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The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1919-09-26

anxious nation watched and waited,
the sturdy ship was battling its
way through heavy seas, dashed by
a terrible storm. What reception
the Mercy received on its arrival
in New York! H. B. Silk, first
class petty officer, was one of the
crew.
Charles Rust had experiences ga
lore aboard the destroyer, Jouett.
H. Rachelin received transfer
from the Navy to the Marine corps
and served with the Eleventh
Marines in France. His brother
Dave served with the Sixth Mar
ines for year overseas and is now
recovering from being gassed in
action. Dave Segal, as one of
three-inch gun crew aboard cargo
transport, had plenty of excitement
in encounters with hostile under
water craft. Dave Kaplan was the
only Duluth Jewish soldier killed
in action. Tony Gotkin was wound
ed by German sniper.
How tame is a narrative of all
these things now when the thrill
of action has passed! How futile
is an effort to describe the life, the
suffering as we'll as the occasional
flashes of pleasure! Nevertheless,
the return is all compromising. The
greeting and welcome are stuff
cient.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26
Engine Trouble Forced Them to Alight When
About Half Way Across on No-Stop
Oversee Flight
THEY WE'RE IN WATER NINETY MINUTES
BRITAIN STIRRED OVER RESCUE
British Destroyer Came Across Danish Steamer and
Took Them to ThursO on the Coast
of Scotland

LONDON May 26-Harry G. Hawker and Lieut..
Commander Mackenzie Grieve, the two armen who
started last Sunday in attempt to fly the At
antic Ocean from St. Johns Newfoundland, have been
picked up at and landed in Scotland Both men are
in perfect health.
1t is officially announced by the Admiralty that the
avators picked up in latitude 5O2O longitude 293O
having aighted close to the little Danish steamer Mary,
owing to soppage of circulation in the water pipes
between the radiator and the water pump
The airplane Sopwith machine, not salvaged.
The first report of the aviators since their famous
"jump-off" last Sunday when the Mary which was
bound from Norfolk to Aarhuus rounded the Butt of
Lewis Sunday and wigwagged the fact that she had
Hawker and Grieve aboard
The admiralty Immediately sent out fast destroyer
in endeavor to intercept the Mary and take off the
aviators.
There was an anxious wait of several hours, when
the word flashed that the destroyer had come across
the steamer and transferred Hawker and Greive and
was taking them to Thurso, the northern coast OF
Scotland about 100 miles east of the Butt of Lewis
The destroyer the Revenge reported to the Admir-,
atty Sunday evening that Hawker and Grieve would
sleep on board that night They crossed to the manad
today and reach London at o'clock Tuesday evening.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26
Powers-Simonds

A very pretty wedding was solemn
lied at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. F.
w. Powers, st. Johnsbury Center,
Monday, at 2.30, when their daughter,
Sadie, was united in marriage to
Fred Simonds of Peacham by the
Rev. M. G. Tupper. The bride was
prettily gowned in white crepe de
chine and carried carnations. Only
the intimate friends and family were
present. After the ceremony ice
cream and cake were served and the
happy couple left by auto on their
wedding trip to Bennington.
They have a host of friends who
wish them joy and long and pros
porous life. On their return they
will be at home to their friends at
Lyndonville.
Those from out of town present at
the wedding we're Mrs. Joseph ST.
monds of South Danville, Leonard
Champagne of Lyndonville, Miss
Muriel Darling of Brightlook hospi-
tai, Miss Margaret Cilley of Lyndon
Institute.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26
AMALCAMATlON
THE WOMAN'SPARTY
AND REPUBLICANS
Chairman Hayes Wants to
Unite All Efforts
to Win
MILLIONS CAN VOTE
Women Appointed to Committee to
Cooperate and Take Part in
Party Affairs
CAN VOTE

