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The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-28
u. v. M. OPENING
Date Postponed Until Thursday
November 7
Especial to The Caledonian)

Burlington, Oct. 28-The Univer-
sity of Vermont has again postponed
its opening, setting the date now for
Wednesday, Nov. Z, instead of We'd
nesday, Oct. 30 This is due to the
fact that the ban on gatherings is
expected to extend until November 4.
There are no new cases of influenza
at the University war schools, where
the situation is much better than III
the city proper.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-28
SHOT AND KILLED
Warren Farmer Shot by Neighbor
for Stealing Wood

Montpelier, Oct. 27-Oscar Heath
of Warren died at a hospital here To-
day from wounds alleged to have
been inflicted by George Greenslit
near He&th's home last Thursday
night. Greenslit is under arrest and
an autopsy will be held tomorrow.
When brought in here Heath told
the authorities that he had discover
ed Greenslit stealing wood from his
farm, and that when he had tried to
prevent him from carrying it off
Greenslit shot him.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-28

Total Humber of Casualties to Date
Including Those Reported Above
Killed in action (including 293
at sea) 10,574
Died Of wounds 3,787
Died Of dleeasc 1920
Died of accident and other
causes 1850
Wounded in action 32,1O5
Missing in action Gncluding pris-
oners) G,04O
Total 56,876
Died of disease, Harry Ii. Leno,
Wellington.
Died from accident and other caus-
es, Arthur I. JeAcrds, Topsham.
Wounded slightly in action, Dwight
Phelps, Milton.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-28

Daylight saving does not worry the
people of Alaska, according to re-
cent report. On June 21, last year,
they started a base ball game at 8
O'Clock in the evening. Saving day
light is rot vital matter in the
northern territory during the summer
A man car work 16 hours a day if
he wants TO.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-28
THE CASUALTY LIST
Three Vcrmonters Among the
Casualties

Washington, Oct 28-The follow
ing casualties are reported by the
commanding general of the American
ExneditinnaIy Forces:
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-28
WEATHER

Local rains and cooler tonight and
Tuesday.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-28

Killed in action 280
Died of wounds ITO
Died of accident and other
causes il
Died of disease 239
Wounded severely 1T
Wounded degree undetermined 481
Wounded slightly 359
Missing III action 148
Prisoners 3
Died of aercplane accident 10
-
Total 1886
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-28
GENERAL LUDENDORFF RESIGNS
KAISER MIGHT BE- PRESIDENT
GERMANS RIVER Line BROKEN

Austria Says She is Willing and Ready to Talk Peace and
Have an Immediate Armistice-After Intense Fight
ing on the Piaye the Italians Were Driven Back
Many Germans Killed in Street Riots
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-28
PUBLIC SAFETY
COM. ASKS TOWN
FOR ITS QUOTA
Four Hundred Dollars
Need1 and Twenty Men
am emen Have
o. ed
FOUR DAYS U1~
BEGINS 1C AY
Judge Harland B. Howe and
Mrs. A. w. Fine at
Head of this
Organization

The Vermont Committee of Public
Safety appointed by the Governor
has been dcirg splendid work. Have
you been keeping in touch with same?
Do you know that St. Johnsbury
has the honor of having one of its
citizens at the head of this organiza-
ton?
Judge Leighton P. Slack is the
chairman Of the Vermont Committee.
This committee needs funds to carry
on its war activities which are so
many and varied that all are more or
less familiar with them. The COM
mittee no.; being one formed by leg
islative enactment, depends on pub
lie contributions for support in. this,
as in many other states.
Last year the committee spent
$4,000. The largest part was paid out
in the food production campaign, car
ried on by the boys and girls. In re-
turn the boys and girls raised over
100000 worth of crops. The COM
mittee has renewed and is extending
it's efforts in this direction for this
season, with the assurance that the
Green Mountain Guard will easily
produce food supplies worth half a
million. This will release an equal
amount for use either at home Oh
abroad.
Did you know that 10000 boys and
girls enrolled last year in this cam
paign? That they raised $4,000 bush
els Of potatoes, 1000 bushels of beans
and $4,000 bushels of other garden
vegetables?
Did you know that $4,000 quarts OF
vegetables and fruits were canned by
these young people?
Vermont leads in the amount OF
food produced by her boys and
girls. Help The Green Mountain
Guard to double their efforts next
year.
The committee is active along many
other lines of war work One other
activity is the establishment of {
| bureau to assist farmers to get farm
help. Transportation is also receiy-
ing attention, as is industrial educa
ton.
/ The following is the list of towns
that have paid their quotas:
i Groton S 393l
Kirby 1877
| T Tr
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-19
FAMOUS FIELD OF BLOOD
Said to Be Spot Judas Purchased
With the Silver for Which He
Sold His Master.

