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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-13
FoREwoRn.

'4alnner DepeS" is not a
work of fiction, but It b
t, moro thrilling than any f|c-
tion you ever read kis the
tTue stpry Of the expert
egssss Of an American boys
who had q fighting career
that b unique h the annals
q tho great war. Il b a
story crowded with fighting
and adventure - bio WITH
hsman courage and endur-
anoe. It ls the first war mar
ratiNe that telle the true
story Of conditions h the
German prison eamps. II
b q story that svsFy AInefi-
can shouId and win read 10
the end-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-13

came aeWn from the bridge aad shook
AAn6o VITA nel
Aftsf this they did not haze me
mach This WAS the beginning Of q
certain reputation that had In the
navy for Ast-wegk. Latsr on I had Q
reputation for .sWfnming. too. That
Arst day tAsy baea1 calling ne
~Chinks though I dea't know wig.
ard Il has bsea. ny n&ekname In the
navy svse dnce.
Il 10 q curious thing, and never
could un6ees&a1d Il, but garbies and
marines never mix. The marines are
good msp and great Ashtsrs. aboard
and ashera. but we earhlss never have
Q word for them, nor tAay for ~. On
shore lsave abroad We pal up with
foreign gaxhies, even. but hardly ever
with Q marine. OF course they are
with ~ strong In eass ws have 4 scrap
with Q liberty party OF some foreign
ship-thsy cannot kssp out Of nsht
any more than w can-but after II
70 over they are On their way at once
and We On ours.
There are lots Of tAlngs IKE that
In the navy that you cannot figure out
the reason for. aad I thiAk It - b.
cause sailors change thsir ways 20
little. They Do . great many things
in tAs navy because The navy always
has dono then.
I kspt strictly On The job - q ire-
man, but ! wanted to got Into tie gun
turfst4s Il was slow work for Q long
tima. lad b seEve ~ sscood-elass
fireman for -four msstAs, Afst-class
6se eight nantAs and In ~ ensiae
feom - watsr.tsndr fse q ysax.
Thea. aftse sewing O tAs q. q Q.
De- Noinss - 4 gun-isade. I was
tfana1eEfed b the Iowa and Anally
worried up b gsn-pointsF. AftGf .
time I eot ny q r. o. Hating-eAief
pstty odAesf. A1stelass gunner.
The various navies differ In many
ways. but most Of ths dif1ereness
would not b netioed by any ons but
Q sailor. Every sailor has . great dsal
a respect for the Ewedes and Nor.
wegians and Danes; they are born
sailors and are vsry dAsins. but Of
course. tAslr naviss are small. The
Germans wses always known ~ clean
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-13
Cro BB coNT1NuED.)
DemethIne 70 ~orss4. Abeut.

eemsthINs 70 "0rsst" Abeut
Persons casting about for somethinS
to worry about may take pleasure IN
reed1ling from '.Ths Little Minister
the manner in which self-styled simple
folk In Scotland regard the northern
lishtse"ths devils rainbow" WastsR
Luuny called 1t. II saw It sax times
In July month" he said. "and It made
mo shut my cen. You was out admir-.
Ing It, dominic. but can never forgst
that It was seen In the year II Just
afore the great storm. WAS only .
laddie then. but I mind how that awful
wind stripped q the standing corn in
tho glen In les time than we've been
here at tho waters edge. Il was called
tAe dsil's bosom. Ny fathers hinmost
words 10 me was, It's tims eneuch to
greet, laddie. when you zee the au-
roea boreallA'" ,Waster Lunny was
greeting" o'se the drought than, but
twelve hours later the Quharity wss
out Of its banks. washins out the corn
and With . ysafs store Of wool % its
crest was dashinS out to sea.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-13
cMWrER u.
m War DseaIes.

