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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-04-04
LIST OF MANCHESTER BOYS At
PRESENT IN THE SERVICE

In is the intention Of The Journal to
keep an accurate roster Of all Man
chester boys that are in the United
States service during the present war
and to that end we invite all who have
sons in the service whose names do not
appear here TO notify Us at once so
that they may get in. So far as we
can remember the list is MS follows:
Chauncey S Shaw, Capt. L. S, Ord
nance Dept
J. L. Loyeioy NJ, D., LIST Lieut.,
NJ. O. II. c.
L. J. Callahan, VI D., LIST Lieut. Nj.
o. X. c.
Robert X. EdRerton, Ensign and
Assistant Paymaster, U. S. Navy
Clarence Hosley, Sergeant in Regu-
lar Army.
Geo. Stewart Bennett, LIST Sergeant,
LIST VI.
Benjamin G. Cleveland, Sergeant,
N. "A.
Philip w. Towsley, Corporal Co, NJ,
36lst Infantry, n. A.
Arr A. Brownson, Corporal, I. S.
Signal Corps.
William H. Kelton, Sergeant N. A.
Charles Gleason, LIST VT,
Alfred Robert, lst VT
William Collette, LIST VT
Robert Turner, lst Vt.
Harry NJ. Sidney, 1st VT,
David Bentley, LIST Vt
+. j, Marley, Y. S, Navy.
Alvin Markcy, U. S Engineers.
Kingman Perkins, L. S. Aviation
Corps in France.
Roger c, Perkins, Y, $, Naval Air
Service.
Walter Kelley, U. s. Aviation
Branch.
Harry H, McGufIin Goth U. S. F. A.
George Fisher, L. 5 G. A.
J. Rutherford Stone, U. S. c. A.
Louis shapiro, Jr., LIST Div. Co. Am
muniton Train
Morris Abbott, Medical Corps.
Daniel Blackmcr, Co. A., LIST Vt
Byron Morgan, lst Glass Fireman,
U. S. Navy.
Murio Parquirle, n, A.
Charlie Anderson, N. A.
John A. Powers, n. A.
Mike Cosalio, n. A.
Thomas f. Smith, N. A.
rrark Bushec, n. A.
~-rne II. Stone, n. A.
octoye z. Godctte, Jr., n. A.
Robert n. Wildwood, N. A.
Emanuel A. Kaifatos, n. A.
Fred Palate, n. A.
Nelson n. Lorett. Co NJ, 2nd n. Y.
Ernest ]. Bourn, U. S. c. A.
Gilbert A. Cherbonneau, Y. S. {. A.
Clyde II Bryant, Y. $. G. A.
Andrew s. Cadoret, Z. S. c. A.
Earl II. Ellison. L. S. Signal Corps
Geo. n. Johnston, LIST Vt. Infantry
Edgar c. Bryant, Jr., mechanic, =
S. Aviation Branch.
Albert Cadorct, Forestry Branch u
s. Signal Corps
Louis r. Wilton, Co ], 18th Y. S
Infantry.
Eugene Hoslcy, Aviation Branch, Z
S. Signal Corps.
Ettorc Zaadi, y. A.
Emile Cody. N. A.
Onaatasio Derijuzzi, N. A.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-04-04
Manchester, Vermont Telephone 1872
EXPRESSION OF APPRECIATION

Dear Mr.. Bennett
This is no perfunctory card Of
thanks" but an imperfect expression
Of our appreciation as family for
the innumcrable tokens Of sympathy
manifested by words, by letters, by
flowers, and by kindly assistance re
ceived By us in the hour Of our great
bereavement. They have all helped,
and will never be forgotten.
SIDNEY X. PERKINS.
Manchester, April /, 1913.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04
U. S. TAKES OVER RAILROADS
Director McAdoo Drafts Rail Presi
dents to Work Out Operating Plans.

Washington, Dec. GAS the first
practical step in the governments op-
Grafton of railroads, which began yes
terCay, Director General McAdoo
drafted the railroad war board into
the government service to work out
plans of unified operat on and submit
them to him for approval. The
emergency operators" include Fair
fax Harrison, president of the South
ern railway; Howard Elliott, New
York, New Haven & Hartford rail-
way; julius Kruttschnitt, chairman
executive committee Southern Pacific;
Hale Holden, president Chicago, Bur-
lington & Quincy, and Samuel Rea,
president Pennsylvania lines.
At noon Friday the approximately
$50, 900 miles of American railway sys-
tens silently merged into one great
continual chain for the winning of the
war, regarded by many as the open
ing of a new epoch in government OPP
Grafton and control of public utilities,
passed by without formal ceremony:
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04
Five Perish In New York Cold.

