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The Republican journal., 1917-05-17
T5g News of Belfast.

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-,.t .rsalist Social Aid will meet
p.. cross rooms today, Thursday,
f.l
.alon and family have moved
...r. C4llf., where they will make
..s.. His residence at No. 5
~,- rr- is for sale.
,,. 3erur A. Blair returned last
...,.a.. her home, No. SO Church
.s, rim the Waldo County Hospital,
...,.. had been six days for medical
rneo
r-. Bow scouts trip to Fort Knox and
G. .,7a- .IAnned for last Saturday I'M
| ...,. direct on of their leader, Orrin }.
.s. va, 3ostponed to next Saturday
.....-. .r he rain. They will make
..r.r.r .u- Of the Maine Transporta
,oa .Es.
.... Peavey, accompanied by his
,.- MIS- N F. Peavey, and his Sis
d.. Mis-, Frc.yn Peavey, will arrive at
..- ~mur home, Bay View Farm,
asst about May goth, They
-.-. .r. winter in Dallas, Texas, and
.....,r -ucago, New York and Boston
ratr BONE,
Mis-. Aspe +. Simmons entertained a
a.-a..a lotion party last Saturday as
-a-r . Emma White Barker Tent,
..s..-> VI Veterans. Those in charge
..7r tables we're Mrs Ralph M. Carter,
l, Herbert l.. Bucklin, Mrs Fred N.
,.vs~ aud Mrs. Altana E. Dutch. Miss
>1mrr. sci, ed refreshments and was
sg,.s b. Vi S. ENERGY CHM.
Mr., J,au c Pillsbury gave a thimble
,s~g frd tea at her home on Northport
.sr.. last thursday afternoon. The
,l.- table was lighted with pink shaded
candle, sd pink potted tulips formed
e rsntr-plece. Mrs. Horace Chenery
assisted ln pouring tea, and dainty re-
ha.menls we're served by the hostess.
M other guests were Mrs. Carl H.
qeens Mrs. VIM. H. and Mrs. Virgil L..
fla. Mrs. Morris L. Slugg, Mrs Ray
-n Sherman, Mrs. S. A. Parker,
Mr. Name Hills, Mrs. Harry L. Kilgore,
N 5on B Gilchrest, Mrs. Irving T.
.rNr-. Misses Florence E. Dunton and
AaLa- L Keene.
t- Vida Alice Slavery observed her
birthday recently at her home In
+. Belfast The color scheme in the
s'N= nom was pink and white and an
9nlaarc Of Mayflowers decorated
t liable Sandwiches, cake, pink jello
&-E4 ped cream were served. Games
ana music we're enjoyed. In the peanut
hunt me- prize-a china dish, was won
@ katherine Wood. The little hostess
fs recipient of many pretty gifts.
Ar guests were Mildred Heal, Doris
3dp.es Frances and Dorothy Clark,
.- Flanders, Katherine Wood, Finger
Er1 and Evelyn Tompkins.
e .srade by Thomas H. Marshall
s.s and allied bodies Memorial Day will
r-aler he direction of Orrin J. Dickey,
"-a arranging one of the largest fol
'aa's ncInding several of the uniformed
Jls-s etc. The Post committee, under
Tie direction of Past Commander L. G,
7.t-am, have arranged the following pro-
dam for The exercises in the Opera House
immediately after the parade:
Assembly. Leroy Greer
''sfture Memories of the War. 81 to SO.
Belfast Band
Lee Patterson. Directory
"ssll1g If General Orders,
,. Thomas Cannon. Adj
a-lress Of Welcome,
E S. Mcdonald, Commander
5''lv1 G. 7. Osborne, Chaplain
r9' + Il nor, Thomas Cannon, Adjutan
t'S Leroy Greer
ouT'Nson4g Address, Mrs. Dora Bridges
Asu. rial Address. Mayor E F. Hanson
''. Arthur N. johnson
.''e.a Flags of Nations s sa1'ana ea A'ds
Miss Alice E. Simmons
S ,o= National Airs.
"a. Belfast Bant
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14

