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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-11
CARD. OF THANKS.

We wish. to express our deep. APP
probation and heartfelt thanks to. the
friends, and neighbors for their kind
ness and, sympathy shown us in nur
great .affliotion, We wish to especially
thank the singers for their services.
also the friends for their beautiful
flowers sent during the sickness and
at. the time of death, which aided tis
50 much to bear sour great loss. 3 q
- Mrs Hetty Isham, IS
Mr., and Mrs. Harry Ishat11,
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Ishah1,
Marcia Isham,
Guy Isham,
4~ Earle Isham. ~
East Concord, Vt, July 10,si91T..
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-11

the British military authorities in
forming him that his cousin, George
Pelkey, a former resident of Mont
pelier, was injured June IS by shrap-
nell Mr.. futile received word of his
cousins injury a week ago, but did
not know how serious the wounds
were. Mr.. Pelkey enlisted in Ca
madam regiment two years ago.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-11
POLIO IN WATERBURY,
The First Case to Appear There In the
Present Epidemic. -

Waterbury. July 1O.-The first case
of infantile paralysis to appear in this
village in. the present epidemic in
Washington county lis that of the
three-year- son of the Collettis' on
High street. The. child is not thought
to be in serious condition as yet.
There have been two suspicious
cases here. but neither one proved to
be polio.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-11
BIRTHS.

At Brightlookt hospital, July 8, to
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Durant Dole of DAN
vile, a daughter, Lillian Durant.
g At Newark July 4. to Mr.. and Mrs.
Phil .Holebrooke, son.
At Newark July 8, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas. Mac Farlane, a daughter.
At Newark July 4. to Mr.. and Mrs.
Percy Hartwell, daughter.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-11
MARTIAL LAW IN COLONGE
Reduction in Meat Cards Star
POpulace to Rioting.

The Hague, July COLOGNE, one
of the chef manufacturing cities of
West Prussia, is under martial law
following fresh riots Saturday accord
ing to reports received here.
The outbreak was due to the re-
duction of the number of meat cards
issued. Police and soldiers charged
the crowds and many persons were
wounded.
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Church of the Messiah.

The Ladies Social Circle viii meet
with Mrs. Lucy Story on Concord
avenue Thursday afternoon. ,e.s,.a
Next Sunday, morning the pastor
will preach on the topic why God
Allows Evil to Continue"
Union service at Court House Sum
day at p. m
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-11

The Massapequa, 3,193 tons gross,
was armed with guns manned by naval
gunners. She was built in 1893 at
Sunderland, England, and owned by
the New York and Porto Rico Steam
ship Company. She sailed June 1S
from the United States for France
with a general cargo. She was COM
manded by Capt. A. H. Strumm and
had crew of 81 men, of whom 10
signed on as American citizens.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-11
Vermont Troops July 25.

The State troops from Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island.
Connecticut, New Jersey. Delaware,
Maryland, District of Columbia, Vir-
ginia North and South Carolina, Ten
nessee, Illinois, Montana, Wyoming,
Idaho, Washington and Oregon are
called into the Federal service July 25.
Units from other States are to be sent
to the camps on August 5.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-11
CHIHUAHUA BARS LIQUOR
Carranza Issues Drink Ban to Wipe
Out Banditry.

Chihuahua, Mexico, July By a
day. the manufacture and sale of in
toxicating liquor of any kind in the
State of Chihuahua is forbidden under
severe penalties. s
The decree was issued under direct
orders from President Carranza, and
is considered a war measure in furth-
erance of the efforts to stamp out
banditry and revolution.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-11
AMERICAN STEAMSHIP SUNK
Massapequa, Armed Freighter, Victim
of U-bOat off France.

London, July 1O.-The American
steamship Massapequa was sunk Sat
urday by a German submarine. The
crew was landed at the small island
of Sein, off the French coast, % miles
southwest of BreSt.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-11
CHILD MURDERED

Continued From Page ID
as did large number of men. Miss
Hicks led the party for about mile.
changing her story as she went. The
search was given up at o'clock in
the afternoon
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-11
CHURCH NOTES.

