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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-04-25

Assembly"
The fathers of Vermont way back there in the colonial
period before the United States real nation solicit
tous about the education of youth well what the
constitution of 1886 declared to be essential Laws for the
of virtue and prevention of vice and mmor
atty We doing far less in proportion to and
opportunities for the conservation of youth than did the
theirs of the period question: largely using
dollars for eyeglasses whenever turn toward
schools.
One of the really fundamental conclusions reached by the
Vermont education commission in 1914 that Vermont
needs trained teachers and better trained teachers 1t
that the rural elementary schools be
sodated the Of study revised provide
sructon suited to the daily life and environment of pupils
In the light this have materially enlarged the
curriculum of the rural school, We to-day, demanding
schools not merely children for local
ment but and women for the nation You must make
special effort keep the standard of teachers
schools as whole this period This is opening our
eyes want to educate boys and girls up
and down. We need to broaden their vision and
nor it,
Since we are demanding all these things primarily the
hands of the teachers time to begin to build for the
coming year in schools. Your school needs get
blood. Your teacher needs to get ideas
school, 1t your duty to to it, that this is not made
impossible by lack of funds 1t is individual duty
after this matter and not shk longer trustees
who may have children except their dollars Look
your schools at
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-20
MAKE LIGHT OF ALL RISKS
British Aviators Think llttIe of Dan ger When There Is Chance
 to Hurt the Enemy.

The daringly bow flights of Engllsh airmen at the front are shown ID 'he official notes To .awardsSOfN the military cross:
 Lieut.. Richard HvelineaMaybery' Lau' cers and R. F. C.. after attacking two alrdromes in successiOn at very 10" AI- titudeS and infllctIng considerable ualh- age. attacked and dispersed nuinoer of mounted men and then attacked a freight train. Ffr next attacked anu shot down a hostile machine at 'VO feet and before, returning attacked a passenger train.
 Second Lieut.. Walbsnke A. Pritt' E. E. C., in attacking a hostile ar drOme drOppts bombs from very LOW altitude and attacked and destroyed two enemy LnaChlnes almost as soon as they had hrf9 the ground. A machlhe gun then opened upon him from the alrdrome. which he immediately at- lacked. Both un his outward ana hOmewaRl journey he was unuer very heavy fire. Once he attacked mo- rorcar and shot one of the occupants from about fifty feet. afterward a'tack- ing iuantry on the march and inhlct- ing severe casual ties upon them.
 Second Lieut. Alexander A. N. Pent- land. K. F. C.. descended to Within twenty feer of tISe ground and fired Into eight hostile machines. On his return Journey be attacked a train with con siderable effect from low altitude. He has always shown fearlessness and de yotion to duty in attacking enemy pal Icons A4nd troops on the ground.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-20
CANIOUFLAGE

We are informed that pr. Good Eas more friends now than ever before and that he wishes to thank ,he Eecord-Citizen for this in crease of prospective voters.
 We'll We don't want any of his thanks nor any of his good will W. have saiG. that, and We now re:terate that he is an enemy or he American people, that he has rendered and is now rendering the enemy of the American and Allied g .ygruments far greater service tan he could with rifle and the umto-m of the German army.
 We have said and HOW repeat that to cast a vote for either him or Lis associates on the Socialist ticket is to render aid and comfort t9 the enemy, it is to cast your y.tg for the Kaiser.
 The Kaiser could land in New y0r, narbor tomorrow with an ar mg and pr. Good would start for lie North Pole or the forest of the up9er Kuskokwim. Any man who knows him at all will not Goubt this fact; many have heard him say so.
 He has no patriotism, no love of country. or pride of nationality ,ls only thing We can compare him 10 when thinking of him as an Ausrican is a Missouri mule, who has neither pride of ancestry or hope of posterity.
 We repeat, to cast your vote even in a primary election for Dr. Good is 10 spit on the American Gag. and to give actual aid and comfort to the enemies of your country. For the reason that he is so dwarSed of soul and perverted t4 ais ideas that if Lenine suc- rumbs to the attack of pneumonia from which he is now suffering, Russia can have Good and make stll pigger farce Of Russian free dom.
 We are just as good sports as he ever dared to be so return his tnakns with inteest and hereby an nounce that We desire nothing from Gr. Good except his unqualified hatred. and when this election is ever and he has a chance. to count his supporters as he will be able to do on the fingers of one hand, thcn for us he will cease to exist.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-20
EinIard's New FIaa.