New York.-When the thermometer
went to 13 below zero Dec. 20 New
York experienced the coolest weather
in the history of the local weather
bureau. There was general suffering
because of coal shortage. Six below
zero was the former low mark. Five
deaths due to cold were reported and
many persons suffering from frost
bite were treated at hospitals. Fog
over the harbor virtually suspended
water traffic. Hundreds who had no
coal took refuge in police stations.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04
QUAKE DESTROYS
GUATEMALA CITY.
THEATER FILLED WITH PEOPLE
coLLAPsEs AND MANY ARE
KILLED AND INJURED.
125,0ooA ARE HOMELESS
PROVISIONS ARE SCANT AND U.
s. SHIPS ARE SENT TO REM
DER ASSISTANCE.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
San Salvador, Dec. 31.-Guatemala
City, capital of the republic of Guate'
mala, has been completely destroyed
by an earthquake. Many persons were
killed in the disaster, some in their
homes and others in the street. The
Colon theater, which was filled with
people, collapsed. There were many
casualties among the audience. Vari-
Gus hospitals and asylums and the
prisons were badly damaged and
many patients and prisoners were
killed. The railroad depot, sugar
mills, postoffice, the American and
British legations, United States con-
sulate and all the churches in the city
have been leveled. Deep fissures
opened in the middle of the city.
The inhabitants in panic have fled
from the capital. Scores of thousands
are homeless. The stock of provisions
in the city is scant and aid is required
promptly.
The Salvadorean government has
suspended the official New Year cele-
bration and entered into mourning in
sympathy with Guatemala.
Washington, Dec. 81. Another
earthquake at Guatemala City Sunday
virtually destroyed the city. A Navy
Department report said everything
was in ruins and that $4,000 people
were in the streets. American naval
vessels have been ordered to render
assistance.
The series of earthquakes began
Christmas day and eliminated Sunday
night In violent shocks which cOmplet-
ed the work of destruction.
The original Guatemala City was
destroyed in 1541 and 5000 Of the in
habitants were killed by a deluge of
water from a nearby volcano, which
was rent by an earthquake. The sec
ond capital was destroyed by an earth
quake in 1878. The houses Of the
present capital were built low in con-
sequence of the liability to earth
quakes.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04
RED CROSS GETS 500, ooo, 900.
Each Of Thirteen National Divisions
Exceeds Quota Set for It.


Exceeds Quota Set for It.
New York, Dec. 31.-The American
Red Cross will begin the new year
with a membership of more than 90
900, 900, it was announced at the close
of the nationwide enrolment cam
paign. Every one of the thirteen ma
tional divisions exceeded the quota set
for it.
Actual new members added to the
rolls were 14,S53,535 and of this num-
Der the Southwestern division contrib
uted 3,25O,OOO. The other divisions
and the number of new members fol-
lows: Central, 2,750,000; Lake, g.
100000; Atlantic, LOGO, 900; Pennsyl-
vania, 1,450,O 900; New England, 1,200,-
900; Northwestern, $685.; Pacific,
5 100000; Northern, 3SS,000; Gulf, $751;
900; Potomac, 100000; Southern, $780,
900; Mountain, $4,000.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04
Hundred sammies Given Promotion!

Hundred Sammies Given Promotions.
With the American Army in France.
One hundred American soldiers re
ceived promotions Monday for their
Christmas presents. Included in the
lucky list of Sammies were two en-
cheering officers whose GOODNESS at
Cambria helped the British check the
boches' counter attacks.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04
TRIALS OF THE HOME MAKER
Women Find Daily sameness Of Work
E~xasperatino and Long for Res
pite From Duties.

At the outset the home maker often
accepts cheerfully enough such max
inns as blessed be d~rudgery" and "he
who Is faithful in that which is least
shall become the greatest" She mas
tiers in a year or two years at most de
tails which must. nevertheless, be re-
peated. although all the freshness and
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04
Mexican Eederals After Bandits,

Ell Paso, Tex.-Mexican federal cav
airy troops have taken up the "hot
trail" in pursuit of the few remaining
Mexican bandits who raided the Brite
store and ranch Christmas morning,
killing three civilians and wounding
one, beginning the bandit chase in
Mexico, where the American cavalry
troops were forced to abandon it be-
cause of the lack of supplies and dis
lance from their base in Mexico.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04
Next Formal Draft About Feb. is.

