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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-11-18
MOTHER AUTOIST
! COMES TO GRIEF
York Grain Merchants Gar
SkidS on Wet Road
Ne SERIOUSLY INJURED

rye Hastings, Former Resident,
ead~~War Fund Drive win Con-
nue. Through Wednesday-Brief
totes OF Interest.
Ehile driving along the Berlin
bpike, near Meriden avenue, yes
lay. an automobile driven by a
u York grain merchant skidded
The wet road as 1T rounded a COR
and the rear of the auto crashed
a steep gutter, smashing the
guard and windshield. The oc-
ants were Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
hls and their two children. All
Aped serious injuries, though Mr..
lis received severe cuts about the
IS when the windshield was
Eshed.
Former Resident Dies.
Ford was received here this morn
that George Hastings, formerly
ag on the Cat Hole road in Blue
@s, passed away after a long ILL
at his home in Summit, Mass.
hrday. Mr.. Hastings was we'll
kwn here and in New Britain
re he was at one time employed
khe Stanley Works as a pattern
ter. Mr.. Hastings. in the spring
u 1901, moved to Summit,
l., hi
sister, Mrs, F. P. Harlow, and
ted a small factory making vio-
He was SO years of age and is
lived by his sister and one son,
rye Hastings, Jr., now with the
h Aero Squadron in France. The
~ will be taken to Winsted and
be buried in the family plot in
Greenwood cemetery tomorrow
Service Notes.
aymond Austin of the Naval Re
Re, stationed at Pelham Bay, spent
weekend with his parents, Mr..
Mrs. E. E. Austin, of Hudson
dt.
gorge Corr of the Naval Reserve,
bn9d at Brooklyn is spending a
1t furIough with his parents on
isGian Lane.
eWitt G. Riley of the Naval Re
e, stationed at Pelham Bay, is
hiding a short furloUgh at his
he on Berlin street.
srgt. James Arkimo, classnate
Edward Cowles at the Hartford
illogical Seminary aid now train
men at Camp Meade, spent the
k<end with Mr.. and Mrs. S. M
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-11-18
OPPOSES CHILD LABOR.
of Children i'm Nllnition
Plants Should Return to School.

Washington, Nov. 18.-An active
campaign TO secure the return to
school of thousands of children who
have been drawn into industry during
the war has been launched by the
children's bureau of the department
of labor. An announcement today
said letters had been sent to all state
officials responsible for the enforce
ment of school attendance and child
labor laws asking their cooperation.
Thousands of children, the an
nouncement said, were drawn into
unsuitable occupations during the war
by the attraction of high wages. In
many instances children under four
teen are being employed more than
eight hours day, 1T was said, and
children IS young as five years have
been found in industry.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-11-18
GOES TO CAMP
Henry Ludorf OF Iudorf Contracting
Company to Train For Commission
AS Army Artillery Engineer.

Henry Ludorf, junior member of
the firm of the Ludorf Contracting
Co, will leave today for Camp Zach
airy Taylor to train for a commission
as artillery engineer Ludorf is at
present enrolled in the Students
Army Training Corps at Columbia
university and at that institution has
been in the engineering class. He
was graduated in 1917 from the En-
ginering school of the Pratt Insti-
tute and has been working as an ar
chitect in this city with the Ludorf
Contracting Co. AT the expiration of
his course of study at Camp Zachary
Taylor he will be sent to Camp Stills for
practical work in artillery engineer
ing.
Ludorf graduated from st. Mary's
school in 1914, and attended the High
school for one year. He went to Pratt
institute In 1915 and completed his
studies with honors in 1917. While
at Pratt, he won the college insignia
in football and basketball.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-11-18
Campaign Still Booming

