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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-11-23
lake Heart.

A fair comparison of the past with
the present is very apt to dispense the
clouds of dependency. Temporary
appearances are often deceptive, but
the larger experience of life is the
more it goes to confirm the watchfu.
care of ProvIdence.-Buffalo Times.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-11-23
PREPARE DUCKS FOR MARKET
When Fowls Reach Two Pounds In
Weight Confine Them and Feed
Fatteninq Rations.

When the ducks reach two pounds
m weight OF over If you wish to sell
them as brollers confine them for a
week and feed them all the corn meal
mash or wet cracked corn they will
eat. One can ship them alive or
dressed, as he prefers. Usually
more money is realized in selling them
dressed.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-11-23
Another Suggestion.

Il hope there won't be any shortage
of fuel"
$50 do l." returned Miss Cayenne.
IF there is, I am going to suggest that
baseball be played the year round. No
body seems to pay the slightest atten-
ton to the climate when he can stand
out in the street and watch a score
board"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-11-23
BOX USEFUL FOR TRAP NEST
Gate Is Raised Slightly as Hen
Is Entering.

Poultry raisers find a trap nest use.
full, and one a be made quickly by
fitting an old packing box with a suit
able sliding gate. In the arrangement
shown, the gate is raised Slightly as
the hen enters the nest box, releasing
the spring and causing the gate to
drop, writes A. J. Call of Huntsville,
Mass, in Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-11-23
cnnd rhounht for the nau.

There can be no better thought for
Thanksgiving day than that which ex-
presses honest gratitude for what our
fathers won for us, and determination
10 confer its blessings unlmpalred on
oour offspring.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-11-23
Really Brave.

"YOu really think that he's a game
Soldier?"
"YOu bet he is! Why, he's as game
as a married man says he'd be If he
weren't married ~
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-11-23

The kaiser has conferred mighty
few decorations lately on his officers
commanding along the western front.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-11-23
WIRE TRIGGER

Gate and spring can he adjusted to va
riOus sized breeds of poultry. The
two groOved uprights can be cut from
flooring and the other wooden parts
made from laths or wooden strips.
The trigger is made of wire.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-11-23
~HANKSGIVING
H By REV. JAMES M. FAIR

Thanksgiving is not a day; it is
a habit. We cannot be thankful
on Thanksgiving day unless we
have been learning how every
other day in the year. There
are some simple rules: Walk
on the sunny side of the street;
live as much as possible in the
best room in the house; think
about your friends, not your
enemies; talk about your good
luck. not your bad. These are
some of the ways of acquiring
the spirit of cheerfulness which
is the only soil on which the
flower THANKSGIVING" will grow.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-11-23

"Why. what's the matter, SOM"
BOO, hoo! You'd cry, too, if 1t
was Thanksgtvin' an your folks was
Vegetarians." rt.E
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-11-23

But back of Thanksgiving day, back
of the idea that eating a turkey is the
Arizona republican., 1917-03-20
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NEW YORK, March 1S.-With the nation wide railroad strike averted and the Adamson act declared con- stitutional the controversy that has ragged between the railroads and their employees for nearly a year over the question of hours and wages passed into history today.
 Appealed to by the presidents mediatoIs to yield on the grounds of patriotism to the demands of the employees. the railroads just before davbreak today conceded the eight hour basic work day and pro rata pay for overtime, the same as that provided by the Adamson law. Sev- eral hours later the United States supreme court upheld the constitu tinnalitv of he Adamson act and what the brotherhoods already had obtained by their threat to call Q nation -wide strike at seven o'clock tonight the supreme court legally assured to them
 All that remains is to decide how much back pay the employees are en- titled to- inasmuch as the agreement signed hv both sides and the Adam son act provide that the operation o1 the new wage and hour schedule shall be retroactive beginning January 1. The brotherhoods and the rail road managers will get together or this matter tomorrow. It is estimat ed the employees have between SIP, 00J000 and $13,000,000 coming |, them.
 W. c. Lee. spokesman for tn brotherhoods, made it plain toda! that he looked for peace in the rail
Arizona republican., 1917-03-20