Washington.-The next draft call
including deferred percentages of the
first quota will be made up under
the QUESTIONABLE classification, Pro-
vost Marshal General Crowder an
nounced. There will be no further for
NAL call, therefore, before Feb. Is, he
said.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04

this curtailment will be marked. Com
petition in passenger traffic between
Chicago and st. Paul and Chicago ant
the Pacific coast, for example, will b.
abolished. This will mean the with
drawal Of many trains.
Why Course Was Taken.
In Il statement accompanying tn
proclamation President Wilson say
that he takes this radical action "be
cause it has become imperativel!
necessary for me to do So" In order
to mobilize in the shortest possible
time all the material resources of the
nation for the conduct of the war The
railroads, says the president, must be
organized. co-ordinated, and employed
under a single authority.
The attempt of the railroads them
selves to provide this single authority
and simplitied organization in the ex'
listing railroads war board and its
special operating committee has
limitations, although the president
pays high tribute to the ability and
zeal Of the five rail executives whose
efforts have been devoted to the task.
The organization effected by the
railroads war board will be the foun-
dalton upon which Director General
McAdoo will build the structure of
government control. 1t Is not unlike
ly that some, If not all of the members
of the war board, will be associated
with Mr.. McAdoo in administering the
management of the unified lines.
In his statement the president refers
to the defects of the system of unifica-
ton attempted under private control.
Several railroads have suffered finan-
cially and physically from carrying
II the orders of the war board, which
required them to be utilized in "
tremely Improbable transportation in
order that the transportation of war
materials might be facilitated.
Need Fear No Losses
Under government control no rail-
road will incur such losses. The rail-
roads will not be interested in what
class of traffic they handle, will not
care whether it Is profitable or unprof-
liable. If it is Improbable the loss
will be made good by the government,
for the government assures the stock
holders the return on their Investment
they enjoyed Con the annual average)
for the three years ended June 30,
1917.
Under government control the rail-
roads are to be assisted in obtaining
the capital necessary to finance the
vast extensions of trackage and ter
minals and the building of additional
locomotives and cars made imperative
by the demands of war.
The president says that under gov
eminent control 'the financial earn
ings of the railways need not then in
~terfere with the borrowings of the gov
eminent" Railroad investments are
to be made attractive to investors by
the government guarantee. Eventu-
ally a loan may be made by the gov
ernment to the railroads.
II is said. however. in the selection
of Mr.. McAdoo for director general of
railroads that there lies the greatest
promise of government assistance to
the railroads in financing their opera
tions and extensions.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04
Date Set for Aliens to Register.

Washington.-The week of Feb. 4
was set aside by the Department of
Justice for registration of the $780, 900
unnaturalized Germans in the Cont
mental United States by police and
postmasters in pursuance of President
wilson's alien enemy proclamation.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04
U. S. Troops XIII Mexican Bandits.

Maria, Tex, Dec. 2S.-Ten of the
Mexican bandits who raided Candida
ria Christmas morning were killed
and a number wounded when Ameri.
can cavalry troops under Col. George
T. Langhorne overlook the fleeing
bandits on the Mexican side of the
Rio Grande. One American soldier
was wounded during the running
fight, but will recover. Many of the
horses stolen by the bandits we're re.
covered.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04
Belgium Stripped Of Meager Food.

Washington.-An official dispatch
received here by the Belgian legation
said information had come through
Holland that the Belgians in occupied
territory are being literally stripped
bare by German requisition, extending
to the most necessary requisites of
life.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04
President Celebrates e1st Birthday.

Observation-Disclosures with the
taking over of the railroads, President
Wilson celebrated his sixty-first birth
day. No special ceremony was
planned at the White House. as the
wartime rush of work makes impos-
sible any deviation in the Presidents
daily routine. Congratulatory letters
and messages piled into the White
House all day.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04
interest have gone out of them.

interest have gone out OF them.
Through many years of conscien-
tious work the home maker does not
time she suffers from a growing suspi-
cion that life is not acquiring for her
the values which she expected, hat for
her it is bringing no widening Of
sphere or Of outlook. In a vague un-
analysed way. says a writer in the
New Republic. she feels the memorable
effects Of child training and house
keeping upon her own mental life
and powers. :
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04
Why McAdoo VS. Chosen,
Earning and Spending,

Earningi money keeps some men
from their wives. Spending money
drives some women farther away from
their husbands. The proper way is for
husband and wife to earn together and
spend together.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04
SLAYER of Two Americans Shot

Washington.-At least one of the
Mexicans who killed Lee Sharp and
Clarence Sellers near Piedras Negras
recently has been shot and killed by
Mexican government troops, the Amer
lean consul at Piedras Negras re-
ported.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04
Miehiuan Has 100000 Fire.