Just outside the walls Of Jerusalem,
in the Valley of Hinnom, is a rocky
plain known as the Aceldama or
Field of Blood 1t is the potter's field,
purchased with the 80 pieces Of silver
for which Judas sold his master. Here
for centuries visitors to the holy city,
dying while on their pilgrimage found
resting place.
Gray and barren, it is a desolate
spot, solitary but for the chance WIS.,
itOr and q few withered gray-clad
monks from nearby monastery. For
small fee, one of these ancient re-
cluseS will show you the sights of the
place. Caves and underground pas
sages, honeycOmbed with tombs, are
cut in the rocky field. Your guide
leads you down age-worn steps, cut
perhaps in the sixth century, into
crumbling halls. His torch casts flick
ering uncanny shadows on the damp
gray walls. The place seems to re-
sent your Intrusion; it is the place
of Sleep" the hall Of the dead. On
one side is the tomb Of some warrior
HULK WIZ 1OliOWeU Tic lOTluueS VI
Richard Lion Heart of England to the
holy land, dying at the very gates Of
the city his master had hoped to con-
Quer. He must have died penniless,
too, as so many of these zealots did,
else his bones had not rested in the
potter's field.
Near Aceldama is ruined charnel
house, said to have been built by the
Crusaders for their dead. 1t Is tum-
bling ruin, nearly thirty feet long by
twenty wide, with one side of naked
rock. Beneath it are two of the larg-
est caverns, their rock sides pierced
with tombs and shallow graves. IN
the roof Of the ruin are holes through
which the bodies Of the dead were
lowered.
The Field Of Blood is on the north
eastern slope of the Hill of Evil Coun-
Gil, where tradition says the villa Of
Caiaphas stood, and where the chief
priest and elders plotted the execu-
ton of Jesus.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-19
ALL ARE SENT To JAIL
WHEN FOUND GUILTY
HUN PRINCE 0USTED
RuppreCht Removed for Defeat
on Somme Front.
Amsterdam Dispatches Announce Gen.
erals Arrival at Munich-Enjoy-
ing "A Brief Vacation"

London, Aug. 19-Amsterdam dis
patches announce the arrival In
Munich from the front of Crown
Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria. The
prince, the announcement states, Is en-
jOying a brief vacation"
In recent announcement from Par
Is 1t was stated that Gen. Hans Won
Boehn, the German retreat special
1st," had been appointed to supreme
German command on the Somme front.
The German withdrawal north Of
Albert was looked upon in Paris as
the first move by General Won Boehn
In the application of his retreat tao
tics.
The vacation of Crown Prince
Rupprecht is regarded here as merely
polite term for his removal from
command.
London, Aug. ia dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph from Amsterdam.
quoting a report received from Berlin,
says DR.. Richard Won Kuehlmann, for
mer German foreign secretary, has re-
ported to the military authorities. The
dispatch adds that it is expected they
will give him command in the west.
He Is major in the Bavarian Cuiras-
SierS
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-19
CONVICT 100
|. ". ". CHIEFS
W. D. Haywood and Companions
Found Guilty of Hinder
ing War.
FACE 20 YEARS IN PRISON
Jury, After Hearing Evidence for 1873
Days, Brings in Verdict in 55
Minutes - Defendants
Shocked

Chicago, Aug. 19.-William D. Hay
wood and 80 other members of the 1.
w. w. were found guilty in Judge Lam
dis court Of disloyal acts. The jury
was out just 55 minutes. 1t is report
ed the verdict was reached on the first
ballot.
The trial was started on April 1. It
took 20 days to get a jury and the
jurymen have listened to evidence con-
tinuously for more than three months.
The verdict seemed to overwhelm the
100 defendants, many of whom appar-
emily were confident of acquittal. By
the jury;s verdict they stand guilty Of
conspiracy to hamper the conduct of
the war.
Haywood Gets Shock
Haywood, seated at his attorneys
table, was f1ddling with a toothpick
when the verdict was read. He
started, his face became ashen, the
tOothpick fell in bits, brushed by the
grip Of his fat fingers. With sigh
he sank back into his chair.
Slowly the men filed out after hear
ing the verdict.
The 100 men marched through lane
Of tears to the north room on the sixth
floor Of the federal building, where
their supper had been laid out nightly.
They ate but little.
For many Of them, men who have
been weakened by the lives they have
led, the verdict might as we'll have
Been for life or the rope. Twenty years
is the maximum they may get and
two years a minimum. Fines can
range from $500 to $1,000 each.
All Go to Jail.
Probably third of the defendants
have been out on bail. At night every
one of the 100 went to the county jail.
Convicted, the bonds that have meant
freedom to them were automatically
cancelled. Judge Landis refused to al
low bail.
After the verdict came in Haywood
sat, silent for a time, the picture of
detection. Then newspaper men asked
him for a statement. He said:
II believed Judge Landis' instruc-
tions pointed clearly to an acquittal.
Well, well-we can only make the best
Of It,"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-19
U. S. PATROLS KEPT BUSY
Captain Tells of Hot Fight in No
Mans Land.

