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The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-26
ROOSEVELT'S COMMENT
Most Lamentable Appeal to Politics
Ever Made by President Dur
ing Great War

Oyster Bay, N. Y, Oct. 25-Com-
menting t&night on President Will
sons app3al to the people to return
a Democratic Congress in the Nov
ember elections if they approve of his
course, Colonel Roosevelt said:
"The Presidents statement is an
announcement that he is partisan
leader first and President of all the
people second.
at is, Of course, the reputation of
one of his former statements to the
effect that politics was adjourned-a
statement which, of course, he has
already repudiated by his action.
81 have no comment just at this
moment, hut l will deal with the mat
ter in a speech after l have had time
to read the document, which all good
Americans will regard as the most
lamentable appeal to politics ever
made by a President during a great
war which has been heartily support
ed by all good citizens without re-
gard to party, but which so far as
there have been party differences at
all has been more heartily supported
by his political opponents than by his
political friends"
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-26
Total
Marine Casualties
Total
REPUBLICANS REPLY
Presidents Statement Electri6cs
Them

Washington, Oct. 26-The Presi-
dents action electrified republicans
at the capital, who issued a formal
reply in the name of the party lead
ers in the Senate and House and
the chairmen of the Senate and
House Republican congressional cam
paign committees.
The Republican statement, declar-
ing the minority party in Congress
had supported the administration pol
icies since the war with an unanimity
and an absence of criticism unpre-
cedented in party history, pointed to
the record as proof.
The war, the Republican statement
contends, is not the Presidents "per-
sonal war;, nor the war of Congress-
nor of party, but of the American
people, and declares "the Republican
party, representing more than half
the citizenship of the country, de-
mands its rightful share" in the bur-
dens and responsibilities it imposes.
"lf given a majority in either or
both Houses" the leaders said, the
Republican party would drive for
ward the war and hasten victory, and
would "check the waste now going
on of money given by the nation.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-26
THE SHIP THAT NEVER
WENT TO SEA
A Castle Used as Naval Barracks
Novel Sight at French Port

American Naval Base, France,
Sept. 28-(Correspondence of The
Assoeated Press)-The Omitted
Stats ~ Carola," craft that
neverwe sea and never will, a
vessel one walls, under
ground dunge % miles of tunnel
and vast hulk anry anchored
to mother earth, is the sights
at this port.
1t is massive castle s. lng at
the waters edge that bears this
strange name. 1t is an ancient cha
teau, built 600 years ago, in the
XIIIth century, and one of the mar
vels of Gothic architectural construc-
ton. 1t is used now as the United
States naval barracks, and being put
to naval uses, it was given naval
christening as the U. S. S. Garcia. 1t
is no nickname, but is the accepted
title known to all, officers and men.
Being christened as a United States
ship even the battlements have be-
come decks. When down in the old
dungeon, sailor guided me upward
by saying:
"This way, sir, to the main deck" p"
And we climbed up the "hatchway''
of crumbling stones-to the main
"deck," of Gothic masonry IL feet
thick.
The way this castle came to be
named as a United States warship
was this: The United States Garcia
in reality a small steam yacht, used
during the Spanish wars. 1t was
rather cut of date and was tied up
to the castle wall. Here it became
very useful in making out requisi-
tions for supplies needed in the
castle. To make a requisition for a
castle would seem quite irregular.
And so everything was requistioned
for the ship Garcia, and in that
way the castle got its equipment
without disturbing any formalities.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-26
THE WAR WORK CONFERENCE
Harvey Burbank was One of the
Vcrmonters Present at This
Notable Gathering

Boston, Oct. 25-At the big con-
ference of New Englanders who are
to participate in the United War
Work campaign, November Ills,
one of the Caledonia county men pre-
sent was the county chairman of the
Victory Boys division, Supt. Harvey
Burbank Of Barnet. Ford hall in Bos-
ton was tho rallying point for the
men from Vermont, Maine, New
Hampshire, Massachusetts,, Connect
cut and T.hcde Island who hope to
push New England over the top, and
there SUPP. Burbank was privileged
to hear some of the most eloquent
public speakers in America, men who
represent the seven constituent or
ganizations of the United War
Work Campaign,-the Y. NJ. c. A.,
the Natio 1al Catholic War Council
OK. of CO., the Y w. c. A, the Sal
walton Army, the Jewish Welfare
Board, the American Library Assoc
iat'on and the War Camp Community
Service.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-26
ALL HANDS hint AT PEACE
TURKEY, AUSTRIA, GERMANY
BRITISH SMASHING FORWARD
REMODELING GOES ON
State House Renovation Advancing
Rapidly-Rooms Ready Soon