Saginaw, Mich.-Fire of unknown
origin destroyed the Saginaw-Bay City
Traction Company's car barns here.
Thirty-six city street cars were con
sumed. Only four cars were saved.
The damage is placed at 100000.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04
Reds Seize Petrograd Banks.

Petrograd.-Soldiers acting under
the orders of Finance Commissioner
Menshinsky surrounded and seized all
private banks in Petrograd, including
the branch of the national City Bank
of New York.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04

Kaiser's Airmen Kill v. s. Troops.
With the American Army in France.
During a recent moonlight night
German aviators dropped bombs lear
a certain town, and two American pri-
Yates who were in a camp in a wood
were killed.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04
Secretary Lane to Address Councils.

Washington.-War conferences of
State Councils of Defense will be adj
dressed during the week of Jan. IA to
10, by Secretary Lane at Chicago,
Louisville; Columbus, Mo-; Topeka,
Kan, and Lincoln, Neb.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04
Wife Shoots Hun Tearing v. S. Bond.

Los Angeles, Cal-Because her hus-
band, William Kafitz, a wealthy re-
tired German, attempted to tear up the
Liberty Bonds which she had pur-
chased, Mrs. Maud M. Kafitz, an Amer
lean woman, shot and seriously wound.
ed him at their palatial home here.
The police refused to arrest Mrs. Ka-
fitz.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04
Wanted Company.

Professor Tin chem. lab.)-"This is
a very explosive substance and IT
might blow us all sky-high. Come
closer, gentlemen, SO you may be bet
ter able to follow me"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04
Army Needs $500 Nurses.

Observation-Disclosures based on
an army of 1,50O, 900 men are that 81
500 nurses will be needed in the army
nurse corps.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04
1REACHERY SUSPECTED
ALLIES WILL REJECT TERMS Of
FERED BY COUNT CZERNIN,
Will Ask Germany to Make Repara.
tion for All Wrongs and Evacuate
Territory Seized.

London, Dec. 2S.-Germany's latest
peace offer made through Count
Czernin, foreign minister of Austria
Hungary, will be rejected by the al
lies, just like other peace offers that
have emanated from Berlin during the
sidered absolutely unsatisfactory to
Great Britain and it is presumed Lon
don is speaking for all of the allies.
OF course, the Czernin offer has not
been communicated to the allies Off
cially, but its text has been read by
those who are in charge of the gov
eminent and by them openly and un
officially rejected.
So suspicious of treachery is Lon
don of any peace offer from Germany
that something more substantial than
a communication from the Austro-
Hungarian foreign minister to the
Russian Bolsheviki will have to lie
made before any attention is paid.
Germany can have peace if she
makes the proper kind of an offer and
not until. The Czernin offer is a clet-
er proposition which could be con-
strued in a dozen different ways at a
conference table. This is one of the
reasons why the allies suspect more
German treachery. 1t is doubtful if
any answer is made to the peace Of
fer, even if it is presented to the al
lies in some formal manner.
Germany must make full reparation
for all the wrongs and barbarities she
has inflicted Upon the allies and must
%evacuate all territory she has seized
and is now occupying. She must also
give up Alsace-Lorraine, surrender
any claim to her lost colonies, and re-
store Poland. In addition, it must be
understood that the Holy Land will
v be returned to the Turks nor
will Turkish territory captured by the
British at an enormous cost of blood
and treasure be returned to Sultan.
And when the Kaiser is ready to &C.
cede to these demands, he will be
asked by the United States to pay for
all the American ships his U-boats
have sent to the bottom OF the ocean
in violation of international law. Fur
thermore, he will be expected to pay
a heavy indemnity for all American
lives lost as the result of the opera
tion: of his U-boats and e raiders.
Washington, Dec. 28.-Germany's
proposals to the Russian Bolshevik en-.
voy through the Austro-Hungarian for
eign minister for a basis of peace,
have attracted little more than pass
ing interest here, chiefly because the
attitude of the United States govern
ment has not changed in any degree
since President Wilson solemnly told
Congress that the word Of the present
rulers of Germany could not be &C.
cepted for anything worth while.
Moreover, officials here think the
very conditions imposed by the Teu-
tonic plenipotentiaries stamp their
promises of mo annexation and nc in
IDENTITIES" as insincere.
1t has been assumed from the first
that the object of the Germans would
be to keep the Russians talking as
long as possible, confuse the situation
in every conceivable way and thereby
gain time for further troop movements
to France, while impressing their pee
pie at home with the idea that the
Kaiser really wants to make peace.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04
Aliens Barred From Business.

