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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-04-28
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-04-28
In the Municipal Court.

Judge Frye of the municipal court
was in South Ryegate last week and
bound Mrs. B. Augustini over to ap-
pearance in county court on the
charge of selling liquor. She fur
nished $3.50 bail and is at liberty.
In Hardwick Monday, Ralph Hunt
ley and Mrs. Eva Lyons were brought
before the judge on the charge of
adultery. Huntley furnished $3.50
and Mrs. Lyons $500 for their ap-
pearance in county court.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-04-28
RICKER's LOCAL MARKET

ROCKERS LOCAL MARKET
The receipts at w. A. Ricker's Market
for the week ending April rs, 1915, were
Poultry, 200 q 10 cents.
Lambs, 10 O. to cents.
Hogs, $40 O. 619 to 7 cents.
Cattle, 80 q 21a to 6 cents.
Calves, sos a to cents.
Mich Cows, a $40 to $40.
Wool, 5000 lbs. "a 26c.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-04-28
Rickaby Agency
95 Eastern Ave.
NOTICE

ST. JoHNsBURY CEMETERY ASSOCIATION
The Annual Meeting of the St. Johnsbury
Cemetery Association will be held Tuesday
evening, May 4th, 1918, at 7 80, at the YES
try of the South Church. for the election OF
officers for the ensuing year and for the
transaction of any other business that may
legally come before said meeting.
HARRY M. NELSON,
Secretary.
ST. Johnsbury, Vt,
April Fl, 1915.
The Washington times., 1915-08-18
WHEN THE BAND PLAYS

eel Groucho," who wrote, in
rhymed prose, to The Times Mail
Bag his complaint against noisy
youngsters at band concerts, has a
first-class, all-wool grievance.
The concerts of the United States
Marine Band, at both White House
and the Capitol, seem to have be-
come places where very young chill
dren may be brought to play about
and exercise their lungs in so doing.
But they are somewhat restrained
because the policemen will not let
them run about.
The evening concerts in the parks,
in some cases. have become almost
travesties because Of this nuisance
Recently, in Lincoln Park, the En-
gineers' Band was placed in a roped
inclosure, but the youngsters were
allowed to slip under the ropes, and
they made so much noise that it was
impossible to distinguish, most of
the time, what the band was play
ing.
No one but a crouch would object
to the presence Of the children, but
any music lover who attended one of
these concerts must have wondered
why some measures were not taken
to keep them quiet. The music given
by all these bands is of a high quail
ity, and open air conditions, without
a sounding board, are bad enough,
but it must be most discouraging
for the musicians to play In the face
Of noise and din that overwhelms
any music they can make.
The Washington times., 1915-08-18
MERCHANTS TRYING
TO GET AVENUE P. 0.
Business Men Insist Office at
Former Site Is Imperative
to Welfare.

To draft letter to Postma ster Prae-
ger. setting forth in further detail the
inconveniences to which Pennsylvania
avenue merchants assert they are put
because Of alleged inadequate postal
facilities. 1sidor Grosner. the chairman,
has called a meeting Of the citizens
committee organized several months
ago to urge the establishment Of a
branch office In the Postofice Depart
ment building at Pennsylvania avenue
and Eleventh street northwest. The
meeting will be held at 80 o'clock Fri
day afternoon in the rooms Of the Re-
tail Merchants Association.
The campai gn for the branch office
was inaugurated last January with the
appointment Of committee composed
Lem Towers. -Jr.. George Harris, Louis
Jacobs. and Carl Brodt
As a first step toward the accomp-
lishment Of theirl~object the committee
outlined their case. giving as reasons
in support Of their petition insufficient
supplies Of stamps at the small branch
offices located in the business district
bordering on Pennsylyania avenue be-
northwest: late deliveries Of the morn
Ing mails. and delays In seeking service
at the branch offices.
When the postmaster had announced
u,
the committee carried It's case to Post
master General Burleson. The latter
however. referred them back to Post
master Praeger.
The committee then began a syste-
matte campaign among the merchants
and other business men in the section
OF the city which would receive serv-
ice from the proposed branch office,
and petition was prepared to which
more than 1000 names were appended.
This was taken to Mr. Praeger, and Is
now on file at his office. The. post
master still contended, nevertheless,
that tho need for the branch was not
sufficient to justify the expenditure
that would be required
Having met with no success. the COM
mittee postponed further activity until
fall. but Mr.. Grosner today said the
merchants interested In obtaining the
branch have becVme so insistent, claim
ing that their service is so poor, that
he decided to call the committee to-
gether at once and again take up the
question with Mr.. Praeger.
The Washington times., 1915-08-18
WASHINOTON'S PRIDE