d
Campaign Still Booming.
G. W. Stevens reported this morn
ing that at the final meeting of the
solicitors held in the directors rooms
at the Berlin Savings Bank yester-
day afternoon, the solicitors Of the
house to house canvass reported
collections of $1,O62.16. Adding this
to Saturdays report of $5,495.36
makes Berlin's total $6,557.52. The
factory teams as yet have not re-
ported but it is expected that they
will make their report sometime this
afternoon. Berlin's first quota was
$4,000 which will be probably
doubled, but since the national quota
has been changed Berlin's quota has
been fixed at $4,000. The slogan in
the town is double the quota. The
chairman gives out the following re-
port as to the contributions attained
by the house to house canvass in the
four districts
Berlin, s1,954.75: East Berlin.
$51S,51, Kensington, $769,35 and
Beckley, $1o2.3o; making a total of
$3,344,91. Corporation gifts in the
town up to yesterday were 1920.
and the three local factories, The
American Paper Goods Co., The Ber-
lin Construction Co. and the Prentice
Mfg. Co., have contributed $1,952.61.
Berlin Briefs.
Mrs. Mary Hopkins of New Haven
spent Sunday at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Z. J. Stevens in <Kensington.
Victory services of the Kensington
Congreg atio2al church were held yes
terday. Mrs Hazen sang a solo.
Col. Charles NJ. Jarvis is i'll at his
residence on Berlin street.
Miss f. P. Wilcox and Miss Helen
Rohm have returned after long stay
in Atlantic City,
The Liberty Minstrels of Kensi1g-
ton have planned a big show for Fri
day evening, November %, at the ST.
PauPs T. A. 3. hall in Kensington. It
will be followed by a, dance. Mana
ger Hart announced that a final re-
hearsa1 will be called som etime before
Friday at the hall.
The case OF Frank Moniewicz
charged with evading responsibility
will come up before Judge George G
Griswold at the Berlin Town court
tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-11-18

street. His wife refused to leave her
sick bed to get his dinner so he pro
coded to beat her. Neighbors called
the police. He was fined $40, and
Jail sentenced was suspended.
Rudolph Deski, Benjamin Deski and
Adolph Seraphin were fined 81 and
costs for assaulting one another in
a. Park street saloon Saturday night
Benjamin called Seraphta a wood
chuck" and Seraphin called Benjanssn
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-11-18

a "chinaman." An argument fol
lowed and Rudolph became entanglet
in 1t.
Frank Libero caused trouble at the
home of a friend on Arch st. Satur
day and was fined SIS for being drunk,
and s. for breach of the peace.
Joseph Oquist resisted Officer VIII,
liam Hayes Saturday and paid fine:
of, S. and 81 this morning for drunk.
eness and resistance.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-11-18
THANKSGIVING VACATION.

The city schools will close next
Wednesday noon, November 27, for
the annual Thanksgiving recess. The
schools will reopen on the following
Monday morning.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-11-18
THRIFT STAMP SALES.
Minor and Corbin Continues to Hold
First Place i'm Contest.

The Minor and Corbin Box Con-
pany continues to hold first place in
the factory sales of Thrift Stamps.
The team Standins follow:
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-11-18

Rex Beach's famous story, Laugh
Ing Bill Hyde, will be shown at the
Lyceum In pictures Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday. 1t features Will
Rogers, the famous lariat thrower OF
THE Follies'' Don't miss it-advt.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-11-18

Cowles IN Kensington. Sergeant Ark
ino is a native Of Honolulu, Hawaii,
where he served in the u. S. army
there for a term of four years.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-11-18

HAVING AN DRY
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-11-18
PAID TO CELEBRATE.
WAR WORK PROFITS
Bristol Mig. Go. Pays Employees
for Last Monday
ALL GOES INTO FUND

$4,000 Mark Is Passed I'm Drive
Milk Dealer Knocked Down and In
jured BY Anto-Brief Items of In
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-30
GET SALT FROM SEA WATER
Old Method of Obtaining Necessary of
Life is Still Practiced in
Various Places.

The use of salt for seasoning and
preserving foods is so ancient that
the earliest written records refer to
it, says a writer in Popular Science
Monthly. For many centuries prac-
ucally all the salt used by the human
race was procured by the evaporation
of sea water.
This method of obtaining salt is
still employed in many localities where
the conditions are favorable. A flat
stretch of sea coast and q hot and
dry climate are necessary if salt is
to be got from sea water. An ideal
locality for this Industry is the coast
on the Bay of Cadis. Spain.
The sea water Is allowed to collect
in shallow basins. barely above high
water mark. AS tfe water eVaporateS
the various salts contained in the sea
water crystalline out and form a crust,
which is removed and shOveled in
small heaps. There the salts undergo
the first stage of publication.
The edible salt is drained from the
other salts, which constitute the great
er part of the impurities. The edible
salt crystallizes out first, while the
other salts retain the water and form
concentrated brine which is allowed
to run into bitches dug for that pur
pose.
The partly purified salt is then gath
cred into large heaps. Occasional
rains wash out the more easily soluble
impurities, and the hot sun dries the
salt on the surface of the pile Al
though it still contains about Is per
cent of impurities it is shipped in
large quantities without further refin-
ing.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-30
Being a Boy