TheiRusslan revolution will probably result In lengthendng the list of the worlds flags by several additions. Fin land, which, since March, has. ceased to be a grand duchy and has declared her independence and status as a re- public. has now decided on her national coIors. She will have three different standards: the national lag. the flag of the merchant service, and that oi the pilot and customs services. The national cOlors are those which were acclaimed at the time of the TeVolu' ton. the yellow lion of Finland sur rounded ny nine white roses on a red ground. The flag of the merchant service will have a yellow perpendicu' lar cross on a red ground and in the top right-hand corner, nine white roses set symmetrically !n three rows. The pilot and customs services flag will be the same, except that 1t will carry the yellow of Finland instead of the white rOSPS.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-20

at one of the Roadhouses between Fairbanks and the coast up to March 1st.
 The question now arises: Why are Alaskans leaving the country? It is true that during the winter months the chances for work in Alaska are fewer than in the sum mer. and report from the outside says there is plenty of work for everybody. However, late arrivals have another story to tell.
 It is true that skilled mechanics are in demand, but unslilled la bOr has just as hard time of 1t, as before the war. Another thing, the wages for common labor is not 90 high, that it averages Up to the high cost of living. Furthermore, if man is lucky enough to get job he doesn't know how long it is going to last, he may lose it any t. mo on account of materal not ar irving in time, or he may be call ed out on strike, and We know that one month on strike will take year to make up. Tn eommuni- ties where shipbutlding is going on anI in intuition centers, there is demand for labor, but it Is usually labor that is required, and in most parts Of the country there is a surplus of unskiIled labor. A la boring man in Alaska is much bet ter off than his brother on the out side. A workingman in Alaska makes in most instances, enough in summer time so that he can take it easy and live comfortably during the winter months, without that restless search for work of the worGingman or the outside. All over the East and even in New York, so the arrivals from the outside tell there is a surplus of un' skilled labor. And letters from the outside tell us that most of the men leaving here last fall vii. be glad to get back in the spring. We advise everyone who intends going outside looking for Q joO, to think twice before going. Better one bird in the hand than dozen in the wooGs-The Ruby Citizen. Nltl .
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-20
LIKE HIS IMPERIAL MASTER Won suelow, Under the Wings of the German Eagle, Typical as of lll-
 Omen to Mankind.

From Brand WhtlOcks story Of Ger man oppression in Belgium in Every body's Magazine, We take the following account of a single incident that oc- cured in May. 1914, just before the war. Mir. Whltlock, with other ulpio' mats. was the dinner guest of MT. Yoh Buelow, the German minister 10 nei- giuTn
 "NVe were standing by table III tue corner of the room, and rom "lnous the obietS dart, the various trihhets' the signed photographs in siiVer frames. with which it was loaded ne drew forward a silver bowl that ne used as a cendricr As l dropped the ash of my cigar into it. l noticed 'n"' 1t was pierced on one side near the rlin by a perfectly round hole, the JaSGeu edges of which were thrust lu"afu i, plainly bullet hole; doubtless u h"u q history. l asked him. .,
 "'Yes. q bullet hole he salu. ~ China it stood on my desk ana ohe @ day during the riots onilet c"tu. through the window ana "en'
 through it.
 several of the guests pressed up tS see; such a bowl with its Jagged pune. hole and history was m eNce'lei,' W subject for conversation; the "e..na'' ''l.'e' minister had 10 recount the circum- stances several times.
 "I have never had post ne s"iu' '- .wbere there has not been trouble ID Turkey 1t was the revolution III C.HI" ,,' It.was the Boxers. an hlru oi N'' Dner'
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-20
Chasing the Calory.

