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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-09
LAUNCH FOURTH SHIP

The fourth Ferris type ship took
to tho water at the plant Of IN. s~a'
born Co. OF Tacoma attended by
a largo and enthusiastic gathering
Of Taromans Mayor James Rolph.
IT.. Of san Francisco. was among the
9pectatorH
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-09
TAKE OVER WEST INDIAN

The s0O-ton West Indian. build
ing at the plant OF the Columbia
River Shipbuilding corporation. OF
Oregon. will be taken over direct b.
the navy and transformed into -
transport. IL was announced by the
shipping board
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-09

of live stock for the Japanese i'm.
perial government. is in Seattle on
his way back to Japan after making
a third trip to the United States in
the study OF sheep raising and wool
production. He is comforting here
with Washington wool growers.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-09
DECORATE TWO u. S.
AlRMEN FOR BRAVERY

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN LORRAINE. May S,--Lieut. \. j.
koylc. pilot. and Lieut.. s. H. Bird
observer. today were decorated with
the croix dc guerre for bravery.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-09
PORT SHOWS BIG
1917 REVENUES

seattle's big increase IN shipping
business. coupled with the compile
ton and placing In service Of now
units Of its dock and warehouse ays.
tenn early in 1914. resulted in bal.
ancc in favor Of the port Of Seattle
IN the Transaction Of business for
1917.
The total receipts of the port for
1917 were 1901 Sol 20. against t347..
2I1.7O for 1916 and $4,000 for 1915.
showing a growth OF 500 per cent In
two years Ferry service cut down
profits, however
Port Manager fIigday and Auditor
Lincoln recommended that tho fares
on the Elliott bay ferries be raised to
5 cents. with Communication tickets M
4 cents
Port Engineer Nicholson was au.
thorized by the commission TO pre-,
p1rc plans ana proceed with the con.
struction of n new warehouse south
Of the Spokane st. terminal. as the
port has accrued more than $50 900
since January / last.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-09
FIRE DAMAGES SHIP

The steamship Marshfield, al Ala
media. Cal. was damaged to the cx
tent OF So. 900 by a mysterious fire
Tuesday morning
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-09

The Atlantic pnssnRe OF tho steam.
shin Wostwood, recently launched
and put In commission by tho Ames
been highly successful. according TO
Capt, Arthur NJ. Sewall. who wrote
to Seattle "A description Of the voy.
age. lie described the Westwood as
100 per cent perfect"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-09

\ fortnight ago, in an observation
machine, they fought off three Ger
man airplanes directly over the front
lines.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-09

Mrs. Mona Honey Allison Of Seat.
tie, who went to Denver n year ago
for her health, died there Tuesday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-09

Recently converted into n mer.
chairman At the plant Of the Seattle
Construction and Dry Dock Co. the
old cruiser Boston. which played an
important part in the war with
Spain. IL believed to be scheduled
for training ship for Seattle and
Northwest marine training recruits.
No ship has been officially appoint.
ed as yet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-08

Then. being at disfavor with President Guzman the Yankee decided he would get through with foreign service for the United States. He immediately re signed But he had seen the possibilities
 of making money in Venezuela, so in order to get into favor with President
 Blanco again he became a general in the Venezuelan army and while in this capacity introduced a few new methods that pleased the president, who immedi- ately accepted him as friend once more. Enterprising Pile then came for ward with the proposal for constructing railway from La Guaira to Caracas. The
 plans seemed so good that the president commissioned Pile to go ahead with the project. Within two years thereafter
 the energetic Yankee had the road
 ready for the operation of trains. He
 had put it through in less than half the time that engineers considered it could be done ~
 The Age Herald Travel Series, show ing views along the La Guaira and Car acas railway may be seen at Colonial
 theatre, Birmingham, Frnklin theatre,
 Ensley and nearby theatre exhibiting
 Pahte pictures
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-08
CARACAS RAILROAD BUILT BY AMERICAN UNDER DIFFICULTY Is Only Connection Vene- zuela Capital Has With
 La Guaira on the
 Coast

