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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-15
adding the Final Honor"
lMaude Radford Warren in the Sat
urday Evening Post.l

tMaude Radford Warren in the Sat-
urday Evening Post.l
A first class private with two
wound stripes which he removed
before the advance so that the Ger
had done anything to him - took it
upon himself one day to interpret the
psychology of General Pershing in
regard to choosing the divisions for
the occupation.
For myself" the private said, "I
want tout suite to get to home and
mother. Why, say, | want to get
there before returning soldier is an
old story. We don't want the fellows
that have been in the 5. o. S. to get
there first and have all the best lies
picked out to tell.
Believe me. the men that have
been over the longest ought to get
home while folks still remember. that
there was war. Gosh, l don't want
to bump into someone on the main
street that l haven't seen for a year
and a half and have her say, Why.
where you been%
81 figure this was why the best
divisions got picked. and this is how
General Rershing figured he'd better
put it to us. He thought: I've got
to send the best troops I have to
Germany so that if the Germans try
to start anything they'll stop it be-
fore they start. I've got to have the
fellows that have seen the most and
best service, but these guys want to
go home. Now when people are out
of luck, poor or sick. or something.
they're always told for consolation
that in the next world they'll get all
that's coming to them, if not more.
1t would be a good stunt for me to
offer compensation to the doughboys.
I'll tell them the greatest honor that
can be conferred on the troops is
to send them to Germany to occupy
the territory of the enemy they have
so bravely conquered. 1t will be
the great finish to their achieve
ment. 1t will complete their expert
ence over here. They shall not be
deprived of the honor"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-15
Blue Worn By Roman NdDy

The blue color so prominent in the
uniforms of almost all sailors is of
ancient origin. Vegetins. in his fifth
book on military affairs of the Romans,
traces the origin or this color to the
Veneti, an ancient people dwelling near
the coast of Biscay, and we'll versed in
seamanship. 1t was customary among
them to paint their outgoing ships. as
well as the masts and sails. a blue
color; also their soldiers and sailors
wore blue uniforms
According to this author, the Latin
word "Venetus," winch was both the
name of the color and that of the pco-
pie, points to its origin. From the
Eeueti the custom was adopted by the
Romans. Thus the son of Pompelus.
after defeating Caesars fleet in a naval
battle. wore the navy blue, although
entitled to the purple,-From the De-
troit News
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-15

the Germans to resume their trade
relations with the world and to get
the wherewith to pay for the food
and other materials they need. Mr..
Lansing holds no brief for the Hum
but he knows that Germany in the
grip of the debt-repudiating Boil
sheviki would be neither able nor
inclined to meet any obligations
placed upon the country by the
terms of a belated peace treaty.
This is the common sense view Of
the situation held also by Senator
Knox. Senator Lodge and others who
have been censured by the President
for daring TO differ with him. 1t
will be interesting to observe Mr..
Wilson's attitude toward the Sec
retary now that he. too, has shown
n disposition to place peace before
the proposed league.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-15
NeW to PdderelUSki

When Jack London first met Pad
erewski he said:
''Mr. Paderewski, my performance
on o piano on one occasion was the
means of saving my life"
How so?" inquired the master of
the keys, politely.
1T was this way. Father owned a
plantation on the Mississippi. There
was flood. The water broke through
the levee and tore the house from its
foundations.
Father f1oated off down stream on
the dining room table. accompanied
him on the piano. o."-Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-15

ed farming districts of New York
and New England to go undeveloped
while millions are spent in exercis-
ing our mandatory functions in dis
tant lands? Are We to devote our
energies to a system of 'tutelage' In
the South Sea Islands while Bolshe-
vism turks in the substrata of Amer
ican society. and discomfort prowls
in the byways and alleys?"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-15

Members of the Associated Press-The
Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for republication
Of all news dispatches credited to
paper and also the local news pub
lished herein.
All rights of republication of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-15

tom. It's material is grosgrain rib
bon. The idea underlying it is said
to- have been derived from the red,
white and blue-striped arrhband
worn by staff officers when visiting
the front.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-15
Just Like Staff officer

