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The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-04
REACTION
FROM WAR TIME
ECONOMY
Retail Business Already Re-
ported Better by Peace
News
BUILDING PLANS TO
BE CARRIED OUT
Eight Billion Dollars Must
Be Raised Next
Year

w dSIIl1SlO TOLL DcC. 9--kcdCllOH lIOllI
war time economy is apparent in re-
ports TO various government agencies
since the signing Of the arnlistiee.
War savings committees in all parts
Of the country have submitted state
ments tending to show that persons
who abstained from buying unneces-
sary clothes during the war have rush
ed to shops within the past week or
two and b; ught according to prc-war
standards.
Retail businesses report stimulation
OF business by peace news. In some
cases, the response was immediate,
business showing big jump within
day or two after Nov. II. This re-
action seems most marked among the
wealthier classes
Reports gathered by the Federal
Reserve Board also show activity
among wholesale houses to meet the
demand of retailers. The wholesale
business, however, is somewhat res
tricted by the desire of retail mer-
chants to let their stocks quickly run
low, while waiting for prices to come
down. Thousands Of retailers quickly
arranged special sales of their stocks
at lower prices, in view Of the uncer-
tainties Of the future course of prices.
Building operations have taken a
sudden start after the long enforced
period Of sluggishness during the war,
and building materials are how be-
ginning to flow away from former war
enterprises, toward peace time build
ing projects. Private building seems
to be holding back, however MUM
cipalities and states have turned their
thoughts to building roads and bridg-
eS, held up during the war by shor-
tGge of materials, and within the next
month officials here look fol. a mults-
tude OF advertisements for,. bids fol.
these projects. .,s~i@
At least eight billions of dollars
must be raised in the United States
next year from war bonds. or war saw
ihgs. Officials argue that floating of
these loans without corresponding
saving of money and materials merely
serves to initiate credit, and the 'plac-
tical result of this imitation is a gen
eral rise in prices.
The treasury now is seeking to de-
velop means of continuing thrift pro
paganda throughout the next few
years, to educate the public to the
duty of paying off Indebtedness before
relaxing war time economy. In fact,
Students Of economy in the Treas
ury declare that unless the American
people learn lessons of thrift which
populations of England, France, Ger
many and other walring nations have
learned during the past four years,
the country, will be in a position dur
ing reconstruction of absorbing much
more than its share of the worlds
available stock of food, materials and
labor, needed for the physical rebuild
ing of devastated portions of Europe
Treasury agencies studying banks
conditions in industrial communities
particularly where war materials were
manufactured, find that savings anC
checking accounts maintained by
workmen &c not have balances pro-
portionate to their advances in wages
during the war.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-04

Three hundred specially trained
men of the 210th Engineers at Camp
Mills, L. l., made speed record by
completing six barrack buildings, each
25 by 60 feet, in 80 minutes. Before
they started the foundations had to be
put in, the floors laid, and the window
frames set up. Two months ago
these men were novice carpenters.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-04

, From Hammond, Ind, comes the
story of an efficient clerk who was
hired by merchant to take an inven-
tory of stock. He missed her for two
days after he told her that every piece
OF stock must be counted. When she
returned to the Office she handed him
d, slip reading: There are 1882
peanuts in the basement
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-04

The new Methodist church in Wi
nooski is tc be dedicated Dec 22 by
Bishop Joseph F. Berry, LII. d., of
Philadelphia; The date of the dedi-
cation : tho anniversary of the burn
ing of the former edifice.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-04
WILL MAKE GERMANY PAY
WANT THE KAISER TRIED
and HINDENBURC ARRESTED
MEDICAL STUDENT CHARGED
WITH THEFT
Microscopic Lenses Valued at $4,000
Taken by Morris Geschilder
Especial to the Caledonian)

