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The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-09


We left st. Nazaire at 600 p. m.
after having had about an hour and
half, to inspect the city. Our train
passed through Nantes about 500.
Here the main line track parallels the
principal street and the Seine river
and we had the opportunity to thus
gain quite an impression of this city
without leaving the train.
Bordeaux the American-bu docks
at Bassens, embarkation camp, and
the immense storage depot at st. Sui
pice about six miles from Bassens
docks with which it is connected with
an American third track were the
high spots that we hit on our journey
today.
Leaving the trair at the station at
about $50 we walked to the Base Post
Office where all mail, incoming and
outgoing through the base, is handled.
This, of course, includes mail for a
large proportion of the A. E. F. re-
sulting in a large establishment.
Trucks then carried us to the en-
barkation camp where we went
through the mill" which is the term
there applied to the delusing station.
Troops about to embark first enter a
large building where their equipment
is inspected and orders for new cloth
ing issued, if necessary. Next they
enter a long building filing past a
battery of typewriters where their re-
cords are put in shape. The third
stage brings them to large room
divided into stalls. Here they undress
and place their clothes and other be-
longings that they intend to carry
back upon a central rack. The racks
are pushed in to a chamber where a
temperature of $50 degrees is main
tanned while the troops pass to the
showers, to the medical examiners,
and to a stock room where new under
wear, socks, and other needed artic-
les Of clothing are given them, and f.
nally enter room the duplicate of
that in which they undressed on the
ODpOSlLc SlllG VI I1lC IlCclL C1iclliDCI,
which the rack containing their
clothes is pushed. They dress and are
then ready for the boat.
When American engineers told the
French authorities of the magnitude
of the dock they proposed to con-
struct at Bassens, they were told that
it would take years to construct it.
American initiative, ingenuity, and
"stick- -it-iveness" had ships dis
charging cargo at the docks in little
more than six months. The American
dock is 4,100 feet long, and is equip
ped with 40 electric cranes, which
span three tracks, permitting the
cargo to be discharged from the hold
directly into cars run beneath the
cranes. Eight warehouses for classi-
fcation purposes were built on the
dock. While considerable cargo is
being received and some materials,
Continued on page 81
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-09
REPLY TO GERMANS
WON'T Be GIVEN
UNTIL NEXT FRIDAY
They Will Have Five Days to
Accept or Reject
Treaty
REPORTS NOW ALL IN
Believe Wilson's Reply to the Senate
Will be That Copies Cannot
Be Given Out sAEE MEM
- "a IWE gT M
REPORTS NOW ALL IN
Believe Wilson's Reply to the Senate
XMill ha That Comics Cannot

PARIS, June 9-It has been de-
cided by allied and associated gov
ernments that the reply to the Ger
man counter proposals won't be de-
livered before Friday. The reply
will give Germans period of five
days, in which to accept or reject
treaty. Council of Four spent this
considering various reports
submitted by the commissions which
had been dealing with features OF
German proposals. ..ts
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-09
NICARAGUA @@SkS UNITED STATES FOR ARMY
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER KILLED BY TRAIN
GUERILLA WARFARE
NOW ON IN IRELAND

PARIS, Guerilla warfare of a
character, (which usually pre-
ceedes Major conflict is now 60
ing on in Ireland" it is declared
by Frank p. Walsh, and Edward
F. Dunno, in supplementary re-
port which they have forwarded
to President Wilson, regarding
conditions in Ireland.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-09
$4,000 RECRUITS FOR
ARMY OF OCCUPATION

WASHINGTON, June o.-50,-
900 recruits for the Army of Oc-
cupation have been obtained.
General March, chief of staff,
announced that incomplete re-
ports showed over forty-eight
thousand enrolled. Three-year
enlistments continue to predam-
mate over one year. These troops
are for foreign service.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-13

