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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-07-05

house." to clean up and scrub out and
paint "the little red schoolhouse," and
so on.
And, Notwithstanding all this prOpa-
ganda about ii, who in this part of
the country has ever seer or knows Of
the existence of a "red schoOlhOuse,"
little or big, unless it be n Of red
brick? The phrase is intended to EN-
brace schoolhouses in the country dis
~tricts; but there is hardly a red coun-
try schoolhOuse in Missouri, Kansas,
Oklahoma. or any western state. Most
Of the buildings are white, some are
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-07-05

Of no color at all, except a weather.
beaten silver gray, and there are a
few log schoolhouses, and maybe
somewhere there is a red one
Possibly there are a few scattering
red schOolhouses in the country dis
tricts of New England and the East.
That is where the phrase little red
schoolhouse" originated. With true
Yankee thrift they painted them red.
just as they painted their barns. red. be-
cause red was the cheapest kim of
paint. The country boys and girls of a
century ago and later were taught in
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-07-05

certainly true that the French had
the best roads In the world when the
wal broke out and that the men and
supplies which checked the first Ger
man rush went forward largely by
motor. It is also true that a break
down Of all transportation facilities
prevented Russia from effectually mo-
bilizing her tremendous resources.
There is now a federal Office of good
roads. operating under the federal
road act, whereby the government ap-
propriates funds for roads, provided
the states in which the roads are to
be built will appropriate a similar
amount. This gives the government
the power to recommend the improve
ment or building Of certain roads and
to- disapprove the improvement OF
building Of others. It may exercise a
sort of advisory. and mildly cOmpul.
sorry power toward the establishment
of a unified national system Of roads.
But this power, 1. is argued, is by no
means sufficient In an emergency like
kAlC plCSCuts VAul 10 uCCuCA 10 thC
power to form a definite plan for q
system of national highways, and the
funds to carry that plan into execu-
ton as rapidly as possible.
For this new national system Of
highways must not only be thorough
ly co-ordinated, but must be radically
different from that of most of u
present roads. The failure of these
latter is largely due to the fact that
roads which suficed very well for the
traffic Of light pleasure cars and farm
ers' wagons will not stand up under
the strain of heavy truck traffic. A
truck highway, to meet the require
ments now being laid upon 1t, must be
a paved highway with a concrete base.
Such a road is very expensive to
build; 1t costs from $4,000 to $4,000
q mile.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-07-05
EXISTS ONLY IN MEMORY
Little Red Sc~hooIhouse" Is Now One
Of the Things That Belong
to the Past.

"The little red schOOlhouse" was a
iallying cry in more than one national
political campaign of recent years. and
a government bulletin issued a week or
20 ago had a long article about the
insanitary conditions of "the little red
schoolhouse." We are warned to pre-
serve intact 'the little red school
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-07-05
Delivery Every Ten Years,

The announcement that the post Of
fee proposes to dispatch a mail to iris
tan d'Acunha has caused considerable
interest, for it is ten years since a mail
sent from this country. The
mail will be sent out to South Georgia
by q whaler, and from there will be
sent on to Tristan d'Acunha by q sail
iny Ship" q post ONCE ofhcial says.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-07-05

II don't suppose the people there have
the slightest knowledge of the great
war. We understand that a company
is about to exploit the island, and we
hope that it will be possible in the
future to send mails about onc or
twice a year" The island lies midway
between South America and the Cape
Of Good Hope, and ten years ago the
population was Is.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-07-05
Milk After 1einu Drawn.

After the milk is drawn no time
should be lost In straining. cooling and
covering the milk, as the longer it is at
q high temperature and open the more
likely it Is to be contaminated with
undesirable bacteria.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-07-05
Value Of Manure Spreader.

