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New Britain herald., 1919-07-17

Norwich, July 17.-No cars were running on the Shore Line Electric railway system today and from one end of the line to the other there was no indication this forenoon of any change from yesterday.
 President Perkins of the company issued another statement in reply to one by the men. He gave list of wages paid to platform men for the fiscal wear of 1918, designating the men by letters. Some of the items are:
 A. S1,SS954; B, s1,416.26; c, s1,296.O9: D, $1,298.10.
 The statement says that in the list were the wages paid to six members of the strike committee and their average wage for the fiscal year was s1.41S22. In addition, the state ment says, the men were paid by the assoclation for additional work while on committee duty.
 MT. Perkins said the company was charged with violation of the agree ment of June, 1918. This agreement, he said, expired on June 1, 1919. The arbitration provided for in it was to cover grievances only. The rate was positively fixed and not subject to arbitration, and that the committee understOOdtt
New Britain herald., 1919-07-17

New Haven, July 17.-Corset-mak- ing is among the industries of this city of considerable size. So far as can be ascertained in only one fac tory are the corset workers affiliated with a union. It was stated there today that no demand had been made upon the management such as has brought about a strike in the indus try at Bridgeport, and there has been no indication of friction. At other corset factories it was stated that it seemed unlikely that there would be labor troubles in them.
New Britain herald., 1919-07-17
Has Faith in Board.

'. SWarms of people poured into the
 city afoot the throngs being especial " noticeable as they crossed the
 Bridges from. South Boston and Cam bridge. Automobiles, with passengers ariding on the mud guards, had diff in some eases in working their
 way through the crowds
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-02
PLAYED JOKE ON THE HUNS
s'ouS Indians Had Fun for Three Days
Talking Over a Tapped
Telephone Wire.

Because of the nature of the coun-
try over which American troops fought
In the Meuse- ArgOnne offensive, the
Germans found if easy at times to cut
in on our field telephone wires.
The commander of one brigade of
artillery attached TO an American d.
vision was particularly annoyed by
enemy wire tappers in a heavily wood
ed section of the ArgOnne. Code mes
sages from artillery observers were
being Intercepted by Boche listeners
in. and the commander knew. as all
armies know. that no code is impreg-
nable when experts get working on it.
The artillery commander took up
with the colonel of one Of the line reg
iments the question of the Huns wire
tapping activities. And the colonel
hit upon an idea.
Two Indians, both of proud Sioux
lineage, members Of one of his COM
panies, were assigned as telephone
operators. One was to go forward
with the artillery observer. the other
TO remain at the brigade receiving end
of the wire which the artillery com.
mander was certain the Germans had
that day tapped somewhere along the
line.
Now, when two Sioux Indians get
talking together in their own tongue,
what they say sounds very much like
code, bur isn't. Anyway, 1t raised hob
with the code experts of certain Prus-
sian guard units.
The Sioux stuck on their jobs for
three days and nights. They and the
artillery commander and their own
colonel enjoyed the situation immense
~. II the Germans got any fun out Of
1t they kept it to themselves.-Stars
and Stripes.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-02
NEW HEAD OF
AY' WAR WORK
Edward w. Hearre Resigns as
Executive Secretary in Boston,
Arthur E. Hoffmire Succeeds
Him.