General Head
quarters insignia
is q circle two and
one-half inches in
diameter, divided
into three cross
stripes of equal
width, and red,
from top to bot
white and hltte
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-15
In a statement issued on the bill

In a statement issued on the bill
Governor Sproul says:
The State Department of
Agriculture represents the great
est of all industries in the State,
the total value of the products
OF the farm last year reaching
approximately $500. 100000. Eff
ficiency in agriculture issimport-
ant not only to the farmers and
to business in general, but is
necessary to provide sufficient
food at Il reasonable cost TO the
people of the State. Really,
what has been done is placing
the department on a business
basis. centralizing the admins
tration of the department and
making the secretary respon-
sible; also we desired to give
the Department of Agriculture
a standing at the capital worthy
OF the great agricultural inter-
estS of the State. We know in
doing so we are only meeting the
wishes of the people.
Secretary Rasmussen in COM
menting on the abolition of the
commission says:
1T is the belief that the ad-
vice and counsel of the recog-
niEed agricultural and business
organizations in the State, each
organization familiar with it's
particular work, is to be more
effective in solving the agricul-
tural problems of the State than
an appointed commission"
a Of ha rn,,, ~, ice To r
and Board of Agriculture have beer
1879 and it is contended by som,
that it really ceased to exist in 1S9;
when the department. was created
1t consisted of siXty-four mem Der:
who met here once a year for hear
ing of routine reports. 1t cost $250(
year and each county was sup
posed to have member, the Gov
ernor naming some, while various
organizations had representatives
The Animal Industry Bureau will
take over the Live Stock Sanitar,
Board and enforce the dog license
law. The plant, industry bureau
will succeed the zoology division
The food bureau will fall heil
to the Dairy and Food Division
which is not to be cut loose from
the department and put under tn,
Health Department just yet Othe
bureaus remain as they are Will
other power. The division of far
mers institutes and the fertilizer
and other control will be run from
the office of the secretary who will
also have power to call advisors.
The appropriation asked for tn,
department is s1,319,500, an in
crease of S404,500.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-15
DO YOU KNOW

THAT Harrisburg meats are be-
inc sent to the army of occupation
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-15
Too Late

Opportunity often knocks at the
door when it is too late. Here is a
New York man who is said to have
just received a patent for perfect
corkscrew. - Rochester Post Ex-
press.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-15

Is it possible that the Paris con-
ference has been discussing the peace
treaty with the President away?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-15
PEACE

Knicker-The round robin was
success.
Bocker-Now for a round dove.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-15
HISTORIC HARRISBURG

Indian chiefs used to hold eoun.
ellis here twice year untl wen
aiono toward the Revolution.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-15

laws throttle German Navy" says
news headline. But how about
throttling a few German naval Of
ficers?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-15

There are still approximately 130,-
900 people employed in clerical work
relating to the war in England.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-15

The Miners Union has lost thou.
sands of members through their
drifting into other Industries.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-15

None of the present strikes in
England have been authorized by
the executive of the unions involved
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-15
LABOR NOTES

Canada is to have an employment
service council.
South Jersey glassblowers are now
working on half time.
OF the 10000 miners in the Sill
es!a district in Germany, over 20, 900
are idle.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-15

Pay your income tax to-day. or your
Uncle Sam II git YOU If you don't
watch out.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-15

German Metal Workers, Federation
and the general commission of the
German Free Trade Unions recently
submitted to the Imperial govern
ment petition requesting compensa-
tion for the male and female workers
temporarily idle owing to lack of
coal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-15

Altogether there are 1874 local
branches in Canada. 1909 comprising
members affiliated with international
organizations. 244 with 32.343 MEM
bers being connected with noninterna-
tional bodies and 2s with 1891 mem
bers being independent units
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-15
'Psehc4 L.
Ps~a@Yssa~i
BY the Ex-Committccman