With the American Army on the
Vesle, Aug. 19.-While the French and
American and German heavy guns
across the Vesle, American patrols
have been particularly busy keeping
Informed of the enemy movements.
Here is an infantry captains Off
cial report of his experience
"The patrol, consisting of myself
and two corporals, started at eight In
the morning to ascertain whether the
Germans had retired
"We encountered a German post In
sem1circular hole. There were eleven,
ten asleep and the other on sentry
duty.
II shot the sentry. We then with
drew and in doing so ran into another
post similar to the first, also contain
ing about ten Germans.
"We shot two of them and then went
back toward our line. The Germans
began firing, wounding one corporal
in the leg, but both corporals reached
the American line
II was behind, having stopped to fire
on the Germans. I reached a point
about sixty yards from them when
their fire got too hot.
$50 dropped into a small hollow
pretending to be wounded. I stayed
there for 13 hours. After dark
crawled back to our own lines.
During my return trip to our lines
I discovered a third German post
which was occupied, apparently, only
late at night.
"At noon, while l was hidden in the
hollow, lieutenant took out a party
Of five to search for me. They did not
find me, but crept up to the second
German post and threw some bombs
into 1t, inf1icting several casualties.
II heard a German scream with
pain. The Germans also threw bombs
wounding one Of the neutenant's
party.
II request that our artillery clean
out these posts tomorrow"
The artillery carried out the work
the first thing the next morning.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-19
TROOPS USED. TO
END FOOD RIOTS
IN JAP CITIES
Stores in Tokyo and Several
Other Places PiIaged
by Mobs.
SOLDIERS FIRE ON RIOTERS
Number of Persons Wounded and
Heavy Property Damage Is Re-
ported-High Cost Of
Rice. Blamed.

London, Aug. ia dispatch to the
Express from Tokyo, dated Thursday,
states that 200 persons were killed
during the rice riots. Great property
damage also is reported. The CORE
spOndent says there is plentiful sup
ply of rice available, but the prOfiteers
have managed to prevent government
control Of prices.
Tokyo. Aug. 19.-There has been
serious riOting In Tokyo as a result Of
the high price of food, especially rice
Mobs attacked and damaged property
in the business and theater districts.
Two hundred stores, restaurants and
rice depOts were raided. The ministry
of the interior was unsuccessfully at
tackled.
Troops on Guard.
The rioters entered and pillaged
houses in Asakusa, the great recrea-
ton resort Of the muddle and lower
classes. A number Of disturbers were
wounded by the police. Twenty po-
licemen were injured.
Tokyo is now occupied by heavy de-
tachments of police and infantry. The
newspapers are forbidden to publish
news of any kind relative to the rice
riots.
Soldiers Fire on Dsturbers.
Troops have been called out in
nearly every important city in Japan.
Even the naval station at Maizuru is
affected by the unrest. Two thousand
wOrkmen there are rioting in cOnjunc-
ton with the populace.
AT NagOya, noted for its manufac-
lures Of pOrcelains, mob estimated to
aggregate 10000 persons rioted. At
several places the soldiers fired on the
disturbers.
At Kobe the soldiers and police also
were obliged to use sabers and bayo-
nets against the rioters.
See Social Crisis for Empire.
The newspaper comment here seems
to indicate that the food riots through
out the country are an expression of
growing social unrest among the peo-
pie and to reflect the belief that the
empire is advancing toward social
crisis The riots are involving alike
the poor and the middle classes, who
feel impelled to protest against eco
nomic conditions.
Burn Osaka Theaters.
Osaka, Aug. 19.-MObs pillaged gro
Gerry and dry goods stores and food
depots and set fire to theaters and
other buildings here. The military
forces called out to maintain order
were attacked.
1t is stated that at Maizuru, where
1000 wOrkmen from the naval arsenal
joined the populace in sacking the rice
stores, many persons were injured in
collision with the police.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-19
Various Kinds of Food.