WASHINGTON, May 26-Partici-
patton of women in the affairs of the
republican party upon terms of full
equality with the men was urged by
Will III. Hays, chairman of the Re-
publican National Committee, in a
conference of men and women lead
ers at the Wardman Park Inn Thurs
day. MI. Hays discouraged the es-
tablishment of separate women's or
CARNATIONS within the party, except
as they might be useful temporarily
for the complete amalgamation of the
party.
The conference, at which were
present women delegates from prac-
tically every state and many mem
bers of the National Committee and
State chairmen, was called by the
Republican Women's National Exc
cutive Committee, of which Mrs. Me-
dill Mccormick is chairman.
Mr.. Hays suggestion of complete
amalgamation, intended to check any
tendency toward the formation of a
woman's party, met the approval of
the women present. 1t was explain
ed that this ban on separate organ
izations of women applied to official
organizations such party commit
tees, and not to auxiliary organiza-
tions, such as the Women's National
Executive Committee, appointed by
Mr.. Hays to cooperate with the Re-
publican National Committee to make
certain the full participation of Re-
publican women in the partys af-
fairs.
"There is but one possible rule for
a political party" said Mr.. Hays,
"and that is the rights of the indi-
vidual membership to participate in
the management of the party's affairs
must be and remain equally sacred
and sacredly equal.
"The Republican women in this
country are part of the party mem
bership. In many states this has long
been so. They come into this party
activity not as women, but as voters,
entitled to participate, and participat-
ing insofar as the present legal linn
itations permit, just as other voters.
"Their activity is not supplement
tary, ancilliary nor secondary at all
they the units in the party member
ship, and where the suffrage for them
is new they come in just as men have
come in when they reach the legal
voting age.
"They are not to be separated nor
segregated at all, but assimilated and
amalgamated, with just that full con-
sideration due every working mem
ber of the party in the rights of their
full citizenship. There is to be no
separate women's organization
created with the party, except and
only in those cases where such an
may be needed tempor-
arily as an efficient instrument in the
aid of the complete amalgamation
which is our objective.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26
MANY ARE KILLED
in BIG EXPLOSION
AT CEDAR RAPIDS
Fire Follows Damaging
the Starch Works
$3,OO0,O0O
WRECK LARGE AREA
Cause is Thought to Be Due to Defec-
tive Boiler or to Spontaneous
Combustion
WRECK LARGE AREA

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, May &C.
More than score of persons were
killed and hundred injured by an
explosion at the Douglas Starch
Works explosion Friday night. Of
the 1850 men and boys who had just
gone to work on the night shift, few
escaped injury or death. The en-
tire plant was burned by the fire
which followed the explosion. The
fire was confined to the Douglas plant
and the loss is estimated at $3,000,-
600.
The number of dead could not be
estimated for some time by the fire.
men, who began to extricate dead
and wounded from the debris to avoid
incineration. The injured were
rushed to hospitals and homes as rap
idly as volunteers with automobiles
could be mustered.
So severe was the explosion that
persons a mile away were thrown
from chairs. The cause of the acci-
dent could not be determined, but it
is thought to have been due to either
defective boiler or spontaneous
combustion.
Within half an hour after the de-
tonation attracted all of Cedar Rap
ids to the scene, 25 bodies were re-
ported removed.
The blast blew in windows many
blocks from the Douglass plant, and
persons within office buildings suffer-
ed from the shattered glass.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26
SPECIAL VILLAGE
AND TOWN MEETINGS
Much Interest Taken and Matters
Before the Voters Were Fully
Discussed

The special town and village meet
ing Saturday afternoon were attended
by about a score of voters and the ar
ticles relating to the exemption, of
taxation of the Plymouth Creamery
Company were dismissed at both
meetings. In the absence of the mod
orator of the town and the president
of the village, Arthur F. Stone presid-
ed at both the meetings. At the town
meeting D. P. Coveny and A. F. Law
renee spoke briefly in favor of dis
missing the article. This was then
done without further debate. The ar
ticle to exempt the Farmers Co-opera-
tive Creamery from exemption from
taxation was then dismissed without
debate.
AT the special village meeting
which followed the article relating to
exempting the Plymouth Creamery
Company was dismissed without de-
bate. After some discussion the
the village trustees were authori-
zed to borrow sum not to exceed
$4,000 to pay for the extension on
North Pearl street, the stone crusher
and the oiling of the streets. Charles
G. Braley explained that it would be
more desirable to borrow the money
than to try and negotiate bond is
sue. On behalf of the trustees Philip
A. Fletcher answered some questions
put by George Caldbeck in relation TO
the purchase of the new crusher.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26
Senator Dillingham; Is First
on Privileges anu
Elections
SLATE is MADE UP
The Progressives Oppose Penrose and
Warren, but Troubles Will be
Settled