During the next few years the ma
muir spreader will Justify its exist
M more than yer before. All
stable waste should be spread over
the land before any Of its fertility Is
lost.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-07-05

British sportsmen are out now to
provide q feet Of 100 ambulances ct Q
cost Of 100000 ($200.000).
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-07-05

down to us and is a part of the lam
guage. long after the little red school,
house has disappeared.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-19
FEW RENEGADES
Belgian Women Who Were Pro

Belgian Women Who Were Pro-
Germans Snorn OF Inelr tAair
BEuSeS, nov. -(COrresponuence
of the Associated Press)-An ancient
Aorln OF punishment IN favor In the
Middle Ages has been adopted III bel-
gum Tor Belgium women who were
100 friendly toward the German IN
vaders or who listened to their love
making. They have been shorn of
their hair. In Bruges several women
have suffered this form of retribuCion
and either must remain indoors or
known that this method has been ap-
piled in at least one other place.
The scenes attending the application
of this punishment have been rather
Dosterous.
Corporal punishment is visited
upon the pro-Germans among the
Belgian men but few of these await
ed the wrath of the Belgian avengers.
They decamped before the Belgian
troops reoccupied the cities and
towns which had been held under
German domination
Such cases as these have been re-
markably few. The wonder is that
there have not been more. The pro-
portion of renegades is so small as
to reflect greater glory on poor little
Belgium.
AS whole the civil population of
| Belgium has remained wonderfully
loyal. By their system of communal
administration, they were enabled to
govern themselves while the German
was deluding himself that he was
ruling. It enabled them to endure
physical privations, suffer death anC
resist the insidious propaganda of the
German governors, Won Kissing and
his successor, Won Falkenhausen. who
attempted to separate the Walloons
from the Flemish and to poison the
wells of Belgium's patriotism.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-19
SIX MILLION DIED
OF INFLUENZA.
1t Proved Five Times More Deadly
than War

Copyright by the Montreal Starr
London, Dec. 18-The medical cor
respondent Of the Times writes:
There seems to be reasonable
ground to believe that six million per-
sons have died of influenza and of
pneumonia in the last twelve weeks.
This plague, therefore, is five times
more deadly than the war, which, it
is estimated, killed twenty million
persons in four and one-half years.
Influenza has cost London ten thou
sand lives up to date. Never since
the Black Death has such plague
swept the world. In India alone it
is estimated there were three million
deaths. In Bombay there were ff-
teen thousand, and in Delhi ff-
hundred daily. The Punjab lost q
quarter of million.
In Cape Town, two thousand chill
dren were left destitute The natives
were swept down as by fire. Eighty
per cent of the natives of Samoa
We're affected. In Spain the vista,
ton was terrible, Barcelona having
1,2OO deaths daily. All over Europe
Asia, Africa, Australia and Nortl
America, the totals We're treadful.
No medical authority is certain o.
any conclusion yet reached, but pos
sibly a still undiscovered organ is in
volved. Possibly the increased vic
lence of the influenza bacillus i
responsible. 1t was mild when i
first started in Spain. It visitet
England in mild form, then Amer
ica, and then returned to England il
a severer type. Usually it first ap
peared at sea ports. The figure
indicate the infection was by contac
and not carried through the air.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-19
GERMAN GOVT. HAS RESIGNED
MANY TURBULENT SCENES
ARREST KRUPP DIRECTORS
CENTENARY PLANS
Conference Today at Grace Methodist
Church


Church
About 25 laymen and preachers OF
the methodist church are at Grace
methodist church today attending a
conference relative to the centenary
movement being made by this de-
nomination in missionary work.
At the morning session Rev. George
H. Spencer of Boston explained the
work which it is hoped to accomplish
in the movement He entered into
detail TO some extent upon the work
which was accomplished at the big
conference in Boston. He outlined
the demands for this work in the
different countries.
Rev. William Shaw, now of st. Al
bans and formerly of st. Johnsbury,
followed with a carefully prepared
survey of the local and rural fields
He cited the fact that the various de-
nominations in the state must raise
more ministers as only seven minis
ters came from the 518 churches in
Vermont last year.
This afternoon DR.. LeBarron spoke
on organization and Rev. George A.
Martin upon Stewardship. DR..
Bowers of Salem, Mass, spoke on
"Life Service"
The public are cordially invited to
the meeting tonight for which an at
tractive program has been provided.
Rev. DR.. Hagerman will speak OH
Spiritual Interpretation of the Cen
tennary Program" and Rev. Dr. Ad-
ans will give an illustrated lecture
upon "World Opportunities and
Needs" DR.. Adams has brought with
him very choice collection of pic
lures and a treat is in store for all
who attend Grace Methodist church
tonight.
This is the last of a series of con-
ferences which have been held
throughout the state this week, the
gathering in Enosburg Falls having
been postponed because of influenza.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-19
ONLY TWO WEEKS LEFT
Vermont Is Still far From the Quot