Every family In the District has
D its credit one street shade tree;
each individual has little less than
q third interest in one. The latest
tree census shows tree population
Of 10S,185 along District streets
alone, not counting the many more
IN yards and grounds than exist in
most cities.
Only few years ago many Of the
trees in the city were in danger be-
Ause Of disease and parasites, but
these were dealt with promptly, and
the result is that there is now -
widespread trouble with them. The
number Of removals last year still
was high, 2,596 in all, but the plant
ing Of S,Sss trees more than offset
this loss.
The Capital is proud Of its trees.
No other city, it is stated, has fifty
two miles of oak trees, such as
Washington can boast Of. Many Of
the recent paintings, especially In
the midstreet pathways like that Of
Maryland avenue northeast, will add
greatly to the beauty Of the streets.
The Washington times., 1915-08-18
Praise Resolution Asking Sidewalks
and FOOtDaths.

70 the Editor Of THE TIMES!
At the meeting of the Washington
Safety FIRST Association held recently
at the Public Library. resolution was
sdopted requesting the District Com
missioners to include In the estimates,
sufficient appropriation for laying side
walks and The making of foot paths,
especially in the suburban sections,
he's been much praise from residents in
the suburban sections for this action.
These residents say that as they, as
we'll as the children, must traverse the
streets, and in many cases the middle
Of the street, is the only clear space
to walk in, 1t Is the much wiser plan Of
the District authorities to see that
proper foot paths are made on ths side
Of the street or roadway, The suburban
sections are rapidly being settled, much
more so than the necessary improve
ments. and thus these foot paths can
be made at much less cost than the
regular concrete or brick sidewalks.
The public schools will soon be opaned
and the children will endanger their
lives nv using the roads. Especially In
the early morning and late i'm the after
noon are these roads more frequently
used. LAO
The Washington times., 1915-08-18
THE MARRIED TEACHER

Oregon is the latest State to take
the stand that getting married is
not sufficient offense to cause the
dismissal Of teacher from the pub
lie schools. The District Of Colum-
bia Is getting more and more lone
some in its school boards insistence
that instant dismissal shall be the
penalty for marriage.
In Oregon the circuit court has
just ruled, in substance, that the
fact that a teacher, employed under
tenure Of Office act, has become
married is no just cause for dis
missal, even though her contract
contains a stipulation that her serv-
ices will be terminated If she fails
to remain single,
In Washington there Is not even
such clause In the teachers con-
tract. There is only the sacred and
invlolable "Rule 45," which airily dis.
poses Of the question by providing
that teachers who marry "automat-
ically sever their connection with the
service"
There are all sorts Of safeguards
In Washington against the unjust
dismissal of teacher for any other
cause. She may appeal and she may
protest to various officials and she
may have her case reviewed. But
she can make her execution quick
sure, and painless If she simply gets
- m. ..,iAA
The Washington times., 1915-08-18
Need Expansion In Field of Activity
of the Small BOy.