IN WEI 0e00ua
Aftsr SEWING 1our pears and thrss
months in tAe q. q. navy, I rsesivsd
IN hoooeabae daseharys o. Apfil ~.
1914 hsad tAe rank pe chise pstty
omcsf. Arstrelaa gunnse. Il u not
uneomnon 6pe eaxooes 10 ue around .
While betwoon Enthusiastically like
Q vacation - moeA - anyons-and it
was ny intea&1oa b loaf for few
months before 5olnins tie navy again.
Aftef the war started, ef eourss, ]
had heard Dsgo q. leo about the Gef.
man at1oc1t3D in BelGaum. and while
I was szsatiy in4sessts1, was Doubt
fal At arst q 70 ~ truth Of ths ~.
ports. for I msw bow nsws gsts
changed ID passing from mouth to
mouth. and ! never was much Of q
hand 10 belasve things until oaw
them, anyway. Another thing that
CAUSED NJ 10 ~ iatsissesd h the war
was the faet that my nqfAse was born
In Alsaea. Hee, Hnaida8 name. Oaef.
visux, Il wen mevn = AlsacA. I had
c4fen y.Atsd ny SIeb1nsthsr IN g.
Naaaire. France. and knsw the eoon.
uy. % With yfanee at war. n Was
not sxangs that / sheuld - sven
more interested tAan nlAny o<heg
Earbiss.
A. have mid, ! IA NJ tnlls mucA
stock IN ths Ask r1poets q ~ Rmr
sxhibet3eo = 1z1or; 1enuas JSitD =
Known q . e3eAA S1dlees And I A9ureQ
Dat - ssai saz1se would svsr ~
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-13
Intended ~ Harm.

Lucy was playing up on the lawn
with her little puppy when the dog
next door came up vaxging his tail IN
Q most friendly way. The urtie pup
STUCK his tatl bstwssn his legs and
started for ths Aans4 Lucy ca4ht
In, saying: Don't - afriA. -:
~ 1set hurt you; hs 3mt osnDe ovse
- tnkodne6eeissel1."
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-13

owaaer 0epetws On beard the
Freash drsadnau0ht csssard,
0iveo the peilwe q sample of the
marSesNnanship for which the
American ounneeo aro SassoVA
Thea ne leavss his ship and ooss
lnte the trenches. Don't miles
thD next lnstallment.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-13
Hsrnsssss sun,s Rays.

An e1peffmentR IN The Royal Coz
less Of Science In Toronto claims that
he has found . way to harness the
suns heat 10 Industrial tasks Of IL
most any nature. For instance. by big
expsriRents with mirror combinatiooG
be has focused reelected rays 20 - 10
melt . bar Of lead at . temperature
below freezing to . depth Of one and
Q hah inches In - seconds.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-13
Pre.lde Farn so,Iainae.

to provide The necessary buildangs. ~
soon as lAUt. .ni be had And building
materials setured IL will pay 10 shel-
ter stock and r,.vs crops.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-13
Mes~ ~ -rarshilshG.

When the crescent Of the new moon
appears In the west the phenonsuoa
called ~ths old moon in he yoang
ones arms" 10 often observed. Part.
u embraced By Tie horns Of tie cres'
cent u seen the whole round orb q
the moon. Ths cause Of this appear.
ance II that the ~earthlight" upon that
part Of tie moon not reached By the
sunshins b gufnciently brilliant to rso
der It faintly visible to ouf eyes.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-13

sailefs: that II - In our navy and
tAe Bxitish. tAalf vessels were ship
shapo all tAe time. and were run ~
sWeet - q 0oek.
There = - ne comparing he vaz1-
ous navfss - to which - beet: some
are bstter ct one thing and some At
.anothee. IL British navy. q course.
u the largest. and nobody win deny
that at uAost things thsy are topootch
{lsast of IN thsalselvss: tAey admit
II Bat there y ooe plaeo wAaFo the
navy a ~ United otates has Il al
over every .otheR nAvy a tAe ssven
ssas. and that = gannsry. Ths Amer.
lean navy has IL best gunnaes In
~ world Ana - Ae< ~ anybody
ten yoa d1HR1n1
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-13
Riessasllv.

"A na1ioeal sxAtbitioo vas rscsag1s
held n Berlin TO popuaAslas ~ -
q payer csothiHe. s
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-13
Thick cakes Not ESSENTIAL.

OF course, II the Ice is To be avail
able for next summer. there Is no tine
for constructing houses uow. This is
nearly the last call tor filling tn,
houses already built-snd for nakis.k
use Of such expedients Is are p0sstbse
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-13
Ex-C,mner and Chief Petty On1cer. us
A4~vHH.>vp ~ f1pn Hnvaaiay1 >Nis,yp E,.s

Captain Gun Turref. French Battleship c.
Winner Of the Croix de Guerre
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-03

HAVE YIELDED
Large Numbers Returned to Work This
Morning-Strikers Will Co
Back as Needed.

