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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1918-01-02
FIX PRICES ON
LOCAL SALE OF
FOOD STUFFS
Flour, Potatoes and Sugar
Used to Enaugurate State
Wide Plan
WILL EXTEND TO
OTHER COMMODITIES
State Food Administrators
Believes Idea VIII
Be Beneficial

Maximum ana minimum prices on
-four, potatoes and sugar sold IN st.
Johnsbury and which Will eventually
lead 10 the esta blishnlcnt of prices
on other food comm ODDITIES. have been
fixed by the wholesale and retail gro
GERS Of St. Johnsbury. Acting upon
the wishes OF the state food admin
istrator, James Y. Hartnoss, i'll CON
junction with his plan which ls be-
ing carried out in tho principal cities
of the state. the Wholesale and re-
tai groccrs OF this place met recently
to effect an rganization. and to
agree on reasonable prices.
On December 18. Representatives of
the grocery trade Of the state met
with Administrator lIartness in
Montpelier where the subject was
discussed and tentative plans drawn
up. AS a preliminary to an effective
state organization l. man was select
cd from each Of the towns repre-
sented 10 compose a board called the
conference board. The board elect
ed as its chairman, r. d. f-add OF
Earre. II. II. Carr is the local rep
resentative of the federal food ad-
nlinistration,
An interpreting board composed oi
the retail and wholesalers Of the city
met recently ana adjusted prices on
the three commodities agreed upon
to inaugurate tho. scheme.
1t is gnderstood tho plan. if i
works oJtt 20 the satisfaction of IL
oi'igiilatofs. win remove any posi-
tilit15 of either. retailer or whoicsaloi
ifaking exh0rbitant, Var profits ano
VIII assure, the community a reguiat
od: price on the commodities affected
IN those cities. It will in fact, in
c,toase competition. toward lower
Prices: i'll fatpr Of st. Johnsbury con
slnIet.i.
IT, The maximum and minimum price!
are arranged rs follows:
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1918-01-02

Get a Box Of Almons Cold Tablets
at SearIes Drug Store and Cure that
Cold. Only % cents. 9-26-tf
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1918-01-02

II you need a monument or any
lettering done In cemetery write or
call 534M. J. E. Walker.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1918-01-02
LOCAL NOTICES

Notices will oe inserted in this
column in reading matter type at the
-afn of ten cents = line for the first!
insertion and fivt cents q line for sub
sequent insertions Of the same cppy.l
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1918-01-02

Kildust, a new sweeping COM
pound Eve think it's the best) cleans
and polishes floors. rugs and carpets.
Ask your grocer for it.
Petralite. Fills ali old cracks in
floors and other places. invaluable in
many cases-20c. g pound. Money
back on either of above if no< salts
factory.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1918-01-02
Tie Interpreting board consists o

TIE interpreting board consists OF
the following: r. P Bailey, d. j.
Perrigard, F., A. Brown, A. j. La
ferriere. David Freshett, Arthur
Smith, Russell f. bowrey, r. n. Rem
freW, J. S. Weeks, I.indol Scott;
Henry Wilson, wholesale grocery; y.
D. Bean. wholesale grocery; Joseph
Brooks, wholesale flour and feed.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1918-01-02
THE PECK COMPANY.

Fairbanks CUffee, sold by A. Fl.
Gleason, 73 Main street.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-21
HUN PLANE, BURNING,
DROPS NEAR LONDON
Great Air Raid by Gothas Does
Little Damage.