tSpeclal 10 the CaledOnian)
Burlington, Dec. 3-Morris Ges-
chiider, of New York city, senior
medical student at the university,
was arrested last night on the charge
of stealing 60 valuable microscopic
lenses from the medical college build
ing Saturday. He has confessed, and
lis now LEGGED in the Chittenden
county jail.
The total value of the lenses, which
are especially valuable now, is said
to be $4,000. Gcschilder, poor stu
dent, with an impediment in his
speech, wa arrested at his rooms
after a detective hurriedly summoned
from Boston had by process of elm
nation and finger mark Identification,
traced the guilt to him. 1t was
known that only senior student
could have known of the value of the
lenses, and had access to the safe
where they are kept.
Geschilder forced his way into the
building sometime between IL o'clock
Saturday night and 3 Sunday morn
ing, using & furnace shaker to force
doors and break panels in doors,
leading thI cugh three laboratories be-
fore he could get to the safe.
Finally, he succeeded in getting
into the safe by picking the lock.
The robbery was discovered Sun
day morning by the superintendent
OF the buildings at the university, who
stopped at the medical college to take
a look ai;qunds oa,Fhiss Wy to church.
Sunday afternoon s. detective was
summoned and with Sheriff Alien an
investigation was begun quietly. So
quietly was it carried .on that the
young man was amazed when ar
rested. The lenses were found
packed and ready for shipment.
Geschilder's plan was, apparently,
to sell the lenses and thus secure
funds WHICH he badly needed. He
has been aided in various ways since
he came to college by President
iss.ss found
on him, which he Hid written to rela-
tives ifr New York, who had sent him
only small sums to. aid him in his
course. - ~
r. The student had become of. late al
most recluse, partly, he says, be-
cause of his sensitiveness, over his i'm
pediment in speech, which. caused
some to hold aloof from him at the
college
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-04

-Four generations sat down to
THANKSGIVING dinner at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Nichols in West
Brattleboro last week.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-04
Would Stimulate Trade with Ireland

London, Dec. 3-Lord Morris, in
the establishment of port
Of call for Atlantic liners on the
west coast of Ireland, told a parlia-
mentary committee it would facilitate
trade between Ireland and Canada by
way of New Foundland, as under ex-
listing conditions this trade had to
pass through Liverpool or Glasgow,
which necessitated delay. He ably
urged the movement on the ground
that it would affect passenger traffic,
since passengers invariably preferred
the shortest possible sea route.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-04

Mr. ami Mrs Joseph Krischker of
Burlington on Saturday received
word from the war department that
their son, Frank, had been severely
wounded in action. Krischker was
a. member of the old Co. NJ and
sailed for France about Is months
ago, seeing seven moths service on
the western front.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-04
THE CASUALTY LIST
Eight Vermonters Among the Cas-
ualties

Eight Vermonters Among the Cas-
ualties
Washington, Dec 1.-The following
calualties are reported by the COM
manding general of the American Ex-
peditiona1y Forces:
Killed in action 68
Died of wounds $50
Died of accident and other causes u
Died of disease SIT
Wounded severely l67
Wounded, degree undetermined 264
Wounded slightly s
Missing in action 368
Total 1882
Died of disease: Lieut.. William T.
Tighe, Rutland; Sergt. Charles M.
Beckwith, Bethel; Sergt. Joseph Var
ker, Brattlcboro; Pvt. Hobart p. Pres
ton, Vergennes; Pvt. Ralph C. Nye,
Cambridge Junction.
Died of wounds: Pvt. Earl c.
Chadwick, Randolph; Pvt Samuel r.
Mcdonald, Burlington.
Wounded, degree undetermined:
Pvt. John Atkinson, ST. Albans.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-04
CANADIAN SHIPS LAUNCHED
First Two of 80 Merchant Vessels
Now under Contract

Montreal, Dec. 3-The Canadian
Pioneer and the Canadian Voyager,
the first two ships of the dominion
government program of 80 merchant
vessels row under contract, were
launched today. They were chris
tened by Lady Borden.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-09
DEATHS & FUNERAL NOTICES
BIRTHS AND DEATHS