plan would necessitate the interchange of information as to the routing of mer- chant craft across the Atlantic.
 Secretary Daniels would not discuss the uses to be made of the new patrol boats. They will be of sufficient size, however, to permit their use far off shore if necessary.
 Recent navy contracts were let with the understanding that the eight-hour law would be suspended because of the shortage of skilled labor. Builders have agreed to construct the five battle l cruisers and six scout cruisers recently ] assigned to them at the greatest pos i sible speed, employing at least twenty { per cent of all their men on this work. i The department will meet extra prices and other expenses due to the speeding up and pay time and half for all work in excess of eight hours.
 l Under this agreement it is hoped to complete the battle cruisers in three years and scout cruisers in less than ! two.
 i Secretary Daniels said there was no present need of exercising the authority to commander shipbuilding or other plants to hasten navy building. i The builders are cooperating hear tily and similar agreements with steel and other contractors for material probably will be arrived at within week. Conferences with the contractors have already been called in addition to correspondence with the companies which has been in progress many days.
 The enlisted personnel of the navy is being recruited rapidly at present, a total of 60,000 men being attained to- ! day. Congress has authorized a total strength of 74,000 and given the presi- dent authority to increase that to S7,000 in emergency. That power will not be exercised, however, until strength of 10000 has been reached
 In the event of complete mobilization, three steps would be taken: retired of
 ficers would be summoned to duty at
 yards and other shore stations, reliev-
 ing active officers for sea duty; the
 fleet reserve, now about 1,200 strong in highly trained men, would be called to the colors and the naval militia, ! about 10000 strong, would be called , out With these men available, it is
 estimated that every ship of military , value, including all reserve battle craft cruisers and destroyers, could be made
 ready at once for action.
 These estimates, however, do not contemplate finding crews for the great
 number of scout patrol craft Presum- ably the young officers to be graduated
 this month will be used either to com , l mand these vessels or to relieve more experienced junior officers from bat tie ship duty for that purpose. On the surface, the war department is taking no steps toward making read.
 for war. The facts are, however tha
 very complete plans for re-mobiliza
 tion of the guard have been prepared : and that provision has been made t : obtain promptly enough additional of lfioorc fn orOa 11iZp a fOrpp Of 500 ono vol
 unteers. No move to call out such al
 army can be made, however, withou q congressional authorization. s. Recruiting for the regular army n still making good progress. 1t The reports show that total of S6 a
 (Continued on Page Five)
Arizona republican., 1917-03-20
AGGRESSIVE ACTION AGAINST SUBMARINE MENACE
NAVY HAS7ENs CONSTRUCTION
 IF GRAFT TO CHASE SUbSEA
 BOATS AND GUARD COASTS
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 WASHINGTON, March 19.-Preparations for az gressve action by the navy against the German submarine menace began today at the direction of President Wilson,
 The president authorized the expenditure of the S115 0OO00O emergency fund.- provided by congress to speed up naval construction and pay for special additional war craft and the suspension of the eight hour labor law in plants engaged on navy work
 Immediately afterward Secretary Daniels ordered the New York navy yard to begin building sixty subma rne chasers of the 11Ofoot type to be completed in from sixty to eighty days.
 With the presidents approval, the secretary also dered the graduation of the first and second classes at the naval academy The first class will go out March 29 leasing 172 junior officers to fill existing vacancies and the second in September furnishing 2O2 full year before they otherwise would be available.
 While the energies of the navy will be concentrated for the present efforts to get into commission craft de- signed particularly to destroy submarines and guard the coast warshp building generally will be speeded up under the recent agreement with private builders and with the funds now made available
Arizona republican., 1917-03-20
'unds now made available.