Carcas, Venzuela September 7--(Spec ial-For more than aO0 years Caracas, capital city of Venezuela, was accessible from La Guaira it's port town, only by an old Spanish trail, which in the very early days of the country the Indians had traced across the mountains that range along the northern coast. It was not until 1883, after several attempts had been made to build a railroad, that Caracas finally was connected by 1al with the hot little town that gives the republics chief city it's outlet to the sea In that year an enterprising American, who several years before had come to Venezuela as minister or consul from the United States, completed the work on the La Guaira and Caracas railway and immediately opened the line to traf fife, which but for an infrequent land slide or revolution has continued unin- terrupted ever since. The line today is one of the finest narrow guage noun tain railways in the world.
 Long before 1883 Caracas had felt the need of a railroad to give it's inhabi- tants, who numbered several thousands, the food and supplies that for so long had been insufficiently carried over the mountains by pack train of mules. Diff ferent citizens of the country had schemes for putting the road through, but when sifted to the bottom these all revealed crookedness. One dreamer had an idea for building tunnel through the mountains, but because he wanted for himself all the ore that should be taken out through the process of boring the tunnel the government refused him permission to carry out the project. There finally arrived in Caracus a repre- sentative of the United States govern ment, one William A. Pile. who was destined to build the road. He did it, however, but only after he had charmed President Guzman Blanco.
 PILE HAD TROUBLE
 When Pile first arrived as a repre- sentative of the United States govern ment he incurred the enemity of Vene- zuela's president by telling him a few things that ought to be done in order to make Venezuela better country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-08
TC.LEmployesa and American
 Steel and Wire Workmen Augment Tobacco Fund

The Age-Herald wishes to acknowledge from Wiley A. Propst st45.9O for the tobacco fund for the soldiers in France. This was contributed by the employees of the rail finishing and blooming mills department If the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad companys Ensley works. This is the second large contribution from the employees of these departments.
 The foiling is the T. c. I. list, including name of subscribers and amount sub
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-08

The following contributions have been
 received from employees of the American |W E. Lewis ........................ .x5 Charles R. Sadler .............,,...... .&
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-06-20
Make Hay Now

at seems a little far-fetched to
say that at present, the most impor-
tant piece of food production that
the farmers of Litchfield County can
do is to hustle in their hay, said
County Agricultural Agent, Man
chester, the first of the week. But
it is true. The greater part of the
food sent out from Litchfield
County is dairy products, made
largely from hay and grass. All
the clover is ready to cut. In week
or two it will have lost much of
the food value. Some of the other
hay is about ready. Even Timothy
hay cut just before the bloom has
half again as much protein to the
VI y: t a!.cc;s tT3 Hoc':-- l@tE.".
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-06-20
ELECT DELEGATES
To State Convention at Hartford
June 25th

About thirty delegates from the
31st Senatorial district met at the
town hall on Saturday morning and
chose as delegates at large to the
state convention at Hartford, on
June 25th: Robbins B. Stoeckel, of
Norfolk and VIM. H. Blodgett, of
WinSted.
''he following w|r Nominated for
officers Of the stat convention: NJ,
D. Rudd, Lakeville, vice president.
Permanent Organization, d. j.
Warner, Salisbury. Credentials, w.
W. Cooper, Colebrook. Resolu-
tions, w. H. Blodgett, Winsted.
Rules, D. B. Tiffany, Winsted.
- The only contest for Office de-
was between E. A. Rogers
and w. H. Blodgett, on the Reso-
lutions Committee.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-06-20
Registration Result

Registration day in Connecticut
brought 9,849 young men of twenty
one years of age under the provi-
5lons Of the selective service act.
The returns were tabulated for the
governors office by the Connecticut
State Council of Defense. The
grand total falls short of the ma
tlonal governments advisory esti-
mate OF registration of ten per
cent. of the number registered under
the army draft act in June, 1917.
Following the federal estimate as a
would have been between 10000
and $4,000, but the large number
of men of twenty-one years of age
who voluntarily enlisted the past
year was credited with being re-
sponsibleJ for the reduced registra-
ton total
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-06-20
Red Cross Notes