Births-Louis and Dora Deerfield. 2009
North Twentieth street, girl; Arthur and
Eva Strong, 1891 North Thirty eighth
street, boy; Lars and Catherine Jacobsen.
GALS Lafayette avenue, boy; Mersick and
Ruth Winholts. 4526 North Thirty sixth
street, boy: Gerhard and Margaret Burk-
enkuttcr, Twenty ninth and Leayenworth,
boy; Louis and Laura Robinson, 907 Will
iiams street, girl; Porfirio and Salomena
Bravo, 5209 South Twenty second street.
boy. c. and Olivia Mortinsen, 2SiS Nicho-
las street, twins, boys; Lawrence and Al
VIVA Teller, $40 North Thirty fifth street,
boy; Dick and Theresa Hassel, SIS North
Seventeenth street. boy: Salvatore and Lu-
,ia PARENT, 1896 South Thirteenth street,
boy.
Deaths--Paul Grossman. Is. 423 North
Twenty first street; Carrie Haddad. 53.
1855 South Thirteenth street; Richard
SOL Florence boulevard; Allen Lyle
Smith %, 4sos South Fifteenth street !:
Mrs. Louresa NJ. Lind, 81, 42O9 South
Twenty first street; Cora Maggie, II,
1908 South Eleventh street; Vera Emma
Waller, 16, 2S07 Charles street; Hattie
Deliey, 20, 2562 Cunning St; John Stunt.
81; Lincoln apartments, Twenty-second
and Chicago; Eva Kirsehbaum, 62; 1892
South Thirty eighth avenue: Louise Pin
narsi, Is. SO Pierce street, Stochin Hyatt.
80, 4s2i South Twenty-second street;
Elizabeth Gaughen. 40, hospital; Jessie G..
Winters, IL months, 1869 Brown street;
Grace Stevenson. a. 1890 Erskine street.
G. p. Bulgar, IS, hospital; Charles French
81, 1923 Bancroft street; Lucia Sawetala.
month. 2403 Elm street: Elmer Kurz.
90. s6$s Lafayette avenue; Joseph Zelen-
ka, 50, f70s N street, South Side, Omaha:
John mosaic. months, 2s11 r street,
South Side Omaha
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-09
SITUATIONS WANTED,
CARDS OF THANKS AND
FUNERAL NOTICES.
PHONE TYLER l 900.

PHUNE THIEK UUU.
Evening Editions. ..........,....I?:00 n
Morning Editions. 1000 P NJ
Sunday Editions--fe p. u. Saturday
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-09
FARM AND RANCH LANDS.
Oregon Land.

Irrigation
'In the Heart Of the Range"
The Jordan Valley Project.
Malheur County. Oregon.
An empire in the making. land 100 per
acre plus the cost Of the water You can
file on grazing homestead entries nearby
Literature and particulars on request
Next excursion October 26th
HARLEY J HOOKER.
$40 First Natl. Blk. Bldg. Omaha. Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-09
FOR DEMONSTRATIONS
Furniture and Household Goods.
STARTI,ING SALE OF STANDARD
v,Arrrrc IN EsrypNJTIrRE

STARTLING SALE OF STANDARD
VALUES IN FURNITURE.
The State Furniture company Is this
week offering some startling bargains
on standard values in furniture. II you
ara in need of new dresser, an extern
sion table, dining room chairs. parlor
piece, furniture, heating or cooking
stoye, our prices this week will surely
convince you of superior values for the
how dollar. We make specially of
complete home outfits, also hotels and
I rcoming houses. Railroad fares re-
funded to out-of. town buyers within so
miles OF Omaha on purchase Of $50 or
more.
STATE FURNITURE CO.
f4th and Dodge SITS. Opp. U. p. Bldg.
& HARDWARE BARGAINS
Beds. springs, mattresses dressers,
ehlffoniers, tables. chairs. china and
1 kitchen cabinets, rugs and iinoleum.
rsrunks and suit cases. gas stoves and Ice
Axes, full lines screen wire poultry net
NJ, garden tools. is3s-47 North 18th
in gel. Web. 1907. Open till M
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
NJ, will buy square dining room
Meet long. as good as new. 1889
andreS st.
oiled ikUTH FOR BARdAINs--Fuii
al hiture, gas and coal oil stoves,
" carriages. trunks, etc. Loya!
ons, 20 n. 18th
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-09
Want AID Rates