London. May 20.-The Evening
News. commenting on last nights
German air raid on London, in
which thirty-seven persons were
killed and 155 injured, says:
1T is only an incident in the great
air duel now being fought" A curl
Gus feature of the raid was that a
nightingale sang throughout the
barrage of the anti-aircraft guns,
Three bombs fell on the country
side in Kent and two in the sea.
Last nights raid" says a Cen
trail news dispatch, was one of the
most ambitious attempts yet made
oy the enemy against London
The damage in London is de-
scribed as small in comparison with
the magnitude of the effort.
The Star says the destruction Of
four of the raiders marks and I'M
provement in the London defenses
and gives hope for further improve
ments.
A Central News dispatch says the
inhabitants of country otw n s
watched a thrilling fight between a
British machine and a German raid
ing plane, in which the latter was
compelled to turn back in its flight
towards London, and was brought
down, after a spectacular machine
gun duel at close range. The Ger
man machine crashed to @the coun-
try-side.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-21
GIVE S116,S55
TO RED CROSS
ON FIRST DAY
Capital Reaches Nearly
One-fourth Its Quota Of
S5OO,OOO.
GREAT DRIVE BEGINS
Liberty Hut, Toy Theater
and Keith's Theater Are
Scenes ofEnthusiasm.

THE time has gone by when Amer,
lean troops are sent over to take
their place in a big army and wait.
The pace has quickened. Your
American troops are now being bri.
gaded with the British and the
French in orGy~ that they may take
part at once"
This was the message with which
Lord Reading. the British Ambassa-
dor, opened a meeting for the Red
Cross in the Billy Sunday Taber-
nacle here last night He paid high
tribute to President Wilson's speech
in New York on Saturday.
Gen. Bridges. head of the British
war mission, was with Lord Read
ing on the platform.
Il wonder whether any tongue. u
said the Ambassador, can give ex-
preston to what has been done by
the Red Cross. pity the human
being whose blood does not run
warmer within him, when he reads
of the things accomplished by this
noble body. and does not do all he
can to help it."
Presiding at the meeting was H. q.
F. Macfarland, who introduced John
w. Davis. Solicitor General of the
United States, and counselor of the
Red Cross.
Davis Praises Work,
1t Is hitting that a series OF in
ternatiOnal nights should be held ir
conjunction with Red Cross week. u
said solicitor Davis because of the
loyalty and intense devotion of tho
people of the United States to theiI
allies, to whom in soul and purpose
they are now united
Solicitor Davis expressed IL as fit.
ting that. since a choice had to be
made among the allies, the British
Should have the first night, because
OF the triple and indissoluble bond
of language. literature and law
which binds England and America.
1t was Immediately after David
Bispham had sang Tennyscn's Rims
out Wild Bells" with admirable ef.
feet. that Earl Reading was intro
duced by Chairman Macfarland.
Mr.. Bispham, accompanied nv
Harry VI. Gilbert. led the audience
IN patriotic songs and sang in con-
clusion a song the words for which
were written by John Hay while
secretary to former President Lin
coin. "When-the Boys Come Home. .
General Bridges Speaks.
General Bridges said that when
the British army had been expand
ed from six to sixty divisions in a
CONTINUED ON PAGE TW,,.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-21
Official Reports
From, War Fronts
BRITISH.

London. May 2n-Four hundred
prisoners were taken by the French
on the Flanders front. east and
northeast OF Locre. in an advance
on a front Of 1000 yards. tonights
report from Field Marshal HaiC
says.
British troops rushed a German
post east of Hchutcrnc. taking pTis-
oners. The statement records. Com
siderable activity" by the German
artillery and gas shell lombard
ments north OF Bethunc.
The text of the statement fol-
lows:
"OVer-night French troops car
ried out a successful operation east
and northeast of Locre. All their
objectives were gained on a front
of 1000 yards. More than 400 pris-
oners were taken.
There was local fighting early
this morning north of Albert as
result Of which a few of our troops
are missing.
"a party of our troops rushed
post east of Hebuterne. capturing
prisoners and two machine gums.
CONTINUED on PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-21
WRECKS AIRPLANE
TO SAVE ONLOOKERS
Lieut.. Miller. Mail Service Aviator
Narrowly Misses Death.