be 70 such thing as insulation against the rest of the world Facility of transportation now, compared with q century ago, or even twenty-five years ago, has changed conditions and they are still changing, The inhabtant of the Indian jungle vi7H4ge is getting more for his goatskins than ever before, but he is paying more fot his rice. Culture demands that we be in close association with our fellows and that association means that we have Ing 1t possible. Isolation of the ndi- Vidual or of the nation will not pc countenanced, but we must pay the piper.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-13
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soon be a hessvy fin finsllssrys ii fax upon all of us for the machines that we will Have to. acauire PsrhasIs these things are aInforfunate, but2they& are true. By foilowips3the road in the dark We would fad Shat comp petitige upbuilding ourk railitary bowen swould be our duty inp1der that we Knight preserve our treaslTed independence! hat you willy the nations of the other side of the fbond are jealous, safe. skeptikcal, and are expectant of in trlgue where nofAa is intended. Even our4Nnnounced friend, France, sus- poets us stoday, and England, also, is watching Us with doubt. If those two countries arc willing to enter an agreement, to which others subscribe, it is best for the world that the agree ment is made. There must be a decla
 ration of friendship or a constant eX- @pectation of war. If we hopelesslN mortgage our future in this deClara- tion bet the Leagues opponents eN- the alternative. We will stand for the tax that is necessary to outrival the strength of other nations if there $ no other way.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-13
LONfN5N CHILDREN LIKE
 MOVING PICTURES.

London, Aug. 13.-London school children like the movies, more than 90 per cent, it was developed by recent investigation, being more or less regular in their attendance upo@ such exhibitions.
 Analysis of replies from b,oc0 youngsters who were asked to wrfte their preferences show that domestic stories have first place. Others III order of preference are cowboy ao- venture, war films, serials, cfhhe5' love stories, educational.
 The popularity of moving pictures in London is proved by the fact th5ka new corporation will soon inN%Nt s1O,0OO,00O in picture palaces.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-13
The Price of Potatoes.
Bridgeport Post.)

The Middletown Press points out that potatoes in that town have been selling at the rate Of so cents q peck or S3.2o a bushel when in Long Island, only 40 miles away, the same potatoes were selling for s1.60 a bushel. In further evidence of this claim it was pointed out that two boatloads of potatoes were unloaded at Middletown during the week at the, same wholesale price which en- abfed the Long Island dealers to sell them for S1.60 retail"
 Evidently Middletown has it's potato profiteers. According to the statement of wholesale' sssugar dealer to tho Bridgeport TStandard- Telegram, Bridgeport has it's sugar profiteers. Bridgeport sells potatoes chea ner than MiddletoWn. How does Mid&e- town stand on sugar? Perhaps through the medium of the raaEective mayors we mght make ara nGen1ents for an exchange-Bridge geport Botatoes against Middletown sugar
New Britain herald., 1919-08-13
THE HOME CONfER.

He's come home brisk and breezy, Grown tall and big of bone; His head would graze the lintel Of the highest door we own. At first his mother saw him With little shrinking stir About her heart-an aching smart Had he outgrown her.. It is true he found the cottage A trif1e cramped, he said; The woman-chairs and tables Quite trcm bled at his tread; He eyed his cup and platter
 Tnk, fragile things enough), And with voice all meek, but dimpling
 cheek
 He begged for ~stouter stuff. But he's taking very kindly
 To the cosy, prOsy place, Though he. shuns "proper" bed ("The: stars must see his face"). When the village f1ocks to hear him Hes seldom at. a loss, And to all demands, and grimy hands, He trusts his ribboned cross. His mothers fears are ended, For the old, old loves are warm In her soldier-man with face of tan And gold things OH his arm. The homestead may be tiny.
 But she knows-she might have It's innao ost part, her gentle heart, He's not outgroUn.
 JENNIE PENDLETON HALI,
 in Youths Companfon..
New Britain herald., 1919-08-13
25 YEARS AGO (From the Herald of that Date)
August. 13. 1891,