Montpelier, Oct 24-Work on the
remodeling of that portion of the
State House which was used by the
court and State Library is advancing
well now and the rooms will be ready
for occupancy shortly, SO that the sec
retary of state can move into the
suite of offices on the ground floor.
The other rooms have not been as
signed. There was a rumor that the
district beard, food and fuel admins
trations are to occupy a portion of
thes pace, but in view of the fact that
W. F. Scott and Benjamin Gates of
the board of control were appointed
by the beard Of control recently to
direct those commissions and vacate
their rooms by December 1 to find
rooms outs:d the State House, there
seemed to be little ground for it.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-26
THEY SPEAK GERMAN
Many of the Swedes Use This Lam
guage in Conversation

London, Oct. 26-In Sweden one is
disagreeably struck by the number
of people who speak German. When
asked in English, a Swede, be he a
policeman or a civilian, invariably
countered in German. At hotels and
restaurants few porters and walters
understand or speak English. In
boOk-shops English books and maga-
zines are few, while German are
largely represented.
1t is different in Norway, English
is taught at school, and nearly
everybody meets, from the porter at
the station to ones neighbor at the
dinner table, speaks English fuently.
The windows in the book-shops are
full of English and American publ
cations.
The treatment of English-speaking
visitors had more of hearty hospital
ity and kindliness in Norway than in
Sweden.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-26
SECRETARY BAKER
CARRIES A PACK
Found Seventy-Five Pound Load
Some Heavy

London, Sept. 20-(Correspondence
Of The Associated Prcss)-Enlistcd
men of the American Army grinned
sympathetically as they watched the
American Secretary of War, Newton
D. Baker, trudging back ana forth
carrying the heavy pack of the Am
erican soldier, on his back, when he
visited camp of American soldiers
in the Winchester district while in
England The men were adjusting
their cumbersome kits when the
Secretary arrived at the camp.
81 would like to try one of them" ="
said the Secretary to the sergeant
The Lord Mayor of Winchester,
the camp commandant and group
of soldiers all gathered about as MI.
Baker lifted the pack and adjusted
it to his shoulders. Then he trudged
back and forth two or three times
carrying the 70 pound load with a
pair of heavy hob-nailed trench
boots, swinging from the bottom OF
the kit, banged his legs.
"It's heavy, alright" he comment
ed as he unburdened himself, "but
not SO heavy as the Frenchman's
pack l tried one of them a few
days ago and it gave me an addition
ad respect for the Frenchman as a
soldier"
The Secretary made himself at
home and was friendly with the sol
diers. Everywhere he carried his
pipe and several times filled it from
some soldiers pouch as he engaged in
casual chat with the men. "The
whole country is behind you with
everything it possesses" y" was one of
his frequent messages to the fight
ing men. In the Red Gross hospitals
the Secretary went through the wards
and had few CHEEKY words for each
of the patients.
In some Of the camps he dropped
in upon the soldiers at mess time anc
lunched with the big crowd of them
in the mess tent besides little wood
land stream. He looked through
scores of barracks and living quart
ers. He inspected kitchens and spent
ten minutes watching soldiers play,
ing a scrub game of baseball. His
inspection of the Red Gross activities
was comprehensive. He saw the
bathing houses in operation with long
lines of rain coated soldiers waiting
their turn at the showers. He saw
the dental huts, with the Red Cros!
dentists busy at their work. He Wis
tied several Red Cross recreation hut!
and listened to the Red Cross Jas!
bands at practice.
At one camp he found his cous
in, Sergeant Harry Chiswell O.
! Cleveland, and chatted with him fo1
ten minutes. Altogether the Secre
tary gained an excellent impression
of what the American army authori
ties have done in preparing comfort
able and sanitary camps for the sol
diers in the Winchester district
south of London, in preparation TO
the winter.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-26
CANDY RATIONS FOR OUR
SOLDIERS

every soldier in the American Ex-
peditionary Force" says the Stars
and Stripes ir its latest edition, "will
receive half pound of candy every
ten days as a part of his ration.
"The ration will include chocolates
and hard candies of pure sugar, and
is now being made in factories oper-
ated in France"
This is only one of the many evil
dences tha. Uncle Sam is .endeavoring
to do everything possible for the well
fare of the American soldiers.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-26
TOOK A WHOLE TRAIN
Airmen Bombed the Track and the
Cavalry Did the Rest

