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The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26
LOCAL NEWS

A delegation from Chamberlain
Post, No. /, G. A. R., attended the
funeral at Lyndon, Saturday after
noon, of Comrade William l. Bailey,
whose death occurred at the St.
Johnsbury Hospital, Tuesday, after
a short illness. The funeral was
held at the home of his son, six other
sons also being present. His daugh-
ter was unable, to be present. Mr..
Bailey was a member of Chamberlain
Post, and had been member of the
Methodist church at Lyndon for over
80 years. The burial was at Lyndon
Center.
Mrs. Allen Sunbury, Arthur and
Howard Sunbury, Miss Nellie Sun
bury and Mrs. Freeman Priest OF
Waterford, were guests of relatives
and friends here Sunday.
Mrs. Jennie Perkins is spending a
few days at Colebrook, N. H.
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Modest Hero.

My heroic action was this: We were
lying close up to their defenses, and
for four days had not been able to
climb out; we lay like reptiles. There
was not dry spot; one could not get
accustomed to it. And H, the en-
sign, had been caught on the wire when
we had started to attack. At first he
asked for help, called on the men by
name; but one could not show ones
nose without being shot. Then he only
groaned and breathed heavily. That
went on for four days, and he still
lived. 1t is a sin to grumble at God
but here one says: "Why be careful
of ones soul?" I couldn't endure it
and took him off the wire; but I got
wounded. Then these was an attack,
and our men captured the position
don Times.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26
SILKS OF GORGEOUS COLOR
Huguenot Collection Exhibited in New
York Declared to Be Marvel
of Preservation.

What is perhaps the most wonder
full exhibition of old French silks in the
world is to be seen in the library of
the international Buyers club at $50
West Forty-second street, New York,
says Scientific American. The col
lection comprises more than 700 speci-
mems of silk manufactured by the de-
scendants of the Huguenots who set
tied in Spitalfelds and Bethnal Green,
London, after the revocation of the
edict of Nantes in 1856. 1t has lately
come into possession of the Interna-
tional Buyers club and is said to be
the most valuable of its kind in the
world.
The fabrics of the collection are as
durable and the cOlors as brilliant as If
they were turned from the looms yes
terday. The disntegration of the silk
fabric that one sometimes sees in Chi
nese mandarin coats has not taken
place. Indeed, the old French silk
workers did not develop their art from
the ancient Chinese, who jealousy
guarded the secrets of their craft.
The silk industry was originated in
the western world by two Persian
monks who had resided in China and
who in about $50 brought to Constan-
tinople the eggs of the silk worm in
a hollow bamboo tube. From these
contents developed the silk industry of
Europe.
There is an elusive delicacy about
the French silks that quite defies de-
scrlptiOn. Many of the French pat
terms are quite up to date and are said
to be in line for any revival of styles.
This is particularly true of the tiny
patterns in checks, blue, red, green and
brown in fields of white silk, all of
which are adapted to cravats. The
gorgeous colors are shown in the silks
of upholsteries the most delicate and
evanescent in those evidently intend
ed for women's apparel or draperies.
Wonderful dyes the French weavers
used, vegetable dyes that increase in
their beauty as the years go by. Gold.
pure yellow, brilliant gold, is shown;
white, ivory, flesh, coral turquoise, APP
ricot, ocean green, ashes of rose,
chartreuse, honey. maple. geraniunl,
scarlet, cardinal. garnet and a thou
sand other tints that would he hard
to match today even when we have
523 shades Of navy blue alone.
The strength and durability of the
silks in this collection, some of which
are hundreds of years old, suggest that
with reasonable care they are proof
against disintegration of the ages.
There is not q cracked, worn or thin
sample among them. The brillance of
their dyes, some of whose formulas
are at present lost to the world, is
evidence that the world may never
be forced to be completely dependent
upon any one nation for its dyes and
that the forgotten lore in the art Of
dyeing fabrics reveals the varied fu-
ture that may be revived under the
spur Of necessity.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26

territory Of the Yakimas and Klicki-
fats. He was present at the council
of Walla Walla plains in 1855, and
was a warrior under Kamiakin in the
Yakima Indian war that followed. He
took part in the block house battle
and massacre of white settlers at the
Cascades, where Lieut. Philip II. Sher-
idan was in command of the troops
sent from Fort Vancouver to defend
the garrison. After the revolt was
crushed Tom-o-Wah-Teet was always
friendly to the whites, and his many
services have been repaid. for since
he became nearly blind about five
years ago and could no longer support
himself and his aged squaw by work
ing on farms, those he once aided have
looked after his wants.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26
Ancient Gambling Games.