Vermont Is Still far From the Quota
Up to December Z, Vermont had
purchased TOUR ana Cne-hal1 mlillons
TO be exact, 81 ,0UI ,oI1. .So-o1 ". .
war Savings Stamps, with CaledonlI
county IeauIng IN the per caplta saies
ol $L4.oo and kutIand county anead
In the aggregate purchase or Soo4,-
oz5.51. Vermont Is stllI long way
rom the quota set by the govern
.nent, the per capita for the state
oeing $12.65.
1h1s situation means that Ver-
.nonters, whether or not they have
pledged to buy the stamps, must
make a desperate effort between now
and the 31st day of December. The
matter of State pride, let alone oul
consideration Of patriotism, demands
that we Vermonters strain oul, re-
sources to. the. utmost in order to
reach the top. Shall Vermont main
tain her proud position in all war en-
deavors, or shall we confess failure
in this single campaign in which VIC
are not asked to give anything but
rather to invest our money at hand
some rate of interest and with the
United States government back of the
investment.
1t is true that actual warfare has
ceased and there would seem to be
reason for let-down in our assist
ance to the government; but, as a
matter of fact, the government is de
pending upon the estimated income
from these War stamps. It isn't
time to stop buying w. S. S. till tho
clock strikes midnight on the night of
December 31st. Therefore, go to
the post office, the banks or to the
other recognized agencies and pur
chase every stamp you are able to
buy. Mobilize your patriotism for
this last government drive of the
year. Let's be up with the other
live states of the Union.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-19
JAPAN HELPED
FINANCE THE WAR
Invested Their Millions in Foreign
Loans

Toxic, Dec. 18-Japan generally
followed the plan of devoting the
money obtained from abroad during
the war to giving financial support to
her allies, either by subscribing to the
loans issued by them, or by purchas-
ing their bonds, says an official report
of the Department of Finance. The
total amount invested in all these Sc
eurities reached about $579 500, 900 at
the end of 1917, including $265 ,000,-
900 in British government bonds, $77,-
100000 in French bonds and $127,-
100000 in Russian bonds. To this
should be added S110,0O0,000 repre-
senting Japanese foreign loan bonds
and company debentures redeemed in
foreign markets.
Japan's sea-borne trade was great
ly effected at the beginning of the
war, says the report, but her export
trade afterward became very brisk.
There was a pronounced increase of
Japan's shipments to nearby markets
and to the South Sea to take the place
of commodities that had ceased to be
shipped from Europe. This was es-
pecially conspicuous as regard China
where there was a large demand for
japanese goods. Larger shipments of
munitions and food sent to the Allies
increased the volume of exports. In
1917, these amounted to 1901, 500, 900,
an increase of $237,760,000 over 1916.
Japan's imports for 1917 were S517,-
100000, $139,OOO,OOO more than 1916.
The excess of exports over imports
in 1917 was $283, 100000, an increase
of fifty-two per cent over this balance
of trade in 1916. This apparently has
naved the way for an expansion OF
Japan's industries and trade in the
future, said the report.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-19
Germans Have Plenty of Internal Disorder i'm Their New
Government German Mine Kills Is and Injuries 25
More
PREMIER CLEMENCEAU CALLS
ON PRESIDENT WILSON
German States VIII Elect President of Their New Re-
pubic-President Wilson Goes to England Next Week