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
l have been considerably interested In
the letters of some Of your correspond
ents with regard to annoyances caused
IT was very quickly shown that the
question had two sides. think l can
show that 1t also has a third side, and
possibly, fourth. but even these four
square deal for the boy. Al one time I
organized a tennis club. We tried to
keep our nets, balls. markers. etc, In
box made of very heavy material and
of our precautions. however, went for
nothing, as the boys broke the heavy
plankins OF the box and stole the balls
and nets. Never have l seen a place
with as many bad boys as Washing
ton.
do not want to be understood as
holding the boys wholly responsible.
Taxpayer" wants to arrest the fathers
father In fact think the real diff
Guilty can only be understood by those
who realize the absolute necessity Of
conditions similar to those afforded by
rural life for the full exercise Of tho
boys 'predisposition to ceaseless move
ment and activity. II boys are normal
they are going to be stirring. Surely
no one could have failed to observe
Washington's pltiful poverty In places
But here Is the fourth side to this i'm
portant question. There is nothing any
truer than the old saying that AN idle
number Of boys IN Washington are busy
practically all day selling newspapers.
or rendering other useful service.
These boys who are busy have not been
the !!n ones who annoyed Taxpayer" or
A few months ago I was much sur
prised to run into street-corner meet
ing where a woman. whose gray hairs
Judgment. was advocating still further
curtailment of the privileges Of the
boys. She was recounting with evident
pride the record which her organiza-
forms. The star performance Of her
organization In Maryland was obtain
Ing legislation which prohibited any
boy under fourteen selling newspapers.
that a wicked millionaire newspaper
owner persuaded the legislature to re-
duce the limit to eleven years: I say.
three cheers for the wicked millionaire
enough to have the same one or another
like him when this reform strikes us.
I learned afterward that this reformer
lives out beyond Chevy Chase. where
her own children, II she % has any, have
earnestly hope that Washington par
ents will repel such reformere as en-
ergetically as they would plague OF
cholera, what we neeu mere Is not con-
ira ction. but expansion OF fields Of ac-
tivity for children. My sympathy Is
ali with the children. and particularly
with the boys, and am sure, too, that
ss much as I have from the depreda-
tions of small boys. Tho parents Of
Wa ashinRton are not doing the right
thing by their children in permitting the
city to develop with total disregard for
the rights and physical needs OF the
children. To this extent those who hold
the parents responsible are correct.
Washington. Aug. II. J. II. M.
The Washington times., 1915-08-18
Now COmeth the Kick On Over.
crOwding the Jitneys.

10 the Editor OF THE TIMES:
i think the time Is ripe when some
action should be taken in reference to
overcrowding on the ''jitneys." On the
llth street route particularly It seems
to be the rule, rather than the. excep-
tion, that cars built to carry four per-
sons besides the chauffeur, are called
upon to transport from eight to twelve
The authorities, as we'll as the gen
eral public, have been patient with the
5itneys," but sufficient time has now
elapsed and the companies should be
well enough establish to find a
means to prevent this congestion. II
they cannot operate at a profit with
out II. then the ''jitney" form of trans
portation Is a failure.
Aside from the discomfort of the pas
sengers. and the possibility OF accidents
through the hampering Of the move-
ments OF the chauffeur. 1t Is certain
these cars. staunchly built as they are
for the regulation number Of occu-
pants. caHnot stand the heavy strain
imposed upon them. Suppose the run
ming board on which three to four pas
sengers usually stand. should give
way while the car Is running at full
speed?
or course It Is none Of. the public's 3
business II the chauffeurs see At to ride
their lady friends" and other dead
heads" UP and down the route. to the
exclusion Of paying passengers. but ::
Is another matter when public safety
Is concerned.
FORMER JIT PASSENGER. 4
Washington, August l6.
The Washington times., 1915-08-18