A meeting of the Auxiliaries OF
the Litchfield Chapter was held Mt
the Town Hall, Canaan, on Satur-
day afternoon of last week. At this
meeting the North Canaan Auxiliary
voted to convert the Auxiliary into
a Branch of the Red Cross, and ac-
ton on this matter will be taken
Immediately.
Reports were given as to what
had been done with reference to or
ganizing a Home Service Commit
tee. Mrs. PIERCE, Chairman of the
North Canaan Auxiliary, stated
that a Committee, consisting Of the
following, had been appointed to
serve in that capacity: Mr.. J. ii.
Roraback, Chairman; Mr.. Frederick
S. Garvin, Mr.. Robert d. Peirce,
Mr.. John A. Bianehi, DR.. f. II. Lee,
Mr.. C. G. Smith, Mrs. George S.
Fuller and Miss Catherine RorabSek
The North Canaan Auxiliary's war
allotment consists of ninety gar
ments to be made by September LIST.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-06-20
Child Welfare

The work of the Child Welfare
Committee was begun Monday morn
ing. The results of the first day
were very pleasing. The interest in
the work seems to be growing and we
trust that all people interested in a
Patriotic program for the town will
help to spread the news of time and
place for weighing and measuring.
We find the Public Library meets
our needs very we'll. Mothers who
prefer may call and get card, fill it
out at home and return it to us.
There is a record for the mother, one
to send to Washington and a record
is kept here for permanent refer
ence.
Over two million mothers have all
ready had their babies weighed and
measured, in our United States, at
testing to their desire to help save
our 100000 babies this year.
A capable committee are at the
rooms from 2:3O to 5 p. m. the days
the Library is not open for books.
These ladies of the committee are;
Mrs. F. H. Lee, Mrs. Ella H. Burns,
Mrs. E. L. Thornton, Mrs. Sylvester
Marshall, Mrs. James Hanlon, Mrs.
C. E. Badgley, Miss Eula Saygers,
and Mrs. Frank Stevens.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-06-20
SCHOOL CALENDAR
Showing School Terms for Fall, Win
ter and Spring, 1918-1919

Fall Tern-Schools open Tuesday,
Sept. 3, 1918; Schools close Friday,
Dec. 20, 1918; Holidays: Teachers
Convention, Visiting Day, Thanks
giving and day following; Fall Term
16 weeks, ~75 days.
Winter Term-Schools open Tues
day, Jan. 7, 1919; Schools close Fri
day, March %, 1919; Holiday: Lin
coins Birthday; Winter Term, IL
weeks, 5 days.
Spring Term-Schools open Tues
day, April 8, 1919; Schools close Fri
day, June IS, 1919; Holidays: Good
Friday, Memorial Day; Spring Term,
10 weeks, At days. Total school
yea SO -geeliG, so Gays.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-06-20
Canning Campaign

Complete plans for a canning and
drying drive which will cover the
entire State have been formulated
by the Committee of Food Supply,
Connecticut State Council of De-
tense. Miss M. Estella Sprague,
Miss Maud E. Hayes, and A. j.
Brundage. of the Connecticut Agri-
cultural College are working upon
this project and expect to call upon
all local representatives and organi-
cations in putting the carlpaign
acrGss.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-06-20
SUMMER SESSIONS OF
THE LOCAL SCHOOLS
Will be Held to Continue the
Numerous War Acti-
vities

During the months of July and
August all schools of the town will
be open one half day each week
This plan has been adopted in order
that there may be an uninterrupted
continuance of the various war acti-
vities during the summer and that
the children of the town may have
the opportunity through this use of
the school plant to carry on the war
work already organized in the
several schools.
The summer work will include but
not be limited to the following acti-
vities: Junior Red Cross, War Saw
ings Junior Food Army, War Read
ings and Current Events.
The Junior Red Cross will con-
tinue the work already undertaken
in the schools along this line. Dur
ing the past month children in the
Center School have completed IA
scrap books ready for pictures and
stories, "a towels, 5 bingham aprons,
13 pinafores, 10 washcloths, a guam
tity of snippings for pillows.
A report of the work accomplished
in the East Canaan School has al
ready been published. All school
children in the town are members of
the Junior Red Cross.
The period for War Savings will
be given to the sale of stamps and
the discussion of means for the pro-
motion of thrift. The record of the
children of the town to date in this
work, is as follows:
Registration of all schools, 396
Number of pupils holding one or
more savings stamps, 322
Per Cent, 81.3
Sales the past week, $38.48
Total sales to date, $167S.78
Three rooms have a one hundred
per cent enrolment, namely the Sod
ON School, Miss Finnegan's room in
East Canaan and Miss Roraback's
room at the High School.
The time given to the Junior Food
Army will relate to food production
and food conservation. The enroll
ment to date in these activities is as
follows
Junior Food Army 80 members
Boys Working Reserve 20 members
Opportunity will be given all chill
dren who attend regularly to record
their work in an attractive book ore
of which will be issued to each child
entitled, "My book of war services.
The first sessions will be held Fri
day afternoon July 9Th and each
week thereafter on Thursday after
noon during the months of July and
August. Sessions will begin prompt
ly at l 80.
1t is hoped that the plan will have
the hearty support of all children
and parents. Regular and prompt
attendance of the largest possible
number of children is necessary to
make the sessions a success.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-06-20
MISS CARITA SPENCER
HERE FRIDAY NIGHT
Recently Returned from the
Western Front in
France