With The British Army in France,
Correspondence of The Associated
Press), Sept 21-Cavalry operations
in conjunction with bombing air.
planes is one of the wars innova-
tions. In one case an aviator sig
nailed thai he had spotted train
bringing up German reinforcements.
He made for it and dropped a bomb
200 yards ahead of the locomotive de-
molishing the track. Then he per-
formed the same feat just behind the
train, isolating it. The cavalry dash
ed up before the Germans could get
away, and captured every last man
of them.
An office, telling of the incident re-
marks tha5 it resembled an American
film play with the road-agents lining
up their victims against the cars with
their hands high in the air.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-26
WANT A REPUBLIC
Socialists Make a Demonstration in
Front of the Reichstag

Paris, Oct. 25-Enormous crowds,
gathered before the Reichstag build
ing in Berlin, demanded the abdica-
ton of the Kaiser and the establish
ment of q republic, according to
Information today.
The crowds had collected to pay
tribute to Karl Liebknecht, the Soc
ialist leader, recently released after
a long Imprisonment for political OPP
position to the German government,
according to dispatches received by
the newspaper from Zurich.
After frenziedly acclaiming Lieb-
knacht, the people hoisted him into a
vehicle filled with flowers.
Amid wild cheers, Liebknecht de-
clared:
"The peoples hour has arrived"
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-26
USED AMBULANCE
Germans Had 1t Full of Ammunition
and It Bore Geneva Red Cross

With the Allied Armies in France
and Belgium, Oct. 25-The British
army has row obtained absolute proof
that the Germans are violating the
rules Of civilized warfare in respect
to the use of the Red Cross, as had
for some time been suspected. In yes
terday's operations the Fifth Army
captured a German ambulance which,
engaged in carrying amrunition,
bore che Geneva Red Cross. This
vehicle was found to be loaded with
explosives and the capture was con-
sidered so important that sentries
were Immediately posted to make GER
tain that no one touched it until
photographs of it could be taken for
future reference.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-26
A NEW FLAG
The Siberian Republic Has White
and Green Emblem
the winter

Amsterdam, Oct 26-The latest ad-
dition to the flags of nations is the
standard of the new Siberian repub-
lie. 1t is plain white and green, sym
bolizing the country's snowfelds and
its virgin forests.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-26
THE CLOCKS WILL STOP
Test of Daylight Saving Completed
Sunday Morning

Washington, Oct. 26-At 2 o'clock
Sunday morning the United States
will have completed its test of day
light saving, and at that hour the
clocks of the Naval Observatory will
be stopped one hour, as well as 9th
er agencies by which time is regulat-
ed. By order of Director General
McAdoo at the same time all rail-
road trains in the United States will
stop, remain motionless for one hour,
and then proceed.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-26
MAJOR KILLED

Camp Lewis, Tacoma, Wash, Oct.
Alexander P Cronkhite,
son of Major-General A. Cronkhite,
in command of the 80th division, now
in France, accidently shot himself in
camp today with an automatic pistol
and died within two minutes.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-26
CRIME INCREASING
Many Thefts in Sweden of Eatables
and Drinkables

Stockholm, Oct. 26-Police statis-
tics show greatly increasing GRIM
inality in Sweden. The number of
crimes of all kinds reported in Stock
holm during the first six months of
the present year was 12,200, as COM
pared with $500 for the same period
of 1917. The chief increase was due
to thcfts, of which thefts of eatables
and drinkables formed a large part.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-26
ANARCHISTS SENTENCED
Had Been Urging Munition Workers
to Strike

New York, Oct. 25-Five avowed
anarchists, convicted of circulating
antl-government literature which in
cluded pamphlets urging workers in
munition factories to strike, were
sentenced to the federal penitentiary
They were given 20 years, one wo-
man was sentenced to Is years, and
third who turned states evidence
received a sentence of three years.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-26
FORESTS DESTROYED
Thousands of Acres Cut up by the
Gernanssin Poland

