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The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-14
SUGGESTIONS ON
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
Offered by the Vermont Committee
Of Public Safety

Montpelier, Oct. 14-The Vermont
Committee of Public Safety has issu
ed the following bulletin on Christ
mas shopping.
The Council of National Defense
has launched a campaign to restrict
Christmas buying during the coming
fall for certain specific reasons.
These arc. in brief, the necessity for
saving labor and material in the
manufacture and sale of Christmas
gifts and Of saving the transportation
and delivery facilities necessarily in
volved in the large volume of Christ
mas purchases.
At a conference between officials
of the Council of National Defense
and representatives of the retail mer-
chants of the country, the merchants
entered into the following agreement: !:
1. Not to increase their working
force by reason Of the Holiday Busi-
ness, over the average force employed
by them throughout the year and not
to increase the normal working hours
of their force during the Christmas
season.
2. To devote a certain part of
their advertising space from now on
to the following purposes:
a. Encouraging the purchase of
useful gifts Except toys).
b. Encouraging the early pur-
chase and carrying of such gifts as
are purchased.
Of course, to carry out this pro-
gram, we, the public must do ou1
share. Will you, therefore, bring this
campaign to the attention of the peo-
pie in your community and see that
the merchants and newspapers are
fully informed as to it's Importance.
The newspapers will be glad to
publish appeals to the public fo1
early buying, and the merchants will
be equally inclined to carry the ap-
peal in their advertising.
The Vermont Committee of Public
Safety asks the hearty cooperation
Of each member Of the District Com
mittee to Give the proper publicity te
this matter.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-14
1T. CTIAMBERLIN KILLED
Burlington Boy Makes the Supreme
Sacrifice
Especial to the Caledonian)

Especial to the Caledonian)
Burlington, Oct. 12-Lieutenant
Guy Chamberlin of this city has been
killed in action in France. He was
commissioned a second lieutenant at
the first Plattsburgh camp and was
Immediately assigned to the End Cav
airy at Fort Ethan Allen, where he
was stationed until he went overseas
last spring. He transferred to a
tank corps as he wished to get
quickly into action and was in charge
of a group Of tanks with the duty of
going ahead and mapping out the
route for the next advance. He
would have graduated this year at
the University of Vermont and was
member of the Sigma Phi frater-
nifty. His only brother, Arthur N.
Chamberlin, formerly of the Free
Press staff, is in aviation service and
has been across since early in the
summer.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-14
VERMONT OFFICERS
Get Their Assignments in Coast Ar
tillery

The following first Heutenants,
coast artillery, who are Vermonters,
have been appointed from the fifth
training camp at Fort Monroe, Va:
Lester E. Badger, South Fairlee, as
signed to the coast defense of Bos-
ton, Fort Warren, Mass. James P.
Fitzpatrick, Pittsford, Fort Warren; !;
Curtis D. Hitchcock, Pittsford, coast
artillery school, Fort Monroe, Va. !;
Pitt W. Hyde, Hydeville, coast artil-
lery school, Fort Monroe; Philip F.
Jones, Wilmington, port of embarka-
ton, Hoboken, N. j.; Percy c. Judd,
Canaan, coast defense of Portland,
Fort Williams, Me; Edward A.
Spaulding, Saxtons River, coast de-
fense Of Roston. Fort Warren.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-14
WHO WILL HELP
THE SICK AND DYING
A Stirring Appeal to the Women of
St. Johnsbury to Render I'M
mediate and Necessary
Assistance
To the People Of St. Johnsbury:

To the People of St. Johnsbury:
Have you not seen the appeal each
day in the Evening Caledonian for
caring for the sick? 1t seems not,
so few respond to the call. You
certainly cannot realize that people
are dying nearly every day for lack
of care. Many of these young peo-
pie could have been saved had they
only had little good care.
Just think what this means. A
father left with anywhere from one
to seven OF eight children to cart
for. Ileft a home yesterday where
the mother was taken to the hospi-
tai; a sick man with his hair streak
ed with gray was left alone to care
for a sick boy in bed and three little
girls sick, laying their heads on pill
lows in chairs. There was no one to
put them to bed, no one realized
how sick they were, and the baby
only three months old. What man
would exchange places with him?
And what woman is there whose
heart would not go out to those dear
children, not hard sick yet but just
needing the care right now. 1t is a
clean home, so won't somebody help
out here, and in many other homes
where the need is great?
Can you imagine whole families
laying for four days without food
OF fire, and only water that some
of the family has risked their life
to get? I have personally visited
such families the past week. Any
willing to help please report at once
to Mrs. Margaret n. Haywood or
Health Officer Fred S. Hartman. It
is not trained nurses that are wanted,
but any women willing to help out
in st. Johnsbuly's dire condition.
A Volunteer Nurse
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-14
THE GRIP ON THE WANE
Barton, St. Johnsbury and St. AL
bans Hard Hit
Especial to the Caledonian)

