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TO USE CAR STRIKE BREAKERS.
Providence Company Takes Steps
to Operate Lines.

PROVIDENCE, Aug. 5.-Rhode Island
company receivers to-day took steps to
operate the cars OF the street railway
system with strike breakers. They Pc
titioned the court for an order to operate
the lines of the system and at the same
time requested the court to vacate the
decree authorizing arbitration.
Justice Edward w. Blodgett assigned
a hearing Tor 10 o'clock Tomorrow
morning.
The receivers to-day were in confer
ence practically all day with officials of
the union, 1t being understood that a
compromise on 57h cents an hour was
being considered. No settlement was
reached. however.
In view OF the action Of the court II
is expected that soon after the order is
obtained, perhaps tomorrow. a part OF
the cars will be put In operation.
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DRYs CONSIDERED HARMLESS
Not Necessary to Warn United
States Reformers, Says Short.

LONDON. Aug 5.-Answering a ques-
ton In the House of Commons to-day
as to whether the Government con-
sidered informing the Americans here
for prohibition campaign that "the
British electors prefer TO settle their
domestic questions for themselves" Ed
ward Short, Secretary for Home Az
fairs, said;
II am disposed to agree with the sug-
gestion that the British people can settle
this matter for themselves but, as l
have stated, 1 do not think his step by
the Government necessary"
The first part of the Home Secretary
answer was cheered.
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IRISH POLICEMAN MURDERED.
Companion Wounded Badly While
on Duty in County Clare,

DUBLIN. Aug. Sergeant Riordan
and Constable Murphy were shot yester-
day at Ennistimon. County Glare. MUIR
ply was killed and Rlordan dangerously
wounded.
James Ian Macpherson, Chief Secre-
tary for Ireland. has wired THE deepest
sympathy of the Irish Government with
the relatives Of Murphy, brutafly muir
dered in loyal and courageous discharge
Of his duty" -..- . 80 p,
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ST. LOUIS WRITERS ORGANIZE
Newspaper Men Elect omcers and
Begin Wage Survey.
Special Despatch TO The Sun.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 6.--The st. Louis AS
ISOLATION OF Journalists. an organization
composed of newspaper writer's, editors
and artists, to-day elected officers and
adopted a tentative plan of organize ton
at q meeting at Central Library
Richard l.. Stokes of the Post Dispatch
was elected president. Other officers are
Thomas Butler, Globe-Democrat, vice
president; George Henger. Times, sec
ond vice-president Frank Sullivan, Star
secretary. and Herman Hooker. Repub-
lie, treasurer.
The association will be composed of
Ave chapters, representing each Of the
English daily newspapers. The associa,
ton has begun wage survey OF st.
Louis newspapers
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BACKMAKERs VOTE TO STRIKE.
Demand for % a Day for Machine
Operators.

BRocKroN, Aug. 5.-Members of the
recently organized backmakers union
voted tonight to go on strike tomorrow
In an effort to enforce wage demands of
50 day for men operating moro than
fifteen machines and of so cents a ma
chine for less than that number. The
strike will AFFECT more than twenty fac
tories in New England, Pennsylvania
and Canada.
The men claim that the United Shoe
Machinery Corporation. which controls
most of the factories. has refused to SUBJ
NIT their demands to arbitration.
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MARINE DIVISION HOME SOON.
10000 bidding Farewell to Ser
.t vice on Rhine. .,,
By the Associated Press.

CoBLENz,, Aug. 5.-Thirty thousand
American troops of the Third Division
who defended Chateau Thierry and
adopted for their unit the name "Marne
Division" begin bidding farewell to the
Rhine to-day. after eight months service
in occupied Germany.
The Third Division claims the distinc-
ton of being the only entire American
division which actually fought on the
Marine.
The First Division is preparing to
begin entraining for the first leg Of the
honeward trip August To-
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1000 VOTE TO STRIKE TODAY
Four Plants I'm Butler. Pa, Refuse
Demands of Men.