Chicago.-A city ordinance denying
aliens license to engage in business
after May 1, 1918, unless they have
taken out their first citizenship pa
pers, is in effect here.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04
Bank President Held for Murder.

Peoria, HE. A. Strause, the bank
president who killed his cashier,
Berne M. Mead, recently was held
without bail on a murder charge by
verdict of a coroner's jury.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04

Japan to Cooperate With Allies.
Tokio-Co-operation of Japan with
her allies in the war to the fullest ex-
tent of her ability was pledged by EN-.
peror Yoshihito in the speech from the
throne at the opening Of parliament.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04

Chinese Troops Capture Hardin.
Tokio.-Two hours of street fight
ing preceded the surrender of the Boil
shevik forces in Hardin to Chinese
troops, according to a foreign office
dispatch.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04
Fire Sweeps Packing Plant.

Chicago.-Fire at the plant of the
Omaha Packing Company caused a
loss estimated at $3.50 900.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04

While Mr.. McAdoo will not relin
quish his post as head of the treasur,
department he will be compelled Il
turn over to others most of the routint
business of the department to which
at present he is giving his persona
attention. OF course he will have 9
number of capable assistants to re
lieve him of some of the responsibilit,
connected with the duties he will short
ly assume
No Limit to Powers.
In his proclamation the president
confers upon Mr.. McAdoo powers thai
will be practically unlimited when he
enters upon the direction of the rail-
ways and can be limited subsequent,
ly only by the president or by con.
gress.
In the first place, Mr.. McAdoo is au.
thorized to control and direct the rail.
ways under private operation by
existing directors, receivers and Off
GERS $50 long and to such extent as
he may determine" The railroad Off
Gals are Informed in the proclama-
tion that they will continue the opera
ton Of the properties until and except
so far as said director shall from time
to time by general or special orders
provide"
Mr.. McAdoo will have power to dis
charge existing directors and other Of
ficials and appointed new ones. How
ever, it is expected that generally the
executive forces Of the various roads
will continue in their offices. In fact,
there is supposed to be no one else
available for these Jobs, from presi-
dents down.
Can Decide on Rates.
The director general is to WELD au-
thority paramount to that of the inter-
state commerce commission and state
railway commissions. The statutes
and orders of these bodies are to re-
main binding upon the railroads only
so long as Mr.. McAdoo approves.
When he decides that rates should
be revised upward or downward. or
that national or state regulations
should be charged, all he will have to
do is to issue an order putting the
change into effect, and that order, I'M
der the presidents proclamation, "shall
have paramount authority and be obey
ed as such"
The regular dividends hitherto de-
clared and the interest upon bonds and
other obligations are to be paid as
usual, unless Mr.. McAdOO should de-
termine otherwise. but all renewals
and extensions of maturing obliga-
tons can be made by the roads only
with the approval Of the director gen.
eral.
Why McAdoo VS. Chosen.
The president says he and Secretary
of War Baker. in whose name the ex-
ecutive takes possession of the lines.
are agreed that existing circumstances
make advisable the appointment of Mr..
McAdoo, "whose practical experience
peculiarly fits him for the service and
whose authority as secretary of the
treasury will enable him to coordinate,
as no other man could. the many finan-
cial interests which will be involved
and which might, unless systemat-
ically directed, suffer embarrassing en-
o.lopoar
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04
Cold Wave Hits Chicauo.

Chicago.-The cold wave made itself
apparent in Chicago Dec. % with a 30
dagree drop Of the mercury to 1 above
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04

Ground Glass Found in Food.
Camp Dodge, Iowa.-Ground glass
was discovered in canned tomatoes -
sued here for use Of soldiers. . a..