1t Is known that from the earliest
Roman times the games of tall and
tessera were played with dice, but
their invention has been attributed by
the Grecian poets and sophists to Pal
medes, who in 1914, b. c., joined the
Greeks in their expedition against
Troy, where, by some writer's, Paine
DIES is said to have been slain by an
arrow from the bow Of Paris. In adj
dition to the invention of dice, Pal
medes Is said to have invented light
houses, measures. scales, the discus,
the alphabet and the art Of regulating
scntinels.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26
MONDAY, MAY rs, 1919
AN ALLEGED. FORGER
Earl Raymond Arrested at Woodstock
Is Wanted by Barre Officers on
Serious Charge

Earl Raymond, who is alleged to
have forged check of $40, signing
the name of F. A. Slayton, when pur-
chasing package of cigarettes at the
Lander cigarette store, Barre, Thurs
day evening, was held by the officers
in Woodstt ok Saturday awaiting a
Barre officers arrival. 1t was thru
The efforts of Chief of Police Nit
chell that the lad was located, the Of
ficer having telephoned to several
towns in the vicinity of Raymond s
home in Springfield. Tuesday tdght
Raymond purchased a ticket Tor
White River Junction and he having
worked in that vicinity greater part
Of his life, the search naturally center
ed about that locality.
Two weeks ago, in answer to all
advertisement, Raymond secured en-
ployment as stable hand at the F.
A. Slayton stables on South Main
street, but was retained only short
time. He received his pay the night
of his departure from Barre. The
check was presented to f. G. How
land, president of the Barre Savings
Bank and Trust Co., the next morn
ing, who readily recognized that the
signature was made by some other
person than Mr.. Slayton.
Chief of Police Mitchell left Sat
urday by automobile for Woodstock
to bring the young man, with two
aliases of Carl Stone and Earl Rog-
ers, back to Barre.
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Identification No. 1,

When soldier gets his Identification
disk handed to him and it runs up to
317,541 or 2,7S3 596-or some such
colossal number he begins to medi-
tate briefly on the subject of who has
No. J..
The Stars and Stripes answers his
query with the information that in the
infancy of the A. Z. F., No. was as
signed to Sergt. Arthur B. Cream of the
medical department. Where and what
he is now is not vouchsafed, but by this
time he may be a lieutenant colonel.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26
The kina Charles Statue.

King Charles 1 may now breathe
freely once more. Workmen have TAX
en- away the sandbags and scaffolding
of the statue of King Charles I in
Trafalgar square. This is the first
time the head of the Stuarts has been
permitted to breathe freely for many
months. All sorts of speculations have
been rife as to the reason for the ex-
tensive protection that has been &C.
corded this statue, one of them being
that there was a Jacobite at the office
of works. The probable reason, how
ever, is the undeniable beauty of the
statue.-London Mail.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26
Old NJ lme for February.

The old Rritons gave the nickname
"Fildyke" to February, not because it
Is a particularly wet month, the aver
age rainfall being the least of any
month In the year. but because the
melting snow on the hills causes the
rivers and dykes to overflow. When
there is a superabundance of snow and
rain In February there is too much OF
what would be good thing in modere.
tion, and floods where they are least
welcome.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26
EQUAL to the Occasion.

aSpeaking of accommodating hotel
managers" said a traveller, 'the best
I ever met was in provincial town.
] reached the hotel late in the evening
Just before l retired 1 heard scam.
pering under the bed, and saw a cou'
pie of large rats just escaping. l at
once complained at the office. The
manager was as serene as a summer
breeze. I'll fix that all right, sir" he
said. Boots Take cat to room IL
at oncer"
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26
Another Star Shell.