Especial to the Caledonian)
Burlington, Oct. 13-That infuen-
"a is on the wane in Vermont is the
opinion of Dr.. C. F. Dalton, secre-
tary of the Vermont State Board Of
Health. He has just returned from
an inspection trip of several days in
to all parts of the state where the
epidemic has been raging. There are
few towns, he says, where the dis
ease has failed to find a foothold, it
being the least felt in the extreme
southern part of the state. No esti-
mates are available as to the exact
number of cases, but it is expected
that by Monday Dr.. Dalton will have
matter in hand to make his report
to Washington. The situation in
Montpelier, he states, is clearing up,
and Barre not so many cases. St
Johnsbury, St. Adams, and Barton
are hard hit, he says, and also
Stowe, Springfield, where there are
600 eases, and Waterbury.
The situation here in Burlington
is better, fewer of the boys at the
war schools at the University being
i'll, none dying today, and many re-
covering rapidly. The sunshine of the
past week has been of great benefit
in clearing up things here.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-14
BURLINGTON WORKERS
Everybody Helping Relieve the Con-
ditions in the Queen City
(Snecial to the Caledonian)

Especial to the Caledonian)
Burlington, Oct. 13-Though only
"a hours old, the Nurses Aid Corps
has already sent helpers to various
sections from which appeals were
issued. The corps has been organ
lied by the teachers in the public
schools. Four have been sent to the
Warner Home at st. Albans, where
all their helpers in the care of chill
dren are i'll. Members of the T. N.
A. C. will accompany the local dis
trict nurse in her rounds morning
and afternoon. Four automobiles
have been put at the service of the
teacher-nurses. The idea of central
diet kitchen is under consideration,
and the fully-equipped kitchen of
the domestic science department of
the high school with its teachers and
pupils makes an ideal ready-made
kitchen.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-14
ITALIAN PRISONERS
SUFFER HORRIBLY
How the Y. M. c. A. Gives Them the
Helping Hand

Paris, Sept. %, Correspondence of
Clarence Budington Kelland) by
mail. Exchanged prisoners of war
come back to Italy by way of Lake
Como, and Of all the sights Of this
war, that OF an arrival of exchanged
Italians prisoners is the most pitiful.
In Italy Austarin prisoners are well
cared for, well-treated, well fed.
They go hcme we'll and strong. In
return fo., them Austria sends back
human wrecks, horrible to see. 1t
sends back men mutilated, men vast
ed by starvation and disease, men
who have suffered the most horrible
cruelties. AS each arriving train
comes in half the returned prisoners
have to be carried off in litters. Not
because they are wounded, nor i'll,
but because they have been starved:
Each train is met by the American
Y. M. C. A. with cigarettes and such
things as the soldiers want. Y. M.
c.. A. secretaries pass among the poor
fellows giving them what comfort
they can and what assistance is pos
sible
The sight of the men is like the
sight of q famine. Men are literally
reduced to skin and bones; they are
walking horrors.
From far and near friends and re-
latives Of the prisoners come to meet
them, hoping that their loved ones
will be in the consignment. One
poor old mother, living in a distant
province Of Italy, walked to Como no
less than four times, vainly waiting
for her only remaining son. At last
the government took notice of her,
and procured her transportation on
! the railroad.
At last her son came. All the re-
turning prisoners were off the train
and it looked as if her sixth visit
were in vain, but presently a litter
was carried off the last car. She had
not been prepared for this for her
son was still pictured in her mind as
the strong, hearty boy who had gone
away from her.
Supported by Y. M. C. A. man
she drew near hesitatingly, but turn
ed away her face. She could not
bear to look Neither she nor her
son had been fortified against such a
meeting. But the boy rose to the
emergency. He stretched out his
emaciated hand and grasped hers and
drew it against his cheek. Mother, .
he said in Italian, u haven't but one
eye left and only ones1eg-but I'm
your son yet. I love you as much as
if l were whole. Aren't you glad to
see me-
She burst into tears-tears of grief
and of joy, and threw herself up on
his body, n2umbling his name, ,cuddline
him.
And so they come. Skeletons, hor-
rors, monsters, ''mutiles" sent back
by Austria in exchange for wellfed
healthy, happy Austrians. The cor
trast is one that speaks with an elo-
Quence not to be forgotten.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-14
DRIVEN FROM RUSSIA
Dared Not Face Winter With Food
and Fuel Shortage