Gated them. The Supreme Court of
the United States sustained the de-
cision.
The attitude Of the allies is pre-
cisely parallel now. They find that
Holland, Denmark, Sweden, and
Norway are receiving many times
the amount Of cotton they get in
normal times; they know as a mat
ter Of common information that this
cotton is going to these neutrals be-
cause from them it can be forwarded
without difficulty to Germany.
Therefore they take the position
that these neutrals are entitled to as
much as they need for their own
normal uses and no more, and they
are trying to devise measures that
will make it possible for them to get
the benefit. that their superior sea
power entities them to, exactly as
Germany gets, in coal and iron, the
advantages that her successes on
land have warranted her in claim
ing.
From London come now very
pointed intimations that the allies
will find 1t necessary to place cotton
on the contraband list. That will
enable them to do, in a strictly legal
way, the thing that they need to do
if they are to leash in" the benefits
Of superior sea power! 1t will be
unfortunate for American cotton;
but the allies will not make all the
sacrifices while Germany makes
none. There may be statesmen of
the Hokesmith style who imagine
the allies can be bluffed into doing
it; but they will learn their error in
due time.
1t would be highly desirable If an
international agreement could be
made under which all honestly neu-
tral markets could be protected in
their privilege Of getting as much
cotton as they need for their own
use, with effective guarantees that it
should not get into the hands of the
allies enemies. That arrangement
is what the allies have been trying
to effectuate. They have already
sacrificed great advantage for a
long period in order to extend the
utmost consideration to neutrals.
The measure Of appreciation with
which their course is viewed by
some prominent "neutrals" is sug-
gested by the declarations of SEN
ator Smith that he would forbid all
trade with England unless she gave
free sea routes to all our cotton.
Just such declarations as that are
certain to discourage England and
her allies in all efforts to extend
favors to neutrals. If cotton is made
contraband it will have it's fool
friends to thank for a large contri-
button to that end.
The Washington times., 1915-08-18
sTEINMErZ's GERMAN LOGIC

.. There have been many protests
against making Prof. Charles P.
Steinmetz a member of the Naval
Advisory Board, on the ground Of
his unneutral leanings, as proved by
his writings and utterances.
Yesterday The Times presented an
interview with Prof. Steinmetz that
proves his utter unfitncss for the
vitality important service for which
he had been proposed. In answer to
a series Of questions, Prof. Stein
metz says in effect:
"Was the sinking Of the Lusitania
justifiable She was carrying i'm
plements of destruction to the allies.
The only way for Germany to pre-
vent their delivery was to sink her,
passengers and all. It is cruel; but
war is hell. 1t was necessary under
present conditions Of war;"
That is the substance of the Stein
metz justification. To buttress it he
assumes a case. The United States
is at war. It's navy has been de-
feated; the enemy has landed on our
shores; threatens to overrun US, for
we are unprepared. The invading
force, however, must be supplied
from it's own country. Merchant
ships bring cargoes Of weapons and
ammunition to it. We have only our
submarines to cope with this condi-
tion. Would we use the submarines
in that exigency to destroy the
enemy's supplies? Prof. steinmetz
concludes that we assuredly would,
and we must create no precedent
that might interfere with doing so.
So far, SO good. Now observe the
readiness with which this German
logician shifts ground. To justify
the Lusitania murder he paints this
picture Of the country at war, de-
pendent on the submarines to save
it, and using them. Then he is asked
his argument in support Of prohibit
ing traffic in munitions Of war with
the belligerents, and here is his an
sver:
I've are at peace with all nations ;
We have no conflicting inter-
ests. we need fear no aggressor or In
vasion from any nation, nor shall we
ever be aggressors. We therefore have
the chance to teach the world
higher morality in teaching 1t to abol-
ish war. Let US place an Alb
solute embargo on exports is such ma :
tions. whether OF ammunition. food or
machinery: let us refuse 10 loan any
money to these nations. and the war
will quickly end"
Philip, sober, answers Philip,
drunk! The soft-voiced and velvet
h>nded pacifist, with light and lead
ing and all charity in his heart, post.
The Washington times., 1915-08-18