BY the invention of a new "star"
shell the night fighting efficiency Of
the navy will be increased at least 25
per cent, the war department has said
in an official statement The shell is
suitable for guns of from three to five
inch caliber. Its value lies in the fact
that its increased Illuminating power
may be used without betraying the po-
sition Of the craft using it.-Navy Life
Magazine.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26
Physicians and Druggists Everywhere Recommend the
Use of Camphorated Oil and Menthol Creams for
Relieving Coughs, Colds Group Catarrh
Pneumonia and all Congested Conditions

The best in which apply remedy this kind will be found
and other healing and ansepc oils but also contains gemcda
which kill If MINTO
a for andc atarrh
you apply MINTOI. a
OF erilze
coughs and all throat troubles When applied externally the throat
will relieve Whoopng
Cough Pneumonia
necessary
either decabe
patients those attending them MINTO will be found
fect modern scientific all nfamed conditions
druggist will mail
a of THE HOME RELIEF
MAIDEN, MASS
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One Of The Last of oId.time aReds. .

Tom-o-Wah-Teet who remembered
the first coming Of the white man to
the klickitat valley, Washington
state, has gone to the happy hunting
grounds at the age of at least one
hundred and ten. He was known and
liked by everyone in the region, and
would tell wildly of the events Of
days when white people invaded the
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26
Common Gain.

The cause of freedom is identified
with the destinies of humanity, and in
whatever part of the world it gains
ground by and by. it will be COM
mon gain to all those who desire it,
Kossuth.
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TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

FOUND-A little above Cherry
street, check for $40. Owner can
have it by calling at Caledonian Of
fee, identifying same and paying for
this ad.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26

AS members of the Associated
Press that organization is entitled
exclusively to the use for republica-
ton of all news dispatches credited
to it or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news pub
Iished herein. All rights of republic
cation of special dispatches herein
are also reserved.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26

Entered rs second-class matter
May 1, 1916, at the post office at st.
Johnsbury, Vermont, under the act
of March 8 1879.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS

Regular meeting in K. of P. Hall,
Tuesday evening, May n.
a. w. Clark, G. G.
n. e. Anderson, Z. r. & s.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26
THE CALIFORNIAN STAFF
Responsible for a Good Newspaper
in St. Johnsbury

Responsible tor a Good Newspaper
in St. Johnsbury
Editor and Manager w. D. Policy
Local Editor Chas. c. Lord
Reporter Mrs. Alice Massey
Bookkeeper Robert Mackinnon
Office Manager Miss Florence Rouse
Propfreader Miss Margaret ROBBIE
Subscriptions Mrs. W. e. Barrett
Foreman Raymond Packard
Operator Miss Ruth Impey
Operator Myles S. Gilman
Pressman Arthur Boucher
Ad. Compositor Mrs. Annie Moran
Press Tender Maurice Barrett
To save time on phone business, call
for the person desired by name
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26

All members of Passumpsic Lodge
and resident Masons are requested to
assemble at the Masonic Temple,
Tuesday, May 27, at one p. M, for the
purpose of attending the funeral of
Brother Fred |. Paine.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26

Regular Communication, Thursday
evening, June IL.
Birney L. Hall, w. M.
Fred Fl. Dolloff, Secretary
Haswell Royal Arch Chapter No. ii
Stated Convocation Friday evening,
June IS, at 7.30 p. m.
Bloomfield A. Palmer, E. 81. P.
T. G. Moore, Sec'y.
Palestine Commandery, No. S, K. T.
Special Conclave, Friday, May
3Oth, at IL M; purpose of par
ticipation in Memorial Day Parade
at one p. m.
Stated Conclave, Tuesday evening,
June 10, at 7.30.
Willard V. Orcutt, Com.
A. M. Lang, Recorder.
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Passumpsic Lodge, No. 81, f. & A
M.
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Daily Thought.
The fearful unbelief is unbelief In
yourseif.--Carlyle
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TERMS-By mail, 81 year; six
months 81; three months, 81. Deliv-
cred by carrier in st. Johnsbury at
30 cents a month. All subscriptions
by order of the government are
payable in advance.
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Published daily, except Sundays
w. d. Peiley Publishing Co., Inc,
IFS Eastern Avenue
st. Johnsbury, VT. Telephone $50
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-11-28
Proper Housing Means Much.