Stockholm, Oct. 13-Dr. George E.
Simons, pastor of the American
Methodist church at Petrograd; Rob-
ert FRANKIE, a Moscow manufacturer,
and ten American employees of the
international Harvester Company's
factory at Lubertsy, near Moscow, to-
gether with~their families, have arriv-
ed here
All these American expected to re-
main in Russia, as most of them had
lived there a long time, knew the
language and were engaged in work
supported by the Bolshevik govern
ment, but food conditions were so
terrible and fuel was so scarce that
they feared they could not endure the
winter
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-14
ENGLAND SAYS NO ARMISTICE
But UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER
BERLINERS GREATLY EXCITED
CHAMPION WOMAN RIVETER
She Dove 264 Copper Rivets in Two
Hours

Portsmouth, N. H, Oct. 12-Miss
Annie Tobey, an operator in the cleo
trical shop at the Portsmouth navy
yard, won contest for women rive
ters here yesterday, when she drove
264 copper rivets into battery boxes
in two hours Machinists claimed
that this was record for women.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-14
HAVE FOUND THE BUG
Two French Scientists Have Isolated
the Influenza Germ

Paris, Oct. IA despatch from
Tunis says that two French scientists
have succeeded in isolating the in
fectious agent which causes the
Spanish influenza. The despatch ap-
pears today in the Paris Matin.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-14

The life of a man was saved in
Australia by means of an operation
without proper instruments under the
direction Of a surgeon 1900 miles
away. The subject fell from his
horse ut Halls Creek, in northern
Australia, and suffered serious inju-
ries. An operation was urgently
necessary and there was no doctor
within 1000 miles. The condition of
the patient was described by tele-
graph to doctor in Perth and he
sent back by the same means in
structions under which the postmas-
ter at Halls Creek, with such surgi-
cal instruments as he could get, the
chief of which was razor, carried
out the operation successfully.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-14
SPECIAL NOTICE
To the Prudential Insurance Policy
Holders

Owing to the sickness of every man
connected with the St. Johnsbury Of
fee it is requested that all policy
holders cooperate with the local
cashier in the adjustment of her ac-
counts, either by bringing OF sending
their premiums to the local office in
the Citizens Savings Bank block, on
or before Wednesday, Oct. 16.
Thanking our policy holders for
their kindly cooperation, l remain,
+. C. A. Babcock, Supt.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-14
MUST WEAR GAUZE MASK
BARRIERS in Jersey City Under Orders
of Health Board

New York, Oct. 12-The Jersey
City health board today distributed
gauze masks to BARRIERS, which must
be worn for the duration of the epi-
demic while cutting hair and shaving.
A total of 4,502 cases have been re-
ported in Jersey City.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-14
WEATHER

Fair tonight with frost, Tuesday
warmer. f@A AZ
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-14

CAN EApeQlLlondfy FOrceS:
Killed in action 387
Missing IN action 142
Wounded severely 76O
Died from wounds 166
Died from accident and other
causes 20
Died of disease 1854
Died from aeroplane accident 2
Wounded, degree undetermined 121
Wounded slightly 8
Total ITO
Total Number of Casualties to Date,
Including Those Reported Above
Killed in action (including POI
at sea) 8,878
Died of wounds 5000
Died of disease, 2,307
Died of accident and other
causes 1,O42
Wounded in action 24,424
Missing in action (including pris-
oners) 5,465
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-14
THE CASUALTY LIST
Only Six Fermonters in the List of
1900

Washington, Oct. 1.-the follow
ing casualties are reported by tre
Commanding General of the Ameri-
can EXpeditionary Forces:
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-14

These Vermonters are in the list:
Pt. Arthur H. Fimerin, Burlington,
killed in action.
Prt. Paul E. Mills, Barre, died of
disease.
Prt. Edward H. Bassett of Burling-
ton, wounded severely in action.
Prt. Clarendon A. Bradford, East
Dorset, wounded, degree undeter-
mined.
Sergt. Omar J. Talbot, Berlin, N.
H., died of disease
Marine Corps Casualties
Killed in action 16
Wounded in action (severely) %
Wounded in action degree unde-
termined) 9
Missing in action 16
In hands of enemy 2
Died of wounds received in action 4
sc
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-18
FINANCIAL NOTES.

