out ods fertisasitellte mar
me N%benobrpt.
v0a5 Bate er eigentlid bod por~
Der no6 ellen fonnen", meinte tie gu
l3rer aobe, pd6reno i6r cine oide
Crane iiber bic neffe 8ade rann.
Arizona republican., 1915-04-08
LOOP EXTENSION DENIED
 PETITIONERS COMING BACK

On the ground that it could not sanction the abandonment of the First street car line. the corporation con- yesterday denied the petition for extension of the Monroe loop to Fourth street. and construction of a line on that street between Roose- welt and Washington. The commits sion based it's decision largely on facts brought out at the hearing to the effect that property owners on First street had contributed toward the construction of the line when it was first built. and states that had the matter of the extension not been absolutely tied up with the abandon ment of the line on First street the cause might have had a different con clusion.
 After reciting the circumstances re- Sarding the application and the hear ing, the commissions order says in part: Numerous petitions have been flied with this commission for and against the proposed construction and at the hearing various witnesses were heard relative to the feasibility and public conveniences of the plan. With out discussing at length the matters herein involved. we announce that had the extension of the loop alone been presented to the consideration of this commission. this cause might have had a different conclusion.
 However, said proposed extended
Arizona republican., 1915-04-08
CARRhNzA TROOPS ROUT FORCES
 0F VILLA AT ANAvACACH| PASS

tained serious losses Gales re-
 ported tonight he had dislodged the Villa detachment after battle last ing hours, and that the survivors were fleeing toward Naoo.
 Gales detached his cavalry to pur- sue the fugItives in an endeavor to prevent them reaching Naco. If they succeed in reaching Naco, however, 1t is announced Gales will not at
 tack them there in deference to Car ranza's recent order to respect the Amercan border as a neutral zone.
 A message from Agua Prieta brings news that 300 of Gales caVs alrymen skirting the border took a position in front of Naco shortly after the Villa forces evacuated Ana vacachi pass, and turned the flank of that retreating column compell- ing it to go south toward Cananea. General Gales, leaving 350 men to guard the pass started for Can anea with the rest of his troops. His losses in the days fighting are re- ported to have been 45 killed and 29 wounded while the losses sus- tained by the Villa force is said to be much heavier, as the result of shrap- ne firing. Residents of Naco are , ready for a hasty evacuation. The Mexican customs house is already on the American side of the border
Arizona republican., 1915-04-08
Advices Are Received In Washington Indicating Battle Imminent Which Will Decide Possession of Mexican Railroad
FIGHTING ON
 NEAR TAMPICO
Officials Watching Military Campaign Closely Attach Importance to Approach ing Contest In the Nicin- ity of Queretaro
ASSOCIATED PRESS pIsPArcHI

WASHINGTON. April 7-Advices indicating a battle is imminent which will decide whether the Villa -Zapata forces are to control unmolested the railroad routes from Mexico City to the border or whether Obregon, the Carranza commander. would cut off the northern troops from communi- cation with the capital. attracted wide interest in official quarters.
 Fighting continues in the vicinity of Tampico, but indications are that both sides have drawn on their forces neighburhood of Queretaro..
 Officials watching the military campaign closely, attack much importance to the outcome of the contest expected to be fought in the vicinity of Queretaro, where the two armies have been concentrated. Villa himself is understood to be in charge of the operations of his forces and Obregon is in personal command of the Carranza columns.
 Conditions in Mexico City are un- changed Duval West. the personal representative of the president has arrived at Mexico City, and will con- fer with Villa -Zapata officials His mission is understood to be to re- port comprehensively on the condi- tions in all fsarts of she republic, economics as well as political
Arizona republican., 1915-04-08
Commander Thierichens of
 the German Commerce
 Raider, Asks That His :. Ship and Crew Be Held by the United States
HAD HOPED
 FOR RELIEF
Captain Expected German
 Ships to Arrive and Give Battle to British and
 French Walships off the Atlantic Coast
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATcH1

NEWPORT NEWS, April 7.-Com- mander Thierichens of the German auxiliary cruiser the Plinz Eitel Fried erich, asked the U. S. government through the port authorities here to- night to intern his ship and crew. Up 10 the last moment the German skip rer kept up the appearance of being ready to dash to sea. When the time for decision finally came he explained the failure of expected relief to ar rive made 1t necessary to intern rath- CT than deliver the crew and ship to fruitless and certain destruction by the British and French warships wait ing off the Virginia Capes.'
 Tomorrow the commerce raider will make her last cruise of the war. She will be taken to the Norfolk navy yard, cross Hampton Roads from the snip yard here, where she has been since limping into port on March l0 after remarkable commerce destroy ing voyage from the Orient, during winch she sent the American ship Wm. P. Frye to the bottom
 Collector of Customs Hamilton boarded the Eitel shortly after seven tice from the Washington government that the time of his stay in this port would expire at midnight ana tilat he must leave American waters by four o'clock this morning of April s. Be- fore the collector could deliver his message, Thierichens handed him 8 written announcement of his decision This operated to lift the American embargo against merchant ships Cf all European nations leaving this port which had been in effect since yes terday. More than a score of British vessels were immediately permitted to leave the port and the customs houses at Newport News and Norfolk were kept open until O:9O o'clock issuing clearnces. Captain Thierichens said he is heart broken to be compelled to in = tern. Tnofficially he stated he had hoped for the arrival of German forces to give battle to the British and French warships off the coast and thus clear the way for his return to the open sea.
 Up to the last few hours of grace. the German captain had not said a word to Washington officials about interment. He had coaled and provisioned his ship. Repairs tc her boilers had been made and ev- erything was prepared for a dash to sea.
 The decision of Washington gov crnment as to the length of time ex- tended the Eitel to remain in neu- tral waters was reached March 29 Fourteen working days was the pc riod given the vessel to make re- pairs, and she was allowed A hours in addition, or until midnight of tn. seventh day of April to leave the territorial waters of the United States.
Arizona republican., 1915-04-08