In England the principal original
Investors in garden city develop
ment are not concerned solely with
the financial profit obtainable from
the venture. The basis of income re-
turn is sufficient to remove any sus.
pirion Of charity from the transaction.
while it is mt the same time recognized
by all the MISUNDERSTANDING in part.
OF course, those manufacturing con.
Germs which may have II certain amount
of selfish interest in the matter-that
the contentcd and more efficient work
men thus obtained represent a better
return than few per cent additional
on their investment. From larger
point Of view it is also apparent that
the healthier generations that will
result from workmen living under these
better conditions mean greater power.
wealth and efficiency to the whole mn.
ton.
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purin- the reign of Edward !. the
first : nuine clock in England was
placed III Westminster abbey. 1t must
have been quite II wonder, and il re-
manned alone in its glory for many
years.
In the fourteenth century Peter
i.ightfoot. Il monk of Glastonbury alb
hey. made Il clock, which is now pre-
served in the British museum.
The veteran has been patched up n
little. but it is still in fair order and
marks time as Well a> ever (better,
probably, for Il pendulum has been
added. notwithstanding its patriarchal
age of five centuries
Perhaps il did not mark time very
well before it got its pendulum, for
clocks until near the middle of the sew
enteenth century were by no means
reliable rs timekeepers.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-11-28

In the mess halls, military formations
and general gatherings of the men.
Instruction except in the elementary
classes was given in English.
Made Good Progress.
Within three months men who could
speak little or no English when they
entered the battalion became suffi-
GENTLY proficient in military English
to fulfill the ordinary functions Of
soldiers both in organization and on
separate missions. In addition prac-
tically all Of the recruits proved their
spirit of Americanism by becoming
citizens.
The recruits upon being accepted
for the new center will he classified
according to their knowledge Of Eng
fish and assigned to battalionS accord
ingly. \ school of instruction Of the
illiterate and Notwithstanding re-
crut> is being established. The
course of instruction will be normally
four months, or six months In eXcep
tiOnal cases. The men will be classed
In groups Of Is to 20 and will he grad
ed according to the progress shown.
A board of examiners will examine
the recruits for classification and pre.
pare suitable tests to determine the
rate of progress especially of slow
learning men and the reasons for their
backWnrdness. When the recruits
have developed sufficiently for assign
ment Major Ferris will report them
to the adjutanr general of the army
for disposition.
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Peace Army To
Be Au-American

of training and educating them at.
tracted attention in Washington. In
the notification sent to General Mich.
olson by Maj. Gen. Henry Jervey, as
>i>tant chief of staff. he said: Your
camp has been selected not only
because 1t is centrally located
hut also because of the excel
lent results in connection with the
teaching of English that have been
obtained In development battalion No.
g. Camp Upton"
On August 81, 1918. the Sixth dcyel.
opment unit was organized and all
rockies who We're illiterate or did not
speak English. except q few who had
physical defects, were transferred to
it. The teachers selected were pri-
Yates or noncOmmisSionsd officers who
held university degrees or who were
teachers in civil life. Race was not
considered in the choosing of officers.
1t was soon proven that squads and
platoons composed of different nation
alitieS received their military inStruc-
ton as easily as if racial groups had
been organized for the purpose. Only
English was permitted to be spoken
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WILL CITE EMPLOYERS