The State Commission of Agricul-
ture, the State Board of Agriculture
and the State Live Stock Sanitary
Board will disappear from the
scheme of Pennsylvania's branch of
government devoted to farming and
allied industries under the terms OF
the bill drawn by Secretary OF Agri-
culture Frederick Rasmussen to re-
organize the department in line with
the ideas of Governor William c.
Sproul for greater usefulness and
efficiency. The measure will be pre-
sented in the Senate Monday night
by Senator f. E. Jones. chairman
of the Committee on Agriculture, as
an administration measure.
According to an outline of the bill
issued from the Governors office
the measure would re-establish the
Department along the lines of the
United States Department of Agri-
culture. Six bureaus will be created
Animal industry. plant industry,
foods, markets, statistics and chem
istry. All authority will be central
lied in the Secretary of Agriculture
to whom chiefs of bureaus will be
subordinate so that there will be
nothing like what occurred the last
three years in the matter Of changes
in heads of bureaus and friction over
policies. The secretary will also
direct the farmers institutes which
will be conducted more along the
line of community gatherings for in
tercbange of views instead of mono
logues by State lecturers, economic
studies and special work and arrange
for cooperation with State College,
the county farm bureaus and the
Federal government, all of which
have been running largely on their
own plans without much regard for
what the State has been doing. The
Farm Bureau managers, the State
Oranges and various other erganiza-
tions will be asked to assist in the
farmers institutes. The problem of
CO. ordination with the Health De-
partment on dairy and milk inspec-
tior are apparently left to future
agreement unde- the Governors
plan to get rid of overlapping. In
all probability the farm advisers will
be linked up with State College and
farm bureau workers so that one
set of men will Co'Gr district.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-05-21
SCHOOL UR-MINUTE
&N"

h--eh the Four Minute Men were
appointed by the United States Gov
eminent to deliver speeches on sub
jects connected with the war, the
boys of the High School Of Commerce
in Boston took up the idea and be-
came four-minute men to their class
mates.
Thrift proved a subject directly In
line with the policies Of the school.
and did much to increase investment
in War Savings Stamps. Some Of the
arguments presented by these future
fnanciers are good for grown-ups
too:
Before the war Americans were
MASTERS. They did not seem to
know the value Of reserve fund.
Today the large majority of the people
in this country are saving. But they
do not save enough. There may be
soon reversal of the money situa-
ton of America. Where there La
plenty now, there may be need, and
Americans must store the wealth of
their nation for the future To invest
1t Is better than to hoard 1t.
War Savings Stamps have all the
backing Of the Governmental that
guarantees the billions of dollars In.
vested in Liberty Bonds, safety. The
War Savings Stamps, costing less
than four and quarter dollars at the
most, yield better than 4 per cent.
as the interest Is compounded quarter
ly, and the principal is due in 1924.
Buy War Savings Stamps and help
your government while you help your
SELF"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-05-21

Every American heart went with
the lads overseas and followed them
as they buckled On the armor Of lib
erty and independence and struck
hard and swift against brutal evil for
safety of homeland and world up
lift. How feeling was keyed to it's
highest with expectancy pride and
hope is a scared enobling memory
in millions Of American homes. The
joy and pride that welcomed the boys
back home is only equaled by the
depth of sadness for, pride and glory
il, the boys who sleep in the scared
side Of France. And the great Amer
lean heart beats sympathetic, tender
and true for those who wistfuliy
watch and wait for the boy who new
er viii return This is shown on
every hand but not more so than by
those who help to guide the destinies
Of mis- republic ana sent our boys
forth to battle. Vermont's whole
congressional delegation watched
with pride the record of the YER
mont boys on the Gaids of France,
and when they made the supreme sac
rifce they sent back to the sorgoWilg
home words Of comfort and hope.
Congressman Dale, whose son,
Timothy C. Dale, has done noble
service in The medical corps since
June, 1917, or the eve Of his ae-
cent trip TO i'iarce with MIS-. Dale,
volunteered TO visit he hospital ard
grave of Green Mountain Boy and
sends to the parents the following
eloquent description of one of the
cemeteries where rests the Ameri-
can dead Ard the letter is pub
lished with the hope that it will
bring to other Vermont and Ameri-
can homes whose boys sleep cover
there" a better knowledge of their
last resting place and the sentiment
of love and pride for the boys
thoughtful kindness and sympathy OF
the American heart for those whose
great pride in American valor is
Swallowed by an ever present sorrow
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-05-21
The Ball Flower ShOD
Newport, Vermont
Upper Coos Railroad In Vermont
Annual Stockholders Meeting
NOTICE