dress, put his command through the manual of arms and the various marching formations for the benefit of the executive party and the crowd. , In the cattle parade which preceded the governors talk, $1 was paid for every yoke in the procession and those who collected were Judge Purple, 1 East Hampton, IA yoke; B. B. Ter Till, Woodbury, eight yoke; M. B. Beardsley, RoXbury, IT yoke; Echo Farm, Litchfield, four yoke; J. c. Perkins, Litchfield, one yoke; c. M. Jarvis. one yoke; A. l.. Reed, Rox- bury. five yoke; Bevens and Purple, East Haddam, 20 yoke; J. $. Palmer, Norwich, two yoke; Mardson Stock farm, Auburn, N. H., four yoke. The three fine Percheron horses brought here by the State college were also exhibited.
 The cattle strength contest for beasts under 5000 pounds was con- cluded. There were four entries and the winning yoke pulled 7,5Oo pounds. The prize winners were, first, Echo farm. Litchfield; second. Col. Jarvis' Berlin; third, w. l.. Calvin, East Hampton. There was also hall mile> walking race for oxen, the prize going to F. A. Williams. Mir. Will Hams team also took fourth place, while J. B. Reeds yoke took second and third was won by w. H. Halls yoke. The time was 6:33.
 A list of all awards made at the fair thus far are printed in another column of this issue.
 Gambler Gets to- Farmer.
 This morning Manager Stearns of the midway received a compliment from a young farmer from Rocky Hill who thought he could beat one of the gam blers with a roulette wheel at his own game. After sinking $125O the ruralitc decided he was getting cheated. Part of his money was refunded and the gaming pro- prietor was put off the fair grounds. Several other fakirs have been warned, but with the state police su- pervision there is but comparatively little trouble of this nature. Last night complaint was made that a couple of pickpockets were working, the victims claiming to have been re- lieved of bank rolls of $40 and $60 respectively. One man also reported his watch stolen and several others, who have not com plained to the au- thorities claim to have lost articles of minor value.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14

was but 100000, portion of one to
 every eight of population. She sent
 more than her proportionate share to
 the civil war and she has sent 10 per
 cent. more than her share in the
 first call in this national army. Con-
 necticut can be proud of her record
 and while I am speaking of prepar-
 edness l want to mention the first and
 second regiments which have been
 formed into the 1O2 regiment. Some
 of the soldiers were not equipped with
 rifles until this week and I think it
 is an everlasting shame to the
 United States that we should be in
 that condition after all the events which precluded our entry into this
 war On March the Emergency
 act was passed and now six months
 have gone and $500 of the best blood of Connecticut, which is represented in part by this Berlin company, is in a body for home protection. Other states have tried to initiate US but
 they have fallen short of the mark. have no doubt that the state will
 be amply and fully and thoroughly protected.
 Scorns Alien Slackers.
 The ladies who have been working for the Red Cross and other such commendable objects were warmly praised by the chief ma agistrate and he impressed upon his listeners the necessity of continuing this work with ever increasing energy. The large per centage of aliens in Connecticut that sought exemption because they were subjcts of a foreign power were scathingly rebuked by Governor Hoi- comb who termed it Turning shame" Let the aliens bear the burdens of this country or get out of it. Any man who tells you he will stay at home and get the good job you are leaving is fit for the coroner, and that part of it is up to you" was the governors ultimatum. l ''The necessity for greater efforts to- ward the conservation of food and 1 the raising of more food products was ! impressed by the governor who said, | in conclusion: "If I had been left alone I would have been back on my | farm now. I want the farmers to l Loyalty do their bit. The crops must be furnished that this war may be fought to a successful conclusion and l this nation sustained"
 1 Home Guard Drills.
 1 Captain George Beckett of the 1 Home Guard, after the governors ad
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14
WISE, SMITH & MPANY---HARTFORD=