Ia per word. ............. each insertion
30 per word for consecutive insertions
lie per word or each additional insertion
No sd taken for less than a total of
or less than De nor day
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-09
MARRIAGE LICENSES

The following permits to wed have been
Issued:
Name and Residence. Age.
Jesse =, songer. Webster City, Ia...,.. AZ
Nellie Higbee, Webster City, Ia........ IS
Henry Schafer, Omaha. So
Lena Augustine, Omaha. 80
Joseph Ulrich.< Seattle, Wash.......... S6
Mary Stanek, Omaha. ................. "A
William Phillips, Omaha. ............. Il
Aleen Martin, Omaha. ................ 20
Leo La France Omaha. ............... 81
Emma Weyant, Omaha..... ........... So
Charles Lester, Casper Wyo... 35
Clara M. Armstrong. Casper, Wyo...... sc
Ralph L. Thomas. Council Bluffs. Ia. 81
Iva Underwood. Council Bluffs, Ia..... 20
Ernest e. Kenfield, Arcadia, Neb...... 20
Mary NJ. Holloway, Omaha. ........... II
Charles II. Myrick, Stanberry, Mo...... 81
Agnes NJ. Scott Stanberry, Mo-. 81
Fred W. Burnham Omaha. ........... 81
Emma J. Kelly, Omaha. ............. 81
William A. Kelly. Omaha. ....... AZ
Anna X. Baier, Omaha. "a
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-09
Nebraska Lands.
KIMBALL COUNTY FARM.

KIMBALL COUNTY FARM
$500 PER ACRE.
Buy direct from owner and save agents
commission.
$40 acres seven miles from U p. r. r.
School house on land. 600 acres can be
plowed with tractor 165 acres now In
fall wheat and up. Kimball county fall
wheat this year made from % to IS
bushels. Fine well and mill, small house
and barn. Land all fenced. VIII sell all
or part. is down, balance five years. 6
per cent. This farm is priced right for
quick sale.
Address f. L. Griffith, Bushnell, Neb.,
Or call Tyler ss7l.W. Omaha.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-08
SWEDEN FINISHES
BEST SEASON IN
SPORTS HISTORY
Norsemen Make Great Strides in Athletics and Will Be
Dangerous Contenders in International Competition
LANDER Great Runner.

New York, Jan s.-Notwifhstand-
ing its proximity to the scene of the
European war, Sweden has just COM
pleted the most successful athletic
season in the history of sport in that
country. Under the coaching Of Err
ME Hjertberg, formerly prominent in
American amateur and professional
athletics, the Swedish track and field
performers have made remarkable
strides and will be factors to be fear
ed in years to come when information
al track competitions shall have been
resumed.
Nineteen hundred and seveteen was
the most successful year. in the his
tory of Swedish athletics, both from
the viewpoint of general interest and
Of performances. Twenty-Five Swedish
records were established, and four of
these being at the same time, new
worlds records. Three of these world
record performances were the mark
of John lander, the phenomenal long
distance man whose defeat of Ted
Meredith at 1000 meters in the Stock
holm Stadium in October, 1916, will
be recalled. A. Bolin, who tied with
| Zander on that occasion in 2:S1-2,
equaIling the worlds record, has two
of the new Swedish records to his
credit, and lander has three, apart
from his worlds records Both Zander
and BoIin are special pupils of Ernie
Ejertberg.
Zander's worlds records are: 1,5ot
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-08
STARS OF MINOR
LEAGUES TO GET
MORE ATTENTION
War Has Caused Conditions That Will Open Door of
Majors to Many Promising Youngsters in Bushes,
Thinks New York Writer.