The announcements Of the depart ment followed an hours conference be- tween Secretary Daniels and the pres ident who walked over from the White House to the state, war and navy build- ing for the purpose.
 Engines for the 'chasers' to be turned out by the New York plant will be bought from private manufacturers in time to have them installed prompt ly upon completion of the hulls. Bids for 200 or more additional craft of the same type. coast patrol boats, as they are designated. will be opened next Wednesday. MT Daniels has called up- on the entire small boat industry to submit figures as to the number that could be turned out at high speed. He plans to monopolize the market with government orders.
 A large number of privately owned motor craft available for navy use may be drawn upon at any time. Retired naval officers have been at work along the entire Atlantic coast surveying boats for a month. Contracts have been made for their purchase and a telegraphic order will make them gov ernment property over night.
 Volunteer crews for the boats have been enrolled among yachtsmen and others along'the coasts. Commanders ' of naval districts are ready to begln patrol work with virtually no delay. Navy officials estimate that within four months 2000 patrols and chasers will be ready for action. It is planned to assemble the volunteers within a few days to begin actual operations as a matter of training, pending orders from the president for complete mo- bilization of the navy.
 In this connection officials say 1t l: planned to establish a submarine-proo ! patrol off the American coast Sine the visit of the German submarine U-5S to Newport last summer. it is be
 lieved necessary to provide for pretec
 tion of American harborS in the even
 of war.
 Informal negotiations will be startel
 for a working agreement with Britisl
 and French patrol squadrons now en
 deavoring to protect ships passini : through the German submarine zone.
 is planned to make American water safe against submarines for all ship with the understanding that America ; ships will receive full protection in tn zones from patrols of the allies. Tn
Arizona republican., 1917-03-20
W|THF|F TEEN
 LOST IN SEAS
 CRISIS AT HAND

WASHINGTON, March 19.- President Wilson is expected with in the next AS hours to indicate definitely that he believes virtual state of war exists between the United States and Germany.
 News received from Plymouth that fifteen men, some of them Americans, had been drowned when the American merchansman Vigi-
 lancia was sunk without warning by German submarine, added, if
 possible, to the already, grave view
 of the situation held here as re-
 suit of the destruction of the Wig
 iIanca, the Illinois and the City Of
 Memphis.
 Whether the president will has
 ten the extra session of congress,
 already called for April IS, or will
 take additional steps to protect
 American commerce without this
 move was not disclosed tonight.
 No official pretended to know his
 plans, and the general view was
 that he was still considering the
 question in his usual deliberate way.
 A cabinet meeting probably will be held tomorrow afternoon and at that time the new situation arising out oi the aggression of Germany is expected to be thoroughly canVassed.
 Preparations for aggressive action tC protect American rights began today when the president personally visited the navy department and directed Sec retary Daniels to utilize the Sl15,0O0. coo made available by congress to has ten naval building plans
 Early graduation of two classes q Annapolis and the mobilization of re serves will make it possible to mai quickly all ships of the navy. The question WAS also taken up o getting into communication informall. with Great Britain and France to dis cuss cooperation in tEe protection O commerce lanes. This step proba bl will not be taken until the course O the United States has been finally de termined.
 l The president likewise saw Secretar 1 ies Lansing and McAdOo, and WilliaT 1 Denman. chairman of the federal ship i ping board and there was every indica 1 tion that he was mapping out c0mpre ] hensive plans for the protection ( l American interests in any eVentuaht.
 It is generally conceded that alread a virtual state of war exists with Gel many in spite of the technical arme neutrality status of the United State [ A suggestion advanced tonight wa that the president might issue a ca for congress to meet within ten day and in his proclamation point out u new situation facing the nation sint he asked for authority to establish state of armed neutrality. No one pro fessed, however, to be in the pres dents confidence.
Arizona republican., 1917-03-20
|Seven German Seq Raiders
 Attempt Escape From Shlbs

Germans turned and swan back, sur rendering without resistance.
 Meantime, as marine detachment was rushed toward the back channel, three other German sailors slipped into the meadows. Running along the sea wall to avoid the barbed wire barricade partly encircling the interned ships, they tried to slip past a sentrya The sentry fired and ran toward the lit tie group. Mounted police galloped over the meadows and caught two of the fleeing men. The other one was found soon afterward hiding behind a bush.
 While the hunt was in progress the powerful search light of the cruiser Salem, tied up near the raiders, was swung back and forth over the chan i Hel and the meadows.
Arizona republican., 1917-03-20