WASHINGTON, May 26-Fram-
ing of Senate republican committee
states has been completed by the re-
publican conference committee on
committees. The program it was
stated, upon reliable authority, pro-
poses Senators Penrose of Pennsyl-
vania and Warren of Wyoming for
craftsmanship Of the finance and ap-
preparation committees, respectively,
despite the opposition of the progress
sives.
The committee slate will be pre-
sented at a conference of republican
senators to be held today before con-
vening of the senate. The progress
sives at that time are expected to
take final action in opposition to Sen
ators Penrose and Warren, but it
was reported that the factional troub-
les would be settled in the conference
and probably not reach the Senate
floor.
The Craftsmanship assignment un-
derstood to have been agreed upon by
the committee on committees follow:
Foreign relations, Lodge, Massa-
chusetts; finance, Penrose, Pennsyl-
vania; appropriations, Warren, Wyo-
ming; military affairs, Wadsworth,
N. Y; naval affairs, Page, Yer
mont; judiciary, Nelson, Minnesota;
interstate commerce, Cummins, Iowa;
agriculture, Gronna, North Dakota;
commerce, Jones, Washington; rules,
Knox, Pennsylvania; public lands,
Smoot, Utah; privileges and cleo
tions, Dillingham;, Vermont; manu-
facturers, LaFollette, Wisconsin; ed
ucation and labor, Kenyon, Iowa;
mines, Poindexter, Washington; i'm
Colt, Rhode Island; Indian
affairs, Curtis, Kansas; irrigation and
reclamation, McNary, Oregon; Phil
lippines, Harding, Ohio; printing,
Moses, New Hampshire; library,
Brandegee, Connecticut.
Under the reported agreement, Sen
ator Page instead of Senator Poin-
dexter would head the naval commit
tee on committees to the seniority
rule. Last moment changes in the
committee assignments also placed
Senator Smoot at the head of the
public land committee instead of the
appropriations body, for which he
had been mentioned.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26

Hawker has sent the following mes
sage from the Revenge to the Daily
Mail:
"My machine stopped owing to the
water filter in the feed pipe from the
radiator to the water pump being
blocked with refuse, such as solder,
the like shaking loose in the radiator.
"It was no fault of the Rolls-Royce
motor, which ran absolutely perfect
ly from start to finish, even when all
the water had boiled away.
1--WE had no trouble in landing on
the sea, where we were picked up by
the tramp ship Mary, after being in
water for 80 minutes. We leave
Thurso at 2 p. M, Monday, arriving
in London Tuesday evening"
The news of the rescue has cleo
trifed all Britain. Eight destroyers
after thorough search of the Allan
tic for 800 miles from the Irish coast
had given up the quest and there was
practically no hope that the airmen
were alive.
This morning, however, the forlorn
hope that the aviators might be pick
ed up by some craft without wireless
was realized. The Danish steamer
Mary crawling along at nine knots,
was the lucky vessel, and her brief
message to the watchers at the Butt
of Lewis left the public to speculate
wonderingly over the details of the
airmen's adventures.
Hawker and Grieve were about
100 miles out from Newfoundland
and 800 from the Irish coast when
the failure of their engine to function
properly forced them to alight.
When the airplane sped away from
her starting point, pilot Hawker let
loose his wheels and undergearing,
thereby Tightening the weight of the
machine by a considerable amount,
but making a possible landing on the
soil of Ireland more hazardous ven-
ture. This, however, probably prov
ed of much advantage when it be-
came necessary to alight on the sur
face of the water.
The airplane remained afoat with
out difficulty during the hour and
half it took the Danish steamer to
come up and effect rescue.
The London Daily Mail, which Of
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26
Canada's Water Power,

An important feature of the water
powers of Canada is their fortunate
situation with respect to existing COM
mercial centers. Within economic
transmission range of practically ev-
cry important city from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, except those in the CEN
trail western praires, there are clus-
tered water-power sites which will
meet the probable demands for hydro
power for generations.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26
REPORT LENINE
WANTS ARMISTICE

LONDON, May 26-Although
there is no confirmation of the re-
port that Lenine has proposed an
arrnistice to Admiral Kolchak,
head of the All-Russian govern
ment at Omsk. There are indica-
tions that Bolsheviki are anxious
over the fate of Petrograd and
Moscow. Russian wireless says
Moscow's defense committee is
appealing for women volunteers
for military service in towns and
admits that none of the Bolshe-
wiki troops are fighting in the out
skirts of Riga.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26
After he had driven his fathers