The smart bush league bail player
is going to have a better chance to
shine in the major leagues next sum-
mer than he has ever had in the his
tory of baseball, thinks Frederick G.
Lieb, who writes in the New York Sun
at length on the subject, saying among
other things A big change is gradual
ly coming over the major league play
ers in regard to military and naval
service, and, as class, the players
do not propose to be regarded as
slackers. They have been backward
about enlisting, but in a measure this
has been the fault of the club owners
who have advised many of their play
ers against enlisting because some of
these club owners really believed that
the government would exempt the
ball players. They failed to realize
just what effect such an unpatriotic
proposition would have on the base
ball fans.
Since such players as Alexander,
Speaker and Collins have expressed
their willingness, and the fact that
baseball players are joining the colors
every day, there is going to be an I'M
usual opportunity for young players
from the minors next season. Many a
baseball star dazzles unseen in the
minor leagues. Although big league
scouts scour the bushes every year fo1
talent, scouts, like every one else
make mistakes, and make some bad
ones. One only hears about the bad
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-08
GOLFING SHARPS
WONDERING What
1918 Will BRING

One had to be an optiInist to say
ttHappy New Year. and look as if he
meant it Likewise the golfer who
declares his belief that isis young year
is going to be everything that is fine
for 'ye old game" possesses nerve
enough for a food profteer.
No matter from what angle one
looks at it while standing on the first
tee, it's going to be some job to rlay
the 1918 course in par. More
bunkers can be seen crossing the fair
way than had ever been dreamed of,
but just the same it will be up to
every golfer to try the harder to
make a good showing.
In the absence of the regular cham
pionships as wei as many of the open
invitation meetings it looks as if COM
petitions and exhibitions for various
relief funds will have to be substi-
tuted. These, Of course, will serve
the double purpose of raising money
for needy causes and at the same
time furnish form of exercise neces-
sary to preserve health and vigor.
One good thing about golf is that it
benefits the gallery as much as the
principals.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-08
TALK OF. TRADES
HOLDS INTEREST

Cincinnati, Jan. S-A wholesale
shifting of players was indicated in
the trading talk of two score baseball
owners and managers who gathered
here yesterday, attracted by the meet
ing of the National Baseball Com
mission.
More deals were discussed than
usually are brought up at any of the
big leagues annual meetings. The
air is full of shifts and sales, but
nothing tangible developed up to a
late hour.
The commissions meeting was
postponed out of courtesy to Ban
Johnson, president of the American
League, who telegraphed from Chica-
go that he was snowbound in that
city and could not reach hers uae.l
Tuesday.
Among the club presidents here,
however, are Charles F. Weeghman
of the Chicago Cubs, Charles H Eb-
bets of Brooklyn, Barney Dreyfuss of
Pittsburgh, Branch Hickey of the ST.
Louis Cardinals and August Hermann
of the Reds.
An informal meeting of the Ma
tiona1 League was called by President
Tener, and the subject of war taxes
proved to be the most interesting
topic.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-08

ones they pick; few know about
prominent baseball talent which is al
together overlooked.
According to the most experienced
baseball men, there is plenty of prom
Using talent in the minors if these
players only had chance. They will
get chance next season on account
of the war conditions such as they
have never had before. The differ
cree between a smart bush league
player and the average major Lacquer
is not SO great as is usually supposed.
Natural baseball ability is displayed
by youths when they are mere boys,
even before they reach the minor lea
CUES. In fact, there are hundreds of
amateur players in every part of the
country who need only some major
league experience to fit them for
high-class service.
There are so many fine young ball
players in this country who have new
er been seen by professional baseball
scouts or managers that all the talk
about baseball being ruined because
many of the regular players will be
taken by the draft sounds ridiculous
Dozens of instances may be recall
ed Of bush leaguers who went to seed
simply because they got into a rut in
the minors and never broadened out.
Many a ball player has been chosen
from minor league club to go into
the majors, while one of his team
mates who was a much superior ball
player has been overlooked.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-08
ATHLETICS TO
SHARE PROFITS