Paris-The German government headed by Freder-
lex Ebert has resigned as the result of events says
Journals correspondent
central congress of soldiers and workinpmen's
councils met at Berlin Monday the first session resulted
IN disordery scenes in which many personal en-
counters. On Tuesday continued George Lede-
bour leader of Independent Socialists making bitter at
tack upon Ebert. Frederick Ebert who was named In
terror Minister in the Cabinet of Prince Maximian on
Nov. g. and became Imperial Councillor New s. took
command of the situation in Berlin following the reyOl
tionary uprising there.
A despatch from Paris says that German mine
which had been planned in the bridge at Guise has ex
ploded, killing fifteen and injuring twenty-five The ex
plosion occurred month after the armstice was
signed.
Amsterdan-Three of the principal directors of the
Krupps munition works incudig DR.. Bransenbeger in
ventor Of the big Berhas have been arrested by the
volutonary committee.
Paris-Premier Cemenceau and Col. E. M. House
visited President Wilson this morning at his Paris resi-
Copenhagen-The German government has decided
call conference OF representatives OF all states of the
former Empire Dec. 20, to elect President for the
German Republic This step is said to have been taken
to avoid fresh outbreaks. no
Odessa troops under command Of antGernan Uk-
rarian leader Petura occupying Odessa today.
Londorl-King George it was announced today has
cancelled arrangements which provided that he should
go to Sandingham Palace for Christmas He will remain
in London instead to welcome President Wilson.
Pars-The reason given for President Wilson's de-
sire to make an early visit England that he has found
it might be necessary to return to Washington much
than he expected whether this means change on
the Presidents entire program including the journey TO
Italy isn't here The visit to England will begin
next week. a%#
Washington-A plan for forming new monarchial
government for Russia, under the Grand Duke Aexai-
der Mchaelovich Gar has failed because the secret
leaked out and it lacked Entente ecouragenen accord
ing to Swedish press reports received by the state de-
partnent today.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-19
MONEY TO BURN
Ten Shilling Notes Were Made o1
Tissue Paper

London, Dec. 17-Return to Am
erica for the American soldiers who
have camped in England for half a
year without ever seeing the French
front means a return to a land where
paper money looks like their idea OF
money. One disconsolate private was
accosted at Eagle Hut, London, the
big Y. NJ. c. A. center.
whats the matter, SOM" asked q
Red Triangle secretary.
Il was just thinking I'd like some
of those pancakes, sir" the private
answered mcurnfully
"And you're broke, heh?" the Red
Triangle man guessed from long ex-
perience.
"Yes, sir"
"Been long time since pay day?'
mo sir, we were paid last Satur
day"
Lost your money!"
"Well. you might call it that"
"Stolen?"
No sir. You see, sir, there was
some of US walking home last nigh
and | pulled out my cigarettes ant
passed them around. | thought the!
tasted bit funny, at the time. Ant
then this morning l discovered tha
I'd burned up all my money. 1t wa.
those blame little ten shilling notes
made out of tissue paper"
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-19
OVERSEAS WORK
Two Vermont Ladies Selected for
the Furlough House

WO vermont Ladies selected Tor
the Furlough House
Burlington, Dec. 18-Miss Dorothy
Votey, daughter of Prof. and Mrs.
J. w. Votey of this city, has been Sc
lected as one of the Vermont girls for
overseas service in the Furlough
house, which is being financed by the
Vermont Division of the General Fed
Grafton of Woman's Clubs. The
other young woman is Miss Charlotte
G. Chaffee of Rutland
Miss Yotey is awaiting orders
which afe expected any time. She
was all ready to go to France in the
Red Cross service when the armistice
was signed but owing to changed
plans of the military was notified that
she was not needed.
/ Miss Constance Votey, sister of
Miss Dorothy, has been in France
since last April as secretary in base
hospital No. at Bordeaux, on duty
| with the medical section.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-19
u. S. GASES TO
SMOTHER GERMANY
Eleven Plants Were Manufacturing
Gases to Give Germany the Sur
prise of Her Life