'.inevftablv resulted from it's authority 10 protect interstate commerce in deal ing with a situation like that before it
 Concurring in the main principles enunicated by the majority, Justice Mckenna expressed the opinion that the law is an hour of service and not a wage fixing statute He also sug- gested increase of railroad revenue probably would be provided If wage increases resulted.
 The dissenting opinions Justces Day and McReynOlds delivering lndl- vidual views and Justices P1tney ana Van Devanter joining in one an ncenent-variously asserted that the Adamson act is void because be- vond constitutional powers of con- gress, because it takes railroads prop l ertv without due process of law ot | because 1t is not an hours Of labor statute nor a legitimate regulation ol ! commerce.
 i Justices Pitney and Van Devante1 denied that congress has power to fix wages Of common carriers employees power upheld by the majority. Jus ] tice Day did not admit or deny sucf power, dissenting because, he sad, the 1 law illegally takes railroad revenues
 and gives them to the trainmen by ar bitrarV. illegal congressional fiat. In upholding the value, the maJcrlt! reversed Federal Judge Hooks de
 cree enjoining it's enforcement and dis missed the railroads test suit, leaVin:
 the federal government free to enforc
 the statute under its stringent penal
 ties Dismissal of about 300 other rail
 road injunction suits pressing or wh'cl
 was suspended under agreement be
 tween the government and the roads
 will follow as a matter of course.
 The wage increase included date
 back to January l, when tile Adamso act was made effective. The railroad . have been keeping account of train . mems wages due for prompt payEen
 upon todays decision. The telnportr , wage increases are effective under tn Q (Continued on Page Two)
Arizona republican., 1917-03-20
WARMING NIT GIVEN, TEEN
 |S SUB $ TOLl
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 PLYMOUTH, England, March 19.- Fifteen members of the crew of the steamer Vigilancia lost their lives when the vessel was torpedoed by a German submarine. The survivors were in life boats from Friday morn ing until Sunday afternoon.
 Among those drowned were several American citizens, including Third Officer Neil P North and Third En- gineer Carl Adeholde. This informa tion was given out by Captain Frank A. Middleton of New York who with the survivors of the Vigilancia, has reached the mainland and probably will make affidavits tomorrow before the American consul.
 To the Associated Press, Captain Middleton said today that his vessel was sunk without warning. Two life i boats were lowered from the Vigilancia i and the crew of 43 men got into them. Owing to the swell of the ocean, how | ever, 25 men were thrown into the water. The boats of, the captain and l the mates picked up ten of the men l but the other 15 were drowned. i Captain Middleton says he saw nc submarine during the attack but one of the engineers thinks he saw a per
 
 streaks on the water about a thous- and yards from the steamer, which he took to be the track of torpedoes The Vigilancia was flying the American flag and her name and a flag were painted on either side. Speaking of his experience in the boat, Captain Mid dleton said:
 After rescuing as many of th' crew as possible in the boats, we haC biscuits and water At night l firet distress signals. Several times, by tn glare of the lights, I saw a submarin following fifty yards from the boat between ten o'clock Friday night am 2:5O o'clock Saturday morning, but made no attempt to help us We suf fered great hardships in the boats One man of the engineroon staff i paralyzed as a result of the exposure.
 Third Officer North of the Vigilanci was born in Denmark but was ma turalized American. The name of En gineer Adeholde was not contained i the list of the crew given out in Ne' York Sunday night This list said ther were 45 men in the ships company ( ] whom 21, including Captain Middle ton, were Americans. Two of tn \ Americans were naturaliZed citizen and one, Canadian. had taken out h 1 first citizenship papers.
Arizona republican., 1917-03-20
DIFFERENCES BET TWEEN RAILROADS
 AND MEN PASS INTO HISTORY

road world for long time. Asked whether there was any intention to bring up ill the conference tomorrow the question of punitive overtime, MT. Lee said:
 That will not be brought up now We believe that overtime can largely be done away with by speeding up the schedule"
 Franklin K. Lane. secretary of the interior, in q statement expressing the satisfaction of the mediation committee over the outcome, praised the railroad managers flor their figh sense of obligation and their unwill- ingness to permit any embarrass- ment to the country at this time ot pxIreme Strain'
Arizona republican., 1917-03-20
Place Wilson's Picture
 Where Kaisey,s Had Hung