NEW YORK, Nov. 3.-The back
bone of the longshoremen s strike is be-
lieved to have been broken this morn
ing when the full force of men employ
es on the Chelsea piers returned to
work. The Chelsea district where the
piers of the. White Star, Red Star and
French lines are located has been re-
garded by shipping men as the center
of the strike and where the majority of
the radical element among the strikers
has been employed When the steve
dors' whistles sounded this morning
gangs of men fled through the gates
and We're Immediately put to work.
At the headquarters of the Interna-
tional Longshoremen s association it
was announced that all strikers had de.
cided to return to work wherever they
were needed
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-03
Union Officials at Indianap-
oils Refuse to Discuss
Strike-Gompers Says He
Will Help Miners In Ev-
cry Way = Steel Strikers
at Gary Return to Work
In Order to Get Coal from
Steel Corporation

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 3.-No effort
will be made by the United Mine Work
ers of America to have non-union MIN
ers in the Pittsfeld field join in the
strike until after the injunction pro-
ceedings in Indiana have been disposed
of according to union officials here to-
day. ''There is nothing to be gained
by such a movement now" said an of
fetal discussing the situation ''and we
prefer to let matters go as they are for
the present
Reports from the district as we'll as
from other parts of western and Cen
trail Pennsylvania showed no change
in the situation Union mines, it was
said were closed while work generally
has been resumed in non-union mines.
Considerable quantities of coal IN
transit We're confscated by railroad of
fcials under the Washington order and
were being distributed to places where
fuel was most needed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-03
LAYING RAILS ON
WEST RIVER ROAD
Track Gang Begins Near Rand's Cross
ing Today-Co-operation for Bet
ter Service Promised.

Announcement was made this morn
ing from the board of trade headquar
ters that conference was held with
railroad officials last week, when f. j.
Guthrie, superintendent of the New
London division, Michael MaGiff, su-
perintendent of car service with head
quarters in ST. Albans, and j. P. Fitz-
patrick, chief engineer and general
roadmaster of the Central Vermont
Railway Co. were present
They promised cooperation with the
board of trade in an effort for bet
ter service on the West River branch
and expressed their interest in the
results of the investigation. 1t was
stated in the conference that since
March 10000 best quality chestnut ties
had been put in on the road and that
the ties represented q cost of $4,000
before they were laid
1t also was stated that work was be
gun this morning by the track gang
comprising l6 to 90 men, laying new
rails IN the section from Rand's crossing
below Newfane, south. Four and a hall
| miles of rails, it is said, have been or
dered and most of these already ar,
beside the track ready to be placed
The new rails are of 75 pounds weight
whereas those now in place weigh bu
DO pounds. The work of laying th
| rails will be continued until the iol
is completed or as long as the weathe
permits
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-03
Continued on Page 81
CHAPMAN TO HAVE
CHARGE OF DRIVE
Red Cross Membership Drive in Brat
tleboro Starts Wednesday,
Quota in This Town Is 1000

Arrangements are being made as
rapidly as possible for starting the
third Red Cross roll call canvass
Wednesday, and E. H. Chapman has
consented to take charge of the drive.
He will be assisted by Mrs. Fayette
Miller, who will be at the Red Cross
room in the town hall building to help
the canvassers and to receive member
ship fees as they are returned. While
all the canvassers have not been Sc.
cured it is expected that a complete
list will be available tomorrow.
The quota of membership assigned
to Windham County chapter is 1900
and Brattlebero Is share of this is
about 2,000 1t is confidently expected
that the quota for this town and coun
ty viii be exceeded in this campaign as
it has been in all other drives.
The chairmen of the drive in Other
towns in the county where there is {
branch of the Red Cross are as fol
lows: Mrs. G.. E. Dowlin, Below:
Falls; Mrs Albert Newton, Dummer
ston; Mrs. C. L. Thwing, Putney;; Mis-
Edith Foster, Saxtons River; Mrs. A
G. Barnes, Vernon; w. ID. Canedy
Nottingham; Rev. w. C. Clark, viii
mington. The branches in South Lon
| donderry and Westminster have no
! been heard from.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-03