First Church of Christ, Scientist.
Pythian Building. Sunday morning
service, l0.45. Subject, s.God.''s The
reading room is in the same building
and is open daily, except Sunday from
200 to 500 p. m.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-11
Prisoners Continue Calm.

Prisoners Continue Calm.
Tonight the two women continued
as cool and unconcerned as ever. Miss
Hicks has not eaten much food for
day, but the Remission woman's ap-
petite is not impaired by her position.
States Attorney James B. Campbell
and Sheriff Wilbur H. Worthen were
busy in. the Caledonia County Court
today on State cases, but tomorrow
they will face the difficult task of To-
eating the body with renewed energy.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-11
Advertised Letters.

The following letters are advertised
at the local postoffice for the week
ending July Z, 1917:
William Chase.
Eben FarnsWorth.
Gideon Liberty
Mrs Clyde n. Fisher ~
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-11
SAYS WAR MUST END SOON
Frank Ashland / Writes Mother That
the Germans Are Beaten.

Stowe, July 5o.-Mrs. s. NJ. Ashland
has received a. letter from her son,
Frank Ashland, who is serving in the
Canadian army in France, in which he
says it is hissopfnion the war will end
soon, as he thinks the Germans must
soon give up and admit that they are
beaten.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-11
1888 MEN IN GUARD
TillotsOn Receives Report of Number
of Men to Be Credited in Draft.

Montpelier, July 9.-Adjt.- Gen. L.
s. Tillotson has received the report
from the National Guard of the num-
Der of men who will be credited in
the draft which was complied June 30
and gives total of 1888 men. almost
complete regiment of 2,002 men.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-11
Brother. Of woman stiil Held.

Brother of Woman Still Held.
The father of the woman held ex-
presses anger at his daughters atti-
tude. When asked what he thought
of Miss Hicks confessions he answer
ed: Lies, all OF them
John Kerwin, brother" of Mrs
Remission, arrested late Saturday
night on suspicion. is being held by
the authorities. The fact that he was
not at his work the day of the crime
is regarded as important.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-11
T. r. STILES, M. Is.

Office Merchants Bank Building.
Hours 10 to IL. 100 to p. m. Even
ings and other hours at residence. St.
Johnsbury Center. General practice,
SPECIAL
Rheumatism, Asthma and other dis
eases OF lungs. throat and nose.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-11

Noank, Conn, July 9.-Reports cur
rent today that naval officials yester-
day seized a wireless plant located in
an advantageous position near here,
were confirmed tonight by Lieutenant
Commander Yates, of the New Lon
don naval base. He refused, how
ever, to discuss rumors that a Ger
man resident and his three sons had
been arrested in connection with the
seizure, saying that if arrests had been
made the information would properly
come from the naval commandant al
Newport, r. I.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-11
DEATHS.

At Passumpsic July 6, Louise Graves
Towle. aged Sc years. IA
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-11

the draft will not apply formally to
them until Auguts s.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-11
Party of Sixteen Entertained.

On Monday Mr.. and Mrs. John T..
Richie entertained a party of sixteen
at dinner at the st. Johnsbury House
followed by an afternoon of automo-
billing and visiting. with supper at
their Church-street home. The occa-
sion was in honor of Mr.. and Mrs.
.Selden c. Smith of Berkeley, Cal.
Mrs. Smith is a neice of Mr.. Ritchie's.
Besides Mr.. and Mrs. Richie and Mr..
and Mrs Smith and their four chill
dren, there were present Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew Richie and James Richie OF
West Barnet, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Stuart and Mr.. and Mrs. Warren
Estabrook and daughter of st. Johns
bury. 1t was a very delightful reunion
| for ALL
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-11
Apparatus Dismantled.

Pickering lights at night among the
trees in a densely wooded hill COM
handing the wide view of the Long
Island Sound led to discovery of the
plant. When seized, the apparatus
was in a partly dislnantled condition,
suggesting that it had not been oper-
ated recently.
No official information concerning
the seizure or sending radius of the
plant could be obtained.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-11
Death of Miss HalIett.