Public Notice is hereby given, that
the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the UPPER COOS RAIL
ROAD lin Vermont) is hereby called
and will be held at the Office of Har-
ry Blodgett, in St. Johnsbury, in the
County of Caledonia, and State of
Vermont, on Monday the second day
of June, A. D. 1919, at one o'clock
in the afternoon, for the following
named purposes:
TO elect a board of five directors
for the corporation for the year then
next ensuing:
To see if the Stockholders will vote
to ratify and confirm the acts, doings
and proceedings of the Directors and
business Of the Corporation since the
last annual meeting of the Stock
holders.
For the transaction of any other
business that may properly come be-
fore the meeting of the Stock
holders.
Dated at st. Johnsbury, in the
County of Caledonia, and State of
Vermont, this 9th day of May, A. D.
1919.
HARRY BLODGETT,
Clerk of Upper Coos Railroad
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-05-21

Spring Fever" And Common Sense
Instead of giving up and saying
you have "spring fever" it is more
sensible to take a good, wholesome
physic. Billiousness, sick headache,
sour stomach, bloating, coated tongue,
all are bannished by Foley Cathartic
tablets. B. B. Harvard, Unadilla, Ca,
writes: "Foley Carthartic Tablets
give quick relief"
J. w. Thurston Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-05-21
Paris, France
Easter Sunday, 1919

Mr. kullor:
Cleanliness is next to Goodness.
If this is so, some people around Is
land Pond have no sure passports.
There are lot of nasty old rubbish
piles which will breed all kinds of
contagious diseases and containing
vermin and pestilence irrepressible.
Now is the time to apply the torch.
Kill, destroy, burn!! There is a
most unseemly, disreputable and fill
thy old rubbish pile on the shore Of
Back Pond
| suppose someone had it hauled
down there. 1t is on a most import
ant trunk line road and is bad adj
vertisement for any town. The
Board of Health should have it burn
ed.
Why can't we have light on the
viaduct? Someone should start a
subscription paper for crossing
from the foot of the viaduct to Room
ey's store or some other point oppo-
site.
These are improvements that cost
but little and are of great conse-
quence. We used to have a plank
crossing at the foot of the viaduct,
but it was removed, for what reason?
God only knows. Nothing was ever
needed more than this crossing, for,
at some seasons of the year, women
and children now have to wallow to
their knees to get to store.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-05-21