 w. J. Dunlay is in Waterbury today caring for the remains of Thomas Kelly, well known hotel proprietor, who died there yesterday.
 L. $. ReynaI, Waldo Hart and H. l.. Curtis and others enjoyed a sail down the Connecticut river yesterday in the naphtha yacht Armenia. The party stopped at Goodspeeds landing and took dinner at the Gelson House, re- turning home in the evening.
 George F. Tyler has returned from East River.
 J. D. Humphrey is spending a few days in Norfolk.
 A. w. Stanley of New York was in town Saturday.
 Attorney c. w. Andrew has re- turned from his vacation.
 w. E. Wightman is spending his vacation at Mt. Carmel.
 C. H. Irving is spending few days with his family in this city.
 F. w. AIderidge will spend the next two weeks at Morris Cove, Conn.
 Charles s. A. and c. M Landers, Jr., have returned from an extended western trip.
 Mr. and Mrs. A. w. Abbe will leave town today for a two weeks stay at Branford. -
 MT. and Mrs Samuel Bassett have returned from their visit with friends in Brooklyn.
 A. J. Sloper of the New Bpitain, National bank spent Sunday with his family at Walnut Beach, Milford. t9E
 w. $. Judd and family left town for Bridgeport this morning, where they will visit with relatives for U few days.f &&s
 NM National Happenings. .s. ss.. FsVfctionEs at Pullman-Sta rsing strikers families must leave-Their homes needed for new Workmen-- Not less than 5000 men. women and children will be turned into the. streets-Serious trouble likely to soc-t cur.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-13

reason it cant set aside some to be used by those who have always been on their job and have not 'soldiered' on it?
 The progenitor of the human race, while yet sinless, had Heavens Hand Book given him, and on the title page were these words:
 "Ie must dress the garden and keep
 it clean,'
 But this is no reason why the em- ployer should be cvcrlastingly prod ding and yelling to bis help to get a hump on thems elves. so that he may live without work. What we need is not moro work, but letter wages, shorter hours, and a 1'iG grave dug, and a good oakcn cu&ket built that OLD MAN SELF ISH X NlISS MAY BE BURIED. them and not till then will HEAVEN come down to us. thus say ing us the trouble of GOING TO TT.
 So many people, and especially thosy whom ' love- recognizing my picture, have written or met me face to face. and with tears sWamping their chorubic countenance have said, Dear MT. Bong we are delighted with your drollery, but AuSt m de- fence of one of the Ccnrfa1andments say that. your articles would be far more appreciated if there were no swear words in them." l kissed one tsbcautiful young thing and SWore I'd hever write another cuss. Nor is this all. Another, dear old friend with whom I've, oft cried and Wept and sweat, whoses breath was so full of nicotine tha Es2t1sesm my eyes have wa tered whelissapknt at it--him, I m ean--said tSble, fsIIank, I think you made a m iatakt fil1sshaving your pie ture taken, with a cigarette in your ntouth." T looked him square in the eye aud replied You darn old crit ter, th' day I had that picture taken 1 looked everywhere for you. I want cd to borrow that beaStly black, reeking corn cob, not finding you, I asked one Of the .bONs where you were and he replied that you were taking d. day off. "raking a day off? What do you' mean?" "Why," replied he, hes home cleaning his pipe" Moral: [ Is it any worse to smoke a dry cig- arctic in a photograph, than it is to smoke 8 corncob th1ee ond a half .years in public?
New Britain herald., 1919-08-13
\ Contributing Cause
(New York EIerald)

NN 0Ws ! Ofk fiCEaI0
 v In discu.<ins tie causes ana possi- b1e remedies fer high prices. fhnd the high cost of livinsit must not be for gotten that the government itself in it's eXtfava gance and members of congress in their. strugAe to secure large appropriations forthcir constitu- ents and for the country are a con- tributirg cause. The people are now paying into the federal government at the rate of S6,00O, ,000;D00 annually, the largest revenue any country ever raised and more than six times what our people were compelled to pay into the government before the war This $6,000, 100000 is added to the cost of consumption and thus adds to the cost of living. This. money, and more too, is spent by the government extrava~ gantly.
 Congress and the federal govern ment might set d good example by ccononizing in the expenditure of public funds, thus reducing taxation. There is one bill before Congress pro- Viding for an appropriation of about $1,4OO, 100000 as bonus to sol Giers. The democrats go the repub- licans one bettet and urge d bill ap- propria ting $2,a0O. ,Oo0 to the sol dierS. There iS another bill to appro- priate $lO0.O0O, 900 for federal cdu- cation The senate recently passed a bill appropriating $200000,000 for roads. and another is promised ap- propriatirS $5O.OOO,OO0 for public health. It is stated by q senator who ought to know that there will soon be bills in he senate aggregating more than $1,000, 000,000 d year for direct appropriations 10 the seN eral states.
 Congress and the federal goveEn- ment should immediately begas econ omizing, thus setting a good example 10 the people and at the same time reducing their taxes. This will help amazingly in solving the problem of high prces and the high cost of living
New Britain herald., 1919-08-13