Lieut.. Walter Miller. the army avia-
tor bringing mail from Philadelphia
20 this city. narrowly missed death
yesterday when he wrecked his ma-
chine to avoid injuring onlookers
while making landing at havre de
Grace, Nd.
Lieut.. Miller left Philadelphia YES
terday afternoon with mail brought
from New York to Philadelphia by
Lieut.. Torrey H. Webb. Engine trou-
BILE developed and Lieut. Miller was
forced to descend at Havre de Grace.
Those who saw the plane descending
rushed into the field directly m the
path of ii. Unable to land without in
juring and possibly killing several,
Lieut.. Miller Swerved and crashed his
plane into a fence. The mail nc ear
ried was brought into Washington by
train.
Lieut.. Joseph c. Edgerton set n new
record in his flight from Washington
to Philadelphia yesterday. Leaving
here at 11:3O O'Clock he arrived IN
Philadelphia at 1:29.
Lieut.. Torrey H. Webb also showed
his metal. Fighting his way from New
York to PhIiadeipnia AGAINST a stroLg
y!ind he arrived in the latter city at
Ill o'clock and Immediately upon the
arrival Of Lieut.. Edgerton from this
city eighteen minutes later. set out
again for New York and arrived there
at $40 O'Clock.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-21
Intervention in East or Not?
Point for Wilson's Decision
England, France and Italy for; or With
His Own Advisers, Against

and help the people economically
back to the peace and relative pros
perity which they seek above all.
Japan and China are waiting for
the decision of the other allies.
Both according to authoritative re
Elections of their attitude received
here, are anxious to help them
look upon Intervention as the OBJ
vious channel. Both, however, in
sist they will be guided absolutely
by the judgment of the allies.
Matter Up to Wilson.
And the allies. according to every
sign available here yesterday, have
left the formulation of this judg-
ment in the hands of one man
Woodrow Wilson.
Both sides insist that they put
forward their views merely as their
opinion of the best way to win the
war. Each is willing to defer to
the judgment of the other.
Both the interventionists and the
anti-interventionists however, base
their views on what has been term
ed a policy OF enlightened selfish
nesss. One side thinks that the
pressure on the West front must
be relieved. in order that democracy
may triumph in the end. The other
side asserts that 1t will be a poor
triumph for democray il the latest
Of all democracies-Russ is either
driven to Potsdam or crushed
beneath an allied iron heel.
Seeks Abstract Justice.
President Wilson, throughout his
utterances on the war having clung
close to the line of abstract justice
rather than interest. thus rises in
the present crisis as the statesman
whose decision will, all in all, have
CONTINUED ON PAGE FoURJ
The Washington herald., 1918-05-21
RaouL Lufbery,
American Ace,
Jumps to Death
By NEWTON c. PARkE.

With the American Army in France,
May I9.-CDelayed)-An incendiary
lllet penetrating one of the gasoline
,nks of his Nieuport machine was
.obably the cause of the death this
morning Of Major Raoul Lufbery. the
most daring Of all American pilots.
He had 'many times discussed the
possibility of such a death and had
aid he would not waste a minute ia
jumping from his machine. explain
ing that thus alone he could save
hImself from a horrible death IN
.ames. He followed that program
his morning with the same GOODNESS
with which he frequently had attack
ID. single-handed. large groups OF
,nenly machines.
The last we saw Of Lufbery was
D Aw hours before his fatal fight.
tshile he was showing his comrades
a huge pair Of fur-tOpped cork peas
ant shoes that he had brought from
Brittany. where they had been pre-
sented to him by a French sdmirer.
Lufbery. who was a modest little
fellow, sat on a cot above which
hung the latest liberty loan poster
and a Maltese Cross torn from the
wing of one Of his German air VIC
Tins.
He talked about a book-his auto
hiography-on which he was working.
He said personally he didn't want TO
write it because he feared Americans
would think he had "a swclled head
but thought it might prove interest
ing reading, and so he was persuade
by friends to write il.
II probably will be a long while
before scores of his friends among
the American and French aViators
will recover from the loss OF "Luff '
The Washington herald., 1918-05-21
BLISS PERMANENTLY
ON SUPREME COUNCIL
This General Credited
with Bringing Together
Opposing Factions.
KENLEY AND RYAN GET
NEW AIRCRAFT TITLES
Kenlcy Director of Military Aero
nauiics; Ryan Executive
Officer.