The first step toward spreading the mysterious cult of the calory has been taken at m Opportune time. Unhappy man. deprived of his daily beefsteak and forced to SuhSiSt on corn mullins in which many alien hands have ex- perimented may derive a mOdiCum of comfort from the chase of the calOry. Formerly Sequestrrrd in domestic sci. encc schools, or the exclusive property of those sybariteS of the tenement houses, who have prOyerbially many advantages oNwhich humdrum uptown knows nothing, the calorie has at last emerged into relations with the Ordi- nary hungry. quick-lunch-eating popu- lace. On our menu cards now the calorie rides hand in hand with the cost of each diSh.-New York Tribune.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-20
Eouoht With Owl.

An employee of the Helena Land and Lumber company near Perkins, a short distance north of Escanaba, Mich, had q desperate encounter with a huge owl while walking through the woods late at night.
 His first warning of the attack was when he was struck on the head and his fur cap pulled of. The great claws .or fbe bird next were fastened to his skull and his face. A..
 After a desperate fight in the dark the man succeeded h securing good hold on the owl and killed 1t by dash Ing It's head against tree. The owl Ia on exhibition at the camp and is ,aid to be the largest ever killed in that vicinity --.--
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-20
How's This2 ,

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Medicine.
 Halls Catarrh Medicine has been taken by catarrh sufferers for the past thirty five years. and has become known as the most reliable remedy for Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Medicine acts thru the Blood on the Mucous surfaces. expelling the Pol son from the Blood and healing the dis eased portions.
 After you have taken Halls Catarrh Medicine for a short time you will see a great improvement in your general health. Start taking Halls Catarrh Medi- cine at once and get rid of catarrh. Send for testimonials. free.
 F. J. CHENEY & CO.,. Toledo, Ohio.
 Sold by all Druggists. 75c. -AdyertisemeR eRt.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-20
Mealie Pudding.

Like the hagCis, the mealie pudding is to the SasSenaCh q Scotch dellcacy the origin of which is wrapped In deep est mystery. The other morning two travel.Stained English TommieS drop ped into the restroom at Aberdeen station for some muCh-needed refresh ment. They were heartily welcomed by the ladies in charge. and in few minutes suCCulent mealie pudding, piping hot. was placed before each. Both had seen more than bit of life since joining the army, but mealie pudding was one of the things hither- to undreamed of in their philosophy. Determined. however, to brave the un- known. one of them boldly cut his pud- ding in two. ScOoped out some of the contents. and took mouthful. AS he slowly maSticated the oatmeal look of contentment came over his features. "GO ahead, Bilw he exclaimed. It's only good old porridge in a tank " London Chronicle.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-20

COUGH DROPS, Admin istared on sugar. Acts almost in- stantly.a The prescription of an eminent physician. Keller BroS The eaR-Tox Drug store
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-20

We don't know what it is all about. and from the way that the Ruby Record Citizen lambastS the -sauemen, We think tha; We don't waat to know, but that our read- SITS may know how that paper hands :; to some politician or something else. we reprint an editorial which appeared in a recent issue, and We believe that the editor Of that paper is sure some fearless chap.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-20
WHY ARE PEOPLE LEAVING
 ALASKA?

Report reached us the other day that HOO people on their way to shg outside from the interior of Alaska had registered their names
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-20

All discriminating people go to Keller Bros. for ice cream and oth- ec fountain drinks. If.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-08-01
Photograph Of Official Memorandum Giving inventory the Personal
When oerien Reported Missing ~ 1917