Boston, Mass.-Mr. Arthur e. Hoff-
nire. who for nearly two years has
been Camp General Secretary at Dey-
ems, has just been appointed Exec
utive Secretary, Northeastern Dept,
Of the National War Work Council, Y.
M G. A. He succeeds Mr.. Edward
w. Hearne who has been in Y. M. c.
A. work for 25 years, serving as State
Secretary Of Iowa, as a lieutenant in
the Army during the war in the Phil
ippines, and later as Y. M. c.. A.
secretary in the Philippines and China
during the Boxer affair He was
General Secretary in Washington, d.
c.; State Secretary for Massachusetts
and Rhode Island, until he began his
work as Executive Secretary for the
Northeastern Dept. in the early spring
CT 1917. Mr.. Hearne recently resigned
to reassume his pre-war position as
State Association Secretary for Mas
sachusetts and Rhode Island
Mr.. Hoffmire has been an enthusi-
aStic "Y' worker for nearly Is years,
having entered Association service in
January, 1905, as Assistant Secretary
at the New Bedford Y NJ C. A. where
he remained for six years, at the end
Of which period he was Acting Sec
rotary. In 1911 Mr. Hoffmire ac-
cepted General Secretaryship of the
North Adams, Mass, Association.
where he remained until the spring of
1917. Upon the entrance of the
United States into the World War.
Mr.. Hoffmire, at his own request,
was transferred to the Association
War Work and donned the Red Tri-
angle as secretary of Hut % at Camp
Devens, Aver, Mass. On February
1et, 1918, Mr.. Hoffmire succeeded Mr..
Kenneth Robbie of Springfield as
Camp Secretary, a position he has
held up to the present time.
While at Devens Mr.. Hoffmire's
sterling worth and frank good nature,
as well as keen executive ability won
him a host of friends among the
and officers who passed
through the camp at the rate at times
of $4,000 per month. The "Y' staff
at Devens averaged 85 up to the arm
istice operating sixteen huts, Ia of
which are still in service manned by
q present staff of 55. 283 "Y" secre- !
taries have passed through the camp
service durinp Mr. Hoffmirp,c reuip,a |
So of whom joined the colors. Of the |
original staff only men are now left, |
Prof. Henry B. Wright of Yale, |
George w. Harvey and Edward |
Mr.. Hoffmire will make his head
quarters at 1877 fremont street, Bos-
ton the Executive Offices of the
Department of the Y. M.
C. A.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-02
REUNITES SISTER
AND BROTHER
~" Secretary in Italy Struggles
Young Italian Girl Through
Austrian Lines.

~ suppose the Mann law would have
got me if had done in this country
what l did in Italy" said James A.
Barnes, of Medford, ''Y" secretary
Just home from ITALY, but it was in
good cause, let me tell you. was
in charge of the distribution of sup
plies in Padova with ten armies to
supply The Italian who gave us our
warehouse, rent free, a building which
had been a distillery learned that |
was going up in the Udine to feed
some refugees With tears in his
eyes he begged me to carry a message
to his nineteen year-old sister whom
he had not seen for two years.
"At the crossing of the Tagliamanto
we found the Italians at our end OF
the bridge facing the Austrians at the
other The sight of cases of Gig
arettes we were carrying proved an
open sesame through the Italian
lines. The same rare article made
friends of the Austrian guards. Go
on, they told US, and with the Stars
and Stripes flying from the hood we
raced through thousands of the enemy
soldiers, tossing out packs of Gig
arettes as we flew by.
GAS soon as we reached Udine and
had distributed what we had for the
hungry folk, looked up the sister
of the man whose letter | had in my
coat At the sight of her brothers.
handwriting and my personal mes
sage from him, she carried on so af
fectingly that began to consider talk
ing her back with me, risky as
knew the plan was.
Bryan, Medford man also, and l,
talked it over and finally worked out
q scheme which we thought would get
us through. We backed the canton
close up to the door of her house. so
close that it was less than step
from one interior to the other. OF
course, we had waited until evening.
blankets from top to toe. Bryan
picked her up and put her into the
body of the car, and covered her up
SO that she was completely concealed.
1t was a 200-kilo trip from Udine
to Padova. When it came daylight
and the Austrians swarmed into the
roads to challenge us we put on our
friendliest smiles and mustered all
the cigarettes we had left. The Gig
arettes worked like magic, plus the
Red Triangle which has got to be
just as effective passport in foreign |
countries as a Red Cross.
"The meeting of that brother and
sister I shall never forget l will tell
you frankly that l shed almost as
many tears as they did. And kisses. |
never got so many in my life in |
few moments. They came like bullets
from a machine gun. To tell the
truth, after the first volley l ran for
cover"
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-02
Untasted Emergency Ration.