President Wilson yesterday mad
nominations which will provide the
United States army with three Off
GERS of the high rank of general,
lie also separated the Aircraft Di-
vision from the Signal Corps before
the ink was dry on his signatu ture
to the Overman bill which provided
authority for the latter step.
Mai Gen. Peyton c. March was
named to be Chief of Staff. The
office carries the rank of full gen
eral. Gen. March has been serving
as Acting Chief of STAFF Iince Mai
Gen. Tasker H. Bliss went to Eu-
rope.
Gen. Bliss was nominated to be
brevet general and designated as
permanent representative of the
United States on the Interallied War
Council which meets at Versailles.
March snd Bliss Responsible.
Gen. John ]. Pershing. as Com
mander-in-Chief Of the American ex-
peditionary forces. already carries
the rank of full general The pro-
motions for March and Bliss are said
to have become necessary on ac-
count of the constantly increasing
responsibility of American comman-
ders for the conduct of the war.
Two other nominations are of ex-
traordinary interest. as they directly
concern the national army. They are:
Brig. Gen. Frank W. Coe, national
army. to be Chief of Coast Artillery,
with the rank of major general.
Brig. Gen. John D. Barrette. ma
tional army. to be brigadier general
in the regular army.
In the reorganization of the Air
craft Department Maj. Gen. William
L. KeHIy is designated by the Pres
ident as Director Of Military Aero
nautics.
John D. Ryan. the recently ap-
pointed chairman of the Aircraft
Board, has been made executive Of
ficer of the Bureau of Aircraft Pro-
ductiOn.
Mai. Gen. George o. SGuier. who
has exercised general authority over
aircraft matters until now. will in
the future confine his activities to the
Signal Corps.
Analysis OF Proclamation.
The following official analysis OF
the lengthy proclamation issued by
the President in making these
changes was authorized by Secre-
tary of War Newton d. Baker:
The Signal Corps will have only
to do with signals and nothing "a
do with the production or use OF
aircraft.
The Division of Military Aero
nautics will have charge of the mil
itary use of aircraft and the train
ing of ayiatoTs.
The Bureau OF Aircraft PTUduc-
tiOn will have exclusive charge OF
the production of aircraft, aero
nautical Instruments and supplies
The order gives to Major Gen.
eraI KenIy custody Of all property
pertaining to the use of aircraft
and the money designated for use
in this connection
Mr.. Ryan is given custody and
authority over all property and
money appropriated for the con-
struction of aircraft.
This will. in effect. make both
CONTINUED ON PAGE ELEVEN.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-21
BARNETT MAY
BE LIEUTENANT
COMMANDANT'
Naval Committee Reports
Supply Bill to the Sen
ate Today.