BUTLER, Pa. Aug. 5.--Approximately
1000 men of four manufacturing plants
of Butler voted tonight to go on strike
at 2 o'clock tomorrow Afternoon and re-
main but until their wage and working
hour demands are met by the operators.
Union leaders said the demands were
presented to the companies last month,
but were met with a refusal In an
answer August 2. The demands con-
stitute an eight hour day and a maxi
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unless the demands of the striking tram
way men are Immediately granted.
meeting of the trades union or
ganizations Of all lines OF industry to-
night appointed general strike COM
mittee, which will meet on Wednesday.
Tom Mann. president OF the Workers
Union, attended the meeting. The
speakers generally supported the police
strikers
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LONDON IN DANGER
OF A BREAD FAMINE
Liverpool Also Suffering, With
10000 Bakers Out in
England:
CLIMAX IN POLICE STRIKE
Sympathetic Walkouts Con.
tinue to Occur in Many
British Cities.
Special cable Despotch to TEE sur from ths
LONDON Times Service.

opecfdI Cdofe Despdfch 70 IHh buN y'oW "e
Losdoa Times Service.
Copyright. 1919 all rights reserved.
LONDON, Aug. 6.--The possibility OF a
bread famine in London and Liverpool
was brought before the people. to-day
owing to the bakers strike. Six thou
sand bakers are on strike here and
twenty thousand In the country.
At Liverpool not single loaf oil
bread left the public bakeries, while in
London the scarcity of bread 10 most
acute and crackers are used as sub
stitute. Queues are forming outside the
shops in the hope Of obtaining bread.
The police strike apparently has
reached a climax and In at a standstill.
although efforts at sympathy strikes are
continuing.
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BRIT. STRIKE CALLED
AT 5 A. M. BY UNION


additional notification had been sent the
police last night after the strike vote
had been taken.
Have you any additional or special
force to guard cars and railroad prop
! erty7" Col. williams was asked.
Yes, we have a special force Of men
and we have taken all the precautions
necessary to protect our property" said
he I'VE can't tell now whether traffic
win be normal in the morning or not"
The irritation Of the union employees
of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
who attended last nights meeting was
| intensified by report to the effect that
Brig Gen. James I. Robb, commander
of the New York Guard regiments in
Brooklyn, had conferred with his Colo
nels relative to calling out troops to
protect property Of the company.
Over the telephone Gen. Robb branded
this report as IAN unqualified falsehood."
| and declared that neither had he taken
any such action nor was he contem-
plating any. He said that he had not
conferred with his Colonies or any one
else on the matter.
Union employees OF the Richmond
Light and Power Company. which con-
trolls and operates all transportation
lines on Staten Island with the excep-
ton Of the steam railway, voted last
night to call strike at 4 o'clock to-
morrow morning unless the company
accedes to-day to certain demands which
they have made.
Their trouble merely involves i've
motormen who were locked one days
pay each for refusal to continue at their
Jobs after what they claimed was n
fourteen hour stretch. The men were
not discharged and the union has merely
asked that the days wages be paid.
them
The reply OF Receiver Garrison to the
demands made by the union was read to
the gathering by Edward Smith. chair
man of tho committee which presented
the ultimatum on Monday. II amounted
practically to point blank defiance.
Mr.. Garrison's letter follows:
NEW YORK, Aug. 8, 1919.
"Mr Ed Smith, chairman, 1o1 Fifth ave-
nue.. Brooklyn. N. Y.
MT DEAR SRI have the commune
cation from your committee delivered on
August 1. 1919. informing me OF a mass
meeting held on Friday night. August /.
and of a resolution passed at such
meeting. In your communication you
state:
"rhis resolution embodied number
Of requests. chief among which are:
II. Reinstatement of all employees
heretofore discnarBed Tor union activi-
ties
"2. Recognition Of the union to which
the employees belong.
"3 An increase in wages for all en-
ployees-75 cents an hour for all train
men,, and a similar and proportionate
increase for all others employed in diff
ferent capacities. This applies to all
women employees as we'll as the men.
- An eight hour day.
You further inform me that another
meeting of the employees has been called
for Tuesday night, at which
we have been instructed to report the
result of our interview with you
Reply to Association.
IT am informed that when this COM
munication was delivered an answer was
demanded by o'clock Tuesday evening"
and also that article 2 was your princi-
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1000 ExILEs QUIT HONDURAS
Rebels Continue Guerrilla Warfare
and Take Three Towns.

SAN JUAN DEL SUR, Nicaragua, Aug.
5.-The Ho1duran revolutionary Gems.
Rafael Lopez Gutierrez and Dionisio
Gutierrez are continuing to carry out
guerrilla warfare in the departments of
Paradise, Choluteca and blanche, Hon
duras The revolutlonists took the towns
of Pespire, Esperanto and LaYenta, but
afterward evacuated them.
More than 1000 Honduran exiles have
arrived at Ocotal. Nicaragua.
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FORD CAN READ AND
WRITE, SAYS EDITOR
Editorial Writer on Dearborn
"Independent" Answers
fsG
Trial Question.
TESTIMONY COMPLETED
Four Days Of Argument by
Lawyers Before, jury
Gets Case.