After he had driven his fathers
machine at an alleged speed Of be-
tween 35 and 40 miles an hour up
Church street in Burlington without
an operators license, Is year old AL
ton Hutchinson, son of l.. o. Hutch
inson of that city was arrested Tues
day. His father was out of town
and the case was put over until his
return. Because of his minority the
boy was unable to secure a license.
The Vermont Library association
has arranged the following district
meetings: May %, at Dorset, in
charge of Mrs. f. E. Kingsley; May
23, at Bristol, in charge of Miss Edith
J. Chamberlain of Vergennes and
Miss Mary r. Bates of Burlington;
May % at Jeffersonville, in charge of
Miss Anna I. Mower of Morrisville;
May 30, at Wells River, in charge of
Miss Evelyn S. Lease of Montpelier.
These meetings are for the public as
well as for all library workers.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26
The Fleeing Bolsheviki are
Destroying Munitions
and Guns
AMERICANS IN DRIVE
Bolsheviki Flee Before Advance of
Sibrcian Troops and People
Rejoice

LONDON, May 26-Gerat fires and
explosions have occurred in and
around Petrograd, according to re-
ports forwarded by the Daily Mails
correspondent at Helsingfors under
date of Thursday. 1t is believed that
the. Bolsheviki, pressed by the Es-
thonian advance, are destroying the
munitions in Petrograd.
Machine gun firing also has been
heard in Petrograd and it is reported
that the population has risen against
the Bolsheviki.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26
House of Correction Soon to Close

House of Correction Soon to Close
If the present plan is perfected,
and it is understood that it will be,
the house of correction at Rutland
will be closed so far as the state is
concerned in a couple of weeks and
the transfer of prisoners made early
in June from that institutio to the
state prison in consolidation of +hc
two institutions as provided by the
last legislature. The board of con-
troll met in Rutland and those coming
here since the meeting report that it
is the purpose of the board TO close
the house of correction early in June.
Some arrangement will be made
with the Rutlan1 county officials for
their use Of portion of the bri,d-
ing. There also will have to be man
kept at the Institution to look after
the 255 acres of crors that have been
planted,
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26

ARCHANGEL, May 26-American
railroad troops are playing an i'm
portant part in the rapid advance of
the allied troops southwark along the
Murmansk Railway. The Bolsheviki
as they move southwark, are destroy
ing bridges in an effort to hold up the
Allies in the swampy terrain. The
Americans, however, are working
hard putting the track into shape
again.
American motor launches have been
brought on flat cars from Murmansk
and it is expected will soon be operat-
ing with other craft on Lake Omega,
which is connected by rivers and
canals with Lake Ladoga, the largest
in Europe, the Neva River and Pet
rograd.
The artillery continues active in the
Archangel front and there are occa-
sional raids, but no serious fighting.
Several hundred American infan-
trymen are still in the fighting line
on the Dvina and Vaga sectors. They
will soon be relieved. American en-
gineers, however, continue to work on
nearly all sectors.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26

OMSK, May 26-Reports received
by the general staff of the Siberian
army indicate disintegration of the
morale of the Bolsheviki. Mobolized
workingmen and peasants are desert
ing at the first opportunity, and even
the Bolshevist commissaries are re-
ported to be disheartened, many of
them declaring openly that they are
ready to flee from Russia.
Siberian newspapers print resolu-
tions adopted at recent meetings of
peasants in the district of Samara.
The peasants decided to expel all
those with Bolshevist sympathies, to
organize special peasant detachments
to fight the Bolsheviki, and to arm
all men between eighteen and fifty for
this purpose.
The Bolshevist organ Nash Put, ac-
knowledges that it is impossible to
stop the Siberian offensive, saying:--
"The army aginst US is more powerful
than the army we had to face last
year. In spite of all our efforts the
army moves swiftly toward the heart
of our positions"
Reports of dissensions in the Boil
shevist ranks are contained in the
Bolshevist newspaper Ufimetiz. At
the village of Kalouguimo fight
arose between two regiments of Rus
slams and a regiment of Hungarians.
The Bolshevist commissaries finally
disarmed the Russian regiments. At
Petrovsk there was abattle between
the Bolsheviki and newly recruited
soldiers. The recruits won and there
upon returned to their homes.
The Siberian troops as they move
toward the front are greeted enthu-
siastically by the population. The
railroad cars bear this inscription
awe are going to Moscow"
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26
FAWKER AND GRIEVE RESCUED AT SEA
KALUT IN FLAMES
THOUSANDS DEAD