correspondent, writing from the
front before the fighting came to an
end, said that the emergency ration
supplied to our soldiers still remained
a mystery to them. Few indeed have
even tasted this scientific life-saver of
which the army boards are so proud.
IT looks like ground oatmeal; but it
is said to be the last word in concen-
trated calores and protein. 1t con-
tains the juices and sustaining parts of
all meats and vegetables known to man,
with little gluten thrown in. Most SOL
diers have not dared to taste it. A court
martial threatens anyone who eats the
emergency ration unnecessarily, and
almost never, so they say, did any SOL
der find it necessary. Hot meals
from rolling Kitchens were virtually
always to be had.-Youth's Compan-
ion.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-02
600 to 800 p. m. Band concert by
NJ 1.

Barton and Newport bands.
| 800 to 1900. Gay street carnival,
music. street dancing and merry-mak
ing. ~
Everybody is expected to partici-
pate.
There should be a united effort
to make this the greatest of days in
the history of Orleans county. Let
it be day of rejoicing and feting
for all
Every effort is being put forth to
make this celebration the greatest
that Newport has ever had. The
large force of committees are bend
ing every effort that nothing will be
undone and that the days program
will go like clockwork. 1t is very
important that every person who has
any part in the working out of the
program or is to be in the parade,
that they shall be in their place and
on time. Six mounted marshals will
handle the parade. There are to be 20
special police, six of which will be in
uniform, so that every part of the
city will be looked after and see to
the parking of the autos and teams.
Decorators from out of town have
been in our city since Friday and con-
tinued their work early and late and
all day Sunday in order that Main
street and the buildings located there
might be all decorated.
All who live on the route of the pa
rade are urgently requested to see
that their homes ar dcoratd and in
the evening all buildings should be
we'll lighted until after the celebra-
ton is over.
Every Odd Fellow who comes to
Newport Tuesday, June 8, is invited
to assemble at the l. O. O.. F. hall on
Central street and join with Evening
Star Lodge No. 81 in the parade. 1t
will be necessary to leave the hall in /
a body at 1 o'clock and march to
East Main street where the parade is
to FORM Be on hand at that hour and |
help swell the numbers. Lodges are
requested to bring their flags and /
banners.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-02
Farm Products by Parcel Post.

Wilmington, Del. is to receive farm
products by parcel post truck service.
The service between that city and
Salisbury, Md, began recently. Two
large army trucks bearing eggs, but
ter, fish, oysters, crabs, berries and
such direct from land or sea to the
consumer. Stops are made at every
town along the route which can claim
a post office. Provision has also been
made for acceptance of parcel post
material for New York, transfers to be
made at Chester; and through truck
service from Wilmington to Philadel-
phia will be established.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-02
NEWPORT LOCALS

Henry Tute of Plymouth, N. III.
was in town last week for a short
visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. S. Cortis and Fer
ME Mowry motored to ST. Johnsbury
last Thursday, where they went to
meet Justin Curtis, on his way home
from the u. v. M. for few days
visit.
Dr. Fred Crawford, d. M. D., OF
Boston has been visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Crawford for a
few days. While in town DR.. Craw-
ford rented rooms in the Colodny
block and will come to Newport to
locate in about two weeks. The
doctors many friends will be glad to
have him locate here and wish him
success.
Thursday night, June 9Th, mem
bers of Evening Star Lodge of l. O..
o. F. No. 81, will go to Island Pond
to confer the third degree upon a
class Of seven candidates. Those hav-
ing autos to carry the boys to that
place and all nofnbers who are plan
ming to make the trip should report
to the committee, E. F. Humphrey,
o. A. SWEET and d. R. Stetson so
that arrangements can be provided
for.
Victory Gala Day will be celebrated
in Newport Tuesday, June 3. This is
to be Newport's welcome to the Or
leans county and Canadian Border
towns returned heroes, also to all the
men of the surrounding towns and
villages who donned the uniform for
their country and humanity, in this,
the worlds greatest war, are also cor
daily invited to attend the Welcome
Home celebration and carnival at
Newport, Tuesday, June 8. The peo-
pie Of Orleans county and vicinity are
urgently requested to participate
with us in welcoming home the tired
veterans of the greatest war in his
tory.
Following is the days program:
900 a. M, baseball game, Mem
phremagog park, returned soldiers VS..
Newport High school.
1890 a. NJ, Moving picture enter
tainment at the Premier theatre.
(courtes y of the proprietary Admis
sion free to all men in uniform.
1900 to 100 p. m, On Memphre-
magog Park, lunch of sandwiches,
doughnuts, coffee served free to all
uniformed men.
100 p m. Forming of Victory par
ade on East Main street consisting of
bands, drum corps, boys of 1917. G.
A. R., Scouts, Co. H, state militia,
schools, decorated automobiles, and
floats, etc.
200 p. m. Parade, route, East |
Main street to Main, Third, Prospect,
Eastern Avenue, Coventry and Main
to Court House.
400 p. m. Addresses by Col. Ke-
vbwille and others and presentation
by the mayor of certificates of merit
to the Newport BOYS, patriotic songs
by chorus of 200.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-02
Cosmetic Art.