A long time ago we recall that as
a boy we did all kinds of boyish
Dranks and on Halloween and Fourth
of July we followed the crowd and
did as the crowd did. We enjoyd tn
fun, as all boys do, and nver realized
that sometimes we caused anxiety to
parents, discomfort to neighbors and
bad temper when orchards or melon
patches were raided.
Now comes an appeal to the pat
riotism OF the boys of st. Johnsbury
on the app zach of Halloween to re-
member that this town is just recov-
ering from the effects of serious cpl
demic. Many homes still have sick
ones, conv&lescing from serious i'll
ness, while many other homes have
been saddened by the death of loved
ones. To the sick and convalescent
noise is particularly disturbing and
they ought to have complete rest.
Then, too, we ares offering from a
shortage of labor and every man, wo-
man and child in st. Johnsbury, with
few exceptions, is working to the
limit, and then some. They ought not
to be called upon on the morning of
Nov. l, tc spend their time washing
soap off frcm store windows, hunting
for blinds that have been removed or
restoring property. They need every
minute in the hours of the working
day to do their days work and help
win the war.
Thee hicf of police in st. Johnsbury
through the columns of this paper,
issues d y ccial appeal to the boys to
have their fun without damaging pro-
perty or making a noise that would
naturally disturb the sick. We have
faith enough in thes pirit of fair play
and patriotism of the American boy
to believe that this request will be
Needed in ST. Johnsbury on Thursday
night. and in this attempt to help
everybody the parents can very pro-
perly cooperate.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-30
Takinn the PhiIosonhlc View.

81 don't see you out in your auto any
more" said the first north slider to his
friend. Last summer you were gone
all the time; no day was too hot, no
road too dusty, no storm too hard, no
discomfort too great to keep you at
home"
"WeI," unused the second, "the price
of everything is getting so high that
auto riding for pleasure is really a
luxury and not a necessity, so that it
was no trouble at all for me and my
wife to find for the first time this sum-
mer that the roads are hot and dusty,
that it is a whole lot of trouble to
clean up the machine after long ride,
that it is much better to sit in your
own rocking chair on the cool front
porch at night, while the north wind
fans your cheeks, e4c., ad in. So now
the car stays in the garage a great
deal more, there is no wear on the
tires and the mechanism is not sub
jected to such strain as it used to be,
and the car will last much longer
Indianapolis News.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-30
WHO CAN RISE TO OCCASION?
Name of Man CAPABLE of Formulating
"UmbrelIa Regulations" Will
Live in History.

With the passing of each rainy day
it becomes increasingly strange that
no benefactor of the race has been
prOdded, gouged or spattered into pre-
pairing a Manual of Umbrellas" PeO-
pie have been carrying some sort Of
protection against the rain ever since
anybody can remember, yet the only
thing they have really learned to do
well is to lose umbrellas. No two
persons, not even lovers, can walk I'M
der one umbrella without getting wet,
and raincOats probably were first de-
yised by a man who tried to carry an
umbrella over his Wifes hat. What
excuse is there for the person who
goes through a crowded street holding
an umbrella before him in charge
bayOnets fashion? An apology does
not exactly meet the requirements
after the tip of an umbrella rib has
been thrust into some ones eye.
Folded, the umbrella is just as dam
gerous, when some one comes plung
ing along the sidewalk holding the
umbrella at an angle of about As de-
oA0Co oAA0au VI A1A1i' IAipplhS OFOAy
one but himself. Then there is the
person who tucks the handle under
the arm, so that an innocent person
may become speared on the sharp end
which sticks out like a 60-fOot tele-
phone pole on a 15-fOOt truck. Fur
thermore, wet umbrellas never were
intended as partitions between seats,
even at motion-picture theater.
There is no desire to distract the best
brains Of the country from consider
alton of war problems, but some sort
CT umbrella regulations are needed.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-30
SiIvery Bark of the Yellow Birch.