AMSTERDAM, May 26.-The
Kalut volcano in Java has burst
into eruption wiping out twenty
villages in the Brengat district
and eleven in the vicinity of Bit
ar and causing an estimated num-
Der of $4,000 deaths, says the
Central News despatch.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26

AT meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the Windham county farm
bureau in Brattleboro it was voted to
buy an automobile for the use of the
county agent. The car which the bu-
reau formerly owned was presented
to County Agent Sweeton when he
resigned in consideration of his ex-
cellent services.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26

fered a purse of $4,000 for the first
flight by a heavier-than-air craft
across the Atlantic ocean, will give
Hawker and Grieve consolation
prize of $4,000.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26

N. C. a MAY START TOMORROW
WASHINGTON, May 20
Word from Ponta del Gada said
N. CA still is weather bound.
Probably would not start before
tomorrow.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26

Daily Thought.
Vaor consists in the power of self
ecovery-Emerson.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26

GENEVA, May 26-Turkish and
Congress have arrived in Switzerland.
Bulgarian delegates to the Peace
They brought with them many docu-
ments and both delegations plan to
make protests.
The Turks, it is said, will protest
against the partition Of Turkey, es-
pecially concerning Constantinople.
The Bulgarians will put in a claim
for the return of the Dobrudja and
the port of Constanza.
The delegations expect to be in
Paris by the end of May.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26
Turkey and Bulgaria Send
Delegates to Paris to
Make Protest
CLAIMS FOR DOBRUDJA
Austrian Delegation Demand an Ex-
/ pert to Aid in Representing FL
nancial Interests

ST. GERMAIN- -EN-LAYE, May
26, ASSOCIATED Press)-The peace
terms to Austria, it is understood, will
be delivered to the Austrian delegates
here early next week, possibly Mon
day.
BERNE, May 26, (French Wireless
Service)-Josef Schumpeter, the
Finance Ministed of German Austria,
will soon be sent to join the Austrian
peace delegation at st. Germain, ac-
cording to Vienna telegram.
Herr Landesberger, who is in
charge OF the Austrian financial in
terests at st. Germain, demanded the
assistance of another expert, and it is
reported that he asked that DR.. Ru
dolf Seighart, former Governor of the
Austrian Credit Foncier, be sent. The
Government, however, preferred to
send Herr Shumpeter.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-01
PERSONALS

L F. Brahm. of The South side.
who has been In falling health for
some time. Is quite seriously LII At this
time.
Mn. A L ParriEh and daughter
Mary Louise. OF Warrington, were
visitors in this city yesterday.
Miss Margaret Ann Yost has re-
turned from Beltngtnn, where she had
visited relatives for several weeks.
Mra- Virginia Nuzum and Mrs c.
o. Jackson have returned from Terra
Alta, where they had been for the
past few weeks.
Miss Anna Tesada1e, OF Sandusky,
Ohio. Is the guest Of Mrs. c. S. Holt
on Fairmont avenue.
Mrs Gordon Lake. of Parkersburg,
is the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Pinkn-v
Arnett at Bellview. Mrs. Lake will
go from here TO New York, where she
will enter Columbia universIty for the
summer term. a
Lewis Milholland, IT, and sister,
Miss Fanny. Of Cumberland, Nd, are
thelguests OF their aunts. Mrs. Earl H.
Smith, and Mrs. Sadie Kinsey, at Val.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-01

Farms on the Tsxa-t valley +ssess
Thfaz parenTs, Mr.. and Mrs. LleH:ls
l1ilAolfand. Nill JON then there sor
the Fearth. 3,
Russei Francis, formerly = clerk ~
The Fairmont, has landed IN New
York from overseas. according to d
message received here. and expects
soon to arrive home During engage
ments Russell was gassed. shot and
wounded and after recovering from
his wounds went with u company Of
entertainers and Travelled through
France giyin Entertainments
The Rev. and Mrs, ", D. Reed left
this morning for Columbus, Ohio,
where they will visit the Methodist
Centenary exhibition.
Arthur p. Jones. one OF the enter
prising insurance men of the city is
today moving his offices from the ia
cobs building to Room sos In the Pro-
fessional building.
Lee Pierce will attend the willard
Dempsy prize fight at Toledo. Ohio.
and will be the guest while there Of
August Burgie.