physician in charge received US with
the gentility and courtesy for which
officers and men in the medical corps
have reputation. The hospital is
efficiently and comfortably equipted.
1t is long way to have brought the
wounded men, three hundred miles,
in ambulance and hospital train from
the Argonne, but those were terrible
weeks in the last great drive and the
base hospitals behind the American
and French fronts were crowded even
to distant places.
From the hospital we rode slowly
through the narrow streets of the
city of some forty thousand inhabi-
tants, and by the stone monument
with its bronze figure holding aloft a
light and quite similar to the statue
of Liberty in New York harbor. 1t
was erected years ago, but its inscrip-
ton, "Aux Defenseiers De La Ii
berte," has significance today, new
and deep, and beyond thought when
it was carved.
By way of st. Pierre Cathedral we
came to the River Claim, beyond
which the city rises by tree lined
streets terracer parallel to the river,
to the eminence where are the artil-
lery quarters, and the great bronze
statue of the Madonna, overlooking
the city and the far off green plains
laced by white rivers. Beyond the
stone bridge our way crossed another
road called the Chemin des Martyrs,
leading to which were found the
tombs of thirty seven of the earliest
Christian martyrs. We left the car
by the gate of Pierre Levee cemetery
which is ended by high stone walls,
and walked by the little chapel and
up the broad avenue lined with cy-
press trees which have been given
long years Of constant care. With
the oppression which comes on en-
tering such a place there brooded a
sense of restful quiet.
From this place surrounded by
fields of war and roads to martyrdom,
the faith inspired the heroism of ages,
seemed to rise. and as | walked these
avenues until they led to white
crosses Of the new made graves,
thinking of the dear boys now at
rest, and Of you who must bear your
sorrow though years to come, hoped
that you would never fail to see the
stars shine thru your cypress trees.
At the foot of the cross inscribed,
Wendell z. Lord, Co. F 1O1st Am.
Train, in memory of him and with
thought of you and his mother, a
woman, by nature sensitive to such
tender sentiment, laid flowers, some
- which were brought from the
homeland.
1t is springtime in France, the new
raves and the orchard bloom are
here, and the world looks bright and
full Of beauty. The boys would have
asked US to come at such time.
May you think Of this place, sacred
to you, as we saw it and keep the
rue spirit Of the lires.
And you'll never die, my wonderful
boy,
While life is NOBLE and true;
Fer 81 our beauty and hope and joy,
We viii owe to our lads like you.
Sincerely yours,
Porter H. Dale
Paris, France
FaSter Sunday 1910
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-05-21
Coos Valley Railroad Company
Annual Stockholders Meeting
NOTICE

Annual Stockholders Meeting
NOTICE
Public Notice is hereby given, that
the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the COOS VALLEY RAIL
ROAD COMPANY is hereby called
and will be held at the Office of Har-
ry Blodgett, in st. Johnsbury, in the
County of Caledonia, and State of
Vermont, on Monday the second day
of June, A. D. 1919, at one o'clock
in the afternoon, for the following
named purposes:
To elect a board of five directors
for the corporation for the year then
next ensuing:
To see if the Stockholders will vote
to ratify and confirm the acts, doings
and proceedings of the Directors and
business of the Corporation since the
last annual meeting Of the Stock
holders.
For the transaction of any other
business that may properly come be-
fore the meeting of the Stock
holders.
Dated at st. Johnsbury, in the
County of Caledonia, and State of
Vermont, this 9th day of May, A. D.
1919.
HARRY BLODGETT,
Clerk Coos Valley Railroad
Company
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-05-21
Nj. c. G. Lord.
st. Johnsbury, vt.
Door, Friond.

Dear Friend
We went few days since to Por-
tiers, place in which few people
at home had any interest, until one
day we cared very much about it be-
cause many of our wounded boys had
been carried there. In all France with
localities made of vital interest
through centuries to the present day,
there are none to which the hearts
of you parents of hundred or more
of our soldiers go out as they do to
this one place, where the cross bears
the name of your heroic boy.
Portiers has for long been visited
by tourists to view the field where
Clovis in 507 won the victory which
led to the recognition of the Frank
kings in the country which came to
be called France land to kneel at the
shrine where st. Martin early in the
fourth century assembled the first
monastic community in what is now
France, and to render homage when
Charles Martel defeated the Mohame-
dams and saved Christendom. A
thousand years before Columbus
crossed the sea, pilgrims sought Por-
tiers for inspiration; and under the
influence of that same spirit which
lives on forever, we took our way ia
the new part of the old cemetery
which now is a shrine to Americans
because it enfolds some of our boys
who came overseas and died for civil
lization and christendom.
Among ancient and massive monu
ments to heroism, their plain white
crosses stand to mark sacrifice
which in purity Of devotion lives su
perb to crown the centuries.
Our course by automobile from
Tours followed the old Roman high
way for sixty miles to Portiers. A
the hospital Major Ernest l.. Bell, thu
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-05-21
800 Cords of
Wood For Sale

This wood is of good second
growth quality, mostly birch
and maple, and was cut dur
ing the winter and summer
of 1918. Deliveries can be
made on first SHOWS. Large
orders will be delivered at a
lower price.
Orders should be left with
George H. Chase at the OPP
era House block