The bark of the yellow birch can be
compared with nothing else. The tree
is unique among trees. The yellow
birch, often better called the silvery
birch, has bark more tinsel-like than
that of any other tree. 1t seems to
have been made for campers to ,ad.
mire, or perhaps, in an emergency to
use to kindle the camp fire, says Ed
ward F. BigelOw in Boys Life. But
do not allow the appreciation of the
useful to overcome your appreciation
of the beautiful. It is true that the
bark may thus be used for kindling,
and it is also probably true that the
removal of the loose bark does not in.
jure the tree, but such removal Injuries
the beauty of the tree. as you then de-
prive it of it's chief characteristic. The
manner in which the bark breaks on
the main trunk, expands and rolls back
in ribbonlike curls and strips, which
long remain attached and rustic in
every passing breeze, could not fail to
elicit the admiration Of every lover Of
the forest.
1t is noticeable that on old trunks
the character of the bark Is different,
as there it is roughened by irregular
platelike scales.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-30
TOUCHED BY SERVICE FLAG
Youngster on Brink of Disgrace Re-
solved to Be Worthy of Emblem
Displayed in His Honor.

"Why the service fag?" is an old
question, but from one of our middle
West towns comes a new answer.
A wealthy family in an Indiana
town had son, who had never done
anything to reflect honor on his fam
ily-a family which was proud of its
famous ancestry. He didn't enlist
tried to evade the draft, but was COM
PEELED to go in recent call. He en-
tered a training camp a few miles
from his home town.
Rules and regular life were hard
for him. Smarting under a we'll
deserved reproof, he one night decided
to desert. He slipped away from the
camp and under cover of darkness,
made his way to his home in order to
get his civilian clothes and better eff
feet his escape.
Just as he was ready to scale the
front veranda Of his home he noticed
the service flag in one of the houses
great front windows There it was
in the most conspicuous place the
house afforded-a great silk flag with
its one blue star.
tits for me-" the boy thought.
Through his mind passed the men,
Dry of his life-a failure in winning
any of the honors his family had
wanted for him. No college diploma,
not even a high school one, had he re-
ceived-nothing except this one star
in this flag had he ever let his people
claim as his contribution to the family
famous name.
He turned back toward the sidewalk.
''They'll get to keep that honor" he
told himself. "I'll make it bigger, too,"
and he slipped back to camp, elated
10 find that his absence had not been
discovered
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-30
NOT WISE ABOUT osTRICHEs
Grave Difficulties Seem to Surround
Scheme Devised by Soldier Who
Wants a Mascot.

The machine-gun sergeant at Doug
las who wants an ostrich for a mas
cot and is willing to hatch it himself
if somebody will provide him with an
egg, does not know much about Os-
tricheS or the tasn in which he pro-
poses to enlist, in :he opinion of the
Arizona Republican,. If he gets the
egg and is not otherwise restricted, he
might as well be mustered out of the
service. The Germans will be at peace
so far as he is coucerned.
He has perhaps been misled by
stories he has heard Of the careless.
irresponsible way l.: which the ostrich
race is perpetuate::, by the laying of
the egg in the SAM, where it is left to
it's own devices uriil it becomes an
ostrich. That may happen in Africa,
where there is plenty of sand and heat,
but it will not work in the climate of
Douglas, where, though there is no
lack of sand the sun cannot be count
ed upon to assist in the business OF
incubation. The sergeant would have
to go to setting.
Moreover, the ostrich is a bird OF
slow growth. 1t would be long
time before one coming forth from
the egg could become potent influence
in the struggle between autocracy and
democracy. By the time it would be
in readiness to be taken to Berlin the
war would be over and only historians
would yet be talking about it.
We would Recommend some other
kind Of mascot, one Of quicker though
even of less sturdy and magnificent
growth.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-30
To Have House Painted.