The friends of Miss Phila A. Hallett
will be sorry to hear of her sudden
death Sunday, July 1, at the home of
her niece, Miss Mary I. Townshend,
at Worcester. Miss Hallett was born
here II years ago, the daughter OF
Edmund and Fannie (Raney) Hallett
The funeral services were held Tues
day from her late home. The body
was sent for cremation to Mt. Auburn
cemetery, Boston, and the ashes We're
buried at Hope cemetery.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-11

Montpelier, July 9.-Myers futile of
Pitkin court has received letter from
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-11
GEORGE PELKEY WOUNDED

Former Montpelier Man Injured by
Shrapnel-Enlisted Two Years Ago.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-11
WEATHER

At Bingham's Drug Store. for the week
ending Tuly s.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-11
Women in Separate Cells.

Women In Separate Cells.
Upon her request, alleging that she
was frightened Of Mrs. Remission"
Miss Hicks has been placed in another
cell away from the other woman
When placed alone she became much
wrought up and was not satisfied.
The women will be kept separated
hereafter. John Kerwin. brother" of
Mrs. Remission, remains in his cell at
the county Jail.
Only a half-hearted search for the
body was made today. Residents of
the vicinity OF the crime are becom-
ing discouraged at their repeated fail
ures to locate the child. Much talk
is heard that friends of the two wo-
men removed the body to a safe hid
ing place late Thursday evening, the
day of the crime, or early Friday
morning, while the search was on. A
belief has gained Roadway that a third
party, man, assisted the women in
the crime. This is, of course, not sub
stantiated John Bradshaw, the faith
er, is the object of dubious converse
tions in the neighborhood.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-11
Townspeople Angered.

Townspeople Angered.
Much agitation is visible in all sec
tons of the town and suburbs sur
rounding it. No demonstration was
made, however, when Miss Hicks was
taken to the scene Of the crime. The
women are being closely guarded and
no visitors are allowed near them.
What the course of action of the
authorities will be if the women per-
sist in false statements regarding the
location of the girls body is not
known. and they refuse to state. The
search will be kept up daily with the
hope of locating the child. 1t is
thought that the offer of 5000 for the
/ discovery of little Alice, dead or alive
| will spur the searchers on.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-06-19

the bakers themselves going TO the,
expense to collect it.
Now what is done with this four
per cent of the returned loaves?
Some of it is sold to the poor who
go direct to the bakers for it. Of the
four per cent returned, however,
probably one and one-half per cent
is fed to pigs, chickens and other ami
mails. Now make little calculation.
Suppose in your town the bakers put
out ten thousand loaves a day, a
small town requires as many, there
is one hundred and fifty loaves fed to
the pigs and chickens; extend this
calculation. There are bakers in our
large cities who turn out at least half
a million loaves a day. That means
$500 for the pigs.
1t needs no argument to those who
realize the shortage of wheat means
to convince them that this leakage
must be stopped. All that thinking
people ask is how it can be done. The
bakers themselves are beginning to
take steps. Inquiry among the
bakers show that at least eighty per
cept are in favor of stopping bread
returns, that is, of selling to the re-
tail bread dealer only what ne be-
lieves he can dispose of. That if he
orders more, it is his loss, if less, 1t
is to his customers inconvenience.
And here the women come in They
are the bread buyer, and their plan
means that they must make their
calculations for the days supply and
do it in such a business-like fashion
that they will not be left in the aft
ernoon without loaf, that if they are
so left, that they will not complain
to their grocer, but that they will
accept the fact as a proof of their
own lack of business foresight in or
dering.
This really important saving can
only be effected if the women of the
country generally back it up. The
Woman's Committee of the Council
of National Defense asks the women
of the country Immediately to begin
to order bread for twenty-four hours
instead of for temporary needs. II
asks them to explain carefully to thar
neighbors who may not have beer
| reached in any way the reason for
/ this request. Intelligent women
must everywhere back up the bakers
and bread dealers in the no-return
plan. If they will do this we car
{ save the one and One-half per lent
that now goes to the pigs and chick
en-. 1t will be putting this many
loaves a day into the hands of hun
gry women and children and fighting
! soldiers, and will be one element II
! that great task that we have before
US of so handling the wheat crops OF
! the world that every man and woman
in all of the Allied world will have
enough to eat in the long and hare
struggle before US.
Sent out by the Woman's Commit
tee of Council of National Defense
through Mrs. w. S. Jennings, chair
man for Florida.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-06-19
Save Bread Wheat AS Well
as Bullets, Hell p to Win the War