form the hardest and saddest duty /
have ever been called upon to execute
to confirm to them in person the
tidings of poor Paul's death.
The other British pilot who fell was
also from my squadron and a man i
knew well-Lieutenant Keith of Aus
tralia. l had given him a picture of
myself only few hours before 1 start
ed on my own disastrous flight. He
was one of the star pilots of our squad
ron and had been in many a desperate
battle before, but this time the odds
were too great for him. He put up
wonderful fight and he gave as much
as he took.
The next two days passed without
incident and 1 was then taken to the
intelligence department of the German
flying corps, which was located about
an hour from the hospital. There 1 was
kept two days. during which time they
put a thousand and one questions to
me. While 1 was there turned over
to them the message had written in
the hospital and asked them to have
one of their flyers drop it on our side
of the line.
They asked me where would like to
have 1t dropped, thinking perhaps I
would give my airdrome away, but
when smiled and shook my head, they
did not insist upon an answer.
"Tll drop it over -" declared one
of them, naming my airdrome, which
revealed to me that their flying corps
is as efficient as other branches of the
service in the matter of obtaining valu-
able information.
And right here want to say that the
more came to know of the enemy, the
more keenly realized what a difficult
task we're going to have to lick him.
In all my subsequent experiences, the
fact that there is heap Of fight left
in the Huns still was thoroughly
brought home to me. We shall win
the war eventually, if we don't slow
up too soon, in the mistaken idea that
the Huns are ready to lie down.
The flying officers who questioned
me were extremely anxious to find out
all they could about the part America
is going to play in the war, but they
evidently came to the conclusion that
America hadn't taken me very deeply
into her confidence, judging from the
information they got, or failed to get,
from me.
At any rate, they gave me up as a
bad job, and was ordered to the Off
GERS prison at Courtrai, Belgium.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-08-01

to druggists as tartar emetic COM
pound. Analysis made by Chicago
chemists showed that it contained ten
grains of salt of anthony and potas-
stun tartrate. According to one ply
sician's report, 6.17 grains have been
known to cause death.
The action of the powder is said to
resemble ptomaine poisoning so close
ly that physicians who attended per-
sons to whom the powders had been
administered by walters diagnosed the
victims illness as such. According to
the evidence the powders had been
used freely by walters in most of the
clubs and in many hotels and restaur-
ants at times.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-08-01
SMOOTH STRANGER GETS 500
Introduces Himself as Salesman and
Works the Company for
Expense Money. Y

st. Louisa well-dressed stranger
walked into the Office of George A.
HoIthaus district manager of the Mil
Ter Rubber company, introducing him
self as a salesman for the company.
After chatting a few minutes he said
his expense cheek had failed to arrive
and handed Holthaus a telegram which
read: Authorize you draw on US
$780," 1t was signed in the company's
name. Holthaus gave him the money
only to find out later he was not con-
nected with the company.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-08-01
CHAPTER v.
The Prison Camp at courtrai.

tHG EFiooU CdtltP ~ SObfhdis
From the intelligence department I
was conveyed to the officers prison
camp at Courtrai in an automobile. 1t
was about an hours ride. My escort
was one of the most famous flyers in
the world. barring none. He was later
killed in action, but was told by an
English airman who witnessed his last
combat. that he fought a game battle
and died hero's death.
The prison, which had evidently
been a civil prison of some kind before
the war, was located right in the heart
Of Courtrai. The first building we APP
preached was large and in front of
the archway, which formed the main
entrance, was a sentry box. Here we
were challenged by the sentry. who
knocked on the door; the guard turned
the key In the lock and I was admit
ted. We passed through the archway
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-08-01
WATERS DRUGGED
Hotel PATRONS
mickey Finn" Powders Fed to
Those Who Failed to
Give Tips.
GET STUFF IN RAID
Chicago Officers Unearth Packages Of
Poison at Headquarters of Union
and Place Maker and Dis
penser Under Arrest.

Chicag0.-Four persons were arrest
ed and more than 100 walters were
taken into custody at the headquarters
of the Chicago Walters union, In con-
nection with the alleged wholesale
drugging of patrons of leading hotels,
restaurants and clubs by walters
whose displeasure the patrons had in
Cured by their neglect or refusal to
leave tips on the table after being
served. The raid on the headquarters
of the union was made by detectives
from the state attorneys Office. Three
persons were held, the others being re-
leased after questioning by the states
attorney.
The men held were w. Stuart Wood,
waiter, and Blake Powell and John
MILAN, day and night bartenders at
the walters union headquarters. Wood.
1t is alleged, manufactured the drug
which was sold over the bar to ell
members Of the union applying for 1t.
Evidence against the walters was OBJ
tanned by a detective agency after a
number of guests OF one of the city's
leading hotels had become suspiciously
Ill.
Powder Known as mickey Finn"
A tasteless and odorless powder.
known as mickey Finn" which caused
the victim to become sick at the stom-
ach and left him in a nervous and
weakened condition. was the drug
used, the powder being what is known
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-08-01