1t was a simple boyish letter writ
ten in London by q youth from Wor-
cester, Mass, with little bit of news,
little bit of complaint, and great
big bit OF confidence in what he and
the Americans were going to do; but
the better part by far was: 81 have
saved my pay for some time now, and
want to give dad surprise by hav-
ing the old house painted. Won't you
please let me know how much it will
cost? and I'll send you the money and
leave the rest to you, but you mustn't
let dad know who is paying for it."
That same evening on train, among
the missing and reported as prison
er, read the name Of the aviator who
wrote the letter.-The Outlook.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick Burke OF
Middlebu,y have received wire from
the war department telling them that
their adopted son, Pvt. Dennis NAL
oney, who was last week reported
missing, had returned. September
30 Where he had been lost, they
were not informed, and have no idea
of what happened to him.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-30
SUTTON

John Mclaughlin of Westmore
spent the weekend with his daughter,
Mrs. w. C. Stevens.
Fred Drew has bought the Francis
Drew farm and has moved his family
there.
C. B. Joy of Barton was in town
one day lasc week.
F. w. Craig has moved to his place
in the village.
The funeral of Gilbert w. Sanborn
only son Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. San
born, was held from the church Sat-
urday afternoon. Gilbert died OF
pneumonia at Camp Mcclellan, An
niston, Ala. Much sympathy is felt
for the family.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Aldrich anC
Miss Sadie E. Blake spent Sunday
with friends in Peacham.
Supt Harvey Burbank was II
town Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Van Sanborn have
moved to Mrs. Abbie Switser's house
in the village.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-30
In Vaudeville.

Draft men coming to Camp Kearny
recently for training decorated the rail
road cars in which they travelled with
all sorts of notices and inscriptions.
When they got there they were re.
quired to wash them off. However
one car got away from camp in some
unexplained fashion, while these words
still adorned it's sides:
''This is the bunch that's going to
make the kaiser whistle the Star.
Spangled Banner
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-30
Peculiar Cause for Divorce,

In divorce case at London, Eng
land. the petitioner, lance corporal
in the Gordon Highlanders, said his
wife, an Englishwoman, refused to be
seen with him on the street because
she did not like him In kilt. When
he was on leave later she greeted him
with "Oh, those d kiltsl" The
husband was granted a decree.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-30
Pride Always Stumbling Block.

Pride brings many into error, and
makes them sometimes fall into blind
ness almost incurable Let the fall
OF the proud, thus foolishly presum-
ing on themselves, serve thee for q
warning, and keep thee ever humble
Thomas Kempis.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-30

DR.. N. R. Caldwell has been APP
pointed temporary health officer of
Burlington by the secretary of the
State Board of Health, DR.. c. F. Dali
ton, to act in place of DR.. F. J. En-
mis-, who died on Sunday. DR.. Cald-
we'll is a graduate of the medical col
lege of the University of Vermont
and has seer army service in the
Medical Corps.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-30
VERMONT NEWS

During The recent wind storm the
ferry boat Kittery at Keelers bay
broke away from her moorings and
drifted to sea. She is again safely an
chored. The Kittery while at sea-
faring boat, seems a little top heavy
for the wind swept coast of Vermont.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-30
EFFECTIVE ADVERTISING

During this histOry-making period of war, bus
mess is apt to be or less disOcated in spots and
it behOOves every live merchant and dealer to get his
house in order.
"Deadwood" has place in business in these
stirring times. The mark of the live merchant or
the live dealer is indebly expressed in his adver-
vertising. Thrift and economy is the order of the
day, but thrift and economy that cu1tas efficiency
will not help business. To cut advertising space is
to curtail efficiency which means, SOONER or LATER
the falling into the 'deadwood" class of the mer-
chant or dealer who follows such false economy.
The effectiveness of liberal advertising is not
doubted The effectiveness of liberal advertising in
The CaledOnian is proven by direct and indirect re-
suits coming each day to the live merchants and
dealers who are using liberal space.
JOIN THE LIVE ONES
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-30

Last Sunday Rev. A. A. Mandigo,
secretary of the Vermont Conference,
Rev. F. w. Hazen of the Congrega-
tional church and eight others dug
and stored the potato crop of neigh
Dor who was i'll with influenza.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-30

DR.. H. L Pierce of Swanton, who
enlisted about six weeks ago in the
medical ccgps, has been ordered to
report FOR duty within Is days at
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.