The soldiers OF the sea are to have
a full lieutenant general. if the SEN
ate Naval Affairs Committee has its
way.
In the huge naval appropriation
bill. which the committee will re-
port to the floor of the Senate to-
day. the present commandant of the
Marine Corps. Maj. Gen. George
Barnett is named to be advanced
TO Lieutenant General Comman-
dant." with the pay and allowances
of a lieutenant general. The rank
is for the period of the war.
At present there is no lieutenant
general in the American fighting
forces. although authority for the
rank has been provided for the army.
Secretary of War Baker indicated
recently that the lieutenant generals
under Pershing would he named as
soon as the American commander is
ready to organize individual army
corps Each army corps would be
commanded by a lieutenant general.
Makes Barnett Supreme.
The purpose of the advance in
rank is to make Gen. Barnett su-
preme at the head of his crack army
corps. For by the latest increase of
the marines from 5000 to $500, as
proposed in the bill, Gen. Barnett
would have a corps made up of
three divisions.
Another portion of tho amendment.
which would name Gen. Barnett to
higher rank. provides that the Presi-
dent shall be authorized TO appoint
one permanent and one temporary
major-general in the corps. There is
already talk that. IL the amendment
pass, Generals Charles A. Doyen and
John A. LeJeune may be named.
The plan of the House was to create
one permanent and one temporary
major-general and make these sub
ordinate to Gen. Barnett. who would
remain a major-general. But the Sem
ate committee took the stand that
the marine corps commander would
have a highly efficient body of men.
and should be able to meet COM
manders Of other corps on a like
footing.
s2Oc, ,S4O,124 Added.
The Senate committee will report
out the naval appropriation bill to-
day, carrying a total of sl.5S7. .656. $40.
or 500. .S4O,124 more than the bill car
ried when it passed the House.
The Senate Naval Affairs Commit
tee has been working on the bill
several days, and only Completed
their labors last night. II expected
that the hill will be rushed through
the Senate.
The increase of s2os. .s4O,124 made by
the, Senate includes a jump Of from
SIS. OF. 90 to 500. 900 for aviation;
for ships batteries from s4s.0oo,o0o to
$50, 900. 900; for armament for fifty sub
marine chasers and six new SUBJ
ooHuEuD or RAeE 1wo
The Washington herald., 1918-05-21
RHONDDA STAYS FOOD CHIEF
British Minister. Better in Health,
Withdraws Resignation.

London. May 20.-Food Minister
Lord Rhondda. who has been i'll for
some time, was reported tonight to
be progressing excellently," and to
have withdrawn his resignation at
the request of Premier Lloyd
George. Acting Food Ministe er
Clynes will, continue to exercise his
present functions until Lord Rhond-
da is able to return.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-21
NO MORE "BoMBPR0OF JOBS"
Congress Refuses Request for City
Dudes" to Instruct Farmers.

. A request by Secretary of Agri-
culture Houston to have 1000 young
men exempted from the draft so
they could act as Agricultural in
structors" was turned down by the
House yesterday. 1t insisted that
no more "bombproof'' jobs should be
created. Rural members ridiculed
the whole idea of having city
dudes" instruct farmers on how to
jncrease their crops.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-21
FRENCH SMASH HUNS BACK FOR BIG GAIN;
GEN. BLISS /. S. MEMBER OF ALLIED COUNCIL
u. S. FORCES In
WAR ZONE SHOW
RAPID INCREASE

London. May 20" Parts
Of Northern France" says
Reuters correspondent with
the British army. are sud-
denly thickly populated with
American fighting troops. Six
weeks ago only an occasional
American was seen in Flan-
ders. The British nation is
satisfied that the comrade-
ship-in-arms is sincere"
The Washington herald., 1918-05-21
HUN ASKS POLAND CATTLE.
Demands One-6fth Total of All that
Country Has. .

Zurich, via Paris, May 20.-The
zuricher Zeitung says the German
military authorities have demanded
of Poland to furnish Germany with
100000 head of cattle. including 30.-
600 pigs. The amount demanded
represents. ope-fifth Of Poland's
livestock
The Washington herald., 1918-05-21

President Wilson has been called
upon to make the most difficult de-
cision of the whole war-how to make
good his pledge to help Russia. II
was learned here yesterday that the
decision rests practically in Mr.. Will
sons hands alone He must decide
almost Immediately, following the
pledge he gave in his Red Cross
If the decision is to be of any use.
He must quickly adopt one of these
two widely divergent views:
i. France. first of all, and also
Italy and England. have made strong
representations that the Russian sit
uation could not be worse. These
countries believe that allied inter-
vention. with the Japanese and Chi
nese. can have no effect worse than
the present state of affairs. They
believe that it may go far towards
winning the war on the Western
front.
Intervention Fatalf
2. Many of the Presidents own ad-
visers insist that intervention of any
sort will be fatal-that 1t will drive
Russia. body, boots and breeches,
into the German camp.
The latter got remarkable confirma-
ton of their opinion yesterday in
an interview granted to the Interna-
ticnel News Service by DR.. Thomas
Carrigue Masaryk, Czech member
Of the Austrian Parliament, who is
under sentence of death for leaving
Austria when the war broke and
who has just arrived in Washing
ton from Russia. where he was in
timateiy connected with both the Ke-
rensky and BOlsheviki regimes.
Dr. Masaryk says the only way
to treat Russia is to recognize and
deal with the de facto government
The Washington herald., 1918-05-21