against certain persons other than those
mentioned in the restraining order at
Indianapolis. This is in line with his
instructions to district attorneys to keep
a close watch on all persons conspiring
to forward the strike and to report inn
mediately to the department of justice.
At the White House today it was said
President Wilson's offer for arbitration
of the coal strike still was open. Mean
time preparations for the setting up of
a commission on industrial unrest as rec
commended by the public group in the
recent industrial conference are going
forward and the selection of the person
mel is expected to be completed by the
cabinet tomorrow
One of the first effects of the coal
strike has been the curtailment of pas
senger trains on some railroads. Direc
tor General Hines has given regional di-
rectors wide discretion in this matter
as they are in position to survey the
Freight service will not be disturbed
unless the coal shortage becomes more
serious. survey of all the coal stocks
held by railroads under direction of the
railroad administration is progressing
The administration also is gathering fig
ures on the quantity of coal at seaboard
intended for export, but which has been
ordered held to be used by the railroads
if necessary.
| High officials Of the government gen
orally are more optimistic in regard to tn,
general industrial outlook After the frs
burst of labor indignation against the u.s.
of the power of injunction the situation
has settled somewhat, they think. Their
| is every indication that the railroad broth
erhoOds will refuse to become involved II
. The coal strike or other disturbance a
this time They have taken a conservs
tive attitude and it is assured, it is said
that they will keep their pledge to tn
government to do everything possible t
steady the situation
In this connection a statement issue
yesterday by Warren S. Stone, grand chic
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engif
GERS is significant:
"In view of the conditions facing OF
country at this time, which i'll our JUDI
ment is far more serious than during til
late war, inasmuch as it affects all classt
of people. and in consideration of the 81
uation, the advisory board of the Brotl
erhood of Locomotive Engineers assemble
at Washington and formulated the fo
lowing declaration of principles
"The advisory board of Locomotive f
gineers, the undoubted Americanism
whose membership should assure the
CONTINUED on Page 81
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-03
Continued on Page ~
DIRECTORS FAVOR
HOLIDAY NOV. IL
Board of Trade Oficials Discuss Re-
quest of American Legion Post
Town Meeting May Act.

Next Sunday has been designated as
American Legion Sunday, and all local
ministers will receive during this week a
copy of the letter from national headquar-
tiers giving all information regarding the
American Legion, its organization, pur-
poses, ETC., this to be used as a basis of
comments or sermon for the day.
1t is hoped by members of the local post
of the American Legion that at the town
meeting this evening the people of the
town will express their opinion and make
decision as to whether Armistice day,
Nov IL, should be observed as holiday
In a special meeting of the directors of
the board of trade Saturday the request
of Brattleboro post that Tuesday. Nov. IL.
be made a holiday was discussed The di-
rectors voted that the board of trade
should cooperate with the Legion in its
plans for holiday on that date and that
the action of the board of directors be
transmitted to Governor Clement with the
recommendation that he issue proclama-
ton designating Nov. II as a state holi-
day 1t is the hope of the board of trade
that people in general cooperate with
Brattleboro post in enlarging on their
plans
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-03
Leaders for Administration
Present Counter Plan
to Senator Lodge
DEADLOCK LIKELY
OVER RESERVATIONS
Democrats Want Reservations Dis
posed of Today-Would Have Final
Vote Saturday Administration
Would Reject Strong Changes.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3. = A final
vote this week on ratification of the
peace treaty is proposed in unan-
imous consent agreement drawn up for
presentation to the senate today by
the administration leaders. Apparent
ly contemplating the possibility of a
deadlock over reservations, the agree
ment provides that after this week the
treaty, if not ratified, can be laid aside.
Under the plan put forward as a
counter to Republican Leader Lodge s
proposal for a final vote Nov II all
amendments would be disposed of to-
day, the reservations of the foreign
relations committee would be passed on
tomorrow and Wednesday and the com
mittee S resolution of ratification voted
on Thursday. Friday and Saturday
would be reserved for consideration OF
ultimate ratification resolutions should
that presented by the committee fail
The fact that the agreement provid
ed for possible deadlock of the treaty
was taken as another indication that
the administration forces would vote
against ratification if the committee
reservations were adopted and theI
would present ratification resolution
containing only qualifications of an in
terpretive character.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-03
President Is Preparing to
Establish One Cabinet
Will Choose Personnel
Tomorrow Passenger
Trains Curtailed, but
Freight Service Will Con-
tinue - Locomotive En-
gineers Back the Govern
ment

WARRINGTON, Nov. 3.-Attorney
General Palmer today informed coal
miners who protested against the strike
injunction that the government stood
ready ito do everything in its power to
facilitate an inquiry into the merits of
the controversy, but in the meantime the
law must be enforced and combinations
to stop production cannot be tolerated" !"
Mr.. Palmer's statement made in reply
to a telegram from the union local at
Glencoe, O., to President Wilson was
taken to indicate that no attempt would
be made by the government to settle the
wage controversy until the strike was
called off.
At the same time it became known
that Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, had in
formed John L. Lewis, president of the
miners union, of the governments atti-
tude and that Warren S. Stone, grand
chief of the brotherhood Of locomotive
engineers had been in communication
with Mr.. Lewis over the long distance
telephone. Mr.. Gompers' message was
sent Friday after his interview with Mr.
Palmer and it probably gave rise to re.
ports yesterday that he had attempted
to intervene personally to end the strike
The result of the efforts of govern
ment officials and labor leaders to bring
about the recalling of the strike order
are now known here. Mr.. Palmer sale
today that while it might become nee
essary to petition for more injunction'
in the coal strike the time had not ar
rived He said that other injunction
if obtained probably would be directed
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-03
COAL ENOUGH FOR
= PRESENT NEEDS
Brattleboro Dealers Not Alarmed
Over Strike - No Order Here for
Train Curtailment Thus Far.