cnce of "a murderers picture and de- manding it's removal.
 Harry Roper, 15-yearold son Of Dan : iel C. Roper, recently appointed to the tariff commission, lead the agitation begun several days ago against the pc ture by turning it's face to the wall seV- eral times. Miss Siebert, who IS an American citizen, insisted that ii should remain, saying she intended to use it to illustrate a lecture.
 School authorities are investigating the incident.
Arizona republican., 1917-03-20
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 PHILADELPHIA. March 19.-Under cover of darkness seven sailors of the German commerce raiders Kronprinz Wilhelm and Prinz Eitel Fedrich, in termed at the Philadelphia navy yard made an attempt to escape tonight, all seven being captured by marines and police after shots were fired at the fugitives.
 A sentry on post near the raiders heard several splashes in the back channel and fired a warning shot. Po- lice on guard near the channel saw four of the German sailors swimming about fifty yards from the interned vessels and discharged their revolvers over the heads of the men. The four
Arizona republican., 1917-03-20
Cbrouae C0zlrt Holds Ad0n1s0n L0U LsOustltmtlOmal
WILSON EXPECTED TO SAY WAR EXISTS
MILITARY TRAINING FOR
 CONNECTS NOW PLANNED

SALEM, Ore, March 19.-Mil- itary training will be atlopted for the convicts in the oregon peni- tentiary within few months, War den Charles A. Murphy announced today The training will consist chiefly of marching and setting up exercises. The prison has q flag within the walls which was raised for the first time yesterday. The convicts stood at attention and the prison band played The Star Spangled Banner"
Arizona republican., 1917-03-20
MEANS END OF
 ALL INTERSTATE STRIKES

KANSAS CITY, March 19.-The Adamson law decision by the su- preme court means the end of all strikes in industries or utilities en- gagged in interstate service, in the opinion of Frank Hagerman, spe- ciaI government attorney Tn the case. This probably will be done, MT. Hagerman declared, by the empowerment of somebody, such-as the interstate commerce commits sion to settle any such labor dis pute that may arise.
Arizona republican., 1917-03-20
ONE HUNDRED PER
 CENT STRIKE, SAYS DOAN

WASHINGTON, March 19.-In a statement issued here tonight,
 w. N. Doak, vice president of the trainmen's brotherhood, sad canvass of the local organizations who went on strike Saturday night before the postponement order was | received showed there was not. one deserter." Tt was a 100 per
 cent strike" he declared. Tt wac
 the finest example of discipline 1 one ever saw.
Arizona republican., 1917-03-20
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 WASHINGTON, March 19.-Patriotic students in Central High School here today tore from the walls of class room a picture of Emperor William of Germany and hung in its place pho tograph of President Wilson decorated with two American flags.
 The emperors likeness disappeared before officers of the school cadet crops had an opportunity to present to Miss Marie Siebert, teacher of German, a resolution protesting against the pres
Arizona republican., 1917-03-20
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LONDON, March 20.-A boat con- taining the first, second and third mates and five seAnen of the Dutch steamer Selien chartered By the Bel gian relief commission, has been shelled by a submarine and all the occupants killed, according to a Reuter- dispatch from Stavanger.
 "The Dutch steamer Selien,' says the dispatch, has reached here (Stavan- ger. Norway bound for New York in ballast. She left Rotterdam Friday bearing the usual designations of the Belgian relief committee, and was at tackled at o'clock Saturday afternoon by a German submarine. "The Selien did not stop, but after some Shots, lowered a life boat in which the first, second and third mates and five seamen embarked. The boat was then struck by a shell and all eight were killed.
 'The Selien put on full speed ahead and the submarine disappeared
 No Dutch steamer Selien is listed II available shipping registers. There i: a Dutch motor tank Selene of 3,73S ton' gross, which was last reported sailint from Philadelphia in January bound for Gothenburg, Sweden.