Washington, Dec. 17-Secrets of
America preparation fof the waging
OF chemical warfare, revealed by
Major William L. Sibert at dinner
given by the commissioned personnel
of the Chemical Warfare Service,
shows how wisely Germany acted in
acknowledging defeat. General ST.
bert says the fortress of Metz would
have been "smothered in gas" and
that the Germans would e"learned
something about gas they never
dreamed of when they inaugurated
this form of warfare.
America alone would have had ten
tons of mustard" gas to Germany's
one, and in addition to that this coun-
try had something new in the way of
gas that would have given Germany
the surprise Of her life.
| Gen. Sibert says the war has devel-
oped the inventive genius of America,
in the line of chemistry, and that
hereafter this country will lead the
world. He summed up the accom-
pli8hments of the service as follows:
"The chemical warfare service
came into existence as such July 13,
1913, by executive order, and is there
! fore one of the newest services of the
War Department. Notwithstanding
this fact, when the armistice was
signed, this service was in q position
to perform its full function at least
as effectively as that of any other
bureau of the War Department. This
! function was to manufacture gas,
load it into shells, devise additional
appliances for delivering it, and to
provide defensive appliances for the
protection of the troops against SINH
lar devices on the part Of the enemy,
I "On November IL plants for the
manufacture of the standard gases
We're in opration with a manufacture
ing capacity greater than that OF
England and France combined
which capacity would have been
trebled in the case of certain gases
before the beginning of the new year
Had the war continued until the
spring of 1919 it would have sub,
jected the Germans to deluge oil
toxic substances such as he never
dreamed possible when he com
menced this type of warfare.
ut was recognized that the soldier
must do a large part of his fighting
in a gas mask and that fighting gas
mask must be defeloped, one without
a mouthpiece or nose chip and one ir
which the eye pieces would not dim
This type of mask was just coming
INTO production, and about, 100000 ot
them mad been n1ade when hostilities
4ceasede - = -sss-,ss=.-...--
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-19
OUT OF PRISON
Grand Isle - Boy Sets Farewell
Message from Dying Pilot

O.
Message from Dying Pilot
Burlington, Dec. 18-An Associated
Press despatch from Berne, Switzer-
land, mentions Lieut.. James Duke OF
Washington and Lieut.. Cassius Styles,
who is. the, son of DR.. w. w. Styles
of Grand Isle, as having arrived an
Switzerland from German prison
camp on their way to France.
These officers are attached to the
American aviation service.
Lieut.. Styles told the Red Gross
that his pilot, Lieut.. Wister Norris,
had been killed. Although dying
and unable to see Norris said to him f:
"You there, Styles It was my
fault that we smashed. Hope you
are not hurt. Goodbye"
The Americans informed the Red
Cross that the Russians at Rastatt,
Germany, were dying at the, rate of
about six daily from starvation and
that Americans We're given rifles bv
the German guards to protect their
food stores from the Russians who
threatened to raid the American COM
pound. ..-
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-19
SHOT IN BOTH LEGS
Vernonter among Those Who Landed
in New York

Vernonter among Those Who Landed
in New York
New York, Dec. 18-Among the ar
rivals on the transport Maui yester-
day was Private Thomas B. Nutting,
who halls from Hyde Park and is a
member of Company D., 102d Machine
Gun Battalion. A high explosive
wounded both legs at Verdun, Oct.
27.
"We were just getting ready to go
over the top when the gol darned
thing hit our dug-out and keeled me
over. | was madder than March
hare. Five minutes more and / would
have been going over. looked at
my watch. 1t was 11.15 a. m.
had been over the top several times
before. Just as we were finishing
the Hun it was my luck to be put
out of business.
81 went over with the original
bunch and was through all the fight
ing in the Toul sector, Chateau
Thierry, the Marine fighting, and al
Verdun; but no need of worrying
about me. am all right. l just
want to see those snow-covered hills
'of the Green Mountain state and gel
some good grub into me and a rest
and T. 3. will be himself once more