Announcement has been m ade that the Mer'
camille Trust and Deposit Company will pay
its employees q bonus of 10 per cent, OF theiI
| enlaries, This m axes 70 per cent. paid 10 the
employees this year.
Fidelity Trust Company Of Buffalo has
made application TO the Secretary OF state C
| increase It's capital stock from Soo,OOo tc
| 81, COX, 90.
New York Coffee and sugar Exchange seat
of E. L. Lueber has been sold 10 L. Seitz
for $1,000 an increase over the previous sale
of $3.50
The 100000 Republic Motor Company I
percent serial notes recently offered by A. u
Leach & Co, Hallgaten h Co. and George ii
Burr & Co have been overeubscribed.
Hiberna Bank and Trust Company of New
Orleans has elected II. 8. Hecht president. MI
Hecht. who is also vice president OF the bank
succeeds John J. Cannon. resigned.
National City Company has bought an issue
of $3.50 600 city of Detroit Al per cent, bonds
at par and q premium of q, 49, 80.
Report Of the Federal Mining and smelling
Company for the quarter ended October 81
last shows an operating profit OF tS7l,e7
compared with S43l6iS for the same period
last year.
Mohawk Mining Company, the wolverine
Mining Company and the Michigan Copper
Company produced e3O,S2J, SO.332 and 1874 ,Ss2
pounds of copper, respectively, in November.
Union Stock Yard Bank OF Buffalo has in
creased its capital from S&0,0OO to $jOo,OOO.
New York Stock Exchange has stricken
from the list the stock OF the Peoples Bank
OF New York.
Magma Copper Company reports production
in November of g92 971 pounds, against 9i9,.
Is pounds in October.
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CHICAGO.


1000 CHI RVS ser D S ~ ST. 30 ;ois
500 Com Edison LIST u vs. 90 aSs. GJa.
1890 Pub Ser n III Is SIS ssh So. s7%
1000 Swift LIST 5s...... s67s s67i O6L s6fs
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-18
MATING CO. TO LIQUIDATE.
Common Stockholders Fight Plans
of Action.


For the protection OF interests of hold
ers of common shares Of the American
Mailing Company. and for the conserva-
ton OF the sssets of the company, a
OF substantial number OF the COM
pany's common shares. with George B.
Mott as secretary. Pending permanent
organization, the committee Is urging
the cooperation of the common share
holders as protective action, the COM
mlttee announced yesterday, must be
taken before noon January .. when the
stockholders meeting has been called 10
vote on a dissolution resolution.
In a statement the committee says
that 1t contends that the deposit agree.
ment OF the first preferred Shareholders
committee makes no equitable provision
for impartial protection of the common
shareholders in order TO put through q
liquidating plan obviously in the In.
terests of the former.
"In other words" the committee as
serts, THE common stockholders are
asked to vote themselves out of their
own rights and property without guar
anty of fair treatment and without re-
courses"
The common stockholders committee
also contends that there Is no present
necessity for the liquidation of the COM
pany and that during the temporary
suspension OF the company's business
for the period of rehabilitation of the
army Is an inopportune time TO realize
on lite property investment.
The committee OF preferred stockhold-
ers urges liquidation of the company's
affairs on certain grounds, which the
common stockholders committee states
TO be inadequate and unsound
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-18
REACTION IN COTTON
AFTER EARLY RISE
January Contracts Sell Up to
27.40c. in Forenoon
Advance.

A further advance in the cotton mar
ket during yesterdays early trading met
considerable liquidation and was fol-
lowed by reactions, with the close steady.
20 points net higher to 8 points lower.
January contracts sold UP to 27.lOc on
the forenoon advance. making a recov-
cry OF 2 cents a pound or $40 a bale
from the low point touched after the
publication Of the Governments crop es-
Innate last week. This was evidently
sufficient TO attract realizing and there
may also have been some selling In the
late trading on rumors Of large private
ginning figures.
There were reports that ocean freight
room for about 700 bales OF cotton
had been booked for shipment from
Southern ports during the last two
weeks. including room for Zoe, 900 bales
for Spain from New Orleans and CAL
weston. IL was also learned after the
close that the Shipping Board had re-
leased four more steamers for the over
seas trade.
Exports were sI.9Ss bales, making
1,53S,Ss4 this season against 1,S91,S12
last year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-18
STRONG UNDERTONE
MARKS CURB STOCKS
Renewed Buying in Oil and
Other Issues That Have
Advanced Recently.
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL UP
War and Motor Shares Quiet
and LOwer-BOnd List
Fairly Active.