MOUNT CLEnNs. Mich, Aug. 5.-Tes-
tiniony in the $1,000 900 suit OF Henry
Ford against the Chicago Tribune was
completed shortly before 1 o'clock to-
day.
Properly to commenr morate the day
Judge Tucker granted a holiday to- the
jury tomorrow before listening to four
days Of argument aid possibly one day
Of court charge. The intervening day
will be employed by the opposing coun-
sci In presenting their requests to charge
70 the court. OF the,te the defendants
attorneys have Amos 100. Alfred Luck
Ing, senior counsel for Mr.. Ford, said
he was unable to tell the number Of
requests to be made w his side. but
intimated that rs would be the limit.
These will be presented before the
main argument SO that Judge Tucker
can have ample time TO digest and de-
eide upon them.
An interesting piece of testimony was
presented by one OF the half dozen witt
nesses who took the ct ana during the
clearing up Of odds and ends.
Says Ford Can Read.
Il was that Henry Ford can read
This was not generally doubted by the
general public. but It was made point
IN the case through Mr.. F'ords excusing
himself several times when requested by
Attorney Stevenson to read extracts
from exhibits while on the witness
stand. Mr.. Ford was pressed several
times to say whether he wished the
Jury to understand that he could not
read.
He replied that he would let It stand
that way, but add ed that he could read,
but not easily. s.
William J. Cameron, chief editorial
writer Of the Dearborn Independent,
Ford's paper. testified that Mr.. Ford
could both read and write. that he had
seen him read newspapers and magazines
and had even heard him read aloud
A feature of the trial to-day was
In regard to the Ford English
School, in which 1t was asserted users
of 81 languages are taught the Ameri-
can language and principle Of Ameri-
can citizenship. It is American lam
guage. not English language. accopd-
ing to Clinton C. Dewitt superintendent
OF the school. who gave the testimony.
This he said. was Ford's own idea.
Mr.. Ford said 1t was not American
or efficient to have 50 languages" said
Dewitt. He wanted them unified as
feature Of the Ford T1ibune trial to-day
the processes In the plant are unified"
Dewitt read several of the lessons.
One taught the men the history of the
American nag.
Teaches Flags History.
Another gives a definition Of the word
"anarchist'' which Is slightly different
from any Of the dozens that have been
given in the course OF the trial.
1t is: "An anarchist Is one who does
not believe In organized government"
Mr.. Ford was a bomb thrower, ono
who tries to overthrow the Government"
On cross-eHamination Elliott @. Ste
venson asked II Mr. Ford eyer attended
the school. II he took lessons, II he Wis
tied the American Club. of which the
students are automatically made men,
bers. and II he ever addressed the club
or school urging the men to enlist in
the military or naval service.
MIR. Ford never made a speech in his
life" said Dewitt s-.
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CITY EMPLOYEES MAY STRIKE.
Liverpool Faces walkout Unless
Tramway Men Get Raise.

LIVERPOOL, Aug. 5.-The munIcinal
employees at meeting tonight decided
to give twenty-four hours notice Of strike
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Who's Your Friend?
BARON ROTHSCHILD, the famous Partisan

BARON ROTHSCHlLD, the famous Partisan
Banker, in refusing loan to friend said: 81
0ont lend you the money, but ,OaV let you wazk
arm in wHh across the floor Of the stock ex-
change. That wiN get you all the credit you need''
And it did,
Association is everything in life.
II your advertisement appears in the advertising coll
unns Of THE SLlN-known to be the most STRICTLY
censored in New York you possess the unlimited
confidence of euery reader of that paper
find Sun readers as group represent buying
po0er unequaled BY that of any other Ne,O York
newspaper
II you 0an to reach the cream of the investing public
you must aduertise in
CHE al Sun
New York's Great Mornino PAPER
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Reply to Associat ton.