Few women have an idea of the
commercial machinery which makes
it possible in every town of size to
get at any time of the day a loaf of
freshly baked bread. We so take this
convenience for granted that we not
exercise even ordinary forethought
about the amount of bread that we
order in the morning. We know that
if we take two loaves and find our
selves short about tea time, that an
extra fresh loaf is easy to get. 1t is
only when our attention is challenged
that common sense tells US that this
is no matter of course but the result
of large preparation on somebody's
part. What the machinery is has
just been made clear by the Council
of National Defense.
The fact that this war is to be
fought on wheat as much if not more
than on guns and men is becoming
Cleay TO us all. The government is
studying the practical points of saw
ing, wheat without too largely dis
turbing business. The Council of Ma
tional Defense includes a Commercial
Economy Board. 1t is the business
of this board to see where we can
make first things to which this board
turned its attention was wheat prod
uCts, and quite naturally it seems
now from what they have found, the
| first thing that they challenged was
| continuous supply of fresh bread on
the bread retailers themselves. They
saw that he was carrying every day
more than he sold, which meant that
the bakers who supplied him were
making more than they sold. The
| Commercial Economy Board under
! took an investigation. 1t is one of
! the prettiest pieces of work that has
recently been turned out in Wash
ington.
The board discovered that largely
! for competitive reasons. these bakers
| kept the shelves of the bread retailer
stocked fully with fresh bread. Ir
| doing this they did not expect the
/ retailer to sell all the bread. Then
point was that the retailer should al
ways have enough bread so that there
| would be no complaint on his part
that he was not supplied. The retail
| er knowing that he would have more
bread than he could sell never re
quired his customers to order ahead
His customers were trained, so fal
as bread was concerned, to toll no.
neither to spin, nothing to do Du
order at any hour of the day. 1t re
quires little thinking to see that thi
reckless competition means waste a
some point. AS 6 matter of fact the
Commercial Economy Board find
that it means a considerable waste
one which at the present time can
/ not be allowed to continue. AS near
:, ly as the board can estimate with tn,
q help of the bakers of the country
who have been taking a hearty in
terest in the investigation it shout,
be said to their credit, fully fou
per cent of the bread baked in 'hi
country is returned by the retailers
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-06-19

Seattle, Wash, June 18.-The ar
rival in Greenland of the Mcmillan
expedition, which left New York in
July, 1918, to explore Croker land,
and which reported that this sup
posed continent, whose mountain tops
Rear Admiral Robert f. Peary be-
ieved he had seen in 1906, did not
exist, leaves Vilhjalmur Stefansson,
at the head of a Canadian expedition,
the only explorer in the Arctic seas.
1t is believed that Stefansson and his
twenty-fOur white men and nineteen
Eskimos already are or soon will be
heading eastward from Melville Is
land on board the motor vessel Polar
Bear in an attempt to make the
Northeast Passage from the Pacific
to the Atlantic ocean.
Stefansson and his expedition left
Victoria, B. c., June II, 1913, just
four years ago, in the steam whaler
Karluk. At Nome, Alaska, the eX-
petition was divided into northern and
southern parties, Stefansson, on the
Karluk, taking command of the for
mer, which was to seek new land
north of the mouth of the Macken-
Zie river, and DR.. Rudolph NJ. Ander-
son, with two smaller vessels, pro-
Ceeding toward the Coronation Gulf
country. east of the Mackenzie delta
to make a geological, botanical and
biological survey of the country, be-
side chartering channels and studying
the Eskimos, some of whom are blue
eyed, it is supposed, from an adj
mixture of blood from the lost Scan
dinavian colony of Greenland.
The Karluk stopped at Point Bar
row, the most northerly point of
Alaska, early in September, 1913, and
was at once clutched by the ice. On
September 10 the ship was apparent
" frozen in for the winter, and Stef-
ansson, accompanied by two white
men and two Eskimos, went ashore to
hunt caribou for winter meat. While
he was absent a violent storm arose
and blew the Karluk out to sea. The
Karluk was soon afterward agalR
gripped by the ice and carried west
ward, being finally crushed by the
ice January 16, 1914, east of Wran-
CELL Island, which is north of Sibe-
ria. The men took to the ice, but be-
came separated. and several were
never seen again. The others, under
Captain Robert Bartlett, reached
Wr>ngell Island, and eight men we're
rescued in September, 1914, by yes
sci sent to the island for the pur-
pose, Captain Bartlett having made
his way over the ice to Siberia and
Nome with news of the disaster.
Meanwhile Stefansson and his asso-
ciates moved eastward along the
shore of the Arctic and fell in with
the Anderson party in winter quar-
tiers at Martin Point, west OF the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-06-19
NO DECISION IS
REACHED ON HIGH
SCHOOL MATTER