From the looks OF some of the w0ln-
on when it turns cold, It would be
good proposition to sell different
shades of powder for hot, warm, cool.
and cold weather. They say that they
sell different shades for day and night
use under artificial light. so, why not
for different degrees of temperature az
well? However, probably some bright
genius has already thought this up and
patented his compound and ii may uot
be well advertised as yet.-Grit.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-02
Perfume Their Dead.

Natives of Torres Strait islands. TO
the north of Queensland. have some pe-
culiar burial customs. One IL the
anointings3thel bodies witllScheap per-
fune, the remainder being corlsed in
the bottle and left or the grave. In
some cases a cheap stone is set on
the grave and this ceremony Is usually
marked by a three-days' gorge on the
part of The relatives of the departed,
pig, vans and turtle being shaken
down to make room for more by Wig
orous dancing and singing
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-02
A Little Learning.

"Do you subscribe to the theory that
little learning is dangerous thing?"
YES" replied Gadspur. II thought
l knew enough about my automobile
to take it apart and put it together
again, but this bill of $154l7 from a
repair shop proves that didn't."-Bir-
mingham AgeHerald.
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-03-03
NJ O tn E RS

Should see that the whole family take
at least three or four doses of Il thoro,
purifying. system cleaning medicine this
spring. Now is the time. The family will
be healthier, happier, and get along bet
ter if the blood is given a thoro puri-
flying. the stomach and bowels cleaned
out, and the germs Of winter, accumu-
lated in the system. driven away. Hol-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea is one of
the very best and surest spring medicines
to take. Get it and see the difference
in the whole family. Their color will be
better, they'll feel finc and be well and
happy.-Cascade Pfarmaey--Ady.
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-03-03

committees before, but never one like
this. / asked everybody / met, office
boys, street car drivers and especially
the reporters, to name me the blEgest
men in the city. put down every name
suggested. There were some names IKE
Jimmy Phelan and Gavin McNab and
Mike De Young that nearly everybody
mentioned. They were all my political
enemies, but put them at the head OF
the list. You see, it was sort OF an
election, in rough. quick way. and !
eliminated myself and my preferences:
by noon I had more names than
enough: l cut out all over go years old
and all under no. That left 43. So
appointed them on the committee and
asked them to name the other seven
themselves. After that. who could say
there was any politics or any Schmitzism
in it. at ali! At the last minute some
one suggested that l ought to be on the
committee. l hadn't thought Of that, but
l accepted the idea. as long as some one
else stood up for it. That is how the
Committee of Fifty came about.
"As you know. that committee. to
which I delegated all authority. saved
San Francisco, not from the fire or SO
much from the famine. though it helped
there. as from the awful business de-
preston that was imminent. That com
mittee was wonderful; it had the best
financiers, the best business men. the
best lawyers and the best journalists in
the city; and not one Of them appointed
with any thought of politics. They
worked together like a family of big
brothers: they bucked up the broken
morale of the people. STAYED off bank
ruptcy, induced the rest of the nation to
extend us credit and. in time. built a
greater San Francisco than ever had
been before
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-03-03
SPEAKS ON five
EXISTING EVILS
Pastor Tells Congregation of
Hindrance in Religious
Life.