"If it's object is to breed race of prize fighters. the eugenics move ment is all right declared Nive- President Thomas R. Marshall.
 MT Marshal is a typical Arizona rancher His home in Scottsdale is not superior to other homes, nor does the presiding officer of tine United States Senate feel superior to other men who have transformed arid desert into the garden spot of the west He shares the joys and sorrows of his neighbors and with them yesterday attended the funeral of Young Richard Thomas in Tempe.
 He was in thoughtful mood for even in this glorious climate where there have been innumerable tuber- cular cures, there have also been victims of the great white plague.
 Should the sick marry?'
 Well, 1 should say so,' quickly replied the vice president. When 1 was governor of Indiana a leader in the eugenic movement sought my cooperation. He came laden with charts by way of illustration. The first evidence was the seven weak
Arizona republican., 1915-04-08
Right # Breeding
 Race Of Pyize Fighters
Vice President Thomas R. Marshall

minded children that resulted from the union of a tubercular man and a cancerOus woman. My answer to him was my father had tuberculosis. my mother a cancer. While he may not have considered my response an argument against eugenics he was sufficiently polite to consider the argument closed"
 Who would have liked to have been responsible for denying the world q Keats, a Byron?' he ques tiCned.
 The vice president asserts that marriages passed entirely on eugenics have not proven successful. Nine ty-nine times out of enc hundred such marriages end in the divorce court after six months trial It is all very well if its purposes is only for breeding prize fighters
 The question of class distinction ia another matter for the vice-pre- dent believes that aristocracy and good red blood might mix to the bet terment of both. Here is a typic9l Marshailism: Some folk like to boil the roots of their ancestral tree for afternoon tea
Arizona republican., 1915-04-08
SAYS HONESTY NOT CHANGED
 BY ADVANCING
Charles Markham, Former ly Coal Shoveier at Tue son, Now Head of l. C. Railroad, Witness Before Federal Commission
ASSOCIATED PRESS p1spArcHI

CHICAGO. April IA colloquy about the honesty of the man who. starting at the bottom. advances to the head of great railroad. as com pared with the one who becomes the head of a great labor organization en- iiVened the session of the United States commission on Industrial Re lations. The argument was between Charles Markham, president of the Illinois Central railroad, who was on the witness stand practically all day and Austin Garretson, president of the Order of Railway Conductors and d member of the commission
 During the discussion of the attempt to organize the men of the railroad in 1911. Markham said it had been op- posed by officials of the road as it would have left the railroads i'll the hands of a few men.
 But the railroads are in the hands of a few men as it is suggested Garretson
 But they are checked by responsi- : bilities to the stockholders and the rublic,'' replied the witness.
 Are you, Nr. Markham any more honest now than when you were shoveline coal at Tucson" asked Gar retson.
 Not bit, but my responsibilities are greater"
 Markham said there was no essen tal difference in the honesty of the man who rises to the head of union than one who rises to the head of a railroad. but the history of several railroad unions has been bad. Mir. Markham said that the employees of the road receive his most sympa thetic consideration, and that he haC no objections to unions such as the two brotherhoods of enginemen, ol the conductors, as they were all rail road men. but unions which include l both railroad and non railroad crafts men are a menace. The witness sait
Arizona republican., 1915-04-08
MARION COOK
 lS WINNER 0F
 SONG CONTEST
Sophomore in Tempe High Honored at University Week: Schoolmen Re- commend Wide Survey of Arizona Schools
Especial to The Republican.

TUCSON, April 7.-Marion Cook of Tempe High, won the song contest which ended the first big day of University week here tonight. Miss Cook was awarded the decision of the judges. after having scored a pretty triumph in a contest with number of other high school stu- dents from over the state. A large crowd attended the contest. which was held in a downtown hall at s this evening.
 Miss Cooks selections were The Heart of Her" and My Laddie"
 Thelma Weatherstone of Yuma High school won second place with her songs. Who knoWs?" and Gray Day.
 Marion Haynes of Tucson High won third with The Lark" and The Wild Rose"
 The contestants were graded as fol- ldNs: On accuracy, 50: on tone pro- duction, 25; on expression, 15. and on stage presence, 10