Lordon, MAJ -o-Thc er,uch
last night delivered a smashing
blow against the German front
northwest of Kcmm"l. iu Flanders.
netting them more than 100 pris-
oncrs in an advance over front
OF 1000 wards.
This important progress w7s
made east and northeast OF rhr
village OF Locrc, which i the
pivot of the allied front protecting
the southern flank OF the Nprcs
salient. The success deprivcs the
Tcutons of valuable ground which
would have served them as jump
ing off terrain in the impending
drive. 1t bars the approaches to
Locre even more firmly and adds
to the possibility OF a French
drive against KENNEL if and
when the moment is decrcd iavor-
able.
Prepared ny ArtileFss
TcrIinc and effective artillery prep
araiion lasting many hours heralded
the brilliant da IN of the poilus on the
vital sector of the British Flanders
front. Berlin in its day communique
foreshadowed the attack by recordInS
violent" and Intense" firing IN tho
KENNEL region during the night and
early this morning. The German night
broke down with heavy losses"
The German war Office also was
obliged to concede yesterdays Brit
ish success in entering Nille-Sur-
Ancre, below Albert, though il claims
British attempts TO push the advance
and subsequent attacks on Morlan-
court brown down with sanguinary
losses"
Aircraft Active.
Allied aircI4 aft again was feverishly
active during the last twenty-four
hours The British accounted for
thirty-three German machines. Twen-
ty-seven airplanes and three balloons
were shot down outright and three
others were driven out of control.
Bombing planes dropped sixteen tons
Of high explosives on important works
Twelve British machines failed to re-
turn.
Some passages in tod8y's various
official reports, especially tonights,
read like storm signals. Violent
artillery activity south Of the Avre
and in the Montdidier and Lassigny
sectors is reported by the Paris
night communique. Field Marshal
Haig tells of considerable hostile ar
tillery activity and gas lombard
ments of the Bethune area.
Two Months Since Drive Began.
1t will be exactly two months to-
morrow that the Germans let loose
their hordes in Picardy for the
worlds biggest battle. The moon Is
at almost the identical point she was
that fateful night following the first
day of spring.
The British night statement reports
the successful rushing Of a German
post east of Hebuterne. the British
asssilants taking prisoners and two
machine guns. Early today some To-
cal fighting took place north OF A.
bert in which the British admitted
losses.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-21
Ex-CZAR NICHOLAS FOR TRIAL
Such Is Order of Bolshevists, Re-
port Saws.

London. May. O.-Reuter's Moscow
correspondent quotes the newspaper
Nasha slovo as saying that the Boil
shevist government has ordered the
trial Of ex-Czar Nicholas. The spe-
cific charges preferred against the
former emperor are his coup de
main" in changing the Duma cleo
toral law. and illegal disbursements
Of the public funds.
Lettish riflemen have been sent to
take the ex-Czar into custody.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-21
FORETELLS GERMAN SWAY.
Finnish General Says Teuton Mon
archy Will Be Set Up.

Geneva. via Paris, May 2O.--Gen.
Msnnerheim, the Finnish White
Guard general. according 10 the
Berlinger Tageblstt, entered Hell
Singfors four days ago at the head
OF Finnish troops. and went direct
ly to the senate. where he declared
Germany would establish q mon
arehy in Finland n