Although price changes were Irregular.
stronger undertone marked the trading
In the curb securities market yesterday.
There was renewed buying in the oil and
other Issues which have shown steady
advances in the last few sessions but the
net gains were not quite SO large.
Royal Dutch Shell continued In active
demand and advanced to n new high
level for the present movement. Inter-
national Petroleum also was strong and
sold above is to new high record and
Midwest Refining advanced 8 points, but
changes among the other Independent oil
stocks were small Among the Standard
OH companies Penn Mex Fuel touched a
new high record and Galena Signal OH
recovered good part OF the recent loss
which resulted from the passing OF the
dividend.
In the industrial section Keystone Tire
and Rubber was quiet in the early trad
Ing but was in good demand in the late
part OF the session and established a
new high record. The war and motor
stocks were quiet and lower, Peerless
Motors being an exception. rising about
point. The company has offered to
redeem 100000 OF the ten year per
cent. convertible notes.
The introduction to the list OF the
Studebaker per cent. serial notes broad
ened an otherwise small bond list, There
was moderate trading in nearly all OF
the maturities. with little change In
prices. With the exception of the 1926
and 1929 series. which were fractionally
lower. all changed hands at the subscrip.
ton prices.
Total sales and range Of prices follow
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-18
CONSOLIDATED EXCHANGE,

,ss i',"E pressure I'm heavy volume in
tn,o "p afternoon made for a reactIonary
Cons,, ~ the market yesterday on the
,n,,1Iuated Exchange A break was
dos'a Va Marine preferred, which sold
n.s, u a.most five points to 100 Il before
az iimS with slight support. It closed
IDor q loss OF points. Steel COM
r".a. which went to 9s, n gain OF IL
hSS,, So unchanged with tho minor steeis
t,nn,g m the decline. Equipment
rs,, nTh firm in the downward move
tIyh' ar ana Foundry closing at the
~, "' ~" session, Ssl5, an advance
Doln, POINTS, while Baldwin was up
III copper issues closed irregular,
gains op, nv "f III" group losing previous
to'r, ". Ni'an Petroleum, after a
IN. gan, was only n point higher al
Wa In n" sprcialties, including
Car s 'n1y Emitted states Rubber,
far,,u '''"'.. TO stocks. which had gains
lny lug ''"n4 one to three points. clos
imr,ft1 'H"us showed only fractional
,jTn,s '''"... The railroad shares con-
Iva u'. and attracted little specula-
Ess a., " Trading in Liberty bonds
." '''' '2.1nc with prices steady.
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TITLE GUARANTEE AND Trust COM

No. 176 broadway, New York CITY, Dee. H. 1915.
BY resolution OF the Board Of Trustees
the regular quarterly dividend of FIVE
PER CENT has been declared and Is pay
able December 3lst, 1918, to the stock
holders OF record at the close OF business
on December 23rd. 1918
- n A II NJ
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-18
WAR BOARD AIDS DISBAND.
Peace Cancels Functions of Iron
ana steel Committees.

The general committee of the Ameri-
can Iron and Steel Institute as well as
the committees OH distribution. ore ship
ment. ferro-alloys and others, Will be
disbanded next Saturday. The only
committee remaining will be that on pig
tin. A letter to this effect has been sent
by Judge Gary. president of the institute,
to the various charmen.
These committees were organized to
assist and advise the Government OIL
production and distribution of iron and
steel products during tho period of the
war, and worked in close cooperation
with the War Industries Board.
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MIDLAND TERMINAL RAILWAY
COMpANY

Sealed proposals will be received at the
office of The Farmers Loan and Trust
Company, 1929 William Street. New York
City, for the sale to the Trustee. In ac-
cordance with the provisions OF the mort
gnge dated the LIST day Of December. 1898,
of a SUFFICIENT amount of bonds to invest
S2.S5703 OF the sinking Fund.
Proposals must he presented before IL
O'clock NJ. on the 3oth day of December.
1918, and should be directed aB follows:
proposals. to Sinking Fund, the Mid-
land Terminal Railway Company, The
Farmers Loan and Trust Company. 1912
william Street. New York. y. Y" -
THE FARMERS LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY. Trustee,
BY EDWIN s. MARSToN, President.
New York, December 2. 1918.