A bulletin issued by the New York
Museum of Natural History stated
that one tribe of North American In
dians regarded~a mixture of pulver-
lied ants, grasshoppers, and locusts,
dried in the sun, as a relish. Another
tribe preferred grasshoppers and
crickets with roasted ants as va
RANT. Moths, the bulletin added, are
a favorite dish in Africa, and lumber
men in Maine are said to enjoy an Oc-
casional meal Of large black wood
ants. The beetle is eaten in Turkey,
the Nile valley, Lombardy, Moldavia,
Java, Peru, and Valachia, and is said
to be very nutritious and fattening.
In Central America the eggs of three
aquatic bugs are served as "cakes."
In Nyasaland paste of mayfiies and
mosquitoes is considered a delfcacy.
The Mexicans manufacture a drink
as strong as their pulque by infusing
a tiger beetle in alcohol.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-19
HUNS TORTURE WOUNDED
British Prisoners Say Foe Turned
LIQUID Fire on Them.

Liquid Fire on Them.
London. Aug. 10 (via Montreal
Que "Details have been officially
published for the first time of gross
foutrages on British prisoners and
wounded men committed by the Ger
mans last March. Affidavits Of Scotch
soldiers testify to the authenticity OF
the charges. A private of the Royal
Highlanders tells how he and a num-
Der of comrades. consisting Of one Off
Ger and is men, ten of whom were
wounded were compelled to surrender
near Monchy on March %. They were
lined up in the original front line
trench, and after some time German
officer and two men appeared. One
Of the men, under orders of the Off
Ger, turned a stream of liquid fire
straight down the trench in which the
Britishers were standing and cOntin-
ued to spray them for six Or seven
minutes.
Another soldier related how an Of
ficer, wounded in the head and foot,
and four other wounded and three un-
wounded men, including himself, were
in an old trench when two Germans ap-
peared and used liquid fire.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-19
YANkS CRASH IN AIR
Five U. S. Flyers Attacked by
Eight Germans.
Troops Watch Thrilling Battle in
Clouds-Two Americans Fall to
Death-Hun Shot Down.

With the Americans on the VesIe,
Aug. 19.-The troops ON this front,
near Ffsmes, saw a spectacular air
battle among the clouds in the morn
ing while waiting for the cooks to
dish up the "chow"
The fight began at eleven O'Clock
when five American planes flying down
to the line on a patrol were attacked
by eight Germans just south of our
lines.
The sky was filed with peculiar
cloud patches Of white fleece, from
behind WHICH the Germans appeared,
three attacking simultaneously our
patrol leader, who Immediately slid
off more than a thousand feet. and
then climbed upward and attacked the
enemy.
Meanwhile the fight was continuing
between other Americans and Ger
mans who were racing in and out be-
hind the tiny clouds in wild game
of hide and seek.
The rattle Of machine guns came
family to our ears, nearly a mile be-
low. Three Germans finally cornered
one Of ours and began driving him
down, when he suddenly turned up
ward between the attackers, riding
straight through a cloud, and present
IL rejOined his comrades.
Suddenly, amid the circling we saw
two planes crash together, apparently
hang suspended In the air two or three
seconds and then fall apart, plung-
ing earthward.
1t was easy to observe that the
wings on one side Of one plane had
been completely clipped off. Both fell
In wood southeast of Fismes.
We learned later that both were
Americans. The other Americans
withdrew and our anti-aircraft bat
teries turned a heavy fire on the Ger
mans. A report came later from the
front line that one German was hit
and apparently brought down out o.
control near Fismes.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-19
FLEE SHIP IN BURNING OIL
Survivors From Torpedoed Tanker
Reach Norfolk


Norfolk, Va, Aug. 19.-Many of them
suffering terribly from burns received
in making their way through a sea Of
burning oil, 40 survivors from the crew
Of the British tanker Mirlo, sunk off
Cape Hatteras by a submarine, landed
here. Boatswain Donald, who has
been on six ships torpedoed by subma-
rines, declares the experience he went
through when the Mirlo was sunk was
the worst of all.
1--WE did not see the submarine" he
said. "a torpedo struck us and keeled
us over. Oil poured out and caught
fire.
'"Then a second torpedo struck us
amidships and blew the deck up from
under us. The ship was cut almost in
half
"One of the lifeboats capsized just
as it struck the water and ten men
lost their lives. They were caught
in burning sea Of oil.
1--WE had to fight our way through
the burning oil for over one hour. The
whSle sea appeared to be on fire. For
mile and half the sea was burning.
''The oil poured out of the ship like
water from hydrant. 1t caught fire
as it came"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-19
PiQs and PEOPLE.