Miss Carita Spencer, chairman of
the Food for France Fund, will speak
at the town hall Friday evening,
June 28th. Miss Spencer, has just
returned from a three months visit
to France and the Western war front
where she went in order to see at
first hand just how the distribution
of supplies sent by the Food for
France Fund was being handled and
to talk with a number of Medicine
Chiefs of the military hospitals about
the need. She came back with q
most satisfactory report.
Shipments made by the Fund are
sent by the French mailsteamers
through the courtesy of the French
Government. When they reach
Bordeaux, a special deputy of the
Service de Sante comes down to pick
out cases bearing the Funds mark
and to hurry them on, up to Paris
where, at the Entrepot des Dons
bureau of Gifts) they are stored in
our own barracks, stock taken and
properly entered on the records.
The Entrepot DIES Dons is group
of barracks which is put up by the
Service de Sante of the French Gov
eminent to be at the disposal of the
Committees independent of the Red
Gross who are sending supplies sole
ly for the French. In our barracks,
which is under lock and key, there
are various kinds of supplies, neatly
arranged in rows,-sugar, milk, ma
caroni, chocolate, etc. and in one
corner is a desk where Mrs. Herbert
r. Eldridge, who accompanied Miss
Spencer to Paris remains to handle
the incoming and outgoing of our
wares.
Miss Spencer travelled pretty well
all over the Western front, just be-
hind the lines, visiting the American
troops at headquarters, the camps
and even went up to the front. She
also went into three French army
zones where, thanks to the courtesy
of their respective Generals, she was
able to see the French soldier, well
and sick. This French soldier is a
wonderful creature; the strain on
him has been ceaseless since the be-
ginning, yet he carries on with fine
ness of spirit that inspires us and
makes us feel that nothing we can
do for him is too much. He has so
little, compared to the English Tom
my or to our Sammy. We have SO
much. A little of our plenty, that
we will scarcely ever miss, will mean
tremendous comfort to him at a
time when he has suffered for us as
much as for his own fay.
We Americans have earned the
love of the French by our express
sion of sympathy for them and the
work that we have tried to do with
and for them, previous to our coun-
try's going into the war. Now that
we are an active ally, doesn't it seem
as if what we did before should be
doubled and trebled, for the coun-
try which has never yet known rest,
from the beginning and which is
still carrying on W it'll the morale
that inspires even our own soldier
boys?
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-06-20
RALLY AT TOWN HALL
ON MONDAY EVENING
Miss Rosina Emmett and Rich
ard T. Higgins Will be the
Speakers