Inquiry today as to the local situation
as affected by the strike of workers in the
bituminous, or soft, coal mines brought
the information that there is no cause for
alarm. The manufacturing plants and in
stItutions where soft coal is used are well
supplied, and there is a good amount in
the local sheds.
Many persons seem to have gained the
impression that there was to be short
age of hard coal on account of the strike,
and the local dealers were busy with tele-
phone calls Saturday and this morning
from persons ordering an additional sup
ply of fuel for stoves and furnaces. 1t
was said by one of the dealers that a
large number of calls were received from
those who already have their winters sup
ply in their bins, and he stated that he
felt it would be an injustice to those who
do not have room for more than a ton or
half ton at time if he should fill the
orders from those who already have suf-
fieient stock for the cold weather. If nc
more hard coal should be shipped here in
the next six weeks f. b. Barrows has
| enough in his sheds to supply all reason
able demands during that time. Mr.. Bar
| rows also says he has coal in transit an6
| that letter from one concern this morn
| ing assured him that so far as they coulC
| foresee they would make the usual ship
| ments. Mr.. Barrows said he looked fo
| no shortage here either in the hard or sof
coal market unless the strike now in ef
! feet should be prolonged an unreasonable
/ length of time.
/ L. B. Yauvey, another local dealer, SAT-
/ his customers were supplied for the pres
ent, that his sheds were full and tha
there would be no inconvenience here o.
account of the strike, so far as he eoul
4 see
Although the curtailment of passenge
train service in some sections is IN cor
temptation no orders for any cut in SCI
vice have been received at the local sti
| tiOn
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-03
About 125 Men Participate
in Hunt in Dover and
WardsbOrO
EXPERIENCE ONLY
RESULT OF DRIVE
Sheep Destroyers Free to Continue
Their Marauding - Hunters Have
Strenuous Climb and Learn Some
thing About Dover Hills.

Having avoided the onslaught of l25
hunters armed with high powered rifles.
the Dover and Wardsboro bears are free
to continue their marauding among the
sheep tiocks which the farmers near their
haunts are undertaking to raise. The
big hunt which Kern d. Adams of Brat
tleboro was instrumental in organizing
came off Saturday according to schedule,
but there were no obsequies. No bear.
not even sign" was seen.
1t was a real hunt, nevertheless. and
the fact that it was not productive of the
results hoped for is not to be taken as in
dicating that that section of Windham
county is devoid of bears, because there
Is proof to the contrary Not only have
many bears been shot or trapped in Dov-
er, but the parts of sheep carcasses found
on various farms in that town show un-
mistakably that bears were the attacking
brutes.
| Moreover the Dover hills, where most of
| Saturdays hunting took place, are typical
| of, and are part of, the range which ex-
| tends northward through Wardsboro and
Jamaica, where more than l5O bears have
| been killed in the past 80 years.
1t was in Dover that the biggest bear
hunt ever organized in the southern part
of the state was pulled off. That was in
October, 1880, or 80 years ago, when a
count showed 22s participants. A bear
was bagged on that OCCASION Two other
organized hunts in that town occurred
that month, and there have been few
organized hunts in this county since then,
but none that compared in size with that
of Saturday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-03
THREE MORE MILLS
PUT IN OPERATION
More Men and Better Tonnage Re
ported in Steel Plants-Have
Difficulty In Getting Food.

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 3.-Three addi-
tlonal hot mills were placed in operation
IN the plant of the McKeesport Sheet
and Fin Plate Company today Manag
ers OF other mills in the Pittsburgh dis
trlct affected by the steel strike said
they had commenced the seventh week
of the struggle with more men and a
better tonnage than last week.
Strike headquarters had no figures to
give out, confining it's statement for the
day with reference to the rationing sys-
tenn for the strikers. In principle it had
worked well, it was said, but there had
been difficulties because of failure OF
shipments of food to reach designated
points.