association. This is New York as-
 sociation given over to the exposing
 of all kinds of patent medicines and
 the representative speaks every aft
 ernoon and evening from an autOmo-
 bile on the midway. 1nasmuch as it
 costs nothing ot listen to him, and he
 is an interesting talker, this man al-
 ways has crowd of several hundred
 gathered around him. There are two
 men here from this association and
 on of them is particularly interesting
 personally. He claims to be 8 full
 blooded Indian and his copper colored
 skin and straight black hair testify to
 this. He makes no mention of his race in his talk, but in conversation
 he says that he came from his 1n-
 dian tribes reservation in the west to get an education. After elemen- tary training he entered Columbia University in New York city where he took a three months course. Later he became affiliated with the Life Ex- tension association and became one of their platform speakers. A quick l thinker a rapid and convincing talk 1 CT, this copper colored Indian essays | to expose all of the well known patent medicines as fakes and to prove the 1 truth of his assertions he quotes from 1 the bulletins and records issued by | the United States Department of Agri- l culture and also from the docket of the United States district courts. It | is his contention that practically all I of the famous patent medicines that l claim to cure are fakes and injures 1 more times than they help.
 This afternoon the attendance al l the fair was also a big one and prepa- l rations are being made to handle an- | other large throng tonight. Although l the various exhibitors, such as the l honey dealers, the cattle men, poultry
 exhibitors, etc., are released at noon | tomorrow and many will doubtless
 leave early in the afternoon, the mid l way will remain open all day and eve
 ming and those planning to attend the
 fair tomorrow will see enough of the
 exhibits to interest them and have
 the full benefit of the lively midday
 In place of the horse racing, which
 has been attracting crowds since
 Tuesday, the track events tomorrow afternoon will be of the athletic va
 riety and some excellent performer
 in the various field events are sched
 uled to appear. The vaudeville per
 formers will also repeat their acts anc there will be the usual band concert
 Although the United States is a
 present engaged in the greatest wa
 the world has even seen, there Ina, been practically no indication of tn great cloud that hangs over the coun
 try at the fair during the past week
 A few soldiers and sailors on shor furloughs have mingled with the crow, and Judge Foster of Bridgeport urge, , recruiting one day, but aside iron these minor exhibitions the crowd have been just as merry, just as care free and, it would appear, just a generous as ever The real evidenc that the country is at war came yes terday afternoon however, whe1
 Governor Holcomb and his suite ar rived. After lunching at the home o Colonel Jarvis on Worthington Ridg ! Governor Holcomb, accompanied b,
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14

Colonel Jarvis, Mayor G. A. Quigley of New Britain, Admiral w. s. Cowles. Colonel Edward Schultze, Colonel Michael J. Wise, Major John S. Brooks, ex-Governor Rollin S. Wood ruff E. Kent Hubbard of Middletown
 Colonel c. H. Chase, F. c. Sumner of Hartford, Major H. Wales Lines, Major
 Frank l.. Wilcox, B. H. Atwater and
 w. H. Webster, occupied seats in the
 judges stand. The parade from
 Colonel Jarvis home to the fair
 grounds was headed by the Berlin
 company of Home Guards in command
 of Captain George Beckett. Senator
 Claude w. Stevens carried the colors
 At the fair ground entrance the party
 was met by the Philharmonic band
 and a platoon of policemen and there was another short procession through the grounds, Colonel Samuel Russell of Middletown participating, mounted on his dashing steed.
 Governors Address.
 Colonel Jarvis, president of the Connecticut Agricultural society, made l the opening address of the afternoon, introducing the governor. In his re- marks Governor Holcomb said that | i've meet this year in times such as
 none of us has seen before. The United States, except for the little dis turbance of the Spanish-American war, is no longer in the state of peace 1 it has enjoyed since the Civil war Now the United States is in the war 1 because we were forced into it. Con- gress declared war on April 6, but as l matter of fact since May 12, 1915, l when the Lusitania sank and 1000 l souls went to the bottom, among them l over 100 Americans, we have been in 1 real state of war, and I say that then the United States should have | been actively in the war. Our flag l stands for the protection of its citizens | and we are in this war, not for con l quest but to preserve these rights. 1 The United States is the first and greatest republic in the world; the last l to get into the war, but it will be the l deciding factor for this war must l never end until we have a real peace 1 and the disarmament of the nations of 1 the earth.
 Governor Wants Lasting Peace.
 The reported stories that Germany is wavering were touched upon by the governor who said: There are rumors of peace already. Germany is ready for peace for she is getting the worst of it now and will con- tinue to lose strength in the future,
 but we want no peace dictated by her. You may remember the peace talk of 1864. Abraham Lincoln was a man of peace but he said We are lighting for an object and cause which is vital to the world; God for-
 bid that we cease until that object Is attained What we want to see, Governor Holcomb said, is ''the time
 when all our people can go on the high seas without mo1estation, when Prussianized Germany is driven off the face of the earth"
 That the Nutmeg state is doing its part we'll was another statement made by the governor when he said: "Con- recticut has always done her part She sent 25,OO0 men into the war ol the revolution. when her population
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14
BERLIN FAIR IS STILL GOING STRONG
Attendance Figures Indicate Daily Increase in Popularity
(Special to the Herald)