and directly into a courtyard, on which
faced all of the prison buildings, the
windows, of course, being heavily
barred. After had given my pedigree
my name, age, address, etc.-I was
shown to cell with bars on the win
dows overlooking this courtyard. 1
was promptly told that at night we
were to occupy these rooms, but had
already surveyed the surroundings,
and the locked door outside, and con-
cluded that my chances Of getting
away from some other place could be
no worse than in that particular cell.
AS 1 had no hat, my helmet being the
only thing / had worn over the lines,
l was compelled either to go bare
headed or wear the red cap of the
Bavarian whom / had shot down on
that memorable day. 1t can be i'm
agined how L looked attired In a Brit
ish uniform and a bright red cap.
Wherever was taken my outfit
aroused considerable curiosity among
the Belgians and German soldiers.
When l arrived at prison that day l
| still wore this cap, and as was taken
into the courtyard, my Overcoat cover
ing my uniform, all that the British
officers, who happened to be summing
themselves in the courtyard, could see
was the red cap. They afterwards told
me they wondered who the "bug Hun"
was with the bandage on his mouth.
This cap 1 managed to keep with me,
but was never allowed to wear 1t on
the walks we took. l either went bare
headed or borrowed a cap from some
other prisoner.
At certain hours each day the pris-
oners were allowed to mingle in the
courtyard, and on the first occasion of
| this kind I found that there were IL
officers imprisoned there besides my
self.
They had here interpreters who
could speak all languages. One of
them was a mere boy who had been
born in Jersey City, N. j., and had
spent all his life In America until
the beginning of 1914. Then he moved
with his folks to Germany, and when
he became Of military age the Huns
forced him into the army. 1 think If
the truth were known he would much
rather have been fighting for America
than against her.
found that most of the prisoners
remained at Courtrai only two or
three days. From there they were In
varlably taken to prisons In the int
rior of Germany.
Whether it was because I was an
American or because was a flyer, /
don't know, but this rule was not fol-
lowed in my case. 1 remained there
two weeks.
During this period Courtrai was con-
stantly bombed by our airmen. Not a
single day or night passed without one
or more air raids. In the two weeks
was there counted 81 Of them. The
town suffered great deal Of damage.
Evidently our people were aware that
the Germans had a lot OF troops con-
centrated in this town and besides the
headquarters staff was stationed there.
The kaiser himself visited Courtrai
while was In the prison, / was told by
one of the interpreters, but he didn't
call on me, and for obvious reasons
couldn't call on him.
The courtyard was not very popu-
lar place during air raids. Several
times when our airmea raided that
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-08-01
FROM PRISON CAMP 0'BREN WATCHES LAST FIGHT AND
FATAL FALL OF HIS CHUM, PAUL RANEY

synopsis-Pa Oren resident OF Momence Ill., after seeing
1916
brief
France He squadron active
fights with
which fight with
by awakes find himself prisoner German
hospital a bullet
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-08-01
Bear Was sheep Thief.

Altoona, Pa.--The mystery OF the
disappearance of sheep from farms IN
Junlata township was expiaineu
when huge bear was seen feasting
on the carcass of one OF them. me
animal was shot 1t weighed 10
pounds.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-08-01
STEALS WEDDING RING
FROM SISTER; 80 DAYS

San Francisco.-Dan Mattel
was sentenced to 80 days In jail
here for stealing his sisters
wedding ring and pawning it to
buy liquor. Mattel pleaded for
leniency and said he would en-
list if allowed to.
"They wouldn't have men of
your sort In the army" the judge
replied. thirty days"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-08-01

AS he was travelling with 9TH
err prisoners toward prison
camp in the heart Of Germany,
o'Brlen conceived the idea Of
Ieaping through the car window
in a desperate attempt to gain
his liberty. There was one
chance in a thousand that he
would escape death or re-
capture. o'Brien took the
chance. Read about this thrill
ing exploit in the next INSTALL
ment.