tive that we will never have, cannot
have, a warts he the same Stein
metz who paragraph or two earlier
drew that horrific picture Of the
United States crushed before the
conqueror and dependent on subma-
rine murder, employing submarine
murder to save itself?
Quite the same man, merely employ
ing German neutrality" logic. To
justify Germany's murders he ar
gues that he would do murder in
war. To Justify an embargo on
munitions he shows us that we can
never have a war and therefore have
nothing to lose by such a rule!
Any argument is a good enough
argument to sustain the German
case before this country. But such
reasoning is not good enough to
justify placing Charles P. Steinmetz
on the board that is to direct the
development Of the American Navy.
AS a Naval Advisory Board mem
Der, would we get the services of
DR.. Jekyll Steinmetz who knows we
will never have a war? Or would
we get those Of Mr.. Hyde Steinmetz
who defends a Lusitania murder on
the ground that we may be at war
and have to commit like murders?
There are two excellent reasona
why Steinmetz must not be placed
on the advisory board. He doesn't
believe we will have another war;
therefore he can't believe we need
be prepared for it; and the business
OF this board is to prepare.
Second, he favors prohibiting bel
hgerents from trading with neutrals.
That is the method by which, if we
had war, we would have to equip
ourselves to fight. If steinmetz's
view were adopted, and we could not
buy from neutrals; and if then war
came, we would face certain defeat,
1t isn't necessary to bother about
Steinmetz's sympathies or affilia-
tions or ancestry. If he were the
most loyal American patriot alive, a
man whose mind works after this
fashion could never be trusted in the
post for which he has been proposed.
His thinking is altogether too
crooked.
The Washington times., 1915-08-18
The vlRREck DEFENSE

The publisher Of the Fatherland,
George Sylvester Vieteck, has pre-
sented q defense for himself against
tho charge thst his paper was
backed by money Of the German
government. It is an exceeding
naive defense and one for which his
friend, DR.. Heinrich F. Albert, will
hardly thank him.
According to Viereck, he started
tho Fstherland without any German
subsidy and made 1t successful.
Then Albert, as chief financial agent
Of the German propaganda in this
country, wanted to buy editorial
control Of It and Viereck refused
the terms. He admits taking $3.50,
but says that was merely for sub
scriptions.
On the whole, it is rather to be
hoped that this story is correct.
Vereck is small fry in this affair;
he doesn't much matter. But If his
statement is true, this man Albert
assumes the character Of a highly
dangerous alien, who should be de-
ported from the country without de-
lay. Viereck declares positively that
Albert is a high German official, a
"super-privy councillor" If that be
true, along with the rest Of the
Viereck statement, then Albert, a
German official, has been using Ger
man government money to corrupt
the American press. It is quite
sufficient.
Mr.. Viereck squeaks out through a
very little hole. 1t isn't nearly big
enough to let Albert through.
The Washington times., 1915-08-18
It's Hard To Be Musical In Ell
GrOucho's NeiRhborhood.

a Vl8uUOAuO
TO the Editor Of THE TIMES:
am very fond of music, strong for
really clever stun; Rubensteii and
Bach and Handl. Seems l never get
Il will listen to a hurdy, and will
mink It's simply grand; ! will stay all
gay and hearken to a little German
! Will waken In the night time, while
an around the neighbors fret, and find
JOY IN the nocturnal song Of amateur
And whate'er may be the caliber. or
rag or classic grand, ! am heavy on
ned.
:, And so on throughout my lifetime, In
the morning, night and noon. l get Joy
ana peace and comfort from the hear
ing Of a tune.
But there Is one blinky blanket upon
whom fain would linger-he's the
guy who's always playing the plano
II in F he, has the keyrote-here's s
what gets me up a tree, that in playing
Home. Sweet Home he hits the nat
uIal on 3.
But this crime ls far outshadowed by
the fact. II seems to me. that in wind
Ing up the effort, he persists In final l..
Ell GROUCIiO.
Washin1to Aug II