So like is the pigs eye to the human
eye that f1edgling oculists, learning
their trade, practice all sorts of opera
tions upon eyes of freshly killed swine,
which are easily obtained from the
market.
Even the skilled and highly trained
ophthalmologist, when he wants to try
out an idea-fOr instance, a new kind
of operation for cataract (Which means
the removal Of the crystalline lens)-
will get pigs eye and see how it
works. If it succeeds, he tries 1t on
a patient.
All the wonderful muscle cutting op-
erations by which squint and other ir-
regularitfes are SO successfully reme-
died, were worked out originally by ex-
pertments with pigs eyes.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-19
LATINS STOP ENEMY ATTACK
RepuIse Austrians Who Attempt to
Take IsIet-capture Prisoners.


Take IsIet-Capture Prisoners.
Rome, Aug. 19.-The war office COM
munication follows:
"From Stelvio to Asiago, in the
Grape region and onSthe lower Piave.
there has been isolated artillery ac-
tions. They have not been Of great
intensity.
"After violent artillery p.~k-iation
the enemy by strong encircling attacks.
attempted to retake the islet south
west of Grave di Papadopoloo, but
was arrested by our barrage fire and
promptly counter-attacked. The en-
emy was forced to retire in disorder
after having suffered heavy losses and
abandoning machine guns and mate
rials and leaving 20 prisoners in our
hands.
"There has been considerably ac-
tiyity by italian and allied aviators
In which an enemy machine was
downed"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-19
ULTIMATUM SENT BY SPAIN
lnterned German Ships VIII Be Seized
for Those Sunk by Eivers.

Paris, Aug. 19.-The Spanish note to
Germany on the sinking of Spanish
vessels by submarines constitutes an
ultimatum, since the Spanish govern
ment announces that a German vessel
interned in any Spanish port will be
seized for every Spanish ship torpe-
doed, according to Havas dispatch
from Madrid quoting the A. B. G. Of
San Sebastian.
This information was given the A.
B. c. by "a high political parsonage" ;"
The A. B. G. says:
"We regard 1t very natural duty
for the government to protest ener-
getically concerning every case Of tor
pedoing our merchant fleet and, if
Germany does lot give the satisfaction
due, we should reach the position
which the country's honor calls for"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-19
CZECHO-SLOVAKS ASK AID
Allies Urged to Make Drive on Irkutsk
at Once.

Vladivostok, Aug. 19-Generai
Diedrichs, commander of the Czecho-
Slovak forces in Siberia, has presented
a memorandum to the allied represent
atives here setting forth the urgent
need of speedy assistance on large
scale and that an advance on Irkutsk
should be ordered. He points out that
if the allied forces do not reach Ir-
kutsk within six weeks the delay will
be tantamount to the loss of all west
ern Siberia by the Czecho-Slovaks.
General Diedrichs says that this would
leave Russia entirely at the mercy of
the Germans.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-19
TWO KILLED IN CAMP RIOT
Negroes Clash With Military Police In
New Jersey.

Camp Merritt, N. j., Aug. 19.-Camp
authorities are Investigating riot In
diers were killed and eight others in
jured In fight with military police
While admitting that a fight had oc-
Cured, officers would supply no de-
tails. According to soldiers, the trOu-
BILE started when negro trooper and a
white sergeant engaged In q fight. A
company Of infantry, detailed to mill
tary police duty, was summoned and
arrived just as more negro soldiers
entered the fray.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-19
Russ Officers Shot 20 Death.

Amsterdam, Aug. 19.-Cf 1000 Off
GERS arrested at Moccow and PetrO-
grad on charges of counter-revolutton-
ary plotting, 236 have been shot at
Kronstadt, according to advices reach
ing here from Moscow.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-19
SUB SINKS FRENCH CRUISER
War Craft Torpedoed While co-operat-
in With U. S. Forces.

London, Aug. 19.-An Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Paris an
nounces the torpedoing of the French
cruiser Du Petit Thouars on August Z.
The cruiser was cooperating with the
American naval forces in protecting
allied shipping on the Atlantic: The
survivors of the cruisers crew were
picked up by American destroyers
Thirteen men are reported missing.