Philadelphia, Jan. s. ME Mack
came out yesterday wi. i PROPOSE
ton that should fill his ball park with
members Of labor unions, socialists
and the Consumers League
In announcing a reduction in sal
aries all along the line Connie air
cushioned the jolt with the proviso
that If the Athletics make money this
year the players will participate in
the profits.
I'VE are not out to make money,
but cut down our losses" said Mack
yesterday afternoon. eff baseball
goes big this summer the players will
benefit, for the profits will be distri-
buted among the men. This is a fair
proposition, and I believe the players
will accept it. They are asked to
take a chance with US and if we are
successful they will derive all the
benefits. IF we make 800 we will
gladly share it with them. But it is
up to them to do their part
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-08
NOrWalk.
RACQUET STARS
TO CROSS LINE

For the first time since the Davis
Cup matches of 1914, a team repre-
senting the United States National
Lawn Tennis Association will play an
International match next Saturday.
The Americans are to engage the
best available players of Canada in
an indoor competition at Montreal for
the benefit of the British Red Cross
1t will be the first meeting of the
United States and Canada in tennis
since the final of the Davis Cup COM
petition of 1913 when the Americans
defeated the men from the Dominion
and gained the right to meet England
in the challenge round. B. B. Powell,
the Canadian star then, has been kill
ed in action, and B. P. Schwengers,
the other Canuck representative is in
service. Maurice E. Mclaughlin and
Richard Norris Williams I'd on that
occasion represented this country.
On Saturday the American repre-
sentatives will be Fred Alexander,
Harold A. Trockmorton and Walter
Merrill Hall of New York and Ma
thaniel W. Niles of Boston, the SEN
sation of the national singles at For
est Hills last summer. For Alexander
international competition is nothing
new for he played for America in
Davis Cup matches as far back as
1908, and for many years was an an
nual figure in the tournaments at
Nice, Barrtz and other Continental
centres
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-08

meters 3:54.7; 5000 meters, S:S5.7;
1000 meters, 5:31. His best perform
arce was the 1900 meter run, which
lander ran alone. The former rec
ord, 3:55.S was held by Abel Kiviat.
lander clipped no less than 81 sec
onds from Attila's record in the 1000
meter run, and nine-tenths of a sec
ond from the 5000 meter figures. The
other worlds record to go was for
throwing the javelin, best throw with
each hand, in which Ynge Hackner
set record of 114.2S meters.
The other new Swedish records es-
tablished follow: 60 meter dash, 90
seconds; 200 meters, 22.1 seconds; 400
meters, SO seconds (Bolfn); 440 yards,
sos seconds; 500 meters, 1852 (Bo-
linz; one mile, 4:17.5 (Zander); S.
600 meters, 14:59.6 (Zander); 400
meter hurdles, 65.1 seconds; four man
relay, 400 meters, 43.1 seconds; four
man relay, 500 meters, 1:31.1; four
man relay, 1900 meters, 1888; four
man relay, 5000 meters, II minutes;
high jump, 1.89 meters; pole vault,
3S83 meters; discus throwing, both
hands, 1910 meters; running, three
miles, 14:38.7 (Zander); 1000 meter
relays first man running 100 meters
second 2e0, third 500 and fourth 40~
| 2:15. One new record was also es
tablished in the peculiarly Swedish
contest known as the ''mellanhop," ;
lump for length over the gymnasium
| horse.