 'ToRacto is of all filthy weeds the nloA deadly. It Culls the intellect, '1f sboils the 4throa1, lungas. and lm- Fits a death like pallor-tqsthe coun- $fenance, as well as dcplefes the poe ketbook. A dam did not use N. Abra- ham Lincoln did not use H,sand see aEhat t.a mighty statesman he was! UenSxhl Grant did not use it for all he Was worth without a purpose, and Eve naturally ask, what. was the pur- pose? ! dCn't know, ask General Lee, thsfe he stands undeE the Applomatix. tree! And So l might enumerate many more great men to<say nothing not word,, mind you, aboutAnly self Eand yshafE<I be denied d 'dry smoke ka phetographs It. is not de- spletingxaly pcclcetbeok, for l will go ,on sHfoking that '9nc cigarette for Nears~and years and years to come till some kind Arget .efther calls the pho-. tograHA. or.:Y ours truly-in,
New Britain herald., 1919-08-13
Demise of the Plan.
(New York Times.)

It took twenty five years to deStfoyy the free silver coinage delusion. In. less than one week the Plump pianz to have the railroads owned and oper ated for the benefit of labor and poli-N tics has been damaged beyond possi-t bility of repair. MT, Plumb himself was the most efficient agent in the demolishing of his own plan. When he told the house committee on inter4 state commerce that theE rafIroaa brotherhoods men had just come Into possession of evidence that sthe faal v way interests, led by Wala ffts were already beginning ca1 4k . ! to wreck the systems at the eNbeIlsas of the investor,", hegave the coIhnff5 x Zee. an unexpected opportunity to taks his measure as an econQpist aitd apo--g scial sreformer. That aIkement ,dfsz8 closedS his tastes.eHas fhciinationss as twell as the limifs. cf hfss1nd erstana- ing. He made asJfurther venturc R self exhibition on SSaturnay. MT. San- this statement: .'AsTsprests, mines, a and waters having a1 national ip,pof- tance shall be declared national prop erty," and asked him if he approved< it. He replied that he did. He was fg4en informed that the statemseH Mread by MT. Sanders was a paragraph Efrom< the Constitution of the Russian Soviet Republic. MT. Plumb was en- tirely consistent, for his piant and the manifssto of i" the brq<h xhoods tn whicA4he application ofsT W4A9e- mandNNs are saturated with Soy3ers prin cipfes. .s ss x
 In it's motives and pTorfptingss ife it's form and expression, ,ssskkAea PflaillR 2 plan and the Brotherhoodsss n fcs
 are of German origin. The piarsT " based onSN2se doctrines of Karl aMarxfsx and Marxfan socialism is the fodnsla-F ton of Russian sovietism. All this way made c@ar, as we have said. in. leSs than week, by the manfeste. if1d by the testimony of MT. Plumbi andSthe representatives of the BrotheraS hoods before the house omn11teHs5 The consequence is that, as hal eens stated in many dispatches from Wasll~g ington, the Sims bill lem bode4ng tx plan has gone to it's death; it Will not be reported by the committee. The country formed an instant judgment of the plan,s understood its origin, saw what it would lead to, and for that reason no part of the presidents ad- dress to congress on the cost of nv ing was more heartily approved ana applauded than those passages 1n which he adm onished the more ex-. tremc leaders of organized labor to take "a sober second thought about some of their proposals. There must be no threats" said the presidem. "The world has just destroyed the ar bitrary force of a military Junta. IL will live under no other. All that ls arbitrary and coercive is in the dis card. Those who seek to employ 1t only prepare their own destruction.
 He warned them that the country IS not taking thought about the selfsh interests of a single class; the pubic concern is for the welfare of h~~ whole people.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-13
''HAN4K" x "'. LONG -MUSES- |x
 I HATS ALL
(COntributed),