Stating the five great religious hind
RANGES existing in this country today are
the liquor traffic, unfair politics, the So
cia levil, strikes and lynching. Rev. John
son. new pastor Of the Bethel A. NJ. T..
church, urged members of his congrega-
tion to assist in remedying them by tax
ing stock of their own shortcomings and
paying less attention to their neighbors'
faults. His sermon was directly to the
point and spoken with trend of whole
some practicalness. being as follows:
Your attention is invited to Mark. 9th
chapter, 4th verse: A prophet is not
without honor except in his own country
and among his own relations and in his
own home.
My subject this evening is. "Hin-
ORANGES" Jesus had gone into his own
part of the country to teach. When the
Sabbath came he went into the syna-
gogue and there began. The people lis
tened and marveled at him.
"Where did he get this?" they said.
nd what is this wisdom that has been
given him and these miracles he is do
ing? Is he not the carpenter. the son
Of Mary. the brother of James and Ju-
das and Simon? Are not his sisters. too.
living here among us?" These are the
things that proved a hindrance. not TO
Christ in his work but to their believing
in him.
They were the people of his own
country. He was the Prophet.
Five Great Evils.
Our country today faces five great
evils that could be commonly called
"hindrances.' The liquor traffic. unfair
politics, the social evil. strikes and lynch
ing. These are rated as the highest evils
existing against domestic life.
The church today. also the minister
and the Christian. are all being tested
for their strength against these hind
RANGES that exist in our country. While
the church in name is able to hold her
own. much rests, in the way Of respon-
sibility, on the head of the minister and
the Christian tso-called). The greatest
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-03-03
AN INCIDENT OF A TRAGEDY.
Richard Barry, in Leslie's.

Schmitz. the grating fiddler mayor
OF San Francisco. once told me how he
came to the greatest decision of his life.
the decision that to one who knew him
as the aide of blaeklegs and the tool of
political sharps atones for the checkercd
undertone Of a not too-clean career. For
he was in undsputed power over A city
at the moment of her greatest misfor-
tune. and be rose to the supreme oppor-
tunity supremely.
That third night Of the fire., said he.
as we talked it over years later. Il
tumbled to what | was up against Then
1t looked as if the whole city would have
to go. At any rate the best Of it was
gone; a bigger smash than the wildes.
of us could have predicted a week before.
| went to bed about three o'clock in the
morning. but | couldn't sleep. was
talking to myself. or something inside
was talking 10 me and saying. Eugene
Sehmitz. here is your chance II make
good. If You act like big man now and
not like Il little one they'll be building
monuments 70 You yet. This is too big
a job for You to tackle alone even if You
are mayor.
Perhaps | needed this voice to stop
ne. for felt bit cocky Martial law
had been declared and General Funston
with the federal troops from the Preside
was in charge under my direction. ]
had in my hands the power Of life and
death. and of everything between. but
what | suddenly became afraid Of was
that once the city was burned down the
entire population. remembering the earth
quake and what followed. would pack up
bag and baggage and move away and
there wouldn't be any san Francisco any
more. II that should happen l, Eugene
Sehmitz mayor. didn't propose to bear
the responsibility alone.
The next morning early | began az
semhling the committee Of fifty. You'll
laugh when tell Won how | picked them
out. OF course. had appointed many
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-03-03
Week in the. Churches

and do you expect honor from those
about you?
Your country is your realm Of thot
and your relations are the company you
keep. Is your life an honor to itself? II
it is, it is an honor to Jesus Christ. And
il it is not, it is hindrance to you.
These are the real hindrances: De
nomination. hypocricy and unreal re-
Elections, blocking the paths Of many on
the road to salvation.
The church does not need to be saved
nor does the Christian. You. that are
living out of the church are the people
that should honor the Master as we'll as
the Christian and the church: for your
country is his country. you are his re-
lations and his home is our home. What
is your hindrance?