II am informed that when this COM
munication was delivered an answer was
demanded by o'clock Tuesday evening,
and also that article was your princi-
Fpal demand.
The mass meeting referred to by YOU
was called and held under the auspices
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-02-21
BAD BREATH
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets Get
at the Cause and Remove It

Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets, the substi-
fute for calonael, cct gently on the bowels
and positively 10 TIC work.
People afflicted with bad breath find
quick relief through DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets. Tie Pleasant, sugar
coated tablets are taken for bad breath
BY all who Et.ow them.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets act gently
but firmly CT TIC bowels and liver,
stimulating than to natural action,
clearing the blood ard gently purifying
the entire system. Tl,cy do that which
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pain or any disagreeat,e effects.
DR.. r. 9f. Ldwrrd3 discovered the
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bowel and liver complaint, with the
attendant bad breath.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are purely
a vegetable compound mixed with olive
oil; you viii know them by their olive
color. Take one CT two every night for
week and note the effect. l0c and Csc
per box. All druggists.
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in Danville.
Mrs. Eugene Fields of McIndoes is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Choate
The grange meeting was held Tues
day evening with 25 present, The
first and second degrees were con-
ferred on one candidate. Lecturer
program consisted of reports of the
ladies' part of the Farm Bureau as
ISOLATION by Mrs. D A. Blain, and
of the mems part by Worthy Lecturer
and charades were given by Lee
White and David Stevenson.
Mrs. Milo McLaren and Elsie Nc
Laren were guests at Mrs. Irene
Chamberlain's Thursday.
The Priscilla club met with Mrs
Bailey, Thursday.
E. S. Manchester was in McIndoes
Friday to see his brother.
Howard Bushway is visiting his
father, Harley Bushway, returning to
his home in Boston, Monday.
Some from here attended the dance
at Danville, Saturday evening.
Mrs. George Blain visited at Roy
Warden's, Monday.
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RYEGATE

The Ladies' Missionary society met
with Mrs. Wesson Sargent, Thursday
afternoon. An interesting mission
study, a fine spirit, a delicious lunch
con, made this meeting one of the
pleasantest and most helpful Of the
year. 1t was voted to give $40 to
the bonus fund being raised through
out the United Presbyterian Mission
airy societies to meet the greater ex-
pense III sending out missionaries at
the present time.
E. H. Hallett was canvassing the
farmers in the vicinity of Ryegate
last week in the interest of the Farm
ers' Association and the Woman's
Auxiliary in connection with the as
ISOLATION.
j. A. Shackford has been quite sick
the past week.
Justin Hook has been discharged
from army service and is at
home with his mother, Mrs. Charles
Miller. Mr. Hook carries a piece of
shell in his elbow and lost an eye
while in the service Of his country in
France.
Raymond Thompson returned to
the St. Johnsbury Academy, Monday.
Miss Anna Buchanan made a short
visit to her home folks at South Rye
gate, Saturday evening.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. w.
H. Nelson have returned to school
again after being shut in with whoop-
ing cough for two months.
Rev. L. IT. Simpson is preaching a
series of sermons on the fundamen-
tails of Christian belief. His sermon
Sunday was on "The Deity of
Christi
Will lifting on a heavy log Ar
thur J. Symes ruptured blood yes
sci in his stomach causing a slight
hemorrhage.
Mr.. Whittier, who is working for
A. J. Symes, visited his uncle's fam
lily, Mr.. Smith of Barnet, over Sun
day.
Mr. WaIbridge of Woodsville is en-
gagged in saving up the wood piles
for the farmers about Ryegate.
Mrs. Lawrence Leach VI st. Johns
bury is at the nome farm with ner
/ brother, J. d. Nolan, and sisters,
Mrs. Royden Cheney and Miss Olive
Nolan.
Mrs. E. S. Miller of Woodsville
! spent the weekend at Fairview farm
/ attending the church services at Rye
gate on Sunday.
The sick, H. e. Nelson, Mrs. Jen-
ME /. Taylor, Gladys Smith, Ray
mond Thompson, Mr.. and Mrs. Colir
Mcdonald are all gaining in strength
and are well on the way to complete
! recovery.
!. Mrs. ]. H Sylnes 10 a1 the HON,
of her daughter, Mrs. Colin Melon
aid, who has had pneumonia.
George Gebbie went to East Crafts
bury on Saturday, called there by thu
death of his brother, Thomas Gebbie
H Hugh Gebbie drove to Danville OF
Sunday, going the remainder of the
way to East Craftsbury by train tx
attend the funeral of his uncle, Thorn
i as Gebbie, Monday.
Ii Mrs. Margaret Hooper Carter o
/ Peacham visited Mrs. r. NJ. Whit.
several days last week, returning tt
her home Monday.
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NEWPORT LOCALS
Fifteen Months in Service