After much time had been consum-
ed in discussing the problem of
placing the high school for the next
year, the board of public instruction
in special meeting Monday night ap-
pointed the following committee to
make plans and report to the board:
Ross Rogers, chairman: Mrs. Craw-
ford, principal of Jockey school; Miss
Reese, principal of Clubbs school;
Supt. A. S. Edwards, and Prof. c. c.
Denny, of the summer school.
Before the committee was appoint
ed, Prof. Rogers. outlined several
plans which he had in mind, one be-
ing to place the 10, II and II grades
in the Jockey school, the 7, 8 and 9
in the Clubbs school and build a
school for the 5 and grades. Other
plans were to work the same as last
year, or to rent or build a temporary
high school.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-06-19
RIGGS DISEASE

1t has been estimated that 20 per cent
of the adults have this disease i'm some
form. Some have lost their teeth and
part Of mandible, having carries Of bone
which requires an operation, which is
serious and often ends in death.
You would not expect to have good
health very long with your sore and
swollen gums, You could not-%astiCate
your food. Then. too. you are constant
~ carrying the poisonous pus into the
stomach. there to be absorbed by the
system, poisoning every particle of the
most essential part Of vow heing-the
blood stomach specialists are busy the
world over trying to administer drugs
enough tn neutalize this poison. Many
such arrangements as eczema, tonsilitis
neuritis, eye, ear. nose, and numerous
diseases caused by the poisons of Riggs
disease.
We present to you remedy for this
disease-Rtggs'- scientifically per
feet. After two years of research work.
We have perfected same. Every tnEredj-
ent f. EermiCide deOdorant, pleasant.
For Riggs use full strength
For sn'e by all druggists, for Sf.0o. and
distributed by wholesale druggists DIV.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-06-19
MANY APPLY FOR
CITY EMPLOYMENT

Following the reading of minutes
of the regular and several special
meetings, which were held during the
past week, the city commissioners
heard read by the clerk applications
from large number of persons, who
wanted positions under the city gov
eminent.
M. Byrd asked for appointment to
the office of city engineer, making
the city a proposition to maintain
offices of engineer, building and
plumbing inspector. w. w. Brooks
would be registration officer; w. c.
Frederic would be building inspector;
J. n. Hutchins, J. n. Andrews and
NJ. NJ. Sullivan wanted the recorders
office; 7. G. Rupert asked for ap-
pointment as inspector of weights
and measures and license inspector;
H. F. Hurst and E. D. Anderson, any
city work; E. G, Stout, city carpenter,
and ten or twelve wanted appoint
ment on the police force. All these
new applications, as we'll as those al
ready in hand, and not acted upon,
will probably be considered at an
early conference of the commission
ers.
Plumbing Inspector Jolly asked for
a leave of absence for ten days, which
was unanimously granted.
Commissioner Sanders reported
that he had explained the law rela-
tive to repairing of autos on the
streets, to proprietors of garages,
and in one case, where one garagc
keeper had protested at the actions of
policemen in stopping minor work
in the streets" he upheld the officer
in question, and explained that the
law prohibited any work of conse-
quence on autos when streets are used
for the purpose. "A man never takes
his auto to the garage unless the car
needs repairs" was the way the po-
lice commissioner summed it up, in
which the other commissioners coin
cided.