given. signed by Secretary Baker of
the war department. Secretary Dan
iels Of the navy department. and by
Colonel Woods. representing the war
and navy departments. The certifi-
cate. which is headed War and Navy
Departments. United States of Amer
lea" reads:
'ThiS certities that - has assured
the war and navy departments that
he will gladly re-employ everybody who
formerly worked with him and left to
serve in the army or navy during the
great war. (Signed) Newton d. Baker,
Secretary Of War: Josephus Daniels,
Secretary Of the Navy: Arthur Woods,
Assistant to the Secretary of War"
In addition to the certificate. the
council of national defense. consisting
of the secretary of war. the secre-
tary Of the navy. the secretary of Ia.
Dor. the secretary of the interior, the
secretary Of commerce and the secre-
tary Of agriculture, will authorize the
holder to display on his service aag
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lone Town
!4ktle!p
TREES FOR THE ROADSIDE
Western Journal Advocates the Plant.
ing Of Apple and Various Other
Kinds Of Fruits.

The example Of Il Minnesota village
which is planting rows Of apple trees
along its roadsides instead of the more
conventional Lombardy poplars. Nor
way naples. box elders and white elms.
is capable of adoption to almost every
American community. The practice.
like good many others which now
commend themselves to favor. Is the
result OF individual initiative. About
~ years ago, it seems, a retired min.
lister introduced fruit trees to the road.
way running through his own property.
The school district. seeing their value.
has now arranged for planting $50
more apple trees of an approved va.
riety and has committed itself to care
fol them. These are theoretically the
property of the lot owner, but 1t Is
safe guess that the public will harvest
Il good deal Of the crop.
1t is nevertheless Il pleasing custom.
and one which is not likely to il,.er-
fore seriously with the commercial side
OF fruit growing. The spring months
must be particularly beautiful in this
part Of Minnesota. to say nothing of
the annually recurring harvest festival
every autumn. One would not begrudge
the passer-by his share of the ripe
PONIES. and it is practically certain
that the privilege would not be great.
~ abused If planting Of this kind were
general. The experience of Orchardists
in such regions for illustration, as the
great prune-growing belts of Oregon
and Washington shows that when GER
tain fruits become reasonably common
loss from pilfering Is negligible. But
part of the value Of the roadside tree
would be the tacit invitation to share
in the product thereof.-Portland Ore.
yonian.
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Antwerp 4L1::7ens Up

AntWerp.-Antwerp appears to he
passing through a process of reSurrec-
ton. although the tonnage handled
since the port was reopened more than
three months ago represents what
would ordinarily come through this
port in one week during the days prior
to the war;
Ships how come struggling in. and
al"n" the seven-mile water front the
winch is heard creaking here and
there. and the vision in some Of the
great sheds Is INSTRUCTED by unpreten-
t'"l!> stacks of bags of American rice
and rows of barrels of Chicago pork
and there are fontlStutrs. clothing and
manufactured articles. most of which,
however. is for immediate use.
The American commission of relief
i'll Belgium had Il steamships in port
early in April and the American base
for supplying the American army Of
occupation in Germany was unloading
five others.
Shipping men are anNiously awaiting
the opening Of the American base Mt
cantich. about two miles outside Of
Antwerp on the Malines road. Bar
racks are being erected at Contich for
the accommodation OF 10000 soldiers
mt Il time. This is expected to in
iect little more life into Antwerp
port.
The ground picked ont for the Amer
lean base is vast plain, dry and we'll
irrigated. and the doughhoys will find
living and sanitary conditions there
much better than in other bases which
have achieved greater prestige.
The Americans have taken over
some of the piers where North Ger
man Lloyd steamships formerly dock
ed. The early work WAS arduouS. us
the piers We're incumhere,i with gravel
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-11-28
RESEMBLES OLD LOG CABIN
Remarkably Pretty Bungalow Fash.
Toned From Concrete, the Mod
ern Building Material.

American pioneers have handed
down an affectionate regard for log
architecture, and many city dweller
would prefer plain log cabin to a
modern mansion for his country home.
\ builder in Yankton, s. D.. has COM
hined both in II pretty and homelike
bungalow whose logs" are made of
concrete The loglike units are pre-
cast separately, fiat on top, bottom and
inside. but with the outside surface
nodded round and with an imitation