Private Carroll Story enlisted in
Go. L, Newport, in the summer of
1917, and was transferred to the 10Th
division, 102 infantry, Co. l.. Sailed
from Montreal for overseas on the
sixth of September, 1917, arrived at
Liverpool the 22nd of September,
then by rail to France where he went
into training. He went to the front
the first of February, 1918, where he
remained 10 days, then went into the
reserves for one week and was sent
back to the trenches where he stayed
until he was gassed on March 18th,
1913, and was confined to the hospital
for three months and half. He was
then placed in the escort company P.
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w. E. No. z, and remained in this
branch of service until he was sent
home on December 25, sailing for
Newport News. He was then sent
to Camp Mills, Va; then transferred
to Camp Lee for three weeks and
from there he was sent to Camp Dew
ems for three days, arriving in New
port, Feb. 6. Private Story does not
like to talk about what he has seen
or what he has passed through, but
says it is not the most fun in the
world to go out on No Mans Land
in the night and put up wire, and to
go out in raiding parties. Private
Story is suffering from the effects of
being in the trenches caused byl
standing in the water, also his eyes
are very weak from the effects of
gas. In the section where he was
located, the houses were mostly stone
or cement, and the cooking was done
in kettles hung in the fire places, the
bread was baked in stone ovens out
doors. The bread was very black
and the loaves were round, and the
people lived on this bread and beer.
The blowing was done with wooden
plows with one horse ahead of an
other The largest farm he saw, had
three cows; the soil was very light
and sandy, quite quantity of grapes.
were grown. The freight cars were
only about IL feet long and the pas
senger cars only about 80 feet in
length. He saw the shifting done in
the yards by an OK and empty cars
were moved by hand The engines
were moved by hand. The engines
were yery-small and fired with square
coal. The cities and little villages
were in ruins. The boys who are
/ coming home one by one have won
delftl stories to relate and the good
old U. S. A. is good enough for them.
Dr. Frank O. Cunningham, the
supply-pastor at the First Baptist
church, has invited all railroad men,
attend special service at the First
| Baptist church on Second street, Sun
T, day evening, March 2, at 7.30. He
| is to give a special address on the
"RaiIroad of Life" Seats will be
reserved for the delegation. The
work of the chorus opens auspiciously
and it is hoped that an enjoyable pro-
gram Of music can be worked out this
spring and summer At the evening
service, Feb. %, special mention will
be made of the governments appeal
to the churches for cooperation in a
! public health campaign.
Fred w. Carr who has been confin-
4 ed to the house since Oct. 9 has re-
i gained his health so that on warm
days he is at his place of business
! part OF the day. His many friends
are glad to see him around once
i again.
/ Harold Young, who has been on
/ the sick list this week is able to be
out part of the time. Mrs Young
is also quite sick.
i Mrs. Ethel Hunt went to Boston
Monday, where she will consult DR..
Brewster a specialist. Mrs. G. H
Newland accompanied her and will
visit her daughter, Marion, while
there.
J. A. Gendraw is reported as be-
ing severely sick.
| Ralph Fairbanks who has beer
confined to the house for ten days
by sickness, is able to be out again
/ Rev. H. T. Contz who has beer
quite sick is improving. Mrs. Coontz
is now quite sick and Nurse Manning
is caring for her.
The many friends of Flora Jenne
will be glad to know that she under
went a successful operation Monda!
at the r. V. N. Ross memorial hos
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nital at Montreal.

pital at Montreal.
Russell Fl. Humphrey of the U. S.
Marines, has received an honorable
discharge from that branch of war
service and is spending a few days in
Springfield, Mass, visiting his uncle
H C. Humphrey. He will resume his
work at the Lawson Garage and sales
Office Monday the Oath.
Miss Martha Davis, teacher in the
4th grade, is on the sick list.
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WEST BARNET

Mrs. Dudley Fitzgerald is visiting
friends in Boston.
Mrs. George Blain was a guest at
James Blain's over Sunday, returning
Monday to Tilton, N. ii.
A large number from here attend
ed the dance at Barnet, Friday event
ing, reporting splendid time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Roy were
over Sunday guests at Vanade Blake
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In the old days rings called GIN
NAL rings were used both for en-
gagement and marriage. These rings
were made of two movable hoops, one
of which was worn by each of the
lovers dring the engagement, but at
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the wedding ceremony, the ring, uni
ted again, was usd for the wedding
ring, the twin hoops being held to-
gether by an ingenious arrangement
clasps.
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The tracery on bedroom windows
during a frost is due to the warm
breath of the sleeper being conden-
scd and frozen on the ice-cold win
dow