State Fairs Grounds, Berlin, jept. 14.-Smiled upon by the ele-
 Inents and evidently in excellent
 fanding with the weather man, the
 2ate Fair, which opened here Mon-
 4ay under ideal climatic conditions,
 sontinues successful. with each days Attendance sa1rpassing that of the
 ,reyioua day The balmy atmosphere
 bf yeafarday, coupled with the fact
 ,lusk It was governors day and the
 chief magistrate was present,
 \ f2@acted one of the largest crowds of
 reoSnt years and absolutely the larg- lest thus far this week, 1t being est-
 mated that between 1000 and 2o,ooo
 neople visited the vaF1ous exhlD1ts ana hhe midway between a. m. ana b Ep. m., with fully 1000 more coming [down at night. 1t is said that the $xnte receipts, including automobile
 fDaaons and parking, were the pig y TIT erer taken in yesterday, and that |sths midway is the biggest ever IS eVl- Sdenced by the records or Elmer fatearns. manazef. Last night MT. &staarns had taken in over $87o as the 5Aays fees. Tn the past years col ,Y action of $500 was considered very lhigh.
 FakirS Never SatlSl1eu.
 Seemingly the fakirs are never | satisfied and to grumble and com A plain is their strong point. Although all week big crowds have passed up II and down the midway, stopping ire }, ouently to spend, nevertheless the Il concessionists complain that the crowd winch has visited the fair grounds so far this fall is not a 7 money-spending aggregation. They wall that all the crowd wants to spend is it's time. But this is the usual cry every year and each sue cessive year the same fakirs are only too anxious to come back, bringing friends with them until this Fall more than 125 are on the grounds. The fakirs themselves in many instances have boosted their prices along W1tf other lines and as an example corr on the cob and even not dogs which have always gone to the patror at five cents each now cost a dime The wrestling tent, tho fat girl, the wild man, the games of chance ant inc various side-shows and other freak exhibitions continue to attrac
 the eve of the visitor while the tumul
 t,1ous voices of their respective pro
 prietors continue to catch the ear O
 anyone within half mile.
 One of the most successful men ol
 the entire grounds, however, is th
 representative of the Life Extersiol
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14

president are Theodore, Jr, and Ar.
 chlhald, who are With the America, forces in France: Kermit is with tho
 Hrlt'Gh in MosoDctaloia and Quertt,,' Eas been undergoing training as .n! army aviator at Minsola, N. \.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14

From a prominent front window If the Roosevelt home on Sagamore Hill, at Oyster Bay, N. Y., hangs this flag to tell the world that four members ot inc family arc serving the United States. The four sons of tho former
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14

V Hart Schafner Marx clothes absolutely to satisfy when dollar spend ought be looked before with remember that ought look than what you're to get for it. Marx have based their whole business belief that an
 wool best for mems and clothing; that cotton though somewhat are
 an-wool standard in steadily
 the the camor for cheaper clothes We know that
 belief that alwoo real
 
 everything than they formerly but
 awoo and the ought have it. morese mores satisfaction It's worth the
 of of England Scotland Ireland and America have supplied the wool goods for these d[ohes
 uphoing and strengthening the call for % woo cohes with unlimited guarantee of satisfaction Schaane Marx label in the sign anwoo and
 guaranty O look for big thing find The Fall Style Book is n didnt l Globe Clothing House
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14

III
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-26
RENEWED PLEDGE
OF DEVOTION
Was Given by General Pershing in Behalf
of American Expeditionary
Forces in Europe.

Washington, ID. c., Dec 26.--Renewed
pledges of devotion to the cause of de-
mocracy from all ranks of the American
expeditionary forces in France were Civ
en- in Christmas message from General
Pershing to the chief of staff of the
army. The cablegram, made public last
night by the war department, said;
please extend to the president and the
secretary of war holiday greetings and
best wishes for success of our arms dur
ing the coming year, and convey to them,
from all ranks of the American expedi
tionary forces in France renewed pledges
of the devotion to our sacred cause.
Likewise express our greetings to our
comrades at home, coupled with full con-
fidenee in the patriotism, courage and
devotion to the cause"
General Bliss, chief of staff, sent this
message in reply:
, The president and secretary of war
send to you and to the American army in
France the most cordial greeting and
good wishes for this Christmas season
and from the people of the United States.
Your comrades in arms in every camp
and cantonment send you greetings. From
every home to-day goes a prayer for the
welfare and success of our troops in
France and personally for that OF every
man of them. The nation reposes in you
and them its full confidence that in God S
good time and with Gods blessing its
troops in France, side by side with their |
gallant allies, will bring victory and an
abiding peace to all the world"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-26
DEATH OF MRS. C. B. TILDEN.
Occurred Monday Night After Years
Failing Health.