Amsterdam, Oct. 2G-Irretrievable
damage has been wrought by the
Germans in the forests of Poland,
asserts Professor Mazosevitch at
Cracow. In Warsaw province alone,
the German governor has coniscatcd
one-third of the forest lands within
his jurisdiction, OF more than 500,-
900 acres. Lithuania and White
Russia have suffered even more, es-
pecially the virgin forests of Bialo-
vicz, which cover an area of 100000
acres and are estimated to be worth
$200,000,000. These forests have now
been cut up by the Germans.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-26


of the American Expeditionary Fore
eS:
Killed in action 5
Died of disease IL
Wounded severely 81
Wounded degree undetermined 1870
Wounded slightly 27
Missing in action 6
Total 211
Marine Casualties
The following casualties are reported
by the commanding general of the
American Expeditionary Forces:
Killed in action 1
Died of wounds received in ac-
ton )
Died of disease II
Wounded in action Severely .
Missing in action 15
Total Al
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-26
THE CASUALTY LIST
No Vermonters Among the Casual
ties

The following casualties are re-
ported by the commanding general
of the American Expeditionary Fore
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-11-04

"Will some kind woman who has room not for men only rent a fur nishcd room to two Canadian girls Don't want to rent the whole house. just one room"
 Some others confess the faith they have in the oid adage thaj it pays Q qdvcrtisc" The first says:
 Does it pay to advertise &25 any person intending Co advertise apartment or house keeping rooms any kind who will give mo such omatjon in advance"
 Tn' other is even more positive z rjs faith that advertising will br. O 'osn'ts. lie says: "Ncycr failed to get yet what ! wanted by advertising. Evcrybo Y tells me No usa'. say you're wron~' So h.rc goes: Middle aged ront'cm; n desires rooms etc etc
 Another seeker breaks into rhvno. Hh. adyarti.cs thus:
 | grrl place, a little space, " Nrr" my cape and bonnet;
 X bed. some chairs, no cooking ca.. Ie.,a single room % doggonc it. Another s.,ms bit peeved De- ema. no on, seems to take him n. t. ao.,i.c in th.s fashion:
 l ..., comfortable home when
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 lad. .u one oi ,aa @a. , wu workers, bat am qa .. ..y a. any m-" aud do n,. ..a. e,c ,,c.
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The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-11-04
..15 IS DINNER BELL FCn THE
 WAR DOG

4 DOG TRAINING CAMP IN ,FRkNCE, Noyo A- A war dogs di" nar-DclI is bomb. When all is ready ..r..c n.a, men standing near dug o.. rratcrs close to the kennels throw ia fused hand grcnades, and right a" Jeff all over the place there are toG- rife explosions with clouds of smolc and dust
 The dogs are not frightened, fof they have been taught that explosions are merely the prelude to a meal. A@ the grcnadoa go off the "dog-mep" run down the line pushing each dog a plate s.cam.ng food within reach, SO thg. .'' arc served at the same time.
 This training teaches the dogs, car wing messages at the front to pa. trough the heaviest barraRe withou, fear, believing that the only purpose .f aIl the racket is to announce his dinner Arriving with tho message at noa@0uorters, the dog at once finds his waiting master, who detaches tho message from the collar rcceptabla end immediately rewards the animal with food. In this way communicac- c. .ops can be maintained with advance clements of troops without the sacri- flee of human life.
 ". "ivanta~cs of a dog messengHr are many The dog of course run much more quickly than a mossenpcr o~l presents a fer more difficult ta"~ ~nt f'r enemy snipers. Tn the case of smell ~arisons in outlying poSts, tnc sa~Iinr of soldier runners seriously wea1,ons the fighting power of tho wi. besides exposing the messengers to all the peril5 of firc-swept zones. Experience hes proved that a com binasion of dor and carrier pigeon service is, f not more reliable than that of the humaH runners, very much moro efficient.
 n E of tho utmost importance that tho dog Of war be safeguarded from nN Establishments and temptations to , l'r~or amor~ Ncw-fouNd friends, fo, everything depends, when he is re- 'ao.o1 uron his boltinq straight back with his precious message to his mas tor As food is the reward for faith 1pl services, no one but the mastes may give the dog even Q scrap of meat.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-11-04
UP AG4INST
 REAL THINU

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The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-11-04

mt ,.1 ts., on coming Co Wa.'n.t. on bgsiuea. one ha Co engage g t.g.o in ba'.mo.. ar Philadelphia .o #..r sow... n uniform aava m.n .. ,oma.inn 1o.. Jo h.o.e canvas ask ir~ tn. a..u.a. to a....n .n" ae |. pa.ou. du. and take in M. uoM,.
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The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-11-04

Mrs. W. c. Mckenzie of Skagway has gone to Seattle After a visit there she will return to Ketchikan and take charge of the ladies' depart ment of Albert Reinert's store.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-11-04

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The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-11-04

CROWN GAS and Distilatc &t J. L. Graef If Pocket Flash light and batteries at
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