(COntributed).
 I am Pessimistic because thus far it's paid me in dollars and cents as well as in contcntme ent of mind for by keeping in my own shell and look ing out on the world. I'm not troubled with false pats on the shoulder. smirky smiles, and those who are as false as I am
 l am PeSSlmiStic, because many others are and have been Pessir. istic -Darwin Emm erson, Mill, as well as host of others who were quite, capable to tell the world the truth, for say what you may, half the world lS~>half lie, while the other half stretches the truth as well as neck In order to either satisfy it's curiosity, or help out it's own selfish ends. It is as necessary in this world of cos MOS, ,this TERRAQUEOUS GLOBE or SPHERE that Ne should have Pes simistst as well as OPTIMISTS' for we learn much from CONTRAST. Were it all LOVE and no HATE HOW COULD WE KNOW ANY THING ABOUT LOVE?' When yof SMILE is the sweetest, is it not q fitting background for my BROWN ?' Docs not my frown show up to better advantage? Were the sky always blue, every woman on GODS GREEN EARTH WOULD ESCHEW BLUE FOR PAYMENT!
 l am Pessimistic, because I don't believe in a LIVER. but believe in living.
 I am Pessimistic, because by being morose and. sour and ugly, I am not bothered and have more time to seek after TRUTH. Al
 I am an Pessimst because can get along fine if left alone. One way to be left alone is. to show ones teeth-l haven't any. though shall buy some and show them.
 I am an Pcssimist because I love bies-Why? They cant talk back.
 I am an Pessimist because | have found that it does not in any way interfere With my indigestion. I possess no heart, liver. lights, pluck, or gall. &ss
 am pessmistic because I am al ways at ease with an, OPTIMIST- which is a lie.
 I am an Pessimist because I've been married SIX TIMES and each of the six have som etlling 10 answer for" -
 .. s
 Work is the birthright of the human race says someone. but here rise to observe that when work becomes az 'birthmark' it's time to call a halt: for not only. does all work and nc play make Jack a dull boy.' but it narrows his mind and wari,s his soul. and he becomes a r1oral .hunch back. ss7We are told that cease less activitS has been going on since the brth of Time, but this is no req son whYg Bridget should heFexpected to par Hpil her hands in hot5watei~ all the tinYe, any more than the banker sshoud keep at his desk twelve monRfs in the year. Of course it is nechsary for some%to work all the tin111o they'd go hungry, but Were I dEhaves my way, I'd pass a law, so thE this, would not be necessary. for he Government can set aside
 4ey for old soldiers, snwhat's the
 st<s{e .F es@ .ss.ss
New Britain herald., 1919-08-13
N,INTTROpuy TABLETS.

Washington, Aug. 1S.-Cities, n1tfi- tary or naval societies and members of the crew of the battleship Maine, blown up in Havana, may@obtain me morial tablets from material taken from the wreck of the Vcsset The. navy department announces there are on hand 1,311 such tablets. two deck plates and three powder tanks wh5cfl will be issued on request upon pavs' n1ent of a small sum to cover cost ~ construction. s ss.N
New Britain herald., 1919-08-13
GENERAL ADVANCE IN PRICES

The National City Bank of New York, in digest of prices for nearly evefy comm modity in every nation, explains that the United States has ticular fate when considering the High Cost of Living. We can scarcely call the report an optimistic one; it is not But there is some satisfaction to be derived from the demonstrated fact that we are all in the same boat. The entire globe is paying for the ambition of one Wilhelm Hohenzol~ Tern at the rate of about one hundred per cent. increase over preWar prices. Nor has there been any ten dency to decrease since the close Of the war on any articles of food and commerce, irrespective of whether they were of actual use in warfare or not.
 Rice, for instance, the staple fool of China and Japan, shows the fol- lowing price scale: In July, 1914, it cost two and six -tenths cents per pound or raising the crop and taking the usual profit. At the close of the
 war it brought five and four -tenths
 cents a pound, and in May of this year six cents a pound was the price an advance of over one hundred
 per cent during the war. Wood pulp. not imported from countries at war,
 cost us one hundred and sixty dollars
 a ton in January of this year, and r forty-nne dollars before the war. Goatskins, coming largely from dis
 tricts not directly involved, such as China, India, Mexico and South American countries, cost us twenty four and a half cents a pound five years ago, and sixty-two and eight tcnths cents a pound in May of this year.
 Which all goes to show that we are living in a small world after all; that the burdens imposed on one os the nations of the earth are going to be reflected in the others. There is little hope for the complete inde- pendence" of any country. There can