A rally will be held at the town
hall on Monday evening in the inter-
ests of the War Savings Stamp cam
paign which is now in full swing
throughout the country. The pur-
pose of this rally is to bring before
the people of this town the necessity
of ecoomizing, of refusing to buy
all luxuries and to lend their money
to the government in order that
every ounce of power may be thrown
in the balance to win the war.
The rally is sure to prove interest
ing and instructive, as the speakers
are widely known as orators and for
their clear insight of the war and
the vital necessity of the concentra-
ted action of the people of this and
every other town in helping to win
the war by maximum production and
economy. Mr.. Higgins of Winsted
is we'll known to many of the people
of this town, as we'll Us Miss Emmett
of Salisbury. Every individual
should consider it his or her patriotic
duty to attend this rally, even though
they may think further light on the
necessity of war savings cannot lie
shown. a.
Committee Meeting
The Thrift Stamp committee met
at Odd Fellows hall on Tuesday for
the purpose of discussing plans to
enlist the people of this town to
pledge themselves to buy a certain
amount of Thrift stamps and war
savings certificates during the re-
naming months of the year. 1t was
decided that a registration bureau
would be held at the offices of the
Exemption board and that commit
tee would make house-to-house
canvass in order that everyone
should be given the opportunity to
register.
The pledge card which the people
of this community will be asked to
sign will require a statement regard
ing the following:
1. The individuals agreement to
save and economic to help win the
war.
2. A pledge for the individual and
those whom ne or she represents, to
invest in specified amount of War
Savings Certificates during the year.
3. A statement of the number of
dividuals who are covered by the
pledge.
4. A statement, in case the indi-
vidual desires to make it, of the
AMOUNT of War Savings Certificates
already purchased.
Having siged the pledge, and
either having registered in person or,
by having authorized some individual
to register it for you, the full pa
triotic duty in connection with the
War Savings Enlistment Day will
have been completed.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-06-20
MRS. MARY CORBIT
DIES OF PARALYSIS
Suffered Shock on May 26th,
Resulting In Her Death
on Thursday

WIN IHS passing away 1uuTSudy
night, June IS, of Mrs. Mary C.
Oorbit, Canaan is bereft of one more
of those whose long residence has
community life, that it seems as
though there was no one to fill their
places.
With Mrs. Corbit, the care of the
Canaan cemetery was a part of her
very life, for seventeen years she
had been the president of the Asso-
citation, in all that time taking most
active part in the direction of its
affairs. Immediately after charter
was secured from the legislature she
became the head and remained so
until her death. She gave of her
time without stint and of her money
when needed, to improve and care
for the grounds. The receiving
vault stands as a monument to her
thoughtfulness of the needs of
those who are obliged to lay away
their loved ones during the winter
months.
During her tenure of office the
grounds have been added to, and
through her oversight, kept in a
condition as near like the lawn at her
own home, when at it's best, as was
possible.
The Methodist Episcopal church,
of which she was a devoted member,
is richer because of the many gifts
coming from her hands during the
years, besides being a generous
supporter of every enterprise of the
church, she gave the lot on which
the parsonage was built as well as
the pipe organ and the individual
communion service. In her will she
remembered the local church ad also
one of the Childrens' Homes in the
Conference.
Mary G. VanAlystyne was born at
Sheffield, March 6, 1843. Her early
life was spent in Berkshire county;
teaching school in Stockbridge at
one time and later in Rockford, Hi
nois. In 1866 she was married to
Julius S. Corbit, for many years the
founder in charge of the .Barnum
Richardson Company furnaces in
this section. Their first home was
in Dover, N. Y, later at Iron Ridge,
Wisconsin, then at East Canaan I'M
til the house on High street was
erected, where they lived until Mr..
Corbit's death in 1898.
Having no children of their own,
they adopted daughter, Eva May,
who became the wife of DIR. F. S.
Parsons of Thomaston. She died in
1916, leaving son, julius Corbit
Parsons, who now has son a few
months old.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at o'clock at the church
of which she had been so long a men,
Der and for thirty years the teacher
of the Bible elias. Rev. w. A. Mackie
of Sharon, formerly pastor of the
Methodist church here, assisted
Rev. A. H. Nesbitt both at the church
and at the cemetery.
The church was filled with friends
not only from this place but from
Poughkeepsie and Armenia, N. Y,
Great Darlington and Housatonic,
Mass, as well as from Thomaston,
Waterbury, Waterville and Sharon,
this state. In all of these places Mrs.
Coroit had a large acquaintance.
She is survived by sister, Mrs.
Albert Irion of Waterbury,, two
brothers, Walter Van Alstyne Of
Rockford, ILL.,, and Thomas VanAl-
styne of Waterville.
Nv. s. S.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-06-20

Master Raymond Mather enter
tanned eight of his little playmates
at his home on Bragg Street, Tues
day afternoon, the event being in
honor of his sixth birthday anniver-
sary, which was last week Friday,
June Ia. Refreshments consisting
of sandwiches, cake, ice cream and
lemonade were served. 1t goes
without saying that the youngsters
G?*rt : -@cst n;oy+Ele afts:Eaen,