Mrs. Elizabeth tMcDermont) Tilden
wife of Charles b. Tilden, passed away
at her home ON upper Prospect street
Monday night at IL o'clock. She had
been in failing health for nearly year
although her condition did not take a
critical turn till week preceding her
demise. Besides her husband, who is in
frail health, she leaves two sons, George
N. Tilden and Arthur c. Tilden, and a
granddaughter, Miss Marion Tilden, all
of Barre, and her brother, James McDer-
ment, of Brookfield.
The deceased was born Elizabeth Nc
Derment in Crosshlls, Scotland, April
20, lS45. Soon after her father left for
America to follow his vocation as a. loco.
motive engineeer, the family followed in
1856, settling in Northfeld. In that
town the deceased was married April is,
1868 to Charles b. Tilden. They contin-
ued to make their home in that town
until six years ago, when they moved
to Barre. Mrs. Tilden was member OF
the Universalist church in Northfeld.
Owing to the illness of Mr.. Tilden, the
funeral will be private. 1t is to be held
at the house Thursday afternoon at 2
o'clock, Rev. John Is. Reardon, pastor
Of the Barre Universalist church, ofiiciat
ing. The body is to be placed in the
vault at Elmwood, there to
await interment later in the family lot
IN Elmwood cemetery at Northfield. 1t
IS requested that flowers be omitted.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-26
H4NY CONTESTANTS
FOR CHECKER TROPHY
Annual State Tournament Began in
Barre This Afternoon--W. d. ingalls,
of Richford Elected President
of Association.

Checker players from several Vermont
| towns, gathered here for the eighth an
nual meeting of the Vermont State
Checker club, prefaced pleasure with
business upon the occasion OF their gath.
erinQ in the Worthen block hall this
| forenoon. The business meeting was held
before any of the aspirants were per-
mitted to make move and as mat
ter Of fact, actual playing for the coveted
trophy did not begin until afternoon. In
the interval between the starting of the
tournament and the adjournment of the
business session, the checker players re-
called old times and bitterly fought con
tests over the boards The officers for
the ensuing year were elected as follows:
President, w. d.. Ingalls, of Richford; /;
e-president, L. J. Egelston of Rutland;
secretary treasurer, w. c. Hoag of Bur
lington; governing board, w. d. ingalls,,
chairman, l.. j. Egelston, J. n. Taggart
of Randolph; director of games, William
Gill of st. Johnsbury. 1t was unan-
mously voted to hold summer outing
and checker tourney on the last Satur
day in August, the place TO be decided
by the governing board In the matter
of replacing the battle Scared checker
board, relic of many a closely contested
state championship, which was lost in
the Hoag toy shop fire at Burlington
some weeks ago, the association voted
to purchase a new board, the same to be
engraved with the victor's
name. A departure from previous check
er tournaments was legislated at the
same meeting when the association
voted TO provide checker books |
for the second and third prizes.
With W. C. Hoag, the present cham /
pion, defending his title against all com
ers, the tournament officially opened this /
afternoon. As director of games, Mr.. |
Gill was the umpire. and he found
formidable array of players before him.
Among those who are entered for the
race are: l.. j. Egleston of
Rutland, W. ID. ingalls, of Richford, NJ. X.
Judd of Montgomery. c. \. Moulton of
charleston. W c. Hoag of Burlington,
J. G. Eaton H, n. LaMorder. J. II. SMALL
md H. w. Belden of Waitsfield. A. n.
Anderson of Barre, A. c. Blanchard. vii.
lam Milo, w. H. Goodwin and w. NJ.
'erkins of Montpelier. ]. n. Tsggart of
Randolph. II. c. Emery of Marshfield, {
David Stephen. f. Blanchard, Q. H. Perry
v F. Bradford and William A. Perry of !
larre. I
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-26
Various Elements Are Un-
dermining Government
at Petrograd
SOLDIERS REFUSE
TO OBEY ORDERS
Populace Declines to Work
-Foodstuffs Grow
ing Scarcer

London, Dec 26.-The social revolu
tionary majority of the constituent as
sembly has decided to convoke the body
on Jan. 2, according to Petrograd dis
patch to The Times, although the Bolshe.
Wiki government is determined to pre-
vent the meeting.
A dispatch to the Morning Post from
Stockholm says that NJ. Borovsky, the
Bolsheyiki representative there, confirms
the reports that Stockholm will be the
scene of the continuance of Russo-Ger-
man peace negotiations. He says the
sessions will begin early in January.
Recent special dispatches from Petro-
grad are unanimous in their assertions
that the influence and power of the
Bolsheyiki are waning. The causes al
legged for the detection are the general lack
of authority, the increase in drunkenness,
the reluctance of the population to work
and the scarcity of foodstuffs. Cores
pondents cite instances of the Bolshe-
Wiki troops refusing to march, declining
TO attack Ukrainians and permitting Cos
sacks to disarm them without resist
ance.